31st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090188617 | DOG NOSE ART - A kit and method that converts dog nose smudges deposited on a first surface into a form of dog nose art on a second surface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188618 | LOW VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND COATING - The invention relates to a water-based coating for lottery applications. The coating is a primer coating that is applied onto a foil layer of a lottery document that allows for the printing of an indicia image for purposes of a lottery game. The coating comprises a composition of an acrylic emulsion polymer such as Joncryl HR 1620, water, a mineral oil defoamer such as BYK-035, a finely micronized polypropylene wax such as Micropro 440W, and an acrylic emulsion binder such as Joncryl 624. The coating has low levels of volatile organic compounds and no known carcinogens. In addition, the coating still meets the specifications of the lottery and gaming industry. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188619 | METHOD OF MAKING MOUSE PAD - The present invention provides a method of making a mouse pad, which mainly includes heating and pressing a fiber fabric on a surface of the mouse pad to form the fiber fabric with a flat layer and a fiber layer, and then printing pattern on the flat layer of the fiber fabric to get the mouse pad with a clear pattern. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188620 | METHOD OF FORMING LAMINATED BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SENSOR ELEMENT - A method of forming a laminated body includes a first lamination step of forming a preceding lamination sheet which is substantially treated as one green sheet by laminating and bonding at least two green sheets out of a plurality of green sheets with predetermined pattern printed thereon; a printing step of printing a predetermined pattern on the preceding lamination sheet and at least one non-preceding lamination sheet which is a not used for forming the preceding lamination sheet; and a second lamination step of laminating and bonding the preceding lamination sheet and non-preceding lamination sheet, on which the predetermined pattern is printed in the printing step, in a predetermined order. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188621 | Lamination cooling system formation method - An electric motor, transformer or inductor having a cooling system. A stack of laminations have apertures at least partially coincident with apertures of adjacent laminations. The apertures define straight or angled cooling-fluid passageways through the lamination stack. Gaps between the adjacent laminations are sealed by injecting a heat-cured sealant into the passageways, expelling excess sealant, and heat-curing the lamination stack. Manifold members adjoin opposite ends of the lamination stack, and each is configured with one or more cavities to act as a manifold to adjacent passageway ends. Complex manifold arrangements can create bidirectional flow in a variety of patterns. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188622 | Hydrolytically Stable, Hydrophilic Adhesion-Promoting Monomers and Polymers Made Therefrom - Disclosed are compositions that comprise vinylarylalkylene ethers of cyclodextrins optionally containing ether-linked adhesion-promoting groups, in combination with copolymerizable monomer or monomers. The copolymerizable monomer or monomers may include vinylarylalkylene ethers of oligohydroxy compounds (for example, sorbitol divinylbenzyl ether and others). The composition further may include stabilizers (for example, 1,3,5-trimethyl-2,4,6-tris(3,5-di-(tert)-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)benzene and others), and polymerization initiators (for example, phenylbis[2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl]phosphine oxide and others) and reinforcing materials (for example, imogolite). Methods of preparing the compositions as well as the components of compositions and methods for their use in dental and other applications are also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188623 | SEPARATING SLIP-SHEETS FROM IMAGE RECORDABLE MATERIAL - A method for separating a slip-sheet | 2009-07-30 |
20090188624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING FLOW UNIFORMITY IN A PROCESS CHAMBER - Methods and apparatus for processing substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate may include a process chamber having an inner volume and an exhaust system coupled thereto, wherein the exhaust system includes a plurality of first conduits, each first conduit having an inlet adapted to receive exhaust from the inner volume of the process chamber. A pumping plenum is coupled to each of the plurality of first conduits. The pumping plenum has a pumping port adapted to pump the exhaust from the chamber. The conductance between each inlet of the plurality of first conduits and the pumping port is substantially equivalent. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188625 | ETCHING CHAMBER HAVING FLOW EQUALIZER AND LOWER LINER - A plasma processing chamber having a lowered flow equalizer and a lower chamber liner. In an etching process, the processing gases may be unevenly drawn from the processing chamber which may cause an uneven etching of the substrate. By equalizing the flow of the processing gases evacuated from the chamber, a more uniform etching may occur. By electrically coupling the flow equalizer to the chamber liners, the RF return path from the flow equalizer may run along the chamber liners and hence, reduce the amount of plasma drawn below the substrate during processing. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188626 | PLASMA JET DEVICE - A plasma jet device, comprising a dielectric container comprising a gas inlet and a plasma jet outlet, and an electrode. The electrode, which is completely covered by dielectric material, is inserted into the dielectric container and connected to the power supply. The dielectric material is in the form of a hollow tube with one end closed and another end opened. The power supply is connected to the electrode from the open end of the dielectric material. The dielectric material can also be a coated dielectric layer, which covers the electrode completely except one end for connecting to the power supply. A grounding electrode can be added downstream, outside the dielectric container or the nozzle. There also can be multiple electrodes inside the dielectric container arranged in a row or multiple rows, or in the shape of a circle or disk. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188627 | GAS MODULATION TO CONTROL EDGE EXCLUSION IN A BEVEL EDGE ETCHING PLASMA CHAMBER - The various embodiments provide apparatus and methods of removal of unwanted deposits near the bevel edge of substrates to improve process yield. The embodiments provide apparatus and methods with center and edge gas feeds as additional process knobs for selecting a most suitable bevel edge etching processes to push the edge exclusion zone further outward towards the edge of substrates. Further the embodiments provide apparatus and methods with tuning gas(es) to change the etching profile at the bevel edge and using a combination of center and edge gas feeds to flow process and tuning gases into the chamber. Both the usage of tuning gas and location of gas feed(s) affect the etching characteristics at bevel edge. Total gas flow, gap distance between the gas delivery plate and substrate surface, pressure, and types of process gas(es) are also found to affect bevel edge etching profiles. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188628 | LAY-UP APPARATUS - To provide a lay-up apparatus capable of precision positioning and laying of thin strips of copper foil or insulation tape on a flat plane even when there are variations in the cut lengths of the strips. A lay-up apparatus lays first and second strips of tape | 2009-07-30 |
20090188629 | Apparatus for Applying Labels to Containers - The invention relates to an apparatus for applying labels to containers. In one embodiment according to the invention, the process of applying the labels to the container is carried out by means of a laser unit. In another embodiment according to the invention, a cutting unit is provided for the apparatus, which cutting unit likewise uses a laser and is arranged at least partially inside a cutting roller. In preferred embodiments, the complete application process, i.e. in particular including the bonding of the end sections of the label, is carried out by means of the laser unit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188630 | Laminated Microcapsule Sheet Producing Apparatus - An apparatus capable of producing a laminated microcapsule sheet through transferring with high productivity of a drug solution of high viscosity accurately as much as a given weight while avoiding run-off from an enteric layer. There is provided an apparatus comprising edible film holding means ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188631 | Tape supplier and refill cartridge for binding apparatus - A tape supplier and a refill cartridge for a binding apparatus are disclosed, which can prevent a supply error of a tape from occurring and facilitate supply of the tape. Also, an outer surface of the tape is not contaminated by an additive when the tape is supplied. A tape cassette | 2009-07-30 |
20090188632 | MACHINE FOR BONDING FILMS MADE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN SEVERAL LAYERS, AND THE CORRESPONDING METHOD - This invention relates to a machine for bonding up to three films, possibly made of different materials, characterised in that it comprises:
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20090188633 | FOLDING PARTITIONS, COMPONENTS THEREFOR AND RELATED METHODS - Folding partitions and related methods and components are provided and may include accordion-style folding doors or partitions having multiple folding panels. In one embodiment, a folding partition includes one or more baffling devices. The baffling device may include an elongated enclosure having a first opening proximate a first longitudinal end of the elongated enclosure, a second opening proximate a second longitudinal end of the elongated enclosure, and a flow path extending from the first opening to the second opening. A sound attenuation chamber may be disposed adjacent the at least one insulative channel disposed adjacent at least a portion of the flow path. In one embodiment, the baffling device may be disposed in, or otherwise associated with, a jamb component of the partition. In another embodiment, the baffling device may be disposed in, or otherwise associated with, the hinged connection of panel sections of a partition panel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188634 | CORD LOCK WITH IMPROVED WEAR SURFACE FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL COVERING - A cord guide system for extending the life of cords in a covering for an architectural opening provides long wear surfaces made of metal or ceramic which can be retrofitted into existing cord lock systems or molded into the system. The invention provides such long wear surfaces that can be used with different cord drive systems each of which permit an operator of a covering to manipulate the covering between extended and retracted positions while locking the covering in any position between fully extended and fully retracted. Cord guide surfaces are preferably made of metal or ceramic which are harder than conventional base materials used in cord lock systems and further have higher melting temperatures than either the base material for the cord lock system or the polyester cords conventionally used in coverings for architectural openings. In this manner, wear of the cord lock itself is minimized which in turn minimizes the wear of the lift cords and extends the life thereof. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING PULP - A method of dividing a suspension, especially a fiber suspension into an accept fraction and a fraction containing impurity particles in a centrifugal cleaning plant having at least two stages. The suspension is fed to a preceding stage, wherefrom a heavier fraction of the suspension is taken as accept fraction and a lighter fraction is taken as fraction containing impurity particles. The lighter fraction containing impurity particles is fed into a latter stage of the centrifugal cleaning plant. Before being fed to the latter stage, the feed consistency of the lighter fraction is increased. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188636 | Soft tissue paper having a polyhydroxy compound applied onto a surface thereof - A tissue paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper product has a polyhydroxy compound applied thereto by slot extrusion, said polyhydroxy compound providing said tissue paper product with a Wet Burst greater than about 90 g, a Dynamic Coefficient of Friction less than about 0.9, and a Bending Flexibility less than about 0.1 gf cm | 2009-07-30 |
20090188637 | SOFT TISSUE PAPER HAVING A POLYHYDROXY COMPOUND AND LOTION APPLIED ONTO A SURFACE THEREOF - The present invention provides a paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper has a polyhydroxy compound and a lotion applied thereto. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188638 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A MATERIAL IN SHEET FORM, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FIBROUS LAYER AND SECURITY AND/OR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS - A process for manufacturing a material in sheet form, comprising at least one fibrous layer and a plurality of security and/or decorative elements, the process comprising at least one of the following steps: the security and/or decorative elements are sprayed onto one face of the fibrous layer, which is running along a predetermined direction, especially when the fibrous layer is still wet, so as to form at least one continuous pattern having at least one edge, approximately along the run direction, not entirely parallel to the run direction, and a pattern comprising a succession of separate zones, and security and/or decorative elements of at least two different types and/or having a variable concentration are sprayed onto one face of the fibrous layer, especially when it is still wet. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188639 | USE OF WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER COMPLEXES IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS - A water-soluble interjacent complex that includes a first water-soluble polymer and one or more water-soluble monomers polymerized to form a second water-soluble polymer in the presence of the first water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble interjacent complex forms a solution in water that is free of insoluble polymer particles. The interjacent complexes may be used to treat a waste sludge by adding an effective amount thereof to the waste sludge. The interjacent complexes may also be used in making paper by adding an effective amount thereof to a pulp or a forming sheet at a suitable location on a paper making machine. The interjacent complexes may further be used as a rheology modifier in aqueous systems by adding an effective amount thereof to an aqueous medium to effect a desired viscosity, rheology, or flow curve property. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188640 | Method of modifying starch for increased papermachine retention and drainage performance - A method of modifying starch with metal silicates, and the use of the modified starch in the preparation of cellulosic fiber compositions. The method further relates to cellulosic fiber compositions, such as paper and paperboard, which incorporate the starch modified with metal silicates. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188641 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING DIGESTER OR IMPREGNATION VESSEL CHIP LEVEL BY MEASURING CHIP PRESSURE - A method and system for determining chip pressure in a vessel containing a slurry of lignocellulosic material including: sensing a total static pressure of the slurry in the vessel; sensing a hydrostatic pressure of the liquor in the vessel, and determining the chip pressure based on a difference of the sensed total static pressure of the slurry and the sensed hydrostatic pressure of the liquor. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188642 | METHOD FOR MAKING A COMPRESSED STRUCTURAL FIBERBOARD - An improved method for making compressed structural fiberboard by extruding agricultural fibrous matter into said compressed structural fiberboard. The improved method of the present invention includes providing a preselected volume of agricultural fibrous matter and preconditioning the agricultural fibrous matter to have a predetermined moisture level therein. The agricultural fibrous matter is separated and cleaned, and steam is added to the agricultural fibrous matter until a predetermined level of moisture is reached within the agricultural fibrous matter. A predetermined level of borax is also added to the agricultural fibrous matter to prevent the formation of bacteria within the agricultural fibrous matter. The agricultural fibrous matter is conveyed throughout the process on conveyors having variable drives, wherein the level of the agricultural fibrous matter on the conveyors is sensed such that a signal is provided to the variable drives to adjust the speed of the conveyors in order to provide a predetermined level of agricultural fibrous matter. The agricultural fibrous matter is then extruded to form a compressed structural fiberboard. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188643 | Creping blade - A blade for creping a paper web from a dryer surface is provided, said blade having a sliding surface facing the dryer surface during use of the blade, a web impact surface upon which the paper web impacts during creping, and a working apex formed between the sliding surface and the web impact surface, wherein the working apex is located no more than 30 percent of the total blade thickness away from a neutral fiber of the blade. Preferably, the working apex of the inventive creping blade is located at or close to the neutral fiber of the blade. A method for manufacturing the blade is also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188644 | CONTROL METHOD FOR SUPPLYING INERT GAS DURING METAL MOLDING - A control method for supplying an inert gas from an inert gas source to a storage container for a molten metal through a gas feed path provided with a flow sensor for monitoring the gas flow rate and a solenoid valve for opening and closing the gas feed path for use with metal molding. The control method comprises; turning off the solenoid valve at a temperature of the storage container is equal to or lower than a preset temperature, and turning off the flow sensor; turning on the solenoid valve at the temperature of the storage container has reached the preset temperature, and turning on the flow sensor; and stopping the output of the heater of the storage container when a flow rate of the inert gas is equal to or lower than the preset amount; these steps are controlled in accordance with a command signal from a controller. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188645 | TUBE FOULING MONITOR - A method for measuring the effects of fouling of heat transfer tubes in heat exchangers where a cooling fluid at lower temperature is removing heat from another fluid at higher temperature includes placing a nonrestrictive mass flow rate and temperature measuring tube extension sensor on a tube outlet end; obtaining the tube inlet temperature for deriving the rise in fluid temperature; analytically computing the amount of heat transferred from the hot fluid to the cold fluid; from tube length, inside and outside tube diameter, analytically deriving the tube heat transfer coefficient; and determining tube fouling factor, the value of which is the fraction of the clean tube heat transfer coefficient available for transferring heat, by dividing the heat transfer coefficient by the known heat transfer coefficient of an unfouled tube. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188646 | Orientation Structure on Side Plates for Cooling Fins in Automotive Heater Core - This invention involves orientation structure on the side plate for cooling fins in automotive heater core, which belongs to the field of auto parts technology. The structure includes the side plates ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188647 | Heat Sink - A heat sink is disposed on a heat source and is made by thermal conductive material. In the heat sink is defined a vacuum airtight space. A thermal conductive material and a volatile liquid are filled in the airtight space, and a plurality of radiating fins is equidistantly arranged on an outer surface of the heat sink. Such arrangements can perform a heat exchange quickly and efficiently, and the shape of the heat sink can be changed freely. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188648 | Heat Exchanger - A heat exchanger comprises a plurality of heat exchange tubes inserted into a cleaning device. The cleaning device has the effect of movably scraping the dirt or dust accumulated in an outer side of each heat exchange tube, and a watering device is provided for spraying water to lower the temperature of the heat exchange tubes and to clean the heat exchange tubes. The cleaning device cooperates with the watering device to scrap the dirt or dust accumulated in the heat exchange tubes, clean and lower the temperature of the heat exchange tubes, so as to prevent the dirt or dust from being accumulated in the heat exchange tubes, improve the radiating effect of the heat exchange tubes and save the energy. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188649 | PYROLYTIC DECOMPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PYROLYTICALLY DECOMPOSING ORGANIC SUBSTANCES - A pyrolytic decomposition apparatus mainly comprising: an inlet system for incorporating an object; a pyrolysis system having at least one heating chamber and a heating means which pyrolytically decomposing the object within incorporated from the inlet system; a recovery and cooling system which recovers a part of the gas generated due to the pyrolytic decomposition as an oil component through a pipe; and a gas temperature adjusting system, which makes heat exchange between a part of the gas from the recovery system and a part of the gas from pyrolysis system to allow the pyrolytically decomposed gas at a prescribed temperature for flowing into the pyrolysis system is disclosed. The apparatus is characterized in that said apparatus has a nonflammable gas supply means which supply a nonflammable gas into the pyrolytically decomposed gas as a carrier gas circulated with the apparatus. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188650 | LIQUID DISTRIBUTION IN AN EVAPORATIVE HEAT REJECTION SYSTEM - A liquid distribution system for an evaporative heat rejection system that includes a heat transfer surface is disclosed. The liquid distribution system includes a plurality of liquid conduits adapted to transport liquid for distribution over the heat transfer surface, and each liquid conduit having at least one orifice. At least a first orifice in a first conduit and a second orifice in a second conduit are positioned such that when the liquid is transported under a predetermined pressure thought the conduits, the liquid is emitted from the first and second orifices in first and second streams, respectively, that collide at a collision site, thus causing liquid to be scattered from the collision site and distributed over the heat transfer surface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188651 | COOLER - A cooler includes a main body provided with a water tank for storing cooling water. The water tank is disposed therein with a water pump connected with a water pipe having its rear end provided with a spray pipe. At least one air-cooling radiating device is assembled in the main body, provided with cooling fins. A fan is fixed at an outer side of the main body. At least one wind intake is disposed at a side of the main body. At least one cooling pipe has its upper bent portion passing through the cooling fins and its lower bent portion positioned above the water tank. At least one water-blocking device abutting the air-cooling radiating device is provided with sloping plates, having air current passageways formed between sloping plates. At least one water-cooling radiating device is provided with cooling material and at least one dripping plate with many water holes. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188652 | SIDE EXIT FAUCET SERVER | 2009-07-30 |
20090188653 | Clamping Structure between Header and Side Plate of Automotive Heater Core - This invention involves clinching tabs between the header and the side plate of an automotive heater core, which belongs to the field of auto parts technology. Said structure includes the headers ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188654 | Automotive Heater Core - This invention involves a type of automotive heater core, including upper tank ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188655 | HEAT EXCHANGER FLAT TUBE WITH OBLIQUE ELONGATE DIMPLES - A flat tube for a heat exchanger having a stack of such flat tubes. The flat tube has a plurality of spaced-apart dimples formed on each of its opposite faces. At least some of the dimples on each face have an elongate plan shape, at least some of the elongate dimples being obliquely oriented such that their major axes form oblique angles with a longitudinal axis of the tube. The obliquely oriented elongate dimples are positioned such that when two of the tubes are stacked, the obliquely oriented elongate dimples on opposing faces of the tubes contact one another and the major axes of each contacting pair of elongate dimples are non-parallel to each other. Each contacting pair of elongate dimples of adjacent tubes thus forms a “cross” or “X”. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188656 | Binding Structure between Tank and Header of Automotive Heater Core - This invention involves a binding structure between tank and header of an automotive heater core, which belongs to the field of auto parts technology. Said structure includes the upper tank ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188657 | COMBINED ASSEMBLY OF FIXING BASE AND HEAT PIPE - A combined assembly of a fixing base and heat pipes includes a fixing base and at least one heat pipe. The fixing base has a plate body. The bottom surface of the plate body is formed with a transverse opening trough. The opening trough is provided with a through-hole penetrating the plate body. A longitudinal groove is provided in the opening trough at a position corresponding to that of the through-hole. One end of the longitudinal groove does not penetrate the plate body and is formed into a loose-proof section on the bottom section of the opening trough. The heat pipe has a heat-absorbing section and a heat-releasing section. The heat-releasing section penetrates to the outside of the through-hole, and the heat-absorbing section is accommodated in the opening trough. A portion of the heat-absorbing section is inserted into the longitudinal groove and stopped by the loose-proof section, and the other portion thereof is formed with a plane that is in flush with the bottom surface of the plate body. Via the above arrangement, the fixing base can be combined with the heat pipes firmly and tightly. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188658 | Compact Helical Heat Exchanger With Stretch To Maintain Airflow - A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between gasses such as air and a liquid or gaseous coolant has narrow spacing between exchanger surfaces for high efficiency. To avoid undue obstruction of gas flow due to ice buildup on the exchanger surfaces, the heat exchanger is equipped with sensors to monitor the gas flow and an actuator that widens the spacing between exchanger surfaces such that gas flow remains unimpeded. Embodiments provide for defrosting of the exchanger surfaces when an limit on spacing of exchanger surfaces is reached, and for relaxing the spacing to the original narrow spacing when defrosting is completed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A FRONT DOOR AIR TO WATER HEAT EXCHANGER - A system for cooling of electronic equipment enclosures, the system includes: enclosures with front and rear doors for holding assemblages of electronics; front and rear heat exchangers housed within each of the front and rear doors, respectively; a series of separate supply lines configured with control valves and flow control sensors that provide liquid coolant to each of the heat exchangers; a series of separate return lines configured with temperature sensors for exiting coolant from each of the heat exchangers; separate air purging valves for each of the supply and return lines; a series of spray shields for preventing coolant leaks from entering an inlet airflow, and to protect the assemblages of electronics from coolant leaks; wherein the control valves are actuated by a controller in response to readings from the temperature and flow control sensors to separately control coolant flow to each of the front and rear heat exchangers. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188660 | Heating apparatus for a household appliance for the care of laundry items and method for operating such a heating apparatus - A household appliance for the care of laundry items, which heating apparatus is embodied for generating heat by combusting gaseous media and has a device for supplying the gaseous medium to a burner, wherein a means is provided which is thermally coupled to the burner and the device and is embodied for changing a temperature of the device in order to control the flow of the medium through the device, in particular the metering unit of the device. The invention also relates to a method for operating a heating apparatus for a household appliance for the care of laundry items, in particular a gas laundry dryer. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188661 | GRAVITY DRAINAGE APPARATUS - A hydrocarbon production apparatus comprises an injection well, perforated casing, hydrocarbon viscosity reducing fluid injection tubing, a first wellbore restrictor, and a production well. The injection well is bored above the production well within a hydrocarbon reservoir below a ground surface. The injection well comprises a heel end and a toe end. The perforated casing is positioned along a length of the injection well. The hydrocarbon viscosity reducing fluid injection tubing is disposed within the injection well and has a hydrocarbon viscosity reducing fluid injection end. The first wellbore restrictor is transversely disposed within the perforated casing to control hydrocarbon viscosity reducing fluid flow along the injection well, the first wellbore restrictor being spaced closer to the toe end of the injection well than the hydrocarbon viscosity reducing fluid injection end of the hydrocarbon viscosity reducing fluid injection tubing is to the toe end. The first wellbore restrictor is movable through the injection well under control from the ground surface. This apparatus allows the propagation of, for example, the steam chamber in a steam assisted gravity drainage operation to be precisely controllable and adjustable, in order to more efficiently produce hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon reservoir. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188662 | Pressure Balanced Piston for Subsurface Safety Valves - A control system for a subsurface safety valve references the surrounding annulus to put the operating piston in pressure balance. Depending on the configuration and which seal in the system fails, the various embodiments can differ in their failure modes. With the lower end of the piston exposed to annulus pressure all failure modes close the flapper. With the lower end of the piston exposed to tubing pressure, failure of any of the seals except one will result in flapper closure. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188663 | Downhole Removable Cage with Circumferentially Disposed Instruments - A downhole drill string component is disclosed comprising a substantially cylindrical cage with a hollow bore. An inner diameter of the cage is slideably connectable to a mandrel. A stab connection originates from one end of the cage and a plurality of downhole drill string instruments is circumferentially disposed around an outer diameter of the cage. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188664 | Launching Tool for Releasing Cement Plugs Downhole - A wiper plug release tool uses a first pump down plug that lands in the tool to pressurize an internal chamber to slide a sleeve that undermines a set of dogs to allow the lower wiper plug to be decoupled from support. The shifting of this sleeve cams a second set of dogs into an internal passage in the tool to act as a landing location for a second pump down plug. Landing the second pump down plug on the now extended dogs allows a net pressure to be applied to an upper piston which shifts a sleeve to release the support for the second wiper plug. The upper piston remains in pressure balance unless the second pump down plug can be landed on the dogs that only extended because the sleeve that released the lower wiper plug had shifted. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188665 | Monitoring of Downhole Parameters and Tools Utilizing Fiber Optics - The present disclosure provides systems utilizing fiber optics for monitoring downhole parameters and the operation and conditions of downhole tools and controlling injection operations based on measurements in an injection well and/or a production well. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188666 | Method And System For Completing A Well - A technique facilitates the detection and measurement of formation properties with various measurement devices, such as logging tools. The technique comprises locating a standard tubular in a well such that the standard tubular extends to a zone of interest with respect to a logging procedure. A transparent tubing is attached to the standard tubing so as to extend along the zone of interest. Additionally, a protective material is directed to the region adjacent the transparent tubing to protect the transparent tubing from detrimental contact with deleterious well fluid. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188667 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBONS BY IN-SITU COMBUSTION - A system and a method for recovering hydrocarbons from a reservoir containing hydrocarbons, by in-situ combustion. The system includes a primary liquid production wellbore having a substantially horizontal primary production length extending through the reservoir, a vent well in fluid communication with the reservoir at a venting position which is relatively higher in the reservoir than the primary production length, an injector apparatus in fluid communication with the reservoir along an injection line in the reservoir which is relatively higher in the reservoir than the primary production length and relatively lower in the reservoir than the venting position, and an injection gas source connected with the injector apparatus. The method includes providing the system, injecting an injection gas containing oxygen into the reservoir to cause combustion of hydrocarbons contained in the reservoir, producing hydrocarbon liquid from the primary liquid production wellbore, and venting combustion gases from the vent well. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188668 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FLUID PROPERTIES - A downhole fluid sample container includes a fluid sample container detachably coupled to a downhole sub, the fluid sample container having an internal chamber for receiving the downhole fluid. At least one semimetal (for example, silicon or germanium) window is coupled to the fluid sample container, the window being substantially transparent to electromagnetic energy wavelengths within a selected band. A method includes transmitting electromagnetic energy from an electromagnetic energy source to downhole fluid through at least one semimetal window in a container, receiving an electromagnetic energy response with a spectrometer, and estimating the downhole fluid property based at least in part on the electromagnetic energy response. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OIL AND/OR GAS - A system for producing oil and/or gas from an underground formation comprising a first array of wells dispersed above the formation; a second array of wells dispersed above the formation; wherein the first array of wells comprises a mechanism to inject a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation while the second array of wells comprises a mechanism to produce oil and/or gas from the formation for a first time period; and wherein the second array of wells comprises a mechanism to inject a remediation agent into the formation while the first array of wells comprises a mechanism to produce the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation from the formation for a second time period. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188670 | Additives for High Alumina Cements and Associated Methods - The present invention includes methods and compositions that include a composition comprising a high alumina cement; a salt comprising at least one salt selected from the group consisting of an acidic salt, a neutral salt, and a low basicity salt; and a swellable clay; and methods of using that composition in subterranean formations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188671 | JUNCTION HAVING IMPROVED FORMATION COLLAPSE RESISTANCE AND METHOD - A junction includes a borehole casing having a window therein; a diverter disposed within the casing and aligned and oriented with the window, the diverter having at least one profile along a longitudinal edge thereof; and a hanger assembly having a window therein, the window having an edge receivable by the at least one profile, the profile supporting the hanger assembly and method. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188672 | Diverse Bubble Size Generation - Method and apparatus for producing a bubble curtain with a diversity of bubble diameters for purposes such as suppressing surface-related multiple reflections in marine seismic surveys. Bubble generating elements are used that combine porous wall material with discrete holes. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188673 | PLUNGER LIFT SYSTEM FOR WELL - A plunger lift system has a bumper and a landing positioned in tubing below a safety valve of a well. A plunger moving between the bumper and landing lifts columns of liquid above the plunger when pushed by downhole pressure. A valve on the plunger's housing is movable between open and closed positions to either permit or prevent flow through the plunger. When the plunger engages the landing, a striker rod on the landing opens the valve permitting fluid communication through the plunger to a sales line at the surface. The valve is biased to the closed position to prevent fluid communication through the plunger. When the plunger is disengaged from the striker rod, the valve closes so that application of downhole pressure can again move the plunger uphole. A controller cycles the plunger between the bumper and the landing by controlling fluid flow in the well. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING BUCKLING DURING A GRAVEL PACKING OPERATION - A technique is provided for preventing buckling of a service tool assembly during a sand control operation in a wellbore. A completion assembly and a service tool assembly are positioned in a wellbore. An anti-buckling mechanism is positioned to limit the buckling load effects that can otherwise be experienced by the service tool assembly during the sand control operation. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188675 | DRILLING RIGS WITH APPARATUS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A rig for wellbore operations which has a rig floor, at least one mat on the rig floor, and energizing apparatus in or on the at least one mat for energizing wave-energizable apparatus on an item movable with respect to the rig. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2009-07-30 |
20090188676 | Large Inside Diameter Completion with Position Indication - A completion assembly has a packer for isolation and indicating shoulders incorporated into a sleeve mounted uphole of the packer. Locating the indicating shoulders above the packer allows them to be larger than placement below the packer where the assembly generally has to neck down to permit operations such as gravel packing. Placement above the packer makes the indicating shoulders less restrictive to subsequent production flow or for passage of tools further down the wellbore. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188677 | SMALL FOOTPRINT DRILLING RIG - A method and apparatus for a moving a floor structure relative to a base structure is provided. The apparatus includes a base structure having an opening for a well head, a floor structure coupled to the base structure by a plurality of support members, and a drive mechanism disposed on the floor structure, the drive mechanism providing motive force to the support members for moving the floor structure relative to the base structure in a single first direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188678 | Float collar and method - A float collar | 2009-07-30 |
20090188679 | Fitting Plate for an Animal Shod Hoof - The fitting plate ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188680 | Removable Horseshoe Clip - A removable horseshoe clip for temporarily placement on a horseshoe during the fitment process to secure the horseshoe against slipping or rotational movement during nailing, and method of use. The removable horseshoe clip includes an inner retaining clip sized to engage the inner peripheral edge of a horseshoe, a broad base for seating against the bottom surface of the horseshoe, and an outer retaining clip adapted to abut the outer peripheral edge of a horseshoe and the outer surface of a hoof wall. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188681 | Powder agitating device for fire extinguisher - A fire extinguisher includes a container having a chamber for receiving a dry chemical agent, a cover attached to the container and having a passage for allowing the dry chemical agent to flow out of the cover, and an agitating device received in the container for agitating the dry chemical agent and for preventing the dry extinguishing agent from being hardened. A rod is rotatably received in the container and extended out of the container and includes an agitator, and a hand wheel is secured to the rod for rotating the rod and the agitator relative to the container. A carrier is rotatably attached to a seat for supporting the container and for adjustably securing the container to the seat at selected angular positions. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188682 | Fire extinguishing system for a casing - A fire extinguishing system for a casing, preferably an electronics casing, consisting of an extinguishing agent container, in which the extinguishing agent is stored, and a control device for the flow of extinguishing agent is provided, wherein a preferably cuboid extinguishing agent container ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188683 | Flow sensor and actuator - An arrangement for testing a fire suppression sprinkler system includes a conduit for supplying a flow of fire suppression fluid to at least one sprinkler. A sensor is configured to sense the flow of the fire suppression fluid to the at least one sprinkler. The sensor has a first condition indicative of a predetermined volume of flow of the suppression fluid to the at least one sprinkler and a second condition indicative of a volume of flow of the fire suppression fluid to the at least one sprinkler less than the predetermined volume of flow. An actuator causes the sensor to be in the first condition or the second condition. A signaler provides an indication to a user that the sensor is in at least one of the first condition and the second condition. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188684 | Land Clearing Rake - The invention is a land clearing rake that is typically mounted on a moldboard on a conventional bulldozer. The land clearing rake pivots about a shaft that is horizontally connected to the front of the moldboard. The rake is comprised of teeth connected to each other by heavy-duty plates between each of the teeth. The teeth may be arranged in one or more sections wherein the sections can be simultaneously raised or lowered by winches mounted on the moldboard. The winches are remotely controlled from the operator's seat. Thus, the land clearing rake is capable of being quickly raised or lowered by the operator while the earth moving equipment is moving back to prepare for another forward move. The ability to quickly transition between raking and grading modes significantly improves the efficiency of land clearing operations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188685 | Soil Spreading Scraper Device - A soil spreading scraper device comprises a cutting blade for cutting a top layer of soil from the ground, a kicker for throwing the cut soil rearward from the cutting blade, and an impeller member rotatable within a plane of rotation extending upward and rearward from the cutting blade for capturing the soil thrown by the kicker and spreading the cut soil generally radially outward relative to an axis of rotation of the impeller. A gearbox which receives power from a power takeoff of a towing vehicle directly drives the rotation of the impeller member in the preferred embodiment. The blades of the impeller members may include recessed portions adjacent the impeller axis in some embodiments to encourage soil being received in the impeller member even at higher rates of rotation, for example in the range of 250 to 320 RPM. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188686 | Method for controlling percussion device, software production, and percussion device - A method and software product for controlling a percussion device belonging to a rock-drilling machine, and a percussion device. The impact frequency of the percussion device is set so that the percussion device forms a new compression stress wave to the tool always when reflected waves from the previous compression stress waves reach a first end of the tool. This requires that the impact frequency be set proportional to the propagation time of the stress wave, whereby the length of the used tool and the propagation velocity of the stress wave in the tool material are to be noted. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188687 | Vibration generator for a vibration pile driver - A vibration generator for a vibration pile driver has imbalance masses that can rotate and which are disposed on shafts. The rotational position of the imbalance masses can be adjusted relative to one another. A control and regulation circuit is provided, which has the following components: a memory unit for storing ground composition data sets or task-specific default data sets with defined operational characteristic variables; sensors for continuous detection of the defined operational characteristic variables; an evaluation unit for comparing the operational characteristic variables that are determined with the operational characteristic variables of the selected default data set; a regulation device for regulating the vibration generator; and a control device for controlling the means for adjusting the rotational position of the imbalance masses relative to one another. The vibration generator is part of a vibration pile driver. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188688 | CONTROL MECHANISM FOR A POWER TOOL - A speed adjustment mechanism for a power tool is disclosed. The mechanism includes a support, a first toothed gear for rotation by means of an adjustment dial, and a second toothed gear rotatable by means of the first toothed gear and connected to a potentiometer which is connected to a speed control circuit. Limited movement of the first and second toothed gears relative to each other is possible to reduce transmission of impacts from the adjustment dial to the speed control circuit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188689 | HAMMER DRILL - A hammer drill having an outer housing defining a handle is disclosed. The tool includes transmission housing including a drive mechanism and a motor, wherein the transmission housing is moveably mounted in the outer housing by means of arms for movement relative to the outer housing along a non-linear path between a first position, corresponding to no force being applied by a user to the outer housing of the tool, and a second position, corresponding to the user applying a force to the outer housing when the working member of the tool engages a workpiece. Springs bias the transmission housing towards the first position. The direction of travel of the drive mechanism relative to the outer housing at a particular point on the non-linear path is arranged to coincide with the direction of the dominant vibration occurring in the drive mechanism relative to the outer housing when a particular force is applied to the outer housing to move the drive mechanism relative to the outer housing to that point on the non-linear path against the biasing force of the biasing means. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188690 | AUTO CLEAT DRIVER - The present invention is an operatively connectable hammer tool that is sole-operated by an electric-hammer. The said invention is to forcibly guide the drive cleat in the joining of two rectangular sheet metal ducts. Wherein the slot having parallel sides with horizontal restrictions operatively connectable to an electric hammer as means of forcibly guiding the drive-cleat, Where as the slot having two parallel sides with cross-drilled openings as means to connect the said invention to the said drive cleat, using vibrations energized by an electric hammer to hook and drag, removing the said drive cleat. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188691 | HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR POWER TOOL - A handle assembly for a power tool is disclosed. The handle assembly has a handle ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188692 | MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR HANDLE FOR POWER TOOL - A mounting assembly for moveably mounting a handle of a power tool to a housing of the power tool is disclosed. The mounting assembly has a metal bar ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188693 | Electrical-Outlet Faceplate with Hinged Cover Doors - A childproof electrical outlet faceplate with hinged cover doors includes a rectangular frame for covering an electrical outlet with a pair of sockets. The frame has an opening in its center through which a screw is extended to attach the faceplate to the outlet. The faceplate is similar in size to a standard faceplate and is installed in place of it and includes two hinged cover doors fitting over the respective sockets. These cover doors are opened and closed by means of a spring activated locking bar. The faceplate also has a disguised flip door located at the right side bottom of the faceplate. When the flip door is open it gives access to a dummy spring button which, when pushed, does not open the cover doors. Rather, there is another upward spring button which, when pushed by someone's finger, moves a vertically moving slide that catches and releases hooks for the hinged cover doors from a locking bar. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188694 | FLEXIBLE CONDUIT WITH VISUAL IDENTIFICATION - An electrical conduit having a flexible metal tubular structure having an outer sheathing and an interior hollow area. An electrical conductor is housed in the interior hollow area. A visible indicia is applied to the outer sheathing and extends along at least a portion of the metal tubular structure where the visible indicia corresponds to at least one characteristic of the conduit or electrical conductor housed therein. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188695 | NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH NANOSTRUCTURES - The invention provides nanostructures, being arrays of nanosized filamentary material such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and other nanomaterials and especially to such materials connected to a substrate such as at least one top electrode and one bottom electrode, and to a method for manufacturing such nanostructures. A device according to the present invention comprises a first and a second layer ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188696 | Bonding wire for semiconductor device - The present invention provides a bonding wire improved in formability of a ball part, improved in bondability, good in loop controllability, improved in bonding strength of a wedge connection, securing industrial production ability as well, and mainly comprised of copper which is more inexpensive than gold wire, that is, provides a bonding wire for a semiconductor device comprised of a bonding wire having a core material having copper as its main ingredient and a surface covering layer over the core material and of a conductive metal of a composition different from the core material, characterized in that the surface covering layer has as its main ingredients two or more types of metals selected from gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, silver, and nickel and the surface covering layer has a concentration gradient of one or both of a main ingredient metal or copper in the wire radial direction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188697 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS - Transparent conductors with nanowires having silver oxide complexes and methods for fabricating such transparent conductors are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a transparent conductor comprises a substrate and a transparent conductive coating disposed overlying the substrate. The coating comprises silver nanowires at least a portion of which has a silver oxide complex formed on or within surfaces thereof. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188698 | ELECTRIC CABLE AND INSULATOR SELF-LOCKING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION THEREOF - The insulator comprises a lower bell shaped portion, an intermediate annular waist portion and an upper saddle portion for receiving and supporting an electric transmission overhead cable. An axial blind bore opens at its lower end for receiving an upstanding support pin. The saddle portion includes a transversely-curved groove, substantially normal to the axial bore, and jutting parts on each side of the cable receiving groove and laterally protruding from the waist portion. Each jutting part has an external face which is provide with a partly annular groove, generally coaxial with the bore and of greater radius than that of the waist portion. These annular grooves are adapted to positively retain the inturned flanges of a cable retaining clasp despite an upward force or a laterally upwardly directed force exerted by the cable on the clasp. The waist portion can still be used for attaching the electric wire by a tie-wire. The clasp includes male/female joints at each of its two downwardly curved arms that automatically interlock with each other when a sufficient biasing force is applied thereon by a pneumatic tool deforming the clasp arms, drawing the registering flanges of the latter toward one another to lock the insulator to the overhead electric cable. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188699 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board includes a base and a signal trace laid on the base. The signal trace includes a plurality of straight line segments parallel to the first fibers. The signal trace is laid on the base in such a manner that the line segments of the signal trace mapped on the base partly superpose the first fibers and partly superpose gaps between two adjacent first fibers. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188700 | Electrode substrate having conductive layers with different properties made of conductive materials with different properties formed on transparent base material - An electrode substrate of the present invention includes a first conductive layer made of a first conductive material and a second conductive layer made of a second conductive material formed on a transparent base material, wherein the first conductive layer is formed on the transparent base material, the second conductive layer is formed on the transparent base material to cover the first conductive layer, both the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer form a fine wiring pattern, the second conductive layer has a width not less than 1.5 times and not more than 300 times that of the first conductive layer, and the second conductive material has a light transmissivity higher than that of the first conductive material, and a conductivity lower than that of the first conductive material. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188701 | Inorganic powder, resin composition filled with the powder and use thereof - The present invention relates to an inorganic powder having a frequency-size distribution with multiple peaks, wherein the peaks are present at least in the particle size regions from 0.2 to 2 μm and from 2 to 63 μm, preferably with the maximum particle size being 63 μm or less, the average particle size being from 4 to 30 μm, and the mode size being from 2 to 35 μm. The inorganic powder of the present invention is useful as a filler for a high thermally conductive member in electronic component-mounted circuit board required to have electrical insulating property and heat radiating performance, in that a heat radiating member comprising the powder can have thermal conductivity, the powder can provide a resin composition having excellent withstand voltage characteristics for forming an insulative composition into a thin film and can be filled in the resin composition at a high density so as to improve heat radiating performance of the resin composition. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188702 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An embodiment of a flexible printed wiring board includes: a base layer comprising one surface and the other surface, the one surface being exposed; a signal layer formed on the other surface of the base layer; a cover layer stacked on the base layer to cover the signal layer; and a ground layer coated on the cover layer to cover the signal layer, the ground layer comprising a conductive paste in which metal powder and metal nanoparticles are mixed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188703 | MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multilayer wiring board includes a multilayer wiring substrate having a concave portion which accommodates an electronic component. The multilayer wiring substrate has multiple insulation layers, multiple conductive circuits, multiple vias and an electromagnetic shielding layer. The conductive circuits are separated by the insulation layers and electrically connected through the vias. The electromagnetic shielding layer has a roughened surface and formed along one of a bottom surface and side surfaces of the concave portion in the multilayer wiring substrate. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188704 | MOUNTING SUBSTRATE - A mounting substrate includes a substrate, a bonding pad and an induction heating pad. The bonding pad is formed on the substrate, and adhered to a solder ball to mount a semiconductor chip on the substrate. The induction heating pad is disposed adjacent to the bonding pad, the induction heating pad being induction heated by an applied alternating magnetic field to reflow the solder ball. The induction heating pad having a diameter greater than a skin depth in response to the frequency of the applied alternating magnetic field is selectively induction heated in response to a low frequency band of the alternating magnetic field. Accordingly, during a reflow process for a solder ball, the semiconductor chip may be mounted on the mounting substrate to complete a semiconductor package without damaging the mounting substrate, to thereby improve the reliability of the completed semiconductor package. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188705 | Construction of Reliable Stacked Via in Electronic Substrates - Vertical Stiffness Control Method - A stacked via structure for reducing vertical stiffness includes: a plurality of stacked vias, each via disposed on a disc-like structure. The disc-like structure includes a platted through hole landing supporting the plurality of stacked vias. The platted through hole landing includes a compliant center zone; and spring-like stiffness-reducing connectors for connecting the compliant center zone of the platted through hole landing. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188706 | Interconnection element for electric circuits - An interconnection element and method for making same is disclosed. The interconnection element may include a plurality of metal conductors, a plurality of solid metal bumps and a low melting point (LMP) metal layer. The solid metal bumps overly and project in a first direction away from respective ones of the conductors. Each bump has at least one edge bounding the bump in at least a second direction transverse to the first direction. The low melting point (LMP) metal layer has a first face joined to the respective ones of the conductors and bounded in the second direction by at least one edge and a second face joined to the bumps. The edges of the bumps and the LMP layer are aligned in the first direction, and the LMP metal layer has a melting temperature substantially lower than the conductors. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188707 | Method and Apparatus for Manufacture of Via Disk - Aluminum filled via disks are manufactured utilizing a plurality of drilled substrates placed into a metal can in a stacked, interdisposed assembly with a corresponding number of graphite molds. Aluminum infiltration ingots are added and the can is heated to a temperature to melt the ingots. The molten aluminum is pressurized so that it flows into the vias. The substrates are then cooled, removed from the can, separated from between the graphite molds, and the flat surface faces are ground and polished to expose the filled vias. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188708 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a multilayer printed circuit board including preparing a substrate board having a conductor circuit formed over the substrate board, forming an interlayer resin insulating layer on the conductor circuit formed over the substrate board by press laminating on the conductor circuit a film comprising a cycloolefin resin under vacuum or reduced pressure, and forming a via hole connecting to the conductor circuit through the resin insulating layer, the forming of the via hole including plating the via hole to fill up. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188709 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A substrate includes a functional element. An insulating first film forms a cavity which stores the functional element, together with the substrate, and includes a plurality of through-holes. An insulating second film covers the plurality of through-holes, is formed on the first film, and has a gas permeability which is higher than that of the first film. An insulating third film is formed on the second film and has a gas permeability which is lower than the second film. An insulating fourth film is formed on the third film and has an elasticity which is larger than the third film. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING FILLED VIAS AND PLATED THROUGH HOLES - Methods and apparatus for creating a filled, backdrilled plated through hole in a printed circuit board are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method includes defining a hole in a printed circuit board panel. The hole has a first surface, and includes at least a first portion and a second portion. The method also includes plating the first surface with a conductive material, to create a plated surface, and removing at least a first area of the plated surface. The first area of the plated surface is associated with the second portion, and removing the first area of the plated surface includes expanding a size of the hole associated with the second portion. Finally, the method includes filling the hole with a non-conductive material. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188711 | GROUND STRADDLING IN PTH PINFIELD FOR IMPROVED IMPEDANCE - High-speed communication links are improved by having differential pairs of traces in a connector pinfield on layers of a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) to straddle respective rows of reference (ground) pins rather than the respective rows of signal vias. Thus, a desirable increase in the size of each an anti-pad to surrounding each signal via pad can be incorporated without forcing tracing of adjacent differential pairs closer to one another, and thus increased cross talk is avoided. Thereby, 50 ohm or close to 50 ohm impedance for each signal via is achieved. Spacing and routing between traces of each differential pair are advantageously adjusted for skew compensation and impedance optimization utilizing three dimensional computational electromagnetic tools. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188712 | Flexible Multilayer Printed Circuit Assembly with Reduced EMI Emissions - A flexible multilayer printed circuit assembly with shield fences. The flexible multilayer printed circuit assembly with multiple conductive layers includes logic ground vias that connect logic ground plane layers together, and shield vias that connect a top and a bottom shield plane layer together. Each of the shield fences is formed between the shield vias on an outside perimeter of each of the conductive layers. Each of the shield fences contains the logic ground vias inside, and also contains each corresponding conductive layer in the horizontal direction to which each layer extends. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188713 | HIDING CABLES RUNNING ALONG A SURFACE - A structure ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188714 | THERMOSTATIC APPARATUS AND COVER - Provided is a cover used for a thermostatic apparatus including an inner chamber enclosed with a plurality of walls and a temperature/humidity controller for controlling temperature and humidity in the inner chamber. The cover forms a space with a wall of the plurality of walls by being attached to the wall so as to cover a hole provided in the wall. The cover includes a opening through which a cord-shaped body passes the cord-shaped body extending from the outside of the inner chamber to the inside thereof through the hole, a peripheral part being in hermetic contact with the wall; a contact part being in hermetic contact with the cord-shaped body in the opening; and a sealant being in hermetic contact with the hole. The cord-shaped body is led through the sealant in hermetic state, and a part of the cord-shaped body is housed in the space. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188715 | INSULATOR DISK FOR SUPPORTING A LINEAR CONDUCTOR, AND AN ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SUCH A DISK - An electrical insulator disk has central recesses and peripheral recesses to enable the disk to be mounted floatingly relative to flanges between which the disk is held and to a linear conductor that extends through the disk. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188716 | Detecting device and manufacturing method of detecting device - To provide a detecting device that is capable of securing flexibility in mounting and after mounting detectors such as antennas, and a manufacturing method of the detecting device. In the detecting device, a plurality of receiving antennas A | 2009-07-30 |