48th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080289873 | Network enclosure with removable and interchangeable sides - A networking enclosure with removable and interchangeable sides includes a housing with an internal cavity for receipt of electrical devices and first, second, and third openings. The enclosure also includes first, second, and third sets of panels corresponding to each of the openings. The first set of panels includes at least two panels with different configurations and being selectively engageable with the housing to substantially close the first opening. The second set of panels includes at least two panels with different configurations and being selectively engageable with the housing to substantially close the second opening. Similarly, the third set of panels includes at least two panels having different configurations and being selectively engageably with the housing to substantially close the third opening. The panels can be solid or include apertures such as knockouts, louvers, or a combination thereof. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289874 | SPIRAL HEATER WIRE TERMINATION - An electrical connector for use with providing an electrical termination to an end of a cable having a conductor helically disposed between a core and a layer overlying the core. The connector includes a first portion having an opening sized greater than a diameter defined by the helically disposed conductor but less than a diameter of the layer. A second portion has an opening sized greater than a diameter defined by the helically disposed conductor. A third portion is configured to receive a conductor of a second cable. As a result of the end of the cable being sufficiently inserted through the opening of the first portion, the helically disposed conductor is exposed about a length of the cable extending through another side of the first portion and received in the opening of the second portion. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289875 | Method and System for the Design of an Oil Well - The invention is concerned with the design of oil wells by defining a number of design parameters, some of which are interdependent. The invention makes use of successive optimizations. Input data are selected for a first parameter and varied to achieve a first optimisation. The process is repeated for a second parameter whose input data includes the first parameter, and then repeated for each other of the defined parameters. The design parameters may be presented to the user via a graphical interface such as a virtual reality view. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AUXILIARY OPERATIONS ON MOBILE DRILLING UNITS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO IMPROVING DRILLING UNIT EFFICIENCY - A system for monitoring auxiliary operations on a drilling unit includes at least one sensor configured to measure a parameter related to a start time and a stop time of at least one auxiliary operation on the drilling unit. The system includes a data acquisition device configured to determine a start time and a stop time of the at least one auxiliary operation from measurements made by the at least one sensor. The data acquisition device includes a data recorder for recording elapsed time between the start time and the stop time. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A DRILLING OPERATION IN AN OILFIELD - The invention relates to a method for performing a drilling operation at a wellsite having a drilling rig configured to advance a drilling tool into a subsurface. The method steps include obtaining a well trajectory associated with a first volume, obtaining information related to a first subsurface entity associated with a second volume, using a three-dimensional relational comparison to determine that the first volume intersects the second volume to define a first intersection information, updating the well trajectory, based on the first intersection information, to obtain an updated well trajectory, and advancing the drilling tool into the subsurface based on the updated well trajectory. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289878 | DOWNHOLE BLOWOUT PREVENTOR - The downhole flow control means or downhole blowout preventor (downhole BOP) of the present invention is adapted for use during reverse circulation drilling with both concentric drill pipe and concentric coiled tubing. The downhole BOP comprises an inner tube member having an inner passage therethrough and an outer casing forming an annular passage between the inner tube member and the outer casing. The inner passage and the annular passage of the downhole BOP is in fluid communication with the inner passage and annular passage, respectively, of the concentric drill pipe or concentric coiled tubing. The downhole BOP further comprises two valve means, preferably a check valve and a ball valve, for closing off the annular passage and the inner passage of the downhole BOP, respectively. In a preferred embodiment, the downhole BOP further comprises an electric actuator for opening and closing the ball valve. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289879 | Connection Assembly For Drill Collars or Heavy Drill Pipes - The invention relates to a connection assembly ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289880 | Fixed cutter bit and blade for a fixed cutter bit and methods for making the same - A blade, which is useful on a tool that impinges earth strata, that has a blade body with a leading surface. The blade body has a first portion defining at least a part of the leading surface and a second portion. The first portion is made of a first material composition and the second portion is made of a second material composition. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289881 | FIXED CUTTER BIT PARTIAL BLADE CONNECTION AT BIT CENTER - A fixed cutter drill bit including a bit body having a plurality of primary blades extending radially from a bit center area, wherein the bit center area includes a partial connection between at least two of the plurality of primary blades. The fixed cutter drill bit further including at least one cutter disposed on at least one of the blades. Additionally, a method of designing a fixed cutter drill bit includes modeling the fixed cutter drill bit, the fixed cutter drill bit including a plurality of primary blades extending radially from a bit center area, wherein the plurality of primary blades includes a plurality of cutters. The method further including determining a center of an innermost cutter on each primary blade, creating a partial connection between the primary blades, and outputting the model of the fixed cutter drill bit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289882 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring Weight of CNC Workpieces - This invention discloses a method and apparatus for measuring the weight of a CNC workpiece. As the weight of the workpiece on a loading platform increases, the loading of a driving module which drives the loading platform in constant speed increases accordingly. On the contrary, as the weight of the workpiece on the loading platform decreases, the loading of the driving module which drives the loading platform in constant speed also decreases. This invention determines the weight of the workpiece on the loading platform by measuring the electrical signal which drives the driving module and utilizing a calibration curve data in a preconfigured database. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289883 | AUTOMATIC LIVESTOCK WEIGHING SYSTEM - A system for weighing a plurality of quadruped animals is for use in a pen confining the animals. The pen has at least first and second segregated spaces with a first one-way chute allowing animal passage from the second space to the first space. A weighing station is located within a passage having an entrance and an exit, and that allows animal passage from the first area to the second area. The weighing station includes a weighing platform within the passage over which an animal must pass when passing from the first to the second space. The weighing platform has inlet and exit scales that support the weighing platform adjacent to inlet and exit ends thereof, and provides inlet and exit weight signals. A controller receives the inlet and exit weight signals and uses them in an iterative process to determine the presence of a single animal on the weighing platform. Once that determination is made, the sum of the inlet and exit weight values is very likely to accurately provide the animal weight. The controller may also use the inlet and exit weight signals to control closing of an inlet gate to bar more than one animal at a time from the weighing platform. An animal sorting system can easily incorporate this weighing system to provide more accurate sorting. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289884 | Touch-Based Input Device with Boundary Defining a Void - A touch-based input device comprising a first structural element supported in a fixed position, a second structural element operable with said first structural element and configured to define a touch-sensing element. The touch-based input device further comprising at least one sensor operable to measure an external stimulus applied to said touch-sensing element, the at least one sensor being configured to output a signal corresponding to said external stimulus to be used to determine a location of said external stimulus applied to said touch-sensing element, wherein at least a portion of the touch-sensing element comprises a boundary defining a void present in the touch-sensing element. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289885 | Force-Based Input Device Having a Dynamic User Interface - A touch-based input device is disclosed comprising a touch-sensing element configured to register a touch on said touch-sensing element and at least one sensor operably connected to the touch-sensing element and configured to measure said touch, wherein said sensor is further configured to generate a signal corresponding to the detection of said touch. The input device further comprises a dynamic component operably connected to the touch-sensing element, said dynamic component configured to apply a dynamic force to the touch-sensing element without registering a detectable touch on said touch-sensing element while concurrently allowing detection of an external stimulus on the touch-sensing element. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289886 | Position Detection - Apparatus for detecting the position of the mechanical interaction is disclosed. A first fabric conducting layer ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VIBRATIONAL EFFECTS ON A FORCE-BASED TOUCH PANEL - A system and method for reducing vibrational effects on a force-based touch panel is disclosed. The system comprises at least one force sensor operable with the force-based touch panel to measure a force applied to the touch panel to provide at least one force sensor signal. An accelerometer operable with the force-based touch panel is used to sense a vibrational acceleration of the force-based touch panel to form an acceleration signal. The vibrational acceleration adds a vibration induced signal to the at least one force sensor signal. An adaptive vibration filter is used to adaptively filter the vibration induced signal from the at least one force sensor signal by adjusting filter characteristics of the adaptive vibration filter to remove substantially all of the vibration induced signal from the at least one force sensor signal. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289888 | Two cars in tandem - This invention of two cars in tandem consists of a small front cab car and a second caboose car that plugs into the small car resulting in a larger car for more passengers or cargo space. People seated in both cars are close enough to talk to each other. The small car could have a turbo diesel engine that gets 80 miles per gallon when operating alone, the caboose car could have one or two electric motors and battery that combined with the diesel engine would provide impressive power. The small cab car can be used alone when only one or two people need transportation. The cars could be purchased separately and dealers could make the caboose car available to rent when an owner of a small cab car needs a larger car. Each car has two frames; a lower frame and an upper frame that connect, together telescopically and can be disconnected. The caboose cars could be equipped with seats or beds or kitchens or showers or be empty for hauling motor cycles, toys or materials. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289889 | Power Output Apparatus, Control Method of Power Output Apparatus, and Vehicle Equipped with Power Output Apparatus - The drive control process of the invention sets minimum and maximum control rotation speeds Necmin and Necmax, which are based on an output limit Wout and an input limit Win of a battery, to a minimum engine speed Nemin and a maximum engine speed Nemax of an engine (step S | 2008-11-27 |
20080289890 | WHEEL-DRIVEN BATTERY CHARGER - An improved battery charging system for use on a non-motorized, ground-supported wheeled vehicle such as a horse-drawn buggy, including a generator incorporated into the hub assembly of at least one wheel, a voltage control unit for controlling the voltage output of the generator over the full range or vehicle speeds, and a battery. The synchronous generator features rare earth metal permanent magnets arranged in a three-phase, outside rotor disposed within a wheel brake housing of a buggy wheel hub. The stator is situated on an axle. Voltage regulation includes active switching whereby generator output voltage is rectified during low vehicle speed operation and an increasing portion directed away from the battery as vehicle speed and thus generator output voltage increases to a level which could damage the connected battery. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289891 | Mounting structure of part - A breather device provided on the outer peripheral section of a case of an in-wheel motor is located at a position above the rotation shaft of the in-wheel motor, between the in-wheel motor and a wheel. The position is inside the wheel in the width direction of a vehicle. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289892 | STRADDLE-TYPE ROUGH-ROAD RUNNING VEHICLE - A straddle-type rough-road running vehicle includes a vehicle body frame supporting front and rear wheels, an engine unit mounted to the vehicle body frame and including an engine body and a power transmission case, a straddle type driver's seat, an intake control unit for controlling an air/fuel ratio, and an air-cleaner case for supplying a clean air to the intake control unit. The intake control unit and the air-cleaner case are connected to each other, and the air-cleaner case is disposed above the power transmission case. An engine mounting portion is formed in a frame shape opened such that the engine unit is surrounded from a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction. The engine body, the power transmission case, the intake control unit, and the air-cleaner case are disposed in an arrangement offset from the engine mounting portion in a side view. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289893 | VEHICLE BODY COOLING STRUCTURE FOR MOTORCYCLE AND MOTORCYCLE - A vehicle body cooling structure for a motorcycle comprises a cooling air passage that extends between an engine and a fuel tank in the front-and-rear direction. A cowling covers the front part of the vehicle body, which contains the engine. The vehicle body cooling structure also comprises a heat blocking member that covers an upper part of the engine. The cooling air passage is separated into an engine side cooling air passage and a fuel tank side cooling air passage by the heat blocking member. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289894 | Control Apparatus and Control Method for Vehicle - A distribution ratio determining unit determines the distribution ratio for distributing a required torque based on a static load distribution ratio, when the sign of the required torque is negative. The distribution ratio determining unit determines the distribution ratio based on a dynamic load distribution ratio, when the sign of the required torque is positive. The distribution ratio determining unit determines the distribution ratio based on the static load distribution ratio and the dynamic load distribution ratio, when the sign of the required torque changes. Thus, even when the sign of the required torque changes, it is possible to prevent the driving forces for a plurality of wheels of a vehicle from changing discontinuously. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289895 | Safety management system - The safety management system of the present invention includes: a driver authentication section which authenticates a driver of a transportation machine and outputs an authentication result; a health status determination section which measures blood component data of a driver authenticated by the driver authentication section, determines a health status of the driver from the blood component data, and outputs a determination result; and a motive power control section which permits or prohibits operation of the transportation machine by controlling motive power of the transportation machine based on the authentication result and the determination result. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289896 | Four wheeled utility vehicle - The invention provides a four wheeled utility vehicle which can efficiently introduce a cooling air into an engine room from a front side of the vehicle. The vehicle is provided with a cabin arranged between front wheels and rear wheels and accommodating a seat of the vehicle and an operating portion in front of the seat to steer the vehicle; an engine room arranged within the cabin or at a position rearward of the cabin to accommodate an engine of the vehicle therein, and configured to be covered by a wall surface at least in a front side and an upper side of the engine; an air duct extending forward from the engine room, and introducing an engine room cooling air into the engine room. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289897 | Steering Apparatus for a Vehicle Having Front and Rear Steerable Wheels - An apparatus ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289898 | Braced sound barrier vacuum panel - A vacuum panel using internal or external bracing strips to provide a substantially flat sound barrier capable of very high sound rejection independent of frequency. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289899 | Sound Reflective Acoustic Panel - A sound reflective acoustic panel includes a panel having a scored surface. The scored surface includes a plurality of substantially parallel spaced apart kerfs. The kerfs are configured to allow the panel to flex. A plurality of support ribs are attached to the scored surface of the panel. The plurality of support ribs have a curved shape and a length. A suspension mechanism is attached to the support ribs and is suitable for mounting the panel to a building support surface. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289900 | Noise Damper for a Compressed Air Device - A noise damper for a compressed air device includes a tubular housing part provided with an air inlet and an inserted insulating material, in particular, an inserted knitted fabric roll. The air inlet is embodied in the envelope of the tubular housing part such that the supplied air tangentially flows through the insulating material or the knitted fabric roll, is radially deviated inside the tubular housing part, and axially flows out from at least one end of the tubular housing part. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289901 | ACOUSTIC PANEL - An acoustic panel is provided with a plurality of grooves in a front face and at least one well in a back face. The well is defined by a first end wall and an opposing second end wall and opposing side walls extending between the end walls. The grooves and the well intersect and have a sufficient combined depth to form a plurality of holes through the panel. The grooves may extend substantially from one end edge to the opposing end edge. The well may be substantially elongate and extend from a position adjacent to, and spaced from one side edge of the panel to a position adjacent to, and spaced from the opposite side edge of the panel. The well may include a substantially flat bottom and receive an acoustic fill material that may be held in place by compression and friction. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289902 | Protective Shield for Thermal and Acoustic Shielding of Components of an Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a protective shield for the thermal and acoustic shielding of a components of an internal combustion engine, comprising a metal net with a multiplicity of through apertures; at least on absorber layer of a sound-absorbing material; and a carrier plate; wherein the metal net is arranged on the side of the protective shield facing the component; the at least one absorber layer is arranged between the metal net and the carrier plate; and the carrier plate in its edge region is folded over about the edge of the metal net. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289903 | Safety harness - The present invention generally relates to a safety restraint suitable for restraining the hunter to a tree in a deer stand. The safety harness of the invention comprises a
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20080289904 | Rope Ladder - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a flexible ladder for traversing a structure that addresses problems common with conventional rope ladders. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289905 | Retrieval and fall arrest system for manhole applications - A foldable hoist, fall-arrest and recovery system to be used in connection with a rectangular manhole guard having vertical posts at four corners of the guard including an upper structure having four elongated support members forming a pyramid shaped structure with the base of each of the support members being securely mounted to the top of a post on the manhole guard and the other ends of the support members being pivotally connected to an apex so that the upper structure can be folded for storage and shipment when disconnected from the base and means connected at the apex for raising and lowering workers and/or cargo into and out of the manhole or for arresting the fall or recovering a worker. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289906 | Single Line Distributor - The invention relates to a single line distributor ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289907 | Elevator system - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling advance opening of doors in a double-deck elevator, in which elevator a car frame ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289908 | SHEAVE SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR ELEVATOR - A sheave support apparatus for an elevator includes a car frame and a sheave support member. The car frame supports a car, and has a beam extending in a horizontal direction. The sheave support member rotatably supports a pair of sheaves around which cables pass, and is attached to the beam to extend in the horizontal direction in a state of crossing the beam of the car frame. The sheave support member includes a first support beam and a second support beam. The first and the second support beams are fixed to the beam of the car frame in a state of holding the beam therebetween from above and below. The sheaves are supported between respective end portions of the first support beam and respective end portions of the second support beam. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289909 | Elevator Shock Absorber - A car shock absorber is positioned on a pit floor car between a car guide rail and the pit floor and/or between the car or counterweight and the pit floor. The car shock absorber has a shock absorbing body made of a deformable material in which a recess is formed. A pressing body is continuously engaged in the recess. When a shock load is input to a top part of the pressing body, the load is distributed in a direction perpendicular to inclined pressure and pressure-receiving surfaces, which are the contact surfaces between the pressing body and the shock absorbing body, thereby reducing the shock stress produced in the pit floor. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289910 | Call Related Elevator Car Identification - Destination calls entered by means of buttons ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289911 | Elevator Group Supervisory Control System - An elevator group control system includes a reference route generating portion, which for each elevator, generates a reference route which the elevator should follow with respect to the time axis and position axis; and an assignment portion which selects an elevator for assignment to a generated hall call so as to make the actual trajectory of each elevator closer to its reference route. Reference routes which guide the cage's trajectory into temporally equal interval condition are generated, and car assignment is executed to allow the cages to settle in temporally equal interval condition over a long period of time. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289912 | Sheave for Use in an Elevator System - An elevator system ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289913 | Self-Amplifying Electromechanical Friction Brake - The present invention relates to an electromechanical disk brake ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289914 | Disk Brake, in Particular for a Commercial Vehicle - A disc brake, particularly for a utility vehicle, includes a caliper that is fastened to a brake support and is provided with a receiving chamber for a clamping mechanism, as well as a brake disc which can be effectively connected to brake pads. The disc brake includes a retaining clip, which is removably fastened to the caliper while supporting springs that act upon the outer edge of the brake pads. One end of the retaining clip positively lies in a receptacle of the caliper while the other end thereof is retained by a fastening element. The fastening element has two limbs, which are secured in holes provided in the caliper on both sides next to the retaining clip. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289915 | Braking structure of a lathe for allowing a workpiece to be gripped in position - A spindle braking mechanism of a lathe includes a pressing piece held in a head stock of the lathe, a brake pad positioned around and securely coupled to a spindle projecting from the head stock, a disc-brake disc interposed between the pressing piece and the brake pad, several elastic pushing elements positioned around the spindle and coupled to the head stock for biasing the pressing piece away from the disc, and two sensing and detecting devices coupled to the head stock for detecting motion of the pressing piece; a passage extends through the head stock, and a power source is used to provide pressure to the pressing piece through the passage; the disc will be pressed against the brake pad to stop the spindle when the power source is actuated; the elastic pushing elements will push the pressing piece away from the disc when the power source is turned off. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289916 | Cylinder apparatus and disk brake - A method of manufacturing a cylinder apparatus wherein although an opening of a cylinder body is closed by a covering member, processing and parts costs are reduced, fluid leakage is prevented, and the apparatus can be reduced in size. The cylinder apparatus includes a piston ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289917 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING A HYDRAULIC BRAKE CIRCUIT COMPRISING A PARTICLE FILTER - The device | 2008-11-27 |
20080289918 | Internally vented brake disk with improved heat dissipation - A vented brake disk has improved heat dissipation by cooling channels that extend from an inner circumference to an outer circumference and the channel walls of which are formed with flow obstructions in the form of a female thread. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289919 | Limit Switch Device for an Actuator - A limit switch device for an actuator comprises a brake rod, a mounting frame and two switches. The brake rod is axially movable with respect to the mounting frame. The two switches are mounted on the mounting frame and located in the axial direction of the brake rod and are connected to the actuator, respectively. When the actuator moves to the end of its travel, it will drive the brake rod to move and switch on one of the switches, and the switch will stop the actuator. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289920 | Pneumatic cylinder with a self-adjusting end position damping arrangement, and method for self-adjusting end position damping - A self-adjusting end position damping arrangement includes a stroke space | 2008-11-27 |
20080289921 | Shock absorber for switching-device operating device - A shock absorber includes a casing that is filled-in with a working fluid, a cylinder body that is housed in the casing and that forms chambers inside and outside the cylinder body, a sliding shaft that passes through the cylinder body and forms a flow path between the sliding shaft and the cylinder body and engages a movable contact, and a piston that is fixed to the sliding shaft and that is housed inside the cylinder body. An outer diameter of the piston is larger than a diameter of the sliding shaft. The piston can be slid in an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder body while ensuring waterproofing and causes the working fluid to move inside and outside the cylinder body and receives, due to a flow resistance at the time of the working fluid passing through the flow path, a braking force. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289922 | Drum Brake - The invention relates to a drum brake having an electromechanical actuating device. The invention proposes to convert a rotating drive movement of the actuating device by use of a gearwheel and two toothed racks. The toothed racks mesh with the gearwheel on opposite sides thereof and are driven in opposite directions by the gearwheel into translational movements for pressing attached brake shoes against a brake drum. The toothed racks are configured in such a way that the two toothed racks have a common line of action, with resulting symmetrical actuating forces. According to one embodiment of the invention, the lines of action of the toothed racks run tangentially with respect to the gearwheel. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289923 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSING METHOD FOR MACHINE TOOL - A vibration suppressing device and a vibration suppressing method that are capable of obtaining an accurate optimum rotation speed and shortening a time period from generation of chatter vibration to calculation of the optimum rotation speed are provided. The vibration suppressing device | 2008-11-27 |
20080289924 | Manually Guided Implement and Method of Producing a Brake Mechanism of a Manually Guided Implement - A manually guided implement having a tool and a brake mechanism for the tool. The brake mechanism includes a brake band that is looped about a brake drum. The brake band and the brake drum form abrasion partners that cooperate with one another during a braking process. At least one of the abrasion partners has a coating. The coating is provided with diamond particles that are embedded in a matrix that contains nickel. The coating is effected in a nickel bath in which the diamond particles are dispersed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289925 | Storage container and display system for toys and other items - A luggage container comprising a foldable flat member. To the inner surface of the foldable flat member I releasable attached a number of pockets in which articles may be stored and/or displayed. A single, flat, foldable member can be folded into a generally rectangular shape or laid flat or hung vertically. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289926 | SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR REDUCING FLUID LOSS FROM TRANSMISSION PUMP - An improved seal assembly is provided that minimizes loss of transmission pump pressure by controlling fluid flow past a torque converter hub bushing to meet bushing lubrication requirements without unnecessarily diminishing pump pressure and while also minimizing frictional losses. The seal assembly includes a rigid carrier adapted to fit between a pump body member and the torque converter hub. An elastomeric lip extends from the rigid carrier. A contact layer is connected to the elastomeric lip and configured to sealingly contact the torque converter hub. The contact layer is integral with and harder than the elastomeric lip, therefore minimizing frictional losses. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289927 | BICYCLE SPROCKET ASSEMBLY WITH CHAIN PROTECTOR - A bicycle sprocket assembly includes a sprocket element and a chain protector. The sprocket element has a plurality of teeth disposed on an outer periphery about a center rotation axis and at least one first attachment element. The chain protector includes a protecting portion and an attachment portion disposed radially inwardly of the protecting portion. The attachment portion has at least one second attachment element that mates with the first attachment element in response to relative rotational movement between the sprocket element and the chain protector. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289928 | Ball Screw Drive Having Overload Clutch - A ball screw drive has a housing in which a spindle nut is arranged on a ball screw spindle. An overload clutch disengages when a force acting on the ball screw spindle reaches a release force. A preloading device, with at least one adjusting member, can be set to a preloading force and acts on the overload clutch. A moveable pressure element is provided on which the preloading device can engage in order to transmit the preloading force to the overload clutch. The housing is of single-part design and the pressure element is disposed so as to slide on a housing face and on a peripheral face of the spindle nut. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289929 | Method for Adjusting a Banknote Processing Machine - The invention relates to a method for adjusting a bank note processing machine by which threshold values of sensors are defined for recognizing the condition of bank notes. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289930 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLACING UNITS RELATIVE TO A TRANSPORT TRACK - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289931 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS TO AT LEAST ONE PROCESSING STATION - An apparatus for transporting containers to at least one processing station, in particular a filling and/or sealing station, having a number of container carriers that accommodate the containers and having two parallel guides spaced apart from each other and extending in the transverse direction, which are used for the advance and return of the container carriers and have turnaround devices at their ends that perform the function of switching the container carriers from one guide into the other guide; pinions are also provided for transporting the container carriers and are situated between the guides and engage the container carriers. The turnaround devices each have arc guides that adjoin the ends of the two guides and are connected to them and that also transition in the arc from one guide to the other guide. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289932 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATE CARRIERS - In a semiconductor fabrication facility, a conveyor transports substrate carriers. The substrate carriers are unloaded from the conveyor and loaded onto the conveyor without stopping the conveyor. A load and/or unload mechanism lifts the substrate carriers from the conveyor during unloading operations, while matching the horizontal speed of the conveyor. Similarly, during loading operations, the load/unload mechanism lowers a substrate carrier into engagement with the conveyor while matching the horizontal speed of the conveyor. Individual substrates, without carriers, may be similarly loaded and/or unloaded from a conveyor. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289933 | CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, CLEANING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A conveyance apparatus includes: a stage section having: a feeding stage on which a work to be fed is placed; a first working stage on which the work is subjected to a working process; a second working stage on which the work is subjected to the same working process as that of the first working stage; and a discharging stage on which the work to be discharged is placed; and a conveyance section having: a feeding arm feeding the work from the feeding stage to the working stages; a discharging arm which is provided on a discharging stage side of the feeding arm and discharges the work from the working stages to the discharging stage; a first drive unit moving the two arms in an alignment direction of the four stages; and a second drive unit changing distance between the two arms in the alignment direction. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289934 | SPROCKET CONSTRUCTION FOR CONVEYOR ROLLERS - A sprocket assembly for a roller conveyor comprising a hub and a sprocket plate, the hub having a central cylindrical bore for fitting onto a round shaft of a roller, the hub having provisions for rotationally and axially locking it on a shaft in a manner adequate to transmit torque to the shaft and rotationally drive the roller, the sprocket plate having peripheral teeth adapted to be interengaged with a drive chain and a central bore capable of receiving the shaft, the sprocket plate and hub being constructed and arranged to be removably joined together with the centers of their respective bores coincident, said hub and sprocket plate having complementarily shaped radially extending abutting surfaces enabling the sprocket plate to develop torque on the hub by compressive forces developed by the radially extending sprocket plate surfaces against the radially extending hub surfaces. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289935 | DYNAMIC TENSION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AERO-MECHANICAL CONVEYOR - A tensioning assembly for use in an aero-mechanical conveyor for moving bulk materials. The conveyor includes upper and lower housings having head and tail pulley assemblies mounted therein. The tensioning assembly includes first and second extendable tubes that define sections of inflow and outflow conveyor tubes that interconnect the upper and lower housings. An endless rope assembly is disposed within the conveyor tubes and around the head and tail pulleys. An adjustable actuator is positioned in cooperative engagement with the first and second extendable tubes. When the actuator is in a first position, the extendable tubes have a first length and when the actuator is in a second position, the extendable tubes have a second length. The actuator is configured to move between the first position and the second position in response to changes in tension within the endless rope assembly as indicated by a signal from a tension measuring device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289936 | ROLLER-BELT CONVEYOR FOR MOVING ARTICLES ACROSS THE CONVEYOR - A conveyor using a roller belt with rollers arranged to rotate on oblique axes to urge articles toward a side guide. The conveyor includes an oblique-roller belt supported on a carryway for running in a direction of belt travel. Rollers extend above an outer conveying surface of the belt without contact with the carryway. Each roller rotates on an axis oblique to the direction of belt travel and intersects the side guide downstream of the roller's position. A retractable stop is movable to and from a blocking position along the carryway. In the blocking position, the stop blocks the conveyed articles from advancing in the direction of belt travel. The rollers underlying the blocked articles rotate as the belt runs by contact with the articles. The rotating rollers provide a component of force to the blocked articles directed toward the side guide to push the articles against the side guide or other articles as they accumulate under low pressure upstream of the stop. The conveyor may be used to register articles single file against the side guide or to group the articles for palletizing. For palletizing applications, an infeed conveyor feeds articles onto the belt at the side opposite the side guide. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289937 | SAFETY ARRANGEMENT - A safety arrangement for use with a piece of equipment. The safety arrangement includes a signal generating unit for generating an optical signal, an elongate element, and a signal detecting unit. The elongate element is disposed along, about, around or through the piece of equipment and is capable of transmitting an optical signal. The signal detecting unit detects an optical signal. The signal generating unit is connected to the signal detecting unit by the elongate element such that the signal detecting unit is in optical communication with the signal detecting unit. The signal detecting unit is arranged to detect a change in the optical signal transmitted by the elongate element as a consequence of movement of the elongate element and, upon detection of the change in the signal, the detecting unit is configured to effect a change in the operation of the piece of equipment. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289938 | Reduced material plug-on jaw with symmetrical spring for a circuit breaker - A circuit breaker includes a stationary contact, a plug-on half jaw, and a jaw spring. The plug-on half jaw is electrically coupled to the stationary contact and has a single terminal end for receiving a bus bar. The jaw spring is operatively coupled to the half jaw and has a bridge portion connecting two symmetrical spring legs. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289939 | Method and Apparatus for Activating a Toggle Power Switch Located on a Wall or Other Structure - An actuator mechanism for activating a power switch fixedly attached to a wall is provided. The actuator mechanism includes a remote power switch that is portably locatable on the wall separate from the power switch that is fixedly attached to the wall. The remote power switch is operable to be toggled to a first power state and a second power state. The actuator mechanism further includes an extension arm that extends from the power switch in a substantially horizontal direction. Responsive to a user toggling the remote power switch from the first power state to the second power state, the extension arm rotates to activate or deactivate the power switch fixedly attached to the wall. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289940 | Washing machine and control panel assembly thereof - Disclosed is a washing machine, a control panel assembly of which has an improved structure to minimize problems caused by a shaking of a rotary knob and the interference of the rotary knob with other surrounding parts. The control panel assembly of the washing machine includes a control panel; a knob guide installed on the control panel; and a rotary knob rotatably mounted on the knob guide and including a boss passing through the knob guide. The knob guide includes a boss insertion part restricting the boss to prevent the rotary knob from shaking. The boss insertion part includes an extension extended from the bottom surface of the knob guide and forming a boss insertion hole, into which the boss is inserted, therein. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289941 | Rotary input apparatus - There is provided a rotary input apparatus including: a rotating wheel having a detected part; a board provided with a detecting part detecting the detected part rotating along with the rotating wheel; a base having the board disposed on a top thereof and provided with a plurality of guide holes therein; and a holder having the rotating wheel rotatably assembled therewith, and provided with a plurality of guide protrusions inserted through the guide holes to be exposed to a bottom of the base and having lower ends thereof stuck into the guide holes, respectively, the holder disposed between the rotating wheel and the board. The apparatus, when assembled in an assembly line, experiences minimum interference with other members, thereby enhancing work efficiency and ensuring more freedom in design. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289942 | KEYPAD ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SAME - A keypad assembly ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289943 | Circuit Breaker - A movable contacting device in a circuit breaker comprises: a crossbar linked with the opening/closing mechanism and carried so as to pivot cooperatively with the opening/closing mechanism; a movable contact arm engaged, so as to cooperational with the crossbar, with a shaft fitted into a mutually opposing recesses in the crossbar; and a movable contact arm support fixed to the case accomodating the opening/closing mechanism and having mutually opposing through-holes through which the shaft is passed; and the movable contact being configured so that the movable contact slides between surfaces of movable contact arm support having the mutually opposing through-holes; and the construction of a single-pole portion of the movable contact arm is constituted by arranging in parallel two movable contact arm members each having a movable contact at one end, and in a shaft-supporting portion at the other end, an elastic member is sandwiched between the two movable contact arm members. With this arrangement, circuit breakers provided with a movable contacting device that is small in size and stable in contact resistance can be made available. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289944 | Touch-Sensitive Surface Activation Device for the Controls of a Vehicle - The invention relates to a touch-sensitive surface ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289945 | Pressure response membrane - Pressure response devices, systems, and associated methods. The pressure response device includes a flange portion, a central portion, and an angled frustum portion provided between the flange portion and the central portion, with the angled frustum portion configured to activate upon experiencing a predetermined pressure differential. Pressure response systems may include a projection, a conductive arch, or a photo emitter configured to indicate a response to the predetermined pressure differential. Pressure response device may be a battery device, with the pressure response member configured to form part of an electrical conducting path until a predetermined pressure condition is reached. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289946 | Apparatus for Producing Ethylbenzene or Cumene - The apparatus includes an alkylation unit connected to a first benzene recycle conduit, a feed conduit and an alkylation effluent conduit; a transalkylation unit connected to an polyalkylbenzene recycle conduit, a second benzene recycle conduit, and a transalkylation effluent conduit. A dividing wall distillation column is in fluid communication with the transalkylation effluent conduit, the alkylation effluent conduit, a product stream, a bottoms stream conduit and first and second benzene recycle conduits. A polyalkylbenzene fractionation column is connected to the bottoms stream conduit, the polyalkylbenzene recycle conduit and a heavy component conduit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289947 | Vacuum still - A vacuum still for the distillation of grape products has a boiler to heat grape products to a temperature at which nutriments have no or minimal damage, the vapors from the vapor space of the boiler passing through three condensers in series. A vacuum is applied through the condensers in series to the vapor space of the boiler, the concentrated grape product in the boiler being processed into a food product containing the nutriments and vitamins contained in the grape product. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289948 | Process for Separating Propylene Glycol From Aqueous Compositions - The present invention relates to a process for separating at least one propylene glycol from a mixture (M) comprising water and said propylene glycol, said process comprising (I) evaporating the mixture in at least two evaporation and/or distillation stages at decreasing operating pressures of the evaporators and/or distillation columns obtaining mixture (M′) and mixture (M″); (II) separating the mixture (M′) obtained in (I) in at least one further distillation step, obtaining a mixture (M-I) comprising at least 70 wt.-% of water and a mixture (M-II) comprising less than 30 wt.-% of water. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289949 | Method for processing effluent from chloromethylation of vinyl aromatic polymers - A method for processing effluent from a chloromethylation of a vinyl aromatic polymer wherein the effluent comprises catalyst and volatile organics, and wherein the method comprising the steps of:
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20080289950 | Charge barrier flow-through capacitor-based method of deionizing a fluid - Flow-through capacitors are provided with one or more charge barrier layers. Ions trapped in the pore volume of flow-through capacitors cause inefficiencies as these ions are expelled during the charge cycle into the purification path. A charge barrier layer holds these pore volume ions to one side of a desired flow stream, thereby increasing the efficiency with which the flow-through capacitor purifies or concentrates ions. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289951 | Thermochemical Cycle for Production of Hydrogen and/or Oxygen Via Water Splitting Processes - A method for the production of hydrogen via thermochemical water splitting includes the steps of providing an ammonium sulfite compound, dissolving the ammonium sulfite in water, and oxidizing the aqueous ammonium sulfite solution, wherein hydrogen is produced as a water reduction product associated with the oxidation. If purified air is used instead for the oxidation of aqueous ammonium sulfite solution, the method produces oxygen from the purified air. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the oxidation is a photooxidation. Light for the photoxidation can be provide by a direct light source, such as solar energy, or indirectly from conversion of electrical energy to light, such as using a UV or visible light lamp. Electrical energy can be provided by a variety of sources, including low cost sources comprising wind driven, water driven (hydroelectric), or nuclear power. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289952 | SURFACE DEFORMATION ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER TRANSDUCERS - The present invention provides electroactive polymer transducers that produce out-of-plane deflections. The transducers form a set of surface features based on deflection of an electroactive polymer. The set of surface features may include elevated polymer surface features and/or depressed electrode surface features. Actuation of an active area may produce the polymer deflection that creates one or more surface features. A passive layer may operably connect to a polymer. The passive layer may comprise a thicker and softer material to amplify polymer thickness changes and increase surface feature visibility. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289953 | High rate sputtering apparatus and method - The invention provides a sputtering method that involves exposing a surface of a target support to a flow of a target material, such that the exposing results in condensing the target material on the surface of the target support in a first position and sputtering the condensed target material from the surface of the target support in a second position to a substrate, wherein the surface of the target support in the second position is not exposed to the flow of the evaporated target material during the sputtering. A sputtering target unit also provided. The sputtering method and the sputtering target unit allow performing a high rate sputtering of poor thermal conductors. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289954 | Method of Manufacturing Sample for Atom Probe Analysis by FIB and Focused Ion Beam Apparatus Implementing the Same - A method of manufacturing a sample for an atom probe analysis of the invention is made one going through a step of manufacturing a concave/convex structure in both of a base needle and a transplantation sample piece by an etching working of an FIB, a step of jointing mutual members, and a step of bonding such that the concave/convex structure becomes a mesh form by a deposition working of the FIB. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289955 | Electrolysis - Solid oxide stacks used as fuel cells generate electricity from hydrogen or other sources. By an electrolysis process such standard fuel cells can be operated in order to create hydrogen or other electro chemical by-products. Unfortunately stacks generally operate at relatively high temperatures which will be difficult to sustain purely on economic grounds. In such circumstances less efficient operation can be achieved at lower temperatures where the air-specific resistance is higher by balancing with the electrical power input in order to cause the disassociation required. In such circumstances by provision of an incident heat source, whether that be through a heat exchanger heating the compressed air flow, or recycling of a proportion of exhaust from the stack, or combustion of a product from stack disassociation the result will be a sustaining electrolysis operation reducing the amount of expensive electrical supply required to achieve dissociation. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289956 | Diaphragm For Electrolytic Cell - Describes a diaphragm for an electrolytic diaphragm cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali cell, in which the diaphragm comprises fibrous material substantially resistant to the environment within the electrolytic cell and spheroidal ceramic microspheres at least partially resistant to the environment within the electrolytic cell associated with said diaphragm. Also describes a diaphragm for an electrolytic cell in which the diaphragm comprises a base mat of fibrous material chosen from asbestos fibers, resin-modified asbestos fibers, synthetic fibers, or mixtures of such fibers on which base mat is applied a coating comprising spheroidal ceramic microspheres. Further describes a synthetic diaphragm for an electrolytic cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali cell, on which is applied a coating comprising substantially water-insoluble inorganic particulate material, e.g., clay material, and spheroidal ceramic microspheres. Still further describes adding a dopant composition comprising spheroidal ceramic microspheres to the anolyte compartment of an electrolytic cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali cell, while the cell is operating. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289957 | Vacuum Film Forming Apparatus - A vacuum film forming apparatus is provided that is intended to use a portion of its cylindrical member as a target and moreover have an additional function of plasma polymerization using the cylindrical member. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289958 | Novel Manufacturing Design and Processing Methods and Apparatus for Sputtering Targets - Sputtering targets having a reduced burn-in time are disclosed that comprise: a) a heat-modified surface material having a substantially uniform crystallographic orientation, wherein at least part of the surface material was melted during heat-treatment, and b) a core material having an average grain size. Sputtering targets are also disclosed that include a heat-modified surface material having network of shallow trenches, alternating rounded peaks and valleys in the surface of the target or a combination thereof, wherein at least part of the surface material was melted during heat-treatment, and a core material having an average grain size. Methods of producing sputtering targets having reduced burn-in times comprises: a) providing a sputtering target comprising a sputtering surface having a sputter material and a crystal lattice, and b) heat-modifying the sputtering surface in order to melt at least part of the surface material and modify the crystal lattice. Methods of producing a sputtering target having a reduced burn-in time are also disclosed comprising: providing a sputtering target having a sputtering surface, wherein the sputtering surface comprises a damage layer, and modifying the sputtering surface by deplating a layer of material, pulsed-plating a layer of material or a combination thereof | 2008-11-27 |
20080289959 | SELF-DIAGNOSTIC SENSOR SYSTEM - A system for monitoring the viability of an electrochemical cell measures the impedance of the cell over a wide range of impedances and with diminished phase shift over prior methods so that a more nearly accurate assessment of the impedance can be made. The system is particularly useful for four electrode systems, but is not so limited. It may advantageously be incorporated in the cell itself to further minimize cabling artifacts. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289960 | Electrode for Superoxide Anion and Sensor Including the Same - An electrode for superoxide anions characterized by comprising a conductive component and, superimposed on a surface thereof, a film resulting from electrolytic polymerization of a metal thiofurylporphyrin/axial ligand complex; and a sensor for measuring a superoxide anion concentration including the same. The electrode for superoxide anions, by virtue of not only the excellent performance of electrode provided with the metal porphyrin complex polymer film, but also the presence of the axial ligand, can prevent poisoning by a catalyst poison such as hydrogen peroxide. Accordingly, in any of in vitro or in vivo environments, this electrode for superoxide anions enables detection of superoxide anion radicals without suffering any influence from a catalyst poison such as hydrogen peroxide. Moreover, quantitative assay of superoxide anions can be performed by the use of this electrode for superoxide anion in combination with a counter electrode or a reference electrode. Thus, this electrode for superoxide anions can find wide applicability in various fields. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289961 | Sensor Element - A sensor element for determining the oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas has a conductor track applied to a solid electrolyte, which includes an electrode provided in a measuring area of the sensor element and an electrode lead connected to the electrode and situated in the lead area of the sensor element. In a transition area between the measuring area and the lead area, the conductor track has a narrowing. Furthermore, the electrode includes a first electrode section and a second electrode section, the first electrode section being connected to the electrode lead in a transition area between the measuring area and the lead area, and the first and second electrode sections being electrically connected to one another only on their sides facing away from the lead area. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289962 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR WITH DRY IONOMER MEMBRANE - A miniaturized gas sensor comprised of film type electrodes, on a non-conductive supportive substrate, and in contact with a dry ionomer electrolyte, for detection of toxic gases, i.e., carbon monoxide, and other oxidizable or reducible gases and vapors and method of making same is described. The all-solid planar sensor cell has two or more film type electrodes arranged on a non-conductive planar surface of a supportive substrate. Manufacturing the electrochemical sensor with dry ionomer prevents electrode flooding and allows for improved response time upon assembly. The sensor cell contains no liquid electrolyte and is operated in a constant-voltage, potentiostatic or potentiodynamic mode. A high sensitivity to a select gas or vapor is achieved by a three-phase contact area design for a sensing electrode, which provides contact with the solid ionomer electrolyte, as well as the gas sample via diffusion openings or holes that penetrate through the supportive substrate. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289963 | Gel for Isoelectric Focusing - The present invention relates to the field of electrophoresis and more specifically to a gel or strip for separating peptide components by isoelectric focusing by producing IPG (immobilised pH gradient) gels or strips in a novel way before focusing. More closely, the peptides are focused in a novel IPG gel including an uneven or non-linear pH gradient having at least three separate stepwise arranged pH-intervals. After focusing the peptide resolution is high and the peptides are evenly distributed along the gel. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289964 | Assays for diagnosis and therapeutics employing similarities and differences in blood serum concentrations of 3 forms of complement C3c and related protein biomarkers between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease - The invention relates to assays for diagnosis, drug targeting and therapeutic response monitoring, of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), with PD-Like disorders that express symptoms like PD, age-matched controls (Normal), Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), with ALS-Like disorders that express symptoms like ALS, and age-matched controls (Normal). The method is based on the use of 2-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis to separate the complex mixture of proteins found in blood serum, the quantitation of a group of identified biomarkers, and the biostatistical analysis of the concentration of the identified biomarkers. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289965 | System and Method for Controlling Nanoparticles Using Dielectrophoretic Forces - The present invention is directed to the use of dielectrophoretic forces for the arbitrary manipulation of micrometer- and nanometer-sized particles and to devices capable of arbitrarily manipulating micrometer- and nanometer-sized particles by means of dielectrophoretic forces within a two- or three-dimensional region. The devices and methods of the invention are capable of arbitrarily controlling the velocities, locations, and forces applied to a particle, arbitrarily specifying a force or set of forces at a location in space, and determining friction and/or drag coefficients of a particle, and are thus well-suited for a range of applications including cell sorting, drug delivery, as a diagnostic tool for determining membrane stiffness, and in the heterogeneous integration of micro- and nano-components through directed assembly. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289966 | Microscale sorting cytometer - The present invention provides a device and methods of use thereof in microscale cell sorting. This invention provides sorting cytometers, which trap individual cells within vessels following exposure to dielectrophoresis, allow for the assaying of trapped cells, such that a population is identified whose isolation is desired, and their isolation. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289967 | SUBSTRATE GRIPPER WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS - A substrate holding and transporting assembly is disclosed. The substrate holding and transporting assembly includes a base plate and a pair of clamps connected to the base plate in a spaced apart orientation, the spaced apart orientation of the pair of clamps enable support of a substrate with at least two independent points. The substrate holding and transporting assembly also includes an electrode assembly connected to the base plate at a location that is substantially between the pair of clamps. The electrode assembly defined to impart an electrical contact to the substrate when present and held by the pair of clamps. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289968 | METHOD OF COATING A SUBSTRATE INCLUDING A SIMULTANEOUS CURE - A method of coating a substrate includes the steps of applying an electrocoat to the substrate, applying a powder primer onto the electrocoat, and then applying a topcoat onto the powder primer. The topcoat typically includes a powder basecoat and a clearcoat. The powder primer is applied to the electrocoat without first curing the electrocoat before application of the powder primer. The powder basecoat is applied to the powder primer without first curing the powder primer before application of the powder basecoat. The clearcoat is applied over the powder basecoat after which the electrocoat, the powder primer, the powder basecoat, and the clearcoat are simultaneously cured in an oven. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289969 | Method for making amine-modified epoxy resin and cationic electrodeposition coating composition - The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition having good appearance of coated film and high throwing power, and a method for making an amine-modified epoxy resin used for the cationic electrodeposition coating composition. The present invention relates to a method for making an amine-modified epoxy resin comprised in a cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising the steps of: providing a half blocked isocyanate by reaction of an isocyanate compound with a blocking agent, preparing a blocked prepolymer by reaction of the half blocked isocyanate with a polyol, forming an epoxy resin containing oxazolidone ring by reaction of the blocked prepolymer with a diglycidyl ether type epoxy resin, chain-extending the epoxy resin containing oxazolidone ring with at least saturated or non-saturated hydrocarbon group containing dicarboxylic acid, and modifying the chain-extended epoxy resin with an amine. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289970 | ELECTROPOLISHING PROCESS FOR COBALT AND COBALT ALLOYS - The present invention relates to a method of electrochemical polishing of surfaces of cobalt or cobalt alloys. It employs an electrolyte comprising glycolic acid and at least one alkane-sulfonic acid with an alkyl residue that has 1 to 3 carbon atoms. This electrolyte is also one aspect of the present invention. In one embodiment, at least one alkane-sulfonic acid comprises methane-sulfonic acid. The electrolyte and the method using this electrolyte are suitable in particular for surfaces of cobalt or cobalt alloys, including cobalt-chromium alloys such as stellite. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289971 | Ultrasonic Cleaning Method and Device - An ultrasonic cleaning method and an ultrasonic cleaning device are provided, which are capable of performing simultaneously cleaning and sterilization of medical appliances or the like, and which can also be used for washing hands for disinfection without any special waste water treatment. The ultrasonic cleaning method for cleaning an object to be cleaned by using an ultrasonic wave includes the steps of putting cleaning fluid and the object to be cleaned in a cleaning tank ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289972 | Method of Purifying an Aqueous Solution - Method of purifying an aqueous solution comprising iodide, calcium and magnesium ions, according to which in a first step the solution is alkalized in order to precipitate calcium and magnesium, which are separated out, and in a second step the aqueous solution from the separation is oxidized in order to oxidize the iodide ions to iodine that is removed over a basic halogenated anion exchange resin, the exchange resin being regenerated by using a portion of the aqueous solution from the separation. | 2008-11-27 |