38th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100236459 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE FOSSIL FUEL CONTENT IN A FUEL STREAM, AS WELL AS AN INCINERATION FURNACE - Method and device for determining the fossil fuel content in a fuel stream fed to an incineration furnace. According to the method, the waste gas is sampled and the amount of “new” and “old” carbon present in the CO | 2010-09-23 |
20100236460 | MULTI-NEEDLE EMBROIDERY SEWING MACHINE - A multi-needle sewing machine including a plurality of needle bars including a specific needle bar allowing detachable attachment of a punch needle that punch engraves a surface of a punch workpiece in dot-by-dot strokes; a transfer mechanism that allows detachable attachment of a punch workpiece holder a detector that detects the attachment of the punch workpiece holder on the transfer mechanism; and a controller that when the attachment of the punch workpiece holder is detected by the detector, executes a punch engraving operation on the punch workpiece with the punch needle by selecting the specific needle bar and by controlling a needle-bar selector/driver mechanism and the transfer mechanism based on punch engraving pattern data which is pre-stored or given by external components. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236461 | PUNCH DATA GENERATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PUNCH DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - A punch data generating device that generates punch data used in an embroiderable sewing machine for punch engraving a pattern on a workpiece by attaching a punch needle that punch engraves a surface of the workpiece in dot-by-dot strokes on a needle bar of the embroiderable sewing machine and moving the punch needle up and down while transferring the workpiece in two predetermined directions by a transfer mechanism. The punch data generating device includes a data generator that generates the punch data so that when punch engraving a plurality of patterns, the patterns are sequentially punch engraved one by one. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236462 | WORKPIECE HOLDER - A workpiece holder is usable with an embroidery sewing machine including a needle bar movable upward and downward and a transfer mechanism transferring the workpiece in two directions. The workpiece holder holds the workpiece when the workpiece is engraved by striking the workpiece by a striking needle attached to the needle bar while the workpiece is transferred by the transfer mechanism. The workpiece holder includes a pair of connecting portions detachably attached to the transfer mechanism, a placement member on which the workpiece is placed and a holding mechanism which is located on the placement member to hold a part of the workpiece other than a worked surface of the workpiece which is engraved, so that the part is fixed. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236463 | Multi-needle sewing machine - A multi-needle sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars to each bottom end of which a needle can be attached, a needle bar case in which the plurality of needle bars are disposed in a line and that supports the plurality of the needle bars movably in an up-and-down direction, a needle bar case moving device that, by moving the needle bar case, moves one of the plurality of the needle bars to an image capture position, the image capture position being a position that is located directly above a needle drop position that is a sewing position, and an image capture device that is provided in a position that is lined up with the plurality of the needle bars, that is positioned in the image capture position by the needle bar case moving device's moving of the needle bar case, and that captures an image. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236464 | SHIP STABILITY RECOVERY SYSTEM AND CAR CARRIER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - [Object] Conventionally, measures for securing stability of a ship when it is damaged are required. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236465 | Scale Turning Device, Notably for Streamlined Tractor Rope Comprising Such Scales - The present invention relates to a means for mutually aligning the scales of a rope streamlined by means of scales articulated to rotate about its axis, the alignment being necessary to enable such a rope to be wound onto the drum of a winch. It mainly consists of a device presenting a bevelled front face and comprising a cavity extending from front to rear, inside which passes the rope before it is wound. The cavity presents a longitudinal opening with two lateral edges, each edge following, from front to back, a profile in helical form, the two helices being coaxial to each other and with the axis of symmetry of the cavity. The wall of the cavity is also configured so as to follow the cross-sectional profile of the scale all along its path in the device. The device is arranged relative to the drum on which the rope is wound so that, given the length of the edges of the opening, regardless of the orientation of a scale on entering the device, the latter, on exiting, assumes the desired orientation, in the alignment of the adjacent scales. The invention applies notably to the systems for handling tractor ropes streamlined by means of scales, used on a ship to pull a submersible body cast off at sea. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236466 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DRAG ON A NAUTICAL VESSEL - The invention is an apparatus and method for reducing the drag that a vessel hull experiences when moving through the water by interposing air bubbles between the skin of the hull and the stream of water that the vessel is moving through. The invention delivers compressed air to the bottom of the vessel without the need for a high energy air compressor. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236467 | UNDERWATER DIVE PLANE - An underwater dive plane includes a central rotating hub, rotating wing holders on either side of the central rotating hub, and wings attached to the wing holders. The attachment is accomplished by a threaded bolt inserted through the center of the central rotating hub and through the center of the wing holders in a way that permits the wing holders to rotate around the threaded bolt. A rope threaded through a hole in the central rotating hub leads to a watercraft and allows towing a person holding onto the dive plane. The rotating wings allow the diver to control the angle and direction of the dive. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236468 | RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR SECURING A USER ON A WATERCRAFT, AND WATERCRAFT HAVING A RESTRAINT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a restraint system for securing a user on a watercraft, on which the user at least partially rests. The restraint system has a belt strap ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236469 | BICYCLE BELL IN THE VICINITY OF BRAKE LEVER - A bicycle bell includes a housing mounted on a handlebar and comprising a channel and an upward extending flange partially surrounding a top of the channel; a guide member secured to the housing; a drum secured to and covered the guide member; and a spring biased striking device mounted on the channel and comprising a bell lever and an opposite clapper extending through the flange to contact the guide member. Pivoting the bell lever about the channel will pivotably move the clapper to strike a first position on the drum after passing the guide member. Releasing the bell lever will return the clapper to its inoperative position after passing the guide member and striking an opposite second position on the drum. The bell is easy to manipulate with the same hand squeezing the brake lever. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236470 | BIRD REPELLER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - Assembly for repelling birds from a selected area and method of making it. A rotor is assembled from a plurality of identical fin panels and rotatably mounted on a supporting pole within the selected area. Graphic designs comprising bird scaring holographic and/or diffractive images may be placed on the pole and/or rotor to simulate movement even when the rotor is stationary. The fin panels may be transparent and reflective to project light beams between and away from rotor surfaces. Outwardly projecting fin segments and a rotor barrel with vents are responsive to wind currents to rotate the rotor and generate bird repelling noises and visual effects. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236471 | FREE SHAPE GAUGE BY LASER POINTER - A gauge can include a face plate and an indication area disposed about a gauge center. The indication area can have a shape that can be defined by a bottom boundary, a top boundary, and first and second ends joining respective ends of the top and bottom boundaries. The top and bottom boundaries can be spaced apart from the gauge center by first and second radial distances. The indication area can be angled rearward relative to the face plate with the top boundary being spaced rearward from the face plate. A plurality of indicia can be disposed on the face plate. The gauge can further include a laser system disposed behind a rear side of the face plate and arranged to rotate and reflect a laser beam to a position adjacent or relative to a specific one of the plurality of indicia based on a signal output from a sensor. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236472 | METHOD FOR GROWING SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - A method for growing a silicon carbide single crystal on a single crystal substrate comprising the steps of heating silicon in a graphite crucible to form a melt, bringing a silicon carbide single crystal substrate into contact with the melt, and depositing and growing a silicon carbide single crystal from the melt, wherein the melt comprises 30 to 70 percent by atom, based on the total atoms of the melt, of chromium and 1 to 25 percent by atom, based on the total atoms of the melt, of X, where X is at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel and cobalt, and carbon. It is possible to improve morphology of a surface of the crystal growth layer obtained by a solution method. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236473 | VITREOUS SILICA CRUCIBLE FOR PULLING SINGLE-CRYSTAL SILICON AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In order to provide a vitreous silica crucible which does not employ a crystallization accelerator but is difficult to deform during its use even under high temperature, and is easily manufactured, there is provided a vitreous silica crucible for pulling single-crystal silicon wherein the outer surface layer is formed of a bubble-containing vitreous silica layer, the inner surface layer is formed of a vitreous silica layer whose bubbles are invisible to the naked eye, a surface of the outer surface layer includes an unmelted or half-melted silica layer (abbreviated as a half-melted silica layer), and the center line average roughness (Ra) of the half-melted silica layer is 50 to 200 μm, also preferably, and the thickness of the half-melted silica layer is 0.5 to 2.0 mm. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236474 | PAINT APPLICATOR WITH VACUUM REGULATOR - A paint spraying system having a paint reservoir ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236475 | POSITIONABLE MASKING ARTICLE - A masking article includes a bendable backing layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, an adhesive arranged on at least a portion of at least one of the first and second major surfaces, wherein the adhesive has a thickness, and a raised element arranged on the same major surface as the adhesive, wherein the raised element extends beyond the thickness of the adhesive such that the masking article can be moved along an application surface to a desired location without having the adhesive adhere to the application surface, and such that the masking article can be secured to the application surface by pressing the backing layer in the region opposite the adhesive, thereby forcing the adhesive into contact with the application surface to secure the masking article to the application surface at the desired location. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236476 | Substrate Support Structure, Clamp Preparation Unit, and Lithography System - A substrate support structure for clamping a substrate by means of a capillary force created by a liquid clamping layer having a lower pressure than its surroundings. The substrate support structure comprises a surface provided with a plurality of substrate supporting elements for holding the substrate, and the surface further comprises portions with different capillary potential for inducing, during clamping, a predetermined capillary flow within the liquid clamping layer. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236477 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, HEAT TREATMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM CARRYING OUT THE SAME - An experiment is conducted in advance, for finding a temperature of a cooling plate attained as a result of balancing between a temperature of a substrate after heat treatment and a temperature of the cooling plate at the time of cooling of the substrate. Then, before heat treatment of a first substrate, the cooling plate is moved to a position above a hot plate, the cooling plate is heated to that temperature, and thereafter heat treatment of the substrate is started. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236478 | VACUUM PROCESSING SYSTEM - A vacuum processing system includes CVD processing chambers to perform a CVD process on a wafer W under a vacuum, and a transfer chamber having loading/unloading holes to load/unload the wafer W and being connected to the CVD processing chambers via gate valves G capable of opening/closing the loading/unloading holes. The transfer chamber includes a transfer mechanism to load/unload the wafer W to/from the CVD processing chambers via the loading/unloading holes and the inside of the transfer chamber is maintained in a vacuum state. The vacuum processing system also includes purge-gas discharge members provided near the loading/unloading holes. In a state where the transfer chamber and any one of the processing chambers are communicated with each other by opening of the gate valve G, the purge-gas discharge member discharges a purge gas to the communicated CVD processing chamber via the loading/unloading hole. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236479 | PLASMA DEPOSITION APPARATUS - Apparatus ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236480 | RAW MATERIAL GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS - A raw material gas supply system ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236481 | Preparation of Membranes Using Solvent-Less Vapor Deposition Followed by In-Situ Polymerization - A system of fabricating a composite membrane from a membrane substrate using solvent-less vapor deposition followed by in-situ polymerization. A first monomer and a second monomer are directed into a mixing chamber in a deposition chamber. The first monomer and the second monomer are mixed in the mixing chamber providing a mixed first monomer and second monomer. The mixed first monomer and second monomer are solvent-less vapor deposited onto the membrane substrate in the deposition chamber. The membrane substrate and the mixed first monomer and second monomer are heated to produce in-situ polymerization and provide the composite membrane. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236482 | PLASMA FILM FORMING APPARATUS - An object is to provide a plasma film forming apparatus capable of reducing particles even in the case in which a film is formed by applying a bias to a substrate. In the plasma film forming apparatus in which a bias is applied to a substrate ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236483 | CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION REACTOR HAVING MULTIPLE INLETS - A chemical vapor deposition reactor has a wafer carrier which cooperates with a chamber of the reactor to facilitate laminar flow of reaction gas within the chamber and a plurality of injectors configured in flow controllable zones so as to mitigate depletion. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236484 | MILKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VACUUM REGULATION - A milking system includes a vacuum pump ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236485 | MILKING PARLOUR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An apparatus for milking an animal and provides a milking parlour ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236486 | IMPLEMENT FOR KEEPING DAIRY ANIMALS - An implement for keeping dairy animals, provided with a first and a second production unit and with a care unit having a plurality of subunits, wherein each production unit is provided with at least one accommodation area for a production group, which comprises a group of lactating dairy animals, and with a milking implement for milking the production group, wherein the subunits of the care unit at least include a calving unit for separately accommodating dairy animals in a calving period, and a milking implement for milking newly calved dairy animals, and an infirmary unit for separately accommodating sick animals, and wherein the care unit forms a connection between the production units. There is thus provided a compact disposition, comprising efficient and short distances, for dairy animals requiring care. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236487 | Fluid Application Systems And Methods And Milking Systems And Methods - A fluid application system for automatically applying a fluid to the teats of an animal subsequent to the milking of the animal comprises a fluid delivery arrangement comprising a plurality of applicators, wherein each of the applicators is arranged in connection with a respective teat cup and is provided for applying the fluid to a teat of the animal, to which the respective teat cup is attached during the milking of the animal, in connection with a detachment of the teat cup from the teat. A control arrangement is provided for (i) determining, for a detachment of a teat cup from a teat, whether that detachment is a normal detachment or an abnormal detachment, and (ii) controlling, for the detachment of the teat cup from the teat, the applicator arranged in connection with that teat cup to apply the fluid provided that the detachment is a normal detachment and to not apply the fluid provided that the detachment is an abnormal detachment. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236488 | Method of promoting efficient water drinking by animals - A method of promoting efficient water drinking by animals uses any one of a number of container embodiments. A first embodiment of container contemplates five sub-chambers separated from one another by parallel partitions, with each partition having a small weep hole near its bottom to equalize water level in each sub-chamber. Each sub-chamber has an elongated length dimension and a width that is relatively narrow and designed to approximate the width of an animal's tongue. When an animal is drinking water from one of the sub-chambers of this embodiment, as the tongue is lapping, the sides of the tongue are close to the inner walls of the sub-chamber, thereby precluding some of the water resting on the tongue from falling off the tongue as the water is lifted into the animal's mouth. In this way, the efficiency of drinking using the lapping technique is enhanced. In a further embodiment, a second sub-chamber provides a reservoir for replenishing the first sub-chamber as it drains down through a small weep hole near the bottom of a common wall between the sub-chambers. The second sub-chamber may be designed to receive an inverted bottle filled with water so that continuous replenishment of the drinking sub-chamber through a weep hole connecting the supply sub-chamber may be accomplished. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236489 | Overflow Device for Water Tank - An aquarium overflow device capable of preventing adverse effects by suction noise of an overflow pipe. The aquarium overflow device according to the present invention is equipped with a water storing portion | 2010-09-23 |
20100236490 | VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTING LIVESTOCK - A vehicle for livestock transportation has a self-supporting structure that forms a load compartment delimited by two opposite lateral walls, a front frame, a rear frame, a lower base, a roof, and a lift platform with a load base joined to guide pillars by mobile pieces that slide alongside the guide pillars. The guide pillars are fixed onto the rear frame. The load base has the capacity to slide vertically alongside the guide pillars, keeping a horizontal position during movement, and tilt with respect to joint points located in the mobile pieces. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236491 | ADJOINING EXTRUSIONS FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TUNNEL DOOR PANELS - An animal husbandry tunnel door with adjoining extrusions for closing a tunnel ventilation opening typically in a broiler house has opposing faces with top, bottom and side edges. The faces sandwich an insulation layer. The adjoining extrusions have a first door top, bottom and side extrusion, along with a second door side edge extrusion. The first door top, bottom and side edge extrusions each have parallel inner prongs with barbs and adjacent parallel outer flanges forming two slots therebetween for receiving the top, bottom and side edges of the opposing door faces as the inner prongs with barbs pass into the insulation and are held thereat. The second door side edge extrusion has parallel inner prongs adjacent parallel outer flanges forming two slots therebetween for receiving the other side face edges as the inner prongs with barbs pass into the insulation and are held thereat. The second extrusion has second opposing parallel skirt flanges with inward distal barbs adapted to impinge upon, securely capture and hold the outer flanges of one of the first extrusions of a second adjacent tunnel door. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236492 | METALLIZED ANIMAL HOUSE CURTAIN - An animal house curtain comprising a metallized composite sheet can be made from a sheet layer having two outer surfaces, the sheet layer comprising at least one of a nonwoven fabric, woven fabric, nonwoven fabric-film laminate, woven fabric-film laminate, film and composites thereof, and at least one coating on at least one outer surface of the sheet layer, said coating comprising a metal coating layer having a thickness between about 15 nanometers and about 200 nanometers adjacent the outer surface of the sheet layer and wherein the emissivity of the composite sheet is less than about 0.50. Optionally, an organic coating layer of a composition containing a material selected from the group consisting of compounds, polymers, oligomers and combinations thereof, having a thickness between about 0.2 micrometer and about 2.5 micrometers can be deposited on the metal layer. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236493 | BIRDCAGE - The base of a birdcage includes a cartridge or enclosed perforated container having a plurality of balls sandwiched between a pair of screens on either side of the container for providing a decorative and camouflaging base surface for capturing bird excrement and which may be easily cleaned. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236494 | Draft-proof animal passageway - An animal passageway configured to facilitate egress and ingress to a building includes a bottom surface extending between a first end and a second end. The passageway is mounted with the building and the bottom surface is disposed a predetermined distance from a ground surface including a floor level within the building and/or a ground level adjacent the building. The first end defines a first opening including a first door and the second end defines a second opening including a second door. The bottom surface defines a third opening including a third door adjacent to the first end and a fourth opening including a fourth door adjacent to the second end. The third door and the second door are configured to facilitate egress, and the fourth door and the first door are configured to facilitate ingress, whereby movement of one of the doors to an open position is asynchronous with the remaining doors. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236495 | ONE WAY GATE FOR ANIMALS - A one way gate primarily for pigs is located between a pair of parallel panels to be mounted in a fence line and includes two gate portions each defined by a transverse rail across the passage between the panels at a height above the passage and a plurality of fingers hanging from the rail separately pivotal in one direction only to the animal to pass and prevented from rotation in the opposite direction. The distance between the gate portions is less than 3.0 feet so as to be less than the length of the animal to prevent an animal being located between the rails and greater than 0.5 feet such that an animal attempting to lift the second fingers cannot simultaneously lift the first fingers. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236496 | Cat Toy - A cat toy for resting on a flat surface is disclosed. The cat toy includes a circular shaped housing that contains a motor connected to a power source. A resilient mouse wand is secured at one end thereof with a motor shaft through a gearing arrangement, thrust bearing arrangement, or the like. The mouse wand includes a ball and a tail section at a distal end. A flexible cover partially covers the mouse wand such that the cat can see the ball moving under the cover and the tail section protruding from the edge of the cover. A control circuit is electronically connected between the motor and the power source that causes the motor to change directions and operate at different speeds and erraticity. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236497 | System for controlling the interaction of animals and objects - The interaction of an animal and an object is controlled by causing a surface of the object to reflect light with a wavelength that induces a response by the animal. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236498 | HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A hot-water supply system | 2010-09-23 |
20100236499 | Water heater casing - A water-heater casing has a barrel, two covers and a chamber. The barrel has a cylindrical body and at least one hump and two open ends. The at least one hump is formed from the cylindrical body and has at least one tangential side. The covers are respectively mounted on the open ends of the barrel. The chamber is formed between the cylindrical body, hump and covers and corresponds to a water tank and components. The water-heater casing saves space and is attractive. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236500 | METHOD FOR BURNING COAL USING OXYGEN IN A RECYCLED FLUE GAS STREAM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE - A method of introducing oxygen into a boiler system for combustion with a prepared fuel in a furnace combustion chamber comprises providing a plurality of swirl-inducing elements to the air stream delivery lines, and a plurality of oxygen delivery jets adjacent the intake region and substantially surrounding the air stream delivery lines; igniting the fuel gas to create a flame; and delivering a stream of oxygen through the jets tangentially to the flame envelope to substantially shape and stabilize a swirling flow field for the flame, the oxygen concentration in the flame envelope gradually increasing towards an outer periphery of the flame envelope. A boiler system for using the method can be a new system or a retrofit to an existing system. The method and system provide advantages in reduced environmental impact and increased efficiency while addressing the safety factors involved in introducing oxygen to boiler systems. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236501 | REHEAT BOILER AND GAS TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD OF REHEAT BOILER - A reheat boiler according to the present invention includes a main boiler configured to make combustion gas originating from combustion in a burner flow from a furnace ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236502 | VEHICLE COOLING CONTROLLER AND COOLING CONTROL METHOD - A drive component for driving an electric water pump for causing engine coolant to flow is mounted in an engine compartment. When the ignition is off and the temperature of a exhaust heat recovery device is above a temperature, an ECU estimates a peak temperature in the engine compartment after the stop of the engine. When the peak temperature is above a temperature, the ECU stops the engine and drives the electric water pump and an electric fan for cooling the drive component for driving the electric water pump. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236503 | COOLING AIR SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING AN EMERGENCY OPERATION DEVICE - A device is provided for the emergency operation of at least one closure element of a cooling air supply apparatus and a correspondingly implemented cooling air supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, a closure element being mechanically operationally linked to an actuator. The closure element is situated so it is movable between a closed position, in which it essentially closes a ventilation opening, and an open position, in which it releases the ventilation opening for cooling air to flow through. The actuator automatically transfers the closure element into the open position if a predetermined temperature is exceeded. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236504 | MULTIPOINT IGNITION ENGINE - A bottom face of a cylinder head ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236505 | Valve operating device - In a valve operating device for an internal combustion engine with at least one actuating device which is provided to adjust an axially displaceable cam element by means of at least one slotted guide track, the valve operating device comprises a safety unit for moving the axially displaceable cam element in at least one operating mode into a defined basic safety position. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236506 | Internal combustion engine valve drive train shifting device - In an internal combustion engine valve drive train shifting device including a camshaft having at least two shifting units arranged on the camshaft in spaced relationship, at least one coupling unit is provided interconnecting the at least two shifting units for shifting purposes. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236507 | SWITCHABLE CAM FOLLOWER OF A VALVE TRAIN OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Proposed is a switchable cam follower ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236508 | SWITCHABLE CAM FOLLOWER OF A VALVE TRAIN OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Proposed is a switchable cam follower ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236509 | HYDROGEN ENGINE USING A RECIRCULATING WORKING MEDIUM - A hydrogen engine | 2010-09-23 |
20100236510 | HIGH POWER DIESEL FUEL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING METAL CARBOXYLATE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT OF DIESEL ENGINES USING METAL CARBOXYLATE - A high power diesel fuel composition and method for increasing immediate power output of a diesel engine using same, the high power diesel fuel composition comprising: about 50% v/v or more ultra low sulfur diesel fuel; and, from about 40 to about 60 ppmw of one or more metal carboxylate comprising one or more metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, manganese, iron, and combinations thereof; the diesel fuel composition having a cetane value of 48 or more. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236511 | Method and Apparatus for improved internal combustion of fuel/oxidizer mixtures by nanostructure injection and electromagnetic pulse ignition - A system and method to inject nanostructures into the fuel/oxidizer mixture, typically lean mixtures, to increase efficiency of internal combustion and/or decrease pollution. An electromagnetic pulse (suitably 1 to 100 GHz) couples energy to the nanostructures to produce a volumetric combustion of the fuel oxidizer mixture. The fuel/oxidizer mixture is substantially transparent to the band of the electromagnetic pulse. The nanostructures couple to the electromagnetic radiation, absorb the energy and heat rapidly producing many local ignitions that in turn produce volume combustion. The nanostructures may be filled or partially filled with energetic material. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236512 | Glow plug having coking-optimized design - Glow plug, particularly for operation in a combustion engine, comprising at least one heating rod ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236513 | AIR INTAKE SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air intake system for internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold having an inlet flange and a throttle body attached to inlet flange. The throttle body includes a matching throttle body flange which physically mates with the intake flange. A friction promoting surface having a positive coefficient of sliding friction is incorporated in at least one of the inlet flange and the throttle body flange so that sliding motion of the throttle body relative to the intake manifold will be resisted. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236514 | SEAL FOR A ROTARY VALVE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A gas seal between a port ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236515 | Method for the production of a single part piston and a piston produced by such a method - The present invention relates to a method for producing a single part piston ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236516 | Piston for Internal Combustion Engine and Piston Surface Treatment Method - A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston base material and a film of lubrication coating composition. The coating composition has an inner coating layer formed on a surface of the piston base material and an outer coating layer formed on a surface of the inner coating layer. Each of the inner coating layer and the outer coating layer contains at least one of a polyamide-imide resin, a polyimide resin and an epoxy resin as a binder. The inner coating layer contains 0 to 50 wt % of at least one of graphite and molybdenum disulfide as a solid lubricant, whereas the outer coating layer contains 50 to 95 wt % of at least one of graphite and molybdenum disulfide as a solid lubricant. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236517 | FOUR-CYCLE ENGINE - A four-cycle engine ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236518 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DURING START-UP - A method of operation of an internal combustion engine including an intake valve coupled to a combustion chamber, and a port fuel injector positioned upstream of the intake valve in an intake manifold including a throttle, the port fuel injector fluidly coupled to a fuel rail included in a fuel delivery system housing a fuel at least partially composed of alcohol. The method including, during a start-up operation when the temperature of the engine is below a threshold value and fuel is actively being injected into the intake manifold, adjusting a cone angle of a fuel spray from the port fuel injector, via adjustment of the throttle and/or fuel delivery system, based on the position of the intake valve. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236519 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A reciprocating internal combustion engine. The present invention improves the spark ignition facility used by the engine inventions described in patent publications WO2005/052335 and WO2007/080366 by providing a device to ensure reliable spark ignition by protecting the spark plug from malfunction by sooting. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236520 | Control unit and control method for torque-demand-type internal combustion engine - An ECU executes a program including: detecting the engine speed NE and the current KL (S | 2010-09-23 |
20100236521 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine is provided. In the control system, a target intake air amount is calculated according to a target output torque of the engine, and an intake air amount of the engine is controlled according to the target intake air amount. An ignition timing of the engine is controlled. The following steps 1) to 3) are repeatedly executed until a convergence time at which a difference between an estimated output torque and the target output torque becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, after setting an initial value of a temporary target intake air amount, and the target intake air amount is set to the temporary target intake air amount at the convergence time: 1) calculating an estimated retard correction amount which is a retard correction amount of the ignition timing when supplying the temporary target intake air amount of air to the engine; 2) calculating the estimated output torque of the engine according to the temporary target intake air amount and the estimated retard correction amount; and 3) modifying the temporary target intake air amount so that the estimated output torque approaches the target output torque. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236522 | Rotary Cylindrical Device With Coupled Pairs of Pistons - This invention is a cylindrical rotary power device, usable as and convertible to a rotary internal combustion engine, pump, and/or compressor. The device incorporates an ingenious design and composition utilizing bilateral symmetry to minimize power losses and maximize efficiency. It operates with a minimum of moving parts which can be manufactured at relatively low cost and readily maintained. Also, the power device of the present invention is readily converted to an internal combustion engine by merely removing the external power source and providing fuel flow and ignition charge to the cylinders. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236523 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Control apparatus performs knocking suppression control in an internal combustion engine provided with a variable valve mechanism that is capable of varying a closing timing IVC of an inlet valve. The control apparatus, in a case in which an alcohol concentration and octane number of a fuel are low and knocking is likely to occur, controls the variable valve mechanism and retards the closing timing of the inlet valve from the bottom dead center TDC. Thereby, the effective compression ratio is reduced and knocking occurrence is consequently suppressed. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236524 | DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF FUEL IN AN AUTO-IGNITING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In order to determine the quality of fuel in an auto-igniting internal combustion engine, a defined fuel amount is injected at defined crank shaft angles during a deceleration fuel shut-off phase of the internal combustion engine. The thereby created crankshaft torque contribution is detected and an absolute or relative measure is determined for the fuel quality thereof. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236525 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CENTRALLY LOCATED FUEL RAIL - An engine assembly may include an engine block, a cylinder head, a fuel injector, and a fuel rail. The engine block may define a cylinder bore. The cylinder head may be coupled to the engine block and may define an intake port, an exhaust port, and a centrally located fuel injector opening between the intake port and the exhaust port. The fuel injector opening may be in direct communication with the cylinder bore. The fuel injector may be located within the fuel injector opening. The fuel rail may overlay the fuel injector opening and may be in communication with a fuel supply and the fuel injector. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236526 | Common rail electronic control injector - The present invention relates to a common rail electronic control injector, which belongs to the electronic control fuel injection system technology. The injector includes an oil inlet joint, an oil inlet located at outside the oil inlet joint, an electromagnet device, a nozzle body, a needle valve, a valve seat and spray holes, wherein the electromagnet device includes a static core, an armature and a coil, wherein a working gap between the static core and the armature is H, the armature is moveably connected with the needle valve along an axial direction. The present invention further includes a compression spring applying a force to the needle valve, a force mechanism applying a force to the armature, and a block mechanism providing an axial anti-thrust while the armature is reset. The present invention has advantages of lower manufacturing cost, better reliability and smaller driving energy. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236527 | Electronic control common rail DME injection system - A common rail electronic control injection system which uses a DME or a low-viscosity fuel similar with DME to inject into a combustion engine, includes a fuel container, a common rail tube, a high-pressure tube, an electronic control injector, an electronic control unit, a high-pressure pump, a working medium case, a reversing component, and a pressure convertor, wherein the pressure convertor includes at least two working components, each working component is divided into a fuel chamber and a working medium chamber by an dividing element, the dividing element can freely deform or move between the fuel chamber and the working medium chamber by pressure effect. The invention avoids the sealing and abrasion problem in the plunger matching portions which is caused by the low-viscosity fuel so as to greatly improve the lifetime and reliability of system. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236528 | FUEL PRESSURE CONTROL STRATEGY AT ENGINE SHUTDOWN - A fuel system control method may include determining when an engine transitions from an engine on condition to an engine off condition. The method further includes determining a first fuel pressure in a fuel system of the engine a predetermined time after the determined engine off condition. A fuel injector of the fuel system may be actuated during the engine off condition when the first determined fuel pressure is above a first predetermined pressure limit to bleed fuel from the fuel system and reduce pressure within the fuel system. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236529 | FUEL INJECTION PUMP WITH AN IMPROVED DRIVE CLUTCH - The invention relates to a fuel injection pump for an internal combustion engine, which fuel injection pump, for the drive of the same, is connected in a torque-transmitting manner through a clutch unit to a drive input member. The clutch unit has a claw hub which is arranged on the drive input member and is axially fixed and is driven in rotation. The rotational movement can be transmitted to a reciprocating and rotating pump member. The claw hub and the pump member have respective claws which are aligned counter to one another and which have lateral claw faces between which is arranged a star-shaped and/or tongue-groove-like transmission body which, for the transmission of the torque, adjoins the respective claw faces. The claw faces are formed with an outwardly arched, spherical surface in order to create at least one defined zone of force introduction from the transmission body into the claw face, such that the stresses which occur in the claw as a result of the force transmission can be reduced. In this way, a fuel injection pump for an internal combustion engine with a clutch unit is created which permits a long service life while at the same time permitting the transmission of large torques, and at the same time has a simple structural design. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236530 | Fuel saving and waste gas purifying device for internal combustion engine - A fuel saving and waste gas purifying device of an internal combustion engine having a communicating tube which includes an input end, an output end and an intake end communicating with one another, the input end and the output end are connected to a fuel input tube of the internal combustion engine, a one-way valve is provided in the intake end of the communicating tube; a negative ion generator is communicated between the communicating tube and the intake end, a power source of a power machine is connected with the negative ion generator for generating a large amount of negative ions in the intake end of the communicating tube; by one-way putting out the air with the negative ions into the communicating tube between the input end and the output end, the negative ions are mixed with the fuel in the communicating tube to form mixed gas in advance; when the mixed gas enters the engine mixes once more with the intake gas of the engine per se, the fuel will mix with the air more completely, this can increase the efficiency of combustion. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236531 | Engine With Supercharger - In an engine | 2010-09-23 |
20100236532 | HUMIDITY DETECTION VIA AN EXHAUST GAS SENSOR - Various systems and methods are described for operating an engine in a vehicle in response to an ambient humidity generated from an exhaust gas sensor. One example method comprises, during engine non-fueling conditions, where at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve of the engine are operating, generating an ambient humidity from the exhaust gas sensor and, under selected engine combusting conditions, adjusting an engine operating parameter based on the ambient humidity. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236533 | Valve Seat Insert for a Split-Cycle Engine - The present invention provides an improved valve seat insert, particularly for split-cycle engines with outwardly opening crossover valves. The improved valve seat insert combines an interference fit section with a threaded section. The interference fit section aligns a valve seat and can prevent rotation of the valve seat insert. The threaded section prevents axial movement of the valve seat insert. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236534 | SPLIT-CYCLE ENGINE WITH PILOT CROSSOVER VALVE - A split-cycle engine includes a rotatable crankshaft. A compression piston is slidably received within a compression cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston reciprocates through an intake stroke and a compression stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft. An expansion piston is slidably received within an expansion cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the expansion piston reciprocates through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft. A crossover passage interconnects the expansion and compression cylinders. The crossover passage includes a crossover compression valve and a crossover expansion valve defining a pressure chamber therebetween. A pilot crossover valve is disposed between the crossover passage and the expansion cylinder. The pilot crossover valve equalizes fluid pressures acting against the crossover expansion valve in an opening direction, reducing the forces required in actuating the crossover expansion valve. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236535 | ELECTRONIC WEAPON SITE - A weapon sight to facilitate alignment a weapon with a target comprises a housing further comprising a video camera for generating a first video signal corresponding to a first field of view, a processor for processing the first video signal into a second video signal corresponding to a second field of view and outputting the second video signal to a video display, and a reticle disposed on the video display, wherein one of the first or the second video signals is electronically positionable with respect to other of the second or first video signal. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236536 | Archery Bow Bracket - A bracket for on a bow used in archery is provided. The bracket includes a cradle that can support an apparatus such as a light at a location such that the light can be operated by a finger of the hand holding the bow. The cradle can be adjusted in a horizontal and vertical plane such that apparatus on the cradle is pointed in the direction that an arrow is to be shot and at the same time be easily activated. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236537 | Curvic wheel dressing - A method of producing a grinding wheel is provided. An outer profile of an outer surface of the grinding wheel is formed with a rotary dresser element, so that the outer profile corresponds to a dressing profile of the rotary dresser element. An inner profile of an inner surface of the grinding wheel is formed with the rotary dresser element, so that the inner surface corresponds to the dressing profile of the rotary dresser element. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236538 | BURNER IGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IGNITION - A gas burner ignition system, includes a power circuit ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236539 | SOLAR CONCENTRATOR AND PORTABLE TRACKING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a concentrator, particularly a terrestrial solar concentrator to harness the sun's energy, and a tracking system. The concentrator includes a parabolic or other curved reflective surface and an absorber positioned at the focus of the curved reflective surface. Parabolic ribs give shape to the reflective surface. The tracking system includes a rotating, swiveling, or pivoting joint. One or more cables attach to the tracking system. Selectively applying tension to the cables causes the tracking system to rotate, swivel, or pivot at the joint to track an object. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236540 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING SOLAR RADIATION - A device for collecting solar radiation without guiding the orientation thereof relative to the sun position is disclosed. The device includes at least one photovoltaic solar collector having a face sensitive to the solar radiation, at least one reflecting surface for reflecting the solar radiation towards the sensitive face of the collector, and an orientation apparatus for supporting the solar collector. The orientation apparatus providing an orientation and an inclination to the sensitive face of the collector in relation to the reflecting surface. The reflecting surface is conformed so that, at least during predetermined periods of a day and at least during predetermined days of a year, solar radiation reflected by the reflecting surface reaches the sensitive face of the solar collector with a minimized angle of incidence when the device is arranged in a predetermined orientation. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236541 | SOLAR ROOFING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for connecting solar panels to a roof system surface. The solar panels can be formed flexible or non-flexible solar panels that are at least partially attached to a roofing surface by use of a fastener. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236542 | SOLAR ROOFING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for connecting solar panels to a roof system surface. The solar panels can be formed flexible or non-flexible solar panels that are at least partially attached to a roofing surface by use of a fastener. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236543 | Method for the production of an absorber plate for solar collectors - A method for the production of an absorber plate for solar collectors from a strip of metal, in particular of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, includes coating the strip using a coil coating process with a highly selective coating, which has very good absorptive properties for sunlight and ensures very little heat emission. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236544 | OUTDOOR FLAME HEATER - The present invention is a knock-down design of an outdoor heater. An outdoor heater without resorting to knock-down designs is heavy and bulky. It is costly to ship due to its sheer size and heavy weight. A knock-down design on the other hand resorts to innovative designs in using light weight components with structural reinforcements to increase load bearing capacities thus achieve the same effect as using heavier traditional materials. A knock-down design also resorts to innovative designs in reducing component size so as to occupy a small footprint for ease of packaging and shipment. As a result, a knock-down design heater can be packaged in a footprint many times smaller than a full size heater and it weights much less than a traditional outdoor heater. It provides cost advantages in pre-sale shipment and general distribution, post-sale transportation convenience as well as ease of relocation during subsequent years of consumer usage. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236545 | DOSAGE INHALER - A dosage inhaler includes an active liquid container, which contains a liquid having an active ingredient dissolved therein, and an atomizer by which the liquid is transformed into an aerosol and can be introduced into an aerosol dome, in which there is a baffle plate and to which an inlet tube and an outlet tube are attached, and an electronic control. The atomizer can be intermittently operated by a user and the user command readout is visible to the user. The generation of the amount of aerosol inside, and below, the aerosol dome is able to be separated in time from its eventual inhalation by the user. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236546 | AEROSOL INHALATION SYSTEM - An aerosol inhalation system has an inhalator ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236547 | Container for aerosol drug delivery - A metered does inhaler which includes a canister assembly which has a minimal volume canister and primeless valve to reduce waste, minimize total drug contained therein, and increase the reproducibility of dosage delivered. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236548 | Soft bite block and method for making soft bite block - A soft bite block device for preventing contact between upper and lower teeth of an anesthetized patient. The device includes an elongate roll of cotton gauze encircled by permeable tape so as to maintain the rolled gauze as a monolithic structure. The device is disposable, absorbent and aseptic or sterile. The device is contained within an aseptic or sterile package for the protection of the patient. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236549 | Elbow assembly - An elbow assembly for a mask system includes an elbow including a slot and a port, an anti-asphyxia valve adapted to be received within the slot and including a flap portion adapted to selectively close the port depending on the presence of pressurized gas, and a clip member to secure the anti-asphyxia valve to the elbow. The clip member includes a slot that is adapted to interlock with a protrusion provided to the anti-asphyxia valve. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236550 | DRY-POWDER MEDICAMENT - An inhalable dry powder medicament is provided. The medicament, which provides improved fine particle fraction, may be prepared by (i) fractionating a particulate active ingredient based on aerodynamic particle size, (ii) recovering at least one fraction of the particulate active ingredient and (iii) combining the recovered fraction with a carrier to provide the inhalable dry powder medicament. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236551 | GAS FLOW REVERSING ELEMENT - A gas flow reversing element is provided comprising a main piece defining at least one closable outlet opening, a branching piece extending from the main piece, a line connector connected to the distal end of the branching piece, a pressure connector connected to the main piece, the pressure connector being structured to be fluidly connected to a pressurized gas supply; and a nozzle being configured and arranged in the main piece in such a way that a gas flow flowing in the main piece from the pressure connector through the nozzle to the at least one outlet opening, with the at least one outlet opening being disposed in the second open position, a gas flow can also be generated in the branching piece in a direction toward the at least one outlet opening. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236552 | Cpap Systems - A CPAP system includes a flow generator, a patient interface, an air delivery conduit that interconnects the flow generator and the patient interface, and a packaging arrangement including at least one storage facilitating member to allow storage of the air delivery conduit. The at least one storage facilitating member may be provided to the flow generator, a cradle, and/or the air delivery conduit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236553 | LEAK-COMPENSATED PROPORTIONAL ASSIST VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leakage when during delivery of gas from a medical ventilator in a proportional assist mode to a patient. The technology described herein includes systems and methods to compensate the delivery of PA ventilation for leakage in the patient circuit by using leak-compensated lung flows as well as leak-compensated respiratory mechanics parameters (lung compliance and lung resistance) estimated in a manner that compensates for elastic and inelastic leaks from the ventilation system. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236554 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATION OF BREATHING APPARATUSES IN MULTIPLE MODES - A breathing system with a facepiece that includes a first port adapted to be placed in fluid connection with the outlet of a regulator assembly to introduce pressurized breathing gas into the facepiece; a second port adapted to be connected to an air purifying system; and an exhaust valve through which the user's exhausted breath can exit the facepiece. The breathing system also includes a pressure adjustment mechanism that includes a communication link in communicative connection with an actuator such that the exhaust pressure adjustment mechanism sets the internal facepiece pressure required to open the exhaust valve, independently of the respiration of the user, to a first pressure when the actuator is in the first state, to a second pressure when the actuator is in the second state. The first pressure is higher than the second pressure. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236555 | LEAK-COMPENSATED PRESSURE REGULATED VOLUME CONTROL VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leakage when during delivery of gas to a patient from a medical ventilator in a pressure regulated volume control (PRVC) ventilation mode. The technology described herein includes systems and methods that compensate the delivery of PRVC ventilation for leakage in the patient circuit by using leak-compensated lung flows as well as respiratory mechanics (lung compliance and lung resistance) estimated in a manner that compensates for elastic and inelastic leaks from the ventilation system. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236556 | VENTILATOR PATIENT SYNCHRONIZATION - A method and apparatus that provides an expert system for determining respiratory phase during ventilatory support of a subject. Discrete phase states are partitioned and prior probability functions and observed probability functions for each state are defined. The probability functions are based upon relative duration of each state as well as the flow characteristics of each state. These functions are combined to determine phase probabilities for each state using Bayes' theorem. The calculated probabilities for the states may then be compared to determine which state the subject is experiencing. A ventilator may then conform respiratory support in accordance with the most probable phase. To provide a learning feature, the probability functions may be adjusted during use to provide a more subject specific response that accounts for changing respiratory characteristics. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236557 | RESPIRATION BAG - A collapsible respiration bag assembly is disclosed and includes a flexible hollow body longitudinally extending about a longitudinal axis thereof between an air intake end and an air outlet end and formed with at least three annular folds. A patient valve is fitted at the outlet end and includes a face mask coupler transversing the longitudinal axis. An intake valve assembly is also included and a face mask fitted with a face engaging rim, a dome portion and a valve coupler detachably connectable to the face mask coupler. The dome portion of the face mask is deformable between an operative, concave position and a convex stowing position, where the dome portion is inverted and where the valve coupler is detached from the face mask coupler. The assembly is configurable between at least one extended, operative position and a fully collapsed stowed position where the annular fold zones at least partially overlap. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236558 | PATIENT INTERFACE WITH FOREHEAD AND CHIN SUPPORT - A patient interface gas delivery mask having a forehead and chin support system including a forehead support, a chin support, and a system for supplying a flow of gas to a patient that incorporates such a mask, forehead support, and chin support. The forehead support includes a supporting arm which is adjustably mounted to the mask shell, thereby allowing the adjustment of the distance between the forehead support bracket and the mask shell in order to adjust for patient's of different sizes. A forehead support bracket is pivotally connected to the support arm. Likewise the chin support is also adjustably mounted to the mask shell. | 2010-09-23 |