35th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100218697 | CARRIAGE-TYPE CONVEYANCE DEVICE - The present invention makes it easy to lay-out a carriage traveling path crossing an aisle for a vehicle, etc., in a conveyance device using a carriage which has an object support base movable vertically controlled by cam rails on the floor side, and is characterized in that an automatic lock means for locking an object support base | 2010-09-02 |
20100218698 | TRUCK TYPE TRANSFER FACILITIES - The present invention makes it easy to employ a floor surface aisle crossing a conveyance path in a conveyance system using a conveyance carriage | 2010-09-02 |
20100218699 | AERODYNAMIC PSEUDOCONTAINER FOR REDUCING DRAG ASSOCIATED WITH STACKED INTERMODAL CONTAINERS - Disclosed is an aerodynamic pseudocontainer for a train. The pseudocontainer is configured to be stacked atop an intermodal container in a lead container car at a lead end of the train, so that its aerodynamic configuration reduces drag when the train is in motion, thereby reducing fuel costs and emissions. The pseudocontainer may have connectors on its bottom so that when it is placed on top of the intermodal container, locking devices may be used for attachment. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218700 | SIDE DUMP AND BOTTOM DUMP RAILROAD CARS - A railroad car may comprise a frame comprising a first side and a second side laterally opposing each other. The railroad car may further comprise a first elastomeric mat and a second elastomeric mat supported by a plurality of reinforcement cables, the first and second elastomeric mats forming a load-carrying receptacle. Each elastomeric mat may have an outer edge and an inner edge, the inner edge of the first elastomeric mat abutting the inner edge of the second elastomeric mat when the load-carrying receptacle is in a closed configuration. The railroad car may further comprise a first pulley connected to the first side of the frame and a second pulley connected to the second side of the frame, the first pulley and second pulley each having a respective axis of rotation parallel to a direction of travel of the railroad car. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218701 | Crash module for a rail vehicle - A crash module for a rail vehicle is provided. The crash module includes a crash element, a frontal impact plate and a rear connecting plate, wherein a guide element is provided between the frontal impact plate and the rear connecting plate. The guide element has the form of a plate and is oriented essentially in a longitudinal direction of the rail vehicle. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218702 | PIGMENT SPACING - An improved pigment spacing composition and method of manufacture. A coating composition wherein the pigment particles are spaced more uniformly resulting in improved coating properties. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a composition having nanoparticles interacting with pigmentary titanium dioxide to provide for more uniform spacing of the titanium dioxide. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218703 | OPTICAL VARIABLE EFFECT PIGMENTS - The present invention relates to pigments comprising (A) a platelet-shaped substrate (S), (B) a coating comprising two different metal oxides having a difference in refractive index of at least 0.1, wherein the metal oxide having a higher refractive indexis the metal oxide MOH and the metal oxide having a lower refractive index is the metal oxide MOL, wherein the amount of MOH and the amount of MOL changes (continuously), (C) a coating comprising metal oxides MOH and MOL, wherein the amount of MOH and the amount of MOL changes (continuously), and (D) optionally an outer protecting layer; a process for their production and their use in paints, ink-jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings (paints), printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass. The pigments can show enhanced colour chroma while maintaining the lightness of coventional interference pigments, or vice versa. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218704 | MODIFIED SULPHUR AND PRODUCT COMPRISING MODIFIED SULPHUR AS BINDER - The invention provides modified sulphur comprising sulphur and a polysulphide-containing organosilane in an amount of in the range of from 0.3 to 25 wt % based on the weight of sulphur, in which modified sulphur the combined amount of sulphur and polysulphide-containing organosilane make up in the range of from 90 to 100 wt % of the obtained modified sulphur and wherein the polysulphide-containing organosilane is of the general molecular formula (1): (X | 2010-09-02 |
20100218705 | PALLETS - The present invention provides enhanced pallets. The pallets may be aluminum extruded pallets having a plurality of hollow blocks and a plurality of hollow cross members. The blocks and cross members are welded together to form a pallet. The blocks and cross members may have internal wall structures which, form one or more crush cells or crush zones. The crush cells or crush zones deform in a controlled manner on impact to reduce impact damage to the pallets. The pallets have a high load strength supporting capability and allow the pallets to withstand repeated or severe impacts while remaining functional. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218706 | BANQUET TABLE - A table in accordance with the present disclosure includes a table top and first and second leg units. Each leg unit is mounted for movement relative to the table top from a closed position alongside the table top to an opened position extending away from the table top. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218707 | RECEIPTING AND DISPENSING BANKNOTE MODULE FOR EQUIPMENTS OF AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT AND WITHDRAWL OF BANKNOTES - Receipting and dispensing module ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218708 | METHODS OF REINFORCING STRUCTURES AGAINST BLAST EVENTS - A method of reinforcing a structural member comprises positioning a shell around the structural member, placing a force dampening material around an exterior of the shell and securing the force dampening material around the shell. In certain arrangements, the method further includes at least partially filling a space defined between the structural member and the shell with a filler material. In some embodiments, the filler material comprises a concrete, a grout, an epoxy, combinations thereof and/or the like. In one embodiment, the shell comprises a fiber reinforced polymer (e.g., CFRP, GFRP, aramid fibers, epoxy, other resins, etc.). In alternative embodiments, the methods additionally includes placing one or more layers of fiber reinforced polymer around the shell prior to placing a force dampening material around an exterior of the shell. In some embodiments, the layer of fiber reinforced polymer comprises CFRP, GFRP or any other type of fiber reinforced polymer. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218709 | Cap-frame setting frame - A cap-frame setting frame to which a cap frame holding a cap with a part on which embroidery is sewn by an embroidery sewing machine is detachably attached. The cap-frame setting frame includes a base frame having a distal end and a proximal end and including a fixing mechanism which is located at the proximal end side and is to be fixed to a predetermined work table, a rotating frame located at the distal end side of the base frame and having a cylindrical mount portion to which the cap frame is mounted so as to be positioned, a disc-shaped support located on the base frame to rotatably support the rotating frame, and a fitting portion located on the base frame to be fitted with an outer periphery of the disc-shaped support, thereby being rotatably supported on the base frame. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218710 | Device and Method of Connecting an Electric Power Line Between a Ship and a Terminal - The invention relates to a ship that is to be coupled electrically to a terminal, and also to a method and a method and a device for connecting an electrical power line ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218711 | Sail Propulsion System - A sail propulsion system for boats and the like comprises at least one mast (A) and a jib (F) controlled by sheets and secured to the head of the mast (A), as well as at least two mainsails (RS, RD) rove on two shrouds (S; SR) located one to the right and one to the left of the mast (A) and arranged each on a boom (B) mounted on one of said shrouds (S; SR). This sail system has a greater sail surface with respect to the conventional set of sails consisting of a single mainsail and the relevant jib, whereby with the same wind the sail thrust is greater, moreover the jib (F) and the leeward mainsail meet the wind like a single sail whose efficiency is greater than the efficiency of the two separate sails present in conventional equipments, and finally when sailing before the wind the sail surface has its center of thrust located on the boat axis so as to make the sailing more stable and less prone to rightward or leftward deviations of the bow, thus increasing safety and allowing to dispense with the use of special sails when sailing before the wind, such as the gennaker or the spinnaker. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218712 | Floating Latticework - A floating latticework is suitable for a latticework, a truss-frame structure and a net-shell structure over water. The floating latticework is the combination of a latticework ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218713 | IMPACT ABSORBING DROP KEEL - The present invention relates to a keel construction for a floating vessel, where a drop keel ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218714 | SUN SCREEN APPARATUS FOR A BOAT - An environmental screen for a boat includes at least one panel extending from a first attachment point on a boat to a second attachment point. A plurality of perforations are disposed through the at least one panel. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218715 | Faulted Circuit Indicator Device Having An Improved Clamping Mechanism - A faulted circuit indicator device for mounting on an overhead conductor cable for electrical power distribution systems to detect an abnormally high electric current therein includes a housing having an enclosure formed therein and current sensing circuitry for detecting the presence of the abnormally high electric current in the cable. An indication unit is responsive to the current sensing circuitry to produce a visual indication in the presence of the abnormally high electrical current. A clamping mechanism formed of a yoke and a pair of opposed pressure plates is disposed above the housing for securely mounting the cable therein to detect the abnormally high electric current. Compression springs are provided for resiliently urging the pair of opposed pressure plates upwardly for automatically trapping the cable in a fixed central position between the yoke and the pair of opposed pressure plates. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218716 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION CUMULATIVE TRACKING INTEGRATION SENSOR USING SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER - The present invention utilizes the unique shape recovery properties of shape memory materials, especially shape memory polymers, to provide an inexpensive and easily identified method of determining when a product has been exposed to environmental conditions that would make it likely that the product has expired or is unfit for use. By allowing the shape memory material to alter its shape from a deformed shape to a memory shape in response to exposure to environmental conditions while attached to a visual indication device a viewer can easily determine if a product has expired. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218717 | ADDING AN ADDITIVE TO A PRODUCT SUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION - A method for treating a product suitable for human consumption, for example, a meat product, such as slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, in which a large number of products are successively supplied, optionally in groups, to an inspection station in which each product is subjected to a visual inspection to detect a defect on the respective product. If a decision is made to provide a specific additive-addition treatment to a product, the product is supplied to an additive-addition station, where the product is subjected to an additive-addition treatment and an additive is added to at least one part of the outside of each product or the inside of each product. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218718 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND APPARATUS FOR COATING FOAM ON COATING TARGET MEMBER - An image forming apparatus includes a generating mechanism to generate foam from a liquid or gel which may take a foam state, a coating roller having a peripheral surface supplied with the foam to coat the foam on the peripheral surface onto a surface of a recording medium, and a transport passage to transport the foam from the generating mechanism to the coating roller by an accumulation force of the foam. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218719 | PAINT ROLLER CAGE AND COVER - A roller painting kit comprising a roller cage adapter engageable over a roller section of a paint roller and having a substantially continuous cylindrical outer surface when engaged over the roller section, and a flexible roller cover insertable over the roller cage adapter, the roller cover being flexible so it can be rolled onto itself for storage. The roller cage adapter is radialy expandable to provide retention action between the roller cover and roller cage in an operative position. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218720 | Moving module of a wafer ion-implanting machine - A moving module of a wafer ion-implanting machine includes a wafer carrier, a moving shaft, a base, a pair of first magnets, a fixture body, and a plurality of second magnets. One end of the wafer carrier is pivotally connected to a wafer tray; and the other end is fixed onto one end of the moving shaft. The base is fixed to the other end of the moving shaft. The moving shaft drives the wafer carrier and the base to move lengthwise. The pair of first magnets is fixed to the base. The fixture body is located between the pair of first magnets. The second magnets are fixed onto the fixture body and one of them forms compelling magnetic force between one of the first magnets. Thereby, the friction generated by contacting any of the first magnets with the fixture body can be prevented, thus increasing the production yield. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218721 | Hollow-cathode discharge apparatus for plasma-based processing - A hollow-cathode discharge apparatus is disclosed for plasma-based processing. The hollow-cathode discharge apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a hollow cathode disposed in the center of the vacuum chamber, a carrier for synchronously carrying a plurality of work-pieces in the vacuum chamber and a driving element for driving the carrier. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218722 | High velocity method for depositing diamond films from a gaseous phase in SHF discharge plasma and a plasma reactor for carrying out said method - The invention relates to carbon deposition by decomposing gaseous compounds with the aid of the SHF discharge plasma and can be used, for example, for producing polycrystalline diamond films (plates), which are used for producing output windows of power SHF sources, for example gyrotrons. Said invention ensures a high speed deposition of the high quality diamond films (having a loss-tangent angle □ equal to or less than 3×10 | 2010-09-02 |
20100218723 | Molecular Beam Cell Having Purge Function - A molecular beam cell includes a crucible ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218724 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The apparatus comprises: a process chamber configured to accommodate substrates which are horizontally oriented and stacked in multiple stages and process the substrates; a process gas supply unit configured to supply a process gas to the process chamber; an inert gas supply unit configured to supply an inert gas to the process chamber; and an exhaust unit configured to exhaust the process chamber. The process gas supply unit comprises a process gas supply nozzle. The inert gas supply unit comprises inert gas supply nozzles disposed at both sides of the process gas supply nozzle. Each of the inert gas supply nozzles comprises at least one first inert gas ejection hole formed in a region where the substrates are stacked and at least one second inert gas ejection hole formed in a region where the substrates are not stacked. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218725 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOLAR CELLS - The present invention relates to equipment used to manufacture PV cells or modules. In some embodiments, a gas delivery and gas exhaust system are provided for processing a plurality of substrates. The gas delivery and gas exhaust system are designed such that the substrates are exposed in a uniform manner to the gas. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218726 | Animal water bottle cap dispenser device - The present invention is an animal and pet water bottle cap dispenser device, used in combination with a water bottle with a bottle top to dispense water to an animal or pet. The device has a flanged attachment sleeve, a flanged vertical middle sleeve and a dispersion ball that is set on the top surface of the vertical middle sleeve as water from the bottle runs internally through the sleeves and around the sides of the dispersion ball to the animal or pet for dispersed drinking. There is also a second cap, that is threadedly and removably integral with the middle sleeve, for covering the dispersion ball and the device, while the device is not in use. The device can be easily disassembled, separated, sterilized, sanitized and reassembled for sterilized or sanitary pet or animal usage, is dishwasher safe and is choke-free. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218727 | COMPACT CULTURE SYSTEMS - Devices and methods are disclosed for the containment, hatching, and culture of aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms. Methods and device can be applied widely in the care and culture of aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms important in the aquaculture industry, aquarium and pet hobby, science instruction and education, environmental screening and toxicity testing, and the education-entertainment field. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218728 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED CONTAINERS - Devices and methods are disclosed for the housing and maintenance of aquatic, semi-aquatic, and terrestrial organisms. Methods and device can be applied widely in the care and culture of these species and will find wide applicability in the aquaculture industry, aquarium and pet hobby, science instruction and education, environmental screening and toxicity testing, and the education-entertainment field. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218729 | Movement Analysis Device for Rodents - A movement analysis device for rodents capable of variably adjusting a space where a rodent is placed in order to stimulate the behavior of the rodent so that motor functions of the rodent can be analyzed more effectively, The movement analysis device for rodents includes a body including a pair of side plates distanced from each other with a predetermined gap and a connector plate connecting one ends of the side plates together, the connector plate having a slit extending from one to the other one of the side plates; and an adjustment unit including an adjustment plate configured insertable between the side plates of the body and into the slit of the connector plate of the body and a support plate extending to a height reaching from a bottom to the slit to support the adjustment plate at one portion thereof. The support plate is semi-cylindrically shaped to form a cylindrical space together with the connector plate. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218730 | PET PAW WASHER - A pet paw washing apparatus is disclosed. The pet paw washing apparatus includes a basin and a partition disposed in the basin separating a first chamber from a second chamber. A receptacle may be in the second chamber for receiving a paw through a lid for washing the paw in the receptacle. Water may be transferred via tilting motion using handle from the first chamber to the second chamber through a notch in the partition. Dirty water in the receptacle may be transferred via tilting motion using handle out of the receptacle and into the second chamber through a spout. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218731 | Hoof bath system - The present invention is directed to methods for applying bovine foot and hoof treatment compositions having two or more specific and complimentary antimicrobial components in a hoof bath just prior to use to work more effectively. These antimicrobial components may include antimicrobial inorganic salts of certain heavy metals, cationic agents, peroxides, aldehydes, fatty acids, iodines or other suitable compounds effective in the killing of microorganisms. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218732 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETERRING ORAL HABITS - A device for application on an animal for deterring the animal from wound licking is provided. The device includes a flexible first layer of material and a deterrent composition in contact with the flexible first layer of material. A layer of adhesive is connected with the flexible first layer of material, and a second layer of material is connected with the layer of adhesive opposite the flexible first layer of material. A method for deterring an animal from licking a wound is also provided. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218733 | Training Device for Water Conservation System - In one embodiment, a training device may include a first module to receive a plurality of inputs that define a set of animal waste elimination behaviors. A second module may train an animal monitoring system based on the plurality of inputs. The training may facilitate use of the animal monitoring system with an irrigation system to reduce water consumption. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218734 | BIO-DIESEL FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM AND BIO-DIESEL FUEL ENGINE OPERATING METHOD - A bio-diesel fuel engine system and bio-diesel fuel engine operating method capable of producing a biomass fuel from a liquid state biomass source material of a fat-containing vegetable or animal oil allowing fuel to be combusted in a conventional diesel engine while providing the benefits of low fuel consumption, stable engine operation, and extended engine service life, with compared to use a biomass fuel reformed by methyl-ester method. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218735 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COOLING OF OIL IN A GEARBOX FOR A VEHICLE - An arrangement for cooling oil in a gearbox in a vehicle which is powered by a combustion engine, the arrangement including an oil cooler, an oil system configured to circulate oil between the gearbox and the oil cooler, and a coolant circuit configured and operable to lead coolant to the oil cooler. The coolant circuit includes a radiator element for cooling the coolant and a line to lead the cooled coolant from the radiator element to the oil cooler. The coolant circuit has a flow-regulator to regulate the coolant flow through the radiator element for imparting to the coolant a temperature which makes possible a desired cooling of the oil in the oil cooler. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218736 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes a housing body, a vane rotor, a first plate, and a second plate. The housing body is formed integrally with a shoe at an inside periphery of the housing body, wherein the shoe projects inwardly in a radial direction of the housing body, and wherein the housing body is formed with a sealing recess at an axial end of the housing body. The vane rotor is rotatably mounted in the housing body, wherein the vane rotor includes a vane, wherein the vane and the shoe define advance and retard chambers adapted to supply and drainage of fluid. The first plate is fixedly inserted in the sealing recess of the housing body, the first plate sealing the axial end of the housing body. The second plate seals another axial end of the housing body. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218737 | CONTROL TIME ADJUSTING DEVICE - A control time adjusting device which adjusts the phase position of a camshaft with respect to an upstream drivetrain that drives the camshaft. The device has a hub element and a bell element which is coupled to the hub element in a variably adjustable manner with regard to the rotary phase position. The adjusting angle range is defined by stop structures. Additionally, adjusting cells, which are separated by radial webs and vane elements, are situated in an intermediate space between the hub element and bell element. The position and the peripheral length of the device, which is definitive for the pivoting travel of the adjusting cells and the arrangement of the vane elements with respect to one another, are adapted such that at least two different-sized adjusting angle ranges can be defined as a function of the assignment of the vane elements to the adjusting cells. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218738 | NON-SYNCHRONOUS BELT DRIVEN CAMSHAFT PHASE SHIFT DEVICE - A non-synchronous camshaft phasing device | 2010-09-02 |
20100218739 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IGNITION DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method is for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, having a laser device which has a laser-active solid having a passive Q-switch and which generates a laser pulse for eradiating into a combustion chamber, and having a pumping light source which provides a pumping light for the laser-active solid of the laser device. A point of ignition, at which the laser pulse is generated, is regulated to a specifiable setpoint value by setting a radiation intensity of the pumping light and/or a pumping duration and/or a pumping starting time and/or a wavelength of the pumping light. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218740 | LUBRICANT COMPOSITION - A lubricating oil composition is used in an internal combustion engine that uses a fuel containing at least one fat and oil selected from a group consisting of natural fat and oil, hydrotreated natural fat and oil, transesterified natural fat and oil and hydrotreated transesterified natural fat and oil. A polyol ester having a kinematic viscosity in the range of 3 to 8 mm | 2010-09-02 |
20100218741 | Thermal engine for operation with combustible and noncombustible fuels and electric energy - A thermal engine includes a cylinder and piston and an insulated thermal battery including at least a thermal mass such as the engine block itself for storing and retaining heat to enhance or cause fluid expansion within the cylinder and drive the piston, the thermal battery optionally including an electrolyte chamber containing a thermal electrolyte for functioning as an electric thermal battery. Heat is stored in the thermal battery such as by activating electric resistance heating elements in the thermal mass. The stored heat either causes expansion of a non-combustible expansion fluid such as water or enhances the expansion of a combustible expansion fluid such as gasoline. Where the thermal battery is an electric thermal battery containing an electrolyte, the storage of heat also stores electricity which can be used to power an electric motor. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218742 | Brennstoffeinspritzvorrichtung (Fuel Injection Device) - The fuel-injection device is characterized by an especially low-noise design. The fuel-injection device includes at least one fuel injector and a fuel rail having at least one pipe connection, the fuel injector being introduced into a receiving bore of the pipe connection, and the fuel rail having a discharge opening to supply fuel to the fuel injector. Provided between the fuel injector and the fuel rail is a pressure-wave guide connecting both, in such a way such that dynamic pressure fluctuations in the fuel injector are able to be routed largely past the volume of the receiving bore of the pipe connection. The fuel-injection device is especially suitable for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having external ignition, but it is also suitable for the injection of fuel into an intake manifold. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218743 | FASTENING ELEMENT AND FLUID INJECTOR ASSEMBLY - A Fastening element has a carrier. A first pair of prongs branches off a first side face of the carrier designed to be in a mechanical engagement with a protrusion of a injector cup. A second pair of prongs branches off a second side face of the carrier. The second pair of prongs is designed to retain a fluid injector and to couple mechanically to a first protrusion of the injector. A pair of pins branches off a respective prong from the second pair of prongs at a respective inner side face of the respective prong. The pins are arranged opposed to each other and in a given distance from each other and they are designed to be in a mechanical engagement with the fluid injector. A clamping device being designed to couple mechanically with the fluid injector cup and to exert a repelling force on the fluid injector cup. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218744 | Engine and a selectively movable assembly incorporating the engine and a method for concomitantly increasing both the output torque and the efficiency of an internal combustion engine - A selectively movable assembly | 2010-09-02 |
20100218745 | BALL-LIFT DEVICE WITH SCREW FOR A VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE - A ball-lift device with screw for a variable compression ratio engine having a hydraulic double-acting control actuator ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218746 | BALL-LIFT ELECTROHYDRAULIC VALVE FOR A HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT OF A VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE - The ball-lift electrohydraulic valve for a hydraulic power unit of a variable compression ratio engine includes:
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20100218747 | Fuel Pump for Delivering Fuel from a Reservoir to an Internal Combusion Engine - A fuel pump for delivering fuel from a reservoir to an internal combustion engine. The pump includes a casing, at least one impeller arranged in the casing. The impeller including at least one ring of interspaced vanes. The pump further includes an electric motor that drives the impeller via a shaft and that is configured as an axial field motor and that has a rotor and a stator. The rotor of said electric motor has permanent magnets and the coil formers carrying windings that are opposite the permanent magnets are stationarily arranged in the stator at a distance to the rotor axis and at even angular distances. The coil formers are arranged in parallel to the shaft of the electric motor with respect to their longitudinal orientation. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218748 | Device for the Venting Circuit of a Liquid Tank and Valve Incorporating Said Device - A device for a venting circuit of a liquid tank provided with a canister and a filling tube including a filling head, this device comprising: | 2010-09-02 |
20100218749 | Intake Manifold With Integrated Canister Circuit For A Supercharged Internal Combustion Engine - An intake manifold with integrated canister circuit for a supercharged internal combustion engine; the intake manifold is provided with: a tubular body in which a plenum is defined; a sorting chamber, which is obtained in a wall of the tubular body; a canister solenoid valve, which is arranged in the sorting chamber and is adapted to adjust the introduction of gasoline vapours into the sorting chamber itself; a first pipe, which is obtained in the wall of the tubular body, puts the sorting chamber into communication with the plenum, and defines a first branch of a recovery pipe; a second pipe, which is obtained in the wall of the tubular body and defines an initial portion of a second branch of the recovery pipe; a first one-way valve which is arranged in the sorting chamber in correspondence of the first pipe and allows, through the first pipe, only a flow towards the plenum; a second one-way valve which is arranged in the sorting chamber in correspondence of the second pipe and allows, through the second pipe, only a flow through the intake pipe. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218750 | LOW-TEMPERATURE MOTOR COMPRESSOR UNIT WITH CONTINUOUS "COLD" COMBUSTION AT CONSTANT PRESSURE AND WITH ACTIVE CHAMBER - Low-temperature, continuous “cold” combustion, constant pressure, active chamber motor-compressor unit operating with working compressed air and using a piston travel control device as well as an active chamber, with a cold chamber ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218751 | METHOD FOR HEATING A GAS SENSOR - in a method for heating a gas sensor ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218752 | BRICK CUTTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - This document discusses, among other things, apparatuses and methods for cutting a brick including a base configured to selectively support the brick. An actuating assembly is movable along a cutting line. The actuating assembly is movable by a cutting distance at least equal to a height of the brick. A shear blade is removably attached to the actuating assembly. The shear blade is movable with the actuating assembly along the cutting line. The shear blade is configured to shear the brick along the cutting line when moved toward the base through the brick. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218753 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CUTTING FIBER-CEMENT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF OPERATION AND USE - Apparatus and methods of processing fiber-cement workpieces to form fiber-cement shake panels. One embodiment of such a method comprises positioning a cured fiber-cement workpiece over an anvil plate having at least one slot and driving a cutting blade along a straight, vertical path to pass a cutting edge of the cutting blade through the workpiece. The process can optionally include coating the fiber-cement panels before installing the fiber-cements panels on a wall. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218754 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING A KETTLE-TYPE BARBECUE TO EMPLOY FUEL PELLETS - An apparatus and method used with a conventional barbecue, such as a kettle-type barbecue, which enables the barbecue to be fueled by fuel pellets burned in a fire box. The apparatus includes a support, a hopper and feeder structure for the fire box combined into a unitary construction selectively positionable as a unit on the barbecue body of the barbecue or removed therefrom. In embodiments illustrated, the fire box is positioned so as to direct heat to a desired location within the apparatus. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218755 | OVEN RACK ASSEMBLIES WITH RELEASE MECHANISMS AND CATCHES - An oven rack assembly ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218756 | HEAT RETAINING COVER FOR SWIMMING POOLS - A heat retaining cover and a method for retaining heat in swimming pools is provided. In one embodiment, the cover includes a plurality of interlocking floatation panels, at least one pair of hinges attached to one edge of each adjacent interlocking floatation panel, a second pair of hinges attached to the opposite edge of of the reverse face of each adjacent interlocking floatation panel, a second hinge having an aperture formed therein, the second edge attached to attached to one edge of each adjacent interlocking floatation panel, and a length of flexible material threaded through the aperture of each second hinge, thereby to allow the plurality of interlocked plurality of interlocking floatation panels to be extended and retracted. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218757 | SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM - The invention provides a system for providing heated domestic water. The system comprises a heating structure such as a solar collector and a tank connected by an upstream fluid path and a downstream fluid path. A control system is adapted to interrupt supply of water from a source to the system when the domestic water is delivered to a recipient. The invention further provides a heating system with a tank which is filled to a certain limit leaving a certain amount of free space, e.g. to adjust absorption of energy to a supplied amount of energy or for reserving space for drainage of the solar collector. The invention further relates to a solar collector which is protected against excessive temperatures. Furthermore, the intention provides a method for providing heated domestic water. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218758 | SOLAR ENERGY ALIGNMENT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM - A solar energy alignment and collection system includes at least two solar energy receivers having a central focal point, with each of the at least two solar energy receivers generating an energy output. An actuation system is operatively coupled to the at least two solar energy receivers and is configured and disposed to shift the solar energy receivers along at least one axis. A control system, operatively linked to the solar receivers and the actuation system, senses the energy output of each solar energy receiver and shifts the actuation system along the at least one axis causing solar energy to be directed at the central focal point. When solar energy is directed at the central focal point, the energy output of each solar energy receiver is substantially identical. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218759 | DRUG DISPENSER - There is provided a drug dispenser device comprising a housing; extending from the housing, an outlet for insertion into a body cavity of a patient; provided to the housing and moveable with respect thereto, a drug discharge device having a longitudinal axis and comprising a container for storing a drug formulation to be dispensed, a discharge mechanism and a discharge channel from the container for discharge of the drug formulation to the outlet; connecting to the drug discharge device, a container collar; connecting to the container collar and moveable with respect thereto along the longitudinal axis of the drug discharge device, a transfer element, the transfer element including an actuating portion; provided to the housing, at least one finger operable member moveable to apply a force to the actuating portion of the transfer element to move the transfer element along the longitudinal axis in a first direction; linking the container collar with the transfer element, a biasing mechanism to store biasing energy on moving the transfer element along the longitudinal axis in the first direction; and provided to the container collar, a pre-load mechanism to prevent transfer of the biasing energy to the container collar to move the drug discharge device along the longitudinal axis in the first direction to actuate the discharge mechanism until a pre-determined threshold force is overcome. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218760 | ACTUATOR FOR AN INHALER - An actuator for an inhaler for delivering drug by inhalation, comprising: a housing for receiving a canister which comprises a body which includes a base and a head and defines a chamber for containing drug, and a valve stem which extends from the body and from which drug is in use delivered on actuation of the canister; an outlet through which a user in use inhales; and a nozzle which provides for delivery of drug through the outlet; wherein the outlet includes at least one air flow path which provides for a substantially annular air flow at an inner peripheral surface of the outlet on inhalation by the user through the outlet, such as to provide a sheathing air flow to an aerosol spray when delivered from the nozzle. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218761 | UNITARY RESPIRATOR WITH MOLDED THERMOSET ELASTOMERIC ELEMENTS - A respiratory protection composite facepiece is disclosed and includes a polymeric rigid facepiece body portion having a first surface and a second surface and a silicone sealing facepiece element chemically bonded at least one of the first surface or the second surface. The first and second surfaces can be opposing major surfaces. A second silicone element is chemically bonded to at least one of the first surface or the second surface. Methods of making the same are also disclosed. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218762 | METHOD FOR STORING THE INHALATION ANESTHETIC AND CONTAINER THEREOF - A use of a material made of cyclic olefin copolymers and graft copolymers of ethylene and octene for producing a container for storing inhalation anesthetic agents, and said container comprising a container body and a container cap, wherein the internal surface material of said container body is made of cyclic olefin copolymers and graft copolymers of ethylene and octene. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218763 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING GASES TO A PATIENT - The gases temperature supplied to a patient when the patient is undergoing treatment such as oxygen therapy or positive pressure treatment for conditions such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is often measured for safety and to enable controlling of the humidity delivered to the patient. The invention disclosed is related to measurement of properties, particularly temperature, of gases flowing through a heated tube, supplying gases to a patient, which utilises the heating wire within the tube. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218764 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR AN APPARATUS THAT DELIVERS BREATHABLE GAS TO A PATIENT - A flow generator assembly includes a flow generator structured to generate a supply of pressurized breathable air to a patient; and a bracket attachable to the flow generator and adapted to mount the flow generator to a bed or a wall adjacent the bed. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218765 | FLOW RATE COMPENSATION FOR TRANSIENT THERMAL RESPONSE OF HOT-WIRE ANEMOMETERS - Systems and methods are described for application of a transitory corrective modification to a hot-wire anemometer flow voltage and/or calculated flow rate to compensate for transient thermal response of the anemometer during a change in mixture of a mixed gas being measured. According to one embodiment a method of applying the transitory corrective modification is provided. An output signal of an exhalation flow sensor of a medical ventilator is received. The flow sensor includes a hot-wire anemometer. The output signal is indicative of a rate of flow of expired gas by a patient. Transient thermal response of the hot-wire anemometer is compensated for by applying a corrective modification to the output signal or a value based thereon. The corrective modification is based at least in part on a fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) being supplied by the medical ventilator to the patient. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218766 | CUSTOMIZABLE MANDATORY/SPONTANEOUS CLOSED LOOP MODE SELECTION - A multimode ventilator is disclosed that provides physicians and clinicians the ability to select multiple modes of operation for the ventilator. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide users with the ability to select from multiple modes of ventilator operations. The users may also set transition conditions and monitoring thresholds that determine when the multimode ventilator transitions between the selected modes of operations. Multiple user interfaces are also disclosed that allow the user to interact with the multimode ventilator in order to select particular modes of operation, transition conditions, and monitoring thresholds. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218767 | LEAK-COMPENSATED RESPIRATORY MECHANICS ESTIMATION IN MEDICAL VENTILATORS - This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leakage when determining the respiratory mechanics of a patient during delivery of gas from a medical ventilator to a patient. The systems and methods include monitoring an instantaneous flow in the ventilation system based on one or more measurements of pressure and flow in ventilation system. The leakage is modeled using a predetermined leakage model. A leak-compensated instantaneous lung flow of gas inhaled or exhaled by the patient is estimated. Using the leak-compensated lung flow and a predetermined respiratory mechanics model, the respiratory mechanics of a patient may be estimated including at least one of a leak-compensated lung compliance and a leak-compensated lung resistance. The method may include using a dynamic respiratory mechanics model or a static respiratory mechanics model that requires use of a pause maneuver to collect the necessary data. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218768 | PATIENT INTERFACE ASSEMBLY WITH SIMULTANEOUS MASK STRAP ADJUSTMENT - A patient interface assembly that includes a patient interface device having a first fastening element and a second fastening element and a headgear for attaching the patient interface device to a head of a user. The headgear includes a headgear member having a first headgear attachment portion and a second headgear attachment portion, and an attaching mechanism coupling the first headgear attachment portion to the first fastening element and coupling the second headgear attachment portion to the second fastening element. One adjustment of the attaching mechanism controls a tension in the connection between both (i) the first headgear attachment portion and the first fastening element and (ii) the second headgear attachment portion and the second fastening element simultaneously. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218769 | RESPIRATORY ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The invention relates to a respiratory device ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218770 | Contraceptive Sheath with Integrated Bead Construction - A female condom and an improved method for manufacturing a female condom is disclosed. The invention provides a device that is effective in both acting as a contraceptive and inhibiting the transmission of disease during coitus. The invention employs synthetic latex in an efficient and cost effect manufacturing method that results in an improved product. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218772 | EXERCISE DEVICE FOR CORRECTING POSTURE - It is intended to provide a posture-correcting exercise device ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218773 | Apparatus and Method for Coupling an Oral Appliance to a Gas Delivery Device - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for coupling an oral appliance to a gas delivery device includes a post, a swivel, and first and second opposing clamps. The post includes a base configured to couple to the oral appliance; a first arm extending from the base and defining a channel extending along a portion of the first arm; and a second arm extending from the base, extending substantially parallel to the first arm, the second arm defining a channel extending along a portion of the second arm. The swivel is substantially spherical and is configured to position the gas delivery device. The first clamp is configured to engage and slide along the channel defined by the first arm and the second clamp is configured to engage and slide along the channel defined by the second arm. The first and second opposing clamps are together configured to position and secure the location and orientation of the swivel relative to the post. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218774 | DECORATIVE COVER FOR A RESPIRATOR MASK - A decorative cover for a respirator mask includes a fabric panel formed from substantially non-filtering fabric material. A first fastener is attached to an interior surface on the fabric panel, and a second fastener is attached to an exterior surface of the respirator mask. The first and second fasteners releasably engage with each other to couple the fabric panel to the respirator mask. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218775 | SOUND-ATTENUATING EARMUFF HAVING ISOLATED DOUBLE-SHELL STRUCTURE - An earmuff assembly with a double-shell structure is disclosed for use with a sound-attenuating circumaural headset. The earmuff assembly comprises a cup-shaped outer shell mounted on a resilient outer sealing ring and a cup-shaped inner shell mounted on a resilient inner sealing ring. By means of the two sealing rings the outer and the inner shells are brought into abutment with the head surface around an ear of a wearer. Both shells are structurally rigid. The sound attenuation performance is maximized by isolating the inner shell from the outer shell. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218776 | UPPER LIMB RESTRAINT DEVICE - An upper limb restraint device | 2010-09-02 |
20100218777 | INTERMEDIATE WRAPPER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A tobacco product is formed by perforated cigar or shell, the shell comprising a sheet of material with an intermediate sheet, the sheet comprising tobacco leaves and/or homogenized tobacco paper. The cigar or shell is packaged for shipment to an end user or consumer. The cigar or shell remains in the rolled, shaped tube form inside the package. After the cigar or shell is removed from the package, a consumer can fill the cigar or shell with crushed tobacco leaves or other tobacco filler material of a favorite blend, thereby eliminating some steps in the making of a “roll-your-own” tobacco product. A liquid can be added to the cigar or shell to moisturize same. The liquid can include flavoring. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218778 | COOLING FIN PIPE SMOKER - A cooling find smoker pipe having a plurality of parallel fins spaced apart a predetermined distance on the generally tubular housing of the pipe to cool the tobacco smoke from the pipe when the end user takes a drag on the pipe mouthpiece attached to the housing. The housing comprises a two piece construction of a cap and a tobacco bowl screwed together to form the chamber to fill with tobacco wherein the male threads are located on the exterior of the bowl and the corresponding female threads are located within the cap. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218779 | CONTROLLED FLAVOR RELEASE TOBACCO POUCH PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING - An oral tobacco pouch product providing controlled flavor release and methods of making are provided. The oral tobacco product includes a web containing a filling material. The filling material includes tobacco material and at least one hydrocolloid in an amount sufficient to retard the release of at least one tobacco flavor component from the tobacco material during use. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218780 | NAIL BATH - A nail bath ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218781 | Composition and Method for Dry Application of Mascara - A substantially dry mascara formulation, a mascara application composition and a method of applying the formulation is described. The substantially dry mascara formulation may be deposited on the surface of a carrier substrate and applied to the eye lashes by contacting the mascara and substrate to the eye lashes. An application tool may optionally be used to aid application of the formulation to the eye lashes. The present invention allows various desired color gradients, patterns or designs to be imparted to the eye lashes. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218782 | COSMETIC COMPACT - A cosmetic compact comprising a lid ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218783 | Cosmetic applicator - The applicator for cosmetics has one or more plies with scoring to form a handle area and a sample area. The scoring upon the top ply guides the applicator to bend into a handle area grasped by a woman's fingers and the sample area has a slight bow to apply eye shadow or other powdered cosmetic as the woman sees fit. The sample area has embossing in the bottom ply to retain pre-deposited cosmetics for further sampling. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218784 | COPPER DEPOSITION CHAMBER HAVING INTEGRATED BEVEL CLEAN WITH EDGE BEVEL REMOVAL DETECTION - Embodiments of the invention generally provide apparatus and method for detecting and controlling edge bevel removal of a semiconductor substrate. One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for inspecting a rotating substrate. The apparatus comprises a substrate support configured to support the rotating substrate on a back side and rotate the substrate about a central axis, and a sensor positioned above the substrate support, the sensor being configured to inspect a front side of the rotating substrate while moving simultaneously radially across the substrate. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218785 | IN SITU PLASMA CLEAN FOR REMOVAL OF RESIDUE FROM PEDESTAL SURFACE WITHOUT BREAKING VACUUM - Methods and apparatus for in-situ plasma cleaning of a deposition chamber are provided. In one embodiment a method for plasma cleaning a deposition chamber without breaking vacuum is provided. The method comprises positioning a substrate on a susceptor disposed in the chamber and circumscribed by an electrically floating deposition ring, depositing a metal film on the substrate and the deposition ring in the chamber, grounding the metal film deposited on the deposition ring without breaking vacuum, and removing contaminants from the chamber with a plasma formed in the chamber without resputtering the metal film on the grounded deposition ring and without breaking vacuum. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218786 | CLEANING METHOD OF PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a storage medium and a cleaning method of a plasma processing apparatus capable of more securely removing a deposit and preventing occurrence of any problems caused by a remaining deposit as compared to the conventional method. A cleaning gas which contains an oxygen gas and a nitrogen gas and has a ratio of “nitrogen gas flow rate/(nitrogen gas flow rate+oxygen gas flow rate)” in a range from about 0.05 to about 0.5 is introduced into a processing chamber when a substrate is not mounted on a mounting table, and, then, the inside of the processing chamber is cleaned by applying a high frequency power between the mounting table and an upper electrode and exciting the cleaning gas into plasma. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218787 | FIC Installation and Method for Operating a FIC Installation in the Pressure Range Above Atmospheric Pressure - A method of Fluoride Ion Cleaning (FIC) of a component is provided. A FIC installation includes a reaction chamber and a reactive gas or a reactive gas mixture. A pressure of the reactive gas or the reactive gas mixture in the reaction chamber is set at least occasionally above atmospheric pressure, wherein the pressure in the reaction chamber is periodically lowered and raised. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218788 | NON DESTRUCTIVE SELECTIVE DEPOSITION REMOVAL OF NON-METALLIC DEPOSITS FROM ALUMINUM CONTAINING SUBSTRATES - Non-metallic deposits are selectively removed from aluminum containing substrates such as aluminum faceplates using a selective deposition removal (SDR) solution. The SDR solution does not substantially etch the faceplate holes, thereby preserving the hole diameter integrity and increasing the number of times the faceplate may be cleaned or refurbished while remaining within processing hole diameter tolerances. In an embodiment, the SDR solution comprises, in wt % of the solution, 15.5%+/−2% HF or buffered HF acid, 3.8%+/−0.5% NH | 2010-09-02 |
20100218789 | SUBMERGED MEMBRANE SEPARATION APPARATUS, CLEANING METHOD FOR DIFFUSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MEMBRANE SEPARATION - A membrane separation method is useful in purifying clear water, sewage, etc. and can reliably remove obstruction of an air diffusing apparatus with a simple operation of only opening and closing a valve, a submerged membrane separation apparatus to be used for the same, and a method for cleaning an air diffusing apparatus. The submerged membrane separation apparatus includes a separation membrane module, an air diffusing apparatus, and a gas supplying apparatus, wherein an air diffusing apparatus is arranged in one treatment tank, two header pipes (A and B) are placed as the gas supplying pipes, the connecting port a and the header pipe A and the connecting port b and the header pipe B for each of the air diffusing apparatuses are respectively connected, on-off valves are arranged in four parts, and the end of downstream sides of the header pipes A and B are open to the atmosphere. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218790 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING OPTICAL MEASUREMENT BODIES THAT HAVE AN AREA FOR CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE EYE - A device for cleaning optic gauges ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218791 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A drying gas is supplied into a drying chamber in a substantially horizontal direction, an obliquely downward direction descendent from the substantially horizontal direction, or a vertically downward direction under a state where a wafer is immersed in a cleaning liquid in a cleaning tank. The wafer is moved from the cleaning tank into the drying chamber, with the drying gas being supplied into the drying chamber. At this time, the supply of the drying gas into the drying chamber is stopped, under a condition where a part of the wafer is immersed in the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning tank. After the movement of the wafer into the drying chamber has been finished, a drying gas is supplied into the drying chamber in an obliquely upward direction ascendant from the substantially horizontal direction or a vertically upward direction. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218792 | Packing Machine - Proposed is a packing machine ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100218793 | LIGHTING DEVICE MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHOD - A lighting device mounting system for a dishwasher, and an associated apparatus and method, are provided, comprising a lighting device having a first portion disposed within a dishwasher tub portion and configured to emit light therefrom. The first portion has a larger lateral area than a receiving aperture defined by a tub wall of the tub portion. The lighting device includes a second portion engaged with the first portion, and adapted to extend through the receiving aperture. The second portion includes at least one laterally-extending flange extending laterally outward therefrom. A securing device having a medial hinge portion and an engageable locking mechanism associated with free opposing ends, is configured to interact with the second portion, opposite the tub wall from the first portion, and between the at least one laterally extending flange and the tub wall, so as to secure the lighting device to the tub wall. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218794 | ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR SNOW THROWERS - An enclosure for an operator of power machinery includes a frame and a skin coupled to the frame. The enclosure mount facilitates adjustability and the ability to dismount the enclosure from one piece of power machinery and remount the enclosure on a second piece of power machinery. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218795 | Collapsible panel assembly - An assembly includes a first panel and a second panel. Each panel has a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, with a fabric material covering selected portions of the respective frame member to form the respective panel when the respective frame member is in the unfolded orientation. A connection system is provided to removably connect the first and second panels. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218796 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE - Provided is a thermoelectric conversion module. This thermoelectric conversion module comprises a pair of substrates facing each other, a plurality of p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and a plurality of n-type thermoelectric conversion elements arranged between the paired substrates, a plurality of electrodes mounted individually on the paired substrates, connecting individual paired end faces of the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements electrically with each other, and connecting the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements electrically in series alternately, and a plurality of bonding members for bonding the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements individually with the electrodes. The thermal expansion coefficients of the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements are different from each other and the heights of the p-type thermoelectric conversion elements and the n-type thermoelectric conversion elements are different from each other. | 2010-09-02 |
20100218797 | JUNCTION BOX FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - A junction box for a photovoltaic system includes a housing having a base and a cover removably attached thereto, and a plurality of guide channels extending from an exterior surface of the housing to an interior portion thereof. The guide channels are sized and shaped to receive a plurality of conductive foil strips from a solar panel array. When the strips are fed into the guide channels, they are guided to and properly positioned within corresponding receptacles. Each receptacle is sized and shaped to receive a buss bar, and each strip is connected to a corresponding buss bar by a low insertion connector. When the cover is fully engaged with the base, bosses extending from the cover press against the connectors, creating a spring tension and pinch and retain the associated strip. As a result, a reliable physical and electrical connection between the strips and the buss bars is achieved. A heat sink having a plurality of fins protrude outwardly from the housing to dissipate heat externally. | 2010-09-02 |