51st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120322597 | BELT OR CHAIN DRIVE - The invention concerns a belt or chain drive with at least one belt-shaped or chain-shaped drive element ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120322598 | Ratchet Structure of a freewheel and a hub - A structure of a freewheel and a hub contains a hub including a first ratchet having a pair of first teeth, a central shaft, a screw section, and a freewheel set; the hub including a first chainwheel disc assembly, a second chainwheel disc assembly, a plurality of chainwheel disks, and a screw; each chainwheel disc including a through hole, a first groove, and a second groove, a first single sprocket; the first chainwheel disc assembly includes an aperture, a recessed rim, a recess, a pair of notches, and a first double sprocket; wherein the second chainwheel disc assembly includes an opening, a second single sprocket, a raised fringe, a second ratchet and a pair of tooth, both of which are arranged on a front side of the raised fringe. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322599 | INNER LINK PLATE FOR BICYCLE CHAIN - An inner link plate is provided for a chain. The inner link plate has a longitudinal centerline, an inside surface arranged to face another inner link plate when the chain is assembled, an outside surface opposite to the inside surface, and an outer peripheral edge disposed between the inside and outside surfaces. The bicycle inner link plate basically has a first end portion, a second end portion and a connecting portion. The first and second end portions are each provided with a connecting opening. The connecting portion includes a recess disposed on the inside surface of the connecting portion. The recess has a maximum longitudinal width on the outer peripheral edge, and a minimum longitudinal width in a region adjacent the longitudinal centerline. The recess at least extends from the outer peripheral edge to the longitudinal centerline. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322600 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING A SHIFT IN A POWERTRAIN SYSTEM - A method to shift a powertrain system from a first operating mode to a second operating mode wherein a common clutch is activated to effect operation in both the first and second operating modes includes, in sequence, deactivating the common clutch, activating an oncoming clutch associated with the second operating mode and deactivating an off-going clutch associated with the first operating mode, and activating the common clutch. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322601 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle may include an input shaft, a first planetary gear set having a third rotation element fixedly connected to the input shaft and a second rotation element fixedly connected to a first motor/generator, a second planetary gear set having a fourth rotation element selectively connected to the second rotation element, a fifth rotation element directly connected to the first rotation element, and a sixth rotation element fixedly connected to a second motor/generator, an output gear connected to the fifth rotation element, a first clutch selectively connecting the second rotation element with the fourth rotation element, a second clutch adapted to selectively connect the third rotation element with the second motor/generator, a first brake interposed between the fourth rotation element and a transmission housing, and a second brake interposed between the sixth rotation element and the transmission housing. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322602 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle includes an input shaft, a first planetary gear set having a first rotation element, a second rotation element directly connected to the input shaft, and a third rotation element directly connected to a first motor/generator, a second planetary gear set having a fourth rotation element directly connected to the first rotation element and a second motor/generator, a fifth rotation element, and a sixth rotation element selectively connected to the second rotation element, an output gear connected to the fifth rotation element, a first clutch selectively connecting the engine with the input shaft, a second clutch selectively connecting the second rotation element with the sixth rotation element, a first brake interposed between the third rotation element and a transmission housing, and a second brake interposed between the sixth rotation element and the transmission housing. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322603 | HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle driving system which can implement sufficient lubrication while a vehicle is being driven. A hybrid vehicle driving system | 2012-12-20 |
20120322604 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR AND CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT - 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. Further, a hydraulic fluid control circuit is provided for controlling the operation of the plurality of torque-transmitting devices. The hydraulic fluid control circuit receives pressurized hydraulic fluid from an off-axis hydraulic fluid pump and has a plurality of fluid passages disposed in the transmission house, input member and other coupling members. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322605 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool includes a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, a planetary gear reduction mechanism and an internal gear. The planetary gear reduction mechanism includes multi-stage planetary gears, multi-stage carriers each configured to carry a plurality of planetary gears, and a bearing assembled with a final-stage carrier from a rear side of the final-stage carrier to rotatably support the final-stage carrier. The internal gear is configured to be rotatable and axially slidable while allowing planetary motion of final-stage planetary gears supported by the final-stage carrier. A gear portion provided on the final-stage carrier is formed as a separate gear which is assembled with the final-stage carrier from the rear side of the final-stage carrier after assembling the bearing with the final-stage carrier. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322606 | ROTATING PLANETARY GEAR CARRIER LUBRICATION DEVICE - A planetary gear assembly having improved planet gear lubrication includes a thrust bearing assembly mounted to the planet gear carrier which provides a friction reducing interface between the carrier and a hub or stationary transmission member. A lubrication dam located radially outwardly of the thrust bearing assembly collects transmission fluid (oil) that has been supplied through a centrally disposed shaft and driven to and past the thrust bearing and into the dam by centrifugal force. Transmission fluid collecting within the dam and between the thrust bearing assembly and the planet gear carrier generates a biasing force which drives the thrust bearing assembly away from the planet gear carrier, thereby ensuring that the bearing position is not indeterminate and positively locating the thrust bearing assembly and providing an annular flow path for the transmission fluid which is then directed into a plurality of axial passageways in stub shafts which support the planet gears. At least one radial passageway in each stub shaft provides lubricating transmission fluid to a bearing assembly disposed between the stub shaft and the planet gear. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322607 | Planetary Gearing - Planetary gearing, in particular multistage planetary gearing, is disclosed. The planetary gearing includes at least one drive shaft, an output shaft, a sun wheel, a ring gear, planet wheels assigned to the planetary gear train, a gear casing, in particular a multipart gear casing, a planetary gear train, in particular the second planetary gear train, comprising a planet wheel arm immovably arranged in a casing. The construction of such a planetary gearing is simplified compared to the prior art, thereby saving costs. This is achieved in that the planet wheel arm is integrally formed with a casing. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322608 | GEAR DEVICE - Disclosed is a gear device which comprises an outer cylinder fixable to one of two counterpart member; a crankshaft; a carrier configured to be fixable to the other counterpart member and formed with a through-hole, wherein the carrier is adapted to be relatively rotated with respect to the outer cylinder in interlocking relation with rotation of the crankshaft; and a cylindrical body disposed in the through-hole of the carrier. The through-hole of the carrier has an inner peripheral surface formed with an outward groove. The cylindrical body has an outer peripheral surface formed with an inward groove in opposed relation to the outward groove of the carrier. The gear device is provided with an O-ring disposed to extend from an inside of the outward groove to an inside of the inward groove. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322609 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power transmission device includes first and second rings arranged opposite each other, having a common rotation center axis, and rotatable relative to each other; a plurality of planetary balls having rotation center axes parallel to the rotation center axis, and radially arranged between the first and second rings and around the rotation center axis; a transmission control unit configured to change a rotation ratio between the first and second rings by changing the respective contact points of the first and second rings and each of the planetary balls through tilting motion of each of the planetary balls; and a rotation restricting unit disposed between the planetary balls adjacent to each other. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322610 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING A SHIFT IN A POWERTRAIN SYSTEM - A method for activating an oncoming clutch in a transmission includes monitoring rotational speeds of clutch elements of the oncoming clutch wherein the clutch elements are coupled to first and second rotationally independent torque actuators. A control speed profile for the first rotationally independent torque actuator is commanded. A speed profile of the oncoming clutch approaching zero speed is generated as is a control speed profile for the second rotationally independent torque actuator corresponding to a speed of the first rotationally independent torque actuator, the speed profile of the oncoming clutch, and an output speed of the transmission. A speed of the second rotationally independent torque actuator is controlled using the control speed profile for the second rotationally independent torque actuator. A speed of the oncoming clutch is monitored and the oncoming clutch is activated when the speed of the oncoming clutch is zero. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUS PARALLEL CONTROL OF A TORQUE PHASE AND AN INERTIA PHASE FOR HYBRID POWERTRAINS - A method to execute a shift in a powertrain including a plurality of torque generative devices rotatably connected through a first clutch includes operating the powertrain in a continuously variable operating range state, and monitoring a command to execute the shift including monitoring a target speed for a first torque generative device, and monitoring a command to disengage the first clutch. The first clutch is shifted from an engaged state to a disengaged state, including operating a torque phase of the first clutch wherein the first clutch is transitioned from the engaged state to the disengaged state, and simultaneous with the torque phase, operating an inertia speed phase of the first clutch wherein a speed of the first torque generative device is transitioned from an initial speed to the target speed. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322612 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING A STARTING PROCESS - A method of actuating a starting process, in a selected driving direction, of a vehicle having a hybrid drive system and a hydraulically controlled transmission. When starting, the method checks whether the vehicle is moving in the selected direction, and if the vehicle is moving in the opposite direction, at least the shifting element (A, B, D, E, F) of the transmission that is involved in the engaged gear is actuated in such a manner that a continuous torque increase is produced by the electric machine (EM). | 2012-12-20 |
20120322613 | CONTROL DEVICE OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLE - A control device continuously variable transmission for vehicle according to the present invention includes a continuously variable transmission mechanism capable of continuously changing a speed ratio, a sub-transmission mechanism provided in series with the continuously variable transmission mechanism, including a first gear position and a second gear position having a smaller speed ratio than the first gear position as forward gear positions and adapted to switch between the first gear position and the second gear position by selectively engaging or releasing a plurality of frictional engagement elements, and a transmission control unit wherein a vehicle is stopped with the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism kept in the second gear position when being stopped in a state where the gear position of the sub-transmission mechanism is in the second gear position. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322614 | Enhanced Powertrain Performance During Knock Control - Various systems and methods are described for controlling combustion stability in an engine driving a transmission. One example method comprises limiting airflow to the engine in response to a spark timing retarded beyond a spark retard threshold, the limiting airflow to the engine reducing engine torque output and compensating for the reduction in engine torque output by adjusting a transmission operating parameter. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322615 | Work Vehicle - Controlling means of a work vehicle includes, as speed change output setting data indicative of relationship between operational positions of the operational pedal and outputs from a stepless speed change device, first data for setting a deceleration completion position of the operational pedal where the output from the stepless speed change device is zero to provide a larger operational amount of the operational pedal from a stepping release position and second data for setting the deceleration completion position to provide a smaller operational amount of the operational pedal from the stepping release position. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322616 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device includes: an erroneous operation determination unit that determines whether erroneous operation of an accelerator pedal is performed; an increase suppression unit that suppresses an increase in driving force of a vehicle in response to the erroneous operation of the accelerator pedal; a position measuring unit that measures the depressed position of a brake pedal; a tendency determination unit that determines a deviation tendency of the depressed position of the brake pedal; and a suppression amount varying unit that varies a suppression amount of the increase in the driving force on the basis of the deviation tendency. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322617 | REVERSE SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS - A reverse speed control apparatus for controlling a reverse speed of the vehicle may include a brake operation detection unit, a shift range detection unit, and a reverse speed restriction unit. The brake operation detection unit detects a brake operation and a brake release of brakes disposed in the vehicle, and the shift range detection unit detects a shift range of the vehicle. Based on the brake operation detection unit and the shift range detection unit, the reverse speed restriction unit performs a restriction on a reverse speed of the vehicle in accordance with a restriction speed threshold. Specifically, when a brake operation is detected and the shift range of the vehicle is in a reverse range, the reverse speed restriction unit performs the restriction on the reverse speed of the vehicle for a preset period of time when a brake release is detected. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322618 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FRICTION CLUTCH AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The invention relates to a method and device for controlling a friction clutch arranged between an internal combustion engine and a transmission by means of a clutch actuator that axially actuates an actuating element of the friction clutch along an actuation path associated, by means of a clutch characteristic, with a target torque that can be transmitted by means of the friction clutch. To improve the quality of controlling of the friction clutch and to avoid the application of undesirable torque, it is proposed to compensate a hysteresis that arises between, the target torque and the friction torque actually transmitted by the friction clutch along the actuation path by correcting a setpoint for controlling the clutch actuator with a corrective quantity. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322619 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus includes a controller that performs control such that an engine output does not increase when a control mechanism and are operated simultaneously, wherein the control mechanism controls the engine output independently of an accelerator operation amount, and wherein the brake override system reduces the engine output in response to simultaneous operations of an accelerator and a brake. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322620 | Electromechanical device for simulation of physical exercises with legs and arms - An electromechanical device for simulation of physical exercises with legs and arms includes two pedals assembled in two contiguous pantographs, each with a parallel suspension arm predominantly vertical, one junction orthogonal and parallel arms predominantly horizontally articulated in the frame of the device. The pantographs act always in opposition to the movement of the left and right throw traverses articulated in axis respectively vertical and horizontal, connected to vertical and horizontal parallel bars by holders, and the movements are angular of the traverses transmitted to electromagnetic breaks with a belt system. Pulleys and ratchets transform the angular alternative movement into a one way circular movement in the flywheels that have electromagnetic breaks. A control panel of braking and interpretation of sensors of angular movement of the traverses provides information to the user and feed of a display with recent stride of the pedal. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322621 | POWER MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR A BIKE TRAINER - Systems and methods for accurately measuring power output of a cyclist using a bike trainer that may be operated by a user for stationary riding when coupled to a conventional bicycle. The systems utilize a power output equation that models power due to resistance of a fan of the bike trainer as well as power due to kinetic energy of the fan. The systems account for operating conditions that affect the power measurements so that more accurate measurements can be provided, thereby improving the training experience of the user. Operating conditions include mechanical drag, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure and/or altitude. The power output equation is dependent on the angular velocity of the fan of the bike trainer and the measured or received operating conditions. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322622 | Handstand cast trainer - A cast trainer assembly ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120322623 | EXERCISE MACHINE - An exercise machine comprises an oval-shaped structure, two driving arms, two swing handles and two slidable bars. With the above-mentioned embodiments, following benefits can be obtained, the fly wheel of the oval-shaped structure utilizes the assembling section to be connected an adjusting member, such that the movement strokes can be adjusted. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322624 | SPORTS TRAINING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A sports training machine includes a frame having a first rotational axis and a second rotational axis, both ends of which are provided with a first linkage and a second linkage. The other end of the first linkage pivotally connects to a pedal bar. The other end of the second linkage pivotally connects to a pedal installed on the pedal bar in a sliding way. The first and second linkages rotate with respect to the first and second rotational axes, respectively. The user operates the pedals to perform independent reciprocal displacements upward and downward as well as forward and backward. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322625 | HEALTH BICYCLE WITH ARM EXERCISE FUNCTION - Provided is a health bicycle with a lower body exercise function by means of pedals and an arm exercise function as a user rotates handles. The present invention comprises a frame part F which includes a first frame F | 2012-12-20 |
20120322626 | Exercise device including an inelastic sling strap - An exercise device having many advantageous features is described, including the ability to easily connect or anchor to a many different objects, structures, or body parts, the ability to use the device with many different workloads, forms of resistance, and exercise, the ability to provide a medium of an inconstant dynamic when controlling a workload or form of resistance, the ability to provide an emphasis for using and developing overall hand grip strength or an emphasis for relieving overall hand grip strain when exercising, and the ability to provide one or more users the ability to perform one or more exercises from many different positions with one or more device embodiments. The device includes and inelastic strap embodiment that has a flexible loop eye and an elongated tag-end. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322627 | Collapsible Kettlebell - A kettlebell having a housing which is configurable to an as-used configuration by filling a cavity in the housing with fill material. The kettlebell is returnable to a substantially planar stored configuration by emptying the cavity. The fill material can be varied from a group of different fill materials to vary the weight of the kettlebell in the as-used configuration. The housing has straps engaged to minimize twisting of the housing when the handle engaged to the housing is gripped by a user during exercise. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322628 | Multi-axis Resistance Exercise Devices and Systems - This is an exercise apparatus and system characterized generally by the presence of a user interface member having a point of attachment to the apparatus that is positionable at different locations along an arcuate path determined, dictated and/or supported/braced by an arcuate guide. The central axis of the arcuate path may intersect the ball joint of a user. The arcuate path and the arcuate guide may lie in spaced substantially parallel planes and the user interface member be one of a rigid arm with a handle or forearm interface, or a flexible member with a free handle at its end forming the user interface. A flexible linkage forms part of the operative connection between the user interface and a weight stack or other apparatus providing adjustable resistance, with the flexible linkage being reeved through a centering pulley proximate the central axis of the arcuate member. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322629 | Weight Stack Assembly for Exercise Machine - A weight stack for an exercise machine includes a plurality of weights arranged in a vertical stack. Each of the weights has a body portion with substantially parallel upper and lower surfaces and includes at least one open-ended, forwardly facing recess in the lower surface. Each of the recesses has a height and a width, with an aspect ratio of height divided by width being between about 0.06 and 0.375. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322630 | Exercise and Training Apparatuses and Methods of Making and Using the Same - The present invention relates to apparatuses for increasing strength through exercise and training. Specifically, the present invention relates to apparatuses that increase the difficulty of well-known exercises and weight lifting techniques in order to increase the efficiency of work-outs. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatuses that promote whole-body stabilization. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322631 | KETTLEBELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A KETTLEBELL - A kettlebell comprising a handle and a main body portion. The handle comprising a loop handle having a grip portion and first and second arm portions extending from opposite ends of a centre portion attaching the grip portion of the handle to the cast body portion. The arm portions have distal ends and the cast main body portion is cast around the distal ends of the handle arms. The main body weight portion is cast around a portion of the handle to thereby secure the handle to the cast main body portion. The body portion is cast onto the end of the handle such that the body portion is both formed and attached to the handle in a single operation thereby providing a secure connection between the main body and the handle. The body may only become detached from the handle through fracture of the handle or the body. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322632 | Exercise pole - An exercise pole comprises a flexible stick having a hand grip at one end and a ground-engaging tip at the other end. The stick is made of any suitable material in any suitable length, and the material and diameter are selected so that the stick may be bent elastically to a significant degree by the user applying a load or bending moment to the hand grip. The poles are preferably used in pairs, one in each hand. Walking with the inventive poles in hand, the user plants one pole on the ground and flexes it; the bending moment applied to flex the stick is resisted by tightening of the abdominal muscles. The user may plant the sticks ahead of or alongside the feet, flex the sticks, and then allow them to unflex in a controlled way while maintaining some tension. The poles can also be used indoors and while seated. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322633 | EXERCISE ROLLER WITH RESISTANCE BANDS - An exercise apparatus includes a body roller and at least one resistance band. The body roller includes an interior channel. The resistance band passes through the interior channel of the body roller. Ends of the resistance band extend outward on each side of the body roller. The body roller facilitates applied pressure to a user's body. The resistance bands facilitate resistance training exercises by the user. The body roller provides a structural support for the resistance bands during the resistance training exercises. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322634 | THERAPEUTIC BODY STRAP - A therapeutic body strap having a first loop and a second loop. Each loop is made of a strip of material. A central strip having a fixture point such that the first and second loops are connected to the central strip at the fixture point. The strap further includes an attachment portion extending from the central strip for attachment to an attachment point on a stationary object. The first and second loops are configured to snugly surround a user's body parts to allow the user to stretch by creating a tension in the attachment portion. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322635 | ADJUSTABLE RESISTANCE EXERCISE APPARATUS - An apparatus includes adjustable resistance exercise assisting devices, including a hand grip and a bar grip, each having a length of cable wound about and fixed at one end to a cable spool and an opposite end with a quick connect fitting for removable attachment to an anchor point, whereupon forced movement of the exercise assisting device away from the anchor point, by pulling, pressing or pushing in the performance of various exercise movements, causes the cable spool to rotate against resistance imparted by a resistance adjustment mechanism. In one embodiment, the resistance adjusting mechanism includes a piston that moves against pressure within a variable volume airtight chamber as the cable spool rotates. The apparatus may also include a rigid garment that is worn about the human torso and which includes multiple anchor points for attachment of the cable quick connect fitting thereto. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322636 | ABDOMINAL EXERCISE DEVICE - An abdominal exercise device is disclosed. The exercise device can include a flexible substrate having a first end and a second end. At least one of the first end and the second end can be configured to move with respect to each other. The exercise device can also include a curved portion between the first end and the second end. The curved portion can be configured to flex upon application of a force to the flexible substrate. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322637 | CONDUCTIVE ROLLER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a conductive roller whose resistance has a small environment-dependence, on the surface of the elastic layer of which the pore size is fine and the surface properties are excellent, and a manufacturing method therefor. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322638 | METHOD FOR FORMING THEFT-RESISTANT PRODUCT PACKAGING - A method for manufacturing theft-resistant product packaging includes the steps of (1) providing a matrix of cut-resistant strands, (2) adhering the matrix to a plastic substrate to form a theft-resistant material, (3) forming a front shell from the theft-resistant material including a cavity for holding a product therein, and (4) securing the front shell to a back cover so as to enclose the product therebetween. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322639 | Absorbent Body For An Absorbent Article And Method Of Producing An Absorbent Body - A method of producing an absorbent body for an absorbent article having an absorbent body disposed generally centrally of the article and adapted for absorbing liquid body waste released by the wearer includes passing a first cut-out from a first web material through a nip, passing a second web material through the nip whereby the cut-out from the first web material overlays the second web material as the cut-out and the second web material pass through the nip, and performing one of the following as the cut-out from the first web material and the second material together pass through the nip: forming a fold line in the second web material at the peripheral edge of the cut-out of the first web material and forming a second cut-out from the second web material having substantially the same shape as the first cut-out from the first web material. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322640 | Method and Apparatus for Making Absorbent Articles Having Side Seams - The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods utilizing multiple processing stations for processing absorbent articles and being configurable to move along various predetermined travel paths defined by radii that may be constant or variable. Particular embodiments of apparatuses and methods of manufacture include a processing wheel having a plurality of processing stations which orbit around a rotation axis. The processing stations may be configured to perform various types of operations associated with the manufacture of absorbent articles while the processing stations orbit around the rotation axis. The processing wheel can be configured to adjust the path along which the processing stations orbit as the processing wheel rotates around the rotation axis. As such, the orbit path can be adjusted to accommodate the manufacture of different sized blanks without the need to physically move or relocate and realign other process apparatuses, such as for example, sealing stations. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322641 | INSERTION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND INSERTION METHOD - An insertion system includes a folding device to perform either single-sheet folding to fold a single sheet at a time or batch folding to fold multiple sheets together at a time, an insertion device to insert into an envelope the sheet folded by the folding device, and a batch setting unit to designate either the single-sheet folding or the batch folding from a folding and insertion menu for multiple sheets at a time when the multiple sheets are processed by the folding device and the insertion device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322642 | METHOD OF FOLDING PALLET SUPPORTS - In a method of folding a pallet support integrally formed by folding a board material, both sides of the board material are pressed and folded inwardly for at least two times; a centerline of the board material is used as a reference to fold the whole piece of the board material in half; the board material is pressed flatly; an upper end of the board material is bent towards both sides of the board material to a predetermined length to form the pallet support with a cross-section having a thickness of a plurality of layers of the board material; and an upper end of the board material is folded towards both sides to form the pallet support of a T-shape cross-sectional structure with a thickened bottom and a cross-section with a thickness of a plurality of layers of the board material. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING SIGNATURES AROUND A ROLL WITHOUT INTRODUCING SKEW - An apparatus for transporting folded signatures is provided which includes a first roller and a second roller forming a first nip with the first roller. The first and second rollers each have a compressible outer layer, and are rotatable about respective axes. Preferably, the compressible outer later comprises a microcellular foam. The apparatus also includes a plurality of first transport tapes passing through the first nip and a plurality of second transport tapes passing through the first nip. The plurality of second transport tapes are wrapped at least partially around the second roller so that a signature transported between the first and second transport tapes between the first nip undergoes a change in transport direction as it is transported at least partially around the second roller. Preferably, the signatures enter the first nip perpendicular to a plane passing through the axes of the first and second rollers. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322644 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING CUSHIONING MATERIAL - Methods, apparatus and systems for producing cushioning material from sheet material. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises horizontally aligned forming members having fins for use in pulling and processing sheet material. The sheet material can be perforated sheet material. A holder can be provided for holding sheet material in stock roll form, the holder having a cross-bar for producing resistance against the stock roll to dissipate momentum of the stock roll when the motor of the apparatus is stopped. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322645 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING MULTI-IPHASE OXIDE CERAMICS WITH SMALL PHASE DOMAIN SIZES - Nanocomposites of multi-phase metal oxide ceramics have been produced from water soluble salts of the resulting metal oxides by a foaming esterification sol-gel method. The evolution of volatile gases at elevated temperature during the esterification reaction causes the formation of a foam product. Nanocomposites of multi-phase metal oxide ceramics have also been produced by a cation polymer precursor method. In this second method, the metal cations are chelated by the polymer and the resulting product is gelled and foamed. Calcination of the resulting foams gives nanocomposite powders with extremely fine, uniform grains and phase domains. These microstructures are remarkably stable both under post-calcination heat treatment and during consolidation by hot-pressing. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322646 | BLEND POLYMER GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE - The present invention discloses a new type of polyimide membrane with high permeances and high selectivities for gas separations and particularly for CO | 2012-12-20 |
20120322647 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING HETEROGENEOUS ASYMMETRIC SELECTIVITY AND CATALYTIC ACTIVITY - A method for enhancing heterogeneous asymmetric selectivity and catalytic activity belongs to the field of catalytic asymmetric organic synthesis technology, the preparation method of the invention are as follows: firstly preparing the chiral | 2012-12-20 |
20120322648 | VISIBLE LIGHT SENSITIVE PHOTOCATALYST, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION CELL, WATER DECOMPOSITION SYSTEM, AND ORGANIC MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION SYSTEM EACH INCLUDING THE SAME - A visible light sensitive photocatalyst including a compound represented by Formula 1: | 2012-12-20 |
20120322649 | PROCESSES AND APPARATUSES FOR REGENERATING CATALYST PARTICLES - Processes and apparatuses for regenerating catalyst particles are provided. The processes include introducing spent catalyst particles to a burn zone in a continuous catalyst regenerator. When introduced, the catalyst particles, which contain a platinum group metal, carry coke deposits. In the process, a combustion gas at a temperature of at least 490° C. with an oxygen content of at least 0.5 mol % is fed to the burn zone. There, the coke deposits on the catalyst particles are combusted with the combustion gas. The catalyst particles are passed from the burn zone to a halogenation zone in the continuous catalyst regenerator and the catalyst particles are oxyhalogenated to redisperse the platinum group metal to form regenerated catalyst particles. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322650 | LAYERED CATALYST - One exemplary embodiment can be a layered catalyst for use in a selective hydrogenation of acetylenes and diolefins to olefins. The layered catalyst may include an inner core having an inert material, an outer layer including a metal oxide bonded to the inner core, and a metal deposited on the outer layer. Generally, the metal is an IUPAC Group 8-10 metal and the layered catalyst has an accessibility index of about 3- about 500. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322651 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING METHANOL - Catalytic process for the preparation of methanol, with a plurality of serial synthesis stages, in which the severity of the reaction conditions, on the basis of the reaction temperature and/or the concentration of carbon monoxide in the synthesis gas, decreases from the first to the last reaction stage in flow direction, the first reaction stage having a first catalyst of low activity but high long-term stability, and the last reaction stage having a second catalyst of high activity but low long-term stability. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322652 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: rhodium; a zirconium-containing oxide which supports rhodium, and comprises: at least one element selected from the group consisting of calcium, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium and yttrium; and zirconium; and a NOx absorbing material comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of magnesium, barium, sodium, potassium and cesium. A degree of dispersion of rhodium is 20% or more after baking at 900° C. in air for three hours. A method for manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: mixing the zirconium-containing oxide with water, thereby preparing an aqueous liquid of the zirconium-containing oxide; and supporting rhodium on the zirconium-containing oxide by mixing the aqueous liquid of the zirconium-containing oxide with an aqueous solution of a rhodium salt. A pH of a mixed liquid of the aqueous solution of the rhodium salt and the aqueous liquid of the zirconium-containing oxide is adjusted to 7 or more. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322653 | AQUEOUS CATALYST SULFIDING PROCESS - A sulfidable catalyst containing at least one metal or metal oxide is sulfided under aqueous conditions. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322654 | SYNERGISTIC FUNGICIDAL MIXTURES - The present invention relates to a mixture, comprising the succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor boscalid and at least one insecticidally active compound II selected from groups A) to D) as defined in the description in a synergistically effective amount, and to compositions comprising these mixtures. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322655 | Methods and Compositions for Increasing the Amounts of Phosphorus Available for Plant Uptake from Soils - The present invention relates to a method of enhancing growth conditions for plants by growing the plants in soil containing, in proximity to the plant roots, both a phosphorus source and at least two strains of the fungus | 2012-12-20 |
20120322656 | METHOD FOR REDUCING UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS ON TURFGRASS - To provide a method for managing a lawn at a site, such as a golf course, where turfgrass less sensitive to herbicides and turfgrass highly sensitive to herbicides are used in combination, without causing undesirable effects on the highly sensitive turfgrass. A herbicidal compound and a silicone surfactant are applied to a site where turfgrass less sensitive to the herbicidal compound is planted, thereby to reduce undesirable effects on nearby turfgrass highly sensitive to the herbicidal compound. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322657 | HERBICIDE/SAFENER COMBINTIONS - There are described herbicidal compositions which comprise at least one herbicidally active compound of the formula (I) and at least one crop-plant-protecting compound as safener. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322658 | Biocontrol of Storage Maladies of Potatoes by Bacterial Antagonists Produced in Co-Culture - Bacterial compositions effective for inhibiting fungal diseases of potatoes and/or potato sprouting are produced by co-culture of two or more of | 2012-12-20 |
20120322659 | Chitinous Compounds For Enhancing Plant Growth - Compositions and methods for enhancing plant growth and crop yield in legumes and non-legumes are described. The compositions include lipo-chitooligosaccharides in combination with chitins/chitosans or in combination with flavonoid compounds or in combination with a herbicide. The method includes applying the compositions to seeds and/or plants either concomitantly or sequentially. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322660 | DOWN-REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION IN INSECT PESTS - The present invention relates to genetic control of infestation by insect pest species, particularly prevention and/or control of pest infestation of plants, using interfering ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules. Compositions and combinations containing the interfering RNA molecules of the invention for use in topical applications, for example in the form of insecticides. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322661 | Organized Liquid Mixture - Described is an agrochemical isotropic dispersion of at least two immiscible liquids comprising at least one water soluble herbicidal salt; a surfactant system comprising a sorbitan ester or an alkoxylate thereof in combination with at least one vegetable oil alkoxylate; and water and a process for the preparation thereof, also described is an agrochemical microemulsion formulation comprising the isotropic dispersion and a method for controlling a weed at a desired location comprising applying the microemulsion formulation. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322662 | CYCLOPROPENES AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CYCLOPROPENES TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR CROPS - Disclosed are a method for directly preparing in situ cyclopropenes for inhibiting ethylene action facilitating ripening and aging of plants via reaction of a cyclopropene precursor such as a compound of Formula (2) or Formula (3) with a fluoride (F | 2012-12-20 |
20120322663 | DRY GLASSY COMPOSITION COMPRISING A BIOACTIVE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to formulations and methods for stabilizing and protecting of biologic materials during harsh storing and use conditions, wherein the formulations relate to embedded bioactive materials and biologics, including live bacteria, in a protective glassy matrix. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322664 | Transportable Rapid Deployment Superconducting Transformer - A transformer including: a transformer housing having an interior, a superconducting wire winding disposed within the housing interior, a dry dielectric medium in contact with a superconducting wire winding, and a temperature control device in heat exchange communication with the dry dielectric medium, adapted to utilize a gaseous medium for controlling the temperature of the superconducting wire winding. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322665 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HIV-1 CLADES AND RECOMBINANTS OF THE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE AND PROTEASE REGIONS - A method for detecting low frequency occurrence of one or more HIV sequence variants associated with reverse transcriptase and/or protease is described that comprises the steps of: (a) generating a cDNA species from a plurality of RNA molecules in an HIV sample population; (b) amplifying a plurality of first amplicons from the cDNA species, wherein each first amplicon is amplified with a pair of nucleic acid primers capable of generating amplicons from an HIV clade comprising clade A, clade B, clade C, clade D, clade F, and clade G; (c) clonally amplifying the amplified copies of the first amplicons to produce a plurality of second amplicons; (d) determining a nucleic acid sequence composition of the second amplicons; and (e) detecting one or more sequence variants in the nucleic acid sequence composition of the second amplicons. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322666 | ISOLATION OF POLYMERASE-NUCLEIC ACID COMPLEXES - Compositions, methods and systems are provided for the isolation of polymerase-nucleic acid complexes. Complexes can be separated from free enzyme by using hook molecules to target single stranded regions on the nucleic acid. Active complexes can be isolated from mixtures having both active and inactive complexes by initiating nucleic acid synthesis so as to open up a portion of a double stranded region rendering that region single stranded. Hook molecules are targeted to bind the sequences that are thus exposed. The hook molecules bound to active polymerase-nucleic acid complex are isolated, and the active polymerase-nucleic acid complexes released. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322667 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF PERIOPERATIVE BLEEDING, RENAL DYSFUNCTION OR STROKE - The present invention relates, in general, to perioperative bleeding and, in particular, to methods of identifying individuals at risk of perioperative bleeding. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322668 | ASSESSMENT OF SOLID TUMOR BURDEN - The present disclosure is directed toward measurement of expression of one or both of an activating Natural Killer (NK) cell receptor and its ligand(s) on peripheral blood cells as a means to assess solid tumor burden. In particular, the present disclosure provides tools for assessing cancer recurrence or risk thereof following reduction of a solid tumor, and for developing a treatment regime for a cancer patient. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322669 | METHODS OF MARKING MATERIALS - Methods for marking a material and subsequently detecting that it has been marked, comprising adding or applying a marker comprising a nucleic acid tag to the material, sampling a portion of the material, and detecting the presence of the tag. The quantity of the tag present in the sample provides an indication of the quantity of marker present in the material. The tag may comprise one or more identifying sequences, and the tag is amplified by means of a nucleic acid amplification reaction. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322670 | IDENTIFYING GENETIC VARIATION IN AFFECTED TISSUES - Methods for the determination of tissue-specific genetic variation are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for using iPS cell-derived specific cell types for differential molecular analysis of tissue-specific genetic variation are described. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322671 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRE-CONCEPTUAL PREDICTION OF PROGENY ATTRIBUTES - Methods and systems for assessing the probabilities of the expression of one or more traits in progeny are described. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322672 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND SELECTING ANTIBODIES AGAINST TARGET PROTEIN - Compositions are provided that comprise antibody against membrane proteins such as chemokine receptors. In particular, monoclonal human antibodies against human CXCR4 are provided that are capable of inhibiting HIV infection and chemotaxis in human breast cancer cells. The antibodies can be used as prophylactics or therapeutics to prevent and treat HIV infection and cancer, for screening drugs, and for diagnosing diseases or conditions associated with interactions with chemokine receptors. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322673 | ISOLATION OF NUCLEIC ACID FROM MOUTH EPITHELIAL CELLS - The present invention is directed to a scraping instrument for collection of a biological sample, and a non-invasive method for obtaining nucleic acid from buccal mucosa epithelial cells using the scraping instrument. Such nucleic acid can be used for example for gene expression profiling, including to assess lung disease risk associated with airway pollutants. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322674 | DETECTING CYP24 EXPRESSION LEVEL AS A MARKER FOR PREDISPOSITION TO CANCER - This invention pertains to the discovery that an amplification of the CYP24 gene or an increase in CYP24 activity is a marker for the presence of, progression of, or predisposition to, a cancer (e.g., breast cancer). Using this information, this invention provides methods of detecting a predisposition to cancer in an animal. The methods involve (i) providing a biological sample from an animal (e.g. a human patient); (ii) detecting the level of CYP24 within the biological sample; and (iii) comparing the level of CYP24 with a level of CYP24 in a control sample taken from a normal, cancer-free tissue where an increased level of CYP24 in the biological sample compared to the level of CYP24 in the control sample indicates the presence of said cancer in said animal. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322675 | GENOME-SCALE ANALYSIS OF REPLICATION TIMING - Methods for identifying and/or distinguishing a homogeneous population of cells based on their replication domain timing profile using high resolution genomic arrays or sequencing procedures are provided. These methods may be used to compare the replication timing profile for a population of cells to another replication timing profile(s), a replication timing fingerprint, and/or one or more informative segments of a replication timing fingerprint, which may be simultaneously or previously determined and/or contained in a database, to determine whether there is a match between them. Based on such information, the identity of the population of cells may be determined, or the identity of the population of cells may be distinguished from other populations of cells or cell types. Methods for determining a replication timing fingerprint for particular cell types are also provided. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322676 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CRONOBACTER SPP. AND CRONOBACTER SPECIES AND STRAINS - Disclosed are genomic sequences for nine strains of | 2012-12-20 |
20120322677 | PREDICTING BENEFIT OF ANTI-CANCER THERAPY VIA ARRAY COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION - Array comparative genomic hybridization classifiers, arrays comprising the classifiers, and related methods of using the same for predicting the therapeutic efficacy of anti-cancer therapy by detecting phenotypic genetic traits using comparative genomic hybridization are disclosed. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322678 | NOVEL PHAGE DISPLAY VECTOR - The invention relates to a minimized phage display vector comprising at least a cloning cassette, a phage display cassette and a bacterial cassette, said cloning cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide corresponding at least to the intra-domain loop of a constant domain of an antibody. It also relates to their uses for the production of libraries of phages, each phage expressing on its surface a binding protein to be screened for its capacity to bind a binding partner. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322679 | BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS INSTRUMENT - An analysis instrument comprises plural modules connected together over a data network, each module comprising an analysis apparatus operable to perform biochemical analysis of a sample. Each module comprises a control unit that controls the operation of the analysis apparatus. The control units are addressable to select an arbitrary number of modules to operate as a cluster for performing a common biochemical analysis. The control units communicate over the data network, repeatedly during the performance of the common biochemical analysis, to determine the operation of the analysis apparatus of each module required to meet the global performance targets, on the basis of measures of performance derived from the output data produced by the modules. The arrangement of the instrument as modules interacting in this manner provides a scalable analysis instrument. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322680 | USE OF MIRNAS AS BIOMARKERS IN GLIOMA DIAGNOSIS - The present application relates to the use of miRNAs as biomarkers in glioma diagnosis. It also relates to the use of miRNAs as biomarkers in glioblastoma and oligodendroglioma diagnosis. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322681 | Methods for Preparative In Vitro Cloning - Methods and devices relate to the isolation of nucleic acids of interest from within a population of nucleic acids such as libraries of nucleic acid sequences. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322682 | BRAIN INJURY BIOMARKER PANEL - A panel of biomarkers for diagnosis, monitoring of progression and prognosis of various brain injuries and PTSD. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322683 | ENZYMATIC SIGNAL GENERATION AND DETECTION OF BINDING COMPLEXES IN STATIONARY FLUIDIC CHIP - An embodiment of the invention relates to a device for detecting an analyte in a sample. The device comprises a fluidic network and an integrated circuitry component. The fluidic network comprises a sample zone, a cleaning zone and a detection zone. The fluidic network contains a magnetic particle and/or a signal particle. A sample containing an analyte is introduced, and the analyte interacts with the magnetic particle and/or the signal particle through affinity agents. A microcoil array or a mechanically movable permanent magnet is functionally coupled to the fluidic network, which are activatable to generate a magnetic field within a portion of the fluidic network, and move the magnetic particle from the sample zone to the detection zone. A detection element is present which detects optical or electrical signals from the signal particle, thus indicating the presence of the analyte. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322684 | G-CSF PROTEIN HAVING A DELETION OF AN AMINO ACID SEQUENCE CORRESPONDING TO EXON 3 FOR USE AS A DIAGNOSTIC CANCER MARKER - Disclosed are a method, a composition, a microarray, an antibody and a kit for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer, based on detection of deletion of the exon 3 region of G-CSF gene or levels of a mutated G-CSF protein having a deletion of an amino acid sequence corresponding to the exon 3 region, wherein the deletion of the exon 3 region of the G-CSF gene is used as a cancer biomarker. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322685 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING MIGRATORY TUMOR CELLS - The present invention provides a method of isolating motile cells from an animal tissue, the method comprising implanting in the animal tissue a cell trap comprising a chamber with an inlet for ingress of motile cells and a porous matrix located in the chamber comprising a chemotactic factor, for a time sufficient for the motile cells to migrate into the cell trap; removing the implanted cell trap; and retrieving the motile cells from the cell trap. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322686 | METHODS FOR SCREENING ANTIBODIES - The invention provides methods for making antibody conjugates for use in antibody screening assays and antibody conjugates produced by the claimed methods. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322687 | METHODS OF PREDICTING HIGH GRADE GLIOMAS USING SENESCENCE ASSOCIATED GENES - The present invention relates to biomarkers for neoplasias such as high grade gliomas. The inventors have discovered that the overexpression of senescence associated genes (SAG) is associated with a poor prognosis in subjects with high grade gliomas. The present invention provides SAG biomarkers for predicting response to therapy for subjects having high grade glioma based on dividing the samples into high and low risk groups; diagnosing high grade glioma; monitoring progression of high grade glioma from one biological state to another; and determining efficacy of treatment for high grade gliomas. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322688 | TESTING LUMENECTOMY SAMPLES FOR MARKERS OF NON-VASCULAR DISEASES - Lumenectomy material is tested to determine the presence or likelihood of a condition of a patient. The lumenectomy material is in the form of at least one continuous tissue strand collected in vivo from an inner surface of a body lumen of the patient. The presence of at least one marker of a disease is determined. The disease may be hypertension, hyperlipidemia, depression, obesity, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, kidney damage, or diabetes. The patient is identified as having or as likely to develop the disease if a marker of the disease is identified in the lumenectomy material of the patient. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322689 | USE OF MEGANUCLEASES FOR INDUCING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION EX VIVO AND IN TOTO IN VERTEBRATE SOMATIC TISSUES AND APPLICATION THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for detecting nucleic acid cleavage induced by a modified rare-cutting endonuclease derived from an initial rare-cutting endonuclease, said modified rare-cutting endonuclease being able to cleave a DNA target sequence, which may be different from the recognition and cleavage site of the initial rare-cutting endonuclease. In one embodiment of the invention expression of a marker gene is used as an indicator of target DNA cleavage. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322690 | Anti-Rhesus D Recombinant Polyclonal Antibody and Methods of Manufacture - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an anti-RhD recombinant polyclonal antibody composition (anti-RhD rpAb). The method comprises obtaining a collection of cells transfected with a library of anti-RhD antibody expression vectors, wherein each cell in the collection is capable of expressing from a VH and VL comprising nucleic acid segment, one member of the library, which encodes a distinct member of anti-RhD recombinant polyclonal antibody composition and is located at the same site in the genome of individual cells in said collection. The cells are cultured under suitable conditions for expression of the recombinant polyclonal antibody, which is obtained from the cells or culture supernatant. Nucleic acid segments encoding the anti-RhD rpAb are introduced into the cells by transfection with a library of vectors for site-specific integration. The method is suitable for manufacturing anti-RhD rpAb, thereby making available a superior replacement of plasma-derived prophylactic and therapeutic immunoglobulin products. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322691 | POOLED ADAPTER STRATEGY FOR REDUCING BIAS IN SMALL RNA CHARACTERIZATION - Modified nucleic acid adapters are provided that collectively provide a mixture of nucleotides at the 3′ end of 5′ adapters and at the 5′ end of 3′ adapters such that at least one adapter in each set has any given nucleotide at position 1, i.e., the nucleotide position available for ligation to a small RNA, and has any given nucleotide at position 2 adjacent to position 1 for use in overcoming bias during nucleic acid manipulation, such as small RNA characterization and/or profiling by, e.g., deep sequencing, along with methods for use of the modified adapters in small RNA characterization. The modified adapters have at least two mixed nucleotides at the adapter terminus to be ligated to a nucleic acid such as a small RNA. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322692 | LOADING MOLECULES ONTO SUBSTRATES - Disclosed are compositions, devices, and methods for loading molecules of interest onto a substrate by contacting beads having molecules of interest attached to them with the substrate, for example by providing a field that brings the beads into proximity or contact with the substrate and moves the beads with respect to the substrate. Such molecules of interest can be deposited onto substrates for single-molecule analysis. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING FLOWABLE HYDRATE SLURRIES IN PRODUCTION FLUIDS - Methods and systems are provided for producing hydrocarbons from production fluids that have water as an external phase. An exemplary embodiment provides a method that comprises producing a production fluid having water as the external phase and injecting an amount of a thermodynamic hydrate inhibitor into the production fluid, wherein the amount is adjusted to allow hydrate formation to occur while retaining liquid water as the external phase. The water and thermodynamic hydrate inhibitor may be separated from the production fluid and a purified hydrocarbon stream may be produced. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322694 | Electrically Conductive Oil-Base Fluids for Oil and Gas Applications - A base fluid may contain nanoparticles where the base fluid may include a non-aqueous fluid, an aqueous fluid, and combinations thereof. The fluid may have a resistivity range of from about 0.02 ohm-m to about 1,000,000 ohm-m. The non-aqueous fluid may be a brine-in-oil emulsion, or a water-in-oil emulsion; and the aqueous fluid may be an oil-in-water emulsion, or an oil-in-brine emulsion; and combinations thereof. The addition of nanoparticles to the base fluid may improve or increase the electrical conductivity and other electrical properties of the fluid. The fluid may be a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a production fluid, and/or a stimulation fluid. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322695 | Methods for Controlling Lost Circulation in A Subterranean Well and Materials There for - Method for controlling lost circulation in a subterranean well using oil-dispersible lost-circulation materials which comprise fibers that are coated (or sized) with a lipophilic coupling agent, a lipophilic film-forming polymer or both. The fibers are preferably between about 6 mm and about 25 mm long, and between about 10 μm and about 200 μm in diameter. The fibers may be added to carrier fluids comprising oil-base fluids, synthetic-base fluids, invert-emulsion-base fluids and combinations thereof. The preferred fiber concentration in the carrier fluid is between about 0.55 g/L and about 28.5 g/L. The carrier fluid may be a drilling fluid, a spacer fluid or a lost-circulation pill. | 2012-12-20 |
20120322696 | PROPPANTS FOR REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS FROM FLUID STREAMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - The invention relates to the proppants and proppant substrates treated with active compounds that reduce the presence of contaminants in fluids, methods of using those materials, as well as methods of making those materials. The invention further provides that the contaminated fluids are associated with wells, including oil and gas wells. | 2012-12-20 |