50th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080305849 | GAMING MACHINE SHORTENING THE PLAYING TIME AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - In a bonus game, a predetermined time at which the symbols | 2008-12-11 |
20080305850 | GAMING MACHINE SPECIFYING RELATION BETWEEN SYMBOLS USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - The reels having many symbols and two-dimensional codes corresponding to each of the symbols are rotated and stopped, so that the symbols are arranged in a display. When the symbols are rearranged, a photographing apparatus takes a photograph of the two-dimensional codes and a relation between the symbols rearranged in the display is specified by a content of the two-dimensional codes photographed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305851 | SLOT MACHINE AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a display having a screen capable of displaying a symbol arrangement image in which a plurality of symbols are arranged and a valid area image having a shape capable of including one or more of the symbols; and a controller in communication with the display determining a size of the valid area image so that the number of symbols capable of being included increases as the number of BETs increases, displaying to said screen said symbol arrangement image in which the plurality of symbols are arranged and said valid area image of which size having been determined, so as to superpose said valid area image on said symbol arrangement image, in such a manner that said valid area image moves and then stops, and providing an award in accordance with a symbol included in the stopped valid area image. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305852 | Card Game - A card game and video gaming system includes a matrix of card positions in addition to cards dealt for a player's hand. The player may select betting lines or line paths in the matrix to play and set a wager for the selected line paths. Line paths may include a variety of line configurations including rows and/or columns of the matrix. One or more cards may be selected for retention from the player's hand and combined with cards in each of the selected line path of the matrix to form patterns. The matrix may activate card positions or cards depending on line path selections as well as a number of cards selected for retention. A payout may be determined based on the number of patterns formed as well as the type of patterns. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305853 | Device, System and Method of Gaming - Device, system and method of gaming. For example, a method of operating a game includes: based on a received pre-paid amount, assigning to a user a subscription period and a substantially unlimited amount of virtual game-related operations that the user is permitted to perform during the subscription period; virtually performing, during the subscription period, game-related operations in response to commands received from the user during the subscription period; after the subscription period elapses, calculating a profit-and-loss balance of the user based on the game-related operations virtually performed for the user during the subscription period; and if the profit-and-loss balance is positive, assigning to the user a prize calculated based on the profit-and-loss balance. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305854 | Database queries within a gaming machine - Methods and devices are provided for querying databases maintained by electronic gaming machines (“EGMs”). The databases preferably follow a predetermined naming convention. In some such implementations, a query is written in a predetermined message field. For example, the query string may be written in a predetermined extension of the Gaming Standards Association's G2S Message Protocol. An EGM (or other device) receiving a message containing such a query may extract the query from the predetermined field, parse the query, determine the requested data and return a responsive message that includes the requested data. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305855 | System and method for facilitating back bet wagering - A system and method for facilitating back bet wagering is disclosed. The system includes a central processor in communication with information gathering devices that gather information about game play and a display device. The central processor is able to manipulate the information provided by the information gathering devices in order to generate data regarding game play, such as a ranking of perceived lucky players, and the display device provides a visual display of this data. The method includes recording game data in real-time, associating the game data with active players in the game, assigning a rank to the active players based on the associated game data, presenting the ranking of active players to one or more passive players and receiving back betting wagers from the one or more passive players. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305856 | FACILITATING A PAYOUT AT A GAMING DEVICE USING AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT - A gaming device is adapted to present audiovisual content to players of the game. While the audiovisual content is playing, the player may initiate a game start. A snap shot of the audiovisual content playing at the time of the game start is taken. Reels of the gaming device spin and provide indicia on a payline. The indicia on the payline are compared to characters and elements within the snap shot of the audiovisual content. If there is a match for outcome significant indicia, the player receives a benefit. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305857 | GAMING MACHINE CAPABLE OF CHANGING THE VOLUME LEVEL IN THE PREDETERMINED AUDIO RANGE AND TONE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine comprises a game that is operated by a betting of a player, background music information of a sound signal having a frequency characteristic that becomes a background music of the game, function music information of a sound signal having a frequency characteristic that becomes a function music representing an operating state of the game relating to an action of the player, a volume level changer that can change a volume level of the sound signal and switch a range in which the volume level is changed, a selection switch that is adapted to be operated from an outside and selects a range of the sound signal, a speaker that converts the sound signal into a sound wave and turns it up, and a game controller. The game controller is programmed to change, in the volume level changer, a volume level of a range of the sound signal selected in the selection switch and to output the sound signal having the volume level changed from the speaker. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305858 | Gaming Apparatus - The invention relates to a device which can be used in a gaming environment, typically to allow the user to place bets on specific games which are represented on the display screen of the device. The device is wireless which allows the user to be free to move around an area rather than be confined to a specific location to play the game. The device connects with a server via which bets can be placed and results notified to the device. The results data can be generated from a selected source such as a live game result or data generated by the server. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305859 | Electronic device for personalized control by biometric fingerprint identification - A device able to execute the customer identification, the administration of his operative credit and to provide methods for the control of compulsive gambling and fostering customer loyalty to be applied in gambling, entertainment and skill electronic machines. It comprises a unit constituted by an embedded PC, a fingerprint detector, a numeric keyboard and a LCD display. It is connected through a LAN interface to a central server for the biometric identification of the player, (from a password entered into the numeric keyboard and his digital fingerprint), and for the information of his statement of account. It is connected to the electromechanical gambling machine through a RS-232 interface and using the machine communication protocol, enabling the use of the machine according to the credits informed in the statement of account. By using the same protocol the information related to the gambling amounts is obtained, said data used by the software to carry out the control of the compulsive gambling and fostering customer loyalty. The embedded PC is connected to the detector and the keyboard through a RS-232 interface, and to the display through a LCD interface. The LCD display is used to show the player his statement of account. By identifying the player, the credit is blocked in the remaining machines, allowing the player to play only in the machine he is operating at that moment. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305860 | Systems, Media and Methods for Determining a Winner of a Multiplayer Game - The present invention provides systems, media and methods for determining a winner of a prize in a multiplayer game. A first player grab command is received from a first player device. A second player grab command is received from a second player device. A winner of the prize is determined based on the first player grab command and the second player grab command. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305861 | Method for a plurality of players to simultaneously wager on the same gaming device - The Present Invention teaches methods to allow multiple players to simultaneously wager on the same gaming device. In one embodiment, two or more players place simultaneous wagers upon the results of the same gaming device and each player collects the maximum award, if issued. In another embodiment, two or more players simultaneously wager on the results of the same gaming device and each player collects the biggest award issued. In another embodiment, two or more players simultaneously wager on the results of the same gaming device and each player collects any award or sub-set of awards issued. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305862 | Facilitating a Flat Rate Play Session with a Parallel Game - A gaming device adapted to operate in a flat rate play mode has two credit meters. The first credit meter shows a credit balance associated with the flat rate play session. The second credit meter shows a concurrent credit balance associated with a parallel transactional play session. The player may cash out the balance of one, but not both credit meters. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305863 | GAMING MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PLAYING METHOD OF CARD GAME - A gaming machine comprises a controller, a first display and a second display. The controller is operable to (a) execute a poker game as a base game, (b) execute the base game to be played subsequently as a high-probability game with a raised winning probability for some game plays if the predetermined combination is a specific combination, (c) accumulate some of a payout amount for a jackpot, and (d) execute a chance game for determining whether or not to award the jackpot based on the player's operation if the high-probability game has brought a predetermined outcome. The first display displays images related to the base game. The second display is provided independently from the first display and displays images related to the chance game. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DEMAND DRIVEN SPORTING GAMES - A demand driven game system and method uses a communications network driven by an engine to facilitate the scheduling of demand driven (sporting) games (DDG's), through passively accepting electronic expressions of interest for open slots (registrations), and actively filling slots through a matching service. Such functions can be performed through a combination of processing party preferences from a public interface, a team interface, setup preferences from an administrator interface and a referee interface, processing league data structures from a database, particularly competition rosters and referee rosters, processing DDG registrations and sending and receiving automated communications with relevant parties through SMS channels. DDG slots could be filled through a combination of transactional approaches, players/teams/individuals registering for specific slots, and service approaches, with players/teams/individuals registering to receive queries for DDG's of a specific character. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305868 | Gaming machine system having automatic reporting feature - The present invention relates to a method of reporting alterations to the operation of a gaming machine. The method includes operating the gaming machine in a standard mode of operation, and subsequently altering the standard mode of operation. In response to this altering, a report is automatically generated for submission to a gaming regulatory agency. The report indicates that the standard mode of operation has been altered. In one common form, the mode of operation being altered is the payout structure, which is information that must be submitted to the gaming regulatory agency in most jurisdictions. In other alternatives, the novel method includes transmitting the report to the agency, possibly automatically via an electronic transmission. The present invention also contemplates gaming machines that are configured to generate such a report, and gaming machine networks that are configured to generate such a report. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305869 | PREVENTION OF CHEATING IN ON-LINE INTERACTION - A method for preventing cheating by users of client computers running a network game program includes installing a monitoring program, independent of the network game program, on a group of the client computers so as to detect, using the monitoring program, an anomalous use of an asset of at least one of the client computers that is indicative of an attempt to cheat in the game program. A message is conveyed over a network to a server from each of at least some of the client computers in the group. The message from each such client computer indicates that the monitoring program has been actuated on the client computer. Responsively to the message, the client computers receive a message from the server at the client computer indicating which ones of the client computers have actuated the monitoring program. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305870 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - For a playing experience in a computer game that more accurately captures the experience of professional football or another sport, it would be advantageous to be able to hide from an opponent a selected player formation and play selection until the play actually begins. Similarly, in other computer games such as war games and role-playing games, it is desirable to be able to hide from other players certain properties—e.g., equipment, disposition of forces, etc.—held by each player while making this information available to the player holding these properties. In the present invention, a signal processor is inserted in the link between the game console and the television set and auxiliary displays are provided that are visible only to individual players. The signal processor detects certain frames containing information that should not be displayed to all players, removes that information from the signal to the television set and displays it instead on the appropriate auxiliary display. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305871 | GAME PROGRAM, GAME MACHINE, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - A game character releasing a moving object is displayed on an image display device. In a game program, correspondence between releasing form data and third image data that are for a process of releasing the moving object are recognized by a control unit. One of a plurality of the releasing form data is recognized as the property data of the character by the control unit. Further, forth image data corresponding to the property data are recognized by the control unit. The first, second, and fourth image data are recognized by the control unit. First through fourth intermediate image data are recognized as intermediate image data by the control unit. In addition, the releasing operations corresponding to the property data are displayed on the image display device by using second basic image data and the intermediate image data. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305872 | GAMING MACHINE ADJUSTING THE VOLUME LEVEL OF BACKGROUND MUSIC - Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine comprises a game that is operated by a betting of a player; background music information that is a sound signal that becomes a background music of the game; function music information that is a sound signal that becomes a function music representing an operating state of the game relating to an action of the player; a volume level changer capable of changing a volume level of the sound signal that becomes a background music of the game; a selection switch that is adapted to be operated from an outside and selects a volume level of the sound signal that becomes a background music of the game; a speaker that converts the sound signal into a sound wave and turns it up; and a game controller. The game controller is programmed to change, in the volume level changer, a volume level of the sound signal that becomes a background music of a game selected in the selection switch and to turn up a sound signal, from the speaker, including the sound signal that becomes a background music of the game having the volume level changed and the sound signal that becomes a function music. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305873 | Universal Toy Controller System And Methods - An apparatus, system, and methods, for an game controller system are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that allows for universal control of games. In some embodiments, the games are hosted at an online portal, which contains a software module allowing a game programmer to specify a controller mapping. When a particular game is selected by a user, the mapping is sent to the local computer. Once installed, the mapping file maps commands received from a controller to specific actions within the game. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305874 | Methods For The Unambiguous Association Of At Least One Autonomous Storage Unit With At Least One Player In A Score Keeping Device - The invention relates to methods for the unambiguous personal association of at least one autonomous storage unit ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305875 | Gaming System, Apparatus and Method of Performing a Game - A game gaming system ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESPONSE AUTHORIZATION - A method and system for response authorization. In one embodiment, authorization data and response data may be received over a paging network on a user device. The authorization data may be compared against a device identifier of the user device. A response indicated by the response data may be triggered on the user device based on a comparison of the authorization data to the device identifier. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305877 | GAME MACHINE AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING DATA CARRIER - A game apparatus includes an apparatus body; and a plurality of small playing members each having a data carrier for transmitting driving electric power and performing mutual communications with the apparatus body. The number of points is added by the apparatus body when a change is given from the outside to an arbitrarily selected small playing member among the plurality of small playing members under a predetermined condition. In another aspect, an automated traveling control system for executing a process corresponding to a kind of a carrier object traveling by a gate is disclosed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305878 | CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT - A constant velocity joint having an inner hub and an outer hub ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305879 | Backyard ball park - A method of making and reconstructing a uniquely shaped baseball field. Components of the invention create a measuring system allowing a person to build a uniquely shaped ballpark, record its dimensions, take the outfield wall down, and then rebuild it in the same shape. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305880 | GOLF SWING AND PUTTING STROKE TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD - A golf training device that is equally useful in developing a putting stroke and a swing stroke. A club head is severed in the middle and a ball is rotatably secured between the head segments. A circumferential line is applied at the ball's equator defining a plane perpendicular to a line about which the ball rotates. Rotation of the ball is employed for training certain strokes or segments of strokes, and the circumferential line is employed for training certain strokes or segments of strokes. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305881 | Dual Laser Golf Training System - A golf training system and method wherein a device comprising a straight, elongated arm having an axis, a first proximal end, and a second distal end; a wrist bar connected to the elongated arm at a point near the first proximal end, extending perpendicularly from the straight, elongated arm at a right angle to the axis of the straight, elongated arm; a first green laser enclosed by the straight, elongated arm adapted to emit a green laser beam from the first proximal end along the axis; and a second green laser enclosed by the straight, elongated arm adapted to emit a green laser beam from the second distal end is used to train on plane swing, proper wrist angulations, proper hip turn, proper shoulder turn, and a proper putting motion. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305882 | Golf Club Head and Method of Manufacturing - A system and method relate to methods for matching a set of golf club shafts for a set of golf clubs. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305883 | GOLF CLUB GRIP - The present invention is directed to a golf club grip with the look and feel of jelly or other aesthetically pleasing substances. More particularly, the grip is fabricated using a silicone rubber composition comprising polydimethylsiloxane, which provides the grip with a soft feel. In an innovative aspect of the present invention, an iterative method is used to add color pigments to the silicone rubber composition so that the grip's color matches the aesthetically pleasing colors of common substances such as jelly. In yet another aspect of the invention, the grip is translucent, allowing indicia to be formed underneath its outer surface. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305884 | GOLF CLUB GRIP - The present invention is directed to a method of displaying indicia on a golf club shaft having a substantially translucent grip. The indicia are permanently formed on an outer surface of the shaft by chemical etching, bead blasting, stamping, and the like. The grip is held on top of the gripping end of a shaft by a translucent glue or liquid adhesive. The grip is made from a rubber base or synthetic material. This method of displaying indicia is innovative because the indicia are protected from abrasion. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305885 | METHOD TO ALLOW SIMPLE SELECTION AND INTERCHANGEABILITY OF GOLF PUTTERS AND SHAFTS - A method to allow simple selection and interchangeability of golf putters and shafts. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305886 | Golf putter head assembly - A golf putter head assembly comprises: a putter head with a threaded sleeve, and a balance weight screwed into the threaded sleeve. Adjusting the position of the balance weight inside the threaded sleeve can change the center of gravity of the putter head to meet different player's requirements to obtain an optimum hitting stability and ball moving direction, and increase the success rate in sending the golf ball into the hole. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305887 | GOLF CLUB HEAD FOR AN IRON - A golf club head for an iron includes a back part, a striking plate covering the back part, and a fixing unit to join the striking plate and the back part. The fixing unit has a looped groove provided between the striking plate and the back part, and a welding material interconnecting the striking plate and the back part and filled in the looped groove. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305888 | Golf club head with an air-discharging structure - A golf club head has a body and a hitting plate. The body has a front side, a rear side, a chamber and a recess. The chamber is defined in the front side, hold a shock absorbing material inside and has a top edge, an opening defined in the front side and at least one air-discharging channel. The air-discharging channel is defined in the top edge and has a depth being small as for allowing air inside the chamber to discharge via the air-discharging channel but keeping the shock absorbing material inside the chamber from exhausting through the air-discharging channel. The recess is defined in the rear side and has a bottom and an injection hole defined through the bottom and communicating with the chamber. The hitting plate is attached to the front side of the body and closes the opening of the chamber. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305889 | Golf Ball Compositions Comprising Elastic Proteins - The present invention is directed to golf balls having at least one layer formed from a composition comprising an elastic protein. Golf balls of the present invention include one-piece, two-piece, and multi-layer golf balls. In two-piece and multi-layer golf balls of the present invention, the elastic protein-containing composition may be present in a core layer, a cover layer, an intermediate layer (in the case of multi-layer balls), or a combination thereof. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305890 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL - The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball comprising a core, an envelope layer encasing the core, an intermediate layer encasing the envelope layer, and a cover which encases the intermediate layer and has formed on a surface thereof a plurality of dimples. The core is formed primarily of a rubber material, has a diameter of at least 31 mm, and has a hardness which gradually increases from a center to a surface thereof, the hardness difference in JIS-C hardness units between the core center and the core surface being at least 15 and, letting (I) be the average value for cross-sectional hardnesses at a position 15 mm from the core center and at the core center and letting (II) be the cross-sectional hardness at a position 7.5 mm from the core center, the hardness difference (I)-(II) therebetween in JIS-C units being not more than ±2. The envelope layer and the intermediate layer are each formed primarily of the same or different resin materials. The cover is formed primarily of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer. The envelope layer, intermediate layer and cover have thicknesses which satisfy the relationship cover thicknesscover surface hardness, and 1≦(JIS-C hardness of intermediate layer surface−JIS-C hardness of envelope layer surface)≦30. The golf ball has an excellent flight performance and controllability that are acceptable to professionals and other skilled golfers, while also having an excellent durability to cracking on repeated impact and an excellent scuff resistance. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305891 | Golf ball | 2008-12-11 |
20080305892 | GOLF TEE SETTING DEVICE - A golf tee setting device includes a generally tubular body defining a bore adapted to receive the head and shank of a golf tee, and a plunger within the bore with an axial face selectively positioned to a predetermined distance from a first end of the bore. A flexible membrane disposed in the bore proximate to its first end defines a plurality of generally radially-inwardly projecting fingers whose tips nominally radially engage the shank of a golf tee that has been inserted into the bore, whereby the shank of the received tee is radially stabilized within the bore. The membrane's fingers resiliently flex axially within the bore to permit the passage of the head of the tee, both as the tee is first received in the bore and thereafter when removing the device from a tee that has been set into the ground using the device. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL REACTION TIMING - A method and an apparatus for improving the reaction timing of an individual to the action of an individual or machine. When used in sports and specifically for baseball hitting reaction timing, the Opposing Pitcher's ball speed and release point distance is measured. The batting practice pitcher's or pitching machine's ball speed is measured. By use of the TIME RIGHT™ CONVERSION CHARTS, the batting practice pitcher or pitching machine is positioned at a pitcher's mat and the hitter is positioned at a hitter's mat. The hitter's mat is positioned proximal at least one batter's box. A movable home plate is positioned on the hitter's mat. The hitter and the pitcher are positioned on the respective hitter's mat and pitcher's mat by determination, via the conversion charts, of the respective distances which will replicate the ball speed and the release point distance of an opposing pitcher. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305894 | ROTATING PLATFORM ASSEMBLY FOR PITCHING MACHINES - A pivoting frame assembly for use with a pitching machine. The pitching machine for pitching balls. The pivoting frame assembly for supporting the pitching machine above a ground surface. The pivoting frame assembly having a first portion for supporting the pitching machine and a second portion configured for contacting a ground surface, these first and second portions pivotally connected to one another. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305895 | TRAINING BAT WITH VISUAL FEEDBACK OF PROPER SWING - A training baseball bat has an internal movable magnet that accelerates to the end of the bat when swung at a fast enough speed. As the magnet moves it passes through a coil that is connected to one or more LEDs so that the LEDs momentarily flash as the magnet moves through the coil. A stationary magnet can be used to hold the movable magnet until sufficient centrifugal force is imparted by the swing to overcome the magnetic holding force. Spacers can be provided to establish a distance between the magnets as needed to establish a desired swing speed at which centrifugal force overcomes the magnetic attraction. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305896 | Apparatus for Adjustable Height Basketball Standard - A height adjustable basketball standard comprises a fixed support pole, configured to support a backboard assembly above a playing surface. A lifting link has a base end and a traveling end. The base end is pivotally coupled to the fixed support pole and the traveling end is pivotally coupled to the backboard assembly. A parallel link has a parallel base end pivotally coupled to the fixed support pole and a parallel traveling end pivotally coupled to the backboard assembly. A drive mechanism is coupled to the support pole and engages the lifting link. The drive mechanism is configured to provide a force which is sufficient to pivot the lifting link relative to the fixed support pole, thereby adjusting the height of the backboard assembly relative to the playing surface. The drive mechanism engages the lifting link in a manner sufficient to vertically move the backboard assembly about 1 inch upon moving the force application point of the lifting arm about ⅕ of an inch. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305897 | Double First Base System - This patent application is for a baseball and softball safety base systems generally, and more specifically a double first base system with a removable secondary side base portion. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305898 | VENTED SHAFT FOR A LACROSSE STICK - A vented shaft for a lacrosse stick is disclosed herein. The shaft includes an elongate tube having a wall, an external surface, an internal surface, and an inner hollow defined therein. The wall of the tube has a plurality of holes defined therethrough for permitting fluid communication between the inner hollow and the outside of the tube. The elongate tube also has a designated top end for retaining a closed-loop frame with a net suspended in the frame. Configured as such, the vented shaft is lightweight and thus easy for a lacrosse player to wield during a match. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305899 | Toy Ball Containing Shakable Object - Toy ball includes a transparent hollow ball surface layer having a seal opening, a designed article connected with a string to a block body, and is disposed inside the hollow portion of the transparent ball surface layer. Furthermore, liquid is mixed with the bright glitter pieces, can be injected into the ball from the seal opening, and is filled inside the hollow portion of the transparent ball surface layer. As the toy ball is shaken, the bright glitter pieces inside the ball can be fully suspended all around in the liquid. In addition, the designed article is to produce a shaking motion inside the liquid of the ball because it is constrained by the string attachment, thus the visual effect of the toy ball can be enhanced. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305900 | Game Ball - Ball structures, such as basketballs, are formed to include regions with different and distinct tactile characteristics or “feel.” Such ball structures may include a cover member divided into plural panels that are separated by channels. The exterior surface of one or more of these panels may include regions having different textures. One region, which extends over a central portion of the panel, includes raised elements, such as raised ribs or other structures, that may extend at least 0.5 mm outward from a base surface of the cover member. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305901 | Power transmitting chain and power transmitting apparatus having the same - A first pin of a connecting member of connecting a plurality of links to each other includes a front portion opposed to a corresponding second pin. The front portion is brought into rolling and sliding contact with the corresponding second pin at a contact portion displaced in accordance with a vibration in a bending angle between the links. A locus of moving the contact portion in accordance with bending the link forms an involute curve INV. A contact region of an end face of the first pin is brought into contact with a sheave face of a pulley by constituting a center by a contact center point. With regard to an orthogonal direction, a distance between a contact center point and a contact portion when the bending angle is zero and a distance between the contact center point and a contact portion when the bending angle is an allowable maximum bending angle are equal to each other. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305902 | BICYCLE FRONT DERAILLEUR - A bicycle front derailleur includes a chain guide that is provided with a pushing element that is movable relative to the chain guide to assist in shifting a bicycle chain from a smaller front sprocket to an adjacent larger sprocket. The chain guide is part of a movable member that is movably coupled to a base member via a linkage assembly. The pushing element is rotatably coupled to the chain guide portion and activated by a chain to move relative to the inner chain guide member from a first position with the pushing element at rest to a second position in response to activation by the chain. The contact surface moves laterally outwardly into the chain receiving slot toward the outer chain guide member as the pushing element moves from the first position to the second position. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305903 | ECCENTRIC TENSIONING DEVICE - An eccentric tensioning device is provided for tensioning a power-transmission means constructed, for example, as a flat belt or toothed belt in a power-transmission means drive. The tensioning device can be brought into a pretensioned mounting state in an advantageous way. The eccentric tensioning device has a free roller device that includes a running disk and a roller bearing provided for supporting this disk, a working eccentric for supporting the free roller device, that can be displaced in the radial direction relative to the rotating axis of the roller bearing according to the magnitude of the pivoting of the working eccentric, a bearing journal device for supporting the working eccentric, a torsion spring for pretensioning the working eccentric, a fixing device for securing the working eccentric in a mounting position, in which the torsion spring is located in a pretensioned state, and an adjustment for supporting the bearing journal device. The adjustment eccentric has a rim encompassing the bearing journal device on an end facing away from a flange side and a passage device, through which an end region of the bearing journal device is accessible, is constructed in the region of this rim. In this way, it becomes possible in an advantageous way to create a tensioning device, in which the bearing journal device can be loaded on the end with an axial force used for the axial displacement of the working eccentric relative to the guide journal. It thus becomes possible to bring a tensioning device detached by unlocking the fixing device in an advantageous way into a pretensioned mounting state and in this way to reconfigure it into a mounting-ready state. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305904 | TRANSMISSION WHEEL FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ALTERNATOR - A cushion ring is provided between a transmission shaft and a transmission wheel's sleeve. The cushion ring has a number of centripetal teeth, thereby forming a number of chambers around the cushion ring. Inside each chamber, there is a slope section slanting towards an adjacent first tooth, and there is a spring element pressing a ball (or cylinder) against the slope section and the first tooth. The diameter of the ball or cylinder is such that it stands on the slope section to be slightly beyond the teeth and contacts an outside surface of the transmission shaft. As such, when the engine is ignited and a jitter causes the transmission shaft to turn in a reversed direction, the balls and cylinders are rolled towards the spring elements and the rotational force is thereby absorbed by the spring elements. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305905 | Hub for power transmission apparatus - A hub for use in a power transmission apparatus comprises cylindrical portion | 2008-12-11 |
20080305906 | TRANSMISSION BELT - A transmission belt is formed by annularly arranging elements including a plate-shaped first element and a plate-shaped second element, and annularly connecting the elements using a ring. The first element includes a first edge surface on which a burr is formed when the first element is formed by a press operation. The second element includes a second edge surface on which a burr is formed when the second element is formed by the press operation. The first and second edge surfaces face in directions opposite to each other in a direction in which the elements are arranged. The first edge surface includes a first rocking edge that contacts the element adjacent to the first element when the elements are arranged in an arc. The second edge surface includes a second rocking edge that contacts the element adjacent to the second element when the elements are arranged in the arc. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305907 | INPUT BRAKE ASSEMBLY - An input brake assembly is provided for selectively grounding a transmission input member. The packaging location of the input brake assembly does not interfere with, and thus still allows the option of providing a bypass clutch for a flex plate-type flywheel connecting the engine with the transmission input member. The input brake assembly includes a flywheel, preferably a flex plate, for transferring rotary torque between the engine and the transmission input member and a ring gear secured to the outer periphery of the flex plate. A pinion gear is axially movable into and out of meshing engagement with the ring gear. A grounding device is operatively connected to the pinion gear and is operable to prevent rotation of the pinion gear, thereby braking the flex plate as well as the transmission input member operatively connected thereto when the pinion gear is in meshing engagement with the ring gear. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305908 | Joint driving apparatus for robot - A joint driving apparatus for a robot comprises an oscillating internally meshing reduction mechanism, a center shaft member, a ring portion, and an oil seal disposed between the ring portion and the center shaft member. The oscillating internally meshing reduction mechanism is fixed to a first member and rotates the second member relatively with respect to the first member. An output member is arranged at the side of an external gear in an axial direction so as to output a relative rotation of an internal gear with the external gear. The center shaft member is fixed to the output member, and has a shaft portion extending up to the side opposite to the external gear in the axial direction of the output member. The ring portion is integrally formed with the first member and faces to the shaft portion of the center shaft member. The oil seal is disposed between the ring portion and the shaft portion. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305909 | REDUCTION GEAR - A reduction gear includes a reduction mechanism, which includes: an external gear eccentrically rotatable about an input shaft; an internal gear internally meshing with the external gear and having a small number of difference between the teeth of the internal gear and the external gear; a disk for extracting only a rotational component of the external gear; an output shaft; and gears for transmitting the rotational component of the external gear from the disk to the output shaft. The disk, the gears and the output shaft are aligned in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the input shaft. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305910 | Dual-Pilot Axle Assembly for an Automotive Vehicle Driveline - A differential and axle assembly for an automotive vehicle driveline is disclosed. The assembly includes a differential drive pinion and a drive pinion shaft, the drive pinion shaft being splined to a drive pinion shaft flange. Axial and radial dimensional runout is minimized by spaced, front and rear pilot surfaces at axially spaced ends of the splines for the drive pinion shaft and the drive pinion flange. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305911 | Eight Speed Automatic Transmission with Dual Area Clutch Piston - A transmission includes four planetary gearsets and five torque transmitting devices operative to provide eight forward speed ratios. At least one of the torque transmitting devices is engaged during two different speed ratios. The torque transmitting device includes a piston partially defining two separate and independently pressurizable chambers. Accordingly, the transmission enables both chambers to be pressurized for speed ratios in which a high torque capacity is required of the torque transmitting device, and only one of the chambers to be pressurized for speed ratios in which a low torque capacity is required of the torque transmitting device. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305912 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305913 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305914 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305915 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches and a brake. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305916 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are clutches and a brake. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305917 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305918 | SEVEN SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH SIX TORQUE-TRANSMITTING MECHANISMS AND THREE PLANETARY GEAR SETS - A multi-speed transmission is provided that includes three planetary gear sets and seven torque-transmitting mechanisms with various fixed interconnections to provide seven forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The first planetary gear set is a dual sun planetary and the torque-transmitting mechanism engagement schedule is designed so that, in the reverse speed ratio, a predetermined speed ratio is achieved at the second sun gear member in the dual sun planetary and the input member, and, in the first forward speed ratio, the same magnitude predetermined speed ratio is achieved between the second sun gear member and the input member, but with the second sun gear member rotating in an opposite direction as in the reverse speed ratio. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305919 | Friction Gear Frej - Actuators for adjustments of office and assembling work tables, hospital beds, windows, process valves are some examples on applications where the current gear technology gives noise problems and needs space. Friction gears give silent running but are sensitive for alignment errors of the output shaft. These errors give changes in the gear geometry which cause micro slip and bad efficiency and shorten the gear life time. This friction gear invention is unsensitive for alignment error of the output shaft. The theoretical optimal gear geometry is maintained even when the screw is oscillating during running. FIG. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305920 | TOROIDAL CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - Power roller-side concave grooves are opposed to disk-side concave grooves | 2008-12-11 |
20080305921 | Method For Operating a Hybrid Vehicle Drive and a Device For Carrying Out Said Method - The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle drive comprising at least one internal combusting engine ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305922 | HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM - A hybrid drive system is provided for a vehicle. The hybrid drive system includes, but is not limited to a traction battery, an internal combustion engine and an electric drive. The internal combustion engine and the electric drive provide propulsion drives and are configured to be operatively and selectively coupled to a transmission. The internal combustion engine includes, but is not limited to a heater for pre-heating a selected portion of the internal combustion engine. The traction battery is coupled to the heater and configured so as to be able to provide electric power to the heater whilst the propulsion drives are switched off. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305923 | Control device for hybrid vehicle drive apparatus - A control device for hybrid vehicle drive apparatus is disclosed which executes an internal-combustion-engine rotation control for rotating an engine output shaft ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080305924 | Launch control of a hybrid electric vehicle - A method for controlling a vehicle launch using a transmission having an input, a current gear, an input clutch associated with a target gear and an output, an engine and an electric machine for driving the input, includes the steps of determining a desired magnitude of torque to be produced at the transmission output, producing a predetermined magnitude of torque capacity of the input clutch, operating the engine such that a magnitude of torque at the transmission output is substantially equal to the desired transmission output torque, determining an crankshaft speed error, determining a desired change in torque at the transmission input that will reduce the crankshaft speed error, adjusting a magnitude of torque produced by the first electric machine such that the magnitude of torque at the transmission input is substantially equal to the desired torque at the transmission input, and engaging the input clutch. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305925 | Launch control of a hybrid electric vehicle - A method for controlling a vehicle launch using a transmission having an input, a current gear, an input clutch associated with a target gear and an output, an engine and an electric machine for driving the input, includes the steps of using the engine and the first electric machine to drive the transmission input at a desired magnitude of torque, determining a desired magnitude of torque capacity of the input clutch, determining a crankshaft speed error, determining a magnitude of a change in torque capacity of the input clutch that will reduce the crankshaft speed error, and increasing the torque capacity of the input clutch to a desired torque capacity whose magnitude is determined by adding the current magnitude of torque capacity of the input clutch and said change in torque capacity of the input clutch. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305926 | Continuously Variable Transmission and Straddle Type Vehicle - A continuously variable transmission reduces slips between a primary sheave and a V-belt when decelerating. A target value setting section sets a control target value for control by a control device. In the target value setting section, a normal mode, a kick down mode set to be in a Low gear range lower than in the normal mode, and a restriction value given in a throttle fully closed state are provided. The control device controls the continuously variable transmission based upon the kick down mode provided in the target value setting section, in response to an operation of a kick down operator. The control device controls a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission not to vary to a Low gear range lower than the restriction value provided in the target value setting section. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305927 | Method for Controlling the Transmission of a Vehicle - Described is a method for controlling a transmission for motor vehicles, especially an automatic transmission or an automatic gearbox, where a gear ratio (“ | 2008-12-11 |
20080305928 | TRANSMISSION - A transmission includes: a shift member, adapted to be moved in a shifting direction and a selecting direction; a shift lug, having a pair of claw portions spaced apart from each other in the shifting direction; and a shift fork, connected to the shift lug via a shift rail. The shift member is moved by an actuator to push one of the claw portions in the shifting direction to thereby selectively move the shift lug in the shifting direction so as to cause the shift fork to perform a gear shift operation via the shift rail. The pair of claw portions are disposed so as to be offset from each other in the selecting direction. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305929 | SHIFT CONTROL SYSTEM, SHIFT CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A shift control system and a shift control method perform shift control of an automatic transmission in a vehicle that includes a catalyst and an air-fuel ratio detector. The shift control system includes an operation detector that detects an operation corresponding to a drivel's request for stopping of the vehicle, and a condition detecting/estimating unit that detects or estimates a condition of at least one of the catalyst and the air-fuel ratio detector. In the shift control system and shift control method, if the operation corresponding to the driver's request for stopping of the vehicle is detected when an operation to switch the automatic transmission from a non-driving range to a driving range is selected is performed, the automatic transmission is controlled so that driving force of the engine is not substantially transmitted to the driving wheels, based on the detected or estimated result of at least one of the catalyst and the air-fuel ratio detector. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305930 | ENGINE STALL PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an engine stall prevention system for industrial vehicles. The engine stall prevention system includes a transmission, which is configured such that a hydraulic shuttle valve for performing forward and reverse switching without requiring the operation of a clutch pedal, and a control unit for controlling the shuttle valve. The control unit receives a brake pedal operation signal from a brake detection unit for detecting the operation of a brake pedal, detects the traveling state of a vehicle using a traveling detection unit, determines whether the speed and engine RPM of the vehicle are equal to or less than respective preset values, and performs automatic control such that the shuttle valve enters a neutral state or a half-clutch state if it is determined that the vehicle speed is greater than the corresponding preset value and the engine RPM is equal to or less than the corresponding preset value. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305931 | Method for checking the plausibility of the position of the clutch actuator of a clutch, method for determining the touch point of a clutch, and device for carrying out the method - A method for checking the plausibility of an actuation position of a clutch of a double-clutch transmission operated by an actuator, including the following steps: disengaging the clutch assigned to the currently active old subtransmission and simultaneously engaging the clutch assigned to the other subtransmission to shift from the gear selected in the old subtransmission to a gear selected in the other, new subtransmission; deselecting the gear selected in the old subtransmission still during the overlapping operation of the clutches or immediately thereafter; detecting the difference between the speed of rotation of a drive shaft of the double-clutch transmission driven by a drive motor and the speed of rotation of the input shaft of the old subtransmission; and evaluating the state of the clutch assigned to the old subtransmission as disengaged when the difference in speeds of rotation exceeds a predetermined value within a predetermined time after deselection of the gear. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305932 | Method for Shutdown of Vehicle Brakes - At vehicle startup and vehicle shutdown, the driver modulates the brake pressure directly by depressing the brake pedal and the driver feels pedal resistance. During normal conditions of vehicle operation after vehicle startup, pressure boosted actuation of the vehicle brakes is provided by the modulation of boosted pressure from an accumulator via a boost valve operable in response to brake pedal depression, while an isolation valve isolates the pedal from direct influence by the brake pressure and the driver feels pedal resistance provided by a pedal simulator. Upon shutdown of boosted actuation, the boost valve reduces the brake pressure gradually over a calibrated period of time until the brake pressure substantially equals the pedal resistance then felt by the driver. Then the isolation valve reestablishes driver's feel of the brake pressure without an abrupt change in pedal resistance upon the reversion from boosted actuation to hydraulic unboosted actuation. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305933 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ACTION PLAN - The present invention related to a mobile device and, more specifically, to a mobile device for communicating with an electronic device and a method for generating an action plan via the mobile device. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305934 | BILATERALLY ACTUATED SCULLING TRAINER - An apparatus for simulating sculling or rowing on water includes a support frame with foot rests, a sliding seat, bilateral oars that are rotationally coupled to a set of actuators, integrated input velocity and torque sensors, computer and computer display. Each actuator incorporates a mechanical transmission, a rotational inertial mass, a variable linear and a variable non-linear damping element. The damping elements can be controlled manually or automatically by computer programs under user control. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305935 | Ball exerciser for arms and torso - An exercise ball device for exercising by a user while in a prone position. The exercise ball device includes a semi-circular shaped housing having an outer curved surface and an interior curved compartment having an inner curved surface. The housing has a retaining member positioned on the perimeter edge of the housing. The exercise ball device also includes a rolling ball positioned within the interior curved compartment, and the rolling ball is removably restrained within the interior curved compartment by the retaining member. Further, the outer curved surface of the housing has a restraint member attached thereto for receiving the hand of a user. Additionally, the rolling ball is approximately the same size as the interior curved compartment so that the rolling ball rotates or rolls within and relative to the housing. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305936 | Weight Selection System For Fitness Training Equipment - Weight stack selection system for fitness equipment. Central stem having offset lateral movement is eliminated by present invention. The select pin is easier for insertion to the selected desired weight due to the lack of accumulated thickness the plagued the industry. A moving block is used to intuitively select the desired weight, when said moving block is moved up and down on a rail. A safety pin is built in to each plate, so that said moving block cannot be moved unless the weight plates are in the released and settled state. A dial on a belt assembly, which drives the up/down movement of said moving block, furthers the intuitive selection means of dialing into the desired weight for training purpose. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305937 | ROLLER BODY WITH PROFILE CHANNELS FOR A THERMAL TREATMENT FLUID - A roller body for treating a web-shaped material, comprising a shell | 2008-12-11 |
20080305938 | CENTRIFUGE - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a centrifuge including: a rotor rotated by a driver; a chamber housing the rotor therein; a cover openable and closable with respect to the chamber; and a lock mechanism that locks the cover in a closed state, wherein the lock mechanism includes: a motor; a first hook rotated by the motor; and a second hook connected to the first hook through a connecting member, wherein the cover includes a securing portion on which the first hook and the second hook are respectively secured when the cover is locked, and wherein, during a locking operation of the cover, primary the first hook is engaged with the securing portion and pulls the cover toward the chamber, and then the second hook is engaged with the securing portion. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305939 | Optical glass and optical element - An optical glass includes P | 2008-12-11 |
20080305940 | TITANIA-DOPED QUARTZ GLASS FOR NANOIMPRINT MOLDS - In the nanoimprint lithography, titania-doped quartz glass having an internal transmittance distribution of up to 10% at wavelength 365 nm is suited for use as nanoimprint molds. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305941 | TITANIA-DOPED QUARTZ GLASS FOR NANOIMPRINT MOLDS - In the nanoimprint lithography, a titania-doped quartz glass having a CTE of −300 to 300 ppb/° C. between 0° C. and 250° C. and a CTE distribution of up to 100 ppb/° C. at 25° C. is suited for use as nanoimprint molds. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305942 | Oxynitride Armour Glass - The present invention relates to the use of an oxynitride glass comprising a combination of glass network modifying cations as an armour material. The invention further relates to a novel oxynitride glass comprising a combination of glass network modifying cations and to a novel method for preparing an oxynitride glass comprising a combination of glass network modifying cations. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305943 | ZIRCONIA PARTICLES - Zirconia particles, methods of making zirconia particles, composite materials that contain the zirconia particles, methods of making the composite materials, and zirconia sols that contain the zirconia particles are described. The zirconia particles are substantially non-associated and have an average size no greater than 50 nanometers and may contain yttrium. The zirconia particles are prepared by a method that includes two separate hydrothermal treatments. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305944 | DIELECTRIC CERAMICS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AS WELL AS MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - Dielectric ceramics capable of decreasing the displacement causing ringing and a multi-layer ceramic capacitor capable of decreasing occurrence of ringing in which the dielectric ceramics comprise a solid solution represented by: | 2008-12-11 |
20080305945 | Method of Making a Phosphorus-Modified Zeolite Catalyst - A catalyst is formed from a phosphorus-containing ZSM-5-type zeolite. The ZSM-5-type zeolite has a silica/alumina molar ratio of at least 200. The phosphorus-containing ZSM-5-type zeolite also has a phosphorus content of at least 8% by weight of zeolite and has multiple phosphorus species exhibited by at least two | 2008-12-11 |
20080305946 | Platinum Alloy Carbon-Supported Catalysts - The instant invention relates to a platinum alloy supported electrocatalyst for gas diffusion electrode and/or in catalyst-coated membrane. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305947 | Highly Active Slurry Catalyst Composition - The instant invention is directed to the preparation of a slurry catalyst composition. The slurry catalyst composition is prepared in a series of steps, involving mixing a Group VIB metal oxide and aqueous ammonia to form an aqueous mixture and sulfiding the mixture to form a slurry. The slurry is then promoted with a Group VIII metal. Subsequent steps involve mixing the slurry with a hydrocarbon oil, and combining the resulting mixture with hydrogen gas (under conditions which maintain the water in a liquid phase) to produce the active slurry catalyst. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305948 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYTICALLY-ACTIVE MATERIALS - A method for producing a catalytically-active material having at least one base component and at least one catalytically-active component in which the at least one base component is heated to a softening or melting temperature to form a softened or molten base component. While the base component is in the softened or molten state, at least one catalytically-active component is incorporated into or onto the base component, forming the catalytically-active material. In accordance with one embodiment, a catalyst precursor is introduced into the base component and subsequently transformed to a catalytically-active component. | 2008-12-11 |
20080305949 | MERCURY REMOVAL SORBENT - A sorbent composition comprising a vanadium compound and a ZrO | 2008-12-11 |
20080305950 | Guanidinated Polysaccharides, Their Use as Absorbents and Process For Producing Same - The present invention relates to cationic, gel forming, guanidinated polysaccharides of Formula I, their use as absorbent materials, and to processes for producing same: Formula I wherein Z | 2008-12-11 |
20080305951 | Method for Incorporating a Functional Additive within a Porous Material - The invention relates a method for incorporating a functional additive within a porous material, which method comprises impregnating the porous material with a slurry of a nano-sized material that carries the functional additive, wherein in the slurry the weight ratio of the additive (A) and the nano-sized material (B) is in the range of from 0.01 to 1.0 (A/B). The invention further relates to a porous material obtainable by said method. | 2008-12-11 |