| 45th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
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| 20080271421 | RECIRCULATING COANDA WATER EXTRACTOR - A recirculating water extractor includes a swirl vane, a converging nozzle, and two sumps. The recirculating water extractor may be designed to reintroduce uncollected water droplets back into the air stream upstream of both sumps, which may provide additional opportunities for separation. The Coanda effect may be exploited to increase the discharge of water along a surface. Utilizing a converging nozzle may intensify the centrifugal force applied to the air stream rich with entrained water and may move more of entrained water into contact with the wall of the nozzle, which, in turn, may enhance the liquid/vapor separation compared to prior art water extractors. The recirculating water extractor utilizing the Coanda effect and the method for removing entrained water from an air stream may be suitable for, but not limited to, applications in the aircraft and aerospace industries, for example, by being included in environmental control systems of aircraft. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271422 | HONEYCOMB FILTER ELEMENTS - An improved ceramic honeycomb filter wherein the ceramic honeycomb filter has at least one outer corner having a shape, when viewed looking down the channels of the honeycomb, that is comprised of (i) at least two circular arcs wherein at least one of said circular arcs has a different radius of curvature than the other circular arc or arcs, (ii) a non-circular arc, or (iii) at least four straight chamfers in the absence of any arcs. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271423 | AIR FILTER HAVING FLUTED FILTER MEDIA - An air cleaner includes a housing and an access cover. The internal volume of the housing can be reached through an opening in a side wall of the housing. A filter element having fluted filter media is removable and replaceable from the air cleaner. The housing is constructed and arranged to cam the element into sealing engagement with the housing. The access cover includes structure to help support and ensure proper seating of the filter element within the housing. A method of installing the filter element in the air cleaner includes sliding a portion of the filter element against a slide surface in the housing. A method of servicing an air cleaner includes tilting the filter element against a tilt surface in the housing to release a seal between the filter element and the housing. The filter element can have a handle to assist in servicing of the air cleaner. The housing can have a window to allow visual inspection of the internal component of the housing and to determine visually whether a filter element is installed therein. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271424 | Top unloading fixed line trimmer head - In an embodiment, a fixed line trimmer head is configured such that the trimmer head is not loaded or unloaded from the bottom. In an embodiment, the trimmer head is loaded from the periphery and unloaded from the top. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271425 | Apparatus and method for automatically coupling of electrical and hyraulic systems of a header of an agricultural harvesting machine - Apparatus and method for automatically coupling fluid systems and electrical systems, respectively, of a header and a feeder of an agricultural combine as the header is lifted by the feeder. The feeder and header include lifting elements pivotably engageable with lower portions of the feeder and header spaced apart, such that when the feeder is raised, the header will be lifted by the feeder and pivoted so as to bring the lower portions together. A first coupler block is supported on the feeder and includes at least one fluid coupler and at least one electrical contact, and a second coupler block is supported on the header and also includes at least one fluid coupler and at least one electrical contact. The fluid couplers and the electrical contacts are configured and positioned so as to couple and be brought into contact, respectively, as the lower portions of the feeder and the header are brought together. They can also automatically uncouple when the header is removed from the feeder. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271426 | DRAPER BELT WITH CROP-RETAINING RIB - A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine and oppositely spaced side drapers that deliver crop material to the center draper. The harvesting header is operable to flex and thereby follow an uneven terrain. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271427 | Horizontal rotary cutting system and method - The present invention is directed to a horizontal rotary cutting system and a method for using such system to cut plant material, such as crops and tall grasses. The axis of rotary motion of the cutting blade is essentially horizontal, i.e., or parallel to the ground and is essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis stalk of the plant material to be cut. The cutting blade has an elongated cutting surface that rotates perpendicularly toward, and passes through and cuts the plant material stalks. A cutting diameter of about two inches or less is used to achieve lower horsepower requirements, lower friction losses, and lower vibration of the system when compared to prior systems. High speeds of rotation of the cutting blade permit and facilitate the use of high ground speeds of the cutting system. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271428 | Corn Stalk Baling Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for baling a crop with stiff stalks such as corn stalks has a frame with a front and a rear. At least one ground engaging wheel operatively attached to the frame for facilitating movement of the frame in a forward direction. An accumulator is operatively attached to the frame for holding the crop in various amounts. A pickup is operatively attached to the front of the frame for picking up the crop from a field and transferring the crop into the accumulator. A baler is operatively attached to the frame behind the accumulator for transforming a crop into a bale. A transfer mechanism such as a conveyor is provided in the accumulator for moving the crop in the accumulator to the inlet of the baler. In another embodiment, a pickup of a first predetermined width is provided for picking up the crop from a field and transferring the crop into the accumulator. The baler has an inlet and a baling chamber of a second predetermined with that is significantly larger than the first predetermined width of the pickup so that a larger bale can be made. The transfer mechanism can be in segments which are independently operable. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271429 | CABLE PROTECTION AND GUIDE DEVICE - A cable protection and guide device, wherein: the warp in front and rear side portions of link plates in the width direction is reliably limited so that an inadvertent disengagement between the link plates is completely blocked. The connection between the link plates is easy and manufacturing of the link plates is easy. Short arc-shaped warp limiting lock grooves are formed along a path coaxially spaced from a connecting pin or a connecting pin hole. Short arc-shaped warp limiting lock pieces are fitted to the short arc-shaped warp limiting lock grooves in a concave element/convex element engagement opposed surfaces of the link plates connected in the longitudinal direction so that warping in the front and rear side portions of the link plates in a width direction is limited. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271430 | Electronegative Plasma Motor - The subject of the invention is a plasma motor for the extraction of a positive ion flow. The plasma motor has a single ionization stage ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271431 | Turbojet Engine with Attenuated Jet Noise - According to the invention, a plurality of hatches ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271432 | SEALING ARRANGEMENTS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE THRUST REVERSER - A transcowl for a gas turbine engine thrust reverser includes an arcuate outer wall; an arcuate inner wall; and an arcuate baffle positioned between the inner and outer walls at a forward end of the transcowl. The baffle has an arcuate cross-sectional shape which defines a forward-facing interior area. An arcuate forward seal is carried at a forward end of the inner wall. The forward seal includes a plurality of axially-extending, spaced-apart arcuate seal teeth which collectively define a labyrinth seal. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271433 | LOW PROFILE BLEED AIR COOLER - A bleed air cooler assembly of a gas turbine engine comprises a cooler body defining a fluid passage therein and a connector detachably affixed with the cooler body installed in an annular bypass air passage. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271434 | Method and apparatus for generating a reductant in an exhaust gas of a compression-ignition engine - A method and apparatus are provided for generating a reductant in an exhaust gas feedstream of a compression-ignition internal combustion engine upstream of a hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reduction catalyst. The method comprises injecting a quantity of fuel into the exhaust gas subsequent to a combustion event whereat a temperature of the exhaust gas is in a range of 670 K to 1100 K at a start of the injection. The generated reductant comprises an active species including an oxygenated fuel species. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271435 | Deterioration Diagnosis System for an Air-Fuel Ratio Sensor - A deterioration diagnosis system for an air fuel sensor mounted to an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine. The air fuel sensor determines a mixture ratio of air and fuel fed into the internal combustion engine. In the system, an inclination of an output signal of the air-fuel ratio sensor is calculated; variance of the inclination is calculated; deterioration of the air-fuel ratio sensor is determined based on the variance of the inclination. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271436 | ENGINE WARM-UP OF A HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE - A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an HCCI internal combustion engine effective for robust engine warm-up operation. The method includes selectively implementing ones of a plurality of operating modes in response to predetermined catalyst and engine temperature conditions. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271437 | ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION APPARATUS - An intake air temperature detected by an airflow sensor is corrected based on a rotation speed of an engine and a fuel supply amount to thereby estimate an atmospheric temperature. The atmospheric temperature is estimated by calculating a dynamic temperature error caused by heat generated around an engine and a correction factor in regard to thermal influence which changes according to the flow rate of an intake air, and correcting the intake air temperature detected by the airflow sensor with the temperature error corrected with the correction factor. On the basis of the atmospheric temperature, an electric heater is controlled, which is provided on at least a part of a system of supplying a reducing agent or its precursor, for example, a supply pipe mutually communicating a reducing agent container with a reducing agent supplying apparatus. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271438 | Engine-Driven Vehicle with Exhaust Emission Control - A method and an arrangement are provided for maintaining the oxidation of NO to NO2 in an oxidation catalytic converter arranged in a vehicle, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine which in operation emits exhaust gases to an exhaust gas after treatment system including the oxidation catalytic converter. A predetermined quantity of hydrocarbon is delivered to the exhaust gas aftertreatment system or the engine over at least one predetermined time interval for the purpose of maintaining the working temperature or regenerating an exhaust gas aftertreatment unit. The quantity of hydrocarbon is delivered to the exhaust gas aftertreatment system or to the engine through an injection with at least one predetermined fragmentation frequency and an injection period in order to maintain an NO2 production in the exhaust gas aftertreatment system that prevailed immediately prior to said time interval for the hydrocarbon injection. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271439 | Exhaust Line for Heat Engine - The invention relates to an exhaust line ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271440 | Vehicle-Based Strategy for Removing Urea Deposits from an SCR Catalyst - A method is provided for operating an aftertreatment device coupled downstream of an internal combustion engine, the aftertreatment device including a urea-based selective catalyst reduction (SCR) catalyst. The method comprises establishing a threshold urea deposit accumulation for regeneration of the SCR catalyst; determining that the threshold urea deposit accumulation in the SCR catalyst has been met; and in response to the determination, regenerating the SCR catalyst by maintaining the SCR catalyst at a predetermined regeneration temperature for a predetermined time interval. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271441 | Exhaust gas purification catalyst for automobile, exhaust gas purification catalyst system and purifying process of exhaust gas - The present invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst for automobile which is capable of raising temperature of exhaust gas exhausted from combustion engines such as diesel engine cars and converting NO in the exhaust gas to NO | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271442 | Exhaust Gas System for an Internal Combustion Engine - An exhaust gas system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an oxidation catalytic converter disposed in a first exhaust gas manifold section with which the exhaust gas outlets of a first portion of the cylinders communicate, and a hydrolysis catalytic converter disposed in a second exhaust gas manifold section with which the exhaust gas outlets of the remaining portion of the cylinders communicate. The hydrolysis catalytic converter, together with the oxidation catalytic converter that annularly surrounds it, are installed in a common housing. A tubular portion of the second exhaust gas manifold section extends into the housing and accommodates the hydrolysis catalytic converter in its end portion. A tubular portion of a first exhaust gas manifold section surrounds the tubular portion of the second exhaust gas manifold section, resulting in an annular in-flow chamber for the oxidation catalytic converter that simultaneously serves as a heating chamber. A reduction agent, from which ammonia can be produced by the hydrolysis catalytic converter, can be introduced by a nozzle into the tubular portion of the second exhaust gas manifold section upstream of the hydrolysis converter. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271443 | Device and Method for the Thermal Treatment of an Exhaust Gas Flow, Vehicle Having the Device and Method of Operating an Exhaust Gas System - A device for the treatment of an exhaust gas flow includes at least one inflow channel with a front region and a rear region and at least one return flow channel. A first coating is provided in the rear region of the at least one inflow channel. The coating assists an exothermal reaction of the exhaust gas flow. A device is formed in the front region of the inflow channel for the transfer of heat from a return flow channel. A method for operating a device for the treatment of an exhaust gas flow, a vehicle having the device and an operating method for an exhaust gas system of a vehicle having the device, are also provided. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271444 | RETURN TO NEUTRAL MECHANISM FOR HYDRAULIC PUMP - A return to neutral mechanism includes a hub, a lever and a biasing member. The hub is configured to connect fast to a control rod of an associated hydraulic pump. The lever connects to the hub and includes a location configured to connect to an associated linkage that is connected to an associated steering mechanism. The biasing member connects to the lever for biasing the lever and the control rod toward a neutral position. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271445 | HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR SYNCHRONIZED HORIZONTAL EXTENSION OF CYLINDERS - A hydraulic system for synchronized movement of multiple cylinders in a horizontal plane includes a bidirectional pump, a shuttle valve cross-connected between pump outlets, flow-control check valves, and control valves which combine to reduce the number of valves in the hydraulic circuit and to reduce total cost of components for the system. The shuttle valve of the hydraulic system provides fluid for resynchronizing extension and retraction of multiple cylinder assemblies without disconnection of lines, provides air removal without disconnection of lines, allows easy addition/refill of hydraulic fluid, and allows excellent control of the extendable cylinder assemblies. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271446 | Master Cylinder Lever with Variable Dead Band and Variable Reach Adjustment Independent of the Dead Band Adjustment - A master cylinder for a bicycle hydraulic disc brake comprises a housing defining a cylinder, the cylinder having a first and a second end along its axis. A hydraulic fluid reservoir has a port between the hydraulic fluid reservoir and the cylinder, the port having an opening between the first and second cylinder ends. A piston having a seal resides in the cylinder with the seal between the piston and the cylinder. The seal has a leading seal edge with the leading seal edge being movable solely between the first cylinder and the port opening to vary the dead band distance between the leading seal edge and the port opening with the piston in a starting position. A lever is pivotably associated with the housing and operatively associated with the piston for moving the piston within the cylinder between the starting and a pressurized position as the lever is actuated between a rest position and an actuated position. A reach adjustment is operatively associated with the lever for varying the rest position of the lever relative to the master cylinder housing independent of movement of the leading seal edge relative to the port as the reach adjustment varies the rest position of the lever. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING AIR TO AN EMISSION ABATEMENT DEVICE BY USE OF A TURBOCHARGER - A method includes supplying combustion air to a fuel-fired burner of an emission abatement device from a turbocharger. During periods of low turbo boost pressure, combustion air is supplied to the fuel-fired burner from an auxiliary source. An associated apparatus is also disclosed. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271448 | Particle burner disposed between an engine and a turbo charger - A system comprising an engine, a turbo charger, and a particle burner is provided. The particle burner is disposed between the engine and a turbine of the turbo charger. The particle burner receives exhaust from the engine, heats the exhaust to a combustion temperature of particles within the exhaust, and then directs the cleaned exhaust to the turbine. The particle burner can include a reverse flow heat exchanger to heat the exhaust received from the engine. The particle burner can also include a catalyst to catalyze the further combustion of gaseous products of incomplete combustion from within the engine. The heat produced by the further combustion at the catalyst provides a further boost to the temperature within the particle burner. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271449 | TURBOCHARGER WITH SLIDING PISTON, HAVING OVERLAPPING FIXED AND MOVING VANES - A turbocharger having a sliding piston for regulating exhaust gas flow into the turbine wheel includes a set of fixed vanes mounted on a fixed first wall of the turbine nozzle and projecting axially toward an opposite second wall of the nozzle, and a set of moving vanes mounted on the end of the piston and projecting in an opposite axial direction toward the first wall of the nozzle. The two sets of vanes are circumferentially staggered relative to each other and overlap each other, the degree of overlap depending on the piston's axial position. The turbine wheel can be a splittered turbine wheel having long blades alternating with shorter blades. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271450 | Exhaust gas recirculation system - A power system including an exhaust producing engine, an exhaust system and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system is provided. The EGR system may include an EGR flowpath and an air intake system. The EGR system may also include an EGR valve configured to regulate the flow of exhaust gases through the EGR flowpath. The power system may also include a monitoring system configured to monitor operating parameters of at least two components of the EGR system. The power system may also include a controller configured to determine, based on the monitored operating parameters, a maximum flowrate value for each of the components. Each of the maximum flowrate values may represent the maximum EGR flowrate for that component. The controller may be configured to control the EGR valve, based on the maximum flowrate values, to result in an EGR flowrate no greater than the lowest of the maximum flowrate values. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271451 | Arrangement for Recirculation of Exhaust Gases of a Supercharged Internal Combustion Engine - The present invention relates to an arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine. The arrangement comprises an exhaust line intended to lead exhaust gases out from the combustion engine, an inlet line intended to lead air to the combustion engine, a compressor adapted to compressing the air in the inlet line to above atmospheric pressure, and return line which connects the exhaust line to the inlet line. The arrangement comprises an EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled by the air in a portion of the inlet line which is situated upstream of the compressor with respect to the direction of flow of the air in the inlet line. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271452 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE FUELING TO LIMIT ENGINE OUTPUT POWER - A method for controlling fueling of an internal combustion engine is provided. The engine may include an intake manifold, one or more exhaust manifolds and a turbocharger coupled between the intake and exhaust manifolds. The method may comprise estimating an operating condition of the turbocharger, determining a maximum value of an operating parameter as a function of the estimated operating condition of the turbocharger, measuring a value of the operating parameter, determining an error value as a function of the maximum value of the first operating parameter and the measured value of the operating parameter, and limiting fuel supplied to the engine based on the error value. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271453 | Immanuel system to produce electricity through geothermal energy - A system for producing electricity by pumping a mixture of melted sodium/potassium metals through tubing within the walls of equipment which extends downward to the geothermal zone of the earth. The mixture of melted metals passes through a first heat exchange area producing steam, then passes downward through an insulated low pressure vacuum area from where it is pumped from the tubing into a high pressure, super conductive heat transfer zone at the bottom of the equipment located in the geothermal zone. The geothermal heated mixture of melted metals passes through insulated tubing in the insulated vacuum area into a super heat exchange area passing through water forming steam and into a super steamer producing super heated steam. The super heated steam passes through a line into turbines producing electricity. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271454 | Steam powered engine - A steam powered engine system wherein hot exhaust gas produced by a small secondary engine is used to heat water to a temperature above 212 degrees F., the superheated water being injected into a cylinder containing hot compressed gas. The water then flash expands into steam to drive a piston. The hot exhaust gas from the secondary engine is further utilized to scavenge spent gas and liquid from the cylinder during the return stroke of the piston, as well as to maintain a suitably high temperature within the cylinder. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271455 | Hybrid/cryo power chamber - A Power Chamber that effectively and rapidly mixes within itself the heated air and combustion products from burning of a heat producing fuel with the injected and atomized spray of a “liquid cryogenic fuel”. This regulated and efficiently balanced mixing causes rapid expansion of the cryogenic fluid within the Power Chamber which creates rapid pressure build-up. The excess pressure that is built-up over the threshold point of the minimum operating pressure within the power chamber is channeled, via the mechanism of a door or a gate or a valve, through the Pressure Delivery Channel and made available for use to create motive power or some other kind of useful work. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271456 | Fuel supply system - A turbine fuel supply system is disclosed as including a first sub-system having: a first nozzle for injecting fuel into a combustor of a turbine engine; a first valve controllable to communicate fuel to the first nozzle; and a first fuel manifold for communicating fuel to the first valve from a fuel source; the system further including a controller assembly for raising the pressure of fuel in the first fuel manifold; and the system being characterized in that the first valve is adapted to open in response to a predetermined pressure difference between the first fuel manifold and the pressure in the combustor, thereby allowing fuel to be communicated from the first fuel manifold to the first nozzle. The system may include a first recirculating conduit in fluid communication with the first fuel manifold and the fuel source, the first recirculating conduit allowing fuel not communicated by the first valve to be returned to the fuel source. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271457 | Cooling Holes For Gas Turbine Combustor Having A Non-Uniform Diameter Therethrough - A gas turbine combustor liner, including a shell having a first end adjacent to an upstream end of the combustor and a second end adjacent to a downstream end of the combustor, where the shell also has a hot side, a cold side, and a centerline axis therethrough. A plurality of small, closely-spaced film cooling holes are formed in the shell through which air flows for providing a cooling film along the hot side of the shell. Each cooling hole has a non-uniform diameter as it extends through the shell. In particular, each cooling hole includes a first opening located at the cold side of the shell having a first diameter and a second opening located at the hot side of the shell having a second diameter, wherein the second diameter of the second opening is larger than the first diameter of the first opening. It is preferred that the shape of each cooling hole be substantially frusto-conical. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271458 | Zero-Cross-Flow Impingement Via An Array of Differing Length, Extended Ports - A jet impingement array design and method are disclosed for efficiently cooling the liner of a gas turbine combustion chamber, while eliminating almost all effects of coolant gas crossflow. The design includes an array of extended jet ports for which the distance between the ends of the jet ports and the surface to be cooled progressively decreases from upstream to downstream. Spent air from upstream jets is directed away from downstream jets, thereby reducing the detrimental effects of crossflow, and optimizing heat transfer. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271459 | Method and system for regulating a cooling fluid within a turbomachine in real time - A method and system for regulating a cooling fluid within a turbomachine in real time. The system may an external flow conditioning system for adjusting at least one property of the cooling fluid, wherein the external flow conditioning system comprises an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The system may also include at least one heat exchanger; at least one control valve; at least one bypass orifice; at least one stop valve; and a control system. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271460 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GAS MOISTURIZATION CONTROL - Methods and systems for a gas moisturizing system are provided. The system includes a plurality of gas sources configured to supply a flow of gas to a plurality of gas loads, a single gas moisturizer coupled in flow communication to the plurality of gas sources and the plurality of gas loads wherein the single gas moisturizer is configured to supply a flow of gas having a predetermined moisture content to the plurality of gas loads, and a control system configured to maintain the predetermined moisture content. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271461 | METHOD OF STARTING TURBINE ENGINE FROM LOW ENGINE SPEED - A method of starting a turbine engine at a first engine speed value which is lower than a second engine speed value designed for a normal engine starting operation, comprises varying a fuel flow into a combustor of the engine to start the engine in repeatedly alternating speed acceleration and deceleration cycles in order to create an engine speed augmentation in each of the speed acceleration and deceleration cycles, thereby achieving the second engine speed value while preventing the engine from being overheated, and then beginning the normal engine starting operation | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271462 | THERMAL ELECTRIC HVAC MODULE - A heating ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system includes: a fan blower; and a cross-flow heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fan blower. The cross-flow heat exchanger includes a first set of conduits which define a first communication path, a second set of conduits which define a second communication path and a thermoelectric device therebetween. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271463 | HEAT PIPE MEASURING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a measuring system to determine the quality of the heat pipe, comprising a heat pipe comprising a first end connected to a first temperature sensor and a second end connected to a second temperature sensor, a heater being connected to said first end and being connected to a multi-function heater controller; a multi-function heater controller being electrically connected to said heater and said one of the first or second temperature sensor, a thermal-electric cooler (TEC) module being connected to said second end; and a TEC controller being electrically connected to said TEC module and said one of the first or second temperature sensor, wherein said TEC controller comprises a proportional-integral-derivative controller, and said multi-function heater controller comprises both constant heating power and constant temperature control modes. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271464 | AIR RE-COOL FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Embodiments include systems and methods for selectively cooling heat-generating electronic components in an enclosure. According to one embodiment, an enclosure houses a plurality of heat-generating electronic components. Air enters the enclosure at the front and is exhausted at the rear. After passing through one or more upstream components, air diverges into at least first and second airstreams within the enclosure. The first airstream is re-cooled by a cooling system having a thermoelectric cooling module. The thermoelectric cooling module is configured such that a first side is cooled and a second side is heated in response to an applied voltage. A voltage regulator may govern the voltage in response to one or more temperatures sensed within the rack system. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271465 | System and method for controlling an environment in an aircraft using a vortex cooler - Disclosed is an air conditioning system for an aircraft which utilizes high pressure bleed air. The bleed air is pressure controlled and introduced into a vortex cooler which can be operated in two modes using a valve. In a first mode, the bleed air is divided into cold and hot streams. The cold stream is directed into the cabin for cooling purposes. The hot stream is released from the aircraft in a manner that it pulls ambient air across a heat exchanger. In a second mode, the bleed air is not divided, but passes through the vortex cooler as a common stream. The second mode is more commonly used in colder ambient air conditions. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271466 | Method and System for Purifying Liquified Gases - A method system for providing a purified liquified gas including a vessel containing adsorbent submerged within a liquified gas and an impurity contained inside a storage tank wherein the liquified gas is purified by the adsorbent. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271467 | Refrigerator Interface for Cryostat - A substantially cylindrical cryostat defining an axial imaging region, the cryostat housing a magnet which, in use, provides a substantially homogeneous magnetic field in the imaging region, further comprising a refrigerator arranged to cool certain elements of the cryostat, said refrigerator comprising a magnetic material which, in use, oscillates along an axis of the refrigerator. The cryostat is arranged such that the axis of the refrigerator is substantially tangential to a circle centred on the axis of the cylindrical cryostat. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271468 | PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONER - A portable air conditioner ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271469 | Automated ice transport device and method - An automated ice transport device and method that can service one or more remote locations is provided. When ice is needed, the container is automatically filled, and then is transported mechanically along a predetermined pathway to the ice storage device in need, where the ice is dispensed therefrom. The container is returned to the source of ice following the predetermined pathway, remaining there until ice is needed at a location. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271470 | Memory Wire Rotary Actuator - A timer is provided. The timer includes a rotatable electrically non-conducting ratchet gear, an electrically conducting pawl mechanism, and an electronic drive circuit. The ratchet gear has a plurality of teeth. The electrically conducting pawl mechanism includes a pawl configured to engage one of the plurality of teeth on the ratchet gear. The an electronic drive circuit is electrically coupled to the pawl mechanism. The electronic drive circuit passes a current through the pawl mechanism such that the pawl advances the ratchet gear by one tooth pitch. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271471 | Temperature Controlling Method for Substrate Processing System and Substrate Processing System - A substrate processing system comprises a plurality of CVD processing units ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271472 | Power Management System for Integrated Transport Refrigeration Unit - A power management system ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271473 | Refrigerated Case - A refrigerated case ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271474 | Domestic Refrigerator Provided with Shelves - A domestic refrigerator comprises a cavity (c) with side walls ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271475 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING COMPARTMENT CAPABLE OF CONVERTING BETWEEN REFRIGERATION AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES - ABSTRACT A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator housing defining first, second, and third compartments separated by insulated walls, a refrigeration system supplying cold air to the first, second, and third compartments, first, second, and third sensors operative to detect temperature in a respective one of the first, second, and third compartments and control circuitry in electrical communication with the sensors, the control circuitry controlling flow of the cold air into each of the first, second, and third compartments so as to facilitate maintaining a respective desired temperature therein, where the desired temperature of each of the first, second, and third compartments is variable and may be set by a user independently with respect to each other. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271476 | Endothermic beverage cooler - The invention includes a system and method for cooling a plurality of containers. Preferably, the apparatus and method comprise a plurality of compartments operable to receive and retain the plurality of containers. Further, a liner is provided that is in operative engagement with at least two of the compartments. The liner is provided with chemicals that cause an endothermic reaction to cool the compartments when the chemicals are activated. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271477 | Compressor System with Controlled Lubricant Reclaim - A compressor system with controlled lubricant reclaim includes a compressor circuit having a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator connected by refrigerant flow line; a lubricant circuit for circulating lubricant to the compressor; a reclaim vaporizer adapted to heat a refrigerant-lubricant mixture from the evaporator whereby the mixture is heated and lubricant and refrigerant are separated to provide reclaimed lubricant to the lubricant circuit and reclaimed refrigerant to the compressor circuit; and a control unit adapted to control flow of the mixture from the evaporator to the reclaim vaporizer based upon temperature of the mixture from the evaporator and temperature of reclaimed lubricant leaving the reclaim evaporator. Methods are also provided. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271478 | Cooling System and Method for Producing an Evaporation Plate for a Low Temperature Cooling System - The invention relates to a cooling system comprising an essentially flat evaporator consisting of individual evaporation plates ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271479 | Refrigerant evaporator - In a refrigerant evaporator, a core has tubes that are arranged in a core width direction and at least in two rows including a first row and a second row. The first row is disposed downstream of the second row with respect to a flow direction of an external fluid. The tubes of the first row provide a refrigerant upward path and a refrigerant downward path. The core has a thickness equal to or less than 50 mm with respect to the flow direction of the external fluid, and a width equal to or greater than 220 mm with respect to the core width direction. The upward path is further than the downward path with respect to a refrigerant inlet disposed at an end of a first header tank, and has a width equal to or less than 95 mm with respect to the core width direction. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271480 | Intergrated Ngl Recovery and Lng Liquefaction - Contemplated plants include a refluxed absorber and a distillation column, wherein the absorber is operated at a higher pressure than the distillation column to thereby produce a cryogenic pressurized lean gas. The lean gas is further compressed to a pressure suitable for liquefaction using energy from feed gas vapor expansion. Desired separation of C2 products is ensured by temperature control of the absorber and distillation column using flow ratios of various streams within the plant, and by dividing the separation process into two portions at different pressures. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271481 | Air Separating Device by Means of Cryogenic Distillation - The invention relates to an air separating device by means of cryogenic distillation for producing nitrogen, comprising an exchange line ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271482 | JEWELRY COUPLING AND JEWELRY ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING - A jewelry coupling includes a U-shape fitting connectable to respective parts of a necklace to allow two degrees of freedom of motion between the respective parts, e.g., allowing one part to rotate in one plane about one axis and the other part to swivel about another axis. The U-shape fitting includes a pair of spaced-apart disk-like sides with a fastener therebetween and attachable to a jewelry band member allowing rotation thereof about the fastener, a bridge connecting the two disk-like sides and an opening in the bridge for a pin fastener attachable to a decorative jewelry item, e.g., a pendant, allowing for swiveling of the decorative jewelry item about the another axis. A method for assembling an article of jewelry includes attaching a jewelry band member to a jewelry coupling allowing rotation about one axis and attaching a decorative jewelry item to a pin fastener allowing swiveling of the decorative jewelry item relative to the jewelry coupling and Jewelry band member. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271483 | Memorabilia and charm display - A display comprising a first substantially planar member formed of substantially two mirror image sections each having a plurality of extensions for holding items, the first member having an extended U-shaped or rectangular shaped void along its longitudinal axis for engaging a reciprocal void along a longitudinal axis of a second member, a second substantially planar member has a plurality of extensions for holding items, and the two planar members engaged along the U-shaped voids to form in cross section a substantially X-shaped structure. The extensions may be shaped in any of a variety of configurations preferably in the shape of a tree. The tree may be formed of rigid metallic or other materials and be integrated with the mementos and their locations. The mementos or charms may be arranged in pre-determined fashion by size, age, or physicality to create a pre-determined shape. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271484 | HEART SHAPED DIAMOND CUT HAVING HEARTS AND ARROWS PATTERN - A heart shaped diamond possessing a hearts and arrows pattern characteristic comprising: six main crown facets symmetrically aligned relative to one another, with each of the six main crown facets having a straight edge in parallel alignment with a straight edge of another main crown facet disposed opposite thereto; six main pavilion facets aligned at a fixed given angle of approximately 60° to each other and having a symmetrical number of pavilion half facets such that the six main pavilion facets meet at a point corresponding to the symmetrical central of the diamond and a multiple number of crown star facets spaced apart from one another on the surface of the diamond. The pavilion half facets are arranged in pairs polished on the main pavilion facet with a first pavilion half facet in each pair lying at a first angle of preferably 26.25° relative to a second pavilion half facet in the same pair and with the second pavilion half facet in each pair cut at a second angle of preferably 33.75° relative to the first pavilion half facet in an adjacent pair with which it shares a common boundary. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271485 | TRIANGULAR SHAPED DIAMOND WHICH DISPLAYS HEARTS AND ARROWS PATTERN - A triangular shaped diamond adapted to display a hearts and arrows pattern when exposed to light comparable to the hearts and arrows pattern in a round diamond, comprising: six main crown facets, twelve crown half facets, a table facet, six main pavilion facets and a plurality of girdle facets separating the crown facets from the pavilion facets with each main crown facet having a symmetrically positioned opposite crown facet of substantially equal size surrounding the table facet and having at least one edge in parallel alignment with a corresponding edge in the main crown facet opposite thereto. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271486 | HEXAGON SHAPED DIAMOND WHICH DISPLAYS HEARTS AND ARROWS PATTERN - A hexagonal shaped diamond, adapted to display a hearts and arrows pattern when exposed to light comparable to the hearts and arrows pattern in a round diamond. The hexagon shaped diamond should be cut to form six main crown facets of substantially equal size symmetrically arranged relative to one another surrounding a table facet with each main crown facet having parallel edges symmetrically aligned to the parallel edges of a main crown facet located opposite thereto, six main pavilion facets polished in alignment with the main crown facets, girdle facets separating the pavilion facets from the main crown facets and twelve crown star facets. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271487 | TRIANGULAR STAR SHAPED DIAMOND HAVING HEARTS AND ARROWS PATTERN - A triangular star shaped diamond adapted to display a hearts and arrows pattern when exposed to light comparable to the hearts and arrows pattern in a round diamond, comprising: six main crown facets, twelve crown half facets, a table facet, six main pavilion facets and an even number of main girdle facets separating the crown facets from the pavilion facets with each main crown facet having a symmetrical main crown facet in an opposing relationship and at least one edge in parallel alignment with an edge of the opposing main crown facet. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271488 | OVAL SHAPED DIAMOND CUT HAVING HEARTS AND ARROWS PATTERN - An oval shaped diamond, adapted to display a hearts and arrows pattern when exposed to light characteristic of the hearts and arrows pattern in a round diamond, comprising: an oval shape having two long sides symmetrical to each other, two short sides symmetrical to each other and four corner sides symmetrically located between the long sides and the short sides respectively, eight main crown facets of unequal size and eight main pavilion facets of unequal size, sixteen pavilion half facets; a girdle of non-uniform thickness separating the crown and pavilion facets and two subsidiary pavilion facets in alignment with each other on the long sides of the diamond adjacent a main pavilion facet. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271489 | METHOD FOR RESHAPING GLASS-CERAMIC ARTICLES, APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND GLASS-CERAMIC ARTICLES MADE THEREBY - The method produces a reshaped glass-ceramic article by forced reshaping of a flat green glass part during a ceramicizing process with temporarily lowered viscosity due to crystallization heat. To perform the forced reshaping economically the forced reshaping takes place in a continuous oven for ceramicizing and in an oven section in which the viscosity of the green glass part is temporarily lowered as a result of crystallization heat. An apparatus for performing the process is provided in the continuous oven including different active reshaping devices and/or a hollow mold. The method produces glass-ceramic articles with undamaged surfaces corresponding to surfaces produced during the making of the green glass part (smooth or structured, e.g. knobbed). | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271490 | CHANNEL STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A three-dimensional (micro-) channel structure with an increased length of internal channel is provided, which can be formed without requiring a boring step for vertical hole formation. The channel structure is formed by providing a polyhedral substrate with a groove over at least two faces thereof, preferably through press molding, and covering the faces provided with the grooves with a covering member or another polyhedral substrate to form a continuous internal channel communicative with an ambience through an opening. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271491 | Solid Fuel Combustion For Industrial Melting With A Slagging Combustor - A method for supplying heat to a melting furnace for forming a molten product using ash-containing fuels. A fuel having an ash component is introduced into a slagging chamber of a slagging combustor and at least partially combusted with a first oxidant mixture and a second oxidant mixture within the slagging chamber. Ash component is collected as a layer of molten slag in the slagging chamber. Slagging combustor gas effluent is passed from the slagging chamber of the slagging combustor into the combustion space of the melting furnace at high temperature to supply heat to form the molten product. Molten slag is withdrawn from the slagging chamber of the slagging combustor and may be selectively introduced into the melting furnace or not introduced into the melting furnace. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271492 | Method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles - A method and a machine for the production of hollow glassware articles, by the blow-and-blow, press-and-blow, press-and-blow paste mold and direct-press processes in a glassware forming machine including single or multiple machine sections each having single or multiple-cavity, comprising: forming a parison in an inverted orientation, into a blank mold and a first transferable and open-able neck ring mold held by an inverting apparatus having a first and a second diametrically opposed arms, each arm holding a transferable and open-able neck ring mold; inverting the parison held by the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold, by rotating the first arm 180° to an upright orientation at an intermediate station, while the second arm with a second transferable and open-able neck ring mold is simultaneously placed at the parison forming station; transferring the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold holding the parison in an upright orientation, from the intermediate station, to a blow mold station, by a transference apparatus; releasing the first parison into a blow mold, and turning back the first transferable and open-able neck ring mold empty to the first arm of the inverting apparatus, at the intermediate station to be placed again at the parison forming station by rotating the first arm additional 180°, completing a 360° turn, while the second arm reaches to the intermediate station; blowing the parison into a blow mold to form a finished article; and transferring the finished article in an upright orientation, once the blow mold is opened, by a take out apparatus, to place it at a dead plate or at a carrying conveyor. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271493 | Method for elongating a glass body - A method of elongating a glass body is provided, in which method the axial variation in the inner refractive index structure of a glass body can be restrained. The method comprises: ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271494 | Method for making an optical preform - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a preform for optical fibers via a vapor deposition process in which the position of the reversal point near the substrate tube's supply side shifts along the longitudinal axis of the substrate tube during at least part of the deposition process. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271495 | Reduction of optical fiber cane/preform deformation in consolidation - According to an embodiment of the invention a method of manufacturing optical fiber cane comprises the steps of: (i) providing a core rod manufactured of relatively low viscosity glass; (ii) depositing SiO | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271496 | Internally guided needle - For longitudinal shifting, a needle in accordance with the invention is provided with a longitudinal slit | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271497 | Knitting machine tool, in particular for the finest division - A knitting needle designed specifically for achieving particularly fine divisions, or another knitting tool ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271498 | Front-Loading Washing Machine With a Rotating Washing Drum - A drum shell having flow perforations in the rear zone thereof, for exchange of the washing liquid between the interior of the washing drum and the interior of a liquid tank, enclosing the above and, in the operating position for the washing machine, the lower shell line increasingly differs from a horizontal, on rising towards the front. Hollow, long lifting bodies, which are embodied to take liquid amounts from the deepest position thereof and raise the same, on rotation of the washing drum, to a raised position within the washing drum and to release the same from said raised position into the interior of the washing drum, inadequately wet the pieces of washing in the front region. According to the invention, the amount of water discharged in the interior can more effectively be applied to the laundry items, whereby the drum shell has a total surface of flow perforations. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271499 | Household-Type Washing Machine with Compact Drive Motor - Household clothes washing machine comprising: a rotating drum ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271500 | Laundry Machine - A laundry machine is disclosed. A laundry machine includes a body ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271501 | Locking Device - The invention relates to a locking device for a lock opening which is arranged in a wall between a first and a second recipient, said lock opening comprising a blocking element, which is arranged in the inner chamber of the first recipient, and a counter-plate which is associated with the blocking element. A first magnet device is provided in an area of the counter-plate and a second magnet device, which is associated with the first magnet device, is provided in the region of the blocking element. In order to close and/or open the locking device by means of the first and second magnet device, a positive and/or negative contact pressure can be produced between the blocking element and the counter-plate. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271502 | Actuation Device for a Lock - The invention relates to an actuating apparatus for a lock mechanism, in particular of a door or flap of a motor vehicle, in particular of a tractor, having a handle body, in which an actuating device for driving an actuating element for the lock mechanism is mounted in a handle-body end region, a moveable coupling link being provided, with which the actuating device can be brought out of operation, the coupling link being connected driveably to a locking device having a remote-controllable driving device, and the locking device being accommodated in other subregions of the handle body and the driving device being a rotation drive. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271503 | Lock, in Particular for Automotive Doors, Flaps or the Like - A lock comprises a rotary latch ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271504 | Electric Steering Locking Apparatus - An electric steering locking apparatus includes a cam plate ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271505 | KEYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A kit for a master keying system includes a plurality of replacement master racks. A rack removal key is provided for insertion into a keyway. The rack removal key has a first cut defining a first lift amount. A rack removal tool is provided for insertion into the keyway. The rack removal tool has a second cut defining a second lift amount, wherein the second lift amount is greater than the first lift amount. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271506 | LOCK CYLINDER - A lock cylinder that includes a housing defining a cylindrical cavity, and a plug disposed in the cylindrical cavity and rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The plug includes a key slot and an inner pin chamber aligned with an outer pin chamber of the housing when the plug is in the locked position. An inner pin is disposed in the inner pin chamber for movement along an axis, and is engageable with the outer pin when the plug is in the locked position. The inner pin is engageable by a key inserted into the key slot, and includes an outer surface that defines a non-axial groove. An engagement member is supported by the plug and extends into the groove. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271507 | BUMP RESISTANT PIN TUMBLER LOCK - Methods and apparatus for improving bump resistance in pin tumbler locks include, in various embodiments, means provided within a tumbler passage for preventing or inhibiting the formation of a gap between a key pin and a drive pin. In a pin tumbler lock at least one passage contains damped biasing means operable to urge the pin set toward a key opening or keyway. In a pin tumbler lock at least one pin set includes a key pin, a drive pin, and a dummy pin, in which the key pin and the drive pin are dimensioned so that when the lock is at rest the drive pin crosses the shear line. Also, methods for improving attack resistance of pin tumbler locks include replacing a spring in a passage with damped biasing means; or replacing a pin set with a pin set including a key pin, a drive pin, and a dummy pin, in which the key pin and the drive pin are dimensioned so that when the lock is at rest the drive pin crosses the shear line. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271508 | Method and Device for Measuring and Adjusting the Evenness and/or Tension of a Stainless Steel Strip or Stainless Steel Film During Cold Rolling in a 4-Roll Stand, Particularly in a 20-Roll Sendzimir Roll Stand - A method and device for measuring and adjusting the evenness and/or tension of a stainless steel strip ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271509 | Computer controlled flexible rolling machine - There is provided a flexible rolling machine operative to form a metal panel. The machine includes a frame and a series of rollers. The machine includes at least one primary bottom roller, at least one secondary bottom roller, and at least one top roller. Each roller includes a cylinder. The cylinder comprises a proximal portion that is coupled to the frame and a distal portion that is coupled to at least one rolling member. The individual cylinders have independently adjustable lengths. The machine further includes a non-contact measuring system operative to measure the panel. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271510 | WIRE PROCESSING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING A CUT LENGTH OF WIRE - A swivel machine for wire processing has a coiler arranged between a cutting-off/insulation-stripping unit and a second swivel arm. The cut length of wire whose leading wire-end has been processed is coiled by a coiling disk of the coiler. After the leading wire-end of the cut length of wire has been processed, it is grasped by the coiler. A belt drive then advances the wire by the desired length of the cut length of wire, and the coiler coils the advanced wire simultaneously into a coil. After the coiling operation, a linearly movable stacker unit grasps the coil, and the coiling disk releases the coil. After the trailing wire-end has been processed, the stacker unit moves further in the wire-advance direction to the deposit. While the trailing wire-end is being processed, and while traveling to the deposit, the coil is provided with a bind. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271511 | SHEET MATERIAL WITH BEND CONTROLLING DISPLACEMENTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A method of preparing a sheet of material for bending along a bend line comprising the step of forming of at least one displacement in the thickness direction of the sheet of material with a portion of the periphery of the displacement closest to the bend line providing an edge and opposed face configured in position to produce edge-to-face engagement of the sheet on opposite sides of the periphery during bending. The forming step is preferably accomplished using one of a stamping process, a punching process, a roll-forming process and an embossing process. A sheet of material suitable for bending using the process also is disclosed, as are the use of coatings, shin guards and displacing the area of the sheet between bending inducing slits. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271512 | Method for Making a Cold-Worked Article - In a method for cold-working a piping component ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271513 | CURVED SURFACE FORMING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A curved surface forming apparatus includes a first member to be curved; a second member which is placed with a distance from the first member and holds the first member; and a pressurizing mechanism which pressurizes the first member and the second member to curve at least a part of the first member toward at least the second member. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271514 | System and Method for Precise Liquid Measurement in a Liquid Sampling Pipette - A device and method are provided for correcting a requested volume of liquid to aspirate/dispense by a liquid-handling pipette based on the requested volume and/or a physical condition at the pipene. The pipette includes a piston drive mechanism configured to contact a piston assembly and move a piston rod of the piston assembly within a tip holder thereby causing regulation of an amount of liquid in the tip holder. The method includes selecting a requested volume at a pipette, the requested volume representing the amount of liquid to regulate, calculating a correction volume using a volume characterization, wherein the volume characterization characterizes a difference in the amount of the liquid regulated in the tip holder as a function of the requested volume, and displaying the correction volume to a user of the pipette thereby regulating the requested volume of liquid in the tip holder. The volume characterization is determined using a calibration process. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271515 | Device and method for testing torque wrenches - The present invention is directed towards inexpensive and reliable devices and methods for testing the calibration of torque wrenches. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271516 | LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR - A liquid level sensor system actuated by a column pressure includes a hollow member having a distal open end adapted to be positioned into a liquid reservoir to a depth below a liquid surface level, and a sensor head unit. The sensor head unit is responsive to the column pressure to provide an indication of a liquid level in the reservoir. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271517 | Non-Invasive Gas Monitoring for Manufactured Multiple Paned Glass Units - A system for determining gas content in an enclosed atmosphere ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271518 | Gas Sensor - A gas sensor, in particular for determining the oxygen content in exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, having a housing, a sensor element having a multi-layer design which is situated in the housing, and connecting lines lead to the outside for contacting the sensor element. A contacting element of a connecting line penetrates a layer of the sensor element and part of an insulating element situated outside the sensor element. For contacting the sensor element, such a contact configuration makes it possible to directly contact the contacting element of the connecting line, which may be arranged as a contacting pin, to the printed conductor which is formed inside the sensor element. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271519 | Engine Knock Detection System and Method - An engine knock detection system for a vehicle engine includes a controller receiving an input indicative of strain applied to an engine component and an output for providing a signal indicative of engine knock. A sensor may be associated with the engine that measures operating parameters of the engine (i.e., strain, for example) to allow the controller to detect and identify engine knock. The sensor may include a Surface-Acoustic Wave (SAW) sensor, such as, for example, a double-SAW sensor that concurrently detects engine torque. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080271520 | LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYZER AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYSIS - An apparatus for liquid chromatography which detects ingredients by an electrolytic device, wherein the apparatus can detect many kinds of substances in high sensitivity by making possible to apply a wider range of electrolyzing voltage than former apparatus. | 2008-11-06 |
