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20110181939 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE HAVING CONTROLLED INFRARED REFLECTION - The present invention relates to an electrochromic device having controlled infrared reflection, in particular of the electrically controllable type, comprising, between a carrier substrate ( | 07-28-2011 |
20130057939 | ELECTROCHROMIC GLAZING WITH SERIES CONNECTED CELLS, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An electrochromic glazing containing: a substrate including a layer structure thereon, which contains a first and second electrode layer, between which a first and second electrochemically active layer are situated, which each reversibly incorporate ions, wherein the first active layer contains an electrochromic material and the two active layers are separated from each other by an electrolyte layer, the layer structure being subdivided into series-connected electrochromic cells by a transition zone comprising: a first trench; a second trench; and a third trench between the first and second trenches, wherein the first and second trenches subdivide the first and second electrode layers into first electrode sections electrically insulated from each other and second electrode sections electrically insulated from each other, respectively, and the third trench is filled with an electrically conductive material, by which the first and second electrode sections of the cells adjacent the transition zone are electrically connected. | 03-07-2013 |
20140138370 | PANEL HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A panel heating element is described. The panel heating element has at least one substrate with a substrate surface, and an electrical heating layer for heating the substrate, which heating layer extends at least over a part of the substrate surface and is connected to at least two electrodes provided for connection to a voltage source such that a current path for a heating current is formed between the electrodes. The heating layer is electrically divided by separating zones each having at least one free zone end. The current path changes its direction of flow at the free zone ends. A transition zone adjoins the zone end of each separating zone. | 05-22-2014 |
20150013884 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LAMINATED GLASS PANE WITH SENSOR WINDOW - A process for producing a laminated glass pane made up of a base pane, a first laminating film, a coated polymer film with a coating, a second laminating film, and a top pane having at least one sensor window is described. The process has steps a) to d), wherein a) the coated polymer film with the coating is tensioned pointing upward by way of a vacuum table, b) at least one region from which the coating is removed is produced on the coated polymer film by means of laser treatment, c) the first laminating film is arranged on the base pane, the coated polymer film is arranged on the first laminating film, the second laminating film is arranged on the coated polymer film and the top pane is arranged on the second laminating film, and d) the arrangement is autoclaved. The region from which the coating is removed is produced by way of glass plates with which the vacuum table is equipped. | 01-15-2015 |
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20120004762 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FITTINGS FOR CONSTANT TABLES OF AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT MACHINES - A method determines setups for constant tables of automatic placement machines in placement lines at predetermined table locations by mixed integer linear optimization based on input data describing the placement infrastructure and input parameters that can be specified by the operator or user. The method can be used regardless of the mounting technique used (for example, plug in mounting technique, surface mounting technique, or a hybrid technique). The method can be advantageously used with other methods, for example, cluster methods for forming setup groups or line balancing for cycle time optimization. | 01-05-2012 |
20150135505 | Formation of Equipment Families on Fitting Lines - The invention concerns a fitting line which is arranged to fit printed circuit boards with electronic components. A method for determining equipment families for the fitting line comprises the following steps: initial forming of a number of equipment families, each having allocated printed circuit boards; selecting of one of the equipment families; and distributing of the printed circuit boards of the selected equipment family to the other equipment families by means of integral linear programming. | 05-21-2015 |
20150160648 | Allocation of Printed Circuit Boards on Fitting Lines - A method for allocating printed circuit boards to the fitting lines of a fitting system configured for fitting printed circuit boards with electronic components includes: determining requirements for fitting each of a plurality of printed circuit boards with respective components; and allocating the printed circuit boards to fitting lines under predetermined conditions by integral linear programming. The allocation is carried out such that differences between the component variances of the fitting lines are minimized. The component variance of a fitting line represent the number of different components configured to be fitted to all printed circuit boards allocated to the fitting line. | 06-11-2015 |
20150195965 | Allocation of Printed Circuit Boards to Fitting Lines - A fitting system includes a plurality of fitting lines for fitting printed circuit boards with electronic components. A method for allocating printed circuit boards to the fitting lines includes determining requirements for fitting each of a plurality of printed circuit boards with components with which the plurality of printed circuit boards are to be fitted, determining an amount of printed circuit boards of which the component variances exceed a predetermined value, each component variance representing the number of different components with which a printed circuit board is to be fitted, and allocating the printed circuit boards to the fitting lines under the predetermined conditions via integral linear programming, such that the printed circuit boards of the amount are distributed as uniformly as possible over the fitting lines. | 07-09-2015 |
20150195966 | ALLOCATION OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS ON FITTING LINES - A fitting system is provided that includes a plurality of fitting lines for fitting printed circuit boards with electronic components. A method for allocating printed circuit boards to the fitting lines includes: (1) determining requirements for fitting each of a plurality of printed circuit boards with allocated components; and (2) allocating the printed circuit boards to fitting lines under predetermined conditions by integral linear programming. Equipment families are determined for the fitting lines on the basis of the allocation, and the allocation is repeated until a criterion has reached a predetermined threshold. The criterion is established on the basis of the number of equipment families of the fitting lines, where an equipment family includes a quantity of different components with which a fitting line may be fitted in order to fit a predetermined amount of printed circuit boards. | 07-09-2015 |
20150296671 | Formation of Fixed Equipment Setup Families for Populating Circuit Boards - A component placement line for populating circuit boards with components includes fixed equipment including a number of component types that remain unchanged over the planning horizon. A method includes acts of determining a number of circuit board types with associated circuit boards to be populated within the planning horizon on the component placement line and assigning at least a part of the circuit board types to a fixed equipment setup family, wherein all the components for populating a circuit board of a circuit board type in the fixed equipment setup family are encompassed by the fixed equipment, and the assignment is optimized until an assignment quality exceeds a predefined metric. | 10-15-2015 |
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20100059365 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A MASK HAVING SUBMILLIMETRIC OPENINGS FOR PRODUCING A SUBMILLIMETRIC GRID, AND SUBMILLIMETRIC GRID - A process for manufacturing a mask having submillimetric openings on a surface portion of a substrate, characterized in that:
| 03-11-2010 |
20100313936 | GLASS SUBSTRATE COATED WITH LAYERS HAVING AN IMPROVED MECHANICAL STRENGTH - The invention relates to
| 12-16-2010 |
20110177324 | TEMPORARY PROTECTION OF GLASS - One subject of the invention is a glass substrate coated with a continuous temporary protection film, said film essentially consisting of a stack of discernible colloidal polymer particles. Another subject of the invention is a process for coating a glass substrate with a continuous temporary protection film, in which process an aqueous dispersion of colloidal particles of at least one water-insoluble solid polymer is deposited on at least one surface of said substrate and then the film thus obtained is dried at a temperature above the glass transition temperature of said at least one polymer but not exceeding 50° C. | 07-21-2011 |
20110247859 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SUBMILLIMETRIC ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GRID, AND SUBMILLIMETRIC ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GRID - The manufacture of a submillimetric grid includes the production of a mask having submillimetric openings, referred to as a network mask, on the main face, from a solution of colloidal nanoparticles with a given glass transition temperature T | 10-13-2011 |
20110248219 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SUBMILLIMETRIC ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GRID COATED WITH AN OVERGRID, AND SUBMILLIMETRIC ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE GRID COATED WITH AN OVERGRID - A method of manufacturing a submillimetric electroconductive grid coated with an overgrid on a substrate includes: the production of a mask having submillimetric openings by the deposition of a solution of colloidal polymeric nanoparticles that are stabilized and dispersed in a solvent, the polymeric particles having a glass transition temperature T | 10-13-2011 |
20110315211 | SOLAR CELL FRONT ELECTRODE WITH AN ANTIREFLECTION COATING - A carrier substrate, includes a substrate especially having a glass function, transparent at least in the visible and near-infrared ranges and receiving a conducting electrode which is transparent at least in the visible and near-infrared ranges, this electrode carrier substrate being intended to constitute, in combination with functional elements, a solar cell. This carrier substrate is such that: the electrode includes a micromesh made of conducting material having submillimeter-sized openings; and this micromesh is in contact with an at least slightly conducting antireflection coating facing that one of the functional elements with which it is intended to be in contact. An aspect of the present invention also relates to the use of such a carrier substrate as constituent element of a solar cell and to a process for fabricating the substrate. | 12-29-2011 |
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20110150570 | MANHOLE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHOD - A manhole assembly ( | 06-23-2011 |
20120020728 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND CORRESPONDING ROAD DEVICE - This hinge assembly comprises a lid with a covering web and a hinge adapted for enabling an angular movement of the lid between an open position and a closed position, the hinge including a first cam and a first counter-cam, the first cam and the first counter-cam cooperating over a first angular range. The hinge comprises an additional cam and an additional counter-cam cooperating over an additional angular range. The first angular range and the additional angular range overlap over an angular overlap range that amounts to at least 60° and over the entire range of which both the first cam and counter-cam and the additional cam and counter-cam cooperate simultaneously. The device can be used for road manholes. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020729 | COVER FOR A ROAD SYSTEM DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING ROAD SYSTEM DEVICE - A cover for a road system device provided with a frame comprises: a blocking member and a base body defining a covering surface for the road system device, extending in a cover plane, and having a housing for receiving the blocking member. The housing and the blocking member are adapted for blocking the cover relative to the frame or to a neighboring cover. The housing is adapted to maintain the blocking member relative to the base body autonomously and to oppose a movement of the blocking member in a direction extending perpendicular to the cover plane and tending to move the blocking member away from the covering surface. The invention is applicable to access manholes for underground installations. | 01-26-2012 |
20120213581 | FASTENER FOR STREET IRONWORK, ASSEMBLY, STREET IRONWORK AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The present fastener ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120317885 | SEALING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a sealing device which includes: a base body ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130097933 | ROAD DEVICE - This road device has a frame ( | 04-25-2013 |
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20150376120 | ALBICIDIN DERIVATIVES, THEIR USE AND SYNTHESIS - Antibiotically active compounds characterized by general formula (I), wherein X1, BB, BC, BD, BE and X2 are building blocks with D1, D2, D3, D4 or D5 being linkers which include carbon, sulphur, nitrogen, phosphor and/or oxygen atoms and which are covalently connecting the moities BA and BB, BB and BC, BC and BD, BD and BE and BE and BF, respectively, and wherein in particular the building block BC comprises an amino acid derivative. The compounds for use in a method of treatment of diseases, in particular for use in a method of treatment of bacterial infections are also disclosed. | 12-31-2015 |
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20130153107 | PNEUMATIC TIRE, THE BELT OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH A RUBBER COATING FOR REDUCING ROLLING NOISE - A radial tyre for reducing rolling noise includes a tread, two inextensible beads, two sidewalls connecting the beads to the tread, a carcass reinforcement, and a belt arranged circumferentially between the tread and the carcass reinforcement. The belt includes at least two cross-superposed belt plies, each belt ply having metallic reinforcements arranged parallel to each other within a ply but crossed from one ply to another at an angle of between 10° and 45°. The metallic reinforcements are coated with a belt coating rubber. The belt coating rubber includes 50 to 100 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer) of a copolymer based on styrene and butadiene and having a glass transition temperature of greater than −40° C., a reinforcing filler, and a crosslinking system. | 06-20-2013 |
20130292019 | TREAD FOR THE TIRE OF A FARM TRACTOR - A tread and tire for a multipurpose agricultural machine, that improves field traction while ensuring a satisfactory compromise with wear under engine torque and vibratory comfort on the road having a tread having a plurality of lugs distributed in a first row extending axially from a first axial end of the tread and in a second row extending axially from a second axial end of the tread, the second row differing from the first row by a symmetry relative to the equatorial plane of the tire followed by a rotation about the rotation axis of the tire, each row having an alternation of long lugs and of short lugs. The axially inner end face of a first long lug of a row of lugs is separated from the trailing lateral face of the second long lug of the symmetrical row of lugs, closest to the axially inner end face of the first long lug, by an end groove with a width at least equal to 10% and at most equal to 100% of the lug height. | 11-07-2013 |
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20130087962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A TIRE BUILDING MACHINE - A method supports a tire building assembly. The method comprises the steps of: supporting one end portion of a radially collapsible building drum for assembling a green tire; moving the end portion in a first direction by an actuator acting in the first direction; and moving the end portion in a second direction by the actuator acting in the first direction. | 04-11-2013 |
20130160930 | METHOD OF APPLYING PLY TO A TIRE BUILDING DRUM - A method for applying a sheet of flexible material to a cylindrical body is described. The sheet of material may be ply or a tire building component such as a liner. The method includes the steps of receiving the sheet of flexible material onto a conveyor belt of a conveyor table, wherein the conveyor belt can translate in the X direction, wherein the conveyor belt has a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on the conveyor belt so they can rotate about an axis aligned with the X direction. The method further includes aligning a lateral edge of the sheet with an edge guide of the conveyor table by tilting the conveyor table and then tilting the conveyor table back to a level position. The method further includes moving a front edge of the conveyor table adjacent the cylindrical body; and applying the sheet onto the cylindrical body. | 06-27-2013 |
20130192764 | TIRE PLY APPLIER - The invention provides in a first aspect an applier apparatus for applying a sheet of flexible material to a cylindrical body such as a tire building drum. The apparatus includes a support frame; a conveyor table having one or more conveyor belts mounted thereon; said conveyor table further comprising a plurality of support legs, each support leg having an outer leg portion and an inner leg portion, wherein each inner leg portion is mounted to the support frame, said conveyor table being connected to each of the outer leg portion of the support legs; the outer leg portion of each support leg having a first end slidably received over the inner leg portion and a second end connected to a nut; and wherein the nut is mounted onto a linear screw which is rotatably mounted onto a second end of the inner leg portion; said linear screw being driven by a motor wherein the nut is raised and lowered by operation of the screw. | 08-01-2013 |
20140027063 | TIRE BUILDING MACHINE WITH EXTENDABLE DRUMS - A tire building machine includes a support housing for rotating the machine about a vertical axis, a support frame operatively attached to the support housing such that the support housing rotates the support frame about the vertical axis, a first drum rotatable about a first horizontal axis by a first motor, the first drum and the first motor being secured to the support frame, a first cylinder for horizontally retracting the first drum along the first horizontal axis from an extended position to a retracted position, a second drum rotatable about a second horizontal axis by a second motor, the second horizontal axis being parallel to the first horizontal axis, the second drum and the second motor being secured to the support frame, and a second cylinder for horizontally retracting the second drum along the second horizontal axis from an extended position to a retracted position. | 01-30-2014 |
20150041067 | COMPONENT APPLYING/CUTTING APPARATUS FOR A TIRE BUILDING MACHINE - An apparatus cuts and applies a component to a tire during a tire building process. The apparatus includes an application head rotatable about a vertical axis and fitted to an X-Y table such that the component is applied to a curved tire profile spinning on a drum of a tire building machine. The application head feeds the component vertically downward to a predetermined position coincident with an intersection of the vertical axis of the application head and a horizontal plane defined by a horizontal axis of rotation of the drum of the tire building machine. | 02-12-2015 |
20150059962 | METHOD OF BUILDING A TIRE - A method of building a tire onto a tire building drum is described. The method includes the steps of: applying one or more tire building components onto the drum to form a tire carcass having carcass ends; wherein the drum has an inboard section, a center section and an outboard section. The inboard section has a rotating spindle and a sliding shaft, wherein the sliding shaft is slidable within the spindle. The inboard section has a radially expandable bead lock mounted on the spindle, said center section mounted to a hub, wherein the hub is mounted on the sliding shaft. The center section has a plurality of tiles mounted thereon that are radially expandable, wherein the outboard section of the drum is mounted on a distal end of the sliding shaft, wherein the outboard section further has a radially expandable bead lock; wherein the center section and the outboard section are axially movable by sliding of the sliding shaft. The method further includes the steps of: placing a first and second bead around the tire carcass on the drum so that the carcass ends of the tire carcass extend laterally outward of the beads; radially expanding the first and second bead locks into engagement with the first and second bead; and expanding the carcass located between the bead locks radially outward by radially expanding a center section of the tire building drum while moving only the bead lock on the outboard section axially inward towards the inboard section. | 03-05-2015 |
20150059984 | TIRE BUILDING DRUM - A tire building drum is described that includes an inboard section, a center section and an outboard section. The inboard section has a rotating spindle and a sliding shaft, and the sliding shaft is slidable within the spindle. The inboard section further includes a radially expandable bead lock device mounted on the spindle. The center section has an internal hub mounted on the sliding shaft and further comprises a plurality of tiles that are radially expandable. The outboard section of the drum is mounted on a distal end of the sliding shaft, and further includes a radially expandable bead lock device. The center section and the outboard section are each axially movable by sliding of the sliding shaft. | 03-05-2015 |
20150144269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A TIRE BUILDING MACHINE - A method supports a tire building assembly. The method comprises the steps of: supporting one end portion of a radially collapsible building drum for assembling a green tire; moving the end portion in a first direction by an actuator acting in the first direction; and moving the end portion in a second direction by the actuator acting in the first direction. | 05-28-2015 |
20150328852 | METHOD OF APPLYING PLY TO A TIRE BUILDING DRUM - A method for applying a sheet of flexible material to a cylindrical body is described. The sheet of material may be ply or a tire building component such as a liner. The method includes the steps of receiving the sheet of flexible material onto a conveyor belt of a conveyor table, wherein the conveyor belt can translate in the X direction, wherein the conveyor belt has a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on the conveyor belt so they can rotate about an axis aligned with the X direction. The method further includes aligning a lateral edge of the sheet with an edge guide of the conveyor table by tilting the conveyor table and then tilting the conveyor table back to a level position. The method further includes moving a front edge of the conveyor table adjacent the cylindrical body; and applying the sheet onto the cylindrical body. | 11-19-2015 |