15th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130087022 | Screw Tensioning Device - The invention relates to a novel screw tensioning device with a screw tensioning cylinder with a high-pressure hydraulic pump for pretensioning screws and loosening extremely secure pretensable screw connections and an accompanying control method. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087023 | CONTROLLED FORCE DRIVE AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - A controlled force drive element, for use with a rotational power tool, including a spring loaded drive line that exerts a preselected force on a fastener engaged by a drive head as the drive head rotates and advances the fastener. The drive element includes a primary drive body including a chuck connector to join with a chuck of a tool, an optional secondary drive body, a tool bit and a biasing element. The secondary body and tool bit are reciprocally joined with the primary drive body. A biasing element is joined with the primary drive body and/or the tool bit, and configured to compress under a force as the drive head engages the fastener to allow the tool bit and the drive head to retract toward the primary drive body. The biasing element is disposed along the spring loaded drive line between the chuck connector and the drive head. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087024 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool tier machining a bar-shaped workpiece loaded in a first orientation includes first and second chucks, first and second driving parts, a machining tool and a control part. Each of the first and second chucks has a workpiece drop opening that opens toward the outside in a radial direction from a middle portion of the first or second chuck. The first and second driving parts are respectively provided to rotate the first and second chucks. The machining tool is configured to machine the workpiece clamped by at least one of the first and second chucks. The control part is configured to control clamping of the workpiece by the first and second chucks and to control rotation angles of the first and second chucks by the first and second driving parts to change an orientation of the workpiece from the first orientation to a second orientation. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087025 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, TURNING TOOL HOLDER, BLADE POSITION REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND BLADE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - A carriage is moved in a direction including a Y axis component in order to move a turning process tool that is attached to a tool spindle along a horizontal line that is perpendicular to a Z axis, and thus, a turning process is carried out on a workpiece which is attached to a workpiece spindle. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087026 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, TURNING TOOL HOLDER, BLADE POSITION REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND BLADE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - A carriage is moved in a direction including a Y axis component in order to move a turning process tool that is attached to a tool spindle along a horizontal line that is perpendicular to a Z axis, and thus, a turning process is carried out on a workpiece which is attached to a workpiece spindle. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087027 | MULTISPINDLE LATHE - Multispindle lathe comprising a machine frame ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087028 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, TURNING TOOL HOLDER, BLADE POSITION REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND BLADE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - A carriage is moved in a direction including a Y axis component in order to move a turning process tool that is attached to a tool spindle along a horizontal line that is perpendicular to a Z axis, and thus, a turning process is carried out on a workpiece which is attached to a workpiece spindle. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087029 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRIMMING MODULE - A rotating blade having a blade edge that has a sloped surface to become gradually narrower in a blade thickness direction outward along a radial direction is inclined about an axis along a thickness direction of the substrate toward a substrate at a cutting angle, and an excess portion of a module is cut off by relatively moving at least one of the rotating blade and the module in a cutting direction along an end face of the substrate while the rotating blade is being rotated in one direction. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087030 | STRAPPING MATERIAL DISPENSER WITH INTEGRATED CUTTER - A dispenser for dispensing a selectable amount of material from an amount of stored material. The dispenser includes a housing having a material track and material storage area, a material-advancement mechanism disposed within said housing, a material-cutting, mechanism, and an actuator. The actuator has a first end being operatively engaged with said first mechanism and an opposing second opposing end being operatively engaged with said second mechanism. The actuator is spring-biased to a non-compressed position via at least first and second springs and is also selectably shiftable to a selectable, material-advancement position and a selectable, material-cutting position. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087031 | Perforating apparatus - An apparatus for perforating a length of pierceable material which includes a first roller, the length of pierceable material being in engagement with and at least partially circumscribing said first roller; and a second roller disposed in close proximity to the first roller. The second roller, which is provided with a plurality of piercing members, is movable from a first position wherein the piercing members are spaced apart from the first roller to a second position wherein selected ones of the piercing members pierce the length of pierceable material. Uniquely, the first roller has a plurality of transversely spaced grooves that receive the extremities of the piercing members when the first roller is in the second position. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087032 | ROTARY KNIFE FIXTURE FOR CUTTING SPIRAL, TEXTURED POTATO PIECES - A rotary knife fixture for cutting vegetable products such as raw potatoes into spiral shapes. The knife fixture includes a ring-shaped blade holder driven rotatably within a hydraulic product flow path. The blade holder includes at least one cutting blade, wherein the blade is twisted from a generally longitudinally aligned center axis outwardly in opposite circumferential directions with a sharpened leading edge set at a desired pitch angle. By controlling the pitch angle of the blade in relation to the blade rotational speed and velocity at which the potato travels along the hydraulic flow path, the resultant spiral cut shape is selected. By using multiple cutting blades at known axially spaced positions and selecting the angular position of each cutting blade in succession, the number of spiral shapes cut from each potato is selected. The blades can have a nontextured straight-cut edge, or a textured crinkle-cut edge, or a combination. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087033 | Food Slicer with Safety and Adjustment Features - A food slicer has a deck defining a food prep surface and a blade oriented laterally across the deck. The blade has a cutting edge exposed on the food prep surface. The blade can divide the deck into a pre-slice deck and a post-slice deck. An elevation of the pre-slice deck can be user adjustable relative to the position of the cutting edge to selectively adjust a slice thickness produced by the food slicer. The food slicer can also have a safety mechanism with a blade guard positioned adjacent the cutting edge. The blade guard is movable between a blocking position blocking the cutting edge and a slicing position exposing the cutting edge. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087034 | CUTTING DEVICES - A cutting device includes a table for placing thereon a workpiece. A tool unit supports a cutting tool and is laterally tiltably supported on the table, so that the rotational axis of the cutting tool can be inclined relative to a horizontal direction. A positioning device includes a first positioning member and a second positioning member that can interact with each other to position the tool unit at a plurality of laterally tilted positions. At least one of the first and second positioning members can be moved to change the laterally tilted position positionable by the positioning device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087035 | BASS DRUM PEDAL ASSEMBLY OF DRUM KIT - The bass drum pedal assembly includes a first connector, mounted on a shaft driven by a drum pedal; a second connector, engaging with the first connector, and coupled to a universal joint which links a connecting rod; and a positioning mechanism, comprising a central positioning member, an elastic member and a pin. The elastic member is put around the central positioning member to make the central positioning member elastically slidably disposed in a central hole of the first connector. The pin is inserted into a through hole at a lateral side of the first connector to press the central positioning member and the elastic member so that the central positioning member is elastically inserted in central holes of the first connector and the second connector. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087036 | GUITAR STRIP - A system for aiding in the teaching and playing of stringed instruments, allowing for easily understood, non-descript reference points. The system is a decal or series of decals or other printed thin attachable strips, depicting the notes on a given string corresponding to given fingering position. The decals are placed on the back of the neck near the top, or nut, allowing the player a clear view of the notes from a natural playing position, rather than having to look at the front of the fingerboard as in current systems. In a particular embodiment the printed notes correspond to the fret positions on a fretted instrument such as a guitar, or bass. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087037 | MIDI LEARN MODE - Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for inferential generation of virtual sequencer controls in a MIDI sequencer to automate functionality of physical or virtual controls of MIDI instruments. MIDI source data from a song or a live feed is analyzed to determine a sequence of MIDI control commands from which a set of virtual sequencer controls can be automatically inferred without manual generation or configuration of the virtual control. The virtual sequencer controls are generated to automate a corresponding MIDI instrument control. Some embodiments provide functionality, including generation and handling of clone controls, use of virtual sequencer controls as slave and/or translation controls, and handling of after-click control information through a virtual synthesizers and the like. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087038 | CAPACITIVE REACTIVE ARMOR ASSEMBLY - A capacitive reactive armor assembly for shielding a vehicle is disclosed herein. The capacitive reactive armor includes, but is not limited to, a first flyer plate, a second flyer plate, and a capacitor positioned between the first flyer plate and the second flyer plate. The capacitor is configured to store an electric charge and to explosively short circuit when the capacitor is penetrated while the capacitor is electrically charged. The explosive release of energy from the capacitor pushes the first and second flyer plates apart interfering with the penetration of a shaped charge jet or ballistic penetrator. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087039 | GASKETLESS HIGH PRESSURE CONNECTION - A sealing system for a high pressure pump, in which the pump includes a vessel defining a vessel bore and having an end portion, the vessel bore having a first engagement face and defining a central longitudinal axis, and in which the pump further includes a plunger cooperative with the vessel to increase the pressure of a fluid within the bore, includes a seal member at least partially received within the bore and defining a second engagement face. The sealing system further includes a retaining member in operative contact with the seal member to mate the first engagement face with the second engagement face to inhibit fluid leakage from the bore. The first engagement face includes a first contacting surface having a non-linear cross-section. The second engagement face includes a second contacting surface having a non-linear cross-section in contact with the first contacting surface. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087040 | CYLINDER HOUSING, IN PARTICULAR PUMP CYLINDER HOUSING - A pump cylinder housing has a hollow cylinder and an end-side cover part, a threaded sleeve may be fixed on the outside of the hollow cylinder, at least three radially outward projections are connected to and distributed on the cover part periphery to the cover part and at least partly pass through recesses of the threaded sleeve. A union nut may be screwed onto the threaded sleeve so that the projections project radially out of the threaded sleeve and bear on an end side of the union nut. The cylinder housing may be assembled by in a simple manner so that the cylinder housing and the cover part may be connected to one another in an exactly colinear and centred manner and thereby may be reliably sealed. The cylinder cover may thereby be positioned in an infinite radial position on the cylinder. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087041 | RECLAIMING APPARATUS AND RECLAIMING METHOD - In a reclaiming apparatus ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087042 | WATER-PROOF AIR-PERMEABLE FILTER AND USE OF THE SAME - A water-proof air-permeable filter ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087043 | Device and Method for Removing Volatile Substances From a Liquid Mixture - A device comprises a desorber unit having a carrier arrangement with an inlet and an outlet for the liquid mixture, wherein the cant-lien arrangement is designed such that the liquid mixture can be guided between inlet and outlet via a number of carriers, e.g., profiles, tubes or pipes, and form a flowing liquid film on the surface of the carriers, and a gas control with a gas inlet and a gas outlet, between which the gas can sweep past the liquid film, such that the at least one volatile substance can pass over from the liquid mixture into the gas. A condensation unit with a gas inlet connects to the gas outlet of the desorber unit. A heat exchanger cools gas passed through it, which comes from the desorber unit, such that the at least one volatile substance can be condensed from the gas. A fan is incorporated into a gas connection between the desorber unit and the condensation unit such that a gas stream through the device can be produced. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087044 | SORBENT BASED OIL WATER SEPARATOR WITH INTERNAL DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER AND HUB INLET SYSTEM - A liquid phase separator assembly permits the separation of a high pressure gas phase from a liquid phase through a controlled expansion of the gas phase with the successful agglomeration and separation of the liquid phase all within a single unit. This complete separation of the gas phase facilitates the removal of the gas by venting. The complete separation of the liquid phase optimizes the solvent recovery/cleaning by processing the liquid phase through an engineered media. The liquid phase separator assembly incorporates an internal chamber for decompression and separation as well as for containing a media for purifying the liquid phase, thus reducing overall cost and complexity. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING AIR FLOW TO A GAS TURBINE - A system for conditioning air flow to a gas turbine includes a filter housing and a conditioning media inside the filter housing to adjust the temperature of the air flowing through the filter housing. At least one of a depth or a density of the conditioning media varies across the filter housing. A method for conditioning air flow to a gas turbine includes flowing air through a filter housing connected to the gas turbine and flowing the air across a conditioning media in the filter housing. The method further includes conditioning the air flow to reduce the temperature difference of the air exiting the filter housing across a dimension of the filter housing. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087046 | Air Dryer Cartridge - The present invention relates to an air dryer cartridge designated for an air dryer of a utility vehicle. The air dryer cartridge comprises a supporting element. At least one spring is interposed between a supporting element and a pressing element for a desiccant. The supporting element is movable with respect to a housing of the air dryer cartridge. The supporting element is freely accessible from the outside of said air dryer cartridge. The present invention in particular provides the option to use the at least one spring both for pressing the desiccant as well as for clamping the air dryer cartridge in an air dryer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087047 | DRY CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY - Disclosed is a dry CO | 2013-04-11 |
20130087048 | DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM - In a case where DPF regeneration is restarted after an engine is automatically restarted from interruption of the DPF regeneration, DPF regeneration control is corrected so as to suppress temperature rise due to the DPF regeneration in consideration of an increment in oxygen concentration in exhaust gas which is caused due to the interruption of the DPF regeneration. Specifically, restart of the DPF regeneration is prohibited during a predetermined prohibition time ΔT1 from a time t1 at which the engine is automatically restarted, and a post injection amount of fuel is corrected to the side of reduction. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087049 | Reservoir Level Sensing - A coffee machine has a single serve function that utilises a reservoir level sensing mechanism so that a single serve dose of water can be dispensed into the grounds regardless of the water level in the machine's reservoir. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087050 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NETWORKED DRINK MAKING AND DISPENSING MACHINE - A system for generating beverages is provided. The system comprises a central host comprising a database, and a kiosk configured for communication with the central host. The kiosk comprises an electronic control unit (ECU), a plurality of process modules, and a memory device that is accessible by the ECU and suitable for storing information required for the operation of the kiosk. Each process module of the kiosk is configured to be controlled by the ECU to perform one or more chemical or mechanical processes contributing to the production of one or more brewed beverages. Further, information required for the operation of the kiosk is stored in the database of the central host and also stored in the memory device of the kiosk to allow the kiosk to operate independently of the central host when communication between the kiosk and central host is compromised. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087051 | CAPSULE HAVING A RUPTURE INITIATION AREA - The invention relates to a capsule having a body in the form of a cup and a membrane lid, together defining a chamber containing a substance for the preparation of a drink. The body includes an outer substantially frusto conical side wall and a base integral with the outer side wall and closing said outer side wall at a rear end of the body. The membrane lid closes the other end of the outer side wall. The base is formed by a peripheral region defining the rear end of the body and by a central region extending into the capsule in relation to the rear end, defining a recess outside the body. The central region includes at least one weakened area which is intended to break at least partially under the pressure of a pressurized liquid. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087052 | INFUSION UNIT WITH VARIABLE VOLUME INFUSION CHAMBER - The infusion unit comprises an infusion chamber ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087053 | PNEUMATIC PACKAGING APPARATUS - A pneumatic packaging apparatus includes a fixed base provided thereon with a pressure cylinder unit connected with a chuck unit. The fixed base is further mounted with a valve seat combined thereon with a driving unit and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive external high pressure gas and control the high pressure gas to flow to the driving unit and to the pressure cylinder unit to let the driving unit and the pressure cylinder unit driven by air pressure to automatically pull tight the packaging strap and firmly squeeze the packaging fastener for fixing the packaging strap in place. Thus, the pneumatic packaging apparatus of this invention can assist users to complete packaging work with quickness, able to elevate efficiency of the packaging work. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087054 | Roller press having torque balance - A roller press for the pressure treatment or compaction of granular material, having at least two rolls formed as freely rotating rolls, in each case rotatably mounted in a machine frame by a shaft, driven in opposite directions and separated from one another by a roll gap. The shafts of the rolls are accommodated in bearing housings movably mounted in the machine frame and in each case two bearing housings arranged on one side of the rolls and belonging to different rolls are connected to each other via at least one pressure cylinder. The connection between the bearing housings in each case has at least one torque balance. In this way, the structure of a roller press having roller centering is simplified and can be produced more cost-effectively. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087055 | COMPRESSION-TYPE WASTEBASKET - A compression-type wastebasket includes: a body which has an opened upper part and a space formed therein in order to accommodate a garbage bag; a body cover which is configured to cover the upper part of the body, wherein an opening unit for connecting the inside and the outside of the body is formed on the central part thereof, a bag fixing unit is formed along the outer girth of the opening unit to fix the girth of an inlet end portion of the garbage bag, and a gripping unit is formed on a part of the opening unit; and a compression means which has a compression surface capable of entering the opening unit in order to compress the waste contained within the body, and is configured to be gripped on the gripping unit while rotating at a predetermined angle on the basis of a compression direction in the opening unit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087056 | ELECTRIC PRESS FOR CUT FILLER COMPRESSION - The object of the invention is an electric press for the compression of tobacco cut filler provided with at least one electric motor ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087057 | SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE - A screen printing machine configured to move a squeegee by a squeegee moving device along a mask to print solder on a substrate through a through hole of the mask is improved in size and usability. A squeegee-device main body is fixed to a mask frame receiver for holding a mask frame, and a squeegee slide, a squeegee head, and a squeegee-slide driving device are provided on the main body. A position adjusting device including two front/rear-direction adjusting units, one right/left-direction adjusting unit, and one floating support unit is provided between a main body frame of the screen printing machine, and the mask frame receiver and the squeegee-device main body to adjust relative positions of the mask and the substrate by moving the mask frame receiver and the squeegee-device main body together with each other. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087058 | POROUS ROLL WITH AXIAL ZONES AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PRINTING LIQUID TO A CYLINDER IN A PRINTING PRESS - An inking apparatus for a printing press is provided. The inking apparatus includes an anilox roll and at least one ink pump. The anilox roll includes an interior region, a porous layer surrounding the interior region and an outer surface of engraved cells surrounding the porous layer. The at least one ink pump is adapted to pump ink into the interior region and through the porous layer to the outer surface of engraved cells. A printing press and a method for providing ink to an anilox roll are also provided. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087059 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DECORATOR WHEEL BLANKET DEFECTS - A system and method to detect defects in ink blankets of a decorator wheel. An image of each of a plurality of ink blankets of a decorator wheel is acquired using an optical inspection device of the system as the decorator wheel rotates past the optical inspection device during an inking process. Each acquired image is correlated to a unique ink blanket of the plurality of ink blankets. Each acquired image is further matched to a unique standard image of a correlated unique ink blanket. Each acquired image is also compared to a matching unique standard image to determine any defects. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087060 | APPARATUS FOR ORIENTING MAGNETIC FLAKES - A printing apparatus includes a magnetic rotatable roller with a smooth even outer surface for aligning magnetic flakes in a carrier, such as an ink vehicle or a paint vehicle to create optically variable images in a high-speed, linear printing operation. Images can provide security features on high-value documents, such as bank notes. Magnetic flakes in the ink are aligned using magnetic portions of the roller, that can be formed by permanent magnets embedded in a non-magnetic roller body, or selectively magnetized portions of a flexible magnetic cover of the roller. In some embodiments, the roller is assembled for a plurality of interchangeable sections, which can include spinning magnets. Selected orientation of the magnetic pigment flakes can achieve a variety of illusive optical effects that are useful for decorative or security applications. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087061 | DISSOLVABLE MATERIAL APPLICATION IN PERFORATING - A shaped charge includes a charge case; a liner; an explosive retained between the charge case and the liner; and a primer core disposed in a hole in the charge case and in contact with the explosive, wherein at least one of the case, the liner, the primer core, and the explosive comprising a material soluble in a selected fluid. A perforation system includes a perforation gun, comprising a gun housing that includes a safety valve or a firing valve, wherein the safety valve or the firing valve comprises a material soluble in a selected fluid. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087062 | Explosive nuclear fusion device - This discovery describes a new process to produce large violent explosive quantities of thermal energy with a device through mass conversion under mild conditions by using hydride containing materials to be activated in the presence of group VIIIB and VIB elements causing nuclear fusion followed by sudden disassociation of the unstable result yielding stable products and large excess thermal energy. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087063 | CARTRIDGE AND BULLET - A liquid-filled bullet has a bullet cap and a bullet base with a cavity therebetween, the cavity containing a liquid. The bullet base has a chamfer and an extension above the chamfer where the base mates with the bullet cap. The bullet cap is deformed and the cavity content released inside a target by pressure of the chamfered portion of the bullet base deforming the bullet cap. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087064 | GAS GENERATOR AND METHOD OF GAS GENERATION - A gas generator assembly and method of operation. A plurality of stacks of laterally adjacent and laterally and axially supported gas generant wafers are contained within a housing. An igniter material is placed between the wafer stacks and an initiator. Upon ignition of the igniter material by the initiator, the wafer stacks are ignited and combust, generating a gas which, when reaching sufficient pressure within the housing in excess of ambient exterior pressures, opens a closed exhaust gas port and is released into a gas discharge structure where the gas passes through a heat sink material, cooling the gas before it exits the gas discharge structure for an intended use. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087065 | INFLATOR, MODULE INCLUDING AN INFLATOR, VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle safety system includes a module including an airbag and an inflator. The inflator includes a housing ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087066 | INTERSECTING PATH RIDE - An intersecting path ride providing close vehicle interaction without risk of collision. The ride includes a track assembly defining first and second linear, open channels bisecting at a vehicle path intersection point. The ride includes first and second vehicle guides movable within the channels. The ride includes first and second vehicle subassemblies supported by the guides, and the vehicle subassemblies move or reciprocate with the guides along linear paths defined by the channels. The ride includes a vehicle positioning assembly that concurrently reciprocates the guides back and forth along the linear channels through the intersection point. The vehicle positioning assembly includes a connection link pivotally coupled to the guides, a drive motor with an output shaft, and a crank arm rigidly coupled to the output shaft at one end and pivotally coupled to the connection link at another end moving the midpoint of the link through a circular drive path. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087067 | REGULATING DEVICE, RAILWAY WHEEL DEVICE, WORKING MACHINE AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR DRIVING OF A RUBBER WHEELED WORKING MACHINE ALONG A RAILWAY TRACK - A regulating device is disclosed for a working machine including at least four rubber wheels and a railway wheel unit in the area of a forward and rearward end, respectively, of the working machine, which each include at least two railway wheels and of which at least one can be raised and lowered by way of at least one power generating device. The regulating device includes a position regulating device by which the power generating device, in a driving position, is automatically controllable to maintain the railway wheels on a predetermined perpendicular distance from an arbitrary reference point on the chassis of the working machine. A railway wheel device, a working machine and a method for regulating the railway wheel unit are also disclosed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087068 | DRIVER'S CAB OF MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED TRAIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A driver's cab of a magnetically levitated train and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of: processing and obtaining two-dimensional framework components, and then assembling the two-dimensional framework components into a three-dimensional framework; making a three-dimensional cover skin with a small curved surface die-less forming process; and assembling the three-dimensional cover skin on the three-dimensional framework. The driver's cab comprises a three-dimensional framework and a three-dimensional cover skin assembled on the three-dimensional framework, wherein a plurality of two-dimensional framework components are mutually connected together to form the three-dimensional framework. Forming the three-dimensional framework by assembling the two-dimensional framework components can efficiently simplify the manufacturing process, lower the manufacturing cost, and improve the carrying capacity of the driver's cab of a magnetically levitated train. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087069 | ANTIBACTERIAL METALLIC NANOFOAM AND RELATED METHODS - Antibacterial metallic nanofoams, substrates having the nanofoam coated thereon, methods for preventing, inhibiting, and/or killing bacterial growth using the metallic nanofoams, and compositions and methods for making the metallic nanofoams. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087070 | WATER-BASED INK COMPOSITION FOR BALLPOINT PEN - Provided is a novel ink composition for a ballpoint pen such that the ink composition combines the strength of water-based ink for ballpoint pens and oil-based ink for ballpoint pens. Specifically provided is a water-based ink composition for ballpoint pens, wherein an oily phase containing an oily solution obtained by dissolving a dye in an organic solvent is contained, as an oil-in-water emulsion, in an aqueous phase comprising a pigment dispersant. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087071 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BN-BASED NANOPARTICLES AND PRODUCTS THEREFROM - A method of forming boron nitride nanoparticles. A plurality of precursor molecules comprising boron, nitrogen and hydrogen may be decomposed in a first heating zone to form a plurality of gaseous molecules that contain bonded boron and nitrogen, followed by heating to a second, higher temperature thereby causing the gaseous molecules to react and nucleate to form a plurality of boron nitride nanoparticles. Depending on processing temperatures, the boron nitride nanoparticles may include amorphous forms, crystalline forms, or combinations thereof. Precursor molecules may include ammonia borane, borazine, cycloborazanes, polyaminoborane, polyiminoborane, and mixtures thereof. The boron nitride nanoparticles may be incorporated into a variety of dispersions, composites, and coatings; and in one embodiment, may be a component of a propellant, wherein the boron nitride nanoparticles may confer a range of advantages to gun barrels in which such propellants may be fired. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087072 | Reversibly Switchable Surfactants and Methods of Use Thereof - Reversible switchable surfactants are provided. A surfactant is the salt of an amidine or guanidine having at least one R group that is a hydrophobic moiety selected from the group consisting of higher aliphatic moiety, higher siloxyl moiety, higher aliphatic/siloxyl moiety, aliphatic/aryl moiety, siloxyl/aryl moiety, and aliphatic/siloxyl/aryl moiety. The other R groups are smaller moieties such as H, C | 2013-04-11 |
20130087073 | STABILIZED LEVULINIC ESTER KETALS - The invention describes methods of preparation and compositions of plasticizers. The plasticizers include at least 2 alkyl ketal ester moieties and have a molecular weight of greater than 300. In one aspect, the alkyl ketal ester moieties are levulinic ester ketals. Certain compositions contain at least one of an antioxidant, a UV stabilizer, a thermal stabilizer or mixtures thereof, present in the composition from about 0.01 to about 5.0 percent by weight of the total composition. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087074 | COPPER-BASED ALLOY AND STRUCTURAL MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME - A copper-based alloy which contains 7.8 to 8.8 mass % of Al, 7.2 to 14.3 mass % of Mn and a remainder made up by Cu and unavoidable impurities, has a largest crystal grain diameter of more than 8 mm, has good shape memory properties, and enables the production of a structural material having a cross-section size suitable for use as a structure body or the like; and a structural material comprising the copper-based alloy. The copper-based alloy may additionally contain at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, Ti, V, Cr, Si, Ge, Nb, Mo, W, Sn, Bi, Sb, Mg, P, Be, Zr, Zn, B, C, S, Ag and a misch metal in the total amount of 0.001 to 5 mass %. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087075 | Process for the Manufacture of Aerated Concrete Construction Materials and Construction Materials Obtained Thereof - Process for the manufacture of aerated concrete construction materials comprising the following steps: (a) mixing a composition comprising at least water, a cementitious material, calcium oxide, a compound comprising reactive silicon dioxide, a source of oxygen, and a compound selected from sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and sodium hydroxide; (b) pouring the mixture of step (a) into a mould and allowing the mixture to set, thus forming a stiffened body; (c) removing the stiffened body from the mould; (d) optionally cutting and shaping the stiffened body, and (e) curing the stiffened body. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087076 | Calcium Aluminate Cement-Containing Inorganic Polymer Compositions and Methods of Making Same - Inorganic polymer compositions and methods for their preparation are described herein. The compositions include the reaction product of a reactive powder, an activator, and optionally a retardant. The reactive powder includes fly ash and calcium aluminate cement in an amount of 5% by weight or greater of the reactive powder. The reactive powder can include less than 8% by weight of portland cement. Also described herein are building materials including the compositions. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087077 | Low Water Content Inorganic Polymer Compositions and Methods of Making Same - Inorganic polymer compositions and methods for their preparation are described herein. The compositions include the reaction product of a reactive powder, an activator, optionally a retardant, and water. The reactive powder includes 85% by weight or greater fly ash. The ratio of water to reactive powder is from 0.06:1 to less than 0.15:1. Also described herein are building materials including the compositions. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087078 | Anhydrous Calcium Sulfate-Containing Inorganic Polymer Compositions and Methods of Making Same - Inorganic polymer compositions and methods for their preparation are described herein. The compositions include the reaction product of a reactive powder, anhydrous calcium sulfate, an activator, and optionally a retardant. The reactive powder includes fly ash and no more than 10% by weight portland cement. The anhydrous calcium sulfate is present in an amount of 2% or greater by weight of the reactive powder. Also described herein are building materials including the compositions. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087079 | High Speed Mixing Process for Producing Inorganic Polymer Products - Methods of producing inorganic polymer products are described herein. The methods include mixing reactants comprising a reactive powder, an activator, and optionally a retardant for a mixing time of 15 seconds or less to provide a reaction mixture and forming the reaction mixture into a product. Also described herein are building materials formed according to the methods. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087080 | CEMENTITIOUS MIXTURE FOR MATERIALS HAVING "EASY-TO-CLEAN" PROPERTIES BY MODIFICATION OF THE UNSET MATERIAL BY MEANS OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING ACTIVE INGREDIENTS - The present invention relates to a hydraulically setting mixture comprising: a) 6% to 25% by weight of cement, b) 50% to 90% by weight of at least one aggregate, and c) 0.01% to 8% by weight of at least one fluoroorganyl-substituted silicon compound, and also to materials produced from this mixture, more particularly components, concrete articles or mouldings. The invention further relates to the use of a hydraulically setting mixture of the invention for producing materials, more particularly components, concrete articles or mouldings, for example as facing concrete, where the surface of the materials exhibits only relatively low soiling tendency (“easy-to-clean” property) even on abrasion. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087081 | DISPLAY TABLE WITH LIGHT DRAWER - A display table includes a drawer section, a main drawer, an internal light drawer, and an upper section. The drawer section includes two opposing sidewalls partially defining a drawer compartment and a main opening. The main drawer, disposed within the drawer compartment, slidably mounts to the two opposing sidewalls and includes an exposed front panel for concealing the main opening. The internal light drawer is disposed above the main drawer and slidably couples to the two opposing sidewalls. The upper section is disposed over the drawer section to receive light when the internal light drawer is illuminated. When the main drawer is in an open position, the internal light drawer is movable relative to the main drawer. When the main drawer is in a closed position, the internal light drawer is concealed by the front panel. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087082 | FURNITURE WITH INTEGRATED STORAGE FOR WATER OR OTHER MATERIAL - Furniture pieces which include integrated storage capacity for storing water or other material. By incorporating such storage capacity within furniture, a user may take advantage of space that would otherwise be unused or unusable to unobtrusively and conveniently store an emergency water supply or other desired material. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087083 | Toilet Shelf - A toilet tank shelf is disclosed with a self leveling pad comprised of a granular weighted pouch. The pouch is attached to the bottom shelf surface. The granular pouch fills irregularities of an uneven surface of the tank lid. It provides a weighted level base of the shelf. The shelf can also be attached to the lid structure by one or more flexible elastic straps. The shelf can also comprise shelf edge components that cover the granular pouch and may extend above the shelf surface to form a lip. The shelf edge components can also serve to hold the shelf surface to the top of the tank. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087084 | MELTING EQUIPMENT - The melting equipment has a melting furnace that combusts and melts ash, a secondary combustion chamber disposed above the melting furnace, a slag extraction chute that guides slag generated in the melting furnace downward, a bypass channel ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087085 | System and Method for Cleaning Coal and Biomass in Efficient Integration with Fuel Delivery to a Boiler - A system and method for drying, cleaning and upgrading coal and biomass solid fuel while integrating the steps with the normal on site steps in coal preparation for a utility boiler, such that boiler efficiency is improved and emissions are reduced. The present invention carefully sequences steps to employ latent heat from one step to the next and more efficiently bring the fuel up to or near ignition temperature. The present invention incorporates several previously related inventions to improve the heat content and cleanliness of the fuel, thus reducing fuel flow rate, ash, CO2, CO, NOx, sulfur, mercury, chlorine, particulate and other emissions, for the same or higher energy output. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087086 | Bobbin thread monitor - A bobbin thread monitor includes a rotatable thread pulley together with a rotation sensing counter and numeric count display. During bobbin loading, the thread supply is looped about the pulley in a first direction resulting in rotation of the thread pulley in a corresponding first direction. The rotation of the thread pulley in the first direction produces an accumulated account within the rotation sensing and display apparatus. During sewing operations, the thread supply is looped about the thread pulley in a second opposite direction loop resulting in opposite direction rotation of the thread pulley during the sewing process. The opposite direction rotation of the thread pulley during the sewing process produces a downcount of the number accumulated during the bobbin loading process. This down count is indicative of bobbin supply remaining and may be used to activate additional alarm apparatus. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087087 | MOBILE FLOATING DECK BARGE WITH CONTAINMENT AND WASTE WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM - A mobile floating deck barge system is provided for use in performing work on the underside of a bridge or other structure extending over a body of water. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087088 | ICEBREAKING VESSEL AND METHOD OF BREAKING ICE - To keep the water around an off-shore installation ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087089 | Dock Protector For Use With A Floating Dock - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a dock protector apparatus. The apparatus includes an elongated pipe and a flange. A floating dock includes at least one floating dock section coupled to mooring pipes secured to a river or lake bed. The mooring pipes are slidably coupled and to the dock section by pipe sleeve assemblies that enable the dock section to slide vertically along the mooring posts. A dock protector apparatus is inserted within an interior cavity of each mooring pipe. Under tidal surge conditions, the decking may reach a vertical position above a top end of the mooring posts. In order to present the deck section from becoming decoupled from the mooring posts, the dock protector apparatus extends upwardly and remains coupled to both the mooring posts and the dock section, thereby maintaining an essentially laterally-rigid mooring between the dock section and the mooring post. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087090 | SUBSEA COMPLETIONS AND WELL INTERVENTIONS USING A VESSEL OF OPPORTUNITY - A system for performing a desired subsea well-servicing operation, comprises a vessel, a service apparatus for performing the desired subsea well-servicing operation, the service apparatus being supported on the vessel; and a support apparatus mounted on the vessel, the support apparatus having first and second modes, wherein in the first mode the support means does not provide access to a well by the service apparatus and wherein in the second mode the support means does provide access to a well by the service apparatus. The vessel may be a vessel of opportunity and the service apparatus may be selected from the group consisting of subsea tree installation apparatus, perforating apparatus, acidizing apparatus, fracturing apparatus, workover apparatus, reservoir stimulation apparatus, wireline apparatus, coiled tubing apparatus, and snubbing apparatus. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087091 | Nut Sensing Devices - Safety apparatuses for objects having a nut are disclosed. Contemplated apparatuses comprise a nut cap and a nut rotation indicator that can readily be observed by an operator. A retention wall can also be included to operate in conjunction with an additional component to block a rotation of a nut. Apparatuses are preferably configured to remain stable in harsher environments. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087092 | AUTOMOBILE INSTRUMENT - An automobile instrument ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HVPE PROCESSING USING A PLASMA - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) apparatus that utilizes a high temperature gas distribution device and plasma generation to form an activated precursor gas used to rapidly form a high quality compound nitride layer on a surface of a substrate. In one embodiment, plasma is formed from a nitrogen containing precursor within a gas distribution device prior to injection into a processing region of the HVPE apparatus. In another embodiment, plasma is formed from a nitrogen containing precursor within the processing region by using the gas distribution device as an electrode for forming the plasma in the processing region. In each embodiment, a second precursor gas may be separately introduced into the processing region of the HVPE apparatus through the gas distribution device without mixing with the nitrogen containing precursor prior to entering the processing region. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087094 | Composite Crucible For Crystal Growth - A composite crucible comprising an iridium alloy sidewall and an iridium bottom. The iridium alloy is selected from the group consisting of iridium, rhenium, rhodium and tungsten. In some embodiments the iridium alloy comprises about 99 to 95 parts iridium and about 1 to 5 five parts rhenium. The crucible can be fabricated by rolling a flat sheet of iridium alloy into a cylinder and affixing an iridium circular bottom to one end of the cylinder. Seams can be welded to complete the composite crucible structure. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087095 | SELF-GETTERING DIFFERENTIAL PUMP - A self-gettering differential pump for a molecular beam epitaxy system has a collimator with a length greater than its diameter mounted in front of a source in extended port geometry, wherein the reactant delivered by the source also serves as a gettering agent. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087096 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING DYE MATERIAL ON AN ELECTRODE TO FORM A DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - An apparatus for applying dye material on an electrode to form a dye-sensitized solar cell includes a rotary unit and an electrode holding unit disposed around the rotary unit. The rotary unit is rotatable about a rotary axis and includes a dye tank for receiving liquid dye therein and a dye breaking unit disposed around the dye tank. The dye tank permits flow of the liquid dye therein to the dye breaking unit. The dye breaking unit breaks the liquid dye flowing from the dye tank into liquid droplets that move in the dye breaking unit due to centrifugal force. The rotary unit permits the liquid droplets to exit therefrom. The liquid droplets exiting the rotary unit are propelled toward an electrode on the electrode holding unit during rotation of the rotary unit. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087097 | FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus is configured to include a gas supplying part configured to supply a plasma generating gas on a surface on a substrate mounting area side in a turntable and an antenna configured to convert the plasma generating gas to plasma by induction coupling and provided facing the surface of the substrate mounting area side in the turntable so as to extend from a center part to an outer edge part of the turntable. The antenna is arranged so as to have a distance from the turntable in the substrate mounting area not less than 3 mm longer on the center part side than on the outer edge part side. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENDPOINT DETECTION - A process control system is provided for use with a processing tool for thin film patterning by a material removal processing system. The system includes an optical end-point detector operable within a working area defined by the processing tool when the processing tool is applied to an article, the optical end-point detector performing in-situ measurements of parameters of patterned thin film on the article. An optical integrated monitoring tool is installed with the processing tool and operable outside the working area for measuring parameters of the patterned thin film on the article. A control unit is connected to the end-point detector and to the integrated monitoring tool, and includes processing and computational intelligence responsive to data received from the end-point detector and to the measured data received from the integrated monitoring tool for analyzing data and generating a signal for terminating the patterning of the thin film on the article. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087099 | In-Situ Hydroxylation Apparatus - Described are apparatuses and methods for the hydroxylation of a substrate surface using ammonia and water vapor. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087100 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROL IN AN ANIMAL HANDLING SYSTEM - An arrangement for control in an animal handling system includes an automated teat preparation station for preparation of teats of animals to be milked and a separately located milking system for milking of the animals. The arrangement is operatively connected to the teat preparation station and the milking system and includes a unit estimating a time left until the milking system is ready to receive a further animal to be milked; a unit estimating, for a animal present at the teat preparation station, a time for preparation of the teats of the animal; and initiating unit initiating automated preparation of the teats of the animal at a point of time, which is dependent on the estimated time left until the milking system is ready to receive a further animal to be milked and on the estimated time for preparation of the teats of the animal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087101 | Milking Apparatus and System - A device suitable for attachment to a milking platform at a “milking position” has a strippings viewing area and a light source, which is operable to illuminate in a suitable manner the strippings viewing area to enhance the visibility to an operator of any mastitis symptoms in use and/or to illuminate the udder to facilitate inspection or treatment. The light source may also be operable to give continuous or intermittent colour signals to the operator and the device might also include an alpha-numeric area. The device might form part of a leg separator and/or sprayer and/or milk hose support. A milking platform with such a device is also claimed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087102 | Pet Fountain Assembly - A pet fountain that presents circulating water that is continuously filtered and pumped through the fountain. The fountain includes a basin that has a sidewall extending upwardly from a bottom wall (or floor) and a cover. A pump assembly is housed between the basin and cover, and circulates water through the pet fountain by pumping the water from the basin to an upper drinking bowl of the cover. The water spills out of the upper drinking back to the basin. An opening is provided between the cover and the basin which allows a pet to drink directly from the basin in addition to the upper drinking bowl of the cover. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN ANIMAL CONFINEMENT HOUSES - A method and apparatus for enhancing animal production in the animal confining house for raising the animals by improving health of the animals and reducing their rate of respiratory infections using an aerosol. The apparatus includes an animal confining house, containing an enclosed structure, a fan means, an aerosol generating means, and an aerosol delivery means. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087104 | Pet toy with interlocking arms and recess for treat - A pet toy comprising a head having a recess and two interlocking arms that extend from the head and are situated such that one arm is wrapped around the other to create a barrier to accessing the recess in the head. The head and interlocking arms are comprised of a single durable, flexible and resilient material. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087105 | PET LOCK - A method and apparatus for securing a pet leash to an object. The apparatus comprises a body connectable to a leash secured to the pet and a flexible member extending from the body. The flexible member has sufficient length to be passed around an object and a free distal end. The body has a receiver operable to selectably and lockably receive the free distal end of the flexible member therein. The method comprises providing a body connectable to a leash secured to the pet, extending a flexible member from the body around an object and selectably and lockably securing a distal end of the flexible member into a receiver of the body. The body may comprise a handle body of a leash. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087106 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEAM GENERATOR TUBES - A method for producing steam generator tubes is provided. The method is intended to allow a technically particularly simple production process and at the same time allow particularly high flexibility with regards to the materials that may be used to achieve a particularly high efficiency of a steam generator. For this purpose, an insert is fixed in slots of a former shaft, the former shaft with the insert is introduced into a steam generator tube, the fixing of the insert on the former shaft is released and the former shaft is removed again from the steam generator tube. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087107 | Steam Generation Device and Household Electric Steam Box - A steam generation device includes a water tank, a steam-water separating device including a sealing cover and a base assembly, a guiding valve, at least one heat generating tube, wherein said water tank has a water returning inlet while said base assembly has a water returning tube connected to said water returning inlet, wherein said base assembly has a flat bottom wall and an inclined bottom wall formed at a bottom side of said base assembly at a position near said water returning tube, wherein said steam-water separating device has an air outlet, wherein said water tank further has a water outlet connected to said guiding valve through passage IV, wherein said steam-water separating device and said passage IV are connected with each other. The present invention also provides a household steaming device which is safe, energy efficient and water efficient. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087108 | COMBUSTION-ENGINED SETTING TOOL - A combustion-engined setting tool for driving fastening elements in a workpiece includes a combustion chamber ( | 2013-04-11 |
20130087109 | ENGINE - An engine without a compressor or a turbine comprises a combustion chamber for burning a fuel-air mixture formed by mixing a fuel with outside air; and an outside air introduction part for introducing outside air into the combustion chamber. The outside air introduction part comprises an intake main port for introducing outside air into the combustion chamber from the direction along the central axis of the combustion chamber and a plurality of intake sub-ports for introducing outside air into the combustion chamber from the direction toward the central axis. The intake sub-ports comprise ejection openings capable of ejecting outside air toward a collision point inside the combustion chamber. Streams of outside air ejected from the ejection openings of the intake sub-ports mutually collide at the collision point and are thereby compressed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087110 | METHOD FOR COMBUSTION MODE TRANSITION - An internal combustion engine is selectably operable in one of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) mode with low lift intake and exhaust valve profiles and spark ignition (SI) mode with high lift intake and exhaust valve profiles. Transition from a current combustion mode to a desired combustion mode includes phase adjusting the one of the intake and exhaust valves exhibiting a greater effect upon an effective cylinder volume for a given phase adjustment in the desired combustion mode based upon a desired phasing for the desired combustion mode prior to lift adjusting the one of the intake and exhaust valves and adjusting the other of the intake and exhaust valves. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087111 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROL - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention an internal combustion engine includes a piston disposed in a cylinder, a valve configured to control flow of air into the cylinder and an actuator coupled to the valve to control a position of the valve. The internal combustion engine also includes a controller coupled to the actuator, wherein the controller is configured to close the valve when an uncontrolled condition for the internal engine is determined. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087112 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE VALVE CONTROL TIMES OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 2013-04-11 |
20130087113 | ACTUATOR UNIT FOR SLIDING CAM SYSTEMS WITH ACTUATOR PINS CONTROLLED BY CONTROL NEEDLES - Reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine with intake and exhaust valves actuatable by sliding cams of a camshaft, arranged so that they are rotationally locked but axially moveable on a base shaft, and with an actuator unit for each sliding cam unit with at least one actuator pin for the displacement of the sliding cam units into different axial positions. The actuator pins are spring-loaded in the direction of the sliding cam unit and are fixable in their retracted position away from the sliding cam unit by latches having spring-loaded control needles that correspond to clamping bodies of the latches and are releasable via an electromagnet and permanent magnets that are in active connection with the control needles, and acceleration of the control needles defined by the spring force of each moving mass due to their springs is compensated by the acceleration of the actuator pins due to their allocated compressive springs. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087114 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE OF SHEATHED-ELEMENT GLOW PLUGS - A method for reducing the temperature tolerance of sheathed-element glow plugs is described, in which, in a first step, the sheathed-element glow plugs of an auto-ignition internal combustion engine are classified into at least two temperature classes, at least one temperature class including a temperature range above a setpoint temperature range, at least one temperature class including a temperature range below the setpoint temperature range, and/or one temperature class including the setpoint temperature range. In a second step, the control voltage of sheathed-element glow plugs which were assigned to a temperature class which includes a temperature range above the setpoint temperature range is reduced, and the control voltage of sheathed-element glow plugs which were assigned to a temperature class which includes a temperature range below the setpoint temperature range is increased. A device for performing the method is also described. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087115 | OPPOSED PISTON ENGINE - An opposed piston engine has an outer piston and an inner piston, which are disposed in a cylinder and are driven in opposite directions and delimit a common combustion chamber. The inner piston drives a crankshaft via a connecting rod and the outer piston drives the crankshaft via a pair of traction connecting rods. The outer piston is supported by a connecting rod that is guided linearly in a guide block, and the connecting rod protrudes from a bridge that is connected at both end portions to a traction connecting rod. Accordingly, it is provided that each traction connecting rod contains a U-shaped curved piece of tube, preferably with parallel legs, which with its U-shaped curved portion encloses a part of the circumference of the pivot bearing supported by the bridge and is fixed, especially bolted, with its leg ends onto a traction connecting rod bearing mounted on the crankshaft. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087116 | OIL PASSAGE STRUCTURE OF ENGINE - An oil passage structure for an engine of a vehicle is provided with a connecting rod swingably coupled to a crankshaft rod by a plurality of crankpins, the plurality of crankpins being disposed between a plurality of crank journals, and a plurality of support portions for rotatably supporting the crankshaft by the plurality of crank journals in a cylinder block. The crankshaft has a first oil passage formed therein, the first oil passage supplying oil from an opening formed in one end face thereof to sliding surfaces of the plurality of crankpins, the plurality of support portions have a second oil passage formed therein, the second oil passage supplying the oil to a sliding surface of each of the plurality of crank journals, and the first oil passage and the second oil passage communicate with each other in some of the support portions and in some of the crank journals. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087117 | HEAD ASSEMBLY AND VALVE-LESS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A head assembly and valve-less internal combustion engine are disclosed. The head assembly includes a head having a first port extending through the head and a surface defining a portion of a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the first port. The head further includes a first shaft mounted in a first bore of the head between the first port and the combustion chamber. The first shaft includes a first aperture extending therethrough and is rotatable between a first orientation wherein the first shaft blocks fluid communication between the first port and the combustion chamber and a second orientation wherein the first shaft permits fluid communication between the first port and the combustion chamber through the first aperture. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087118 | ROTARY ENERGY CONVERTER WITH RETRACTABLE BARRIER - A rotary internal combustion engine includes an outer housing and an inner housing and an enclosure defined therebetween. At least one of the outer and inner housings is rotatable relative to the other and at least two barriers are disposed in the enclosure and divide the enclosure into a combustion chamber and an exhaust chamber. At least one barrier is rotatable relative to at least one other barrier and at least one barrier comprises a retractable barrier mounted along a pivot axis and is pivotable between an extended position and a retracted position. An intake port, exhaust port, and ignition source are also provided. A method of combusting a fuel comprises rotating a drive member to expand a combustion chamber and substantially isolate the combustion chamber from an exhaust chamber, and introducing and combusting a combustion fluid and a fuel in the combustion chamber as the combustion chamber is expanding. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087119 | ENGINE CYLINDER AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING THE ENGINE CYLINDER - An engine cylinder has a feed duct and a charge movement duct, which are each led adjacent to one another to an inlet valve in the cylinder head of the engine cylinder. A through flow of the two ducts is regulated by a common throttle valve extending in the or over the two ducts or their inflow openings, with which the end portions of the two ducts remote from the combustion chamber or their inflow openings can be closed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087120 | RECIPROCATING PISTON ENGINE WITH IMPROVED MASS EQUALIZATION - The disclosure relates to reciprocating piston engines having four cylinders with a circular cross section, cylinder axes which are parallel to one another, and an output shaft. The cylinder axes, as viewed in axial section, lie at the corner points of a rectangle that is a square, with the output shaft, which extends parallel to the cylinder axes, in the centre of the square. Each pair of cylinders which lie diagonally opposite one another are arranged in the same direction, as viewed axially, and in opposite directions, as viewed axially, with respect to the other pair of cylinders. The force or moment from each cylinder is transmitted to the output shaft via a dedicated rotating crank and a toothing system. | 2013-04-11 |
20130087121 | ACCELERATOR DEVICE - An accelerator device capable of achieving miniaturization and easily varying torque characteristics with a simple structure. The accelerator device includes a housing, a grip-side rotary body which is rotated with accelerator operation, a friction member including a contact portion to apply resistance due to friction as being contacted to the grip-side rotary body, an urging member which is connected to the housing via the friction member and connected to the grip-side rotary body and which urges the grip-side rotary body to rotate to an initial position side, and a restriction portion which is arranged at the housing and which restricts rotation of the friction member with the urging force of the urging member as being contacted to the friction member. Here, the friction member is urged by the urging member in a direction that the contact portion is pressed to an outer circumferential face of the rotary body having the restriction portion as a fulcrum. | 2013-04-11 |