51st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090309219 | INJECTION MOLDED SOLDER BALL METHOD - Methods for making solder balls, which can be used to bump semiconductor wafers are disclosed. Methods for bumping semiconductor wafers with the solder balls are also disclosed. The solder balls can be made using an injection molded soldering (IMS) process. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309220 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, CIRCUIT CONNECTING MATERIAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF CIRCUIT MEMBER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The adhesive composition of the invention comprises a radical generator, a thermoplastic resin and a urethane (meth)acrylate having two or more radical-polymerizing groups in the molecule and a weight-average molecular weight of 3000-30,000. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309221 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A semiconductor device of this invention has a copper wiring layer, of which a layer, to which a composition including at least one substance selected from the group consisting of ammonia and organic bases is applied, and a silicon-containing insulating film are sequentially superimposed on the copper wiring layer. Accordingly, semiconductor devices having insulating layers which adheres well to the copper serving as the wiring material can be obtained. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309222 | METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING COPPER INTERCONNECT FOR BONDING - An improved wire bond is provided with the bond pads of semiconductor devices and the lead fingers of lead frames or an improved conductive lead of a TAB tape bond with the bond pad of a semiconductor device. More specifically, an improved wire bond is described wherein the bond pad on a surface of the semiconductor device comprises a layer of copper and at least one layer of metal and/or at least a barrier layer of material between the copper layer and one layer of metal on the copper layer to form a bond pad. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309223 | INTERCONNECT LAYERS WITHOUT ELECTROMIGRATION - A structure and a method for forming the same. The structure includes (a) an interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer; (b) a first electrically conductive line and a second electrically conductive line both residing in the ILD layer; (c) a diffusion barrier region residing in the ILD layer. The diffusion barrier region (i) physically isolates, (ii) electrically couples together, and (iii) are in direct physical contact with the first and second electrically conductive lines. The first and second electrically conductive lines each comprises a first electrically conductive material. The diffusion barrier region comprises a second electrically conductive material different from the first electrically conductive material. The diffusion barrier region is adapted to prevent a diffusion of the first electrically conductive material through the diffusion barrier region. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309224 | CIRCUITRY COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate, first and second metallic posts over the semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate and covering the first and second metallic posts, first and second bumps over the first and second metallic posts or over the insulating layer. The first and second metallic posts have a height of between 20 and 300 microns, with the ratio of the maximum horizontal dimension thereof to the height thereof being less than 4. The distance between the center of the first bump and the center of the second bump is between 10 and 250 microns. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309225 | Top layers of metal for high performance IC's - The present invention adds one or more thick layers of polymer dielectric and one or more layers of thick, wide metal lines on top of a finished semiconductor wafer, post-passivation. The thick, wide metal lines may be used for long signal paths and can also be used for power buses or power planes, clock distribution networks, critical signal, and re-distribution of I/O pads for flip chip applications. Photoresist defined electroplating, sputter/etch, or dual and triple damascene techniques are used for forming the metal lines and via fill. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309226 | Interconnect Structure for Electromigration Enhancement - An interconnect structure having enhanced electromigration resistance is provided in which a lower portion of a via opening includes a multi-layered liner. The multi-layered liner includes, from a patterned surface of a dielectric material outwards, a diffusion barrier, a multi-material layer and a metal-containing hard mask. The multi-material layer includes a first material layer comprised of residue from an underlying dielectric capping layer, and a second material layer comprised of residue from an underlying metallic capping layer. The present invention also provides a method of fabricating such an interconnect structure which includes the multi-layered liner within a lower portion of a via opening formed within a dielectric material. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309227 | FABRICATION OF INTERCONNECTS IN LOW-K INTERLAYER DIELECTRICS - A method for forming deep lithographic interconnects between a first metal and a second metal is provided. The method comprises depositing a first insulator layer on a semiconductor substrate; etching the first insulator layer at a selected location to provide at least a first via to the semiconductor substrate; depositing the first metal on the semiconductor substrate to form at least a first metal contact plug in the first via in contact with the semiconductor substrate; treating the semiconductor substrate with an in-situ plasma of a nitrogen containing gas wherein the plasma forms a nitride layer of the first metal at least capping a top surface of the first metal plug in the first via; and forming a second metal contact to the metal nitride layer capping at least the top surface of the first metal plug. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309228 | METHOD FOR FORMING SELF-ALIGNED METAL SILICIDE CONTACTS - The present invention relates to a method for forming self-aligned metal silicide contacts over at least two silicon-containing semiconductor regions that are spaced apart from each other by an exposed dielectric region. Preferably, each of the self-aligned metal silicide contacts so formed comprises at least nickel silicide and platinum silicide with a substantially smooth surface, and the exposed dielectric region is essentially free of metal and metal silicide. More preferably, the method comprises the steps of nickel or nickel alloy deposition, low-temperature annealing, nickel etching, high-temperature annealing, and aqua regia etching. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309229 | Silicon single electron device - A silicon integrated circuit device comprising a near intrinsic silicon substrate in which there are one or more ohmic contact regions. An insulating layer lies above the substrate, and on top of the insulating layer is a lower layer of one or more aluminium gates. The surface of each of the lower gates is oxidised to insulate them from an upper aluminium gate that extends over the lower gates. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309230 | AIR GAP FORMATION AND INTEGRATION USING A PATTERNING CAP - Methods for patterning films and their resulting structures. In an embodiment, an amorphous carbon mask is formed over a substrate, such as a damascene layer. A spacer layer is deposited over the amorphous carbon mask and the spacer layer is etched to form a spacer and to expose the amorphous carbon mask. The amorphous carbon mask is removed selectively to the spacer to expose the substrate layer. A gap fill layer is deposited around the spacer to cover the substrate layer but expose the spacer. The spacer is removed selectively to form a gap fill mask over the substrate. The pattern of the gap fill mask is transferred, in one implementation, into a damascene layer to remove at least a portion of an IMD and form an air gap. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309231 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a first insulating layer having an opening therethrough; a first wiring pattern disposed on the first insulating layer; an external connection terminal provided on a portion of the first wiring pattern exposed from the opening; a second insulating layer which covers the first wiring pattern and having via holes therethrough; a second wiring pattern disposed within the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the first wiring pattern via a conductive material filled in at least one of the via holes; a semiconductor element having an electrode thereon and mounted on the second insulating layer to be electrically connected to the first wiring pattern through the electrode disposed in at least one of the via holes; an underfill resin filled between the semiconductor element and the second insulating layer; and a sealing resin portion which seals the semiconductor element. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309232 | METHOD OF MAKING CONNECTIONS IN A BACK-LIT CIRCUIT - A method for forming, on a surface of a thinned-down semiconductor substrate, a contact connected to a metal track of an interconnect stack formed on the opposite surface of the thinned-down substrate, including the steps of: forming, on the side of a first surface of a substrate, an insulating region penetrating into the substrate and coated with a conductive region and with an insulating layer crossed by conductive vias, the vias connecting a metal track of the interconnect stack to the conductive region; gluing the external surface of the interconnect stack on a support and thinning down the substrate; etching the external surface of the thinned-down substrate and stopping on the insulating region; etching the insulating region and stopping on the conductive region; and filling the etched opening with a metal. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309233 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The semiconductor device includes an interconnect having a width of 0.1 μm or less and formed in an insulating layer constituted of a low relative dielectric constant film having a relative dielectric constant of 3.0 or lower, a via having a diameter of 0.1 μm or less and connected to the interconnect, and a dummy metal provided in the insulating layer. The dummy metal is located close to an end portion of the interconnect along an extension thereof, and the dummy metal and the interconnect are spaced by a distance of 0.3 μm or less. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309234 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, and a micro-chip which is electrically connected to the chip, and includes a thickness which is less than a thickness of the chip. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309235 | Method and Apparatus for Wafer Level Integration Using Tapered Vias - A semiconductor device has first and second wafers having bond pads. The bond pad of the second wafer is connected to the bond pad of the first wafer using a conductive adhesive. A first interconnect structure is formed within the second wafer and includes a first via formed in a back surface of the second wafer to expose the bond pad of the second wafer. A first metal layer is formed conformally over the first via and is in electrical contact with the bond pad of the second wafer. A third wafer is mounted over the second wafer by connecting a bond pad formed over a front surface of the third wafer to the first metal layer. A second interconnect structure is formed over a backside of the third wafer opposite the front surface. The second interconnect structure is electrically connected to the first metal layer. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309236 | Package on Package Structure with thin film Interposing Layer - The invention relates to microelectronic semiconductor device assemblies having vertically stacked semiconductor device layers. In a disclosed example of a preferred embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a base substrate, an interposing layer, and a second semiconductor device. The interposing layer features a thin insulating film with numerous electrical contacts on its surfaces for electrically coupling with electrical contacts on the adjacent layers. The interposing layer further includes electrical contacts for coupling with one or more non-adjacent layers. Particular examples of preferred embodiments of the invention disclose the use of polyimide film for the interposing layer material and metal studs for non-adjacent layer contacts. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309237 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE SYSTEM WITH SUBSTRATE HAVING DIFFERENT BONDABLE HEIGHTS AT LEAD FINGER TIPS - A semiconductor package system is provided. A substrate having a die attach paddle is provided. A first plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle having a first plurality of lead tips. A second plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle interleaved with the first plurality of leads, at least some of the second plurality of leads having a plurality of depression lead tips. A first die is attached to the die attach paddle. The die is wire bonded to the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads. The die is encapsulated. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309238 | Molded flip chip package with enhanced mold-die adhesion - A molded flip chip package with enhanced adhesion between mold and die backside interface and the method of fabricating the package are described. The package is less prone to mold-die delamination. In an embodiment of the invention, the package has a die with a die frontside (die bottom side) attached to a substrate and a die backside (die top side). A first material is disposed on a portion of the die backside. A second material encapsulates the first material and the die backside. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309239 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a supporting board, a first semiconductor element mounted on a main surface of the supporting board; and an electronic component provided between the supporting board and the first semiconductor element; wherein the supporting board includes a concave part formed in a direction separated from the first semiconductor element; and at least a part of the electronic component is accommodated in the concave part. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309240 | RETURN LOSS TECHNIQUES IN WIREBOND PACKAGES FOR HIGH-SPEED DATA COMMUNICATIONS - A wirebond package configured to reduce wirebond return loss is presented. An integrated circuit of interest with rows of bonding pads is bonded to a surface of the wirebond package. The surface of wirebond package has columns of bonding pads, which are configured to transmit or receive signals, power, and ground to and/or from the wirebond package to the integrated circuit. Corresponding die pads on the integrated circuit and bonding pads of the wirebond package are coupled using conductive lines. The conductive lines carrying the active signal has coplanar adjacent ground lines on opposing sides of active signal line and the distance between active signal line and the coplanar adjacent ground lines is tapered. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309241 | ULTRA THIN DIE ELECTRONIC PACKAGE - A method for forming an ultra thin die electronic package is provided. The method includes disposing a first polymer film on a first substrate. The method also includes applying a first adhesive layer to the first polymer film on the first substrate. The method further includes disposing at least one die on the first adhesive layer on the first substrate. The method also includes disposing a second polymer film on at least one additional substrate. The method further includes applying a second adhesive layer to the second polymer film on the at least one additional substrate. The method further includes attaching the first substrate and the at least one additional substrate via the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer such that the at least one die is interspersed between. The method also includes forming multiple vias on at least one of a top side, and at least one of a bottom side of the first and the at least one additional substrate, wherein the multiple vias are attached to the die. The method further includes forming an electrical interconnection between the first substrate, the at least one additional substrate and a die pad of the at least one die. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309242 | DEVICE PACKAGE STRUCTURE, DEVICE PACKAGING METHOD, DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, CONNECTOR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device package structure includes: a base body having a conductive connection portion and a level difference portion; a device arranged on the base body, having a connection terminal electrically connected to the conductive connection portion via the level difference portion on the base body; and a connector electrically connecting the connection terminal and the conductive connection portion, having substantially the same height as a height of the level difference portion. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309243 | MULTI-CORE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS HAVING ASYMMETRIC PERFORMANCE BETWEEN CORES - An integrated circuit in one embodiment includes asymmetric cores and an asymmetric core control circuit. At least one of the asymmetric cores is a different implementation of substantially the same function or subset of functionality as another core. The asymmetric core control circuit determines a performance parameter of an integrated circuit. The performance parameter may be the workload, the operating frequency, power consumption, quality of service, operating temperature or the like of the integrated circuit or a given portion of the integrated circuit. If the performance parameter is within a first range, the asymmetric core control circuit utilizes a first core to perform a function of the integrated circuit and idles a second core that is a different implementation of substantially the same function. If the performance parameter is within a second range, the core control circuit utilizes the second core to perform the function and idles the first core. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309244 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE OF HIGH EFFICIENCY FOR THE GENERATION OF DROPS AND BUBBLES - The invention relates to a method and device for generating drops or bubbles in liquids with a range of sizes which, under normal pressure and temperature conditions, can vary from hundreds of micrometres to several millimetres. When the liquid or gas to be dispersed is passed through small holes which open into a transverse current, menisci are formed, from which small drops or bubbles emanate. The fraction of energy used in the process, which takes the form of an increase in the surface of the liquid/liquid or liquid/gas interfaces, must be maximised in relation to the energy transferred to the system in order to render the generation of drops or bubbles as efficient as possible. The device can be used in the fields of oxygenation and aeration of liquids, chemical engineering and food technology. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309245 | WET SCRUBBER TRAY - An improved wet scrubber tray provides increased resistance to vibration-induced cracking. The tray is self supporting to eliminate wastage of raw material, and additional internal stiffeners added to the tray make multiple intermediate stiffeners. The connection of the intermediate stiffeners to the perforated bottom plate is changed to eliminate the shop weld in the bottom plate. The holes in the perforated bottom plate are repositioned so that they are moved away from the boundaries of the tray to reduce their influence on boundary conditions. The thickness of the tray material may be increased to lower the vibratory stresses. The mechanism for holding the trays themselves within the spray absorber tower is changed so that the trays are now held down by plate material that is attached to the support grid, but not to the trays. Three field welds are applied to the sides of each tray to hold the trays in place relative to each other and are strategically placed to allow adjacent side stiffeners to act together as a composite section, thus increasing their strength. Elastomeric material such as neoprene is used at the tray-to-grid attachments to increase the damping of the system. Formed features in the trays such as single or multiple ribs, bosses, domes or dimples may also be provided to increase tray stiffness or influence wet scrubber performance. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309246 | Apparatus and Method for Handling an Opthalmic Lens - In a first aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus and method including a servo driven lens release head for releasing a cured lens in the dry state from the mold section in which it is adhered following mold release. The servo load parameters may be changed according to the lens type being processed. In a second aspect of the invention, the present invention provides an apparatus and method for retrieving the loosened lens from the mold section and transferring the lens to a lens inspection apparatus followed by either a lens rejection or transferring the passed lens to a receptacle for subsequent lens processing and packaging. The three substations of lens release, lens inspection and lens deposit are annularly spaced 120° from each other and three lenses may therefore be simultaneously processed through 120° incremental movement of three pick and place heads. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309247 | Positionable gas injection nozzle assembly for an underwater pelletizing system - A positionable gas nozzle assembly for injecting and directing pressurized air or other gas having an inert nature into a pellet slurry so as to increase the velocity of the slurry from a pelletizer to and through a dryer. The variably positionable nozzle can be inserted, retracted and/or intermediately positioned to facilitate start-up of the pelletization process, reduce or eliminate pellet hang-up points, maximize and optimize the velocity of the pellet slurry throughput, and to adjust the aspiration level of the pellet slurry such that the internal heat of the pellets is retained for improved degrees of crystallization and/or drying. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309248 | Article Comprising a Dry Fabric Seal for Liquid Resin Molding Processes - A dry fabric seal for use with tooling for liquid resin molding processes and a method for creating the seal are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the seal comprises an annular resin reservoir, a level of resin within the reservoir, a device for controlling the resin level, and a perforated pressure plate that forms one wall of the reservoir. The seal is created by controlling the level of resin between the tooling (e.g., the inner and outer molds, etc.) so that air cannot leak in (for vacuum processes) or out (for pressurized processes) between the fibers in the fabric near the top of the molds. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURING A THERMOSETTING MATERIAL - A method and apparatus for curing a thermosetting material. The method comprises heating the material with a liquid heating medium; measuring an electrical or optical property of the material with a cure sensor; and regulating the temperature of the liquid heating medium in accordance with the measured property of the material. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309250 | METHODS AND PRESSURE VESSELS FOR SOLID-STATE MICROCELLULAR PROCESSING OF THERMOPLASTIC ROLLS OR SHEETS - Disclosed herein are methods and pressure vessels for solid-state microcellular processing of thermoplastic rolls and sheets. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for making a gas impregnated interleaved roll, which method comprises: providing a pressure vessel having an internal pressure chamber and a rotatable shaft horizontally positioned within the pressure chamber; placing an interleaved roll about the rotatable shaft and within the pressure chamber, wherein the interleaved roll is made from a thermoplastic material sheet interleaved together with a gas-channeling material sheet; pressurizing the pressure chamber to a selected pressure; rotating the rotatable shaft having the interleaved roll thereabouts (thereby rotating the interleaved roll) while under pressure for a selected period of time; and depressurizing the internal chamber to yield the gas impregnated interleaved roll. In other embodiments, the invention is directed to multi-chambered pressure vessels for gas impregnation of thermoplastic rolls, sheets, and films. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309251 | Extrusion Kit and Extruder - This invention provides methods and devices for manufacturing moldable materials including various types of natural and synthetic clays, edible materials such as cookie dough, and modeling compound by forming a moldable billet through various techniques, and reducing the cross section of said moldable billet such that features in the moldable billet appear in a similar arrangement in the resulting extruded product. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309252 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING EVAPORATION OF A FLUID IN AN ARTICLE - A method of controlling evaporation of a fluid, such as water, in an article includes the step of encapsulating the article with a film such that the fluid is prevented from evaporating from the article. The method further includes the step of heating the article encapsulated with the film to a first desired temperature for a first period of time while preventing the fluid from evaporating from the article. The method also includes the step of removing the film from the article after heating the article to the first desired temperature for the first period of time and, after the step of removing the film the article, the method includes the step of further heating the article to a second desired temperature for a second period of time while the fluid freely evaporates from the article. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANARIZING A POLYMER LAYER - A method for planarizing a polymer layer is provided which includes providing a substrate having the polymer layer formed thereon, providing a structure having a substantially flat surface, pressing the flat surface of the structure to a top surface of the polymer layer such that the top surface of the polymer layer substantially conforms to the flat surface of the structure, and separating the flat surface of the structure from the top surface of the polymer material layer. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309254 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EMBOSSED PROMOTIONAL CARDS - Apparatus and methods of producing embossed promotional cards which minimize nesting of adjacently embossed cards in a stack, the apparatus and method provide for offsetting the embossed indicia between adjacently stacked cards or for varying the embossed indicia between adjacently stacked cards. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309255 | BOWLING BALL WITH INDICA AND METHOD THEREFOR - A bowling ball with an indicia is provided. A method for manufacturing such a bowling ball is also provided. The indicia may be preformed and attached to the core of the bowling ball before the outer layer of the bowling ball is created. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309256 | Method for stabilizing the spinning solution for production of cellulose composite molded bodies - The invention stabilizes spinning solutions used to produce cellulose composite molded bodies incorporating functional materials by the dry-wet extrusion method. The invention incorporates active materials detrimentally affecting the spinning process and materials which are unstable in the cellulose spinning solution, using separate active material and cellulose streams. The active material stream is produced, stabilized and stored separately and mixed with the cellulose stream directly before the forming apparatus, for example, a spinning bar. The active material stream includes amine oxide, functional materials, additives and water. The cellulose stream includes cellulose in amine oxide. The inventive method avoids heat build-up in the moulding or spinning solution, produces cellulose molded bodies with an adequately high degree of polymerisation and excellent functional properties and restricts the decomposition of the amine oxide. The interactions between cellulose and additive are restricted and storage life for the additive suspension improved. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309257 | MASTER FOR MANUFACTURING MOLD, MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - The present invention relates to a master for manufacturing a mold, a mold for manufacturing a display device, a manufacturing method of the mold using the master, and a manufacturing method of the display device using the mold in an imprinting process. A master for manufacturing a mold according to one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a substrate, and a master pattern formed on the substrate and comprising an embossed portion, wherein the embossed portion comprises levees formed on both edges thereof. A side surface of the embossed portion may form an angle of about 60 to 90 degrees with a surface of the substrate. When the mold manufactured using the master is used in the imprinting process to manufacture the display device, air bubbles are kept away from the side surface of a resin pattern. Accordingly, defects of the wire pattern of the display device may be prevented. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309258 | Shape Memory Polymers and Shape Memory Polymer Compositions Responsive Towards Two Different Stimuli - The present invention concerns shape memory polymers and shape memory polymer composition sensitive towards two different external stimuli. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309259 | HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER COMPOSITES COMPRISING ANTIFERROELECTRIC PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A composition comprises a modified polymeric material and a ceramic antiferroelectric particle. The modified polymeric material comprises a high temperature polymer; and a second polymer. The composition has a permittivity greater than or equal to about 10. A method of making a composition comprises combining a high temperature polymer with a second polymer to form a modified polymeric material; and combining the modified polymeric material with antiferroelectric particles to form a composite composition; wherein the composition has a permittivity greater than or equal to about 10. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309260 | Method of delivering a thermoplastic and/or crosslinking resin to a composite laminate structure - The present invention provides a process for producing a prepreg of high modulus reinforcing fibers, the process comprising the steps of: a) providing a reinforcing fiber bundle layer wherein such bundle contains a thermoplastic and/or crosslinking resin within the fiber bundle; b) providing a layer of a thermoplastic and/or crosslinking material layer on at least one side of the high modulus fiber layer of step a); c) compressing the layers from step b) under an appropriate amount of heat and pressure, and thereby producing a prepreg of high modulus reinforcing fibers. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309261 | LOW TORQUE SHAFT SEAL AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A method of constructing a shaft seal assembly includes attaching a PTFE seal element to an outer metal case and disposing a bore of the PTFE seal element onto a mandrel. Then, heating the PTFE seal element while on the mandrel. Further, cooling the PTFE seal element while on the mandrel and, removing the shaft seal assembly from the mandrel. The resulting seal element provides a reliable seal against a running surface of a shaft in use, while at the same time producing low running torque against the running surface of the shaft. Further, a minimal axial push force is required to install the shaft seal assembly onto the shaft, thereby reducing the potential of damage to the seal element or inversion of the seal element during installation. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309262 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PREFORM - The present invention relates to a method of forming a preform from a material having a first edge and a second edge utilizing a mandrel. The method comprises the step of extruding the material through an extruder to form an extrudate. The first edge of the extrudate has a configuration complementary to a configuration of the second edge of the extrudate. The method also includes wrapping the material around the mandrel by abutting the first edge and the second edge to form a spiral joint. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309263 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A WATER BARRIER IN AN UNHARDENED ROOF TILE - The invention relates to a device and a method for producing a water barrier in unsolidified roof tile preforms. The inventive device comprises a molded piece with a recess as well as a die. The molded piece is disposed above the end of a roof tile perform, whereupon all or part of the rear edge of the roof tile perform is pressed upward by means of the die. The roof tile perform is then dried. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309264 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STIFFENED PANELS MADE OF A COMPOSITE AND PANELS THUS PRODUCED - A stiffened panel made of a composite includes a skin and at least one stiffener having a more or less closed volume. In order for the fibres of the composite to be held in place during fibre deposition and during pressure application while the resin of the composite is being cured, a moulding core is placed between the fibres at the position of the more or less closed volume of the stiffener. The moulding core includes a flexible bladder filled with a granular solid material, the thermal expansion coefficient of which is close to that of the composite used to produce the stiffened panel. The pressure in the bladder is increased before the composite is cured, so as to compensate for the forces applied for compressing these fibres during production of the panel. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOULDING AND CURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A method of moulding and curing tyres for vehicle wheels includes the steps of disposing a tyre being processed on a toroidal support, enclosing the tyre and the toroidal support inside a moulding cavity defined in a vulcanization mould, pressing the outer surface of the tyre against the moulding cavity walls, and administering heat to the tyre to cause molecular crosslinking of the tyre. The pressing step includes the steps of compressing side portions of the tyre between the moulding cavity walls and the outer surface of the toroidal support, concurrently with the closing step, and imposing an expansion to a radially-outer portion of the tyre to bring the radially-outer portion of the tyre against the walls of the moulding cavity. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309266 | REACTION INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE ARTICLES - An externally heated reaction injection molding (“RIM”) system and processes for producing polyurethane articles. The system comprises a mixing chamber for combining a prepolymer and a chain extender and one or more heating systems for heating at least one of the prepolymer and the chain extender upstream of the mixing chamber. In one embodiment, the process comprises injecting a heated prepolymer and/or a heated chain extender into a mixing chamber and initiating a curing of the prepolymer in a mixing chamber. By employing heat to decrease the viscosity of the prepolymer and/or the chain extender, prepolymers and/or chain extenders that have high room temperature viscosities or are in the solid state at room temperature, may be utilized in the RIM system. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LAYERWISE PRODUCTION OF A TANGIBLE OBJECT - A method cycle of a method for layerwise production of a tangible object ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090309268 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRUCTURES OF COMPLEX SHAPES OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A method for producing a composite material part having a so-called non-strippable shape includes producing mold components, or cores, which are to be extracted from the part after the composite material has been cured. In a first step a core is produced from an elastomeric bladder the granular solid material and the bladder is depressurized. In a second step, after setting the core and the composite material the volume of the core is modified in a controlled manner for example by selecting the solid granular material based on its thermal expansion properties or by acting on the pressure in the bladder. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309269 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PREFORMS - Disclosed herein is, amongst other things, a device for processing a preform made from a thermoplastic plastic that is intended for blow molding into a container, the preform having been manufactured in an injection molding tool. The device may include a mandrel that is provided with a channel for a pressurizing medium. The channel for the pressurizing medium can provide, in use, overpressure to a distributor chamber which is sealed off by a membrane, wherein when pressure is applied to the channel the membrane is pressed against a side wall of the preform and causes a deforming of the preform. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309270 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODIES FROM THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODIES FROM THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies from thermoplastic material in which web- or strip-type preforms of plasticised plastics material are shaped in a multi-part tool which forms a mould nest, with two outer moulds and a central mould which perform opening and closing movements with respect to one another. The central mould is provided with at least one device for receiving and manipulating components to be fastened in the interior of the hollow body by means of a material and/or form-fitting joint. Prior to the fastening of the components to the inner wall of the hollow body to be produced, the components are heated by means of a radiant heating device. The radiant heating device is advantageously integrated in the central mould of the tool. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309271 | Process and apparatus for molding continuous-fiber composite articles - A process and apparatus for multi-shot, liquid-resin-molding of continuous-fiber composite articles is disclosed. The process involves the step-wise fabrication of an article wherein continuity of the fibers is maintained between the multiple workpieces of the finished composite article. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309272 | MOULDING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION PROCESS - A production process includes providing an envelope and a mould, introducing the material to be moulded in the mould, placing the mould in the envelope, creating a low pressure in the envelope, and deforming the mould. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309273 | METHOD OF MAKING A SELF-EXPANDING STENT - A method of making a self-expanding stent includes disposing a stent comprising a shape memory alloy about an inflatable body, and applying a coolant to a surface of the stent. The inflatable body is inflated to radially expand the stent to an expanded diameter from an initial diameter, and the coolant is reapplied to the surface of the stent. The inflatable body is deflated, and the stent is positioned about a mandrel sized to accommodate the expanded diameter of the stent, where the stent reaches a mandrel-defined diameter. The stent is heat set at the mandrel-defined diameter so as to impart a memory of an expanded configuration of the stent to the shape memory alloy. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309274 | ORBITAL IMPLANT - An orbital implant includes a body of bioactive material having macropores of at least 400 μm, and a cap of bioactive material having substantially no pores or only micropores smaller than 50 μm. The cap covers a portion of the body. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309275 | DIRECT SMELTING PLANT - A direct smelting plant for producing molten metal from a metalliferous feed material using a molten bath based direct smelting process is disclosed. The plant includes a plurality of crane access zones that are outboard of a gas delivery main to enable solids injection lances to be removed from and replacement lances to be positioned in openings in a side wall of a direct smelting vessel. The plant also includes a plurality of crane access zones that are inboard of the gas delivery main to enable gas injection lances to be removed from and replacement lances to be positioned in openings in the side wall of the vessel. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MELTING METAL - A stack of copper plates is placed in a melting chamber having a closed roof of refractory material. The stack is placed in a tilted orientation leaning against a side wall of the melting chamber, with lower edges of the copper plates resting on an inclined hearth surface. A door to the melting chamber is closed to block the infiltration of oxygen. A burner is fired into the melting chamber to heat the closed roof of refractory material, and the stack of copper plates is melted under the influence of combustion products from the burner and heat radiated from the closed roof. Molten copper is drained downward from the bottom edge of the inclined hearth surface to avoid immersing the copper plates in a molten bath. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309277 | Vacuum nitriding furnace - A heat treating furnace is disclosed for nitride case hardening and gas cooling a stationary workload in the same furnace which is comprised of a single chamber and an access door. The chamber is segregated into an outer portion and an inner portion, with the inner portion being adapted to receive the workload to be nitride case hardened through the access door. The inner portion is surrounded by graphite insulation to retain the gas used to nitride case harden the workload. The inner portion further includes a plurality of graphite resistance heating elements and a plurality of graphite plates juxtaposed in near proximity to the graphite resistance heating elements forming a conduit or plenum between them. The inner portion further includes a fan assembly including a graphite radial fan wheel adapted to circulate the nitriding gas within the inner portion and through the conduit to provide uniform nitride case hardening of the workload. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309278 | HYDROPNEUMATIC SUSPENSION UNIT - A hydropneumatic suspension unit for a vehicle that includes an outer sleeve which defines a first chamber, and a damping piston which is arranged for sliding displacement in the first chamber. The first chamber contains gas mainly for providing spring action and liquid mainly for providing damping action. The gas is in direct contact with the liquid. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309279 | Air-Damping Engine Mount - An air-damping mount, in which a displaceable bellows plate is mounted in order to define a damping chamber. A rigid or displaceable partition plate having at least a through-hole is mounted in the damping chamber, and thereby partitions the damping chamber into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. At least an orifice tube is mounted on and connected with the through-hole so as to allow the upper and lower chambers to fluidly communicate with each other. Thereby, the air-damping engine mount can reduce engine vibration by means of flow resistance of air occurring when the air passes through the through-hole and the orifice tube and by means of displacement of the displaceable bellows plate caused by a change in pressure of the lower chamber, and thus remarkably improve a damping effect of the engine vibration. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309280 | SUSPENSION MEANS WITH SCISSOR PANTOGRAPH - A suspension arrangement for spring suspending a mass body ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090309281 | METHOD AND FIXTURE FOR HANDLING AND PROCESSING DIE COMPONENTS - A fixture for machine tools and the like includes a base member and first and second workpiece support units that are movably connected to the base member and define a space therebetween. The fixture includes a drive assembly that is operably connected to the workpiece support units to move the first and second workpiece support units towards and away from one another. The workpiece support units each include a wedge member extending toward the space between the workpiece support units. The wedge members include opposed engagement surfaces that taper towards one another for engaging slots in opposite ends of a workpiece. Each of the workpiece support units also includes a clamp for clamping a workpiece as it engages the wedge members. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309282 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR WORKPIECES WITH DIFFERENT SIZES - A clamping device for clamping a workpiece includes a support member, sliding members and a rotating member. The support member is configured for supporting the workpiece. The support member defines cutouts in a periphery thereof. The sliding members each is positioned in one of the cutouts. Each of the sliding members has a cam pin. The rotating member is rotatable relative to the support member. The rotating member defines cam slots on top thereof. The cam pins are received in the cam slots and slidable in the cam slots. Positions of the sliding members are changeable along radial directions of the support member when the rotating member is rotated. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309283 | Tilt machining device and method - The support system and method enables exact and preferably machine assisted manual location and height placement of a vacuum operated hold down with rigid pre-set support on a conventional working table. A height adjustable jack screw support with angularly flexible hold down enables a holding support engaging the bottom of a work piece even where a lower surface of the work piece has an irregular shape due to the ability of the upper cup support to passively tilt to engage the work piece. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309284 | LOCKING MECHANISM AND RECONFIGURABLE CLAMP INCORPORATING THE SAME - A selectively lockable assembly includes a body, a pin, a locking member, and a plunger that is configured to selectively urge the locking member against the pin to lock the pin with respect to the body. The locking member is keyed to the body in a manner to prevent or limit rotation of the locking member and thereby limit movement of the pin under load. A corresponding clamp is also provided. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309285 | Device for holding disk-shaped objects - A device for holding disk-shaped objects, particularly semiconductor wafers, having at least three contact elements for depositing and/or fixing the disk-shaped object at its outer edge area. The contact elements are designed such that they have an incline facing the object and a supporting surface. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309286 | Booklet Stapling-N-Fold Workstation - A manually operated Workstation that allow users to store, staple and fold collated pages into booklets without the use of a power source. It purposes to create a work environment that allow users to manually perform the task of stapling and folding materials into booklets with a speed and accuracy comparable to that of some more expensive power driven stapling and folding equipment. It comprises a storage bin for (500) sheet of collated papers, a flat bed guide that places booklet papers in perfect alignment under dual staple heads, that simultaneously drive ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090309287 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An automatic document feeder device | 2009-12-17 |
20090309288 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording medium conveying device including a body portion capable of being mounted to and removed from a body of an apparatus, the body portion being provided with a conveying roller; a knob member disposed at a side at which the body portion is removed, the knob member allowing manual rotation of the conveying roller; and a handle member for mounting the body portion to and removing the body portion from the body of the apparatus. The handle member is rotatably supported so as to move between a first position and a second position, The knob member is connected to a rotating shaft of the conveying roller so as to move along a direction in which the body portion is removed. The handle member moves between the first position and the second position in response to an accommodation operation and a draw-out operation of the knob member. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309289 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING FLAT PRINTED PRODUCTS FROM A STACK AND TRANSFERING THE PRINTED PRODUCTS TO A MOVING TRANSPORTING DEVICE - An apparatus for withdrawing flat printed products from a stack and transporting the printed products, includes a transporting device having a transporting direction and a vertical center plane that extends in the transporting direction, a separating device to separate out the printed products from the stack, and a rotating conveyor having a rotational axis and a conveying direction. The rotating conveyor includes at least one gripper with a gripper plane to grip a separated printed product in the gripper plane and supply the separated printed product to the transporting device. The rotational axis is oriented approximately at a right angle to the center plane of the transporting device, and the gripper plane of the at least one gripper is essentially arranged in the center plane of the transporting device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309290 | RESILIENT BELT SHEET COMPILER WITH MIXED SHEET LENGTH MODE - A system, method, and resulting resilient belt type sheet compiler with a mixed sheet length mode is provided. The device includes a resilient belt transport for sequentially feeding sheets from a sheet inlet to a compiler tray, the compiler tray having a lead edge stop and a trail edge wall. A monitoring means is positioned proximate to the trail edge wall for detecting a lead end and a trail end of sequentially fed sheets from the sheet inlet to the compiler tray. A sheet brake, responsive to the monitoring means detecting a short sheet, selectively stalls the detected short sheet until a lead end of a subsequent sheet is detected by the sensor or subsequent sheets are absent. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309291 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an image forming apparatus that can highly accurately position and convey, even if an inter-sheet distance of sheets to be conveyed is reduced, the sheets from registration rollers to a transfer position when a toner image on an image bearing member moving at process speed is transferred onto the sheet in the transfer position. A sheet fed from a paper feeding cassette by a pulse-motor driven paper feeding roller is conveyed to pulse-motor driven registration rollers by pulse-motor driven conveying rollers. When the sheet is conveyed to the transfer position according to restart of the registration rollers, the sheet is conveyed by the registration rollers at sheet conveying speed different from the process speed before the leading end of the sheet reaches the transfer position and is conveyed at the process speed after that. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309292 | MAIL FEEDING DEVICE - A feeding device for feeding each of accumulated mail items P onto a conveyance path includes a pickup belt which runs along a pickup position, and a negative-pressure chamber opposing the pickup position with the pickup belt interposed therebetween. When each mail item is picked up from the pickup position and reaches a nip between conveyance belts, air is introduced into the negative-pressure chamber to eliminate negative pressure therein. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309293 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A sheet feeding device includes a pick roller and a resilient element disposed above the pick roller. The pick roller has a roller surface. The resilient element includes two side resilient arms and a center resilient arm located between the two side resilient arms. Free ends of the two side resilient arms are pushed forward by all sheets when the sheets arrive between the free ends of the two side resilient arms and the roller surface. A free end of the center resilient arm faces the roller surface of the pick roller and maintains a gap therebetween. When too many pieces of paper are drawn forward to the resilient element, the side resilient arms are pushed forward further more, the uppermost paper contacts the center resilient arm. The center resilient arm cooperates with the side resilient arms to provide the paper a pressure big enough to be conveyed forward. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309294 | TRAY, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PAPER SHEET POST-HANDLING DEVICE - A tray comprises a main body to support a sheet, an extension member rotatably mounted to the main body and extending from the main body in the discharging direction of the sheet to support a part of the sheet discharged from the main body, first and second shafts provided at the end of the extension member and inserted in first and second holes formed on the main body, and a projection provided on the second shaft inserted in the second hole. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309295 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A device for supplying sheets including a main body; a sheet feed cassette; a lift plate; a lift plate lifter mechanism; and a drive device for the mechanism; in which a lift side coupling gear is engaged with a drive side coupling gear of the drive device when the sheet feed cassette is stored in the main body, and is displaceably supported in a direction of toward and away from with respect to the drive side coupling gear in a range where the engagement of the gears is not released. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309296 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING DISCHARGED SHEETS - In so-called an image forming apparatus of an in-body paper discharging type, a technology which improves convenience of handling of sheets discharged from the apparatus is provided. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309297 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of an embodiment of the invention includes a pair of conveyance rollers to nip and convey a sheet on which a formed image is recorded, a turning amount detection section which is disposed downstream of the pair of conveyance rollers and includes a bearing section coming in contact with the sheet, a thickness detection section to detect a thickness of the sheet based on a turning amount detected by the turning amount detection section, a pair of register rollers which is disposed downstream of the bearing section and aligns the sheet, and an image recording and fixing section to record and fix the image on the sheet passing through the pair of register rollers. A distance from a center point of a contact portion of the pair of conveyance rollers to a point where the bearing section contacts with the sheet is zero or more and about 3 mm or less. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SKEW CONTRIBUTION IN LATERAL SHEET REGISTRATION - This application relates to systems and methods for determining the lateral component of skew for a sheet of media. First, the skew angle of a sheet of media is determined. Then, the lateral component of the skew is determined. During a lateral registration operation, the lateral component of the skew is accounted and compensated for. In one implementation, the slope of the angle of the skew may be determined by taking the regression of the function characterizing the edge of the sheet as it passes an edge detection sensor. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309299 | SHEET TRANSPORT ROLLER SYSTEM - A sheet transport roller system and methods for reducing sheet skew using a sheet transport roller system are disclosed. A sheet transport roller system for use in a document processing device may include a plurality of idler rollers, a plurality of drive rollers and a load distribution mechanism. Each drive roller may correspond to a corresponding idler roller. The load distribution mechanism may be configured to support the plurality of idler rollers and to equalize normal forces applied by each idler roller towards the corresponding drive roller. The load distribution mechanism may include a center loading spring in contact with the document processing device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309300 | SHEET-STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet-stacking apparatus includes a gripper configured to convey a sheet, two stacker trays stacking sheets arranged in a row, and a support member configured to separately elevate the two stacker trays. The stacker tray is selected according to a sheet length. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309301 | SHEET CONVEYANCE RELAY UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING THE SAME UNIT - A sheet conveyance relay unit, including: a convergence unit, including: a convergence section, in which a plurality of sheet receiving sections are respectively connected to a plurality of image forming apparatuses, to receive recording sheets, wherein the convergence section makes the recording sheets, conveyed from the plurality of the sheet receiving sections, to merge into a single sheet conveyance path; and a first common sheet-conveyance section, which conveys the recording sheets from the convergence section to a sheet feeding outlet, and a divergence unit, including: a second common sheet-conveyance section, which conveys the recording sheets, conveyed from the convergence unit; a plurality of sheet feed-out sections, which are combined to a plurality of post-finishing apparatuses; and a divergence section, which sorts the recording sheets, conveyed by the second common sheet-conveyance section, onto the plurality of the sheet feed-out sections. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309302 | Logic puzzle - A three-dimensional polyhedra-form logic puzzle comprised of a plurality of independent, non-interconnected puzzle elements of three-dimensional geometric, axially-symmetric, pyramidal-peaked form including one or more apex-opposed polygon faces and a plurality of radial faces. Each edge of an apex-opposed face that contacts a radial face presents visible design indicia. Radial faces contain transversely-polarized magnetic, mechanical or electro-mechanical attachment mechanisms. The puzzle is solved and the three-dimensional polyhedra completed when puzzle elements are placed with the visible design indicia of every puzzle element's apex-opposed face edges conforming to those of every adjacent puzzle element. Radial faces may contain protuberances and cavities corresponding to indicia of corresponding apex-opposed face edges such that only puzzle elements with conforming apex-opposed face indicia will interjoin. Computerized processes determine viable solutions for indicia combinations on puzzle elements. Puzzle elements may be of pyramidal, dipyramidal, trapezohedral, rhombohedric or other similar forms. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309303 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A GAME PIECE - A method and system for determining the presence and identity of a game piece placed at a sensing location by attaching one or more conductive rings at fixed concentric locations on the bottom of the game piece and sensing the presence or absence of the conductive rings by means of sensors that are insensitive to the rotational orientation of the game piece. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309304 | MATCH UP - A matching game apparatus and method of play comprising a gaming board in the form of a grid with a starting space located thereon. Indicia bearing tiles are pulled at random by the players, who commence play by amassing an initial set of tiles and a first player setting a tile in the starting space. Subsequent players must find a match within their sets of tiles, and place a matching tile atop the previous player's tile and another tile adjacent to the matching tiles. If a player doesn't have a matching tile, that player must draw tiles at random in an attempt to draw a matching tile. After three attempts, the player forfeits the turn and the next player's turn commences. The first player to get rid of all tiles in that player's possession is declared the winner. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309305 | MODIFIED GAME OF TWENTY-ONE HAVING MODIFIED LIMITS AND PAYOUTS AND METHOD OF PLAYING - A method of playing a playing card wagering game comprises: placing a first minimum wager within a table limit, the first minimum wager establishing a minimum wager and a maximum wager the player may bet until all of the playing cards have been played and the playing cards are reshuffled and the minimum first wager for the next round is to be placed; dealing a first player card face-up to all players; dealing a first dealer card face-up to a dealer; dealing a second player card face-up to all players; performing one of the following steps by each player: take another playing card which is dealt face-up, holding and taking no more playing cards, increase the first minimum wager to double the first minimum wager and taking only one more playing card which is dealt face-up, and splitting the first and second player card to form two separate playing hands and increasing the first minimum wager to double the first minimum wager; dealing a second dealer card; and determining a winning hand. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309306 | TRADING CARD GAME INCLUDING SPHERES IN THE PLAY PATTERN - A trading card game that includes a deck of cards and a plurality of spheres is disclosed. Each card includes an identical back surface and a face surface with content thereon. The content of at least a first card is different than the content of other cards. In some embodiments of the invention, at least some of the content of the first card corresponds to at least a first sphere. The content may be, for example, a depiction of the at least one sphere. Some embodiments of the invention provide card games such as Warball™ by Duncan Toys. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309307 | Toy dart assembly and method - Embodiments of the invention include a method for engaging a dart with a net. A dart is thrown toward a net. When the dart hits the net, the nose of the dart passes through an opening in the net for subsequently, lodging strands of the net in a recess situated behind the nose of the dart. Embodiments further include a recreational toy assembly having in combination a net and a dart. One or more strands of the net lodge in a recess behind the nose of the dart for coupling the dart to the net. The dart remains engaged to the net until the dart is removed from engagement with the net. For disengaging the dart from the net, the strand(s) is/are removed from the recess such that the nose of the dart may be passed out of opening in the net. The strands of the net provide the boundary or perimeter of the opening. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309308 | ROTATING SEALS FOR CELL PROCESSING SYSTEMS - The invention provides an improved rotating seal apparatus including a plurality of concentrically spaced annular rotating seals. The invention also provides a rotating seal apparatus including a pressurized annular chamber surrounding an annular rotating seal. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309309 | RETENTION SYSTEM FOR AN INFLATABLE SEAL - An apparatus and method for retaining an inflatable seal comprising a channel having a closed end and a pair of projecting legs. A plurality of spaced apertures in each of the projecting legs extend parallely along a longitudinal axis of the channel. A plurality of nuts align with the corresponding plurality of spaced apertures and an inflatable seal is disposed within the channel. A pin is disposed within each aperture, wherein each of the pins has a threaded portion threadingly engaging one of the nuts and a non-threaded portion projecting towards the neck to dispose the foot intermediate the pins and the closed end. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309310 | Blender Blade Sealing System - A sealing system for a food blending appliance; said sealing system providing a seal between a blade assembly and an open base of a jug of said appliance; said seal comprising a first upper sealing element and a seal-retaining element; wherein said first upper sealing element provides a substantially smooth transition between internal surfaces of said jug and an upper surface of said blade assembly. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309311 | Methods and apparatus to facilitate sealing in rotary machines - A method and seal assembly for a rotary machine including a rotary component and a stationary component is provided. The method includes providing a seal housing including a front plate and a back plate that is spaced from the front plate such that a cavity is defined between the front plate and the back plate. The method also includes coupling a plurality of flexible compliant plates to at least one of the seal housing and the stationary component such that the compliant plates are spaced from the front plate and the back plate within the cavity, and coupling at least one projection to at least one of the seal housing and the compliant plates such that the at least one projection facilitates reducing flow through at least one of a first axial gap and a second axial gap that are defined between the seal housing and the compliant plates. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309312 | PISTON RING FOR THE PISTON OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a piston ring ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090309313 | Sealing Body for a Cable Sleeve - A sealing body for a cable sleeve for an optical fiber cable is disclosed. The sealing body has a central, cylindrical sealing body segment. The central, cylindrical sealing body segment has, on an outer casing surface, a plurality of cutouts distributed over the circumference thereof, in each case one cylinder-segment-like sealing body segment being capable of being inserted into each of the cutouts of the central sealing body segment, and in each case one cable insertion opening for receiving and individually sealing off in each case one single cable being formed between the central sealing body segment and each cylinder-segment-like sealing body segment. Each of the cylinder-segment-like sealing body segment has a gel-like sealing element, which can be compressed individually independently of the sealing elements of other cylinder-segment-like sealing body segments in order to individually seal off the cable inserted into the respective cable insertion opening. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309314 | Bushing - A bushing, including a core, a sleeve that surrounds the core and a spring element that is arranged between the core and the sleeve, wherein, on at least one face of the bushing, there is a sealing element that seals the spring element vis-à-vis the environment. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309315 | Gasket, Particularly for the Burner of a Boiler - A gasket, particularly for a burner of a boiler, comprising at least one conductor, which extends along the entire gasket and is connected to a control unit, which comprises means for generating a flow of electric current in the conductor and control means adapted to emit a signal if the flow is interrupted, the conductor being made of a material that melts in case of a rise in temperature caused by a leak of the gas contained in the boiler. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309316 | Chuck for Bit - A chuck includes a body having an engaging groove for releasably receiving a bit. A sleeve is mounted around and movable relative to the body along a longitudinal axis of the body between a coupling position in which the bit is retained in the engaging groove and a releasing position allowing removal or insertion of the bit. The sleeve further includes an engaging section that slidably abuts a coupling section of the body. The engaging section is engaged with the coupling section to allow joint rotation of the body and the sleeve about the longitudinal axis. The sleeve further includes a flange with a frictional outer periphery to provide friction when the sleeve is manually rotated about the longitudinal axis by rotating the frictional outer periphery. Furthermore, the flange can be gripped by a user to move the sleeve to the releasing position. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309317 | Chuck for Bit - A chuck includes a body having an engaging groove for releasably receiving a bit. A sleeve is slideably mounted around the body. The body further includes an annular groove in an outer periphery thereof. The annular groove includes a positioning portion having an opening extending into the engaging groove. A positioning member is slideably received in the positioning portion and movable between a disengaged position disengaged form the bit and an engaged position. The positioning member in the engaged position has a portion extending through the opening into the engaging groove to engage with and retain the bit in the engaging groove. A retainer ring is mounted in the annular groove and clamps the positioning member in the engaged position. | 2009-12-17 |
20090309318 | QUICK-RELEASE JAWS WITH SINGLE-PIECE BEARING CHUCK - A workholding chuck can use actuating members that pivot within a non-split unitary front bearing. The non-split unitary front bearing can include pockets in its central bore that can allow a spherical section of an actuator arm to be inserted into the bearing. The spherical section can include radially recessed areas to facilitate the insertion into the bearing. The jaws can be retained to the actuator arms through the use of a quick-release assembly. The quick-release assembly allows the jaws to easily and quickly be changed to allow the chuck to grasp different workpieces. | 2009-12-17 |