Patents Issued in April 22, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100095571
    Abstract: One embodiment of a garment item which allows wearers to count down or up to any occasion. The embodiment consists of a patch (13), frame (12) and separators (19) on the garment. In conjunction with our incomplete sentence slogans and the combination of numerical appliqués created from base (14) and hook (16), a wearer can look forward to almost any occasion and communicate his or her message to the world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Bruce James
  • Publication number: 20100095572
    Abstract: An enhanced patch panel indicia system includes a cover to receive a backing as the primary indicia receiver and to receive labels as auxiliary indicia receivers. The indicia system further includes an enhanced patch panel with a front face. The cover can include clip members to allow the cover to be snap-fitted onto the front face of the patch panel with the cover in juxtaposition with the front face, and in some implementations, the backing positioned therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Erik Laursen, Patrick S. McNutt, Edward R. Burns
  • Publication number: 20100095573
    Abstract: The wearable and attachable device for making and displaying lists provides a writing surface for making lists that can be temporarily and repeatedly posted in the house or workplace and then worn on the user's wrist or around their neck while shopping. Embodiments of the invention are intended to provide the user with a conveniently placed rewriteable writing surface to develop lists, and is also intended to be worn by the user around the wrist or neck to provide the user with a quick and convenient reference to the written information while shopping. The wearable and attachable device for making and displaying lists may use versatile materials and the latest technology to provide a reusable surface for writing and conveniently displaying lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Wayne Lifshitz
  • Publication number: 20100095574
    Abstract: A trigger activated switch for a firearm is disclosed. The switch comprises a Hall-effect sensor configured to be mounted in the housing or frame of the firearm, and a magnet disposed on a retractable member coupled to the trigger of the gun. The trigger comprises a firing module rotatably coupled to the housing to have a range of motion with respect to the housing from a non-firing position to a firing position. The retractable member is moveably coupled to the firing module and articulates between a non-engaged position and engaged position with respect to the firing module. The Hall-effect sensor is attached to the firearm housing in proximity to the magnet when the retractable member is in the non-engaged position. Motion of the retractable member from the non-engaged position to the engaged position causes the magnet to articulate away from the sensor, which then activates an auxiliary device upon sensing motion of the retractable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Terrill Abst
  • Publication number: 20100095575
    Abstract: A modular integrated rail system for a firearm includes an upper hand guard having a dovetail rail extending longitudinally between the forward end and the rearward end thereof. The rearward end of the upper hand guard includes a clamp that removably secures the upper hand guard to the barrel nut of the firearm. The rearward end of the upper hand guard and the clamp include clamping surfaces configured to cooperatively engage the outer surface of the barrel nut. The upper hand guard further includes mounting channels that are used to mount accessories, such as a lower hand guard or a grenade launcher, to the upper hand guard. The rear end of the upper hand guard includes alignment tabs for automatically aligning the dovetail rail of the upper hand guard with the dovetail rail of the upper receiver during mounting. The tabs also prevent rotation of the rail system relative to the upper receiver during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Richard E. Swan
  • Publication number: 20100095576
    Abstract: A handgun bushing tool to facilitate the safe removal and replacement of a barrel bushing on a handgun such as a Model 1911, 1911-A1, 2011 type semiautomatic pistol using a single stack or staggered double-column magazine and having a barrel that requires a bushing and recoil spring plug to secure it. The tool has a handle with an aperture conforming to the shape of a barrel bushing; a hole conforming to the shape of a recoil spring plug and a lever assembly with a reversible handle that allows for pressure to be placed on the recoil spring and plug during the disassembly and assembly process. The tool also incorporate an alternate cutout in the handle which allows for a removable insert to be placed in the handle so as to allow for inserts of different types to accommodate differently shaped bushings made by a number of different manufacturers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bryan Johns
  • Publication number: 20100095577
    Abstract: A flip-up cover mechanism. An annular body includes two opposite through holes. A displacing member is disposed in the annular body and includes two opposite push portions and a first flange. The push portions respectively protrude from the annular body via the through holes. A cover is rotatably connected to the annular body and includes a second flange detachably engaged with the first flange. A torsion spring is connected between the annular body and the cover. When the second flange is engaged with the first flange, the cover is closed in relation to the annular body and the torsion spring is twisted to provide restoring resilience. When the push portions are respectively pushed through the through holes, the displacing member is elastically deformed to separate the first flange from the second flange and the cover is lifted from the annular body by the restoring resilience provided by the torsion spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventor: Chen-Shuo Tsai
  • Publication number: 20100095578
    Abstract: An optical sight is provided and may include a housing, an optical element supported by the housing, and a reticle. An illumination system may selectively display the reticle on the optical element and may include a switch supplying the optical element with light from one of a first light source and a second light source to generate the reticle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: TRIJICON, INC.
    Inventors: Jerry Glen Sabaldan Elpedes, Darin W. Schick, Mark William Lister, Joshua Lee Varner
  • Publication number: 20100095579
    Abstract: A fishing rod holder with automatic pull that operates unattended and automatically pulls when a force of predetermined magnitude is applied to the line. The holder includes a housing where an assembly for removably holding a fishing rod is pivotally mounted and movable between two extreme positions. The housing includes a stopper member cooperatively mounted outwardly to coact with the locking mechanism. A spring assembly biases the holder assembly towards the rearmost extreme position and a locking assembly for releasably holding the rod holder keeps the latter at the foremost extreme position. A trigger sensing the tension of the fishing line is automatically actuated by exceeding a predetermined tension magnitude causing it to pivot and transmit a rotational movement to an elongated member. The other end of the elongated member includes a spring biased retractable chamfered pin. The pin has a slanted termination and a flat termination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Pedro Cabrera, Gustavo Rivero
  • Publication number: 20100095580
    Abstract: An emulsion fuel of high quality that can be handled and used in the same manner as for ordinary fuel oil and that can maintain a very good emulsion condition over a prolonged period of time. There is provided an emulsion fuel consisting of a liquid of mixture composed of 40 to 95 vol. % of fuel oil, 60 to 5 vol. % of reduced water with a redox potential of +100 mV or below and 0.1 to 10 wt. %, based on the weight of fuel oil, of emulsifier. Electrolyzed-reduced water obtained by electrolysis of water is preferred as the reduced water. Preferably, the emulsion fuel is obtained by using, as the electrolyzed-reduced water, electrolyzed-reduced water produced by electrolysis of water with the use of diaphragm cell with a positive electrode and negative electrode disposed apart while applying ultrasonic waves by means of ultrasonic wave generating means. In the electrolysis, preferably, an electrode of hydrogen storing metal or alloy is used as the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Kenji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100095581
    Abstract: A biodiesel reactor system includes a reactor recirculation line running from the reactor bottom to a headspace in the top of the reactor. A reactor recirculation pump is in the reactor recirculation line, and a reactor nozzle is positioned in at a reactor recirculation line discharge in the headspace. The reactor nozzle provides back pressure on the reactor recirculation pump to cause a controlled cavitation. The controlled cavitation provides mixing for the various reactants to produce biodiesel fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Biodiesel Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: John West
  • Publication number: 20100095582
    Abstract: A method for oil-based fuel dispersion in the form of micron and submicron Droplets with typical size distribution 0.5-20 microns where said Droplets are coated with a polymer-based shell containing metal nanoparticles that enable the droplets to absorb laser irradiation and utilize laser energy to initialize fuel burning. These encapsulated fuel Droplets are used primarily within engines to increase the power, efficiency, and stability of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Artem Shtatnov
  • Publication number: 20100095583
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for protecting bio-reactor housing from solar radiation, by applying UV-protective material to an outer surface of a plastic wall of the bio-reactor housing to protect from solar radiation. The housing includes a wall formed of plastic that defines the outer surface. In this manner, the effective life of the housing is extended and the overall cost of generation of photosynthetic biomass is decreased, improving system performance and cost-effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: John D. H. King
  • Publication number: 20100095584
    Abstract: A wall modular member (1) for cultivating plants, is associated with at least one adjacent similar member (1?) for forming a vertical or inclined vegetal screen on a frame extending in a vertical or inclined plane. The modular member (1) includes at least: a bearing plate (2) that can be coupled with the frame; a gravity flow circulation vector for an aqueous nutriment solution for the plants in the form of a ply or sheet material (6) covering the bearing plate (2); and elements for retaining and/or attaching the plants to the member, in particular to the circulation vector. The vector-defining ply or sheet material (6) extends beyond at least one edge of the bearing plate (2) and defines with its portion protruding from the plate (2) edge a so-called partial-overlap connection strip (9, 10) with an adjacent and similar wall modular member (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: HELIOTROPE
    Inventors: Philippe Huet, Laurent Heine
  • Publication number: 20100095585
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method and apparatus facilitating decorative arrangement of flowers or plants including, in one embodiment, a domed holder having a plurality of openings wherein flower or plant stems may be passed therethrough. In one embodiment the apparatus may be reversibly coupled to a vase, in another embodiment, a spherical apparatus may be utilized within the void of a vase. A spherical apparatus may be suspended for decorative appeal. A foam center may be placed within the spherical embodiment to facilitate plant hydration and stability. Alternative embodiment holders may be heart-shaped, torus-shaped, or ring-shaped, and an alternative embodiment holder may be worn as an adornment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Lori Hall
  • Publication number: 20100095586
    Abstract: A plant propagation and display panel includes a plant growth substrate housing, a back plate coupled to the plant growth substrate housing, the back plate and the plant growth substrate housing providing an opening for receiving a plant growth substrate and a plant tray coupled to the plant growth substrate housing, the plant tray including a container for receiving a plant plug, the container being at least partly received in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: ECO INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Chad Sichello
  • Publication number: 20100095587
    Abstract: A decorative adjustable fabric plant pot sleeve for covering various sized plant pots is provided in which a non-elastic fabric covering is integrated with an elastic lattice structure so as to provide an adjustable plant pot sleeve without sacrificing the quality of the fabric covering that is to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Merri Lee Marks
  • Publication number: 20100095588
    Abstract: A planting container body (1) has a bottom wall (3) and side walls (4) forming a planting space (2) and also has a water-holding section for holding planting water supplied to the planting space (2). The water-holding section has a water discharge opening (12) for overflow. In a horizontal position (A) in which the planting space (2) opens upward, the bottom wall (3) and the side walls (4) form a horizontal water-holding section for holding planting water. In a vertical position in which the planting space (2) opens sideways, a vertical water-holding section for holding planting water is formed by the bottom wall (3), side walls (4), and a dam section (8) formed facing the bottom wall (3) on the side wall (4) that is the bottom surface. A water discharge start section of the water discharge opening (12) is located at a position a predetermined distance away from the bottom wall (3) and a predetermined distance away from a side wall (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Suntory Limited
    Inventor: Masaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100095589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reformer (10) for converting fuel (32) and oxidant (34) into a reformate (30), comprising a catalytic device (12) through which the fuel (32) and oxidant (34) can flow via a catalyst inlet (36), and a heat exchanger (14). According to the invention, the heat exchanger (14) is in heat-exchanging communication with least one segment of the catalytic device (12) adjacent to the catalyst inlet (36). The invention further relates to a method for operating such a reformer (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Johannes Eichstaedt
  • Publication number: 20100095590
    Abstract: The invention provides a fuel processor comprising a linear flow structure having an upstream portion and a downstream portion; a first catalyst supported at the upstream portion; and a second catalyst supported at the downstream portion, wherein the first catalyst is in fluid communication with the second catalyst. Also provided is a method for reforming fuel, the method comprising contacting the fuel to an oxidation catalyst so as to partially oxidize the fuel and generate heat; warming incoming fuel with the heat while simultaneously warming a reforming catalyst with the heat; and reacting the partially oxidized fuel with steam using the reforming catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Shabbir AHMED, Dionissios D. Papadias, Sheldon H.D. LEE, Rajesh K. AHLUWALIA
  • Publication number: 20100095591
    Abstract: A system includes a fuel converter comprising a catalyst composition, and the catalyst composition can convert fuel into a hydrocarbon reductant stream; a separation system that separates the hydrocarbon reductant stream into a first reductant sub-stream that comprises short chain hydrocarbon molecules, and a second reductant sub-stream that comprises long chain hydrocarbon molecules; a selective catalytic reduction catalyst reactor in fluid communication with the fuel converter, and the catalyst reactor has an inner surface that defines a first zone and a second zone, and the first zone is configured to receive the second reductant sub-stream, and the second zone is configured to receive the first reductant sub-stream; and an exhaust stream that flows into the first zone contacts the second reductant sub-stream before flowing into the second zone and contacting the first reductant sub-stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Dan Hancu, Ashish Balkrishna Mhadeshwar, Daniel George Norton, Frederic Vitse, Benjamin Hale Winkler
  • Publication number: 20100095592
    Abstract: Described is a device for oxidizing a material comprising a material inlet port, a material outlet port and an oxidation zone extending therebeteween, the device comprising at least one nozzle unit (7, 8) for introducing a gasification agent arranged and/or configured such that the material is transported by the gasification means from the material inlet port through the oxidation unit (2) to the material outlet port. A multi-stage gasifier according to the invention, in particular a full stream gasifier, preferably comprises individual components in a simple, low-maintenance and slag-proof design, and can preferably optionally be upscaled. The produced synthesis gas can preferably be used for subsequent gas utilization without that a complex gas purification is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Marcel Bernard Huber
  • Publication number: 20100095593
    Abstract: A motorized bar barrier device, including a shaft (14) supporting the bar, a motor unit (12) for the rotation of the shaft and a unit (13) for offsetting the moment produced on the shaft by the weight of the bar. The offsetting unit (13) comprises a torsion spring (24) wrapped coaxially at the shaft and which has a first end (27) that is pushed by the rotation of the shaft to wind the spring when the shaft (14) is turned in a first direction starting from a neutral position and a second end (28) that is pushed by the rotation of the shaft to wind the spring when the shaft (14) is turned in a second opposite direction starting from the neutral position. This way, the system can provide offsetting of the moment produced by the weight of the bar in both the directions of rotation starting from the neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Geniud S.p.A
    Inventor: Mario Luca Mazzocchi
  • Publication number: 20100095594
    Abstract: A substantially automatic, robotic-like system to aid in preventing crime in high trafficked buildings and other public sites, using only low voltage power, is described. In various modes it can protect public buildings such as schools, stadiums, open air markets, banks, office buildings from entrance of persons carrying weapons or separately trying to pass weapons into a protected area, even in the event of general power loss. Here a well designed, compact solution is provided for weapons detection and the detainment of persons attempting to disrupt, destroy or harm citizens in public buildings such as schools, banks, etc. with a minimum of restriction of access by persons regularly using the facilities. In other variations, it can be used to prevent unauthorized removal of costly or dangerous items from protected buildings or areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Romeo Prasad
  • Publication number: 20100095595
    Abstract: A sliding door in a vehicle includes a motor unit, a guide rail along the sliding door, a slider that slides along the guide rail, a cable coupled to the motor unit, a hinge unit in which the outer end is pivotally mounted to a body of the vehicle and the inner end is pivotally mounted to the slider, and a control lever pivotally mounted to the slider and coupled to the hinge unit. The cable is pulled in the motor unit to allow the control lever to turn with the hinge unit, so that the sliding door moves from a closed position to a projecting position for opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Naoki HANAKI, Andrew BARANOWSKI, Bryan FARRIS
  • Publication number: 20100095596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door with a sliding panel for shower booths. The door motor operates by a system including a driving gear housed inside an upright and an driven gear housed inside the other upright. A belt connects mechanically, being anchored to the sliding panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: CALIBRE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Raimondi LUCA
  • Publication number: 20100095597
    Abstract: A spacer is described for placing onto a door panel to assist when connecting the door panel to a cabinet structure. The spacer includes gripping portions and a spacing portion. The gripping portions hold onto the door panel near an edge of the door panel when the spacer is placed onto the door panel. The spacing portion holds the gripping portions in alignment with each other and is held adjacent to the edge of the door panel when the gripping portions hold onto the door panel. When the edge of the door panel with the spacer placed thereon is held against the cabinet structure, the spacing portion causes a gap between the door panel and the cabinet structure, which enables a hinged connection to be made between the door panel and the cabinet structure with a spacing that allows the door panel to close against the cabinet structure after the spacer has been removed from the door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Nicholas Theodore Zounis, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100095598
    Abstract: A lower portion of a slide door of a windshield for a weighing apparatus is located in a guide groove of the main body of the windshield, along which guide groove the slide door opens and closes. A protrusion is protruded in a lower portion of the slide door and the protrusion engages an upper face of a frame in which the guide groove is formed. The protrusion supports weight of the slide door, and is slid on the upper face of the frame while the slide door does not come into contact with a bottom surface of the guide groove, thereby opening and closing the slide door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Naoto Izumo, Hirosi Sigano, Satosi Suzaki
  • Publication number: 20100095599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing system for a door leaf with mobile glazing in a motor vehicle, to a method for making the sealing system, and to a vehicle including same. The invention relates to sealing systems including sealing profiles of the type including sliding and mobile-glazing sweeping seals, which can be used in any type of motor vehicle. The sealing system (105) of the invention for such a mobile-glazing door leaf (103) includes at least: an external fitting having a sliding seal (106a) with an outer trim (110), and an internal fitting for said door leaf including an inner seal (106b) with an inner trim (109), each of said fittings being formed of a single piece that is at least partially moulded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Laurent Coldre, Olivier Laude
  • Publication number: 20100095600
    Abstract: A window assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a division post formed by a co-extrusion process to include integrally-formed window pane seals. Upper and lower ends of the division post are joined or assembled to a flexible seal band such that the post and seal band completely surround a fixed window pane. The window assembly is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: JYCO SEALING TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Marcel Gagnon, Nicholas Talbot, Shawn Jyawook, Jim Browell
  • Publication number: 20100095601
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method of controlling the refrigerator are provided. A home bar door is closed when external pressure is applied to the home bar door in a state where the home bar door is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Myung-Woo Ha
  • Publication number: 20100095602
    Abstract: A method for making a thermally stable cutting element may include forming an acid mixture containing two different acid species by combining an acid solution and at least one acid-forming compound, wherein the at least one acid-forming compound is provided in solid form, and wherein the at least one acid-forming compound produces an acid that is different than the acid solution; treating at least a portion of a sintered diamond body by placing the sintered diamond body in the acid mixture, wherein the sintered diamond body comprises: a matrix phase of bonded-together diamond grains; a plurality of interstitial regions dispersed within the matrix phase; and a metal material disposed within a plurality of the interstitial regions; wherein the treating removes the metal material from at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions; and removing the sintered diamond body from the acid mixture after a predetermined length of time, wherein at least a portion of the diamond body removed from the acid mi
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: J. Daniel Belnap, Anthony Griffo, Peter Thomas Cariveau, Loel Corbett, Yahua Bao, Gerald Demenna
  • Publication number: 20100095603
    Abstract: A load measuring system for measuring the loads on a foundation for wind turbines is disclosed. A load measuring device is mounted on a rock anchor pad for a turbine and measures the loads on the anchor. Signals from the load measuring device are transmitted to a remote location. The load measuring device is installed on selected rock anchor pads, distributed evenly about the foundation pad. The signals from the load measuring are transmitted to a control station at a remote location, thereby enabling continuous monitoring of the loading conditions on the rock anchors. The signals from a plurality of load measuring systems may be transmitted to the control station, so as to allow monitoring of a group of wind turbine foundation pads at a single location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: REED & REED
    Inventor: Patrick Anthony DeFilipp
  • Publication number: 20100095604
    Abstract: A modular architectural wall system for a patient room may support accessories and include panels. The architectural wall system may include gas outlets and electrical outlets mounted to a surface of the architectural wall system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: David C. Newkirk, Dennis J. Gallant, Brian J. Hoffman, Steven R. Westerfeld, Sebastian Moster, Joseph H. Abel
  • Publication number: 20100095605
    Abstract: A method of construction by which the framework of various structures can be erected in a Geodesic manner is proposed. These structures are Geodesic in that they are comprised of a large number of a few identical parts and such that the pressure on the structure is distributed throughout the structure: In this case, the thicker the Dimensions of the parts the greater the strength of the structure. This method uses Hexagonal and Pentagonal cylinders as the main parts of the Geodesic structure, and similar Geodesic structures were proposed and built by the American Architect, the late R. Buckminster Fuller in the early 1960's. and many variations of Geodesics have been proposed and built since then. The concept has a mirror in the Molecular World, Specifically, the Carbon-60 Molecule discovered in 1985; The parent of a new family of molecular structures known as fullerenes named in honor of R. Buckminster Fuller. It is of special interest to note that R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey Max Belicofski
  • Publication number: 20100095606
    Abstract: A non-planar suspended panel system comprising a metal grid formed of curved main runners and straight cross runners extending between the main runners, a plurality of panels supported on the grid, the panels each having flat major faces with quadrilateral profiles, the edges of a panel being aligned with a pair of main runners and a pair of cross runners, each panel having flanges at its edges extending between its flat face and the runners in a manner that disposes the plane of its flat face generally parallel to chordal lines in the planes of the main runners between the intersections of the associated cross runners and main runners, whereby the panel system extends over a three dimensional surface and the surface is formed of a multitude of facets each formed by one of said panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.
    Inventor: John D. Bankston
  • Publication number: 20100095607
    Abstract: The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may include indicia for aligning strips of tape or for aligning fasteners. A method for manufacturing the water resistant building panels is also disclosed and includes the steps of feeding paper onto a forming belt, depositing lignocellulosic material and the binding agent onto the forming belt so as to form a lignocellulosic mat, applying heat and pressure so as to impart the skid resistant surface on the paper, and cutting panels to predetermined sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: HUBER ENGINEERED WOODS LLC
    Inventors: John L. BENNETT, Joel F. BARKER, Rick D. JORDAN, Thomas L. SCHUMAN, Nian OU, Neil C. SWIACKI, Kelly R. FLAHERTY
  • Publication number: 20100095608
    Abstract: A sliding pendulum seismic isolator (1) comprises a lower sliding element (2) provided with a concave surface (2a) facing upwards, an upper sliding element (3) provided with a concave surface (3a) facing downwards, a first intermediate element (4) and a second intermediate element (5), said intermediate elements (4, 5) being each provided with a convex sliding surface (4a, 5a) suitable to allow the sliding of the first and second intermediate elements (4, 5) on the concave surfaces (2a, 3a) of said lower and upper sliding elements (2, 3) respectively. The first intermediate element (4) has a convex spherical surface (4b) opposed to its convex sliding surface (4a), and the second intermediate element (5) has a flat surface (5b) opposed to its convex sliding surface (5a). The convex spherical surface (4b) and the flat surface (5b) are in contact with each other and are suitable to allow a relative rotation substantially without sliding between the intermediate elements (4, 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: ALGA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Agostino Marioni
  • Publication number: 20100095609
    Abstract: A combined power generator using solar, wind and wave energies is disclosed. The combined power generator comprises a steel tower structure (2) having a solar energy power generation unit in which a plurality of light collection plates (19) are arranged in multiple rows and columns, a wind energy power generation apparatus which is installed on the top of the steel tower structure (2) and rotates by means of the wind, and a wave energy generation apparatus which is driven by means of the flow of water, wherein the steel tower structure, the wind energy power generation apparatus, and the wave energy generation apparatus are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Yun Se Kim
  • Publication number: 20100095610
    Abstract: A building has an interior space, a first wall surface, and a vent. A vortex guide baffle is positioned at least partially separating a vortex chamber from a remainder of the interior space. The vent is along the vortex chamber. The vortex chamber has an inlet opening from the remainder at the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nathan S. Hariharan
  • Publication number: 20100095611
    Abstract: Novel structural support framing assemblies and component thereof are described herein for use in residential, commercial, and industrial building construction. Preferred embodiments of the inventive framing assembly include the employment of a variety of structural studs and stud mounts, the studs preferably fabricated of a composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: James P. Antonic
  • Publication number: 20100095612
    Abstract: Novel structural support framing assemblies and component thereof are described herein for use in residential, commercial, and industrial building construction. Preferred embodiments of the inventive framing assembly include the employment of a variety of structural studs and stud mounts, the studs preferably fabricated of a composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: James P. Antonic
  • Publication number: 20100095613
    Abstract: Wall and floor structures of a building each comprise a base layer comprising prefabricated panels with grooved inner faces and a covering layer disposed over the panels to cooperate with walls of the grooves to define channels extending along the panels. Selected grooves contain in-floor heating elements and electrical wiring and routing components. A prefabricated corner panel is formed by notching out an oversized channel in the same type of panel, bending the panel along the channel and filling a remaining gap at the so-formed corner bend with a higher r-value insulation than the rest of the panel. Wall and floor panels are joined by a connector having a C-shaped portion that caps exterior floor panel edges and an integral projecting portion inserted into a slot formed in the wall panel's insulating layer at a bottom edge of the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Arthur George Paetkau, Jake Neufeld
  • Publication number: 20100095614
    Abstract: Designed for office interior environments and layouts, there is provided a module wall system that comprises a module having a number of cavities and opposite cavities. The modules may include board plates, lateral plates, cover plates, and internal rails that are built to accommodate cables and utilities. The internal rails may be posted throughout the length of such modules and may interconnect with columns. The cavities may have cover plates positioned conveniently to form a structural, functional and decorative composition. The modules are interconnected, structured and fixed with the columns, which can be posted vertically and sitting on feet, to provide better stability. The columns are hollow and fitted with removable column cover for access to wiring or complementary accommodation of decorative objects. Modules may form various convenient work areas or cubicle layouts with functional and aesthetic environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Luciano Trindade de Sousa Monteiro
  • Publication number: 20100095615
    Abstract: A prefabricated wall panel has a top frame structure defining an upward-opening channel extending lengthwise along the upper edge of the panel. An elongate header member is normally disposed within this channel. The header member is vertically slidably supported on supports fixed to the top frame structure so that the header member, in a storage position, is retained in the space. When the panel has been swung upwardly so that the upper edge is aligned below a preinstalled ceiling track, then the header member is manually displaced upwardly until the header telescopes over the ceiling track. A fixed connection is then formed between the header and the ceiling track to provide lateral stability at the upper edge of the wall panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Alain Leo Houle, Charine Ella Roy, Steven Charles McIlvenna
  • Publication number: 20100095616
    Abstract: A concrete material, particularly for concrete compression elements transmitting compressive forces, to be used in a structural element as the thermal insulation in structural engineering, made of a high-strength concrete in the strength class C55 or higher, with the concrete being embodied as a thermally insulating, load-bearing material including titanium minerals as additives. Additionally, a structural element for thermal insulation and a brick-shaped thermally insulating element, each using said concrete material, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SCHOCK BAUTEILE GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Braasch
  • Publication number: 20100095617
    Abstract: A tower foundation is provided having at least one cavity formed within the foundation. At least a portion of the cavity is located below ground level, and the cavity contains electrical equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut A. Scholte-Wassink
  • Publication number: 20100095618
    Abstract: Provided are materials and methods related to a roofing material comprising at least two layers of polymeric materials, a top layer exposed to the environment and a bottom layer contacting the roof structure, the top layer including an amount of metallic appearing special effect pigment material to impart a metallic appearance. The polymeric material may be a thermoplastic olefin resin, a polyvinyl chloride resin, or other material. Additionally, the polymeric materials contain UV stabilizers and/or flame retardants, smoke suppressants or other fillers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Edison, Gregory R. Coughlin, Doreen C. Becker
  • Publication number: 20100095619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tile for installing on a base surface, the tile having a front, a back, and an edge, characterized in that at least one supplementary element (2) is disposed in the region of the back (11), the element being preferably configured as an elastically, or ductile deformable spacer element (3), having at least one laterally protruding spacer (6), and that preferably at least one adhesive element (4) is disposed in the region of a side of the spacer (3) facing away from the tile (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Weber Klaus, Rolf Timm
  • Publication number: 20100095620
    Abstract: A compliant trim for use between concrete slabs is disclosed, intended for the replacement of wood commonly used for formwork to divide concrete slabs. The compliant trim is easily inserted into the space cleared of wood, will not migrate deeper into the space, and is therefore independent of the depth of the cleared space beyond a minimum needed for installation. Additionally, the compliant trim lies flush or below the surface of slabs which have edge radii, making it relatively unaffected by foot traffic, vehicles, and the like. The trim may be extruded, may be manufactured from recycled materials, and remains compliant to allow for joint expansion and contraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Robert David Wilkes, JR.