42nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080251240 | INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGERS IN A RACK FOR VERTICAL BOARD STYLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS - A system for cooling heat-generating objects, such as computer boards situated in a rack, includes an enclosure in which the heat generating objects are situated. The enclosure has an air inlet and an air outlet, and a fan induces airflow into the air inlet, through the enclosure and out the air outlet. A heat exchanger is situated in the enclosure such that the heat exchanger is in a spaced apart relationship with the heat-generating object. Air moving through or past the heat-generating object is warmed, and the heat exchanger removes the heat before the air exits the enclosure. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251241 | Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A double-pipe heat exchanger that is easy to manufacture, and the whole thereof is smoothly bent to serve as part of the piping, and that provides high pressure resistance, wherein an inner tube has a section orthogonal to an axis line thereof in which a plurality of swollen portions in a bladder-like or balloon-like shape in section are formed in a radial direction from the center, mouths of these swollen portions are closed, and the tip ends of respective swollen portions are in contact with the inner surface of an outer tube. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251242 | Heat Exchanger - The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially for cooling exhaust gases. Said heat exchanger comprises at least one first flow channel ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080251243 | HEAT-EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A heat-exchange element has a substrate plate having a face and a channel formed by fused deposited powder fixed to the face and forming with the face a laterally closed passage. The channel is made by applying powder to the face of the substrate plate and fusing successive layers of the powder to the face to form the channel fixed on and open toward the face. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251244 | Three Pipe System - The 3-pipe system is a new method of building closed hydraulic networks for heat transfer and fluid distribution. Generally, the new system can be applied in HVAC networks and ensures better and more stable network behaviour during flow adjustment. In other words, it ensures hydraulically balanced networks with optimal behaviour. The basic characteristic of the new three-pipe system is that the central distribution pipe is split into two, in which water flows in the same direction as in the central distribution pipe. Subsequently, the two pipes are joined in one, which is the return pipe. Thus, the pipes create a central loop, which includes the terminal units. The one part of the loop is the point where the terminal unit branches start and the other is where they end. Water flow is ensured by means of a local circulator, which compensates for pressure drop in the branch. In case of reverse flow in deactivated terminal units, a non-return valve is recommended for each terminal unit. The structure of the patent is demonstrated in FIG. <8>. The central distribution pipe <> is split into two pipes, <> and <>, in which water flow is also split. The two pipes are joined again in pipe <>, creating a closed loop. Water in pipes <>, <>, <> and <> flows in the same direction. The terminal unit branches are positioned inside the loop. Each local branch has got a circulator to compensate for water supply. There is also a central circulator, which supplies the central loop with water. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251245 | Mini-Channel Heat Exchanger With Multi-Stage Expansion Device - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat, multichannel heat exchange tubes extending between spaced headers. Each heat exchange tube has an inlet end in fluid flow communication with one of the headers and an outlet opening to the other header. Each heat exchange tube has a plurality of flow channels extending longitudinally in parallel relationship from its inlet end to its outlet end. A plurality of connectors are positioned between the inlet header and the heat transfer tubes to define a flow path providing fluid flow communication between the inlet header and the inlet ends of the heat exchange tubes. Two or more flow restriction ports are arranged in the series in the flow path through each connector whereby fluid flowing from the inlet header to the flow channels of the heat exchange tube associated therewith undergoes an expansion as the fluid passes through each flow restriction port. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251246 | Cooling Structure For Batteries and Electrical Units - A cooling structure for batteries and electrical units, that cools the batteries being driving sources of a motor mounted in a vehicle capable of traveling by a driving force of the motor and electrical units for driving the motor, the cooling structure including: a plurality of battery boxes that each contain one of the batteries; cooling passages that are each formed in each of the battery boxes, through which cooling air flows; a merging part where downstream ends of the cooling passages of the battery boxes are merged with each other; and cooling portions of the electrical units, that are provided on a downstream side of the merging part, wherein the electrical units are disposed on a downstream side of the battery boxes. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251247 | Transmission Line Component Platforms - Component platforms and methods for linking a component to a transmission line. The platforms include a unit configured to accept and hold a component. The units configured to couple onto a transmission line at a non-end point along the line. The transmission line configured to link to a downhole network. The component is configured to affect a signal on the transmission line. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251248 | Lubricator For Use With Coiled Tubing Apparatus And Universal Rig Having Coiled Tubing And Top Drive Capability - A lubricator for use with a coiled tubing injector comprising an elongated housing having a first end and a second end, a guide system disposed in the housing for guiding coiled tubing passing through the housing, a first directo proximal the first end of the housing to direct the coiled tubing in a first direction and a second director proximal the second end of the housing to direct the coiled tubing in a second direction. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251249 | Safety cement plug launch system - A system and method for using a pneumatic line to automate the launch a cement plug from a cement head. The pneumatic line is in communication with the valves and retaining devices normally found on a typical cement head. The system ensures that the proper sequence of opening and closing valves in combination with the removal of the retaining device is used to safely launch a cement plug from the cement head. The pressure in the single pneumatic line may be varied to launch multiple cement plugs from a cement head. The system may be used to remotely launch a cement plug from a cement head. A wireless remote may be used to regulate the pressure in the pneumatic line to launch cement plugs from the cement head as desired. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251250 | Annular Isolators for Expandable Tubulars in Wellbores - The present disclosure addressed apparatus and methods for forming an annular isolator in a borehole after installation of production tubing. Annular seal means are carried in or on production tubing as it is run into a borehole. In conjunction with expansion of the tubing, the seal is deployed to form an annular isolator. An inflatable element carried on the tubing may be inflated with a fluid carried in the tubing and forced into the inflatable element during expansion of the tubing. Reactive chemicals may be carried in the tubing and injected into the annulus to react with each other and ambient fluids to increase in volume and harden into an annular seal. An elastomeric sleeve, ring or band carried on the tubing may be expanded into contact with a borehole wall and may have its radial dimension increased in conjunction with tubing expansion to form an annular isolator. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251251 | Wellhead and control stack pressure test plug tool - A test plug tool for use in testing a pressure integrity of a pressure control stack mounted to a wellhead, including a joint between a casing and a casing support in the wellhead. The test plug tool includes a test plug of an appropriate diameter used to pressure test the pressure control stack as well as a joint between any one of a surface casing and the wellhead, an intermediate casing and an intermediate casing mandrel, and a production casing and a production casing mandrel. The pressure integrity of the wellhead is ensured at each stage of well drilling and well completion, and safety is improved. Optionally, a backpressure valve permits pressurized fluid that leaks below the test plug tool to flow upwardly through a central bore in a landing tool that is secured to the test plug tool to permit detection of the leak. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251252 | POLYMERIC GEL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME IN HYDROCARBON RECOVERY - Coacervate gels having excellent shear viscosities and other properties are made with anionic or cationic polymers, a smaller amount of a surfactant having a charge opposite that of the polymer, and a hydrophobic alcohol and an effective amount of a phosphorus-containing compound sufficient to increase the viscosity of coacervate gels up to 3 times as compared to the gels in the absence of the phosphorus-containing compound. The Zeta Potential of the gel is maintained at an absolute value of at least 20. Optional gel promoting additives include betaines and amine oxides. A preferred gel comprises poly diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, a lesser amount of sodium lauryl sulfonate, and lauryl alcohol. The gels are particularly useful in well drilling fluids and well fracturing fluids. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251253 | Method of cementing an off bottom liner - A method of cementing an off bottom liner including the steps of establishing a first flow blockage in the liner at a location down-hole of a cementing valve located in the side wall of the liner, opening the cementing valve which exposes openings in the sidewall of the liner, pumping cement down the liner and out through the openings in the sidewall of the liner, establishing a second flow blockage up-hole of the cementing valve, closing the cementing valve, opening the second flow blockage to establish fluid communication through the second flow blockage, and opening the first flow blockage to establish fluid communication through the first flow blockage. The steps of opening the first and second flow blockages are achieved by increasing the pressure in the liner above the blockages. In this way, it is possible to cement an off bottom liner and regain fluid communication to the wellbore below the liner without the need for any drilling operations. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251254 | Devices and methods for translating tubular members within a well bore - Devices and methods for translating tubulars within a wellbore and, as a result, effectively freeing a stuck tubular string within a wellbore. One or more vibrator devices are incorporated into a tubular string, such as a drill string. Each of the vibratory devices may be turned on or off independently, as needed, to help effectively free the tubular string from a stuck condition. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251255 | STEAM INJECTION APPARATUS FOR STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE TECHNIQUES - Steam injection pipe string apparatus is disclosed comprising an elongated tubular structure with first and second ends, and a plurality of orifices formed in the elongated tubular structure. The sizes of the orifices vary from one end of the elongated tubular structure to the other, and, in one embodiment, the sizes of the orifices increase from one end of the elongated tubular structure to the other. The elongated tubular structure may comprise a plurality of blank pipes in threaded engagement with one another or a plurality of subs with different sized orifices in the subs. The orifices may be formed in the elongated tubular structure using milling techniques or by inserting a nozzle in a threaded aperture formed in the structure. A system utilizing the steam injection pipe string apparatus is especially suitable for use in a steam assisted gravity drainage system. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251256 | TIEBACK SEAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a method of sealing a tieback to a tubular. The method includes, positioning a metal deformable member of the tieback within a tubular and contacting the tubular with a sleeve of the tieback. Moving the sleeve in a first axial direction thereby contacting and radially deforming a first portion of the deformable member by axially compressing the deformable member and sealably engaging the tubular with the radially deformed first portion. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251257 | Multipart Sliding Joint For Floating Rig - A system for interconnecting a floating rig and a riser assembly includes a rotating control device permitting pressurization of the riser assembly; and a sliding joint connected to the rotating control device, the sliding joint being longitudinally extendable and compressible while the riser assembly is pressurized. Another system includes a sliding joint including more than two telescoping sleeves, and the sliding joint being longitudinally extendable and compressible while the riser assembly is pressurized at the surface. An apparatus includes a sliding joint with multiple sets of telescoping sleeves, each set including at least two of the sleeves. Another apparatus includes a sliding joint with multiple radially overlapping seal assemblies. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251258 | Tubing Support Assembly, Vessel And Method Of Deploying Tubing - There is disclosed a tubing support assembly for supporting tubing utilised in the oil and gas exploration and production industry, a vessel including such a tubing support assembly, and a method of deploying such tubing from a vessel. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251259 | Safety valve - The safety valve includes a first generally tubular body | 2008-10-16 |
20080251260 | STABILIZING A FLOW ALONG A WELLBORE - A system that is usable with a well includes a closed loop network that is located entirely downhole in the well. The system also includes valves that are located in a wellbore of the well and are interconnected by the closed loop network. Each valve is associated with a different isolated region of the wellbore and is adapted to regulate a flow through the valve based at least in part on a flow condition of the isolated region associated with the valve and a flow condition of each of the other isolated regions. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251261 | LINER TOP PACKER SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a method of sealing a liner top packer to a tubular The method includes, positioning the liner top packer within a tubular and moving a sleeve of the liner top packer in a first axial direction thereby radially deforming a first deformable metal member and a second deformable metal member. The method further includes sealably engaging the radially deformed first deformable metal member with a tubular and sealably engaging the radially deformed second deformable metal member with the first deformable metal member and a body of the liner top packer. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251262 | Farrier's Tool and Method of Use. - An improved farrier's tool consists of a generally planar body consisting of a substantially rectangular, rigid plate with two opposite flat faces, each face being well-suited for an abrasive body surface—one face consisting of a rasping surface and the opposite face consisting of a filing surface. The body, having a length greater than its width, includes a protruding handle member extending from the body and aligned centrally to the long-axis of the body. The handle member, further, being suitably adapted to receive a griping means such as a wooden or plastic handle element. Both the rasping and the filing surfaces include a repeating and continuous abrasion surface aligned substantially less than about 45-degrees from the cutting or travel direction of the tool. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251263 | Deformed pipe method of extinguishing oil fires - Equipment and method for extinguishing an oil fire where said oil is delivered through a 10 to 60 inch diameter pipe. The oil feed pipe is crushed in place, and the feed of oil to the fire is eliminated or largely reduced. This method is more economical than prior art methods, and response time is faster than prior art methods. With pipe crushing, explosives and other oxygen starvation techniques are not needed, but they could be used in combination. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251264 | FIRE PLATE FOR A BORED IN LOCK ASSEMBLY - A fire plate for receiving a bored in lock assembly and preventing passage of fire through a lock opening bored perpendicularly through a fire door. The fire plate is particularly adapted for use with integrated lock and latch assemblies that are designed for installation through a latch opening bored from an edge of the door into the lock opening. The latch opening has a diameter less than the lock opening and the fire plate blocks the space above and below the lock assembly in the lock opening to prevent the passage of smoke and fire through the lock opening. The fire plate includes two fire stop barriers that may be formed by bending from a sheet of spring steel and which preferably snap into engagement with the lock assembly as it is inserted from the latch opening into the lock opening. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251265 | Method and installation for rehabilitating a ballast bed - In a method of rehabilitating a ballast bed of a track by excavating contaminated ballast and conveying the excavated contaminated ballast by a first conveyor band unit to a screening unit for cleaning the excavated contaminated ballast, the ballast bed is rehabilitated selectively, in dependence on the degree of contamination of the ballast, in a first or second operating stage. The first operating stage comprises the steps of excavating an upper layer of the ballast by a first excavating device which precedes a second excavating device, in an operating direction, and conducting the excavated upper ballast layer to the first conveyor band unit while, at the same time, the remainder of the ballast is excavated by the second excavating device and is conducted to a second conveyor band unit for disposal. The second operating stage comprises the steps of excavating the ballast solely by the second excavating device and deflecting the excavated ballast to the first conveyor band unit for cleaning while the first excavating device is inoperative. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251266 | Scraping device and a system and a method for collecting materials - A scraping device, a system and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device may have a bowl having a first end and a second end. A lip may be positioned at the first end and may cover an opening at the first end. In an embodiment, direct mounted cylinders may be attached to the lip and may move the lip to completely cover or uncover the opening. The scraping device may have a tongue mounted to the bowl having a triangular-shaped plate mechanism that may be used to raise and to lower a cutting edge attached to the bowl. Cylinders connected to the mechanism may be retracted or extended to raise or to lower the scraping device. A load within the scraping device may be lifted by force exerted from a barrel end of a cylinder, thus utilizing a maximum potential of the cylinder. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251267 | RIG FOR DRILLING OR MAINTAINING OIL WELLS | 2008-10-16 |
20080251268 | ELECTRIC BOLT/NUT FASTENER - An abrupt fall in a current value immediately after an abrupt rise at the time when an starting switch is turned ON is detected, when the current value rises due to starting of nut fastening and then the current value abruptly falls, it is determined that an inward flange of a washer is sheared, and when the current value reaches a value corresponding to a primary fastening torque, the motor is stopped. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251269 | Rotating Direction Switching Device for a Pneumatic Tool - A rotating direction switching device for a pneumatic tool comprises an air inlet valve and a switch. The air inlet valve is driven to switch the rotating direction of the pneumatic tool by controlling the switch, thus simplifying the operation of switching between the clockwise mode and counterclockwise mode, and facilitating the operation by a single hand. Especially, no matter users who are right hand or left hand dominated could easily operate the pneumatic tool. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251270 | COAXIAL CABLE - A coaxial cable ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080251271 | WATER-RESISTANT WIRE COIL, WIRE WINDING, AND MOTOR, AND METHOD OF INCREASING MOTOR POWER - A water-resistant wire coil includes a coated wire with a conductor and a covering. The covering is prepared from a composition that includes a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin, and a hydrogenated block copolymer. The wire coil is useful for the fabrication of wire windings for the rotors and/or stators of water-resistant motors. The covering of the coated wire is thinner than a conventional poly(vinyl chloride) covering. This allows more conductive wire to be incorporated into a rotor and/or stator, which in turn increases the power of the motor. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251272 | Flexible electric control cable - A description is given of a flexible electric control cable in which one or more layers of control wires are stranded on a central element and the at least one layer of control wires is surrounded by an outer jacket, the central element ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080251273 | Plenum Cable Flame Retardant Layer/Component with Excellent Aging Properties - The present invention is a plenum cable component with excellent fire retardant and aging properties. The plenum cable component is prepared from a polyolefin-based composition, containing an olefinic polymer and a surface treated metal hydroxide. Depending upon the surface treatment, the composition may comprise other components. The present invention is also a method for selecting a composition for preparing the plenum cable component as a separator and a method for preparing a communications cable therefrom. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251274 | COAXIAL CABLE - A coaxial cable ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080251275 | Decoupling Transmission Line - Devices and methods are described for storing and dispensing electrical energy. A device comprises first and second electrical conductors. An insulator separates the first and second electrical conductors. The first and second electrical conductors can be formed in a folded, linear, stacked, coiled, or coaxial configuration relative to each other. The device includes a first connector that connects the first and second electrical conductors to an electrical source, and a second connector that connects the first and second electrical conductors to an electrical load. The device stores and dispenses electrical energy, and a voltage across the electrical load is held substantially constant when the device stores the electrical energy and the electrical load is a resistive load. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251276 | DATA CABLE WITH CROSS-TWIST CABLED CORE PROFILE - Cables including a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors and a jacket surrounding the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors, the jacket including a plurality of protrusions extending away from an inner circumferential surface of the jacket toward a center of the cable. The plurality of protrusions are configured so as to hold the plurality of twisted pairs away from the inner circumferential surface of the jacket, and may provide an air gap between the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors and the inner circumferential surface of the jacket, thereby reducing susceptibility of the plurality of twisted pairs to alien near end crosstalk. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251277 | Data Transmission Cable Pairs and Cables and Methods for Forming the Same - A data transmission pair includes first and second longitudinally extending electrical conductors each having a longitudinally extending, substantially flat side surface. The first and second conductors are paired such that their respective flat side surfaces face one another. The pair further includes an insulation cover having a separator portion and surrounding the first and second conductors. The separator portion is interposed between and separates the respective flat side surfaces of the first and second conductors. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251278 | Recycling Printed Circuit Boards - A method of recycling radio frequency printed circuit boards comprising track material printed on a laminate having a known dielectric constant using the steps of separating the substrate of one or more circuit boards from the track material; and processing the separated material to form a thin layer of substrate material suitable for relaminating with track material to provide a product for use in the manufacture of a further radio frequency printed circuit board. The method may separate the material from the laminate by grinding or use of an etchant. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251279 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board includes: an uppermost wiring layer formed on a prescribed number of underlying wiring layers, a portion of the uppermost wiring layer being exposed and used as a pad for connection with a component to be mounted; and an insulation resin layer covering the uppermost wiring layer, wherein the thickness of the portion of the uppermost wiring layer is larger than that of other portions thereof. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251280 | SOLDERING STRUCTURE BETWEEN CIRCUIT BOARDS - A substrate coupling structure including a flexible circuit board having first conductors provided thereon, a rigid circuit board having second conductors provided thereon so as to face the first conductors, solder plating disposed on at least one of the first conductors and the second conductors, and an insulating layer which has a thickness larger than the sum of thicknesses of the first and second conductors while having a thickness smaller than the sum of the thicknesses of the first and second conductors plus a thickness of the solder plating. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251281 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE AND METHOD - An electrical structure and method of forming. The electrical structure includes a first substrate comprising a first electrically conductive pad, a second substrate comprising a second electrically conductive pad, and an interconnect structure electrically and mechanically connecting the first electrically conductive pad to the second electrically conductive pad. The interconnect structure comprises a non-solder metallic core structure, a first solder structure, and a second solder structure. The first solder structure electrically and mechanically connects a first portion of the non-solder metallic core structure to the first electrically conductive pad. The second solder structure electrically and mechanically connects a second portion of the non-solder metallic core structure to the second electrically conductive pad. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251282 | HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A highly thermally conductive circuit substrate includes a metallic substrate, an insulated layer, a first medium layer, and an electrically conductive layer. The insulated layer is formed on a surface of said metallic substrate. The first medium layer is formed on a surface of said insulated layer. The electrically conductive layer is formed on a surface of said first medium layer. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251283 | MOUNTING SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mounting substrate includes: a mounting area on which an electronic element is mounted; an electrode forming area on which electrodes are formed and which is formed to surround the mounting area; and a dam member which is formed on a boundary between the mounting area and the electrode forming area so as to block flow out of a filling material being filled between the electronic element and the mounting substrate, into the electrode forming area, wherein recess portions that face the electrodes are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the dam member and a part of the electrodes are formed within the recess portions. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251284 | Electronics Structures Using a Sacrificial Multi-Layer Hardmask Scheme - An electronic structure including a substrate having a having a dielectric layer with at least one metallic interconnect structure within and a dielectric barrier layer above the dielectric layer, and a multi-layer hardmask stack coated with a self-assembled layer, where the self-assembled layer is a pattern of nanoscale and/or microscale voids which are generated into the dielectric barrier layer and into the dielectric layer next to the metallic interconnect structure to create columns in the dielectric barrier layer and dielectric layer therein. Electronics structures prepared with the process are useful to prepare electronics devices, such as computers and the like. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251285 | CAPACITOR AND WIRING BOARD INCLUDING THE CAPACITOR - A capacitor is provided having a tough surface portion which prevents cracking that tends to occur when the capacitor is built-in or surface-mounted on a wiring board. A ceramic sintered body of the capacitor includes a capacitor forming layer portion, a cover layer portion and an interlayer portion. The capacitor forming layer portion has a laminated structure wherein ceramic dielectric layers and inner electrodes connected to a peripheral portion of capacitor via conductors, are alternately laminated. The cover layer portion is exposed at a surface portion of the ceramic body and has a laminated structure wherein ceramic dielectric layers and dummy electrodes not connected to the capacitor via conductors, are alternately laminated. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251286 | Method For Increasing a Routing Density For a Circuit Board and Such a Circuit Board - A multi layer circuit board (MPCB) is disclosed that is comprised of a first layer and a fourth layer substantially parallel to the first layer. Pluralities of electrical contacts are formed on the first layer of the multilayer circuit board and are disposed in a first grid. The plurality of electrical contacts are divided into a first subset for routing within the first layer, and a second subset for routing within the fourth layer. A plurality of vias are formed between the first and fourth layers and each disposed adjacent at least one of the second subset of the plurality of electrical contacts, the plurality of vias having a spacing between each pair thereof larger than a smallest spacing between adjacent electrical contacts of the plurality of electrical contacts. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251287 | SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A substrate includes a storage portion which is defined by a base for mounting a light emitting element and a wall portion standing up on and from the base. A package is structured such that the upper end of the wall portion so formed as to surround the periphery of the storage portion is connected to a cover to thereby seal a light emitting element. A seal structure is composed of an uneven portion formed on the lower surface side surface of the base, a close contact layer formed on the surface of the uneven portion, a power supply layer formed on the close contact layer, and an electrode layer formed on the surface of the power supply layer. The uneven portion includes a first recessed portion formed at a position spaced in the radial direction from the outer periphery of a through electrode or from the inner wall of a through hole, and a second recessed portion formed at a position spaced further outwardly from the first recessed portion. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251288 | MULTILAYER HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT BOARD - A multilayer high-frequency circuit board includes a signal line, ground layers, and an interlayer circuit. A signal line where a high-frequency signal flows is formed in the signal line layer. The ground layers are laminated on both sides of the signal line layer, each of which is grounded. The interlayer circuit is provided in the signal line layer and includes a ground connecting portion connected to the ground layers and a signal line connecting portion connected to the signal line. One of the signal line connecting portion and the ground connecting portion surrounds an outer periphery of the other of the signal line connecting portion and the ground connecting portion concentrically with the one being separated from the outer periphery of the other along the signal line layer. An inner periphery of the one and the outer periphery of the other have a similar shape excluding a complete circle. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251289 | DEVICE FOR REPAIR OF A CONTACT PAD OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Methods and devices are provided for repairing a damaged contact pad that is located on a first surface of a printed circuit board and connected to a via that passes through the circuit board. According to the method, a countersink hole is created in the first surface of the printed circuit board in a location that is substantially centered on an axis passing through the via, and a replacement structure is inserted into the countersink hole. The replacement structure has a stem portion, a head portion, and a shoulder portion that connects the stem and head portions, with the angle of the shoulder portion substantially matching the angle of the shoulder of the countersink hole. The stem portion of the replacement structure is permanently attached to sidewalls of the via so as to electrically couple the head portion of the replacement structure to the via. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251290 | SHIELDING APPARATUS - A shielding apparatus for electromagnetic testing comprises a platform, a lid, a driving unit, a pulley system, and a counterbalance. The platform is for placing an electronic device to be tested. The lid is for covering the platform to define a closed space. The driving unit is for lifting and lowering the lid. The counterbalance connected to the lid via the pulley system is for partly or substantially counterbalancing a weight of the lid. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251291 | Cable Duct - A cable duct is provided for cables to be laid along walls or tops of subterranean tubes, ducts, etc. for the transport of water, energy, data, optical fiber cables, etc. The cable duct is installed in the tube from a surface through access shafts and fixed to the duct. The cable duct is formed by cable duct body elements, disposed one behind the other in a longitudinal direction, connected to one another at the ends thereof such as to be pivoted relative to one another at a lateral angle about a lateral pivot axis. Each of the body elements is formed by two cover plates and connected to one another by a web. Laterally open chambers are disposed on both sides of the web for housing the cables. The chambers are sealed by edge cover strips forming two closed longitudinal chambers with the connected angularly adjustable body elements. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251292 | Device for Monitoring a Drilling or Coring Operation and Installation Comprising Such a Device - Device comprising equipment for measuring parameters of a drilling or coring operation by means of a drillbit fixed to the end of a drill string, measurement equipment ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080251293 | CIRCUMVOLVE CUTTERS FOR DRILL BIT - A drill bit comprising a cutter assembly, further comprising a planar table and a cutter substrate coupled to the planar table, wherein the cutter substrate has a cutter body axis and wherein the planar table is operable to rotate about the cutter body axis. The planar table may be exposed to the rock formation for cutting purposes but may rotate to reduce the time that any specific portion of the cutting edge is exposed to the formation to extend the life of the planar table, among other benefits. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251294 | Self Actuating Underreamer - An underreamer for well drilling comprises pivotally extendible roller cutters that extend slightly beyond the diameter of the pilot drill bit but are retained in their retracted position by the casing. Upon encountering an obstruction, the underreamer is pushed out of the casing, allowing the outer edges of the cutters to contact the obstruction. Continued downward pressure of the drill stem causes the roller arms to pivot outward to a fully extended position in which the cutters enlarge the hole to a diameter larger than the casing by rotation of the drilling stem. The advance of the casing relative to the underreamer forces the cutters to retract into the casing. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251295 | UNDERREAMING AND STABILIZATION TOOL FOR USE IN A BOREHOLE AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - An underreaming tool may include may include a tubular body, a drive tube, at least one blade element (“the blade element”), at least one wedge element (“the wedge element”), and a stop mechanism. The drive tube may include at least one longitudinal groove (“the longitudinal groove”) axially disposed along a length of the drive tube. The wedge element may include a first side having at least one lateral projection (“the lateral projection”) configured to axially slide into the longitudinal groove to couple the wedge element to the drive tube. The stop mechanism comprises a threaded sleeve configured to screw onto the drive tube to lock the wedge element in the longitudinal groove once the lateral projection is slid into the longitudinal groove. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251296 | Countersink Roof Bit Drill And Method For Using The Same - A roof bit drill has a central shaft with a front end and a back end. The drill also has a base secured about the central shaft proximate to the front end, wherein the base has clearance channels extending axially therethrough. At least one cutting element is arranged on the base in a convex cutting pattern to permit loosened material to be evacuated. The roof bit drill may further include a drill depth locator to identify when the drill has been advanced within a mine roof to a predetermined depth. A method for using the roof drill bit is also disclosed herein. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251297 | PASSIVE AND ACTIVE UP-DRILL FEATURES ON FIXED CUTTER EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND RELATED METHODS - Earth-boring tools include at least one up-drill feature disposed on a transition surface so as to be passive during down drilling and active during up drilling and/or back reaming operations. Systems for down drilling and up drilling with drill bits comprising one or more up-drill features are also disclosed. Furthermore, methods for forming a borehole with an earth-boring tool including such up-drill features and for forming an earth-boring tool comprising such up-drill features are also disclosed. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251298 | Portable Handheld Electronic Scale - A portable handheld electronic scale can weigh luggage and other objects. The scale includes an electronic weight-measuring device configured to measure and indicate the weight of the luggage. If the weight of the item of luggage exceeds the weight restriction of an airline, the traveler can reduce the weight of the item of luggage below the weight limit set by the airline by removing some of the contents of the item of luggage. Depending upon the particular embodiment of the scale, a user can comfortably hold the scale either parallel or perpendicular to the ground when the scale is used to lift the item of luggage off of a ground surface in order to obtain the weight of the item of luggage. An audible signal may be given when the measured weight is fixed on a display and/or when it is greater than a set limit. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251299 | CAPACITANCE TOUCH SENSOR - A capacitance touch sensor includes a square wave generator for generating a square wave clock, a sensor panel for receiving the square wave clock and then generating a panel signal, a peak detector for receiving the panel signal and then generating an analog peak signal, an analog-to-digital converter for receiving the analog peak signal and then generating a digital peak signal, and a control unit for receiving the digital peak signal and generating a detection signal according to a level of the digital peak signal to indicate whether the sensor panel is touched or not. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251300 | Automated wheelchair - An automated wheelchair for moving over a contact surface. The automated wheelchair includes an operator chair for seating the wheelchair operator, a control computer, an operator input device for transmitting operator inputs to the control computer, and two wheelchair wheels for propelling the wheelchair. Each wheelchair wheel includes extendable and retractable spokes. The extension and retraction of each spoke is controlled by a motor. At the ends of each spoke are contact sensor devices. The control computer is programmed to receive inputs transmitted from the contact sensor devices to generate a terrain profile. The control computer generates and sends control signals to each spoke motor in response to the operator inputs and in response to the terrain profile generated by the contact sensor devices. In a preferred embodiment the contact sensor devices are pressure sensor devices. Also in a preferred embodiment, rotatable pneumatic wheels are attached to both ends of each spoke. Preferably, a brake is applied to at least one pneumatic wheel per wheelchair wheel while the wheelchair is moving over the contact surface. Preferably, the automated wheelchair is capable of moving over a variety of contact surface types, including: a set of stairs with uniform rise to run ratio, a set of stairs with non-uniform rise to run ratio, a set of straight stairs, a set of curved stairs, over a curb or over rough terrain. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251301 | VEHICLE - In one aspect, the vehicle is a relatively small-sized utility vehicle and includes front and rear wheels on the right and left sides of a body of the vehicle. A seat is located substantially midway between the front and rear wheels. At least part of a power unit is disposed in the space under the seat. The power unit includes an engine having a crank shaft and a transmission to which power is input from the output portion of the engine through a first power train. The crank shaft includes a rotational mass, and at least a portion of the transmission is located in the space below a swept area of the rotational mass. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251302 | Hydro-Electric Hybrid Drive System For Motor Vehicle - A hybrid electro-hydraulic drive system is provided for a vehicle and comprises a hydraulic transmission including a first hydraulic machine and at least one second hydraulic machine drivingly connected to drive wheels of the motor vehicle for driving thereof, an electric motor/generator operatively connected to the first hydraulic machine, and at least one energy storage device operable to store and release a hydraulic fluid energy or an electrical energy. The second hydraulic machine is a reversible hydraulic pump/motor unit capable to function both as a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor. The energy storage device is operatively connected to either the hydraulic transmission or the electric motor/generator. In a retarding mode the hydraulic transmission and/or the electric motor/generator retard the vehicle, while in a driving mode they supply a supplementary power to the drive wheels to assist propulsion of the vehicle. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251303 | Method for Controlling a Vehicle Drive Train Comprising Two Cooling Circuits - A method for controlling a vehicle drive train, which communicates or maintains in communication via at least one valve two cooling circuits operating normally and respectively associated with a heat engine and with at least one electrical member. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251304 | Drive System For a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a drive system for a motor vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine, said vehicle also being provided with at least one vehicle electric system for electric power supply. In addition, the drive system is provided with at least one energy accumulator with several energy accumulator cells and a control assembly for controlling different operating modes of the motor vehicle. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251305 | Engine hood door including variable door handle - An engine hood door including a variable door handle is provided, in which a protruding length of the door handle from an outer side of the engine hood door is varied. The engine hood door includes a door handle having a handle portion and extending portions extending from both ends of the handle portion, each of the extending portions being movably engaged to a through-hole formed in the engine hood door, a resilient member, positioned between the extending portion penetrating the through-hole and an inner side of the engine hood door, for variably adjusting the protruding length of the handle portion protruding from an outer side of the engine hood door, and a locking pin fixed to each end of the extending portions for preventing the door handle from being released from the engine hood door. When the handle portion is pulled so as to open the engine hood door, the protruding length of the door handle from the outer side of the engine hood door is varied. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251306 | FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A tunnel-expansion portion is provided at a front portion of a tunnel portion. The tunnel-expansion portion projects upward greatly and widely so as to provide components of an exhaust system that extend rearward from an exhaust manifold therein (outside a vehicle compartment). Accordingly, there can be provided a front structure of a vehicle, in which an engine is laterally disposed in an engine room at a front portion of the vehicle, an intake pipe is disposed in front of the engine, and an exhaust pipe is disposed in back of the engine, which can improve an exhaust efficiency and a vehicle safety against a vehicle crash without providing an improperly-large longitudinal space between the engine and the dash panel. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251307 | Speed Limiting for a Light-Weight Utility Vehicle - A method of limiting speed of a light-weight utility vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving a terrain roughness signal generated from a motion sensor. The signal indicates a roughness of a terrain over which the utility vehicle is traversing. The method additionally includes determining a peak-to-peak amplitude of the terrain roughness signal and limiting the speed of the utility vehicle if the peak-to-peak amplitude is greater than a maximum threshold. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251308 | Ground Air Water Craft - A vehicle that is convertible in its operation between flying as an autogiro and driving as a motorcycle, in which the propeller rotates around a section of the fuselage. The propeller span can be as large as the space between the autogiro lifting rotor blade and the ground. The landing gear can be selectively extended and the rotor blade raised to allow use of a larger propeller | 2008-10-16 |
20080251309 | All Wheel Steering Scooter - Described is a vehicle for handicapped persons, thus persons who are limited in their mobility. They may be provided with a seat, but may also be used when standing. The vehicle includes a steerable front wheel and two rear wheels. The rear wheels are in each case individually held in a wheel suspension on a frame. Furthermore, a separately controllable steering drive is present for each rear wheel. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251310 | Vehicle Steering System - A vehicle steering system for motor vehicles has a steering handle operable by the driver and connected to steerable vehicle wheels in terms of effect to determine a direction of driving. The vehicle steering system includes a hydraulic working cylinder having two directions of effect, as well as a hydraulic pressure source, which applies hydraulic pressure to a valve assembly. The valve assembly controls the magnitude of the hydraulic pressure conveyed to the working cylinder and determines the direction of effect of the working cylinder. The valve assembly has two separated valves, the first valve determining the direction of effect of the working cylinder, while the second valve controls the working pressure for the hydraulic working cylinder. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251311 | Superimposed Steering System Comprising a Mechanical Return Level - A superimposed steering system of a vehicle steering system, has an input shaft and an output shaft that are at least partially rotationally mounted on a support system fixed to the vehicle body, a servodrive comprising a rotor arranged in a coaxial manner in relation to one of the shafts and is connected in a rigid manner to a first transmission element and a locking device for selectively coupling the shafts. The first transmission element transmits the rotational speed of the rotor to the rotational speed of the input shaft, and the rotor is rotationally connected to a ferromagnetic or permanently magnetic first contact element. The coupling which is rotationally connected to the shafts can be obtained by a friction connection of a first contact element to a second contact element which is rotationally connected to the support system. The pressure force can be magnetically produced and at least one of both contact elements is arranged in a displaceable manner in the axial direction. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251312 | Vehicle Steering Apparatus - In a vehicle steering apparatus of a steer-by-wire system, front wheels are controlled to be turned by a computer program processing. A displacement/torque conversion section | 2008-10-16 |
20080251313 | Disposable cover for stethoscope head - A disposable cover is provided for a stethoscope head, the stethoscope stem and the tubing immediately adjacent to the stem to help provide a barrier to prevent the transmission of harmful organisms or matter from the stethoscope head to a patient, or to the medical practioner, or to the general public and vice versa. The cover has an opening which is stretched to receive the stethoscope head and a loose casing capable of enveloping the stethoscope head. The loose casing does not need to stretch during insertion or while enveloping the stethoscope head. The loose casing allows the stethoscope head to simply drop down into the cover to the closed end. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251314 | Exhaust System for an Engine and Motorcycle Including the Exhaust System - An exhaust system for an engine that reduces muffler weight, assures a silencing effect and prevents a leak of exhaust gas. A muffler has an inner cylinder disposed in an outer cylinder, and is separated into a plurality of expansion chambers. A communicative passage for communicatively connecting the expansion chambers together is formed between the outer and inner cylinders. Edge parts of the communicative passage contact the outer cylinder and are welded thereto. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251315 | Acoustic septum cap honeycomb - An acoustic structure that includes a honeycomb having cells in which septum caps are located. The septum caps are formed from sheets of acoustic material and include a resonator portion and a flange portion. The flange portion has an anchoring surface that provides frictional engagement of the septum caps to the honeycomb cells when the caps are inserted into the honeycomb during fabrication of the acoustic structure. An adhesive is applied to the anchoring surface of the septum caps after the caps have been inserted into the honeycomb cells to provide a permanent bond. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251316 | SCAFFOLD ACCESS LADDER BRACKET ASSEMBLY - A scaffold access ladder bracket assembly is shown and described. The assembly can be used to attach an access ladder having side rails to a scaffold. The assembly includes a bracket body that includes bent portion terminating in hooked ends. The hooked ends wedge the bracket body against the side rails. The assembly also can include ramped portions connected to the bent portion and spaced apart from the hooked ends to create ladder receiving channels for receiving the ladder side rails. And the assembly includes a locking mechanism connected to the bracket body for lockably engaging the bracket body to ladder side rails. Also disclosed is a method of installing a scaffold access ladder on a scaffold using the assembly. The assembly provides a bracket assembly that requires no tools to install and/or dismantle in at least some instances (e.g., when the assembly is connected to a ladder), and thus, is easy to use and handle. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251317 | STEP STOOL KIT - A step stool kit includes a base unit and a step unit. The step unit rests on the base unit and includes an upper step. The base unit includes a lower step. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251318 | Tree stand shelf - A shelf-like platform which is mountable to the side of the seat of a hunter's existing, commercially manufactured tree stand. The invention consists of a shelf-like platform, a stabilizing bar and connecting devices, such as brackets, U-bolts and wing nuts. The platform is used to set items on while the user is in the stand. The connecting devices are used for holding the device into place on the side of the existing tree stand's seat. The stabilizing bar secures the platform in place and keeps the platform level. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251319 | FLAT-FOLD STEP STOOL - A step unit includes right and left step frames and two steps coupled to the right and left step frames. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251320 | Energy-Absorbing Device - The invention relates to an energy-absorbing device for a safety fixing system, comprising two parts which can move frictionally in relation to one another such as to absorb energy. The invention is characterised in that the device comprises means for adjusting the frictional force between the two parts. The invention also relates to a safety fixing system comprising said energy-absorbing device. The invention is suitable for safety systems which, for example, make use of a lifeline. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251321 | Safety catch for movable construction platform - A movable platform for supporting a load alongside a structure has an attached catch. The movable structure includes a base having an inboard side and an opposite outboard side, an inboard support extending away from the inboard side of the base, an outboard support extending away from the outboard side of the base, and a catch connected to both the inboard support and the outboard support and passing beneath the base, so that an object dropped over an inboard or outboard edge of the base will be caught by the catch. The inboard support is attached to the base so that a distal end of the inboard support is movable with respect to the base. The distal end is maintained to be in contact with the building exterior. Also described is an accessory for a preexisting movable platform that allows the arms and catch to be attached. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251322 | Elevated work platform - An elevated work platform to support workers thereon comprising a plurality of support sections held in operative relationship relative to each other by a peripheral frame wherein each support section comprises a plurality of transverse support members held in spaced relationship relative to each other by a plurality of longitudinal members and the peripheral frame comprises a pair of side frame members each including a channel to receive opposite end portions of the transverse support members of each support section to hold the support sections in operative position relative to the other support sections. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251323 | Industrial Scaffolding - The invention relates to industrial scaffolding comprising vertical supports, which can be interconnected by means of horizontal bars. Plates, which extend on a horizontal plane, can be hooked onto the bars to create an accessible working surface. When the plates are fitted, edge areas of the latter overhang the base body of the plates in such a way that a bar running parallel to an edge area is partially covered by said edge area. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251324 | Lubricating structure for transmission - A lubricating structure for a transmission includes an axial hole formed penetrating through a gear shaft in an axial direction thereof and having a first opening at one axial end of the gear shaft for supplying therein a lubricant and a second opening at the other axial end thereof, a first oil hole provided on the gear shaft in a radial direction thereof to establish communication between the axial hole and an outside of the gear shaft, and a tapered groove provided on an inner wall of the axial hole in the axial direction thereof, wherein the lubricant is supplied to a portion needing lubrication via the axial hole or via the axial hole and the first oil hole, and the tapered groove is deeper at the second opening side than the first opening side. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251325 | Lift Machine - A lift machine comprises a base, a support for supporting a load above the base, a lift actuator operatively connected between the base and the support for raising and lowering the support relative to the base, and a support stabilization mechanism operatively connected between the base and the support for stabilizing the support relative to the base during raising and lowering of the support by the lift actuator. The support stabilization mechanism comprises a pair of opposed linkages, with each of the pair of opposed linkages having a lower torque tube link and an upper torque tube link. The lower torque tube link has a torque tube operatively pivoted to the base. The upper torque tube link has a torque tube operatively pivoted to the support. The pair of opposed linkages are interconnected in such a manner that the pair moves in synchronization during raising and lowering of the support by the lift actuator and maintains the support substantially level even in the event that the center of mass of the load is offset from a vertical axis of the lift actuator. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251326 | DISC BRAKE PADS HAVING A VISUAL WEAR INDICATOR WHICH SIGNALS THE NEED FOR PAD REPLACEMENT - A new method and apparatus signals to an inspector on a cursory exterior examination of a vehicle that brake pads have reached the limit of safe wear. Brake pads are designed to release a material that has a color other than the browns and grays of conventional brake pad dust when they reach the limit of safe wear. The colored material distributes itself on the wheel of the vehicle, thereby offering telltale evidence of worn-out brake pads. A first embodiment brake pad employs a colored powdered material enclosed in at least one pocket beneath the normal wear range of the friction lining. A third embodiment brake pad employs a heat-stable, colored liquid or slurry in metal capsule. The capsule is breached by rubbing against the brake rotor when the wear limit is reached. Inorganic pigments are used for powder, slurry and friction lining colorants. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251327 | Parking Brake System Including A Brake Cylinder - A brake system for a rail vehicle including a brake cylinder having a housing, a port on the housing for receiving fluid pressure signals, a pressure piston carried inside the housing, and a shaft connected to the pressure piston. The pressure piston and the shaft form an actuator to apply and release the brakes of the rail vehicle. A parking brake locking mechanism is connected to the actuator and is responsive to fluid signals from a fluid charged brake pipe to lock and unlock the parking brake locking mechanism. Further included is a manual release device configured to unlock the parking brake locking mechanism from the locked position. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251328 | Brake System - Disclosed is a brake system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type for actuating a motor vehicle brake system having a brake booster which is operable in response to the driver's input by a brake pedal and to an electronic regulating and control unit. A device is provided to decouple a force-transmitting connection between the brake pedal and the brake booster in the ‘brake-by-wire’ operating mode. The electronic regulating and control unit ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080251329 | Lock Device, Transmission/Drive Unit Containing Such a Lock Device, and Method For Manufacturing Such a Transmission/Drive Unit - Blocking apparatus, as well as a gearbox drive unit containing such a blocking apparatus, as well as a method for production of a gearbox drive unit such as this for blocking any rotary movement of a shaft ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080251330 | Brake Shoe - A brake shoe is proposed which includes a lining containing a rubber of the type which becomes ebonite when vulcanized. An elastic interlayer is disposed between the lining and an adhesive layer through which the lining is bonded to the shoe body. The interlayer serves as a stress relief layer, thereby preventing the lining from peeling off the shoe body when the brake shoe is subjected to thermal history. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251331 | Shock absorber having a continuously variable valve with base line valving - A shock absorber includes an external control valve which controls the damping characteristics of the shock absorber. The external control valve controls the flow of fluid between the lower working chamber of the shock absorber and the reservoir chamber and between the upper working chamber of the shock absorber. The damping characteristics are dependent on the amount of current being applied to a solenoid valve which controls a fluid valve assembly. A soft fluid valve assembly is disposed in series with the fluid valve assembly to allow for the tuning of the damping forces at low current levels provided to the solenoid valve. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251332 | ANTI-BLAST AND SHOCK REDUCTION BUFFER - A device for mitigating shock loads utilizes load-fitted and form-fitted fluid capsules. Each capsule includes a pair of substantially flat end caps. Further, the end caps are parallel and are centered on a common axis. In each fluid capsule, high-tension members interconnect the two end caps to limit the axial distance between the end caps to less than a predetermined value. For each capsule, a membrane interconnects the peripheries of the end caps to enclose the fluid capsule between the end caps. Also, each fluid capsule includes a valve through the membrane to allow fluid flow between fluid capsules when a pressure on the valve exceeds a predetermined level. When a force is applied against a fluid capsule, the membrane deforms before fluid flows from the capsule to mitigate shock loading. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251333 | Rod assembly weld - A shock absorber includes a welded piston rod assembly. The piston rod assembly comprises an upper piston rod portion welded to a lower piston rod portion and a dirt shield welded to both of the upper piston rod portion and the lower piston rod portion using a single weld. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251334 | MASTER CYLINDER LEVER FOR A HYDRAULIC BRAKE WITH DEAD-BAND ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A master cylinder assembly for a bicycle disc brake having a housing defining a cylinder, a piston received in the cylinder, a lever pivotably attached to the housing, and an adjustment guide body that is operatively associated with the piston. The piston is moveable within the cylinder between a select starting position and a pressurized position. The lever is operatively associated with the piston to move the piston from the select starting position to the pressurized position as the lever is pivoted between a rest position and a fully-actuated position. The adjustment guide body is pivotable between a first position and a second position for adjusting the select starting position of the piston. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251335 | Hydraulic Unit for a Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System Having Anti-Skid Control - The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic block and an electric motor for driving hydraulic pumps inside the hydraulic block. The hydraulic block and electric motor are joined at a circumferential joint. For connection, the invention provides that the electric motor is provided with a radial flange, which is overlapped by a surrounding bead of the hydraulic block. The bead is designed so that it overlaps, in a radial inward manner, the radial flange of the electric motor by a joining process, for example, a surrounding caulking. The electric motor is sealingly connected to the hydraulic block in a simple manner by the surrounding joining process. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251336 | Frame Structure of a Vehicle - In a frame structure of a vehicle that includes a flywheel housing, an intermediate housing and a transmission case that are connected to each other along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle to constitute a vehicle frame, the intermediate housing has a hollow shape with a first end and a second end located along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the first end having an abutting surface against which the second end of the flywheel housing abuts, a support surface located radially inwardly of the abutting surface so as to support the forward/rearward movement switching unit, and an opening surrounded by the support surface, the opening serving as a first-end opening of the intermediate housing along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The abutting surface and the support surface along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle are located so that at least a portion of the forward/rearward movement switching unit is accommodated within the flywheel housing. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251337 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A damping member is constructed by: a retaining portion which is retained to a surface | 2008-10-16 |
20080251338 | PORTFOLIO WITH EMBEDDED MOBILE ACCESSORY - Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and system for a portfolio with an embedded mobile accessory. The portfolio may include a communication interface to communicatively couple the mobile accessory to a mobile computing device. | 2008-10-16 |
20080251339 | LAPTOP COMPUTER CARRIER CASE AND METHOD - A laptop computer carrier case ( | 2008-10-16 |