08th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120043028 | Hanging Partition and Method - There is provided a hanging partition. The hanging partition comprises at least one flexible, hanging panel having a plurality of pleats, each pleat having a hemmed portion. The hanging partition further comprises a plurality of magnets positioned within two or more of the hemmed portions. The hanging partition further comprises a plurality of hanging elements for suspending the hanging panel from a longitudinal hanging device. The magnets are aligned with respect to each other to cause a magnetic attraction between adjacent magnets in order to hold the hemmed portions together when the hemmed portions overlap when the hanging partition is in a retracted position. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043029 | Dual Panel Window Shade Apparatus with Improved Bottom Weight Bar and Rail - A dual panel adjustable light transmission shade apparatus for adjusting the amount of light passing through a window comprises a spool rotatably mounted in a canopy, and an opening in the canopy. A single piece of material forms opposed facing front and rear panels, and a bight is formed at the bottom of the panels. An upper portion of each panel is fastened to the spool at spaced apart locations on the outer surface of the spool. One of the panels moves generally vertically upward and the other panel moves generally vertically downward when the spool is rotated in one direction. A weight bar is lodged in the bight at the bottom of the panels to apply a downward force on the panels, and the weight bar rotates in the bight only when the panels are adjusted relative to each other. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043030 | Link Assembly for an Automatic Door Opener Equipped Garage Door - An assembly for an automatic garage door including a slide bar, a motor, and a drive assembly connected to the slide bar, and a tie connected to the garage door; the assembly including a first “C” bracket having a lower web, the first “C” bracket receiving the slide bar and the motor and drive assembly being operatively connected to the first “C” bracket for longitudinally moving the first “C” bracket; a second “C” bracket having a lower web, the second “C” bracket nestingly receiving the first “C” bracket, and the tie being further connected to the second “C” bracket; a latching mechanism incorporated within the first and second “C” brackets' lower webs, the latching mechanism being adapted for resisting movements of the first and second “C” brackets away from each other; and a third “C” bracket having lower web, the third “C” bracket nestingly receiving the second “C” bracket. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043031 | DOOR PANEL - A door panel comprises a fabric carcass, including a first fabric layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, a second fabric layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a composition comprising polyurethane, the composition disposed between the inner surface of the first fabric layer and the inner surface of the second fabric layer for joining the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer. A first foam polymeric layer has an inner surface adhered to the outer surface of the first fabric layer such that an outer surface of the first foam polymeric layer at least partially forms an outer surface of the door panel. A second foam polymeric layer has an inner surface adhered to the outer surface of the second fabric layer such that an outer surface of the second foam polymeric layer at least partially forms an inner surface of the door panel. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043032 | DEVICE FOR FINE ADJUSTMENT OF ROLLER BLINDS - A roller blind device includes a drive shaft and two neighboring roller blinds on the drive shaft that are adapted to be adjustable with respect to each other. At least one of the roller blinds may be uncoupled from the drive shaft without the use of tools. Once uncoupled, the roller blinds may be adjusted with respect to each other. The roller blind may then be coupled to the drive shaft, allowing for the two neighboring roller blinds to be lowered and raised. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043033 | RETRACTABLE COVERING FOR DOORWAYS, ARCHWAYS, AND THE LIKE - A horizontally retractable covering for an architectural opening includes a headrail supporting a collapsible panel of material, a fixed rail securable to a side of the architectural opening and to a side edge of the panel, and a movable rail secured to the opposite side of the panel while being movable along the length of the headrail. An improved trolley connecting the top end of the movable rail to the headrail is provided so as to permit uniform gathering of the panel material along the horizontal extent of the trolley for improved aesthetics when the panel is fully extended across the architectural opening. A stabilizing cord system maintains a parallel relationship of the movable rail to the fixed rail to assure desired movement of the movable rail while permitting the aforenoted uniform gathering of the panel material. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043034 | Protective wall - A protective wall ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120043035 | RECORDING MATERIAL CONTAINING NONIONIC SURFACTANTS - A recording material, containing nonionic surfactants, including: a supporting substrate, a first bottom base coat applied to at least one surface of said substrate, and a second topcoat layer applied over said bottom base coat. The supporting substrate or the bottom base coat includes nonionic surfactants that have HLB values that are inferior to 15. Also disclosed is a method to deink printed waste papers wherein the waste papers contain recording materials, containing nonionic surfactants such as defined herein. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043036 | PAPER PRODUCT HAVING UNIQUE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES - A paper product having a plurality of tessellating unit cells forming a pattern is disclosed. Each unit cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center and a plurality of pillow areas each surrounded by at least one of the continuous land areas. Each of the continuous land areas at least bifurcates to form a continuous land area portion having a first width before bifurcation and at least two continuous land area portions having a second width after bifurcation. The first width is greater than the second width. Each of the continuous land area portions having the first width has a first number density and each of the at least two continuous land area portions having the second width has a second number density. The first number density is less than the second number density. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043037 | PAPER PRODUCT HAVING UNIQUE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES - A multiple ply paper product having an SST value ratio of greater than about 1.6 g/sec | 2012-02-23 |
20120043038 | Dried Highly Fibrillated Cellulose Fiber - A mixture of lyocell fiber and low DP or standard DP cellulose pulp fiber having a Canadian Standard Freeness of 250 mL CSF or less is dried and has a Canadian Standard Freeness of 250 mL CSF or less. The pulp is 10% to 75% of the total weight of fibers in the mixture. Both the dried product and the process of making it are disclosed. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043039 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED CELLULOSE - The present invention provides a method for producing modified nanofibrillated cellulose characterized by bringing cellulosic material into a fiber suspension, adsorbing a cellulose derivative or polysaccharide or polysaccharide derivative onto fibers in said fiber suspension under special conditions and subjecting the obtained fiber suspension derivative to mechanical disintegration. A modified nanofibrillated cellulose obtainable by a method of the present invention is provided. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of said modified nanotibrillated cellulose. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043040 | Method of Treating Paper Forming Wire Surface - A method for inhibiting resinous and sticky substances from filling or forming deposits on or within papermaking forming wire, by applying to said wire an effective inhibiting amount of a composition comprising at least one cationic agent selected from the group consisting of (a) cationic polyureas, (b) hydrophobically modified cationic polymers, (c) alkylammonium or/and alkylimidazolium salts, and optionally at least one nonionic amphiphilic copolymer selected from (i) hydrophobically modified polyethylene glycols], (ii) hydrophobically modified cellulose ethers, (iii) copolymers of vinyl alcohol and vinyl alkonate, (iv) polyoxyalkylene block copolymers, and (v) hydrophilically modified polydimethylsiloxanes. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043041 | PAPERMAKING BELT WITH A KNUCKLE AREA FORMING A GEOMETRIC PATTERN THAT IS REPEATED AT EVER SMALLER SCALES TO PRODUCE IRREGULAR SHAPES AND SURFACES - The present disclosure is directed toward a papermaking belt having a patterned framework having a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits isolated from one another by the continuous network region. The continuous network region has a pattern formed therein by a plurality of tessellating unit cells. Each cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center. At least one of the continuous land areas at least bifurcates to form a continuous land area portion having a first width before bifurcation and at least two continuous land area portions having a second width after bifurcation where the at least two continuous land area portions are disposed at an angle ranging from about 1 degree to about 180 degrees relative to each other. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043042 | PAPERMAKING BELT WITH A KNUCKLE AREA FORMING A GEOMETRIC PATTERN THAT IS REPEATED AT EVER SMALLER SCALES TO PRODUCE IRREGULAR SHAPES AND SURFACES - The present disclosure is directed toward a papermaking belt having an embryonic-web-contacting surface for carrying an embryonic web of paper fibers and a non-embryonic-web-contacting surface opposite the embryonic-web-contacting surface. The papermaking belt has a patterned framework having a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits isolated from one another by the continuous network region. The continuous network region has a pattern formed therein by a plurality of tessellating unit cells. Each cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center. At least one of the continuous land areas at least bifurcates to form a continuous land area portion having a first width before the bifurcation and at least two continuous land area portions having a second width after the bifurcation. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043043 | Method for Producing Rolling Stock Rolled in a Rolling Train of a Rolling Mill, Control and/or Regulation Device for Rolling Mill for Producing Rolled Rolling Stock, Rolling Mill for Producing Rolled Rolling Stock, Machine Readable Program Code and Storage Medium - A rolling mill for producing rolled rolling stock is operated in a continuous manner by integrally forming the rolling stock during scheduled operation from a supply device which supplies the stock to the rolling mill to one finishing rolling train arranged downstream of the rolling stock supply device by guiding the stock into the finishing rolling train continuously and rolling it to form a first outflow product. The operation is monitored for a deviation from the scheduled operation that influences the rolling process, wherein in case of a deviation measures are taken to examine whether a second outflow product, which is different from the first outflow product, can still be produced. If the second outflow product cannot be produced, the operation of the rolling mill is altered from a continuous operation to a discontinuous operation, whereby production failures caused by undesired process deviations in a rolling mill can be reduced. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043044 | METHOD OF TREATING SURFACE OF MOLD AND MOLD HAVING SURFACE TREATED BY SAID METHOD - Provided is a method of treating a surface of a mold to achieve good demoldability and capable of preventing wearing of the mold by avoiding load concentration on one part of the surface of the mold. After a first blasting is performed on the surface of the mold to remove a hardened layer produced on the surface and/or to adjust the surface roughness, a second blasting is performed to create fine irregularities on the surface. Then, an elastic abrasive in which abrasive grains are carried on an elastic body, or a plate-like abrasive having a planar shape with a maximum length that is 1.5 to 100 times the thickness thereof, is ejected onto the surface of the mold at an inclined ejection angle such that the abrasive is caused to slide along the mold surface to flatten peaks of the irregularities created on the mold surface. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043045 | Device for Casting - The present invention is a casting machine for casting parts in a mold out of a metal using a metal feed stock. The machine includes a processing cylinder formed in a thermally conductive block, said processing cylinder having a processing chamber and opposite first and second ends, the first end of the processing cylinder being configured to receive the metal feed stock. The machine further includes an injector cylinder formed in the thermally conductive block adjacent the processing cylinder, the injector cylinder having a shooting pot coupled to the second end of the processing cylinder by a passage configured to permit feed stock to pass from the processing cylinder into the shooting pot, a nozzle coupled to the injector cylinder configured to couple to the mold. The device includes a processing drive for driving the feed stock from the first end of the processing cylinder through the passage into the shooting pot and a heater thermally coupled to the processing cylinder. The heater and processing cylinder are configured to heat the feed stock such that the feed stock becomes progressively more liquid as it passes from the first to the second end of the processing cylinder. The machine further includes an injector plunger coupled to an injector actuator for driving the plunger sufficiently to force the metal from the shooting pot through the nozzle and into the mold. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043046 | PROCESS FOR CASTING COLUMNAR GRAIN AIRFOIL WITH PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ORIENTATION - A molding process utilizes a seed with a columnar grain structure for defining a desired grain structure in a completed casting. The seed is received within a seed cavity of a mold. The molten material adopts the orientation of the columns defined within the seed during solidification to form a completed molded article having a desired columnar grain structure. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043047 | Roll and Roll Arrangement for a Continuous Casting Installation - The invention concerns a roller and a roller arrangement for a continuous casting installation comprising two bearing blocks and the roller carried by the bearing blocks, wherein the roller has a rotationally symmetrical roller casing and wherein the roller bearing is arranged within the roller casing. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043048 | METAL-STRIP GUIDING APPARATUS - A continuous-casting unit produces a longitudinally extending and traveling strand having a solid shell and a liquid core. A strand-guiding apparatus has a plurality of longitudinally spaced section frames and respective pairs of roller assemblies carried on the frames and transversely flanking and bearing transversely on the strand. Each pair forms a gap through which the strand passes, and each roller assembly is formed by two aligned subrollers. A respective center is provided bearing between the subrollers of each roller assembly and bracing inner ends of the respective subrollers transversely against the respective frame. Respective outer rollers at outer ends of the subrollers of each roller assembly brace the respective outer ends transversely against the respective frame. The subrollers are shaped or supported on the respective frame such that in an unloaded condition the gap is transversely narrower at the center bearing than at the outer bearing. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043049 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS CASTING OF A SLAB - The invention relates to a process for the continuous casting of a slab ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120043050 | USE OF ALUMINUM-ZIRCONIUM-CARBON INTERMEDIATE ALLOY IN WROUGHT PROCESSING OF MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM ALLOYS - The present invention relates to the field of magnesium and magnesium alloy processing, and discloses a use of aluminum-zirconium-carbon (Al—Zr—C) intermediate alloy in wrought processing of magnesium and magnesium alloys, wherein the aluminum-zirconium-carbon intermediate alloy has a chemical composition of: 0.01% to 10% Zr, 0.01% to 0.3% C, and Al in balance, based on weight percentage; the wrought processing is plastic molding; and the use is to refine the grains of magnesium or magnesium alloys. The present invention further discloses the method for using the aluminum-zirconium-carbon (Al—Zr—C) intermediate alloy in casting and rolling magnesium and magnesium alloys. The present invention provides an aluminum-zirconium-carbon (Al—Zr—C) intermediate alloy and the use thereof in the plastic wrought processing of magnesium or magnesium alloys as a grain refiner. The aluminum-zirconium-carbon intermediate alloy has the advantages of great ability in nucleation and good grain refining effect, and achieves the continuous and large-scale production of wrought magnesium and magnesium alloy materials. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043051 | AIR GUIDE DUCT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - An air guide structure for guiding outside air in front of the vehicle to equipment to be cooled. Ai air guide duct structure ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120043052 | Geothermal Energy Transfer System - An energy transfer unit for a geothermal system includes an outer housing. A heat exchanger is located within the housing. An inlet pipe extends from the housing to the heat exchanger to convey heat transfer fluid to the heat exchanger and an outlet pipe extends from the housing to the heat exchanger to convey heat transfer fluid from the heat exchanger. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043053 | CATALYTIC ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENATION HEAT SINK FOR MOBILE APPLICATION - A heat sink is used to absorb heat produced by a vehicle. The heat sink uses an endothermic catalytic alcohol dehydrogenation reaction to assist with the absorption of excess heat produced in the electronics of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the alcohol can be pre-heated by absorbing heat from various components of the vehicle. Excess heat from the various components or from the vehicle engine can be used to vaporize the reaction fluids in order to further absorb additional heat. Reaction fluids can also be sent to the vehicle's engine/burner for use as a supplemental fuel. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043054 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a first cycle, a first heat exchanger, in which a first medium exchanges heat with the outside air, a second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger, in which heat is exchanged between the first cycle and a second cycle and between the first cycle and a third cycle, respectively, are connected in series with a first reducing valve and a second reducing valve. In the second cycle and the third cycle that convey cooling energy and heating energy, the flow rates of a second medium in respective branches are adjusted by flow-rate-adjusting valves in accordance with the entrance and exit temperatures of indoor units, and the total flow rate is determined by controlling the rotation speed of a pump by a minimum resistance method. Therefore, even if there are a plurality of loads and the loads change significantly, a stable controlling operation is realized, enabling a highly efficient operation. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043055 | Double Pipe Type Heat Exchanger and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A double pipe type heat exchanger includes an inner pipe having a first flow path defined therein and an outer pipe arranged around the inner pipe to define a second flow path between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The inner pipe includes a spiral groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe to extend along a longitudinal direction of the inner pipe. The outer pipe includes a reduced diameter portion protruding inwardly so that the inner surface of the outer pipe is intermittently contacted with the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043056 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A first cycle, in which a first medium is circulated, employs a compressor, a first heat exchanger structured with an air heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger. A second cycle, in which a second medium is circulated and heat is exchanged with the first medium through the second heat exchanger, employs indoor units, each having a fan. A third cycle, in which the second medium is circulated and heat is exchanged with the first medium through the third heat exchanger, shares the indoor units with the second cycle. Flow path switching valves switch flow paths between the second cycle and third cycle. Before the first heat exchanger is defrosted, a halted indoor unit is filled with the second medium in the third cycle with its fan being halted. The third heat exchanger functions as an evaporator during a defrosting operation. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043057 | HEAT-DISSIPATING MODULE - A heat-dissipating module includes a base and at least one heat pipe. The base has a heat-absorbing surface and a heat-conducting surface opposite to the heat-absorbing surface. The heat pipe has a heat-absorbing portion and a heat-dissipating portion. The heat-absorbing portion has a non-planar surface and a planar surface abutting against the heat-conducting surface to be integrally connected therewith. With the integral connection of the base and the heat pipe, the manufacturing procedure is simplified with fewer working steps. Further, the production cost of the heat-dissipating module is saved. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043058 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a centrifugal fan comprising an air outlet, a fin assembly arranged at the air outlet, and a heat pipe comprising an evaporating section and a condensing section. The fin assembly comprises fins. The fins are stacked together with one above another along a central axis of the centrifugal fan. Each of the fins has at least a flange bent at a lateral side thereof. The flanges of the fins abut against each other and form a side face parallel to the central axis of the centrifugal fan. The condensing section is attached to and thermally contacts the side face of the fin assembly. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043059 | LOOP HEAT PIPE - A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator, a condenser, and a vapor line and a liquid line each connecting the evaporator with the condenser to form a closed loop. A predetermined quantity of bi-phase working medium is contained in the closed loop. A separator connects the liquid line. A cross section of the separator is larger than a cross section of the liquid line. The separator separates the liquid state working medium from the vapor state working medium when the working medium flows therethrough. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043060 | LOOP HEAT PIPE - An exemplary loop heat pipe includes an evaporator, a condenser, a vapor line and a liquid line each connecting the evaporator with the condenser to form a closed loop. A working medium is contained in the closed loop. A wick structure is received in the evaporator, and includes a bottom wall contacting the bottom plate, a support wall extending up from the bottom wall and contacting the cover plate, and guide walls extending out laterally from the support wall. The support wall separates an interior of the evaporator into a liquid chamber adjacent to the liquid line and a vapor chamber adjacent to the vapor line. The guide walls are located in the vapor chamber. Guide channels are defined between the guide walls for guiding the working medium in a vapor state to flow from the vapor chamber through the vapor line to the condenser. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043061 | HEAT EXCHANGER COOLED BY AIR FITTED WITH A RIGID PANEL FORMING A WINDSCREEN - The invention relates to a heat exchanger cooled by air ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120043062 | METHOD FOR COOLING OBJECT TO BE PROCESSED, AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OBJECT TO BE PROCESSED - Provided is a method for cooling an object to be processed. The cooling method is provided with a step of placing the object in a heated state on a stage, and a step of cooling the object by blowing a cooling gas to a region the near-center region of the object placed on the stage, including the center thereof. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043063 | EXHAUST GAS HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An exhaust gas heat exchanger that includes a stack at least partially surrounded by a housing. The stack includes a first tube, a second tube, and a coolant duct between the first tube and the second tube. A fin is located within the coolant duct. The fin includes a first portion and a second portion and the first tube includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the fin is fixed to the first portion of the first tube such that the first portion of the fin is coupled to the first portion of the first tube for movement with respect to the housing, and the second portion of the fin is supported in the housing for movement relative to the second portion of the first tube to permit movement of the second portion of the first tube with respect to the second portion of the fin. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043064 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A total heat exchange element includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage extending orthogonal thereto. The first flow passage is an undulating flow passage that has a rectangular cross section and is formed by positioning a first wave-form plate member and a second wave-form plate member on top of each other and with a predetermined interval therebetween, and further causing spacers to hermetically close two lateral portions with respect to the traveling direction of the fluid. The second flow passage is a straight flow passage that has a substantially triangular cross section and is formed between a flat-plate-like member and one of the first and the second wave-form plate members. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043065 | Method for Producing a Cooling Element for Pyrometallurgical Reactor and the Cooling Element - Cooling element ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120043066 | Article for Magnetic Heat Exchange and Method for Manufacturing an Article for Magnetic Heat Exchange - An article ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120043067 | HEAT SINK CORE MEMBER AND ITS FABRICATION PROCEDURE - A heat sink core member made by: preparing a predetermined mass of aluminum block, extruding the aluminum block through an extruding machine into a tubular body having one close end wall and then punch-cutting the outside wall of the tubular body to form a plurality of densely distributed and equally spaced vertical retaining grooves. Radiation fins can easily be affixed to the vertical retaining grooves of the tubular body to form a heat sink. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043068 | BLOWOUT PREVENTER WITH SHEARING BLADES AND METHOD - The disclosure provides a blowout preventer (BOP) system with a ram having a shear blade with a shear blade profile to shear a tubular member disposed in the BOP. The shear blade profile can include a stress concentrator and centering shaped surface. The stress concentrator and the centering shaped surface can be laterally offset from a centerline of ram travel and on opposite sides of the centerline. An opposing second shear blade can have a mirror image of the shear blade profile with the stress concentrator and centering shaped surface reversed to the orientation of the first shear blade. Further, the ram can include a mandrel with a mandrel profile for the tubular member to deform around during the shearing process and to reduce an overall lateral width of the sheared tubular member in the BOP through-bore to allow retrieval of the deformed sheared tubular member from the BOP. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043069 | DOWNHOLE WIRELINE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A drilling tool having memory to store measured data, a transceiver and an embedded antenna, where a transceiver is lowered into the bore of the drilling tool to receive a radio signal from the drilling tool transceiver to receive the stored measured data. Data may also be transmitted from the lowered transceiver to the drilling tool transceiver. Various methods may be employed to cause the transmitter to transmit the stored measured data while the drilling tool is still in the borehole. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043070 | Magnetic Slip Retention for Downhole Tool - A downhole tool, such as a packer or liner hanger, has a mandrel on which slips are disposed for engaging a surrounding tubular downhole. When the tool is being run in or out of the hole, at least one magnetic component magnetically retains the slip adjacent the mandrel so the slip can be held away from the surrounding tubular. When the tool is set downhole, the initial magnetic retention can be broken, and the slips can be moved away from the mandrel to engage the surface of the surrounding tubular. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043071 | Interlock system for tubular running tools - An interlock system for use with casing running tools including, without limitation, casing running tools utilized with rig top drive systems. A pressure circuit is in communication with casing running tool slips and spider assembly slips. The pressure circuit controls the supply of pressure to: (1) release the spider slips only when the casing running tool slips are engaged and supporting the entire pipe string; and (2) release the casing running tool slips only when the spider slips are engaged and supporting the entire pipe string. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043072 | DOWNHOLE WATER-OIL SEPARATION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a downhole water-oil separation arrangement which includes a body having one or more portions thereof configured to have an affinity to a selected fluid. The body further will include one or more portions thereof that are configured to have an affinity to another fluid. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043073 | Twin Latch Wireline Retrieval Tool - The retrieving tool engages an equalizing sleeve on a jar down movement while the packer or bridge plug release sleeve is held fixed with a locking dog. The initial jarring down allows the tool to engage the equalizing sleeve and pull it up subsequent to the initial engagement by jarring down. Pulling or jarring up then opens the equalizing ports while still holding the release sleeve locked using a trapped collet. A subsequent jarring down allows engagement of a second sleeve so that a subsequent pulling or jarring up moves the second sleeve away from the collet that had otherwise held the set position of the packer or bridge plug. A pull or jar force up brings up the now released packer or bridge plug. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043074 | High pressure oil pipe bullet plug - A rubber bullet-shaped cylindrical device that functions to non-invasively plug a gushing pipe of high pressure oil. The steel belted inflatable rubber plugging device with attached high pressure hoses is inserted into a gushing oil well pipe while it pumps shipboard a high pressure stream of recycled oil itself that will not freeze at the gushing oil well to fight or knife through the oil and the pressure of the oil gushing to assist with inserting and descending the apparatus into the pipe while the operator follows a sequence of operational steps. A hose that has a vacuum applied to reduce the size of the inflatable bladder to allow it to fit it into the pipe unrestricted until it stops at the right location then recycled oil that will not freeze is pumped into the bladder to seal the oil well and to allow the cement pouring operation. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043075 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR RECOVERING OIL USING ELASTIC VIBRATION ENERGY - A method and assembly for recovering oil using elastic vibration energy involves placing a downhole apparatus in a well, which downhole apparatus is connected to aboveground power supply units and contains an ultrasonic transducer that provides for the generation of high frequency elastic vibrations, exciting elastic vibrations of different frequencies and then repeatedly applying the elastic vibrations to the oil formation, wherein both high and low frequency vibrations are applied to the formation. The low frequency vibrations are generated with the aid of an electric pulse device which is connected to an aboveground power supply and includes the following electrically interconnected components: a charger, a unit of energy storage capacitors, a discharge unit with electrodes, and two switching devices. The method and assembly make it possible to recover oil from depths of over 2000 meters and to act effectively on the formation being treated. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043076 | HYDRAULIC ACTUATED PUMP SYSTEM - The invention is directed to a hydraulic actuated pump system which lifts production fluids and re-circulating hydraulic fluid from a petroleum well. Additives may be added to the hydraulic fluid to apply direct chemical treatment to the production formation. A sonic stimulator may be included to stimulate and produce the same liquids from the horizontal section of the well. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043077 | METHODS FOR BOREHOLE MEASUREMENTS OF FRACTURING PRESSURES - There is provided a method of testing a subterranean formation for fracture condition, including the steps of creating a side bore into the wall of a well traversing the formation, sealing the wall around the side bore to provide a pressure seal between the side bore and the well, pressurizing the side bore beyond a pressure inducing formation fracture while maintaining the seal and monitoring the pressure to identify the fracture condition. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043078 | METHODS FOR TESTING STIMULATION FLUIDS - A method of testing the performance of a stimulation fluid by placing a sample of the stimulation fluid or a precursor thereof into the body of a downhole tool, positioning the tool in juxtaposition with a rock face at a downhole location, forming a sealing contact between the rock face and the tool; and injecting the sample into the rock face while monitoring pressure and/or flow rates during the injection of the sample into and/or production of formation fluid from the rock face to derive a measure of the effectiveness of the stimulation fluid in creating openings in the rock face. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043079 | SAND CONTROL WELL COMPLETION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A technique includes running a sand control completion system into a well, where the system includes at least one sensor, a gravel packing service tool and a sand control section. The sand control completion system is used to perform a gravel packing-related operation in the well in which a slurry is communicated downhole through the service tool to deposit gravel near the completion section. The technique includes regulating the gravel packing-related operation based at least in part on data acquired by said at least one sensor and communicated to an Earth surface of the well while the operation is being performed. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043080 | METHODS FOR DOWNHOLE SAMPLING OF TIGHT FORMATIONS - There is provided a method of sampling a subterranean formation, including the steps of creating a side bore into the wall of a well traversing the formation, sealing the wall around the side bore to provide a pressure seal between the side bore and the well, pressurizing the side bore beyond a pressure inducing formation fracture while maintaining the seal, pumping a fracturing fluid adapted to prevent a complete closure of the fracture through the side bore into the fracture, and reversing the pumping to sample formation fluid through the fracture and the side bore. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043081 | SINGLE WELL STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE - The present invention provides a method for recovering hydrocarbons from a sub-surface reservoir having present therein a wellbore in which a production conduit and an injection conduit are located, said method comprising injecting a heating fluid into the reservoir via said injection conduit, characterised in that said heating fluid is released via a plurality of discrete permeable sections (injection sections) located along the length of the injection conduit and produced hydrocarbons are collected via a plurality of discrete permeable sections (production sections) located along the length of the production conduit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043082 | Methods and Compositions for Sand Control in Injection Wells - Methods including the steps of providing an injection well having unconsolidated particulates in one or more formation intervals along the wellbore that accept injection fluid; providing a consolidating treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a consolidating agent; introducing the consolidating treatment fluid through the injection well, while the well is under injection, such that the consolidating treatment fluid enters into a portion of a formation interval along the wellbore that accepts injection fluid; and, allowing the consolidating fluid to consolidate formation particulates therein. The methods may be performed such that the percentage of consolidating agent varies over the course of the treatment or the rate of injection varies over the course of the treatment. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043083 | BLOWOUT PREVENTER WITH SHEARING BLADES AND METHOD - The disclosure provides a blowout preventer (BOP) system with a ram having a shear blade with a shear blade profile to shear a tubular member disposed in the BOP. The shear blade profile can include a stress concentrator and centering shaped surface. The stress concentrator and the centering shaped surface can be laterally offset from a centerline of ram travel and on opposite sides of the centerline. An opposing second shear blade can have a mirror image of the shear blade profile with the stress concentrator and centering shaped surface reversed to the orientation of the first shear blade. Further, the ram can include a mandrel with a mandrel profile for the tubular member to deform around during the shearing process and to reduce an overall lateral width of the sheared tubular member in the BOP through-bore to allow retrieval of the deformed sheared tubular member from the BOP. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043084 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING COAL BED METHANE RECOVERY - A system includes first and second wells. The first well has a first tube that extends from a first well head to a first end disposed within a coal seam. The second well is disposed at a distance from the first well and includes a second tube that extends from a second well head to a second end disposed within the coal seam. A pump is coupled to the first well and is configured to supply the first tube with pressurized fluid that includes nutrients for methanogenesis. At least a portion of the pressurized fluid introduced into the first tube of the first well is received within the second tube of the second well by way of the coal seam. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043085 | WELLBORE SERVICE FLUID AND METHODS OF USE - A method is described to predict the composition of favorable bridging agents for a particular situation in which the solution thermodynamics of the chemicals used in the composition of the bridging material is carefully evaluated. Wellbore service fluids are also described that contain materials such as sodium bicarbonate, a material such as a salt containing water in a crystal structure, a material containing at least one boron-oxygen bond, or a non-polymer material having low solubility at low temperatures and high solubility at temperatures close to an expected long-term static bottom hole temperature. The material is provided in aqueous medium in sufficient concentration in the aqueous medium so as to act as a diverting agent during a hydraulic fracturing procedure using the fluid. The wellbore service fluid is pumped through the wellbore and the flow of the fluid is diverted using a plug that subsequently substantially dissolves due to changes in temperature and/or pressure. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043086 | Zero-Leakoff Emulsified Acid - Disclosed herein are an acid emulsion fluid for use in sealing target portions of a hydrocarbon producing formation penetrated by a wellbore and the method of use thereof for fluid loss control. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043087 | High efficiency hydraulic drill bit - A drill bit for enhancing drilling operations, where the drill bit includes a bit body configured for coupling to a drillstring, and a bit face disposed on an end of the bit body with at least one cutting structure attached thereto. There is a fluid guide operatively connected to the drill bit and disposed above the end of the bit body, where the fluid guide includes at least one nozzle disposed therein that is in fluid communication with a fluid cavity disposed in the drill bit, and where the fluid guide is configured to induce distribution of fluid flow in a flow regime above the drill bit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING DOWNHOLE HYDROCARBONS FROM WATER - The invention provides a method and apparatus for the downhole separation of a gas/oil/water fluid mixture and the injection of the separated water component into the formation containing the borehole. The fluid mixture is delivered into the wellbore through perforations in a casing at a production zone and delivered through check valves in a tubing string into an annulus between the casing and the tubing string. Hydrocarbons are returned to the production tubing and flow to the surface under formation or pump pressure and water is discharged from the annulus into an injection level isolated from the production zone. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043089 | RETRIEVING A SUBSEA TREE PLUG - A method for riserless intervention of a subsea well includes: lowering a pressure control assembly (PCA) from a vessel to a subsea production tree; fastening the PCA to the tree; deploying a plug running tool (PRT) into the PCA, wherein the PRT comprises a latch, an anchor, and a stroker; engaging the latch with a plug of the tree; engaging the anchor with the PCA; and operating the stroker to pull the latch and the plug from the tree. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043090 | IMPROVED SUBSEA RISER SYSTEM - An improved riser system which comprises a connector for connecting conduits and a mooring system for mooring the connector to the floor of a body of water. The connector may include a pivoting device. The improved riser system also comprises a buoy system for supporting the connector. The buoy system is configured to provide a fixed buoyancy for the connector, the mooring system and at least a portion of the conduits and for providing variable buoyancy for placement of the connector at a predetermined water depth. The improved riser system may also include a flexible conduit made of titanium. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043091 | Using Seismic P And S Arrivals To Determine Shallow Velocity Structure - Method for estimating a model of seismic velocity in a subsurface region from seismic data ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120043092 | BLAPPER VALVE TOOLS AND RELATED METHODS - Various embodiments of the present invention disclose enhanced and improved well production tools for increasing the stability of production zones in a wellbore. Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to apparatuses, systems, and processes for efficiently and effectively isolating zones within a wellbore. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD - A circulating sub apparatus comprising: a substantially tubular outer body member having a throughbore formed therein; a substantially tubular inner body member; wherein both the inner and outer bodies normally have holes formed therein; and a displacement mechanism for producing movement of the inner body member relative to the outer body member between: an open configuration, in which the hole(s) on the outer body member are open such that fluid is passable between a throughbore and the outside of the circulating sub apparatus via the one or more holes; and, an obturated configuration, in which the hole(s) on the outer body member are obturated; wherein the inner body member comprises a seat member adapted to catch a dropped object, and wherein the seat member is adapted to permit at least a proportion of fluid to flow past the dropped object when it is seated thereon. Normally the seat member is located upstream of the hole(s) of the outer body member in both the open and obturated configurations. In exemplary form the apparatus uses a drop object which can erode over time. When the object is dropped it causes the displacement mechanism to move to a different position and so switch between open and obturated positions. In exemplary form a mechanism, such as a cammed sleeve, is provided to allow the displacement mechanism to be moved back and forth between open and closed positions. Embodiments benefit in that they can be moved back and forth between such positions rather limited to a one-off change using a dropped ball. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043094 | Packoff With Internal Lockdown Mechanism - A packoff is located within a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The packoff has an internal ratchet ring that engages a threaded profile on the exterior of the casing hanger thereby allowing installation of the packoff to be achieved by simply stabbing the packoff over the protruding neck of the casing hanger. This ratchet ring significantly reduces the rotation required during installation, decreasing potential for damage to seals. The casing hanger has an external lock ring that is inwardly biased. During installation of the packoff, the packoff acts to activate the lock ring to thereby force it outward. The lock ring is forced outward and into a recess formed in the interior of the wellhead housing. The lock ring and the ratchet ring locks the packoff and casing hanger into place with the wellhead housing without the need of external lockdown screws, thereby minimizing leak paths. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043095 | DUAL PACKER FOR A HORIZONTAL WELL - A dual packer for at least partially defining a production zone in a wellbore, the dual packer including a packer body having an up-hole side and a down-hole side. A first through bore and a second through bore each extend through the packer body from the up-hole side to the down-hole side. A first piping extends from the down-hole side of the first through bore and includes a perforated sub adjacent the down-hole side of the packer body. A second piping extends from the down-hole side of the second through bore and is communicably connected to the first piping down-hole of the first perforated sub. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043096 | Microemulsion Fire Protection Device and Method - The present disclosure is directed, in one embodiment, to an exothermic event protection and suppression system comprising exothermic event detectors, suppression system controller, and fire suppression device. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043097 | Light Ultra High Pressure Fire Vehicle System - A firefighting apparatus on a small all-terrain utility vehicle has a U-shaped water tank closely spaced from the driver's cab. A reel for a high-pressure hose is mounted in the U of the water tank. A high-pressure engine driven pump is connected to the reel and a high-pressure hose through a water management system, which directs water from the water tank to the pump, and from the pump to the hose. The pump has a pressure valve which sets the engine idle when the high-pressure water nozzle is closed. A pressure unloader valve recirculates water from the pump outlet to the pump inlet when the nozzle is closed. A check valve is used between the water tank and a point where water recirculates to the pump. A prefilter is connected between the check valve and the water tank. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043098 | Hydro-Pneumatic Extinguisher - The present disclosure provides for an advantageous extinguisher or discharge assembly. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for an improved hydro-pneumatic fire extinguisher or discharge assembly. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for an improved hydro-pneumatic fire extinguisher or discharge assembly that is configured and dimensioned to fire or release a fire fighting agent (e.g., a fluid and/or liquid based fire fighting agent) while the extinguisher/assembly is oriented in any position or angle relative to gravity. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043099 | SAFETY CYLINDER - A safety cylinder is revealed. The safety cylinder includes a cylinder having a bottle-top disposed with a circular flange and a threaded sleeve threaded with the bottle-top. An inner clip and a corresponding outer clip for holding and covering the circular flange of the bottle-top are disposed around a bottom side of the sleeve body so as to form an integrated and leak-proof cylinder. The cylinder is made from metal with thinner thickness and better hardness while the bottle-top is connected to the threaded sleeve with a certain thickness for turn threads. Thus the safety cylinder with high pressure-bearing and low manufacturing cost is obtained. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043100 | Remote-controlled work robot - A remote controlled work robot including a remote controlled actuator and a support device therefor. The remote controlled actuator includes a spindle guide section of an elongated configuration, a distal end member fitted to a distal end of the spindle guide section through a distal end member coupling structure for alteration in attitude, and a drive unit housing connected with a base end of the spindle guide section. The distal end member rotatably supports a spindle for holding a tool. The support device includes a single degree-of-freedom system, in which the remote controlled actuator has a degree of freedom in one direction, or a multi-degrees-of-freedom system, in which the remote controlled actuator has a two or more degrees of freedom relative to a base on which the support device is installed. A drive source and is also provided for driving the degree-of-freedom system. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043101 | ELECTRIC TOOL WITH DUST COLLECTOR - A hammer drill includes a dust collector engaged with a housing by sliding. An engagement protrusion, which can engage and disengage with a rear engagement recessed portion provided on a guide groove of the housing, is provided at a position where the dust collector engages with the housing and biased in the direction of engagement with the rear engagement recessed portion. A front engagement recessed portion is also provided on the guide groove, and can engage with the engagement protrusion at a slide position of the dust collector in front of the engagement position. By engaging the engagement protrusion with the front engagement recessed portion, the dust collector can be fixed to the housing even at the slide position. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043102 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - In an electric power tool in which a metal front housing that accommodates a driving mechanism is assembled to the front of a main housing that accommodates a motor, an output shaft is protruded from the distal end of the front housing, and the outer periphery of the front housing is protected by a cylindrical transparent cover made of synthetic resin, a decorative pattern is formed on the inner surface of the transparent cover. The decorative pattern is formed of bumps and dips formed on the inner surface. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043103 | Splice Enclosure - A splice enclosure having a first casing, a second casing and a cable splice receiving chamber for receiving a cable splice or joint. The first casing includes a first engagement portion, while the second casing includes a second engagement portion. The cable splice receiving chamber is formed by the first and second engagement portions connect when the first and second casings are closed together. At least one of the first and second engagement portions includes an elongated groove having a broadened portion for escaping gas. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043104 | ELECTRIC JUNCTION BOX - The present invention is to provide an electric junction box which can minimize a case by reducing the capacity of a cover without damage of electric wires. A wiring harness L | 2012-02-23 |
20120043105 | Sealed Circuit Breaker - A sealed electrical enclosure used in hazardous locations for enclosing circuit breakers having a bottom housing and a removable top housing with a labyrinth joint or serrated joint formed therebetween, the bottom housing adapted to receive one or more circuit breakers, a first metal bus extending from a point internal to the bottom housing through a first end wall to a point external thereto, and a second metal bus extending from a point internal to the bottom housing through a second end wall to a point external to thereto, where the first and second metal buses are adapted to contact first and second electrical terminals of a circuit breaker when placed within the bottom housing, and a first lug retaining bracket secured to the bottom housing and extending to a position beneath the first metal such that a bottom portion of a connector assembly may fit within the space between the end of the lug retaining bracket and the bottom of the first metal bus. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043106 | Junction box with spacer - A junction box, in particular for a solar module, the junction box including a housing with functional components arranged therein for connecting with solar module connecting contacts, wherein the housing of the junction box includes a spacer configured to fixate an additional junction box at a distance from the junction box supporting the spacer. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043107 | Flat wire shielded pair and cable - Novel shielded flat wire pair and cable implement flat, smooth conductors coated with insulation bonded together, providing rectangular cross-sections and equidistant, smooth surfaces for high frequency signal current flow. Flat wire pairs with conductive covers and symmetrically placed shield conductors in grooves between flat wires minimize intra-pair signal flow skew. Shielded flat wire pairs are placed within a cable assembly with adjacent wire pairs oriented orthogonally, minimizing crosstalk and rendering crosstalk common-mode. Such orientation of flat wire pairs is assisted by an internal separator, which may be electrically conductive and grounded providing enhanced pair to pair isolation. Presence of flat wire pairs and an internal separator in a cable positions additional single wires in the cable firmly against a grounded external shield, ensuring a predetermined impedance for these signal wires. Shielded flat wire pairs and cables of low metal content extend electrical signaling to the millimeter wave regimes. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043108 | HIGH VOLTAGE DC TETHER - A high voltage direct current (DC) tether for an airborne wind turbine has a reduced weight compared to conventional tethers. The weight reduction is achieved by using one conductor in the center of the feeder and the shielding of the feeder as a second conductor. A mechanical strength element is disposed in between the center conductor and the shielding. In this configuration, the mechanical strength element acts also as an insulator. The center conductor and the shielding can be made of aluminum or copper. The strength element can be a high strength fiber composite, woven such as VECTRAN® or SPECTRA®. The main weight savings are due to using the shielding for multiple purposes—as a conductor, as lightning protection and as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) effects barrier, while providing strength to the tether, and from using the mechanical strength element (VECTRAN® or SPECTRA®) as an insulator. The shielding is typically used as the return conductor. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043109 | INSULATING COATING COMPOSITION AND AN INSULATED WIRE, AND A COIL FORMED USING THE SAME - An insulating coating composition that improves lubricity without reduction of the varnish adhesion strength and an insulated wire using the insulating coating composition, and a coil using the insulated wire are provided. An insulating coating composition comprises a polyamide-imide resin, which is obtained through a synthetic reaction of isocyanate component with acid component, and a lubricant component, wherein the terminal isocyanate group of the polyamide-imide resin is capped with a blocking agent of higher alcohol having a carbon number of eight or more. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043110 | Conductor Insulation Arrangement For An Electric Machine - An electric machine includes a core with a plurality of slots. Electric conductors are positioned within the slots with connection ends extending from the in-slot portions. A plurality of insulation sleeves separate the plurality of electric conductors. Each insulation sleeve substantially covers one entire conductor, including the in-slot portions and the connection ends of the conductor. A tip portion on each connection end remains uncovered by the insulation sleeve and is electrically connected to another tip portion on another conductor. Air passages are formed between the plurality of insulation sleeves at the in-slot portions and at the connection ends of the plurality of electric conductors. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043111 | LONG BODY UNIT WITH SLIDER - The present disclosure provides a long body unit with slider, including, a first long body, a second long body, and a slider provided for the first long body and the second long body, the slider including, a connection section by which the first long body and the second long body are clamped and are thereby united together, a separation section by which the first long body and the second long body united together by the connection section are separated from each other, and a restriction section by which the first long body and/or the second long body is restricted in rotation about an axial direction. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043112 | Support Bracket - A support bracket for supporting insulating rods inside an insulator tube of a hollow core insulator. The support bracket includes a cylindrical ring with an outer surface for abutting against the inner surface of an insulator tube, an inner surface for supporting an insulating rod and two opposing end sides, denominated by first and second end sides. The support bracket includes an expansion assembly configured to be actuated so as to expand the cylindrical ring in at least one radial direction when the support bracket has been inserted in an insulator tube of a live tank circuit breaker. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043113 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a ground layer, a number of conductive mount holes extending through the PCB, and a number of electromagnetic wave absorption elements located on a top surface of the PCB and aligning with corresponding mount holes. Each mount hole is lined with a conductive material to electrically connect to the ground layer. Each electromagnetic wave absorption element includes an absorption layer to absorb high-frequency noise, and a conductive layer sandwiched between the absorption layer and the top surface of the PCB, and electrically connected to a corresponding mount hole. Each conductive layer is electrically connected to the ground layer though the conductive material of the corresponding mount hole. High-frequency noise of the PCB flows into the conductive layers through the ground layer and the conductive material of the mount holes, and is absorbed by the absorption layers. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043114 | DEVICE-EMBEDDED FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A device-embedded flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) and a method of manufacturing the device-embedded FPCB are provided. The device-embedded FPCB includes: a first conductive layer; a first insulating layer which is disposed on the first conductive layer and includes at least one bump hole and at least one groove; a first plating layer which is formed in the at least one groove of the first insulating layer; and a device which includes at least one bump which is inserted into the at least one bump hole to be connected to the first conductive layer. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043115 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH STRETCHABILITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one example embodiment, a flexible circuit structure with stretchability is provided that includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of flexible bumps formed on the flexible substrate, and a metal layer formed on the plurality of flexible bumps and the flexible substrate. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043116 | Interconnection Structure Of Interposer With Low CTE And Packaging Component Having The Same - Disclosed herein are printed circuit board assemblies made of a brittle material such as silicon, glass or ceramic and provided with a connector to electrically connect the same to an external connection member, and a method for molding the printed circuit board assembly wherein the printed circuit board assembly is molded by applying a polymer resin thereto to impart hardness to the printed circuit board assembly, and an electrode terminal to connect the same to the external connection member is exposed to the outside. Disclosed herein is also an interconnection structure of an interposer, the interconnection structure electrically connected to a main printed circuit board (PCB) through a solder joint is interposed between the interposer and the solder joint to prevent or reduce concentration of stress on the solder joint caused by differences in coefficients thermal expansion between the interposer and the main PCB. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043117 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINE AND CIRCUIT BOARD - A signal line and a circuit board that can be easily bent in a U shape and prevent unwanted emission include a line portion includes a plurality of laminated line portion sheets made of a flexible material. Signal lines extend within the line portion in an x-axis direction. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a positive direction side in a z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines and have line widths equal to or smaller than the line widths of the signal lines. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a negative direction side in the z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines. The signal lines overlap the ground lines when seen in a planar view from the z-axis direction. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043118 | ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND LAMINATE AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED WIRING BOARD USING THE SAME - Provided is an adhesive resin composition containing (A) an epoxy resin and/or a phenoxy resin; (B) an epoxy-containing styrene copolymer containing a monomer unit having an epoxy group and a styrene monomer unit; (C) a thermoplastic resin; and (D) a curing agent, in which the content percentage of the epoxy-containing styrene copolymer (B) relative to the total amount of the resin components contained in the adhesive resin composition is 3% to 25% by mass. The adhesive resin composition is a halogen-free adhesive composition having good flame retardancy and a high peel strength. Also provided are a laminate and a flexible printed wiring board that use the adhesive resin composition. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043119 | COMPOSITE POLYMER-METAL ELECTRICAL CONTACTS - An array of composite polymer-metal contact members adapted to form solder free electrical connections with a first circuit member. The contact members include a resilient polymeric base layer and an array of metalized traces printed on selected portions of the base layer. Conductive plating is applied to the metalized layer to create an array of conductive paths. The resilient polymeric base layer, the metalized layer, and the conductive plating have an aggregate spring constant sufficient to maintain distal portions of the contact members in a cantilevered configuration and to form a stable electrical connection between the distal portions and the first circuit member solely by compressive engagement. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043120 | Dual-Layer Method of Fabricating Ultracapacitor Current Collectors - A method of making a multi-layer current collector comprises forming a first layer from a first formulation over each major surface of a current collector substrate, and forming a second layer from a second formulation over each of the first layers, wherein one of the first formulation and second formulation is a graphite formulation and the other of the first formulation and second formulation is a carbon black formulation. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043121 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer; a first circuit layer including a first metal layer and a first plating layer provided on an outer side of the first metal layer and embedded in one surface of the insulating layer; a second circuit layer including a second metal layer and a second plating layer provided on an outer side of the second metal layer and embedded in the other surface of the insulating layer; and a bump interconnecting the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer while penetrating through the insulating layer. The bump is used, such that there is no need to perform hole plating. Therefore, an increase in the surface plating thickness due to the hole plating is previously prevented. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043122 | BOARD WITH FINE PITCH BUMP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a board with a fine pitch bump and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing a board with a fine pitch bump includes: forming a solder resist layer by stacking a solder resist on a core layer having a circuit pattern formed thereon; forming a seed layer on an upper surface of the solder resist layer; forming a dry film layer by stacking a dry film on an upper surface of the seed layer; forming holes by simultaneously drilling the solder resist layer, the seed layer, and the dry film layer; and forming a copper post bump by performing copper filling plating in the holes and removing the seed layer and the dry film layer. The holes having the same size are simultaneously drilled into the solder resist layer and the dry film layer to improve a matching degree of the copper post bump, thereby making it possible to form the fine pitch bump. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043123 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED WIRING BOARD - [Subject Matter] To provide a printed wiring board in which no warping occurs even if interlayer insulation layers without core material are laminated on a core substrate. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043124 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electrical device comprising a substrate, a pair of electrodes arranged on the substrate and a functional layer arranged between the pair of electrodes, said functional layer comprising a functional domain being capable of transforming an external stimulus into an electrical signal or vice versa. The electrical device is characterized in that at least two conductive domains are dispersed in the functional layer. Said at least two conductive domains are separated from each other and are formed in each case by a particle or an agglomerate of particles of a conducting or semiconducting material having a higher electrical conductivity than the material of the functional domain. Each of the conductive domains form an electrically conductive path on the functional domain. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043125 | CIRCUIT BOARDS, METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a method of forming a circuit board including an adhesion portion. The method may include forming a mask pattern including an opening on a board; performing a surface treatment process at a bottom of the opening; combining a linker with the surface on which a surface treatment process is performed; and forming a metal pattern combined with the linker in the opening. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043126 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same, including: forming a protective layer on which a cover film is stacked on a base substrate; exposing the protective layer on which the cover film is stacked to photosensitize the protective layer and photodegrade the cover film; and developing the photodegraded cover film and the photosensitized protective layer to form an opening exposing a pad unit of a circuit layer which is an outermost layer of the base substrate on the protective layer, whereby the productivity of the printed circuit board can be improved without performing a process of separating a cover film. | 2012-02-23 |
20120043127 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The invention provides a printed circuit board and a method for fabricating the same. The printed circuit board includes a core substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface. A first through hole and a second through hole are formed through a portion of the core substrate, respectively from the first surface and second surfaces, wherein the first and second through holes are laminated vertically and connect to each other. A first guide rail and a second guide rail are, respectively, formed through a portion of the core substrate and connected to the second through hole, so that a fluid flows sequentially from an outside of the printed circuit board through the first guide rail, the second through hole and the second guide rail, to the outside of the printed circuit board. | 2012-02-23 |