Patents Issued in September 18, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080223513
    Abstract: The manufacture of a product comprising at least two flexible material layers (14, 15) which are connected to each other by means of an adhesive coating applied to mutually facing inner surfaces of the material layers (14, 15), wherein the material layers (14, 15) are pressed together and are then intermittently perforated, is successfully achieved in a simple manner by virtue of the fact that, simultaneously with the perforation, adhesive (16) is injected from at least one outer side of the material layers (14, 15) into the formed perforation holes, whereupon the adhesive (16) is conducted into the interspace between the material layers (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20080223514
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide electrical contacts to an array of substantially vertically aligned nanorods. The nanorod array may be fabricated on top of a conducting layer that serves as a bottom contact to the nanorods. A top metal contact may be applied to a plurality of nanorods of the nanorod array. The contacts may allow I/V (current/voltage) characteristics of the nanorods to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas HANTSCHEL, Noble M. JOHNSON, Peter KIESEL, Christian G. VAN DE WALLE, William S. WONG
  • Publication number: 20080223515
    Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a bonding unit and a restricting unit. The bonding unit bonds a first sheet to a second sheet that includes an adhesive layer. The restricting unit restricts movement of any one of the first sheet and the second sheet thereby preventing bonding between the first sheet and the second sheet before the first sheet and the second sheet reach the bonding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Sudo, Mikio Ishibashi, Reki Nakamura, Megumi Ohtoshi, Yukiko Iwasaki, Kazuhiko Yuki, Nobuyuki Koinuma, Takashi Sakamaki, Ryuji Yoshida, Takehide Mizutani, Kohsuke Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080223516
    Abstract: To provide a membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells capable of obtaining a high output voltage even in a high current density region, by providing electrodes having good gas diffusion properties, conductivity, water repellency and durability. A membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, comprising; an anode and a cathode each having a catalyst layer containing a catalyst and having a gas diffusion layer; and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the catalyst layer of the anode and the catalyst layer of the cathode, characterized in that at least one of the above anode and cathode, has a carbon layer containing a fluorinated ion exchange resin and carbon nanofibers having a fiber diameter of from 1 to 1,000 nm and a fiber length of at most 1,000 ?m, disposed between the catalyst layer and the gas diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Toshihiro Tanuma
  • Publication number: 20080223517
    Abstract: Mold-free resin-insulated coil windings are obtained by applying continuous fibers embedded in a quasi-solid-state epoxy-resin matrix, e.g. in the form of a tape, to the coil windings. The tape is locally heated up to the melting point of its polymer matrix, and is subsequently pressed against the winding body. The heated and fused resin of the tape, which is pressed onto the coil, flows under pressure into the voids and gaps between the coil windings and fills them up, thereby hermetically insulating the coil windings. After leaving the heating and pressing apparatus the fused epoxy resin becomes solid again. The resulting curing process is thus considerably simplified and shortened, compared to the state of the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Uwe KALTENBORN, Guido Meier, Stephane Schaal, Jens Rocks
  • Publication number: 20080223518
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the production of composite elements composed of at least one outer layer a) and a thermal insulation material b), where between the outer layer a) and the thermal insulation material b) an adhesive c) has been applied, the outer layer a) being moved continuously, the thermal insulation material b) being applied to the outer layer a) and, if appropriate, a further outer layer a) being applied to the thermal insulation material b), and the adhesive c) being applied to the thermal insulation material b) or to the outer layer a), which comprises applying the adhesive c) by means of a rotating flat body which is mounted horizontally or with a slight deviation from the horizontal, of up to 15°, preferably parallel to the outer layer a) or to the thermal insulation material b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erhard Gleinig, Erwin Calgua, Michael Thater
  • Publication number: 20080223519
    Abstract: A polyamide diol is prepared by the reaction of a diamine comprising a polymeric diamine and a non-polymeric diamine, dicarboxyic acid, and a hydroxy substituted carboxylic acid. A polyurethane is prepared by the reaction of the polyamide polyol with a diisocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: GEORGE A. LOCKO, Gary W. Astrologes, Nancy W. Hairman, John T. Cain
  • Publication number: 20080223520
    Abstract: A sheet material separating apparatus includes a sheet material separating unit. This unit includes a low frictional guide sheet making a surface contact with an upper surface of an uppermost one in stacked sheet materials, and a vibrator contacting a surface of the guide sheet opposite to another surface of the guide sheet contacting the upper surface of the uppermost sheet material. A length from a part of the surface of the guide sheet on which the vibrator contacts to any position on a peripheral edge of the surface is longer than one wavelength of an excited sound wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Kiminori Toya, Shunsuke Hattori
  • Publication number: 20080223521
    Abstract: A plasma source coil includes a bushing arranged at a center part, and a plurality of unit coils arranged in the form of a concentric circle from a circumference of the bushing on the bases of the bushing. One end of each unit coil and one end of the bushing are commonly connected to a power-supply terminal, and the other end of each unit coil and the other end of the bushing are commonly connected to a ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Nam Hun Kim, Do Hyung Lee, Young Kun Oh
  • Publication number: 20080223522
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma processing chamber mounted with a function capable of determining the state of a temperature rise in a processing chamber even if a thermometer is not mounted in the processing chamber. In a plasma processing apparatus including: a processing chamber for subjecting a sample to be processed to plasma processing; means for supplying the processing chamber with gas; exhaust means for reducing pressure in the processing chamber; a high-frequency power source for generating plasma; and an electrode on which the sample to be processed is placed, there is provided a plasma emission monitor for determining an end point of temperature raise discharge and means for determining an end point of temperature raise discharge, both of which are used for determining an end point of temperature raise discharge performed before the plasma processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Masaru Izawa
  • Publication number: 20080223523
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus capable of preventing the abnormal discharge from being generated on a substrate. A housing chamber houses the substrate. A mounting stage arranged in the housing chamber, is configured to enable the substrate to be mounted thereon. A disc-like electrode structure is connected to a high-frequency power supply, and connected to a gas supply apparatus via at least one gas supply system. The electrode structure has therein at least one buffer chamber and a plurality of connecting sections connected to the gas supply system. The buffer chamber is communicated with the inside of the housing chamber via a number of gas holes, and is communicated with the gas supply system via the plurality of connecting sections. The plurality of connecting sections for the buffer chamber are arranged on the circumference of a circle centering around the center of the electrode structure at equal intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Tatsuya HANDA
  • Publication number: 20080223524
    Abstract: A tubular electrode (215) and a tubular magnet (216) are installed on an external section of a processing furnace (202) for an MMT device. A susceptor (217) for holding a wafer (200) is installed inside a processing chamber (201) of the processing furnace. A gate valve (244) for conveying the wafer into and out of the processing chamber; and a shower head (236) for spraying processing gas in a shower onto the wafer, are installed inside the processing furnace. A high frequency electrode (2) and a heater (3) are installed inside the susceptor (217) with a clearance between them and the walls forming the space. The clearances formed between the walls forming the space in the susceptor and the high frequency electrode and the heater prevent damage to the high frequency electrode and the heater even if a thermal expansion differential occurs between the high frequency electrode, the heater and the susceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Kasanami, Toshimitsu Miyata, Mitsunori Ishisaka
  • Publication number: 20080223525
    Abstract: A system for catching a flexible cover for fitting up an automobile seat intended to cover a cushioning provided with at least one unit for catching on self-adhesive elements, the filling-up cover being provided with complementary catching elements intended to catch on the self-adhesive elements of the cushioning, the catching unit being of generally cylindrical shape and supporting at its cylindrical surface the self-adhesive elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Pascal Hanteville, Etienne Poulet, Sebastien Desfavris
  • Publication number: 20080223526
    Abstract: A fusion welding device include: a first holder, having a first face, and adapted to hold at least an outer peripheral face of an end portion of a first work in a state where the first work is movable in a longitudinal direction thereof; a second holder, having a second face opposed to the first face, and adapted to hold at least an outer peripheral face of an end portion of a second work in a state where the second work is movable in a longitudinal direction thereof; a heater, operable to heat the first and second works; a first and second movers, adapted to move the first and second holders in such directions that the first and second faces come close to or apart from each other; and a third mover, adapted to move the first and second holders in synchronization with each other in a direction along the first and second faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20080223527
    Abstract: In a method for patterning a reel-to-reel strip in an automatic manufacturing process, a reel-to-reel strip is stuck onto a support plate having a low-tack adhesive. A laser beam is used to pattern the reel-to-reel strip. Carbon residues and/or cut pieces generated during a process of patterning the reel-to-reel strip are stuck on the support plate having the low-tack adhesive. Therefore, the carbon residues and/or the cut pieces will not fall down to other parts of the reel-to-reel strips during the automatic manufacturing process. Thus, it does not need to remove the carbon residues and/or the cut pieces from the reel-to-reel strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chung, Chiu-Tang Chen
  • Publication number: 20080223528
    Abstract: A disk labeling structure for dividing and labeling plural disks, which are strung up by a pillar, includes a fixing portion for mounting on the pillar, a labeling portion, and an extending portion for connecting the fixing portion and the labeling portion, wherein the fixing portion has a gap outwardly extended from the center thereof for accommodating the pillar, the fixing portion and the extending portion are formed to locate on a same plane and the labeling portion is perpendicular to the plane, and the direction of the gap is not parallel to the direction from the center of the fixing portion to the labeling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Shu-Chi Hong
  • Publication number: 20080223529
    Abstract: A manual device, for use in tire changing without power equipment, provides an angled lever with a non-marring head. The head grips the rim of a wheel and allows rotation of the lever upon the rim without marring the wheel. The mounting lever has a non-marring head connected to a flat bar of a length to manually manipulate a tire bead onto and off a rim. The non-marring head has a channel to grip the rim and a leading portion curved to guide the bead over and onto the rim. The flat bar of the mounting lever has an offset angle from the head to aid a worker in grasping the mounting lever during usage with less of a risk of injury to the knuckles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen C. Nemish
  • Publication number: 20080223530
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus, system, and method for attaching a shade cover, of singular or multi-piece construction, to a blind, such as a window Venetian blind. An apparatus for attaching the shade cover to the window blind may include: first attachment means that is configured to attach to the shade cover, and second attachment means, that is operatively attached to the first attachment means, wherein it is also configured to attach to the window blind, rendering the shade cover and the window blind as a single monolithic operating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Vincent Grosso
  • Publication number: 20080223531
    Abstract: A side window roll-up shade which has a pull rod attached to a movable edge of a roll-up shade material. The pull rod is carried by two support rods which are guided so that they can move vertically within the door body. At the bottom end of each support rod, a cable is attached, which runs either to a spring motor or to a cable pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan LEKAR, Melf Hansen
  • Publication number: 20080223532
    Abstract: A top down/bottom up covering for an architectural opening is disclosed in a roll-up configuration so the shade can be rolled about a roller in a head rail while having the ability to raise and lower top and bottom rails between which the shade material extends independently of each other. The roller is utilized to raise and lower the bottom rail by wrapping about or unwrapping the shade material from the roller and a control system for raising and lowering the top rail is confined within the roller. The invention is disclosed in embodiments that include a single operating element or a pair of operating elements but in each instance the top and bottom rails are independently movable so the shade material can be extended to any degree between the top and bottom rails and positioned at desired locations within the architectural opening in which the covering is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond N. Auger
  • Publication number: 20080223533
    Abstract: The present techniques include a field armor system comprising hollow structures designed to be filled with field materials, such as soil, sand, rocks, or clay. At least one face of the structures is made from a projectile resistant plastic composite. The projectile resistant plastic composite panel may be made from a ceramic plastic composite, a fiber plastic composite, or interspersed layers of both. In one embodiment, the hollow structure comprises four connected panels that may be collapsed when empty. In another embodiment, the hollow structure may comprise hollow bricks designed to interlock to form a protective wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Norman Andreasen, John L. De Cristofaro, John Anthony Dispenza, Leon Klafter, Richard Thomas LaGrotta
  • Publication number: 20080223534
    Abstract: A sun protection blind for a window opening in a motor vehicle includes a winding shaft and a blind web, a first edge of which is fastened to the winding shaft. An extension profile is operatively connected to a second edge of the blind web so the blind web can be removed from the winding shaft by the extension profile, counter to a restoring force of a spring element. The blind web can be wound onto the winding shaft by means of the restoring force of the spring element, part of a spring motor having a shaft which is mounted so as to be able to rotate relative to the winding shaft. The spring element is arranged between the shaft and the winding shaft, and a rotational movement of the shaft is synchronized with a displacement of the extension profile during removal and/or winding of the blind web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Melf Hansen
  • Publication number: 20080223535
    Abstract: Toilet paper based on tissue paper being treated with an O/W emulsion comprising at least one non-ionic emulsifier, at least one anionic co-emulsifier, an oil component having a polarity of at least 20 mN/m or a mixture of oil components wherein at least 75 weight-% of the oils constituting the mixture have a polarity of at least 20 mN/m, 6 to 35 weight % of water, based on the total weight of the emulsion, wherein the total amount of emulsifiers and co-emulsifiers is between 4 and 20 weight based on the total weight of the emulsion. Since in the above lotion composition the external phase is aqueous, a web treated therewith can easily be wet by water and does not float on the water if it is to be disposed in a toilet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Eichhorn, Rolf Kawa, Jorg Sorns, Andrea Urban
  • Publication number: 20080223536
    Abstract: The invention relates to paper comprising a filler and a cellulose ether wherein the cellulose ether comprises a quaternary ammonium group, with the proviso that the cellulose ether is not a hydroxyethyl cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: ANZO NOBEL N.V.
    Inventor: Peter Marten Van Der Horst
  • Publication number: 20080223537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for redirecting cut web products and/or rejecting cut web products. The method comprises advancing a plurality of cut web products along a first path and providing a redirecting or folding device for folding the plurality of cut web products and/or delivering the folded cut web products to a second path. Prior to reaching the folding device, the cut web products may be determined to be defective. The folding device can be accelerated, decelerated, or substantially stopped, such that a selected cut web product is not delivered to the second path, thereby rejecting the selected cut web product. The present disclosure additionally comprises an apparatus for redirecting and/or rejecting cut web products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Peter Wiedmann
  • Publication number: 20080223538
    Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for casting liquid metals into molds in a casting furnace comprising a controlled environment melt chamber and a mold lock chamber. A mold is supplied to the controlled environment melt chamber for a pour, and removed from the same chamber via a mold lock chamber. A mold transport system moves the mold through the mold lock chamber. The mold transport system comprises a rotary screw drive, a cylinder screw drive, or hydraulic drive located external to the furnace. Alternatively the mold transport system comprises a rack and worm screw drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: PV/T, INC.
    Inventors: Lennie L. Ashburn, Robert W. Fest, John H. Mortimer
  • Publication number: 20080223539
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a product and a method for making the product. The product is a lightweight solid porous metallic product containing small solid spheres having a coating of a primary alpha phase thereon disposed in a solid metal alloy eutectic matrix. The method includes the steps of mixing the hollow rigid spheres and a metal alloy, which metal alloy can be preheated to render it molten, in order to form a dispersion of the spheres distributed in the molten alloy; initially cooling the dispersion to render it semi-solid whereby the spheres are coated by a solid and the coated spheres are disposed in the semi-solid mixture of the solid and liquid; and finally cooling the sphere-containing semi-solid mixture to a temperature at which the sphere-containing semi-solid mixture becomes solid and the product is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Dr. Khershed P. Cooper, Dr. Bhakta B. Rath, Harry N. Jones, Dr. Chandra S. Pande
  • Publication number: 20080223540
    Abstract: A supply apparatus supplies a semi-solid metal to a molding apparatus having an injection sleeve formed with an opening portion and a plunger provided progressively/regressively at an inner portion of the injection sleeve. The supply apparatus includes a crucible in a shape of a cylinder containing a semi-solid metal, a carry arm for grabbing to move the crucible, and a control apparatus for controlling the carry arm. The control apparatus inserts a front end portion of a gutter mounted to the crucible into the opening portion of the injection sleeve by a predetermined angle to inject the semi-solid metal to a side of a direction of advancing the plunger more than at a position formed with the opening portion at inside of the injection sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ohwada, Tomonori Sakai, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Koichi Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20080223541
    Abstract: A fill tube assembly is for a casting mold. The fill tube assembly includes a fill tube having a tubular member with a receiving end, a mold-engaging end and an intermediate portion. The mold-engaging end has a tapered flange radially extending therefrom, the remainder of the tubular member has a substantially uniform cross-section. A clamping assembly is structured to maintain a substantially leakproof seal at the fill tube, casting mold interface while accommodating dimensional variations. The clamping assembly includes a gasket, a load ring, a clamping plate and a pre-load gap between the clamping plate and the casting mold and optionally includes a dimensional compensating ring. When tightened, the clamping plate biases the load ring against the flange thereby distributing a uniform load against the casting mold, compressing the gasket therebetween while narrowing the pre-load gap to accommodate dimensional variations. A method of use is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Marshall A. Klingensmith, Mark A. Ripepi, Rabindra K. Bhattacharyya, James T. Burg
  • Publication number: 20080223542
    Abstract: An apparatus serves for the continuous surface cleaning of rotationally movable casting rolls (2, 3) of a strip-casting machine. A plurality of laser beam units (25) are arranged on the circumference of the respective casting roll (2, 3), which laser beam units (25) are arranged next to one another, are distributed over the casting-roll length and by means of which the casting-roll surface (2a, 3a) can be acted upon with one or more laser beams over the entire casting-roll length. Additional cleaning units (30, 31, 35, 45) for the mechanical cleaning of the casting-roll surface are advantageously connected ahead of and/or behind the laser beam units (25). This makes gap-free and regular surface cleaning of the casting rolls possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Heinrich Marti, Jacques Barbe, Philip Eichenberger
  • Publication number: 20080223543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeder for cast metal, comprising a feeder head (1) having a cavity (5) that is open towards the surroundings via at least one opening (8), and a tubular body (2) which is guided through the opening (8) and arranged in a mobile manner. According to the invention, the tubular body (2) comprises an abutment (9) in the section thereof facing the cavity (5), said abutment (9) being capable of taking its bearing on a surface adjacent to the opening (8) in the cavity (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: AS LUNGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Udo Skerdi
  • Publication number: 20080223544
    Abstract: A process for the manufacturing of steel strips with solution of continuity is described, comprising a continuous casting step for thin stabs with a high “mass flow”, a shearing step and subsequent heating in furnace, followed by a multiple stand rolling step, wherein the average temperature of the product at the inlet of the rolling is higher than the surface temperature, which is equal to at least 1100° C., lower than that measured in the inner central area by about 100° C. A plant is also described for the accomplishment of such process, wherein at the inlet of a furnace (25; 35), possibly of the induction type, combined with a temperature maintaining tunnel (36) a shear (3) is provided for, cutting into pieces (24; 34) a slab (22; 32) coming from continuous casting (21; 31), wherein the distance between the outlet of said continuous casting and the inlet into the finishing rolling mill (29; 39) is not greater than 100 m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Giovanni ARVEDI
  • Publication number: 20080223545
    Abstract: A regenerative energy and/or mass exchange assembly having an exchange media, a central housing, a first end housing with fluid stream diverting chambers to provide a fluid flow passage from a first inlet of the first end housing to the exchange media, and provide a fluid flow passage from the exchange media to a first outlet of the first end housing, a second end housing having fluid stream diverting chambers to provide a fluid flow passage from a second inlet of the second end housing to the exchange media, and provide a fluid flow passage from the exchange media to a second outlet of the second end housing. The first and second end housings have a skirt portion extending generally parallel to a central axis of the end housings. The exchange media is rotated by a motor via a shaft, and the shaft is fastened to a recess in a side surface of the exchange media by a drive transfer means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Vincente Nunes, Stephen Joseph Burany
  • Publication number: 20080223546
    Abstract: An air conditioner for vehicles having a two layer air flow structure which uses one temp door adjusting temperature and serving as a partition wall for the two-layer air flow structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Jaehoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20080223547
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air cooling and air dehumidifying module comprising plastic capillary tube mats, which are formed by folding and/or winding into a compact assembly with a virtually cuboidal outer shape, which cools and dehumidifies the air stream passed through the mat assembly when cold water is conducted through the capillary tubes. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of operating the air cooling and air dehumidifying module in combination with cooling ceilings or suspended cooling panels. Such solutions serve for the decentralized cooling of rooms and for dehumidifying the air in a room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Clina Heiz-und Kulelemente GmbH
    Inventor: Bechir Chahed
  • Publication number: 20080223548
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising a heat exchanger (10) which can be penetrated by air and is connected to a first air duct (12) and to at least one second air duct (14) extending into zones (18, 20) that are to be air-conditioned. A first fan (24) and the second fan (26) are designed for sucking in air discharged from the heat exchanger (10) so as to deliver air to the zones (18, 20) that are to be air-conditioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Henri Treu
  • Publication number: 20080223549
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning device (10) which is used to air-condition an area, in particular the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, comprising a heat exchanger which can be cross-flown by air, which is to be air-conditioned, and which is arranged inside an air guiding channel (12), wherein a cross-flowable heating device (18) is arranged downstream therefrom. According to the invention, the air guiding channel (12) extends in a deviation free manner and in an essentially linear direction between the heat exchanger (16) and the heating device (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Claude Schlachter
  • Publication number: 20080223550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening and joining element (4) for fixing and connecting heat exchangers of a heat exchanger assembly in a motor vehicle. Said fastening and joining element (4) comprises at least one hole (4b) for positively accommodating a heat exchanger as well as a fastening part (4a) encompassing a profiled fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Dirk Kersting, Andre Schmidt, Walter Korte
  • Publication number: 20080223551
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a fin unit for a heat sink for dissipating a heat from a heat source, the fin unit includes a plurality of fins radially arranged about its center axis, and a fin supporting portion connecting inner ends of the fins and supporting the fins. First, metal is heated. The heated metal is extruded and/or drawn through a die to obtain a metal body. One of the die and the metal body obtained through the die is rotated relative to the other about a center axis of a die hole of the die. The metal body is then cut, thereby obtaining the fin unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya OTSUKI, Kazuhiro INOUCHI, Takamasa YAMASHITA, Makoto FUJIHARA, Yoshinori INOUE, Naoto YAMAOKA, Tatsuya AKASE, Akira HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080223552
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system includes a heat-radiating sheet having a pair of heat-conductive metal plates that are superimposed on each other, and having a circulating flow passage between the pair of heat-conductive metal plates; a plurality of heat-receiving areas partitioned on the heat-radiating sheet; a plurality of heat-generating elements installed on each of the heat-receiving areas via a heat spreader made of a heat-conductive material; an inlet hole and an outlet hole opened to the surface of the heat-radiating sheet and located at both ends of the circulating flow passage; a pump having a discharge port and a suction port that communicate with the inlet hole and the outlet hole, and installed on the heat-radiating sheet; and a radiator continuous with the circulating flow passage of the heat-radiating sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Hitoshi Onishi, Jiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20080223553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collector tank (2), especially for a heat exchanger (1) of an automotive cooling system. Said collectors tank comprises a tank element (3) which is constituted of at least two integral and fluid receiving collector areas (4), and a bottom (5) said collector areas (4) of the tank element (3). A sealing arrangement (6) is provided between two adjacent collector areas between the tank element (3) and the bottom (5). The invention is characterized in that at least one application force generating means (10) and/or compressive force generating means is provided between the bottom (5) and the tank element (3) in the area of two adjacent collector areas (4) and adjacent to the sealing arrangement (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: BEHR INDUSTRY GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jorg Bergmiller, Thomas Seeger
  • FAN
    Publication number: 20080223554
    Abstract: A fan includes a fan blade wheel and a fan frame. A fan wheel seat is disposed at the center of the air outlet of the fan frame and the air outlet faces a heat generating component. An air inlet of the fan frame is disposed opposite to the air outlet. The fan wheel has a hub with first blades and projections extending radially from the circumferential side of the hub. The projections are disposed between every two of the first blades alternately such that it is auxiliary for guiding airflow outward the fan smoothly. Hence, air pressure at the air outlet increases greatly for enhancing effect of heat dissipation effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: TZYY-PYNG LIN, Fu-Kuei Chang
  • Publication number: 20080223555
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus useful to control temperature of a device that includes: (a) a heat transfer apparatus; (b) a combined path to the heat transfer apparatus; (c) a first path maintained at a first temperature and connected to the combined path; (d) a second path maintained at a second temperature and connected to the combined path; (e) a third path connected to the combined path; (f) a pump assembly operable to circulate thermal transfer fluid: (i) from the heat transfer apparatus, (ii) through one or more of the first, second and third paths, (iii) from the one or more of the first, second and third paths, through the combined path, and (iv) from the combined path, to and through the heat transfer apparatus; and (g) a valve assembly operable to cause predetermined amounts of thermal transfer fluid to flow into one or more of the first, second, and third paths, thereby controlling the temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Centipede Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas H. Di Stefano
  • Publication number: 20080223556
    Abstract: A pump-free water-cooling system is provided wherein external power supply is not involved; heat can be transported in any direction; and high reliability and low thermal resistance are ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Ippoushi, Nobuaki Uehara, Akira Yamada, Tetsuro Ogushi
  • Publication number: 20080223557
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid cooling system for an electric machine including a frame heat conductively attachable to a stator of an electric machine. The liquid cooling system further includes a cover mechanically attached to the frame and fluidly sealed to the frame, the cover and frame defining a cavity therebetween. The cover includes at least one protrusion extending substantially a distance between the cover and the frame. A method for constructing a liquid is also provided. The method includes forming at least one protrusion in the cover and structurally affixing the cover to the frame. The cover is fluidly sealed to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: REMY TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David A. Fulton, Pawel Tetela
  • Publication number: 20080223558
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a fan, a heat sink, and an attaching portion arranged to attach the fan to the heat sink. The fan includes an impeller rotating about a center axis, a motor arranged to rotate the impeller, and a base portion supporting the motor. The attaching portion includes a frame surrounding a portion of the impeller opposed to the heat sink, a plurality of supports projecting from the frame to a side opposite to the heat sink, and a plurality of supporting ribs connecting the supports and the base portion to each other, arranged about the center axis, and extending from the base portion away from the center axis. Each supporting rib has a first primary surface and a second primary surface arranged opposite to the impeller. The first and second primary surfaces are inclined with respect to a plane substantially perpendicular to the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya OTSUKI, Kazuhiro INOUCHI, Takamasa YAMASHITA, Makoto FUJIHARA, Yoshinori INOUE, Naoto YAMAOKA, Tatsuya AKASE, Akira HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080223559
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a first heat exchanger with a first heat radiating area receiving a first cooling body, a second heat exchanger with a second heat radiating area receiving a second cooling body and a third heat radiating area receiving a third cooling body. In use, the difference in temperature between the first cooling body entering and exiting the first heat radiating area is greater than the difference in temperature between the second cooling body entering and exiting the second heat radiating area and greater than the difference in temperature between the third cooling body entering and exiting the third heat radiating area. The temperature of the second cooling body flowing through the second heat radiating area is higher than the temperature of the third cooling body flowing through the third heat radiating area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michiko Morita
  • Publication number: 20080223560
    Abstract: A heat exchanger of the single circuit type, to be coupled to a fluid circulation circuit and comprising: an upper tubular head element and a lower tubular head element horizontally arranged and which are each provided with a nozzle and through slots provided in an inner longitudinal wall portion; and a plurality of vertically disposed fluid conduction tubes, each internally defining a plurality of longitudinal microchannels. The opposite ends of the fluid conduction tubes are affixed to the inner longitudinal wall portion of the upper tubular head element and lower tubular head element, respectively, so as to communicate the ends of the microchannels of each tube with a through slot of the respective tubular head element and, thus, the fluid conduction tubes with the interior of the upper tubular head element and lower tubular head element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Paulo Rossano Hoenisch, Gustavo Henrique Pacheco Zattar
  • Publication number: 20080223561
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, a header for a heat exchanger is disclosed that has an inflow side, an outflow side, a bypass port therebetween, and a pressure-sensitive flapper valve proximal the bypass port. As pressure increases at the inflow side of the header, the flapper valve opens proportionally, and, as pressure decreases at the inflow side, the flapper valve closes proportionally. In a second aspect of the present invention, a tube-in-tube heat exchanger is disclosed that includes a helical tube-in-tube assembly adapted for flow therethrough of a plurality of fluids for heat transfer therebetween. In a third aspect of the present invention, a heat system is provided to include an embodiment of the header and an embodiment of the tube-in-tube heat exchanger, so as to provide a bypass of the tube-in-tube heat exchanger under a pressure condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Li, Ronald H. Griffin, Carl Bennett Davidson, Vance Elliot Willis, Vitaly Shinkarev, David Martin, Michael Damion Mercer, David L. Schardt
  • Publication number: 20080223562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular a charge-air cooler or exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a first tank (2), having a second tank which is arranged at a distance from said first tank (2), and having a plurality of tubes (10) which serve to flow-connect the first (2) and the second tank, and having a chamber (38) which can be traversed by a coolant, which chamber (38) is provided between the two tanks (2) and through which chamber (38) run a plurality or all of the tubes (10) which serve to flow-connect the two tanks (2), wherein at least one of said two tanks (2) has a cover (12) and a base (14) which is connected to said cover (12) and is provided with one or more first passage openings (16) for receiving the tubes (10), wherein said base (14) has at least one first groove (58) into which a wall section (66) of the cover (12) of said same tank (2) extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Daniel Hendrix, Florian Moldovan