02nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130008635 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger has an exchanger unit, including at least one first coiled conduit and one second coiled conduit that are substantially coaxial, and a casing for housing the exchanger unit. The casing has a first end wall, a second end wall, and a peripheral part between the two end walls. Each conduit has an inlet and an outlet, where the outlet of the first conduit is connected substantially in series to the inlet of the second conduit. The exchanger unit is supported by the first end wall of the casing, with the inlet of the first conduit and the outlet of the second conduit which are substantially at the first end wall of the casing. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008636 | PANEL FOR FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METAL MAKING FURNACE - A plate cooler stave for use in a furnace having a shell wall, comprising: a top portion housing at least one cooling fluid inlet and at least one cooling fluid outlet for the flow of cooling fluid to and from the plate cooler stave from outside the furnace; and a main body disposed at an angle relative to the top portion so that the main body may be inserted into the furnace through an opening defined by the shell wall, wherein upon installation, at least a part of the top portion is disposed in the opening. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008637 | ENCASEMENT FOR HEAT TRANSFER FLUID (HTF) CONDUITS - An encasement for heat transfer fluid (HTF) conduits having an outer layer ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008638 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL HEAT SINK - A phase change material heat sink includes a sealed enclosure containing a phase change material. A fluid passage element is in contact with the sealed enclosure and includes a thermal exchange layer in thermal contact with the top and that directs fluid in a first flow direction and a shunt passage element in thermal contact with at least one of the sides or the bottom and that directs fluid in a second flow direction. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008639 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING A SERIES OF PERFORATING GUNS FOR OIL AND GAS WELLS - Mechanical connector for the connection and assembly of guns used in the perforation of petroleum producing wells. Each gun has a hollow cylindrically shaped housing whose ends have threaded joints. Explosive shipped-charges are radially set in respective peripheral slots of the gun. Guns are coaxially joined in vertical position within the casing of the well, forming an assembly that includes the firing head and a bottom sub. The joints between consecutive guns and between the bottom sub and the lowermost gun, include tubular adaptor pieces and intermediaries that have respectively a threaded joint end and an opposing end constituted by a bayonet-type locking joint formed by a single reinforced latching bayonet locking tab. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008640 | Flowbore Mounted Sensor Package - Apparatus including a sensor-containing body is disposable within a flowbore of a downhole tool. The apparatus also comprises an adjustable engagement mechanism that is coupled to the body. The engagement mechanism has a first position that allows the body to move longitudinally through the flowbore, and a second position that prevents movement of the body relative to the flowbore. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008641 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING OR HANDLING TUBULARS - A method and apparatus for facilitating running or pulling tubulars from a well bore whereby the functions of a surface mounted traditional spider/elevator are replaced by an FMS which may also be remotely controlled. The FMS comprises a main body consisting of upper and lower plates assembled in a bolted and welded configuration, a slip assembly each said slip assembly comprising a slip back, a slip, one or more die inserts, a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder and multiple sized die blocks to conform to the tubular OCTG diameter. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008642 | COMBINATION SWIVEL AND BALL DROPPER - For use with a top drive power unit supported for connection with a well string in a well bore to selectively impart longitudinal and/or rotational movement to the well string, a feeder for supplying a pumpable substance such as cement and the like from an external supply source to the interior of the well string in the well bore without first discharging it through the top drive power unit including a mandrel extending through a sleeve which is sealably and rotatably supported thereon for relative rotation between the sleeve and mandrel. The mandrel and sleeve have flow passages for communicating the pumpable substance from an external source to discharge through the sleeve and mandrel and into the interior of the well string below the top drive power unit. The unit can include a packing injection system and novel seal configuration. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008643 | DOWNHOLE SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING - Disclosed herein is a downhole sealing device. The device includes a swellable member, and a passageway having a perimetrically continuous wall. The swellable member is configured to cause sealing between a downhole structure and a plurality of tubulars when in a swelled condition, the plurality of tubulars are routed through a plurality of voids extending longitudinally through the swellable member, each of the plurality of voids has perimetrically continuous walls surrounding each of the plurality of tubulars. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008644 | Tongs triggering method - A method for controlling and coordinating the operation of a lifting device and a tongs device in removing and disassembling and/or installing and assembling a series of elongate members disposed within a wellbore involves sequentially sensing the presence of a series of joints and automatically triggering the lifting device and tongs device in response thereto. In some examples, the method senses the location of an upper joint to determine when the lifting device should begin decelerating prior to stopping the ascent of a lower joint at a target elevation. In some examples, the method includes control means for automatically skipping various joints. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008645 | Intelligent Well System And Method - An intelligent well system and method has a sand face completion and a monitoring system to monitor application of a well operation. Various equipment and services may be used. In another aspect, the invention provides a monitoring system for determining placement of a well treatment. Yet another aspect of the invention is an instrumented sand screen. Another aspect is a connector for routing control lines. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008646 | DEPTH/ORIENTATION DETECTION TOOL AND METHODS THEREOF - Methods and systems for depth and radial orientation detection are provided. Methods for determining the depth or radial orientation of one or more downhole components include the steps of providing a target mass and a using a detection device for detecting the depth and/or orientation of the target mass. In some cases, the target mass is initially nonradioactive and then, after installing the target mass downhole, it may be irradiated to form a relatively short-lived radioactive target mass, which may then be detected with a radiation detector. In this way, the target mass acts as a depth or radial orientation marker. Where the target mass is situated downhole in a known radial relationship to another downhole component, the radial orientation of the other downhole component may be deduced once the radial orientation of the target mass is determined Advantages include higher accuracies and reduced health, safety, and environmental risks. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008647 | Apparatus and Method for Well Operations - A method for modifying a return fluid in a wellbore comprising disposing at least one valve along a drill pipe section of a drill string in the wellbore. At least one parameter of interest is determined at at least one location along the wellbore. At least one valve is controllably actuated to discharge at least a portion of at least one fluid from inside the drill string to an annulus in the wellbore to modify a local property of the return fluid in the annulus based at least in part on the measured parameter of interest. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008648 | Apparatus and Method for Well Operations - A method for modifying a return fluid in a wellbore comprises disposing at least one controllable flow restrictor along a drill string in the wellbore. At least one parameter of interest is determined at at least one location along an annulus in the wellbore. Controllably actuating the at least one flow restrictor to modify a local property of a return fluid in the annulus based at least in part on the measured parameter of interest. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008649 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR DETERMINATION OF EROSION IN SYSTEMS - A method of providing information regarding erosion in an oil and/or a gas production system, which system includes at least one equipment/piping, the method including the steps of obtaining CFD results regarding hot spots in the equipment/piping from a CFD analysis of the equipment/piping for a range of pressures, flow rates and sand rates; and to, during production, obtaining data regarding erosion rates in a particular location in the system; and combining the data regarding erosion rates and CFD results to estimate and monitor sand erosion rates in the hot spots of the system. Further disclosed is a module performing the method steps as well as a computer program. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008650 | ELECTROMAGNETIC DEPTH/ORIENTATION DETECTION TOOL AND METHODS THEREOF - Methods and systems for depth and radial orientation detection are provided. Methods for determining the depth or radial orientation of one or more downhole components include the steps of providing a target mass and a using a detection device for detecting the depth and/or orientation of the target mass. In some cases, the target mass is an electromagnet. In certain embodiments, the target mass is a magneto-disruptive element that is detected with a magnetic flux leakage tool. In this way, the target mass acts as a depth or radial orientation marker. Where the target mass is situated downhole in a known radial relationship to another downhole component, the radial orientation of the other downhole component may be deduced once the radial orientation of the target mass is determined. Advantages include higher accuracies and reduced health, safety, and environmental risks. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008651 | METHOD FOR HYDROCARBON RECOVERY USING SAGD AND INFILL WELLS WITH RF HEATING - A method for hydrocarbon resource recovery in a subterranean formation may include forming spaced apart injector/producer well pairs in the subterranean formation, with each well pair including a laterally extending producer well and a laterally extending injector well spaced thereabove. The method may also include forming laterally extending infill wells in the subterranean formation, with each infill well being located between respective adjacent injector/producer well pairs. The method may also include recovering hydrocarbon resources from the producer wells based upon Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) via the injector/producer well pairs, and recovering hydrocarbon resources from the infill wells based upon RF heating regions of the subterranean formation surrounding the respective infill wells. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008652 | Gravel Pack and Sand Disposal Device - An apparatus and method allow gravel pack slurry to be placed in a borehole annulus from the toe towards the heel to reduce the pressure acting upon the heel of the borehole during the gravel placement operation. By reducing the pressure on the heel, the gravel pack slurry may be placed in longer sections of the borehole in a single operation. Additionally, excess slurry in the inner string can be disposed in the borehole annulus around the shoe track of the apparatus, and fluid returns can flow up the apparatus through a bypass. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008653 | WELLBORE LASER OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices related to downhole wellbore operations such as drilling and completing wells in an earth formation include a laser device. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008654 | Method for Drilling and Completion Operations with Settable Resin Compositions - A method for completing boreholes penetrating narrow gradient zones in a subterranean formation after drilling with an oil based drilling fluid for recovery of hydrocarbons. The method employs an epoxy-based resin composition with controllable density and rheology that provides a low equivalent circulating density and is compatible with the oil based drilling fluid. The composition acts as a substitute for cement in cementing operations including adhering casing to the borehole, zonal isolation, and consolidation. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008655 | Perforating Gun Assembly and Method for Controlling Wellbore Pressure Regimes During Perforating - A method comprises providing a gun string assembly within a wellbore and perforating the wellbore using the gun string assembly. The gun string assembly comprises a plurality of perforating guns coupled in series. A first perforating gun of the plurality of perforating guns comprises a first portion of shaped charges, and a second perforating gun of the plurality of perforating guns comprises a second portion of shaped charges operably associated with a secondary pressure generator. The first perforating gun and the second perforating gun are configured in the gun string assembly to provide a pressure transient comprising one or more pressures at a location in the wellbore that meet one or more thresholds. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008656 | WELLBORE LASER OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices related to downhole wellbore operations such as drilling and completing wells in an earth formation include a laser device. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008657 | WELLBORE LASER OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices related to downhole wellbore operations such as drilling and completing wells in an earth formation include a laser device. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008658 | WELLBORE LASER OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices related to downhole wellbore operations such as drilling and completing wells in an earth formation include a laser device. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008659 | WELLBORE LASER OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices related to downhole wellbore operations such as drilling and completing wells in an earth formation include a laser device. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008660 | IN SITU RECOVERY FROM A HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATION - An oil shale formation may be treated using an in situ thermal process. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the formation to a pyrolysis temperature. Heat input into the formation may be controlled to raise the temperature of portion at a selected rate during pyrolysis of hydrocarbons within the formation. A mixture of hydrocarbons, H | 2013-01-10 |
20130008661 | SUBSEA WELL INTERVENTION MODULE - Subsea well intervention module ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008662 | CLAMPING ARRANGEMENT - A mudline connector including a compression adaptor which can be elastically deformed onto an internal tubular member. The compression adaptor deflects inwardly to grip upper and lower sealing mandrels, providing axial and bending load support and creating a seal to isolate bore pressure from an outer annulus. The clamping arrangement provides a sealed connection between two well casing sections extending in opposite axial directions. The well casings are gripped and held in an end to end configuration by a radial load applied internally by a compression ring. The connector is activated by introducing pressure to activate pistons which in turn provide an axial thrust to stroke the internally tapered compression ring along the externally tapered compression collar, effectively creating an interference fit therebetween. This deflects the inner surface of the compression collar inwardly, deflecting the compression adaptor inwardly to grip the outer surfaces of the upper and lower sealing mandrels. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008663 | OFFSHORE HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION - A system is provided for the production of heavy crude oil from an undersea reservoir, and for the treatment of the crude oil to facilitate its transport. A floating body ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008664 | ABOVE MUDLINE WHIPSTOCK FOR MARINE PLATFORM DRILLING OPERATIONS - A whipstock system for drilling a wellbore from a water bottom supported platform having wellbores with conductor pipes disposed through guide slots in a template on the bottom of a body of water includes a whipstock pipe extending from an equipment deck surface on the platform to a stab in sub. The whipstock pipe includes a window and j-slot mechanism for releasably engaging a scab liner. A stab in sub is configured to make mechanical connection between the whipstock pipe and a surface of a wellbore conductor pipe cut proximate the water bottom. The system includes a scab liner extending from the window to the water bottom when the stab in sub is engaged to the cut conductor pipe. The window is disposed above the water bottom. The scab liner configured to enable drilling a wellbore surface hole therethrough to a selected depth of a surface casing. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008665 | Method and apparatus for subsea wellhead encapsulation - A BOP stack encapsulation system has dual partially hemispherical dome sections which are each supported and guided for linear movement to open and closed positions relative to base plate. The dual containment domes are moved from open positions to closed and hermetically sealed positions about a BOP stack responsive to sensing BOP leakage or a dangerous pressure condition and are controllable from a remote location. When both containment domes are closed they develop concentrically arranged dual hermetically sealed spaces that enclose the BOP stack and capture any leaked fluid and pressure. Captured well fluid constituents can be bled from the internal spaces of the concentric encapsulation domes as desired. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008666 | METHOD FOR CONVEYING BALLS DOWNHOLE USING A BALL CARRIER MEDIUM - A method is provided for safely delivering actuators such as balls from a ball injector to a downhole tool in a wellbore. A structure or carrier medium, such as a slug of gel or foam, is introduced to a bore of injector and the ball is injected into the bore for support by the carrier medium. A displacement fluid, such as fracturing fluid, is pumped into the wellbore to drive the carrier medium and ball. Each slug and ball can be retrieved at a ball catcher at the wellhead. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008667 | DOWNHOLE DEPLOYMENT VALVES - Methods and apparatus enable reliable and improved isolation between two portions of a bore extending through a casing string disposed in a borehole. A downhole deployment valve (DDV) may provide the isolation utilizing a valve member such as a flapper that is disposed in a housing of the DDV and is designed to close against a seat within the housing. The DDV includes an operating mechanism for opening/closing the DDV. In use, pressure in one portion of a well that is in fluid communication with a well surface may be bled off and open at well surface while maintaining pressure in another portion of the casing string beyond the DDV. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008668 | Hydraulic Sleeve with Early Release Prevention - A downhole window tool includes an internal sleeve slidably received within an outer housing. The sleeve and outer housing may have windows that selectively align or the sleeve may move out of alignment with the window to allow fluid passage through a window. Sleeve movement within the housing is controlled by inserting a dart or plug in the interior of the sleeve to allow pressure to act on the plug or dart to move the sleeve a set amount to open the lateral window. A shear pin or other device may be used to control the amount of force necessary to open the window and further ensure unintended opening of the lateral window. The use of the removable dart or plug both prevents unintentional forces from opening the window and increases the amount of throughput through the sleeve as compared to when valve structure is installed within the tool. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPLING DOWNHOLE TOOLS - Downhole tools, such as MWD modules (or components), may be coupled together with a coupler (or coupling device) having a shaft housing with slidable electrical connectors disposed at each end. The electrical connectors may each be supported in connector housings disposed with springs or other movable devices. In a first position, the electrical connectors may extend past the ends of the shaft housing. The slidable connector housings allow the electrical connections to be made before the sleeves connecting (or mechanically connecting) the MWD modules with the coupler are begun to be threadedly attached with the coupler. Each of the connector housings may have a key configuration on their exposed end. The shaft housing may also have key configurations on its ends. The key configurations of the connector housings and the shaft housing may be configured to mate with compatible ends of MWD modules. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008670 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR OIL AND GAS DRILLING OPERATIONS - A sub-surface safety system for hydrocarbon drilling operations is provided and includes at least one casing within a wellbore that extends into a first portion of a formation from the surface of the formation. A shut-in device is positioned in the casing so as to be below the surface of the formation. The well shut-in device defines a device passageway and is operable to sever a drill string extending through the device passageway and form a barrier in the device passageway that restricts wellbore fluids below the barrier from migrating up the casing to the surface. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008671 | WELLBORE PLUG AND METHOD - Disclosed is a wellbore plug having a design that allows the mandrel of the plug to be made of concrete or other easy-to-drill materials. Disclosed is a wellbore plug assembly with slip and packing assemblies configured to hold the plug in place during setting and use without tensioning the mandrel, thereby allowing the mandrel to be made from easily drillable material, such as concrete. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008672 | Annulus Seal Utilizing Energized Discrete Soft Interfacial Sealing Elements - A seal assembly for sealing an annulus between inner and outer wellhead members comprises an energizer ring having inner and outer legs separated by a slot, formed of a high strength elastic material and having a central axis and an inner diameter seal ring formed of an inelastic material located on an inner side of the inner leg for creating a seal between the inner wellhead member the energizer. An outer diameter seal ring formed of an inelastic material is located on an outer side of the outer leg for creating a seal between the energizer and the outer wellhead member. The seal assembly may have an initial radial dimension from inner surface of the inner diameter seal ring to an outer surface of the outer diameter seal ring that is adapted to be greater than a radial width of the annulus, causing the legs to deflect towards each other when inserted in the annulus. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008673 | Covered Retaining Shoe Configurations for Use in a Downhole Tool - A downhole apparatus suitable for downhole application may include a mandrel; a packer element assembly disposed about the mandrel that comprises at least one packer element disposed about the mandrel; and a retaining shoe disposed about the mandrel and adjacent to a first packer element of the packer element assembly. The retaining shoe may be configured such that in an unset position at least a portion of the first packer element covers at least a portion of a retaining shoe distal surface. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008674 | PEANUT PLANT UPROOTER - A peanut plant uprooter which enables uprooting peanut plants from the ground without subjecting them to any pulling forces, shaking, them for the purpose of removing dirt placing them back down on the ground, and arranging them in a continuous window with the foliage covering the peanuts. The peanut plant uprooter penetrates the ground underneath the peanuts by means of two square rotating bars, and lifts the plants by means of a digging conveyor. The plants and soil are conveyed from the digging conveyor to a double-inclined conveyor. The plants are cleaned of dirt by shaking with an active shaking device. The plants are them lowered from the rear to the ground and are placed in windows with the peanuts on the ground and the foliage covering the peanuts. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008675 | Device for Cultivating Soil or Brushing Debris - A device for cultivating soil or brushing debris includes a frame supporting a transmission, a motor, and a shaft rotatably supported by a transmission housing and driven by the motor through the transmission. A distal end of the shaft includes a passageway therethrough. A fastener is at least partially received within the passageway. A tine assembly may be removably attached to the shaft and includes a first pair of two laterally spaced-apart tine disks. The first pair of tine disks being laterally positioned on the shaft between the fastener and the housing. A brush attachment may be removably attached, and includes a tube, which has a wheel rotatably attached to a first end thereof and a first gear fixedly attached to an opposing second end thereof At least a portion of the fastener extends through at least a portion of the tube to fixedly attach the tube to the shaft. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008676 | Trigger Profile For A Power Tool - An improved method is provided for operating a power tool. The method includes receiving an input control variable from an input unit; determining a derivative of the input control variable; selecting one of a plurality of control profiles based on the control input variable and the derivative, each control profile correlating the control input variable of the input unit to a rotational speed at which to drive the output shaft; and driving the output shaft at a rotational speed in accordance with the selected control profile. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008677 | MULTI-HEAD POWER TOOL - A handheld power tool that includes a base portion and one or more head portions that are designed to be removably connectable to the base portion. The base portion includes a base housing, an electric motor at least partially positioned in the base housing, a power supply removably connected to the housing, a top connection arrangement. The head portion includes a head housing, a first gear assembly, a second gear assembly, and a head connection arrangement. The first gear assembly has a first shaft that is rotatably positioned about a first longitudinal axis and a second gear assembly having a second shaft that is rotatable about a second longitudinal axis. The first and second longitudinal axis of the two gear assemblies are non-parallel to one another. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008678 | REMOTE CONFINED-SPACE MACHINING, AND POSITIONING AND SECURING ARRANGEMENT - A machining tool comprises a frame mounting an extendable yoke slidable with respect to the frame in a first direction through one or more mounting pillars. A tool motor is mounted on the yoke. A drive mechanism for the yoke is also mounted in the frame, with a drive motor to drive the yoke drive mechanism. A belt is between pulleys on the drive motor and mechanism to transmit drive between them. A rotatable sleeve is around the tool motor and on which sleeve the belt engages on opposite sides of the tool motor, whereby the tool motor can extend between the drive motor and mechanism, thereby resulting in a compact arrangement of the tool. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008679 | Power Tool - An electronic pulse driver includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, an end tool mounting unit, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The hammer is rotationally driven in forward and reverse directions by the motor. The anvil is rotated upon striking the hammer against the anvil as a result of a rotation of the hammer in the forward direction after rotation of the hammer in the reverse direction for obtaining a distance for acceleration in the forward direction. The power supply unit alternately supplies to the motor a forward electric power and a reverse electric power in a first cycle. The control unit controls the power supply unit to alternately supplies the forward electric power and the reverse electric power in a second cycle shorter than the first cycle when an electric current flowing to the motor increases to a prescribed value. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008680 | IMPACT TOOL - An impact tool includes a motor, a hammer casing with an opened rear end and a disk-shaped member coupled to the hammer casing to close the opened rear end and to rotatably support a spindle. A first engagement member is formed on an outer face of the disk-shaped member. A second engagement member is formed on an inner face of the recess and engaging with the first engagement member to restrict a movement of the hammer casing in a second direction parallel to a rotation axis of the spindle. A third engagement member is formed on an outer face of the hammer casing. A fourth engagement member is formed on an inner face of the housing body and engaging with the third engagement member so as to restrict a movement of the hammer casing in the first direction. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008681 | TWO-CYCLE ENGINE AND ENGINE TOOL COMPRISING THE SAME - The two-cycle engine comprises a first scavenging opening and second scavenging opening on the inner peripheral wall of a cylinder bore, and a first scavenging passage and second scavenging passage connecting the first scavenging opening and second scavenging opening to the crank chamber. The first and second scavenging passages are provided with an outflow direction change device directing the outflow of an air-fuel mixture flowing out from near the top dead center of the first and second scavenging openings into the cylinder bore and the outflow of the air-fuel mixture flowing out from near the bottom dead center of the first and second scavenging openings into the cylinder bore in different directions. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008682 | BATTERY FOR A POWER TOOL - A power tool has a mechanism for ejecting a battery pack which includes a receiving frame which defines a cavity to receive a battery pack. A receiving member is adjacent the cavity. The receiving member meshes with a member on the battery pack to hold the battery pack in the cavity. A biasing member is in the cavity adjacent the receiving member. The biasing member ejects the battery pack from the ejecting mechanism. A member retains the biasing member in the cavity. The member guides a portion of the battery pack meshing with the receiving member into contact with the biasing member such that when the battery pack is locked onto the frame, the biasing member is in a compressed condition and when the battery pack is an unlocked position, the biasing member ejects the battery pack from the frame. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008683 | JUNCTION BOX WITH IMPROVED WATERPROOF SEAL - A junction box includes a cable connecting box, a cover covering the cable connecting box and an o-ring sealing between the cover and the cable connecting box. The cable connecting box includes an insulative block, a plurality of contacting foils retained in the insultative block, a plurality of diodes connecting with two neighborly contacting foils and four walls surrounding around the insulative block. The cover defines a sealing slot for receiving the o-ring. The sealing slot has a bump at a place of the molding joint of the cover to enlarge a deformation of the o-ring for improving a waterproof effect of the junction box. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008684 | SHIELDING FOR CABLE COMPONENTS - A shielded cable component and method that comprises a human body that has an outer surface and the main body is formed of a dielectric material and a coating that is applied to the outer surface of the main body where the coating includes a conductive or semi-conductive shielding material. An outer layer is disposed on the coating that completely encapsulates the coating and the main body and the outer layer is formed of a dielectric material. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008685 | COVERING MATERIAL, COVERED RECTANGULAR ELECTRIC WIRE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE - Provided is a covering material, which includes a backing having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a viscoelastic layer formed on the upper surface of the backing, in which the covering material is a covering material for covering a rectangular electric wire, and an adhesive force of the viscoelastic layer to the lower surface of the backing as measured by peeling at a peeling angle of 180° and a tensile rate of 300 mm/min is 0.05 N/20 mm or more and 10 N/20 mm or less. A covered rectangular electric wire includes the covering material and a rectangular electric wire covered with the covering material. An electrical device is produced by using the covered rectangular electric wire. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008686 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to provide a wire harness that has a simple structure, that can be easily manufactured, and that includes a protective member having an extra-length absorbing function. A wire harness ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008687 | CONDUCTIVE FILM STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF RESISTING MOISTURE AND OXYGEN AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A conductive film structure capable of resisting moisture and oxygen and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The conductive film structure includes a metal electrode, a metal oxide layer, and an insulating layer. The metal oxide layer is disposed on the metal electrode and includes an oxide of the metal electrode. The insulating layer covers the metal oxide layer and has at least one pinhole therein. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008688 | COVERING MATERIAL, COVERED RECTANGULAR ELECTRIC WIRE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE - Provided is a covering material, in which the covering material is a covering material for covering a rectangular electric wire in such a way that the covering material is spirally wound around the rectangular electric wire in a manner partially overlapping with itself; and the covering material includes a backing having a tensile modulus of elasticity at 25° C. of 5.0 GPa or more. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008689 | COVERING MATERIAL FOR RECTANGULAR ELECTRIC WIRE, RECTANGULAR ELECTRIC WIRE COVERED WITH COVERING MATERIAL FOR RECTANGULAR ELECTRIC WIRE, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - The covering material for a rectangular electric wire of the present invention is a covering adhesive tape for covering a rectangular electric wire, wherein a viscoelastic material layer is disposed on one side of the backing of the covering material. In particular, in the covering material for a rectangular electric wire of the present invention, the viscoelastic material layer preferably includes a silicone-based adhesive agent composition, and the backing preferably includes a polyimide resin. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008690 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GROWING COPPER NANOWIRES - A method of synthesis to produce gram-scale quantities of copper nanowires in an aqueous solution, wherein the copper nanowires are dispersed in said solution. Copper nanowires grow from spherical copper nanoparticles within the first 5 minutes of the reaction. Copper nanowires can be collected from solution and printed to make conductive films (preferably <10,000 Ω/sq) that preferably transmit greater than 60% of visible light. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008691 | COMPOSITION FOR WIRE COATING, INSULATED, AND WIRING HARNESS - To provide a composition for a wire coating member containing a non-crosslinked material at a low cost, which has superior flame retardancy, and is excellent in heat resistance, wear resistance and flexibility, and to provide an insulated wire and a wiring harness containing the composition. The composition contains (A) polypropylene, (B) a polyolefin elastomer, (C) a bromine flame retardant, (D) an antimony trioxide, (E) magnesium hydroxide, either one of (F) (F1) a zinc sulfide and (F2) a zinc oxide and (F3) mercaptobenzimidazole, and (G) a hindered phenolic antioxidant. The insulated wire includes a conductor and an insulation coat made from the composition, wherein the insulation coat has a thickness of 0.5 mm or less, and the insulated wire has an external diameter of 4 mm or less. The wiring harness includes the insulated wire. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008692 | METAL TAPE MATERIAL AND INTERCONNECTOR FOR SOLAR MODULE CURRENT COLLECTION - Provided are a metal tape material improved in characteristics to be low in Young's modulus, low in yield stress and high in break elongation and a metal tape material for semiconductor packaging, such as a current-collection interconnector, comprising the same. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008693 | GROMMET FOR WIRE HARNESS - A grommet is fit externally to a wire harness to be wired in a vehicle and mounted in a through hole of a vehicle-body panel. The grommet has a small-diameter cylindrical portion molded of elastomer and through which the wire harness is tightly inserted. A radial projection in the form of bellows projects radially out from an outer peripheral position of an intermediate longitudinal part of the small-diameter portion. An outer peripheral portion is connected to the outer peripheral end of the radial projection. The outer peripheral portion has a conical tubular shape and is connected at an intermediate longitudinal position to the radial projection. An annular vehicle-body locking recess is provided on the outer peripheral surface of a large-diameter side of the outer peripheral portion. A small-diameter side is thicker than the radial projection portion. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008694 | ENDOSCOPE - Provided is an endoscope in which the work of connecting cables to a circuit board in the distal end of an insertion part can be easily performed. When a bundle-wire cable obtained by bundling a plurality of single-wire cables and a plurality of coaxial cables are connected to a circuit board arranged at the distal end of an insertion part, terminals that connect cores of the single-wire cables, terminals that connect cores of the coaxial cables, terminals that connect shields of the coaxial cables, and terminals that connect the shield of the bundle-wire cable are arranged in tandem at predetermined intervals on the common plane of the circuit board. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008695 | VARNISH, PREPREG, FILM WITH RESIN, METAL FOIL-CLAD LAMINATE, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - The invention provides a varnish produced through reaction between a compound having an amino group and a resin having a functional group capable of reacting with an amino group, and having a polycyclic structure, wherein a portion of a plurality of the functional group of the resin is caused to react with the amino group of the compound in a solvent, and also a varnish produced through reaction between a compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group and a resin having a functional group capable of reacting with a phenolic hydroxyl group, and having a polycyclic structure, wherein a portion of a plurality of the functional group of the resin is caused to react with the phenolic hydroxyl group of the compound in the solvent. The invention also provides a prepreg, a resin-coated film, a metal-foil-clad laminate, and a printed wiring board produced by use of any of the varnishes. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008696 | CORLES MULTI-LAYER CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE WITH MINIMIZED PAD CAPACITANCE - A multi layer interconnecting substrate has at least two spaced apart metal layers with a conductive pad on each one of the metal layers. Two different types of insulating layers are placed between the metal layers. The placement is such that one of the two different types of insulating layers is placed between the conductive pads and the other type of insulating layer is placed between the two spaced apart metal layers. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008697 | IRREGULAR-SURFACE FORMING METHOD USING PLASMA-ETCHING PROCESS, AND ELECTRODE MEMBER - A method is provided forming a predetermined irregular-surface pattern on a substrate. The method includes carrying out a plasma-etching process using a partly oxidized metal salt film having fine irregular-surface as a resist. In a first step, a metal salt film is formed on the substrate by coating a liquid material containing a metal salt. In a second step, a fine irregular-surface is formed on the metal salt film, and the metal salt film was converted into the resist by the partial oxidization. In a third step, a predetermined irregular-surface is formed on the substrate by carrying out the plasma-etching process to the substrate with the resist. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008698 | MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD, PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND VIA PASTE - A multilayer wiring board having via-hole conductors which electrically connects a plurality of wirings arranged in a manner such that an insulating resin layer is placed between the wirings, wherein: the via-hole conductors each include copper, tin, and bismuth, namely, a first metal region including a link of copper particles in plane-to-plane contact with one another, the link electrically connecting the wirings, a second metal region mainly composed of one or more of tin, a tin-copper alloy, and a tin-copper intermetallic compound, and a third metal region mainly composed of bismuth; at least a part of the second metal region is in contact with the surface of the copper particles, the surface excluding the area of the plane-to-plane contact portion of the link; and the Cu, Sn, and Bi in the metal portion are of a composition having a specific weight ratio (Cu:Sn:Bi). | 2013-01-10 |
20130008699 | BALL-LIMITING-METALLURGY LAYERS IN SOLDER BALL STRUCTURES - A structure. The structure includes: a first dielectric layer which includes a top dielectric surface; an electrically conductive line on the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and the electrically conductive line; a ball-limiting-metallurgy (BLM) region on the second dielectric layer and the electrically conductive line such that the BLM region is electrically connected to the electrically conductive line; and a solder ball on the BLM region. The BLM region has a characteristic that a length of the longest straight line segment which is parallel to the top dielectric surface and is entirely in the BLM region does not exceed a pre-specified maximum value, wherein the pre-specified maximum value is at most one-half of a maximum horizontal dimension of the BLM region measured in a horizontal direction parallel to the top dielectric surface. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008700 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND PRINTED WIRING BOARD - On a printed wiring board obtained by a method of manufacturing a printed board, a predetermined component is to be mounted on at least one of a front surface side and a back surface side. The manufacturing method includes preparing a CFRP core, forming a through hole so as to penetrate the CFRP core from the front surface side to the back surface side and include a region in which the component is to be mounted when viewed in a plan view, and embedding a GFRP core having insulating properties within the through hole by filling the through hole with a resin having insulating properties and curing the resin. According to the manufacturing method, the component mounted on the printed board is not affected by a stray capacitance due to a CFRP, and it is not difficult to form a circuit. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008701 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A multilayered printed circuit board including a substrate, a multilayered structure formed on the substrate and including multiple conductor circuits and multiple interlaminar resin insulating layers, and a stack-via structure having multiple via-holes and formed in the multilayered structure such that the via-holes are piled through the interlaminar resin insulating layers in the multilayered structure. The interlaminar resin insulating layers include an outermost interlaminar resin insulating layer forming an outermost layer of the interlaminar resin insulating layers and having a coefficient of linear expansion which is equal to or smaller than coefficients of linear expansion of the interlaminar resin insulating layers other than the outermost interlaminar resin insulating layer. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008702 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes a core substrate having a penetrating hole penetrating through the core substrate and having a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer and an insulative substrate interposed between the first and second layers, a first circuit formed on a surface of the core, a second circuit formed on opposite surface of the core, and a through-hole conductor formed in the penetrating hole of the core and connecting the first and second circuits. The penetrating hole has first and second opening portions, the first opening portion becomes thinner from the first surface toward the second surface, the second opening portion becomes thinner from the second surface toward the first surface, and the first and second insulation layers are comprised of resin materials easier to be processed by laser than resin material of the insulative substrate under same conditions of the laser. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008703 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INTO A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INTEGRATED THEREIN - In a method for integrating a component ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008704 | BRIDGING STRUCTURE OF A TOUCH PANEL - A bridging structure of a touch panel is provided, which includes a transparent conducting layer, an insulating layer, and a conducting layer sequentially stacked on a transparent substrate. The transparent conducting layer includes the first and second transparent conducting portions, and the transparent conducting connection portions. The first and second transparent conducting portions are interlaced with each other. Each of the transparent conducting connection portions connects the adjacent first transparent conducting portions to each other along the first direction. The first transparent conducting portions and the transparent conducting connection portions can be electrically insulated from the second transparent conducting portions by the insulating layer. The conducting layer comprises the conducting connection portions, and the conductive via plugs formed in the insulating layer and located on the second transparent conducting portions. The conducting layer connects the adjacent second transparent conducting portions to each other along the second direction. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008705 | CORELESS PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A coreless package substrate is provided, including: a circuit buildup structure including at least a dielectric layer, at least a circuit layer and conductive elements; first electrical contact pads embedded in the lowermost dielectric layer of the circuit buildup structure; a plurality of metal bumps formed on the uppermost circuit layer of the circuit buildup structure; a dielectric passivation layer disposed on a top surface of the circuit buildup structure and the metal bumps; and second electrical contact pads embedded in the dielectric passivation layer and electrically connected to the metal bumps. With the second electrical contact pads being engaged with the metal bumps and having top surfaces thereof completely exposed, the bonding strength between the second electrical contact pads and a chip to be mounted thereon and between the second electrical contact pads and the metal bumps can be enhanced. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008706 | CORELESS PACKAGING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A coreless packaging substrate is provided which includes: a circuit buildup structure having at least a dielectric layer, at least a wiring layer and a plurality of conductive elements, a plurality of electrical pads embedded in the lowermost one of the at least a dielectric layer, a plurality of metal bumps formed on the uppermost one of the at least a wiring layer, and a dielectric passivation layer formed on the surface of the uppermost one of the circuit buildup structure and the metal bumps, with the metal bumps exposed from the dielectric passivation layer. The metal bumps each have a metal column portion and a wing portion integrally connected to the metal column portion, such that the bonding force between the metal bumps and a semiconductor chip is enhanced by the entire top surface of the wing portions of the metal bumps being completely exposed. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008707 | METAL STRIP ASSEMBLY FOR EMI SHIELD CASE, EMI SHIELD CASE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THE CASE - Provided is a metal strip for an electromagnetic interference shield case. The metal strip is uniform in width and thickness. A metal clip that is integrated with at least one pair of face-to-face elastic parts and is appropriate for soldering is fitted on an end of the metal strip along a width direction of the metal strip. The metal strip is bent and cut so as to have a shape corresponding to a ground pattern disposed on a printed circuit board, and then, a bottom surface of the metal clip is soldered to the ground pattern or a solder member disposed on the ground pattern. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008708 | ELECTRICAL SHIELDING MATERIAL COMPOSED OF METALLIZED ALUMINUM MONOFILAMENTS - A conductive multi-fiber of aluminum/aluminum alloy monofilaments each of which has been completely and substantially uniformly coated with at least one layer of corrosion-resistant metal or metal alloy materials. The monofilaments are less than 150 microns in diameter that have been drawn separately, then bundled together and lightly twisted, for transport through a low tension electroplating process. The multi-fiber creates an RFI/EMI shielding material with low DC resistance and low weight. The metallization process includes a zincating process that prepares the monofilaments for electroplating and an electroplating process that incrementally builds up the metallized layers. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008709 | GROMMET FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The grommet disclosed includes a first diameter tubular section that allows a wire harness to pass through, and a second diameter tubular section that is provided on the first diameter tubular section. The first diameter tubular section is provided with an outer tubular section that extends in the axial direction. A projecting end of the outer tubular section is connected to the second diameter tubular section. A vehicle body latch portion is provided on an outer periphery or a resin inner of the second diameter tubular section. A grommet-pushing side of the first diameter tubular section is not secured to a wire harness. A grommet-inserting side of the first diameter tubular section is secured to the wire harness. The turning portion is deformed when the grommet is inserted into a through-hole in a vehicle body panel so that the first diameter tubular section is elongated. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008710 | WIRING HARNESS - There is provided a wiring harness able to increase flexibility of a production process, to improve workability, and to save weight. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008711 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A wire harness and a method for making the wire harness is provided which is capable of enhancing its occupancy in a pipe member and being wired receding from the ground as much as possible. The pipe member | 2013-01-10 |
20130008712 | WIRING TOOL AND WIRING HARNESS - A wiring tool ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008713 | CONNECTOR SUPPORTING TOOL, WIRING TOOL AND WIRING HARNESS - A wiring tool for holding wires has a plate-like member with connector support ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008714 | ELECTRIC WIRE EQUIPPED WITH TERMINAL FITTING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aluminum electric wire ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008715 | Double Valve Block and Actuator Assembly Including Same - A valve comprises a housing including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a neutral chamber. In addition, the valve comprises a stem disposed within the housing. Further, the valve comprises a first valve member at least partially disposed in the first chamber and connected to the stem and a second valve member at least partially disposed in the second chamber and connected to the stem. The first valve member has a closed position seated in a first annular valve seat and an open position spaced apart from the first valve seat. The second valve member has a closed position seated in a second annular valve seat and an open position spaced apart from the second valve seat. Moreover, the valve comprises a biasing member configured to bias the second valve member to the closed position and the first valve member to the open position. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008716 | Rock Drilling Rig and Method for Positioning the Same - The invention relates to method for positioning a rock drilling rig and to a rock drilling rig. The rock drilling rig is moved using combustion-engine-free drive equipment with an electric drive motor. The torque is transmitted from the drive motor to the traction wheels over a mechanical anti-slip transmission connection. The ratio between the drive motor rotation rate and the traction wheel rotation rate is kept constantly the same during positioning. The drive motor is not only used for moving but also for stopping. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008717 | SOLID STATE WEAR TRACERS FOR DRILL BITS - A method and apparatus for providing a reliable signal to the operator while drilling when a bit or tool becomes worn or damaged to a predetermined extent. The approach, in an exemplary embodiment, is to integrate one or more wear tracer elements into one or more parts of a drill bit or downhole tool that do not engage the earthen formation until the predetermined wear or damage occurs. At that time wear tracer elements are released upon wearing of the bit body, cutters, inserts, nozzles, or other components that include the wear tracer elements and enter the drill fluid. The presence of wear tracer elements in drilling fluid can be detected at the surface directly, or indirectly as a result of, for example, one or more reactions between the wear tracer elements and the mud, formation, or other subterranean elements, which yield some compound that may then be reliably detected. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008718 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND INTERFACE FOR A TUNNELING APPARATUS - A tunneling apparatus is disclosed. The tunneling apparatus includes a drill string formed by a plurality of drill string sections. The drill string has a proximal end and a distal end. The tunneling apparatus also includes a drill head mounted at the distal end of the drill string, the drill head including a cutting unit, a rotational driver that provides torque for rotating the cutting unit, and a thrust driver for applying thrust to the drill string. The tunneling apparatus further includes a vacuum system for withdrawing spoils generated by the cutting unit during operation of the tunneling apparatus and a drilling fluid system for providing drilling fluid to adjacent the cutting unit during operation of the tunneling apparatus. The tunneling apparatus includes a control system that allows an operator to select between a drilling mode and a break-out mode. The tunneling apparatus also includes a control interface that allows an operator to monitor vacuum pressure which concurrently controlling operation of various systems of the tunneling apparatus. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008719 | Coring Tools and Related Methods - An example coring tool includes a cylindrical body having a leading edge to contact a substance and a cavity defined at least in part by an inner surface of the cylindrical body. The inner surface is to engage and retain a sample from the substance with a plurality of raised features. The raised features are shaped so that at least one of the raised features or an exterior surface of a sample in the cavity deforms to increase a force required to remove the sample from the cavity. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008720 | ADJUSTABLE WORK PLATFORM FOR PIPE AND CASING STABBING OPERATIONS - A stabbing basket, for a rig and for supporting a worker while stabbing joints of tubular members together during running operations, comprises a frame member for mounting the stabbing basket to the rig, a platform to support the worker, a carriage to slidably mount the platform to the frame member, vertical power means for moving the carriage vertically with respect to the frame member, an articulating boom, interconnecting the platform with the carriage, said articulating boom comprising a first segment and a second segment, and at least one pivoting actuator positioned between the first segment and the second segment. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008721 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING GROUND ANCHORING SYSTEMS - An apparatus and method for forming a borehole in an earthen formation includes a side cutting device comprised of a laterally extendable side cutting element that can be actuated from a retracted position to an extended position in which the side cutting element is selectively employed to create a larger borehole diameter in a down hole location than the remaining portion of the borehole that is closer to the borehole opening. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008722 | Down-Hole Hammer Drill - A down-hole hammer comprising a drill bit ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008723 | DRILLING APPARATUS WITH SHUTTER - The present disclosure relates to a drilling apparatus including a cutting unit defining at least one through-hole that provides fluid communication between a distal side and a proximal side of the cutting unit. The cutting unit includes a plurality of cutting elements at the distal side of the cutting unit. The cutting unit also includes a shutter for selectively opening and blocking the through-hole of the cutting unit. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008724 | DRILL BIT WITH DISTRIBUTED FORCE PROFILE - A method of making a drill bit for drilling subterranean formations includes forming a first blade having a shape and configuration defined by one or more first parameters and forming a second blade having a shape and configuration defined by one or more second parameters. One of the first parameters is different than one of the second parameters. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008725 | FRY STATION WITH INTEGRAL PORTION WEIGHT SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A food portion preparation station has an integral portion weight sensing system configured for portion control. A fry ribbon with integral portion weight sensing includes a weight sensor and software to weigh individual orders of comestibles such as french fries in selected portion sizes and as the operator is adding comestibles to the container, an instant indication is provided on a display showing the operator that a full order or portion is delivered while avoiding unnecessary loss in excessive portions, thereby preserving the restaurant owner's profit margin. Comestibles are taken from a holding area and placed into a container having a selected portion size corresponding to an assigned weight. The fry ribbon structure incorporates the weight sensor and each weighed portion is moved laterally along the queue defined by ribbon area for retrieval and service to a customer. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008726 | PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND A MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS - A patient support apparatus for a medical imaging apparatus, such as a magnetic resonance apparatus, is proposed. The patient support apparatus has a couch, a lifting unit for vertical movement of the couch, a travel unit, and at least one sensor unit to detect at least one weight variable for determining the weight of a patient. The at least one sensor unit has at least one sensor element, which is disposed on the lifting unit and/or on the travel unit. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008727 | WIND SHIELD FOR A TRUCK SCALE - A wind shield for shielding the sides of a truck scale so that the accuracy of the truck scale is less affected by wind forces. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008728 | Snow shield for a truck scale - A snow shield for a truck scale for covering the gap between the lower side of the scale deck of the truck scale and a support surface at each side of the truck scale. A first flexible sheet member has its upper end secured to the outer side of the first frame siderail of the truck scale for the length thereof and extends downwardly therefrom outwardly of the gap at one side of the truck scale. A second flexible sheet member has its upper end secured to the outer side of the second frame siderail of the truck scale for the length thereof and extends downwardly therefrom outwardly of the gap at the other side of the truck scale. The lower ends of the sheet members are secured in place to either the supporting surface or the ground adjacent thereto. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008729 | COUPLABLE DRIVE UNIT AND STEERING UNIT - A drive unit couples to a steering unit for a multi-axle vehicle for conveying a passenger. The drive unit includes a chassis configured as a supporting structure of the drive unit, a drive module with a motor and a first axle with wheels for driving the vehicle, a coupling device for coupling the drive unit to the steering unit, an operating element for operating the drive module, and a seat arrangement for supporting the passenger. The drive unit is also configured such that a total center of mass of the drive unit is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in front of the first axle. A corresponding steering unit and a vehicle comprising a corresponding drive unit and a steering unit are also disclosed. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008730 | FUEL-CELL-POWERED VEHICLE - A fuel-cell-powered vehicle ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008731 | MODULAR SYSTEM FOR A BATTERY - A modular system ( | 2013-01-10 |
20130008732 | MOTION-BASED POWER ASSIST SYSTEM FOR WHEELCHAIRS - A motion-based push activation power assist system for manual wheelchairs. The system uses motion-based measurements to determine when the user applies a push to the wheelchair handrims and brakes with the handrims. The push recognition activates a drive system that provides an assistive driving force-pulse to the wheelchair to reduce the demand on the user during propulsion. The brake recognition deactivates the power assist. The provided power assist is proportional to the sensed push and can be modulated to different proportional settings. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008733 | Motor Vehicle - A motor vehicle includes two drive assemblies in the form of an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. For operating the motor vehicle at low speeds, preferably in an inner-city area, a fuel cell having comparatively small dimensions provides electric energy that is supplied to the electric motor directly and/or via an electric accumulator. In this way, the motor vehicle can be moved without emissions during the operation of the fuel cell with hydrogen. For operating outside of city areas, the internal combustion engine having an accordingly higher output is available. The fuel cell is arranged in the engine compartment of the motor vehicle together with the internal combustion engine. | 2013-01-10 |
20130008734 | STEERING AND DRIVE ASSEMBLY - A drive and steering unit for driving and steering a load support comprises, in one embodiment, a steering assembly including a steering gear attached to a wheel housing and engaged with the steering power system, the steering gear being rotatable about an axis in response to actuation of the steering assembly, a drive assembly connected to the steering gear, and a drive power system coupled to the drive assembly and movable with the steering gear. In an alternate embodiment, the steering assembly is connected to the wheel through a steering gear attached to a slewing ring that supports the drive assembly and is rotatable with the drive assembly. | 2013-01-10 |