Patents Issued in August 7, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080185451
    Abstract: An energy control system, helping to reduce energy consumption from an energy grid, includes a power meter which receives first power-save signal and generates a second power-save signal for receipt by a control device. The target temperature of a thermostat is changed for a period of time in response to the second power-save signal. The control device can create a third power-save signal for receipt by a power-save adapter for an associated energy-consuming unit to permit only limited operation of the energy-consuming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Tim Simon, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Simon, Blaine M. Smith, Matthew T. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20080185452
    Abstract: In an expansion valve, in a first passage through which a high pressure liquid refrigerant flows, an inlet port includes a large diameter passage portion formed from one side surface to the other side surface of a valve body, and a small diameter passage portion that provides communication between the large diameter passage portion on the bottom end thereof and a valve chamber. A coil spring provided in the valve chamber biases a valve member toward a valve hole. An O ring that seals between a plug that supports a lower end of the coil spring and the valve body is located below the small diameter passage portion and placed on the opposite side of the bottom end of the large diameter passage. Thus, the plug that closes an opening of the valve chamber can be mounted to an upper position, thereby reducing a vertical size of the valve body to further reduce a size of the valve body, and reducing an amount of use of metal materials for the valve body to reduce weight and cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuto Kobayashi, Takashi Mogi
  • Publication number: 20080185453
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an exemplary supplemental heating system including a liquid heat generator having a hydrodynamic chamber for selectively heating a fluid. The supplemental heating system further includes a manifold having an inlet passage fluidly connectable to a discharge passage of a heat exchanger, a first discharge passage fluidly connectable to an engine cooling system, and a second discharge passage fluidly connected to an inlet passage of the hydrodynamic chamber. A control valve comprising a spool slideably disposed within the manifold controls distribution of the fluid between the manifold inlet passage and the first manifold discharge passage, and the manifold inlet passage and the manifold second discharge passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Sanger, Franco Garavoglia
  • Publication number: 20080185454
    Abstract: A surface mounted heater assembly for an aerospace component having a support layer, an electrically resistive heater foil element supported by the support layer, a coating covering the heater element; and an adhesive to secure said support layer to the component is provided. The coating has two layers that are visually distinct to permit identification of potential exposure of the heater foil element. A surface mounted heater having a multiple layer assembly having a support layer; a heater element and a transition layer to couple the support layer to the aerospace component is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: John H. Vontell
  • Publication number: 20080185455
    Abstract: An automatic vehicle spraying system comprising a spray apparatus positioned on a boom. The spray apparatus is not rigidly fixed to the boom, but instead is able to be raised and lowered from the boom. A vertical sensor and a horizontal sensor detect when a vehicle passes underneath the spray apparatus and transmit an electronic signal to a programmable logic controller. The controller then determines if the vehicle is in the proper position, causes an actuator to lower the spray apparatus from the boom toward the vehicle surface, and causes the spray apparatus to begin spraying a fluid onto the appropriate vehicle surface. In particular, this invention is useful for the application of asphalt release agents to trucks used to transport asphalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: BG Chemical, LP
    Inventor: Jason Crum
  • Publication number: 20080185456
    Abstract: A shower apparatus (10) for use in the bathing of humans comprises: a housing (12) for mounting on a wall (8) over or adjacent a water supply point, a spray head (2, 4, 6) connected to the water supply point (24) by a hose, valve means for controlling the amount of water flowing to the spray head, mounting means (3, 5) for retaining the spray head on or in the housing, means for extending the hose (14, 15) from the housing when the spray head is manually removed from the mounting means, and means for stowing (28) the hose into the housing when the spray head is retained by the mounting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen Charles McCabe
  • Publication number: 20080185457
    Abstract: An improved irrigation sprinkler nozzle is provided for enhanced short range or close-in distribution of water for irrigating vegetation and the like positioned relatively close to the sprinkler. The improved sprinkler nozzle includes a nozzle passage for outward projection of a water stream, at least a portion of which is defined by a generally vertically oriented, fan-shaped spray pattern. A lower margin of the nozzle passage defining this fan-shaped pattern is lined with a plurality of forwardly extending ramps each formed with a selected width and a different declination angle. A portion of the water discharged through the nozzle passage is forced and guided downwardly along these ramps for enhanced close-in distribution of water near the sprinkler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Christian T. Gregory, John J. Alarcon
  • Publication number: 20080185458
    Abstract: A shower head cover fixture consists of a mostly cylindrical free formed elongated device of varying size and design which eclipses and covers a shower head water sprayer. Said shower head covering fixture having and aperture at entrance of sufficient size to accommodate the insertion of a verity of shower head sprays. The paralleling opposite end of fixture having an opening of adequate size allowing the threaded connection of piping therethrough connecting a shower head thereto an existing shower arm in a shower inclosure. The fixture may be of translucent or solid manufacture composed of a variety of materials. The cover for shower heads fixture does not influence the operation of a shower head, rather it's purpose to accentuate the decorative appearance of the showering system . . . thereby enhancing and complimenting the nondescript array of shower head systems in common use today.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Alan E. Holbrook
  • Publication number: 20080185459
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for supplying chemicals to a plurality of nozzles to fabricate integrated circuits. The system includes a supply line, a return line, and a selecting part for supplying a constant amount of chemicals to the return line or one of nozzles. According to the invention, a constant amount of chemicals are supplied from a chemical storage irrespective of the number of nozzles requiring a supply of chemicals. This enables a pump to avoid overworking and suppresses the conventional problem that a determined time is required for enabling chemicals to reach a fixed temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Doo-Keun An, Pyeng-Jae Park
  • Publication number: 20080185460
    Abstract: Stable spray characteristics (particle size, directivity, divergence angle of spray, and penetration force) are provided for individual nozzle holes, flows of fuel toward the nozzle holes are not interfered with each other, and further spray characteristics can arbitrarily be altered at respective nozzle holes. A whirler 11 for providing a whirling force to fuel is provided, and a whirl flow is formed in a cavity 20 downstream of a seal portion of a needle valve 16. A plurality of nozzle holes 13 are formed in an orifice plate 14, and openings on the cavity 20 side of the nozzle holes 13 are formed on substantially the same diameter with respect to the central axis of a fuel injection valve 1. Thus it becomes possible to cause fuel having inflow angle and high flow velocity to flow into the openings of the nozzle holes 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Shigenobu Tochiyama, Mamoru Sumida
  • Publication number: 20080185461
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel injector in which at least one electrically triggered valve is disposed inside an injector member and is connected to an externally accessible injector member contact by means of a solid conductor, the solid conductor and the electrical valve contact being interconnected directly via an electrically conducting positive connection or indirectly via an electrically conducting connecting element. The solid conductor is configured so as to substantially maintain the shape thereof under the influence of the proper weight thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Michael Fleig
  • Publication number: 20080185462
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines has a valve housing composed of a first housing part and a second housing part which are connected to one another in a connecting region. In order to improve the strength of the connection in relation to the pressure of the fuel which prevails in an inner space, the housing wall of the first housing part is supported in the connecting region on the housing wall of the second housing part, and the housing wall of the second housing part is of reinforced design in the connecting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Siegfried Ruthardt
  • Publication number: 20080185463
    Abstract: The method of converting nepheline syenite particulate feedstock with a grain size profile to an ultra-fine grain finish product for subsequent commercial use, the ultra-fine grain final product has a maximum grain size of less than about 6 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Louis M. Schlesinger, Mauricio Duran Sanchez, Gerardo Hernandez Gonzalez, Artemio Gonzalez Acevedo
  • Publication number: 20080185464
    Abstract: The dust control system is adapted for use with a straw blowing machine. The straw blowing machine typically starts with a bale of straw and utilizes a shredder to loosen the straw from the bale. A blower fan then blows the straw to a throat of a chute and the chute then directs the straw where desired. The dust suppression system includes at least one water inlet applying water to the straw before the straw exits an outlet tip of the chute. Water tanks are preferably provided which feed the water inlets in a controllable fashion to meter an appropriate amount of water to cause dust included with the straw to adhere to the straw and avoid degrading air quality when the straw is ejected out of the chute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Alfred T. Nitta
  • Publication number: 20080185465
    Abstract: A grinder comprised of a driving unit, a hollow base, a grinding device, and a container. When lifting the container to disengage an engagement portion of the container from a top engagement portion of the hollow base and to compress an elastic member against a hollow guide disk, a rotary cap is rotatable with the container relative to the hollow base to adjust the gap between the grinding base and grinding disk of the grinding device subject to the desired ground powder particle size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Chung-Jen Pai
  • Publication number: 20080185466
    Abstract: A solids reduction processor has a pair of opposed parallel rotor assemblies which are rotationally driven in opposite directions to pulverize solids dropped into the processor. Each assembly comprises a shaft, disc sets removably secured to the shafts, and circumferentially spaced sets of outwardly projecting hammer members removably secured to the disc sets for limited pivotal movement relative thereto. Operational abrasion of the shafts and discs is substantially reduced by virtue of the hammer sets on each rotor assembly being axially aligned with the hammer sets on the other rotor assembly. Additionally, since all of the discs from may be removed from their shafts, individual discs may be replaced without the necessity of replacing the whole rotor assembly. Particle reduction efficiency within the processor housing is increased by the use within the processor housing of top and side-mounted breaker bars having particle impact surfaces sloped both horizontally and vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: DYNACORP ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventor: Wendell E. Howard
  • Publication number: 20080185467
    Abstract: A food processor having gear-shifting function includes a machine body, gear-shifting and non-gear-shifting cutting assemblies. Each of the cutting assemblies includes a fixed seat and a rotating seat. The rotating seat is assembled onto the fixed seat via a shaft and a bearing, so that the rotating seat is able to freely rotate relatively to the fixed seat. The non-gear-shifting cutting assembly is not mounted with the gear-shifting mechanism; therefore, when the cutting assembly is installed on the drive shaft of the motor, the cutting assembly is to output at the same speed as that of the motor. The gear-shifting cutting assembly is disposed with a gear-shifting mechanism in the fixed seat. Therefore, when the drive shaft of the motor rotates, the shaft is to rotate by the gear-shifting output via the gear-shifting mechanism, which makes the blade mounted on the rotating seat to rotate at a gear-shifted speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: LI-CHEN WU CHANG
  • Publication number: 20080185468
    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a cone crusher has at bast one crushing surface disposed on either a cone and/or an inverted bowl of the crusher. The crushing surface has at least one insert having an impact head with a stem protruding from a base end of the head. The stem has a smaller cross sectional thickness than the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: David R. Hall
  • Publication number: 20080185469
    Abstract: This invention disclosed a speed limit device for door, which comprises: an input shaft with one end driven by a door motor, and having the first gear and the second gear configured at the other end simultaneously driving a hollow shaft and a third shaft, and the center of the hollow shaft accommodates and fixes one end of a reel, and the third shaft is connected with an extension shaft; a brake device, which includes an active gear fixed with the extension shaft; a passive gear is pivoted on a hub, and the hub is fixed with the reel and rotating with the hollow shaft; an inert wheel located between the active gear and the passive gear to adjust the passive gear to have the same rotation speed with the hollow shaft; a clutch mechanism, which could restrain the synchronous operation between the passive gear and the hub without any positional difference, and when the rotation speed of the reel has the abnormal change, the clutch mechanism will generate the positional difference to lock the hub from the losing s
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Chung-Hsien Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20080185470
    Abstract: A tape unit is provided comprising a flexible tape, a spool for unwinding unused tape and a spool for winding on used tape, wherein an intermediate section of tape which is located between the spools can be used by a user. The tape unit generally achieves a compact design by providing one of the spools in a receiving area defined within the other spool, and a deflection guide for guiding the tape from one spool to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Klaus-Dieter Sacherer
  • Publication number: 20080185471
    Abstract: In a tape cartridge, a flexible spacer flexibly biases each winding of the spool of tape into alignment with a previous winding of the tape on a flangeless spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen V. Deckers, Robert C. Aaron
  • Publication number: 20080185472
    Abstract: The switch (15) which is placed at a feeding device (F) for access from the exterior is situated in a front part (10) of a housing (1) at a side of a withdrawal axis (Y) which is remote from a mounting device (5). The housing (1) has the mounting device (5), a housing bracket (6), the cantilevering front part (10) at the housing bracket, a withdrawal axis (Y) defining withdrawal eyelet (13) which is placed in the front part, and a light permeable cover (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Jonas Frendin
  • Publication number: 20080185473
    Abstract: A winding procedure has been developed that results in substantially uniform material properties from the outside diameter to the core of a wound roll of elastomeric webs produced by vertical film lamination (VFL) or stretch bond lamination (SBL) or as registered film. The web material is wound onto the roll in accordance with a wound on tension (WOT) profile that varies with the diameter of the wound web in a manner that was calculated using WOT transposition that is based on a modified version of Hakiel's nonlinear model for wound roll stresses. A constant WOT winding profile is corrected to obtain a compensated WOT winding profile that can be employed to wind the material into a roll that exhibits properties (including MD stress in the web) that are substantially uniform thru-roll. This resulting controlled winding technique has immediate application for webs that are converted for child care products, adult care products, and infant care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Neal Jay Michal, Balaja Kovil-Kandadai, Robert James Coxe
  • Publication number: 20080185474
    Abstract: An anti-tangle muff for coiled materials; such as a coiled electric wires, coiled gardening hoses, compressed air hose, and coiled telephone wires, is provided. The muff is comprised of a cylindrical net loomed with elastic threads. Retracted length of the net muff is shorter than retracted coiled hoses/coiled wires to be covered with the muff to hold the coiled hoses/wires but fully stretched length of the muff is the same as the stretched length of the hoses/wires. Both ends of the muff are fastened to fit the diameter of wires and hoses and adhered thereto by glue. Distance between two neighboring net knots is less than half of the outer diameter of the coiled hoses/wires when retracted to prevent tangling of the coiled hoses/wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: GeSun Sung
  • Publication number: 20080185475
    Abstract: A solar-powered aircraft uses solar energy to electrolyze on-board water to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen fills various on-board tanks, causing the aircraft to become lighter than air. The hydrogen is also used to operate a fuel cell which provides power for electrical equipment, including a motor for turning a propeller. Water produced as waste by the fuel cell is recycled for use in the production of hydrogen. When hydrogen is removed from the tanks, either because it is consumed by the fuel cell or because it is compressed and pumped out of the tanks, air returns to the tanks, and the aircraft becomes heavier than air. The aircraft can thus be made to climb and descend by making it lighter than air, or heavier than air. The aircraft emits no harmful substances into the environment. The aircraft can remain aloft indefinitely, limited only by an insignificant amount of leakage of hydrogen and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Howard J. Fuller
  • Publication number: 20080185476
    Abstract: An actuator control system has a dual concentric servo valve having a spool and at least one motor adapted to selectively displace the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Brian Suisse, Carlos A. Fenny, Kim Coakley, George Alagozian
  • Publication number: 20080185477
    Abstract: A system for flushing a vacuum toilet, includes a drain that is connected to a drain conduit, which vacuum toilet is connectable to a vacuum system by way of a suction valve. With the use of a combined valve including, for example, a flow-optimised intermediate storage device, inflow nozzle, bypass conduit with silencer and hose odor seal, the flow noises at the urinal bowl drain, urinal bowl overflow and upper end of the bypass conduit can be effectively suppressed. With the combination disc valve or the shut-off valve and suction valve, during the suction process the air stream is only drawn through the bypass conduit with a special odor seal and silencer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Seibt
  • Publication number: 20080185478
    Abstract: A line system for an aircraft, in particular an airplane, having multiple assemblies, in particular multiple fuselage sections of a fuselage cell and multiple wing shells, the line system including multiple lines for transmitting power and/or information, wherein the lines are integrated on and/or in a support layer, the support layer being situated on and/or in the shell-shaped assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Heiko Dannenberg
  • Publication number: 20080185479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a window arrangement for enlarging a window area in an aircraft, wherein said window arrangement comprises at least one first installation element. The at least one first installation element is designed to convey fluids, and furthermore comprises a transparent region which covers a first window region such that light waves in the visible spectrum can be let through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Nicholas Brownjohn, Georg Muhlthaler, Rainer Muller
  • Publication number: 20080185480
    Abstract: A device (1) is described for generating energy, composed of at least two ultralight airfoils (3, 5) rotating along their own axis, which functionally reproduce the characteristics of a propeller. The ultralight airfoils (3, 5) which characterize such aerodynamic configuration use pulling means (9, 14, 20) to keep their shape when operating. An important weight reduction of the structure is thus obtained, which allows different applications in the aeolian generation field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Gianni Vergnano
  • Publication number: 20080185481
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing space tethers for limiting the dynamic response of structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for limiting the dynamic response of a structure having a base member and a substructure projecting outwardly from the base member includes coupling a first end of an elongated flexible tether to the substructure at a first location spaced apart from the base member; and coupling a second end of the elongated flexible tether to the base member at a second location spaced apart from the substructure, the tether being configured to be in a non-taut configuration when the substructure moves within a design volume with respect to the base member, the tether being further configured to be in a taut position when the substructure displaces to a limit of the design volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Bullock, David B. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20080185482
    Abstract: A railroad crossing includes a turn in a road as the road approaches the railroad, the turn forcing an approaching vehicle to slow down. A impact attenuation zone extends from the turn in the direction of traffic flow so that vehicles failing to make the turn enter a vehicle impact attenuation zone are brought to a stop before coming into the area of danger through which railroad trains traverse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Jerome J. Ghigliotti
  • Publication number: 20080185483
    Abstract: A fitting for a cable trough system, the fitting including a bottom wall and side walls extending from at least a first terminal end to a second terminal end and forming a trough therebetween, the side walls being curved in a longitudinal direction, and an end portion formed at each of the first and second terminal ends, the end portion including first and second guiding surfaces defining a space therebetween, and a spring member positioned in the space. The space is sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member of the cable trough system, and wherein the spring member is positioned to engage the terminal end of the trough member to couple the trough member to the fitting. Other cable routing devices can also be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David E. Rapp, Thomas C. Tinucci, Derek Sayres, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20080185484
    Abstract: A swivel stand of the present invention has a mechanism by which while equipment 1 such as a TV monitor or monitor camera is rotated manually, the rotation of the equipment 1 (TV monitor 1) is controlled such that a disc 4 fixed by a worm gear 8 slides on a pole 2 joined to the equipment, or by which while the equipment 1 is rotated by the motor 9, the rotation of the equipment 1 is controlled such that the disc 4 rotated by the worm gear 8 synchronizes the pole 2 joined to the equipment 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Hisaya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080185485
    Abstract: A display rack, on which a display apparatus is mounted, is provided. The display rack includes an amplifier, a top board portion, a transparent top board portion, and a display portion. The amplifier amplifies an audio signal input from a signal source of the display apparatus. The top board portion stores the amplifier. The transparent top board portion is formed of a transparent member and arranged above the top board portion. The display portion indicates a status of the amplifier and is arranged under the transparent top board portion with a display surface thereof facing upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Takashi Shima, Shingo Niinuma, Koji Miura
  • Publication number: 20080185486
    Abstract: A stand for a display device includes a connecting member having a side connected to the display device, an insertion portion extending downward from the connecting member, a hook step formed on the insertion portion, a supporting member provided with a space in which the insertion portion is inserted, a base for fixing the supporting member, and a locking unit that is selectively aligned with the hook step to place the connecting member in a fixing or separable state in a state where the connecting member is disposed in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Yun Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20080185487
    Abstract: A video monitor mount includes a first piece adapted to be fastened to a wall and a second piece adapted to be fastened to a video monitor. The first piece includes a bubble level and a first mating component and the second piece includes a second mating component. The first piece or the second piece comprises an extension arm having a rotation joint that comprises a brass bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Beger
  • Publication number: 20080185488
    Abstract: It is necessary to support components while machining is performed. In such circumstances work supports are now provided, whilst previously there was a dedicated arrangement for each component to be supported. By achieving a modularity in terms of adjustment through creating mountings comprising rings, arcs or bars secured upon posts a rigidity of presentation of support ends is achieved. By providing spacers for location about the posts on the mountings variability with regard to the positioning of the support ends is achieved such that similar geometry but different sized components and articles can be supported by the support arrangements. Furthermore, the spacers may be readily removed if C shaped, and the rings, arcs or bars can be shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: IAN MURRAY GARRY, YAN WANG, JIANFAN XIE, NABIL GINDY
  • Publication number: 20080185489
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for mounting objects by capturing the object, or an intermediate mounting device attached to the object, between the head of a retention device and a surface of a track or the like into which the retention device is inserted. Also disclosed are methods for modifying or manufacturing an existing object to allow it to be directly captured between a track and a retention device. Further disclosed are a variety of capture aperture shapes for use with existing, commercially available track mounting system components. Specially configured retention devices are also disclosed for effective implementation of the systems and methods of the present invention. Stabilizing devices are also disclosed for stabilizing and/or preventing movement of a captured object in its captured state. Suspension devices are disclosed for suspending a captured object. Obstructers and similar devices for enlarging the head of commercially available retention devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Glenn Alan Ehrgott
  • Publication number: 20080185490
    Abstract: An envelope tray adapter is designed to protect a horizontal stack of envelopes positioned in a postal tray having outwardly angled sidewalls. The adapter has pairs of side and end panels joined end to end and sized to fit on the bottom wall of the tray. Each panel has a height greater than the envelope stack, but less than the sidewalls of the tray for supporting a second postal tray nested on top and protecting the envelopes from crushing. The panels may be formed from a continuous length of material that is folded to form the end and side panels. The adapter panels may also be formed of a corrugated paper material. One end of the panels has a free end including a glue flap that overlaps and adheres to the inner surface of the adjacent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Lon Stephen Robinson, William John Hogle, William Robert Ishmael
  • Publication number: 20080185491
    Abstract: Embodiments of a fuel tank flange are disclosed, including a single fuel tank flange plate having multiple fuel tank system components secured thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: W. Bruce Bosch, Evan Waymire
  • Publication number: 20080185492
    Abstract: A configurable drinking coaster combination includes at least one pair of coasters adapted for individual placement on a furniture surface to protect the furniture from a drinking glass or cup placed on the coaster. Each pair of coasters is configured for interlocking engagement so that the pair of coasters can form a decorative three-dimensional accent piece when the coasters are not in use to support a drinking vessel. In one embodiment, a collection of substantially identically configured coasters have an identical perimeter, such as circular, rectangular or triangular, and each defines a substantially identically sized and arranged slot so that when the coasters are interlockingly engaged at the slots the perimeters of the coasters coincide in the three-dimensional accent piece configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: THE SIMPLE FURNITURE COMPANY
    Inventor: Scott Willy
  • Publication number: 20080185493
    Abstract: A fishing pole tender system for attachment to a support structure that includes a generally rigid base including a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side and the second side are physically connected and spatially separated by an intermediate portion such that a support structure fits between the first side and the second side. In an alternative embodiment, the base is a generally rigid hollow sleeve formed by a wall. The wall or either side can include at least one accessory mounting portion for interchangeably mounting fishing accessories to the base. One or more fishing pole holders are securely attached to the base. The first side, the second side, or both may include a indented portion comprising an arcuate or v-shaped form, a slanted portion, or a combination thereof. The indented portion provides improved attachment to a support structure by imparting compressive force onto a support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Moto, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Wakefield, Martin Schaus
  • Publication number: 20080185494
    Abstract: A collapsible pressure element (2) for pneumatically stabilized supports enables the simple and rapid construction and dismantling thereof. Several pressure segments (4) are located on that side of the pressure element (2) upon which the transversal stress acts, that is, on the side facing away from the hollow body (at the top in the figure). The pressure segments (4) are separated from one another by means of breaks (5). The breaks (5) between the pressure segments (4) permit the pressure element (2) to be collapsed. A tractive element (6) faces the hollow body (at the bottom in the figure), said pressure element (6) being separated from the pressure segments (4) by one or several spacer elements (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Rolf Luchsinger, Rene Crettol
  • Publication number: 20080185495
    Abstract: A method of joining panels of foam material such that edges are compressed into panel surfaces to provide a secured and effectively sealed structure is disclosed. Panels in an orthogonal relationship to each other, which are made of foam (or other materials not intended to be load bearing) can be joined by compressing the outer side of one of the panels into the edge surface of an adjoining panel. This is done using two plates, one resting on the outer side of the first panel, and one inserted into the side of the second panel, where the plates are connected by a bolt, screw or wire under tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Michael Goncharko
  • Publication number: 20080185496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support construction (1) for fabrication equipment of microscopic structures, comprising a monolithic foundation body (3) on which, for fixing the fabrication equipment, a fixing element (6) is provided comprising a resilient element. The fixing element further comprises a rigid element (10) whose rigidity decreases significantly when applying a dynamic force to the fixing element which force exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The support construction is further designed such that, regardless of the size of the dynamic force applied to the fixing element, a static force applied to the fixing element is substantially transmitted via the resilient element to the foundation body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: MECAL APPLIED MECHANICS B.V.
    Inventors: Anton Herrius De Roest, Marco Jan Antoni Freriksen
  • Publication number: 20080185497
    Abstract: A carrier device includes a supporting base having one or more columns, a mounting seat for supporting an object and having an arm, and a linkage for adjustably coupling and supporting the mounting seat to the supporting base to the selected angular positions without spring members. Two or more fastener each include a non-circular shank engaged through one or more discs, and a pair of levers are disposed parallel to each other and pivotally coupled between the fasteners for forming a parallelogrammic structure and for adjustably and stably supporting the mounting seat to the columns of the supporting base at selected angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Hsin Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20080185498
    Abstract: A method of producing a radiation diffractive sensor that diffracts radiation according to Bragg's law is disclosed. The sensor is produced by forming an ordered periodic array of particles on a substrate, coating the array of particles with a polymeric matrix, curing the matrix to fix the array of particles within the matrix and contacting the fixed array with an activator, wherein the activator shifts the wavelength of radiation diffracted by the sensor from a first wavelength to a second wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Sean Purdy, Noel Vanier, Xiangling Xu, Robert Cavlovich
  • Publication number: 20080185499
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement (100) provides light (117) of a desired color. The arrangement comprises a plurality of light sources (101, 102, 103) that each emit light of a respective color that, when mixed, is perceivable as the desired color. A light detector (197) is configured to receive light (116) reflected by a color reference surface (109) having a specific reference color. The detector also provides a s (105) analyzes the signal from the light detector and recognizes the color of the received light as the color of the reference surface. The controller controls the light sources such that the desired color corresponds to the color of the color reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Peter Hubertus Franciscus Deurenberg, Jelm Franse
  • Publication number: 20080185500
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device and the like are provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a light-collecting element capable of efficiently collecting incident light by improving reproducibility of refractive index distribution at the borders of pixels. Each of the pixels (a square size of 5.6 ?m) includes: a light-collecting element (distributed index lens); a color filter; a light-blocking layer (AI wiring); a light-receiving element (Si photo diode); a Si substrate; and a planarization film. The light-collecting element has a concentric structure which is made up of SiO2 (n=1.43) and has a film thickness of 1.2 ?m and 0.8 ?m which forms a two-tiered structure. The light-collecting element has a structure in which SiO2 (n=1.43) is curved out to define a concentric pattern and the surrounding medium is air (n=1). Further, an air gap (width: a) is provided between adjacent two light-collecting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kimiaki Toshikiyo