| 18th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
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| 20120103213 | Ink Rheology Control Subsystem for a Variable Data Lithography System - A subsystem for controlling the rheology of ink applied to an imaging surface of a variable data lithography system comprises an ink reservoir, an ink application subsystem for applying ink from the ink reservoir over the imaging surface at a first ink temperature, and an ink complex viscoelastic modulus control subsystem for modifying the complex viscoelastic modulus of the ink from a first value at the ink reservoir to a second value prior to transfer of the ink from the imaging surface to a substrate. The ink complex viscoelastic modulus control subsystem may comprise a partial curing stage, such as a photo-curing stage. The ink may optionally include photoinitiators to assist with the partial curing. Alternatively, the ink complex viscoelastic modulus control subsystem may consist of an ink pre-heating subsystem and/or a post-application cooling system. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103214 | Heated Inking Roller for a Variable Data Lithography System - An inking subsystem for a variable data digital lithography system comprises a first ink roller disposed to receive ink on a surface thereof, the ink being provided from an ink reservoir such that it may be provided by the first ink roller to a reimageable surface of said variable data digital lithography system, and a heating apparatus disposed proximate the first ink roller to provide heating of the first ink roller preferentially at the point of application of the ink by the first ink roller to the reimageable surface. Various methods and apparatus for heating the first ink roller are disclosed. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103215 | VARNISHING OR PRINTING PLATE - A varnishing or printing plate includes a support layer, a varnish or ink transfer layer and a filling layer interposed between the support layer and the varnish or ink transfer layer. The filling layer comprises a plurality of sublayers connected together in succession so as to form the filling layer made of a polyurethane. Each of said sublayers of the filling layer has a thickness between 160 and 330 micron, and the polyurethane with which said sublayers of the filling layer are made is such that they have a Shore A hardness of between 55° and 65°. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103216 | MULTIPLE-LAYER FLAT STRUCTURE IN THE FORM OF A PRINTING BLANKET OR A PRINTING PLATE FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC AND LETTERPRESS PRINTING WITH LASER ENGRAVING - The invention is directed to a multiple-layer flat structure ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103217 | Cleaning Subsystem for a Variable Data Lithography System - An cleaning subsystem for a variable data lithography system includes a first cleaning member having a conformable adhesive surface disposed for physical contact with an imaging member such that residual ink remaining on the imaging member, such as following transfer of an inked latent image from the imaging member to a substrate, adheres to the conformable adhesive surface and is thereby removed from the imaging member. The cleaning subsystem may further include a second cleaning member, in physical contact with the first cleaning member, having a relatively hard, smooth surface such that residual ink removed from the imaging member and adhering to the adhesive surface of the first cleaning member may split onto the second cleaning member. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103218 | Method of Ink Rheology Control in a Variable Data Lithography System - Methods for controlling the rheology of ink applied to an imaging surface of a variable data lithography system include applying ink in a layer with a first complex viscoelastic modulus such that said ink layer readily separates in regions over the imaging surface covered by a dampening solution and into regions over the imaging surface at which dampening solution has been removed, increasing the complex viscoelastic modulus of the ink to a second complex viscoelastic modulus while the ink is over the imaging surface, thereby increasing the level of at least one of ink cohesive energy and ink tack prior to the transfer of said ink to said substrate at said image transfer subsystem. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103219 | Ink Transfer Subsystem for a Variable Data Lithography System - An improved imaging member for a variable data lithography system comprises a reimageable surface layer comprising a polymer, the reimageable surface having a surface roughness Ra in the range of 0.10-4.0 μm peak-to-valley, and peak-to-valley nearest neighbor average distances finer than 20 μm. A structural mounting layer may be provided to which the reimageable surface layer is attached, either directly or with intermediate layers therebetween. The relatively rough surface facilitates retention of dampening solution and improves inking uniformity and transfer. The reimageable surface layer may be comprised of polydimethylsiloxane (silicone), and may optionally have particulate radiation sensitive material disbursed therein to promote absorption, and hence heating, from an optical source. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103220 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A lithographic printing plate precursor which is capable of undergoing on-press development by supplying at least one of printing ink and dampening water and includes a support and an image-recording layer, wherein the image-recording layer contains at least one of compounds represented by the formulae (1) to (3) as defined herein. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103221 | Cleaning Method for a Variable Data Lithography System - An cleaning method for a variable data lithography system employs a first cleaning member having a conformable adhesive surface disposed for physical contact with an imaging member such that residual ink remaining on the imaging member, such as following transfer of an inked latent image from the imaging member to a substrate, adheres to the conformable adhesive surface and is thereby removed from the imaging member. The cleaning method may further employ a second cleaning member, in physical contact with the first cleaning member, having a relatively hard, smooth surface such that residual ink removed from the imaging member and adhering to the adhesive surface of the first cleaning member may split onto the second cleaning member. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103222 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL THIN FILM - A method for producing a metal thin film on a substrate includes: a step of applying an ink to a flat blanket; a first transfer step of bringing the first blanket and a letterpress having a predetermined pattern of projections into contact by a pressure compression while the flat blanked and the letterpress being disposed opposite each other, to selectively transfer a portion of the ink on the flat blanket corresponding to the projections to the letterpress; a second transfer step of bringing the flat blanket obtained after the first transfer step and the substrate into contact by pressure compression while the flat blanket and the substrate being disposed opposite each other, to transfer the ink remaining on the flat blanket to the substrate; and a step of subjecting the substrate obtained after the second transfer step to electroless plating to deposit a metal thin film on the substrate. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103223 | Surface Safe Explosive Tool - An explosive tool is disclosed. The explosive tool comprises a body structure, a charge, a detonator to ignite the charge via propagation of thermal energy, a pressure actuated safety to prevent propagation of sufficient thermal energy to ignite the charge when the pressure actuated safety is subjected to a surface pressure and to not prevent propagation of sufficient thermal energy to ignite the charge when the pressure actuated safety is subjected to at least a predefined pressure threshold, and a temperature actuated safety to prevent propagation of sufficient thermal energy to ignite the charge when the temperature actuated safety is subjected to a surface temperature and to not prevent propagation of sufficient thermal energy to ignite the charge when the temperature actuated safety is subjected to at least a predefined temperature threshold. The charge, the detonator, the pressure actuated safety, and the temperature actuated safety are contained within the body structure. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103224 | Energy harvesting power sources for detecting target impact of a munition - A method for detecting a target impact of the munition. The method including: providing the munition with a power supply having a piezoelectric material for generating power from an axial vibration induced by the munition; monitoring an output from the power supply; and determining if the munition has axially impacted a target based on the output. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103225 | AERIAL CABLE CAR SYSTEM HAVING TRANSPORTATION OPERATING EQUIPMENT FOR PASSENGER AND/OR FREIGHT TRANSPORT - An aerial cable car system including transportation operating equipment for passenger and/or freight transport, wherein electrical consumers are connected for operation thereof to a rechargeable electrical energy store of a transportation operating equipment by a respective power circuit. The transportation operating equipment includes an operating control device connected to measuring devices for dynamically capturing measurement values based on available quantity of energy in the energy store. The operating control device includes a storage module having at least one stored measurement control value and an associated control parameter. The operating control device includes a filter module comparing a captured measurement value to the at least one stored measurement control value and reading out corresponding stored control parameter, based on which power circuits can be selectively coupled or decoupled to the energy store by the operating control device. Electrical consumers in transportation operating equipment can be fed without interruption by the energy store, even during travel. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103226 | CABLEWAY SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING SKIERS AND ILLUMINATING INDICATOR STRIP - A cableway system for conveying skiers from a valley station to a mountain station has a continuous, and continuously moving, conveying cable, which is guided in the terminal stations via deflecting pulleys, of which at least one is a driven head wheel. The system includes chairs with seats for several skiers. The chairs are uncoupled from the conveying cable at the entrance into the stations, and guided through the stations, along guide rails, at a speed which is reduced in relation to the speed of the conveying cable, wherein the skiers sit on these chairs, or disembark therefrom, and the chairs are once more coupled to the conveying cable at the exit of the station. Skier-access barriers, are located in the valley station through which the skiers pass into the region of the movement paths of the chairs. A marking is provided in the region of the movement path of the chairs that indicates to the skiers the necessary positions for sitting on the chairs. The marking here is formed by a plurality of luminaires or luminary groups arranged in the surface of the ground in a direction transverse to the movement direction of the chairs, wherein each of the seats located on the chair is assigned a separate luminaire or luminary group. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103227 | GUIDE RAIL TYPE VEHICLE WITH GUIDE DEVICE - In a guide rail type vehicle, a guide wheel includes a main guide wheel that rolls in contact with a main guide rail and a branch guide wheel that rolls in contact with a branch guide rail, a guide frame includes a guide arm that extends in a vehicle width direction and a guide link, the guide arm and the guide link are rotatably connected to each other via a first rotational shaft, the guide link includes a second rotational shaft in which the main guide wheel and the branch guide wheel are rotatably mounted to both ends, a buffer mechanism is provided between the guide arm and the guide link, and when the guide link rotates around the first rotational shaft with the guide wheel contacting with the guide rail, the buffer mechanism suppresses rotation of the guide link. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103228 | RAILWAY TRUCK - A railway truck is provided comprising first and second wheelsets, each wheelset comprising at least a left and a right wheel adjacent opposite ends of an axle. Each axle is supported for rotation about an axle axis by a respective bearing adjacent the left and right wheels. A first frame member extends between a bearing support adjacent the left wheel of the first wheelset and a bearing support adjacent the right wheel of the second wheelset. A second frame member extends between a bearing support adjacent the left wheel of the second wheelset and a bearing support adjacent the right wheel of the first wheelset. The first and second frame members are free to move without interference from each other to cause the truck to steer in response to a change in a rolling direction of either of the first and second wheelsets. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103229 | AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING DIVALENT IRON IONS - An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous solution containing divalent iron ions having improved storage stability such that oxidation over time of divalent iron ions in the aqueous solution containing divalent iron ions to trivalent iron ions is suppressed and occurrence of the precipitation of iron (III) hydroxide is prevented for long periods. The present invention relates to an aqueous solution containing divalent iron ions having improved storage stability characterized in that it comprises divalent iron ions and a hydroxylamine salt as a reducing agent and has a pH of 3.0 or lower. The pH is preferably 2.2 or lower and more preferably 1.2 or lower. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103230 | PIGMENT DISPERSION, INKJET COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND RECORDING DEVICE - A pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and 3 μm, and the condition R5O/Z>5 is satisfied. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103231 | Process for Producing Silica-Based Fine Particle Dispersion Sols, Silica-Based Fine Particle Dispersion Sol, Coating Composition Containing the Dispersion Sol, Curable Coating Film, and Substrate Having the Curable Coating Film - Provided are silica-based fine particle dispersion sols, processes for producing the sols, coating compositions containing the dispersion sol, curable coating films obtained from the coating composition, and substrates having the coating film. A process includes (1) mixing an aqueous aluminate solution to an alkaline silica sol which contains water-dispersible silica fine particles in a given ratio; (2) heating the mixture liquid obtained in the step (1) to 60 to 200° C. and stirring the mixture liquid at the temperature for 0.5 to 20 hours; and (3) contacting the mixture liquid obtained in the step (2) with a cation exchange resin to remove by ion exchange alkali metal ions contained in the mixture liquid and thereby controlling the pH of the mixture liquid to be in the range of 3.0 to 6.0. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103232 | Utilization of Heavy Oil Fly Ash to Improve Asphalt Binder and Asphalt Concrete Performance - Disclosed herein are an asphalt concrete mixture, an asphalt binder composition, and methods of preparing the related compositions. The asphalt binder compositions include heavy oil fly ash that contains more than about 90 wt. % carbon. The compositions are capable of being performance graded. The binder can be used to modify the asphalt and also as a filler in asphaltic concrete compositions. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103233 | BUILDING SEGMENT, IN PARTICULAR OF BOARD SHAPE AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Building segment, in particular of board shape, comprises of mixture of basic component with admixture, comprising of recycled material from textile fibres acquired by defibering process from hardly defiberable multi-composite textiles, which can be supplemented by recycled material from textile pulp acquired by the process of tyres recycling. Basic components advantageously comprises of plaster or polyurethane. During manufacturing of this building segment, textile waste is defibred to textile fibres, which are processed to required length and are homogenized into even layer, and then it is added to the mixture of basic component containing other components. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103234 | RECONFIGURABLE WORKSTATION SUPPORT - A workstation services support structure ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103235 | MODULAR CONFERENCE TABLE - A modular conference table allows meeting participants and office staff to quickly and effectively change the length of the conference table as the needs of the meeting participants change. The present invention includes a tabletop assembly including a first end-top, a second end-top, and a modular insert top. Additionally, modular conference table includes a leg assembly upholding the tabletop assembly. The legs assembly includes two terminal supports and center supports. The modular conference table can be expanded in order to accommodate the needs of the user by adding an additional number of modular insert tops, modesty panels, and center supports. Thus, the invention allows attendees of meetings and office staff to adjust the size of a conference table according to the size of the space or the needs of the user. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103236 | REDUCED WEAR AND SELF CLEANING STOKER SEAL - A sealing apparatus ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103237 | TILTABLE MULTIPLE-STAGED COAL BURNER IN A HORIZONTAL ARRANGEMENT - Horizontally arranged burners for boiler furnaces are provided where each burner includes a fuel nozzle surrounded by a secondary air outlet. The fuel nozzle and secondary air outlets may tilt in tandem with respect to an air plenum supplying inner secondary air and a fuel carrier providing fuel. Also provided are outer secondary air buckets that may independently tilt with respect to a frame connected to the air plenum. This arrangement can be installed as a retrofit in a conventional horizontal furnace system or in a newly built system. The fuel nozzle and secondary air outlet, and secondary air buckets may all tilt in unison or may all tilt independently. The tilting assists with optimizing a flame temperature profile within the furnace. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103238 | Air seeder tank and distribution apparatus - An air seeder distribution apparatus has seed and fertilizer tanks, and a like plurality of metering devices mounted on each product tank. A manifold set comprises a like plurality of product manifolds and each manifold is separately fed from one metering device on each of the seed and fertilizer tanks. A control selectively starts and stops rotation of the feed roller of each metering device to feed product from either tank, or both tanks to the connected manifold. The weight of each tank can be displayed on a weight indicator. Balancing of the pressure in each supply conduit can be provided. A remote opener exerts downward force on the tank lid to maintain interior pressure. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103239 | Tufting Knife With a Nominal Bending Point - An improved tufting knife ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103240 | WATERBORNE CRAFT AND FIN INCORPORATING AIR CONDUITS FOR DRAG REDUCTION - The invention comprises a waterborne craft having a hull, board or base, and a fin, keel, centreboard or the like. One or more air conduits exit the hull, board or base at or adjacent at least one side of the fin, keel or centreboard, or exit the fin, keel, or centreboard, excluding the leading edge of the fin, keel or centreboard in use, in a position such that the conduit in use provides or the conduits in use provide air to a position at or adjacent at least one side of the fin, keel or centreboard. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103241 | WATERCRAFT IMMOBILIZING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A watercraft immobilizing apparatus and system for a marine vessel to passively defend against an attacking engine-powered watercraft includes a towed array of entanglement lines. The entanglement lines can be provided on and administered from removable/replaceable storage cartridges mountable on and/or deployed via davits, outriggers, paravanes, and/or weighted submersible rollers to foul and immobilize propellers and engine cooling water intakes of encroaching watercraft. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103242 | SELF-PROPELLED BOAT DOCK SYSTEM - A self-propelled boat dock system is provided. In combination with a boat dock and walkway, a system of one or more rollable shore traction elements, winches, and cables is configured to allow a single operator to manipulate the position of the boat dock system from a central controller, the controller being configured to selectively operate the rollable shore traction elements and winches. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103243 | DOCK SYSTEM - There is provided a dock having a pair of primary frame members and a pair of secondary frame members. A plurality of cross members extends between the pair of primary frame members. The dock includes a plurality of cross member connectors for connecting the cross members to the primary frame members. Each cross member connector includes a frame contact portion and a cross member engagement portion extending from the frame contact portion. The frame contact portion is connected to a respective one of the plurality of primary frame members. The cross member engagement portion defines a channel sized and configured to receive the alignment plate of a respective one of the plurality of cross members. A roller assembly may also be included for stabilizing the dock relative to an adjacent piling. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103244 | Truss Cable Semi-submersible Floater for Offshore Wind Turbines and Construction Methods - Truss cable semi-submersible floater for offshore wind turbines and construction methods are provided. A floating system includes a hull, a tensioned cable system, and a tower. The hull includes vertical buoyant columns with one column at the center of the pattern, larger size column base tanks, and a truss system, all of which are coupled to each other for supporting the tower and wind turbines. The column can be made of hybrid materials, including steel and composite-concrete. The steel section and the composite-concrete section of the column can be connected by grouting. The tensioned cable system including upper, lower, and diagonal tensioned cables to connect the column, the column base, and the tower to reduce the bending moments and improve stability, strength and dynamic performance of the hull structure. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103245 | Method for Detecting Anomalies on a Submarine Object - A method for detecting anomalies on a submarine object, in particular in the submarine region on a hull of a moored warcraft, which method carries out very reliable sensing of the submarine object by way of an unmanned small submarine vehicle that is equipped with simple sensor equipment, such as an acoustic sensor for measuring distances and a barometric cell for determining depth, and which method obtains a profile of the submarine object by navigating the small submarine vehicle with a constant transversal distance to the submarine object, in which profile an anomaly present on the submarine object becomes is apparent from the profile line. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103246 | WRAP PREVENTING FLAG APPARATUS - A wrap preventing flag ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103247 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TOOL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING - A method for visual tool identification employing unique indicia as an identifier of an owner of a tool. The indicia identifiers are assigned by a provider and a database of tools owned and bearing said indica is maintained. The unique indicia identifier is preferably discernable from a distance such as further than the unaided eye may recognize a face so that third parties may identify tools and their owners from a distance. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103248 | WEIGHING AND DISPLAY STATION - A system for monitoring loads at well drilling and service operations includes a digital user interface. The digital interface is in electronic communication with a first pressure transducer in fluid communication with a first pad type hydraulic load sensor, a second pressure transducer in fluid communication with a second pad type hydraulic load sensor, and a third pressure transducer in fluid communication with a hydraulic diaphragm type deadline load sensor. The digital user interface module functions to monitor the hydraulic pressures experienced at each pressure transducer and functions to calculate and display a corresponding weight load in numerical and graphical form for each pressure transducer. The digital user interface is also in electronic communication with a fourth transducer in fluid communication with a hydraulic power tong unit. The digital user interface module also functions to monitor the hydraulic pressure experienced at the pressure transducer and functions to calculate and display a corresponding torque load produced by the power tongs in numerical and graphical form. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103249 | SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBLIMATION GROWTH METHOD AND APPARATUS - A physical vapor transport growth system includes a growth chamber charged with SiC source material and a SiC seed crystal in spaced relation and an envelope that is at least partially gas-permeable disposed in the growth chamber. The envelope separates the growth chamber into a source compartment that includes the SiC source material and a crystallization compartment that includes the SiC seed crystal. The envelope is formed of a material that is reactive to vapor generated during sublimation growth of a SiC single crystal on the SiC seed crystal in the crystallization compartment to produce C-bearing vapor that acts as an additional source of C during the growth of the SiC single crystal on the SiC seed crystal. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103250 | FILM OF N TYPE (100) ORIENTED SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND SEMICONDUCTOR DOPED WITH PHOSPHOROUS ATOMS, AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided an n type (100) oriented single crystal diamond semiconductor film into which phosphorous atoms have been doped and a method of producing the same. The n type (100) oriented single crystal diamond semiconductor film, characterized in that (100) oriented diamond is epitaxially grown on a substrate under such conditions that; the diamond substrate is ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103251 | SEED CRYSTAL AXIS FOR SOLUTION GROWTH OF SINGLE CRYSTAL - PROBLEM To provide a seed crystal axis for solution growth of single crystal able to prevent or suppress formation of polycrystals due to the liquid phase technique and grow a single crystal with a high growth rate. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103252 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE FOR BASE MATERIAL HAVING BOTH SURFACES COATED WITH COATING SOLUTION - A double-sided coated substrate transport device ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103253 | ORGANIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS - An organic layer deposition apparatus capable of reducing or minimizing shifting of a pattern, caused when a patterning slit sheet sags. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103254 | THIN-FILM FORMATION SYSTEM AND ORGANIC EL DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - Provided is thin-film formation system including: a first conveying mechanism to convey a substrate and a deposition mask to a substrate carry-in position; a second conveying mechanism to convey the substrate and the deposition mask aligned by an alignment mechanism placed at the substrate carry-in position; a film formation mechanism to laminate a layer of organic material on the substrate in a film formation interval of the second conveying mechanism; and a third conveying mechanism to convey the substrate and the deposition mask which have passed the film formation interval from a carry-out position, in which at least one of the first conveying mechanism and the third conveying mechanism is placed parallel to the second conveying mechanism. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103255 | ALIGNMENT METHOD, ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, AND ORGANIC EL ELEMENT MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - Provided are an alignment method and an alignment apparatus, in which the number of times to carry out alignment operation is reduced to reduce damage of a substrate and a mask and improve the productivity of evaporation using the mask. Vibrations in the direction of gravity of a substrate immediately after the substrate is brought in are measured by a laser vibrometer. Based on the obtained vibration data, a vibration control portion generates an antiphase vibrational wave. After the vibrational wave is applied to the substrate to reduce the vibrations of the substrate, the alignment between the substrate and a mask is carried out. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103256 | VERTICAL HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - Provided is a vertical heat treatment apparatus which performs a film-forming process for substrates by supplying a film-forming gas to a plurality of substrates loaded onto a substrate supporter. The substrate supporter is rotated around an inclination axis, and the apparatus includes: a plurality of main holders which are provided at every reception position of the substrates in the substrate supporter and respectively supports the peripheries of the substrates at positions separated from each other in the circumferential direction; and first and second auxiliary holders which are located to be separated from the main holders in the circumferential direction and whose tops are lower than those of the main holders. Each substrate alternates between a position supported by the first auxiliary holder and the main holders and a position supported by the second auxiliary holder and the main holders every rotation of the substrate supporter. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103257 | DEPOSITION RING AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION CHAMBER - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a process kit for a semiconductor processing chamber, and a semiconductor processing chamber having a kit. More specifically, embodiments described herein relate to a process kit including a deposition ring and a pedestal assembly. The components of the process kit work alone, and in combination, to significantly reduce their effects on the electric fields around a substrate during processing. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103258 | Chemical Vapor Deposition Apparatus and Cooling Block Thereof - The present invention provides a chemical vapor deposition apparatus and a cooling block thereof. The chemical vapor deposition apparatus comprises a process chamber; at least one clean gas channel connected between the process chamber and a remote plasma source; and an anti-fluoride material layer formed in the clean gas channel. The clean gas channel can be formed in a block body of the cooling block. The present invention can enhance the cleaniness of the process chamber. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103259 | THIN FILM DEPOSITING APPARATUS - Provided is a thin film depositing apparatus. The thin film depositing apparatus includes: a process chamber including at least one sputter gun inducing a first plasma on a film or a flat plate; a loading unit provided at one side of the process chamber and including first and second loading chambers loading the film or the flat plate into the process chamber; and an unloading unit provided at the other side of the process chamber facing the loading unit and including first and second loading chambers including first and second unloading chambers unloading the film or the flat plate from the process chamber, wherein the first loading chamber is connected to the first unloading chamber or the second loading chamber is connected to the second unloading chamber at both sides of the process chamber. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103260 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR - Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing semiconductors, to be used for various processes in semiconductor manufacture processing, such as the forming of layers on wafers. A tube has a processing space therein and a discharge hole at a side thereof. A boat can be loaded and unloaded through a lower opening of the tube. Susceptors are vertically separated from one another and supported within the boat, have a central hole defined in the respective centers of rotation thereof, and have a plurality of wafers stacked around a central perimeter on the respective top surfaces thereof. A supply tube is installed at the top of the boat and passes through each central hole of the susceptors, and defines discharge holes for discharging processing gas supplied from the outside onto each top surface of the susceptors. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103261 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERMIXING CADMIUM SULFIDE LAYERS AND CADMIUM TELLURIDE LAYERS FOR THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - An apparatus for sequential deposition of an intermixed thin film layer and a sublimated source material on a photovoltaic (PV) module substrate is provided, along with associated processes. The process can include introducing a substrate into a deposition chamber, wherein a window layer (e.g., a cadmium sulfide layer) is on a surface of the substrate. A sulfur-containing gas can be supplied to the deposition chamber. In addition, a source vapor can be supplied to the deposition chamber, wherein the source material comprises cadmium telluride. The sulfur-containing gas and the source vapor can be present within the deposition chamber to form an intermixed layer on the window layer. In one particular embodiment, for example, the intermixed layer generally can have an increasing tellurium concentration and decreasing sulfur concentration extending away from the window layer. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103262 | APPARATUS OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - A apparatus ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103263 | PRE-HEAT RING DESIGNS TO INCREASE DEPOSITION UNIFORMITY AND SUBSTRATE THROUGHPUT - Embodiments of the present invention generally relates to apparatus for use in film depositions. The apparatus generally include pre-heat rings adapted to be positioned in a processing chamber. In one embodiment, a pre-heat ring includes a ring having an inner edge and an outer edge. The outer edge has a constant radius. The inner edge is oblong-shaped and may have a first portion having a constant radius measured from a center of a circle defined by an outer circumference of the ring. A second portion may have a constant radius measured from a location other than the center of the outer circumference. In another embodiment, a processing chamber includes a pre-heat ring positioned around the periphery of a substrate support. The pre-heat ring includes an inner edge having a first portion, a second portion, and one or more linear portions positioned between the first portion and the second portion. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103264 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING A UNIFORM SILICON FILM WITH FLOW GRADIENT DESIGNS - Methods and apparatus having a flow gradient created from a gas distribution plate are provided. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus are particularly useful for, but not limited to, depositing a silicon film for solar cell applications. The apparatus for depositing a uniform film for solar cell applications includes a processing chamber, and a quadrilateral gas distribution plate disposed in the processing chamber and having at least four corners separated by four sides. The gas distribution plate further includes a first plurality of chokes formed through the gas distribution plate, the first plurality of chokes located in the corners, and a second plurality of chokes formed through the gas distribution plate, the second plurality of chokes located along the sides of the gas distribution plate between the corner regions, wherein the first plurality of chokes have a greater flow resistance than that of the second plurality of chokes. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103265 | VAPOR PHASE GROWTH APPARATUS - Disclosed is a rotation/revolution type vapor phase growth apparatus that allows for automatic meshing between an external gear and an internal gear. In the apparatus, on tooth side surfaces of at least one kind of a plurality of external gear members provided rotatably in a circumferential direction of an outer periphery of a disk-shaped susceptor and a ring-shaped fixed internal gear member having an internal gear to mesh with the external gear members, there is provided a guide slope that abuts against a tooth side surface of the other kind of the gear member(s) to guide both kinds of the gear members into a meshed state when both kinds of the gear members move from a non-meshed state to the meshed state. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103266 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD IN A MILKING SYSTEM, THE MILKING SYSTEM ITSELF, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING THE METHOD - An arrangement in a rotary milking system includes a rotating platform, an entry thereto and an exit therefrom. A selection gate arrangement at the exit of the rotating platform selectively guides animals, which have been milked in the rotary milking system and leave the rotating platform through the exit, back to the entry of the rotating platform or to a waiting area. A control device is provided for (i) determining whether an animal, which has been milked and leaves the rotating platform through the exit, has at least one udder compartment that was incompletely milked the last time the animal was milked, and (ii) controlling the selection gate arrangement to guide the animal back to the entry of the rotating platform or to the waiting area provided that the animal has at least one udder compartment that was incompletely milked the last time the animal was milked. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103267 | NOVELTY PET TRAY - A pet nourishment device is disclosed. The pet nourishment device is a novelty pet nourishment device that resembles a portable commode device. The pet nourishment device may include one or more containers of different depths to accommodate pets of different sizes. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103268 | Small Animal Bedding Composed of Paper Manufacture From Cellulose and Polypropylene Fibers - A bedding material for use in small animal cages or the like comprises a hydrophilic cellulose fiber paper coated with a hydrophobic polypropylene coating. The bedding material is made from a combination of one or more of unused coffee filter paper and tea filter paper, air laid materials, and rayon which is shredded to produce a bedding material of a preferred size and texture. The material has a wet strength that keeps the fiber paper from fusing together when exposed to fluids but rather causes the fluids to wick out over a relatively large area for the bedding material to quickly dry. This prevents the buildup of ammonia and other unwanted odors. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103269 | ANIMAL LITTER - Animal litter is provided that causes little damage to the legs or the like of animals using a litter box and generates a small amount of ammonia. The animal litter includes a plurality of particulate matter, in which the plurality of respective particulate matter includes a group of particles configured with an inorganic porous material and an inorganic binder which binds the group of particles together, and the inorganic binder includes a non-cement solidifying agent. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103270 | COATED CLUMPING LITTER - A clumping animal litter is disclosed which includes non-swelling particles and a swelling agent coated on the non-swelling particles. In one embodiment, the non-swelling particles are manufactured by agglomerating clay fines. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103271 | CONTAINER EQUIPPED WITH DRY-TYPE FILTERING APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING LIVE FISH - The present invention relates to a container equipped with a dry-type filtering apparatus for transporting live fish, wherein the dry-type filtering apparatus, which can be applied together with an existing wet-type filtering tank or independently, is installed on the upper, side portions of the fish tank to filter the water stored in the tank. The container according to the present invention also enables the culturing of filter microorganisms in a filter medium of the dry-type filtering apparatus to remove the ammonia content contained in the water, thereby enabling purification and improvement of the quality of the water without limitations on the weight of the container. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103272 | Microcosm terrestrial and aquatic landscape habitat: A freestanding "miniature mountain" chain, topiary, upper pool, waterfall and pond-aquarium hybrid habitat with natural curves - The “Microcosm Terrestrial and Aquatic Landscape Habitat” is a Main Basin Pond | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103273 | PET ENCLOSURE - A pet enclosure includes a cover and a collapsible support frame. The cover includes a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, and a plurality of side panels extending between the bottom panel and the top panel to define an interior space of the cover, wherein an aperture is defined in the cover for accessing the interior space. The collapsible support frame is configured for insertion into the interior space of the cover via the aperture, and the support frame includes a floor arrangement, a first truss hingedly connected to the floor arrangement, and a second truss hingedly connected to the floor arrangement opposite the first truss. The first truss and the second truss are movable relative to one another within the interior space of the cover between a collapsed configuration of the support frame and an uncollapsed configuration of the support frame. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103274 | Animal toy with induction charging system - An animal toy includes a novel battery charging system. The system generates electromagnetic waves to recharge a battery in the animal toy. The toy can also include squeaker apparatus. The squeaker apparatus includes a control apparatus that has at least two operative positions, a first operative position that permits air to flow through the squeaker and a second operative position that prevents air from flowing through the squeaker. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103275 | Animal toy with adjustable squeaker - An animal toy includes a housing comprising a hollow air filled compartment and an outer wall substantially completely circumscribing the hollow compartment. A squeaker is mounted in the outer wall to permit air to flow into and out of the hollow. The squeaker has two operative configurations, a first operative configuration that allows air to flow through the squeaker, and a second operative configuration that prevents air from flowing through the squeaker. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103276 | Method and Device for Desensitizing an Animal to an Anxiety Inducing Sound - Described is a counter-conditioning device and method for desensitizing an animal to an anxiety inducing sound and for minimizing a user's required involvement in such desensitization. The device and method are for automatically conditioning an animal that exhibits anxiety in response to the occurrence of a particular sound such that the animal learns to anticipate a treat upon the occurrence of the sound. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103277 | Proximity device for a child - A proximity device for a child includes a hub configured for engagement with a caretaker, an extension element connected to the hub at a first end and extending to a second end, and an attraction element connected to the second end of the extension element, the attraction element being configured for engagement with a child and including an attraction feature desirable by a child, wherein, when the hub is engaged with a caretaker and the attraction element is engaged with a child, the device controls the proximity of the child to the adult. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103278 | Locking pet lead system comprising a leash and collar to prevent the theft of pets. - A lead system for domesticated animals has a lock capable of securing the collar and the handle ends to prevent theft of the animal. The lead system has a leash having a handle at one end and a collar at the opposing end. The lead system may have a first lock at the collar end and a second lock at the handle end which are separately activated for fastening the handle to the leash at one end of the leash and the collar to the leash at the other end for securing an animal to an immovable object. Alternatively, the lead system may have a lock capable of simultaneously securing the collar and handle ends. The lead system may also allow for adjustment of the circumference of the collar and the handle through the use of levers, with the lock(s) capable of also securing the levers. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRAINING CONDENSATE FROM A GAS WATER HEATER EXHAUST SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for conveying condensate from an exhaust system of a gas water heater to a drain. The method includes the steps of operating the gas water heater to produce products of combustion, operating a blower to cause the products of combustion to flow through the exhaust system to atmosphere, allowing condensate from the products of combustion to form within the exhaust system, using a drain conduit to connect a relatively high pressure zone of the exhaust system to a relatively low pressure zone of the exhaust system, using a pressure differential between the relatively high pressure zone and the relatively low pressure zone to convey condensate through the drain conduit from the relatively high pressure zone to the relatively low pressure zone, and conveying condensate from the relatively low pressure zone to the drain. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103280 | VARIABLE FLOW HEATING SYSTEM WITH HEATING ACCESSORIES PLACED IN SERIES - Heating systems including a boiler for heating a heating fluid, a plurality of heating accessories each requiring input of heat, piping connecting the boiler with the heating accessories, at least one of the heating accessories being placed in series relative to at least one other of the heating accessories, and a valve system including a variable speed pump and an associated control system for varying flow of the heating fluid from the boiler. Each heating accessory is configured such that heating fluid from the boiler delivered through the piping to each successive heating accessory provides heat to each heating accessory and the heating fluid is returned to the boiler at a sufficiently low temperature (e.g., no more than about 120° F.) so as to allow the returned heating fluid to be used to condense water out of flue gas generated by the boiler so as to maximize the efficiency of the boiler. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103281 | Device comprising a boiler for containing and heating a liquid and a system for containing the liquid at a lower temperature - A device comprises a boiler for containing and heating a liquid; and a cool liquid system that is in liquid communication with the boiler, and that is intended to contain relatively cold liquid. During operation of the device, the boiler is activated such as to heat a quantity of liquid that is received from the cool liquid system. In order to avoid heating up of the liquid that is present inside the cool liquid system and cooling down of the liquid that is present inside the boiler, measures are taken in order to prevent a backflow of the liquid. These measures involve an application of some kind of component ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103282 | MULTI-THERMOSTAT ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system for an engine is disclosed. The cooling system may have a pump driven by the engine to pressurize coolant, a single heat exchanger configured to cool pressurized coolant, and an aftercooler configured to transfer heat from air entering the engine to pressurized coolant. The cooling system may also have a multi-thermostat arrangement configured to always direct at least a portion of the pressurized coolant from the pump through the aftercooler, and selectively direct pressurized coolant from the pump through the single heat exchanger. The multi-thermostat arrangement may also be configured to selectively mix pressurized coolant from the aftercooler with a remaining portion of the pressurized coolant from the pump to form a coolant mixture, and to selectively direct the coolant mixture through the engine or around the engine. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103283 | COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system for an engine is provided. In one embodiment, an internal combustion engine comprises a cabin heat exchanger circuit including a connecting line opening on an inlet side into a cylinder block coolant jacket, a main coolant pump arranged in the cabin heat exchanger circuit, an auxiliary coolant pump arranged in the connecting line, and a check valve. In this way, additional cooling and/or heating may be provided to the engine and associated components by the auxiliary coolant pump. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103284 | THERMOELECTRIC COOLED PUMP - In invention relates to an engine cooling system in which the supply of fuel is cooled to prevent fuel vapors by cooling the fuel pump. The cooling system uses a thermoelectric material that, either entirely or partially, surrounds the fuel pump, is the housing of the fuel pump and/or is internal to the fuel pump. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103285 | PUMP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A method of manufacturing a pump assembly includes sand casting a pump housing with a cavity and die casting an impeller that includes pump blades and a first portion of a shroud. The pump housing may be sand cast as a one-piece component and the impeller may be die cast as another one-piece component. A pump cover is provided with a second portion of the shroud. The pump cover is inserted into the cavity so that the second portion of the shroud is adjacent to the first portion of the shroud, providing a substantially continuous surface defining flow channels through the impeller. A pump assembly manufactured according to the method is also provided. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103286 | ADSORBENT STRUCTURES FOR REMOVAL OF WATER AND FUEL CONTAMINANTS IN ENGINE OIL - Devices and methods for removal of condensed, blow-by contaminants with small molecular dimensions from the circulating lubricating engine oil of internal combustion engines, including automotive engines, with a positive crankcase ventilation system are disclosed. These condensable blow-by contaminants include water, alcohols and hydrocarbons with preponderantly seven or fewer carbon atoms. A macroporous structure comprising alumino-silicate particles with micro-pores is at least partially immersed in the circulating oil. The micro-pores are sized to adsorb the small, condensed, blow-by, contaminant molecules but not the larger oil molecules. The particles may be multi-layered, with an inner layer adapted for adsorption of polar molecules. Adsorption is most extensive at lower oil temperatures and decreases as the oil temperature increases. Thus at low temperatures the contaminant molecules may be adsorbed, removed from the oil and temporarily stored in the micropores. At high temperatures some of the contaminants will desorb and be re-incorporated in the oil. The desorbed contaminants will be carried with the higher temperature oil into the engine crankcase where they may vaporize and be removed by the engine positive crankcase ventilation system. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103287 | Modifying an Internal Combustion Engine for Radical Ignition Combustion - Methods and apparatus for modifying an internal combustion engine for radical ignition combustion to aid ignition and enhance combustion. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of modifying an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder to control the production and flow of radical ignition species. An exemplary method comprises inserting a cylinder liner into the at least one cylinder, the cylinder liner comprising at least one radical production member for providing and storing radical ignition species. The cylinder liner has a lip section and at least one production member is disposed inside of the lip section. The cylinder liner also has at least one vent to fluidly connect each of the at least one production member to each of at least one lined cylinder in an engine block. The method further comprises attaching the cylinder liner and at least one production member to the engine block. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103288 | DEVICE FOR VARIABLY ADJUSTING THE VALVE TIMING OF GAS EXCHANGE VALVES OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for variably adjusting the valve timing of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine which has an input element, an output element and a camshaft. The input element can be brought in a driving connection with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The output element is non-rotationally connected to the camshaft and swivelable in relation to the input element. An axial lateral face of the camshaft rests against an axial lateral face of the output element. A form-locking element on one of the axial lateral faces resting against each other aligns the output element on the camshaft with respect to its circumferential direction and engages in a mating form-locking element of the other component. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103289 | Valve Timing Control Apparatus - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotary member to receive a rotational force from a crankshaft of an engine, and a vane rotor connected with a camshaft and arranged to rotate relative to the driving rotary member, with at least one vane defining a retard pressure chamber and an advance pressure chamber in the inside of the driving rotary member. A lock member is received slidably in the vane of the vane rotor and arranged to engage with a lock hole when the vane is rotated to a predetermined angular position. The lock member includes forward and rearward end portions arranged to receive equal fluid pressures. The lock member further includes a pressure receiving portion to which an operating fluid pressure is selectively applied to force the lock member away from the lock hole. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103290 | Synergistic Combination of a Hindered Phenol and Nitrogen Containing Detergent for Biodiesel Fuel to Improve Oxidative Stability - The present invention provides a fuel composition comprising a C1-4 alkyl fatty acid ester, a nitrogen containing detergent, and a phenolic antioxidant. Additionally, the present invention provides for a method of supplying to an internal combustion engine (i) a C1-4 alkyl fatty acid ester; (ii) a fuel which is a liquid at room temperature other than (i); (iii) a nitrogen containing detergent; (iv) and a phenolic antioxidant. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103291 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORKING VEHICLE - An engine control device for a working vehicle in which a start switch starting an engine and a starter relay supplying electric current to a starting motor for assisting the starting of the engine in connection with the start switch are connected to a controller, the controller supplies the starter relay with electricity by the operation of the start switch, and drives the engine along with the driving of the starting motor, wherein the engine control device includes a check mechanism of the starting motor which stops the supply of electricity to the starter relay depending on an electricity supplying time of the starter relay. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103292 | ENGINE AUTOMATIC STOP AND RESTART APPARATUS - An apparatus including an engine control unit which is configured to: start to supply electricity to a starter motor and start measurement of a power supply period; supply electricity to a solenoid when an absolute value of a rpm difference between an rpm of the engine and an estimated rpm of a pinion gear determined from a rpm table based on the measured power supply period becomes smaller than a rpm difference threshold value at which the pinion gear and a ring gear can be engaged with each other; judge that the engine is self-resumed when the engine becomes a state capable of self rotation with only fuel supply in a case where the rpm of the engine is larger than the estimated rpm of the pinion gear; and finish supplying electricity to the starter motor and finish measuring the power supply period, and finish supplying electricity to the solenoid. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103293 | MULTIPLE GEAR RATIO STARTER MOTOR - A starter for an internal combustion engine includes a stationary member and an output member adapted for starting the engine. The starter also includes a first planetary gear set and a second planetary gear set. Each of the respective first and second planetary gear sets includes a first, a second, and a third gear member and each of the respective first and second planetary gear sets is operatively connected to the output member. The starter additionally includes a motor operatively connected to the first gear set and to the second gear set for driving the output member. A motor vehicle employing the disclosed starter is also provided. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103294 | ENGINE START DEVICE - An engine starting device for an automatic idling stop system includes: a crank angle sensor for detecting a crank angle of an engine; a ring gear connected to a crankshaft of the engine, for transmitting rotation of the engine; ring gear rpm detecting section; a starter motor for starting the engine; a pinion gear for transmitting rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear; pinion-gear push-out section for pushing out the pinion gear into meshing engagement with the ring gear; and pinion gear push-out control section for driving the pinion-gear push-out section to bring the pinion gear and the ring gear into meshing engagement when the ring gear rpm detected by the ring gear rotational speed detection section becomes smaller than a threshold value which is determined by at least one of the crank angle, a gear range, and a restart condition. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103295 | FRICTION-WELD INTERFACE FOR AN ASSEMBLY - A friction-weld interface device for improving a structural strength of an assembly includes a first component having a concave tapered surface. The friction-weld interface also includes a second component having a convex tapered surface that is complementary to and is configured to receive the concave tapered surface of the first component. The assembly is formed by friction welding the concave tapered surface to the convex tapered surface. The friction-weld interface device may be used to assemble an air-intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, wherein the air-intake manifold is at least partially joined by the process of friction welding. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103296 | INTAKE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake system of an internal combustion engine includes: an intake manifold; a cartridge provided in the intake manifold, the cartridge having a plurality of intake channels for supplying air to respective cylinders in the internal combustion engine and valve elements configured to adjust the amounts of intake air taken into the respective cylinders; a gas supply portion configured to introduce gas discharged from the internal combustion engine into the cylinders, the gas supply portion being provided at a center position of the cartridge in the direction of row of the plurality of intake channels; and a plurality of gas distribution channels provided on the cartridge and configured to distribute from the gas supply portion to the plurality of intake channels. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103297 | Cylinder head insert apparatus - A cylinder head apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a plurality of combustion chambers with each cylinder head having a plurality of combustion faces for fitting over the plurality of combustion chambers. The cylinder head has an elongated slot between two combustion chamber faces and has an elongated cylinder head insert having a generally T-shaped cross-section press fitted into the cylinder head slot to form a cylinder head having reduced high temperature deformations between cylinder head combustion chamber faces. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103298 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PISTON FRO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND PISTON FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a method for producing a piston for an internal combustion engine, wherein a section which in the finished piston has a cooling duct (14) and a piston ring groove is recessed at first, the later cooling duct is then covered, and finally material for accommodating the piston ring is applied, and which is characterized in that the later cooling duct is covered by a wire material which is provided in a length, greater than necessary for one single piston. A device for producing a piston for an internal combustion engine with an at first recessed section that in the finished piston has a cooling duct (14) and a piston ring groove, has a device for attaching a cover on the cooling duct and a device for providing wire material having a length greater than necessary for one single piston. A piston for an internal combustion engine has a cooling duct (14) and a reinforcement material for accommodating a piston ring as well as a cover material between the cooling duct (14) and the reinforcement material, wherein the cover material is made of wire material continuously unwinding from a roll. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103299 | LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION - A lubricating oil composition that is free of organic friction modifiers, comprising (A) an oil of lubricating viscosity in a major proportion; (B) as an additive component in a minor proportion, a separately-prepared oil-soluble zinc salt of a dithiophosphoric acid, the dithiophosphoric acid being the reaction product of phosphorus pentasulphide with one or more alcohols, at least 50 mole % of the alcohol(s) having formula ROH where R is linear C18 to C26 saturated or double-bond unsaturated hydrocarbyl group; and (C) as an additive component in a minor proportion, a separately-prepared oil-soluble zinc salt of a dithiophosphoric acid, the dithiophosphoric acid being the reaction product of a phosphorus pentasulphide with one or more aliphatic alcohols consisting of an alcohol or alcohols each having from three to eight carbon atoms. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103300 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An engine includes an engine block comprising a cylinder, an intake and exhaust port, and two linearly opposing pistons reciprocatingly mounted relative to two opposing crankshafts. A pair of piston sleeves are reciprocatingly mounted in the cylinder around each piston and connected relative to their respective crankshafts. Each piston sleeve includes a slotted port in communication with either the intake or exhaust port. A pair of sleeve couplers are pivotably connected to their respective piston sleeves and eccentrically rotatable relative to their respective crankshafts. A pair of eccentric inserts include an outside circumferential surface concentrically offset from an inside circumferential surface aperture. Each inside circumferential surface aperture is pivotable about its respective crankshaft. Each outside circumferential surface is rotatable relative to its respective sleeve coupler. A pair of phase couplers are helically moveable about their respective crankshafts and are also pivotably fixed and slidable relative to their respective eccentric inserts. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103301 | Rotary valve continuous flow expansible chamber dynamic and positive displacement rotary devices - A Revolving piston rotary annular cylinder rotary valve continuous flow and combustion expansible chamber devices, engine machine systems with an outer annular cylinder housing assembly having a central axis, having one or a plurality of balanced pistons attached to a rotor within of the outer housing whereby, a plurality of relatively air tight compartments are formed between the interior surface of the outer housing, the outer surface of the rotor and piston assembly with the volume of said compartment varying as a function of the rotative position of the inner cylinder and rotor piston assembly in relation to the rotary isolating valve connected at one end to the housing upstream before the intake port, another end of valve being in rotary contact with outer peripheral surface of piston and said rotor assembly having an inlet for receiving any fluid and an outlet for providing said fluid. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103302 | TURBULENT JET IGNITION PRE-CHAMBER COMBUSTION SYSTEM FOR SPARK IGNITION ENGINES - An ignition system for an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber where the ignition system includes a housing, an ignition device, an injector, and a pre-chamber having a nozzle disposed spaced from the proximal portion of the pre-chamber. The igniter portion of the ignition device and the nozzle of the injector are operatively supported in the proximal portion of the pre-chamber and disposed flush therewith. The igniter portion ignites the fuel in pre-chamber such that partially combusted pre-chamber products are forced through orifices in the pre-chamber nozzle and extinguish, but dispersed through the combustion chamber so as to ignite the main fuel charge therein. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103303 | MARINE ENGINE LUBRICATION - Trunk piston marine engine lubrication, when the engine is fueled by heavy fuel oil, is effected by a composition comprising a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a minor amount of one or more phenolic compounds comprising distilled cashew nut shell liquid or hydrogenated distilled cashew nut shell liquid. Asphaltene precipitation in the lubricant, caused by the presence of contaminant heavy fuel oil, is prevented or inhibited. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103304 | COMBUSTION BALANCING CONTROL STRATEGY USING NORMALIZED INSTANTANEOUS HEAT RELEASE IN HCCI ENGINES - A method for controlling combustion in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine operating in a controlled auto-ignition mode includes providing combustion control parameters, determining peak cylinder pressures and crank angle location of the peak cylinder pressures. Cylinder volumes at the peak cylinder pressures and at intake valve closings are determined and cylinder pressures at intake valve closings are determined. A combustion parameter for each cylinder is calculated based upon the peak cylinder pressure, the cylinder pressure at the intake valve closing, the crank angle location of the peak cylinder pressure, the cylinder volume coincident with the peak cylinder pressure, and the cylinder volume at the intake valve closing. A target combustion parameter is determined and the calculated combustion parameter for each cylinder is compared to the target combustion parameter. The provided combustion control parameters for each cylinder are adjusted to balance the combustion parameter across all cylinders based on the comparison. The engine is controlled based on the adjusted provided combustion control parameters. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103305 | Method for regulating a combustion engine - A reciprocating engine and a method for regulating a reciprocating engine, in which a combustion chamber temperature θ- | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103306 | ENGINE WITH INTEGRATED MIXING TECHNOLOGY - The present disclosure generally relates to an engine with an integrated mixing of fluids (gas or liquid) device and associated technology for improvement of the efficiency of the engine, and more specifically to an engine equipped with a fuel mixing device for improvement of the overall properties of the system with an engine by either inline oxygenation of the liquid or dynamic activation of a fuel with a secondary fluid such as water resulting in a change in property of the input fluid to help with burning ratios, cooling for improved combustion, or the use of re-circulation of exhaust from the engine to further improve engine efficiency and reduce/recycle unwanted emissions or combustion releases such as water. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING ENGINE OPERATING PARAMETERS - A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes monitoring signal output from a high-resolution torque sensor configured to monitor engine torque during ongoing operation, monitoring states of engine operating and control parameters associated with engine input parameters, and estimating a mass air charge for each cylinder event corresponding to the signal output from the high-resolution torque sensor and the states of engine operating and control parameters associated with the engine input parameters. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103308 | Two-Way Valve Orifice Plate for a Fuel Injector - A pressure balancing orifice plate for a fuel injector device may include a cylindrical body having a top surface, a bottom surface, an annular outer surface, and a body longitudinal axis, a balance pressure relief orifice extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and a raised valve seat extending upwardly from the top surface and surrounding the balance pressure relief orifice. The valve seat may have a central seat surface encircling the balance pressure relief orifice and a plurality of leaf portions extending radially outwardly from the central seat surface and defining drainage channels there between. A width W | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103309 | Integrally Molded Vapor Canister - An integrally molded carbon canister is provided. The integrally molded carbon canister includes a housing including four external side walls and an upper portion at least partially enclosing an internal cavity connected to a vapor inlet and outlet port, the upper portion including a depressed flow disruptor positioned rearward of an injection gate, and a first and second projected flow channel positioned adjacent to the injection gate and laterally spanning the housing. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103310 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVES FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to reduction of compression space and improvement of intake/exhaust efficiencies through structural modification of a booster cylinder that delivers an explosive exhaust pressure generated during an exhaust stroke of one cylinder in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine to an intake pressure of another cylinder, to minimize frictional heat and abrasion due to the reciprocating motion of a piston of the booster cylinder, and to endure a damping force by an air pocket when the piston of the booster cylinder moves toward the exhaust side. The apparatus for connecting intake and exhaust valves for internal combustion engines according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of cylinders such that when one cylinder is on an exhaust stroke, at least another cylinder synchronously performs at least part of an intake stroke; a pressure delivery pipe for connecting an exhaust manifold of one of the plurality of cylinders to an intake manifold of another cylinder; a booster pump installed in the pressure delivery pipe, wherein the booster cylinder, in which the piston of the booster pump is reciprocally and movably embedded, is comprised of a head having a first through-hole communicating with the intake side of the pressure delivery pipe and a recess for reducing the compression space as the piston moves toward the intake side, and a body fixed to the head, the body having a second through-hole communicating with the exhaust side of the pressure delivery pipe. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103311 | Internal combustion engine and method of operating such engine - A method of operating a combustion engine including causing an intake stroke in a first cylinder, causing a compression stroke in the first cylinder thereby creating pressurized fluid and releasing pressurized fluid from the first cylinder. The method further includes cooling the released fluid, directing the cooled fluid into a second cylinder over a first period of time and injecting fuel into the second cylinder over a second period of time whereby the first and second periods of time at least partially overlap. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120103312 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to avoid an air-fuel ratio difference between cylinders upon recovery from a cylinder deactivation in a situation where some of a plurality of cylinders of an internal combustion engine capable of using a plurality of types of fuels having different properties are to be deactivated upon the halt of fuel injection from an injector. | 2012-05-03 |
