22nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090133379 | Active combustion control for a turbine engine - A combustion control system for a turbine engine is disclosed. The combustion control system includes a fuel injector having a main fuel supply and pilot fuel supply coupled to a combustor of the turbine engine. The combustion control system also includes a sensor coupled to a transfer tube. The transfer tube is fluidly coupled to the combustor, and the sensor is configured to detect a pressure pulse in the combustor. A semi-infinite coil is also coupled to the transfer tube. The combustion control system also includes a controller electrically connected to the sensor. The controller is configured to compare an amplitude of the pressure pulse within a frequency range to a threshold amplitude, and adjust the pilot fuel supply in response to the comparison. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133380 | Gas Turbine Engine - A gas turbine engine is described having at least one compressor, at least one combustion chamber, at least one turbine, and having an exhaust heat exchanger, which is used for returning waste heat of the exhaust emissions to the compressed combustion air prior to entry of the same into a combustion chamber. The exhaust heat exchanger is used as a substrate for catalysts for use in the catalytic aftertreatment of the exhaust emissions, in order to thereby reduce the pollutant emissions, in particular NOx emissions, of the gas turbine engine. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133381 | Apparatus and method for testing performance of a material for use in a jet engine - An apparatus for testing failure of a material used in a jet engine, and more particularly to an apparatus that uses one or more model jet engine components made from a material used in a full-size jet engine and desired to be tested. The apparatus permits easy removal and disassembly of a jet engine mounted thereon as well as real-time measurements of run-time parameters. The methods and apparatus provide for predicting and analysing failure by a number of fatigue-related mechanisms including creep, fatigue, crack growth, foreign object damage, fretting, erosion, and stress corrosion. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133382 | Electrically regenerated exhaust particulate filter for an engine system and operating strategy therefor - An exhaust particulate filter for an engine system includes an array of filter cartridges positioned within a shell, each of the cartridges having an electrically powered heating element coupled therewith. Exhaust gases are distributed among the cartridges according to a single distribution pattern, and the filter can be regenerated without diverting, dividing or bypassing exhaust gases from the filter. Other aspects include feedback control and feedforward control of regeneration based on sensing an electrical resistance property of each of the electrically powered heating elements. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133383 | Selective NOx catalytic reduction system including an ammonia sensor - An improved SCR system for controlling NOx levels in internal combustion engine exhaust, comprising a least one ammonia sensor disposed at an intermediate longitudinal location in an SCR catalyst and in communication with a System Control Module (SCM). The ammonia measurement permits calculation of ammonia storage on catalyst sites via a stored SCM algorithm. Locating the ammonia sensor midway in the catalyst allows for optimum control of NOx reduction and permits the portion of the catalyst downstream of the sensor to be treated as a slip catalyst, thus minimizing or eliminating the need for a second slip catalyst and housing, and reducing the size, volume, complexity, and cost of an SCR system. In-brick ammonia sensor permits the system to manage engine exhaust to a desired NOx conversion level and ammonia slip target value, thus minimizing the rate of consumption of ammonia while meeting required limits for NOx emissions. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133384 | NOx CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING NOx EMISSIONS - An exhaust aftertreatment system comprising a selective reduction catalyst, a NO | 2009-05-28 |
20090133385 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An exhaust purification device includes a particulate filter ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133386 | PROCEDURE AND CONTROL UNIT FOR HEATING UP A CATALYST ARRANGED IN THE EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM OF A SUPERCHARGED COMBUSTION ENGINE - Suggested is a procedure for heating up a catalyst in the exhaust gas system of a charged combustion engine by adding air to the exhaust gas system, whereby the added air is taken from a suction system of the combustion engine in the direction of the air current behind a compressor of an exhaust gas turbo charger that is arranged in the suction system. The procedure distinguishes itself thereby that the combustion engine is driven with a direct injection of fuel in its combustion chambers, whereby it is driven after a start-up with an apportionment of a fuel amount, which has to be injected before the beginning of a combustion, into at least two partial injections per ignition, and with a suboptimal ignition angle efficiency. A second independent claim concerns a control unit, which is customized for controlling the course of the procedure. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133387 | PARTICULATE MATTER TRAP FILTER REGENERATION TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133388 | Exhaust gas purification apparatus and exhaust gas purification method - An exhaust gas purification apparatus which is installed in a flow channel of an exhaust gas discharged from an engine, includes: a first purification device that purifies one component contained in the gas; a heating device that heats the purification device to a predetermined temperature in a period from before the engine is started to a first point in time that is after the engine is started; control device that controls an air-fuel ratio of the gas so as to obtain a air-fuel ratio suitable for purifying the one component in a period from the time when the engine is started to a point in time that is on or after a time at which the purification device is heated to the predetermined temperature; and an adsorption device that communicates with the downstream of the first purification device and adsorbs another component contained in the gas. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133389 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - An exhaust emission control device includes an exhaust pipe, a catalyst in the pipe promoting reduction reaction of nitrogen oxide in exhaust air, a supply device for supplying an additive agent to an upstream side of the catalyst, a temperature detecting device for detecting exhaust air temperature, and a control device for controlling the supply device to regulate the additive agent amount supplied into the pipe. The control device stops supply of the additive agent when exhaust air temperature is lower than generation temperature needed to generate the reducing agent from the additive agent, and supplies the additive agent when exhaust air temperature is equal to or higher than generation temperature. When a predetermined time has elapsed after a start of supply of the additive agent, the control device reduces the additive agent amount supplied, compared to the additive agent amount supplied before the predetermined time has elapsed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133390 | Exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine - The invention relates to an exhaust gas line ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133391 | PROCEDURE AND CONTROL UNIT FOR AN ACCELERATED HEATING OF A CATALYST IN AN EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM OF A SUPERCHARGED COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH A VARIABLE VALVE CONTROL - Suggested is a procedure for heating a catalyst in the exhaust gas system of a supercharged combustion engine with direct fuel injection and variable gas exchange valve control by producing a reactive exhaust gas fuel/air mixture in the exhaust gas system, whereby an air percentage of the reactive fuel/air mixture is thereby produced that air is rinsed from a suction system of the combustion engine over its combustion chambers into the exhaust gas system. The invention distinguishes itself thereby that the combustion engine is operated in idle mode after a cold start with a greater valve overlap and/or a greater valve overlap profile than in a normal operation where the catalyst is already heated as well as with an apportionment of a fuel amount that has to be injected before a combustion into at least two partial injections per ignition and combustion chamber and with a suboptimal ignition angle efficiency. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133392 | VAPORIZER, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE - A vaporizer, in particular for an exhaust gas system of a combustion engine, having a heating element with a heating portion and a connection portion, and a vaporizing chamber in which the heating portion of the heating element is arranged, the vaporizing chamber having a fluid inlet and a vapor outlet, the vapor outlet being arranged in the vicinity of the junction between the heating portion and the connection portion whereas the fluid inlet is arranged in the vicinity of the free end of the heating portion. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133393 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDROPNEUMATIC DEVICE, AND HYDRAULIC FLUID PUMP FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A HYDROPNEUMATIC DEVICE - A method is disclosed for operating a hydropneumatic device ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133394 | Method for Controlling or Regulating the Air Pressure in a Compressed Air Supply Device - A method is provided for controlling and/or regulating the air pressure in a compressed air supply device for a utility vehicle. At least one pressure value in the compressed air supply device and/or in vehicle components connected to the compressed air supply device is recorded. A humidity value representing the humidity content in an air filter unit associated with the compressed air supply device is determined. A clutch connecting a drive to a compressor is opened. A discharge valve of the compressed air supply device is opened when the pressure value is above a predetermined minimum value and the humidity value exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The clutch is opened and the discharge valve remains closed when it is indicated that the clutch can be engaged, the pressure value reaches a predetermined cutting-off pressure, and the humidity value is below the predetermined threshold value. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133395 | Compressed Air Supply Device for a Utility Vehicle - A compressed air supply device is provided for a utility vehicle, having a compressor which can be driven by a drive via a pneumatically switchable clutch, and a valve which can be activated by an electrical signal in order to optionally feed compressed air to a switching inlet of the clutch. The compressed air, which is fed to the switching inlet via the valve, is extracted from a compressed air preprocessing system via a non-return valve. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133396 | HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT WITH A DEVICE FOR LIMITING CONTROL AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE CONTROL BY CONTROLLING DISPLACEMENT - The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit arrangement for setting the delivery volume of a pump, with an electrically activatable control-valve unit, by means of which, alternately, an active side of a servo system can be acted upon with pressure and, at the same time, its passive side can be relieved to the tank, and with a device for pressure limiting pressure regulation, which comprises pressure limiting valves, by means of which the working lines of the pump can be connected to the servo lines. To reduce the servo pressure load and improve the reaction time, check valves which shut off in the direction of the servo system are provided, by means of which the two servo sides can be connected in each case to the charge pressure via a relief line. Moreover, the device for Pressure limiting pressure regulation comprises an orifice which can be positioned in a line leading to the passive servo side. The invention relates, furthermore, to a method for pressure. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133397 | FREE PISTON STIRLING ENGINE - A free piston Stirling engine, comprising a power piston fitted into a cylinder further includes: a support structure carrying moving magnets for a linear alternator; and a passive structure that at normal operating power and frequency produces a restoring force on the piston in the absence of contact with the cylinder. In one variation, the passive structure further comprises a mass suspended within the piston from at least one spring, such that the mass oscillates under influence of movement of the piston at normal operating power and frequency so as to produce the restoring force. In another variation, the passive structure further comprises: a magnet disposed outside the cylinder at a position and in an orientation to produce a field that opposes a field of a moving magnet carried by the support structure when the piston moves toward the magnet. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133398 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR, METHOD FOR STRINGING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR - A method of string an SMA, method of manufacturing the SMA actuator, SMA actuator and apparatus for manufacturing the SMA actuator, wherein a drive member made up of an SMA is extended between a moving member and wire supporting member via a drive member supporting member, and current is applied to the unnecessary portion of the drive member located between the wire supporting member and drive member supporting member, whereby the unnecessary portion of the drive member is cut off by melting, with the result that the size of the protrusion left behind after cutting of the SMA is reduced, and there is no need of giving consideration to the durability of a cutter otherwise used for cutting purposes. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133399 | Turbocharger system implementing real time speed limiting - A turbocharger system for use with an engine having a braking mode of operation is disclosed. The turbocharger system may have a turbocharger with variable geometry, and a sensor situated to generate a signal indicative of a turbocharger speed. The turbocharger system may also have a controller in communication with the turbocharger and the sensor. The controller may be configured to vary the geometry of the turbocharger during the engine's braking mode of operation to increase a backpressure of the engine. The controller may also be configured to vary the geometry of the turbocharger to reduce the backpressure when the signal indicates a speed of the turbocharger within an amount of a desired speed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133400 | Turbine engine having fuel-cooled air intercooling - A turbine engine is disclosed. The turbine engine may have a first compressor configured to pressurize inlet air, and a second compressor configured to further pressurize the inlet air. The turbine engine may also have a cooling circuit fluidly located to cool the inlet air after the inlet air is pressurized by the first compressor and before the inlet air is further pressurized by the second compressor. The cooling circuit may have a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the inlet air to a fuel of the engine, and a second heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from exhaust of the engine to the fuel of the engine. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133401 | COMBUSTOR FOR TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine engine includes an annular combustor having a combustion chamber defined between an annular outer wall and an annular inner wall. A diffuser case substantially encloses the annular outer and inner walls. A fuel nozzle extends through the diffuser case to an outlet that provides fuel to an interior chamber of the combustor. In one embodiment, front portions of the inner and outer walls curve toward one another and overlap to form an annular gap or manifold through which fuel is distributed to the combustion chamber. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133402 | Gas turbine fuel injector with insulating air shroud - A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The fuel injector includes an injector housing extending from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis. The second end of the housing is fluidly coupled to a combustor of the turbine engine and the housing includes a liquid fuel gallery annularly disposed about the longitudinal axis. The fuel injector also includes a stem extending longitudinally from the first end of the housing to a third end. The stem includes a liquid tube configured to deliver liquid fuel to the fuel injector. The fuel injector also includes an annular shell extending along the longitudinal axis from the first end to the third end and circumferentially disposed about the stem. The fuel injector further includes an insulating air shroud formed inside the shell. The air shroud includes a layer of air between the shell and the stem. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133403 | Internal manifold air extraction system for IGCC combustor and method - A combustor for a turbine including a combustor liner; a first flow sleeve surrounding the combustor liner with a first flow annulus therebetween, the first flow sleeve having at least one cooling aperture formed about a circumference thereof for directing compressor discharge air as cooling air into the first flow annulus; a casing surrounding first flow sleeve with a second flow annulus therebetween, the first flow sleeve having at least one air extraction opening formed about a circumference thereof for directing compressor discharge air from the first flow annulus as extraction air into the second flow annulus; and an extraction port operatively coupled to the casing for extracting the extraction air from the second flow annulus. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133404 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING GAS TURBINE ENGINE TRANSITION LINERS - A gas turbine engine assembly includes a combustor configured to combust an air-fuel mixture to produce combustion gases in a first direction; a transition liner coupled to the combustor and adapted to receive the combustion gases from the combustor and to redirect the combustion gases in a second direction; and a turbine coupled to the transition liner and adapted to receive the combustion gases from the transition liner. The transition liner has a plurality of effusion holes that include a first group that extend at least partially in a tangential direction. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133405 | Combustible outgassing material lined altitude compensating rocket nozzle - A fixed sized bell rocket nozzle is lined with a layer of combustible material that is ignited during launch ignition and burns to outgas into the rocket exhaust for spatially variably confining the exhaust and perfecting an effective variably sized altitude compensating exhaust nozzle that maximizes lift during the launch of a spacecraft into orbit. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133406 | FAN NOZZLE OF ADJUSTABLE SECTION - Varying the flowsection for air leaving the fan as a function of flying conditions. According to the invention, the nozzle has a ring of deformable panels arranged close to its trailing edge, each panel having a dual-strip type structure made up of two materials presenting different coefficients of expansion, together with controlled heater means that are thermally coupled to the set of panels. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133407 | PLASMA GASIFICATION SYSTEM - A system is disclosed for use in producing syngas for use in a variety of commercial applications, including commercial energy generation applications. A plasma torch and cupola arrangement are used to gasify feed stock such as coal, petcoke, and/or biomass, to produce syngas and liquid waste. The syngas is directed to a cleanup train, wherein detrimental components are mechanically or chemically filtered out. The cleaned syngas is then fed into a syngas burner and used to produce heat for electricity generation for the production of electricity or to another energy producing system including synthetic natural gas, ethanol, or liquid fuel oil. In some embodiments, the syngas is fed directly to a gas turbine. The liquid waste is cooled to generate in inert solid which may then be crushed and used in a variety of construction or other applications. The disclosed system may find use in new construction as well as retrofit applications. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133408 | Re-pressurisation device - A gas turbine engine re-pressurisation device ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133409 | Combination Thermo-Electric and Magnetic Refrigeration System - A refrigeration system has a compartment and a first cooling device. The first cooling device cools the compartment and generates a magnetic field. The refrigeration system also has a second device. The second device uses the generated magnetic field for additional cooling to the compartment. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASED COOLING RATES IN RAPID COOLING OF SMALL BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - A method and devices for rapid cooling of small biological samples by plunging them in a cryogenic liquid, such as liquid nitrogen, or contacting them with a cryogenic metal surface, reduce or eliminate the cold gas layer that forms above the liquid cryogens or cryogenic surfaces, producing an abrupt transition from ambient (e.g., room) temperature to the cryogen temperature as the sample enters the liquid or contacts the surface. To reduce or eliminate the effects of the cold gas layer, a flow of warm dry gas can be directed along the plunge path, for example. By removing this cold gas layer, cooling times for a 10 micron sample (the size of single cells and the smallest protein crystals now used protein crystallography) will decrease to ˜0.001 s. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED RATE FREEZING OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL - A method and system for controlled rate freezing of biological materials is provided. The presently disclosed system and method provides the ability to rapidly cool the biological materials contained in vials or other containers within a cooling unit via forced convective cooling using a laminar and uniform flow of cryogen in proximity to the plurality of vials disposed within the cooling unit. The rapid cooling of the biological materials is achieved by precisely controlling and adjusting the temperature of the cryogen being introduced to the system as a function of time. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133412 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND COOLING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE COOLING LOOPS UTILIZING A COMMON EVAPORATOR COIL - Disclosed is a method and device for a refrigerant-based a thermal energy storage and cooling system with multiple condensing units utilizing a common evaporator coil. The disclosed embodiments provide a refrigerant-based ice storage system with increased reliability, lower cost components, and reduced power consumption and ease of installation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133413 | REFRIGERANT CHARGING METHOD IN REFRIGERATION SYSTEM USING CARBON DIOXIDE AS REFRIGERANT - A refrigerant charging method in an air conditioner using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant includes a first refrigerant charging step and a second refrigerant charging step. The first refrigerant charging step is a step of charging a refrigerant charging target portion including refrigerant communication pipes with refrigerant in a gas state until the pressure of the refrigerant charging target portion rises to a predetermined pressure after the start of charging. The second refrigerant charging step is a step of charging the refrigerant charging target portion with refrigerant in a liquid state until the amount of refrigerant charging the refrigerant charging target portion becomes a predetermined amount. The second refrigerant charging ster occuring after the first refrigerant charging step. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133414 | Autonomous water source - An autonomous water source for extracting water from ambient air and delivering it to a plant to support growth. The system is based on an adsorption-desorption-condensation cycle using a sorption material to extract moisture from ambient air and condensing the water vapor driven off from the sorption material by subsequent heating and followed by condensation. Liquid condensate produced in this process on the condenser is collected and delivered by gravity to a plant to reduce thermal stress and to support growth. The invention provides a sustainable source of irrigation water for agriculture and forestry, including areas where no water resources exist or are not economically viable. It can be tailored in size, and therefore, output capacity, reflecting the desired water requirements of a particular application, and can be used to replace most agricultural situations now reliant on surface water drip feed systems. The device is simple, rugged, invulnerable to rain, snow, and freezing conditions, and can be designed to last for many years without service as there are few moving parts and power required for operation is provided by sunlight. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133415 | HVAC Thermal Storage for Hybrid Vehicle - A system and method for providing cool air to a passenger compartment of a hybrid vehicle in an engine off mode is disclosed. This may include operating a HVAC system to provide cold refrigerant flowing through an evaporator while an engine is operating, and forcing air through the evaporator to cool the air. A first portion of the cooled air from the evaporator is directed through a heater core and a second portion around the heater core, and an electric water pump is activated to pump coolant from a thermal storage tank, through the heater core and back to the thermal storage tank to cool the coolant. When the engine operation is ceased, the air flow is directed through the heater core, and the coolant is pumped from the thermal storage tank, through the heater core and back to the thermal storage tank to cool the air. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133416 | REFRIGERATION DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM - A refrigeration device includes a control device and a multiple cooling elements. A supply header delivers refrigerant to the cooling elements and a return header returns refrigerant from the cooling elements. A single pressure sensor provides a signal representative of a pressure of the refrigerant in the return header to the control device, and a single temperature sensor provides a signal representative of a temperature of the refrigerant in the return header to the control device. The control device provides an output signal to control each of the cooling elements, in response to the signals from the single temperature sensor and the single pressure sensor. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133417 | Vehicular Air Conditioning System and Air Conditioning Method - When there is a command for pre-air conditioning to be performed, an inlet switches to an inside air recirculating mode and a compressor and a blower fan are driven to blow air that was drawn in toward a lower portion in a vehicle cabin ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133418 | Plug-in circuit and cooling system thereof - The present invention relates to a plug-in circuit and a cooling system thereof. The cooling system includes the plug-in circuit, an external terminal and an alternating current (AC) compressor, wherein the plug-in circuit includes an AC to AC inverter and an inverter control circuit. The AC to AC inverter is coupled to and between the external terminal and the AC compressor for converting an external AC voltage received by the external terminal to an internal AC voltage to supply to the AC compressor. The inverter control circuit is coupled to the AC to AC inverter for outputting a control signal to the AC to AC inverter to control the frequency of the internal AC voltage according to an external parameter. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133419 | Trailer Refrigeration System - A trailer refrigeration system comprising: an electricity generator ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133420 | Casing Structure for Refrigeration System and Sealing Method for Refrigeration System Casing | 2009-05-28 |
20090133421 | COOLING ELEMENT FOR COOLING OF PRODUCTS SUCH AS FOODSTUFFS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COOLING ELEMENT AND SYSTEM FOR COOLING - A cooling element ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133422 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133423 | Outdoor unit of air conditioner - An outdoor unit for an air conditioner is provided. The outdoor unit has a control box in which a plurality of electronic components are installed. Electronic components from the components inside the control box that radiate the most heat are installed closer to a blower fan that forcibly circulates air. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133424 | Direct Exchange System Design Improvements - An R-410A DX heating/cooling system with: an electrical generating expansion device; with a protective means for refrigerant transport tubing containing dissimilar metals and/or in corrosive environments; with an automatic heating mode expansion device; with a TXV by-pass design; with retractable sub-surface tubing designs; with sub-surface line set sizing at varying depths and lengths; with reciprocal compressor sizing; with a DX Hydronic system design; with an improved oil separator float design; with a mobile DX system design; and with a resting module DX system design. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133425 | Refrigeration Device With a Modular Configuration for the Control System and Evaporator - A refrigeration device, in particular a no-frost device, refrigerator and/or freezer, comprising a thermally insulating housing containing at least one product storage compartment that can be supplied with cold air by a fan and an evaporator chamber that holds an evaporator. According to the invention, the evaporator chamber is thermally separated from the storage compartment by a partition. The device also comprises an electronic control system for controlling the refrigeration device and at least one light source for illuminating the storage compartment. The evaporator, the partition and the electronic control system and/or the evaporator, the partition and the light source are provided in the form of modules. The refrigeration device is characterised in that it is particularly reliable, works efficiently, can be cost-effectively produced and is easy to service. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133426 | Dehumidifier - A dehumidifier includes a main body case that defines an inner space and is provided at a side with an external air inlet, a barrier dividing the inner space, a main body base that is formed on a lower end of the barrier to define an outer appearance of a lower portion of the main body, a plurality of heat exchangers that are disposed at a side of the barrier to allow circulation air circulating the inner space to be heat-exchanged with external air introduced from an external side, a drain pan for temporally storing condensed water generated from the heat exchangers, and a water tank that stores the condensed water supplied from the drain pan when being inserted in the main body base. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133427 | No-Frost Cooling Device - An evaporator unit for a no-frost cooling device which comprises an evaporator, a tubular heating device and a housing which surrounds the evaporator and the tubular heating device. Said tubular heating device comprises a plurality of parallel tubular sections which are connected together in such a manner that they form a single piece. Two parallel tubular sections which are directly adjacent to each other are located at the beginning and at the end of the tubular heating device. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133428 | Ice supply device and refrigerator having an ice container capable of being separated from an ice breaking unit - An ice supply device and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The ice supply device includes an ice breaking unit having a breaker to break ice and a housing to house the breaker, an ice storage container removably coupled to the ice breaking unit and having a discharge hole to discharge ice, and a binding device to bind the ice storage container and the ice breaking unit. Accordingly, the ice storage container can be separated from the ice breaking unit, thereby facilitating handling of the ice storage container. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133429 | Method and Control of a Thermic Processing Unit and Thermic Processing Unit - There is disclosed a method for controlling an ice cream freezer where a scraper shaft is driven with variable rotational speed for providing a desired working of an ice cream. Moreover, there is disclosed an ice cream freezer that may utilize such a control and which has means enabling control according to the above principle. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133430 | DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING FLUID IN AN APPLIANCE - A dispensing system and method for storing and dispensing a temperature controlled fluid from an appliance includes a tank for storing the temperature controlled fluid and a dispenser outlet for dispensing the temperature controlled fluid. A dispenser fluid line fluidly couples the tank and the dispenser outlet. A pump dispenses the temperature controlled fluid from the tank through the dispenser outlet upon receipt of a dispense signal and subsequently withdraws any residual temperature controlled fluid from the dispenser fluid line. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133431 | AIR CYCLE REFRIGERATION AND COOLING SYSTEM, AND TURBINE UNIT FOR THE AIR CYCLE REFRIGERATION AND COOLING - An air cycle refrigerating/cooling system includes a first heat exchanger for cooling air, a turbine unit that has a compressor for compressing the air and an expansion turbine for adiabatically expanding the air, and a second heat exchanger for cooling the air. A compressor rotor of the compressor and a turbine rotor of the expansion turbine are attached to a common main shaft in the turbine unit in such a manner that the turbine unit drives the compressor rotor with a power generated by the turbine rotor, and the main shaft is rotatably supported by a rolling contact bearing. A part or the entirety of a thrust force applied to the main shaft is supported by an electromagnet, and a pressure equalizing device for equalizing a gas pressure at opposite ends of the rolling contact bearing is provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133432 | LAUNDRY TREATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a switching compartment to store food items. Various elements are provided to maintain the three compartments at selected target temperatures. A heater and/or a light source may be provided to rapidly heat the switching compartment when the switching compartment is being changed from a freezing operation to a refrigerating operation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133433 | Refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit - The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having at least one refrigeration space and/or freezing space as well as having at least one drawer arranged in the refrigeration space and/or freezing space, with a space being located beneath the drawer in the refrigeration space and/or freezing space, with one or more components of the unit being arranged in the space. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133434 | DRAWER REFRIGERATOR WITH DIVIDER AND DIVIDER FOR REFRIGERATOR DRAWER - A drawer refrigerator has a partitioned cabinet with one or more pull-out drawers. The pull-out drawer(s) can have an adjustable divider fence for dividing the storage space of the drawer. The divider fence can have two dividers each defined by two spaced apart elongated rods that are coupled together at a hub and have end pieces with flat surfaces that abut inside surfaces of the drawer walls. A hand operated screw knob mounted to the hub can be used to lock the position of the divider fence. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133435 | Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Apparatus - A refrigerating air-conditioning apparatus, at least provided with no possibility that a foreign material returns to a compressor from an accumulator at a time of the pipeline-cleaning operation firstly, and provided with a possibility to perform a collecting operation for the foreign material in a short time secondary, is provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133436 | EFFICIENT HEAT EXCHANGER FOR REFRIGERATION PROCESS - Aspects of the invention are found in a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a fluid inlet manifold, a fluid outlet manifold, a plurality of heat transfer channels configured to communicate with the fluid inlet manifold and the fluid outlet manifold, and packing located within the fluid inlet manifold. Further aspects of the invention are found in a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system includes a compressor and at least one heat exchanger coupled to the compressor. The at least one heat exchanger includes a header, packing located in the header, and a heat transfer channel. The heat transfer channel is configured to receive fluid passing through the header and the packing. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133437 | Recovery of Co-Rich Product From a Mixed Gas Containing Heavy Hydrocarbons - A novel process is disclosed which produces a CO-rich stream from a stream containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, and components heavier than methane. The process utilizes a combined CO purification and demethanizer column ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133438 | BRACELET CLASP COMPRISING A SLIDING CATCH - A bracelet clasp having two closing elements ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133439 | Movable Vertical Displacement Device - Disclosed herein is a movable vertical displacement device used in multi-directional positioning synchronous-response for cover-activated vertical transfer action. The device comprises: a chassis frame for supporting a main body, a vertical displacement mechanism attached to said chassis frame, capable of rendering vertical transfer of said chassis frame, and a backing base attached to said vertical displacement mechanism. Implementation of this movable vertical displacement device enables the same piece of jewelry to be displayed by the wearer in two or more distinct styles, thereby allowing more choice, adding new ornamental dimension to the jewelry for the wearer, and making possible omni-directional synchronous preset-response vertical transfer action. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133440 | METHOD OF REDUCING THE OCCURANCE OF CRYSTALLINE SILICA IN FOAMED GLASS BY THE INTRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL ADDITIVES - A method of making a foamed glass body, including preparing an admixture of powdered glass, at least one carbonate based foaming agent, and at least devitrification inhibitor, heating the admixture to a first temperature to soften the glass, heating the admixture to a second, higher temperature to foam the softened glass into a foamed glass body, and cooling the foamed glass body. The crystal silica content of the so-formed foamed glass body is less than 1 weight percent. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133441 | Method of manufacturing alkali-free glasses containing iron and tin as fining agents - Alkali-free glasses are disclosed which can be used to produce substrates for flat panel display devices, e.g., active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs). The glasses contain iron and tin as fining agents, and preferably are substantially free of arsenic and antimony. In certain embodiments, the glasses are also substantially free of barium. Methods for producing alkali-free glass sheets using a downdraw process (e.g., a fission process) are also disclosed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133442 | Glass Cutting with Gas Burner and Cooling Spray - An apparatus and a method for cutting float glass is disclosed. A burner and water spray are arranged to cause thermal stress cracking along a cutting line extending along a continuous glass ribbon, parallel with the edge of the ribbon. The thermal stress cracking is initiated without the use of mechanical force. Preferably, the burner is used to initiate the thermal stress crack, by increasing the power supplied to the glass. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133443 | Glassware forming machine blowhead arm assembly - A glassware forming machine blowhead arm assembly includes a one-piece blowhead arm body having at least one longitudinal air passage and a plurality of lateral air passages connected to the longitudinal passage. A blowhead chuck is removably received in a first end of each lateral passage and a cap is threaded into the second end of each lateral passage spaced from the associated blowhead chuck. A spring is captured in compression between each cap and an associated blowhead chuck biasing the blowhead chuck in a direction out of the lateral passage and away from the cap. In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure adapted for use in conjunction with so-called isolated finish cooling blowheads, there are first and second longitudinal air passages extending through the blowhead arm body separately from each other, and separate air inputs in the body respectively coupled to the first and second longitudinal passages. Each lateral air passage is separately connected to the longitudinal air passages, and the blowhead chucks have separate air passages for feeding blow air and finish cooling air to a blowhead mounted in the chuck. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133444 | Method of manufacturing optical board - A method of manufacturing an optical board is disclosed. The method of manufacturing an optical board may include stacking an optical waveguide core layer over a first optical waveguide cladding layer, forming an inclined surface by diffracting a laser with a mask to remove a portion of the optical waveguide core layer, and stacking a reflective layer over the inclined surface. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133445 | Method for manufacturing glass body and method for manufacturing optical fiber - A method for manufacturing a glass body containing bismuth, which can be used for manufacturing an optical fiber having a low background-loss is provided. The method includes depositing a glass micro-particle layer on an inner wall of a glass pipe, consolidating the glass micro-particle layer to form a glass layer, reducing of a diameter of the glass pipe having the glass layer on the inner wall of the glass pipe, and collapsing the glass pipe having been reduced in diameter at the diameter-reducing step so as to form the glass body. At the depositing step, the glass micro-particle layer is formed while an organobismuth compound is being supplied into the glass pipe. At the consolidating step, the glass layer is consolidated while an organobismuth compound is being supplied into the glass pipe. The optical fiber is made by drawing the glass body. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133446 | Wicking Fabric and Garment Made Therefrom - A moisture wicking fabric has one side comprised substantially entirely of inherently hydrophobic fibres such as polyester or polypropylene and the other side comprised of a mixture of hydrophobic fibres such as polyester or polypropylene and hydrophilic fibres, particularly cellulosic fibres such as cotton, lyocell and viscose rayon. A garment can be formed from such a moisture wicking fabric, for example by the whole garment knitting method, the side comprised of the mixture of fibres being the external side of the garment. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133447 | Drum type washing machine and method for fabricating drum therefor - A drum type washing machine and a method for fabricating a drum ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133448 | LAUNDRY DEVICE - A control panel assembly for use in a laundry device and a laundry device having the same are disclosed. More particularly, an improved control panel assembly of easy manufacture and recognition of selected operating options and a laundry device having the same are disclosed. The laundry device includes a case defining the outer appearance of the laundry device, a drum provided in the case and configured to receive laundry therein, a control panel ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133449 | Locking Sensor - A locking sensor for locking into the recess of a housing with a sensor body, of locking elements, that are arranged on the sensor body and that extend in the direction of a lengthwise axis over a length. The locking elements have steps and at least two steps are spaced apart from each other in the direction of the lengthwise axis. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133450 | LOCK DEVICE THAT ENABLE USERS TO CHOOSE THE SECURITY LEVEL OF THE LOCK - A lock device includes a universal spacer, for receiving a lock cylinder, and a plurality of spacer holes where one of the holes is positioned to receive a lock bolt of the lock cylinder. A padlock body houses the universal spacer. A plurality of padlock body holes extends from an interior of a universal spacer hole into the padlock body. The padlock body holes are positioned to match the spacer holes and one of the padlock body holes receives the lock bolt when the lock cylinder is in a locked position. A padlock bolt secures the universal spacer, lock cylinder and padlock body in place when the lock cylinder is in the locked position. When the lock cylinder is in the unlocked position, the universal spacer with the lock cylinder can be removed from the universal spacer hole and the lock cylinder can be replaced with another lock cylinder. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133451 | LOCKING MECHANISM AND LOCKING APPARATUS - A locking apparatus with a locking system housing is provided. The locking system housing includes at least one sliding pad and a locking pad with at least one locking groove. The at least one sliding pad and the locking pad are arranged in such a manner that they may be displaced by at least or counter to at least a first spring. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133452 | Locking device for a steering shaft having a selectable switching position when the locking bolt arrangement is displaced in the direction of a release end position - A locking device for a steering spindle, includes a locking bolt arrangement and a control element coupled thereto, such that the locking bolt arrangement can be displaced in the axial direction between a locking position and a release end position by rotating the control element. An electronic control unit controls a motor drive and a sensor arrangement, coupled to the control unit for detection of at least one axial position of the locking bolt arrangement. The control unit switches off the motor drive when the locking bolt arrangement is displaced in the axial direction from the locking position to the release end position. The sensor arrangement emits an output signal which displays when a switching off position of the locking bolt arrangement has been reached. The sensor arrangement is so constructed that the output signal can receive a plurality of monotone output signal values which are dependent on the axial position thereof, at least in one displacement interval of the locking bolt arrangement precedent to the release end position and comprising a desired switching position, thus enabling the desired switching position to be selected by selecting an associated output signal value. The control unit includes a selection device which enables one of the desired switching off positions, corresponding to the output signal value as a threshold value to be selected, such that a signal is emitted when the motor drive is switched off, when the threshold value is reached, exceeded or is fallen below. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133453 | ELECTRIC STEERING LOCK, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An electric steering lock for a drive authorization system in a motor vehicle, including a movable locking element which, according to a first position, can be brought into locking engagement with a latched-in position on the steering shaft in the steering wheel column and, according to a second position, can be brought out of locking engagement with said position. The steering lock also has a drive for moving the locking element between the two positions, and electronics for controlling the drive. The system may have an associated second device in the form of an electronic key, an identification (ID) transmitter, a chip card or the like, with the result that, when the second device is authorized, the drive can be controlled into the respective position by the electronics. The electronics generate those signals which are used to trigger functions which can otherwise be effected by an electric ignition lock. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133454 | ELECTRONIC DEADBOLT LOCK - A deadbolt lock assembly comprising a retractable and extendable deadbolt, a housing, an outside member movably mounted on the housing, the member being normally disconnected from the deadbolt, and an operator input device on the housing, the device connecting the member to the deadbolt in response to presentation of an appropriate credential, such that a force applied to the member by the operator is mechanically transmitted to the deadbolt to move the deadbolt. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133455 | Latch key holder - A key holder for retaining one or more latch keys has a flexible key holder member that retains its shape when formed into a loop. The key holder member is made of a sturdy cable encased in a sleeve to prevent damage to user's clothes. The key holder can freely rotate in relation to the carrier while the keys can rotate between a plurality of selected positions in relation to the key holder member. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133456 | PROCESS AND MECHANISM TO PRODUCE GRANULATED ORGANIC-MINERAL FERTILIZER BASED ON CONCENTRATED VINASSE - A process and mechanism to produce granulated organic-mineral fertilizer based on concentrated vinasse, comprising specific conditions of raw material preparation, volume and amounts of mixtures, humidity of the materials used in the mixture, homogenization, granulation, drying and packaging, relation on amount of the product intended to granulate versus length of the granulator cylinder, temperature of the gases for draying, speed of the gas for draying and relation on the length versus diameter of the dryer. To improve the fertilizer composition and its mixing with conventional fertilizers, the present invention uses other sub-products from the sugar cane mill and alcohol distillery industries to obtain organic-mineral fertilizers that replace conventional fertilizers, providing organic materials and microorganisms, required for the reactivation of the soil fertility and a superior approach by the plants, resulting in an increasing of the harvesting productivity and the use of smaller amounts compared with conventional fertilizers. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133457 | HIGH NITROGEN LIQUID FERTILIZER - The present invention is directed to liquid fertilizer composition having a high nitrogen content comprising an aqueous mixture of a urea-formaldehyde resin and a nitrogen fertilizer source selected from the group consisting of urea, ammonium nitrate, and a mixture of urea and ammonium nitrate, wherein the liquid fertilizer possess surprisingly depressed freeze points and salt-out temperatures. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133458 | Closing Method and Closing Machine - In a closing machine ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133459 | CABLE HANGER PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION METHOD - There is produced a cable hanger which can alternately and continuously form a Z-winding spiral and an S-winding spiral using a hanger wire. A hanger wire is supplied from one end of a housing and sent out from the other end thereof. A plurality of spiral forming dice are accommodated in a cylindrical space in the housing such that the spiral forming dice are adjacent to each other and can rotate independently from each other. Each spiral forming die includes a bottom face forming a shape corresponding to a curvature of a spiral on a plane intersecting with an axis at right angles between an inner peripheral face of the housing and the bottom face, a Z-winding wall face forming a shape corresponding to a pitch of the Z-winding spiral inclined with respect to the plane, and an S-winding wall face forming a shape corresponding to a pitch of the S-winding spiral. The Z-winding wall face and the S-winding wall face intersect with each other at a central portion of the spiral forming die in its longitudinal direction. A region sandwiched between the Z-winding wall face and the S-winding wall face is constituted by the bottom face in front of and behind the intersection. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133460 | Profile - A profile formed of a strip-shaped rolling stock and including at least one thickness-reduced section ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133461 | MACHINING METHOD, PROGRAM, MACHINING-PROGRAM GENERATING PROGRAM AND MACHINING APPARATUS OF PRESS DIE - A machining method of a press die having a pierce cutter and a secondary relief-clearance area recessed inward relative to a profile of the pierce cutter is provided. A plunge cutting tool having a tool body and at least one edge portion provided on an outer circumference of an end of the tool body is used, the edge portion being protruding from the outer circumference of the tool body and being capable of carving while rotating around an axis of the tool body and moving in an axial direction of the tool body. While rotating the plunge cutting tool with an axis of the tool body being approximately parallel to a surface of the pierce cutter, the plunge cutting tool is relatively moved along the profile of the pierce cutter. The plunge cutting tool is also relatively moved in the axial direction of the tool body along the shape of the pierce cutter and the secondary relief-clearance area in a piercing direction each time the plunge cutting tool is relatively moved by a predetermined pitch. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133462 | FORGING DIE AND PROCESS - A forging die and process suitable for producing large forgings, including turbine disks and other rotating components of power-generating gas turbine engines, using billets formed by powder metallurgy. The forging die includes a backplate, and segments arranged in a radial pattern about a region on a surface of the backplate. Each segment has a backside facing the backplate and an interface surface facing away from the backplate, with the interface surface being adapted to engage the billet during forging. The segments are physically coupled to the surface of the backplate in a manner that enables radial movement of the segments relative to the backplate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133463 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONTACT COOLING DEVICE - A high performance cold plate cooling device including multiple, relatively thin plates, each having patterns formed thereon that, as arranged within the device, cause turbulence in a fluid passing within the cooling device. Adjacent plates within the cooling device are arranged such that fluid channels within their patterns are arranged crosswise. One or more barriers extending at least a portion of the length of the device separate the crosswise channels into two or more flow sections and increase uniformity of thermal performance over the active plate area. Manufacturing of the device includes stacking the plates in an alternating fashion such that the channels within the pattern of each plate are crosswise with respect to the channels in the pattern of an adjacent plate and adjacent barrier walls abut. A method of manufacturing a cooling device is also provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133464 | OXYGEN SENSOR READINESS DETECTION - An oxygen sensor readiness module comprises a voltage source, a current detection module, and a control module. The voltage source selectively produces a bias signal, which is applied to a sensing element of an oxygen sensor. The current detection module measures a pumping current of the oxygen sensor. The control module generates a readiness signal based upon a comparison of the pumping current with a pumping current threshold. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133465 | INNOVATIVE GAS MONITORING WITH SPACIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to the monitoring of gas concentrations possible in very low ranges (i.e., low ppb and even ppt ranges) and especially use thereof in environmental monitoring, exposure assessment, bomb detection, and health studies. The invention can use a spatial and temporal assessment of gas concentrations that enables the sources of the gas in question to be located and identified which is useful in environmental and health field but can also be applied to other fields an example of which is detecting and locating explosives. This technology can uses small, light weight, and low power components that allow for the monitor to be portable and even worn on a person as a personal monitor. This technology can be used in a stationary monitors as well. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133466 | ACCELERATION MEASURING DEVICE - A reference point defined on a two dimensional or three dimensional orthogonal coordinate space and scale reference of respective axes are estimated based on a distribution on the three dimensional orthogonal coordinate space at the time when respective axial components of an acceleration data group comprised of plural acceleration data including multi-axial components and a importance group pertaining to the acceleration data group, and the respective acceleration data are corrected based on the estimated reference point and scale reference of the respective axes. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133467 | Robot Equipped with a Gyro and Gyro Calibration Apparatus, Program, and Method - While calibrating the position of a robot having a gyro, the robot emits a beam of light to a target wall surface, and the position of a laser point on the target wall surface illuminated by the beam of light is measured. The measured position is obtained as an initial value (S | 2009-05-28 |
20090133468 | WEAR GAUGE AND METHOD OF USE - A wear gauge is provided for simulating the wear of a magnetic recording component at its interface with a magnetic storage medium comprising a wear gauge block having a wear surface that substantially approximates the geometrical dimensions and contour of the working surface of the magnetic recording component, wherein the wear surface has a coating of transparent material. A test method comprises mounting the wear gauge in a test fixture, positioning a tape and adjusting the over wrap angle at edges of the wear surface, choosing the desired tape tension, speed and runtime, and running the tape, preferably unidirectionally, in operational contact with the wear surface for the desired runtime. The wear surface is inspected under white light illumination to observe and record locations of interferometric color changes on the wear surface. The color changes are correlated to thickness changes of the transparent coating on the wear surface. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133469 | Vapour Generators - A vapour generator system ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133470 | Dry Side Sensor Mounting for Sensor Chip Assembly - An assembly design for an oscillating resonator-based sensor where an oscillating crystal resonator such as a quartz crystal resonator is rigidly affixed or ‘mounted’ onto a solid substrate in such a fashion that the resonator can either rest flush against the substrate surface or upon a rigid mounting adhesive. Once cured, the mounting adhesive forms a liquid tight seal between the mounted resonator and the substrate such that only the sensing electrode surface will be exposed to fluids applied to the front side of the substrate. The mounted resonator assembly is designed in such a way that it can be interfaced with a fluid delivery system to form a liquid tight chamber or flow cell around the mounted resonator without incurring additional physical impact upon the mounted resonator. The assembled flow cell can in turn be used to direct multiple fluid streams to flow in a laminar manner over the sensing surface of the mounted resonator and by varying the rates of flow for the different laminar flowing fluid streams the total hydraulic pressure exerted on the surface of the mounted resonator can be held constant. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133471 | Apparatus and Use of the Apparatus for the Determination of the Density of a Plasma - Device for determining the density of a plasma, with of a probe ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133472 | Gas Sensor - There is provided a highly accurate gas sensor by improving an S/N ratio of a circuit. One ends ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090133473 | MAGNETIC GAS SENSOR AND METHODS USING ANTIFERROMAGNETIC HEMATITE NANOPARTICLES - A nanoscale antiferromagnetic gas sensing apparatus and methods of measuring gas using the apparatus are described. The use of the magnetic properties of an antiferromagnetic material as gas sensing parameters explores the concept of magnetic gas sensing. According to a preferred embodiment, a nanoscale magnetic hydrogen sensor apparatus is developed based on varying of the saturation magnetization and remanence of nanoscale antiferromagnetic hematite with hydrogen flow. For example, the saturation magnetization and remanence of nanoscale hematite has been shown to increase one to two orders of magnitude in the presence of flowing hydrogen gas at concentrations in the 1-10% range and at 575 K, indicating that a magnetic hydrogen sensor using hematite material may be practical and useful for detecting hydrogen in various environments such as those wherein production, storage, transportation, and/or vehicle use of hydrogen is being conducted. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING HYDROGEN GAS - A hydrogen sensor and/or switch fabricated from an array of nanowires or a nanoparticle thick film composed of metal or metal alloys. The sensor and/or switch demonstrates a wide operating temperature range and shortened response time due to fabrication materials and methods. The nanowires or nanoparticle thick films demonstrate an increase in conductivity in the presence of hydrogen. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133475 | Apparatus for Permeation or Substance Passage Investigations - An apparatus for permeation or substance passage investigations, in particular for investigations on materials, for example polymers, plastic films, packaging, coatings, paper, wood (veneer) or the like, is operable independently of an analyzing device in terms of time and location. The apparatus includes a measuring cell, and a sample space and a measuring space defined by a sample which, when received in the measuring cell, divides the measuring cell into the sample space and the measuring space in such a manner that permeation or substance passage can take place solely through the sample. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133476 | DETERMINATION OF PERMEABILITY FROM DAMPING - Permeability of a fluid through a saturated material is determined by measuring the dynamic response of that saturated material to shaking vibrations and/or shear wave propagation, and then mapping the dynamic response (preferably, viscoelastic stiffness and damping properties) to an invented model (called “KVMB”) that yields the property of permeability. The preferred embodiments may use shear waves, inertial effects, and/or transmission effects, but preferably not compression, to force fluids through the pores. The mapping preferably predicts two possible mappings to permeability, coupled and uncoupled. The preferred methods are both internally consistent and directly related to known laws of physics rather than dependent on empirical calibrations. In use, for example, one may use a porosity log (conventional neutron or sonic) and recordings of SH-waves to obtain damping ratio, followed by locating of the damping ratio on a KVMB map that depends on porosity, and choosing of one of the two possible permeabilities indicated by the mapping, wherein the best choice is typically the largely coupled case. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133477 | RHEOMETER ALLOWING DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF CONTINUOUS SIMPLE SHEAR IN NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID - The present invention is directed to an improved rheometer which provides direct visualization, and to a rheometer that can be used in conjunction with shearing devices, such as rotational, torsional, sliding plate, and other type rheometers. | 2009-05-28 |
20090133478 | MULTIPLE ROTATIONAL AXIS MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A rheometer attachment may comprise a material processing device. The material processing device is adapted for removable engagement with a rheometer. The material processing device comprises a first rotatable shaft, a second rotatable shaft, a processing element, and a material holding vessel. The processing element is engagable with the first rotatable shaft or the second rotatable shaft. The material holding vessel comprises a cavity. | 2009-05-28 |