17th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130098659 | PRE-PLATED LEAD FRAME FOR COPPER WIRE BONDING - A pre-plated lead frame comprises a substrate comprising copper or a copper alloy which has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. A first plating layer comprising nickel is plated on the first and second sides of the substrate and a second plating layer comprising palladium is plated onto the first plating layer on the first and second sides of the substrate. A third plating layer comprising gold is then plated onto the second plating layer on the second side of the substrate, the third plating layer on the second side of the substrate having a thickness of more than 3 nm. On the first side of the substrate, there is either no gold plated onto the second plating layer, or a third plating layer comprising gold plated onto the second plating layer which has a thickness of 1.5 nm or less. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098660 | ELECTRIC WIRE PROTECTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC WIRE PROTECTION STRUCTURE - An electric wire protection structure has a structure in which a branch portion of an electric wire bundle is protected. In the electric wire protection structure, a protection portion covers the branch portion of the electric wire bundle, the protection portion being formed by heating and compressing a thermoplastic material in a state of covering at least the branch portion of the electric wire bundle. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098661 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND LAYOUT METHOD THEREOF - A printed circuit board includes a signal layer having a pair of differential transmission lines thereon. An eye width and an eye height of an eye diagram obtained at output terminals of the pair of differential transmission lines are variable according to a distance between the pair of differential transmission lines. The eye width and the eye height of the eye diagram are at minimum values when the distance between the pair of differential transmission lines is at a first distance. The eye width and the eye height meet requirements of the pair of differential transmission lines for the eye diagram when the distance between the pair of differential transmission lines is set at a second distance, the second distance is less than the first distance. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098662 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-LAYER CIRCUIT BOARD, AND MULTI-LAYER CIRCUIT BOARD - A multi-layer circuit board having a connector portion of an inner layer substrate being exposed, the multi-layer circuit board comprising: an inner layer substrate in which an inner layer circuit is formed, the inner layer circuit including the connector portion; and an outer layer substrate having an outer layer circuit formed on an insulating layer and having a region corresponding to the connector portion peeled off, an inner layer circuit side of the inner layer substrate and an insulating layer side of the outer layer substrate being adhered to one another via an adhesive layer so as to face one another, and a conductor layer other than the connector portion of the inner layer circuit being adhered to the outer layer substrate directly by the adhesive layer. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098663 | TOUCH PANEL SENSOR - A capacitive touch panel sensor in which waviness generated in a film furnished with a transparent electrode pattern can be small. The touch panel sensor according to the present invention includes a first film, a first transparent electrode pattern formed on the first film, a first adhesive layer laminated on the first film so as to cover the first transparent electrode pattern, a second film laminated on the first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer laminated on the second film, a third film laminated on the second adhesive layer, and a second transparent electrode pattern formed on the third film, wherein Da/Db is 0.5 to 0.9 where a total thickness of the second film and the second adhesive layer is Da, and a distance between the first transparent electrode pattern and the second transparent electrode pattern is Db. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098664 | Resolution-Adjustable Touch Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A resolution-adjustable touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The resolution-adjustable touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first, second, third and fourth sensor strings, and a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit board includes a plurality of first, second, third and fourth pins. The first and third pins are respectively and electrically connected to the first and third sensor strings, and the second and fourth pins are respectively and electrically connected to the second and fourth sensor strings by dummy pins. From this, a different-resolution touch panel can be made from the substrate with the same sensor string. Thus, the cost for masks can be reduced. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098665 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAME - The present invention is a flexible printed circuit board provided with an insulating substrate and a wiring circuit provided on at least one main surface side of the insulating substrate, wherein the wiring circuit has a laminate having a first metal layer that contains first metallic crystal grains and a second metal layer that is adjacent to the first metal layer and contains second metallic crystal grains, with the first metal layer and the second metal layer being laminated along a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the insulating substrate, and the average grain size of the first metallic crystal grains is smaller than the average grain size of the second metallic crystal grains. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098666 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a resin composition for a printed circuit board, including 100 parts by weight of a liquid crystal oligomer shown in a predetermined Formula; and 10 to 40 parts by weight of a rubber-modified epoxy resin. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098667 | EMBEDDED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is an embedded printed circuit board (PCB) including: a copper foil laminate; an internal electronic component inserted into the copper foil laminate; a first circuit pattern formed on a surface of the internal electronic component; and a second circuit pattern formed on the copper foil laminate. Since the surface space of the electronic component embedded in the substrate is utilized as a wiring space, a wiring design can be optimized, layers can be simplified, and an increase in the thickness of the substrate can be prevented. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098668 | CONDUCTIVE SUBTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a conductive substrate, the method including: a first electrode applying operation of applying first electrodes on a substrate; a first electrode forming operation of forming the first electrodes of fine lines by partly removing the first electrodes; and a second electrode forming operation of forming second electrodes on the substrate from which the first electrodes are removed, thereby enhancing reliability in a whole product including the conductive substrate. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098669 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR WIRING SUBSTRATE - A wiring substrate includes: a plate-like base material containing carbon fibers; a wiring layer formed on a surface of the base material; a first via including a first through hole penetrating through the base material, a first resin layer formed on an inner wall of the first through hole and including a second through hole, and a first conductive layer formed on an inner wall of the second through hole; and a second via including a third through hole penetrating through the base material and a second conductive layer formed on an inner wall of the third through hole, wherein an inside diameter of the third through hole is greater than an inside diameter of the second through hole. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098670 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Embodiments of the present invention provide a wiring substrate that includes a structure where a plurality of projection electrodes are arranged within an electrode formation region on a substrate main surface. At least one among the plurality of projection electrodes has a larger outer diameter than an outer diameter of a via conductor and is a variant projection electrode which has a roughened upper surface. Embodiments of the present invention also provide methods for manufacturing wiring substrates having one or more of said variant projection electrode. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098671 | MULTIPLE LAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board (PCB) stack-up has a signal via configured to transmit a signal through at least two different layers of the PCB stack-up, a reference structure that is at least a portion of a return path for the signal; and an unplated via disposed in an area surrounding the signal via. The unplated via is disposed in the area surrounding the signal via to improve the characteristic impedance of the signal via. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098672 | Safety Net System - A safety net system for blocking electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure from electronic devices is provided. The safety net system comprises a hair net for covering at least a portion of a head and a body net having a back portion for covering an upper back and shoulders, a first front portion for covering a right breast, and a second front portion covering a left breast. A first anti-EMF chip is mounted to the hair net, a second anti-EMF chip is mounted to the back portion, a third anti-EMF chip is mounted to the first front portion, and a fourth anti-EMF chip mounted to the second front portion. Upon positioning the hair net over the at least a portion of the head and upon draping the body net over the shoulders thereby covering the upper back and breasts, the anti-EMF chips block and shield EMF radiation from reaching the body part. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098673 | Metamaterial for deflecting an electromagnetic wave - A metamaterial for deflecting an electromagnetic wave is disclosed, which comprises a functional layer. The functional layer comprises a plurality of sheet layers parallel to each other, and each of the sheet layers comprises a sheet-like substrate and a plurality of man-made microstructures arranged in an array on the sheet-like substrate. The sheet-like substrate comprises a plurality of unit blocks, and each of the man-made microstructures and a corresponding one of the unit blocks occupied thereby form a unit cell. Refractive indices of the unit cells arranged in a first direction in each of the sheet layers decrease gradually. Each of the unit cells has an anisotropic electromagnetic parameter. Through use of the metamaterial of the present disclosure, deflection of the electromagnetic wave can be achieved. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098674 | ADHESIVE BACKED CABLING SYSTEM FOR IN-BUILDING WIRELESS APPLICATIONS - An adhesive-backed multi-channel RF signal cable comprises a main body having at least one conduit portion with a bore formed throughout and containing one or more RF signal channels, and a flange portion having an adhesive backing layer to mount the cable to a mounting surface. The adhesive-backed cabling provides for multiple channels of RF/cellular traffic to be distributed, where these channels can be dedicated to different carriers, each needing wireless distribution in a building, different services, and/or routing signals to different locations within a building. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION OF ANTI-STICTION COATING - This disclosure provides apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing electromechanical systems (EMS) packages. One method includes making an EMS package that includes an out-gassable anti-stiction coating. The anti-stiction coating may be a solvent that is included within part of a desiccant mixture. In some implementations, the method includes sealing an EMS device into a package and then heating the package using a temperature profile that out-gasses at least a portion of a residual solvent. The method may include an incubation bake cycle to distribute anti stiction material to display elements within the EMS package. The incubation bake cycle may also more evenly distribute contaminants within the EMS package so as to reduce their effects. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098676 | CHEMICAL VAPOR RESISTANT EPOXY COMPOSITION - A two part, curable, epoxy composition useful for potting or sealing electrical devices for use in hazardous locations. Cured reaction products of the epoxy composition meet most or all UL 674 requirements and are useful to seal apertures in electrical equipment. Equipment sealed with the disclosed compositions can meet the UL 674 requirement. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098677 | DISTRIBUTION CABINET FOR OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES - The invention relates to a box ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130098678 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING A SIDE-LOADING OPERATING ROOM CABLE OF AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM - An operating room cable for electrically coupling a lead to a trial stimulator includes a trial stimulator connector electrically coupleable with the trial stimulator and a lead connector for receiving the lead. The lead connector includes a housing. A first lead aperture is defined in a second end of the housing in proximity to a first side of the housing. A first inner passage extends along an interior of the housing from the first lead aperture to the second end of the housing. A first stylet slit is defined along the first side of the housing and extends from a first end of the housing to the second end of the housing. The first stylet slit is formed between upper and lower casings of the housing. The first stylet slit is continuous with the first lead aperture and the first inner passage. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098679 | ANTICORROSIVE POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND ELECTRIC WIRE WITH TERMINAL - Provided is an anticorrosive polyamide resin composition having excellent anticorrosive capability by possessing excellent adhesive strength to a polyolefin resin and a metal and excellent elongation. The anticorrosive polyamide resin composition contains a resin component that contains 70 to 90 mass % of a polyamide resin, and 30 to 10 mass % of an acid-modified polyolefin resin. A maleic acid anhydride-modified polyolefin resin is preferably used as the acid-modified polyolefin resin. Polypropylene is preferably used as the polyolefin resin. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098680 | EARTH CABLE CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF SHIELDED ELECTRIC WIRE - There is provided an earth cable connecting structure of a shielded electric wire for connecting a shield layer of the shielded electric wire to an earth cable. The shielded electric wire includes an inner insulating layer covering a core wire, the shield layer provided in an outer periphery of the inner insulating layer and an outer insulating layer covering the shield layer. A first crimping part is crimped to the shield layer of a part from which the outer insulating layer is removed. A second crimping part is crimped to a core wire of the earth cable in an outer surface side opposite to an inner surface of the first crimping part which faces the shield layer. The first crimping part and the second crimping part are formed integrally. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098681 | COMBINED FRACTURING AND PERFORATING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OIL AND GAS WELL - A combined fracturing and perforating method and device for oil and gas well are disclosed. The method utilizes an explosion of a perforating charge ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130098682 | OPTIMIZED REAMING SYSTEM BASED UPON WEIGHT ON TOOL - A drilling apparatus includes a tubular body including an upper connection and a lower connection with a drill bit disposed thereon, and an axial borehole therethrough, wherein the upper connection is configured to attach to a drillstring, primary cutter blocks coupled to the tubular body and configured to selectively expand radially therefrom. The drilling apparatus further includes backup cutter blocks coupled to the tubular body and configured to selectively expand radially therefrom, and an activation system configured to selectively expand and collapse the primary and backup cutter blocks in response to changes in weight applied to the primary and backup cutter blocks. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098683 | System and Method for Monitoring and Controlling Underground Drilling - A system and method for monitoring underground drilling in which vibration is monitored by creating a model of the drill string using finite element techniques or finite difference techniques and (i) predicting vibration by inputting real time values of operating parameters into the model, and then adjusting the model to agree with measured vibration data, (ii) predicting the weight on bit and drill string and mud motor speeds at which resonance will occur, as well as when stick-slip will occur, so that the operator can avoid operating regimes that will result in high vibration, (iii) determining vibration and torque levels along the length of the drill string based on the measured vibration and torque at one or more locations, (iv) determining the remaining life of critical components of the drill string based on the history of the vibration to which the components have been subjected, and (v) determining the optimum drilling parameters that will avoid excessive vibration of the drill string. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098684 | PERCUSSION ASSISTED ROTARY EARTH BIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A method of boring through a formation includes providing a drilling machine and drill string and operatively coupling an earth bit to the drilling machine through the drill string. An air flow is provided through the drill string at an air pressure less than about one-hundred pounds per square inch (100 psi) and an overstrike force is applied to the earth bit, wherein the overstrike force is less than about five foot-pounds per square inch (5 ft-lb/in | 2013-04-25 |
20130098685 | DETECTING AND MITIGATING BOREHOLE DIAMETER ENLARGEMENT - Borehole diameter enlargement occurs while drilling, circulating, reaming, and/or cleaning the borehole, and such borehole diameter enlargements can be detrimental to proper tripping of a drillstring or running of a casing string. Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting or measuring borehole diameter enlargement, diagnosing the cause of the borehole diameter enlargement, and potentially mitigating the borehole diameter enlargement based on the diagnosed and identified causes. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098686 | Dynamic Steering Tool - The present invention is directed to a dynamic steering tool for use with a horizontal directional drilling machine. The tool comprises and inner member, an outer member, a steering member, a drill stem, and a drill bit. The drill stem extends from within a borehole to the surface while the outer member only extends the length of the inner member within the borehole. The outer member is powered via the use of a progressive cavity motor. In operation, the drill stem, inner member, and drill bit rotate in a clockwise position while the outer member rotates in a counterclockwise direction. Rotating the outer member opposite the inner member allows the outer member to remain stationary and cause the tool to steer while the inner member continues to rotate. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098687 | WEAR AND BUCKLING RESISTANT DRILL PIPE - The present invention describes a drill pipe in which various sections of the pipe are strengthened, or their shape is altered, in order to improve the wear and buckle resistance of the drill pipe. The sections are strengthened using various hardening methods such as heat treatment processes and/or expansion techniques. A sleeve can also be applied to the strengthened portions. Surface enhancers, such as hardbanding, can be applied to the strengthened portions or the sleeve in order to provide abrasion resistance or to reduce friction. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098688 | DRILL BITS HAVING ROTATING CUTTING STRUCTURES THEREON - A drill bit may include a bit body rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having, at one end, a connection for securing the drill bit to a drill string and having a face opposite the connection end; and a plurality of cutting structures having at least one fixed cutting structure disposed on the bit body face and at least one cutting body rotatably attached to the face of the bit body; wherein, in a rotated view of the plurality of cutting structures into a single plane, there is substantially no radial overlap between at least one fixed cutting structure and the at least one cutting body. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098689 | TWO-PART DRILLING TOOL FOR THE PERCUSSIVE OR ROTARY PERCUSSIVE DRILLING OF HOLES IN SOIL MATERIAL OR ROCK MATERIAL - In a two-part drilling tool for the percussive or rotary percussive drilling of holes in soil material or rock material, including a drill head ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130098690 | REPAIRED WEAR AND BUCKLE RESISTANT DRILL PIPE AND RELATED METHODS - The present invention embodies a drill pipe in which various damaged sections of the pipe are repaired in order to maintain or improve the wear and buckle resistance of the drill pipe. The sections are strengthened using various hardening methods such as heat treatment processes and/or expansion techniques. A sleeve can also be applied to the strengthened portions. Surface enhancers, such as hardbanding, can be applied to the strengthened portions or the sleeve in order to provide abrasion resistance or to reduce friction. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098691 | HIGH-STRENGTH, HIGH-HARDNESS BINDERS AND DRILLING TOOLS FORMED USING THE SAME - Implementations of the present invention include a binder with high hardness and tensile strength that allows for the creation of drilling tools with increased wear resistance. In particular, one or more implementations include a binder having about 5 to about 50 weight % of nickel, about 35 to about 60 weight % of zinc, and about 0.5 to about 35 weight % of tin. Implementations of the present invention also include drilling tools, such as reamers and drill bits, formed from such binders. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098692 | DRILL BIT - The present invention provides a drill bit ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130098693 | POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACT INCLUDING A SUBSTRATE HAVING A RAISED INTERFACIAL SURFACE BONDED TO A LEACHED POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND TABLE, AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR - In various embodiments, a polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”) comprises a substrate including an interfacial surface having a raised region. The PDC comprises a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table bonded to the interfacial surface of the substrate. The PCD table defines an upper surface and exhibits a thickness over the raised region. The PCD table includes a plurality of bonded diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. A first region of the PCD table adjacent to the substrate includes metal-solvent catalyst disposed interstitially between the bonded diamond grains thereof, and a leached second region of the PCD table extends inwardly from the upper surface. The interstitial regions of the leached second region are depleted of metal-solvent catalyst. The geometry of the PCD table and raised region may be selected so that residual compressive stresses therein are retained to a sufficient level after leaching to provide a damage tolerant/thermally-stable PCD table. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098694 | Motorized Cycle - There is provided a motorized cycle comprising a frame, a seat, handle bars and a plurality of suspensions mounted to the frame, a plurality of wheels each coupled to one of the plurality of suspensions, one or more motors connected to the wheels causing the wheels to rotate and a control mechanism to independently control the one or more motors in response to a side-to-side and a front-to-back tilt of the motorized cycle. There is also provided a control system for operating a motorized cycle comprising a control board including software, a plurality of sensors providing inputs to the control board, a plurality of motors receiving instruction from the control board wherein the software maintains the center of gravity of the cycle in both a side-to-side and front-to-back direction by instructing the motors to accelerate or decelerate. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098695 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle which includes in-wheel motor driving devices and an independent-steering apparatus and is capable of making pivot turns within a minimum-required parking space, having a structure without a chassis and a part of the body protruding out of a minimum-required circular space necessary for the wheels to make pivot turning. In a case where the electric vehicle has four wheels including left and right front wheels and left and right rear wheels, an in-wheel motor driving device is incorporated only in the left and right front wheels, only in the left and right rear wheels, or in all of the wheels. An independent-steering apparatus serves for all of the wheels. A kingpin axis in each of the wheels makes an intersection with a road surface on a circle inboard of a vehicle chassis. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098696 | TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE - The present invention provides track assemblies and a method that allow bringing the contact patch towards the inside (the outside) of the suspension arm, by providing a asymmetric track assembly, either by lowering at least one inside (outside) support wheel relative to the remaining support wheels, or by using a belt that comprises, transversally, at least one first profile on the outer (inner) side thereof lower than a second profile on an inner side thereof. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098697 | SPINDLE AND BRAKE ATTACHMENT MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE - A wheel assembly includes an attachment member with a spindle attachment interface and a brake attachment interface. A spindle is attached to the spindle attachment interface and a brake component is attached to the brake attachment interface. The spindle attachment interface is configured to be a detachable connection that allows the spindle to be selectively attached and detached from the wheel assembly. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098698 | ELECTRIC UTILITY VEHICLE - A utility vehicle can comprise a wheeled platform, a motor coupled to the platform and configured to propel the platform, at least one cleaning element coupled to the platform, wherein the at least one cleaning element is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position, and one or more controls configured to move the at least one cleaning element between the collapsed position and the expanded position. The at least one cleaning element can also be movable between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the wheeled platform, and the one or more controls can further be configured to move the at least one cleaning element between the raised position and the lowered position. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098699 | Francis electric vehicle range extender charge system - The Nature of This Invention is to Show That Just May Be, “We” as A Nation Can Free Our selves From The Grips Of “Fossil Fuel” That Has The Ability To Create Havoc And Turmoil Around The Entire World at One Time Or Another. It Became Perfectly Clear To me That This Can Become The Beginning Of A New Era When Key Management Of Our Environment Is Finally In Our Future. It Is Possible That It Can Even Get Better. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098700 | Foldable cart with tracking arrangement - A foldable cart assembly having a user tracking arrangement so as to follow movement of the user during motion over a field. The cart assembly has a plurality of ultrasound and RF sensors in communication with corresponding sensors in a remote handset transmission device carried by the user. The sensors provide timing, direction and distance information to a central processor on the cart for instructing individual electrical motors empowering the respective direction and speed of rotation of the cart's wheels. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098701 | MOTORCYCLE AND VEHICLE BODY FRAME - A vehicle body frame includes an upper frame, lower frame and a fastening member. The fastening member includes first and second bolts. The first bolt is provided to obliquely cross an axial line of a lower frame end connected to an upper frame end and to fasten the lower frame end to the upper frame end. The second bolt is provided to orthogonally cross the axial line of the lower frame end and fasten the lower frame end to the upper frame end. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098702 | HYDRAULIC FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE WORK VEHICLE - At least one of first and second hydraulic motor units that drive first and second wheels is of a variable displacement. A volume adjusting mechanism thereof is operated by an electric motor in accordance with manual operation or automatic operation based on difference in turning radius between the first and second wheels. A control device that controls the electric motor includes normal mode that operates the electric motor in accordance with the manual operation or the automatic operation and torque-up mode that fixes the variable displacement hydraulic motor to a first volume larger than a standard volume, and activates the torque-up mode at idling state in which a power source is in operating state and a pump-side volume adjusting mechanism is in neutral state and shifts the torque-up mode to the normal mode when a traveling speed reaches a first speed. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098703 | Motorized three-wheeled vehicle rear steering mechanism - A system that steers the rear wheels of the three wheeled vehicle in coordination with the operator turning the front wheel that improves handling, performance and safety. The rear wheels are steered by a rear end mounted powered steering rack that is controlled by a steering control computer that receives input from a variety of sensors including a sensor for vehicle speed and a sensor in the steering neck that measures the angular rotation of the handlebars as they are turned by the operator. Based on these inputs, using proprietary programming the steering control computer calculates the rate, timing and direction to turn the rear wheels. Rear steering offers advantages over front wheel only steering including being easier for the operator to turn the vehicle, a smaller turning radius, better straight line stability, better high speed handling, improved corning performance, improved steering response and improved safety. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098704 | SEISMIC SOURCE WITH POSITIVE REFLECTION PLATE AND METHOD - A marine source sub-array and method for generating a pressure wave in a body of water. The marine source sub-array includes a float configured to float in the body of water; base plates connected to the float through cables; plural individual source elements connected to the base plates and configured to generate pressure waves underwater; and a coverage plate located between the plural individual source elements and the float. The coverage plate has a surface area larger than a surface area of the float. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098705 | HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A device structured to assist the hearing of a user by being removably connected to and disposing a user's ear in an enhanced hearing orientation. The device includes an elongated base, which may be disposable, and has a sufficient length to be disposed in an operative position behind the user's ear. Opposite ends of the base include an adhesive material secured to a common side thereof, wherein different ones of said opposite ends are respectively disposed and maintained in confronting engagement with a rear surface of the ear and adjacently disposed portion of the user's head. The base further includes biasing capabilities disposed and structured to exert a sufficient, forwardly and outwardly directed force on the user's ear to dispose and maintain it in the enhanced hearing orientation, when the base is in the operative position. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098706 | OCCLUSION EFFECT MITIGATION AND SOUND ISOLATION DEVICE FOR ORIFICE INSERTED SYSTEMS - Methods and devices for sound isolation are provided. A sound isolation device includes an expandable element and an insertion element. The expandable element is operatively attached to the insertion element. The expandable element includes an expanding medium, where the pressure of the expanding medium is varied to vary a sound isolation across the expandable element. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098707 | Mounting Structure for Dash Silencer - In order to mitigate transmission to the passenger compartment of noise generated in the engine compartment, a dash silencer is installed on the passenger-compartment-side surface of the dash panel of an automobile, wherein the mounting operation is facilitated by improving the mounting structure for the dash silencer. A stud pin is provided to the passenger-compartment-side surface of the dash panel, a chevron-shaped slit is formed in the mat-shaped dash silencer, and the stud pin is inserted through the slit, whereby the dash silencer is mounted on the passenger-compartment-side surface of the dash panel, wherein, when the chevron-shaped slit is formed in the dash silencer , a lower portion separated by the slit is caused to project farther than the upper portion toward the passenger compartment, and the lower portion is caused to inflect into the passenger compartment so as to form a stepped shape. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098708 | Building Evacuation System - This system comprises: support portions ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130098709 | CATWALK FOR A GRAIN BIN OR THE LIKE AND A PLANK USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF | 2013-04-25 |
20130098710 | Universal adjustable sling type seat - A sling-type seat that can be used by hunters as a replacement for conventional treestand seats. The seat is attachable to an external support and/or frame, such as a tree trunk and treestand frame. The attachment is not limited to predefined attachment points and is thereby adjustable. The seat can be attached to a wide range of supports and/or frames and is therefore universal. Further, the seat is portable and may be rolled up and easily carried. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098711 | INTEGRATED ELEVATOR SAFETY SYSTEM - A device for stopping an elevator car travelling up or down along guiderails installed in a hoistway includes a chassis mounted on a side of the car, and an overspeed governor, a guiding device and safety gear mounted on the chassis. The overspeed governor detects when a car overspeed is occurring. The guiding device guides the elevator car along a guiderail. The safety gear is vertically aligned with the guiding device on the chassis and stops the elevator car by frictionally engaging the elevator guiderail, which passes through a channel formed in each of the safety gear and the guiding device. The safety gear causes the elevator car to stop by frictionally engaging the guiderail when the overspeed governor detects a car overspeed is occurring. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098712 | CONTROL FOR LIFT FOR POOL - A pool lift control provides functional operation control of pool lift devices with access control, low power indicator that preserves battery by attempting determination of whether someone is nearby to hear the low battery alert, and emergency stop/panic indication functionality. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098713 | ELEVATOR CAR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM WITH AN ELEVATOR CAR - An elevator car has an aerodynamic cladding which in an upward travel direction of the elevator car is disposed above an upper side of the elevator car and which is connected with the elevator car. An attachment structure serves as a cladding, which is of self-supporting construction. The elevator car has an opening mechanism which is designed for transferring a movable superstructure of the attachment structure from a closed state to an open state. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098714 | SLIDING GUIDE SHOE FOR AN ELEVATOR - A sliding guide shoe for an elevator for conveying persons or goods includes a guide shoe housing and a two-part insert, which insert is inserted in the guide shoe housing for guiding an elevator car along a guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction. The insert includes a slide element connected with a support element and removable laterally from the sliding guide shoe in the longitudinal direction. The slide element is insertable into or removable from the support element only from one longitudinal side. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098715 | Disc Brake of Hydraulic Self-Energizing Design with Force Transmission Unit - A self-energizing disc brake includes a brake-internal hydraulic arrangement with a supply circuit and an expansion vessel; a brake application device having a cylinder for applying a brake pad toward a brake disc; a force transmission unit supporting the brake pad at a wedge angle on the brake application device; a tangential-force absorbing cylinder for switching over the wedge angle, which is operatively connected to the force transmission unit; an electric-motor actuator for acting on the brake application device via the hydraulic arrangement; and a control unit. The force transmission unit has a deflection lever and a shoulder element attached thereto. Rolling surfaces thereof are in contact with respective corresponding rolling surfaces of a brake application element of the cylinder and a brake pad support device. The deflection lever has a pressure section with a rolling surface in operative connection with the tangential-force absorbing cylinder. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098716 | Disc Brake of Hydraulic Self-Energizing Design with Adjusting Device - A self-energizing disc brake includes a brake-internal hydraulic arrangement with a supply circuit and an expansion vessel, a brake application device with a brake application cylinder for applying a brake pad in the direction of a brake disc, a force transmission unit which supports the brake pad at a wedge angle on the brake application device, a tangential-force absorbing cylinder for switching over the wedge angle and being operatively connected to the force transmission unit; an electric-motor actuator which acts on the brake application device via the hydraulic arrangement, a distributor cylinder arranged in series between the electric-motor actuator and the brake application device for pressure boosting, and a control unit for controlling switchover of the wedge angle between the tangential-force absorbing cylinder and the electric-motor actuator. An adjusting device adjusts brake pad wear, and has a movable screw spindle, which is operatively connected to the brake application device. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098717 | INTERNALLY VENTILATED BRAKE DISK - An internally ventilated brake disk includes friction rings arranged on both sides of the brake disk. Each friction ring has a friction surface and perforated segments and unperforated segments arranged between the perforated segments. Each friction surface engages with a base surface of a brake pad during braking. The brake disk further includes cooling channels extending between the friction surfaces and leading to cooling channel openings disposed on a peripheral edge of the brake disk, and through-holes arranged in the friction rings and extending from the friction surfaces to the cooling channels. The through-holes in a perforated segment are distributed in the friction surface of the perforated segment, and the friction surface of an unperforated segment extends at least over half the base surface of a contacting brake pad. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098718 | ELECTROMECHANICAL FRICTION SHOCK ABSORBER - An electromechanical friction shock absorber is used in washing machines wherein the washing drum rotates on the horizontal axis and comprises at least one cylindrical shock absorber piston, at least one shock absorber body that surrounds the shock absorber piston, moving telescopically along the same work axis with the piston, and a bearing piston from its end part. At least one brake shoe is seated in the clearances provided on the shock absorber body via sliding surfaces. At least one friction element is located on the inner part of the brake shoe and the outer part of the shock absorber and includes surfaces along the work axis that do not contact the brake shoe. At least one lock ring bears the shock absorber piston on the shock absorber body and prevents the friction element from getting displaced out of the body, with the inventive electromechanical friction shock absorber. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098719 | BRAKE DEVICE - A brake device includes: a damper; an advancing and retreating member; and a gap adjustment mechanism. The gap adjustment mechanism has: a control section having a control surface facing an opposite side to a braking direction; an operation member whose movement is controlled by contacting the control surface as the advancing and retreating member advances towards the braking side in the braking direction, thereby enabling relative movement with respect to the advancing and retreating member towards the opposite side to the braking direction; and a position adjustment section which, when the advancing and retreating member advances towards the braking side in the braking direction, and the operation member relatively moves with respect to the advancing and retreating member, changes an initial position of the advancing and retreating member according to the relative movement amount of the operation member. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098720 | BRAKE DEVICE - A brake device includes: a damper; an advancing and retreating member; a support section; and wedge members. The support section is provided on an opposite side to the wedge members with respect to the advancing and retreating member, and is capable of supporting the advancing and retreating member on an application side in a drive direction. On one of the support section and the advancing and retreating member, there is provided a raised strip section which extends in a braking direction. On the other of the support section and the advancing and retreating member, there is provided a groove section which restricts movement of the raised strip section towards a release side in the drive direction, and restricts movement of the raised strip section to both sides in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the drive direction and the braking direction. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098721 | TRAVEL BAG - A travel bag includes a bag body defining a front open side, a cover panel covered on the front open side of the bag body, a first zipper joining the cover panel and the bag body, a locating panel mounted in a center opening in the cover panel, a connection frame stitched to the locating panel, a sub cover panel hinged to the bottom side of the connection flap, a second zipper joining the sub cover panel and the locating panel, a partition panel set in a center opening in the connection frame, a third zipper joining the connection frame and the partition panel, and two fan-like expandable side flats bilaterally connected between the connection frame and the sub cover panel. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098722 | Handbag with separate bottom shoes, sport activities, and business compartment - A woman's handbag with a separate waterproof, breathable lined lower zippered compartment. The lower compartment's main application is to be used for shoes, sport activities clothing, small business or electronic items or items that are preferably stored separate from the upper compartment of the handbag. The lower compartment surrounds the bottom half of the handbag with a 36 inch zipper. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098723 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING POWER TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH SEGMENTS OF POWER SUPPLY ROAD - A power transport apparatus for transporting electric power to an electric vehicle on the road is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of power supply units provided at a road in a longitudinal direction of the road, one or more of the power supply units simultaneously transporting the electric power to the electric vehicle; and a power line supplying the electric power to the respective power supply units. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098724 | MODULAR ELECTRIC-VEHICLE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL WIRE ARRANGEMENT METHOD - The present invention relates to a modular electric-vehicle electricity supply device and an electrical wire arrangement method, and more particularly, to an electric-vehicle electricity supply device and electrical wire arrangement method which use a modular approach such that respective modules can be controlled so as to be either ON or OFF; in which a plurality of a magnets disposed at right angles to the direction of travel on a road area provided spaced at predetermined intervals in the direction of travel on the road, and which comprises electricity supply cores formed such that the widths at right angles to the direction of travel on the road are very narrow, and comprises electricity supply wires arranged such that the magnets of electricity supply cores which neighbor each other in the direction of travel on the road have different polarities. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098725 | AUTOMATED CORD REEL APPARATUS - The present disclosure is of an automated cord reel apparatus comprising a housing; an electrical cord accommodated into the housing with one end of the electrical cord being mounted with a plug member connected to a wall receptacle and the other end of the electrical cord being mounted with an extension socket; and an electric cord unwinding/winding device for unwinding or winding the electric cord in response to a user option, wherein the electric cord, a motor adjusting a rotation direction of the guide unit, and a switch mounted at the extension socket to turn on/off and forwardly/backwardly rotate the motor. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098726 | CONDUCTOR RAIL - A conductor rail assembly for use in transit rail transportation systems to transmit electrical power to rail cars comprising a first and second support sections preferably of aluminum to give the rail assembly its rail-shape and conductivity and a cap section preferably of stainless steel to provide a wear resistant surface to prevent damaging of the conductor rail by collector shoes that extend from rail cars and run on the conductor rail. The first support section has a rib and the second support section has a concavity. In the assembly, the rib of the first support member preferably is disposed within the concavity of the second support member, portions of both support members preferably are friction fit or compression fit within the cap and a friction stir weld preferably is disposed on the bottom of the assembly along a joint between the first and second support sections. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098727 | OVERRUNNING DECOUPLER - A decoupler having an input member, an output member and a combination one-way clutch and torsional isolator that couples the input and output members. The combination one-way clutch and torsional isolator includes a single helical coil spring. The decoupler being designed to provide torsional damping through a range of torque transmitted through the decoupler, the range including a maximum rated torque for the decoupler. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098728 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER - An automatic transmission is provided with a frictional engagement member that is operated by hydraulic pressure for shifting the automatic transmission, and includes an air vent opening. An automatic transmission controller includes a pressure regulator and a control section. The pressure regulator regulates the hydraulic pressure in response to a hydraulic pressure control signal. The control section performs an air vent operation of venting air from the frictional engagement member through the air vent opening. The air vent operation includes: a preliminary operation of setting the hydraulic pressure control signal to a preliminary pulse indicative of a preliminary value of pressure, wherein the preliminary value is lower than a normal value of pressure; and a normal operation of setting the hydraulic pressure control signal to a normal pulse indicative of the normal value, wherein the normal pulse follows the preliminary pulse. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098729 | VEHICLE STARTING DEVICE - A starting device for a vehicle includes a spring support ring and a coiled clutch. The coiled clutch has a first end frictionally engaged with the spring support ring, a center portion connected to the first end and arranged for compressive engagement with an outer shell of a torque converter, and a second end connected to the center portion and arranged for rotational displacement in a first direction relative to the first end to compressively engage the center portion with the outer shell. In some example embodiments, the spring support ring encircles the coiled clutch. In some example embodiments, the spring support ring includes a circumferential groove for receiving the first end. In an example embodiment, a free diameter of the first end is greater than a free diameter of the center portion. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098730 | CLUTCH FOR SELECTIVELY DRIVING AN ACCESSORY - A clutch assembly having a driver, an output member, a clutch spring, an armature and an actuator. The clutch spring includes a plurality of coils that are configured to be drivingly engaged with the driver. The clutch spring further includes first and second ends. The first end is configured to drivingly engage the output member to facilitate the transmission of rotary power from the driver, through the clutch spring and into the output member. The second end is engaged to the armature. The actuator is selectively operable for rotating the armature relative to the driver in a rotational direction opposite a predetermined rotational direction in which the driver is driven to thereby initiate at least partial disengagement of the coils of the clutch spring from the driver. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098731 | ANGULAR DAMPING DEVICE FITTED WITH FRICTION MEANS WHICH CAN BE VARIED ACCORDING TO THE ROTATION SPEED - The invention relates to an angular damping device ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130098732 | HYBRID OVERRUNNING CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A hybrid overrunning clutch includes a metal outer race and a composite outer ring that are each sized and configured such that the metal race generates a preload on the composite outer race throughout the operational temperature of the clutch. The composite outer ring significantly reduces that total weight of the clutch, as compared to a completely metal outer race. The present application further includes a method of assembling the metal outer race and composite outer ring so that thermal expansion of the metal outer race creates the preload in the composite outer ring. The present application also includes a method of designing a hybrid overrunning clutch. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098733 | DECOUPLER WITH INTEGRATED TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER - A decoupler assembly with an input hub, an output member, and a one-way clutch. In one form, the decoupler assembly includes an annular bearing mount with a needle bearing disposed between the bearing mount and the input hub to support the output member for rotation on the input hub. In another form the decoupler assembly further comprises a torsional vibration damper that is received within an internal cavity that is bounded on opposite axial ends by the output member and a cover that is coupled to the output member. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098734 | CLUTCH OPERATING DEVICE - A clutch operating device includes a drive mechanism and an assist mechanism. The drive mechanism is configured to generate a driving force and transmit the driving force to a clutch device. The assist mechanism is a mechanism for assisting the drive mechanism and includes a pressure mechanism and a toggle mechanism. The pressure mechanism is configured to generate a pressing force. The toggle mechanism is configured to convert the pressing force of the pressure mechanism into an assist force gradually increased from a power blocked state to a power transmitted state of the clutch device. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098735 | ENHANCED METHODS FOR SOLVENT DEASPHALTING OF HYDROCARBONS - Improvements to open-art Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) processes have been developed to reduce capital and operating costs for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided whereby open art SDA scheme is modified to include appropriately placed mixing-enabled precipitators (MEP's) to reduce solvent use requirements in an asphaltene separation step and to increase overall reliability for SDA processes, particularly suitable for Canadian Bitumen. When integrated with a mild thermal cracker, the improved SDA configuration further improves crude yield to be pipeline-ready without additional diluent and for use to debottleneck existing facilities such as residue hydrocrackers and coking units. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098736 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR SLABS, COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO LINEAR CONVEYING SECTIONS WHICH CAN PIVOT INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER - A transport device for slabs, which device is arranged between at least two casting machines and at least one rolling mill. The transport device has at least two linear and stationary conveyor sections on which a slab can be conveyed in a conveying direction. The transport device further has at least two linear conveyor sections which are arranged to be pivotable in order to convey a slab at an angle to the conveying direction. In order to improve guidance of the slabs and provide a flexible transport of the slabs from the casting machines to the rolling mill, the at least two linear, pivotable conveyor sections are arranged to be pivotable independently of one another. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098737 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR PREPARING STOPPERS, CAPS, OR OTHER TYPES OF OBJECTS - In the context of an endless conveyor finishing machine, the method of the invention consists of preparing objects which are aligned on the battens of said conveyor with a view to delivering same to, for example, a capping station of a filling machine, wherein said preparation method consists of modifying the position of each batten so as to cause each row of objects to move from a horizontal position to a position that is sufficiently inclined, for example vertical, so as to cause the automatic unloading of said batten and the discharge of the series of objects toward a receiving and transit area in which said objects are inserted, single file, into the chute of a conveying device. The finishing machine for implementing the method comprises a module built into the conveying device, including means for propelling the objects to a sufficient height in order to feed same to, for example, a capping station, and for carrying out a complementary selection, checking, and sorting operation on said objects. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098738 | PRODUCT COLLECTION APPARATUS - A product collection apparatus which provides a product conveyed by a conveyance belt to a rotary table to collect the product includes a conveyance belt to be rotated; a rotary table supported rotatably, linkage unit which links a driving force input unit for conveyance belt which receives driving force to rotate the conveyance belt and a driving force input unit for rotary table which receives driving force to rotate the rotary table, and an actuator which transfers the driving force to the conveyance belt and the rotary table through the linkage unit. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098739 | BELT CONVEYANCE DEVICE - An intermediate transfer unit includes a shaft, a joint member, an apparatus frame and a supporting member. The joint member includes a first concave portion in which a first end portion in a longitudinal direction of the shaft is fittable at a plurality of angles around a first axis of the shaft, and a first peripheral portion having a second axis that is parallel to but does not share the same straight line with the first axis. The apparatus frame has a through hole. The supporting member has a second concave portion which the first peripheral portion is attachable to and removable from at a plurality of angles around the second axis, and is insertable into and removable from the through hole in the longitudinal direction. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098740 | WATER SEALING BUTTONS FROM THE EXTERIOR - An electronic device | 2013-04-25 |
20130098741 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SWITCHING MEMBRANE - In a method a membrane for switching operation is made by providing a transparent sheet, forming a graphical layer by image-wise providing a curable ink layer using inkjet printing on a surface of the transparent sheet, wherein the graphical layer has a thickness of at most 35 micron, curing the graphical layer, and forming a flexible layer by providing an ink layer using screen printing over the graphical layer. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098742 | Cooking Device Knob Safety Assembly - A knob safety assembly is operative to selectively restrict depression of a cooking element control knob. The safety assembly includes a blocking plate disposed inside of a bezel assembly. The bezel assembly includes an outer bezel defining one or more angled camming surfaces, and an inner bezel. Rotation of the inner bezel with respect to the outer bezel about a rotational axis slides an ear of the blocking plate along the camming surface to effect movement of the blocking plate along the rotational axis between a raised position, in which the blocking plate restricts depression of a cooking element control knob, to a recessed position, in which the blocking plate facilitates depression of the control knob. The inner bezel is releasably locked from rotating with respect to the outer bezel, and engages the blocking plate to constrain the blocking plate against movement along the rotational axis when locked. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098743 | KEYBOARD MODULE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A keyboard module includes a base, a plurality of retaining members and a plurality of keycaps. Each of the retaining members includes a bottom portion, a bending portion and an upper portion. The bottom portion is disposed on the base. The bending portion is connected to the bottom portion and extends along a direction away from the bottom portion. The upper portion is connected to the bending portion. The keycaps are respectively disposed on one of the upper portions corresponding thereto. After the keycaps are pressed by an external force, the upper portions are abutted by the keycaps, and the bending portion is deformed. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098744 | UTILITY METER SERVICE SWITCH - Systems for disconnecting and/or connecting service between a utility network and a utility meter are disclosed. In one embodiment, a switch system includes: an actuator connected to a sliding cam for moving the sliding cam between a first position and a second position, the sliding cam slidingly receiving a terminal blade of the utility meter and including a pair of camming surfaces for disengaging a pair of conductors from the terminal blade in response to being moved from the first position to the second position by the actuator. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098745 | BUTTON DEVICE - Provided is a button device, including a button body and a circuit board. The button body includes a first surface provided for being pressed, and a bottom base being located on the left of the button body and extending downward from the first surface. The circuit board has an electronic switch for mechanically touching the bottom base of the button body. The button body forms two recesses on the middle and the right of the button body, respectively. Each of the recesses extends along a direction perpendicular to the first surface, and accommodates an elastic member therein. According to the button device of the present invention, a working force is applied onto any position of the button body, the counterforces may be produced to balance the working force, thereby improving the handle feeling of the user during the operation and solving the problem of the button body tilting. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098746 | KEY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a housing, and a key fixed to the housing. The key comprises a key cap fixed to the housing, a trigger component protruded from a surface of the key cap. The trigger component defines at least one recessed portion, the at least one recessed portion extends from one end of the trigger component away from the key cap to the other end of the trigger component from which the trigger component extends. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098747 | SWITCH DEVICE - There is provided a switch device. Arm springs as movable contacts slide in accordance with a switching operation of a switch knob. The arm springs come into resilient contact and slide on movable contact slide parts. Root parts and mountain parts are formed in the movable contact slide parts and a fixed contact is formed with end edges of bus bars. The bus bars are mounted and fixed to an upper surface of a support part. A cut out part is provided on the upper surface of the support part. The arm springs are formed in the shapes of bars having mountain forms in section fitted to the root parts, and the arm springs are extended in the vertical direction to plate surfaces of the bus bars and arranged to be inclined so that outer side surfaces abut on upper side edges of the fixed contacts. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098748 | MULTI-WAY BUTTON STRUCTURE - A multi-way button structure is disclosed. The multi-way button structure includes a multi-way switch, a knob, and an operating stick. The multi-way switch is welded on a circuit board and includes an operating stick. A stick inserting hole is defined in the center of the bottom of the knob. The stick inserting hole is used for the operating stick inserted therein for assembling the knob with the multi-way switch. Plural elastic elements surround the multi-way switch and are disposed between the circuit board and the knob. By disposing the elastic elements between the circuit board and the knob, when the knob is pressed, a pivot to which bearing force is applied is positioned on the elastic elements. Accordingly, the design width of the knob is not limited by the width of the multi-way switch, thereby increasing the design flexibility, the durability, and the bearing force of the knob. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098749 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a touch sensing device comprising a plurality of sensing electrode units and an insulating pattern layer. The insulating pattern layer covers the plurality of sensing electrode units and has a plurality of openings that are not corresponding to plurality of sensing electrode units. The present disclosure also discloses a method for manufacturing the touch sensing device. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098750 | GASIFYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for treating carbon-containing waste materials include a gasifying system, a drier system for pre-drying the material, and an energy-recovery system for recovering waste heat and/or producer gas from the gasifying system/method for use in pre-drying the material. The energy-recovery system can include a recirculation system for recovering the waste heat and/or a thermal oxidizer or other combustion device for burning the producer gas, along with a heat-transfer-loop for transferring the recovered heat energy to the drier for pre-drying the material. In another aspect of the invention, the gasifying systems and methods use a thermal-screw conveyor with a product chamber and rotary thermal screws, and an oxygen-delivery system configured for delivering oxygen into the product chamber for immediate absorption into the material, with or without the dryer system and/or the energy-recovery system. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098751 | METHOD FOR THE TORREFACTION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL - A method for torrefaction of lignocellulosic biomass comprising: continuously feeding the biomass to an upper inlet to the torrefaction reactor vessel such that the biomass material is deposited on an upper tray assembly of tray assemblies stacked vertically within the reactor; as the biomass moves over each tray assembly, heating and drying the biomass material with a non-oxidizing gas under a pressure of at least 3 bar gauge and at a temperature of at least 200° C.; cascading the biomass down through the trays by passing the biomass through an opening in each of the trays to deposit the biomass on the tray of the next lower tray assembly; discharging torrefied biomass from a lower outlet of the torrefaction reactor, and circulating gas extracted from the reactor vessel back to the reactor. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098752 | Process and Apparatus for the Distillation of Polymerization-Prone Compounds - In a process for distilling polymerization-prone compounds from liquid mixtures of matter which, apart from the readily polymerizable compound, also contain other components and also polymerization inhibitors, the evaporator is operated in forced circulation and at a pressure which makes possible superheating of the liquid with respect to its boiling point at the pressure within the distillation column. This is achieved by transporting the superheated liquid against a flow restrictor, e.g. an orifice plate. The liquid which is expanded and partially evaporated on passage through the flow restrictor is returned to the distillation column. In this manner the formation of an open vapour space in the evaporator circuit after heating downstream of the heat exchanger is avoided in that, in the design of the evaporator of the prior art, formation of polymer deposits frequently occurs. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098753 | PLASMA GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADICAL, AND CLEANING AND PURIFYING APPARATUS AND SMALL-SIZED ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - A plasma generator | 2013-04-25 |
20130098754 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, TARGET, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILM USING THE TARGET AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed are a transparent conductive composition including a material of the following formula, a target, a transparent conductive thin film using the target, and a method for fabricating the same. The disclosed transparent conductive composition and transparent conductive thin film have superior conductivity (low resistivity) and high light transmittance. Especially, they may be usefully applied for the flexible electronic devices, which may be called the core of the future display industry, because they have low resistivity of not greater than 10 | 2013-04-25 |
20130098755 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING SHORT-CIRCUITING WEDGES WHEN SWITCHING IN AN ELECTROLYSIS CELL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM - Extraction device designed to extract a short-circuiting wedge inserted between two conductors to take an electrolysis cell offline. The extraction device includes a means of gripping said wedge and at least one jack directed vertically and including a body and a piston stem.
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20130098756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BRINE SEPARATION AND REUSE - According to one embodiment, an electrolytic membrane separation (EMS) subsystem is configured to remove one or more impurities from a contaminated reject solution and to recycle the reusable reject solution for subsequent use in regenerating ion exchange resins. According to another embodiment of the invention, the EMS subsystem is configured to concentrate the impurities recovered from the contaminated brine solution for subsequent disposal or treatment. | 2013-04-25 |
20130098757 | SPUTTERING DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND ADHESION PREVENTING MEMBER - An adhesion-preventing member from which a thin film of an adhered material is not peeled off during a film deposition process and a sputter deposition apparatus having the adhesion-preventing member. Adhesion-preventing members | 2013-04-25 |
20130098758 | POWDER, SINTERED BODY AND SPUTTERING TARGET, EACH CONTAINING ELEMENTS OF CU, IN, GA AND SE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE POWDER - The present invention provides a Cu—In—Ga—Se powder containing Cu, In, Ga and Se in which cracks do not occur during sintering or processing, and a sintered body and sputtering target, each using the same. The present invention relates to a powder containing Cu, In Ga and Se, which contains a Cu—In—Ga—Se compound and/or a Cu—In—Se compound in an amount of 60 mass % or more in total. The powder of the present invention preferably contains an In—Se compound in an amount of 20 mass % or less and/or a Cu—In compound in an amount of 20 mass % or less. | 2013-04-25 |