Abstract: A plastic article is formed in an injection mold by injecting molten plastic into the injection mold at an elevated temperature, cooling the plastic from the molten condition to a solid condition, and crystallizing a portion of the plastic by slowing down the cooling of said portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite wall with an open cell metal foam core layer bonded to an inner cladding layer and an outer cladding layer. The method involves: creating a core substrate of open cell gas permeable foam in a chosen shape; impregnating the open cell foam substrate with metal vapour and depositing a porous layer of metal on exposed internal and external surfaces of the substrate thereby forming the open cell metal foam core through metal vapour deposition; and forming the inner and outer cladding layers upon the metal foam core through spray application of metal or ceramic.

Abstract: A blow molded container having barrier properties and including an upper wall portion having an opening, an intermediate sidewall portion positioned beneath the upper wall portion, and a base portion positioned beneath the intermediate sidewall portion to support the container. The container includes a molded outer layer having an inner surface and an outer surface formed from at least 40% of recycled plastic, and a carbon coating formed on the inner surface of the outer layer and adhered thereto and substantially coextensive with the outer layer, wherein said carbon coating has a thickness of less than about 10 microns.

Abstract: A subsequence matching method in time-series databases, reduces the number of points stored in the multidimensional index and can store individual points directly in the index by dividing the data sequence into disjoint windows using duality in constructing windows. The method reduces false alarms and improves performance by searching the index using the individual points that represent sliding windows of the query sequence and by comparing the points used in the query and the points stored in the index. Moreover, the method can create the index much faster than the previous method by reducing the number of calls to the feature extraction function that is a major part of CPU overhead in the index creation.

Abstract: A method for disposing of a fluid includes the steps of obtaining a fluid; positioning a well into a saturated soil; and pumping the fluid into the well whereby the fluid displaces saturated soil away from the well so as to form a fluid zone in the saturated soil for storing the fluid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a microrelay comprising a magnetic spool, a contact support body (2) within which contacts are arranged, a permanent magnet (32) and an armature (31) which is tiltable around it's axis between two positions, as well as a spring-loaded reversing system. The inventive micro relay is characterized in that the magnetic spool system (1) is configured as a flat spool system (1) in the form of a microstructure arranged on a flow plate (11) and is composed of at least one flat microspool (12′). The pivoting armature (31′) can itself be configured in the form of a three pole magnet (32′) or a two pole magnet (32″). The inventive microrelay has a minimal overall height and can be produced in a cost effective way in an automated manufacturing process.

Abstract: A method for repairing a turbine blade having a crack in a trailing edge portion of the blade includes the steps of cutting back a first surface of the turbine blade adjacent the blade trailing edge portion where the crack is located, and cutting back a second surface of the turbine blade adjacent the blade trailing edge portion where the crack is located. Each cut back step comprises cutting back the respective surface by a depth greater than the length of the crack and less than the trailing edge radius to remove the crack and form a cut back trailing edge portion. A compound radius is used to prevent a blunt transition into the trailing edge that would result in aerodynamic losses and to reduce the airfoil root stresses. The method also includes applying a thermal barrier coating to the turbine blade to increase service life. Prior to applying the coating, the tip portion of the turbine blade is modified to account for the change in the thermal characteristics of the turbine blade.

Abstract: A housing for a screw compressor, includes a single-piece casting defining a motor housing section and a rotor housing section and has an inlet for compressor medium, an outlet end and a bridge member disposed between the motor housing section and the rotor housing section and defining an inlet side bearing housing; a discharge housing mounted to the outlet end and defining an outlet and a discharge side bearing housing; and at least one rotor disposed in the rotor housing section and rotatably mounted between the inlet side bearing housing and the discharge side bearing housing.

Abstract: An anaglyph of an image, the anaglyph comprising a plurality of a anaglyph pixels, each of the anaglyph pixels having an intensity of a first hue and an intensity of an orthogonal second hue wherein when viewed with apparatus which admits the first hue only to a viewer's right eye and admits the second hue only to the viewer's left eye, the image is perceived to be three-dimensional with each pixel in the image projected from an associate vantage point unique to such pixel.

Abstract: A fluid compressor includes a compressor inlet for receiving a medium, a compressor for compressing the medium, a compressor outlet for discharging the compressed medium and a compressor muffler. The compressor muffler includes a housing defining an inner space, an inlet for receiving a compressed medium, a muffling structure located in the inner space, wherein the muffling structure has a plurality of chambers for receiving the compressed medium from the inlet, an outlet for discharging the compressed medium and a flow path located in the inner space; The flow path communicates the inlet with the muffling structure and the muffling structure with the outlet; A method for reducing any noise-generating frequencies present in a compressed medium is additionally presented.

Abstract: In a strip-shaped mould for producing surface materials, in particular surfaces of melamine resin in the production of laminate panels, with a structured surface, a flexible strip (10) of paper or foil is provided with a layer (12) having a separating action in relation to the surface material, with the formation of slightly cross-linked regions, and a three dimensional shaped structure consisting of UV-hardening printing inks is applied thereto.

Abstract: A snow plow assembly broadly comprises a snow plow blade, a frame for mounting the snow plow blade to a vehicle, and a boom connected to the frame and the snow plow blade. The assembly also includes a lift system for raising and lowering the boom, which lift system includes a lift cable attached to the frame and the boom. The assembly also includes a system for maintaining the lift cable taut so that the snow plow blade remains substantially level during use.

Abstract: A composition of matter is provided including an inorganic porous material having wall portions defining mesopore-sized channels having a mean diameter of between about 15 Å and about 100 Å and a narrow diameter distribution of less than or equal to about 30 Å, the material having a void volume from the mesopore-sized channels of at least about 0.1 cc/g and a surface area of at least about 500 m2/g and having a number of hydroxyl groups of at least about 1.5 mmol of hydroxyl groups per gram of material, and exhibiting thermal and hydrothermal stability at temperatures up to about 500° C. Catalytic materials incorporating aluminum and other active metals, as well as a process for preparing the composition, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for drilling and completing a well includes the steps of drilling through a subterranean formation with a drill bit so as to form a well bore having a side wall; applying a consolidating material to the side wall under pressure so that said consolidating material flows into the side wall and provides a coated side wall coated with the consolidating material; and passing a scraping member having a desired profile past the coated side wall so as to provide the coated side wall with the desired profile an apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are a silicon thin film structure for optoelectronic devices and a method for manufacturing the same. The silicon thin film structure for optoelectronic devices, comprises a multi-layered structure consisting of a plurality of structural units, each comprising: a silicon base layer; and a luminescent, rare earth element-doped silica layer on said silicon base layer, or a multi-layered structure consisting of a plurality of structural units, each comprising: a silicon base layer; a lower undoped silica buffer layer for restraining the silicon layer from absorbing emitted light on said silicon base layer; a luminescent, rare earth element-doped silica layer for emitting light on said lower undoped silica buffer layer; and an upper, undoped silica buffer layer for restraining the silicon from absorbing emitted light on said luminescent, doped silica layer.

Abstract: A method for inducing hepatic fibrosis by repeated administration of allylalcohol into animals and, more particularly, a method including administrating a specific dose, at an administration frequency and period to induce hepatic fibrosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to garments which have particular use during gardening activities. The garments each broadly comprise a protective panel to be worn in the front of the user, at least one pad connected to the protective panel for protecting a user's knees when kneeling, and devices for holding implements that may be needed by the user attached to the protective panel. The holding devices may comprise straps secured to the protective panel, pockets attached to the protective panel, and/or VELCRO tabs attached to the protective panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved attachment air inlet configuration for a turbine blade. It defines several modifications that reduce attachment rib concentrated stresses in highly loaded, single crystal turbine blades that cause cracking in conventional blade inlet configurations. It desensitizes rib concentrated stresses to variations in secondary crystal orientation, permitting highly loaded single crystal blades to have random secondary crystal orientation for lower cost, or seed with any secondary orientation needed to solve other blade or manufacturing problems.

Abstract: A method for predicting parameters of hydrocarbons includes the steps of generating an NMR spectrum of a sample of a hydrocarbon having different hydrogen or carbon types related to structures or sample composition; dividing the NMR spectrum into regions corresponding to the different hydrogen or carbon types related to structures or sample composition; evaluating different spectral regions by either (i) determining average molecular parameters, and (ii) quantifying a signal intensity of said at least one region of said different regions, based upon a desired parameter to be predicted so as to provide spectrum extracted quantities; and applying the spectrum extracted quantities to a trained neural network trained to correlate spectrum extracted quantities with hydrocarbon parameters so as to predict the desired parameters from the spectrum extracted quantity. A system is also provided.