| 12th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
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| 20130067928 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE PLANT AND GAS TURBINE PLANT FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method is provided for operating a gas turbine plant including a compressor, which on an inlet side inducts intake air and compresses it, providing compressor exit air on a discharge side. The plant also includes a combustion chamber where fuel is combusted, using compressor exit air, forming a hot gas; and a turbine, where the hot gas is expanded, performing work. The method includes extracting compressed air from the compressor, directing it as cooling air flow into the combustion chamber and/or into the turbine for cooling thermally loaded components. The method also includes controlling at least one cooling air flow, for achieving specific operating targets, using a control element depending on an operating target. A gas turbine plant is also provided having at least one control element for cooling air flow control, and a gas turbine controller which controls the gas turbine plant based on selectable control parameter sets. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067929 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE IN MATERIAL TREATMENT UNIT - This invention discloses systems and methods for control of a gas turbine or a gas turbine generator, where the gas turbine is connected to a dryer vessel in which gas turbine exhaust gases are used to heat treat a material in the dryer vessel. The control system comprises one or more sensors for temperature, moisture and/or flow rate in the dryer vessel and/or of the material inside, entering and/or exiting the dryer vessel and a controller responsive to the sensor for controlling the fuel and/or air flow into the gas turbine. This control system and method enables providing the appropriate heat output from the gas turbine to meet the process heat required for the desired material treatment. Optionally, the gas turbine can be a liquid fuel turbine engine, or a reciprocating engine can be substituted for the turbine engine. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067930 | AXIAL BOLTING ARRANGEMENT FOR MID TURBINE FRAME - A mid turbine frame of a gas turbine engine has a plurality of circumferentially spaced load transfer spokes extending radially between outer and inner cases. The load transfer spokes have a circumferentially enlarged inner end which is mounted to the inner case by a plurality of axially disposed fasteners extending through the inner case and spokes. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067931 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING STRUT-BASED VIBRATION ISOLATION MOUNTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Embodiments of a gas turbine engine assembly including a strut-based vibration isolation mount are provided, as are embodiments of a method for producing such a gas turbine engine assembly. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine and a vibration isolation mount. The vibration isolation mount includes, in turn, at least one three parameter axial strut having a first end attached to the gas turbine engine and having a second, opposing end configured to be attached to the airframe. The three parameter axial strut is tuned to minimize the transmission of vibrations from the gas turbine engine to the airframe during operation of the gas turbine engine. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067932 | COMBUSTION SECTIONS OF GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH CONVECTION SHIELD ASSEMBLIES - A combustion section is provided for a gas turbine engine. The combustion section includes a first liner; a second liner forming a combustion chamber with the first liner, the combustion chamber configured to receive an air-fuel mixture for combustion therein; a first case circumscribing the first liner and forming a first plenum with the first liner; and a convection shield assembly positioned between the first liner and the first case. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067933 | GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine is provided and includes a compressor, which via an air intake inducts and compresses air; a combustion chamber, in which a fuel is combusted using the compressed air, producing a hot gas; and a turbine, equipped with turbine blades, in which the hot gas is expanded, performing work. A first device is provided in order to cool turbine blades with compressed cooling air. The first device includes at least one separate compressor stage which produces compressed cooling air independently of the compressor. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067934 | Electrocaloric Effect Heat Transfer Device Dimensional Stress Control - Technologies are generally described herein for electrocaloric effect heat transfer devices and methods effective to facilitate thermal energy transfer while mitigating mechanical stresses caused by expansion or contraction of electrocaloric effect material layers during thermal energy transfer operations. Some example heat transfer devices may include heat transfer stacks with at least two electrocaloric effect materials. Expanding electrocaloric effect material and contracting electrocaloric effect material are utilized to cancel the aggregate longitudinal dimensional change during application of an electric field. Some example heat transfer devices may utilize segmented electrocaloric effect material layers with stress relief gaps separating segments to mitigate delamination stress caused by lateral expansion or contraction of the electrocaloric effect material. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067935 | Heterogeneous Electrocaloric Effect Heat Transfer - Technologies are generally described herein for electrocaloric effect heat transfer devices, methods, and systems that may be effective to efficiently transfer and distribute thermal energy from a heat source utilizing coordinated application of out of phase electric signals to adjacent heat transfer stacks coupled with a thermal distribution layer. Some electrocaloric effect heat transfer stacks may include alternating layers of electrocaloric effect material and thermal rectifier material. The out of phase electric signals produce electric fields that bias the electrocaloric effect material of one heat transfer stack to a hot phase, emitting thermal energy, while biasing the electrocaloric effect material of an adjacent heat transfer stack to a cold phase, absorbing thermal energy. The thermal distribution layer allows for thermal energy from the material in the hot phase to be distributed to the material of the adjacent stack in the cold phase rather than back to the heat source. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067936 | CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR - A disclosed cryogenic refrigerator includes a first stage displacer; a first stage cylinder configured to form a first expansion between the first stage cylinder and the first stage displacer; a second stage displacer connected to the first stage displacer; and a second stage cylinder configured to form a second expansion space between the second stage cylinder and the second stage displacer, wherein a helical groove is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the second stage displacer so as to helically extend from a side of the second expansion space toward the first stage displacer, the helical groove communicates with the first expansion space, and a cross-sectional area of the helical groove becomes smaller from a side of the second expansion space to a side of the first expansion space. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067937 | INDICATING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a refrigerator capable of varying a storage condition for food in accordance with a state of the food, thereby storing the food in a fresher state for a prolonged period of time. The refrigerator includes an indicating device to measure a state of food. The indicating device is provided to be portable, separately from a refrigerator body. The indicating device includes a measurement terminal, which come into contact with food, only when contact is needed. The refrigerator also includes an input unit to receive data about a state of food, a determination unit to determine a storage condition for the food, based on the input food state data, and a controller to control driving of the cooling device, based on the determined food storage condition. The indicating device includes a measurement unit to obtain food state data, and a display to display the food state data. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067938 | METHOD FOR SELECTING LUBRICANTS FOR HEAT PUMPS - Provided is a method for selecting a lubricant and a refrigerant for use in a vapor-compression refrigeration device such that the combination of the lubricant and refrigerant produces a fluid system having a lubricant-rich phase and a refrigerant-rich phase, yet exhibits miscible-type properties. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067939 | DEHUMIDIFIER DRYER USING AMBIENT HEAT ENHANCEMENT - An apparatus is configured to receive an incoming air stream from within an enclosure and to exhaust an outgoing air stream into the enclosure, the incoming and outgoing air streams flowing in a flow direction. The apparatus comprises an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a heat extraction portion and a heat depositing portion, wherein the heat extraction portion is disposed in an air stream outside of the enclosure and wherein the heat depositing portion is disposed downstream of the evaporator with respect to the flow direction. A method includes receiving an incoming air stream from within an enclosure in a dryer apparatus, the apparatus including an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser. A heat exchanger is operably connected to the dryer apparatus to transfer sensible heat from an air stream outside of the enclosure to a location downstream of the evaporator. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067940 | REFRIGERATOR AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - Provided are a refrigerator and a diagnostic system for the same. The refrigerator includes a selection unit, a control unit, a modulator, and a sound output unit. The selection unit receives a diagnosis performance command. The control unit generates a control signal including product information when the selection unit receives the diagnosis performance command. The modulator generates a frequency signal according to the control signal generated by the control unit. The sound output unit outputs a sound including the product information according to the frequency signal generated by the modulating unit. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067941 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, at least one of which includes a communication unit, a switching unit turned on when communication lines are connected to the communication unit, turned off in a standby mode, and turned on when the standby mode is released, a voltage distribution unit distributing voltage applied to the communication unit when the switching unit is turned off, a voltage adjustment unit adjusting the voltage applied to the communication unit and transmitting the adjusted voltage to the communication unit, and a control unit turning the switching unit on when driving voltage is input to the control unit, turning the switching unit off when the at least one of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit enters the standby mode, and turning the switching unit on based on the voltage distributed by the voltage distribution unit in the standby mode. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067942 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus detects refrigerant leak with high-accuracy even in a state in which an excessive liquid refrigerant is stored in an accumulator. The air-conditioning apparatus determines that leakage of refrigerant has occurred from a refrigerant circuit in an operating state in which an excessive liquid refrigerant is stored in an accumulator, after a part of the excessive liquid refrigerant stored in the accumulator is moved and stored into a condenser, with the excessive liquid refrigerant remaining in the accumulator as a reference amount, when the excessive liquid refrigerant is less than the reference amount. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067943 | System and Method for Oil Return in an HVAC System - A system and a method are provided for returning oil in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system by determining when an ambient zone temperature is equal to or less than a temperature limit and reversing a direction of refrigerant flow of the HVAC system based on the length of time. Also, a system and a method are provided for monitoring the length of operation in a first and a second heating mode and for reversing a direction of refrigerant flow based on the length of time operation occurs in the first and second heating modes. A system and a method having a first compressor, a first heating mode, a second heating mode, a defrost mode, and a controller is disclosed. The controller selectively controls initiation of the defrost mode in response to an HVAC system operating in a heating mode of operation for a predetermined amount of time. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067944 | OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - An operation control apparatus of air-conditioning apparatus having an outdoor unit and an indoor unit, includes a controller programmed to execute energy conservation control of the air conditioning apparatus. The controller includes at least one required temperature calculation part calculating a required evaporation temperature or a required condensation temperature based on either a current amount, of heat exchanged in a usage-side heat exchanger of the indoor unit and a greater amount of heat exchanged in the usage-side heat exchanger than the current amount, or an operating state amount that yields the current amount of heat exchanged in the usage-side heat exchanger and an operating state amount that yields the greater amount of heat exchanged in the usage-side heat exchanger than the current amount. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067945 | COMPRESSOR/TURBINE ARRANGEMENT, AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSOR/TURBINE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a compressor/turbine arrangement for use in an air conditioning unit of an aircraft air conditioning system comprising a process air supply line which is designed to supply process air generated by a process air source to a compressor. A detection device is designed to detect a characteristic signal for the temperature of the process air flowing through the process air supply line. A turbine is designed to drive the compressor. A cooling device is disposed in a process air line connecting the compressor to the turbine and is designed to cool the process air coming out of the compressor and flowing through the process air line in the direction of the turbine. Downstream of the cooling device a connecting line branches off from the process air line and opens into the process air supply line. A control device is designed to control a process air flow through the connecting line in dependence on the signal detected by the detection device. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067946 | COOLING UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A cooling unit includes an evaporator with a cool storage function, and a drain case disposed below the evaporator. Cool storage material containers and outer fins of the evaporator have respective outward projecting portions which project from the refrigerant flow tubes toward the leeward side. The drain case includes a condensed water drain portion which drains condensed water generated on the evaporator from at least one of the lower end of the outward projecting portion of each cool storage material container and the lower end of the outward projecting portion of each outer fin. The cooling unit is preferably used in a refrigeration cycle which constitutes an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle in which an engine serving as a drive source for a compressor is temporarily stopped when the vehicle is stopped. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067947 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator. The 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 at the refrigerating compartment door to dispense water or ice pieces. The refrigerator also includes an ice bank disposed at a back surface of the refrigerating compartment door to supply the ice pieces to the dispenser, an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment to make the ice pieces, and an ice transfer device disposed in the freezing compartment to transfer the ice pieces supplied from the ice maker into the ice bank. The ice transfer device includes a piston pushing the ice pieces supplied from the ice maker and an ice chute guiding the ice pieces supplied by the piston to the ice bank. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067948 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR A MACHINE ROOM OF A REFRIGERATOR USING A NACELLE-SHAPED DUCT - A cooling system for a machine room of a refrigerator is provided. More particularly, a cooling system for a machine room of a refrigerator is provided, which is capable of cooling the machine room of the refrigerator using a smaller blowing fan in a nacelle-shaped or nacelle duct, which can acquire more air than using conventional fan blades, remarkably reducing noise of the fan and ensuring sufficient space, thereby efficiently cooling the compressor and the condenser installed in the machine room. The apparatus for cooling a machine room of a refrigerator may include a compressor installed in the machine room, a condenser installed in the machine room and connected to the compressor via a connection pipe, and a nacelle duct installed in the machine room that cools the compressor and the condenser by blowing air, the nacelle duct having a central opening. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067949 | DE-SUPER HEATER CHILLER SYSTEM WITH CONTRA FLOW AND REFRIGERATING FAN GRILL - One aspect provides a cooling system, and method of manufacture thereof, that comprises a housing having at least one condenser attached thereto and an auxiliary condenser attached to the housing. A refrigeration loop fluidly couples the at least one condenser and the auxiliary condenser. A compressor forms a portion of the refrigeration loop, wherein the auxiliary condenser is interposed the compressor and the at least one condenser within the refrigeration loop that forms a refrigerant path from the compressor to the auxiliary condenser and from the auxiliary condenser to the at least one condenser. A fan located within the housing is positioned to force air through the auxiliary condenser and out of the housing. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067950 | ASSEMBLY FOR FREEZING A PLURALITY OF CONDITIONING TUBES EACH FILLED WITH A PREDETERMINED VOLUME OF BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE - An assembly is provided for freezing a plurality of conditioning tubes each filled with a predetermined volume of biological substance, in which each of the tubes is driven in rotation in a flow of cooling agent, the assembly including a cooling enclosure configured in order to be passed through by the flow of cooling agent and a conditioning unit which is removable and placed in the enclosure; the unit is provided with a greater capacity than the plurality of tubes in order to directly receive this plurality of the tubes, the enclosure is fixed and the assembly includes a unit for driving the conditioning unit in rotation, which unit for driving in rotation is provided with a connection interface on which the removable conditioning unit is placed. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067951 | WASTE HEAT UTILIZING DEVICE FOR AIR COMPRESSOR - A waste heat utilization device for an air compressor includes: a discharge path of an oil free air compressor; a circulation path along which a low boiling point medium circulates; an evaporator provided on the circulation path to heat and evaporate the low boiling point medium using the potential heat of the compressed air; and a preheater provided on an upstream side of the evaporator to preheat the low boiling point medium using the potential heat of the compressed air. A scroll type expansion machine is rotated by the low boiling point medium evaporated by the evaporator and increased in pressure, and power is generated by a power generator connected to a rotary shaft of the scroll type expansion machine. The low boiling point medium discharged from the scroll type expansion machine is then cooled and condensed by a condenser. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067952 | COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLING METHOD - A cooling system for cooling a superconducting device by a low-temperature fluid is provided. A flow generator for producing a flow in the low-temperature fluid is provided in the cooling system. The low-temperature fluid flowing through the superconducting device is heated. The flow generator is used to produce a flow in the heated low-temperature fluid. The low-temperature fluid is cooled and supplied to the superconducting device. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILLING A PORTABLE LIQUID GAS STIAGE/DELIVERY SYSTEM - A liquefied gas storage/delivery system and method that includes a liquefied gas storage system. The liquefied gas storage system includes a housing containing a storage vessel suited to contain a supply of liquefied gas, such as liquid oxygen (LOX). A rotatable turntable is provided on an exterior surface of the housing. An interface shaped to match the shape of at least a portion of a portable liquid storage/delivery device is provide in or on the turntable. A connector is disposed in the interface that couples to a corresponding connector on the portable liquid storage/delivery device. The two connectors are coupled by placing the portable liquid storage/delivery device in the interface and rotating the turntable. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067954 | Interchangeable Scarf Pendant Accessory - A interchangeable attachment piece pendant which may be decorated with ornamentation and used in conjunction with fabric, scarves, rope, string, cord, rubber tubing, chain or any equivalent material to create a plurality of stylish looks such as draping necklaces, choker necklaces, belts, capes, hair ornamentation and any such equivalent use. Interchangeable Scarf Pendant Accessory is comprised of the interchangeable attachment piece pendants with openings to insert scarf, fabric, rope, string, cord, rubber tubing, chain or any equivalent material and drilled holes in which to attach permanent or detachable ornamentation. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067955 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BIOACTIVE GLASS CERAMIC MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing a bioactive glass ceramic material is firstly to prepare a calcium phosphate series ceramic material and a nano-scaled titanium dioxide powder with a specific proportion of anatase phase titanium dioxide structure. Then, the calcium phosphate series ceramic material and the nano-scaled titanium dioxide powder are mixed according to a specific proportion for obtaining a mixture. The mixture is then melted and quenched to execute a replacement type quasi-chemical reaction to form a bioactive glass containing titanium phosphoric (TiP | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067956 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING GLASS SHEETS - Disclosed is an apparatus for characterizing attributes of a moving glass sheet comprising complementary mechanical material handling technologies that progressively stabilize, position, capture, flatten, and release the lower portion of glass sheets traveling past the apparatus while posing minimal constraint on the top section of the sheet. The apparatus includes a pressure-vacuum (PV)-type device comprising distinct regions such that the glass sheets experience a non-contact but gradual increase in constraining force until the point where measurements can be performed, then a gradual decrease in constraining force until the glass sheets are released from the inspection station. This graduated force technique is applied along the direction of travel of the sheets and may also be applied vertically upwards along the height of the sheet to restrict the motion of the sheet without constraining it at pinch points near the conveyor. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067957 | METHOD OF PRODUCING GLASS - Provided a method of producing a glass having a silica skeleton with a phase-separated structure, particularly in the case of a phase-separated glass, by selectively removing a compositionally deviated layer on the surface of a phase-separated borosilicate glass. The method of producing a glass includes forming a glass body containing silicon oxide, boron oxide, and an alkali metal oxide; and bringing an alkaline aqueous solution having a viscosity of 5 mPa·s or more to 200 mPa·s or less into contact with a surface of the glass body. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067958 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GLASS SHEET - A method of manufacturing a glass sheet includes creating split flows of molten glass in a forming body ( | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067959 | A GRAPHITE CRUCIBLE FOR SILICON ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION HEATING AND APPARATUS FOR SILICON MELTING AND REFINING USING THE GRAPHITE CRUCIBLE - The present disclosure provides a graphite crucible induction-based silicon melting. The graphite crucible comprises a cylindrical body having a plurality of slits which is formed through an outer wall and an inner wall of the cylindrical body and a bottom part connected with an edge of the cylindrical body to seal an end of the cylindrical body. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067960 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRIMARY PREFORM FOR OPTICAL FIBRES, PRIMARY PREFORM, FINAL PREFORM, OPTICAL FIBRE - A method for manufacturing a primary preform for an optical fibre wherein conditions are created in the reaction zone such that one or more glass layer packages made up of at least two separate glass layers are deposited on the interior of the substrate tube. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067961 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRIMARY PREFORM FOR OPTICAL FIBRES, PRIMARY PREFORM, FINAL PREFORM AND OPTICAL FIBRE - A method for manufacturing a primary preform for an optical fibre wherein conditions are created in the reaction zone such that one or more glass layer packages made up of at least two separate glass layers are deposited on the interior of the substrate tube. A method for manufacturing a final preform as well as primary preforms, final preforms and optical fibres obtained therewith. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067962 | SINKER CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FLAT KNITTING MACHINES - A sinker control apparatus for flat knitting machines located on a transverse board over a plurality of knitting needles to drive parallel sinkers hinged between the knitting needles to rotate. The sinker control apparatus includes a base, a linked movement portion located on the base to perform driving movements, a first control cam and a second control cam hinged on the linked movement portion, and a switching portion coupled with the linked movement portion. The switching portion includes at least one connection rod connecting to the linked movement portion, a switching seat coupled on the connection rod and an elastic element coupled around the connection rod to provide a butting force to the switching seat towards the transverse board. The switching seat has a magnetic attracting portion at one side facing the transverse board to attract the transverse board magnetically. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067963 | NEEDLE BED STRUCTURE FOR FLAT KNITTING MACHINES - A needle bed structure for flat knitting machines that is located at two sides of a needle bed gap includes a plurality of parallel needle plates, a plurality of knitting needles and sinkers located between the needle plates, a sinker control portion movable in parallel with the arranged direction of the sinkers, and at least one control cam driven by a switching portion to push the sinkers to rotate towards the needle bed gap during the switching movement. The switching portion performs a switching movement according to the moving direction. The needle plates hole at least one needle pressing board to restrict vertical movement of the knitting needles. The switching portion has a magnetic attracting portion corresponding to the needle pressing board to form magnetic attraction therewith. A spacer is provided between the needle plates to prevent the horizontal movement of the sinkers. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067964 | DOWNWARD PRESSING MESH MECHANISM AND SINKER THEREOF FOR FLAT KNITTING MACHINES - A downward pressing mesh mechanism and sinker thereof for flat knitting machines in which the downward pressing mesh mechanism includes a needle seat containing a bearing surface to hold a plurality of sinkers and knitting needles separated by spacers and a cam holder located above the sinkers to hold a cam. The cam has a guide track to drive the sinkers swinging. The spacers are vertically run through by a bracing shaft at a lower side. Each sinker includes a yarn pressing portion to press a yarn to form a mesh, a swing guide portion driven by the guide track and a shaft rotating recess to couple with the bracing shaft. The sinker thus structured is simpler and durable, hence can be produced and assembled, or repaired and replaced easier and faster. Thus manpower and material costs can be reduced, and product prices also are decreased to meet market requirements. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067965 | YARN FEEDER FOR FLAT KNITTING MACHIINES - A yarn feeder for flat knitting machines is located on a yarn feeder guide track to move transversely thereon and includes a baseboard slidably coupled on the yarn feeder guide track, a first rocking arm, a second rocking arm and a yarn feeding unit located on the baseboard. The first and second rocking arms have respectively a first pivot end and a second pivot end coupled with the baseboard, and a first pressed end and a second pressed end to receive a horizontal force to swing respectively about the first and second pivot ends serving as fulcrums. The yarn feeding unit includes a yarn feeding arm located between the first and second rocking arms, and a first linkage bar hinged on the yarn feeding arm and first rocking arm to move simultaneously, and a second linkage bar hinged on the yarn feeding arm and second rocking arm to move simultaneously. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067966 | Electronic Cable Lock System - An electromechanical cable lock system comprising an electromechanical locking mechanism including a cable having at least one plug end receivable in the locking mechanism and a plurality of slidable locking plates engageable with the plug in said locking mechanism. At least one of the locking plates is capable of movement in a first direction different from the movement of a second of said locking plates in a second direction. The locking plates are driven by a motor-driven cam mechanism. The system includes a card reader or other credential verifying device and an electronic controller for activating the locking mechanism, The system also includes a barrel lock for over-riding the electronic controller. A plurality of features can detect and alarm in the event of tampering or unauthorized entry. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067967 | THEFT PREVENTION APPARATUS FOR A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus for securing a personal electronic or hand held device (PED), includes a housing for a “pull-tight” lock mechanism attached to an elongated, flexible cable looped through a plurality of corner pieces, and a lock for releasable attachment proximate the distal end of the cable for looping the cable around a secure stationary work object and back through a cable accepting means on said “pull-tight” lock housing. A releasable locking mechanism is disposed within said housing to allow movement of said cable in the first direction, but not in the direction opposite from the first direction when the cable is slidably engaged or “cinched” tight through the corner pieces and secured around the PED by the user. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067968 | CABLE RATCHET SECURITY DEVICE - An example embodiment of the present invention includes a security device for secure attachment to an object. The security device comprises a housing, a cable, and a spool assembly. The cable defines an anchor end non-removably secured in the housing, a removable end, and a loop therebetween. The spool assembly is rotatably supported by, and at least partially enclosed within, the housing. The spool assembly defines a cable winding portion and a capture portion. The loop defines a first effective length when the removable end of the cable is received by the capture portion. The loop defines a second effective length smaller than the first effective length when the removable end of the cable is received by the capture portion and the spool assembly is rotated in a winding direction such that at least part of the cable is wound onto the cable winding portion of the spool assembly. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067969 | Electronic Cabinet/Drawer Lock System - An electronic wireless locking system comprising an external assembly and an internal assembly disposable on respective sides of a door or drawer. The external assembly includes a cover housing, a knob having a shaft, a card/credential reader, a status indicator, a wireless communication capability, a wire harness and a jump port plug. The internal assembly comprises a rotation link matable with the external shaft, a latch bolt, a circuit board and controller, and a locking mechanism including a rack and pinion gear set linking the rotation link with the latch bolt. A blocker inhibits the latch bolt from unlocking until authorized to rotate 90°, permitting the latch bolt to be withdrawn from a strike plate by manual rotation of the knob. An optional mechanical key override feature may also be provided. The system may further include a preload sensor and a device locked sensor. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067970 | STEERING LOCK DEVICE - A steering lock device includes a rotating member to be rotated by a key, a locking member to move between a unlock position that a steering shaft is allowed to be rotated and a lock position that the steering shaft is prevented from being rotated, a sliding member to move the locking member by converting the rotation of the rotating member into a linear movement, a case member enclosing the rotating member, the locking member and the sliding member, and a cushioning mechanism disposed in an opposite wall formed in the case member, the opposite wall being opposite to a transfer space in which the sliding member is movable. The cushioning mechanism is configured to reduce an impact force generated when the sliding member contacts with the opposite wall. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067971 | Zipper Lock - A zipper lock contains: a lock body, a lock mechanism, and a shackle. The lock body includes at least one positioning post mounted thereon for fitting with at least one pull piece by using at least one through hole of the at least one pull piece. The lock mechanism is disposed on the lock body. The shackle is axially connected with the lock body and is rotated toward a unlock position relative to the lock body so that the at least one pull piece is fitted onto and removed from the at least one positioning post. The shackle allows being rotated toward a lock position relative to the lock body so that the at least one pull piece is fitted onto the at least one positioning post, and the shackle is locked by the lock mechanism. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067972 | LOCK CYLINDER - A lock cylinder including a cylinder core rotatably supported about a cylinder axis in a cylinder housing; locking pin which blocks the cylinder core against a rotational movement in a radially outer blocking position and which releases the cylinder core for a rotational movement in a radially inner release position; tumbler disks rotatably supported between a latch position and an unlatch position, wherein each tumbler disk has a central reception opening for receiving a key and at least one peripheral cut-out for receiving the locking pin in the release position, wherein the locking pin can only be displaced into the release position when all the tumbler disks are in their unlatch position; and intermediate disks arranged along a cylinder axis in the cylinder core. A respective intermediate disk is arranged between two mutually adjacent tumbler disks, the intermediate disks having a predefined rotational play relative to the cylinder core. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067973 | SHEARING FIBROUS BIO-SLUDGE - Paunch-sludge from an abattoir is mixed with the fatty DAF-float from an abattoir, and placed in a shearing vessel. The mixture of the two material thickens the medium in which the matted strands are contained, enabling shearing to be more effective; so much so that paunch-sludge can now be sheared to a homogeneous liquid. The technique can be used with other sludges and other fatty waste materials. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067974 | INTEGRATED METHOD OF BIOLOGICAL VALORIZATION OF ORGANIC WASTE IN AN AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT - There is provided an integrated method of composting compostable organic waste matter by macerating compostable organic waste matter with a structuring agent and mixing additional compostable organic waste matter and/or structuring agent in the composting mixture. There is also provided an integrated method of biological valorization of compostable organic waste matter for composting by collecting in a coordinated manner a compostable organic waste matter from waste matter generator and delivering in a coordinated manner the collected compostable organic waste matter to a composting site. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067975 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS CAPABLE OF METABOLIZING PHOSPHITE TO REDUCE COMPETITION FROM WEEDS - System, including methods and compositions, for making and using transgenic plants capable of metabolizing phosphite to reduce competition from weeds. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067976 | Apparatus and Method Using Reduced Volume Electro-Hydraulic Chambers for Trimming and Joining Panels - A tool for modifying a workpiece by either trimming or joining the workpiece. The tool is an electro-hydraulic tool that uses a pulse transmitted through a liquid to trim a workpiece or to join two thicknesses of metal together. A method of trimming the workpiece includes the steps of providing a high voltage discharge in a liquid that drives a workpiece into engagement with a cutting edge of a tool steel insert. A method of joining two or more thicknesses of metal together includes the step of creating a high voltage discharge through an electrode that accelerates one panel or thickness of metal into a second panel that is held stationary by a backing plate while the first thickness of metal is accelerated into the second thickness of metal. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067977 | TOOL UNIT OF A ROTARY SWAGING MACHINE - The invention relates to a tool unit of a rotary swaging machine for shaping preferably rod-like or pipe-like workpieces. The tool unit has a plurality of shaping tools ( | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067978 | COLD FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device for cold forming a metal work piece comprising a roller die having a first die formed in a circumferential face; a linear die having a second die formed on a receiving surface for receiving the work piece; a press for applying a load to the roller die; wherein the roller die, whilst under load from the press, is arranged to roll across the linear die so as to have the first and second dies applied to opposed faces of the work piece, and so progressively cold form the work piece. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067979 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND/OR TRANSPORTING BACK-UP ROLLS AND/OR WORK ROLLS OF A ROLL STAND AT LEAST IN PAIRS - The invention relates to a device for handling and/or transporting back-up rolls and/or work rolls ( | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067980 | GUIDE CUTTING TOOL AND SPACER FOR USE IN CUTTING METAL STUDS - A guide cutting tool for use in cutting metal studs used in wall construction includes a plate having generally opposite notches. Each notch has a straight notch guide wall extending generally inwardly towards the corresponding straight notch guide wall of the opposite notch at a generally perpendicular orientation from a corresponding side of the plate, with the two straight notch guide walls being generally collinear with one another. A spacer, for use in cutting metal studs, is formed with a guide cutting tool located at each longitudinal end of a connector member. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067981 | Method for Producing a Contact Face of a Head of a Golf Club - A method for producing a face plate of a golf club head includes preparing a plate material to be processed, with the plate material including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; pressing and shaping the plate material at least one time by using at least one mold, forming an uneven thickness structure on the first surface of the plate material; and milling the second surface obtained from shaping to form a striking face, obtaining a face plate for a golf club head. The method for producing a face plate of a golf club head includes forming the uneven thickness structure on the first surface of the face plate and then milling and modifying the second surface of the face plate, significantly reducing the waste material of the plate material to be milled and removed. The cutter wear rate of the milling machine is reduced, and the processing time is shortened, saving production costs and increasing yield. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067982 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING INSERTS FOR STEAM GENERATOR TUBES - An apparatus for producing inserts for steam generator tubes is provided. The apparatus is intended to allow a technically particularly simple production process, and consequently allow particularly high-speed production of inserts. For this purpose, the apparatus includes a winding head with a wire guiding pin, a guiding opening for a former shaft, provided with a number of spiral slots, and a pressure roller, the wire guiding pin, the guiding opening and the pressure roller being arranged in such a way that a tangent of the pressure roller and of a slot of the former shaft and the guiding axis of wire guiding pin substantially coincide. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067983 | Electrical Connector Crimping Plier Tool - A plier tool for crimping electrical connectors to wires includes two plier handles that are pivotally connected together by a pivotal coupling that allows for rotation of the handles, towards and away from one another. The two plier handles each have gripping portions that are graspable by a user to rotate the plier handles about the axis of rotation. A crimping die is located on each plier handle, at an end opposite of the gripping portion thereof, and rotation of the plier handles causes the crimping dies to be moved towards and away from one another between engaging and non-engaging positions. The crimping die, together, define an opening that is configured to receive an electrical connector in a manner that positions the electrical connector in an endwise direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067984 | LINEARITY ENHANCEMENT OF CAPACITIVE TRANSDUCERS BY AUTO-CALIBRATION USING ON-CHIP NEUTRALIZATION CAPACITORS AND LINEAR ACTUATION - A system and method are disclosed for automatically calibrating capacitive transducers to neutralize feed-through capacitance using linear actuation. The method includes starting with an initial neutralization capacitance, applying no electrostatic force and two known electrostatic forces to a proof mass of the transducer, recording the transducer output changes due to the applied forces; and determining how to revise neutralization capacitance based on the changes. The method can use a binary search to find a final neutralization capacitance providing the best linearity. The method can include comparing the final linearity to a threshold linearity. The electrostatic forces can be applied using a charge control method where the electrostatic force is a linear function of the actuation duration. The linear actuation can be used for continuous self-test of capacitive sensors. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067985 | THERMAL-MECHANICAL WEAR TESTING FOR PDC SHEAR CUTTERS - A method and apparatus for testing the abrasive wear resistance of PDC cutters or other superhard materials. The method includes obtaining a first cutter having a first substrate and a first cutting table coupled thereto and obtaining a second cutter having a second substrate and a second cutting table coupled thereto. The method also includes positioning a surface of the first cutting table in contact with a surface of the second cutting table. The method also includes rotating at least one of the first cutters and the second cutters where at least a portion of the first and/or second cutting tables is removed. The method includes determining the amount of first and/or second cutting table removed. The apparatus includes a first holder coupled to the first cutter and a second holder coupled to the second cutter, where at least one holder rotates circumferentially. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067986 | SHAVING MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A shaving measurement apparatus, comprising a pad having a top surface, an arm configured to hold a cartridge, the cartridge having a contact surface, and the arm being moveable relative to the pad to bring the contact surface of the cartridge into contact with and/or away from the top surface of the pad, and to move the cartridge along the pad with the contact surface in contact with the top surface, and a sensor coupled to the cartridge for measuring a load on the cartridge as it is moved relative to the pad, and a method of using the same. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067987 | High sensitivity artificial olfactory system and it's uses - High Sensitivity Artificial Olfactory System provide for users an easy way to efficiently detect, identify and track any material(s), plant(s), animal(s), or even person(s), based on the odour properties of these. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067988 | Gas Measuring Apparatus - A gas measuring apparatus including: a measurement unit which obtains a measurement value with respect to a predetermined parameter of a gas to be measured; an altitude acquisition unit which acquires altitude information indicating an altitude of an installation location; an air pressure calculation unit which calculates an air pressure in the installation location, based on the altitude information; and a correction unit which corrects the measurement value based on a calculation value of the air pressure. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POLLUTION BY POISONOUS MATERIAL FOR AIR EXHAUSTER OF VEHICLE - A system for detecting pollution by a poisonous material for an air exhauster of a vehicle may include a temperature sensor provided to the flow line of an exhaust gas and having a catalyst material that causes an exothermic reaction with a pollution material in the exhaust gas, and a controller which stores a standard temperature value of the temperature sensor and operates in such a manner that the exhaust gas may be heated under control of an engine control unit when the temperature value drops by a predetermined amount from the standard temperature value, and that the catalyst material may be determined to have deteriorated when a measured temperature value after heating may be less than the standard temperature value, so that the standard temperature value may be replaced with the measured temperature value, and to a detection method using the same. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067990 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AT LEAST ONE FEATURE OF THE FUEL IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method recognizes at least one feature of fuel in an internal-combustion engine ( | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067991 | Hydrocarbon Separation and Analysis Apparatus and Methods - The inventive technology may involve, in particular embodiments, novel use of a non-porous, high surface energy stationary phase to adsorb, in reversible fashion, the most polar component of a resins fraction of an input hydrocarbon when a mobile phase is passed over the stationary phase. Such reversible adsorption prevents irreversibly adsorption of such components on active stationary phase(s) downflow of the non-porous, high surface energy stationary phase, thereby conserving stationary phase costs and increasing resolution of resins elutions, and accuracy of hydrocarbon component results. Aspects of the inventive technology may also involve a novel combination of a solubility based asphaltene component fractionating and analysis method and an adsorption chromatography method for separating and/or analyzing saturate, aromatics and resins components of an input hydrocarbon. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067992 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF STEAM QUALITY AND FLOW - An apparatus and method for noninvasively monitoring steam quality and flow and in pipes or conduits bearing flowing steam, are described. By measuring the acoustic vibrations generated in steam-carrying conduits by the flowing steam either by direct contact with the pipe or remotely thereto, converting the measured acoustic vibrations into a frequency spectrum characteristic of the natural resonance vibrations of the pipe, and monitoring the amplitude and/or the frequency of one or more chosen resonance frequencies, changes in the steam quality in the pipe are determined. The steam flow rate and the steam quality are inversely related, and changes in the steam flow rate are calculated from changes in the steam quality once suitable calibration curves are obtained. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067993 | Apparatus and Method for Aerosol Collection and Fluid Analysis - An apparatus for aerosol collection and fluid analysis includes a rotary motor, an aerosol-collection disk configured for mounting on the rotary motor, and a fluid-analysis disk that is also configured for mounting on the rotary motor. The aerosol-collection disk includes at least one interior inlet, at least one peripheral outlet and a passage coupling the interior inlet with the peripheral outlet, and a particle collector opposite the peripheral outlet. The fluid-analysis disk includes at least one fluid in each of a first reservoir and in a second reservoir on or in the fluid-analysis disk and offset from a central axis of the disk, wherein each reservoir has an outlet and a stopper in the outlet of each reservoir to seal the reservoirs; and release of the fluids from the reservoirs is spin-induced. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067994 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AN ENGINE - Presently disclosed are methods and systems for diagnosing a coolant leak of an engine. A method may include diagnosing a coolant leak of an engine based on identified fill signatures of a measured engine coolant pressure. A vehicle system is also disclosed, including an engine, a coolant system operatively connected to the engine, a coolant pressure sensor configured to measure engine coolant pressure during operation of the engine, and a controller, including instructions configured to create a coolant pressure profile corresponding to a given engine speed, and diagnose a condition of the engine based on the coolant pressure profile. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067995 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING FLUID VISCOSITY - Various embodiments include apparatus and methods of determining the viscosity of a fluid downhole in a well. A parameter of a response signal, obtained from driving a tube containing a fluid with an excitation signal for vibrating the tube, can be collected while maintaining the tube in a vibrating mode. The parameter can be evaluated to measure the viscosity of the fluid. In various embodiments, the fluid viscosity may be measured in-situ downhole in the well. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067996 | SAMPLE DETECTION METHOD BY THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY PLATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides a thin-layer chromatography plate and a thin-layer chromatography that can detect the separation of a component in a sample by a separating agent layer that does not permit the detection of the separation of the component in the sample by an optical response. For a sample that has an optical response to ultraviolet light or a coloring agent, the present invention uses a thin-layer chromatography plate that has a first separating agent layer, which has the same optical response as the sample, and a second separating agent layer, which is disposed adjacent thereto and has an optical response that is different from the aforementioned optical response; carries out development of the sample in the first separating agent layer; thereafter carries out further development of the spots from the first separating agent layer toward the second separating agent layer; and detects the spots in the second separating agent layer through exposure to ultraviolet radiation or a color-development treatment with a coloring agent. In addition, the development axis in the first separating agent layer is maintained approximately perpendicular, and spot broadening at the boundary surface is prevented by adjusting the binder blending ratio. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067997 | SINGLE INJECTION VALVE FOR HPLC COMBINING SAMPLE INTRODUCTION, WASH CYCLES AND DIAGNOSIS - A switchable valve for a sample injector includes a first valve member and a second valve member that can moved with respect to the other. The first valve member includes a plurality of ports, the second valve member includes a plurality of fluid paths. The plurality of ports include eight circumferential ports distributed along a circumference and one central port arranged at a central position of the first valve member. The plurality of fluid paths include three arcuate fluid paths so as to be couplable with at least two of the circumferential ports and one straight fluid path extending between the central position and a circumferential position so as to be couplable with the central port and one of the circumferential ports. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067998 | Homogeneous Blending - A method of forming a colloidal dispersion includes providing a first continuous material flow, providing a second continuous material flow, combining the first and second continuous material flows, and moving a continuous flow of a colloidal dispersion in a direction downstream of the first and second continuous flows. The first continuous material flow includes one or more of a diluent (e.g., deionized water), a base, and an acid, and the second continuous material flow includes an abrasive particle solution. The first and second material flows are combined with a Reynolds number greater than about 4400 and less than about 25000 (e.g., about 7400 to about 25000). The colloidal dispersion includes the diluent, the base, the acid, and abrasive particles from the abrasive particle solution. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130067999 | Method for Selection of Surfactants in Well Stimulation - A method of determining the suitability of a surfactant for use in a formation can include sampling water in the formation, providing at least two surfactants, and mixing each of the surfactants with the formation water to form surfactant/water samples. The method can further include determining the solubility of each surfactant with the formation water, comparing the solubility of each surfactant with the other surfactant, and assigning a solubility performance value for each surfactant based on its solubility in the formation water sample compared to the other surfactant. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068000 | Sensor and Method for Removing Interfering Substance - A technique is provided, wherein any influence, which would be otherwise exerted on a reaction of an objective substance caused by a reagent enzyme by an interfering substance contained in a specimen, is suppressed in relation to an electrochemical sensor for measuring the objective substance contained in the specimen. A sensor comprises a substrate; a detecting unit which is provided on the substrate and which detects an objective substance; a filter which covers the detecting unit, which permits permeation of the objective substance on one hand, and which regulates permeation of an interfering substance contained in a sample on the other hand; and removing unit which removes the interfering substance adhered to the filter. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068001 | HARDNESS TESTER AND HARDNESS TEST METHOD - A hardness tester includes:
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| 20130068002 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING VARIOUS ENGINE OPERATING CONDITIONS TO EVALUATE ENGINE EMISSIONS TEST EQUIPMENT - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes an engine control module, a valve control module, and a level determination module. The engine control module controls an engine mounted in one of an engine dynamometer and a chassis dynamometer based on a predetermined schedule specifying a desired speed with respect to time. The valve control module controls a valve to inject a first quantity of a substance into an exhaust system to simulate the engine outputting an emission. The level determination module determines an emissions level of the emission in the exhaust system based on the predetermined schedule and the first quantity. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068003 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AN ENGINE - Methods and systems are provided for an engine. A condition of the engine may be diagnosed based on information provided by signals from speed sensors associated with the engine and/or other signals associated with a generator operationally connected to the engine. Different types of degradation may be distinguished based on discerning characteristics within the information. Thus, a degraded engine component may be identified in a manner that reduces service induced delay. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068004 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY WITH RESILIENT CONTACT PORTIONS - A sensor assembly for use in a vehicle. The sensor assembly has a housing for receiving a substrate. Terminals with substrate mating portions are provided in the housing. The substrate has components mounted thereon and plated openings which extend therethrough. The plated openings are provided in electrical engagement with the terminals. The openings are provided to mechanically and electrically engage the resilient contact portions of the terminals. The substrate mating portions are releasably pressure fit within the plated openings to allow the substrate to be removed and replaced as needed. The substrate mating portions maintain the electrical and mechanical connection between the substrate mating portions and the plated openings when the sensor assembly is exposed to vibration. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068005 | TEST BENCH FOR A REACTION ENGINE - A test bench for a reaction engine including a nozzle having a divergent. The bench includes a mechanism for holding the divergent in position, capable of holding the divergent so that its axis is vertical, and capable of interacting with a downstream portion of the divergent located in the downstream half thereof to limit distortion and/or displacement of this downstream portion. The test bench enables the divergent to remain undamaged even if lateral forces are applied to it during testing. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068006 | TIRE TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods, including: one of a simulated road surface and an actual road surface; a test tire physically contacting the one of the simulated road surface and the actual road surface; and a plurality of gears linking the test tire and the one of the simulated road surface and the actual road surface, such that the velocities of the test tire and the one of the simulated road surface and the actual road surface are linked and an associated slip ratio between the test tire and the one of the simulated road surface and the actual road surface is controlled. The simulated road surface includes one of a drum, a belt, a drive wheel, and a rail. The plurality of gears are varied in terms of gear ratio using a controller such that slip ratio is dynamically controlled and varied. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068007 | Compact Surface Well Testing System and Method - A well testing system and method are provided. The well testing system includes a separator-exchanger module that may include a modular frame, a separator and/or a modular steam-heat exchanger. A surge tank module can include a surge tank, frames, and two surge tanks. A manifold model can include a compact manifold. The various modules of the well testing system can be interconnected using various guiding, stopping, and/or fixing clamps. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068008 | HIGH TEMPERATURE PIEZORESISTIVE STRAIN GAUGES MADE OF SILICON-ON-INSULATOR - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring a parameter in a borehole penetrating the earth. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to be disposed in the borehole and having a piezo-resistor fabricated from a semiconductor on an insulator wherein a portion of the semiconductor is etched to the insulator to form the piezo-resistor, the piezo-resistor being responsive to the parameter. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068009 | Dual Opposing Fiber Brushing - A fiber sample conditioning system having a comb for engaging and retaining fibers to form a beard, and at least two rotating brushes for brushing the fibers simultaneously from opposite sides of the beard in a direction along the fibers away from the comb. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068010 | Determination of Yarn Features - The device for determining features, in particular the hairiness, of a yarn includes a housing and a sensor unit attached in or on the housing for measuring at least one parameter of the yarn. The housing includes a front plate, a rear plate, and a frame located between the front plate and the rear plate. The frame is produced integrally and separately from the front plate and the rear plate, for example from a bent metal sheet. The front plate and the rear plate are designed as flat plates and fastened, by means of screw connections, to lugs that are bent inward on the frame. The housing thus has a particularly simple design. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068011 | AQUATIC SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - According to one aspect, the invention relates to an aquatic sample analysis system adapted for in situ use. The system includes an incubation chamber having an optically clear portion and forming an opening for receiving a fluidic sample and apparatus for sealing the opening. The system also includes a sensor for sensing at least one parameter associated with the sample inside the chamber, a control module in communication with the sensor, and a power source. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068012 | Espresso Machine Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for measuring a resultant flow delivered by a pump coupled to an over pressure valve, the method comprising the steps of: measuring, using a first flow meter, feed flow to the pump; measuring, using a second flow meter, return flow from the over pressure valve; and calculating resultant flow, at least in part, by subtracting measured return flow from measured feed flow. A pump power modification module can further modifying the pump output pressure to enable pressure profiling. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068013 | SENSOR ELEMENT WITH ENGINEERED SILICIDE - A sensing element having an integrally formed metal-silicide layer with a silicon layer is described. In some instances, the thickness of the metal-silicide layer can be controlled during fabrication such that the sensing element has a desired resistivity and/or a near linear thermal coefficient of resistance (TCR). | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068014 | THERMAL FLOW SENSOR FOR VEHICLES - A thermal flow sensor for vehicles includes a bridge circuit unit having a heating resistor whose resistance value changes according to temperature, a resistance thermometer, detecting a temperature of a fluid, whose resistance value changes according to temperature, and an integrated circuit unit controlling the bridge circuit unit and outputting a signal of detected fluid flow rate. A drive power source for the bridge circuit unit is supplied from a battery, and a drive power source for the integrated circuit unit is supplied from a constant voltage source stabilized by a fuel injection control device. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068015 | OIL SENSOR - A system and method for measuring oil level and quality is provided. The system and method uses an alternating current (AC) to determine oil level, and a lower frequency alternating current, or a direct current (DC), to measure oil quality. The system may comprise a single sensor that is used to measure both oil quality (by providing the lower frequency alternating current or direct current) and oil level (by providing the higher frequency alternating current). Using the lower frequency AC, or DC, enables the resistance of the oil to be determined, which gives an accurate indication of the oil quality. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068016 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MOTION OF OBJECT - The present invention relates to an apparatus for identifying motions of an object, which is used for detecting motions of at least an object. A sensing plate senses the object and produces at least a sensing signal. A processing circuit is coupled to the sensing plate. It gives at least a moving speed along at least one axis, at least a variation in the sensed value between the object and the sensing plate, or at least a variation in the contact area according to the sensing signal. Then it produces a corresponding control signal according to the moving speed, the variation in the sensed value, or the variation in the contact area. Thereby, the present invention further produces a corresponding control signal by means of the variations in the sensed value. Hence, the control signal can be produced without touching the touch panel and thus increasing the lifetime of the touch panel. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068017 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE MOTION OF A BODY - An apparatus for analyzing movement of equipment includes an inertial measurement unit continuously measuring six rigid body degrees of freedom of the equipment and outputting data representative thereof, wherein the inertial measurement unit includes a planar substrate defining a single common plane (either rigid or flexible). The inertial measurement unit further includes at least one angular rate gyro and at least one accelerometer sufficient to measure the six rigid body degrees of freedom and each being mounted on the single common plane. The apparatus further includes a communication device transmitting the data. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068018 | MICROMACHINED GYROSCOPE INCLUDING A GUIDED MASS SYSTEM - A gyroscope is disclosed. The gyroscope comprises a substrate; and a guided mass system. The guided mass system comprises proof-mass and guiding arm. The proof-mass and the guiding arm are disposed in a plane parallel to the substrate. The proof-mass is coupled to the guiding arm. The guiding arm is also coupled to the substrate through a spring. The guiding arm allows motion of the proof-mass to a first direction in the plane. The guiding arm and the proof-mass rotate about a first sense axis. The first sense axis is in the plane and parallel to the first direction. The gyroscope includes an actuator for vibrating the proof-mass in the first direction. The gyroscope also includes a transducer for sensing motion of the proof-mass-normal to the plane in response to angular velocity about a first input axis that is in the plane and orthogonal to the first direction. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068019 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR - An object of the invention is to provide a physical quantity sensor capable of producing a highly accurate physical quantity detection signal. The physical quantity sensor has an oscillator for converting an externally applied physical quantity into an electrical signal, an oscillation circuit which makes the oscillator oscillate, and a detector circuit for detecting a to-be-detected signal output from the oscillator by using a detection signal output from the oscillation circuit, includes a delta-sigma modulator, preceding the detector circuit, for delta-sigma modulating either one of the detection signal output from the oscillation circuit and the to-be-detected signal output from the oscillator, and for outputting a modulated signal, a variable voltage source capable of varying an output voltage, and a control unit for controlling the output voltage of the variable voltage source, and wherein the delta-sigma modulator performs the delta-sigma modulation by using a feedback signal created based on the output voltage. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068020 | Combined Sensor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor are sealed in respective pressure atmospheres suitable therefor in the process of a series of bonding steps, thereby improving the detection sensibilities of the sensors. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068021 | INERTIAL SENSOR - Disclosed herein is an inertial sensor including: a sensor part including a driving body displaceably mounted on a flexible substrate part, a driving unit moving the driving body, and a displacement detection unit detecting a displacement of the driving body, wherein the inertial sensor includes an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) including the sensor part coupled thereto; a printed circuit board including the ASIC coupled thereto and electrically connected to the sensor part and the ASIC by a wire; and a cap covering the sensor part and the ASIC and coupled to the printed circuit board, whereby the driving body and the flexing substrate part is protected and an interval between the driving body and the flexible substrate part is optimized to obtain efficient driving characteristics and a Q factor and improve a freedom of design in a space use. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068022 | MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS COMPONENT - Disclosed herein is a MEMS component. The MEMS component according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a plate-shaped membrane | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068023 | Motion Sensor Device and Methods for Forming the Same - A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) device includes a sensing element, and a proof mass over and overlapping at least a portion of the sensing element. The proof mass is configured to be movable toward the sensing element. A protection region is formed between the sensing element and the proof mass. The protection region overlaps a first portion of the sensing element, and does not overlap a second portion of the sensing element, wherein the first and the second portions overlap the proof mass. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068024 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ROTOR BLADES OF A TURBINE - A device and a method for monitoring the operational state of rotor blades of a turbine from a position facing the blade tip of a passing rotor blade: A wavesource generates an electromagnetic wave and a wave guide directs the wave towards the blade tip. The waveguide is included in a resonator defining at least one discrete resonance frequency of the wave on the waveguide. An aperture at its front end emits an energy fraction of the wave toward the blade tip. The frequency of the wave is adjusted to the resonance frequency of the resonator at the momentary operation conditions, and a measuring unit compares at least one measurement parameter of the wave directed towards the blade tip with the corresponding measurement parameter of the wave reflected from the blade tip. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068025 | DETECTING MASS ON A MEMS BIOOSCILLATING RESONATOR ARRAY - A system configured to determine the mass of an object. The system generates a first output signal by transmitting an excitation signal through an oscillating resonator array. The oscillating resonator array includes a first oscillating resonator, a second oscillating resonator; and an electronic component coupled between the first oscillating resonator and the second oscillating resonator. A user adds an object to a surface of the oscillating resonator array. After adding the object, the system generates a second output signal by transmitting the excitation signal through the oscillating resonator array and determines a phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068026 | Ultrasonic Inspection Method and Ultrasonic Inspection Apparatus - An ultrasonic inspection method and an ultrasonic inspection apparatus are provided, in which bending of a propagation path of an inspection object in three dimensions is considered. The ultrasonic inspection method includes calculating the ultrasonic propagation path by using three-dimensional shape data of the inspection object and information relating to a position and a direction of an ultrasonic sensor, giving spatial coordinates along the calculated ultrasonic propagation path to each point of sound field intensity data of an ultrasonic wave received in time series by the ultrasonic sensor, and displaying ultrasonic inspection data obtained by using the sound field intensity data and the spatial coordinates. | 2013-03-21 |
| 20130068027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OF COMPONENT HOUSING WALL THICKNESS AND WEAR MONITORING - A method for monitoring wall thickness of an industrial piping component or pump/fluid machinery, including a pump casing for a pump used for pumping an abrasive fluid or slurry, comprising providing a signal containing information about a ultrasonic-based transducer pulse from a discrete ultrasonic-based transducer attached directly on an industrial piping component or pump/fluid machinery at a local point of interest and configured to inject the ultrasonic-based transducer pulse into the industrial piping component or pump/fluid machinery at the local point of interest and sense the ultrasonic-based transducer pulse reflected off a wall of the industrial piping component or pump/fluid machinery at the local point of interest; and determining with an electronic monitoring system the thickness of the wall of the industrial piping component or pump/fluid machinery at the local point of interest based at least partly on the signal received containing information about the discrete ultrasonic-based transducer pulse sensed. The discrete ultrasonic-based transducer may include a discrete ultrasonic-based piezoelectric transducer. | 2013-03-21 |
