52nd week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190390463 | SIDING ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - A siding assembly includes a siding panel and an insulating panel securable to a wall using a siding attachment member. The siding attachment member includes openings extending therethrough in equally spaced relationship that align with slots formed in the foam panel. The spacing between centers of the foam panel slots corresponds to the spacing between centers of the openings in the attachment member. The slots in the foam panels are sufficiently wide to allow the foam panel to slide relative to the fasteners securing the foam panel to a wall. The siding attachment member may comprise a bracket with legs projecting rearward from a web and a siding support shoulder formed at a lower end of the web. Lines of weakness in the web and aligned notches in the shoulder facilitate cutting the bracket to a desired length. Reinforcement ribs are formed in the bracket web. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390464 | ENGINEERED WOOD PLANKS - An engineered wood plank made using a unique lamella layer. The lamella layer has a number of lamella layer sections joined together by lap splice joints which allow the lamella layer to be pressure adhered onto a backing material without breaking, and wear in a manner similar to known engineered hardwood flooring. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390465 | FLOOR COVERING - Hard panels formed from a wood-based material and having a decorative layer for floor coverings are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling devices made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling devices provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of coupled panels. These coupling devices are constituted of a tongue and a groove. The top side of the tongue has a protrusion that cooperates with a meshing recess located in the lower side of the upper lip of the groove of the coupling devices, and a portion extending generally parallel with the plane of the panel to form a contact surface cooperating with the lower side of the upper lip of the groove. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390466 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING MAGNETICALLY RECEPTIVE LAYERS AND MAGNETIC LAYERS FOR USE IN SURFACE COVERING SYSTEMS - The present invention pertains to the art of surface coverings, and, more particularly to a system and method for producing isotropic and anisotropic magnetically receptive layers and magnetized underlayments for use in securing surface covering units supporting surfaces. The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, and method of manufacturing isotropic and anisotropic magnetized floor covering units and magnetized underlays for securing surface covering units. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390467 | FLOOR PANEL FOR FORMING A FLOOR COVERING - A floor panel for forming a floor covering comprises a substrate consisting of at least two substrate layers differing in density and, on at least one pair of opposite edges, is provided with coupling parts of the so-called push-lock type. Vertically active locking surfaces, where they cooperate in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, define a tangent line which is horizontal or does not deviate more than 50 degrees from the horizontal. The locking surfaces are situated closer to the upper side of the first substrate layer than to the lower side of the first substrate layer. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390468 | MUD APPLICATOR - A mud pumping apparatus that can be removably coupled to a container the mud was originally provided in when first obtained by the user. The mud may be mastic, mortar, grout, joint compound, spackle, or the like. The apparatus may be sized to be used with various standard sized containers, and adjustably powered and controllable to be used with different types, consistencies, and viscosities of spreadable material. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390469 | Pivoting Horizontal and Vertical Scaffold Members and a Method of Erecting an Offset Scaffold Platform - One embodiment of the invention is a horizontal scaffold truss that has upper and lower horizontal scaffold members offset but fixedly joined with braces. Each upper and lower members have a connector positioned on each end of the respective lower and upper members, where at least one of the connectors is pivotally mounted on the respective lower or upper connector, and the connecters are engageable with an annular member positioned on a vertical scaffold member. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390470 | SCAFFOLD LEDGER - A scaffold clamp cooperates with a scaffold ledger to accommodate aligned placement of the scaffold clamp to the ledger at modular positions in the length of the ledger. The scaffold clamp includes an inwardly directed alignment lug sized for receipt in one or more clamp locating holes provided in the length of the ledger at modular positions. This arrangement provides accurate securement of the clamp to the ledger at predetermined modular positions and reduces problems that can occur with respect to erection of the scaffold system. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390471 | Rough-in Box for Creating Penetrations in Poured Concrete Flooring and Method of Use - A rough-in box used during the construction of buildings having poured concrete flooring, such as multi-story high-rise buildings. The rough-in box may be used to retain an opening in the floor through which plumbing and mechanical components may be installed after concrete has been poured around the device and hardens into a slab. The present invention also relates to a method comprising the steps of assembling the side walls of a box, placing a lid made of a material stronger than that of the side walls and capable of supporting a weight of 2,000 pounds, placing the box over a hole on the floor, and pouring concrete to form a floor around the box. The box will remain in place providing an accessible penetration through the flooring with space for plumbing connections and a flush surface with the floor over which pallet jacks and workers may travel without obstruction. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390472 | WAVE GENERATOR SYSTEM - A wave generating system. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390473 | LAMINAR WATER FEATURE - A laminar water feature is provided which includes a housing having a deck niche, a niche collar, a spacer ring, and a lid, a laminar vessel having an inlet, an annular pocket, a vertical baffle, a horizontal baffle, a light pipe, a plurality of screens, a cap having an outlet, and threading within an isolated light chamber for removably accepting a lighting source, and a pivot adjustment bracket having a handle with push button assembly, ridge, and detent configuration for fixedly rotatably adjusting the angle of the laminar vessel. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390474 | Interment apparatus and method - A burial chamber apparatus and method of use provides for whole body burial of one or more persons, with a remaining burial chamber to receive cremated remains of multiple related descendants and/or other persons, when said persons meet a predetermined criterion set out by the buyer of the apparatus and/or burial plot. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390475 | POST AND CAP FOR CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT - A post and cap assembly for chain link fence is provided, including a tubular post with an upper end, an outer surface and an inner surface. A cap is dimensioned for telescoping engagement with the upper end, the cap having an exterior surface, an interior surface and a depending skirt. At least one depending formation extends from the interior surface for engaging the post upper end, as the skirt engages the outer surface. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390476 | Handle for Door Closing - Improvements handle for door closing is disclosed. The handle is rotatable from an outer housing that both protects the handle and provides a structural frame for mounting the handle to a pre-existing door. A typical installation is to place the handle closer to the hinge side of the door. This allows a user to require a shorter reach and pull to the door. Because opening a door for a wheelchair requires the door to almost be completely opened. The handle also has a rotation stop that prevents the handle from being rotated out of the housing more than 90 degrees. A retention and extending mechanism both holds the handle within the housing and slightly opens the handle for a user to grasp. The housing can be surface mount or flush mount. The handle can allow for weight bearing support of a user. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390477 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING A VEHICLE GRAB HANDLE - Apparatus and methods for assisting a user to enter a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a coupler for coupling to a vehicle's grab handle and a handle for a user to grasp and pull themselves up by. The handle is coupled to the coupler. The handle includes a gripping portion, wherein the gripping portion is shaped and sized for grasping by a user. A coupling portion is coupled to the gripping portion, wherein the coupling portion is for coupling the handle to the coupler. The coupler may include a first piece for fitting around the grab handle, where the first piece includes a bearing surface for bearing against the grab handle when being used by the user. The coupler may also include an attachment piece for attaching each end of the first piece to and for coupling to the handle. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390478 | LOCKING DEVICE - The invention relates to the field of locks, and discloses a locking device comprising: a latch fixed on an object to be locked for engaging with a bore of a strike, the latch having a bolt configured to lock the object by moving approaching the bore; a spindle, one end of which being detachably connected with the latch for driving the bolt to move towards or away from the bore; and a rotary assembly disposed at an other end of the spindle, a spindle driving means being provided at one end of the rotary assembly adjacent to the spindle and engaged with the other end of the spindle under an external torque to drive the spindle to rotate; wherein the rotary assembly drives the spindle to rotate via the spindle driving means under the external torque, and the spindle drives the bolt to move approaching the bore to realize locking. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390479 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A CHANGE OF A STATE OF A LOCK AND A SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A CHANGE OF A STATE OF A LOCK - A method for detecting a change of a state of a lock by means of a device connected to a key for that lock. The method includes measuring a change of a position of the key about three axes; and indicating that the state of the lock has changed if the measured change of position of the key indicates that the key has rotated about a first axis by an angle greater than or equal to a primary threshold value and about the other two axes by an angle smaller than a secondary threshold value. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390480 | DIGITAL LOCK - A digital lock including at least two magnets is disclosed. One magnet is a semi-hard magnet and the other magnet is a hard magnet. The hard magnet is configured to open or close the digital lock. The semi hard magnet and the hard magnet are placed adjacent to each other. A change in magnetization polarization of the semi hard magnet is configured to push or pull the hard magnet to open or close the digital lock. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390481 | Confinement Room Lock - A lock assembly for a door includes a lock mechanism moveable between an extended position wherein the door is locked and a retracted position wherein the door is unlocked such that the door may be opened and closed. The lock assembly also includes first and second lock cylinders operably connected to the lock mechanism such that actuation thereof causes the lock mechanism to move to the retracted position, the lock cylinders each including a first keyhole. A tamper resistant member is moveable between a protected position in which the keyhole of the second cylinder is inaccessible and an unprotected position in which the keyhole of the second cylinder is accessible, such that a tool is required in order to move the tamper resistant member from the protected position to the unprotected position, the tool adapted to be stored separately from the door. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390482 | LIDDED MINI-DRAWER ASSEMBLY WITHOUT A CABLE - A drawer assembly is described that includes one or more mini-drawer assemblies. A mini-drawer assembly comprises a sliding tab along a rear-to-front axis, a release mechanism coupled to the sliding tab, and a body having a body bottom coupled from the body bottom to the sliding tab. The body may slide over the sliding tab. The mini-drawer assembly may include a plurality of compartments in the body and a plurality of lids that are hingedly coupled to the compartments. Each lid may have a respective fastening element. A plurality of latches may couple to the body such that each latch is coupled to a corresponding compartment. The latch may hold the respective fastening element of the lid. When the body is pulled out along the rear-to-front axis, the release mechanism may engage with the latch to release the respective fastening element and to unlatch the lid of the compartment. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390483 | PROTECTIVE CASE - A portable protective case for the safe transport and storage of measuring devices and other electrical equipment. The protective case is designed to protect a valuable and sensitive measuring device located inside it against theft, unauthorized use and/or potentially harmful environmental influences. The case comprises communication means for sending and receiving data via a wireless network, as well as for receiving localization data, which enable the communication unit to provide at least a rough location of the case. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390484 | GLOVE BOX SELF-LOCKING FEATURE - A glove box retainer for a glove box comprises a tab or a catch on a forward portion of a movable bin received within a surround and a corresponding catch or tab on a forward portion of a surround disposed forward of the tab or catch on the movable bin when the movable bin is in a closed position. The movable bin displaces the tab or the catch on the movable bin so that it is juxtaposed against and displaced forward of the catch or tab on the surround to retain the glove box in the closed position during a frontal impact event. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390485 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE DOOR LOCK SYSTEM - A method of controlling a vehicle includes sensing movement of an interior door handle, sensing a position of a vehicle door after movement of the interior door handle is sensed to determine if the door remains in an unopened position or if the door moves into an opened position after movement of the interior door handle is sensed. When movement of the interior door handle is sensed, a timer is started to determine if the measured time period is equal to or greater than a maximum delay time. A active or inactive state of a double door lock feature of the door lock system is determined and a control signal to automatically generated to deactivate the double door lock feature if the double door lock feature is active, the measured time period is equal to or greater than the maximum delay time, and the door is in the unopened position. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390486 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK APPARATUS - A vehicle door lock apparatus ( | 2019-12-26 |
20190390487 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE WITH DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN INTENTION TO LOCK AND TO UNLOCK A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR - A device for detecting the intention of a user to lock or to unlock a motor vehicle door. The device being incorporated within a handle, including: a capacitive sensor for detecting the approach and/or the contact of a hand of the user toward/with the handle, including at least one electrode, located in proximity to a detection surface of the handle, that is capable of detecting the approach of the hand of a user toward the detection surface; a microcontroller; and a voltage source. At least a portion of the electrode takes a continuous shape of successive arches which allow water to flow away and are connected to one another at their bases by junctions, the junctions being pressed against the detection surface, thus forming a sealtight interface. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390488 | DEPLOYABLE VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE - A vehicle door handle is provided that includes a deployable handle body located on a door, keypad contacts on an outer side of the handle body, an actuator configured to deploy the handle to a deployed position, a plurality of proximity sensors located on the handle body and generating activation fields, and a controller processing signals generated by the sensors to determine an input command for controlling the actuator and to determine a keypad input. The controller may sense ice on the handle and determine ice thickness and may control the actuator to break the ice based on the ice thickness. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390489 | Integrated Door Latch Assembly of Sliding Door - An integrated door latch assembly of a sliding door may include a plate installed at the lower front of the sliding door, a front latch part which is installed in the front of the plate, and a hold open latch part which is installed at the plate so as to be spaced apart from the front latch part to the rear of the vehicle. The front latch part maintains the closed state of the sliding door by restraining a close striker formed at a vehicle body when the sliding door is closed and releases the restriction of the close striker when the sliding door starts to open. The hold open latch part maintains the open state by restraining the sliding of the sliding door when the sliding door is opened and releases the restriction so that the sliding door can slide. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390490 | Vehicle Door Latch Security Tether - A vehicle that includes a door, handle, shaft, and a latch assembly is provided. The latch assembly is coupled to the door to selectively secure the door. The latch assembly includes a security tether configured to prevent the shaft from moving the pawl when the lock lever is located in the locked condition. The security tether further includes: a plate attachable to the latch assembly; the plate includes an aperture sized to receive at least a portion of the lock lever that is disposed through the aperture; the plate includes first and second stop surfaces to limit movement of the lock lever; the first and second stop surfaces are also spaced apart from each other; the lock lever is movable between the first and second stop surfaces; at least the first stop surface is spaced apart from the first location on the pawl; and the lock lever engages the first stop surface when the lock lever is located in the locked condition to prevent the pawl from moving to the unlatched condition and unlatching the latching assembly. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390491 | VEHICLE SIDE STRUCTURE - The present application prevents an engaging pin or a catcher pin from damaging an upper surface of a side sill or a lower surface of a side door when the door is closed, and reduces a height of the side sill over which an occupant steps when getting into a vehicle. A vehicle side structure includes an engaging portion that is at least partially provided between a lower part of a side door and a side sill and provides engagement between the lower part and the side sill. The engaging portion includes an engaging pin provided to protrude from an upper surface of the side sill, and a catcher pin that is provided in the lower part of the side door, receives the engaging pin brought into a space above the lower part of the side door, and engages a tip of the engaging pin. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390492 | SIMPLY FITTED FURNITURE HINGE - The invention relates to a furniture hinge having a mounting body and a hinge body with a hinge arm for fastening, in a hinged manner, a furniture door or the like to a furniture carcass. According to the invention, at least one section of the hinge arm or of a component connected to the hinge arm has at least one guide section which interacts with a sliding guide on the mounting body in such a manner that the hinge arm or the component connected to the hinge arm is mounted displaceably in the sliding guide along an installation direction and is retained transversely to the installation direction and that a movement of the hinge arm against the installation direction can be blocked when an installation position is reached. The invention further relates to an associated method for mounting a furniture door in a hinged manner. The furniture hinge and the method permit the installation of a furniture door, flap or the like to a furniture carcass in a fast and reliable fashion. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390493 | System for the rotatable coupling of a closing element and stationary support structure - A rotating coupling system for a closing element, such as a door, window, door or the like, and a stationary support structure, such as a wall, floor, frame or the like includes a hinge device anchorable to the closing element and a mounting plate anchorable to the stationary support structure. The hinge device has a hinge body and a pivot defining a first axis, and are coupled each other to rotate one with respect to the other around the axis. In particular, the pivot includes a coupling portion, which protrudes from the hinge body, and the mounting plate includes a plate-shaped body having a seat that receives the coupling portion of the pivot. The plate-shaped body further includes an adjusting member to adjust its position with respect to the stationary support structure. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390494 | DOOR CLOSURE ASSEMBLY - A door closure assembly and a method of moving a door is disclosed. The door closure assembly includes a cabinet attachment member attachable to a cabinet, a door attachment member attachable to a door, and first and second arms hingedly attached to the cabinet attachment member and the door attachment member. In some embodiments, the cabinet attachment member is attached to a central portion of the door and the door attachment member is attached to an end portion of the door. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390495 | A GUIDE FOR A LIFTABLE SLIDING LEAF | 2019-12-26 |
20190390496 | System for Automatically Closing/Opening a Sliding Door or Shutter - A system for the automatic closing/opening of an aperture includes closing element slidable in a plane between a closing position, in which it closes the aperture, and an opening position, in which the aperture is open; and a linear actuator operatively coupled to the closing element to automatically return it from one of the open or closed positions to the other one of the open or closed positions. The linear actuator includes a jacket defining an axis and a rod ( | 2019-12-26 |
20190390497 | REGULATING VALVE - A regulating valve for activating a strike function of a hydraulic door, gate, or window drive, in particular a hydraulic door closer, which is arranged in a hydraulic channel via which hydraulic fluid can flow, comprises a valve member which is axially displaceable in a valve bore between a closed position and an open position, is acted on in an opening direction by a spring unit, is acted on by the pressure in a pressure chamber in the closing direction and can be transferred into the open position thereof by the spring force of the spring unit when there is a drop in pressure in the pressure chamber below a predeterminable limit pressure. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390498 | HYDRAULIC DRIVE FOR A DOOR SASH OR WINDOW SASH - A hydraulic drive for a sash of a door, a gate, a window or the like comprises a housing and a piston which is displaceably guided in the housing and which divides the interior of the housing into a pressure chamber and a non-pressurized chamber. In this case, the drive, which can in particular be a hydraulic door closer, comprises a regulating valve which is arranged on the end face of the housing delimiting the pressure chamber on the side facing away from the piston and which is integrated in particular in a housing cover for activating an impact function. The regulating valve has a valve member which is displaceable between a closed position and an open position in a valve bore of a valve housing formed in particular by the housing cover, is impinged on in the closing direction by the pressure in the pressure chamber and can be transferred into the open position thereof by the spring force of a spring unit when the pressure in the pressure chamber falls below a predeterminable limit pressure. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390499 | Smooth-Stop - The invention is an apparatus intended to replace the wooden blocks to which the Euro Door Stops by FastCap are usually fastened; the use of this invention will be most relevant to the custom cabinetry industry. The invention will be used to provide consistency and accuracy in the placement of the Euro Door Stop cabinet hardware and replace the wooden blocks which are currently used. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390500 | ANTI-PINCH METHOD FOR AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT OF SLIDING WINDOWS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A POWER-WINDOW APPARATUS, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - An anti-pinch method for an apparatus for automatic movement of sliding windows including the steps of: receiving at least one electrical quantity (e | 2019-12-26 |
20190390501 | PINCH DETECTION SENSOR - A pinch detection sensor, for detecting the occurrence of pinch during closing of a sliding door, includes a door front edge rubber including a hollow portion inside, to be attached to a front edge portion of the sliding door in a closing movement direction of the sliding door, and a plurality of linear shape pressure sensing members accommodated in the hollow portion, each linear shape pressure sensing member comprising a tubular elastic body and respective conductor wires spaced apart from each other in an inner side of the tubular elastic body. The door front edge rubber includes, in the hollow portion, a plurality of housing spaces, which accommodate the plurality of linear shape pressure sensing members, respectively. Movements of the linear shape pressure sensing members between the plurality of housing spaces are restricted by a partitioning portion. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390502 | VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS RAISING-AND-LOWERING MECHANISM - A vehicle window glass raising-and-lowering mechanism is achieved which can prevent a window glass from tilting, caused by a carrier plate rotating, even if the carrier plate is lowered down to a bottom dead point so that the window glass is fully open. The carrier plate includes a point of force that receives a movement force from wires in a downward direction. Two stopper members are provided at separated positions with respect to the vehicle forward and rearward direction, and the two stopper members have a positional relationship that crosses over either side of the point of force of the carrier plate. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390503 | COMPACT HINGE ACTUATING DEVICE - A compact hinge actuating device comprising at least one hinge comprising at least one hinge plate and at least one knuckle. In one embodiment there is at least one sensor and/or fuse element coupled to said at least one hinge and at least one microprocessor coupled to the at least one hinge. There is also at least one drive coupled to the at least one hinge, wherein when the sensor receives input of a condition, and/or the fuse fails then the drive can be actuated. In the electronic version, the microprocessor reads the input as exceeding a minimum threshold value of a predetermined condition, the microprocessor then triggers the at least one drive to close or open the at least one hinge. In at least one embodiment the drive can be a spring, in another embodiment the drive can be a solenoid. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390504 | GARAGE ENTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A garage door security system includes a camera configured to capture images of vehicles that are in proximity of a garage door of a garage. A database stores identification information for a plurality of vehicles. The identification information includes at least one of make, model, color, license plate number. An image and data analytic controller analyzes the images of vehicles captured by the camera using the identification information for the plurality of vehicles stored in the local database in order to identify vehicles authorized to enter the garage. A motor control opens the garage door for vehicles authorized to enter the garage. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390505 | DOOR ENTRYWAY SYSTEM - A threshold includes a substantially vertically upstanding nosing extending along a longitudinal axis of the threshold and a substantially vertically upstanding dam spaced from and substantially parallel to the upstanding nosing. A threshold cap is disposed at least partially across a gap between the upstanding nosing and the upstanding dam. A support, which supports the threshold cap, is located at least partially within the gap. The threshold cap is adjustable between at least a raised position and a lowered position. The threshold cap is biased toward the raised position when the door panel of the entryway is in an open position. The threshold cap pivots about a pivot axis parallel with the longitudinal axis. The pivot axis is not a central axis of the threshold cap. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390506 | STRUCTURAL BONDING COMPOSITE - A structural bonding composite includes a polymeric base member, a first structural adhesive layer on a first side of the base member, a second structural adhesive layer on a second side of the base member opposite the first side, and a reinforcement member secured to a portion of the base member to maintain a predetermined thickness of the base member against compression applied to the first and second sides of the base member. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390507 | ENHANCED FIELD OF VIEW FOR FENESTRATION UNITS - A fenestration unit comprising a frame having a center, a sash coupled to the frame, an interior pane coupled to the sash, a spacer coupled to the interior pane, an exterior pane coupled to the sash and the spacer, the exterior pane including an inward-facing surface, and a peripheral shield disposed on the inward-facing surface of the exterior pane such that, when viewed at direct angle, the peripheral shield hides the spacer, the sash, and at least part of the frame. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390508 | DEVICE FOR CLOSING A ROOM OPENING AND METHOD FOR FITTING THE DEVICE | 2019-12-26 |
20190390509 | VISUAL BIOMETRIC CONTROLLED SMART PET DOOR - A smart pet door system embodying a biometrically-controlled pet door is provided. The pet door provides sensors and data capture devices such as image capture devices and microphones along an external door frame for capturing biometric data for authentication of predetermined pet(s) prior to electrically moving the pet door from a locked condition to an unlocked condition by way of a biometric modality. The biometric modality may be coupled to a remote computing device. The biometric modality is adapted to analyze and identify peripheral data beyond that of the predetermined pet(s), thereby maintaining a locked condition upon identifying threats conveyed by the peripheral data. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390510 | COLLAPSIBLE SECURITY GRILL, GRILLE SYSTEM, BAR, AND METHOD - The invention relates to a collapsible security grille. The grille comprises a multiplicity of successive bars that can be substantially stacked in a retracted state of the grille and can be substantially spaced apart with respect to each other in an extended state of the grille. At least a number of the bars comprises one or multiple parts formed from bent sheet metal. Advantageously, each of at least a number of the bars can be put together from at least a first part formed from a first blank of sheet metal and a second part formed from a second blank of sheet metal. In particular, at least the first part can be a bent profile. Additionally or alternatively, at least the second part can be a bent profile. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390511 | Slatted Door with Increased Impact Resistance - A slatted door includes a plurality of interengaged slats, and end members arranged at ends of respective slats. The end members and the slats are configured and arranged so that, when the slats are engaged with one another and with respective end members, at least one lateral reinforcement impact distribution structure is formed. The impact distribution structure is configured to absorb, distribute and/or redirect impact force in a direction along the length of the slats. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390512 | DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM - A daylighting system includes: a functional film which transmits light from an outdoor area of a building to introduce the light to an indoor area of the building; a weather detection unit configured to detect weather in a location at which the functional film is installed; and a control unit configured to control a transmittance of the functional film, based on a result of detection by the weather detection unit. The weather detection unit is configured to detect the weather, based on a result of comparing an illuminance of the light from the outdoor area with a reference value for the illuminance, and a result of comparing a color temperature of the light from the outdoor area with a reference value for the color temperature. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390513 | ENCLOSURE FOR BLIND - An enclosure for an endless loop blind control element for operating a blind operating mechanism, wherein the enclosure extends from a first end to a second end and said endless loop blind control element is enclosed within said enclosure from said first end to said second end and connected to said blind operating mechanism. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390514 | GRAVITY ACTIVATED SAFETY BLIND CONTROL - A blind having a blind operating mechanism and an endless loop blind control element for operating the blind mechanism, comprising: an enclosure extending from an upper end to a lower end, with the endless loop blind control element enclosed within the enclosure between the upper end to the lower end of said enclosure, when in a first position; a connector supporting the upper end of the enclosure adjacent to the blind operating mechanism and depending downwardly from it; and the lower end of said enclosure moveable from said first position towards that upper end to a second position so as to permit operation of said endless loop blind control element. The invention also relates to a lower housing displaceable towards the enclosure. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390515 | DOCK DOOR SCREEN ASSEMBLY - A screen door assembly for an opening of loading dock includes a frame having first and second vertical members joined together by first and second horizontal members. The screen door assembly further includes at least one stay element extending along a lateral axis and secured at each end to the respective vertical member. The screen door assembly further includes a screen material, at least one of a top edge or bottom edge of the screen material being secured to the stay element. The screen door assembly is configured for use in the longitudinal clearance gap of a main door guide track, between the main door guide track and an inside wall of the loading dock. The screen door operates independent of the main door, such that both doors can be closed at the same time. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390516 | Base Slat Pry Stopper - A base slat pry stopper, such as a base slat locking bracket, for locking a rolling shutter curtain covering an opening of a structure is disclosed. The base slat pry stopper may include a bracket base plate mounted to an opening bottom wall on an interior side of the shutter curtain, and a base slat engagement portion extending upward from the bracket base plate and above a top surface of the opening bottom wall. When the shutter curtain is unrolled to cover the opening, the base slat engagement portion engages the base slat to prevent the base slat from deflecting upward away from the opening bottom wall when a force applied from an exterior side of the shutter curtain causes the base slat to deflect toward the interior side of the structure and the shutter curtain. The base slat pry stopper may be permanently or removably installed. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390517 | Base Slat Pry Stopper - A base slat pry stopper, such as a base slat locking bracket, for locking a rolling shutter curtain covering an opening of a structure is disclosed. The base slat pry stopper may include a bracket base plate mounted to an opening bottom wall on an interior side of the shutter curtain, and a base slat engagement portion extending upward from the bracket base plate and above a top surface of the opening bottom wall. When the shutter curtain is unrolled to cover the opening, the base slat engagement portion engages the base slat to prevent the base slat from deflecting upward away from the opening bottom wall when a force applied from an exterior side of the shutter curtain causes the base slat to deflect toward the interior side of the structure and the shutter curtain. The base slat pry stopper may be permanently or removably installed. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390518 | Ladder - A ladder stabilizer is provided, comprising an extension bar portion, a main arm portion, a brace bar portion, teeth strips, and levers. The extension bar portion is enclosed by an outer wall surface, an inner wall surface, and two side wall surfaces, and having upper and lower end portions. The main arm portion has upper and lower end portions configured for a telescopic connection. The brace bar portion has first and second end portions, and the first end portion is connected to the side portion at a lower position, and the second end portion is connected to the extension bar portion at a middle position. The teeth strips are fixed to lower portions of the two side wall surfaces of the main arm portion. Each lever has latching and releasing ends, installed on the two side wall surfaces of the extension bar through two spring-loaded hinges. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390519 | ROTARY DRILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BORE IN THE GROUND - The invention relates to a drilling tool and a method for producing a bore in the ground, in which method ground material is carried away by a removal device on the underside of a main body of the drilling tool, flushing air is supplied by a feeding device into the bore, which is filled with drilling fluid, in the area of the removal device and ground material carried away by means of the flushing air is transported away through a discharge line. According to the invention, the ground material is transported to a receiving area in an upper section of the main body. A collecting hood is provided above the receiving area, which closes off the receiving area at the top, forming an air collecting space in which air collects. An outlet valve by means of which air is discharged from the air collecting space is arranged on the collecting hood. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390520 | SUPERHARD GOUGING CUTTER OR SHOCK STUD FOR FIXED CUTTER DRILL BIT - A gouging cutter or shock stud for mounting in a drill bit includes: a substrate being cylindrical for at least a portion thereof; and a cap or head made from a superhard material, mounted to the substrate at an interface, having a working face formed in an end thereof opposite to the interface, and having a round periphery connecting the interface and the substrate. The working face has a central tip elevated at a height above a maximum height of the periphery. The working face has a plurality of plows and a plurality of ribs arranged therearound in an alternating fashion. The plows and the ribs each extend from the periphery of the cap inward and upward to the tip. The plows and ribs each have a pair of sides and an apical edge. The plows have a different shape than a shape of the ribs. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390521 | DRILLING COMPONENT COUPLER FOR REINFORCEMENT - A drill tool that is usable in drilling a wellbore can include a pin component and a box component. The pin component has a threaded portion and an extended portion extending axially from an end of the threaded portion. The box component is part of a stator of a downhole drilling motor. The box component is threadedly coupled to the pin component such that the extended portion of the pin component is positioned in an inner area defined by the box component to absorb stress from the threaded portion during a bend for a wellbore drilling operation. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390522 | AXIAL AND ROTATIONAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An axial and rotational alignment system including a casing string having an axial orientation feature and a rotational orientation feature; and a tubing string having an axial and rotational orientation assembly thereon, the assembly including a rotational alignment subassembly having a selectively actuable member that is selectively engagable with the rotational orientation feature. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390523 | Methods Of Reconstituting Cores, Formation Cores With Actual Formation Materials For Lab Testing - A method to produce reconstituted structures that recreate the chemical, geological, and structural characteristics of a portion of a target reservoir formation by using drill cuttings material from the target reservoir formation. The method includes providing drill cuttings material from a known reservoir formation and grinding the drill cuttings material to particulates of one or more known particle sizes. In particular, an actual core sample may be replicated via a three-dimensional printer using the ground drill cuttings material from the target reservoir formation. A representative reconstituted structure may also be formed by applying a load to the ground drill cuttings material from the target reservoir formation. A slot flow device may also be formed via either three-dimensional printing with drill cutting particulates or the application of a load to the drill cutting particulates. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING GAS FROM DRILLING FLUIDS - A system for analyzing gas extracted from drilling fluid is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a gas extractor having a gas extraction chamber within a gas extractor housing and a gas outlet for gas separating from the drilling fluid within the gas extraction chamber. Further, the system includes a gas analyzer, which has an optical analyzer and an optical source that are situated outside of the gas extractor. A gas analysis zone is in fluid communication with the gas extraction chamber and is optically connected via at least one fiber optic cable to the optical source and the optical analyzer. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING - A system and method for conducting subterranean operations. In an embodiment, the system can include a monitoring system configured to monitor at least one criterion of a plurality of operational systems selected from the group of choke valves, mud pumps, drawworks, backpressure pumps, top drive, mud gas separator, flow line, blowout preventer, inside blowout preventer, or any combination thereof, and a logic device configured to generate a capacity value for each operational system of the plurality of the operational systems based on the at least one criterion, and further configured to change a state of one or more of plurality of the operational systems to control a downhole pressure. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390526 | SELF-ORIENTING SELECTIVE LOCKABLE ASSEMBLY TO REGULATE SUBSURFACE DEPTH AND POSITIONING - A well tool to be oriented and secured in a wellbore without the external application of torque, and a well system incorporating the same. After installation of orientation casing and universal latch coupling casing, the self-orienting selective lockable latch well tool is run downhole to the target depth, picked up to free the internal locking mechanism, and then loaded with downhole stress to engage the locking mechanism. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390527 | Improvements In Or Relating To Well Abandonment And Slot Recovery - Method and apparatus for single-trip cementing and casing cutting for well abandonment and slot recovery. Using a tool string including a casing cutter and a stinger, where the casing cutter has a central through bore including a wall to isolate the cutting assembly from the cement, cement can be passed through the cutter and deposited using the stinger to form a plug. Embodiments of casing cutters are provided for parting an upper length of casing from a lower length of casing. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390528 | CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR SEALING A PASS-THROUGH IN A WELL, AND METHODS THEREFORE - A system formed to provide sealed passage therethrough for cables, lines, tubes or the like through the wellhead and down-hole applications. The invention provides a unitary or split/wrap around hanger having a main seal formed to receive and provide sealed pass-through of power and control cables, lines, conduits, or other threaded components which have various profiles for various configurations and applications, allowing pass through thereof. The present invention provides hinged side doors formed to engage and support various configuration (via interchangeable inserts) various size cable, line, conduit, etc. in the hanger for engaging components threaded therethrough. Also taught is a bowl cap, tubing adapter or other surface component with adapters to allow sealed-pass through of various lines, cable, wires, including a compression seal to cover and seal off the tubing head of the present system, while providing enhanced, sealed pass-through. Still another embodiment of the invention provides a swivel flange to ease the installation of the pass-through system of the present invention by facilitate rotational alignment of the bolt holes of the tubing head with the bottom ring of the adapter, without compromising the wire alignment in the port of the adapter. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390529 | HIGH-EXPANSION PACKER ELEMENTS - A high-expansion packer element is injection molded from chemical-resistant elastomers and provided with multiple upsets in an inner surface of the sidewall to relieve stress as the high-expansion packer element is compressed and held in a set condition. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390530 | Method and Tool For Well Abandonment and Slot Recovery - Method and apparatus for single-trip cementing and casing cutting for well abandonment and slot recovery. A casing cutter is described which has a central through bore including a wall to isolate the cutting assembly from cement being passed through the casing cutter. The casing cutter is run in a cased well bore, cementing occurs through the casing cutter to form a cement plug and then the casing is cut. Embodiments of casing cutters are provided for parting an upper length of casing from a lower length of casing. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390531 | Superhard Material Enhanced Choke Cage - A choke valve for regulating a flow rate, a pressure or other parameters of a fluid flow may comprise a choke cage comprising a passage therethrough and a choke plug slidable within the passage. At least one conduit may pass through a wall of the choke cage and into the passage such that as the choke plug slides it may at least partially cover the conduit. A ring comprising a sintered superhard material may be secured within the conduit enhancing durability and wear resistance of the choke cage. A method for manufacturing such a choke cage may comprise subjecting grains of superhard material to high-pressure, high-temperature conditions sufficient to sinter at least some of the grains together, hollowing out the sintered superhard material to form a ring, and securing the ring within a conduit. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390532 | VALVE WITH PUMP ROTOR PASSAGE FOR USE IN DOWNHOLE PRODUCTION STRINGS - Methods and apparatus for utilizing a valve with a pump rotor passage with a downhole production string, the pump rotor being on a rotatable rod with a bobbin moving along the rod between a position for opening the passage to fluid flow, when the bobbin is not seated on a shuttle seat, and a position for closing the passage to fluid flow, when the bobbin is seated on the shuttle seat. The pump rotor and rod are removable through the passage while leaving the pump stator in place upstream of the valve. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390533 | ACTUATOR MECHANISM FOR A VALVE SYSTEM - An actuator mechanism for a valve system includes a housing having an outer surface, an inner surface defining an opening and a chamber extending partially about the housing between the outer surface and the inner surface. A hinge is mounted to the housing. The hinge is exposed at the chamber. A valve member is fixedly connected to the hinge. The valve member is selectively positionable across the opening. An actuator is arranged in the chamber and selectively biased against the hinge to transition the valve member between an open configuration and a closed configuration. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390534 | Method and System of Producing Hydrocarbons Using Physics-Based Data-Driven Inferred Production - A method of predicting hydrocarbon production from one or more artificial lift wells is disclosed. Measurements and/or well test data are obtained from one or more artificial lift wells representing well performance at more than one time period. A statistical model, representing well performance, is generated. Using the statistical model and the measurements and/or well test data, real-time production of the one or more artificial lift wells is predicted and a measure of confidence is generated. Potential optimization opportunities are identified for well performance based on the predicted real-time production of the one or more artificial lift wells. The optimization opportunities are outputted. Hydrocarbon production activities are modified using the optimization opportunities. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING WELL SITE PRODUCTION - Methods and systems for predicting well site production are disclosed, including a computer system comprising one or more processor and a non-transitory computer memory storing processor readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processor cause the one or more processor to receive image data of a geographic region around and including a well site; receive well site location data of a location of the well site; analyze well site data to determine well pad location data of a location of a well pad including an area of observation extending beyond and around a well site; determine pixel data of the well pad within the image data for a particular time from the well pad location data; and analyze the pixel data of the well pad for a particular time to determine a volume of flared gas based on the pixel data. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390536 | MICRO-CONTROLLER-BASED SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR WELLBORE SYSTEMS AND METHOD - A method for firing a detonator in a chain of switch assemblies includes a step of lowering the chain of switch assemblies into a wellbore; a step of powering-up a switch assembly of the chain of switch assemblies; a step of independently entering through a set of states during which the switch assembly interacts with a downstream switch assembly and determines a status of one or more elements associated with the switch assembly; and a step of firing a detonator electrically connected to the switch assembly or entering a sleeping state. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390537 | Artificial Lift System and Method - An artificial lift system for a horizontal well deploys a downhole pump and flexible bladder reservoir chamber to be used with a conventional rod pump. The rod pump is used in the vertical at the top of the curve. The flexible bladder reservoir chamber is connected to the rod pump intake. The downhole pump is set in the producing formation and is connected to the reservoir chamber by tubing. The lift system uses a compressor drive system to operate the downhole pump to move fluids from the producing formation to the reservoir chamber. The reservoir chamber uses the flexible chamber bladder that is filled with well fluids by operation of the downhole pump to provide a continuous supply of well fluids to the rod pump intake. Operation of the rod pump lifts fluids from the flexible chamber bladder without regard to the operation state of the downhole pump. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390538 | Downhole Solid State Pumps - A pump includes a solid state pump including a solid state actuator actuatable to pressurize a hydraulic fluid, and a secondary pump in fluid communication with the solid state pump via a fluid circuit. The secondary pump is actuatable with the hydraulic fluid received from the solid state pump, and actuating the secondary pump draws in an external fluid into the secondary pump, pressurizes the external fluid within the secondary pump, and discharges a pressurized external fluid. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390539 | Pressure Assisted Oil Recovery - Estimates of global total “liquid” hydrocarbon resources are dominated by structures known as oil sands or tar sands which represent approximately two-thirds of the total recoverable resources. This is despite that the Canadian Athabasca Oil Sands, which dominate these oil sand based recoverable oil reserves at 1.7 trillion barrels, are calculated at only a 10% recovery rate. However, irrespective of whether it is the 3.6 trillion barrels recoverable from the oil sands or the 1.75 trillion barrels from conventional oil reservoirs worldwide, it is evident that significant financial return and extension of the time oil as resource is available to the world arise from increasing the recoverable percentage of such resources. According to embodiments of the invention pressure differentials are exploited to advance production of wells, adjust the evolution of the depletion chambers formed laterally between laterally spaced wells to increase the oil recovery percentage, and provide recovery in deeper reservoirs. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390540 | PRESSURE PULSES FOR ACID STIMULATION ENHANCEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION - A wellbore system may include a work string and at least one downhole device connected to a portion of the work string, the downhole device configured to deliver a periodic stream of fluid to a portion of a wellbore. The system may further include at least one sensor configured to detect reflected energy pulses associated with the periodic stream of fluid. The at least one downhole device may be configured to modify a pressure of the periodic stream of fluid in real time based on the reflected energy pulses received in real time. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390541 | Hydrocarbon Gas Treatment Systems and Methods - Hydrocarbon gas treatment systems and methods. The hydrocarbon gas treatment systems include a feed gas supply system configured to provide a feed gas stream and a hydrogen sulfide removal system configured to separate the feed gas stream into a product gas stream and an acid gas stream. The hydrocarbon gas treatment systems also include a heat exchanger configured to cool the acid gas stream to generate a cooled acid gas stream and an acid gas enrichment system configured to separate the cooled acid gas stream into a treated gas stream and an enriched acid gas stream. The methods include providing a feed gas stream, separating the feed gas stream into a product gas stream and an acid gas stream, cooling the acid gas stream to generate a cooled acid gas stream, and separating the cooled acid gas stream into a treated gas stream and an enriched acid gas stream. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390542 | Multi-Layer Distance to Bed Boundary (DTBB) Inversion with Multiple Initial Guesses - System and methods for geosteering inversion are provided. A downhole tool's response along a path of a wellbore to be drilled through a formation is predicted over different stages of a downhole operation, based on each of a plurality of initial models of the formation. Each initial model represents a different number of formation layers over a specified range. The tool's actual response with respect to one or more formation parameters is determined, based on measurements obtained during a current stage of the operation. The actual response is compared with that predicted from each of the initial models. At least one of the models is selected as an inversion model, based on the comparison and a selection criterion. Inversion is performed for subsequent stages of the operation along the wellbore path, based on the selected model. The wellbore path is adjusted for the subsequent stages, based on the inversion results. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390543 | DEPTH POSITIONING USING GAMMA-RAY CORRELATION AND DOWNHOLE PARAMETER DIFFERENTIAL - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining the location or depth in a wellbore of a tubular string or downhole component is provided. One method may include placing a tubular string having a depth measurement module into a wellbore, the wellbore emanating radiation at at least one location along the wellbore and determining the location of the depth measurement module in the wellbore based on a correlation between a wellbore property that is a function of depth and a radiation intensity at at least one location within the wellbore. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390544 | Assessing Expandable Sand Screens Using Electromagnetic Tool - A method for determining the activation of an expandable sand screen may comprise disposing an electromagnetic (EM) detection tool into a wellbore. The EM detection tool may comprise at least one transmitter and at least one receiver. The method may further comprise transmitting an EM field from the one or more transmitters into the expandable sand screen to energize the expandable sand screen and form an eddy current, recording a voltage of the eddy current with the at least one receiver, and determining an activation state of the expandable sand screen based at least partially on the voltage of the eddy current. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390545 | Evaluation of Pressure-Transient Behavior of Wells - A method for monitoring movement of a fluid interface in a composite reservoir includes receiving data related to a composite reservoir. The composite reservoir includes an uninvaded oil zone, a water-invaded transition zone, and an aquifer. A model is generated using the data. The model is updated in response to movement of a fluid interface between the water-invaded transition zone and the uninvaded oil zone in the composite reservoir is identified. The model is also updated in response to movement of water from the aquifer toward the wellbore is also identified, before the fluid interface reaches a wellbore formed in the composite reservoir. A remedial action is determined to take in the wellbore in response to the movement of the fluid interface, the movement of the water, or both. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390546 | Detecting Downhole Events Using Acoustic Frequency Domain Features - A method of detecting an event within a wellbore includes obtaining a sample data set, determining a plurality of frequency domain features of the sample data set, comparing the plurality of frequency domain features with an event signature, determining that the plurality of frequency domain features matches the thresholds, ranges, or both of the event signature, and determining the presence of the event within the wellbore based on determining that the plurality of frequency domain features match the thresholds, ranges, or both of the event signature. The sample data set is a sample of an acoustic signal originating within a wellbore including a fluid. The sample data set is representative of the acoustic signal across a frequency spectrum. The event signature includes a plurality of thresholds, ranges, or both corresponding to the plurality of frequency domain features. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390547 | Dynamic System for Field Operations - A method for controlling field equipment can include receiving information via an interface of a control system; analyzing the information by the control system with respect to tiered well construction activities; based on the analyzing, generating a workflow that includes at least a series of tiered well construction activities; and transmitting a signal from the control system to the field equipment to control the field equipment to perform at least one of the series of tiered well construction activities. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390548 | SAMPLING CHAMBER WITH HYDROGEN SULFIDE-REACTIVE SCAVENGER - Systems, methods and devices for analyzing a sample of fluid extracted from a hydrocarbon-producing geological formation to detect a quantitative amount of hydrogen sulfide or disclosed. The systems methods and devices involve including a scavenger within a sample compartment to react with the hydrogen sulfide therein. The concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the sample may be derived as a function of the amount of scavenger remaining in the sample after reaction with hydrogen sulfide, an amount of byproduct of a reaction between the scavenger and the hydrogen sulfide, or an amount of hydrogen sulfide as measured following a secondary reaction that releases the hydrogen sulfide from the scavenger. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390549 | LOADING ARM ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - A loading arm assembly for directing material removed by a mining machining having a cutting head and a conveyor assembly includes a loading arm assembly that includes a loading arm and a spacer connector. The loading arm is configured to be removably attachable to the spacer connector and the spacer connector is configured to be removably attachable to a gear box or other driving mechanism of the mining machine. A centering cap assembly can also be used to assist in centering the loading arm-spacer connector combination, the centering cap assembly being removably attachable to the gear box. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390550 | PNEUMATIC DRILL INSTALLED ROCK ANCHOR - A friction bolt assembly, such as for use with a pneumatically actuated drill, with a friction fit tubular sleeve longitudinally extending between a leading end and a trailing end, a rod which longitudinally extends through the sleeve between a first end and a second end, and which projects from either end of the sleeve to define, between the first end of the rod and the leading end of the sleeve and the second end of the rod and the trailing end of the sleeve respectively, a leading part and a trailing part, an expansion element mounted on or formed with the rod, on the leading part, a drill engaging element axially fixed in position on the second end of the bolt and engageable with a chuck or an end of the rock drill, a first load bearing formation mounted on the trailing part of the rod and which engages the trailing end of the sleeve, and a second load bearing formation mounted over the trailing part of the rod between the first load bearing formation and the drill engaging element. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390551 | Engine Crank and Connecting Rod Mechanism - A crank and connecting rod mechanism having an angularly disposed connecting rod and mirror image gear sets, each comprising: a crank gear rotatably mounted on a crank gear shaft, having a crankpin pivotally connected to and driven by the connecting rod, the crankpin following the path of a roulette of a centered trochoid about a first stationary gear as the crank gear is driven about the first stationary gear and a crankshaft driven gear is driven about a second stationary gear, a counterbalanced radial arm affixed to a drive shaft at a pivot point of the counterbalanced radial arm, the counterbalanced radial arm driving the drive shaft at the pivot point and the crank gear shaft at an outer radial arm bearing, the drive shaft driving a drive shaft gear, which drives an output gear that drives an output shaft. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BALANCING A ROTOR IN AN ASSEMBLED ENGINE - A balance system for an assembled engine includes a rotor mounted on a shaft for rotation within an engine casing having an inner case and an outer case; and a weight system mounted on the shaft of the rotor and having at least one weight positionable relative to the rotor around a circumference of the shaft; wherein the inner case has an inner access port, the outer case has an outer access port, and the inner access port, the outer access port and the weight system are positioned on the same radial plane of the rotor, whereby the weight system can be accessed through the outer port and the inner port to adjust circumferential position of the at least one weight relative to the rotor. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390553 | TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT WITH COATING-CAPTURING FEATURE FOR THERMAL INSULATION - The disclosure relates to turbomachine components which include one or more coating-capturing features for thermal insulation. A turbomachine component may include: a body having an exterior surface positioned within a hot gas path (HGP) section of a turbomachine; and a coating-capturing feature mounted on the exterior surface of the body and in thermal communication with the HGP section of the turbomachine, wherein the coating-capturing feature comprises: a first member positioned on the exterior surface of the body, the first member having at least one outer sidewall defining a first perimeter of the coating-capturing feature, a second member positioned on the first member and having at least one outer sidewall defining a second perimeter of the coating-capturing feature, wherein the first member separates the second member from the exterior surface of the body, and an indentation positioned between the first and second members. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390554 | VENTILATED HIGH PRESSURE BLADE OF A HELICOPTER TURBINE COMPRISING AN UPSTREAM DUCT AND A CENTRAL COOLING CHAMBER - The invention relates to a blade of a high-pressure turbine of a turboshaft engine, comprising: an airfoil extending in a spanwise direction, terminating in an apex and comprising a suction wall and a pressure wall joined by a leading edge and joined by a trailing edge, an internal cooling circuit having only an upstream duct and a central chamber for cooling this blade by circulating air; the upstream duct and the central chamber being separately supplied with air; the upstream duct being dedicated to the cooling of the leading edge and the pressure wall; and the central chamber being dedicated to the cooling of the suction wall and the trailing edge and being provided with bridge elements each connecting the suction wall and the pressure wall. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390555 | COMPOSITE AIRFOIL WITH CLEFT IN PLATFORM - An airfoil component includes a platform that has a gaspath side and a non-gaspath side and an airfoil that is joined through a transition section to the platform. The platform and airfoil are formed of a composite material that has fiber layers. The fiber layers are contiguous in the airfoil and diverge in the transition section such that a first portion of the fiber layers forms a first section of the platform on a first side of the airfoil and a second portion of the fiber layers forms a second section of the platform on a second side of the airfoil. The divergence of the fiber layers establishes an open elongated cleft along the non-gaspath side of the platform. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390556 | COMPOSITE COATING LAYER HAVING IMPROVED EROSION RESISTANCE AND TURBINE COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a composite coating layer having improved erosion resistance and a turbine component including the same. The composite coating layer may include a TiN layer; and a TiAlN layer, wherein the composite coating layer is formed by alternately stacking the TiN layer and the TiAlN layer, and a total number of layers including the TiN layer and the TiAlN layer is 6 to 18, whereby the composite coating layer is capable of exhibiting high erosion resistance, high hardness, superior high-cycle fatigue characteristics and low surface roughness. Moreover, the turbine component including the composite coating layer is also capable of manifesting improved properties, such as high erosion resistance, high hardness, superior high-cycle fatigue characteristics and low roughness, thus remarkably increasing lifespan characteristics. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390557 | TURBINE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WITH CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENTS - The present disclosure is related to turbine wheel assemblies for gas turbine engines. Such turbine wheel assemblies may include ceramic matrix composite airfoil components mounted with different types of coupling to a central disc. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390558 | TURBINE VANE ASSEMBLY WITH CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENTS - A turbine vane assembly includes an airfoil, a support strut, and an inner seal panel. The airfoil is formed to include an interior region of the airfoil. The support strut is located in the interior region of the airfoil and configured to carry loads that act on the airfoil. The inner seal panel extends at least partway about the axis to resist fluid communication between a region upstream of the inner seal panel and a region downstream of the inner seal panel. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390559 | FAN INCLUDING A PLATFORM AND A LOCKING BOLT - A fan includes: a fan disc; an inter-blade platform including a base and a radial tab, a second orifice being formed in the tab of the platform; and a lock having a downstream edge configured to bear against the tab of the platform. The one among the downstream edge and the yoke of the fan disc includes a pin, the other includes a first orifice, the pin being configured to enter the first orifice and the second orifice so as to block the platform relative to the fan disc. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390560 | PORTABLE ELECTRICAL ENERGY PRODUCED FROM WASTE GAS OR LIQUID - A method and system in which a waste gas or liquid product is combusted or otherwise used at a well site or other source location to drive a generator to produce electrical energy which is then stored in a portable storage device, such as rechargeable battery or an array of rechargeable batteries, which can subsequently be transported, for example, to a charging station for vehicles or other electrical devices or systems, or to a delivery location for downloading the portable stored electrical energy to a power supply grid. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390561 | DOUBLE-FAN DUAL-TURBINE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM - Using powered-fans coupling to a magnetic levitation gearless generator wind turbines, to produce energy power. High powered-fans to its capacity; creates wind power supporting wind turbines to produce electricity power. At 1-12 mph winds, the wind turbines can create 40-320 kw/hr. Depending on the area and the amount of electricity for your needs. For example: the bigger in size, (the powered-fans) the higher in wind factor. The volume of electricity power produced in seconds, collected from turbines. This methods productivity comprising: to renewable and sustainable off-grid and/or grid cycling energy systems. As such, economical, effective and efficient. | 2019-12-26 |
20190390562 | FLOW CONTROL NOZZLE - There is disclosed a flow control nozzle for controlling the flow of an incompressible fluid, the flow control nozzle having a flow area and comprising a deformable element comprising a shaped memory alloy (SMA) material wherein within a range of operating temperatures the SMA material is configured to reduce the flow area of the flow control nozzle as the operating temperature increases. The flow control nozzle is thus able to dynamically compensate for changes in operating temperature in order to maintain a constant flow. | 2019-12-26 |