39th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120241103 | WINDOW BLIND ASSEMBLY - A window blind assembly includes a top rail, a drawable curtain unit, a protective netting, and a pull cord unit. The drawable curtain unit is hung from the top rail, and has a curtain section with a cord-connecting part. The protective netting is hung from the top rail, is disposed at one side of the drawable curtain unit, and includes a fabric net that defines a cord space. The pull cord unit includes at least one connecting section extending into the cord space and being connected securely to the cord-connecting part of the curtain section of the drawable curtain unit. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241104 | INSULATING GLASS UNIT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An insulating glass unit. The insulating glass unit includes at least two substantially parallel, spaced sheets of glass. The at least two sheets of glass are sealed together at their peripheral edges to define an insulating chamber. A light redirecting device is positioned within the insulating chamber. The light redirecting device includes a base member including a front face and a back face, a plurality of slats extending from the front face, and a plurality of openings formed in and extending through the base member. The openings are positioned relative to the slats such that light received by the slats is reflected therefrom and through the openings. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241105 | SIDE COLUMN CONFIGURATION FOR OVERHEAD ROLL-UP DOOR ASSEMBLIES - An overhead roll-up door assembly for a vertically moving door to permit and prohibit access to an opening in a wall, the door assembly having a flexible door panel and side columns located proximate opposite sides of the opening. The side columns each include an arm configured to engage the door panel as the door panel moves vertically, the arms being configured to move in a first direction in response to a first threshold moment being applied to the arms by the door panel wherein movement of each arm in the first direction prevents the door panel from escaping the side columns. The arms may be further configured to move in a second direction in response to a second threshold moment being applied on the arms by the door panel in a substantially vertical direction perpendicular to and away from the door panel. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241106 | VERTICAL BLIND RETROFIT SYSTEM - A curtain panel is provided for use in retrofitting vertical blinds. The curtain panel is configured to hang in place of vertical blind slats as a retrofit application that provides a greatly improved appearance as compared to traditional vertical blinds. In general the curtain panel employs a system of buttonholes along a top edge of the panel to affix it in place on the same hook system where the vertical slat deteriorating blinds were formerly held in place. In this manner a retrofit is offered as a fashionable option to ugly blinds. The user also has the ability to coordinate a patio door (sliding glass door, etc.) panel to his/her interior decor. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241107 | DOOR PANEL FOR OVERHEAD ROLL-UP DOORS AND A METHOD FOR CREATING THE SAME - A door panel for an overhead roll-up door assembly having a first face, a second face, a top edge, and a bottom edge. The door panel is constructed by butt jointing at least two sub-panels together in a horizontal direction such that neither sub-panel overlaps the other and applying at least one strip of seaming material over each horizontal butt joint, the seaming material being adhered over each butt joint on at least the first face of the door panel. The door panel further includes at least one strip of seaming material adhered vertically along at least one face of the door panel extending from approximately the top edge of the door panel to approximately the bottom edge of the door panel, and being configured such that a top face of the vertical seaming material is substantially co-planar with a top face of the horizontal seaming material. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241108 | Fabric security barrier, system and/or method for impeding entry into a space - A fabric security barrier, a system and/or a method impede entry into a space. The fabric security barrier, the system and/or the method are installed adjacent to an entry point of the space. A tarp having a reinforced webbing on one side obscured from view is extended and/or retracted by a deployment system within the space. A steel cable is laminated between the reinforced webbing and the tarp. To enter the space through the entry point, an intruder must compromise a door or a window, the tarp, the reinforced webbing and/or the cable which may reduce an amount of time that the intruder may have to perpetrate a crime in the space and/or to flee before being noticed and/or apprehended. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241109 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE WIND LOAD RESISTANCE AND DISENGAGE-ABILITY OF OVERHEAD ROLL-UP DOORS - A door assembly having a flexible door panel wound and unwound on a drum or the like to selectively block or permit access through an opening, the flexible door panel having a stiffness, a width, and a length. The door assembly further includes vertically extending side columns disposed on opposite sides of the opening, the side columns being configured to engage a marginal edge of the flexible panel to vertically guide the panel while opening or closing. Attached to a leading edge of the door panel is a bottom bar having a greater stiffness than the door panel and a narrower width than a distance between the vertical panel guide assemblies. Bottom bar guides are disposed proximate a lower portion of the opening and are configured to engage a portion of the bottom bar only when the bottom bar is located in at least a partially closed position. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241110 | SEGMENTED WIND LOCK CONFIGURATION FOR OVERHEAD ROLL-UP DOORS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - An overhead roll-up door assembly for a vertically moving door to permit and prohibit access to an opening, the door assembly having a door panel with two faces and opposing marginal and lateral edges, and at least two wind locks attached proximate each marginal edge. The at least two wind locks extend away from one face of the door panel in a direction substantially perpendicular thereto, and are spaced apart vertically along each respective side edge of the door panel. The assembly further includes a drum for winding and unwinding the door panel to permit and prohibit access to the opening, and, a pair of opposing parallel side columns aligned and spaced apart such that each of the opposing side edges engage one of the side columns in a manner in which at least a portion of the side columns guide vertical movement of the door panel. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241111 | MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING THE ROTATION OF A ROLLER BLIND WINDING ROLLER HAVING A SPRING DRIVE - One embodiment of a mechanism for controlling the rotation of a roller blind winding roller having a spring drive and immovably fixed to a roller blind holder and its winding roller is constructed of an outer roller ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241112 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVING A WASHING STEP AFTER COMPLETED COOKING IN A CONTINUOUS DIGESTER - The method and an arrangement are for the improvement of a wash after completed digestion in a continuous digester for the production of cellulose pulp. The softened chips are exposed to a radially directed displacement wash after they have passed the rotating bottom scraper. The displacement wash has been established in the flow of digested softened chips through the outlet tap before the softened chips are defibrated by the fall in pressure across the blow-valve that is arranged after the digester. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241113 | Methods of Making a Belt-Creped Absorbent Cellulosic Sheet Prepared with a Perforated Polymeric Belt - A method of making a belt-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet. A paper making furnish is compactively dewatered to form a dewatered web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber orientation. The dewatered web is applied to a translating transfer surface that is moving at a transfer surface speed. The web is belt-creped from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30% to about 60% utilizing a generally planar polymeric creping belt having a plurality of perforations, under pressure, in a belt creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping belt. The belt travels at a belt speed that is slower than the speed of the transfer surface. The web is creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping belt to form a web having a plurality of interconnected regions of different local basis weights. The web is then dried. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241114 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF A PAPER OR PAPERBOARD PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a process for producing a paper or paperboard product which process comprises the steps of, providing a furnish comprising fibers, adding starch to the furnish, adding microfibrillated cellulose to the furnish, conducting the furnish to a wire in order to form a web, wherein the starch and microfibrillated cellulose is added separately to the furnish. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241115 | POLYIMIDE SHORT FIBERS AND HEAT-RESISTANT PAPER COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed are polyimide short fibers having an extremely high heat resistance, suitable for non-woven fabrics and paper, and having many branches. Specifically, disclosed are polyimide short fibers having many branches, which are produced by beating and loosening a specific foamed polyimide material. The foamed material preferably comprises a polyimide produced using 2, 3, 3′, 4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid as an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid component, preferably has a glass transition temperature of 300° C. or higher, and preferably has an expansion ratio of 20 times or more. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241116 | REMOVING MATERIAL FROM DEFECTIVE OPENING IN GLASS MOLD - Methods of removing material from a defective opening in a glass mold using a laser pulse, repairing a glass mold and a related glass mold for injection molded solder (IMS) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a glass mold including a plurality of solder filled openings; identifying a defective opening in the glass mold; removing material from the defective opening by applying a laser pulse to the defective opening; and repairing the defective opening by filling the defective opening with an amount of solder by: removing a redundant, non-defective solder portion from an opening in the glass mold by applying a laser pulse to the opening, and placing the redundant, non-defective solder portion in the defective opening. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241117 | MOLDING MACHINE AND MOLDING PROCESS - Disclosed is a molding machine for simultaneously making upper and lower molds with cope and drag flasks, a matchplate, upper and lower squeezing boards, and a lower filling frame. This machine also includes a cylinder for raising and lowering the lower squeezing board, a driving mechanism that includes pneumatic and hydraulic piping systems for driving the cylinder using an air-on-oil system, and a controller for controlling the driving mechanism. The drag flask, the matchplate, the filling frame, and the lower board define a lower molding space, while the matchplate, the upper board, and the cope flask define an upper molding space such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a low pressure. The lower squeezing board is raised to squeeze the molding sand for simultaneously making the two molds such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a high pressure. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241118 | REDUCTION OF BUTT CURL BY PULSED WATER FLOW IN DC CASTING - The invention provides a method of reducing butt curl during DC casting of a metal ingot. The ingot is cast in at least two stages, including an initial casting stage and then a steady-state casting stage carried out at higher casting speed. The emerging ingot is cooled by directing a liquid coolant onto its outer surface. During the first casting stage, the liquid coolant is directed in the form of at least two streams, including a constant first stream in the form of a series of first jets, and an intermittent second stream in the form of a series of second jets. The first and second jets impact the outer surface at locations spaced from each other peripherally and/or longitudinally of the ingot. Both the first and second streams experience film boiling when they contact the ingot. The invention includes apparatus for the method. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241119 | EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING FOUNDRY CORES - The present invention concerns equipment ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241120 | Latent heat store - A latent heat store is provided having a plurality of heat exchanger units ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241121 | HEAT STORAGE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - When performing heat storage in a heat storage container accommodating a plurality of kinds of heat storage materials with different melting points, heat storage in the heat storage materials is performed such that a higher melting point heat storage material is in a latent heat storage state as much as possible. In other words, heat storage in the heat storage materials is performed in such a manner that the heat storage materials are in the latent heat storage state in which heat can be stored most effectively. In addition, when performing heat release from the heat storage container to heat coolant water in a circulation circuit, heat release is performed from the heat storage material in the sensible heat storage state as a priority, out of the heat storage materials. Accordingly, heat release from the heat storage container in the heat storage state is performed in such a manner that the heat storage materials are maintained in latent heat storage state for as a long period of time as possible. When heat release from the heat storage container is performed in this manner, the heat storage materials can be kept in the latent heat storage state for as a long period of time as possible. As in the foregoing, the heat storage container can be kept in the heat storage state for a long period of time. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241122 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LATENT HEAT (PHASE CHANGE) THERMAL STORAGE AND ASSOCIATED HEAT TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE - In various embodiments, phase change and heat exchange methods between heat collection, heat transfer, heat exchange, heat storage, and heat utility systems are described. In certain embodiments, the heat transfer fluids/heat exchange fluids, heat storage media, and working media in the system are all phase change materials with transition temperatures close to each other and in decreasing order and perform their respective function through phase changes within a relatively narrow temperature range. Methods to control heat transfer rate, heat exchange and/or heat charging/discharging rate between heat collection, thermal energy storage and heat utility apparatus at will are provided. Methods of controlling such systems are also provided. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241123 | Device and Method for Taking Multiple Temperature HVAC Readings - In a device and method for taking temperature readings on an HVAC system, a first probe is connectable in thermal communication with the HVAC system for taking a first temperature reading thereof. A second probe is connectable in thermal communication with the HVAC system for taking a second temperature reading thereof that is independent of the first temperature reading. A digital display is connectable to the first and second probes for displaying the first and second temperature readings. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241124 | CREATING THERMAL UNIFORMITY IN HEATED PIPING AND WELDMENT SYSTEMS - A piping system comprises a resistive heating circuit, a target heating surface, and a thermally conductive substrate adjoin (or abutting) both the heating circuit and the heating surface. The thermally conductive substrate can be composed of aluminum or some other material for heat spreading. A material for heat spreading has a thermal conductivity sufficient to evenly heat a section of the target surface within tolerance requirements of a sensitive application. The even heating can eliminate hot spots and cold spots of a temperature gradient along an axis of the piping system. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241125 | INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING HEAT MEDIUM FOR INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE - The injection molding device of the present invention is provided with a supply pipe which supplies a heat medium to a mold, a discharge pipe which discharges the heat medium from the mold, a mold temperature adjustor to which the supply pipe and the discharge pipe are connected to adjust the temperature of the mold, and a discharge rate adjusting unit which is provided with a variable flow control valve installed on the discharge pipe to adjust a flow rate of the heat medium, a discharge pipe variable flow control valve bypass pipe for bypassing the variable flow control valve and a discharge pipe bypass on-off valve installed on the bypass pipe to change a flow rate of the heat medium and which is installed at a position upstream from the mold temperature adjustor on the discharge pipe. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241126 | VEHICULAR AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A two-layer inside/outside air type of vehicular air-conditioning system which takes measures against odor is provided, in particular, a two-layer inside/outside air type of vehicular air-conditioning system which does not require the provision of a new exhaust port or duct in the vehicle for dealing with odor is provided. That is, a two-layer inside/outside air type vehicular air-conditioning system is provided which suppresses odor inside an air-conditioning case or inside a compartment by being provided with an exhaust controlling means which uses one outside air intake port as an air exhaust port, uses compartment-side air discharge port opening/closing means to close all compartment-side air discharge ports, and operates one of the blowing means and does not operate the other of the blowing means so as to make air inside the first air passage and second air passage be exhausted from the air exhaust port. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241127 | ANTI-FOG AND HVAC SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES - To solve this problem, a desiccant humidity control technique is used, in which moisture emitted from passengers is absorbed, so as to suppress rising of an absolute humidity, by a desiccant which absorbs moisture in air or discharges moisture into air by the difference in relative humidity to air, and air with a high temperature is generated by utilization of heat generated by moisture absorption. This air is sprayed to a front window and other areas so as to cause defogging as well as heat the interior of the vehicle. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241128 | Heat Exchange Block For A Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a heat exchange block ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241129 | SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR HEATING AND/OR COOLING A BATTERY AND A MOTOR VEHICLE INTERIOR - A system for a motor vehicle for heating and/or cooling a battery and a motor vehicle interior is provided that includes a first coolant circuit thermally coupled to the battery, a second coolant circuit for heating the motor vehicle interior having an air heat exchanger for outputting heat from the second coolant circuit to the air of the interior of the motor vehicle, and a heating unit for heating the second coolant circuit. The first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit are thermally coupled to each other for heating the battery using heat from the second coolant circuit and/or for cooling the air of the motor vehicle interior, in that heat from the second coolant circuit can be fed to the first coolant circuit by the circuit heat exchanger or the mixing valve. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241130 | HEAT-DISSIPATING BASE FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A heat-dissipating base for an electronic product includes a pair of supporting bodies and a concealed linkage assembly. The supporting bodies have a first accommodating trough provided with a first rail and a second accommodating trough provided with a second rail. The concealed linkage assembly is received in the first accommodating trough and the second accommodating trough. The concealed linkage assembly comprises a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod pivotally connected to each other. Both ends of the first connecting rod are pivotally connected to the pair of supporting bodies in the first accommodating trough and the second accommodating trough respectively. Both ends of the second connecting rod are slidingly connected to the first rail and the second rail respectively. By this structure, the present invention can be applied to various electronic products of different sizes, and it can be folded for easy storage and carry. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241131 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - A heat dissipation device includes a receiving body and a blower. The receiving body includes a recessed body. The recessed body includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and a bottom connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall. The blower is arranged on the bottom. The blower includes a casing, an air supply pipeline communicating with the casing, and an air blocking plate between the casing and the air supply pipeline. Two opposite ends of the air blocking plate respectively contact with the first sidewall and the second sidewall, such that the recessed body is separated into a first recessed area and a second recessed area. The first recessed area receives the casing, and the second recessed area receives the air supply pipeline. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241132 | NON-BASE BLOCK HEAT SINK - A non-bottom block heat sink includes a radiation module formed of a rack of radiation fins, each radiation fin having a plurality of locating notches located on one peripheral edge thereof and a supporting rib disposed between each two adjacent locating notches, and a plurality of heat pipes each having heat receiving end press-fitted into the locating notches of the radiation fins and engaged with the supporting ribs and peripherally abutted against one another in flush the associating peripheral edge of each radiation fin and a heat discharging end extended from the heat receiving end and fastenable to the radiation fins or an external radiation fin module. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241133 | VAPOR CHAMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A vapor chamber includes a heat absorbing plate and a heat dissipating plate attached to the heat absorbing plate. The heat absorbing plate includes a wick structure thereon facing the heat dissipating plate. The wick structure defines a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves intersecting the first grooves. The heat dissipating plate forms a hermetically sealed container in cooperation with the heat absorbing plate. The hermetically sealed container receives the wick structure therein. Working fluid is sealed inside the container and flows in the first grooves and the second grooves. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241134 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE WITH GUIDING LINE AND SOLDERED HEAT PIPE - A heat dissipation device with guiding line and soldered heat pipe includes a heat pipe and a heat sink. The heat pipe includes a condenser section and an evaporator section. The condenser section has a planar outer surface. The heat sink includes a supporting surface contacting the outer surface of the condenser section. A guiding line is defined in the supporting surface for spreading solder therealong. The guiding line has a width smaller than a width of the outer surface of the condenser section. The condenser section of the heat pipe is mounted on the supporting surface of the heat sink along the guiding line and firmly connected to the heat sink by the solder. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241135 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING INTERIOR OF HOUSING - The air inside a housing containing heat generating parts is forced by an inside air fan to flow in a heat exchanger case through an inside air inlet, flow partially upward and partially downward in an inside air passage while being cooled by inner fins, between the inner fins, installed in the inside air passage, that form a heat exchanger heat sink, and discharge from the inside air passage through an upper, first inside air outlet and a lower, second inside air outlet. The air discharged through the two inside air outlets flows over the surfaces of the heat generating parts in the housing, taking heat from them. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241136 | COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device for cooling an electronic component is disclosed. The cooling device comprises a cooler comprising a base, a plurality of first fins and a plurality of second fins. The plurality of first fins extends substantially perpendicular from the base, and the plurality of second fins are secured to the base. Each of the plurality of second fins is between adjacent two of the plurality of first fins. Each of the plurality of second fins comprises a plurality of body portions and a plurality of connecting pieces. Each of the plurality of connecting pieces connects adjacent two of the plurality of body portions. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241137 | COOLING UNIT - A cooling unit includes a tank having an inlet port and a discharge port for refrigerant, first and second radiators connected to the tank, the first and second radiators each having a flow path, an inlet chamber defined in the tank for supplying the refrigerant flowing therein from the inlet port to the first radiator, a discharge chamber defined in the tank for discharging the refrigerant cooled in the second radiator to the discharge port, and a reservoir in which bubbles generated in the refrigerant are collected, the reservoir being provided between the inlet chamber and the discharge chamber in the tank. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241138 | INSULATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INSULATING DEVICE - An insulating device for an electrochemical energy storage unit is provided, wherein the insulating device includes a cooling plate that comprises at least one opening. A contact rail is provided for dissipating heat and a retaining element for fixing an arrangement between the cooling plate and the contact rail and has a shaft extending through the opening of the cooling plate, and a first intermediate space is defined by a distance between a wall of the opening and the shaft and/or a second intermediate space is defined by a distance between an edge of the contact rail and the shaft. A connecting element having a surface including an electrically insulating material is disposed between a main surface of the cooling plate and a surface of the contact rail, and a partial region thereof protrudes into the first and/or the second intermediate space. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241139 | HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE REFRIGERATION CYCLE SYSTEM - A unified heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanging arrangement and a second heat exchanging arrangement. The first heat exchanging arrangement is adapted to exchange heat between high pressure refrigerant and conditioning air. The second heat exchanging arrangement is adapted to exchange heat between low pressure refrigerant and the conditioning air. The first heat exchanging arrangement and the second heat exchanging arrangement are integrated together and are arranged to enable heat exchange of the conditioning air with both of the high pressure refrigerant and the low pressure refrigerant. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241140 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRFLOW MONITORING AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for monitoring an airflow and performing thermal management operations for a mobile computing device. An apparatus may comprise, for example, a heat generating component, an air mover, and a thermal management module to monitor one or more parameters of the air mover and to perform one or more thermal management operations based on one or more changes in the one or more parameters indicating one or more changes in an airflow for the apparatus. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241141 | COOLING CIRCUIT WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID WARMING FUNCTION - A cooling circuit includes a first fluid system with a radiator having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a first heat exchanger. The first fluid system contains a first fluid and also includes a first inlet branch, a second inlet branch, and a valve member. Also, a second fluid system containing a second fluid includes a second heat exchanger that is operably coupled to the outlet portion of the radiator. The first fluid flows through the first inlet branch to be cooled by the first heat exchanger when the valve member is in the first position. The first fluid flows through the second inlet branch and bypasses the first heat exchanger to allow heat transfer between the first and second fluids via the second heat exchanger when the valve member is in the second position. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241142 | Apparatus for Deploying and Activating a Downhole Tool - An apparatus for deploying and activating a downhole tool activated by an explosive charge such as a drill pipe cutter or hole puncher. The apparatus includes a sealing member with an external wedge-shaped profile that forms a metal-to-metal partial seal with a profile at the top end of a pipe joint in a drill pipe string. The apparatus includes an impact force absorbing device that maintains a firing rod in a non-actuated position during impact of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a differential pressure piston that actuates at a pre-determined well bore pressure to release the firing rod to activate the downhole tool. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241143 | WELL TOOLS INCORPORATING VALVES OPERABLE BY LOW ELECTRICAL POWER INPUT - Well tools including valves operable by low electrical input. One well tool includes a valve which controls fluid communication between pressure regions in a well, the valve including a rotatable member which is biased to rotate, and a brake or clutch which prevents rotation of the member. Another valve includes a barrier which separates reactants, with the valve being operable in response to the barrier being opened and the reactants thereby reacting with each other. Yet another valve includes a barrier which separates the pressure regions, and a control circuit which heats the barrier to a weakened state. Another valve includes a member displaceable between open and closed positions, a restraining device which resists displacement of the member, and a control device which degrades or deactivates the restraining device and thereby permits the member to displace between its open and closed positions, in response to receipt of a predetermined signal. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241144 | Whipstock Assembly - In some embodiments, a whipstock includes a deflector movable from a retracted to a deployed position and at least one biasing member engageable with the deflector and configured to prevent it from moving back in the direction of the whipstock body while in the deployed position. In the deployed position, the deflector is capable of guiding a tubular member away from the whipstock. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241145 | DOWNHOLE SCRAPING AND/OR BRUSHING TOOL AND RELATED METHODS - An improved and enhanced spring loaded downhole tool for cleaning well casing bores comprising a mandrel, at least a first insert having a passageway therethrough, and at least a second insert, wherein both the first insert and the second insert are selected from at least one of a spring loaded scraper insert and at least one wire brush insert, and further wherein the first insert and the second insert are slidingly received within a slot on a first mounting portion on the mandrel and a slot on a second mounting portion on the mandrel, from the outermost respective ends, and wherein the first insert is secured by a first retaining sleeve and the second insert is secured by a second retaining sleeve. Also disclosed is a unique method for cleaning a section of casing with a downhole tool, as herein disclosed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241146 | Wireless downhole tool positioning system - A free falling drop sub carries an explosive tool such as a shaped charge pipe cutter or well perforator. The drop sub includes an aperture plugging element to isolate an upper pipe string from a lower pipe string. An upper pipe string fluid pressure actuated valve element retained by shear pins is released to admit the upper string pressure against a pressure displaced firing pin. Displacement of the firing pin initiates detonation of the explosive tool. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241147 | REELABLE SUPPORT - A reelable slickline for use in downhole or subsea operations has a structural core comprising a plurality of non-metallic fibres in a matrix. The fibres represent in the region of 30 to 50% of the volume of the core. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241148 | CONTROL OF FLUID FLOW DURING TREATMENT OF SUBTERRANEAN SITES USING WELL FLUID INJECTION - Disclosed herein is a method to control distribution of injected microorganisms, nutrients or other chemical treatment fluids from a single injection well to multiple production wells. The sweep efficiency is improved preventing premature production of fluids from production wells with short breakthrough times. This is a useful technique for treatment of subterranean target sites for practice of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery and bioremediation. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241149 | METHOD FOR MEASURING ROCK WETTABILITY - A method of comparing a secondary oil recovery process with a tertiary oil recovery process, the secondary oil recovery process and the tertiary oil recovery process being applied to a substantially fluid-saturated porous medium containing an oil phase and an aqueous phase, the method comprising using relaxation time measurements in the calculation of a wettability index modification factor for the oil phase or the aqueous phase, thereby comparing the tertiary oil recovery process with the secondary oil recovery process. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241150 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING OIL AND/OR GAS - A method for producing oil from an underground formation comprising providing a first well in one or more formations, the first well comprising a plurality of sections along a length of the well; providing a second well in the formation; injecting an enhanced oil recovery formulation into at least a first section and a second section of the first well and into the formation; flowing the formulation and/or oil towards the second well in one or more formations; producing the formulation and/or oil from the second well; and then modifying the injecting into the second section, while continuing the injecting into the first section. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241151 | PROCESS FOR MINERAL OIL PRODUCTION USING SURFACTANTS FROM THE CLASS OF THE ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES - A process for mineral oil production, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least one alkyl polyglucoside is injected into a mineral oil deposit through at least one injection borehole and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through at least one production borehole, wherein the formulation does not comprise any alcohols as cosolvents. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241152 | METHOD OF FRACTURING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION AT OPTIMIZED AND PRE-DETERMINED CONDITIONS - During a hydraulic fracturing treatment operation, one of three operational parameters may be modified in a successive stage by adjustment of another operational parameter to attain a fracture of length D | 2012-09-27 |
20120241153 | Method of Enhancing Fracture Conductivity - The method disclosed herein includes the introduction of proppant-free stage and a proppant laden stage into the wellbore and/or subterranean formation. The method increases the effective fracture width and enhances fracture conductivity within the formation. Either the proppant-free stage or the proppant laden stage contains a breaker. The other stage contains a viscosifying polymer or viscoelastic surfactant to which the breaker has affinity. The proppant-free stage may be introduced prior to introduction of the proppant laden stage into the wellbore and/or formation. Alternatively, the proppant laden stage may be introduced into the wellbore and/or formation prior to introduction of the proppant-free stage. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241154 | SLIDING STAGE CEMENTING TOOL - A downhole tool provided within a casing string for use in cement staging operations. The tool includes an inflatable packer that is integral to the body of the tool and ports in sides of the tool. The ports are selectively opened and closed for circulating cement from within the tool so that cement can flow between the casing string and a wellbore. The ports are actuated by sliding the casing string upward or downward within the wellbore. The packer can be pressure tested after being set to ensure its efficacy. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241155 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING A WELLBORE PRIOR TO CEMENTING - Wellbore-cleaning compositions comprising microemulsions are useful during cementing operations. The microemulsion solvent may be selected from the group comprising methyl esters and ethoxylated alcohols. The microemulsion surfactants comprise a water-wetting surfactant, a cleaning surfactant, an emulsifying surfactant, a non-ionic surfactant and a non-ionic co-surfactant. The wellbore-cleaning compositions may be pumped alone, ahead of a conventional spacer fluid or scavenger slurry and behind a conventional spacer fluid or scavenger slurry. In addition, the wellbore-cleaning composition may be incorporated into a carrier fluid such as (but not limited to) a conventional spacer fluid or scavenger slurry. The resulting fluid mixture may be pumped as a spacer fluid. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241156 | SELECTIVE FLUID WITH ANCHORING AGENT FOR WATER CONTROL - Methods and apparatus for using a fluid within a subterranean formation including forming a fluid comprising an oil-soluble resin acid and an organosilicon compound and introducing the fluid to the formation, wherein the relative permeability of the formation increases, and wherein the production of water is reduced more than if no fluid was introduced to the formation. Methods and apparatus for reducing water production within a subterranean formation including forming a fluid comprising an oil-soluble resin acid and an organosilicon compound and introducing the fluid to the formation, wherein the production of water is reduced more than if no fluid was introduced to the formation. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241157 | SINTERED PARTICLES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SINTERED PARTICLES FROM A SLURRY OF AN ALUMINA-CONTAINING RAW MATERIAL - Sintered, substantially round and spherical particles and methods for producing such sintered, substantially round and spherical particles from an alumina-containing raw material and a metal oxide sintering aid. The alumina-containing raw material contains from about 40% to about 55% alumina. Methods for using such sintered, substantially round and spherical particles in hydraulic fracturing operations. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241158 | RADICAL TRAP IN OIL AND GAS STIMULATION OPERATIONS - A method for using a fracture fluid in forming subterranean fractures includes delaying degradation of a polymer in a fracture fluid when the fracture fluid comprises a breaker by combining at least one radical scavenger with the fracture fluid. The mixture for use in a fracture fluid comprises a radical scavenger and a breaker. A method of fracturing a subterranean formation may include providing a fracture fluid comprising a proppant, a polymer, and a breaker and adding a radical scavenger to the fracture fluid. The fracture fluid is supplied to a desired location in the subterranean formation to form at least one fracture where the viscosity of the fracture fluid is maintained. The breaker is then allowed to degrade the polymer and reduce the viscosity of the fracture fluid at a specific time or temperature. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241159 | Remote Operated Vehicle Interface with Overtorque Protection - A remote operated vehicle (ROV) interface has a retrievable portion and a permanent portion. The permanent portion includes a housing that has a cavity that secures to a drive stem of the subsea well device. The housing has a pod cavity on an opposite end that receives a pod body, which is part of the retrievable portion. The pod body is secured by spring-biased retainer within the pod cavity. The pod body has a cylindrical receptacle that receives a drive pin, which forms another part of the retrievable portion. The drive pin and the cylindrical receptacle are engaged for rotation by a shear element. The pod body has an ROV retrieval profile that is accessible by an ROV. In the event the shear element shears due to excessive torque, an ROV retrieval tool engages the pod body and retrieves the pod body along with the drive pin. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241160 | OIL WELL IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM - Two functionally and physically integrated subsystems form a supplemental disaster preventive system for offshore oil wells. A multi-function well subsystem modifies the sea-floor and in-well equipment to provide maintenance access, tools to cap the well, seal/re-seal the well, drill/re-drill the well, kill the well from the top, improve BOP reliability, add BOP functional redundancy, improve the cementing process, incorporate a sea-floor pressure relief/diversion function and improve the well's life cycle safety. A dome top cylindrical sidewall structure encloses the well's sea-floor equipment providing improved structural strength as well as passive protection from natural/human induced disasters. An intrusion detection and response subsystem provides sensing, processing and communication devices to detect, track & classify the 3D aspects of air/surface/sub-surface objects around a specific oil well or group of oil wells and provides the means to evaluate and eliminate threats. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241161 | FLUSHING SYSTEM - An apparatus for circulating well fluids in an intervention system is described. The apparatus comprises at least one subsea storage vessel adapted to be located adjacent a subsea intervention system, a first conduit adapted to provide fluid communication between the at least one storage vessel and the intervention system, a second conduit adapted to provide fluid communication between the at least one storage vessel and the intervention system and at least one pump adapted to pump fluid from the at least one storage vessel to the intervention system or from the intervention system to the at least one storage vessel through said first and/or second conduits. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241162 | CASING HANGER LOCKDOWN SLIP RING - A seal seals an annulus in a subsea assembly between a wellhead and a casing hanger landed on a shoulder within a bore of the wellhead. The seal includes a casing hanger seal ring disposed within the annulus. The seal ring engaged with an inner diameter surface of the wellhead, and engaged with an outer diameter surface of the casing hanger so that the seal ring prevents flow through the annulus. A lockdown slip ring is secured to a lower end of the seal ring so that, when the seal ring is energized, the lockdown slip ring engages a substantially smooth inner diameter surface portion of the wellhead and a substantially smooth outer diameter surface portion of the casing hanger to limit upwards axial movement of the casing hanger. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241163 | MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING WITH RIG HEAVE COMPENSATION - A method for maintaining pressure in a wellbore drilled from a drilling platform floating on a body of water includes pumping fluid at a determined flow rate into a drill string disposed in a wellbore and measuring fluid pressure within a fluid discharge line of fluid returning from the wellbore. The fluid discharge line has a variable length corresponding to an elevation of the floating platform above the bottom of the body of water. The wellbore pressure is determined at a selected depth in the wellbore or at a selected position along a drilling riser or variable length portion of the fluid discharge line using known parameters/methods. The determined wellbore pressure is adjusted for changes in length of the fluid discharge line corresponding to changes in the elevation of the floating platform relative to the bottom of the body of water. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241164 | Method for Motion Compensation During Active Intervention Operations - An Active Motion Compensation system for use during intervention or other work on subsea wells, pipelines or other structures. The present invention can be employed on existing floating production platforms such as Tension Leg Platforms (TLP) and Spar structures where intervention work including Coiled Tubing, Slickline, Electric Line, Wireline, as well as snubbing or Hydraulic Workover activities are being utilized. It can also be deployed over the side of or through the moon pool of a vessel without the need of any other compensation device. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241165 | THERMAL INSULATION FOR PIPES IN A DRILL PIPE RISER, TUBULAR SEGMENT AND THERMAL INSULATION SYSTEM FOR JOINT COUPLINGS - A thermal insulation of pipes of a drill pipe riser, the novelty consisting basically in the fact that the thermal insulation comprises several layers around the pipe and between the first layer and the pipe, and between two adjacent layers, there are spaces where sea water penetrates. A thermal insulation system of joint couplings of pipes for a drill pipe riser comprising a tubular segment that circumferentially surrounds the region of the joint coupling and, so that between the tubular segment and the pipes is formed a space where sea water penetrates. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241166 | Residual Moveout Estimation Through Least Squares Inversion - Method for estimating residual moveout in common image gathers ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241167 | FLOW ACTIVATED SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A sensor assembly for detection of fluid flow signaling over a tubular conveyance. The assembly may be employed for activation of a variety of different downhole actuators such as firing heads for perforating guns or hydrostatic set modules for packer deployment. The assembly is configured with a flow translation device which is disposed in a manner exposed to fluid flow directed through an oilfield tubular coupled to the assembly. Thus, a detector coupled to the translation device may obtain mechanical data from the device which is reliably indicative of the flow, irrespective of the physical nature of the flow itself. As such, enhanced reliability for subsequent actuator firing based on the flow signaling may be achieved. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241168 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTAL FLOW CONTROL IN OIL-GAS WELL - A method and a system for segmental flow control in an oil-gas well are disclosed. The oil-gas well includes a first annular space ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241169 | WELL TOOL ASSEMBLIES WITH QUICK CONNECTORS AND SHOCK MITIGATING CAPABILITIES - A method can include interconnecting a well tool in a well tool assembly with a shock mitigating connection, the interconnecting being performed without threading, and positioning the well tool assembly in a wellbore. A well perforating assembly can include at least two perforating devices, a detonation train extending through the perforating devices, and a shock absorber positioned between the perforating devices. A method of assembling a perforating assembly can include, prior to installing the perforating assembly in a wellbore, pushing one perforating device connector into another perforating device connector without threading the connectors together, thereby: a) preventing disconnection of the connectors and b) making a connection in a detonation train. A well system can include a perforating assembly including multiple perforating guns and multiple shock absorbers. Each shock absorber may be interconnected between at least two of the perforating guns. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241170 | WELL TOOL ASSEMBLIES WITH QUICK CONNECTORS AND SHOCK MITIGATING CAPABILITIES - A method can include interconnecting a well tool in a well tool assembly with a shock mitigating connection, the interconnecting being performed without threading, and positioning the well tool assembly in a wellbore. A well perforating assembly can include at least two perforating devices, a detonation train extending through the perforating devices, and a shock absorber positioned between the perforating devices. A method of assembling a perforating assembly can include, prior to installing the perforating assembly in a wellbore, pushing one perforating device connector into another perforating device connector without threading the connectors together, thereby: a) preventing disconnection of the connectors and b) making a connection in a detonation train. A well system can include a perforating assembly including multiple perforating guns and multiple shock absorbers. Each shock absorber may be interconnected between at least two of the perforating guns. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241171 | Multiple Liner Hanger Assembly - A hanger assembly provided for multiple hanging opportunities. If liner is being run and the primary hanger doesn't work then a backup hanger is available to set near the nonfunctional primary hanger. In drilling with casing applications when there is a steering equipment malfunction or an MWD breakdown or bit wear requiring the BHA to be pulled, the liner can be hung where it is and the BHA pulled. Upon running back in with the BHA on a running tool the initial hanger can be released and the running tool configured to only set a different hanger when the total depth is reached in drilling with the liner. The running tool is then retrieved and the completion can go on. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241172 | PIPE CONVEYED EXTENDABLE WELL LOGGING TOOL - A pipe conveyed extendable well logging assembly includes a deployment system for extending and retracting a well logging tool relative to the pipe while downhole. The logging tool may be releasably latched to the pipe, and may include position sensors for position feedback and depth correction. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241173 | PIPE CONVEYED EXTENDABLE WELL LOGGING TOOL WITH PROTECTOR - A pipe conveyed extendable well logging assembly includes a pipe end protector for preventing wellbore debris from entering an opening at the end of the pipe from which a logging tool is extendable. Plugging of the opening is prevented to ensure proper deployment of the extendable logging tool. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241174 | INJECTION MODULE, METHOD FOR USE FOR LATERAL INSERTION AND BENDING OF A COILED TUBING VIA A SIDE OPENING IN A WELL - An injection module is used for lateral insertion and bending of a coiled tubing via a side opening in a well. The module is structured for connection to the side opening. The module includes injection equipment for coiled tubing operations. The distinctive characteristic of the injection module is that it also includes an insertion device connected to the injection equipment wherein the insertion device is structured in a manner allowing it to fit within the side opening in the well. A first end portion of the insertion device includes a bending head with a bending path, wherein the bending head is structured in a manner allowing it to directionally deviate the coiled tubing upon conducting the coiled tubing along the bending path. The insertion device is provided with a guide conduit extending from a second end portion of the insertion device and onwards to the bending head for allowing the coiled tubing to be conducted into the bending head. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241175 | Positionless Expanding Lock Ring For Subsea Annulus Seals For Lockdown - Wellhead assemblies, seal assemblies, and methods of locking down an annulus seal disposed within an annulus between outer and inner wellhead members, are provided. A seal assembly is positioned in an annulus. An energizing member is axially translated downward to energize an annulus seal element and outwardly radially compress a high-strength lockdown member into contact with an inner diameter surface of a wellhead member. The wellhead member can include a set of wickers. During compression, the outer diameter surface of the lockdown member is plastically deformed onto the set of wickers. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241176 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING AND POWERING A MONITOR MOUNTED TO A MULTI-FLOOR PIPE APPARATUS - A system for use in a multi-story building is provided. The system may include a pipe apparatus having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is coupled to a supply of fluid and the outlet directs the fluid. The system may include a frame assembly for supporting the pipe apparatus and enabling the inlet of the pipe apparatus to couple to the supply of fluid at a first floor of the building and enabling the outlet to deliver fluid to a higher floor of the building relative to the first floor. The system may include an electrically controlled fluid delivery device mounted at said outlet and in fluid communication with the pipe apparatus. The system may include a power supply having a power source located remotely from said electrically controlled fluid delivery device and supported by the frame assembly. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241177 | ORGANIC WEED REMOVAL APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The invention provides a mechanical means to assist in weed removal from crops in an organic manner by mechanically pulling weeds by use of a rotating member to grasp and pull weeds from the soil while leaving the desired crop in place. The rotating members may be wheels, metal rollers, and combinations thereof removably attached to a tractor wherein one rotating member is an inflated rubber tire and the second rotating member is a metal roller wrapped with a rubber lagging. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241178 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TILLING SOIL - A method of soil preparation simultaneously ploughs soil and tills soil ploughed in a previous pass. An apparatus for tilling soil provides tilling members mounted for deployment on either side of a tractor. The tilling members on one side of the tractor may be brought into engagement with the soil while tilling members on the other side of the tractor are lifted away from the soil. The tilling members are located to coincide with an adjacent strip of land ploughed in a previous pass of the tractor. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241179 | Rollerhoe - A multi-purpose dual blade tool with a hitch pin system that allows the operator to adjust the tool to serve as a sod cutter, scuffle hoe, or lightweight pick-ax which allows the operator to use the tool in an upright standing position. This tool is comprised of a base structure or assembly having points of attachment for a wheel or wheels, a cutting blade, an additional kick blade which mounts on a handle directly above the base structure or can be used independently as a lightweight pick ax, and a wooden handle with composite grip and multiple attachment holes. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241180 | COULTER UNIT FOR HIGH SPEED TILLAGE APPLICATIONS - A tillage coulter unit ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241181 | AGRICULTURAL SOIL CULTIVATION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a soil cultivation device with a rotating roller implement, comprising a shaft rotating around an essentially horizontal axis, with a multitude of crescent shaped spring elements arranged over the entire circumference and width of said shaft, with the spring elements each being fastened to the shaft at one end section, and being bent in the direction of their other, free end section before extending arcuately along a circumferential segment of an outer circumference or a quasi-circular outline of the roller implement, with said circumference or outline being nearly coaxial to the rotating shaft. At least some of the spring elements comprise, in at least one area with a flat cross-section, a defined elastic pliability, and comprise in at least one section in the direction toward the free end and/or in the area of their circumferential segment a profiled cross-section of a defined bending stiffness. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241182 | CULTIVATOR WITH TWO ROWS OF DISCS IN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL - The invention refers to an agricultural machine ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120241183 | POWER TOOL - The present invention relates to a power tool, including a housing, a motor, and a speed adjusting system decelerating the rotate rotation speed of said motor. The speed adjusting system comprises a includes an output, a main shaft connecting to the output, and a working shaft employed for adapting with corresponding working head during working. The main shaft is connected with a hammer that can move axially against the main shaft. The working shaft is connected with an anvil that rotates together with the working shaft. The hammer has first teeth, the anvil has second teeth, and the hammer drives the anvil on rotate direction through the cooperation between the first teeth of the hammer and the second teeth of anvil. The power tool also includes a clutch, which can move between the first position and the second position to optionally rigidly connect the hammer with at least one of the output and the main shaft. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241184 | DEVICE HOUSING AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A device housing having an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, an aluminum layer and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate in that order is provided. The corrosion resistant layer is an Al—O—N gradient layer implanted with iridium ions by ion implantation process. The atomic percentages of N and O in the Al—O—N gradient layer both gradually increase from the area near the aluminum layer to the area away from aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate. Therefore the device housing has a high corrosion resistance. A method for making the device housing is also provided. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241185 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device housing includes a bottom layer, a adhesion layer and a protection layer. The adhesion layer is located on the bottom layer. The protection layer is located on the adhesion layer. The electronic device housing has excellent appearance and high durability. The present disclosure also provides a method of manufacturing the electronic device housing. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241186 | METAL RETAINING FEATURES FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASING - This invention is directed to mechanical and electromagnetic shielding features of an electronic device case. An electronic device case is formed of two housings, each housing having integrated snaps, channels, or other retaining features used to secure the housings together. The housings additionally include integrated retaining features used to secure electronic components within the device case. The housings and retaining features are formed of amorphous metals or other materials with high elasticities. Because the retaining features necessary to assemble the case and secure the electronic components to the case form integral parts of the housings, no external retaining features are required to assemble the electronic device in the case. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241187 | CABLE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM - A cable management apparatus for managing a switch cable includes a mounting bracket, a resilient member fixed to the mounting bracket, and a number of positioning members mounted to the mounting bracket. The switch cable is positioned between the resilient member and the positioning members, and stretched by the resilient member, thereby extending sinuously along a lengthwise direction of the mounting bracket. A rear end of the switch cable is retained to the mounting bracket. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241188 | WIRE GUIDES AND ANCHORS FOR ENDOSCOPY - A wire guide system is provided for use during a endoscopic surgical procedures. The wire guide system includes a cylindrical shaft having a hollow chamber along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical shaft, a flange fit disposed around the cylindrical shaft and a seal disposed around the cylindrical shaft and abutting the flange. The system may also include an anchor affixed to the cylindrical shaft and having an aperture from which at least one of a sensor, a light, a camera, tissue and/or organs may be suspended therefrom and at least one cable extending from one end of the cylindrical shaft to another end of the cylindrical shaft through the hollow chamber. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241189 | FLAME RETARDANT, FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION, AND INSULATED WIRE - Provided are a flame retardant, a flame-retardant resin composition and an insulated wire that have favorable low-temperature characteristics, excellent cold resistance and high productivity. The insulated wire includes a conductor that is insulation-coated with the flame-retardant resin composition that contains the flame retardant that contains magnesium hydroxide and a surface treatment agent with which the magnesium hydroxide is surface-treated, wherein the surface treatment agent has a degree of crystallization of 60% or more, and at least a base resin. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241190 | COMPOSITION FOR WIRE COATING MATERIAL, INSULATED WIRE, AND WIRING HARNESS - Provided is a composition for a wire coating material that is capable of achieving heat resistance and a mechanical property at the same time even if silane crosslinking and magnesium hydroxide that is made from a natural mineral are used in combination. The composition contains (A) silane-grafted polyolefin that defines polyolefin onto which a silane coupling agent is grafted, (B) unmodified polyolefin, (C) modified polyolefin that is modified by a functional group, (D) magnesium hydroxide that is made from a natural mineral, and (E) a cross-linking catalyst. Provided is an insulated wire including a wire coating material that contains the composition that is silane-crosslinked. Provided is a wiring harness including the insulated wire. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241191 | INSULATING COATING MATERIAL AND INSULATED WIRE USING THE SAME - An insulating coating material includes a polyamide-imide resin insulating coating material, and surface-treated inorganic fine particles dispersed in the polyamide-imide resin insulating coating material. A viscosity measured by an E-type viscometer is 1000 to 4000 mPa·s at 30° C. and at a shear rate of 200 s-1 and 4000 to 12000 mPa·s at 30° C. and at a shear rate of 1 s-1. An insulated wire includes a rectangular conductor, and an insulating layer formed on the rectangular conductor and including the insulating coating material. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241192 | MICROFIBER SUPPORTED METAL SILICIDE NANOWIRES - An arrangement of elongated nanowires that include titanium silicide or tungsten silicide may be grown on the exterior surfaces of many individual electrically conductive microfibers of much larger diameter. Each of the nanowires is structurally defined by an elongated, centralized titanium silicide or tungsten silicide nanocore that terminates in a distally spaced gold particle and which is co-axially surrounded by a removable amorphous nanoshell. A gold-directed catalytic growth mechanism initiated during a low pressure chemical vapor deposition process is used to grow the nanowires uniformly along the entire length and circumference of the electrically conductive microfibers where growth is intended. The titanium silicide- or tungsten silicide-based nanowires can be used in a variety electrical, electrochemical, and semiconductor applications. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241193 | ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION BODY AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAME - The present invention provides an electricity transmission body that is capable of realizing both tensile strength and elongation while having high electrical conductivity and that is also capable of adequately preventing poor conductivity attributable to the occurrence of cracking, and a production method thereof. The present invention is an electricity transmission body provided with an Al alloy conductive wire containing an Al alloy that contains 1.2 to 2.2% by mass of Fe, 0.15 to 0.4% by mass of Si, and 0.06 to 0.2% by mass of Cu, with the remainder being formed of Al and unavoidable impurities, and the mass ratio of Ti/Fe being 0.00045 to 0.00750. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241194 | Enhanced Strength Conductor - An electrical conductor may be provided. The electrical conductor may have a conductor core having a plurality of core strands. Each of the plurality of core strands may have a first material. The electrical conductor may further have a plurality of conductor strands wrapped around the core. The plurality of conductor strands may have a second material. An elongation of the second material may be greater than 1% and may be less than an elongation percentage of the first material or may be equal to the elongation percentage of the first material. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241195 | CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A cable management system and method of use integrated with the cable comprising, in general, a coiled cable; a bendable elongated member positioned on one section of the cable; an attachment means to affix the elongated member to the cable; wherein the bendable elongated member integrated with the one section of the cable is configured to wrap around the coiled cable and, thus, functions to maintain the coiled cable in an organized manner ready for a subsequent use with minimum risk of cord entanglement. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241196 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A circuit board includes a substrate and a conductor layer disposed on the substrate. The conductor layer includes conducting wires and gapped electrostatic protected areas (EPAs) forming a reticulated pattern and electrically isolated from the conducting wires. The manner and method of construction of the circuit board reduces warping and bulging, to induce more reliable component connections. A method for manufacturing the circuit board is also provided. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241197 | WIRING BOARD - A wiring board includes: a first wiring; a second wiring being disposed adjacently to the first wiring; a third wiring being disposed adjacently to the first wiring; a fourth wiring being disposed adjacently to the third wiring; and an insulating layer, wherein the second wiring and the fourth wiring are disposed adjacently to each other, the first wiring and the fourth wiring are not overlapped, the second wiring and the third wiring are not overlapped, a crest and a trough are provided on a side face of the first wiring, the crest and the trough are provided on a side face of the second wiring, the trough provided on the side face of the first wiring and the third wiring are overlapped, and the trough provided on the side face of the second wiring and the fourth wiring are overlapped. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241198 | CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, WIRING ELEMENT, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MASTER - A conductive element includes a base having a first wavy surface, a second wavy surface, and a third wavy surface, a first layer provided on the first wavy surface, and a second layer provided on the second wavy surface. The first layer has a multilayer structure including two or more stacked sublayers, the second layer has a single-layer or multilayer structure including part of the sublayers constituting the first layer, and the first and second layers form a conductive pattern portion. The first, second, and third wavy surfaces satisfy the following relationship: 0≦(Am | 2012-09-27 |
20120241199 | CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND TOUCH PANEL - One embodiment of the present invention is a conductive substrate including: a conductive layer, and a transparent conductive layer on at least one surface of a transparent substrate in this order from the transparent substrate side. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide a conductive substrate, wherein positioning of the transparent conductive layer and the metal wiring is easy, a method of manufacturing thereof, and a touch panel, even in the conductive substrate where the shape of the transparent conductive layer pattern is inconspicuous. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241200 | CIRCUIT BOARD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CIRCUIT BOARD, SUSPENSION SUBSTRATE, SUSPENSION, DEVICE-MOUNTED SUSPENSION, AND HARD DISK DRIVE - The problem of the present invention is to provide a circuit board comprising a shape retention unit capable of thinning while maintaining mechanical strength. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a circuit board comprising a metal supporting substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate, and a wiring layer formed on the above-mentioned first insulating layer, wherein an open area is formed in the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate, and the circuit board comprises a shape retention unit having a second insulating layer contacting with the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate and a reinforcing layer formed on the above-mentioned second insulating layer, and bridging the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate divided by the above-mentioned open area. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241201 | CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board includes a substrate and a copper layer positioned on the substrate. The copper layer includes a BGA area and a non-BGA area, and includes traces. The widths of the traces in the BGA area are smaller than the widths of the traces in the non-BGA area, the dielectric coefficient of the substrate in the BGA area is greater than the dielectric coefficient of the substrate in the non-BGA area for keeping the impedance of the traces consistent in the BGA area and in the non-BGA area. | 2012-09-27 |
20120241202 | BUILD-UP PRINTED WIRING BOARD SUBSTRATE HAVING A CORE LAYER THAT IS PART OF A CIRCUIT - Integrated circuits and processes for manufacturing integrated circuits are described that use printed wiring board substrates having a core layer that is part of the circuit of the printed wiring board. In a number of embodiments, the core layer is constructed from a carbon composite. In several embodiments, techniques are described for increasing the integrity of core layers in designs calling for high density clearance hole drilling. One embodiment of the invention includes a core layer that includes electrically conductive material and at least one build-up wiring portion formed on an outer surface of the core layer. In addition, the build-up portion comprises at least one micro wiring layer including a circuit that is electrically connected to the electrically conductive material in the core layer via a plated through hole. | 2012-09-27 |