| 31st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
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| 20120193131 | METAL BASE CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The metal base circuit board according to the present invention includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer provided on the metal substrate, and a conductive foil for circuit formation that is provided on the insulating layer. The metal substrate has a thermal conductivity of 60 W/mK or more and a thickness of 0.2 to 5.0 mm. The insulating layer is formed using an insulating material composition in which an inorganic filler having a thermal conductivity of 30 W/mK or more is dispersed in a non-anisotropic liquid crystal polyester solution. According to the present invention, a metal base circuit board can be provided that can be applied in an inverter and applications requiring high heat dissipation properties, and that has high thermal conductivity, as well as having high thermal stability and electrical reliability. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193132 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH EXPANSION FEATURE - An electronic system is provided including forming a substrate having a radiating patterned pad, mounting an electrical device having an external interconnect over the radiating patterned pad with the external interconnect offset from the radiating patterned pad, and aligning the external interconnect with the radiating patterned pad. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193133 | HERMETIC CIRCUIT RING FOR BCB WSA CIRCUITS - A wafer-scale assembly circuit including a plurality of metal interconnect layers, where each metal layer includes patterned metal portions and where at least some of the patterned metal portions are RF signal lines. The circuit further includes at least one benzocyclobutene layer provided between two metal interconnect layers that includes at least one trench via formed around a perimeter of the benzocyclobutene layer at a circuit sealing ring, where the trench via provides a hermetic seal at the sealing ring. The benzocyclobutene layer also includes a plurality of stabilizing post vias formed through the benzocyclobutene layer adjacent to the trench via proximate to the sealing ring and extending around the perimeter of the benzocyclobutene layer, where the stabilizing vias operate to prevent the benzocyclobutene layer from shrinking in size. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193134 | Circuit Interconnect with Equalized Crosstalk - Systems and methods are provided a circuit interconnect. In one embodiment of the disclosure, the circuit interconnect includes a dielectric layer. A parallel synchronous bus is disposed on the dielectric layer. The parallel synchronous bus includes at least four conductive traces. The conductive traces are non-uniformly spaced from one another along a portion of the bus where the conductive traces are physically aligned in parallel so that crosstalk interference among the conductive traces is equalized across the conductive traces. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193135 | Through-Hole-Vias In Multi-Layer Printed Circuit Boards - Example multi-layer printed circuit boards (‘PCBs’) are described as well as methods of making and using such PCBs that include layers of laminate; at least one via hole traversing the layers of laminate, and a via conductor contained within the via hole, the via conductor comprising a used portion and an unused portion, the via conductor comprising copper coated with a metal having a conductivity lower than the conductivity of copper. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193136 | Folding Methods for Making Frames of Board Level Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shields - Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of methods of making frames for electromagnetic (EMI) shielding apparatus. An exemplary method generally includes forming a frame to have at least a first frame portion, a second frame portion, and a common sidewall including at least a portion shared by and connecting the first and second frame portions. The second frame portion is repositioned from being disposed within a footprint of the first frame portion to outside the footprint of the first frame portion. Another exemplary embodiment includes a frame having first and second frame portions. The second frame portion is of a size sufficient to fit within an interior region defined by the first frame portion. The first and second frame portions share at least a portion of a common sidewall having a bendable hinge portion that connects the second frame portion to the first frame portion. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193137 | EMI-Shielding Solutions for Computer Enclosures Using Combinations of Two and Three-Dimensional Shapes Formed in Sheet Metal - The present invention provides a configuration of a computer-chassis containment or other electromagnetic device method for manufacture in which a “one-hit” solution may be implemented to provide adequate electromagnetic interference shielding (EMC shielding) and is configured such that shielding gaskets, “spoons” or other excessive structures may be reduced or eliminated completely. Patterned sinusoidal “patterns” that are stamped, molded, cut, or extruded into one or more sides of a “box” provide sufficient EMI shielding, such that the need for gaskets is reduced or eliminated. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193138 | ENCLOSURE COOLING APPARATUS - An enclosure that includes a box structure that includes a plurality of sides defining a sealed chamber for containing a heat producing component. At least one of the sides of the box structure includes a panel. The panel includes two outer sheets and an inner layer of material sandwiched between the two outer sheets. The two outer sheets and the inner layer of material collectively define a plurality of fluid flow channels extending from a first end of the two outer sheets to a second end of the two outer sheets. Heat generated by the heat producing component is transferred to at least one of the outer sheets which transfers the heat to fluid flowing through the fluid flow channels. The panel can be the main load bearing path of the box structure. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193139 | SURFACE MOUNT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a surface mount device to be mounted on a base member, including plural lead units, each of the plural lead units including, a lead including a body portion and a foot formed at an end of the lead; a solder portion formed at the foot of the lead to protrude toward the direction of the base member to have a summit portion, and a diffusion prevention portion provided on the lead for preventing a diffusion of a solder along the body portion of the lead. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193140 | Wire Bushing - A bushing is provided for a wire. The bushing includes a polymeric body that extends a length from an end to an opposite end. The body includes a pre-coiled shape wherein the body includes at least one coil defined between the ends. The body is biased to the pre-coiled shape and is flexible such that the body is configured to be at least partially unwound from the pre-coiled shape, against the bias, for wrapping the body around the wire. The body is resiliently unwindable from the pre-coiled shape such that the body is configured to at least partially return to the pre-coiled shape as the body is wrapped around the wire. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193141 | HEAD PART FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device is proposed. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element establishes, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, at least in part. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The electrical bushing includes at least one head part. The head part includes at least one plug connector element that enables electrical connection of at least one plug element from the external space to the plug connector element. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193142 | POWER CABLE TERMINATION FOR AERIAL CONNECTION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POWER CABLE TERMINATION FOR AERIAL CONNECTION - A power cable termination for aerial connection houses an end of a power cable and a conductor extension rod connected to an end of a conductor of the cable in a bushing. The bushing is filled with an insulating filler. The insulating filler is composed of any one of: (1) a mixture of a silicone oil and a silicone rubber; (2) a mixture of a silicone oil and a silicone gel; and (3) a mixture of silicone oil, a silicone rubber and a silicone gel. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193143 | PRE-VERIFICATION OF PERFORATION ALIGNMENT - A perforating system, comprising a perforating gun with shaped charges, and a pre-detonation orientation apparatus and method. The pre-detonation orientation device comprises an orientation device in communication with the firing means of the perforating gun. Detonation of the shaped charges can be contingent upon the perforating gun orientation. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193144 | MAGNETIC RANGING SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A DRILLING PROCESS - The invention relates to a ranging system ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193145 | Vibrating Downhole Tool - Disclosed is an apparatus for vibrating a downhole drill string operable to have a drilling fluid pumped therethrough. The apparatus comprises a tubular body securable to the drill string and having a central bore therethrough, a valve in the tubular body for venting the drilling fluid out of the drill string and a valve actuator for cyclically opening and closing the valve. The method comprises pumping a drilling fluid down the drill string and cyclically venting the drilling fluid through the valve so as to cyclically reduce the pressure of the drilling fluid in the drill string. The valve can comprise a tubular body port and a corresponding rotor port selectably alignable with the tubular body port as the rotor rotates within the central bore. The valve actuator can comprise at least one vane on the rotor for rotating the rotor as the drilling fluid flows therepast. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193146 | Vacuum Assisted Drill Cuttings Dryer and Handling Apparatus - A vacuum assisted drill cuttings dryer and handling apparatus has a vacuum tank and an associated vacuum pump and motor configured for use with a high speed centrifugal dryer. Cuttings are drawn from the shaker of a drilling rig into the centrifugal dryer by means of a vacuum created in the centrifugal dryer by the vacuum tank and an associated vacuum pump and motor. The dryer is provided with sealable exit doors that may be opened and closed in sequence to allow removal of the cuttings even as cuttings are drawn in to the centrifugal dryer. A fluids collection chamber in communication with vacuum lines between the vacuum tank and centrifugal dryer collects fluids drawn from the centrifugal dryer. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193147 | Fluid Path between the Outer Surface of a Tool and an Expandable Blade - In one aspect of the invention, an expandable tool for an earth boring system comprises a through bore configured to accommodate drilling fluid. A blade is configured to extend and retract out of an outer surface of the tool. A secondary fluid pathway connects the bore with an interface between the outer surface of the tool and a surface of the blade. The secondary pathway directs drilling fluid through the interface. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193148 | NON-MAGNETIC DRILL STRING MEMBER WITH NON-MAGNETIC HARDFACING AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method for applying a non-magnetic, abrasive, wear-resistant hardfacing material to a surface of a drill string member includes providing a non-magnetic drill string member formed of a non-magnetic material, the drill string member having an outer surface. It also includes providing a non-magnetic hardfacing precursor material comprising a plurality of non-magnetic, sintered carbide pellets and a non-magnetic matrix material; heating a portion of the non-magnetic hardfacing precursor material to a temperature above the melting point of the matrix material to melt the matrix material. It further includes applying the molten non-magnetic matrix material and the plurality of non-magnetic, sintered carbide pellets to the exterior surface of the drill string member; and solidifying the molten non-magnetic matrix material to form a layer of a non-magnetic hardfacing material having a plurality of non-magnetic, sintered carbide pellets dispersed in the hardfacing material. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193149 | DRILL BIT WITH ENHANCED HYDRAULICS AND EROSION-SHIELD CUTTING TEETH - Disclosed is a rolling cone drill bit with inner row cutting teeth having portions shielded with an erosion-resistant material that differs in material properties from the tooth's core portion that is more impact resistant. The tooth includes shielding on at least a portion of the upstream end and along portions of the flanking surfaces. It includes shield-free portions on the flanks between the root and the tooth crest. Most of the tooth's perimeter is made of the core material and is free of shielding. Gage row teeth may be angled and form a channel to direct drilling fluid from the gage region of the borehole to locations where the inner row teeth are generating most cuttings. Nozzles are provided with non-uniform orientations. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING LUBRICANT PRESSURE PULSATION WITHIN A ROTARY CONE ROCK BIT - A drill tool includes a bit body, at least one bearing shaft extending from the bit body and a cone mounted for rotation on the bearing shaft. An outer bearing surface of the bearing shaft includes a non-loading zone. A first groove and a second groove are formed in the outer bearing surface at the non-loading zone. The first and second grooves are both circumferentially offset from each other and axially offset from each other. One or more of the grooves includes an opening for making a fluid connection to an internal lubricant channel within this bearing shaft. The circumferential and axial offsetting of the first and second grooves define a plurality of attenuation zones that function to restrict propagation of a cone pumping pressure pulse towards a sealing system of the drill tool. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING LUBRICANT PRESSURE PULSATION WITHIN A ROTARY CONE ROCK BIT - A drill tool comprises includes a bit body, at least one bearing shaft extending from the bit body and a cone mounted for rotation on the bearing shaft. The bearing system for the tool includes a radial thrust bearing from which cone pumping pressure pulsation originates. A lubricant sealing system including an annular seal gland and a seal ring retained within the annular seal gland functions to retain lubricant in the bearing system. The tool further includes a lubricant cone pumping pressure restrictor system formed by an annular gland (separate from the annular seal gland) and a pressure restricting ring retained within the annular gland. The lubricant cone pumping pressure restrictor system is positioned between the radial thrust bearing system and the lubricant sealing system and is adapted to attenuate cone pumping lubricant pressure pulsation from acting on the seal ring retained within the annular seal gland. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193152 | CUTTING TOOL INSERTS - An insert ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193153 | SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PROVIDING AN AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY - A semi-autonomous vehicle couplable to a parent vehicle is described, and includes a chassis supported on first and second axles coupled to a plurality of wheels, a propulsion system configured to transfer torque to one of the wheels, a steering system configured to control direction of travel of the semi-autonomous vehicle, a braking system configured to apply braking force to the wheels, a high-voltage electrical energy storage system, an extra-vehicle communications system, and an extra-vehicle sensory system. A control system operatively couples to the propulsion system, the steering system, and the braking system. A coupling device is configured to electrically couple the semi-autonomous vehicle to the parent vehicle, the coupling device consisting essentially of a high-voltage DC electrical power bus electrically coupled to the high-voltage electrical energy storage system. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193154 | SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PROVIDING CARGO SPACE - A semi-autonomous vehicle includes a chassis having a repository on a plurality of wheels, a propulsion system, a steering system, a braking system, an extra-vehicle communications system, and an extra-vehicle sensory system. A control system of the semi-autonomous vehicle is operatively coupled to the propulsion system, the steering system, and the braking system and signally connected to the extra-vehicle sensory system and the extra-vehicle communications system. A non-load-bearing coupling mechanism of the semi-autonomous vehicle includes a connector, a flexible mechanical link element and a communications link. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193155 | SPORTS TYPE, SADDLE TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A drive wheel is intermediation driven by an additional element, while achieving a reduction in cost by making use of a plurality of existing motors. A drive motor as a drive source includes a plurality of motor bodies arranged coaxially with and adjacently to each other in the vehicle width direction to permit integral driving thereof, and is disposed forwardly of a pivot for a swing arm supporting the driving wheel. One end in the vehicle width direction of a drive shaft of the drive motor is made to be an output end for output to the driving wheel, and a drive sprocket for power transmission to the driving wheel is provided at the output end. The center of the drive motor in the vehicle width direction is disposed with an offset to the side opposite to the side of the drive sprocket with reference to the vehicle body center. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193156 | AIR GUIDE PLATE FOR AUTOMOBILE AND SEALING STRUCTURE - An air guide plate is provided which can easily realize stable sealing properties with respect to an automobile part disposed near the air guide plate and which can provide a structure in which the air guide plate and the automobile part are not collided, at a low cost. The air guide plate | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193157 | SUSPENDED CAB ROLLOVER PROTECTION SYSTEM (ROPS) ATTACHMENT FOR A 4WD AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR - A cab suspension device for an agricultural tractor comprising a pair of concentrically aligned tubes co-axially arranged around a conventional cab suspension spring apparatus. One of the pair of tubes is connected to the tractor frame while the second is attached to the cab frame. The lengths of the tubes are shorter than the static length of the spring apparatus to allow limited telescoping movement of the tubes during dynamic compression of the spring apparatus without causing contact between the tube ends and the opposing tractor and cab frames. The dynamic extension during telescoping movement of the spring apparatus is controlled by a spring retainer. An annular space between the tubes allows for limited lateral displacement of the spring apparatus without causing contact between the tubes. The limits are configured to permit normal operational movement of the spring apparatus without contact of the tubes. During vehicle roll over events, the normal operational loads of the spring apparatus are exceeded and the tubes will come in contact with one another and/or the opposing frame. The tubes and the spring retainer provide a rigid load transfer path for ROPS loads from the cab to the vehicle frame. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193158 | SUSPENSION ARCHITECTURE FOR A SNOWMOBILE - A rear suspension architecture is provided for coupled rear suspension systems. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193159 | FOLDABLE SEAT MOUNTING RACK AND FOLDABLE MOTORIZED VEHICLE HAVING SAME - A foldable seat mounting rack of a foldable motorized vehicle includes a pair of symmetric foldable seat mounting support. Each symmetric foldable seat mounting supports comprises: an upper mounting base, a lower mounting base, a pinion, a locking lever, a main connecting plate, a first and a second auxiliary connecting plates. The main connecting plate is pivoted on both upper and lower mounting bases. The pinion is pivoted at a middle portion on an inner side of the main connecting plate. Side surfaces at one end of the both auxiliary connecting plates are formed with racks engaging with the pinion. The first auxiliary connecting plate is pivoted on the lower mounting base and the second auxiliary connecting plate is pivoted on the upper mounting base. One end of the locking lever is pivoted on the upper end of the main connecting plate, and the other end presses against the pinion. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193160 | HANDLEBAR FOLDING MECHANISM AND FOLDABLE MOTORIZED VEHICLE HAVING SAME - A handlebar folding mechanism for a foldable motorized vehicle comprising: (a) a mounting base, (b) a first connecting member and a second connecting member, each having a connection portion and a locking portion, (c) a first locking lever and a second locking lever, (d) a steering axial rod and (e) a first steering handlebar and a second steering handlebar, each of the steering handlebar having an inside end and outside end, wherein the connection portions of the connecting members are connected to the inside end of the first steering handlebar, the locking portions of the connecting members are pivoted on the mounting base, the locking levers are retractably mounted in the mounting base to control the rotation of the connecting members. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193161 | Motorcycle rear-wheels transmission and suspension system - A rear-wheels transmission and suspension system, adapted for modifying a two wheeled motorcycle into a motorcycle containing two rear wheels, includes a suspension device, a rear axle and a transmission device. The suspension device includes a supporting frame longitudinally extending along the central axis of a construction frame and pivotally connected with a seat portion of the construction frame of the motorcycle for supporting the rear axle at the rear end the supporting frame while defining a transmission cavity after a rear end of the supporting frame and at a central position behind an output of said engine along the central axis of the construction frame. Therefore the transmission device is able to be supported by the rear axle in the transmission cavity to transmit a rotation output from the engine to drive the rear axle to rotate for driving the rear wheels to rotate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193162 | SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - In a saddle type vehicle having a swing type power unit swingably supported on the vehicle wherein the vehicle length can be made shorter. A motorcycle includes a link mechanism extending to the rear from a body frame through a link pivot. The swing type power unit includes an engine. A rear wheel is supported rotatably and swingably on the link mechanism. A cross frame extends between a pair of left and right lower frames with a link restriction section for restricting the turning amount of the link mechanism hanging downwardly from the cross frame. The link pivot is disposed under the lower frames. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193163 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - An ATV is disclosed having a frame, a seat supported by the frame, front and rear wheels supporting the frame, a drivetrain supported by the frame, and an operator's compartment extending generally between the seat and a front enclosure. The front enclosure extends forwardly to a position proximate an axial centerline of the front wheels. Front lower alignment arms have an inner end and an outer end. Front struts have a shock absorber and a hub portion, where the front struts are coupled to the front lower alignment arms at a lower end of the front struts and the frame at an upper end. A steering mechanism is positioned forward of the axial centerline of the front wheels and is coupled to the front struts. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193164 | SADDLE SEAT TYPE VEHICLE - A technique for suppressing the stay of liquefied fuel in a purge pipe in a saddle seat type vehicle having a canister for adsorbing fuel gas. A motorcycle includes a center tunnel above which a foot passage space for allowing the passage of an operator's foot in riding the vehicle is formed and a fuel tank located inside the center tunnel on the front side of an engine. The center tunnel is provided so that a lowermost point of the foot passage space is higher in level than a connection point where a purge pipe is connected to an intake pipe, and the center tunnel has an inclined portion inclined upward from the lowermost point toward the front end of the vehicle. A purge control valve is located at a position on the front side of the lowermost point and higher in level than a canister. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193165 | Apparatus for Receiving Shock Loading - A fall restraint system includes a cable for attachment to a fall restraint harness assembly of a worker. The cable can be attached to a boom arm cantilevered on a mast carried from the ground or can be stretched between two points on opposed walls. A shock absorber is provided for absorbing at least part of the shock forces so as to reduce the loading applied to the support system. This comprises an elongate member with a movable member or sleeve mounted on it for longitudinal movement. The movement is resisted by a friction brake or a compressible material contained within a tube so that the sleeve moves along the tube in response to loads exceeding the normal load to reduce the loading on the cable while compressing the material in the tube. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193166 | Descender with Self-Acting Brake - A descender ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193167 | TELESCOPING PULL-DOWN ATTIC LADDER - An attic ladder system includes an upper portion that can be extended above the attic floor and a lower portion that can be extended into a room below the attic. The upper portion can extend automatically into the attic upon extension of the lower portion, or may be operated independently of the lower section. Ladder extension can be telescopic or by unfolding of sections. Retraction of either or both ladder portions may include a pivoting capability to reduce vertical height when stored. A gap can be provided between lowest the rungs to avoid danger to a user's hands. Embodiments can be used to access the top of a vehicle roof from within the vehicle. Embodiments can support a user weighing up to 300 pounds. A gas spring can assist in lifting and stowing the lower portion. Pivot latches can secure the ladder in its stowed and deployed configurations. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193168 | PORTABLE SAFTEY DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one or more aspects, a portable safety device operable to be deployed adjacent to a work surface. The portable safety device may include a rail and a locking device disposed with the rail and operable to secure the rail to the work surface. According to one or more aspects or embodiments, the device may include a signal member operationally connected to the rail to provide a visual indicator that the rail is secured to the work surface. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193169 | DETERMINING ELEVATOR CAR POSITION - Elevator car position information can be determined based at least in part on readings from a sensor attached to the elevator car. The sensor readings provide movement information for the car. Some elevator installations are also configured with additional sensors for calibrating the sensor attached to the elevator car. The disclosed technologies can be used with, for example, an elevator installation that is being modernized. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193170 | System Having Multiple Cabs in an Elevator Shaft - An elevator system which utilizes four or more independently moving cabs in each elevator shaft. The lower cabs are connected to four spatially separated counterweights at four different counterweight connection points. The connection points are horizontally shifted on different cabs in order to prevent interference between cables, pulleys and counterweights. The top cab may be connected to one or two counterweights by connection points on the roof of the cab. The cabs are mounted on two tracks, each track on one side of the elevator shaft. The system includes a motor attached to each of the cabs by lift cables to facilitate the independent movement of all cabs. Existing buildings can be retrofit for compatibility with the present invention. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193171 | MEASURING ARRANGEMENT, MONITORING ARRANGEMENT, AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a measuring arrangement, an elevator system and also a monitoring arrangement for measuring the movement of an elevator car. The measuring arrangement includes identifiers disposed at set points in the elevator hoistway, each of which identifiers contains at least one property to be measured, which property to be measured is made to be variable in the direction of movement of the elevator car. The measuring arrangement includes at least one measuring apparatus, fitted in connection with the elevator car and arranged to move along with the elevator car in the elevator hoistway. The measuring apparatus is arranged to separately read the property to be measured of each aforementioned identifier after the measuring apparatus has moved in the elevator hoistway to the reading point individual for the identifier to be read. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193172 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC BRAKE - The invention relates to a conveyor system comprising a transport device ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193173 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system including an authentication device by which a user before boarding an elevator car performs personal authentication, a destination floor registration device which automatically performs destination floor registration when personal authentication has been performed by the authentication device, a group controller which assigns an elevator to the registered destination floor, and an indication device which indicates the assigned machine number. When the machine number of the elevator assigned by the group controller is successively indicated, the indication device provides indications to each user by a prescribed method which permits discrimination between preceding and succeeding indications even when the machine number is the same. Thereby, the registration of a destination floor is performed during passage of a prescribed place, and a user who passes the above-described prescribed place can recognize the machine number of the elevator assigned to the user. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193174 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR AND ROPE SLIP DETECTION METHOD - In a safety system for an elevator, slip detection means detects a slip between a drive sheave and a main rope. A safety gear is mounted to a car, the safety gear being electrically operated by an actuator to cause the car to make an emergency stop regardless of whether a running direction of the car is upward or downward. A safety gear controller cuts power supply to a hoisting machine motor and causes the safety gear to make a braking operation upon detection of the slip between the drive sheave and the main rope by the slip detection means. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193175 | HEAT DISSIPATION PLATE - The present invention provides a heat dissipation plate which includes a heat dissipator and two elastic plates. The heat dissipation plate is adapted to be disposed in a bicycle disc brake. The elastic plates are fixed to the heat dissipator, and the elastic plates are disposed in the bicycle disc brake so as to fix the back panels of the brake linings in the disc brake. Thereby, the elastic plates of the present invention can conduct the heat, which is generated when braking, to the heat dissipator, so that it can prevent the brake linings from overheating when braking. The overheated brake linings may make the disc brake fail to stop the bicycle; therefore, the present invention can enhance the safety of the bicycle disc brake. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193176 | Brake System Comprising A Retractor - A brake system is provided, the brake system having a brake valve having a first mode and a second mode. A retractor is in fluid communication with the brake valve, and a brake assembly is in fluid communication with the retractor. When the brake valve is in a first mode, the brake assembly engages, and when the brake valve is in a second mode, the brake retractor disengages the brake assembly via a fluid vacuum. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193177 | ELECTRIC BRAKE APPARATUS - The present invention provides an electric brake apparatus capable of maintaining predetermined control accuracy despite wear of a brake pad and other changes over time. The electric brake apparatus compares an estimated thrust force corresponding to a predetermined rotational position of an electric motor, which is calculated from an electric current/thrust force conversion function, with a reference thrust force based on a rotational position/thrust force table indicating a relationship between the rotational position of the electric motor and a thrust force of a piston to correct and update the electric current/thrust force conversion function, thereby maintaining predetermined control accuracy despite wear of the brake pad and other changes over time. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193178 | ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE DEVICE - In an electric parking brake device, the force line of a motion transmitting force at a contact portion between a motion transmitting member and an intervention member is located inside of an outer surface of an engaging portion between a screw shaft member and a nut member. Thus, when a linear motion of the screw shaft member causes the parking lever to pivotally move, no floating takes place at the engaging portion, so that a one-side hitting can be prevented at the engaging portion. Therefore, the parking lever can be pivotally moved smoothly. Further, one surface of the motion transmitting member contacting the intervention member takes a curved surface to suppress a slippage in the movement that the parking lever is pivotally moved. Therefore, the motion transmitting force by the motion transmitting member can be prevented from becoming an offset load, realizing a smooth pivot movement of the parking lever. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193179 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR WITH INTEGRATED PASSIVE DAMPER - An electromagnetic actuator ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193180 | VIBRATION-DAMPING SHEET, METHOD FOR DAMPING VIBRATION OF VIBRATING MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A vibration-damping sheet includes a resin layer formed from a plurality of resin compositions having different glass transition temperatures; and a constraining layer laminated on the resin layer. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193181 | FREEWHEEL ARRANGEMENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CRANK-CVT - A freewheel arrangement, in particular for a crank-CVT, which has an inner ring, an outer ring, which can be rotated relative to the inner ring in at least one direction of rotation and which is arranged radially around the inner ring, several cam-shaped clamping elements, which have a foot area and a head area and are arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring in a cage and can be acted on in the direction of the inner ring by a radially inwardly directed spring force of a spring. The spring is a double-acting torsion spring, which simultaneously acts on the head area and the foot area of adjacent clamping elements and presses the clamping elements radially inward. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193182 | STATOR TABS FOR STAKING - A stator assembly including a stator body having an axially outer surface, wherein at least one raised pod extends axially from the axially outer surface in a first axial direction, a side plate substantially engaged with an inner diameter of the stator body for holding a one-way clutch assembly within the stator body, wherein the side plate is at least partially located axially within stator body, wherein the at least one raised pod is operatively arranged to be compressed in a second axial direction, the second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction, and wherein compressing the at least one raised pod deforms the at least one raised pod to extend radially to form at least one radial tab, wherein the at least one radial tab overlaps the side plate for securing the stator body and the side plate together. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193183 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATED TORSION LOCK - A torsion lock may include a clutch, a spring, and a shape memory alloy (SMA) member. The spring may cause the application of pressure on the clutch for engagement thereof. The SMA member may linearly contract when heated in a manner to relieve the pressure on the clutch for disengagement thereof. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193184 | CLUTCH MECHANISM WITH OVERLOAD PROTECTION - A clutch mechanism with overload protection provided between a power input shaft and a power output shaft of an actuator includes a magnet set including at least a first magnet and a second magnet that are arranged as magnetically attractive to each other and are attached to the power input shaft and the power output shaft, respectively; and a friction assembly including a first friction member and a second friction member arranged adjacent to each other and between the first magnet and the second magnet, so as to provide a constant friction between the magnets. The magnet set and the friction assembly jointly set a limit of a torque between the power input shaft and the power output shaft. When the torque exceeds the limit, the power input shaft and the power output shaft are disconnected, so as to achieve overload protection. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193185 | CLUTCH MEMBER ADAPTED TO REMAIN ENGAGED IN A FIXED POSITION WHILE UNDER A HEAVY LOAD - A releasable gear type spline clutch can couple a shaft to a wheel rotatably mounted on the shaft. The clutch comprises an annular clutch member axially mounted on the shaft. Mating external and internal first splines are provided respectively on the shaft and the dutch member, and mating external and internal second splines are provided respectively on the clutch member and the wheel. The pitch diameter of the second splines is greater than the pitch diameter of the first splines, and the pressure angle of the first splines is greater than the pressure angle of the second splines. The clutch member is axially shiftable between a disengaged position at which the second splines are out of mesh, and an engaged position at which the second splines are meshed. The first splines are meshed in both the engaged and disengaged positions. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193186 | Transmission Clutch Assembly - The present disclosure relates to a vehicle transmission having a clutch assembly with a plurality of corrugations formed with respect to a hydraulic feed path for an apply piston. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193187 | VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device has an engine, a transmission, a clutch device and a clutch operating mechanism which operates the clutch device to drivingly connect the engine to the transmission. The clutch operating mechanism has a clutch drum secured to the outer circumferential surface of an input shaft of the transmission and holding a second clutch section which is engageable with a first clutch section held on an input member of the clutch device to which a driving power of the engine is transmitted. The clutch drum has a drum chamber, a fixed plate closing an opening of the drum chamber, a piston surrounded by the clutch drum and partitioning the drum chamber into a hydraulic chamber and a spring chamber, and an urging element provided inside the spring chamber to be surrounded by the clutch drum and urging the piston. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193188 | ENGINE START STOP APPLICATIONS FOR SOLENOID PUMPS - A solenoid pump and associated hydraulic circuitry are intended for use in automatic transmissions capable of engine start stop (ESS) operation. In a first embodiment, a solenoid pump provides pressurized hydraulic fluid to respective inputs of two way check valves. The other inputs are provided with controlled hydraulic fluid from a transmission valve body. The outputs of the check valves are provided to those hydraulically operated torque transmitting devices associated with first gear. The solenoid pump is activated when the transmission is in gear and the engine is stopped to maintain hydraulic pressure in those actuators associated with first gear in order that a first gear vehicle launch may be quickly and smoothly achieved when the engine is restarted. A second, similar embodiment provides hydraulic fluid to actuators associated with reverse gear. A third embodiment includes a solenoid pump and a latching solenoid valve both communicating with a hydraulic supply between a variable output solenoid valve and a hydraulic actuator in an automatic transmission which maintains clutch pressure by compensating for leaks in the hydraulic components. In a fourth embodiment, a solenoid pump provides pressurized hydraulic fluid to the exhaust backfill circuits of one or more hydraulic operators in an automatic transmission. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193189 | DEVICE FOR STORING MAILPIECES ON EDGE - A storage device for a mail-handling machine, said storage device comprising a mailpiece-receiving deck along a longitudinal edge of which a referencing wall extends, and through which a conveyor belt passes for the purpose of conveying mailpieces along said referencing wall from an inlet of the device towards a sloping surface against which said mailpieces accumulate, and a skid-forming part that is supported by a structure secured to said storage device and that comes to press against said stack of mailpieces substantially over the entire length of said stack, so as to jog the top of said stack. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193190 | BILL DEPOSIT/WITHDRAWAL MACHINE - Provided is a means for stably accumulating the bills to be paid out to a customer. A bill press ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193191 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GROUPING PIECE GOODS - A transfer wheel for grouping rod-shaped or tubular objects is disclosed, consisting of at least two segments ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193192 | OVERHEAD CONVEYOR AND DRIVE CHAIN FOR THE OVERHEAD CONVEYOR - A drive chain of an overhead conveyor for transporting hanging articles. The drive chain comprises a plurality of traction rod elements connected by coupling elements. Each traction rod element comprises a base body extending substantially along a conveying direction and having a first longitudinal end and an opposite second longitudinal end, which respectively comprise a connection section into which a connection bolt is insertable. The base body comprises a frictional engagement section for interacting in a frictional-engaged manner with a drive wheel of a friction roller drive, which drive wheel is forced against the frictional engagement section to move the drive chain in the conveying direction. The base body further comprises a positive engagement section for interacting with spaced synchronization units to prevent displacement of neighbouring traction rod elements in the conveying direction by a positive engagement. The displacement is adjusted variably between the neighbouring traction rod elements. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193193 | Closed door circuit breaker racking extension - A closed door circuit breaker racking extension assembly is provided which enables a circuit breaker contained within a cell of a switchgear enclosure to be racked-in or racked-out without opening the cell door and without fear of explosive gases and debris being discharged from the cell through the extension assembly of this invention in the event of an arc-fault explosion. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193194 | INTERLOCKS FOR WITHDRAWABLE BREAKERS - A circuit breaker interlock apparatus can include a circuit breaker, a first moveable arm that is moveable when the circuit breaker is open, a second moveable arm pivotally coupled to the first moveable arm that is movable when the first moveable arm is moveable and a blocking arm, configured to interlock with the second movable arm. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193195 | ROLLING-BALL SWITCH - A rolling-ball switch includes a surrounding wall defining an axial hole and including two opposite open ends, and two metallic terminals plugged in the axial hole respectively from the open ends. The surrounding wall has an inner surface formed with two spaced-apart first annular recesses proximate to the open ends, respectively, and two spaced-apart second annular recesses respectively adjacent to the first annular recesses but distal from the respective open ends. Each terminal has an insert portion inserted into the axial hole, and axially spaced-apart first and second barbed surfaces formed annularly around the insert portion. The first barbed surface is engaged to a respective first annular recess. The second barbed surfaces of the metallic terminals are engageable respectively with the second annular recesses when the terminals expand due to heat. A ball member is disposed rollably in the axial hole to contact the terminals. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193196 | ENHANCED RETURNING ELASTICITY MICRO SWITCH - An enhanced returning elasticity micro switch includes a base and a cap mounted thereon to form a housing compartment therebetween. The base is run through by a first pin and a second pin. The first pin has an anchor portion in the housing compartment to couple with a conductive member. The conductive member has a lower contact portion and swings when being pressed. The second pin has a first contact in the housing compartment. The first contact has an inclined surface connected to the lower contact portion during swing of the conductive member. The inclined surface is located at an elevation tapered towards the anchor portion. Hence the contact area between the conductive member and second pin increases, and adhesion force between the conductive member and second pin during power transmission decreases. Returning elasticity of the conductive member increases, and resistance against depression of the conductive member decreases. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193197 | ENHANCED WITHSTAND VOLTAGE MICRO SWITCH - An enhanced withstand voltage micro switch includes a base and a cap covering the base. The cap has a press element movable up and down. The base has a conductive member depressed by the press element and a connecting section extended upwards. The base also includes a first contact, and a second contact extended from the connecting section and located above the first contact. The conductive member is swung during up and down movement of the press element to connect with the first or the second contact. The connecting section has an isolation portion jutting sideward between the first and second contacts to prevent generation of a conductive layer caused by connection of the conductive member with the first and second contacts on the connecting section. Thus secured insulation can be formed between the first and second contacts to withstand a higher voltage test. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193198 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device is provided for a wall element, such as a door, flap, or window, in particular for a vehicle, having a first housing part, which is positionable or positioned in or on the wall element, having a second housing part, which is particularly disc-shaped or plate-shaped, having a sealing apparatus, which is positionable or positioned at least between the first housing part and the second housing part and fixes the first housing part and the second housing part on one another so they are movable relative to one another, and having a switch element, which is positionable or positioned between the first housing part and the second housing part and can be actuated by a movement of the second housing part relative to the first housing part. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193199 | DUST-PROOF SWITCH FOR MACHINE TOOLS - A dust-proof switch for a machine tool which has a handgrip with an aperture to hold a driving switch movable up and down and a control bar hinged thereon to generate a pivotable stroke to press the driving switch. The handgrip is coupled with a dust-proof cover which has an opening to couple on the driving switch and a press portion formed on the perimeter of the opening to press the handgrip and seal the aperture. Thereby during operation of the machine tool, dust can be prevented from entering the machine tool through the driving switch and the aperture to maintain steady operation of the machine tool and enhance the lifespan thereof. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193200 | SWITCH MODULE - A switch module is provided with a circuit substrate that has a metal dome sheet mounted on a surface thereof which is arranged in opposition to a key substrate, a light guiding sheet that is arranged between the key substrate and the circuit substrate, an LED, and a reflector that makes the light emitted from the LED incident into the light guiding sheet from an end thereof, wherein key parts are able to be illuminated by the switch module. At an inner side of the reflector in the light guiding sheet, there is formed a printed pattern of white ink for scattering light on an optical path of the light which transmits through a first surface from the vicinity of an edge portion of the reflector. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193201 | SPRING-OPERATED MECHANISM HAVING DELAY CIRCUIT - A hydromechanical stored-energy spring mechanism is provided for operating at least one switching contact of a circuit breaker, for example, in a high-voltage switching system. The hydromechanical stored-energy spring mechanism includes a hydraulically operated close-open (CO) delay circuit configured to delay triggering of a switching process of the circuit breaker, and an electromechanical actuator provided in place of a hydraulic operation of the CO delay circuit. The electromechanical actuator generates a mechanical time delay or acceleration over an extended temperature range. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193202 | KEY STRUCTURE OF KEYBOARD DEVICE - A key structure of a keyboard device includes a scissors-type connecting member and a base plate. The base plate includes a base plate fixing hook, a base plate sliding hook and a stopping structure. The entrance of the base plate fixing hook and the entrance of the base plate sliding hook face the same side. Due to the configurations of the base plate, the scissors-type connecting member can be easily assembled within the base plate fixing hook and the base plate sliding hook. In addition, the scissors-type connecting member can be fixed on the base plate by using the base plate fixing hook and the stopping structure. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193203 | CARBON NANOTUBE BASED KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first substrate includes a first upper surface and a first lower surface. The second substrate is located apart from the first substrate and includes a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The second upper surface faces the first lower surface. The first electrode layer is located on the first lower surface and includes a first conductive layer including a carbon nanotube layer structure. The second electrode layer is located on the second upper surface and includes a second conductive layer. A number of keys is located on the first upper surface or the second lower surface. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193204 | CARBON NANOTUBE BASED KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The first substrate includes a first upper surface and a first lower surface opposite the first upper surface. The second substrate is positioned apart from the first substrate and includes a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The second upper surface faces the first lower surface. The first electrode layer is positioned on the first lower surface and includes a number of first conductive layers disposed apart from each other and including a carbon nanotube layer structure. The second electrode layer is positioned on the second upper surface and includes a second conductive layer. A number of keys is positioned on the first upper surface or the second lower surface. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193205 | CARBON NANOTUBE BASED KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first substrate includes a first upper surface and a first lower surface opposite the first upper surface. The second substrate is positioned apart from the first substrate and includes a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The second upper surface faces the first lower surface. The first electrode layer is positioned on the first lower surface and comprises a plurality of first conductive layers disposed apart from each other and including at least one lead wire. The second electrode layer is positioned on the second upper surface and includes a second conductive layer including a carbon nanotube layer structure. A plurality of keys is positioned on the first upper surface or the second lower surface. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193206 | KEYPAD APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A keypad apparatus for a portable communication device in which a plurality of pressurizing protrusions are integrated with a plurality of dome switches is provided. To this end, the keypad apparatus includes a keypad comprising a plurality of key buttons, a front frame provided on a top surface of the keypad, a light path provided on a bottom surface of the keypad, and a plurality of dome switches provided on a bottom surface of the light path, such that a respective plurality of pressurizing protrusions are integrated with the plurality of dome switches on top surfaces of the plurality of dome switches. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193207 | ENCRYPTION KEYBOARD - An encryption keyboard is provided, especially an encryption keyboard including a front spying and detecting protection system. The encryption keyboard comprises a panel and a main control panel. A sealed flexible printed circuit board (PCB) is set between the panel and the main control panel. A circuit for preventing from spying and detecting is set in the sealed flexible circuit. The circuit for preventing from spying and detecting is connected to the surface of the sealed flexible circuit through a circuit pin, and is connected electrically to the control circuit of the main control panel for realizing a self-destroyed function through the circuit pin. The keyboard also includes a split style key grain, which comprises a keycap and a press post. The keycap comprises a cap top and an admission space which is positioned on the undersurface of the cap top and includes a downward opening. The keycap sockets the press post through the admission space, and a gap matching is formed between the press post and the wall of the admission space. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193208 | DOME SWITCH DEVICE - A dome switch device enables electric contact by pressing of a central region or even any other region of a dome sheet formed to extend in a longitudinal direction with the same result regarding the amount of electrical contact. The dome switch device preferably includes a dome sheet extending along a longitudinal direction and having conductivity and a contact module provided on a substrate such that a plurality of both-pole (two-pole) contact portions are arranged alternately along the longitudinal direction of the dome sheet, in which the contact module, when being pressed regardless of where along the dome sheet is pressed, whether being pressed on a central region thereof or any other region other than the central region, electrically contacts the dome sheet with a high quality electrical contact. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193209 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH MOVABLE BUTTONS - A mobile communication terminal includes a body and a front portion; the body including a button portion with button actuators protruding on a lower surface thereof and a board disposed below the button portion and with switches protruding on an upper surface thereof. The button portion and/or the board are slidable with respect to the body if the front portion is moved. The switches are horizontally arranged in parallel with respect to the button actuators with the button actuators in a closed state. The switches are vertically arranged in series with respect to the button actuators in and open state. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193210 | PROJECTIVE CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A projective capacitive touch sensor structure includes following elements. Two second transparent patterned electrodes are disposed on a substrate and located at two sides of a first transparent patterned electrode. A bridging wire strides over the first transparent patterned electrode and electrically bridges the second transparent patterned electrodes to form a conducting wire. A transparent dielectric pad is disposed between the bridging wire and the first transparent patterned electrode. A dielectric portion of the transparent dielectric pad located above the first transparent patterned electrode and the second transparent patterned electrodes includes an upper surface, a lower surface and an inclined side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, an area of the upper surface is 70%-95% of an area of the lower surface, and an included angle between the inclined side surface and the lower surface is an acute angle. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193211 | User Interface System and Method - One embodiment of the user interface system comprises: A tactile layer defining a tactile surface touchable by a user and plurality of deformable regions operable between a retracted state, wherein the deformable regions are flush with an undeformable region of the tactile layer; and an expanded state, wherein the deformable regions are proud of the undeformable region. A substrate joined to the undeformable region and defining a fluid port per deformable region and a fluid channel. A displacement device displacing the fluid through the fluid channel and the fluid ports to transition the deformable regions from the retracted state to the expanded state. A first and a second pressure sensor detecting changes in fluid pressure within the fluid due to a force applied to a particular deformable region. A processor determining the particular deformable region to be location of the input force based upon the detected fluid pressure changes. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193212 | METHOD FOR TREATING BIOMASS MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR USING HEAT ENERGY - A method of treating biomass material, which can achieve volume reduction or carbonization of biomass material can be achieved at extremely low cost, is disclosed. The method of treating biomass material to achieve volume reduction or carbonization of one type or more of biomass material which is selected among food scraps, livestock excreta, agricultural waste products, marine waste products and forest waste products in a pressurizable and heatable container, includes: placing the biomass material in the container; setting an initial condition of the container after placing the biomass material, the initial condition including all of (a) an atmosphere in the container having oxygen, (b) a temperature range in the container being equal to or greater than 55 degree Celsius and equal to or less than 80 degree Celsius, (c) a pressure range in the container being equal to or greater than atmospheric pressure and equal to or less than 15 atmospheric pressure and (d) carbon monoxide concentration being equal to or greater than 100 ppm; increasing temperature of the biomass material over 80 degree Celsius under the initial condition; setting a continuation condition after initiating increase in the temperature of the biomass to over 80 degree Celsius under the initial condition, the continuation condition including (i) the atmosphere in the container having oxygen, (ii) the pressure range in the container being equal to or greater than atmospheric pressure and equal to or less than 15 atmospheric pressure and (iii) a carbon monoxide concentration in the container being equal to or greater than 100 ppm; and maintaining the continuation condition, in order to spontaneously increase temperature of the biomass material over at least 150 degree Celsius, and achieve volume reduction or carbonization of the biomass material. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193213 | Compact Evaporator for Modular Portable SAGD Process - A modular portable evaporator system for use in a Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) systems having an evaporator, with a sump comprising an oil skimming weir, a short tube vertical heat exchanger including an outer shell containing the short tubes provided for lower water circulation rate. A system further having, external to the evaporator, a compressor compressing evaporated steam from the tube-side of the heat exchanger and routing to the shell side of the same exchanger, a distillate tank to collect hot distilled water, a recirculation pump to introduce liquids from the sump into the heat exchanger and an external demister protecting the compressor from liquid impurities. The evaporator system receives produced water from the process into the sump and provides cleaned hot water to the boiler. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193214 | PROCESS FOR PURIFYING CHLOROSILANES BY DISTILLATION - The invention relates to a process for purifying chlorosilanes by distillation, which includes providing a boron-containing mixture of chlorosilanes containing TCS, DCS and STC and purifying the mixture of chlorosilanes by distillation in a plurality of distillation columns, wherein low-boiling boron compounds are branched off from the distillation columns by means of overhead streams containing boron-enriched DCS and high-boiling boron compounds are branched off by means of a boron-enriched bottom stream containing high boilers. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A SYNGAS - Treating a synthesis gas includes generating a plasma jet from a non-transferred arc torch having a main axis, the jet having a propagation axis substantially collinear with the torch main axis. The plasma torch is mounted on a feed enclosure. The syngas is received at an inlet port of the feed enclosure, downstream from the plasma torch and feeding the syngas so the flow encounters the plasma jet to mix the syngas and plasma jet in a distribution chamber. The mixture is propagated in a reactor downstream from the feed enclosure to convert the syngas into an outlet gas. The reactor is in communication in its upstream portion with the feed enclosure through a flared segment, and has a longitudinal axis that is substantially collinear with the propagation axis of the plasma jet. The outlet gas is extracted via an outlet port and particles are captured by a submerged conveyor. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193216 | SUBSTRATE COOLING DEVICE, SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A substrate cooling device includes: a substrate holding stage including a recess defining a space between a substrate mounting unit and a substrate mounted on the substrate mounting unit; a holding member that exerts a pressing force against the substrate holding stage so as to fix the substrate to the substrate holding stage; a refrigerator connected to the substrate holding stage; a coolant gas inlet path including a coolant gas inlet opening that is provided at the substrate holding stage and opens to a recessed face of the recess, the coolant gas inlet path connecting a space in the recess via the coolant gas inlet opening to a coolant gas supply; and a coolant gas outlet path including a coolant gas outlet opening that is provided at the substrate holding stage independently of the coolant gas inlet opening and opens to the recessed face of the recess. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193217 | SEGMENTED POST CATHODE - A physical vapor deposition system includes a segmented post cathode having multiple post segments. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193218 | DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A ROTATABLE TARGET AND SPUTTERING APPARATUS - It is provided a device for supporting a rotatable target of a deposition apparatus for sputtering material onto a substrate, wherein the device includes a drive unit for rotating the rotatable target; a ring-shaped part connected to the drive unit for attaching the drive unit to the rotatable target; and, a shield for covering the ring-shaped part. The shield is adapted for rotating together with the ring-shaped part and includes a plurality of parts assembled together. Furthermore, a sputtering apparatus and a method for supporting a rotatable target are provided. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193219 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROCESS-SPECIFIC DATA OF A VACUUM DEPOSITION PROCESS - A method for determining process-specific data of a vacuum deposition process, in which a substrate is coated in a vacuum chamber by a material detached from a target connected to a magnetron, an optical emission spectrum being recorded and process-significant data of the vacuum deposition process being determined therefrom for further processing in measurement or regulating processes, is optimized to minimize errors in the determination of process-significant data. At least three intensities of spectral lines of at least two process materials are determined from the optical emission spectrum. From these, single and multiple intensities are mathematically correlated with and to one another and a process-significant datum, which is used in subsequent measurement or regulating processes, is determined from the relation results by a further mathematical relation. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193220 | PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD - A plating apparatus can form a bump having a flat top or can form a metal film having a good in-plane uniformity even when the plating of a plating object (substrate) is carried out under high-current density conditions. The plating apparatus includes a plating tank for holding a plating solution; an anode to be immersed in the plating solution in the plating tank; a holder for holding a plating object and disposing the plating object at a position opposite the anode; a paddle, disposed between the anode and the plating object held by the holder, which reciprocates parallel to the plating object to stir the plating solution; and a control section for controlling a paddle drive section which drives the paddle. The control section controls the paddle drive section so that the paddle moves at a velocity whose average absolute value is 70 cm/sec to 100 cm/sec. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193221 | RADIAL COUNTERFLOW MUFFLER FOR NO REDUCTION AND POLLUTANT COLLECTION - A scrubbing muffler for internal combustion engines comprises coaxial counter-rotating disk pairs stacked in a cascade. Acoustic pulses are attenuated by doing work and dissipated by the circuitous path through the dynamic cascade. A motor and/or Venturi effect from slipstream over a vehicle assists exhaust and reduces backpressure for greater fuel economy. Exhaust gas fed at the axis is sheared between the disks of the first stage of the cascade as it passes radially outward into a shrouding tank disposed about the cascade. Vortex rebound at the tank wall advects flow radially inward back through the workspace between the first stage disks to axial extraction as feed for the second stage of the cascade. N2 and H2O, along with CO and NO, can pass radially inward to successive stages. Soot and CO | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193222 | Electrochemical Reactor for CO2 Conversion Utilization and Associated Carbonate Electrocatalyst - Electrochemical reactors are provided that operate on the carbonate cycle at extremely low temperatures (e.g., less than 50° C.), thereby allowing operation in as many as three (3) modes, namely as: (i) a room temperature carbonate fuel cell; (ii) an electrochemically assisted CO | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193223 | SEALING GLASS FOR SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS CELL (SOEC) STACKS - Solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) stack obtainable by a process comprising the use of a glass sealant with composition 50 to 70 wt % SiO2, 0 to 20 wt % Al2O3, 10 to 50 wt % CaO, 0 to 10 wt % MgO, 0 to 2 wt % (Na2o 1K2O), 0 to 10 wt % b2O3, and 0 to 5 wt % of functional elements selected from TiO2, ZrO2, ZrO2, F, P2O5, Mo03, FeO3, MnO 2, La—Sr—Mn—O perovskite (LSM) and combinations thereof. Preferably, the sealant is a sheet of E-glass fibres with a composition in wt % of 52-56 SiO2, 12-16AL2O3, 16-25 CaO, 0-6MgO, 0-2 Na2+K2O, 0-10 B2O3, 0-1.5 TiO2, O-1F. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193224 | Electrolyzer Having Increased Contact Specific Surface Area for the Recovery of Valuable Metals - The present invention includes an electrolyzer having increased contact specific surface area for the recovery of valuable metals comprising a housing having a rear end with an inlet port, a front end with an outlet port, an internal space with a downwardly inclined bottom, a plurality of anodes arranged to divide the internal space in a widthwise direction, and a plurality of cathode units arranged to divide each space between adjacent anodes into two electrolytic spaces. Wastewater is introduced through the inlet port, sequentially passes through the electrolytic spaces, and is discharged through the outlet port such that valuable metals are recovered on the cathode units. Each of the cathode units has a first, second, and third cathode and cathode wires which fill the spaces among the first, third and second cathodes to increase the contact specific surface area of the wastewater introduced into the electrolyzer. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193225 | FILM FORMATION METHOD, FILM FORMATION DEVICE, PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER - When a film containing constituent elements of a target is formed on a substrate through a vapor deposition process using plasma with placing the substrate and the target to face each other, a potential in a spatial range of at least 10 mm extending laterally from the outer circumference of the substrate is controlled to be equal to a potential on the substrate, and/or the substrate is surrounded with a wall surface having a potential controlled to be equal to the potential on the substrate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193226 | PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A steered arc physical vapor deposition (PVD) system includes an anode and a cathode. The cathode is a hollow cylindrical post cathode. A magnet is movably suspended within the cathode. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193227 | MAGNET ARRAY FOR A PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A magnet array for a steered arc physical vapor deposition system has multiple magnets sandwiched between two pole plates. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193228 | TEST STRIP - A test strip is revealed. The test strip includes a detection area, at least one outer sampling area, and a circuit system. The detection area includes a sampling hole, at least one sampling channel corresponding to the sampling hole, and at least one reaction area in the sampling channel. An inner sampling area is disposed around the sampling hole and an inner sampling opening is on an edge of the inner sampling area for communicating with the sampling channel and the sampling hole. The outer sampling area is located on an outer side of the test strip. The outer sampling area includes an outer sampling opening in communication with the sampling channel. The circuit system is electrically connected to the reaction area. The test strip further includes at least one pressing part located around the sampling hole for pressing against a test area and preventing cross-infection. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193229 | Electrochemical Oxygen Sensor with Internal Barrier to Oxygen Diffusion - An electrochemical sensor includes a micro-porous plastic membrane supported on a disk and located between a gas inflow port and an electrolyte having a gelled oxygen diffusion barrier. The oxygen diffusion barrier, formed of gelled agar, minimizes thermal shock effects by impregnating any porous materials in the sensor. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120193230 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SULFUR SENSOR - This disclosure relates to sulfur sensors that utilize sensing materials that can be used to detect a wide range of concentrations including ultra low concentrations of sulfur in liquids, such as below even 15 ppm. The sulfur sensors comprise a sensing electrode having a material that contributes an electronic output to the analysis and a material that contributes an ionic output to the analysis. | 2012-08-02 |
