| 27th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
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| 20110162523 | GAS CLEANING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A plasma method and apparatus for purifying an offgas containing inorganic and organic pollutants. A plasma torch ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162524 | SORBENT COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR REDUCING MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COMBUSTION GAS STREAMS - Compositions, and processes utilizing such compositions, are provided for reducing mercury emissions from combustion gases. Such compositions comprise a sorbent and a brominated organic compound. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162525 | TREATMENT OF GASES TO REDUCE THE CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENTS THEREOF - A method for processing a CO | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162526 | TWO-SIDED ATTRACTION STRUCTURE, EXHIBITING OR INDICATING APPARATUS USING SAME, DUST COLLECTING APPARATUS, AND PLANT GROWING APPARATUS - Provided is a two-sided attraction structure that can be used repeatedly with remarkable ease, thereby being free from the problem of material wasting or the like, is free from the problem of energy, and can be employed for various uses including an exhibition/information apparatus and a dust collecting apparatus. The two-sided attraction structure includes an electrostatic chuck portion ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162527 | Microstructured Fibre Frit - Provided is a frit having a body comprising a matrix material, and a plurality of microcapillaries formed within the matrix material, the microcapillaries substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the body. The frit may comprise a microstructured fibre, such as a photonic crystal fibre. The fit may be coupled to a fluidic conduit such as a chromatography column and/or a nanoelectrospray emitter. The frit may be used in applications such as solid phase extraction, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, microreactor systems, and filtering particles in any fluid system where there is a need to retain particles. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162528 | REDUCED WATER MIST GENERATING DEVICE AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A reduced water mist generating device ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162529 | Kitchenware Device for Preparing Hot Beverages or for Cooking - The present invention relates to a cover ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162530 | INFUSION DEVICE FOR COFFEE MACHINES AND THE LIKE - An infusion device including an infusion chamber formed by portions movable with respect to each other along an opening and closing direction; a first duct for feeding an infusion liquid in the infusion chamber; a second duct for dispensing a food product from the infusion chamber; a pair of oscillating arms movable with respect to at least one of the portions forming the infusion chamber, along the opening and closing direction, and provided with retaining members for retaining a capsule in a space between the first and the second portion of the infusion chamber and for inserting said capsule inside the infusion chamber; divaricating members for causing the reciprocal divarication of the two arms and of the respective retaining members and the release of the capsule inside the infusion chamber; in one of the portions of the infusion chamber, an ejector for ejecting the capsule from the infusion chamber. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162531 | WARNING DEVICE FOR A BEVERAGE MACHINE - A machine for preparing a liquid food or beverage, including at least one outermost machine face selected from a front face, a top face and a lateral face; a component for emitting light and a control unit connected to the light emitting component. The light emitting component has states of light emission or non-emission, and an illuminatable outer face on the outermost machine face. The control unit is arranged to detect at least one condition of such machine involving a non immediate readiness of such machine to prepare a liquid food or beverage, and to communicate this condition to a user via the illuminatable outer face by changing the state of the light emitting component. The illuminatable outer face extends in at least one direction across a substantial part of the outermost machine face and is arranged to be substantially entirely illuminated when in this state of light emission. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162532 | INTEGRATED BEVERAGE INFUSER LID - An integrated beverage infuser and lid are adapted for use with an insulated drinking vessel for brewing a consumable product, such as tea, in an insulated travel mug, tumbler, or the like. The lid includes a main body adapted for movable receipt on a drinking vessel that forms a downwardly directed, open-ended cavity. A fluid-permeable brewing basket defines an enclosable receptacle for removable receipt of the brewing consumable product. The basket is movable between a stowed position, substantially within the cavity above the liquid level of the hot water in the tumbler, and a deployed position, below and substantially outside of the cavity for submersion in the hot water contained in the drinking vessel. A lever arm forms a part of the transfer mechanism and has a portion that penetrates the main body to the outside thereof so that the transfer mechanism can be operated by an individual without removing the lid from the insulated drinking vessel, tumbler, or the like. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162533 | Coffee Holding Arm of a Coffee Machine with Hand Loading - A coffee holding arm of a hand loading electric machine for making coffee, comprising a lever ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162534 | APPLIANCE FOR FINE STEAM-FROTHING A MILK-BASED LIQUID - An appliance for heating and frothing a milk-containing liquid. The appliance includes a steam supply arrangement having an outlet with an opening for delivering into the milk-containing liquid bubbles of steam. The outlet is associated with a valve for adjusting the bubble size of the steam bubbles delivered into the liquid from the steam outlet opening. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162535 | Griddle Plate Having a Vacuum Bonded Cook Surface - A composite griddle plate comprising a first sheet of metal defining a cook surface and a core plate of a metal having a relatively high coefficient of heat conductivity wherein the first sheet remains in intimate contact with an upper surface of the core plate with the aid of a vacuum. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162536 | STENCIL ASSEMBLY FOR DEPOSITING FOOD PRODUCT AND RELATED SANDWICHING MACHINE - A stencil assembly for use in depositing filling onto wafers includes a stencil tube defining a lengthwise passage for flow of filling, the stencil tube including an outer surface, and at least two axially spaced apart filling outlets passing through a wall of the tube. A first stencil die is positioned along the stencil tube and has an inner surface facing the outer surface of the tube in a region axially aligned with one filling outlet of the stencil tube, the first stencil die including at least one outlet extending from the inner surface of the first stencil die to an outer surface of the first stencil die. A second stencil die is positioned along the stencil tube and spaced from the first stencil die, the second stencil die having an inner surface facing the outer surface of the tube in a region axially aligned with another filling outlet of the stencil tube, the second stencil die including at least one outlet extending from the inner surface of the second stencil die to an outer surface of the second stencil die. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162537 | FOOD PRODUCT STEAMER - A food product steamer includes rotatable platforms that can be covered and uncovered by one or more rotatable, concave hoods. In a first position for the platform(s), the platform(s) supports a food product over a steam-emitting opening above a steam generator. In a first position for the hood, the hood covers the food product such that steam from the steam generator is trapped within the hood to steam the food product. In a second, open position, the hood is rotated where it can receive the food product when the food product slides or falls off the platform as the platform is rotated from its first position to a second, elevated position. At least one embodiment enables food products to be removed from either side of the steam generating base by using a double-acting hinge. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162538 | PEPPER MILL - A pepper mill includes a driving member coupled rotatably to a container body and cooperating with the container body to define a receiving space, a grinding unit, a planetary gear mechanism, and an adjusting component. The grinding unit includes a coupling shaft extending rotatably and being movable in the receiving space, a stationary first grinding seat, and a second grinding seat co-rotatable with the coupling shaft. The size of a grinding space between the first and second grinding seats is adjusted when the coupling shaft and the second grinding seat move axially relative to the first grinding seat. The planetary gear mechanism includes a driving gear unit and a driven gear unit driven rotatably by the driving gear unit to drive rotation of the coupling shaft. The adjusting component is connected threadedly to the coupling shaft and is operable to drive the axial movement of the coupling shaft and the second grinding seat. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162539 | PEELING MACHINE - The present invention provides a peeling machine comprising a container furnished with a space in which the peels are removed from produce, a rotating plate located inside said container and coupled to a blade, a peel exit extending from the bottom of said container to the exterior, a plurality of wing plates that are located between the bottom of said container and said rotating plate and placed at equal angles with respect to the center of said rotating plate, and that also rotate when said rotating plate rotates, and a motor that supplies power to said rotating plate. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162540 | SCREW FILTER PRESS - Described is a screw filter press comprising a screw shaft, which has at least one coil turn and two screw shaft ends, the shaft axis of which is oriented parallel to the gravity vector and which is supported on one side via the upper screw shaft end thereof and which is connected to a rotary drive, and which is enclosed coaxially, at least in its lower partial area in a so-called filter area by a cylindrical filter tube, which is provided with openings and at which a filtrate space adjoins radially, to which underpressure can be applied. The invention is characterized in that a sliding tube, which radially surrounds the screw shaft in the direction of the upper screw shaft end in a fluid-tight manner, follows coaxially to the filter tube at the same inner diameter as the filter tube, that provision is made between the at least one coil turn of the screw shaft and the sliding tube for a radial play and that the at last one coil turn of the screw shaft adjoins the filter tube in the area of the filter tube either indirectly or directly at the inner wall. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162541 | APPARATUS FOR COMPACTING WASTE OBJECTS - An apparatus for compacting waste objects comprising a seat ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162542 | SEAMLESS CAN, PRINTING PLATE, CURVED SURFACE PRINTING MACHINE, METHOD FOR PRINTING ON SEAMLESS CAN, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS CAN - By reducing a level difference between an overlapping portion and an ink layer in a portion in continuity with the overlapping portion, wrinkles caused duo to a neck-in processing are reduced, and a degradation of a film-strength in the overlapping portion is prevented. In a seamless can in which an ink layer is transferred onto a can body thereof by a curved surface printing, the ink layer which has been transferred, has an overlapping portion which is formed by an ink layer at a front-end portion and an ink layer a rear-end portion in a circumferential direction of the can body being overlapped mutually, and an ink area ratio for at least one of the ink layer at the front-end portion and the ink layer at the rear-end portion is smaller than an ink area ratio of a portion in continuity with the overlapping portion, excluding the overlapping portion. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162543 | INKING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - An ink return blade | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162544 | PRINTING UNIT OF A PRINTING PRESS, COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO FRAME PARTS, THE POSITIONS OF WHICH RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER CAN BE CHANGED - A printing unit of a printing press is composed of at least two frame parts, the position of at least one of which, relative to the other, can be changed. Cooperating ones of these frame parts are placed against each other along a common joining surface, in a first operational position. These frame parts are separated from each other in a second operational position. An interstice, that is partly defined by these frame parts, is formed between the separated frame parts in the printing unit. At least one of the cooperating frame parts is supported so that it is movable along an adjustment path. At least one sensor is provided and is usable to monitor the interstice. The sensor has orientation characteristics or a sensory range along the joining surface. A control unit is provided and is connected to the at least one sensor. At least one drive unit is assigned to at least one of the cooperating frame parts and is usable to change the frame parts from one operational procedure into the other operational procedure. A control element is arranged in a control system and is usable to supply power to the first drive unit that is controlled by the control unit in accordance with a signal which is supplied by the sensor that is monitoring the interstice. The control element is also able to activate the first drive unit and is controllable independently from the activation of the first drive unit. A functional position of the control element blocks a relative movement between the frame parts with that functional position being selected by the control unit. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162545 | PRINTING UNIT, AND DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A PRINTING UNIT - A printing unit is comprised at least of a plurality of printing machines which are arranged on the same side of a web to be printed. Each such printing machine includes an inking unit having at least one roller, and a dampening unit. Rollers of the inking units of several of the printing machines, which are arrayed on the same side of the web to be printed, are in thermal contact with the same temperature-control medium unit for controlling the temperature of the rollers. The temperature control medium circuit is configured as an inner temperature-control medium circuit having substantially constant circulating volumetric flow rate of a temperature-control medium. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162546 | PAD PRINTING MACHINE - A pad printing machine comprising at least one printing unit which can be moved into a print-image pickup position and into a print-image transfer position and which is designed to carry out printing procedures in automated manner and for that purpose is fitted with a first printing pad support involving a first pad support system or first pad seat for a first printing pad and a printing plate carrier to receive respectively keep in place a printing plate, said printing unit also comprising a second pad support fitted with a second support system or second pad seat for a second printing pad, the two pad supports being configured in a manner that the first support system of the first pad support and the second seat or second support system of the first pad support and the second pickup or second support system of the second pad support face each other at least when in the print-image transfer position. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162547 | IGNITION MIXTURES - A firing mixture which contains explosives, oxidizing and reducing agents is characterized in that it contains one or several explosives which can be fired by laser light. Also disclosed is a process for producing the same and its use. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162548 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WEAPON FUZE - Methods and apparatus for a weapon according to various aspects of the present invention comprise and/or operate in conjunction with a warhead case and a fuze system. The fuze system may comprise a fuze housing including a flange configured to be secured to the weapon. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus operate in conjunction with a fuze well rigidly attached to the warhead case. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include a sensor mounted on the flange, and a booster attached to the fuze well adjacent the fuze housing. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162549 | ACTUATORS FOR GUN-FIRED PROJECTILES AND MORTARS - An actuator stack is provided and having two or more individual actuators stacked in a longitudinal direction. Each of the two or more actuators having a solid detonation charge; a primer for igniting the detonation charge; and detonation wiring for powering the primer; and wherein at least one of the two or more individual actuators comprise an accelerating nozzle having at least a convergent section terminating at a throat. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162550 | FRANGIBLE, CERAMIC-METAL COMPOSITE OBJECTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - In making frangible objects, including lead-free bullets and other projectiles, powdered metal primary and powdered ceramic secondary phases are mixed and densified at an elevated temperature such that the ceramic phase forms a brittle network. Any combination of metal and ceramic phases may be used to achieve desired chemical and physical properties. Any appropriate mixing, forming, and/or thermal processing methods and equipment may be used. Degrees of frangibility, strength, and toughness can be adjusted to suit a given application by precursor selection, degree of mixing, relative amounts of metal and ceramic phases, forming method, and thermal and mechanical processing parameters. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162551 | SELF-DRIVEN CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR PERSONS USED FOR THE (AERIAL) OBSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT - A cable transportation system includes a first cable suspended over a ground surface, a vehicle supported above the ground surface by the first cable, wherein the vehicle has one or more grooved wheels for riding along the first cable, a frame supported from above by the one or more grooved wheels, and at least one vehicle guide that extends below the grooved wheels, and a junction bracket that has a ramped section, a mid portion section connected to the ramp section, and a rail portion provided on both the ramped section and the mid portion section, wherein the junction bracket is connected to the first cable so that at least an end portion of the ramped section is parallel to and directly above the first cable and the grooved wheels transition from the first cable onto the rail portion when the vehicle engages the junction bracket. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162552 | Two and three level elevated train system - The Two and Three Level Elevated Train System has multiple rails, and therefore multiple trains, are accommodated by a series of elevated structures somewhat similar to the towers of cable-stayed bridges. These elevated structures are “A”-shaped, with two deep-foundation legs set approximately fifty to eighty feet apart. A vertical space of approximately twenty feet is open beneath the structures, such that the tower supports could be built over existing roadways and require relatively little clearing and disturbance of the landscape. The tower supports rise to a vertical height of approximately fifty to sixty feet. The tower supports accommodate rails on two levels, and are configured with two trains on the top level and three trains on the lower level, or one train on the upper level and two trains on the lower level. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162553 | Modularized Motor Or Generator Housing With Cast Attachments Bars - A motor or generator housing for electric traction including a cast housing body with cast or welded fastening areas circumferentially spaced on the envelope surface adapted to be mounting areas for attachment lugs, safety noses, air duct channels or terminal boxes. A bogie attachment device and a safety nose device adapted to be fixed to a motor housing is also contemplated. The devices have attachment areas formed to attach and be fixable to the attachment areas of the motor housing. A motor or generator including such housing is further contemplated. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162554 | Operating a Synchronous Motor Having a Permanent Magnet Rotor - A method of operating a synchronous motor having a stator that includes a set of electromagnets and a permanent magnet rotor. The synchronous motor is controlled by calculating in a flux controller a measure of a flux magnitude, which is the magnitude of the stator flux of the motor and by calculating in a load angle controller a measure of a load angle. Information about a desired motor torque or a reduced motor torque, which is smaller than the desired motor torque, is input to the load angle controller and the load angle controller calculates the measure of the load angle depending on the input motor torque. The measure of the flux magnitude is combined with the measure of the load angle to obtain commands for controlling electric currents of electromagnets of the stator, thereby directly controlling the stator flux. A flux limit value, which depends on a predetermined maximum value of the stator flux allowed for the motor which depends on a maximum value of an electric voltage, which is used to drive the currents through the stator electromagnets and which depends on the actual rotor speed, is repeatedly calculated. During acceleration of the rotor while the stator flux is smaller than the maximum flux allowed for the motor the measure of the flux magnitude is calculated depending on the output of a predetermined function. The output of the predetermined function depends on the desired motor torque and corresponds to the magnitude of the stator flux. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162555 | Railway vehicle - A slide structure | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162556 | CHROMIUM (III)-CONTAINING AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - It is intended to provide a chromium (III)-containing aqueous solution which has widely adjustable molar ratios of various acid radicals to Cr and is useful as a source of trivalent chromium or a supplementary source of trivalent chromium for the bath in the surface treatment of various metals. Specifically, the chromium (III)-containing aqueous solution is characterized by containing a complex chromium (III) salt which is produced by performing chromic acid reduction reaction in the simultaneous or sequential presence of two or more acids selected from an inorganic acid other than chromic acid and an organic acid. Furthermore, it is intended to provide a process for producing a chromium (III)-containing aqueous solution by performing chromic acid reduction reaction by the contact of chromic acid with an acid other than chromic acid and/or an organic reducing agent in a water solvent, characterized in that the chromic acid reduction reaction is performed in the simultaneous or sequential presence of at least two or more acids selected as the acid other than chromic acid from an inorganic acid and an organic acid. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162557 | Solvent internal composition for thinning of uncured paint - A composition and related process for the thinning of uncured oil-based and uncured water-based paints, wherein the composition is a solvent internal emulsion which comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, a surfactant and water. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162558 | Formulations comprising an asphaltene-dispersing/inhibiting additive based on oxazolidines derived from polyalkyl or polyalkenyl N-hydroxyalkyl succinimides - The present invention relates to formulations of asphaltenes' inhibitor-dispersant additives based on oxazolidine derived from polyalkyl or polyalkenyl N-hydroxyalkyl succinimides. Said formulations can contain inert organic solvents, preferably including: toluene, mixtures of xylene, o-xylene, p-xylene, kerosene, turbo-fuel; or inert hydrocarbon solvents having boiling points within the range of gasoline and diesel; or inert hydrocarbon or organic solvents having a boiling point within a range from 75 to 300° C. The ratio in weight of inert organic solvents to additive that prevents and controls the precipitation and deposition of asphaltenes ranges from 1:9 to 9:1, preferably from 1:3 to 3:1. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162559 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND USING A FLOWABLE CEMENT-BASED MATERIAL - Methods of manufacture and use of flowable materials are provided. The flowable fill materials include a cement-based fill material with a cement component and an aggregate component that are mixed with a chemical agent and the like in water. This provides the cement-based material in a flowable state that can be controllably set over time. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162560 | COLLAPSIBLE STOOL FOR EASY STORAGE - A collapsible stool for easy storage, comprising a collapsible, bench body member, a bench body support panel; and a bench cap. When in use, the bench cap is mounted on the bench body member in its expanded state. The bench body member, in its expanded state, forms a four-sided cylindrical body. Each of the four walls of the four-sided cylindrical body is made of a soft exterior layer, and a solid composite panel that is enclosed within the soft exterior layer. The bench cap is a non-collapsible cap-shaped body that is formed from a bench cap surface member, and bench cap walls to which the bench cap surface member is connected. The bench cap surface member and the bench cap walls are made of a soft exterior layer, and a solid composite panel enclosed within the soft exterior layer. When stored, the bench body support panel and the collapsed bench body member of the present collapsible stool are disposed in the non-collapsible bench cap, forming a single unit that is convenient for storage and transportation. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162561 | TABLE TO BE SET UP IN A PASSENGER RAILWAY VEHICLE - Table designed to be set up in a passenger railway vehicle and positioned between at least two seats facing each other, the said table comprising at least two folding trays, each tray facing a seat and comprising a first portion hinged to a second portion at an edge characterised in that it comprises a fixed housing positioned above the plane defined by the trays when they are in a horizontal unfolded position, the said fixed housing being capable of receiving the trays when they are in a vertical folded back position in which the first and second portion are arranged vertically against each other, the second portion being hinged to the fixed housing at an edge opposite the edge cooperating with the first portion of the tray. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162562 | PLASTIC PALLET SYSTEM - A plastic pallet system is provided for the support, storage, and transportation of articles. The plastic pallet system includes a plurality of top boards and a plurality of runner assemblies. Both the plurality of top boards and the plurality of runner assemblies may be formed of plastic. A method for manufacturing the plastic pallet system is also provided. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162563 | SNAP-TOGETHER PALLET - A pallet for use with a fork lift includes a top deck, a mid-top member and a base. The top deck has a plurality of ribs extending downwardly and a plurality of column-receiving recesses formed on the underside thereof. The base includes a plurality of columns projecting substantially vertically and received within the recesses of the top deck. Snap-tabs secure the columns to the deck. A generally planar mid-top member is secured to the plurality of ribs on the deck and has a plurality of openings into which are received the plurality of columns. The mid-top member is sandwiched between the ribs of the top deck and shoulders formed on the outer periphery of the columns. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162564 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING VALUABLES - An application for a safe or strong box attaches to a larger, heavy object and provides improved security to its contents from unwanted removal. The safe or strong box has a revolving door that, when a proper code/combination/biometric is provided, rotatably opens to expose the contents. In one embodiment, the safe/strong box interfaces to, for example, a bedding system using a barbed plate that readily inserts between a box spring and a mattress, but due to the barbs, is difficult to remove without lifting the mattress from the box spring making it at least difficult to remove by, for example, children in the home. In some embodiments, sound dampening devices are provided to provide a quiet retraction of the revolving door, so as to not alert an intruder when the occupant is retrieving a weapon such as a pistol. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162565 | BUSHING FOR MOUNTING A LATERALLY ADJUSTABLE PIVOT ARM - A bushing is provided for mounting a pivot arm that has both a threaded portion as well as one or two smooth cylindrical portions. The threaded portion enables the pivot arm to be a laterally adjusted by rotating the bushing while the smooth portion or portions provide a bearing surface or surfaces for the pivot arm loads. This removes the load from the threads, reducing wear of both the bushing and the pivot arm, thereby reducing maintenance cost. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162566 | AIR ENTRAINMENT DEVICE FOR SEED DELIVERY - A seed delivery device including a frame defining at least one seed chamber. The frame includes a sidewall and an air permeable floor. Seed can be received and deposited on the air permeable floor through an input port. An air input channel is utilized to introduce an air stream into the seed chamber and direct it through the air permeable floor such that seed is lifted from the air permeable floor to an outlet port. An air bypass channel is configured to separate the air stream into a first stream that is directed through the air permeable floor and a second stream that is directed through the bypass channel and recombined with the first stream, at a point prior to the output port, to prevent excess accumulation of seed in the seed chamber. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162567 | Pin moor - A moor or anchor for pins, needles, or other sewing implements, comprising a moor having a first end and a second end, the first and the second end are connected by a central portion which may be curved, whereby the moor can be positioned on a surface and receive a pin, needle, or other sewing implement to anchor a piece of fabric to the surface. The surface may be fabric, cloth, vinyl, plastic, or any other flexible material. The moor may be configured in various shapes and include curved portions and planar surfaces. A method for using the moor to secure and position pins and other sewing implements to surfaces such as fabric or other flexible material is also disclosed. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162568 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEAMS ON WEBBINGS FOR TECHNICAL PURPOSES - In a method for producing seams on webbings for technical purposes, in particular on lifting straps or lashing straps for securing cargo during transport, a sewing thread is used to produce the seam, the fine strength of said sewing thread being significantly greater than the fine strength of the fibrous material or yam from which the webbing is produced. In this way, the binding load of a webbing having a seam is increased. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162569 | Kite ship - A kite ship contains a ship and a kite for pulling the ship, wherein the kite includes a kite main body, the upper and the lower ends of which are respectively connected with an upper and a lower end ropes, the other end of the upper end rope is fixed on a traction apparatus, the other end of the lower end rope is fixed on a connector, a traction apparatus pulling rope is fixed on the traction apparatus; the other end of the traction apparatus pulling rope is wound on a stranding cage connected with a motor through a speed reducer; a tension dynamometer is fixed on the connector; the tension dynamometer connects with a connector pulling rope; the other end of the connector pulling rope is wound on another stranding cage connected with the motor through the speed reducer; a buoyant balloon is arranged on the kite main body. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162570 | Boat Hull Washing Apparatus - The invention relates to a hand controlled cleaning apparatus used to clean away debris from a boat hull. The apparatus includes a brush at one end that is rotated by either an engine or an electric motor. The user controls the brush with an extended arm portion that may house a flexible shaft or conduits for power. The brush rotates in a direction that makes the apparatus more buoyant during use and gains better traction against the boat hull. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162571 | MOORING SYSTEM FOR A VESSEL, AND A METHOD OF MOORING A VESSEL - A mooring system for a vessel and a method of mooring a vessel are provided. The mooring system comprises a turret structure; a swivel unit mounted on the turret structure; a bearing assembly for rotatably mounting the turret structure at deck level of the vessel such that the turret structure extends into a moonpool of the vessel and such that the swivel unit is disposed above deck level; a plurality of conduits for fluid communication disposed in the turret structure; a buoy structure retrievable into the moonpool of the vessel and connectable to the turret structure; a locking assembly for mechanically locking the buoy structure to the turret structure; and wherein the turret structure is rotatable as one to align the conduits to corresponding riser valve structures on the buoy structure prior to mechanically locking the buoy structure to the turret structure. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162572 | for a Marine Vessel | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162573 | TOWED ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A towable antenna system is deployable and retrievable from and tetherable to an underwater vehicle while the underwater vehicle is submerged under water. An underwater vehicle having a towable antenna system is capable of communicating with one or more remote communication systems, the towable antenna system acting as an intermediary for communications between a submerged underwater vehicle and the one or more remote communication systems. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162574 | Modular Removable Console for a Boat - A removable console for a boat and a boat including such a removable console are disclosed. The removable console is adapted to be positioned before a passenger seating position in the boat to shield the passenger position from wind. The connection between the deck of the boat and the removable console is fastenerless, so as to facilitate easy installation and replacement. The console itself may be enclosed, with both upper and lower surfaces. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162575 | Methods and Apparatus for Seating an Annulus within an Annular Groove - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for seating an annulus featuring a fixed inner plan within an annular groove having a rim of greater plan than the inner plan of the annulus. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162576 | PAINT SHOP FOR PAINTING OBJECTS TO BE PAINTED - To provide a paint shop for painting objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies, there is proposed a paint shop for painting objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies which comprises the following: a building shell, which encloses a building interior, in which are arranged at least one dip tank and at least one open treatment area, which is open in relation to the building interior; a first transport level, on which objects to be painted can be transported through at least one open treatment area; a second transport level, from which objects to be painted can be dipped into at least one dip tank; and at least one intermediate storage unit, wherein at least one object to be painted can be transported from one transport level of the paint shop into the intermediate storage unit and later can be transported out of the intermediate storage unit into another transport level of the paint shop. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162577 | THERMAL SPRAY STREAM FOCUSING - A thermal spray stream focusing approach is provided. In one aspect, at least two pairs of rollers are located about a spray device. The at least two pairs of rollers are configured to shape a raw spray stream generated from the spray device to a shape-defined spray stream that is focused towards a surface of a workpiece. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162578 | FLIP-CHIP MOUNTING METHOD AND BUMP FORMATION METHOD - [Problem] To provide a flip-chip mounting method and a bump formation method applicable to flip-chip mounting of a next generation LSI and having high productivity and high reliability. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162579 | POWDER FEEDING METHOD, POWDER FEEDING APPARATUS AND ELECTROSTATICAL POWDER SPRAY COATING APPARATUS - A coating powder feed method, coating powder feeding device, electrostatic powder spraycoating apparatus containing such a coating powder feeding device. The invention includes a dense phase powder pump fitted with at least one feed chamber. A control signal to create a partial vacuum in the feed chamber is generated no earlier than simultaneously with, preferably by a predetermined delay time after, a control signal opening a powder intake valve of the feed chamber, as a result of which the beginning of partial vacuum buildup in the feed chamber shall take place no earlier than simultaneously with the initial opening of the powder intake valve or by a defined time delay after the opening of the powder intake valve. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162580 | HIGH TEMPERATURE ALD INLET MANIFOLD - A system and method for distributing one or more gases to an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. An integrated inlet manifold block mounted over a showerhead assembly includes high temperature (up to 200° C.) rated valves mounted directly thereto, and short, easily purged reactant lines. Integral passageways and metal seals avoid o-rings and attendant dead zones along flow paths. The manifold includes an internal inert gas channel for purging reactant lines within the block inlet manifold | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162581 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS USING NEUTRAL BEAM AND METHOD OF DEPOSITING ATOMIC LAYER USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an atomic layer deposition apparatus using a neutral beam and a method of depositing an atomic layer using the apparatus, capable of converting an ion beam into a neutral beam and radiating it onto a substrate to be treated. The method uses an apparatus for supplying a first reaction gas containing a material that cannot be chemisorbed onto a substrate to be treated into a reaction chamber in which the substrate is loaded, and forming a first reactant adsorption layer containing a material that cannot be chemisorbed onto the substrate; and radiating a neutral beam generated by the second reaction gas onto the substrate on which the first reactant adsorption layer is formed, and removing a material not chemisorbed onto the substrate from the first reactant adsorption layer to form a second reactant adsorption layer. It is possible to perform a process without damage due to charging with the apparatus for depositing an atomic layer using a neutral beam and the method of depositing an atomic layer using the apparatus. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162582 | DEPOSITION OF ACTIVE FILMS - A plasma reactor ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162583 | Disposable custom fit pet feeding bowl liner with mating engagement and release tip - A disposable custom fit pet feeding bowl liner which is removably placed over the food area of the feeding bowl so that food is placed into the liner and does not come in contact with the interior surface of the food bowl. When the animal has completed feeding and if there is any remaining unconsumed food in the food bowl or even if the food has been consumed and a dirty residue of food is left in the liner, the liner can be quickly and easily removed from the food dish and a new liner placed on the food dish so that new food can be placed onto the liner without having to clean and wash the food dish to clean away unconsumed food from the food bowl or dish. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162584 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING AND DRAINING AN AQUARIUM - A system for filling and draining an aquarium. An aquarium tank is fitted with a drain and fill system. An aquarium comprises a tank fitted with a drain line that connects to a sediment collector at a first end and terminates in a connector at a second end. Interposed between the first end and the second end and proximate to the first end is a diverter valve. Interposed between the second end and the diverter valve is a “T” connector that connects the drain line to a vertical fill line. The fill line extends to a height above the height of the tank and extends over the opening of the tank to facilitate the disposition of water into the tank. The cleaning of the tank may be performed by turning the diverter valve to an open position. Filling the tank may be performed when the diverter valve is in a closed position. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162585 | SYSTEM FOR FEEDING AQUATIC ORGANISMS AND CLEANING UNIT FOR WATER TANK - An aquarium system for aquatic organisms capable of easily performing maintenance of a purifying device and a circulation pump, etc., and downsizing a purifying zone is provided. The system of the present invention includes an aquarium | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162586 | Pet Exercise Wheel Assembly Having Light-Emitting Device - A pet exercise wheel assembly having a light-emitting device includes an exercise wheel made of a material pervious to light has a tapered sleeve projecting from a center of the exercise wheel and axially formed with a penetrating channel, and a light-emitting device has a casing coupled to the tapered sleeve of the exercise wheel. Therein the light-emitting device has a circuit board formed with a central hole and provided with at least a lamp, a battery, a rocker switch, and an IC chip that are electrically connected with each other, while the lamp is exposed at an exterior of the casing. Thereby, rotation of the exercise wheel drives the light-emitting device to rotate, so that the rocker switch in the light-emitting device is rocked to close a loop of the circuit board, thus causing the lamp to blink and provide a visual entertaining effect. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162587 | Therapeutically Enhanced Pet Toy - A pet toy comprising a toy body preferably in the shape of a ball, and at least one toy enhancing strip bonded to the surface of the toy body. The toy enhancing strip is edible, preferably shelf-stable and water soluble so as to be at least partially dissolvable by the pet's saliva as the toy is mouthed or chewed by the pet. The enhancing strip can comprise a breath freshener, a dental agent, a medicinal agent and/or a pet attractant. The toy body can also include a second enhancement strip bonded to the toy body to avoid masking the attractant or reducing the effectiveness of another agent. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162588 | PROCESS FOR DETERRING AND TRAINING PETS - A device for deterring behavior of pets which is a laminate of a reflective plastic layer having a thickness of about 0.5 to 10.0 mils and capable of making a sound when the sheet is flexed, a fibrous layer, and a decorative fabric layer, where the layers are joined together to form the device. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162589 | REUSABLE MEDICAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING FOR PETS AND FARM ANIMALS AFTER SURGERIES AND WITH SKIN DISEASES - The invention relates to protective clothing ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162590 | COLLAR FOR DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS - A collar for animals includes chain links produced from a sheet-metal blank and by bending the sheet-metal blank about bending lines. The chain links each have a hook portion and a hook-in portion. The hook-in portion includes a window dimensioned such that the hook portion fits through the window. The hook-in portion further has an edge portion located between the window and a rear end of the chain link. The sheet-metal blank includes a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, and the second end portion limits the edge portion. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162591 | ASSISTED COMMISSIONING METHOD FOR COMBUSTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A method is provided for commissioning a combustion control system for controlling operation of a boiler combustion system. The method includes the step of mapping a plurality of sets of coordinated servo positions for the fuel flow control device and the air flow control device at a plurality of selected firing rate points between a minimum firing rate and a maximum firing rate by using an algorithm and an iterative process to identify the coordinated air and fuel actuator positions instead of a trial and error method. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162592 | CONTINUOUS STEAM GENERATOR - A continuous steam generator is provided. The continuous steam generator includes a number of burners for fossil fuels, the outside wall thereof being fully or partially formed from steam generator tubes welded together in a gas-tight manner. The burners are arranged in a combustion chamber, and a vertical gas duct is mounted downstream of the combustion chamber above a horizontal gas duct on the hot gas side. A first part of the steam generating tubes forms a system of evaporation tubes mounted upstream of a water separator system, on the flow medium side, and a second side, and a second part of the steam generating tubes forms a system of superheater tubes mounted downstream of the water separator system on the flow medium side. Superheater tubes adjacent and parallel to evaporation tubes are mounted directly downstream of the water separator system on the flow medium side. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162593 | CONTROL PROGRAM, CONTROLLER, AND BOILER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a control program, a controller, and a boiler system that are related to a boiler group including a plurality of boilers controlled in combustion at stepwise combustion positions. It is well suitable, in a control program for conducting control on a boiler system that includes a boiler group having a plurality of boilers which can be controlled in combustion quantity at stepwise combustion positions and in which at least one of the combustion positions is assumed to be a high-efficiency combustion position and that is configured to be controlled in combustion based on an increase/decrease in desired loads, that in the case of increasing a quantity of combustion in the boiler group, after a high-efficiency combustion shift signal that makes the shift to the high-efficiency combustion position is output to all of the boilers subject to high-efficiency control by which control is conducted on the basis of combustion at the high-efficiency combustion position, a control signal may be output that makes the shift to a higher combustion position than the high-efficiency combustion positions for any one of the high-efficiency control subject boilers. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162594 | Waste Heat Steam Generator - A waste heat steam generator including evaporator tubes is provided. The evaporator tubes are connected in parallel on the flow medium side, a plurality of overheating tubes are mounted downstream of the evaporator tubes using a water separation system. The water separation system includes water separation elements, each water separation element being respectively mounted downstream of the plurality of evaporator tubes and/or upstream of a plurality of overheating tubes. Each water separating element includes an inlet pipe which is respectively connected upstream to the evaporator tubes, the inlet pipe extending into a water evacuation pipe when seen in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of outflow pipes branch off in the transitional area, the pipes being connected to an inlet collector of the overheating tubes which are respectively connected downstream. A distribution element is arranged on the steam side between the respective water separating element and the inlet collector. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162595 | HEAT MANAGEMENT MODULE OF THE COOLING SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A heat management module of a cooling system of an internal combustion engine which has a valve housing that includes at least one first feed connection for cooling water of a bypass circuit and at least one adjacent second feed connection for cooling water of a radiator circuit. The feed connections can be connected to a discharge connection depending on the position of a valve member accommodated in the valve housing. A driving element which actuates the valve member is provided on the valve housing. The driving element is a hydrostatic servo motor, which produces a rotating driving motion and which uses a feed pressure line that branches from the cooling system for pressurization. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162596 | ARRANGEMENT IN A LOW-TEMPERATURE COOLING SYSTEM FOR A SUPERCHARGED COMBUSTION ENGINE - An arrangement for controlling cooling of a gaseous medium for a supercharged combustion engine ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162597 | VARIABLE COOLANT PUMP - A variable coolant pump for a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine, that has a pump housing in which is mounted a hollow shaft that is driveable by a pulley. At one end of the hollow shaft an impeller is fastened which has vanes projecting into an inlet chamber and which is firmly connected via axial bridges to a cover disc. Through rotation of the impeller together with the cover disc, water can be sucked into the inlet chamber via an inlet connection piece of the pump housing and conveyed by the vanes into an annular passage of the pump housing. A guide disc with a contour corresponding to the impeller is further arranged between impeller and cover disc. The guide disc is guided by the axial bridges and can be displaced axially via a positioning unit by a piston located inside the hollow shaft. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162598 | Mass driven motor with a middle signaling piston - The Mass Driven Motor with a Middle Signaling Piston is an internal combustion, two cycle free flowing piston motor that develops a linear-straight line force by the use of four cylinders and six pistons to accelerate a mass. The force is developed when the mass that lies in the horizontal position is accelerated and stopped and reaccelerated. The force developed is linear-straight line in nature. The force can be harnessed by simple-mere attachment and directed by the positioning of the vertical pistons, in other words-as the horns on a bull, which ever way the horns are pointing, that is the way its going. This allows the user to go in any direction he desires by aligning the vertical piston in that direction. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162599 | COUNTERPOISE ENGINE - Methods and systems may include an engine having a crankshaft with a longitudinal axis and a plurality of pistons coupled to the crankshaft. The engine may also include a bore structure having surfaces that define a plurality of combustion chambers, wherein each combustion chamber contains a piston and the bore structure rotates about the longitudinal axis in response to piston displacement within the combustion chambers. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162600 | CAMSHAFT PROFILE FOR REDUCING CYLINDER PRESSURES DURING ENGINE CRANKING - A camshaft assembly may include a shaft and a lobe member fixed for rotation with the shaft. The lobe member may include a lobe extending radially outward from a base circle. The lobe may include a valve closing profile defined between a peak of the lobe and an ending point of the lobe on the base circle. The valve closing profile may define a closing flank and a closing ramp extending from an end of the closing flank to the ending point. The closing ramp may have a radial extent from the base circle at the end of the closing flank that is less than ten percent of the radial extent of the peak from the base circle and may have a first angular extent of at least ten degrees. A second angular extent defined between the peak and the ending point may be at least eighty degrees. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162601 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus has a regulation member to fix a phase. The regulation member has a main regulation member and a sub regulation member. The main regulation member is inserted into a recess part to regulate the phase. The sub regulation member has an engagement part engageable with the main regulation member in an escape direction Y and disengageable from the main regulation member in an insertion direction X. Further, the sub regulation member has a pressure reception part that receives pressure in the escape direction Y from hydraulic fluid in an operation chamber. The main regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a main resilient member. Further, the sub regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a sub resilient member. The main regulation member moves in the escape direction Y only by hydraulic fluid, and moves in the insertion direction X only by the resilient member. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162602 | VARIABLE VALVE LIFT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An intake valve control system comprises a torque control module and an opening control module. The torque control module controls torque output by an engine based on a torque output target. The opening control module opens intake valves of M cylinders of the engine to a first lift position when the torque output target is less than a torque threshold and selectively transitions the intake valves of N of the M cylinders to a second lift position. N and M are integers greater than zero, and N is less than M. The second lift position is open further than the first lift position. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162603 | DEVICE FOR VARIABLY ADJUSTING THE CONTROL TIMES OF GAS EXCHANGE VALVES OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for variably adjusting the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine. The device has a driving element, an output element, at least one pressure chamber, at least one mechanism limiting the angle of rotation, and a pressure accumulator. A phase angle between the output and driving element is changed by delivering or discharging pressure medium to or from the pressure chambers. The mechanism limiting the angle of rotation has a receiving member and an engaging element to which a force is applied towards the receiving member ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162604 | PHASER BUILT INTO A CAMSHAFT OR CONCENTRIC CAMSHAFTS - A camshaft assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising: a hollow outer shaft | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162605 | CAM TORQUE ACTUATED PHASER USING BAND CHECK VALVES BUILT INTO A CAMSHAFT OR CONCENTRIC CAMSHAFTS - A camshaft assembly in which a bearing ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162606 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed is a valve timing control apparatus capable of avoiding inadvertent realization of a locked state by effectively preventing pulsating pressure of fluid generated in association with torque variation of a cam shaft from having any effect on a fluid passageway used for lock releasing. The apparatus includes a first fluid passageway for feeding/discharging fluid to/from an advanced angle chamber, a second fluid passageway for feeding/discharging fluid to/from a retarded angle chamber, a third fluid passageway for feeding/discharging fluid to/from a locking mechanism capable of locking relative rotation between an inner rotor and an outer rotor, a first switching valve for controlling the feeding/discharging of the fluid to/from the first fluid passageway and the second fluid passageway, a second switching valve for controlling the feeding/discharging of the fluid to/from the third fluid passageway, a pump for feeding fluid to the first switching valve and the second switching valve, and a check valve for inhibiting communication of the fluid from the first switching valve to the second switching valve and allowing communication of the fluid from the second switching valve to the first switching valve. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162607 | SINGLE POPPET VALVE CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine having an intake cycle and an exhaust cycle is provided. The cylinder head assembly includes a single valve, a cylinder head body, and a venturi tube. The cylinder head body has an intake port, an exhaust port, and a combustion chamber port configured to intermittently seat the single valve. The venturi tube is disposed within the cylinder head body and has a high pressure portion operably coupled to the cylinder head body proximate the intake port and a distal end spaced apart from the combustion chamber port. The venturi tube permits the intake port to remain in fluid communication with the exhaust port during both the intake cycle and the exhaust cycle of the internal combustion engine. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162608 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE EXHAUST - An engine having one of a plurality of exhaust valves in each cylinder that may be deactivated is disclosed. In one example, one exhaust valve of each cylinder is deactivated in response to engine speed. The engine may have improved engine torque at low engine speeds and reduced time to torque (e.g., turbo lag). | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162609 | VEHICLE ENGINE - A vehicle engine includes: a cylinder head; a cam housing fixed to a top of the cylinder head; a cam cap fixed to a top of the cam housing; a camshaft that is rotatably supported between the cam housing and the cam cap; a cam provided around the camshaft; a rocker arm that is pushed by the cam; a supporting member that supports one end of the rocker arm from below; a cylindrical bore portion for mounting the supporting member; and a base portion for supporting a bottom surface of the supporting member. The bore portion is provided integrally with the cam housing. The base portion is provided integrally with the cylinder head. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162610 | HERMETICALLY SEALED LASH ADJUSTER - A sealed type lash adjuster ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162611 | ENGINE INTAKE AIR FLOW CONTROL ASSEMBLY - An engine assembly may include a cylinder head, an intake manifold assembly, first and second vanes, and an actuation mechanism. The first and second vanes may be rotatably coupled to the intake manifold assembly. The first vane may be located within an outlet of a first intake passage and the second vane may be located within an outlet of a second intake passage. The first and second vanes may be displaceable from an open position to a closed position. The first vane may extend along a wall defining the first intake passage when in the open position and the second vane may extend along a wall defining the second intake passage when in the open position. The actuation mechanism may be coupled to the first and second vanes to rotate the first and second vanes between the open and closed positions. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162612 | IRON-CHROMIUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED COMPRESSIVE YIELD STRENGTH AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF - A chromium-iron alloy comprises in weight %, 1 to 3% C, 1 to 3% Si, up to 3% Ni, 25 to 35% Cr, 1.5 to 3% Mo, up to 2% W, 2.0 to 4.0% Nb, up to 3.0% V, up to 3.0% Ta, up to 1.2% B, up to 1% Mn and 43 to 64% Fe. In a preferred embodiment, the chromium-iron alloy comprises in weight %, 1.5 to 2.3% C, 1.6 to 2.3% Si, 0.2 to 2.2% Ni, 27 to 34% Cr, 1.7 to 2.5% Mo, 0.04 to 2% W, 2.2 to 3.6% Nb, up to 1% V, up to 3.0% Ta, up to 0.7% B, 0.1 to 0.6% Mn and 43 to 64% Fe. The chromium-iron alloy is useful for valve seat inserts for internal combustion engines such as diesel or natural gas engines. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162613 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OIL TANK ARRANGEMENT - An internal combustion engine has a crankcase, a crankshaft, a cylinder block, and cylinder head assembly. The cylinder block has at least one cylinder. At least one piston is disposed in the at least one cylinder. The at least one piston is operatively connected to the crankshaft. An oil tank enclosure is connected to at least one of the crankcase outer wall and the cylinder block outer wall. The oil tank enclosure and the at least one of the crankcase outer wall and the cylinder block outer wall together form an oil tank. The arrangement of the oil inlet, oil outlet, and blow-by gas outlet in an oil tank; an oil tank having an angled portion for separating blow-by gases from oil; and an arrangement of a blow-by gas passage connected to an oil tank are also described. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162614 | PROFILED CONNECTING ROD BORE WITH MICRO-DIMPLES - A connecting rod and methods for making the same are disclosed. A connecting rod may include a shaft extending between a piston pin end and a crankshaft pin end. The piston pin end generally defines a bore opening extending along an axis. The connecting rod further includes a bore surface formed integrally with the piston pin end and extending about an inner circumference of the bore opening. The bore surface may define a plurality of dimples that extend axially along the bore surface. The bore opening further may further include profiled surfaces adjacent opposing ends of the bore opening. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162615 | Method For Generating And Applying A Cleaning Voltage Pulse To A Stop Connection, and an Associated Digitally Controlled Magnetic Ignition Circuit - A method for generating and applying at least one voltage pulse, which provides a cleaning effect for a stop switch, to a stop connection assigned to the stop switch, which stop connection is provided on a digitally controlled magnetic ignition circuit of an electrical device, wherein the magnetic ignition circuit generates a voltage wave series from half waves, the amplitude of which decreases over time, and/or at least one voltage pulse in a medium voltage range, wherein if a voltage wave series is generated, at least one later half wave in the voltage wave series, which half wave follows the first half wave temporally and therefore has a lower amplitude, is applied as a voltage pulse to the stop connection, and/or in that if at least one voltage pulse in a medium voltage range of 12 V to 50 V is generated, the one or more voltage pulses are applied to the stop connection and thereby exert a cleaning effect on the stop switch. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162616 | Carburetor Cover - A carburetor cover includes a first portion with a flanged portion extending from an outer edge of the first portion. The first portion includes a plurality of spaced holes and a first opening for receiving a fastener of a carburetor. The spaced holes of the first surface have diameters that are greater than 2 mm and less than 8 mm. A side wall includes a plurality of spaced holes having diameters that are greater than 2 mm and less than 8 mm. One end of the side wall is connected to the flanged portion. Another end of the side wall is configured to be mounted on a surface of the carburetor. Airflow is received directly by the first portion and the side wall without passing through a filter medium. Airflow flows through the carburetor cover directly to an engine without passing through a filter medium. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162617 | A DUAL-ROTOR ENGINE - A dual-rotor engine comprises a cylinder assembly, a transmission output mechanism, a rotor control mechanism and a lubrication system. The cylinder assembly comprises a tubular cylinder ( | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162618 | REFLECTIVE PULSE ROTARY ENGINE - A rotary engine includes a rotor having one or more combustion chambers connected to an exhaust passageway extending radially outward from the combustion chamber to an exhaust port adjacent a peripheral edge of the rotor. The exhaust gas is expelled at an angle to thereby generate cause the rotor to rotate. The housing may include reflective surfaces that reflect shockwaves from the exhaust gas back towards vanes on the rotor to thereby capture additional energy from the exhaust gas. The housing may also include stators that capture additional energy from the exhaust gas and rotate the rotor. An intake port fluidly connected to the combustion chamber is aligned with an opening in the housing as the rotor rotates to thereby allow comprised air to flow into the combustion chamber. As the combustion chamber rotates, it is closed off by a closed portion of the housing, fuel is injected, and ignited, to thereby generate exhaust gases and generate power. The engine does not include reciprocating components, and relatively few moving parts are required. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162619 | Fuel Heating During Cold Start In A Direct-Injection Gasoline Engine - It has been found that direct-injection gasoline engines emit particulate matter during the first 500 seconds of operation due to fuel impacting combustion chamber surfaces. To largely overcome the fuel penetrating to surfaces in the combustion chamber, the fuel may be heated. In one embodiment, engine coolant that is heated in the water jacket portions nearest exhaust ducts is provided directly to a tube in physical contact with the fuel rail. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for controlling exhaust emissions by adjusting a fuel injection into an engine cylinder from a plurality of fuel injectors based on the fuel type of the injected fuel and further based on the soot load of the engine. Soot generated from direct fuel injection is reduced by decreasing an amount of direct injection into a cylinder as the engine soot load increases. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162621 | Shallow Piston Bowl And Injector Spray Pattern For A Gasoline, Direct-Injection Engine - A combustion system for a direct-injection, spark-ignition engine is disclosed. A side-mounted fuel injector located outboard the intake valves directs multiple fuel jets into a shallow, spherical bowl formed in a domed piston. Both good mixing to facilitate good air utilization with early injection and an ignitable mixture at the spark plug with late injection to facilitate cold start are provided with such a combustion system. Because the bowl is smooth and shallow, the surface area of the combustion chamber is less than with a deeper bowl of complicated shape. Lowering surface area in the combustion chamber leads to improved fuel economy. | 2011-07-07 |
| 20110162622 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS AND FUEL SUPPLY METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine, fuel is delivered to a high pressure fuel pump driven by an internal combustion engine, using an electrically-operated low pressure fuel pump, and the fuel pressurized by the high pressure fuel pump is supplied to the internal combustion engine. The fuel supply apparatus includes a low pressure pump control portion that controls the low pressure fuel pump to avoid a discharge failure in the high pressure fuel pump due to insufficiency of a feed pressure at which the low pressure fuel pump delivers the fuel to the high pressure fuel pump. The low pressure pump control portion stops the low pressure fuel pump in a case where the discharge failure in the high pressure fuel pump is avoided even when the feed pressure is equal to a gauge pressure of 0. | 2011-07-07 |
