| 10th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
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| 20090060690 | QUICK CHANGEOVER APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR WAFER HANDLING - Quick changeover apparatus for wafer handlers capable of handling at least two sizes of wafer frames and methods of using such apparatus are disclosed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060691 | SUBSTRATE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE RECEIVING METHOD - A substrate receiving apparatus is capable of reducing the size of a substrate processing system. The substrate receiving apparatus is connected to a vacuum processing apparatus. The vacuum processing apparatus performs processing on a substrate. A connecting portion of the substrate receiving apparatus is connected to a container. The container houses a holding member holding a plurality of the substrates. A communication control portion controls a communication between an internal space in the substrate receiving apparatus and the interior of the container, and isolates the internal space from the interior. A holding member transferring-in portion takes the holding member out of the container and transfers the holding member into the internal space. A pressure control portion changes the internal space between an atmospheric pressure and a vacuum by controlling the pressure in the internal space isolated from the interior of the container. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060692 | SUBSTRATE POSITIONAL MISALIGNMENT DETECTION SYSTEM - A substrate positional misalignment detection system capable of detecting positional misalignment of a substrate without moving a detector in the case of using a bottom opening pod having a main body, a lid and a cassette holding wafers. A recursive reflection type sensor adapted to emit and receive light in an upward/downward direction is provided in a supporting unit adapted to support the lid and move up and down the lid together with the cassette. A recursive reflection plate adapted to reflect the emitted light is provided on the ceiling portion of the main body. A light transmitting window is provided in the lid. The recursive reflection type sensor, the light transmitting window, and the recursive reflection plate are aligned linearly in the upward/downward direction. The light emitted by the recursive reflection type sensor is not blocked by the substrate held in a predetermined storage position by the cassette. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060693 | Working Device and Working Method with Robot - Provided is a working device wherein an operator is not required to enter a working area (K) of a robot ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060694 | Decorative door frame attaching apparatus - A decorative door frame attaching apparatus | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060695 | HANDLING DEVICE - The invention relates to a handling device combining at least one trailer ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060696 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus including a pallet configured to receive a print substrate, a conveyer system configured to convey the pallet, and a plurality of work mechanisms arranged along a pallet conveying direction of the conveyer system. The work mechanisms are configured to conduct processing operations to the print substrate. The conveyer system includes an upper conveyer mechanism configured to sequentially convey the pallet to respective working positions of the work mechanisms, and a lower conveyer mechanism arranged below and along the upper conveyer mechanism. The lower conveyer mechanism is configured to convey the pallet in a direction opposite to the pallet conveying direction of the upper conveyer mechanism so that the conveyer system is structured to have an upper stage and a lower stage. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060697 | CONTAINER CHANGING SYSTEM AND CONTAINER CHANGING METHOD - A container changing system able to prevent deterioration in the working rate of substrate processing apparatuses and deterioration in the amount of production of semiconductor devices. A second mounting portion is arranged between a carrier of a container conveying unit and a first mounting portion of a substrate processing apparatus with respect to a lifting direction of a container. The second mounting portion is configured to freely advance and withdraw to/from a lifting path of the container. A container lifting unit is arranged between the carrier and the second mounting portion with respect to the lifting direction. In the container lifting unit, a base portion is configured to freely advance and withdraw to/from the lifting path, a second holder is provided below the base portion and can hold the container, and a second lifter is arranged between the base portion and the second holder and configured to lift up/down the second holder between the base portion and the first mounting portion when the second holder is located opposed to the first mounting portion. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060698 | Pile Transfer Device and Method - In a mail processing system, a support element has a flat floor with elements spaced from each other so that a comb-type or fork-type structure is produced, wherein the elements have front section extending upwards. A first transport device has a number of bands equipped with sectional separators, which are spaced from one another. To transfer piled postal items from the support element to the first transport device the floor is aligned with the transport device, and the floor and the transport device are interlocked, so that at least a part of one of the bands extends between the elements. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060699 | Support arm for a clamping and centering element of a gripper frame for holding three-dimensional components in the motor vehicle industry - A support arm for a clamping and/or centering element of a gripper frame for holding three-dimensional components includes an adjustment mechanism, such as a ball that can pivot and/or a cylindrical pin that slide and rotate, held in a clamping and release unit with clamping jaws that can be radially clamped. A mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or electromagnetic force generator applied to at least one of the clamping jaws is integrated in the support arm and generates a clamping force, against whose force the clamping jaws can be released by means of an adjusting element of a driven eccentric or cam mechanism. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060700 | PALLET STORAGE - A storage system includes a pallet ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060701 | Conveyor system for food products - An apparatus and method are disclosed for separating a pile of tortillas and individually depositing the tortillas on a conveyor to form a row of tortillas. The apparatus may include an accumulating device, an elevating device that is operable to remove a pile of tortillas from the accumulating device and elevate the pile of tortillas towards a vacuum conveyor. The vacuum conveyor is operable to continuously remove an uppermost tortilla from the pile of tortillas and transport the separated tortillas to a receiving conveyor. The separated tortillas are deposited on the receiving conveyor and may be transported to a subsequent processing operation. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060702 | METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING OBJECT TO BE PROCESSED IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - In a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including a processing chamber, means for supplying gas to the processing chamber, evacuating means for decompressing the processing chamber, a transport chamber, means for supplying gas to the transport chamber, and evacuating means for decompressing the transport chamber, the pressure in the processing chamber is 10 to 50 Pa, the pressure in the transport chamber is set to positive pressure to the processing chamber, the differential pressure between the processing chamber and the transport chamber is 10 Pa or less, and the flow rate of the gas supplied to the processing chamber is twice or more the flow rate of gas supplied to the transport chamber. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060703 | METHOD FOR SORTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - A method for sorting integrated circuit (IC) devices of the type having a substantially unique identification (ID) code, such as a fuse ID, including automatically reading the ID code of each of the IC devices and sorting the IC devices in accordance with their automatically read ID codes, is disclosed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060704 | ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL FOR NACELLE INLET - The disclosed turbine engine includes a fan nacelle surrounding a fan and including an inlet arranged upstream from the fan. The inlet includes an inlet surface having a boundary layer flow. A flow control actuator is in fluid communication with the inlet surface. A boundary layer sensing device is associated with the inlet surface for detecting a boundary layer condition at the inlet surface. A controller is in communication with the flow control actuator and the boundary layer sensing device. The controller is programmed to command the flow control actuator in response to the boundary layer sensing device detecting an undesired boundary layer condition. In this manner, the flow control actuator generates a desired boundary layer condition. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060705 | Sanitary Air Jet Device - A sanitary air jet device [ | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060706 | BALL BEARING AND PUMP FOR CRYOGENIC USE - A ball bearing for use in cryogenic applications has an inner ring and an outer ring that define a raceway between them, and there is a set of rolling balls in the raceway with slug ball separators between adjacent rolling balls. The bearing may be used in a pump for cryogenic fluids such as LNG, LOX, LH2, etc. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060707 | COMPRESSOR INLET GUIDE VANE DE-ICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are provided for effectively removing ice that may have formed on gas turbine engine compressor inlet guide vanes and/or preventing, or at least inhibiting, reformation of ice on gas turbine engine compressor inlet guide vanes after the ice has been removed. A determination is made as to whether actual inlet guide vane position differs from the commanded inlet guide vane position by a predetermined amount. If so, then the inlet guide vanes are repeatedly commanded to move in at least two predetermined directions to remove ice that may have formed on the inlet guide vanes. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060708 | RADIAL FLOW COMPRESSOR FOR A TURBO-SUPERCHARGER - The invention relates to a radial compressor for a turbocharger ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060709 | IMPELLER, FUEL PUMP HAVING THE IMPELLER, AND FUEL SUPPLY UNIT HAVING THE FUEL PUMP - A fuel pump has substantially coaxial outer and inner pump chambers. An impeller has partition walls correspondingly to the inner pump chamber to define inner vane grooves. A rear surface is located at a rear side in a rotative direction of each inner vane groove. At least a radially inner side of the rear surface inclines rearward in the rotative direction from the radially inner side to a radially outer side. A first line connects a radially inner end of the rear surface with a radially outer end of the rear surface. A second line radially extends from the radially inner end of the rear surface. The first line and the second line therebetween define a backward tilt angle α | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060710 | FAN - A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a bladeless fan assembly including a nozzle and a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage and a mouth receiving the air flow from the interior passage. A Coanda surface located adjacent the mouth and over which the mouth is arranged to direct the air flow. The fan provides an arrangement producing an air current and a flow of cooling air created without requiring a bladed fan, that is, the air flow is created by a bladeless fan. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060711 | Fan - A bladeless fan assembly includes comprising a nozzle mounted on a base housing a device creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage receiving the air flow from the base and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted. The nozzle extends substantially orthogonally about an axis to define an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth. The depth of the base in the direction of the axis may be no more than twice the depth of the nozzle. The assembly produces an air current without requiring a bladed fan, that is, the air flow is created by a bladeless fan. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060712 | Turbine airfoil cooling system with rotor impingement cooling - A turbine airfoil cooling system of a turbine engine having a hollow, disc post body positioned between adjacent roots of turbine airfoils and aligned with the roots to cool inner aspects of the turbine engine. The hollow, disc post body may be configured to pass cooling fluids through impingement orifices in the hollow, disc post body to impinge on inner surfaces of platforms of the turbine airfoils. The cooling fluids may then be directed to the internal cooling systems of the turbine airfoils rather than being discharged as film cooling fluids through the platforms of the turbine airfoils. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060713 | DIRECTION-SWITCHABLE PNEUMATIC CYLINDER - A direction-switchable pneumatic cylinder includes: a cylinder body with two intakes, several exhaustion ports and a rotary shaft; and a predetermined number of movable wheels and fixed wheels arranged in the cylinder body and interlaced with each other. Each of the movable wheels and fixed wheels is formed with several vents concentrically arranged into an inner circle and an outer circle. The rotary shaft is fitted through the movable wheels and fixed wheels. The fixed wheels are not rotatable, while the movable wheels are synchronously rotatably with the rotary shaft. The outer circles of vents of the fixed wheels and the movable wheels are aligned with one intake, while the inner circles of vents of the fixed wheels and the movable wheels are aligned with the other intake. When high-pressure gas is guided into the pneumatic cylinder from one intake, the airflow will flow through the outer circles of vents to drive the movable wheels and the rotary shaft in one direction. When high-pressure gas is guided into the pneumatic cylinder from the other intake, the airflow will flow through the inner circles of vents to drive the movable wheels and the rotary shaft in another direction. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060714 | Multi-part cast turbine engine component having an internal cooling channel and method of forming a multi-part cast turbine engine component - A multi-part cast component for a turbine engine includes a first component section having a main body portion including at least one cooling flow passage section, and a second component section having a main body including at least one cooling flow passage section. The first and second component sections are joined along a parting line to form a turbine engine component with the at least one cooling flow passage section of the first component section aligning with the at least one cooling flow passage of the second component section to form a cooling flow channel. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060715 | Cooled component - A component, such as a turbine blade of a gas turbine engine, has an internal cooling system which includes a passage ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060716 | Compressor Casing for an Exhaust Gas Turbocharger - A compressor casing for an exhaust gas turbocharger is disclosed. The exhaust gas turbocharger has a rotatable turboshaft, a compressor wheel mounted on the turboshaft, and a turbine wheel mounted on the turboshaft. The compressor casing includes a sensor for measuring a rotational speed of the turboshaft. The sensor is embedded in the compressor casing and forms an integral component of the compressor casing. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060717 | SYNCHRONOUS SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR TRIM BALANCING OF JET ENGINE - A synchronous signal generator is provided for use in conjunction with an aircraft engine having a spool and an engine output shaft driven by the spool. The synchronous signal generator includes a generator housing, a generator output member rotatably mounted in the generator housing, a once-per-revolution timing mark on the generator output member, and conversion gearing disposed within the housing and configured to couple the engine output shaft to the generator output member. The conversion gearing rotates the generator output member at substantially the same rotational frequency as the spool when the conversion gearing is coupled to the engine output shaft. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060718 | Component with a damping filler - A component ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060719 | Dual volute turbocharger - A two-volute low pressure turbocharger is provided with a VGT mechanism in one turbine volute only. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060720 | SLIPRING BUSHING ASSEMBLY FOR MOVEABLE TURBINE VANE - A bushing assembly for a turbine vane includes a bushing and a housing. The bushing includes a bore for receiving a trunnion of the vane, a first electrical contact carried on an outer surface thereof, and a first conductor extending from the first electrical contact. The first electrical contact is adapted to be connected to a heater element disposed on the vane. The housing is positioned over the bushing and rotatable relative to the bushing. The housing includes a second electrical contact disposed in contact with the first electrical contact and a second conductor extending from the second electrical contact for connection to an electrical power source. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060721 | BUSHING AND CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR MOVEABLE TURBINE VANE - A bushing assembly for a turbine vane includes a bushing, housing, and a flexible conductor. The bushing includes a bore for receiving a trunnion of the vane and a first conductor extending from the bushing. The first conductor is adapted to be connected to a heater element disposed on the vane. The housing is positioned over the, and the bushing is rotatable relative to the housing. The housing includes a second conductor extending from the housing for connection to an electrical power source. The flexible conductor is electrically connected between the first conductor and the second conductor, such that an electric current is transmitted from the second conductor to the first conductor to provide an electric current to the heater element | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060722 | VARIABLE-PITCH VANE OF A TURBOMACHINE - A stator stage of a compressor of a turbomachine, comprising an annular row of variable-pitch vanes, each vane comprising an external cylindrical pivot defining the axis of rotation of the vane, and an internal cylindrical pivot mounted in a housing of an internal ring, the internal pivot of each vane extending along an axis substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the vane and at a distance from this axis, and being mounted in the housing of the ring by a swiveling or a tilting system. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060723 | SEPARATOR FOR FEEDING COOLING AIR TO A TURBINE - The invention relates to the field of combustion chambers. A combustion chamber is fitted with a separator disposed between the radially inner wall of the chamber and the inner flange of the chamber, the separator having both a tubular portion and a fastener portion, the tubular portion being centered on the main axis of the combustion chamber, with the upstream end thereof being situated upstream from orifices in the radially inner wall of the chamber, and the fastener portion being secured to the combustion chamber, such that the tubular portion splits the flow of air running along the said radially inner wall into an inner air flow passing between said tubular portion and the inner flange of the chamber, and an outer air flow passing between the radially inner wall and said tubular portion. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060724 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING GAS TURBINE ENGINES - Methods and apparatus of fabricating a gas turbine engine component are provided. The method includes selecting a surface of a component to apply a wear-resistant material, applying a formed wear pad fabricated from a wear-resistant alloy and a braze material, and vacuum brazing the component and applied wear pad wherein the wear-resistant alloy is bonded to the component surface using the braze material. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060725 | Engine with intake air temperature control system - A gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine using vaporized liquefied gas as fuel. The gas turbine engine is configured to ingest intake air from an intake port and direct exhaust gases to an exhaust port. The gas turbine engine system also includes a heat exchanger with a heat transfer fluid therein. The heat exchanger is configured to create at least a part of the fuel by heating the liquefied gas. The gas turbine engine system also includes an intake air temperature control circuit. The intake air temperature control circuit includes conduits configured to direct the heat transfer fluid to the intake port and the exhaust port. The gas turbine engine system also includes a control system configured to selectively direct the heat transfer fluid to one of the intake port and the exhaust port. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060726 | RETAINER FOR A TURBOCHARGER - Disclosed are retainers for a turbocharger. In one embodiment, the retainer includes a generally annular body that defines a bore and one or more channels. The bore is generally directed along a central axis of the body and can be configured to mate with a nose of a center housing of a turbocharger. The channels can be configured to accommodate vanes associated with a cartridge assembly of the turbocharger. One or more legs may extend from the retainer body and may be configured to mate with and locate the retainer relative to a cartridge assembly for the turbocharger. The retainer can also include a concave portion disposed around a perimeter of the body. The concave portion and the body may be together configured to act as a spring when the retainer is mechanically loaded in a direction having a component parallel to the central axis. Also disclosed are corresponding turbochargers. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060727 | COMPRESSOR HOUSING REMANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A compressor housing defines an inlet bore having a first inlet collar disposed therein. The inlet collar is connected to the housing with a first plurality of radially extending posts. The first plurality of posts is removed to detach the inlet collar from the housing, and the inlet collar is removed from the housing. The same or another inlet collar is concentrically located within a liner. The liner can be located at a radial distance around at least a portion of the inlet collar. The inlet collar is connected to the liner by radially inserting a second plurality of posts through the liner and into the inlet collar. An assembly of the liner containing the inlet collar is inserted into the inlet bore of the housing such that the inlet collar forms the inducer bore of the compressor housing. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060728 | PUMPS AND PUMP-HEADS COMPRISING INTERNAL PRESSURE-ABSORBING MEMBER - An exemplary pump includes a pump housing defining a pump cavity, a movable pumping member situated in the pump cavity, and at least one pressure-absorbing member located inside the pump housing. The housing also has an inlet and an outlet, and includes at least one interior non-wearing location that contacts liquid in the pump housing when the pump housing is primed with the liquid. The movable pumping member, when driven to move, urges flow of the liquid from the inlet through the pump cavity to the outlet. The at least one pressure-absorbing member is located inside the pump housing at the non-wearing location and contacts the liquid. The pressure-absorbing member has a compliant property to exhibit a volumetric compression when subjected to a pressure increase in the liquid contacting the pressure-absorbing member, the volumetric compression being sufficient to alleviate at least a portion of the pressure increase. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060729 | Gas Turbine Engine Adapted for Use in Combination with an Apparatus for Separating a Portion of Oxygen from Compressed Air - A gas turbine engine is provided comprising an outer shell, a compressor assembly, at least one combustor assembly, a turbine assembly and duct structure. The outer shell includes a compressor section, a combustor section, an intermediate section and a turbine section. The intermediate section includes at least one first opening and at least one second opening. The compressor assembly is located in the compressor section to define with the compressor section a compressor apparatus to compress air. The at least one combustor assembly is coupled to the combustor section to define with the combustor section a combustor apparatus. The turbine assembly is located in the turbine section to define with the turbine section a turbine apparatus. The duct structure is coupled to the intermediate section to receive at least a portion of the compressed air from the compressor apparatus through the at least one first opening in the intermediate section, pass the compressed air to an apparatus for separating a portion of oxygen from the compressed air to produced vitiated compressed air and return the vitiated compressed air to the intermediate section via the at least one second opening in the intermediate section. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060730 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN AND IMPELLER THEREOF - A centrifugal fan includes a fan frame ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060731 | COMPRESSOR WHEEL HOUSING - An exemplary compressor wheel housing for a turbocharger compressor wheel includes a substantially cylindrical shroud surface definable with respect to a radial dimension and an axial dimension along a rotational axis of a compressor wheel with an origin coincident with a z-plane of the compressor wheel wherein the axial position of the shroud surface decreases with increasing radial position to a compressor wheel blade outer edge radius and a diffuser surface extending radially outward and axially downward from the cylindrical shroud surface wherein the diffuser surface includes a minimum diffuser surface axial position at a radial position less than about 1.25 times the compressor wheel blade outer edge radius and wherein the diffuser surface includes a greater axial position at a radial position beyond that corresponding to the minimum axial position. Various other exemplary methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060732 | SERIAL FAN MODULE AND FRAME STRUCTURE THEREOF - A serial fan module includes a first fan, a second fan and a plurality of guide elements. The first fan has a first frame body and a first impeller disposed within the first frame body. The second fan has a second frame body and a second impeller disposed within the second frame body. The guide elements are disposed between the first impeller and the second impeller, wherein the guide elements guide airflow from the first fan to the second fan. Each of the guide elements has an axial extended part and an inclined part and the inclined part meets the axial extended part at a camber angle. Each of the inclined part has an inner edge toward the first impeller and each of the axial extended part has an outer edge toward the second impeller. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060733 | OVERLAP INTERFACE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPOSITE ENGINE CASE - A composite engine case with an axial interface. One configuration includes an alternating mix of full length and partial plies, in order to provide the total thickness needed for the axial overlap. Another configuration provides only full-length structural plies with a flyaway insert adjacent the axial interface. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060734 | Blower housing of hydrogen recirculation device of fuel cell vehicle - A blower housing of a hydrogen recirculation device for a fuel cell vehicle includes a plurality of cooling pins installed on a perimeter of a housing body installed in a fuel processing system of the recirculation device. The cooling pins are arranged in parallel with air flow, thereby reducing a temperature deviation and the highest temperature point. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060735 | TURBINE ROTOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A segmented turbine rotor is disclosed. The segmented turbine rotor has a plurality of rows of a plurality of turbine blades. At least one rotor segment of a plurality of rotor segments of the segmented turbine rotor includes a ring disposed circumferentially about and having an axis substantially parallel to a central axis of the rotor, the ring defining a cavity disposed at a center thereof and having an outer surface supporting at least one row of the plurality of rows of turbine blades. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060736 | Compressor - A compressor | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060737 | TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a turbocharger ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060738 | FAN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A fan integrated with a sensor is provided and includes a transmission terminal, a frame, a stator, a rotor with the blades. The transmission terminal is electrically connected to the sensor. The frame includes a main body and a supporting structure. The main body forms an inlet, and the supporting structure extends from the main body toward the interior of the inlet and embeds a part of the transmission terminal. Also, a method for manufacturing the above-mentioned fan is disclosed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060739 | Fan Blade Pitch Change Assembly - An assembly for changing the pitch of fan blades rotatably attached to a hub includes a main drive shaft configured to rotate the hub. The main drive shaft is rotated by a first motor. A secondary drive shaft is coupled to the main drive shaft via a gearing system located within the hub. The secondary drive shaft is also driven by a second motor. When driven by the second motor, the secondary drive shaft manipulates the gearing system to alter the pitch of the fan blades. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060740 | Method of operating a wind turbine and wind turbine - The invention concerns a method of operating a wind turbine, wherein for a reduction of a wind load impacting on the wind turbine the rotational speed of the rotor and/or the electrical power output of the wind turbine are reduced depending on a deviation of the wind speed from the average wind speed. Moreover the invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a calculating unit adjusted for executing the inventive method. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060741 | TURBINE ENGINE BLADE COOLING - A blade is provided for a turbine engine that includes an exterior surface. The exterior surface includes a portion having a thermal barrier coating and an uncoated shelf adjacent to the thermal barrier coating without the thermal barrier coating. A cooling hole extends from an internal passageway through the exterior surface to an exit. A scarfed channel is recessed in the exterior surface and interconnected to the cooling hole at the exit. The scarfed channel extends to a blade tip end surface. The scarfed channel protects the cooling fluid exiting the cooling hole from secondary flows surrounding the blade that would otherwise mix with and disperse the cooling fluid. The scarfed channels also increase the surface area exposed to the cooling fluid to increase the heat transfer rate. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060742 | Rotor Head for a Twin-Rotor Helicopter - A rotor head includes a hub and two joint members. The hub has opposite tubular end portions, each formed with a socket that extends inwardly from an end face thereof along a tube axis and that has inner and outer socket sections. Each of the joint members includes a link and a vibration absorbing component. The link has a hub coupling segment retained rotatably in the inner socket section of a respective socket, an intermediate segment extending from the hub coupling segment and disposed movably in the outer socket section of the respective socket, and a blade coupling segment extending from the intermediate segment and outwardly of the outer socket section. The vibration absorbing component is mounted on the intermediate segment, and is disposed in the outer socket section. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060743 | Expandable impeller pump - An impeller includes a hub, and a plurality of blades supported by the hub, the blades being arranged in at least two blade rows. The impeller has a deployed configuration in which the blades extend away from the hub, and a stored configuration in which at least one of the blades is radially compressed, for example by folding the blade towards the hub. The impeller may also have an operational configuration in which at least some of the blades are deformed from the deployed configuration upon rotation of the impeller when in the deployed configuration. The outer edge of one or more blades may have a winglet, and the base of the blades may have an associated indentation to facilitate folding of the blades. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060744 | Vertical Axis Self-Breaking Wind Turbine - A vertical axis wind turbine which includes a rotor having three radially extending blades spaced at even intervals about a central axis. Each radially blade having an outer edge that lies on an imaginary circle of a first diameter. Each radially extending blade including a plurality of spaced airfoil sub-blades separated by gaps for the passage of air therethrough. Each of sub-blade having a leading vertical edge, and a trailing vertical edge and being positioned with the trailing vertical edge along a common radius line of the imaginary circle. Each sub-blade is skewed such that its cord line is rotated negative 45 degrees with respect the radius of the imaginary circle. The airfoil sub-blades maximize energy production by creating a secondary wind flow of a higher velocity for impingement upon blades of the rotor, and utilize backpressure during the second half of a rotation cycle to efficiently break the rotor against overspeed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060745 | SHIM FOR A TURBOMACHINE BLADE | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060746 | BLADE RETAINING CLIP - A blade retaining clip and a blade assembly for axially securing a root portion of a blade component within an axially extending slot of a rotating disk. The blade retaining clip includes a shank portion, a first end portion and a second end portion. The shank portion includes an axial downwardly curved profile. The first end portion and the second end portion are integrally formed at opposed ends of the shank portion. The first end portion and the second end portion are configured to secure the root portion of the blade component within the axially extending slot of the rotating disk. The axial downward curvature of the shank portion minimized operating stresses at the first end portion and the second end portion and subsequent failure of the blade retaining clip. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060747 | ORIENTED FIBER CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE ABRADABLE THERMAL BARRIER COATING - A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of forming a ceramic workpiece having oriented ceramic reinforcement, and severing the ceramic workpiece to produce a ceramic member having a desired orientation of the ceramic reinforcement. The ceramic member is then attached to a turbine engine component as a thermal barrier layer for the turbine engine component. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060748 | VENTILATION ARRANGEMENT - A ventilation arrangement for a wind turbine includes an air inlet opening located in a nose cone of said wind turbine, a manhole cover for covering a manhole of a rotor hub of said wind turbine, the manhole cover providing a vent opening for venting hot air from an internal space of said rotor hub, and a flexible piping establishing fluid communication between the internal space of the rotor hub and the air inlet opening. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060749 | Molded Plug For A Compressor - A plug assembly for a compressor having a shell, a terminal body on the shell, and a conductor pin extending through the terminal body, wherein a connector body of the plug assembly includes a plurality of electrical receptacles for electrical communication with the conductor pin at least partially disposed within a fence disposed around the terminal body. The plug assembly may be formed of a thermoplastic or thermoset material having a tensile modulus between 9500 MPa and 18000 MPa, and/or about 30 percent glass fibers. At least one electrical receptacle may be housed by an inner core of the plug assembly for electrical communication with the conductor pin. An annular sealing member may be supported by an outer body of the plug assembly for sealingly engaging the fence. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060750 | Fluid transportation device - A fluid transportation device includes a valve seat, a valve cap, a valve membrane, multiple buffer chambers, a vibration film and an actuator. The valve membrane is arranged between the valve seat and the valve cap, and includes several hollow-types valve switches, which includes at least a first valve switch and a second valve switch. The multiple buffer chambers include a first buffer chamber between the valve membrane and the valve cap and a second buffer chamber between the valve membrane and the valve seat. The vibration film is separated from the valve cap when the fluid transportation device is in a non-actuation status, thereby defining a pressure cavity. The actuator is connected to the vibration film. When the actuator is driven to be subject to deformation, the vibration film connected to the actuator is transmitted to render a volume change of the pressure cavity and result in a pressure difference for moving the fluid. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060751 | Solid State Sump Pump Control - The present invention provides a sump pump control system. The system includes a mounting fixture fabricated from a corrosion resistant material, and an electrical control comprising solid state electrical components supported by the mounting fixture. The sump pump control system also includes a diving bell cover. The diving bell cover has an open bottom, and is dimensioned to cover the electrical components. The diving bell cover is releasably secured to a support surface of the mounting fixture. The electrical control controls the operation of a sump pump. Should water rise to a level of the electrical components due to failure of the sump pump or due to quickly rising water, the diving bell cover will prevent water from contacting the electrical components. A method of removing water from a subterranean vault is also provided herein. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060752 | Constant Pressure Pressurizing Water Pump - A water pressurizing pump includes a pump mounted in a compartment of a water tank for pressurizing and outputting water. The compartment is sealed by a cover having a first channel in communication between the compartment and a water supply coupler and a second channel having an end in communication with the first channel. A pressure tank is mounted to the other end of the second channel of the cover. A differential pressure valve unit is slideably mounted in the pressure tank adjacent to the second channel. The differential pressure valve unit is movable by the high water pressure in the second channel to allow water from the second channel to enter the pressure tank. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060753 | Self-Adaptive Piston Blood Pump - The present invention provides a self-adjusting fluid pump that includes a piston pump containing at least one piston with a pressure sensor. The fluid pump also includes at least one fluid-containing pump chamber within the piston pump, adjacent to said piston, wherein advancing the piston causes fluid to flow from the pump chamber to a biological destination, and retracting the piston causes fluid to passively fill the pump chamber. A microprocessor uses data from the piston pressure sensor to calculate the rate of fluid output flow from the pump chamber for each pump cycle and compares the output flow rate to a pre-specified value range. If the output flow rate deviates from the pre-specified value range, the microprocessor adjusts the fluid output flow of the piston pump in order to bring the output flow rate within the pre-specified value range. The adjustment can be made by increasing or decreasing stroke rate (piston velocity), stroke volume, or a combination of both. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060754 | Hybrid Compressor - A hybrid compressor has a first compression mechanism driven only by an external drive source; a second compression mechanism driven only by a built-in electric motor; suction paths for sucking gas to be compressed into the first compression mechanism; communication paths for sucking the gas from the first compression mechanism side into an electric motor side suction chamber; and suction passageways for sucking the gas from the electric motor side suction chamber to the second compression mechanism side. The positions and/or number of the communication paths and/or the suction passageways, and/or the positions and/or number of communication openings, which are openings of the communication paths and opened at the electric motor side suction chamber, and/or suction openings, which are openings of the suction passageways, opened at the electric motor side suction chamber, and located on a side opposite to the side of the communication openings, are limited so that, with respect to at least a part of the gas sucked into the electric motor side suction chamber via the communication paths, a gas flow is formed from the communication openings to the suction openings. In this structure, a built-in electric motor section can be appropriately cooled over a wider area by the sucked gas, so that a rise in temperature of the motor section can be properly suppressed. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060755 | MICROPUMP - A micropump that includes: a tube frame including an elastic tube, and a tube guide groove for attachment of the tube in the form of an arc; a cam drive wheel whose rotation center is the same as an arc center of the tube guide groove, and moves in response to a motor that can be rotated in forward and reverse directions; a first cam that is axially fixed to a center axis of the cam drive wheel, and is provided with a finger depression section at a circumferential portion thereof; a second cam that is pivotally supported by the center axis of the cam drive wheel to be able to rotate, and is provided with a finger depression section at a circumferential portion thereof; and a plurality of fingers provided between the tube and the respective finger depression sections of the first and second cams radially from the rotation center. The micropump can be in a first state of continuously feeding a fluid by, when the first cam is rotated in the forward direction, the first cam pushing and rotating the second cam in the same direction, by the finger depression sections of the first and second cams respectively depressing the fingers one by one, and by the fingers sequentially closing and opening the tube repeatedly from a fluid inflow side to a fluid outflow side, a second state of rotating only the first cam in the reverse direction at a time of, in the first state, a detection of a position where the finger depression section of the second cam releases the tube from depression by the fingers, and a third state of stopping the first cam from rotating at a time of, in the second state, a detection of a position where the first cam releases the tube from depression by the fingers. The first state is retained by a drive command coming from the micropump being in the third state. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060756 | Two-Chamber Blood Pump - The present invention provides a fluid pump for medical applications. The invention comprises a flexible cassette containing two pump chambers, wherein the first pump chamber is larger than the second pump chamber. The pump includes two pistons, one for each pump chamber. The first piston pushes fluid from the first chamber to the second, and the second piston pushes fluid from the second chamber downstream out of the pump. Three valves are coordinated with the action of the pistons to control fluid flow into and out of the pump chambers by applying and releasing pressure to and from specific points of the flexible cassette. A control system controls the operation of the pistons and valves and directs the pistons to be advanced according to a time-varying velocity profile. The first pump chamber passively fills and then rapidly expels the collected fluid into the second chamber at low pressure. The second chamber, once filled, expels the fluid downstream at high pressure, producing a pulsatile pressure profile downstream. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060757 | SWASH RING COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes a crankcase for receiving a fluid. The crankcase has a plurality of compression chambers in which the fluid is compressed. A plurality of pistons disposed within the crankcase and are configured for reciprocal movement within the plurality of chambers to compress and pump the fluid. Further, a rotor assembly having a drive shaft and a rotor, wherein the rotor has a first pivot arm support member extending from a first surface of the rotor. A sleeve is slidably engaged with the drive shaft and configured for axial movement along a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft. A swash ring is coupled to the plurality of pistons and to the rotor by means of a pivot arm. Rotary motion of the swash ring and rotor causes reciprocal motion of the plurality of pistons within the plurality of chambers. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060758 | FLUID MACHINE WITH RADIAL CYLINDERS - The fluid machine with radial cylinders comprises cylinders ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060759 | Compressor sound suppression - A compressor has first and second enmeshed rotors: rotating about first and second axes. The first rotor is supported by a bearing system carried by a bearing case. The bearing case has at least a first port to a discharge plenum. A first sound-absorbing material is positioned within the first port. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060760 | Diaphragm pump - A diaphragm pump includes: a volume changing member which changes the volume of a fluid chamber; a diaphragm member fixed in a stretched state and arranged separate from the fluid chamber, the diaphragm member having a pair of electrodes and a stretch film formed of dielectric elastomer, and the diaphragm member driving the volume changing member in a forward movement direction; a return bias member which drives the volume changing member in a backward movement direction; and a connection member which connects the diaphragm member and the volume changing member. In a low voltage state, the diaphragm member and the return bias member have driving force with respect to the volume changing member. The diaphragm member is arranged so as to be elastically protruded in the backward movement direction compared to the stretched state, and an inclination angle of the diaphragm member in the low voltage state with respect to that in the stretched state is set to 45° or greater in a cross section along a reciprocal movement direction. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060761 | BRUSHLESS ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ELECTRIC PUMP - The invention relates to a brushless electric motor with a rotor assembled with permanent magnets, a stator performed with coils, at least one magnetic field sensor for sensing the actual position of the rotor, and with a control circuit for supplying the coils of the stator with current in due time, where between the rotor and the stator a mug-shaped housing is located, being closed by a base versus the control circuit and the at least one magnetic field sensor, where the mug-shaped housing is made out of a non-magnetic material, and where the at least one magnetic field sensor is arranged outside the mug-shaped housing at the base thereof. The invention further relates to an electric pump. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060762 | HIGH-VOLTAGE DRIVER AND PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP WITH BUILT-IN DRIVER - A digital waveform generating circuit having a DC voltage as an input and generating a sinusoidal digital signal, an active filter extracting low-frequency components from the sinusoidal digital signal generated in the digital waveform generating circuit, and a high-voltage control circuit generating a high-voltage drive signal using the sinusoidal digital signal after passing through the active filter are provided. A smooth waveform without steep voltage changes is generated. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060763 | Mounting Flange, Pump Having Mounting Flange and Mold for Mounting Flange - A mounting structure for mounting a device to an electric motor having an output shaft, the mounting structure comprising:
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| 20090060764 | Medical Pump - Medical pumps for water jet surgery are known. The invention relates to a pump comprising at least two pistons provided with piston rods for displacing the pistons in cylinders and for coupling to a pump actuation device, a cylinder head for closing the cylinders, and valve means for respectively connecting a pressure chamber in the cylinder to at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet. Said fluid outlet is connected to the fluid inlet in a communicating manner by means of an adjustable pressure regulating valve, in such a way that the pressure in the fluid outlet can be limited to a predetermined maximum value so that operation of the pump can be. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060765 | AXIAL PISTON PUMP, AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE WITH AXIAL PISTON PUMP - An axial piston pump has: a cylinder body that forms therein a cylinder chamber extending in an axial direction of a drive shaft and rotates integrally with a driven shaft; a piston that reciprocates in the axial direction of the drive shaft; and a cam device that rotates integrally with the drive shaft and has: a fixed cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with a cam follower coupled to the piston and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the fixed cam member in the axial direction being restricted; and a movable cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with the cam follower and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the movable cam member in the axial direction being allowed, irregularity differences in the axial direction of the cam surface of the fixed cam member and the movable cam member being different from each other. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060766 | ADJUSTABLE LENGTH BICYCLE MOUNTABLE HAND PUMP - An adjustable length bicycle mountable hand pump. The pump includes a barrel having an internal cylinder within which a piston is reciprocatingly moveable. A piston rod connects to a piston at a proximal end and to a handle at a distal end. The handle is selectively, longitudinally, adjustably lockable relative to the barrel. The end of the handle is contoured to mate with a bicycle frame member. A head having a contoured portion mates with an opposing spaced bicycle frame member. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060767 | AXIAL COMPLIANCE - A scroll compressor has its back pressure chamber defined by two seals. The two seals are on different planes. Locating the seals on two distinct planes allows a more direct connection for a tap through a compression chamber and the back pressure chamber. In addition, the volume of the back pressure chamber can be made significantly larger, reducing resistance at start-up of the scroll compressor. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060768 | Scroll Fluid Machine - A scroll fluid machine having a scroll unit that includes a fixed scroll ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060769 | Pumping Apparatus - A pumping apparatus includes a pump housing, a pumping member which is rotatable in the housing to pump fluid, the pumping member being provided on a support which is in use, driven, the housing including in communication with an inlet, a lower pressure region, and in communication with an outlet, a higher pressure region, there being a passage for fluid from the higher pressure region to the lower pressure region through the support when the fluid pressure in the higher pressure region exceeds a threshold value. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060770 | GEAR PUMP - A gear pump applicable for feeding a high-pressure and high-viscosity fluid, such as a molten resin is provided. In the gear pump | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060771 | Method of manufacturing crankshaft bushing - A method of forming a crankshaft bushing or similar component is provided. A compaction die is provided having an axial, generally cylindrical internal opening. An upper and a lower punch are provided with exterior surfaces corresponding to the internal opening of the compaction die. An upper core rod passes through an axial opening in the upper punch. A lower core rod passes through an axial opening in the lower punch. The upper core rod and the lower core rod each may have a generally flat external surface section. A metal powder is compacted in the compaction die by the combined action of the upper and lower punches and the upper and lower core rods. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060772 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL-GRAPHITE BRUSH MATERIAL FOR MOTOR - A method of manufacturing a metal-graphite brush material for a motor, which allows high-density formation of copper particles on the surfaces of graphite particles. The method: attaches copper complex to graphite particles; heat-treats the graphite particles attached with the copper particles, thereby to pyrolyze the copper complex to form copper particles on the surfaces of the graphite particles; forms the graphite particles having the copper particles formed thereon, together with a resin, into a formed product; and reduction-sinters the formed product under a reducing atmosphere to pyrolyze the resin, thereby to form a sintered body and also to reduce copper oxide formed in surface layers of the copper particles during the heat-treating. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060773 | Manufacture Method of NDFEB Isotropic and Anisotropic Permanent Magnets - A fabrication method of isotropic and anisotropic NdFeB type permanent magnets is disclosed. In the a fabrication method of isotropic and anisotropic NdFeB type permanent magnets, the isotropic and anisotropic NdFeB type permanent magnets can be easily manufactured by means of Joule's heat using a self resistance of a powder molded body by directly applying a DC (Direct Current) to the upper and lower punches and the powder molded body, without using external heating elements or high frequency coils and so on, during press molding of the permanent magnet powder using the punches, and it is simple in terms of structure during the fabrication thereof, so that the manufacturing cost is low. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060774 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE ALLOY - An iron-based high-temperature alloy has the following chemical composition (values given being in % by weight):
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| 20090060775 | Cr-Mn-N austenitic stainless steel - A Cr—Mn—N austenitic stainless steel, in which moderate manganese (Mn) and nitrogen (N) are essentially substituted for the costly nickel to produce a novel Cr—Mn—N steel, is provided, whereby reducing the cost of materials while maintaining the original physical and mechanical properties. The composition thereof includes by weight: 0.005% to 0.08% carbon, 0.3% to 0.9% silicon, 12.1% to 14.8% manganese, 0.001% to 0.04% phosphorus, 0.001% to 0.03% sulfur, 16% to 19% chromium, 0.5% to 1.8% nickel, 0.2% to 0.45% nitrogen, 0.001% to 0.3% molybdenum, 0.001% to 0.3% copper, and trace elements unavoidable in most manufacturing processes. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060776 | CASE MADE OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY - The present invention provides a high-quality magnesium alloy case having a complex shape in which formability is ensured by specifying the composition of the magnesium alloy and setting the amount of internal impurities to an appropriate value or below, and the present invention is a magnesium alloy case comprising a superplastica body formed by the superplastic forming of a magnesium alloy sheet material, which is containing 1.0 to 10.0 mass % of aluminum, 0.5 to 3.0 mass % of zinc, and 0.1 to 0.8 mass % of manganese as a part of added alloy elements and has an oxygen concentration of 300 mass ppm or less, and the case having a structure being inhibited in cavity formation during the superplastic forming, and in accordance with the present invention, it is possible to manufacture and provide a magnesium alloy case having a complex shape through superplastic forming by accurately regulating the composition and impurities content of the magnesium alloy sheet material. The magnesium alloy case in accordance with the present invention can be actively applied, for example, to cases of household electronic products. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060777 | Ti Alloy, Ti Alloy Member and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed are a Ti alloy having an excellent hydrogen absorption inhibition effect, a Ti alloy member using the Ti alloy, and a manufacturing thereof. A Ti alloy is characterized in that it contains 0.1 to 5.0% by mass in total of at least one of Zr and Hf, and a residue comprising Ti and impurities. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060778 | METHOD OF MOLD REMEDIATION - A method for remediation of mold in a building comprising the steps of investigating the building to determine a presence of unwanted mold, sampling said unwanted mold both inside and outside of said building to determine a species of said mold and an indoor to outdoor ratio of mold spores for said species, a spore concentration for said species, and a number of colony forming units for said species, diffusing essential oils into the building for a predetermined period of time, where said predetermined period of time is based on a determination of three measures of said species, ratio of indoor to outdoor mold spores, spore concentration, and number of colony forming units; and directly applying a household cleaner with essential oils to any mold-affected areas. Removal and preventative steps prevent the recurrence of the mold infestation. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060779 | APPARATUS FOR THE THERMAL TREATMENT OF ORGANICS MATERIALS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Organic materials being indirectly heated via hot air having the temperature required for their treatment, the process consists in the recycling of the vapours and gases evolving from the organic materials into a hot air circuit by forcing them into contact with the flame of a burner in order to bum the organic gases contained therein. The apparatus for executing the process comprises a double wall sealed tank; the outer wall being insulating and the inner wall being heat-conducting, the space, created by the walls, defines the hot air circuit. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060780 | Device and Method for the Treatment and/or Decontamination of Surfaces - A device for the treatment and/or decontamination of surfaces has at least one generator configuration with which directed waves, in particular of an electromagnetic type, can be generated and its energy transmitted by a transmission device onto contaminated surface deposits, in particular surface deposits of a reactor pressure vessel and/or reactor internals. The surface deposits are dissolved and/or sublimated by the directed waves. In a corresponding method, the device is used to generate the directed waves and bring about transmissions of energy onto the contaminated surface deposits, in particular surface deposits of a reactor pressure vessel and/or reactor internals, in such a way that these surface deposits are dissolved and/or sublimated. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060781 | DETECTION OF STERILISATION VAPOUR CONDENSATION POINT - A method of detecting bacterial kill using a vaporized sterilant includes the steps of generating a sterilant/water vapour and supplying the vapour to a sealed space to be sterilized. The supply of sterilant/water vapour is continued to raise the concentration of the sterilant in the sealed space, and the concentration of the sterilant in the vapour is monitored to determine when the rate of change of the concentration falls to a predetermined minimal level indicating that condensation has occurred resulting in kill of any bacteria present in the space. Supply of sterilant/water vapour to the space is then terminated. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060782 | METHOD FOR BONDING SUBSTRATES, METHOD FOR FORMING CHIP, AND CHIP - A method for bonding a first substrate and a second substrate includes the steps of forming the main body of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate from an optically transmissive material that transmits light, forming at least part of the bonding faces of the first substrate and the second substrate from a thermoplastic resin that contains an optical absorption agent that absorbs light, and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together by irradiating the optical absorption agent of the bonding faces with light via the substrate that transmits light. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060783 | POLYMER CONCENTRATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF - A system has been found which monitors and measures the concentration of polymer dispersant in industrial water systems, such as open recirculating, cooling tower water. The system comprises a polymer concentration monitor which is an in-line analyzer, and which has the ability to measure more than one characteristic or component at a time. The polymer concentration monitor is comprised of a filter module and a detection module. The incoming water first passes through the filter module and then on to the detection module and then out of the system. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060784 | AUTOMATED ANALYZER - Disclosed herein is an automated analyzer including pipetting means for discharging a sample and reagent into an empty reaction vessel without contact between the leading end of a sample probe and the bottom of the reaction vessel. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060785 | AUTOMATIC MULTI-PURPOSE ANALYZER - An automatic multi-purpose analyzer having a plurality of analysis units connected in series through a transfer line for transferring a sample, each analysis unit including a pipetting mechanism for pipetting the sample, wherein each of the analysis units includes a transmission mechanism for transmitting information about the amount of sample, obtained upon sample pipetting by the pipetting mechanism of each analysis unit, to other analysis units and wherein failure caused by incorrect surface detection is resolved. The automatic multi-purpose analyzer performs qualitative and quantitative analysis of biological samples such as blood, and urine, etc. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060786 | MICROFLUIDIC APPARATUS FOR WIDE AREA MICROARRAYS - A microfluidic device that includes: a) a fluid inlet having a semi-circular groove and b) a flow chamber comprising an inner wall having an inlet end. The fluid inlet is in communication with the flow chamber. The inner wall at the inlet end is curved and has a radius similar to the radius of semi-circular groove. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060787 | METHOD FOR UNIFORM ANALYTE FLUID DELIVERY TO MICROARRAYS - A method of chemical analysis that includes: a) introducing an analyte fluid having a flow to a surface of a sample chip through a microfluidic device comprising i) a fluid inlet having a semi-circular groove and ii) a flow chamber comprising an inner wall having an inlet end, where the fluid inlet is in communication with the flow chamber and where the inner wall at the inlet end is curved and has a radius similar to the radius of semi-circular groove; b) maintaining the flow of the analyte fluid such that the analyte fluid forms a pattern on the surface of the sample chip, the pattern approximating the semi-circular groove; c) maintaining the flow of the analyte fluid so that a linear fluid front forms on the surface of the sample chip at the inlet end; and d) maintaining the flow so that the linear fluid front moves along the surface of the sample chip. | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060788 | Microfluidic component with a channel filled with nanotubes and method for its production - A microfluidic component comprises at least one channel ( | 2009-03-05 |
| 20090060789 | Sensor assembly - The invention relates to a sensor assembly comprising a first electronic wiring substrate having a first and a second surface and at least one analyte sensor formed on the first surface thereof, the at least one analyte sensor being connected with one or more electrical contact points, a second electronic wiring substrate having a first and a second surface and at least one analyte sensor formed on the first surface part thereof, the at least one analyte sensor being connected with one or more electrical contact points, and a spacer having a through-going recess with a first and a second opening, wherein the first substrate, the second substrate and the spacer are arranged in a layered structure, where the first surface of the first substrate closes the first opening of the spacer and the first surface of the second substrate closes the second opening of the spacer, thereby forming a measuring cell which is faced by at least one sensor from each of the substrates. | 2009-03-05 |
