| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20080213618 | Anodising Aluminum Alloy - An anodic oxide film is formed on an aluminium or aluminium alloy work piece by forming an anodic oxide film on the work piece by AC electrolysis followed by subjecting the work piece to DC electrolysis. The AC anodizing step may be conducted at a voltage of 5 to 30V for 30 seconds to 10 minutes and the DC anodizing step may be conducted at a voltage of 5 to 30V for a period of 1 to 20 minutes. The anodic oxide coating is suitable for adhesive bonding of aluminium alloy work pieces. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213619 | SPORTS EQUIPMENT COMPRISING DIFFUSED TITANIUM NITRIDE - A method for diffusing titanium and nitride into a sports equipment component. The method generally includes the steps of providing a sports equipment component providing a salt bath which includes sodium dioxide and a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium cyanate and potassium cyanate; dispersing metallic titanium formed by electrolysis of a titanium compound in the bath, heating the salt bath to a temperature ranging from about 430° C. to about 670° C.; and soaking the sports equipment component in the salt bath for a time of from about 10 minutes to about 24 hours. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the sports equipment component may further be treated with conventional surface treatments or coatings. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213620 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUND AND CARBON-BASED COMPOUND - An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode; an emitting layer disposed on the hole transport layer; and a second electrode disposed on the emitting layer, wherein an organic layer is interposed between the first electrode and the hole transport layer, the organic layer including at least one fluorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-substituted phthalocyanine derivative, an aliphatic fluorocarbon compound represented by C | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213621 | Method of Forming Organic Compound Layer, Method of Manufacturing Organic El Element and Organic El Element - A method of forming an organic compound layer for producing organic EL element exhibiting high quality and high productivity without increasing cost; a relevant process for producing an organic EL element. There is provided a method of forming an organic compound layer of organic EL element using production apparatus including supply section, coating•drying section and recovery section, characterized in that flexible band substrate (A) having an anode layer in roll form is fed to the supply section; the production apparatus has at least one unit coating•drying section, the unit containing coating section capable of forming coating film for formation of organic compound later under atmospheric pressure by wet applicator and drying section; and at least one organic compound layer is formed on the anode layer to obtain flexible band substrate (B), which is wound on a core to form a roll in the recovery section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213622 | Organic electroluminescence element - Provided is an organic EL element in which an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an emissive layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a cathode are stacked up on top of a substrate. Into at least one of the organic layer—the hole injection layer and the hole transport layer, an organic material different from the organic material constituting the corresponding one of the organic layers is doped. The doped organic material contributes to the formation of an impurity level to trap the holes. Consequently, the mobility of the holes can be lowered. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213623 | Synthesis Of Phenyl-Substituted Polyfluoroanthenes and the Use Thereof - The invention relates to a method for producing polyfluoroanthenes containing repeat units of general formula (I), said method consisting of the following steps: a) a monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa is produced; b) optionally the monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa is converted into another monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIb; and c) the monomer fluoroanthene derivative of formula IIa or IIb is polymerised, optionally together with at least one other comonomer. The invention also relates to polyfluoroanthenes that can be produced according to the inventive method, films, a light-emitting layer containing or consisting of at least one inventive polyfluoroanthene, OLEDs containing at least one inventive polyfluoroanthene, OLEDs containing an inventive light-emitting layer, a device containing an inventive OLED, and the use of the inventive polyfluoroanthene emitter substances in OLEDs. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213624 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided an organic electronic device having an anode and a cathode and having organic layers therebetween. The organic layers are, in order: a buffer layer including a conductive polymer and a fluorinated acid polymer; a hole transport layer; a photoactive layer including a dopant material and a host material; and an electron transport layer; wherein at least one of the dopant material and the host material is a fused polycyclic aromatic compound. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213625 | Optical Data Storage and Retrieval Based on Fluorescent and Photochromic Components - An optical storage medium | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213626 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK - A method of manufacture of a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, which has both high substrate strength and low alkaline elution, includes an etching process of etching the inner-edge face of a donut-shaped glass substrate having an aluminosilicate composition, formed by removing the center portion of a die-molded disc-shaped glass substrate, and an alkali sealing process of performing alkali sealing treatment by proton substitution of alkali ions in the surface layer of the etched donut-shaped glass substrate. The process is used to manufacture a magnetic recording medium incorporating a glass substrate having a total alkaline elution amount of less than 3.1 μg/disk, wherein the magnetic recording medium has a transverse rupture strength greater than 132 N. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213627 | Magnetoresistance effect device and method for manufacturing same, magnetic memory, magnetic head, and magnetic recording apparatus - A magnetoresistance effect device includes: an insulator layer; a first and second ferromagnetic layer laminated to sandwich the insulator layer; a magnetic bias layer laminated with the second ferromagnetic layer; and a connecting section formed discontinuously on a side face of the insulator layer. The connecting section is not interposed between the second ferromagnetic layer and the magnetic bias layer. The connecting section is made of a ferromagnetic material, and electrically connecting between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. A method for manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect device includes: laminating a first and second ferromagnetic layer to sandwich an insulator layer, and laminating a magnetic bias layer with the second ferromagnetic layer; and forming a connecting section for electrically connecting between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer by discontinuously forming a ferromagnetic material on a side face of the insulator layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213628 | Perpendicular recording media with Ta transition layer to improve magnetic and corrosion resistance performances and method of manufacturing the same - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate, an underlayer, a Ta-containing seedlayer, a magnetic layer, wherein the underlayer comprises a soft magnetic material and the Ta-containing seedlayer is between the underlayer and the magnetic layer, and a process for improving corrosion resistance of the recording medium and for manufacturing the recording medium are disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213629 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING AN INTERLAYER FORMED FROM A NiWCr ALLOY - Perpendicular magnetic recording media and methods of fabricating perpendicular magnetic recording media are described. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium of one embodiment includes an interlayer, an underlayer, and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The interlayer is formed from a NiWCr alloy. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213630 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A MULTI-LAYER INTERLAYER THAT INCLUDES BCC MATERIAL - Perpendicular magnetic recording media and methods of fabricating perpendicular magnetic recording media are described. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium of one embodiment includes a soft magnetic underlayer (SUL), an interlayer, and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The interlayer comprises a layer formed from a first material (e.g., NiWCr) having a face-centered-cubic (FCC) structure, a layer formed from a second material (e.g., Cr) having a body-centered-cubic (BCC) structure, and a layer formed from a third material (e.g., Ru) having a hexagonal-close-packed (HCP) structure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213631 | Hybrid Power Strip - The present invention is a flexible hybrid biofuel cell power strip for use in low power applications (less than one Watt) such as trickle charging to extend the charge of conventional batteries or to power devices such as microsensors, micropumps and miniaturized medial devices. The power strip anode comprises carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that transfer electrons directly from the active center of an oxidation-reduction (redox) enzyme to a flexible, conductive anode substrate. This allows the building of surface architectures with pore structures customized for specific applications and enzyme substrate-containing media. The cathode comprises a catalytic layer of transition metal nanoparticle catalyst in contact with air or other source of oxygen. The flexibility of the power strip allows it to be shaped into a wide variety of conformations and applications, including attachment to or implantation within living organisms. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213632 | LIGHT-POWERED MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS - Devices and methods for generating electricity utilizing a light-powered microbial fuel cell that includes a light-admitting reaction chamber containing a biological catalyst, such as a photosynthetic bacteria, in a growth medium, an anode and cathode disposed upon or within the reaction chamber, and a conductive material in electrical communication between the anode and cathode. The anode includes an oxidation catalyst, while the cathode includes a reduction catalyst that is accessible to oxygen gas. Preferably, the devices and methods utilize a single light-admitting chamber within which both cathodic and anodic reactions take place. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213633 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack is provided which can be suitably used in a case where charging of a dedicated secondary battery in a portable terminal device is difficult. The battery pack is mounted in a battery mounting section in a portable cellular phone (portable terminal device) proper. In the battery pack, alkaline accumulators are connected in series. Alkaline accumulators generate electromotive forces having a voltage (3V) being lower than that of the dedicated secondary battery. A power source circuit has a boosting-type DC/DC converter which boosts a voltage of the alkaline accumulators being connected in series at a level being same as that of the dedicated secondary battery (for example, 4.5V), and outputs the boosted voltage. An electrical double layer capacitor has a capacity to feed stable power to an internal circuit in which power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner and is charged by application of an output of the power source circuit and stores the power. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213634 | OXYGEN ENRICHMENT DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO MOLECULAR SIEVES FOR SUPPLYING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A system is provided that combines an oxygen enrichment device (OBOGS) for generating oxygen-enriched air with a fuel cell system that includes, but is not limited to a fuel cell for using the oxygen-enriched air as a reaction gas within the fuel cell, as a result of which the output of the fuel cell is improved while the size and weight of the fuel cell remain the same. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PURGING FUEL CELL STACKS - A fuel cell stack comprising a fuel inlet and an oxidant inlet for allowing the supply of a fuel and an oxidant to the fuel cell stack, respectively, and a fuel outlet and an oxidant outlet for allowing the removal of an anode exhaust and a cathode exhaust from the fuel cell stack, respectively, wherein the fuel outlet is fluidly connected to a high frequency purge valve. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213636 | Reformer, Fuel Cell System and Method For Operating a Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213637 | Gas Station Hydrogen - A device and method of using the device to convert gasoline to hydrogen with zero carbon dioxide emissions and are suitable for co-location at a gasoline filling station. The device has a plasma reactor ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213638 | ENGINE BLOCK FOR USE IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an engine block may comprise an interconnect having: a first manifold section, a second manifold section perpendicular to the first manifold section, the first manifold section and the second manifold section having a plurality of conduits to receive a gas flow, wherein the first manifold section and the second manifold section are formed from a single manifold device; a fuel cell stack housing coupled to the second manifold section to receive a fuel cell stack; and a fuel processor coupled to the first manifold section, wherein the fuel cell processor and the fuel cell stack operate at substantially the same temperature. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213639 | High Temperature Fuel Cell With Mixed Anionic and Protonic Conduction - This invention concerns a high temperature fuel cell with mixed anionic and protonic conduction having a protonic conduction reforming membrane directly coupled to a solid oxide fuel cell with conduction by oxygen ions, enabling use of a gradually reforming anode generating carbon deposits to be avoided. The reverse operation of the present invention outside the reforming stage forms a high water temperature electrolyser to produce hydrogen efficiently without having to separate it from water as is the case with current systems. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213640 | Closed Loop Electrical Energy Source - This claim uses current water to hydrogen conversion technology. By connecting the hydrogen converter to a water reservoir, a hydrogen fuel cell, and a water pump in a well-designed container a closed loop energy source can be created. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213641 | Photoelectrochemical Reaction Cell - The invention relates to a reaction cell for the photoelectrochemical production of hydrogen gas, comprising a housing which is filled with an aqueous electrolyte, a pair of electrodes consisting of a first electrode of a doped conductor which is immersed in the electrolytes and a second electrode which is made of metal and which is immersed in the electrolytes and which is electrically conductively connected to the first electrode, also comprising a light source which illuminates the pair of electrodes. The reaction cell is characterized in that the electrodes are connected to each other in a flat manner, the pair of electrodes divides the reaction cell into two chambers, wherein the chambers are connected to each other in a fluidically conducting manner and the housing is provided with at least one gas outlet. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213642 | Hydrogen generating apparatus and fuel cell power generation system controlling amount of hydrogen generation - Hydrogen generating apparatus that is capable of controlling the amount of hydrogen generation. The hydrogen generating apparatus has an electrolyzer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a switch, which is located between the first electrode and the second electrode, a flow rate meter, which measures an amount of hydrogen generation in the second electrode, and a switch controller, which receives a set value, compares the amount of hydrogen generation measured by the flow rate meter with the set value, and controls an on/off status of the switch. The amount of hydrogen generation can be controlled by use of on/off time and/or on/of frequency of the switch. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213643 | Electricity Production Installation Comprising Fuel Cells Connected in Series and Comprising Means for Isolating a Cell and Mehtod for Monitoring Such an Installation - An electric current production installation, for powering electrical members of a vehicle, including at least two fuel cells electrically connected in series via electric connection lines. Each connecting line includes a connecting switch. The installation further includes bypass lines, each bypass line including a bypass switch, so as to isolate at least one fuel cell by selectively controlling the position of the connection and bypass switches of the lines associated with the cell. A method monitors such an installation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213644 | SOLID POLYELECTROLYTE TYPE FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a solid polyelectrolyte type fuel cell having excellent reliability and a method of producing the same by reducing electric interface resistance between an electrode and a solid polyelectrolyte membrane by improving contact area and cohesion between the electrode and the solid polyelectrolyte membrane. The present invention relates to a solid polyelectrolyte type fuel cell including a polyelectrolyte membrane and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the polyelectrolyte membrane, and the electrodes have a catalyst layer containing catalyst-carrying carbon particles, and at least one surface of the polyelectrolyte membrane has a bumpy face in which a bumpy shape is formed, and the catalyst layer is formed in close contact with the bumpy shape of the bumpy face. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213645 | Composite porous membrane and method for producing the same - A composite porous membrane comprises a porous matrix and a polymer. The porous matrix contains a fiber woven fabric, a fiber nonwoven fabric, a porous metal material, or a porous inorganic material, and the polymer forms a three-dimensional network structure in the porous matrix. The composite porous membrane may be obtained by impregnating the porous matrix with a solution of the polymer, and by solidifying while stretching the polymer. Preferred examples of the porous matrix include glass fiber nonwoven fabrics, and preferred examples of the polymer include polybenzimidazoles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213646 | Proton-conductive composite electrolyte membrane and producing method thereof - A composite electrolyte membrane of the present invention includes a porous body composed of an inorganic substance and an electrolyte material. The porous body includes therein plural spherical pores in which a diameter is substantially equal, and communicating ports each allowing the spherical pores adjacent to each other to communicate with each other. The electrolyte material is provided on the spherical pores and the communicating ports, has proton conductivity, and is composed of a hydrocarbon polymer. The proton-conductive composite electrolyte membrane has excellent ion conductivity, high heat resistance, and restricted swelling when being hydrous, and is capable of being produced at low cost. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213647 | Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system, comprising a fuel cell having an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte interposed therebetween and a purification device having a catalyst layer purifying substances discharged from the anode. The fuel cell system is characterized in that the purification device comprises a porous sheet having a catalyst layer and two flow passages disposed on both sides of the porous sheet, an inlet to which the substances discharged from the anode is led is formed in one flow passage, an inlet to which air is led and an outlet are formed in the other flow passage, and the substances discharged from the anode are discharged from the outlet after being purified through the porous sheet. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213648 | Fuel Cell Cathode Flow Field - A fuel cell cathode flow field has multiple channels each with a cross-sectional area that varies along the length of the channel such that oxygen availability at every lengthwise position along the channel is kept substantially constant for a given channel length and air stoichiometry ratio. Each channel comprises a flat floor with substantially constant depth and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the floor; the side walls each taper inwards from channel inlet to outlet with a convex curve relative to the channel centreline. Achieving substantially uniform oxygen availability throughout the flow field results in substantially uniform current density throughout the flow field, which is desirable for efficient fuel cell operation and improved performance. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213649 | Component for Constituting Fuel Cell - A component ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213650 | Microstructures and Methods of Fabrication Thereof - Fuel cells, fuel cell membranes, micro-fuel cells, and methods of fabricating each, are disclosed. One exemplary fuel cell, among others, includes a membrane including a material such as organic conducting materials and inorganic conducting materials, and combinations thereof. The membrane has a thickness of about 0.01 to 10 μm, and has an area resistivity of about 0.1 to 1000 ohms cm | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213651 | Housing for a Sealed Electrochemical Battery Cell - An electrochemical cell with a collector assembly for sealing the open end of a cell container. The collector assembly includes a retainer and a contact spring with a peripheral flange, each having a central opening therein. A pressure release vent member disposed between the retainer and the peripheral flange of the contact spring seals the openings in the retainer and contact spring under normal conditions and ruptures to release pressure from within the cell when the internal pressure exceeds a predetermined limit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213652 | BATTERY PACK SAFETY AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A process of controlling the temperature of a battery pack includes the steps of determining the operating mode and present temperature of the battery pack. Optimal temperature for the battery pack depends on the operating mode and the difference between the present temperature and the previously identified optimal temperature. The battery pack is warmed if the temperature difference (measured minus optimal) is large. The optimal time interval over which the battery pack should be warmed is a function of the operating mode and the previously calculated temperature difference. A heater is switchably operated enabling and disabling the heat generating element to warm the pack to the previously identified optimal temperature. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213653 | BATTERY PACK - In a battery pack where a fan is housed within a case housing a battery stack, the noise generated from turbulence of a medium that is supplied and exhausted between a fan opening of the fan and the battery stack is reduced. The battery pack has a battery stack, a cooling fan installed adjacent to the battery stack and having a fan opening formed in a top surface for taking in cooling air after cooling the battery stack, an upper case for covering the upper part of the battery stack and the cooling fan, and a junction duct for guiding the cooling air after cooling the battery stack to the fan opening. The junction duct is formed from the duct lower unit having an opening formed at a location facing the fan opening and one wall of the upper case in contact with a lower end and periphery of the duct lower unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213654 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - An alkaline electrochemical cell having a gelled anode including zinc powder and a rheological modifier is disclosed. The rheological modifier reduces at least one of the gelled anode's key rheological parameters thereby enabling transportation and distribution of the gelled anode within a battery manufacturing facility. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213655 | SAFE LITHIUM ION BATTERY - The present invention discloses a safe lithium ion battery to solve the short circuit problem of short circuit caused by metal grains produced during the production of the battery on the neck of the lithium ion battery. The lithium ion battery comprises a cylindrical shell, a battery cover, an anode, a membrane, a cathode, an organic electrolyte, and a concave is provided on the round neck of the cylindrical shell, wherein a round tape is provided on the surface of the inner wall of the concave round neck. The lithium ion battery may completely solve the problem of metal grain produced during the production of the neck of the battery shell falling into the shell causing short circuit. It may also solve the problem of damage on the neck of the battery shell during the production of the battery, and short circuit caused by metal grain produced in the using of the battery. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213656 | Battery, Charging Apparatus and Electronic Apparatus - In a battery ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213657 | High Capacity Lithium Ion Secondary Battery with Metal Case - The present invention relates to a high capacity lithium ion secondary battery with metal casing, characterized in that each of the positive terminal or negative terminal includes respectively an upper backing plate, an upper insulator and a lower insulator. The upper backing plate and upper insulator are long-circular piece, two or more rivets pass through the concentric holes on the upper arm of a positive or negative electrode tab, the lower insulator, a sealing cover, the upper insulator and the upper backing plate respectively and rivet them as a whole. The lower arm of the positive electrode tab or negative electrode tab is connected to the corresponding positive or negative electrode tab on a battery core body, and the battery core body is comprised of two or more winded cores in parallel connection. The battery is provided with the advantages and effects of good sealing performance, good electrochemistry property, and simple manufacturing process, as well as high security of a pile comprised of plurality of such individual batteries. As a result the useless space in height of battery is reduced and the volumetric specific energy of the same is enhanced. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213658 | BATTERY - A battery includes: a battery element having a cathode and an anode; a package can containing the battery element and being electrically connected to one of the cathode and the anode; and external connection terminal being connected to the other one of the cathode and the anode; and having a plate-like base contained in the package can and a leading portion extending to outside of the package can; and an insulating member separating the external connection terminal from the battery element. The base of the external connection terminal is spaced from an internal wall face of the package can, and the insulating member has notches at a position where the base of the external connection terminal is layered on the insulating member in the thickness direction of the package can. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213659 | LEAD SEALANT FILM AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A lead sealant film and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery are provided. The lead sealant film includes a laminated structure composed of an inner layer, an intermediate layer, and an outer layer. The intermediate layer includes a first acid-modified polypropylene having a high melting-point, and each of the inner layer and the outer layer includes a second acid-modified polypropylene having a low melting-point. A difference between the melting point of the first acid-modified polypropylene and the melting point of the second acid-modified polypropylene is from 20° C. to 25° C. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213660 | Battery - The invention relates to a battery comprising a casing having at least one handle, which is formed integrally with the casing and is at least partially recessed into the upper surface of the casing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213661 | Polymers Obtained From Monomers Allowing A Sequential Polymerization, And Their Use For Preparing Ionic Conductors - The present invention concerns polymers obtained by anionic initiation and bearing functions that can be activated by cationic initiations that are not reactive in the presence of anionic polymerization initiators. The presence of such cationic initiation functions allow an efficient cross-linking of the polymer after moulding, particularly in the form of a thin film. It is thus possible to obtain polymers with well-defined properties in terms of molecular weight and cross-linking density. The polymers of the present invention are capable of dissolving ionic compounds inducing a conductivity for the preparation of solid electrolytes. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213662 | RETICULATED AND CONTROLLED POROSITY BATTERY STRUCTURES - The effective ionic conductivity in a composite structure is believed to decrease rapidly with volume fraction. A system, such as a bipolar device or energy storage device, has structures or components in which the diffusion length or path that electrodes or ions must traverse is minimized and the interfacial area exposed to the ions or electrons is maximized. The device includes components that can be reticulated or has a reticulated interface so that an interface area can be increased. The increased interfacial perimeter increases the available sites for reaction of ionic species. Many different reticulation patterns can be used. The aspect ratio of the reticulated features can be varied. Such bipolar devices can be fabricated by a variety of methods or procedures. A bipolar device having structures of reticulated interface can be tailored for the purposes of controlling and optimizing charge and discharge kinetics. A bipolar device having graded porosity structures can have improved transport properties because the diffusion controlling reaction kinetics can be modified. Graded porosity electrodes can be linearly or nonlinearly graded. A bipolar device having perforated structures also provides improved transport properties by removing tortuosity and reducing diffusion distance. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213663 | DIGITAL ALLOYS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME - Alloys of tunable compositions and corresponding optical, electrical and mechanical properties are described. Also described are their uses in optoelectronic devices and material interfaces. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213664 | THIN FILM BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a method of fabricating a battery, a substrate is annealed to reduce surface contaminants or even water of crystallization from the substrate. A series of battery component films are deposited on a substrate, including an adhesion film, electrode films, and an electrolyte film. An adhesion film is deposited on the substrate and regions of the adhesion film are exposed to oxygen. An overlying stack of cathode films is deposited in successive deposition and annealing steps. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213665 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the invention includes lithium cobalt compound oxide in which at least zirconium and magnesium are added, and lithium nickel manganese compound oxide having a layered structure. The lithium cobalt compound oxide contains at least two types of zirconium- and magnesium-added lithium cobalt compound oxides having zirconium added amounts different from each other. The charging potential of the positive electrode active material is more than 4.3 V and 4.6 V or less versus lithium. With such a constitution, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using a plurality of positive electrode active materials having different physical properties which not only is capable of being charged at a high charging voltage of more than 4.3 V and 4.6 V or less versus lithium, but also has excellent charging/discharging cycle property and excellent charged storage properties without lowering the battery capacity. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213666 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING AGGLOMERATES OF METAL POWDERS AND ARTICLES INCORPORATING THE AGGLOMERATES - Processes for making rigid, binder free agglomerates of powdered metal are disclosed. The agglomerates have a low tap density. Articles that contain binder free agglomerates made from electrochemically active powder are also disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213667 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213668 | Nonaqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode including an active material of complex oxides capable of storing and emitting lithium ions, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolytic solution made of a nonaqueous solvent. A discharge curve of this battery when being discharged with a constant power has two or more points of step-like flections near the end of electrical discharge in a range of 5% to 20% of a discharge capacity thereof as determined from an initial discharge voltage in a state of full charge to a discharge-end voltage. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213669 | Power Storage Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a power storage device with excellent cycle property, employing a cathode containing a nitroxyl polymer. To attain the object in the present invention, in the power storage device employing a cathode comprising a nitroxyl polymer, a lithium or lithium alloy anode is used as an anode active material and the cathode is in direct contact with the anode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213670 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, 80 wt % or more of the positive electrode active material is primary particles, and the separator is formed by a porous film, or the porous film is formed at at least one position from the following: between the positive electrode and the separator main body, between the negative electrode and the separator main body, and inside the separator main body, to capture the metal ions leached from the positive electrode active material. Such an arrangement enables a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with significantly less decline in battery capacity, excellent charge and discharge cycle life performance, and capable of stable output for a longer period of time. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213671 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, first protrusions on a surface of the negative electrode current collector, a separation-stopping area on at least a part of a surface of each first protrusion, and a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and formed on at least a top face of the first protrusion. This structure suppresses the separation of the negative electrode active material layer from the negative electrode current collector, the degradation of the current collecting ability, and the deformation of the negative electrode itself. A lithium ion secondary battery including this negative electrode has a high battery capacity, a high energy density, and an excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristic, and is capable of stably maintaining a high power over an extended period of time. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213672 | LITHIUM ANODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - Provided is an anode for use in electrochemical cells, wherein the anode active layer has a first layer comprising lithium metal and a multi-layer structure comprising single ion conducting layers and polymer layers in contact with the first layer comprising lithium metal or in contact with an intermediate protective layer, such as a temporary protective metal layer, on the surface of the lithium-containing first layer. Another aspect of the invention provides an anode active layer formed by the in-situ deposition of lithium vapor and a reactive gas. The anodes of the current invention are particularly useful in electrochemical cells comprising sulfur-containing cathode active materials, such as elemental sulfur. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213673 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY AND LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - An electrolyte for a lithium battery and a lithium battery thereof are provided. The electrolyte includes a non-aqueous organic solvent; lithium salt; and an additive selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by formulas (1) to (3), and combinations thereof: | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213674 | SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a secondary battery using a liquid electrolyte excellent in storage characteristics. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and a liquid electrolyte, where the cathode and the anode contain at least one mutual active material. This symmetrical electrode configuration, that the at least one active material for the cathode and the anode is mutual, enables equalization of an electrode electric potential difference before charge or after discharge; and thus electrolyte degradation is efficiently restrained to improve storage characteristics. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213675 | Interrogation of a Light-Sensitive Sensor - A sensing method comprises irradiating a sensor having a medium including a light-sensitive holographic element, and observing a change in the holographic image. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213676 | PHASE SHIFT MASK FOR AVOIDING PHASE CONFLICT - A phase shift mask comprises a glass substrate with a surface and a metal layer. The glass substrate comprises a first phase section, a second phase section and a border section. The metal layer is covered on the glass substrate and defining a pattern comprising a plurality of parallel lines, the first phase section and the second phase section. The terminal of at least one of the lines is not rectangular and a distance between the tips of the lines in the first phase section are defined to be not less than the width of the first phase section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213677 | PHOTOMASK MANUFACTURING METHOD USING CHARGED BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A first relationship between the charge dose of a charged beam writing apparatus and the dimensional accuracy of a photomask pattern is obtained, and a charge dose is determined from given dimensional accuracy on the basis of the first relationship. On the basis of the determined charge dose, a resist by which a resist pattern having desired dimensions is formed with the charge dose is selected. A second relationship between the write condition of the charged beam writing apparatus and the write time necessary to write the selected resist with the charge dose is obtained for each write pattern. The write condition is determined for each write pattern on the basis of a condition given to the write time and the second relationship. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213678 | Method for Fabricating Electrical Circuitry on Ultra-Thin Plastic Films - In accordance with the teachings of one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of forming high-density metal interconnects on flexible, thin-film plastic includes laminating a dry photoresist layer to a substrate. The photoresist-laminated substrate is baked. An assembly is formed by laminating a plastic film to the baked, photoresist-laminated substrate. One or more electrically conductive interconnect layers are processed on a first surface of the laminated plastic film. The processing of the one or more electrically conductive interconnects includes photolithography. The assembly is baked and soaked in a liquid. The processed plastic film is then separated from the substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213679 | Pellicle frame apparatus, mask, exposing method, exposure apparatus, and device fabricating method - A pellicle is provided to one end surface of end surfaces of a frame. Another end surface of the end surfaces of the frame has an area that opposes a substrate. A configuration is adopted that prevents the deformation of the one end surface of the frame and the shape of the opposing area on the other end surface from affecting one another. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213680 | Toner for Electrostatic Latent Image Development and Method of Magnetic Monocomponent Development - The present invention provides a toner for electrostatic latent image development and a method of magnetic monocomponent development using the toner which can prevent the toner adhesion to a photoconductor for a long time period and can obtain an image having high quality by maintaining functions of the toner for a long time period or by favorably adjusting the conveying property of the toner on a developing sleeve. In a toner for electrostatic latent image development which contains toner particles and inorganic particles and a method of development using the toner, the toner particles exhibit a shape factor SF-1 which satisfies the relationship 115≦SF-1≦150 and a shape factor SF-2 which satisfies the relationship 115≦SF-2≦145 and, at the same time, a quantity of inorganic particles which are in a floating state is set to a value which falls within a range from 10 weight % to 25 weight % with respect to the total quantity of the inorganic particles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213681 | Image Forming Method, Screen Set And Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus for forming a color image of CMK color plates by electrophotography system in which a K color plate having highest visibility among CMYK colors is composed of a rational number mesh. Profile of halftone dots (201Kh) becomes constant substantially and the factor for generating streak and unevenness is suppressed. Furthermore, C color plate and M color plate are formed of super cells and the K color plate, C color plate and M color plate are formed at an interval of 30°. Consequently, a Rosetta formed of halftone dots (201Ch, 201Mh, 201Kh) of CMK is optimized and the factor for generating moiré component is suppressed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213682 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE TONER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE TONER - Provided is a toner for developing electrostatic image, comprising particles of oil phase containing at least a toner composition and/or toner composition precursor in an aqueous medium, wherein the toner composition and/or toner composition precursor comprises an organic-modified layered inorganic mineral prepared by modifying at least partially an ion of a layered inorganic mineral into an organic ion, and the organic ion-modification ratio X satisfies the relation of 100| 2008-09-04 | |
| 20080213683 | Toners For Electrostatic-Image Development - To provide an emulsion polymerized agglomerated toner for electrostatic charge image which is excellent in the fixing property even at a high temperature without deteriorating other properties and which does not emit an odor offensive to people, and a process for its production. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213684 | CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - To provide a carrier for electrophotographic developer including core particles and a cover layer covering the particles, wherein at least one of the carrier to be supplied in a developing apparatus and carrier contained in the developing apparatus has a weight average particle diameter Dw of 22 μm or more and 32 μm or less, a ratio Dw/Dp of the weight average particle diameter Dw to the number average particle diameter Dp that satisfies the relationship 1.00≦Dw/Dp≦1.20, particles whose particle diameter x (μm) is within a range of 0| 2008-09-04 | |
| 20080213685 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION SUITABLE FOR USE AS A CHEMICALLY PRODUCED TONER - Provided herein are methods of forming an aqueous dispersion suitable for use in a chemically produced toner that include a) dissolving a polyester resin in a volatile organic solvent to form a solution of the polyester in the volatile organic solvent; b) adding a neutralizing agent comprising at least one of an alkali metal hydroxide, an ammonium hydroxide and a tertiary amine, and water to the solution of the polyester in the volatile organic solvent to form a first aqueous dispersion; and c) heating the dispersion to remove solvent to provide a second aqueous dispersion. Also provided are aqueous dispersions formed by methods according to embodiments of the invention and toners resin compositions including an aqueous dispersion according to an embodiment of the invention. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213686 | Developing Method and Developing Unit - The present invention provides a developing method and a developing unit which can obtain a favorable image quality and the like even when a surface roughness Rz of a developing sleeve is changed or when an amorphous-silicon photoconductor is used by allowing the magnetic monocomponent toner to effectively jump to a photoconductor from a developing sleeve. To attain such an object, the present invention provides a magnetic monocomponent jumping developing system and a developing unit which uses the method, wherein as the magnetic monocomponent toner, a toner having a volume center particle size which is calculated from the particle size distribution based on volume and falls within a range from 6.0 to 7.8 μm, having the sphericity which falls within a range from 0.92 to 0.98, and setting a toner quantity having a volume particle size of 5.04 μm or less to a value which falls within a range from 2.5 to 10.0 volume % is used and, at the same time, assuming a toner quantity per unit area of the toner image as A, a following relationship formula (1) is satisfied. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213687 | TONER PROCESS - The present disclosure relates to a toner process comprising providing a resin miniemulsion comprising polymeric particles comprising at least one free radical polymerizable monomer compound and at least one alkylene anhydride; blending the miniemulsion with at least one colorant, at least one amine, and optionally at least one wax; heating the resulting mixture below or about equal to the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the resin emulsion; and heating the resulting mixture above or about equal to the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the resin emulsion. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213688 | Photosensitive Transfer Material, Pattern Forming Process, and Patterns - The present invention aims to provide a photosensitive transfer material which allows for preventing light fog under safelight even with a highly sensitive photosensitive transfer layer, and is particularly preferably used in producing printed circuit boards and color filters for liquid crystal displays (LCDs). | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213689 | WATERMARK DEFECT REDUCTION BY RESIST OPTIMIZATION - A method is disclosed for lithographic processing. In one aspect, the method comprises obtaining a resist material with predetermined resist properties. The method further comprises using the resist material for providing a resist layer on the device to be lithographic processed. The method further comprises illuminating the resist layer according to a predetermined pattern to be obtained. The obtained resist material comprises a tuned photo-acid generator component and/or a tuned quencher component and/or a tuned acid mobility as to reduce watermark defects on the lithographic processed device. In another aspect, a corresponding resist material, a set of resist materials, use of such materials and a method for setting up a lithographic process are disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213690 | Resist Material and Electron Beam Recording Resist Material - This invention generally provides a resist material that has high sensitivity to light and electron beams and can form a clear and fine pattern at a smaller exposure. The resist material comprises a metal compound and is characterized in that a metal element constituting the metal compound is a group 14 or 15 metal element and the metal compound is a stoichiometrically incomplete compound. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213691 | Method to print photoresist lines with negative sidewalls - A write pole for vertical magnetic recording is described. It includes a trapezoidal prism of high magnetic moment material, having inwardly sloping sidewalls. Its parallel surfaces are between about 0.1 and 0.3 microns apart and the sidewalls slope in the range of 15.5 to 60 degrees relative to vertical. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213692 | RADIATION SENSITIVE COMPOSITION, MICROLENS, PROCESS FOR FORMING THE MICROLENS AND USE OF THE MICROLENS - A radiation sensitive composition containing inorganic oxide particles; a copolymer of at least one unsaturated compound selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride and other unsaturated compound different from the unsaturated compound; a polyfunctional unsaturated compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups in the molecule; and a radiation sensitive polymerization initiator. The composition is useful for making a microlens. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213693 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium containing a substrate having provided thereon a recording layer capable of recording information by laser beam irradiation, wherein the recording layer contains a dye represented by the following general formula (I): | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213694 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING A PHOTOACID GENERATOR MONOMER, SUBSTRAT COATED WITH THE COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING A COMPOUND ON A SUBSTRATE USING THE COMPOSITION, AND MICROARRAY PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - A composition containing a photoacid generator monomer and surfactant, and a method for synthesizing a compound on a substrate using the composition are provided. The method includes bonding a layer of first molecules having an acid labile protecting group to a solid substrate; coating a layer of the photoacid generator monomer composition according to the present invention on the layer of first molecules; exposing the composition layer to light and then heat-treating to remove the acid labile protecting group from the first molecules corresponding to the exposed portion; washing and removing the composition layer from the exposed and unexposed portions; and bonding second molecules to the exposed first molecules. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213695 | Chemically amplified resist composition - The present invention provides a chemically amplified resist composition comprising: (A) a salt represented by (I): | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213696 | Negative Working, Heat-Sensitive, Lithographic Printing Plate Precursor - A heat-sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes on a grained and anodized aluminum support a coating including hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles, a hydrophilic binder, and an organic compound, wherein the organic compound includes at least one phosphonic acid group or at least one phosphoric acid group or a salt thereof. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213697 | UNDERLAYER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC AROMATIC STRUCTURES - A composition suitable for use as a planarizing underlayer in a multilayer lithographic process is disclosed. The inventive composition comprises a polymer containing heterocyclic aromatic moieties. In another aspect, the composition further comprises an acid generator. In yet another aspect, the composition further comprises a crosslinker. The inventive compositions provide planarizing underlayers having outstanding optical, mechanical and etch selectivity properties. The present invention also encompasses lithographic structures containing the underlayers prepared from the compositions of the present invention, methods of making such lithographic structures, and methods of using such lithographic structures to pattern underlying material layers on a substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213698 | Novel Colorant Compound and Method of Manufacturing the Same as Well as Blue Resist Composition for Use in Color Filter Containing the Same - The present invention provides (I) a method of manufacturing a triphenylmethane colorant that can suppress the sub-reactions in conversion to a sulfonamide and is industrially advantageous, (II) a colorant compound that has both excellent spectral characteristics and a high solubility relative to organic solvents or polymers as a coloring agent to be used in color filters and (III) a blue resist composition for use in a color filter that shows a high lightness and an excellent hue particularly for blue color and can be used to display an image that is excellent in terms of spectral characteristics and contrast. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213699 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING A PHOTORESIST PATTERN USING THE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - In a photoresist composition and a method of forming a photoresist pattern using the photoresist composition, the photoresist composition includes a photosensitive polymer having a first repeating unit of p-hydroxystyrene and a second repeating unit of an acrylate at a molar ratio of from about 40:60 to about 60:40, a photosensitive material and an organic solvent. The photoresist composition having good reproducibility and stability may form a photoresist film having a substantially uniform thickness, and may form a fine pattern with accuracy. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213700 | On-press development of high speed laser sensitive lithographic printing plates - A method of on-press developing a laser sensitive lithographic printing plate with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening upon exposure to a laser. The plate is exposed with a laser and on-press developed with ink and/or fountain solution. The exposure and development are performed with the plate under lightings that contain no or substantially no radiation below a wavelength selected from 400 to 650 nm, or in the dark or substantially dark. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213701 | POLYMER FOR ORGANIC ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING LAYER AND COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE SAME - A polymer which has siloxane group at a main chain thereof and a composition including the same, for forming an organic anti-reflective coating layer are disclosed. The polymer for forming an organic anti-reflective coating layer is represented by following Formula. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213702 | METHOD FOR PATTERNING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER - A method for patterning a conductive polymer that adheres well to an oxide layer is presented. The method includes forming a self-assembled monolayer on a substrate, patterning the self-assembled monolayer, forming a catalyst layer on the self-assembled monolayer, and forming a conductive polymer layer on the self-assembled monolayer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213703 | Imaging System With Mirror Group - An imaging system for imaging an off-axis object field arranged in an object surface of the imaging system onto an off-axis image field arranged in an image surface of the imaging system while creating at least one intermediate image has: an optical axis; an in-line mirror group having an object side mirror group entry, an image side mirror group exit and a mirror group plane aligned transversly to the optical axis and arranged geometrically between the mirror group entry and the mirror group exit, the mirror group including: a first mirror having a first mirror surface for receiving radiation coming from the object surface in a first reflecting area asymmetric to the optical axis; at least one second mirror having a second mirror surface facing the first mirror surface for receiving radiation coming from the first mirror in a second reflecting area asymmetric to the optical axis; at least one of the first and second mirrors being a concave mirror having a concave mirror surface defining a mirror axis on the optical axis; wherein the mirrors of the mirror group are arranged such that radiation coming from the mirror group entry passes at least four times through the mirror group plane and is reflected at least twice on a concave mirror surface of the mirror group prior to exiting the mirror group at the mirror group exit. A strong overcorrection of image field curvature can be effected in an axially compact design. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213704 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus that includes a measurement unit inserted on an image plane of an optical system to be measured, and a measurement mask inserted on an object plane of the optical system to be measured, the measurement unit including a light-shielding board including a slit-like image-side opening part, and the measurement mask including a rectangular light-shielding part being configured to form a projection image having a longitudinal dimension and lateral dimension longer than a longitudinal dimension and lateral dimension of the image-side opening part on the image plane of the optical system to be measured, and object-side opening parts formed on two sides of the light-shielding part, wherein the measurement apparatus measures flare generated by the optical system to be measured by measuring a light quantity by the light quantity sensor while the projection image covers the image-side opening part. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213705 | PATTERN EXPOSURE METHOD AND PATTERN EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A pattern exposure method and a pattern exposure apparatus in which the throughput is improved with an inexpensive apparatus and without a low running cost. Output faces of a plurality of laser beams emitted from a plurality of semiconductor lasers respectively are arranged in two directions. One of the directions is the same direction as the scanning direction of a polygon mirror while the other is a direction crossing the scanning direction of the polygon mirror. In this event, the array pitch of the output faces arranged in the direction crossing the scanning direction of the polygon mirror is made equal to resolution of an exposure pattern. In this event, the wavelength of each laser may be made not longer than 410 nm. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213706 | Method and apparatus for thermal development having a removable support member - This invention pertains to a method and apparatus for thermally developing a photosensitive element, and particularly to a method and apparatus for supporting the photosensitive element with a removable flexible support member during thermal treatment. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213707 | Graded Spin-on Organic Antireflective Coating for Photolithography - An antireflective coating that contains at least two polymer components and comprises chromophore moieties and transparent moieties is provided. The antireflective coating is useful for providing a single-layer composite graded antireflective coating formed beneath a photoresist layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213708 | Fuel Delivering Terminal For a Combustion Lance of Lime Regenerating Ovens, Combustion Lance Equipped With Such Terminal, System and Process For Controlling the Fuel Supply Flow Through Such Lance - A fuel delivering terminal ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213709 | GAS SUPPLY COUPLING FOR A WATER HEATER - A gas supply coupling and method of assembly for the delivery of combustion gases to a combustion chamber of a heating device includes a crimp ring which provides a metal-to-metal seal between the gas supply tube and the gas supply line. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213710 | COMBUSTION BLOWER CONTROL FOR MODULATING FURNACE - A forced air furnace may include a pneumatically modulated gas valve that is configured to provide gas to a burner. A pneumatic sampling device may be disposed proximate a combustion blower and may be configured to provide the pneumatically modulated gas valve with a first pneumatic signal and a second pneumatic signal that are representative of fluid flow through the pneumatic sampling device. The pneumatically modulated gas valve may regulate gas flow in accordance with the first and second pneumatic signals. In some cases, the pneumatic sampling device may include a restriction, a first pressure port disposed upstream of the restriction and a second pressure port disposed downstream of the restriction. The first and second pressure ports may provide the first and second pneumatic signals to the pneumatically modulated gas valve. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213711 | Lighter or Lighting Gun with a Safety Switch - The invention provides a lighter with a safety switch, comprising: a housing, a fuel container within the housing, a piezoelectric assembly, and a vent assembly. The piezoelectric assembly comprises a piezoelectric element, a snap, as well as a upper and lower push rods arranged between the snap and piezoelectric element. The lower part of the upper push rod and the upper part of the lower push rod are connected in a manner that they can deviate from the centerline of the upper and lower push rods toward one side. Thus, the upper and lower push rods can bend to one side at the joint during the operation of the snap. The lighter further comprises a safety switch, which can prevent the upper and lower push rods from bending. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213712 | Child resistant lighter - A child resistant lighter has a handle, a barrel, a fuel tank, a gas release nozzle, a piezoelectric unit, an ignition means, a lever, a flame nozzle, a fuel conveying hose connecting the flame nozzle and the gas release nozzle, and a safe means having a slidable button, a pivot, an arm rotatably mounted on the pivot and having a hole surrounding the transmission pole, and a second spring. The ignition means further has a transmission pole, a first spring, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. One end of the transmission pole connects to the lever and the other end thereof meets the triggering button of the piezoelectric unit. The safe lighter is able to both lower a possibility of unintentional ignition by child and protect a skin of thumb of a user. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213713 | Flame Ignition Device For Gas Burners - A flame ignition device for a gas burner is described, comprising at least one ignition circuit and electric switching means that are associated with the gas tap for the respective burner. The electric switching means include at least one electric contact member ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213714 | Rotary Furnace Burner - In order to create a rotary kiln burner particularly for fine-grained solid fuels such as coal dust, with jet air nozzles which can be adjusted easily and effectively during operation of the kiln in order to change the divergence angle of the high-speed jet air streams to change the flame shape and optimise the combustion, the invention proposes attaching the jet air nozzles ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213715 | High efficiency radiant burner - A naturally aspirated, fully aerated radiant burner and optional heat exchanger arrangement where the radiant burner has a generally enclosed cavity defined, at least in part, by fuel gas impermeable surroundings and a lower surface of fuel gas permeable burner element, wherein cavity preferably has two opening exposed to an oxidizer source. Sealingly coupled to openings are mix tubes, each having respective first ends and second ends, wherein first ends occupy openings and second ends extend into and are exposed to cavity. Fuel gas injectors, which during use are in fluid communication with fuel gas, are positioned to introduce fuel gas into mix tubes and entrain only slightly more air than needed for stoichiometric combustion. Pre-combustion gasses migrate to upper surface where stable stoichiometric combustion occurs, resulting in low CO and NOx emissions, increased wind resistance and elevated combustion gas temperatures Connecting the heat exchanger directly to the burner further increases its wind resistance and prevents dilution of the combustion gases by wind or free convection. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213716 | Heat system, heat method, and program - The present invention provides a heating system, a heating method and a program, which can readily control processing temperature. A temperature calculating computer | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213717 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF MELTING METAL - A process for increasing the thermal radiation absorbance of objects that are to be melted or softened. An agent is applied to the object, such as an aluminum sow, and the object is placed in a furnace. The furnace exposes the object to thermal radiation, such as by blasting the sow with jets of burning gas, and the material melts. The increase in absorbance on the outer surface of the object reduces the amount of energy needed to melt or soften the material, as thermal energy is absorbed by the object more rapidly than uncoated materials. | 2008-09-04 |
