Patents Issued in February 28, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080047641
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion (2) with a circumferential groove (3, 3b, 3c) extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction and having a pair of oppositely opposed groove walls (6). The circumferential groove (3, 3b, 3c) is provided in at least one of the groove walls (6) with radial grooves (9) arranged along the longitudinal direction of the circumferential groove (3). The radially outer end (9o) of the radial groove (9) is positioned in a range (a1) of from 0 to 20% of the depth (GDt) of the circumferential groove. The radially inner end (9i) of the radial groove (9) is positioned in a range (a2) of from 80 to 100% of the depth (GDt) of the circumferential groove. The radial groove has an opening width (g) of not less than 1.0 mm, but not more than 6.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Shingo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080047642
    Abstract: In a block pattern, transverse grooves 2 are provided that open to grounding edge in the tire width direction, at bottoms of said transverse grooves, protrusions 3 are provided that extend along the direction of said transverse grooves, said protrusions 3 have starting points in the center side C from the grounding edge T in a tire front view, and said protrusions have terminal points that go over said grounding edge T and in the outer side from said grounding edge T. Further, it is preferable that the protrusions 3 of said transverse grooves are provided with divided protrusions 4 that are formed dividedly in the center side from the grounding edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Ohara, Takashi Nakatsuru
  • Publication number: 20080047643
    Abstract: A heavy duty tire is vulcanized in a segmented mold having a tread molding surface defined by circumferentially arranged segments. The tread portion is molded by the tread molding surface during vulcanization of the tire, wherein the stretch of the belt layer in the tire radial direction during vulcanization is in a range of from 3.2 to 5.2%. the tread portion is provided with an axially outermost circumferential groove at an axial distance from the tire equator which distance is in a range of from 50% to 68% of one half of the tread width. The footprint shape satisfies the following conditions: (1) 1.05=<SL0/SL70=<1.18; and (2) 0.95=<SL70/SL97=<1.05, wherein SL0, SL70 and SL97 are the circumferential lengths of the footprint shape measured at axial distances of 0%, 70% and 97%, respectively, of one half of the tread width from the tire equator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Shingo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080047644
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having an improved noise performance without deteriorating the drainage performance and having in a tread portion at least one circumferential main groove 3 which extend continuously in the tire circumferential direction, wherein the circumferential main groove 3 has a pair of groove walls 6, and in at least one of the groove walls 6 are provided at intervals in the tire circumferential direction a plurality of fine grooves 9 each of which extends in the tire radial direction and is provided in at least a part of its inner surface with a non-flat portion 10 extending in a wave-like form in its length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshikawa, Masahiro Tamura
  • Publication number: 20080047645
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems associated with traction devices for vehicle tires are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a tire may include a tread material bonded with a casing, the tread material having a tread pattern and one or more tractive devices may be disposed within voids in the tread pattern. In some embodiments, a media passage may be disposed between the tread material and the casing substantially under one or more of the voids in the tread pattern, the chambers and/or channels being controllable to urge movement of a corresponding tractive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Jon Stuart Gerhardt, Frank James Jenkins, John Michael O'Brien, Ernie Shirey, Raymond Bryce Bushnell, Danny Robert Lewis
  • Publication number: 20080047646
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inner liner of pneumatic tires that is formed from a non-drawn film of a polymer composition including 60 to 90 wt. % of a thermoplastic resin and 10 to 40 wt. % of an elastomer to have an oxygen permeation rate of less than 15×10?3 ccm/m2 24 hratm, and a fracture elongation of more than 200% at the room temperature. The tire thus manufacture has no fracture under a severe deformation during the tire shaping process, facilitating the tire manufacture, and exhibits an air permeation preventive property as an excellent air permeation preventive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Gi-Il Hong, Gi-Sang Song, Sang-Hyun Baek
  • Publication number: 20080047647
    Abstract: Disclosed are elastomeric articles having thermoplastic organic polymer appliqués, on which an image or design is printed, and methods of their production. The thermoplastic organic polymers include microporous polyolefins and thermoplastic polyurethanes. Microporous polyolefin appliqués are co-cured with an uncured portion of the article wherein a portion of elastomeric material of the article adjacent the appliqué impregnates the microporous polyolefin appliqué affixing the appliqué thereto. The elastomeric article further includes the microporous polyolefin appliqué impregnating the elastomeric material of the article. Thermoplastic polyurethane appliqués are affixed to at least a portion of an elastomeric article using an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Eric Raskas
  • Publication number: 20080047648
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a sidewall or a rubber composition for a clinch apex capable of reducing rolling resistance and electric resistance and improving crack resistance, and a tire prepared by using the rubber compositions. The rubber composition for a sidewall and the rubber composition for a clinch apex of the present invention comprise 1.0 to 7.5 parts by weight of a compound having oxyethylene units based on 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber. The tire of the present invention is prepared by using the rubber compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Yoichi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20080047649
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire in which the durability is improved, even when organic fiber cords are used for a folded belt layer, by dispersing or reducing the compress force applied to the organic fiber cord at the both end portions of the folded belt layer. A pneumatic tire 1 has a toroidal carcass 3 and a belt 7 consisting of belt layers 5, 6 arranged in the outer circumferential side of a crown portion 4 of the carcass 3. Between the adjacent belt layers 5, 6, the cords 8, 9 are crossed with each other with respect to an equatorial plane E of the tire to form cross belt layers. The widest belt layer 6 is a folded belt layer having a body portion 10 and a folded portion 12. A cord 9 constituting the folded belt layer 6 is an organic fiber cord. A narrow belt reinforcing layer 14 of rubberized cords 13 is arranged at least immediately below the width terminal end 11 of the body portion 10 of the folded belt layer 6 which terminal end 11 abuts on the folded portion 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Ishiyama, Jun Matsuzaki, Masafumi Koide
  • Publication number: 20080047650
    Abstract: This invention provides a rubber composition comprising 1-10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a composition containing the compound as a main component based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component as well as a pneumatic tire in which at least one of a carcass (4) and a belt (6) includes a layer composed of steel cords covered with a coating rubber, characterized in that the above rubber composition is used as the coating rubber covering the steel cords in at least one of the carcass (4) and the belt (6): (wherein R represents a divalent aliphatic group having a carbon number of 1-16 or a divalent aromatic group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Kazunori Kaneda, Yoshinori Kuriya, Kazuya Tsukamoto, Nobumasa Arashiba, Akinori Nagatomo, Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080047651
    Abstract: A substrate bonding apparatus includes a first chamber having a first surface plate where a first substrate is placed. A second chamber is disposed opposite to the first chamber. The second chamber has a second surface plate where a second substrate is placed. The second substrate is to be bonded to the first substrate. An alignment unit is installed in at least one of the first and second chambers. The alignment unit is capable of carrying out a six-degrees-of-freedom alignment between the first and second substrates. Thus, the substrates can be maintained parallel to each other, a spacing between the substrates can be automatically adjusted, and the substrates can be aligned in the X and Y axis directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Si Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20080047652
    Abstract: The specification describes an improved carrier tape conveying method and system for sprocket wheel driven adhesive-backed carrier tape. The system is designed for precision placement of components on the adhesive-backed carrier tape. Each time the carrier tape is advanced stepwise for placement of a component, the sprocket hole position is measured by a follower indexing sprocket wheel positioned at the point where components are placed. If a hole is misaligned, the indexing wheel senses the misalignment and produces a re-registration signal causing the tape to move the correct distance to align the sprocket hole with the intended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Charles Gutentag
  • Publication number: 20080047653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing multi-layer ceramic substrate, a plurality of aluminum oxide ceramic substrate units are piled together, between each two ceramic substrate units is an oxide medium layer which can grow crystal grain during sintering. Such that the upper and lower ceramic substrate units will compactly bind together with the oxide medium layer because the grown crystal grains enter into the gaps or holes formed between the crystal grains of the surfaces of ceramic substrate units during sintering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Kan Shih-Wei, Yu Chieh-Kuang
  • Publication number: 20080047654
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated fabric with a structure in which a face textile is laminated on one side of a durable film with a temporary adhesive layer interposed therebetween and a back textile is laminated on the other side of the durable film with a durable adhesive layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroki Sadato, Hirokazu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20080047655
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of injection molding to form polymeric interlayers directly between two rigid substrates that are positioned so that after injection of the melted polymeric material and after cooling, the resulting multiple layer panel functions as a safety panel that can be used in any appropriate conventional safety glazing application. Methods of the present invention utilize a relatively low molecular weight polymer, multiple injection points, mold compression, and/or a heated substrate in order to facilitate the injection of polymer into the relatively narrow space between glazing substrates that is typically found in safety glazings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Francois Andre Koran, Ping Yuan
  • Publication number: 20080047656
    Abstract: A method of producing a toothed belt having teeth and grooves and a polymeric film cover thereon comprising the steps of rotating a forming wheel comprising alternating cavities and protrusions which correspond in cross section to a cross section of said toothed belt, extruding heated extrudable material onto the forming wheel, feeding a reinforcing member onto said forming wheel, feeding a polymeric film onto said forming wheel between the reinforcing member and the forming wheel, pressing said polymeric film into said cavities and upon said protrusions with said heated extrudable material thereby forming a polymeric film cover on the teeth and grooves, and cooling the toothed belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Gerhard Hans Fickenwirth, Bret Morrison
  • Publication number: 20080047657
    Abstract: A system for forming a cross-directional fiber reinforcement layer has a feeder for feeding an array of continuous fiber and a chopped fiber dispenser for distributing generally aligned, closely spaced chopped fibers onto the array of continuous fibers in a cross-directional manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Michael H. Jander
  • Publication number: 20080047658
    Abstract: Provided is a method for bonding continuous traveling webs, which allows for significant increase in web processing speeds. A method according to the present invention includes providing a web including a bonding agent that may require activation prior to adhesion. Bonding agent activation may be, for example, by heat transfer or wetting. The primary activation of the bonding agent occurs separately from any applied force required for proper adhesion. Adhesion force may be applied by a noncatalytic pressure means including a crimp roller. The method may further include the insertion of a product between web layers to be brought into adhesive engagement with one another. A further web process step may include the cutting of bonded webs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Andres von-Vajna, Andrew Lake
  • Publication number: 20080047659
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a single waist panel reattachable absorbent article is provided. The method involves dividing a multilayered chassis into a plurality of individual T-shaped articles such that a horizontal arm of the T-shaped article forms the waist panel and a vertical arm of the T-shaped article forms the crotch region. The T-shaped articles are folded in half by flipping the vertical arm up to the horizontal arm of the T-shaped article. Bonding material is applied on side edges of the waist panel and the side edges of the waist panel are folded and bonded up and over the vertical arm thereby resulting in the reattachable absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Stacy Driskell
  • Publication number: 20080047660
    Abstract: A peel plate assembly for selectively removing RFID tags from a web for applying the RFID tags to a succession of articles includes an extendible or retractable peel blade and an RFID sensor recess mounted within a plate body. A cover for the plate body functions both as a web guide for advancing a succession of RFID tags past the sensor to the peel blade and as part of a shielding system to isolate communications between the sensor and the closest RFID tag to the peel blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: WS PACKAGING GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Donald W. Angel, John T. Glenski
  • Publication number: 20080047661
    Abstract: A masking tape, tape roll and method of masking for surface treatment, such as painting, along a curved juncture includes a flat adhesive strip with opposed curved edges running along an entire length of the strip. The flat strip is wound about a central axis in a helically wound tape roll with the strip adhesive surface being disposed substantially perpendicular to the central axis. A curved length of tape, and circular pieces of tape are readily separable from the roll by pulling a desired curved length of the tape away from the roll substantially parallel to the central axis and then separating the tape segment from the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Debra J. McTaggart
  • Publication number: 20080047662
    Abstract: A string of interconnected strain sensors applied to a cylindrical object for monitoring deformation of the object. The string of interconnected strain sensors is applied in a selected zig-zag pattern. A possibility is to drape a pliable support structure around the object, to which the the string of strain sensors has been mechanically coupled in the selected zig-zag pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Dennis DRIA, Frederick Henry Rambow, Michelle Shuck
  • Publication number: 20080047663
    Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film bonding apparatus and a method using a laser beam instead of thermal welding using a hot bar are disclosed. The apparatus includes a light source for generating a laser beam, a laser beam transmitter for guiding the laser beam from the light source to project the laser beam onto a connecting portion, a jig, on which the substrate, the ACF, and the material are accumulated, for projecting the laser beam on the accumulated material, a manipulation panel, and a controller for setting intensity and projection manner of the laser beam and pressure and for controlling overall operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Jettech Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi-Jung Nam, No-Heung Kwak
  • Publication number: 20080047664
    Abstract: An improved double-sided adhesive tape has an elongate carrier strip, with a length and width defining a pair of opposing planar faces that are separated by a thickness that is substantially smaller than either the length or width, a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to each of the opposing faces along the length, and a release liner strip in removable registration atop one of the adhesive layers. The improvement in the tape is provided by a loop formed between the release liner strip and the adhesive layer upon which it is in registration, the loop defined by bending a length of the release liner out of registration with the adhesive layer before resuming the registration. A method and machine for manufacturing the improvement structure are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Joseph McGee
  • Publication number: 20080047665
    Abstract: A method of forming a hollow ceramic body (10) comprising the steps of: forming a first section half (12) with a given wall thickness T and a second section half (14) with the given wall thickness T, the first section half and the second section half containing a binder material; forming a first joining surface (16) on the first section and forming a second joining surface (18) on the second section, the first joining surface 16 and the second joining surface 18 having a wall thickness T1 thinner than the given thickness; simultaneously heating the first and second joining surfaces (16, 18) to cause localized melting of the binder material; initially contacting the first joining surface with the second joining surface to form an interface region; and applying compression to the interface region to join the first section (12) to the second section (14) without the protrusion of any material into a discharge space (20) formed when the first section (12) and the second section (14) are joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Neil, Klaus Stockwald, Victor E. Perez
  • Publication number: 20080047666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of sandwich elements (so-called panels), in which the rising reactive mixture is guided, when it rises, through guide elements arranged between the upper and lower outer layers. This process produces void-free panels having a regular cell structure. The invention also relates to an apparatus useful for the production of such sandwich elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ulrich Knapp, Jurgen Wirth
  • Publication number: 20080047667
    Abstract: A substrate holding apparatus has a substrate holder body with a substrate holding side facing a polishing surface and holding a substrate on the substrate holding side and a retainer ring fixedly secured to the substrate holder body. The retainer ring is arranged to surround an outer periphery of the substrate held by the substrate holder body so that the retainer ring engages with the polishing surface radially outside the substrate as the polishing of the substrate is effected. The substrate holder body is provided with a membrane having inside and outside surfaces. The inside surface cooperates with a surface of the substrate holder body to define a fluid pressure chamber to which a fluid pressure is applied. The outer surface engages with the substrate held by the substrate holder body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Gunji, Hozumi Yasuda, Keisuke Namiki, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20080047668
    Abstract: Selection criteria for dyes that predicts efficiency and performance for plastics welding. A first stage quantitative calculation screens dyes that possess an absorption band that can be matched to a laser that is suitable for plastic welding. It also identifies absorption troughs in the visible spectrum and establishes relationships between the relative optical densities of the absorption band and trough. A second stage quantitative calculation screens dyes for their contribution to the transparency of the substrate. By combining these two stages, the usefulness of a candidate dye can be quickly, easily and inexpensively determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Sallavanti, L. Frieder
  • Publication number: 20080047669
    Abstract: The dehumidifying device contains a dehumidifying space, a duct member within the dehumidifying space, and a number of second hot places beneath the duct member with appropriate gaps therebetween. When a paperboard passes through the dehumidifying space between the duct member and the second hot plates, air is introduced to the duct member and, because of the provision of the gaps, turbulence within the duct member is prevented and uniform air pressure is developed within the dehumidifying space, thereby pressing the paperboard against the second hot plates for continuous heating. In the mean time, the steam absorbed during previous stage of beating can be expelled along with the air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Kuan-Shiung Wu
  • Publication number: 20080047670
    Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention is designed for assembling tires having a pair of spaced beads of various diameters and configurations with the respective wheels having a pair of seats moveable by a conveyor along an assembly path. A mounter station is disposed on the conveyor and presenting an alignment axis. A sealing mechanism is cooperable with the mounter station and is moveable around the alignment axis by a drive unit connected thereto for forcing at least one of the beads of the tire between the seats of the wheel. The apparatus accommodates a wide variety of wheel and tire sizes, is not complex and bulky, and reduces number of parts required to form the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ben Giacona, Dan Pellerin
  • Publication number: 20080047671
    Abstract: Process for the recovery of a polymer in solution Process for the recovery of a polymer in solution in a solvent, the combined material forming a homogeneous medium, according to which: a) a nonsolvent is added to the homogeneous medium so as to render it heterogeneous; b) the heterogeneous medium is subjected to shearing and to a supply of thermal energy sufficient to evaporate the solvent and nonsolvent and to provide polymer particles; c) the polymer particles are recovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Bernard Vandenhende
  • Publication number: 20080047672
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a garage door opener in which a plurality of main rail segments are pivotably connected. The pivotable connection allows at least a portion of the main rail segments to be folded. When secured in a non-folded orientation, the plurality of main rail members form a main rail. The distal end of the main rail may be operably connected to a motor. The proximate end of a main rail may be operably attached to an adjustment system that includes a housing and an adjustment member. The housing may be operably attached to a pinion that engages at least a portion of a drive component. Manipulation of the adjustment member may move the pinion towards or away from the adjacent main rail, thereby either pulling or relaxing the engagement between the pinion and the drive component, and thus adjusting tension in the drive component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: James Gorman, Theron Neeley
  • Publication number: 20080047673
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling any number of devices, such as one or more window shades, using a control system that can be connected to a wall switch by using only two wires. The various embodiments of the present invention enable a user to control a shade while using a motor that is controlled by use of two power lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Henk Jan Meewis, James L. Miller
  • Publication number: 20080047674
    Abstract: Method for separating lignin from black liquor includes the following steps: a) precipitating lignin by acidifying black liquor and thereupon dewatering, b) suspending the lignin filter cake obtained in step a) to obtain a second lignin suspension and adjusting the pH level to approximately that of the washing water of step d) below, c) dewatering of the second lignin suspension, d) adding washing water and performing a displacement washing at substantially constant conditions without any dramatic gradients in the pH, and e) dewatering the lignin cake produced in step d) into a high dryness and displacing the remaining washing liquid in the filter cake, whereby a lignin product is obtained which has an even higher dryness after the displacement washing of step d). The lignin product or an intermediate lignin product obtained by the method, and its use, preferably for the production of heat or chemicals is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Fredrik Ohman, Hans Theliander, Per Tomani, Peter Axegard
  • Publication number: 20080047675
    Abstract: A method of making a cellulosic web includes: forming a nascent web from a papermaking furnish, the nascent web having a generally random distribution of papermaking fiber; b) transferring the web having a generally random distribution of papermaking fiber to a translating transfer surface moving at a first speed; drying the web to a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent including compactively dewatering the web prior to or concurrently with transfer to the transfer surface; fabric-creping the web from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a creping fabric with a patterned creping surface, the fabric creping step occurring under pressure in a fabric creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping fabric wherein the fabric is traveling at a second speed slower than the speed of said transfer surface, the fabric pattern, nip parameters, velocity delta and web consistency being selected such that the web is creped from the transfer surfac
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Murray, Greg Wendt, Steven Edwards, Stephen McCullough, Guy Super
  • Publication number: 20080047676
    Abstract: A method of producing a fiber molded article including the steps of forming a wet fiber deposit layer (10) from a fiber material-containing slurry by papermaking processing and pressing the fiber deposit layer (10) to give a fiber molded article having an edge (113) where two faces (111 and 112) meet. A thick-walled part (104) is formed near the edge (113), which is pressed to form the edge (113). The forming mold used in the pressing is preferably heated. The thick-walled part (104) is preferably formed by partly bending the fiber deposit layer (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Takagi, Yoshio Tomida, Masayuki Osaki
  • Publication number: 20080047677
    Abstract: Paper and an image-recording material support which have high surface planarity and excellent gloss are disclosed. Moreover, an image-recording material is disclosed which uses the image-recording material support and is capable of obtaining high quality image. The paper includes raw paper. The paper satisfies at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii): (i) the paper has an inner bonding strength of 160 mJ or more specified in Japan Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry No. 54, and an average center surface roughness (SRa) on at least one face of the paper is 0.9 ?m or less at a cutoff wavelength of 0.3 mm to 0.4 mm, and (ii) an Oken type smoothness S (second) on the at least one face of the paper, and a density ? (g/cm3) of the paper satisfy an expression S1/2/?3?15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Shigehisa TAMAGAWA, Fuyuhiko Mori
  • Publication number: 20080047678
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers useful as a papermaking additives, The invention also relates to methods for making and using such additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: KEMIRA OYJ
    Inventors: Lucyna Pawlowska, Robert Proverb
  • Publication number: 20080047679
    Abstract: A system for producing cast components from molten metal. One form of the present invention includes a system for the precision pouring of molten metal within a casting mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Donald J. Frasier, M. Eric Schlienger
  • Publication number: 20080047680
    Abstract: A mold fill system includes a fill head, at least one solder input port, at least one solder output port, disposed on the leading edge of the fill head body, a mold plate, the fill head body being held near the mold plate, including a plurality of mold pits for injection molded solder and at least one o-ring disposed between the fill head body and the mold plate, for sealing the solder between the fill head body and the mold plate. An input velocity of the solder is sufficient to dislodge air trapped within the mold pits, and a circulartion pump is disposed on either a fill side or a return side of the fill head body to re-circulate the solder between the solder reservoir and the fill head. Optionally, heated plumbing connects the circulation pump, the fill head and the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Schultz
  • Publication number: 20080047681
    Abstract: The method of producing thin cast strip by continuous casting is disclosed. At least two sensors are operationally connected to at least one end of at least one of a pair of casting rolls or of a pair of brushes, to continuously measure at least two force-related parameters during casting. At least two time domain signals corresponding to the measured force-related parameters are generated. The time domain signals are continuously monitored and transformed into corresponding frequency domain spectrums. The frequency domain spectrums are analyzed and composite intensity values are continuously calculated from the intensity levels of at least a portion of the frequency component signals within the frequency spectrums. Casting parameters are adjusted in response to reduce strip defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: NUCOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikolco NIKOLOVSKI, Peter Woodberry
  • Publication number: 20080047682
    Abstract: A filler component for making an investment casting slurry, which comprises: a major portion of finely divided silica, aluminum silicate, alumina, zircon, or mixtures thereof; and a minor portion of one or more finely divided materials having particles in which, on average, at least one dimension of the particle is at least about four times greater than at least one other dimension of the particle. Typically, the particles are of generally plate-like or needle-like shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Doles, David Viers
  • Publication number: 20080047683
    Abstract: An aluminum heat exchange tube 4 is made of an alloy comprising 0.90 to 1.50 mass % of Mn, and the balance Al and inevitable impurities, and has electric conductivity of 30 to 43% IACS. The tube 4 is fabricated from a tube blank made of an alloy comprising 0.90 to 1.50 mass % of Mn, and the balance Al and inevitable impurities, by holding the blank heated at 550 to 600 C in the atmosphere or in an inert gas atmosphere for 10 to 600 minutes and subsequently cooling the blank. The tube is easy and inexpensive to make and satisfactory in resistance to pitting corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080047684
    Abstract: Apparatus for abstracting heat comprises a container charged with a first liquid and with small auxiliary containers free to circulate in the first liquid. Each of the small auxiliary containers is charged with a second liquid. The first and second liquids each have a selected temperature of transformation that facilitates use of the apparatus to heat or cool a substance contacted by the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Noel
  • Publication number: 20080047685
    Abstract: An EGR cooler having an inlet/outlet tube installed by insertion is provided, and can have a curved gas flow path defined at least in part by a tank body. The inlet/outlet tube can include a first inlet/outlet tube and a second inlet/outlet tube to introduce and to exhaust gas. The tank body can have a configuration such that a connection housing is installed to establish fluid communication between individual ends of both the first inlet/outlet tube and second inlet/outlet tube, so that heat exchange efficiency between the inflow gas and the cooling fluid can be improved, and effective space utilization can be promoted in equipping an vehicle with the EGR cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Ilhwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20080047686
    Abstract: An evaporative heat exchanger comprises a working channel comprising primary and secondary surfaces and a plurality of product channels comprising primary and secondary surfaces. A liquid supply provides an evaporative liquid to the secondary surfaces. A product fluid may circulate through the product channels in heat exchanging contact with the primary surfaces thereof. The primary surface of the working channel is in flow communication with the secondary surfaces of both the working channel and the product channels such that a working fluid may flow first over a primary surface of the working channel and subsequently over the secondary surfaces where it absorbs liquid by evaporation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Johannes Reinders, Andreas Jaconud Nijsen
  • Publication number: 20080047687
    Abstract: A combination heat exchanger comprising of a heat exchange core having a plurality tubes, wherein the core having at least one core end; an end tank having two side walls and two end walls, two bulkheads the cavity defining a least a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, a perimeter edge defined by exterior edges of said side walls, exterior edges of said two end walls, and exterior edges of said two bulkheads; a header plate engaged between said end tank and said core end; and a gasket between said perimeter edge and contact surface of said header plate, wherein the compression ratio of the gasket is varied along the contact surfaces of the perimeter edge and contact surface of the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Leitch, Brian J. Coyle, Robert Charles Gmerek
  • Publication number: 20080047688
    Abstract: Cooling system and cooling method for cooling components of a power electronics The invention relates to a cooling system for cooling components (10) of power electronics installed on board an aircraft, in particular a passenger aircraft, comprising a cooling device (30) which is to be coupled in a heat-transmitting and planar manner to the components of the power electronics, and which cooling device (30) comprises at least two heat sinks (32, 34, 36, 38, 39, 50) fluidly isolated from one another, the cooling system further comprising at least two cooling circuits each including a cooling fluid source, wherein the at least two heat sinks of the cooling device (30) can be separately supplied with cooling fluids from different cooling fluid sources, and wherein the cooling system is configured such that no phase transition of the cooling fluids within the cooling circuits occurs, during operation of the cooling system. The invention also relates to a method for cooling components of power electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ebigt, Wilson Casas Noriega, Andreas Frey
  • Publication number: 20080047689
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising: a core portion including a plurality of tubes; a pair of header tanks communicating with the tubes; and a pair of inserts arranged substantially parallel to the length of the tubes, and in such a manner as to contact the core portion at the ends of the core portion to transfer the heat from the core portion, and having the ends thereof supported on the header tanks; wherein a stress absorber to absorb the stress generated along the length of each insert is formed in the insert; wherein the stress absorber is formed over each insert from the upstream side to the downstream side in the air flow; and wherein the stress absorber is arranged in such a manner that the most upstream end and the most downstream end thereof in the air flow are not superposed, one on the other, along the direction of air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Hirose, Yoshihiko Kamiya, Toshihide Ninagawa, Hiroyuki Osakabe, Hajime Sugito, Michiyasu Yamamoto, Takahiro Uno
  • Publication number: 20080047690
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes an evaporation side heat pipe in which a working fluid flowing therein is heat exchanged with a high-temperature fluid to be evaporated, a condensation side heat pipe in which the working fluid flowing therein is heat exchanged with a low-temperature fluid to be condensed, and an inner fin located at least in the evaporation side heat pipe to increase a heat transmission area of the evaporation side heat pipe with the working fluid. The evaporation side heat pipe and the condensation side heat pipe are connected to form a closed cycle, and the evaporation side heat pipe is arranged such that the working fluid flows in the evaporation side heat pipe in a direction different from a horizontal direction. Furthermore, the inner fin has a bottom end that is positioned above a top surface of the working fluid at least in a liquid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Kenshirou Muramatsu, Yasutoshi Yamanaka, Masashi Miyagawa, Kazuaki Kafuku