48th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080289773 | Industrial Evaporation Apparatus - It is an object of the present invention, in the case of an apparatus in which a liquid containing material having a lower boiling point than that of the liquid is made to flow down along an external surface of a guide, during which time the lower boiling point material is evaporated, to provide a specific apparatus that can be operated stably for a prolonged period of time on an industrial scale such that not less than 1 ton/hr of the liquid is subjected to the evaporation, and furthermore to provide a specific industrial evaporation apparatus in which there are no problems due to degeneration caused by some of the liquid residing in the apparatus for a prolonged period of time. The present inventors have reached to the present invention upon discovering that the above object can be attained, and a high-quality and high-purity concentrated liquid or condensation polymer or thermoplastic polymer can easily be obtained, by using an industrial evaporation apparatus having a specified structure in which there are guides that do not themselves have a heat source, a flow path controlling member having a function of making the liquid fed onto a perforated plate from a liquid receiving port flow mainly from a peripheral portion toward a central portion of the perforated plate is provided in a liquid feeding zone, and formulae (1) to (5), or formulae (1) to (10), or formulae (1) to (12), are satisfied. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289774 | Headrail covering structure for blinds - A headrail covering structure for blinds comprises a headrail defined by a receiving channel to which a cord-winding control device, a movable seat, and a fixed seat are respectively mounted so as to control a lift cord and actuate a blind body collected upwards or expanded downwards thereby, forming a cordless window blind structure. The cord-winding control device and the fixed seat have the top surfaces respectively equipped with a connecting element composed of a set of upper and lower conjoining surfaces. A covering sheet identical to the headrail in length is provided to attach to the upper conjoining surfaces of the connecting elements, while the lower conjoining surfaces of the connecting elements are respectively adhered onto the cord-winding control device and the fixed seat. Therefore, via the sheltering of the covering sheet, the receiving channel of the headrail can achieve dustproof effect and protect each assembling part accommodated therein. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289775 | Spring biased slide arrangement for anti-bow roller tube - A support assembly is provided for a roller tube that holds sheet material. The support assembly has opposed first and second mounts adapted to support the roller tube when rotatably coupled to the mounts. The mounts can include slides having a slide member that slides within a slide bracket. A support cradle is disposed between the first and second mounts. The support cradle is configured to support the roller tube along a length thereof. Various spring elements can be arranged to apply a force to the roller tube in an upward direction when the roller tube is positioned to dispense material therefrom in a downward direction, thereby preventing the sheet material from telescoping and/or from dragging or binding against the support cradle as it winds and/or unwinds, while also keeping the material from being wound tighter at the ends than across the rest of the roller tube. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289776 | REAR-WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH BACK-SEAT SHELF AS A SUPPORT ELEMENT - In a rear-window roller blind for motor vehicles in which a rear half of a back-seat shelf, which is located between the rear window and the pull-out slot for the rear-window roller blind, is used as a support element for the roller blind. The back-seat shelf half is made either from a wood material or is a plastic molded part. Through alternative arrangements, it is ensured that the temperature expansion and contraction of the components of the roller blind and its support are accommodated. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289777 | DEVICE FOR CREATING AN ANGULAR BIASING FORCE - A device for creating an angular biasing force for the roller tube of a security shade, which roller tube is mounted to a fixed structure of a vehicle. The device comprises an element attached to the fixed structure of the vehicle and a plurality of force units, each including a torsion spring exerting a biasing force between the structure and the roller tube, wherein the torsion springs each have a first inner end associated with the fixed structure and a second outer end associated with the roller tube so the torsion biasing force of each spring is in a direction from the fixed structure to the roller tube. The total angular force of the device is the sum of the biasing forces of all of the torsion spring force units when the units are connected in parallel. When connected in series, the magnitude of angular rotation is the sum of the angle of rotation of all units. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289778 | DRAPERY MOTOR REMOTE ACTIVATION BY MANUAL DRAPERY PULL - A drapery master carrier for a drapery electric drive system is provided having a built-in wireless transmitter and a sensor to determine whether a manual pull is being applied to the drapes. The sensor is operatively connected to or incorporated into the wireless transmitter such that sensing by the sensor of a manual pull applied to the drapes will activate the wireless transmitter to transmit a signal to a motor drive controller receiver to drive the motor. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289779 | Freestanding window treatment support - A freestanding window treatment support has a base, a lower vertical member having a lower vertical member first end and a lower vertical member second end, the lower vertical member first end connected to and extending vertically from the base, an upper vertical member having an upper vertical member first end and an upper vertical member second end, the upper vertical member first end connected to the lower vertical member second end, and an upper horizontal member connected adjacent the upper vertical member second end where the base has sufficient weight and footprint area for supporting a window treatment. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289780 | Durable Insect Screen With Improved Optical Properties - The present invention is an insect screen with improved durability designed to serve the primary purpose of keeping out very small insects and pests while maximizing visual clarity, light transmission, and airflow. The insect screen is free from macroscopic permanent deformation when subjected to a blunt instrument deformation test of at least 5 lbs. and has a total light transmission of at least 65%. The inventive insect screen comprises fibers in a warp and fill construction which define openings having a warp dimension and a fill dimension, both of said warp and fill dimensions being equal to or less than about 0.06 inches and equal to or larger than about 0.01 inches, the fibers having a diameter less than about 0.007 inches. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289781 | Accessory for wand for window treatment blinds - An accessory wand handle for use on existing control wands. An elongated handle with a bore is fitted over the end of an existing wand for blinds. The handle is secured on the existing wand by a frictional fit between the outside surface of the existing wand and the inner surface of the bore in the accessory wand handle. The wand handle is larger than a wand to provide a mechanical advantage for users to turn the wand. The wand handle itself can be constructed to compliment the appearance of the wand. There is sufficient space between the wand and the walls of the bore for placement of decorative items. The handle itself may be decorated or inscribed with logo or other promotional materials. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289782 | RECOVERY PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR A PULP MILL - A method for burning chlorine-containing liquors in a chemical recovery boiler at a pulp mill, wherein the recovery boiler includes spent liquor sprayers for feeding spent liquor and a number of combustion air levels including: increasing a combustion temperature in the recovery boiler in a burning zone where a chlorine-containing liquor or a chlorine-containing effluent is burned; while burning the liquor or effluent, volatilizing the chlorine in the liquor or effluent to produce chloride-containing salts in flue gases in the boiler, and removing the chloride-containing salts from the flue gases. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289783 | METHOD OF DEGUMMING CELLULOSIC FIBRES - A process for producing dissolving pulp includes a degumming step using a degumming liquor which includes hydrogen peroxide and ammonia. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289784 | Method For Treating A Fibrous Web Downstream Of Slitting - The invention relates to a method for treating a fibrous web downstream of slitting. In the method, the finishing of a fibrous web for providing desired properties is performed by using one or more finishing units, at least one of which comprises a web processing apparatus provided with a metal belt. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289785 | Paper substrates containing an antimicrobial compound as well as methods of making and using the same - The invention relates to the papermaking art and, in particular, to the manufacture of paper substrates, paper-containing articles such as file folders, having improved reduction or inhibition in the growth of microbes, mold and/or fungus. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289786 | Recording sheet with improved image waterfastness, surface, strength, and runnability - The present invention relates to a sizing or coating composition that, when applied to paper substrate, creates a substrate having improved waterfastness, surface strength, and surface strength as measured by resistance to abrasion. In addition, the present invention relates to paper substrates containing the composition, as well as methods of using and making the paper substrate and composition. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289787 | Paper and Materials and Processes for Its Production - Paper is made by providing an anionic aqueous emulsion of a size, usually a reactive anhydride size, and mixing it into a cellulosic suspension prior to drainage of the suspension to form a sheet which is then dried to provide paper (including paper board). The emulsion is preferably stabilised wholly or mainly by 0.5 to 30 parts by weight (per part by weight size) of water soluble, anionic, polymeric stabiliser, which is preferably anionic starch. Alternatively, the emulsion may be added to the cellulosic suspension while it is anionic, before mixing retention into it. The emulsion may be added to the cellulosic suspension after cationic retention aid has been added to it, the emulsion being added with, before or after mixing anionic microparticulate material or other anionic bridging aid, prior to drainage of the suspension. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289788 | Method of drying mat products - The invention includes a method and system for generating electricity using a drive for the electrical generator that is powered by an engine that uses high pressure hot gases produced by combustion of a fuel and an oxygen bearing gas, using at least a portion of the electricity generated to power manufacturing plant equipment and using the waste hot exhaust gases from the heat engine, such as a gas turbine, with or without a heat exchanger, in an oven in which the mat is carried through continuously on a belt, drum or with other conventional means to dry the wet fibrous mats. Optionally the fibrous mats can contain a binder and the hot waste gases can be optionally used to cure a binder. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289789 | ELLIPTICAL TIRE MOLD AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A tire mold having a substantially elliptical base surface and a method for making a tire mold are provided. In one embodiment, a user selects a major axis length for the tire mold, then selects a ratio of the major axis length to a minor axis length. The tire mold is then formed with a substantially elliptical base surface defined by the first major axis and the selected ratio. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289790 | Casting Method and Casting Plant For Carrying Out the Method - In a casting method for producing a cast part, a melt to be cast is filed into a container and the mold is connected seal-tightly to the container. The mold and the container are rotated together so that the melt flows from the container into the mold. The mold and the container are separated from another and the cast part is removed from the mold. The casting plant for performing the method has a mold that is pivotably supported about a first axis of rotation to perform a first movement that is a pivot movement in a first movement direction. A container is pivotably supported about a second axis of rotation. The mold is supported so as to be movable by a second movement in a second movement direction. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289791 | Feed Back Unit, Feed System and Control Device for a Pressure Die-Casting Machine - A feed block unit for a hot-runner feed system of a pressure die-casting machine includes a block body in which is incorporated at least one melt-conveying channel running out of the block body by way of a sprue orifice close to the gate, and a heating system, integrated into the block body, for the at least one melt-conveying channel. The feed block unit is designed as a structural unit which is insertable independently into a respective casting mould, and/or the heating system integrated therein includes at least a first heating device for supply channel heating and a second heating device, which can be controlled independently of the first heating device, for sprue channel heating. With this modular hot-runner feed system, individual temperature profiles can be predetermined and set for the respective feed block unit. A control device authorizes a mould-filling operating to take place dependent on whether temperatures detected in the hot-runner feed system lie within predeterminable setpoint temperature ranges. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289792 | Flaskless molding machine - The disclosed invention provides a molding machine that defines upper and lower molding spaces while cope and drag flasks | 2008-11-27 |
20080289793 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A thermal energy storage apparatus is disclosed. The thermal energy storage apparatus has a phase change medium, an inner header having at least one inner feed port, and an outer header having at least one outer feed port and fluidically coupled to the inner header. The inner header and the outer header are configured to be substantially immersed in the phase change medium. Related methods of constructing and controlling a thermal energy storage system are also disclosed. A thermal energy power system utilizing a thermal energy storage apparatus is further disclosed, as is a heat exchanger for the thermal energy storage system. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289794 | Vehicle cooling assembly having a protective screen - An air permeable protective camouflage screen is mounted in front of the air-intake side of a vehicle heat exchanger. The screen includes substantially horizontal and vertical intersecting walls, forming a plurality of apertures. The screen has at least two zones with apertures of different shapes for controlling air flow through the screen into the heat exchanger. The zones are oriented to allow relatively more air to pass into the first section of the heat exchanger having higher temperatures than the second section. The screen may include flaps mounted to the horizontal walls by living hinges, the flaps being disposed in the apertures when in a neutral closed position, being pivotable to allow air flow through the screen. The screen is substantially opaque when the flaps are in the neutral closed position, further camouflaging the heat exchanger, and the screen is made of non-corrosive material such as an organic polymeric material. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289795 | GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGER - A pipe for use in a geothermal heat exchange system is disclosed that is insertable into a bore hole having a proximal end and a distal end. The pipe has a proximal end, a distal end and an outer wall member. The outer wall member includes an external surface, and an interior surface defining an interior passageway through which a heat exchange fluid can flow. The pipe also includes a divider extending between opposed points of the interior surface for dividing the interior passageway into an inflow passageway for conducting water from the proximal end to the distal end of the pipe, and an outflow passageway for conducting water from the distal end to the proximal end of the pipe. The divider segregates the water in the outflow passageway from the water in the inflow passageway. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289796 | Cooling module - A cooling module includes a heat exchanger, a blower, a fan shroud and an air cleaner unit for filtering air to be introduced into an engine of a vehicle. The fan shroud holds the blower on a downstream side of the heat exchanger with respect to a flow of air passing through the heat exchanger and has an air introducing portion defining an air passage from the heat exchanger to the blower. A front end of the air cleaner unit is offset from the heat exchanger with respect to a horizontal direction. A side wall of the air cleaner unit partly forms the air introducing portion. A clearance is provided between the side wall and the heat exchanger such that air upstream of the heat exchanger is conducted toward a position downstream of the heat exchanger through the clearance. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289797 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE HAVING CAP FOR PROTECTING THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL THEREON - A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink having a base with thermal interface material thereon and a protective cap covering the base. The protective cap includes a body shielding the thermal interface material and sidewalls extending from the body and engaging with a periphery of the base of the heat sink. A rotatable portion is rotatable relative to the body of the protective cap. The rotatable portion includes a base-wall being rotatably connected with the body of the protective cap and a plurality of positioning sides extending from the base-wall and engaging lateral sides of a corner of the base of the heat sink. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289798 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE WITH HEAT PIPES - A heat dissipation device adapted for dissipating heat from a heat-generating device includes a heat pipe assembly and a fin set. The heat pipe assembly is adapted for absorbing heat from the heat-generating device, and includes a plurality of bending heat pipes each having a top face and a bottom face. The fin set thermally engaged with the heat pipe assembly includes a plurality of fins and has a bottom surface cooperatively formed by bottom edges of the fins. The heat pipes of the heat pipe assembly are juxtaposed with each other; the top faces of the heat pipes are thermally attached to the bottom surface of the fin set; the bottom faces of the heat pipes are positioned level with each other to form a contacting surface for contacting with the heat generating device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289799 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE WITH A HEAT PIPE - A heat dissipation device includes a plurality of first fins and second fins, a flattened heat pipe and a base plate. The first fins include a first face at a bottom thereof. The second fins are sandwiched between the first fins and have a second face at a bottom thereof. The heat pipe includes a first section, a second section and a connecting section connecting the first section with the second section. The first section and the second section thermally contact the second face of the second fins. The connecting section thermally contacts the first face of the first fins. The base plate has a bottom surface adapted for contacting a heat-generating electronic component, and a top surface contacting the second face of the second fins and the first section and the second section of the heat pipe. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289800 | LIQUID GALLEY REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT - The liquid galley refrigeration system for cooling food carts for aircraft employs an intermediate working fluid to transfer heat from one or more food carts to one or more remote chillers, allowing the carts and chillers to be advantageously distributed in the aircraft. A plurality of heat exchanges effect a cooling of the carts wherein heat from the food cart is first transferred to a first airflow; heat from the first airflow is then transferred to an intermediate working fluid that is circulated between a location immediately adjacent the food carts and a remote chiller; heat from the intermediate working fluid is subsequently transferred to the chiller working fluid; and finally, heat from the chiller working fluid is expelled. While the chiller working fluid undergoes a phase change in order to transfer heat from the intermediate working fluid to the cooling air, the intermediate working fluid remains in its liquid phase throughout its circulation. A recirculation pump circulates the intermediate working fluid through a distribution system that may link a plurality of chillers to a plurality of food carts, and the temperature of the food carts is regulated by a combination of controls. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289801 | Modular Thermal Management System for Spacecraft - A composite panel provides structural strength and rigidity for modular assembly of spacecraft while serving the dual purposes of structure and heat transfer for thermal management of an environment for equipment, such as a spacecraft. Instruments, gimbals, surveillance, imaging, detectors, and the like may be mounted in a spacecraft designed and constructed from standard panels to provide the structural and heat transfer requirements to support the onboard equipment. Extremely small temperature differentials required by the panels support a substantially isothermal perimeter for the structure, able to sink heat from any location on a panel, transport it to a rejection site, and reject it to the cold environment of space, thus easing the task of design and packaging of instrumentation and infrastructure of satellites and other spacecraft. Two-phase mass transport of fluids inside the panels aids high heat flux rates with minimal temperature differentials, even with reinforced, composite, polymeric materials for the structural elements of the panels. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289802 | RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM - A radiator includes an inlet line and an outlet line for a coolant to be cooled, and a plurality of flow passage units each being connected to the inlet and outlet lines respectively in parallel with adjacent flow passages with a space therebetween. Due to this configuration, it is possible to attain a high cooling capability with a small flow speed of the coolant, which is enabled by increasing the number of the flow passage units with respect to a certain flow rate passing through the inlet and outlet lines. This radiator can be employed for a cooling system together with a fan blowing air toward the flow passage units of the radiator, a coolant jacket for absorbing heat from a heat source such as a CPU, and a fluid pump for circulating the coolant between the coolant jacket and the radiator. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289803 | COOLING APPARATUS - A cooling apparatus is for dissipating heat from an electronic device. The cooling apparatus includes a casing, an impeller, and a motor. The casing is for absorbing the heat and allowing coolant to flow therein. The impeller is received in the casing. The motor is received in the casing, and is for providing a force to drive the impeller to rotate to force the coolant to flow. The coolant flows between the casing and the motor to take the heat away. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289804 | Heat Exchanger, Method for the Production of a Heat Exchanger - Disclosed is a heat exchanger, especially an exhaust gas heat exchanger, comprising a housing ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289805 | Plate Type Heat Exchanger for a Isothermal Chemical Reactor - Plate type heat exchanger ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289806 | Heat Exchanger with Perforated Plate in Header - A heat exchanger includes an inlet header, an outlet header and a plurality of flat, multi-channel heat exchange tubes extending therebetween. A longitudinally extending member divides the interior of the header into a first chamber on one side thereof for receiving a fluid and a second chamber on the other side thereof. A plurality of multi-channel heat exchange tubes extend between the headers with the respective inlet end of each heat exchange tube passing into the second chamber of the inlet header. Fluid passes through a series of longitudinally spaced openings in the longitudinally extending member for distribution to the inlets to the channels of the multi-channel heat exchange tubes. The fluid may undergo expansion as it passes through the openings. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289807 | Metal Collecting Tank for a Heat Exchanger, Especially for Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to a metal collecting tank ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289808 | HEAT EXCHANGER CORE TUBE FOR INCREASED CORE THICKNESS - A heat exchanger core tube having a body with at least one internal fluid passage and having at least one end adapted such that an effective height results that is less than or equal to the inside diameter of a manifold and can allow the body of the core tube to have a height greater than the inside diameter of the manifold. The at least one adapted end may comprise an adapter and may be twisted such that the longitudinal axis of a core tube remains substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the manifold and wherein the end of the core tube is angled less than 90 degrees with respect to the tube body. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289809 | Heat exchanger and fabrication method thereof - A heat exchanger having an aluminum main body is provided. The aluminum main body has heat exchange medium passages that allow the heat exchange medium to circulate, and fins for heat exchange extending outwards from the surface thereof. A method of fabricating the heat exchanger is also provided. The aluminum main body with heat exchange medium passages is formed by stretching or extrusion. The fins are shaped on the external surface of the aluminum main body through skiving. Since the main body and the fins are integrally formed, no extra combined thermal resistance exists between the fins and the main body, and thus the heat exchanger of the present invention has high heat exchange efficiency. Moreover, the method of fabricating the heat exchanger of the present invention has simple processes, and can ensure consistent product quality, and meanwhile does not use expensive copper tubes, thus reducing the cost effectively. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289810 | Thermal Diffusion Sheet and Method for Positioning Thermal Diffusion Sheet - A thermal diffusion sheet is provided with a graphite sheet for diffusing heat generated by a heat emitting body and a polymer film provided on the graphite sheet. The thermal diffusion sheet is provided with a positioning portion for carrying out positioning relative to the heat emitting body. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289811 | CONSTANT TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER - Cool fluid of a predetermined temperature is supplied to a three-way valve | 2008-11-27 |
20080289812 | SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE PACKING - An apparatus and method of forming a barrier to fluid flow behind a liner are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, a method includes the steps of conveying a tool to a position within a wellbore having a liner, the tool carrying a seal material, and injecting the seal material from the tool through the liner to form a barrier to fluid flow behind the liner. In another embodiment of the invention, the apparatus includes a housing having a chamber carrying a seal material, and a means for injecting the seal material through the wellbore liner. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289813 | POLISHED BORE RECEPTACLE - An integral polished bore assembly for use in a wellbore includes a barrel having a polished bore; at least one no-go member positioned within the barrel; an elongated locator member having a sealing head and an end, the end extending out of the barrel; and a radial port formed through the barrel. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289814 | Solid Expandable Tubular Members Formed From Very Low Carbon Steel and Method - A very low carbon steel alloy is provided for use in manufacturing tubular members such as oil country tubular goods. The tubular members may be radially expanded from at least twenty percent to forty percent. Sections or joints of casing formed from the steel alloy may be installed within a wellbore and radially expanded during completion of the wellbore. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289815 | DOWNHOLE SCREEN ASSEMBLY - A screen assembly that is used with a well includes a base pipe, a screen and ribs. The base pipe has a non-perforated section and has a longitudinal axis. The screen at least partially circumscribes the non-perforated section of the base pipe, and the ribs extend longitudinally in an annular space between the screen and the non-perforated section. A flexible member (e.g., a wire) is wrapped around the ribs. Various other mechanisms may be used instead of the ribs and flexible member in the annular space. In this regard, such annular standoffs such as a corrugated material, a member that has longitudinal channels, and a member formed from a first set of wires that is interwoven with a second set of wires may be used. Alternatively, longitudinal channels may be formed in the outer surface of the base pipe. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289816 | BIOGENIC FUEL GAS GENERATION IN GEOLOGIC HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS - A process for introducing microorganisms to carbonaceous material in an anaerobic environment is described. The process includes the step of extracting formation water from a geologic formation, and removing at least a portion of an extractable material from the formation water to make amended formation water. The process may further include introducing the amended formation water to the carbonaceous material. Also, a process for increasing biogenic hydrocarbon production in a geologic formation containing a carbonaceous material is described. The process includes extracting formation water from the formation, removing at least a portion of one or more hydrocarbons from the formation water to make amended formation water, and reintroducing the amended formation water to the geologic formation. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289817 | Method and apparatus for re-entering an abandoned well - A reentry apparatus for installation on an abandoned well with a surface casing and a production casing inside and below the top end of the surface casing. A production plate seals the production casing. The apparatus includes a drill guide tube with a bottom end attachable to the production plate and configured to extend up above the top end of the surface casing. A surface plate seals the top of the surface casing and the tube extends up through the surface plate and is sealed thereto. A vent hole extends through the tube wall between the surface and production plates. A plug blocks the central passage of the tube above the vent hole. The tube is adapted for releasable attachment of a cap and a pressure control apparatus with drilling tool such that the drilling tool can bore through the plug while containing pressurized fluid in the surface casing. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289818 | OPEN HOLE LOGGING FOR DRILLING RIGS - A method of logging a wellbore comprises drilling a first wellbore to a depth using a drilling rig and drilling a second wellbore to a depth using the drilling rig. While the second wellbore is being drilled a logging operation is conducted in the first wellbore using the drilling rig. The logging operation can be conducted in the first wellbore via a wireline logging tool. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289819 | Utilization of low BTU gas generated during in situ heating of organic-rich rock - A method for utilizing gas produced from an in situ conversion process is provided. The method may include heating an organic-rich rock formation, for example an oil shale formation, in situ. The method may further include producing a production fluid from the organic-rich rock formation where the production fluid having been at least partially generated as a result of pyrolysis of formation hydrocarbons, for example oil shale, located in the organic-rich rock formation. The method may include obtaining a gas stream from the production fluid, where the gas stream comprises combustible hydrocarbon fluids. The method may include separating the gas stream into a first composition gas stream and a second composition gas stream, where the composition of the first composition gas stream is a low BTU gas stream maintained in a substantially constant condition and passing the first composition gas stream through a first gas turbine to form a first gas turbine exhaust stream, where the first gas turbine being configured to provide energy to a first electrical generator. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289820 | Combined Hydrogen Production and Unconventional Heavy Oil Extraction - A method of producing hydrogen and extracting heavy oil from underground reserves is provided. This method includes providing a carbon monoxide source stream and a water vapor stream to a first reactor, wherein the first reactor comprises a water shift reactor and a membrane-type separation device. This method also includes separating the products of the water shift reactor, thereby producing at least a hydrogen-rich stream, and a high pressure off-gas stream. This method also includes providing the high pressure off-gas stream and an oxidant stream to a combustion chamber. This method also includes combusting the oxidant stream and the high pressure off-gas stream as at least part of a combustion cycle thereby producing a hot injection gas stream. This method also includes combining the hot injection gas stream with a liquid water stream, wherein the combined stream may be used to heat the underground reserve sufficiently to release petroleum hydrocarbons therefrom. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289821 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE (SAGD)-HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION USING LOW QUALITY FUEL AND LOW QUALITY WATER - A process for producing steam for extracting heavy bitumen includes the steps of mixing carbon or hydrocarbon fuel said fuel being crud oil, VR, Asphaltin, or coke with an oxidation gas, said gas being oxygen, oxygen enriched air or air-combusting the mixture under high pressure and high temperature and mixing low quality contaminated water containing organics and inorganic with the combusted mixture so as to control combustion temperature and to generate steam. The liquid phase is transferred to a gas phase so as to contain steam and carbon dioxide. The solids are separated from the gas phase. The super heated dry steam and gas mixture is ejected into an underground reservoir. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289822 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE (SAGD)-HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION TO PRODUCE SUPER-HEATED STEAM WITHOUT LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGE - A method and system for producing steam for extraction of heavy bitumen including the steps of mixing carbon or hydrocarbon fuel. The fuel is crude oil, vacuum residue, asphaltin, petcoke or coal. The oxidation gas includes oxygen, oxygen enriched air or air-combustion of the mixture under high pressure and high temperature. The fuel is mixed with low quality contaminated water containing organics and inorganics. The liquid phase transferred to a gas phase includes steam and carbon dioxide, wherein solids are separated from the gas phase. The gas phase is mixed with saturated water to scrub the remaining solids and produce saturated steam. The solid rich water is recycled back for combustion. The saturated steam super-heated dry steam and gas mixture is send to an enhanced oil recovery facility for injection into an underground reservoir. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289823 | Degradable Material Assisted Diversion or Isolation - A method for well treatment by forming a temporary plug in a fracture, a perforation, a wellbore, or more than one of these locations, in a well penetrating a subterranean formation is provided, in which the method of well treatment includes: injecting a slurry comprising a degradable material, allowing the degradable material to form a plug in a perforation, a fracture, or a wellbore in a well penetrating a formation; performing a downhole operation; and allowing the degradable material to degrade after a selected time such that the plug disappears. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289824 | Primary Well Cementing With Downhole Mixed Epoxy - A two part epoxy resin system is mixed downhole in a method of primary cementing a well. Using this two part epoxy resin and activator system, one of the components is first placed in the annulus of the well at the desired plugging depth. Next, the other component is placed in the annulus above the first placed component. Densities of the components have been selected such that the density of the second placed component is sufficiently higher then the density of the first placed component to facilitate gravity mixing of the two components as the second placed component moves through the first placed component and in the process activation occurs. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289825 | Downhole Mixing Of Encapsulated Plug Components For Primary Cementing A Well - A two part encapsulated cementing system is mixed downhole in a method of primary cementing a well. Using this two part system, one of the components is first placed in the annulus of the well. Next, the other component is placed in the annulus above the first placed component. Densities of the components have been selected such that the density of the second placed component is sufficiently higher then the density of the first placed component to facilitate gravity mixing of the two components as the second placed component moves through the first placed component and in the process activation occurs. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289826 | Downhole Slurry Method For Primary Cementing A Well - A method of primary cementing well is provided utilizing a cement and cement activator cementing composition, in which one of the components is first placed in the annulus of the well. Next, the other component is placed in the annulus above the first placed component. Densities of the components have been selected such that the density of the second placed component is sufficiently higher then the density of the first placed component to facilitate gravity mixing of the two components as the second placed component moves through the first placed component and in the process activation occurs. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289827 | Viscosified fluids for remediating subterranean damage - Of the many methods and compositions provided herein, one method includes a method comprising introducing a viscosified remedial fluid comprising a base fluid, a viscosifying agent, and an oxidizer into at least a portion of a subterranean formation having damage present therein so as to contact the damage with the viscosified remedial fluid; and allowing the viscosified remedial fluid to at least partially remediate the damage present in the subterranean formation. Another method provided herein includes introducing a viscosified remedial fluid comprising a base fluid, a first viscosifying agent, and an oxidizer into at least a portion of a subterranean formation before a treatment fluid comprising a second viscosifying agent is introduced therein, wherein the oxidizer is available to remediate damage in the subterranean formation. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289828 | Methods of Limiting Leak Off and Damage In Hydraulic Fractures - Methods for treating a formation penetrated by a wellbore which improves fluid loss control during treatment. In some aspects, the treatments include preparing an aqueous fluid including one or more water inert degradable polymers and an optional viscosifier, injecting the aqueous fluid into the wellbore at a pressure equal to or greater than the formation's fracture initiation pressure, and thereafter injecting into the wellbore a proppant laden fluid at a pressure equal to or greater than the formation's fracture initiation pressure. The water inert degradable polymer may be a polymer such as an emulsion polymer or a latex polymer. Some methods of the invention use a fluid which may have a normalized leak off coefficient (C | 2008-11-27 |
20080289829 | Floatation module and method - An apparatus for reducing the load applied to a rig. The rig is positioned over a well, with the well having a tubular string disposed therein. A landing string is connected to the tubular string such as casing, production and/or testing assemblies. The apparatus comprises a floatation module attached to the landing string and a clamp for clamping the floatation module onto the landing string. In one embodiment, the floatation module comprises a tubular sleeve having a buoyant material applied thereto. The tubular sleeve includes slots. The clamp may contain a set of dies adapted to engage the slots of the tubular sleeve. A method of landing a work string into a sub-sea well head from a floating drilling rig is also disclosed, wherein a marine riser connects the rig to the sub-sea well head. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289830 | Roof-top fire prevention sprinkler system with storage rack - A roof-top fire prevention sprinkler system, with or without an optional, separate storage rack, is comprised of a rotating sprinkler head mounted on a support frame of conduit having fluid communication between a water source and the sprinkler head. The frame, having a more or less rectangular shape bent in the middle of the long sides, saddles the peak of a roof to be protected. At the bend in the frame, at the roof peak, a cross piece of conduit bisects the long sides of the rectangle, and is in fluid communication therewith. The sprinkler head is connected to the middle of the cross piece. Water can be supplied through a garden hose connected to a pipe extension of stiff conduit which is in turn connected to one of the short sides of the rectangle. The pipe extension can act as a pole to place or retrieve the support frame at or from the roof peak without the user having to climb onto the roof. Cylindrical pliant rollers surrounding the short sides of the rectangle allow the frame to glide easily up a sloping side of a pitched roof. The optional storage rack can hold the sprinkler and frame, disconnected from the pipe extension, on end against a wall, taking up little space when not in use. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289831 | Fire extinguishing device - An explosive fire extinguishing device is used in interior or localized exterior environments. The force of detonation is minimalized through the use of low-density, low-mass components. A container is composed of a lightweight casing of rigid plastic foam or other suitably frangible material, with an abrasion-resistant, thin plastic, protective, exterior sheathing. Within an internal cavity of the device, the above-mentioned low-yield pyrotechnic detonator is located at or near the center of mass, and is actuated by fuse cords secured at or near the exterior surface. An interior volume of a hollow casing is charged with fire-retardant chemical agents, including dry powders, two-part reactants, liquid components or others, singly or in combination. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289832 | Automatic Directional Fire Suppression Device - An automatic directional explosive-type fire suppression device includes a container formed from two complimentary sections comprising a shield and a base; a fire extinguishing agent contained within the container; and an explosive charge assembly contained within the container. A portion of the shield is extended outward at an angle forming a skirt such that activation of the explosive charge within the container shatters the base and the fire extinguishing agent is automatically dispersed downward within a range of angles controlled by the skirt to extinguish or suppress a fire. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289833 | HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR CHARGE AIR COOLER OR EXHAUST GAS COOLER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IT - The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular a charge air cooler or exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a first box ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289834 | Hazard detection and suppression apparatus - A hazard detection and suppression apparatus and a single-action discharge valve for discharging a vessel's contents. The valve has a valve body with a passage therethrough through which the contents are discharged, a frangible seal held within the valve body and sealing the passage while the seal is intact, and a solenoid including an armature moveable from a first to a second position. A thermopile or a thermopile matrix senses near-infrared energy to detect a fire hazard and actuate the valve. Amplifiers for the thermopile's signal are monitored for failure. A thermostat or a manual pushbutton can also actuate the valve, and an operator's panel monitors failure conditions. Other hazard detectors may be used including a petroleum detector, a chemical sensor, a moisture detector, a radiation detector, a gas detector, and a moving body detector. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289835 | Localized Fire Suppression - An apparatus to suppress a localized fire may include a pressurized tank of fire suppressant and a valve coupled to the tank. In case of a fire, a pneumatic fire sensor may open the valve to release the fire suppressant. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289836 | Apparatus for Preventing the Eruption of Flames from a Vehicle - An apparatus is provided for preventing the eruption of flames from a vehicle. The apparatus includes an electronic control unit, a detector, a can and piping. The electronic control unit is provided in the vehicle. The detector is used to detect the possibility of the eruption of flames and providing the electronic control unit with a signal corresponding to the detector. The can is used to store extinguishing material for preventing the eruption of flames. The piping is used to transfer the extinguishing material from the can to at least one spot of the vehicle that is vulnerable to flames under the control of the electronic control unit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289837 | Self Servicing Fire Extinguisher with External Operated Internal Mixing with Wide Mouth and External Co2 Chamber - Improvements to a portable fire extinguisher are disclosed. The improvements allow for frequent and simpler untrained and automatic self servicing of a fire extinguisher. The improvements include an anti-bridging mechanism that can be articulated from the exterior of the chamber to fluff, mix or stir the powder within the chamber to keep it in a liquefied state. Additional improvements include a larger opening to more quickly fill and inspect the powder within the chamber. Another improvement includes the use of a CO | 2008-11-27 |
20080289838 | INSTRUMENTED JOINT SYSTEM - The instrumented joint system includes a pivot pin capable of connecting a first part and a moving second part that can pivot with respect to the first part, and a detection assembly for detecting rotation parameters of the second part and which is mounted inside a housing of the pivot pin, the said detection assembly including at least one rolling bearing equipped with an inner ring and with an outer ring, and a sleeve angularly connected to the outer ring. The detection assembly is further provided with a support angularly connected to the pivot pin and on which the inner ring of the bearing is mounted, and with a retaining means for retaining the support axially inside the housing. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289839 | Method of controlling a screwdriving power tool - In a method for controlling a drive ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289840 | IMPACT POWER TOOL WITH A PRECISION CONTROLLED DRIVE SYSTEM - An improved impact power tool for carving and engraving an article comprises an air delivery system operable to communicate with a pressurized air source; a drive assembly operable to receive air from the pressurized air source via the air delivery system; a hand held device in driven communication with the drive assembly; and a housing for storage of the air delivery system and drive assembly. The tool includes an improved valve design, a throttle bias valve, and an air storage tank housed within the housing, and an improved housing construction. The improved valve design and air storage tank enable greater stroke speeds of a work tool over a wider power range while also improving the crispness and speed of the impact reaction time over the entire range. The throttle bias valve is in communication with an additional exhaust path, such that the bias valve allows improved control of the hand held device and improved operation over a wider range of air pressures. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289841 | TOOL SET FOR ASSEMBLING AN AUTOMOBILE TAPERED BEARING - A tool set for assembling an automobile tapered bearing includes a pneumatic tool, a hammering tool, bolts and plural press blocks. The pneumatic tool consists of a rod having an annular blocking surface, a sleeve fitting around the rod, a compression spring received in the sleeve and fitting round a fitting portion of the rod, and a connector threadably combined with the rod. The hammering tool consists of a grip and a connecting rod extending from the grip and provided with a female-threaded hole, and the grip has a hammering end. Each press block is formed with an annular sloped surface and an annular blocking surface. One of the press blocks is selected to combine with the rod, so a pneumatic apparatus can drive the pneumatic tool to press and shift an automobile tapered bearing in an axle insert hole smoothly. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289842 | WALK BEHIND POWER TOOL VIBRATION CONTROL HANDLE - Disclosed is a vibration dampening handle for power tools. It includes a frame member attached to the power tool itself, and a handle assembly, which is attached to the frame member via connection to resilient material attached to an isolator chassis assembly located at a vibration node point of the frame member. The vibration dampening handle may also include a height adjustment mechanism. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289843 | ELECTRIC HAND SCREWDRIVER WITH ADJUSTABLE HEAD - An apparatus to accomplish rotational work on a securing element. The apparatus has a main body portion and an articulating arm. The main body has a power source, a drive motor, and a drive shaft. The drive shaft extends into the articulating arm which has a first section rotatable about the drive shaft. The articulating arm also has a second section which is seated on a first transversely aligned drive shaft interoperating with the drive shaft itself. The first transversely aligned drive shaft transmits rotational work to a second transversely aligned drive shaft which supports a third section. A third section interoperates with a spindle section which receives the rotational work from the second transversely aligned drive shaft to accomplish rotational work on the securing element. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289844 | DECORATIVE RECEPTACLE AND SWITCH COVERS - A decorative electrical socket cover is provided to be placed over an electrical socket of an electrical outlet assembly. The outlet assembly is located on a wall or other surface that is finished in a predetermined color, and a user desires that the color of the socket cover match the color of the wall or other surface. The decorative socket cover comprises a socket cup body having flat outwardly and inwardly facing surfaces and a rim portion extending around the perimeter of the socket cup body at substantially a right angle to the plane of the inwardly facing flat surface. A plurality of apertures are located in the socket cup body which apertures correspond in size and location to a corresponding plurality of slots in the socket. The rim portion of the cup body includes an inner surface having a gripping surface, wherein the gripping surface of the rim portion is adapted to engage an outer perimeter of the socket and removably attach the socket cup body to the socket. In an additional embodiment, a sleeve having a chamber and a tacky glue material is adapted to fit over and be held to the finger manipulable portion of a wall switch, whereby the sleeve's outer surface is a predetermined color as selected by the user. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289845 | WALL BOX MOUNTING APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for mounting a device in a wall box is provided. The apparatus includes a base plate formed by a front portion and a plurality of side portions extending to the rear to define a substantially open rear portion, and a latching mechanism coupled to the base plate. The front portion is connected to the device. The base plate is configured to be at least partially inserted into the wall box. The latching mechanism includes a frictional engagement member configured to frictionally engage with the wall box upon insertion into the wall box. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289846 | OUTLET COVER WITH BARRIER WALL - An outlet cover with barrier wall, the cover for an outlet box mounted in a building wall including an outer wall with an outer opening; a surrounding wall integrally joined to and extending substantially normal to the outer wall; an L-shaped barrier wall integrally joined to and extending substantially normal to the outer wall, the barrier wall forming an inner opening opposite the outer opening to meet the outlet box, a portion of the barrier wall extending toward the plane of the inner opening, the barrier wall further forming a cover conduit port; an attaching flange integrally joined to the surrounding wall for being placed against the building wall, the attaching flange being a continuous flange about the surrounding wall; a display enclosure forming an interior and an enclosure conduit port; and a conduit having a conduit passage in communication between the cover conduit port and the enclosure conduit port. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289847 | Metal Raceway System - The present invention is directed to a raceway system including a base, at least two covers and a faceplate. The base includes sidewalls having a top wall with a flange member. The covers include a top portion having two ends with a flange member at each end. The flange members of the covers are in mating engagement with the flange members of the base when the cover is coupled to the base. The cover is flush with the base when it is coupled to the base. The faceplate is installed on the raceway so that it overlaps a portion of each cover and extends over and is flush with a portion of the top walls of the base. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289848 | Data Transmission - The present invention relates to a system for data transmission over an electricity distribution network. The system comprises an electrical apparatus having a shielded electrical cable connected thereto. The cable has a core surrounded by a metallic sheath and armour surrounding the metallic sheath. The armour is disengaged from around the metallic sheath at a position where the cable enters the apparatus and is supported relative to the apparatus at a position spaced from that position such that a portion of the metallic sheath is exposed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289849 | Enhanced Electrical Cables - Electrical cables formed from at least one insulated conductor, a layer of inner armor wires disposed adjacent the insulated conductor, and a layer of shaped strength members disposed adjacent the outer periphery of the first layer of armor wires. A polymeric material is disposed in interstitial spaces formed between the inner armor wires and the layer of shaped strength members, and the polymeric material is further disposed in interstitial spaces formed between the inner armor wire layer and insulated conductor. The polymeric material serves as a continuously bonded layer which also separates and encapsulates the armor wires forming the inner armor wire layer wire layer. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289850 | Electrical Wire and Method of Making an Electrical Wire - An electrical wire and a method of making an electrical wire are disclosed. The electrical wire comprises a conductor and a covering. The covering comprises a thermoplastic composition comprising a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin and a polymeric compatibilizer. The thermoplastic composition may further comprise a flame retardant. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289851 | MODULAR OPTO-ELECTRICAL CABLE UNIT - A modular cable unit for oilfield wireline includes multiple cable modules. The cable modules are interchangeable to achieve a modular cable unit with desired telemetry and electrical properties to suit a specific application. The cable modules can be an optical fiber module, a power cable or an opto-electrical module assembly. The cable modules that make up the modular cable unit are preferably arranged in a triad configuration defining a substantially triangular tangent periphery and are surrounded by a polymeric casing having a circular periphery. The triad configuration of the modular cable unit contributes to an improved mechanical strength. A floating-tube type optical fiber element with improved mechanical strength is also disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289852 | CABLE ASSEMBLY - A cable assembly is provided including an encapsulated cable having one or more elements and an intermediary section. The encapsulated cable extends along a length direction. The intermediary section extends along the length direction and is attached along a length of the encapsulated cable and extends outwardly therefrom. The intermediary section is configured to receive one or more fasteners for securing the cable assembly to an external surface without the one or more fasteners contacting the one or more elements. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289853 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE - In a composite body, a frame body to be connected to a first major surface of a substrate body includes a frame member made of an insulating material and a plurality of connection members formed by bending thin metal plates. The frame member includes a through-hole at the approximate center thereof and extends along a peripheral portion of the first major surface of the substrate body so as to define a frame shape. Each of the plurality of connection members has a first strip and a second strip continuously connected to opposed ends of a middle strip. The connection members are disposed in the frame member so as to face each other with the through-hole therebetween. Each of the first strip and the second strip of the connection member is exposed on a corresponding one of the two major surfaces extending around the through-hole of the frame member. The first strip and the second strip extend in a direction in which the connection members face each other with the through-hole therebetween, and the opposed ends of the middle strip are continuously connected to an end of the first strip and an end of the second strip on the side adjacent to the through-hole. The middle strip extends through the inside of the frame member. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289854 | Pushable Cable - A cable assembly may be provided. The cable assembly may comprise a conductor core and a binding element. The binding elements may be configured helically around the conductor core. In addition, the binding element may be configured to, when the cable assembly is pushed through a conduit having at least one sweep, eliminate buckling of the cable assembly. Moreover, the binding element may be configured to cause a first pushing force on the cable assembly having a magnitude less than a second pushing force on the cable assembly corresponding to pushing the cable assembly through the conduit without the binding element on the conductor core. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289855 | Pushable Cable - A cable assembly may be provided. The cable assembly may comprise a conductor core and a binding element. The binding elements may be configured helically around the conductor core. In addition, the binding element may be configured to, when the cable assembly is pushed through a conduit having at least one sweep, eliminate buckling of the cable assembly. Moreover, the binding element may be configured to cause a first pushing force on the cable assembly having a magnitude less than a second pushing force on the cable assembly corresponding to pushing the cable assembly through the conduit without the binding element on the conductor core. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289856 | WILDLIFE GUARD FOR ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION AND SUBSTATION FACILITIES - A wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including an electrically insulating material with a conductive material therein in a quantity sufficient for the guard to maintain an electrostatic charge when placed in an electrical field. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289857 | High-Voltage Insulator and Cooling Element with this High-Voltage Insulator - A high-voltage insulator contains, in a coaxial arrangement: an insulating tube with an end in the form of a bearing ring, a hollow metal armature held on the bearing ring, an adhesive-bonding joint, which is provided between an adhesive-bonding area of the bearing ring and an adhesive-bonding area of the metal armature and is filled in a vacuum-tight manner with a cured adhesive layer, and a cavity, which is extended along the axis of the insulating tube and is radially delimited by the insulating tube and the metal armature. At least one predominantly radially guided adhesive channel is arranged between the cavity and the adhesive-bonding joint, which adhesive channel is sealed with cured adhesive and has a cross section which is sufficient for guiding uncured adhesive from the cavity into the adhesive-bonding joint prior to the formation of the cured adhesive layer. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289858 | PRINTED CIRCUITS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A method for making printed circuits and printed circuit boards which includes coating a non-metallized substrate and plating an image of a desired circuit design directly onto the coated substrate without the need to image the circuit design on an intermediate silver halide polyester film or diazo and utilizing existing imaging, developing and etching subtractive techniques in conventional printed circuit board processing. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289859 | Flex-Rigid Wiring Board and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A flex-rigid printed wiring board is proposed which includes rigid substrates each formed from an insulative base material and a conductor circuit provided on the insulative base material, and a bendably flexible substrate formed from an insulative base material, conductor circuit provided on the insulative base material and a cover lay to cover the conductor circuit, the rigid and flexible substrates being connected to each other. As the insulative base material of the flexible substrate, there is adopted a bendable base material formed by impregnating a glass cloth with a resin and drying it. An conductor circuit is formed on one side of the flexible substrate while a dummy pattern is formed on the other side near a portion thereof where the flexible substrate is to be bent. Thus, the proposed flex-rigid printed wiring board is excellent in connection reliability, permitting to prevent the base material from being easily deformed near the bending portion, conductor circuit from being broken and the flexible substrate from being waved. The similar effect can also be attained with the wiring patterns of the conductor circuit on the flexible substrate being formed wide or curved in the width direction at the bending portion. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289860 | Flexible printed wiring board, multilayered flexible printed wiring board, and mobile telephone terminal employing multilayered flexible printed wiring board - An object of the present invention is to provide a flexible printed wiring board and multilayered flexible printed wiring board in which, in methods of laminating substrates comprising a non-adhering section and an adhering section, adhesion of the FPC substrates of the flexure part can be prevented and adequate flex resistance can be maintained. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289861 | Multi-Layer Flexible Printed Circuit Board and Method For Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed are a multi-layer flexible printed circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same. The multi-layer flexible printed circuit board includes an adhesion sheet from which a pressing and heating area is cut, an upper base layer, from which the pressing and heating area is cut, on the adhesion sheet, and a lower base layer under to the adhesion sheet. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289862 | Electronic component package - An electronic component package includes a film board where an electronic component is mounted, and a lid part mounted on the film board so as to cover a surface of the film board. The electronic component is provided in a cavity formed by the film board and the lid part, and the electronic component is connected to a signal wiring conductor formed at the film board. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289863 | SURFACE FINISH STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A surface finish structure of multi-layer substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The surface finish structure of the present invention includes a bond pad layer, at least one cover metal layer and a solder mask. The cover metal layer covers the bond pad layer. The solder mask has a hole to expose the cover metal layer. The present invention can form the cover metal layer to cover the bond pad layer and then forms the solder mask. Thereafter, the hole is made to the solder mask at the position of the cover metal layer to expose thereof. Because the bond pad layer is embedded in a dielectric layer of the multi-layer substrate, adhesion intensity between the bond pad layer and the dielectric layer can be enhanced. Meanwhile, contact of the bond pad layer with the solder can be prevented with the cover metal layer. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289864 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention has for its object to provide a multilayer printed circuit board which is very satisfactory in facture toughness, dielectric constant, adhesion and processability, among other characteristics. The present invention is directed to a multilayer printed circuit board comprising a substrate board, a resin insulating layer formed on said board and a conductor circuit constructed on said resin insulating layer, wherein said resin insulating layer comprises a polyolefin resin. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289865 | Method for Manufacturing Dielectric Layer Constituting Material, Dielectric Layer Constituting Material Obtained Thereby; Method for Manufacturing Capacitor Circuit Forming Piece Using Dielectric Layer Constituting Material, Capacitor Circuit Forming Piece Obtained Thereby; and Multi-Layer Printed Wiring Board Obtained by Using Dielectric Layer Constituting Material and/or Capacitor Circuit Forming Piece - An object is to obtain a dielectric layer constituting material, a capacitor circuit forming piece, etc. in which unnecessary dielectric layer is removed except capacitor circuit parts that improve accuracy of position of an embedded capacitor circuit in a multi-layer printed wiring board. For the purpose of achieving the object, “a method for manufacturing a dielectric layer constituting material characterized in that step a is a step for forming a first electrode circuit by etching a conductor layer on one side of a metal clad dielectric comprising a conductor layer on each side of a dielectric layer; step b is a step for removing the dielectric layer that is exposed between the first electrode circuits to manufacture the dielectric layer constituting material; and the step a is conducted and then the step b is conducted” is adopted. Then as a process for manufacturing a capacitor circuit forming piece, the dielectric layer constituting material obtained above is used and a process for forming a second electrode at a position facing the first electrode is conducted. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289866 | Wiring Board and Wiring Board Manufacturing Method - A wiring board including a stacked wiring layer portion in which a dielectric layer and a conductor layer are stacked is formed on a core board portion, the stacked wiring layer portion including a stacked composite layer portion in which a polymer dielectric layer, a conductor layer and a ceramic dielectric layer are stacked in this order, the conductor layer being partially cut in the in-plane direction so as to have a conductor side cut portion, the ceramic dielectric layer being partially cut in the in-plane direction so as to have a ceramic side cut portion, the ceramic side cut portion and the conductor side cut portion being communicated to form a communication cut portion, a polymer constituting the polymer dielectric layer being filled in the communication cut portion so as to extend through the conductor side cut portion to the ceramic side cut portion. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289867 | MULTI-STRAND SUBSTRATE FOR BALL-GRID ARRAY ASSEMBLIES AND METHOD - A multi-strand printed circuit board substrate for ball-grid array (BGA) assemblies includes a printed wiring board ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289868 | CONNECTION BOARD, AND MULTI-LAYER WIRING BOARD, SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE USING CONNECTION BOARD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a connection board that is formed by an insulating resin composition layer made of one layer or two or more layers and a connection conductor that is formed so as to pass through the insulating resin composition layer in its thickness direction at a position where a conductor circuit is connected, and a multi-layer wiring board, a substrate for semiconductor package and a semiconductor package using the connection board, and methods for manufacturing them. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289869 | Novel via structure for improving signal integrity - The embodiment of the invention is about a novel via structure which can be incorporated into printed circuit boards, integrated circuit packages, and integrated circuits in order to reduce crosstalk, to improve signal integrity and to achieve EM emission compliance. A 4-layer (2 signal layers and 2 power layers or 2 signal layers and 2 ground layers) circuit board assembly was used for demonstrating the effect of the novel via structure. The same concept can be applied to any multi-layer circuit board. Layers that have an electrical property can be added above, under, or within the basic 4-layer circuit board to achieve a multi-layer circuit board. For 2-layer and 3-layer circuit boards, a deformed version of the proposed via structure based upon the same concept will be needed for a coplanar waveguide configuration. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING WIRE THEFT FROM STREET LIGHT AND UTILITY POLES - An apparatus and method is provided for inhibiting theft of electrical wiring through the access opening of an electrical fixture supporting pole, such as a street light pole. Prior to securing the pole to the base, a wire clamping element is placed on the base around the passage for the power supply cable. The electrical power supply cable is clamped to a vertical surface of the clamping element, and the free end of the cable is extended to a location proximate the second opposed vertical surface of the clamping element. The electrical connection cable from the electrical fixture is then attached to the power supply cable, and the pole and the clamping element are secured to the base such that the access opening is positioned to provide access to the connections of the power supply cable and electrical connection cable from the electrical fixture, but access to the clamping device which secures the power supply cable to the first surface is not possible without removing the pole. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289871 | ADAPTER PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR OUTDOOR INSTALLATION OF NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES - The present invention generally discloses a weatherproof flush adapter plate assembly. In one embodiment, the adapter plate assembly includes a plate. The plate includes a front side, a back side, an outer edge, at least one inner edge, at least one mounting member for receiving a back box and at least one mounting member for receiving a notification appliance. The adapter plate assembly also includes a first gasket coupled to the front side of the plate and a second gasket coupled to the back side of the plate. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289872 | LASER SURGERY STATION POWER SYSTEM - A surgery power station incorporates a pedestal having at least one internal power panel and a conduit extending from the pedestal and communicating with the interior of the pedestal through a first aperture. The conduit extends upward for engagement to an electrical box integral with a ceiling structure of an operating theater. A channel extends through the conduit and is connected to a central support structure within the pedestal providing a race for primary electrical cabling routed through the ceiling structure from a remote UPS to the operating theater. A primary electrical panel is mounted to the central support structure and connected to the primary electrical cabling. The primary electrical panel provides operating power electrical connectors for an operating theater system such as an opthamological surgery laser. A reagent gas line extends through the conduit and terminates in a connector on the pedestal for connection to the operating theater system. | 2008-11-27 |