Patents Issued in February 27, 2003
  • Publication number: 20030037911
    Abstract: Gas condenser (2) arranged to condense gas/vapour (4) evaporating from a volatile liquid (6) being stored, for example, in a storage tank. The gas/vapour (4) is conducted into a gas chamber (16) provided with openings, possibly also nozzles (76), the gas chamber (16) being placed in a surrounding housing (36). Thereafter, the gas/vapour (4) is sucked into at least one venturi section (62, 64), wherein the liquid (6), for example, is flowing with a static underpressure relative to the inflowing gas/vapour (4). Via at least one expansion section (88, 90), a mixture (92) of gas/vapour (bubbles) (4) and liquid (6) flows onward to a condensing chamber (98), through which the static pressure of the liquid (6) increases and the gas/vapour (4) is condensed, after which the mixture (92) is conducted back to, for example, the storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Helge-Ruben Halse
  • Publication number: 20030037912
    Abstract: A mobile temperature controlled container having an enclosed indoor section that closes against the one wall of the container. A blower wheel compartment is contained within the housing which has a spiral-shaped lower section that communicates with an upper discharge section. A blower wheel is mounted within the lower section of the compartment and the front of the enclosure is closed by a cover. The cover contains a circular inlet opening adjacent the blower wheel and a rectangular outlet nozzle located adjacent the discharge section of the compartment. The nozzle is arranged to discharge conditioned air into the container and has a vane thereon for optimizing the discharge flow into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Richie Charles Stauter, Robert Stephen Simeone, Yiming Yu, David Christian Brondum
  • Publication number: 20030037913
    Abstract: An air-cooled charge air cooler for vehicles with a coolant-filled pre-cooler oriented in an air collection tank of the charge air cooler. The pre-cooler is sized to contact a majority of the charge air entering the charge air cooler. The pre-cooler has flow paths carrying coolant between manifolds of the pre-cooler and the flow paths define channels therethrough to direct charge air through the pre-cooler and into a cooling grate of the charge cooler. The channels have a depth that allows for a corresponding adjustment in the length of the cooling grate of the charge air cooler while maintaining the overall space requirement for the charge air cooler in a vehicle and meeting the increasing performance requirements for such charge air coolers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Knecht, Jorg Soldner, Frank Vetter
  • Publication number: 20030037914
    Abstract: A hydrophilic modification method comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Inbe, Susumu Maekawa, Akira Ushio, Koichi Saito, Norizumi Matsui, Osamu Kasebe, Kengo Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi Sugawara, Kazuhisa Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20030037915
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pair of hollow headers, a plurality of tubes communicated with the headers, corrugated fins disposed between adjacent tubes and at an outside of an outermost tube and a side plate disposed at an outside of an outermost corrugated fin. The header insertion end portion of the side plate is formed into the same or approximately the same cross-sectional peripheral configuration as that of an end portion of the tube, and the side plate fitting aperture is formed into the same configuration as that of the tube fitting aperture. This becomes unnecessary to form a special fitting configuration at the end portion of the side plate, and moreover the workability for forming the side plate fitting apertures and the tube fitting apertures can be enhanced, resulting in enhanced productivity, which in turn can reduce the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Hideaki Manaka
  • Publication number: 20030037916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiator that comprises: a radiator core for irradiating heat from coolant into the atmosphere; a top tank and a bottom tank respectively disposed at an upper portion and a lower portion of the radiator core; and a cover member mounting to the top tank and extending from an upper portion of the top tank to a lower portion of the top tank such that it covers the top tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Jeong-Bong Yoo
  • Publication number: 20030037917
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooler having means for directing a cooling medium, means for directing a medium to be cooled, and an essentially axially symmetrical housing. The means for directing the medium to be cooled is arranged in such a way that the medium to be cooled, in at least one first region, flows in an essentially axial direction, and the medium to be cooled, in at least one second region, flows in a direction having a radial component. The invention also relates to a method of cooling a medium and to various uses of a cooler according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: BEHR GmbH & CO.
    Inventor: Karsten Emrich
  • Publication number: 20030037918
    Abstract: The present invention has been made to solve the foregoing problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide a two-layer flow air conditioning system in which a partition wall is installed on a path between an evaporator and a heater core to divide internal air and external air, and a first temperature adjusting door and a second temperature adjusting door each having a fan shape are installed at both sides of the partition wall in such a manner as to be opened at their sides to control the flow direction of the internal air and the external air which are supplied to both sides of the partition wall so as to prevent any mixture between the internal air and the external air, thereby enhancing heating and cooling effects without degrading a defrosting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Junkang Lee, Changho Park, Inchul Han, Sunjae Yoo
  • Publication number: 20030037919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connected chilling-hating system capable of saving delivering power during reduced load periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Takashi Okada, Masakazu Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20030037920
    Abstract: A pad plunger assembly, for use in gas well tubing, includes an elongated mandrel having opposite ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the opposite ends, a pair of opposite end members each attached to one of the opposite ends of the mandrel, and a seal-forming pad subassembly disposed about the mandrel and between the opposite end members thereon. The pad subassembly has an outer exterior surface of an annular concave configuration formed by opposite end portions of the outer exterior surface being disposed farther radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the mandrel than an intermediate portion of the outer exterior surface is disposed radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the mandrel such that a frictional seal which generates reduced friction is provided on the interior wall surface of the gas well tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Jeff L. Giacomino
  • Publication number: 20030037921
    Abstract: Sealing elements for well packers and bridgeplugs may be constructed with magnetorheological elastomers or foams disposed about electromagnet windings set in an internal mandrel. The elastomer or foam stiffness properties are formulated for a low setting force compliance in the absence of a magnetic field. After deployment, the tool winding is energized to engage the magnetic field and raise the stiffness properties of the elastomer or foam. When the magnetic field is activated, the packer or bridgeplug has greater structural resistance to unwanted pressure displacement. When the field is de-energized, the sealing element relaxes to permit resetting or removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: James Edward Goodson
  • Publication number: 20030037922
    Abstract: A cuttings processing system for treating cuttings produced while drilling wells using a drilling mud containing a hydrocarbon and a method for using the same are disclosed. The processing system can include a fan, a solids removal system, a heater, and a spin flash drying chamber. The fan can be configured to circulate the vapor within the system. The solids removal system can be configured to remove particulates from the vapor to provide filtered vapor. A heater is provided to heat the filtered vapor into the superheated region. The heater can be associated with the solids removal system to receive the filtered vapor therefrom. The drying chamber is configured to receive the cuttings. The drying chamber is connected to the heater to receive the superheated and filtered vapor therefrom to promote the emitting of the vapor from the cuttings. The drying chamber is connected to the solids removal system to convey the vapor and dried particulates thereto to form a substantially closed loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: APV North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Stewart Gibson
  • Publication number: 20030037923
    Abstract: The volume of a water strata in an oil production reservoir is controlled by reinjecting separated water into that water strata. A production string is extended into a portion of a wellbore that extends laterally within the oil strata of the reservoir. A liquid flow including a hydrocarbon phase and a water phase is conducted from the oil strata into the laterally extending portion of the wellbore at a production zone. The water phase is separated from the liquid hydrocarbon phase within the production string, and then reinjected back into the water strata of the same reservoir from which it came, at a reinjection zone disposed below the production zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Mark A. Emanuele, David R. Underdown
  • Publication number: 20030037924
    Abstract: A method of remediating a site of earth and groundwater contamination includes the steps of drilling at least one injection well, and preferably a plurality of injection wells, into the groundwater in a contaminated area. At least one, and preferably a plurality of extraction wells, are drilled into the earth above the groundwater, the vadose zone, in the contaminated area. The surface of the earth above the contaminated area is sealed, such as by a layer of concrete, asphalt, or plastic sheeting. Air and nutrients are injected into the contaminated area through the injection wells. The air is injected on a substantially continuous basis while the nutrients are injected on a batch basis. Air and vapor is extracted on a substantially continuous basis from the contaminated area by the extraction wells, which may be either vertically or horizontally positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Mark T. Ellis
  • Publication number: 20030037925
    Abstract: A method for completing a well in a single trip, including: inserting a completion tool assembly into the well, the completion tool assembly having a gravel packing assembly and a service tool assembly slidably positioned substantially within an interior cavity in the gravel packing assembly; removably coupling the service tool assembly and the gravel packing assembly; plugging at a first location, whereby fluid is blocked from flowing through the interior channel; diverting fluid blocked by the plugging at the first location through a first fluid flow path to an exterior of the completion tool assembly; circulating a gravel pack slurry through the completion tool assembly; plugging at a second location, whereby fluid is blocked from flowing through the interior channel; diverting fluid blocked by the plugging at the second location through a second flow path that reenters the interior channel at a location distal of the first and second plugging locations; and circulating a filter cake stimulating fluid thro
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: OSCA, Inc.
    Inventors: David Joseph Walker, Wade Rebardi, Marvin Bryce Traweek, Floyd Bishop
  • Publication number: 20030037926
    Abstract: A method of removing formation damage through the controlled injection of fluids into the formation, followed by a controlled sudden release of pressure in the formation, an under-balanced surge, which causes fluid and damaging materials to flow back into the well bore. This method is most effective when repeated more than once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: David Sask
  • Publication number: 20030037927
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrical cable provides an electrical cable suitable for use in heating wells. An elastomeric jacket is extruded over insulated conductors. A stainless steel plate is rolled around the jacket to form a cylindrical coiled tubing having a seam. The seam is welded, then the tubing is swaged down to a lesser diameter to cause the tubing to frictionally grip the jacket. A recess may be formed in the jacket adjacent the seam to avoid heat damage from the welding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Larry V. Dalrymple, David H. Neuroth, Phillip R. Wilbourn, Don C. Cox, Thomson H. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20030037928
    Abstract: A method for enhancing the recovery of oil from underground formations is disclosed. A gas mixture which contains greater than 50% by volume carbon dioxide, the remainder being an inert gas, is injected in the underground formation to lower the oil viscosity and surface tension and increase the oil swelling. Preferably, the gas mixture contains greater than 60% by volume carbon dioxide with a gas mixture containing greater than 70% by volume carbon dioxide preferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ramachandran, Kirk Walton Limbach, Shuen-Cheng Hwang
  • Publication number: 20030037929
    Abstract: A dual displacement pumping system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a subsurface pump, a tubing string, and a surface pumping unit connected to the subsurface pump by a reciprocating member. The subsurface pump includes a pump barrel mounted to the end of the tubing string, and a plunger mounted to the end of the reciprocating member. Valves cause downward motion of the plunger in the pump barrel to force fluid from the lower end of the pump barrel into the reciprocating member, and fill the upper end of the pump barrel with well bore fluid. They also cause upward motion of the plunger to force fluid from the upper pump barrel into the tubing string, and fill the lower pump barrel with well bore fluid. Thus, both pumping movements are exploited, nearly doubling the volume of fluid pumped with a conventional surface configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Humberto F. Leniek
  • Publication number: 20030037930
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and methods for seating a whipstock. The apparatus comprises an expandable seat, or nipple, configured to receive a whipstock. The seat is run into a cased wellbore, and is set by expanding it into frictional contact with the inner surface of the casing. Thereafter, a whipstock is seated onto the seat. The seat includes a keyway configured to receive an orientation member extending from the whipstock. In this manner, the orientation of the seat can be determined. An orientation member of the whipstock can be adjusted to properly orient the face of the whipstock in the seat, and the whipstock lowered onto the seat so that it automatically seats in the proper direction. The whipstock then serves as a diverter tool for drilling a lateral wellbore such as a horizontal well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Joe Coon
  • Publication number: 20030037931
    Abstract: The present invention provides an expandable packer, and methods for seating an expandable packer. The apparatus comprises an expandable seating body configure to receive a packer body. The seating body is tubular in configuration, and is run into a cased wellbore. The seating body is then set by expanding it into frictional contact with the inner surface of the casing. Thereafter, a packer body is lowered into the seating body. In this respect, the inner surface of the seating body is configured to receive the outer surface of the packer body. The expandable packer can then seal the annulus between one or more tubulars and the casing within the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Joe Coon
  • Publication number: 20030037932
    Abstract: The present invention, therefore, discloses in certain, but not necessarily all, embodiments a method for reclaiming a borehole extending from an earth surface into the earth, part of which borehole is in a lost circulation zone, the method including closing off the borehole to fluid flow above the lost circulation zone by installing a packer system with an inflatable packer element, a plurality of ribs mounted around the inflatable packer element, and a valve apparatus in the borehole above the lost circulation zone, the packer system made of drillable material, inflating the inflatable packer element with cement, and allowing the cement to set so that the inflatable packer and the valve apparatus effectively seal off the borehole to fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Brett Guillory, David Ward
  • Publication number: 20030037933
    Abstract: An improved line trimmer and edging unit for lawn and garden use provides a multi-position accessory handle, a roller edge guide having a flange concentrically located about the motor shaft and being of sufficient diameter to maintain a consistent distance between the cutting plane and the object being edged around, symmetrically disposed safety switches, and a battery located symmetrically in-line with the center of the shaft of the unit. The combination lawn trimmer and edger unit may be used in a first, horizontal cutting plane position for lawn and weed trimming, and may be further used in a second, vertical cutting plane position for edging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Matthew R. Breneman, John P. Leffler, James F. Hutfles
  • Publication number: 20030037934
    Abstract: A sod cutter (10) is disclosed including a frame (12) formed by welding the free edges of mount, frame and end plates (46a, 46b 46c) bent relative to one of two side plates (46) to the corresponding edges of the other side plate (48). An axle assembly (160) is pivotal relative to the frame (12) by a depth adjustment lever (198) between a working position where wheels (16) carried by the axle assembly (160) engage tubular members (168) slideably and nonrotatably received on a drive shaft (166) and a transport position where the wheels (16) are spaced from the tubular members (168). A U-shaped handlebar (210) is positionable between an operating position for grasping during operation and a storage position for lifting and handling. A U-shaped control (212) is pivotably mounted in front of and above the U-shaped handlebar (210) for actuating the throttle of the engine (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas E. Isaman, Terrence R. Bondeson, Andrew Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20030037935
    Abstract: A one-pass field tillage implement and method which maintains a uniform soil density throughout the crop root zone for greater root development, improved plant health and greater yields by eliminating tillage of the soil at seed planting depths. The implement includes a wheeled frame operably supporting at least three longitudinally spaced tillage tool assemblies which first chops crop surface residue, then aggressively lifts and redistributes the chopped surface crop residue and breaks up the soil surface crust, and then levels the soil so that the soil surface is substantially smooth and ready for planting, all in a single-pass without tilling the soil at seed planting depths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Gregg A. Sauder
  • Publication number: 20030037936
    Abstract: A replaceable wear part (13, 22, 22a, 32, 41) for mounting on a leading edge (12, 27) of a working tool (10, 27, 30), said leading edge and said wear part having co-operative guide formations (16, 18) extending generally perpendicular to the leading edge and which provide a socket and projection type of slidable inter-fit whereby the wear part can be driven by a force extending generally perpendicular to the leading edge in order to take-up a working position in which it is secured against displacement from the working position by frictional inter-engagement between the guide formations (16, 18) on the wear part and the leading edge, and without need for threaded or other separate removable fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Magne Skjaeveland
  • Publication number: 20030037937
    Abstract: An electric combination hammer for use either as a drilling hammer or as a chisel hammer has a housing (10) and a handle (12) arranged on it, in which is arranged an on-off switch (16) having a pawl (14) and having a switch element (18) for manually switching from drilling operation to chisel operation and vice versa and having a catch device (20, 22) by which the pawl (14) may be engaged in chisel operation and which prevents a latched position from being engaged in drilling operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Karl Frauhammer, Heinz Schnerring
  • Publication number: 20030037938
    Abstract: An impacting apparatus and a vehicle having such an apparatus, the apparatus having a mounting portion securable to the vehicle, a tool support portion pivotally connected adjacent a first edge of the tool support portion to the mounting portion via a pivotal connection and flexibly connected at a second edge of the tool support portion to the mounting portion via a flexible connection remote from the pivotal connection, vibration means mounted between the mounting portion and the tool support portion for reciprocating the tool support portion relative the mounting portion via the flexible connection and a tool extending from the tool support portion. The flexible connection comprises resilient elements held by a fastening means between end plates. The fastening means has tightening means for adjusting the flexible connection to a predetermined compression setting of the resilient elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Ronald H. Hall
  • Publication number: 20030037939
    Abstract: A reverse apparatus for an air impact wrench in which pressurized air supplied to an air supply passage provided within a grip is fed via the reverse apparatus to an air motor accommodated within an impact wrench main body, and rotational torque output from the air motor is transmitted to an anvil via an impact mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Koji Taga
  • Publication number: 20030037940
    Abstract: An excavation apparatus especially useful when mounted on backhoes and other lighter vehicles used in the construction industry. The excavation apparatus does not require a winch for letting out and retracting its cable nor a reel for storing retracted cable which reduces the weight of the excavation apparatus, lowers its cost while facilitating both operation and servicing. The apparatus has a kelly assembly housing which houses an outer kelly section, and an extendable innermost kelly section adaptable for attachment of a tool. More than one extendable kelly section can be used. A rotary table rotates the kelly sections. A support structure supports the rotary table and the housing. A frame allows the housing to slide relative to the frame in a direction parallel to the axis of the assembly. A downcrowd mechanism, supported by the frame, downcrowds the support structure relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Richard L. Howell
  • Publication number: 20030037941
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for installing printed circuit boards within an electronic assembly. One embodiment of the present invention is an electro-magnetic interference shielding apparatus for an electronic assembly comprising a shielding partition that separates a first compartment from a second compartment. The apparatus further comprises a top enclosure capable of engaging with the shielding partition to form a plurality of contact seams. The contact seams are capable of restricting electro-magnetic interference from passing through the shielding apparatus. The top enclosure can be capable of tool-free installation and removal to provide access to the interior of the electronic assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: David K.J. Kim, William W. Ruckman, Anthony R. Fredericksson, Wenjun Chen
  • Publication number: 20030037942
    Abstract: An electromagnetic enclosure is provided that includes an opening for allowing one or more cables to pass through. The opening is enclosed with a flexible cable shield that has an electrically conductive inner surface. To reduce electromagnetic interference, the flexible cable shield is adjustably closable to surround the one or more cables. With the present invention, shielding radiation around an opening in an enclosure and around any number of cables can be easily done.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Haselby, Eric C. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20030037943
    Abstract: A computer chassis includes a first metal portion and a second metal portion. A mating edge connection is provided between the first and second portions. A gasket is mounted in the edge connection. The gasket includes a compressible strip of electromagnetic interference (EMI) limiting material. A pattern of holes are formed in the strip to improve compressibility and thus enhance EMI shielding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Ralph W. Jensen, Richard S. Mills, Jeffrey C. Hailey
  • Publication number: 20030037944
    Abstract: A flexible electric coupling having a conductive bonding jumper for connecting two pieces of equipment in a harsh environment. The flexible electric coupling comprises a corrugated conduit having a raceway for electrical cables to pass therethrough. The flexible electric coupling provides flexibility, structural support, resistance to corrosion, as well as adequate current carrying capabilities provided by an interiorly located bonding jumper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Pyron
  • Publication number: 20030037945
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a system for wiring conduit by use of an airflow-assisted pulling line and various components of the system. The system generally includes an airflow supply, a flexible pulling-line, a conduit-interface tube, and an airflow adapter for connecting the airflow supply with the wiring conduit. The adapter having a first end dimensioned to receive a conduit-interface tube and a second end adapted to receive an airflow source supply member. The preferred airflow supply is a conventional shop vacuum, but may be a blower rather than a vacuum source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Phillip A. Lagro
  • Publication number: 20030037946
    Abstract: A component retention socket, which allows through-hole mount electronic components to be attached to a substrate in a stabilized, horizontal orientation, without requiring prior lead preparation (e.g., bending), wherein the component retention socket itself facilitates safe and easy lead bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Patrick D. Boyd, Al La Valle, Jarett L. Rinaldi
  • Publication number: 20030037947
    Abstract: A chip scale package (CSP) is disclosed. The CSP includes a die with bonding pads at the two lateral sides of active surface. A plurality of leads are adhered on the die, each lead has a first end, a second end. A plurality of metal bonding wires electrically connect the first ends of the leads with the die, and a first sealing layer covers the active surface of the die and the metal bonding wires. Each lead also has a protruding portion over the first sealing layer and located between the first end and the second end for outer electrical connection. Thus, the CSP has a smaller surface mounting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Walton Advance Electronics LTD
    Inventor: Jansen Chiu
  • Publication number: 20030037948
    Abstract: In order to suppress defective lead forming and defective mounting, a semiconductor device comprises a sealing body which has a square planar shape, a semiconductor chip which lies within the sealing body, and a plurality of leads which are electrically connected with electrodes of the semiconductor chip, which extend inside and outside the sealing body and which are arrayed along latera of the sealing body, wherein an outer lead portion of each of the leads is such that a root part which protrudes out of the sealing body is formed at a lead width being equal to or greater than a lead thickness, and that a mounting part which joins to the root part through an intermediate part is formed at a lead width being less than the lead thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Miyaki, Hiromichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20030037949
    Abstract: For an electrical box having an open front, mounting an electrical device, and having a plaster ring, which fastens to the electrical box, around the open front, and which has a projecting portion defining a generally rectangular aperture providing access to the electrical device, through the open front, after the electrical box, the electrical device, and the plaster ring have been installed behind a wall panel, such as a drywall panel, a protective cover is mountable removably to the plaster ring so as at least substantially to cover the generally rectangular aperture of the plaster ring, whereby to protect the electrical device against foreign matter, damage, or both while an aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring is cut into the wall panel or while the wall panel is being decorated near the aperture accommodating the projecting portion of the plaster ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Paul A. Vrame, Peter A. Vrame
  • Publication number: 20030037950
    Abstract: A method for installing a junction box in a recess beneath floor paneling in an aircraft. From above the floor, the box is inserted into an opening in the floor paneling while at least one spring clip is depressed against a side of the box until the box is in a desired position. The spring clip(s) are released to retain the box in the desired position, wherein the floor paneling constrains the clip(s) while supporting at least one box support tab. The method can be used to install junction boxes for in-flight systems for which it is desired to make connections under the aircraft floor. Because the box is installed and/or removed from above the floor, wiring installation time is reduced and ease of maintenance is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Guy A. Lambiaso
  • Publication number: 20030037951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting housing for example for circular connectors. For a convenient pre-assembly of the mounting housing it comprises an access opening which can be closed by means of a cover. The cover is hooked in a housing body of the mounting housing on one side and is secured at the housing body via a retaining nut, with the cover in conjunction with a seal arranged in the area of the access opening sealing same. In addition, a vibration protection is provided in that the cover comprises a contoured area which in the screwed on condition is urged by the retaining nut against a corresponding area of the housing body. The mounting housing also comprises a mounting flange which is formed at the housing body in such a manner that an installation and removal of the mounting housing at corresponding mounting surfaces is possible after the pre-assembly of the mounting housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Ingrid Hulsmann, Frank Andra
  • Publication number: 20030037952
    Abstract: A cover plate system for making custom natural stone cover plates for electrical outlets, wall switches and other outlets and openings over which it is desired to place a natural stone cover plate. The natural stone cover plates are made from quarried stone, cultured stone, and natural rock materials such as terrazzo, marble, and granite preferably supplied by the homeowner, or end user, to a central factory, then manufactured, then shipped back to the end user to match other such material being used in the end user's building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Ronald J. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20030037953
    Abstract: A cable management apparatus guides and supports cables when mounted as part of an electronics assembly. Preferably, cables enter the electronics assembly through the rear of the electronics assembly and through each side of the electronics assembly. Cables entering the electronics assembly are guided to the electronic components within the electronics assembly. Cables are organized such that individual cables or groups of cable may be associated with specific electronic components within the electronics assembly. Cables or groups of cables associated with specific electronic components within the electronics assembly may be accessed individually while handling a large bundle of cables. In one embodiment of the present invention fiber optic cables are supported such that a minimum bend radius is maintained. Thus, in accordance with one specific aspect of the present invention, fiber optic cables may be supported and organized as part of an electronics assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Terago Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Sarkinen, Scott A. Davidson, Joseph A. Halfen, Micah T. Somers
  • Publication number: 20030037954
    Abstract: A power supply adapter with a foldable plug is disclosed. The power supply adapter includes a first casing, a second casing, a rotatable cylinder, a projecting plug, and a lighter connector. A cavity is formed on the front end of the first casing. Two vertical plates are mounted on the second casing for supporting the rotatable cylinder. A lighter connector is connected to the front end of the projecting plug for insertion into a lighter socket. The projecting plug is formed on the front end of the rotatable cylinder and extends from a cavity space defined by the front end of the first casing and the second casing. By rotating the rotatable cylinder, the angle of the projecting plug is changed. A voltage converting circuit is arranged in the adapter for supplying a first and a second output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Michael Wu
  • Publication number: 20030037955
    Abstract: The present invention is a high performance communications cable exhibiting reduced crosstalk between transmission media that includes a core support-separator having a multi-anvil shaped profile which defines a clearance to maintain a spacing between transmission media or transmission media pairs. The core may be formed of a conductive or insulative material to further reduce crosstalk. A method of producing a cable introduces a core as described above into the cable assembly. The multi-anvil shaped core support-separator can be either interior to the cable jacket or be employed singularly without the benefit of a jacket and extends along the longitudinal length of the communications cable. Alternatively, with no jacket for cable “male-up”, a portion of the jacket wherein a thin layer of material can act as a type of skin for future mechanical protection is provided. The multi-anvil shaped core support-separator has a central region that is either solid or partially solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Cable Components Group, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Glew, Kevin Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20030037956
    Abstract: An insulated cable having a non-circular cross section with a number of shielding elements is provided. The cable is capable of carrying the transmission typically carried by a coaxial cable and has a thin profile cross-section. The cable, by virtue of the presence of particular shielding elements arranged in a novel manner provides shielding equivalent to the best round profiled coaxial cables while having a thin and non-circular cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: George M. Baldock
  • Publication number: 20030037957
    Abstract: A stranded conductor 10 to be used for movable member having a two-layered structure of an inner layer section and an outer layer section, which is prepared by stranding two or more types of element wires with each other, each type having different mechanical properties from one another wherein a first element wire 11 constituting at least the inner layer section 13 has 1.5 times or higher tensile strength than that of a second element wire 12 constituting at least a part of the outer layer section 15, and the respective element wires 11 and 12 are stranded with each other in such that a ratio of a strength in a group of inner layer element wires forming the inner layer section 13 to a strength in a group of outer layer element wires forming the outer layer section 15 (a tensile strength in the group of inner layer element wires/a tensile strength in the group of outer layer element wires) comes to be 0.5 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueno, Hiroo Tanaka, Hakaru Matsui
  • Publication number: 20030037958
    Abstract: A feeder assembly of a car sliding door has a protector in which a wiring harness is arranged for electrically connecting a car sliding door side with a car body side. The assembly includes a generally circumferential wall positioned inside the protector and an auxiliary unit disposed within the wall, the auxiliary unit connected to the wiring harness. A resilient member resiliently urges the wiring harness within the protector, and the circumferential wall also serves as a stopper to limit the bending of the resilient member. An outside harness insertion hole and an inside harness insertion hole are formed in the wall, the outside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness outside the protector, the inside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness inside the protector. The circumferential wall has a bottom deeper than a base pate of the protector. The inside harness insertion hole is disposed between the bottom of the circumferential wall and the base pate of the protector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20030037959
    Abstract: An organic carrier member for mounting a semiconductor device is provided that has a plurality of solder pads containing low amounts of tin and bismuth. Embodiments include a bismaleimide-triazine epoxy laminate having a plurality of solder pads on the surface thereof where the solder pads contain no more than about 20 weight percent tin and has a reflow temperature of no greater than about 270° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Raj N. Master, Mohammed Zubair Khan, Maria Guardado, Charles Anderson
  • Publication number: 20030037960
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided whereby layered materials, electronic components and electronic products may be produced comprising a) a substrate layer; b) an active component layer that comprises an active material coupled to an adhesion promoter layer, wherein the adhesive promoter layer is selectively patterned to expose a contact area on the active material; and c) at least one additional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen S. Ohr