35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130220580 | EVAPORATORS INCLUDING A CAPILLARY WICK AND A PLURALITY OF VAPOR GROOVES AND TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS INCLUDING SUCH EVAPORATORS - A two-phase heat transfer system includes an evaporator, a condenser, a vapor line, and a liquid return line. The evaporator includes a liquid inlet, a vapor outlet, and a capillary wick having a first surface adjacent the liquid inlet and a second surface adjacent the vapor outlet. The condenser includes a vapor inlet and a liquid outlet. The vapor line provides fluid communication between the vapor outlet and the vapor inlet. The liquid return line provides fluid communication between the liquid outlet and the liquid inlet. The wick is substantially free of back-conduction of energy from the second surface to the first surface due to an increase in a conduction path from the second surface to the first surface and due to suppression of nucleation of a working fluid from the second surface to the first surface to promote liquid superheat tolerance in the wick. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220581 | FORWARD OSMOSIS WITH AN ORGANIC OSMOLYTE FOR COOLING TOWERS - A system is described in which a cooling tower is operated with a solution of a non-volatile organic molecule osmolyte and water. Makeup water for the tower is provided by forward osmosis using the fluid as the draw solution for the extraction of water from feeds which require dewatering or from low value available water. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220582 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid, Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220583 | LIQUID RESERVOIR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A liquid reservoir used in a heat exchanger, for example an automotive air conditioner, and a manufacturing method therefor. The liquid reservoir includes an inlet hole and an outlet hole. The outlet hole is provided with a filter element covering the outlet hole. A flow area at a location of the outlet hole covered by the filter element is greater than the cross-sectional area of other locations of the outlet hole. In this way, in the case that other structures of the inlet hole are not improved, a filtering area of the filter element is increased, thereby increasing a flow area of a refrigerant, reducing a flow resistance effect exerted by the filter element on the refrigerant, and reducing a workload of the heat exchanger. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220584 | HEAT EXCHANGER, AND ALL-IN-ONE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A heat exchanger ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220585 | TUBE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER - A cylindrical member of a tube for a heat exchanger is made of a pair of flat plate portions, and a pair of curved portions for connecting the pair of flat plate portions to each other. One of the pair of curved portions constructs a bonded portion in which an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion are bonded to each by brazing in a state where the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion overlap each other. The inner wall portion has a portion opposite to the outer wall portion put into close contact with the outer wall portion and is bonded to the one flat plate portion in a state where a tip end portion of the inner wall portion opposite to the one flat plate portion is separated from the one flat plate portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220586 | STRENGTHENED TRANSMISSION TUBES FOR FALLING FILM EVAPORATORS - The present invention discloses strengthened heat transmission tubes for falling film evaporators. The tube includes a tube body of the heat transmission tube and fins disposed on an outside surface of a heat transmission section of the tube body. The fins spirally surround the outside surface of the tube body of the heat transmission tube along an axial direction. The roots of the fins are integrally connected with the tube body. Each of the fins has a cross sectional T shape. Interspaces between two neighboring fins along the axial direction of the tube form small holes for coolants flow and evaporation, and form circular shape channels along the spiral direction. Each T shape fin has fin troughs along peripheral direction. The outer surfaces of the fins are disposed with grooves or extrusion lugs that guide coolants flow. Internal tube body is disposed with internal teeth. The present invention satisfies the characteristics of falling film evaporation, can guide coolant flow, and prevent excessive accumulation of coolants on outer walls of the heat transmission tubes. It also ensures the direction of coolants flow downwards and improves heat transmission efficiency of falling film evaporation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220587 | COOLER AND COOLING DEVICE - The cooling device comprises a heat exchange unit provided in a cooling water flow path. The heat exchange unit has a plate part in the form of a plate and multiple fins erected on the plate face of the plate part, and provided in the manner that the plate face of the plate part extends along the cooling water flow path and the cooling water runs through the space between the fins. The multiple fins are each in the form of a rhombic column and provided on the plate part in a lattice pattern in the manner that the longer diagonal of the rhombic column extends along the cooling water flow path. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220588 | Power Supply System For a Vehicle Climate Control Unit - A truck includes an alternator having a direct current electrical power output. The truck also includes a combined inverter and charger unit having an alternating current electrical power output, a house battery and a starting battery. The combined inverter and charger unit is configured to charge the house battery and the starting battery. The truck further includes a day cab forming an interior space and a climate control unit for conditioning the interior space of the day cab. The climate control unit is adapted to be powered by an alternating current electrical source. The climate control unit is powered by the alternator through the combined inverter and charger unit when an engine of the truck engine is running, and is powered by the house battery or the starting through the combined inverter and charger unit when the engine is not running. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220589 | Optimizer for multiple staged refrigeration systems - A method and system for dynamically controlling heaters and compressors of multiple zone heating and cooling systems to modulate supply air temperature values to within a predetermined range and operable in a plurality of stages. The system includes a supply air temperature sensor operable to determine the supply air temperature values. The system also includes a control device configured to determine a plurality of system status conditions and activates and inactivates the heaters and compressors in a plurality of stages based on at least some of the plurality of system status conditions. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF COMPONENTS - Temperature-control system used for heating or cooling in a method for controlling temperature of a component includes connected temperature-control device, temperature-control arrangement, supply line, and return line. The system additionally has a controller having a valve, an actuator, a supply temperature sensor, and a return temperature sensor. A temperature difference between the supply temperature and the return temperature of a fluid circulating in the system is registered using the supply temperature sensor and the return temperature sensor and also a regulator. Proceeding from this temperature difference, the regulator causes the actuator to set a degree of opening of the valve so the temperature difference is in a selected value range. The valve always has a minimal degree of opening in the open state. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220591 | HEAT PUMP OPERATION METHOD AND HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A heat pump operation method includes: obtaining, on a per time unit basis, generated power which is an amount of power generated by a power generation device, load power which is an amount of power consumed by an electric load, and surplus power which is a difference between the generated power and the load power; and controlling operation of the heat pump, wherein in the controlling, an amount of power consumed by the heat pump for generating heat is adjusted to follow a per unit time increase or decrease in the surplus power when a first condition is met, the first condition being that the surplus power remains greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value for a given period of time extending back from the present time. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220592 | Longitudinal Positioning Tool for a Rod String - A positioning tool longitudinally positions a rod string relative to a tubing string while the rod string remains by a drive head. An upper hollow shaft member of the tool is fixed to the rod string by a rod clamp while a lower hollow shaft member is slidably coupled to the upper hollow shaft member such that the upper and lower hollow shaft members are rotatable together and longitudinally adjustable relative to one another. The bottom end of the lower hollow shaft member is arranged to be coupled to the rotatable output of the drive head. A hydraulic lifting assembly is coupled between the upper and lower shaft members to hydraulically control the longitudinal position of the rod string and upper shaft member relative to the tubing string and the lower shaft member. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220593 | COMBINATION SWIVEL AND BALL DROPPER - For use with a top drive power unit supported for connection with a well string in a well bore to selectively impart longitudinal and/or rotational movement to the well string, a feeder for supplying a pumpable substance such as cement and the like from an external supply source to the interior of the well string in the well bore without first discharging it through the top drive power unit including a mandrel extending through a sleeve which is sealably and rotatably supported thereon for relative rotation between the sleeve and mandrel. The mandrel and sleeve have flow passages for communicating the pumpable substance from an external source to discharge through the sleeve and mandrel and into the interior of the well string below the top drive power unit. The unit can include a packing injection system and novel seal configuration. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220594 | TUBE-IN-TUBE DEVICE USEFUL FOR SUBSURFACE FLUID SAMPLING AND OPERATING OTHER WELLBORE DEVICES - The present invention provides for a tube-in-tube system comprising: (a) an outer conduit having a proximal end and a distal end, and (b) an inner conduit having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the inner conduit is disposed within the outer conduit, wherein the proximal end of the inner conduit is in fluid communication with a first aperture, and the proximal end of the outer conduit is in fluid communication with a second aperture, and the distal ends of the inner and outer conduits are in fluid communication with each other and to a third aperture. The present invention also provides for a split toroidal borehole clamp. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220595 | Downhole Fluid Filter - An apparatus for testing a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, comprising a tool having a sample flow line an inlet disposed with the tool and configured to establish fluid communication between the formation and the sample flow line to draw a fluid sample into the sample flow line, and an active filter positioned in the sample flow line and providing a filter flow route and a bypass flow route in the sample flow line. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220596 | WELLBORE CLEANING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention relates to well cleaning methods and apparatus. In particular, this invention relates to a method of drilling and cleaning a wellbore. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220597 | Anchor Assembly - An anchor assembly can anchor a downhole power unit in a wellbore. The anchor assembly can couple to a downhole power unit and can include a coupling member supported by a supporting member in a body. The supporting member can move vertically relative to the body in response to a force and the coupling member can move radially between an expanded position and a retracted position in response to movement by the supporting member. The coupling member in the expanded position can anchor the anchor assembly. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220598 | System for Extracting Hydrocarbons From Underground Geological Formations and Methods Thereof - An ultrasonic fracking system and methods of using the same to extract hydrocarbons from underground geological formations (e.g., oil shale, coal beds, etc.) are disclosed. The system includes piezoelectric devices that are used to produce ultrasonic mechanical vibrations and induce fractures in the geological formations. In one embodiment, a system for extracting underground hydrocarbons comprises a plurality of piezoelectric devices capable of producing mechanical waves sufficient to fracture oil shale and other geological formations, a system of delivery for innocuous proppants to create a path of least resistance for enhanced hydrocarbon flow, and a vacuum pump connected to the fractures created by the piezoelectric devices to assist in removing the hydrocarbons. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220599 | External Pressure Testing of Gas Lift Valve in Side-Pocket Mandrel - A side-pocket mandrel is used for a gas lift system. The mandrel has two external ports, which can use external check valves when deployed downhole. Before installing the mandrel, operators preferably pressure test the interface of a gas lift valve in the pocket of the mandrel. Internal pressure testing is performed. The mandrel, however, is suited for external-pressure testing, which is impractical for other types of side-pocket mandrels. In the external pressure test, a pressure test line is coupled to the inlet port on the mandrel, which is already threaded in a reinforced area of the mandrel to receive a check valve. The other inlet port is closed off with a plug or with a check valve. When external pressure is applied with the test line, operators can determine if the gas lift valve is properly seated (i.e., whether the latch is properly engaged in the pocket). Operators can also determine if the seals between the gas lift valve and the pocket are capable of holding external pressure. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220600 | WELL DRILLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PUMP DRAWING FLUID FROM ANNULUS - A well pressure control method can include regulating pressure in a wellbore by operating a suction pump which draws fluid from an annulus formed between a drill string and the wellbore, the fluid entering the suction pump proximate the earth's surface. Another well pressure control method can include regulating pressure in a wellbore by operating a suction pump which applies suction pressure to an annulus formed between a drill string and the wellbore. A well drilling system can include a suction pump positioned proximate the earth's surface. The suction pump can receive fluid which exits an annulus formed between a drill string and a wellbore. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220601 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC HANDLING OF DRILLING RODS AND TUBULAR WELLBORE ELEMENTS, EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for automatic handling of drilling rods includes a step of handling at least one drilling rod ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220602 | DOWNHOLE DOWNLINKING SYSTEM EMPLOYING A DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER - A downhole tool includes a downlinking system deployed in a downhole tool body having an internal through bore. The downlinking system includes a differential pressure transducer configured to measured a pressure difference between drilling fluid in the internal through bore and drilling fluid external to the tool (in the borehole annulus). The differential transducer is electrically connected with an electronic controller (deployed substantially anywhere in the drill string) that is configured to receive and decode pressure waveforms. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220603 | Indexing Sleeve for Single-Trip, Multi-Stage Fracing - A flow tool has a sensor that detects plugs (darts, balls, etc.) passing through the tool. An actuator moves an insert in the tool once a preset number of plugs have passed through the tool. Movement of this insert reveals a catch on a sleeve in the tool. Once the next plug is deployed, the catch engages the plug on the sleeve so that fluid pressure applied against the seated plug through the tubing string can move the sleeve. Once moved, the sleeve reveals ports in the tool communicating the tool's bore with the surrounding annulus so an adjacent wellbore interval can be stimulated. The actuator can use a sensor detecting passage of the plugs through the tool. A spring disposed in the tool can flex near the sensor when a plug passes through the tool, and a counter can count the number of plugs that have passed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220604 | Methods For Establishing A Subsurface Fracture Network - A method of creating a network of fractures in a reservoir is provided. The method includes designing a desired fracture network system, and determining required in situ stresses to create the desired fracture network within the reservoir. The method further includes designing a layout of wells to alter the in situ stresses within the stress field, and then injecting a fracturing fluid under pressure into the reservoir to create an initial set of fractures within the reservoir. The method also includes monitoring the in situ stresses within the stress field, and modifying the in situ stresses within the stress field. The method then includes injecting a fracturing fluid under pressure into the reservoir in order to expand upon the initial set of fractures and to create the network of fractures. A method for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation is also provided herein, wherein a fracture network is created from a single, deviated wellbore production. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220605 | NON-HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND COLD FOAM PROPPANT DELIVERY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND PROCESSES - Methods and systems of fracturing subterranean formations are provided comprising pumping metacritical phase natural gas into a subterranean formation to create or extend one or more fissures in the formation. Methods and systems may further comprise maintaining or increasing pressure of the metacritical phase natural gas in the formation by pumping more metacritical phase natural gas into the fissures to hold the fissures open. Methods and systems may further comprise delivering a proppant into the subterranean formation. Disclosed methods and systems may be used to extract hydrocarbons from subterranean formations without the use of liquids. Methods and systems of delivering proppant comprise providing a non-aqueous liquid, adding a surfactant to the non-aqueous liquid, adding a proppant to the non-aqueous liquid to form a non-aqueous liquid, surfactant and proppant stream, pumping to pressure the non-aqueous liquid, surfactant and proppant stream, using pressurized natural gas to energize the non-aqueous liquid, surfactant and proppant stream, and delivering the energized non-aqueous liquid, surfactant and proppant stream into a subterranean formation. Methods of recovering proppant delivery liquid are also provided. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220606 | SCREEN ASSEMBLY - An assembly that is usable with a well includes a base pipe, a shroud that is disposed radially outside of the base pipe and tubes. The tubes are disposed radially outside of the base pipe and are radially inside the shroud. The tubes longitudinally extend along the base pipe and radially expand to radially expand the shroud in response to pressurization of the tubes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220607 | METHODS OF USING CELLULOSE IN VARIOUS OILFIELD APPLICATIONS - Described herein is a method of well treatment that includes providing a well treatment composition containing a non-functionalized cellulose material and a halide salt composition containing at least zinc halide, calcium halide or a mixture thereof, and placing the well treatment composition within a wellbore or a subterranean formation, and wherein the halide salt composition dissolves at least a portion of the non-functionalized cellulose material. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220608 | MODIFIED PARTICULATE WEIGHTING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - In subterranean operations, additives used in treatment fluids such as drilling and cementing fluids include weighting agents; a method includes the steps of providing a treatment fluid for use in a subterranean formation comprising a weighting agent, the weighting agent comprising a micronized metal oxide particle and a polymer linked to the metal oxide particle, the method including introducing the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220609 | Hard Bottom Cement Seal For Improved Well Control - Methods include introducing a casing into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the casing forming an annulus with the wellbore surface, where the casing is subject to a first pressure value at a distal end and a second pressure value at a proximal region within the casing, and where a shoe is positioned at the distal end of the casing. Then, placing a sealable valve within the proximal region of the casing, injecting a first cement composition into the casing, through the sealable valve and shoe, and into the annulus, and the placing a second cement composition in a medial region of the tubular formed between the distal end and the proximal region. Afterward, the sealable valve is closed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220610 | METHODS AND MULTI-PURPOSE APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING AND CIRCULATING FLUID IN WELLBORE CASING - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus to fluidly couple to a casing string. The apparatus may include a fill-up and circulating tool having a flow path extending therethrough, in which the fill-up and circulating tool may be configured to fluidly seal internally within an upper end of the casing string. The apparatus may further include a cementing head assembly having a flow path extending therethrough, in which the flow path of the cementing head assembly is fluidly coupled to the flow path of the fill-up and circulating tool, and a releasing mechanism coupled to the cementing head assembly, in which the releasing mechanism is configured to release a fluid-conveyed sealing device through the cementing head assembly and into the fill-up and circulating tool. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220611 | CAPTURE DEVICE FOR A BORE HOLE OF A FLUID SOURCE - A capture device for a bore hole of a fluid source, has a base plate ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220612 | Shear Bond Strength of Set Cement - Subterranean operations include methods of cementing well bores. Disclosed methods include the steps of coating at least a portion of the walls of a formation well bore with a resin, introducing a cement composition into the formation well bore, and allowing the cement composition to set to provide a set cement sheath, wherein a shear bond strength of the set cement sheath in the presence of the resin coating is greater than a shear bond strength of the cement composition or a shear bond strength of the resin, each individually. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220613 | Transient control of wellbore pressure - A method and apparatus is described for modifying downhole wellbore pressure at the instant that an explosive event occurs. By a significant temporary reduction in wellbore pressure, for example, an explosive cutter will be able to cut through thicker pipe in a deep well with high hydrostatic pressure. A favorable transient wellbore pressure is achieved by the selective timing of implosion and explosion devices, to improve the performance of certain explosive tools when subsequently initiated, such as shaped charge explosive cutters, severing tools, setting tools and perforating guns. As part of the system, each implosion or explosion device is initiated by a detonator having a preprogrammed control unit with a preselected timing delay to take advantage of the temporarily lowered wellbore pressure. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220614 | PERFORATING GUN WITH ROTATABLE CHARGE TUBE - A perforating gun designed to orient a charge holding structure (e.g., tube, solid rod) within a barrel of the perforating gun to be at the same position relative to a wellbore casing regardless of a position of the barrel of the perforating gun. A charge assembly receivable within the barrel includes the charge holding structure and first and second end caps that are rotatably interconnected to the charge holding structure and non-rotatably interconnected to the barrel. As the charge holding structure is always or substantially always designed to maintain a common orientation in relation to the wellbore casing, explosive charges associated with the charge holding structure so as to fire towards particular location on the wellbore casing may always or substantially always perforate such particular locations upon or after the explosive charges have fired. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220615 | INTERNAL TUBING CUTTER - Implementations of the present invention include an internal tubing cutter including ramp surface(s) and roller that cause cutters to move linearly between retracted and deployed positions. The linear actuation of the cutters can allow for more robust cutting and increased cutting efficiency. Implementations of the present invention also include cutting systems including an internal tubing cutter, and methods of cutting tubular members, such as borehole casings and drill strings, using such drilling systems. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220616 | In Situ Heat Generation - Introducing a fluid composition and a heat-generating fluid into a wellbore may improve timing and/or conditions of generating in situ heat downhole. The generated heat may be used to melt wax, and dissolve paraffins and asphaltenes or other deposits within the wellbore or in the reservoir itself. The fluid composition may include a base fluid and a metallic powder having a plurality of metallic powder particles. The base fluid may be or include a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a stimulation fluid, a workover fluid, an activation fluid, and mixtures thereof. Each metallic powder particle may have a metallic particle core, and a coating disposed on the metallic particle core having a coating material. The metallic particle core may be released from the metallic powder particle. A heat-generating fluid may contact the released metallic particle core and thereby generate heat. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220617 | Adjustable Engagement System for Tool Removal - A retrieval tool and method for retrieving a remote tool with a threaded connection from a remote location. The retrieval tool includes a rotational drive member which rotates an attachment sub having a complimentary threaded portion. An articulated shaft assembly permits the attachment sub to move laterally and angularly with respect to the axis of the rotational drive member. A fluid conduit supplies fluid pressure for releasing the remote tool. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLEANING FRACTURE PORTS - A method of stimulating or cleaning a fracture port and the proximate well bore area, includes the steps of inserting a downhole assembly on coiled tubing into a production tubing string comprising a fracture port. The downhole assembly includes a fluid pulse generator and jetting tool which is positioned adjacent the fracture port, and fluid is pumped through the tool to create fluid pressure pulses and jet streams of fluid. The method and apparatus does not require isolating the fracture port to be cleaned with packers or seals. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220619 | Methods For High Solid Content Fluids in Oilfield Applications - The invention discloses a method for use in a wellbore, comprising: providing a first fluid comprising at least a first type of particulate material having a first average particle size and a second type of particulate material having a second average particle size, wherein first average particle size is smaller than second average particle size; providing a second fluid comprising at least a third type of particulate material having a third average particle size and a fourth type of particulate material having a fourth average particle size, wherein third average particle size is smaller than fourth average particle size; and introducing the first fluid into the wellbore subsequently followed by introducing the second fluid into the wellbore, wherein the third average particle size is substantially equal to the second average particle size. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220620 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND KITS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GELLED FLUIDS HAVING A TRANSIENT GEL MICROSTRUCTURE - Equipment associated with a gelled fluid may be manipulated based on a stress response of the gelled fluid as determined by a gel microstructure destruction model comprising an equivalent work integral function. Further, systems and devices may be configured to manipulated equipment associated with a gelled fluid based on a stress response of the gelled fluid as determined by a gel microstructure destruction model comprising an equivalent work integral function. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220621 | Polyboronic Compounds and Processes of Making and Using the Same - Polyboronic compounds useful as delayed crosslinking agents may be produced by using a polyamine as base scaffold and incorporating boron via reaction with intermediate borates which may be formed in the condensation reaction between boric acid and a diol. A di-aldehyde, such as glyoxal, may be introduced following caustic treatment of the reaction mixture of polyaminoboronate to form the polyboronic compound. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220622 | ACTUATOR FOR DUAL DRILL STRING VALVE AND DRILL STRING VALVE CONFIGURATIONS THEREFOR - A dual drill string actuator includes a piston disposed in a housing. The housing is configured to sealingly couple at its longitudinal ends to an end of a nested dual drill string segment. An upper internal conduit is mounted in the housing proximate one longitudinal end thereof. A lower internal conduit is mounted in the housing proximate the other longitudinal end thereof. The piston is slidably, sealingly engaged between the upper and lower inner conduits and together define an internal fluid flow passage therethrough. The upper inner conduit, the piston and the lower inner conduit also define an external flow passage between respective exterior surfaces thereof and an interior of the housing such that application of fluid pressure to the external flow passage causes movement of the piston. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220623 | ACTUATOR FOR DUAL DRILL STRING VALVE AND ROTARY DRILL STRING VALVE CONFIGURATION THEREFOR - A dual drill string valve includes an actuator including a piston disposed in a housing. The housing is configured to couple at its ends to an end of a nested dual drill string segment. An upper internal conduit is mounted in the housing proximate one longitudinal end thereof. A lower internal conduit is mounted in the housing proximate the other longitudinal end thereof. The piston is slidably, sealingly engaged between the upper and lower inner conduits and defines a fluid flow passage therethrough. The upper inner conduit, the piston and the lower inner conduit define another flow passage between respective exterior surfaces thereof and an interior of the housing such that application of fluid pressure to the external flow passage causes movement of the piston away from the upper inner conduit. A rotary valve is coupled to the actuator whereby longitudinal movement thereof rotates the rotary valve. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220624 | WIRELINE RETRIEVABLE INJECTION VALVE ASSEMBLY WITH A VARIABLE ORIFICE - A wireline retrievable injection valve for an oil or gas well has an internal valve that is initially moved to open a flapper safety valve and also opens to allow fluid flow through the valve. The internal valve includes a sleeve that opens the flapper safety valve and shields the flapper safety valve from fluid. In this manner the flapper valve is protected from being caused to “flutter” or “chatter” due to pressure variations in the fluid flow, thereby damaging the seat. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220625 | SUBSEA ORIENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A tool for subsea installation and testing of wellhead modules such as Xmas trees and similar equipment, from a ship using a ship crane. The tool includes a subsea unit that includes a connector for releasable connection to subsea wellhead modules or equipment, means for positioning and means for testing, and a connector for electric power and electric and/or optical control. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220626 | SHEAR LASER MODULE AND METHOD OF RETROFITTING AND USE - There is provided a high power shear laser module, which can be readily included in a blowout preventer stack. The shear laser module as the capability of delivering high power laser energy to a tubular within a blowout preventer cavity, cutting the tubular and thus reducing the likelihood that the tubular will inhibit the ability of the blowout preventer to seal off a well. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220627 | High Energy Tubular Shear - A high energy tubular shear is connectable within a drilling system and includes a body forming a bore through which a tubular is disposed, a cross-bore intersecting the bore, opposing cutters moveably positioned in the cross-bore on opposite sides of the bore, and the each cutter in hydraulic communication with a respective hydraulic intensifier. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220628 | High-Pressure Cap Equalization Valve - A cap for protecting a sealing surface of a hub of a subsea device includes an equalization valve and a fluid conduit. The equalization valve includes a valve body having a pressure equalization conduit, a sleeve disposed about the valve body and having a port allowing fluid communication across the sleeve, and a valve spring configured to bias the sleeve to a closed position. The sleeve is configured to move to an open position in response to a force that depresses the sleeve and causes the valve spring to compress and the port is fluidly isolated from the pressure equalization conduit in the closed position and is in fluid communication with the pressure equalization conduit in the open position. In the open position, an interior environment of the subsea device is in fluid communication with the environment outside the cap through the equalization valve. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220629 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GAS LIQUID SEPARATION IN OIL AND GAS DRILLING OPERATIONS - A two phase gas-liquid separation apparatus is provided that shapes the flow in a flow shaping line. Shaping the two-phase flow allows centrifugal force to send the heavier, denser liquid to the outside wall of the flow shaping line and allows the lighter, less dense vapor or gas to occupy the inner wall of the flow shaping line. With the gas positioned on the inner wall of the flow shaping line, an exit port on the inner wall will allow for the majority, if not all, of the gas, along with a low amount of liquid, to be sent to a conventional separator. A high ratio of vapor/liquid at a flow rate much lower than the total flow rate within the flow shaping line is sent to the conventional separator. This allows for efficient separation of the vapor from the liquid with the use of a smaller conventional separator. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING ELONGATED COMPOSITE TUBULAR - A method and apparatus for forming an elongate tubular from a composite material. The composite material includes fibers and epoxy resin that are disposed around an elongated mandrel. The fibers are wound around the outer circumference of the mandrel and the epoxy resin may be applied to the fibers, before, during, or after, being wound onto the mandrel. A trough is provided that supports the mandrel between ends of the mandrel. An example trough includes a flexible membrane supported on its lateral ends to resemble a catenary. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220631 | WELL EMERGENCY SEPARATION TOOL FOR USE IN SEPARATING A TUBULAR ELEMENT - A method of separating a tubular element, comprising providing a tubular element having an inner and an outer surface, a circumference of said outer surface, and a first end and a second end; radially surrounding said tubular element with an explosive material, wherein said explosive material is capable of generating a high-velocity plasma jet in response to an activation signal, and wherein said explosive material comprises an electrically conductive layer; transmitting said activation signal to said explosive material; generating said high-velocity plasma jet; and separating said tubular element into a first portion comprising said first end and a second portion comprising said second end when said high-velocity plasma jet penetrates said outer surface of said tubular element and exits said inner surface of said tubular element. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220632 | Adjustable Flow Control Device - A flow control device comprises a fluid pathway configured to provide fluid communication between an exterior of a wellbore tubular and an interior of the wellbore tubular, a flow restriction disposed in a fluid pathway, a flow blockage disposed in the fluid pathway, and a retaining member configured to maintain the flow blockage within the fluid pathway and allow access to the flow blockage within the fluid pathway. The flow blockage substantially prevents a fluid flow through the fluid pathway. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220633 | Downhole Fluid Flow Control System and Method Having a Fluidic Module with a Flow Control Turbine - A downhole fluid flow control system includes a fluidic module having a turbine chamber. A flow control turbine is rotatably disposed within the turbine chamber. The flow control turbine is operable to provide fluid discriminating flow resistance such that a pressure drop for a desired production fluid passing through the fluidic module is less than a pressure drop for an undesired production fluid passing through the fluidic module. For example, the flow control turbine is operable generate a greater pressure drop in water produced therethrough as compared to oil produced therethrough due to differences in the density, viscosity or other property of the produced fluid. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220634 | FLOW STOP VALVE - A flow stop valve ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220635 | Rotating and Translating Shunt Tube Assembly - A tubular assembly comprises a wellbore tubular, at least one shunt tube, and a coupling assembly configured to rotatably couple the at least one shunt tube to the wellbore tubular. A method of coupling the tubular assemblies comprises coupling a first wellbore tubular to a second wellbore tubular, wherein a first shunt tube is coupled to the first wellbore tubular, rotating a second shunt tube about the second wellbore tubular that is coupled to the first wellbore tubular until the second shunt tube is substantially aligned with the first shunt tube, and coupling the first shunt tube to the second shunt tube. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220636 | DRILL STRING COMPONENTS RESISTANT TO JAMMING - Aspects of the present invention include drill string components having a thread extending around a body. The leading end of the thread can have a configuration that resists jamming and cross-threading. In particular, the leading end of the thread can include a planar surface normal to the body. The leading end of the thread can provide an abrupt transition to full thread depth that helps reduce or eliminate cross-threading. The leading end of the thread can be oriented at an angle relative to the axis of the drill string component. When mating male and female threads are similarly structured, the mating threads slide together along an interface at the thread start face and are drawn into a fully thread-coupled condition. The thread starts may have full circumference mating with no jamming positions. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220637 | Slip Device for Wellbore Tubulars - A slip device includes a housing forming an axial bore, an upper set of slips spaced axially above a lower set of slips, and a rack and pinion actuator radially moving the upper set of slips and the lower set of slips between a retracted position and an extended position to grip a tubular disposed in the bore. The upper set of slips and the lower set of slips can be oriented to resist downward movement of the gripped tubular and to permit upward movement of the gripped tubular. One of the upper set of slips and the lower set of slips can be oriented to resist upward movement of the gripped tubular and the other of the upper set of slips and the lower set of slips can be oriented to resist downward movement of the gripped tubular. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220638 | Hydrostatic Setting Tool - A setting tool for use inside a well bore casing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a wrap spring. The upper portion includes a mandrel coupled to a connecting line. The upper portion is configured to receive an input. The lower portion includes a first sleeve configured translate along an axis of the setting tool. The lower portion is selectively coupled to the upper portion. The wrap spring has a torsional preload and is coupled to the upper portion and the lower portion. The wrap spring is configured to selectively release the lower portion and upon reception of the input, such that the first sleeve is permitted to translate along the axis. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAIALLY EXPANDING A TUBULAR ELEMENT COMPRISING AN EMERGENCY BLOW-OUT PREVENTER - The invention provides a system for lining a wellbore, and a method for using said system. The system comprises: a drill string ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220640 | Flow Control Devices on Expandable Tubing Run Through Production Tubing and Into Open Hole - Disclosed is a downhole completion assembly for sealing and supporting an open hole section of a wellbore and providing flow control through the downhole completion assembly. One downhole completion system includes a first sealing structure arranged within an open hole section of a wellbore and being movable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, a second sealing structure arranged axially adjacent the first sealing structure and also being movable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, and a flow control device arranged between the first and second sealing structures and configured to provide a flow path for fluids to communicate between a surrounding subterranean formation and an interior of the downhole completion system. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220641 | Expandable Conical Tubing Run Through Production Tubing and Into Open Hole - Disclosed is a downhole completion assembly for sealing and supporting an open hole section of a wellbore. One downhole completion system includes a first sealing structure having opposing first and second ends and being arranged within an open hole section of a wellbore, the first sealing structure being movable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, and a second sealing structure having opposing first and second ends and being arranged proximate the first sealing structure within the wellbore, the second sealing structure also being movable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein, when in their respective expanded configurations, the first and second sealing structures are frustoconical in shape and the first end of the second sealing structure is at least partially nested within the second end of the first sealing structure. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220642 | Expandable Tubing Run Through Production Tubing and Into Open Hole - Disclosed is a downhole completion assembly for sealing and supporting an open hole section of a wellbore. One downhole completion system includes a sealing structure movable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein, when in the contracted configuration, the sealing structure is able to axially traverse production tubing extended within a wellbore, a conveyance device coupled to the sealing structure and configured to transport the sealing structure through the production tubing and to an open hole section of the wellbore, and a deployment device operably connected to the sealing structure and configured to radially expand the sealing structure from the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration when the sealing structure is arranged in the open hole section. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220643 | Expandable Tubing Run Through Production Tubing and Into Open Hole - Disclosed is a downhole completion assembly for sealing and supporting an open hole section of a wellbore. The system may include a sealing structure movable between contracted and expanded configurations, a truss structure also movable between contracted and expanded configurations, wherein, when in their respective contracted configurations, the sealing and truss structures are each able to axially traverse production tubing extended within a wellbore, a conveyance device operably coupled to the sealing and truss structures and configured to transport the sealing and truss structures in their respective contracted configurations through the production tubing and to an open hole section of the wellbore, and a deployment device operably connected to the sealing and truss structures and configured to radially expand the sealing and truss structures from their respective contracted configurations to their respective expanded configurations. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220644 | Enhanced Expandable Tubing Run Through Production Tubing and Into Open Hole - Disclosed is a downhole completion assembly for sealing and supporting an open hole section of a wellbore and filtering fluids passing therethrough. One system includes a sealing structure arranged within the open hole section and being movable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, the sealing structure having one or more perforations defined therein, and a filter device arranged about the sealing structure so as to radially overlap the one or more perforations, the filter device being configured to screen fluids passing through the one or more perforations. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220645 | GLUE-ON HORSESHOE - A horseshoe for attaching to a horse's hoof using an adhesive, such as glue. In one example, the horseshoe includes an elastomeric body containing a toe portion, a first branch, a second branch, and a heel portion. A first slot extends laterally through the heel portion of the first branch. A second slot extends laterally through the heel portion of the second branch, and substantially aligns with the first slot. A resilient plate aligns with, and extends between the first and second slots. The plate is substantially perpendicular to at least a portion of the first and second branches. The aforementioned horseshoe may be attached directly to a bottom of a horse's hoof using adhesive bonding. Alternatively, the aforementioned horseshoe may also include a fabric cuff, which may be glued to a horse's hoof by applying adhesive between the cuff and the outside-vertical section of the hoof wall. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220646 | COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING GRILL FLARE-UPS - A composition for eliminating flare-ups caused by fats or oils catching fire as a result of grilling food over an open source of flame is disclosed. The composition is non-toxic and does not produce off-flavors when it contacts the food, so the food is edible after the flare-up is extinguished. Methods of making the composition and of extinguishing a flare-up are also disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220647 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FIREFIGHTING - A method of laser ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220648 | Burn Blanket - The Burn Blanket is an effective way to help fire fighters protect themselves and save the lives of others. It is completely hands free and a new step in the rescue of people from fires. Made from Nomex and Kevlar and the other materials found in fire fighter equipment the burn blanket is a hands free cape that can add a new protective layer for the firefighters and be easily used to rap a victim with out having to be carried. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220649 | CLAMP FOR SPRINKLER SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A fire sprinkler support assembly includes a leg configured to extend transverse to each of a pair of adjacent parallel spaced beams. The leg includes levered clamp assemblies that are configured for connecting and supporting each end of the leg to a corresponding one of the beams. The levered clamp assemblies include a first plate and a second plate, each plate configured to straddle the beam. The levered clamp assemblies also include a lever assembly. The lever assembly includes a rod passing through corresponding rod openings in the first and second plates, and a lever pivotally connected to one end of the rod. The lever includes a cam surface disposed adjacent to the first plate. The lever assembly is configured to reduce spacing between the plates upon actuation of the lever, whereby the leg is secured to the beam. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220650 | FIRE PROTECTION DEVICE FOR SMALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A fire protection device for small electrical devices provided with a housing. The fire protection device includes a bursting capsule featuring a hollow space that is completely enclosed and delimited by a vessel wall, wherein a liquid is disposed in the hollow space. The liquid breaks the vessel wall at a predetermined trigger temperature due to thermal expansion thereby causing the bursting capsule to rupture. When the vessel wall ruptures and releases the liquid it has a fire preventing effect and/or a fire extinguishing effect. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220651 | FIRE-EXTINGUISHER HAVING CONTAINERS FOR ADDITIVES - An extinguisher has a cylinder capable of containing a fire-extinguishing product, and means for releasing the fire-extinguishing product from the cylinder and comprising at least one compressed gas cartridge, at least two tanks, each capable of containing at least one additive product, and means for releasing at least one additive product from each of the at least two tanks and for mixing with the fire-extinguishing product during the release of the fire-extinguishing product. At least one of the tanks is removable relative to the extinguisher. A cartridge having a plurality of tanks is usable in the extinguisher. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220652 | Automatic Steering System For An Agricultural Implement - An assembly for facilitating steering of an agricultural implement linkable to a work vehicle is disclosed. The assembly comprises at least a first ground-engaging wheel to engage a ground surface below a frame of the agricultural implement to support the frame above the ground surface. The assembly further comprises a positioning system for receiving a positioning signal from a positioning source. The positioning system determines a current position of the agricultural implement from at least the positioning signal, and the positioning system generates a control signal derived from the current position of the agricultural implement. The assembly further comprises a steering cylinder connected to the first ground-engaging wheel. The steering cylinder operatively connects to the positioning system to steer the first ground-engaging wheel based on the control signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220653 | Agricultural Seeder Implement - A seeder implement ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220654 | ROLLER CYLINDER AND A BAND RING SEGMENT INTENDED THEREFORE - The invention relates to a roller cylinder ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220655 | TOOL HAVING MULTI-SPEED COMPOUND PLANETARY TRANSMISSION - A tool having a housing assembly, which defines a handle, a motor assembly, a trigger assembly, a spindle and a transmission assembly. The motor assembly is received in the housing assembly and has an output shaft. The trigger assembly is coupled to the housing assembly and is configured for use in actuating the motor assembly. The transmission assembly transmits rotary power between the output shaft of the motor assembly and the spindle. The transmission assembly includes a planetary stage with an input sun gear, an output planet carrier and a compound planet gear having a first planet gear and a second planet gear coupled together for common rotation on the output planet carrier. The planetary stage is selectively operable in a first gear reduction and a second, relatively lower gear reduction in which the compound planet gear cooperates to produce at least one intermediate gear reduction within the planetary stage. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220656 | DIRECT DRILL BIT DRIVE FOR TOOLS ON THE BASIS OF A HEAT ENGINE - In a direct drill bit drive for tools for comminuting brittle materials and penetrating into brittle materials by percussive impact on the basis of a heat engine operated with a gaseous working medium, the heat engine is a hot gas engine operating in accordance with a real Stirling cycle process. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220657 | HAND-OPERATED MACHINE TOOL DEVICE - A hand-operated machine tool device, in particular for an angle grinder, includes a housing region and at least one operating element. The housing region is at least substantially rod-shaped and is configured to be used as a main gripping element. The at least one operating element extends in the housing region in a main extension direction of the housing region. The hand-operated machine tool device also has a least one mounting which supports at least one operating face of the at least one operating element such that the at least one operating element is configured to pivot about at least one axis aligned at least substantially parallel to the main extension direction. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220658 | HANDHELD POWER TOOL - A handheld power tool is disclosed. The tool has a housing, a hammer mechanism and a torque coupling. The hammer mechanism includes a beater which is movably guided along the working axis in the guide tube. The guide tube is mounted in a suspension attached to the housing so that it is movable along the working axis. The torque coupling is mounted on the guide tube and is supported on the suspension in the impact direction. The guide tube is supported on the torque coupling in the impact direction. The guide tube may be shifted with respect to the housing in the impact direction such that the torque coupling is shifted relative to the housing through the guide tube in a positively guided manner. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220659 | OSCILLATING ROTARY ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An oscillating rotary electric power tool, in which a spindle with a distal end tool attached thereto is projected downward from a front end portion of a housing accommodating a motor, and the housing also accommodates a coupling member rotatable integrally with an output shaft of the motor, a crankshaft fitted with the coupling member in a depression and projection fitting structure, and a link member to which the spindle is fixed and power is transmitted from the crankshaft to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise in an oscillating manner so that the link member will be driven by the motor to rotate the spindle clockwise and counterclockwise in the oscillating manner, wherein an elastic body is interposed between the coupling member and the crankshaft in the same axial direction as the output shaft. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220660 | SUBSEA UMBILICAL - An umbilical for use in the offshore production of hydrocarbons, the umbilical comprising at least one electric cable, the electric cable comprising at least one electric conductor ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220661 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE POWERED THROUGH NEUTRAL OR GROUND - An electrical device is provided that can selectively be powered through a neutral wire or an earth ground. The electrical device includes a line terminal, a neutral terminal, a ground terminal, and a selection mechanism. The line terminal is electrically connected to at least one load. The line terminal can be electrically connected to a line (or “hot”) wire. The neutral terminal is electrically connected to the at least one load. The neutral terminal can be electrically connected to the neutral wire. A first electrical path is provided from the line terminal through the at least one load to the neutral terminal. The ground terminal can conduct current to the earth ground. The selection can selectively provide a second electrical path from the neutral terminal to the earth ground via the ground terminal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220662 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PRINTED WIRING BOARD - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printed wiring board including: a substrate including an edge and a fixing hole located adjacent to the edge, the fixing hole configured to receive a bolt; and a land formed in a vicinity of the fixing hole and extending in at least a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being a direction from the fixing hole toward a center of the substrate, the second direction being direction along the edge. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220663 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE USEFUL FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATION - The present invention is directed to a multilayer structure comprising: (a) a first layer containing polyester and cellulose wherein (i) the polyester is present in an amount of 0 to 50 weight percent floc and 50 to 100 weight percent fibrid, (ii) the cellulose is present in the form of cellulosic pulp fiber and; (iii) the polyester is present in an amount of 0.5 to 75 weight percent and the cellulose is present in an amount of 25 to 99 weight percent, said percentages on the basis of the polyester and cellulose and; (b) a second layer containing cellulosic pulp fiber with the proviso that the second layer does not contain polyester. The first layer may further comprise an aramid. The multilayer structure is particularly useful in a transformer. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220664 | FLAT TYPE CABLE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS - A flat-type cable suitable for use in high frequency communications. The cable has a plurality of longitudinally extending and substantially parallel passageways, each housing a twisted pair conductor. The twisted pair conductors are disposed in the cable in a manner that the twisted pair conductors with the longest lay lengths are disposed in the passageways closest to the edges of the cable, and the passageways farther away from the edges of the cable house twisted pair conductors with progressively shorter lay lengths. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220665 | MULTICORE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A multicore electrical cable comprises a substantially tubular insulating outer layer defining a common longitudinal axis therethrough with a plurality of insulated electrical conductors disposed therein, wound about the common longitudinal axis. Each insulated electrical conductor comprises a conductor core further comprising one or more conductor wire strands having a first non-conductive adhesive layer disposed about them. An insulating layer is disposed about the conductor core and a second non-conductive adhesive layer disposed within the substantially tubular outer layer into a void created between the wound plurality of insulated electrical conductors and the substantially tubular insulating outer layer. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220666 | CABLE COMPRISING A LAYER WHICH IS FORMED OF A COMPOSITION CONTAINING EPOXY-GROUIPS - The invention relates to a cable, comprising a conductor surrounded by one or more layer(s), wherein at least one layer comprises a polyolefin composition comprising,
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20130220667 | Composition for low smoke, flame retardant, halogen-free, thermoplasticinsulation showing good electrical, properties in water - The present invention relates to the development of a polyolefin-based composition for manufacturing halogen-free, flame retardant, low smoke emission, thermoplastic insulations showing good electrical properties in water for use in electrical conductor cables. The composition applied as insulation, besides granting the above mentioned features, also shows good characteristics during the extrusion process, so that it can be processed at high speed in the equipment used for its application. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220668 | LOW ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE BOND - A low resistance pathway includes a flexible member, a surface interfacing the flexible member, a sealing feature, and a fastener. The sealing feature forms an interior edge of at least one of the flexible member and the surface. The fastener compresses the flexible member to contact the surface. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220669 | BUS BAR RETENTION SNAPS FOR A BASE PAN ASSEMBLY - A retention snap arrangement for attaching a bus bar to a base pan. The arrangement includes first and second walls for forming a channel for receiving the bus bar. The arrangement further includes a first moveable arm having a first snap element that includes a first bottom surface and a second moveable arm having a second snap element that includes a second bottom surface. The first and second arms extend from the first and second walls, respectively, each forming a cantilever. In a first position, the first and second bottom surfaces are located above an edge of the bus bar for inhibiting movement of the bus bar. In a second position, the first and second bottom surfaces are not located above the edge of the bus bar to enable insertion of the bus bar in the channel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220670 | CABLE HOLDER - A cable holder includes a pair of holding members that are relatively moved in a predetermined sliding direction to sandwich and hold a cable therebetween. The pair of holding members each include a plurality of guide planes each parallel to the sliding direction and a plurality of sliding contact surfaces parallel to the sliding direction. One of the pair of holding members is guided in the sliding direction by sliding the sliding contact surfaces thereof on the guide planes of the other holding member. The other holding member is guided in the sliding direction by sliding the sliding contact surfaces thereof on the guide planes of the one of the holding members. The pair of holding members are fixed to each other by a frictional force between the sliding contact surfaces and the guide planes in a state of holding the cable. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220671 | WIRE GUARD - A guard for protecting wire along an interface between first and second portions of ground includes a base that extends along a centerline from a first end to a second end. The base includes a first surface for engaging the first ground portion and a second surface for engaging the second ground portion. A slot extends from the first end towards the second end for receiving the wire such that the second end of the base protects the wire from impact. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220672 | Single Layer Touch-Control Sensor Structure With Reduced Coupling To Proximate Ground Structures - The invention is a structure and method for creating areas of non-conducting or isolated conducting surfaces within an area of conducting surfaces such that the capacitance of said conducting surface is reduced relative to a proximate, essentially parallel, conducting surface. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220673 | HEAVY-WIRE BOND ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to a heavy-wire bond arrangement, having a substrate ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130220674 | Adhesive Composition, Varnish, Adhesive Film and Wiring Film - Provided are an adhesive composition with good storage stability, heat resistance, moisture resistance reliability, and adhesion properties; and a curl- and heat-resistant adhesive film and a wiring film using the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition contains 100 parts by weight of a phenoxy resin (A) having plural alcoholic hydroxyl groups in a side chain of the molecule thereof; 2 to 60 parts by weight of a polyfunctional isocyanate compound (B) having an isocyanate group and at least one functional group selected from vinyl, acrylate, and methacrylate groups in the molecule thereof; and 5 to 30 parts by weight of a maleimide compound (C) having plural maleimide groups in the molecule thereof or/and reaction product thereof, in which a total amount of the components (B) and (C) is from 7 to 60 parts by weight. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220675 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Printed circuit boards have circuit layers with one or more copper filled through-holes and methods of manufacturing the same. An aspect of an embodiment of the present invention enhances thermal characteristics of filled through-holes of printed circuit boards to provide extra reliability to the printed circuit boards. In one embodiment, a printed circuit broad has a plurality of through-holes to connect copper patterns on different layers of the printed circuits broad. Here, at least one of the through-holes is copper plated closed at both ends with at least 70% volume of the through-hole plated with copper to, e.g., enhance thermal characteristics of the through-hole, thereby providing extra reliability to the printed circuit board. In one embodiment, the printed circuit board includes a surface conductor (or cap) that is directly plated over the copper filled barrel plated through-hole. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220676 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND HEAT SINK - An electronic circuit of the present invention includes: a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted; a heat conducting sheet stacked on the electronic component; and a heat sink stacked on the heat conducting sheet. The heat sink includes a porous ceramics having a volume resistivity of 10 | 2013-08-29 |
20130220677 | Thermosetting Adhesive Composition, and Heat Resistant Adhesive Film and Wiring Film Using the Same - Provided are a thermosetting adhesive composition excellent in storage stability, reliability, and low-temperature adhesion properties; and a curl-resistant heat-resistant film and a wiring film obtained using the composition. The thermosetting adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a phenoxy resin having a bisphenol S skeleton in the structure thereof; 5 to 30 parts by weight of a maleimide compound containing a plurality of maleimide groups in the structure thereof; and 3 to 20 vol % of an inorganic needle-like filler. The heat resistant adhesive film is obtained by applying the thermosetting adhesive composition onto a polyimide film, followed by drying. The wiring film is obtained by placing a conductor wiring layer on the heat resistant adhesive film. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220678 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A conductive member includes a metal part and an elastomer part. The conductive member is configured such that, when the conductive member is interposed between a first member and a second member, the elastomer part is elastically deformed so that a top end portion of at least one upper surface-side convex part in the metal part is pressed toward a side of the second member, and a top end portion of at least one under surface-side convex part in the metal part is pressed toward a side of the first member. | 2013-08-29 |
20130220679 | COPPER FOIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, COPPER FOIL WITH CARRIER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided is a copper foil with a carrier capable of realizing wiring at line/space=15 μm/15 μm or less on a printed circuit board on which the copper foil is laminated. Further provided is a printed circuit board or a multilayer printed circuit board capable of realizing fine-pattern wiring at line/space=15 μm/15 μm or less using the copper foil. The copper foil is obtained by forming a release layer and a copper foil in this order on a carrier foil having a surface on which a mean spacing Sm as defined in JIS-B-06012-1994 between irregularities of ridges is 25 μm or more, and peeling off the copper foil from the carrier foil. The copper foil with a carrier is obtained by forming a release layer and a copper foil in this order on a carrier foil that is said copper foil, wherein a spacing between irregularities of ridges on a surface of the carrier foil on which the copper foil is formed is 25 μm or more in a mean spacing Sm as defined in JIS-B-06012-1994. A roughening treatment layer as necessary and a surface treatment layer are formed in this order on a surface of the copper foil. | 2013-08-29 |