| 18th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20090107575 | Mixed Fabric Woven by Untwisted Yarns and Twisted Yarns - The present utility model provides a mixed fabric, which is woven by untwisted yarns and twisted yarns, the warp yarns are composed by untwisted yarns and twisted yarns, the weft yarns are composed by untwisted yarns and twisted yarns. The twisted warp yarns and the untwisted warp yarns are arranged one by one; the twisted weft yarns and the untwisted weft yarns are arranged one by one. The twist factor of the untwisted yarns is below 200 after untwisting. The untwisted yarns are linear, and its fibers are parallel. The bulgy parts are formed on the surface of the fabric by arranging the untwisted yarns and the twisted yarns. The density of the fabric is between 60 and 800 pieces per 10 CM. Advantages of the present utility model are good structure stability, stereoscopy and high tensile strength. Its softness, bulk, air porosity and hygroscopicity are better than all kinds of the present fabrics have. The weight of the present utility model is light, the surface is smooth. And its heat retention and the stronger affinity are good for our skin; moreover, its cost is relatively low. The present utility model not only has the above advantages but also has crisp aesthetics that we could use it to make clothes and beddings. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107576 | Wire Twisting Tool - A wire twisting tool is provided which is adapted to be used in the installation of wire ties that are used to support a building ceiling, or other ceiling components such as piping, HVAC equipment, or the like. The tool has a central passageway through which a hanging section of wire tie can pass, a oval, coil forming recess around the passageway to allow for the formation of a wire tie coil around the hanging section, and grooved slots extending from the passageway to the end or edge of the tool, to pull or push a free end of the wire tie around the hanging section. Using the tool, an operator can rapidly produce a tight, coil of material around the hanging section, with minimal exertion. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107577 | Method and Device for Filling Pressure Gas Containers - The inventive method for filling a pressure gas container from a gas source pressure with a high pressure for a predetermined filling time selected or calculated prior to filling and at a determined temperature consists in forming a connection in the form of a fluid passage between the source and container, in carrying out a plurality of the passage opening-closing sequences during predetermined sub-intervals of the predetermined filling time, wherein the curve of a current pressure in the container follows, according to a time, a theoretical straight line linking the pressure measured prior to filling and after thereof during the filling time, the predetermined filling time is subdivided into a number of the time sub-intervals ranging from two to several hundreds and having respective determined duration, preferably ranging from 5 and 20 seconds. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107578 | TIRE SEALANT DISPENSING APPARATUS - A tire-sealing apparatus for injecting a sealing composition into a vehicle tire either as a prophylactic or for sealing an existing leak is in the form of a pressurizeable container for a flowable sealant compound. An inlet is provided for introducing compressed gas into the container to pressurize its contents. An outlet line is also provided to deliver the sealant into a tire, the pressurized gas acting on contents of the container and providing the motive force for the delivery. A dip tube extends into the compound and is coupled to a one-way valve to provide a controlled flow of the compound from the container into the tire while preventing back pressure of the tire from either delivering air or compound back into the container. A passageway between the outlet tube and an interior of the container is provided to allow a flow of compressed gas within the container into the outlet tube along with the sealant. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107579 | Loading system - A paint loading system including a pump and a tray that are releasably mounted on a paint container. The pump is used to discharge paint into the tray, where the paint can be loaded onto an applicator. The tray drains excess paint into the container. The loading system may include a removable tray having surface features aiding in the transfer of paint to the applicator. The loading system includes a spout allowing paint to be poured from the paint container without necessitating the removal of the loading system from the paint container. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107580 | Electronic Refueling and Vent Control System with Integrated Control - A modification to the vent control system of a fluid tank is provided. More particularly, an electronically controlled vent control system used in connection with a fuel tank is provided. The vent control system disclosed is operable to automatically sense the beginning of a fueling event and to open a venting valve allowing fuel to enter the tank. Subsequently, as the fuel reaches a predetermined fill level, the vent control system is operable to automatically close the venting valve, halting the flow of fuel into the tank. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107581 | Combination Scoop-Funnel Device - A combination scoop-funnel device has a scoop shaped member and a funnel shaped member. The members are removably attached to each other by a ring protrusion on the scoop shaped member and a ring receptor on the funnel shaped member that create a ring snap when the members are pressed together. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107582 | Detachable Funnel For Water Bottles - A detachable funnel apparatus for use with a container has an open wide end, an open narrow end, and sidewalls connecting the open wide end to the open narrow end whereby materials poured into the open end pass through the sidewalls and out the open narrow end when the detachable funnel apparatus is coupled to the container. The funnel is configured to removably affix to the container when stored by a coupling mechanism on the inside of the funnel such as a ring snap to create a snap connection between the funnel and a neck ring on the container or threads to connect to the threads on the container normally used by the cap of the container. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107583 | Fill Nozzle Positioning Apparatus - An apparatus for positioning a fill nozzle includes an elongated fill pipe assembly. An annular seal is operatively connected within the fill pipe assembly and defines a center aperture. The annular seal is sized to seal around the fill nozzle. First and second annular restrictions are provided within the fill pipe assembly. The first and second annular restrictions define first and second apertures that are sized to sufficiently restrict lateral movement of the fill nozzle within the fill pipe assembly to maintain sealing contact of the annular seal around the fill nozzle. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107584 | SOLDER AND METHODS OF MAKING SOLDER - Solder compositions and methods of forming solders are provided. The solder compositions exhibit desirable melting characteristics. In addition, the solder compositions may be useful in joining heat sensitive components such as sensors, system-in-package, memory, and MEMS devices. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107585 | Method for Production and Apparatus for Production of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet Excellent in Magnetic Properties - Technology scanning and irradiating grain-oriented electrical steel sheet moving in a rolling direction at a speed Vl with an elliptical spot formed by a laser beam in the width direction at Vc to improve the core loss of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, which adjusts the angle θs formed by the scan direction of the elliptical beam and the long axis of the ellipse based on the equation θs=tan | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107586 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LANTHANUM OXIDE COMPOUND - A method for manufacturing a lanthanum oxide compound on a substrate includes: setting the number of H | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107587 | Tool steels and manufacturing method thereof - The present invention provides a tool steel containing, by mass percent, 0.55 to 0.85% of C, 0.20 to 2.50% of Si, 0.30 to 1.20% of Mn, 0.50% or less of Cu, 0.01 to 0.50% of Ni, 6.00 to 9.00% of Cr, 0.1 to 2.00% of Mo+0.5 W, and 0.01 to 0.40% of V, with the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which, when an area rate of a coarse carbide having a circle equivalent diameter of 2 pm or more in a cross section parallel to a forging direction is represented by L(%) and an area rate of the coarse carbide in a cross section perpendicular to the forging direction is represented by T(%), the area rate L is 0.001% or more, the area rate T is 0.001% or more, and the ratio L/T is within a range from 0.90 to 3.00. The tool steel of the invention exhibits an isotropic size change in quenching and tempering. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107588 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING STEEL SHEET HAVING VERY HIGH STRENGTH, DUCTILITY AND TOUGHNESS CHARACTERISTICS, AND SHEET THUS PRODUCED - The invention relates to a hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of greater than 1200 MPa, an Re/Rm ratio of less than 0.75 and an elongation at break of greater than 10%, the composition of which contains, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.10%≦C≦0.25%; 1%≦Mn≦3%; Al≧0.015%; Si≦1.985%; Mo≦0.30%; Cr≦1.5%; S≦0.015%; P≦0.1%; Co≦1.5%; B≦0.005%; it being understood that 1%≦Si+Al≦2%; Cr+(3×Mo)≧0.3%, the balance of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting, the microstructure of the steel consisting of at least 75% bainite, residual austenite in an amount equal to or greater than 5% and martensite in an amount equal to or greater than 2%. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107589 | Method and Production Line for Manufacturing Metal Strips Made of Copper or Copper Alloys - Disclosed are a method and a production line for manufacturing metal strips made of copper or copper alloys by means of casting and rolling. In order to lower the investment cost and operating expenses therefor, the melt ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107590 | Soft magnetic alloy for microwire casting - An alloy, which can be used in a microwire, contains 26 to 52 weight % Fe; 26 to 52 weight % Co; 3.0 to 38.0 weight % Ni; at least one selected from the group consisting of 1.0 to 8.0 weight % V, 1.0 to 8.0 weight % Cr, 1.0 to 8.0 weight % Zr, 1.0 to 8.0 weight % Dy and 1.0 to 8.0 weight % Nb; at least one selected from the group consisting of 2.0 to 8.3 weight % Si and 2.0 to 8.3 weight % B; and at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.2 to 1.6 weight % Ce, 0.2 to 1.6 weight % La and 0.2 to 1.6 weight % Y. When cast in a microwire, the alloy can be substantially amorphous. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107591 | High-Tensile Steel Plate of Low Acoustic Anisotropy and High Weldability Having Yield Stress of 450 MPa or Greater and Tensile Strength of 570 MPa or Greater, and Process for Producing the Same - A high-tensile steel plate of low acoustic anisotropy and high weldability having yield stress of 450 MPa or greater and tensile strength of 570 MPa or greater and a process for producing the steel plate are provided. The steel has an Si content of 0.10% or less, thereby achieving a volume ratio of island martensite of 3% or less, contains Nb≧0.025% and Ti≧0.005% so as to satisfy 0.045%≦[Nb]+2×[Ti]≦0.105%, contains Nb, Ti, C and N in ranges such that the value of A=([Nb]+2×[Ti])×([C]+[N]×12/14) is 0.0022 to 0.0055, and has a steel structure wherein bainite volume ratio is 30% or more and pearlite volume ratio is less than 5%. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107592 | Heat treatment of alloys having elements for improving grain boundary strength - Heat treatment of alloys having elements for improving grain boundary strength | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107593 | RDX EXPLOSIVE AND METHOD - A method for producing particulate RDX is provided. RDX is dissolved and then precipitated with the precipitated RDX being separated from the mixture of solvent and anti-solvent and dried. The RDX has an increased insensitivity, i.e., it is more resistant to shock or impact stimuli and has a morphology characterized by a smooth surface and small particle size as formed. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107594 | Interchangeable bag liner - A unique tapered and expanding sectional liner that allows the liner to fit different size bags, with each section having its own attachment means is provided. The interchangeable liner includes a liner body having a closed bottom and an open top end for receiving items inside. In one embodiment, the liner body comprises three sections: a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section. Each time a section of the liner body is folded over, the resulting size of the liner decreases, allowing it to be used in smaller and smaller bags. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107595 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire that can maintain processability and tire performance such as rolling resistance or a wet performance, overcome the problem of non-conductivity by a tread rubber of silica formulation or the like, and sustain conductive performance of a tire over a long period of time is provided. The pneumatic tire includes a non-conductive tread, and a continuous conducting path comprising a conductive rim strip and a side wall, a cement rubber being applied to a ground region of the tread and a contact region between the tread and the side wall to form a continuous coating film, wherein the cement rubber includes a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a rubber component containing from 50 to 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 250,000 to 450,000, and from 10 to 30 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107596 | NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE - A non-pneumatic tire comprising side cavities that are staggered with respect to laterally opposing side cavities, and laterally extending tread grooves that are in substantial radial alignment with the cavities. In another embodiment, the invention is to a tire comprising side ribs that are staggered with respect to laterally opposing side ribs, and laterally extending tread grooves that are substantially offset relative to the side ribs. Also provided are processes for making such tires and to off-the-road (OTR) vehicles employing such tires. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107597 | TIRE WITH WEAR RESISTANT RUBBER TREAD - The invention relates to a tire having a composite rubber tread band disposed circumferentially around a tire carcass. The tread band is comprised of a cap/base construction composed of an outer tread cap rubber layer which provides a primary portion of the running surface for the tire tread and a unitary tread base layer underlying said tread cap layer which extends radially outward to the tread running surface to provide a secondary portion of the running surface of the tread. The rubber composition of said tread base layer and the corresponding secondary lateral portion of the running surface of the tread has a greater resistance to wear than the rubber composition of said tread cap layer. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107598 | Rubber Composition For Tire Base Tread - The rubber composition for a tire base tread includes a rubber component containing not less than 15 % by weight of a terminal-modified diene rubber having a number average molecular weight prior to modification of 150000 to 400000, a filler, and a compound (vulcanizing agent) represented by the following general formula (1) in an amount of 0.5 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber component: | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107599 | Off-road tire tread having strake and chamfer structure - A pneumatic tire ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107600 | GRIP TIRE WITH ADDED PUNCTURE PROTECTION - A lightweight truck and passenger vehicle tire having an improved tread design that provides numerous biting edges for increased grip in mud, snow, loose debris, and when climbing rocks as well as providing increased protection from punctures and cuts to the tire's shoulder and upper sidewall regions. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107601 | Tire tread having three different sipe types - A pneumatic tire ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107602 | Self-inflating tire valve - Small air pumping devices are mounted directly in the conventional tire valves to keep the vehicle's tires properly inflated without requiring the user's attention. If a tire is beginning to become under-inflated, a pumping piston having a single check valve is moved reciprocally in the tire valve stem by the cyclical deformation of the tire during the vehicle's travelling. The ambient air is pumped into the tires through the tire valves. The tire valves incorporating the pumping devices are kept using in a regular manner for reliably preventing air escaping from the tires and for inflating the tires from the external sources. Such “self-inflating” tire valves may be mounted as the regular tire valves both in new manufactured vehicles or in used vehicles without any modifications in the vehicle's axes, wheels or tires and without the necessity to make additional openings in the wheel. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107603 | Run-Flat Support Member, Pneumatic Tire With Run-Flat Support Member, and Method of Producing Thereof - A run-flat support member having an annular shell for supporting a tread portion when a pneumatic tire is operated in a run-flat condition. The annular shell is formed from a shell body which is annularly curved and has opposite circumferential edges that are butted against each other and are joined. The shell body is structured such that the butted opposite circumferential edges come into contact with each other by forces acting in directions where they are butted against each other. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107604 | PNEUMATIC SAFETY TIRE - In a pneumatic safety tire comprising reinforcing rubber layers having an approximately crescent sectional shape for supporting a portion of the load which are disposed on the inner circumferential face of the carcass layer at side walls, a fiber cord constituting a belt reinforcing layer has a size of 1,000 to 7,000 dtex as the entire cord, comprises at least 50% by mass of a polyketone fiber and exhibits a maximum stress of thermal contraction of 0.1 to 1.8 cN/dtex. Buckling deformation of the tread portion can be suppressed, and the run flat performance is improved while the ride quality during driving under the normal internal pressure is not adversely affected and changes in the manufacturing process are not required. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107605 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - There is provided a pneumatic tire capable of effectively preventing breakdown in the tread side portions by restraining the difference of the amount of radial expansion in the tread central portion and the tread side portions of the belt reinforcing layer. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107606 | Tire For Heavy Vehicles - A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, which itself is topped radially by a tread, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidewalls and at least two working layers having different axial widths. At least one first profiled element P of rubber mix separates one working layer from at least one end of a second, axially narrower, layer, said profiled element P being radially separated at least in part from the liner C of said axially narrower working layer by a second profiled element of rubber mix G, said first and second profiled elements of rubber mix P and G and said liner C having secant moduli of elasticity under tension at | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107607 | Tire with Anchor Comprising a Bielastic Reinforcing Element - Tire comprising at least one carcass-type reinforcing structure ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107608 | TIRE WITH RESISTANCE TO RIM SLIP - This invention relates to a tire with resistance to rim slip, namely slippage of a rubber tire on an associated rigid wheel rim of a tire/rim assembly. The invention relates to a rubber chafer component of a tire for seating the tire against a rigid tire rim. The rubber chafer component is comprised of a rubber composition which contains zinc rosinate within and on the surface of said rubber composition, and thereby the chafer component promotes an increased coefficient of friction of the chafer component against a rigid tire rim of a tire/rim assembly as compared to a more conventional zinc stearate contained in a tire chafer rubber composition. The zinc rosinate is a product of rosin acid and zinc oxide formed in situ within said rubber composition of is added directly to the rubber composition as zinc rosinate. The more conventional zinc stearate is a product of stearic acid and zinc oxide formed in situ within a rubber composition. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107609 | High Extensible Cut-Resistant Barrier - A tire including a carcass, a crown portion, shoulders, sidewalls, a bead region, two beads, the beads being within the bead region, and at least one cord, the cord being at least two of the group comprising aramid fibers, polyamide fibers, liquid crystalline aromatic polyesters, carbon fibers, fiberglass, and metallic fibers, is herein described. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107610 | Tyre for vehicle wheel comprising a particular carcass structure - A tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, a tread band, and sidewalls laterally applied to opposite sides of the carcass structure. The carcass structure includes at least one carcass ply with a first and second series of strip segments and a pair of annular reinforcing structures. In one embodiment, each of the pair of annular reinforcing structures includes a first annular insert having opposed axial surfaces and being positioned between respective lateral portions of the first series of strip segments and respective diverging lateral portions of the second series of strip segments. In this embodiment, no filling body is positioned between the respective lateral portions of the first series of strip segments and the respective diverging lateral portions of the second series of strip segments. In an alternative embodiment, each of the pair of annular reinforcing structures includes a first annular insert and a filling body, the first annular insert and the filling body each having opposed axial surfaces and being positioned between the respective lateral portions of the first series of strip segments and the respective diverging lateral portions of the second series of strip segments. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107611 | Weather-resistive barrier for buildings - We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a flexible and compressible latex foam comprising one or more polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 25° C. on the gaps between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing and coating the sheets and the foam with an aqueous coating composition. The aqueous coating composition is flexible and can comprise the same one or more polymer as the polymer in the foam. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107612 | METHOD FOR APPLYING AND MONITORING AN APPLICATION STRUCTURE COMPRISING A REPAIRING FUNCTION AND DEVICE THEREFORE - A method for applying and monitoring an application structure comprising a repairing function and device thereof are provided. The method includes arranging automatically a first application structure on the substrate using the application device. The first application structure on the substrate monitored by the at least one camera such that the at least one camera is constantly aligned to the first application structure and the first application structure. The method further includes transmitting the images acquired by the at least one camera to an image processing device that analyzes the images of the first application structure and the image processing device filing partial areas of the first application structure. The method also includes applying, after application of all partial areas of the first application structure, at least a second application structure to the substrate by the application device based on the repair list. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107613 | Tool and Method for the Application of Wallpaper Border - The present invention pertains to a tool for the application of wallpaper border that simplifies the process of applying wallpaper border. The border application tool is especially useful in situations where the border is applied to a wall at its juncture with a ceiling. The border application tool includes a base plate, a spool for holding a roll of wallpaper border, an applicator cylinder for pressing border fed from the spool onto a wall, a paper guide for retaining the border on the application cylinder as it is fed from the spool, and an auxiliary roller that aids in applying the border, especially at corners of rooms. The spool that holds the paper has an adjustable platform that allows wallpaper border of different heights to be supported and applied. In addition, the border application tool includes following elements that provide smooth motion against a surface perpendicular to the wall. The base plate has a handle attached to its other surface. The handle is preferably of sufficient length (or can accept extensions) to permit a user to apply border at ceiling height without use of a ladder. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107614 | Hygiene pants for single use - Disposable hygiene pants with a front portion ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107615 | Cast art - A portfolio of components and a method for creating an embellishment for an orthopedic cast comprising a shrink-film in a sleeve like configuration that conforms to the cast in a substantially circumferential relationship and the shrink-film having at least one decoration. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107616 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - Provided is a manufacturing method of a multi-layer ceramic substrate. The manufacturing method includes preparing an unsintered ceramic laminated body with a cavity, mounting a chip device within the cavity, filling the cavity, in which the chip device is mounted, with a ceramic slurry, attaching a constrained layer on top and/or bottom of the ceramic laminated body, and firing the ceramic laminated body. Accordingly, since the deformation of the cavity is prevented during the firing of the ceramic laminated body, the dimension precision and reliability of the multi-layer ceramic substrate can be improved. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107617 | Sports Ball - A sports ball includes an inflatable bladder, and a ball carcass. The ball pocket is constructed to have a true roundness shape, having an interior cavity receiving the inflatable bladder therein, wherein when the inflatable bladder is inflated, the ball pocket retains a true roundness shape of the inflatable bladder. The ball carcass includes a ball cushion and a plurality of carcass panels. Each of the carcass panels has a peripheral edge and a flat bottom surface defined within the peripheral edge, wherein the bottom surface of each of the carcass panels is entirely affixed to the ball cushion at a position that the peripheral edge of each of the carcass panels is fittingly aligned with the peripheral edges of the adjacent carcass panels to form a roundness carcass of the sportsball in a stitch-less manner. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107618 | METHODS OF STRETCHING WET WIPES TO INCREASE THICKNESS - Methods for stretching nonwoven substrate material to reduce the basis weight of the material while maintaining or increasing thickness is disclosed. Additionally, the stretched substrate materials provide the same or improved strength as compared to conventional nonwoven materials and provide a softer feel to the user's skin. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107619 | Method and tool for forming an elongate, hollow article of a fiber-reinforced composite material - In a method and a tool for forming an elongate, hollow article of a fiber-reinforced composite material one end of an article laminate applied to a tool bar is placed in engagement with or is supported by an anvil of the tool so as to control the direction of longitudinal movement of the cured article relative to the tool bar during the cooling and dismantling phase. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107620 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURAL COMPONENT FOR AIRCRAFT AND ITS STRUCTURAL COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a structural component includes a first step of attaching at least one conductive member to a surface of a base material made of a composite material and a second step of forming the base material by conducting electricity to part or the whole of the conductive member to generate heat and/or making an assembly of the structural component by conducting electricity to part or the whole of the conductive member to generate heat. Part or the whole of the conductive member contained in the structural component produced in the first and second steps serves as a member giving to the aircraft at least one of a lightning strike protection function, an anti-icing and deicing function and an electromagnetic interference shielding function. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107621 | Process for manufacturing a plastic-based cellular structure - Process for manufacturing a plastic-based cellular structure comprising:
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| 20090107622 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CUT-AND-STACK LABELS - A method is provided of producing cut-and-stack labels from a web of printing stock. The method includes the steps of printing indicia on a first face of the web, laminating a protective film to the web over the printed first face, applying an antistat to the laminated web and drying the antistat. This is followed by the slitting of the web into at least two narrow webs. The narrow webs are then dusted with an offset powder, cut into sheets of predetermined length and finished into cut-and-stack labels. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107623 | Continuous venting of a covering sheet for an in-situ lamination process - A method of venting a rear facer sheet for lamination is accomplished by continuously drawing the rear facer sheet through a perforating device which creates conical apertures in the rear facer. Two metal rails affixed to opposing edges of a front facer are continuously drawn into a laminator after first having an expanding foam material continuously deposited onto the upper surface of the front facer. The perforated rear facer is continuously drawn into the laminator and affixed to the two metal rails, creating an enclosed volume in which the expanding foam is located. The apertures in the rear facer allow for the escape of gasses and air during lamination, promoting even flow and uniform density of the foam material. The perforating device has an upper and a lower rotating cylinder, the lower cylinder being equipped with piercing elements and the upper cylinder being equipped with grooves corresponding to the piercing elements. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107624 | MULTI-LAYER CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method of making a multi-layer circuit board that has a first film and at least two more films, second and third films, each being made of a thermoplastic polymer capable of forming an optically anisotropic melt phase, the first film having a low melting point, the second and third films having respective melting points higher than the melting point of the first film and at lest one of the second and the third films having a circuit pattern thereon, and the first to third films are thermo compressed together with the first film interposed between the second and third films. This method entails causing at least one of the circuit patterns on one of the second and third films to contact an opposing surface of the other of the second and third films through the first film during the thermo compression bonding of the first to third films. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107625 | Anisotropic Conductive Film - An anisotropic conductive film is provided which can provide high bonding strength and good conduction reliability when anisotropic conductive bonding is made under the compression bonding conditions of a compression bonding temperature of at most 130° C. for a compression bonding time of at most 3 seconds. The anisotropic conductive film contains a polymerizable acrylic compound, a film-forming rein, conductive particles, and a polymerization initiator. The polymerization initiator contains two types of organic peroxides that do not produce oxygen gas resulting from the decomposition thereof and have different one-minute half-life temperatures. Of the two types of organic peroxides, one organic peroxide that has a higher one-minute half-life temperature produces benzoic acid or a derivative thereof when it decomposes. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107626 | ADHESION IMPROVEMENT OF DIELECTRIC BARRIER TO COPPER BY THE ADDITION OF THIN INTERFACE LAYER - Embodiments described herein provide a method of processing a substrate. The method includes depositing an interface adhesion layer between a conductive material and a dielectric material such that the interface adhesion layer provides increased adhesion between the conductive material and the dielectric material. In one embodiment a method for processing a substrate is provided. The method comprises depositing an interface adhesion layer on a substrate comprising a conductive material, exposing the interface adhesion layer to a nitrogen containing plasma, and depositing a dielectric layer on the interface adhesion layer after exposing the interface adhesion layer to the nitrogen containing plasma. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107627 | Method of manufacturing a laminated paperboard with an opaque plastic film for printing a color label thereon - In one embodiment a method of manufacturing a laminated paperboard includes feeding a reel of opaque plastic (e.g., PP, PVC, PET, or PE) film to a multiple color gravure device; activating the color gravure device to print a color label on the top surface of the plastic film by applying ink thereon; feeding the plastic film to a pressing device and feeding a reel of paper member (e.g., paper or paperboard) under the plastic film to the pressing device; activating the pressing device to apply an adhesive on a joining surface of the passing paper member and the passing plastic film; activating a drying device to dry the adhesive to fasten the plastic film and the paper member together to form a laminated paperboard; and feeding the laminated paperboard to a cutter for cutting the laminated paperboard into a plurality of units of predetermined size. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107628 | Resin Adhesion Method and Resin Adhesion Apparatus in Filament Winding Molding - A resin adhesion method and apparatus in an FW molding achieves high speed and facilitates maintenance. A resin is adhered to a fiber by injecting the resin towards a surface of the fiber through a droplet injection device including a plurality of base resin injection nozzles and curing agent injection nozzles. A traveling device travels the fiber with a predetermined opposing spacing with the nozzles. A first path includes a base resin tank that supplies the base resin to the droplet injection device. A second path includes a curing agent tank that supplies the curing agent to the droplet injection device. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107629 | Process for Pretreating Formed Article, Bonded Article and Process for Producing Same, and Coated Article and Process for Producing Same - The surface of a formed article that comprises a resin is finely roughened without damaging the surface. Particles with an average particle size of not more than 200 μm are projected onto at least a portion of the surface of the formed article that comprises a resin. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107630 | MECHANICALLY DECOUPLED OPTO-MECHANICAL CONNECTOR FOR FLEXIBLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES EMBEDDED AND/OR ATTACHED TO A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Printed circuit boards that include optical interconnects include a flexible optical waveguide embedded or locally attached to the board having at least one end mechanically decoupled from the board during fabrication that can be fitted with a mechanical connector. Also disclosed are processes for fabricating the circuit board. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107631 | SHEET LAMINATING APPARATUS WITH JAMMING-DETECTION MECHANISM - The present invention provides a sheet laminating apparatus with a jamming-detection mechanism. A sensing element is disposed beside the roller for detecting whether a plastic film is adhered onto the roller during the laminating operation. When the jamming phenomenon occurs, the roller is reversely rotated to eject the jammed sheet article. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107632 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SENSORS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - An adhesive composition is provided which effectively bonds a sensor to a surface having a temperature up to approximately 250° C. The adhesive composition comprises an epoxy resin and a latent cationic cure catalyst effective to cure the epoxy resin. The invention also provides a method of preparing an adhesive composition comprising blending an epoxy resin and a latent cationic cure catalyst effective to cure the epoxy resin, wherein the composition is capable of effectively bonding a sensor to a surface having a temperature up to approximately 250° C. The invention further provides a method of bonding a sensor to a surface comprising the steps of applying an adhesive composition to a first surface of the sensor or to a surface area of an object to be monitored, the adhesive composition comprising an epoxy compound and a latent cationic cure catalyst effective to cure the epoxy resin. The first surface of the sensor is contacted with the surface area of the object whereby the adhesive composition is located therebetween, and wherein the composition effectively bonds the sensor to the object surface at a temperature up to approximately 250° C. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107633 | Apparatus and Method for Transferring, Apparatus and Method for Peeling, and Apparatus and Method for Laminating - An apparatus and method for peeling, and an apparatus and method for laminating which are preferable to reduce the overall size of the apparatus are provided. When a transport means | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107634 | Film Peeling Method and Film Peeling Device - There is provided a film peeling device ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107635 | Corrosion-resistant multilayer ceramic member - The present invention relates to a corrosion-resistant multilayer ceramic member consisting at least of: a ceramic support substrate; an electrode layer formed on the ceramic support substrate; a power-supply member connected to the electrode layer; an insulating protection layer formed on the ceramic support substrate to cover the electrode layer; and a ceramic protection substrate of which at least a part is provided on the insulating protection layer. Thereby, there is provided a long-life corrosion-resistant multilayer ceramic member excellent in corrosion resistance even when exposed to a corrosive gas. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107636 | TWO-SIDE ADHESIVE TAPE DEVICE - A two-side adhesive tape device comprises a two-side adhesive tape, a tape feeding member disposed therein for rotating and receiving the adhesive tape thereon, a tape collecting member mounted therein and actuated to rotate by an actuation disc so as to affix the adhesive tape and collect a base layer of the adhesive tape after use, a rolling head arranged therein for rotatably actuating the adhesive tape to contact with an unstuck object and for urging the actuation disc to rotate simultaneously, the actuation disc provided therein for connecting with the tape collecting member and the rolling head, such that the tape collecting member and the rolling head may be actuated by each other through the actuation disc, a housing including a receiving compartment formed therein and having a plurality of predetermined positions defined therein for fixing the tape feeding member, the tape collecting member, the rolling head, and the actuation disc respectively. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107637 | Belt for a corrugator machine having a friction coefficiet reduced driven side - The invention relates to a belt for a corrugator machine for making corrugated board ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107638 | Adjustable Micro Device Feeder - A micro device feeder is provided which is adjustable to accommodate micro devices supplied on tapes with different widths. A mounting plate has a movable drive plate slidably mounted thereto. An input mechanism on the movable drive plate receives micro devices contained in a tape and advances the tape under motor drive. A feeder width adjustment mechanism is interposed between the mounting plate and the movable drive plate for positioning of the movable drive plate relative to the mounting plate for accommodating tapes with different widths. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107639 | Tire Mounting Tool for Aluminum Wheels - The aluminum wheel tire mount tool is designed to protect aluminum wheels from scratches on smaller vehicles such as ATVs, Golf Carts, Scooters and Motorcycles while at the same time allowing easier installation by the installer. This tool is manufactured from a plastic with a very high tensile strength that will prevent scratches. The hook or thumb-like projection on the tool pushes the bead of the tire down onto the wheel without taking up space which allows for an easier installation. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107640 | EVAPORATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An evaporator is provided for evaporation of liquid from a solution or liquid mixtures, together with methods of operation of the evaporator. The evaporator comprises a chamber ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107641 | ADJUSTABLE BUNTING - An ornamental bunting comprising a length of fabric having a front side and a rear side and further having a plurality of length-wise extending regions forming a symbolic color scheme, and a header portion formed along a first length-wise edge of the length of fabric for adjustably and reversibly forming a plurality of pleats in the length of fabric. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107642 | METHOD FOR OXYGEN DELIGNIFICATION OF CELLULOSE PULP AT HIGH PRESSURE IN SEVERAL STEPS - The method is for the improved oxygen delignification of cellulose pulp with a medium consistency of 8-16%. The fraction of dissolved oxygen can be maintained at a high level throughout the process by the use of high pressure, greater than 15.0 bar, and by repeated agitative mixing while maintaining the high pressure, such that as large a fraction as just over 20% of the total oxygen added is dissolved in the fluid phase, and such that the amount of oxygen in the fluid phase is maintained at a high level throughout the complete high pressure section. By the establishment of retention times between the remixing operations with successively increasing retention times, while retaining a high pressure, an optimal adaptation of the remixing is obtained at the time at which a certain fraction of the oxygen dissolved in the fluid phase has been consumed. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107643 | Method For Mechanical Pulp Production - A method of producing hardwood pulp is provided. This method comprises treating hardwood chips with one or more than one Family 11 xylanase enzyme in the absence of adding an oxidizing enzyme for about 5 minutes to about 120 minutes, to produce a treated chip mixture. The treated chip mixture is then mechanically refined to produce the hardwood pulp. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107644 | Dry Strength System for the Production of Paper and Board - The instant invention relates to certain cross-linked polyamides and their use in the paper and board industry for improving dry strength. The polyamide from the reaction of a di- or tri-primary amine with a di- or tri- or tetra carboxylic acid is further reacted with a di- or tri-functional cross-linking compound to give a cationic or anionic product with no reactive groups. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107645 | Process for the Production of a Paper and a Paper Produced According to the Process - A process for producing paper from a furnish comprising fillers and fibers, wherein the furnish is treated with polymers in at least three steps and said furnish contains fillers in such an amount that the paper product obtained by the process contains at least 15% by weight of fillers. The invention also relates to a paper product produced according to the process of the present invention. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107646 | Metal-Molding Conduit Assembly of Metal-Molding System - Disclosed is a metal-molding conduit assembly, including a body being configured to withstand higher temperatures, from approximately 30 to approximately 40 degrees Centigrade above approximately 650 degrees Centigrade for processing a molding material, and the molding material includes a molten metallic alloy having a light-metal alloy. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107647 | Linear for a casting shake-out and reclaimer - A tumbling unit such as a casting shake-out unit, rotary media drum, sand reclaimer or the like includes a cylindrical outer shell and a cylindrical inner liner. The inner liner is formed of a series of interfitting segments. The segments each have an inner surface, an outer surface, side edges, a front edge, a back edge, and two vanes extending from the outer surface. The side edges of the segments have a groove and the grooves of neighboring segments define a channel between the segments. A pin in the channel urges the neighboring segments apart to form a tight interfit among the segments in a row of the liner. The pin conforms in shape and size to the cross section of the vanes, and aligns with the vanes of the adjacent segments to form a continuous spiral upon the outside of the liner. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107648 | Roll for Metal Processing, in Particular a Continuous Casting Roll, and Method of Producing Such a Roll - The invention relates to a roll ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107649 | EXHAUST COOLING SYSTEM OF AN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE - An exhaust cooling system of an amphibious vehicle operable in land and marine modes comprises an exhaust system to be cooled, at least one air-liquid heat exchanger, at least one liquid-liquid heat exchanger, and coolant liquid in thermal communication with the exhaust system to be cooled, the air-liquid heat exchanger(s) and/or the liquid-liquid heat exchanger(s) and heated by the exhaust system. When the amphibious vehicle is operated in land mode, the coolant liquid is cooled by the air-liquid heat exchanger(s). When the vehicle is operated in marine mode, the coolant liquid is cooled by the liquid-liquid heat exchanger(s). The air-liquid heat exchanger(s) may also be used on water. The vehicle may plane, and have retractable road wheels. The air-liquid heat exchanger(s) may be mounted at the front or rear of the vehicle, or elsewhere. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107650 | Geothermal Probe - The invention relates to a geothermal probe for the exploitation of geothermal heat, comprising a cluster of several closed heat tubes, which for transporting the heat are filled with a two-phase working medium that can be evaporated by means of the geothermal heat and can be condensed in a heat discharging zone. In this case, the respective heat tubes are subdivided over their length into at least a heat receiving zone, a heat transporting zone and a heat discharging zone, at least two heat tubes in the heat receiving zone and/or in the heat transporting zone being of different lengths. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107651 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR MOTORIZED TRANSPORT, AND MOTORIZED TRANSPORT INCORPORATING A HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger for motorised means of transport, comprising at least one heat-conducting pipe through which a first medium is fed and a lining of a thermally conductive, porous structure connected to the pipe via an external side of the pipe, through which a second medium surrounding the pipe is fed. The invention also provides a motorised means of transport provided with such a heat exchanger. The invention furthermore provides a method for applying such a heat exchanger mounted in a motorised means of transport, comprising feeding a first medium through the pipe at a first temperature, and guiding a second medium through the lining at a second temperature, whereby the first temperature and the second temperature are different. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107652 | COLD AISLE ISOLATION - A data center cooling solution providing techniques for using baffles, doors and roof sections to prevent warm air from being entrained into a cold aisle in a data center, wherein the data center generally contains an air cooling system and a raised floor structure. The raised floor structure is configured to deliver cool air into the data center through a plurality of grates and perforated tiles in the floor. Electronic equipment racks are disposed around the grates and perforated tiles, such that the front faces of the equipment racks face the grates and perforated tiles. A collection of baffles, doors or roof sections inhibit the mixing of the cool air delivered by the air cooling system and the warm air exhausted by the electronic equipment. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107653 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE WITH HEAT PIPES - A heat dissipation device includes a base for contacting with an electronic device, a fin set thermally contacting the base, a first heat pipe and a second heat pipe connecting the base and the fin set. The fin set has a bottom larger than the base and an upper portion apart from the bottom thereof. The first heat pipe has a flat top face thermally contacting the bottom of the fin set, comprising a first transferring portion thermally engaging with the base, and a second transferring portion extending from the first transferring portion and projecting beyond the base. The second heat pipe comprises an evaporation portion thermally engaging with the base, and a condensation portion extending from the evaporation portion and engaging with the upper portion of the fin set. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107654 | HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE AND BASE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a heat dissipation module, a base thereof and a manufacturing method thereof. The heat dissipation module includes the base having a bottom, a plurality of guiding columns and a plurality of fins. The bottom and the guiding columns are formed as a single piece, and the fins are tightly fitted on the guiding columns. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107655 | SEMICONDUCTOR COOLING APPARATUS - A semiconductor cooling apparatus having a tank forming body and semiconductor power device mounting substrates is disclosed. The tank forming body includes a first outer plate, a second outer plate, a middle plate, a first inner fin, and a second inner fin. The middle plate is brazed to the outer periphery of the first outer plate and the outer periphery of the second outer plate. The first inner fin is brazed to the first outer plate. A first cooling medium passage is defined between the first outer plate and the first inner fin. A second cooling medium passage is defined between the first inner fin and the middle plate. The second inner fin is brazed to the second outer plate. A third cooling medium passage is defined between the second inner fin and the middle plate. A fourth cooling medium passage is defined between the second outer plate and the second inner fin. The middle plate has a plurality of through holes through which a second cooling medium passage and a third cooling medium passage communicate with each other. Each one of the mounting substrates includes a first surface on which a semiconductor power device is mounted and a second surface brazed to one of the first outer plate and the second outer plate. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107656 | Heat exchanger - The present invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising at least one first loop adapted to trap energy from a source. The first loop contains a first refrigerant adapted to collect energy from a source. The invention also comprises at least one second loop with a second refrigerant adapted to interact with the first refrigerant and to transfer to a user a maximum quantity of the energy trapped by the first loop in the most efficient manner. The transfer of the trapped energy takes place in a transfer unit placed in the second loop. The transfer unit comprises an outer cylinder with an inlet and an outlet adapted to circulate the first refrigerant. An inner coil placed within the outer cylinder to contain the second refrigerant. The inner coil is provided with an inlet and outlet adapted to facilitate circulation of the second refrigerant. The first and the second refrigerants are moving within the transfer unit in a counter-flow direction to optimize the heat exchange between the first and second refrigerant. The first loop is placed into an earth or waste medium. The first refrigerant is R-410a and the second refrigerant is R-134a. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107657 | ADJUSTABLE COOLING SYSTEM FOR AIRPLANE ELECTRONICS - Airplane ground service equipment includes an air conditioning system for an airplane and also a fluid cooling system for airplane electronics which detachably connects to a first port and a second port on the airplane. The fluid cooling system includes a first connector, a second connector, and a fluid conduit therebetween, the first and second connectors being adapted to be connected to the first and second ports, respectively, such that the connection of the ports to the connectors completes a fluid circuit. A fluid pump directs fluid through the fluid conduit, and a heat exchanger in the fluid conduit removes heat from the fluid circuit and transfers it into the air conditioning system of the ground support equipment. A temperature regulation mechanism stabilizes the temperature of the fluid in the fluid conduit to compensate for changes in the amount of heat that is drawn from the airplane electronics. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107658 | Metallic material for brazing, brazing method, and heat exchanger - A brazing method is provided for brazing a metallic material for brazing to another metallic material. The metallic material for brazing includes a base material portion made of copper or a copper alloy containing chrome by a predetermined amount, and a metallic film portion made of a material having a melting point lower than a heating temperature in brazing, and provided on the surface of the base material portion. The brazing method includes a step of assembling the metallic material for brazing and the another metallic material to form an assembly, a step of heating and brazing the assembly, in which the metallic film portion is melted to diffuse chrome into a surface of the metallic material for brazing, and a step of forming a chrome oxide film by using the chrome diffused into the surface of the metallic material for brazing in atmosphere after the brazing step. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107659 | Steam Heat Exchanger - A steam heat exchanger includes a steam heating pipe with a condensation pipe part and a sensible heat pipe part provided on the lower side of the condensation pipe part. In the condensation pipe part, a liquid is heated by latent heat. The drain discharge capacity in a steam trap or an orifice disposed on the drain discharge side equals the amount of condensation at the service temperature of the steam heat exchanger. Condensed water produced after the heat exchange in the condensation pipe part enters the sensible heat pipe part on the downstream side to hold the sensible heat pipe part in a water sealed state. In this sensible heat pipe part, the liquid is heated by sensible heat. Heat exchange efficiency is improved by using latent and sensible heat, the amount of steam used can be reduced, and the load of a steam generation source can be reduced. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107660 | Pre-Heater For An Apparatus For The Production Of Carbon Black - A pre-heater for an apparatus for the production of carbon black, is adapted to pre-heat air by heat exchange to a temperature of at least 800° C., comprises an elongated jacket arranged substantially and having a top end and a bottom end, said jacket defining a space, a plurality of tubings arranged inside said space, said tubings having a diameter of 85 to 90 mm, said jacket being provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, for allowing said air to enter and exit said space, a smoke inlet chamber and a smoke collection chamber for allowing smoke to enter and exit said tubing. Said jacket is supported by a suspension means between said top and bottom ends excluding at the top end as such, such that the jacket is allowed to expand upwards above and downwards below said suspension means. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107661 | End plate for plate heat exchanger - An end plate ( | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107662 | EVAPORATOR FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An evaporator for a fuel cell system generating steam used for a steam reforming reaction provides an evaporator including a body having an inner space formed by a hollow for allowing a flow of a fluid, and a plurality of cell barrier members dividing the inner space into a plurality of spaces and having heat conductivity. The spaces include at least one first space for allowing a flow of a flue gas and at least one second space for allowing a flow of water. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107663 | System and Method for Cooling Structures Having Both an Active State and an Inactive State - According to one embodiment, a cooling system for heat-generating structures comprises a cooling loop and a heat exchanger. The cooling loop directs a flow of a fluid coolant to both an active heat-generating structure and an inactive heat-generating structure. The fluid coolant receiving thermal energy from the active heat-generating structure and transfers thermal energy to the inactive heat-generating structure when a temperature of the fluid coolant is greater than an ambient temperature of an environment surrounding the heat-generating structures. The active heat-generating structure is operable to switch to an inactive state and the inactive heat-generating structure is operable to switch to an active state. The heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the first and second heat-generating structures and is operable to receive the fluid coolant at a first temperature and dispense of the fluid coolant out of the heat exchanger at a second temperature. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107664 | HYDRAULIC PACKER CONSTRUCTED IN GLASS-FIBER REINFORCED EPOXI AND STAINLESS STEEL - The model consists of a hydraulic packer constructed in glass-fiber reinforced epoxy and stainless steel which has been developed and designed with wholly corrosion resistant material, being constructed with 70% glass-fiber reinforced epoxy and 30% stainless chromium steel. It has a larger area of packing and seal. It works with low driving pressure. Its hydraulic chamber achieves a greater packing force at normal pressure. It can be used in wells with tubing made of glass-fiber reinforced epoxy. It has a double anchorage system and a jack system. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107665 | Methods and Apparatus for Injecting Fluids at a Subterranean Location in a Well - Disclosed are retrievable through-tubing tools and methods for use in wellbores to inject fluids at subterranean locations wherein the tool have spaced foamed seal elements that are retracted during installation and expand when in use. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107666 | HIGH RESOLUTION CAPACITANCE HIGH CONDUCTIVITY FLUID SENSOR - In a method and apparatus for estimating a downhole fluid parameter include a body having an elongated cavity defined by an electrically conductive inner surface, an central electrical conductor located coaxially within the cavity, wherein an annular region is defined by the cavity inner surface and an outer surface of the electrical conductor. A fluid is conveyed to the annular region. A first electrode is coupled to the central electrode, a second electrode coupled to the central electrode, and at least one intermediate electrode coupled to the central electrode between the first electrode and the second electrode. An input signal is applied to the central electrode and first and second output signals are emitted from the second electrode intermediate electrode. The output signals are used in part to estimate the fluid property of the fluid existing in the annular region. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107667 | DOWNHOLE SPECTROSCOPIC HYDROGEN SULFIDE DETECTION - Methods and related apparatuses and mixtures are described for detecting hydrogen sulfide in a formation fluid downhole. A detection mixture is combined with the formation fluid downhole. The detection mixture includes metal ions for reacting with hydrogen sulfide forming a metal sulfide, and charged nanoparticles sized so as to inhibit significant aggregation of the metal sulfide so as to enable spectroscopic detection of the metal sulfide downhole. The combined mixture and formation fluid is then spectroscopically interrogated so as to detect the presence of the metal sulfide thereby indicating the presence of hydrogen sulfide in the formation fluid. The mixture also includes chelating ligands for sustaining thermal endurance of the mixture under downhole conditions. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107668 | MULTI-FUNCTION COMPLETION TOOL - A multi-functional completion tool which may be lowered into a wellbore coupled to a length of tubing, and then utilized to test various lengths of the tubing at pressure. The tool may also function as a positive plug and may also be used to set the packer, and is also useable as a tubing self-filling tool. Various retention elements are disposed within the tool and configured to release at predetermined pressures, or within predetermined ranges of pressure, thereby transforming the tool from a first configuration to a second configuration depending on the desired function. The tool may also contain a pressure-regulating assembly for regulating the differential pressure across the assembly. The tool may also include an indicator assembly for confirming that the tool has entered a plugging configuration, typically by altering a pressure within the tubing, such alteration being detectible at a surface location. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107669 | WATERFLOODING ANALYSIS IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - A method of analyzing a subterranean formation. The method includes specifying a volume of interest in the subterranean formation, specifying an injector wellsite that penetrates the volume of interest, specifying a first producer wellsite and a second producer wellsite, each of which penetrates the volume of interest, calculating a first Injectivity-Productivity Index (IPI) for a first injector-producer wellsite pair which includes the injector wellsite and the first producer wellsite, calculating a second IPI for a second injector-producer wellsite pair which includes the injector wellsite and the second producer wellsite, determining whether the first IPI is substantially equal to the second IPI to obtain an analysis result, and adjusting a wellsite operation based on the analysis result. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107670 | Downhole Seal Bore Repair Device - A tool is preferably landed in a downhole profile commonly found adjacent to seal bores. Once landed, preferably with coiled tubing, pressure in the coiled tubing triggers a switch to power a motor to rotate a polishing cylinder that features spirally wound vanes. A reservoir of resin or other repair material is connected to an injection pump to deliver the material as the vanes are rotating. The material exits between the vanes so that the vanes can spread it and work it into surface irregularities. After the material is sufficiently spread into voids and the requisite polishing completed, the seal bore is again ready to accept a tool in a sealed relationship. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107671 | Stimulation Method - A subterranean formation stimulation method utilizes a treatment fluid comprising residual drilling fluid injected into the formation, and producing the stimulated formation. In one embodiment, a tight gas formation is fractured and the fracture has a higher conductivity than the formation. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107672 | Method of Treating a Formation Using Deformable Proppants - A substance and method for treating a subterranean formation using hydraulic fracturing. A non-metallic, substantially deformable, proppant particle is “elastically flexible” or “plastically compressible” and adapted for use at concentrations which will substantially create a partial monolayer. The method for treating a formation with a non-metallic deformable proppant, includes the steps of injecting a carrier fluid into the formation, the carrier fluid carrying an amount of the deformable proppant, wherein the carrier fluid is injected at a pressure and a flow rate sufficient to create or open an existing fracture or fracture network in the formation, and placing at least a portion of the deformable proppant in the fracture, the deformable proppant forming substantially a partial monolayer in the fracture, and reducing the pressure and/or the flow rate sufficient to allow the fracture in the formation to at least partially close, wherein at least a portion of the deformable proppant remains in the fracture to prop open at least a portion of the fracture. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107673 | Nano-Sized Particle-Coated Proppants for Formation Fines Fixation in Proppant Packs - A fracturing fluid, gravel pack fluid and/or frac pack fluid containing particles such as proppants, gravel and/or sand, may contain an effective amount of a nano-sized particulate additive to fixate or reduce fines migration, where the particulate additive is an alkaline earth metal oxide, alkaline earth metal hydroxide, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides, transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, post-transition metal oxides, post-transition metal hydroxides piezoelectric crystals and pyroelectric crystals. The nano-sized particulate additive is bound to the particles with a coating agent such as an oil. The particle size of the magnesium oxide or other agent may be nanometer scale, which scale may provide unique particle charges that help fixate the formation fines. The carrier fluid used in the treating fluid may be aqueous, brine, alcoholic or hydrocarbon-based. | 2009-04-30 |
| 20090107674 | Method of Treating Subterranean Formations Using Mixed Density Proppants or Sequential Proppant Stages - An increase in effective propped lengths is evidenced in hydraulic fracturing treatments by the use of ultra lightweight (ULW) proppants. The ULW proppants have a density less than or equal to 2.45 g/cc and may be used as a mixture in a first proppant stage wherein at least one of the proppants is a ULW proppant. Alternatively, sequential proppant stages may be introduced into the formation wherein at least one of the proppant stages contain a ULW proppant and where at least one of the following conditions prevails:
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