| 11th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20150068641 | TANK FILLING DEVICE AND METHOD - A device for filling a tank with a pressurized gas, in particular with pressurized hydrogen, comprising a pressurized-gas source and a circuit for transferring gas from the source to the tank, the transfer circuit including a member for expanding and cooling the gas in order to lower the pressure and temperature of the gas from the source to respective values determined with a view to filling the tank, characterized in that the gas-expansion and cooling member includes a refrigerator that expands the gas by means of a Stirling or Ericsson thermodynamic cycle, the refrigerator being selectively supplied with gas from the source, and in that at least a portion of the cooled and expanded gas supplied to the tank is extracted from the refrigerator. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068642 | VALVE FOR INFLATION AND DEFLATION OF AIR BAGS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A valve for inflation and deflation of an air bag that is operable to allow air pressure to open the valve to allow air to enter the air bag with subsequent sealing of the valve upon removal of the air pressure source. For deflation, a common coin is insertable into the valve insert which is subsequently turned into a locked-open position, allowing egress of the air within the air bag. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068643 | FUEL ADDITIVE FUNNEL - A unitary funnel which is injection-molded is used for dispensing a flowable product, such as a fuel additive, into a receptacle provided with a normally-closed capless fitment. The funnel includes an inlet portion for receiving the flowable product, an inserting end portion for insertion into the capless fitment and a body portion having a tapered hollow interior and extending between the inlet portion and the inserting end portion. The inserting end portion includes a skirt which is constructed and arranged for proper engagement with the normally-closed capless fitment so as to open that capless fitment and allow the flowable product to be dispensed into the receptacle. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068644 | Mobile Tree-Trimming Apparatus - An apparatus, such as for tree trimming, includes a mobile carriage having a frame and a pedestal supported by the frame. The apparatus further includes a boom, such as a telescoping boom that is secured to the pedestal through a boom support. The pedestal is pivotable with respect to the carriage frame so that the boom may be selectively operated in a variety of orientations. The mobile carriage of the apparatus is sufficiently compact to fit though tight openings, while also being capable of stably supporting boom extension for operation of a distal end of the boom at elevated heights. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068645 | TREE STUMP REMOVAL DEVICE - A tree stump removal device is disclosed. The device includes an annular housing having cutters attached thereto. A method of removing a tree stump is disclosed that includes lowering a tree stump removal device into the ground surrounding the tree stump to severe some or all of the horizontal roots extending from the tree stump. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068646 | SYNTHESIS AND ANNEALING OF MANGANESE BISMUTH NANOPARTICLES - The claimed invention provides a wet chemical method to prepare manganese bismuth nanoparticles having a particle diameter of 5 to 200 nm. When annealed at 550 to 600K in a field of 0 to 3T the nanoparticles exhibit a coercivity of approximately 1T and are suitable for utility as a permanent magnet material. A permanent magnet containing the annealed MnBi nanoparticles is also provided. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068647 | HOT WORKED STEEL AND TOOL MADE THEREWITH - A hot worked matrix steel consisting of (in weight-%) 0.60-0.85 C, 0.05-0.5 Si, ≦0.5 (Si+Al), 0.1-2.0 Mn, 4.5-5.5 Cr, 1.5-2.6 Mo, ≦1.0 W, 1.5-2.6 (Mo+W/2), 0.42-0.65 V, ≦0.1 Nb, ≦0.1 Ti, ≦0.1 Zr, ≦2.0 Co, ≦2.0 Ni, ≦0.003 S, optionally, up to 30 ppm B, balance iron and unavoidable impurities. The steel after hardening and tempering at 520-600° C. (2×2 h) has a hardness of 57-63 HRC and an un-notched impact energy in the transverse direction of 20-100 J. The steel consists of tempered martensite. The steel contains 1.04 vol. % or less of primary precipitated vanadium carbides. The steel is void of primary carbides other than primary precipitated vanadium carbides. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068648 | MULTI STEP PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE FABRICATION OF COMPLEX ARTICLES MADE OF METALLIC GLASSES - In one embodiment, the invention provides a process for thermoplastic forming of a metallic glass. For example, in one embodiment, the invention provides a process for thermoplastic forming of a metallic glass ribbons having a thickness of between about 50 to about 200 microns. Related articles of manufacture and processes for customizing articles in accordance with the process as described herein are also provided. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068649 | Al-Zn-Mg Alloy Product with Reduced Quench Sensitivity - This relates to an aluminum alloy product, in particular an age-hardenable Al—Zn—Mg type alloy product for structural members, the alloy product combining a high strength with high toughness and reduced quench sensitivity, and having a chemical composition including, in wt. %: Zn about 3 to 11%, Mg about 1 to 3%, Cu about 0.9 to 3%, Ge about 0.03 to 0.4%, Si max. 0.5%, Fe max. 0.5%, balance aluminum and normal and/or inevitable elements and impurities. Furthermore, this relates to a method of producing such aluminum alloy products. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068650 | PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION FACILITY OF METAL PIPE - A production method of a metal pipe which can suppress quenching defects is provided. In the production method of a metal pipe according an embodiment of the present invention bend of the metal pipe is straightened by a straightening machine | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068651 | MULTI-LOOK, REVERSIBLE, AND TRANSFORMABLE BELTBAG TO HANDBAG - The present invention is comprised generally of (i) a main body pouch comprising a front side and back side permanently joined along the right and left perimeter of the front and back side; a top boundary of the front and back side forming an open periphery; and a top boundary of the front and back side forming a closed periphery; (ii) a belt body with terminal ends; (iii) at least one fastening device to secure the belt body to the top boundary of the main body such that the belt body is attachable and detachable from the main body; and (iv) at least one fastening device to secure the belt body around a user's waist such that the handbag is transformable to a beltbag by securing the belt body around a user's waist. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068652 | INFLATABLE COVER AND CONTROL SYSTEM - An inflatable cover assembly includes a tarp body having an integral bladder with an air chamber. A tube is coupled to the bladder. An air pump is coupled to the tube. The air pump inflates and deflates the bladder via air pumped through the tube. A water sensor is coupled to the tarp body. The water sensor detects the presence of water on the tarp body and generates an electrical signal indicating the presence of water on the tarp body. A controller is in communication with the water sensor and the air pump. In response to receiving the electrical signal from the water sensor, the controller causes the air pump to inflate the bladder. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068653 | SPINDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM - A spindle assembly for a tire inflation system having a spindle defining an axial direction and a fluid conduit. A rotatable part is rotatably mounted on the spindle and has a fluid passage. The fluid passage is configured to be in fluid communication with a pneumatic tire. A dynamic annular seal chamber is also provided. The annular seal chamber is disposed radially between the spindle and the rotatable part. The fluid conduit and the fluid passage are in fluid communication with each other through the annular seal chamber. The annular seal chamber is disposed axially between a first volume and a second volume. The first volume and the second volume are in fluid communication with each other through at least one fluid channel for leading fluid leaked out of the annular seal chamber and leaked into the first volume and/or into the second volume through the fluid channel. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068654 | Tire Inflation System Having a Rotary Coupling - A tire inflation system having a rotary coupling. The rotary coupling may have a mounting member and a rotating member. The rotating member may be rotatably coupled to the mounting member and may have a rotating member passage that may fluidly connect a first conduit to a second conduit that may be fluidly connected to the tire. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068655 | TIRE-REINFORCING STEEL CORD AND RADIAL TIRE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a tire-reinforcing steel cord for a radial tire. The tire-reinforcing steel cord has a double layer structure including a first-layer core and a second-layer core provided on the surface of the first-layer core. The first-layer core has an elliptical or rectangular cross section. The tire-reinforcing steel cord can improve processability, fatigue characteristics, and rolling resistance performance of a tire, resulting in improved fuel efficiency. A radial tire using the tire-reinforcing steel cord is also disclosed. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068656 | TYRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TYRE TRIANGULATION BELT - A crown reinforcement of a tyre includes at least one crown triangulation belt having a given width value (R). The belt essentially includes elementary widths each having a given width value (B). Each of the elementary widths has a flattened cross section and forms an angle (α) with a circumferential direction of the tyre, the angle (α) being between 10° and 80°. Adjacent elementary widths, which are positioned directly next to each other, are separated by a groove of a given width value (j) and are connected to each other by one or more weak bridges. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068657 | FUNCTIONAL PULP-CONTAINING COMPOSITES FOR DRYWALL APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides composite materials comprising a population of cellulose fibers complexed with an activator, and an additive comprising synthetic fibers complexed with a tethering agent, wherein the tethering agent has an affinity for the activator, and wherein an interaction between the tethering agent and the activator attaches the synthetic fibers to the cellulose fibers to form the composite material. The present invention also provides methods of manufacture for such composite materials, and methods for their use, for example in forming gypsum board composites. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORIENTING CONTAINERS IN A LABELING SYSTEM - A method is disclosed of orienting a container in a labeling system. The method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of containers on a conveyor wherein the containers and the conveyor are moving at a constant velocity V | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068659 | DECORATIVE PAPER - A decorative paper, which is suitable for inkjet printing, includes a base paper, on which a top-coating forms a coated base paper. The decorative paper contains one or more pigments and substantially all the pigments are present in the top-coating. A process of preparing the decorative paper and the use of such a paper for producing laminates, furniture and customized décor applications are provided. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068660 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE PROCESS CONTROL USING A TARGET KINEMATICS PROFILE IN WELDING TOGETHER MULTIPLE POLYMERIC WORKPIECES - An ultrasonic welding system, for welding together two workpieces wherein at least one of the workpieces includes a polymeric composite, comprising an energy applicator positioned along an action axis so that, in operation, ultrasonic vibrations transmitted from the energy applicator during a welding routine, are transmitted to the workpieces generally at and/or adjacent the axis. The system also includes a primary, course-control, actuator positioned along action axis so that a first load, output by the primary actuator, acts along the system action axis. The system further comprises a secondary, fine-control, actuator positioned along the system action axis so that a second load output, by the secondary actuator, acts along the axis. And the system comprises a controller for providing first command signals and second command signals to the primary actuator and second actuator to control them to effect loads on the workpieces, during the welding routine and along the axis. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068661 | SILYL TERMINATED PREPOLYMERS, METHOD FOR MAKING THEM AND ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS MADE THEREFROM - The invention is an adhesive composition comprising a silyl terminated prepolymer having a number molecular weight average (Mn) of about 8,000 to about 80,000 g/mole, a filler, and a silanol condensation reaction catalyst. The silyl terminated prepolymer is comprised of a polymeric backbone of alkylene oxide and at least three urethane groups and at least two terminal groups comprised of a silicon atom having at least two alkoxy silane groups, wherein each silicon atom in the terminal groups is separated from the urethane groups in the polymeric backbone by an amount of alkylene oxide that has a molecular weight of 200 to 15,000 g/mole. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068662 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR JOINING POLYMERIC COMPOSITES USING A HYBRID FRICTION/ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUE FOR ACHIEVING DESIRED WELD CHARACTERISTICS - A hybrid shaping-and-energizing system, for use in efficiently joining together multiple workpieces while inhibiting establishment of weld material in unwanted areas. The system including a shaping tool configured to form at least one recess in a proximate workpiece of the workpieces to be joined, and a weld-energy applicator connected to the shaping tool and configured to apply weld energy to the proximate workpiece. The recess is formed, and weld energy applied, so that molten workpiece material becomes disposed within the recess, thereby inhibiting formation of weld material in any undesired position. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068663 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING DISCREPANT WELDS - A custom weld-repair tool, for use in repairing a discrepant weld between workpieces, including an extended portion and a cavity adjacent the extended portions. The discrepant weld includes an insufficient primary portion and the tool is configured to, when the extended portion is in contact with a proximate one of the workpieces, channel welding energy, received at or generated at the tool, to the proximate workpiece via the extended portion, to form or enlarge a weld at a periphery of the primary portion or directly adjacent the primary portion. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068664 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLUTING CORRUGATED BOARD OR SOLID BOARD - Apparatus for fluting corrugated board or solid board includes a first sonotrode and an anvil or a second sonotrode disposed opposition to the first sonotrode. A local zone of the solid board or layers of the corrugated board is compressed between the first sonotrode and the anvil or second sonotrode, and then subjected to ultrasound to form a flute line or crease in the corrugated board or solid board. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068665 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF MULTIPLE PANES - The objective is to propose a production method of multiple panes which can be simple and nevertheless produce a multiple pane in its finished state which does not include any undesired protrusion from an external surface of a glass panel. The production method includes: hermetically bonding, with a sealing member, peripheries of paired glass panels disposed facing each other at a predetermined distance to form a space to be hermetically enclosed between the glass panels; evacuating air from the space through an outlet to make the space be in a reduced pressure state; subsequently dividing the space by a region forming member disposed inside the space to form a partial region which do not include the outlet; and subsequently cutting out the partial regions by cutting the pair of glass panels. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068666 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF MULTIPLE PANES - The objective is to propose a production method of multiple panes which can be simple and nevertheless produce a multiple pane in its finished state which does not include any undesired protrusion from an external surface of a glass panel. The production method includes: hermetically bonding, with a sealing member, peripheries of paired glass panels disposed facing each other at a predetermined distance to form a space to be hermetically enclosed between the glass panels; evacuating air from the space through an outlet to make the space be in a reduced pressure state; and dividing, after the space is made be in the reduced pressure state, the space by a region forming member into an outlet region including the outlet and a reduced pressure region other than the outlet region. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068667 | MOLDING DEVICE AND MOLDING METHOD OF PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire molding device includes an extruder which mixes and discharges a rubber material, a mouth piece which is attached to a leading end of the extruder, and a rotary support body around which a rubber strip discharged out of a discharge port of the mouth piece is wound, wherein a receiving portion is formed in the mouth piece closer to a rear side in a rotating direction of the rotary support body than the discharge port in an end surface facing to a rotation surface of the rotary support body, the receiving portion being capable of receiving the rubber strip which has been already wound around the rotary support body. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068668 | BEAD APEX RUBBER-FORMING METHOD, AND BEAD APEX RUBBER-FORMING DEVICE - The present invention forms bead apex rubber with good precision on the outer circumferential surface of the bead core. A molding process, in which unvulcanized rubber is made to flow into a bead apex molding chamber that is surrounded by surfaces that include the outer circumferential surface of a circular bead core and the bead apex rubber is formed directly on the outer circumferential surface of the bead core that is rotating around the core axis, is provided. The molding process comprises: a tip forming step that forms the leading end of the bead apex rubber; a middle section forming step that sequentially forms the bead apex rubber to be continuous with the leading end; and a joining step to join the back end and the leading end of the bead apex rubber by inflowing the unvulcanized rubber therebetween. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068669 | BRIDGE SPLICER AND METHOD OF SPLICING CONVEYOR BELTS - A belt splicer ( | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068670 | FILTER MEMBER AND OXYGENATOR USING SAME - A filter member used in an oxygenator is constructed to provide improved contact with a hollow fiber membrane bundle and to capture bubbles contained in blood. The filter member possesses elasticity at least in the circumferential direction to allow the inner circumference of the filter member to be increased from a natural non-expanded state prior to placement on the hollow fiber membrane bundle to an expanded state in which the inner circumference of the filter member is increased when placed on the hollow fiber membrane bundle. The filter member is constructed to satisfy the condition 0.5≦L | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068671 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DECORATED SHEET AND USE THEREOF - Decorated sheets on the basis of cellulose non-woven fabrics, such as paper, for the production of decorated laminates are impregnated with synthetic resins. Consequently, their sizes are changed, they become brittle and are not water-resistant in the laminate. In the method according to the invention the printed or unprinted non-woven fabrics are impregnated with an aqueous dispersion of a polymer which is cross-linkable by UV radiation, dried and optionally printed and finally irradiated with UV radiation. The decorated sheets thus obtained are water-resistant in the laminate and can be coiled up and stored after each process step. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068672 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG INTEGRATED INTO AN ARTWORK - A method for manufacturing an RFID tag integrated into an artwork includes steps of selectively coating a watertight layer on a periphery of the artwork; printing a conductive ink on a surface of a polyethylene terephthalate film; heating the printed conductive ink on the surface of the polyethylene terephthalate film, and curing the conductive ink as an antenna of the RFID tag; removing the antenna from the polyethylene terephthalate film to be packaged as the RFID tag with an RFID chip; pasting the RFID tag on the periphery of the artwork with AB adhesive provided on an interface between the RFID tag and the artwork; and coating a protective layer on a periphery of the RFID tag to prevent exposure to the air. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068673 | PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A pattern formation method includes forming an electromagnetic wave blocking structure having a region on a one side of a support substrate, a reflectance of an electromagnetic wave in the region being lower than a reflectance in an area outside the region; forming a mask layer provided with an opening corresponding to the region and configured to be thermally decomposed at a predetermined temperature on an other side of the support substrate; forming a first heated layer in the opening; and shedding an electromagnetic wave from the one side of the support substrate on the electromagnetic wave blocking structure, wherein an intensity of the electromagnetic wave is determined such that a temperature of the mask layer is less than the predetermined temperature and a temperature of the first heated layer being heated is greater than or equal to the predetermined temperature. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068674 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display device (display device) includes: a step of coating a liquid adhesive material on at least one of opposing surfaces of a liquid crystal display panel (display panel) that displays images or a parallax barrier panel (function panel) to be stacked onto the liquid crystal display panel; a step of attaching the liquid crystal display panel to the parallax barrier panel through an adhesive material; and a step of partial curing in which an overlapping portion of the adhesive material overlapping in a plan view an outer edge portion of at least one of the liquid crystal display panel and the parallax barrier panel is cured. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068675 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY SCREENS AND MEMBRANE KEYPADS - A method of protecting electronic display touch screens, keyboards and membrane switches on outdoor installation such as fuel dispensers and ATMs by covering them with a protective film piece cut to size and affixed thereto. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068676 | Composite ePTFE- Silicone Covering for Stent - A medical device consists of a stent having a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface; a single expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) layer contacting the first surface of the stent; and an elastomeric layer applied to at least one surface of the stent. In at least one embodiment, the elastomeric layer is silicone. In at least one embodiment, the medical device is manufactured by positioning the ePTFE layer such that a first surface of the ePTFE layer contacts a first surface of the stent to form a stent-ePTFE assembly; and applying an elastomeric solution to the first surface of the ePTFE layer and at least one surface of the stent. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068677 | Sport Ball Casing With Integrated Bladder Material - A sport ball may include a plurality of panels having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface forming a majority of an exterior surface of the ball. In addition, the sport ball may include an interior layer secured to the second surface of the panels and forming substantially all of an interior surface of the ball to retain a fluid within the ball, the interior layer extending between the panels to join the panels together. Further the sport ball may include a valve secured to the interior layer. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068678 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Method and device for producing a composite material. The method includes feeding at least two semi-finished webs in their respective longitudinal direction, placing one of the at least two semi-finished webs on top of an other of the at least two semi-finished webs, and connecting the at least two semi-finished webs to one another. Each semi-finished web has fibers fixed in a unidirectionally oriented manner, and, in at least one of the at least two semi-finished webs, the fibers enclose a predetermined angle greater than 0° to the longitudinal direction. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068679 | REINFORCING METHOD AND REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR STEEL STRUCTURE AND ELASTIC LAYER FORMING MATERIAL FOR REINFORCING STEEL STRUCTURE - A reinforcing method and structure for a steel structure and an elastic layer forming material for reinforcing a steel structure are provided that can prevent a reinforcing effect from being lowered by direct sunlight, can obtain a sufficient reinforcing effect, and can prevent a fiber sheet from being peeled away from a steel structure surface before the fiber sheet is torn. The reinforcing method for a steel structure, in which a fiber sheet including reinforcing fibers is bonded to a surface of the steel structure to integrate the fiber sheet with the steel structure, includes (a) a step of applying and hardening a polyurea resin putty to the surface of the steel structure to form an elastic layer, and (b) a step of bonding the fiber sheet to the surface of the steel structure having the elastic layer formed thereon with an adhesive agent. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068680 | POLISHING METHOD, POLISHING APPARATUS AND POLISHING TOOL - A polishing method and a polishing apparatus finish a surface of a substrate of a compound semiconductor containing an element such as Ga or the like to a desired level of flatness, so that the surface can be flattened with high surface accuracy within a practical processing time. In the presence of water, such as weak acid water, water with air dissolved therein, or electrolytic ion water, the surface of the substrate made of a compound semiconductor containing either one of Ga, Al, and In and a surface of a polishing pad having an electrically conductive member in an area of the surface which is held in contact with the substrate) are relatively moved while being held in contact with each other, thereby polishing the surface of the substrate. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068681 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing device includes a processing chamber for generating a plasma, a vacuum window that constitutes a part of a wall of the processing chamber, induction antennas including at least two systems for generating plasma in the processing chamber, radio frequency power sources for applying the current independently to the respective induction antennas, and a controller including phase circuits for controlling the phase of the current of the radio frequency power sources of the respective systems or the current value over time, and a control unit. The controller sequentially time modulates the phase difference between currents flowing to the systems or the current value within a sample processing period to move the plasma generation position so as to make the ion incident angle to the wafer uniform in the wafer plane. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068682 | POWER DEPOSITION CONTROL IN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA (ICP) REACTORS - Embodiments of inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactors are provided herein. In some embodiments, a dielectric window for an inductively coupled plasma reactor includes: a body including a first side, a second side opposite the first side, an edge, and a center, wherein the dielectric window has a dielectric coefficient that varies spatially. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate includes: a process chamber having a processing volume disposed beneath a lid of the process chamber; and one or more inductive coils disposed above the lid to inductively couple RF energy into and to form a plasma in the processing volume above a substrate support disposed within the processing volume; wherein the lid is a dielectric window comprising a first side and an opposing second side that faces the processing volume, and wherein the lid has a dielectric coefficient that spatially varies to provide a varied power coupling of RF energy from the one or more inductive coils to the processing volume. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068683 | BONDING APPARATUS AND STACK BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A yield in the step of bonding two members together is improved. A bonding apparatus includes a stage capable of supporting a first member having a sheet-like shape, a fixing mechanism capable of fixing one end portion of a second member having a sheet-like shape so that the second member overlaps with the first member, and a pressurizing mechanism capable of moving from a side of the one end portion of the second member to a side of the other end portion and spreading a bonding layer under pressure between the first member and the second member. The first member and the second member are bonded to each other. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068684 | ROLL-TO-ROLL TRANSFER METHOD OF GRAPHENE, GRAPHENE ROLL PRODUCED BY THE METHOD, AND ROLL-TO-ROLL TRANSFER EQUIPMENT FOR GRAPHENE - The present disclosure relates to a graphene roll-to-roll transfer method, a graphene roll-to-roll transfer apparatus, a graphene roll manufactured by the graphene roll-to-roll transfer method, and uses thereof. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068685 | ROLLER BLIND CASSETTE AND ROLLER BLIND SYSTEM - A roller blind cassette for receiving a roller blind shaft and a roller blind which in the stowed state is wound onto the roller blind shaft and in a functional state is drawn in a longitudinal direction through an exit slot of the roller blind cassette. The cassette has a housing with a hollow section slotted along its length and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction and forming the exit slot of the roller blind cassette. Two opposite edge regions extend on both sides of the slot of the hollow section and are connected to one another in the region of two opposite ends of the hollow section by a connecting bridge. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068686 | PNEUMATIC DOOR SEAL - A roll-up door assembly including a plurality of door panels; a pneumatic seal apparatus having an elastic membrane of an elongated tube disposed around a perimeter of the trailer door so as to be adjacent to the plurality of door panels, wherein pressurized air is injected into the pneumatic seal apparatus to expand the elastic membrane and to apply an outward force against multiple sides of the plurality of door panels, wherein applying the outward force against the plurality of door panels on multiple sides keeps the plurality of door panels as a single unit such that substantially less air flows through the plurality of door panels than prior to the application of the outward force to seal the trailer door. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068687 | REMOVABLE DOOR COVER - A cover is slideable over a door. The cover has: a first fabric cover layer for a door front; a second fabric cover layer for a door rear; a top layer joining the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate a door top; a side layer joining the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate free movement of a latch at a first side of a door; an open area between the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate door hinges at a second side of the door; and a closed or closeable area between the first fabric cover layer and the second fabric cover layer at a position to accommodate a bottom edge of the door. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068688 | Hanging Products - Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod without removing the rod from its mounted supports. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068689 | CORD LOCKER OF ROMAN SHADE - A cord locker of a roman shade includes a base, a rotary member and a connector. The connector is fixed to a shade member of the roman shade, and the base is connected to the connector. The rotary member is pivoted on the base to let the cord passes through between the rotary member and the base. While the cord is pulled, it will turn the rotary member and make the rotary member press the cord onto the base. As a result, the cord is unable to be pulled anymore in a very short time. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068690 | ADJUSTABLE WINDOW COVERING SYSTEM - An adjustable window covering system for substantially or partially covering a window to block light, provide privacy, reduce heating/air conditioning costs, reduce installation costs, or change the aesthetic appeal of the window or the area around the window is disclosed. A user can dynamically adjust the configuration, location, position, and material layer of the adjustable window covering system without the use of tools and without damage done to the walls of a window. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068691 | MULTILAYER AIRCRAFT SHADE MATERIAL - In one aspect, a multilayer material comprises a first layer formed from a thermoplastic elastomeric material, a second layer formed from a fabric and secured to a first side of the first layer, and a third layer formed from a fabric secured to a second side of the first layer. The multilayer material may be incorporated into a window shade for use in a vehicle, e.g., an aircraft or the like. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068692 | Recreational Vehicle Rooftop Shade System - The present invention relates to a novel rooftop shading system for recreational vehicles (RVs) and a method of installing the same. The shading system comprises a sheet of material generally sized to cover the roof of an RV. The sheet is supported over the roof with support rods which extend across the width of the roof and maintain a curved shape of the sheet. The sheet is secured to the RV by two strap systems which extend from the front end and rear end of the sheet. This system allows the sheet to be secured to and elevated from the roof of the RV providing space and producing shade to the rooftop of the trailer body or RV. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068693 | Composition of Fibrous Material - The present invention relates to a fibrous material composition having a predefined fraction of fresh fibres and/or waste paper with a further fraction of sweet grass, sedge, seagrass and/or algae fibres and adjuvants and water, where the weight fraction of sweet grass, sedge, seagrass and/or algae fibres is greater than 1 and less than 100 wt. % of the total material mass, in each case calculated as oven-dry material fraction. The invention further relates to a method for producing the fibrous material mixture and its use for producing fibrous-material-containing products. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068694 | CELLULOSIC AND LIGNOCELLULOSIC STRUCTURAL MATERIALS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH MATERIALS - Methods of treating wood and wood products include irradiating untreated wood having a first molecular weight with ionizing radiation to cause an increase in the molecular weight of a cellulosic component of the wood to a second, relatively higher molecular weight. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068695 | MULTI-PLY ABSORBENT SHEET OF CELLULOSIC FIBERS - An absorbent cellulosic sheet having a variable local basis weight. The sheet includes a papermaking-fiber reticulum having a plurality of fiber-enriched pileated regions of a relatively high local basis weight each extending a distance in a cross-machine direction (CD) of the sheet, and a plurality of elongated densified regions that interconnect the plurality of fiber-enriched pileated regions. The elongated densified regions (i) have a relatively low local basis weight, and each extending a distance in a machine direction (MD) of the sheet, and (ii) are arranged in a repeating pattern having leading and trailing edges, such that the elongated densified regions are longitudinally staggered with respect to each other. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068696 | PAPERBOARDS HAVING IMPROVED BENDING STIFFNESS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - Paperboards having improved MD and CD bending stiffness by including a paperboard binder coalescing agent to cause starch paperboard binder to coat at least some of the paperboard fibers. Also a method for preparing these improved bending stiffness paperboards by combining with an untreated paperboard fiber stream a treated paperboard fiber stream where at least some/at least a portion of the paperboard fibers are coated with a starch paperboard binder due to the coalescing action of a paperboard binder coalescing agent. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068697 | METHOD FOR DISSOLVING CATIONIC STARCH, PAPERMAKING AGENT AND ITS USE - The invention relates to a method for dissolving cationic starch. In the method is obtained an aqueous polyelectrolyte solution comprising a synthetic cationic polymer, which has a charge density value of at least 0.1 meq/g, determined at pH3, the concentration of the cationic polymer in the polyelectrolyte solution being >2.5 weight-%, and the aqueous polyelectrolyte solution is brought together with cationic starch having a degree of substitution, DS, >0.1. The cationic starch is dissolved to the polyelectrolyte solution by heating and/or mixing. The invention relates also to a papermaking agent comprising 2-40 weight-% of synthetic cationic polymer which has a charge density value of at least 0.1 meq/g, determined at p H 3, and 2.5-25 weight-% cationic starch having degree of substitution, DS, >0.1. The papermaking agent is in slurry form and has a viscosity of 50-20 000 m Pas, measured at 25° C. with Brookfield DVI+ viscometer. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068698 | SINGLE LAYER PAPERMAKING FABRICS FOR MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS - A woven single layer papermakers' fabric, having a sheet support surface and a machine side surface, comprises a set of monofilament machine direction (MD) oriented warp yarns interwoven with a set of monofilament weft yarns in a ten shed repeating weave pattern, wherein in each repeat of the repeating weave pattern, at least 50% of the warp yarns each forms in the sheet support surface at least one long float over nine consecutive weft yarns. Adjacent long floats define elongated MD oriented pockets in the sheet support surface. The fabrics provide improved properties for forming and conveying topographically patterned products such as tissue. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068699 | CENTRIFUGAL CASTING MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING ROTOR - Disclosed herein is a centrifugal casting machine, including: a rotating plate rotating by means of a motor; a cylindrical sleeve installed on the rotating plate and having an internal diameter corresponding to an external diameter of silicon steel plates constituting a core in the sleeve; an upper mold internally installed on the sleeve to define a first molding space into which a molten metal is introduced to mold an end ring; a lower mold internally installed on the sleeve to define a second molding space into which a molten metal is introduced to mold an end ring; a dummy shaft fitted in the center of the core and coupled to the lower mold; a cap coupled to an upper end of the dummy shaft to press the core; and a hydraulic ram coupled to the lower mold to move the lower mold up and down and coupled to the rotating plate to rotate therewith. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068700 | Casting Wheel - A casting wheel ( | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068701 | SUBMERGED NOZZLE FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS - A submerged nozzle for continuous casting of molten metal, wherein two or more discharge hole flow passages are provided on a cylindrical side surface of a submerged nozzle, and first and second inner surface side walls and first and second outer surface side walls of the discharge hole flow passages in a horizontal cross-section of the submerged nozzle when in use are composed by straight lines formed so as to be inflected at an inner side point of inflection and an outer side point of inflection. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068702 | DEW CONDENSATION DETECTING DEVICE, COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLING MEDIUM FLOW RATE CONTROLLING METHOD - A dew condensation detecting device includes a dew condensation detector and a heat transfer part. The dew condensation detector is provided to a supply pipe, which supplies a cooling medium from a cooling medium supply apparatus to a device to be cooled. The dew condensation detector detects a dew condensation by detecting a water droplet due to the dew condensation. The heat transfer part transfers heat from the cooling medium flowing in a return pipe, which returns the cooling medium from the device to be cooled to the cooling medium supply apparatus, to the cooling medium flowing in the supply pipe between the dew condensation detector and the device to be cooled. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068703 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A thermal management system for cooling a heat source onboard an aircraft that has a frame and a skin coupled to the frame such that the skin has a first segment and a second segment includes a first network of heat pipes coupled in conductive heat transfer with the heat source and the first segment of skin. The first network of heat pipes is configured to heat the first segment of skin using heat from the heat source. The thermal management system further includes a second network of heat pipes coupled in conductive heat transfer with the heat source and the second segment of skin. The second network of heat pipes is configured to heat the second segment of skin using heat from the heat source. The thermal management system is configured to selectively deactivate the first network of heat pipes and the second network of heat pipes. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068704 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLE COMPONENTS - A cooling system for removing heat generated by electrical components onboard aerospace vehicles flows coolant between an evaporator that removes heat from the component, and a condenser within the skin of the vehicle. The skin is formed from facesheets comprising multiple layers of polymer resin reinforced with meshes of single and double wall nanotubes. The nanotubes conduct the heat directionally so as to both distribute the heat over the skin and direct the heat to the outer surface of the skin where the heat can be carried away by air flowing over the skin. The skin may also include conductive carbon foam surrounding the condenser to reduce thermal resistance between the condenser and the facesheets. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068705 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR AUTOMOBILE - Provided is an air conditioner for an automobile capable of having uniform perfume performance in a width direction of the automobile by discharging air mixed with a perfume component supplied from a perfume generating unit through a discharging part. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068706 | HYDROCARBON RESOURCE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A TURBULENT FLOW OF COOLING LIQUID AND RELATED METHODS - A device for processing hydrocarbon resources in a subterranean formation may include a radio frequency (RF) source, a dielectric cooling liquid source, and an RF applicator in the subterranean formation and coupled to the RF source to supply RF power to the hydrocarbon resources. The RF applicator may include concentric tubular conductors defining cooling passageways therebetween coupled to the dielectric cooling fluid source. At least one property of the dielectric cooling liquid, a flow rate of the dielectric cooling liquid, and a configuration of the cooling passageways may be operable together to generate a turbulent flow of the dielectric cooling liquid adjacent surfaces of the plurality of concentric tubular conductors to enhance thermal transfer. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068707 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT COOLING APPARATUS - Provided is an inexpensive and highly reliable electronic component cooling apparatus that includes a pressure increase reduction function of a refrigerant such as water. The electronic component cooling apparatus of the present invention includes a cooling unit having a flow path through which a refrigerant flows, an opening/closing unit included in the flow path for confining the refrigerant, and a pressure reduction unit disposed in at least a part of an inner wall of the flow path. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068708 | AIR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER BYPASS FOR WET COOLING TOWER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A cooling tower having an evaporative media along with a liquid distribution system that distributes hot liquid over the evaporative media. The cooling tower includes a pair of heat exchanger modules that each have a first set of passageways in fluid communication with a first flow duct and a second set of passageways in fluid communication with a second flow duct. The heat exchanger module transfers heat from a first air stream into a second air stream. The cooling tower further includes a first bypass flow path that extends between the first heat exchanger module and the second heat exchanger module whereby a bypass door regulates airflow there through. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068709 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus includes an aluminum heat exchanger, an aluminum gas pipe, an aluminum liquid pipe and a copper gas pipe. The aluminum heat exchanger performs heat exchange between air and a refrigerant, and is disposed upright. The aluminum gas pipe channels gas refrigerant, and extends from a side part of the aluminum heat exchanger. The aluminum liquid pipe channels liquid refrigerant, and extends from an area below the aluminum gas pipe in the side part of the aluminum heat exchanger. The copper gas pipe channels gas refrigerant. The aluminum gas pipe is connected in a connecting part to the copper gas pipe from above the copper gas pipe. The aluminum pipe is disposed in an area outside of directly under the connecting part of the aluminum gas pipe and the copper gas pipe. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068710 | INTEGRAL INDUSTRIAL AIR AND CONDITIONING FILTER ASSEMBLY - The present invention is an industrial air filtering and conditioning assembly for use in a workspace. The invention employs one blower and filter assembly to produce both filtered and conditioned air. The invention includes a high capacity filter assembly for filtering contaminants from air to produce filtered air within the workspace. A blower for drawing air from the workspace through the filter assembly and a condenser operatively positioned adjacent to the blower. The blower passes the filtered air over the condenser to condition the air by removing heat and humidity. The condensed air is passed back to the workspace to provide both filtered and conditioned air to the workspace. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068711 | DUCT-TYPE INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER - The duct-type indoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a casing including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, an inlet duct connection part which is formed in the first surface and to which an inlet duct is connected, and an outlet duct connection part which is formed in the second surface and to which an outlet duct is connected; a partition member partitioning interior of the casing into a first space on an inlet side and a second space on an outlet side, the partitioning member having an opening communicating the first space with the second space; a heat exchanger arranged inside the first space; and a centrifugal fan having an impeller with backward curved blades, the impeller being positioned inside the second space to suck in air in the first space through the opening. The impeller has a rotating shaft parallel to the first surface. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068712 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING BOILING HEAT TRANSFER THEREIN - An apparatus and a method of enhancing boiling heat transfer therein capable of increasing both the critical heat flux and nucleate boiling heat transfer of a working fluid. The method includes placing free particles on a surface so as to define narrow corner gaps and cavities at interfaces between the particles and the surface and heating the surface while the surface is contacted by the working fluid to bring the working fluid to a boil, with the result that bubble nucleation is facilitated and nucleate boiling heat transfer from the surface is increased. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068713 | Solder Powder - The invention relates to a solder powder for connecting components made of aluminium or aluminium alloys by brazing, in particular a brazing powder for connecting heat exchanger components. The solder powder consists of powder particles on an aluminium-silicon base having a weight fraction of more than 12% by weight of silicon, wherein the powder particles have been produced by a rapid solidification and contain uniformly distributed silicon primary crystal precipitations in the eutectic aluminium-silicon alloy structure. Coating with such a solder powder leads to a uniform distribution of the silicon on the surface of the component coated with solder powder and thus to the same good soldering results. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068714 | SACRIFICIAL ALUMINUM FINS FOR FAILURE MODE PROTECTION OF AN ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGER - A method of localized cathodic protection of a heat exchanger, includes providing at least one fin formed from a first metal alloy; applying a sacrificial layer of a second metal to at least one region in the at least one fin; and connecting a refrigerant tube to the at least one fin; wherein the sacrificial layer of the second metal includes a metal from one of a zinc alloy or a magnesium alloy. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068715 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger and the heat exchanger made according to the method. The heat exchanger includes a pair of headers that define a plurality of slots. Each of the slots has a pair of nose ends that are disposed within the planar surface. Each of the slots have a first flange and second flange formed on opposite sides of the slots that extend between the pair of nose ends and are recessed into the header relative to the planar surface. One end of each of the tubes is assembled into one of the slots and is connected by a braze weld to the first flange, the second flange, and the nose ends. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068716 | EXHAUST GAS HEAT EXCHANGER - An exhaust gas heat exchanger, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, having at least one first flow channel that conducts a first fluid, which first flow channel is accommodated in respective tube sheets at end areas of the first flow channel. A housing surrounds the first flow channel and forms a second flow channel for a second fluid that flows through the housing and flows around the first flow channel. Pipe sheets are inserted into the housing such that the first flow channel is sealed off from the second flow channel. A first diffusor conducts the first fluid into the first flow channel and a second diffusor conducts the first fluid out of the first flow channel. A first shielding element has a first passage and a first spacing element is placed onto a tube sheet from the side facing away from the first flow channel. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068717 | HEAT EXCHANGER ARRANGEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A heat exchanger arrangement, for example for an internal combustion engine, having a brazed radiator block ( | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068718 | EVAPORATOR - An evaporator is provided with a refrigerant pipe, a cold storage case which has inner fins mounted therein, and air-side fins. The evaporator is characterized in that the cold storage case is provided with: a filling opening for filling the cold storage case with a cold storage material; a first flow passage connecting to the filling opening and extending in the same direction as the direction of inflow of the cold storage material; and a second flow passage connecting to the first flow passage and extending in the direction intersecting the first flow passage. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068719 | HEAT SINK - A heat sink includes a heat conduction portion and a heat dissipation portion. The heat conduction portion has a thickness, and a flat portion of the heat conduction portion contacts a heat source. The heat dissipation portion is extended from at least one side of the thickness of the heat conduction portion and includes at least a bending portion including a plurality of holes. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068720 | Method and Apparatus for an Infant-milk Warmer - A method and system for controlling the storage and preparation of a container of milk for feeding is disclosed. The system employs collected information associated with the infant or the caregiver to initiate controls of the temperature of the milk without the user's interaction. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068721 | OCCUPANCY BASED ENERGY OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for occupancy based energy optimization can include determining a size and speed of a number of objects within an area, determining a number of human occupants within the area based on the size and speed of the number of objects within the area, and altering a number of environmental settings for the area based on the determined number of human occupants. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068722 | Circulating Cooling System and Method for Controlling Circulating Cooling System - A circulating cooling system and a method for controlling the circulating cooling system are disclosed in this disclosure. Wherein, the circulating cooling system is divided into three parts: an internal cooling circulation device, a plate heat exchanger and an external cooling circulation device, wherein the internal cooling circulation device is adapted to perform circulating cooling on a heat-generating device; the plate heat exchanger is adapted to perform heat exchange between external cooling water in the external cooling circulation device and the internal cooling water in the internal cooling circulation device; the external cooling circulation device is adapted to cool the external cooling water. Also, the external cooling primary circulation pump, the cold accumulation water pool, the water-air plate-wing heat exchanger, the cold accumulation air cooler, the first valve and the second valve may be controlled, respectively. Thus, water consumption and power consumption may be effectively reduced while cooling the heat-generating device. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068723 | IN-LINE ADAPTER FOR A PERFORATING GUN - A plug and shoot assembly including a perforating gun to perforate a subterranean wellbore, a setting tool to install a plug within the wellbore, and an adapter configured to connect to each of the perforating gun and the setting tool. The adapter includes a single outer housing, the outer housing further including a first end to directly connect to the perforating gun, a second end to directly connect to the setting tool, and an internal passage extending between the first and second ends of the outer housing. In addition, the adapter includes a diode housing disposed within the internal passage and configured to receive a diode member, and an internal contact assembly also disposed within the internal passage. The internal contact assembly is configured to route an electrical signal to cause the setting tool to install a plug within the wellbore. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068724 | MOBILE, MODULAR, ELECTRICALLY POWERED SYSTEM FOR USE IN FRACTURING UNDERGROUND FORMATIONS - The present invention provides a method and system for providing on-site electrical power to a fracturing operation, and an electrically powered fracturing system. Natural gas can be used to drive a turbine generator in the production of electrical power. A scalable, electrically powered fracturing fleet is provided to pump fluids for the fracturing operation, obviating the need for a constant supply of diesel fuel to the site and reducing the site footprint and infrastructure required for the fracturing operation, when compared with conventional systems. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068725 | POSITIVE RETENTION LOCK RING FOR TUBING HANGER - A wellhead assembly includes a wellhead housing with a bore and an annular lock groove on an inner diameter surface of the bore. A wellbore member is concentrically located within the bore of the wellhead housing, defining an annulus between the wellbore member and the wellhead housing. An annular lock ring is positioned in the annulus. The annular lock ring has an outer diameter profile for engaging the lock groove and is radially expandable from an unset position to a set position. An energizing ring is positioned in the annulus to push the lock ring outward to the set position as the energizing ring moves downward. A retainer selectively engages the energizing ring and limits axial upward movement of the energizing ring relative to the wellbore member, retains the annular lock in the set position, and prevents axial upward movement of the wellbore member relative to the wellhead housing. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068726 | BLOWOUT PREVENTER TRANSPORT AND HANDLING SYSTEM - A blowout preventer transport and handling system for a blowout preventer on a well rig. The system includes a skid for a receipt of a blowout preventer. A pair of trolley beams parallel to the skid are moveable between a lowered storage position and a raised use position. A trolley hoist mechanism is provided on each of the trolley beams. At least one cylinder moves the pair of trolley beams between the lowered storage position and the raised use position. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068727 | Subterranean Tool for Release of Balls Adjacent Their Intended Destinations - A subterranean tool can drop multiple objects to landing locations in a tubular string. The tool can keep at least one ball out of the fluid stream until ready for release. A dart or wiper plug can be kept in the fluid stream with an open bypass until axial mandrel movement allows release of the plug or dart. The tool is rotationally locked at a lower location for run in and then can rotationally lock at an upper location upon release of the dart or ball shifting relative rotation capabilities to different members. Axial movement that releases the dart also aligns a ball with a decreasing depth groove so that relative part rotation can cam the ball against a leaf spring detent and into the mandrel flow path. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068728 | Downhole Tool Having Slip Composed of Composite Ring - A single piece composite slip component is disclosed, making it easier and more feasible for milling up a composite plug after use. Moreover, because the composite slip component is one piece during deployment, and not in segments like conventional slip segments, it can better withstand the high speeds and higher fluid velocities and pressures downhole. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068729 | COMPOSITE SLIPS FOR A FRAC PLUG - A composite frac plug ( | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068730 | Breaking of frangible isolation elements - A down hole pressure isolation tool is placed in a pipe string and includes a pair of pressure discs having one side that is highly resistant to applied pressure and one side that ruptures when much lower pressures are applied to it. The weak sides of the pressure discs face each other. In some embodiments, an upper disc is mounted for movement and restrained by a shearable connection. Upon the application of pressure to the tool, the connection shears allowing the upper disc to move into and collide with the lower disc thereby fracturing both discs and allowing pressure communication across the tool. In another embodiment, spurs carried by a sleeve fracture an upper disc in response to pressure delivered to an upper end of the tool. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068731 | Subterranean Tool for Release of Darts Adjacent Their Intended Destinations - A subterranean tool can drop multiple objects to landing locations in a tubular string. The tool can keep at least one ball out of the fluid stream until ready for release. A dart or wiper plug can be kept in the fluid stream with an open bypass until axial mandrel movement allows release of the plug or dart. The tool is rotationally locked at a lower location for run in and then can rotationally lock at an upper location upon release of the dart or ball. Axial movement that releases the dart can continue until the ball aligns with a decreasing depth groove so that relative part rotation cams the ball against a leaf spring detent and into the mandrel flow path. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068732 | Molded Composite Slip of Sheet Molded Compound for Downhole Tool - A component of a slip assembly is formed by rolling sheet molding compound into a rolled charge. The rolled charge is positioned in a compression molding press and compressed to produce a molded element. The molded element is removed from the compression molding press and can be machined for use as the component of the slip assembly. The component can be a slip segment or can be a cylindrical body for the slip segment. The compound layers in the molded component can be oriented in a number of different orientations in the component and can increase the overall strength of the component. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068733 | Expandable Liner Hanger with Anchoring Feature - An expandable liner hanger features carbide or other hard particles adhered to the outer surface of a tubular mandrel that is expanded using vulcanized rubber to retain the carbide during run in or set. The rubber can be directly applied to the outer surface of the mandrel or to a split ring that is subsequently secured to the outer surface of the mandrel. The rubber can also be mounted in an exterior recess to protect the carbide during running in from being knocked off with impact. A binder can be applied to the carbide or to the rubber for better fixation of the carbide when vulcanizing the rubber. The rubber moves with the expanding mandrel while binding the carbide until contact of the carbide to the surrounding tubular transfers the liner string weight to the surrounding tubular through the carbide. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068734 | Method of Formation Evaluation with Cleanup Confirmation - Methods of evaluating a downhole fluid with a downhole tool. The downhole tool is positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, and has a probe positionable adjacent a wall of the wellbore and pumps, the probe having a sampling inlet and a contamination inlet to draw fluid from the formation into the downhole tool with the pumps. The methods involve pumping fluid into the downhole tool through the sampling inlet and the contamination inlet, varying the pumping of the fluid through the sampling inlet and the contamination inlet at a plurality of flow rates, measuring parameters of the fluid passing through the sampling inlet and the contamination inlet (the fluid parameters comprising optical density), and determining cleanup of contamination during sampling by examining changes in optical density of the fluid entering the sampling inlet at the flow rates. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068735 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED WELL CREATION IN A SHALE FORMATION - Systems and methods for optimized well creation in a shale formation are described herein. The method may include determining a first planned stimulation location within the formation. The first planned stimulation location may be based, at least in part, on a pre-determined model of a formation. A borehole in the formation may be drilled with a downhole tool. The first planned stimulation location based, at least in part, on data received at the downhole tool. Additionally, the downhole tool may stimulate the formation at the adjusted first planned stimulation location. In certain other embodiments, a second stimulation location may be determined based on data received at the downhole tool after stimulation of the formation at the adjusted first planned stimulation location. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068736 | FORMATION ENVIRONMENT SAMPLING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to advance a sampling and guard probe ( | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068737 | LOGGING TOOL AND METHOD OF USE - A logging tool or logging tool sub ( | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068738 | Apparatus, System And Method For Multi Zone Monitoring In Boreholes - A multi-zone monitoring system allowing simultaneous measurement of separate zones of multi-zone wellbore formations comprising a multi-component umbilical containing both electrical lines and a hydraulic fluid lines, an inflatable isolation packer that can traverse through the wellbore and be inflated with hydraulic fluid to seal off a portion of the wellbore wherein the inflatable isolation packer is connected to a hydraulic line of the multi-component umbilical, wherein the inflatable isolation packer further comprises: one or more cable bypass feed throughs for the umbilical's electric and hydraulic fluid lines, wherein the hydraulic line is attached to the inflatable isolation packer with compression fittings. A method of monitoring geologic formations in a wellbore comprising attaching a plurality of inflatable isolation packers at predetermined distance to an umbilical containing a hydraulic line for inflating each packer, monitoring each connection of the hydraulic line to each inflatable isolation packer, attaching monitoring equipment to the umbilical at predetermined distances to the umbilical, lowering the equipment and inflatable isolation packers down a wellbore using the umbilical, and monitoring the equipment and each hydraulic line connection at a surface. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068739 | Wellbore Completion for Methane Hydrate Production with Real Time Feedback of Borehole Integrity Using Fiber Optic Cable - In producing methane a bottom hole assembly the borehole may enlarge due to shifting sands in an unconsolidated formation as the methane is produced. The enlargement of the borehole can be sensed in real time such as by using a fiber optic cable. In response to such information parts of the bottom hole assembly near the washout can be isolated or the bottom hole assembly in the vicinity of the washout can be fortified with inserts from the surface to minimize damage from erosion caused by higher velocities resulting from borehole washouts. | 2015-03-12 |
| 20150068740 | COAXIAL GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SAID GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER IN THE GROUND - A coaxial ground heat exchanger and installation method are disclosed where the heat exchanger has a central core tube that can be provided with a thermally insulating casing and an outer tube that delimits an annular gap which extends radially outwards from the core tube. The core tube and the annular gap can be configured such that a flowable heat transfer medium can flow through. The outer tube is formed by a tubular expandable cover that directly adjoins a wall of a ground heat exchanger borehole when the heat exchanger is installed. | 2015-03-12 |
