| 28th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20100175862 | BRAZED ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGER WITH SPLIT CORE ARRANGEMENT - An aluminum plate heat exchanger which may include a first core and a second core defining a piping space therebetween. The exchanger also may include at least one inlet manifold and at least one outlet manifold, each manifold in fluid communication with the first core and the second core. The exchanger may also include inlet piping in fluid communication with the inlet manifold; and, outlet piping in fluid communication with the outlet manifold. In certain embodiments, at least a portion of the inlet piping or at least a portion of the outlet piping is positioned in the piping space. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175863 | Heat Exchange Insert For A Heat-Exchange Device - The invention relates to a heat transfer fin ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175864 | FIN TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER - A fin tube heat exchanger has heat transfer fins disposed in an air flow and plural heat transfer tubes that are inserted in the heat transfer fins and disposed in a direction substantially orthogonal to a flow direction of the air flow. On the heat transfer fins, a set of guide fins and a set of guide fins arranged straightly from upstream to downstream in the flow direction of the air flow are formed, by cutting and raising, on the heat transfer fin surfaces on both sides of the heat transfer tubes. Straight lines that hypothetically interconnect the guide fins and the guide fins slant with respect to the flow direction of the air flow so as to guide the air flow in the vicinities of the heat transfer tubes to rear sides of the heat transfer tubes in the flow direction. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175865 | IN-SITU GAS ANALYZER PROBE - A probe mounted directly to a conduit conveying a process stream of gas to be analyzed, which can condition a continuous sample of the gas before it is analyzed by removing undesirable vapor components of the sample through interaction with a heat exchanger conduit which condenses these components into a liquid such that they precipitate under the force of gravity back into the process stream. The probe uses a Venturi device to motivate the gas through a flow cell chamber where it interacts with light shown through the chamber before ejecting the sample back into the process stream through a sample return conduit. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175866 | THERMAL CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An apparatus is provided for controlling a temperature of a device by circulating fluid through a heat sink in thermal contact with the device. The apparatus includes a first fluid source ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175867 | Well Tools Incorporating Valves Operable by Low Electrical Power Input - Well tools including valves operable by low electrical input. One well tool includes a valve which controls fluid communication between pressure regions in a well, the valve including a rotatable member which is biased to rotate, and a brake or clutch which prevents rotation of the member. Another valve includes a barrier which separates reactants, with the valve being operable in response to the barrier being opened and the reactants thereby reacting with each other. Yet another valve includes a barrier which separates the pressure regions, and a control circuit which heats the barrier to a weakened state. Another valve includes a member displaceable between open and closed positions, a restraining device which resists displacement of the member, and a control device which degrades or deactivates the restraining device and thereby permits the member to displace between its open and closed positions, in response to receipt of a predetermined signal. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175868 | Modular Electro-Hydraulic Controller for Well Tool - An actuator control system includes a housing assembly having at least one line therein for controlling operation of an actuator, and a modular controller attached externally to the housing assembly and interconnected to the line. A method of constructing an actuator control system includes the steps of: assembling a modular controller, the modular controller including a control valve therein for controlling operation of an actuator via a hydraulic line; testing the modular controller, including functionally testing the control valve; and then attaching the modular controller to a housing assembly having the line formed therein. Another actuator control system includes a housing assembly having at least one line therein for controlling operation of an actuator, and a modular controller attached separately to the housing assembly and interconnected to the line via a manifold of the modular controller, the manifold including a concave interface surface which receives the housing assembly therein. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175869 | Downhole Separator - The desander ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175870 | DOWNHOLE DISCONNECT MECHANISM - A release device includes a first sub, a second sub, and a connector separably connecting the first and the second sub, wherein the connector includes a shear member disposed with the first sub and a collar connected between the second sub and the shear member. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175871 | Multi-Position Hydraulic Actuator - A method of actuating a well tool utilizing first and second pressure sources includes the steps of: placing an source, thereby displacing a piston from a first position to a second position; and then placing another chamber in communication with the second pressure source, thereby displacing the piston to a third position. A multi-position actuator includes an operating member which displaces to operate a well tool, a first position of the operating member corresponding to a pressure source being in communication with a chamber and another pressure source being in communication with another chamber, a second position of the operating member corresponding to the same pressure source being in communication with both of the chambers, and a third position of the operating member corresponding to the pressure sources being connected to the chambers oppositely to that of the first position. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175872 | IN SITU COMBUSTION AS ADJACENT FORMATION HEAT SOURCE - Methods and apparatus relate to in situ combustion. Configurations of injection and production wells facilitate the in situ combustion. A first production well disposed in a first oil bearing reservoir is spaced from a second production well disposed in a second oil bearing reservoir separated from the first oil bearing reservoir by a stratum having lower permeability than the first and second oil bearing reservoirs. The stratum isolates one of the first and second production wells from one of the first and second oil bearing reservoirs. In situ combustion through the first oil bearing reservoir generates heat that irradiates into the second oil bearing reservoir to enable producing hydrocarbon with the second production well. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175873 | SINGLE PUMP FOCUSED SAMPLING - An apparatus comprising first and second fluid intakes, a pump, and a sample chamber, may be positioned in a borehole penetrating a subterranean formation. A method of use thereof may comprise drawing fluid from the subterranean formation and into the first and second fluid intakes using the pump, discharging into the borehole at least a portion of the fluid drawn into the second fluid intake, and selectively diverting at least a portion of the fluid drawn into the first fluid intake to the sample chamber. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175874 | FIBER LADEN ENERGIZED FLUIDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to aqueous oilfield treatment fluids containing a gas component and fibers, wherein the fluids may further include a viscosifying agent and/or proppant. The fluids have good proppant suspension and transport properties as well as excellent gas phase stability. Use of fluids comprising an aqueous medium, a gas component, viscosifying agent, and fibers for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation, cleanup operations, and gravel packing a wellbore, are also disclosed. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175875 | Squeeze Process For Reactivation Of Well Treatment Fluids Containing A Water-Insoluble Adsorbent - A process for fracturing a subterraneous formation in the production of an oil well is described. The process steps include injecting an initial charge of a mixture, the mixture being formed from at least a water-insoluble adsorbent and at least one well treatment agent, into a well bore formed in the subterraneous formation so as to form a downhole matrix within the formation; injecting a solution comprised of an additional amount of the well treatment agent into the formation after the initial charge of the at least one well treatment agent has been substantially depleted; and then pressurizing the well bore for a time and under conditions sufficient to reactivate the downhole matrix in the formation, so that the treatment agent activity of the matrix is increased relative to the treatment agent activity of the matrix just prior to injecting the solution. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175876 | Method and System Integrating Thermal Oil Recovery And Bitumen Mining For Thermal Efficiency - Thermal oil recovery operations, such as SAGD, result in waste heat that is typically released to the environment. Bitumen mining operations require heat input for heating fluids used in the mining process. A method and system of recovering heat from a thermal recovery operation for use in bitumen mining operation is described. A heated donor fluid from a thermal recovery operation is used to heat an acceptor fluid for use in bitumen mining via proximal heat exchange using a power cycle or heat exchange module, such as an ammonia and water based Kalina® Cycle. By utilizing waste heat from thermal recovery operations to heat fluids used in bitumen mining, thermal efficiencies are realized. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175877 | METHOD OF DESIGNING AND EXECUTING A WELL TREATMENT - An apparatus and a method for treating a subterranean formation comprising designing a treatment that comprises a composition, wherein the design comprises a pressure influence on a viscosity of the composition, and performing the treatment, wherein the composition is not an energized fluid. An apparatus and a method wherein the viscosity is at least partially estimated based on experimental rheological data collected at pressures below about 500 psi and/or at a pressure that is about 1 atm to about 2,000 atm. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175878 | Methods of Setting Particulate Plugs in Horizontal Well Bores Using Low-Rate Slurries - Methods for setting particulate plugs in at least partially horizontal sections of well bores are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises the step of selecting a deposition location for a particulate plug within the at least partially horizontal section of the well bore. The method further comprises the step of providing a pumping conduit capable of delivering slurries to the deposition location. The method further comprises the step of pumping a first slurry through the pumping conduit to the deposition location such that a velocity of the first slurry in the well bore at the deposition location is less than or equal to the critical velocity of the first slurry in the well bore at the deposition location. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175879 | Perforating torch apparatus and method - A method of perforating a downhole pipe by cutting at a location within the pipe in a radial direction toward the pipe, producing a determined reaction force, and using the determined reaction force to enhance the cutting of the pipe. The method may include continuing cutting in the radial direction to create an opening in the pipe, and attenuating a pressure wave through the opening. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175880 | Method of Using Crosslinkable Brine Containing Compositions - A method of enhancing the productivity of a subterranean formation penetrated by a gas, oil or geothermal well consists of introducing into the formation and/or well a pumpable polymerizable fluid comprising a crosslinkable, mono functional alkene, multi-functional alkene (such as a difunctional alkene), a heat inducible free radical initiator and brine. The fluid may be used in the thermal insulation of production tubing or transfer pipes and hydraulic fracturing. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175881 | Using A Biphasic Solution As A Recyclable Coiled Tubing Cleanout Fluid - Methods and apparatus for forming a fluid for use within in a subterranean formation including combining a partitioning agent and viscosifying polymer into a fluid, introducing the fluid into the subterranean formation, and recovering at least a portion of the fluid at a uppermost surface of the subterranean formation. Methods and apparatus of forming a fluid for use within in a subterranean formation including combining a partitioning agent and viscosifying polymer into a fluid, introducing the fluid into the subterranean formation at a temperature of about 45° C. or higher, and recovering at least a portion of the fluid at a uppermost surface of the subterranean formation at a temperature of about 45° C. or lower. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175882 | Subsea Internal Riser Rotating Control Device System and Method - An RCD is used to provide a system and method for sealing a marine riser having a rotatable tubular. A bypass internal channel or external line may be used to allow fluid to bypass the RCD seal. An RCD seal assembly seal could be a mechanically extrudable seal or a hydraulically expanded seal to seal the RCD with the riser. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175883 | UNDERSEA WELL PRODUCT TRANSPORT - An apparatus and corresponding method of use extracts, cools, and transports effluents from subterranean, sub-sea oil formations to distant shore based processing facilities. The effluents, mostly crude oil, are conveyed rapidly to a cold flow generator near the oil wellhead on the sea bottom using the cold seawater to chill the effluents to a dispersed mixture including generated solids. The mixture is transported close to sea bottom temperatures, slowly, with small pressure drops, in low-cost submerged bare pipes over long distances to on or near shore processing facilities that can produce useful hydrocarbon products more cost effectively than at sea processing facilities. The apparatus eliminates or minimizes the need for heated or insulated pipe, the need for large floating processing structures, the need for sub-sea processing equipment, and/or the need for chemical additions to production flow. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175884 | Offshore gas recovery - During an Extended Well Test or Early Floating Production at an offshore hydrocarbon production site, where oil and gas hydrocarbons are produced by a production vessel, applicant stores the natural gas as pressured gas in a storage tank and occasionally transfers the pressured gas to a shuttle vessel which carries the gas to a site where it is used, as by pumping it into a natural gas pipeline. The transfer of natural gas to the shuttle can be accomplished by pumping it through a conduit extending between the vessels to a second tank on the shuttle, or can be accomplished by moving a gas-filled tank on the production vessel to the shuttle. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175885 | System and Apparatus for Drilling Riser Conduit Clamp - A clamp for securing about annular casing via a centrally oriented aperture having a radius includes at least one aperture for grasping a longitudinally extending accessory disposed about the radius of the centrally oriented aperture and at least one fastening member for securing the longitudinally extending accessory about the clamp. At least one fastening member and at least one aperture act to secure a longitudinally extending accessory relative to the annular casing. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175886 | Retrodicting Source-Rock Quality And Paleoenvironmental Conditions - A method for retrodicting source-rock quality and/or paleoenvironmental conditions are disclosed. A first set of system variables associated with source-rock quality is selected ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175887 | Subsurface Safety Valve Flapper - A flapper for use as a component of a safety valve designed for deployment in a well bore having well bore fluids. The flapper includes a flapper body forming a flapper valve bore therethrough. The flapper body further forms a groove proximate to the flapper bore. The flapper also includes a plunger member sized and configured to be received in the flapper valve bore. The plunger member includes a first end portion and a second end portion. Additionally, the flapper includes a leaf spring including a primary end portion and a secondary end portion, the primary end portion of the leaf spring detachably attached to the second end portion of the plunger member and unattached to the flapper body and the secondary end portion of the leaf spring being sized and configured to be received and retained in the groove and to bias the plunger member into the flapper valve bore. Forces exerted on the flapper body when rotating between an open state and a closed state during use of the safety valve urge at least a portion of the leaf spring into the groove. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175888 | Downhole Device Actuator and Method - An actuator to actuate a device received on a tubular string adjacent the device. The actuator comprises an energy storage member, such as a spring, restrained in a compressed mode between a stop collar and an outer sleeve threadedly received on a threaded portion of a non-magnetic tubular segment. An outer magnet is coupled to the outer sleeve to magnetically interact with an inner magnet coupled to an inner pipe string. The inner pipe string is run into the bore of the tubular string and the outer sleeve to position the inner magnet proximal the outer magnet to form a magnetic clutch. The inner pipe string rotates to transfer torque to the outer sleeve via a magnetic clutch, to rotate and threadedly disengage the outer sleeve from the tubular segment to release energy from the energy storage member to displace the outer sleeve to engage and actuate the device. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175889 | Detonator for Material-Dispensing Wellbore Tools - An apparatus for use in dispensing fluid into a wellbore includes a piston element releasably coupled to a housing and a detonator in the housing that applies a force sufficient to release the piston element from the housing when activated. The apparatus also has an intermediate section that mates with the upper section, an elongated member coupled to the piston and that is positioned in a bore of the intermediate section; and a lower section having a housing that mates with the intermediate section. The housing includes at least one opening providing communication between a bore of the housing and an exterior of the housing; and a movable barrier in the lower section. The movable barrier has a first position, wherein the barrier substantially blocks communication between the bore of the intermediate section and the at least one opening, and a second position, wherein the barrier does not substantially block communication between the bore of the intermediate section and the at least one opening. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175890 | SPLIT-COIL, REDUNDANT ANNULAR COUPLER FOR WIRED DOWNHOLE TELEMETRY - An annular coupler for transmitting data across a tool joint may include a first coupler segment spanning a first portion of the circumference of the annular coupler. The annular coupler may further include a second coupler segment, electrically insulated from the first coupler segment, which spans a second portion of the circumference of the annular coupler. In selected aspects, the first and second portions do not overlap one another along the circumference. In certain aspects, the first and second coupler segments each span about fifty percent of the circumference of the annular coupler. Thus, each coupler segment may make up roughly half of the annular coupler. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175891 | DART LAUNCHER FOR WELL CEMENTING OPERATIONS - Modular apparatus for remotely activating a wiper plug launching tool or other down-hole equipment by launching a dart or other projectile along tubing to the subsea equipment. A dart is loaded into a basket prior to launch and subsequently loaded into a modular tool piece. The pre-loaded tool pieces are configurable prior to use dependent on operational requirement and furthermore may be independently removable from the remaining equipment facilitating maintenance and serving of individual tool pieces. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175892 | GUIDE TUBE FOR CONTINUOUS ROD - A guide tube for continuous rod has a sections pivotably connected together by at least one translatable pivot. The tube connects to a rig at a fixed pivot and is initially folded on the rig for transport. To unfold and raise the tube for operation, a rig operator pivots a support rod pivotably connected to the tube away from the rig using a rope. This pivoting support rod moves the attachment point of a winchline extending from the rig to the rod beyond the tube's fixed pivot. Also, the pivoting rod tensions a sling having a fixed length that extends from the rod to the tube's translatable pivot. In this way, the winchline can be tensioned without the need for rig operators to perform a substantial amount of manual labor as conventionally done. Once the outer sections of the guide tube are lowered to the ground, the entire guide tube can be unfolded and raised with the tensioned winchline. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175893 | MANIPULATABLE SPIDER COMPONENTS ADAPTED FOR COOPERATION WITH A VERTICALLY RECIPROCATING CONTROL LINE GUIDE - A method and apparatus are provided for installing control lines and pipe into a well. The pipe-holding spider that is normally mounted on the rig floor is adapted for easy disassembly and reassembly when the pipe slips within the spider are not engaged with the outer surface of the pipe string so that upon disassembly, a control line guide becomes vertically movable. The control line guide is adapted for being controllably elevated to a distance above the rig floor, thereby providing personnel access to a portion of the length of the pipe string below the elevated control line guide and above the rig floor for securing control line to the pipe string using a fastener. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175894 | SINGLE TRIP WELL COMPLETION SYSTEM - A completion system that is usable with a well may include a packer, a screen, an isolation valve and an annulus communication valve. The screen communicates well fluid between an annulus of the well and an interior passageway of the completion system. The isolation valve is radially disposed inside the screen to control communication through the screen between the annulus and the interior passageway. The annulus communication valve is located downhole of the packer and uphole of the screen to control communication with the annulus of the well. The packer, screen, isolation valve and the annulus communication valve are adapted to be run downhole as a unit into the well as a single trip completion. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175895 | Permeability Modification - Downhole apparatus for location in a bore which intersects a fluid-producing formation comprises a bore wall-supporting member configurable to provide and maintain a bore wall supporting force for a fluid-producing formation of at least 2 MPa, whereby fluid may flow from the formation into the bore. The bore wall supporting force may be utilised to modify or maintain the permeability of the rock adjacent the bore wall. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175896 | CATALYTIC OIL RECOVERY - Methods and compositions for catalytic heavy oil recovery are disclosed herein. The disclosed methods utilize novel colloidal catalysts, which may catalyze hydrogenation reactions in heavy oil deposits. These colloidal catalysts are dispersible in liquid dispersants, which are also injected into the reservoir. Embodiments of the disclosed method enable the distribution of catalytic particles throughout portions or all of the reservoir. The H | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175897 | Self-sustaining compressed air foam system - A Self-Sustaining Compressed Air Foam System that utilizes a vacuum proportioning blending console, delivering pre-determined amounts of fire pre-suppressant/suppressant foam concentrate with ratios from 0.01% to 6% and water when used in concert with a vacuum dispensing closure for tight head pails dispensing said foam concentrate that is plumbed to either an air operated pump or solar powered electric pump on the inlet side producing a pre-suppressant foam solution. A second blender/mixer/agitator conjoins an inert pressurized gas or air at the outlet of the pump variables to produce the finished pre-suppressant/suppressant foam product for various applications including structure protection in wild fire events. A special nozzle can be used as the applicator that reduces pressure/velocity of the finished foam to allow the user to work in confined areas and/or in areas that are normally out of reach of the foam stream projected. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175898 | FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR A CLOTHES DRYER - A fire protection system for a clothes dryer comprising a temperature sensitive device ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175899 | Extinguishing Device - The invention relates to a device for extinguishing fires and/or distributing extinguishing agents, comprising at least one displaceable distinguishing arm through which the extinguishing agent is guided, and an extinguishing tip that is secured to an outer end of said arm, in addition to a transport or securing unit that is arranged on the another end of said device. Essentially, the extinguishing arm comprises, in the longitudinal direction, at least two articulated segments that are joined together. The number and length of said segments are arranged such that the extinguishing tip can be placed in the direct proximity of the source of the fire when used for fighting fires. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175900 | DISPATCH CRITICAL FUEL TANK INERTING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT - An air inerting system for supplying nitrogen-enriched air to a fuel tank on a vehicle includes an air separation module. The air separation module has an inlet for receiving air to separate oxygen, and an outlet for delivering nitrogen-enriched air to a downstream fuel tank on a vehicle. Downstream parallel flow lines of the outlet are each provided with a flow control valve. The downstream parallel flow lines reconnect downstream of the flow control valves to provide a source of nitrogen-enriched air to the fuel tank. An air supply line upstream of the air separation module supplies air to at least a pair of upstream parallel lines. Each of the upstream parallel lines are provided with a shut-off valve. The upstream parallel lines reconnect downstream of the shut-off valves to supply air to a heat exchanger. Air downstream of the heat exchanger passes to the air separation module. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175901 | Fastening Device for Coupling of Blades in Agricultural Cultivation Machines - Fastening device for coupling of blades in agricultural cultivation machines, in particular, tilling machines such as rotary tillers, including an intermediate fastening element, formed by a solid body, which joins the blade to the rotary plate; the intermediate fastening element being equipped with a fastening arrangement for linking the fastening arrangement to the rotary plate; a guiding arrangement for insertion of the blade into the intermediate fastening element; and at least one through hole, extending transversely with respect to the direction of the guiding arrangement and intended for insertion of a retractable pin which, when the pin is inserted, acts as a retaining element for the blade with respect to the intermediate fastening element such that the arrangement enables the user/operator to manually replace and/or reset the tilling blade, avoiding any need for accessory tools commonly used for this purpose. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175902 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - The present invention relates to a method, with which an electric power tool is operated, which comprises a drive motor, a drive unit as well as a tool, the tool being operated by means of the drive unit and the drive motor. Said tool can be operated in at least two operating modes, said operating modes varying due to the properties of the drive motor and/or the drive unit. The setting of at least one of the two operating modes occurs automatically. The present invention furthermore relates to an electric power tool, which particularly can be operated with the one method according to the invention, having a drive motor, a drive unit as well as a tool, said tool being operable in at least two operating modes by means of the drive unit and the drive motor. The operating modes vary due to the properties of the drive motor and/or the drive unit. Said power tool comprises a detection means, with which the necessity for switching the operating mode can be ascertained and is characterized by further comprising a control means, with which one of the two operating modes can be automatically adjusted. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175903 | Electric hammer - An electric hammer comprising a hammer bit performing hammering work on a work, a drive motor, a hammering piece driven by the drive motor to apply a hammering force to the hammer bit, and a mechanism for damping vibration generated during hammering. The damping performance of the electric hammer is enhanced by causing the driving amount applied to the damping mechanism to vary between a first mode where the damping mechanism generates vibration of the hammer bit subjected to an external force from the work during the load driving time and thereby optimizes the damping and a second mode where the damping mechanism generates vibration corresponding to the vibration of the hammer bit not subjected to an external force from the work during the no-land driving time and optimizes damping. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175904 | Grounding vault - A grounding vault including a container with an open top. The container is formed from an electrically non-conductive material and is adapted for burial in the ground. The container is provided with an access port for the passage of grounding wires. The container is also provided with a pair of opposed slots adjacent the access port. A buss bar, formed of an electrically conductive material, is positioned so as to extend through the container. The buss bar has a pair of opposed ends for connecting to ground. The opposed ends extend respectively through the opposed slots in the container such that they project outwardly from the container. Between its opposed ends, the buss bar is provided with a number of bores for connecting the buss bar to grounding wires passing through the access port. A lid is removably positioned atop the container for closing the open top thereof. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175905 | COOLING OF HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICES - A high voltage system including a HVDC valve, a liquid fluid cooling system for cooling the valve, and a high voltage bushing for transferring high voltage and high current from the fluid cooled HVDC valve. The high voltage bushing includes an insulating body surrounding an electrical conductor electrically connectable to a connector of the HVDC valve. The electrical conductor of the high voltage bushing includes a cooling duct arranged for cooling the bushing utilizing a circulating gaseous fluid. A heat exchanger is connected to the cooling duct and adapted to cool the circulating gaseous fluid, wherein the heat exchanger is connected to the cooling system of the HVDC valve and adapted to receive cooling water from and to return heated cooling water to the cooling system of the HVDC valve. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175906 | WIRE CONNECTION UNIT - A wire connection unit includes a connector, a first case, and a second case. The connector electrically connects a first wire and a second wire. The second case is joined with the first case, and has an inner face opposing the first case. The inner face is formed with a groove and a concave portion. The groove holds the first wire and the second wire. The concave portion is disposed at the groove and accommodates the connector. A projection is provided in the groove. The projection protrudes toward the first case from a bottom of the groove | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175907 | POLYMER BUSHING AND CABLE TERMINATION USING THE SAME - A polymer bushing includes a conductor bar, a conductor insertion hole at a lower end, a rigid insulator around the outer circumference of the conductor bar and having a receiving port for a cable termination, a polymer covering around | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175908 | Metal Strip, Connector, and Method of Manufacturing Metal Strip - A Ni plating is applied on a base metal in a metal strip form, and a brightener-free Sn-(1 to 4% by mass)Cu plating is applied on the Ni plating. The metal strip is heat-treated at a temperature at or above the melting point (solidus line) of a Sn-(1 to 4% by mass)Cu alloy to form a Cu—Sn compound layer or a Cu—Ni—Sn-compound layer on the Ni plating layer and a Sn layer or a Sn—Cu-ally layer on the Cu—Sn compound layer or the Cu—Ni—Sn-compound layer. The metal strip is further fabricated into a connector. Thus, a metal strip, which has good soldability on a substrate, is free from the occurrence of whiskers at a terminal part during storage or upon fitting into FPC or FFC, and is necessary for a lead-free connector, can be realized. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175909 | WIRE BINDING DEVICE - A wire binding device for binding a number of electrical wires of an electronic element, includes a binding member and a fixing member. The binding member includes a base and a binding portion. The base defines a through hole. A first end of the binding portion is connected to the base. A fastening hole is defined in the binding portion and adjacent to the base, and configured for fixing a second end opposite to the first end of the binding portion thereby to bind the number of electrical wires together. The fixing member is configured for fixing the binding member to the electronic element via the through hole. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175910 | JACKET FOR CABLE DATA - A jacket for a data cable that comprises a main jacket body having an inner area for receiving one or more filaments and a central longitudinal axis. The main body has an inner surface that surrounds the inner area and an opposite outer surface. At least one longitudinal opening extends through the main jacket body between the inner and outer surfaces and substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the main jacket body. The longitudinal opening is substantially enclosed within the main jacket body. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175911 | High-Speed Two-Layer and Multilayer Circuit Boards - Devices and methods are described for high-speed two layer and multilayer circuit boards. A device comprises a single circuit board or a circuit board made by laminating several two layer circuit boards. The device comprises mounting pads attached to the circuit board. The device comprises trace arrays that electrically couple the mounting pads. The trace arrays include a first trace array attached to a first side of each circuit board layer and a second trace array attached to a second side of each circuit board layer. Each trace array comprises conductive traces, and the conductive traces are arranged so each signal trace is positioned between combinations of ground traces and power traces to control the characteristic impedance of each logic or signal path. The arrays on the layers of the board are interconnected by vias to form a pseudo ground and power plane. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175912 | IC PACKAGE HAVING COLORED PATTERN - An IC package having a colored pattern includes a substrate, a chip electrically connected with the substrate, an insulating cover layer covering the chip, and a colored-pattern layer disposed on the insulating cover layer by ink jet printing or an alternative. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175913 | Wired circuit board assembly sheet - A wired-circuit-board assembly sheet includes a plurality of wired circuit boards and a supporting sheet for supporting the wired circuit boards in an aligned state. Each of the wired circuit boards includes a distinguishing mark forming portion to be formed with a distinguishing mark for distinguishing between defectiveness and non-defectiveness of the wired circuit board. The distinguishing mark forming portion is divided by a weir portion for preventing the distinguishing mark from flowing out from the distinguishing mark forming portion. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175914 | PASSIVE ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING PASSIVE ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A thin laminate passive electrical device, such as, a capacitor, and a method of fabricating a thin laminate passive electrical device are provided. The passive electrical device includes two conductors, for example, copper foil conductors, separated by a dielectric having a first layer of a first material having a softening point temperature greater than a first temperature and a first layer of a second material having a softening point temperature less than the first temperature. The first temperature may be at least 150 degrees C. or higher. By providing a first layer having a higher softening point material, shorting across the conductors, that can be promoted by the fabrication process, is prevented. Methods of fabricating passive electrical devices are also disclosed. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175915 | Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same - The invention relates to a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the printed circuit board, in which the printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a circuit layer embedded in the insulating layer and having a connection pad that is embedded in the insulating layer such that one side of the connection pad is flush with a surface of the insulating layer, and insulating materials configured to protect the circuit layer from an external environment and having an opening through which the connection pad is exposed. The invention makes the printed circuit board slim, and increases reliability and the degree of design freedom. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175916 | Method and Apparatus for Configurable Circuitry - A method and apparatus for configurable circuitry have been disclosed. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175917 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board (package) has a structure in which multiple wiring layers are stacked one on top of another with insulating layers each interposed between corresponding two of the wiring layers, and the wiring layers are connected to one another through vias formed in each of the insulating layers. In a peripheral region of the package, reinforcing patterns are provided on the same surfaces where the corresponding wiring layers are provided, respectively. Each of the reinforcing patterns is formed of a conductive layer formed on the same surface where the corresponding one of the wiring layers is provided, and is provided in an intermittent ring-like shape when viewed in a planar view. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175918 | CABLE BRIDGE - A cable bridge comprises side plates ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175919 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER - An apparatus for delivering electrical power to an electrically powered device, the apparatus comprising:
| 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER - An electrical power distribution and mounting system, the system comprising:
| 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175921 | Housing Comprising A Device For Fixing An Electronic Component - A housing for retaining an electronic component, including a lid and a lower part made of synthetic material, wherein the lid is joined in a force-fit manner to the lower part by clamping geometry, and in order to affix the electronic component in position, the lid applies a specified force (F) to the electronic component after being joined to the lower part due to its design. Here, the lid is designed in such a manner that the force (F) applied lies within a specified force range (B), and that the clamping geometry comprises a groove on the lower part and a ridge on the lid which grips into the groove, wherein a clamp web on the lower part or on the lid is arranged in such a manner that the lid is removably clamped to the lower part after being joined to the lower part with a force (F) which acts parallel to the clamping force (KF). | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175922 | DIRECTIONAL DRILLING CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS - The instant invention provides apparatus and methods for directional drilling. One embodiment of the invention provides a drill control system including an uphole control device and a downhole control device. The uphole control device is configured to: transmit a reference trajectory to the downhole control device and receive information about an actual trajectory from the downhole control device. The downhole control device is configured to: receive the reference trajectory from the uphole control device, measure the actual trajectory, correct deviations between the reference trajectory and the actual trajectory, and transmit information about the actual trajectory to the uphole control device. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175923 | ORIENTATION SENSOR FOR DOWNHOLE TOOL - A downhole drilling apparatus incorporating an orientation sensor ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175924 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN WELLBORE DRILLING - The invention relates to a tool for use in wellbore drilling, suitable for use with a drill string for drilling a wellbore having an inner wall, the tool comprising means for generating particles of solid material from the formed inner wall of a drilled wellbore, and means for directing the generated particles to the inner wall of the wellbore and a method of forming a layer of solid particles on the inner wall of a wellbore drilled by such a drill string. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175925 | PUMP CONTROL FOR FORMATION TESTING - A while-drilling tool comprising a motor, a transmission coupled to the motor, and a pump comprising a first piston disposed in a first chamber and a second piston disposed in a second chamber and coupled to the first piston. A planetary roller-screw is coupled between the pump and the transmission. A valve block is configured to fluidly communicate with the first and second pump chambers, a borehole in which the while-drilling tool is configured to be positioned, and a formation penetrated by the borehole. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175926 | ROLLER CONES HAVING NON-INTEGRAL CUTTING STRUCTURES, DRILL BITS INCLUDING SUCH CONES, AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME - Methods of manufacturing roller cones for drill bits include providing both integral teeth and non-integral teeth on the roller cones. A layer of hardfacing may be applied to the integral teeth. Non-integral teeth may be formed on a body of a cone, or they may be separately formed from the body and attached thereto. In some embodiments, the non-integral teeth are formed by building-up the non-integral teeth from hardfacing material. Roller cones and earth-boring tools are formed using such methods. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175927 | EARTH DRILLING REAMER WITH REPLACEABLE BLADES - An earth drilling reamer has an elongated body having an outer surface and a plurality of blade mounting supports extending radially outwardly from the outer surface of the body. Each blade mounting support has a primary blade engagement positioned parallel to the outer surface and a leading blade angled from the outer surface to the primary blade engagement. A removable primary blade is detachably secured to the primary blade engagement. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175928 | HAMMER BIT - A hammer bit includes a bit body coupled to a hammer drill, a housing bit disposed to the bit body, at least one wing bit coupled to the housing bit to move up and down slantly, and having a rotating radius that is more increased than an outer surface of the bit body when moving up and is more decreased than the outer surface of the bit body when moving down, and at least one spacer installed to move up and down together with the wing bit and filling up an upper space of the wing bit when the wing bit moves down. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175929 | CUTTER PROFILE HELPING IN STABILITY AND STEERABILITY - An improved drill bit comprises a bit body, a plurality of blades disposed on the bit body, a first plurality of cutting elements disposed on the blades, such that the first plurality of cutting elements define a first cutter profile, and a second plurality of cutting elements disposed on the blades, such that the second plurality of cutting elements define a second cutter profile offset from the first cutter profile. The first plurality of cutting elements may, or may not, be greater in number than the second plurality of cutting elements. The cutting elements of the first plurality may, or may not, be greater in size than the cutting elements of the second plurality. The second cutter profile may be offset inwardly or outwardly from the first cutter profile. The second cutter profile may run along a cone section, a nose section, and/or a shoulder section of the bit. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175930 | Drill Bit With A Hybrid Cutter Profile - A drill bit is disclosed that in one aspect may include a bit body having a plurality of blade profiles thereon, a first plurality of cutting elements disposed on each blade such that at least one cutting element on a first section of each blade profile is offset relative to at least one cutting element on a second section of each blade profile so as to increase lateral stability of the drill relative to the drill bit without an offset. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175931 | AUTOMATIC WEIGHING DEVICE FOR HAIR DYE COLORANTS AND RELATED SYSTEM - A device for weighing the colorants used in the preparation of hair dyes, including a plurality of collecting bins ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175932 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUAL PULSE GENERATOR - A control system of a manual pulse generator for controlling a rotation speed and a rotation direction of a motor includes a touch panel, a timer, a coordinate calculation unit, and a wave generation unit. The touch panel receives a contact signal and generates an electrical signal according to the contact signal. The timer records the amount of time used to input the contact signal. The coordinate calculation unit calculates coordinates of each input point of the contact signal on the touch panel according to the electrical signal to determine direction of the contact signal and input speed for the contact signal. The wave generation unit generates a pulse signal to control the motor according to the direction of the contact signal and the input speed for the contact signal. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175933 | DRIVE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - In a drive apparatus having an integrated structure where a rotating electric machine and an inverter and a voltage converter for driving the rotating electric machine are integrally stored in a case, lubricant oil carried up by the rotation of the motor-generator flows into a storage chamber for a reactor from an opening. The lubricant oil flown from the opening is stored inside the storage chamber with the use of a dividing wall provided between a portion where the motor-generator is stored and the storage chamber, whereby at least part of reactor is immersed in the lubricant oil. Thus, the performance of cooling the reactor is ensured. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175934 | OPTIMISED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - A lead-acid battery comprising:—at least one negative electrode comprising lead-based battery electrode material and at least one region of capacitor material overlying the lead-based battery electrode material, each electrode being in electrical connection to an outer terminal of the battery, and—at least one positive lead-dioxide based battery electrode, each positive electrode being in electrical connection to a second outer terminal of the battery,—separator interleaving the facing electrodes;—electrolyte filling at least the space of the electrodes and separators wherein the capacitor material overlying the lead-based battery electrode material comprises 20-65% by weight of a high electrical conductivity carbonaceous material, 30-70% of a high specific surface area carbonaceous material, at least 0.1% lead and binder. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175935 | Hybrid propulsion road vehicle - A hybrid propulsion road vehicle having: a couple of rear driving wheels; a thermal internal combustion engine; a gearbox, which is arranged in rear position, receives motion from the thermal internal combustion engine and transmits motion to the rear driving wheels, and comprises a gear case housing all the moving parts; a reversible electric machine mechanically connectable to the rear driving wheels; an electric drive controlling the electric machine; and an accumulating system, which is able to store electric energy, is connected to the electric drive and is placed beside the gear case and on the opposite sides of the gear case so as not to longitudinally exceed the extension of the gear case itself. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175936 | CONTROL OF THE OPERATING MODE OF A MAIN DRIVE UNIT OF A VEHICLE IN DEPENDENCE ON BRAKE PEDAL ACTUATION - A method for controlling the operating mode of a drive of a vehicle that includes a main drive unit and an auxiliary tractive energy source. The method includes operating the main drive unit, detecting the duration of actuation of an uninterrupted actuation of a brake pedal, and detecting whether the duration of actuation is above a minimum duration by comparing the duration of actuation with a minimum duration. The main drive unit is switched off if it has been detected that the duration of actuation is above the minimum duration. Otherwise, operation of the main drive unit is continued if it has been detected that the duration of actuation is not above the minimum duration. A device for carrying out the method is also described, which includes a timer for detecting the duration of actuation and a comparator for comparing the duration of actuation with a minimum duration. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175937 | Energy Coaster wheel generator - A wheel generator capable of producing a higher amount of usable energy by allowing the system to engage when the axle the unit is mounted on is accelerated. The generator harness higher amounts of usable energy by allowing the two units of the electromagnetic system to rotate in opposite directions when engaged, driven by the clutch system, while all the unit rotates on bearings with exception to the Axle Rods. When the system disengages by the spring system the Earth Magnets rotate counter clockwise of Magnetic Wires until axle resumes acceleration and clutch re-engages or entire unit looses rotational energy due to axle remaining at a constant rest for an extended period of time. This device is not claimed to be a perpetual motion device of any kind or sort. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175938 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE DEVICE, AND A DRIVE DEVICE - A method for operating a drive device of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, which has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric machine, and at least one heatable electric accumulator, in particular a lithium ion battery, power being drawn from the electric accumulator for starting the internal combustion engine with the aid of the electric machine. It is provided that, after the start of the internal combustion engine and until the heated electric accumulator reaches a predefined minimum temperature, the electric accumulator is operated without load. Furthermore, a drive device for a vehicle, in particular for carrying out the above-described method is provided. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175939 | Bike battery and control system mounting structure - A bike battery and control system mounting structure is disclosed. A main frame tube is located between head tube and stem, having a folder attached to it which enables it to be folded, where a battery and a control system can be placed into the tube from the tube openings at folding location, and the battery and the control system are mounted therein out of sight. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175940 | BATTERY POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery positioning structure reliably positions battery modules on a vehicle chassis even when battery modules have different sizes and heights. The battery positioning structure includes a bracket having at opposite ends not only check plates which are configured to be positioned on a body of the electric vehicle but also locks at opposite side edges of the bracket, the bracket being configured to be attached to outer surfaces of the battery modules and to unite the battery modules, and bands configured to extend across the bracket, and linked to the locks at opposite ends of the bracket. The battery modules and the bracket are positioned on the body of the electric vehicle. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN - The present invention provides a signal generator device for generating an electrical signal for use in an electrolysis device. The signal comprises a waveform with a voltage, a duty cycle, and a frequency. These waveform parameters may be varied based on data received from a plurality of sensors. The signal generator may generate a second electrical signal superimposed with the first electrical signal. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175942 | MULTI-POSITION FOOTBOARD - A footboard assembly configured to be coupled to a motorcycle supported in a vertically upright position. The footboard assembly includes a footboard and a footpeg arm. The footboard is configured to couple to the motorcycle and to support a foot of a rider. A top surface of the footboard defines a foot support plane. The footpeg arm includes an attachment portion pivotally coupled to the footboard about a pivot axis that is not parallel to the foot support plane. The footpeg arm includes a footpeg portion spaced from the attachment portion. The footpeg arm pivots about the pivot axis between a stowed position, in which the footpeg portion defines a first height and a deployed position, in which the footpeg portion defines a second height higher than the first height. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175943 | Storage or Conveying System - Disclosed is a storage or conveying system comprising an electromagnetic planar motor which moves one or more conveying devices, especially movable pallets, cars, or containers mounted on wheels or rolls. The planar motor is equipped with a plurality of electromagnets which can generate suitable magnetic fields for moving the conveying device. The conveying device is designed in a passive manner with respect to the driving action of the planar motor. The transformers can be separated from one another and can be arranged to form desired geometries of the planar motor. At least one metal detecting apparatus is integrated into the planar motor. The invention allows for an extremely flexible storage system. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175944 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE HYBRID-VEHICLE - A control device for a power transmitting device for four-wheel drive hybrid-vehicle is provided capable of preventing the occurrence of negative torque resulting from power generation control of a second electric motor MG | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175945 | Emergency escape components with a glow-in-the-dark coating - A vehicle emergency egress in which one or more components are provided with a luminescent coating, such as a phosphorescent coating. Exemplary vehicle emergency egress structures include a kick-out window, an emergency escape hatch, and a vehicle door, of which at least part of the emergency release structure, such as levers and handles, would be coated with a luminescent coating. Additionally, the perimeter of the emergency egress portal could be coated, to highlight the location of the emergency exit as well as its size. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175946 | SUPERCHARGER-EQUIPPED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - An internal combustion engine for a vehicle can include a crankcase, and a supercharger disposed behind the crankcase in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body. A throttle body and an intercooler are connected in the front-to-rear direction, to an intake passage of the engine. The intake passage extends a rearward from a cylinder head, and the cylinder head protrudes substantially upward from the crankcase. The throttle body and the intercooler are connected in this order, in the front-to-rear direction. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175947 | Chainless transmission mechanism for bicycle - A chainless transmission mechanism includes a reinforcing shell capped on a front casing and locked by a lock nut to reinforce the structural strength of the front casing, a locating rod inserted into an inside locating groove of a fourth bevel gear and a second locating groove of a rear-wheel axle to prohibit rotation of the fourth bevel gear relative to the rear-wheel axle, and screw rods respectively threaded into respective screw holes on the fourth bevel gear and engaged into a first locating groove of the rear-wheel axle to prohibit axial displacement of the fourth bevel gear relative to the rear-wheel axle. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175948 | HYDRAULIC ACTUATING CIRCUIT FOR POWER-ASSISTED STEERING, AND MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A power-steering hydraulic actuating circuit for a motor vehicle, including a hydraulic fluid distributing valve including hydraulic fluid supply ports connected to a pump via lines. A mechanism restricts the cross section of hydraulic fluid flow from the pump to the port and is provided on the high-pressure line. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175949 | Porous sound absorbing structure - A porous sound absorbing structure | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175950 | ADJUSTABLE WORK PLATFORM FOR PIPE AND CASING STABBING OPERATIONS - A stabbing basket, for a rig and for supporting a worker while stabbing joints of tubular members together during running operations, comprises a frame member for mounting the stabbing basket to the rig, a platform to support the worker, a carriage to slidably mount the platform to the frame member, vertical power means for moving the carriage vertically with respect to the frame member, an articulating boom, interconnecting the platform with the carriage, said articulating boom comprising a first segment and a second segment, and at least one pivoting actuator positioned between the first segment and the second segment. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175951 | ACCESS APPARATUS - An access apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising a suspension structure, a support structure adapted to suspend said suspension structure through an access opening, and a platform assembly, the platform assembly comprising a platform structure moveable between a stowed position substantially adjacent said suspension structure and a working position extending outwardly from said suspension structure, to facilitate suspension and deployment of the access apparatus in a covered cavity or reservoir through a restricted access opening. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175952 | NOISE CONTROL STRATEGY FOR AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A method of controlling noise noticeable within an elevator car ( | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175953 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A LIFT SYSTEM - A display device for a lift system with at least one lift shaft, in which several lift cabins travel. The device comprises an allocation manager that allocates an identifier to a lift cabin carrying out a transport job and a display at a boarding location that outputs an identifier of a lift cabin. The display can simultaneously display the identifier for several lift cabins. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175954 | Two-stage slave cylinder - A two-stage slave cylinder including a housing and a bore extending within the housing. An outer piston is slidably positioned within the bore in the housing, and an outer piston chamber is defined by the bore and the outer piston. The outer piston chamber is connected to a hydraulic fluid source by a fluid passageway. A biasing mechanism acts to bias the outer piston in an unactuated position unless a force is exerted on the outer piston that is greater than the biasing force. A bore is provided in the outer piston, and an inner piston is slidably positioned therein. An inner piston chamber is defined by the bore and the inner piston, and an opening is provided in the outer piston to connect the outer piston chamber to the inner piston chamber. A valve assembly is provided within the opening in the outer piston to control the flow of fluid between the outer piston chamber and the inner piston chamber. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175955 | BRAKE DISK - A brake disk is made up essentially of a brake cup and a friction ring. The friction ring includes two friction ring halves, between which cooling channels are situated. Additional air routing elements are situated at the level between the friction ring halves. The brake disk has especially satisfactory cooling characteristics. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175956 | VISCOUS PENDULUM DAMPER - A damper that shears a fluid to dampen rotational force fluctuations and moves a plurality of masses within a fluid to dampen dynamic loading force fluctuations. The damper includes a case, a ring, a plurality of pockets, a mass, and a fluid. The case at least partially defines a case fluid cavity containing the fluid. The pockets are in the ring and the masses are in the pockets. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175957 | Rotary Damper - In a rotary damper capable of being easily assembled by reducing the remaining air inside an accommodation portion and reducing the non-uniformity of damping torque, a center shaft | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175958 | Hydrodynamic Retarder - A hydrodynamic retarder having a first blade wheel and second blade wheel concentric thereto, forming a hydrodynamic circuit grouped about a common rotary axis. Each blade wheel includes a base body and a blade arrangement fixed thereto including a plurality of blades each connected to receptacles in the base body. A first ring segment of at least one blade wheel includes at least one first blade having a flow edge facing the other blade wheel in each case, said edge having at least one extension running in a substantially straight line between the radial outer end thereof and the radial inner end thereof, and at least one second blade is provided in a second ring segment of the blade wheel, the blade having a retraction both opposite the flow edge facing the other blade wheel in each case, and opposite a protrusion protruding in the direction of the other blade wheel. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175959 | BICYCLE FORK HAVING LOCK-OUT, BLOW-OFF, AND ADJUSTABLE BLOW-OFF THRESHOLD - A bicycle fork includes a pair of fork leg assemblies, each of the leg assemblies having an upper leg telescopingly engaged with a lower leg. A damping assembly is provided in at least one of the legs. The damping assembly includes lock-out and blow-off compression circuits. These compression circuits are externally adjustable without tools. Furthermore, these two compression circuits may be adjusted independently of each other. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175960 | WHEELED SUITCASE WITH AUXILIARY WHEELS ON LEGS AND UNDERCARRIAGE THEREFOR - A wheeling frame for a suitcase which has its own rolling wheels includes a frame supporting a pair of leaning wheels arranged at ends of a pair of pivotable legs, with a first wheel arranged at the end of a first leg and a second wheel arranged at the end of a second leg. The leg positions are adjustable between a stowed position and a deployed, adjustable position extending at an angle to the frame. The legs have a movable pivoting axis and adjustable lengths. A handle system at a proximal end of the frame is adjustable in length and angle, and is operable in conjunction with the leaning wheels to roll the suitcase in a stable leaning position, to allow walking the suitcase on steps of a staircase, and to be converted into a suitcase table, to ease packing and unpacking. | 2010-07-15 |
| 20100175961 | Insulating Support for Electrical Power Supply Tracks - An insulating support for a ground electrical power supply track is provided. The insulating support is intended for a terrestrial transport system, in particular of the tramway type, and is in the form of a profile-member of insulating material which includes a substantially planar upper face intended to receive elements of the electrical power supply track and a planar lower face intended to be supported directly or indirectly on the ground. The profile-member is provided with a longitudinal groove is arranged on the upper face in order to receive a conductive track element. The profile member is also provided with a web which connects the upper face to the lower face. At least one longitudinal supply conduit intended to receive a supply line of the network extends through the web. The groove and each supply conduit are arranged centrally and symmetrically about a longitudinal center plane of the support perpendicular relative to the upper face. | 2010-07-15 |
