40th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100252155 | Niver broke billfold - The Never Broke Billfold is a small leather pocket 2¼″ long, 1¼″ deep with Velcro for opening and closing. It enables you to carry paper money ($10, $20, $50) inside it. Installed at one end is a metal eyelet that allows you to attach it to your key ring and have access to emergency money at all times. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252156 | Process for Preparing a Diene Copolymer Comprising a Polyether Block, Diene Copolymer Comprising a Polyether Block, Reinforced Rubber Composition and Tire - A process for preparing, in one step, a diene block copolymer, of which at least one of these blocks is constituted of a polyether, the number-average molecular weight of which is approximately from 100 to 5000 g/mol, and at least one other of these blocks is constituted of a diene elastomer. The process according to the invention allows a high degree of grafting of the polyether to the polymer chains. Also disclosed is a reinforced rubber composition, especially intended for the manufacture of tires, comprising such a block copolymer which is intended to interact with the reinforcing filler. Such a rubber composition has improved hysteresis properties in the vulcanized state, while retaining satisfactory processing properties in the non-vulcanized state. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252157 | PNEUMATIC RADIAL TIRE - A pneumatic radial tire includes a pair of annular bead portions | 2010-10-07 |
20100252158 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Outer longitudinal grooves extend in the circumferential direction of a pneumatic tire in a zigzag fashion. A plurality of first transverse grooves situated at an outer portion of a tread portion extend toward one side in a circumferential direction of the tire and is connected to the outer longitudinal grooves, as it gradually extends from an outer side of a width direction of the tire to an inner side thereof. A plurality of second transverse grooves situated at an inner portion of the tread portion extends toward the one side in the circumferential direction of the tire and is connected to outer longitudinal grooves, as it gradually extends from the inner side of the width direction of the tire to the outer side thereof. A position in the circumferential direction of the tire at which the plurality of first grooves are each situated in the outer portion and a position in the circumferential direction of the tire at which the plurality of second transverse grooves is each situated in the inner portion coincide with each other. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252159 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire has a unidirectional tread pattern comprising right-hand and left-hand crown circumferential grooves and a crown rib formed therebetween. The crown rib is provided with first and second V-shaped grooves arranged alternately in the tire circumferential direction. The first V-shaped grooves extend from the left-hand crown circumferential groove. The second V-shaped grooves extend from the right-hand crown circumferential groove. The first and second V-shaped grooves are terminated within the rib, and their V-shape configurations have bending points substantially positioned at the tire equator. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252160 | Wheel hub connection-free tire traction device - A clamshell tire traction device having two or more grip portions operatively couple-able by a fastening mechanism is described. The device grips the peripheral tread region of the tire without requiring any contact or connection with the wheel or its hub. The grips are equipped with spaced-apart radial cleat-bearing arms that extend around the tread region and toward the interior of the tire. The fastening mechanism includes a tensioning mechanism that is easily and quickly operated manually by a pivotal lever and includes a release mechanism operable by a depressible pushbutton. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252161 | PNEUMATIC RADIAL TIRE - A pneumatic radial tire includes a pair of annular bead portions | 2010-10-07 |
20100252162 | Rubber Composition for Sidewall and Preparation Process Thereof - The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a sidewall, in which an effect on environments can be taken into consideration, provision for the future decrease of petroleum supply can be satisfied, and further, tear strength and flex crack growth resistance can be improved with favorable balance without increasing hardness, and a process for preparing the rubber composition. The rubber composition for a sidewall is characterized by comprising 15 to 60 parts by weight of silica and 2 to 20 parts by weight of a double bond-containing plasticizer on the basis of 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising 30 to 80% by weight of a natural rubber and 20 to 70% by weight of an epoxidized natural rubber. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252163 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR MOTORCYCLE - A pneumatic tire for motorcycles is provided which can improve traction performance especially during sharp cornering by largely leaning a vehicle, and stability during leaning of a vehicle without diminishing other performances. A pneumatic tire for motorcycles having a tread portion | 2010-10-07 |
20100252164 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - An of object of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire which exhibits improved durability of a bead portion due to further suppressing compression strain at a carcass ply fold-up portion and, in particular, suppressing fatigue fracture at the carcass ply fold-up portion. Cord distance between the carcass main body and the carcass ply fold-up portion gradually decreases from the bead core toward the outer side in the tire radial direction to reach the minimum value a, then gradually increases to the maximum value b; provided that height H | 2010-10-07 |
20100252165 | Pneumatic radial tire for airplane - A pneumatic radial tire for airplane comprises a pair of bead cores, a radial carcass comprised of at least two carcass plies, in which the radial carcass is comprised of at least one turnup ply having a main body portion and a turnup portion and at least one down ply, wherein a radially total strength T | 2010-10-07 |
20100252166 | System and Method for Making Wallboard - A process and apparatus for forming wallboard panels having recessed edges along all four edges which process involves passing an unfinished length of wall board through a lateral recess forming apparatus. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252167 | Apparatus and method of material bonding using captive plungers - An apparatus and method of material bonding using captive plungers is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a base plate to have multiple holes in an array, multiple captive plungers each surrounded by a compressible spring to couple to the multiple holes in such a way which allows each of the multiple captive plungers to vertically move in a confine of each of the multiple holes corresponding to the each of the multiple captive plungers, and a fastening device to apply a force to bond two or more parts placed on top of each other with a bonding material in between the two or more parts through pressing the base plate to the two or more parts such that the force delivered through the multiple captive plungers to the two or more parts is concentrated to the array. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252168 | BACKED PILE WEATHERSTRIP - A new method of making and manufacturing pile weather stripping is described using a non-woven, e.g. a knitted pile that is either cropped or slit to the correct pile height. The pile is then precisely introduced to a singer using guides. After the singing process the knitted pile is guided into the extruder head where the base is extruded around the knitted pile. The density of the knitted pile weather stripping is controlled by adding or removing filling yarns, picks and changing of the yarn denier. The base thickness and configuration is a direct function of the extrusion head. A pile fin or fins can be added as a purchased raw good or extruded as part of the process. The inventive pile weather stripping allows for the fabrication of any pile height, pile density and backing configuration to include throat width, T-slot width, T-slot base depth and varying fin heights. The method can be used to make a weather stripping comprising pile extending from a backing, the pile comprising pile yarns, the backing being bonded to the pile, a synthetic fibre being interlaced with the pile yarns, and the backing trapping at least a part of the synthetic fibre in the backing. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252169 | Friction Stir Method for Forming Structures and Materials - Processes for forming an enhanced material or structure are disclosed. The structure typically includes a preform that has a first common surface and a recess below the first common surface. A filler is added to the recess and seams are friction stir welded, and materials may be stir mixed. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252170 | Friction Stir Method for Joining Complex Shapes - Methods for joining complex shapes are disclosed. The shapes joined may include multiple planar surfaces and various common surfaces. Friction stir welding may be used to weld various joints and pre-heating may be optionally employed. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252171 | Friction Stir Method for Joining Materials Having Different Thicknesses - Methods for joining materials having different thicknesses is provided. Friction stir material processing is typically used, and a transition piece may be friction stir welded between the materials being joined. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252172 | Independent Axis Clamping Apparatus and Method - A method for performing operations on a workpiece. The method comprises the steps of: contacting the workpiece with a tool; moving the tool along any of multiple axes; moving a clamp along at least a first axis independent of the movement of the tool; and, clamping the workpiece using the clamp. Contacting the workpiece with the tool may comprise plunging a friction stir welding pin tool into the workpiece while the workpiece is being clamped. The tool may be moved by moving a spindle housing over the workpiece, and the clamp may be moved by rotating the clamp around the first axis as the spindle housing moves over the workpiece. The method may further comprise the step of coordinating the movement of the clamp with the movement of the tool. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252173 | Method of Manufacturing Addressable and Static Electronic Displays, Power Generating Or Other Electronic Apparatus - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an electronic display, power generating or other electronic apparatus. The exemplary method includes depositing a first conductive medium within a plurality of cavities of a substrate to form a plurality of first conductors. A plurality of electronic components in a suspending medium are then deposited within the plurality of cavities, and the plurality of electronic components are oriented using an applied field, followed by a bonding of the plurality of electronic components to the plurality of first conductors. A second, transmissive conductive medium is then deposited and bonded to the plurality of electronic components. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252174 | TYRE BALANCING COMPOSITIONS - The invention relates to tyre balancing compositions having improved balancing properties comprise a visco-plastic gel and solid bodies having an average smallest dimension in the range of 0.5-5 mm; preferably 1-4 mm, more preferably around 3 mm. When applied in a layer to the inside of a motor vehicle tyre, the compositions act by allowing the solid bodies move through the gel and to concentrate in areas to counteract 10 imbalances. The solid bodies preferably have an average ratio a between their smallest and their largest dimension of α≦2, more preferably α≦1.5, especially around 1. The visco-plastic gel preferably has a storage modulus (G′) between 1000 Pa and 25000 Pa at 22° C., a loss modulus (G″) smaller than the storage modulus, and a critical yield stress above 3 Pa at 22° C. The bodies may be shaped as prolate or oblate ellipsoids, cylinders, 15 rectangular paralleipipeds, or spheres, or mixtures of such bodies; they may have an apparent specific gravity in the range of 500-3000 kg/m | 2010-10-07 |
20100252175 | VEHICLE WHEEL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS - An improved process for permanently attaching an overlay to a wheel disc, wherein the overlay is aligned and spaced apart from the wheel disc. A mold is created by a combination of the overlay, wheel disc and localized nests that engage at predetermined times during foam filling to close the mold. The mold is adequately sealed so that there is no foam leakage as the foam expands to fill the mold and, therefore, no final trimming of excess foam is required. The improved process is capable of accommodating a wheel having turbine openings therein. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252176 | METHOD FOR FORMING GATE STRUCTURES - A process for forming gate structures is described. A web comprises a substrate, a plurality of conductive elements disposed on the substrate, and a conductive anodization bus. The web is moved through an anodization station to form a plurality of gate structures comprising a plurality of gate dielectrics adjacent to a plurality of gate electrodes. A process for forming electronic devices further providing a semiconductor, a source electrode, and a drain electrode is described. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252177 | ADHESIVE MICROSTRUCTURES - Improved fabricated adhesive microstructures and methods of fabricating adhesive microstructures incorporating deformable materials are provided. The fabricated adhesive microstructures exhibit significantly improved adhesion strengths at least at smooth surfaces such as glass, as compared to known fabricated adhesive microstructures. The adhesion strengths of fabricated microstructures of the invention for a range of smooth glass contact surfaces may be in the range of between about 125 kPa and 220 kPa in air at one atmosphere pressure and in the range of between about 25 kPa and 120 kPa in vacuum. Synthetic elastomers are used in the invention. A method of fabricating new adhesive microstructures having multiple levels of compliance with a surface has been proposed. Methods of fabricating new double-sided adhesive microstructures via moulding have further been proposed. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252178 | METHOD FOR MAKING DISPOSABLE DIAPER - The present invention aims to provide a method for making disposable diapers so improved that no displacement of the absorbent core from the middle between a pair of the leg elastic members. The method comprises the step P | 2010-10-07 |
20100252179 | Device And Method For Draping And Pre-Shaping Curved Profiled Structural Components Of Fiber Materials | 2010-10-07 |
20100252180 | Process for the manufacturing of parts made of composite materials with two curing cycles - This invention relates to a process for manufacturing a piece of composite material made with a polymer resin and fiber reinforcement from at least two subcomponents comprising the following steps: a) providing the first subcomponent partially cured in a curing cycle in an autoclave at a maximum temperature T | 2010-10-07 |
20100252181 | BAMBOO WOOD COMPOSITE BOARD - A board suitable for use as container flooring uses bamboo and fast-growth low-density wood. Thin layers of high-density bamboo composites are used to overlay on surfaces of a core layer which can be the composite of wood veneer and wood strand-based composite, or wood veneer and bamboo stripe sheet composite. This invention combines the benefits of bamboo and wood materials to produce a bamboo-wood composite board having sufficient mechanical and physical strength and durability for use as container flooring. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252182 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FIBER COMPOSITE COMPONENT - A device for manufacturing an FC component with at least one distributing device for placing at least band-shaped material onto a surface of a tool mold or semi-finished product for manufacturing the FC component, wherein the device has at least one bogie truck that carries the distributing device and a guide way that runs around the surface at least partially in its circumferential direction, on which the bogie truck for traversing the distributing device can be moved relative to the surface, as well as a method for manufacturing a fiber composite component and a component fabricated according to such a method. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252183 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR APPLYING A BAND OF FIBERS ON CONVEX SURFACES AND/OR WITH EDGES - Embodiments of the invention relate to a fiber application method and a fiber application machine for producing parts in composite material, such as for the application of a band of fibers on convex surfaces and/or with edges. The machine comprises a fiber application head and a moving system for moving said application head. The application head comprises a compacting system including a compacting roller intended to come in contact against the application surface to apply the band, and a compacting member placed downstream from said compacting roller and exhibiting a substantially planar contact surface, said compacting member being capable of being pressed by its contact surface, against an application surface, substantially on the entire width of a band, by at least one contact line. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252184 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE-CONTAINING CONDUCTOR - The invention is to provide a method for producing an inexpensive carbon nanotube-containing conductor having high transparency and high conductivity as well as excellent durability. The invention is a method for producing a carbon nanotube-containing conductor having a conductive layer on the surface of an objective substrate, and the method includes the steps of pressing a release substrate having a carbon nanotube network layer, via the carbon nanotube network layer thereon, against a transparent objective substrate coated with an electron beam-curable liquid resin composition to infiltrate the liquid resin composition into the carbon nanotube network layer; irradiating it with electron beams to cure the liquid resin composition; and peeling away the release substrate to obtain an objective substrate having a resin composition layer with carbon nanotubes embedded in the surface thereof. According to the invention, a conductor and a conductive film having high conductivity and transparency as well as excellent strength and durability are obtained. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252185 | REMOVABLE PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ADHEREND USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a removable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes: a self-rolling pressure sensitive adhesive sheet which is capable of spontaneously rolling up by a thermal stimulation, the self-rolling pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a first rigid film layer, an elastic layer and a heat contractible film layer laminated in this order; and a second pressure sensitive adhesive layer and a second rigid film layer laminated in this order on the heat contractible film layer side of the self-rolling pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, in which the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer is removable from the heat contractible film layer or the second rigid film layer is removable from the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252186 | Methods and apparatuses for assembling components onto substrates - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling substrates with functional blocks, using a printhead to deliver individual functional blocks to the appropriate locations on the substrates. In an embodiment, the functional block releasing mechanism comprises a heat source to provide thermal energy and a light source to provide photon energy, wherein the heat source and the light source enable releasing individual functional blocks from the reservoir for positioning on the substrate. The heat source can comprise an array of heating elements, such as thin film heating elements, which can provide localized heating to individual elements, thus enabling releasing individual functional blocks. The light source can comprise a laser beam and a moving mechanism to move the laser beam to the individual functional blocks. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252187 | Methods of Making Customized Articles for Applying Color on Surfaces - A decorative dry color laminate includes a dry color layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one side of the dry color layer, and a carrier in releasable contact with the dry color layer on a side opposite from the pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). In use, the adhesive layer adheres the dry color laminate to the surface under application of pressure, and the carrier is peeled away to expose the dry color layer. Methods for providing a substantially permanent color effect on an architectural surface comprise delivering such an article to the architectural surface. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252188 | TEMPLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A template formed of an optically-transparent material according to an embodiment includes a contact surface which contacts a resist material, a concave portion for resist pattern formed on the contact surface in which the resist material is filled and cured so as to form a resist pattern part, and a concave portion for alignment mark formed on the contact surface which is used for an optical alignment of the template, includes an opening and a bottom portion and has a shape that an area of the opening is larger than that of the bottom portion or a shape that a depth thereof is deeper than that of the concave portion for resist pattern. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252189 | Method and kit for decorating a pet's collar and/or leash or lead - A method and a kit for decorating a collar and a leash of a pet includes a collar and a leash or lead preferably made of a nylon material, a set of permanent, non toxic and odorless fabric markers of preferably five different colors, a stencil set of preferably images made preferably of paper stock having a sticky non-toxic backing to keep each image in place when applied to the pet's collar or leash (lead). The markers can be used to color each image while in the stencil set before removing a selected colored image to be placed on the pet's collar or leash for decorating the collar or leash. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252190 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A VACUUM BAG AROUND A FUSELAGE BARREL MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL TO BE POLYMERIZED - A vacuum bag is applied around a fuselage barrel made of composite material to be polymerized, formed by lamination on the outer surface of a mandrel having the form of a solid of rotation about a longitudinal axis. A bag material in the form of a sheet having a transverse width corresponding to the longitudinal length of the fuselage barrel is provided alongside the mandrel. A first transverse end portion of the sheet is fastened or sealed on the outer surface of the barrel or the mandrel. Then the mandrel is rotated around the axis, so as to wrap the sheet about the barrel. While the mandrel rotates, the opposite axial end edges of the sheet are sealed on the mandrel. Finally, a second transverse end portion of the sheet is sealed on the outer surface of the barrel or the mandrel. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252191 | SHEET STICKING APPARATUS AND SHEET STICKING METHOD - A sheet sticking apparatus | 2010-10-07 |
20100252192 | ADHESIVE SHEET FOR SEALING VESSELS AND CHANNELS, PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - Adhesive sheet particularly for sealing vessels and channels in which chemical, biological or biochemical reactions are conducted, composed of a backing film coated on one side with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, characterized in that the adhesive sheet has a transmittance of at least 89% (in the wavelength range between 450 to 750 nm) and a HAZE value of not more than 3% and the surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive has a surface roughness R | 2010-10-07 |
20100252193 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLACING A DESIRED LENGTH OF TAPE MATERIAL ONTO A MOVING WEB OF MATERIAL IN A TRANSVERSE ORIENTATION - An assembly and method for placing a desired length of tape material, fed as a moving continuous strip of tape material, onto a moving continuous web of material, wherein the orientation of the placed tape material is substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the moving continuous web of material. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252194 | COMPOSITION FOR APPLICATION TO A SURFACE - Compositions, methods, apparatuses, kits, and combinations are described for permanently or temporarily re-designing, decorating, and/or re-coloring a surface. The compositions useful in the present disclosure include a décor product that is formulated to be applied and affixed to a surface. If desired, the décor product may be substantially removed from the surface before being affixed thereto. If a user desires to remove the décor product, the décor product is formulated to be removed by a number of methods including, for example, vacuuming, wet extraction, chemical application, and the like. If the user desires to affix the décor product to the surface in a permanent or semi-permanent manner, the décor product may be affixed to the surface by applying energy thereto in the form of, for example, heat, pressure, emitted waves, an emitted electrical field, a magnetic field, and/or a chemical. The décor product may also be utilized in the form of a kit or in conjunction with a design device, such as a stencil, to control the application of the décor product to create, for example, a pattern on the surface. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252195 | Methodology for creating layered panel structure including self-bonded thermoformable and non-thermoformable layer materials - A method of forming a layered, generally planar panel structure including the steps of (a) utilizing applied heat and pressure, causing a melt of resin present in a thermoformable material layer to flow toward and into an adjacent non-thermoformable material layer, and (b) by such utilizing and causing, forming a thermal-compression, mechanical, inter-material-transition bond between the layers. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252196 | BAG FOR HERMETICALLY ENCLOSING AN INFLATABLE LIFERAFT - The present invention relates to a bag ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100252197 | SHOWERHEAD ELECTRODE WITH CENTERING FEATURE - A showerhead electrode includes inner and outer steps at an outer periphery thereof, the outer step cooperating with a clamp ring which mechanically attaches the electrode to a backing plate. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252198 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a plasma processing apparatus in which a radio-frequency power from a radio-frequency power source is supplied to an electrode disposed in a process vessel, to thereby generate, in the process vessel, plasma with which a substrate is processed, a chemical component emitting member which is caused to emit a chemical component necessary for processing the substrate into the process vessel by entrance of ions in the plasma generated in the process vessel is provided in the process vessel in an exposed state, and an impedance varying circuit varying impedance on the chemical component emitting member side of the plasma generated in the process vessel to frequency of the radio-frequency power source is connected to the chemical component emitting member. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252199 | MULTIFREQUENCY CAPACITIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ETCH CHAMBER - A plasma processing system for use with a gas. The plasma processing system comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a gas input port, a power source and a passive circuit. The gas input port is operable to provide the gas between the first electrode and the second electrode. The power source is operable to ignite plasma from the gas between the first electrode and the second electrode. The passive circuit is coupled to the second electrode and is configured to adjust one or more of an impedance, a voltage potential, and a DC bias potential of the second electrode. The passive radio frequency circuit comprises a capacitor arranged in parallel with an inductor. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252200 | GROUNDED CONFINEMENT RING HAVING LARGE SURFACE AREA - A wafer processing system is provided for use with a driver and a material supply source. The driver is operable to generate a driving signal. The material supply source is operable to provide a material. The wafer processing system includes an upper confinement chamber portion, a lower confinement chamber portion, a confinement ring, and an electro-static chuck. The upper confinement chamber portion has an upper confinement chamber portion inner surface. The lower confinement chamber portion is detachably disposed in contact with the upper confinement chamber portion. The lower confinement chamber portion has a lower confinement chamber portion inner surface. The confinement ring is removably disposed in contact with the upper confinement chamber portion inner surface and the lower confinement chamber portion inner surface. The confinement ring has a confinement ring inner surface. The electro-static chuck has an electro-static chuck upper surface and is arranged to receive the driving signal. The upper confinement chamber portion, the lower confinement chamber portion, the confinement ring and the electro-static chuck are arranged such that the upper confinement chamber portion inner surface, the lower confinement chamber portion inner surface, the confinement ring inner surface and the electro-static chuck upper surface surround a plasma-forming space that is capable of receiving the material. The upper confinement chamber portion, the lower confinement chamber portion, the confinement ring and the electro-static chuck are operable to transform the material into a plasma when the electro-static chuck receives the driving signal. The confinement ring has a non-rectangular cross section. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252201 | LABELING MACHINE FOR LABELS PRINTED ON CONTINUOUS FILM - A labeling machine for labels printed on continuous film, comprising, in an intermediate position between a motorized reel and a feed roller, a tunnel provided with suction elements adapted to determine on the film in transit inside it an attraction that gives it a bent configuration, elements being provided which are adapted to control the depth of the bend, the tunnel being provided with a bottom and a lid that are adapted to align the film at a constant height. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252202 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL MULTILAYER BODY - An optical laminate produced by a process for producing an anti-dazzling laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The process includes providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 μm and not more than 600 μm, θa is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 μm and not more than 1 μm, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes or profile irregularities in the anti-dazzling layer; θa represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252203 | LABELING AND PREPARATION DEVICE FOR TEST TUBES - A labeling and preparation device for test tubes. At least one storage section places at least one pallet having a set of test tubes at a preset position. At least one transfer section is disposed above the storage section, and clamps or releases one of the test tubes. A labeling section is disposed below the transfer section, receives the test tubes transferred from the transfer section, and attaches a label having information related to a sample on a circumference of each test tube. An ejection section is disposed below the labeling section, and ejects the test tubes to an outside. A controller controls drivers of the transfer section, the labeling section and the ejection section. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252204 | Cartridge type coating film transfer tool - Provided is a cartridge type coating film transfer tool, in which a cartridge can be simply dismounted and is readily exchanged. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252205 | DEVICE FOR THIN DIE DETACHMENT AND PICK-UP - A die detachment device for delaminating a die which is mounted at a position on an adhesive film comprises a plurality of movable plates having quadrilateral-shaped contact surfaces which are arranged adjacent to one another. The plurality of movable plates comprises an intermediate movable plate and outer movable plates on opposite sides of the intermediate movable plate. The contact surfaces of the movable plates together form a combined contact surface for supporting the adhesive film at the position of the die, each movable plate being movable relative to the other movable plates towards and away from the die. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252206 | BEAD HOLDER - A bead holder for installing a tire on a wheel includes a body portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The second portion includes a flat inner surface and a flat outer surface. The flat inner surface includes a shoulder and a face, and a ledge defined between the shoulder and the face. A tire may be installed on a wheel using the bead holder by placing the first portion into a lughole on the wheel and bringing the second portion into contact with the rim, whereby the flat outer surface of the second portion prevents a tire bead from slipping back over the rim. A user may then work around the tire bead, stretching it over the rim of the tire without having the tire bead slip back over the rim. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252207 | Retractable Sun Shade - A retractable sun shade, comprising at least one fabric section affixed to a boom, the boom supported and slideably engaged to a track at an intermediate portion of the boom, the track supported by a frame, and at least one flexible drawing element affixed to the boom at the intermediate portion, for drawing the boom in a first direction along the track to extend the sun shade and for drawing the boom in an opposite direction along the track to retract the sun shade. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252208 | Retractable Rigid Awning and Operating Mechanism Therefor - A retractable rigid window awning includes a number of U-shaped panels pivotally attached to a building on the sides of a window. In the retracted position, the panels are disposed above the window, in tiers. Each panel has a pair of actuators that enable its extension and retraction. Each actuator is attached to the panel at one end and to a movable nut at the other end via articulated joints. The nuts are installed on a driving screw attached to the building. The awning is extended by rotating the screw, which causes the nuts to travel along the screw. The actuators push their respective panels out and tilt them down. Depending on the length of actuators, panels travel different distances from the building creating a continuous shade over the window. The awning is retracted by rotating the screw in the opposite direction. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252209 | SAFETY STRUCTURE OF ROMAN SHADE - A safety structure is provided for a Roman shade. A shade cloth is constituted by first and second sheet members opposing each other. The first sheet member forms folds, each carrying at least one cord ring through which a lift cord that functions to roll the shade cloth up and down extends. The cord rings of the first sheet member are arranged between the first and second sheet members, so as to have the lift cord that extends through the cord rings concealed between the first and second sheet members. As such, operation safety of the Roman shade is enhanced. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252210 | PLEATED SCREEN APPARATUS - The present invention relates generally to barriers for architectural openings, in particular to a screen apparatus and method for screening off an architectural opening. The screen apparatus includes an elongated overhead frame member, a transverse fixed side frame member, a displaceable side frame member, and an elongated articulated bottom frame member. A screen member extends between the frame members, the screen member being interchangeable between a collapsed condition when the screen is open and an extended condition when the screen is closed by movement of the displaceable side frame member. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252211 | SHIM - A shim for reducing play between a roller blind tube and a roller blind end plug, the shim including a rib receiving portion sized and configured to receive a rib from a roller blind tube, wherein the shim is capable of being located between adjacent splines of a roller blind end plug. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252212 | Covering System - A retractable covering system including a screen that is movable between a retracted and an extended configuration and at least two tensioning members attached to a leading edge of the screen and arranged to pull the screen in opposite transverse directions so as to create transverse tension in the screen. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252213 | PULP AND PAPER HAVING INCREASED BRIGHTNESS - The present invention relates to a method of increasing the brightness of pulp, pulp made from such methods and methods of using such pulp. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252214 | Method and a Device for the Dewatering of a Fibre Suspension Supplied by a Nozzle Assembly - A vertically elongate and oriented container ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100252215 | ARRANGEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESS SECTION OF A WEB-FORMING MACHINE AND BOARD OR PAPER PRODUCED IN SUCH ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to an arrangement in connection with the press section of a web-forming machine. The arrangement includes at least one press nip ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100252216 | LOW DENSITY PAPERBOARD ARTICLES - The invention provides a low density paperboard material and associated method for use in producing an insulated container, and is especially well-suited for making cups. The paperboard material comprises a paperboard web including wood fibers and expanded microspheres, and has a relatively low density ranging from about 6 to about 10 lb/3 MSF/mil (0.38 to about 0.64 g/cm | 2010-10-07 |
20100252217 | PAPER MACHINE CLOTHING WITH EDGE REINFORCEMENT - The invention relates to a clothing for a web-processing machine, in particular a tissue machine, including a flat basic structure with an upper side and a lower side, and with a coating which is applied to the upper side and/or lower side and includes at least one polymer material. At least one polymer material is a polyurea, in particular an elastomer polyurea. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252218 | FELT FOR PAPERMAKING - The papermaking felt | 2010-10-07 |
20100252219 | SEAMABLE PRESS FELT WITH FLAT MANUFACTURED CARRIER STRUCTURE WHICH IS NOT WOVEN - The present invention relates to a press felt for a machine for the production and/or processing of a fibrous web including a carrier structure which fundamentally influences the dimensional stability of the felt. The carrier structure includes a flat manufactured textile fabric formed from longitudinal threads, transverse threads crossing the longitudinal threads, and sewing threads which connect the longitudinal and transverse threads with each other at the crossing points. The textile fabric is longer than the carrier structure and is laid onto itself in sections such that the carrier structure is formed by several layers of the textile fabric, extending respectively along the entire length of the carrier structure. The layers are connected with each other, at least in sections. Due to the placement of the sections of the textile fabric on top of each other, turned over edges which extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the carrier structure are formed defining transverse ends of the carrier structure. In an area of the turned over edges, the longitudinal threads have a curved progression to form seam loops on the respective transverse ends, whereby the carrier structure is seamable in a paper machine in that the two transverse ends of the carrier structure are brought together to make the carrier structure continuous and the seam loops are meshed with each other, thus forming a connecting channel extending in the cross direction of the carrier structure. To make the carrier structure continuous, a pintle wire is inserted through the connecting channel. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252220 | CORE-SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOLDING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FLASKLESS MOLDS - These inventions provide a method and an apparatus for setting a core used in a molding apparatus that produces flaskless molds, wherein the core-setting apparatus has a simple structure and the accuracy of the positioning of the core while setting it on the lower mold is improved. The inventions comprise:
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20100252221 | SAND-FORMING APPARATUS - A sand-forming apparatus ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100252222 | Casting Device - The casting device ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100252223 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A STRIP OF METAL - The invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a strip ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100252224 | SINGLE CRYSTAL CASTING APPARATUS - A casting arrangement for the single crystal casting of a component in which a common feed for molten metal is provided with a filtration arrangement that incorporates an annular filter. Outlets in a housing surrounding the filter direct the filtered molten metal on to a seed crystal and into a spiral grain selector. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252225 | STEP-DOWN TRANSITION OF A SOLDER HEAD IN THE INJECTION MOLDING SOLDERING PROCESS - A mold plate to parking location interface includes: a mold plate for holding solder; a fill head with an o-ring for dispensing solder bumps on the mold plate; a parking location for locating the fill head; and a platform between the mold plate and the parking location for relatively moving the fill head from the first location to the second location such that the o-ring decompresses as it passes over the platform. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252226 | ALKALINE PHENOLIC RESOLE RESIN COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE - An alkaline phenolic resole resin compositions comprising (a) an aqueous basic solution of a phenolic resole resin, (b) and a polyhydric alcohol, and their use in foundry applications. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252227 | SUBSEA COOLER - The present invention regards a subsea cooling unit having an inlet for a hot fluid and an outlet for cooled fluid, the cooling unit comprising a number of coils exposed to seawater, and means for generating a flow of seawater past the coils, where the means for generating the flow of seawater comprises a propeller and a rotatable actuator and that the cooler is enclosed in a duct. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252228 | Geothermal System - The invention relates to a geothermal system for exchanging heat with the water of a public supply line, wherein the heat exchanger is arranged within the supply line and is used in modular form as a pipe section. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252229 | GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM - A geothermal energy system with reverse thermodynamic flow scheme that employs a pump or a compressor in series with a ground heat rejection or a ground heat absorber. The pumped geothermal energy system evaporates and condenses the working fluid at substantially the same pressure in the ground loop. The working fluid could be carbon dioxide, Freon, water or any other suitable refrigerant. The compressive geothermal system condenses the working from a vapor to a liquid above, below, and substantially equal to critical pressure using carbon dioxide as the working fluid. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252230 | Sealing device - A sealing device is disclosed for separating sections inside an elongate hole with at least one duct extending inside and along the hole. In at least one embodiment, the sealing device includes a first portion which is arranged, in use of the sealing device, to surround the duct and fit substantially tightly against the same, and a flexible cup-shaped second portion, which is arranged to surround the first portion and be resilient radially outwards to seal, in use, against the hole. Moreover, in at least one embodiment, a method is disclosed for separating sections in an elongate hole with a duct extending inside and along the hole. A sealing device is slipped onto the duct at the intended level so that the sealing device after installation forms a cup shape around the duct. The duct (and the sealing device are inserted into the hole, and the duct and the sealing device are installed at the intended level. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252231 | DATA CENTRE COOLING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a data centre, comprising data centre air directing means for directing data centre air from the data centre through a first side of one or more heat exchangers; external air directing means for directing external air from external to the data centre through a second side of the one or more heat exchangers; and adiabatic cooling means for adiabatically cooling the external air prior to entering the one or more heat exchangers, such that the external air flowing through the second side of the one or more heat exchangers indirectly cools the data centre air flowing through the first side of the one or more heat exchangers. Embodiments of the present invention may be realised in which the data centre is a moveable data centre. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252232 | Thermal energy module - The invention comprises a Thermal Energy Module comprising a tank adapted to hold water or other heat transfer medium (such as water), a water loop for introducing the heat transfer medium and removing the heat transfer medium, and a refrigeration loop comprising a heat exchanger further comprised of an inlet manifold, a heat transfer structure (such as a micro channel or pipe-in-plate panel) and an outlet manifold wherein the heat exchanger is adapted to transfer thermal energy between the heat transfer structure and the heat transfer medium. The Thermal energy Module may be utilized as a component of a heating and cooling system. Such a Thermal Energy Module may be used to store thermal energy during the day and return it during the evening. Additionally, such a Thermal Energy Module may be implemented as an array of such modules and such array of modules may be adapted to fit within the walls of a building or structure. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252233 | COOLING SYSTEM - A system for cooling an environment housing a plurality of electronic equipment in one or more cabinets is disclosed, the system comprising a remote cooling unit(s) adapted to provide relatively cool air into the environment, an exhaust associated with each cabinet, the exhaust being provided with variable airflow means; the remote unit being adapted to receive exhausted air, and; sensor means adapted to determine cooling demand and alter the output of the remote cooling unit(s) accordingly. Schemes for using the system are described. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252234 | HIGH PERFORMANCE DUAL-IN-LINE MEMORY (DIMM) ARRAY LIQUID COOLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A method and associated assembly for cooling electronic heat generating components of a computer including dual-in-line memory (DIMM) array(s) is provided. The assembly comprises a cooling component having a plate with a first and a second (reverse) side, thermally coupling to the heat generating components including the DIMM array(s). The first plate side has a coolant conduit connected at one end to a supply manifold via flexible tubing and at another end to a return manifold via another flexible tubing such that when coolant is supplied, the coolant circulates from the supply manifold to the return manifold by passing through said first plate's conduit. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252235 | LIQUID-COOLED-TYPE COOLING DEVICE - A casing of a liquid-cooled-type cooling device has a peripheral wall including mutually facing right and left side walls. A cooling-liquid inlet is formed at one end of the right side wall, and a cooling-liquid outlet is formed at an end of the left side wall corresponding to the other end of the right side wall. A parallel-flow-channel section is provided within the casing to be located between the left and right side walls and between the cooling-liquid inlet and outlet and includes flow channels through which cooling liquid flows. Internal regions of the casing located upstream and downstream of the parallel-flow-channel section serve as inlet and outlet header sections, respectively. The cross-sectional area of the inlet header section reduces from the cooling-liquid inlet toward the left side wall. The outlet and inlet header sections are asymmetric in shape with respect to the width direction of the parallel-flow-channel section. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252236 | SHAFT COOLER FOR A TOOL MOTOR SPINDLE - A shaft cooler ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100252237 | HEAT TRANSPORT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND HEAT TRANSPORT MANUFACTURING METHOD - A heat transport device includes a working fluid, an evaporation portion, a condenser portion, a flow path portion, a concave portion, and a protrusion portion. The evaporation portion causes the working fluid to evaporate from a liquid phase to a vapor phase. The condenser portion communicates with the evaporation portion, and causes the working fluid to condense from the vapor phase to the liquid phase. The flow path portion causes the working fluid condensed in the condenser portion to the liquid phase to flow to the evaporation portion. The concave portion is provided on at least one of the evaporation portion and the flow path portion, in which the liquid-phase working fluid flows. The protrusion portion is made of nanomaterial protruding from an inner wall side surface of the concave portion such that the protrusion portion partially covers an opening surface of the concave portion. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252238 | TWO-PHASE-FLOW, PANEL-COOLED, BATTERY APPARATUS AND METHOD - Two-phase, boiling heat transfer in confined channels close to a source of heat, such as an electrical component or device, carries the latent heat of vapors away to remote locations where “real estate” demands of air convection are tolerable operationally, economically, and technologically. Liquid-to-vapor, phase-change, heat transfer in a narrow channel (e.g., typically less than 0.200 inches total thickness, and often less than 0.150 in the channel itself) improves by several hundred percent the heat extraction from modest temperature (e.g., about 120 degree F.) devices, when compared to heat fluxes in pool boiling. Saturated working fluids provide nearly isothermal conditions in the working fluid. Minimal conduction paths provide minimal temperature gradients, and capillary action may maintain nearly constant temperature conditions about a surface of a heat source, while carrying heat of vaporization away to a condensation location. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252239 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A heat dissipation device includes a plurality of fins, a plurality of heat pipes connected to the fins in a thermal conductive relationship and a plurality of electric conductors extending through the fins. The fins are stacked together and spaced from each other. The heat pipes are extended through the fins. The electric conductors are electrically connected to the fins to enable consistent metal oxide films to be formed all over surfaces of the fins when anodizing the fins. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252240 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A heat dissipation device includes a base, a fin group on the base, a plurality of heat pipes and a covering fin mounted on a top of the fin group. The base includes a frame and a conducting plate engaging with a bottom of a central portion of the frame. The fin group includes a plurality of fins spaced from each other and horizontally stacked on the base. The heat pipes have evaporating sections sandwiched between the conducting plate and the base and condensing sections extending upwardly from the frame and through the fin group. The condensing sections have top ends located above a top fin of the fin group. The covering fin covers the upper ends of the condensing sections and has a plurality of latching legs extending downwardly therefrom to engage with the top fin. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252241 | CERAMIC COATED AUTOMOTIVE HEAT EXCHANGER COMPONENTS - A ceramic coated heat exchanger component and method for making the ceramic coated heat exchanger component by creating porous metal oxide coatings on an aluminum surface of the heat exchanger component by plasma electrochemical deposition of a metal oxide on the aluminum surface and layering an odor neutralization agent on the porous metal oxide ceramic coatings to form an odor remediation ceramic coating on the heat exchanger. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252242 | MICRO-CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER - There is disclosed a micro-channel heat exchanger, comprising a first header formed with an inlet; a second header spaced apart from the first header, one of the first and second headers being formed with an outlet; flat tubes, two ends of each flat tube being connected with the first and second headers respectively such that a plurality of micro-channels of each flat tube communicate with the first and second headers; fins, each fin being disposed between two adjacent flat tubes; and a return pipe, a first end of which being connected to the outlet formed in one of the first and second headers and a second end thereof being extended towards the other of the first and second headers. The location of the outlet of the micro-channel heat exchanger is easy to change, and the micro-channel heat exchanger is low in cost, compact in structure and easy to install. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252243 | REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTOR FOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER - A refrigerant distributor for a heat exchanger is disclosed. The refrigerant distributor comprises: a pipe for distributing a refrigerant, the pipe having a channel therein in which the refrigerant flows. The channel has at least one portion having reduced cross-section area. With the above configuration, the distributor relieves the layering of refrigerant flowing in a distributing pipe and mixes the vapor-liquid refrigerant relatively uniformly. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252244 | Tube and heat exchanger using the same, and method of manufacturing tube - A tube for a heat exchanger is formed by bending a three-layer clad material of an aluminum alloy to have an overlapped portion. The three-layer clad material is formed by a core material layer containing Mg not smaller than 0.2 wt % after brazing, a brazing material layer on one surface of the core material layer, and a high melting-point material layer on the other surface of the core material layer. The brazing material layer has a thickness not smaller than 25 μm before the brazing, and has a melting point lower than 600° C. The high melting-point material layer has a melting point equal to or higher than 600° C. In addition, the brazing material layer and the high melting-point material layer opposite to each other in the overlapped portion are bonded by the brazing at a temperature not lower than 450° C. for a time within 12 minutes. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252245 | Nano-particle wave heat pipe - A heat transfer tube includes a container, a cavity within the container, a substantially homogeneous nanoparticle powder located within the cavity, and a gas. The cavity is in a partial vacuum state. The nanoparticle powder includes a material in a solid state capable of substantially freely emitted and reabsorbing a gas as a function of temperature, such as a hydrate, hydride, or other material. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252246 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER HAVING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME - A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of aluminum tubes formed of aluminum, each of the aluminum tubes including a plurality of grooves that are formed on an inner circumferential surface of each of the aluminum tubes and that extend along a longitudinal direction of the aluminum tubes; and a plurality of heat transfer fins coupled to the aluminum tubes. The heat exchanger may contribute to the reduction of the manufacturing cost, may provide high heat transfer performance and may prevent a coolant leak. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252247 | Heat Transfer Device And Method - Heat transfer devices and methods of making such devices are disclosed. One such device is a fin having a primary texture and a secondary texture, wherein each texture has an average amplitude. The amplitude is an elevation change from a peak of the texture to an adjacent valley. The average amplitude of the secondary texture is between 1% and 90% of the average amplitude of the primary texture. Such a fin may have holes, some of which may be used to accommodate tubes passing through the fin. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252248 | HEAT EXCHANGER HEAT-UTILIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A heat exchanger heat-utilization device is obtained that can efficiently store heat and dissipate heat in or from a chemical thermal storage medium, and a manufacturing method of the heat exchanger heat-utilization device. A heat exchanger heat-utilization device includes: chemical thermal storage medium composite molded formed by organizing chemical thermal storage medium particles into a porous structural body having flow channels; and a heat exchanger body. The heat exchanger body has thermal storage medium containing portions in which the chemical thermal storage medium composite molded bodies are accommodated, and fluid flow channels that are partitioned from the thermal storage medium containing portions by partition walls and through which a heat exchange medium flows for heat exchange with the chemical thermal storage medium composite molded bodies. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252249 | DEVICE FOR IN SITU EXTRACTION OF A SUBSTANCE COMPRISING HYDROCARBONS - A device for in situ extraction of a substance including hydrocarbons while reducing the viscosity thereof from an underground storage site is provided. The device includes at least one production pipeline leading out of the storage site, and at least two electrodes which are inductively and resistively effective relative to at least parts of the storage site. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252250 | Well Screens Constructed Utilizing Pre-Formed Annular Elements - Construction of well screens utilizing pre-formed annular-shaped elements. A well screen includes a filter layer configured to filter fluid flowing through the well screen and a drainage layer which radially supports the filter layer, the drainage layer including multiple individual annular-shaped elements Another well screen includes a drainage layer configured to support the filter layer, with the drainage layer including at least one cavity molded therein. Another well screen includes a base pipe and a layer made up of multiple individual annular-shaped elements stacked coaxially on the base pipe. A cavity is formed in at least one of the elements. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252251 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR RETRIEVING COMPONENT WITHIN WELLHEAD - A system is provided that include a safety device configured to mount in a mineral extraction system and block axial movement of a plug in the mineral extraction system while the plug is released from a retainer. In one embodiment, the safety device may be a sleeve configured to receive screws or other retention mechanism in a tubular. A method is provided that includes installing a plug safety catch into a tubular of a mineral extraction system in which the plug is configured to block axial movement of a plug in response to a pressure differential while the plug is released from a mount position. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252252 | Hydraulic setting assembly - Novel hydraulic actuators and hydraulic setting assemblies are provided for use in downhole, oil and gas well tools. The novel hydraulic actuators include a cylindrical mandrel and an annular stationary' sealing member connected to the mandrel. A hydraulic cylinder is slidably supported on the mandrel and stationary sealing member and is releasably fixed in position on the mandrel. The stationary sealing member divides the interior of the cylinder into a bottom hydraulic chamber and a top hydraulic chamber. An inlet port provides fluid communication into the bottom hydraulic chamber, and an outlet port provides fluid communication into the top hydraulic chamber. A balance piston is slidably supported within the top hydraulic chamber of the actuator. The piston includes an axially extending passageway. Fluid communication through the piston and between its upper and lower sides is controlled by a normally shut valve in the passageway. In the absence of relative movement between the mandrel and cylinder, the balance piston is able to slide in response to a difference in hydrostatic pressure between the outlet port, is which is on one side of the piston, and the portion of the top hydraulic chamber that is on the bottom side of the piston. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252253 | INJECTION OF TREATMENT MATERIALS INTO A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION SURROUNDING A WELL BORE - Methods and systems for creating fractures in a geological formation surrounding a well bore. In one implementation, a treatment material may be disposed at the bottom of the well bore. One or more propellant apparatuses may be immersed in the treatment material and a propellant may then be burned inside a first propellant apparatus to create fractures in the geological formation. | 2010-10-07 |
20100252254 | Apparatus and Method with Hydrocarbon Swellable and Water Swellable Body - A swellable apparatus for filling a space in oil or gas tool such as a wellbore packer is described. The swellable apparatus comprise a hydrocarbon swellable body which swells on exposure to a hydrocarbon fluid, and at least one water swellable body which swells on exposure to a second fluid comprising water. The hydrocarbon swellable body is interposed between the aqueous fluid and the water swellable body and comprises at least one access pathway configured to permit the passage of water to the water swellable body. The pathway may be formed by perforation, or by incorporating an additive into the hydrocarbon material, such as a foaming agent or polyoctenamer. Embodiments of the invention comprise variations in cross-linking in the hydrocarbon swellable body. | 2010-10-07 |