10th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100059009 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIR INTAKE RUNNER - An assembly for controlling an air intake runner of an air intake manifold. The assembly includes a cartridge including a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments has a plurality of that are joined to define a central opening and an outer perimeter. Adjacent compartments are spaced apart to define a groove between each of the compartments. The assembly also includes bushing carriers that are configured to be snap-fit into one of the grooves of the cartridge. The assembly further includes bushings configured to rotatably fit within the central openings of the bushing carriers. Each of the bushings has an outer rim and an open center. Flaps including a slot and having a shape configured to substantially adjustably seal the central opening are also included and a shaft is included that extends through the slots of the flaps and the open centers of the bushings. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059010 | Heat Insulator For An Intake Manifold Of An Air-Cooled Charge Air Cooler - A heat insulator for an intake manifold of an air-cooled charge air cooler is a rectangular box placed inside the intake manifold housing. The charge air coming into the intake manifold is passed to the inside of the box by a liner in the housing tube. One side of the box has a plurality of openings with outwardly extending walls for abutting directly with the tubes or plates of the heat exchanger section of the cooler. The box has outwardly extending protrusions for positioning the box inside the intake manifold housing, the protrusions being such that direct heat transfer between the box and the housing is minimal and the heat conduction through the housing wall is sufficient to keep the housing temperature significantly lower than the charge air temperature. The box is not air tight to allow relatively thin material to be used since there is no pressure differential between the outside and the inside of the box. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059011 | Oil sensor placement structure in engine - In an engine, an oil level sensor ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059012 | CYLINDER LINER, CYLINDER BLOCK AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CYLINDER LINER - The present invention a cylinder liner which controls gap formation at the interface between the cylinder liner and a cylinder block main body for accepting the cylinder liner therein, and serves to acquire closely contacting state and enhanced bonding strength between the cylinder liner and the cylinder block main body, and to provide a cylinder block, and further to provide a process for the preparation of the cylinder liner. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059013 | Camcover Oil Separator - Systems are provided for separating oil from blow-by gases in an internal combustion engine. In one example, a system comprises a camcover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head, and a baffle positioned between the camcover and the cylinder head. The baffle may include at least a first and a second baffle plate, the first baffle plate including a first through-hole on a first face of the first baffle plate, the second baffle plate including a second through-hole on a second face of the second baffle plate. Further, the first and second faces may be positioned opposite one another, and offset such that the first and second through-holes are not fully overlapping. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059014 | IMPROVED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH BEARING CAP DAMPENING - An internal combustion engine has an engine block including a crankshaft which is mounted on the engine block by at least a first and a second main bearings, wherein the main bearings each include a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion, the second bearing portion being part of a bearing cap, wherein at least the first bearing cap is connected to the engine block or to the second bearing cap by at least one dampening structure, the structure including a first support portion fixed on the bearing cap, a second support portion fixed on the engine block or on an adjacent bearing cap, and a dampening portion including an elastomeric material which connects the two support portions. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059015 | Multi-stroke internal combustion engine - An engine system and method of its operation are described. The method includes: operating the combustion chamber in a four stroke cycle by repeatedly opening a first exhaust valve of the combustion chamber once every four piston strokes while holding closed a second exhaust valve of the combustion chamber; after operating the combustion chamber in the four stroke cycle, operating the combustion chamber in a two stroke cycle by repeatedly opening the first exhaust valve once every four piston strokes and repeatedly opening the second exhaust valve once every four piston strokes during a different exhaust stroke than the first exhaust valve; and after operating the combustion chamber in the two stroke cycle, operating the combustion chamber in the four stroke cycle by repeatedly opening the second exhaust valve of the combustion chamber once every four piston strokes while holding closed the first exhaust valve of the combustion chamber. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059016 | PISTON FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USING THE PISTON - A piston top surface ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059017 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMIZED EMERGENCY RUNNING FUNCTION IN A FAULT-AFFLICTED ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a motor vehicle having an emergency running device, there is the problem that, in the event of certain fault symptoms occurring, an emergency running function is initiated and the torque of the engine is in the process limited to an unsuitable low value. In the worst case, this can lead to insufficient acceleration, for example during an overtaking maneuver, and to an accident occurring. It is therefore proposed that the determination of an optimized emergency running function be defined as a function both of the present driving state of the motor vehicle and also of the type of fault symptom depending on which the risk and the level of danger are graded into classes and an optimized emergency running function is then determined and initiated. Thus, sufficient torque and rotational speed can be provided for reliable vehicle control even in an unfavorable traffic situation without damaging the endangered components. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059018 | THROTTLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In some embodiments, a throttle control device includes an axel | 2010-03-11 |
20100059019 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine in which controls can be simplified, and being capable of performing high-performance control by appropriately mediating a plurality of requirements. The device includes an emission control unit, a fuel consumption control unit and an idle stability control unit. Those units output requirements for the internal combustion engine on the basis of their respective aims. An efficiency mediation unit that mediates requirements from those units is provided. Furthermore, an actuator instruction value calculation unit, which determines instruction values for the plurality of actuators installed in the internal combustion engine on the basis of a result of mediation performed by the efficiency mediation unit, is also provided. The requirement is a requirement concerning torque efficiency, which indicates a ratio of a required torque to a reference torque that is obtained when operating points of the plurality of actuators are optimized. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059020 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM AND FUEL SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - At the time of shifting a fuel property value associated with a first imaginary passage cell as a fuel property value associated with a second imaginary passage cell located on the downstream side thereof, the fuel property value associated with the second imaginary passage cell is corrected in a controller by computing a difference between the fuel property value associated with the first imaginary passage cell and the fuel property value associated with the second imaginary passage cell and multiplying the difference by a correction coefficient. A stoichiometric air/fuel ratio is computed in the controller based on the fuel property value, which is associated with a last one of the imaginary passage cells. Fuel injection of an injector is controlled by the controller based on a computed injection quantity of fuel, which is computed based on the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059021 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A NEEDLE STROKE STOP IN A FUEL INJECTOR - In fuel injection system having at least one fuel injector and a control unit for triggering the injector, each injector has a piezoelectric actuator, a nozzle element having at least one nozzle opening and at least one movable nozzle needle for selectively closing and opening the at least one nozzle opening, a hydraulic coupling element, which is connected between the piezoelectric actuator and the nozzle needle, and at least one stroke stop, against which the nozzle needle rests in its completely open and/or completely closed position. To be better able to ascertain when the stroke stop is reached in such injectors, the needle stroke stop is ascertained during an energization pause of the piezoelectric actuator by analyzing a voltage signal applied to the piezoelectric actuator. Oscillations of the voltage signal during the energization pause are preferably analyzed. To this end, regression lines are drawn through the voltage characteristic, a correlation coefficient of the regression lines to the voltage characteristic is ascertained and a needle stroke stop is detected on the basis of the correlation coefficient. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059022 | Method, Device, and System for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine - A device and a method for operating an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder and a tank ventilation system with a line designed to provide pneumatic communication between the tank ventilation system and the at least one cylinder. The line has at least one sensor for determining a hydrocarbon content of a gas flow. A determination, as a function of a measurement signal from the sensor, of a hydrocarbon content of a gas flow flowing from the tank ventilation system to the at least one cylinder is performed. At least one characteristic variable for a fuel quantity to be metered is determined as a function of the determined hydrocarbon content. A metering of fuel into the cylinder is determined as a function of the at least one determined characteristic variable. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059023 | Circuit Arrangement and Method for Operating an Inductive Load - A circuit arrangement for operating at least one inductive load, for example a solenoid of a fuel injection valve, is configured to feed back electrical energy into a storage capacitor in a freewheeling phase after driving the load. In order to avoid an unwanted voltage increase on the capacitor, the circuit arrangement includes a DC/DC converter with the output-side storage capacitor to provide an operating voltage for the load. A drivable circuit arrangement optionally connects the load to the capacitor, and a freewheeling diode arrangement feeds back electrical energy into the capacitor after the circuit arrangement has been switched off. A protection circuit, which is connected in parallel with the capacitor, provides a current path for limiting the charging voltage on the capacitor in the event of an excessively high voltage on the capacitor. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059024 | VEHICLE FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE AND FUEL FILTER STRUCTURE - Secondary fuel filter ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059025 | Fuel module with orifice upstream from regulator - A fuel module for a vehicle has a module housing in fluid communication with a fuel tank of the vehicle and supporting a fuel pump. A pressure regulator is in the module housing and the regulator receives fuel from the pump. An orifice is disposed in a fluid path between the pump and the intake of the regulator. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059026 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine in the form of a spark-ignition engine ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059027 | METHOD TO OPTIMIZE COMBUSTION OF LIQUID FUELS - The invention of the present application provides a method and a device to optimize the combustion of a liquid fuel by means of gasification of said fuel. Gasification of liquid fuel through the method and the device of the present invention is achieved by atomizing liquid fuel that is converted in very fine liquid particles, and wherein the atomization of said very fine liquid particles is done in a closed camera of an adequate volume, and wherein in said closed camera a vacuum has been generated, and wherein in said closed camera there is an adequate flow, and wherein the adequate flow is achieved by means of a flow control mechanism, and wherein the very fine liquid particles, due to the effect of the vacuum, to the proper environment generated by the existence of an adequate volume of the camera, and the adequate flow, are gasified without need of increasing temperature, nor using any mechanical mean inside the camera. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059028 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IGNITION DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an IGBT, a constant voltage circuit, and protection Zener diodes. The IGBT makes/breaks a low-voltage current flowing in a primary coil. The constant voltage circuit and the protection Zener diodes are provided between an external gate terminal and an external collector terminal. The constant voltage circuit supplies a constant gate voltage to the IGBT to thereby set a saturation current value of the IGBT to a predetermined limiting current value. The IGBT has the saturation current value in a limiting current value range of the semiconductor device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059029 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine, including an air/fuel ratio sensor in an exhaust passage detecting an air/fuel ratio in a heated state, implements a technique improving emission at a starting time, by eliminating splash of water droplets early in the exhaust passage at the starting time to advance the heating starting timing of the air/fuel ratio sensor. At the starting time, opening/closing timing of a valve is advanced from a reference opening/closing timing or the reference of the opening/closing timing of the exhaust valve after the warming-up was ended, which continues until the wall temperature of the exhaust passage near the air/fuel ratio sensor becomes equal to or higher than a water droplet disappearing temperature, at which water droplets disappear. Then, change of the opening/closing timing of the exhaust valve responding to the running state by a variable valve mechanism is started. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059030 | Stratified Scavenging Two-Cycle Engine - A stratified scavenging two-cycle engine that has a simpler structure than conventional stratified scavenging two-cycle engines and that has an excellent blow-by prevention effect etc. In an air intake stroke, lead air passes a lead-air port ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059031 | FOAM DART GUN - A dart gun having a plurality of darts removably connected about a circumferential area of a cylindrical barrel. A spring-biased gear assembly includes an engagement member that is rotatably aligned with the circumferential area of the cylindrical barrel. The spring-biased gear assembly further includes first and second rotary gears having offset teeth. A trigger bar is operable between a first position in abutting contact with the teeth of the first rotary gear and a second position in abutting contact with the teeth of the second rotary gear. A trigger is operably connected to the trigger bar. The trigger includes a forward position that locates the trigger bar in the first position and a rearward position that locates the trigger bar in the second position. Operation of the trigger causes the spring-biased gear assembly to intermittently rotate, thereby causing the lever to disconnect one of the plurality of darts from the circumferential area of the cylindrical barrel. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059032 | INTERCHANGEABLE GUN BARREL APPARATUS AND METHODS - A system for interchanging barrels on a gun includes a barrel having a first end, a second end, and a shaft between the first end and the second end. The barrel includes a clamping screw notch and a barrel indexing surface formed on the shaft. The system further includes a breech block having a barrel housing formed therein having a first end, a second end, and a hollow core therebetween for receiving the barrel, and an indexing pin positioned to engage the barrel indexing surface upon receipt of the barrel through the barrel housing. The first end of the barrel housing is adapted to engage the receiver of the gun The second end of the barrel housing includes a clamp and a clamping screw orifice formed therein for receiving a clamping screw. Tightening of the clamping screw within the clamping screw orifice removably joins the barrel to the barrel housing. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059033 | AIR GUN VIBRATION DAMPENER AND METHOD - A vibration dampening system for an air gun charging system includes a rear guide tube and a forward guide tube that are received within opposite ends of an air gun power spring, and a sleeve that fits concentrically over the power spring. The rear guide tube and the sleeve cooperate to reduce the free length of the power spring allowed to vibrate, which reduces vibration and improves firing performance. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059034 | GEMSTONE PRODUCTION FROM CVD DIAMOND PLATE - A method of producing gemstones includes obtaining a plate of chemical vapor deposition formed diamond. The plate is cut into a plurality of geometrically optimized preforms. The preforms may be finished and cut into diamond gemstones. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059035 | COOKER - Provided is a cooker. A carbon heater used as a convection heater is supported by a heater bracket and heater supporters, and light and heat generated from the carbon heater are transferred to the inside of a cooking chamber through convection, conduction, and radiation. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059036 | AIR INJECTION NOZZLE, AND TENTER OVEN USING THE NOZZLE - Provided is an air injection nozzle, which is used for a heat treatment such as the heating, cooling or thermal insulation of a running sheet (or film) with injected air. In the air injection face, a number of air injection holes are so arrayed at an interval (Py) in first and second rows that the air injection holes of a first row and the air injection holes of a second row are staggered. The first row and the second row are positioned at an interval (Px). The air injection face and the sheet running face confront each other at a distance (L). The air injection holes in the air injection face have a diameter (D). The interval (Px), the interval (Py), the distance (L) and the diameter (D) satisfy Formula (1): 6≦(L/D)/(Px/Py)≦9, and Formula (2): 4≦L/D≦8. This air injection nozzle is employed as a resin film heat treating apparatus in a tenter oven to be used for manufacturing the resin film. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059037 | STACKABLE CHARCOAL STARTER - A stackable charcoal starter for use in lighting charcoal comprises a base having a continuous wall extending upward therefrom, the wall having a plurality of air inlet openings near its lower end and an opening at its upper end. In a preferred embodiment, the wall extends frusto-conically from a larger upper end to a smaller lower end. A handle assembly located near an upper end of the wall has a first section extending outward from the wall and a second section extending downward from the first section. A shield for protecting a user's hands from the hot surface of the wall extends downward from the first section between the wall and the second section. The first section comprises an aperture of a size sufficient to receive a handle assembly and heat shield of an identical charcoal starter with the result that identical charcoal starters can be stacked on top of one another in close relation. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059038 | Portable Barbecue Device - A portable barbecue device includes a heating chamber, a base portion and a plurality of food supporting elements. The food supporting elements may be a plurality of sticks. The heating tube is disposed inside the heating chamber. A plurality of slots are provided on one side of the base portion so as to hold the sticks in place. The motor of the barbecue device may be turned on so that the sticks with food thereon may be rotated around automatically. The output axle of the motor is connected with a set of cogwheels. The cogwheels may mesh with each other or a transmission wheel may be provided between each pair of the cogwheels. Hence, the motor may be turned on to rotate the sticks. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059039 | Heated Field Rations and Assemblies - A field ration packaging assembly includes a ration housing and a food tray. The ration housing includes a lid panel having at least one air exhaust vent and a wall panel having at least one intake vent. The food tray may be positioned above a heat source. The at least one air exhaust vent and at least one air intake vent may be in fluid communication such that upon activation of the heat source, air enters the ration housing through the at least one air intake vent, passes over the heat source and exits the ration housing at the at least one exhaust vent by natural convection. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059040 | VENT SYSTEM FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE - A vent system for a cooking appliance is disclosed. The appliance has a cooktop surface supporting a plurality of surface heating units. The vent system includes a vent box mounted beneath the cooktop surface; a telescopic vent assembly telescopically mounted relative to the vent box, the telescopic vent assembly being movable between a retracted position proximate the cooktop surface and an extended position above the cooktop surface; a retention unit configured to releasably hold the telescopic vent assembly in the retracted position; and a stored energy mechanical drive unit configured to move the telescopic vent assembly in a first direction to the extended position upon release of the retention unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059041 | Oven Rack Having Integral Lubricious, Dry Porcelain Surface - A lubricious glass-coated metal cooking article capable of withstanding repeated heating and cooling between room temperature and at least 500° F. without chipping or cracking the glass coating, wherein the glass coating includes about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a homogeneously distributed dry refractory lubricant material having a particle size less than about 200 μm. The lubricant material is selected from the group consisting of carbon; graphite; boron nitride; cubic boron nitride; molybdenum (FV) sulfide; molybdenum sulfide; molybdenum (IV) selenide; molybdenum selenide, tungsten (IV) sulfide; tungsten disulfide; tungsten sulfide; silicon nitride (Si | 2010-03-11 |
20100059042 | SOLAR TRACKING AND CONCENTRATION DEVICE - A solar tracking and concentration device, including a reflecting unit, a receiving unit, a controlling device, and a plurality of photo sensors, is provided. The receiving unit is used to receive the sunlight reflected and reflected by the reflecting unit. The receiving unit and the reflecting unit face each other. The receiving unit is adapted to move along a first direction. According to the position and the time of the reflecting unit, the controlling device controls a rotation angle of a support element and controls a first moving position of the receiving unit moving along the first direction, in which the support element supports the reflecting unit and the receiving unit. The photo sensors are used to detect the sunlight reflected by the reflecting unit to the receiving unit, and are adapted to output a first feedback signal to calibrate a direction of the receiving unit facing the reflecting unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059043 | Solar Tracking Device and Method for High-Effective Concentration Photovoltaic - Provided is a high-effective concentration photovoltaic solar tracking device and method; and, more particularly, to a concentration photovoltaic solar tracking device and method, which maximize concentration efficiency by concentrating solar light using a Fresnel lens and moving a solar panel based on focus information formed when the concentrated solar light is irradiated on a photodiode. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059044 | PRESSURIZED OPEN LOOP FREEZE PROTECTED INTEGRAL STORAGE COLLECTOR SOLAR WATER-HEATING SYSTEM - An integral storage-collector solar water-heating system is disclosed. The system includes a tank and two absorbers, wherein the entire system is full of water. The water circulation goes from the bottom of the tank trough a fine-tube absorber plate, which is located between a transparent cover exposed to the sun and an insulated plate. The heated water passes through a second absorber that heats them to a usage temperature and cause them flows into the tank's space. The second absorber is created between the exposed wall of the tank, by a grid of tunnels that are grooved in a thermally insulated layer that are attached to the inside walls of the tank. The second absorber is covered with transparent cover too. The water flow into the upper part of the tank and a thermo-siphon valve prevents the back flow. After a double heating, the water is stored inside the tank and ready for use. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059045 | TWO-AXIS HYDRAULIC SOLAR TRACKER - A two-axis solar tracker that orientates and adjusts the angular position of associated solar collector panels. The tracker may be hydraulically operated all movements of the tracker may be produced by three hydraulic cylinders. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059046 | Man Made Island With Solar Energy Collection Facilities - A man-made island adaptable for land-based operation holds solar energy collection facilities and is rotatable to optimize the angular orientation thereof relative to the position of the sun. A platform includes a large outer ring that floats on a fluid and a flexible cover is attached to the ring to define an airtight volume below the cover. A plurality of rows of solar radiation collector modules are located above the cover and carry steam generating heat pipes. The rows of modules are supported laterally above the cover by an upper support structure, either a space frame, a plurality of cables, or a honeycomb. A compressor creates an over-pressure within the enclosed volume to vertically support the cover and the other components mounted thereabove. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059047 | OVERTEMPERATURE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR A SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM - The invention provides a solar hot water heating system including one or more solar energy absorbers ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059048 | INTUBATION DEVICE AND METHOD - In one embodiment, an apparatus is characterized by an intubation-tube placement device; and an intubation tube secured to the intubation-tube placement device. In another embodiment, an apparatus is characterized by an intubation-tube placement device; and an anti-perforation device coupled to the intubation-tube placement device. In another embodiment, an apparatus is characterized by an intubation-tube placement device; and at least one tactile-accentuator flap coupled to the intubation-tube placement device. In another embodiment, an apparatus is characterized by an intubation-tube placement device; and a handle affixed to the intubation-tube placement device. In another embodiment, a method is characterized by inserting an intubation-tube placement device, secured to an intubation tube, into a patient's oral cavity; forcing the intubation-tube placement device through the patient's vocal cords; and axially sliding the intubation tube along the intubation-tube placement device such that the intubation tube follows the intubation-tube placement device through the patient's vocal cords. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059049 | Dry-Powder Inhaler - The invention provides a dry-powder inhaler device | 2010-03-11 |
20100059050 | MOUTHPIECE FOR AN INHALER - A mouthpiece for an inhaler for administering a drug in the form of substances, substance formulations or substance mixtures that can be inhaled comprises an inhalation channel ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059051 | INHALER - The invention relates to an inhaler ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059052 | SHEET DRIVER FOR USE IN A DRUG DISPENSER - The present invention relates to a sheet driver for use in a drug dispenser including a drug carrier ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059053 | APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO REDUCE MICROBIAL INFECTION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A breathing gas delivery system is provided. The system includes a nasal cannula having a lumen and a nasal prong configured to deliver a gas from the lumen and into at least one nare of a patient through the nasal prong. At least one of the lumen and the nasal prong includes an amount of an antimicrobial agent effective to kill or inhibit growth of microorganisms on one or more surfaces of the nasal cannula. A method of delivering a breathing gas to a patient using the nasal cannula is also provided. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059054 | DRY-STEAM INHALER - A dry-steam inhaler permits extraction of the active principles of plants or oils, especially of medicinal plants and oils, by heating, more particularly by using a flame as the source of heat. The inhaler includes a heating element ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059055 | Gas delivery system including a flow generator having an isolated blower assembly for noise reduction - A gas delivery system that includes a housing and a flow generator that includes a blower assembly and an isolation assembly for coupling the flow generator to the housing. The isolation assembly includes at least one elastomeric isolation member having first and second portions, and the blower assembly is coupled to the isolation assembly through the at least one elastomeric isolation member. The first portion is able to shear in a first direction and the second portion is able to shear in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction to permit the blower assembly to move relative to the housing in three dimensions. Also, a gas delivery system that includes a housing and a flow generator provided within the housing, wherein the gas delivery system generates no more than about 30 or 35 dB(A) of noise regardless of the physical orientation of the housing. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059056 | BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR WITH BEARINGS - A brushless DC motor including a rotor, a magnet provided to the rotor, a pair of bearings to rotatably support the rotor, a stator assembly that at least partly surrounds the rotor and magnet thereof and adapted to control movement of the rotor, and a bearing tube having an exterior surface and an interior surface that defines a tube interior. The stator assembly is provided along the exterior surface of the tube and the bearings are provided along the interior surface of the tube to support the rotor and magnet within the tube interior. The motor has sample application for use in PAP devices for delivery of positive airway pressure therapy for users or patients. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059057 | BREATHING TUBE CONNECTING DEVICE - A breathing tube connecting device is provided for connecting a breathing tube to at least two respirators. The breathing tube connecting device includes a base body with a breathing gas through duct embodied in the base body, a jacket body, which can be meshed with the base body in a positive-locking manner and thus encloses at least a part of the base body in a coaxial manner, and a transponder. The transponder is provided between the base body and the jacket body. The breathing gas through duct and the jacket body are embodied at least partly as a coupling section for a selective connection of the breathing tube to one of the at least two respirators. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059058 | CPAP mask - A CPAP mask, within which is disposed a membrane that effectively separates air and carbon dioxide within a face mask into two air chambers, and a one-way air escape valve plate is fitted to an air vent at one end of the face mask. Accordingly, when air is input into the CPAP mask through a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) ventilator, one portion of the air expels the CO | 2010-03-11 |
20100059059 | HYPERBARIC CHAMBER - A hyperbaric chamber control system. The system includes a computer and a control valve in communication with the computer, wherein the control valve responds to instructions from the computer to control a supply of gas by producing a control signal, and wherein the control valve is configured to operate independently of the computer when a profile is transferred from the computer to the control valve. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059060 | SMALL SIZE BREATHING PROTECTIVE DEVICE ARRANGED TO BE HELD IN THE USERS MOUTH. - A breathing protective device comprising a tubular elongated filter housing defining at least one wall between a first end and a second end, said wall having at least one opening, a filter in the filter house and a mouthpiece having an air canal with an opening arranged to be introduced into and held in the user's mouth whereby said filter house extends parallel to a line between the corners of the user's mouth, said air canal being in communication with at least one space within said housing for filtered inhalation air and exhalation air respectively, and wherein either the filter or the filter with the housing is disposable, wherein said filter is arranged to separate a first space from a second space and in that said air canal is arranged to enable supply of inhalation air from said first space via said filter and to enable exhalation air to escape via said opening from said second space. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059061 | LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059062 | System and Method for Occluding A Reproductive Body Lumen - An occluding system is provided that can include a first occluding device (e.g., secondary occluder) and a second occluding device (e.g., primary occluder). Providing two devices can better promote effective occlusion within the body lumen and facilitate advantageous occlusion stages, such as initial and long-term occlusion stages. In various embodiments, the two occluding devices are in operative communication with one another, such that the second occluding device is adapted to couple with or slide along a tail portion of the first occluding device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059064 | Method and Apparatus for Using a Surgical Fixture in an Intra-Operative Computed Tomography Scanner - A fixture for immobilizing a patient's head during a medical procedure is usable with a CT scanner. The fixture includes a skull clamp having detachable and adjustable radiolucent extensions. The radiolucent extensions include a body portion, a surgical pin holder assembly, and an attachment member. A first radiolucent extension includes a two-pin holder assembly. A second radiolucent extension includes a single-pin holder assembly. The attachment member of the radiolucent extension allows for angular adjustable attachment of the radiolucent extension to the skull clamp through corresponding starburst features. The surgical fixture may include an immobilization base unit having first and second mounting arms, a connecting arm, and a position adapter. The skull clamp with extensions attaches to the immobilization base unit to further immobilize the patient. The position adapter connects to the skull clamp and includes a rotational unit and vertical adjustment unit to position the patient as desired. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059065 | Tongue Implant for Sleep Apnea - A patient's obstructive sleep apnea is treated by identifying a patient with sleep apnea attributable at least in part to movement of a base of a tongue of said patient toward a pharyngeal wall of said patient. The method includes identifying a region in the tongue extending from a mandibular-geniohyoid interface to the base of the tongue and stiffening a tissue of the tongue throughout the identified region. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059066 | Tongue implant - A patient's obstructive sleep apnea is treated by identifying a patient with sleep apnea attributable at least in part to movement of a base of a tongue of the patient toward a pharyngeal wall of the patient. The tongue is stiffened by an implant sized to be placed within the tongue. A distal portion of the implant is sized to extend within the tongue from a first end near a mandibular-geniohyoid interface to a second end near a base of the tongue. A proximal portion is attached to the first end and adapted to be secured to a jaw bone of the patient following a period of healing after placement of the implant in the tongue. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059067 | Disposable hygiene article, surgical covering item, or surgical garment - A disposable hygiene article ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059068 | Fixation Wrap System for a Human or Animal Body - A fixation wrap system for restricting a position and orientation of a human or animal body is provided. The system comprises: i) a base wrap configured for being wrapped around a desired support member, ii) a fixation wrap, and iii) releasable attachment means provided on at least one of the base wrap and the fixation wrap and being configured for releasably attaching said fixation wrap to said base wrap, and wherein said fixation wrap is configured for being wrapped around a chest and/or abdomen of said human or animal body to restrict said position and orientation with respect to said base wrap. The fact that the fixation wrap is releasably attached to the base wrap opens up the possibility to provide a fixation wrap with different sizes, each size being suitable for wrapping around a human or animal body having a different size. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059069 | MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING POUCHES OF COHESIONLESS MATERIAL | 2010-03-11 |
20100059070 | Volatilization Device - A device for delivering volatilized material to a user comprises a heat delivery component ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059071 | Covered ashtray with reversible top - A covered ashtray which has a reversible top which is reversed when the ashtray is in use. The reversed side allows for the use of the ashtray in a standard fashion. Upon completion of use, the top may be placed back into the original position, wherein the ash and cigarette butts will be deposited into a chamber in the bottom portion of the ashtray. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059072 | VENTILATED SMOKING MATERIAL PERFORATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PRODUCT - An apparatus to make ventilated cigars is disclosed. The apparatus includes a perforating means along a first wrapper paper section and arranged before the first wrapper paper section and the second wrapper paper section are joined together. A roller member rotates the first wrapper paper section. In one embodiment, the roller member includes a set of pins that cooperate with the roller member to perforate the first wrapper paper section proximal to an outer edge surface of the first wrapper paper section. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059073 | SMOKELESS CIGARETTE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a novel smokeless cigarette system comprising two parts: a reusable cigarette tube ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059074 | Inspection System for a Smoking Article Having an Object Inserted Therein, and Associated Method - A system and associated method is provided for inspecting filter rods used to form cigarette filter elements, wherein each filter rod defines a longitudinal axis extending between opposed ends, with each end extending substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, and includes a filter material having an axially-extending strand disposed therein. A filter rod support device is adapted to receive at least one filter rod such that one end thereof is exposed. An analysis unit is disposed with respect to the filter rod support device so as to interact with the one end of the at least one filter rod to determine a status of the at least one filter rod and to provide a corresponding signal in response thereto. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059075 | Ventilated smoking material perforation apparatus and method - An apparatus to make ventilated cigars is disclosed. The apparatus includes a perforating means along a first wrapper paper section and arranged before the first wrapper paper section and the second wrapper paper section are joined together. A roller member rotates the first wrapper paper section. In one embodiment, the roller member includes a set of pins that cooperate with the roller member to perforate the first wrapper paper section proximal to an outer edge surface of the first wrapper paper section. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059076 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO LEAF - A present invention provides a method for reducing harmful substances and carcinogenic substances contained in a tobacco leaf. According to the present invention, the harmful substances and the carcinogenic substances are removed beforehand by washing a shredded leaf with a solvent, so that the tobacco leaf having a small amount of the harmful substances and the carcinogenic substances contained therein is produced. The cigarette produced by such a method of the present invention reduces an amount of the harmful substances and an amount of the carcinogenic substances contained in primary smoke and second-hand smoke in a case of the tobacco smoking, and reduces an amount of the harmful substances and an amount of the carcinogenic substances to be taken into a body compared with a cigarette produced in a conventional manner. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059077 | MANICURE SOAKING BOWL AND METHOD - A manicure soaking bowl and method uses a soaking bowl with a disposable inside liner which can be discarded with the contents after each use. The liner has a lip which fits on the rim of the bowl facilitating removal and replacement. The liner is shaped or molded from a thin plastic sheet. The bowl may have a special recess for the fingers. The invention minimizes the transmission of disease or infection. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059078 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR PINNING BACK PROTRUDING EARS - A method and means for pinning back protruding or prominent ears including a kit comprising of double-sided adhesive strips, a bottle of liquid adhesive enhancer, and a bottle of liquid adhesive remover or dissolver. The liquid adhesive enhancer is applied to the back of the ear and skin on the scalp adjacent to the back of the ear. The adhesive strips are cut to size, the backing paper is removed from the strips, and the strips are attached to either the back of the ear or the skin of the scalp. The ear is then pressed towards the head and the adhesive holds the ear in a place closer to the head. When finished, the ear is pulled away, the strips removed, and the liquid adhesive remover is applied to remove any adhesive that may have stuck to the skin. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059079 | EXTENSION HAIR PIECE AND HAIR EXTENSION USING THE DEVICE - Disclosed is a hair extension device. The device comprises a tube, a hair bundle and a link. The tube is configured to deform more easily in a first direction than in a second direction when the same amount of crimping force is applied to the tube. The first and second directions are on a cross-sectional plane, in which the tube's cross-section forms a closed loop. Further the tube may have a desirable crimping direction and be shaped to substantially induce grabbing of the tube with a crimping tool toward a desirable orientation thereof for crimping in the desirable crimping direction. The hair bundle comprises a plurality of extension hair strands bound together. The link links the hair bundle to the tube. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059080 | MASCARA BRUSH INCLUDING BRISTLES OF VARIOUS DIAMETERS - An applicator for applying a composition to the eyelashes or the eyebrows, the applicator having a brush with a twisted core and including at least two segments. Each segment includes a plurality of bristles having a common diameter associated with the segment, the bristles being held by the twisted core. The common diameter associated with each of the at least two segments increases for each segment towards a distal end of the twisted core. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059081 | COMPACT CASE - A compact case with improved assembly and producibility, and stability in opening and closing the lid is provided. A compact case | 2010-03-11 |
20100059082 | Expanded PTFE Articles and Method of Making Same - Unique PTFE structures comprising islands of PTFE attached to an underlying expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) structure and to methods of making such structures is disclosed. The ePTFE material may or may not have been exposed to amorphous locking temperatures. These unique structures exhibit islands of PTFE attached to and raised above the expanded PTFE structures. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059083 | Reticle Cleaning Device - A reticle cleaning device, comprising: a chamber body having a sealed chamber, within which is a reticle stage for carrying a reticle, wherein a frame attached with a protective membrane is included on the reticle; an optical component, for transmitting a light beam to the protective membrane on the reticle and receiving light beam reflected from the protective membrane and outputting a signal to indicate the upward and downward expansion change of protective membrane on the reticle; a pump, for exhausting the air inside the sealed chamber of chamber body to form negative pressure in the sealed chamber for separating contaminants or chemical contaminants on the reticle; and a controller, for receiving the signal from the optical component, wherein when the upward and downward expansion change of the protective membrane on the reticle indicated by the signal exceeds a pre-set value, the controller outputs another signal to terminate the operation of the pump. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059084 | CLEANING AND TESTING IONIC CLEANLINESS OF ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES - Systems, methods and processes for cleaning and testing electronic assemblies are described. A cleaning and testing apparatus may include a cleaning chamber, a solvent input into the cleaning chamber, a resistivity sensor within the cleaning chamber for sensing resistivity of the solvent; and a solvent output for removing the solvent from the cleaning chamber. The cleaning chamber may receive one or more electronic assemblies. A user may initiate a cleaning cycle, a testing cycle or a cleaning cycle followed by a testing cycle. The one or more electronic assemblies may be contacted with a solvent. Resistivity of the solvent after contact with the electronic assemblies may be measured and compared with an original resistivity of the solvent before contact with the electronic assemblies. The amount of ionic residues on the electronic assemblies may be determined based upon the comparing step. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059085 | PLASMA GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a plasma generator ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059086 | DRAIN SYSTEM FOR A WAREWASHER - A warewasher for washing wares includes a chamber for receiving wares. The chamber has an associated liquid delivery system for spraying liquid onto wares within the chamber. A tank collects the sprayed liquid. A liquid recirculation system moves liquid from the tank back to the liquid delivery system. A drain system is located within the tank. The drain system includes a well, a liquid recirculation system inlet within the well and a drain opening within the well. A drain control assembly includes a drain stopper member and a strainer connected with the drain stopper member. When the drain stopper member is positioned to block flow through the drain opening, the strainer is positioned to block passage of tableware into the well. The strainer is mounted for sliding movement along a length of the drain stopper member enabling, when the drain stopper member is raised slightly to permit flow out of the drain opening, the strainer to remain in position to block passage of tableware into the well. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059087 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING COATING FILM - An apparatus and a method for removing a coating film capable of stable treatment for removing unnecessary coating film at a substrate edge are provided. A substrate is clamped by approach stages from front and rear directions on a chuck, and fixed when accurate registration thereof is achieved. Then, the substrate edge is moved back and forth together with the chuck and the approach stage, so that the edge of the substrate is introduced in a space between an upper piece and a lower piece of a fixed arm portion. While the substrate is being moved, a solvent is fed from a nozzle portion onto a surface thereof and a purge gas is fed through a purge gas feeding pipe, so as to remove the coating film from the surface of the substrate by sucking and discharging the solvent and dissolved coating film through a discharge pipe. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059088 | Method and Apparatus for Removing Contamination from Substrate - A cleaning material is disposed over a substrate. The cleaning material includes solid components dispersed within a liquid medium. A force is applied to the solid components within the liquid medium to bring the solid components within proximity to contaminants present on the substrate. The force applied to the solid components can be exerted by an immiscible component within the liquid medium. When the solid components are brought within sufficient proximity to the contaminants, an interaction is established between the solid components and the contaminants. Then, the solid components are moved away from the substrate such that the contaminants having interacted with the solid components are removed from the substrate. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059089 | Device to remove snow from large vehicles - An article of manufacture suitable for cleaning the top of a vehicle, comprising: at least one blower: and a support for said blower, wherein said support positions the blower to blow snow or debris from the top of a vehicle. This invention improves on prior art by using blowers to remove snow from large vehicles. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059090 | Vehicle washing installation with artificial turf covered wash bay - A vehicle washing installation includes a wash bay having a floor for supporting a vehicle to be washed and a washing apparatus for washing a vehicle. An artificial turf covers the floor of the wash bay which functions to pre-filter dirt and debris from the water used to wash the vehicle before the water is passed thru a water filtration system. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059091 | INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an industrial washing plant with at least one treatment chamber for washing objects that are dirtied with oily, greasy, or other processing residues and are treated with treatment media that require process heat for heating active washing fluids, rinsing fluids, for example, pure water or air for drying in an air flow, in order to improve the treatment result. A washing-fluid tank and a rinsing-fluid tank can be provided, and these tanks will supply the treatment chambers by means of electrical devices. Further, nearly pure fluid can be recovered from used washing fluid or rinsing fluid by distillation by means of an evaporator and re-introduced into a treatment medium. The object of the invention consists of creating an industrial washing plant that is designed in such a way that its overall operation leads to an improvement of economical and ecological balances. The object is accomplished by integrating a power/heat coupling plant into the process-heat circuit of the washing plant, in that its process-heat component takes care of the process-heat requirement of the plant and can be introduced for heating the treatment media, and in that the electrical power or current component of the power/heat coupling plant takes care of the power or current requirement of the electrical/electronic installations. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059092 | UNIT FOR CLEANING AN INTERIOR SPACE OF A SHAVING HEAD OF A SHAVER - A cleaning unit ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059093 | Adjustable trailer hitch mount for an umbrella - The trailer hitch mount for an umbrella includes a square cross-section shaft that is adapted to slide into a standard sleeve-style trailer hitch receiver that is currently available on many vehicles. The shaft includes a series of holes along the sides thereof to receive a pin in order to secure the shaft to the trailer hitch receiver in a telescopic relationship. The series of holes allows the shaft length to be adjusted, so that the distance between the trailer hitch receiver and the opposed end of the shaft may be shortened or lengthened, as desired. The shaft includes two ends, one of which slides into the trailer hitch receiver, and the other end includes a hollow pivoting cylindrical tube that is used to receive the bottom end of an umbrella pole. The pivoting tube includes adjustment means, so that the pivoting tube may be tilted to a desired angle and secured in that position. For travel or storage purposes, the pivoting tube may be folded down and secured into a compact position parallel with the shaft. At an upper end of the pivoting tube is receiving and securing means for the umbrella pole. The umbrella pole, in a preferred embodiment, slides into the hollow pivoting tube and a hand screw positioned on the side of the pivoting tube at its upper end may be tightened against the umbrella pole and secured thereby. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059094 | ADJUSTABLE RIB CONNECTORS - The present inventions relate generally to connectors for interconnecting members of shade structures (e.g. umbrellas and pavilions), such as support ribs and hubs. The connectors can be incorporated or attached to support ribs of shade structures to enable the support ribs to extend from the hubs at various angles to accommodate different shaped canopies. The connectors include an adjustable portion that enables the support ribs to extend to desired points on the periphery of the canopy at an angle that deviates from the angle of the hub channels, which are disposed around the periphery of the hubs. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059095 | REVERSIBLE TENT RAINFLY - A rainfly ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059096 | THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND THERMOELECTRIC MODULE - The present invention aims at providing a thermoelectric device which can be prevented from being destroyed by thermal stresses, and a thermoelectric module using a plurality of such thermoelectric devices. The thermoelectric device in accordance with the present invention comprises an element for transforming energy between thermal energy and electric energy and a pair of electrodes connected to both end parts of the element, while the element is provided with a stress alleviating part for alleviating a stress caused by a temperature difference between the both end parts. Therefore, when generating electricity by using the thermoelectric device, the stress alleviating part can alleviate the stress caused by the temperature difference between both end parts of the element and restrain the element from being destroyed by the thermal stress. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059097 | BIFACIAL MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELL - A device and a method for its fabrication. The device may include a first at least partially transparent surface, a second at least partially transparent surface, a first photovoltaic cell between the first surface and the second surface and comprising a first photovoltaic material including a first p-n junction, a second photovoltaic cell between the first surface and the second surface and comprising a second photovoltaic material including a second p-n junction, and a third photovoltaic cell between the first surface and the second surface and comprising a third photovoltaic material including a third p-n junction a third p-n junction. A first bandgap associated with the first photovoltaic material is greater than a second bandgap associated with the second photovoltaic material, and a third bandgap associated with the third photovoltaic material is greater than the second bandgap associated with the second photovoltaic material. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059098 | MONOLITHIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A photovoltaic module comprised of a plurality of series connected photovoltaic cells disposed upon a substrate is fabricated utilizing thin film device techniques. A body of photovoltaic stock material comprised of an electrically conductive substrate having at least a bottom electrode layer, a body of photovoltaic material, and a top electrode layer supported thereupon is patterned so as to define a number of individual, electrically isolated photovoltaic cells and a number of electrically isolated connection zones. The connection zones are patterned to each include a portion of the bottom electrode material and are configured so that the bottom electrode material in each segment of the connection zone is exposed, and is in electrical communication with the bottom electrode portion of a particular cell. A current collecting grid structure is disposed on the top electrode of each cell and is placed in electrical communication with the bottom electrode of an adjoining cell via the electrode layer in an appropriate connection zone. In this manner, a series interconnection between the cells is established. Electrical terminals may be affixed to the module, and the finished module may be encapsulated in a body of protective materials. The substrate used in the manufacture of the module may comprise a thin, flexible layer of polymeric material and the disclosed techniques may be utilized to fabricate ultra lightweight photovoltaic modules. Also disclosed are specific module structures. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059099 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a simple process to manufacture a wiring connecting photoelectric cells in a photoelectric conversion device. Another object of this invention is to prevent defective rupture from occurring in the said wiring. The photoelectric conversion device comprises a first and a second photoelectric conversion cells comprising respectively a first and a second single crystal semiconductor layers. First electrodes are provided on the downwards surfaces of the first and second photoelectric conversion cells, and second electrodes are provided on their upwards surfaces. The first and second photoelectric conversion cells are fixed onto a support substrate side by side. The second single crystal semiconductor layer has a through hole which reaches the first electrode. The second electrode of the first photoelectric conversion cell is extended to the through hole to be electrically connected to the first electrode of the second photoelectric conversion cell. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059100 | THIN-FILM TYPE SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a thin-film type solar cell and a thin-film type solar cell obtained thereby that uses a direct printing method and reduces the frequency of a cutting process. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059101 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - A photovoltaic device is provided comprising an a-Si unit in which a plurality of a-Si cells are connected in series over a transparent insulating substrate, and a μc-Si unit in which a plurality of μc-Si cells having an optical band gap which differs from that of the a-Si cell are connected in series over a substrate, wherein a light-transmissive inorganic insulating layer is formed over at least one of the a-Si unit and the μc-Si unit, and the a-Si unit and the μc-Si unit are fixed by a light-transmissive resin layer while the a-Si unit and the μc-Si unit are opposed to each other in opposite integration directions with the transparent insulating substrate and the substrate being at outer sides. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059102 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module | 2010-03-11 |
20100059103 | THIN-FILM TYPE SOLAR CELL MODULE HAVING A REFLECTIVE MEDIA LAYER AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A thin-film type solar cell module having a reflective media layer capable of optionally transmitting light through intervals formed on the reflective media layer and a method of fabricating the same are described. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059104 | HOOK AND LOOP ATTACHMENT OF SOLAR PANELS TO ROOFING MEMBRANES - An energy generating system for placement on a roof structure is disclosed including one or more solar panels ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059105 | USE OF POLYAMIDE AS AN ENCAPSULATING MATERIAL FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES - Polyamide as an encapsulating material for the production of photovoltaic modules. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059106 | Solar Cell Electrodes - This invention describes a p-type electrode useful in producing a solar cell. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059107 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A front-surface-illuminated photovoltaic device, having a first semiconductor layer ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100059108 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR BIFACIAL SOLAR CELL - An apparatus and a method for its fabrication. The device may include a bifacial solar cell comprising a partially-transparent first surface and a partially-transparent second surface opposite the first surface, and an optical element comprising a first partially-transparent dielectric portion in contact with the first surface and the second surface. The optical element may be configured to receive light, to direct a first portion of the received light to the first surface, and to direct a second portion of the received light to the second surface. | 2010-03-11 |
20100059109 | Interdigitated Back Contact Silicon Solar Cells With Laser Ablated Grooves - Interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells are produced by depositing spaced-apart parallel pads of a first dopant bearing material (e.g., boron) on a substrate, heating the substrate to both diffuse the first dopant into corresponding first (e.g., p+) diffusion regions and to form diffusion barriers (e.g., borosilicate glass) over the first diffusion regions, and then disposing the substrate in an atmosphere containing a second dopant (e.g., phosphorus) such that the second dopant diffuses through exposed surface areas of the substrate to form second (e.g., n+) diffusion regions between the first (p+) diffusion regions (the diffusion barriers prevent the second dopant from diffusion into the first (p+) diffusion regions). The substrate material along each interface between adjacent first (p+) and second (n+) diffusion regions is then removed (e.g., using laser ablation) such that elongated grooves, which extend deeper into the substrate than the diffused dopant, are formed between adjacent diffusion regions. | 2010-03-11 |