| 23rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
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| 20130139690 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM - A mixed gas containing monosilane is released from a semiconductor fabrication equipment. A pump unit suctions the mixed gas discharged from the semiconductor fabrication equipment and sends it out to a silane gas treatment unit provided at a stage subsequent to the pump unit. Argon gas is used as a purge gas of the pump unit. The silane gas treatment unit processes the mixed gas, containing at least hydrogen and monosilane, discharged from the semiconductor fabrication equipment via the pump unit. And the silane gas treatment unit separates and recover monosilane from the mixed gas so as to be recycled. Argon recovered by a noble gas treatment unit is used as the purge gas of the pump unit. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139691 | HEAT STABILIZED COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIA AND METHOD OF MAKING THE FILTER MEDIA - Composite filter media which are highly resistant to thermal degradation and retain filter efficiency and extended lifetime in high temperature environments are disclosed. Methods of making the filter media are also disclosed. A composite filter media for removal of particles from a gas stream includes a layer of a porous polymeric membrane, the layer having an upstream side and a downstream side relative to the direction of the gas stream; and at least one layer of an electrostatic microfiber web containing an antioxidant in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight; the at least one layer of microfiber web disposed on the upstream side of the porous polymeric membrane layer. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139692 | ODOR KILLING CHARCOAL BOX SYSTEMS - An odor-killing charcoal box system which can eliminate strong odors by absorbing and neutralizing the odors safely and inexpensively thereby improving the air quality in virtually any given interior area. This unique product can comprise a paper cube, which can measure approximately 4″ by 4″ by 4″. The sides of the box can be made of porous, natural breathable fabrics, such as cotton or linen. The box may be opened up on five sides (or less.) By exposing these five sides, the box can create maximum surface area exposure for the activated charcoal powder to absorb odor effectively from the surrounding area. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139693 | FLAME-RETARDANT DEODORIZING FILTER - [problem] It is provided that an activated carbon sheet to be excellent in removability of hazardous gas component and flame retardancy. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139694 | SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY - A separator assembly comprises a vertical vessel including a fluid inlet for receiving a fluid including a gas, at least two liquids, and solids, at least two liquid outlets for discharging the liquids, a gas outlet at an upper end thereof for discharging gas, and a solids outlet at a lower end thereof for discharging solids. A baffle plate extends across the vessel, and cooperates with the vessel to define an upper section and a lower section, and has a first conduit extending downwardly so that liquids and solids may flow into the lower section, and a second conduit extending upwardly so that gases may flow from the lower section to the upper section. A backpressure valve is in fluid communication with the gas outlet and is configured to discharge gas while maintaining a selected level of pressure inside the vessel. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139695 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE AND/OR SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM GAS STREAM - The present invention provides a system for capturing CO | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139696 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL OUTLET TRANSITION AND HOOD - Post-combustion conditioning systems are described that include a flue gas conditioning device configured to condition an exhaust stream to produce a conditioned stream. First and second outlet ducts can be fluidly coupled to, and substantially supported by, the flue gas conditioning device. This advantageously can eliminate costly ductwork, reduce the space required, and reduce the pressure drop of the system. The first outlet duct can fluidly couple the flue gas conditioning device to an exhaust duct, such that the conditioned stream can flow from the first conditioning device via the first outlet duct. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139697 | DEVICE FOR COMPRESSION OF THE FILTER-HOLDER IN THE DISPENSER UNIT OF PROFESSIONAL COFFEE MACHINES - A device designed to automate the insertion and compression of the filter-holder in the dispenser unit of professional coffee machines or the like, whereby said dispenser unit consists of a rounded body whose lower part is designed to couple with the filter-holder fitted with a grip. Said device comprises a hollow mobile body fitted on said dispenser unit, and comprises a housing in which the filter-holder can be inserted manually. The movement of the body from a lowered release position to a raised traction position being is allowed by a cam type automatism or the like, whereby the mobile body is able to slide vertically on slides with respect to the dispenser unit allowing the filter and the filter-holder including the dose of coffee to be coupled automatically to the dispenser unit. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139698 | SYSTEM FOR MAKING BEVERAGES BY INFUSING - The present invention regarding a system ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139699 | Cartridge for Use in Coffee Maker - A brewing cartridge containing a filter containing brewing material and configured to reside generally horizontally in a coffee maker. The filter has a top rim sandwiched between a coffee holder cover and a coffee holder base, and the cartridge may be disassembled after use to recycle and/or reuse components thereof, the rim facilitating removing the filter and brewing material from the used cartridge. The coffee maker includes a reservoir, a pump, a heater, and a nozzle for injecting heated water into the cartridge. The cartridge receives the heated water through the coffee holder cover and releases brewed liquid through a passage on a side of the cartridge. The cover may be a plastic cover or a foil cover, and the filter may be provided to a consumer as an empty filter for filling by the consumer, or as a pre-packed filter containing brewing material. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139700 | IN-MOULD LABELLED CONTAINER - The present invention concerns a container, preferably a capsule for use in a food preparation machine, comprising: (i) a structure with a lower side, at least one substantially vertical pillar extending from the lower side, said pillar being linked to a circular upper frame, said circular upper frame having a substantially L-shaped cross-section with a first circular portion disposed vertically to which the pillar is linked, said vertical portion being linked at its upper side to a second horizontal circular portion forming a peripheral edge, said first vertical portion having a height a and a thickness x, said second horizontal portion having a width b and a thickness y, (ii) a label attached to the lower side, pillar and outer surface of the upper circular frame's vertical portion, thus forming an envelope that defines capsule side walls. According to the invention, x is superior to y, and xa is superior to yb. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139701 | REMOVABLE FILTRATION DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR A CONTAINER SUCH AS A BOTTLE - Filtration device for a closed container having a lower element and an upper element provided with an evacuation opening, the upper element adapted to be fixed in a sealed manner on the lower element; an internal filtration device including a reservoir provided with an opening in its upper portion allowing for its content to flow when the container is tilted toward the left or right; a filter, a filter support adapted to receive in a sealed manner the upper portion of the filter and the reservoir, a structural element cooperating with the filter support to define an intermediary volume adapted to receive the liquid after it has flowed through the opening, the structural element including a channel for the liquid to flow upward; the internal filtration device being arranged inside the container so as to enable collection of filtered liquid after passage through the filter. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139702 | WATER CONTAINER AND A MACHINE FOR MAKING BEVERAGES COMPRISING SAID CONTAINER - The water container ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139703 | Apparatus and Methods for Providing Additives To Beverages - According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments include apparatus and methods for providing additives to beverages, such as bottled water. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus generally includes a base and a reservoir for holding the additive. The reservoir generally includes a bottom, a sidewall, and an open top. A cap covers the open top of the reservoir. A plunger is coupled to the cap. The plunger is selectively operable for puncturing the bottom of the reservoir. This creates an opening in the bottom of the reservoir that allows the additive to flow from the reservoir and into a bottle or other container when the apparatus is attached thereto. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139704 | Cooking Vessel, Heating Device and Cooking System - The disclosure relates to a cooking vessel which is of a prespecified cooking vessel type and comprises: a cooking vessel type encoding device which encodes the cooking vessel type of the cooking vessel, with the cooking vessel type encoding device being a passive, electrical resonant circuit, with a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit encoding the cooking vessel type of the cooking vessel. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139705 | Pot boss - A cookware apparatus has a body having a side wall and a bottom, and includes a drain connected to the bottom of the cookware. A strainer or perforated member is disposed above the bottom of the cookware for supporting food to be cooked, and for allowing to drain the liquid without disturbing the cooked food so that only the liquid drains and the cooked food is left behind. A manual control device is disposed on one side of the cookware near the top thereof, to control the draining process. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139706 | MOBILE SMOKER OVEN - A trailer mounted oven ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139707 | Interlocking Strainer and Cooking Apparatus - A system comprising a strainer and a cooking apparatus. The strainer comprises a first interlocking piece, a second interlocking piece, and a straining surface. The second interlocking piece contains a securing mechanism. The cooking apparatus comprises a first interlocking piece and a second interlocking piece. The second interlocking piece contains a receiving mechanism for the securing mechanism. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139708 | PUNCHING DEVICE, PAPER PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A punching device includes a punching unit that punches a hole in a sheet of paper; a container that receives a chad of paper generated upon punching by the punching unit; a dispersing member that is provided within the container and that is configured to disperse the chad of paper; and a guiding member configured to guide the chad of paper that is generated upon punching by the punching unit and fallen into the container to the dispersing member. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139709 | NUMBERING AND IMPRINTING MACHINE - This invention discloses a numbering and imprinting machine including an impression cylinder, a stamp cylinder, a first printing cylinder, a second printing cylinder, and a moving inker which includes a first ink supply device and second ink supply device. A first space is formed between the moving inker, which is set at a retraction position, and the first and second printing cylinders so as to permit entrance of the operator into it. A second space is formed between the stamp cylinder and the first printing cylinder to permit the operator who has entered the first space to access the impression cylinder. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139710 | Screen-Printing Squeegee and Apparatus for Screen Printing - A screen-printing squeegee, as well as an apparatus for screen printing, includes an elastic application element and a holding apparatus for the application element. The holding apparatus is divided, as viewed over the width of the application element, into a plurality of holding sections which can move with respect to one another, in which a leaf spring element is provided. The leaf spring element interconnects the holding sections which can move with respect to one another. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139711 | Squeegee Blade For Screen Printing And Methods Of Manufacture And Use Of Same - The present invention is directed to improved screen printing squeegee blades, which include a first end, a second end, a top portion for receipt by a blade holder, a bottom portion adapted for contacting the screen of a screen printing press along at least one printing edge, a front face, a back surface, and a buckle control channel formed in either the front face or the back surface. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139712 | ROLLER-BASED IMPRINTING SYSTEM - A roller-based imprinting system includes a roller module, a transmission module, a fixing module, a solidification module, and a controlling module. The roller-based imprinting system imprints and transfers a pattern located on the surface of a soft mold to the substrate through the pressing force of the roller. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139713 | NANO IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUSES AND METHODS - A nano imprint lithography apparatus includes a stamp including a main body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having a pattern to be imprinted on a substrate, and the second surface having at least one pole and at least one actuator configured to apply force to the at least one pole to deform the main body. The apparatus includes a stationary stage configured to support the substrate to which the pattern is transferred from the stamp. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to drive the at least one actuator to apply force to the at least one pole to deform the stamp and correct an alignment error between the stamp and the substrate. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139714 | METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING FORMS BY WELDING EDGES OF PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENTS WITH MICROWAVE ENERGY - This invention pertains to a process for making flexographic printing forms, particularly relief printing forms, from two or more photosensitive elements welded to one another at their edges, wherein the welding is accomplished by microwave energy. This invention also relates to sealing edges of a cylindrically-shaped photosensitive element. Using microwave energy provides a smooth surface upon welding with a near disappearance of the weld-lines. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139715 | REACTIVE MATERIAL BREACHING DEVICE - A breaching device that may be used to create a linear and, if desired, continuous, cut or breach in a metal structure. The cut or breach created may be non-linear in shape and not deviate from the functionality of the device. The device includes a plurality of containers joined together, such as by a metal wire or the like to form a series of cutting charges. One or more of the containers includes Reactive Material (RM) that may be ignited electronically or some other activation mechanism. The containers that do contain RM are sealed with the RM therein and preferably fabricated to be sufficiently heat resistant so that the RM is only ignited intentionally. The RM that is contained in the containers may be fired simultaneously, sequentially or in a programmed pattern, depending on the requirements of the application. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139716 | SALT COMPOSITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES USING THE SAME - This invention relates to novel salt compositions and to explosive compositions comprising said salt compositions. The salt compositions are useful as emulsifiers in the explosive compositions. The explosive compositions are water-in-oil emulsion explosives. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139717 | Global rapid transit infrastructure using linear induction drive - Transportation infrastructure comprises linear induction drives wherein a roadway surface is induced to simultaneously exert forward, lateral, levitation and three axis angular alignment forces on a vehicle and wherein a vehicle is capable of inducing roadway surface currents that produce said forces in said roadway surface. Comprehensive system sustains continuous traffic flow from the point of entering the infrastructure to the moment of disembarking in a parking facility. Transportation infrastructure comprises integration of air and space travel with substantially reduced cost and transit time. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139718 | BODYSHELL STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - The present invention is a bodyshell structure of a railcar, the bodyshell structure including: a side bodyshell including an outside plate portion, an inside plate portion, and a joint portion configured to join the outside plate portion and the inside plate portion; an inside window opening formed on the inside plate portion and provided inside the railcar; and an outside window opening formed on the outside plate portion and having a smaller opening area than the inside window opening, and at least one of the inside window opening and the outside window opening has an oval shape extending in the railcar longitudinal direction or a circular shape. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139719 | RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR LOADING OR UNLOADING - A rail-road intermodal freight system. In an embodiment, a plurality of L-cars are provided. In an embodiment, each L-car may be configured for support at its forward end on a preceding L-car, and at a rear base on a set of flanged rail wheels. In implementing the system, a freight yard is provided with rail components which are switchable to enable decoupling and a turn-in-place operation, wherein each care is lifted from the preceding L-car in the train, and the neck portion of the L-car lowered to the ground. When in the lowered position, downwardly extending legs on the over-the-road trailer enable an over-the-road tractor to attach the over-the-road trailer in conventional fashion, for removal of the over-the-road tailer from the L-car. Loading of an over-the-road trailer on the L-car takes place via a reverse process, wherein the trailer is backed up on to the L-car. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139720 | INK FOR ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An ink for an organic light-emitting element includes a first solvent, a second solvent, and a functional material. The first and second solvents have equal or similar boiling points. The first solvent is such that an imitatively formed functional layer formed by replacing the second solvent with the first solvent, in a light-emitting region of an organic light-emitting element, is thicker at both end portions than at a central portion and the top surfaces of the end portions are positioned higher than the top surface of the central portion. The second solvent is such that an imitatively formed functional layer formed by replacing the first solvent with the second solvent, in a light-emitting region of an organic light-emitting element, is thicker at a central portion than at both end portions and the top surface of the central portion is positioned higher than the top surfaces of the end portions. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139721 | LOW RESIDUAL BISPHENOL A ALKOXYLATED MATERIALS, THEIR PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - This invention relates to alkoxylated Bisphenol A compositions containing low residual amounts of Bisphenol A. The present invention also relates to methods for making such alkoxylated compositions containing low residual amounts of Bisphenol A, as well as uses for such compositions. The alkoxylated compositions containing low residual amounts of Bisphenol A may be utilized in packaging applications (such as indirect and/or direct food contact packaging), printing inks, container linings, and the like. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139722 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE INKJET INK COMPOSITION - Specifically provided is a single pass-curable ink having high color reproducibility and high curing properties at the same time and having high dischargeability when used in printing at high frequency and high jetting speed, as compared with conventional ones. An active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition contains a metal lake pigment of a rhodamine dye as a pigment, and the active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition may contain 0.5 to 10% by weight of Pigment Violet 1, Pigment Violet 1:1, Pigment Violet 2, Pigment Violet 2:2, Pigment Red 81, Pigment Red 81:1, Pigment Red 81:2, Pigment Red 81:3, Pigment Red 81:4, Pigment Red 81:5, Pigment Red 169, or Pigment Red 173 as the metal lake pigment of the rhodamine dye based on the total weight of the ink. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139723 | NOVEL AZO COMPOUND, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, INK COMPOSITION, INK FOR INKJET RECORDING, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE FOR INKJET RECORDING, AND INKJET RECORD - There is provided an aqueous solution including: (a) a preservative, and (b) at least one kind of an azo compound represented by the following Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein a content of (b) is 1% by mass to 25% by mass: | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139724 | NOVEL AZO COMPOUND, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, INK COMPOSITION, INK FOR INKJET RECORDING, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE FOR INKJET RECORDING, AND INKJET RECORD - There is provided an aqueous solution containing (a) a preservative and (b) at least one azo compound represented by the following Formula (1) or a salt thereof, in which the content of (b) is 1% by mass to 25% by mass. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139725 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING PLASTIC MATERIALS FROM DECOLORIZED BLOOD PROTEIN - The present disclosure provides methods for manufacturing plastic materials from decolorized blood protein. The method includes the following steps: contacting the blood protein an oxidizing agent to form a blood protein composition that includes unreacted oxidizing agent; removing at least a portion of the unreacted oxidizing agent from the blood protein composition to form a decolorized blood protein composition; and treating the decolorized blood protein composition in the presence of a plasticizer with sufficient pressure and temperature to form the plastic material. The present disclosure also provides a plastic material including a blood protein residue having a percent whiteness of 35%-100% and a plasticizer. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139726 | FUNCTIONALIZED SOYBEAN COMPOUND, AND COATING COMPOSITION EMPLOYING THE SAME - The disclosure provides a functionalized soybean compound, and a coating composition employing the same. The functionalized soybean compound has the chemical structure represented below: | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139727 | CEMENT AND CONCRETE WITH REINFORCED MATERIAL - Provided are compositions, methods and systems including cementitious compositions and reinforcing materials wherein the cementitious composition comprises a metastable component. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139728 | FLY ASH BASED LIGHTWEIGHT CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITION WITH HIGH COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND FAST SET - A method of making a rapid setting lightweight cementitious composition with improved compressive strength for products such as boards is disclosed. The method mixes fly ash, alkali metal salt of citric acid and lightweight aggregate with water. Compositions which include fly ash, alkali metal salts of citric acid and lightweight aggregate are also disclosed. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139729 | Providing Freeze-Thaw Durability to Cementitious Compositions - A cementitious freeze-thaw damage resistant composition includes hydraulic cement, and coffee grounds particles having a volume-weighted mean particle size of from greater than 50 μm to about 2000 μm. A method for preparing a freeze-thaw damage resistant cementitious composition includes forming a mixture of water, hydraulic cement, and coffee grounds particles having a volume-weighted mean particle size of from greater than 50 μm to about 2000 μm. The coffee grounds particles act to increase the freeze-thaw durability of the cementitious material. A cementitious freeze-thaw damage resistant composition comprising hydraulic cement, and organic particles comprising at least one of coffee grounds particles, leaf powder particles, starch microcontainers, ground tea leaf particles, or cork powder particles. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139730 | REVERTING COLORED CONCRETE AND RINSE WATER TO GRAY - A simple and easily useable system for reverting an uncured colored concrete material back to a gray color, by merely determining the original pigment and loading initially used to color the concrete material. The system utilizes a collection of pigment mixtures that can be selected and combined as needed to revert virtually any colored concrete back to a gray color, thus eliminating or reducing the expulsion of non-gray or colored concrete and/or dirty rinse water. Additionally, the volume of rinse water needed to clean out gray concrete is significantly less than that needed to clean out colored concrete. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139731 | CEMENTITIOUS BINDERS AND WOOD PARTICLES-BASED INCOMBUSTIBLE COLOURED COMPOSITE PANEL WITH STRUCTURAL HIGH PERFORMANCE - This invention relates to a composite panel made from wood and cementitious binders, with flat surfaces and several possible colours. The said panel comprises 35 to 85% of grey or white Portland cement; 10 to 30% of debarked resinous wood particles; 5 to 20% of semi-hydrated calcium sulphate; 0 to 10% of a surface accelerator; 0 to 10% of aluminium sulphate solution; 0 to 30% of calcium carbonate; and 0 to 15% of pigments. The invention uses the process of preparation for the existing VIROC panel, adjusting it to the new material. This panel, in addition to being very resistant and showing high performances in terms of resistance to impact, humidity, temperature variation, noise and fungi, as well as other microorganisms, also complies with all the requirements of the associated product standard. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139732 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USING SLUDGE WASTE - The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of manufacturing lightweight construction materials using sludge waste, more specifically to a manufacturing method of manufacturing lightweight construction materials using the sludge waste which is manufactured by adding feldspar, bentonite, zeolite, loess, mica and agalmatolite to sludge waste and the lightweight construction materials manufactured thereby. According to the present invention, lightweight construction materials can be manufactured which are environmentally friendly by recycling waste sludge, can reduce energy consumption by simplifying the processes, and have superior strength and water permeability by mixing specific inorganic materials. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139733 | TROLLING MOTOR RIGGING STATION - The embodiments of the subject invention pertain to a workstation for attachment to a trolling motor. The workstation comprises a cowl for covering the head of a trolling motor and a shaft collar for operable attachment of the cowl to a trolling motor shaft. The workstation can remain in place on a trolling motor even when stored on the deck of a boat. Various accessories can also be attached to the cowl. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139734 | RISER PLATFORM - An environmentally friendly, lightweight, sturdy, water-resistant riser platform having columns of multiple heights is disclosed. The riser platform can be provided with a top cover suitable for the display of promotional materials. The riser platform can also be provided with internal dowels for increased load-bearing capacity. The riser platform can be utilized in and for any variety of industries or needs, including residential, commercial, retail, food service, and industrial uses. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139735 | Built-in Movable Pallet for Container - The present invention relates to a kind of built-in movable pallet for containers, including the rectangular chassis with several rollers at the bottom. Several guiding mechanisms are set at both sides and the corners of front edge of the above-mentioned chassis; guiding mechanisms are guide roller structures; outer peripheral surface of guiding rollers protrudes to side edge of the chassis; locking mechanisms are installed at the two corners at rear edge of the chassis. In this invention, guide rollers are installed at two sides and the corners of front edge, so that the sliding friction with high resistance is converted into rolling friction with low resistance. While loading, outer peripheral surface of the guide rollers at corners of front edge contacts the firm doorframe of the container firstly, so relative parallel position of the pallet and the container is adjusted properly and basically; while further pushing, the relative position between the pallet and the container may be adjusted adaptively by guide rollers at sides, so as to prevent wall of the container from being crashed and even cut and protect the container effectively; the locking hook at corners of rear edge is reasonable structure, convenient for use and can be locked reliably. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139736 | Adjustable Desktop Platform - An adjustable desktop workspace is disclosed having a base having a lower platform, an upper platform, and two pivoting arms mounted between the two. Each pivoting arm has a front and rear bracket. A locking lever on each arm fixedly engages the platform in an upright position at a variety of levels above the lower platform. There are also two stabilizing bars to limit side-to-side relative movement, and a biasing spring between the front and rear brackets to aide moving the upper platform. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139737 | TABLE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE LEG THAT CAN BE TURNED EITHER WAY UP - In one aspect, the present invention provides a table comprising a tabletop and at least first and second legs, at least the first leg of which is a moving leg, said table further comprising a connecting strut connected to the tabletop via a first horizontal axis and to the first leg via a second horizontal axis, so that, starting from a first position in which its first end and its second end face respectively towards the tabletop and towards the floor, the first leg is suitable for being turned over by pivoting about the second axis of the connecting strut so as to take up a second position in which its first end and its second end face respectively towards the floor and towards the tabletop. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139738 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CLEANING A CARBON DIOXIDE RICH FLUE GAS - A gas cleaning system ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139739 | SEWING MACHINE - A sewing machine includes a display, a projection portion, a processor, and a memory. The display is configured to display display information related to sewing. The projection portion is configured to project a mark having a predetermined shape toward a sewing machine bed. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by the processor, cause the sewing machine to project, by the projection portion, the mark toward the sewing machine bed, and display by the display, mark display information that represents the mark and stitch type display information of a planned stitch type to be sewn, in a first positional relationship that corresponds to a second positional relationship between the position of the planned stitch type to be sewn and the position of the mark configured to be projected on the sewing machine bed. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139740 | Oil Leak Containment System for a Ship hard Aground - A leak prevention device and method of use to prevent leakage and sinkage of ships that have collided with immobile objects comprising at least two inflatable cylindrical bodies that have cables attached to each of its ends. The cylinders are lowered over one side of a ship or delivered by rescue vessels and then manipulated by the cables or guide wires, one past the stern of the ship and the other past the bow of the ship so that the lines are on the opposite side of the ship, so that guide-wires pass under the hull of the ship and surround the object of the collision fully on one side. The process is repeated on the opposite side of the ship so that the two cylindrical structures crisscross. The cables are then tensioned and inflated with compressed air forming a tight seal between the hull and the point of collision. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139741 | Mooring Loop - A mooring loop is provided for use with connecting a mooring line to a bollard. The mooring loop may stretch and function as a time delay fuse when excessive loads are applied to the mooring line. The mooring loop is comprised of a reactive fiber component in the shape of a continuous loop that includes a plurality of at least one of: an undrawn hydrophobic polymer fiber or a substantially undrawn hydrophobic polymer fiber. At least two jackets are in surrounding relation to portions of the reactive fiber component. The at least two jackets include respective end portions which overlap. As the mooring loop stretches, a visual indicator on an end portion of one of the jackets pulls out of and away from the end portion of the other one of the jackets. The visual indicator serves as a warning that excessive loads are being applied to the mooring line. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139742 | PARAVANE INCREASED LIFT, TOWING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and a marine towing system for towing streamers or sources. The towing system includes a connecting line; a first paravane connected to the connecting line, wherein the connecting line is configured to connect the first paravane to a vessel; a spur line connected to the first paravane and configured to provide a tension to maintain streamers apart from each other; and a second paravane connected to the connecting line, between the first paravane and the vessel. The second paravane is configured to increase an angle (α | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139743 | Marine Lifting Apparatus - A catamaran lifting apparatus is disclosed for lifting objects in a marine environment. The apparatus includes first and second vessels that are spaced apart during use. A first frame spans between the vessels. A second frame spans between the vessels. The frames are spaced apart and connected to the vessels in a configuration that spaces the vessels apart. The first frame connects to the first vessel with a universal joint and to the second vessel with a hinged connection. The second frame connects to the second vessel with a universal joint and to the first vessel with a hinged or pinned connection. Each of the frames provides a space under the frame and in between the barges that enables a package to be lifted and/or a marine vessel to be positioned in between the barges and under the frames. In this fashion, an object that has been salvaged from the seabed can be placed upon the marine vessel that is positioned in between the barges and under the frames. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139744 | DEVICE FOR PROTECTING OR CONTAINING SUBMERGED SURFACES, MORE PARTICULARLY THE HULLS OF VESSELS - A device for the containment, protection and/or treatment of a submerged surface such as a ship hull, includes a flexible and impervious or non-impervious shell, including two portions, an emerged portion ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139745 | ROWING SHOE BINDING STRUCTURE, ROWING SHOE, ADAPTER, AND CLEAT - A rowing shoe binding structure includes a cleat attachment structure and an adapter. The cleat attachment structure has at least one shoe sole facing surface. The shoe sole facing surface faces a shoe sole of a rowing shoe upon attaching the rowing shoe to the rowing shoe binding structure. The adapter is detachably coupled to the cleat attachment structure. The adapter includes at least one adapting portion that is configured to be disposed on the shoe sole facing surface of the cleat attachment structure. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139746 | AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM OF SHIP - A ship air lubrication system of an external installation type with good efficiency is desired to be provided. An air ejecting unit includes an ejecting side chamber installed in a ship bottom of a ship and having air ejecting holes formed in a surface opposite to the ship bottom on a lower side; and a supply section which supplies air into an inner space of the ejecting side chamber. When the air in the ejecting side chamber is ejected from the air ejecting holes, the air is sheared by an external water stream, and small air bubbles are supplied to the ship bottom. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139747 | UNIVERSAL ROCKER FOR INDICATING AN OCCUPANCY STATE IN AN OVERHEAD-CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A rocker comprising: an inquiry sword having a long body, wherein a longitudinal extension of the long body comprises a first end and an opposite second end, wherein a continuous opening is provided in the body, the opening preferably being arranged closer to the second end than to the first free end, wherein the sword is arranged within a region which is crossed by the conveying goods when the conveying goods pass the rocker; and a bearing comprising a socket, that reaches through the opening of the sword. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139748 | DEVICE FOR SIGNALING HEATING, AND MECHANICAL SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A signaling device for signaling heating in a mechanical system susceptible to undergo contact heating during operation. The signaling device includes a body containing a thermally triggered charge generating combustion gas, ignition of the charge able to be triggered under the effect of a predetermined heat contribution, from a heating area of the body toward the charge, or under the action of an ignition command, a reservoir containing a fluid, and delivery means delivering pressurized fluid outside the reservoir through the action, directly or through an intermediate member moving in the reservoir, of the combustion gases. The signaling device also comprises at least one visual signaling element for visually signaling combustion of the charge, the visual signaling element being visible at an outer peripheral area of the signaling device after combustion of the charge. The invention also relates to a mechanical system equipped with at least one such signaling device. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139749 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CRYSTALLIZATION - A method for crystallizing a substance dissolved in a solvent, including the following steps: introducing a solvent volume containing the substance into a chamber having a preset temperature, humidity, and gas composition, adding a predetermined volume of a precipitant to the solvent volume containing the substance, allowing the solvent to evaporate while simultaneously observing structural changes in the solvent volume containing the substance and the precipitant by means of dynamic light scattering, detecting weight changes and determining the molarities, making an association with the location in the phase diagram on the basis of the DLS measurement and the results of the molarity determination, allowing a predetermined number of crystal nuclei to form by adding solvent or adding precipitant, putting the solvent volume containing the substance and the precipitant into a metastable state by adding solvent and/or protein solution or by allowing the concentration of the dissolved substance to decrease by allowing nucleation cores to form, maintaining the metastable state by adding a predetermined amount of the substance to the solvent volume containing the substance and the precipitant or allowing the solvent to evaporate until at least one crystal of a predetermined size is formed. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139750 | MODULAR-CONSTRUCTION VACUUM-COATING SYSTEM - A modular-construction vacuum-coating system includes a plurality of functional chambers arranged one behind the other along a longitudinal extent in which substrates are moved through the chambers in a substrate-transporting region. To lower the production-related and installation-related outlay involved in supplying media, a functional chamber, as a first sub-module, is arranged in a first module and provided with an outer interface which is the same for at least a second module. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139751 | Method to Impregnate a Porous Bone Replacement Material - A method to impregnate a porous bone replacement material ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139752 | ALIGNMENT FILM REPAIRING SYSTEM - An alignment film repairing system comprises an inspection device which has a charge coupling device and a defective position detecting circuit, the charge coupling element detects a defective position of an alignment film on a TFT/CF substrate, the defective position detecting circuit records a signal of position coordinate corresponding to the defective position; an alignment film defect elimination device eliminates a defect on the defective position on the TFT/CF substrate based on the signal of position coordinate to form a pin hole; and an alignment film repairing agent coating device coats and repairs the pin hole with an alignment film repairing agent based on the signal of position coordinate. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139753 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for manufacturing a substrate. The apparatus for manufacturing a substrate includes: a reaction gas ejector ejecting reaction gas; a lift pin supporting the substrate and having a header contacting a rear surface of the substrate; and a support chuck having a lift pin insertion unit inserted with the lift pin and moving vertically and including a ring in a header insertion portion into which the header is inserted in the lift pin insertion unit. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139754 | SINGLE DISC VAPOR LUBRICATION - Apparatus and method for vapor deposition of a uniform thickness thin film of lubricant on at least one surface of a disk-shaped substrate. The invention has particular utility in depositing thin films of polymeric lubricants onto disc-shaped substrates in the manufacture of magnetic and MO recording media. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139755 | POULTRY FEEDER WITH BEAK GROOMING DEVICE - A poultry feeder with beak growth control device is provided. In one embodiment, the feeder includes a feeder pan, a feeder tower, and a beak grooming ring. The grooming ring is removably inserted in the feeder and has an annular shape complementary configured to engage a corresponding shape of the feeder pan. Preferably, the grooming ring has a self-supporting structure that retains its complementary shape to the feeder pan independently of the pan when removed therefrom. The grooming ring is insertable and removable from feeder as a separable unit from the feeder and operable to abrade the beak while the birds feed, thereby controlling its growth and length. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139756 | Animal-Operated Grain Dispenser - An animal-operated grain dispenser capable of dispensing grain, feed, or medicine to an animal interacting with the dispenser is disclosed. The dispenser may serve to entertain as well as feed the animal by way of toys or entertainment devices located within the dispenser. When an animal interacts with the dispenser, a cylindrical housing rotates around a central axis thereby dispensing the grain, feed, or medicine or setting in motion the contained toy or entertainment device. A receptacle optimally positioned beneath the dispenser catches dispensed material | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139757 | POULTRY FEEDING DEVICE - A poultry feeder is provided that may be fully charged with feed. In one embodiment, the feeder includes a feeder pan and a feeder tower that vertically moveable with respect to the pan. The feeder tower is movable between a first closed position in which a bottom end of the feeder tower engages the feeder pan and a second open position forming a gap between the end of the tower and pan to dispense feed. Feed is precluded from entering the pan when the feeder tower is in the first position. In some embodiments, an adjusting collar may be provided to limit regulate the amount of feed dispensed to the feeder pan. The feeder tower is configured for suspension from an overhead feeding system. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139758 | POULTRY FEEDING DEVICE - A poultry feeder is provided that may be fully charged with feed. In one embodiment, the feeder includes a feeder tower and a feeder pan assembly that is vertically moveable with respect to the pan. The feeder pan assembly is movable between a first closed position in which a bottom end of the feeder tower engages the feeder pan and a second open position forming a gap between the end of the tower and pan to dispense feed. Feed is precluded from entering the pan when the feeder pan assembly is in the first position. In one embodiment, the feeder pan assembly is operated between the two positions via a cable. An adjusting collar may be provided to regulate the amount of feed dispensed to the feeder pan. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139759 | SPILL CLEAN UP MATERIAL AND PET LITTER, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - An improved material and process for decontaminating an organic chemical spill and animal waste is made by: partially composting plant material; adding spent mushroom compost; mixing some of the partially composted plant material with the dry plant material; inoculating the mixture with a small amount a petroleum hydrocarbon; adding iron sulfate, ammonium nitrate, or a mixture of iron sulfate and ammonium nitrate; adding water; and adding a clump preventing material. A nutrient may also be added to this mixture. The final product is mixed with the spilled organic chemical and allowed to incubate for a suitable time at ambient temperature. A similar material may be used as a pet litter. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139760 | COMPOSITE ABSORBENT PARTICLES - Composite particles and methods for making the same. An absorbent material is formed into a particle. An optional performance-enhancing active is coupled to the absorbent material before, during, or after the particle-forming process, homogeneously and/or in layers. Additionally, the composite absorbent particle may include a core material. Preferred methods for creating the absorbent particles include a pan agglomeration process, a high shear agglomeration process, a low shear agglomeration process, a high pressure agglomeration process, a low pressure agglomeration process, a rotary drum agglomeration process, a mix muller process, a roll press compaction process, a pin mixer process, a batch tumble blending mixer process, an extrusion process, and a fluid bed process. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139761 | System for Deterring Underwater Animals from an Underwater Region - In order to deter underwater animals from an underwater region such as adjacent the entrance to an offtake pipe or channel from a river, sound and light are produced by sound and light producing units in the underwater region and are intermittently pulsed and/or at least one characteristic of the sound and light is repetitively modulated. At least some of the pulses of light and/or the occurrences of at least one feature in at least some of the light modulation repetitions are substantially synchronised with at least some of the pulses of sound and/or the occurrences of at least one feature in at least some of the sound modulation repetitions. For example, the sound may be frequency modulated, and the light may be pulsed when the sound frequency reaches its minimum. It is believed that this synchronisation of light and sound has a synergistic effect. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139762 | Dirt or Filler Insulated Dwelling Shelter - A shelter insulated by dirt, growing materials or a filler to protect an occupant from weather conditions or climatic temperatures. The insulated upper compartment overlaps and houses a fixed horizontal floor for supporting the occupant. The insulated structure, with an opening for egress and entrance, protects from the elements by being insulated with a physical substance. The ground floor keeps the occupant dry and clean. The upper compartment's insulation is encased in openings, by any means, a way to hold and expose the filler. Any vegetation can be embedded into the upper compartment's contained filler to help expel heat from the growing matter by evapotranspiration. The vegetation can provide additional layer insulation. This shelter's upper portion may be comprised of either, a unitary casing comprised of layers or assembled pieces in which to cover an upper structure in its entirety, and the lower horizontal base being the floor. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTRAINING AN ANIMAL - A restraint for an animal having a strap forming first and second connection loops and including first and second strap portions, having approximately equal lengths, connected between the connection loops to form a restraining loop. A first connector is affixed at the first connection loop, and a second connector is affixed at the second connection loop. A quick-release connector is disposed in line with and more proximate to one of the first or second strap portions to open the restraining loop. A clamp is slidably disposed over the first and second strap portions. The clamp divides the restraining loop into a primary loop and a secondary loop and maintains the size of the primary loop around the animal's neck, with the quick-release connector positioned to open the primary loop. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139764 | LEASH ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR COUPLING MULTIPLE DOGS - A dog leash assembly includes (1) an elongated handle portion, (2) a first leash adapter coupled to the first end of the handle portion and having a first leash connector, and (3) a second leash adapter coupled to the second end of the elongated handle portion and a second leash connector, the second leash connector being removably couplable to the first leash connector. A first collar coupling member has a first end that is removably couplable to the first leash connector and/or the second leash connector a second end with a first collar connector that is removably couplable to a dog collar. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139765 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMBUSTION OF GAS APPLIANCE - A method of controlling combustion of a gas appliance includes the following steps: a) Read a first burning data in a database; b) Burn gas according to the first burning data; c) Obtain a burning efficiency of the gas appliance; and d) Compare the burning efficiency with a predetermined value, and repeat the step b to the step d when the burning efficiency is higher than the value, or read a second burning data in the database and burn gas according to the second burning data when the burning efficiency is lower than the value. The present invention provides plural stages of burning according to the main component of the gas to be burned to increase the total burning efficiency. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139766 | ENGINE ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A HEAT RECOVERY CIRCUIT AND AN EXHAUST GASES AFTER-TREATMENT SYSTEM - An engine arrangement includes an internal combustion engine and an exhaust line capable of collecting exhaust gases from the engine, an exhaust gases after-treatment system including an injection device designed to inject an exhaust treatment fluid inside the exhaust line for at least partially removing undesired components from the exhaust gases a heat recovery circuit carrying a fluid in a loop, successively through at least a pump, an evaporator, and an expander capable of generating power from the fluid expansion. The exhaust treatment fluid is the fluid carried by the heat recovery circuit, or derived therefrom, and a connecting line is branched from the heat recovery circuit and designed to supply the injection device with the exhaust treatment fluid. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139767 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR PISTON OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A cooling system for a piston of an internal combustion engine includes a cooling channel ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139768 | COOLING DEVICE FOR ENGINE - Disclosed is an oil jet device for cooling a piston, including: an oil cooler | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139769 | Mackay Tri-expansion cycle engine utilizing an eight-stroke master cylinder and an eight-stroke slave cylinder - The present invention provides a Mackay tri-expansion cycle engine which operates with an eight-stroke master cylinder and an eight-stroke slave cylinder; the Mackay tri-expansion cycle engine intakes air and fuel into the eight-stroke master cylinder, and the air-fuel-mixture combusts in three expansion processes; the first expansion process generates power at high temperature with a hot-combustion-medium of high CO concentration; the second expansion process generates power with a cold-expansion-medium mixing from said hot-combustion-medium and a compressed air, spontaneously converting all CO content into CO | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VARIABLE VALVE SYSTEM - A variable valve timing apparatus for an internal combustion engine, including: an actuator ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139771 | Continuous Variable Valve Lift Apparatus - A continuous variable valve lift apparatus may include an input cam disposed to an input shaft, a valve elastically supported by a valve spring, a rocker arm of which an end may be connected with the valve and the other end may be connected a rocker ratio change guide, which may be slidable along the length direction of the rocker arm and the rocker arm rotates around the rocker ratio change guide according to rotation of the input cam so as to open and close the valve, and a control portion selectively varies position of the rocker ratio change guide. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139772 | FLUID BRAKE DEVICE AND VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER - A fluid brake device includes a case defining a fluid chamber filled with magnetorheological fluid, a brake rotor having a magnetic part received in the fluid chamber, a coil that generates magnetic flux by being supplied with electricity, and a controller that controls electricity supplied to the coil. Magnetic particles are suspended in the magnetorheological fluid, and the magnetic flux passes through the magnetic part. The controller continues supplying the electricity to the coil while the brake rotor has a half rotation from a stop state where the brake rotor is stopped at a startup time at which the brake rotor starts rotating. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139773 | ENGINE DRIVE SYSTEM - A system for an engine drive that engages a timing band with a camshaft and a crankshaft is provided. The system further includes a coupling device that couples the camshaft to another camshaft that is not engaged with the timing band. The coupling device and the camshafts are in such a configuration that the camshafts rotate in opposing directions. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139774 | LASER-INDUCED SPARK IGNITION FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A laser spark plug for an internal combustion engine has at least one laser unit for guiding, shaping, and/or for producing laser radiation, a combustion chamber window, and a housing which has, at the side of the combustion chamber window situated opposite the laser unit, a screen for the passage of the laser radiation guided, shaped, and/or produced by the laser unit into a combustion chamber, the screen having a first end facing the combustion chamber and a second end facing away from the combustion chamber, the inner contour of the screen having an extremal cross-section in a region that is situated at a distance both from the first and second ends. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139775 | Device and Method for Controlling Starter, and Vehicle - A starter includes a pinion gear that can be engaged with a ring gear coupled to a crankshaft of an engine, an actuator to move the pinion gear to a position where the pinion gear is engaged with the ring gear in a driven state, and a motor to rotate the pinion gear. When the engine is started in response to a driver's start intention, any mode of an engagement mode in which the actuator causes the pinion gear to engage with the ring gear before the motor is driven and a rotation mode in which the motor is driven before the actuator is driven is selected. When the engine is started not in response to a driver's start intention, the engagement mode is selected. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139776 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSISTED DIRECT START CONTROL - Method and systems are provided for controlling a vehicle system including an engine that is selectively deactivated during engine idle-stop conditions. One example method comprises, adjusting a brake torque applied to a deactivated rotating engine after an engine restart request, the brake torque applied to slow the engine to at least a predetermined threshold speed without stopping the engine, and engaging a starter to the still rotating engine to increase the engine speed and restart the engine. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139777 | Intake Manifold with Overmolded Structural Enhancement - A composite intake manifold coupled to a V-engine is provided. The composite intake manifold includes a supporting member overmolded in an unsupported region of the composite intake manifold. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139778 | BALANCING DEVICE FOR ENGINE - A balancing device for an engine includes a crankshaft for converting reciprocal motion of a piston of the engine to a rotary motion, at least one electromagnetic force generator mounted apart from the crankshaft by a predetermined distance and generating an electromagnetic force, and a control portion controlling the electromagnetic force generator to generate an electromagnetic force offsetting an unbalanced force occurring according to a rotational position of the crankshaft. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139779 | BALANCING SHAFT - A balancing shaft may have at least one unbalance portion and at least one bearing point, wherein the at least one unbalance portion is associated with the at least one bearing point. The balancing shaft on the bearing point may define a transverse opening which separates a first part bearing surface from a second part bearing surface. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139780 | Insert for a Cylinder of an Internal Combustion Engine - To remove contaminations in the area of a fire land ( | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139781 | CYLINDER BLOCK AND METHOD OF MACHINING SAME - A machined shape of a bore is based on the deformation amount of a data-acquisition bore after fastening of cylinder head. A cross section of an approximate shape is set to be an approximately-true circle shape, and a diameter of the approximately-true circle shape is changed along a central axial direction in accordance with the deformation amount of the data-acquisition bore, to determine the approximate shape. The approximate shape has a cross section having the approximately-true circle shape and has a simple shape which is symmetrical about the central axis. Since the machined shape of the bore is the shape obtained by reversing a phase of a recess and a projection of the approximate shape about a predetermined cylindrical shape, the machined shape has a cross section having the approximately-true circle shape and has a simple shape which is symmetrical about the central axis. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139782 | LUBRICATION APPARATUS FOR FOUR-STROKE ENGINE - A lubrication apparatus for a four-stroke engine includes: an oil tank; a supply passageway having an opening to supply oil mist from the oil tank to driving parts, the opening being formed in the oil tank; and a partition provided between the opening and a side wall of the oil tank, the partition being formed by partition plate members to divide an inside of the oil tank into an inner area and an outer area, the inner area including the opening, and the outer area being defined between the inner area and the side wall. Oil can freely move between the inner area and the outer area, and the opening is placed in a position above a surface of the oil accumulated in the oil tank even when the four-stroke engine is tilted in every direction. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139783 | ENGINE ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A HEAT RECOVERY CIRCUIT - An engine arrangement includes an internal combustion engine supplied with fuel by at least one fuel pump, a heat recovery circuit carrying a fluid in a loop, successively through the fuel pump, an evaporator, and an expander capable of generating power from the fluid expansion. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139784 | PRECHAMBER DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This disclosure relates to an improved prechamber device for an internal combustion engine. The prechamber device is positioned adjacent to a combustion chamber. The improved prechamber device is configured to improve removal of heat from the prechamber device, particularly in the area adjacent to the combustion chamber. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139785 | Hybrid Cycle Rotary Engine - An internal combustion engine includes in one aspect a source of a pressurized working medium and an expander. The expander has a housing and a piston, movably mounted within and with respect to the housing, to perform one of rotation and reciprocation, each complete rotation or reciprocation defining at least a part of a cycle of the engine. The expander also includes a septum, mounted within the housing and movable with respect to the housing and the piston so as to define in conjunction therewith, over first and second angular ranges of the cycle, a working chamber that is isolated from an intake port and an exhaust port. Combustion occurs at least over the first angular range of the cycle to provide heat to the working medium and so as to increase its pressure. The working chamber over a second angular range of the cycle expands in volume while the piston receives, from the working medium as a result of its increased pressure, a force relative to the housing that causes motion of the piston relative to the housing. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139786 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-IGNITION CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for addressing pre-ignition that may be induced in response to actions taken to mitigate a cylinder misfire. An amount of engine load limiting applied may be adjusted to reduce the likelihood pre-ignition while also addressing component over-temperature issues. By limiting an engine load while shutting off fuel in a misfiring cylinder, and while combusting a lean air-fuel mixture in the remaining cylinders, pre-ignition induced by the misfire-mitigating lean combustion conditions can be reduced. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139787 | VARIABLE INTAKE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An intake system mounted to a vehicle controls an opening angle of a variable flap according to an RPM of an engine, an intake pressure, and an opening angle of a variable flap to optimize performance in various operation regions by detecting engine RPM and an intake air pressure, and determining an operation region based on the RPM of the engine; applying the intake pressure to determine a target amount of air and an opening angle of a variable flap for an operation region; driving an actuator to adjust an opening angle of the variable flap to a target opening angle; and analyzing an operation position of the actuator to detect an opening angle of the variable flap, and, when the target opening angle is not followed, correcting a drive of the actuator such that an opening angle of the variable flap follows the target opening angle. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139788 | FUEL DRIFT ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION FOR OPERATION OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Methods and systems are disclosed for fuel drift estimation and compensation using exhaust oxygen levels and fresh air flow measurements. An actual fueling to the engine cylinders is determined from the exhaust oxygen level and fresh air flow to the internal combustion engine. The actual fueling is compared to an expected fueling based on the fueling command provided to the internal combustion engine. The difference between the actual fueling and expected fueling is fuel drift error attributed to changes or drift in the fuel injection system and is used to correct or compensate future fueling commands for the fuel drift. | 2013-06-06 |
| 20130139789 | Method and Device for Supplying Fuel To An Internal Combustion Engine - A method and a device for supplying fuel into a combustion chamber of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, in which an air-fuel mixture is supplied to the cylinder via at least two intake sections, which are connected to the cylinder via an intake valve, and each of the intake sections is assigned an injector, fuel being injected into the intake sections in at least intermittently asynchronous manner. | 2013-06-06 |
