Patents Issued in December 4, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080296810
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for corrugating and winding up rolls of a plastic film. The plastic film is corrugated as it is continuously wound onto a roll, by a film drawing drum conformed with a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves to perform open-end corrugation or folds which extend crosswise the film; the plastic film is corrugated crosswise, causing the same film to penetrate into the grooves of the drawing drum by suction of air through a plurality of suction holes which open out into the grooves of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: NO.EL. S.R.L.
    Inventor: Roberto PELLENGO GATTI
  • Publication number: 20080296811
    Abstract: According to a method for producing a duct, a cylindrical preform, which opens at its both end portions in a longitudinal direction and has a central part, is formed. The central part is narrowed with respect to the both end portions. The central part has a smaller cross-sectional area than that of the both end portion. The preform is formed from a thermoplastic material, which increases in strength when stretched. Next, the preform is heated. Then, stretch blow molding is performed on the preform by stretching the preform in axial and radial directions thereof, such that the cross-sectional area of the central part becomes generally the same as that of the both end portion, or equal to or larger than that of the both end portion. The central part is narrowed to such an extent that it retains predetermined strength after performing the molding on the preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Tachibana, Toshiaki Nakayama, Yoshitaka Nishio, Naohito Seko
  • Publication number: 20080296812
    Abstract: A degassing apparatus having duplex vacuum vessels for removing impurity gases from molten steel by backflow of molten steel thereby homogenizing molten steel composition. The apparatus includes duplex vacuum vessels of first and second vacuum vessels fixedly arranged at a predetermined interval to a floor which is provided horizontally at a predetermined height from a bottom; first and second ladle carriages arranged to run on first and second rails, respectively, to reciprocate between a treatment position directly under the first and second vacuum vessels and a tapping position where refined molten steel is tapped, each of the first and second ladle carriage loaded with a corresponding one of first and second ladles; and first and second lifting cylinders each for raising and lowering each of the first and second ladles in the treatment position so that a bottom end of each of the first and second vacuum vessels is immersed by molten steel in each of the first and second ladles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Posco Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Kyu Jung, Han-Yung Kal, Jin-Ho Son, Young-Sik Shin, Uel-Duk Jin, Kyung-Bae Jin, Jae-Kyu Kim, Chai-Rok Lee
  • Publication number: 20080296813
    Abstract: A hearth roll apparatus for feeding a strip sheet in an annealing furnace is disclosed. The hearth roll apparatus includes a ceramic tube which is provided inside the annealing furnace to contactingly feed a strip sheet, a roll shaft which is coupled to a first end of the ceramic tube and extends across the annealing furnace through the ceramic tube, a tube fixing sleeve which is coupled to a second end of the ceramic tube and through which a portion of the roll shaft is inserted, and a tension generating unit which interlocks with the roll shaft and the tube fixing sleeve and supplies a tensile force for stretching the roll shaft in a longitudinal direction. Accordingly, thermal deformation like creep buy which the roll shaft is bent down is minimized, and a line speed of the strip sheet can be increased by high-speed rotation of the hearth roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventor: Ji-Yong Joo
  • Publication number: 20080296814
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a gas spring having a travel control includes positive and negative chambers and a valve mechanism that controls the fluid communication between the chambers. The valve mechanism includes a valve bore that while only moving a small amount, allows for large changes in gas spring travel length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph Franklin, Robert C. Fox
  • Publication number: 20080296815
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the present invention a connector unit for a pressure medium connection between an outer connection part and a spring head of a vehicle gas spring is provided. The connector unit comprises a line configured to be connected to an inner connection part and the outer connection part and is elastically deformable in at least regions during relative rotation movement of the spring head. The line has a deformation section between an end-side line section and an outer line section. The deformable section is disposed in a region of the spring head which is offset to the spring axis and is of helical configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Eberhard Kaiser, Reiner Mitterer, Norbert Terlau, Frank Peters
  • Publication number: 20080296816
    Abstract: An antivibration mounting apparatus (30) is provided with a case (31) fixed to a turning table (13) and a stud (33) fixed to a cab (20). An elastic body (34) is provided between the case (31) and the stud (33), and relative displacement of the stud (33) to the case (31) in the diameter direction is suppressed by the elastic body (34). On the lower part of the case (31), an attenuating mechanism (40) having an attenuating liquid (43) stored in a liquid chamber (42) and an attenuating member (41) fixed by the stud (33) is provided. Furthermore, on the upper part of the case (31), an air spring (50) supported by the stud (33) or the case (31) is provided, and a load transmitted from the cab (20) to the stud (33) in the shaft direction is supported by the air spring (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Fukoku Co., LTD
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tanaka, Mitsuo Kuzukawa
  • Publication number: 20080296817
    Abstract: A plug-in hydraulic body to frame mounting assembly is mounted to a conventional elastomeric body mount device to increase the control of vibration from the operation of the automotive frame to the automotive component supported thereon. The connecting member of the hydraulic mounting assembly threads onto the end of the fastener passing through the conventional elastomeric body mount device and anchors the outer can to a bridging can connected to the underside of the frame offrigger bracket to provide a true plug-n-go vibration control enhancement that can be added to any desired body mount location. The deflection of the fastener during operation of the elastomeric body mount device drives the operation of the hydraulic mounting assembly to dampen the deflection of the fastener in the elastomeric body mount corresponding to the transfer of operational loads between the body component and the offrigger bracket to which the body component is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Allen Shand, Harry Marx, Benjamin G. Hughes, John William Crouse, Enrico Kruse
  • Publication number: 20080296818
    Abstract: A fluid filled type vibration damping device includes a first mounting member, a second mounting member, a main rubber elastic body, a flexible film, a partition member, a valve, a coil, a control-signals-generating circuit and a power amplifier circuit. The valve enables to switch the second orifice passage between an open state and a closed state. The second orifice passage communicates the pressure-receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber with each other. The switch of the valve is performed by an electromagnetic force occurring by an electrical connection of the coil. Furthermore the control-signals-generating circuit is formed and disposed separately from the coil. The control-signals-generating circuit produces state switching control signals of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Koyama, Atsushi Muramatsu, Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20080296819
    Abstract: In order to control vibrations of two parts of a piece of machinery, a variable force may be generated to oppose the vibrations, with the variable force being generated under control of a controller on the basis of an iterative relationship, the iterative relationship being such as to generate the force of one iteration using a controller output signal in frequency domain vector form derived from the controller output signal of the immediately previous iteration in frequency domain vector form plus a frequency domain vector quantity derived from the resultant vibration of more than one previous iteration. Where these two parts are connected by multiple (f) mounting devices, the controller output signals a previous iterations are taken into account, and the frequency domain vector quantity derived from the controller output signals and more than f previous iterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Avon Vibration Management Systems Limited
    Inventor: Peter Michael Trewhella Fursdon
  • Publication number: 20080296820
    Abstract: A unit for picking up ceramic products or the like comprises: a tray (2) associated with a movement unit (3); a sealing and contact element (4) located at least along the perimeter of an operating wall (5) of the tray (2) and designed to work in contact with a surface (S) of the product (M); means (6) for generating a vacuum inside at least one first chamber (C) made by the operating wall (5) of the tray (2) with the inside of the tray (2) itself and in communication with a second chamber (Ce) through the operating wall (5), which is permeable; the second chamber (Ce) is delimited perimetrically according to the surface (S) of the product (M) in such a way that the above mentioned vacuum is applied to the opposite and facing surfaces of the wall (5) and of the surface (S) of the product (M), respectively, when the element (4) comes into stable contact with the surface (S) in order to pick the product up; the contact and sealing element is composed of a body (4) having controlled porosity, associated with the
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA
    Inventors: Domenico Bambi, Ivano Medri
  • Publication number: 20080296821
    Abstract: A device mounting platform apparatus having a reconfigurable biasing mechanism. The device mounting platform apparatus includes a frame member capable of being mounted in a vehicle and having a device mounting surface facing generally upward. A clamp member is slidably interconnected to the frame member along a first direction. A biasing mechanism is coupled between the frame and clamp members. The biasing mechanism is reconfigurable for urging a jaw portion of the clamp member along the first direction heading either toward or away from the frame member. The biasing mechanism is thus reconfigurable for either urging the clamp member open or urging it closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Publication number: 20080296822
    Abstract: A quick insert and release laser beam guard panel clamping apparatus having a base plate mountable on an optical table, a first jaw affixed to the base plate, and a spring-loaded second jaw slidably carried by the base plate to exert a clamping force. The first and second jaws each having a face acutely angled relative to the other face to form a V-shaped, open channel mouth, which enables wedge-action jaw separation by and subsequent clamping of a laser beam guard panel inserted through the open channel mouth. Preferably, the clamping apparatus also includes a support structure having an open slot aperture which is positioned over and parallel with the open channel mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Richard K. Dickson
  • Publication number: 20080296823
    Abstract: The combination food cutting board includes removable cups for food items, and a waste compartment. An upper cutting board mates with a lower base. The upper cutting board includes an aperture aligned with a receptacle in the base for waste, and secondary apertures aligned with matching receptacles in the base for holding the cups food items. The base includes a lateral opening and a sliding drawer in the waste compartment, and may include a storage compartment under the upper cutting board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Harry Pourounidis, Curtis Stone
  • Publication number: 20080296824
    Abstract: There is provided a custom cutting and utility board for supporting and laterally securing building materials while carpentry work is performed on the materials. The utility board includes two board sides hingedly attached at their ends for pivotal movement between an open, cutting board position and a folded, closed position. Guide blocks are attached to the upper surfaces of the board sides. The guide blocks are positioned in a staggered arrangement with respect to each other so that when the board sides are folded together, the guide blocks on opposite utility board sides lie between one another. The guide blocks define channels therebetween for receiving and retaining predetermined sizes of building material while the work is performed thereon. The hinges are segmented and sized so that mating edges of the board sides abut each other when the board is in its open, cutting board position, and lie parallel to each other when the utility board is in its folded, closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Edward R. Griffin, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080296825
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a miniaturized sheet processing apparatus in that a conveying length a conveying distance need not be increased even though the number of sheets per bundle increases. A glue applying bookbinder that partially glues sheets and performs a pressing process to form a sheet bundle. The glue applying bookbinder includes a processing tray that stacks sheets, a glue applying portion that applies a glue on the sheets on the processing tray, and pressing portions that press the sheets on the processing tray. The glue applying portion is arranged such that the glue applying portion can be moved from a first standby position outside the sheets stacked on the stacking portion to a second standby position, different from the first standby position, outside the sheets through an upper surface of the sheets, and the pressing portions are moved integrally with the glue applying portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daijiro Kato, Katsuaki Hirai, Takeshi Aoyama, Masahiro Funakoshi, Shoko Magata, Yuichi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080296826
    Abstract: A conveyance control device of an intermediate conveying apparatus calculates the number of sweets finished in terms of processing, based on information about the number of superposed sheets for one set and about the number of sets finished in terms of processing received from the post-processing apparatus, and controls to transmit the calculated number of sheets to the aforesaid image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Yasushi SAITSU
  • Publication number: 20080296827
    Abstract: A cassette is used by being mounted on an image forming apparatus body and can be accommodated in a state where media, which will be supplied to the image forming apparatus body, are loaded. The cassette includes a first tray, a second tray and a slide mechanism. The first tray is able to contain multiple media. The second tray is able to contain multiple media. The slide mechanism allows the first tray and the second tray to be movable relative to each other. The first tray has an oblique surface and a first separation portion, and the second tray has an oblique surface and a second separation portion. Each of the oblique surfaces can separate an uppermost medium from other media in such a manner that distal ends of the media during delivery abut against the oblique surface. Each of the first and second separation portions guides the separated medium along the oblique surface in a paper feeding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki CHINO
  • Publication number: 20080296828
    Abstract: A cam unit includes three cams fixed on a common cam shaft for moving a pair of feeding rollers, a pair of lateral registration rollers, and a stopper unit, respectively. A control unit corrects a lateral registration of a sheet whose skew is corrected by the stopper unit, based on a detection result of a detecting unit that detects a position of a side edge of the sheet, while conveying the sheet, controls the rollers not nip the sheet at least during the lateral registration, and controls rotations of the cams according to a length of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Yutaka Shoji, Junji Shirakawa, Takayuki Muneyasu
  • Publication number: 20080296829
    Abstract: A sheet takeout mechanism has a takeout roller that rotates in contact with a sheet located at a takeout position, and a motor that intermittently rotates the takeout roller. A triangular suction port is formed on a suction surface of the takeout roller and has a vertex located downstream in a rotation direction of the takeout roller. When a negative pressure is exerted on the sheet via the suction port, the suction force is weak at the beginning of suction and then increases gradually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yukio Asari, Yoshihiko Naruoka
  • Publication number: 20080296830
    Abstract: A sound generator help system of a shredder is disclosed. A disorder signal during the operation of the shredder is transmitted to the sound generator help system which then suggests the user how to correct operate the shredder and fix the problem in voice. When a problem occurs, the system flashes light to notify the user. By making a switch, the user can determine whether to play voices of the suggestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: William Huang
  • Publication number: 20080296831
    Abstract: A cassette is used by being mounted on an image forming apparatus body and can be accommodated in a state where media, which will be supplied to the image forming apparatus body, are loaded. The cassette includes a first tray, a second tray, a slide mechanism, and a power transmission mechanism. The first tray is able to contain multiple media. The second tray is able to contain multiple media. The slide mechanism allows the first tray and the second tray to be movable relative to each other. The power transmission mechanism moves the first tray and the second tray relative to each other by input power in a direction in which a paper feeding tray can be switched. The power transmission mechanism is provided with a gear that receives the power, wherein the gear can be displaced in a cassette insertion direction in which the cassette is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki CHINO
  • Publication number: 20080296832
    Abstract: A paper feeder cassette includes a bottom part, a pair of support plates that moves relative to the bottom part and supports the both lateral sides of the sheets of paper in a paper width direction perpendicular to a paper transporting direction, and a paper disposition plate that is disposed above the bottom part and disposes the sheet of paper thereon and includes an edge portion provided along a direction approximately perpendicular to the paper transporting direction on the downstream side of the pair of the support plates in the paper transporting direction and a contact avoidance portion for preventing the sheets of paper from making contact with the edge portion when disposition of the sheets of paper are performed by sliding the sheets of paper along the paper transporting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi KOTERA
  • Publication number: 20080296833
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of accurately superimposing or aligning sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus during buffering even when the space intervals between the sheets are reduced. A sheet processing apparatus sequentially receives sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus and carries out post-processing on the sheets. During execution of the post-processing on the sheets, a plurality of sheets are discharged successively from the image forming apparatus and superimposed one upon another around a buffer roller. The conveying speed of the sheets is controlled such that a conveying time period over which a sheet preceding a final one of the sheets to be superimposed one upon another around the buffer roller is conveyed over a predetermined path section is shorter than a conveying time period over which the final one is conveyed over the predetermined path section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki FUJII, Norifumi MIYAKE, Yasuo FUKATSU, Tsuyoshi MORIYAMA, Takako HANADA
  • Publication number: 20080296834
    Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus according to the invention includes a first conveying path; a sheet reverse conveying portion; a second conveying path; a third conveying path; and a movable guide portion configured to guide the conveyed sheet. The guide portion is moved to a position where the sheet can pass when the sheet is guided from the first conveying path to the second conveying path, and the guide portion is moved to a position where the guide portion guides the sheet to the third conveying path while blocking between the first and second conveying paths such that the sheet can not intrude from the second conveying path into the first conveying path when the sheet conveyed by the sheet reverse conveying portion is conveyed in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsubara, Fumiki Inui, Kazuhide Kudo
  • Publication number: 20080296835
    Abstract: A method of registering sheets laterally and in skew enables active sheet deskew without translating the sheet in the cross-process direction. A sensor carriage position is controlled to find the sheet edge after which deskew control can start. The average value of the carriage position can then be fed in a feedforward manner to move the image location to match the average paper position. This achieves good average lateral registration and active skew control at a reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joannes N. M. Dejong, Lloyd A. Williams, Barry P. Mandel, Martin Krucinski
  • Publication number: 20080296836
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a tray, a sheet conveying path through which sheets are conveyed, a sheet feeding unit including a sheet feed roller for feeding a first sheet to a sheet holding position, a sheet conveying unit having a conveyor roller that intermittently rotates and holds the sheets. The sheet conveying unit is upstream from a recording position, and downstream from the sheet feeding unit. The image forming apparatus also includes a recording unit, and a controller. The recording unit forms an image onto the first sheet while the conveyor roller is not rotating. The sheet feeding unit feeds a leading edge of a second sheet to the sheet conveying unit and maintains the leading edge of the second sheet colliding against the sheet conveying unit at the sheet holding position by rotating the sheet feed roller prior to completing image formation on the first sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Shigeki AKIYAMA, Masatoshi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20080296837
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a system transports paper to prevent stubbing within a printing machine. The paper path facilitates transport of one or more sheets of paper from the first end to the second end, each sheet of paper has a leading edge. A first entry point is located between the first end and the second end that allows one or more sheets to enter the paper path in succession. A first nip is adjacent to the first entry point to direct the leading edge of the one or more sheets away from the first entry point. A second entry point is located a distance from the first entry point that allows one or more sheets to enter the paper path. A second nip is adjacent to the second entry point to direct the leading edge of the one or more sheets away from the second entry point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Simon Neil Jowett, Richard Thomas Calhoun Bridges
  • Publication number: 20080296838
    Abstract: A game apparatus and corresponding method of playing chess on a substantially spherical playing surface marked with playing positions of fourteen ranks and eight files with each file forming a continuous loop around said spherical surface. Ranks terminate or are bordered at the top and bottom of the sphere, therefore not continuous. Two sets of chess pieces are provided for in said game apparatus; each set comprising eight major chess pieces and sixteen pawns with eight of the sixteen pawns being distinguishable from the other eight, each set of eight pawns traveling opposite directions across ranks. Means are provided for adherence of the chess pieces to the spherical playing surface such that gravity would not remove the chess pieces from said playing surface. Said game apparatus does not require players to learn variations to the well known rules of chess play while providing a novel means to play chess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Terry Richard Peterson
  • Publication number: 20080296839
    Abstract: A strategic board game is disclosed, the game comprising a rectangular playing board having a grid pattern thereon defining playing spaces. Playing spaces may have type-identifying markings, designating each playing space as one of a plurality of types of spaces. Spaces of various types may have playing rules associated therewith that do not apply to other types of spaces. Each player has a set of uniquely-colored playing pieces. Such pieces are designated as infantry, cavalry, king, and artillery. The inventive game allows for multiple pieces to occupy any one space simultaneously. Each piece may move independently from the other pieces, and each piece may attack independently from or cooperatively with other pieces. Players alternate taking turns, and each turn comprises a movement phase and an attacking phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Robert Washer
  • Publication number: 20080296840
    Abstract: A method of playing a game of baccarat with an optional side bet is disclosed. According to the method, at least one player places a Baccarat Wager. Each player also optionally places a side bet wager. The dealer initially deals at least one initial two card player hand and the initial two card banker hand. The game of baccarat is played to conclusion according to conventional baccarat rules. Hands receive an additional card according to the traditional rules of Baccarat. The side bet wager is resolved after all the cards in the baccarat game are revealed. Payouts are made on predetermined winning hand combinations made from all available player and banker cards. Preferred winning hand combinations are runs of three of more cards of the same rank. Payouts may be fixed amounts, may pay odds on the original wager, and may be progressive or combinations thereof. The top payout may be split amongst players participating in the side bet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Roger M. Snow
  • Publication number: 20080296841
    Abstract: A container constructed from a blank of foldable sheet material is provided. The container includes an interactive board game. The container further includes a top wall and an opposing bottom wall, a back wall and an opposing front wall, and a pair of opposing side walls. A game board is included on at least one of the walls, and at least one game piece is removably defined within one of the walls. The game piece is removable from the wall and is movable on the game board. The container further includes a game event indicator included on one of the walls. The game event indicator indicates an event occurring within the board game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Rodney Allen Goudreau, Stefan Edward Gulyas, Gayle Katherine Martinez, David Anthony Bergeron, Douglas Lavern Zerlaut, Paul Michael Connolly, JR., Jose Martin Serrano
  • Publication number: 20080296842
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a multi-spectral target apparatus, includes a target having at least one thermal emitting portion, a controller module in communication with a remote user, at least one brightness controller including an input electrically connected to the controller module and at least one output electrically connected to at least one thermal emitting portion of the target. The brightness controller is operable to vary a thermal emitting property of the at least one thermal emitting portion, wherein the at least one thermal emitting portion includes a thermal emitter layer further comprising a resistive layer having a front side and a back side, the resistive layer sandwiched between an electrode layer deposited on the front side and the back side of the resistive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Harvey M. Novak, Russell Dominique
  • Publication number: 20080296843
    Abstract: A method for sealing a housing includes providing a base plate of the housing with at least one opening; providing an electrical connection that extends through the base plate from an inner side to an outer side of the base plate; and applying a sealing compound into the opening from an outer side of the base plate in order to seal an interface between the base plate and the electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ralf Hoffmann, Alexander Linke, Martin Wieberger, Titus Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20080296844
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a tubular seal apparatus. The seal apparatus includes, a first tubular positioned coaxially with a second tubular having an annular space therebetween, a frustoconical portion at the first tubular having a first end and a second end, such that a radial dimension of the annular space is larger at the first end than at the second end and a tubular seal positioned within the annular space. The seal apparatus further includes an urging member in operable communication with the tubular seal, the urging member is axially movable relative to the frustoconical portion such that movement of the urging member toward the second end of the frustoconical portion urges the tubular seal into sealing engagement with the frustoconical portion and causes diametrical deformation of the tubular seal to thereby sealingly engage with the second tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: James C. Doane
  • Publication number: 20080296845
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a tubular seal apparatus. The seal apparatus includes, a first tubular positioned coaxially with a second tubular having an annular space therebetween, a frustoconical portion at the first tubular having a first end and a second end, such that a radial dimension of the annular space is larger at the first end than at the second end and a tubular seal positioned within the annular space. The seal apparatus further includes an urging member in operable communication with the tubular seal, the urging member is axially movable relative to the frustoconical portion such that movement of the urging member toward the second end of the frustoconical portion urges the tubular seal into sealing engagement with the frustoconical portion and causes diametrical deformation of the tubular seal to thereby sealingly engage with the second tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: James C. Doane
  • Publication number: 20080296846
    Abstract: An outside diameter brush seal assembly is disclosed. The brush seal assembly includes a first static component, a second static component, and a brush seal. The first and second static components may be configured to form a flow path from a first pressure cavity to a second pressure cavity. The brush seal includes a plurality of bristles that extend in a radially outward direction from the first static component to form a brush seal against the second static component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas P. Daggett, Antonio J. DaCosta, Charles A. Trabert
  • Publication number: 20080296847
    Abstract: A packing ring in a multi-staged turbine that includes two ring segments joined by a dovetail feature. In some embodiments, the dovetail feature may include a male/female configuration. In other embodiments, the dovetail feature may include an insert/groove configuration. The insert of the insert/groove configuration may include a protrusion that extends from an approximately flat surface of an end of one of the ring segments. The groove of the insert/groove configuration may include a notch in an approximate flat surface of an end of one of the ring segments. The insert of the insert/groove configuration and the groove of the insert/groove configuration may be of a similar size such that the insert closely fits within the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Chevrette, Jeyaruban Amirtharajah
  • Publication number: 20080296848
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for providing a sealing member with enhanced hoop strength. In some embodiments, a valve assembly includes a piston and first means for establishing a fluid-tight seal when the piston is in a closed position and for preventing a blow out condition when the piston is transitioned to an open position. In other embodiments, a sealing member is characterized as an endless annular ring which extends about a central axis, the sealing member comprising an elongated circle cross-sectional shape while the sealing member is maintained in an uncompressed state. In other embodiments, a method comprises extruding a sealing material through an extrusion assembly to form an endless annular ring which extends about a central axis, the extrusion assembly imparting a desired amount of curvilinearity along a longitudinal length of the material to form an orthogonal seam when a leading and trailing edge of the material are adjoined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Taylor Innovations, L.L.C.
    Inventor: JULIAN S. TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20080296849
    Abstract: A sealing ring is set between the engine block of an internal-combustion engine and a cylinder head fixed to the engine block, within a seat set concentrically around a cylinder of the engine. The sealing ring has a composite structure, with an external hollow annular body made of superelastic material, and an internal hollow annular body including a shape-memory alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Stefano ALACQUA, Gianluca CAPRETTI, Andrea PEROSINO, Antonino VECA
  • Publication number: 20080296850
    Abstract: Included are embodiments of a gasket system. At least one embodiment of the gasket system includes a circuit enclosure and a 1-piece gasket, the 1-piece gasket including a plurality of tabs for the 1-piece gasket, the plurality of tabs configured for securing the 1-piece gasket with an aperture, the 1-piece gasket formed from a single piece of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: George D. Megason
  • Publication number: 20080296851
    Abstract: A hands-free towing apparatus fro strollers, pet carriers and other carriages is described. The apparatus comprises a belt-attachment device, a frame, and a carriage-attachment device. The belt-attachment device can be a padded belt attached to a formed back-plate that a caregiver wears on his or her torso. A frame having a first end and a second end joins the belt-attachment device and the carriage-attachment device. A lockable joint can be incorporated within the frame to allow the apparatus to fold. The first end of the frame attaches to the belt-attachment device via a joint mechanism. The frame extends back from the caregiver to a carriage where the second end of the frame attaches to the carriage via the carriage attachment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Lisa Marie Hall
  • Publication number: 20080296852
    Abstract: A plug-in hydraulic body to frame mounting assembly is mounted to a conventional elastomeric body mount device to increase the control of vibration from the operation of the automotive frame to the automotive component supported thereon. The connecting member of the hydraulic mounting assembly threads onto the end of the fastener passing through the conventional elastomeric body mount device and anchors the outer can to a bridging can connected to the underside of the frame offrigger bracket to provide a true plug-n-go vibration control enhancement that can be added to any desired body mount location. The deflection of the fastener during operation of the elastomeric body mount device drives the operation of the hydraulic mounting assembly to dampen the deflection of the fastener in the elastomeric body mount corresponding to the transfer of operational loads between the body component and the offrigger bracket to which the body component is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Mark A. Shand
  • Publication number: 20080296853
    Abstract: A mobile robot with a chassis including one or more drive mechanisms and at least a first arm pivotably connected to the chassis and configured to pitch up and down. A ski structure is attached on an underside of the first arm for raising the chassis as the arm is pitched down so the drive mechanisms can traverse a riser in the path of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher J. Langford, Jennifer R. Sarkis, Charles Edwin Dean, John Walden
  • Publication number: 20080296854
    Abstract: A pair of wheeled skate-skis comprising a chassis with two upwardly projecting forked ends, a flexible foot strap attached to a front side of the chassis, a front buckle slide fastened to an opposite front side of the chassis, two buckle slides, an adjustable binding, a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly. To secure a shoe in position, the flexible foot strap is wound around the shoe and through the front and rear buckle slides and folded back to be fixed to itself by a hook-and-loop fastener. The upwardly projecting forked ends of the chassis have a plurality of axle-receiving holes for mounting wheels of various sizes and types. The chassis can be made by injection molding or compression molding or by cutting a section of fiberglass I-beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Patrick G. Gates
  • Publication number: 20080296855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a collapsible transportation device comprising a receptacle with a vertically movable bottom wall. The receptacle expands and collapses vertically to facilitate in loading and unloading different amounts of items in the cart, and in storing the cart when not in use. The vertical movement of the bottom wall may be controlled by a biasing assembly including multiple pairs of springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce ROSEMAN
  • Publication number: 20080296856
    Abstract: A basket for public use includes a substantially upright tapered body for repeatedly moving purchasable items within a store; the body includes an interior space and an open top; the open top permits access to the interior for placing the plurality of purchasable items in the interior. Wheels allow rolling the basket within the store and a telescoping handle provided on a face of the body rollingly pulls the basket. A like-basket is nestable in the basket in a first and a second position; eg the telescoping handles are proximate to each other or the telescoping handles are distal from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ARAVEN, S.A.
    Inventor: Marcos Alcala Sebastian
  • Publication number: 20080296857
    Abstract: A lightweight wheel clamp assembly is provided for attaching to a vehicle wheel for performing a wheel alignment on the vehicle. Examples include a wheel clamp having an upper sliding bracket for engaging the vehicle wheel, a lower sliding bracket for engaging the vehicle wheel, a guide bar simultaneously slidably engagable with the upper and lower brackets, and a lead screw threadingly engagable with the upper and lower brackets for adjusting a distance between the upper and lower brackets to rigidly attach the wheel clamp assembly to the vehicle wheel. The lower bracket has a plurality of measuring device mounting locations for adjustably mounting a wheel alignment element. The mounting locations are disposed such that when the wheel alignment element is mounted to one of them, the wheel alignment element can sight to a second wheel alignment element on the opposing side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Brian K. Gray, David A. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20080296858
    Abstract: A hybrid skateboard deck combines at least one layer of bamboo with one or more layers of any suitable wood to form a multi-ply deck. A hybrid skateboard deck combines at least one layer of bamboo sandwiched between at least two layers of conventional hardwood such as maple. The addition of a bamboo layer in the core of the laminated deck provides superior strength relative to conventional plywood decks. The bamboo core laminate also provides superior feedback to a rider as well as uniform stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Scott Burwell
  • Publication number: 20080296859
    Abstract: A kicktail concave skateboard includes a blank having opposite ends, at least one end being recessed. An element is mounted on the recessed end such that a portion of the element adjoining the blank is flush with the blank. The element is formed of a material having a lower mechanical damping capacity and a higher modulus of elasticity than the blank. The element includes a downwardly facing exposed side having a downward projection thereon, to facilitate the execution of an “ollie” maneuver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: PERFORMANCE SK8PRODUCTS AB
    Inventor: Becket COLON