13th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110073017 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TELESCOPING ADJUSTABLE EQUIPMENT MOUNTING FIXTURE - An adjustable equipment curb has upper and lower frames, each having opposed first and second length-adjustable sides and opposed length-adjustable first and second ends interconnectable to form a rigid frame and height-adjustable mounting legs. The lower frame may be used alone, or may support the upper frame through a shock mount system having mounts affixed to both the upper and lower frames and shock absorbing springs between the mounts. The frames may be formed of interconnecting channel members, and the lower frame channel members may be of a perforated construction that, in conjunction with applied sheathing, provides acoustic damping. Seismic brackets may be affixed to the either of the frames to provide resist seismic shock and developed moment resistance. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073018 | PLASTIC PALLET - A pallet has a top deck member and a bottom deck member. The top deck member has an upper surface, and a lower surface defined by a plurality of first cross-rib members. The bottom deck member has an upper portion and runners extending downwardly therefrom in a unitary construction. The upper portion has an upper surface defined by a plurality of second cross-rib members which correspond to the first cross-rib members and securely attached to mount the top and bottom decks to each other. The runners have a lower surface and extend transversely across the pallet in a parallel orientation, and also have a plurality of upright members and support members extending between the upright members and integrally formed therewith in a unitary construction. The plurality of second cross-rib members extend generally vertically from the top deck to the lower surface of the runners. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073019 | SAFE ANCHORING DEVICE - A safe anchoring device for anchoring a safe to a floor. In addition to anchoring the safe, the safe anchoring device simultaneously provides a watertight and airtight seal for the interior of the safe. A tunnel connects the interior housing to the exterior housing. Insulation is between the interior housing and the exterior housing. A removable top cover covers the tunnel on the inside of the safe at the interior housing. When the anchoring device is used to anchor the safe to the floor, a removable threaded locking bolt extends through the tunnel and is threaded onto a threaded tube section of a bottom cover while the bottom cover is securely attached to the floor. In a preferred embodiment, when the safe is anchored to the floor the watertight and airtight seal is provided by a gasket under the top cover and an O-ring under the bolt head of the threaded locking bolt. When the safe is not anchored to the floor, the threaded locking bolt is removed and the bottom cover covers the tunnel at the exterior housing. In a preferred embodiment, when the safe is not anchored to the floor the watertight and airtight seal is provided by gaskets under the top cover and the bottom cover. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073020 | Oxyfuel Combustion Boiler Plant - An oxyfuel combustion boiler plant comprising: an air separation unit for manufacturing oxygen by separating nitrogen from air, a boiler having a burner for burning the oxygen supplied from the air separation unit and pulverized coal, and a primary system pipe for supplying the pulverized coal to the burner, an exhaust gas recirculation system pipe for supplying combustion exhaust gas discharged from the boiler to the primary system pipe, and a carbon dioxide capture unit for capturing carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas discharged from the boiler, the oxyfuel combustion boiler plant is further comprising: an oxygen supply pipe for supplying the oxygen manufactured by the air separation unit to the primary system pipe in the burner, and a pipe for supplying the combustion exhaust gas discharged from the boiler to the oxygen supply pipe, wherein an injection port of the oxygen supply pipe is disposed on an upstream side of an injection portion of the burner. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073021 | RISER TOP STRUCTURE FOR CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION FURNACE - A lateral duct | 2011-03-31 |
20110073022 | PRIMARY OXIDANT FEED TO OXY-FIRED CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED (CFB) - A system for feeding a primary oxidant to an oxy-fired circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler. The system includes a plurality of bubble cap assemblies each comprising a stem and a bubble cap with at least one exit hole, each bubble cap connected via a stem to at least one windbox, the windbox containing at least one manifold. A plurality of pipes are provided, each pipe located within a bubble cap assembly with an open end located either at, above or below the exit holes of the bubble caps and an opposite end connected to the manifold located inside each windbox. Recycle gas is piped into the windbox, to the stem, and exiting from the exit holes located in the bubble cap into the CFB. Oxygen is piped into the manifold, through the pipes and exiting through the exit holes located in the bubble cap. The pipe may further contain means placed at its open end, to prevent accidental inlet of hot particles into the pipe, such as a debris shield placed above and proximate to the open end of the pipe or by having the open end oriented in a downward direction. An insulating gap may also be placed inside the bubble cap to reduce thermal conductance between the bubble cap outer surface that is exposed to hot bed material and the inner surface of the bubble cap, being in contact with oxygen. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073023 | EXHAUST PROCESSING AND HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A thermally efficiency regenerative air preheater | 2011-03-31 |
20110073024 | PRESCISION HOE OPENER WITH SWING LINK BETWEEN CYLINDER AND SHANK - A precision hoe opener assembly is provided with improved accuracy of seeding as well as improved control over the opener and packer wheel assemblies. The opener assembly includes a hydraulically-driven parallel linkage assembly, a lost motion linkage, a hoe opener, and a packer wheel. The design provides improved seeding accuracy, by adjusting assembly components to and compensating for changes in terrain elevation. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073025 | Method And System For Transplanting Large Trees - A method for moving large trees by cutting trenches around the tree so as to define a generally rectangular root ball for the tree and positioning a box structure in an excavated area along one side of the defined root ball so that the box structure can be pulled beneath the tree to as to sever the root ball. One side of the box structure is open and has a cutting plate that can be pulled under the tree. A pulling mechanism is positioned in a second excavated area on an opposite side of the root ball and cables are attached to the box structure so that it can be pulled beneath the root ball to sever and capture the ball. The open side of the box structure is then closed and lifting devices attached to the structure to allow the tree to be lifted from the ground. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073026 | AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE AND SYSTEM - An apparatus and method are disclosed for applying an agricultural material through a standing crop. The apparatus is capable of adjusting the height and width of the frame of the apparatus. A trailer is disclosed that is capable of adjusting trailer width to transport the apparatus. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING AIR FLOW THROUGH SUPPLY CONDUITS THROUGH WHICH PRODUCT ENTRAINED IN AN AIR FLOW IS PROVIDED TO MULTIPLE ON-ROW PRODUCT CONTAINERS OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT - The present invention provides a method and apparatus to improve seed distribution to a plurality of seed or row units of an agricultural planter. Each row unit is fitted with a seed box having an air/seed inlet and an air outlet through which air is allowed to escape. The present invention effectively closes off or substantially reduces the flow of air out of one or more of the seed boxes to reduce the amount of seed that is fed to the seed boxes. Through the use of restrictor plates, which may be vented to allow some air flow or solid to prevent air flow, the delivery of seed to the seed boxes can be equalized to provide more uniform seed distribution to the row units. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073028 | Sewing or Looping Head, Particularly for Automated Closing of Tubular Knitted Articles at an Axial End Thereof - A sewing or looping head, particularly for the automated closing of tubular knitted articles at one of their axial ends comprising a pair of sewing elements, which can move along corresponding actuation paths and cooperate with each other in forming a sewing chain stitch, and a cutting element, which can be actuated to cut the sewing chain stitch; in the sewing or looping head, the cutting element can engage the sewing chain stitch proximate to the crossing point of the paths of the pair of sewing elements or the point where the sewing chain stitch is formed, so as to minimize the length of the sewing chain stitch that exceeds the length needed to sew or loop the article and so as to reduce the time required to perform the sewing or looping operation. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073029 | TUNNEL THRUSTER FOR VESSELS - A tunnel thruster system for a vessel. The tunnel thruster system includes a thruster propulsion mechanism including a drive unit driving a transmission and propeller assembly located within a thruster tunnel. The thruster tunnel comprising a propeller section, first and second tapered tunnel sections interconnected with one another by the propeller section, the propeller section and the first and the second tapered tunnel sections oriented substantially transversely to a keel of the vessel and accommodating the transmission and propeller assembly. Each tapered tunnel section extends from the propeller section to a tunnel opening through a hull of the vessel. Diameters of the first and the second tapered tunnel sections corresponding to a diameter of the propeller section at the propeller section and taper outward toward a larger diameter at each of the corresponding tunnel openings through the hull of the vessel. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073030 | Over-The-Water Dock - An over-the-water dock includes a plurality of modular floating docks adjacently positioned. Each modular floating dock includes a float and a plurality of walers fixedly attaches to the float and walers include at least one outer waler and an inner waler. One or more crossbeams transversely attach to the at least one outer waler of one of the modular floating docks and the at least one outer waler of another of the modular floating docks. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073031 | BASE ASSEMBLY USEFUL IN PERMITTING A FLOATING CAMPFIRE - Disclosed is a base assembly useful in permitting a floating campfire, comprising a base shaped to float in open water, the base having an airtight pontoon portion at its periphery; and a floor defining an opening therethrough to accommodate a fire bowl to house the campfire; wherein the base assembly is constructed to counteract the weight of the campfire in use such that the base assembly floats in open water. The base assembly is preferably square in shape. The floor is preferably made of aluminum checker plate and TIG welded in a stitch pattern to the centre. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073032 | Underwater protective system to inhibit marine growth - A protective system for underwater installation on the propeller of a boat inhibits marine growth from fouling the propeller. The system includes a flexible material sized and shaped so as to be capable of being wrapped around the front and rear surfaces of the blades of a propeller and gathered so as to substantially surround the propeller. A fastening member such as a clamp or clip is affixed to the flexible material for maintaining the flexible material in the gathered state. The system further includes a link (such as a piece of line) having one end attached to the fastening member and a free second end. The link is of sufficient length such that when the flexible material is gathered about the propeller and maintained in place with the fastening member, the free end of the link extends to a location proximate to the boat at or above the waterline of the boat (such as to the transom or deck of the boat, or to a dock against which the boat is tied) wherein the link can be retrieved by a user of the boat. The link and fastening member are constructed and arranged wherein a tug on the link by the user releases the gathered flexible material permitting the retrieval of the link, and the fastening member and the flexible material as a unit from the propeller without the aid of a diver. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073033 | Underwater protective system to inhibit marine growth - A protective system for underwater installation on the propeller of a boat inhibits marine growth from fouling the propeller. The system includes a flexible material sized and shaped so as to be capable of enclosing the propeller. A member such as a clamp or clip maintains the flexible material in a state enclosing the propeller. The system further includes a link (such as a piece of line) having one end attached to the member and/or the flexible material and a free second end. The link is of sufficient length such that when the flexible material is installed about the propeller the free end of the link extends to a location proximate to the boat at or above the waterline of the boat (such as to the transom or deck of the boat, or to a dock against which the boat is tied) wherein the link can be retrieved by a user of the boat. A tug on the link by the user releases the flexible material from the propeller permitting the retrieval of the link, the member and the flexible material as a unit from the propeller without the aid of a diver. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073034 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH - The present invention relates to an apparatus for vapour phase crystal growth to produce multiple single crystals in one growth cycle comprising one central source chamber, a plurality of growth chambers, a plurality of passage means adapted for transport of vapour from the source chamber to the growth chambers, wherein the source chamber is thermally decoupled from the growth chambers. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073035 | DIE HEAD AND LIQUID COATER - A die head is disclosed comprises: a feed slot which is positioned downstream of the moving direction of the substrate and continuously feed the coating solution; a gas suction slot which is positioned upstream of the moving direction of the substrate and suctions a gas so as to create vacuum in the vicinity of the upstream edge of the bead with respect to the moving direction of the substrate; and a gas ejection slot which is positioned between the feed slot and gas suction slot and ejects a gas so as to prevent inflow of the coating solution into the gas suction slot. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073036 | Selectively Coating Luminal Surfaces of Stents - With abluminal side of a stent masked, the luminal side of the stent is selectively coated with a substance, such as an anti-coagulant, a platelet inhibitor and/or a pro-healing substance. The stent can be masked by inserting it into a rigid mandrel chamber or by compressing a masking sleeve onto the outer side of the stent. A spray nozzle inserted into the masked stent spray coats the substance onto the luminal side. The sprayed coating can be cured onto the stent such as by inserting an electrical-resistance heater bar into the stent. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073037 | EPITAXIAL GROWTH SUSCEPTOR - An epitaxial growth susceptor having a pocket that horizontally supports a single-crystal substrate in an epitaxial growth apparatus in which the pocket has an outer peripheral region with which the single-crystal substrate comes into contact to be supported; and a central region that is surrounded by the outer peripheral region and does not come into contact with the single-crystal substrate, one or more through holes that pierce the epitaxial growth susceptor are formed in the central region of the pocket, and the outer peripheral region of the pocket has a tapered shape that is inclined with a tilt angle that is greater than 0° and less than 1° in such a manner that a depth increases toward the central region, and also has a horizontal width that is 3.3% or more of a diameter of the single-crystal substrate to be supported. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073038 | GAS DISTRIBUTION PLATE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a gas distribution plate for providing at least two gas flowing channel. In one embodiment, the gas distribution plate has a first flowing channel, at least a second flowing channel disposed around the first flowing channel, and a tapered opening communicating with the first and the second flowing channel. In another embodiment, the gas distribution plate has a first flowing channel passing through a first and a second surface of the gas distribution plate, a second flowing channel paralleling to the first surface and a third flowing channel disposed at the second surface and communicating with the second flowing channel. The ends of the first and the third flowing channel have a tapered opening respectively. Besides, the present further provides a gas distribution apparatus for allowing at least two separate gases to be delivered independently into a process chamber while enabling the gases to be mixed completely after entering the processing chamber. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073039 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A novel heating method and a novel gas inject schemes for a depositing semiconductor layers on wafers with improved disposition uniformity and disposition composition, deposition rates and decreased depletion rates. The novel heating and gas design can be readily changed in size to accommodate the ever increasing demand for larger substrates, increased batch sizes and increased deposition and heating efficiencies. The heating scheme can operate to 1500° C., and has a high resolution capability for tuning the temperature and gas flows for easy of setup and improved control and repeatability of the deposition process. This novel heating and gas inject scheme in conjunction with the unconventional usage of a non-quartz process chamber promises higher throughputs and higher wafer yields and reduced manufacturing costs for the manufacturing of silicon devices, silicon solar cells and white High Brightness LEDs. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073040 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS - A substrate treatment apparatus includes: a treatment chamber in which a substrate is treated; a substrate holding unit which holds the substrate in the treatment chamber; a shield member disposed above the substrate holding unit and having an opposing surface to be brought into opposed relation to the substrate holding unit; and a gas supply portion which has a downward gas supply port having an annular shape to surround the shield member as seen in plan and is disposed on an upper portion of the treatment chamber for supplying a gas into the treatment chamber. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073041 | Epitaxially Coated Semiconductor Wafer and Device and Method For Producing An Epitaxially Coated Semiconductor Wafer - In a method for producing epitaxially coated semiconductor wafers, a multiplicity of prepared, front side-polished semiconductor wafers are successively coated individually with an epitaxial layer on their polished front sides at temperatures of 800-1200° C. in a reactor, while supporting the prepared semiconductor wafer over a susceptor having a gas-permeable structure, on a ring placed on the susceptor which acts as a thermal buffer between the susceptor and the supported semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer resting on the ring, and its backside facing but not contacting the susceptor, so that gaseous substances are delivered from a region over the backside of the semiconductor wafer by gas diffusion through the susceptor into a region over the backside of the susceptor, the semiconductor wafer contacting the ring only in an edge region of its backside, wherein no stresses measurable by means of photoelastic stress measurement (“SIRD”) occur in the semiconductor wafer. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073042 | Substrate Centering Device and Organic Material Deposition System - A substrate centering device for an organic material deposition system comprises: a plurality of substrate support holders configured to be reciprocally movable in a facing direction within an organic material deposition chamber and supporting both side portions of a substrate loaded by a robot; a substrate centering unit configured to be reciprocally movable at each of the substrate support holders and centering the substrate by guiding both side portions of the substrate; and a plurality of substrate clampers configured to be reciprocally movable in a vertical direction at each of the substrate support holders, and clamping the substrate that has been centered by the substrate centering unit. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073043 | Bird Feeder - The present invention may include a bird feeder for feeding a bird which may include a base member including a container for nectar, a cover member to cover the base member including an opening adapted to allow the bird feed the nectar, a support member to support the base member, a pole member to connect to the support member. The cover member may include an upward extending facet member, and the upward extending facet member may include a inward inclined wall and a central aperture to allow the bird to access the nectar. The cover member may include a central aperture to cooperate with the support member, and the cover member may include a perch member to allow the bird to perch on the cover member. The base member may include a first ant moat, and the base member may include a divider member to divide the container of the base member. The base member may include a central aperture to cooperate with the support member. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073044 | BIRD DRINKER ASSEMBLY WITH A TRIANGULAR SUPPLY LINE - A supply line for the water supply to poultry house drinkers is triangular in shape with the drinkers secured to a bottom surface around a drinking nipple by a quick-attach rotational movement. The triangular line has a top fin which provides additional bending strength and may have an internal fin to limit movement of the drinking nipple valve. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073045 | PET TOY INCLUDING TACTILE STIMULUS FOR EXCITEMENT AND EXERCISE OF A PET - A pet toy, including a housing, and a vibration device coupled to an interior of the housing. The vibration device is configured to cause the housing to vibrate at a frequency that stimulates a pet, but is substantially inaudible to a human. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073046 | System for controlling animal noise - Systems and methods for controlling animal noise, for example, by preventing and/or deterring the barking of dogs, are described herein. A water source is provided in communication with an animal enclosure, such that the water source is configured to provide water to the interior of the enclosure. An audio sensor is disposed proximate to and/or within the enclosure, in communication with the water source. Responsive to detection of animal noise within the enclosure, the audio sensor causes transmission of a signal to cause the water source to provide water into the enclosure, thereby deterring the animal noise. The systems and methods can utilize one or more selected sensitivity/volume thresholds, and can also include a timing mechanism for regulating the length of time that the water is provided. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073047 | Animal Restraint Apparatus And Related Methods - A process and apparatus for restraining an animal involves urging a spool containing a flexible tension link connectable to the animal, to retract the flexible tension link into a housing to which the spool is mounted. Movement of the spool in a direction associated with retraction of the flexible tension link disengages a brake urged into braking engagement with the spool, and causes the brake to engage with a lock operably configured to lock the brake in an disengaged position. The flexible tension link is permitted to be dispensed from the spool while the brake is in the disengaged position. A spool-operated actuator is operably configured to release the lock to permit the brake to engage the spool to stop dispensing the flexible tension link when a selected one of a plurality of discrete pre-determined lengths of flexible tension link has been dispensed from the spool. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073048 | PRESSURE GAIN COMBUSTION HEAT GENERATOR - Disclosed herein is an efficient heat generation device where fuel is burnt in a pressure gain combustion process. The heat generating system has an inner combustion chamber that is housed in heat exchangers. The combustion chamber walls, in one form, include fluid conduits. While different fluids could be utilized, water is most common and the term water herein is intended to define water and all functional equivalents. The water conduits (tubes) may be multi-pass longitudinal, parallel to the combustor axis or they may be winded around the combustion chamber in a spiral fashion. The combustion products exiting the combustion chamber enter the outer liner where water tube bundles extract the heat of the combustion. One embodiment also utilizes an air preheating stage. Heated water and steam generated in the heat exchanger stages wrapped around the combustor enters the final heating stage where it passes through the flame accelerators in the combustion chamber. The flame accelerators within the combustion chamber are in the hottest region in the combustor and therefore exchanging heat at high temperatures increases the efficiency of the steam generation cycle. It also increases the produced steam quality. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073049 | IN-BED SOLIDS CONTROL VALVE - A circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler comprising a reaction chamber. A bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) is contained within an enclosure within the lower portion of the reaction chamber and contains an in-bed heat exchanger (IBHX) that occupies part of the reaction chamber floor. At least one non-mechanical valve, which includes an opening between the CFB and BFB and independently controlled fluidizing means located both upstream and downstream of the opening, is used to control the heat transfer to the IBHX by controlling the solids discharge from the BFB to the CFB. The elevation of the bottom of the opening is at or above the elevation of the fluidizing means. A flow control barrier may be located downstream of the opening. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073050 | CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED (CFB) WITH IN-FURNACE SECONDARY AIR NOZZLES - A circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler includes a reaction chamber, where a bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) is contained within an enclosure within the lower portion of the reaction chamber and contains an in-bed heat exchanger (IBHX) that occupies part of the reaction chamber floor. A plurality of in-bed secondary air nozzles comprise a plurality of tubes which are grouped together and run across the width of the BFB between the BFB enclosure wall and an outside wall of the CFB. The nozzles are positioned to prevent the deflection of solids falling onto the BFB from the CFB by the secondary air jets while avoiding a complicated structure that would interfere with gas and/or solids movement in the furnace. The nozzles' exit openings are flush, or almost flush, with the BFB enclosure wall. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073051 | Oxyfuel Combustion Boiler Plant and Operation Method of Oxyfuel Combustion Boiler Plant - An oxyfuel combustion boiler plant comprising:
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20110073052 | FIRE TUBE CONDENSING BOILER FOR GENERATING HOT WATER - A fire tube condensing boiler for generating hot water, comprising a thermostatic device between an outlet connector and a portion of space for containing the water, which is adapted to let the water flow out when it reaches a preset temperature value, and further comprising an external bypass line connected at its ends to the outlet connector downstream of the thermostatic device and to the portion of space in a position that is interposed between an inlet connector and a perforated diaphragm that is arranged below a furnace and is spaced from it. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073053 | METHOD FOR CAM-SHAFT PHASE SHIFTING CONTROL USING CAM REACTION FORCE - A control method for an electro-mechanical camshaft phase shifting devices in general, and a control method for an electro-mechanic camshaft phase shifting device with a self-locking mechanism in particular. The control method takes advantage of a cam shaft reaction torque in conjunction with a frictional self-locking feature of an electro-mechanical camshaft phase shifting device to simplify the control structure and to reduce the actuating torque required for the associated electric machine, consequently reducing the size of electric machine. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073054 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY HAVING CAMSHAFT WITH NON-MAGNETIC JOURNAL - An engine assembly may include an engine structure, a camshaft, a timing wheel and a camshaft position sensor. The camshaft may be rotationally supported within the engine structure and may have a non-magnetic journal rotationally fixed thereto. The timing wheel may be rotationally fixed to the camshaft proximate the non-magnetic journal. The camshaft position sensor may be coupled to the engine structure and configured to determine the rotational position of the camshaft based on a magnetic impulse from the timing wheel. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073055 | VALVE OPENING/CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening/closing timing control device includes: a driving side rotational member synchronously rotatable with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotational member arranged coaxially with the driving side rotational member and synchronously rotatable with a camshaft that opens and closes any one of intake and exhaust valves of the internal combustion engine; a phase converting mechanism displacing a relative phase between the driving side rotational member and the driven side rotational member to an advanced angle phase side or a retarded angle phase side by distributing an operating fluid to each of two kinds of pressure chambers, the volume of which is complementarily varied by a movable partition; and a biasing member biasing the relative phase toward a predetermined phase suitable for a start-up of the internal combustion engine except for a most advanced angle phase and a most retarded angle phase. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073056 | VALVE OPENING/CLOSING TIMING CONTROL DEVICE - A valve opening/closing timing control device includes: a driving side rotational member; a driven side rotational member; a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber; a lock mechanism; and a spiral spring providing a biasing force in a predetermined phase direction in a retarded angle region of a relative rotational phase of the driven side rotational member to the driving side rotational member from a most retarded angle phase to a predetermined phase, and not providing the biasing force to a most advanced angle phase from the predetermined phase. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073057 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR MULTI-FUEL ENGINE - An engine system and corresponding control method are described. As one example, the control method includes: combusting fuel from a first fuel tank during a first engine operating condition; combusting fuel from a second fuel tank during a second engine operating condition; transferring fuel from the first fuel tank to the second fuel tank when a fuel level of the second fuel tank falls below a predetermined level; delivering air to the engine from an air compressor; and adjusting the compressor based on a combustion characteristic of fuel from the second tank. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073058 | HIGH-VOLTAGE GENERATOR DEVICE - A high-voltage generator device, including an inductive-capacitive resonator capable of producing a high voltage, a mechanism generating a high-frequency control pulse train, a voltage source, a capacitor, and a voltage generator including a switching transistor, the control electrode of which is connected to the output of the mechanism generating the high-frequency control pulse train, the source of the switching transistor being connect to ground, and the drain of the switching transistor being capable of delivering a voltage pulse train to the inductive-capacitive resonator in response to the control pulse train received on the control electrode of the switching transistor. The drain of the switching transistor is connected to the inductive-capacitive resonator via an isolating transformer, the isolating transformer being connected in parallel with a capacitor, the isolating transformer also being connected to the voltage source. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073059 | REMOTE VEHICLE STARTING SYSTEM PROVIDING AN AUDIBLE INDICATION RELATING TO REMOTE STARTING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A remote starting system for an engine of a vehicle includes a remote start handheld unit. A remote start controller may be positioned at the vehicle for starting the engine based upon the remote start handheld unit and causing the engine to run for a run time period before shutting off the vehicle engine. The remote start controller is resettable based upon the remote start handheld unit to cause the engine to run for an additional run time period while the engine is still running and before shutting off the engine. The remote start handheld unit includes an audible indicator for providing an audible indication to a user prior to expiration of the run time period to permit a user to use the remote start handheld unit to reset the run time period while the engine is still running and before shutting off the engine. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073060 | ENGINE BALANCE MASSES AND DRIVES - The present application relates to a drive and balance mass. In one example, an engine includes, a camshaft, a balance shaft disposed within an interior of the camshaft, and a first gear, intermediate the balance shaft and the camshaft and driving the balance shaft to rotate about a first axis substantially parallel to a crankshaft of the engine in a direction opposite of the crankshaft. In another example, a balance mass and drive for an engine includes, a planetary gear set including a sun gear, a ring gear and a plurality of pinions mounted on a carrier, an input coupled to an input gear of the planetary gear set, a balance mass coupled to an output gear of the planetary gear set, the output gear configured to drive the balance mass to rotate about a first axis substantially parallel to the crankshaft in a direction opposite of the crankshaft. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073061 | PISTONS WITH A ROUGH SURFACE - A piston for an internal combustion engine including a piston crown having an upper surface and a lower surface; a piston skirt; and a generally cup-shaped undercrown formed on the lower surface of the piston crown and integral with the top portions of opposing side walls of the piston skirt, at least a portion of the surface of the undercrown being rough, defining at least one region of increased surface area, wherein the distance between an uppermost and lowermost points of the surface of the undercrown in the at least one region of increased surface area is in the range of approximately 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073062 | OIL PAN STRUCTURE - There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an oil pan structure attached to a lower portion of an engine for a vehicle. In one example, the oil pan structure comprises has an approximately rectangular bottom wall which accumulates oil continually, a long side wall, and a short side wall, the approximately rectangular bottom wall being surrounded by the long side wall and the short side wall. Further, the bottom wall has a deep bottom section provided approximately in a center of the bottom wall and in a portion where the oil is pumped up, a shallow bottom section which has a depth that is shallower than that of the deep bottom section, and a connecting wall section extending vertically and connecting the deep bottom section with the shallow bottom section, the shallow bottom section being provided on both sides of the deep bottom section. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073063 | CYLINDER HEAD COVER STRUCTURE OF MINIATURIZED VEHICLE - A cylinder head cover structure of a vehicle which can shorten a longitudinal length of a vehicle while avoiding the restriction on the layout of an engine. A motorcycle includes a vehicle body frame, an engine which is mounted on the vehicle body frame in a suspended manner and includes a cylinder head cover and a radiator which is arranged in front of the engine and behind a front wheel. A recessed portion which is recessed toward a rear side of the vehicle is formed in the cylinder head cover so as to allow a lower portion of the radiator to enter the recessed portion. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073064 | INTEGRALLY CAST BLOCK AND GASEOUS FUEL INJECTED GENERATOR ENGINE - An integrally cast four-stroke engine mono-block ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073065 | OIL TANK BREATHER LINE SOLENOID VALVE - Disclosed herein is a device which provides a safety measure to vehicles by utilizing the dead man (tether) switch, or other electrical connection, in combination with a valve and actuator, to keep oil from leaking out of the lubrication system of the vehicle in a rollover situation. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073066 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes: an engine body including: a crankcase for rotatably supporting a crankshaft; and a crankcase cover fastened to the crankcase by a plurality of bolts so as to cover one side of the crankcase; and a stay supporting an oil level gauge guide, the stay being mounted on the engine body, the stay having an opening receiving and supporting a tube or wire. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073067 | Method for starting a self-igniting internal combustion engine at low temperatures - In a method for starting a self-igniting internal combustion engine at low temperatures, a first fuel amount is injected into the combustion chamber during a compression stroke of the internal combustion engine by a fuel pre-injection, so as to form a partially homogenous pre-mixture in the combustion chamber; a main fuel amount is then injected into the combustion chamber during a main injection and the fuel/air mixture is combusted by self-ignition, the injection start of the pre-injection being selected such that the partially homogenous pre-mixture can be ignited after a very short ignition delay, and an injection start of the main injection is selected such that the main fuel amount is injected into the combustion chamber either during a combustion phase or directly after a combustion phase of the ignited pre-injection mixture | 2011-03-31 |
20110073068 | ENGINE BRAKE UNIT HAVING COMBINED OIL PASSAGE - An engine brake unit, may include a rocker shaft having an oil passage to open or close an exhaust valve when an engine braking is in operation, an exhaust rocker arm rotatable about the rocker shaft inserted into the exhaust rocker arm, wherein the exhaust rocker arm includes a supply oil passage communicating with the oil passage and the outside, and a recess connected to the supply oil passage and having an open lower portion, an actuator disposed in the recess of the exhaust rocker arm, wherein the actuator includes a piston that selectively moves downwards through the open lower portion of the recess by oil supplied from the supply oil passage to press the exhaust rocker arm while oil pressure in the oil passage has a predetermined pressure or more, and an oil control valve connected to the oil passage of the rocker shaft and controlling the oil pressure. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073069 | VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A variable valve actuation (VVA) system comprises a spark control module and a phaser control module. The spark control module maintains a spark timing of a cylinder at a maximum braking torque (MBT) spark timing during engine idling. The phaser control module, during the engine idling, adjusts an intake valve timing of the cylinder away from a predetermined intake valve timing. The predetermined intake valve timing corresponds to a maximum air per cylinder (APC) for the cylinder at a current engine speed. The adjustment of the intake valve timing produces an APC that is less than the maximum APC. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073070 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPARK FOR PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATING - A system for filtering and oxidizing particulate matter produced by a gasoline direct injection engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, engine spark is controlled such that soot held by a particulate filter may be oxidized even during low engine loads. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073071 | Internally Nested Variable-Area Fuel Nozzle - A nested fuel injector that includes an injector housing having a bore longitudinally therethrough, and a pintle assembled to the housing and positioned substantially within the bore. The pintle has a head located at an end of a cylindrical portion, wherein the head is seated in one end of the bore, and the seating of the head defines a variable-area exit orifice. A wave spring is assembled onto the pintle and configured to urge the pintle into the seating position. The bore is configured for the passage of a pressurized flow of fuel. The fuel pressure urges the pintle head away from the exit orifice to permit the pressurized fuel to flow from the bore out through the exit orifice. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INJECTING COMBUSTIBLE GAS IN LIQUID FORM INTO A DIESEL ENGINE - The present invention discloses a method of introducing fuel into a diesel engine for combustion within the engine. A combustible gas in liquid form is injected into the engine for combustion therein with diesel fuel so as to maintain a combustible gas concentration derived from the liquid in the range of 0.2%-0.6% of air intake by volume of combustible gas. Suitable gases include LPG or liquid petroleum gas, natural gas, hydrogen, ethane, methane, propane, butane, hexane, heptane, pentane, acetylene, carbon monoxide, ammonia or other combustible gas, or a combination of two or more thereof. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073073 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR MOTORCYCLE - The motorcycle includes a power unit having a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, a throttle body mounted to the power unit, a fuel injection system mounted on the throttle body, a fuel tank, the fuel pump unit by which a fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system, and the fuel filter device. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel filter device disposed so as to overlap with the throttle body when viewed in the vehicle width direction, an upper portion of an outer case of the fuel filter device is supported by an engine hanger boss for fixing the power unit to a body frame of the motorcycle, and a lower portion of the outer case is supported by the crankcase. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073074 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CAM COVER MOUNTED FUEL RAIL - An engine assembly may include a cylinder head, a cam cover and a fuel rail assembly. The cylinder head may define intake and exhaust ports and the cam cover may be fixed to the cylinder head. The fuel rail assembly may include a fuel rail, a bracket assembly and a fuel injector. The bracket assembly may be fixed to the fuel rail and may include a fastener and an isolation member. The fastener may be engaged with the cam cover and may secure the fuel rail thereto. The isolation member may be located between the fuel rail and the cam cover to isolate vibration therebetween. The fuel injector may be in communication with the fuel rail and may extend into a combustion chamber defined by the cylinder head at a location between the intake and exhaust ports. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073075 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR MOTORCYCLE - The motorcycle includes a power unit having a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system mounted to the power unit, a fuel tank, a fuel pump unit by which fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system, and the fuel filter device. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel filter device that is cylindrical in shape, the pressure regulator cylindrical in shape is mounted to an outside portion of the fuel filter device, with its cylinder axis inclined against the cylinder axis of the fuel filter device. A fuel pipe extends from an outlet pipe of the pressure regulator to the fuel injection system in a connecting manner. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073076 | FUEL INJECTOR CLAMP - A fuel injector clamp and method of clamping a fuel injector includes clamp members each including a central body with a concaved section and two horizontally offset passageways. Clamp members are oppositely oriented such that the concaved section forms a region adapted to engage a fuel injector. Offset passageways are aligned such that a top passageway of one member is aligned with a bottom passageway of the opposing member. A fastening mechanism is passed through a first pair of aligned passageways to form a hinge, allowing clamp members to pivot about the hinge so a fuel injector can be disposed between the concaved sections. Members are then pivoted towards each other to close the clamp assembly; a second fastening mechanism is passed through a second pair of aligned offset passageways to lock the injector into place. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073077 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - To improve a restart failure during fuel vapor occurrence, in a fuel injection control apparatus for an engine that is not equipped with a battery and starts the engine by a manual operation, the fuel injection control apparatus for an engine includes: an injector that supplies fuel to the engine based on pressure of the fuel supplied by a fuel pump; a power generating section for generating power based on rotation driving of a crank shaft of the engine; a starting device for manually starting the engine; and a control section for starting with power generation voltage by the power generating section and calculating a fuel injection amount based on an operation state of the engine. The control section includes: an injection amount calculating function unit that calculates, according to the operation state of the engine, an injection amount of the fuel to be supplied to the engine; an injection time conversion coefficient calculating function unit that calculates an injection time conversion coefficient for converting the injection amount into injector driving time based on a predicted fuel pressure value; and an injector driving time calculating function unit that calculates driving time of the injector based on an output of the injection amount calculating function unit and an output of the injection time conversion coefficient calculating function unit. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073078 | HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP - The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, having a pump housing and with at least one pump element of a piston which is driven by a cam which interacts with a roller. The free ends of the roller are bounded by two side run-on surfaces which come into contact with mating surfaces during the operation of the high-pressure fuel pump. In order to provide a high-pressure fuel pump which can be produced cost-effectively and has a long service life, the side run-on surfaces are designed as circular ring disc surfaces and, in a central internal region, are released from contact with the mating surfaces. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073079 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR MOTORCYCLE - The motorcycle includes a power unit having an output shaft in a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, a fuel injection system mounted to the power unit, the fuel tank, the fuel pump unit by which a fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system through a fuel passage, the fuel filter device connected to the fuel passage on the downstream side relative to the fuel pump unit, and a shock absorber provided in a vertically oriented state on the front side of a rear wheel. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel pump unit being disposed outside the fuel tank, on the rear side of the output shaft and on the front side of the rear cushion, and the fuel filter device is disposed on the upper side of the crankcase. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073080 | FUEL HEATING DEVICE - A fuel heating device comprises a heater housing ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073081 | Supercharger Cooling - A supercharger cooling system provides a path for coolant from an air/coolant heat exchanger to a supercharger intercooler and loops around a hot outlet end of a screw type supercharger and back to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be a dedicated air/coolant heat exchanger or be a vehicle radiator. The intercooler is sandwiched between the supercharger and intake manifold and cools the flow of hot compressed air from the supercharger into the intake manifold. The supercharger cooling loop circles the front rotor bearings thereby cooling the bearings and seals, the forward ends of the male and female rotors, and the male and female rotor gears. The cooling loop is preferably located in the outlet end wall between the supercharger rotors and the rotor drive gears to form a barrier to heat. A dedicated pump cycles the coolant flow and restrictions control the flow of coolant to the supercharger. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073082 | BLOW-BY GAS REFLUXING DEVICE - A blow-by gas refluxing device is provided for an engine system including an engine and an intake air passage communicating with the engine for supplying intake air into the engine. The blow-by gas refluxing device includes a plurality of blow-by gas refluxing passages each having an inlet communicating with the engine and an outlet communicating with the intake air passage. The outlets of the blow-by gas passages communicate with the intake air passage at different positions along the length of the intake air passage and each of the blow-by gas passages has a backflow preventing device disposed therein, so that blow-by gas produced in the engine can flow into the intake air passage via at least one of the blow-by gas refluxing passages throughout the entire operational range of the engine. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073083 | BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATING APPARATUS FOR AN ENGINE - It is an object of the invention to provide a blow-by gas recirculating apparatus for an engine in which the ventilation efficiency of a crankcase can be enhanced. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073084 | KICKBACK PREVENTING CIRCUIT FOR ENGINE - An ignition control circuit and method of operation provides a very simple but highly effective prevention of engine reverse rotation upon starting by prohibiting ignition when a reverse rotation situation arises. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073085 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING GEOMETRY BASED EXHAUST MIXING MODEL - A system includes a cylinder equivalence ratio (EQR) module, a location estimation module, a sensor module, and a fuel control module. The cylinder EQR module determines a first EQR corresponding to a first exhaust gas expelled from a first cylinder and determines a second EQR corresponding to a second exhaust gas expelled from a second cylinder. The location estimation module determines when the first and second exhaust gases mix in an exhaust manifold to form a third exhaust gas having a third EQR. The sensor module estimates an EQR of a fourth exhaust gas based on the third EQR. The fourth exhaust gas is located at an oxygen sensor in the exhaust manifold. The fuel control module controls an amount of fuel supplied to an engine based on a difference between the estimated EQR and an EQR corresponding to measurements from the oxygen sensor. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073086 | METHOD TO ADAPT THE O2 SIGNAL OF AN O2 SENSOR DURING OVERRUN - A system for compensating for changes in behavior of an oxygen sensor. In one embodiment, the system includes an oxygen sensor configured to produce an output indicative of an oxygen level in an exhaust stream produced by an internal combustion engine. An electronic control unit receives the output of the oxygen sensor and is configured to cause the internal combustion engine to operate in an overrun mode. The electronic control unit is programmed or otherwise configured to determine whether a change in oxygen level over time is approximately zero. When the change in oxygen level is approximately zero or near zero, the electronic control unit determines a compensation factor for the oxygen sensor. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073087 | DELAY COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A steady-state (SS) delay module determines a SS delay period for SS operating conditions based on an air per cylinder. A dynamic compensation module determines a predicted delay period based on first and second dynamic compensation variables for dynamic operating conditions, the SS delay period, a previous predicted delay period. The first dynamic compensation variable corresponds to a period between a first time when fuel is provided for a cylinder of an engine and a second time when exhaust gas resulting from combustion of the fuel and air is expelled from the cylinder. The SS and predicted delay periods correspond to a period between the first time and a third time when the exhaust gas reaches an exhaust gas oxygen sensor located upstream of a catalyst. A final equivalence ratio module adjusts fuel provided to the cylinder after the third time based on the predicted delay period. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073088 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL OF A SPARK IGNITED ENGINE WHILE REGENERATING A PARTICULATE FILTER - A system for filtering and oxidizing particulate matter produced by a gasoline direct injection engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, engine cylinder air-fuel is adjusted to allow soot to oxidize at an upstream particulate filter while exhaust gases are efficiently processed in a downstream catalyst. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073089 | FUEL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MORE ACCURATE RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK FROM AN EXHAUST SYSTEM WITH AN AIR/FUEL EQUIVALENCE RATIO OFFSET - An engine control system includes a saturation determination module, an adjustment factor generation module, and a fuel control module. The saturation determination module determines when a first exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensor is saturated, wherein the first EGO sensor is located upstream from a catalyst. The adjustment factor generation module generates an adjustment factor for an integral gain of a fuel control module when the first EGO sensor is saturated. The fuel control module adjusts a fuel command for an engine based on differences between expected and measured amounts of oxygen in exhaust gas produced by the engine, a proportional gain, the integral gain, and the integral gain adjustment factor. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073090 | Archery Bow - In some embodiments, an archery bow comprises a riser, a first limb and a second limb. A drawstring extends between the first limb and the second limb, for example extending between rotatable members supported by the limbs. A first cable, such as a power cable, also extends between the first limb and the second limb. A cable guard is attached to the riser, which comprises a body portion and a cable engaging portion. The cable guard biases a portion of the first cable in a direction away from the riser. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073091 | Ball tossing apparatus and method - A ball tossing apparatus includes a support frame and a plurality of launch devices fixed to the support frame and arranged in a two-dimensional array. The launch devices include cylinders having a spring fixed therein, with a ball carrier fixed to the spring. The balls are retained in a loaded position (springs compressed) and then upon activation of the launch devices are launched vertically into the air to the sports player. In another embodiment, the launch devices include a rotating lever which is acted on by a biasing member to launch the ball vertically from the cylinder. A method for launching the balls includes the steps of loading the balls into a two dimensional array, and then launching the balls according to a launch sequence. An electronic control system for use with the ball tossing apparatus includes a launch module for launching the loaded balls in the plurality of launch devices according to a launch sequence. The launch sequences can be randomly generated, programmed by the sports player, or retrieved from memory. The launch of the balls can also be controlled remotely. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073092 | HOPPER STRUCTURE OF PAINTBALL MARKER - A hopper structure of a paintball marker includes a hopper body, a paintball holder, an upper cover, and first and second connecting elements. The hopper body has opposite first and second pivot portions. The first pivot portion has opposite and mutually communicating first pivot holes. The second pivot portion has opposite and mutually communicating second pivot holes. After a third pivot portion of the paintball holder is received in the first pivot portion, a fourth pivot portion of the upper cover is received in the second pivot portion. Thus, the paintball holder and the upper cover are stacked vertically on the hopper body. The upper cover, the paintball holder, and the hopper body are pivotally connected by the first and second connecting elements such that the assembled hopper structure is conveniently opened and closed and will not fall apart when accidentally dropped to the ground or hit during use. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073093 | Weapon, in particular range-controlled compressed air weapon - The invention pertains to a weapon that provides a range control ( | 2011-03-31 |
20110073094 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE WITH SOLID CORE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Abrasive articles and method of making said articles are provided. The articles include an integral resilient member having a first and a second opposed major surface where the member includes a centrally disposed core that is substantially free of abrasive particles and a peripheral annulus that includes a plurality of abrasive zones that comprise abrasive particles. The particles protrude through at least one major surface of the integral member. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073095 | Patio Heater Side Heat Director - A Patio Heater Side Heat Director is disclosed. The patio heater side heat director attachment is attachable to a conventional patio heater so that the dome attachment hangs down from the heater's heat shield on one side. The side heat director is designed to reflect incident heat/energy on one side of the heater towards the opposing side of the heater. The side heat director defines two or more lobes that assist in focusing the energy reflected by the director. The side heat director is easily attached to a conventional patio heater, by clipping or crimping the heat director to the edge of the patio heater heat shield. Finally, the side heat director attachment has a very low thermal mass so that very little heat energy is retained by the side heat director attachment, such that the largest possible percentage of the heater energy is reflected towards the seating area. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073096 | Heated Field Rations and Assemblies - A field ration packaging assembly includes a ration housing and a food tray. The ration housing includes a lid panel having at least one air exhaust vent and a wall panel having at least one intake vent. The food tray may be positioned above a heat source. The at least one air exhaust vent and at least one air intake vent may be in fluid communication such that upon activation of the heat source, air enters the ration housing through the at least one air intake vent, passes over the heat source and exits the ration housing at the at least one exhaust vent by natural convection. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073097 | VENTING SYSTEM FOR A STOVE - A venting system for a stove includes a screen disposed beneath a bottom opening of the stove and an elevation means for adjusting a height of the screen so as to enable the screen to selectively move close to or away from the bottom opening. More specifically, the elevation means includes a main body and an adjuster, and the screen includes an elevator. The main body has a fixation portion and a connecting portion. The fixation portion is fixed to a bottom of the stove, and the adjuster is movably connected to the connecting portion. The elevator and the adjuster are in a motional operative relationship. As such, the elevator can be elevated, by the adjuster to selectively move close to or away from the bottom opening. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073098 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COOKING STOVE - A multi-functional cooking stove of the present invention includes a stove body, a position frame and a stove element. The stove body has an annular shell which defines an upper opening and a lower opening. The lower opening is smaller than the upper one. The position frame is disposed in the stove body and defines a through hole at its center for a container body of the stove element to pass therethrough. The stove element is adapted for fuel to dispose therein. A convection space is defined between the stove body and the stove element. At least one convection bore is formed on a periphery of the container body to communicate the convection space with an interior of the container body. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073099 | Heat Packages and Methods of Their Use - The present invention provides a heat package wherein a surface of a generating heat element that generates heat when exposed to atmosphere is placed against or attached to a heat conductive member. The heat element is protected from atmosphere until use. The heat package may include a heat-generating element attached to an insulating member with one or more air spaced there between. An outer surface of the heat-generating element can be exposed to atmosphere to produce heat when desired. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073100 | Apparatus for leavening pieces of dough for use as food - An apparatus for leavening pieces of dough for use as food, which comprises at least one leavening compartment provided with a plurality of shelves, with an inlet for the pieces of dough to be leavened and an outlet for the leavened pieces, elements for transferring the leavening dough pieces to move them from the inlet to the outlet. The transfer elements comprise at least one continuous conveyor at each one of the shelves of the leavening compartment, for the independent movement of the pieces of dough of each one of the shelves from the inlet to the outlet. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073101 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HEATING SYSTEMS - Provided are exemplary embodiments, which may include a heating system controller, which may be capable of controlling a heating system to reduce inefficiencies, and/or allow the heating system to operate in a relatively optimum manner. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073102 | Solar collector with non-honey sandwich core - An apparatus is provided for the collection and conversion of light energy. The apparatus includes, a sandwich core structure, a collector element and a concentrator including one or more reflector elements and positioned at an exterior surface of the sandwich core structure. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073103 | SYSTEM FOR HEATING WATER AND COOLING A HOUSE - A system for heating water and cooling a house has a power cell including a first tube to contain the water so that the water cools the power cell, a power unit that produces the electricity from light, a mirror that reflects the light onto the power unit, and a lens that helps focus the light onto the power unit; a water heater including a second, generally transparent tube to contain the water that is warmed by the light, a third tube inside the second tube to contain the water that is further warmed by the light, and a reflective material on the second tube that helps reflect the light onto the third tube; and a thermal barrier including a base made of material that provides thermal isolation and shade for cooling. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073104 | PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION SYSTEM - Examples and variations of apparatus and methods for concentrating solar radiations with trough solar energy collectors are disclosed. A support assembly for a trough solar energy collector has a plurality of transverse ribs attached to longitudinal rails and end assemblies secured to the rails. End assemblies may attach to longitudinal rails through transverse ribs, and guy wires may span from one of the end sections to the other. Transverse ribs may be formed of two rib sections with semi-parabolic shape. Solar energy collecting panels may be placed on the ribs and secured with cowlings and transverse panel-retaining strips, for instance. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073105 | MODULAR THERMAL WATER SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM - A modular thermal solar panel water heating system with a plurality of solar heating modules, each including a inlet manifolds and outlet manifolds and a thin tube array disposed between and in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet manifolds. Mounting and clamping apparatus attach the solar heating modules to a surface and providing secure clamping pressures on clamped elements even as clamped elements expand and contract. Fittings provide a watertight coupling between adjoining modules and bring each module into fluid communication with at least one adjoining module. In a panel array, one module includes a water inlet for connection to a source of water under pressure and another module includes a water outlet. A set of plugs are disposed on the manifolds in a configuration that ensures that water introduced into the water inlet flows across at least one thin tube array before exiting the water outlet. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073106 | DRY POWDER INHALER - An Inhaler for delivering an aerosolised dose of a powdered drug for inhalation by a user is disclosed. The inhaler comprises a drug entreinment device to a receive a package having a piercable lid containing a dose to be delivered, the device including a drug outlet tube terminating with a primary piercing element to pierce an opening in said lid when a package is located in the inhaler, a secondary piercing member to pierce a plurality of peripheral openings in said lid and, an airflow path to enable the supply of a charge of gas into the package via said peripheral openings to scour the interior of a pierced package such that all or substantially all of the dose is entrained in the gas and flows out of the package via the drug outlet tube. A medicament pack is also disclosed. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073107 | CONTROLLING AND COMMUNICATNG WITH RESPIRATORY CARE DEVICES - Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, and products, including a method for operating a respiratory care device that includes collecting at a respiratory care device data representative of operation of the respiratory care device, and communicating to a computing-based device external to the respiratory care device at least some of the collected data to control the operability of the respiratory care device. In some embodiments, the method may further include communicating to the respiratory care device data to controllably change one or more operation parameters of the respiratory care device to cause a change in the operation of the respiratory care device, changing the operation parameters of the respiratory care device according to the communicated data, and communicating to the external computing-based device resultant data representative of operation of the respiratory care device resulting from the controllable change to the one or more operation parameters. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073108 | Portable Sedation Apparatus And Related Method - Various embodiments of the invention may provide a breathing and/or anesthetic unit that is portable, compact, inexpensive, and convenient, and which may expedite medical procedures by allowing a health care provider to quickly sedate a patient. Such a unit may be ideal for minor medical procedures needing mild or moderate analgesia/sedation (e.g., <30 minutes) in various fields. Such a unit may include (i) a handheld gas supply container including a therapeutic amount of anesthetic gas; (ii) a mask; (iii) a single-use, uninterruptable flow coupler to couple the mask to the supply container; and (iv) a handheld, self-contained, recovery gas container, including a negative pressure, coupled to the mask. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073109 | APPARATUS FOR HUMIDIFYING A RESPIRATORY GAS - The invention concerns an apparatus for supplying a respiratory gas, a humidifying apparatus, a respiratory gas tube and a connecting apparatus therefor. The apparatus of the invention includes a blowing device for delivering the respiratory gas, a housing device which has a bottom region, a top surface region and a side region extending upwardly between the top surface region and the cover region, as well as a connecting device for connecting a humidifying apparatus for humidifying the respiratory gas, wherein the connecting device is arranged in the side region of the apparatus in such a way that the humidifying apparatus can be laterally coupled thereto. The humidifying apparatus according to the invention is distinguished by a partial amount discharge device for passing a partial amount of the liquid pre-stored in a liquid storage space into a humidifying region. The respiration tube according to the invention includes a connecting plug structure which has both a respiratory gas connecting portion and also a pressure measuring tube connecting portion. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073110 | Compact low noise efficient blower for CPAP devices - A blower includes an electric motor having a shaft, a housing having a housing inlet and a housing outlet between which is defined a flow path for gas, a first impeller having a plurality of blades adapted to accelerate gas tangentially and to direct it radially outward, and a stationary portion. The stationary portion includes a gas flow path defined between an external wall of the motor and a wall of the stationary portion, a first stationary vane structure located downstream of the first impeller, and a shield constructed and arranged to provide a barrier between the first stationary vane structure and the blades of the first impeller to isolate leading edges of the first stationary vane structure from an impeller blade pressure pulse. The flow path is of sufficient width to allow a flow of gas therethrough without introducing excessive pressure drop. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073111 | MOUTH PIECE FOR A BREATHING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a mouth piece for a breathing apparatus, a breathing apparatus and a method for adjusting a valve trigger mechanism arranged on a mouth piece for a breathing apparatus. The mouth piece according to the present invention comprises a housing comprising a mouth piece breathing part opening for inhaling and exhaling a breathable gas. An inlet port for providing breathable gas into said mouth piece housing, the inlet port being in communication with valve means arranged to open or close said inlet port. The housing further comprises a first exit port for exhausting gas from said housing into a closed circuit flow channel and a second exit port for exhausting gas from said mouth piece housing into an ambient environment. Switch means for selectively directing said exhaust gas between said first exit port and said second exit port to change the mouth piece between open circuit breathing and closed circuit breathing. The switch means is arranged to adjust the valve means so as to provide an automatic diluent valve function in closed circuit mode and an open circuit regulator in open circuit mode. The mouth piece according to the present invention is compact, light weight and provides for a mouth piece which is very simple to handle. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073112 | BROAD-BAND, LOW FREQUENCY, HIGH-AMPLITUDE, LONG TIME DURATION, OSCILLATING AIRWAY PRESSURE BREATHING APPARATUS AND METHOD UTILIZING BUBBLES - It has been discovered that high amplitude, low frequency, broadband spectrum pressure oscillations of sufficient time duration can help stabilize lung volumes and improve gas exchange in a patient receiving ventilation assistance by helping to recruit and stabilize alveoli. A novel device is presented which can produce pressure oscillations having high amplitudes, a low broad-band frequency spectrum and long time duration. Additionally, the device can maintain a patient's mean airway pressure at one or more controlled levels. The device can control the oscillatory amplitude, frequency range and composition, time duration, and mean airway pressure levels by adjusting certain device parameters, such as the angle and depth of the device in a fluid. A device and mechanical system for remotely adjusting and measuring the angle of the device in a fluid are also disclosed. Furthermore, a device and system are disclosed that can deliver pressure oscillations having high amplitudes, a low broad-band frequency spectrum, long time duration, and multiple mean airway inspiratory and expiratory pressure levels. The device and system also provide means for controlling respiration timing in a patient, including: breaths per minute, inspiratory time, and the ratio of inspiratory to expiratory time. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073113 | KINK RESISTANT ENDOTRACHAEL TUBE - A kink resistant silicon endotracheal tube includes an inflatable cuff for positioning the endotracheal tube in a patient's trachea. The cuff is folded over onto itself to provide a cavity for accumulating bacteria and secretions that are then removed by suction. The cuff in the lower part of the endotracheal tube is also folded over onto itself for centering the endotracheal tube in the center of an airway. A suction catheter is also positioned in a portion of the tube under tension as opposed to a portion under compression to reduce the likelihood of kinking. A kink resistant endotracheal tube also includes a thickened and/or reinforced area of the curved portion of the endotracheal tube in an area under compression. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073114 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL TRACHEAL TUBE PLACEMENT DEVICE AND TECHNIQUE FOR USING THE SAME - According to various embodiments, a tracheal tube may employ sensing techniques for determining a distance between the inserted tube and an anatomical structure such as a carina. The distance information may provide an indication as to whether or not the tracheal tube is properly placed within the trachea. Because a tracheal tube may rotate within the trachea, the sensing information may be gathered from multiple locations on the tracheal tube for a rotation-independent measurement technique. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073115 | TRACHEAL CUFF FOR PROVIDING SEAL WITH REDUCED PRESSURE ON THE TRACHEAL WALLS - According to various embodiments, a tracheal tube may include a cuff assembly that relies on mechanical pressure rather than inflation pressure to form a seal against a patient's trachea. Such cuff assemblies may include cone or umbrella-shaped structures that may form seals at substantially lower pressures than traditional inflation cuffs. One or more of such cuff assemblies may be used instead of or in addition to an inflation cuff to provide an improved seal. | 2011-03-31 |
20110073116 | Applicators for a Nasal Cannula - The invention relates to an applicator for a nasal cannula, comprising a body ( | 2011-03-31 |