| 14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
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| 20140090743 | FILLING A CARTRIDGE - A transport holder vertically aligns a caulking cartridge, nozzle-down. The holder includes (i) a substantially solid lower plug portion, having a lead face and a bottom face and an center passageway that is at least partially inverted frustum-shaped that forms a side contact face that tapers from a wider lead face opening to a narrower bottom face opening; and or to a tubular sleeve from the side contact face to the bottom face opening; and (ii) an upper sleeve, shaped to receive the caulking cartridge in a desired vertical alignment to the lower plug portion. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090744 | Use of Adsorber Material to Relieve Vacuum in Sealed Container Caused by Cooling of Heated Contents - An adsorber material element is used relieve a vacuum that results from cooling of heated contents in a sealed container. An interior volume of that container may be filled or partially filled with a heated material. After the at least partially filled container is sealed, one or more gases may be released from an adsorber material and into the interior volume of the sealed container. As the contents of the container cool, the release of gas(es) from the adsorber material relieves vacuum that would otherwise develop. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090745 | Method and System for Filling a Gas Cylinder - A charge station is provided for filling a gas cylinder with gas. The charge station includes a gas output port configured to be fluidly connected to a supply of gas. The gas output port is configured to be fluidly connected to the gas cylinder for filling the gas cylinder with gas from the supply of gas. The charge station also includes a control system operatively connected to the gas output such that the control system is configured to control filling of the gas cylinder, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader operatively connected to the control system, the RFD reader configured to read data from an RFID tag on the gas cylinder. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090746 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FILLING A FLEXIBLE LIQUID MEDICAMENT CONTAINER WITH LIQUID FROM A LIQUID MEDICAMENT RESERVOIR - A device for filling a flexible container and a method thereof are disclosed. The device may include a pressurizing chamber and an evacuation chamber. A first displacement piston is sealingly and slideably arranged within the pressurizing chamber to define an inner volume within the pressurizing chamber that is fluidly connected to a pressurizing conduit. A second displacement piston is sealingly and slideably arranged within the evacuation chamber to define an inner volume within the evacuation chamber that is fluidly connected to an evacuation conduit. A reservoir adapter is fluidly connected to the pressurizing conduit and connects to a liquid reservoir. A container adapter is fluidly connected to the evacuation conduit and connects with a flexible container. A transfer conduit is fluidly connected to the reservoir adapter and the container adapter. A valve fluidly connects the container adapter to the evacuation conduit or the transfer conduit. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090747 | Installation For Emptying Bags Of Pulverulent Product And Method Employing The Installation - An apparatus for emptying bags of pulverulent products without the spread of dust on the outside, which is intended to be used in particular in a water treatment plant, the apparatus including a box equipped with a removable closure, a slab situated at the periphery of the box, the slab being able to receive the bags so that they can be opened inside the box, a dust suction situated at the top of the box, a mechanism for dispersing the sucked-up dust or dissolving it in scrubbing water, a hopper situated at the base of the box, able to collect the powder from the bags, a mechanism of transporting the powder from the hopper to a powder storage. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090748 | APPARATUS FOR FILLING CONTAINERS - The present invention relates, generally, to a method and apparatus for filling and/or tamping product in a container. More specifically, the present disclosure is related to a device for filling a container with a material including a conduit comprising a top opening and a bottom opening, and a tamper integrally coupled to the conduit, wherein the tamper is configured to move laterally in a straight path horizontally, wherein a tamping face is configured to tamp in a vertical direction. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090749 | Assembly for Dispensing a Canister's Liquid Contents Into a Vessel and for Rinsing a Residue of the Liquid Contents - An assembly for purging a canister into a tank and for rinsing the canister, the canister having a floor, the assembly including a “A” configured lance having a plurality of legs and a bar, each leg among the plurality of legs forming a blade having an upper end and an outer edge, the blades' upper ends and outer edges being sharpened for, upon upward impingement against the canisters' floor, dividing the floor into a plurality of sections, each section among the plurality of sections being configured as a flexible leaf, the bar member forming and functioning both as a leaf deflecting mandrel, and as a rotatable sprinkler head, the “A” configured lance and associated sprinkler head configured mandrel being mountable within the tank by suspension hooks. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090750 | MULTI-FUNCTION UNIT FOR THE OFFSHORE TRANSFER OF HYDROCARBONS - A hydrocarbon transfer arrangement for transfer of fluids between an offshore unit and a carrier which are placed in an offloading configuration, includes at least one transfer hose and a gas return hose, wherein the end of the at least one transfer hose is connected to a floating multi-function unit allowing for the transport of the transfer hose between the offshore unit and the carrier, wherein the floating multi-function unit can be lifted out of the water and can be held in a fixed position above water-level and is provided with connection elements for making a fluid connection between the transfer hose end and a manifold of the carrier and with emergency disconnect elements for the at least one transfer hose, placed at a distance from the connection elements. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090751 | Hf-Co-B Alloys as Permanent Magnet Materials - An alloy composition is composed essentially of Hf | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090752 | COATING OF BULK METALLIC GLASS (BMG) ARTICLES - Exemplary embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for forming a coating layer at least partially on surface of a BMG article formed of bulk solidifying amorphous alloys. In embodiments, the coating layer may be formed in situ during formation of a BMG article and/or post formation of a BMG article. The coating layer may provide the BMG article with surface hardness, wear resistance, surface activity, corrosion resistance, etc. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090753 | METHOD FOR SOLUTION HEAT TREATED ALLOY COMPONENTS - A method for adjusting properties of components made of an alloy includes providing historical data for one or more properties of components made of an alloy and produced at different times. The components are solution heat treated at a pre-established solution heat treatment condition. A trending change in the one or more properties is then identified and test specimens made of the alloy are provided. The test specimens are divided into a plurality of groups and solution heat treated at different conditions. The test specimens are then mechanically tested to provide empirical data. The empirical data is compared to performance criteria and a solution heat treatment condition is identified over which the empirical data meets the performance criteria. The pre-established solution heat treatment condition is then adjusted for future ones of the plurality of components according to the identified solution heat treatment condition. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090754 | Multimedia Quench System and Process - A process and apparatus for quenching a metal workload from an elevated heat treating temperature are disclosed. The process includes the step of flowing a vegetable oil quenchant over the metal workload to provide a cooling rate sufficient to transform the metal substantially completely to a desired second phase comprising martensite, bainite, pearlite, or a combination thereof within a preselected time period. The apparatus includes a quenching chamber that has a base, an upper housing, a door, and an associated actuator for opening and closing the quenching chamber. The apparatus also includes a vessel for holding a volume of a vegetable oil quenchant, means for conducting the vegetable oil quenchant from the vessel to the quenching chamber, and means disposed in the quenching chamber for flowing the vegetable oil quenchant over a metal workload disposed in the quenching chamber. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090755 | ABRASION RESISTANT STEEL PLATE OR STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN RESISTANCE TO STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is an abrasion resistant steel plate or steel sheet, suitable for use in construction machines, industrial machines, and the like, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel plate or steel sheet has a composition containing 0.20% to 0.27% C, 0.05% to 1.0% Si, 0.30% to 0.90% Mn, P, S, 0.005% to 0.025% Nb, 0.008% to 0.020% Ti, 0.1% or less Al, and 0.0010% to 0.0060% N on a mass % basis, the composition further containing one or more of Cr, Mo, W, and B, the composition containing one or more of Cu, Ni, V, an REM, Ca, and Mg as required, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. After being heated, a semi-finished product having the steel composition is hot-rolled and is subjected to reheat-quenching or direct quenching. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090756 | COMPOSITIONS HAVING ALUMINUM PARTICLES DISPERSED IN A CONTINUOUS PHASE - A method of forming composite materials includes mixing a first metal precursor with a chelating agent to form a first metal-chelate complex. The first metal-chelate complex is added to a polymer binder having terminating hydroxyl groups to form a polymer binder-first metal-chelate. The polymer binder first metal-chelate complex is mixed with an aluminum precursor. The aluminum precursor decomposes forming aluminum nanoparticles dispersed in a continuous phase material having metallic aluminum cores. At least one of the first metal-chelate complex and the first metal is dissolved in the continuous phase. The aluminum nanoparticles can have a passivating coating layer thereon provided by the polymer binder, or can have a passivating coating layer formed by including an epoxide, alcohol, carboxylic acid, or amine in the adding that forms passivating compound(s) which add further protection that can provide complete protection from oxidation of the metallic aluminum cores by air. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090757 | EMULSION EXPLOSIVE SENSITISING - An emulsion explosive, formulated with a basic surfactant, which is sensitised by gassing with active sodium hypochlorite. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090758 | TIRE FOR A HANDLING VEHICLE - A tire for a handling vehicle, designed to transport heavy loads, over short distances and at low speeds, and a mounted assembly consisting of a tire mounted on a rim. Also, a method for producing such a mounted assembly. A mounted assembly includes a tire mounted on a rim, having a tread designed to come into contact with a ground, two sidewalls extending radially inwards from the ends of the tread, and two beads extending the sidewalls radially inwards and in contact with the rim, an internal cavity containing a filling component consisting of at least one incompressible solid element, and which is a granular filling component consisting of granules at least partly separated from one another by interstices containing at least gas, and the fill rate, which is the ratio between the total volume of the granules, the total of the elementary volumes of the granules, and the volume of the internal cavity, is at least equal to 0.8. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090759 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion divided by three circumferentially continuously extending main grooves into two crown land portions and two shoulder land portions. The axial width W | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090760 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE TYRE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A tyre for a motor vehicle, in particular a high-performance, tyre is provided with a tread having an overall width. The tread includes first and second circumferential grooves which separate a central region from first and second shoulder regions. The tread includes a circumferential cut in the first shoulder region at a distance from the first circumferential groove; and a plurality of circumferentially repeated transverse groove modules. A first shoulder portion of each transverse groove module includes at least one main transverse groove which includes a first substantially rectilinear portion inclined by a first angle with respect to a radial plane, a second substantially rectilinear portion inclined by a second angle with respect to the radial plane and arranged between the circumferential cut and the first circumferential groove, and a first curve portion connecting the first and the second substantially rectilinear portions. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090761 | TIRE TREAD FOR A TRAILER-TYPE HEAVY VEHICLE AND MOLDING COMPONENT - A tread and a tire for a heavy vehicle, and a molding element therefor, this tread comprising a plurality of sipes of circumferential overall orientation and of width (Li), each of these sipes extending into the depth of the tread over a depth (P) that is less than the mean thickness (E) of the tread, each sipe being extended radially inwards by a channel having lateral walls that, when the tread has become partially worn, delimit a new groove, these lateral walls connecting to a bottom , each sipe connecting together a plurality of drainage wells, each formed in the thickness of the tread opening via a first opening onto the tread surface the maximum dimension of which is at least equal to twice the width of the sipe and via a second opening into a channel; for each sipe of circumferential overall orientation, there is at least one drainage well in the contact patch and, in the continuation of each drainage well, a protrusion on the bottom of the channel. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090762 | ICE ADAPTIVE TIRE SYSTEM - An adaptive tire system can include retractable and extendable bolts for enhancing traction, for example, on ice-covered roadways. The system can include pneumatically operated bolt assemblies mounted inside a tire having custom reinforced belts. The bolt assemblies can include locking devices configured to be biased towards a locked position so as to lock deployable bolts into extended and/or retracted positions without the need for persistently or continuously applied actuation force or energy. The system can include wheel-mounted, manually operated controls or remote and/or automated controls. The system can include rotary unions for transmitting actuation controls from a vehicle body into an associated wheel. The bolts can also be adjustable and can include removable and replaceable tips serviced from tire exterior while inflated, deflated, on wheel or off wheel. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090763 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic tire including an inner liner disposed inwardly in the tire relative to a carcass ply bridged between a pair of bead portions. The inner liner is formed of a first layer disposed inwardly in the tire and a second layer disposed to be in contact with a rubber layer of the carcass ply. The first layer is a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing a thermoplastic elastomer containing at least one of a styrene-isobutylene-styrene block copolymer and an SIBS modified copolymer having a styrene block moiety modified with acid chloride or acid anhydride having an unsaturated bond. The thermoplastic elastomer composition also contains at least one of an ultraviolet absorber and an antioxidant. The second layer is a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing at least one of a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer and a styrene-isobutylene block copolymer. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090764 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR SIDE WALL AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention provides a rubber composition for a sidewall, which improves fuel economy, handling stability, tensile strength at break, elongation at break, and processability in a balanced manner, and which can also suppress the occurrence of broken spews during demolding of a resulting tire; and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a sidewall, comprising a rubber component having: a combined amount of a 1,2-syndiotactic polybutadiene crystal-containing butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber synthesized in the presence of a rare earth catalyst of 5 to 60% by mass; an amount of a terminally modified butadiene rubber of 7 to 60% by mass; and an amount of an isoprene-based rubber of 20 to 70% by mass, each based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, wherein the rubber composition has: a combined amount of a carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 25 to 120 m | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090765 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire has a bead filler, a carcass ply, a side wall rubber and a rim strip rubber. The rim strip rubber has a main portion arranged in an outer side in a tire width direction of the bead filler, and a thin portion arranged between the carcass ply and the side wall rubber. The main portion forms an outer surface of a bead portion. The thin portion extends in the tire diametrical direction at a substantially fixed thickness. An upper end of the thin portion is positioned in an outer side in the tire diametrical direction than an upper end of the bead filler and in an inner side in the tire diametrical direction than a roll-up end of the carcass ply. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090766 | BOND ASSEMBLY JIG AND METHOD - The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for forming a composite structure. The apparatus comprises a bond assembly jig having a support plate, an anchor member attached to the support plate, and a block member connected to the anchor member such that the block member is permitted to move in a vertical direction. The bond assembly jig can be arranged within an autoclave and may further comprise a shroud that is arranged to shield the anchor member and the block member from the pressures exerted within the autoclave. The method is accomplished by assembling the anchor member and block member on the support plate, arranging the composite materials, placing a caul component over the composite materials and a shroud over the anchor member and block member, and applying heat and pressure to the bond assembly jig to cure the composite materials. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090767 | DIELECTRIC MATERIALS, METHODS OF FORMING SUBASSEMBLIES THEREFROM, AND THE SUBASSEMBLIES FORMED THEREWITH - A circuit subassembly, comprising a dielectric layer formed from a dielectric composition comprising, based on the total volume of the composition: about 15 to about 65 volume percent of a dielectric filler; and about 35 to about 85 volume percent of a thermosetting composition comprising: a poly(arylene ether), and a carboxy-functionalized polybutadiene or polyisoprene polymer. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090768 | METHOD OF FORMING RACEWAY KNOCKOUT - A method for forming a knockout on a raceway includes removing a knockout from the raceway to form an opening, positioning the knockout within the opening, and thereafter attaching the knockout to the raceway by welding the knockout and the raceway together. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090769 | Gap Seals for Electronic Device Structures - An electronic device may have structures such as housing structures, display structures and other device structures that form gaps when assembled. To prevent intrusion of moisture and other environmental contaminants, the gaps may be filled using gap sealing material. The gap sealing material may be a liquid polymer that is applied to the gap in a way that creates an excess protruding portion. Light-based processing techniques and application of solvent may be used to remove excess material. A sealing material such as an adhesive may be applied to gaps to forming a sealing structure. A material may be applied to the adhesive sealing material to cause the sealing material to expand and fill the gap. An undersized gasket may be placed in a gap. The gasket may include materials such as polymer that expands upon application of moisture. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090770 | MULTI-LAYERED GRIP - Disclosed are grips and methods of making grips for use with the handle of an article, and in particular for use with fishing poles and golf clubs. Grips preferably include a multi-layered gripping member and an inner sleeve or mounting body. The gripping member can include an outer layer with a fabric layer coated and preferably saturated by polyurethane. The outer layer can be bonded to an inner layer to form the gripping member which is then attached to the sleeve. The sleeve can be ground from a starting block of material or may be injection molded. Also disclosed are handles including a connector configured to couple to a portion of a fishing pole. Such handles may include a multiple layers and can be selectively removed from the article. Methods are also provided for selectively coupling exchangeable handles to articles including fishing poles. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090771 | WATERPROOF SHEET FOR USE IN BRIDGE PIER REPAIR AND WATERPROOF WORKING METHOD USING THE SAME - When a bridge pier is reinforced or repaired by wrapping a reinforcement around the pier, a waterproof sheet having a sufficient flexibility to attach to and cover the interface between the pier and the reinforcement in a liquid-tight manner is useful. The waterproof sheet is attached to the interface between the pier and the reinforcement to prevent water from penetrating into the interface for thereby preventing the reinforcement from deterioration. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090772 | TAPE LAYING TOOL AND METHOD USED IN MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIAL PARTS - A method of manufacturing composite material parts is provided. The method includes tape laying by means of fiber placement on the outer surface of a tape laying tool , such that at least one laminate with a geometry different from the end geometry of the part is obtained and forming the at least one laminate obtained in tape laying by means of a forming tool, such that the laminate acquires the end geometry of the part. The method also includes curing the at least one part. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090773 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR BONDING LAYERS OF A METALLIC AXISYMMETRIC STRUCTURE HAVING COMPLEX CURVATURES - A tool and method for bonding layers of a shell by the differential pressure bonding process. The tool and method includes a plurality of separable mandrel segments that combine to form a mandrel having a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, an upper end, and at least one substantially continuous inner surface. The inner surface has a substantially axisymmetric shape having complex curvature. In this embodiment, the tool further includes a retort configured to at least partially shroud the outer surface and upper end of the hollow body. The retort includes at least one vacuum port. The tool is configured to facilitate the compression of a plurality of layers of a multi-layer shell having complex curvature as the shell layers and an interdisposed bonding material are heated to an elevated bonding temperature. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090774 | MOUNTING SHEET, POLISHING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mounting sheet comprising a mounting layer. The mounting layer comprises a mounting surface for mounting the substrate. The mounting surface comprises a first mounting area and a second mounting area, and wherein a mounting force of the first mounting area is stronger than a mounting force of the second mounting area. The sheet according to the invention has the different mounting areas, so that the substrate is easily unloaded when polishing is completed. Furthermore, the broken of the substrate due to removal and the duration and the difficulty of removal are reduced. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090775 | SHEET PASTING METHOD AND SHEET PASTING TOOL - An adherend surface of an adherend is stuck with a protection sheet being in substantially the same shape as the adherend surface and including base and adhesive layer by a method including: sticking the sheet on a first surface of a sticking tool foldable along a symmetry-axis position of the sheet; folding the tool with the sheet such that a second surface opposite to the first surface comes inside; peeling the sheet to a folded portion of the tool to expose a portion of the adhesive layer with the tool folded; pressing the exposed portion of the adhesive layer against the adherend surface to stick a portion of the sheet on the adherend; and moving the tool along the adherend surface to expose a remaining portion of the adhesive layer and pressing the remaining portion against the adherend surface to stick a remaining portion of the sheet on the adherend. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090776 | FIBER-REINFORCED FILM PROCESSES AND FILMS - A blown-film process for making a fiber-reinforced film comprises providing and melting at least one thermoplastic resin. The at least one thermoplastic resin is extruded through an extension die to form a film bubble. A plurality of fibers is introduced inside of the film bubble. The fibers are distributed inside of the film bubble. The film bubble is collapsed after introducing the plurality of fibers so as to form a fiber-reinforced film. The fiber-reinforced film has a first thermoplastic layer, a second thermoplastic layer, and a plurality of fibers dispersed therebetween. The film may be formed in a bag. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090777 | METHOD FOR MAKING TOUCH PANEL - The present disclosure provides a method for making touch panel. A carbon nanotube structure is formed on a substrate. The carbon nanotube structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes. The number of carbon nanotubes are arranged isotropically, arranged along a same direction, or arranged along different directions. Two electrodes are electrically connected with the carbon nanotube structure. Furthermore, a primary alignment direction of the number of carbon nanotubes and a surface of the carbon nanotube structure in contact with the substrate is greater than 0° and smaller than 15°. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090778 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING REVERSE-PRINTED, PRESSURE SENSITIVE CUT LABELS - The present invention provides a method of producing a reverse-printed pressure-sensitive cut label using thin or lighter liners in a continuous process and single pass. The invention eliminates the need for printing over the adhesive or silicone and permits reverse printing directly on the backside of the label face stock. Further, the present invention obviates the need for shipment of finished label material to a printer for printing and eliminates the multiple steps and costly equipment involved in silicone coating release paper in-line during the label making process. In addition, the present invention provides a method of producing multiple, single webs of cut reverse-printed labels in a single pass, saving both materials costs and additional unwinding, slitting and rewinding steps and equipment. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090779 | METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING OPTICAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING OPTICAL DISPLAY PANEL - A method includes a first bonding step including providing a first polarizing film obtained by transversely cutting a first long polarizing film having an absorption axis in its longitudinal direction, supplying the first polarizing film from a first optical film roll, and bonding the first polarizing film to a back side of the optical cell while feeding the optical cell; and a second bonding step including providing a linearly polarized light separating film obtained by transversely cutting a long linearly polarized light separating film having a reflection axis in its transverse direction, supplying the linearly polarized light separating film from a second optical film roll, and bonding the linearly polarized light separating film onto the first polarizing film bonded to the back side of the optical cell, while feeding the optical cell. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090780 | SEALING METHOD AND DEVICE OF POUCH TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are a sealing method and device of a pouch type secondary battery including a pouch and an electrode tab provided for electrical connection with the pouch, in which the electrode tab is heated so that heat may be supplied to a tab sealant bonding between a bonding surface of a sealing part of the pouch and the electrode tab at the time of sealing the pouch type secondary battery. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090781 | Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Components And Methods Of Making Same - Structural preform layers of multiple rigid unidirectional strength elements or rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements of wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Each preform layer includes one or more fibrous carrier layers to which the multiple strength elements or rods are joined and arranged in the single layer. Each strength element or rod is longitudinally oriented and adjacent to other elements or rods. Individual strength elements or rods include a mass of substantially straight unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the elements or rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide strength elements or rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090782 | ETCHING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An etching method includes: applying a radiation to an etching aqueous solution; and etching a material to be etched by using the etching aqueous solution irradiated with the radiation. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090783 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - The present invention disclosed herein relates to a substrate treating apparatus, and more particularly, to an apparatus for treating a substrate using plasma. Embodiments of the present invention provide substrate treating apparatuses including a chamber having a treating space defined therein, a support member disposed in the chamber to support a substrate, a gas supply unit supplying a gas into the chamber, a plasma source generating plasma from the gas supplied into the chamber, a baffle disposed to surround the support member in the chamber and having through holes to exhaust a gas in the treating space, and a shielding unit preventing an electromagnetic field from an inside of the chamber to an outside of the chamber. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090784 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RAISING AND LOWERING A ROLLER ON AN APPLICATION TABLE WITH A SHIELDED SWITCH - A raising/lowering device for a rollers of a laminator table, wherein the table comprises a table top ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090785 | Dual tape dispenser and method of dispensing reversed-conjoined tapes - A dual tape dispenser and method of dispensing reversed-conjoined tapes which includes housing panels configured with two rotatable tape-roll hubs mounted perpendicularly to the vertical housing panels to hold two rolls of tapes with one of the tapes is reversed so that an adhesive edge of the first tape is conjoined longitudinally to a reversed adhesive edge of the second tape when the tape ends are being dispensed simultaneously on the same path. A plurality of configurations for the dual tape dispenser dispensing reversed-conjoined tapes may be manufactured for use with tape bore openings ranging from three inches to one inch in diameter for scaled-down versions to accommodate smaller tape rolls in all of which the dispensers are for dispensing reversed-conjoined tapes that are partially and longitudinally overlapped on the inside edges, thus exposing the remain adhesive portion on each side of the reversed-conjoined tapes. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090786 | Protective Member For Graphic Transfer Process - A method of applying graphics to a set of articles with a graphic transfer assembly is disclosed. The method includes a step of selecting an article from a set of articles comprising different types of articles. After selecting a last that may be associated with the article, the last may be attached to a last assembly of the graphic transfer assembly. With the article attached to the graphic transfer assembly, a deformable membrane may apply graphics to curved portions of the article. A protective member can be used to protect a portion of the article during the graphic transfer process. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090787 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL AN ARCHITECTURAL OPENING COVERING ASSEMBLY - Methods and apparatus to control an architectural opening covering assembly are disclosed herein. An example architectural opening covering assembly includes a tube and a covering coupled to the tube such that rotation of the tube winds or unwinds the covering around the tube. A motor is operatively coupled to the tube to rotate the tube. The example architectural opening covering assembly also includes a gravitational sensor to generate tube position information based on a gravity reference. The example architectural opening covering assembly further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motor to control the motor. The controller is to determine a position of the covering based on the tube position information. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090788 | VERTICALLY FOLDING WALL PARTITION - A vertically folding wall partition with a set of foldable panel assemblies serially and pivotally connected through a series of vertically spaced apart supports, and a moving mechanism varying a distance between opposed ends of each panel assembly following a downwardly progressing sequence starting with the uppermost panel assembly as the panel assemblies are moved from the deployed position to the folded position, and the moving mechanism varying the distance between the opposed ends of each panel assembly following an upwardly progressing sequence starting with the lowermost of the panel assemblies as the panel assemblies are moved from the folded position to the deployed position. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090789 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ROLLER SHADE - A motorized roller shade is provided. The motorized roller shade includes a shade tube in which a motor unit, a controller unit and a power supply unit are disposed. The controller unit includes a controller to control the motor. The power supply unit includes at least one bearing rotatably coupled to a support shaft. The motor unit includes at least one bearing, rotatably coupled to another support shaft, a DC gear motor and a counterbalancing device. The output shaft of the DC gear motor is coupled to the support shaft such that the output shaft and the support shaft do not rotate when the support shaft is attached to a mounting bracket. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090790 | Mounting System for Affinity Displays - The invention provides a mounting system for holding one or more affinity displays upon a window in an exceptionally stable manner. The apparatus comprises a drape that is capable of being wrapped around the edge or frame edge of a window, and the drape is also attached to a plurality of surface mounting components. The drape is further linked to the affinity display. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090791 | METHOD OF SIZING PAPER - This technology relates to a method of sizing paper through the use of an aqueous solution of ketene dimer and vinylamine-containing polymers. It also relates to the stability of the ketene dimer/polyvinylamine solution. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090792 | CONTINUOUS CASTING OF MATERIALS USING PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL - A system and method for continuous casting. The system includes a melt chamber, a withdrawal chamber, and a secondary chamber therebetween. The melt chamber can maintain a melting pressure and the withdrawal chamber can attain atmospheric pressure. The secondary chamber can include regions that can be adjusted to different pressures. During continuous casting operations, the first region adjacent to the melt chamber can be adjusted to a pressure that is at least slightly greater than the melting pressure; the pressure in subsequent regions can be sequentially decreased and then sequentially increased. The pressure in the final region can be at least slightly greater than atmospheric pressure. The differential pressures can form a dynamic airlock between the melt chamber and the withdrawal chamber, which can prevent infiltration of the melt chamber by non-inert gas in the atmosphere, and thus can prevent contamination of reactive materials in the melt chamber. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090793 | COLD CHAMBER DIE CASTING OF AMORPHOUS ALLOYS USING COLD CRUCIBLE INDUCTION MELTING TECHNIQUES - Various embodiments provide systems and methods for casting amorphous alloys. Exemplary casting system may include an insertable and rotatable vessel configured in a non-movable induction heating structure for melting amorphous alloys to form molten materials in the vessel. While the molten materials remain heated, the vessel may be rotated to pour the molten materials into a casting device for casting them into articles. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090794 | METHOD OF FABRICATING PACKAGING SUBSTRATE - A packaging substrate includes a first dielectric layer; a plurality of first conductive pads embedded in and exposed from a first surface of the first dielectric layer; a first circuit layer embedded in and exposed from a second surface of the first dielectric layer; a plurality of first metal bumps disposed in the first dielectric layer, each of the first metal bumps having a first end embedded in the first circuit layer and a second end opposing the first end and disposed on one of the first conductive pads, a conductive seedlayer being disposed between the first circuit layer and the first dielectric layer and between the first circuit layer and the first metal bump; a built-up structure disposed on the first circuit layer and the first dielectric layer; and a plurality of second conductive pads disposed on the built-up structure. The packaging substrate has an over-warpage problem improved. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090795 | LED HEAT SINK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An LED heat sink and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The LED heat sink includes a main body having a heat receiving section and an extended heat transfer section. The heat transfer section is externally provided with a plurality of receiving grooves for correspondingly connecting with a plurality of radiating fins. The LED heat sink manufacturing method includes the steps of molding a main body using a half-molten metal material and cooling the main body, so that the cooled main body is connected with a plurality of radiating fins to form an integral unit. With the LED heat sink manufacturing method, it is able to manufacture an LED heat sink having a relatively complicated radiating fin structure or being formed of two or more types of materials, and to largely reduce the time, labor and material costs of the LED heat sink. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090796 | CONTINUOUS AMORPHOUS FEEDSTOCK SKULL MELTING - Described herein is a method of melting a bulk metallic glass (BMG) feedstock, comprising: feeding the BMG feedstock into a crucible; melting a first portion of the BMG feedstock to form molten BMG, while maintaining a second portion of the BMG feedstock solid; wherein the second portion and the crucible hold the molten BMG. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090797 | VERTICAL SKULL MELT INJECTION CASTING - Described herein is a device comprising a crucible, a movable base and a heater; wherein the heater is configured to melt BMG to form molten BMG feedstock in the crucible; wherein the movable base configured to slide along a length of the crucible; wherein the movable base and the crucible are configured to hold the molten BMG feedstock. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090798 | OPTIMIZED MULTI-STAGE INDUCTIVE MELTING OF AMORPHOUS ALLOYS - Described herein is a method of melting a bulk metallic glass (BMG) feedstock, comprising: heating at least a portion of the BMG feedstock to temperatures slightly below a solidus temperature of the BMG, wherein the portion remains a solid at the temperatures slightly below the solidus temperature and wherein a temperature distribution of the portion is essentially uniform; heating the portion of the BMG feedstock to temperatures above a liquidus point. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090799 | MELT-CONTAINMENT PLUNGER TIP FOR HORIZONTAL METAL DIE CASTING - Various embodiments provide apparatus and methods for injection molding. In one embodiment, a constraining plunger may be configured in-line with an injection plunger to transfer a molten material from a melt zone and into a mold. The constraining and injection plungers are configured to constrain the molten material there-between while moving. The constrained molten material can be controlled to have an optimum surface area to volume ratio to provide minimized heat loss during the injection molding process. The system can be configured in a longitudinal direction (e.g., horizontally) for movement between the melt zone and mold along a longitudinal axis. A molded bulk amorphous object can be ejected from the mold. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090800 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE OR FOR A STATIONARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A cooling system for a motor vehicle or for an internal combustion engine includes: at least one heat exchanger, having an inlet and an outlet for a medium to be cooled and an inlet and an outlet for coolant air; at least one fan connected upstream of the heat exchanger; and a connection channel, which is arranged between the fan and heat exchanger, for conveying coolant air to the heat exchanger. A branch line is connected to the connection line or between the individual heat exchangers and removes a partial flow of the coolant air therefrom. The combustion air supplied to the engine is filtered. A Venturi nozzle is connected in the branch line and a suction line is connected to a constriction of the Venturi nozzle and suctions out the filtered particles of the air filter. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090801 | ENERGY EFFICIENT THERMALLY DYNAMIC BUILDING DESIGN AND METHOD - A heating and cooling system for a building having a passive source of heat energy, a heat sink reservoir to store heat energy in, and a first heat exchange system operating a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius or less and being operatively connected to said reservoir. There is a second heat exchange system operating at a temperature of above 15 degrees Celsius which is also operatively connected to the heat sink reservoir and a thermal mass wall which is connected to the heat exchanger systems. In one aspect, the invention provides a dynamic wall having a first insulating layer on an interior surface of the wall, a thermal mass adjacent to the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on an outside surface of the thermal mass and a heat exchanger operatively connected to said thermal mass to add or subtract heat from said thermal mass wall. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090802 | AIRCRAFT THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM - An aircraft thermal control system includes a thermal control unit including an internal circuit, an evaporator and a condenser, the evaporator and the condenser being disposed in the internal circuit. The aircraft thermal control system further includes a cooling circuit which is thermally coupled to the evaporator of the thermal control unit, and a heating circuit which is thermally coupled to the condenser of the thermal control unit. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090803 | CONNECTING SYSTEM FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER - Connecting system for a heat exchanger, the housing of which is formed by a housing top part and a housing bottom part, wherein the connecting system has a first and a second connecting element, by means of which the housing bottom part is connected to the housing top part by a positive and/or material connection. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090804 | Heat Exchanger - A device for exchanging heat between the two fluid streams is disclosed. The device includes parallel heat exchange tubes arranged in an annular pattern, the first and second ends of the tubes being coupled to first and second halves of a core housing configured to channel the first gas stream through the heat exchange tubes between a first intake formed on the first half of the core housing and a first exhaust formed on the second half of the core housing. The device further includes a shell enclosing the core housing and separated from the core housing by a space, the shell configured to channel the second gas from a second intake, then between the heat exchange tubes, and then through a second exhaust. The heat exchanger device includes an expansion joint coupling the core housing and the shell housing such that the core housing floats within the shell. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090805 | RAPPER DEVICE - A method and a rapper device for cleaning a heat exchange surface in a pressure vessel. The rapper device comprises a striker rod which has one end contacting the heat exchange surface in the pressure vessel and one end projecting out of the pressure vessel via a passage opening. The rapper device also comprises an impacting device for impacting the projecting end of the striker rod. A section of the striker rod is slideably supported in a pressure chamber adjacent the passage opening. The pressure chamber is connected to a sealing gas supply maintaining the pressure in the pressure chamber at a higher level than the pressure in the pressure vessel. A bellows defines a pressure chamber around at least a section of the striker rod. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090806 | ADJUSTABLE AND DIRECTIONAL FLOW PERFORATED TILES - An air flow control assembly, system, and method for controlling air flow to a server rack. An example air flow control assembly includes a retractable barrier configured to block the air flow, at least partially, from passing through a perforated floor tile to the server rack. The air flow control assembly also includes a barrier mount configured to secure the retractable barrier proximate the perforated floor tile. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090807 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Heat exchanger having a housing, having a first fluid connection and a second fluid connection, the housing being in fluid communication with a fluid circuit, and a fluid flowing through said housing, by means of said fluid connections, wherein the housing a housing upper part and a housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part can be connected to the housing upper part by a connecting element by means of an interlocking and/or cohesive connection, wherein the connecting element has a large number of stud-like elements which are connected to one another by means of connecting crosspieces, wherein the connecting element has an at least partially circumferential edge, and at least the stud-like elements and/or the edge are/is in contact with the housing upper part and/or the housing lower part. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090808 | HEAT-TRANSFER DEVICE - The present invention relates to a heat-transfer device and has an object to provide a heat-transfer device that has a high degree of freedom of aspects in arrangement with respect to the heating element. The heat-transfer device is provided with a contact surface | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090809 | COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device to which a heating element is joinable includes a base, a plurality of first groups of pin fins and a plurality of second groups of pin fins. The second groups and the first groups are arranged alternately in a flow direction in which a cooling medium flows through a passage of the base. A second outermost pin fin of each second group is more distant from a side surface of the base than a first outermost pin fin of each first group. Width between a side surface of the second outermost pin fin of each second group and the side surface of the base is the same as or larger than width between a side surface of the pin fin of each first group that is adjacent to the first outermost pin fin of the first group and the side surface of the second outermost pin fin. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090810 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Heat exchanger having a housing, having a fluid inlet and having a fluid outlet, wherein the heat exchanger is in fluid communication via the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet with a fluid circuit, having a flow-guiding element in the interior of the housing, wherein the housing is formed from a substantially planar housing upper part and a substantially trough-like housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part has a base region and an encircling side wall, wherein the housing lower part is formed by a supporting structure and an encasement and the supporting structure is at least partially surrounded by the encasement, wherein the supporting structure is formed from a metallic material, and the encasement is formed substantially from a plastic, wherein the housing upper part is formed from a plastic and the housing lower part is connected to the housing upper part substantially by means of plastic-on-plastic contact. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090811 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Heat exchanger ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090812 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Heat exchanger having a first collecting box and having a second collecting box, having at least one tube arranged between the two collecting boxes, wherein a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are provided which are arranged individually on in each case one of the collecting boxes or on a single one of the collecting boxes, wherein the tube is received at the ends in an opening in in each case one of the collecting boxes and is in fluid communication with the collecting boxes, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge whose contour corresponds to the outer contour of the tube, and in that the opening is designed such that the opening cross section narrows toward the interior of the collecting box and the tube can be inserted, under preload at the circumference, into the opening. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090813 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Heat exchanger having a housing, having a first fluid port and having a second fluid port, wherein the housing is in fluid communication with a fluid source via the fluid ports, wherein the housing can be traversed by a flow of a fluid, wherein the housing is of multi-part design and has a housing upper part and a housing lower part, wherein the housing upper part and/or the housing lower part has a base region and an at least partially encircling turned-up edge region, wherein housing the two parts are formed from a plastic or a fiber composite material. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090814 | COOLING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a cooling system and an electronic apparatus using the same, and particularly aims to use a thermosiphon as the cooling system and derives an optimum shape (inter-fin gap, fin height, and fin upper-end hole diameter) of a boiling heat transfer surface for different coolants. In a cooling system using a thermosiphon according to the invention, an optimum shape (inter-fin gap, fin height, and fin upper-end hole diameter) of a boiling heat transfer surface of a heat receiving jacket that forms the cooling system is identified based on a critical radius of a steam bubble produced in an overheated liquid and the diameter of an air bubble departing from the heat transfer surface for a variety of coolants. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090815 | COOLING TECHNIQUE - An apparatus and a method are provided. Use is made of a wick structure configured to receive a liquid and generate vapor in when such wick structure is heated by heat transferred from heat sources to be cooled off. A vapor channel is provided configured to receive the vapor generated and direct said vapor away from the wick structure. In some embodiments, heat conductors are used to transfer the heat from the heat sources to the liquid in the wick structure. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090816 | ADJUSTABLE HEAT PIPE THERMAL UNIT - Assemblies and methods are described. One assembly includes a first plate and a second plate. The assembly also includes an adjustable heat pipe positioned between the first plate and the second plate, the adjustable heat pipe being in thermal contact with the first plate and the second plate. In another aspect, a plurality of springs may be positioned between the first plate and the second plate. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090817 | INORGANIC AQUEOUS SOLUTION (IAS) FOR PHASE-CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM - An inorganic aqueous solution for use in a phase-change heat transfer device comprises an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate (KMnO | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090818 | HEAT EXCHANGER DEVICE - A heat exchange device is presented, the device comprises one or more channels having inlet and outlet ports configured to direct flow of a predetermined fluid to and from said one or more channels. Said one or more channels of the device comprise at least one channel having at least one orifice of a predetermined hydraulic diameter configured such that a flow of said predetermined fluid through said orifice and through said channel thereby generating a vortex ring-like fashion of the flow within the channel to provide efficient heat transfer by the fluid. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090819 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A heat dissipation device includes a fan module, a first plate structure and a fin assembly. The fan module includes a fan outlet. The first plate structure is disposed at the fan outlet. The thermal conductance of the first plate structure is above 100 W/(m·K). The first plate structure includes a heat-absorbing and a heat-dissipation surface. The heat-absorbing surface includes a heat-absorbing region in thermal contact with a heat source. The heat-dissipation surface includes a heat-dissipation region. The fin assembly is disposed on the heat-dissipation surface and in thermal contact with the heat-dissipation surface. The fan module is adapted to exhaust an air flow flowing above the heat-dissipation surface via the fan outlet. The air flow flows through the heat-dissipation region before through the fin assembly. The distance between the fan outlet and the heat-dissipation region is greater than the distance between the fan outlet and the fin assembly. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090820 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING A HOVER-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT TRANSMISSION - A system for cooling a transmission of a hover-capable aircraft, the system having: a stator; a heat exchanger connectable thermally to the transmission; a fan for creating a current of a first heat-carrying fluid from the heat exchanger to the fan itself, to remove heat from the heat exchanger; a rotary member, which rotates about an axis to rotate an impeller of the fan about the axis; and a bearing supporting the rotary member for rotation about the axis; the system also having cooling means for cooling the bearing, and in turn having conducting means for conducting a current of a second heat-carrying fluid along a path from an outside environment, external to the bearing, to and to cool the bearing itself. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090821 | HEAT EXCHANGER ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger element includes at least two honeycomb structures arranged serially and each including a cell structural portion having cells separated and formed by partition walls containing SiC and functioning as passages which extend from one end face to the other end face and which a first fluid passes through, and an outer peripheral wall disposed on the outer periphery of the cell structural portion. The first fluid passes through the cells of the honeycomb structures without leaking out of the cells or mixing. The cell structural portions of at least a pair of the honeycomb structures adjacent to each other among the honeycomb structures arranged serially are disposed with a gap, and the first fluid passing through the cells mixes together between end faces forming the gap. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090822 | HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENT FOR A ROTARY REGENERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER - A rotary regenerative heat exchanger [ | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090823 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a heat exchanger with a first and a second collecting tank, with at least one tube arranged between the two collecting tanks, each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. At least one tube end is in fluid communication with a collecting tank and is connected to the collecting tank via a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded connection, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090824 | APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING A FLUID - The invention relates to an apparatus for conducting a fluid, in particular a cooling fluid for cooling components to be cooled, in particular for cooling electronics components and/or battery cells and/or battery modules, having a first covering plate and a second covering plate and having a structural mesh between the two covering plates for defining a spatial region, through which flow can pass, a division being provided by reshaping of the structural mesh and/or by introduction of a sealant for at least partially sealing the spatial region with respect to an outer space and/or for dividing the spatial region into definable flow channels. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090825 | LIQUID-COOLED HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A liquid-cooled heat dissipating device includes a chamber-confining body confining a liquid chamber adapted to receive a liquid coolant, and having a surrounding wall that surrounds the liquid chamber, a cover plate covering the liquid chamber and sinter-bonded to the surrounding wall, a liquid inlet spatially communicating with the liquid chamber, and a liquid outlet spatially communicating with the liquid chamber. A method of making the liquid-cooled heat dissipating device is also disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090826 | Cold-Storage Heat Exchanger - A cold storage heat exchanger includes multiple refrigerant tubes having therein refrigerant passages. The refrigerant tubes are arranged to provide a clearance therebetween. The cold storage heat exchanger further includes a cold storage container that is brazed with the refrigerant tube and defines a compartment receiving a cold storage material. The cold storage container has an open-hole portion at a brazed part with the refrigerant tube. Accordingly, efficiency of heat exchange by the cold storage heat exchanger can be improved. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090827 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The heat exchanger HE comprising a case | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090828 | Radiative Transfer and Power Control with Fractal Metamaterial and Plasmonics - Systems according to the present disclosure provide one or more surfaces that function as heat or power radiating surfaces for which at least a portion of the radiating surface includes or is composed of “fractal cells” placed sufficiently closed close together to one another so that a surface (plasmonic) wave causes near replication of current present in one fractal cell in an adjacent fractal cell. A fractal of such a fractal cell can be of any suitable fractal shape and may have two or more iterations. The fractal cells may lie on a flat or curved sheet or layer and be composed in layers for wide bandwidth or multibandwidth transmission. The area of a surface and its number of fractals determines the gain relative to a single fractal cell. The boundary edges of the surface may be terminated resistively so as to not degrade the cell performance at the edges. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090829 | THERMAL MODULE - A climate control device includes a first and a second thermal module. The first module is configured to provide climate conditioned air to a first portion of a seat. The second module is configured to provide climate conditioned air to a second portion of the seat. A control system is provided for controlling the climate control device. The control system includes an input device for providing a set point for the system. A first control unit of the control system is provided for the first thermal module and a second control unit is provided for the second thermal module. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090830 | LUBRICATOR WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PORTS - A lubricator is provided which has a unitized body with at least one port in communication with the body's bore and its outer surface, to which port(s) connectors with different outer fittings for further connection to other equipment may be attached and sealed, and later detached and replaced with other connectors. The connectors may have different outer fittings or may be a plug or valve. This allows the connection of a single port to external equipment to be changed and the fitting for that external equipment's connection to be altered, without having to disconnect the lubricator from its well-head and stem or any of the lubricator's other connections. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090831 | Non-metallic Slips having Inserts Oriented Normal to Cone Face - A slip assembly for a downhole tool, such as a composite plug, has a slip body and at least one insert. The slip body has an incline at one end that interfaces with an inclined surface of a cone. As this occurs, the slip body is pushed away from the tool's mandrel against a surrounding casing wall. The insert is disposed in the slip body with the axis of the insert angled away from the cone. In particular, the insert's axis is preferably angled normal to the slip body's incline and the inclined surface of the cone. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090832 | Mandrel Arrangement and Method of Operating Same - A mandrel arrangement is for use in a wellbore tubing. A method is for using the same. A mandrel body houses at least one piston, the at least one piston being movable in relation to the mandrel body between a first position and a second position by a fluid force acting on the piston. A cavity is arranged adjacent the piston for communicating wellbore fluid pressure between the wellbore tubing and the piston. The cavity is provided with drainage means for facilitating removal of any particles present in at least a lower portion of the cavity. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090833 | Methods for Treating Wellbore and Wellbore Operation Fluids - Method comprising providing a portion of a subterranean formation having a first formation bacterial count as a result of the presence of a plurality of bacteria in the formation; providing a wellbore treatment fluid having a first wellbore treatment fluid bacterial count as a result of the presence of a plurality of bacteria in the wellbore treatment fluid; combining the wellbore treatment fluid with a a plurality of bacteriocins; placing the wellbore treatment fluid into a wellbore in the portion of the subterranean formation; reducing the first formation bacterial count to a second formation bacterial count; and reducing the first wellbore treatment fluid bacterial count to a second wellbore treatment fluid bacterial count. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090834 | EM AND COMBUSTION STIMULATION OF HEAVY OIL - A method of producing heavy oil from a heavy oil formation by combining electromagnetic heating to achieve fluid communication between wells, following by in situ combustion to mobilize and upgrade the heavy oil. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090835 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GAS PERMEABILITY - According to various embodiments, a method may include supplying a gas to an upstream side of a core holder containing a core sample, accumulating permeated gas that has flowed through the core sample in a cavity coupled to a downstream side of the core holder, measuring an elapsed time during which the permeated gas accumulates in the cavity using a timer, measuring a pressure of the permeated gas using a pressure transducer coupled to the cavity, and determining a gas permeability of the core sample based at least in part on the pressure of the permeated gas and the elapsed time. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090836 | Safety Valve System for Cable Deployed Electric Submersible Pump - A safety valve for downhole use in a well comprises a valve body having a longitudinal bore for fluid flow; a bore closure assembly positioned to seal about a longitudinal cable within the bore; and a control assembly positioned and configured to actuate in response to a change in a control signal condition. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090837 | DETECTION OF POSITION OF A PLUNGER IN A WELL - A system for identifying location of a plunger that moves along a length of a well, includes an acoustic source carried in the well configured to transmit an acoustic signal when the plunger reaches a sense location in the well. An acoustic receiver is positioned at a top of the well and is configured to receive the acoustic signal processing circuitry processes the received acoustic signal and provides an output indicative of the plunger reaching the sense location. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090838 | ALKYLAROMATIC SULFONATES FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESS - An alkylaromatic sulfonate is disclosed wherein the alkyl group contains a distribution of alkyl chain lengths which comprise greater than 15 weight percent and up to about 35 weight percent of C | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090839 | ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY BY IN-SITU STEAM GENERATION - Embodiments of the invention provide methods and composition for stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing, heavy oil containing formation, a deep oil reservoir, or a tight oil reservoir, whereby exothermic reactants are utilized to generate in-situ steam and nitrogen gas downhole in the formation or the reservoir as an enhanced oil recovery process. An oil well stimulation method is provided, which includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an aqueous composition including an ammonium containing compound and a nitrite containing compound. The method further includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an activator. The activator initiates a reaction between the ammonium containing compound and the nitrite containing compound, such that the reaction generates steam and nitrogen gas, increasing localized pressure and improving oil mobility, in the one of the formation and the reservoir, thereby enhancing oil recovery from the one of the formation and the reservoir. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090840 | GRAVEL PACK CARRIER FLUIDS - A method of gravel packing a hole in a subterranean formation having a filter cake coated on the surface thereof is disclosed. The method may include: injecting into the hole a gravel pack composition comprising gravel and a carrier fluid comprising a base fluid and at least one alkyl glycoside. Also disclosed is a solution including an aqueous fluid, at least one alkyl glycoside, and gravel which may be used as a composition for a gravel pack operation, for example. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090841 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - A method of recovering crude oil from a subterranean hydrocarbon-containing formation, comprises the steps: i) injecting into said formation an enhanced oil recovery composition comprising a) a surfactant having the general formula: R1-X—R2, wherein R1 is an open chain sugar alcohol, wherein X is one selected from NH, NCH | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140090842 | Cement Compositions Comprising Deagglomerated Inorganic Nanotubes and Associated Methods - A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of cementing comprising: providing an aqueous dispersion comprising deagglomerated inorganic nanotubes and water; preparing a cement composition using the aqueous dispersion; introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set. Another method comprises a method of cementing comprising: providing an ultrasonicated aqueous dispersion comprising deagglomerated nanoparticles, a dispersing agent, and water; preparing a cement composition using the aqueous dispersion; introducing the cement composition into is subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set. | 2014-04-03 |
