Patents Issued in July 3, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080156477
    Abstract: A deployment device for controlling rate of movement of an instrument inside a conduit includes a mandrel having a coupling to affix the deployment device to the instrument and a controllable brake disposed in the mandrel, the brake controllably actuatable to maintain the mandrel and instrument at a selected speed within the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: James G. Aivalis, Corey McGillivary
  • Publication number: 20080156478
    Abstract: A tubing hanger suspension assembly for an oil and gas well completion system and a method of installing same. The tubing hanger suspension assembly includes a tubing hanger housing which is positioned in the wellhead housing. The tubing hanger assembly includes a sealing and lockdown mechanism capable of providing sealing and load support of the production tubing in the production casing string. A stab sub assembly connected to the upper end of the tubing hanger suspension assembly and lower end of the Christmas tree assembly provides downhole hydraulic and electric functionality and annulus access to the production tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Earl Broussard
  • Publication number: 20080156479
    Abstract: A method of entering a previously-installed tubular in a lateral borehole from a primary borehole connected to the lateral borehole includes passing a downhole tool from the primary borehole into the lateral borehole, actuating an orientation mule shoe coupled to the downhole tool to lift the nose portion of the downhole tool into alignment with the tubular in the lateral borehole, and inserting the nose portion of the downhole tool into the tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph H. Cassidy, Vance E. Nixon
  • Publication number: 20080156480
    Abstract: An apparatus for expanding a tubular member comprising a support member, an expansion device for radially expanding the tubular member movably coupled to the support member for longitudinal displacement relative to the support member, at least one pressure chamber defined by and positioned between the support member and expansion device, and one or more releasable supports coupled to the support member adapted to support the tubular member, wherein the releasable supports are positioned above the expansion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, R. Bruce Stewart, Alan B. Duell
  • Publication number: 20080156481
    Abstract: A screen assembly for removing particulates from a fluid in a well bore said well bore being provided with a tubing for transport of fluids inside the tube, said tube being provided with sliding sleeve doors through which the fluids flow from the well bore external the tube and into the tube. The screen assembly comprises a filter arranged external the tubing and covering the sliding sleeve doors, such that the filter prevents particles above a predefined size from entering through the sliding sleeve doors: The screen assembly further comprises a supportive tube having apertures allowing well bore fluids to pass. Furthermore said filter is arranged on the inner side of said supportive tube, such that the filter is placed between the supportive tube and the tube with the sliding sleeve doors. The filter is made from ceramic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen
  • Publication number: 20080156482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for treating the backfilled area of the productive stratum adjacent to the drilling area of oil and gas wells using high pressure pulses. The technological equipment consists of a submersible cylindrical container which is equipped with a high pressure section for accumulating the gaseous working agent, a high pressure one-way electromagnetic valve for dispensing the gaseous agent, a low pressure section where gamma radiation and material solidity detectors and data transmission equipment are located, an intermediate section where at least two one-way nozzles are located, specially arranged radially for injecting the working agent into the areas to be treated, and the technical control and operating equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Alekseyevich Vladimir Gubar, Michailovich Vladimir Veselov, Victor Zalevskiy
  • Publication number: 20080156483
    Abstract: Oil recovery enhancement method that calls for lowering a vibroacoustic downhole emitter into a well down to the production layer depth and for performing acoustic impact on the formation, wherein the impact on the formation is implemented by a multiple frequency signal containing at least two simple harmonic components whose frequencies and amplitudes meet the resonance overlapping condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Oleg Nikolaevich Zhuravlev, Dmitry Anatolevich Koroteev, Konstantin Igorevich Popov
  • Publication number: 20080156484
    Abstract: A method and a system for accessing a target fluid in a formation of an oilfield are provided. The method involves acquiring physicochemical property information of a portion of the formation, determining a type and a concentration of a chemical agent based on the physicochemical property information of the portion of the formation, and applying the chemical agent at the portion of the formation to provide a chemical action, where the target fluid is released at the portion of the formation responding to the chemical action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Ali Mese, Colin M. Sayers, Donald Lee, Patrick J. Hooyman
  • Publication number: 20080156485
    Abstract: A method for surveying a wellbore may include deploying a deployable wellbore survey tool into the wellbore, collecting survey data as the deployable survey tool traverses the wellbore, and determining wellbore position information based on the survey data. In one example the method may include landing the deployable wellbore survey tool on a component of a bottom hole assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: WAYNE J. PHILLIPS, CHRISTOPHER R. CHIA, RICHARD V.C. WONG
  • Publication number: 20080156486
    Abstract: A downhole formation fluid pumping and a sampling apparatus are disclosed that may form part of a formation evaluation while drilling tool or part of a tool pipe string. The operation of the pump is optimized based upon parameters generated from formation pressure test data as well as tool system data thereby ensuring optimum performance of the pump at higher speeds and with greater dependability. New pump designs for fluid sampling apparatuses for use in MWD systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICES
    Inventors: Reinhart Ciglenec, Steven G. Villareal, Albert Hoefel, Peter Swinburne, Michael J. Stucker, Jean-Marc Follini
  • Publication number: 20080156487
    Abstract: A fluid sampling system retrieves a formation fluid sample from a formation surrounding a wellbore extending along a wellbore axis, wherein the formation has a virgin fluid and a contaminated fluid therein. The system includes a sample inlet, a first guard inlet positioned adjacent to the sample inlet and spaced from the sample inlet in a first direction along the wellbore axis, and a second guard inlet positioned adjacent to the sample inlet and spaced from the sample inlet in a second, opposite direction along the wellbore axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander F. Zazovsky, Colin Longfield, Julian J. Pop, Thomas H. Zimmerman, John D. Sherwood, Keith A. Burgess
  • Publication number: 20080156488
    Abstract: An improved centralizer is provided for centralization of tubulars such as casings, liners, production tubing, and production screens, in oil/gas wells. Such a centralizer comprises a tubular body, wherein a portion of an outermost surface of the tubular body is formed from a first material, and a portion of, or portion adjacent to, at least one end of the tubular body, and/or a portion of an innermost surface of the tubular body, is formed from at least one second material, in contrast to unitary construction centralizers disclosed by the prior art, and the first material has a lower Young's modulus than the at least one second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: John Thomas Oliver Thornton
  • Publication number: 20080156489
    Abstract: This invention relates to the oil and gas industry, in particular, to methods affecting the formation productivity at the oil and gas production stage. A method for fracture propping in a subsurface layer, which ensures a reliable protection of wells from the proppant carryover from the fracture, has been proposed. According to the proposed method, a fracturing fluid is mixed with a propping agent and particulate binding material wherein the particles have an average length-to-width ratio of less than or equal to about 10; thereafter, a formation fracturing process is implemented. Then, the particulate binding material hardens and forms a homogenous firm mass with the propping agent, which impedes the closing of the fracture and precludes proppant carryover from the fracture. Or, a fracturing fluid composition obtained by mixing a propping agent with a binding compound in the form of a powder whose size varies from about 1 to about 500 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Elena Mikhailovna Pershikova, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Konstantin Mikhailovich Lyapunov
  • Publication number: 20080156490
    Abstract: This invention relates to the oil and gas industry, in particular, to the technology for preventing proppant/sand entrainment from a reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Alexander Alexandrovich Burukhin, Anatoly Vladimirovich Matveev, Elena Mikhailovna Pershikova
  • Publication number: 20080156491
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing an extended settable composition comprising hydraulic cement, cement kiln dust, water, and a set retarding additive, wherein the extended settable composition is capable of remaining in a pumpable fluid state for at least about 1 day; adding a cement set accelerator to the extended settable composition; introducing the extended settable composition into a well bore; and allowing the extended settable composition to set. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing an extended settable composition comprising hydraulic cement, cement kiln dust, water, and a set retarding additive; storing the extended settable composition; adding a cement set accelerator to the extended settable composition; introducing the extended settable composition into a well bore; and allowing the extended settable composition to set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Craig W. Roddy, Jiten Chatterji, Bobby J. King, D. Chad Brennels
  • Publication number: 20080156492
    Abstract: A wellbore system is provided including a wellbore formed in an earth formation, the wellbore extending into a salt layer of the earth formation. The wellbore system comprises a tubular conduit arranged in the wellbore whereby at least a portion of the tubular conduit is surrounded by the salt layer whereby an annular space is formed between said portion of the tubular conduit and the wellbore wall. The wellbore system further comprises an annular body of a resilient material arranged in said annular space and extending substantially the length of said portion of the tubular conduit surrounded by the salt layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Martin Gerard Rene Bosma, Erik Kerst Cornelissen
  • Publication number: 20080156493
    Abstract: A gas migration prevention additive for use in cementing wells comprising a solid latex powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Barlet-Gouedard Veronique, Ermel Michel, Daniel Sylvie
  • Publication number: 20080156494
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for down hole cutting of pipe, such as casing and other tubular goods, and plugging and abandonment of wells, without the need for a drilling or work over rig. An adjustable stand is provided for supporting and stabilizing a power swivel, and for axially positioning the power swivel relative to a well to be abandoned. An optional work deck is also provided to allow personnel to access the well. The adjustable stand and work deck of the present invention can be easily adapted to a wide range of working environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Chad Abadie
  • Publication number: 20080156495
    Abstract: A method of re-entering a previously-installed tubular in a lateral borehole from a primary borehole connected to the lateral borehole includes passing a downhole tool from the primary borehole into the lateral borehole, activating one or more radial thrust elements proximate to a nose portion of the downhole tool to apply a radial thrust to the downhole tool and lift the nose portion into alignment with the tubular, and inserting the nose portion of the downhole tool into the tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vance Nixon, Joseph H. Cassidy, Jeremie C. Fould, Timothy M. O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20080156496
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for treating multiple interval well bores. More particularly, an isolation assembly may be used to allow for zonal isolation to allow treatment of selected productive or previously producing intervals in multiple interval well bores. One example of a method for treating a multiple interval well bore includes the steps of: introducing an isolation assembly to a well bore, the isolation assembly comprising a liner, one or more sleeves and a plurality of swellable packers, wherein the sleeves and swellable packers are disposed about the liner; deploying a shifting tool inside the liner, where the sleeves are configured so as to provide open, closed and open to screen positions when actuated by the shifting tool. An open position allows for treatment of the well bore while an open to screen position allows for receiving fluid from the well bore. A closed position re-establishes zonal isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Loyd East
  • Publication number: 20080156497
    Abstract: A safety valve with a flapper/flow tube friction reducer. A safety valve for use in a subterranean well includes a closure assembly, an operating member which engages the closure assembly, and at least one of the closure assembly and the operating member including a friction reducing device which provides rolling contact between the closure assembly and the operating member. Another safety valve includes a flapper which rotates about a pivot relative to a seat, a flow tube which engages the flapper to rotate the flapper, and a friction reducing device which with rolling contact biases the flow tube toward the pivot when the flow tube engages the flapper. Yet another safety valve is described in which at least one of the flapper, the seat and the flow tube has a friction reducing device attached thereto which provides rolling contact between the flapper and the flow tube, or between the flow tube and the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Frank D. Kalb, Jimmie R. Williamson, James D. Vick
  • Publication number: 20080156498
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating a subterranean section surrounding a wellbore with a fluid. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a three-dimensional tubular element capable of fluid flow in a wellbore with at least one burst disk with a pre-determined pressure rating positioned at a desired location on the tubular wherein the burst disk ruptures at the pre-determined pressure at the desired location on the tubular in the wellbore. The method provides the ability to choose the order in which the subterranean interval sections surrounding a wellbore are treated with fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Manh V. Phi, Pin Y. Huang, Michael D. Murrey
  • Publication number: 20080156499
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus enable expanding tubing in a borehole of a hydrocarbon well. According to some embodiments, an expander device includes a collapsible swage formed of collets, at least one slip arrangement and a hydraulic jack to stroke the swage through tubing to be expanded. In operation, expanding tubing may include securing an expansion tool to the tubing, lowering the tool and tubing into a borehole, actuating a collapsible expander of the expansion tool to an extended configuration, and supplying fluid pressure to a jack coupled to the expander thereby moving the expander through the tubing which is held by at least one of first and second tubing holding devices disposed respectively ahead of the expander and behind the expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Lee Giroux, Mike A. Luke
  • Publication number: 20080156500
    Abstract: A packer for a well is described. The packer comprises at least one packing element, at least one anchoring element, and a mandrel coupled to the at least one anchoring element. The packer is arranged such that, once set, the mandrel is free to move with respect to the packing and anchoring elements. In one embodiment the at least one anchoring element is integral with the at least one packing element. In an alternative embodiment the at least one anchoring element is separate from the at least one packing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Iain Macleod, Steve Reid
  • Publication number: 20080156501
    Abstract: Well tool packing element systems that do not require a back-up element or component include a mandrel, an upper supporting member, a lower supporting member, a cantilever element, and a ramp element disposed on the mandrel. The cantilever element and ramp element are disposed on the mandrel with an interface angle between the cantilever element and the ramp element, the interface angle being less than 90 degrees, preferably in a range from 40 degrees to 60 degrees, and more preferably at an angle greater than 45 degrees. When an axial load is applied to upper and lower supporting members, cantilever element and ramp element are forced outward and into an inner wall surface of a casing to seal off the casing bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Justin P. Vinson, Dennis E. Kroll, David S. Bishop, Kevin W. Clark
  • Publication number: 20080156502
    Abstract: The invention refers to a device for sealing an annular space formed between an outer cylindrical element (4) having an end closure (16) and an inner pipe (1) extending within the outer element and having a free end. The invention incorporates a packer element (2) being slidably disposed around said pipe (1), an actuation element (6) adapted for telescopic assembly around the outer surface of the pipe (1) and slidable from a first position to a second position, a conical ring (12) adapted for installation on the pipe (1), where the actuation element (6) comprises an abutment element (10) designed for abutment against said packer (2), and an actuation pipe (8) extending beyond the pipe (1) first end when the actuation element (6) is in said first position. The invention also refers to a method for sealing the annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Rune Freyer
  • Publication number: 20080156503
    Abstract: A flexible hoof sock for use with horse's comprising a sole portion and body portion both made of a flexible and durable material to enable the hoof sock to be worn in the field or in the stall. Further, comprising two flexible closure flaps attached to the upper portion of the body having VELCROâ„¢ attachments at the distal ends of each closure flap and the opposing point of connection on the upper anterior portion of the body, or the tongue. The body, sole and closure flaps when attached to the tongue create a pocket or opening to encase an equine's hoof. Inside this opening one or both of two pads can be inserted, parallel to the sole portion of the hoof sock. The first pad is the cushion pad which is a circular pad that is made of rubberized material to provide cushioning to the horse's hoof. The second pad is a therapeutic pad which is also circular in shape and is made of a felt or similar absorbent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Penn Equine Gear, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth F. McSherry
  • Publication number: 20080156504
    Abstract: A hoof care stand (10) for receiving the leg of an animal, preferably the front leg (18) or rear leg (18a) of a horse, for care thereof. The hoof care stand (10) has a two dimensionally curved leg receiving portion (16) with padding (20) on an inner surface (32) thereof. The leg receiving portion (16) is flexibly attached relative to a base (12) using a flexible attaching member (22) such as a spring. An attachment rod (24) provides for vertical adjustment of the leg receiving portion (16) relative to the base (12) and is selectively held in place therein by an adjusting screw (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Kenna Rose Tyree
  • Publication number: 20080156505
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inertization device for establishing and maintaining a presettable inertization level in a protective room. The inertization device has an inert gas system for providing inert gas, a supply pipe system connected to the inert gas system for supplying the inert gas to the protective room, and an inert gas system control unit for controlling the inert gas system. The rate the inert gas rate is provided determines a level of inertization inside the protective room. In order for the inert gas rate supplied to the protective room to be appropriately controlled, even in the event of a disruption in the control of the inert gas system or in the event of a failure of the inert gas system control unit, a safety device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Ernst-Werner Wagner
  • Publication number: 20080156506
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inertization device for establishing and maintaining an inertization level in a protective room. The inertization device has a controllable inert gas system for providing inert gas, a first supply pipe system connected to the inert gas system and the protective room to supply the inert gas to the protective room, and a control unit to control the inert gas system such that a presettable inertization level is established and maintained inside the protective room. In order to raise the inertization level inside the protective room rapidly to an accessibility level without requiring major structural measures, a valve controlled by the control unit is connected to the inert gas system and the first supply pipe system to supply the exhaust air prepared by the inert gas system as fresh air to the protective room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Ernst-Werner Wagner, Peter Clauss
  • Publication number: 20080156507
    Abstract: A drill tool is provided with: a drive source accommodated in a tool body 2; a bit drive shaft 3 which is rotation-driven by the drive source and provided projectingly from a front end of the drill body 2; and a diamond bit 4 attached to a front end of the bit drive shaft 3. Further, the drill tool is provided with a vibrating apparatus which generates vibrating force which acts in the axial direction of the bit drive shaft 3, a magnitude of which pulsates, and vibrating moment which acts in the rotational direction of the bit drive shaft 3, a magnitude of which pulsates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Takuma Nonaka, Naohide Murakami
  • Publication number: 20080156508
    Abstract: A cable connection assembly for coupling a cable to an apparatus. The cable connection assembly may include a main body defining an inner cavity adapted to receive a pressurized fluid and receive at least a portion of the cable. The cable connection assembly may also include an attachment mechanism adapted to couple the main body to the cable and a seal assembly adapted to sealingly couple the main body to the apparatus. The cable connection assembly may also include an inlet port passing through the main body for permitting the pressurized fluid to be injected into the inner cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: UTILX CORPORATION
    Inventors: William R. Stagi, James Steele
  • Publication number: 20080156509
    Abstract: Electronic equipment enclosure and electronic equipment having the enclosure are provided: the enclosure covers at least part of an electronic equipment main body. The enclosure includes a flat metal plate layer die cast on an inner surface; and a flat resin plate layer molded on an outer surface to almost entirely cover an outer surface of the metal plate layer. Further, the enclosure includes a two-layer structure of the metal plate layer and the resin plate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsuke Ikeo
  • Publication number: 20080156510
    Abstract: This invention relates to an Electrical Junction Box with an external Built-in Fitting and clamp for securing armored metal cable to the Electrical Junction Box. The Built-in Fitting is extruded from a side wall of the Electrical Junction Box and has at least one pry-out for receiving an armored metal cable. A clamp is attached to the Built-in Fitting with threaded fasteners. As the threaded fasteners are tightened, the armored metal cable is clamped in the opening of the side wall of the Built-in Fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Frank Yan
  • Publication number: 20080156511
    Abstract: A control unit for a vehicle component such as a transmission ideally has a reduced production cost. The aim is achieved by transferring parts from a rigid circuit board to a flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board is guided through a housing that accommodates the rigid circuit board and a portion of the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE AG
    Inventors: Gerald Hauer, Josef Loibl, Thomas Rohrl, Mike Vogel
  • Publication number: 20080156512
    Abstract: A tamper-resistant electrical receptacle includes a cover defining a set of cover apertures; and a slider defining an aperture therein and being movable between a first position blocking the set of cover apertures and a second position not blocking the set of cover apertures, wherein when an object probes at least one and fewer than all of the set of cover apertures, the slider is constrained in the first position. When a set of prongs is inserted simultaneously through the set of cover apertures, the prongs contact a slider surface that is oriented substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the set of prongs such that the slider is urged from the first to the second position. When in the second position the slider aperture aligns with at least one of the set of cover apertures to enable the set of prongs to contact the receptacle contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Cosmo Castaldo, Azer Ilkhanov
  • Publication number: 20080156513
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly includes an adjustable electrical box cover. The cover includes a base having a central opening and a collar encircling the central opening. A sleeve slides through the collar and is adjusted by a plurality of adjustment screws. In one embodiment, the adjustment screws are positioned within the sleeve and the collar. The sleeve and collar have inwardly extending tabs to receive the adjustment screws allow adjustment of the sleeve with respect to the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Steven J. Johnson, Krzysztof W. Korcz
  • Publication number: 20080156514
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly including a mounting plate having an opening defined therein, a subassembly including a box ring and an electrical box functionally connected to one another, the box ring being slidably received within the opening, and at least one adjustment member interconnecting the subassembly and the mounting plate and selectively adjusting a relative position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Ronald D. Webb
  • Publication number: 20080156515
    Abstract: An electrical socket cover is disclosed which comprises a base plate having a plurality of apertures for exposing a plurality of electrical sockets, respectively, a cover plate when in a closed position substantially covers the plurality of electrical sockets, a sliding means that allows the cover plate to slidably engage the base plate, and a locking means comprising a pin retained by the base plate, a spring mounted on the base plate for urging the pin toward the cover plate, and an opening on the cover plate for accommodating the pin, wherein when in the closed position one end of the pin is inserted in the opening of the cover plate for locking the cover plate, and when the pin is pressed away from the cover plate, the cover plate is unlocked and slidable to an open position for exposing the plurality of electrical sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Peigen Jiang
  • Publication number: 20080156516
    Abstract: Since it is configured such that the gap between the pipe 20 and the electric wire 10 in the pipe 20 is filled with a filler 30 having a heat conductivity higher than that of air, the heat generated in the electric wire 10 is transferred to the filler 30, then from the filler 30 to the pipe 20, and is discharged from the outer periphery of the pipe 20 to the outside air. Since the filler 30 has a heat conductivity higher than that of air, the performance in discharging the heat generated in the electric wire 10 is superior compared with a case in which the filler 30 is not charged. Thus, heat dissipation in the shield conductor using a pipe is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Kunihiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080156517
    Abstract: Wellbore electrical cables according to the invention include at least one insulated conductor, at least one layer of armor wires surrounding the insulated conductor, and a polymeric material disposed in the interstitial spaces formed between armor wires and interstitial spaces formed between the armor wire layer and insulated conductor which may further include wear resistance particles or even short fibers, and the polymeric material may further form a polymeric jacket around an outer, layer of armor wires. The insulated conductor is formed from a plurality of metallic conductors encased in an insulated jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph Varkey, Byong Jun Kim, Garud Sridhar, Noor Sait, Wayne Fulin
  • Publication number: 20080156518
    Abstract: A substrate including plural microelectronic device carriers has metallic alignment elements. The alignment elements desirably are disposed in a predetermined positional relationship to terminals on the carriers. The alignment elements are engaged with a carrier frame and a cutting device is aligned with the carrier frame. The cutting device cuts the carriers so that borders of the carriers are in a precise relationship with the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Honer, Christopher Paul Wade, Seiichi Tobe, Chung-Chuan Tseng, Ellis Chau, Kyong-Mo Bang
  • Publication number: 20080156519
    Abstract: A printed circuit board structure including a carrier face on which a conductive layer is for connecting with electronic elements and a heat pipe texture arranged inside and along the printed circuit board structure. The printed circuit board is made of a material with good thermal conductivity, whereby the heat generated by the electronic elements can be quickly conducted to the heat pipe texture and quickly dissipated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Bothhand Enterprise Inc.
    Inventors: Chang-Liang Lin, Chi-Lung Lee, Hui-Yuan Liang, Jiu-Yan Yan
  • Publication number: 20080156520
    Abstract: A complex printed circuit board structure including a flexible printed wiring board and a heat-dissipating substrate bonded with the flexible printed wiring board. Parts of surface material of the flexible printed wiring board is removed to form depressions or through holes for laying electronic elements therein. The surfaces of the electronic elements can at least partially get closer to or directly contact the heat-dissipating substrate through the depressions or through holes of the flexible printed wiring board. Therefore, the heat generated by the electronic elements can be more quickly and directly conducted to the heat-dissipating substrate and dissipated at high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Bothhand Enterprise Inc.
    Inventors: Chang-Liang Lin, Chi-Lung Lee, Hui-Yuan Liang, Jiu-Yan Yan
  • Publication number: 20080156521
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printed wiring board includes a plurality of pads to which bumps are to be bonded respectively. The pads are each formed with a plurality of conductors, the conductors are separate from each other and correspond to one of the bumps, and the plurality of conductors define a gap therebetween, the gap being capable of receiving part of the one of the bumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Jun Karasawa, Syuji Hiramoto
  • Publication number: 20080156522
    Abstract: An anisotropic electrically conductive structure comprising: a dielectric matrix having a first surface and a second surface; a heat curable adhesive layer disposed on at least one or both of said first surface and said second surface; a plurality of passages at least extending from said first surface of said matrix to said second surface of said matrix; and electrically conductive members in said passages; wherein said dielectric matrix does not exhibit thermal fluidization at a temperature required for heat curing of said heat curable adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Masashi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20080156523
    Abstract: A printed-wiring board includes: a board made of insulator; a wiring pattern to transfer an electric signal which is made of patterned metallic conductor and formed on at least one of a main surface and a rear surface of the board; and an electric power layer formed on the rear surface of the board and/or in the board. The electric power layer includes a mechanism to increase and decrease a capacitance and an inductance thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Shinichiro SAITO
  • Publication number: 20080156524
    Abstract: Dead-end-to-dead-end overhead electrical power transmission line with at least two different conductors, and method of selecting and installing the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Anton F. Jachim, Douglas E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080156525
    Abstract: Dead-end-to-dead-end overhead electrical power transmission line with composite (e.g., aluminum matrix composite) core overhead electrical power transmission conductor tension subsection and another, different core overhead electrical power transmission conductor tension subsection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Herve E. Deve, Douglas E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080156526
    Abstract: A connector for an armored cable mountable to a wiring box has a body provided with two biasing components which are operative to engage opposite sides of the wall of the wiring box and operative to maintain the desired position of the connector upon mounting its body to the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Lucien Ducret