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20090261186 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING FUEL INJECTOR USING CARBON NANOTUBES - Use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a charge injector to assist in atomizing fuel for engine applications. A CNT charging unit is positioned in front of a fuel injector. A voltage is applied on a CNT coated mesh to charge the fuel stream when it passes. Then the charged stream goes through a grounded metal cage. The fuel is thereby electrostatically charged causing repulsive forces on surfaces of liquid in the fuel resulting in the liquid splitting into droplets. | 10-22-2009 |
20090286383 | TREATMENT OF WHISKERS - A photo-curing or photosintering process is utilized to modify, reduce or eliminate whiskers or nanowires growing on a material surface. | 11-19-2009 |
20100102245 | PHOTOCATHODE WITH NANOMEMBRANE - Optical beam modulation is accomplished with the aid of a semiconductive nanomembrane, such as a silicon nanomembrane. A photocathode modulates a beam of charged particles that flow between the carbon nanotube emitter and the anode. A light source, or other source of electromagnetic radiation, supplies electromagnetic radiation that modulates the beam of charged particles. The beam of charged particles may be electrons, ions, or other charged particles. The electromagnetic radiation penetrates a silicon dioxide layer to reach the nanomembrane and varies the amount of available charge carriers within the nanomembrane, thereby changing the resistance of the nanomembrane. As the resistance of the nanomembrane changes, the amount of current flowing through the beam may also change. | 04-29-2010 |
20100310447 | CARBON-CONTAINING MATRIX WITH FUNCTIONALIZED PORES - A composition of matter comprises a carbon-containing matrix. The carbon-containing matrix may comprise one or more carbon materials selected from the group comprising graphite crystalline carbon materials, carbon powder, carbon fibers, artificial graphite powder, and combinations thereof. In addition, the carbon-containing matrix comprises a plurality of pores. The composition of matter also comprises a reactive additive that is not a metal pressure disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. | 12-09-2010 |
20110027603 | Enhancing Thermal Properties of Carbon Aluminum Composites - An article of manufacture comprises a carbon-containing matrix. The carbon-containing matrix may comprise at least one type of carbon material selected from the group comprising graphite crystalline carbon materials, carbon powder, and artificial graphite powder. In addition, the carbon-containing matrix comprises a plurality of pores. The article of manufacture also comprises a metal component comprising Al, alloys of Al, or combinations thereof. The metal component is disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of pores. Further, the article of manufacture comprises an additive comprising at least Si. At least a portion of the additive is disposed in an interface between the metal component within the pores and the carbon-containing matrix. The additive enhances phonon coupling and propagation at the interface. | 02-03-2011 |
20110043965 | Applying Optical Energy to Nanoparticles to Produce a Specified Nanostructure - The instant article of manufacture is made by applying optical energy to one or more layers of nanoparticulate materials under predetermined conditions to produce a nanostructure. The nanostructure has layers of optically fused nanoparticles including a predetermined pore density, a predetermined pore size, or both. The predetermined conditions for applying the optical energy may include a predetermined voltage, a predetermined duration, a predetermined power density, or combinations thereof. | 02-24-2011 |
20110147647 | CARBON-CONTAINING MATRIX WITH ADDITIVE THAT IS NOT A METAL - An article of manufacture comprises a carbon-containing matrix. The carbon-containing matrix may comprise at least one type of carbon material selected from the group comprising graphite crystalline carbon materials, carbon powder, carbon fibers, artificial graphite powder, or combinations thereof. In addition, the carbon-containing matrix comprises a plurality of pores. The article of manufacture also comprises an additive that is not a metal pressure disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. | 06-23-2011 |
20110286876 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT COMPOSITE MATERIALS - Graphite aluminum composites for use in thermal management applications, such as heat sinks, are manufactured using pressure molds. The materials may be mixed previous to insertion into the mold, or can be mixed within the mold. Further, graphitic particles, such as graphitic needle coke surfaces, can be coated with the aluminum before the mold process is performed. Further, ceramic sheets can be inserted into the mixture before the mold process is performed so that the molded material can then be sliced to provide a carbon aluminum composite plate with a ceramic sheet on one of its surfaces. | 11-24-2011 |
20130037311 | FUNCTIONALIZATION OF THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS - A base material or composite material such as graphite, may be combined with another material, such as aluminum oxide or polyimide, to produce a new insulating thermal management material. The base material may be impregnated with another metal to create a composite base material. | 02-14-2013 |
20140216942 | Carbon-Metal Thermal Management Substrates - A method of manufacturing a thermal management hybrid article includes electroplating a copper layer on a graphitic layer, adhering the copper-plated graphitic layer to a plate of aluminum with a nano-copper paste to form a substrate, heating the substrate in a forming gas at a temperature less than 500° C. to melt to recrystallize the nano-copper paste, and cooling the substrate after the heating. A method of manufacturing a thermal management hybrid article includes electroplating a copper layer on a graphitic layer, electroplating copper on a plate of aluminum, and soldering the copper-plated layer on the graphitic layer to the copper-plated plate of aluminum. A method of manufacturing a thermal management hybrid article also includes electroplating a copper layer on a graphitic layer and immersing the copper-plated graphitic layer in molten aluminum to cast the an aluminum layer on the copper layer. | 08-07-2014 |
20150040388 | Application of Dielectric Layer and Circuit Traces on Heat Sink - A dielectric layer is directly applied onto the surface of a heat sink part. For example, the composition for making the dielectric layer may be made into a paste or ink and then printed as a paste or ink, or applied with some other equivalent method, such as a lamination technique. The electrical circuit traces are then printed in a similar fashion onto the dielectric layer in the required pattern for whatever circuitry is to be applied. That circuitry (e.g., circuit elements) is then attached to the electrical traces as needed for the particular application. | 02-12-2015 |
20150047882 | Graphitic Substrates with Ceramic Dielectric Layers - Different kinds of printing pastes or inks are utilized in various combinations to develop multiple ceramic dielectric layers on graphitic substrates in order to create effective dielectric ceramic layers that combine good adhesion to both graphitic substrates and printed copper traces, and strong insulating capability. The pastes or inks may comprise a high thermal conductivity powder. | 02-19-2015 |
20150155127 | CARBON NANOTUBE-BASED ION SOURCE FOR PARTICLE GENERATOR - A neutron generator includes carbon nanotubes that function as the anode and provide deuterium storage. The ionization source includes a layer of carbon nanotubes that provides a pulse of deuterium ions through field-induced desorption and ionization of deuterium atoms on the surface or retained in the bore of the nanotubes. A high-yield (>10 | 06-04-2015 |
20150184956 | PORE SEALING PASTES FOR POROUS MATERIALS - Embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein use innovative pastes to fill surface pores (cavities) and flatten (planarize) surfaces of porous materials. A method for making a heat transfer apparatus comprises making a paste comprising particles of a first heat transfer material, a vehicle, and a binder, filling cavities on an external surface of a second heat transfer material with the paste, and drying the paste filled in the cavities so that an external, surface of the dried paste in a cavity is substantially planar with the external surface of the second heat transfer material. | 07-02-2015 |
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20110033312 | COMPOUND COOLING FLOW TURBULATOR FOR TURBINE COMPONENT - Multi-scale turbulation features, including first turbulators ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110038735 | Turbine Vane for a Gas Turbine Engine Having Serpentine Cooling Channels with Internal Flow Blockers - A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine with an internal cooling system formed from a serpentine cooling channel with one or more flow blocking ribs is disclosed. The serpentine cooling channels may be configured to receive cooling fluids from internal cooling fluids supply channels. The serpentine cooling channels may include flow blocking ribs to form concurrent flow channels to reduce the cross-sectional area within the midchord region of the airfoil to maintain the internal through flow channel Mach number. The flow blocking ribs may include slots therein and may have any appropriate configuration. In at least one embodiment, the flow blocking ribs may be have a nonuniform taper or a uniformed taper. | 02-17-2011 |
20120057969 | RING SEGMENT WITH IMPINGEMENT AND CONVECTIVE COOLING - A ring segment for a gas turbine engine includes an outer panel defining a structural body for the ring segment. An outer side of an inner panel is attached to an inner side of the outer panel at an interface, and an inner side of the inner panel defines a portion of a hot gas path through the gas turbine engine. An outer side of the outer panel, opposite from the interface, is in communication with a source of cooling air. A plurality of impingement holes extend through the outer panel from the outer side to the inner side of the outer panel for directing impingement air to the outer side of the inner panel. The outer and inner panels define a plurality of flow channels at the interface for effecting convective cooling of the outer panel along the flow channels between the outer and inner panels. | 03-08-2012 |
20120207591 | COOLING SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED MASS PIN FINS FOR COMPONENTS IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A cooling system having one or more pin fins with reduced mass for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The cooling system may include one or more first surfaces defining at least a portion of the cooling system. The pin fin may extend from the surface defining the cooling system and may have a noncircular cross-section taken generally parallel to the surface and at least part of an outer surface of the cross-section forms at least a quartercircle. A downstream side of the pin fin may have a cavity to reduce mass, thereby creating a more efficient turbine airfoil. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207614 | INTEGRATED AXIAL AND TANGENTIAL SERPENTINE COOLING CIRCUIT IN A TURBINE AIRFOIL - A continuous serpentine cooling circuit forming a progression of radial passages ( | 08-16-2012 |
20130084191 | TURBINE BLADE WITH IMPINGEMENT CAVITY COOLING INCLUDING PIN FINS - A turbine blade including an airfoil having a cavity defined between pressure and suction side walls, and first and second cooling circuits located within the cavity. The second cooling circuit includes a first upstream impingement cavity, a second upstream impingement cavity and a discharge impingement cavity. A plurality of pin fins are located within each of the impingement cavities, extending between the pressure and suction side walls to provide cooling to the pressure and suction side walls, and to restrict flow through the second cooling circuit and to direct an increased flow of cooling fluid into the first cooling circuit. | 04-04-2013 |
20150078898 | Compound Cooling Flow Turbulator for Turbine Component - Multi-scale turbulation features, including first turbulators ( | 03-19-2015 |
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20100152190 | Substituted Pyrrolidine-2-Carboxamides - There are provided compounds of the formula | 06-17-2010 |
20110130398 | SPIROINDOLINONE PYRROLIDINES - There are provided compounds of the formula | 06-02-2011 |
20110269809 | SPIROINDOLINONE PYRROLIDINES - There are provided compounds of the formula | 11-03-2011 |
20120010235 | N-SUBSTITUTED PYRROLIDINES - Compounds of formula | 01-12-2012 |
20120065210 | SUBSTITUTED HEXAHYDROPYRROLO[1,2-C]IMIDAZOLONES - There are provided compounds of formula I | 03-15-2012 |
20120071499 | Substituted Spiro[3H-Indole-3,6'(5'H)-[1H]Pyrrolo[1,2c]Imidazole-1',2(1H,2'H)-diones - There are provided compounds of the formula | 03-22-2012 |
20130053410 | SUBSTITUTED HETEROARYL 2',3',7',7A'-TETRAHYDROSPIRO[PYRROLE-3,6'-PYRROLO[1,2-C]IMIDAZOLE]-1',2(1- H,5'H)-DIONE - There are provided compounds of the formula | 02-28-2013 |
20160000760 | ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS - The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I: wherein the variables in Formula I are defined as described herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the compounds of Formula I in the prevention or treatment of HCV infection. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002180 | ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS - The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I) wherein the variables in Formula (I) are defined as described herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the compounds of Formula (I) in the prevention or treatment of HCV infection. | 01-07-2016 |
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20080235886 | RAMP-PLATFORM DEVICE AND AN ON-BOARD RELOCATABLE VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a ramp-platform device for an on-board relocatable small vehicle inspection system. The ramp-platform device includes a connection frame having a rectangular shape and defining therein an inner space, first and second intermediate parts which are disposed in parallel with each other and at two opposite sides of the connection frame, first to fourth ramp parts having a substantially triangle shaped longitudinal section. The first and second ramp parts are removably connected to the two opposite ends of the first intermediate part separately, and the third and fourth ramp parts are removably connected to the two opposite ends of the second intermediate part separately. The height of a top end of the first to the fourth ramp parts is substantially equal to the height of the first and second intermediate parts. When it is not in use, the ramp-platform device may be placed on the scanning vehicle of the moving device in a disassembling and folding conditions, and when it is under inspection, the vehicle to be inspected is raised to a predetermined height by assembling and spreading the ramp-platform device, so that a chassis and wheels of the small vehicle may be entered into the scanning range to achieve the inspection of each part of the small vehicle. | 10-02-2008 |
20100028099 | Trailer System for Inspecting Vehicles and Inspection System Having the Same - The present invention discloses a trailer system for inspecting a vehicle inspection, comprising: a trailer having a vehicle body, the trailer bearing a vehicle to be inspected; a turning plate mechanism rotatably provided on an upper surface of the trailer for abutting against wheels of the vehicle to be inspected halting on the trailer; and a turning plate rotation driving mechanism provided on the trailer for driving the turning plate to turn toward the upper surface of the trailer. The trailer system can trail vehicle with various loads passing through an inspection system such as a scanning passage, while bearing heavy load, maintaining the strength and rigidity thereof without damaging the vehicle to be inspected. In addition, the present invention further discloses a radiation imaging inspection system having the same. | 02-04-2010 |
20110266447 | ON-BOARD RELOCATABLE VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM HAVING RAMP-PLATFORM DEVICE - Disclosed is a relocatable vehicle inspection system. The relocatable vehicle inspection system includes a radiation source for radiating radials; a detection array for receiving the radials from the radiation source, so that an image of the cargo on the vehicle to be inspected may be obtained; a moving device on which the radiation source and the detection array are disposed; and a ramp-platform device. The ramp-platform device includes first and second intermediate parts ( | 11-03-2011 |
20130006028 | CATALYTIC CRACKING APPARATUS AND PROCESS - The present invention discloses catalytic cracking apparatus and process, which are useful for catalytic cracking of heavy oils with a high heavy oil conversion, a high propylene yield and low dry gas and coke yields. | 01-03-2013 |
20130211167 | CATALYTIC CONVERSION METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION - The present invention relates to a catalytic conversion process for improving the product distribution, characterized in that a feedstock oil of good quality is contacted with a hot regenerated catalyst having a lower activity in a reactor to carry out a cracking reaction, the reaction product is separated from the spent catalyst to be regenerated, then the reaction product is fed into a separation system, and the spent catalyst to be regenerated is stripped, regenerated and recycled in the process. The isobutene content in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced by the process is increased by a factor of more than 30%, and the olefin content in the gasoline composition may be increased to more than 30 wt. %. The product distribution is optimized, and the yields of dry gas and coke are decreased, so as to sufficiently utilize the petroleum resources. | 08-15-2013 |
20150064967 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTING TERMINAL THEREOF - A coaxial connector and a connecting terminal thereof are provided. The connecting terminal includes a terminal body having a solder cup and defining a first end and a second end in a longitudinal direction of the terminal body; a pair of first clamping paws disposed at the first end of the terminal body, opposed to each other in a transverse direction of the terminal body, and adjacent to the solder cup; and a pair of second clamping paws disposed at the second end of the terminal body and opposed to each other in the transverse direction. The connecting terminal of the coaxial connector is high in reliability when being connected with a coaxial cable. | 03-05-2015 |
20160118888 | SOFT START CONTROLLER OF A CONVERTER - A DC-to-DC converter includes first and second switches. If on, the first switch provides a signal path through a common node to an output voltage node. If on, the second switch provides a signal path through the common node to the output voltage node. Control logic provides first and second control signals to control the first and second switches. A node produces a first voltage that ramps up from zero during initialization, and a soft start controller controls the second control signal while the first voltage is not greater than a predefined level. While the first voltage is not greater than the predefined level, the soft start controller keeps the second control signal at a higher level to maintain on the second switch, and transitions the second control signal to a lower level only when the first control signal transitions from a lower level to a higher level. | 04-28-2016 |
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20140153442 | Method, Device, and System for Packet Processing - The present disclosure provides a method, a device, and a system for packet processing, where the method includes: receiving a protocol packet from a downstream device, where the protocol packet carries uplink port information of the downstream device and the user VLAN of the downstream device; learning port types of the present device based on the uplink port information and classifying the user VLAN of the present device and the user VLAN of the downstream device based on the user VLAN of the downstream device; and forwarding the received packet based on configuration information stored on the present device, where the port type or types to which each VLAN type can be added are specified in the configuration information. | 06-05-2014 |
20140279445 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Processing Transactions - A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for processing transactions in the field of Internet communication. In the method: a first terminal scans a graphic code of a transaction, acquires a process ID of the transaction from the graphic code, where the graphic code is generated by a payment system from its acquired transaction information of the transaction, the transaction information including at least ID of a first party and a transaction value of the transaction. The first terminal transmits a user account of a second party and the process ID to the payment system. The payment system acquires the transaction information of the transaction, reduces the transaction value from a first value included in the user account of the second party and adds the transaction value to a second value included in the user account of the first party. | 09-18-2014 |
20150081555 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Processing Transactions - A method, apparatus, and system for processing transactions are disclosed in the field of Internet communication. The method includes: a first terminal device transmits a user ID of a first party and an account ID of a user account to a computer system; the computer system generates an authorization ID according to the account ID and the user ID, creates a corresponding relationship between the authorization ID and the account information of the user account, and transmits the authorization ID to the first terminal device; a second terminal device acquires the authorization ID from the first terminal device and transmits transaction information of a transaction and the authorization ID to the computer system; the computer system reduces the transaction value from a first value included in the user account of the first party and adds the transaction value to a second value included in the user account of the second party. | 03-19-2015 |
20150142760 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEDUPLICATING WEB PAGE - A method and a device is described for de-duplicating a web page. The method includes: extracting at least one core sentence from a target web page; mapping each core sentence to a unique numeric value to form a first numeric value set; determining an intersection set of the first numeric value set and each second numeric value set, and the number of numeric values included in each intersection set, and determining a maximum number of numeric values included in each intersection set; and when a ratio of the maximum number to a total number of numeric values in the first numeric value set is greater than a set threshold, processing the target web page as a duplicate web page. In embodiments of the present invention, during web page de-duplication processing, accuracy can be improved, an anti-noise capability can be enhanced, and a calculating scale can be reduced. | 05-21-2015 |
20150186875 | Information Configuration Method, Device, System, Client And Server - A method of authorizing a payment transaction is disclosed. The method includes: at a payment server, receiving, from a user device, a payment request and a payment key entered by a user at the user device. The method further includes, receiving, from the user device and with the payment key, predetermined device identification data for the user device; determining whether the predetermined device identification data corresponds to a registered user device associated with a payment account identified by the payment request; and in accordance with an outcome of the determining, selecting a corresponding reference payment key from multiple reference payment keys stored for the payment account, to verify the payment key entered by the user. | 07-02-2015 |