15th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140096900 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PRINT AND APPLY LABELS TO PRODUCTS - The present application relates to a method and system for labeling one or more products such as packages transported along a conveyer, and more specifically to applying a label on a respective package by way of a vertically adjustable assembly positioned above the conveyor. The adjustable assembly includes at least a label printer and an applicator for printing and applying the label on a surface of the package on the conveyor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096901 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A light-emitting device includes a transparent substrate, a transparent adhesive layer on the transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive layer on the transparent adhesive layer, a multi-layer epitaxial structure and a first electrode on the transparent conductive layer, and a second electrode on the multi-layer epitaxial structure. The multi-layer epitaxial structure includes a light-emitting layer. The transparent substrate has a first surface facing the transparent adhesive layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the area of the second surface is larger than that of the light-emitting layer, and the area ratio thereof is not less than 1.6. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096902 | Method and Apparatus for Fabricating an Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polymer Structure - A polymer laminate is fabricated by laying down layers of an ultra-high molecular weight polymer material on top of each other, and fusing the layers to each other by cross-linking molecular chains of adjoining layers. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096903 | Method and Apparatus for Co-Curing Composite Skins and Stiffeners in an Autoclave - A composite skin and composite stiffeners are co-cured in an autoclave. Uncured stiffeners are placed in channels of a tool, and an uncured skin is placed on the tool contacting the stiffeners. The vacuum bag is sealed over the tool. Bladders placed in the stiffeners are exposed to autoclave pressure through a manifold system employing vent tubes that pass through the vacuum bag along a side of the tool. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096904 | LAMINATION APPARATUS WITH AIR PRESSURE AND METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT LAMINATION USING LAMINATION APPARATUS - A lamination apparatus, including: a substrate support; an adhesive film support that is disposed so as to be spaced from the substrate support; an air injection head that is disposed on a co-plane with the adhesive film support so as to be spaced apart from the substrate support or disposed so as to be further spaced apart from the substrate support than the adhesive film support; an air pump that supplies air to the air injection head; an air supply pipe that connects the air injection head with the air pump, wherein the air injection head includes an ion generation unit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096905 | Composite Stencils, Methods of Making, And Methods of Decorating With Composite Stencils - A composite stencil for applying designs to walls and other surfaces is disclosed. The stencil includes a porous textile support layer to which a flexible stencil mask is bonded by an adhesion layer. The support layer supports unconnected parts of the stencil mask without bridges common with traditional stencils. Further, the textile support layer in the open areas of the stencil can be colored with a sublimation dye to suggest to a user the colors that should be applied in the various areas of the stencil. A pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the back of the stencil. In use, the stencil is removably adhered to a surface by the pressure sensitive adhesive, whereupon paint or other pigment is applied through the textile support layer to the surface. The lack of bridges permits the entire design to be applied with a single stencil in a single session. The stencil is cleanable and reusable to apply additional designs. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096906 | Methods for Making an Encapsulated Stent - A method for making an encapsulated stent includes providing first and second ePTFE layers and a stent positioned therebetween. The first ePTFE layer may be unsintered and have a node-fibril microstructure in which the fibrils are oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The second ePTFE layer may be unsintered and have a node-fibril microstructure in which the fibrils are oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis. The method includes joining the first ePTFE layer to the second ePTFE layer through openings in a wall of the stent. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROELECTRONICS LAMINATION PRESS - The system contains a lamination press. The first cavity is formed in a chassis. A film assembly is fitted within the chassis. A buffer mounts over the film assembly and within the chassis. A tool set is shaped to fit within the first cavity. The tool set and chassis are positioned within the lamination press to confer heat and pressure from the lamination press to the film assembly and chassis. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096908 | DISTRIBUTED MULTI-ZONE PLASMA SOURCE SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS - A processing chamber including multiple plasma sources in a process chamber top. Each one of the plasma sources is a ring plasma source including a primary winding and multiple ferrites. A plasma processing system is also described. A method of plasma processing is also described. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096909 | HEATING PLATE WITH PLANAR HEATER ZONES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING - A heating plate of a semiconductor substrate support for supporting a semiconductor substrate in a plasma processing chamber includes a first layer with an array of heater zones operable to tune a spatial temperature profile on the semiconductor substrate, and a second layer with one or more primary heaters to provide mean temperature control of the semiconductor substrate. The heating plate can be incorporated in a substrate support wherein a switching device independently supplies power to each one of the heater zones to provide time-averaged power to each of the heater zones by time divisional multiplexing of the switches. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096910 | Drywall Trim Autofolder, Mastic Applicator and Cutter - A drywall trim application device that can hold a large role of drywall flex corner trim material and, as the material is being dispensed, pre-crease or form the material for use on an inside or outside corner, or any angle within the range of the trim material, apply a mastic material (drywall mud, adhesive or any other bonding medium) to the flex trim material, and cut the material at any desired length automatically. Measurements may be either input by hand or downloaded from an electronic measurement tool into this device. This invention can generally store multiple measurements such as length and angles, measure the length of flex trim material as it is dispensed from the device, crease the material, apply predetermined amount of mastic, and automatically cut the flex trim material to each length previously input. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096911 | TAPE HOLDING WHEEL FOR A TAPE DISPENSER - A tape holding wheel for a tape dispenser, cooperating with tape rolls of various sizes, comprises a tape holding wheel, a first engaging unit, and a second engaging unit. A plurality of supporting ribs are protruded on an external cambered surface of the tape holding wheel. A propping part is integrally and laterally extended from a top end of each supporting rib, and a propping rib is axially extended on an external end of the propping part. The engaging units are disposed on the tape holding wheel for engaging a sleeve with the tape holding wheel firmly. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096912 | Method and Device for the Assembly of Insulating Glass Panes that are Filled with a Gas Different From Air - Disclosed is a method for assembling insulating glass panes filled with a gas other than air. According to said method, two glass sheets provided with a spacer are arranged in a vertical or inclined position and facing each other, gas that is different from air is introduced into a chamber from below and the insulating glass pane is formed by moving the glass sheets closer to each other after reaching a desired gas filling level. According to the invention, the gas is homogenized before said gas is introduced through said gap. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096913 | HEATED TOOL ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING A STRUCTURAL MEMBER - A heated tool assembly for forming a structural member may include a heated tool and a pressure bladder for mounting the structural member. The tool may have an inner surface, a liner in thermal contact with the inner surface of the tool, and a heating system for heating the tool. The heating system may include a heater for heating a heated medium, a blower for blowing the heated medium, and a plurality of nozzles for directing the heated medium over the tool liner. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096914 | Cartridge and tubular container triming and refinishing apparatus for lnk and label removal and method of use - A device for removing a thin outer layer from the surface of a cartridge or tubular container such as a caulk cartridge for removal of ink, contaminant, adhesive, or printed or stamped label from the outside of the cartridge. The apparatus includes cartridge hopper and a cartridge handling mandrel or plunger which automatically removes a cartridge from the hopper aligning same for insertion of the cartridge axially through the throat of a spinning ring which contains at least one and preferably a plurality of inwardly extending knifes. The spinning knife distal end trims or peels off the label, adhesive, ink, imperfections, or even a thin film from an outer layer of a selected thickness effectively reconditioning the cartridge for reuse to be filled with virgin material or to be used as uncontaminated re-ground material to be sold as scrap. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096915 | RETRACTABLE SHADE WITH COLLAPSIBLE VANES - A retractable cover for architectural openings having collapsible vanes includes a support structure in the form of a sheet of material, monofilaments, tapes, ribbons, cords, or the like, supporting an upper edge of a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending vanes with the lower edges of the vanes in most embodiments of the invention being connected to operating elements adapted to raise the lower edges of each vane toward the upper edges to define openings or gaps between the vanes through which vision and light can pass in an open condition of the covering. Variations of the covering do not require movement of a lower edge of a vane relative to an upper edge but simply movement of some vanes relative to other vanes. The vanes can be made of materials having different flexibilities and where more rigid materials are used, creased fold lines can be established for desired operability. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096916 | Assembly for Insulating a Door Curtain - The present disclosure includes a system and article of manufacture for a door assembly for rolling and unrolling, or retracting and extending, a door curtain. The door assembly may include various mechanisms to protect a door curtain from wear and abrasion, as well as muffle noise associated with the operation of the door curtain. The door assembly may comprise a curtain shaft. A door curtain may roll and/or unroll (e.g., open and/or close) on the curtain shaft. The door assembly may further include an insulator shaft, which may receive or hold a door curtain insulator or insulators. A door curtain insulator may attach to the insulator shaft as well as the curtain shaft and/or door curtain itself. In operation, as the door curtain is rolled up, one or more lengths of insulator may be unrolled from the insulator shaft and layered, or interleaved, between consecutive layers of rolled up door curtain. Similarly, as the door curtain is unrolled, one or more lengths of insulator may be rolled up or wound about the insulator shaft, such that no insulator travels with the curtain as it unrolls towards a closed position. The door assembly may also include a mechanism for compensating for a difference between an angular speed of a door curtain on a curtain shaft and an angular speed of a door curtain insulator on an insulator shaft. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096917 | FLEXIBLE FURNITURE SYSTEM - An article of flexible furniture having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of a flaccid material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces, adjacent faces of said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, a pair of supports at opposite ends of said core and connected to respective ones of said faces, said supports being self-supporting to provide rigidity to said core whereby said supports may be moved apart to expand said cellular and extend the length of said partition. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096918 | System and method for preventing vertical blinds from tangling - A system and method for preventing vertical blinds from tangling is disclosed. The system and method comprise the location of apertures at the vertical centers of rotation of the vertical vanes used in the blinds. A long thin member, such as a flexible cord, a flexible ribbon, or a rigid rod, is then placed through the apertures in a horizontal orientation and fixed on both ends. This prevents the vanes from overlapping one another in a manner that would cause entanglement. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096919 | CONTINUAL PART - An extensible car window shading apparatus mountable inside the car and comprising a first plurality of slats having at each longitudinal end a slat hole in which a slat spring attached to a slat stick is inserted, such that the slat stick extends outwardly from the slat hole, a second plurality of panels, the second plurality being exactly twice the first plurality, such that there is a panel at each longitudinal end of each slat, wherein each panel has a panel hole in which a panel spring is inserted, the panel hole being configured to receive the slat stick, and wherein the panels on each side of the apparatus are joined by hinges, such as to allow folding or deploying of the extensible car window shading apparatus by a user, and a support arm that keeps the extensible car window shading apparatus in folded position. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096920 | ROLLER SHADE ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - In various implementations, a roller shade assembly may include an elongated body and a mechanism. The mechanism may include gears and a spring. The mechanism may allow the roller shade to be locked and/or unlocked using a driver. Internal component(s) of the roller shade may be adjusted using the driver. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096921 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR SOLAR RADIATION SHIELDING DEVICE AND CORD SUPPORTING PART FOR SOLAR RADIATION SHIELDING DEVICE - By operating an endless operation cord so that the operation cord moves around in a rail, a sunlight shielding material is transferred along the rail. The operation cord includes a pair of cord portions extending in parallel with each other along the rail, a first endless edge hanging from one end of the rail, and a second endless edge supported in the rail through a cord support unit. A cord support unit includes positioning release means configured to, when a tensile force is applied to both the cord portions at the second endless edge, release positioning of the second endless edge with respect to the rail and a guide member configured to, when the positioning of the second endless edge is released, allow the second endless edge to move at least until the first endless edge reaches the floor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096922 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE PULP, SUGARS, AND CO-PRODUCTS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS - The GreenBox+ technology is suitable to extract hemicellulose sugars prior to pulping of biomass into pulp products. The revenue obtainable from the sugar stream can significantly improve the economics of a pulp and paper mill. An initial extraction and recovery of sugars is followed by production of a pulp product with similar or better properties. Other co-products such as acetates and furfural are also possible. Some variations provide a process for co-producing pulp and hemicellulosic sugars from biomass, comprising: digesting the biomass in the presence of steam and/or hot water to extract hemicellulose into a liquid phase; washing the extracted solids, thereby generating a liquid wash filtrate and washed solids; separating the liquid wash filtrate from the washed solids; refining the washed solids at a refining pH of about 4 or higher, thereby generating pulp; and hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to generate hemicellulosic fermentable sugars. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096923 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE PULP, SUGARS, AND CO-PRODUCTS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS - The GreenBox+ technology is suitable to extract hemicellulose sugars prior to pulping of biomass into pulp products. The revenue obtainable from the sugar stream can significantly improve the economics of a pulp and paper mill. An initial extraction and recovery of sugars is followed by production of a pulp product with similar or better properties. Other co-products such as acetates and furfural are also possible. Some variations provide a process for co-producing pulp and hemicellulosic sugars from biomass, comprising: digesting the biomass in the presence of steam and/or hot water to extract hemicellulose into a liquid phase; washing the extracted solids, thereby generating a liquid wash filtrate and washed solids; separating the liquid wash filtrate from the washed solids; refining the washed solids at a refining pH of about 4 or higher, thereby generating pulp; and hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to generate hemicellulosic fermentable sugars. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096924 | SOFT CREPED TISSUE - The present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped tissue webs and tissue products made therefrom are soft and strong, such as having a TS7 value less than about 8.0. Moreover, the tissue of the present disclosure also preferably has low TS750 values such as less than about 7.0. Further, while webs prepared according to the present disclosure have low TS7, and in certain embodiments low TS750 values, they are also strong enough to withstand use. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096925 | YANKEE DRIER PROFILER AND CONTROL - A coating system, a paper machine, and methods of their use are provided. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096926 | METHODS FOR MAKING FIBROUS PAPER STRUCTURES UTILIZING WATERBORNE SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS - A method for making fibrous structures. The method includes the steps of:
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20140096927 | TWIN WIRE PRESS - A twin wire press for dewatering solid-liquid suspensions, such as pulp suspensions, between top and bottom webs is described herein which includes consecutive primary, secondary and tertiary dewatering sections. The primary dewatering section includes a wedge area. The secondary dewatering section is positioned adjacent to the primary section downstream therefrom and includes grooved rolls in an s-roll configuration. The tertiary dewatering section includes rolls in a scissor-nip configuration. The press rolls in the secondary and tertiary section are all supported onto a frame. Whenever maintenance is to be performed on any one of the grooved rolls or on the press roll assemblies, an overhead crane can for example be used since no frame structure is provided on top thereof. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096928 | PAPER MACHINE BELT - The invention relates to a paper machine belt, some of the threads or all of the threads being made partially or entirely of a bioplastic. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096929 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CASTING METAL SLAB - Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for continuously casting a metal slab. The method involves continuously introducing molten metal into an inlet of a casting cavity defined between advancing casting surfaces, cooling the metal in the cavity to form a metal slab, and discharging the slab from the cavity through an outlet. The casting surfaces have an ability to remove heat from the metal but this ability is reduced, thus reducing heat flux, for at least one of the casting surfaces in a region of the cavity spaced from both the inlet and the outlet and extending transversely to the casting direction. This reduced ability to remove heat is relative to such ability of the casting surface in immediately adjacent upstream and downstream regions of the cavity. The apparatus may be a twin belt caster or other form of continuous caster modified to perform the method. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096930 | FACILITATING FLUID LEVEL SENSING - Apparatuses are provided to facilitate sensing fluid within a fluid system, such as a coolant-based cooling apparatus for removing heat generated by one or more electronic components. The apparatus includes a plug configured to couple to a wall of the fluid system at an opening in the wall and to form a fluid-tight seal about the opening. The plug includes a fluid a fluid-sensor-receiving space configured to receive a fluid sensor, and when the plug is coupled to the wall at the opening, to position the fluid sensor at the opening in a manner to facilitate sensing of fluid within the system. The fluid sensor is removable from the plug without requiring uncoupling of the plug from the wall. In one implementation, the fluid sensor is a proximity sensor, and the plug is fabricated of a non-conductive material, and the wall a conductive material. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096931 | HOT WATER MAT FOR FLOOR HEATING AND ITS INSTALLATION METHOD - A heat radiating pipe ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140096932 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND RETENTION ELEMENT - Heat exchanger and a retention element for the heat exchanger, the retention element having a receiving region and a spacing element, and the receiving region at least partially receiving the heat exchanger, wherein the receiving region has a contour which substantially corresponds to an outer contour of the heat exchanger, the receiving region having fixing means, by means of which the retention element can be fixed to the heat exchanger, the spacing element protruding outwards from the retention element and protruding beyond the outer contour of the heat exchanger. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096933 | REACTIVE SOLID/HEAT-TRANSPORT GAS REACTOR INCLUDING A HELICAL DUCT IN WHICH THE SOLID AND THE GAS FLOW IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS - A solid/heat-transport and reactive gas reactor, including: a helical duct including an inlet and an outlet, the helical duct defining a helical bottom track on which a solid reagent can slide from the inlet to the outlet of the helical duct; a mechanism for bringing the solid reagent to the inlet of the helical duct; a mechanism for causing a heat-transport gas to flow in the helical duct, from the outlet to the inlet of the helical duct; a reservoir of solid reagent under the outlet of the helical duct; and a conveyor for conveying the reagent from a low point of the reservoir to the bringing mechanism. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096934 | MODULAR HEAT SINK FOR LED LUMINAIRE - A modular heat sink for LED luminaire may include at least two modular heat sink units, which are joined together in thermal communication with each other for use in the LED luminaire, such that the illuminating angle of the LED luminaire can be adjusted within a range of 0° to 180°. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096935 | Heat Exchanger for Vehicle - A heat exchanger for a vehicle is provided on the air-conditioning pipe between a compressor and an expansion valve in an air conditioning system, and may include: a heat exchanger unit alternately formed with first and second flow paths in an inner portion in which a refrigerant is condensed through a heat exchange of a refrigerant and a working fluid; first and second inlets formed to flow in the refrigerant and the working fluid into the inner portion; first and second outlets each formed on another side of the heat exchanger unit to exhaust the refrigerant and the working fluid; and a noise reducing unit provided on one side of the heat exchanger unit to reduce noise and vibration generated when the refrigerant supplied from the compressor is moved. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096936 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Disclosed is a coolant cooler having a block formed by tubes arranged parallel to one another and by fins arranged between the tubes, wherein the tubes form multiple first flow ducts through which a first fluid can flow, wherein the regions between the tubes form multiple second flow ducts through which a second fluid can flow around the tubes, a first collecting box on which a first fluid inlet is arranged, a second collecting box on which a first fluid outlet is arranged, wherein the first flow ducts are in fluid communication with a first cooling circuit via the first fluid inlet, the first fluid outlet and collecting boxes, wherein the first or second collecting box has a second fluid inlet and a second fluid outlet, wherein the second fluid inlet, the respective collecting box and the second fluid outlet are in fluid communication with a second cooling circuit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096937 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is provided having at least one block formed by tubes arranged parallel to one another and by fins arranged between the tubes. The tubes form multiple first flow ducts through which a first fluid can flow. The regions between the tubes form multiple second flow ducts through which a second fluid can flow around the tubes. The heat exchanger also has a first collecting box with a first fluid port and a second collecting box with a second fluid port. The first flow ducts are in fluid communication with a first cooling circuit via the first fluid port, the second fluid port, and the collecting boxes. The first collecting box or the second collecting box also has a third fluid port that, together with its respective collecting box and further fluid port, are in fluid communication with a second cooling circuit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096938 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - The heat dissipation device is provided with a body portion, to which a heating element is thermally coupled. A coolant passage through which the coolant, which dissipates heat of the heating element, flows is provided in the body portion. A passage forming portion, which forms at least one of an inflow passage and an outflow passage, is molded integrally with the body portion. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096939 | Heat Spreader with Thermal Conductivity Inversely Proportional to Increasing Heat - A heat spreading apparatus includes a body defining a void. A fluid is positioned within the void for distributing heat by vaporizing the fluid. The body defines a void with a heat accumulation surface geometry to disrupt the thermodynamic cycle of vaporizing the fluid and thereby diminish heat spreading activity by the heat spreading apparatus. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096940 | Heat Spreader With Thermal Conductivity Inversely Proportional To Increasing Heat - A heat spreading apparatus has a body defining a void. A fluid positioned within the void distributes heat via a complete thermodynamic cycle. A disruption of the complete thermodynamic cycle is inversely proportional to the magnitude of dynamic body forces, thereby diminishing heat spreading activity by the heat spreading apparatus. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096941 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An indoor unit of an air conditioner has an improved discharge structure of air. The indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a panel which defines an external appearance thereof and has an opening, a mixed flow fan which is located within the panel, a heat exchanger unit which is located rearward of the mixed flow fan, an inlet port which is located rearward of the heat exchanger unit so that air is suctioned from rearward of the heat exchanger unit to be introduced into the mixed flow fan, an outlet port which is exposed forward of the panel through the opening so that the air passing though the mixed flow fan is discharged through a front portion of the panel, and a plurality of circular louvers to open and close the outlet port by moving outwards from a center of the outlet port. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096942 | MOLECULAR FAN - A molecular fan for dissipating heat, the fan having a chemically functionalized molecular fan thin film coating affixed to a surface in need of heat dissipation. A nanocoating for dissipating heat, the coating having a thin film coating affixed to a surface in need of heat dissipation. A molecular fan thin film coating affixed to a surface in need of heat dissipation for dissipating heat. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096943 | Brazable Component And Heat Exchanger Comprising Same - The brazable component for the circulation of a fluid in a heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, according to the invention, comprises an aluminum alloy core | 2014-04-10 |
20140096944 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger having an improved distribution structure in which one inlet pipe is connected to a header which is partitioned into a first sub-chamber in which a refrigerant flows through the inlet pipe and a second sub-chamber in which tubes communicate with each other, and a distribution pipe is installed at the header and causes the first sub-chamber and the second sub-chamber to communicate so that the refrigerant in the first sub-chamber can be distributed to the tubes. The distribution pipe can pass through and can be combined with a partitioning baffle that is combined with the header to partition a chamber of the header into the first sub-chamber and the second sub-chamber. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096945 | HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM FOR OCCUPANTS OF THE REAR PORTION OF A VEHICLE - A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system configured for use in a vehicle to provide a perceived comfortable thermal environment to an occupant seated in a rear portion of a vehicle cabin. A heat exchanger provides a first airstream characterized as having a first temperature to an air moving device configured to generate a second airstream characterized as having a second temperature. The second airstream comprises a mixture of the first airstream and cabin air drawn from the rear portion of the vehicle cabin. The air moving device may be disposed in the rear portion of the vehicle. The HVAC system further includes a nozzle that may be configured to direct the second airstream toward an occupant in the rear portion of the vehicle cabin to provide spot conditioning. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096946 | Comfort-Optimized Demand Response - A method of improving a comfort level of a participant in a demand-response program for a facility. The method includes providing a sensor to a participant of a demand-response program, the sensor for sensing a comfort indicator at a facility, the comfort indicator including at least an air temperature; providing instructions for installing the sensor at a facility of the participant; and causing a load-control event communicated to the LCD to be modified, the modification causing the comfort indicator to increase or decrease at the facility, thereby improving the comfort level of the participant in the demand-response program. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096947 | Cutting and Pulling Tool with Double Acting Hydraulic Piston - A cutting and pulling tool has a piston responsive to flow therethrough with an orifice to create backpressure to drive the piston uphole to rotate the blades outwardly such as in an expanded section of tubular below a transition from a smaller tubular dimension. The extended cutters are pulled to the transition and an overpull determines that the desired location has been reached. The overpull force is removed and fluid flow and rotation is commenced to cut. The blades extend to a position perpendicular to the tool axis so that they are supported off a radial housing surface as the weight of the cut string above is supported on the blades. The string is pulled up and supported with slips on a rig floor at which point weight is slacked off and a plug is landed in the top of the piston to push it down to remove the tool. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096948 | APERTURE BALL DROP - A controlled aperture ball drop includes a ball cartridge that is mounted to a frac head or a high pressure fluid conduit. The ball cartridge houses a ball rail having a bottom end that forms an aperture with an inner periphery of the ball cartridge through which frac balls of a frac ball stack supported by the ball rail are sequentially dropped from the frac ball stack as a size of the aperture is increased by an aperture controller operatively connected to the ball rail. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096949 | DRILL HOLE PLUG SYSTEM - The present device relates to a drill hole plug system, and more specifically, to a plug used to seal off rods or casings left in the ground after exploration diamond drilling. The present drill hole plug system is primarily comprised of a basket, connected to a basket adapter, which is in turn threaded onto a primary module. The basket initially locks the drill hole plug system into place, and the primary module is subsequently rotated, such that corresponding parts move forward and anchor the primary module into place within the casing. Afterwards, continued rotation of the primary module engenders a lead-in ring to compress a sealant, expanding said sealant within the drill hole plug system and effectively sealing it off. The drill hole plug system can also incorporate optional modular add-ons, such as a check valve and a shut-off valve. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096950 | Hydraulic Fracturing Process for Deviated Wellbores - A method of stimulating an interval in a hydrocarbon reservoir equipped with a deviated wellbore having a casing, wherein said interval comprises at least two sequential stages in said wellbore without isolation means, said method comprising:
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20140096951 | ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY FROM A SINGLE WELL BY ELECTRICAL RESISTIVE HEATING OF MULTIPLE INCLUSIONS IN AN OIL SAND FORMATION - The present invention is a method and apparatus for enhanced recovery of petroleum fluids from the subsurface by electrical resistive heating of the oil sand formation and the heavy oil and bitumen in situ, by electrically energizing vertical inclusion planes containing electrically conductive proppant. The inclusion is propagated into a portion of the formation having a Skempton's B parameter of greater than 0.95 exp(−0.04 p′)+0.008 p′, where p′ is a mean effective stress in MPa at the depth of the inclusion. Multiple propped vertical inclusions at various azimuths are constructed from the well. Electrodes are placed in the well in electrical contact with the inclusions and an alternating direction current is passed through the proppant. By electrically resistive heating of the inclusion, the formation is heated by conduction and associated hydrocarbon fluids are lowered in viscosity and drain by gravity back to the well and produced to the surface. By controlling the reservoir temperature and pressure, a particular fraction of the in situ hydrocarbon reserve is extracted and water inflow into the heated zone is minimized. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096952 | ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY FROM A SINGLE WELL BY ELECTRICAL RESISTIVE HEATING OF A SINGLE INCLUSION IN AN OIL SAND FORMATION - The present invention is a method and apparatus for enhanced recovery of petroleum fluids from the subsurface by electrical resistive heating of the oil sand formation and the heavy oil and bitumen in situ, by electrically energizing vertical inclusion planes containing electrically conductive proppant. The inclusion is propagated into a portion of the formation having a Skempton's B parameter of greater than 0.95 exp(−0.04 p′)+0.008 p′, where p′ is a mean effective stress in MPa at the depth of the inclusion. Multiple propped vertical inclusions at various azimuths are constructed from the well. Electrodes are placed in the well in electrical contact with the inclusions and an alternating direction current is passed through the proppant. By electrically resistive heating of the inclusion, the formation is heated by conduction and associated hydrocarbon fluids are lowered in viscosity and drain by gravity back to the well and produced to the surface. By controlling the reservoir temperature and pressure, a particular fraction of the in situ hydrocarbon reserve is extracted and water inflow into the heated zone is minimized. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096953 | ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY FROM MULTIPLE WELLS BY ELECTRICAL RESISTIVE HEATING OF OIL SAND FORMATIONS - The present invention is a method and apparatus for enhanced recovery of petroleum fluids from the subsurface by electrical resistive heating of the oil sand formation and the heavy oil and bitumen in situ, by electrically energizing vertical inclusion planes containing electrically conductive proppant. The inclusion is propagated into a portion of the formation having a Skempton's B parameter of greater than 0.95 exp(−0.04 p′)+0.008 p′, where p′ is a mean effective stress in MPa at the depth of the inclusion. Multiple propped vertical inclusions at various azimuths are constructed from multiple wells. Electrodes are placed in the wells in electrical contact with the inclusions and an alternating direction current is passed through the proppant. By electrically resistive heating of the inclusion, the formation is heated by conduction and associated hydrocarbon fluids are lowered in viscosity and drain by gravity back to the well and produced to the surface. By controlling the reservoir temperature and pressure, a particular fraction of the in situ hydrocarbon reserve is extracted and water inflow into the heated zone is minimized. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096954 | METHOD OF DEVELOPING SUBSURFACE BARRIERS - A method and apparatus for construction of a subsurface barrier for the recovery of petroleum fluids from the subsurface by steam and/or solvent injection. Multiple propped vertical inclusions at various azimuths and depths are constructed from multiple wells so that the inclusions intersect and coalesce. The inclusions are made impermeable by a variety of means including the proppant swelling to fill the voids of the inclusions. The proppant includes ceramic beads coated with an electrically conductive and heat hardenable resin. The resin is electrically heated and flows to fill the voids in the inclusions as the resin hardens. The proppant includes sand or ceramic beads that are subject to cold saline water circulated between the wells to freeze the formation pore water. The proppant includes low viscosity grout that is injected with a time delay setting agent or electrically conductive grout that is heated and set by electric current passing through the grout. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096955 | DETERMINING FLUID COMPOSITION DOWNHOLE FROM OPTICAL SPECTRA - Obtaining in-situ optical spectral data associated with a formation fluid flowing through a downhole formation fluid sampling apparatus, and predicting a parameter of the formation fluid flowing through the downhole formation fluid sampling apparatus based on projection of the obtained spectral data onto a matrix that corresponds to a predominant fluid type of the formation fluid. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING DISPLACEMENT OF A MEMBER DURING A DOWNHOLE COMPLETION OPERATION - A method of monitoring axial or radial displacement of a member during a downhole completion operation includes, sensing axial or radial displacement of the member during the downhole completion operation with the at least one transducer, and communicating the sensing of the axial or the radial displacement to surface via the wired pipe. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096957 | FLUID CONTROL IN RESERVOIR FLUID SAMPLILNG TOOLS - A pumping system includes a probe to suction a fluid from a fluid reservoir, a pump in fluid communication with the probe, and a sensor for detecting phase changes in said pumping system. The sensor is in fluid communication with the probe or pump and is operable to generate a sensor signal. The pumping system also includes a fluid exit from the pumping system that is in fluid communication with said pump, and a variable force check valve that is located between the probe and fluid exit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096958 | Method, apparatus and composition to increase recovery of hydrocarbons by reaction of selective oxidizers and fuels in the subterranean environment - A method, apparatus and composition are described for safe energy delivery down hole resulting in increased recovery of subterranean hydrocarbons. The method utilizes the reaction of non-alkane fuels and selective oxidizers which are non-selective toward alkane chemical compounds. The energy released in the subterranean reaction is utilized to heat the wellbore, the formation or the formation hydrocarbons thereby lowering fluid viscosity and permitting greater flow especially for heavy oils. Further, safe delivery of oxidizers can be accomplished without limit on depth as the selective oxidizer may be delivered to point of use down hole as most all formations of interest contain primarily alkane hydrocarbons and will not react with the non-alkane selective oxidizer. In addition some products of reaction may be insoluble in water and can be utilized for fluid loss prevention, flow diversion, abrasive drilling and or as proppants. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096959 | ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY FROM MULTIPLE WELLS BY STEAM INJECTION OF OIL SAND FORMATIONS - The present invention is a method and apparatus for enhanced recovery of petroleum fluids from the subsurface by steam injection into highly permeable vertical inclusion planes in the oil sand formation, and heating the heavy oil and bitumen, which flow by gravity to the wells. The inclusion is propagated into a portion of the formation having a Skempton's B parameter of greater than 0.95 exp(−0.04 p′)+0.008 p′, where p′ is a mean effective stress in MPa at the depth of the inclusion. The inclusion planes can be propagated from only the central well, or from all wells, being the central well and the periphery wells. The inclusion planes are propagated into the formation to intersect and coalesce to provide hydraulic connection between the central well and the periphery wells. Steam is injected continuously in the central well, and liquids are produced continuously from all wells, whilst maintaining a liquid head over production tubing for steam trap control. By injection of solvents and other gases and controlling the reservoir temperature and pressure, a particular fraction of the in situ hydrocarbon reserve is extracted and water inflow into the heated zone is minimized. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096960 | USE OF STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE WITH OXYGEN ("SAGDOX") IN THE RECOVERY OF BITUMEN IN THIN PAY ZONES - A SAGDOX process to recover liquid hydrocarbons from at least one thin pay zone in a hydrocarbon bitumen reservoir, via a substantially horizontal production well, where the hydrocarbon bitumen reservoir has a top and a bottom. The process includes:
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20140096961 | THERMAL MOBILIZATION OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS - A method is provided for applying a thermal process to a lower zone underlying an overlying hydrocarbon zone with thermal energy from the thermal process mobilizing oil in the overlying zone. The lower zone itself could be a hydrocarbon zone undergoing thermal EOR. Further, one can economically apply a thermal EOR process to an oil formation of low mobility and having an underlying zone such as a basal water zone. Introduction gas and steam, the gas having a higher density than the steam, into the underlying zone displaces the basal water and creates an insulating layer of gas between the steam and the basal water maximizing heat transfer upwardly and mobilizing viscous oil greatly reducing the heat loss to the basal water, economically enhancing production from thin oil bearing zones with underlying basal water which are not otherwise economic by other known EOR processes. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096962 | STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE WITH ADDED OXYGEN ("SAGDOX") IN DEEP RESERVOIRS - A process to recover hydrocarbons, from a hydrocarbon reservoir having a bottom, using a substantially horizontal production well, the substantially horizontal production well having a toe and a heel, the process including:
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20140096963 | FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR USE IN A SERVICE TOOL - A system, apparatus, and method for gravel packing a wellbore are provided. The system includes a service tool extending through a packer that isolates a proximal annulus of the wellbore from a distal annulus thereof. The service tool defines an inner bore and a conduit, with the conduit being in fluid communication with the proximal annulus and the distal annulus. The system also includes a flow restrictor disposed in the conduit. The flow restrictor is configured to induce a first pressure drop in fluid flowing through the conduit in a first direction and to induce a second pressure drop in fluid flowing through the conduit in a second direction, with the second pressure drop being greater than the first pressure drop. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096964 | NANOPARTICLE MODIFIED FLUIDS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a nanoparticle modified fluid that comprises nanoparticles; and a liquid carrier; where the nanoparticles have their surfaces modified so as to increase the viscosity of the nanoparticle modified fluid above that of a comparative nanoparticle modified fluid that contains the same nanoparticles whose surfaces are not modified, when both nanoparticle modified fluids are tested at the same shear rate and temperature. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096965 | Methods of Fracturing a Well Using Venturi Section - Methods of fracturing a well can include the steps of: (A) obtaining a fracturing job design having at least one treatment interval; (B) running a tubular string into the treatment interval; (C) before or after the step of running, forming one or more tubular string openings in the tubular string, wherein after the step of running, the one or more tubular string openings are positioned in the treatment interval; (D) except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, blocking at least 86% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval that is between one of the ends of the treatment interval and the axially closest of the one or more tubular string openings, and, except for the axial passageway of the tubular string, leaving unblocked at least 4% of the nominal cross-sectional area of the treatment interval; and (E) pumping a fracturing fluid through the one or more tubular string openings at a rate and pressure sufficient to initiate at least one fracture in the subterranean formation surrounding the treatment interval. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096966 | Method and Apparatus for Completion of Heavy Oil Unconsolidated Sand Reservoirs - A method of completing a subterranean well having a well casing extending though an earth formation is provided, including the steps of: suspending an apparatus at a selected depth within the well casing; creating an unbalanced condition within the well casing; forming a lateral bore in the formation by jetting a pressurized fluid from the apparatus through a casing opening in the well casing and into the earth formation; receiving in the well casing through the casing opening fluid and formation debris created from forming the lateral bore; and lifting the fluid and formation debris received by the well casing upwardly through the well casing to the well surface. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096967 | SALT-TOLERANT ANIONIC SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) APPLICATIONS - The present invention includes compositions and methods for using an anionic surfactant composition for treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation or a reservoir, of formula (I): | 2014-04-10 |
20140096968 | Complex Fracturing Using a Straddle Packer in a Horizontal Wellbore - A method of inducing fracture complexity within a fracturing interval of a subterranean formation is provided. The method comprises defining a stress anisotropy-altering dimension, providing a straddle-packer assembly to alter a stress anisotropy of a fracturing interval, based on defining the stress anisotropy-altering dimension, isolating a first fracturing interval of the subterranean formation with the straddle-packer assembly, inducing a fracture in the first fracturing interval, isolating a second fracturing interval of the subterranean formation with the straddle-packer assembly, inducing a fracture in the second fracturing interval, wherein fracturing the first and second fracturing intervals alters the stress anisotropy within a third fracturing interval, isolating the third fracturing interval with the straddle-packer assembly, and inducing a fracture in the third fracturing interval. The straddle-packer assembly comprises a first packer, an injection port sub-assembly above the first packer, and a second packer above the injection port sub-assembly | 2014-04-10 |
20140096969 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING EMULSION FORMATION - A method is described for treating a formation adjacent a subterranean well with a treatment fluid composition imparted with emulsion formation prevention properties. A microemulsion additive is mixed into a treatment fluid component to form a volume of a treatment fluid composition having emulsion formation prevention properties. The microemulsion additive is composed of a mixture solvent, a co-solvent, a mutual solvent, a non-emulsifier, a non-ionic surfactant, a non-ionic co-surfactant, alcohol, an emulsifying surfactant, and an aqueous fluid. The volume of the fluid composition is then injected into the subterranean well and contacts the formation, whereby the microemulsion additive in the treatment fluid volume acts to prevent emulsion formation in the formation. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096970 | MULTI-ZONE FRACTURING AND SAND CONTROL COMPLETION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A multi-zone fracturing and sand control completion system employable in a borehole. The system includes a casing. A fracturing assembly including a fracturing telescoping unit extendable from the casing to the borehole and a frac sleeve movable within the casing to access or block the fracturing telescoping unit; and, an opening in the casing. The opening including a dissolvable plugging material capable of maintaining frac pressure in the casing during a fracturing operation through the telescoping unit. Also included is a method of operating within a borehole. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096971 | NEW METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FEEDING CHEMICALS INTO A HYDROFRACTURING PROCESS AND OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS - A method of rapidly and essentially simultaneously creating and feeding a dispersion into a hydrocarbon process stream. This method allows for the effective use of chemical additives in a hydrocarbon process line that are highly unstable or that are very difficult to disperse. This is especially helpful in hydrofracturing operations as the very rapid flow rates require very fast dispersion formations. As a result the method allows greater fracking pressures which can be obtained with lower energy inputs and by using lessor amounts of chemical additives. As a result hydrocarbon extraction can be accomplished in a manner which is both more environmentally friendly as well as less expensive. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096972 | DOWNHOLE MAGNET, DOWNHOLE MAGNETIC JETTING TOOL AND METHOD OF ATTACHMENT OF MAGNET PIECES TO THE TOOL BODY - A tool for suspending in a well retrieves various metal debris from the well, and includes an elongated tool body with a plurality of magnets included in a plurality longitudinal ridges which are circumferentially spaced. In the method a plurality of magnets can be positioned within openings, recesses, or pockets in each ridge, and held in place by one or more retaining plates, the tool being connected to a drill string and lowered into a well. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096973 | DOWNHOLE FLOW CONTROL USING PERFORATOR AND MEMBRANE - A flow control assembly can be disposed in a wellbore and can include a membrane that can be perforated in response to a pressure, such as a setting pressure, from an inner area of a tubing. Subsequent to the membrane being perforated, fluid can be allowed to flow from an area external to the tubing to an area internal to the tubing. The membrane may remain closed during a packer setting operation and be perforated subsequent to the packer setting operation. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096974 | Mobile, Modular, Electrically Powered System For Use in Fracturing Underground Formations Using Liquid Petroleum Gas - The present invention provides a method and system for providing on-site electrical power to a fracturing operation, and an electrically powered fracturing system. Natural gas can be used to drive a turbine generator in the production of electrical power. A scalable, electrically powered fracturing fleet is provided to pump fluids for the fracturing operation, obviating the need for a constant supply of diesel fuel to the site and reducing the site footprint and infrastructure required for the fracturing operation, when compared with conventional systems. The treatment fluid can comprise a water-based fracturing fluid or a waterless liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fracturing fluid. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096975 | Well System With an Independently Retrievable Tree - A well apparatus system that includes a wellhead, a tree, a tubing hanger, a tubing spool that is located between the wellhead and the tree, and a production isolator surrounded by the tree and the tubing spool. The tree component of this system can include a vertical or horizontal tree. More importantly, this system can be constructed in a number of different sequences. In addition, this well apparatus system allows for installation, retrieval, and/or work-over the tubing hanger and associated completion system without disturbance of the tree. The presented system also allows for installation and retrieval of the tree independent of the tubing hanger and associated completion system. Some embodiments can include valve-type mechanisms to serve as production environmental barriers. These mechanisms are integral to the production isolator. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096976 | REMOTE AND MANUAL ACTUATED WELL TOOL - A well tool having an actuator sleeve in a housing. The actuator sleeve has an internal shifting tool engaging profile. The tool has an actuator in the housing that is responsive to a remote signal to change from an unactuated state to an actuated state and shift the actuator sleeve from a first position to a second position. A collet in the housing is supported to couple the actuator sleeve to the actuator while the actuator changes from the unactuated state to the actuated state and is unsupported to allow the actuator sleeve to move relative to the actuator when the actuator is in the actuated state. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096977 | SEMI-RIGID LOCKDOWN DEVICE - A wellhead seal assembly that forms a metal-to-metal seal between inner and outer wellhead members. A seal member has inner and outer seal legs separated by a slot. A locking ring is positioned in the outer seal leg and has wickered sections, where each of the wickered sections protrude through a window in the outer seal leg of the seal member. An energizing ring has an upper tapered surface that is oblique to an axis of the annular energizing ring and extending laterally from the axis over a portion of the locking ring and a lower tapered surface that is oblique to and extending laterally from the axis. As the energizing ring is moved into the slot, the upper tapered surface engages an inner surface of the locking ring, and the lower tapered surface engages an inner annular wall of the slot. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096978 | Safety Valve System for Cable Deployed Electric Submersible Pump - A safety valve system for downhole use in a wellbore comprises a safety valve comprising a sealable flow path; an annulus safety valve configured to provide fluid communication between a central flow path and an annular flow path; a landing nipple, wherein the landing nipple comprises ports configured to provide fluid communication between the annular flow path and the central flow path; and a cable passing through the sealable flow path, wherein the cable comprises a sealing mechanism and latch mechanism configured to engage the landing nipple. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096979 | PACKER ASSEMBLY WITH ENHANCED SEALING LAYER SHAPE - A packer assembly with an enhanced sealing layer is provided. The packer assembly may have an outer bladder with drains. The packer assembly may further have an inflatable inner packer disposed inside the outer bladder such that inflation of the inner packer causes the outer bladder to expand. End pieces may be coupled to the inner bladder and the outer bladder, and flowlines may be in fluid communication with the drains and the end pieces. A piston ring may reinforce the packer assembly. The piston ring may have three or more passive pistons which expand with the packer assembly during testing. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096980 | Self-Extinguishing Sandwich Panel - The present invention relates to a fire extinguishing system that includes a self-extinguishing sandwich panel. The panel is provided with an insulation core, an outer skin layer, and flow pipes disposed within said core that have an inlet and an outlet. Sprinkler devices are secured to the outside of one side of the panel in holes executed in the outer skin layer of the panel. The sprinkler devices may be distributed spot-wise on the outside of the panel and may be connected to the flow pipes by splines that are situated outside of the panel in holes executed in the outer skin of the panel. The flow pipes receive a flow of water in the inlet from a water tank and, when the sprinklers become activated by detecting a fire, release the water through the sprinklers in order to suppress a fire. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096981 | DRY SPRINKLERS WITH MULTIPLE COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS - A dry sprinkler for a fire protection system having multiple alternative coupling arrangements for connection to the fluid supply piping of the system. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096982 | Shipping Cap For Fire Protection Sprinkler - A shipping cap for a sprinkler includes a main body having a hollow annular wall portion having a closed upper end. A first pair of side legs extend laterally and axially from a first side of the cylindrical wall portion and a second pair of side legs extend laterally from a second side of the cylindrical wall portion. A first side curtain extends from one of the first pair of side legs and one of the second pair of side legs and a second side curtain extends from the other of the first pair of side legs and the other of the second pair of side legs. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096983 | FORWARD ROTATING TRANSPORT AXLE - A forward folding implement is provided. The implement includes a telescoping tongue to allow forward folding wings of the implement. At one end of the tongue are positioned transport wheels that are used to level the height of the frame during planting to keep the row units at determined heights of the single plant uniform depth, while also providing a support for the implement during transport of the implement. A transport wheel rotating assembly is provided to rotate the transport wheels about a pivot point such that the transport wheels will adjust the height of the implement, and also increase or decrease the length of the wheelbase between the tractor tires and the transport tires to increase the maneuverability and transportability of the implement both within a field and outside a field. The assembly includes a linkage and a cylinder connected to the implement. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096984 | SYNTHETIC FIELD GROOMING PROCESSES AND CONDITIONING GROOMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a synthetic athletic field grooming apparatus configured to be pulled by a vehicle to maintain the synthetic athletic field. The apparatus comprises a frame having a coupling mechanism for mounting the apparatus to the vehicle. At least one broom channel is coupled to the frame rearward of the coupling mechanism, and forward and aft rows of brushes are attached to the broom channel. The aft row of brushes is spaced apart from and rearward of the forward row of brushes to allow infill of the synthetic athletic field to flick upward from the forward row while containing the infill for re-agitation from the aft row. The coupling mechanism and the frame allow an attached vehicle to control a downward pressure forcing the rows of brushes into contact with the synthetic athletic field with a desired force. Also disclosed is a method of grooming a synthetic athletic field. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096985 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR THE INDIRECT COUPLING TORQUE CONTROL - A method and mechanism of the indirect coupling torque control provides a rotary impact mechanism driving a rotary drive mechanism linked between the rotary impact mechanism and a fastener member, when the rotary impact mechanism rotates the fastener member. The rotary drive mechanism can accumulate a rotation stress generated by the rotary impact mechanism to rotate the fastener member. When the rotation stress accumulated in the rotary drive mechanism is larger than the torque value applied to the fastener member, a linear relation between a sensed signal measured from the stress accumulated in the rotary drive mechanism and the torque value applied to the fastener member is provided. Whereby the linear relation is used to control the torque valued applied to the fastener member when the rotary impact mechanism is rotating. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096986 | POWER TOOL - A chain saw as a power tool includes a combustion engine and an electric motor. The chain saw has a driving shaft which drives a saw chain, a battery pack which provides electric current to the electric motor, a controller which is connected to the battery pack, and a sensor which detects a driving state of a driving mechanism including the combustion engine and the electric motor. In the chain saw, the saw chain is driven in a hybrid driving mode in which both the combustion engine and the electric motor drive the driving shaft. Further, the controller controls a driving of the combustion engine based on a detection result of the sensor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096987 | POWER TOOL - A chain saw as a power tool includes a combustion engine and an electric motor. The chain saw has a driving shaft which drives a saw chain, a battery pack which provides electric current to the electric motor, and a controller which is connected to the battery pack. In the chain saw, both the combustion engine and the electric motor drive the driving shaft so that the driving shaft drives the saw chain. Further, the controller controls a driving of the electric motor based on a remaining capacity of the battery pack. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096988 | POWER TOOL - A brush cutter as a power tool includes a combustion engine, an electric motor, a gear head which drives a blade, a battery pack which provides electric current to the electric motor and a controller which controls a driving of the blade. An output shaft of the combustion engine and an output shaft of the electric motor are arranged coaxially to each other. Further, the combustion engine drives the gear head and thereby the blade is driven. The controller has a first control mode in which the blade is driven and a second control mode in which the battery pack is charged. In the second control mode, the controller controls the combustion engine so that the combustion engine drives the electric motor as a generator without driving the blade, and the battery pack is charged by the generator. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096989 | Device for Screwing Without Reaction Force in the Handle - A device is provided for screwing. The device includes a handle housing and a gear reduction housing. The handle housing includes a handle and lodges a motor. The gear reduction housing lodges a gear reduction unit, the input of which cooperates with the output of the motor. The gear reduction unit includes a single output cooperating with a rotating end element for cooperating with an element to be screwed. The gear reduction housing is linked to the handle housing by a rotating link. The rotating link is configured in a way such that a negligible reaction force is transmitted to the handle housing during an operation of screwing. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096990 | PORTABLE POWER TOOL - A portable power tool, in particular a portable screwdriver, includes a tool-holding fixture, at least one active drive unit that has at least one motor unit, and at least one electric switching element configured to activate a rotational movement of the motor unit. The portable power tool further includes at least one mechanical switching element configured to transmit a switching signal along an axis of rotation of the tool-holding fixture to the electric switching element over at least part of the active drive unit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096991 | COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR AIRFRAME COMPONENTS - Provided is a coupling structure for airframe components that is capable of ensuring sufficient lightning protection capability. A conductive pattern part | 2014-04-10 |
20140096992 | PRESSURE BALANCED CONNECTOR TERMINATION - A pressure-balanced sleeve assembly for an electrical cable termination is disclosed. The sleeve assembly includes an outer sleeve surrounding the electrical cable; a chamber defined between the outer sleeve and the electrical cable; dielectric fluid contained within the chamber; and a seal that is positioned between the outer sleeve and the electrical cable to delimit and seal an end of the chamber to prevent the escapement of the dielectric fluid from the chamber, the seal being moveable along the cable in response to differences between a pressure within the chamber and a pressure outside of the chamber. Also disclosed herein is a pressure-balanced electrical cable assembly and a method of pressure-balancing a termination of an electrical cable. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096993 | WATERPROOF CASING FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A waterproof casing for an electronic device has a body, a cover module and multiple fixers. The body has two connecting assemblies respectively mounted on two side surfaces of the body and each connecting assembly has two wings and a trough defined between the wings and the corresponding side surface of the body. The cover module has a first cover and a second cover respectively mounted on two ends of the body. The fixers are respectively inserted into a corresponding one of the first cover or the second cove and are steadily mounted with the body. The types of the cover module can be changed to fit with an electronic device installed in the body. Therefore, the combination between the body and the cover module is variable, and the waterproof casing has good applicability. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096994 | PARKING LOT POWER PEDESTAL - A parking lot power pedestal is described which has a single spring attaching a tubular body to a base. The spring flexes in response to a blow to enable the tubular body to be angularly offset relative to the base and the spring resiliently returns to its original state to reposition the tubular body in a position extending vertically relative to the base. The spring has a first end providing a weather seal with a central bore of the tubular body. The spring has a second end providing a weather seal surrounding an opening in the base. The spring is tightly wound to provide a weather seal for a central passage defined by the spring through which wires pass. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096995 | Conduit, Manufacture Thereof and Fusion Process Therefor - A method for fusing a first conduit to a second conduit. The first conduit and the second conduit each include a linear portion having a linear portion inside diameter, and at least one bell portion with a first end and a second end and having a bell portion inside diameter that increases from the first end to the second end. The method includes: melting at least a portion of each of the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit and the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit; and engaging the melted second end of the bell portion of the first conduit with the melted second end of the bell portion of the second conduit, thereby creating a fused joint area. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096996 | Single Motor Power and Communication Cable - Aspects of the present invention provide a combined power and communications cable for use with a motor and drive unit in an industrial control system. By grouping, electrically shielding and jacketing particular conductors, and applying certain fillers, noise and interference onto low voltage communication conductors caused by high voltage power conductors is minimized. The cable may comprise first, second and third insulated conductors twisted together and covered by a cable jacket (first group); fourth and fifth insulated conductors twisted together and covered by an electrical shield (second group); and a sixth insulated conductor for delivering a protective ground (third group). The first, second and third groups are twisted together, covered by an electrical shield and covered by a cable jacket. Filler may be formed around the fourth and fifth insulated conductors, and may be formed around the first, second and third groups, to substantially maintain round geometric shapes. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096997 | Semi-finished wire for a Nb3Sn superconducting wire - A semi-finished wire ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140096998 | Electrical Contact Pad - In various embodiments, an electrical contact pad is provided, wherein the electrical contact pad has at least two regions which are electrically separated from one another. | 2014-04-10 |
20140096999 | COLLECTIVE CONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLLECTIVE CONDUCTOR - A collective conductor includes a plurality of conductive wires that is arranged collectively; and a copper foil that is wound around the collectively-arranged conductive wires and fusion-bonded to the conductive wires, and the copper foil has a tin plating on the side in contact with the conductive wires. | 2014-04-10 |