| 22nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20100132785 | DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element module, such as a dye-sensitized solar cell module, which can be structured so as to be lightweight, thin and flexible, and with which a high electric power generation efficiency can be obtained, and a method of manufacturing the same. In a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element module having a plurality of dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion elements on a supporting base material, a filmy glass substrate | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132786 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element having a high power generation efficiency, raising no problem of corrosion, and being applicable to a substrate having a low heat resistance, as well as a method of producing the same. It is a photoelectric conversion element formed in such a manner that a reference electrode serving as a negative electrode and a counter electrode serving as a positive electrode are arranged to oppose each other. The reference electrode is constructed by forming a photocatalyst film ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132787 | ACTIVE SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Devices and methods for improving the efficiency of solar cells, and a solar cell thereof. One aspect involves a solar cell with a semiconductor layer ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132788 | PYROGENIC ZINC OXIDE-COMPRISING COMPOSITE OF LAYERS AND FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR COMPRISING THIS COMPOSITE - Composite of layers which comprises a dielectric layer and a layer which comprises pyrogenic zinc oxide and is bonded to the dielectric layer. Process for producing the composite of layers, in which the pyrogenic zinc oxide is applied to the dielectric layer in the form of a dispersion in which the zinc oxide particles are present with a mean aggregate diameter of less than 200 nm, and the zinc oxide layer is dried and then treated at temperatures of less than 200° C. Process for producing the composite of layers, in which the pyrogenic zinc oxide is applied to a substrate layer or a composite of substrate layers in the form of a dispersion in which the zinc oxide particles are present with a mean aggregate diameter of less than 200 nm to form a zinc oxide layer, and then the zinc oxide layer and the substrate layer are treated at temperatures of less than 200° C., and then a dielectric layer is applied to the zinc oxide layer. Field-effect transistor which has the composite of layers. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132789 | PHOSPHOR, WHITE LIGHT ILLUMIANTION DEVICE AND SOLAR CELL UTILIZING THE SAME - The invention provides phosphors composed of Eu | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132790 | Rechargeable Dye Sensitized Solar Cell - A method of using a dye sensitized solar cell includes providing a dye sensitized solar cell having a first electrode having a transparent substrate of a first refractive index, a second electrode having a second transparent substrate of a second refractive index comparable to the first refractive index, and an electrolyte solution in a gap between the first electrode and second electrode. The electrolyte solution is removed from the gap and replaced with an inert fluid having a third refractive index comparable to the first refractive index and the second refractive index to allow light to pass through the cell substantially unrefracted. Alternatively, the inert fluid is in the gap between the first electrode and second electrode, and the inert fluid is removed from the gap and replaced with an electrolyte solution. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132791 | HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELL, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a solar cell includes: sequentially forming a first electrode and a first impurity-doped semiconductor layer on a transparent substrate; forming a first intrinsic semiconductor layer on the first impurity-doped semiconductor layer; heating the first intrinsic semiconductor layer to form a second intrinsic semiconductor layer; and sequentially forming a second impurity-doped semiconductor layer and a second electrode on the second intrinsic semiconductor layer. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132792 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate, at least one emitter layer on the substrate, at least one first electrode electrically connected to the at least one emitter layer, and at least one second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed using a plating method. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132793 | SOLAR CELL, CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER GENERATION MODULE, CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER GENERATION UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A solar cell ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132794 | SEALED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS - An assembly for producing photovoltaic electricity has an outer assembly having at least one portion transparent to light energy. The outer assembly defines an inner volume. The outer assembly can be made of a first structural member having an opening to an external environment, where the opening is defined by at least one edge. The outer assembly also has a second structural member with a recess that corresponds to the edge at the opening. In this manner the edge of the first structural member conjoins with the corresponding recess of the second structural member, and the edge is conjoined to the corresponding recess with a seal. One or more photovoltaic devices are disposed within the inner assembly volume. Each such photovoltaic device is operable to receive the light and produce photovoltaic electricity in response to it. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132795 | PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS HAVING AN ELONGATED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE USING AN INVOLUTE-BASED CONCENTRATOR - An apparatus for converting light energy into electric energy has a concentrator with at least a first and second wall. The walls are made at least in part of a material that reflects light. The concentrator has an opening defined by the walls, and is operable to admit light energy into an interior portion of the apparatus. An elongated photovoltaic module is disposed between the walls. The module has a substrate, and a photovoltaic covering disposed on the substrate. The module can generate electric energy from light energy that directly strikes the module and light energy redirected from the concentrator to the module. The walls are substantially the shape of an involute of the module. The walls are limited to the height of the topmost portion of the elongated photovoltaic module. The module is disposed upon or above a joining of the walls. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132796 | DYE COMPOUND FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS, DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS - It relates to a dye compound for solar cells, a dye-sensitized photoelectric converter and dye-sensitized solar cells. The photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cells is improved by using the dye compound for solar cells, expressed by formula 1: | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132797 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM BASED ON ACTUATOR ELEMENTS - The present invention provides a microfluidic system comprising at least one microchannel ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132798 | CONTROL VALVE ACTUATION - A hydraulic system includes a power source, a fluid displacement assembly, a plurality of actuators, a plurality of control valves and an electronic control unit. The fluid displacement assembly is coupled to the power source. The plurality of actuators is in selective fluid communication with the fluid displacement assembly. The plurality of control valves is adapted to provide selective fluid communication between the fluid displacement assembly and the plurality of actuators. The electronic control unit is adapted to actuate the plurality of control valves, the electronic control unit receives a rotational speed of the power source, determines a firing frequency of the power source based on the rotational speed, selects a frequency of the pulse width modulation signal for the plurality of control valves based on the firing frequency of the power source, and actuates the plurality of control valves in accordance with the frequency of the pulse width modulation signal. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132799 | Vessel, Dispensing Devices, Kits And Methods For Containing Fluids - A device for limiting sample evaporation. The device has a vessel body having a body exterior surface and at least one body interior surface. The at least one body interior surface has one or more walls defining a first chamber, a second chamber and a conduit means. The first chamber has a first chamber opening for receiving at least one of the groups selected from a sample and a sample dispensing device. The first chamber opening defines the border of the body exterior surface and the body interior surface. The conduit means is in communication with the first chamber and the second chamber for receiving at least one of the group consisting of sample from said first chamber, a sample from a sample dispensing device and a sample dispensing device passing through or into the conduit means for placing the sample in the conduit means or into the second chamber. The second chamber is in communication with the conduit means for receiving and containing the sample from at least one of the group selected from the sample dispensing device and conduit means. The conduit means is arranged such that the sample in the second chamber is substantially isolated from the atmosphere to limit sample evaporation in the second chamber as the sample is contained therein. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLUCTUATIONS IN MULTIPHASE FLOW PRODUCTION LINES - Methods and apparatus for controlling the effects of slug flow in a flow line installation from a subterranean well to a production facility are described using in the flow line a flow conditioning unit, such as a flow booster and a flow choke, and a measuring device for measuring one or more parameter determined to be the most significant installation design or flow parameters correlated with the slug volume, connected to a control unit receiving input from the measuring device and using a relationship between slug volume and the one or more most significant parameters to control the flow conditioning unit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132801 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MICROREACTOR FLUID DISTRIBUTION - A microreactor includes a plurality of interconnected microstructures arranged in m process units with the process units configured to be operable together in parallel. Each of the m process units has a number n of respective process fluid inlets, wherein a number y of the n respective process fluid inlets are connected individually to respective non-manifolded fluid pumps, and wherein a number n minus y of the n respective process fluid inlets are connected to a respective manifolded fluid pump via a manifold, wherein y is an integer from 1 to n-1 inclusive. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132802 | GAS ADAPTOR - A gas adaptor ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132803 | System and Method for Preventing Water From Freezing in a Conduit - Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling water consumption in a water-supply system are disclosed using one or more sensors for generating signals indicative of the operation thereof. In one embodiment, a method of preventing freezing of a water conduit in a water-supply system comprises sensing, with a temperature sensor, a temperature at a location; and, if the sensed temperature falls below a predetermined threshold, sending, to at least one fluid control device interfaced with the conduit, at least one control signal to impede a flow of water through the conduit and to drain water from the conduit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132804 | Pressure Equalizing Housing Device - There is provided a pressure-equalizing housing device, including a rigid housing having a coupling end and configured to contain at least one instrument. The coupling end of the housing is adapted to be sealable to a radiation transmittable surface. An opening made in a wall of the housing enables fluid to pass therethrough, and the housing and surface delimit an interior space communicating with the exterior of the housing via the opening. There is also provided a pressure-influenced member forming an expandable and retractable volume body, a portion of which member is located adjacent to, or the interior of which member communicates with, the opening, for equalizing the pressure inside and outside the housing. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132805 | AIR VENT VALVE FOR BEVERAGE MAKERS - The air vent valve includes a vent valve body and a valve adapter that sealingly mate together. A vent outlet of the vent valve body and a fluid inlet of the valve adapter are connected through interior flow chambers of the vent valve body and valve adapter. A spherical ball float is constrained for longitudinal movement within a tubular collar in the interior chamber of the vent valve body, and a planar valve seat member with a central flow aperture is disposed within the vent valve body between the tubular collar and the outflow passage of the vent valve body. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132806 | FIRE HYDRANT CHECK VALVE - A check valve for a fire hydrant system is configured to allow fluid to flow in a direction from a pressurized water supply to a fire hydrant and to restrict fluid from flowing from the fire hydrant to the pressurized water supply. The check valve includes an internal cavity and a flapper capable of moving between an open position wherein the flapper is positioned against a side of the internal cavity so as to substantially not impede flow of fluid therethrough and a closed position wherein the flapper creates a seal to restrict flow of fluid therethrough. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132807 | DEVICE FOR SECURING FIRE HYDRANTS BY LOCKING THE CHECK MECHANISM OF A VALVE SPIGOT - The invention relates to a device for securing a fire hydrant, includes a duct ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132808 | FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - There is provided a fluid control apparatus which can improve assembling operation efficiency. A screw insertion hole | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132809 | AUTOMATIC REWIND DEVICE WITH UNIVERSAL COUPLING FOR USE WITH GARDEN OR LAWN HOSE - An automatic rewind device with universal coupling for use with garden or lawn hose. As described herein, the rewind device includes two couplings connected by a spring-loaded cable. Each of the couplings are adapted to connect to one of a faucet or hose wand, lawn tool, or distant end of a hose. When the rewind device is installed, the couplings are connected to the faucet and hose wand so that a garden or lawn hose can be installed alongside the cable. In accordance with an embodiment the garden or lawn hose is a spiral hose, and the cable can be threaded through the spiral. To use the lawn hose, a gardener can pull on and extend the cable, which exerts a force on the spring. When finished, the gardener can press a button to release the spring and the rewind device then automatically retracts the hose toward the faucet. In this manner the hose can be conveniently retracted and stored, including in some instances left to hang from the faucet, for future use. Since the rewind device can include universal couplings, it can be retrofitted to existing hoses of different dimensions and tubing diameters | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132810 | Adjustable Tub/Shower Valve Mounting Fixture and Method - A mounting fixture for a shower valve adjustably positions the shower valve in depth and angular orientation with respect to a finished wall surface, even after the shower valve has been plumbed or roughed in. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132811 | GUARD FOR GAS CYLINDER ACTUATORS - A guard for gas cylinder actuators, comprising a rigid or deformable covering element, to be fixed to the stem of the gas cylinder actuator with which it is associated or to the translating body against which the gas cylinder actuator is intended to act, the covering element being contoured so as to extend radially from the fixing region in order to protect the stem and the opening of the body of the actuator from which the stem exits. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132812 | TOILET CISTERN INLET VALVE - A toilet cistern inlet valve, said inlet valve including an inlet stem connected to a water supply, a canister surrounding said inlet stem, a float canister freely supported on said canister, an annular float adjustably positioned on said float canister, an upper valve body, a pilot diaphragm valve, and a diaphragm filling valve within the upper body whereby during the emptying of the cistern the float canister lowers and contacts an actuator button to contact the pilot diaphragm valve to open the diaphragm filling valve to refill the toilet cistern. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132813 | VALVE LEAKBY DIAGNOSTICS - A method is disclosed for determining leakby in a flow controller ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132814 | TWO EDUCTOR / FOUR-WAY SELECTOR VALVE ASSEMBLY - A selector valve assembly for use in conjunction with an eductor dispensing system which reduces the incidence of product carry-over when the valve is moved from one position to another. The selector valve assembly also reduces the incidence of improper dispensing. In a preferred manner, the selector valve assembly has a single valve member and accommodates four product inlet lines for selectively passing chemical concentrate to two eductors. The selector valve assembly is composed of a minimum of ports, thereby reducing maintenance and cost. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132815 | Fuel Vapor Retention System and Methods - Embodiments of the present invention relate to fuel tanks including features for capturing vapors displaced during a filling process. In an embodiment, the invention includes a fuel tank including a housing defining an interior volume; an inflow conduit providing fluid communication between the outside of the housing and the interior volume; a check-valve coupled to the inflow conduit, the check-valve configured to allow fuel to flow through the check-valve into the interior volume but prevent the flow of gases from the interior volume to the outside of the housing; an expansion member configured to reversibly change in volume; and a vent conduit providing fluid communication between the expansion member and the interior volume of the housing. Other embodiments are also described herein. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132816 | CHECK VALVE FOR A HYDRAULIC POWER-ASSISTED STEERING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a check valve for a hydraulic power-assisted steering system, with a valve housing, into which a movable valve member is inserted, wherein the valve member interacts with sealing effect with a valve seat, and has lateral guide elements for guiding the valve member in the valve housing, wherein the movable valve member is a shaped metal part with uniform wall thickness and at least three guide elements having a constant width in the circumferential direction. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132817 | INTEGRATED FILTER SYSTEM FOR A COOLANT RESERVOIR AND METHOD - A simple, low cost, replaceable coolant filtering is integrated in a coolant reservoir bottle or reservoir tank of an internal engine liquid cooling system. The coolant filtering system intercepts coolant flowing between the engine cooling system and the coolant reservoir, removing particulates from the coolant by filtration, entrapping the removed particulates on the filter media as well as capturing larger particulates into a drainable cup-like depression provided within the coolant reservoir. Also a coolant bypass passage is operative to permit coolant to bypass the filter should the filter media become blocked with contaminants. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132818 | THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a thermoelectric-based power generation system designed to be clamped onto the outer wall of a steam pipe or other heating pipe. The system can include a number of assemblies mounted on the sides of a pipe. Each assembly can include a hot block, an array of thermoelectric modules, and a cold block system. The hot block can create a thermal channel to the hot plates of the modules. The cold block can include a heat pipe onto which fins are attached. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132819 | FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided a fluid control apparatus which enables reducing widths of lines for further reducing space occupied by the apparatus. Support flow-channel blocks | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132820 | SUBSTRATE INCLUDING CHANNEL PART HAVING CHAMBER, AND MULTISTAGE LIQUID FEED DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A substrate including a channel part having a chamber in which a liquid can be fed stepwise from a chamber to another chamber at the channel part formed in the substrate, depending on the rotational speed of the substrate. A first chamber, a second chamber, a third chamber, and a channel interconnecting them are formed at the channel part formed in the substrate. Furthermore, the width and/or the depth of the first chamber is set smaller than the width and/or the depth of the second chamber. Consequently, the volume of solution subjected to centrifugal force in the first chamber is larger than the volume of solution subjected to centrifugal force in the second chamber. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132821 | SELF-DRAINING FROST-FREE FAUCET - A valve assembly for a faucet includes a spout, a valve stem, a first valve, and a second valve. The first valve is rotatably coupled to the valve stem upstream from the spout and is selectively positionable to control a flow of fluid from a fluid source to the spout. The second valve is rotatably coupled to the valve stem for selectively draining fluid from the valve assembly. Further, the second valve is coupled to the first valve such that when the first and second valves are positioned in a first operational position, fluid flows from the source through the spout, and such that when the first and second valves are positioned in a second operational position, fluid is substantially prevented from flowing from the source through the spout and residual fluid within the faucet is gravity drained from the faucet. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132822 | DOUBLE-SEAT VALVE, THE SEATS OF WHICH CAN BE CLEANED - The invention relates to a double-seat valve, the seats of which can be cleaned, which is improved compared to the prior art in that discharge of the seat cleaning flow into and out of the leakage cavity as much as possible without turbulence is ensured, and pressure-increasing direct action on the seat areas is reliably avoided. This is achieved among other things in that the double seat valve ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132823 | INSERT TUBE AND A SYSTEM OF INSERT TUBES - An insert tube is used for the repair or improvement of a pre-heating tube for air arranged in an exhaust gas pathway of a fuel burner. A pre-determined radial gap exists between the outer surface of the insert tube and the inner surface of the pre-heating tube for air such that the insert tube can be slid into the pre-heating tube for air. The insert tube is provided in the vicinity of each end with at least one groove that runs around its circumference. In the groove there is arranged at least one sealing ring of an elastic material. The sealing ring mounted in the groove has an external diameter that exceeds the internal diameter of the preheating tube for air. The sealing ring forms a seal against the inner surface of the pre-heating tube for air and prevents leakage through the sealing ring. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132824 | Composite reinforced strip windable to form a helical pipe and method therefor - A composite strip ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132825 | Industrial two-layer fabric - Each of lower side wefts of an industrial two-layer fabric passes over three successive lower side warps and then under the remaining two or more lower side warps thereby forming a lower side weft design including a lower-side-weft long crimp. The lower side layer of the fabric is formed by arranging lower side wefts adjacent to each other while repeatedly shifting the weft design according to one of the following shift patterns: shifting by three warps; shifting by four warps; shifting by five warps; shifting by one warp and then four warps; shifting by three warps and then four warps; shifting by two warps and then five warps; shifting by one warp and then six warps; and shifting by one warp, four warps, five warps, and then four warps. The lower-side-weft long crimp of the lower side layer has a rectangular shape. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132826 | Weft winding and unwinding device - The present invention relates to a weft winding and unwinding device in which for convenience use of a weft which is a hair band made by weaving one end of hair by machine sewing or by hand sewing, the weft is uniformly wound around a winding rod of a driving shaft and is unwound later for use. The weft winding and unwinding device includes a winding rod rotatably mounted on a casing to wind the weft therearound, a rotation means which rotates the winding rod during operation to cause the weft to be wound around the winding rod and causes the weft to be forcedly unwound from the winding rod while maintaining a predetermined tension during non-operation upon pulling of the weft wound around the winding rod, a casing to which one end portion of the winding rod is rotatably fixed, the casing comprising the rotation means therein, and a connection means formed on the casing for fixation on the a predetermined place. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132827 | STEEL STRAPPING TOOL WITH A PRESSING STRAP STRUCTURE - A steel strapping tool with a pressing strap structure is provided. The steel strapping tool includes a base which has a pivot block extending from a front side thereof. A cutting unit is disposed on the base. The cutting unit includes a fixing seat which has an accommodating trough therein, a top engaging rod unit disposed in the accommodating trough, a cutting assembly having one end coupled to the top engaging rod unit and received in the accommodating trough. The cutting assembly includes a cutting body and a connecting member which extends frontward from one side of the cutting body and passes through the fixing seat. The connecting member is pivotally connected with the pivot block of the base. Between the cutting body and the base defines an included angle. Thereby, the front end of the cutting body holds against a steel strap which is inserted in the steel strapping tool, and then the cutting body is to press the steel strap entirely so as to achieve a firm pressing effect. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132828 | Spherical Filling Body - The invention relates to the production of a spherical, hollow filling body for filling containers for flammable and inflammable liquids or gases, as well as to methods for its particularly advantageous uses, e.g. for preventing explosion-type burning processes and explosions, for extinguishing fires, as a corrosion protection in tank containers, for separation of fuels and water, as a protection against bacteria and fungi in fuel tanks, as an anti-theft protection, for reducing carbon-hydrogen emissions, for increasing stability and crash safety of tank containers, for reducing the boil-off effect of hydrogen, for applications in chemical industry, for dissipating static electricity from fuel containers, for protecting against electromagnetic disturbances, for reducing and delaying the BLEVE effect, for increasing the filling capacity of gas containers, for heating and cooling liquids and gases, as well as for reducing the vaporization loss. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of producing the filling bodies. FIG. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132829 | METHOD FOR FEEDING ARSENIC DOPANT INTO A SILICON CRYSTAL GROWING APPARATUS - A feed assembly and method of use thereof of the present invention is used for the addition of a high pressure dopant such as arsenic into a silicon melt for CZ growth of semiconductor silicon crystals. The feed assembly includes a vessel-and-valve assembly for holding dopant, and a feed tube assembly, attached to the vessel-and-valve assembly for delivering dopant to a silicon melt. An actuator is connected to the feed tube assembly and a receiving tube for advancing and retracting the feed tube assembly to and from the surface of the silicon melt. A brake assembly is attached to the actuator and the receiving tube for restricting movement of the feed tube assembly and locking the feed tube assembly at a selected position. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132830 | PRINT CARTRIDGE - A method of making a print cartridge comprises providing an ink housing | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132831 | HOUSEHOLD APPRARATUS FOR STORING BOTTLES,NOTABLY BOTTLES OF WINE THAT HAVE BEEN OPENED AND/OR PARTIALLY CONSUMED - This household apparatus ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132832 | Filling Device - A filling device for containers, particularly for beverage bottles, having a filling valve, a holder for the container in suspended arrangement, as well as a weighing device. To make the weighing device robust and the measurement more precise, the weighing device is assigned to the holder in close vicinity. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132833 | LINK APPARATUS, WEIGHING APPARATUS USING A LINK APPARATUS, PACKAGING APPARATUS USING A LINK APPARATUS AND WEIGHING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM USING A LINK APPARATUS - A link apparatus for weighing objects from a weighing machine to bags conveyed at high speed, a weighing apparatus and a packing apparatus using the link apparatus, and a weighing and packaging system are disclosed. A link apparatus comprises funnel-shaped chutes supplied with objects through entrances and respectively discharge the objects through exits A rotary board conveys the chutes along a revolving path where the exits are arranged in one line in a direction along the revolving path. The revolving path includes a first area under which package bags are conveyed in the direction along the revolving path, the first area being a part of the revolving path; wherein the entrances are formed by elongated openings; and the rotary board conveys the chutes such that the exits are located above the package bags in the first area. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132834 | FILLING SYSTEM FOR FILLING BEVERAGE BOTTLES IN A BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT - A filling system for filling beverage bottles in a beverage bottling plant. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132835 | REFRIGERATOR RELATED TECHNOLOGY - Disclosed is a refrigerator includes a main body having a cooling chamber. The refrigerator also includes a dispenser having an accommodation portion positioned at a front side of the refrigerator and configured to provide ice through the accommodation portion without opening a door of the refrigerator. The refrigerator further includes a chute having an outlet, coupled to the dispenser, and configured to transfer ice stored in an ice container to the dispenser. In addition, the refrigerator includes an opening and closing member positioned at the outlet of the chute and configured to open or close the outlet of the chute in response to a driving signal, wherein the opening and closing member and the outlet of the chute have a circular shape. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132836 | CHUTE RIM DEVICE - The present invention relates to devices facilitating the addition of items into containers. In particular, the present invention relates to devices configured to assist in supplying food items into mixing containers. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132837 | FUEL FILLER TUBE ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fuel filler tube assembly is provided and may include a filler tube having a tubular body defining an inlet larger than an outlet and a funnel insert having a first cylindrical section, a second cylindrical section, and a third cylindrical section disposed between the first cylindrical section and the second cylindrical section. The first cylindrical section may be received in the inlet of the filler tube with the inlet engaging the insert between the first cylindrical section and the third cylindrical section when the first cylindrical section is disposed within the inlet of the filler tube. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132838 | SELECTIVE FUEL NOZZLE INHIBITING SYSTEM - A fuel intake assembly may include a main tube ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132839 | PORTABLE SAWMILL - The present invention provides comprising a carriage base, post(s) extending therefrom, a vertical slide for holding a powered sawhead on said post(s), and a wheel assembly(ies) on the carriage base for horizontal movement along guide rails. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132840 | VERSATILE HAND ROUTER - Versatile hand router comprising a base plate, a motor body attached to a frame and having a milling shaft, vertical supporting-guide means that support frame in a sliding manner, hand gripping means and vertical position locking means. Motor body is attached to frame by a pivoting link and can be locked in an inclined position. The router comprises a side guiding edge for resting against a trim and sliding there along. The router can be used as a surface router and also to route horizontal intersection corners between a worktop and trims and vertical intersection corners between two trims. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132841 | FINGER JOINT CUTTER - A finger joint cutter is provided that inhibits occurrence of a blow out or a rip out and has a good cutting accuracy. The finger joint cutter is provided with a plurality of blade array groups | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132842 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING SURFACE PROPERTIES OF THE STAINLESS STEELS FOR BIPOLAR PLATE OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a method for improving surface properties of the stainless steels for bipolar plate of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell having low interfacial contact resistance and excellent corrosion resistance. The method for improving surface properties of the stainless steels according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: pickling a stainless steel with an aqueous sulfuric acid solution, the stainless steel comprising, by weight: C: 0.02% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Si: 0.4% or less, Mn: 0.2% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Cr: 25-32%, Mo: 0.1 to 5%, Cu: 0.1 to 2%, Ti: 0.5% or less, Nb: 0.5% or less, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable elements, and then washing the stainless steel with water, and then immersing the stainless steel in a mixture solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid to form a passivation layer. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132843 | Trivalent Chromium-Containing Composition for Use in Corrosion Resistant Coatings on Metal Surfaces - A low sludge trivalent chromium based conversion coating bath is provided which forms corrosion resistant coatings on aluminum and aluminum alloys by immersion in aqueous solutions containing trivalent chromium ions and fluorometallate ions followed by optional rinsing. Trivalent chromium coated aluminum also serves as an effective base for paint primers. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132844 | METHOD FOR THE THERMOCHEMICAL PASSIVATION OF STAINLESS STEEL - The present invention relates to a process for improving the heat and corrosion resistance of stainless steel by means of a novel passivation process. This process comprises a chemical treatment with an aqueous solution comprising a complexing agent combination of at least one oxidant, a subsequent rinsing and a subsequent treatment at elevated temperature in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. The stainless steel surfaces obtained according to the invention have a homogeneous passive layer having increased chemical resistance and resistance to thermal discoloration. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132845 | METHOD OF APPLYING ZINC-PHOSPHATE CONVERSION CRYSTAL COATING - A modified zinc-phosphate conversion coating method, presented as the Absorbed Solution Layer Phosphating (ASLP) coating method. This modified zinc-phosphate conversion crystal coating (ZPCCC) method is carried out in a reactor, containing metal substrate, a quantity of phosphate solution and a quantity of inert, solid filler particles, the quantity of phosphate solution being dependent on the solid filler particle's solution absorption ability. The ASLP process is carried out in an interface layer between the substrate and the solid filler particles, with the reactor being constructed to provide movement of treated parts and filler particles relative to each other, continually exposing surfaces of the substrate to fresh phosphate solution. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132846 | SPRING ELEMENT MADE FROM A FERRITIC CHROMIUM STEEL - Spring element, in particular spring rail for wipers, in particular of motor vehicles, with a low tendency to vibrate or a high attenuation, made from a ferritic chromium steel comprising 0.03 to 0.12% of carbon, 0.2 to 0.9% of silicon, 0.3 to 1% of manganese, 13 to 20% of chromium, 0.1 to 2.0% of molybdenum, 0.05 to 1.0% of copper, 0.02 to 0.05% of nitrogen, less than 0.01% of titanium, 0.01 to 0.10% of niobium and 0.02 to 0.25% of vanadium, remainder iron. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132847 | COMPONENT COMPRISING A MICROSTRUCTURED FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT - A metallic cast component includes at least one microstructured functional element on a predefined surface area of the component with a relief-shaped structure sized in a micrometer range in at least one spatial direction for realizing a particular function. The functional element has at least one characteristic dimension of a length of less than 100 μm. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132848 | ULTRAHIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE AND WORKABILITY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - The ultrahigh-strength steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.05-0.25%, Si: 1.00-2.5%, Mn: 2.0-4.0%, P: 0.1% or below (not inclusive of 0%), S: 0.05% or below (not inclusive of 0%), Al: 0.01-0.15%, Ti: 0.003-0.10%, N: 0.01% or below (not inclusive of 0%), the balance comprising iron with inevitable impurities, and is a composite structure steel sheet comprising 10-50 area % ferrite and 50 area % or above martensite, in which the average circle-equivalent grain diameter of ferrite grains is 2.0 μm or below, the average aspect ratio of ferrite grains is 2.0 or below, and the tensile strength is 1,100 MPa or above. Accordingly, the ultrahigh-strength steel sheet is excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance and workability. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132849 | HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet includes C: at least 0.05% but less than 0.12%, Si: at least 0.01% but less than 0.35%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.020%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Cr: more than 0.5% but not more than 2.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a microstructure that contains 20% to 70% by volume ferrite having an average grain size of 5 μm or less. The high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and excellent formability and weldability. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132850 | HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that even on the premise of ordinary CGL heat cycle, has a low yield stress and excels in resistance to natural aging and baking hardenability without reliance on the use of expensive Mo; and a process for producing the same. The constituent composition thereof comprises 0.01 to less than 0.08% C, 0.2% or less Si, more than 1.0 to 1.8% Mn, 0.10% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.1% or less Al, 0.008% or less N and more than 0.5% Cr so that the relationship 1.95≦Mn(mass %)+1.3Cr(mass %)≦2.8 is satisfied and comprising the balance iron and unavoidable impurities. The structure thereof has a ferrite phase and a martensite phase of 2 to 15% area ratio, and the cumulative area ratio of pearlite phase and/or bainite phase is 1.0% or less. In the production of this hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, the temperature and cooling rate are controlled during the annealing/plating operation subsequent to cold rolling. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132851 | COPPER ALLOY PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A sheet material of a copper alloy has a chemical composition comprising 1.2 to 5.0 wt % of titanium, and the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, the material having a mean crystal grain size of 5 to 25 μm and (maximum crystal grain size−minimum crystal grain size)/(mean crystal grain size) being 0.20 or less, assuming that the maximum, minimum and mean values of mean values, each of which is the mean value of crystal grain sizes in a corresponding one of a plurality of regions which are selected from the surface of the sheet material at random and which have the same shape and size, are the maximum, minimum and mean crystal grain sizes, respectively, and the material having a crystal orientation satisfying I{420}/I | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132852 | METHOD OF HEAT TREATING MAGNESIUM ALLOYS - A method for the low temperature heat treatment of an age-hardenable magnesium based alloy, including following steps:
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| 20100132853 | Method for the Treatment of Metal Sheets - A method for the treatment of sheets which are rolled to final dimensions in a roll stand, subsequently undergoing on-line cooling, straightening and heat treatment for homogenization and influencing of microstructure. To improve the heat treatment, the heat treatment is carried out online such that it is decoupled from the preceding cooling and straightening, while taking into account the speed at which the sheet exits from the final workstation upstream, the time at which the heat treatment begins is selected in such a way that the sheet has completely left this final workstation before the sheet is subjected to the heat treatment. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132854 | Microtreatment of Iron-Based Alloy, Apparatus and Method Therefor, and Articles Resulting Therefrom - Iron-based alloys and articles in strips, sheets, workpieces and the like are converted into high strength steel with a minimum of cost, time and effort, including producing dual phase materials. This is achievable by extremely rapid micro-treating of low, medium, and high carbon iron-based alloys and articles by rapid heating and rapid cooling at least a portion of the alloy/article. This heating step involves nearly immediately heating the iron-based alloy to a selected temperature above its austenite conversion temperature. Then, the alloy is immediately quenched, also at an extremely fast rate, on at least a portion of the iron-based alloy in a quenching unit adjacent the heating unit. This procedure forms high strength alloy in a desired area, depending upon where the treatment was performed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132855 | FIRE-RESISTANT STEEL SUPERIOR IN WELD JOINT REHEAT EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE AND TOUGHNESS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - The present invention provides high temperature strength and fire-resistant steel superior in weld joint reheat embrittlement resistance and toughness which is produced using steel of a room temperature strength of the 400 to 600N/mm | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132856 | FURAZANE DERIVATIVES, PREPARATION THEREOF AND ENERGETIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM - A subject matter of the present invention is:
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| 20100132857 | Coin Separator Tray for Purse or Handbag - A purse or handbag is provided with a coin separator tray to facilitate access to coins that have been dropped into the purse. The coin separator tray has an elongated pan dimensioned to match the length and width of the base of the purse or handbag, and is open at one end wall. A coin-separating cover fits onto the side walls of the pan. The cover has generally horizontal shelves that overlap to define a generally horizontal elongated coin slot. Any loose coins in the purse or handbag migrate to the base and pass through the coin slot into said pan. The coins can be dispensed by opening a flap at the base of the purse. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132858 | Non-Pneumatic Tire - The invention provides a non-pneumatic tire which can improve a riding quality, a noise performance and the like while improving a durability, and can further sufficiently suppress a buckling of a ground portion between spokes, because a circumferential fluctuation of a tire rigidity is hard to be generated due to a positional relationship between a spoke position and a center position of the ground surface, and a strain can be dispersed into each of portions of a support structure body. In a non-pneumatic tire T comprising a support structure body SS supporting a load from a vehicle, the support structure body SS includes an inner annular portion | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132859 | TIRE WITH ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE TREAD WHICH CONTAINS ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RUBBER STRIP - The invention relates to a tire having tread of a cap/base configuration. The tread contains a thin electrically conductive rubber strip in the form of an extension of said tread base rubber layer which extends radially outward from the tread base rubber layer through an electrically resistive tread cap rubber layer to and including its running surface circumferentially around the tread to thereby provide a path of electrical conductivity through the tread cap layer to its running surface. The composite of the electrically non-conductive tread cap rubber layer and electrically conductive strip at the running surface of the tire tread have a similar abradability. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132860 | TIRE CONTAINING CLOSED CELLULAR RUBBER FOAM IN ITS TIRE CAVITY WHICH CONTAINS DIVERSE CARBON BLACKS - Field of Invention The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity containing a closed cellular rubber which contains a dispersion of at least two diverse carbon blacks to promote an improved path for thermal conductivity with suitable physical properties for the closed cellular foam rubber. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132861 | TIRE WITH CELLULAR RUBBER TREAD RUNNING SURFACE - The invention relates to a tire having a tread with a cellular rubber running surface to promote a fast wearing tread running surface designed to expel internally heated tread rubber. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132862 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR MOTORCYCLE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle, in which tire durability at a relatively high speed in running straight is enhanced with maintaining good gripping performances in cornering situation by optimizing the distribution of loss tangent in tread rubbers constituting a tread portion. The pneumatic tire for a motorcycle includes a pair of bead portions | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132863 | PLY, CLINCH AND TREAD FORMED BY USING A SPECIFIC RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a rubber composition that is used for forming a ply having superior processability upon preparation thereof, with a reduced hysteresis loss, a clinch that is capable of achieving both of good physical characteristics, such as rigidity, hardness and mechanical strength, and improvements in processability and a tread that has high rigidity with a small hysteresis loss and is superior in processability upon preparation thereof, while reducing the amount of use of materials derived from petroleum resources, and a pneumatic tire provided with these. The ply, the clinch apex and the tread are made from a rubber composition that has 100 parts by mass of a rubber component composed of a natural rubber and/or a modified natural rubber, and 25 to 80 parts by mass of silica having a BET specific surface area of not more than 150 m | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132864 | Tyre for vehicle wheels having improved tread pattern - A tyre for vehicle wheels having a tread pattern includes: a) two circumferential grooves, which define a first and a second shoulder region, and one central region; b) a plurality of asymmetric transverse grooves having a substantially “V” shape, which extend for the whole width of the tread, including an alternate sequence of a first and a second asymmetric transverse groove defining an alternate sequence of a first and a second asymmetric module; and c) a plurality of lateral transverse grooves, which includes one first lateral transverse groove extending for the whole width of the first shoulder region and for a portion of the central region of the first asymmetric modules, and one second lateral transverse groove extending for the whole width of the second shoulder region and for a portion of the central region of the second asymmetric modules. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132865 | Non-Pneumatic Tire - The invention provides a non-pneumatic tire in which a fluctuation in a circumferential direction of tire rigidity is hard to be generated by a positional relationship between a spoke position and a center position of a ground surface, and a buckling of a ground portion between the spokes can be sufficiently suppressed. In a non-pneumatic tire T comprising a support structure body SS supporting a load from a vehicle, the support structure body SS includes an inner annular portion | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132866 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR SIDEWALL REINFORCING LAYER OR SIDEWALL, AND TIRE - The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition for a sidewall reinforcing layer or a sidewall, which has sufficient thermal conductivity and low heat build-up property as well as excellent rigidity and run-flat durability. The present invention also aims to provide a pneumatic tire such as a run-flat tire, which has a sidewall reinforcing layer or sidewall that is produced using the rubber composition. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132867 | RUBBER COMPOSITION, BEAD APEX, AND TIRE - The invention provides a rubber composition to form a bead apex provided between a non-folded back part and a folded back part of an annular ply folded back so as to surround a bead wire at both ends of annular ply, including a rubber component containing at least one of a natural rubber and an epoxidized natural rubber, and including not less than 30 parts by mass of silica and not less than 0.1 part by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass of a quinone diimine compound relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, a bead apex, and a tire. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132868 | RUBBER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING NON-SULFUR SILICA COUPLING AGENTS BOUND TO DIENE RUBBERS - The invention provides vulcanizable rubber compound having improved tensile mechanical and dynamic viscoelastic properties. The compounds are formed by mixing an elastomer, containing unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in its molecular structure, with a reinforcing inorganic filler silica in the presence of an alkyl alkoxysilane and a non-sulfur coupling agent that binds to the rubber backbone with an “ene” linkage or a 1,3 dipolar addition linkage. In particular, the coupling agent and the alkyl alkoxysilane are present in the compound in a weight ratio of about 0.0001:1 to about 1:1. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132869 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GYPSUM BOARD - A gypsum board forming device ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132870 | PANEL SMOOTHING PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A SMOOTH CONTINUOUS SURFACE ON FIBER-REINFORCED STRUCTURAL CEMENT PANELS - A vibrating flexible smoothing sheet or shroud disposed transversely of a direction of travel of a formed fiber panel including gypsum-cementitious slurry and embedded chopped fibers. The sheet is used to smooth the surface of the panel as it exits a fiber embedment station of a structural cementitious panel production line to remove grooves and other non-uniform surface imperfections to reduce the need for costly finishing after the panels are cured and cut to size. The flexible sheet is designed to float over the surface of the formed panel without tearing or otherwise damaging the surface of the heavily fiber reinforced surface layers of the panel. The vibrating sheet is pivotally mounted on the side dams of the web production line so it can float over the panel surface during use, but be raised off the line when not in use. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132871 | THERMAL DIFFUSION SHEET AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING THE SAME - A thermal diffusion sheet of the present invention includes a graphite sheet and thermally conductive adhesive layers attached to both principal surfaces of the graphite sheet. The thermally conductive adhesive layer on a first surface is substantially the same in size as the graphite sheet. The thermally conductive adhesive layer on a second surface is relatively larger in size than the thermally conductive adhesive layer on the first surface, and the entire periphery of the thermally conductive adhesive layer on the second surface lies outside the graphite sheet. The adhesive strength of the thermally conductive adhesive layers on the first and second surfaces after exposure to 40° C. for 168 hours is reduced by no more than 20% relative to the initial adhesive strength. Ahardened material of a polymer component of the thermally conductive adhesive layers on the first and second surfaces has a thermal conductivity of 0.6 W/m·K or more. With this configuration, the thermal diffusion sheet has a structure in which the graphite sheet is sealed by attaching the thermally conductive adhesive layer that is larger than the graphite sheet and has a good thermal conductivity in the plane direction to a radiator plate, and can transfer heat to the radiator plate reliably at a low cost. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132872 | Method of Placing A Material Transversely on a Moving Web - Disclosed herein is a method by which a material may be placed onto a moving web in a transverse orientation. At least two assemblies, which carry either a first and a second web or a single web, periodically overlap each other in an alternating fashion such that a material may be placed upon their respective carried webs in a transverse manner. The first and second assemblies translate in a direction of web movement in order to modify the velocity of the web carried upon the assembly. Thus, with the velocities of the assemblies capable of being varied, the material may be placed in a transverse manner upon the moving web along with various other orientations. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132873 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A JOINING PROCESS AND FOR RETRACING QUALITY - Disclosed are an apparatus for monitoring a process of joining components and for retracing quality, at least sections of an image which has been recorded by a camera and has been reproduced by a screen being able to be stored together with an identity number in a memory device, and a method for using such an apparatus. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132874 | Composite Ceramic Substrate for Micro-Fluid Ejection Head - A composite ceramic substrate for receiving an ejection head chip for a micro-fluid ejection head and a method for making the composite ceramic substrate. The substrate includes a high temperature previously fired ceramic base having a substantially planarized first surface and at least one fluid supply slot therethrough. A low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) tape layer bundle having at least two LTCC tape layers is attached to the ceramic base at an interface between the LTCC tape layer bundle and the first surface of the ceramic base. The LTCC tape layer bundle has at least one chip pocket therein and at least one of the LTCC tape layers includes a plurality of conductors. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132875 | COPPER GRID REPAIR TECHNIQUE FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION - A method for reworking an electrically conductive layer of a composite skin is disclosed in which a patch replaces the altered section of the electrically conductive layer. The method is performed by removing a portion of the electrically conductive layer to reveal the underlying composite skin. A patch is formed, having an electrically conductive section coupled to an adhesive having a low dielectric breakdown strength, and is then introduced over the underlying composite skin such that the adhesive layer covers the underlying composite skin and overlaps an unremoved portion of the electrically conductive layer. The patch is applied such that the electrically conductive section within the patch covers the adhesive layer and overlaps the unremoved section of the electrically conductive layer. The adhesive layer preferably has a low dielectric breakdown strength, so that electricity from lightning which strikes the composite skin may be conducted through the adhesive. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132876 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board. The method of manufacturing a printed circuit board having a via for interlayer connection can include forming a circuit pattern on one side of a carrier, pressing one side of the carrier into one side of the insulator, removing the carrier, forming a hole penetrating through the insulator by processing one end of the circuit pattern, and forming a conductive material inside the hole to have the conductive material correspond to the via. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132877 | VERTICAL MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE TOWER - A method of manufacturing a composite tower, includes at least partially filling a form with a curable resin; at least partially curing the resin in the form; raising the form partly over the at least partially cured resin; and at least partially filling the raised form with more curable resin applied against the cured resin. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132878 | APPARATUS FOR COVERING AND GROUPING WIRES AND METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an apparatus for applying tape on a plurality of wire to form a harness thereof, the apparatus comprising a casing defining a fixed portion adapted to rotatably receive a moveable portion rotatable about a moveable portion axis, the moveable portion being adapted to secure a roll of tape thereon such that the roll of tape revolves with the moveable portion in a fashion allowing unwinding of the tape on the plurality of wires, the fixed portion and the moveable portion defining cooperating indentations encompassing the moveable portion axis, the indentation in the moveable portion being adapted to be selectively aligned with the indentation of the fixed portion to receive and allow positioning of the plurality of wires about the moveable portion axis such that the tape on the rotating moveable portion being unwounded on the plurality of wires to secure the plurality of wires in a harness. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132879 | REINFORCED MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER - A reinforced multi-lumen catheter and method of manufacturing the same. An assembly for manufacturing the multi-lumen catheter includes a catheter body substrate including a septum, one or more mandrels, a reinforcing element and one or more sleeves. The septum may have a distal region with a cross-sectional thickness greater than that of a proximal region. The septum can be separately formed. The septum can be split along a length of the distal region. The reinforcing element can be positioned over at least a proximal region of the catheter body substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132880 | COMPOSITE HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANEL SPLICING - A method and apparatus for joining composite parts is present. A first composite part is aligned with a second composite part to form an aligned structure with a splice line. An adhesive layer may cover the splice line. A composite material is placed on the adhesive layer. The aligned structure is cured with the adhesive layer and the composite material to form a joined structure. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132881 | ARTICLE WITH OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDE PRINTING - The application discloses multiple layered structures having releasable print layers to provide reverse side printing. The printing is formed of a mirror image print to provide the reverse side printing following release from an obverse side of a base structure. In illustrated embodiments, the application discloses multiple print layers including one or more non-mirror image print layers and the minor image print layer to provide reverse and obverse side print using a multiple layered structure or construction. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132882 | Device For Cutting Through The Adhesive Bead Of Panes Fixed By Bonding - The invention provides a device and a method for cutting through an adhesive bead of a pane using a motor-driven winding-up device. The winding-up device includes a coil adapted to wind up a cutting wire for cutting through the adhesive bead and can be coupled, via a coupling that can be disengaged, to a suction disk that can be located on the vehicle inside in such a way that, preferably, the winding-up device is rotatably received on the suction disk. When the winding-up device is driven, it will therefore align itself automatically to the cutting wire. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132883 | SYNTHESIS OF PURE NANOTUBES FROM NANOTUBES - An improved method of synthesizing nanotubes that avoids the slow process and the impurities or defects that are usually encountered with regard to as-grown carbon nanotubes. In a preferred embodiment, nanotubes are synthesized from nanotubes providing a novel catalyst-free growth method for direct growth of single- or multi-walled, metallic or semiconducting nanotubes. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100132884 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING JOINTED WIND TURBINE BLADE - A method of assembling a wind turbine blade comprises providing a first blade segment comprising at least two first spar cap segments; providing a second blade segment comprising at least two second spar cap segments; inserting the second blade segment into the first blade segment wherein a spar cap cavity is formed between each set of corresponding first and second spar cap segments; injecting an adhesive into the spar cap cavities to bond the blade segments together, wherein a scarf joint is formed between each set of corresponding first and second spar cap segments. | 2010-06-03 |
