09th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130051947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A ROTOR - A system for modifying a slot in a rotor includes a drill, a clamp connected to the drill and configured to engage with an interior surface of the slot, and means for supporting the drill from a stationary platform adjacent to the rotor. A method for modifying a slot in a rotor includes connecting a coupling to a stationary platform adjacent to the rotor, connecting a drill to the coupling, and locating the drill proximate to the slot. The method further includes inserting a clamp into the slot, engaging the clamp with an interior surface of the slot, and operating the drill to create a cavity in the slot. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051948 | GEAR MACHINING METHOD - Provided is a gear machining method whereby a gear to be machined that is eccentrically mounted can be machined with high accuracy. For this purpose, the gear machining method is such that a target table rotation phase (Co) for a rotation table ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130051949 | METHOD FOR MILLING A BLANK IN THE PRODUCTION OF A TURBINE BLADE - A method for milling a blank in the production of a turbine blade which in the final state has at least one blade root for fastening to a carrier and also an adjoining blade body extending in the longitudinal direction includes clamping the blank on its root side in a mount and machining the blank with a milling cutter. Machining the blank includes moving the milling cutter in an advancing direction for roughing machining while superimposing a circular movement as per a trochoidal milling method. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051950 | CUTTING DEVICE ON MOVEABLE PLATFORM - A cutting or milling machine with an end mill is mounted on a moveable platform, wherein the platform is moveable by a mechanical assembly to put the end mill through a circular motion apart from the rotational motion imparted by the milling machine. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051951 | Scribing Tool and Dust Collector - Scribing tool and dust collector for a router having a horizontally extending body which attaches to the router with a router bit extending along an axis of rotation through the body and projecting from a lower surface of the body for cutting engagement with an edge of a workpiece, a guide wheel mounted on the upper portion of the body for rotation about the axis, with an outer portion of the wheel projecting laterally from the body for engagement with a surface having a contour to be transferred to the edge of the workpiece by the router bit, a vacuum chamber within the body, an inlet port centered about the axis of rotation communicating with the vacuum chamber through a lower wall of the body, and a vacuum port communicating with the vacuum chamber for connection to a vacuum source to draw dust and chips produced by the router bit through the inlet port and into the chamber. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051952 | LOW-PROFILE RIVET-LIKE FASTENER - A low-profile rivet-like fastener ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130051953 | PROJECTED BOLT IMPACT PROTECTION DEVICE - A projected bolt impact protection device configured to protect a projected bolt may comprise a cap having a substantially hollow vertical shaft with a first section configured to accommodate a portion of the projected bolt. Another impact protection device configured to protect one or more projected bolts may comprise a cap having a plurality of substantially hollow vertical shafts, each shaft configured to accommodate at least a portion of each projected bolt. Yet another impact protection device may comprise a cap having a substantially hollow vertical shaft, the shaft configured to accommodate the one or more projected bolts; a disk member configured to fit within the shaft having one or more vertical ports; and support means for supporting the disk horizontally within the shaft at an axial depth configured to provide for a portion of the projected bolts to extend through and protrude from the one or more disk ports. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051954 | THREAD FORMING DIE AND METHOD - A die for roll forming threads on a cylindrical blank includes a planar die body having a longitudinally elongate working face of sufficient length for the blank to make multiple revolutions across the face. A plurality of thread forming elements on the face. The thread forming elements are spaced apart longitudinally of the die working face an ever increasing distance, based on the actual rolling diameter of the blank with the spacing between the thread forming elements at the start end equal to the diameter of the blank and the spacing between the thread forming elements at the finish end equal to eighty-five percent of the final diameter of the thread formed on the blank. The thread forming elements on the working face of the die are equally spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the working face. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051959 | SYSTEM FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING SHOES - The system for storing and retrieving shoes includes a cabinet defining a housing enclosing storage units. The housing defines a central shaft for raising and lowering shoe trays, and defines two columns of storage rack units for the shoe trays on opposite sides of the central shaft. A portal at the base of the central shaft provides access for placing shoes on a shoe tray and retrieving the shoes from the cabinet. A long support arm is movable horizontally to align a shoe tray in either the left or the right column of rack units. A short support arm is movable vertically on the long arm to align the shoe tray vertically, and has clips for grasping and releasing the shoe trays. An electronic control system controls movement of the two arms, and issues a card or claim check identifying the storage rack unit for later retrieval of the shoes. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051960 | Boat transporting apparatus - A frame rack is detachably positioned on a bed of a pickup truck. A winch is secured to one end of the frame rack. A pair of spaced parallel bottom rollers is secured to the opposite end of the frame rack. The bottom rollers are supported by a brace assembly, which engages a hitch receiver carried by the truck. A boat bow is tied to a rope and gradually pulled onto the bed of the truck by the winch pulling the rope. Once the boat is loaded on the truck it is supported by the frame rack during the transport. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051969 | TOOL FOR TRANSFERRING MEMBRANOUS TISSUE, KIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING MEMBRANOUS TISSUE - Disclosed herein is a tool, a kit, and associated method for transferring a membranous tissue composed of cells derived from a living body. The tool can include a first sheet-like supporting member disposed on one side of the membranous tissue in a wet state, and a second sheet-like supporting member disposed on the other side of the membranous tissue in a wet state. The first supporting member and the second supporting member can be configured to entirely hold the membranous tissue, such that a frictional force between the first supporting member and the membranous tissue is larger than a frictional force between the second supporting member and the membranous tissue. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051970 | METHOD FOR LOADING OVERSIZED MERCHANDISE ONTO A CONTAINER SHIP - The invention relates to a standardized platform ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130051971 | Expandable Stowable Platform for Unloading Trucks - A stowable platform for side access doors of trailers for commercial trucks is provided. The platform is designed to compactly fit into a storage cavity built into the trailer. This cavity can be underneath the floor of the vehicle. The platform is designed to slide out from its storage cavity and be positioned against the vehicle to provide side access to the vehicle. After removal from storage, the platform can be expanded to a much more convenient size for loading or unloading of the vehicle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051972 | BLADE OUTER AIR SEAL WITH MULTI IMPINGEMENT PLATE ASSEMBLY - A multi impingement plate assembly for a Blade Outer Air Seal (BOAS) includes a first impingement plate which defines a multiple of first impingement plate holes and a second impingement plate attached to the first impingement plate. The second impingement plate includes a platform section spaced away from the multiple of first impingement plate holes to define a plate cavity. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051973 | COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER PLATE - A diffuser plate for a centrifugal compressor includes an inner edge disposed at an inner diameter about a central axis; an outer edge disposed at an outer diameter, the outer edge displaced an axial distance from the inner edge; a deformable section that includes a substantially S-shaped cross-section, the deformable section disposed between the inner edge and the outer edge; and a spring constant for forced axial displacement of the outer edge with respect to the inner edge, the spring constant characterized, at least in part, by the deformable section. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051974 | GAS TURBINE ENGINES AND METHODS FOR COOLING COMPONENTS THEREOF WITH MID-IMPELLER BLEED COOLING AIR - Gas turbine engines and methods for cooling components thereof with mid-impeller bleed (MIB) cooling air having a pressure are provided. The gas turbine engine has a compressor comprising an impeller body and an impeller shroud at least partially surrounding the impeller body. The impeller shroud has a plurality of MIB openings disposed therein. At least one edge treatment is provided thereto. The edge treatment substantially preserves pressure of the cooling air during entrance into and discharge out of the MIB opening. The plurality of MIB openings may be extended MIB openings in a thickened impeller shroud. The centerline of the MIB openings may be oriented to be substantially aligned with an averaged local absolute flow velocity vector of the cooling air at the inlet section of the MIB opening in order to extract cooling air in a direction that has a vector component in a tangential, an axial, and a radial flow direction. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051975 | AIR TURBINE STARTER AND METHOD FOR VENTING WITHOUT LOSS OF OIL - A clutch assembly includes a shaft, vent plug and oil guide sleeve. The shaft includes an internal cavity, first passages for allowing oil to lubricate clutch components, and second passages for allowing excess oil to drain from the internal cavity. The vent plug has a radial passage in communication with the internal cavity for venting the cavity with an external source of air. The oil guide sleeve directs oil into the internal cavity. A method for lubricating and venting an air turbine starter includes delivering lubricating oil to an internal cavity of a clutch via an oil guide sleeve. The oil guide sleeve prevents oil from exiting the cavity through excess oil drainage passages before it lubricates the clutch components. The method also includes draining excess oil from the cavity through excess oil drainage passages so that excess oil does not substantially impede air flow through a vent plug passage. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051976 | FLOW CONTROL MODULE FOR A TURBOMACHINE - A flow control module for a turbomachine includes an inlet extending to an outlet through a flow passage having at least one side wall. A flow control member is arranged within the flow control module. The flow control member is secured to the at least one side wall between the inlet and the outlet. The flow control member is selectively passively activated to extend into the flow passage to block cooling fluid passing through the flow control module. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051977 | ADJUSTABLE VANE DIFFUSER INSERT FOR ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMP - A pump having an insert between an impeller and diffuser, where the insert includes an annulus that is in communication with fluid flow passages in the impeller and diffuser. The passages and annulus define a fluid flow path through the pump. Vanes are provided in the annulus that can pivot and vary the cross sectional area of the fluid flow path. Regulating the fluid flow path area alters the flow rate where the pump operates at its maximum efficiency. Thus by monitoring flow through the pump, the vanes can be adjusted so the flow rate of maximum efficiency corresponds to the actual flow rate. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051978 | Wind Energy Conversion Devices - A wind turbine for harvesting energy from both horizontal and vertical wind currents having an open frame structure and a central passage through the structure with at least three wind energy harvesting generally vertically disposed and rotatably mounted blades positioned about the central passage and at least three wind energy harvesting generally horizontal blades projecting radially from the central vertical axis of the device. The open frame structure includes a unique rod and cable central structure offset from the periphery of the frame. In one embodiment, the frame structure is suspended from a rotatable hub at the top of a stationary mast. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051979 | TURBINE SHROUD SEGMENT WITH INTEGRATED IMPINGEMENT PLATE - A turbine shroud segment is metal injection molded (MIM) about an insert having a cooling air cavity covered by an impingement plate. The insert is held in position in an injection mold and then the MIM material is injected in the mold to form the body of the shroud segment about the insert. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051980 | HIGH-PRESSURE TURBINE NOZZLE FOR A TURBOJET - A high temperature turbine nozzle with automatic regulation of flow of cooling air passing therethrough. Each of vanes includes a first sleeve drilled with holes and a second sleeve that is engaged in the first sleeve, drilled with corresponding holes, and made of a material possessing a coefficient of expansion different from that of the first sleeve. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051981 | GAS TURBINE ENGINES INCLUDING BROADBAND DAMPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Gas turbine engine, broadband damping systems, and methods for producing broadband-damped gas turbine engine are provided. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine includes an engine case, a rotor assembly mounted within the engine case for rotation about a rotational axis, and a broadband damping system disposed between the rotor assembly and the engine case. The broadband damping system includes a first set of three parameter axial dampers angularly spaced around the rotational axis, and a second set of three parameter axial dampers angularly spaced around the rotational axis and coupled in parallel with the first set of three parameter axial dampers. The first and second sets of three parameter axial dampers are tuned to provide peak damping at different rotational frequencies to increase the damping bandwidth of the broadband damping system during operation of the gas turbine engine. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051982 | ANNULAR BEARING SUPPORT DAMPERS, GAS TURBINE ENGINES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Embodiments of a gas turbine engine are provided, as are embodiments of an annular bearing support damper and embodiments of a method for manufacturing an annular bearing support damper. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine includes engine housing and a rotor assembly disposed within the engine housing. A rotor bearing supports the rotor assembly within the engine housing, and an annular bearing support damper is positioned between the rotor bearing and the engine housing. The support damper includes an annular housing assembly having a damping fluid annulus. An array of circumferentially-spaced damper pistons is movably coupled to the annular housing assembly and fluidly communicates with the damping fluid annulus. The damper pistons are fixedly coupled to the rotor bearing and moves in conjunction therewith to force the flow of damping fluid around the annulus during engine operation to reduce the transmissions of vibrations to the engine housing. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051983 | TURBOMACHINE - A turbomachine having a rotor assembly, a stator assembly and a toroidal inductor. The rotor assembly includes an impeller. The inductor is located between the impeller and the stator assembly, and is exposed to an airflow generated by or acting upon the impeller. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051984 | TORQUE FRAME AND ASYMMETRIC JOURNAL BEARING FOR FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM - A fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine includes a torque frame and a journal bearing. The torque frame has an arm that extends therefrom, the journal bearing is mounted on the arm. When the fan drive gear system is in an unloaded condition an outer circumferential surface of the journal bearing is disposed at an angle so that it is non-parallel with respect to an axis of the arm. When the fan drive gear system is in a loaded condition the outer circumferential surface is disposed substantially parallel to the axis of the arm. In another aspect, the journal bearing includes a main body, a first wing, and a second wing. The first and second wings extend from the main body and are asymmetric with respect to one another. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051987 | TURBINE SHROUD SEGMENT WITH INTER-SEGMENT OVERLAP - A turbine shroud has a plurality of shroud segments disposed circumferentially one adjacent to another. Each segment has a flow restrictor projecting integrally from one end face thereof and overlapping a corresponding end face of a circumferentially adjacent segment. The overlap between the circumferentially adjacent segments restricts gas leakage through the inter-segment gap between adjacent shroud segments. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051988 | TURBOCHARGER - A turbocharger ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130051993 | ROTATING TURBOMACHINE SEAL - An exemplary turbomachine seal assembly includes a ring seal that has a radially-facing sealing surface, an axially-facing sealing surface, and a first tapered surface. The turbomachine seal assembly also includes a spacer that has a second tapered surface. The second tapered surface interfaces with the first tapered surface to bias the radially facing sealing surface and the axially facing sealing surface toward a sealing position. | 2013-02-28 |
20130051994 | RETRACTABLE GAS TURBINE INLET COILS - A gas turbine inlet heat exchange coil assembly includes a gas turbine inlet housing formed to include an inlet and an outlet and a flow path therebetween. A plurality of adjacent coils are located in proximity to the inlet, and moveable between a closed operative position where the coils are aligned substantially in a plane so as to maximize resistance to flow along the flow path, and an open inoperative position where said coils are individually rotated substantially 90° such that the coils lie in individual, parallel planes so as to minimize resistance to flow along the flow path. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052005 | NACELLE ASSEMBLY HAVING INTEGRATED AFTERBODY MOUNT CASE - A nacelle assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an integrated afterbody mount case. The integrated afterbody mount case includes an outer ring and a plurality of spokes that extend radially inwardly from the outer ring. The outer ring includes a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The plurality of spokes are circumferentially disposed about the radially inner surface and extend radially inwardly from the radially inner surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052006 | TIE ROD FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A tie rod includes a gusset which extends between a rod and a base. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052007 | TURBINE SHROUD SEGMENT - A turbine shroud segment is metal injection molded (MIM) about a core to provide a composite structure. In one aspect, the core is held in position in an injection mold and then the MIM material is injected in the mold to form the body of the shroud segment about the core. Any suitable combination of materials can be used for the core and the MIM shroud body, each material selected for its own characteristics. The core may be imbedded in the shroud platform to provide a multilayered reinforced platform, which may offer resistance against crack propagation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052008 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL BAFFLE - An airfoil includes an airfoil wall having an exterior airfoil surface and an interior surface. The interior surface provides an airfoil cavity. A baffle is arranged in the airfoil cavity and provides a baffle wall having first and second portions spaced from one another on first and second sides. A tube interconnects the first and second portions and is configured to convey fluid through the tube between the first and second sides. The airfoil is cooled by supplying cooling fluid to a baffle arranged within an airfoil. The cooling fluid is passed through baffle cooling holes to a gap between the baffle and airfoil to cool an interior surface of the airfoil. A portion of cooling fluid is conveyed from one gap location to another gap through a tube in the baffle. Another portion of the cooling fluid is passed through film cooling holes in the airfoil. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052009 | BUCKET ASSEMBLY TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING BUCKET ASSEMBLY - A bucket assembly and a method for treating a bucket assembly are disclosed. The bucket assembly includes a platform, the platform defining a platform cooling circuit, and an airfoil extending generally radially outward from the platform, the airfoil defining an airfoil cooling circuit. The bucket assembly additionally includes a lower body portion extending generally radially inward from the platform, the lower body portion defining a root and a cooling passage extending from the root, the cooling passage in fluid communication with the airfoil cooling circuit. The bucket assembly further includes a transfer passage defined between and in fluid communication with the airfoil cooling circuit and the platform cooling circuit such that a cooling medium may flow from the airfoil cooling circuit through the transfer passage to the platform cooling circuit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052010 | Method to control the operation of a wind turbine - A method to control the operation of a wind turbine is provided. According to the method a sound of a bat in the area of the wind turbine is detected. According to the detected sound of the bat in the area of the wind turbine a parameter for the operation of the wind turbine is set. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052011 | ADVANCED WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TURBINE - An advanced warning system for a turbine, the system comprising: one or more near-field and far-field sensors locatable remotely from the turbine and upstream of the turbine; a communication link between the turbine and the one or more near-field and far-field sensors for transmitting data from the one or more near-field and far-field sensors to the turbine; and a controller for adjusting operational settings of the turbine, wherein, in use, the controller adjusts the operational settings as a function of the received data from the one or more near-field and far-field sensors. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052012 | METALLIC FAN BLADE PLATFORM - A platform is provided for use between adjacent fan blades joined to a rotor disk to provide an inner flowpath boundary. The platform includes: a metallic arcuate body with opposed forward and aft ends and opposed lateral edges; and a pair of frangible wings that extend from the lateral edges laterally and radially beyond the body. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052013 | Wide Blade Multiple Generator Wind Turbine - The present invention is a wide blade multiple generator wind turbine, which produces electrical energy by harnessing the kinetic energy of the wind to rotate multiple generators. Unlike traditional wind turbines, the present invention uses wide blades to focus on producing more torque rather than rotational speed. The wide blades are concentrically attached to a large drive wheel. The drive wheel is engaged to each of the generators and must be large enough to properly transfer the torque produced by the wide blades to the generators. The present invention could either position the generators concentrically around the drive wheel, which would directly engage the drive wheel to the generators, or position the generators laterally along the base structure, which would engage the drive wheel to the generators through a belt-and-pulley system or a chain-and-gear system. In addition to harnessing wind power, the present invention is design to absorb solar energy through the surface of the wide blades. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052014 | SPINNAKER SAILS FROM INTERWOVEN STRAPS FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER FROM WIND - New types of “airborne spinnaker sails” are disclosed, made from high-strength straps that are interwoven in a manner that preserves open space between them. These devices, referred to as “webbing sails” or simply “web sails”, are designed for use in conjunction with buoyant lifting devices, to capture and harvest wind energy in a way which will generate large mechanical pulling forces, which can be used to drive electric power generators. These types of web sails are designed to operate in winds that exceed 100 or even 150 miles per hour. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052015 | ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD IN CONNECTION WITH A FLOATING WIND TURBINE - The present invention relates to a floating wind turbine ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130052016 | PITCH CONTROL OF CONTRA-ROTATING AIRFOIL BLADES - A pitch control mechanism for an open rotor gas turbine engine is provided, the engine having a first rotor assembly and a second rotor assembly, with a plurality of airfoil blades circumferentially mounted on each rotor assembly, and arranged in contra-rotational relationship to each other. The pitch control mechanism includes an actuator assembly configured to be secured to a non-rotating frame of the engine, the actuator assembly having a first actuator and a second actuator, with the actuator assembly being rotationally isolatable from and couplable to the first and second rotor assemblies such that, in use, an actuation signal from the first or second actuator induces a corresponding desired change in pitch of the airfoil blades of the respective first or second rotor assembly independently of the pitch of the airfoil blades of the second or first rotor assembly. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052021 | ROTOR ASYMMETRY - A gas turbine engine has a section, such as a compressor section, with at least two spaced apart stator assemblies and an asymmetrical rotor assembly positioned between the spaced apart stator assemblies. The asymmetrical rotor assembly has a rotor array which is asymmetric about at least one diameter of the rotor assembly. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052022 | ROTOR FOR A COMPRESSOR OF A GAS TURBINE - A rotor, for a compressor of a gas turbine, comprising a rotatable support for rotation about an axis of rotation and a plurality of blades. Each blade comprising a hub, a leading edge and a trailing edge and a chord is defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge. Each of the blades extends from its hub away from the rotatable support and at least one of the blades has a hub-thickness to chord ratio greater than 10 percent. The leading edge of the at least one of the blades at its hub is positioned at a leading-edge-hub-radius from a position of the axis of rotation and the trailing edge of the at least one of the blades is positioned at its hub at a trailing-edge-hub-radius from the position of the axis of rotation. The trailing-edge-hub-radius is greater than the leading-edge-hub-radius. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052023 | PITCH BEARING FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES - A pitch bearing for a wind turbine rotor includes a rotor hub and at least one rotor blade, the pitch bearing includes a cylindrical inner bearing ring connectable to a rotor blade of the wind turbine rotor, a cylindrical outer bearing ring connectable to the rotor hub of the wind turbine rotor and an annular reinforcement section for reinforcing the outer bearing ring. The annular reinforcement section adjoins the cylindrical outer bearing ring at its radial outer surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052024 | Turbine Nozzle Vane Retention System - The present application provides a turbine nozzle vane retention system. The turbine nozzle vane retention system may include a number of nozzles with a platform, a slot extending into the platform, and a pin extending between the slot of a first nozzle and the slot of a second nozzle, | 2013-02-28 |
20130052025 | REPLACEABLE STAKING INSERT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A rotor assembly. The rotor assembly may include a rotor, at least one axial slot positioned about the rim of the rotor having a first staking recess positioned therein, a blade positioned within each of the axial slots having a second staking recess positioned therein, a staking insert having a base portion and a projection extending therefrom with the base portion being disposed within the first staking recess and the projection being disposed within the second staking recess, and a shim positioned within the first staking recess adjacent to the base portion, opposite the projection, of the staking insert. The first staking recess retains the staking insert while the projection of the staking insert retains the blade in both the aft and forward directions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052026 | AXIAL RETENTION SYSTEM FOR A BLADED ROTOR WITH MULTIPLE BLADE TYPES - A bladed rotor includes a blade lock mountable to a rotor hub adjacent to a multiple of blade slots. The blade lock includes at least one interface feature adjacent to a first of the multiple of blade slots. A first rotor blade includes a blade feature which interfaces with the interface feature to permit the first rotor blade to be axially mounted within the first of the multiple of blade slots but not within a remainder of the multiple of blade slots. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052027 | HYDROFOIL WITH FEATURES TO GENERATE CAVITATION - A hydrofoil includes a hydrofoil body that extends between a base and a tip, a leading end and a trailing end, and a suction side and a pressure side that define a thickness there between. The hydrofoil body includes a discontinuous slope on at least one of the suction side or the pressure side. The discontinuous slope extends in a span-wise direction between the base and the tip such that the discontinuous slope decreases the thickness of the hydrofoil body from the leading end to the trailing end. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052028 | TURBINE ASSEMBLIES - A turbine assembly comprising a plurality of turbine blades, each blade having a setting angle distribution such that the thrust coefficient of the blade increases with rotational speed of the turbine assembly up to a first rotational speed and decreases significantly beyond the first rotational speed up to a runaway speed for the turbine assembly. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052029 | HOLLOW CORE AIRFOIL STIFFENER RIB - A stiffener rib for a non-cooled, hollow core airfoil of a turbine blade is described. The stiffener rib is constituted by an elongated solid metal piece dimensioned for securement in a hollow region of a core portion of the airfoil. The stiffener rib is shaped and oriented upwards from a leading edge of the airfoil at a predetermined calculated angle to minimize mode 2 deformation of the blade at a trailing edge thereof while improving the rigidity of the turbine blade. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052030 | CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE VANE STRUCTURE WITH OVERWRAP FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A vane structure for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil section with a platform segment adjacent to a ring. An insert is adjacent to the platform segment and an overwrap is wound around the ring and the insert. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052033 | WIND TURBINE PROVIDED WITH A SLAT ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade for a rotor of a wind turbine having a substantially horizontal rotor shaft, the rotor comprising a hub from which the blade extends in a substantially radial direction when mounted to the hub. The wind turbine blade comprises a profiled contour defining a leading edge and a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge, the profiled contour generating a lift when being impacted by an incident air-flow, and a slat assembly located on the blade, the slat assembly comprising a slat device being supported by a support device positioning the slat device in a distance from the surface of the blade. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052034 | NON-ROTATING STATIONARY GROUND TUBE FOR A WIND FAIRING - A stationary ground tube for use in an aircraft rotor fairing includes a first cylindrical portion including a first bore aligned along a longitudinal axis, the cylindrical body portion having a tubular body from a first end to a second end; and a second cylindrical portion coupled to the first cylindrical portion, the second cylindrical portion including a second bore aligned along the longitudinal axis. The second cylindrical portion is coupled to the aircraft rotor fairing via at least one attachment device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052039 | PUMP ASSEMBLY - A pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump driven by an electric motor and is provided with a time display which is formed by an annular row of light diodes, wherein a time is assigned to each light diode. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052040 | TWO-AXIS ADJUSTABLE MUD PIPE JOINT - Disclosed is a pipe having a cylindrical inner wall, a rig end, the rig end having an inner wall having an inside diameter and a remote end. The remote end further comprises a first hemispheric extension that extends from the remote end to at least an outer diameter. A second hemispheric extension connects a surface at an outer cylindrical surface to a pipe exterior wall, wherein the first hemispheric extension and second hemispheric extension form a partial sphere through which, a cavity defined by the inner wall extends. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052043 | ROTORS - A rotor is provided. The rotor comprises external blades for use in causing rotation of the rotor, and internal blades for use in propelling a fluid through the rotor during rotation of the rotor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052044 | FLUID FEEDING PUMP, MEDICAL APPARATUS, AND AIR BUBBLE DETECTION METHOD FOR FLUID FEEDING PUMP - A fluid feeding pump which varies a volume of a pump chamber and thus feeds a fluid out of the pump chamber, includes: a piezoelectric element which accumulates electric charges inside when a voltage is applied, and which deforms according to an amount of accumulated electric charges and thus increases or decreases the volume of the pump chamber; a drive unit which applies a drive signal with a waveform increasing to a predetermined maximum voltage and then decreasing, and thus drives the piezoelectric element; and an air bubble determining unit which detects a current flowing through the piezoelectric element within a predetermined period after the drive signal is applied to the piezoelectric element, and thus determines whether there are air bubbles in the pump chamber or not. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052047 | VARIABLE OUTPUT PUMP - A variable output pump includes a fluid input, a control stage pump having an input portion and an output portion, a main stage pump having an input portion and an output portion, and a differential linkage in mechanical communication with the control stage pump and the main stage pump. The input portion of the control stage pump is in fluid communication with the fluid input and the input portion of the main stage pump is in fluid communication with the fluid input and the output portion of the control stage pump. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052048 | Coaster fan - A personal fan generally comprises a source of electrical power such as, for example a power supply unit and a fan motor supported by an interposed arm. Where the fan motor has one or more blades that propel air towards the user. A battery housing that supports a cup or mug situated above it that serve as a beverage holder or holds snacks. The battery housing attached to an on and off switch that interrupts the fan's operation. The handle on the mug that may serve as a battery compartment and may stabilize the fan motor situated on the opposite side. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052057 | VANE PUMP APPARATUS AND METHOD - The invention relates to a vane pump, comprising an electric drive unit having an electric motor and a motor shaft, a pump chamber, attached on the electric drive unit, a rotor having a plurality of blades, said rotor being arranged concentrically to the motor shaft within the pump chamber, wherein the motor shaft is engaged with the rotor by way of a tappet which is connected torsionally rigid with the motor shaft and the tappet comprises at least one tappet peg, which is engaged in a rotor recess that corresponds to the tappet peg, wherein the at least one rotor recess has an oval shape and the tappet peg is contoured in such a way that two first slightly curved contoured sections each form one contact area with one oblong planar section each of the rotor recess. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052058 | ELECTRIC PUMP UNIT - A pump body is formed of a pump housing and a pump plate provided in front of the pump housing. A motor housing is fixed to a rear end of the pump housing, and accommodates a pump driving electric motor. A bearing device that supports a motor shaft includes a first bearing that is arranged in a closed-end hole formed in a rear face of the pump plate and supporting a front end portion of the motor shaft, and a second bearing that is arranged radially inward of a cylindrical bearing support portion formed in the pump housing and extending inside the motor housing and that supports a middle portion of the motor shaft. A pump rotor is arranged between the first bearing and the second bearing. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052059 | PORTABLE BATTERY OPERATED BILGE PUMP - A pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power to the pump, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the pump when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an “ON” position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the “ON” position. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052060 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY POWERED UTILITY PUMP WITH SERIES CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONFIGURATION - A utility pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a series configuration of integral pumps, and also configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power for providing to the series configuration of the integral pumps, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the series configuration of the integral pumps when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an “ON” position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the “ON” position. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052063 | TUBE ACCOMMODATION OF A ROLLER PUMP - A peristaltic pump for medical purposes includes a pump casing in which a tube accommodation chamber is formed. In one embodiment, a pump head is rotatably mounted in the tube accommodation chamber. A tube unit is adapted to be inserted in the tube accommodation chamber such that a tube of the tube unit is engaged with the pump head in a manner to at least partially encompass the pump head. For this purpose, a tensioning device is arranged at the pump casing. The tensioning device cooperates with the tube unit so as to tension the tube around the pump head. The tensioning device may include a lever mechanism, wherein a lever element of the lever mechanism simultaneously forms or comprises a protective cap for at least partially covering the tube accommodation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052064 | HIGH PRESSURE PUMP - A high-pressure pump has: a plunger; a pump body; a cover member for covering the pump body and forming a fuel chamber; a pulsation damper body constructed of upper and lower diaphragms with their peripheral edge portions joined and for reducing pressure pulsation in the chamber, the upper and lower diaphragms trapping gas having a given pressure between them; an upper support member having an upper ring-shaped part and an upper support body, the upper ring-shaped part being joined to the peripheral edge portion of the upper diaphragm, the upper support body extending from the upper ring-shaped part and abutting on the cover member; and a lower support member having a lower ring-shaped part and a lower support body, the lower ring-shaped part being joined to the peripheral edge portion of the lower diaphragm, the lower support body extending from the lower ring-shaped part and abutting on the pump body. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052067 | Downhole Motors and Pumps with Improved Stators and Methods of Making and Using Same - In one aspect, the disclosure provides an apparatus for use downhole that in one configuration includes a stator including a housing having an inner contour and a liner lining the inner contour of the stator housing, wherein thickness of the liner is non-equidistant around the inner contour of the housing. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052068 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor including a casing, a scroll compression mechanism that compresses refrigerant, a driving motor that has a driving shaft, an insulator and a stator, and is connected to the scroll compression mechanism through the driving shaft to drive the scroll compression mechanism, a main frame that supports the scroll compression mechanism in the casing, a bearing plate that has a boss portion in which the driving shaft is inserted, and supports the driving shaft of the driving motor in the casing, and a cover that covers the surrounding of the driving shaft between the driving motor and the bearing plate and is formed of an insulating material and provided to the insulator of the driving motor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052071 | VANE PUMP - A back pressure groove which is formed in a plate coming into contact with a side surface of a rotor and is communicated with a high pressure chamber is formed in such a manner as to copy an annular locus drawn by a base end of a vane which slides within a vane groove while coming into slidable contact with a cam surface of a cam ring, at a time when the rotor rotates one time. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052072 | LUBRICATION OF SCREW MACHINES - A screw machine for use with a working fluid with a liquid phase present comprises rotors having meshed, lubricated helical formations. The rotors have an ‘N’ profile as disclosed in WO 97/43550. In use, lubrication of the helical formations of the rotors and optionally of the rotor bearings is achieved substantially exclusively with the liquid phase of the working fluid. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052073 | VANE PUMP - In a vane pump, when discharge pressures of respective discharge ports are different from each other, an extension length A of a notch groove which is provided in the discharge port in a side of a high discharge pressure is set longer than an extension length B of a notch groove which is provided in the discharge port in a side of a low discharge pressure. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052074 | MANUFACTURING OF TURBINE SHROUD SEGMENT WITH INTERNAL COOLING PASSAGES - A turbine shroud segment is metal injection molded (MIM) about a low melting point material insert. The low melting point material is dissolved using heat during the heat treatment cycle required for the MIM material, thereby leaving internal cooling passages in the MIM shroud segment without extra manufacturing operation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052075 | METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A WEAR PAD FOR A BAND SAW BLADE GUIDE, SUCH A WEAR PAD, AND THE USE OF A STEEL MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING THE WEAR PAD - A wear pad of a band saw guide exposed to wear from a moving band saw blade is produced in a powder metallurgical manner from a steel material having the following composition, in percent by weight: 0.01-2 C, 0.01-3.0 Si, 0.01-10.0 Mn, 16-33 Cr, max. 5 Ni, 0.01-5.0 (W+Mo/2), max. 9 Co, max. 0.5 S, 1.6-9.8 N, 7.5 to 14 of (V+Nb/2), wherein the contents of N and of (V+Nb/2) are balanced in relation to each other so that the contents of the elements are within a range I″, F″, G, H, I″ in a coordinate system, where the content of N is the abscissa and the content of (V+Nb/2) is the ordinate, and where the coordinates for the points (in the format [x: (N, (V+Nb/2)]) are [I″: (1.6, 7.5)], [F″: (5.8, 7.5)], [G: (9.8, 14.0)], and [H: (2.6, 14.0)], max 7 of any of Ti, Zr, and Al; and a balance essentially only iron and unavoidable impurities. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052076 | SEPARATION METHOD - A process for recovering metal from a process material comprising the metal and a component that is more volatile than the metal, which process comprises:
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20130052079 | STERILIZING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHOSPHORS FOR CONVERTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO UVC RADIATION AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - There is disclosed a composition for converting electromagnetic energy to ultraviolet C (UVC) radiation or radiation of a shorter wavelength, the composition comprising at least one phosphor capable of converting an initial electromagnetic energy (A) to an electromagnetic energy (B) comprising UVC radiation or radiation of a shorter wavelength, and an organic or inorganic media containing said phosphor. There is also a method of sterilizing an article by exposing it to UVC radiation or radiation of a shorter wavelength for a time sufficient to deactivate or kill at least one microorganism and/or for a time sufficient to inhibit abnormal cell growth within the body, when said composition is in an implantable medical device. A method of coating an article with such compositions is also disclosed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052080 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The automatic analyzer detects a trace amount of reaction solution at a high S/N with stability. The analyzer allows a photomultiplier to detect light from the reaction solution containing a luminescent substance through an optical window. To process the output from the photomultiplier to analyze the amount of the luminescent substance contained in the reaction solution, an optical transmission system is interposed between the optical window and the photomultiplier. The optical transmission system includes a light inlet opposed to the optical window; a light outlet opposed to the light-receiving surface of the detector; and a reflector on which an incident beam of light from the light inlet is reflected to propagate to the light outlet. This configuration allows the effects of temperature-dependent noise from a flow cell to be reduced while preventing a drop in the amount of light from the luminescent substance, thereby implementing analysis at a high S/N. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052081 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY FLUORESCENT ASSAYS - This invention relates to a detection system for measuring a fluorescent signal in a fluorescent assay. The system comprises a probe having a small sensing surface bound with a fluorescent label, and a light source and a detector both mounted at the proximal side of the sensing surface of the substrate. The invention also relates to a method for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample using a probe tip having a small surface area (≦5 mm) and a high molecular weight polymer (≧1 MD) having multiple binding molecules and multiple fluorescent labels. The binding reaction is accelerated by flowing the reaction solutions laterally and moving the probe tip up and down in the reaction vessels. The invention furthers relates to a fluorescent labeling composition comprising a cross-linked FICOLL® molecule having a plurality of binding molecules and a plurality of fluorescent labels. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052082 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A SAMPLE ON A TEST ELEMENT - The invention relates to an analysis system for analyzing a sample on a test element. The system has an analysis unit for generating a signal as a function of an analyte contained in a sample, and a detection unit for detecting the signal. The analysis system further includes a test element holder into which the test element can be reversibly introduced and in which it can be positioned relative to the analysis unit and the detection unit. The test element contains at least one guide element, which is suitable for laterally guiding the test element, so that the test element in the test element holder is held and guided only on an outer region of the test element, and an inner region of the test element introduced into the test element holder remains free. The test element contains a sample application site in the inner region. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052083 | COLUMN HEATER WITH ACTIVE PRE-HEATING - To heat a flowing liquid, an apparatus includes a heater block assembly having a heater block made of thermally conductive material. The heater block assembly has a tube inlet, a tube outlet, and a tube path between the tube inlet and tube outlet. Tubing extends through the tube path from the tube inlet to the tube outlet. The tubing is in thermal communication with the heater block. A heater cartridge, in thermal communication with the heater block, is configured to provide heat to the heater block for transfer to liquid flowing through the tubing between the tube inlet and the tube outlet of the heater block assembly. Circuitry is in electrical communication with the heater cartridge to control a temperature of the heater block by controlling operation of the heater cartridge. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052084 | CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS BASED ON RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION - An embodiment of the invention described herein is directed to a detection system utilizing at least one radiofrequency identification (RFID) sensor comprising: an RFID sensor comprising: a substrate; an antenna; a sensor material selected to be sensitive to one of chemical or biological environment; and a reader, wherein said reader is configured to measure a signal in the form of a complex impedance from said RFID tag wherein said signal comprises a plurality of frequencies and a frequency shift of the maximum of the imaginary part of the complex impedance, a frequency shift of the minimum of the imaginary part of the complex impedance, a frequency shift of the maximum of the real part of the complex impedance, and changes in magnitude of the real part of the complex impedance; and, wherein said complex impedance is related to a nature and a concentration of analyte species derived from multivariate analysis. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052085 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention relates to especially microfluidic analysis systems where the emitted light of a emitting source is measured by optic detection, and where a transparent body separates the emitting source from the optic detector. The invention especially relates to optic calibration of the device, the calibration being related to changes in the transparency of the transparent body and/or changes in the temperature of the emitting source. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052086 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine is provided with an exhaust purification catalyst where NO | 2013-02-28 |
20130052087 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine of the present invention, a silver-alumina-based catalyst device and NO | 2013-02-28 |
20130052088 | APPARATUS FOR SOLIDIFYING AND CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO CARBONATE - The present invention provides an apparatus for solidifying and converting carbon dioxide into carbonate, comprising: an alkali component extraction reactor for extracting an alkali metal component from a raw slag; a carbonation reactor for injecting carbon dioxide into an alkali metal component solution containing the extracted alkali metal component to produce a carbonate precipitate from the alkali metal component solution; a first filtration device connected between the alkali component extraction reactor and the carbonation reactor to separate a post-treatment slag, from which the alkali component is extracted, from the alkali metal component solution; and a second filtration device connected between an inlet of the alkali component extraction reactor and an outlet of the carbonation reactor to separate the carbonate from the alkali metal component solution after the carbonation reaction. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052089 | DEVICE FOR STERILIZING CLOSURES FOR CONTAINERS - An apparatus for sterilizing cap-like container closures includes a transport system for moving closures through treatment zones. The first zone preheats the closures, the second exposes them to a sterilizing agent, and the third activates or dries them. The first and third zones each have a rotor that circulates about a rotor axis thereof, and closure holders formed on a periphery thereof for moving closures through the first zone from a closure pickup disposed therein to a first closure delivery position, and through the third zone from a second closure delivery position disposed therein to a closure discharge. The second treatment zone is between the first and second closure delivery positions such that closures delivered to the first position, after passing the second zone and after exposure to the sterilizing agent, are passed on to a closure holder ready at the second position of the rotor in the third zone | 2013-02-28 |
20130052090 | PHOTO-CATALYTIC AIR PURIFIER SYSTEM WITH ILLUMINATED ANGLED SUBSTRATE - A photo-catalytic oxidizing (PCO) assembly including a PCO substrate including a first and second outer surface, and a plurality of air passages having a depth that extend between the first outer surface to the second outer surface at an angle that is not orthogonal to the first outer surface is described. A photo-catalyst is disposed on the substrate and stimulated using an ultra violet light source. An air cleaner using the PCO assembly is also described. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052101 | Laboratory Incubator Having Improved Interior Humidification - The invention relates to a laboratory climatic cabinet, in particular a gassed incubator, having an interior enclosed by a housing and the steam generator arranged outside the interior, which is connected to the interior via a steam feed line. The steam generator is designed as an essentially unpressurized container having a base area and a steam region located above it, the base area being designed to accommodate a water reservoir and being provided with a heating device for heating the water reservoir, the steam feed line leaving the steam generator in the area of the steam region and an air feed line opening into the steam generator, in order to feed ambient air to the steam generator and to introduce air enriched with water steam via the steam feed line in essentially unpressurized form into the interior of the incubator. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052102 | INSERT FOR A SAMPLE CHAMBER OF A MULTI-WELL PLATE - An insert for a sample chamber of a multi-well plate, which delimits the sample chamber upwardly, so as to form a measurement space, when the insert is in the state in which it is fitted into the sample chamber. The insert has at least two portions with outer contours differing from one another, one of the portions being a sealing portion with a continuous sealing surface, which sealing portion is adapted to a corresponding, in particular hollow-cylindrical sealing portion, with a likewise continuous sealing surface, of the sample chamber, in such a way that the insert sealing portion and the sample chamber sealing portion can be connected to one another releasably and in a liquid-tight manner by means of a press fit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052103 | PROCESSES FOR EXTRACTING ALUMINUM FROM ALUMINOUS ORES - There are provided processes for extracting aluminum ions from aluminous ores and for preparing alumina. Such processes can be used with various types of aluminous ores such as aluminous ores comprising, for example, various types of metals such as Fe, K, Mg, Na, Ca, Mn, Ba, Zn, Li, Sr, V, Ni, Cr, Pb, Cu, Co, Sb, As, B, Sn, Be, Mo, or mixtures thereof. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052104 | PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF METALS AND HYDROCHLORIC ACID - A method for recovering hydrochloric acid and metal oxides from a chloride liquor is described. The method uses a chloride liquor including the metal and mixing the liquor and a matrix solution to produce a reaction mixture, wherein the matrix solution assists oxidation/hydrolysis of the metal with HCl production. In a preferred embodiment the matrix solution includes zinc chloride in various stages of hydration and an oxygen containing gas is added to the mix. A method where the improvement is the mixing of a liquor and a matrix solution where the solution assists hydrolysis of the metal with HCl production is also disclosed. The reactor is a column reactor in a preferred embodiment. Further disclosed is the method of using the matrix solution and a reactor for recovering hydrochloric acid and for oxidizing/hydrolysis of a metal. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052105 | System and Method for Processing Aqueous Solutions - A system and method for processing aqueous solutions is provided. A method for controlled bubble collapse is provided, which catalyzes chemical reactions in aqueous solutions that cause metal and other ions and compounds in solution to form hydroxide, oxide, protonated, polyatomic and other stable precipitate species, compounds or complexes. The reactions convert metal ions in solution into stable metal hydroxide, oxide and other precipitates or solid complexes. Further processing including recirculation, detention, precipitate formation and detection can be utilized. Pressure and flow modulated and regulated recirculation of precipitate laden aqueous solution through a hydrocyclone particle or precipitate separation circuit can also be utilized. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052106 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FERROUS SULPHATE MONOHYDRATE - The invention provides a process for the production of ferrous sulphate monohydrate which comprises: (a) reacting a source of iron with an aqueous solution of sulphuric acid in at least a first reaction vessel, to obtain a process liquor comprising ferrous sulphate and acid solution; and then (b) combining the process liquor with concentrated sulphuric acid in a mixing vessel, causing the solution to self crystallize, thus forming a slurry comprising crystalline ferrous sulfate monohydrate. The slurry can, if desired, then be converted to ferric sulphate. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052107 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A technique that, in an exhaust gas purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine, can avoid a decrease in a NOx purification rate by adding a reducing agent as continuously as possible, while avoiding NH | 2013-02-28 |
20130052108 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING OXIDES OF ZIRCONIUM, CERIUM AND ANOTHER RARE EARTH HAVING REDUCED MAXIMUM REDUCIBILITY TEMPERATURE, A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF IN THE FIELD OF CATALYSIS - A composition is described that includes oxides of zirconium, cerium and another rare earth different from cerium, having a cerium oxide content not exceeding 50 wt % and, after calcination at 1000° C. for 6 hours, a maximal reducibility temperature not exceeding 500° C. and a specific surface of at least 45 m | 2013-02-28 |
20130052109 | COMPOSITIONS FOR ABSORBING CARBON DIOXIDE, AND RELATED PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS - A carbon dioxide absorbent is disclosed. The absorbent compostion contains a liquid, non-aqueous, silicon-based material, functionalized with one or more groups that reversibly react with CO | 2013-02-28 |
20130052110 | VAPOUR SUPPRESSION ADDITIVE - A process for removing CO | 2013-02-28 |
20130052113 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PURIFICATION OF THE AIR - The invention relates to a method and a device for the purification of air by passing a flow of the air through a filter having a photocatalytic action subjected to UV lighting, said filter comprising a felt of mineral fibers, the fibers of which are coated with a material having a photocatalytic action, the residence time of the air in contact with the filter being greater than 70 msec and the UV lighting having a power of less than 35 mW per cm | 2013-02-28 |
20130052114 | METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM BORON POWDER - Methods for removing an organic contaminant from contaminated boron powder are provided. One method includes providing a contaminated boron powder, the boron powder being comingled with an organic contaminant. The method also includes placing the contaminated boron powder and the organic contaminant comingled therewith onto an inert container. The method includes placing the inert container, the contaminated boron powder, and the organic contaminant comingled therewith, into an enclosed space. A heat source is provided in the enclosed space. The method also includes heating the contaminated boron powder and the organic contaminant comingled therewith to an elevated temperature. The method includes altering the organic contaminant so as to reduce the amount of the organic contaminant comingled with the boron powder. Another method includes reducing the amount of the organic contaminant comingled with the boron powder to not more than about 0.1 weight percent of soluble residue. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052115 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPHERICAL MESOPOROUS SILICA CONTAINING DISPERSED SILVER NANOPATICLES, AND SPHERICAL MESOPOROUS SILICA MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of preparing a spherical mesoporous silica structure containing silver nanoparticles dispersed therein by adding a silver nitrate solution to an aqueous surfactant solution and performing a sol-gel process and to spherical mesoporous silica prepared thereby. The spherical mesoporous silica is cost-effective compared to a conventional method that uses silver nanoparticles as a raw material, because the silver nitrate solution that is inexpensive compared to silver nanoparticles is used. Also, the spherical mesoporous silica can be with high productivity in large amounts, and thus is easily commercialized. Moreover, because silver nanoparticles are incorporated into the pores of the mesoporous silica, the silver nanoparticles are used stably and do not change color and odor. In addition, the spherical mesoporous silica exhibits various additional effects, including far-infrared ray emission and deodorization, attributable to silica. | 2013-02-28 |
20130052116 | CHITOSAN FILMS WITH REDUCED SHRINKAGE AND LAMINATES MADE THEREFROM - Inclusion of a needle structured clay or the plate structured clay sodium montmorillonite in a chitosan film was found to reduce shrinkage of the film. The needle structured clay is purified and processed into a substantially dispersed form by subjecting an aqueous slurry of the clay with water-soluble phosphate dispersant to a high pressure, high shear mixing process or to sonication. Laminates fabricated from chitosan film including dispersed clay can be used in make a variety of finished articles that can be used to provide protection from hazardous chemical and biological agents. | 2013-02-28 |