37th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120228051 | ACOUSTIC SKIN FOR AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE ACOUSTIC PANEL - The invention relates to an acoustic skin ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228052 | MUZZLE BRAKE - A muzzle device for use on a firearm to reduce noise signature and muzzle flash includes a cylindrical housing. The cylindrical housing defines a first chamber and a second chamber with a longitudinal axis extending therethrough. The first chamber has at least one port that extends outward therefrom. The second chamber has at least one slot that extends outward therefrom. The at least one port forms an acute angle with the longitudinal axis that extends forward toward the slot. The angle formed by the at least one port and the longitudinal axis being about 50 degrees. The cylindrical housing defines an outer annular groove being in communication with the at least one port. The at least one port is in communication with an aft surface of the annular groove. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228053 | SILENCER FOR A TWO-STROKE MOTOR OF A POWER TOOL - A silencer for a two-stroke motor of a power tool, including a silencer inlet to which adjoins a flow channel of channel length so that the flow channel can be connected to an outlet of a combustion chamber of the two-stroke motor, whereby the flow channel at the channel end opposite the silencer inlet opens out into a first chamber of depth, between the silencer inlet and the first chamber the flow channel is so flow-beneficially designed, that due to its mass inertia the exhaust gas flowing into the silencer inlet predominantly flows into the first chamber and after filling the first chamber flows back again thereby creating a counterpressure in the direction of the combustion chamber, so that in spite of small geometric dimensions it provides a periodically actin counterpressure on the outlet of the combustion chamber of the two-stroke motor. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228054 | NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM WITH CHAMBER - A noise reduction system with a chamber includes a chamber ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228055 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust muffler for improving the timbre of an exhaust sound in a low engine speed region and for increasing an engine output in a high engine speed region. In an exhaust device for an internal combustion engine for discharging an exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine through a multistage expansion type muffler having a plurality of expansion chambers for silencing the sound of the exhaust gas during the passage thereof, the multistage expansion type muffler includes a first tail pipe for communicating between a most downstream one of the expansion chambers and the outside of the muffler and a second tail pipe for communicating between an upstream one of the expansion chambers on the upstream side of the most downstream expansion chamber and the outside of the muffler. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228056 | SAFETY HARNESSES, CONNECTIVE RING ATTACHMENTS FOR USE IN SAFETY HARNESSES AND BACK PADS FOR USE IN SAFETY HARNESSES - A back pad system for use in connection with a safety harness which includes at least two spaced back straps and a connector adapted to be connected to a line or lanyard. In one form, the system includes a back pad having passages through which the two back straps can be passed to be crossed over the connector, an attachment to which the connector can be moveably attached, and at least one member that captures the connector in an upright position upon application of force such as manual force (either directly or indirectly) to the connector to move the connector to the upright position. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228057 | HIDDEN FIRE ESCAPE LADDER SYSTEM WITH SPRING-LOADED STANDOFFS - Apparatus for escaping from a building through a window, comprises a plurality of rungs having first and second ends. A first side support is coupled to the first ends of the rungs. The first side support has an upper end. A second side support is coupled to the second ends of the rungs. The first side support has an upper end. A securement assembly is coupled to the wall of a building adjacent a window for providing egress. A first securement secures the upper end of the first side support to the securement member. A second securement secures the upper end of the second side support to the securement member. A plurality of first arms are each positioned proximate the first ends of a respective one of the rungs and are each moveably mounted to go from a retracted position to an extended position. A plurality of first arms are each positioned proximate the first ends of a respective one of the rungs and are each moveably mounted to go from a retracted position to an extended position. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228058 | Step Guard - A step guard device that enables a user to prevent a small or unsupervised child from ascending a ladder such as the type commonly used with swing sets, tree house, and the like by preventing the small child from accessing one or more rungs or steps of the ladder. The step guard device is preferably comprised of a barricade and an attachment device for removably attaching said device to the ladder. The device can also be positioned along the ladder so as to permit bigger children and/or adults to safely traverse the device and use the ladder to enjoy the structure to which it is attached. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228059 | PORTABLE LADDER WITH A STAND OFF DEVICE - A portable ladder has two stiles interconnected by rungs. The ladder is provided with a stand off device, including two stand off arm assemblies, each being telescopically inserted into a receiving space. Each stand off arm assembly has a base part and a stand off arm interconnected by a hinge that allows the stand off arm to be pivoted between a position in alignment with the base part and an angled stand off position. The stand off arm assemblies are each configured such that—in extended position—the hinge is located outside the receiving space with the base part being located within said receiving space, and also such that—in retracted position—the base part, the hinge, as well as at least a portion of the stand off arm are located within the receiving space. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228060 | HIGH CAPACITY VERTICAL MEMBER FOR USE WITH MODULAR SCAFFOLDING - A vertical member of a modular scaffolding system includes a securing rosette provided in an upper section having a reduced diameter to provide a pre-determined modular connection. The vertical member includes an elongate intermediate section forming the majority of the vertical member of a first diameter greater than the reduced diameter. The intermediate section at a lower edge includes an integral spigot of the reduced diameter. A reinforcing sleeve is fixedly secured to the upper section above the rosette and forms a spigot receiving socket. The vertical member has higher capacity due to the larger diameter intermediate section while maintaining modularity of the scaffolding system. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228061 | LADDERS, LADDER COMPONENTS AND RELATED METHODS - Ladders, ladder components and related methods are provided. In some embodiments, adjustable stepladders are provided which include locking mechanisms that enable height adjustment of the ladder through application of a force towards the rails of the ladder. In other embodiments, spreader mechanisms are provided with cross bracing located and configured to provide additional stability to the ladder while also incorporating a handle that enables efficient collapsing of the ladder while reducing the potential of pinching ones hands or fingers. In another embodiment, a device is provided for selective coupling with the ladder that includes a support or safety rail and an adjustable tray. The device may be coupled with the ladder in a number of different positions including a stowed position. In another embodiment, a hinge assembly is provided having a magnetic component configured to be magnetically coupled with and temporarily store an object on the ladder. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228062 | Belay Device - A belay device for protecting a climber on a rope from a fall has a powered winding reel to which the rope is attached. A control mechanism acts to prevent slack in the rope between the climber and the winding reel and includes load sensor that which, on detecting the weight of the climber on the rope, switches the operation of the device to a fall or descent mode where the winding reel is stopped and the climber is suspended by the rope. An electronic control and diagnostic system monitors the operation of the winding reel and switches its operation to a safe, fault mode when a fault is detected. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228063 | HYDRAULIC-ASSISTED LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, the invention provides a lubrication system for a machine comprising: a direct current (DC) motor; a battery system for powering the DC motor; a lubricating system in communication with the DC motor, the lubricating system including a supply of lubricating oil and a pump for delivering the lubricating oil to at least one component of the machine requiring lubrication; a hydraulic motor operably coupled to a shaft of the DC motor; a supply of a pressurized fluid in communication with the hydraulic motor; and a control device for discharging the supply of pressurized fluid into the hydraulic motor to power the hydraulic motor, whereby the hydraulic motor, when powered by the supply of pressurized fluid, is operable to turn the shaft of the DC motor, thereby reducing an operating current supplied to the DC motor by the battery system. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228064 | CAM DRIVEN WEDGE BRAKING SYSTEM FOR MULTI-STAGE LIFTS - Apparatus for braking relative vertical movement between two vertical members includes linkage connected either directly or indirectly to a cable pulley-mount that is spring loaded and moves cams that wedge in between two vertically moveable members when cable tension is not present at the pulley. A broken cable, for example, will create a situation where there is no cable tension between a plurality of cable pulleys, the lack of cable tension moves the mechanical cam style linkage to engage the braking members. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228065 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The present invention is provided with: a personal authentication device provided in a destination call registration device adapted to obtain authentication information from a user; an access control device adapted to, when the personal authentication device obtains the authentication information, obtain verification information comprised of a plurality of pieces of permitted floor information corresponding to the authentication information and position information of the destination call registration device; and a supervisory controller adapted to determine, based on the verification information, whether a destination floor inputted into the destination call registration device is a permitted floor, and, based on the registration, control an elevator car. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228066 | ELEVATOR GROUP CONTROL SYSTEM - A group control system includes a destination operating panel by use of which a user registers a destination floor by manual operation before boarding an elevator car and an authentication device by use of which a user performs personal authentication by inputting personal identification information. The destination floor registration from the destination operating panel is prohibited with respect to prescribed prohibited floors and when personal authentication has been carried out by the authentication device, the prohibition of destination floor registration with respect to prohibited floors is canceled. The group controller assigns an optimum car from a plurality of elevators to the destination floor registered from the destination operating panel. In the elevator group control system, it becomes possible for a user to register his or her destination floor before boarding an elevator car without lowering the level of security of the system. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228067 | Magnetic Braking Device - A magnetic braking device ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228068 | BRAKE DRUM - A brake drum which can improve the drag strength, strength and rigidity in the diametrical direction, joint strength, and heat radiating ability, that is, a brake drum which is used for a drum brake, wherein the drum has a plurality of the projections at the outer circumferential surface, the plurality of the projections are formed at the outer circumferential surface as a whole when casting a brake drum, and at least part of the projections have thin-waisted shapes. A height of the projections is 0.3 to 5.0 mm, while the number of projections is 5 to 100/cm | 2012-09-13 |
20120228069 | NOISE ATTENUATING FRICTION ASSEMBLY - A brake pad assembly including a molded material affixed to a backing plate which has opposing faces, at least one non-circular opening through its thickness, and tab-like extensions or some other structure for locating and supporting the backing plate in a vehicle brake system. The molded material extends over both opposed faces of the backing plate by extrusion through the openings to provide a unitary structure wherein molded material at one side of the backing plate functions as a friction-generating pad material and the molded material at the opposite side functions as a shim-like noise attenuating element. The number, configuration, and placement of the openings through the thickness of the backing plate is varied to alter the noise attenuating properties of the assembly, further reducing the tendency for modal locking of brake components. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228070 | HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITH SEALING INTERFACE - A heavy-duty vehicle brake assembly with a sealing interface includes a brake shoe, which includes a shoe table mounted on a web and a brake lining mounted on the shoe table. The shoe table is coated with a zinc-rich coating to form the sealing interface between the brake lining and the shoe table. The sealing interface resists the formation of corrosion cells on the brake shoe table, which in turn reduces the build-up of significant rust between the brake shoe table and the brake shoe lining, thereby preventing cracking and potential dislodging of the lining, while also facilitating replacement of linings when they eventually wear. A method of constructing a heavy-duty vehicle brake assembly with a sealing interface is also provided. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228071 | LEAF VALVE STRUCTURE - A leaf valve structure according to this invention comprises an annular valve seat, and a leaf that is seated on the valve seat under a predetermined elastic supporting force against a pressure of a working fluid on an inner side of the valve seat. A recessed depression portion having an opening portion on both an inner periphery of the valve seat and a seating surface of the leaf is formed in the valve seat, thereby creating a site where the pressure of the working fluid on the inner side of the valve seat can act more easily on a seating surface between the valve seat and the leaf valve. Accordingly, an effect of a surface adsorption force applied to the leaf valve by the valve seat on a cracking pressure can be suppressed, and as a result, the leaf valve can be lifted under a stable cracking pressure. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228072 | SHOCK ABSORBER HAVING A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE VALVE WITH BASE LINE VALVING - A shock absorber includes an external control valve which controls the damping characteristics of the shock absorber. The external control valve controls the flow of fluid between the lower working chamber of the shock absorber and the reservoir chamber and between the upper working chamber of the shock absorber. The damping characteristics are dependent on the amount of current being applied to a solenoid valve which controls a fluid valve assembly. A soft fluid valve assembly is disposed in series with the fluid valve assembly to allow for the tuning of the damping forces at low current levels provided to the solenoid valve. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228073 | SHOCK ABSORBING SYSTEM APPLICABLE TO THE BUMPER OF A VEHICLE - A shock absorbing system applicable to the bumper of a vehicle including a shock absorber with a deformable tube and a retaining device of the absorber including a mechanism susceptible to adopting at least one blocking position and one releasing position in which it prevents and allows, respectively, the displacement of a retaining portion of the absorber in an axial direction. The mechanism includes two rotating retaining connecting rods in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the deformable tube, linked to one another such that the rotation of any one of the connecting rods is transmitted to the other to achieve a similar movement but in the opposite direction; and an electromechanical transducer to displace the mechanism from the blocking position to the releasing position. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228074 | Travel Master - An apparatus to stack a first stackable luggage to a second stackable luggage, the second stackable luggage having a male connector device and the first stackable luggage having a female connector device. The second stackable luggage may be substantially a mirror of the first stackable luggage. The first stackable luggage may include a front 360° rotatable and spinnable wheel, and the first stackable luggage may include a rotatable back wheel. The first stackable luggage may include a releasable and biased strap, and the first stackable luggage may include a first wheel depression for the front wheel in the top surface of the first stackable luggage. The first stackable luggage may include a second wheel depression for the back wheel in the top surface of the first stackable luggage, and the male connector device magnetically may connect to the female connector device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228075 | PRESSURE MOUNTING SLIP COUPLING - The present invention relates to a pressure mounting slip coupling, wherein it is possible to transmit power in spite of an eccentricity or a declination generated in the axial direction, block a torque overload, flexibly correspond to the change of the distance between shafts, and improve durability and operation stability with an insulation function. The pressure mounting slip coupling ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228076 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY CONTROLLED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An electromagnetic (EM) clutch assembly includes input and output discs, a plunger, a control solenoid, and a controller. The input disc is connected to a rotatable input member, and defines an input face having a mechanical feature. The output disc is connected to a rotatable output member, and includes a bore wall defining a bore. The plunger is positioned at least partially within the bore. The controller transmits a time-varying electrical control signal to the solenoid to thereby resonate the plunger toward the input disc, and transmits a steady-state electrical control signal to capture the plunger in an engaged position. Rotation of the discs is controlled until the plunger encounters the mechanical feature, thereby placing the assembly in an engaged state. A vehicle having a transmission and the EM clutch assembly is also disclosed, as is a method for controlling the clutch assembly via the electrical control signals. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228077 | CLUTCH PLATE HAVING INTEGRATED SEPARATING FEATURE - A friction clutch assembly that selectively engages an input member and an output member to allow selective transfer of torque therebetween is provided. A clutch pack includes a first clutch member and a second clutch member. One of the first clutch member or the second clutch member is operatively coupled to the input member. The other of the first and second clutch members is operatively coupled to the output member. The first clutch member comprises an annular body that has a circumferential outer surface including a plurality of splines extending outwardly from the annular body. At least one of the splines has a deflected portion that is integrally formed with the annular body and curved in a circumferential direction toward a distal tip. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228078 | CLUTCH ACTUATION SYSTEM - A multiple-disk clutch has inner and outer clutch members, and a plurality of driving and driven friction disks. The driven and driving friction disks are arranged alternately. A first axially movable pressure member is biased to urge the driving and driven friction disks together in a compression direction. A first actuation system is connected to the first pressure member. The first actuation system is adapted release the compression force exerted by the first pressure member on the driving and driven friction disks. A second actuation system includes a second pressure member and is axially movable to compress the driving and driven friction disks together. The driving and driven friction disks are disposed between the first and second pressure members. The second actuation system is a centrifugal actuation system. The first actuation system is connected to and is axially movable with the second pressure member. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228079 | SPEED DEPENDENT CLUTCH - The present invention relates to a clutch for a laundry appliance. The clutch selectively connects a laundry vessel to a variable speed drive. A driven member is rotationally coupled to the variable speed drive and an un-driven member is rotationably coupled to the laundry vessel. The un-driven member is at least partially rotationally coupled to the driven member by friction. At least one locking element is moveable from an unlocked position to a locking position. The un-driven member and the driven member are rotationally coupled together once the un-driven member accelerates to a rotational speed above a first rotational speed, connecting the laundry vessel to the variable speed drive. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228080 | TRANSMISSION WITH HILL HOLD FEATURE - An automotive transmission having a hill hold feature, comprising an input shaft arranged to be driven by an engine, an output shaft arranged to transfer drive from the input shaft to driving wheels of a vehicle to which the transmission is fitted, and a transmission housing within which the input and output shafts rotate, wherein a one-way clutch is coupled to the input shaft and the housing to allow rotation of the input shaft in only one direction relative to the housing, such that when a forward gear of the transmission is engaged the vehicle is prevented from rolling backward. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228081 | RAW MATERIAL LOADING APPARATUS AND PIPE UNIT FOR RAW MATERIAL LOADING APPARATUS - A loading apparatus for loading raw material into a processing apparatus includes an accommodation section accommodating the raw material, upstream and downstream paths through which the raw material is fed in an airtight state into the processing apparatus, a feeding mechanism that feeds in an airtight state the raw material from the accommodation section to the upstream path, a joint section that separates and joins the upstream and downstream paths, and a closing section, positioned in the second path, that can be opened and closed to maintain the processing apparatus and a portion of the downstream path located downstream of the closing section in an airtight state when the joint section separates the upstream and downstream paths. The downstream path is extendable and contractible to move its downstream end with respect to the joint section while the upstream and downstream paths remain joined. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228082 | VERTICAL CONVEYING CHANNEL AND USES THEREOF - A vertical conveying channel is made of elastic fabric. The elastic fabric's latitude elastic deformation rate is 100˜450%, latitude resilience is 300˜2500N, and latitude elastic recovery rate is 70˜100%; preferably, the latitude elastic deformation rate is 120˜400%, the latitude resilience is 350˜2300N, and the latitude elastic recovery rate is 75˜98%; more preferably, the latitude elastic deformation rate is 140˜350%, the latitude resilience is 550˜2200N, and the latitude elastic recovery rate is 80˜96%; most preferably, the latitude elastic deformation rate is 170˜300%, the latitude resilience is 750˜2000N, and the latitude elastic recovery rate is 85˜94%. The vertical conveying channel can be used for vertical conveying of cargo or personnel, preferably used in the field of lifesaving, engineering or military. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228083 | LINEAR DISPENSING SYSTEM WITH UNIVERSAL ESCAPEMENT - A linear dispensing system is provided that includes a plurality of channels, a pair of parallel rails, a plurality of carriers and a plurality of linear motor modules. The channels are configured to hold inventory products at an orientation. The pair of parallel rails is disposed at a bottom portion of the channels. The carriers are slidably disposed on the rails and have a conveyor unit configured to pick the inventory product from the channels while substantially maintaining the same geometric orientation as in the channel. The linear motor modules are disposed between the parallel rails and aligned end to end. The linear motor modules are coupled with the carriers and configured to pass the carriers to an adjacent linear motor module. Each carrier delivers a plurality of selected products of varying shapes to a universal escapement structure where the products are labeled, imaged, verified and dispensed. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228084 | Rolling Chip Conveyor - A rolling chip conveyor contains a body including a lower segment, a tilted segment, and an upper segment, two ends of the tilted segment connecting with the lower segment and the upper segment respectively, the upper segment including a first outlet to eliminate rough chips outside, a second outlet to eliminate fine chips, and a driving device, the second outlet being fixed on the body and facing downward, the first outlet being disposed on one side of the upper segment; a tracking belt arranged in the body to correspond to the lower segment, the tilted segment, and the upper segment, engaging with and being actuated by the driving device, the tracking belt including al least one hole; a scraper disposed proximate to the second outlet and contacting with the tracking belt; a first filter corresponding to the first outlet and beings fixed around an inner side of the tracking belt. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228085 | SYSTEM FOR ROTATING A NUMBER OF PACKAGES - A conveyor belt system is provided for enabling rotation of a number of packages, such that every second package is rotated clockwise, and every other package is rotated counter clockwise. A computer program product is also provided. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228086 | Transfer Device for the Transfer of a Folding Box - A transfer device for transferring a flat folding box to a succeeding conveyor device with simultaneous erection has a rotarily driven support part which is pivotable about an axis of rotation, and at least one further rotarily driven support part which rotates coaxially to the support part about the axis of rotation. The folding boxes are received in a receiving station by the retaining device and are conveyed on a curved track to a transfer station and therefore transferred to a succeeding conveyor device. Here the support parts perform a rotary movement at a speed that varies during one revolution and with an opposing relative rotation. Each support part supports a plurality of retaining devices arranged equally distributed along the circumference, wherein the retaining devices of the support parts are preferably arranged alternately and consecutively in the circumferential direction. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228087 | TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING AN ITEM - A transfer apparatus for transferring an item includes a rail ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228088 | Continuous-Wire Transport Conveyor for Food Dehydration - A conveying surface operating in a fashion of a conveying belt. The surface is formed to provide movement of material on the surface between two rollers. The conveying surface is formed by a continuous wire stretching in individual substantially parallel strands, between spiraled communications around the first roller and second roller. Spacing of the individual parallel strands of wire yields uninterrupted gaps for airflow therethrough and tensioning of the wire between the rollers eliminates sagging. The surface may be cleaned while moving by cleaning a return section of the wire strand between the rollers. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228089 | PINCH ROLLER LIFTING MECHANISM - The present invention is related to a pinch roller lifting mechanism. The pinch roller lifting mechanism includes drive rollers for holding and transferring a medium, the drive rollers arranged adjacent to each other along a first axis, pinch rollers for holding the medium with the drive rollers, a plate-like member extending along the first axis, wherein the plate-like member includes an opening, a support member having a first end section on which the pinch rollers are provided, a cam slidably provided on the plate-like member, the cam comprising a guide section that abuts against a second end section of the support member and engages the opening of the plate-like member, a pulley operationally connected to a drive motor for pulling the plate-like member in a first direction, and a spring that biases the plate-like member in a direction opposite to the first direction. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228090 | MAT FOR THE TRANSPORT OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT, A TRANSFER DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR THE TRANSFER - A mat for the transport of an object on a top surface of the mat is disclosed. The mat comprises elastic material, and reinforcements are provided in the mat that are enclosed at least partially by the elastic material. The reinforcements are aligned parallel or approximately parallel to one another, and the elastic material and the reinforcements interact in such a way that a flexing of the mat at a first arc of curvature in a first plane can take place with less force than at a second arc of curvature in a second plane. A transfer device for at least one object in combination with the mat is also disclosed, whereby the transfer device comprises means for moving a mat and means for guiding the mat out of a transport plane. Methods for transferring an object are also disclosed. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228091 | FEEDING DEVICE WITH MOTORIZED ROLLERS FOR OVERLYING BANDS OF PAPER OR OTHER MATERIALS - Feeding device with motorized rollers for overlying bands ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228092 | FLEXIBLE TRACK AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME - A flexible track includes a base configured to be generally flexible along a neutral bending axis of the flexible track and generally rigid in a torsional direction, the torsional direction being generally rotated about the neutral bending axis. A drive chain is mounted to the base and aligned generally with the neutral bending axis. A system includes a flexible track and an apparatus. The flexible track includes a base configured to be generally flexible along the neutral bending axis of the flexible track and generally rigid in a torsional direction, the torsional direction being generally rotated about the neutral bending axis. The flexible track further includes a drive chain mounted to the base aligned generally with the neutral bending axis. The apparatus includes a drive sprocket engaged with the drive chain and a motor and gear box operably associated with the drive sprocket. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228093 | CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY AND DOWEL ASSEMBLY - A conveyor and a dowel assembly. The dowel assembly may generally include a dowel body positioned between the frame and the housing and a seal arrangement. The seal arrangement may include an end seal member engageable with the end wall of the recess, and a side seal member engageable with the side wall of the recess, and a carrier member supported by the dowel body and supporting one of the end seal member and the side seal member, the carrier member being supported for movement relative to the dowel body to provide engagement of the one of the end seal member and the side seal member with the associated one of the end wall and the side wall. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228094 | CARRIER PUCK - Various embodiments include a carrier puck for a conveyor system, the carrier puck comprising a circular lower body, and an upper body attached to the circular lower body, and where the puck further comprises a slide ring arranged in a ring groove positioned above a lower contact surface of the lower body. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228095 | FLEXIBLE COVER FOR CONTACTS OF A PLUG-IN OR WITHDRAWABLE UNIT - A shutter for insulating electrical contacts includes a first panel having a first opening and a second panel having a second opening. The first opening is offset from the second opening when the shutter is in a closed position. The second panel includes a first guide configured to react to a pressure of a phase barrier of an insertable withdrawable unit thereon to move the second panel in a first sliding direction relative to the first panel such that the first and second openings align so as to allow an electrical contact to extend therethrough. A spring housing having a spring disposed therein between at least two support legs is slidably disposable in the first panel and extends through the second panel. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228096 | INTERLOCK DEVICE OF DRAW-OUT TYPE CIRCUIT BREAKER, DRAW-OUT TYPE CIRCUIT BREAKER, AND POWER DISTRIBUTION BOARD - An interlock device of a draw-out type circuit breaker, provided with a tripping button that is linked to a tripping mechanism of the draw-out type circuit breaker and an interlock rod that is placed so as to be movable up and down, and constructed so that the tripping button mechanically prevents an operation to raise the interlock rod unless the tripping button is operated to place the draw-out type circuit breaker in the open state, so a power distribution board floor surface or a member fixed on the power distribution board floor surface and the interlock rod interfere with each other, thereby the draw-out type circuit breaker is fixed at a prescribed position in a power distribution board. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228097 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETROFITTING A CIRCUIT BREAKER - A retrofit assembly and method of retrofitting a circuit breaker in a switchgear are described. The retrofit assembly can includes one or more adjustable elements for fitting a circuit breaker into a switchgear panel of the switchgear. The adjustable elements can include a plurality of adjustable modular female tulip contacts to receive a corresponding plurality of male contacts in a panel of the switchgear, each female tulip contact being flexible for a plurality of diameters, a plurality of modular phase adjustment contact arms to provide phase alignment between the poles of the circuit breaker, and/or an adjustable truck for placing the circuit breaker in contact with a rack for the circuit breaker in the switchgear. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228098 | SELF-ALIGNING SECONDARY DISCONNECT DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR - A secondary disconnect apparatus for a circuit breaker, for making a slidable electrical connection with a mating enclosure-side secondary disconnect apparatus, is disclosed, having a pair of stop plate surfaces coupled to the circuit breaker defining a first linear distance D | 2012-09-13 |
20120228099 | PUSH SWITCH DEVICE - Disclosed is a push switch device. Since a push button is pressed to relatively rotate first and second pressing members in opposite directions and a push direction conversion unit converts the relative rotation of the first and second pressing members into a push movement in a switching direction, a pressing projection of the first pressing member can accurately vertically press an apex of a movable terminal. Therefore, a sense of click when the movable terminal is resiliently deformed and recovered can be maintained well, and a slide friction generated between the movable terminal and the pressing projection of the first pressing member can be minimized, preventing decrease in sense of operation and reduction in lifespan of parts due to the friction. In addition, an operation sense of the push button can be improved because straightness of the push button can be improved and there is no additional repulsion, except the repulsion by the resilient deformation of the movable terminal. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228100 | SWITCH STRUCTURE ON SIDEWALL OF CIRCUIT BOARD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHODS OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD - A switch structure on the sidewall of a circuit board for an electronic device and manufacturing methods of the circuit board are provided. The switch structure includes a circuit board, a plurality of conductive portions, and a movable unit. The conductive portions are formed on a sidewall of the circuit board and electrically insulated from each other. The movable unit is disposed corresponding to the conductive portions to electrically connect or disconnect the plurality of conductive portions to achieve the switch function. The switch structure utilizes the structural design of the circuit board to reduce the space on the circuit board preserved for a circuit board switch. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228101 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device has a case, an operation knob disposed above the case, and a connector disposed under the case. The connector has connection terminals and a housing supporting the connection terminals, the housing being formed with an opening portion from which the connection terminals are led out. The case is provided with an impervious wall extending downward from the case so as to be opposed to both side surfaces of the housing parallel to a leading-out direction of the connection terminals. The impervious wall is arranged across a gap from each of the both side surfaces of the housing. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228102 | Spring Operated Actuator For An Electrical Switching Apparatus - A spring operated actuator for an electrical switching apparatus. It includes an opening spring, a closing spring and a damper for the closing. The damper is a rotary air damper with components that rotate relative to each other and has air as working medium for the dampening. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228103 | Spring Operated Actuator For An Electrical Switching Apparatus - A spring operated actuator for an electrical switching apparatus. The actuator has a main shaft transmitting the actuation movement to the switching apparatus and has opening spring means and closing spring means. The opening spring means includes an opening torsion spring and the closing means includes a closing torsion spring. The axes of the torsion springs extend in the same direction and at a distance from each other that is less than 20% of the external opening spring diameter. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228104 | SOLAR CELL INSTALLATION - The disconnection mechanism | 2012-09-13 |
20120228105 | KEYSWITCH CONTROLLER - A keyswitch controller includes a housing, a circuit board, a keyswitch module, and a force feedback module. The housing includes a keyswitch hole. The circuit board is disposed in the housing and includes a switch. The keyswitch module disposed on the circuit board and passing out of the keyswitch hole is for turning on the switch by being pressed so as to generate a pressing signal. The force feedback module is coupled to the keyswitch module for vibrating according to the pressing signal. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228106 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INPUT DEVICE - A method of manufacturing an input device includes a step of bonding a translucent first optical adhesive layer to one surface of a first transparent base so that a part of first lead electrodes is exposed to the outside; a step of disposing a FPC so that a predetermined gap is formed between the FPC and the first optical adhesive layer in plan view, and electrically connecting the FPC to the first lead electrodes exposed to one surface of the first transparent base; a step of bonding a surface member, which forms an input surface, to the first transparent base with the first optical adhesive layer interposed therebetween; and a step of sealing the exposed lead electrodes by injecting a resin into a space between the first transparent base and the surface member facing each other. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228107 | PUSH BUTTON-TYPE SWITCH DEVICE - A push button-type switch device includes a pair of fixed contacts, an operable member to be pushed, an actuating member elastically deformable upon the operable member being pushed, a movable contact which short-circuits the pair of fixed contacts due to elastic deformation of the actuating member, and a limiting part arranged to limit a direction in which the operable member moves and making the operable member move in a fixed orientation. The limiting part includes a pair of link members that engage with each other, one ends of the link members rotatably supported by the base portion, and the other ends thereof slidably supported by the operable member. This produces a good click irrespective of a position where the operable member is operated. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228108 | Operation Switch - A push button switch | 2012-09-13 |
20120228109 | SENSOR, KEYBOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR - A sensor includes a first printed wiring board having a first electrode made of a metal film, a second printed wiring board facing the first printed wiring board and having a second electrode made of a metal film, the second electrode being positioned on the second printed wiring board such that the second electrode faces the first electrode of the first printed wiring board, and a dielectric body spacing the first electrode and the second electrode apart such that the first electrode, the second electrode and the dielectric body form a capacitor. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228110 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE ELEMENT, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A transparent electrode element includes: a base substrate; a transparent conductive film which is formed on the base substrate; an electrode region which is formed using the transparent conductive film; and an insulation region which is a region adjacent to the electrode region and in which the transparent conductive film is separated in independent island shapes by groove patterns extending in random directions. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228111 | CAPACITIVE KEYSWITCH TECHNOLOGIES - Described herein are techniques related to capacitance-based keyswitch technologies. According to one implementation, an apparatus includes a key with a floating electrode. The floating electrode pairs with a fixed electrode and a capacitance may be generated between them. The apparatus has a controller configured to measure the capacitance as the electrodes move relative to each other as the key is depressed and released. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228112 | THERMAL TRANSFER MECHANISMS FOR AN AUGER PYROLYSIS REACTOR - An improved method of providing heat to a pyrolysis reactor is disclosed. A solid heat carrier produces fast pyrolysis vapors during transport of the solid heat carrier/feedstock mixture down the shell of the main reactor tube by the reactor tube auger. These vapors are drawn from the main reactor tube by a slight vacuum pressure and are condensed in a multiple condenser train comprised of shell and tube condensers cooled by water or other means. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228113 | Pyrolysis Apparatus and Methods Using Same - An apparatus and methods of using the apparatus are described to decompose plastic to form a fuel for use in generating energy such as electricity. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228114 | SOLAR POWERED WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM - A distillation unit for producing potable water using solar radiation is disclosed. The distillation unit includes a heating chamber defining an interior chamber adapted to contain a non-potable liquid for distillation, and a dome-shaped condensing portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, with the condensing portion disposed over the heating chamber such that the heating chamber and the inner surface of the condensing portion are provided in fluid-transfer communication. The distillation unit also includes a pre-heat jacket having a first surface and a second surface and an interior defined therebetween adapted to receive non-potable liquid for distillation therein. The first surface is disposed adjacent the outer surface of the condensing portion, and the pre-heat jacket defines an access entry for introducing non-potable liquid for distillation into the interior of the heating chamber. The distillation unit also includes a trough adjacent for receiving a potable liquid therein. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228115 | System for Transporting and Quenching Coke - A method and apparatus for transporting and quenching coke, useful in quenching a batch of coke produced in one of a plurality of coke ovens forming a coke oven battery, is disclosed. A hot car defining a substantially planar receiving surface is positioned adjacent a coke oven of the coke oven battery, and a unitary cake of unquenched coke is placed onto the hot car receiving surface. The hot car and unquenched coke are transported to a transfer station having a dust collection system. A quenching car is positioned at the transfer station adjacent the hot car, under the dust collection system. The unitary cake of unquenched coke is dumped into the quenching car receptacle, thereby separating the unitary cake. At least a portion of the dust generated by separation is collected. The quench car is then transported to a quenching station, where the separated coke is quenched. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228116 | Vacuum Evaporator / Distillation System - An evaporator or distillation apparatus includes an inlet supply line for supplying an influent liquid, a heater configured to heat the influent liquid supplied by the inlet supply line, and a plurality of cells. Each cell includes an outer surface defining an interior chamber, an inlet, a vapor outlet, a concentrate outlet, and an inner conduit in fluid communication with the inlet. At least a portion of the inner conduit is positioned within the interior chamber. The vapor outlets of the plurality of cells are connected to each other in a parallel configuration and the inlet supply line is connected to the inlet of each cell. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PURIFYING AND RECYCLING OR DISCHARGING SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT, GRAYWATER, RAINWATER AND STORMWATER - Methods and systems are disclosed which provide for the purification of effluent from a septic system or natural water from rainwater or stormwater collection devices for the storage and reuse of water. The purified water may be supplied to water applications, such as a return conduit to a home for potable or graywater usage. The distillation unit may be powered by a local power independent of a municipal power grid and which may employ sustainable energy mechanisms. The distiller residue may undergo a volume reduction process, such as evaporation, coagulation, electrocoagulation or microfiltration. The purified water may be stored in a holding tank with sensors to monitor the water quality and water level within the tank. Alarms, release valves or relief valves may be activated in response to such monitoring. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228118 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT OF BLACK LIQUOR AT PULP MILL - The invention relates to a method and equipment for treating pulp mill black liquor so as to recover the energy in chemicals therein. In the invention the black liquor is pyrolysed in a pyrolysis reactor ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228119 | Distillation System with Vertically Oriented Rotating Plates - A distiller is provided. The distiller includes a liquid-tight enclosure and an input source connected thereto for inputting a quantity of water into the liquid-tight enclosure. A plurality of substantially vertical rotatable plates is aligned along a substantially horizontal axis within the liquid-tight enclosure. At least a portion of each of the substantially vertical rotatable plates is submerged within the quantity of water inside the liquid-tight enclosure, and each of the substantially vertical rotatable plates has an opening. At least one manifold, having one or more exit ports, extends through a plurality of the openings of the substantially vertical rotatable plates, wherein a portion of the quantity of water is transferred via the substantially vertical rotatable plates to the manifold during a rotation of the plurality of substantially vertical plates. An output opening is formed in the liquid-tight enclosure, the output opening arranged in fluid communication with the manifold. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228120 | PHOTOREDUCTION CATALYST, AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING AMMONIA AND METHOD FOR DECREASING NITROGEN OXIDES IN WATER USING THE SAME - Disclosed are: a catalyst which is capable of reducing and converting nitrate ions into ammonia without adding a hydrogen gas thereto; a method for synthesizing ammonia using the catalyst, wherein nitrate ions are reduced without adding a hydrogen gas thereto; and a method for decreasing nitrogen oxide in water by reducing nitrate ions contained in the water. Disclosed is a photocatalyst composition that is obtained by loading a photocatalyst, which is capable of photoreducing protons into a hydrogen gas, with CuPd alloy nanoparticles. The photocatalyst composition is used for the purpose of producing ammonia by photoreducing nitrogen that is coexistent with water and nitrogen oxide. The CuPd alloy nanoparticles are (1) CuPd alloy nanoparticles having a B2 type crystal structure and represented by CuxPd(1-x) (wherein 0.32012-09-13 | |
20120228121 | PRINTING OF ELECTROPHORESIS GELS - The invention relates to a method to produce gels for electrophoresis, wherein at least two monomer solutions are printed in a pattern on a substrate and the printed substrate is exposed to electromagnetic or ionising radiation so as to initiate polymerisation. The gels are useful for electrophoretic separation of proteins, peptides and/or nucleic acids. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228122 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A sputtering apparatus includes a target holder arranged in a vacuum chamber and holds a target to be deposited on a substrate, a substrate holder arranged in the vacuum chamber and supports the substrate, a shutter interposed between the target holder and the substrate holder, and that can set a closed state in which the shutter shields the substrate holder and target holder from each other, and an open state in which the shutter releases the space between the substrate holder and the target holder, a shutter support member which supports the shutter, and a joint mechanism interposed between the shutter support member and the shutter, and that can set a state in which the joint mechanism disconnects the shutter and shutter support member to be able to rotate the shutter, and a state in which the joint mechanism couples and fixes the shutter and shutter support member. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228123 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA ION IMPLANTATION OF SOLID ELEMENT - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for plasma ion implantation of a solid element, which enable plasma ion implantation of a solid element. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228124 | METHOD OF CREATING PVD LAYERS USING A CYLINDRICAL ROTATING CATHODE AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THIS METHOD - A method of depositing wear resistant layers, using PVD method, where the depositing is carried out from at least two working deposition sources, simultaneously, where at least one of said sources is a cylindrical rotating cathode working in an unbalanced magnetron regime and simultaneously, at least one of said sources is a cathode, working in low-voltage arc-discharge regime. Further, the invention is related to the apparatus for carrying out said method, the apparatus consisting of vacuum deposition chamber, in which there are at least two deposition sources with their relevant gas inputs of process gases and their shields, and in which at least one substrate on rotating support is placed, and where the most substantive is that at least one of said sources is a cylindrical rotating cathode working in an unbalanced magnetron regime, and, simultaneously, at least one of said sources is a cathode, working in low-voltage arc-discharge regime. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228125 | CREATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD (VECTOR POTENTIAL) WELL FOR IMPROVED PLASMA DEPOSITION AND RESPUTTERING UNIFORMITY - A physical vapor deposition (PVD) system includes N coaxial coils arranged in a first plane parallel to a substrate-supporting surface of a pedestal in a chamber of a PVD system and below the pedestal. M coaxial coils are arranged adjacent to the pedestal. Plasma is created in the chamber. A magnetic field well is created above a substrate by supplying N currents to the N coaxial coils, respectively, and M currents to the M coaxial coils, respectively. The N currents flow in a first direction in the N coaxial coils and the M second currents flow in a second direction in the M coaxial coils that is opposite to the first direction. A recessed feature on the substrate arranged on the pedestal is filled with a metal-containing material by PVD using at least one operation with high density plasma having a fractional ionization of metal greater than 30%. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228126 | GAS DECOMPOSITION APPARATUS - A gas decomposition apparatus having any one of the following structures: 1) a structure wherein an anode and a cathode on a solid electrolyte layer each have extended regions; the extended regions of the anode and those of the cathode are alternately extended to have a gap between the anode and the cathode; the cathode is higher in electric resistance than the anode; and a cathode electroconductive region connected electroconductively to a power source and made of an electroconductive material is extended in a direction crossing the direction in which the extended regions of the cathode are extended, thereby connecting the extended regions of the cathode electroconductively to each other; and (2) a structure which has an electroconductor layer through which the negative electrode of a power source is electroconductively connected to a cathode; and which is a structure wherein the cathode is laminated on the electroconductor layer to contact the layer, laminates each composed of a solid electrolyte layer and an anode are positioned on the cathode to have a gap between any adjacent two of the laminates, and the anodes are electroconductively connected to the positive electrode of the power source. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228127 | SYSTEMS, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING IMPURITIES IN ELECTROLYSIS CELLS - Systems, methods and apparatus for reducing impurities in electrolysis cells are disclosed. In one approach, a method includes feeding a particulate fines feed stream to a tank, mixing particulate fines (PF) with liquid, the liquid having a first liquid and a second liquid, and separating at least some of the first liquid from at least some of the second liquid. The particulate fines (PF) may include inlet carbon fines (CF | 2012-09-13 |
20120228128 | METHOD AND ELECTRODE FOR DEFINING AND REPLICATING STRUCTURES IN CONDUCTING MATERIALS - The present invention concerns an electrochemical pattern replication method, ECPR, and a construction of a conductive electrode for production of applications involving micro and nano structures. An etching or plating pattern, which is defined by a conductive electrode, a master electrode, is replicated on an electrically conductive material, a substrate. The master electrode is put in close contact with the substrate and the etching/plating pattern is directly transferred onto the substrate by using a contact etching/plating process. The contact etching/plating process is performed in local etching/plating cells, chat are formed in closed or open cavities between the master electrode and the substrate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228129 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING DEPOSITED FILM - First and second electrodes are apart from each other in a chamber. Plates are disposed on a substrate in the second electrode. Each of the plates comprises first and second parts for supplying first and second gas to a space between the first and second electrodes, respectively, a first supply path for first gas connected to the first part, and a second supply path for second gas connected to the second part. The substrate comprises a heater for the first gas, a first introducing path for introducing the first gas to the first supply path, and a second introducing path for introducing the second gas to the second supply path. The second supply path comprises a mainstream part without the second part and branch parts with the second part. A connecting portion of the second introducing path and the mainstream part is positioned in an adjacent portion of the plates. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228130 | IBAD APPARATUS AND IBAD METHOD - An IBAD apparatus includes, a target, a sputter ion source irradiating the target with sputter ions to sputter some of constituent particles of the target, a film formation region in which a base material for depositing thereon the particles sputtered from the target is disposed, and an assist ion beam irradiation device irradiating assist ion beams from a direction oblique to the direction of a normal of the film formation surface of the base material disposed in the film formation region, where the sputter ion source includes a plurality of ion guns arranged so as to be able to irradiate the target from an end portion on one side to an end portion on the other side with sputter ion beams, and current values for generating the sputter ion beams of the plurality of ion guns are set respectively. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228131 | METHOD FOR CONSOLIDATING AND DIFFUSION-BONDING POWDER METALLURGY SPUTTERING TARGET - Methods for manufacturing sputtering target assemblies and assemblies thereof are provided, particularly targets made of powders. Powders are adhered to a backing plate by use of a vacuum hot press, the powder preferably contacted by non-planar surfaces, and is compressed with at least about 95% density and substantially simultaneously diffusion-bonded to the backing plate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228132 | SPUTTERING TARGET-BACKING PLATE ASSEMBLY, AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - A sputtering target-backing plate assembly obtained by bonding a target material of Mg to a backing plate of Cu—Cr alloy, wherein the target material and the backing plate are bonded via a layer of Ni or an alloy comprising Ni as a main component at the interface therebetween. An object of the present invention is to provide a sputtering target-backing plate assembly that is used when magnesium (Mg) is the sputtering target material, and to resolve problems inherent in magnesium (Mg) and problems related to the selection of a backing plate to be compatible with magnesium by improving the bonding strength between the target and the backing plate in order to improve the sputtering efficiency. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228133 | IN-GA-ZN-O-BASED OXIDE SINTERED BODY SPUTTERING TARGET WITH EXCELLENT STABILITY DURING LONG-TERM DEPOSITION - A sputtering target including an oxide sintered body including In, Zn and Ga, wherein a surface compound and an interior compound are essentially of the same crystal type(s). | 2012-09-13 |
20120228134 | ELECTRODE SYSTEMS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for improved electrochemical measurement of analytes. The preferred embodiments employ electrode systems including an analyte-measuring electrode for measuring the analyte or the product of an enzyme reaction with the analyte and an auxiliary electrode configured to generate oxygen and/or reduce electrochemical interferants. Oxygen generation by the auxiliary electrode advantageously improves oxygen availability to the enzyme and/or counter electrode; thereby enabling the electrochemical sensors of the preferred embodiments to function even during ischemic conditions. Interferant modification by the auxiliary electrode advantageously renders them substantially non-reactive at the analyte-measuring electrode, thereby reducing or eliminating inaccuracies in the analyte signal due to electrochemical interferants. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CODING INFORMATION ON A BIOSENSOR TEST STRIP - The present invention provides a test strip for measuring a concentration of an analyte of interest in a biological fluid, wherein the test strip may be encoded with information that can be read by a test meter into which the test strip is inserted. In one embodiment, a first test strip comprises: a first measurement electrode connectable to a test meter; a first trace loop with a first associated resistance, where the first trace loop is connectable to the test meter; and a second trace loop with a second associated resistance, where the second trace loop is connectable to the test meter. The test meter is adapted to: receive the first test strip; connect to the first measurement electrode, the first trace loop, and the second trace loop; and obtain a first resistance ratio by comparing the first and second associated resistances. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228136 | Array Column Integrator - Circuits are described for reading a chemically-sensitive field-effect transistor (chemFET) with an improved signal-to-noise ratio. In one embodiment, a device is described that includes a chemFET including a first terminal and a second terminal, and a floating gate coupled to a passivation layer. An integrator circuit is coupled to the second source/drain terminal of the chemFET via a data line. The integrator circuit applies a bias voltage to the data line during a read interval, thereby inducing a current through the chemFET based on a threshold voltage of the chemFET. The integrator circuit then generates an output signal proportional to an integral of the induced current through the chemFET during the read interval. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228137 | pH SENSOR - A pH sensor includes an enclosed fluidic channel, an electrolyte solution within the fluidic channel, a first electrode exterior to the fluidic channel, a second electrode within the fluidic channel, a liquid junction extending between the fluidic channel and an exterior of the fluidic channel. The liquid junction is adapted to provide fluid connection between the electrolyte solution within the fluidic channel and an exterior of the fluidic channel. The pH sensor further includes a fluidic switch or fluidic controller in operative connection with the liquid junction to control whether the liquid junction provides fluid connection between the electrolyte solution within the fluidic channel and the exterior of the fluidic channel. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228138 | ARRAY-TYPE NH3 SENSOR - An array-type sensor that senses NH | 2012-09-13 |
20120228139 | Vented Oxygen Cell - An electrochemical oxygen sensor is provided. The electrochemical sensor includes a housing having first and second compartments, a sensing electrode disposed within the first compartment of the housing, a consumable anode disposed within the second compartment of the housing, a porous separator between the sensing electrode and consumable electrode that separates the first and second compartments and an electrolyte saturating the porous separator and consumable anode. A first aperture on a first end of the housing extends between an outside surface of the housing and first compartment that allows gas access to the sensing electrode. A venting system on a second, opposing end of the housing includes a second aperture extending between the outside surface of the housing and second compartment and has a predetermined permeability that controls pressure in the second compartment and loss of moisture from the sensor. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228140 | Low Water Vapour Transfer Coating of Thermoplastic Moulded Oxygen Gas Sensors - A gas sensor is disclosed. The gas sensor includes a gas sensing electrode and a counter electrode disposed within a housing, and respective conductors that connects the gas sensing electrode and the counter electrode to a sensing circuit. The housing includes walls defining a cavity containing electrolyte in fluid communication with the gas sensing electrode and counter electrode and wherein the walls further comprise one or more coatings or second layers superimposed on the walls. The one or more coatings or second layers have a lower water vapor transport rate than that of the walls, such that, in use, water vapor transport between the electrolyte and atmosphere through the walls of the housing is reduced. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228141 | LIQUID AND GEL ELECTRODES FOR TRANSVERSE FREE FLOW ELECTROPHORESIS - The present invention provides a mechanism for separating or isolating charged particles under the influence of an electric field without metal electrodes being in direct contact with the sample solution. The metal electrodes normally in contact with the sample are replaced with high conductivity fluid electrodes situated parallel and adjacent to the sample. When the fluid electrodes transmit the electric field across the sample, particles within the sample migrate according to their electrophoretic mobility. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228142 | FABRICATION AND USE OF SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANES AND GELS FOR THE CONTROL OF ELECTROLYSIS - Microfluidic devices having one or more membranes and methods of use for the microfluidic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a microfluidic device is disclosed that includes a body with first fluid passage and a membrane located between a first reservoir and the first fluid passage. A first electrode is in electrical communication with the first reservoir and a second electrode is in electrical communication with the first fluid passage. A potential applied across the first and second electrodes is capable of passing charged molecules through the membrane. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228143 | Method for Electrochemical Fabrication - An electroplating method that includes: a) contacting a first substrate with a first article, which includes a substrate and a conformable mask disposed in a pattern on the substrate; b) electroplating a first metal from a source of metal ions onto the first substrate in a first pattern, the first pattern corresponding to the complement of the conformable mask pattern; and c) removing the first article from the first substrate, is disclosed. Electroplating articles and electroplating apparatus are also disclosed. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228144 | High-purity fluorine gas, the production and use thereof, and a method for monitoring impurities in a fluorine gas - An apparatus for producing a fluorine gas, comprising at least one fluorine generating cell, and at least one fluorine generating cell detector for detecting components of products obtained by the fluorine generating cell, wherein at least one of the fluorine generating cells is connected with the fluorine generating cell detector. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228145 | CLEANING SOLUTION GENERATOR - A cleaning solution generator comprising a housing with an interior reservoir and a brine tank, the cleaning solution generator being configured to generate an alkaline solution from a mixed solution and to operably direct the generated alkaline solution to the interior reservoir of the housing. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228146 | METHOD FOR REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE - A device for reducing carbon dioxide includes a cathode chamber including a cathode electrolyte solution and a cathode electrode, an anode chamber including an anode electrolyte solution and an anode electrode, and a solid electrolyte membrane. The anode electrode includes a nitride semiconductor region on which a metal layer is formed. The metal layer includes at least one of nickel and titanium. A method for reducing carbon dioxide by using a device for reducing carbon dioxide includes steps of providing carbon dioxide into the cathode solution, and irradiating at least part of the nitride semiconductor region and the metal layer with a light having a wavelength of 250 nanometers to 400 nanometers, thereby reducing the carbon dioxide contained in the cathode electrolyte solution. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228147 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING FORMIC ACID - Methods and systems for electrochemical production of formic acid are disclosed. A method may include, but is not limited to, steps (A) to (D). Step (A) may introduce water to a first compartment of an electrochemical cell. The first compartment may include an anode. Step (B) may introduce carbon dioxide to a second compartment of the electrochemical cell. The second compartment may include a solution of an electrolyte and a cathode. The cathode is selected from the group consisting of indium, lead, tin, cadmium, and bismuth. The second compartment may include a pH of between approximately 4 and 7. Step (C) may apply an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode in the electrochemical cell sufficient to reduce the carbon dioxide to formic acid. Step (D) may maintain a concentration of formic acid in the second compartment at or below approximately 500 ppm. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228148 | PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS - This invention relates to a method for the production of hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide and water, using electrolysis and two separate reaction vessels. A first reaction vessel ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120228149 | Electrochemical Generation of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - Method and apparatus for electrochemical generation of quaternary ammonium hypohalite salts, which may be combined with the capabilities of free chlorine to form a novel biocidal system. An aqueous solution preferably comprising dissolved quaternary ammonium halide salts is electrolyzed, which converts the halide component of the quaternary ammonium salt to the corresponding halogen. The halogen dissolves in the aqueous solution producing hypohalous acid and hypohalite anion. A combination of one or more quaternary ammonium compounds and a halide salt, surfactant, and/or germicide may be electrolyzed. The solution may be incorporated into a delivery system for example, a spray bottle or hand sanitizer, or as part of a dispensing system whereby quaternary ammonium halide salts absorbed onto wipes can be dispensed as quaternary ammonium hypohalite salts. | 2012-09-13 |
20120228150 | CO2 DECOMPOSITION VIA OXYGEN DEFICIENT FERRITE ELECTRODES USING SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSER CELL - Oxygen Deficient Ferrites (ODF) electrodes integrated with Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) electrolyte, electrochemically decompose carbon dioxide (CO | 2012-09-13 |