11th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130061563 | Protective Articles for Horses - A protective article for a horse includes a protective member and a replaceable securing member. The protective member includes a body portion extending between a pair of opposing ends and dimensioned to be wrapped around and secured to a horse's body part, and further includes a first engagement member coupled to the body portion adjacent one end, and a second engagement member coupled to the body portion adjacent the other end. The replaceable securing member is adapted to be selectively engaged with the engagement members in a manner that urges the engagement members towards one another. The replaceable securing member includes a first securing assembly adapted to be manually reversibly secured to the first engagement member, and a second securing assembly adapted to be manually reversibly secured to the second engagement member, the first securing assembly securing to the first engagement member independently of the second securing assembly. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061564 | FIREARM SUPPORTING DEVICES, METHODS OF ASSEMBLING FIREARM SUPPORTING DEVICES, AND METHODS OF PACKAGING FIREARM SUPPORTING DEVICES - Firearm supporting devices (e.g., firearm vises), methods of assembling firearm supporting devices, and methods of packaging firearm supporting devices are disclosed herein. One aspect is directed to a firearm supporting device for supporting a firearm having a first section and a second section spaced apart from the first section. In one such embodiment, a firearm supporting device includes a base, a first support for carrying the first section of the firearm, and a second support for carrying the second section of the firearm. The base includes a first portion and a second portion configured to be attached to the first portion. The first portion is fixed relative to the second portion when the first and second portions are attached. The first support is configured to project from the first portion of the base. The second support is configured to project from the second portion of the base. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061565 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSERTING ONE OR MORE GOODS INTO A MOVEABLE COVER - An apparatus for inserting one or more goods into a moving cover includes a cover transport, and at least one filling aid configured to move at least partially into the cover and to be maintained within the cover during at least a part of the movement of the cover. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061566 | Vacuum Cleaner Filter Bag - The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag, comprising a first bag wall containing a filter material and a second bag wall containing a filter material. The first and the second bag walls are joined together along the periphery thereof such that the vacuum cleaner filter bag is completely closed. Said filter material of the first and the second bag walls is made of a non-woven fabric. The vacuum cleaner filter bag comprises an inlet through which the air which is to be filtered can flow into the vacuum cleaner filter bag, also comprising a retaining plate. Said vacuum cleaner filter bag is characterised in that the first and/or the second bag wall comprises at least five folds. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061567 | Isolator Device - An isolator device having a work chamber, air supply means for supplying air of a unidirectional airflow traveling from an upper part to a lower part in the work chamber, and air discharge means for discharging air of the unidirectional airflow from a lower part of the work chamber are provided, and moreover, a bulkhead provided in parallel with a peripheral wall portion of the work chamber along the air of the unidirectional airflow and longitudinal air outlets opened along a width direction of a lower end portion in a lower part of the lower end portion of the bulkhead and attached so as to oppose an air inlet portion by a filter unit for air purification is provided. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061568 | CONFIGURATION OF A CYCLONE ASSEMBLY AND SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - A cyclone separator useable in a surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone casing defining a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber are openable such that the entire cross sectional area of the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber may be exposed. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061569 | Device for flattening corn stalk stubbles - The present invention is directed to a new and simplified device for controlling residual agricultural products. In particular, the device is useful for folding over corn stalk stubble or other stubble which may be protruding from the surface of the earth. The end of the flattening shoe which contacts the corn stubble is provided with an angled or radius section which insures that the flattening shoe will not dig into the earth as it is advanced by the vehicle and, if the device should become unattached, it will not damage tires that are immediately following. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061570 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE COMPRESSED AIR ZONES - A gas turbine combustor ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130061571 | Laser propelled flight vehicle - Disclosed are embodiments for producing thrust, and in particular thrust for the propulsion of a flight vehicle. The embodiments incorporate the on-board laser heating of a propellant to a plasma state for the production of thrust, and of energy being supplied to the on-board laser by remote power sources such as ground based, sea based, space based, or airborne pump lasers. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061572 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A THRUST REVERSAL DEVICE - A control system of a hydraulic type for a thrust reversal device with which a jet engine nacelle is equipped, and associated with a nozzle variation device, is provided by the present disclosure. The control system includes at least one additional control unit hydraulically connecting actuators together, wherein hydraulic supply lines from the control unit in a nozzle mode and from the control unit in a reverser mode are then able to communicate hydraulically with each other. A plurality of control valves are laid out so that when the unit for driving the actuators in a nozzle mode is active, a corresponding hydraulic signal controls the valves of the control unit in a position such that the hydraulic supply lines of the actuators from the driving unit according to a reverser mode are cut off. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061573 | SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An exhaust gas purification device may deactivate at least one of cylinders to supply a gasoline particulate filter with sufficient air according to a driving condition of a gasoline engine, and a control method thereof and a control method thereof may include comparing a pressure difference of the gasoline particulate filter with a predetermined value, determining a cylinder that may be to be deactivated when the pressure difference may be larger than the predetermined value, regenerating the gasoline particulate filter by supplying it with air through the deactivated cylinder, determining whether the engine may be in an over-run condition during the regeneration process, and returning to a general driving condition in a case that the engine may be in the over-run condition. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061574 | SCR THAWING CONTROL SYSTEM - A selective catalytic reduction thawing control system that can distinguish between a thawing failure and a malfunction and can prevent a malfunction of a supply module (“SM”) pump. The thawing control system includes a thawing control unit that detects a pressure inside the supply module when the SM pump is operated, and stops the operation of the SM pump and continues thawing of urea water when the pressure is less than a predetermined value. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061575 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This invention relates to an internal combustion engine and a control device for the internal combustion engine and has an object to provide an internal combustion engine and a control device therefore that can suppress occurrence of knocking if an EGR rate is increased. An EGR gas can be made to flow separately through one path via one EGR passage and an other path via another EGR passage. The EGR gas flow through the other path can be cooled by an intercooler. Since the intercooler usually has a capacity larger than that of an EGR cooler, its cooling capability is high, and the EGR gas can be made to flow into a surge tank in a state where heat of the EGR gas has been sufficiently emitted. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061576 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION (SCR) DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM - An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine is provided, including an exhaust gas conduit, an oxidation catalyst (“OC”) device, an electrically heated catalyst (“EHC”) device, a selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) device, and a control module. The OC device is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit. The OC device adsorbs hydrocarbons and is selectively activated to induce oxidation of the hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas. The EHC device is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and is configured to receive the exhaust gas. The EHC device is located within the OC device and is selectively activated to produce heat and induce further oxidation of the exhaust gas. The EHC device has an oxidation catalyst compound disposed thereon for converting nitrogen oxide (“NO”) to nitrogen dioxide (“NO | 2013-03-14 |
20130061577 | Pre-Injection Exhaust Flow Modifier - An exhaust gas treatment system for reducing emissions from an engine includes an exhaust conduit adapted to supply an exhaust stream from the engine to an exhaust treatment device. The conduit includes an aperture. An injector injects a reagent through the aperture and into the exhaust stream. A flow modifier is positioned within the exhaust conduit upstream of the injector. The flow modifier includes a diverter for increasing the velocity of the exhaust gas at a predetermined location within the conduit relative to the injected reagent. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061578 | REDUCTANT DELIVERY UNIT FOR SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION WITH FREEZE ACCOMMODATION STRUCTURE - A reductant delivery unit ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130061579 | Exhaust Gas Aftertreatment System For Engines Equipped With Exhaust Gas Recirculation - A system for treating exhaust of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust recirculation system and a turbocharger includes an exhaust passageway adapted to receive exhaust from the engine. A heat exchanger is adapted to be positioned within the exhaust gas recirculation system. A pressurized air supply system includes a conduit containing pressurized air and extending within the heat exchanger. A regeneration unit for combusting a fuel and heating the exhaust flowing through the exhaust passageway is supplied air from the air supply system that has been heated by the heat exchanger. An exhaust treatment device is positioned downstream from the regeneration unit in receipt of the heated exhaust. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061580 | DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER SYSTEM - A diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) system that suppresses clogging of a DPF and enhances convenience including accumulated particulate matter (“PM”) quantity estimator for estimating an accumulated PM quantity in an idle state; and a long low idle forced regeneration unit | 2013-03-14 |
20130061581 | AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An oscillation signal is generated to oscillate the air-fuel ratio with a set frequency which is different from a 0.5th-order frequency (half of the frequency corresponding to a rotational speed of the engine). Air-fuel ratio perturbation control is performed to oscillate the air-fuel ratio according to the oscillation signal. An intensity of the 0.5th-order frequency component and the set frequency component contained in the detected air-fuel ratio signal are calculated. A determination parameter applied to determining an imbalance degree of air-fuel ratios corresponding to the plurality of cylinders is calculated according to the two intensities and determines an imbalance failure that the imbalance degree of the air-fuel ratios exceeds an acceptable limit. A predicted imbalance value, indicative of a predicted value of the imbalance degree, is calculated, and an amplitude of the oscillation signal is set according to the predicted imbalance value. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061582 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM IN UPLAND AREA - When a diesel particulate diffuser (“DPD”) of a vehicle traveling in a normal drive mode in the upland area is to be automatically regenerated by raising a temperature of exhaust gas from an engine, an exhaust gas purification system determines an upland full-load injection quantity from the atmospheric pressure in the upland area and an engine speed while the vehicle is in motion and drives the vehicle with the injection quantity determined. The system determines, during the regeneration mode, an upland drive regeneration injection quantity obtained by decreasing the upland full-load injection quantity on the basis of a quantity required for the post-injection. The injection quantity is gradually decreased from the upland full-load injection quantity to the upland regeneration drive injection quantity when the vehicle shifts from the normal drive mode in the upland area to the upland regeneration mode, so that the decreased quantity is used for the post-injection. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061583 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING SYSTEM - An exhaust pipe for a diesel engine is connected to a diesel particulate defuser (“DPD”). To automatically regenerate the DPD, an exhaust gas temperature is detected, a deviation of the detected exhaust gas temperature from a target regeneration temperature is evaluated, and an amount of post injection is controlled through PID control according to the deviation. When, during the automatic regeneration with a vehicle running, an exhaust brake valve is closed, the post injection is interrupted. While the exhaust brake is being closed, an operation of an integral control term is continued with the PID control, and when the exhaust brake valve is opened, the integral control term operated without interruption is used as an initial amount of operation. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061584 | Exhaust Gas Heat Recovery Device - A device for recovering heat from a hot gas stream comprises a gas diverter valve and a gas/liquid heat exchanger. The diverter valve comprises a valve body; a valve element movable between a bypass position and a heat exchange position; and a gas inlet and a gas outlet formed in the valve body. The heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core comprised of a stack of core plates arranged parallel to the exhaust gas flow path, and the heat exchanger is located outside the exhaust gas flow path and may be spaced therefrom so as to avoid unwanted heat transfer with the valve in bypass mode. The heat exchanger may include a bottom-most gas flow path adjacent to the bottom plate, and may include a mounting plate which is mechanically secured to the valve body, with a thermally insulating gasket provided between the mounting plate and the valve body. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061585 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes an exhaust treatment apparatus provided in an exhaust passage, and a burner apparatus provided upstream of the exhaust treatment apparatus to increase an exhaust temperature. The burner apparatus includes at least a fuel addition valve that allows fuel to be added into exhaust and ignition means for igniting the fuel added via the fuel addition valve. The fuel addition valve is driven open when fuel is added via the fuel addition valve. The amount of fuel added via the fuel addition valve per unit time is increased beyond a predetermined reference amount when the detected amount of intake air exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The probability of successful ignition by the ignition apparatus is increased, and a flame is prevented from being blown out. Thus, the burner apparatus can demonstrate sufficient ignition performance and sufficient combustion performance. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061586 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD FOR AN ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE - A cast exhaust manifold for an engine is disclosed that is fastened to the engine by a number of independent flanges between each pair of which a spacer is positioned to produce an interference fit when the exhaust manifold is at ambient temperature. The use of independent flanges allow the exhaust manifold to expand when heated without creating high levels of internal stress and the spacers prevent undue distortion of the exhaust manifold when the exhaust manifold cools. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING ENERGY AND LEVELING HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOADS - A hydraulic system including an accumulator and a hydraulic transformer is disclosed. The hydraulic transformer includes first and second variable displacement pump/motor units mounted on a rotatable shaft. The rotatable shaft has an end adapted for connection to an external load. The first variable displacement pump/motor unit includes a first side that fluidly connects to a pump and a second side that fluidly connects to a tank. The second variable displacement pump/motor unit includes a first side that fluidly connects to the accumulator and a second side that fluidly connects with the tank. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING INERTIAL ENERGY - A hydraulic system adapted to recover inertial energy is disclosed. The hydraulic system includes a pump, a variable displacement pump/motor having an input/output shaft, an accumulator, and a valve arrangement. The valve arrangement is operable in: a) a first mode where the variable displacement pump/motor is driven by the pump to rotate the input/output shaft and the load; b) a second mode where the variable displacement pump/motor uses inertial energy from a deceleration of the load to charge the accumulator; and c) a third mode where the variable displacement pump/motor is driven by the accumulator to rotate the input/output shaft and the load. The hydraulic system also includes a controller for controlling operation of the pump, the variable displacement pump/motor and the valve arrangement. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061589 | HYDRAULIC POWER CONVERTER - An energy storage system that converts irregular power to controlled power by a hydraulic power converter that utilizes the irregular power to pump hydraulic fluid, stores at least a part of the pumped hydraulic fluid in a pressurized accumulator cluster, and provides controlled power by a hydraulic motor operated by pressurized hydraulic fluid from the accumulator cluster, according to a specified power demand. The operation of the hydraulic power converter may be controlled electrically and mechanically, and the hydraulic power converter may be integrated in a vehicle, to maintain an optimal operation range of the engine, or in an energy production device, for generating controlled power from the irregular output of the device. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061590 | STIRLING CYCLE ENERGY CONVERTER - The “Energy Converter using Stirling Cycle” refers to the present invention patent request for constructive systems in general, more specifically for an “Energy Converter using Stirling Cycle”, which provides mechanical energy by means of conversion carried out by means of the heat flow passage from a thermal energy source to a gas that circulates between sealed units. The system is composed of one or more pairs of chambers, called sealed units, which transfer heat to the gas in alternate way between themselves, by means of the controlled movement of a rotor in the shape of an escutcheon, which exposed the gas between the hot and cold plates alternately so that the gas between the chambers expands and contracts cyclically generating the driving force. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061591 | ADIABATIC COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - During an adiabatic compressed air energy storage (ACAES) system's operation, energy imbalances may arise between thermal energy storage (TES) in the system and the thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a given volume of compressed air to a desired turbine entry temperature after the air is discharged from compressed air storage of the ACAES system. To redress this energy imbalance it is proposed to selectively supply additional thermal energy to the given volume of compressed air after it received thermal energy from the TES and before it expands through the turbine. The additional thermal energy is supplied from an external source, i.e. fuel burnt in a combustor. The amount of thermal energy added to the given volume of compressed air after it received thermal energy from the TES is much smaller than the amount of useful work obtained from the given volume of compressed air by the turbine. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061592 | Process for Maximization and Optimization of Coal Energy - A process for maximization and optimization of coal energy comprising the steps of Selection of old coal mine or coal bearing areas; surveying of the mine or coal bearing areas for preparing of the panels; hydro-geological survey and Geo-Mechanical survey of the panels of Step-II above; sub paneling and slicing of the survey panels of the step-II and III above; preparing of the surface of the panel of step-IV above for development for at least boring of the panels; underground/Channeling of the boreholes at the floor level of the coal; burning of the coal in said channel of step-vi; extraction of the heat from the prepared boreholes seam & simultaneously filling of the voids created by extraction; use of the extraction heat for conversion into steam energy; use of the steam energy for generation of electricity or any other alternate use. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061593 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY - A system and method for controlling a combustor assembly are disclosed. The system includes a combustor assembly. The combustor assembly includes a combustor and a fuel nozzle assembly. The combustor includes a casing. The fuel nozzle assembly is positioned at least partially within the casing and includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle assembly further defines a head end. The system further includes a viewing device configured for capturing an image of at least a portion of the head end, and a processor communicatively coupled to the viewing device, the processor configured to compare the image to a standard image for the head end. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061594 | TURNING GUIDE FOR COMBUSTION FUEL NOZZLE IN GAS TURBINE AND METHOD TO TURN FUEL FLOW ENTERING COMBUSTION CHAMBER - A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine, the assembly including: a cylindrical center body; a cylindrical shroud coaxial with and extending around the center body, and a turning guide having an downstream edge extending in a passage between the center body and an inlet to the shroud, wherein the turning guide extends only partially around the center body. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061595 | Speed Card-Controlled Override Fuel Pump Assist - A system and method for supplementing fuel feed pressure and flow within an aircraft fuel system. The fuel system includes boost and override fuel pumps delivering fuel from the tanks to a fuel manifold, and a jettison fuel pump. The method includes the steps of: (a) sensing whether the aircraft engine is operating near maximum power; (b) upon sensing the condition, operating the jettison fuel pump in fluid interconnection with the override fuel pump to deliver fuel to the fuel manifold; and (c) upon sensing the cessation of the condition, deactivating the jettison fuel pump. The system includes a monitoring circuit signaling when the aircraft engine speed is greater than a predetermined threshold, and a fuel system control circuit operating a jettison fuel pump enable circuit portion in response to the signal while omitting other jettisoning operations. The jettison fuel pump consequently functions as an override fuel pump assist. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061596 | FUEL GAS PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GAS TURBINE FUEL SUPPLY PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS - A method is provided for modifying a fuel control system for a gas turbine having a standard unloading sequence and a pre-defined minimum inlet pressure requirement associated with the standard unloading sequence to allow the gas turbine to operate over an increased range of fuel supply pressure. The method includes modifying the fuel control system by inputting a modified unloading sequence onto a computing system operatively associated with the fuel control system, the modified unloading sequence comprising a series of operating modes, mode transfers, or a combination thereof that is different than the standard unloading sequence; and modifying the fuel control system by inputting a new defined minimum inlet pressure requirement for the modified unloading sequence onto the computing system, the new defined minimum inlet pressure requirement being less than the pre-defined minimum inlet pressure requirement thereby reducing a fuel supply pressure trip point for the gas turbine. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061597 | Systems and Methods for Inlet Fogging Control - The present application provides an inlet air fogging system for a gas turbine engine. The inlet air fogging system may include a fogging nozzle array and a fogging control system in communication with the fogging nozzle array. The fogging control system may include a droplet size measurement system and a humidity level measurement system. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A WORKING FLUID IN A COMBUSTOR - A system for conditioning a working fluid in a combustor includes a primary combustion chamber, a liner circumferentially surrounding the primary combustion chamber, and a primary nozzle in fluid communication with the primary combustion chamber. A secondary combustion chamber located outside of the primary combustion chamber includes a shroud that defines a fluid passage, a secondary nozzle, and means for igniting fuel in the secondary combustion chamber. A method for conditioning a working fluid in a combustor includes flowing the working fluid through a primary combustion chamber and flowing at least a portion of the working fluid through a secondary combustion chamber located outside of the primary combustion chamber. The method further includes flowing a fuel through the secondary combustion chamber, combusting the fuel, and flowing the combustion gases from the secondary combustion chamber into the primary combustion chamber. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061599 | FUEL MANIFOLD COOLING FLOW RECIRCULATION - Cooling flow recirculation in fuel manifolds, such as fuel manifolds associated with gas turbine engines is disclosed. An example system for jet pump driven recirculation of manifold cooling flow according to at least some aspects of the present disclosure may include a flow split valve having a spool valve disposed therein, the flow split valve having a pilot manifold and a main manifold attached thereto; a jet pump fluidically coupled to the pilot manifold, the jet pump being arranged to drive recirculation of a cooling flow through the main manifold via a cooling flow circuit in a pilot only mode of operation; and/or a fuel nozzle in fluid communication with the pilot manifold and the main manifold. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061600 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF GAS TURBINE COMPONENTS USING A COMPRESSED MOISURIZED COOLANT - A method and apparatus for controlling a temperature a component of a gas turbine is disclosed. A compressed gas for use as a coolant is provided. The coolant is moisturized at a moisturizeing unit. A circulating unit circulates the moisturized coolant to the component of the gas turbine to control the temperature of the component. The coolant can be air, nitrogen, and a mixture of air and nitrogen in various embodiments. The component of the turbine can be a blade of a turbine section of the gas turbine, a turbine nozzle and a combustor, for example. A combustor can combust a mixture of fuel and the moisturized compressed coolant gas to reduce a NOx emission of the gas turbine. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061601 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ANGLING GUIDE VANES OF A TORQUE CONVERTER - A control apparatus for angling guide vanes of a torque converter is provided and includes a modeling unit configured to receive current condition data, to determine a current input power supplied by a starting motor from the current condition data and to output a result of the determination as a control signal and a controller, which is coupled to the modeling unit and thereby receptive of the control signal. The controller is configured to execute a comparison of the current input power with a rating of the starting motor and to angle the guide vanes of the torque converter at an angle in accordance with a result of the comparison. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061602 | MAGNETIC HEAT EXCHANGE UNIT - A magnetic heat exchange unit includes a magnetocaloric material, and at least one fluid pathway. The fluid pathway is formed in the magnetocaloric material and has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A main fluid flowing direction is defined between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and the cross-section of the fluid pathway varies along the main fluid flowing direction. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061603 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A temperature control device for a climate control loop comprising at least one handle piece. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061604 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device adapted to contain a food item such a butter comprises a closeable container, a means for maintaining a predetermined temperature with the container irrespective of ambient temperature and an internal power source adapted to power the means for maintaining a predetermined temperature. The closeable container is located on a recharging unit by way of spherical feet which are received in part-spherical cups on the recharging unit. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061605 | FULLY INTEGRATED THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO AEROSPACE DE-ICING SYSTEMS - A thermoelectric module and methods for making and applying same provide an integrated, layered structure comprising first and second, thermally conductive, surface volumes, each in thermal communication with a separate respective first and second electrically conductive patterned trace layers, and an array of n-type and p-type semiconducting elements embedded in amorphous silica dielectric and electrically connected between the first and second patterned trace layers forming a thermoelectric circuit. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061606 | INTEGRATED STIRLING REFRIGERATOR - An integrated Stirling refrigerator is composed of two parts: a compressor and an expander. The compressor is composed of a shell ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130061607 | COOLING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a cooling system for cooling a refrigeration consumer (K) that has a single-stage or multi-stage compressor to compress refrigerant circulating in the cooling system, at least one heat exchanger to cool the refrigerant, and at least one expansion turbine to expand the refrigerant in a way that gives off cold. A storage device that serves to store liquid refrigerant is assigned to the cooling system, or a storage device is integrated into the cooling system, in such a way that at least temporarily, liquid refrigerant can be fed into the cooling circuit from the storage device. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061608 | Method for the Refrigerated Transportation of a Stock in a Vehicle Implementing a Liquid Combustible Gas Tank and a Liquid Nitrogen Tank - The present invention relates to a supply station jointly storing a low-temperature-liquefied combustible gas, in particular natural gas, and liquid nitrogen and designed for supplying each component separately or jointly as needed to a vehicle, the supply station being present on the vehicle, the station comprising at least a first storage tank for storing said liquefied combustible gas; and at least a second storage tank for storing said liquid nitrogen and at least one heat-transmitting connection element between the at least one first storage tank and the at least one second storage tank, which connection element is designed so that the combustible gas can be cooled, or can be maintained at a temperature below its boiling point, directly or indirectly by the liquid nitrogen. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061609 | CRYOPUMP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A cryopump includes an array of cryosorption panels which are surrounded by a cryopump inner open space opened to a cryopump opening and a radiation shield which surrounds the cryopump inner open space. At least one of the cryosorption panels includes a front panel surface divided into an adsorption region of a non-condensable gas and a condensation region of a condensable gas. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061610 | Screw Type Wind-Chilling Water Chiller Unit and Refrigeration Method Thereof - A screw type wind-chilling water chiller unit including a chassis and a compressor, a shell and tube heat exchanger, a fin-type heat exchanger and an expansion valve, and a control cubicle disposed on the chassis. The expansion valve is disposed between the compressor and the shell and tube heat exchanger. The shell and tube heat exchanger is provided with three tubes, a first tube connected to the compressor, a second tube is connected to a liquid storage can via the expansion valve and a transmission tube. A heat exchange tube in the fin-type heat exchanger is connected to a collection tube, and the liquid storage can is connected to the third tube, and a handle of a cubicle door of a control cubicle is connected to a power switch inside a power supply box, so as to improve the performance, operation stability, equipment safety of the unit. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061611 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH HYBRID OPERATION FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A system for air conditioning an aircraft cabin is provided. The system includes at least one cooling circuit, at least one compressed-air line and at least one compressor for compressing air. The cooling circuit is connected to the compressor by way of the compressed-air line, and the compressor is drivable independently of bleed air. This makes it possible to tap engine bleed air at a lower pressure than usual, because an arising difference from a required operating pressure can be compensated for by the compressor. The air conditioning system can thus be operated by means of a hybrid energy supply. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061612 | REFRIGERANT STORAGE IN SECONDARY LOOP REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS - A process and system for storing and recovering a secondary refrigerant such as carbon dioxide in a secondary loop refrigeration system after a shutdown of the primary refrigeration system using ionic liquids is described. The process eliminates the release of the secondary refrigerant into the environment and the need to recharge the secondary loop after a shutdown of the primary refrigeration system. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061613 | HEAT-TRANSFER FLUID FOR A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - The invention relates to a process for cooling or heating a fluid or a body by means of a vapour compression circuit comprising a centrifugal compressor and containing a heat-transfer fluid, the heat-transfer fluid comprising at least two compounds selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, in which: the ratio of the Mach number of the centrifugal compressor to the Mach number which the centrifugal compressor has under the same operating conditions if the heat-transfer fluid is replaced with 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane in the vapour compression circuit is greater than or equal to 0.97 and less than or equal to 1.03; the compression ratio of the centrifugal compressor is less than or equal to the compression ratio which the centrifugal compressor has under the same operating conditions if the heat-transfer fluid is replaced with 1,1,12-tetrafluorethane in the vapour compression circuit. The invention also relates to equipment suitable for implementing this cooling or heating process, and also to a process for converting existing equipment. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061614 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An air conditioner includes a first flow rate regulator for controlling an amount of refrigerant supplied into a receiver, a second flow rate regulator for controlling an amount of refrigerant introduced from the receiver into a gas/liquid separator, a first detection unit for detecting an amount of refrigerant stored in the receiver, and a control unit for controlling an opening degree of the first or second flow rate regulator, based on information of at least one of the amount of refrigerant detected by the first detection unit and an amount of refrigerant circulating in the air conditioner. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061615 | CONDENSATE-FREE OUTDOOR AIR COOLING UNIT - A highly efficient condensate-free cooling unit functionally based on vapor-compression refrigeration cycle has been described. The condensate collected from the evaporator of the cooling unit is routed through a sub-cooling heat exchanger where it exchanges heat with the primary heat exchange medium emerging through the condenser of the cooling unit, thus, sub-cooling the primary heat exchange medium to a lower temperature before it enters the expansion valve. Emerging from the sub-cooling heat exchanger, the condensate flows through a condensate outlet pipe into multiple spray nozzles disposed over the condensate outlet pipe. The spray nozzles sprinkle the condensate over the hot air blown into the condenser to reduce its temperature. The cooling unit has a substantially higher coefficient of performance compared to the conventional cooling units utilizing vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, and eliminates the problems of condensate removal persistent in the art. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061616 | Multi-Connected Air Conditioner Unit and Method of Operating the Same - A multi-connected air conditioner unit and method of operating the same, wherein, when an air-side heat exchanger is put into operation, and a water-side heat exchanger is not put into operation, a four-way valve is used to control a refrigerant to pass through said air-side heat exchanger, in realizing the refrigerating or heating operation of said unit; when said air-side heat exchanger is not put into operation, and said water-side heat exchanger is put into operation, said four-way valve is used to control said refrigerant to pass through said water-side heat exchanger to heat water, in achieving full recovery of heat; when both said compressors are put into operations concurrently, a dispenser is used to transport refrigerant oil separated by a second oil separator to an oil inlet pipe, then it is input to said compressor via an air suction pipe; and when a portion of compressor is put into operation, and another portion of compressor is not put into operation, since said air suction pipe is installed upright, said refrigerant oil getting into said compressor not in operation will return to said dispenser under action of gravitational force, then it will move into said compressor in operation, hereby ensuring safety of compressor operations. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061617 | AIR CYCLE CONDENSER COLD INLET HEATING USING INTERNALLY FINNED HOT BARS - An environmental control system (ECS) includes an air cycle machine with an expansion turbine and a condenser having a cold air inlet connected to receive air from the expansion turbine. The condenser has hollow, internally finned hot bars positioned at the cold air inlet to prevent ice formation at the cold air inlet. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061618 | ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER FOR A REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE - An adaptive system for controlling a refrigeration appliance is provided. More particularly, a system for controlling the cooling of the refrigerator to achieve a desired temperature performance is provided. A variable damper and variable speed evaporator fan are used to dynamically control temperature of the freezer and fresh food compartments. A model of the refrigerator system can be used to determine the settings for the damper and evaporator fan needed to achieve the temperature performance desired. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061619 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEAT SOURCE-SIDE HEAT EXCHANGER FAN , AND AIR CONDITIONER - A heat source-side heat exchanger fan blowing air to a heat source-side heat exchanger performing heat exchange with refrigerant compressed in a compressor is controlled. A current detected temperature at a current time is converted to obtain a current converted high pressure value at the current time. The current converted high pressure is a pressure of refrigerant inside a high pressure-side pipe of the compressor. The current detected temperature is a temperature detected by a temperature detector attached to the heat source-side heat exchanger. A past detected temperature is converted to obtain a past converted high pressure value at the past time. A speed of the heat source-side heat exchanger fan is determined using a corrected converted high pressure value. The corrected converted high pressure value is obtained by correcting the current converted high pressure value based on the past converted high pressure value. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061620 | SEQUENTIAL DUAL EVAPORATOR REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A refrigerator and method are provided where the refrigerator includes at least a refrigerator compartment (C | 2013-03-14 |
20130061621 | AUXILIARY POWER UNIT - Certain embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for auxiliary power units (APU). In one embodiment, the APU is provided with a control system having an automatic start process. The automatic start process enables operation of the APU within a preset range of battery voltage, time, temperature and other parameters. In yet other embodiments, the APU is provided with a control system having a data verification process. The data verification process can be configured to set the operating mode of the APU. In one embodiment, the operating mode of the APU is a “purchase” mode. In other embodiments, the operating mode of the APU is a “lease” mode. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061622 | REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus is provided, with which a cold-storage/refrigeration load and air-conditioning loads such as a cooling load and a heating load can be simultaneously processed and a stable heat source can be supplied throughout the year. In the refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus, heating energy or cooling energy stored in the primary-side refrigerant is usable as an air-conditioning load through the indoor heat exchanger while cooling energy stored in the primary-side refrigerant is transferred to the secondary-side refrigerant circulated in the cold-storage/refrigeration refrigeration cycle through the first refrigerant-refrigerant heat exchanger so as to be usable as a cold-storage/refrigeration load. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061623 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration cycle through which a refrigerant that transits in a supercritical state is allowed to flow, and a flow dividing device that divides the flow of a high-pressure liquid refrigerant in a subcritical state into two or more parts. The flow dividing device is configured such that the device is oriented substantially in the horizontal direction or substantially upward in the vertical direction relative to the direction of flow of the refrigerant in a liquid state. With such a configuration, the flow of refrigerating machine oil is equally divided, thus offering high energy saving while keeping heat-medium conveyance power at a low level without reducing the heat exchanging performance. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061624 | MODULAR DATACENTER ELEMENT AND MODULAR DATACENTER COOLING ELEMENT - Modular datacenter element ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130061625 | 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. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061626 | Refrigerator - A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment door opening or closing the refrigerating compartment, a dispenser disposed in the refrigerating compartment door to dispense water or ice pieces, and an ice bank disposed in the refrigerating compartment door to define an insulation space for storing the ice pieces dispensed by the dispenser. The refrigerator also includes an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment to make the ice pieces, a transfer device disposed in the freezing compartment to transfer the ice pieces supplied from the ice maker into the ice bank, and an ice chute connecting the transfer device to the ice bank. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061627 | DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE OF A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS OF A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE SYSTEM - A device for regulating a temperature of a plurality of components of a vehicle is provided. The device has a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, which are connected to one another in order to form a closed refrigerant circuit. The device furthermore has a first multiway valve, a second multiway valve, a third multiway valve and a fourth multiway valve for connecting the first and the second heat exchanger to a first component and a second component of the vehicle. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061628 | CHILLER - According to the present invention, a chiller comprises: a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant; a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an expander configured to expand the refrigerant condensed by the condenser; and an evaporator in which the refrigerant expanded by the expander cools cold water. The evaporator comprises: a shell comprising a space therein through which the refrigerant passes; an inner tube through which cold water passes and disposed such that the cold water exchanges heat with the refrigerant; and an oil overflow member disposed in the shell and defining an oil passage between the oil overflow member and the shell such that the oil overflow into the oil passage and then flows toward a lower inner portion of the shell along the oil passage. Since the maximum height of oil in the shell can be controlled, a gaseous refrigerant can be quickly absorbed into the compressor to prevent deterioration in performance stemming from an excessive height of an oil foaming layer. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061629 | HELIUM CHARGED REFRIGERATOR - A helium charged refrigerator is capable of cooling a refrigerator box to a temperature of 6° C. (43° F.) and the freezer compartment to a temperature of −9° C. (15° F.) when the ambient is at a temperature of 43° C. (110° F.). The total cubic area cooled is greater than or equal to six cubic feet. The unit includes a condenser, an evaporator, a liquid ammonia tube, and a gas heat exchanger. The liquid ammonia tube includes two vertical sections. The second section is downstream of the first and is noncontiguous with the heat exchanger so that no heat is exchanged between flowable fluids flowing in the second vertical section and in the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes modifications to its inner and outer tubes to produce an increase in surface area of the corresponding surface. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061630 | HEAT EXCHANGER - In an evaporator having plate-type construction, a plurality of stack plates are stacked atop one another such that a first fluid passage for a first fluid as a refrigerant and a second fluid passage for a second fluid as a coolant is provided and are formed between the stack plates. The stack plates have first apertures for supply and return of the first fluid, second apertures for supply and return of the second fluid, a first inlet opening and outlet opening for entry and exit of the first fluid, a second inlet opening and outlet opening for entry and exit of the second fluid, and an expansion valve for the first fluid that is built onto or integrated into the rest of the heat exchanger. The evaporator incorporates a shutoff unit for the first fluid that is built onto or integrated into the rest of the heat exchanger. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061631 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes refrigerant tubes through which refrigerant flows, and cooling-medium tubes through which coolant of a vehicle-running electric motor flows. The refrigerant tubes and the cooling-medium tubes are alternately lamination-arranged. The heat exchanger further includes outside air passages between the refrigerant tubes and the cooling-medium tubes which are adjacent to each other, and outside air flows through the outside air passages. The heat exchanger further includes outer fins arranged in the outside air passages to be capable of transferring heat between the refrigerant tubes and the cooling-medium tubes. Accordingly, appropriate heat exchange can be performed between the refrigerant and the outside air, between the coolant and the outside air, and between the refrigerant and the coolant. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061632 | Integrated NGL Recovery In the Production Of Liquefied Natural Gas - Process for the liquefaction of natural gas and the recovery of components heavier than methane where natural gas is cooled and separated in a first distillation column into an overhead vapor enriched in methane and a bottoms stream enriched in components heavier than methane, where the first distillation column utilizes a liquefied methane-containing reflux stream. This reflux stream may be provided by a condensed portion of the overhead vapor or a portion of totally condensed overhead vapor that is subsequently warmed. The bottoms stream may be separated in one or more additional distillation columns to provide one or more product streams, any of which are partially or totally withdrawn as recovered hydrocarbons. A stream of unrecovered liquid hydrocarbons may be combined with either the condensed portion of the overhead vapor or a portion of totally condensed overhead vapor that is subsequently warmed. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061633 | CONFIGURATIONS AND METHODS OF INTEGRATED NGL RECOVERY AND LNG LIQUEFACTION - Contemplated plants include a NGL recovery portion and a LNG liquefaction portion, wherein the NGL recovery portion provides a low-temperature and high-pressure overhead product directly to the LNG liquefaction portion. Feed gas cooling and condensation are most preferably performed using refrigeration cycles that employ refrigerants other than the demethanizer/absorber overhead product. Thus, cold demethanizer/absorber overhead product is compressed with the turbo-expansion and delivered to a liquefaction portion at significantly lower temperature and higher pressure without net compression energy expenditure. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061634 | Dwell Time Control Method And System With Automatic Pressure Switch Point Adjustment - A dwell time control system and method for automatically adjusting the selection and timing of a sequence of pressures used to drive the plunger in a parison mold during the parison forming process. The timing of characteristics of the observed press curve from one or more previous parison forming cycles are ascertained and used to control the timing of the changes in pressure during a subsequent parison forming cycle. The timings of these changes of pressure are determined as predetermined percentages of the timings of the characteristics in order to prevent the blow mold from being forced open and in order to prevent the occurrence of an overpressed finish. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061635 | METHOD FOR MEASURING STRENGTH OF CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS, METHOD FOR REPRODUCING CRACKING OF CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS - There are provided a method for measuring strength of a chemically strengthened glass, that reflects the state of actual drop fracture more appropriately, and can reproduce slow cracking in the chemically strengthened glass, a method for reproducing cracking of a chemically strengthened glass, and a method for producing a chemically strengthened glass. Load is applied to an indenter having a tip formed into a sharp shape having a minimum angle θmin of cross-section of less than 120° , the indenter is pushed into a chemically strengthened glass under a static load condition such that the tip is vertical to a surface of the chemically strengthened glass, and the load when the chemically strengthened glass cracks is measured. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061636 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ION-EXCHANGED GLASS ARTICLE - An ion-exchanged glass article manufacturing method includes an ion-exchange step of bringing a glass article with a composition containing Li into contact with a molten salt dissolved solution containing an alkali metal element having an ionic radius larger than an ionic radius of the Li contained in the glass article, thereby ion-exchanging the Li in the glass article with the alkali metal element in the molten salt dissolved solution. At least one kind of additive selected from the group consisting of NaF, KF, K | 2013-03-14 |
20130061637 | OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER USING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM - An optical fiber preform that is used in a method in which a core rod that forms a core is inserted into a quartz tube that forms a cladding, and at the same time as they are fiber-drawn, the quartz tube and the core rod are formed into a single body, includes: a tapered portion that is formed by grinding an outer circumferential portion of a distal end portion of the quartz tube into a tapered shape; and a conical portion that is formed by welding a dummy tube that has substantially the same outer diameter as the outer diameter of a distal end portion of the tapered portion to the distal end portion of the tapered portion, and by applying heat to the dummy tube and stretching out the dummy tube, where the core rod is inserted inside the quartz tube. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061638 | WASHING MACHINE WHEREIN THE UNBALANCED LOAD IS BALANCED - The present invention relates to a washing machine ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130061639 | WASHING MACHINE WHEREIN THE UNBALANCED LOAD IS BALANCED - The present invention relates to a washing machine ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130061640 | MOTOR AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A motor having a structure capable of achieving an enhancement in durability and a washing machine, to which the motor is applied. The motor includes a stator including a plurality of stator cores arranged in a circumferential direction, and coils respectively wound around the stator cores, and a rotor rotatably arranged inside or outside the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of magnets each disposed between neighboring ones of the rotor cores, a molded body having a bridge to support the plurality of rotor cores and the plurality of magnets, and a coupler including coupling ribs outwardly extending from an outer circumferential surface of the bridge in a radial direction of the rotor, and coupling grooves formed at inner ends of the rotor cores supported by the bridge, to receive the coupling ribs, respectively. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061641 | MOTOR AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A motor having a structure capable of achieving a reduction in magnetic flux leakage occurring at a rotor and a washing machine, to which the motor is applied. The motor includes a stator including a plurality of stator cores arranged in a circumferential direction, and coils respectively wound around the stator cores, and a rotor rotatably arranged inside the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of magnets each disposed between neighboring ones of the rotor cores such that the magnet extends in an axial direction of the rotor outwardly of upper and lower surfaces of the neighboring rotor cores, and a molded body to support the plurality of rotor cores and the plurality of magnets. The molding body includes a shaft hole, to which a motor shaft is coupled. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061642 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR-STORED CABLE LOCK - An improved cable lock device incorporating a lock housing incorporating both a cylindrical combination lock and axial friction fingers and associated with a flexible shackle that stores entirely inside handlebars of vehicles that utilize handlebars. The shackle is secured at one end to the lock housing and the other end to a toothed key to be inserted into the anterior end of the combination lock to form a locked loop for securing the vehicle. In the stored configuration of the device in the handlebar the toothed key is retained at the posterior of the lock housing. At its midpoint the shackle is bent substantially 180 degrees and attached to a small ball that will fit inside the handlebars. Resilient rings of fingers are attached on the axis of the lock housing. Upon lock insertion the resilient fingers deform to interior bore of the handlebar for friction locking | 2013-03-14 |
20130061643 | KEY - A key includes a shank having at least one groove and at least one recess, and the at least one groove has different lengths. At least one magnetic member is received in the at least one recess and a number of the at least one magnetic member is not more than a number of the at least one recess. The arrangements of the at least one recess, the at least one groove and the at least one magnetic member have multiple options. The magnetic members are located in different recesses and the magnetic poles of the magnetic members are arranged in different ways. The key is difficult to be copied and has higher safety standards. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061644 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RETURNING A LOCK TO A DESIRED ORIENTATION - An electromechanical lock includes a spring-biased cylinder plug return mechanism for automatically rotating the rotatable plug to a home position after the plug has been rotated from the home position and thereafter released. In one embodiment, the cylinder plug return mechanism comprises a torsional spring coupled to the plug, In a second embodiment, the cylinder plug return mechanism comprises a slider that is coupled to the plug so that rotation of the plug moves the slider, thereby increasing the potential energy in a return spring, and when the plug is released, the increase potential energy is released by moving the slider, and the coupling between the slider and the plug causes the plug to rotate back to a home position. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061645 | Seed Treatment Methods and Compositions - Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising treating seed at least one month prior to planting with an effective amount of a plant signal molecule, wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to plants harvested from untreated seed, or compared to plants harvested from seed treated with the signal molecule just prior to or within a week or less of planting. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061646 | PROCESS FOR ROLLING TUBES IN A CONTINUOUS MULTI-STAND ROLLING MILL - A tube rolling plant (R) with multi-stand rolling mill having two or more rollers, for implementing a mandrel rolling process with controlled speed has a mandrel ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130061647 | PRESS-MOLDED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing a press-molded product with a preform including a pair of side wall portions and a connecting wall portion are taught. The preform is pressed with a mold until at least one wall portion is bent toward a gap within the mold, and a plate thickness is increased at the at least one wall portion and the connecting wall portion by pressing other wall portions. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061648 | MULTI-TOOL TECHNOLOGY - A multi-tool having a plurality of tool-receipt openings adapted to receive respective tools. The multi-tool can be used on turret presses, single-station presses, other industrial presses, or other fabrication equipment. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061649 | OFFSET ERROR AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit includes a transducer and transducer circuitry and additional elements useful in testing the transducer and transducer circuitry. A first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal are for being directly connected to an external power supply terminal. A power bus is connected to the first power supply terminal. A logic function is for determining if the second power supply terminal is receiving power and if an automatic calibration test of the transducer and transducer circuitry has been run. An automatic calibration is for running an automatic calibration test on the transducer and transducer circuitry if the logic means determines that the second power supply terminal is receiving power and the automatic calibration test of the transducer and transducer circuitry has not been run. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061650 | Optical Aberration Correction for Machine Vision Inspection Systems - A system and method for correcting surface height measurements for optical aberration is provided. Heights determined by an autofocus tool, which may depend on surface feature angles in a focus region of interest (ROI) and on the ROI location in the field of view, are corrected based on a novel error calibration. Error calibration data includes height corrections for different feature angles in images, and for multiple locations in a field of view. Height corrections are determined by weighting and combining the angle dependent error calibration data, e.g., based on a gradient (edge) angle distribution determined in the ROIs. When Z-heights are determined for multiple ROIs in a field of view, storage of image data from particular images of a global image stack may be efficiently controlled based on determining early in processing whether a particular image is a sufficiently focused “near-peak” focused image or not. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061651 | SHIM STACK TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A shim stack testing apparatus and method of determining a stiffness of the shim stick may be employed to assemble a shim stack kit. The apparatus includes a testing jig that receives either a compression or rebound shim stack. The testing jig may be used with a variety of testing machines capable of determining force versus deflection. The test jig includes a simulated piston rod coupled to a simulated piston valve having apertures. The shim stack being tested may be coupled to the piston at a selected location and then deflected by a pre-determined amount by a loading fixture having elongated prongs. Once the pre-determined deflection is achieved, a corresponding force is identified and then an overall stiffness value for the shim stack is obtained. Tested shim stacks may be assembled into kits with each having an identified stiffness that may be compared to a baseline stiffness value. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061652 | CRASH TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS INCLUDING PITCH SIMULATION - A crash sled system for simulating the deceleration and pitching motion associated with vehicle crashes. A main sled is accelerated in accordance with vehicle deceleration that occurred during a crash event. A pitching platform is located above and moves with the main sled. Forward and rear guide assemblies are provided which are located along the sides of the pitching platform when the main sled and pitching platform are in the pre-launch position. During launch, the front and rear ends of the pitching platform travel along paths established by the guide assemblies. Prior to launch, the guide assemblies are set to angles of inclination that provide linear approximations to paths for the forward and all ends of the pitching platform that will result in pitching motion experienced by vehicles during the crash events being simulated. Variously configured guide assemblies are disclosed that provide design trade-off between simulation accuracy and system complexity. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061653 | CRASH TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS INCLUDING PITCH SIMULATION - A crash sled system for simulating the deceleration and pitching motion associated with vehicle crashes. A main sled is accelerated in accordance with vehicle deceleration that occurred during a crash event. A pitching platform is located above and moves with the main sled. Forward and rear guide assemblies are provided which are located along the sides of the pitching platform when the main sled and pitching platform are in the pre-launch position. When the main sled is launched, the front and rear ends of the pitching platform travel along paths established by the guide assemblies. Prior to launch, the guide assemblies are set to angles of inclination that provide linear approximations to paths for the forward and aft ends of the pitching platform that will result in pitching motion experienced by vehicles during the crash events being simulated. Variously configured guide assemblies are disclosed that provide design trade-off between simulation accuracy and system complexity. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061654 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF AN IMPACT EVENT - Disclosed is a method for the reproduction of an impact event of a projectile, with any ratio of energy and impulse, wherein a feed rate of an impress element is controlled by taking account of an alteration in velocity that is proportional to the quotient of a resistance force and a freely selected projectile mass; also disclosed is a device for the execution of the method. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061655 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GETTERING AN ATOMIC SENSOR - Embodiments of the present invention provide improved systems and methods for providing an atomic sensor device. In one embodiment, the device comprises a sensor body, the sensor body enclosing an atomic sensor, wherein the sensor body contains a gas evacuation site located on the sensor body, the gas evacuation site configured to connect to a gas evacuation device. The device also comprises a getter container coupled to an opening in the sensor body, an opening in the getter container coupled to an opening in the sensor body, such that gas within the sensor body can freely enter the getter container. The device further comprises an evaporable getter enclosed within the getter container, the evaporable getter facing away from the sensor body. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061656 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING GREENHOUSE GAS, IN PARTICULAR METHANE, EMITTED BY A RUMINANT, IN PARTICULAR A DAIRY ANIMAL - A method and a device for determining the emission of greenhouse gas, in particular methane, by ruminants, in particular dairy animals includes counting eructations (“belches”) of the animal. This is done by measuring a signal linked to the eructations, for example sound with a microphone. Given that the methane content of an eructation of this type is more or less constant, the total methane emission can be derived therefrom by counting. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061657 | FLOW CELL FOR MEASURING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ABSORPTION SPECTRA IN A CONTINUOUSLY FLOWING IMMISCIBLE LIQUID(S) OR LIQUIDS WITH ENTRAINED GAS PHASES - An apparatus and method for spectral analysis of immiscible phases are disclosed. A flow cell for online absorption measurements of immiscible process phases can comprise: a body containing an inlet window and an outlet window in operable communication with a measurement instrument; and a series of partitions that divide the inside of the flow cell into three (3) or more vessels that have an inlet and an outlet, wherein the vessels are connected in series with one another. Optionally, the first vessel is equipped with a porous membrane to facilitate the separation of immiscible process phases. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061658 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING METHANOL CONTENT IN CRUDE OILS - A test method for the determination of methanol in crude oils to levels as low as 0.5 ppm is disclosed. The method includes extracting methanol into a water phase from a test sample of the crude oil forming a test sample extract. The method further includes extracting methanol into a water phase from a reference sample of the crude oil forming a reference sample extract, wherein the reference sample having a predetermined amount of methanol added thereto. The method further includes measuring the methanol content in the test sample extract and the methanol content in the reference sample extract. The method also includes determining the methanol content of the crude oil based upon the methanol content in the test sample extract and the methanol content in the reference sample extract. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061659 | FILTER BYPASS - There is described a filter arrangement for a particle detector for detecting particles in an environment. The particle detector can include one or more sensors for analyzing fluid in a detection region to produce sensor output. The filter arrangement includes structure defining flow paths, for conveying fluid from the environment towards the detection region, including a first flow path, which includes a filter, and a second flow path bypassing the filter. There is also provided a mechanism for controlling relative flow rates of fluid through the first flow path and the second flow path and a controller configured to receive the sensor output corresponding to at least two relative flow rates and apply logic thereto to generate an output indicative of a condition of the filter. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061660 | Gas Sensor, Gas Measuring System Using the Gas Sensor, and Gas Detection Module for the Gas Sensor - A gas sensor, which is extremely compact to be arranged for separated gas piping in semiconductor device manufacturing equipment, a gas measuring system using such gas sensor, and a gas detection module for the gas measuring system. The gas sensor has a gas detection device containing a dielectric semiconductor, the electric conductivity of the gas detection device varying in response to the degree of adsorption of gases to the gas detection device, a capacitive element connected in series to the gas detection device, and a pair of electrodes which are connected to electric terminals of an electric element comprising the gas detection device and the capacitive element, wherein the gas sensor is capable of detecting the degree of adsorption of gases to the gas detection device from an electrical response to a voltage which is applied to the electrodes and which periodically varies and reverses in polarity. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061661 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD FOR TESTING THE SEAL OF AN ELECTROLYTE OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A method for testing a seal of a part that includes an electrolyte of an electrochemical cell, the method including: forming a closed cavity delimited by a first outer surface of the part including the electrolyte to be tested; contacting a second outer surface of the part, opposite the first surface, with a first fluid; circulating a second fluid, separate from the first fluid, through the closed cavity between an inlet and an outlet of this cavity; and analyzing the fluid extracted via the outlet of the cavity, to detect possible presence of the first fluid. | 2013-03-14 |
20130061662 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION - Apparatus for GPC/TREF and TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample. The apparatus provides for the automated and integrated use of multiple TREF columns and a GPC system employing a multiple flow through detectors. In addition, a method for TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample by GPC analysis of TREF fractions at increasing TREF elution temperatures from multiple TREF columns operated in a coordinated and synchronized temperature cycle for increased sample throughput. Also, a method for GPC/TREF characterization of a polymer sample by GPC fractionation followed by TREF fractionation of the GPC fractionations. | 2013-03-14 |