20th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100122590 | DEVICE FOR SAMPLING METAL MELTS - A device is provided for sampling metal melts, in particular molten iron and molten cast iron, with a sample chamber having an inlet opening and tellurium arranged in the sample chamber. The sample chamber contains 0.01 to 0.05 g/cm | 2010-05-20 |
20100122591 | SLIDE HOLDER FOR SAMPLE HOLDER FOR GRINDER/POLISHER - A slide holder for mounting to a sample holder having a pair of openings therein, for a grinder/polisher includes a plate for receiving the slide. The slide holder includes a pair of stems extending from the plate and configured and spaced for receipt in the sample holder openings. A locking element is mounted to each stem. The locking elements are mounted to pivot eccentrically relative to a center axis of each stem. The stems are inserted into the sample holder openings and the locking elements are pivoted to lock the slide holder to the sample holder and to prevent the stems from disengaging from the sample holder. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122592 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING DEFLECTION OF ROTATING SHAFT IN WIRELESS MANNER - Disclosed herein is a system for measuring the deflection of a rotating shaft in a wireless manner. The system includes a non-contact-type angle division device, a plurality of wireless contact-type displacement sensors, a plurality of wireless transmitters, a relay, and a data reader. The non-contact-type angle division device is placed on a vertical rotating shaft and measures and transmits the angle of rotation of the rotating shaft. The wireless contact-type displacement sensors are installed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, and measure the strain of the rotating shaft. The wireless transmitters transmit data about the displacement of the rotating shaft measured by the wireless contact-type displacement sensor. The relay receives and relays transmission signals from the non-contact-type angle division device and the wireless transmitters. The data reader receives the transmission signals from the relay, and performs simulation reading. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122593 | Coupling for Driving Shaft and Driven Shaft - A coupling for a driving shaft and a driven shaft may include a driving lever that extends in a radial direction from the driving shaft and being limited in rotation with respect to the driving shaft, a driven lever that extends in a radial direction from the driven shaft and being limited in rotation with respect to the driven shaft, and a connecting member that has two different rotational shafts spaced with a predetermined distance and pivotally coupled to one end portion of the driving lever and one end portion of the driven shaft respectively. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122594 | Actuator with self-locking assist device - An actuator with self-locking assist device comprises an actuator and a self-locking assist device, wherein the self-locking assist device is disposed at one end of the actuator, and the friction force between the self-locking assist device and the actuator is used to improve the self-locking capability of the actuator, thus preventing the uncontrollable movement of the actuator caused by the influence of the load carried. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122595 | RACK BAR SUPPORTING DEVICE OF STEERING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a rack bar supporting device of a steering apparatus for a vehicle which can prevent rattle noise generated due to clearance increase caused by the wearing of a rack bar and a support yoke in an endurance driving of a vehicle and maintain a uniform clearance between the rack bar and the support yoke after an endurance driving, thereby transferring stable steering force. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122596 | Ball Screw - A ball screw comprises a screw, a nut, two return assemblies and a rolling assembly. The two return assemblies are disposed in two ends of the nut, and each of the return assemblies is defined with a return passage provided with two guiding grooves at two sides thereof for guiding the linking portions of the rolling assembly. The guiding grooves twist an angle of about 90 degrees within the return portion of each of the return assemblies to prevent the linking portions from being stretched or extruded improperly to reduce the deformation to the lowest, thus effectively extending the service life of the rolling assembly. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122597 | Ball screw - A ball screw comprises a shaft, a nut, two return elements, plural rolling elements and a sleeve. When being rotated, the shaft will drive the nut to move and circulate the rolling elements within a circulation path defined by a loaded path and the return passages of the return elements. The nut is provided with a circular groove in an outer circumferential surface thereof, and the sleeve is disposed in the circular groove. The sleeve is provided with plural push grooves in an inner circumferential surface thereof, and there is an angular difference between a rolling passage in the nut and the respective push grooves, and the push grooves cooperate with the rolling elements which pass through the rolling passage. By such arrangements, the push grooves of the sleeve will be pushed by the rolling elements to convert the linear motion into rotary motion, thus making the sleeve rotate. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122598 | Pinion - A toothing of a pinion, which corresponds to a toothed piston of a door closer or of a door operator. The toothing is mounted position-oriented with regard to the two square shaft ends located at the ends of the pinion. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122599 | Vehicle Hand Control Apparatus - A vehicle hand control apparatus for controlling the throttle and brake pedals of a motor vehicle. A support shaft pivotally supports a transverse control arm tube which holds a control shaft for rotation coaxially within the control arm tube. A handle extends from one end of the control arm tube for actuating the brake pedal and also for separate limited pivotal movement about a handle pivot axis orthogonal to the rotational axis of the control arm tube for actuating the accelerator pedal. Pivotal movement of the handle about the handle pivot axis causes separate interacting transfer rods dependently extending from the handle and the control shaft, respectively, to effect rotation of the control shaft and accelerator pedal movement. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122600 | SHIFT LEVER ASSEMBLY WITH AXIALLY OFFSET NOISE AND VIBRATION DAMPER - A shift lever assembly for a manual transmission includes a hollow shift lever having a shift knob provided thereon. A noise and vibration damper includes a hollow housing that is connected to the hollow shift lever, and a damper assembly is provided within the hollow housing of the noise and vibration damper. The damper assembly is adapted to be connected to a control member of a manually operable transmission. A line extends from the shift knob provided on the hollow shift lever and through the interior of the hollow shift lever. The line is adapted to control the operation of the manually operable transmission. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122601 | PINCH BOLT MOUNTING OF A SHIFTER ASSEMBLY - A vehicle has a shifter assembly for shifting a transmission, and a floor pan. The shifter assembly includes a base and an attachment assembly for adjustably attaching the shifter assembly to the floor pan. The attachment assembly includes a bushing that is adjustable in a horizontal direction relative to the floor pan or a vertical direction relative to the base. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122602 | Parallel kinematic positioning system - A parallel kinematic positioning system | 2010-05-20 |
20100122603 | Aerostatically Guided Table System for Vacuum Application - A table system for vacuum application has a base plate and a moving table guided by aerostatic bearing units. The bearing units ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100122604 | DETACHABLE STEERING WHEEL CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A detachable steering wheel connection structure intended to be located between a removable steering wheel and a steering wheel hub. The structure comprises a first and a second connection part. One of the first and second connection parts is adapted to be rigidly connected to the steering wheel, while the other is adapted to be rigidly connected to the steering wheel hub. One of the connection parts comprises a release means, which is axially movable between a first and a second position. In the first position the release means prevents relative movement between the first and second connection parts, thereby keeping them in an interconnected state. In the second position the release means allows for relative rotational movement between the first and second connection parts, thereby allowing them to be moved to a rotational position, wherein they are detachable from each other by movement in an axial direction. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122605 | ONE PIECE PENDULUM - A pendulum for a damper, including: a first plate with a first side; a first plurality of through-slots in the first plate including respective first openings at the first side; a second plate with a second side; a second plurality of through-slots in the second plate including respective second openings at the second side; and a plurality of rollers for placement in the first and second plurality of through-slots. Respective portions of the first side reduce a dimension for the first plurality of through-slots at the first openings. Respective portions of the second side reduce a dimension for the second plurality of through-slots at the second openings. The respective portions of the first side are for restraining the rollers in a first direction and the respective portions of the second side are for restraining the rollers in a second direction, opposite the first direction. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122606 | TIE ROD AND FORCE TRANSMITTING ASSEMBLY FOR A TIE ROD - A force transmitting assembly comprises a composite fiber tie rod having a force transmitting element on the end thereof. The force transmitting element has at least a portion having a cross-section that tapers in a direction pointing away from the tie rod end. The load bearing fiber layer of the tie rod extends over and is wound about the tapered portion of the force transmitting element, thereby establishing a positive connection between the tie rod and the force transmitting element. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a force transmitting assembly comprising a composite fiber tie rod and a force transmitting element on an end thereof. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122607 | Method and apparatus for carrying out a metallurgical process - A metallurgical process involves providing an ingredient enclosure and placing a plurality of granules of a first material in the ingredient enclosure. The first material contains a first ingredient in a metallurgical process. A metallurgical process furnace having a chamber in which ingredients for the metallurgical process are added is provided and the ingredient enclosure and the first material are added to the chamber. The chamber is heated after the addition of the ingredient enclosure and the first material to the chamber, although it may also be heated prior to such addition. In one form, the granules comprise mill scale and the metallurgical process furnace is a blast furnace. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122608 | Open-Ended Ratchet Wrench - An open-ended ratchet wrench includes a handle provided with an open driving head, an open ratchet wheel mounted in the driving head of the handle and having an outer wall provided with a plurality of oneway ratchet teeth, and a pawl member movably mounted in the driving head of the handle and having a first side provided with a plurality of oneway locking teeth detachably meshing with the ratchet teeth of the ratchet wheel. Thus, the ratchet wheel has a side provided with an opening to make the ratchet wheel flexible so that the ratchet wheel is mounted on and detached from the workpiece easily and quickly, thereby facilitating a user operating the ratchet wrench to rotate the workpiece. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122610 | Adjustable Wrench That Clamp a Workpiece Exactly and Tightly - A wrench includes a handle, and a driving unit pivotally mounted on the handle. The handle has an end portion provided with a support surface. The driving unit includes a first jaw having a first end pivotally mounted on the end portion of the handle, and a second jaw having a first end pivotally connected with a second end of the first jaw and a second end that is movable to abut the support surface of the handle and the first end of the first jaw. Thus, the second end of the second jaw abuts the support surface of the handle tightly and closely so that the force applied by a user is transmitted to the wrench directly so as to drive the wrench to operate the workpiece in an energy-saving manner. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122611 | SOCKET WRENCH - A socket wrench for driving a fastener associated with an electrical line is provided. The socket wrench includes a socket member and a handle member. The socket member has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The socket member includes a socket head and a base member. The socket head extends between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the socket member. The socket head is configured to receive the fastener. The base member is configured at the distal end portion of the socket member. The base member has an aperture configured therein. The aperture allows the electrical line to pass therethrough. The handle member extends from the distal end portion of the socket member. The handle member is substantially hollow to allow the electrical line to pass therethrough. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122612 | Pipe Wrench - A pipe wrench or tool with an improved I-beam handle design having a ramped or tapered cross-sectional configuration, as well as an optional stronger ductile iron material. Specifically, the portion of the tool handle adjacent the jaw or tool operating portion, has wider flanges in the I-beam configuration than the flanges in the opposite end of the tool handle. Such a design adds additional strength at what are typically critical stress areas of the tool handle. The use of the present handle design, along with the use of a stronger ductile iron material, as disclosed here, provides wrenches using these features with a substantial improvement in tool strength as compared to conventional tools. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122613 | Folder for adjustably tensioning a web and method of adjusting web tension as a web is cut - A printing press folder is provided. The printing press folder includes a cutting apparatus cutting a moving web to form successive signatures, a first acceleration cylinder and a second acceleration cylinder. The first acceleration cylinder includes a first contacting segment and a first relieved portion circumferentially adjacent to the first contacting segment and the first contacting segment radially protrudes from the first acceleration cylinder with respect to the first relieved portion. The second acceleration cylinder includes a second contacting segment and a second relieved portion circumferentially adjacent to the second contacting segment and the second contacting segment radially protrudes from the second acceleration cylinder with respect to the second relieved portion. The first acceleration cylinder and the second acceleration cylinder grip the web at a gripping location with the first contacting segment and the second contacting segment to create a tension in the web as the web is cut by the cutting apparatus. A method of varying tension in a web in a printing press folder is also provided. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122614 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHAVING THE INSIDE OF BARRELS - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for shaving the inside of barrels. In particular, the present invention relates to reconditioning used wine barrels by shaving the inside surface to a predetermined depth, ready for re-crozering, toasting, and re-use. Conventional shaving methods typically involve routing the internal surface by hand, but this technique is problematic in that it is a very slow process, the quality of the wood is often adversely affected, and there is no way of ensuring that the surface will be shaved to the same depth across the entire surface. Therefore, the resultant internal dimensions of the barrel are not reflective, relatively, of the original barrel surface. The apparatus of the present invention includes a scanning means adapted to scan the internal dimensions of the barrel, and a cutting means adapted to shave the internal surface to a predetermined depth relative to the scanned internal dimensions. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122615 | TABLE SAW FENCE - A table saw fence includes a clamping member at both the front and rear of the fence to provide substantial clamping power and accuracy. The fence includes an interior cavity housing a linkage mechanism that engages the front and rear clamps through the actuation of a single handle. Furthermore, the fence includes an opening leading to the interior cavity, thereby permitting the blade, riving knife, blade guard, and any other blade accessories to extend within the interior cavity when the fence is used in a blade cover configuration. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122616 | WOODWORKING MACHINE WITH AN ADJUSTABLE FEEDING UNIT AND AN ADJUSTABLE PRESSING WHEEL UNIT - A woodworking machine Includes a worktable, a feeding device, a pressing wheel device, and a cutter disposed between the feeding device and the pressing wheel device. The feeding device includes a feeding unit, and at least two positioning members connected to the feeding unit and locked releaseably on a side portion of the worktable. The pressing wheel device includes a pressing wheel unit, and at least two positioning members connected to the pressing wheel unit and locked releaseably on an opposite side portion of the worktable. The pressing wheel unit presses a workpiece against the feeding unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122617 | Dicing machine and adapter for dicing machine - The dicing machine includes a rotary blade with a rotating shaft, applicable to processing a work, and a disk-shaped presser rotatably supported by the rotating shaft on a side of the blade, so as to roll on an upper face of the work independently from the blade. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122618 | Saw Buddy - A folding mounting base is provided to convert a portable hand tool such as a portable band saw into a fixed tool which may be used on a workbench. The mounting base has upper and lower cradles, the upper cradle folding down next to the lower cradle for storage. In use, the handle of the portable tool in placed in the upper and lower cradles, and held in position by a toggle clamp. The toggle clamp engages the hand tool trigger to maintain the tool in an operating condition. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122619 | Cutting units and drive systems used for cutting devices - One aspect according to the present invention includes a cutting unit for a cutting device. The cutting unit has a gear chamber. A partitioning member can partition the gear chamber at a midpoint of a transmission path of rotation of a gear train from an electric motor to a spindle. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122620 | CIRCULAR SAW BLADE WITH THERMAL BARRIER COATING - A circular saw blade includes a ceramic coating applied to opposing major surfaces in an outer margin of the circular saw blade where cutting teeth of the saw blade are arranged in spaced-apart relation and separated by blade tooth gullets. The ceramic coating inhibits abrupt increases in temperature of the outer margin during cutting operation to thereby inhibit the cutting teeth from deviating laterally. Methods of making saw blades include applying a ceramic coating to the outer margin using a plasma spray process or another coating process. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122621 | DIATONIC MAPPING SYSTEM OF THE GUITAR FRETBOARD - A mapping system consisting of a set of diagrams delineating and identifying the diatonic arrangement of tones on the guitar fretboard based upon the principal of radial symmetry providing musicians with a way of finding notes on the guitar fretboard and understanding their diatonic relationships. These maps comprise several views of the diatonic system on the fretboard which take into account the varying position of the entire system of notes in each diatonic key. A framework of Zones and String Groups is laid out in a manner similar to a geographical map of the Earth which depicts the tones of each key as geometric configurations which are defined in terms of diatonic music theory. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122622 | TENSION NUT LOCK SYSTEM FOR AN INSTRUMENT - A locking system to more accurately secure the foot pedal tension spring to the desired tension every time a tension adjustment is necessary. An adjustment screw is interconnected with the tension spring for adjusting the tension of the spring. A spring tension adjustment nut is threaded onto the adjustment screw. In accordance with the invention, a locking system is provided for locking the adjustment screw at one of a plurality of selected adjustment positions relative to the support and the foot pedal assembly in general. The selected adjustment positions are radially disposed about the central axis of rotation of said adjustment screw so that the adjustment screw may be locked into one of the selected adjustment positions relative to the support. With this locking system, the user may carefully select from a plurality of highly sensitive adjustment positions. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122623 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PICKUP FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND AN ELECTRIC GUITAR - An electromagnetic pickup for a musical instrument, has two coils ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100122624 | SHELL CASE LENGTH LIMIT ALARM - A reloading machine is configured to check the length of shell cases of selected caliber against a length specification for the caliber. A shell case entering a workstation tool strikes a sleeve by end-to-end contact, raising the sleeve in direct proportion to any excess length of the shell case. A detector monitors how high the sleeve is raised and triggers a signal if the height indicates the shell case is too long. Length detection is derived from a powder measure assembly by monitoring the raised height of the powder body. Length detection is derived from a powder level check assembly by introducing an intermediate sleeve between the powder check die and check rod assembly. The intermediate sleeve is sized to engage a shell case of the selected caliber, at least when the shell case exceeds the specified length. The raised height of the intermediate sleeve allows determination of case length or identification of shell cases of excess length. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122625 | SAFETY ELASTIC ROPE - A safety elastic rope includes an elastic outer tubular rope having two longitudinally opposite first fixing ends, and an elastic inner rope inserted into the outer tubular rope and having two longitudinally opposite second fixing ends. The inner rope is more elastic than the outer tubular rope, and has substantially the same length as the outer tubular rope. The second fixing ends are connected respectively to the first fixing ends. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122626 | MULTILAYERED BALLISTIC PROTECTION - A multilayered ballistic protection assembly for windows is disclosed. The multilayered ballistic protection assembly consists of a tough resistant material that absorbs impacts, separated by deflecting “stroking” volumes that allow movement of the resistance layer without causing breakage of the underlying glass window. The resistance layer exhibits extraordinary in-plane strength with only a marginal out-of-plane strength. The multilayered ballistic protection assembly may vary considerably in material strength and assembly, depending on its intended use. The number of layers making up the assembly is determined by the degree of desired protection, the size of the object to be protected, and the strength of the resistance and stroking materials used to protect the object. Among other applications, the multilayered ballistic protection assembly is designed to protect glass from impacts due to severe weather and other debris-generating hazards. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122627 | MEMBRANE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION - According to some embodiments, a method and a system are provided to receive hydrogen at a first pressure at a first side of a membrane, receive hydrogen at a second pressure from a second side of the membrane, combine the hydrogen received from the second side of the membrane with a purge stream to produce a permeate stream at the second pressure, and separate hydrogen from the permeate stream at a third pressure. The purge stream is associated with a phase transition temperature range. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122628 | GERMANE PURIFICATION - A process and system for the purification of germane containing phosphine to provide a purified germane product. One aspect of the present invention is a process for making a purified germane product containing less than 50 ppb of phosphine which comprises providing a phosphine contaminated germane gas hydrogen gas mixture; passing the germane gas hydrogen gas mixture through an adsorbent which selectively adsorbs phosphine and withdrawing therefrom a purified germane gas hydrogen mixture; and separating the purified germane gas from the hydrogen germane gas mixture. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122629 | Triboelectric air purifier - Air purifier containing an air blower and a rotating brush, such brush having long flexible bristles made of a material that is capable of developing negative triboelectric charge. During a part of the rotation cycle, the bristles move across a surface that can accumulate a positive charge. This cause the bristle to charge negatively. The air impurities are attracted to negatively charged bristles and discharged into a collecting bin. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122630 | Rotisserie Roto-Robot Kit for Programmable Skewer Rotation - A cooking apparatus for programmable rotating rotisserie skewers includes an electromotor-driven and manually-driven gearboxes comprising linearly-positioned and sequentially-engaged drive gears, a frame with openings in which skewers is rotating, wherein each skewer is equipped with a gear that rests on a top of an individual drive gear and engaged to it by food and skewer weight; so skewers can be individually removed and turned for food position adjustment. The electromotor is connected to the electromotor-driven gearbox via safety clutch disengaging said motor when manual rotation is performed or in the case of mechanical failure. To perform programmable food processing of different kind of food including symmetric food, such as souvlaki, shashlik, shish kabobs, etc. and asymmetric or flat food, such as a chicken, burger or steak, a timing mechanism periodically slowing or stopping skewers rotation for a preset pause is utilized. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122631 | Pomegranate juice extractor - A manually actuated juicing tool used to insert directly into a pomegranate fruit cut horizontally in half. Once cut horizontally, the pomegranate reveals sections of collected sacks known as arils. The tool has a rigid horizontal handle that the user grasps with one hand. A round mid-shaft projects down from the handle a distance sufficient to allow the tool to be projected down to the base of the husk of the fruit while leaving the handle above the husk. At the base of the mid-shaft are one or more tines running out and horizontal to the mid-shaft at a gradual angle reaching an approximate 45 degree angle to the mid-shaft. The tine at its outward end is convex to match the symmetry of the husk of the fruit. The tine's outward edge is also sharpened to form a point or blade, thereby allowing the wall of the husk to be scraped by the tine bursting any arils lodged into the husk of the fruit. On the bottom of the tine are tiny spikes used to pierce the arils and cut into the rind of the fruit to reach embedded arils. The tine also contains small vertical holes to render the juice above the tine leaving all solids beneath. User the liquefies each section of the fruit then removes the tool. The user then pours the liquid in a glass for human consumption as a juice. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122632 | Arrangement and Process For The Wrapping Of A Bale - An arrangement is provided for the wrapping of a bale. The arrangement has a drive for the introduction of a wrapping material into a baling chamber, a sensor for the detection of a physical size of a bale developing in a baling chamber, and a control arrangement connected with the drive and the sensor, to activate the drive based on the signals from the sensor. It is proposed that the control arrangement be operated to activate the drive looking ahead, based upon the detected growth rate in the size of the bale and the time delay between the activation of the drive and the exact time in which the wrapping material reaches the baling chamber, so that the wrapping material reaches the baling chamber when the size of the bale is equal to the desired size of the bale. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122633 | VERTICALLY SEPARATED PASS THROUGH CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD IN SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY PROCESS EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for depositing viscous material on an electronic substrate. The apparatus comprises a frame, an assembly material applicator coupled to the frame and configured to apply assembly material to the electronic substrate, a substrate support assembly, coupled to the frame, configured to support and secure the electronic substrate in a material application position, and a transport system, coupled to the frame, to shuttle electronic substrates to and from the substrate support assembly, the transport system including an upper track and a lower track disposed below the upper track. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122634 | VERTICALLY SEPARATED PASS THROUGH CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD IN SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY PROCESS EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for depositing viscous material on an electronic substrate. The apparatus comprises a frame, an assembly material applicator coupled to the frame and configured to apply assembly material to the electronic substrate, a substrate support assembly, coupled to the frame, configured to support and secure the electronic substrate in a print position, and a transport system, coupled to the frame, to shuttle electronic substrates to and from the substrate support assembly, the transport system including a first track and a second track, the first track being mounted on a first displacement mechanism and the second track being mounted on a second displacement mechanism configured to laterally move the second track relative to the first track, the second displacement mechanism configured to raise the first track relative to the second track. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122635 | VERTICALLY SEPARATED PASS THROUGH CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD IN SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY PROCESS EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for depositing viscous material on an electronic substrate. The apparatus comprises a frame, an assembly material applicator coupled to the frame and configured to apply assembly material to the electronic substrate, a substrate support assembly, coupled to the frame, configured to support and secure the electronic substrate in a material application position, and a transport system, coupled to the frame, to shuttle electronic substrates to and from the substrate support assembly, the transport system including an upper track and a lower track disposed below the upper track. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122636 | VERTICALLY SEPARATED PASS THROUGH CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD IN SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY PROCESS EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is a modular printing system for printing viscous material on electronic substrates. The modular printing system comprises a first stencil printer including a substrate support assembly including a support configured to support and secure the electronic substrate in a print position, and a first system configured to shuttle electronic substrates to and from the first support of the first substrate support assembly, the first system including an upper track and a lower track disposed below the upper track, and at least one second stencil printer including a second substrate support assembly including a support configured to support and secure the electronic substrate in a print position, and a system configured to shuttle electronic substrates to and from the support of the second substrate support assembly, the system including a at least one upper track and a lower track disposed below the upper track. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122637 | Reverse Air Flow Web Stabilizer - A web print unit includes a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder for contacting the first plate cylinder, a second blanket cylinder, and a second plate cylinder for contacting the second blanket cylinder. A web to be printed passes between the first blanket cylinder and the second blanket cylinder at a blanket to blanket location, the first and second blanket cylinders are capable of being thrown apart. An air source is located on a side of the web and oriented to blow air upstream toward the blanket to blanket location while the blanket cylinders rotate. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122638 | Flexographic Printing Apparatus And Method - A flexographic printing apparatus and method utilize a support platform attached to a printer frame and four bearing support carriages attached to the support platform for operatively supporting opposite ends of a plate roll and an anilox roll. One plate roll carriage and one anilox roll carriage are operatively attached to the support platform along each opposite side of the support platform by a common linear guide arrangement. The plate roll carriages are positioned along the linear guide arrangements by two plate roll linear positioners operatively attached between the support plate. The anilox carriages are positioned along the linear guide arrangements with respect to the plate roll carriages by a pair of anilox roll linear positioners operatively attached between the plate roll and anilox roll carriages. The support platform is also transversely movable with respect to the printer frame for lateral registration. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122639 | SINGLE-STEP CONTACT EXPLOSIVE DEVICE FOR BREACHING REINFORCED WALLS AND METHOD OF USE THEREFOR - A lightweight man-packable system for breaching in a single application reinforced structure such as steel reinforced concrete (SRC) walls. Embodiments comprise two explosive charge arrays installed in a housing that is abutted against a wall using either studs or prop sticks. One embodiment positions a secondary linear shaped charge (LSC) or self-forming fragment charge (SFF) spaced apart from a primary high explosive (HE) charge that contacts the structure. The HE is detonated to remove concrete in a pattern sufficient to enable a human to transit the resultant opening and the secondary charge cuts the reinforcement shortly thereafter enabling a “clean” breach via a single application of the system. In select embodiments the second array is positioned on a hinged frame to increase stand-off from the first array and moves into place to detonate over the opening immediately after detonation of the first array. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122640 | INTERNAL PRESSURE RELIEVING DEVICE FOR ANTI-ARMOUR AMMUNITION - An internal pressure relieving device for anti-armour ammunition. The device is mainly adapted for use with barrel-loaded ammunition, that is a naked round including a cartridge case, which normally would be located in its packaging. A plurality of slot formed openings have been cut out through a wall of the cartridge case and the openings have been sealed by inserts of polymeric plastic introduced with a tight fit into each opening. Hence, by the characteristics of the plastic material, the inserts can be configured to open up at a predetermined level of temperature. Alternatively, the inserts open up at a predetermined level of pressure in the cartridge case. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122641 | DUAL PURPOSE BITUMEN/DILUENT RAILROAD TANK CAR - A dual-purpose railcar is provided, designed for hauling of bitumen or diluent, optimized to provide transport of bitumen to a destination and transport of diluent in the return trip of the car. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122642 | INKS INCLUDING CARBON NANOTUBES DISPERSED IN A POLYMER MATRIX - An ink having a polymer matrix including carbon nanotubes dispersed in a polymer; optionally one or more colorants; and optionally one or more waxes. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122643 | Modular grate block for a refuse incinerator - An improved modular grate block for an incinerator having a removable wear plate that can be replaced without removing individual grate blocks from a plurality of rows of fixed and movable grate blocks. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122644 | SECTIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF GRANULAR PRODUCT - The present invention provides an agricultural implement and a method of making an agricultural implement. The agricultural implement has a primary containment unit and a plurality of sections. At least one dense phase delivery line connects the primary containment unit to each of the sections. A transport control system allows for individual control of the dense phase transport of the granular product from the primary containment unit to each of the plurality of sections via the at least one dense phase delivery line. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122645 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DENSE PHASE TRANSPORT OF SEED - The present invention provides a device and a method for dense phase transport of a granular product, such as seed. A dense phase delivery line includes a porous medium located along a side wall of the dense phase delivery line. When air and seed are send through the delivery line, a control cover may be moveably positionable over the porous medium to control the flow of air through the porous medium and to start, stop, or otherwise control the dense phase transport of seed through the dense phase delivery line. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122646 | AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WITH DENSE PHASE PRODUCT DISPENSING AND PURGING - A dense phase flow product delivery system for an agricultural implement is provided. The system comprises a primary container configured to accommodate dispensed product and that includes a product exit. The system also comprises a pressure supply assembly configured to provide a pressurized fluid to the primary container and a delivery conduit connected to the product exit and configured to permit the dispensed product to pass there through. The system further comprises a purge supply configured to provide a purge fluid to the delivery conduit. The system is configured for a dispensing operation in which the pressurized fluid forces the dispensed product in the primary container to flow through the delivery conduit in a delivery direction. The system is also configured for a purging operation in which the purge fluid forces residual product in the delivery conduit to flow in a direction opposite the delivery direction. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122647 | DENSE PHASE INDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dense phase induction system and method includes an induction valve assembly configured and oriented to establish and maintain efficient transfer and induction of granular material. The induction valve assembly includes arcuate geometry to facilitate the flow of granular material from a granular supply to a dense phase distribution system. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122648 | AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WITH DENSE PHASE PRODUCT FLOW FROM A PRIMARY CONTAINER - An agricultural implement for distributing a product by dense phase flow is disclosed. The agricultural implement comprises a frame and a product distribution system configured to distribute the product to different positions on the frame by dense phase flow. The product distribution system includes a primary container configured to accommodate the product and includes a primary container inlet and a product exit. The product distribution system also includes a pressure supply assembly configured to provide a pressurized fluid and is in fluid communication with the primary container through the primary container inlet. The product distribution system also includes a distribution conduit that includes a conduit first end connected to the product exit and a conduit discharge end opposite the conduit first end. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122649 | PRESSURE SUPPLY ASSEMBLY FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WITH DENSE PHASE PRODUCT FLOW - A system for distributing a product on an agricultural implement is provided. The system comprises a primary container having a primary container inlet and a product exit, and the primary container is configured to accommodate the product and permit the product to move through the product exit in response to fluid pressure. The system further comprises a pressure supply assembly including a pressure source that provides a pressurized fluid to the primary container through the primary container inlet. The system further comprises a delivery conduit having a first end connected to the product exit and is configured to permit the product to pass there through by dense phase flow. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122650 | SUBSEA SALVAGE OPERATION USING LIFTING MAGNET - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a subsea salvage operation using a lifting magnet. In one embodiment, a method of salvaging a submerged production platform includes deploying a salvage vessel to a wreckage site of the submerged production platform; lowering a lifting magnet from the salvage vessel to the submerged production platform; and activating the lifting magnet, thereby capturing at least a portion of the submerged production platform. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122651 | LIFT APPARATUS FOR A WATERCRAFT - A lift apparatus for a watercraft having a plurality of components positioned below the platform at the aft end of a boat. The lift apparatus is configured to lift and deploy a watercraft from an undeployed orientation overlaying a platform to a deployed orientation away from the platform and on the water. In the deployed orientation the platform is substantially free from any lift apparatus component interference. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122652 | Mourning Flag - A specially designed flagpole designated as the Mourning Flag, comprising two distinct features which set this product apart from standard mounted flag poles available on the market. Firstly, positioned at the base of the Mourning Flag pole is a durable metal swing rod, configured expressly to enable users to adjust the angling of the pole in order to lower the pole during national days of mourning. Most notably, the pole itself comprises a telescoping extension, incorporated into the design of the distal end of the pole and hidden flush within the pole when not in use, easily pulled outward from the pole to extend the length of the pole several feet. As such, when this telescoping extension is accessed, it creates the effect that the flag was positioned at half staff, as opposed to being hung in the standard fashion, on the end of the flag pole. In an alternative embodiment, a decorative eagle or similar ornamental topper can be integrally attached to the end of the Mourning Flag pole, adding a festive patriotic touch to the overall display. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122653 | Guadua Flagpole for Flag Raising with Inner Compartment on Same Pole for Storing the Flag - A flagpole formed of the guadua plant has an interior cavity for storing a flag. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122654 | THERMALLY CONTROLLED FLUIDIC SELF-ASSEMBLY - Methods and apparatuses are provided for assembling a structure on a support having a pattern of binding sites. In accordance with the method, a first fluid is provided on the surface of the support with the first fluid being of a type that that increases viscosity when cooled, the first fluid having first micro-components suspended therein each adapted to engage the binding sites. First fluid proximate to selected binding sites is cooled to increase the viscosity of the responsive fluid proximate to the selected binding sites so that the first micro-components suspended in the first fluid are inhibited from engaging the selected binding sites. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122655 | BALL SUPPORTED SHADOW FRAME - Embodiments disclosed herein generally include an alignment assembly for aligning a shadow frame on a susceptor. For producing large area flat panel displays or solar panels, the shadow frame that protects the areas of the susceptor not covered by the substrate from deposition may be so large that the shadow frame bends and doesn't properly align. By utilizing an alignment assembly having one or more ball bearings, the shadow frame may roll on the susceptor to a proper alignment position. Thus, the shadow frame may be prevented from bending and also align on the susceptor. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122656 | PARTICULATE MATERIAL METERING AND VAPORIZATION - Apparatus for metering and vaporizing a particulate material, includes a metering device for metering particulate material including: a reservoir for receiving particulate material; a housing having an internal volume and having first and second openings; a rotatable shaft disposed in the internal volume, the shaft having a smooth surface and a circumferential groove; a structure disposed in the reservoir for delivery and cooperating with the rotating shaft for fluidizing particulate material and transporting it from the reservoir into the groove; the shaft and internal volume cooperating such that particulate material is transported by the groove; a scraper cooperates with the groove to dislodge particulate material retained therein and fluidize the scraped particulate material, and deliver metered amounts of particulate material through the second opening; and a flash evaporator that receives and flash vaporizes the metered particulate material. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122657 | Electrode, Chemical Vapor Deposition Apparatus Including the Electrode and Method of Making - The present disclosure is directed to a chemical vapor deposition apparatus. The apparatus comprises a chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A first electrode is at least partially positioned in the chamber. The first electrode comprises an electrically conductive first portion and an electrically conductive second portion, the first portion being attached to the second portion by a first TIG weld bead. A second electrode is at least partially positioned in the chamber. The second electrode comprises an electrically conductive third portion and an electrically conductive fourth portion, the third portion being attached to the fourth portion by a second TIG weld bead. An electrode and a method of making the electrode are also disclosed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122658 | METERING OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL AND VAPORIZATION THEREOF - Apparatus for metering and vaporizing a particulate material, includes: a metering device having: a reservoir for receiving particulate material; a housing having an internal volume and having first and second openings; a rotatable shaft disposed in the internal volume, the shaft having a smooth surface and a circumferential groove; a rotating agitator with a plurality of tines disposed in the reservoir and cooperating with the rotating shaft for fluidizing particulate material and transporting it from the reservoir into the groove; cooperating such that particulate material is transported by the groove; a scraper cooperates with the groove to dislodge particulate material retained therein, and deliver metered amounts of particulate material through the second opening; the rotatable shaft and the scraper cooperates to fluidize the particulate material at the second opening; and a flash evaporator that flash vaporizes the received particulate material. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122659 | METERING AND VAPORIZING PARTICULATE MATERIAL - Apparatus for metering and vaporizing a particulate material, includes: a metering device for metering particulate material having: a reservoir for receiving particulate material; a housing having first and second openings; a rotatable shaft disposed in the internal volume, the shaft having a smooth surface and a circumferential groove; a rotating agitator with a plurality of tines disposed in the reservoir and cooperating with the rotating shaft for fluidizing particulate material and transporting it from the reservoir into the groove; cooperating such that particulate material is transported by the groove; a scraper cooperates with the groove to dislodge particulate material retained therein, and deliver metered amounts of particulate material through the second opening; a structure fluidizes the particulate material at the second opening; and a flash evaporator that receives and flash vaporizes the metered particulate material. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122660 | COMBINED PET FOOD AND WATER DISPENSER - An on demand food and water dispenser for pets comprises a base structure, having a base floor and a surrounding substantially vertical base wall structure, capable of holding water; a food bowl, having a bowl floor and a surrounding substantially vertical bowl wall structure attached to the base floor within the base structure but not contacting the base wall structure, the bowl capable of holding food; and a dual-chambered container attached within the base structure but not contacting the base wall structure, capable of receiving, storing and dispensing on demand from a first chamber dry pet food into the food bowl and on demand from a second chamber water into the base structure. The base structure receives dispensed water from the second chamber to create a water-filled moat that inhibits crawling insects from accessing the food bowl or food stored in the first chamber of the dual chambered container. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122661 | HOUSING FOR A PET WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - A housing for covering a digester system contains a hollow supporting structure on top of which is attached a catch basin via a hinge mechanism, wherein the catch basin has an inwardly concave shape so that rain or other water may be collected and directed through a passage to the digester system located directly below the catch basin. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122662 | ANIMAL TOILET - Animal toilets presently do not have an automated method of cleaning the toileting surface and disposing of wastes. The animal toilet disclosed herein is equipped with a permeable toileting surface, a catchment surface underlying the toileting surface to collect and channel liquids, and a drain. The toileting surface may be equipped with a rinsing element to rinse wastes from the toileting and catchment surfaces. The drain may be further equipped with tubing to convey the liquids to a convenient disposal location. The animal toilet may be equipped with a moving toileting surface, which results in improved rinsing, and potential solid waste collection. In all embodiments, absorbent material may be used in place of permeable material for the toileting surface, which may not require any rinsing. The solid waste disposal may be automated through the use of rinse water and disposal tubing routed to the proper disposal location. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122663 | Grooming device - The invention is an apparatus for grooming an animal having a brush head, the brush head having a plurality of bristles, each bristle having a midpoint and an endpoint, where the bristles are in general perpendicular orientation to the brush head, a cleaning plate, in general parallel orientation to the brush head, the cleaning plate able to move from a contracted to an extended position, the cleaning plate further having material removed to allow the bristles to protrude through the cleaning plate when it is in the retracted position; and a mechanism for extending and contracting the cleaning plate, wherein the cleaning plate has a bottom surface and the bottom surface does not extend past the bristle endpoint when the cleaning plate is in the extended position. In one embodiment, at least some bristles are wire, and in further embodiments the wire bristles have round coated tips. The brush head may further have a water outlet and a hose coupling for intake and dispensing of liquids. Furthermore, the present invention may have means for conducting water through the handle and out the water outlet, which may be a plurality of hollow bristles. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122664 | Pop out bracket - A Pop Out Bracket including an impact release system for use in connection with a stake when mounted to a cross country equestrian fence and other devices. The Pop Out Bracket is a one-piece assembly comprising of plastic materials with holes for mounting with screws or other fixtures and is configured to flex open from the fence upon a sufficient impact or force allowing the stake to come out and fall to the ground. The Pop Out Bracket allows for quick replacement of the stake discontinuing the need to stop a show for course builders to have to replace a stake and or re-screw in a stake. The Pop Out Bracket lowers the danger to the horse and rider by allowing the stake to fall to the ground and not allowing the stake to stay in position and break causing possible injury to the horse or rider. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122665 | Treat-embedded Cat Scratching Apparatus - A treat-embedded cat scratching apparatus is disclosed. The treat consists of morsels of dry food which a cat likes to eat. The cat scratching apparatus comprises a scratching surface. Embedded within the scratching surface are morsels of dry food which a cat likes to eat. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122666 | LICK DETERRENT WITH BATTERY PACK - A lick deterrent device having a surface mounted battery pack that is in electrical contact with two sets of traces on the lick deterrent device. The surface mounted battery pack is readily attachable to the lick deterrent device, and in some embodiments, may be readily removable and replaceable. At least one of the battery terminals is in direct electrical contact with a trace on the substrate. The second terminal may have electrical contact with a different trace via a terminal extension element. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122667 | MOTION CONTROL HARNESS FOR A MEDIUM TO VERY LARGE DOG - A restraint harness for a dog, particularly a dog of medium size and larger, including a conventional adjustable dog harness and an attached harness control extension. The harness control extension includes a plurality of straps configured to extend to the hind end of the dog and a motion control cord that is interlaced in and between the conventional adjustable dog harness and the harness control extension. The motion control cord encircles the dog's hind legs and can be tightened around the thighs with minimal force, where such tightening substantially restrains the dog without causing injury to the dog. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122668 | STORAGE TYPE WATER HEATER - A storage type water heater comprising: a stored hot water tank; a heating unit including a heat exchanger, a gas burner, and an air supply fan; a circulation pipe line; a circulating pump; a first temperature sensor for detecting an inlet side temperature T | 2010-05-20 |
20100122669 | ANTI-STACKING PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR A WATER HEATER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A storage-type water heater. The storage-type water heater comprising a water storage tank configured to retain tank water, means for heating the tank water in the water storage tank, and an anti-stacking pump assembly. The anti-stacking pump assembly includes a water tube configured to be positioned in the water storage tank, an impeller positioned within the water tube, a motor drivingly connected to the impeller, a water inlet formed in the water tube upstream of the impeller and configured to deliver tank water into the water tube from the water storage tank, and a water outlet formed in the water tube downstream of the impeller. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122670 | Fluid circuit of engine - A fluid circuit of an engine fitted with a cooling circuit and an oil circuit, may include a water pump mounted on a coolant circulation line, a radiator that connected to a coolant exhaust line of the engine, a water temperature governor selectively connecting the radiator with the water pump to control a coolant flow therebetween, a first cooling line connecting the coolant exhaust line with a subsidiary unit, a first return line directly connecting the subsidiary unit with the water pump through the water temperature governor, a second cooling line connecting the first cooling line to a turbocharger to guide a part of a coolant supplied to the first cooling line to the turbocharger, and a second return line connecting the turbocharger with the first return line to guide a part of the coolant that is exhausted from the turbocharger to the first return line. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122671 | Cooling circuit of engine - A cooling circuit of an engine may include a water pump provided at a coolant circulation line, an engine provided with a water jacket forming a pathway through which a coolant supplied from the water pump passes, and having a coolant inflow line and a coolant exhaust line, a radiator connected to the coolant exhaust line, a thermostat selectively connecting the radiator with the water pump to control a coolant flow, a first cooling line connecting the coolant exhaust line to a heater, a first return line connecting the heater to the water pump through the thermostat, a second cooling line connecting the coolant exhaust line to a throttle body, a third cooling line connecting the throttle body to an oil cooler, and a second return line connecting the oil cooler to the first return line to guide a coolant exhausted from the oil cooler to the first return line. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122672 | Method and apparatus for utilizing the exhaust heat from internal combustion engine - A method of and apparatus for improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine by using coolant vapor fed to a component converting the vapor energy to mechanical energy for supplementing the power of the engine when the engine is operating in a first state and bypassing the component when the engine is operating in a state other than its first state. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122673 | DRIVE UNIT FOR A FAN AND ARRANGEMENT WITH A DRIVE UNIT - The invention relates to a drive unit for a fan of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, having a friction clutch which can be shifted in order to drive the fan via the internal combustion engine. An electric motor is also provided for driving the fan, and a torque-transmission path is formed between the friction clutch and the fan by means of a rotatably mounted part of the electric motor. The invention also relates to an arrangement for driving a fan via an internal combustion engine with a drive unit that includes an electric motor and a friction clutch. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122674 | Cooling Air Passage for a Motor Chain Saw - A motor chain saw has a motor housing with a drive unit for driving a saw chain on a guide bar. The drive unit is an internal combustion engine with a cylinder and a crankshaft extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the motor chain saw. A drive pinion is mounted on a first end of the crankshaft. A cooling air blower with a blower wheel is mounted on the second end of the crankshaft. A cooling air stream of the blower flows transversely to the longitudinal axis of the motor chain saw about the cylinder and exits through a housing opening. A hand guard arranged between a handle and a front end of the guide bar is connected with one leg near the housing opening for the cooling air stream. In front of the housing opening a baffle element is supported on the leg of the hand guard. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122675 | Oil Fill Cap with Air/Oil Separator - An oil fill cap for an internal combustion engine replaces a standard cap and provides separation of air and oil in a separation zone within the cap body. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122676 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH REDUCED POLLUTANTS - A method and apparatus for pumping an intake charge into an engine is disclosed herein. The fuel-powered engine utilizes a barrier between an intake manifold and a crankcase of the engine to substantially protect the intake charge from contamination by engine crankcase oil, while using the natural pumping action of a reciprocating engine piston to pump the intake charge into the combustion chamber. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122677 | Continuous variable valve lift apparatus - A variable valve lift apparatus may include an input unit, a control link disposed to a control shaft, a driving cam that is provided with a contact portion and pivotally disposed to the control shaft, a valve opening unit that contacts the contact portion and is opened and closed in accordance with pivoting of the driving cam, wherein the control link, the input unit and the driving cam are connected by a connecting unit, and contact positions of the valve opening unit and the contact portion are variable according to a relative rotation angle of the control link around the control shaft. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122678 | VALVE DRIVING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a valve driving apparatus. The valve driving apparatus includes at least one swing arm having one side corresponding to an upper side of a valve opening and closing a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; and a cam unit periodically pivoting the swing arm. Here, the swing arm performs a swing motion on the other side thereof by external manipulation to periodically compress the valve. The valve driving apparatus is capable of adjusting lift amounts of valves opening and closing a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122679 | Oil circuit of continuously variable valve timing device - An oil circuit for a continuously variable valve timing apparatus, may include a main line that is formed in a cylinder block to receive oil from a hydraulic pump, a first oil line that connects an intake oil control valve that is mounted on a cylinder head that is assembled to the cylinder block with the main line, a second oil line that connects an exhaust oil control valve that is mounted in a cylinder head cover with the first oil line, a third oil line that connects a cam journal that is formed in the cylinder head with the first oil line, and a fourth oil line that connects a timing chain tensioner that is mounted in the cylinder block with the third oil line. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122680 | INTAKE SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake system for an engine includes a duct defining an intake passage therein, and a cantilevered valve including a valve main body opening/closing the intake passage, a shaft supporting the body, and a valve extension portion. The duct includes a reduced passage portion between the duct and the body when the body is in a fully closed position, a recess accommodating the body and the extension portion when the body is fully opened, and a pressure introduction passage formed between the duct and the body when the body is fully closed, and communicating with a space between the body and the extension portion when the body is fully closed. The extension portion includes a sealing part. The duct and the sealing part define a clearance therebetween when the body is fully closed. The clearance has a smaller sectional area than the reduced passage portion. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122681 | Two-Part piston for an internal combusion engine - A two-part, cooled piston for an internal combustion engine has an upper piston part and a lower piston part, in which the piston parts are screwed together by way of a threaded pin disposed on the upper piston part and a threaded bore worked into the lower piston part. The material of the threaded pin, in order to improve its strength, has a stretching limit that is higher in comparison with the rest of the piston material. The increase in the stretching limit is achieved by means of lasting stretching of the threaded pin by approximately 1% of its length, in the axial direction. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122682 | EXHAUST COMPONENT COVER - A lightweight exhaust component cover having a small number of components is disclosed. In the exhaust component cover, an internal plate is formed by bending part of a single plate at both ends, and the internal plate is joined to the inside surface of an external plate. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122683 | Engine Tool - An engine tool comprises an engine, a housing retaining the engine, a top cover provided above the housing, and an air cleaner room provided at the housing. The engine tool is structured in such a way that external air introduced in the air cleaner room or the housing flows through a space formed between the housing and the top cover. The engine tool further comprises a handle part which is grabbed by a user and which is provided above the top cover. External air flows through a space formed between an area of the top cover where the handle part is provided and the housing. The engine tool still further comprises an air inlet for introducing external air provided at a front part of the engine tool. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122684 | Split-chamber rotary engine - The split-chamber rotary engine includes a rotary power module having a case with a circular rotor installed therein. At least one, and preferably two or more combustion chambers are formed peripherally in the rotor. The generally circular rotor cavity of the case includes at least one, and preferably two or more, peripheral expansion chambers. A corresponding number of reciprocating compressor modules are installed upon the case, with the compressor module axis being aligned generally tangentially to the rotor periphery. The compressor module includes concentric reciprocating pistons and valves that compress the air charge and transfer the compressed charge to the rotary power module for power production. The compressor module is driven purely by combustion gas pressure acting upon its inboard piston. No mechanical linkage exists from power module to compressor module. The engine may include multiple rotor and case rows, as desired. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122685 | Spherical two stroke engine system - The invention relates to heat engines and more specifically to positive displacement internal combustion engines, and is particularly concerned with rotary and oscillating spherical engines i.e. engines, in which piston executes rotary/oscillating motion and combustion chamber and principal engine's parts that converts gas pressure into rotary movement assume general form of sphere. The invention provides the optimal, “canonical” form for the two stroke rotary and oscillating spherical engine of unique strength and compactness. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122686 | DIESEL ENGINE - A wall shape of a cavity consists of an inward protruding portion located at the periphery of an opening, a center portion projecting toward a fuel injector, and a peripheral portion connecting the inward protruding portion and the center portion. The fuel injector and the cavity are configured so that fuel injected from fuel injector directs to the proximity of the border between the inward protruding portion and the peripheral portion. The peripheral portion consists of a first portion located farthermost from the fuel injector, a second portion located between the inward protruding portion and the first portion, and a third portion located between the first portion and the center portion. The radii of arcs of the peripheral portion decrease from the second portion to the first portion and increase from the first portion to the third portion. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122687 | Method and Device for Increasing the Engine Brake Power of a Reciprocating Piston Internal Combustion Engine of a Vehicle, Particularly of a Diesel Engine - A method for increasing an engine brake power of an internal combustion engine, particularly of a diesel engine, having at least one cylinder with a reciprocating piston, at least one inlet valve and one outlet valve, and a turbocharger, in which air is compressed by an air compressor and stored in the at least one storage device, and air is injected in a clocked manner into the at least one cylinder in order to increase the compression work performed by the piston and thereby enhance the engine brake power during an engine braking process. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122688 | SYSTEM FOR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF COMBUSTION IN ENGINES - A combustion control system includes a magnetic torque sensor disposed between an engine and a load. The magnetic torque sensor is configured to directly measure engine torque and output a torque signal indicative of the engine torque. A control unit is communicatively coupled to the magnetic torque sensor. The control unit is configured to receive the torque signal and determine one or more combustion parameters based on the torque signal. The control unit is also configured to control one or more manipulating parameters of the engine based on the one or more combustion parameters so as to control combustion in the engine. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122689 | COMBUSTION STATE DETECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Disclosed is a combustion state detection apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of detecting abnormal combustion with high accuracy. The combustion state detection apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a variety of sensors; an ignition coil; an ignition plug; a transistor; a switching control unit; an ion current detection unit; and abnormal combustion detection units for determining that abnormal combustion has occurred in a case where a crank angle at a point of time when the ion current exceeds a predetermined current value or when the ion current that exceeds the predetermined current value reaches a peak value thereof is on a spark-advance side compared with a crank angle for determining abnormal combustion. The switching control unit ends the spark discharge at a predetermined timing while the spark discharge is in progress after the primary current is shut off and the spark discharge is generated. | 2010-05-20 |
20100122690 | Control Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engine - In a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, when a fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure detecting unit is not smaller than a threshold P_a, the value opening time duration of a injector is increased to a value larger than its normal value, such control as to stop fuel injection from the injector is inhibited, the low pressure fuel pump is stopped, thus quickly lowering the fuel pressure. After the fuel pressure is lowered, the valve opening time duration of the injector is returned to the normal value, and a discharge quantity of the low pressure fuel pump is changed on the basis of a difference between the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure detecting unit and a target fuel pressure. | 2010-05-20 |