26th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130160877 | LIQUID TRAP WITH INTEGRAL JET PUMP - An assembly is provided that integrates a jet pump with a liquid trap to drain liquid fuel from vapor flow, such as vapor vented from a fuel tank. The assembly includes a housing that has a liquid trap configured to trap liquid carried in vapor flowing through the housing. A jet pump has a venturi nozzle and is in selective fluid communication with the liquid trap so that liquid flow through the venturi nozzle induces draining of the liquid trap. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160878 | VORTEX REDUCTION CAP - A vortex reduction cap for use within a fluid holding vessel above a discharge port for discharging the fluid from the vessel is disclosed. The vortex reduction cap includes a top solid surface greater than or equal to the area of the discharge port. The vortex reduction cap includes one or more inlets to allow fluid to flow from the vessel to an internal volume of the vortex reduction cap and then to the discharge port in the vessel. A passive element is positioned within the internal volume of the vortex reduction cap so that the flow of fluids through the cap and towards the discharge port of the vessel will be redirected around the passive element. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160879 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WORK IMPLEMENT - A hydraulic system includes a first hydraulic circuit and a second hydraulic circuit. The first hydraulic circuit includes a hydraulic cylinder assembly, a pressurized fluid source, a fluid tank, and a metering control valve. The hydraulic cylinder assembly includes a cylinder, a rod, a head end including a head pressure, and a rod end including a rod pressure. The metering control valve includes a rod extension position, and a rod retraction position, and is fluidly connected to the head end, the rod end, the fluid source, and the fluid tank. The second hydraulic circuit includes a second circuit valve assembly selectively fluidly connected to the head end, the rod end, and the fluid tank. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160880 | CONNECTOR DESIGNED TO REMOVABLY CONNECT TWO FLUID CHANNELS - The connector ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130160881 | WATER-CONTAINING STRUCTURE OF A FAUCET CONTROL VALVE - The invention relates to a water-containing structure of a faucet control valve, wherein a hollow chamber is set inside the body of a faucet, the hollow chamber is separated into an upper section with a water control chamber and a lower section as a space for placing tubes by a spacing flange set in the middle section of the hollow chamber, a control valve is placed inside the water control chamber, a bottom board is set in the bottom side of the control valve, at least an inlet column, an outlet hole and an outlet channel are set above the bottom board, a pilot hole is set on the inlet column for fastening the pass-through connector of the inlet tube, and the end is inserted into the pilot hole of the inlet column; to thereby effectively achieve the purpose of quickly assembling, simplifying the process and reducing material costs. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160882 | DEVICE FOR INJECTING GAS INTO THE TUBES OF A CHEMICAL REACTOR - A device for injecting gas into a plurality of vertical tubes of a chemical reactor from the bottom. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160883 | HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED ACCUMULATOR-CHAMBER VALVE - A hydraulically controlled accumulator-chamber valve has a closing element and a tappet. The closing element is prestressed via a first compression spring and seals a valve seat in a valve body. The tappet reaches through a leadthrough in the valve body and is moved by an accumulator piston. The accumulator piston is loaded by a second compression spring. The tappet is moved to press the closing element out of the valve seat when there is a specified balance of forces between the spring prestressing forces and a hydraulically active force. The closing element and the tappet are configured as a single-piece component, in order to guide the tappet in the leadthrough in a longitudinally movable manner. The tappet bears against an end face of the accumulator piston during an opening movement. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160884 | BLOCK VALVE ISOLATION TOOL - A leaking block valve isolation tool for insertion through a vent duct and blocking valve of a gas flow duct. The isolation tool includes an outer tube having proximal and distal ends, the outer tube having a diameter sized to extend through the vent duct and blocking valve. An inner tube having proximal and distal ends is arranged coaxially with and movable within the outer tube. An inflatable balloon is attached to the distal end of the inner tube, wherein the isolation tool outer tube is insertable through the vent duct to an opening in the gas flow duct. The inner tube is slidably insertable through the outer tube until the balloon is situated within a bore formed through the gas flow duct and is inflatable therein to block any gas leak through the gas flow duct. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160885 | INFLATABLE DEVICE FOR BLOCKING CHIMNEY FLUES OR OTHER DUCTS - An inflatable device for blocking a chimney flue or other duct is in the form of a plastics bag | 2013-06-27 |
20130160886 | PIPE SYSTEM WITH ANNULUS UTILIZATION AND MONITORING - A system for monitoring leakage in a pipe system including a pipe, a flexible tube extending through an inside of the pipe, an end fitting assembly connecting each end of the tube to a corresponding end of the pipe which creates an annulus and a monitoring system for detecting leakage from the tube into the annulus. A method for creating multiple flow paths in an existing pipe is also provided. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160887 | Coated Pipes for Conveying Oil - The present invention relates to an oil pipe having a lining imparting substantially reduced adhesion of asphaltenes, paraffin wax, and inorganic scale, so as to reduce plugging of said oil pipe, and impermeability to salt water so as to protect the oil pipe from corrosion. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160888 | APPARATUS FOR FLUID TUBE - A fluid tube is disclosed herein. The breathing circuit tube has a first terminal end portion, a second terminal end portion, and a wall which extends between the first terminal end portion and the second terminal end portion. The wall comprises a hollow geometry defining a passageway with a central longitudinal axis therethrough. The wall further defines one or more expandable corrugations spaced radially around and parallel to the central axis. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160889 | HIGH-STRENGTH ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL TUBE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A high-strength electric resistance welded steel tube has a composition including, in terms of percent by mass, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.5 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 3.0%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.005% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a structure which is a dual phase structure including a ferrite phase and a martensite phase, with a volume ratio of the martensite phase being 20 to 60%, wherein a tensile strength TS is 1180 MPa or more, an elongation El in a tube axis direction is 10% or more, and a yield ratio is less than 90%; and after application of a 2% prestrain and baking finishing that includes a heat treatment of 170° C.×10 min, a strength increase (BH value) is 100 MPa or more and a yield ratio is 90% or more. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160890 | DEVICE TO FORM A LENO SELVEDGE - A device for the formation of a leno selvedge includes a frame for installation on the heddle shafts of a loom. The frame has at least one needle pair for two leno threads. The needle pair is mounted in the frame so that it can pivot around the longitudinal axis of the frame, and the device includes a pivot drive for pivoting the needle pair. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160891 | PEDIATRIC DOSING DISPENSER - A package that is configured to store and dispense fluids. The package includes a container and a dosing dispenser for closing an opening to the container. The dosing dispenser includes a body portion having a syringe receiver and a valve assembly that is configured to permit the flow of fluid from the container to the syringe. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160892 | GAS FILLING APPARATUS - A gas filling apparatus comprising a lance and control unit remote from the lance is disclosed. The lance has a dispensing nozzle for dispensing gas through an aperture. The lance additionally has a manually operable switch for sending a signal to the control unit to commence dispensing of gas. The provision of the manually operable switch on the lance should result in less errors being made during the filling process, particularly where a plurality of lances are simultaneously operated by a single operator. The lance may additionally comprise a visual indicator indicating the state reached in the dispensing cycle. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160893 | EDGE SAWING MACHINE - The invention relates to an edge sawing machine, comprising a feed table ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130160894 | COLLAPSIBLE WOODWORKING TABLE - A collapsible woodworking that includes a first table portion and a second table portion. The first table portion includes a work piece support surface and a frame assembly. The frame assembly is operably attached to the work piece support surface for movement between an extended position and a retracted position. The second table portion is operably attached to the first table portion. The second table portion includes a work piece support surface and a frame assembly. The frame assembly is operably attached to the work piece support surface for movement between an extended position and retracted position. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160895 | SOLDER PASTE FOR PASTING ELECTRONIC PART ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A solder paste includes alloy powder, conductive adhesive, and flux. The mass ratio of the alloy powder to the conductive adhesive is in the range of about 3:1 to 5:1. The mass ratio of the alloy powder to the flux is in the range of about 8:1 to 10:1. The alloy powder includes tin. The weight percentage of the tin in the alloy powder is in the range of about 37.8%˜46.2%. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160896 | CERIUM BASED PERMANENT MAGNET MATERIAL - Useful permanent magnet materials are formed by processing molten alloys of cerium, iron, and boron to form permanent magnet compositions with appreciable coercivity and remanence. For example, Ce | 2013-06-27 |
20130160897 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GRAIN-ORIENTED MAGNETIC SHEETS - The present invention has as objective a procedure for the oriented-grain magnetic sheet that provides particular operative hot rolling mill conditions of silicon steel slabs, by means which it is possible to highly contain the heterogeneities of hot rolled sheet re-crystallization. The use of these operative conditions permits to reduce the growing tendency of the crystallized grain during the annealing of the sheets at a final thickness that precedes the secondary oriented re-crystallization. Contemporarily, the particular operational conditions of hot rolling mill according to the invention permit a fine precipitation of secondary phases useful to the control of the grain growing, starting from a quantity of sulphur (S) and nitrogen (N) in matrix lower than corresponding provided by the conventional technologies and consequently disposable in metallic solid solution before the rolling after the heating of the slabs at temperature values lower than 1300° C. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160898 | CHEMICAL CONVERSION COATED PLATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a chemically treated zinc-based plated steel sheet that is superior in weather resistance, water resistance, blackening resistance and film adhesion. A chemical conversion film having a thickness 0.5-10 μm is formed by coating and drying a chemical treatment solution on a surface of an aluminum-containing zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet. The chemical treatment solution contains a fluororesin containing 0.05-5% by weight of a hydrophilic functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group and a sulfonic acid group and 7-20% by weight of a fluorine atom, the fluororesin in which a number-average molecular weight is 1,000-2,000,000, and an oxoate, a fluoride, a hydroxide, an organic salt, a carbonate or a peroxygenated salt of a group 4A metal. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160899 | GEAR - The problem of the present invention involves providing a gear that has high tooth-root bending strength and for which there is no chipping of the tips of the teeth. Accordingly, the surface of the gear is carburized and the gear is strengthened by imparting residual stress, with the residual stress in the region with a surface depth of 5 μm to 20 μm being −1000 MPa or less, and the residual stress in the region with a surface depth of 50 μm to 150 μm being −1000 MPa or greater. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160900 | SHAPE MEMORY STAINLESS STEELS WITH RARE EARTH ELEMENTS Ce AND La - Shape memory stainless steels with rare earth elements Cerium (Ce) and Lanthanum (La) are disclosed. In one embodiment, raw materials including Manganese (Mn), Silicon (Si), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), Carbon (C), Ce, La and Iron (Fe) are melted to form a molten alloy of the shape memory stainless steels with rare earth elements Ce and La. Further, the molten alloy is solidified to form an ingot. Furthermore, the ingot is subjected to nondestructive evaluation to assess internal soundness of the ingot. In addition, the evaluated ingot is homogenized to form homogenized shape memory stainless steels with rare earth elements Ce and La. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160901 | GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A grain oriented electrical steel sheet has linear grooves for magnetic domain refinement formed on a surface thereof and may reduce iron loss by using these linear grooves, where the proportion of those linear grooves having crystal grains directly beneath themselves, each crystal grain having an orientation deviating from the Goss orientation by 10° or more and a grain size of 5 μm or more, is controlled to 20% or less, and secondary recrystallized grains are controlled to have an average β angle of 2.0° or less, and each secondary recrystallized grain having a grain size of 10 mm or more is controlled to have an average β-angle variation of 1° to 4°. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160902 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COMPOSITE ALLOY BONDING WIRE - A manufacturing method for a composite alloy bonding wire and products thereof are provided. A primary material of Ag is melted in a vacuum melting furnace, and then a secondary metal material of Pd is added into the vacuum melting furnace and is co-melted with the primary material to obtain an Ag—Pd alloy solution. The obtained Ag—Pd alloy solution is drawn to obtain an Ag—Pd alloy wire. The Ag—Pd alloy wire is then drawn to obtain an Ag—Pd alloy bonding wire with a predetermined diameter. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160903 | METHOD FOR QUENCHING STEEL PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL PIPE USING THE SAME - In quenching, where a heated steel pipe ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130160904 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT TOUGHNESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The steel sheet includes C: 0.04 to 0.12%, Si: 0.5 to 1.2%, Mn: 1.0 to 1.8%, P: not more than 0.03%, S: not more than 0.0030%, Al: 0.005 to 0.20%, N: not more than 0.005% and Ti: 0.03 to 0.13%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, includes a microstructure containing a bainite phase at an area fraction exceeding 95% and having an average grain diameter of not more than 3 μm, has a difference ΔHv1 of not more than 50 between a Vickers hardness value at 50 μm from the surface and a Vickers hardness value at ¼ of a sheet thickness, has a difference ΔHv2 of not more than 40 between the Vickers hardness value at ¼ of the sheet thickness and a Vickers hardness value at ½ of the sheet thickness. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160905 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEMPERED MARTENSITIC HEAT RESISTANT STEEL FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATION - A method for producing a tempered martensitic heat resistant steel for high temperature applications at an application temperature of up to 650° C. and to a steel produced by the method. The use of the steel in the production of components for high temperature applications such as turbine blades or casings, bolting and boiler tubes, heat exchangers or other elements in power generation systems. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160906 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT - A method for producing a motor vehicle component having two regions, with different strength is disclosed. A first one of the two regions has a high strength and a second one of the two regions has a higher ductility and lower strength relative to the first region. In a motor vehicle component produced with the method, the first region has a strength between 1400 and 1600 MPa at a breaking elongation A5>13% and the second region has a tensile strength between 950 and 1050 MPa at a breaking elongation A5>16%. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160907 | HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT STRETCH FLANGEABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel is subjected to a hot rolling step, a cold rolling step, and an annealing step having a maximum achieving temperature: 800° C. to 900° C., two-step heating, and two-step cooling. The two-step heating includes first-step heating to (maximum achieving temperature—(10° C. to 50° C.)) at an average temperature raising rate: 0.5° C. to 5.0° C./s and second-step heating in which the temperature raising time from that temperature range to the maximum achieving temperature is specified to be 30 to 150 s. Two-step cooling includes first-step cooling to cool from the maximum achieving temperature at a cooling rate of 10° C. to 40° C./s and second-step cooling to cool to a temperature range of 400° C. to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 0.2 to 0.8 times the first-step cooling rate for a cooling time of 0.2 to 0.8 times the total cooling time. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160908 | GOLF CLUB COVER WITH VOIDS - A cover for a golf club is provided having a void. A club head cover with one or more voids provides beneficial ease of use in the form of good flexibility and a very convenient grip as well as a beneficial view of the covered club. A head cover with voids can be manufactured affordably and designed to provide functional and aesthetic benefits. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160909 | HEAVY DUTY PNEUMATIC TIRE - A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with a crown main groove and a middle axial groove. The middle axial groove extends axially outwardly from its axially inner end axially outwardly spaced apart from the crown main groove and inclines with respect to the tire circumferential direction at an angle of from 45 to 75 degrees. In a cross section along the widthwise center line of the middle axial groove, an end wall of the axially inner end is inclined at an angle 0 to 50 degrees with respect to the normal direction to the tread from the radially outer edge of the end wall toward the groove bottom, and a corner between the end wall and the groove bottom is chamfered by an arc having a radius of curvature of 1 to 10 mm. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160910 | SIDEWALL FOR TIRE - The invention relates to a tire sidewall, at least one portion of which has a rubber composition based on at least a diene elastomer, a crosslinking system and a reinforcing filler, wherein the content of reinforcing filler in the composition varies from 20 to 40 parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer, phr, with a volume fraction of reinforcing filler in the composition ranging from 8.0% to 13.0%, and in that this reinforcing filler comprises predominantly a carbon black or a mixture of carbon blacks with a BET specific surface area ranging from 50 m | 2013-06-27 |
20130160911 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising: a functionalized elastomer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a functional group bonded to the backbone chain, the functional group comprising a multidentate ligand capable of complexing with a metal ion; and a metal ion. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160912 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND RUNFLAT TIRE - The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising: a functionalized elastomer comprising a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a functional group bonded to the backbone chain, the functional group comprising a multidentate ligand capable of complexing with a metal ion; and an encapsulated metal salt. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160913 | TIRE WITH LABEL AND RELIEF GROOVE - A pneumatic tire comprising a tread and a sidewall with a flat label region is disclosed. One or more grooves may surround the flat label region. The flat label region may in its entirety be raised from the surface of the tire. A method of forming a label on a tire sidewall is also disclosed, wherein, the method includes the steps of: providing a tire mold having a sidewall plate with a cavity; inserting a label mold in said cavity, curing the tire in the mold and forming a first surface layer on the sidewall of the tire; removing the tire from the mold, and affixing a decorative label to the first surface area. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160914 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprises a belt layer | 2013-06-27 |
20130160915 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with a tread groove and a tread reinforcing band. The tread reinforcing band is disposed radially outside a carcass in the tread portion as the radially outermost reinforcing cord layer composed of a plurality of reinforcing cords laid at an angle of not more than 5 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The reinforcing cords is composed of a plural number N of steel filaments twisted together into a 1×N open twist structure. The shortest distance between the bottom of the tread groove and the underlying reinforcing cords is in a range of from 0.5 to 2.0 mm. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160916 | AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE AND CONNECTOR SYSTEM - An air maintenance tire and connector system includes a tire carcass having an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component of the tire carcass between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity and a connector assembly inserted within one or both of the cavities. A coupling post having an axial bore extends from the hollow body through a tire wall thickness to a tire central cavity. A remote end of the coupling post is operative for sequential alternative attachment to a punch device for penetrating in a pre-cure procedure through the tire wall thickness to the tire central cavity. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160917 | AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE AND INTEGRAL PUMP ASSEMBLY - An air maintenance tire includes a tire carcass; a flexible tire component strip such as a chafer component forming a portion of the tire carcass, the tire component strip having a channel formed within an upper surface defined by opposed strip lip portions and a channel bottom wall; an air passageway within the flexible tire component extending between air inlet and air outlet cavities in the flexible tire component, the air passageway extending at least a partial circumferential path around the tire carcass; and an elongate passageway-shaping strip assembly occupying and enclosed within the air passageway of the flexible tire component, the passageway-shaping strip assembly operative forming and maintaining the air passageway to a cross-sectional configuration replicating a cross-sectional configuration of the passageway-shaping strip assembly. The passageway-shaping strip is removable from the air passageway in a post-cure procedure to make the air passageway unobstructed and in a preferred cross-sectional configuration. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160918 | AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE AND ELBOW CONNECTOR SYSTEM - An air maintenance tire and connector system includes a tire carcass having an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component of the tire carcass between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity and a connector assembly inserted within an outlet one of the cavities. The connector assembly includes a hollow right angled elbow-shaped body fitting within the outlet cavity. The elbow-shaped body's second housing segment has an axial length sufficient to project axially inward from the first housing segment through a tire wall thickness to a tire central cavity. A valve device attaches to a remote end of the second housing segment within the tire cavity, the valve device operative to regulate air flow between the elbow-shaped body central chamber and the tire cavity. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160919 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE ASSEMBLY - A connector system and tire assembly includes an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component of a tire carcass, the air passageway extending between an air inlet cavity and an air outlet cavity in the flexible tire component, and the air passageway extending at least a partial circumferential path around the tire carcass. A hollow dome-shaped inlet nut seats within the inlet cavity and a hollow dome-shaped outlet nut seats within the outlet cavity. The inlet nut couples to an air inlet device for conducting air external to the tire carcass into the inlet nut central chamber; and the outlet nut outward body side couples to a valve device positioned within the tire cavity. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160920 | Polyurethanes, Articles and Coatings Prepared Therefrom and Methods of Making The Same - The present invention provides polyurethanes including a reaction product of components including: (a) an isocyanate functional urethane prepolymer comprising a reaction product of components including: (i) about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; and (ii) about 0.1 to about 0.5 equivalents of at least one diol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; and (b) about 0.05 to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one branched polyol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and (c) up to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one polyol different from branched polyol (b) and having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein the reaction product components are essentially free of polyester polyol and polyether polyol; compositions, coatings and articles made therefrom and methods of making the same. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160921 | Cushioned tape and method to improve playability and grip - A cushioned tape to improve the playability and feel of a hockey stick blade is disclosed. The cushioned tape contains a bottom adhesive layer, a middle cushioned layer, and a top film layer. The cushioned tape is designed to be overwrapped with protective tape such as traditional cloth hockey tape. Additionally, the cushioned tape can be used to improve the handle and grip portion of other sporting implements. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EQUIPPING BOTTLES - A method for equipping bottles with equipment elements using a group of at least three similar container-equipping subassemblies designed to apply equipment elements to a container region of containers moving, on a transporting system, past the container-equipping subassemblies includes, during disruption-free operation, activating at least two container-equipping subassemblies of the group to equip in each case one container that has not yet been labeled by another container-equipping subassembly of the group, and during disruption-free operation, placing at least one container-equipping subassembly assigned to the group in standby mode, and in the event of disruption to a first activated container-equipping subassembly in the group, activating the container-equipping subassembly that is in standby mode to take over the function of the first container-equipping subassembly. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT - A system for repairing a structural component, in particular an aircraft structural component, includes a repair patch which is connected to the structural component in such a manner that it covers an opening in the structural component resulting from removing a damaged region of the structural component. A sensor is fastened to the repair patch in a region of the repair patch covering the opening in the structural component and is designed to detect strains and/or stresses occurring in the repair patch. An evaluating device is adapted to evaluate the strain values and/or stress values detected by the sensor and, in dependence on the result of this evaluation, output a signal which is characteristic of the quality state of the connection between the structural component and the repair patch. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160924 | HOT AIR TUNNEL SYSTEM APPARATUS AND LABELING METHOD USING SAME - A hot air tunnel system apparatus comprising a preheating zone, a labeling zone, and a cooling zone with a transporting member provided through the lower parts of said zones to convey a product to be labeled from the preheating zone to the cooling zone, wherein each zone is equipped with fan heaters on both sides and on the bottom thereof, and also equipped with an air circulation system on the top thereof, which can minimize such labeling defects as loose labels, film curl, and irregular shrinkage when polyethylene-based products are labeled with heat-shrinkable labels. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160925 | Method for Repairing and/or Strengthening Pipes - A method for effecting a repair and/or strengthening of a pipe. The method comprises cleaning an affected area of a surface of the pipe to provide a cleaned surface of the pipe surface for an area requiring repair; applying a continuous strip around the pipe from a portion prior to the affected area and allowing the continuous strip to extend to a portion after the affected area. The continuous strip forms a spiral sleeve spaced from the pipe surface to provide an annular chamber between the pipe surface and the spiral sleeve. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160926 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR STRENGTHENING FLUID SYSTEM COMPONENTS USING RADIATION-CURABLE COMPOSITES - Methods are provided for strengthening (e.g., repairing, structurally reinforcing, etc.) a fluid-system component by installing, as a circumferential wrap or a patch, a radiation-curable composite laminate. Kits including composite repair materials and equipment for implementing the methods are also provided. Examples of fluid-system components that may be strengthened include pipework, pipelines, transmission pipelines, distribution pipelines, gathering lines, oil risers, gas risers, process piping, girth welds on pipelines or vessels, tanks, vessels, elbows, tees, flanges, and high-pressure injection lines. An approach where, prior to curing, the precursor to the composite laminate comprises a glass fabric, a carbon fabric, or any combination(s) thereof, pre-impregnated with an uncured epoxy resin, an uncured epoxy acrylate resin, or a mixture thereof, is used; curing is performed via electron beam irradiation; and the installation and curing procedures can be automated to the maximum extent possible, in exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160927 | AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION - A method of constructing a tire includes: constructing an elongate strip core; encasing the strip core into a containment within an uncured flexible tire component, the strip core extending between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity in the flexible tire component; building on a tire building drum a green tire carcass from tire components including the flexible tire component and encased strip core; removing the encased strip core from the cured flexible tire component to leave within the flexible tire component a substantially unobstructed air passageway; and inserting a permanent air inlet assembly into the air inlet cavity and a permanent air outlet assembly into the air outlet cavity. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160928 | METHOD OF FORMING AN AIR PASSAGEWAY IN AN AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE - A method of forming an air passageway in a an air maintenance tire carcass includes: embedding an elongate strip within a pre-cured flexible tire component of a pre-cured tire carcass, the elongate strip extending in a longitudinal direction between an air inlet cavity and an air outlet cavity in the flexible tire component; curing the pre-cured tire carcass including the flexible tire component; extracting the elongate strip longitudinally end-to-end from occupancy within the flexible tire component; and defining an air passageway in the flexible component by the space previously occupied by the withdrawn elongate strip. A free end portion of the strip is accessible at either the air inlet cavity or the air outlet cavity, and the elongate strip may be extracted from either the air inlet cavity or the air outlet cavity by a tensile withdrawal force applied to the elongate strip free end. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160929 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AN AIR PASSAGE IN A TIRE - The present invention is directed to a method of constructing a tire, comprising:
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20130160930 | METHOD OF APPLYING PLY TO A TIRE BUILDING DRUM - A method for applying a sheet of flexible material to a cylindrical body is described. The sheet of material may be ply or a tire building component such as a liner. The method includes the steps of receiving the sheet of flexible material onto a conveyor belt of a conveyor table, wherein the conveyor belt can translate in the X direction, wherein the conveyor belt has a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on the conveyor belt so they can rotate about an axis aligned with the X direction. The method further includes aligning a lateral edge of the sheet with an edge guide of the conveyor table by tilting the conveyor table and then tilting the conveyor table back to a level position. The method further includes moving a front edge of the conveyor table adjacent the cylindrical body; and applying the sheet onto the cylindrical body. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160931 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AN AIR PASSAGE IN A TIRE - The present invention is directed to a method of constructing a tire, comprising: | 2013-06-27 |
20130160932 | BALLOON CATHETER TAPERED SHAFT HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - Method of making a balloon catheter includes melt-extruding a thermoplastic polymeric material into a tube, cooling the extruded tube, placing the extruded tube within a capture member and biaxially orienting the polymeric material of the extruded tube while simultaneously tapering at least a section of the extruded tube by radially expanding the extruded tube with pressurized media in the tube lumen and axially expanding the extruded tube with an external load applied on at least one end of the tube as an external heat supply traverses longitudinally from a first end to a second end of the extruded tube in the capture member, wherein an overall axial load on the tubing is varied as at least a section of the tube is heated. The method includes cooling the expanded tube to form a tapered biaxially oriented nonporous thermoplastic polymer tubular member and sealingly securing a balloon proximate a distal end of the tubular member. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160933 | METHOD FOR MAKING CARBON NANOTUBE PAPER - A method for making carbon nanotube paper is disclosed. The method includes using a roller, a pressing device, and at least one carbon nanotube array. At least one carbon nanotube film structure is formed by drawing a plurality of carbon nanotubes from the at least one carbon nanotube array. The at least one carbon nanotube film structure is wound onto the roller. The carbon nanotube paper is formed by pressing the at least one carbon nanotube film structure using the pressing device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160934 | METHOD OF FORMING A SOLAR COLLECTOR HAVING MULTIPLE COMPOSITE PLIES - A solar collector for use in concentrating solar rays into a high flux density image is formed from laminate plies. Electricity is produced by superimposing the image onto a concentrated photovoltaic cell. Plies are cut from a composite sheet that is made up of carbon fibers in a thermoset polymer, where the carbon fibers run generally parallel with one another. By varying how the plies are cut from the sheet, carbon fibers in different plies are oriented at alternating angles in the plies. The plies arc stacked to form a laminate, where the carbon fibers in each ply are at an angle with carbon fibers in adjacent plies. The plies may include alignment tabs to control the angle between adjacent plies. Pressing the laminate in a heated die and cooling the die with forced convection and then a fluid bath forms a shell for the solar collector. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160935 | METHOD OF PRODUCING POLARIZING FILM - A method of producing a polarizing film having a high polarizing function. Provided is a method of producing a polarizing film, including the steps of: at least dyeing and stretching a first polyvinyl alcohol of two or more band-like polyvinyl alcohol films in the course of a traveling path while traveling the first polyvinyl alcohol film in a longitudinal direction, and bonding a tail end of the first polyvinyl alcohol resin film to a leading end of a second polyvinyl alcohol resin film to at least dye and stretch the first and second polyvinyl alcohol resin films continuously, wherein the first and second polyvinyl alcohol resin films are arranged with the tail end of the first polyvinyl alcohol resin film and the leading end of the second polyvinyl alcohol resin film being layered, and an interface portion thereof is laser welded to perform the bonding. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160936 | Fabrication of Highly Flexible Near-infrared Metamaterials - A method and apparatus of fabrication of a multilayer flexible metamaterial can be fabricated using flip chip transfer (FCT) technique. This technique is different from other similar techniques such as metal lift off process, which fabricates the nanostructures directly onto the flexible substrate or nanometer printing technique. It is a solution-free FCT technique using double-side optical adhesive as the intermediate transfer layer and a tri-layer metamaterial nanostructures on a rigid substrate can be transferred onto adhesive first. Another embodiment of the present invention is the fabrication method and apparatus that allows the transfer of the metamaterial from a rigid substrate such as glass, quartz and metals onto a flexible substrate such as plastic or polymer film. Thus, a flexible metamaterial can be fabricated independent of the original substrate used. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160937 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOOTWEAR USING ADHESIVE FILMS AND COMPOSITE OF ADHESIVE FILMS - Disclosed therein are a method of manufacturing footwear using adhesive films and a composite of the adhesive film, which can allow an outsole and a midsole to be simultaneously molded and formed through the steps of putting the midsole made of EVA foam and the outsole made of rubber into a mold, inserting an adhesive film between the midsole and the outsole, and applying high temperature and high pressure to the midsole and the outsole, thereby not needing to carry out a cleaning process, a primer coating process, and a bonding process when an outsole and a midsole are manufactured, not needing additional facilities for the cleaning and bonding processes, reducing unnecessary manpower, and improving working environments. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160938 | ADHESIVE OPTICAL FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the invention comprises an optical film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the optical film, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness (μm) standard deviation of 0.12 μm or less. The pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film makes it possible to reduce the problem of visible unevenness caused by a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160939 | FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE FILM AND MASKING METHOD USING THE FILM - A film includes base and a photosensitive layer formed on the base. The photosensitive layer substantially includes a first photosensitive agent, a second photosensitive agent, and a thermosol. The first photosensitive agent is water-soluble. The second photosensitive agent is an aromatic ketone compound or a benzoin ether compound. The method for manufacturing the film and the masking method using the film is also provided. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160940 | MOUNTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A COMPONENT ON A COMPONENT CARRIER USING AN ADHESIVE - A mounting device and method for mounting a component is disclosed. The mounting device includes a component carrier and an adapter. The adapter is insertable into a guide of the component carrier. The method uses the mounting device to mount a component on the mounting device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160941 | Small Volume Test Strips with Large Sample Fill Ports, Supported Test Strips, and Methods of Making and Using Same - The present disclosure provides small volume analyte sensors having large sample fill ports, supported analyte sensors, analyte sensors having supported tip protrusions and methods of making and using same. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160942 | CURVATURE REDUCTION FOR SWITCHABLE POLYMER LENTICULARS - A method for fabricating lenticulars includes applying ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130160943 | METHODS FOR AN EXPANDABLE COVERED STENT WITH WIDE RANGE OF WRINKLE-FREE DEPLOYED DIAMETERS - An improved stent-graft device is provided that delivers a smooth flow surface over a range of operative expanded diameters by applying a unique cover material to the stent through a technique that allows the cover to become wrinkle-free prior to reaching fully deployed diameter. The unique cover material then allows the device to continue to expand to a fully deployed diameter while maintaining a smooth and coherent flow surface throughout this additional expansion. Employed with a self-expanding device, when the device is unconstrained from a compacted diameter it will self-expand up to a fully deployed diameter with the graft being substantially wrinkle-free over diameters ranging from about 30-50% to 100% of the fully deployed diameter. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160944 | USE OF 2K CARTRIDGE ADHESIVES AS A LAMINATING ADHESIVE - Use of two-component polyurethane adhesives as a laminating adhesive for the full-surface adhesive bonding of flexible film substrates to form multilayer films, the adhesive being provided packed into cartridges. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160945 | ADHESIVE HAVING INSULATIVE PROPERTIES - An improved adhesive composition having increased insulative properties is provided. The adhesive composition having improved insulative properties includes a starch component; an alkaline component; sodium tetraborate; water; and a plurality of expandable microspheres. Products having improved insulation capabilities and methods of making the products having improved insulation capabilities are also provided. The present adhesive and products including the adhesive is environmentally friendly. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160946 | PURGING OF POROGEN FROM UV CURE CHAMBER - An apparatus for purging a space in a processing chamber comprises a source of a purge gas; an inlet portion of a purge ring; an inlet baffle located in the inlet portion and fluidically connected to the source of purge gas; and an exhaust portion of the purge ring. The inlet portion and the exhaust portion define a ring hole space having a 360° periphery. The inlet baffle preferably surrounds not less than 180° of said periphery. The inlet baffle is operable to convey purge gas into the ring hole space. The exhaust portion is operable to convey purge gas and other matter out of the ring hole space. Cleaning of the purge ring and other structures in a processing chamber is conducted by flowing a cleaning gas through the inlet baffle. Some embodiments include a gas inlet plenum and an exhaust channel but not a purge ring. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160947 | FULL-AUTOMATIC GRAVURE PLATE-MAKING PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is a fully automatic gravure plate-making processing system capable of manufacturing a gravure plate-making roll more quickly as compared to a conventional case, achieving space saving, performing an unattended operation even in the nighttime, and reducing dust between individual processes. The fully automatic gravure plate-making processing system includes: a first industrial robot for chucking and handling an unprocessed plate-making roll; a second industrial robot for chucking and handling the unprocessed plate-making roll; a roll stock apparatus, a photosensitive film coating apparatus, a laser exposure apparatus, an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus with a drying function, a grinding wheel polishing apparatus, and a paper polishing apparatus, which serve as processing apparatus arranged in a handling area of the first industrial robot; and a degreasing apparatus, a copper plating apparatus, a developing apparatus, an etching apparatus, a resist removal apparatus, a surface hardening film forming apparatus, and an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus, which serve as processing apparatus arranged in a handling area of the second industrial robot, to thereby perform plate-making processing. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160948 | Plasma Processing Devices With Corrosion Resistant Components - In one embodiment, a plasma processing device may include a plasma processing chamber, a plasma region, an energy source, and a corrosion resistant component. The plasma processing chamber can be maintained at a vacuum pressure and can confine a plasma processing gas. The energy source can transmit energy into the plasma processing chamber and transform at least a portion of the plasma processing gas into plasma within the plasma region. The corrosion resistant component can be located within the plasma processing chamber. The corrosion resistant component can be exposed to the plasma processing gas and is not coincident with the plasma region. The corrosion resistant component may include an inner layer of stainless steel that is coated with an outer layer of Tantalum (Ta). | 2013-06-27 |
20130160949 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus which includes a plasma processing chamber for plasma-processing a sample, an induction antenna disposed outside the plasma processing chamber, a radio-frequency power supply for supplying radio-frequency power to the induction antenna, and a unit for controlling electrostatic capacity including a Faraday shield capacitively coupled with plasma and a dielectric window allowing an induction magnetic field to transmit into the plasma processing chamber is provided; electrostatic capacity between the Faraday shield and the dielectric window at a center portion and electrostatic capacity between the Faraday shield and the dielectric window at an edge portion are controlled. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160950 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus capable of adjusting a processing rate (e.g., etching or deposition rate) of a sample locally by adjusting a plasma density may be provided. For example, the plasma processing apparatus may include a processing chamber, an antenna coil inside the processing chamber to generate magnetic field, and a magnetic field blocking member configured to block the magnetic field generated at the antenna coil such that an intensity of the magnetic field is controlled by adjusting a gap distance between the magnetic field blocking member and the antenna coil. According to the plasma processing apparatus, an asymmetric etching of the sample can be minimized. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160951 | BUILDING DRUM WITH LOCKING DEVICE - The invention provides a building drum for building an unvulcanized tyre or air spring using rubber components. The building drum comprises a central shaft and a casing that can be slid onto the shaft. The casing is detachably attached to the shaft via a coupling pin that can be moved to a coupled position for mutually coupling the shaft and the casing and into an uncoupled position in which the casing can be removed from the central shaft. The casing further comprises a locking device with a locking pin, wherein the locking pin is adapted for, in the coupled position of the coupling pin, engaging thereon for substantially blocking a movement of the coupling pin. The locking device comprises a locking member that in a condition in which the locking pin does not engage onto the coupling pin, is placed such that it prevents a connection of lines to the casing, and/or provides an indication of the casing being mounted incorrectly. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160952 | APPARATUSES FOR BONDING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS - An apparatus for bonding semiconductor chips may comprise transfer rails configured to transfer substrates, loading members configured to load the substrates onto the transfer rails, unloading members configured to unload the substrates from the transfer rails, a first wafer supply unit configured to supply a first wafer including semiconductor chips, and/or a bonding unit configured to bond the semiconductor chips to the substrates. An apparatus for bonding semiconductor chips may comprise a transfer rail configured to transfer substrates, loading members configured to load the substrates onto the transfer rail, unloading members configured to unload the substrates from the transfer rail, a buffer member at a side of the transfer rail configured to temporarily receive the substrates loaded by the loading members, a first wafer supply unit configured to supply a first wafer including semiconductor chips, and/or a bonding unit configured to bond the semiconductor chips to the substrates. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160953 | WINDOW SHADE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A window shade that reduces the risk of an individual becoming entangled in cords used to operate the shade includes a headrail adapted for horizontal mounting above a window, a shading material attached to the headrail, and at least one cord for raising and lowering the shading material. The cord is attached to a location adjacent a lower end of the material, and extends upward through split ring cord guides toward the headrail. The cord is encased within a collapsible shroud attached to each cord guide. The shroud is adapted to longitudinally extend as the shading material is lowered toward a deployed position, and then longitudinally collapse as the shading material is raised toward a stowed position. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160954 | WINDOW SHADE - The window shade includes a header defined by a substantially elongated U-shaped channel. The top of the header includes attachment areas for attaching the header to a window frame. A folded blind has one end attached to the web of the header channel, and when folded, the blind is housed inside the channel. The other end of the pleated blind is attached to a footer. A magnetic latching assembly is disposed between the header and the footer to keep the blind in a folded condition. Alternatively, a retaining mechanism holds the footer when the blind is folded. Pulling a pull cord or handle disposed on the footer releases the magnetic latching mechanism or the retaining mechanism to thereby rapidly unfold the blind. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160955 | MOTORIZED CARRIAGE FOR A CURTAIN AND CONCEALMENT FACILITY COMPRISING SUCH A CARRIAGE - A motorized carriage for opening/closing a screen moves along a rail by means of a friction wheel that is rotated by a motor and is in contact with at least one running surface of the rail. The contact force between the friction wheel and the running surface can be regulated by a presser means that enables the contact force to be varied according to a resistive force that depends on the load pulled or pushed by the carriage as it moves. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160956 | ELECTRIC CURTAIN OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE AND CURTAIN OPENING AND CLOSING METHOD USING THE SAME - An electric curtain opening and closing device includes a curtail rail and a movable body arranged in the curtail rail. The curtain rail has a hollow portion that is hollow extending in a longitudinal direction, and an opening opened in the longitudinal direction on its bottom face. Power supply patterns for supplying electricity are arranged inside left and right side faces that constitute the hollow portion in the longitudinal direction. The movable body has electrodes in contact with the respective power supply patterns, an electric motor receiving electricity through these electrodes to positively or negatively rotate, and a hanging portion for hanging a curtain. The movable body is driven to move by the electric motor. When the movable body is arranged in the hollow portion of the curtain rail, the hanging portion protrudes from the opening of the curtain rail. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160957 | SHADING DEVICE FOR A GLAZED VEHICLE OPENING - A shading system for a glass-covered vehicle opening includes a pull rod guided between a pair of guide rails. A shading element is attached to the pull rod and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. Teeth are formed in the guide rails. Gear wheels at opposite ends of the pull rod mesh with the teeth in the guide rails. The pull rod has a gear drive which rotatably couples the gear wheels together. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160958 | BULK AND STIFFNESS ENHANCEMENT IN PAPERMAKING - The present invention provides formulations for papermaking and methods for their use. In embodiments, the formulations include a treatment agent and a fluid carrier, where the treatment agent includes a volatile debonder or a polymer composition exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature. Methods for treating a paper product to increase its bulk or its stiffness are also disclosed, in addition to paper products formed from such methods. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160959 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING PAPER PRODUCTS - Paper strength systems including polyamine-polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin (PPAE) resin are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of forming a paper including applying a strength system comprising PPAE to cellulosic fiber, as well as the resultant paper. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160960 | TISSUE SHEETS HAVING ENHANCED CROSS-DIRECTION PROPERTIES - The present disclosure provides tissue webs with improved durability produced by rewetting a dried tissue web, pressing the rewetted web and drying the web for a second time. This improved durability is manifested by a high cross-machine direction (CD) slope. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160961 | SUBSURFACE CHILLS TO IMPROVE RAILCAR KNUCKLE FORMATION - A method for manufacturing a railcar coupler knuckle includes, before casting, positioning an external chill within a cope mold portion and a drag mold portion offset from and adjacent internal walls of a pulling face and a throat of the cope and drag mold portions, thus producing a casting with reduced micro-shrinkage in at least the throat, a high-stress section of the casting. Use of subsurface chills produces an improved surface with fewer inclusions when compared to an equivalent surface produced in a process without use of a subsurface chill. The external chill may be a cone chill of a larger size to improve cooling and solidification at and below the surface. The external chill may also be a cylindrical and/or oblong chill with a tapered design that may correspond to the internal walls of the cope and drag mold portions between the pulling face and the throat. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160962 | MAIN BODY CORE SET ASSEMBLY AND CORE BOX FOR A COUPLER BODY - A main body core box assembly for creating coupler head cores which are attachable to various shank cores includes a main body core box including two halves, each half including a pattern configured to form the outer walls of a first head core having a first shank core. A plug is insertable into an end of respective patterns to form a second, alternative head core having a first half of a connection joint attachable to a second shank core that includes a second half of the connection joint, the second shank core being different than the first shank core. The first half of the connection joint may be a male connector, where the plug includes a recess having an angled surface to create a notch on the male connector. The second half of the connection joint may be a female connector with a raised surface corresponding to the notch. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160963 | Aluminum alloys, aluminum alloy products and methods for making the same - Decorative shape cast products and methods, systems, compositions and apparatus for producing the same are described. In one embodiment, the decorative shape cast products are produced from an Al—Ni or Al—Ni—Mn alloy, with a tailored microstructure to facilitate production of anodized decorative shape cast product having the appropriate finish and mechanical properties. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160964 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS - A process for producing a rotationally symmetrical cast aluminium component by die casting, which is reworked partially on its inner and/or outer lateral surfaces. At least a part of the lateral surfaces is not treated and is used as a non-positively locking bearing surface for installation in an assembly and also for bracing the component. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160965 | UNIVERSAL JOINT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A universal joint having a hub formed by molding a material around four stub axles which are arranged so that a first and second stub axle are axially aligned and a third and fourth stub axle are axially aligned. Furthermore, the axes of the first and second stub axles are perpendicular to and coplanar with the axes of the third and fourth stub axles. A bearing is positioned around each stub axle. A first yoke is then molded around two aligned stub axle bearings and an end of a first axle while, similarly, a second axle is molded around the bearings on the other pair of stub axles and an end of a second axle. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160966 | DIE CAST PART OF A DIE CASTING MOLD AND CORRESPONDING DIE CASTING DEVICE - The invention relates to a die cast part ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130160967 | CASTING METHODS FOR MAKING ARTICLES HAVING A FINE EQUIAXED GRAIN STRUCTURE - Methods for casting a metallic material to form a component are described. The component can be a superalloy-containing turbine part, for example. The general method includes the step of pouring the metallic material, in molten form, into an investment mold; and then rapidly immersing the entire investment mold into a bath that contains a low-melting liquid coolant metal, so as to achieve substantially uniform, multi-directional heat transfer out of the molten material. The molten material that solidifies to form the component is characterized by a fine-grained, equiaxed grain structure. Related embodiments include the use of two ingots that constitute the superalloy material. One ingot includes the oxygen-reactive elements, and is prepared by a vacuum-melting technique. The other ingot includes the remainder of the elements, and can be prepared by a number of techniques, such as air-melting processes. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160968 | ROTARY REGENERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER - A rotary regenerative heat exchanger has a structure in which a rotor accommodating a heat storage body such as a heat transfer element is rotated inside a housing, the heat storage body is heated by means of a high-temperature heating fluid such as exhaust gas and stores the heat, and low-temperature fluid to be heated such as combustion air is heated by the heat stored in the heat storage body; and a sector plate for dividing the flow passages for the abovementioned two kinds of fluids, namely the heating fluid and the fluid to be heated, flowing through the inside of the rotor is provided at the upper end face of the rotor with a slight gap therebetween, and a static seal is disposed on both sides of the gap between the sector plate and the external structure of the heat exchanger, a suction pipe being provided in the external structure in such a way as to suction dust material such as ash which accumulates or is agitated on the sector plate. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160969 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR RECOVERING HEAT FROM WASTEWATERS - The invention relates to a method and circuit arrangement for recovering heat from wastewaters, comprising—a wastewater circuit having a sewage intake shaft ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130160970 | Dehumidifier - A dehumidifier comprises a suction unit | 2013-06-27 |
20130160971 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - A vehicle air conditioner includes an evaporator configured to cool air, a heater core provided on a downstream side of the evaporator, a plurality of doors provided between the evaporator and the heater core, a central air path formed on the downstream side of the evaporator, and provided with a first door of the plurality of doors, a first side air path formed on one side of the central air path, and provided with a second door of the plurality of doors, a second side air path formed on the other side of the central air path, and provided with a third door of the plurality of doors, a sub-case configured to form the central air path, and first and second division cases configured to sandwich the sub-case from right and left. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160972 | Heat Exchanger With Integrated Thermal Bypass Valve - A heat exchanger apparatus containing a heat exchanger and a thermally actuated bypass valve. The heat exchanger having plurality of plates defining a first, a second and a bypass channels. A first fluid inlet manifold in fluid communication with the first and the bypass channels. The bypass valve positioned in the first fluid inlet manifold, and containing a sleeve having a first slot and a second slot, that permit fluid flow from a first fluid inlet to the bypass channel and to the first fluid inlet manifold, respectively. A drum positioned within the sleeve and movable from a first position to a second position. The drum having an aperture permitting first fluid flow to the first slot in the first position and to the second slot in the second position. An actuator engaging the drum and actuating it to move from the first position to the second position. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160973 | HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING ENHANCED PERFORMANCE - The invention relates to a heat exchanger including at least one elongate tube ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130160974 | LOOP HEAT PIPE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An evaporator of a loop heat pipe includes a case having a liquid flow inlet and a vapor flow outlet, and at least one porous body disposed inside the case and configured to guide liquid-phase working fluid inward of the case. The evaporator further includes a liquid supply duct disposed inside the case and configured to guide the working fluid into the porous body from the liquid flow inlet. The liquid supply duct is made of a material having lower heat conductivity than a material of the case. The working fluid having flowed into the evaporator is prevented from evaporating before reaching the porous body. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160975 | THERMOSIPHON COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A thermosiphon cooling system is presented. One embodiment of the thermosiphon cooling system includes a reservoir having a first portion configured to store a liquid coolant. The thermosiphon cooling system also includes a tubing unit coupled to the reservoir and disposed adjacent to at least one superconducting unit to be cooled and configured to receive the liquid coolant from the first portion of the reservoir, and circulate the received liquid coolant within the tubing unit to dissipate heat generated by the at least one superconducting unit. The received liquid coolant is circulated within the tubing unit by varying a density of the received liquid coolant at different portions of the tubing unit. | 2013-06-27 |
20130160976 | HEAT PIPE WITH COMPOSITE WICK STRUCTURE - An exemplary heat pipe includes an elongated casing, a first wick structure, a second wick structure, and working medium filled in the casing. The heat pipe has an evaporating section and a condensing section. The first wick structure is located within an inner wall of the casing and defines a window at the evaporating section of the heat pipe. The first wick structure has a first pore size. The second wick structure is received in the window of the first wick structure. The second wick structure is in direct physical contact with the inner wall of the evaporating section of the casing and the first wick structure. The second wick structure has a second pore size smaller than the first pore size of the first wick structure. The working medium saturates the first wick structure and the second wick structure. | 2013-06-27 |