Patents Issued in April 1, 2004
  • Publication number: 20040063540
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling ignition timing during a shift in a vehicular automatic transmission is provided that is capable of suppressing shift shock in the event that input torque of the automatic transmission is affected by external changes, such as changes in fuel and air pressure and the like, by adjusting immediately to those changes. This control apparatus is provided with an ignition timing controller that controls an ignition timing retard amount; a calculator that calculates a basic retard amount; a detector that detects an engine retard amount; a determinator that determines a retard correction value based on a shift mode of the automatic transmission and the like; and a corrector that corrects the ignition timing retard amount of the controller based on the retard correction value, the basic retard amount, and the engine retard amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Toshimitsu Sato, Hisanori Nomoto, Naoyuki Sakamoto, Yoshiharu Harada, Toshio Sugimura, Masayasu Mizobuchi, Ryuji Imai
  • Publication number: 20040063541
    Abstract: A method for recognition of the sychronization position and the end of the synchronization operation in an automated shiftable transmission with an electromotive shift actuator is disclosed, which is characterized in that the rotational speed of the shift actuator is detected and the synchronization position, as will as the end of the synchronized operation,is determined based upon the change of the rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Reinhard Berger, Martin Vornehm, Stefan Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20040063542
    Abstract: In a method for controlling an automated clutch and/or an automated transmission in a motor vehicle with an electronic clutch management system, a target value for the clutch torque is determined as an output quantity of a start-up function dependent on suitable input quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Eich, Thomas Jager
  • Publication number: 20040063543
    Abstract: A system for controlling a hydraulic pressure of an automatic transmission includes a torque converter having a lockup clutch for direct coupling between an engine and the transmission, a lockup solenoid valve for providing a signal pressure for controlling engagement of the lockup clutch, a lockup control valve for providing an engagement pressure to the lockup clutch in accordance with the signal pressure, and a CVT control unit for controlling the lockup solenoid valve. The CVT control unit is programmed to determine torque provided to the torque converter and control the signal pressure in accordance with the torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: JATCO Ltd
    Inventor: Hideshi Wakayama
  • Publication number: 20040063544
    Abstract: Apparatus (2) for measuring the strength of a person's respiratory muscles, which apparatus (2) comprises a mouthpiece (4) for the person, a flow transducer, a pressure transducer (6), a variable orifice valve (10), a motor (12) for operating the variable orifice valve (10), and microprocessor control means (8), the microprocessor control means being such that it is able to control the motor (12) to cause the variable orifice valve (10) to vary its orifice size and thereby to maintain a constant predetermined pressure and enable the measurement of the flow rate generated by the person, or to maintain a constant predetermined flow rate and enable the measurement of the pressure generated by the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher Patrick Lawson
  • Publication number: 20040063545
    Abstract: A platform (1) for diving to replace dangerous diving boards is supported by a first-side wall (2), a second-side wall (3), a rear wall (4) and a brace. The brace can include a pillar (6) or a first angled brace (11) in combination with a second angled brace (12). The rear wall can include steps (13). Poolside-structure support can include poolside-ladder rails (5) for lateral support of the platform or poolside surfaces without poolside ladders or without poolside ladders that are suitable. Optionally heavy-weight and light-weight embodiments and their manufacture with a wide range of sizes are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Arthur A. Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20040063546
    Abstract: A wrist exercise includes a casing rotatably receiving a rotor therein. The casing defines slots that are aligned in pair. The rotor has axially aligned rotation shafts respectively and rotatably received in holes defined in the casing for rotatably supporting the rotor inside the casing. A drive roller is mounted to one of the rotation shafts. A drive bar is partially and movable received in the casing through the aligned slots to drivingly engage the drive roller whereby by forcibly pulling the drive bar out of the casing, the drive roller is caused to drive an initial rotation of the rotor with a high rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Yun Yu Chuang, Ming Hung Lin, Pei Sung Chuang
  • Publication number: 20040063547
    Abstract: An exercise method and apparatus for ensuring the completion of a predetermined number of steps each day as part of an exercise routine by integrating steps taken during a normal daily routine with steps taken on a treadmill or stepper machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Philip Lim-Kong Wong, Ka Yiu Sham
  • Publication number: 20040063548
    Abstract: A jogging machine comprises a base, a jogging platform, a linear actuator mounted on the jogging platform, an urging frame disposed between the base and the jogging platform, and at least one pull rod. The linear actuator actuates the urging frame to urge the jogging platform to change its inclination. The jogging platform is capable of being folded along a fixed path due to the linking of the urging frame and the pull rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Mark Chang
  • Publication number: 20040063549
    Abstract: An exercise device providing treadmill and stationary bicycle configurations. The exercise device has a running device with a tread belt, a bicycle device with a pair of pedals, and a transmission device detachably connecting the running device and the bicycle device. Further, a controlling device for controlling the running device and the bicycle device, a sensing device for detecting exercise information of the running device and the bicycle device, a computer module comprising a program of an interactive game for the running device and the bicycle device, and a processor performing the program, and a displaying device connected to the computer module for showing the interactive game thereon according to a plurality of parameters of the program are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Parkson Kuo
  • Publication number: 20040063550
    Abstract: An exercise device includes a frame typically an arching member extending between generally parallel lower members having wheels operably coupled thereto. A harness extends from the frame, and the height of the harness is selectively adjustable by a user within the harness. A controller accessible to a user activates a motor and raises and lowers a cable to adjust the height of the harness, and thus the weight load on the user's feet while operating the device. A handlebar extends to one or more of the wheels for selectively steering the device. A brake system accessible to the user enables stopping of the device. The device may include a motor operably coupled to a wheel for propelling the device, and a throttle control for selecting the speed of the motor. Thus, the user of the device can selectively alter the impact weight and speed while operating the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Robert D. Harris
  • Publication number: 20040063551
    Abstract: In an exercise machine having a resistance, the improvement of means to impart an inertial quality to the resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: William S. Lightbody
  • Publication number: 20040063552
    Abstract: Disclosed is a golf exercise weight machine for anaerobically strengthening the large rotary muscles of the body—including the upper thigh, trunk and abdomen, and shoulders—most used in performing a golf swing. Preferably, the device includes a floor mounted base to which a yoke is rotatably attached to fit around the shoulders and arms of a user, so that during operation the user's body remains oriented in the proper swing position so as to mimic and improve the golf swing by strengthening the appropriate muscles. A weight stack provides variable resistance during the simulated golf swing, and the device offers adjustment over multiple degrees of freedom and it can accommodate both right-and left-handed swings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Chester H. Sharps
  • Publication number: 20040063553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a weight lifting apparatus which provides for the center of gravity of a weight to be maintained below the point where the apparatus is gripped by a user, as the user raises and lowers the apparatus. The center of gravity of the weight is thus maintained centered about the user's body, which improves the user's control of the weight and improves efficiency of the exercise. In one embodiment the weight lifting apparatus comprises a frame having a handle disposed thereon; and a member extending from the frame for attaching one or more weights thereto, the member being substantially co-planar with the frame; wherein the handle swivels about its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Darrin Viscount
  • Publication number: 20040063554
    Abstract: An encapsulated weight system for resistance training comprising a first dumbbell having a center portion with a borehole disposed axially therein forming an interior load area. The first dumbbell further comprises at least a first end cap arranged and configured to releasably engage opposing ends of the center portion, thereby covering the interior load area. At least one weight capsule is arranged and configured to substantially correspond to at least a portion of the interior load area. The weight capsule can be alternately added and removed from the interior load area of the first dumbbell to alternately increase and decrease weight of said first dumbbell. The first dumbbell and the second dumbbell can be joined by a barbell adapter disposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Kevin Wince
  • Publication number: 20040063555
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus that will exercise at least five groups of muscles is disclosed. The exercise apparatus exercises the abdominal muscles, the serratus muscles, the intercostals muscles and the leg muscles. The apparatus uses a seated position for the person exercising and the exerciser is seated on a swing. When the exerciser contracts his or her abdominal muscles while lifting the legs, the swing rotates such that the exerciser's feet rotate upward. When the exerciser releases tension on the abdominal muscles, the apparatus goes back to its original position. When the exerciser bends forward, the above four groups of muscles are exercised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Perez
  • Publication number: 20040063556
    Abstract: An elongated roller which can be used with a balance board to provide exercising and recreational opportunities for consumers. The roller has a smooth outer surface and a curvature such that the transverse cross-sectional diameter changes smoothly lengthwise. The consumers have complete freedom to move the board relative to the roller and can enjoy a wide variety of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Henry Wischusen
  • Publication number: 20040063557
    Abstract: Methods of making one-piece lidded containers are described along with containers made by such methods. In one embodiment, the method entails providing a first length of thermoplastic material and a second length of thermoplastic material where a portion of the two lengths of thermoplastic material are brought into an overlapping or abutting orientation to provide a juncture of thermoplastic material. The juncture of thermoplastic material is subsequently secured. The one-piece lidded container is completed by forming a first container and a corresponding lid on the first and second lengths of thermoplastic material. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Timothy Bohrer
  • Publication number: 20040063558
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding zipper assemblies (with or without sliders) to a station, for example, a station where the zipper assemblies are sealed to thermoplastic bag making film. The zipper tape feeding apparatus comprises a pair of endless belts that circulate in opposite directions and have confronting portions running along a straight pathway through which a zipper tape is passed. The first belt is driven intermittently by a motor and the second belt is free to circulate during frictional contact with the first belt. At least a portion of the zipper tape is sandwiched between confronting portions of the belts, being moved forward as the belts circulate. The belts are preferably made of rubber to minimize slippage of the zipper tape during feeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Victor Delisle
  • Publication number: 20040063559
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present invention, a method and apparatus for folding sheets are disclosed in which single transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in one operational mode and double transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in another operational mode. The folder can have a low profile in which the axes of various elements and assemblies in the folder are located within height ranges relative to the height of a folding roll axis in the folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Edward R. Ochsenbauer
  • Publication number: 20040063560
    Abstract: A sheet folding apparatus is described including a fold blade, a clamp movable to engage the fold blade, and a fold blade receptacle having two flexible spring members. The flexible spring members are biased toward one another by preloading material of the spring members. The fold blade and fold blade receptacle are movable toward one another to fold a sheet of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Steven W. Trovinger
  • Publication number: 20040063561
    Abstract: This invention relates to a handheld, hand-powered centrifuge device. The device preferably includes a centrifuge body and a sample-holding member connected to a tether. The device centrifuges the sample by a user physically spinning the member preferably in a vertical arc. The device preferably includes a pull handle which allows a user to shorten the length of the tether to reduce the circumference of the arc, thereby increasing the speed of rotation and centrifugal force on the sample. The device also preferable includes a brake to prevent the member from contacting the handheld centrifuge body. The centrifuge body may have a storage cavity for storing the pull handle when not in use, wherein the member serves to seal the storage cavity when not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony G. Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20040063562
    Abstract: A centrifuge that includes a centrifugal drum having a solids collecting chamber arranged below a bottom of the centrifugal drum. Also included is an oscillation measuring device for recording oscillations of the centrifugal drum. Further included is a medium situated in the solids collecting chamber. Also included is at least one feeler element that protrudes beyond the bottom of, and is connected to the centrifugal drum. When the medium level rises in the solids collecting chamber, the at least one feeler element is contacted by the medium before the medium contacts the centrifugal drum. The contact results in uncritical oscillations that are analyzed by the oscillation measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Jochen Hamatschek, Willi Niemerg, Wilfried Mackel
  • Publication number: 20040063563
    Abstract: An optical glass wherein an amount of change in refractive index (&Dgr;n: difference in refractive index between a state before radiation and a state after radiation) caused by radiation of laser beam at wavelength of 351 nm having average output power of 0.43W, pulse repetition rate of 5 kHz and pulse width of 400 ns for one hour is 5 ppm or below is provided. The optical glass comprises a fluorine ingredient and/or a titanium oxide ingredient and/or an arsenic oxide ingredient. The optical glass suffers little change in refractive index by radiation of strong light having wavelengths of 300 nm to 400 nm such as ultraviolet laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Akira Masumura, Muneo Nakahara, Satoru Matsumoto, Tatsuya Senoo
  • Publication number: 20040063564
    Abstract: A glass substrate for use as the substrate of an information recording medium such as a magnetic disk, magneto-optical disk, DVD, or MD or of an optical communication device, and a glass composition for making such a glass substrate, contains the following glass ingredients: 45 to 75% by weight of SiO2; 1 to 20% by weight of Al2O3; 0 to 15% by weight, zero inclusive, of B2O3; SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3 accounting for 65 to 90% by weight; a total of 7 to 20% by weight of R2O compounds, where R=Li, Na, and K; and a total of 0 to 12% by weight, zero inclusive, of R′O compounds, where R′=Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn. Moreover, the following conditions are fulfilled: B2O3=0% by weight, or Al2O3/B2O3≧1.0; and (SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3)/(the total of R2O compounds+the total of R2O compounds)≧3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: MINOLTA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kawai, Toshiharu Mori
  • Publication number: 20040063565
    Abstract: An exemplary composition of matter and method for making high-efficiency, low-loss capacitors is disclosed as including inter alia a B2O3—Bi2O3—ZnO glass in admixture with material typically comprising about 30-40 wt % cubic phase (Bi0.5Zn0.5)(Zn0.5Nb1.5)O7 and about 60-70 wt % pseudo-orthorhombic phase Bi2(Zn1/3Nb1/3)2O7 (e.g., “BZN”). The mixture effectively reduces the sintering temperature of BZN from the range of about 950-1050° C. to the range of about 850-900° C., thereby rendering BZN suitable for cofiring with, for example, existing LTCC dielectrics. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, configured, adapted or otherwise optionally modified to further improve or otherwise optimize the sintering temperature of BZN and/or BZN-based materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Xunhu Dai
  • Publication number: 20040063566
    Abstract: Dielectric composite materials including an electronically tunable dielectric phase and a calcium and oxygen-containing compound are disclosed. The tunable phase may comprise a material such as barium strontium titanate. The calcium/oxygen compound may comprise CaO or a transition metal-containing compound such as Ca2Nb2O7 or CaTiO3. The material may also include a rare earth oxide dopant such as CeO2. The materials resist dielectric breakdown and possess improved combinations of electronic properties. The materials may be tailored for specific applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher Caspers, Elijah Underhill, Xubai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20040063567
    Abstract: A method of reactivating a catalyst, such as a solid catalyst or a liquid catalyst. The method comprises providing a catalyst that is at least partially deactivated by fouling agents. The catalyst is contacted with a fluid reactivating agent that is at or above a critical point of the fluid reactivating agent and is of sufficient density to dissolve impurities. The fluid reactivating agent reacts with at least one fouling agent, releasing the at least one fouling agent from the catalyst. The at least one fouling agent becomes dissolved in the fluid reactivating agent and is subsequently separated or removed from the fluid reactivating agent so that the fluid reactivating agent may be reused. A system for reactivating a catalyst is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel M. Ginosar, David N. Thompson, Raymond P. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20040063568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing zeolite catalysts containing subgroup metals by hydrothermal synthesis with subsequent calcination, which is characterized in that the subgroup metals are used in hydrothermal synthesis in the form of carbonyl, isonitrile or cyanocomplexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Adolf Kuhnle, Mark Duda, Karsten Seelbach, Steffen Hasenzahl, Uwe Tanger, Carsten Jost, Elias Klemm, Andreas Reitzmann
  • Publication number: 20040063569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microporous crystalline zeolite material having the empirical formula
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Urbano Diaz Morales, Vicente Fornes Segui
  • Publication number: 20040063570
    Abstract: A catalyst solid for olefin polymerization comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Carsten Suling, Wolf Spaether, Nicola Paczkowski, Joachim Rosch, Joachim Wulff-Doring, Wolfgang Bidell
  • Publication number: 20040063571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the prepolymerization of &agr;-olefin in the presence of a catalyst system which comprises (a) a magnesium supported solid complex titanium catalyst and (b) an organometallic compound of metal of Group I or III of the Periodic Table, characterized in that an inert solvent having high viscosity with molecular weight of 300 g/mole or more is used as a reaction medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Yoo-Kyoung Kim, Kun Lo, Il-Seop Kim
  • Publication number: 20040063572
    Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method of titanium catalyst for olefin polymerization, the method comprising (1) preparing magnesium compound solution by resolving non-deoxidative magnesium halide and IIIA group atom compound in a solvent mixture of cyclic ether, at least one alcohol, phosphorus compound and organosilane with or without hydrocarbon solvent; (2) reacting said magnesium compound solution with titanium compound, silicon compound, tin compound or mixture thereof to produce a support; and (3) reacting said support with titanium compound and electron donor to produce solid complex titanium catalyst, wherein the particle size and particle size distribution f said catalyst are regulated by controlling solubility of the reactants in said steps (2) and/or (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: ll Seop Kim, Moon Young Shin, Ki Su Ro
  • Publication number: 20040063573
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel chelated catalyst for olefin polymerization and an olefin polymerization method using the chelated catalyst. The catalyst of the invention is a liquid titanium compound chelated with an imidazole ligand. The method for olefin polymerization of the present invention is performed using the liquid titanium compound as a main catalyst component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Gap-Goung Kong
  • Publication number: 20040063574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst systems, processes for making such catalysts, intermediates for such catalysts, and olefin polymerization processes using such catalysts wherein such catalyst includes a component represented by the following formula IA: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Klaus H. Theopold, Woo-Kyu Kim, Leonard A. MacAdams, John M. Power, Javier M. Mora, Albert P. Masino
  • Publication number: 20040063575
    Abstract: A catalyst support consisting mainly of synthetic silica, with 0.5-10 parts by weight of one or more oxides or phosphates of the elements of group IIA, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIIB, VIIB, VIII, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and the lanthanides characterised in that the support preparation method comprises mixing particulate synthetic silica with particulate oxides or phospates of the elements of Groups IIA, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIIB, VIIB, VIII, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and the lanthanides, or with precursors thereof, a forming step and calcination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Hemanus Gerhardus Jozef Lansink Rotgerink, Heike Reidemann, Helmfried Krause
  • Publication number: 20040063576
    Abstract: A catalyst adsorbent for the desulfurization of a feed stream, preferably in a fuel cell, wherein the catalyst includes from about 30 percent to about 80 percent nickel or a nickel compound, from about 5 percent to about 45 percent silica as a carrier, from about 1 percent to about 10 percent alumina as a promoter and from about 0.01 percent to about 15 percent magnesia as a promoter. The invention also includes processes of manufacture of the catalyst adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Sud-Chemie Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Jamie Weston, David C. Wolfe, Michael W. Balakos, Jon P. Wagner, Kevin G. Northway
  • Publication number: 20040063577
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a catalyst and a process for autothermal catalytic steam reforming of hydrocarbons using the catalyst. The catalyst has a multilayer structure and contains a lower catalyst layer lying directly on a support and an upper catalyst layer lying on the lower catalyst layer, in which the lower catalyst layer preferentially catalyzes partial oxidation and the upper catalyst layer preferentially catalyzes steam reforming. Each catalyst layer contains at least one platinum group metal on an oxide support material. The process is operated adiabatically by passing a starting mixture of the hydrocarbons, oxygen and water or steam, heated to a preheat temperature, over the multilayer catalyst. The catalyst and process are used to generate hydrogen-containing fuel gases for fuel cells in reformer systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Wieland, Frank Baumann
  • Publication number: 20040063578
    Abstract: A composition comprising a promoter and a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of a gallium oxide, an indium oxide, and combinations of any two or more thereof, wherein at least a portion of the promoter is present as a reduced valence promoter and methods of preparing such composition are disclosed. The thus-obtained composition is employed in a desulfurization zone to remove sulfur from a hydrocarbon stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Robert W. Morton, Jason J. Gislason, M. Bruce Welch, David E. Simon, Roland Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20040063579
    Abstract: A receiving paper for thermal transfer recording, having a paper substrate; an ink receiving layer located overlying one side of the paper substrate and configured to receive a heat-melted or heat-softened ink; and a tackifying layer located overlying another side of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer is formed by coating an ink receiving layer forming liquid including a resin emulsion overlying the paper substrate; and heating the coating of ink layer forming liquid to a temperature not less than a minimum filming temperature of the resin emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Noge, Shigeru Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20040063580
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bicyclic triazolone derivative represented by the formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Kuragano, Yasushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040063581
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1) and processes for their preparation, their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation wherein Q, X1, X2, X3, R1, R2, R6 and R7 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are novel intermediates of Formula (5), Formula (8) and Formula (20) wherein R27 is —(CR6R7)qQ; R6, R7, q, Q, X1 and X2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula (1) and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Gary David Annis, George Chih-Shu Chiang, David Raymond Forney, Kanu Maganbhai Patel, Morris Padgett Rorer, William Francis Smith, Thomas Martin Stevenson, King-Mo Sun, Chi-Ping Tseng
  • Publication number: 20040063582
    Abstract: The invention includes a seed treatment composition containing plant macronutrients, micronutrients, a pest inhibitor and at least one growth regulator. The composition additionally contains a vitamin component, an amino acid component, a penetrant and an energy source. The invention also includes treated seed having a treatment material on at least a portion of a seed surface. The treatment material contains macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, humic acid, a pest inhibitor, a mold inhibitor, an absorbant, a penetrant and growth regulators. The invention includes methods of formulating seed treatment compositions and methods of treating seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: William S. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20040063583
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-irritant pesticidal emulsifiable concentrate comprising (a) 1 to 60% by weight of at least one pesticidal active ingredient compound selected from the group consisting of pyriproxyfen and a pyrethroid compound, (b) 2 to 15% by weight of at least one surfactant and (c) 15 to 90% by weight of at least one aromatic ester solvent represented by the formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Shigekazu Zen
  • Publication number: 20040063584
    Abstract: Cyclohexenone derivatives of benzazolones of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Guido Mayer, Ulf Miblitz, Ernst Baumann, Wolfgang von Deyn, Steffen Kudis, Michel Hofmann, Thorsten Volk, Matthias Witschel, Cyrill Zagar, Andreas Landes, Klaus Langemann
  • Publication number: 20040063585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to selective-herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they contain an effective amount of the compound 2-(2-trifluoromethoxy-phenylsulphonylaminocarbonyl)-4-methyl-5-methoxy-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one of the formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Arvesta Corporation
    Inventors: Dieter Feucht, Hans-Joachim Santel, Klaus Lurssen, Ingo Wetcholowsky, Peter Dahmen, Klaus-Helmut Muller
  • Publication number: 20040063586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surfactant systems and in particular herbicidal compositions comprising a water soluble herbicide and/or a salt thereof and a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises at least two surfactants selected from the group consisting of: i) alkyldiamine tetraalkoxylate surfactants; ii) N-alkyl alkyldiamine trialkoxylate surfactants; and iii) phosphated alcohol alkoxylate surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Kirby, Ashley Scott Martin, Paul Leslie Griffiths
  • Publication number: 20040063587
    Abstract: Compositions for increasing the thermal and pressure stability of well fluids viscosified using viscoelastic surfactants, the compositions including an effective amount of an oligomeric or polymeric compound that has a thermally stable backbone structure and at least one pendent viscoelastic surfactant functional group. Preferred compositions for increasing the stability of well fluids viscosified using monomeric viscoelastic surfactants include an effective amount of an oligomeric or polymeric compound that has a thermally stable backbone structure and a multiplicity of pendent viscoelastic surfactant functional groups attached to said backbone structure through relatively long hydrocarbon chains, 1 to 18 carbons in length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Horton, Bethicia Prasek, Frederick B. Growcock, David Kippie, John W. Vian, Kamila B. Abdur-Rahman, Morris Arvie
  • Publication number: 20040063588
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering drilling fluid additives to a drilling fluid. According to one aspect of the invention, the delivery system comprises a softened, dispersible tablet containing drilling fluid additives, such as lost circulation, seepage control materials, and/or other additive materials. The tablet is preferably prepared by adding a softening agent or softening binder to the drilling fluid additive that will allow the tablet to disperse and revert, or break down, to release the drilling fluid additives in their original particle size into drilling fluids. It is also advantageous for the tablets to be dispersed top-side to ensure that the materials do not, for example, clog screens or damage downhole equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Grinding & Sizing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Albert Rose, Harvey M. Oyler, Howard G. Ezell
  • Publication number: 20040063589
    Abstract: Lubricant compositions are made containing, as a metal protectant additive, an overbased amorphous alkaline earth metal salt of fatty acid. The additive is added in either a liquid or powdered form to the base oil in the composition. The overbased additive in the lubricating composition serves as a metal protectant to provide detergency, friction-modifying and acid-neutralizing properties to the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: OMG Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester E. Ramey, James E. Reddy