| 32nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
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| 20130200122 | CARGO RACK FOR A UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLE - This is directed to systems, processes, machines, and other means that mount a cargo rack to a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV). The invention can improve the UTV experience by allowing a user to easily bring a table, spare tire and a plethora of equipment on one's trip. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200123 | MODULAR MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A modular mounting system is provided for modifying the interior of a vehicle in a variety of configurations so that the vehicle is operable to securely receive a variety of equipment. The system includes a mounting base configured to be rigidly coupled to an interior surface of the vehicle and a base member removably attached to the mounting base. The system further includes a coupling mechanism that removably holds the base member relative to the mounting base. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200124 | CONDIMENT HOLDER FOR VEHICLES - A holder for holding a condiment container includes a frame, a frame support, and an attachment member. The frame defines an opening for removably securing the container. The frame support extends from and is substantially in the same plane as the frame. The attachment member includes a first element spaced apart from a second element. The attachment member may be configured to secure the holder to an air vent of a motor vehicle. The first element may extend from the frame support in a plane defined by the frame support. The attachment member may extend generally perpendicularly from the frame support and may be configured to secure the holder to a vertical surface in a motor vehicle. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200125 | Backpack Hunting Blind - The present invention relates to a backpack hunting blind that may be used, for example, as a hunter blind and backpack frame or the like. In general, the device comprises a partially collapsible mainframe, a seat, a back angle support, and a camouflage cover. The device comprises a partially collapsible mainframe having a first pair of vertical supporting tubes, preferably constructed of aluminum tubing. The first pair of vertical supporting tubes may further contain a second pair of vertical tubes inside which can be pulled out for supporting the camouflage cover. The seat is rotatable and can be rotated from the originally vertical position to a horizontally operational position. Shoulder straps are provided for hunter to carry the device. The device is lightweight, compact, easy to carry, assemble and disassemble. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200126 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING LOOPED BELT AND METHOD OF DETECTING INDEX - An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, an index provided at part of an end edge of the belt, a detecting member, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The detecting member changes an output value thereof based on the passing states of the index and the end edge of the belt in a detection area of the detecting member. The processing unit processes the output value and determines whether the index is present in the detection area by comparing the present output value with a threshold value. The storage unit stores the processed output value. The processing unit acquires a reference value based on the stored output value. The processing unit, when determining whether the index is present in the detection area, sets as the threshold value a value obtained by changing the most recently acquired reference value by a predetermined value. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200127 | WEB HANDLING SYSTEM AND VACUUM ROLLER FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - A vacuum roller for a web handling system comprises a hollow, cylindrical, rotably driven drum and an end cap threadingly mounted onto the rear end of the drum. Together, the drum and the end cap define a plurality of individual, externally communicable vacuum paths. A spherical, metal movable element is internally disposed within each vacuum path and regulates the passage of air therethrough. A plurality of magnetic elements is fixedly mounted on a stationary annular holder. In use, each magnetic element selectively displaces each movable element when disposed in close proximity thereto to the extent necessary so as to permit the passage of air through its corresponding vacuum path. As such, the vacuum roller is provided with a predefined range of suction, or vacuum zone, about the outer surface of its rotating drum that directly corresponds to the angular arrangement of the plurality of stationary magnetic elements. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200128 | Driver for a Steel Strip Coiler - A driver for a steel strip coiler, having at least one supporting driving roller mounted on a frame, and at least one driving roller, which can be adjusted with respect to the supporting driving roller and is mounted on at least one rocker connected to the frame, wherein the driving roller is attached to a bearing region of the rocker. The bearing region is open for the insertion or removal of the driving roller toward the side and/or upwardly when the rocker is placed in the operating position. The driver has a fixing mechanism for fixing the driving roller to the bearing region. The method for removing a driving roller from such a driver includes opening the fixing mechanism and removing the driving roller toward the side or upwardly from the driver. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200129 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING AND REMOVING FASTENERS - The present disclosure describes embodiments of a construction apparatus, or tool, that can drive and remove fasteners (e.g., staples). These embodiments have a handle portion, a head portion, and a fastener guide that orients the fastener in a ready-to-be deployed state. Actuation of the head portion can transmit a driving force to the fastener, thereby moving the fastener from the ready-to-be deployed state to a deployed state, which in one example drive the fastener into a target object (e.g., a board). The construction apparatus can also come equipped with a remover element that can transmit a removal force applied to the construction tool to the fastener. In one embodiment, the construction apparatus finds particular use with electrical staples, as the proposed designs can prevent damage to electrical cables, prevent the end user from striking his hand and fingers, and eliminate the need for carrying and/or using additional tools to mount and remove staples. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200130 | SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE - A surgical stapling device for sequentially applying a plurality of fasteners to body tissue and simultaneously incising tissue is provided. The surgical stapling device is adapted to receive disposable loading units having staples in linear rows whose length can be between about 30 mm and 60 mm. The disposable loading unit includes a proximal body portion, a mounting assembly and a tool assembly. The mounting assembly is secured to the proximal end of the tool assembly and pivotally mounted about a pivot axis to the distal end of the proximal body portion. A support member or blow-out plate assembly is positioned on opposite sides of the pivot axis and extends between the proximal body portion and the mounting assembly. An axial drive assembly is slidably positioned between the support members and is translatable through the cartridge assembly to eject staples from the cartridge assembly. The support members prevent outward buckling of the axial drive assembly during actuation of the device especially when the tool assembly is articulated. Preferably, a protrusion is provided in the proximal body portion of the disposable loading unit at a position to frictionally engage an articulation link. Engagement between the protrusion and the articulation link retains the articulation link at a fixed position within the proximal body portion to maintain the tool assembly in a desired orientation until a predetermined axial force is applied to the articulation link. The disposable loading unit also preferably includes a locking member which is operably connected to the axial drive assembly. The locking member provides an audible and/or tactile indication that the device has been actuated. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200131 | Circular Stapling Instrument - A circular stapling instrument including a stapling forming assembly that is actuated independently from actuation of the cutting assembly is provided. The instrument includes a handle assembly, an elongate body extending from the handle assembly, a cartridge assembly mounted on a distal end of the elongate body. The cartridge assembly includes a pusher and a knife assembly. The knife assembly is selectively fixed relative to the pusher. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200132 | DETACHABLE MOTOR POWERED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A detachable motor-powered surgical instrument. The instrument may include a housing that includes at least one engagement member for removably attaching the housing to an actuator arrangement. A motor is supported within the housing for supplying actuation motions to various portions of a surgical end effector coupled to the housing. The housing may include a contact arrangement that is configured to permit power to be supplied to the motor only when the housing is operably attached to the actuator arrangement. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200133 | DEVICE FOR WELDING THE END FACES OF THIN-WALLED JACKETS - The invention relates to a device for welding the end faces of thin-walled jackets ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200134 | WIRE LOOP FORMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A wire bonding system is provided. The system includes a bond head, a bonding tool carried by the bond head, a wire supply configured for bonding by the bonding tool, and a wire shaping tool carried by the bond head. The wire shaping tool is independently moveable with respect to the bond head and the bonding tool. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200135 | COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF FORMING SOLDER BUMP AND FLIP CHIP USING THE SAME - Provided are a composition for an anisotropic conductive adhesive, a method of forming a solder bump and a method of forming a flip chip using the same. The composition for an anisotropic conductive adhesive includes a low melting point solder particle and a thermo-curable polymer resin. The anisotropic conductive adhesive includes forming a mixture by mixing a polymer resin and a curing agent, and mixing a deforming agent, a catalyst or a reductant with the mixture. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200136 | REFLOW SOLDERING DEVICE AND REFLOW SOLDERING METHOD - In the present invention, when a power module is soldered to a heatsink, steam which is temperature-adjusted to at least the melting point of a solder is introduced from a steam generating tank into the flow path provided in the heatsink, the heatsink is heated and the solder is melted. Inert gas is introduced into a soldering tank from another route so as not to mix with the steam supplied to the heatsink. Voids in the solder are reduced and condensed by pressure regulation and as a result the negative impact of voids is eliminated. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200137 | Reinforced Polygonal Containers and Blanks for Making the Same - A blank of sheet material for forming a polygonal container is provided. The blank includes a bottom panel, two opposing end panels each extending from an end edge of the bottom panel, two opposing outer side panels each extending from a side edge of the bottom panel, and an inner side panel extending from each top edge of one outer side panel of the two outer side panels. Each inner side panel includes a central portion, a corner portion extending from each side of the central portion, an inner end portion extending from each side of one of the corner portions, and a plurality of elongated relief cutouts. One elongated relief cutout of the plurality of elongated relief cutouts is defined between each corner portion and the central portion and between each inner end portion and an adjacent corner portion. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200138 | Method for Manufacturing a Covering Structure for a Tubular Package and Said Package, Covering Structure and Package - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a covering structure for a cardboard package comprising a tubular body made up of one or more layers of a cardboard material and a lid sealably assembled to the tubular body, said covering structure comprising a lid cardboard and a safety membrane, said method comprising the flat assembly of three materials in sheets or strips, i.e.:
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| 20130200139 | TOPOGRAPHIC SPOT SCANNING FOR A STORAGE LIBRARY - Systems and methods are described for using topographic and/or contrast spot scanning to facilitate various types of functionality in context of a data storage library. A robotic mechanism includes a hand assembly that has one or more integrated spot scanners. The hand assembly is configured to travel in at least two directions and to rotate, thereby locating and/or pointing the spot scanner in desired locations throughout the data storage library. By sweeping the spot scanner across a scan window, contrast and/or topographic data can be acquired and decoded to generate a profile of a region. The profile can be interpreted to facilitate functions, such as calibration of robot location with respect to media cartridges, targeting, proximity detection, empty cell detection, etc. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200140 | Information Acquisition Device, Measurement System, and Information Acquisition Method - An information acquisition device | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200141 | Biochip Measuring System and Biochip Measuring Apparatus and Biochip and Stamp Marking and Identification Method - The present invention discloses a biochip measuring system. The cytometer system includes a biochip and a biochip measuring apparatus. The biochip includes a substrate, for carrying bio-molecule droplet, and a stamp marking area, for receiving or displaying a stamp for identifying whether the biochip is used. The biochip measuring apparatus includes a controller, a driver circuit, a driver interface, a light, a light detector, and a stamp marking unit, for marking the stamp on the stamp marking area of the biochip after the biochip measuring apparatus completes measurement of the biochip. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200142 | METHODS FOR EMBEDDING DEVICE-SPECIFIC DATA TO ENABLE REMOTE ACCESS TO REAL TIME DEVICE DATA - The invention provides systems and methods for providing a unified single-scan user interface for accessing and managing a remotely located device throughout its life cycle, including cellular network provisioning, cloud data provider registration, initialization and activation, as well as providing end users with easy access to the device and its data. The end user simply powers the device on and the device automatically connects with the communication network and the cloud data provider. The device comes to the end user already provisioned and paired and activated with the cloud data provider and the communication network provider. The device is capable of monitoring operational and/or environmental parameters comprising physical and/or chemical data which may be monitored by a mobile device. The mobile device may also initiate modification of the manufactured device's parameters. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200143 | WATCH IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for creating and storing an identifier for a timepiece having at least one gemstone. The method includes determining one or more characteristics of the at least one gemstone and detecting a relative position of the at least one gemstone in the timepiece. The method further includes creating the identifier for the timepiece in dependence upon at least one of the one or more characteristics of the at least one gemstone and the respective relative position of the at least one gemstone and storing the identifier in a database or device. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200144 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MARKING AND AUTHENTICATING A PRODUCT BY A CONSUMER - he method for marking a product includes:
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| 20130200145 | Barcode Scanner on Webpage - A hybrid electronic barcode reader application sharing the processes between document formats of the world wide web with associated native executables or hardware from a mobile device. The two disparate platforms exchange information between the mobile device and web page and allow the web page to operate device hardware to complete the application. The focus then returns to the originating web page. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200146 | ADDING CARD TO MOBILE/CLOUD WALLET USING NFC - A user enables a communication, such as through a tap, between an NFC-enabled payment or funding card and a mobile device. Card information, such as the card number, type, and expiration date, are read by the mobile device. The user is then authenticated through the user device, such as by entering a CVV code, a PIN for the card, a cardholder name, and/or a billing address for the card. If confirmed, the card is added to the user's mobile/cloud wallet. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200147 | Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device with a touch screen - A decoding system has a decoding engine running on a mobile device. The decoding engine decodes signals produced from a read of a first party's financial transaction card. The decoding engine accepts and initializes incoming signals from a read of the first party's financial transaction card. A transaction engine runs on the mobile device and is coupled to the decoding engine. The transaction engine receives as its input decoded first party's financial transaction card information from the decoding engine. A user interaction engine is configured to utilize a touch screen of the mobile device. A first party or second party can input at least one of numbers, characters, and signatures by touching the touch screen. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200148 | Decoding system running on a mobile device and coupled to a payment system that includes at least one of, a user database, a product database and a transaction database - A decoding system runs on a mobile device and is coupled to a payment system. The decoding engine decodes signals produced from a read of a first party's financial transaction card. A transaction engine runs on the mobile device and is coupled to the decoding engine. The transaction engine receives as its input decoded first party's financial transaction card information from the decoding engine. A payment system, in communication with the transaction engine, includes at least one of, a user database, a product database, and transaction database. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200149 | Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and using financial transaction card information to create a send funds application on the mobile device - A decoding system has a decoding engine running on a mobile device. The decoding engine decodes signals produced from a read of a first party's financial transaction card. The decoding engine accepts and initializes incoming signals from a read of the first party's financial transaction card. A transaction engine runs on the mobile device and is coupled to the decoding engine. The transaction engine receives as its input decoded first party's financial transaction card information from the decoding engine. At least a portion of a first party's financial card information or information relative to a first party's financial account is used to create a mobile device payment application on the mobile device. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200150 | Dimensioning and Barcode Reading System - A system and method for auto-calibrating a barcode scanning tunnel to determine the orientation of one or more cameras with respect to a range finder and a conveyor belt comprises providing a scanning tunnel having a moveable surface, at least one range finder having an orientation, at least one camera having an orientation and at least one calibration object having at least one indicia disposed in a predetermined relationship to one or more features of the at least one calibration object, capturing at least one image of the at least one calibration object by the at least one camera, electronically detecting the at least one calibration object at least one indicia and the one or more object features and electronically calculating at least one component of the at least one camera orientation with respect to the moveable surface in response to information obtained from the image and the at least one calibration object at least one indicia. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200151 | SWITCHABLE RFID CARD READER ANTENNA - An antenna includes a plurality of loops and a plurality of double pole double throw (DPDT) switches. The plurality of DPDT switches is coupled to the plurality of loops. The DPDT switches are configured to cause a change in direction of current in one or more of the plurality of loops, thereby altering a direction of a magnetic field in one or more of the plurality of loops, such that a device positioned at a plurality of positions in relation to the antenna is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna at the plurality of positions. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200152 | LOW-POWER PULSE WIDTH ENCODING SCHEME AND COUNTER-LESS SHIFT REGISTER THAT MAY BE EMPLOYED THEREWITH - A method of decoding an encoded signal includes steps of receiving the encoded signal, creating a decoding signal by delaying the encoded signal by a predetermined amount of time Δ, sampling the encoded signal using the decoding signal, and determining a value of each of a plurality of decoded bits represented by the encoded signal based on the sampling. Also, a method of operating a shift register wherein the shift register has an initialization state wherein a first binary symbol is stored in a first position and a second binary symbol different than the first binary symbol is stored in each of one or more intermediate positions and a last position. The method includes determining that the shift register is full responsive to detecting that the first binary symbol has been stored in either one of the intermediate positions or the last position. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200153 | Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and coupled to a payment system that includes identifying information of second parties qualified to conduct business with the payment system - A decoding system with a decoding engine running on a mobile device decodes signals produced from a read of a buyer's financial transaction card, accepts and initializes incoming signals from a read of a buyer's financial transaction card until the signals reach a steady state, detects the read of the buyer's financial transaction card once the incoming signals are in a steady state, identifies peaks in the incoming signals and digitizes the identified peaks in the incoming signals into bits. A transaction engine runs on the mobile device and is coupled to the decoding engine. A payment system is in communication with the transaction engine and with a buyer's financial transaction card institution or a first party's financial account. The payment system includes identifying information of second parties qualified by the payment system to conduct business with the payment system. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200154 | Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device configured to be coupled and decoupled to a card reader with wake-up electronics - A decoding system has a decoding engine running on a mobile device. The decoding engine decodes signals produced from a read of a first party's financial transaction card, accepts and initializes incoming signals from a read of a first party's financial transaction card. A transaction engine runs on the mobile device and is coupled to the decoding engine. The transaction engine receives as its input decoded first party's financial transaction card information from the decoding engine, and serves as an intermediary between the first party and a second party, so that the first party does not have to share his/her financial transaction card information with the second party. The decoding system is configured to be coupled and decoupled to a card reader with wake-up electronics. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200155 | OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT INFORMATION - An optoelectronic sensor ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200156 | Image Capture and Processing System Supporting a Multi-tier Modular Software Architecture - An image capture and processing system supports a multi-tier modular software, and plug-in extendable, architecture. The image capture and processing system can be realized as an image-capturing cell phone, a digital camera, a video camera, mobile computing terminal and portable data terminal (PDT), provided with suitable hardware platform, communication protocols and user interfaces. A third-party customer can write and install a software plug-in into the application layer so as to enhance or modify the behavior of the image capture and processing system without any required knowledge of the hardware platform, communication protocols and/or user interfaces. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPANSION OF FIELD OF VIEW IN A VISION SYSTEM - This invention provides a system and method for expanding the field of view of a vision system camera assembly such that the field of view is generally free of loss of normal resolution across the entire expanded field. A field of view expander includes outer mirrors that receive light from different portions of a scene. The outer mirrors direct light to tilted inner mirrors of a beam splitter that directs the light aligned with a camera axis to avoid image distortion. The inner mirrors each direct the light from each outer mirror into a strip on the sensor, and the system searches features. The adjacent fields of view include overlap regions sized and arranged to ensure a centralized feature appears fully in at least one strip. Alternatively, a moving mirror changes position between acquired image frames so that a full width of the scene is imaged in successive frames. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200158 | LASER SCANNING MODULES EMBODYING SILICONE SCAN ELEMENT WITH TORSIONAL HINGES - Laser scanning module employing a scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly supported by a stationary stator structure. The scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly includes: a silicone frame having a pair of silicone torsional hinges (i.e. posts) aligned along a scan axis and a supported by a pair of support elements associated with the stator structure, to support the scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly. When the scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly is rotated about its scan axis, by forces generated by an electromagnetic coil structure acting on the permanent magnet mounted on silicone frame, the silicone torsional hinges are elastically distorted and generate linear restoring forces which return the rotor subassembly back to its home position about the scan axis. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200159 | Hand Tool Having An Electronic Identification Device - Disclosed are various embodiments equipping a hand tool with an electronic identification device. The hand tool includes a handle having a cavity. A plug at least partially encapsulates the electronic device and inserts into the cavity in the handle. The plug may include one or more seals to prevent fluids or other debris from contacting the electronic identification device. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200160 | Tamper Sensitive RFID Tag - A tamper sensitive RFID tag includes a housing defining a channel that is configured to receive a portion of an object associated with the RFID tag. Included with the tamper sensitive RFID tag is a tamper sensitive RFID label that is adhesively secured to a first portion of the housing, and a second securement means for securing the RFID label to a second portion of the housing in a position between the first and second portions. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200161 | ELECTRONIC TAG CAPABLE OF COUPLING TO METAL - An electronic tag capable of coupling to metal can be attached to the metallic surface of a product, and includes a substrate, a radiation body arranged on a surface of the substrate, a grounding body and a reference line. The grounding body is also arranged on the aforementioned surface and electrically connects to the radiation body. The reference line is arranged on the aforementioned surface and in the grounding body. While such electronic tag is attached to the metallic surface of a product, a portion of the grounding body, which is opposite to the radiation body, contacts with such metallic surface, so that the signal reading distance of such electronic tag can be broadened and extended in virtue of coupling such grounding body with such metallic surface to cause the grounding area to be enlarged. The extent of such contact shall not extend beyond such reference line. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200162 | RFID CHIP PACKAGE AND RFID TAG - An RFID chip package includes an RFID chip including a voltage booster circuit and processing an RF signal in a UHF band and a power supply circuit connected to the RFID chip and including at least one inductance element. A reactance component of an input/output impedance at an antenna-connecting input/output terminal of the power supply circuit is substantially 0Ω. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200163 | WIRELESS IC DEVICE COMPONENT AND WIRELESS IC DEVICE - A wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip, a coupling electrode, and a radiation plate. The coupling electrode includes coupling portions arranged to be coupled to the wireless IC chip and a pair of opposing ends. The pair of opposing ends are capacitively coupled to each other and oppose the radiation plate to be coupled to the radiation plate. The wireless IC chip uses the radiation plate as an antenna to transmit and receive signals having certain frequencies to and from an RFID system. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200164 | TRANSPONDER - A transponder comprising a substrate that has an IC module and an antenna in order to form a circuit and comprising another antenna that is operatively connected to the antenna of the substrate. The other antenna is designed as a tubular body, and the antenna of the substrate is disposed within the other antenna. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200165 | EXCESS RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) POWER STORAGE IN RF IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Excess radio-frequency (RF) power storage in RF identification (RFID) tags, and related systems and methods are disclosed. The RFID tag is configured to operate with RF power received in wireless RF signals from a RFID tag antenna if received RF power meets or exceeds an operational threshold power for the RFID tag. The RFID tag is also configured to store excess energy derived from excess received RF power in an energy storage device if the received RF power exceeds the operational threshold power for the RFID tag. Thus, when RF power received by the RFID tag is not sufficient for operation, the RFID tag can operate from power provided by previously stored excess energy in the energy storage device. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200166 | FLUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - The present invention relates to the fluid discharge device of a fluid transfer pipe, and to a technology which alters the sectional area of a discharge hole in proportion to the increase or decrease in fluid discharge flow per unit of time so as to maintain a relatively uniform fluid discharge rate from the discharge hole. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200167 | THERMOSTAT INSERT - The invention relates to a thermostat insert comprising at least one return spring, a thermostatic working element having a working piston that can be pushed out of a housing of the working element against the force of the return spring, a main valve element, and a short circuit valve element connected to the working element displaced when the working piston is pushed out of the housing, a base element in particular implemented as a base plate, and a brace on which the return spring is supported, wherein the brace is mechanically connected to the base element, so that an assembly enclosing the return spring in a cage-like manner is formed, and the exterior of the brace has a closed peripheral collar seated against a slanted sealing surface of a counterpart after installation and that is loaded by the return spring so that the brace is sealingly forced in the direction of the slanted sealing surface. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200168 | SMART ENERGY CONTROLLED WATER HEATER - A smart energy control module for a water heater includes a switching module that receives a voltage supply and outputs the voltage supply to the water heater. A communication module communicates with at least one of an energy meter and an energy network external to the water heater and the control module. The control module is mounted on the water heater. The voltage supply passes at least one of through and adjacent to the control module. The control module determines at least one operating characteristic of the water heater based on the voltage supply and selectively actuates the switching module to turn on and turn off the voltage supply to the water heater in response to the operating characteristic and information received from the at least one of the energy meter and the energy network. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200169 | BARRIER COMPOSITION - A method of producing droplets from a nozzle provided on a material layer, the method comprising the steps of supplying liquid to an inner end of an array of nozzles, the nozzles being split into M groups of one or more nozzles, generating one or more firing signals, each firing signal causing sufficient movement of a group of nozzles relative to the liquid such that liquid is projected as droplets from the outer face of the respective nozzles, generating one or more sub-firing signals associated with each group of nozzles, the one or more sub-firing signals causing movement of the group of nozzles which is insufficient to project liquid from the nozzles, the sub-firing signals of adjacent groups having a non-zero phase relationship, wherein the sub-firing signal(s) of at least one group of nozzles is independent of the firing signal(s) associated with that group. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200170 | Gas Dispersion Plate for Plasma Reactor Having Extended Lifetime - The invention includes a gas dispersion plate to provide reactant gases to a reaction chamber comprising: a plate body having a first surface and a second surface, the plate body having at least one injection passage that spans the plate from the first surface to the second surface, the distance along the passage from the first surface to the second surface defining the length of the passage, wherein the injection passage includes an ion trap chamber, through which gas flows from the first surface of the plate to the second surface of the plate. In an embodiment, the passage includes an inlet portion interposed between the first surface and the chamber and an outlet portion that is interposed between the ion trap chamber and the second surface. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200171 | SUMP SPRINKLER CONTROL SYSTEM - A sump sprinkler system for use with residential and commercial buildings. The sump sprinkler system comprises a system controller and a sprinkler pump in communication with the system controller. The sump sprinkler system also comprises an intake tube connected to the sprinkler pump, wherein the intake having an end arranged in a sump of a building. The sump sprinkler system also comprises a water level member in communication with the system controller, wherein the water level member is arranged in the sump. The sump sprinkler system may be modified to provide a sump water supply system or a sump geothermal field system. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200172 | PEST DETERRENT DEVICE - Devices and methods for deterring pests are described. In one embodiment, the device comprises a housing, a volatile deterrent agent in the housing, the volatile deterrent agent producing a pest deterrent gas, at least one outlet port in the housing for exit of the pest deterrent gas, a closure member for selectively opening and closing the at least one outlet port, and a support coupled to the housing and providing structural rigidity to the housing. In another embodiment, the method comprises providing a plurality of pest deterrent devices in an area, each pest deterrent device comprising a housing containing a volatile deterrent agent, the volatile deterrent agent producing a pest deterrent gas, and opening a closure member of each pest deterrent device to release the volatile deterrent agent. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200173 | FLUID SPRAYER ATTACHMENT - An attachment for a fluid sprayer comprises a main flow passage, a quick disconnect portion that facilitates connection of the attachment to a first flow constrictor providing flow at a first pressure and a second flow constrictor between the main flow passage and the quick disconnect portion. The second flow constrictor provides flow at a second pressure less than the first pressure. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200174 | TWO-STAGE FUEL INJECTION VALVE - The present invention relates to a two-stage fuel injection valve. The two-stage fuel injection valve of the present invention is configured such that the pressure of main fuel delivered from an injection pump is applied to a plunger in a main fuel chamber, and subsequently delivered to an ancillary fuel pressure chamber via the plunger so as to compress ancillary fuel, such that a needle is retracted in a manner similar to those of slide valves by means of the pressure of the ancillary fuel so as to open an ancillary fuel nozzle hole and inject the ancillary fuel, and a main fuel nozzle hole is opened after the injection of the ancillary fuel so as to inject the main fuel, thereby conducting two-stage fuel injection. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200175 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A fluid ejection device includes a flexible membrane, an adhesive layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and first and second electrically conductive layers. The adhesive layer and the piezoelectric material layer include edge regions and central regions. A surface of the edge region of the piezoelectric material layer is coplanar with a surface of the edge region of the adhesive layer. The first electrically conductive layer is between the piezoelectric material layer and the adhesive layer such that a surface of the first electrically conductive layer is coplanar with the surface of the edge region of the piezoelectric material layer and the surface of the edge region of the adhesive layer. The second electrically conductive layer is over the surface of the edge region of the piezoelectric material layer, the surface of the edge region of the adhesive layer, the surface of the first electrically conductive layer, and the flexible membrane. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200176 | SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH PRIMARY SHOWERHEAD AND ORBITING SHOWERHEAD - A showerhead assembly is provided having a primary showerhead which is relatively traditional in construction and includes a hollow housing and a plurality of spray nozzles. In addition, the showerhead assembly includes an orbiting showerhead which rotates about the primary showerhead's central axis. The primary showerhead is connected to a water source by a neck portion having a female threaded inlet. Meanwhile, the orbiting showerhead is rotatably connected to the neck portion by a collar and elbow conduit. Preferably, the orbiting showerhead can tilt inwardly and outwardly with respect to the elbow conduit thereby allowing the spray from the orbiting showerhead to tilt inward or outward relative to the spray from the primary showerhead. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200177 | SELF REGULATING FLUID BEARING HIGH PRESSURE ROTARY NOZZLE WITH BALANCED THRUST FORCE - A high pressure rotary nozzle having a rotating shaft operating within a fixed housing wherein the of axial force which acts upon the shaft due to the fluid pressure at the shaft inlet is balanced by allowing passage of a small amount of the pressurized fluid to be bled to an area or chamber between the outside of the opposite end of the shaft and the inside of the housing where the fluid pressure can act axially in an opposing direction upon the shaft to balance the axial inlet force. The balance of axial forces is self-regulating by controlling escape of the fluid through a tapered or frusto-conical region between the shaft and housing. This further provides a fluid bearing between the two surfaces and allows use of interchangeable rotating jet heads having jet orifices which can be oriented in virtually any desirable configuration including axially forward of the nozzle. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200178 | CASCADE-STYLE VARIABLE AREA FAN DUCT NOZZLE - An aircraft nacelle comprising an outer cowl having an inner wall and an outer wall surrounding the inner wall. The inner wall may have an inner opening formed therethrough and the outer wall may have an outer opening formed therethrough at an aft end of the nacelle. The nacelle may further comprise a translating panel configured to cover the inner and outer openings in a stowed position and to translate aft to a deployed position. The translating panel may be fixed to cascade guide vane panels which rest between the inner and outer wall in the stowed position and are exposed to airflow via the inner and outer openings when translated aft to the deployed position, thereby increasing a nozzle area of the nacelle. Guide vanes of the cascade guide vane panels are angled slightly aftward to direct the nacelle's airflow outward and aftward. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200179 | LIQUID FUEL SWIRLER - A flow directing device for imparting swirl on a fluid includes a flow directing body having an inboard surface and opposed outboard surface. A flow channel is defined in the outboard surface of the flow directing body for conducting fluids flowing through the flow directing body. The flow channel includes a channel floor and a sidewall extending from the channel floor to the outboard surface of the flow directing body. A swirl port extends from the sidewall of the flow channel though the flow directing body to the inboard surface of the flow directing body for mitigating pressure loss when discharging fluid from the flow channel. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200180 | INJECTION VALVE WITH DIRECT AND SERVO DRIVE - A valve device for conveying a liquid includes a housing, a valve needle which is arranged such that it can be deflected in a valve-needle chamber of the housing, and a drive device for the valve needle, wherein the drive device comprises an electric drive component which brings about a direct deflection of the valve needle. Furthermore, the drive device includes a hydraulic drive component which can be activated in addition to the electric drive component and brings about a ballistic deflection of the valve needle. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200181 | Woody Biomass Beneficiation System - A beneficiation process and apparatus for the continuous treatment of comminuted woody biomass, particularly hog fuel, to substantially remove mineral impurities and bark and to recover white wood therefrom for use as industrial feedstocks. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200182 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING APATITE CONCENTRATES BY FROTH FLOTATION - A process applicable to different lithologies of phosphate ore with siliceous-carbonated matrix from igneous or sedimentary origin rocks includes ore preparation by comminution through crushing, grinding, and de-sliming, prior to apatite flotation. During flotation, ground and de-slimed ore pulp with high concentration of solids, above 40%, is initially conditioned with depressant reagent, e.g., a vegetable starch gelatinized with sodium hydroxide solution, and conditioning with collector reagent (sulphosuccinate or sulphosuccinamate). This conditioned pulp floats apatite in a circuit with rougher, scavenger, cleaner and recleaner flotation steps. CO | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200183 | Essence Extractor - An improved hand grinding essence extractor in combination with a liquid container for the direct blending of freshly extracted edible and aromatic oils and such is provided. A hand grinding essence extractor and liquid container combination is provided in which a grinder assembly is removably connected to, and in fluid communication with, a liquid dispensing container. The container is operatively connected to a the grinder assembly such that it is removably connects to the liquid dispensing container, as well as in fluid communication with the liquid volume. Placement of the grinder assembly at the top, middle, or any specific orientation or configuration should be equivalent, given the fluid communication between the comminuted foodstuff and the liquid volume such that the extraction of edible and aromatic oils can directly blend with any liquid contents of the volume. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200184 | SHREDDER WITH TURBO FUNCTION - A document shredder with a motor, a cutting unit, and a motor control, wherein the motor control may start, stop and reverse the motor. The motor control may limit the maximally allowed load of the motor to a predetermined load limit value. In case the motor reaches the maximally allowed load limit value, the load limit value may be increased for a predetermined time, either manually or automatically. In this way a short overload does not lead to a paper jam and the shredder does not have to be reversed, which may cause a paper mess in the workplace. The motor may be a direct current motor and/or a series motor, so that the load limit value may be defined by a maximally allowable motor current. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200185 | HAND HELD MASHER DEVICE - A hand-held masher device for mashing of potatoes and like food stuffs; said device including a power unit providing a rotating shaft output; said device further including a masher assembly extending from said power unit; said masher assembly including a skirt element and a mashing element operating within said skirt element; characterized in that mashed potato and like food stuff is extruded through apertures disposed in a side wall of said skirt element; said masher assembly including internal guide surfaces; said guide surfaces in the form of an inverted portion of a conical structure depending from an underside of a supporting annular conical wall of said skirt element, and wherein upper portions of blades of said mashing element conform to said guide surfaces. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200186 | PAPER SHREDDER WITH THERMO-REGULATED MOTOR - A paper shredder with a thermo-regulated motor, a universal motor, and a method for cooling a motor. Paper shredder includes a shredder mechanical assembly and a thermo-regulated motor with motor stator core housing, coupled to the shredder mechanical assembly. Thermo-regulated motor includes conductive stay secured to housing. Conductive band and conductive stay act to dissipate motor heat. Thermoelectric cooler is coupled to the conductive band; and insulative stay is secured to the housing with a conductive band. Thermoelectric cooler continues to cool the housing after the motor is deenergized. A universal motor having conductive stays and insulative stays physically coupled to the housing; and one conductive band securing the insulative stays and conductive stays to the housing. The universal motor can include thermoelectric coolers. Also, a method for cooling a motor, which includes providing a conductive band and providing a conductive stay interposed between the conductive band and the housing. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200187 | CLASSIFIER WITH VARIABLE ENTRY PORTS - Multiple embodiments of a variable flow classifier for vertical air-swept coal pulverizers are disclosed. In all embodiments, a classifier structure includes a cone with means for providing a pattern of inlet ports for introducing airborne coal to the cone wherein said means allows for selective variation in the size of the ports. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200188 | SIZING SCREENS FOR COMMINUTING MACHINES - A grinder for grinding relatively loose materials includes a reducing unit and a screen arrangement. The arcuate screen defines a plurality of tracks of apertures that extend in a cutting direction of the cutters. In some cases, only one respective cutter passes over each track and each cutter passes over only the respective one of the tracks. The width of a cutter may be greater than a width of the apertures of a track. The apertures of the screen arrangement may form chevron patterns. The screens may be clamped to a frame by coupling members extending through notches in the screen. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200189 | DEFLECTION STRUCTURE FOR TUB GRINDER - A tub grinder includes a rotatable tub positioned above a floor; a grinder that has cutters defining a circular reducing boundary when the grinder is rotated in a reducing direction; and a deflection structure positioned near the floor above the grinder. The deflection structure includes first and second deflecting portions. The second deflection structure is oriented closer to horizontal than the first deflection structure. At least part of the second deflecting portion is located below a top, dead center of the reducing boundary of the grinder. The deflecting structure limits the trajectory of material ejected from the grinder to a departure angle of about 25 degrees. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200190 | CRUSHER FOR CRUSHING A SILICON LUMP, AND SILICON LUMP CRUSHING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CRUSHERS - A crusher which can transmit energy to be applied to a piston to a silicon lump efficiently, and a silicon lump crushing apparatus which can crush a silicon lump into small pieces by suppressing the production of powders as much as possible and enables the automation of the crushing work of a silicon lump. The crusher is constituted such that a hammer head is connected to a piston. When compressed air is not applied to the piston, the hammer head is elastically urged to a standby position and when compressed air is applied to the piston, the hammer head is moved from the standby position to collide with the silicon lump. In the silicon lump crushing apparatus, a plurality of crushers having a hammer head to be collided with a silicon lump are opposed to the silicon lump supported on a support base and spaced apart from one another. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200191 | REVERSIBLE CONVEYER ASSEMBLY FOR MILLING APPARATUS - A reversible conveyor assembly, which comprises a screw conveyor having one or more projection means formed on both upper and lower portions of the screw conveyor. A conveyor flange has a guiding means and a groove that are engraved on upper portion of the conveyor flange. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200192 | COUPLING MECHANISM FOR A MILLING APPARATUS - A coupling mechanism for an abrasive roll assembly placed inside an apparatus to couple the abrasive roll assembly along its axial center with the axial center of the apparatus, the coupling mechanism comprising fa locking disk placed along the abrasive roll assembly. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200193 | STACKABLE FIBER MANAGEMENT SPOOL WITH RESEALABLE FIBER REIENTION ARMS - A spool including a barrel extending up from a bottom portion, a plurality of flanges extending from an outer circumferential surface of the barrel, a plurality of retaining arms extending up from an annular portion of the bottom portion, the annular portion extending radially away from the outer circumferential surface of the barrel, engagement mechanisms on at least one of the plurality of flanges and the plurality of retaining arms, wherein the engagement mechanisms cause the plurality of flanges and the plurality of retaining arms to become engaged, and a hinge on each of the plurality of retaining arms. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200194 | IAR DRAG RELEASE - A fishing reel including: a housing with a side plate, a gear stud rotatably disposed relative to the housing to rotate about a first axis, and a main gear concentrically disposed relative to the gear stud. The main gear interacts with another gear to rotate a spool about a second axis. The reel also includes a drag stack concentrically disposed relative to the gear stud, a one way clutch concentrically disposed relative to the gear stud, and a clutch sleeve disposed within and engaging the one-way clutch. The clutch sleeve is constrained to rotate with the gear stud. The reel further includes an adjustment member disposed outside the housing that provides a user interface for adjusting a desired drag, and a drag adjuster that transmits drag adjustments from the adjustment member to the drag stack without axially displacing the clutch sleeve. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200195 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A length direction base end side of a wire passes through a retaining spring mounting hole formed in a case, and is anchored to an anchor tag that is indirectly retained by a pulley. A spring is provided in the retaining spring mounting hole, and a base end of a tube is retained to the spring through a metal cylinder body. A spring-side step portion of the spring is pressed contact to a mounting portion-side step portion of the retaining spring mounting hole so the spring is retained. When the tube is pulled towards an opening side of the retaining spring mounting hole, the spring moves and the spring-side step portion makes press contact with, and is once again retained, by a different step of the mounting portion-side step portion. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200196 | CABLE WINDER FOR FALL-ARREST LIFELINE COMPRISING A BRAKE AND CABLE RESERVE | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200197 | DEVICE FOR ROLLING UP AND UNROLLING A LEASH | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200198 | WIRE WRAPPER AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A wire wrapper including a drum configured to rotate. The drum includes one or more slits for receiving a wire. The wire wrapper further includes a motor configured to rotate the drum to wrap the wire around the drum. The wire wrapper further includes a controller configured to start and stop the motor in response to user input. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200199 | Filament Winding Device - A filament winding device enables fiber bundles to be wound around the outer circumference surface of a liner at equal intervals even when the winding angle of the fiber bundles changes. The filament winding device includes a first helical head on which fiber bundle guides are radially disposed in the periphery of a liner to be transported; and a second helical head which is disposed adjacent to the first helical head and on which the fiber bundle guides are radially disposed in the periphery of the liner The filament winding device also has phase adjusting means for adjusting the phase difference between the fiber bundle guides on the first helical head and on the second helical head in accordance with the angle at which the fiber bundle is wound around the liner. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200200 | WINDER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - In a winder assembly, a turret assembly indexes first and second cores between winding and removal positions. A lay-on roll assembly includes a roller and moves between a retracted position and an engaged position wherein the roller and the core, or the work material wound onto the core, cooperate to form a nip. A cutter is provided for cutting a web of sheet-type work material being wound onto the core. An enveloper assembly is provided and includes a nipping pivot roller that can engage a cut edge of the work material and feed the cut edge into the nip formed between the roller forming part of the lay-on roll assembly and a fresh core thereby allowing the work material to wind around the core. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200201 | DISPENSER FOR ABSORBENT PAPER TISSUE OR NONWOVEN MATERIAL - A portable refillable dispenser for absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material, has a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion. The upper housing portion is connected via a first hinge to the lower housing portion, wherein the upper and lower housing portions, in a closed position, form a compartment for the absorbent tissue or nonwoven material and an inner dispensing opening there between and, in an open position, allow refilling of the dispenser. The dispenser has a lid connected with the upper and lower housing portions for holding the upper and lower housing portions together. The lid at least partially covers the inner dispensing opening from at least one direction. The lid is provided with an outer dispensing opening. The absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material is dispensable via the inner and outer dispensing openings. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200202 | ROPE COILER - The rope coiler includes a base having a vertical frame supporting a horizontal central shaft. The central shaft supports a fixed spool flange near one end and a detachable spool flange at the other end. A collapsible inner drum is disposed between the flanges to facilitate winding and removal of wound rope. A drive wheel is affixed to the central shaft adjacent the fixed spool flange. A belt is operatively mounted to the drive wheel, and a motor is attached to a pivotal frame. The pivotal frame includes a foot pedal, which increases tension in the belt to drive the drive wheel when actuated. A rope coiling guide may be attached to the frame to guide arrangement of the rope along the drum. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200203 | Paperboard Core Spindle Support for Yarn Packages - A support for mounting a paperboard yarn core on a spindle assembly includes a proximal-end support member for supporting a proximal end of the core and engaging it in a substantially non-slip manner, and a distal-end support member for supporting a distal end of the core. The proximal-end support member is configured to be mounted on a hub of the spindle assembly. The support members locate the core substantially coaxially with respect to a rotational axis of the spindle assembly. The proximal-end support member is configured to automatically prevent or minimize slippage of the core with respect to the support member both in acceleration and deceleration or braking of the spindle assembly. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200204 | PHLEBOTOMY CHAIR PROTECTOR - A holder for medical paper to cover an examination surface of a phlebotomy table. The holder includes a crossbar sized to extend across the examination surface of the phlebotomy table and arms extending from a first surface of the crossbar. A roller is configured to be removably supported between the arms a given distance from the first surface of the crossbar and to support a roll of the medical paper. A table receiving slot configured to receive a portion of the phlebotomy table is defined between the crossbar, arms and roller. A paper passage is further defined relative to the crossbar and defines a passage transversing the crossbar and limited within a given lateral range. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200205 | Perfected tubular support for the winding of material in sheets and method for its production - A tubular support for winding a material in sheet form includes a corrugated tubular element, wherein the corrugated tubular element is positioned inside at least one outer coating element in sheet form. The internal corrugated tubular element has outer longitudinal portions and inner longitudinal portions connected by annular radial walls which form an inner corrugated wall. The internal corrugated tubular element and the outer coating element in sheet form are connected at the outer longitudinal portions. In a different embodiment, a corrugated tubular element is positioned between two coating elements in sheet form, in outer and internal positions respectively. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200206 | AIRCRAFT RESCUE DEVICE - At least a first rescue device for receiving rescue is configured on a bottom side of an aircraft and at least a second rescue device for providing rescue is configured on a bottom side of the aircraft. The first and second rescue devices can be optionally configured. For a small aircraft, only the first rescue device for receiving rescue can be configured. For a large aircraft, both the first and second rescue devices for providing and receiving rescue can be simultaneously or optionally configured. When an aircraft with the first rescue device for receiving rescue suffers loss of power, insufficient power, or control difficulty, another aircraft with the second rescue device for providing rescue can fly on top of the former and their first and second rescue devices can be linked together so that the troubled aircraft can be pulled away to land in a safe place. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200207 | Air-to-Surface Surveillance and/or Weapons System and Method for Air-Based Inspection and/or Engagement of Objects on Land or Sea - An air-to-surface surveillance and/or weapons system includes a base aircraft and an unmanned slave aircraft that can be uncoupled from a base aircraft and coupled back to it again. The base aircraft and slave aircraft are equipped with coupling equipment designed to work together. The base aircraft is equipped with surveillance and monitoring equipment. The slave aircraft is equipped with monitoring equipment and/or weapons. The slave aircraft can be connected to a control station via a data link for data exchange and can be controlled from this control station. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200208 | CHORD-EXPANDING AIR VEHICLE WINGS - An air vehicle wing includes foldable ribs coupled to a leading-edge spar. The ribs each have multiple rib segments which are foldable (hinged) relative to each other. Extension linkages, each with multiple extension linkage segments, pass through openings in the rib segments, and may be coupled to the rib segments with pin couplings, able to change relative angle between the individual rib segments and the extension linkage segments to which they are coupled. A skin may cover the ribs, to provide an outer surface of the wing that may be unfolded as the wing is expanded from a stowed, small-chord condition, to a deployed, large-chord condition. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING AIRCRAFT GROUND TRAVEL SPEED AND DIRECTION - A system and method for setting, controlling, or maintaining a selected taxi speed and route for one or more aircraft equipped with an onboard non-engine powered drive means powering one or more aircraft wheels to move the aircraft during taxi is provided. Taxi speed and/or route can be set, maintained, or controlled by the aircraft pilot or ground traffic control in conjunction with taxi speed and travel of other aircraft and ground vehicles. A pilot activates a speed control to set and control taxi speed. The aircraft will automatically travel on the ground at that speed without input from the pilot until it is necessary to change the speed manually or automatically. Airport ground traffic control can generate taxi profiles for all non-engine driven aircraft to automatically control, subject to pilot capability to override, the taxi of multiple aircraft at an airport in conjunction with ground vehicle movement. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200210 | DRIVE UNIT FOR AIRCRAFT RUNNING GEAR - A drive unit ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200211 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE MOUNTING STRUCTURE WITH SECONDARY LOAD PATHS - A connection for mounting an aircraft engine to an aircraft pylon includes a plate to be connected to a portion of an engine, and a body that extends rearward from the plate. A back-up connection, including a pin positioned within a slotted hole, is provided between the portion of the engine and the body. When there is a normal connection between the plate and the body, there is clearance between the pin and the slotted hole. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200212 | CONTROL BOX - The invention provides a control box for selectively delivering orders to receivers ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200213 | INTERIOR COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT INTERIOR COMPONENT MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD - An interior component carrier system for use in assembly of aircraft interior components in an aircraft includes a retaining system with at least one retaining element. A first connection device for connecting the retaining element to a first aircraft interior component and a second connection device are provided on the retaining element. On the retaining element a structural retainer is provided for fastening the retaining element to an aircraft structure. The interior component carrier system includes a hinge connectable to a second and a third aircraft interior component such that the third aircraft interior component is pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the hinge relative to the second aircraft interior component. The second connection device mounted on the retaining element is configured to be connected to the hinge and/or to a region of the second or third aircraft interior component, that is adjacent to the hinge. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200214 | LOW PROFILE JETTISONABLE DOOR SYSTEM - A jettisonable door system for an aircraft includes an upper hinge having a forward portion that is hingedly coupled to an airframe of the aircraft, the upper hinge having an aft portion that is releasably secured to an upper outboard plate with an upper pin. The jettisonable door system further includes a lower hinge having a forward portion that is hingedly coupled to the airframe of the aircraft, the upper hinge having an aft portion that is releasably secured to a lower outboard plate with a lower pin. A rotation of the upper pin releases the upper hinge from the upper outboard plate and a rotation of the lower pin releases the lower hinge from the lower outboard plate. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200215 | Structural Joint Having Continuous Skin With Inside And Outside Stringers - Apparatus and methods provide for a structural joint utilizing overlapping blade stringers coupled to opposing sides of a continuous skin. According to embodiments described herein, a structural joint includes a number of inside blade stringers associated with a first component are coupled to an inside surface of a continuous skin. A number of outside blade stringers associated with a second component may be coupled to an outside surface of the continuous skin. The inside blade stringers and outside blade stringers may overlap on opposing surfaces of the continuous skin. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200216 | SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A MEANS OF A TRANSPORT, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INERT GAS AND ELECTRIC POWER, AIRCRAFT WITH SUCH A SUPPLY SYSTEM AND USE OF A FUEL CELL - The invention relates to a device for producing an inert gas that comprises a fuel tank for a fuel, at least one fuel cell with a cathode, an anode, a reactor for reforming fuel from the fuel tank into a hydrogenous fuel gas and an inert gas outlet. The reactor comprises a fuel gas outlet that is connected to a fuel gas inlet arranged on the anode of the fuel cell. The inert gas outlet is arranged downstream of the reactor and forms a fluid sink for non-hydrogenous reaction products of the reactor. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200217 | RESTRAINTS PRINCIPALLY FOR INFLATABLE EVACUATION SYSTEMS - Detailed are restraints intended principally (but not necessarily exclusively) for inflatable evacuation slides or rafts. At least one such restraint may be designed to release based on geometric shape of an object (such as a slide) rather than merely as a function of its inflation pressure or length. One version of this type of restraint includes a connector pin attached to a cord, with tensioning of the cord eventually retracting the pin to effect release of the restraint. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200218 | ROTORCRAFT ESCAPE SYSTEM - The rotorcraft escape system is deployed from a helicopter or gyroplane to provide clearance from the overhead rotor blades for occupants escaping from the aircraft in an emergency. Each occupant of the rotorcraft is provided with an escape container having a parachute and ejection device (rocket, spring, or combination of the two) therein. When escape from the rotorcraft occurs, each seat of the rotorcraft rotates to face laterally outward, and the ejection mechanism of the escape container is actuated to eject the container and the person wearing the container laterally from the rotorcraft. An inflatable stem extends from the escape container to a plurality of inflatable ribs in the canopy. A compressed air tank provided with the container rapidly inflates the pneumatic stem and ribs in the parachute canopy, thereby providing extremely rapid deployment of the parachute canopy with minimal loss of altitude for the escaping occupant. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200219 | ELECTRIC THRUSTER, A METHOD OF STOPPING AN ELECTRIC ENGINE INCLUDED IN SUCH A THRUSTER, AND A SATELLITE INCLUDING SUCH A THRUSTER - An electric thruster includes at least one electric engine, a feed system for the engine including a high-pressure tank of ionizable gas, a low-pressure buffer tank connected to the high-pressure tank by a valve, and a system of pipes for conveying the gas from the low-pressure buffer tank to an anode and to a cathode of the engine. The low-pressure buffer tank is in open connection with the engine. The thruster detects that a magnitude of the discharge current between the anode and the cathode is less than a threshold value and switches off the discharge voltage as a result of the detection. The thruster can be for use in a satellite, | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200220 | NON-INTERFERING DEPLOYABLE RADIATOR ARRANGEMENT FOR GEO SPACECRAFT - A deployable radiator arrangement for cooling a geostationary earth orbit spacecraft is provided. In some aspects, the geostationary earth orbit spacecraft may comprise first and second deployable radiators mounted on an east or west surface of the spacecraft when stowed. The first and second deployable radiators are configured to rotate into a north and south facing position, respectively, when deployed. The geostationary earth orbit spacecraft may further comprise first and second fixed radiators disposed on a north and south surface of the spacecraft, respectively. The first and second deployable radiators are thermally coupled to the first and second fixed radiators, respectively. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130200221 | DEPLOYABLE RADIATOR HAVING AN INCREASED VIEW FACTOR - A geostationary earth orbit (GEO) spacecraft is disclosed that includes a body with north, east, south, and west sides and a north-south axis. The spacecraft has at least one deployable radiator rotatably coupled to the body. The deployable radiator has a stowed position proximate to one of the east and west sides and a deployed position that is greater than 90 degrees from the north-south axis in a direction away from the respective one of the east and west sides. | 2013-08-08 |
