Patents Issued in April 22, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100096071
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a hydrogen sensor using Pd nano-wires. The method includes steps of forming an external electrode pattern on a substrate applying a first resin layer to the substrate and forming a resin layer nano-channel pattern; depositing Pd on the substrate having the nano-channel pattern, by sputtering, and removing the first resin layer to form Pd nano-wires; applying a second resin layer to the substrate having the Pd nano-wires, and forming a resin layer pattern on the external electrode pattern, at opposing ends of the Pd nano-wires, and at predetermined positions between the external electrode pattern and the opposing ends of the Pd nano-wires; and depositing conductive metal on the resin layer pattern and removing the resin layer pattern, thereby electrically connecting the external electrode pattern to the Pd nano-wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Woo Young LEE, Kye Jin JEON, Eun Song Yi LEE
  • Publication number: 20100096072
    Abstract: A support material feedstock comprising a first copolymer and a polymeric impact modifier, where the first copolymer includes a first monomer unit comprising a carboxyl group and a second monomer unit comprising a phenyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul E. Hopkins, William R. Priedeman, JR., Jeffrey F. Bye
  • Publication number: 20100096073
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for solar panel installation. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic panel system for use with a support grid is provided. The system comprises of a photovoltaic panel with at least one layer comprised of a glass layer; a compression mechanism configured to laterally compress the glass layer in at least a first axis in a plane of the glass layer when the panel is mounted to the support grid. In one embodiment, the glass layer comprises of an un-tempered glass material. In another embodiment, the glass layer comprises of a tempered glass material. Optionally, other substantially transparent material may be used with or in place of the glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Paul M. Adriani, Robert Stancel, Louis Basel, Steve Marsh
  • Publication number: 20100096074
    Abstract: An elastic nonwoven laminate is made by applying spaced zones of adhesive to a face of an elastic film such that adhesive-free zones are left between the adhesive zones. This elastic film carrying the adhesive zones is advanced in a travel direction, and an unconsolidated fleece nonwoven layer of filaments is applied to the face of the advancing film such that the fleece layer adheres to the film at the adhesive zones. The fleece layer can be formed by extruding a multiplicity of fibers or filaments and depositing them directly on the face of the film. Alternately they can be deposited on a conveyor that transports the fleece to the film and presses it against the film. Either way, the fleece layer is not consolidated and the fleece layer is not compacted prior to application to the glued side of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Marcus SCHOENBECK, Georg Baldauf
  • Publication number: 20100096075
    Abstract: A method for the construction of an improved tank base. A tank base is constructed for protection against accidental spills and/or leaks associated with a tank battery. The improved tank base comprises at least one part of a suitable substrate, which allows for the adhesion of an elastomer such as polyurea. Polyurea is preferably applied using a spray device which yields an average coverage of about 50-80 mils, and most preferably 60 mils. If more than one substrate is used, one or more substrates can be bound together with a fastening system. Once pressure is applied in the form of weight, the fastening system can be removed, resulting in an improved tank base having at least one seam and impervious to the fluid of the tank battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Larry L. Perkins, Tim Kriegshauser
  • Publication number: 20100096076
    Abstract: According to the invention, one or more thermoplastic sheets (NdT: “feuilles thermoplastique” in the original) (2) are applied on a flat or curved tool (13), and strips (NdT: “des bande” in the original) of a polymer are applied and pressed onto the sheets (2). They are maintained by suction pumps (8), the orifices (4) of which open into a closed volume or one substantially delimited by a sealing joint (3) and occupied by a draining fabric (7). The heating treatment concomitant to the deposition to harden or consolidate the prepreg softens the sheets (2), distorts them to the curvature of the tool (13) and incorporates them in the structure of the prepreg. Application to methods of draping parts with composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company-Eads France
    Inventor: Eric Soccard
  • Publication number: 20100096077
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson
  • Publication number: 20100096078
    Abstract: Two stacked bodies, each having a metal layer provided on a first metallic foil with carrier via a first insulating layer, are prepared. The first metallic foil with carrier has a metallic foil provided on a carrier plate via a peeling layer. A joined body is formed by jointing the stacked bodies such that the carrier plates are joined via a joining layer. First conductor patterns are formed by patterning the metal layers on both sides of the joined body. Second metallic foils with carrier are provided to the first conductor patterns of the joined body such that the first conductor patterns are opposed to the metallic foils via second insulating layers. Two substrates are formed by peeling the carrier plates with carrier from the peeling layers. Second conductor patterns which are connected electrically to the first conductor patterns are formed from the metallic foils of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Tomoko YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20100096079
    Abstract: A golf club head having a composite face insert attached to a metallic body is provided. The club head preferably has a volume of at least 200 cc and provides superior durability and club performance. The face insert includes prepreg plies having a fiber areal weight (FAW) of less than 100 g/m2. The face insert preferably has a thickness less than 4 mm and a mass at least 10 grams less than an insert of equivalent volume formed of the metallic material of the body of the club head. A metallic cap with a peripheral rim is also provided to protect the ends of the composite material of the face insert. Related methods of manufacturing and alternative materials are disclosed. The resin content of the prepreg plies can be controlled through management of the timing and environment in which the resultant prepreg plies are cured and soaked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Bing-Ling Chao, Todd P. Beach, Jabaarr A. Flukers, Citra A. Ie, Benoit Vincent
  • Publication number: 20100096080
    Abstract: A bonding unit (20) bonding a wafer (12) and a support plate (14) with a mediation of an adhesive agent (16) to form a bonded substance (18), and a plasma treatment unit (22) treating the bonded substance (18) with a plasma treatment are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohya, Atsushi Miyanari
  • Publication number: 20100096081
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an ink-jet head including a reservoir storing ink, an inlet port through which the ink is provided to the reservoir, a chamber provided with the ink from the reservoir, a restrictor linking the reservoir and the chamber, and a nozzle through which the ink in the chamber is discharged. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: processing a first plate in which the inlet port is formed; processing a second plate in which the chamber and the inlet port are formed; bonding the first plate on an upper surface of the second plate; processing a third plate in which the restrictor and the reservoir are formed; processing a fourth plate by irradiating a femtosecond laser such that the nozzle is formed; bonding the fourth plate on a lower surface of the third plate, and bonding the third plate on a lower surface of the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Pil-Joong KANG, Jae-Woo JOUNG, Young-Seuck YOO
  • Publication number: 20100096082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an inexpensive adhesive resin composition which is applicable even to a base material having a poor bonding property. The adhesive resin composition comprises (A) a polymer having no radical-polymerizable double bond and (B) a radical generating agent in which the radical generating agent (B) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive resin composition further comprises (C) a radical-polymerizable monomer wherein the monomer (C) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the polymer (A). The radical-polymerizable monomer (C) is a glycidyl group-containing monomer, and the glycidyl group-containing monomer is 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate glycidyl ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON KASEI CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamauchi, Yoshiko Kaneko, Katsufumi Kujira, Shouji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20100096083
    Abstract: A shower head structure characterized by comprising a shower head section, opposed to the upper surface of a mounting table in an evacuable treating vessel, for injecting a processing gas into the treating vessel; a temperature observation through-hole which opens in the lower surface of the shower head so as to be opposed to the upper surface of the mounting table, a transparent observation window which hermetically seals the upper end of the temperature observation through-hole, a radiation thermometer disposed on the upper surface of the transparent observation window, an adhesion preventive gas supply path communicating with the temperature observation through-hole to prevent a film from adhering to the transparent observation window, wherein the adhesion preventive gas supply path communicates with the temperature observation through-hole through an injection nozzle for injecting the adhesion preventive gas to the transparent observation window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenji MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100096084
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate supporting apparatus and a plasma etching apparatus having the same. There is provided a substrate supporting apparatus that can separately provide powers to a central region and an edge region by disposing an electrode supporting a substrate at the central region of the substrate supporting apparatus, and disposing an electrode receiving radio frequency (RF) power at the edge region of the substrate supporting apparatus. There is provided a substrate edge etching apparatus having the substrate supporting apparatus for removing layers or particles deposited in an edge region of a semiconductor substrate and preventing damage of a center region of the semiconductor substrate during an etching process of the substrate edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SOSUL CO LTD.
    Inventors: Won Haeng Lee, Kwan Goo Rha, Jung Hee Lee, Chul Hee Jang, Hyang Joo Lee, Dong Wan Kim
  • Publication number: 20100096085
    Abstract: A bridge assembly includes an electrically insulating hollow tube or bridge having a pair of ends, the bridge being supported at one of the ends over the cylindrical side wall and being supported at the other of the ends over the electrode. The bridge assembly further includes a set of conductive rings surrounding the hollow tube and spaced from one another along the length of the bridge, and plural electrically resistive elements. Each of the resistive elements has a pair of flexible connectors, respective ones the resistive elements connected at their flexible connectors between respective pairs of the rings to form a series resistor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: OLKAN CUVALCI, Yu Chang, William Kuang, Anqing Cui, Seshadri Ganguli
  • Publication number: 20100096086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the pre- and/or aftertreatment of a component surface by means of a plasma jet, particularly by means of a jet of an atmospheric plasma, with a plasma head (1) forming a plasma generator with voltage and carrier-gas supply, to which plasma head a nozzle tube (8) of a plasma nozzle (7) is connected, which plasma nozzle encompasses a plasma electrode (17) of the plasma generator, which is electrically insulated with respect to the plasma nozzle, and is connected in terms of flow technology to a working gas channel (19) and has a nozzle head (11) with an outlet opening (12) for the plasma jet at its end (9) opposite to the plasma head (1), wherein the tip (18) of the plasma electrode (17) is arranged set back in the direction of the longitudinal axis (13) of the plasma nozzle (7) with respect to the outlet opening (12) of the nozzle head (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Minkow, Olaf Hoyer, Henning Gleich, Matthias Schulenburg
  • Publication number: 20100096087
    Abstract: Positional relationships are established in a process chamber. A base is configured with a lower electrode surface to support a wafer, and an upper electrode has a lower surface. A drive mounted on the base has a linkage connected to the upper electrode. A fixture placed on the lower surface moves into a desired orientation of the lower electrode. With the upper electrode loosely connected by the linkage to the drive, the fixture transfers the desired orientation to the upper electrode. The linkage is tightened to maintain the desired orientation, the fixture is removed and a process exclusion insert is mounted to the upper electrode. The drive moves the upper electrode and the insert to define an inactive process zone between the upper electrode and the wafer on the lower electrode to protect a central area of the wafer during etching of a wafer edge environ around the central area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory S. Sexton, Andrew D. Bailey, III, Alan M. Schoepp, John D. Boniface
  • Publication number: 20100096088
    Abstract: A plasma etching apparatus includes a pressure-reducible chamber 1, a placement section 3 for supporting an object to be treated within the chamber 1, a dielectric member 5 for sealing an upper opening of the chamber 1, and a coil 4 provided outside the dielectric member 5. The coil 4 generates a plasma 6 in the chamber 1 by inductive coupling so that the object 2 is subjected to etching. The dielectric member 5 has recess portions 5c discontinuous to one another. Portions of the dielectric member 5 form large-thickness portions 5b. A thickness of the dielectric member 5 in the recess portions 5c is smaller than a thickness of the large-thickness portions 5b. The recess portions 5c are placed according to distribution densities of conductors constituting the coil 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Shogo Okita, Syouzou Watanabe, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Ryuuzou Houtin
  • Publication number: 20100096089
    Abstract: An apparatus for high speed labeling of produce including a turret which carries label depositor arms and continuously rotates so that its fully extended tangential speed matches the produce conveyor speed. The label depositor arms are reciprocated along a predetermined path by a mechanical linkage. A supply of pressurized air and vacuum are selectively delivered to the label depositor arms to pick-up a print-on-demand label and adhere it to the produce. One or more rotating turrets are included within a system for high speed labeling. The system monitors a common shaft which drives a conveyor that moves multiple lanes of produce under corresponding turrets. A conveyor offset signal in combination with a printer offset control, allows the system to independently synchronize the high-speed labeling operation at each lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Aron Lichtenberg, John F. Shaw, Duy P. Le, Heath Jensen
  • Publication number: 20100096090
    Abstract: A sticking apparatus includes a sticking table 21 for supporting a semiconductor wafer W and a sticking unit 24 that peels off an adhesive sheet S1 from a release liner PS and sticks the adhesive sheet to the semiconductor wafer W. The sticking unit 24 has a detector 60. The detector 60 is disposed above a feed-out path of a raw strip sheet L for detecting a displacement amount S of the adhesive sheet S1 in the lateral direction perpendicular to the feed-out direction thereof. When the displacement amount S is detected, a displacement correction device 51 is activated and the sticking table 21 is moved by a distance corresponding to the displacement amount S, thereby the adhesive sheet S1 can be stuck onto the semiconductor wafer W in accordance with the outer shape thereof. The adhesive sheet S1 is stuck onto the wafer W by a sticking roll 61, which is brought into a contact with the release liner PS to impart a pressing force thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahisa Yoshioka, Masaki Tsujimoto, Kenji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100096091
    Abstract: A labeling machine, comprising a conveyor of containers, each to be labeled with a label taken by cutting from a continuous ribbon wound in a reel, and further comprising feeder elements which are adapted to convey with the appropriate timing the ribbon to a device for the intermittent cutting of each individual label, and elements for locking the label during cutting which are inserted between the cutting device and a drum for transferring the cut label to a container provided on the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Mario Ballarotti
  • Publication number: 20100096092
    Abstract: A garage door assembly including a door for enclosing an opening, and a mechanism for selectively deploying the door in a closed position to cover the opening, and an open position with the door stored leaving the opening open. A position reading assembly monitors a position of the door with respect to the opening. The position reading assembly includes a controller and three switches in communication with the controller. The switches are positioned such that movement of the door actuates the three switches and, in turn, the controller divides the door into eight virtual zones between the closed and open positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Shanghai Guardian Corp.
    Inventors: Heng Liu, Yi Cheng Hsiung
  • Publication number: 20100096093
    Abstract: A weight moving in a height direction interlocking with development and reception of a slide guide frame is provided, and the weight brakes reception of the slide guide frame owing to an increase in potential energy and promotes development of the slide guide frame owing to a decrease in potential energy, whereby an operating force is decreased, a feeling of operating a slide bar is made light, and the slide bar is decreased in sliding speed at the time of closing to achieve an improvement in safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: METACO INC.
    Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Yuichiro Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20100096094
    Abstract: A fastening system 60 for fastening a flexible web material, such as shade cloth, to a structure comprises an elongate fastening member 62 having a substantially cylindrical portion 64. The substantially cylindrical portion 64 is mounted spaced apart from a surface of the structure to facilitate securing of the flexible web material to the fastening member. The space between the substantially cylindrical portion 64 and the surface of the structure is filled with a skirt 72. A retaining member 74 is positioned over the substantially cylindrical portion 64 for securing the flexible web material on the fastening member 62. The fastening system allows for easy replacement of damaged or worn shade cloth, and allows for re-use of the existing fastening system for positioning of new shade cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Saxon Boston, Wayne Leonard Russell
  • Publication number: 20100096095
    Abstract: A method is cited to produce a fibrous web, especially a graphic paper web, from a pulp composition which consists of at least 20 weight % fibrous pulp which is selected from the group which consists of BCTMP, CTMP, APMP and any desired combination thereof and contains a maximum 80 weight % wood free pulp (kraft pulp), whereby the moving fibrous web is dried in a location in the drying section of the production machine in question by way of a high-temperature drying device where said web has a moisture content of at least 10% at a temperature of >110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: John Bergman
  • Publication number: 20100096096
    Abstract: The additive includes a polymer of an alkylene glycol or a copolymer of different alkylene glycols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Jose Luis Egiburu, Juan Antonio Navalpotro
  • Publication number: 20100096097
    Abstract: A method to manufacture a fibrous web in the form of a paper web, which is smooth on one side, by a papermaking machine having a forming area, a pressing area and a drying area. The method including picking up the paper web from the forming area by a water absorbent first press felt; guiding the paper web together with the first press felt and a smooth transfer belt through a first press nip. The smooth transfer belt being configured to substantially not absorb any water. The first press nip being a part of the pressing area. The first press felt being configured to be separated and led away from the paper web immediately after the first press nip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Mirsberger
  • Publication number: 20100096098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a loading device for a shoe press having a shoe press roll (1) and a mating roll (2) for forming a press nip, preferably in a dewatering device such as in a papermaking machine, through which press nip at least one paper web is guided for dewatering. The shoe press roll (1) has at least one press shoe (4) and at least one supporting device (5), and the press shoe (4) and the supporting device (5) are connected by a multiplicity of hydraulic devices, in order to load the press shoe (4). The invention is characterized in that the hydraulic device has at least one first guide element (7) for guiding a cylinder sleeve (8) substantially linearly, and the cylinder sleeve (8) engages at least in sections into at least one second guide element (9) which is connected to the press shoe (4) in a substantially stationary manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Wolfgang Mark
  • Publication number: 20100096099
    Abstract: The present invention arranges the part for removing impurities from a molten metal containing a filter holder constituted of a structure containing an organic fiber, an inorganic fiber and thermosetting resin and a heat-resistant filter in the runner of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeaki Takashina, Tokuo Tsuura, Tomoaki Kawabata, Daisuke Barada
  • Publication number: 20100096100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a moulding machine (1) for producing flaskless moulds. The moulding machine (1) comprises a drag flask (3) and a cope flask (2), a drag squeeze plate (6) associated with said drag flask (3), and a cope squeeze plate (5) inserted in said cope flask (2), all arranged to be rotated between a horizontal and a vertical position and the drag flask (3) and cope flask (2) being arranged to be movable relative towards one another and away from one another. The drag flask (3), the cope flask (2), the drag squeeze plate (6), and the cope squeeze plate (5) are guided in their relative movement by a common set of guide rods (7), whereby the alignment procedure for these components is significantly facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Torben Hansen
  • Publication number: 20100096101
    Abstract: The present invention provides a charge air cooler for transferring heat between a coolant and charge air including a charge air inlet tank, a charge air outlet tank spaced from the inlet tank, a housing connecting the inlet and outlet tanks to define a charge air flow path from the inlet tank to the outlet tank, and a plurality of plate pairs extending into the charge air flow path from, and substantially perpendicular to, a first wall of the housing. Each of the plate pairs can define a multi-pass path for the coolant. Elongated spacers can be positioned between adjacent plate pairs to define the first wall of the housing. The housing can include a second wall opposite the first wall, and the plate pairs can be spaced away from the second wall in order to accommodate differences in thermal expansion between the plate pairs and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Jason J. Braun, Kevin G. Clabots, Be A. Ware, Joey D. Brown, David E. Janke, Robert M. Melby
  • Publication number: 20100096102
    Abstract: A temperature conditioner has a heat exchanger having a fluid bag. The fluid bag has at least two bag walls, an inner space and at least one partitioner. The inner space is defined within the at least two bag walls. The at least one partitioner is formed between two of the at least two bag walls and partitioning the inner space for guiding a fluid held in the inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Gary CHIU, Naijian FU
  • Publication number: 20100096103
    Abstract: There is provided a heat exchanger and a water heater having the heat exchanger including a uniform thickness of tin plating layer on the inner surface of a water feeding pipe. The heat exchanger H includes copper pipes 8 and 10 disposed in a casing 1 as a water feeding pipe 4 and a turbulent flow generator 13 disposed in the copper pipes 8 and 10. The turbulent flow generator 13 has a copper plating layer 14 on the surface portion thereof. The tin plating layers 17 and 18 are disposed on the inner surface of the copper pipes 8 and 10 and the surface of the turbulent flow generator 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Toda, Akira Kumagai, Hiromitsu Sasada
  • Publication number: 20100096104
    Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement in the efficiency of heating and cooling processes for applications such as buildings. Multiple energy input means, energy storage, and energy transformation steps are described and integrated to optimize efficiency in many scenarios. An integrated single axle energy transformation system is provide and a microcontroller system for selecting between twelve modes of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Ray M. Alden
  • Publication number: 20100096105
    Abstract: A transition frame system integrates a liquid cooling door with associated computer equipment racks. Dissimilar dimensions of equipment racks and cooling doors are accommodated by a transition frame. The frame has a top, bottom, first side, and a second side; each providing a rack face opposing a door face. The frame may be one piece. The rack face includes a means for mating/sealing with the rack and the door face includes a means for mating/sealing with a cooling door that may include replacement hinges and latches. The transition frame can be included as part of the rack or the door. Cooling of equipment in the rack is maintained through airflow through the cooling door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Vette Corp.
    Inventors: Shlomo Novotny, John P Menoche
  • Publication number: 20100096106
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink and a clip. The heat sink includes a base and a fin extending upwardly from the base. The clip is mounted on the fin and can be removed therefrom by moving upwardly along a height direction of the fin. The clip includes a resisting part contacting with a side of the fin, two locking parts respectively connected to two ends of the resisting part for securing the heat sink to a printed circuit board, and two stopping parts engaging with two opposites ends and an opposite side of the fin for preventing the clip from moving along widthwise and thickness directions of the fin. The two stopping parts are connected to the resisting part and located between the two locking parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIN-JIAN WANG, CUI-JUN LU
  • Publication number: 20100096107
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device for removing heat from an electronic device and electronic components, includes a base plate in contact with the electronic device, a first fin set and a second fin set mounted on the base plate. The first fin set includes a plurality of first fins perpendicularly arranged on the base plate. The second fin set includes a plurality of second fins attached to a lateral side of the first fin set and perpendicular to both the first fins and the base plate. A fan is mounted on tops of the first fin set and the second fin set to cover both of them. Air generated by the fan flows through the first and second fin sets to cool the electronic components mounted on orthogonally neighboring sides of the heat dissipation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHI-SHENG LIAN, GEN-PING DENG, CHUN-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20100096108
    Abstract: A bypass device to seasonally bypass an evaporator coil in a building's HVAC system to improve efficiency and reduce dust accumulation. The bypass device comprises one or more bypass diverters around an evaporator coil in an HVAC system, wherein bypass doors may be manipulated so as to close the air path through the evaporator coil and force air to flow through bypass diverters instead. The bypass doors are adjustable using control arms and may be maintained in either a flow-through or bypass position, so as to permit the air flow to travel through the evaporator coil, or bypass the coil, as the operator chooses. The control arms may alternatively be manipulated by a motor and connected to the thermostat so as to automatically select the appropriate position depending on the settings of the thermostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Sylvain Castagne
  • Publication number: 20100096109
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for regulating the temperature of a component in a plasma-enhanced process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate includes a process chamber and an RF source to provide RF energy to form a plasma in the process chamber. A component is disposed in the process chamber so as to be heated by the plasma when formed. A heater is configured to heat the component and a heat exchanger is configured to remove heat from the component. A chiller is coupled to the heat exchanger via a first flow conduit having an on/off flow control valve disposed therein and a bypass loop to bypass the flow control valve, wherein the bypass loop has a flow ratio valve disposed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: CHUNLEI ZHANG, Richard Fovell, Ezra Robert Gold, Ajit Balakrishna, James P. Cruse
  • Publication number: 20100096110
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for recovering heat from disposed effluents are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus may include a first process chamber configured for gaseous or liquid processes; a second process chamber configured for liquid processes; and a heat pump having a compressor and a first heat exchanger, wherein the compressor is configured to use a first effluent exhausted from the first process chamber and wherein the first heat exchanger having first and second sides configured to transfer heat therebetween, wherein the first side is configured to flow a liquid reagent therethrough and into the second process chamber, and wherein the second side is configured to flow the pressurized first effluent from the first process chamber therethrough. In some embodiments, a heater may be disposed between the heat pump and the second process chamber to further heat the liquid reagent prior to entering the second process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Neuber, Daniel O. Clark
  • Publication number: 20100096111
    Abstract: A heat dissipation system that includes a structure having a surface with a cavity recessed on the surface. A wing or channel causes a vortex to occur in the cavity. Destabilizers, such as projections or recesses are disposed on the sidewall of the cavity to disrupt the local surface boundary layer that forms in the cavity. Alternatively, a plurality of freely moving bead elements are disposed in the cavity to disrupt the local surface boundary layer. A cover can be included that prevents the bead elements from exiting the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Yan R. Kucherov, Graham Hubler
  • Publication number: 20100096112
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a housing and an impeller rotatably received in the housing. The housing defines an air inlet in a top plate thereof and an air outlet in a sidewall thereof. The air inlet is perpendicular to the air outlet. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from a sidewall of the hub. Each of the blades includes an inner blade section connected with the sidewall of the hub and an outer blade section extending outwardly from the inner blade section. An upper portion of the inner blade section is curved upwardly and forwardly from a curved lower portion of the inner blade section towards an adjacent front blade. The curved lower portion has a curvature smaller than that of the upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin-Xiang Zha, Shu-Min Li
  • Publication number: 20100096113
    Abstract: An article comprising a hybrid surface for promoting dropwise liquid condensation is disclosed herein. The article comprises an array, wherein the array comprises a plurality of raised structures. The plurality of raised structures comprise at least one geometric shape. The plurality of raised structures also comprise a hydrophobic surface. The article also comprises a plurality of hydrophilic pores interspersed between the plurality of raised structures. Methods for constructing a hybrid surface for promoting dropwise liquid condensation are disclosed herein. A heat transfer device comprising a hybrid surface for promoting dropwise liquid condensation is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kripa Kiran Varanasi, Tao Deng
  • Publication number: 20100096114
    Abstract: A coating composition including ultrafine silica particles having an average particle diameter of 15 nm or less and fluororesin particles, in which ultrafine silica particle content is 0.1 to 5 mass %, and the mass ratio of the ultrafine silica particles to the fluororesin particles is 70:30 to 95:5. According to the coating composition, there is provided a coating film which makes it possible to readily coat the surfaces of various articles without impairing the color tone and the texture and which is excellent in antisoiling performance and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshida, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Teruhiko Kumada, Reiji Morioka, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Yoshinori Tanikawa, Tsukasa Takagi, Hidetomo Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20100096115
    Abstract: A compact shell and coil heat exchanger is disclosed that accommodates widely differing volumetric flowrates between the two fluids undergoing heat exchange. Multiple co-coiled helical coils of tubing are concentrically arranged, and coil spacers are provided which maintain the tubes in overall staggered alignment, as illustrated in FIG. 1. Uniformly high transfer coefficients are maintained throughout the bundle of coils via means for ensuring that the tube-side flow through the tubes of each coil, and the shell-side flow across each coil, are kept proportional to the tube surface area of each coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Donald Charles Erickson
  • Publication number: 20100096116
    Abstract: A heat diffuser for use with a cooking implement is disclosed. The heat diffuser may be positioned using its handle between a heat source and a cooking container to counteract high temperature zones within the cooking container. The diffuser thus aids in even heat distribution throughout a cookware container for more even cooking and provides the user with more control over the heat applied to the cookware container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: ACCESS BUSINESS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Rick G. Good, Susan K. Hoff, Mark C. Smith, Bradley J. Pippel
  • Publication number: 20100096117
    Abstract: A radiator plate includes a core having core surfaces and holes whose hole axes are directed in a direction along a normal direction of the core surface, and heat transfer plates joined to the core surfaces and filled in the holes. A multilayer radiator plate includes a first radiator plate including a first core having first core surfaces and first holes whose hole axes are directed in a direction along a normal direction of the first core surface and first heat transfer plates joined to the first core surfaces and filled in the first holes, a second radiator plate including a second core having second core surfaces and second holes whose hole axes are directed in a direction along a normal direction of the second core surface and second heat transfer plates joined to the second core surfaces and filled in the second holes, and the first radiator plate and the second radiator plate are joined to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro SEIDO, Kazuhiko Nakagawa, Chingping Tong
  • Publication number: 20100096118
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cooling system for an aircraft with an air inlet (4) through which air from the environment of the aircraft enters a ram air channel (2), and an air outlet (6) through which air emerges from the ram air channel (2). A heat exchanger (10) is arranged in the ram air channel (2). A ventilation device (8) is in fluid communication with the ram air channel (2). Also connected to the ram air channel (2) is a distribution line (12) to cool at least one heat-loaded component of the aircraft, in particular a cabin air conditioning system, and/or to ventilate an installation space of the at least one heat-loaded component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Ruediger Schmidt, Alexander Solntsev
  • Publication number: 20100096119
    Abstract: Shunt tube flowpaths extending through swellable packers. A well system includes a packer assembly including a base pipe and an annular seal element which is swellable in response to contact with a selected fluid, and a shunt tube flowpath extending through the seal element for delivery of a slurry in a gravel packing operation. A swellable packer assembly includes a base pipe; a swellable annular seal element having a shunt tube flowpath extending through a swellable material; and a valve connected to the flowpath and positioned within the swellable material. Another well system comprises a packer assembly including a base pipe and an annular seal element which is swellable in response to contact with a selected fluid; a shunt tube flowpath extending through a swellable material of the seal element; and a connection between the flowpath and a shunt tube assembly, the connection being positioned within the swellable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Alf K. Sevre, Tom R. Koloy, Alan Wilkins, Rutger Evers
  • Publication number: 20100096120
    Abstract: A well liner segment for use in hydrocarbon recovery processes. An elongate, typically cylindrical outer liner member, and an inner elongate liner member concentrically located therewithin is provided. Hydrocarbon upgrading catalyst is provided in the interstitial space between the two members. The outer liner members may be threadably coupled together. A slidable seal is provided between the outer liner and the inner liner to accommodated differential thermal growth between the two liners. A process for use of well liner segments having hydrocarbon upgrader catalyst pre-installed therein, is also provided, as is a method for manufacture of a well liner segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Archon Technologies Ltd
    Inventor: Conrad Ayasse