48th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120298413 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate includes a body including first and second surfaces, a trench having an opening on the first surface and including, a bottom surface, a side surface, and a slope surface that connects a peripheral part of the bottom surface to a one end part of the side surface and widens from the peripheral part to the one end part, the one end part being an end part opposite from the first surface, a hole including an end communicating with the bottom surface and another end being open on the second surface, a first layer filling at least a portion of the hole and including a top surface toward the trench, a second layer covering the top surface and formed on at least a portion of the trench except for a part of the side surface, and a third layer covering the second layer and filling the trench. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298414 | SHIELD FOR SHIELDING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - Provided is a shield for shielding electromagnetic waves, which can easily perform maintenance and repair of circuit elements without separating the shield from a circuit board even after the shield is fixed on the circuit board. In a shield for shielding electromagnetic waves formed in the shape of a box having an opened bottom so as to cover circuit elements disposed on a circuit board, the shield is composed of a shield cover corresponding to a top surface thereof and a shield wall corresponding to a sidewall thereof, and the shield cover includes a frame and a cut-away part cut away at an inside of the frame. The cut-away part opens/closes the inside of the frame of the shield cover as the other side of the cut-away part is rotated using one side of the cut-away part as a rotational axis. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298415 | THREE-CABLE PORT GROMMET WASHER - A cable attachment assembly for sealing and retaining three flat cables entering a telecommunications closure provides a grommet having three radially arrayed passageways and a grommet washer having a flat portion and a raised portion for simultaneously maintaining compressive force to the grommet and mitigating creep of the grommet during thermal cycling. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298416 | DISK WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONECTION ELEMENT - A pane with an electrical connection element is described, including a substrate made of glass with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, an electrically conductive structure with a layer thickness of 5 μm to 40 μm on a region of the substrate, a connection element with a second coefficient of thermal expansion, and a layer of a solder material that connects the connection element electrically to subregions of the electrically conductive structure. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298417 | CABLE SEALING AND RETAINING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a cable sealing and retaining device capable of sealingly guiding and retaining a cable through an opening of the cable sealing and retaining device. The present invention provides an improved cable sealing and retaining device which allows a simple releasable fixation of a cable to the cable sealing and retaining device while the cable is sealingly guided through an opening provided with the cable sealing and retaining device. The cable sealing and retaining device ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120298418 | BUS BAR - The present invention relates to a bus bar having a plate-shaped main body, a wire connection projecting from the edge of one end of the main body, a tuning fork shaped first terminal projecting from the edge of the other end thereof and including a groove in which a terminal of electronic components is pressed, second terminal projecting from the edge, and third terminal projecting from the edge. The second and third terminals are arranged so that the first terminal is positioned between the second and third terminals. The second terminal projects from the main body longer than the first terminal, and the third terminal projects from the main body shorter than the first terminal. Further, the tip of the first terminal is positioned on the inside of a virtual starlight line P connecting the tip of the second terminal with the tip of the third terminal. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298419 | UNDERWATER DRILLING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR INTRODUCING A FOUNDATION ELEMENT INTO A BED OF A BODY OF WATER - The invention relates to an underwater drilling arrangement and a method for introducing a foundation element into a bed of a body of water comprising a submersible working platform for placement onto the bed of a body of water, several ground contact elements which are arranged in an adjustable manner on the working platform for aligning the working platform on the bed of a body of water, and at least one guide pipe for receiving and guiding the drilling tool. For an improved anchoring provision is made according to the invention for the guide pipe to be supported in a longitudinally displaceable and rotatable manner on the working platform and for a guide pipe drive to be provided on the working platform for driving the guide pipe in a rotating manner. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298420 | Methods For Characterization Of Formations, Navigating Drill Paths, And Placing Wells In Earth Boreholes - A method for directing bore-hole drilling in a target earth formation includes the following steps: providing drilling equipment having a bottom hole assembly that includes a controllable directional drilling subsystem, and a logging-while-drilling directional measurement tool with a look-around and look-ahead capability; determining the presence of a predetermined type of formation characteristic in the target formation; and navigating a drill path in the target formation with the drilling equipment, including receiving measurement signals from the directional measurement tool, obtaining, from the received measurement signals, indications of formation parameters with respect to the formation characteristic in the target formation, and controlling the directional drilling subsystem to drill in a direction determined as a function of the obtained indication of formation parameters. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298421 | DETECTION OF GAS INFLUX INTO A WELLBORE - An influx of gas into a borehole can be detected by deploying a string of acoustic sensors along a drill string or other conduit to monitor an acoustic characteristic, such as velocity or attenuation, of the drilling fluid present in the borehole. In response to detection of acoustic pulses propagating in the drilling fluid, the acoustic sensors generate signals that are representative of acoustic characteristics if the drilling fluid. Based on the generated signals, a data acquisition system can determine whether a change in the monitored acoustic characteristic is indicative of a gas influx. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298422 | CORRODIBLE TRIGGERING ELEMENTS FOR USE WITH SUBTERRANEAN BOREHOLE TOOLS HAVING EXPANDABLE MEMBERS AND RELATED METHODS - Expandable apparatus include a triggering element comprising an at least partially corrodible composite material. Methods are used to trigger expandable apparatus using such a triggering element and to form such triggering elements for use with expandable apparatus. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298423 | JET ARRANGEMENT ON AN EXPANDABLE DOWNHOLE TOOL - Various embodiments of an expandable downhole tool for use in drilling of a wellbore are disclosed. The expandable tools disclosed herein may be used as an underreamer to enlarge a borehole, or may be used to stabilize a drilling system in a previously underreamed borehole or in a borehole that is being underreamed while drilling progresses. The various embodiments of the expandable tools disclosed herein have a higher hydraulic capacity than prior art underreamers. An increase in hydraulic energy delivered to the cutting structures may advantageously improve the rate of removal of cuttings from the cutting structures (improved cuttings evacuation), may decrease cutter element wear, and may prevent damage or premature failure. Improved cuttings evacuation may also provide for improved cutting action and increased penetration rates. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298424 | Method and Apparatus for a True Geometry, Durable Rotating Drill Bit - A rotating cone drill bit includes a plurality of mud nozzles extending from the bit body, which are thermally fitted by controlling the temperature differential depending on the corresponding materials, the amount of fit desired, and the diameters of the elements to be fitted and which provide substantially obstruction-free mud paths toward the wellbore bottom. The bit has a plurality of reduced diameter cutter assemblies, each having a journal projecting from a corresponding leg. The journal has at least two cylindrical bearing surfaces and an annular groove formed therebetween and a spindle. An annular retention segment is rotatably mounted in the groove. The retention segment has an outer radial surface engaging a portion of one of the bearing surfaces of the cone, and an energy beam welding area fusing substantially the entire engaging surfaces of the retention segment and the cone. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298425 | Heavy Duty Matrix Bit - An apparatus and method for manufacturing a downhole tool that reduces failures occurring along a bondline between a cemented matrix coupled around a blank. The cemented matrix material is formed from a powder and a binder material. The blank includes an internal blank component and a coating coupled around at least a portion of the surface of the internal blank component. The internal blank component includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The internal blank component is substantially cylindrically shaped and defines a channel extending through the top portion and the bottom portion. The coating is a metal in some exemplary embodiments. The coating reduces the migration of the binder material into the blank thereby allowing the control of intermetallic compounds thickness within the bondline. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298426 | MULTI-LAYER FILMS FOR USE IN FORMING HARDFACING, INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURES COMPRISING SUCH FILMS, AND METHODS OF APPLYING HARDFACING - A multi-layer film for use in forming a layer of hardfacing on a surface of a tool includes a first layer and a second layer covering at least a portion of a surface of the first layer. The layers each include a polymer material and a plurality of particles dispersed throughout the polymer material. An intermediate structure includes a body of an earth-boring tool, a first material layer disposed over a surface of the body, and a second material layer disposed over the first material layer. A method of applying hardfacing includes providing a first material layer on a surface of a body of an earth-boring tool, providing a second material layer adjacent the first material layer, heating the body and removing the polymer material from the body of the earth-boring tool, and heating the body higher temperature to form a layer of hardfacing material. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298427 | METHOD FOR LOADING A LAUNDRY MACHINE - A method that makes provision for a volume of a batch of laundry to be ascertained in a water-removal press downstream of the washing machine. The volume of the batch of laundry can be reliably determined in a simple manner in the water-removal press, without the performance of the washing machine being adversely affected as a result. On the basis of the subsequently ascertained volume of the batch of laundry, the weight of the batches of laundry with which the washing machine is then to be loaded can be corrected such that the said batches of laundry and also subsequent batches of laundry have a volume which at least approximately corresponds to the receiving volume of the washing machine. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298428 | LAYOUT STRUCTURE OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A layout structure of a capacitive touch panel including a conductive layer, an insulation layer, and a plurality of electric bridges is provided. The conductive layer disposed on a substrate includes a plurality of first touch units and a plurality of second touch units. The first touch units are electrically connected with each other through a plurality of connecting sections to form a plurality of first touch series extended along a first direction. The insulation layer is disposed on the conductive layer. Each electric bridge includes a compensation portion, a first crossover portion, and a second crossover portion. The compensation portions are respectively disposed on the connecting sections. The first and second crossover portions are disposed on the insulation layer. The second touch units are electrically connected with each other through the first and second crossover portions to form a plurality of second touch series extended along a second direction. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298429 | Driving and Steering of Motor Vehicles - An arrangement and a method are disclosed for driving and steering an engine driven vehicle of the type m which left and right hand wheels | 2012-11-29 |
20120298430 | INTERNAL MEANS FOR ROTATING AN OBJECT BETWEEN GRAVITATIONALLY STABLE STATES - A vehicle incorporating a plurality of control motion gyroscopes (CMTs) contained within a support structure is described. Optionally, a mass shifting mechanism may also be incorporated in the vehicle. The vehicle and its CMTs are configured to have a plurality of gravitationally stable states on a sloped surface. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298431 | VEHICLE AXLE MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle has a chassis ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120298432 | IN-WHEEL DRIVE APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an in-wheel drive apparatus. The apparatus includes a motor housing open at one side thereof, a motor unit mounted within the motor housing, and a rear cover coupled at one side thereof to the motor housing to close the open side of the motor housing and coupled at the other side thereof to a trailing arm. The rear cover includes a planar section constituting an outer peripheral surface of the rear cover; and a cover recess connected to an inner peripheral surface of the planar section to be integrally formed with the planar section and depressed from the planar section towards the rotor to form a recess to which the trailing arm is coupled. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298433 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, MOVABLE BODY, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A plurality of separators are arranged to line up in an X-direction on a cooling plate to respectively correspond to a plurality of battery cells. The separators corresponding to the odd-numbered battery cells and the separators corresponding to the even-numbered battery cells are arranged in opposite directions in the X-direction. On a bottom surface portion of each of the separators, the corresponding battery cell is arranged. In this case, one side surface or the other side surface of each of the battery cells contacts a side surface portion of the corresponding separator, and a bottom surface of each of the battery cells contacts the bottom surface portion of the corresponding separator. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298434 | AUTOMOBILE OVER-BULKHEAD AIR INTAKE SYSTEM - An automobile air intake system is provided that channels air from outside the automobile engine compartment to the engine. The automobile air intake system according to an embodiment of the invention includes an intake enclosure coupled to a bulkhead across the front of the engine compartment. The automobile grille, radiator, and a front portion of the hood in front of the bulkhead form a flow channel to an intake port of the intake enclosure. Aspects of the invention include a screen extending from the bulkhead to the grille for inhibiting the flow of water and particles through the flow channel. Other aspects provide an alternative air path for channeling air from the engine compartment to the intake enclosure. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298435 | SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING BATTERIES FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED SET OF BATTERIES - A system for connecting a set of batteries configured to supply at least one electric motor for powering a motor vehicle and configured to be accommodated inside a compartment provided on the vehicle. Each battery includes a logic processing unit, a communication module, and a mechanism for connecting to the motor. The vehicle includes a logic processing unit connected to a stationary auxiliary battery, a communication module capable of communicating with the communication module of each battery, and a mechanism for locking and blocking the batteries in position. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298436 | ENGINE HOOD - The present disclosure provides an engine hood for an automobile, comprising: an outer panel; and an inner panel provided below the outer panel and connected to the outer panel, wherein the inner panel is provided with a center element of cell structure in the center portion thereof and an outer frame formed around the center element and disposed in the peripheral portion of the inner panel, each unit cell of the cell structure is bounded by a plurality of wall segments. An automobile comprising the engine hood is also disclosed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298437 | MOTORIZED APPARATUS AND MOMENT IMPARTING DEVICE - A combination motorized and propelled apparatus and moment imparting device is provided to improve the stability of the apparatus in motion with regard to pitch, roll and yaw. The moment imparting device uses one or more rotational members rotating around one or more axes to create a net rotational moment force around a desired axis of rotation. The moment imparting device is in communication with the motorized apparatus to translate that moment force to the motorized apparatus to improve stability or induce a desired rotation. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298438 | EXTERNAL AIRBAG MODULE FOR VEHICLE AND BACK BEAM FOR MOUNTING EXTERNAL AIRBAG MODULE - An external airbag module for a vehicle, installed to be located in a space formed between a back beam and a front bumper may include an inflator secured to a front of the back beam and accommodated in the back beam, and an airbag cushion surrounding the inflator and secured to the back beam together with the inflator between the back beam and the front bumper. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298439 | RACK DRIVING-TYPE POWER ASSISTED STEERING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a rack driving-type power assisted steering apparatus having effects of preventing a lock screw from being loosened due to vibration in axial and radial directions generated by a rack bar, a ball nut, and a rack housing when the rack bar slides while the ball nut rotates, reducing vibration and noise of the ball nut and the rack bar transferred through a bearing, and providing a driver with steering comfortability. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298440 | EXCITATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DOWNHOLE SEISMIC TESTING USING THE SAME - An excitation device for downhole seismic testing, includes an excitation hammer, a holding arm connected at one end thereof to the excitation hammer to allow the excitation hammer to rotate about the other end thereof, a support post having the other end of the holding arm rotatably coupled to an upper end thereof to support the excitation hammer and the holding arm at a certain height, and an excitation source configured to allow the support post to stand upright on the upper side thereof and which generates a seismic wave when struck by the rotated excitation hammer. The support post is formed at a lower end thereof with a securing section detachably inserted into a groove for the support post formed on the upper side of the excitation source such that the support post, the holding arm, the excitation hammer and the excitation source can be separated from each other. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298441 | COMPACT HOUSING FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTERNAL SPEAKER - Improved approaches for providing a speaker within a housing of a portable electronic device are disclosed. The housing of the portable electronic device can be compact, such as a low profile housing. In one embodiment, an acoustic chamber for a speaker can be formed internal to a housing for a portable electronic device using non-dedicated space. In another embodiment, irregular surfaces can be sealed so that an acoustic chamber for a speaker can be formed internal to a housing for a portable electronic device. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298442 | Systems and Methods for the Reduction of Underwater Acoustical Noise - The inventive subject matter describes systems and methods for the implementation of an aquatic acoustical barrier, the aquatic acoustical barrier having a multiplicity of acoustical layers, the acoustical layers further having a multiplicity of acoustical leafs, such that when the acoustical barrier surrounds a noise source in the water there is an attenuation created by the noise source. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298443 | NON-SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE MEMBER SLIDE - A non single point of failure member slide having two members that extend from a second washer, downwardly through a sheath to a belt. The glide being slidably disposed within a track member. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298444 | SCAFFOLD FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to fall protection systems to which a scaffolder can tie off during scaffold construction by adjusting the height of the lifeline and to move along the entire length of a scaffold level without having to disengage the lifeline. In one embodiment the fall protection system includes two vertical support members adapted to be affixed to a scaffold frame wherein the two vertical members have attachment means for attachment of a lifeline, and wherein the attachment means are located at each respective vertical member and configured for movable attachment at a plurality of positions along the vertical axis of each support members. In addition the present invention relates to methods to use the fall protection system during scaffold construction. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298445 | RETRACTABLE HORIZONTAL LIFELINE ASSEMBLY - A retractable horizontal lifeline assembly includes a lifeline, a drum, and a crank. The lifeline has an intermediate portion interconnecting a first end and a second end. The drum has a base and is rotatable. The first end of the lifeline is operatively connected to the drum and the intermediate portion of the lifeline is windable about and paid out from the base. The drum is operatively connected to a first anchorage structure. The second end is operatively connected to a second anchorage structure. The crank is configured and arranged to be releasably connectable to the drum and is rotatable to rotate the drum and tension the lifeline. The crank includes a tension indicator to provide indication when the tension in the lifeline has reached a predetermined level. The crank is capable of tensioning the lifeline to a level greater than the predetermined level. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298446 | RETRACTABLE HORIZONTAL LIFELINE ASSEMBLY - A retractable horizontal lifeline assembly includes a lifeline windable about and paid out from a rotatable drum and a housing. The housing includes a first connector and is configured and arranged to house the drum and the lifeline wound about a base of the drum. The first connector is operatively connected to a first anchorage structure, the lifeline is pulled outward from proximate the housing thereby paying out at least a portion of the lifeline from the drum, a second connector operatively connected to the lifeline is operatively connected to a second anchorage structure, and the lifeline is tensioned using a crank that rotates the drum to increase the tension in the lifeline and provides indication when the tension in the lifeline reaches a predetermined level. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298447 | RETROFIT HANDRAIL SYSTEM FOR TRUCK - A retrofit handrail extension system or kit enables a large mining truck to be retrofitted in the field. The handrail extension system includes a first handrail extension member for connecting a first upper portion of a first ladder to a railing mounted to a catwalk around the cabin of the truck and a second handrail extension member for connecting a second upper portion of the first ladder to a forward-facing handrail mounted to an outer surface of the cabin of the truck. The system may include a third handrail extension member for connecting a first upper portion of a second ladder to a first platform railing mounted to a platform beside the cabin of the truck and a fourth handrail extension member for connecting a second upper portion of the second ladder to a second platform railing mounted to the platform beside the cabin of the truck. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298448 | Ladder Safety Device - The present disclosure relates to a ladder safety device that promotes the safe use of step ladders. The ladder safety device includes a first structural component that prevents a ladder user from stepping on an upper-most step of the step ladder. The ladder safety device also includes a second structural component that prevents the user from stepping on a ladder top of the step ladder. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298449 | SCAFFOLD AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING OR REMOVING SUCH A SCAFFOLD - A scaffold and method(s) for installing or removing such a scaffold that is constructed of at least two vertical frames and of at least two connecting elements that extend essentially horizontally, in each instance, includes at least one connecting element serving as a hip and/or back railing element, vertical supports having respective effective lengths essentially corresponding for example to the vertical distance of the attachment position for the hip and/or back railing element, and horizontal arms set onto one another to form transverse rungs, in each instance, of a ladder for allowing a person to climb up. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298450 | Retractible child vanity step - A method and apparatus that consists of a Retractable Child Vanity Step. The object of this invention is designed to fit inside of a bathroom vanity lower floor compartment. A child or a short person can easily pull the Retractable Child Vanity Step, step on it to allow his or her to reach the sink faucets, soap or any other articles on the surface of the sink. When finished and stepped down on the floor, the Retractable Child Vanity Step can be pushed back into the vanity out of the way. The design allows for a very easy installation into the vanity. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298451 | CENTRIFUGALLY-OPERATED APPARATUS - Herein is disclosed a centrifugally-operated apparatus that comprises at least a shaft with an axis of rotation and a pawl that is coaxially mounted on the shaft with at least a portion of the pawl being movable radially inwardly and outwardly from the shaft. The axis of rotation of the shaft passes through the pawl, at a location that is radially offset from the center of mass of the pawl. Rotation of the shaft and pawl above a predetermined speed can cause at least the movable portion of the pawl to be moved radially outward from the shaft, in which position an engaging end of the movable portion of the pawl may engage with a component such as a ratchet. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298452 | OSCILLATOR SPRING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN OSCILLATOR SPRING - An oscillator spring material comprising a mixture of a host material with an additive in proportions which permit the thermal evolution of the material's elastic modulus to be tuned, e.g. to correct or compensate for other thermal changes in an oscillator system. The additive comprises a crystalline material having an abnormal thermal evolution of elastic modulus. The host material has a normal thermal evolution of elastic modulus. The additive is mixed with the host material before the host material undergoes a phase transformation into its final form. The additive has a phase transformation temperature higher than the host material, so that additive remains in the same state while the host material phase transformation takes place. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298453 | VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS FOR ELEVATOR CAR - According to one embodiment, a vibration damping apparatus for an elevator car includes an engaging apparatus, an interlocking mechanism, and a friction generation mechanism. The engaging apparatus includes a pair of engaging vanes. A gap between the vanes is narrowed when the car door apparatus is opened. The interlocking mechanism includes a lock lever and an engaging body, is released by an action of the engaging vanes holding the engaging body, and interlocks the hall door apparatus with operation of the car door apparatus. The friction generation mechanism generates a frictional force between the engaging vanes and the engaging body for suppressing a vertical vibration of the car when the engaging vanes are in a state of holding the engaging body. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298454 | Brake Pad Retention System - An improved approach to brake pad retention within a brake caliper is provided by a brake pad and brake caliper system in which brake pad retention features are provided on one of the brake pad or the caliper, with corresponding holes for receiving the retention features being provided on the corresponding pad or caliper part. The retention feature may be pin affixed to or integrally formed with the brake pad backing plate, about which a self-retaining spring bushing is located. The spring bushing and the corresponding retention feature receiving hole are sized so that the spring bushing is radially compressed when the brake pad is installed in the brake caliper by an amount sufficient to retain the brake pad in the caliper while still allowing the brake pad to move tangentially as necessary to transfer braking torque to the axle on which the caliper is mounted. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298455 | ACTUATION UNIT FOR AN ELECTROMECHANICALLY ACTUATED DISK BRAKE - An actuation unit for an electromechanically actuated disk brake for motor vehicles, arranged on a brake caliper ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120298456 | DISC BRAKE - A disc brake includes a brake disc, a sliding caliper, a single piston, and a brake pad carrier comprising a leading part and a trailing part. The brake pad carrier includes mounting features for securing the brake pad carrier to an associated structure of a vehicle. The mounting features define a mounting side and a non-mounting side of the brake. A mounting side brake pad comprises mounting side friction material and a non-mounting side brake pad comprising non-mounting side friction material. The center of pressure of the non-mounting side friction material is circumferentially aligned with the piston and the center of pressure of the mounting side friction material is offset in relation to the piston towards the leading part of the brake pad carrier. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298457 | DISC BRAKE APPARATUS - A back plate is biased radially inward of a disc rotor by a spring, engaged at two locations on a torque reception surface with a caliper support shaft, and engaged at one location on a torque reception surface with a caliper support shaft. Inner and outer shims are disposed toward a back plate and pistons, respectively, and a friction factor between the back plate and the inner shim and that between the pistons and the outer shim are higher than that between the inner and outer shims. The inner shim is movable with the back plate in radial and circumferential directions and is movable relative to the back plate in the axial direction, and the outer shim is movable with the back plate in radial and circumferential directions, is movable relative to the back plate in the axial direction, and is rotatable about the radially inner support shaft axis. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298458 | BRAKE LINING FOR RAILROAD CAR - A brake lining for a railroad car brake includes friction members which are pressed onto the sliding surface of a brake disc, and a back plate which is attached to a brake caliper in order to support the friction members. The friction members are dividedly arranged in a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the brake disc. A disc spring is disposed between each respective friction member and the back plate. An outer peripheral surface of the friction members facing the back plate is formed in a convex curved shape in an area outside the elastic member. When a light pressing force is applied, a pressing force is transmitted from the back plate to the friction members via the disc springs. When a heavy pressing force is applied, the back plate and a rounded surface portion make contact, thereby directly transmitting a pressing force to the friction members. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298459 | Dynamic Electric Brake for Movable Articles - An occupant support | 2012-11-29 |
20120298460 | DAMPER - A damper includes a housing, a cap, a rotor portion, and blade portions projecting from the rotor portion. The blade portions include deformation portions in which the blade portions expand the diameter in one rotational direction in response to a resistance received from a viscous fluid, and in which the blade portions reduce the diameter in the other rotational direction. The blade portions engage a ring member provided on an inner circumference of the housing at a time of diameter expansion, and drag the ring member around. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298461 | HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER - The hydrodynamic torque converter having a torque converter lockup clutch and a converter housing connected at the drive side, and a pump wheel non-rotatably connected thereto, as well as a turbine wheel non-rotatably connected at the output side to an output hub, and a torsional vibration damper actively arranged between the clutch output of the torque converter lockup clutch and the output hub, and including a centrifugal pendulum device arranged within the converter housing and having a pendulum flange with slightly swiveling pendulum masses thereupon, where the pendulum flange is arranged axially between the torsional vibration damper and the turbine wheel and is non-rotatably connected to a damper output part. of the torsional vibration damper, and the damper output part and/or the pendulum flange are directly connectable via an interlocking connection to the drive hub. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298462 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - In the case of a return from an idle stop control in which an engine is automatically stopped, a hydraulic pressure is so supplied that a low brake is set in a completely engaged state and a high clutch is set in a slip interlock state where the high clutch is not completely engaged. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298463 | WET TYPE MULTI-PLATE FRICTION CLUTCH - A clutch which can realize further reduction of drag torque, a method for reducing the drag torque of the clutch, and a clutch friction plate used in the clutch are provided. In a clutch | 2012-11-29 |
20120298464 | MULTIDISK OIL-BATH CLUTCH - An embodiment of a multidisk oil-bath clutch having: a housing mounted to rotate; at least one hub mounted to rotate and housed inside and coaxially with the housing; a number of drive disks housed inside the housing and angularly integral with the housing or the hub; a number of driven disks housed inside the housing, alternating with the drive disks, and angularly integral with the hub or the housing; at least one oil inlet into the housing; and at least one oil outlet from the housing. Each drive disk has a number of first circulation channels extending radially from an inner edge of the drive disk; and each driven disk has a number of second circulation channels extending radially from an inner edge of the driven disk. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298465 | Centrifugal Clutch With Heat Mitigating Spring Arrangement - A centrifugal clutch including a drive hub having a rotational axis, a drum coaxial with the driver, a plurality of shoes engaging the drive hub so as to rotate with the driver, each shoe having an aperture therethrough in the axial direction, the shoes being radially movable between a radially outward position in which the shoes contact a surface of the drum and a radially inward position in which the shoes are spaced apart from the drum, and a plurality of springs urging the shoes toward the radially inward position, each spring being located in the aperture of a corresponding shoe, each spring having a radially inward end engaging one of the shoes and an opposite radially outward end engaging the driver. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298466 | CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICE - A stroke start position is detected by a change amount of a clutch hydraulic pressure that has become smaller than a negative predetermined value ΔP | 2012-11-29 |
20120298467 | TORQUE TRANSFER DEVICE HAVING REDUCED TORQUE VARIATION - An electrically actuated torque transfer device including an input shaft and at least one output shaft selectively coupled to the input shaft. At least one modulating clutch assembly selectively couples the input shaft to the output shaft. The modulating clutch assembly includes an electrical clutch operator configured to engage a ball ramp operator. The ball ramp operator includes first and second opposed annular rings having complimentarily configured opposed ramped recesses and rolling members disposed in the recesses. Relative rotation of the annular rings translates the annular rings axially to engage the clutch assembly and transfer torque from the input shaft to the output shaft. The first annular ring is coupled to the input shaft and the second annular ring is coupled to the output shaft. A third element disposed between the first annular ring and a shoulder of the input shaft has an engagement diameter selected to minimize torque variations between the torque transfer devices. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298468 | Piston Actuated Split Input Transmission Synchronizer - A piston actuated synchronizer system for a split torque transmission where the piston is attached directly to the synchronizer shift collar on the synchronizer centerline to provide the required actuation in a small volume of space and resolve fork and rod deflection issues seen on other synchronizers that use such a system. The piston is pressure applied and spring released. This design also uses a displacement sensor to monitor synchronizer engagement. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298469 | Clutch System and Method for Operating a Clutch System - A clutch system for closing and interrupting a force flow includes a clutch actuator that can have a pressure medium applied thereto, a first electrically actuatable valve device and a second electrically actuatable valve device. Pressure medium can be fed into a switching chamber of the clutch actuator by the first valve device for building up pressure, and pressure medium can be discharged again by the second valve device for releasing pressure. The clutch system interrupts or closes the force flow at a pressure P≧Pd in the switching chamber. A method for operating the clutch system for closing and interrupting a force flow prevents a subsequent pressure buildup in the switching chamber sufficient for actuating the clutch system if the first valve device and the second valve device malfunction. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298470 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - At pre-shift of a shift control, a line pressure control section determines a pressure raising amount ΔPL of a line pressure PL on the basis of a pressure raising amount map stored in a memory, and controls a line pressure controlling linear solenoid valve so that the line pressure PL regulated by a regulator valve is raised by this pressure raising amount ΔPL. For example, a control hydraulic pressure corresponding to the pressure raising amount ΔPL is applied to the regulator valve from the line pressure controlling linear solenoid valve. Thus, hydraulic oil supplied from an oil pump is mostly discharged from an output port for the line pressure PL. Therefore, although there is a possibility that the line pressure PL regulated within a line pressure circuit somewhat varies when stroke of a hydraulic piston starts, a decrease of the line pressure PL is suppressed sufficiently compared with the case where the line pressure PL is not raised as a conventional manner. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298471 | SEALED BACKING PLATE DRIVE CONNECTION - A backing plate connection includes a hub having an outer surface comprised of flat surfaces and arcuate surfaces and a backing plate including an inner bore surface complementary to and press-fit onto the hub outer surface. The hub and the plate are sealingly connected and drivingly connected at the complementary surfaces. In some example embodiments, the hub includes a groove for receiving a snap ring. In an example embodiment, the groove is a plurality of groove segments extending circumferentially through the arcuate surfaces and ending at the flat surfaces. In an example embodiment, the hub is arranged to be fixed to a torque converter cover. In an example embodiment, the hub is integrally formed with a torque converter cover. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298472 | TORQUE FLUCTUATION ABSORBING APPARATUS - A torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus includes a first side plate, a second side plate, a lining plate disposed between the side plates, a connecting member that connects the side plates at a position that is radially inward relative to the lining plate, a pressure plate disposed between the second side plate and the lining plate, and an elastic member that biases the pressure plate toward the lining plate. The lining plate is slidably sandwiched between the first side plate and the pressure plate, and the first and second side plate each includes a reinforcing portion that includes a portion that is axially curved at a location that is radially outward relative to the connecting member. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298473 | EMERGENCY RELEASE MECHANISM FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An emergency release mechanism for an automatic transmission includes a shift lever adapted to release a parking position when engaged in an operating position. The shift lever has a hooked or tooth-shaped end portion and is moved by a manually-operated tackle which has an end defined by a surface area of increased diameter to establish an undercut for engagement of the end portion of the shift lever during disengagement of the parking position. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298474 | Isolator Decoupler - An isolating decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley rotationally engaged with the shaft, a coil spring engaged between the pulley and a spring carrier, the spring carrier moveable relative to the shaft and pulley, a one-way clutch mounted to the shaft, a first torsion spring and a second torsion spring engaged between the spring carrier and the one-way clutch, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring having a releasable frictional engagement with the one-way clutch, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring comprising adjacent parallel strands and having substantially equal diameters, the first torsion spring and the second torsion spring each being engagable with the pulley, the first torsion spring releasing a frictional engagement with the one-way clutch upon an engagement with the pulley, and the second torsion spring releasing a frictional engagement with the one-way clutch upon an engagement with the pulley. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298475 | VALVE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS - The various embodiments of the present invention are directed to valve devices, systems, and methods for controlling the distribution of materials to multiple locations. The improved valve devices, materials distribution systems, and materials distribution methods disclosed herein are particularly suitable for use in applications where the materials being distributed are, for example but not limited to, non-gaseous fluid materials (e.g., raw liquids, solutions, slurries, colloids, suspensions, and the like) and solid materials having some level of tackiness, moisture content, or like property. The valves, systems, and methods disclosed herein can be operated without having to stop the flow of materials therethrough in order to change the position of the valve from one outlet to another. Further, the valves and systems disclosed herein have few directional changes, therefore there are few, if any, points within the system where the material can get stuck and/or lodged. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298476 | HEAT-RESISTANT ROLL, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SHEET GLASS USING HEAT-RESISTANT ROLL - Provide is a heat-resistant roll with improved effectively characteristics, a production method thereof, and a method of producing sheet glass using the heat-resistant roll. A method of producing a heat-resistant roll equipped with a roll portion containing 5% by weight or more of clay includes: a grinding step (S101) of grinding a roll surface of the roll portion; and a surface treatment step (S102) of performing surface treatment of smoothening the ground roll surface in a wet state. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298477 | PAPER BILL DEPOSITING/DISPENSING APPARATUS - In a paper bill depositing/dispensing apparatus, when a roof plate and a stage plate move from a depositing/dispensing unit to a temporarily accumulating unit along with a deposited bill, rotations of a pick roller, a separator, a feed roller and a conveyance roller are driven to carry a bill to a conveyance path that connects to a bill storing unit, and a partial paddle wheel stops by orientating its round surface, not provided with paddles, toward a path of the carried bill. When a bill is dispensed, the separator, the feed roller and the conveyance roller rotate in a bill carry-in direction to carry the bill conveyed from the conveyance path in the temporarily accumulating unit, and the partial paddle wheel beats a rear end of the carried bill with paddles to align the rear end of the bill at a bottom position d. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298478 | SEED TENDER - A seed tender is formed by a container with five compartments arranged in a row for mounting on a conventional trailer frame with a conveyor belt underneath discharge openings of the compartments for transporting the material to a rear where there is provided a discharge conveyor for transporting the material to a seeder. The discharge belt conveyor has a rectangular support frame and four sections which retract into the frame to stand upwardly along the rear in the retracted position. A mounting assembly provides a first swivel support for providing pivotal movement side to side of the support frame about a generally upstanding axis and a second swivel support for providing pivotal movement up and down of the support frame about a generally horizontal axis. The belt folds in the retracted position when driven by a chain retraction drive arrangement for driving extension and retraction of the conveyor belt support sections. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298479 | APPARATUS FOR STACKING AND RECLAIMING MATERIAL - A mobile stacking and reclaiming apparatus includes a moveable bridge, a moveable hopper and a moveable tripper. The moveable bridge has a first end, a second end, and at least one intermediate portion between the first and second ends. The moveable hopper is connected to the moveable bridge. The moveable hopper is moveable relative to the moveable bridge along at least a portion of the moveable bridge. The moveable tripper is also connected to the moveable bridge. The moveable tripper being moveable relative to the moveable bridge along at least a portion of the moveable bridge. A system is also disclosed that includes at least one mobile stacking and reclaiming apparatus adjacent to at least one stacking overland conveyor configured to convey material for stacking material and at least one reclaiming overland conveyor configured to convey material for reclaiming material. A method of providing such systems is also disclosed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298480 | SUPPORT, MODULE, TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE/GOODS AND MODERNIZATION METHOD OF PEOPLE/GOODS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS - A support ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120298481 | MULTIWHEEL ROLLER-CONVEYOR CASE TURNER - A case turner constructed of parallel lanes of powered multiwheel rollers rotating at different tangential speeds. Rotatable wheels mounted on the peripheries of each multiwheel roller are arranged to rotate freely on axes perpendicular to the main axis of the powered multiwheel roller. An article straddling the gap between both lanes is rotated as it is conveyed along the case turner. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298482 | SLAT CONVEYOR - A carrying segment comprises a first surface for receiving objects, a second surface, and at least a third and a fourth surface connecting said first surface and said second surface, a first engaging member arranged on said second surface and configured to be guided by a first guide of a slat conveyor, and a second engaging member arranged on said second surface on one side of the first engaging member and configured to be guided by a first switch of said slat conveyor. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298483 | DRIVE APPARATUS - The invention relates to a drive apparatus having a coaxial shaft arrangement which includes a plurality of drive shafts which are arranged coaxially to one another at least regionally and whose respective axes of rotation lie on a common rotational drive axis; and an electric drive motor which includes a rotor arrangement which includes a plurality of rotors arranged coaxially to one another at least regionally and/or behind one another, with the axis of rotation of each rotor lying on the common rotational drive axis and forming one of the drive shafts or being connected to one of the drive shafts, wherein the drive motor is controllable such that the rotors can be driven independently of one another. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298484 | CROSSING BETWEEN TWO TRANSPORT LINES CONFIGURED FOR THE HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT OF PLANAR ARTICLES - A crossing between two transport lines is configured for the horizontal transport of planar articles, preferably in the form of an imbricated stream, of which one transport line is led away at a crossing over the other transport line. Controllable means for transferring the transported articles from one of the transport lines to the other are provided, which, in a first setting, freely admit the transport of the articles on one of the transport lines and, in a second setting, divert the transported articles from one of the transport lines to the other. A transfer apparatus may include a flexible diversion line, which describes a space curve and which with a movable free end, in the first setting, maintains a distance to one of the transport lines and, in the second setting, engages with the free end in one of the transport lines to effect a diversion. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298485 | MULTI-PIECE CONVEYOR BELT ROLLERS - Multi-piece rollers for a conveyor belt. Each of the pieces of the multi-piece rollers can be installed radially onto an axle on a conveyor belt and joined together in a puzzle pattern to form a complete roller that can rotate on the axle. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298486 | ROLLER-TOP BELT WITH BEAM STIFFNESS - A modular roller-top conveyor belt and multi-piece rollers for the belt. The roller-top belt has axles unitarily molded with the belt modules. Each of the pieces of the multi-piece rollers can be installed radially onto an axle and joined together in a puzzle pattern to form a complete roller that can rotate on the axle. Parallel ridges extending across the width of the modules add stiffness to the belt. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298487 | CONVEYOR BELT MODULE WITH FIXED AXLES - A modular roller-top conveyor belt and rollers for the belt. The roller-top belt has axles that are fixed relative to the module body. Each of the pieces of the multi-piece rollers can be installed radially onto an axle and joined together in a puzzle pattern to form a complete roller that can rotate on the axle. Parallel ridges extending across the width of the modules add stiffness to the belt. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298488 | SORTING SYSTEM WITH LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVE - The present invention relates to a sorting system including a conveyor comprising a plurality of carts for carrying articles, in particular for sorting articles such as parcels and baggage. The conveyor has a linear synchronous motor drive system with stators arranged along a track which the carts follow. Accordingly, embodiments include an improved sorting system that provides an improved energy utilization and efficiency. Reaction elements are mounted on each of the carts. The reaction elements each comprise a number of permanent magnets arranged on a plate-like carrier. The magnets on reaction elements of adjacent carts are arranged to form a row of magnets with constant pitch and alternating polarity, said row having an interruption situated at a transition between adjacent carts. A maximum number of coils in the stator may thereby be active at the same time, when driving the conveyor. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298489 | CIRCUIT BREAKER ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLY, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING SAME - Embodiments provide an electrical contact assembly. The electrical contact assembly includes a crossbar, a pivot pin mounted in the crossbar, a contact arm pivotally mounted on the pivot pin and rotatable about a pivot axis, a moveable electrical contact spaced from the pivot axis in a first arm portion of the contact arm, and a spring assembly coupled between the crossbar and the contact arm, the spring assembly including a clevis pin and a spring received on the clevis pin wherein an end of the clevis pin extends through the spring and is received in a pivot recess in the crossbar. Electrical contact assemblies with offset rod ends and limit stops are also disclosed. Systems including the electrical contact assembly and methods of operating the electrical contact assembly are provided, as are other aspects. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298490 | SWITCHING APPARATUS - A switching apparatus for fastening to carrier rails in switching systems or the like, has a housing in which a switching unit and a device, which is formed on the underside of the housing, for attaching and locking onto a carrier rail. The device comprises a cut-out adapted to the profile of the carrier rail and is provided with an element which can be displaced with respect to the cut-out and is disposed in an aperture of the housing. The displaceable element is a tongue integrally formed on the underside of the housing by means of at least two ribs. The ribs extend in parallel with one another and are integrally formed at one end on the housing, whereas the tongue is integrally formed at the other end of the ribs. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298491 | SUB-MEMBRANE KEYCAP INDICATOR - Sub-membrane keycap indicators for keyboard assemblies may be implemented by positioning an indicator light element beneath a switch membrane circuit and within the baseplate of a key device. The indicator light element may be so positioned to direct light upward in a substantially narrow cone to an aperture or lightguide molded into a keycap in order to illuminate or light the indicator aperture or lightguide to indicate the current status of at least one component of an information handling system. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298492 | ILLUMINATED BUTTON FOR AN OPERATOR CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, OPERATOR CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND DOMESTIC APPLIANCE - In an embodiment, there is disclosed a button for an operator control arrangement, wherein the button has a shaped body which is composed of a light-guiding material, the shaped body including an operating direction, a functional side which has a light entry region and an operating region, an operator control side which has a light exit region, a resilient projection which is integrally formed with the shaped body transverse to the operating direction, a force limiting element which is integrally formed with the shaped body transverse to the operating direction and is configured to absorb an excessive operating force, and a first projection which is integrally formed with the shaped body. Other embodiments of a button, an operator control arrangement and a domestic appliance are also disclosed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298493 | LIGHTED PUSH BUTTON - A lighted pushbutton assembly includes a carrier including an outer wall that defines an inner space and is continuous along a top surface of the carrier. A rib guide is formed as part of the outer wall and defines an opening extending through a bottom surface of the outer wall and including a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction that is non-parallel to the first direction. A pushbutton is shaped to fit substantially within the inner space and a rib is formed as part of the pushbutton and includes a first guide that extends in the first direction and the second guide that extends in the second direction. The first guide is engaged with the first portion and the second guide is engaged with the second portion to guide reciprocating movement of the pushbutton with respect to the carrier. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298494 | ROTARY CONTROL SWITCH - A rotary on/off control switch ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120298495 | KEYBOARD - A large key for a keyboard includes a keyboard base, a circuit board, a keycap, an elastic member, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly is disposed between the keyboard base and the keycap, and includes: a first link unit having two first link levers that are spaced apart, each of the first link levers being connected between the keycap and the keyboard base; and a second link unit that has two second link levers that are spaced apart, each of the second link levers intersecting one of the first link levers and being connected between the keycap and the keyboard base. The first link unit has a first connection portion connected between and formed as one piece with the first link levers so that the two first link levers can move simultaneously. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298496 | PRESS KEY AND KEYBOARD - A press key includes: a keycap made of metal; a base board; a circuit board disposed on the base board; an insulating film disposed on the circuit board; and an elastic member disposed between the insulating film and the keycap, the elastic member being pressed toward the circuit board when the keycap is pressed, and being resilient to return the keycap to an original position when the keycap is released. A keyboard including a plurality of the aforesaid press keys is also disclosed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298497 | CONDUCTIVE LAMINATE AND TOUCH PANEL USING SAME - The present invention provides a touch panel that not only demonstrates little deterioration of performance even in harsh environments at high temperature and high humidity, but is also free of the occurrence of a whitening phenomenon occurring during sudden changes in temperature and humidity, while also having superior shock resistance. Provided are a conductive laminate in which a uniform or arbitrarily patterned conductive layer containing a polythiophene-based conductive agent and an adhesive layer containing an acidic component are in direct contact over the entire surface or a portion thereof, and a touch panel in which it is used. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298498 | FRACTIONAL CONDENSATION PROCESSES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS - The present invention provides fractional condensation apparatuses, systems and methods that can recover volatile products from highly diluted liquid and vapor feed mixtures with high purity and recovery yield, both in batch and continuous distillation, while being also designed to achieve low-cost and efficient recovery processes. Single apparatuses and columns can be connected to each other to expand or shrink the column length for desired separation. The apparatuses, systems and methods can be applied to separate mixtures with both narrow and wide boiling point ranges. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298499 | PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL-INTERFACED SOLAR-GREENHOUSE DISTILLATION SYSTEMS - A hybrid photovoltaic panel-interfaced solar-greenhouse distillation technology is disclosed that is capable of utilizing solar waste heat to perform liquid distillation while co-generating solar electricity. Solar waste heat co-generated at a photovoltaic panel is effectively utilized by in situ distillation liquid as an immediate heat sink in thermal contact with the photovoltaic panel, thus providing beneficial cooling of the photovoltaic panel and co-making of distillation products while generating electricity with significant improvement on total-process solar energy utilization efficiency. Use of this invention can provide a series of distillation-related products such as freshwater, distilled water, hot water, hot steam, sea salts, saline/brine products, and/or harvest biofuels and bioproducts such as ethanol from renewable resources while co-generating solar electricity. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298500 | SEPARATED TARGET APPARATUS FOR SPUTTERING AND SPUTTERING METHOD USING THE SAME - A separated target apparatus and a sputtering method using the separated target apparatus. The separated target apparatus includes a plurality of separated targets that are adhered to a base plate and that form a regular array, wherein gaps between the plurality of separated targets are disposed within an angle between a first direction that is a direction of the regular array, and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. When sputtering is performed by using the separated target apparatus having the aforementioned structure, it is possible to obtain an uniform deposition quality on a substrate by using the separated targets that are easily manufactured and handled, and thus it is possible to make brightness of a display apparatus be uniform on an entire screen. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298501 | SEPARATED TARGET APPARATUS FOR SPUTTERING AND SPUTTERING METHOD USING THE SAME - A separated target apparatus includes a base plate; and a plurality of source units including a plurality of separated targets that are adhered on one surface of the base plate and that form a regular array, and a plurality of magnets that are adhered on the other surface of the base plate and that make a pair with the plurality of separated targets. The plurality of source units are arrayed in parallel at an angle between a first direction that is a direction of the regular array and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. Sputtering is performed by using the separated target apparatus having the aforementioned structure. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298502 | ELECTRO CHEMICAL DEPOSITION AND REPLENISHMENT APPARATUS - A process electrolyte replenishment module adapted to replenish ions in a process electrolyte in a substrate electrochemical deposition apparatus having a first anode and a first cathode, the replenishment module having a second anode. A process electrolyte recirculation compartment is disposed in the frame configured so that the process electrolyte is recirculating between the replenishment module and the deposition apparatus. An anode compartment is coupled to the process electrolyte recirculation compartment having the second anode, that is a soluble anode, for immersion in a secondary anolyte, and having a first ion exchange membrane being a cationic member separating the secondary anolyte from the process electrolyte. A cathode compartment is provided in the frame coupled to the process electrolyte recirculation compartment having a second cathode for immersion in a secondary catholyte, and having a second ion exchange membrane being a monovalent selective membrane separating the secondary catholyte from the process electrolyte. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298503 | BIMETALLIC TITANIA-BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS DEPOSITED ON IONIC CONDUCTORS FOR HYDRODESULFURIZATION REACTIONS - This invention relates to a method for preparing a bimetallic titania-based catalyst for use in hydrodesulfurization reactions. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298504 | Electro chemical deposition and replenishment apparatus - An electrochemical deposition apparatus adapted to deposit metal onto a surface of a substrate, the apparatus has a frame configured for holding a process electrolyte. A substrate holder is removably coupled to the frame, the substrate holder supporting the substrate in the process electrolyte. An anode fluid compartment is removably coupled to the frame and containing an anolyte and having an anode facing the surface of the substrate, the anode fluid compartment further having a ion exchange membrane disposed between the anode and the surface of the substrate, the anode fluid compartment removable from the frame as a unit with the ion exchange membrane and the anode. The holder, the anode and the membrane are arranged in the frame so that ions from the anode pass through the ion exchange membrane into and primarily replenish ions in the process electrolyte depleted by ion deposition onto the surface of the substrate. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298505 | ELECTROLYTIC REGENERATION UNIT AND ELECTROLYTIC REGENERATION APPARATUS USING SAME - An anode pipe includes a main pipe portion and a secondary pipe portion. The anode pipe has an inner circumferential surface that functions as an anode. The main pipe portion has a first connection end portion and a second connection end portion. The main pipe portion forms a flow channel for a treatment liquid that continues from the first connection end portion to the second connection end portion. The secondary pipe portion extends in a tubular fashion from the intermediate section of the main pipe portion. The interior of the secondary pipe portion communicates with the flow channel inside the main pipe portion. The cathode is disposed at a distance from the inner circumferential surface of the anode pipe. The cathode extends from a cathode attachment end portion toward the main pipe portion inside the secondary pipe portion. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298506 | SPUTTERING TARGET - A sputtering target made of aluminum and one or more alloying elements including Ni, Co, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Mo, Nb, Ta, W, and rare earth metals (REM). The addition of very small amounts of alloying element to pure aluminum and aluminum alloy target improves the uniformity of the deposited wiring films through affecting the target's recrystallization process. The range of alloying element content is 0.01 to 100 ppm by weight, which is sufficient to prevent dynamic recrystallization of pure aluminum and aluminum alloys, such as 30 ppm Si alloy. The addition of small amount of alloying elements increases the thermal stability and electromigration resistance of pure aluminum and aluminum alloys thin films while sustaining their low electrical resistivity and good etchability. This invention also provides a method of manufacturing microalloyed aluminum and aluminum alloy sputtering target. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298507 | Systems, Methods, and Devices Including Amperometric and Voltammetric Duty Cycles - A sensor system including devices and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample is described. Input signals including amperometric and voltammetric duty cycles of excitations and relaxations may provide a shorter analysis time and/or improve the accuracy and/or precision of the analysis. The disclosed system may reduce analysis errors, thus improving measurement performance, by adjusting the potential and/or scan rate in response to output currents obtained from voltammetric scans. The disclosed system also may determine the concentration of more than one ionizable species in the sample by adjusting the potential and/or scan rate in response to output currents obtained from voltammetric scans. The multiple, determined concentrations may be used to determine the concentration of multiple analytes or to correct the concentration determined for an analyte, thus improving the measurement performance of the system. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION - A method of electrophoretic deposition includes: providing an electrophoresis tank, an anode substrate, and a cathode substrate; disposing the anode substrate and the cathode substrate oppositely in the electrophoresis tank; adjusting relative positions of the cathode substrate and the anode substrate for varying each of the distances between corresponding regions on the cathode substrate and the anode substrate; and inputting cathode voltage and anode voltage respectively to a cathode electrode of the cathode substrate and a anode electrode of the anode substrate for performing the electrophoretic deposition. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298509 | Membrane Electrolysis Stack, Electrodialysis Device Including the Stack and Method for the Regeneration of an Electroless Plating Bath - To prevent biological fouling in an electrodialysis device, an electrodialysis device including a membrane electrolysis stack are created. Every membrane electrolysis stack comprises membranes stacked on top of each other and respectively dilute and concentrate compartments arranged therebetween, at least one first and at least one second membrane alternating in succession in the membrane electrolysis stack. At least one first membrane is selected from a group comprising an anion exchange membrane and a bipolar membrane, and at least one second membrane is selected from a group comprising a monoselective anion exchange membrane, a monoselective cation exchange membrane and a proton-selective exchange membrane, with the proviso that the membranes are respectively selected independently of each other and that at least one first membrane in the membrane electrolysis stack is a bipolar membrane. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298510 | NANOPORE BASED DEVICE FOR CUTTING LONG DNA MOLECULES INTO FRAGMENTS - Apparatus, system, and method are provided for cutting a linear charged polymer inside a nanopore. A first voltage is applied to create an electric field in a first direction. A second voltage is applied to create an electric field in a second direction, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction. When the electric field in the first direction and the electric field in the second direction are applied to a linear charged polymer inside a nanopore, the linear charged polymer is cut at a location with predetermined accuracy. | 2012-11-29 |
20120298511 | CHANNEL DEVICE AND SAMPLE TREATMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A channel device including a nanosize channel through which single molecule flows, at least one electrode pair arranged near the nanosize channel, and an AC power source that applies an AC voltage to the electrodes. This channel device is useful for identifying molecules one by one. Furthermore, a channel device including a nanosize channel through which single molecule flows, a branching portion, and a plurality of branching channels, wherein (i) an electrode pair is arranged near the nanosize channel so as to sandwich the nanosize channel between the electrodes, or (ii) one electrode of the electrode pair is located near the nanosize channel, whereas the other is arranged near the branching channels. This channel device is useful for separating single molecule. The present channel device achieves identification or separation at an accuracy of 100% in principle. A sample treatment apparatus according to present invention includes a channel device, a measurement section, and an arithmetic processing section. The measurement section applies a voltage (DC or AC) to between electrodes of an electrode pair installed in the nanosize channel, and measures an electric signal when single molecule passes between the electrodes to identify the molecule | 2012-11-29 |
20120298512 | SMALL VOLUME LIQUID MANIPULATION, METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROCESS - An apparatus, a method and a process to achieve manipulation of particles and/or solutions through the use of electrokinetic properties are disclosed. The manipulation is performed using a disposable device positioned on top of a stage for purposes of powering the electrodes. The fluidic solution is brought into contact with the active part of the device and then manipulated. | 2012-11-29 |