26th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140174700 | VAPOR CHAMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a vapor chamber includes steps of: providing a first metal cover plate with a plurality of first engaging recesses, a second metal cover plate with a plurality of second engaging recesses, and a plurality of support members, wherein a width of a first end of each support member is larger than a width of each first engaging recess, and a width of a second end of each support member is larger than a width of each second engaging recess; making the first end abut against the first engaging recess and making the second end abut against the second engaging recess; and punching the first metal cover plate and the second metal cover plate so as to rivet the first end into the first engaging recess in a tight-fitting manner and rivet the second end into the second engaging recess in a tight-fitting manner. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174701 | Heat Pipe - An improved heat engine is disclosed. The heat engine comprises at least one heat pipe containing a working fluid flowing in a thermal cycle between vapor phase at an evaporator end and liquid phase at a condenser end. Heat pipe configurations for high-efficiency/high-performance heat engines are disclosed. The heat pipe may have an improved capillary structure configuration with characteristic pore sizes between 1μ and 1 nm (e.g. formed through nano- or micro-fabrication techniques) and a continuous or stepwise gradient in pore size along the capillary flow direction. The heat engine may have an improved generator assembly configuration that comprises an expander (e.g. rotary/turbine or reciprocating piston machine) and generator along with magnetic bearings, magnetic couplings and/or magnetic gearing. The expander-generator may be wholly or partially sealed within the heat pipe. A heat engine system (e.g. individual heat engine or array of heat engines in series and/or in parallel) for conversion of thermal energy to useful work (including heat engines operating from a common heat source) is also disclosed. The system can be installed in a vehicle or facility to generate electricity. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174702 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger of a type with a collector plate which has a wall in which are formed rim holes which can receive the ends of tubes of a bundle, wherein the wall of the collector plate is designed such that, for the purpose of a soldered or welded connection to the tubes, it forms collars around the rim holes, and wherein the wall has a front side facing toward the tube bundle and a rear side facing toward the collecting tank. Each collar extends in the direction of the collecting tank from a straight base plane on the rear side of the wall. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174703 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a header, a first flat porous tube, and a second flat porous tube. The header has first and second primary channels, with first and second refrigerants flowing through the first and second primary channels. The first flat porous tube has a plurality of first refrigerant-channel holes through which the first refrigerant flows. The second flat porous tube has a plurality of second refrigerant-channel holes through which the second refrigerant flows. The header has sub-channel-forming member that forms a first sub-channel and a second sub-channel. The first sub-channel allows the first primary channel to be communicated with the first refrigerant-channel holes. The second sub-channel allows the second primary channel to be communicated with the second refrigerant-channel holes. The first flat porous tube and the second flat porous tube are in close contact to allow heat exchange between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174704 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A heat dissipation device includes a first board body and a second board body. The first board body has a first face and a second face. The second face is formed with a rough structure. The second board body has a third face and a fourth face. The fourth face is mated with the second face and covered by the second face. The second and fourth faces together define a chamber. A working fluid is filled in the chamber. The rough structure is coated with a coating. By means of the rough structure and the coating, the cost for the heat dissipation device is reduced and the thermal resistance of the heat dissipation device is lowered. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174705 | HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY - A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink and a grease cover. The heat sink includes a bottom plate. A layer of thermal grease is attached to a bottom surface of the bottom plate. A number of fasteners are mounted to the bottom plate. The grease cover defines a receiving recess for receiving the thermal grease. A number of magnets are fastened to the grease cover and attract the fasteners. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174706 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVE STRESS RELAXATION STRUCTURE - A thermal conductive stress relaxation structure is interposed between a high-temperature substance and a low-temperature substance to conduct heat in a heat-transfer direction from the high-temperature substance to the low-temperature substance. The structure includes an assembly configured such that a thermal conductive material gathers in a non-bonded state having stress relaxation effect. Such an assembly is a rolled-up body configured such that a carbon-based sheet material and a metal-based sheet material are alternately rolled up, for example. This structure has one or more interfaces at which adjacent parts can slide, thereby dividing a deformable region to relax the thermal stress. It has a low rigidity and can thus deform to release the thermal stress. The structure can suppress the thermal stresses and the shape changes that would be generated in the high-temperature substance and the low-temperature substance, and each physical body located there between. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174707 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMAL STORAGE IN A VEHICLE - A method for charging a thermal storage device of a thermal storage heat pump system in a vehicle is provided. The method includes comparing an actual temperature of the thermal storage device to a target temperature, and an actual charge time to an available charge time, where the comparing is performed by a controller. The target temperature may be based upon ambient air temperature and ambient air humidity. The actual charge time is the time it takes to charge the thermal storage device to the target temperature. The available charge time is the difference between the current time and an intended departure time. When the target temperature is greater than the actual temperature, and the available charge time is equal to or greater than the actual charge time, the controller may charge the thermal storage device until the actual temperature is equal to the target temperature. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174708 | Vehicle Device Temperature Adjustment System - A temperature-adjustment system for a vehicle includes temperature-adjustment passages and obtained by circularly connecting a battery, an inverter, a DC/DC converter, a traveling motor, and a pump that circulates the heat medium that adjusts temperatures by cooling/heating the heat generation elements, are provided. The temperature-adjustment passages and are provided with proportional valves that interrupt the flow of the heat medium and adjust the flow volume of the heat medium, an air flow-in part that introduces air into the battery temperature-adjustment passage, and a heat medium discharge part that discharges the heat medium from the temperature-adjustment passage to outside of the vehicle. The proportional valve, air flow-in part, battery, pump, and heat medium discharge part are preferably arranged in that order, and the proportional valve is closed and an air take-in valve and a heat medium discharge valve are opened. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174709 | ENGINE INLET AIR COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of cooling inlet air to an engine includes pressurizing the inlet air during a first compression stage, and further pressurizing the inlet air during a second compression stage. Heat is transferred from the inlet air to a primary coolant liquid between the first compression stage and the second compression stage, and heat is transferred selectively, variably, or selectively and variably from the primary coolant liquid to a fuel of the engine. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174710 | WATER-COOLING RADIATOR - A water-cooling radiator includes a cooling module, a control circuit, a temperature sensor, and a display. The temperature sensor is used to sense an instant temperature of a heat generating device and output the instant temperature to the control circuit. The control circuit outputs a voltage for the cooling module corresponding to the instant temperature received from the temperature sensor. The control circuit compares the instant temperature with a preset temperature. When the instant temperature is higher than the preset temperature, the control circuit increases the voltage outputted to the cooling module to reduce the instant temperature of the heat generating device. When the instant temperature is lower than the preset temperature, the control circuit reduces the voltage outputted to the cooling module. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174711 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER ASSEMBLY - A container data center assembly includes a first cooling system including a cooling apparatus, a first container data center, a sensor, and a second valve connected by pipes in that order, and a second cooling system including the cooling apparatus, a second container data center and a third valve connected by pipes in that order, and a first valve connected between the second container center and the sensor. When the cooling liquid containing heat from the first container data center is still cooler than a preset value, the first valve is opened, and the second valve and the third valve are closed. Thus the cooling liquid from the first container data center continues to flow into the second container data center to be put to further work in cooling the second container data center. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174712 | COOLING CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BATTERY - Disclosed is a cooling control method and system for a battery. The cooling control method includes measuring, by a controller, an exterior temperature of a vehicle and a temperature of a battery. When the exterior temperature of the vehicle exceeds a first temperature, the method includes setting, by the controller, a cooling reference temperature based on the temperature of the battery and the exterior temperature. Furthermore, the method includes cooling, by the controller, the battery by adjusting the intensity of a cooling fan based on the set cooling reference temperature to prevent the temperature of the battery upon termination of cooling from exceeding a second temperature. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174713 | AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - An air conditioner control method applied in a container data center includes a container. The container includes a number of server racks and a number of air conditioners. Temperature and humidity values of the container are obtained. The return air temperature value of each air conditioner are obtained when any temperature and humidity of the container is not greater than any value of a preset range. The air conditioner which has the lowest return air temperature is determined when any temperature and humidity of the container is not greater than any value of the preset range. A current mode of the determined air conditioner is then switched to an air supply mode, a rotation speed of the determined air conditioner is increased, and the rotation speed of the remaining air conditioners are decreased. A related air conditioner control system is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174714 | COMPLETION SYSTEM HAVING A SAND CONTROL ASSEMBLY, AN INDUCTIVE COUPLER, AND A SENSOR PROXIMATE TO THE SAND CONTROL ASSEMBLY - A completion system for use in a well includes a first completion section and a second section. The first completion section has a sand control assembly to prevent passage of particulates, a first inductive coupler portion, and a sensor positioned proximate to the sand control assembly that is electrically coupled to the first inductive coupler portion. The second section is deployable after installation of the first completion section. It includes a second inductive coupler portion to communicate with the first inductive coupler portion, to enable communication between the first completion section's sensor and another component coupled to the second section. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174715 | ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLER - A tubular component for oil exploration includes an electromagnetic half-coupler that can be coupled to a half-coupler of another tubular component to allow data transmission, wherein an end portion of the tubular component includes a housing accommodating the half-coupler, the half-coupler including a coupling element and an annular armature for the coupling element, the coupling element including an annular body formed from a material with a high magnetic permeability and an electrical conductor having turns, the armature including a first portion and a second portion configured to accommodate the coupling element, the armature being partially surrounded by an isolating and impervious material to protect the half-coupler against infiltration. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174716 | PETROLEUM WELL INTERVENTION WINCH SYSTEM - A petroleum well intervention winch system includes a high pressure confining housing for a drum for a rope to a tool string. The pressure confining housing has a connector with an aperture for the rope to a top of a tool string gate chamber on vertical bore BOP valves on a wellhead on the petroleum well. The rope runs through the aperture via a capstan to the drum. The capstan is driven by a first motor through a first high pressure proof magnetic coupling across a wall of the housing. The drum is driven by a second motor through a second high pressure proof magnetic coupling across the wall of the housing. The capstan is subject to a load tension from the rope and is provided with a hold tension on the rope from the drum. The second motor exerts a constant hold tension on the rope via the drum. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174717 | SYSTEM FOR PUMPING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID USING ELECTRIC PUMPS - A system for hydraulically fracturing an underground formation in an oil or gas well to extract oil or gas from the formation, the oil or gas well having a wellbore that permits passage of fluid from the wellbore into the formation. The system includes a plurality of pumps powered by electric induction motors and fluidly connected to the well, the pumps configured to pump fluid into the wellbore at high pressure so that the fluid passes from the wellbore into the, and fractures the formation. The system can also include a plurality of natural gas powered generators electrically connected to the plurality of pumps to provide electrical power to the pumps. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174718 | Push / pull system and support structure for snubbing unit or the like on a rig floor - In one embodiment, a support structure for use on a rig floor and for supporting a unit used to manipulate tubular components through a wellhead comprises a support plate adapted to securely mount the support structure to said unit, a passage in the support plate of sufficient diameter to allow tubular components to pass therethrough, a plurality of rig engaging members and at least one tensile member mount. The unit used to manipulate tubular components through a wellhead may be a compact snubbing unit or may be a push/pull unit. The support structure may further comprise a worker platform to support a worker above the rig floor. Various push/pull system embodiments, for use on a rig to manipulate tubular components through a wellhead, are also taught. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174719 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING SAND FROM WELL FRACTURING RETURN WATER - Apparatus and methods for removing sand or other particulate from well fracturing return water are disclosed. In a sand separator box, a barrier element divides the tank into an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Particulate-laden return water flows through a gas separator and then into the upper compartment of the box. The barrier element allows the water in the upper compartment to pass into the lower compartment while keeping the sand or particulate in the upper compartment. As water accumulates in the lower compartment, it is pumped out to storage tanks or back to the well for reuse. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174720 | Dump Bailer - A dump bailer for downhole placement of flowable materials in a wellbore. The dump bailer has an elongated housing with a cavity for placement of the flowable materials. The housing has an open bottom. In one embodiment, an expendable cap or plug, of a magnetic material, is held within the open bottom by a shear pin, sufficient to hold the plug in place with the material within the cavity. An electric solenoid surrounds the plug. Energizing the solenoid coil by electric current creates a magnetic field which overcomes the shear pin and forces the plug out of the open bottom. The material may then flow out of the cavity. In another embodiment, a sliding sleeve is disposed in the open bottom, which moves from a first closed position to a second open position, in response to the magnetic field. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174721 | Probe Packer Including Rigid Intermediate Containment Ring - A downhole tool for a wellbore within a geological formation may include a housing to be lowered into the wellbore, a probe carried by the housing having a first opening therein, and a packer carried by the probe. The packer may include a rigid base having a second opening therein aligned with the first opening, an inner elastomeric ring carried by the rigid base and having a third opening aligned with the second opening, a rigid intermediate containment ring carried by the rigid base and surrounding the inner elastomeric ring, and an outer elastomeric ring carried by the rigid base and surrounding the rigid intermediate containment ring. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174722 | Extended Reach Well System - A system and methodology facilitates extending the reach of coiled tubing during a well operation. The technique employs tubing which is deployed along wellbore. A plurality of extended reach devices is positioned along the tubing. Each extended reach device has at least one internal guide member oriented for extension into an interior of the tubing. The guide member engages and guides the coiled tubing during movement of the coiled tubing along the interior of the tubing, thus enabling an extended reach during a wellbore servicing application. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174723 | Defoaming Agent Compositions and Methods of Making and Using Same - A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a foamed wellbore servicing fluid into a wellbore; flowing the foamed wellbore servicing fluid back to the wellbore surface; and contacting the foamed wellbore servicing fluid with an immobilized defoaming agent structure comprising an inert substrate and a defoamer. A system comprising a foamed wellbore servicing fluid in contact with a de-foaming structure, wherein the de-foaming structure comprises a defoamer covalently bonded to an inert substrate. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174724 | HOLLOW HYDROGEL CAPSULES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to hollow hydrogel capsules. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation with a hollow hydrogel capsule including a hydrogel shell including a hydrolyzed and crosslinked polymerized composition. The hollow hydrogel capsule also includes a hollow interior including at least one component of a downhole composition for subterranean petroleum or water well drilling, stimulation, clean-up, production, completion, abandonment, or a combination thereof. In various embodiments, the present invention provides compositions comprising the hollow hydrogel capsules and methods of making the hollow hydrogel capsules. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174725 | Downhole Cable Sensor - A method and apparatus for evaluating the subterranean formation of a wellbore is presented. The method includes conveying a downhole tool in a wellbore via a cable, and determining the torque in the cable in real-time. The method further involves conveying the downhole tool on a wireline, and automatically triggering an alert when the torque reaches a certain level. The apparatus includes a cable, a downhole tool attached to the cable for conveyance within the wellbore, and a sensor to measure torque in the cable. The apparatus may also include a telemetry system to communicate the torque data to the surface. The downhole tool includes a sensor to measure the relative torque between the downhole tool and the cable in real time. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OSCILLATION DOWNHOLE - A technique employs the use of oscillations downhole to facilitate a desired functionality of a downhole tool. According to this technique, a tool is initially conveyed downhole and operated to perform a function that relates to a downhole application. The operational efficiency of the tool is improved by creating oscillating forces which vibrate the tool to achieve a desired result, e.g. freeing the tool from a stuck position. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174727 | WIRELINE APPARATUS - A wireline apparatus comprises a sheave for accommodating a wireline and a sheave mounting configured for coupling to a wireline stuffing box. The apparatus includes a sensor for measuring at least one of wireline tension and deployed wireline length at the sheave. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WELL EMPLOYING THE USE OF AN ACTIVATION BALL - A system includes a tubular string and a hollow ball. The tubular string is adapted to be deployed downhole in a well and includes a seat. An activation ball adapted to be deployed in the well to lodge in the seat. The ball includes an outer shell that forms a spherical surface. The outer shell forms an enclosed volume therein, and the outer shell is formed from a metallic material. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174729 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS OF A BOTTOMHOLE AND A NEAR-BOTTOMHOLE ZONE OF A WELLBORE - Whiles moving a pipe string in a wellbore during tripping operations, pressure and temperature are measured. Based on the measured pressure and temperature, such parameters of a bottomhole and a near-bottomhole zone of the wellbore are calculated as skin factor, permeability, reservoir thickness, bottomhole pressure, and outflow or inflow from/to the zone under consideration. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174730 | METHOD OF TRACING FLOW OF HYDROCARBON FROM A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR - A method of tracing flow of hydrocarbon from a subterranean reservoir including forming a dispersion, injecting a hydraulic fracturing fluid containing the dispersion down a well penetrating a hydrocarbon reservoir, thereafter collecting a sample of hydrocarbon fluid flowing from the reservoir, and analysing the sample to determine whether the tracer compound is present in the sample. The dispersion includes a discontinuous condensed phase having a hydrocarbon-soluble tracer compound and a continuous phase which includes an aqueous liquid. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174731 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING TONGS MAKE-UP SPEED AND EVALUATING AND CONTROLLING TORQUE AT THE TONGS - Make-up speed for a tongs drive system is monitored and controlled to maintain the speed within a limited target range either throughout the make-up process or during the final portion of the make-up process, thereby improving make-up consistency and allowing for improved evaluation or torque during the make-up process. An encoder generates speed and position data during the make-up process. The speed data is compared to a target speed, which is based on rod and/or tongs characteristics. If the speed does not match the target speed or is not within a range of the target speed, a signal is transmitted to the tongs drive to adjust the speed accordingly. Furthermore, position data from the encoder, or other position sensors, provide position data for the rod during the make-up process to limit or vary the speed control parameters during different portions of the make-up process. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174732 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING DOWNHOLE CONDITIONS THROUGH RFID SENSING - An apparatus and method may operate to mount one or more communication assemblies relative to the exterior of a casing being placed in a borehole. Two communication assemblies can be placed in longitudinally spaced relation to one another along the casing, wherein each communication assembly is configured to obtain data from RFID tags in one or more azimuthally oriented regions of the annulus surrounding the casing, and to interrogate RFID tags in a first fluid in the borehole. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174733 | Power Generation Via Drillstring Pipe Reciprocation - A wireline configurable toolstring is conveyed within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation via a tubular string to which the wireline configurable tool string is coupled in a manner permitting relative motion of the wireline configurable toolstring and the tubular string. The wireline configurable toolstring converts rotary motion imparted by rotation of the tubular string, or by fluid flow resulting from reciprocation of the tubular string, into electrical energy. The wireline configurable toolstring also comprises at least one wireline configurable instrument powered by the electrical energy. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174734 | CYCLONIC SEPARATORS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING PARTICULATE MATTER AND SOLIDS FROM WELL FLUIDS - A downhole separator for separating solids from downhole well fluids comprises a cyclonic separation assembly. The assembly comprises a housing with at least one inlet port and an intake member disposed within the housing. The intake member includes a feed tube, a guide member disposed about the feed tube, and a vortex tube coaxially disposed within the feed tube. The assembly also comprises a cyclone body coaxially disposed within the housing and extending axially from the feed tube. In addition, the separator comprises an upper solids collection assembly coupled to the housing and configured to receive the separated solids from the cyclone body. Further, the separator comprises a lower solids collection assembly coupled to the housing and configured to receive the separated solids from the first solids collection assembly. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174735 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING OIL - A method, system, and composition for producing oil from a formation utilizing an oil recovery formulation comprising a surfactant, an ammonia liquid, a polymer, and water are provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174736 | Wellbore Servicing Materials and Methods of Making and Using Same - A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a composition comprising a carrier fluid and a degradable polymer into the subterranean formation wherein the degradable polymer comprises polyimide, allowing the degradable polymer to form a diverter plug at a first location in the wellbore or subterranean formation, diverting the flow of a wellbore servicing fluid to a second location in the wellbore or subterranean formation that is different than the first location; and removing all or a portion of the diverter plug by contacting the diverter plug with a degradation accelerator wherein the degradation accelerator comprises an amino alcohol, an amino alcohol precursor, an organic amine, an organic amine precursor or combinations thereof. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising polysuccinimide wherein the wellbores servicing fluid has a pH of less than about 7. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174737 | Wellbore Servicing Materials and Methods of Making and Using Same - A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a first wellbore servicing fluid comprising a diverter material into a wellbore, allowing the diverter material to form a diverter plug at a first location in the wellbore or subterranean formation, diverting the flow of a second wellbore servicing fluid to a second location in the wellbore or subterranean formation, and contacting the diverter plug with a third wellbore servicing fluid comprising a degradation accelerator and a phase transfer catalyst under conditions sufficient to form one or more degradation products. A method comprising contacting a diverter material with a phase transfer catalyst under conditions suitable to produce a composite material placing downhole a first wellbore servicing fluid comprising the composite material, and placing downhole a second wellbore servicing fluid comprising a degradation accelerator. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174738 | MILLABLE BRIDGE PLUG SYSTEM - A millable bridge plug system includes a mandrel, a sealing member, ring members, cone assemblies, and slip devices. The sealing member, ring members, cone assemblies and slip devices are positioned on and around the mandrel. Ring members push against an upper end and lower end of the sealing member. The sealing member has a surface interface contacting each of the ring members so that pressure from the ring members is exerted according to contact along the surface interface. The surface interface can have a curvature or be a double radiused surface. The ring members are pushed against the cone assemblies, and the ring members have ring surface interfaces contacting the cone assemblies. The pressure from the cone assemblies is exerted according to contact along the ring surface interface of the ring members. Coordination of the surface interfaces and ring surface interfaces control pressure to insure improved sealing against the wellbore. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174739 | USING COLLOIDAL SILICA AS ISOLATOR, DIVERTER AND BLOCKING AGENT FOR SUBSURFACE GEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS - A system for blocking fast flow paths in geological formations includes preparing a solution of colloidal silica having a nonviscous phase and a solid gel phase. The solution of colloidal silica is injected into the geological formations while the solution of colloidal silica is in the nonviscous phase. The solution of colloidal silica is directed into the fast flow paths and reaches the solid gel phase in the fast flow paths thereby blocking flow of fluid in the fast paths. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174740 | METHOD OF INTERSECTING A FIRST WELL BORE BY A SECOND WELL BORE - In some general aspects, methods for intersecting a first, cased well bore include drilling a second well bore that has a distal end proximal to the first, cased well bore to be intersected, disposing a mill guiding device in the second well bore near a casing of the first, cased well bore, the mill guiding device being configured to direct a mill of a milling assembly away from a central axis of the second well bore and towards the first, cased well bore, inserting the milling assembly into the second well bore, operating the mill of the mill assembly and guiding the milling assembly along the mill guide and into the casing of the first well bore, and removing material from the casing of the first well bore until the first, cased well bore and the second well bore are fluidly connected. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174741 | Settable Compositions and Methods of Use - Disclosed herein are settable compositions and methods of using settable compositions in a wellbore. In one embodiment a method of introducing a settable composition into a wellbore is described. The method comprises providing a settable composition comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and water. Introducing the settable composition into a wellbore. Allowing the settable composition to remain static in the wellbore, wherein the settable composition remains in a pumpable fluid state for a period of about 1 day or longer while static in the wellbore. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174742 | Well Treatment with Complexed Metal Crosslinkers - Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating subterranean formations, in particular, oilfield stimulation compositions and methods using polymer viscosified fluid crosslinked with metal complexes with amino and/or phosphonic acids to provide an increased crosslinking temperature and a low pH sensitivity. The metal complexes can be used with borate crosslinkers to provide continuous viscosification as the temperature is increased. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174743 | Well Treatment with Complexed Metal Crosslinkers - Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating subterranean formations, in particular, oilfield stimulation compositions and methods using polymer viscosified fluid crosslinked with metal complexes with amino and/or phosphonic acids to provide an increased crosslinking temperature and a low pH sensitivity. The metal complexes can be used with borate crosslinkers to provide continuous viscosification as the temperature is increased. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174744 | Systems and Methods For Pressure-Cycled Stimulation During Gravity Drainage Operations - Systems and methods for pressure-cycled stimulation during gravity drainage operations. These systems and methods include increasing a pressure within a stimulation well that extends within a subterranean formation and subsequently decreasing the pressure within the stimulation well to increase production of viscous hydrocarbons from a production well. The systems and methods include repeating the increasing and the decreasing for a plurality of stimulation cycles and producing viscous hydrocarbons from the subterranean formation during the increasing, the decreasing, and the repeating. The increasing may include increasing a reservoir pressure within the subterranean formation to a pressure that is greater than a bubble point pressure of the viscous hydrocarbons, and the decreasing may include decreasing the reservoir pressure to a pressure that is less than the bubble point pressure of the viscous hydrocarbons. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174745 | Treated Geothermal Brine Compositions With Reduced Concentrations of Silica, Iron, and Zinc - This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of iron, silica, and zinc compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain concentration of zinc ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg, concentration of silica ranges from 0 to 30 mg/kg, concentration of iron ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions also contain reduced concentrations of elements like lithium, manganese, arsenic, barium, and lead. Exemplary compositions include Salton Sea brines containing a concentration of zinc less than 10 mg/kg, a concentration of silica ranging from less than 10 mg/kg, and a concentration of iron less than 10 mg/kg. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174746 | SLEEVE VALVE - An sleeve valve for a well assembly includes at least one set of passages extending through a tubular body between the central passage and an exterior of the tubular body and a sleeve slidably located within the central passage of the valve body adapted to selectably sealably cover or uncover the at least one sets of passages. A shifting tool for actuating the sleeve valve is connectable to a tool string and includes a shifting bore with an actuating piston extending from a central bore through the shifting tool and first and second key bores extending radially inwards from the outer surface each having a piston keys located therein. Each of the first and second piston keys is operably connected to the actuating piston so as to be extended from the outer surface when the central bore is supplied with a pressurized fluid. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174747 | System and Apparatus for Creating a Liquid Carbon Dioxide Fracturing Fluid - A method, system, and apparatus required for creating a mixture of dry proppant and liquid carbon dioxide (LCO | 2014-06-26 |
20140174748 | OLIGOMERIC AND POLYMERIC ELECTRONICALLY-MODIFIED BORONIC ACIDS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Crosslinked gelling agents employed during subterranean operations use electronically-modified boronic acids to enable higher operating temperatures while allowing reduced gelling agent loadings; the boronic acids having Formula I: | 2014-06-26 |
20140174749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNHOLE INSTALLATION OF COILED TUBING STRINGS - A tool for releasably coupling a coiled tubing string to a primary tubing string includes: a tool body for coupling to a downstream end of the primary tubing string, the tool body comprising a locking mechanism for selectively coupling a coiled tubing end joint to the tool body, the locking mechanism being unlockable in response to fluid pressure inside the tool body exceeding a first threshold; a wellbore access mechanism openable in response to fluid pressure inside the tool exceeding a second threshold. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174750 | Liquid Valve for Flow Control Devices - Certain aspects of the present invention are directed to a liquid valve assembly that can be disposed in a wellbore through a fluid-producing formation. The liquid valve assembly can include a housing and a liquid valve. The housing can define an inner chamber and an opening adapted to allow fluid to flow between the inner chamber and a passageway. The liquid valve can be disposed in the inner chamber. The liquid valve can include a yield stress fluid. The yield stress fluid can prevent fluid from flowing between the inner chamber and the passageway. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174751 | System and Method for High Speed Hydraulic Actuation - There is provided a device and method for high speed hydraulic actuation. The method includes adjusting a position of an actuator using a hydraulic pressure regulator. Adjusting the position of the actuator includes increasing pressure on the hydraulic pressure regulator to open the actuator using a first solenoid, or decreasing pressure on the hydraulic pressure regulator to close the actuator using a second solenoid. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING TUBULAR COMPONENTS OF A SUBSEA STRUCTURE - A system for monitoring a subsea structure is presented. The system includes a sensor disposed on or about one or more tubular components of the subsea structure, where the one or more tubular components of the subsea structure include a riser, a flow-line, and a subsea umbilical. Moreover, the system includes a controller operatively coupled to the one or more tubular components of the subsea structure and configured to detect an anomaly in the one or more tubular components of the subsea structure. A method for monitoring the subsea structure is also presented. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRESSURE IN A HYDROCARBON WELL | 2014-06-26 |
20140174754 | Annular Blowout Preventer and Lower Marine Riser Package Connector Unit - An annular blowout preventer assembly has an annular element housing and a central cavity with an elastomeric annular element in the central cavity. An annular element piston is located within the central cavity in engagement with the annular element. A connector housing has an upper end that abuts a lower end of the annular element housing. Bolts extend upward from the connector housing into threaded blind holes in the annular element housing for securing the connector housing to the annular element housing. A locking element is carried within the connector housing for radial inward movement into engagement with a profile on a mandrel of a blowout preventer stack. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174755 | VALVE - A valve comprises a valve mechanism located within a housing arrangement, wherein the housing arrangement comprises an outer housing configured to be mechanically secured with a fluid conduit system, and an inner housing located within the outer housing and configured to contain pressure. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174756 | ARTIFICIAL LIFT METHOD FOR LOW PRESSURE SAGD WELLS - A pumping system includes a hydraulic motor assembly configured to drive a production pump. The hydraulic motor assembly includes a master pump located on the surface and an electric motor configured to controllably power the master pump. When moved by the electric motor, the master pump discharges a working fluid under pressure. The pressurized working fluid is transferred to a hydraulic turbine located in the wellbore. The hydraulic turbine converts the pressure of the working fluid into torque, which is transferred through a driveline to a production pump. The production pump pressurizes production fluids, which are carried under pressure to the surface. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174757 | ELECTRONIC RUPTURE DISCS FOR INTERVENTIONALESS BARRIER PLUG - Methods and apparatus are presented for removing a degradable barrier plug positioned in a downhole axial passageway. The degradable plug is initially isolated from fluid by at least one solid, non-degradable cover. A first electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to open a passageway to the degradable plug. A second electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to allow a fluid, such as water from a supply chamber, to flow into contact with the plug. The plug is substantially degraded, although the cover remains. A third electronic rupture disc assembly is actuated to bend and then cover the remaining solid cover, thereby opening the axial passageway and protecting later-introduced tools. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174758 | Packer Including Support Member With Rigid Segments - A downhole tool for a wellbore within a geological formation may include a housing to be lowered into the wellbore, a probe carried by the housing, and a packer carried by the probe. The packer may include a rigid base, an elastomeric member carried by the rigid base and having a recess therein, and a support member within the recess and comprising a plurality of rigid segments interconnected to allow relative movement between adjacent rigid segments. The rigid base, the elastomeric member, and the support member may each have respective aligned openings therein defining a fluid sampling inlet. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174759 | Downhole Tool Centralizing Pistons - The present disclosure is directed to setting pistons designed to centralize downhole tools within a wellbore. In one embodiment, a downhole tool includes a probe extendable to engage a wall of a wellbore and a setting piston extendable towards the wall of the wellbore. A roller is coupled to the setting piston and designed to roll circumferentially along the wall to pivot the downhole tool within the wellbore. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING - A technique facilitates conveyance of equipment along a wellbore or other tubular structure. A tractor is provided with a plurality of wheels oriented to engage a surrounding wall. Rotation of the wheels drives the tractor and causes longitudinal movement of the tractor with respect to the surrounding wall via a tangential force created between each wheel and the surrounding wall. Each wheel comprises teeth having a wheel tooth geometry which enhances cooperation with the surrounding wall. For example, the wheel tooth geometry may be designed to cooperate with the tangential force to push debris out of the teeth of each wheel during rotation of the wheel along the surrounding wall. In some applications, the wheel tooth geometry is designed to present a plurality of raised, rounded surfaces which engage the surrounding wall with a low stress impact. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174761 | Downhole Shifting Tool - A shifting tool for use in shifting axial position of a shiftable element in a well. The tool comprises a linkage mechanism configured to translate an independent axial force into a dedicated radial force applied to expansive elements thereof. Thus, the elements may radially expand into engagement with the shiftable element free of any substantial axial force imparted thereon. As such, a more discretely controllable shifting actuation may be attained, for example, as directed from an oilfield surface. Indeed, real-time intelligent feedback may also be made available through use of such elements in conjunction with the noted linkage mechanism. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174762 | Method And Apparatus For Pipe-Conveyed Well Logging - A well logging instrument deployment device according to this aspect of the invention includes a housing configured to be coupled to a pipe string. A latch disposed in the housing and is configured to retain a well logging instrument in a first longitudinal position inside the pipe string. An actuator is configured to release the latch to enable longitudinal movement of the well logging instrument inside the pipe string. A signal detector is operatively coupled to the actuator and is the configured to detect a command signal for operating the actuator. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174763 | LINER HANGER SYSTEM - An improved liner hanger system is disclosed. The improved liner hanger system comprises a liner hanger positioned within a casing. The liner hanger comprises a spiked portion having one or more spikes, wherein the spikes comprise a flat portion. At least one of the one or more spikes is expandable and the flat portion of each of the one or more spikes interfaces with the casing when the spike is in the expanded position. A liner is coupled to the liner hanger. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174764 | Annulus Seal Utilizing Energized Discrete Soft Interfacial Sealing Elements - A seal assembly for sealing an annulus between inner and outer wellhead members includes an energizer ring formed of a high strength elastic material having inner and outer legs. An annular inner recess with grooves on its base is formed on an inward facing surface of the inner leg. An inner diameter seal ring formed of an inelastic material engages the grooves of the inner recess. An annular outer recess with grooves on its base is formed on an outward facing surface of the outer leg. An outer diameter seal ring formed of an inelastic material engages the grooves of the outer recess. When the energizer ring is coaxially inserted in the annulus, the inner diameter seal ring is compressively and permanently deformed into sealing contact with the inner wellhead member, and the outer diameter seal ring is compressively and permanently deformed into sealing contact with the outer wellhead member. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174765 | SPRINKLER DEFLECTOR - A sprinkler assembly including a fluid deflecting structure including a plurality of spaced apart tines defining a plurality of slots. The tines include a first pair of symmetric tines and a second pair of symmetric tines disposed orthogonally to the first pair of symmetric tines. The tines includes outer edges of varying configuration to define tine and slot geometries and patterns. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174766 | Cover Plate For Concealed Sprinkler - A cover plate for a concealed sprinkler includes a member having at least one passageway section enabling heated air to pass between the cover plate and the sprinkler housing and towards the sprinkler head to permit the timely activation of the sprinkler head. The passageway section is defined by an outwardly extending peripheral rim of the cover plate or by a cutout section along one edge enabling air to pass therethrough. The cover plate includes a plurality of mounting tabs upon which a fusible material is applied to adhere the cover plate to the housing of the sprinkler head. The cover plate increases the response time of the concealed sprinkler head while maintaining a low profile, discrete appearance. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174767 | Method for Controlling and/or Preventing a Fire in a Vehicle Air-Conditioning System - A method for controlling and/or preventing a fire in a vehicle air-conditioning system which contains | 2014-06-26 |
20140174768 | DRY SPRINKLER - A dry sprinkler is provided that includes a conduit with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a valve positioned near the fluid inlet and a fire sprinkler head that is positioned near the fluid outlet. The fire sprinkler head is operably connected to the valve by a tie. When the fire sprinkler head reacts to an elevated temperature condition, the tie is engaged and is operable to open the valve. In a normal state, before the fire sprinkler head reacts, the tie can be unbiased toward the fire sprinkler head. The tie can also be non-rigid and/or in a non-compressed state within the conduit. The conduit of the dry sprinkler can be flexible. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174769 | AGRICULTURAL DEVICE FOR REMOVING CROP REMNANTS - Agricultural devices and methods of operating the same are provided. In one aspect, an agricultural device includes a frame including a hitch and a roller assembly coupled to the frame. The roller assembly includes an outer roller and an inner roller. The outer roller includes a pair of end plates and a plurality of spaced-apart engagement members extending between and coupled to the end plates. Each of the engagement members include an inner edge extending into the outer roller and the outer roller is rotatably coupled to the frame. The inner roller is positioned in the outer roller and includes a pair of end plates and an exterior surface extending between the end plates. The inner roller is rotatably coupled to the outer roller and the inner edges of the engagement members are adapted to be positioned proximate the exterior surface of the inner roller. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174770 | System and Method for Optimizing a Cut Location - A system for determining a cut location at a work surface includes a position sensor and a controller. The controller stores a final design plane of the work surface and determines an actual profile of the work surface. A plurality of target profiles extending along a path are determined, each corresponding to a cut location. The target profiles are based at least in part upon the cut location, a loading profile, slot parameters, and the actual profile of the work surface. The controller is further configured to determine a lowest cost target profile and the lowest cost target profile defines an optimized cut location. A method is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174771 | Turfplaner with Improved Gimbal - A gimbal for attaching an implement to a three-point hitch is described. The gimball includes a tow plate comprising a first side and a second side wherein the tow plate comprises lower brackets on the first side arranged to connect to lift arms of the three point hitch and an upper bracket on the first side arranged to connect to a stabilizer arm of the three point hitch. An implement plate is rotationally attached to the tow plate wherein the implement plate comprises an upper implement bracket for coupling to an upper implement arm and a lower implement bracket for coupling to a lower implement arm. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174772 | HANDHELD WORK APPARATUS HAVING A DRIVE MOTOR FOR DRIVING A WORK TOOL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID APPARATUS - A handheld work apparatus has a drive motor for driving a tool, an operating element for operating the drive motor, a first inhibiting unit and a second inhibiting unit. Each inhibiting unit has a disable state and an enable state. The operating element is inhibited for operating the drive motor when at least one of the inhibiting units is in its disable state. The work apparatus further has a locking device which locks the first inhibiting unit in its enable state if the second inhibiting unit is in its enable state. A method for operating the work apparatus provides that the first inhibiting unit is locked in its enable state when the first inhibiting unit and the second inhibiting unit are situated in their enable states at the same time. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174773 | ELECTRONIC TORQUE TOOL HAVING DISCONTINUOUS TORQUE WARNING VALUES WITH AN INTERVAL THEREBETWEEN - An electronic torque tool includes a main body; at least one display unit disposed on the main body for displaying torque values, and several pushbuttons disposed on the main body for a user to set values to the torque tool. The electronic torque tool has resettable torque warning values, which are discontinuous values with an interval therebetween. Thanks to the interval between the discontinuous resettable torque warning values, the torque warning value of the torque tool is lower than the required tightening force. In this case, it can be avoided that a threaded member is over-tightened. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174774 | Machine Tool - A machine tool has a cover body with a window, the window including two spaced window plates defining an airtight space therebetween. The space is brought to a pressure other than atmospheric. An indicator is coupled to the cover body and has an indicator portion that is displaced in response to pressure in the space. The indicating portion is visually observable from outside the machine tool, so that the airtightness of the window may be determined by visually observing the position of the indicating portion. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174775 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL WITH TORQUE LIMITING UNIT - A hand-held power tool has a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from a motor output shaft to a tool driver is adjustable by an operator. The torque-limiting unit has a spring system with spring elements having substantially similar characteristics (such as length, compression forces, etc.) and yet generating different spring forces. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174776 | HANDHELD POWER TOOL HAVING A SHIFTABLE MECHANISM - A handheld power tool with a shiftable mechanism, which is adjustable between two operating positions, has a coupling spring that is coupled with an adjustable shifting member of the mechanism. The coupling spring is embodied as a metastable spring. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174777 | IMPACT TOOL - An impact tool is provided which has a driving mechanism | 2014-06-26 |
20140174778 | POWER TOOL - A power tool includes a housing including: a body part having a substantially cylindrical shape and extends in a front-rear direction; and a handle part connected to the body part. The body part includes: a driving source; a power transmission mechanism part configured to transmit a driving force of the driving source; and a tip tool holding part to which the driving force of the driving source is transmitted from the power transmission mechanism part. The handle part includes a switch. A top part protruding from a surface of the handle part is formed on a side surface of the handle part along a longitudinal direction of the handle part. At least a portion of the top part is arranged at a position deviating rearwards from a center of the handle part in the front-rear direction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174779 | HIGH FREQUENCY FLUID DRIVEN DRILL HAMMER PERCUSSION DRILLING IN HARD FORMATIONS - A fluid pressure driven, high frequency percussion hammer for drilling in hard formations is presented. The hammer piston ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140174780 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first wall, a second wall, a moving portion, a flexible cable, and a first contact portion. The moving portion is located between the first wall and the second wall. The cable comprises a curving portion between the first wall and the second wall, a first portion brought into contact with the first wall, and a second portion brought into contact with the second wall. The first contact portion is provided on the first wall and is in contact with the first portion of the cable. The cable can slide more smoothly on the first contact portion than on the second wall. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174781 | Electrical Junction Box - A convenient electrical juncture box will be used to repairing a broken household electrical wire, or to connect new wires to multiple locations. It provides all components that need for repairing job in a package. The package will include a conductor unit installed on a base structure, a cover box to enclose the entire electrical circuitry, two nails for securing the electrical juncture box to the wooden beam, and four screws for attaching the cover box to the base structure. The electrical juncture box can be mounted on a wooden beam in an open space such as the attic, crawlspace of a frame or similar structure. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174782 | PRESS-FIT BUSBAR AND BUSWAY EMPLOYING SAME - A busbar for use in a busbar assembly, the busbar having an elongate body portion structured to be generally disposed about, an in contact with an elongate inner component, the body portion being formed from a conductive material. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174783 | CABLE PROTECTION AND GUIDE DEVICE - A cable protection and guide device, which prevents abrasion of the cable skin of a cable or the like and holds the position of a multi-joint link with high precision, is provided. The multi-joint link includes a link member and a holding member attached to the link member for holding the cable. The holding member has a base part to be engaged with a link side locking part and a holding part that extends from the base part, wherein the base part and the holding part are integrally formed. One of the link side locking part and the base part includes a pair of locking concaves arranged in the multi-joint link width direction while the other one includes a pair of locking claws arranged in the multi-joint link width direction and extending in a link flexional inner-outer direction to be engaged with the locking concaves respectively. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174784 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness for which an exterior member can be maintained in a desired shape is provided. A flexible, tubular corrugated tube ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140174785 | ROV CABLE INSULATION SYSTEM - A ROV cable insulation system is provided having insulated electric conductors, sheathed drain wires, screen tape, and outer protection. The screen tape includes a polymeric semiconductive tape. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174786 | INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE FOR WRAPPING WIRES WITH THREE-COLOR SPIRAL INSULATION LAYERS AND THREE-COLOR WIRES - The present invention discloses an injection molding device for wrapping wires with three-color spiral insulation layers and three-color wires. The injection molding device comprises: a spinning block, a fixed mould, and a handpiece that are coaxially mounted. Each of the axes of these three components is provided with a center bore. The third plastic feeding pipe is arranged between the side wall of the handpiece and the center bore; a first plastic feeding pipe and a second plastic feeding pipe are arranged between the side wall of the fixed mould and the front end face thereof. This injection molding device is used to wrap wires up with three-color insulation layers. Three-color spiral wires are easy to identify and operate. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174787 | INSULATOR FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE GAS INSULATED SWITCH GEAR - An insulator for a gas insulated device and method of making and/or producing the insulator are disclosed. The insulator includes an injection molded insulator disc and a conductor. The insulator disc includes a center opening encompassed by an inner bead inside which the conductor is arranged. The insulator disc includes, for example, a first material which is injection molded onto the conductor. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174788 | SENSING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND TOUCH PANEL EMPLOYING THE SAME - An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a sensing electrode structure comprising a plurality of first axial electrodes and a plurality of second axial electrodes. The second axial electrodes and the first axial electrodes are formed on same side of a substrate and are electrically insulated from each other. Each of the first axial electrodes has a plurality of first conductive patterns with grid structures, and the first conductive patterns with grid structures are electrically connected with each other. Each of the second axial electrodes has a plurality of second conductive patterns with grid structures, and the second conductive patterns with grid structures are electrically connected with each other. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174789 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a touch panel, and more particularly, to a kind of touch panel which actualizes various touch response functions on a same surface and a fabrication method thereof. The touch panel includes an upper cover substrate, a first electrode array, a patterned mask layer, and at least a second electrode array. The upper cover substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The first electrode array is disposed corresponding to the display area. The patterned mask layer is disposed corresponding to the peripheral area. At least a second electrode array is disposed corresponding to a first patterned area of the patterned mask layer. A fabricating method for the touch panel is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174790 | WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate includes a wiring board having a main face and a side face substantially perpendicular to the main face; a circuit pattern which is formed on the main face of the wiring board; a soaking plate which is disposed in an intermediate layer of the wiring board; and a plurality of protruding terminals are disposed in the intermediate layer and are projected outwardly from the side face. The protruding terminals are electrically connected in the intermediate layer to each other. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174791 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A dielectric layer is formed on a substrate, wherein an internal circuit layer is formed on the substrate and the dielectric layer covers the internal circuit layer. A first trench, a second trench and an opening are formed in the dielectric layer. The opening is located below the first trench and connected with the first trench, and a portion of the internal circuit layer is exposed by the opening. A patterned conductive layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The patterned conductive layer covers a portion of the dielectric layer and fills the first trench, the second trench and the opening so as to form a first circuit layer, a second circuit layer and a conductive through via, respectively, wherein the conductive through via is electrically connected with the first circuit layer and the internal circuit layer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174792 | INSULATING FILM FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING IMPROVED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING THE SAME - This invention relates to an insulating film for a printed circuit board having improved thermal conductivity, a manufacturing method thereof and a printed circuit board using the same, wherein the insulating film includes an amphiphilic block copolymer having a vertical structure formed in a thickness direction by chemically coupling a hydrophilic compound with a hydrophobic compound. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174793 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method for manfuacturing the same, the printed circuit board including: a base substrate having circuit patterns; and heat radiating vias having a donut shape, formed in the base substrate, so that the heat radiation efficiency may be improved by increasing the area of the heat radiating via. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174794 | HEAT RADIATING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A heat radiating substrate having strengthened insulation resistance and heat conductivity, and a manufacturing method thereof. The method for manufacturing a heat radiating substrate includes: preparing a metal substrate; performing an anodizing process on the metal substrate to form an anodic oxidation layer; filling surface pores of the anodic oxidation layer with an insulating material; and forming a metal wiring layer on the anodic oxidation layer. High insulation resistance and heat conductivity can be obtained by filling surface pores formed in an anodizing process with an insulating material. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174795 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed wiring board has a heat transfer pattern facing a heat sink of an electronic component, on a first surface layer on which the electronic component having the heat sink is mounted. The printed wiring board has a through hole conductor formed in a through hole penetrating the printed wiring board corresponding to the heat transfer pattern, and thermally connected to the heat transfer pattern. The heat transfer pattern has a plurality of connecting lands exposed so as to be connectable to the heat sink of the electronic component by solder while being divided by a solder resist. The plurality of the connecting lands include lands adjacent to the through holes, and lands not adjacent to the through holes. The heat dissipation of the electronic component is enhanced while enhancing the connectability of the heat transfer pattern with the heat sink of the electronic component, at being mounted. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174796 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A flexible printed circuit board having a copper foil character with good visibility and without copper foil pattern peeling. The flexible printed circuit board has a base material having optical transparency, a wiring pattern formed on one surface of the base material; a first opaque cover lay film covering a surface of the wiring pattern, a character formed on the other surface of the base material; and a second opaque cover lay film covering a surface of the character. The first opaque cover lay film has an opening portion is formed therein, and the character is formed so as to be visually recognizable through the opening portion. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174797 | BUILD-UP FILM STRUCTURE, CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a build-up film structure including: a core layer containing a resin and an inorganic filler; a first adhesive layer covering one surface of the core layer and having a smaller content of the inorganic filler than that of the core layer; and a second adhesive layer covering the other surface of the core layer and having a smaller content of the inorganic filler than that of the core layer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174798 | METAL CORE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a metal core substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing a metal core substrate includes: forming a metal layer into which connection bridges are inserted; laminating an insulating layer and a copper foil on an upper surface and a lower surface of the metal layer en bloc; and removing the connection bridges. | 2014-06-26 |
20140174799 | TOUCH ELECTRODE DEVICE - A touch electrode device includes first electrode lines and second electrode lines formed on a transparent substrate. An insulating block is disposed at a junction between a first conductive connecting portion of the first electrode line and a second conductive connecting portion of the second electrode line. At least one insulating line is extended from the insulating block and disposed along the first electrode line. | 2014-06-26 |