52nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110314880 | Cylinder Lock and Key Combination - Cylinder lock and key with a rotatable plug in a cylindrical housing has radial slots each with two tumblers spring biased in the same direction and provided with side extensions for engaging a supporting spring. The side extensions are oriented opposite each other, and certain slots are spring biased in one direction and in other slots the tumblers are spring biased in another direction. The tumblers have cord projections protruding into a key channel and engaging control paths. The tumblers in series in odd slots are spring biased in one direction and in even slots are spring biased in the opposite direction, whereby their cord projections protrude in a direction orthogonal to sliding motion of the tumblers so that the cord projections are in each slot, substantially against each other and their lateral control edges adjacent the side projections cooperate with the control paths formed on the adjacent side walls of the control grooves in the key. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314881 | Process for the Selective Production of Hydrocarbon Based Fuels from Algae Utilizing Water at Subcritical Conditions - Disclosed herein is the production of hydrocarbon based fuel from micro-organisms and algae that comprise algaenan without requiring prior removal of water, as well as the production of hydrocarbon based fuel directly from the algaenan itself. Also disclosed herein are feed material for the processes disclosed herein comprising modified algae and algaenan that selectively produce hydrocarbon of desired chain lengths, along with the process of modifying the algae and algaenan. Also disclosed herein is the production of both hydrocarbon and organic fertilizer from algae without the need to remove the water from the algae prior to processing. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314882 | FERTILISER COMPOSITION - This invention relates to a storage stable fertiliser composition in the form of pellets or granules comprising an organic fertiliser in admixture with a water absorbent polymer. This invention also relates to a process for producing a storage stable fertiliser composition, the process comprising: i) mixing an organic fertiliser and a water absorbent polymer to form a mixture; ii) pelletising or granulating the mixture; and iii) drying the pellets or granules for a time and under conditions sufficient to form a storage stable fertiliser composition. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314883 | Buffered amino alcohol solutions of N-(n-butyl)thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) and urea fertilizers using such solutions as urease inhibitors - Reduced volatility of urea fertilizers are prepared in accordance with the present invention by first preparing an N-(n-butyl)-thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) solution by dissolving NBPT in a mixture of an amino alcohol having the formula 1—(H) | 2011-12-29 |
20110314884 | COMBINING BENEFICIAL ASH AND KILN DUST TO PRODUCE MINERAL LIME - Mineral Lime is a composition having from about 85% to about 95% by volume of fly ash and from about 5% to about 15% by volume of kiln dust. A composition for Mineral Lime can also have from about 85% to about 95% by volume of Class C fly ash; and from about 5% to about 15% by volume of lime kiln dust. A process for producing a composition of Mineral Lime including fly ash and kiln dust, includes the steps of feeding fly ash to a blender; feeding kiln dust to the blender; and blending the fly ash and kiln dust in the blender. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314885 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING LEAD BATTERY PLATES - Disclosed are methods and a system for manufacturing a lead or lead alloy plate lattice for a lead-acid battery, comprising continuous extrusion of a melt of lead or lead alloy under temperatures lower by 10-100° C. than the melting point of lead, or the lead alloy, the extrudate being subsequently subjected to a flattening process under a temperature lower by more than at least 230° C. than the melting point of lead or the lead alloy, with a total draft rate less than 10%, and thereafter the extrudate may be processed so as to manufacture a plate lattice. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314886 | Working apparatus and working method of sheet metal - The present invention has its object to provide an efficient, general use shaping technique for when forming high strength sheet metal into a three-dimensionally complicated shape. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314887 | SCREW PLUG MADE OF A METALLIC MATERIAL, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, CORRESPONDING BLANK, AND CORRESPONDING TOOL - A screw plug for a liquid conduit, particularly an oil pipe or an oil container, comprising a cylindrical shaft that is placed on a top plate and is provided with an external thread. A pocket hole having a polygonal cross section is centrally arranged on the top plate as a receiving member for a tool. The shaft is embodied as a tubular butt that is provided with the external thread. A pocket hole which is arranged coaxial to the pocket hole of the top plate extends from the face of the shaft. In order to produce the screw plug, a blank comprising the cylindrical tubular butt that is connected to the top plate in a molded on manner is made, the inner diameter and outer diameter of the tubular butt being smaller than the final corresponding diameters (e, f) of the screw plug. The tubular butt of the blank is then enlarged by applying pressure to the inner wall surface of the pocket hole thereof. Also disclosed is a tool in which one end of a pressure die is fixed as a mandrel-type tool while a supporting or holding head which is disposed so as to be movable relative thereto and encompass a seat for a blank is associated with the free end thereof. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314888 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STEEL WIRE - Provided is a production method in which a steel having a good tensile strength can be produced with a small processing energy. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314889 | Method and System For Upsetting Hollow Members - An apparatus and method for upsetting an end of a hollow workpiece to increase the wall thickness of that end is taught. A mandrel is inserted into the workpiece within a clamp which holds the workpiece. A die is urged into contact with the end of the workpiece to compress the end, decreasing its length and increasing the wall thickness of the end while the mandrel and clamp prevent deformation of the workpiece held in the clamp. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314890 | PRESS BRAKE - A press brake tool assembly mounting device | 2011-12-29 |
20110314891 | ROBOT FOR THE ELABORATION OF LINGUAL ARCHWIRES - A robot for the shaping of lingual archwires, including an anterior plate arced according to an anterior portion of a patient's teeth, wherein the anterior plate is capable of accepting an anterior portion of a lingual wire; a plurality of movable posterior bending units positioned posterior to the anterior plate, each bending unit capable of accepting a posterior portion of the lingual wire; a plurality of motors capable of selectively actuating each of the posterior bending units independently along at least one axis to bend the lingual wire along the at least one axis at a plurality of positions; a mother board in electrical communication with the plurality of motors and capable of receiving and executing instructions for desired dimensions of a lingual archwire; and a power source. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314892 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DYNAMIC MONITORING OF A LAMBDA PROBE - A method for the dynamic monitoring of a first lambda probe arranged in an exhaust-gas duct of an internal combustion engine upstream of an exhaust-gas purification system. A period of an output signal of the first lambda probe is determined in a controller of the internal combustion engine, and a lambda regulating signal is determined from an output signal of a second lambda probe connected downstream of the exhaust-gas purification system. A first threshold value for a lengthening of the period of the output signal of the first lambda probe is predefined, in that a characteristic signal ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110314893 | OXYGEN SENSOR CONTROLLER AND OXYGEN SENSOR CONTROL METHOD - In control over an oxygen sensor, a temperature of the oxygen sensor, which detects a concentration of oxygen in exhaust gas from a combustion chamber in which anode off-gas of a fuel cell is burned, is adjusted to a target temperature, and an output of the oxygen sensor is calibrated. When the temperature of the oxygen sensor is adjusted to the target temperature, a plurality of the target temperatures are set, a calibration target temperature higher than or equal to a first predetermined temperature is selected from among the plurality of target temperatures when the output of the oxygen sensor is calibrated, and a target temperature, which is lower than the calibration target temperature, is selected from among the plurality of target temperatures during power generation of the fuel cell. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314894 | Cyclic Impact-Sliding Fatigue Wear Testing Instrument - This invention deals with a testing instrument that is used to investigate failure behavior of items subject to impact and sliding forces. The testing instrument produces an impact motion and a sliding motion in each testing cycle with maximum contact pressure similar to actual stresses applied to the items during real applications. The invented instrument simulates wear conditions and failure behaviors of biomedical implants, components, tools and coatings which are observed in practical applications. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314895 | Method of testing a soil specimen - The inventive method is designed to test contaminants in soil that is contaminated with petroleum related products. The method involves the use of a container that will separate soil into a head space for analysis. The container consists of two halves and the container is partially filled with a soiled dirt specimen. The container is then hermetically sealed against the environment by way of a cover snapped over the container rim. The container with the contaminated specimen therein is allowed to accumulate a vapor head space within a certain time period. An instrument will puncture a sealed orifice in the top cover and a sample of the vapor is withdrawn for further analysis. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314896 | METHOD FOR TESTING THE FUNCTION OF A DEVICE - The function of a measuring device can be tested using a healthy person as an external control, provided that this person fulfils certain criteria and that particular method steps are adhered to. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314897 | GAS SENSING USING ULTRASOUND - A sensor chip ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110314898 | SENSOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GAS COMPONENTS IN GAS MIXTURES, AND USE THEREOF - A sensor element of a gas sensor for determining gas components in gas mixtures, having at least one electrochemical measuring cell which is formed by a ceramic substrate and electrodes placed thereon. The sensor element includes at least one interior chamber which is sealed in a gas-tight manner, in which at least one first internal electrode is positioned, which forms an electrochemical cell with each of a second and an additional electrode of the sensor element, one of the electrochemical cells being an electrochemical pump cell, and the second or other electrode being exposed to the measuring gas. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314899 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A PARTICLE SENSOR - A method for operating a particle sensor ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110314900 | SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD - An in situ autosampling method and associated sampling device for capturing a material sample from a vessel. Methods of the present invention make use of a sampling device having an extendable sample capture element with a concave sample capture pocket located near a distal end thereof. The sample capture pocket is adapted to capture a known volume of material when the sample capture element is extended into said material. The material sample remains trapped in the sample capture pocket upon sample capture element retraction. Ports in the sample capture pocket may be placed in communication with corresponding material transfer channels extending through the sample capture element to allow for the in situ processing of a material sample, and the subsequent discharge of the sample to an analyzer or another downstream location. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314901 | PHOTOELECTRIC GAS SENSOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The instant disclosure provides a photoelectric gas sensor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method comprising the steps of: (A) providing at least two half-housing modules from at least one corresponding mold; (B) forming a reflecting layer on the ellipsoidal inner surface of the chamber unit; (C) forming a chamber unit having a reflective ellipsoidal inner surface defining a chamber space from the half-housing modules; (D) forming a reflecting layer on each inner surface of the two half-housings; and (E) disposing an emitter assembly having an energy emitter at the first focal point of the ellipsoidal chamber. A fine-adjustment mechanism may be further provided to enable clearance adjustment between the half-housing modules. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314902 | ANALYSIS METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FLUIDS - The invention relates to novel methods and to devices for a measuring and analysis apparatus that measures impurities and/or particles in a gas or air. In a particle separation step, target particles having predetermined particle properties are separated from remaining particles from a gas or gas mixture such as air or a liquid, in short a fluid, that contains a particle mixture, and the occurrence and/or frequency of said target particles is determined in a measuring chamber. The likewise novel cooling of the radiation sources required for measurement permits the use of such having high power, as is required for measuring few particles or the smallest impurities. A further novel expansion of the electrical measurement range allows small but also abundant particles and impurities to be measured. In addition, a novel interface simplifies the start-up of the apparatus. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314903 | BODY FLUID TESTING DEVICE - Body fluid testing device for analyzing a body fluid comprises a test media tape adapted to collect the body fluid. The test media tape comprises a tape and test media portions. A free tape portion without test medium is located between successive test media portions. The testing device further comprises a supply portion. The supply portion comprises a housing in which uncontaminated test media tape is contained. The housing further has an opening for withdrawing test media tape from the housing. The testing device further has a sealing means for closing the opening against the surrounding. A free tape portion of the test media tape is located between a wall of the housing and the sealing means when the sealing means closes the opening. Further aspects concern a test media cassette with sealing means and a method for providing test media while holding them sealed against humidity during onboard storage. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314904 | FUEL AMOUNT MEASURING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a fuel amount measuring device for a vehicle positioned in a fuel tank of the vehicle to thereby measure an amount of remaining fuel. The fuel amount measuring device is implemented as a mechanical fuel amount measuring device including a base body, a resistive substrate, a retainer, and a contactor contacting the resistive substrate, wherein the resistive substrate and the contactor include a conductive film positioned therebetween and coated with a conductive material, such that the contactor and the resistive substrate are connected to each other by the conductive film. With the fuel amount measuring device, abrasion of the resistive substrate is prevented, thereby making it possible to improve durability of the fuel amount measuring device. In addition, the base body and the conductive film are closely adhered to each other, having the resistive substrate therebetween, such that the resistive substrate does not contact fuel, thereby making it possible to prevent corrosion of the resistive substrate. As a result, it is possible to comparatively accurately measure an amount of remaining fuel | 2011-12-29 |
20110314905 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Catalyst - A system for providing a catalyst to a first flow of gas. The first flow of gas has an operating pressure for transporting the first flow of gas to a provided combustion chamber. The operating pressure established by a compressor of a provided turbocharger. The system includes a pump and an atomizer. The pump receives a portion of the first flow of gas. The atomizer receives a solution comprising the catalyst and provides a vapor comprising the catalyst. The pump provides the portion of the first flow of gas at a second pressure greater than the operating pressure. The portion of the first flow of gas at the second pressure carries the vapor out of the system and into the first flow of gas for delivery to the combustion chamber. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING MICROSCALE FORMABILITY OF THIN SHEET MATERIALS - A method of predicting sheet formability at a microscale level includes the steps of providing a grid pattern on a test sheet, bulging the test sheet to a hemispherical shape until a crack is initiated on the surface of the test sheet, detecting the initiation of the crack, acquiring two images of the surface adjacent to the crack and calculating surface strains on the test sheet. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314907 | CONTACTLESS FILLING LEVEL MEASUREMENT OF LIQUIDS - The invention relates to a device and a method for the contactless capacitive filling level measurement of a filling medium in a container, the device having a plurality of measurement electrodes and at least one reference electrode. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314908 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY SENSOR APPARATUS - A sensor apparatus measures wet-bulb temperature. The sensor apparatus comprises a casing. A measuring device comprises a sock at its probe end. A washing unit having a fluid outlet in the casing projects a fluid on the sock to remove residue and to humidify the sock. An actuator displaces the measuring device between a washing position and a measuring position. In the washing position, the sock is in register with the washing unit in the casing. In the measuring position, the measuring device has the sock out of the casing and away from the washing unit to measure an ambient wet-bulb temperature. A method for measuring a wet-bulb temperature is also provided. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314909 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING INITIAL UNBALANCE IN A COMPONENT - A method for predicting initial unbalance in a component comprising one or more elements, the method comprising: defining a statistical distribution of a mass moment weight of each of the one or more elements; restricting the statistical distribution to a selected range; and calculating an initial unbalance of the component for the restricted distribution of the one or more elements. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314910 | Single-axis-control-input gyroscope system having imperfection compensation - The present invention proposes a single-axis-control-input gyroscope system having imperfection compensation, which comprises a gyroscope and a state observer. The gyroscope includes a mechanical structure, and the dynamic behavior of the mechanical structure is described with a plurality of system parameters and a plurality of dynamic equations. The system parameters include a mass of the gyroscope, two main-axis spring constants, a cross-axis spring constant, two main-axis damping coefficients, a cross-axis damping coefficient and an angular velocity. The mechanical imperfections cause the system parameters to deviate from the designed values and become unknown values. The gyroscope receives a single-axis control signal and outputs a plurality of gyroscopic system dynamics. The single-axis control signal includes at least two frequency signals. The state observer is coupled to the gyroscope to receive the gyroscopic system dynamics as the inputs thereof to feed back compensations to the state observer. Thereby is estimated an angular velocity. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314911 | GYROSCOPE SENSOR CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a gyroscope sensor circuit, including a first differential amplifier differentially amplifying signals outputted from first sensing nodes of a gyroscope sensor; a phase shifter shifting a signal from the first differential amplifier by a predetermined shift phase; an amplitude detector detecting the amplitude magnitude of the signal from the first differential amplifier; and a variable gain amplifier amplifying the shifted signal from the phase shifter with gain adjusted depending on the amplitude magnitude from the amplitude detector, and providing the amplified signal to driving nodes of the gyroscope sensor. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314912 | Yaw rate sensor, sensor system, method for operating a yaw rate sensor and method for operating a sensor system - A yaw rate sensor having a substrate and a seismic mass is described, in which the seismic mass is excitable to a working oscillation relative to the substrate via a drive unit, and a Coriolis deflection of the seismic mass is detectable relative to the substrate, in which the yaw rate sensor furthermore has an interrupt interface, the drive unit being configured to reduce a frequency and/or an amplitude of the working oscillation if an interrupt signal is present at the interrupt interface. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314913 | MEMS Tunneling Accelerometer - A tunneling accelerometer includes a proof mass that moves laterally with respect to a cap wafer. Either the proof mass or the cap wafer includes a plurality of tunneling tips such that the remaining one of proof mass and the cap wafer includes a corresponding plurality of counter electrodes. The tunneling current flowing between the tunneling tips and the counter electrodes will thus vary as the proof mass laterally displaces in response to an applied acceleration. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314914 | ACOUSTIC OSCILLATOR - An acoustic oscillator arrangement includes an acoustic system having at least one acoustic transmission path through it, and at least one mode. The acoustic transmission path is of variable length. A controller is provided with an amplifier and a feedback network which together provide a positive feedback oscillator for exciting a mode of the acoustic system. The feedback network comprises a non linear amplitude control element (N-LACE), a frequency dependent gain element with an electronic transfer function, and a phase compensator. The acoustic oscillator arrangement also includes an acoustic transmitter which launches an acoustic signal into the acoustic system based upon an output from the controller, and an acoustic receiver which receives an acoustic signal from the acoustic system which is fed back to the controller. Such a stabilized positive feedback arrangement is self exciting at the effective resonance frequency of the acoustic system and avoids the need for an external fixed or variable frequency driver. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314915 | DAMAGE DETECTION USING LASER VIBROMETRY - Methods and apparatus for exciting a structure and determining its structural integrity. In particular, methods of nonlinear analysis are used to compare first and second response datasets, each dataset resulting from a different excitation amplitude that the other dataset. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314916 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION EXCITATION USING ULTRASONIC WAVE - Provided is a method and device for low frequency vibration excitation, which may generate a low frequency using a plurality of ultrasonic generators for high frequency. The method generates ultrasonic waves using a plurality of ultrasonic generators attached to a target structure to induce a beat phenomenon, and extract a frequency lower than a frequency of each of the plurality of the ultrasonic generators to measure a property of the target structure, and thereby may be freely applied to a target structure, regardless of a shape of the target structure such as a plate, a curved pipe, and the like, using a relatively small-sized ultrasonic sensor for high frequency, and may excite a specific frequency of an acceleration range, so that the ultrasonic excitation method may be applicable in a relatively poor Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) range. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314917 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION EXCITATION USING ULTRASONIC WAVE - Provided is a method and device for low frequency vibration excitation, which may generate a low frequency using a plurality of ultrasonic generators for high frequency. The method generates ultrasonic waves using a plurality of ultrasonic generators attached to a target structure to induce a beat phenomenon, and extract a frequency lower than a frequency of each of the plurality of the ultrasonic generators to measure a property of the target structure, and thereby may be freely applied to a target structure, regardless of a shape of the target structure such as a plate, a curved pipe, and the like, using a relatively small-sized ultrasonic sensor for high frequency, and may excite a specific frequency of an acceleration range, so that the ultrasonic excitation method may be applicable in a relatively poor Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) range. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314918 | PIPE INNER SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS - A pipe inner surface inspection apparatus that can accurately inspect the inlet portion of a pipe is provided. The pipe inner surface inspection apparatus provides a guide unit ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110314919 | AMPLIFYING ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDES - Ultrasonic waveguides having improved velocity gain are disclosed for use in ultrasonic medical devices. Specifically, the ultrasonic waveguides comprises a first material having a higher acoustic impedance and a second material having a lower acoustic impedance. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314920 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STUDYING A STUDY AREA BY MEANS OF AN ACOUSTIC WAVE - A device includes a substrate | 2011-12-29 |
20110314921 | Method and apparatus for imaging biological data - An imaging apparatus for generating photoacoustic images and ultrasound images that is capable of generating both types of images with high resolution is provided. An ultrasound probe includes a plurality of probe elements. A first phase matching adding section reads out photoacoustic signals from a photoacoustic element data memory, and administers phase matching addition within a first phase matching range. An image processing section generates a photoacoustic image based on phase matched and added data. A second phase matching adding section administers phase matching addition on reflected acoustic signals sampled by a signal obtaining section within a second phase matching range. An image processing section generates an ultrasound image based on phase matched and added data. The first phase matching range is greater than the second phase matching range. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314922 | WIRELESS SELF-POWERED MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CAPACITIVE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Disclosed is a wireless self-powered monolithic integrated capacitive sensor, as well as methods of manufacturing same. A single monolithic chip may include various technologies, including RF MEMS, CMOS devices and related circuitry, and physical sensor MEMS. An example pressure sensor is disclosed, including a sensing capacitor and a reference capacitor that together allow the system to provide steady output in various environmental conditions. In one embodiment a pre-fabricated circuit wafer is fusion bonded to a pre-fabricated diaphragm wafer. Doped silicon may form the monolithic structure to provide the voltage necessary to run the system. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314923 | PRESSURE SENSOR WITH FIXED DEFORMABLE AREA - A pressure guiding bump is configured on the center of a pressure gauge to obtain a single “conductivity-pressure” curve feature which is independent from any position wherever a pressure is applied on the guiding bump. When a pressure is applied, the guiding bump guides the pressure against a fixed deformable area to be deformed, whatever the pressure is, the deformed area is nearly a same area. The pressure gauge is extraordinarily adequate to be designed in a weighing machine with parallel connection in between them. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314924 | STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION OF A MICROSCALE FLOW-RATE/SKIN FRICTION SENSOR - A floating element shear sensor and method for fabricating the same are provided. According to an embodiment, a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based capacitive floating element shear stress sensor is provided that can achieve time-resolved turbulence measurement. In one embodiment, a differential capacitive transduction scheme is used for shear stress measurement. The floating element structure for the differential capacitive transduction scheme incorporates inter digitated comb fingers forming differential capacitors, which provide electrical output proportional to the floating element deflection. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314925 | DEFLECTION TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING - An apparatus for testing the ability of a material or component to deflect comprises a table on which a component or workpiece made of the material is mounted. The workpiece is mounted using a suitable holding and supportive device. The supportive device includes a fulcrum on which the workpiece is partially supported. A loading device is used to apply a load to the workpiece. A computer or PLC in operable communication with the loading device is used to operate the apparatus and assess the ability of the material of the workpiece to deflect. A process used to assess the testing of a material comprises the steps of deflecting a workpiece of the material and measuring at least one of a force used to deflect the workpiece and a distance the workpiece is deflected. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314926 | BIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING MACHINE - A biaxial tensile testing machine performing a tensile test of a test piece by stretching the test piece in four directions along two axes perpendicular to each other includes: first and second turntables which are disposed so as to be parallel to each other and relatively rotatable about a rotary axis along the planer direction thereof; first to fourth link mechanisms which are provided at 90° intervals in the circumferential direction about the rotary axis so that one ends of respective members of a pair of members are rotatably connected to each other, and the other ends of respective members of the pair of members are attached across the first and second turntables; and first to fourth test piece holding units which are respectively attached to the first to fourth link mechanisms and hold the test piece. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING SHEAR FASTENERS USED IN DOWNHOLE TOOLS - A tester for testing a shear fastener includes: a frame; a stationary chuck connected to the frame; a linear guide comprising a slider; a movable chuck connected to the slider; a movable insert fastened to the movable chuck and having a hole for receiving a first portion of the shear fastener; a stationary insert fastened to the stationary chuck and having a hole for receiving a second portion of the shear fastener; a linear actuator for engaging the movable chuck and fracturing the shear fastener; and a load cell for determining force exerted on the shear fastener by the linear actuator. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314928 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF BENDING STIFFNESS OF GDL FOR FUEL CELL - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for non-destructive measurement of bending stiffness of a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell by measuring a sagging length of a GDL sample, which can be used for a fuel cell, without damaging or destroying the GDL sample. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314929 | METHOD AND VORTEX FLOW MEASURING DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND/OR MEASURING WALL FLOW OF A MEDIUM OF TWO OR MORE PHASES FLOWING IN A PIPELINE - A method for monitoring and/or measuring an, at least at times, two-phase medium flowing in a pipeline, and having a first phase, especially a gaseous first phase, with a first density and a second phase, especially a liquid second phase, having a second density different from the first density. The method is performed with a vortex flow measuring device, which has at least one measuring tube inserted into the pipeline, a bluff body and a vortex sensor. In such case, the vortex sensor includes a sensitive section that responds to pressure fluctuations, and that is arranged at least partially adjoining the wall of the measuring tube. In the method, a wall flow of a second phase of a two or more phase medium is detected by the vortex flow measuring device, when a measurement signal which contains characteristic features for an interaction of a wall flow of the second phase of a flowing medium flowing along a wall of the measuring tube with the sensitive section of the first vortex sensor is registered by the vortex sensor. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314930 | FLUID FLOW MEASURING DEVICE, VALVE DEVICE AND MEASURING METHOD - The present invention relates to a fluid flow measuring device. The device includes a fluid flow having at least one of a volume flow rate and a mass flow rate. At least one spring element is included, which is exposed to the fluid flow, such that the spring element is elastically displaceable in at least one of a ferromagnetic and an electrically conductive mobile region depending on the dynamic pressure acting thereon with an eddy current sensor arranged stationarily. The eddy current sensor generates a measurement signal that is correlated with a distance between the eddy current sensor and the mobile region. The distance varies with the dynamic pressure-related displacement of the mobile region, and at least one temperature sensor is included, the temperature sensor measures an actual temperature of the fluid flow. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314931 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METER - An apparatus is disclosed that includes a measuring pipe comprising an inner layer and a non-magnetic outer layer; an electric flow meter electrically connected to the measuring pipe and operable to measure the flow of a material within the pipe; an insert comprising non-magnetic material exposed to the interior space of the measuring pipe and in electrical connection with the outer layer of the measuring pipe, wherein the insert is operable to provide a common ground between the material within the pipe and the flow measuring device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AN ULTRASONIC FLOW METER TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY - Ultrasonic flow meter transducer assembly. At least one some of the illustrative embodiment are systems including: a spool piece that defines an exterior surface, a central passage, and a transducer port extending from the exterior surface to the central passage; and a transducer assembly coupled to the transducer port. The transducer assembly includes: a transition element coupled to the spool piece, the transition element having a first end disposed within the transducer port, and a second end residing outside the exterior surface; a piezoelectric module with a piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric module directly coupled to the first end of the transition element and the piezoelectric module disposed within the exterior surface; a transformer module with a transformer disposed therein, the transformer module directly coupled to the second end of the transition element and the transformer module disposed outside the exterior surface; and an electrical conductor disposed within a passage through the transition element, the electrical conductor couples the transformer to the piezoelectric element. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314933 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - An ultrasonic transducer is described for use in a fluid medium. The ultrasonic transducer includes at least one piezoelectric transducer element and at least one matching element for promoting an oscillation injection between the piezoelectric transducer element and the fluid medium. The ultrasonic transducer also includes a housing ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110314934 | VORTEX FLOW MEASURING DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND/OR MEASURING FLOW OF DISTRIBUTED PARTICLES AND/OR DROPLETS - A vortex flow measuring device for monitoring and/or measuring an, at least at times, two phase medium flowing in a pipeline; wherein the medium has a first phase, especially a gaseous, first phase, with a first density and a second phase, especially a particle or droplet shaped, second phase, having a second density different from the first density; and wherein the vortex flow measuring device has at least a measuring tube, which can be inserted in a pipeline, a bluff body, and a vortex sensor, which responds to pressure fluctuations. The vortex flow measuring device additionally includes an acoustic transducer, which is formed integrally in a component, especially the bluff body, which protrudes into a flow path within the measuring tube, or is acoustically coupled to such component in such a manner that acoustic signals produced by impact of particles and/or droplets of the second phase on the component are transducible to electrical signals by the acoustic transducer. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314935 | SET OF MULTIAXIAL FORCE AND TORQUE SENSOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD - A multiaxial force/torque sensor assembly and method for assembling such a sensor assembly are disclosed. The sensor assembly includes a set of at least two sensors each being made of strain gauges, which are each arranged at a definite angle and distance relative to each other and which are each fixed to a transducer body, which is mechanical contact with a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes clearances for each strain gauge as well as associated electronic components and wiring located on the remaining area of the printed circuit board which will monitor compressive and tensile stresses in the measurement directions of the sensors. The method includes positioning the strain gauges on the plane measurement surface of a transducer body in a definite arrangement; fixing the strain gauges to the transducer body by means of adhesives, and connecting the strain gauges to respective conductors by means of electrically bonding. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314936 | SAMPLE CARRIER FOR SINGLE PHASE SAMPLERS - An apparatus for carrying well samplers including a tubular carrier housing, a crossover sub connected to the housing, and a pair of adjacent single phase samplers set off from the tool centerline axis thereby providing an offset interspatial through-bore region to support wireline operations. The pair of single phase samplers are removably disposed between upper and lower positioning inserts. The inserts have recessed sampler seats and through-bores that align with the interspatial through-bore region. A conduit fluidly connects one pair of recessed seats to the tool exterior so as to port annulus pressure to the pressure-activated triggering mechanisms of the samplers. A rupture disk housing is removably connected to the triggering conduit from an exterior recess in the crossover sub. The other positioning insert includes a clamping mechanism to removably secure the samplers within the carrier. Multiple assemblies of crossover subs and carrier housing can be connected in tandem. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL DETECTION OF AEROSOLS - A detector for optically detecting biological aerosols in a sample volume using non-imaging optical components (NIOCs) includes a light source configured to stimulate bio-fluorescence of tryptophan or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. In at least one embodiment, a sample volume and each non-imaging optical component are defined by surface features in each of a first monolithic structure and a second monolithic structure, when the first monolithic structure and the second monolithic structure are disposed in a facing relationship. In at least one embodiment, each NIOC comprises a compound parabolic collector. To facilitate volume production, the monolithic structures can be molded. Preferably, the sample is a volume of a gaseous fluid, such as air. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314938 | SOIL SAMPLING MACHINE AND METHOD OF USE - A soil sampling machine and its method of use is provided. The soil sampling machine can include a sampling mechanism configured and positioned to obtain a soil sample. A storage tank is located on the machine and can store the obtained sample material from the sampling mechanism. A hose connects the sampling mechanism and the storage tank and a vacuum generator generates a vacuum force in the hose to transport the obtained soil sample from the sampling mechanism to the storage tank. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314939 | TRANSMISSION HAVING A LOW LAUNCH GEAR - A vehicle transmission includes a pinion secured to an input shaft, a gear meshing with the pinion, an idler secured to the gear, a reverse gear meshing with the idler and secured to a second idler, a low gear supported on a layshaft and meshing with the second idler, and a coupler connecting the low gear to the layshaft. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314940 | Spur gear power sharing gear sets - In a gear transmission, pairs of spur drive gears provided with a helical cut spline on the inner diameter of the spur drive gears are mounted on a drive shaft provided with helical cut splines on the outer diameter of the drive shaft. The pairs of spur drive gears engage pairs of spur driven gears provided with a helical cut spline on the inner diameter of the spur driven gears mounted on a driven shaft provided with helical cut splines on the outer diameter of the driven shaft. In operation, there is equal load sharing among spur drive gears engaging the spur driven gears. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314941 | SECTIONAL CIRCULATING ASSEMBLY FOR A BALL SCREW - A sectional circulating assembly for a ball screw comprises an inner circulating block and an outer circulating block. In assembly, the inner circulating block is initially placed between the screw shaft and the nut before the rolling balls and the screw shaft are positioned, thus preventing the rolling balls from dropping out and the interference with the threads. After the rolling balls and the screw shaft are positioned, the outer circulating block is placed into the nut and to be engaged with the inner circulating block, and the outer circulating block is fixed to the nut. This method can maintain the tightness of the nut, thus preventing the leakage of noise. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314942 | RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A range switching device controls an actuator in response to a shift command from a shift operation portion. The actuator moves a manual valve which sets a shift range of an automatic transmission based on an axial position, and has a drive shaft which, being disposed parallel to the manual valve, is driven so as to be extendable and contractible in an axial direction. The device further includes a holder portion provided at an end portion of the manual valve, and a link pin in which one end is linked to the actuator's drive shaft, and in which the other end is a spherical portion fitted into the holder portion, and engaged in point contact with two axial sides of an inner surface of the holder portion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314943 | Control device for an automated geared transmission - In a control arrangement for an automated gear shift transmission, particularly a dual clutch transmission, which provides for a plurality of functionalities with a relatively small number of slides and control valves, a first gear slide, which is assigned to a first shift device and by means of which an actuation pressure can be applied to the first shift device, has a first and a second supply input for the first and second movement direction of the piston. A supply pressure slide, by means of which a supply pressure can be directed to the gear slide, has first and second supply outputs, which are respectively connected to the first and second supply inputs of the gear slide. The supply pressure slide is designed in such a manner that it can direct a supply pressure optionally to one of the two supply outputs. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314944 | Control device for an automated gear shift transmission - In a control arrangement for an automated gear shift transmission, particularly a dual clutch transmission with a partial transmission having two gears which must not be simultaneously engaged, simultaneous engagement of the two gears of the partial transmission is prevented by a gear actuation system which has a first and a second gear slide wherein a second gear shift control pressure of the second gear slide counteracts the first gear shift control pressure of the first gear slide so that the first gear slide is blocked by the second gear shift control pressure. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314945 | Hydraulic control arrangement for an automated shift transmission - In a hydraulic control arrangement for an automated shift transmission, in particular a dual clutch transmission in a motor vehicle including a hydraulic control arrangement, the hydraulic control arrangement has a main pump and a controllable additional pump which jointly ensure that oil is supplied to the hydraulic control arrangement. The additional pump can feed into a control channel of a lubricating pressure slide and build up an adjustable lubricating fluid control pressure. The lubricating fluid pressure in the lubricating cooling system is adjusted in a simple and inexpensive manner by lubricating pressure slide changes modifying the lubricating control pressure in the lubricating cooling system. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314946 | BICYCLE BRAKE AND SHIFT OPERATING DEVICE - A bicycle brake and shift operating device is provided with a bracket, a brake operating member, a shift operating unit and a pawl releasing member. The brake lever is pivotally attached to the bracket at a pivot axis. The shift operating unit includes a takeup member pivotally mounted relative to the bracket and a locking pawl pivotally mounted relative to the bracket. The locking pawl moves between a locking position and a release position. The pawl releasing member pivots relative to the bracket to pivot. The pawl releasing member selectively locates the locking pawl from the locking position to the release position by pivoting around the third pivot axis. The pivot axis of the pawl releasing member is offset from both of the pivot axes of the takeup member and the locking pawl. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314947 | BICYCLE BRAKE AND SHIFT OPERATING DEVICE - A bicycle brake and shift operating device is provided with a bracket, a brake operating member, a shift operating unit and a release operating member. The bracket includes a grip portion having first and second exterior lateral sides. The brake operating member is pivotally coupled to the bracket at a brake operating member pivot axis along a braking plane disposed between the first and second exterior lateral sides. The release operating member is pivotally coupled to the bracket at a release operating member pivot axis such that a user operating portion moves along an operating path between a rest position and a releasing position. As the user operating portion moves along the operating path from the rest position to the releasing position, the user operating portion moves closer to the brake operating member to perform a releasing operation in response to movement of the user operating portion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314948 | SHIFT FORK - In the case of a gear shift fork ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110314949 | ROBOT - A robot includes a first rotation member, a second rotation member, a driver, a cable assembly, a transmission assembly, and a guide member. The second rotation member is rotatably connected to the first rotation member, and capable of rotating about a rotation axis. The driver is configured to drive the second rotation member. The cable assembly includes a plurality of cables with at least one cable connecting to the driver. The transmission assembly is configured to transmit rotation from the driver to the second rotation member. The guide member is fixed to the first rotation member, and defines a guide hole extending along the rotation axis, through which the cable assembly passes. The second rotation member and the driver are disposed at distances deviating from the rotation axis. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314950 | ROBOT - A robot includes an articulation mechanism that includes a pair of opposing bevel gears, a pair of motors that rotate the pair of opposing bevel gears independently of each other, an output bevel gear that is engaged with each of the pair of opposing bevel gears and is supported so as to be rotatable and so as to be swingable in rotational directions of the pair of opposing bevel gears, and an output body that is secured to the output bevel gear, a cover-and-support structure that is a supporting member and functions as a cover covering the outside of the entirety of the articulation mechanism, and a swing mechanism that supports the cover-and-support structure such that the cover-and-support structure is swingable in the rotational directions of the pair of opposing bevel gears. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314951 | Apparatus - An apparatus includes a switching member which is attached to a main unit of the apparatus; a fixing member which is placed to be movable in a direction along a surface of a supporting portion that is an attaching portion for the switching member, and that contacts with and supports the switching member, which is disposed separately from or integrally with the switching member, and which fixes the switching member; an opening/closing member which has an opening for operating the switching member, and which is openably and closably disposed with respect to the main unit to cover a periphery of the switching member; and a positioning member as defined herein. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314952 | ACTUATOR FOR CONTROL LOADING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an actuator for control loading system to produce the control force installed at the system which provides the control of such as the aircraft, the ship and the vehicles with the virtual simulation. More specifically, the present invention installed at the virtual simulation system, which relates to an actuator for control loading system, measures the force added while the force by the movement of the control stick is received in the horizontal direction, and connects a lever transmitting the control force equivalent to the added force and a reaction force to a direct drive motor, and includes a potentiometer which senses the initial reference position with sensing the angle of rotation separately from an encoder, and can limit the rotation range of the lever rotating and also fix the initial neutral position, and can be manufactured compactly on the whole. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314953 | Tiltable Steering Wheel Apparatus for Work Vehicle - A tiltable steering wheel apparatus comprises a tilting mechanism provided under a grip portion of a steering wheel. The tilting mechanism includes a steering wheel support member for supporting the steering wheel to be tiltable about a pivotal axis extending along a transverse direction of a vehicle body, and a control lever switchable between a tilting allowing mode for allowing tilting movement of the steering wheel and a tilting preventing mode for preventing tilting movement of the steering wheel. The control lever has an extension extending toward the grip portion with a manual control portion provided in a distal end thereof to be operable with the fingers of the operator holding the grip portion of the steering wheel. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314954 | ELECTRIC TELESCOPIC STEERING APPARATUS - An electric telescopic steering apparatus includes a jacket having a lower jacket and an upper jacket in order to telescope the jacket; and a screw shaft arranged along a longitudinal direction of the jacket and held under a rotation-locked state. The screw shaft includes one end portion supported by one of the lower jacket and the upper jacket. The electric telescopic steering apparatus further includes a nut screwed on another end portion of the screw shaft and supported by another of the lower jacket and the upper jacket; a driving section configured to drive a rotation of the nut; and a displacement absorbing section provided between the one end portion of the screw shaft and the jacket. The displacement absorbing section is configured to permit the one end portion of the screw shaft to be displaced on an X-Y plane defined by an imaginary X-axis and an imaginary Y-axis which are substantially perpendicular to an axis of the screw shaft, and configured to permit an angle of the axis of the screw shaft to vary about the X-axis and the Y-axis. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314955 | ACCELERATOR DEVICE - An accelerator device for performing an acceleration operation includes a rotary body which rotates with rotation of a grip, a magnet which rotates with rotation of the rotary body, a rotation angle detector which detects a rotation angle of the magnet, an urging member which returns the grip to an original point position by urging the rotary body, and a separation member which separates the rotary body and the rotation angle detector, the rotation angle detector is fixed to the separation member and the rotary body is rotatably held thereby while the urging member urges the rotary body toward the separation member as well as in the rotation direction, so that positional variation of the rotation angle detector against the magnet can be prevented. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314956 | Assembly and Welding Method for Coupling a Rotor to the Shaft of a Pedal Assembly - An assembly and method for coupling the rotor of a vehicle pedal assembly to the shaft of a vehicle pedal assembly. In one embodiment, the rotor includes a collar with an interior surface defining a plurality of slots and the shaft includes a distal neck which extends into the collar of the rotor. A weld horn is inserted into the collar and into contact with the neck of the shaft for melting a portion of the neck and causing the material of the molten neck to flow into the slots for securing the rotor to the shaft. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314957 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE - The invention relates to a vibration damping device in a drive train of a motor vehicle, having an input drive part and an output part that is rotatable to limited extent relative to the input part through the action of at least one energy storage element, there being a pendulum mass carrier situated or formed on the input part and/or the output part, which makes it possible to receive at least one pair of pendulum masses comprising pendulum masses that are situated opposite each other axially on the pendulum mass carrier and are pivotable to a limited extent relative to the latter with the aid of at least one roll-off element, and where the roll-off element, by rolling, passes over a roll-off surface on the pendulum mass carrier and on each of the pendulum masses as the pendulum masses move relative to the pendulum mass carrier, and where the pendulum masses of a pair of pendulum masses have different geometric forms. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314958 | TUNABLE MASS DAMPER FOR USE WITH A REACTION WHEEL ASSEMBLY - A tunable mass damper (TMD) is provided that can be coupled to a rotating inertia apparatus such as a reaction wheel assembly (RWA). The TMD includes a housing that contains a flexure, a mass, and damping fluid within the housing. The housing is coupled to the flexure, and the flexure is coupled to the mass. The mass is free to sway in the damping fluid. The damping fluid envelops the mass and provides damping between the mass and the housing. At least one of the mass, flexure and the damping fluid can be adjusted to tune the TMD to produce a resonance at or near a mode that is to be mitigated by the TMD such that it operates at a desired or optimal operating frequency. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314959 | Cross-Jack Counterbalance System - The device is a counterbalance system and method to reduce the work of conventionally balanced, reciprocating cantilevered beam pumping units, and comprises a pair of transversely oriented support mounts attached to the cantilevered beam or walking beam of a pre-existing reciprocating pumping unit, attaching on either side of the pivoting-fulcrum, mounting point of the cantilevered walking beam. These transverse mounting points terminate individually on either side of said walking beam in channel-like saddles that support independent, parallel beams, which in turn cantilever themselves in tandem with said walking beam of the pumping unit; moreover, the position of the parallel beams by virtue of the transverse mounts creates a new center of gravity corresponding to the center of the pivoting mounting point of the walking beam, eliminating counter-productive torque forces on the walking beam as it tilts from horizontal. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314960 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A vehicle power transmission device includes: a power generation device that includes a rotating machine electrically controllable in torque; and a power distribution device including three rotating elements, which are an input rotating element, a first output rotating element operatively coupled to a first wheel, and a second output rotating element operatively coupled to a second wheel, the power distribution device distributing power input to the input rotating element from the power generation device to the first output rotating element and the second output rotating element, the power distribution device being configured such that the input rotating element, the first output rotating element, and the second output rotating element are arranged in this order from one end to the other end on a collinear diagram capable of representing the rotation speeds of the three rotating elements on a straight line, the operation state of the rotating machine being controlled to put the first output rotating element and the second output rotating element into a predetermined differential sate, and the power generation device including: an electric type differential portion with the rotating machine coupled to a differential mechanism in a power transmittable manner to control a differential state between a rotation speed of a differential input member and a rotation speed of a differential output member by controlling the operation state of the rotating machine; and a power source coupled to the differential input member in a power transmittable manner. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314961 | TWIN-CLUTCH TYPE TRANSMISSION UNIT FOR ENGINE, AND MOTORCYCLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A twin-clutch type transmission unit includes inner and outer shafts provided respectively with first and second disc clutches for transmission and interruption of input from a prime mover, a plurality of drive gears provided on the inner and outer shafts, and a counter shaft provided with driven gears selectively operable to mesh with the drive gears, with the first and second disc clutches of the inner and outer shafts being alternately disengaged and engaged so as to perform a gear shift. In the transmission unit, a dog-type clutch for synchronizing rotations of the inner shaft and the outer shaft is provided. At the time of vehicle starting, the inner and outer shafts are connected with each other, and the first and second disc clutches of both the inner and outer shafts are engaged. Such transmission unit contrives reductions in the size and weight of a twin-clutch type transmission unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314962 | Transmission Having a Low Launch Gear - Gearing for a vehicle transmission includes meshing forward gears and an idler, a reverse gear engaging the idler, a low gear engaging the reverse gear, a final drive, and a low gear drive path including the idler, the forward, reverse and low gears and the final drive. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314963 | CONTROLLABLE CONSTANT SPEED GEARBOX - An engine mountable gearbox is provided and includes a body formed to define a plurality of connection points at which a main engine generator and one or more accessories are mounted, a first transmission disposed within the body at the connection point of the main engine generator to run the main engine generator at a controlled constant speed at varying speeds of the engine rotation and a second transmission disposed within the body at least at one of the connection points of the one or more accessories to run the one of the one or more of the accessories at a controlled constant speed at varying speeds of the engine rotation. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314964 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR POWDER METALLURGY, COMPOUND FOR POWDER METALLURGY, AND SINTERED BODY - There is disclosed a compound for powder metallurgy including a binder composition for powder metallurgy and a metal powder. The binder composition for powder metallurgy includes a hydrocarbon-based resin and wax, wherein the content of oxygen is 20 mass % or less. The content of the hydrocarbon-based resin in the compound for powder metallurgy is 1 to 2 times the content of the wax, by mass ratio. It is preferable that the binder composition further includes a copolymer formed through a copolymerization of a first monomer including a cyclic ether group with a second monomer. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314965 | METAL POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND SINTERED BODY - There is provided a metal powder for powder metallurgy including Zr and Si in a manner such that following conditions of (A) and (B) are satisfied, wherein a remainder thereof includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, (A) the mass ratio of a content of Zr to a content of Si is 0.03 to 0.3, and (B) the content of Si is 0.35 to 1.5% by mass. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT REDUCTION IRONMAKING - An apparatus for producing a reducing gas for direct reduction iron-making includes an internal-heating type reformer for reforming a natural gas by adding steam and oxygen to the natural gas and by partially burning the natural gas to generate reducing gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide; a remover for removing carbon dioxide from exhaust gas generated in the direct reduction iron-making; and a line for recycling as the reducing gas the exhaust gas from which the carbon dioxide is removed by the remover. A method for producing direct reduced iron from a raw material containing iron oxide includes the steps of reforming a natural gas by adding steam and oxygen to the natural gas and by partially burning the natural gas to generate a reducing gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide; reducing the raw material containing iron oxide by using the reducing gas to produce the direct reduced iron; removing carbon dioxide from exhaust gas generated in the reducing step; and recycling as the reducing gas the exhaust gas from which the carbon dioxide is removed in the removing step. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314967 | IMPROVING THE RECOVERY OF PRECIOUS METALS FROM RECALCITRANT REFRACTORY ORE - The invention provides a novel process for improving the recovery of precious metals from recalcitrant refractory ores by the use of hydrofluoric acid dissolved in ionic liquids. The solution of hydrogen fluoride gas in an ionic liquid is contacted with dry crushed ore at a temperature and for a period of time commensurate with the fracturing of a specific recalcitrant refractory ore. The excess ionic liquid is separated from the ore and the fractured ore is further treated with dilute sodium cyanide solution to extract precious metals in greater yields. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314968 | Pop-top (tab) can opener - A pop-top can opener that includes a cavity into which the tab of a pop-top can is inserted and a lever end which allows the user to provide a leverage to the tab to open the can without the risk of damaging fingernails. A notch can be provided in the side of the device for removing the caps from bottles. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314969 | VIBRATION ABSORBING STRUCTURE OF A HAND TOOL - A vibration absorbing structure of a hand tool includes a notch at a bottom side of a wood handle of the hand tool to form a vibration absorbing space when the wood handle is coupled to a tool body. The vibration absorbing space is able to absorb vibrations generated by the tool body when striking and to lower the vibration force. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314970 | HAMMER WITH TITANIUM ALLOY STRIKING FACE - A hammer with a titanium alloy striking face includes a main body and a striking face. The striking face is made of β titanium alloy having a hardness above HRC 45. The main body is made of a metallic material, which is A164 titanium alloy, steel, or stainless steel. The hammer composed of the main body and the striking face complies with the standard of ASME. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314971 | ONE ARMED HAMMER AND SYSTEM - The hammer system of an embodiment may allow a user to start driving a nail (e.g., into a board or the like) without having to hold the nail with their other, non-hammering hand. For example, the hammer system may accept and detachably couple to a nail. Once coupled, the hammer system may partially drive the nail, for example with a moderate strike and/or multiple taps, such that the nail is substantially secure and/or stable enough to accept subsequent driving strikes without the user having to hold the nail in place. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314972 | Hydraulic Torque Wrench for Tight Clearance - A hydraulic torque wrench has a support partially sandwiched between first and second side plates. The support has hoop that extends beyond the edges of the plates so that the hoop has a smaller width than the wrench. An inner surface of the hoop defining a groove that receives a rib of a lever that fits against the hoop. This lever has an internal opening in which a socket disposes. A segment movable segment on the lever has teeth that ratchet with teeth around the socket. As the lever is reciprocated back and forth by an actuator on the wrench, the ratcheting between the lever and socket turn the socket and any nut disposed therein. The arrangement of the hoop, socket, and lever enable the wrench to be used in locations around nuts having tight clearances. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314973 | WELL COATED WRENCH - A well coated wrench includes a metal element, a one-way mechanism and an isolative coating. The metal element includes a tunnel defined therein. The one-way mechanism is substantially located in the tunnel. The one-way mechanism includes a tongue located outside the tunnel and a button located outside the tunnel. The isolative coating is provided on the metal element. The isolative coating includes an external annular ridge located around the button. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314974 | AUXILIARY TOOL FOR ASSEMBLING AND DISASSEMBLING SPARK PLUG - An auxiliary tool for assembling and disassembling a spark plug is used to assist the assembling and disassembling operation of the spark plug of a vehicle. The auxiliary tool comprises a spark plug sleeve, a flexible extender, and a rotating end portion. The spark plug sleeve is used to cover and rotate the spark plug. The flexible extender has flexibility and one end thereof is fixed on the spark plug sleeve. The rotating end portion is disposed on the other end of the flexible extender and detachably connected with a handle. In operation, the spark plug is firstly loosened by a conventional wrench, and the auxiliary tool then rotates the spark plug. The auxiliary tool is not limited by the limited engine space, so that the operational convenience of rotation operation can be increased and the operational time of assembling and disassembling the spark plug can be shortened. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314975 | Rotating Device and Driver - A rotating device ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110314976 | Multiple Slope or Multiple or Multiple Offset Tool Mechanism - Use of multiple-slope and/or multiple-offset mechanism or equivalent to address the issues with current mechanical clickers that have single-slope spring mechanism. The varying-slope can be a continuously varying-slope non-linear spring, or a combination of discretely varying multiple-slope springs. This invention is useful for clicker type torque wrenches, clicker type torque screw drivers, beam type torque wrenches, beam type torque screw drivers and shock absorbers. The present invention is equally applicable to clickers that click in both the CW (clockwise) and CCW (counterclockwise) directions or clickers that click only in one direction. The invention is generally characterized by placing a non-linear spring or combination of springs in the tool body to achieve multiple slope operation rather than using one single slope spring. The multiple slope configuration is superior in performance by moving closer to the ideal case of 0% error in operation. This error performance can be maintained with multiple slope configurations over the entire range of operation. The multiple slope configuration prolongs the life of the product as well as decreasing the need for recalibration as well as increasing the range of operation. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314977 | TUBE PURGING INSTRUMENT - A tube purging instrument, device has cooperating rollers which can be compressed and/or clamped together upon a flexible tube to compress the tube partially or completely between the rollers and which can then be rolled together along the length of the tube in order to advance the contents of the tube in the direction of movement of the rollers. The rollers are preferably equipped with flanges or rims which fit over an outer diameter of a tube to maintain registration of the rollers upon tube as the rollers travel in Counter-rotation along a length of the tube. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314978 | PIPE LATHE AND SUBASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A subassembly is provided for a pipe lathe. The pipe lathe includes a segmented base ring and a drive gear assembly. The segmented base ring is structured to be removably coupled to a work piece having a perimeter. The subassembly includes a gear ring, a separate ring member, at least one tool mounting portion disposed on the separate ring member, and a plurality of fasteners. The fasteners extend through the apertures of the separate ring member and fasten the separate ring member to the gear ring, in order that the separate ring member rotates with the gear ring but not independently with respect thereto. A number of tool assemblies mount to the tool mounting portion to machine the work piece. The gear ring includes a plurality of teeth, which cooperate with the drive gear assembly of the pipe lathe to rotate the subassembly about the perimeter of the work piece. | 2011-12-29 |
20110314979 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A plurality of bushings are coupled to one another via a series of bolts to provide an interlocking, articulating cutter. The bolts have a cylindrical end and a convex end. The convex ends are seated inside a concave socket coupled to the bushings. The cylindrical ends are coupled to a convex nut seated inside another concave socket coupled to an adjacent bushing. The convex ends of the bolts are configured to articulate inside the seat of the concave sockets. A washer may be placed between the bushings to provide a desired amount of flexibility and/or rigidity. The outer surface of the bushing comprises a cutting structure, such as a milled or clad cutting structure. | 2011-12-29 |