50th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120312254 | Steam Generation Boiler - A steam generation boiler includes a bottom portion and a roof portion, as well as walls that extend vertically between the bottom portion and the roof portion, thus forming a reaction chamber of the steam generation boiler, the walls of which reaction chamber embody a structure that includes steam generator pipes. The steam generation boiler includes, in its lower portion, at least one wall section tapering towards the bottom portion. A first group of steam pipes in the tapering wall section is arranged to pass from the wall plane into the reaction chamber and to extend from the wall plane to the bottom portion of the steam generation boiler on the side of the reaction chamber forming a wall in the reaction chamber, and a second group of steam pipes is arranged to pass to the bottom portion along the wall plane. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312255 | OPERATING AN ENGINE WITH REFORMATE - The present description relates to operation and control of a fuel reformer. In one embodiment, an engine constituent is adjusted in response to limiting an amount of reformate supplied to the engine during a condition of reformer degradation. The approach can improve engine operation. In this way, consequences of reformate system degradation may be reduced by limiting use of the reformate system after degradation is detected. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312256 | VALVE DEVICE WITH A DRAWER AND CIRCUIT COMPRISING SUCH A VALVE - A slide-valve device sliding in a predetermined axial direction, includes a valve body having two chambers, the first chamber including a lateral fluid-intake opening and a fluid-outlet opening provided with a normally closed, conditionally opening plug device, the second chamber including first and second lateral fluid-outlet openings, mutually offset in the axial direction. Two inner regions of the second chamber are arranged contiguously in the axial direction and communicate with one another via an opening or an internal passage, and in that the sliding drawer includes a first plug member suitable for selectively plugging the communication opening or the internal communication passage or opening between the two regions and a second plugging member suitable for preventing fluid communication between the second lateral fluid-outlet opening of the second chamber and a first region of the second chamber, within a predetermined range of translation of the sliding drawer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312257 | INTEGRATED EXHAUST CYLINDER HEAD - A cylinder head including an integrated exhaust manifold (IEM cylinder head) is coupled to a cylinder block of an engine. The IEM cylinder head comprises an exhaust collector coupled to cylinder exhaust valves, an exhaust port coupled to the exhaust collector, and a coolant jacket for cooling the cylinder head. An upper wall of the cylinder head at a region above the exhaust collector and proximal to the exhaust port may include a degas valve and a temperature sensor. The degas valve may be coupled a top most portion of an upper coolant core of the coolant jacket to direct accumulated steam and/or gas out of the upper coolant core to a degas bottle. The temperature sensor may send a temperature signal to a controller, and if the temperature signal is greater than a threshold, the controller may send an indication to an operator of over-temperature conditions of the engine. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312258 | HARMONIC DRIVE CAMSHAFT PHASER USING OIL FOR LUBRICATION - A camshaft phaser includes a housing with an array of internal splines formed within a bore. A harmonic gear drive unit is disposed within the housing and includes a circular spline and a dynamic spline, a flexspline disposed within the circular spline and the dynamic spline, a wave generator disposed within the flexspline, and a rotational actuator connectable to the wave generator. One of the circular spline and the dynamic spline is fixed to the housing. A hub is rotatably disposed within the housing and attachable to the camshaft and fixed to the other of the circular spline and the dynamic spline. An oil passage is provided for receiving oil from an internal combustion engine for lubricating the harmonic gear drive unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312259 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve timing control apparatus has a drive rotary member, a driven rotary member fixed to a camshaft, an electric motor relatively rotating a motor drive shaft with respect to the drive rotary member, a speed reduction mechanism transmitting rotation of the motor drive shaft to the driven rotary member a housing connected integrally with the drive rotary member and housing therein the electric motor, a cover member fixed to an engine so as to cover at least a front end part of the housing, a power feed mechanism having a slip ring and a power-feed brush that touches the slip ring and feeding power to the electric motor, and a ring-shaped member. The ring-shaped member is fixed to either one side of the cover member and the motor drive shaft, and makes sliding contact with the other side of the cover member and the motor drive shaft. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312260 | FLUID BRAKE DEVICE AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A fluid brake device has a rotor having a brake shaft penetrating a case to come into contact with magnetic viscosity fluid. A sealing sleeve is arranged to surround the brake shaft, and a seal gap is defined between the sealing sleeve and the brake shaft and communicates with a fluid chamber. The sealing sleeve has a flux guide that guides magnetic flux to the brake shaft through the seal gap. The brake shaft has a magnetic shaft extending in an axis direction, and a regulation layer that regulates the magnetic flux from passing by covering an outer circumference surface of the magnetic shaft. The brake shaft has an exposing part opposing to the magnetic flux guide, and the exposing part of the brake shaft is exposed from the regulation layer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312261 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A phase adjusting mechanism is engaged with a brake shaft, and adjusts a rotation phase between a crankshaft and a camshaft according to a braking torque acting on a rotor. The rotation phase is adjusted in a predetermined direction when the braking torque is increased. A torque input mechanism inputs a return torque into the phase adjusting mechanism to return the rotation phase in an opposite direction opposite from the predetermined direction. The torque input mechanism increases the return torque corresponding to the rotation phase as an environmental temperature of the variable valve timing apparatus is lowered. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312262 | CAMSHAFT ADJUSTING DEVICE - A camshaft adjusting device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312263 | Variable Geometry Cam Shafts For Multiple-Cylinder Internal Combustion Engines - A method of conserving fuel in the operation of multi-cylinder internal combustion engines. The present method described here allows a portion of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine to be de-activated when less power is required, thus allowing the engine to provide full power when required, or less power with substantial fuel savings. The present method does so by altering the normal operation of intake and exhaust valves by leaving the intake valve at least partially closed, and the exhaust valve at least partially open. The present method overcomes numerous problems in the prior art, such as excess load placed on the engine caused by trapped gases, damaging thermal gradients across the engine block, and difficulty of retrofitting existing engines. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312264 | FINGER FOLLOWER LEVER FOR ACTUATING A GAS EXCHANGE VALVE - A finger follower lever for actuating gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, having a lever body formed by two parallel side walls spaced apart by a transversely extending web. The web forms a first, joint socket end as a pivotable support for the lever, and a second end with a valve actuating surface. A cam roller is rotatably held between the side walls via a needle ring of a needle bearing. The cam roller projects partially via an aperture in the web for cam contact. The cam roller is narrow, and the needle ring projects beyond the cam roller at one axial end, and ends directly adjacent to a corresponding side wall. The aperture has a cross section defined by an overlap between a first, cam roller pocket with an extent corresponding to the cam roller in the axial direction, and a second pocket for the needle ring. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312265 | CAM FOLLOWER WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURE TO INCREASE LIMIT LOAD - Disclosed is a cam follower of which the structure is improved such that the limit load can be increased. The cam follower is one which moves relative to a cam, mediated by a liquid lubricant, wherein a plurality of recesses are provided on the contact surface of the cam follower which makes contact with the cam, and the depth of the plurality of recesses of the contact surface is between 0.005 and 0.03 mm. By providing the plurality of recesses on the contact surface of the cam follower which makes contact with the cam, the present invention makes it possible to improve the state of lubrication between the cam follower and the cam which move relative to each other mediated by the liquid lubricant and to reduce the heat and the wear which occur at the interface between the same. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312266 | FUEL CONDITIONING MODULES AND METHODS - Fuel conditioning modules that condition a combustible fuel prior to combustion are provided so that fuel to be conditioned is brought into contact with a fuel conditioning insert assembly which includes a zeolite catalyst material comprised of a mixture of zeolite particulates and rare earth metal or metal oxide particulates in a solid resin binder disposed in a housing flow through passageway such that the fuel flowing in the passageway between inlet and outlet ends of the housing contacts the fuel conditioning insert assembly. The catalytic metal is most preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of copper, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, magnesium, chromium, barium, calcium, platinum, palladium, nickel, bronze and iron. The zeolite catalyst material may be dispersed in the form of solid chips throughout a mass of metallic elements form of a catalytic metal. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312267 | Laser ignition system - A laser device for a laser ignition system for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle or a stationary engine, including a laser oscillator, the laser oscillator having a first laser-active solid, an optical Q-switch, and an output mirror which is partially reflective for a light to be generated by the laser device, in which the laser oscillator has another mirror which is partially reflective for the light to be generated by the laser device. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312268 | IGNITION COMPONENT - An ignition component | 2012-12-13 |
20120312269 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AUTOMATIC-STOP/RESTART CONTROL SYSTEM - In an internal combustion engine automatic-stop/restart control system according to the present invention, excellent restartability of an internal combustion engine is ensured in such a way that, while the internal combustion engine inertially rotates after its automatic stop, a solenoid of a starting apparatus for starting the internal combustion engine is driven so that a pinion gear is moved in the axis direction and pushing the pinion gear against a ring gear is started, and detection of a reference signal through a crank angle signal is prohibited until a predetermined period elapses after the pushing has been started so that erroneous reference signal recognition is prevented. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312270 | INTAKE MANIFOLD SECTION AND INTAKE SYSTEM - An intake manifold section for installing in an intake system of an internal combustion engine may have a tube body including an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a fresh air path section running from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. An air mass sensor may be fastened to the tube body and protrude into the fresh air path section. A bypass channel may be disposed on the tube body and bypass the fresh air path section connected to a blow-by gas path at an inlet side. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312271 | PISTON - A piston has a piston head, a piston pin support projecting from the piston head, and a mantle wall connected to the piston head. The mantle wall is formed with two tubular pieces that are disposed concentrically relative to one another and which are connected at a periphery of the piston head. A hollow space is formed between the tubular pieces. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312272 | OIL SEPARATOR OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an oil separator provided in a cylinder head cover of an internal combustion engine and equipped with a partition wall disposed between a blow-by gas inlet and a blow-by gas outlet and having through holes each serving as an orifice for increasing a flow velocity of blow-by gas flow, a collision plate is arranged adjacent to the partition wall so as to be opposed to each of the through holes, for separating oil mist from blow-by gases. At least one upstanding wall is disposed downstream of the collision plate in a manner so as to be adjacent to an opening defined between a lower end of the collision plate and the bottom face of a separator chamber, for recapturing oil mist, once-separated from the blow-by gases but rescattering along with the blow-by gas flow passing through the opening of the collision plate. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312273 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TORSIONAL ELEMENT - An internal combustion engine has a cylinder and a piston disposed with the cylinder to define a combustion chamber that is bounded at least in part by interior surfaces of the cylinder and a surface of the piston. A mechanism coupled with the piston reciprocates the piston within the cylinder, causing the combustion chamber to have a volume that varies in accordance with motion of the piston. A torsional element is coupled with the mechanism such that mechanical energy is stored in and released from the torsional element with motion of the piston. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312274 | ROTARY TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The engine includes a stator including an inlet to admit a compressed gaseous oxidant flow, and an exhaust to discharge burnt gases; and a rotor mounted in the stator in a fluid-tight manner and rotatable with respect to the stator around a rotation axis. The rotor has an inlet orifice oriented in the axial direction and faces the inlet opening in a manner to receive the compressed air flow, a combustion chamber communicating with the inlet orifice, and an exhaust duct which leads in a transverse direction from the combustion chamber to the periphery of the rotor for discharging burnt gases through the exhaust. The inlet, the combustion chamber and the exhaust duct are arranged in fluid communication with each other during the rotor rotation, without the interposition of valve members. Seal members seal the inlet orifice and the exhaust duct when they face the internal surface of the stator. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312275 | FLAT DEVICE AND INTAKE SYSTEM - A valve device for an intake system of an internal combustion engine may include a housing and a flap arrangement. The housing may have one inlet duct per cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The flap arrangement may have a flap for each inlet duct for varying the cross-section of the respective inlet duct through which a flow can pass. The respective flap may be a trough-shaped flap having a curved stirrup region. The respective flap may be arranged between the stirrup ends eccentrically with respect to a flap pivot axis. The flap arrangement may have a common actuating shaft for the common pivoting of the flaps about the flap pivot axis. The actuating shaft may be coupled with an adjusting drive via a lever element having a metallic insert and a plastic body injected onto the insert. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312276 | ENGINE SPEED CONTROL MODE SWITCHING METHOD AND ENGINE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control unit initializes, when it is determined that a switching request has been input for switching to the droop control or to the isochronous control, a value of an integral term used in PID control that is performed in the isochronous control. A target fuel injection amount set prior to switching is used for initialization. Then, the ECU calculates, using a predetermined arithmetic expression, an accelerator opening degree for use after switching of the engine speed control mode, as a virtual accelerator opening degree. The accelerator opening degree corresponds to a speed state of an engine at an accelerator opening degree used during performance of the engine speed control mode used immediately prior to switching. If the calculated virtual accelerator opening degree is greater than an actual accelerator opening degree, the ECU switches the engine speed control mode and performs isochronous control using the virtual accelerator opening degree. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312277 | AUTO-IGNITION MITIGATION SYSTEM - An auto ignition mitigation system comprises a piston position module that determines a position of a piston within a cylinder and a temperature module that determines a first temperature of air within the cylinder. A fuel enrichment module communicates with the piston position module and the temperature module and determines a first fuel quantity based on the first temperature and the position of the piston. A fuel control module communicates with the fuel enrichment module and provides the first fuel quantity to the cylinder after the engine is started and before a first exhaust stroke of the piston. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312278 | HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL SUPPLY PUMP - A high-pressure fuel supply pump which has no probability of discontinuity of a thin film of fuel at a sliding portion even when the fuel is not needed to be compressed to a high pressure is obtained. Two low-pressure fuel ports are provided on the high-pressure fuel supply pump in addition to a high-pressure discharge port to a high-pressure fuel capacity chamber. One of the two low-pressure fuel ports is connected to a low-pressure fuel capacity chamber and remaining one is connected to a low-pressure fuel supply pump. Accordingly, the interior of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is always filled with fresh fuel even in a mode in which a high-pressure fuel injecting valve does not inject fuel and only a low-pressure fuel injection valve injects fuel, so that a temperature rise of a plunger and a cylinder is prevented and locking of the plunger and the cylinder can be prevented. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312279 | Hot Oil Thermal Battery - A fluid temperature conditioner heats fuel being supplied to a fuel injection system for an engine. During operation of the engine, energy is transferred from engine and stored in a thermal battery which is a part of the fluid temperature conditioner. During cold starting of the engine, the energy is transferred from the thermal battery to the fuel to aid in the starting of the engine. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312280 | Fuel Supply System and High-pressure Pump for Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a fuel supply system ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312281 | EVAPORATED FUEL TREATMENT APPARATUS - An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus is mounted in a vehicle having an engine, a fuel tank storing fuel for the engine, and a battery, the evaporated fuel treatment apparatus adsorbing evaporated fuel in the fuel tank on an adsorbent in a canister container, desorbing the evaporated fuel adsorbed on the adsorbent therefrom during engine running, and directing the evaporated fuel to an intake passage of the engine. The adsorbent in the canister is heated by heat generated by the battery. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312282 | PRESSURE-WAVE SUPERCHARGER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PRESSURE-WAVE SUPERCHARGER - A pressure-wave supercharger for a combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a first channel for drawing fresh air, a second channel for discharging compressed fresh air, a third channel for supply of exhaust gas, and a fourth channel for discharging exhaust gas. A hot-gas housing receives exhaust from the third channel for discharge through the fourth channel, and a cold-gas housing receives fresh air from the first channel and discharges compressed fresh air through the second channel. Disposed between the hot-gas housing and the cold-gas housing is a cell rotor housing which has a cell rotor. A guide element is arranged in at least one of the first and third channels to guide a gas flow for accelerating or decelerating the cell rotor. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312283 | LOW PRESSURE EGR SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method for a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (LP-EGR) system may include measuring an engine speed and load, setting a target pressure difference between a downstream side and an upstream side of a LP-EGR valve according to the measured engine speed and load, measuring a present pressure difference between the downstream and upstream sides of the LP-EGR valve, comparing the present pressure difference with the target pressure difference, and preventing a reverse flow of a recirculated exhaust gas by adjusting an opening rate of the LP-EGR valve to alter a recirculated exhaust gas amount when the present pressure difference is smaller than the target pressure difference. The LP-EGR system for preventing reverse flow of a recirculated exhaust gas may include an air intake line, an exhaust line, a LP-EGR line, a LP-EGR valve, pressure sensors and a control portion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312284 | FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE ETHANOL OCTANE ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINES - Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as to control knock and minimize that amount of the anti-knock agent that is used in a drive cycle. It is preferred that the anti-knock agent is ethanol. The use of ethanol can be further minimized by injection in a non-uniform manner within a cylinder. The ethanol injection suppresses knock so that higher compression ratio and/or engine downsizing from increased turbocharging or supercharging can be used to increase the efficiency of the engine. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312285 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IGNITION DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND IGNITION DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method is provided for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, which ignition device includes an ignition coil configured as a transformer, a spark plug connected to the secondary winding of the ignition coil, an actuable switching element connected in series to the primary winding of the ignition coil, and a control unit connected to the control input of the switching element, wherein the control unit provides an adjustable supply voltage for the ignition coil and an actuating signal for the switching element as a function of the currents through the primary and the secondary windings of the ignition coil and the voltage between the connecting point of the primary winding of the ignition coil to the switching element and the negative terminal of the supply voltage, as a result of which firstly operation of the spark plug by way of alternating current is possible and secondly regulation of said current is possible, which leads to more reliable ignition with a lower wear of the spark plugs. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312286 | BALL THROWING DEVICE - Embodiments relate to a ball throwing device, including a base, a vertical support in contact with the base, a flexible component and a ball-supporting head configured to hold a ball. When a user pulls back on one or more of the ball, ball-supporting head or flexible component and then releases, the ball is projected. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312287 | SMALL-SCALE COMPOUND BOW - The present invention relates to archery, and more specifically relates to a compound bow of reduced size and weight comprising short limbs (Li), small pulleys and small cams while maintaining the performance of the prior art by linking a differential motion cam and a differential motion pulley of a novel design. The present invention has devised a method for dispensing with large cams and decreasing the scale of compound bows by using three different stratagems. The compound bow is decreased in scale through 1. the use of an idler pulley (IP) and a differential motion cam which rotates by a large extent as shown in FIG. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312288 | PEST CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus to project toward a tree to disburse a pheromone, comprising: a releaser removably adjacent to a capsule via an extension; whereby said releaser and said capsule are disposed adjacent to each other in a deployable state, then the releaser separates from the capsule but is still connected via said extension whereby inertia causes said releaser to move away from said capsule into an attachment state, and related methods of applying a pheromone onto a tree branch. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312289 | CHEMICAL DISPERSAL APPARATUS SYSTEM - A system for airborne dispersal of chemicals comprising a compressed gas gun having a gun body, a grip, a barrel, a trigger, a compressed gas source and a cylindrical collar positioned at an exit end of said barrel, having a bore therethrough and equipped with a depth-adjustable knife-edge disposed at an exit end of the collar, protruding into the bore, so as to slit a capsule containing a chemical solution or suspension upon exit from the collar and disperse the chemical solution or suspension. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312290 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR THROWING MACHINE - Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, articles, methods, and tires for throwing machines are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312291 | BLOCK SPLITTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The invention relates to equipment and related methods for producing concrete blocks. The equipment and methods described herein utilize splitting assemblies having larger projections and/or smaller projections or peaks disposed on at least one side of a splitting line and which engage the workpiece as it is split into at least two pieces. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312292 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE INTERMEDIATE STORAGE OF THERMAL ENERGY - A device for the intermediate storage of thermal energy and to a system comprising a plurality of such devices is provided. The device has a solids store and a pipe system, which is formed of individual pipes and runs through the solids store and through which an energy carrier medium flows. In order to be able to quickly and uniformly charge the solids store with thermal energy or discharge thermal energy therefrom, heat conducting elements are provided, each forming heat transmission regions with the individual pipes and each extending into the regions of the solids store that are free of individual pipes. The heat conducting elements also have a higher heat conductivity than the solids store. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312293 | PERFORATED TRANSPARENT GLAZING FOR HEAT RECOVERY AND SOLAR AIR HEATING - A heat collector comprises a transparent glazing exposed to the ambient. The transparent glazing is spaced from a back surface to define a plenum therewith. A plurality of perforations is defined through the transparent glazing for allowing outside air to flow through the transparent glazing into the plenum and substantially maintain the transparent glazing at the ambient temperature, thereby providing for higher thermal efficiency. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312294 | TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR RECEIVING TUBE OF A CONCENTRATING SOLAR PLANT - The present invention concerns a tubular heat exchanger ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312295 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - A solar thermal collector includes a receptacle and a fluid conduit. The receptacle is evacuated to a subatmospheric pressure. The receptacle includes a window and a reflector facing the window. The window and the reflector are exposed to the subatmospheric pressure in the receptacle. The fluid conduit extends through the receptacle between the window and the reflector. The reflector concentrates solar radiation passing through the window onto the fluid conduit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312296 | SOLAR BOILER TUBE PANEL SUPPORTS - A solar boiler includes a boiler support defining an axis along an inboard-outboard direction. A hanger rod is rotatably mounted to the boiler support. A bracket is rotatably mounted to the hanger rod, and a solar boiler panel is mounted to the bracket. The solar boiler panel defines a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular with the axis of the boiler support. The hanger rod connects between the boiler support and the bracket to support the weight of the solar boiler panel from the boiler support. The hanger rod and bracket are configured and adapted to maintain a substantially constant orientation of the bracket during inboard and outboard movement of the bracket relative to the boiler support. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312297 | PORTABLE GRILL ASSEMBLY - A portable grill assembly includes a grill rack, a fire tray and a support stake. The support stake is configured to secure and position the fire tray a distance above the ground and the support stake is also configured to secure and position the grill rack a distance above the fire tray. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312298 | OXYGEN HUMIDIFIER - According to one specific embodiment, an oxygen humidifier includes a container that defines an interior space. The oxygen humidifier also includes a top portion that is permanently coupled to the container. The top portion includes an opening for accessing the interior space of the container. The humidifier further includes a lid portion that is movably coupled to the top portion. The lid portion is configured to move between a closed configuration and an open configuration. In the closed configuration, the lid portion seals the opening, and in the open configuration, the lid portion allows access to the interior space through the opening. The oxygen humidifier additionally includes an oxygen diffuser positioned within the interior space. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312299 | Protective helmet for air extraction from snow - An apparatus and system are disclosed to extract breathable air from snow via a protective helmet. The apparatus includes a protective structure, at least one air intake cavity, and a mouthpiece. The protective structure defines an inner cavity and an outer surface. A portion of a user's head may be placed within the inner cavity. The air intake cavity or cavities are disposed on the outer surface of the protective structure. The mouthpiece is in fluid communication with the air intake cavity or cavities. Additionally, the mouthpiece is configured to allow a user to draw intake air from ambient snow through the one or more intake cavities and to the user's mouth upon inhalation. Advantageously, the apparatus and system provide a reliable mechanism for drawing air from ambient snow when a user, especially the user's face or head, is at least partially buried in the snow. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312300 | PRESSURE MEASURING SYRINGE - A syringe having an internal pressure gauge comprises a syringe barrel; a piston within the barrel; a spring coupled to the piston at a first position of the spring, the spring having a second portion that is movable in response to fluid pressure within a syringe cavity; and a pressure gauge having an indicator correlated to a plurality of positions of the second portion of the spring to indicate a pressure of a fluid. The spring can be a bellows. The first portion of the spring can be coupled to the piston to form a sliding seal with an inner wall of the syringe, and the second portion of the spring can move longitudinally within the syringe without sealing contact. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312301 | DOSE INDICATOR DEVICE - Dose indicator device for metered dose inhalers having a base, inner wheel, outer wheel, drive, transmission cog and flexible cover. The drive, inner wheel and outer wheel are concentrically, rotatably mounted about a first rotation axis. The cog rotates about a second axis parallel to the first. The inner wheel has inner annular surface primary indexing teeth and one or more outer annular surface secondary indexing teeth. The outer wheel has indexing teeth on an inner annular surface. The cog has gear teeth engageable with outer wheel indexing teeth and engageable by one or more inner wheel secondary indexing teeth. The drive has one or more arms engageable with primary indexing teeth. The flexible cover being flexible downwardly wherein, in use, downward drive movement is accompanied by drive rotation about the first axis, the rotation causing inner wheel rotation by interengagement of the drive and the primary indexing teeth. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312302 | BREATHING APPARATUS WITH MONITORED DELIVERY DEVICE - A breathing apparatus has a first delivery device for adding a volume of a substance to a gas flow, the delivery device having a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A unit monitors a presence of the substance in a gas downstream the delivery device using a first sensor unit at the gas outlet that provides a first measurement value based on an acoustic property of a gas in a first conduit. A second sensor unit at the gas inlet provides a second measurement value based on an acoustic property of a gas present in the second conduit. A control unit determines the presence of the substance based on the first measurement value or based on a comparison of the first measurement value and the second measurement value. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312303 | Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) with safety quick disconnect for permitting safe and ready access to a replacement breathing component - A self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) comprising: a mouthpiece; a breathing component; and a safety quick disconnect comprising: a valve body; a valve spool comprising an L-shaped channel formed such that when the valve spool is appropriately rotated, the L-shaped channel (i) places an opening of the valve body in communication with a first port, or (ii) places the opening in communication with a second port; and a lock mechanism for (i) preventing the valve spool from rotating unless the breathing component is positioned in one of first and second mounts formed on the valve body adjacent the first and second ports, and a replacement breathing component is positioned in the other of the first and second mounts, and (ii) preventing the removal of a breathing component from a mount adjacent to a port which is in communication with the opening. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312304 | REINFORCING MEMBER FOR A PATIENT INTERFACE - A patient interface includes a frame, a cushion, and a reinforcing member. The cushion has a non-face-contacting portion connected to the frame and a face-contacting portion adapted to engage the patient's face in use. The face-contacting portion includes a side wall and a flexible membrane extending from the side wall. The reinforcing member is provided to at least a portion of an interior and/or exterior surface of the side wall of the cushion. The reinforcing member provides reinforcement to the side wall of the cushion to at least limit lateral expansion of the cushion in use. The reinforcing member may have a stiffness that is selectively varied along its length. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312305 | OCCLUSION DEVICES AND METHODS - The invention provides intrafallopian devices and non-surgical methods for their placement to prevent conception. The efficacy of the device is enhanced by forming the structure at least in part from copper or copper alloy. The device is anchored within the fallopian tube by a lumen-traversing region of the resilient structure which has helical outer surface, together with a portion of the resilient structure which is biased to form a bent secondary shape, the secondary shape having a larger cross-section than the fallopian tube. The resilient structure is restrained in a straight configuration and transcervically inserted within the fallopian tube, where it is released. Optionally, permanent sterilization s effected by passing a current through there resilient structure to the tubal walls. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312306 | Compact, Portable Elevating Device for a Lower Limb - A device and method for maintaining a user's legs in an elevated position is presented. In particular, the embodiments comprise a base plate having a front surface and a rear surface, a calf cup and heel cup integrated with the front surface, a plurality of retractable leg members, a plurality of hinges, an attachment means comprising preferably a plurality of hook and loop fasteners, and a plurality of gripping caps. The base plate is adaptable to attach with the user's leg or footwear. The plurality of retractable leg members is adaptable to operate in a deployed configuration allowing the user's leg to rest thereon and/or in a stored configuration wherein the leg members become parallel with the rear surface of the base plate, and a locking mechanism is presented. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312307 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING DESIRED ORIENTATIONS IN TARGETED TISSUE REGIONS - At least one elongated body is sized and configured for implantation in a desired orientation in a tissue region in an airway. An array of projections extends from the elongated body and is resiliently coupled to the elongated body. The array or projections is in a normally biased outward extending condition sized and configured to engage tissue and resist a reorientation of the elongated body within the tissue region out of the desired orientation after implantation of the elongated body in the tissue region. The array of projections is sized and configured to resiliently yield by flexing inward against the elongated body during implantation of the elongated body in the tissue region. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312308 | Zip Strip Draping System and Methods of Manufacturing Same - A medical drape has a tool-less removal feature and includes a drape material, a drape cut, an adhesive tape strip, and a scoreline. The drape material has a top side, a back side, and at least one exterior edge. The drape cut has a starting point at the exterior edge and extends completely through the thickness of the drape material. The adhesive tape strip is positioned along the length of the drape cut to overlap at least a portion of the drape material on both sides of the drape cut to initially secure the two adjoining cut edges to each other. The scoreline extends along the length of the adhesive tape strip and only partially through the thickness of the adhesive tape strip to permit easy tearing of the adhesive tape strip for separation of the two adjoining cut edges. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312309 | MOUTHGUARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREFOR - An improved mouthguard provides shock absorption for the jaw, teeth, and head to reduce the risk of injury when a user encounters a blow to the jaw. The improved mouthguard may comprise a generally U-shaped body having upwardly extending flanges which surround the arch of a user's teeth. An anterior section of the U-shaped body may have padding integrated therein to protect the front teeth. Posterior sections of the U-shaped body may have a thickened portion having one or more adjacent perforations or openings to increase shock absorption. The improved mouthguard may also have an inner layer of material configured to form impressions of the user's teeth to provide a custom fitting mouthguard. The inner layer and U-shaped body may be formed with a similar or the same curing process such that the inner layer and U-shaped body are permanently bonded together as the inner layer sets. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312310 | Heel Protection Device, Buffer Member and Method - The present invention relates to a heel protection device for protecting a heel against damage or irritation, such as decubitus symptoms, comprising: an encasing body for encasing a part of the lower leg and/or the foot, wherein the encasing body comprises at least a buffer member holder for holding at least one buffer member, one or more buffer members which can be arranged in the encasing body for the purpose of supporting the heel and/or parts surrounding the heel, wherein: the encasing body can be deformed for close fitting to the heel, and the buffer members comprise at least a fluid chamber which can be sealed by means of a substantially fluid-tight membrane which is deformable. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312311 | Cigarette-Making Machines and Methods of Using the Same - Cigarette-making machines that provide improved safety and improved user ergonomics are disclosed. A disclosed example cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type includes a faceted handgrip that projects upward from a top surface of the machine and partially encloses a pivot axis of an actuator. The faceted handgrip being configured to enable a user to apply a counter-rotational force to the machine to prevent the machine from sliding on a surface as the actuator is operated. In a disclosed embodiment, the faceted handgrip includes a knob having a plurality of facets and a semi-circular riser integrally formed between the knob and the top surface, an axis of the knob substantially coinciding with the pivot axis of the actuator. The semi-circular riser may circularly extend around or partially enclose an end of a shaft and a nut that couples an end of the actuator to the shaft. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312312 | SOLID ORAL SENSORIAL PRODUCTS INCLUDING STAIN INHIBITOR - A solid oral sensorial product includes at least one botanical material and at least one phosphate containing stain inhibitor. The botanical material is selected from the group consisting of tobacco, tea, coffee, cocoa, and combinations thereof. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312313 | PADDED CARTRIDGE FOR AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention may provide systems and methods for an electronic smoking apparatus including a main body and a cartridge section coupled to the main body. The cartridge section may include a rigid support and a padded material surrounding the rigid support. The cartridge section may be constructed of a padded material. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312314 | Aerosol Generating Material For A Smoking Article - The invention provides an aerosol generating material ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312315 | PACKAGING AND APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR APPLYING A COSMETIC COMPOSITION TO THE LIPS - The present invention relates to a packaging and applicator device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312316 | MAKEUP COSMETIC AND MAKEUP KIT COMPRISING THE MAKEUP COSMETIC AND A TOP COATING AGENT - Provided is a makeup cosmetic which has a good feeling of use, without showing tautness or stiffness as in the case of using a silicone-based resin film or an offensive odor as in the case of using polyisoprene, and exhibits a good effect of preventing color migration. This makeup cosmetic is characterized by comprising polyisobutylene having a relative mass of 30,000-100,000 and a volatile hydrocarbon oil. Also provided are a top coating agent, which can be appropriately applied on the aforesaid makeup cosmetic, imparts glossiness and shows little color migration or blurring, a makeup kit comprising the aforesaid makeup cosmetic and the top coating agent, and a makeup method using the makeup kit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312317 | PROCESS FOR SEMI-PERMANENT STRAIGHTENING OF CURLY, FRIZZY OR WAVY HAIR - The process of the invention provides for a preventive hair treatment with buffering agent, in particular glyoxylic acid in combination with mechanical straightening with hair straightening iron at temperature of approximately 200° C.+/−50° C. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312318 | Two-Phase Developer - Cosmetic preparation for keratin fibers, particularly human hair, having two separate phases, namely, an aqueous phase and a hydrophobic phase. The preparations contain at least one chemical oxidizer and at least one hydrophobic carboxylic acid ester and/or paraffin oil. As oxidizing preparations, the agents are used as a developer preparation for oxidation dyes or lighteners. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312319 | Vibrating Hair Iron With Noncontact Switch - A vibrating hair styling device for straightening and smoothing hair is disclosed. The vibrating hair styling device comprises a pair of arms extending from a pair of arms, a magnet, a noncontact switch, a power on/off switch, a vibrating motor, a control circuit and a power cord. The pair of arms includes an upper arm and a lower arm. An upper heating plate is attached at a distal end of an inner surface of the upper arm and a lower heating plate is attached at a proximal end of an inner surface of the lower arm. The noncontact switch is arranged in magnetic communication with the magnet. The on/off switch turns on when the magnet and the noncontact switch approach each other and transfer vibrations to the upper heating plate and the lower heating plate thereby allowing a user to straighten the hair. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312320 | METHOD AND HAIR CARE TOOL FOR DYNAMIC AND OPTIMUM HAIR STYLING TEMPERATURE CONTROL - Method and hair tool for styling hair, the hair tool having at least one heatable element, a temperature regulator associated with the heatable element to control the temperature of the heatable element, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the heatable element, a compensation means operatively connected to the temperature regulator for compensating temperature drops or increases to which the heatable element is subjected when styling a hair lock. The hair tool further contains a programmable electronic control that controls operational features of the hair tool to implement a method of analyzing the hair lock and setting the hair tool to an optimal styling temperature calculated for the hair lock. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CLEANING A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE - An apparatus and method for cleaning a laundry treating appliance using mechanical and chemical cleaning action. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312322 | BRUSH MANDREL FOR PVA SPONGE BRUSH - A cleaning device for cleaning substrates is provided. The cleaning device includes a generally cylindrically-shaped brush mandrel and a cylindrical brush. The brush mandrel has a body section with an outer surface positioned about a central axis. The outer surface is interrupted by an engagement member having primary features adjacent secondary features. The brush has a hollow bore formed around the brush mandrel with an inner surface interrupted by a second engagement member which mates the first engagement member. The primary features flow in a direction generally perpendicular to a rotational direction of the brush mandrel around the central axis and include a first surface which is generally perpendicular to the outer surface. The secondary features include a second surface which flows in a direction generally perpendicular to the first surface and along the central axis. No primary feature includes a radially obstructing feature formed over any secondary feature. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312323 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD AND ROLL CLEANING MEMBER - There is provided a substrate cleaning method which optimizes the shape of a roll cleaning member and can efficiently clean a substrate surface with a high degree of cleaning and reduce the number of defects remaining on the substrate surface. The substrate cleaning method performs scrub cleaning of a surface of a substrate with a roll cleaning member, having a large number of nodules on the surface and extending linearly over approximately an entire length of a diameter of the substrate and which forms a cleaning area between it and the substrate surface, by bringing the nodules into contact with the substrate surface while rotating the roll cleaning member and the substrate each in one direction. During this scrub cleaning, the area of contact between the nodules and the substrate surface in the cleaning area is made smaller in a forward-direction cleaning area. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312324 | MICROBUBBLE CLEANING SYSTEM FOR A LARGE PRODUCT SUCH AS A VEHICLE - A microbubble cleaning system includes a tank in which a solution into which a product is immersed to clean the product is stored; supplying means for putting microbubbles into the solution and supplying the solution that includes the microbubbles into the tank; oil separating apparatus that collects bubbles that have risen to a surface of the solution stored in the tank as a result of cleaning the product, as well as a portion of the solution that is near the surface of the solution, in order to separate oil from the solution; generating means for generating a surface flow of the solution near the surface of the solution in order to remove the bubbles that have risen to the surface of the solution in the tank; and removing means for removing carbon dioxide from air that is used to generate the microbubbles by the supplying means. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312325 | NON-ELECTRONIC METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING WASH PUMP CAVITATION IN A DISHWASHER - Water fill level detection techniques are provided for a dishwasher system. A dishwasher system includes a tub; a fluid circulation system for circulating water in the tub and a cavitation sense fill system. The fluid circulation system includes at least one recirculation pump and at least one fill valve. The cavitation sense fill system monitors an output pressure of the at least one recirculation pump. The cavitation sense fill system deactivates the at least one fill valve when the output pressure satisfies at least one predefined criteria. A pressure wave damper may optionally be employed to ensure stable pressure measurements. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312326 | METHODS FOR CLEANING A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE USING A HOT WIRE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (HWCVD) CHAMBER - Methods for cleaning a surface of a substrate using a hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for cleaning a surface of a substrate may include providing a substrate having a material disposed on a surface of the substrate to a hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) chamber; providing hydrogen (H | 2012-12-13 |
20120312327 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR CEILING TRANSPORT FACILITY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An object of the invention is to provide a cleaning device for a ceiling transport facility in which a plurality of locations to be cleaned can be cleaned appropriately while avoiding having insufficient suction power for the plurality of cleaning suction portions. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312328 | Apparatus, method and system for cleaning detectors - A detector cleaner generally defined as a funnel structure with a preferably integrally formed wide surface area on one end, and an integrally formed narrow surface area on the opposite end, the funnel structure further having an interior void V or funnel channel where the wide area of the funnel structure is adapted to be placed over a detector to thereby completely encapsulate the detector. The narrow area of the funnel structure is adapted to be removeably connectable to a suction means (such as a vacuum machine) through a vacuum connection. Preferably, one or more angled holes are formed variously on the funnel structure so that when the suction means is engaged, the exterior air or other fluid flowing through each angled hole will dramatically enter the interior of the funnel to thereby create a significant fluid cyclone or swirling effect within the interior chamber of the funnel structure. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312329 | Tool for Cleaning and/or Drying a Cavity - The invention relates to a tool for cleaning and/or drying a cavity in a workpiece, such as a hole, in particular a threaded bore. The workpiece has a workpiece adapter. The workpiece adapter includes a workpiece contact surface and has a connector for feeding cleaning medium and/or drying medium. There is an opening in the connection adapter for discharging cleaning medium and/or drying medium containing dirt particles. A nozzle having a nozzle chamber is formed in the workpiece adapter. The connector opens into the nozzle chamber such that a cyclonic flow of the fed cleaning medium and/or drying medium can form in the nozzle and exits the nozzle. The cyclonic flow transports dirt particles from the cavity in the workpiece to the opening for discharging dirt particles and cleaning medium and/or drying medium. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312330 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RINSING PLASTICS MATERIAL CONTAINERS - An apparatus for rinsing plastics material containers, with a conveying device which conveys the plastics material containers along a pre-set conveying path, with a plurality of spraying devices which act upon an inner space of the plastics material containers with a gaseous medium and which are designed to be movable at least locally with the plastics material containers, with a reservoir for the gaseous medium and at least one connecting line by way of which the reservoir is connected in terms of flow to the spraying devices. The apparatus has an ionizing unit which is arranged between the reservoir and the spraying devices and which ionizes centrally the gaseous medium arriving at the spraying devices. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312331 | METHOD OF PREPROCESSING MAGNESIUM ALLOY FOR ELECTROPLATING - This invention relates to a method of preprocessing a magnesium alloy for electroplating, including pickling the magnesium alloy with an ethyleneglycol-nitric acid solution. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312332 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A liquid processing apparatus | 2012-12-13 |
20120312333 | Substrate Treating Apparatus And Substrate Treating Method - A substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method are capable of restraining or preventing the generation of streaky particles on a substrate surface by excellent removal of a rinsing liquid therefrom. The substrate processing apparatus has a substrate inclining mechanism for inclining a substrate held by a substrate holding mechanism. After a rinsing liquid has been supplied onto a substrate to form a liquid mass, the substrate is inclined at a small angle by the substrate inclining mechanism. Then, the liquid mass is downwardly moved without being fragmented and then falls down without leaving minute droplets on the substrate top. Thereafter, the substrate is returned to a horizontal posture and then dried. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312334 | RESIST REMOVAL APPARATUS AND RESIST REMOVAL METHOD - A resist removal apparatus and method are effective in removing a resist without oxidizing the substrate material other than the resist. The resist removal apparatus, which removes resist from a wafer on which a resist film has been formed, includes a cluster spraying unit which sprays a wafer with clusters each of which is formed of a plurality of organic solvent molecules agglomerated together. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312335 | VACUUM DEGREASING AND CLEANING APPARATUS AND VACUUM DEGREASING AND CLEANING METHOD - There is provided a vacuum degreasing and cleaning apparatus, including a cleaning chamber having an injector and a sprayer that eject a solvent to an object to be cleaned, a plurality of storage tanks that store the solvent, a distiller that distills the solvent in the storage tank, and a replenisher tank that stores the solvent distilled by the distiller, wherein a heating means is provided in the inside of the sprayer in a nesting way. There is also provided a vacuum degreasing and cleaning method using the aforementioned vacuum degreasing and cleaning apparatus, wherein the solvent is pressurized and supplied to the inside of the sprayer, heated to a temperature not lower than a saturation temperature in the cleaning chamber under a reduced pressure, and thereafter sprayed in the cleaning chamber under the reduced pressure. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312336 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a liquid processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing a pattern formation surface of a wafer, while preventing diffusion of a chemical-liquid atmosphere which might possibly occurs during a chemical-liquid process. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312337 | DISHWASHER WITH A MOTOR DRIVEN FILTER BACKFLUSH SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED BACKFLUSH METHOD - A dishwasher has a wash chamber and sump disposed below the wash chamber, wherein wash fluid supplied to the wash chamber collects in the sump. A main pump is configured to drawn wash fluid from the sump and supply the wash fluid to the wash chamber, for example via spray arm assemblies. A filter is operably disposed to filter the wash fluid recirculated by the main pump. A backflush line has an outlet disposed downstream of the filter, and a backflush pump is configured to supply backflush fluid through the backflush line against the filter. A reservoir separate from the sump is provided and sized to hold a measured amount of fluid. The backflush pump draws the backflush fluid from the reservoir at a defined time. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312338 | ROTARY DINNERWARE WASHING APPARATUS - A rotary dinnerware washing apparatus includes a housing defining therein a washing chamber, a washing mechanism mounted in the housing for spaying hot water over the washing chamber, and a rotating rack rotatably mounted in the washing chamber, a power drive arranged below the washing chamber for rotating the rotating rack in the washing chamber. The rotating rack has partitions radially suspending in the washing chamber and respectively kept in contact with the peripheral wall of the washing chamber and dividing the washing chamber into multiple separately enclosed zones, for example, two cleaning zones, two buffer zones at two opposite lateral sides of the cleaning zones and one dinnerware access zone between the buffer zones. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312339 | Clarifier tank sludge removal apparatus - A sludge removal system for removing sludge from a clarifier tank is disclosed. The system comprises a movable sludge intake manifold, a stationary sludge outlet conduit and one or more conduits dynamically and fluidically connecting the manifold and the sludge outlet conduit, even as the manifold moves relative to the stationary sludge outlet. One or more of the conduits between the manifold and the outlet are connected in the system through rotatable conduit connectors which is part of the dynamic connection mentioned above. Improved sludge intake constructions are also disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312340 | HIGH PRESSURE WATER CLEANER WITH DETACHABLE WATER TANK - A high pressure water cleaner with detachable water tank includes a water cleaner main unit having an internal hydraulic pump, a top receptacle and a feed water connector in the receptacle in communication with the hydraulic pump, and a water tank detachably insertable into the receptacle and lockable to the receptacle by a movable lock. Thus, the water cleaner main unit and the water tank can be used together or separately subject to different application requirements. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312341 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE ROTATION OF THE SPRAYING ARMS OF A MULTI-RACK TROLLEY OF A CLEANING MACHINE - Apparatus for monitoring the rotation of the spraying arms of a trolley ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120312342 | TENT AND CONTROL DEVICE OF TENT CONNECTING ROD - A tent is safely unfolded or folded when used and requires less time to unfold or fold and can be pitched automatically as well as manually to solve the problems of the prior art. In the tent, a worm gear and worm wheels are combined and tent connecting rods are attached to the worm wheels, respectively, so that when the worm wheels are moved, the tent connecting rods are moved to fold or unfold the tent. The worm wheel can be manually moved within the tent or the worm wheel can be automatically operated by providing a motor controlled through a remove controller so that the tent connecting rods can be unfolded or folded. In the tent, a central cavity part of a worm wheel body may be used as an air vent, and used as a passage for a smoke outlet from a heater in the winter. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312343 | NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIAL BASED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS AND METHODS OF GENERATING POWER - Systems for producing electrical energy from heat are disclosed. The system may include a carbon-nanotube based pathway along which heat from a source can be directed. An array of thermoelectric elements for generating electrical energy may be situated about a surface of the pathway to enhance the generation of electrical energy. A carbon nanotube-based, heat-dissipating member may be in thermal communication with the array of thermoelectric elements and operative to create a heat differential between the thermoelectric elements and the pathway by dissipating heat from the thermoelectric elements. The heat differential may allow the thermoelectric elements to generate the electrical energy. Methods for producing electrical energy are also disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312344 | PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIZING LAYERED OXIDES - The present invention relates to the use of Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH) for synthesizing cobaltites, in particular Ca | 2012-12-13 |
20120312345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL PROTECTION OF AN ELECTRONICS MODULE OF AN ENERGY HARVESTER - A thermoelectric energy harvesting system may include a thermoelectric generator and an electronics module. The thermoelectric generator may produce a voltage in response to a temperature difference across the thermoelectric generator and generate power when coupled to a load. The system may include a housing mounted on top of the thermoelectric generator. The housing may include a cavity containing the electronics module. The electronics module may condition the power generated by the thermoelectric generator. The cavity may be enclosed by an inner surface of the housing. A radiation shield may cover at least a portion of the inner surface and may block radiative heating of the cavity from the housing. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312346 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A photovoltaic connector assembly includes a housing that has a mating end and a cable end. The housing has a securing feature that is configured to secure the housing to another photovoltaic connector assembly. The housing has a cavity that extends between the mating end and the cable end. A terminal is received in the cavity. The terminal is configured to be mated to a corresponding terminal of the other photovoltaic connector assembly. The terminal is configured to be terminated to a cable. A cable locator is configured to be coupled to the cable rearward of the terminal. The cable locator has wings that extend from opposite sides of the cable locator. The cable locator is received in the cavity. The wings engage the housing to position the cable locator within the cavity. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312347 | SOLAR MODULE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY - A solar module having a plurality of solar cells, which are interconnected to form a string and have externally accessible string connections, a bypass line having at its two ends a separate externally accessible bypass connection being integrated into the solar module. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312348 | Collapsible stand for rollable solar panel - The invention provides a collapsible stand assembly for an accessory, the stand assembly including a base, a mounting head, and at least one support member, the at least one support member being adapted in a collapsed configuration to be stored with the base and the mounting head, the stand being adapted for assembly in an operative configuration wherein the at least one support member releasably connects the accessory to the mounting head and wherein the mounting head is connected to the base. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312349 | Stationary concentrated solar power module - A stationary concentrated photovoltaic solar power module that is free of a tracking device and comprises a single optical lens and a plurality of photovoltaic solar cells spatially arranged on the track of a light spot produced on the photovoltaic solar cells by projection of the sun through the single optical lens unit. The cells are supported by the inner surface of the housing in the positions on the track of the light spot. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312350 | Solar cell roof system having a plurality of solar modules - A solar cell roof system having a plurality of solar modules, of which at least some are to be installed in interconnected manner on top of each other in order to provide protection from rain; in addition, air conveyance arrangement for the supply of ambient air behind the rear side of the solar module are provided in or on at least one edge of the solar modules to be installed on top of one another, this edge being a lower edge in the normal position. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312351 | Efficient solar energy concentrator with improved thermal management - A solar concentrator comprises a reflective curved mirror assembly, a support riser placed to support and position photovoltaic cells attached to a printed circuit board that is in turn attached to a heat sink at the focal point of the mirrors of the reflective curved mirror assembly. A central support riser may grasp the assembly of photovoltaic cells attached to a printed circuit board while other support risers may allow the assembly of photovoltaic cells to move slightly to accommodate differences in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the mirror assembly and the printed circuit board and the heat sink. The solar concentrator may include a prism assembly placed to separate solar radiation angularly by wavelength to facilitate use of single junction photovoltaic cells for increased efficiency. The heat sink may form the major structural element of the solar concentrator. | 2012-12-13 |
20120312352 | MODULE FOR MIXED PHOTOVOLTAIC AND THERMAL POWER GENERATION FROM SOLAR RADIATION, AND PLANT PROVIDED WITH SUCH MODULES - The invention relates to a power generation module (M | 2012-12-13 |
20120312353 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT HAVING DIAMOND-CONTAINING ELECTRODES AND USE THEREOF - A semiconductor component includes at least one electrode arrangement, the electrode arrangement having at least two electrodes, at least one electrode of which is an electrode including diamond. The semiconductor component has at least one monolithically integrated solar cell as energy source for the at least one electrode arrangement. The semiconductor component may be used for example in hydrogen production by electrolysis, in electroanalysis and also in water treatment. | 2012-12-13 |