Patents Issued in September 4, 2003
  • Sabot for a bullet
    Publication number: 20030164111
    Abstract: A plastic, cup-shaped, multi-petal sabot housing a sub-caliber projectile for use such as in shotgun cartridges. The sabot engages the rifling of the shotgun barrel and transfers the spin to the projectile. A reinforcement disk is advantageously at least partially embedded in a sabot base and has a central aperture and a plurality of additional apertures. Sabot base material extends through the additional apertures. Advantageously, in its relaxed condition, each sabot petal includes a protrusion from its inboard surface for engaging a projectile ogive. The protrusion and its contact area with the projectile are fractions of the local petal width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen W. Meyer, Robert J. Gardner, Gerald T. Eberhart
  • Undercar assembly for a railcar
    Publication number: 20030164112
    Abstract: An undercar assembly for a railroad car. The undercar assembly has a structural member extending longitudinally between the longitudinal sides of the railroad car, where this structural member includes a pair of longitudinally extending beam elements transversely spaced apart from one another. At least one auxiliary equipment bay is defined between the longitudinally extending structural member and one of the longitudinal sides of the railroad car. The auxiliary equipment bay is capable to receive at least one auxiliary equipment, the structural member being operative to support at least in part the auxiliary equipment in the auxiliary equipment bay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Martin Laflamme, Andre Banville
  • Anti-staining coating solution comprising inorganic polysilazane
    Publication number: 20030164113
    Abstract: By applying the solution comprising 0.5 to 10 % by weight of an inorganic polysilazane having repeating units represented by the general formula below and soluble in a solvent and a catalyst such as 4,4′-trimethylenebis (1-methylpiperidine) etc. onto the surfaces of the bodies and wheels of automobiles, dentures, tombstones, the interior and exterior of a house, products used with water in toilets, kitchens, washrooms, bathtubs, etc., signboards, signs, plastic products, glass products, etc., a rigid and dense silica coating is formed to confer a long-durable hydrophilic effect and anti-fouling effect on the surfaces. The solvent is properly selected from mineral spirit, paraffin type solvents, aromatic solvents, alicyclic solvents and mixture thereof depending on the article being coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Tadashi Suzuki
  • Cyan dye mixture, water-based cyan ink composition, and method of ink-jet recording
    Publication number: 20030164114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyan dye mixture, an ink composition containing the mixture and a method of ink-jet recording with the ink composition. The print obtained by the method is characterized by discoloring or fading little even when allowed to stand in a well ventilated shade or in an ozone gas. The cyan dye mixture comprises compounds which are obtained by chlorosulfonating, as a starting material, copper phthalocyanine or a sulfonated copper phthalocyanine and then aminating the chlorosulfonation product with an aminating agent used in an amount of at least 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kitayama, Shinichi Namba, Takafumi Fujii, Junji Otani, Junko Yoshioka, Yasuo Shirasaki
  • Solution of cellulose acylate dissolved in mixed solvent comprising ketone and ester
    Publication number: 20030164115
    Abstract: In a cellulose acylate solution, cellulose acylate is dissolved in an essentially non-chlorinated solvent. The essentially non-chlorinated solvent is a mixture of a ketone having a solubility parameter of 19 to 21 and an ester having a solubility parameter of 19 to 21. The solution further contains a releasing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Yasuo Mukunoki, Tsukasa Yamada
  • ISOCYANATE-DERIVED MATERIALS FOR USE IN PHASE CHANGE INK JET INKS
    Publication number: 20030164116
    Abstract: Resins and waxes made by reacting selected nucleophiles, including alcohols and/or amines, with an isocyanate are disclosed. The order of addition of the isocyanate and the different nucleophiles can tailor the distribution of di-urethane, mixed urethane/urea, and/or di-urea molecules in the final resin product. The isocyanate-derived resin and wax materials are useful as ingredients as phase change ink carrier compositions used to make phase change ink jet inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: CLIFFORD R. KING, LOC V. BUI, JEFFREY H. BANNING, DONALD R. TITTERINGTON
  • Kaolin clay pigments suited to rotogravure printing applications and method for preparing the same
    Publication number: 20030164117
    Abstract: The present invention provides kaolin clay pigments having at least the following characteristics: Brightness (GE): at least about 89.0; Shape Factor: at least about 30; Brookfield viscosity, measured at 20 rpm and at less than or equal to about 65% solids: about 100 to about 700 centipoise; and Hercules viscosity, measured at 18 dynes and at less than or equal to about 65% solids: about 200 rpm to about 1000 rpm. Preferred kaolin sources include Brazilian kaolins, especially Rio Capim kaolins. The kaolin pigments of the present invention possess a combination of optical and physical properties, such as brightness, printability, and transfer efficiency, not previously seen in existing commercial products. They are useful, e.g., in paper filler and coating compositions, ink compositions, and printing applications, especially rotogravure printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher R. L. Golley, John A. Manasso
  • Conditioning of organic pigments
    Publication number: 20030164118
    Abstract: Organic pigments are conditioned by introducing a liquid prepigment suspension into a miniaturized continuous reactor and thermally treating therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Uwe Nickel, Klaus Kund, Erwin Dietz, Joachim Webber, Olaf Schupp
  • Additive for dewaterable slurry and slurry incorporating same
    Publication number: 20030164119
    Abstract: A cementitious slurry comprising fly ash having a predominant particle size of up to about 10 microns, and/or aluminous material having a predominant particle size of up to about 150 microns. The additive acts as a water reduction agent and can replace either wholly or partially a conventional plasticiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Basil Naji, Milton O'Chee
  • Free-standing table device
    Publication number: 20030164120
    Abstract: Free-standing table device wherein the table top (1) arranged in the horizontal plane, is double-hingedly connected to a frame (4) which is arranged to stand, possibly on wheels (5), on an underlying base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Adne Helle
  • Personal table
    Publication number: 20030164121
    Abstract: A personal table is provided having a table top supported by a support assembly. The table top is preferably constructed from blow-molded plastic and the support assembly preferably includes a first leg and a second leg that are pivotally connected. The legs desirably have a generally X-shaped configuration when the legs are placed in an upright position and the legs can be collapsed into a storage position. Each of the legs may include a lower portion, a body portion and an upper portion that is preferably selectively connected to the table top. The legs, for example, can be connected to the table top by inserting the upper portions of the legs into leg receiving recess formed in the table top. The leg receiving recesses are preferably integrally formed in the bottom surface of the table top as part of a one-piece construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Jay Jones, Stephen F. Nye, Brandon Smith, Kent Ashby, L. Curtis Strong
  • Folding table base
    Publication number: 20030164122
    Abstract: A folding table base is provided which includes a mounting plate adapted to be secured to the bottom of a table. A hinge plate is hingedly connected to the side of the mounting plate. The hinge plate is adapted to pivot between a first position and a second position. A leg is secured to the hinge plate and extends generally orthogonal thereto. A latching mechanism is secured to the bottom of the table. The latching mechanism includes a latch mounting plate and a pull latch. The pull latch being slidably mounted on the latch mounting plate such that the pull latch is operable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latching mechanism engages the hinge plate when the pull latch is in the latched position and disengages the hinge plate when the pull latch is in the unlatched position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: James P. Gosselin
  • Table with leg lock
    Publication number: 20030164123
    Abstract: A table includes a table top, a leg, and a leg lock. The leg is arranged to rotate relative to the table top between extended and collapsed orientations. The leg lock is arranged to lock the leg in the extended and collapsed orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Leng Lou-Hao
  • Portable folding utility table with integral receiving members
    Publication number: 20030164124
    Abstract: A pivotable folding utility table includes a table top having a pair of support pedestals pivotally attached thereto. A first pivotal support brace including a distal end and a proximal end attached to the first support pedestal. A second pivotal support brace including a distal end and a proximal end attached to the second support pedestal. The distal ends of the first and second pivotal support braces pivotally attached to a retaining assembly preferably mounted in relation to the table top. Specifically, the retaining assembly includes a cross-brace member operably disposed through openings formed in the distal ends of the first and second pivotal support braces, thus providing a pivotal engagement in relation to the table top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Carl R. Stanford
  • Planter coulter apparatus with hydraulic overload protection
    Publication number: 20030164125
    Abstract: An overload protection apparatus for use with a planter apparatus including a coulter bar and coulter/fertilizer units mounted thereto, the coulter bar pivotally mounted to the underside of a wheel supported carrier frame designed for transport in a transport direction where a hydraulic cylinder is linked between the frame and the bar for moving the bar between a ground clearing transport position and a ground engaging position where the frame, cylinder and frame form a linkage path, the protection apparatus linked within the linkage path such that a draft force applied to the bar in a direction opposite the transport direction causes a secondary force on the apparatus and, when the secondary pressure exceeds the threshold pressure level, the protector de-links the linkage path thereby reducing the draft force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Case Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Paluch, Leonard A. Bettin
  • Planter with centrally mounted coulter apparatus
    Publication number: 20030164126
    Abstract: An planter/fertilizer assembly that can be configured to facilitate either rapid seeding/fertilizing or transport and including an implement bar mounted on a wheel supported carrier frame for rotation between a transport position where the implement bar is parallel to a transport direction and an operating position where the implement bar is perpendicular to the transport direction, row units mounted to the implement bar on a side opposite the wheels and including central units adjacent the wheels and lateral units disposed laterally of the wheels, lateral coulter/fertilizer units mounted to the lateral row units, a coulter bar mounted to an underside of the carrier frame on a side opposite the support wheels and a separate coulter/fertilizer unit mounted to the coulter bar and aligned with each of the central row units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Case Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Paluch, Leonard A. Bettin
  • PLANTER COULTER APPARATUS WITH MECHANICAL OVERLOAD PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20030164127
    Abstract: A mechanical overload member apparatus for use with a planter apparatus including a coulter bar and coulter/fertilizer units mounted thereto, the coulter bar pivotally mounted to the underside of a wheel supported carrier frame designed for transport in a transport direction where a hydraulic cylinder is linked between the frame and the bar for moving the bar between a ground clearing transport position and a ground engaging position where the frame, cylinder and frame form a linkage path, the overload member linked within the linkage path such that a draft force applied to the bar in a direction opposite the transport direction causes a secondary force on the member and, when the secondary force exceeds a threshold force, the overload member failing and thereby rendering the linkage path non-rigid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Case Corporation
    Inventor: Paul M. Paluch
  • MICROPROCESSOR-ASSISTED SEWING MACHINE CONTROL EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20030164128
    Abstract: A microprocessor-assisted sewing machine control equipment is flexibly applicable for controlling the sewing machine driving motor and further electric motors which are controlled independently of or in dependence on the rotary position. To this end, a control system is allocated to each electric motor, comprising an open-loop control unit for rotary-position-independent controlling, a closed-loop control unit for controlling the electric motor in dependence on the rotary position, and a selection unit. The selection unit couples for control either the closed-loop control unit or the open-loop control unit with the electric motor, depending on whether the electric motor is controlled by closed-loop control in dependence on the rotary position or by open-loop control independently of the rotary position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Bernd Meyer, Sevki Hosagasi, Andree Cramer, Horst Seibert
  • Soft goods slitter and feed system for quilting
    Publication number: 20030164129
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for feeding and slitting mattress covers, quilts and other soft goods supported on a table. The apparatus has a first slitting wheel rotatable by a motor. A second slitting wheel is rotatable by the motor and contacts the first slitting wheel to provide a cutting action. The apparatus further includes upper and lower conveyors operable by the motor for conveying the soft goods past the slitting wheels. The upper conveyor is resiliently vertically movable and applies a compression force against the soft goods as they are moved between the upper and lower conveyors and past the slitting wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Jeff Kaetterhenry, Richard Villacis
  • Servo motor driven scroll pattern attachments for tufting machine with computerized design system and methods of tufting
    Publication number: 20030164130
    Abstract: The present invention provides alternative scroll-type yarn feed attachments for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of sets of yarn feed rolls, and a software design system to facilitate use of the attachment to produce novel patterns and photo images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Michael R. Morgante, Mike Bishop, Randall E. Stanfield, Eric J. Vaughen, Richard Prichard
  • Flexible ocean-going vessels with surface conforming hulls
    Publication number: 20030164131
    Abstract: The vessel has a pair of flexible hulls flexibly coupled to a “cabin” between and above the hulls, thereby allowing the hulls to independently follow the surface of the water. Motor pods are hinged to the back of the hulls to maintain the propulsion system in the water, even if the stern of one or both hulls tends to lift out of the water when crossing swells and the like. Various other embodiments and features are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Ugo Conti
  • Floating body
    Publication number: 20030164132
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floating body, especially a floating body used as a support for an underwater tunnel (11). In order to obtain a high degree of freedom and a large amount of stability while at the same time guaranteeing easy assembly, a frame structure (49) is provided in the form of a horizontal grating, wherein floats, ballast bodies, dam chambers or similar useful hollow bodies (50) are fixed in the rectangular, especially quadratic free areas of said grating as tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Gerhard Wippermann
  • Hull attachment for placement of drag reducing bubbles
    Publication number: 20030164133
    Abstract: A series of foils with air or gas injection at their tips are arranged in rows that project outward from the forward submerged section of a ship, boat or submerged hull section. The foils are arranged in single or multiple rows with tip height set to provide suitable bubble injection into the boundary layer surrounding the moving hull surface. The foils can be arranged in single or multiple strips along the hull depending on the amount of air/gas injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Robert G. Latorre
  • METHOD OF DEPLOYING CABLE
    Publication number: 20030164134
    Abstract: A method of deploying cable in a body of water comprising an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of converting vertical motion into horizontal travel, and placing cable in the body of water with the AUV. The cable, usually a cable sensor array, is released from a cable storage section of the AUV as the AUV glides horizontally. Vertical motion can be provided by buoyancy change, by dropping the AUV into the water, or by release of the AUV from a weighted bunker at the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Robert King
  • SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING CABLE
    Publication number: 20030164135
    Abstract: An apparatus for deploying cable in a body of water comprising an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of converting vertical motion into horizontal travel, having a housing and means to deploy cable in a body of water. The cable, usually a cable sensor array, is released from a cable storage section of the AUV as the AUV glides. Vertical motion can be provided by buoyancy change, by dropping the AUV into the water, or by release of the AUV from a weighted bunker at the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Robert King
  • Wetness indicator having improved colorant retention
    Publication number: 20030164136
    Abstract: A wetness indicating composition comprising a colorant disposed in a carrier matrix. The colorant provides a visible signal when activated by urine. The colorant resists leaching from the carrier matrix by being chemically bound to a component of the carrier matrix. The colorant may be bound by ionic or covalent bonds, or by intermolecular forces. The colorant may be a pH indicator. The wetness indicating composition may be incorporated into a wearable article, such as a disposable absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Klofta, Brandon Ellis Wise, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Hybrid stockbarger zone-leveling melting method for directed crystallization and growth of single crystals of lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) solid solutions and related piezocrystals
    Publication number: 20030164137
    Abstract: This invention provides a hybrid Stockbarger zone-leveling melting method for seeded crystallization and the manufacture of homogenous large-sized crystals of lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) based solid solutions and related piezocrystals. The invention provides three temperature zones resulting in increased compositional homogeneity and speed of crystal growth, in a cost effective multi-crucible configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: H.C. Materials Corporation
    Inventor: Pengdi Han
  • Crystal growth method, crystal growth apparatus, group-III nitride crystal and group-III nitride semiconductor device
    Publication number: 20030164138
    Abstract: A group-III nitride crystal growth method, comprising the steps of: a) preparing a mixed molten liquid of an alkaline metal and a material at least comprising a group-III metal; b) growing a group-III nitride crystal of the group-III metal and nitrogen from the mixed molten liquid and a material at least comprising nitrogen; and c) setting a predetermined crystal growth condition according to a zone defined by a pressure and a temperature in said step b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Seiji Sarayama, Hirokazu Iwata, Masahiko Shimada, Hisanori Yamane, Masato Aoki
  • Method for manufacturing single-crystal-silicon wafers
    Publication number: 20030164139
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there are provided a method for producing a silicon single crystal wafer which contains oxygen induced defects by subjecting a silicon single crystal wafer containing interstitial oxygen to a heat treatment wherein the heat treatment includes at least a step of performing a heat treatment using a resistance-heating type heat treatment furnace and a step of performing a heat treatment using a rapid heating and rapid cooling apparatus, and a silicon single crystal wafer produced by the method. There can be provided a method for producing a silicon single crystal wafer which has a DZ layer of higher quality compared with a conventional wafer in a wafer surface layer part and has oxygen induced defects at a sufficient density in a bulk part and the silicon single crystal wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Norihiro Kobayashi, Masaro Tamatsuka, Takatoshi Nagoya
  • Seasoning system and method
    Publication number: 20030164140
    Abstract: An improved seasoning system 10, 11, 13 uniformly coats a food product with the desired amount of seasoning, with the seasoning rate preferably being controlled as a function of the product volume signals from the sensors 26, 34, 108 and 110. The seasoning system preferably utilizes linear motion conveyors and either a rotating drum 36 or a deflector 98 and a second seasoning unit 112, 114 between linear conveyors 94, 96. Oil may be sprayed onto food products and tumbled in a drum 16 which both rotates and moves in a reciprocating manner with the conveyor tray 14. An improved seasoning tray 123, 144, 148 has a planar floor 122, 138, 162 with an angled discharge edge 124, 137, 182 for uniformly distributing seasoning on the product. The seasoning system minimizes damage to the food product and uniformly coats the product with a desired amount of seasoning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: David L. Burke, Jonny Fitzgerald, Thomas G. Knodell,, Kenneth C. Petri, P. Blake Svejkovsky, Paul A. Svejkovsky
  • Seasoning system and method
    Publication number: 20030164141
    Abstract: An improved seasoning system 10, 11, 13 uniformly coats a food product with the desired amount of seasoning, with the seasoning rate preferably being controlled as a function of the product volume signals from the sensors 26, 34, 108 and 110. The seasoning system preferably utilizes linear motion conveyors and either a rotating drum 36 or a deflector 98 and a second seasoning unit 112, 114 between linear conveyors 94, 96. Oil may be sprayed onto food products and tumbled in a drum 16 which both rotates and moves in a reciprocating manner with the conveyor tray 14. An improved seasoning tray 123, 144, 148 has a planar floor 122, 138, 162 with an angled discharge edge 124, 137, 182 for uniformly distributing seasoning on the product. The seasoning system minimizes damage to the food product and uniformly coats the product with a desired amount of seasoning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: David L. Burke, Jonny Fitzgerald, Thomas G. Knodell,, Kenneth C. Petri, P. Blake Svejkovsky, Paul A. Svejkovsky
  • Plasma processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20030164142
    Abstract: An electrical connection means 45 guides a DC voltage, which is generated in an ion sheath when a plasma is excited, to a first electrode 31 where a substrate W is placed. Hence, the DC voltage is applied to both the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate W, so the two surfaces of the substrate have the same potential. As a result, element breakdown, which occurs when a large potential difference occurs between the two surfaces of the substrate W, can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Chischio Koshimizu
  • Batch-type remote plasma processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20030164143
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber in which a plurality of substrates are stacked and accommodated; a pair of electrodes extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of substrates, which are disposed at one side of the plurality of substrates in said processing chamber, and to which high frequency electricity is applied; and a gas supply member which supplies processing gas into a space between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Toyoda, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Motonari Takebayashi, Tadashi Kontani, Nobuo Ishimaru
  • Commercial poultry litter enhancement with citrus sources
    Publication number: 20030164144
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved poultry bedding litter composition and uses incorporating the bedding litter composition. The litter composition includes byproduct or waste material from citrus juice extraction. The citrus peel byproduct or waste litter compositions improve poultry characteristics and enhance feed conversion when compared with traditional poultry bedding litters such as wood shavings. They also reduce ammonia formation and are very beneficial in addressing litter beetle problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: James H. Keithly, Thomas Taggart, David L. Wilson
  • Bootie/paws
    Publication number: 20030164145
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel paw covering, which consists essentially of a condom-like sleeve formed of a rubber latex, having a thickness in the range of three to ten mils and having a somewhat larger cross section in the form of a bead around the open end for easy application and removal of the condom-like device from the paw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Julie St. John
  • DIRECT HEATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20030164146
    Abstract: A direct heating device has a tubular main casing formed by a wall member. The main casing has a first end adapted to be coupled with a support structure, such as a monoblock fastening flange. One or more water inlets and out lets are provided in the wall member of the main casing. A funnel shaped sprinkler head is positioned inside the main casing. The bigger diameter end of the sprinkler head is coupled with the support structure. A critical nozzle in the shape of a long trumpet is coupled with the smaller diameter end of the sprinkler head. The direct heating device can also have a pressure relief damper, which has one end coupled to the main casing and the other end extending into the main casing. The main casing can have a double layer construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Shanhua Li
  • Process for reducing engine wear in the operation of an internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20030164147
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for reducing engine wear in the operation of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: David A. Duncan, Deborah A. Langer, Mayur P. Shah, Frank V. Zalar
  • METHOD OF OPERATING A MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20030164148
    Abstract: In a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine in which, for fuel saving purposes during part-load operation, some of the cylinders (2) can be cut off by an interruption of the fuel supply to the respective cylinders and by the shutdown and closing of their inlet valves (6) and outlet valves (7) until the refiring of the cylinders (2) when higher operating loads of the internal combustion engine (1) are required, a smooth operating behavior of the internal combustion engine (1) during the changeover between the fired and the cut-off operation of the cylinders (2) is achieved by an additional compensating opening of the outlet valves (7) irrespective of the gas-exchange control times of the valves for fired cylinder operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Stephan Von Andrian-Werburg
  • Valve control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20030164149
    Abstract: The invention controls the opening of an oil control valve (OCV), which controls the operation of a variable valve timing mechanism in an internal combustion engine, according to a duty ratio of a driving pulse signal. An electronic control unit (ECU) performs feedback control on a duty ratio DR of the driving pulse signal during ordinary operation based on a target value and an actual value of the valve timing. When the oil temperature is low (i.e., when the operating oil viscosity is high), the ECU controls the valve timing of the engine by repeating an inching operation that maintains the duty ratio DR of the signal at a large value (i.e., 0% or 100%) for a predetermined hold time so as to operate the variable valve timing mechanism, and then maintaining the duty ratio DR of the signal at a value (50%) that does not operate the variable valve timing mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Kondou, Hiroyasu Koyama
  • Surface layer for the working surface of the cylinders of a cumbustion engine and process of applying the surface layer
    Publication number: 20030164150
    Abstract: A surface coating of the working surface of a cylinder of a combustion engine is disclosed, having the combination of the following characteristics:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Gerard Barbezat
  • In-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20030164151
    Abstract: An in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine is provided, which first fires a first spark plug and thereafter fires a second spark plug when a required load is low and which first fires the second spark plug and thereafter fires the first spark plug when the required load is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshimi Kashiwagura, Masaharu Ichise, Mutsumi Kanda, Takashi Hashima, Hiroshi Nomura
  • Engine cylinder induction air quantity measurement
    Publication number: 20030164152
    Abstract: An engine cylinder induction air quantity measuring apparatus includes a controller to calculate an intake manifold inside air quantity of air in an intake manifold, from a sensed intake air quantity by performing a balance calculation to calculate a balance between an intake manifold inflow air quantity, and an intake manifold outflow air quantity; and to calculate a cylinder induction air quantity in accordance with the intake manifold inside air quantity. The controller is configured to determine whether an engine stop position of the engine is within the valve overlap period; and to set the intake manifold inside air quantity equal to an overlap stop mode final air quantity for use as an initial value of the intake manifold inside air quantity in a next start of the engine when the engine stop position is within the valve overlap period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iwasaki, Shouichi Hayase
  • Method and apparatus to provide engine compression braking
    Publication number: 20030164153
    Abstract: In internal combustion engines that use hydraulic-fluid actuated fuel injectors, enhanced engine compression braking can be realized with simplified hydraulic control systems, by using fuel injector hydraulic fluid to open exhaust valves at or near the top of a compression stroke. Opening the exhaust valves at the top of a compression stroke wastes compressed gas to the atmosphere providing enhanced efficiency of engine compression braking. Using existing fuel injector high pressure fluid or engine oil to actuate a slave piston and thereby actuate the exhaust valve obviates the need for a separate, dedicated high-pressure oil delivery system for engine compression braking purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: David S. Hlavac
  • Signal generator for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and rotation information detector using signal generator
    Publication number: 20030164154
    Abstract: A signal generator for an internal combustion engine for obtaining precise information on a rotational direction of the engine when the engine runs at extremely low speed, comprising: a rotor having a first series of reluctor corresponding to a cylinder of the engine, and a second series of reluctor having a predetermined phase relationship relative to the first series of reluctor; and a first sensor and a second sensor that detect the first series of reluctor and the second series of reluctor, respectively of the rotor to generate pulses, wherein a positional relationship between the first and the second series of reluctors, and a positional relationship between the first and the second sensors are set so that a difference occurs in a phase relationship between an output pulse of the first sensor and that of the second sensor in forward rotation and in reverse rotation of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Jun Kawagoe, Yoshikazu Tsukada, Yoshinobu Arakawa, Kouji Sasaki
  • Electronic control unit for two-cycle internal combustion engine with exhaust control valve
    Publication number: 20030164155
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for controlling a fuel injection amount of a two-cycle internal combustion engine with an exhaust control valve wherein the electronic control unit comprises an injection amount determination means for determining the fuel injection amount at various control conditions, a valve abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality of operation of the exhaust control valve, and an injector driving means for driving an injector so as to inject fuel of the amount determined by the injection amount determination means from the injector. The injection amount determination means determines the injection amount so that when the valve abnormality detection means detects the abnormality of operation of the exhaust control valve, an air-fuel mixture is made in a rich state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Arakawa, Kouji Sasaki, Yoshikazu Tsukada, Mitsugu Koike
  • Method for processing a sensor signal of a knocking sensor for an internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20030164156
    Abstract: Method for processing a sensor signal of a knocking sensor for an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: a time window is defined for the evaluation of the sensor signal as a function of the operating state and/or the operating behavior of the internal combustion engine, a plurality of sampled values of the sensor signal are sampled within the predefined time window with a predefined sampling frequency, and an output signal which represents the knocking behavior of the internal combustion engine is determined from the sampled values, the Fourier transform of the sampled values being calculated in order to determine the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Frederic Galtier
  • Injection valve for intake pipe or cylinder head with integrated fuel supply
    Publication number: 20030164157
    Abstract: A device for supplying fuel to combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine is described. An injector (2), which is supplied with fuel through a fuel line (10), is accommodated in a receptacle (34) in the receiving body (1) of an internal combustion engine. The injector (2) is positioned in the receiving body (1) by using a hold down (9), the hold down (9) having areas (12, 18, 19) for receiving electric contact elements (13, 14, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Eckhard Bodenhausen
  • Fixing device
    Publication number: 20030164158
    Abstract: A mounting device for reciprocally securing a fuel injector (1) in a cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine, and the fuel injector (1) to a fuel distribution line (4), is designed in the form of a holding-down sleeve (11). At an end of the holding-down sleeve (11) facing the fuel distribution line (4), at least one first elastic tongue (14). is provided which is bent against a flow direction of the fuel, and at an end of the holding-down sleeve (11) facing away from fuel distribution line (4), at least one second elastic tongue (14) is provided which is bent in a flow direction of the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Ferdinand Reiter
  • Constrained layer damping system
    Publication number: 20030164159
    Abstract: A constrained layer damping system for use in an integrated air fuel module having a control module mounted thereon is provided. A control module and a wiring harness extending from the control module are coated with an encapsulant. A first layer of formed material is placed on a first side of the wiring harness and a first side of the control module, and a second layer of formed material is placed on a second side of both the wiring harness and the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Jeff J. Klas, Mark K. Rhodes, Michael D. Bennett, Dan Guglielmo
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE CAPACITIVE ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20030164160
    Abstract: A capacitive actuator element, in particular of a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine, is charged with different charging times. In order to shorten the charging time, the charging oscillatory circuit is switched over to a freewheeling circuit, and in order to prolong the charging time, switching back from the freewheeling circuit to the charging circuit takes place, it being possible to switch backwards and forwards repeatedly between the freewheeling circuit and charging circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Walter Schrod