13th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110073318 | PRODUCING GAS AND LIQUID FROM BELOW A PERMANENT PACKER IN A HYDROCARBON WELL - The invention relates to an arrangement for positively pumping liquids to the surface of a hydrocarbon well where the hydrocarbon well has bee previously completed with a permanent packer and tailpipe. A rod pump having a plunger connected to a hollow rod string can positively pump the liquids collecting at the bottom of the well while the natural gas is produced up the annulus between the production tubing and the hollow rod string. In this invention, the tail pipe is perforated above the rod pump and below the packer to all the natural gas into the production tubing. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073319 | DOUBLE STRING PUMP FOR HYDROCARBON WELLS - The invention relates to a double string pump for pumping liquids to the surface of a hydrocarbon well and especially a hydrocarbon well that is producing both natural gas and liquid fluids. The double string pump includes a hollow tube that raises and lowers the plunger and carries the liquids to the surface and an outer tube receives liquids down into the well to lubricate the moving parts and flush particles from areas prone to wear and back toward the production tube. The natural gas is produced through the annulus between wellbore casing and the outer production tubing string. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073320 | TUBULAR ACTUATOR AND METHOD - A tubular actuator includes, a restrictor disposed at a tubular that is engageably receptive to a runnable member run thereagainst as long as pressure remains above a latch pressure, the restrictor configured to allow passage of the runnable member after a delay at pressure equal to or below the latch pressure. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073321 | TUBULAR ACTUATOR AND METHOD - A tubular actuator includes, a tubular, a support member disposed at the tubular, and a restrictor configured to pass a runnable member when unsupported by the support member and to prevent passage of the runnable member when supported by the support member. The restrictor is movable relative to the support member from an unsupported position to a supported position in response to pressure applied against the runnable member engaged with the restrictor according to a pressure versus time profile. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073322 | Gas lift plunger acceleration arrangement - An elongated plunger arrangement for moving up and down in a tubing string and a plunger lift system for an oil well and a gas well, the plunger having an upper portion, an intermediate portion and a lower portion, all of the portions having an elongated longitudinally directed bore or cavity therewithin, the plunger also having a direction accelerating arrangement therewithin, the direction accelerating arrangement comprising an elongated acceleration inducing valve containing shift rod extending through the elongated bore, wherein the shift rod is longer than the elongated plunger. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073323 | LINE RETENTION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - A line retention arrangement including one or more supports; and two or more clips, each clip having a base and a cantilever portion the two or more clips being oriented oppositely to one another, each clip mounted to the one or more supports. A method for retaining one or more lines at a string. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073324 | Self Sealing Hydraulic Coupler - A hydraulic coupler for providing fluid communication between adjacent members that includes a two way check valve formed from a double headed poppet set in a hollow cylinder with corrugated bellows like walls. Contoured bores are provided in the cylinder ends and the poppet heads are profiled to match the contour of the bores. When the heads are seated in the bores they form a sealing surface to block fluid from flowing through the coupler. Compressively preloading the cylinder before assembly provides a sealing force between the heads and the bores. Axially compressing the cylinder with respect to the poppet unseats the heads from the bores to form a flow path through the coupler. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073325 | TORQUE RESISTANT COUPLING FOR OILWELL TOOLSTRING - A downhole oilwell toolstring having an adapter having a male threaded portion, a longitudinally extending tubular female housing having a female threaded portion on an inner surface of the housing, a first end located proximate to the female threaded portion, a second end located distal to the female threaded portion, and a recessed groove extending around the circumference of the interior surface of the female housing at a location between the first end the female threaded portion. The adapter has a first end that is distal from the threaded portion and a second end that is proximate to the threaded portion, and a recessed groove extending around the outer circumference of the adapter at a location between the threaded portion and the first end of the adapter. The female housing is connected with the male adapter by way of the female threaded portion and the male threaded portion engaging one another. A ring is located in the recessed groove in the adapter and the recessed groove in the female housing. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073326 | Anchor Assembly and Method for Anchoring a Downhole Tool - An anchor assembly ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073327 | Two-component mortar composition and method of using same - A two-component mortar composition contains a curable resin component (A), and a curing agent component (B), which is separated therefrom to inhibit reaction and contains, in the resin component (A), a reactive diluent mixture, which comprises at least one hydroxyalkyl di(meth)acrylate, at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate and at least one acetoacetato compound of the general formula (I). A method of fastening an anchoring element in boreholes in mineral substrates includes filling a borehole with the inventive two-component mortar composition, inserting an anchoring element in the borehole immediately after filling the borehole with the mortar composition; with the anchoring element being set after a predetermined time period necessary for the chemical reaction of the resin component (A) with a curing agent components (B). | 2011-03-31 |
20110073328 | Actuation Assembly and Method for Actuating a Downhole Tool - An actuation assembly ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073329 | Compression Assembly and Method for Actuating Downhole Packing Elements - A compression assembly ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073330 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS HAVING EXPANDABLE MEMBERS AND RELATED METHODS - Expandable apparatus for use in subterranean boreholes include a tubular body having at least one opening and at least one member positioned within the at least one opening. The member is configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position. A sleeve member including a constricted portion may be disposed in the tubular body and may selectively retain the at least one member in the retracted position. In some embodiments, the sleeve member may be biased in an initial position. Methods of moving a member of an expandable apparatus include repeating retracting and expanding of the member. Methods of triggering an expandable apparatus include forming a constriction in a fluid flow path extending through a sleeve member to move the sleeve member in a downhole direction responsive to fluid flow. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073331 | Ionic Liquid Flame Retardants - The present invention relates to the use of ionic liquids as flame retardants. The compounds of the invention may be used as flame retardants in various materials without causing damage to the environment and or health of humans or animals. Ionic liquid flame retardants maybe applied alone or in combination with traditional flame retardants. Ionic liquid flame retardants can be applied to finish textile, plastic, leather, paper, rubber or as wild fire flame retardants. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073332 | SOIL CONDITIONING DISC AND CONFIGURABLE DISC ASSEMBLY - A soil-conditioning disc and variable disc assembly system is presented wherein each disc has a series of radially extending geometrically shaped protrusions with intermittent cutting edges and consolidation surfaces, all circumscribing a central hub portion. The disc can be used individually or in multiplicity in a variety of configurations as appropriate for the soil conditions and soil-conditioning task at hand. When the soil-conditioning disc is rolled across the soil surface, a series of consolidated perforations and/or geometric-shaped hollows and restricting channels (depending on the particular disc configuration utilized) are created in the soil. This soil-conditioning disc and assembly simultaneously cuts and incorporates organic material into the soil to increase soil oxygenation for improved soil health, to create depressional water storage, to enhance soil permeability, to reduce evaporation, and to improve surface water distribution by reducing runoff. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073333 | CONSERVATION TILLAGE IMPLEMENT, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A conservation tillage implement having three or more rows of individual coulter wheel assemblies laterally spaced apart and removably mounted on a cultivator frame, a coulter wheel assembly in a given row being staggered with respect to the coulter wheel assemblies in a longitudinally adjacent row. The coulter wheel assemblies may be laterally adjustable and may be mounted to the cultivator frame using a mounting means that permits rotation about a vertical axis. The coulter wheel assemblies may have a coil spring with a horizontal spring axis to permit upward deflection in response to impact with an obstacle. Leveling attachments may optionally be mounted to the cultivator frame, along with additional field working tools. The implement is used in the management of crop residue as part of a minimum tillage strategy. The implement is particularly resistant to plugging and can be operated at high speeds without undue damage upon impact with obstacles. Advantageously, the implement can be operated in standing water, as found in the growing of rice. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073334 | ROTARY STRIKING TOOL - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary striking tool includes: a motor; an oil pulse unit that is driven by the motor; an output shaft that is coupled to the oil pulse unit so that a tip tool can be attached to the output shaft; a first detection unit that detects a rotation angle of the motor and outputs a first output signal; a second detection unit that detects an impact generated at the oil pulse unit and outputs a second output signal; and a control unit that controls a rotation of the motor, wherein the control unit uses a portion of the second output signal based on the first output signal for control of the rotation of the motor. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073335 | POWER TOOLS - A power tool includes a tool unit having an electric motor for driving a tool bit, and a first base and a second base each capable of being assembled with the tool unit. The tool unit and the first base can be assembled into a first tool. The tool unit and the second base can be assembled into a second tool that is different from the first tool. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073336 | Screw Driving Machine Having Combustion-Type Power Mechanism And Electric Power Mechanism - A screw driving machine includes a bit that is movable to strike a screw against a workpiece and rotatable to rotate the screw to the workpiece, a combustion-type power mechanism including a spark plug that ignites combustible gas filled in a combustion chamber to apply striking force to cause the bit to strike the screw, a motor that generates a rotative force when supplied with electric force, and a power transmission mechanism that transmits the rotative force generated at the motor to the bit to cause the bit to rotate. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073337 | POWER TOOL WITH TORQUE CLUTCH - A clutch arrangement for use in a power tool having a multi-speed transmission assembly. The clutch arrangement includes a clutch member and a follower member. The clutch member is coupled to a member of the transmission assembly that is proximate the torsional input of the transmission assembly and which must be in a non-rotating position to permit the transmission assembly to perform a torque multiplication operation. The follower member is biased into engagement with the clutch member to inhibit relative rotation therebetween. As the clutch member and the transmission member are coupled to one another, the transmission assembly is able to perform a torque multiplication operation. When, however, the torsion that is exerted onto the clutch member is sufficient to overcome the frictional engagement between the follower and clutch members, the clutch member, and the transmission member, rotate, thereby inhibiting the capability of the transmission to continue to perform the torque multiplication operation. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073338 | POWER TOOL - It is an object of the invention to reduce transmission of an external force caused by run-out of a tool bit to a tool body in a power tool is provided. A representative power tool which performs a predetermined operation by linear motion of a tool bit in its axial direction has a tool body, a tool holder that holds the tool bit in its front end region and extends in the axial direction of the tool bit, and an elastic element. A rear region of the tool holder opposite from the front end region extends into the tool body, and in the extending region, the tool holder is coupled to the tool body such that the tool holder can rotate about a pivot on a z-axis defined by an axis of the tool bit, in directions of y- and x-axes which intersect with the z-axis. The elastic element applies a biasing force to the tool holder in such a manner as to hold the tool holder in a predetermined position or an initial position with respect to the tool body. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073339 | HAMMER DRILL AND/OR CHISEL HAMMER - The invention is based on a hammer drill and/or chisel hammer, having an impact mechanism unit, an impact mechanism housing and at least one damping unit. The invention proposes that the damping unit is arranged on the impact mechanism housing along a main extension direction of the impact mechanism unit. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073340 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool includes a body part for outputting a rotational force at one end thereof, a grip part provided to extend from the body part in an intersecting relationship with the body part, and a suspension link provided at the other end of the body part for hanging the body part. The suspension link is configured to ensure that, if the body part is suspended from the suspension link using the suspension link as a pivot point, the electric power tool is kept by a weight balance in a horizontal posture in which the extension direction of the grip part is substantially orthogonal to the vertical direction or an inclined horizontal posture in which the joint portion of the body part and the grip part is positioned at the upper side. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073341 | POWER TOOL FOR TIGHTENING SCREW JOINTS AND RELEASE COUPLLING - A power tool for tightening screw joints includes a rotation motor and a device for initiating a braking torque to the motor when, in operation, a predetermined tightening condition has been reached. A release coupling includes a first coupling part which is supported by a support shaft being rotationally connected to the motor and a second coupling part which is rotationally connected to an output shaft. The first coupling part is displaceable from a first position to a second position or positions where it is out of engagement with the second coupling part and torque transmission to the output shaft is interrupted. Applying a braking torque to the motor causes the first coupling part to be displaced from the first position to the second position or positions. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073342 | DEVICE FOR DRIVING INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS AND THE USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a device for driving instruments and tools comprising a housing ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073343 | Electric power tool - An electric power tool includes a housing, a motor arranged within the housing, a power transmission unit arranged within the housing for transferring rotation of the motor to a work tool, a motor control unit arranged within the housing for controlling the rotation of the motor, and a trigger switch retractably provided to the housing for instructing the motor control unit to control the rotation of the motor. The electric power tool further includes a wireless communication device arranged within the housing for wirelessly communicating the work information on the content of works. The wireless communication device includes an antenna unit. The wireless communication device is covered with a shock-absorbing material. The antenna unit is arranged to lie higher than the trigger switch when the electric power tool is stored in a specified storage state. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073344 | GASKET CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES - A composition for forming a gasket comprises a curable elastomer material and 0.1-20 weight % (e.g., 4-10 weight %) carbon nanotubes dispersed throughout the elastomer material. A dispensed bead of elastomer material exhibits a Slump ratio of at least 0.7. The composition provides the correct balance of rheology/dispensing characteristics, seal characteristics, and contamination profile characteristics required in form-in-place gasket applications, while simultaneously providing a conductive form-in-place gasket. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073345 | Busbar and electrical junction box incorporating the same - A busbar includes a first busbar component as a busbar body and a second busbar component connected thereto. The first busbar component is made of an electrically-conductive metal material having superior spring property. The first busbar component includes a male-terminal-connecting portion for clamping a male terminal of a device and a power input part provided upstream of the male-terminal-connecting portion. The second busbar component is made of an electrically-conductive metal material having electrical conductivity superior to that of the first busbar component. The second busbar component is connected to the first busbar component via a first section of the second busbar component in register with the power input part of the first busbar component and a second section of the second busbar component in register with a portion of the first busbar component, the portion being upstream of the male-terminal-connecting portion at which the current is divided. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073346 | GROUNDING MECHANISM FOR FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A grounding mechanism is used for a foldable electronic device including a barrel and an audio component. The grounding mechanism includes a connecting element and an elastic member. The connecting element is received in the barrel. The elastic member is attached to the audio component. One portion of the elastic member is electronically connected to the audio component, another portion of the elastic member electronically connected to the connecting element. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073347 | Electrical cover - Disclosed is a cover for an electrical interface. The electrical interface may be a rocker type switch located within a hole in a wall. The cover is sized to cover the hole in the wall and has an aperture therethrough sized to surround the rocker type switch. The cover further comprises a rocker plate sized to overlay the rocker type switch pivotally located within the aperture wherein the rocker plate bears against the rocker type switch so as to transmit motion of the rocker plate to the rocker type switch. The electrical interface may be an electrical receptacle wherein the cover has front and rear surfaces and a hollowed region in the rear surface sized to receive the electrical receptacle therein. The cover further comprises a plurality of apertures located through the cover plate sized and located to correspond to the connector openings. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073348 | COAXIAL CABLE - A coaxial cable includes a central conductor made of cylindrical conductive material with conductivity greater than 100% and smaller than 104%, the central conductor having a thickness greater than 0.1 mm and smaller than 0.5 mm; a dielectric layer surrounding the central conductor and made of insulating material; an outer conductor surrounding the dielectric layer and made of conductive material with conductivity greater than 97% and smaller than 105% and a thickness greater than 0.24 mm and smaller than 0.35 mm; and an outer jacket surrounding the outer conductor. This coaxial cable allows stable transmission of signal even at a high frequency. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073349 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ELECTRIC ARC BETWEEN TWO CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS - The invention concerns a device for preventing the establishment of an electric arc between adjacent portions ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073350 | GROMMET - Even if a wire harness that passes a grommet is bent sharply, a vehicle body latch recess of the grommet is not deformed, thereby enhancing a sealing function. A grommet includes: an inner tube having a smaller diameter and passing electrical cables in a wire harness in a close contact manner; an annular coupling section protruding from an outer peripheral surface of an intermediate part between both ends of the inner tube at a pushing-in side and a drawing-out side in a longitudinal direction; and an outer tube having a larger diameter, contiguous with an outer peripheral surface of the annular coupling section, and coaxially disposed around the inner tube through a space. The outer tube is provided with a slant wall section that reduces a diameter from a larger thickness portion at a coupling position with the annular coupling section to the drawing-out side. The outer tube is provided with a vehicle body latch recess between the larger thickness portion and the slant wall section in an annular manner. An inner peripheral surface at a smaller diameter end side of the slant wall section is spaced through a given clearance apart from an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube. Both ends of the inner tube protrude outward from the outer tube at the pushing-in side and drawing-out side. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073351 | GROMMET - Even if a wire harness that passes a grommet is bent sharply, a vehicle body latch recess of the grommet is not deformed, thereby enhancing a sealing function. A grommet includes an inner tube through which electrical cables in a wire harness pass in a close contact manner, and an outer tube coupled through an annular coupling section to the inner tube and provided with a slant wall section. The slant wall section of the outer tube is provided with a curved portion at a position having an outer diameter equal to an inner diameter of a through-hole in a vehicle body panel. The curved portion has a different inclination angle from the slant wall section. An inclination angle of the slant wall section at a larger diameter side with respect to the curved portion is set to be smaller than an inclination angle at a smaller diameter side with respect to the curved portion. A larger thickness portion is contiguous with a larger diameter end of the slant wall in parallel to an axial direction. A vehicle body latch recess is provided in an outer peripheral surface of the slant wall section between the larger diameter end of the slant wall and the larger thickness portion in an annular manner. The slant section is provided with a plurality of stepped projecting ribs that extend from a smaller diameter end of the slant wall section to the larger diameter end and are spaced apart from one another in a peripheral direction. The slant wall section is provided on an inner peripheral surface at the smaller diameter side with a bending stress absorbing portion of which an inner surface is recessed annularly to be a smaller thickness. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073352 | PAIRED LOW-CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE POWER LINE AND GROUND LINE STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a paired low-characteristic impedance power line and ground line structure in which loop inductance is substantially 0. The paired low-characteristic impedance power line and ground line structure includes a laminated sheet in which a metal wiring layer having a power line and a ground line is provided on the surface of an insulating sheet, an insulating thin-film layer provided so as to cover the power line and the ground line, and a resistive layer provided on the surface of the insulating thin-film layer. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073353 | CONDUCTIVE FABRIC AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A conductive fabric and a method for forming the same are provided. The conductive fabric comprises a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has at least one first conductive thread and a plurality of first non-conductive threads. The at least one first conductive thread is woven within the plurality of first non-conductive threads. The second layer has at least one second conductive thread and a plurality of second non-conductive threads. The at least one second conductive thread is woven within the plurality of second non-conductive threads. The first layer is woven with the second layer and insulated from the second layer so that an electronic component can be attached to and electrically connect to the at least one first conductive thread of the first layer and the at least one second conductive thread of the second layer. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073354 | PRINTED BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED BOARD - A printed board includes an insulating body that has a flat surface and includes insulating cloth including first fibers and second fibers that cross the first fibers at right angles on the flat surface, and printed wiring including a plurality of signal lines that run parallel to each other and are laid out on the flat surface of the insulating body so that a direction of the signal lines is tilted to a direction of the first or second fibers at an angle which is determined based on board-cutting efficiency of the insulating body and a predetermined delay-time difference between the signal lines. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073355 | INTERPOSER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An interposer for connecting a semiconductor and a circuit board includes an insulating material sheet, a through hole which is formed in the insulating material sheet and an elastic conductive contact which is formed from an elastic conductive sheet and provided in the through hole. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073356 | DIGITAL MANUFACTURE OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT - The electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques that produces a specialty item electrographically. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073357 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Electronic device comprising an integrated circuit ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073358 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, LAMINATED BOARD AND LAMINATED SHEET - A circuit substrate includes a resin layer; and an inorganic insulating layer including a groove portion penetrating the inorganic insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof. A part of the resin layer is in the groove portion. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073359 | Through-Hole-Vias In Multi-Layer Printed Circuit Boards - Example multi-layer printed circuit boards (‘PCBs’) are described as well as methods of making and using such PCBs that include layers of laminate; at least one via hole traversing the layers of laminate, and a via conductor contained within the via hole, the via conductor comprising a used portion and an unused portion, the via conductor comprising copper coated with a metal having a conductivity lower than the conductivity of copper. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073360 | SHIELDING ENCLOSURES - Disclosed herein are various exemplary embodiments of shielding enclosures. In an exemplary embodiment, a shielding enclosure generally includes a frame and a lid. The frame includes vertically extending sidewalls and horizontally inwardly extending lateral flanges therefrom. The lateral flanges define a top opening of the frame and include outwardly extending detent legs. The lid includes a top portion for covering the top opening of the frame. The lid also includes flanges downwardly extending from edges of the top portion. At least one of the flanges has a detent structure, such that when the lid is installed on the frame the detent legs of the frame are engaged by the detent structure. The detent structure may, for example, be detent slots or detent protrusions. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073361 | METHODS AND APPAREL FOR ATTENUATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS EMANATING FROM A PERSON IN OR ON A BODY OF WATER - Attenuating, while in or on a body of water, one's own emanated electromagnetic field by wearing apparel that includes an electromagnetically shielding fabric. The shielding fabric comprises a substantially continuous system of conductive fibers combined with non-conductive fabric. Or attenuating, while a person is in or on a body of water, the electromagnetic field emanated by the person, by (i) providing to the person apparel that includes the electromagnetically shielding fabric, and (ii) instructing the person to wear it while in or on the water. The attenuation of the emanated electromagnetic field decreases the likelihood of a person being located in the body of water by a water-borne predator detecting that person's emanated electromagnetic field. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073362 | TERMINAL BOX AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - According to one embodiment, a terminal box includes a box case placed on and fixed to a back film of a solar cell string and a terminal panel formed on the box case. The box case includes a case main body placed on and fixed to the back film of the solar cell string and a terminal panel fixing portion for placing and fixing the terminal panel above the case main body. An opening for passing an output lead wire through the terminal panel is formed continuously from the bottom face of the case main body to the top face of the terminal panel. One edge of the terminal panel is provided so as to protrude from the terminal panel fixing portion such that the tip of the output lead wire can be bent and latched on. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073363 | CIRCUIT MODULE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A circuit board is accommodated in an internal space of a main body casing, and a bus bar electrically connected to the circuit board is drawn out of the main body casing. The bus bar is held in an internal region of a terminal holder positioned outside the main body casing. One end of a harness is connected to the bus bar in the internal region of the terminal holder, and the other end of the harness is drawn out to an external space. In this state, a joint region of a terminal cover is joined to a joint region of the terminal holder. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073364 | LEAD-THROUGH TERMINAL - A lead-through terminal for leading an electric line through a wall, having a first terminal housing and a second terminal housing, at least one first conductor connection member in the first terminal housing and at least one conductor connection member in the second terminal housing, and a bus bar electrically connecting the first conductor connection member to the second conductor connection member when the first terminal housing and the second terminal housing are connected together. The two conductor connection members each have a leg spring and a metal part, the leg springs each having a clamping leg and a contact leg, the clamping legs and corresponding metal parts each form a spring-force clamp connection for connection of an electrical conductor. The bus bar is arranged in the first terminal housing and electrically conductively connected at a first end thereof to the metal part of the first conductor connection member. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073365 | PRESS-CLAMPING STRUCTURE FOR PRESS-CLAMPING ALUMINUM ELECTRIC WIRE TO TERMINAL - A press-clamping structure includes: an aluminum electric wire having a conductor portion in which strands of aluminum or aluminum alloy are twisted; and a terminal which includes a bottom plate portion for placing the conductor portion thereon, and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are provided consecutively to the bottom plate portion and are caulked to hold the conductor portion placed on the bottom plate portion. The conductor caulking pieces are bent so that distal end portions thereof are inserted into the conductor portion, to thereby embrace part of the strands of the conductor portion. At least one projection is formed on the bottom plate portion between the conductor caulking pieces. Outer surfaces of the respective distal end portions of the conductor caulking pieces are oriented towards the projection. The strands are partially held between the outer surfaces of the respective distal end portions and the projection. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073366 | FLEXIBLE CONDUIT COUPLING CONNECTOR - A connector is provided for coupling a first conduit to a second conduit. The connector includes a first hub configured to connect to the first conduit and a second hub configured to connect to the second conduit. A flexible body is configured to sealingly connect to the first hub and the second hub. At least one clamp is provided for securing the flexible body to the first hub or the second hub. The flexible body includes an end having an annular groove therein to form an inner portion of the end and an outer portion of the end, wherein the annular groove is configured to eliminate radial deflection of the inner portion of the end when flexible body undergoes pressure from the at least one clamp. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073367 | COMBINING BELIEF NETWORKS TO GENERATE EXPECTED OUTCOME - A computer usable medium including computer usable program code for determining an oilfield parameter for a drilling operation. The computer usable program code when executed causing a processor to identify first decision factors and second decision factors about the drilling operation, where each of the first decision factors is contained within first nodes, and where each of the second decision factors is contained within second nodes, where the first and second nodes contain common nodes. The computer usable program code further causing the processor to associate the first nodes to create a first belief network and associate the second nodes to create a second belief network, associate the common nodes of the first belief network with the common nodes of the second belief network to form a multinet belief network, and generate at least one oilfield parameter from the multinet belief network. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073368 | Reduction of Tool Mode and Drilling Noise In Acoustic LWD - A downhole measurement tool includes at least one regular receiver and at least one reference receiver externally deployed on a tool body. The reference receiver is configured to be acoustically isolated from the borehole, for example, via an isolation structure including a high-impedance cap and a low-impedance gap. The reference receiver may be deployed in a linear array with the regular receiver(s) and may be substantially identical to the regular receiver(s) such that it has substantially the same sensitivity to tool mode signals and internal drilling noise as do the regular receivers. Received waveforms may be processed so as to remove tool mode arrivals and/or drilling noise. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073369 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS, METHODS OF MAKING EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND METHODS OF DRILLING WITH EARTH-BORING TOOLS - Earth-boring tools comprise a body having a face at a leading end. A plurality of cutting elements are disposed over the face and configured as a plurality of kerfing pairs comprising two or more cutting elements disposed at substantially the same radial position relative to a bit axis, wherein each of the at least two cutting elements follows substantially the same cutting path when the bit is rotated about its axis. Earth-boring tools are further configured so that a summation of a lateral force generated during drilling by each cutting element of the plurality of cutting elements is directed toward a side of the body. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073370 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS HAVING EXPANDABLE CUTTING STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF USING SUCH EARTH-BORING TOOLS - Expandable reamers for enlarging wellbores include a tubular body and one or more blades configured to extend and retract. A sleeve member within the tubular body has open ends to allow fluid to flow therethrough. A fluid port extends through a wall of the sleeve member. A restriction member within the sleeve is movable between first and second positions. In the first position, fluid flow through the downhole end of the sleeve is generally unimpeded, and fluid flow through the fluid port is generally impeded. In the second position, fluid flow through the downhole end of the sleeve member is generally impeded, and fluid flow through the fluid port is generally unimpeded. The restriction member may be configured to move responsive to changes in the rate of fluid flow through the sleeve member. Methods of using such reamers are also disclosed. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073371 | TOOLS FOR USE IN DRILLING OR ENLARGING WELL BORES HAVING EXPANDABLE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH TOOLS - Expandable reamers for enlarging boreholes in subterranean formations include a tubular body at least one member positioned in openings in the tubular body. The at least one member is configured to move between retracted and extended positions. A push sleeve is disposed at least partially within the tubular body and coupled to the at least one member. The push sleeve moves axially upward to move the member to the extended position in response to a pressure of drilling fluid passing through a drilling fluid flow path in the tubular body. The push sleeve moves axially downward to move the member to the retracted position in response to a pressure of drilling fluid upon a restrictive element disposed within the fluid passageway. The restrictive element disposed within the fluid passageway may be discarded from the fluid passageway by increasing the flow rate through the drilling fluid flow path. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073372 | MECHANISM FOR PROVIDING CONTROLLABLE ANGULAR ORIENTATION WHILE TRANSMITTING TORSIONAL LOAD - A mechanism for adjusting the relative angular orientation of two coaxial components includes a mandrel having a cylindrical central section between upper and lower splined sections, a sleeve rotatably and slidably disposed around the mandrel's central section, and generally cylindrical upper and lower ratchet members positioned, respectively, about the mandrel's upper and lower splined sections. The ratchet members have internal grooves which receive the mandrel splines for torsional load transfer while permitting limited rotation relative to the mandrel, but their axial positions relative to the mandrel are fixed. The upper and lower ends of the sleeve have circumferentially-arrayed ratchet teeth engageable, respectively, with corresponding teeth on the upper and lower ratchet members. The central sleeve has torque-transferring external splines slidable within matching grooves on the inner surface of a cylindrical tool housing enclosing the mechanism. The mandrel is rotatable relative to the housing, but its axial position is fixed. The teeth of the sleeve and ratchet members are configured such that movement of the sleeve from a position engaging the upper ratchet member to a position engaging the lower ratchet member, or vice versa, will effect an incremental angular shift of the mandrel relative to the tool housing, while maintaining effective transfer of torsional loads therebetween. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073373 | ARRANGEMENT & METHOD COMPRISING A FLUSHING HEAD FOR A ROCK DRILLING MACHINE, AND ROCK DRILLING MACHINE COMPRISING THE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to an arrangement designed to be inserted in a cavity ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073374 | Flow Pulsing Device for a Drilling Motor - A downhole flow pulsing device comprises a housing connected in series with a drill string and a valve with a rotating portion in the housing arranged to vary an area of a flow passage through the housing. A fluid actuated positive displacement motor drives rotation of the valve. A drive link permits the rotating portion of the valve to be optionally coupled directly to the motor of the drill string. The valve includes radially oriented rotating ports intermittently communicating with surrounding fixed ports and a bypass channel. Axial displacement of the rotating ports relative to the fixed ports and bypass channel permits amplitude of the downstream fluid pulses to be adjusted. The valve includes a number of circumferentially spaced ports which differs from a prescribed number of pressure fluctuations in the fluid for each full rotation of the rotor of the drill motor. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073375 | MODULAR TOP DRIVE LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A top drive system with a plurality of top drive modules, which are configured to be quickly exchanged. The top drive modules may include any or all of the following: a main body module, a gearbox module, a drive motor module, a pipe handler module, an upper fluid module, a lower well control valve module, a block interface module, a retract system interface frame module, a cooling system module, a work platform guard module, and a quill saver sub module. Alternatively, the top drive may comprise a first top drive and a second top drive which are configured to be quickly exchanged. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073376 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS HAVING EXPANDABLE MEMBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH EARTH-BORING TOOLS - An expandable apparatus for use in a borehole includes a tubular body having at least one opening extending between a longitudinal bore of the tubular body and an outer surface of the tubular body and at least one member positioned within the at least one opening of the tubular body. The member is configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position. An actuation structure is positioned within the tubular body. The actuation structure is coupled to the at least one member and is configured to move the at least one member from the retracted position to the extended position responsive to a flow rate of drilling fluid passing through the longitudinal bore. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073377 | EARTH BORING TOOLS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF INCLUDING BLOCKAGE RESISTANT INTERNAL FLUID PASSAGEWAYS, AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH TOOLS AND COMPONENTS - Earth-boring drill bits include a bit body including a blockage-resistant internal fluid passageway. The blockage-resistant internal fluid passageway includes at least one internal fluid passageway formed in the bit body and a cuttings filtering feature formed in the at least one internal fluid passageway configured to prevent at least some cuttings from flowing through the at least one internal fluid passageway. In one embodiment, the cuttings filtering feature includes at least one lateral member extending transversely across the at least one internal fluid passageway. In another embodiment, the cuttings filtering feature includes forming a central portion of the at least one internal fluid passageway with a width along a lateral axis thereof less than an average width of a fluid path extending through a nozzle disposed at least partially within the at least one internal fluid passageway. Methods of forming the blockage-resistant internal fluid passageway are also disclosed. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073378 | Ultrahard Sintered Carbide Particles in Hardfacing for Earth-Boring Bit - A hardfacing composition for downhole well tools, such as earth boring bits, contains sintered ultrahard particles. The ultrahard particles consist of tungsten carbide grains, cobalt and vanadium. The ultrahard particles are dispersed within a matrix metal of iron, nickel or alloys thereof. The composition may also have sintered tungsten carbide particles of a larger size than the ultrahard particles. The ultrahard particles have a greater hardness than the sintered tungsten carbide particles. The ultrahard particles and the sintered tungsten carbide particles may be in a spherical pellet form. Other hard metal particles may be in the composition. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073379 | CUTTING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF - A cutting element comprising a substrate having an upper surface, a rear surface spaced apart from the upper surface, and a side surface connected to the rear surface and upper surface. The cutting element further includes a superabrasive layer comprising a rear surface, an upper surface, and a side surface connected to and extending between the rear surface and upper surface, wherein the rear surface of the superabrasive layer overlies the upper surface of the substrate. The cutting element is also formed to include a jacket overlying the side surface of the substrate and abutting a portion of the rear surface of the superabrasive layer, wherein the jacket comprises a flange extending along a portion of the side surface of the superabrasive layer. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073380 | PRODUCTION OF REDUCED CATALYST PDC VIA GRADIENT DRIVEN REACTIVITY - A method of forming a PDC cutter having solvent metal catalyst located adjacent the diamond and/or in the diamond and a layer of reactive material on the layer of diamond, the layer of reactive material for promoting the flow of the solvent metal catalyst material from the layer of diamond under high pressure and high temperature. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073381 | PASSENGER'S WEIGHT MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT - To realize an easy maintenance of the load sensor. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073382 | REMOTE CONTROLLER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote controller including: a first touch pad having a first input face to be outwardly exposed; a second touch pad having a second input face to be outwardly exposed, the second input face being aligned with the first input face so that a sliding operation is continuously performed across the first input face and the second input face; and a first switch configured to be switched in accordance with a pressing operation applied onto the first touch pad. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE SELF-CAPACITANCE USING A SINGLE PIN - A method for measuring capacitance in a sensor device using an internal reference circuit element(s), and without implementing additional circuitry and devices external to the sensor device, is described. In some embodiments a method uses an output pin of the sensor device and an internal reference capacitor of the sensor device to identify a touch applied to a touch point or electrode coupled to the touch sensor. The method applies reference voltages to charge the reference capacitor and measure a signal received from an electrode, wherein the touch sensor controls switching within the touch sensor to apply the reference voltages to the reference capacitor. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073384 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE CONFIGURATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments include capacitive touch sensors and methods for configuring capacitive touch sensors. A capacitive touch sensor embodiment includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a controller. The ADC receives an analog voltage signal from an electrode, and samples the analog voltage signal to produce a plurality of digital values. The controller performs a first charging process by supplying the electrode with a first charging current for a first charging interval, and the controller determines, based on the digital values, whether a first electrode voltage value meets a criteria. If not, the controller performs a configuration process that results in setting a second charging current and a second charging interval for the electrode which, in response to performing a second charging process, results in a second electrode voltage value that meets the criteria. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073385 | OPTICAL PEN AND OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM WITH SAME - An optical pen is disclosed. The handwriting input pen includes a housing, a light source module received in the housing, an optical lens, a pen tip. The light source module is configured for emitting light. The optical lens is configured for converging light emitted from the light source module, the optical lens comprising an optical portion and a supporting portion around the optical portion. The pen tip is positioned at an end of the housing and is configured for guiding light out of the housing to project. The shielding member is around the optical portion attached to the optical lens and covering the supporting portion of the optical lens, and is configured for stopping the light passing through the supporting portion from entering into the pen tips. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073386 | Climbing Robot Using Pendular Motion - A climbing robot suitable for climbing a substantially vertical, inclined or horizontal surface comprises a main body ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073387 | Hybrid mobile robot - A hybrid mobile robot includes a base link and a second link. The base link has a drive system and is adapted to function as a traction device and a turret. The second link is attached to the base link at a first joint. The second link has a drive system and is adapted to function as a traction device and to be deployed for manipulation. In another embodiment an invertible robot includes at least one base link and a second link. In another embodiment a mobile robot includes a chassis and a track drive pulley system including a tension and suspension mechanism. In another embodiment a mobile robot includes a wireless communication system. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073388 | AIRCRAFT TUG - An aircraft tug includes a tow bar which extends from a chassis, the tow bar operable to autonomously attach with an aircraft main landing gear assembly and transfer electrical power therebetween. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073389 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING DRIVE TORQUE - A device for a vehicle drive train for generating and transmitting drive torque to components of the drive train. The device comprises a shaft which is connected to the components of the drive train, at least first and second bearings which support the shaft and an electric motor for generating the transmitted drive torque. The electric motor comprises a stator and a rotor which is fixed to the shaft. The rotor is supported by one or more bearing surfaces. The device also comprises elements disposed on the shaft via which drive torque can be transmitted to the components of the drive train while introducing transverse force into the shaft. The rotor of the drive motor is positioned on the shaft such that the bearing surface is located in the region of maximum deflection caused by the transverse force in the shaft. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073390 | REAR VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A rear floor panel extends rearwardly from a kick-up portion formed at a rear portion of a floor panel. A lateral connecting member which constitutes part of a rear suspension connects to supporting portions to support both rear wheels. An engine is arranged below the rear floor panel and in front of the lateral connecting member. A generator is arranged below the rear floor panel and in back of the engine. Accordingly, the traveling stability of the vehicle can be improved and the yaw inertia moment of the vehicle can be decreased. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073391 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a multi-stage gear transmission, and an actuator. The engine has a crankshaft, a crankcase, and a cylinder. The motor is provided on the crankshaft. Through the multi-stage gear transmission, an output of the crankshaft is changed to be used for traveling of the vehicle. The actuator is configured to automatically shift the multi-stage gear transmission and is provided in the crankcase in proximity to the motor. A radius from a center line of the cylinder to a part of the actuator farthest from the center line is shorter than a radius from the center line to a part of the motor farthest from the center line. The actuator has a width less than a width of the motor in a direction perpendicular to the crankshaft. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073392 | HYBRID ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A hybrid energy management system that estimates the net regenerative energy that can be collected during the breaking action of the swing mechanism, then, since this is the net energy that can be used to recharge an energy storage device without using the engine to help recharge the energy storage device, the system limits the use of the energy storage device to that net amount predicted to be available from the recovery period. The net regenerative energy is calculated by considering motor and inverter efficiencies for transferring energy to the battery and changes in the boom/stick/bucket inertia moment. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073393 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CHANGE-SPEED OPERATION FOR THE SAME - [Assignment] To provide a power transmission apparatus for hybrid vehicle, power transmission apparatus which can not only carry out change-speed operations smoothly without ever interrupting the transmission of rotary power while making use of the merit of using a plurality of motors combinedly, and which is but also smaller in size, lighter in weight and more inexpensive than conventional ones; and then to provide a method of change-speed operation for the same. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073394 | HYBRID VEHICLE COOLING APPARATUS - In cooling apparatus for a hybrid vehicle having driving apparatus including a generator driven by an engine and an electric motor ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073395 | APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING AIR FLAP FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for opening and closing an air flap for a vehicle. The apparatus for opening and closing an air flap may include a coolant temperature sensor provided at an engine to measure a coolant temperature of the engine, a control unit comparing a measurement value input from the coolant temperature sensor with a reference value stored therein, thus outputting a control signal, an actuator rotating in response to the control signal of the control unit, a power transmission unit connected to the actuator to transmit rotating force of the actuator, and a flap unit installed in an opening of a front end module carrier, and being selectively movable in a vertical direction in the opening by power transmitted from the power transmission unit to the flap unit to open or close the opening, thus permitting or preventing an inflow of air into the cooling module. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073396 | SCOOTER-TYPE VEHICLE - A scooter-type vehicle can freely set a capacity of a fuel filter without being restricted by swing of a unit-swing type engine. A fuel supply device includes a fuel tank and a fuel supply passage for supplying fuel to an engine. A pump-anterior filter for purifying the fuel in the fuel tank, a fuel pump, a fuel filter disposed on the downstream side of the fuel pump, and an injector for injecting fuel are arranged on the fuel supply passage in this order. The fuel filter is disposed between the upper surface of the fuel tank and the step floor. The size of the fuel filter can freely be set without being restricted by swing of the engine located rearward of the fuel tank. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073397 | SCOOTER-TYPE VEHICLE - A scooter-type vehicle can freely set a capacity of a fuel filter without being restricted by swing of a unit-swing type engine. A cross pipe is spanned between a pair of left and right lower frames and a lower end of a down frame is connected to a central portion of the cross pipe. A fuel filter is disposed so that its lower end is higher by distance than the lower end of cross pipe. The fuel filter is disposed between the down frame and the fuel tank. Since the fuel filter is disposed in front of the fuel tank, it is not restricted by the swing of an engine located rearward of the fuel tank. Therefore, a capacity of the fuel filter can freely be set. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073398 | VEHICLE BODY FRAME STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - To provide a vehicle body frame structure of a saddle-riding type vehicle that can increase the capacity of an air cleaner and enhance the bending stiffness of the vehicle body frame. The vehicle body frame structure includes a pair of left and right main frames that extend rearwardly from a head pipe, an engine disposed downwardly of the left and right main frames, a fuel tank disposed upwardly of the engine and between the left and right main frames, a pair of left and right engine hangers that extend downwardly from front portions of the left and right main frames and support the engine, and a cross member that connects the left and right engine hangers in a vehicle width direction. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073399 | ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE FOR EVAPORATED FUEL TREATMENT DEVICE OF SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING SAME - An arrangement structure for mounting an evaporated fuel treatment device including a canister for a saddle-type vehicle includes an under cowl arranged at a front lower portion of an engine. The canister is arranged below the engine and inside the under cowl. Such arrangement structure enables mounting of the canister on a vehicle body in a compact manner while protecting the canister from traveling wind during vehicle operation, and also from direct sunlight during a parked state of the vehicle, thereby favorably ensuring charge performance and purge performance of the canister. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073400 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle has a large accommodating space and an enlarged capacity of a fuel filter. The motorcycle includes: a fuel tank disposed on the upper side of the rear wheel and on the rear side of the luggage box; a rear fender provided between the rear frames and, disposed between the luggage box and the rear wheel, and covering the rear wheel on the front and upper sides of the rear wheel; a fuel supply path; and a fuel secondary filter. The rear fender is so disposed that its front portion faces a rear wall of the luggage box, the front portion is inclined rearwardly upward so that the distance thereto from the rear wall increases along an upward direction, and the fuel secondary filter is disposed between the rear wall of the luggage box and the front portion of the rear fender. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073401 | HYBRID MOTORCYCLE - A hybrid motorcycle includes a body frame, a front wheel, and a hybrid driving source. The hybrid driving source is mounted on the body frame between a head pipe and a swing arm pivot. The hybrid driving source includes an engine and a motor. The engine has a crankshaft whose axial direction is substantially parallel to a vehicle longitudinal direction. The motor is provided at a front shaft end adjacent to the front wheel. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073402 | HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hybrid construction machine includes an engine, a generator motor, and a hydraulic pump. They constitute a power unit, and are connected in series, with the generator motor being disposed between the engine and the hydraulic pump and with a center of gravity of the entire power unit being positioned closer to the generator motor than the center of gravity of the engine. A mount installation bracket is mounted at a side of each flange disposed at a corresponding side of the generator motor. A generator-motor-side mount device is mounted to the bracket. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073403 | DRIVETRAIN FOR AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - An all-terrain vehicle including a frame having longitudinally-spaced ends defining a first longitudinal axis, and an engine supported by the frame. The engine includes a crankshaft defining a second longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073404 | Electric Power Steering System Over-Speed Energizing Brake System - A bi-directional over-speed energizing brake system which implements automatically in the event an electric power steering system is in an over-speed condition. For rotational speeds of a rotating component exceeding a predetermined rotational speed threshold, centrifugal force acting on brake arms of a braking assembly overcome biasing by springs such that the brake arms will frictionally engage a non-rotating brake ring to thereby slow the rotational speed of the rotating component. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073405 | Exhaust Component - An exhaust component is provided including an inlet portion for accepting an exhaust stream entering therein from an exhaust system, two or more separator components fixed to the inlet portion for separating the exhaust stream into two or more streams at the point of egress from the inlet portion, two or more chambers fixed to the separator components, the chambers for muffling sound of the exhaust stream, two or more collector components fixed to the chambers opposite the separator components for collecting the separated exhaust streams upon egress from the chambers, and one or more outlet portions fixed to the collector components at the end opposite the chambers for carrying separated or merged exhaust streams out of the exhaust component. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073406 | Acoustic Silencer - A resonator is disclosed which includes: a sleeve insert and an outer duct sealingly coupled to the sleeve insert. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first aperture in the wall at a first axial distance, a second aperture in the wall at a second axial distance, and a rib extending radially outwardly with the rib located between the first and second apertures. The outer duct sealingly couples to the sleeve insert proximate first and second ends of the inner sleeve and at the rib. The sleeve insert and the outer duct are formed of plastic materials which are coupled by welding or via o-rings placed on the sleeve insert. Cavities, in the vicinity of the apertures, are formed in the outer duct. The cavities, which are fluidly coupled to the sleeve insert via the apertures, attenuate noise. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073407 | ACOUSTIC SEPTUM CAP HONEYCOMB - An acoustic structure that includes a honeycomb having cells in which septum caps are located. The septum caps are formed from sheets of acoustic material and include a resonator portion and a flange portion. The flange portion has an anchoring surface that provides frictional engagement of the septum caps to the honeycomb cells when the caps are inserted into the honeycomb during fabrication of the acoustic structure. An adhesive is applied to the anchoring surface of the septum caps after the caps have been inserted into the honeycomb cells to provide a permanent bond. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073408 | LIFELINE SUPPORT RAIL - A life line support for the traveler of a safety harness includes an elongate flexible tensioned cable and a square tube loosely surrounding the cable defining an outside surface for receiving the traveler for movement along the tube. The traveler includes rollers and is formed in two parts which can open to engage around the tube from one side and held closed by the attachment of the life line. The tube is tensioned between wall mountings and the cable is tensioned relative to the wall mountings by additional springs pulling on the cable separately from the tube. The cable thus provides the support strength while the tube provides the rolling surface. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073409 | SUPPORT PLATFORM FOR WORKERS DEALING WITH MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT - A support platform ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073410 | Swimming Pool Ladder With a Barrier - The present disclosure provides a swimming pool ladder with a barrier. The ladder includes two ladder sections. A top platform for supporting is connected between the upper portions of the two ladder sections and disposed above the swimming pool. The two ladder sections are respectively positioned inside and outside the swimming pool. The ladder section includes two parallel-disposed rails and a plurality of steps. The plurality of steps are mounted at intervals along the two rails from top to bottom. A barrier is provided that is perpendicular to the inner side face of the first ladder section. The barrier has a triangle shape, one edge of which is adjacent the inner side face of the first ladder section and fixed on at least two steps through at least two connectors and another edge is adjacent the inner sidewall of the swimming pool. The top end of the barrier is spaced from the top platform by a distance and the bottom end is adjacent the floor of the swimming pool. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073411 | COLLAPSIBLE MAN-LIFT FOR USE IN WIND TURBINE TOWERS - A collapsible man-lift for use in the hollow tower portion of a wind turbine includes a support frame assembly, a foldable floor assembly and a collapsible cage assembly. The support frame assembly includes a sub-assembly built in a triangular shape. The foldable floor assembly and the collapsible cage assembly are connected to the triangular sub-assembly portion of the support frame assembly. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073412 | AXIAL FAN COMPACT BEARING VISCOUS PUMP - Axial fan compact bearing viscous pump having two spaced apart bearing housings and a bearing supported within each bearing housing. A shaft is supported within each bearing housing. The shaft has two oil disks, each bearing having an oil disk proximate thereto. The portion of each bearing housing fitting about a respective one of the oil disks forms a viscous pump housing. The viscous pump housing has an oil inlet and an oil outlet. The oil outlet is spaced from the oil inlet. On an inner periphery of the viscous pump housing, an oil channel in an inner periphery facing an outer periphery of the one of the oil disks extends only partway around the viscous pump housing inner periphery. The oil channel extends from the oil inlet in the direction of rotation of the shaft to a point beyond the oil outlet. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073413 | Lift and hold device - This invention relates to a free standing lifting device which means that no additional support is required to support the lifting action of the device. The lifting device comprises a lift carriage further comprising at least one lift arm joined to a motor by way of a cable, at least one lift channel having a lift opening for receipt of the lift arm, at least one support arm and at least one support channel having a support opening for receipt of the support arm. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073414 | ELEVATOR MOTION PROFILE CONTROL - An exemplary device for controlling an elevator car motion profile includes a controller ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073415 | Twin Elevator Systems - An elevator system comprises at least two independently operable elevator cars in each of a plurality of elevator shafts within a building. The elevator system comprises at least one first elevator shaft having a lower first and a lower second region, where a first elevator car moves within the lower first region of the first elevator shaft and a second elevator car moves within the lower second region. The first and second elevators are moveably controlled independently of each other within the first shaft. The system also includes at least one second elevator shaft having an upper first and an upper second region, where a third elevator car moves within the upper first region of the second elevator shaft and a fourth elevator car moving within the upper second region. The third and fourth elevator cars also are moveably controlled independently of each other. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073416 | Elevator Security System - A security system for an elevator has a car position sensor, which is adapted to determine if a car is at a landing. The security system further has an indicator, which is located at the landing. The indicator is adapted to emit a warning signal if the car is not at the landing. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073417 | SELF-ARRESTING ROPE BELAY DEVICE - The invention relates to a self-arresting rope belay device comprising a cam arranged to clamp the rope when the rope is under tension, and a lever arranged to act on the cam to progressively release the rope by manual action on the lever. The lever acts on the cam respectively with a geared-down effect in an initial part of its release travel, and with a direct effect in a final part of its travel. This results in the relative movement of the cam with respect to the lever being smaller in the initial part of the travel than in the final part, which enables accurate adjustment of the braking effort and of the running speed of the rope in the initial part of travel of the lever. | 2011-03-31 |