| 18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
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| 20140116647 | SCOPE CRADLE - A device holds at least one medical instrument in a fluid bath intended for maintaining the temperature of the instrument. The device includes a first portion disposed at one end of the bath, the first portion including at least one well adapted to hold the instrument relative to the bath. The device also includes a second portion connected to the first portion at the one end of the bath, whereby the first portion is maintained in a position to hold the instrument securely in the bath. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116648 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICLE - A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a heat radiating portion provided with first and second connecting lines formed by alternately stacking a plurality of plates and first and second operating fluids heat-exchanging with each other while passing through the first and second connecting lines; a bifurcating portion connecting an inflow hole for flowing one of the operating fluids with an exhaust hole for exhausting the one operating fluid, and adapted for the one operating fluid to bypass the heat radiating portion according to a temperature of the one operating fluid; and a valve unit mounted at the inflow hole forming the bifurcating portion and adapted to flow the operating fluid selectively to the heat radiating portion or the bifurcating portion according to a temperature of the one operating fluid flowing into the inflow hole. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116649 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICLE - A heat exchanger apparatus for a vehicle may include a heat exchanging unit including one or more plate units in which two or more plates are stacked to form different connection channels and exchanging heat with each other while different operating fluids pass through the respective connection channels in the heat exchanging unit, an upper cover mounted on one side of the heat exchanging unit, and including a plurality of inlets that introduce each operating fluid into the heat exchanging unit and are interconnected with the respective connection channels, and a lower cover mounted on the other side of the heat exchanging unit, and including a plurality of outlets that are interconnected with the respective connection channels so as to discharge the each operating fluid passing through the heat exchanging unit. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116650 | TONER FIXER IMPINGING HEATING LIQUID ONTO MEDIUM - A toner fixing system for fixing toner onto a receiver medium includes a liquid-supply system for providing a heating liquid. A liquid-heating system warms the heating liquid to a temperature greater than the toner glass transition temperature. A liquid-delivery system impinges the warmed heating liquid onto a surface of the receiver medium so that heat is transferred from the warmed heating liquid to the toner. This raises the temperature of the toner to a level above the toner glass transition temperature. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116651 | HEAT SINK APPLICABLE FOR ELETROMAGNETIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a heat sink applicable for electromagnetic device comprises a first panel, a second panel, and a plurality of supporting structures connecting with the first panel and the second panel. Wherein the first panel, the second panel and the supporting structures together constitute a plurality of medium channels for cooling medium flowing therethrough. Wherein at least some of the medium channels are provided with openings formed on the first and/or second panels, and no close conductive loop is formed on cross section perpendicular to a medium flowing direction of the medium channels with the openings. Wherein a total area of all openings on the first panel is less than 50% of an area of the first panel, a total area of all openings on the second panel is less than 50% of an area of the second panel. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116652 | Passive Cooling of Transmission Using Mast Mounted Heat Pipes - A passive cooling system for an aircraft includes a rotor assembly and a closed heat pipe. The closed heat pipe is carried by the rotor assembly and configured to extract heat energy from a heat source positioned away from the rotor assembly and configured to dissipate the heat energy through the rotor assembly. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116653 | LOOP THERMOSYPHON COOLING DEVICE - A loop thermosyphon cooling device includes an evaporator, a condenser and a communication assembly. The evaporator includes a heat conducting element and evaporation pipes, and the heat conducting element has through holes, and each evaporation pipe is passed and positioned into each respective through hole. The condenser includes a condensation pipe. The communication assembly includes a first barrel and a second barrel, and both ends of each evaporation pipe are communicated with the first and second barrels, and both ends of the condensation pipe are communicated with the first and second barrels, so that the evaporation pipe, condensation pipe, first barrel and second barrel jointly define a loop. A communication assembly is coupled between the evaporation pipe and the condensation pipe, and the quantity of evaporation pipes and condensation pipes can be increased or decreased as needed, and the thermosyphon cooling device is compact and high heat dissipation efficiency. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116654 | Helicopter Gearbox Auxiliary Cooling System - A cooling system using one or more heat pipes rotating about a central axis to transfer heat energy from one medium to another. The heat pipes are oriented within a rotating member such that the axis of the heat pipe is non-coaxial with that of a central axis of the rotating member. Centrifugal forces are used to assist the movement of the working fluid within the heat pipe. The cooling system also includes heat pipes associated with a planetary carrier assembly and supplemental heat exchangers for use in aircraft and other machinery. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116655 | HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE - A heat dissipation module includes multiple heat sink fins. The heat sink fins are assembled to one another along an assembly axis, and each of the heat sink fins includes a main body and an extension plate. The extension plate extends from one side of the main body towards an opposite side of the main body. An acute angle is formed between the extension plate and the main body. Each of the extension plates is located between the main bodies of the two heat sink fins adjacent to each other. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116656 | HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A heat dissipation module comprises a radiator. The radiator comprises a first fin assembly and a second fin assembly. The first fin assembly comprises a plurality of first fins arranged abreast of each other, and the first fin assembly has a first average distribution density. The second fin assembly comprises a plurality of second fins arranged abreast of each other, and the second fin assembly has a second average distribution density. The second average distribution density is larger than the first average distribution density. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116657 | INTERCOOLER HEAT EXCHANGER FOR EVAPORATIVE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM - A heat exchanger assembly includes a hollow housing having a first horizontally-extending section and a second vertically-extending section. A perforated support tube is positioned in the first section and has an inlet for receiving water and air from an intermixing assembly and a series of holes for expelling the water and air. A heat transfer coil is wound around the perforated support tube for carrying a cooling medium. A vacuum source is coupled with the second housing section for drawing the water and air from the inlet in the perforated support tube, through and out the support tube, over the heat transfer coil, and toward the outlet in the second housing section to cool the heat transfer coil through evaporative cooling. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116658 | VEHICLE COOLING SYSTEM - A vehicle cooling system includes a fan, a first heat exchanger, an upper heat exchanger and a lower heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger is spaced apart in front of the fan. The upper heat exchanger is positioned between a top portion of the fan and a top portion of the first heat exchanger. The lower heat exchanger is positioned between a bottom portion of the fan and a bottom portion of the first heat exchanger. A structural frame supports the first, top and lower heat exchangers, and the frame forming a fan shroud which surrounds the fan. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116659 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND HEAT DISSIPATION FINS THEREOF - A heat dissipation device for being in thermal contact with a heat source includes multiple heat dissipation fins, a heat pipe and a fan. Each of the heat dissipation fins includes a plate and an air guiding body. The plate has a thermal contact side used for being in thermal contact with the heat source. An acute angle is formed between an extension side of the air guiding body and the thermal contact side. The heat pipe penetrates through the plates. The fan used for forming an air current is installed at a side of the heat dissipation fin opposite to the thermal contact side. The air guiding body and the heat pipe are disposed in a flowing path of the air current. Thereby, the air current is guided toward the heat pipe and the amount of air flowing through the heat pipe is increased. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116660 | COMPONENTS WITH ASYMMETRIC COOLING CHANNELS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A method of fabricating a component is provided. The component includes a substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface, where the inner surface defines at least one interior space. The fabrication method includes forming at least one groove in the outer substrate surface. Each groove extends at least partially along the outer substrate surface and has an asymmetric cross-section. The method further includes forming at least one access hole in the substrate. Each access hole connects the respective groove in fluid communication with the respective interior space. A coating is disposed over at least a portion of the substrate surface, such that the groove(s) and the coating together define one or more channels for cooling the component. A component is also disclose and has at least one groove with an asymmetric cross-section. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116661 | Thermal Pad, Method for Fabricating Thermal Pad, Heat Dissipating Apparatus and Electronic Device - A thermal pad includes: a thermally conductive sheet-like substrate, where the sheet-like substrate has a compressible porous mesh structure in a thickness direction; and a thermally conductive coating, where the coating is formed of a flexible organic compound, and the organic compound fills inside the sheet-like substrate or is coated on a surface of the sheet-like substrate, or the organic compound both fills inside the sheet-like substrate and is coated on the surface of the sheet-like substrate. In the thermal pad, the method for fabricating a thermal pad, the heat dissipating apparatus, and the electronic device provided in the embodiments of the present application, a thermally conductive flexible organic compound fills inside or is coated on a thermally conductive sheet-like substrate having a compressible porous mesh structure in the thickness direction. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116662 | SERPENTINE HEAT EXCHANGER - A serpentine heat exchanger includes a tube formed by bonding two press-molded tube sheets and folded back in a serpentine shape, and a corrugated fin arranged in a space enclosed by the tube that is folded-back. An inside of a folded-back portion of the tube includes a plurality of protrusions at a distance from one another, the protrusions protruding from one tube sheet and contacting the other tube sheet. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116663 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Provided is a heat exchanger in which heat exchange between a low-temperature cooling medium and brine and heat exchange between brine and hydrogen gas can be efficiently performed and downsizing of cooling facilities or reduction in facility cost can be attained. The heat exchanger comprises: a vacuum insulated container 12 which is filled with brine, a lid 13 closing an upper portion opening of the container, a rotation axis 14 arranged in the axis direction of the container, a propeller 15 provided on the rotation axis, a helical hydrogen gas cooling tube 16, 17 provided in a vertically two-stage structure around the rotation axis and the propeller, and a cooling medium tube 18 for cooling brine which is arranged around the hydrogen gas cooling tubes. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116664 | Cross-Flow Heat Exchanger Having Graduated Fin Density - The heat transfer capacity of a cross-flow heat exchanger can be increased by changing or graduating the density of the fins that form a row of hot passages in the direction normal to those fins. In accordance with some embodiments, the fin density in each row of hot passages is lower in a first region near the cold air inlets than it is in a second region located between the first region and the cold air outlets. This has the beneficial effect of increasing the rate of flow of hot air through hot passages adjacent or near to the cold air inlets of the heat exchanger, i.e., where the temperature of the cold air is coldest. As cold air flows along each cold passage, the cold air is heating up, becoming less capable of cooling the hot air in the adjacent hot passages as it gets closer to the cold air outlets. In addition or alternatively, the cold passages may have a non-uniform fin density that increases heat transfer capacity. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN A FLUID - Apparatus and method for maintaining temperature in a sub-sea device, in particular in relation to fluid in the device. A material having a high latent heat on phase change is used to release latent heat to the fluid when the fluid temperature decreases towards a threshold value. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116666 | Film Cooling Channel Array Having Anti-Vortex Properties - A cooling channel array carried by a component wall of a gas turbine engine is provided. The cooling channel array comprises a diffusion cavity and a metering section. The metering section comprises a main hole and two or more side holes. The side holes may be separate from the main hole or may branch off of the main hole. The diffusion cavity may incorporate a lobed configuration to help diffuse cooling fluid as it exits the cooling channel array. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116667 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided capable of suppressing formation of frost, thereby achieving enhanced heat exchange efficiency refrigerator. The heat exchanger includes refrigerant tubes vertically spaced apart from one another, and heat exchanging fins spaced apart from another in a longitudinal direction of the refrigerant tubes while being coupled to surfaces of the refrigerant tubes. Each heat exchanging fin includes fitting slots formed at one lateral end of the heat exchanging fin and vertically arranged to receive a plurality of refrigerant tubes, and moisture guide valleys extending vertically to downwardly guide moisture on the heat exchanging fin. Each moisture guide valley includes a first moisture guide valley arranged along a virtual line extending through a boundary between a curved portion of the corresponding fitting slot and each straight portion of the fitting slot, and a second moisture guide valley to guide moisture to the first moisture guide valley. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116668 | COOLER PIPE AND METHOD OF FORMING - A method of forming a cooler pipe includes filling a cavity of a workpiece with a backing material, roll-forming at least one helical groove along an axial length of the workpiece to define a cooling portion, and removing the backing material from the workpiece to provide a cooler pipe. The backing material may be an aggregate or granular material such as sand, which fills the cavity to provide a supportive force to the workpiece during roll-forming of the groove. The cooling portion of the cooler pipe includes an exterior recess and an interior protrusion defined by the groove which each increase the conductive surface area of the cooling portion relative to the workpiece surface area. The backing material is removable from the cooler pipe and may be recycled for use in forming a subsequent cooler pipe. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116669 | HEAT-CONDUCTING STRUCTURE AND HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT-EXCHANGING SYSTEM USING THEREOF - A heat-conducting structure comprises a heat-conducting metal layer, a heat-conducting support layer, and a heat-conducting protection layer. The heat-conducting support layer is formed to enclose the heat-conducting metal layer thereby preventing the heat-conducting metal layer from thermal deformation, while the heat-conducting protection layer is formed to enclose the heat-conducting support layer. In another embodiment, the heat-conducting structures are utilized to form a heat exchanger or a heat-exchanging system comprising a heat-absorbing zone and a heat-dissipating zone, whereby a high-temperature fluid is guided to flow through the heat-absorbing zone for transmitting the heat to the heat-conducting structures within the heat-absorbing zone through heat convention and the heat-exchanging structures conducting the heat to the heat-dissipating zone such that a low-temperature fluid passing therethrough can absorb the heat dissipated from the heat-exchanging structures within the heat-dissipating zone and transmit the heat energy out of the heat exchanger or the heat-exchanging system. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116670 | HEAT SINK AND COOLING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a heat sink including: a heat radiation pattern member having at least one bend cross section; and a heat radiation plate having the heat radiation pattern member disposed on an upper surface thereof, wherein the heat radiation pattern member includes wire patterns having a plurality of bends or a mesh bend pattern having a form of a plurality of bent cross sections. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116671 | HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY - A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink. The heat sink includes a base. The base defines a hermetic space. The base includes a panel body and a plurality of magnetic posts extending from the panel body. The plurality of magnetic posts are located in the hermetic space. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116672 | Stacked-Plate Heat Exchanger With Single Plate Design - A plate-type heat exchanger comprising a plurality of spaced-apart stacked plate pairs, the plate pairs each comprised of first and second plates. The first and second plates each having an elongated central, planar portion surrounded by peripheral edge portions, the peripheral edge portions of the first and second plates being sealably joined together to form a first set of fluid passages in the heat exchanger. The first and second plates are provided with boss potions at respective ends of the plates, one of the boss portions being an elongated boss portion having a first position and a second position for the location of a fluid opening. The first and second heat exchanger plates are identical in structure and can be used to form various heat exchangers using the single plate design. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116673 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An air conditioner for an electric vehicle is provided, which may minimize both use of a battery and use of an engine to heat an interior space of the electric vehicle, thereby increasing mileage. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116674 | HEAT RECOVERY FROM A TUNNEL RECOOLING PROCESS - A method for the heat recovery from a tunnel cooling apparatus, having one or several cooling cells for cooling products in containers by means of a cooling agent circulating in a coolant circuit, and a heat exchanger; including: controlling the circulating quantity of the coolant, and controlling the temperature of the coolant, wherein both the circulating quantity and the temperature of the coolant are measured and controlled on the basis of comparisons with predefined parameters, so that the thermal yield of the heat exchanger is optimized. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116675 | WIRELINE TOOL CONFIGURATIONS HAVING IMPROVED RETRIEVABILITY - A first wireline tool embodiment includes a segmented tool body having a joint deployed between each adjacent pair of tool body sections. The joint may be configured to extend axially (causing a relative axial displacement of the adjacent tool body sections) when the wireline tool is subject to an axial load. The joint may include, for example, a compliant joint or a protractible joint. The joint may be further configured to cause a relative rotation between the adjacent tool body sections when the wireline tool is subject to axial load. A second wireline tool embodiment includes a plurality of standoff rings deployed about an outer surface of a rigid tool body. The standoff rings engage helical grooves in the outer surface of the tool body such that axial displacement of the tool body causes the standoff rings to rotate. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116676 | SUPPORT FRAME - A lifting frame having an upper yoke member and a pair of substantially parallel vertical members to forms the sides of the lifting frame. A lifting sub extends from the upper yoke member for connecting the lifting frame to a traveling block or top drive assembly, while a lower horizontal base member permits attachment to bails or other lower linkage members. The vertical members have at least partially aligned sections of reduced thickness, allowing the internal width dimension (between the inner surfaces of the substantially vertical members) to be increased without simultaneously increasing the overall external width of the lifting frame. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116677 | OPTIMIZED COMPOSITE DOWNHOLE TOOL FOR WELL COMPLETION - A composite cone assembly for use with a frac or bridge plug system is discussed herein having shaped outer contours and the strength needed for high pressure applications but with reduced machining requirements by forming part of the cone assembly from a high strength fiber material and the contoured surface from molding, such as from injection molding or compression molding. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116678 | Inwardly Swelling Seal - A device and method that allows a gravel slurry to placed in a wellbore from the toe towards the heel to reduce the pressure acting upon the heel of the wellbore during the gravel placement operation. By reducing the pressure acting upon the heel gravel slurry may be placed in longer sections of the wellbore in a single operation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116679 | OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR ELECTRIC LOGGING OVERFLOW SAFETY CONTROL WIRELINE HANGER - The present invention provides an oil and gas reservoir electronic logging overflow safety control wireline hanger which comprises a body ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116680 | Packer - A packer for a well is described. The packer comprises a seal element and seal setting apparatus. The seal setting apparatus is moveable with respect to the seal element in a setting direction to apply a setting force to the seal element to move the seal element from a run-in configuration to a set configuration in which, in use, the seal element forms a contact seal with a conduit wall. In use, the packer is arranged such that, in the set configuration, a pressure differential across the packer, which creates a force in the setting direction, will increase the setting force applied by the seal setting apparatus to the seal element to maintain the seal. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116681 | Retrievable Filter Screen Assembly - A retrievable filter screen assembly is provided, comprising a nonmagnetic carrier sub suspended from a first pulling tool connected to a wireline; a nonmagnetic filter screen disposed within the carrier sub, and having a first end supported by a bell housing operatively positioned within the carrier sub, and wherein the first end of the filter screen can be disconnected from the bell housing via shear pins; wherein the filter screen further includes a second end adapted to receive a second pulling tool positionable within the carrier sub, and wherein the pulling tool is connectable to an MWD source. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116682 | MICROBIAL PROCESSES FOR INCREASING FLUID MOBILITY IN A HEAVY OIL RESERVOIR - Methods are provided for increasing overall fluid mobility in a near-wellbore region in an oil sands reservoir, for example in a reservoir having an inter-well region between a first well and a second well of a well pair in which at least a portion of the near-wellbore region is within the inter-well region. The methods may involve inoculating the near-wellbore region with a microorganism, wherein the near-wellbore region comprises a hydrocarbon phase and an aqueous phase, the viscosity of the hydrocarbon phase being greater than the viscosity of the aqueous phase. Conditions may be maintained in the near-wellbore region so that the microorganism metabolizes at least a portion of the hydrocarbon phase so that saturation of the near-wellbore region by the hydrocarbon phase decreases and saturation of the near-wellbore region by the aqueous phase increases. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116683 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF THE BOTTOM WELL-BORE REGION OF A SEAM (IS11.0138-US-PCT) - To increase permeability of a near-wellbore zone of a formation an operation on stimulation of a fluid flow into a wellbore is performed, the operation comprising injecting chemical substances into a targeted zone of the formation. During the stimulation an electrical field is applied to the targeted zone of the formation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116684 | Coiled Tubing Packer System - A wellbore monitoring system comprising a length of tubing defining an axial flowbore, two or more data conduits extending within the axial flowbore of the coiled tubing, two or more sensors, each of the two or more sensors configured to measure a wellbore parameter and to communicate data indicative of the measured wellbore parameter via one of the two or more data conduits, and two or more deployable tubular packers, each of the deployable tubular packers disposed within the axial flowbore of the tubing, wherein each of the deployable tubular packers is selectively secured within the axial flowbore of the tubing, and wherein the two deployable tubular packers provide fluid isolation between a first region of the axial flowbore, a second region of the axial flowbore, and a third region of the axial flowbore. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116685 | Method of Controlling Growth and Heat Loss of an In Situ Gravity Drainage Chamber Formed With a Condensing Solvent Process - This invention is a solvent based gravity drainage process whereby the vertical growth rate of the chamber is restricted by placing, monitoring and managing a buoyant gas blanket at the top of the vapour chamber. This invention reduces the heat loss to the overburden as well as providing a means to preserve a barrier layer of bitumen saturated reservoir sand at the top of the pay zone in reservoirs where there is limited or no confining layer present. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116686 | APPARATUS FOR GRIPPING A TUBULAR ON A DRILLING RIG - Methods and apparatus are provided for running tubulars into and out of a wellbore. A tubular handling system having a tubular gripping apparatus having a gripping mechanism and a sensor adapted to track movement of the gripping mechanism, wherein the sensor sends a signal to a controller when the gripping apparatus is in a position that corresponds to the gripping apparatus being engaged with the tubular | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116687 | GRAPHICAL EVALUATOR FOR TUBULAR MAKEUP - A method of connecting a first threaded tubular to a second threaded tubular includes: engaging threads of the tubulars; and rotating the first tubular relative to the second tubular, thereby making up the threaded connection. The method further includes, during makeup of the threaded connection: measuring torque applied to the connection; measuring turns of the first tubular; and detecting a shoulder position. The method further includes: displaying the measured torque and turns; overlaying a reference curve onto the display; evaluating the threaded connection by comparing the measured torque and turns to the reference curve; and graphically displaying the evaluation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116688 | DOWNHOLE WATER DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A downhole water detection system configured to detect presence of water in an underground location. The system includes a chemical sensor disposable within a tubular in a borehole; and a first water detection body including a first detectable chemical element surrounded by water soluble glass. Wherein the first water detection body is locatable within a fractured formation wherein the chemical sensor is arranged to sense the first detectable chemical element when formation water dissolves the water soluble glass. Also included is a method of detecting water in a formation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116689 | PROCESS FOR MINERAL OIL PRODUCTION USING SURFACTANTS BASED ON ANIONIC ALKYL ALKOXYLATES WHICH HAVE BEEN FORMED FROM GLYCIDYL ETHERS - The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least one surfactant of the general formula (I) | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116690 | PROCESS FOR MINERAL OIL PRODUCTION USING SURFACTANTS AT LEAST COMPRISING A SECONDARY ALKANESULFONATE AS A COSURFACTANT - The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least one secondary alkanesulfonate having 14 to 17 carbon atoms of the general formula (I) | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116691 | CHEMICAL TREATMENT METHOD AND ADDITIVE USED TO TREAT FINES MIGRATION AND FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIA - Methods for reducing fines migration in a porous subterranean reservoir are disclosed. In certain aspects, the methods include introducing a composition comprising a water-soluble or dispersible branched polyhydroxyetheramine into the porous subterranean reservoir, maintaining a sufficient temperature in the porous subterranean reservoir for a period of time, adsorbing the composition onto a surface of the porous subterranean reservoir, and stabilizing at least a portion of the fines present in the porous subterranean reservoir. Methods for enhancing an effective permeability of a porous subterranean reservoir are also disclosed. In connection with the disclosed methods, a treatment composition can be used and in certain aspects, the treatment composition can be a reaction product of bisphenol A, an ethanol amine, diethanol amine, and a monofunctionalized polyoxyalkyleneamine. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116692 | Well Treatment - The present invention provides a method for the treatment of a subterranean formation which contains sand particles, said method comprising contacting said formation with a material capable of increasing the residual matrix strength of said particulate fine whereby to reduce or prevent their migration whilst minimizing any decrease in their permeability. Preferred materials include organosilanes and enzyme systems. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116693 | Gravel Pack Apparatus Having Actuated Valves - A device and method allows a bore valve in the washpipe and in certain instances a port valve or sliding sleeve to open or close upon command from the surface so that gravel slurry may be placed in a wellbore. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116694 | GRAVEL PACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gravel packing system includes at least two packers with at least one of the two packers being sealable to an open hole, a barrier sealably engaged with the at least two packers defining an annular space between the open hole and the barrier, a cross-over tool operably connectable to at least one of the at least two packers and the barrier, and at least one regulator in operable communication with the barrier configured to maintain a substantially constant pressure in the annular space while gravel is packed at a location downstream of at least one of the at least two packers, downstream being defined by a direction of travel of gravel being packed. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116695 | EMULSIFIED ACID WITH HYDROPHOBIC NANOPARTICLES FOR WELL STIMULATION - A composition in the form of an emulsion having: (i) a continuous oil phase comprising: (a) an oil; (b) an emulsifier; and (c) a particulate comprising an oxide selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metalloid oxides, and any combination thereof, wherein the particulate is hydrophobically modified, would not dissolve in oil or 28% hydrochloric acid, and has a surface area in the range of 700 m | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116696 | Compositions And Methods Related To Mitigating Aluminum And Ferric Precipitates In Subterranean Formations After Acidizing Operations - Trivalent-ion chelating agents may be useful in mitigating the formation aluminum and ferric precipitates in subterranean formations during acidizing operations. An acidizing operation may include introducing an acidizing fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the acidizing fluid comprising an aqueous fluid, an acid source, and a trivalent-ion chelating agent, e.g., hydroxamates, 6,7-dihydroxyquinoline, 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinones, and any combination thereof. In some instances, trivalent-ion chelating agents with a pKa of less than about 7 may be particularly useful in acidizing operations. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116697 | OPENING ISOLATION FOR FLUID INJECTION INTO A FORMATION FROM AN EXPANDED CASING - The present invention generally relates to enhanced recovery of petroleum fluids from the subsurface by initiating and propagating vertical permeable inclusions in a plane substantially orthogonal to the borehole axis. These inclusions containing proppant are thus highly permeable and enhance drainage of heavy oil from the formation, and also by steam injection into these planes, enhance oil recovery by heating the oil sand formation, the heavy oil and bitumen, which will drain under gravity and be produced. The present invention generally relates to a method of isolating openings in an expanded casing to provide for fluid injection into the formation in a single longitudinal plane with the wellbore axis. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116698 | Wellbore Servicing Fluids Comprising Foamed Materials and Methods of Making and Using Same - A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising: placing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a proppant-associated foamed material into the subterranean formation via the wellbore wherein the proppant associated foamed material comprises (i) a proppant and (ii) a foamed material and wherein the proppant forms a proppant pack flow channel within the wellbore having a proppant pack flow channel space that is from about 10% to about 60% greater than the proppant pack flow channel space that would be created by the same amount of proppant in the absence of the foamed material. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising a proppant-loaded foamed material comprising a polylactide, a resin-coated sand, and a carrier fluid. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116699 | Pressure Relief-Assisted Packer - A wellbore completion method comprising disposing a pressure relief-assisted packer comprising two packer elements within an axial flow bore of a first tubular string disposed within a wellbore so as to define an annular space between the pressure relief-assisted packer and the first tubular string, and setting the pressure relief-assisted packer such that a portion of the annular space between the two packer elements comes into fluid communication with a pressure relief volume during the setting of the pressure relief-assisted packer. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116700 | INTEGRAL DIVERTER SYSTEM - An integral diverter system for diverting drilling fluid returns into flowlines connected to outlets for return to the drilling fluid reservoirs or other desirable locations is disclosed. The diverter assembly includes a lower tubular body that is coupled to a conductor and an upper tubular body having one or more diverter flow outlets, and one or more additional outlets. A connecting means secures the lower tubular body to the upper tubular body. One or more additional packer elements are disposed within the upper tubular body and locking means are provided for securing the one or more additional packer elements in position within the upper tubular body. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116701 | WELLBORE SERVICING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a first wellbore servicing fluid comprising a self-degrading diverter material into the wellbore wherein the self-degrading diverter materials comprises (i) a diverting material and (ii) a degradation accelerator; allowing the self-degrading diverter material to form a diverter plug at a first location in the wellbore or subterranean formation; diverting the flow of a second wellbore servicing fluid to a second location in the wellbore or subterranean formation; and removing the diverter plug, wherein the first and second wellbore servicing fluids may be the same or different. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116702 | Expanded Wellbore Servicing Materials and Methods of Making and Using Same - A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a first wellbore servicing fluid comprising an expanded diverting material into the wellbore allowing the expanded diverting material to form a diverter plug diverting the flow of a second wellbore servicing fluid to a different portion of the wellbore; and removing the diverter plug. A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid into the subterranean formation at a first location; plugging the first location with a expanded diverting material such that all or a portion of the wellbore servicing fluid is diverted to a second location in the subterranean formation; placing the wellbore servicing fluid into the subterranean formation at the second location; and allowing the expanded diverting material to degrade to provide a flowpath from the subterranean formation to the wellbore for recovery of resources from the subterranean formation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116703 | Wellbore Servicing Methods and Compositions Comprising Degradable Polymers - A method of servicing a wellbore comprising providing a degradable polymer within a portion of a wellbore, a subterranean formation or both; preparing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a degradation accelerator wherein the degradation accelerator comprises an alkanolamine, an oligomer of aziridine, a polymer of azridine, a diamine, or combinations thereof; and placing the wellbore servicing fluid comprising a degradation accelerator into the wellbore, the subterranean formation or both wherein the degradation accelerator contacts the degradable polymer. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116704 | Wellbore Servicing Methods and Compositions Comprising Degradable Polymers - A method of servicing a wellbore comprising providing a degradable polymer and a delayed action construct within a portion of a wellbore, a subterranean formation or both; wherein the delayed action construct comprises (i) a degradation accelerator comprising an alkanolamine, an oligomer of aziridine, a polymer of azridine, a diamine, or combinations thereof, (ii) a solid support, and (iii) an encapsulating material; and placing the wellbore servicing fluid comprising the degradable polymer and delayed action construct into the wellbore, the subterranean formation or both. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116705 | One Trip Packer Plug Debris Milling and Removal Method - A combination tool is delivered to compacted debris above a packer whose plug is to be removed. The shoe or mill is on the lower end of an outer bushing and the grapple or overshot is held within the bushing but away from the shoe so that the shoe can advance into the debris as reverse circulation takes the cuttings up through a mandrel to a debris removal tool. When the shoe lands on the packer the surface personnel can see it on the weight indicator. Weight is then set down to overcome a resisting force of a breakable member such as a shear pin or a spring or both so that the grapple advances to engage the packer plug. Advancing the mandrel relative to the bushing with the shoe at its lower end also releases a torque lug that previously allowed tandem rotation of the mandrel with the bushing. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116706 | ALTERING THE INTERFACE OF HYDROCARBON-COATED SURFACES - Methods and compositions are provided wherein microorganisms are used to alter the interface of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon-coated surfaces to increase oil recovery, for improved bioremediation and/or pipeline maintenance. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116707 | IN-SITU CROSSLINKING AND CALCIUM ION COMPLEXATION FOR ACIDIZING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - A method of treating a zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method including the steps of: (a) forming a treatment fluid comprising: (i) water; (ii) a strong acid); (iii) a water-soluble polymer having at least one functional group that can be crosslinked with aluminum(III); (iv) a water-soluble aluminum carboxylate; and (v) a complexion agent for calcium ions; wherein the pH of the treatment fluid is less than the pH required for the aluminum to crosslink the polymer to form a crosslinked gel; (b) introducing the treatment fluid through the wellbore into the zone; and (c) allowing time for the strong acid in the treatment fluid to spend in the formation such that the pH of the fluid increases sufficiently for the aluminum of the aluminum carboxylate to crosslink the polymer. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116708 | SYNERGISTIC CORROSION INHIBITOR INTENSIFIERS FOR ACIDIZING EMULSIONS - Corrosion of steel is a major problem in acidizing operations in a well. A composition in the form of an emulsion is provided, the composition including: (i) a continuous oil phase; (ii) an internal aqueous acid phase adjacent the continuous oil phase; (iii) an emulsifier; (iv) a corrosion inhibitor; (v) a source of carboxylate ion selected from the group consisting of formic acid, oxalic acid, sodium formate, potassium formate, sodium oxalate, potassium oxalate, and any combination thereof; (vi) a source of iodide ion; and (vii) a source of cuprous ion. In addition, a method of acidizing a treatment zone of a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore of a well is provided. The method includes the steps of: (A) forming a treatment fluid comprising a composition according to the invention; and (B) introducing the treatment fluid into the well, wherein the design temperature is at least 280° F. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116709 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING SCALE FORMATION IN OIL WELLS - An illustrative method of reducing an amount of treatment water injected into a subterranean well may include providing an environmentally friendly polymer, such as a biodegradable polymer (e.g., an aspartic acid based polymer), to the subterranean well. In some cases, the aspartic acid based polymer may include one or more of a copolymer of the aspartic acid based polymer, a terpolymer of the aspartic acid based polymer, an aspartic acid based polymer derivative, an aspartic acid based polymer having an end cap, and a soluble salt of the aspartic acid based polymer. In some cases, the treatment water use may be reduced within the range of about five percent to about ninety five percent. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116710 | TREATMENT OF SHALE FORMATONS USING A CHELATING AGENT - The present invention relates to a process for treating a shale formation comprising introducing a fluid containing glutamic acid N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (GLDA), methylglycine N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (MGDA),and/or N- hydroxyethyl ethylenediamine N,N′,N′-triacetic acid or a salt thereof (HEDTA) into the formation which process may optionally contain an additional fracturing step. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116711 | Expanded Wellbore Servicing Materials and Methods of Making and Using Same - A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a resin-loaded expanded material into a wellbore wherein a resin is released from the resin-loaded expanded material in situ within the wellbore or subterranean formation. A wellbore treatment composition comprising a resin-loaded expanded material wherein the expanded material comprises polylactide and the resin material comprises a high-temperature epoxy-based resin. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116712 | DEBURRING MILL TOOL FOR WELLBORE CLEANING - A wellbore cleaning tool for removing irregularities along the inner surface of a wellbore tubular may include a top sub, a cutting assembly, and a bottom sub. The tool is operable to remove irregularities, such as debris, burrs, and jagged edges, along the inside of the wellbore tubular, and thereby provide a clean, inner surface finish. The tool may be actuated into a retracted position, an extended position, and/or a deactivated position. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116713 | RFID Actuated Gravel Pack Valves - A device and method that, on a command from the surface, a seat in a tubular may be moved into the bore of a tubular so that a ball of the appropriate size may be caught. The seat may also be moved out of the bore on command so that a ball of the appropriate size will not be caught by the seat. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116714 | Plunger Lift Apparatus - An improved bypass valve assembly for a plunger lift apparatus comprises a bypass valve cage having improved flow characteristics and a simplified clutch assembly having enhanced durability and low cost. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SUBSEA WELL - A system for monitoring a subsea well is presented. The system includes the subsea well, where the subsea well includes a production tube, an annulus A co-axial to the production tube and positioned exterior to the production tube, an annulus B co-axial to the annulus A and positioned exterior to the annulus A, and a casing wall disposed between the annulus A and annulus B. Furthermore, the system includes a first sensor disposed on or about the production tube, the annulus A, the casing wall, or combinations thereof and configured to measure a first parameter. The system also includes a controller coupled to the subsea well and configured to analyze the first parameter measured by the first sensor and detect an anomaly in one or more components of the subsea well. Methods and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method for monitoring a subsea well are also presented. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116716 | SPOOL MODULE - A spool module for a subsea well production tree and system is presented. The spool module is similar to traditional process modules, except that the spool module includes all its components and their conduits inside one body (or block). This module includes retrievable components used for production and annulus flow lines into one package. The spool module includes the production choke, annulus choke, and conduit bores integral in the block. The spool module includes all of these elements machined into one body having no additional conduits or piping outside of the body. The spool module may also be used in connection with a subsea tree during production of a well, or with several wells on a template or as part of a manifold. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116717 | VALVE SYSTEM - A system and methodology facilitates utilization of a valve of a type which may be used as a subsea test tree. The valve comprises a valve element pivotably mounted in a housing having a passageway therethrough. The valve element may be actuated between an open position and a closed position blocking the passageway. A cutter is disposed along a first surface of the valve element and a seal system is positioned for engagement with a second surface of the valve element to provide separate cutting and sealing surfaces. Actuating the valve element from the open position to the closed position enables cutting of a conveyance, that may be positioned through the passageway, while simultaneously forming a seal along a separate surface to sealingly block the passageway. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116718 | SINGLE PACKER WITH A SEALING LAYER SHAPE ENHANCED FOR FLUID PERFORMANCE - A system and/or a method collects formation fluids using a single packer with expansion rings and/or an irregular sealing layer. The packer may have an expansion ring extending around an outer circumference. The expansion ring may seal a portion of a wellbore to sample fluid from a formation. An irregular sealing layer may facilitate leaking between drains of the packer. The irregular sealing layer may have grooves through which fluid may flow. The irregular sealing layer may be composed of fibers and/or plastic. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116719 | COILED TUBING DEPLOYED GAS INJECTION MANDREL - A coiled tubing gas injection mandrel includes a housing assembly capable of attachment to coiled tubing, wherein the housing assembly comprises an up-hole end, a down-hole end, a sleeve longitudinally integrally connected with the up-hole end and the down-hole end, and a slide-through valve receptacle assembly removably connected within the sleeve. In more detail, the slide-through valve receptacle assembly comprises an up-hole pipe with a shoulder, at least one laterally extending projection, at least one laterally extending port, a down-hole pipe integrally connected with the up-hole pipe, and a longitudinal bore within the up-hole pipe and down-hole pipe. The up-hole end and down-hole end are capable of attachment with coiled tubing. The slide-through valve assembly and the sleeve form a gas flow passageway, wherein the gas flow passageway controls the flow of gas through a gas lift valve installed in the slide-through valve receptacle for gas being injected into the coiled tubing. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116720 | High Temperature Back Pressure Valve - A back pressure valve for sealing a wellbore. The back pressure valve has a cylindrical body with threads designed to engage threads in the opening of a tubing hanger within the wellbore. The back pressure valve also has a metal sealing surface. When the threads of the back pressure valve engage the threads in the opening of the tubing hanger, the metal sealing surface of the valve seals against the metal of the tubing hanger, forming a metal to metal seal. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116721 | Downhole Tools, System and Method of Using - A downhole tool comprising a nested sleeve moveable from a closed position to an open position following actuation of a fluid control device. The fluid control device may selectively permit fluid flow, and thus pressure communication, into the annular space to cause a differential pressure across the shifting sleeve, and thereby moving the shifting sleeve to an open position. A static plug seat is positioned in the tubing or casing upwell of the downhole tool. When the shifting sleeve is opened, fluid flow is established through the static plug seat, allowing a dissolvable or disintegrable ball or other plug to engage the plug seat, preventing fluid flow past the plug seat to the opened downhole tool, thereby permitting pressurization of the tubing or casing, such as for a pressure test. Disintegration of the ball allows fluid communication to be re-established with the downhole tool, permitting fluid to flow through the tubing for subsequent operations. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116722 | JOINT SOLIDIFICATION TOOL - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system having a clamping mechanism configured to apply a force on a first tool joint and a second tool joint, wherein the clamping mechanism is configured to transfer a torque from the first tool joint to the second tool joint, and the clamping mechanism is configured to rotate about an axis of the first and second tool joints. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116723 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A MULTI-BOWL WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY - A method of completing a well includes Lowering a wellhead onto a base al as upper end of the well. A hub with internal threads and an external circumferential stepped recess is secured to external threads of the wellhead. A blowout preventer assembly with an annular locking member having a plurality of locking demerits is landed on the hub, and the looking elements are engaged with the recess of the hub. The well is drilled through the blowout preventer assembly to a greater depth then the blowout preventer assembly and the hub are removed. A threaded flange with & plurality of bolt holes spaced around die flange is secured to the external threads of the wellhead and a wellhead member is bolted to the bolt holes of the threaded flange. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116724 | COILED TUBING PUMP DOWN SYSTEM - A system and methodology facilitates an operation utilizing coiled tubing. The technique comprises coupling a hydraulic assist device to coiled tubing. A fluid is flowed into an enclosure such as a wellbore and along the coiled tubing. The fluid is flowed against the hydraulic assist device, and the action of this fluid against the hydraulic assist device creates a pulling force on the coiled tubing. The pulling force facilitates movement of the coiled tubing along the wellbore or other enclosure to provide the coiled tubing with greater reach for a variety of intervention operations or other types of operations. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116725 | Tubular Member Coupling and Lining Systems and Methods - For use in assembling a tubing string for a production well, a rigid pre-formed liner is configured for simple drop-in place installation at each tubing joint during assembly of the tubing string in to protect the inside of the tubing string from wear caused by operation of a sucker rod inside the same. At a threaded connection in the finished tubing string, where an externally threaded top end of a section of production tubing is engaged with an internally threaded bottom end of a box coupler or collar, the tubular portion of a respective liner hangs downward from a larger-diameter collar portion of the liner that sits atop the annular top end of the section of production tubing. The liner is installed by simply dropping its tubular portion into the section of tubing and then threading the box coupler onto the section tubing around the upper end of the liner. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116726 | Downhole Sensor and Method of Coupling Same to A Borehole Wall - Devices and methods for borehole seismic investigation are provided. The devices are a downhole tool having gripping devices which may improve contact between the downhole tool and the borehole wall (or casing of the borehole wall) and reduce slippage as compared to downhole tools without the gripping devices. The methods involve lowering a downhole tool having the gripping devices into a borehole and applying force to cause the gripping devices to penetrate or create an indentation in the borehole wall (or casing of the borehole wall). The methods and devices may improve the coupling between the downhole tool and surface to be monitored and/or may enhance the frequency range due to higher coupling frequency as compared to downhole tools without the gripping devices. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116727 | WELL SCREEN WITH CHANNEL FOR SHUNT OR CABLE LINE - Disclosed herein is a downhole well screen, having a base pipe with a filter mounted thereon with the filter comprising plurality of spaced layers including a screen layer. A longitudinally extending channel is formed in the well screen by plastically deforming the filter. The channel is selected to be of a size and shape to accommodate well control lines. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116728 | MULTI-LATERAL RE-ENTRY GUIDE AND METHOD OF USE - A downhole tool for use in a multilateral wellbore includes a guide member on one end that selectively projects into a designated wellbore, where the designated wellbore can be a motherbore or a lateral wellbore. Pistons are set radially in a body of the tool that selectively push against an end of the guide member to pivot it into a designated orientation to guide the tool into the designated wellbore. The pistons are hydraulically actuated when probes that are on sides of the tool body extend outward into contact with a lateral wellbore. The probes block hydraulic flow when retracted, but when deployed outward they allow fluid communication to push the pistons against the guide member. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116729 | WIRELINE CRAWLER TRACTOR - A well tractor for use in inserting a bottom hole assembly into a wellbore, the well tractor including a tractor body, and two or more wheels connected to the tractor body by pivot arms and having a retracted position and a deployed position, the at least two wheels moveable between the retracted and deployed positions by hydraulic cylinders attached to the pivot arms. The well tractor further includes a track creating a loop around at least two wheels and engaged with the wheels, so that when the wheels rotate, the track also rotates around the wheels, When the wheels are in the retracted position, the track is maintained in close proximity to the tractor body, and when the wheels are in the deployed position, the track extends radially away from the tractor body and into contact with surfaces of the wellbore. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116730 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING A DOWNHOLE POWER UNIT - A method and apparatus for setting a subsurface device in a wellbore is disclosed. A downhole power unit comprises a power rod and a drive shaft. The power rod comprises a hollow interior. The drive shaft is located within the hollow interior, and the power rod is operable to selectively engage a subsurface device to be positioned downhole. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WELLBORE FLUID TREATMENT - A tubing string assembly for fluid treatment of a wellbore includes substantially pressure holding closures spaced along the tubing string, which each close at least one port through the tubing string wall. The closures are openable by a sleeve drivable through the tubing string inner bore. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116732 | System and Method for Activating a Down Hole Tool - Systems and methods for setting a down hole tool include a base pipe having an interior and defining a port that communicates with a pressure chamber positioned outside of the base pipe. A sleeve is positioned in the interior to substantially block the port and to prevent substantial fluid communication between the interior and the pressure chamber. The sleeve includes a first portion having a first shear resistance for resisting movement of the first portion with respect to the base pipe. The sleeve also includes a second portion having a second shear resistance for resisting movement of the second portion with respect to the first portion. Movement of the first portion with respect to the base pipe in response to overcoming the first shear resistance exposes the port to permit fluid communication between the interior and the pressure chamber for setting the down hole tool. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116733 | HORSE BOOT - A horse boot arrangement for a horse's hoof, the horse boot arrangement comprising a flexible sock member having a base portion for engaging a sole of the horse's hoof and a sleeve portion extending from the periphery of the base portion for covering the hoof, means for fastening the sleeve portion against the horse's hoof to ensure the flexible sock member remains on the hoof under working conditions, and rigid ground engaging means being detachably mountable to the flexible sock member via coupling means. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116734 | Methods and Apparatus for Passive Non-Electrical Dual Stage Fire Suppression - Methods and apparatus for passive non-electrical dual stage fire suppression according to various aspects of the present invention include detecting a fire with a first active fire suppressant unit and changing the status of a second fire suppressant unit from “stand-by” to “active” when the first fire suppressant unit releases a fire suppressant agent. After the first fire suppressant unit has released its fire suppressant agent, the second fire suppressant unit may detect a continued and/or a new fire and release a second fire suppressant agent in response to the detection. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116735 | Agricultural Systems - An agricultural implement includes at least one row unit having a plurality of support members, each of which is pivotably coupled to an attachment frame or another of the support members to permit vertical pivoting vertical movement of the support members, and a plurality of soil-engaging tools, each of which is coupled to at least one of the support members. A plurality of hydraulic cylinders are coupled to the support members for urging the support members downwardly toward the soil. A plurality of controllable pressure control valves are coupled to the hydraulic cylinders for controlling the pressure of hydraulic fluid supplied to the cylinders. A plurality of sensors produce electrical signals corresponding to predetermined conditions, and a controller is coupled to the sensor and the controllable pressure control valves. The controller receives the electrical signals from the sensors and produces control signals for controlling the pressure control valves. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116736 | AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WITH PIVOTING TOOL FRAME - An agricultural implement may include a main frame with a tool frame pivotally coupled thereto. The agricultural implement includes a front row of ground engaging tools having a first plurality of ground engaging tools coupled to the tool frame and a rear row of ground engaging tools having a second plurality of ground engaging tools coupled to the tool frame. The agricultural implement includes a front linkage assembly extending between the main frame and the tool frame. The front linkage assembly is coupled to the tool frame vertically above the front row. The agricultural implement also includes a central linkage assembly extending between the main frame and the tool frame. The central linkage assembly is coupled to a central portion of the tool frame between the front row and the rear row. The front row is configured to pivot upwardly and downwardly relative to the rear row. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116737 | PORTABLE TOOL - A casing of a hedge clipper which is a portable tool is provided with a power source housing in which an electric motor is housed and a main handle held by a worker, and blades serving as a tip tool are provided to the casing. An operation display panel is provided on the main handle, and a driving information display unit which displays a battery remaining capacity and a rotation speed of an electric motor as a plurality of pieces of driving information is provided on the operation display panel. The selection of the information to be displayed is switched by the operation of an operation switch unit provided in the operation display panel. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116738 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - A shoe attached to a shoe attachment portion includes a spanner portion. As the shoe can be separated from a tool main body of the cutout tool, the shoe can be used as a spanner. The shoe can function as the spanner for replacing a bit in a bit attachment mechanism. In addition, the shoe has its original function of the shoe by which a protrusion amount of the bit can be adjusted. Since the shoe is attached to the shoe attachment portion and held by the tool main body, it turns out that the spanner can be prepared for use with the cutout tool. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116739 | ROTARY HAMMER - A rotary hammer includes a motor, a spindle coupled to the motor for receiving torque from the motor, a piston at least partially received within the spindle for reciprocation therein, a striker received within the spindle for reciprocation in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil received within the spindle and positioned between the striker and a tool bit. The rotary hammer also includes a retainer received within the spindle for selectively securing the striker in an idle position in which it is inhibited from reciprocating within the spindle, and an O-ring positioned between the retainer and the spindle. The O-ring is disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the anvil. The O-ring is compressible in response to the striker assuming the idle position. The compressed O-ring imparts a frictional force on the outer peripheral surface of the anvil to decelerate the anvil. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116740 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL DEVICE - A hand-held power tool device includes at least one spindle unit, which is provided in particular for transmitting a drive motion of a drive unit to a tool receptacle, and a locking unit, which is provided in particular for locking the at least one spindle unit in at least one locking state, and which has at least one spindle lock element, which includes at least one entrainment element, and which is provided for at least partially transmitting the drive motion of the drive unit to the at least one spindle unit in at least one operating state. The spindle lock element has at least one clamping surface, which is situated at least partially offset from the at least one entrainment element at least in an axial direction. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116741 | PORTABLE POWER TOOL - A power tool is provided with a prime mover which causes the tool to rotate and a housing which houses the prime mover. In a back-end face that is positioned on an opposite side on the housing from a tool side, a back-end groove, into which a user can position his/her web between his/her thumb and forefinger, is formed. A pair of side-face grooves, into which the user can place the thumb and forefinger, are formed in both side faces of the housing. A depth changing portion is formed in at least one of the side-face grooves, such that the depth is reduced toward the back-end face of the housing. According to this structure, even when the housing is gripped directly from the back-end face, the user can easily draw up or raise the power tool. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116742 | MACHINE TOOL DEVICE - A machine tool device, particularly a hand-held machine tool device, includes at least one screw that is configured to secure at least one metal component to at least one additional component in a form-fitting manner. The machine tool further includes an electrical insulating unit that is configured to prevent the conduction of current at least between the metal component and the screw. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116743 | Driving System for Cleaning Machine - The invention relates to a driving system ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116744 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE CABLES - A system for managing a plurality of cables that are connectable to one or more electronic devices is described. The system comprises a housing and a plurality of openings in the housing. Each opening is dimensioned to receive one or more cables entering and/or exiting the housing. At least one of the plurality of openings is dimensioned to receive two or more of the plurality of cables at a given time. The system further comprises an inner space defined by the housing. The inner space is configured to store at least a portion of each of the plurality of cables within the housing. Also, the system comprises a weighted disk located within the inner space. The weighted disk has a weight sufficient to maintain the system in a substantially stationary position on a substantially level surface. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116745 | Two Piece Condulets - A conduit for protecting wires may include an only top curved wall and an only bottom curved wall being connected to the top curved wall to define a housing for the conduit and having a cavity. The top curved wall may include a top flange. The bottom curved wall may include a bottom flange. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116746 | Device For Electric Field Control - A device for controlling an electric field at a high voltage component includes an inner deflector electrically connected to live voltage component; a resistive layer adapted for field control, arranged along the high voltage component, and electrically connected to the live high voltage component and electrically connected to a grounded part, the resistive layer having a nonlinear current-voltage characteristics; an insulating layer extending but ending without reaching the end of the resistive layer; and a semi-conducting or conducting layer arranged on the insulating layer and extending towards the resistive layer and past the end of the insulating layer, thereby defining an outer triple point at the intersection of the resistive layer, the insulating layer, and the semi-conducting or conducting layer. The resistive layer has first, second, and third adjacent sections, wherein a portion of the first section extends below the inner deflector. | 2014-05-01 |
