| 46th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20080277043 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING FIRING PROFILE OF ALUMINA MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC STACK BODY - A method of matching a firing profile of alumina material is disclosed as having a reference profile preparing step of preparing a reference profile of dissimilar material, an alumina profile preparing step of preparing an alumina profile of alumina material, a comparing step of comparing the reference profile and the alumina profile to determine whether to or not to perform correction on the alumina profile, and an adjusting step of adjusting the alumina material by increasing or decreasing a specific surface area of alumina raw material powder or by adding zirconia or magnesia to alumina material when a determination is made that the alumina profile needs to be corrected. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277044 | Kit for repairing and inflating inflatable articles, and relative control method - A kit for repairing and inflating inflatable articles, comprises an electric compressor unit; a container of sealing fluid connectable to the compressor unit; a plug for connecting the compressor unit to a power outlet; electronic control means connected to the plug and to the compressor unit; and an electronic switch connected to the electronic control means and for transmitting a control signal to activate the compressor unit. In particular, the electronic control means is designed to only activate the compressor unit when the control signal is received after a power signal transmitted when the plug is connected to the power outlet. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277045 | POLYVINYLBUTYRAL INTERLAYER SHEET WITH IMPROVED ADHESION TO GLASS AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME - The present invention is an improved PVB composition comprising an adhesion control agent which is a mixture of potassium and magnesium salts in a ratio of from about 0.05:1 to about 5:1, by weight, potassium salts to magnesium salts. The present invention also describes a method for improved control of adhesion of PVB to glass. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277046 | Guide for guiding reinforcement threads sprayed onto a surface during manufacture of a tire - Device for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread laid directly in its final position by spraying lengths of the thread onto a receiving surface. The thread lengths are delivered from a conduit to a guide as the conduit rotates about an axis. The guide includes deflectors forming therebetween a slot having a thread inlet orifice and a thread spray (discharge) orifice spaced apart along the guide's height. The separation between the deflectors narrows toward the spray orifice, wherein the deflectors form therebetween an angle in the range of 3° and 7° when measured at any point along the height of the slot. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277047 | FRP HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an FRP honeycomb structure which is used as a base structure material for various base structures and which offers appropriate rigidity and compression strength while reducing the weight of the entire structure. The present invention provides an FRP honeycomb structure HA formed by assembling together a plurality of FRP core units CU having the same cross sectional shape so that outer sides of the units are abutted against one another, and hardening the assembled FRP core units CU using a resin material, as well as a method for manufacturing an FRP honeycomb structure HA, the method comprising a core unit forming step of constructing an FRP braid layer | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277048 | MULTILAYERED POLYETHYLENE MATERIAL AND BALLISTIC RESISTANT ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFORM - The present invention relates to polyethylene material that has a plurality of unidirectionally oriented polyethylene monolayers cross-piled and compressed at an angle to one another, each polyethylene monolayer composed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and essentially devoid of resins. The present invention further relates to ballistic resistant articles that include or incorporate the inventive polyethylene material and to methods of preparing the material and articles incorporating same. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277049 | Method and Device for Adhering Components to a Composite Molding - The invention relates to a method for adhering components to a composite molding. The method comprises stacking the components provided with an appropriate bonding means, positioning a heating means ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277050 | THERMAL TRANSFER FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND TRANSFER METHOD - A thermal transfer film at least including a substrate, a semi-cured protection layer, and an ink layer is provided. The semi-cured protection layer is coated on the substrate, and a material of the semi-cured protection layer includes thermal curing resin and radiation curing resin. Moreover, the resin of the semi-cured protection layer is at least partially cured. The ink layer is coated on the semi-cured protection layer. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277051 | Method and apparatus for making continuous form structures with used tires - A method and apparatus for making a structure having a continuous form at a site. The method and apparatus includes providing a supply of tire segments, heating the segments to a flow consistency, and extruding the segments through an outlet to create a form at the site. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277052 | Method and Apparatus for Making Continuous Form Structures with Used Tires - A method and apparatus for making a structure having a continuous form at a site. The method and apparatus includes providing a combination of a supply of tire segments and a solid polyurea component, mixing a liquid polyurea component with the combination, and extruding the mixture through an outlet to create a continuous affixed form at the site. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277053 | Method for producing fibre reinforced laminated structures - There is described a method of producing fibre reinforced laminated structures by layering a number of dry fibre reinforcement layers by placing them on top of each other in a mould, infusing a curable viscous or liquid polymer into the mould after the fibre reinforcement layers have been layered in the mould and curing the polymer, wherein a flow enhancing layer for enhancing the polymer flow during infusion of the polymer is placed between two fibre reinforcement layers when layering the number of dry fibre reinforcement layers and wherein a pre-cured solid layer is used as the flow enhancing layer. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277054 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION AND (METH) ACRYLIC THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE SHEET - A polymerizable composition which contains a component (A): a (meth)acrylic monomer, a component (B): a (meth)acrylic polymer having at least one functional group capable of undergoing a cross-linking reaction in its molecule, a component (C): a (meth) acrylic oligomer having at one terminal of its molecule a functional group capable of undergoing a cross-linking reaction, a component (D): a cross-linking agent having a functional group capable of undergoing a cross-linking reaction, a compound (E): a photopolymerization initiator and/or a thermal polymerization initiator, and a component (F): a thermally conductive filler, is disclosed. Further, a (meth)acrylic thermally conductive sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer prepared by polymerizing and cross-linking the polymerizable composition on a support is disclosed. The thermally conductive sheet prepared by using the polymerizable composition according to the invention is excellent in flexibility, adhesiveness and bleed resistance and can dissipate heat generated from a heat-generating body such as an electronic device with good efficiency. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277055 | Manufacturing Process of a Composite Bamboo Board - Manufacturing process of a composite bamboo board, comprising assembling and hot-pressing adhesive-coated bamboo fiber bundles, wherein the said adhesive is a composition comprising of adhesive base material, coupling agent and impregnating wetting agent, the said adhesive base material is one or more selected from a group consisting of urea-formaldehyde resin, melamine, phenolic resin, and water based isocyanate; the said coupling agent is agent which can couple the interfaces of bamboo fiber bundles and the adhesive base material; the impregnating wetting agent is one or more surfactant; and the said hot-pressing includes heating by using high-frequency electromagnetic field with frequency being of 1 KHz or higher and compressing the adhesive-coated bamboo fiber bundles. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277056 | SOLAR HEAT REFLECTIVE ROOFING MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A roofing membrane with high solar heat reflectance includes a bituminous base sheet, a tie-layer with a reinforcement material, and a solar heat-reflective upper layer formed from a powder coating filled with a solar heat-reflective pigment. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277057 | Composite laminate having a damping interlayer and method of making the same - Composite laminates used in structural applications include an interlayer of soft material that provides damping action to reduce noise and vibration. The interlayer may comprise a viscoelastic material which deforms under stress caused by shock, noise or vibration. A reinforcement may be embedded in the viscoelastic material to maintain the mechanical strength and stiffness of the laminate. The reinforcement may include individual or woven fibers or ridged tubes that provide the interlayer with stiffness. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277058 | Configurable Tooling and Molding Method Using The Same - Configurable layup tooling is used to fabricate reinforced composite parts have a common shape but varying features. The tooling includes a tool base, multiple mandrels and optionally, a tool insert, all of which may be used to form a portion of the common shape. The mandrels have differing tool geometries for forming the varying features of the commonly shaped parts. The tool base may be used as a bonding jig to assemble and bond assemblies that include the fabricated parts. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277059 | Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Laminated Sheet - An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a laminated sheet wherein different molten resins are alternately laminated by providing a multitude of slits arranged at intervals and permitting the different molten resins to flow out from the adjacent slits. A value of a shortest flow path length (L | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277060 | Surface insensitive anaerobic adhesive and sealant compositions - Surface insensitive, storage-stable, single-package liquid anaerobic adhesive and sealant compositions which are substantially free of amines, especially aromatic and tertiary amines, and imides, especially sulfimides such as saccharine and saccharine-type compounds | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277061 | WAFER EDGE CLEANER - An object of the present invention is to provide a wafer edge cleaner which is capable of removing an undesired material that adheres to an outer periphery of an object to be processed at the low costs and with high throughput. The wafer edge cleaner according to the present invention irradiates a deposited material that has adhered to the rear surface outer periphery of the object to be processed with a laser beam that is at least 30 kW/mm | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277062 | Plasma Processor - This invention includes a first filter ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277063 | Apparatus for treating substrate using plasma - The, present invention is directed to an apparatus for treating a substrate using plasma. To improve plasma characteristics, magnetic units are provided for supplying a magnetic field. A first magnet unit is provided at an upper region among a lateral portion of a housing, and a second magnet unit is provided at a lower portion. Each of the magnet units includes a plurality of electromagnets disposed to exhibit the shape of a regular polygon, when viewed from the upside. An underlying magnet unit is disposed to rotate on its axis at a predetermined angle from a position of alignment with an overlying magnet. According to the above configuration, a uniformity of plasma inside the housing is improved and, especially, it is possible to prevent plasma uniformity from decreasing at a region between adjacent electromagnets. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277064 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including: a chamber; an insulating plate provided in an upper region in the chamber; a ground electrode provided on a sidewall of the chamber and supplied with a ground voltage; and a lower electrode provided in a lower region in the chamber on which a substrate is seated, wherein the lower electrode comprises a plurality of electrodes, and an RF voltage and the ground voltage are alternately supplied to the adjacent two electrodes, respectively. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277065 | Hand-Held Labeling Apparatus Having Accessory Storage - A hand-held manually operated labeling apparatus has at least one accessory storage chamber designed to improve a user's ability to use the apparatus. A variety of configurations and locations for the storage chamber are preferred. Preferred accessories are additional ink cartridges and printed information sheets. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277066 | Hand-held portable labeler - There is disclosed a hand-held portable labeler that enables the label web supply to be quickly threaded into the labeler. The path of the carrier web for the labels from the nip of the print head and platen roll, about the delaminator, into the nip between the platen roll and a pressure roll, and out of the labeler is short and the pressure roll is widely separable from the platen roll to facilitate threading. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277067 | Blanket for Use in a Cold-foil Stamping Process and Cold-foil Stamping Device Having a Blanket - A blanket for use in a cold-foil stamping process includes hard elements at least partially embedded in a cover layer. As a result, a line pressure in a transfer nip of a transfer unit of a cold-foil stamping device can be adjusted and increased to such an extent that a transfer layer is transferred with sharper edges from a transfer foil to a printing substrate. Structuring of the transfer layer due to the hard elements can be successfully avoided at the same time, if desired, by completely embedding the hard elements into the cover layer. A cold-foil stamping device including a transfer cylinder and a corresponding blanket, is also provided. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277068 | LABELING MACHINE - A labeling machine comprises a self-regulating arresting member of a label holder tape. The arresting member is able to press the tape against an abutting surface when a label has to be applied on a destination surface and it releases said tape when, on the action of a control device the tape is actuated to advance. The labeling machine further comprises a printing device whose inking roller is associated to a device that enables it to be engaged easily and conveniently on a respective support arm. The support arm in turn is advantageously connected to an access door to internal areas of the labeling machine, whose opening determines the exit of the support arm and the exposure of the inking roller. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277069 | Hand-held portable labeler and method of labeling - There is disclosed a hand-held portable labeler and labeling method that enables the label web supply to be quickly threaded into the labeler. The path of the carrier web for the labels from the nip of the print head and platen roll, about the delaminator, into the nip between the platen roll and a pressure roll, and out of the labeler is short and the pressure roll is widely separable from the platen roll to facilitate threading. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277070 | Tape Dispenser With Cover - A hand-held device for transferring a film of adhesive, covering or coloured material from a backing tape onto a substrate that includes a housing provided with a tip opening through which an application member's tip protrudes. A cover is provided and is moveable relative to the neck portion from a first position in which the tip of the application member is uncovered to a second position in which the tip of the application member is covered. The cover is transferable between the first and second positions by rotating it relative to the housing, the cover is arranged at the outer surface of a neck portion of the housing. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277071 | Method and apparatus for molding thermosetting composite material - The invention provides a means for molding a prepreg material with a curved surface formed by impregnating carbon fiber or glass fiber with thermosetting resin. A prepreg sheet | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277072 | Tire Assembling System and Tire Assembling Method - A tire and a core body with rubber legs are properly mounted to a rim with no plastic deformation of the core body. After the bottom side of a pneumatic tire | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277073 | MOVABLE AWNING DEVICE - A movable awning device is provided with a traverse sliding structure for a projected corner canvas, wherein the winding roller of the projected corner canvas is formed of an inner roller and an outer roller inserted onto the inner roller, and the front bar of the canvas is supportedly inserted onto a traverse guide rail which translates by means of foldable arms or onto the front bar of a rectangular awning which translates by means of foldable arms. As a result, the aesthetic appearance of the external portions of a building, such as the corner space portions of the projected corner portions thereof, the projected corner portions including the corner space portions and the straight spaces thereof, and the projected corner portions and the recessed corner portions thereof, can be remarkably improved. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277074 | Roman shade with movable top rail - A Roman shade includes a head beam; a top rail located below the head beam; a shade body having an upper portion attached to the top rail; and a lift control unit including a plurality of lift locks mounted on the head beam for controlling the top rail and the shade body to stop at any desired lifted position, a plurality of first lift cords passed through one of the lift locks to fasten to a lower portion of the shade body, and a plurality of second lift cords passed through the other lift lock to fasten to the top rail. When the first lift cords are pulled to different extents, the shade body is lifted or lowered; and when the second lift cords are pulled to different extents, the top rail is caused to move toward or away from the head beam. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277075 | Window covering device - A window covering device without cord control comprising a top elongated member, a middle elongated member, a bottom elongated member, a window covering, a middle elongated member controller, a bottom elongated member controller, a window covering is connected between the middle elongated member and the bottom elongated member, the middle elongated member controller is mounted in the top elongated member, with a connection cord extending through the bottom elongated member, the window covering, the middle elongated member, and connected with the top elongated member. The window covering device can be opened from top or from bottom without cord control. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277076 | Window covering device - A window covering device has a top elongated member, a middle elongated member, and a bottom elongated member. A window covering is mounted between the middle elongated member and the bottom elongated member. A middle elongated member controller is mounted in the top elongated member, and is connected with the middle elongated member through the top elongated member by the connection cord. A bottom elongated member controller is mounted in the bottom elongated member, and is connected with the top elongated member through the bottom elongated member, the window covering and the middle elongated member by the connection cord. The middle elongated member controller has a cord seat with a spiral spring, the cord seat has connection cord, and connected with the middle elongated member through the top elongated member, in order to control the middle elongated member. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277077 | Roller Blind Arrangement for a Motor Vehicle - The invention concerns a shade system ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277078 | "Original" Canvas Bridge - The Canvas Bridge is made of any material which is sturdy, durable and still retains some flexibility. It can be made of materials with a wide variety of properties. The design fits all artist easels. It is a long rectangular piece of material with a variety of lengths. Each end is elongated on the bottom side, creating the visual image of a bridge. Each end has a sharpened metal screw, nail, or nail-like material extending approximately ¼ inch from the bottom of each elongated end and it is these sharp points which are pushed into the canvas stretcher bars (stretcher bars are the wooden frame upon which the canvas is stretched). | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277079 | ADAPTER RAIL - The invention relates to an adapter rail to be disposed in a base frame of a profile rail system which has a section with which it can be fixed releaseably by force and/or form closure within a fitting region of the base frame the adapter rail having a push-in region in order to accommodate a tensible surface material. The force and/or form closure is established by the insertion of the tensible surface material into the push-in region between the section and the fitting region. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277080 | Method for the Genetic Modulation of the Biosynthesis of Hemicelluloses, Cellulose and Uronic Acids in Plant Cells Using Gene Expression Cassettes - The present invention refers to gene expression cassettes encoding enzymes involved in the metabolic pathway for the biosynthesis of hemicelluloses, cellulose and/or uronic acids, and to a method for genetic transformation of plant cells through the introduction of one or more gene expression cassettes from the present invention, and the overexpression and repression of these genes in plants. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277081 | Method and Arrangement For Impregnation of Chips - A method and an arrangement for the impregnation of untreated chips during the manufacture of chemical pulp. The untreated chips are fed without preceding steam treatment into an impregnation vessel ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277082 | HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR AND STEAM EXPLOSION PULPING METHOD - A steam explosion pulping method including: impregnating a cellulosic biomass feed material in a pressurized reactor vessel; discharging the impregnated feed material from the vessel to a high pressure compressor; elevating a pressure of the feed material in the compressor; discharging the pressurized feed material from the compressor to a conduit coupled to a blow valve; rapidly reducing pressure of the pressurized feed material as the feed material passes through the blow valve, and pulping the feed material by expansion of fluid in the feed material during the rapid pressure reduction. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277083 | METHOD OF MONITORING AND INHIBITING SCALE DEPOSITION IN PULP MILL EVAPORATORS AND CONCENTRATORS - A method of monitoring and inhibiting scale precipitation and deposition from spent liquor in pulp mill evaporators and concentrators is disclosed. The method includes connecting a black liquor deposition monitor to a pulp mill evaporator or concentrator and measuring the thermal conductivity on the outer surface of the monitor. A controller interprets the measured thermal conductivity and determines a level of scale deposition. If the level of scale deposition is above a predetermined level, the controller is operable to introduce a scale-inhibiting composition to the spent liquor. The scale-inhibiting composition may include organic polycarboxylic acids; organic fatty acids; low molecular weight and polymeric aromatic acids; organic acid esters, anhydrides, and amides; low molecular weight and polymeric aliphatic and aromatic sulfonic acids; and low molecular weight and polymeric amines; and any combinations. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277084 | ASA Sizing Emulsions For Paper and Paperboard - ASA sizing emulsions are described, as well as emulsifying agents containing starch and a terpolymer of acrylamide/quaternary ammonium compound/glyoxal, and an ASA blend that contains ASA and a co-surfactant blend of anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant. Processes for sizing paper products with the emulsions are also described. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277085 | Additive, Use of Said Additive in Paper or Board Production, a Method of Improving Paper or Board Manufacturing and a Method of Improving Paper or Board Product - An additive for paper or board production e.g. for decreasing pitch problems. The additive includes at least a component including fatty acid glycerides, preferably triglycerides, comprising a high percentage of unsaturated, preferably polyunsaturated, fatty acids. Raw or partly polymerized plant oil, such as sunflower oil, may be used. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277086 | Twin-Wire Press - A frame for a twin-wire press is disclosed including pairs of side members including upper and lower side members arranged on opposite sides of the press, between which upper and lower rolls are attached, a plurality of transverse beams arranged between the pairs of side members which themselves are sections of flat sheet metal and spacers for mutually releasably connecting the side members with the sheet metal being formed so that it permits a degree of curing in the vertical plane to facilitate access to the space between the upper and lower rolls. A method for exchanging wire in a twin-wire press of this type is also disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277087 | Screen Cylinder - A screen cylinder comprising screen slots ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277088 | Casting Chamber - A casting chamber ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277089 | Method and Device for Producing Moulds or Cores, in Particular for Foundry Purposes - To produce moulds or cores for foundry purposes from a mixture (M) of moulding material or sand and a binder, the mixture (M) is shot using a shooting unit ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277090 | Investment casting cores and methods - An investment casting core combination includes a metallic casting core and a ceramic feedcore. A first region of the metallic casting core is embedded in the ceramic feedcore. The metallic casting core includes a plurality of body sections. The first region is along at least some of the body sections. The metallic casting core includes a plurality of springs spanning gaps between adjacent body sections and unitarily formed therewith. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277091 | ALUMINUM INGOT CASTING MACHINE - An aluminum ingot casting machine comprising a source of molten metal, a rotatable annular ring, carrying ingot casting moulds and a drive means for indexing the moulds. The machine includes a vacuum demoulder having a vacuum seal arrangement comprising a sealing element having a flexible core which can deform to form a vacuum seal against an ingot and a flexible abrasion resistant outer layer on said core, and retaining elements located on a lower face of the vacuum lifting head for releasably retaining the sealing element onto the lifting head. The vacuum seal comprises a flexible ring shaped body, being rounded in cross section, having a fibre cord core and an abrasion resistant flexible sheathing surrounding the core. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277092 | Water cooling system and heat transfer system - A heat exchanger comprising: a gas transport conduit providing a channel through which a fluid mixture can flow; an outer conduit disposed around the gas transport conduit, the outer conduit having a first cap covering a first end and a second cap covering a second end, the gas transport conduit passing through the outer conduit; and a conductive tube passing through the outer conduit, providing a channel through which a circulating fluid can flow through the outer conduit, wherein a static fluid chamber is formed between the conductive tube and the gas transport conduit, the static fluid chamber configured to house a static fluid, wherein the gas transport conduit is configured to conduct heat from the fluid mixture in the gas transport conduit to the static fluid and the conductive tube is configured to conduct heat from the static fluid to the circulating fluid. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277093 | Device and Method for Cooling Tool Holders Comprising Shrink Fit Chucks - The invention relates to a method and a device ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277094 | MINIATURE HEAT-DISSIPATING FAN DEVICE - A miniature heat-dissipating fan device is disclosed, which comprises: a frame; a shaft, pivotally connected to the frame; at least a planar coil, each being received in the frame and formed in a wave winding manner; at least a permanent magnet, each being connected to the shaft while being positioned about parallel to the at least one planar coil for enabling the generation of an alternating multipolar magnetic field; a plurality of blades, being disposed at positions corresponding to the at least one permanent magnet while centering around the axis of the shaft in a centrifugal manner; and at least a magnetically permeable back iron, disposed at a side of the at least one planar coil and being structured with a geometrical shape matching to the wave winding planar coil; wherein the plural blades are integrated with the at least one permanent magnet for enabling the same to rotate with the at least one permanent magnet synchronously. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the planar coil is structured with at least a hollowed area, each having a Hall-effect sensor embedded therein. With the aforesaid device, not only it can be structured as a thin-type device with improved convection efficiency, but also the magnetic flux density is increased. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277095 | Heat exchanger assembly - A heat exchanger, includes a plurality of MCC microchannel tubes, each microchannel tube of the plurality of microchannel tubes having at least one microchannel fluid passage defined therein and having a chord, the chord being the orthogonal distance from a leading edge to a trailing edge, each microchannel tube of the plurality of microchannel tubes being disposed such that the chord is less than orthogonally disposed relative to a heat exchanger plane. A method of forming such a heat exchanger is further included. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277096 | Method for Providing an Optimum Heat Exchange Within an Assemby Consisting of a Heat-Conducting Absorbing Plate and a Heat Transfer Fluid - The invention relates to a method of optimising heat exchanges between (i) a thermally-conductive absorbent plate ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277097 | Hot-Water Supply System Having Dual Pipe - Disclosed is a hot water supplying apparatus which has a dual pipe capable of transferring heat energy of hot water, which is heated by heat of combustion of a burner and flows in pipe of a heat exchanger, to an inner pipe in which cold water is introduced, thereby inhibiting the condensation of moisture so as to prevent the corrosion of parts in the hot water supplying apparatus. The hot water supplying apparatus, comprises: a burner for supplying heat; a water inlet pipe for supplying cold water; a heat exchanging pipe formed with a dual pipe including an outer pipe for directly receiving combustion heat of the burner, and an inner pipe formed in the outer pipe, for allowing the cold water, which is introduced through the water inlet pipe, to be heated while passing through the inner pipe; and a water outlet pipe for discharging the heated water from the heat exchanging pipe. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277098 | SUPERSONIC VAPOR COMPRESSION AND HEAT REJECTION CYCLE - Method and apparatus for cooling a fuel cell stack. The cooling system uses vaporization cooling of the fuel stack and supersonic vapor compression of the vaporized coolant to significantly increase the temperature and pressure of the liquid coolant flowing through a heat exchanger. By increasing the heat rejection temperature of the coolant delivered to the heat exchanger, the heat transfer area of the heat exchanger can be reduced and the mass flow rate of coolant can also be reduced. The increased fluid pressure is used to circulate the coolant through the cooling system, thereby eliminating the circulation pump associated with conventional systems. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277099 | EVAPORATOR AND CIRCULATION TYPE COOLING EQUIPMENT USING THE EVAPORATOR - An evaporator includes a hermetically sealed vessel | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277100 | Heat Transfer Apparatus of a Forced Convection Type - A forced convection heat transfer apparatus wherein a large quantity of heat can be efficiently transferred even when a temperature difference is small, by transmitting power to a magnet, which is rotatable along a circulation flow path of a magnetic fluid, and obtaining a magnetic fluid circulation speed in proportion to the rotating speed. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277101 | System and Method for Cooling a Battery - A system is provided for cooling an energy storage system of a hybrid electric vehicle. The energy storage system includes at least one energy storage device. The system includes an inlet positioned on the outer surface of the vehicle above the platform. More particularly, the system includes a cooling fluid duct in flow communication with the inlet and the at least one energy storage device. Additionally, the system includes a blower powered by a respective motor and positioned within the to draw cooling fluid into the inlet and through the cooling fluid duct to pass the cooling fluid over or through the at least one energy storage device and into a common vented area of the vehicle. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277102 | Circulation-type liquid cooling apparatus and electronic device containing same - A cooling apparatus comprises a tank for keeping a coolant liquid therein and having an air layer, a heat receiving element in contact with a heat generating part to receive heat therefrom, a radiator for radiating heat absorbed by a coolant liquid, and a circulating mechanism for circulating the coolant liquid from the heat receiving element through the tank and through the radiator again to the heat receiving element. The tank has a conduit forming area for forming a coolant liquid circulating conduit to pass through a middle position of the tank, and a narrow gap which divides the conduit forming area at the middle position of the tank. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277103 | PIEZOELECTRIC GAS EJECTING DEVICE - A piezoelectric gas jet generator includes a piezoelectric vibrator and upper and lower volume-varying chambers formed above and below the piezoelectric vibrator. In order to effectively use the movement of air supplied with the vibration of the piezoelectric vibrator, plural upper supply pipes and lower supply pipes communicating with the upper and lower volume-varying chambers and protruding from an upper housing and a lower housing are made to protrude in a direction parallel to the plane of the piezoelectric vibrator so as to be parallel to each other. Here, the upper supply pipes and the lower supply pipes are located at different planar positions. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277104 | Al-AlN composite material, related manufacturing method and heat exchanger using such composite material - An Al—AlN composite material, a heat exchanger and a related manufacturing method are disclosed. The Al—AlN composite material aluminum is manufactured by melting aluminum to allow a layer of melted aluminum to flow in an area over one surface of an AlN plate under an inactive gas atmosphere after which the layer of melted aluminum is solidified to form an Al plate bonded to the AlN plate. The heat exchanger includes the Al—AlN composite material forming at least part of a cooling medium flow passage with the AlN plate held in thermal contact with a heating body. The manufacturing method comprises melting aluminum to allow a layer of melted aluminum to flow in an area over one surface of an AlN plate under inactive gas atmosphere, and solidifying the layer of melted aluminum to form the Al plate bonded to the AlN plate. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277105 | Heat Exchanger, in Particular Exhaust Gas Heat Exchanger for Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular an exhaust gas heat exchanger for motor vehicles, having tubes ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277106 | Heat Exchanger - Heat exchanger which mainly consists of a housing with a bottom, an upper wall and side walls, whereby onto two pairs of opposite side walls, the front wall and the back wall respectively, are connected a supply and a discharge for the gas to be cooled, and whereby channels are provided in the housing, according two cross directions, characterized in that, between the above-mentioned channels and the above-mentioned back wall, means are provided for separating condensate from the cooled gas. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277107 | Heat dissipating base structure - A heat dissipating base structure includes a base; a plurality of heat dissipating fins disposed on the base and arranged in parallel to each other, each of the heat dissipating fins being formed with at least a first through hole and a second through hole corresponding to the first through hole; and at least a U-shaped heat pipe having a bending portion and two pipe leg portions extending from two ends of the bending portion respectively. The cross section of the pipe leg portions is smaller than the size of the first and second through holes. Each of the pipe leg portions is fixedly disposed in the first and second through holes at one side thereof respectively, and can move freely in the holes before being fixedly disposed. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277108 | SINGLE JOINT ELEVATOR WITH GRIPPING JAWS - Single joint elevator and method for releasably securing a tabular segment. A generally horseshoe-shaped body has a slot for receiving a tubular segment, and an actuator assembly that selectively moves opposing jaws from a removed position to a deployed position to grip and retain the tubular segment within the slot of the body while hoisting the body. The deployable jaws are either rotatably or translatably moved from the removed position to the deployed position and may be pneumatically, hydraulically, and/or electrically actuated. The actuator assembly may include wedges operatively coupled to actuators for selectively biasing the wedges against the jaws, or a cam ring rotationally coupled to the body and rotated by an actuator coupled between the body and the cam ring, wherein the cam ring has an inner cam surface for inwardly biasing the opposing jaws. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277109 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ELASTOMER SWELLING IN DOWNHOLE APPLICATIONS - A downhole tool includes a swellable core, and a coating that encapsulates the swellable core, wherein the coating is made of a material comprising a component soluble in a selected fluid and a component insoluble in the selected fluid. A method for controlling a downhole tool includes disposing a downhole tool in a wellbore, wherein the downhole tool includes a swellable core, and a coating that encapsulates the swellable core, wherein the coating is made of a material comprising a component soluble in a selected fluid and a component insoluble in the selected fluid; and exposing the swellable device to the selected fluid to increase the permeability of the coating to allow the swellable core to swell. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277110 | HYDRAULIC OPEN HOLE PACKER - A tubing string assembly is disclosed for fluid treatment of a wellbore. The tubing string can be used for staged wellbore fluid treatment where a selected segment of the wellbore is treated, while other segments are sealed off. The tubing string can also be used where a ported tubing string is required to be run in in a pressure tight condition and later is needed to be in an open-port condition. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277111 | Downhole tubular expansion tool and method | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277112 | Methods for stimulating oil or gas production using a viscosified aqueous fluid with a chelating agent to remove calcium carbonate and similar materials from the matrix of a formation or a proppant pack - A method for treating a portion of a subterranean formation or a proppant pack is provided. In general, the method comprises the steps of: (A) forming or providing a treatment fluid comprising: (i) water; (ii) a chelating agent capable of forming a heterocyclic ring that contains a metal ion attached to at least two nonmetal ions; and (iii) a viscosity-increasing agent; and (B) introducing the treatment fluid into the wellbore under sufficient pressure to force the treatment fluid into the matrix of the formation or the proppant pack. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277113 | Heating tar sands formations while controlling pressure - Methods for treating a tar sands formation are described herein. Methods may include heating at least a section of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation. A pressure in the majority of the section may be maintained below a fracture pressure of the formation. The pressure in the majority of the section may be reduced to a selected pressure after the average temperature reaches a temperature that is above 240° C. and is at or below pyrolysis temperatures of hydrocarbons in the section. At least some hydrocarbon fluids may be produced from the formation. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277114 | Screen Saver Sub - A transition piece is provided near an end of a screen assembly to allow transition from a lighter weight and collapse resistant pipe under the screen sections to a heavier wall and higher collapse strength pipe between the top of the screen and the isolation packer. When a screen out occurs, the heavier wall pipe can handle the new pressures that are applied to the formation and to the tubular to try to collapse it. The screen portion can still be built with thinner wall pipe as the screen out condition protects that pipe from collapse pressure because the fully gravel packed annular space keeps the surface applied pump pressure from exerting a collapse force on the base pipe under the screen. The internal diameter under the screen does not have to be reduced because the heavy wall pipe is not provided there. Above the screen, a heavy wall pipe can be provided because the absence of the screen layer allows more room for a larger pipe with thicker wall without decrease in internal diameter as compared to under the screen. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277115 | INCREASING BUOYANCY OF WELL TREATING MATERIALS - A composite proppant having an increased buoyancy comprising a proppant substrate such as a porous ceramic or a silica sand coated with a material of a lesser actual density than the apparent density of the proppant substrate to increase the buoyancy of the composite proppant. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277116 | Well Treatment Compositions and Methods Utilizing Nano-Particles - Disclosed embodiments relate to well treatment fluids and methods that utilize nano-particles. Exemplary nano-particles are selected from the group consisting of particulate nano-silica, nano-alumina, nano-zinc oxide, nano-boron, nano-iron oxide, and combinations thereof. Embodiments also relate to methods of cementing that include the use of nano-particles. An exemplary method of cementing comprises introducing a cement composition into a subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises cement, water and a particulate nano-silica. Embodiments also relate to use of nano-particles in drilling fluids, completion fluids, stimulation fluids, and well clean-up fluids. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277117 | SURFACED MIXED EPOXY METHOD FOR ABANDONING WELL - A two part epoxy resin system is surface mixed in a method of plugging an abandoned well. This surface mixed epoxy resin is then placed in the well at the desired plugging depth. Finally, the mixture in situ forms a cementing plug. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JET-FLUID ABASIVE CUTTING - A method and apparatus for down hole abrasive jet-fluid cutting, the apparatus includes a jet-fluid nozzle and a high pressure pump capable of delivering a high-pressure abrasive fluid mixture to the jet-fluid nozzle, an abrasive fluid mixing unit capable of maintaining and providing a coherent abrasive fluid mixture, a tube to deliver the high pressure coherent abrasive mixture down hole to the jet-fluid nozzle, a jetting shoe adapted to receive the jet-fluid nozzle and directing abrasive jet-fluid mixture towards a work piece, a jetting shoe controlling unit that manipulates the jetting shoe along a vertical and horizontal axis and a central processing unit having a memory unit capable of storing profile generation data for cutting a predefined shape or window profile in the work piece and coordinating the operation of various subsystems. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277119 | Method and Apparatus to Hydraulically Bypass a Well Tool - Apparatuses and methods to communicate with a zone below a subsurface safety valve ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277120 | Retrievable frac mandrel and well control stack to facilitate well completion, re-completion or workover and method of use - A retrievable frac mandrel and a well control adapter are used to efficiently accomplish well completion, re-completion or workover. The retrievable frac mandrel is inserted in a tubing head spool of a well to be completed, re-completed or re-worked. The well control adapter is mounted to a top of the tubing head spool and seals off against a top of the retrievable frac mandrel. After well completion, re-completion or workover is completed, the frac mandrel can be retrieved from the tubing head spool without killing or plugging the well. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277121 | DUST CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DRY MATERIAL USED IN SUBTERRANEAN WELLS - A portable well treating fluid mixing system includes: a supply tank having an inlet receiving pneumatically conveyed dry treating material; a cyclone separator having an inlet coupled to the supply tank and receiving dust laden air from the supply tank, and having a first outlet venting clean air and having a second outlet venting solids; a collection container having a first inlet coupled to the cyclone separator second outlet and receiving solids from the cyclone separator and having an outlet; and, a pump having an inlet coupled to the collection container outlet and a pump outlet coupled to the supply tank. In operation, the system continuously conveys dust from the collection container back into the supply tank to maintain the separator in proper operating condition and minimizes venting of dust during the transfer of material to the supply tank. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277122 | Apparatus and a Method For Deployment of a Well Intervention Tool String Into a Subsea Well - The present invention regards an apparatus and a method for subsea deployment and/or intervention through a wellhead ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277123 | Offshore Vessel Mooring and Riser Inboarding System - There is disclosed an offshore vessel mooring and riser inboarding system ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277124 | FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND RELATED APPARATUS - A nondestructive retrofit fire sprinkler protection system including a sprinkler fitting with a unique shape that inserts behind a wall surface and that securely connects a sprinkler head emerging from a wall location to preferably concealed sprinkler piping located in a room at a point where the ceiling surface meets a wall surfaces. In addition, a room coupler fitting is adapted to be inserted between wall structures to connect sprinkler piping in adjacent rooms. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277125 | Releasing Control Unit For a Residential Fire Protection System - Systems, methods and aspect thereof for a fire protection system including a releasing control panel. In one aspect a fire protection system for a residential unit as defined in the 2002 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association Standard 13, 13D and 13R having at least one dwelling is provided. The fire protection system preferably includes a liquid supply source along a main line and a network of pipes in communication with the dwelling. The system includes at least one sprinkler in the network to discharge a fluid within about fifteen seconds of sprinkler activation. In addition, the system includes at least one fire control panel disposed between the main line and the pipe network to control release of a fire fighting fluid under various control modes. The system further include at least one fire detector disposed in the at least one dwelling and in communication with the at least one fire control panel. In one aspect of the preferred system is sectional control to the first and at least a second dwelling. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277126 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING SPARKS - A spark suppression device includes a plurality of blades or vanes that are mounted transversely in a duct of an air handling/dust collection system communicating with a spark source. A controlled flow of air carries sparks from the spark source through the spark suppression device. Sparks are suppressed by turbulence created in the airstream from the blades that have a downstream curvature. The turbulence strips away a hot air bubble surrounding a spark ember, thereby effectively cooling the spark and significantly reducing combustion at the spark ember. Other attributes of the invention contributing to spark suppression include an overlapping arrangement of the blades that results in high-velocity impact of the sparks against the blades, thereby breaking up the spark embers into smaller embers, and creation of rapid increased pressure within the spark suppression device that also helps to strip away the spark ember from the surrounding hot air bubble. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277127 | Quick change rotary mower blade - An improved rotary mower blade in which a carrier which is rotatably connect to a spindle driven by the mower engine, receive and holds a pair of opposed sharpened cutting segments. The cutting segments are held in place while the carrier is rotated, and are removable and replaced as needed when the carrier is stationary. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277128 | IMPACT TOOL WITH VIBRATION CONTROL MECHANISM - An impact tool is provided that can efficiently reduce the vibration resulting from the striker and that does not lead to a larger design even with the use of a counterweight mechanism. A counterweight mechanism is provided in a motion converter housing, facing the handle. The counterweight mechanism is positioned between a center of gravity of the impact tool and the grip of the handle and is positioned above the control substrate. The counterweight mechanism is equipped with a first support, a second support, a weight support member, and a counterweight. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277129 | Impact Motorized Wrench - An impact motorized wrench ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277130 | Handheld work apparatus - A handheld work apparatus has a housing ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277131 | EXCAVATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An excavation apparatus includes a support structure mountable to a truck bed, the support structure defining a longitudinal direction extending front-to-back of the truck bed, and a lateral direction extending side-to-side of the truck bed. The apparatus further includes a rotary spindle pivotably supported by the support structure at a first pivot joint defining a generally horizontal first pivot axis, the spindle extending lengthwise along a spindle axis and rotatable thereabout for driving a cutting head; the spindle pivotable about the horizontal first pivot axis between a stowed position wherein the spindle axis is generally horizontal, and a deployed position wherein the spindle axis is generally vertical. The support structure includes a first adjustment device for adjusting the position of the spindle in the longitudinal direction when deployed, and a second adjustment device for adjusting the position of the spindle in the lateral direction when deployed. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277132 | Handheld work apparatus - A handheld work apparatus has an internal combustion engine ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277133 | MOUNTABLE POWER STRIPS - A mountable power strip includes: first and second arm sections each including a plurality of electrical receptacles; a coupling assembly configured to couple the arm sections together for rotational movement relative to each other about a rotational axis; and a ratcheting assembly configured to define degrees of relative rotational movement about the rotational axis between the arm sections. The coupling assembly includes a connecting member secured in fixed disposition to the first arm section that retains the arm sections together. The ratcheting assembly includes a release member retained on the connecting member that is axially slidable relative thereto. The release member includes teeth that engage teeth of the second arm section. A biasing element retained between the connecting member and the release member is configured to bias the release member toward the rim cap such that the teeth of the release member engage the teeth of the rim cap. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277134 | Protective device plate for an electrical box - A cover for an electrical box having a face plate, an elongate slot in the face plate, a lid support structure and a lid. The lid fits on the front of the face plate and over the opening and is pivotably movable between an open position, which allows access to the box interior, and a closed position, which prevents access to the box interior. When in the open position, the lid is slidably receivable by the slot and is stored in the lid support structure that extends from the back of the cover. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277135 | Current-Seen Cable - A current-seen cable, includes a main cord as a power cord or a signal cord and a plurality of electroluminescence cords, said a plurality of electroluminescence cords are arrayed abreast and are intertwisted helically in sequence to be a electroluminescence cable which is insulated from the main cord and emit light section by section, in which every electroluminescence cord is controlled by a driver working in synchronization with the main cord to emit light in sequence. Said current-seen cable is driven to emit light by a plurality of output drivers controlled by the program-operated chip. When the main cord is live, the drivers work synchronously, then each electroluminescence cord emits and dies light periodically under the control of program-operated chip of the driver, and as each electroluminescent cord is intertwisted helically and people can only see one side of the cable visually, said whole cable is shown as a kind of lighting phenomenon in which a lighting section (or a lighting dot) of said cable goes after another section (or another dot) next to it. The visual direction for going after light is same as the direction of the current flowing in the main cord, so it can indicate the direction of power input and output. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277136 | FLAME RETARDANT WIRE AND CABLE - Cables include a conductor core and an insulative wall. The insulative wall is generally ultra-thin, and may have a thickness of from about 0.10 mm to about 0.44 mm. The insulative wall includes a flame retardant additive and is essentially halogen free. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277137 | Distannoxane Catalysts for Silane Crosslinking and Condensation Reactions - A fabricated article (e.g., jacketed or insulated wire or cable) is prepared by a process comprising the steps of: applying a coating of a moisture-curable composition onto a wire or cable; and reacting the moisture-curable composition with water, wherein the moisture-curable composition comprises at least one resin having hydrolysable reactive silane groups and a tin catalyst characterized by the tin having a +4 oxidation state and a bis(alkoxide) ligand. The product of the process includes a wire or cable comprising a jacket, wherein the jacket comprises at least one poly olefin resin having hydrolysable reactive silane groups and a tin catalyst, the tin catalyst having a bis(alkoxide) ligand and characterized by the tin having a +4 oxidation state. The product of the process also includes a wire or cable comprising a jacket wherein the jacket comprises (i) the reaction product of at least one polyolefin resin having hydrolysable reactive silane groups and water, and (ii) at least one tin catalyst, the tin catalyst having a bis(alkoxide) ligand and characterized by the tin having a +4 oxidation state. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277138 | Retroreflecting Elongated Metal Wire Product - A retroreflective metal wire product ( | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277139 | Sealing Tape - A cable joint includes at least two cables each having inner conducting elements. At least one of the cables has a layer of paper insulation impregnated with an oil. The inner conducting elements of the cables are secured to each other at a junction. A sealing tape has an inner layer and an outer layer. The sealing tape is wrapped about the junction such that the inner layer is in contact with the cables. The inner layer is provided with a deformable oil barrier including a sealing mastic that is resistant to chemical attack from the oil and resistant to migration of the oil there through. The outer layer carries the inner layer. The outer layer is provided with a substantially rigid tape that is resistant to deformation and expansion of the inner layer that forms a protective sleeve about the inner layer. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277140 | ELECTROLESS GOLD PLATING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC PARTS - Part or whole of an electroless gold plating film of a plated film laminate including an electroless nickel plating film, an electroless palladium plating film and an electroless gold plating film is formed by an electroless gold plating using an electroless gold plating bath including a water-soluble gold compound, a completing agent, formaldehyde and/or a formaldehyde-bisulfite adduct, and an amine compound represented by the following general formula R | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277141 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A circuit board including a dielectric layer, a circuit layer, at least one conductive joint column, and a solder mask layer is provided. The circuit layer having at least one pad is in contact with the dielectric layer. The conductive joint column is disposed on the pad. The solder mask layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and covers the circuit layer. The solder mask layer is in contact with the conductive joint column, and the conductive joint column penetrates the solder mask layer. A height of the conductive joint column is larger than a thickness of the solder mask layer. The enhanced reliability of bonding between another component and the conductive joint column will be provided. Further, a method of fabricating a circuit board is also provided. | 2008-11-13 |
| 20080277142 | Wired circuit board - A wired circuit board having terminals that can provide reliable placement of molten metals on the terminals, to connect between the terminals and the external terminals with a high degree of precision. An insulating base layer | 2008-11-13 |
