Patents Issued in May 13, 2010
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Publication number: 20100116380Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing strips (1) of steel, preferably of silicon steel, in particular of grain-oriented silicon steel or of multiphase steel in which a slab (3) is initially cast in a casting machine (2), wherein this is then rolled in at least one roll train (4, 5) to form strip (1) and wherein before and/or after the at least one roll train (4, 5), the slab is heated in at least one furnace (6, 7).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Joachim Ohlert
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Publication number: 20100116381Abstract: An internal high hardness type pearlitic rail that has a composition containing 0.73% to 0.85% by mass C, 0.5% to 0.75% by mass Si, 0.3% to 1.0% by mass Mn, 0.035% by mass or less P, 0.0005% to 0.012% by mass S, 0.2% to 1.3% by mass Cr, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which the value of [% Mn]/[% Cr] is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than 1.0, where [% Mn] represents the Mn content, and [% Cr] represents the Cr content, and in which the internal hardness of a rail head that is defined by the Vickers hardness of a portion located from a surface layer of the rail head to a depth of at least 25 mm is greater than or equal to 380 Hv and less than 480 Hv.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Honjo, Tatsumi Kimura, Shinichi Suzuki, Kimihiro Nishimura, Shinji Mitao, Nobuo Shikanai
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Publication number: 20100116382Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel excellent in intergranular corrosion resistance and stress corrosion cracking resistance, comprising: C: 0.005 wt % or less; Si: 0.5 wt % or less; Mn: 0.5 wt % or less; P: 0.005 wt % or less; S: 0.005 wt % or less; Ni: 15.0 to 40.0 wt %, Cr: 20.0 to 30.0 wt %, N: 0.01 wt % or less; O: 0.01 wt % or less; and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the content of B included in the inevitable impurities is 3 wt ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicants: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kobelco Research Institute, Inc., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko ShoInventors: Kiyoshi Kiuchi, Ikuo Ioka, Chiaki Kato, Nobutoshi Maruyama, Ichiro Tsukatani, Makoto Tanabe, Jumpei Nakayama
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Publication number: 20100116383Abstract: A heat treatment method for desensitizing a nickel-based alloy with respect to environmentally-assisted cracking, the alloy having the following composition in percentages by weight: C?0.10%; Mn?0.5%; Si?0.5%; P?0.015%; S?0.015%; Ni?40%; Cr=12%-40%; Co?10%; Al?5%; Mo=0.1%-15%; Ti?5%; B?0.01%; Cu?5%; W=0.1%-15%; Nb=0-10%; Ta?10%; the balance being Fe, and inevitable impurities that result from processing, characterized in that the alloy is held at 950° C.-1160° C. in an atmosphere of pure hydrogen or containing at least 100 ppm of hydrogen mixed with an inert gas. A part made of a nickel-based alloy having the composition and that has been subjected to the heat treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: AREVA NPInventors: Jean-Marc Cloue, Veronique Garat, Rric Andrieu, Julien Deleume
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Publication number: 20100116384Abstract: Compositions and methods relate to gas generants used in inflatable restraint systems. The gas generant grains include a fuel mixture having at least one fuel and at least one oxidizer, which have a burn rate that is susceptible to pressure sensitivity during combustion. The gas generant composition further includes a plurality of pressure sensitivity modifying glass fiber particles distributed therein to lessen the pressure sensitivity and/or to increase combustion stability of the gas generant. Such gas generants can be formed via spray drying techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Ivan V. MENDENHALL, Gary K. Lund
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Publication number: 20100116385Abstract: A sensitized explosive that comprises an explosive precipitated onto a sensitizer. The explosive is CL-20, PETN, RDX, HMX, or mixtures thereof and the sensitizer is aluminum, titanium, zirconium, magnesium, melamine, styrene, lithium aluminum hydride, or mixtures thereof. The sensitized explosive is used in a percussion primer that includes a bismuth compound and a melt binder. The bismuth compound is bismuth oxide, bismuth subnitrate, bismuth tetroxide, bismuth sulfide, or mixtures thereof and the melt binder is a wax having a melting point above ambient temperature, trinitrotoluene, poly(3,3-bis(azidomethyl)oxetane), poly(3-azidomethyl-3-methyloxetane), ethyl-3,5-dinitrobenzoate, or mixtures thereof. A gun cartridge and other primer-containing ordnance assemblies employing the percussion primer are also disclosed. Methods of forming the sensitized explosive and the percussion primer are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Harold E. Johnston, Kirstin F. Warner, Reed J. Blau, Scott K. Lusk
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Publication number: 20100116386Abstract: A protective element for a cross member or shaft housing of a frame in a screening arrangement. The protective element is attachable to the cross member or shaft housing by wrapping the protective element around the cross member or shaft housing and clamping a first portion of the protective element to a second portion of the protective element by at least one clamping device. The protective element has an outwards facing surface, which is wear-resistant to withstand wear from piece goods or particle goods impinging or sliding on the outwards facing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Metso Minerals (Wear Protection) ABInventor: Kevin Moore
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Publication number: 20100116387Abstract: The present disclosure provides a protective secondary enclosure apparatus with modular face protective options for use with a mobile phone, iPhone, smart device, personal handheld unit, or the like. The protective secondary enclosure apparatus provides environmental protection from scratches, bumps, and the like. The modularity of the protective secondary enclosure apparatus enables different levels of environmental protection and different designs to enhance the fashion appeal of the device being protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Kimberly Elizabeth Channey, Roger Lee Merritt
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Publication number: 20100116388Abstract: The invention is directed to a pneumatic radial ply truck tire having a tread with a tread depth D, at least two circumferential grooves dividing the tread into at least a first shoulder circumferential rib, an intermediary circumferential rib, and a second shoulder circumferential rib, the tire being characterized by the tread having a base region disposed at depth D and a cap region over the base region, the base region and the cap region adjoining along a boundary, the cap region comprising a cap rubber composition having properties measured at 23° C. of: elongation of 400 to 500%, true tensile of 77 to 83 MPa, 300% modulus of 9 to 11 MPa, tensile strength of 14 to 15 MPa, shore A hardness of 63 to 68, rebound of 20 to 25%; and the base region comprising a base rubber composition having properties measured at 23° C. of: elongation of 470 to 520%, true tensile of 135 to 150 MPa, 300% modulus of 13 to 15.5 MPa, tensile strength of 22 to 25 MPa, shore A hardness of 63 to 67, rebound 50 to 55%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Daniel Roder, Tom Dominique Linster, Fahri Ozel
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Publication number: 20100116389Abstract: A cushion compound for cold retreading tyres, having a polymer base, a reinforcing filler, a curing system, and 0.5 to 15 phr of a para-t-butylphenolacetylene tackifier resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2007Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Andrea Riccardi
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Publication number: 20100116390Abstract: A pneumatic radial ply truck tire for use on medium truck trailers includes a tread, a casing with two sidewalls, one or more radial plies extending from, and wrapped about, two annular beads, and a belt reinforcement structure located radially between the tread and the one or more radial plies. The tread includes a plurality of circumferentially extending tread grooves, a pair of circumferentially extending shoulder ribs, a pair of radially recessed ribs being radially recessed and non-road contacting under static load disposed at a lateral edge of the shoulder ribs, and a pair of circumferentially extending decoupling grooves. Each decoupling groove defines a transition between a corresponding shoulder rib and a corresponding recessed rib. A lateral edge of one of the shoulder ribs has a first radius of curvature forming a transition from a radially outer surface of the shoulder rib to a first side surface of the corresponding decoupling groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Jeffrey Leon Sevart, Paul Keyser Blackiston, Pedro Yap, Larry Ashley Gordon
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Publication number: 20100116391Abstract: The heat resistance of carcass cords is enhanced, whereby the runflat durability is enhanced. A pneumatic tire has a carcass 6 and a tread-reinforcing cord layer 7 disposed radially outward of the carcass, the carcass 6 comprising a carcass ply 6A in which carcass cords 20 of aramid fiber are arranged at an angle of 45 to 90° with respect to the tire circumferential direction and are covered with a topping rubber, preferable carcass cords 20 have a two-bundle twisted structure that two bundles of first-twisted filaments are subjected to final twist, and preferable carcass cords 20 have a twist factor T of 0.5 to 0.7 represented by the equation (1): T=N×?{square root over ({(0.125×D/2)/?})}×10?3??(1) in which N is the number of final twists per 10 cm, D is a total nominal dtex (fineness) of a cord, and ? is a specific gravity of a cord material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: Shinichi Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20100116392Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a pair of first circumferential main grooves formed in the center region of a tread, a pair of second circumferential main grooves formed respectively outward of the corresponding first main grooves, a plurality of first lug grooves which each extend from one of the two shoulder ends of the tread inward in the tire-width direction and communicate with the corresponding first main groove, a plurality of second lug grooves alternately arranged in the tire circumferential direction which each extend from one of the two shoulder ends of the tread inward in the tire-width direction but do not communicate with the corresponding first main groove, a center rib defined between the pair of first main grooves and extends continuously in the tire circumferential direction, a shoulder block row defined between each of the second main grooves and a corresponding one of the shoulder ends and includes a plurality of blocks, and an intermediate block row defined between each of the first main grooveType: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20100116393Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread pattern including a plurality of main grooves extending along a tire circumferential direction, and a shoulder land portion constructed by a rib or a block row formed in an outer side in a tire width direction of the main groove positioned in an outermost side. A circumferential sipe is provided in each of the shoulder land portions in both sides in the tire width direction. The number of the circumferential sipes provided in the shoulder land portion in a vehicle inner side is larger than the number of the circumferential sipes provided in the shoulder land portion in a vehicle outer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuji Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20100116394Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread pattern having shoulder blocks arranged in a tire circumferential direction in a shoulder portion of a tread surface, and slits to sectionalize the shoulder blocks. Slit wall surfaces in a trailing side and a leading side of the shoulder blocks are inclined to the slit side from both end portions in a width direction of the shoulder block toward a center portion in the width direction. A notch portion is provided in the center portion in the width direction in the slit wall surface in the trailing side or the leading side of the shoulder block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., LtdInventor: Shinichi Kaji
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Publication number: 20100116395Abstract: A thin groove 4 that continuously extends in the tread circumferential direction is provided in a shoulder rib 3. An annular groove 8 continuous in the circumferential direction is provided in a groove wall 4a on the tread equatorial surface side of the thin groove 4 to be contiguous to the groove bottom, in a cross section taken in the width direction of the tread.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Shuji Andou
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Publication number: 20100116396Abstract: A tube-type tire to be mounted on the rim of a (e.g., spoke-type) wheel such as that commonly used by a bicycle or a motorcycle, whereby the tube-type tire will operate without a conventional inner tube and as if it were tubeless. The tire includes a main tire section that is seated upon the generally flat shelf of the rim and a pneumatic sealing ring having an inner tube that is seated upon the beadwell of the rim. An air chamber of the inner tube of the sealing ring is inflated to a greater pressure than an air chamber of the main tire section so as to isolate the air chamber of the main tire section from the rim and force the main tire section against the vertical lip of the rim. The sealing ring also has an outer inflatable liner that is located in surrounding engagement with the inner tube to separate the inner tube from the air chamber of the main tire section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: Jeffrey P. Douglas
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Publication number: 20100116397Abstract: A run-flat support system and method for installing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the run-flat support system includes a torque assembly removably coupled to a split wheel rim of a pneumatic tired wheel. Support segments are adapted for attachment to the torque assembly in order to support the pneumatic tired wheel in a flat condition such as an under-inflated condition or deflated condition. Lateral support structures, which may include the form of a wedge, are secured to the support segments to provide a bead lock between beads of the interior side walls of the pneumatic tired wheel and the split wheel rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: William W. Gardetto
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Publication number: 20100116398Abstract: The present disclosure provides a safety tire having a puncture-resistant, bulletproof, and leakproof capability between about ?45° C. to about 120° C. without any damaging process to the inside wall of the tire, but just by spray coating a layer of leakproof and hermetically-repairing macromolecular material with a thickness of about 2 mm to about 8 mm to the inside wall of the tire that does not have an inner tube. The present disclosure also provides the components of the leakproof and hermetically-repairing macromolecular material and the method to prepare the puncture-resistant bulletproof and leakproof safety tires.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Hailong Zhang, Donghua Hu
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Publication number: 20100116399Abstract: To provide a tire tube having excellent sealing performance and long lasting durability. The tire tube contains a primary and secondary cavity, each having multiple ports. In the event of a tire rupture or puncture within the primary cavity, the secondary cavity can be inflated manually through a secondary tire valve, or via a rapid pressurization utilizing an actuation value and a pressurized cavity within the rim structure. An adhesive impregnated rubber or synthetic layer bonded to a tubular layer will form the boundary between the wall separating the primary and secondary cavities, and provide a filler to seal the leak in the primary cavity tube outer wall, and into the tire itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: JOHN S. ADAMS
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Publication number: 20100116400Abstract: A run-flat tire is provided in which the tire uniformity is improved, as well as the durability during run-flat traveling may be improved drastically without deteriorating the ride quality during normal traveling. The run-flat tire comprises a side reinforcing rubber layer having a crescent-shaped meridional cross section which layer extends all over or almost all over the both side portions along the inside of the carcass ply. The carcass ply cord contains at least 50% by mass of polyketone fibers, has a heat shrinkage force of 0.1 to 1.8 cN/dtex as a cord subjected to a dipping process, and the heat shrinkage rate of the polyketone fiber in a dry heat treatment at a temperature of 150° C. for 30 minutes is in a range of 0.3 to 6.5%; and the carcass ply includes a weft which crosses the cords arranged approximately along the radial directions, and the weft is cut at a plurality of points at regular intervals along the tire circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Yokokura, Yugo Zuigyo
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Publication number: 20100116401Abstract: A pneumatic tire has an annular bead core, a bead filler, a carcass ply rolled up in such a manner as to pinch the bead core and the bead filler, and a white rubber arranged in an outer side of the carcass ply of the side wall portion. The white rubber has an inner peripheral end positioned in an outer side of the bead filler. The bead filler has a main body rubber portion running into the bead core from a leading end, and a soft rubber portion constructing a part of an outer surface of the bead filler and positioned in an inner side of the inner peripheral end of the white rubber. The soft rubber portion is harder than the white rubber and softer than the main body rubber portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Makoto Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20100116402Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes two cross belts having codes forming 5 to 30 degrees to a tire circumferential direction; a circumferential reinforcing layer having a width smaller than the cross belts, and having codes forming 0 to 5 degrees to the tire circumferential direction; and a carcass located inside, in a tire diameter direction, relative to a cross belt being inside among the cross belts. At 100% internal inflation pressure, a distance X1 between an equatorial plane and an outer edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer is 60% to 75% of a distance W between the equatorial plane and an outermost section of the carcass, and at 5% internal inflation pressure, a distance Y between the equatorial plane and a separation section of the carcass and a belt outwardly adjoining the carcass is 95% to 105% of a distance X2 between the equatorial plane and the outer edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Satoru Isobe
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Publication number: 20100116403Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and from 1 to 30 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), of a polyketone short fiber having a length ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm having a weight ranging from 0.5 to 5 decitex, and from 1 to 30 phr of an epoxidized polyisoprene having a number-average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Ralf Mruk, Frank Schmitz, Serge Julien Auguste Imhoff, Annette Lechtenboehmer, Julia Martine Francoise Claudine Tahon
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Publication number: 20100116404Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component, the at least one component comprising a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising: from 60 to 90 parts by weight of a diene based elastomer selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene, polybutadiene, and styrene-butadiene rubber, from 10 to 40 parts by weight of a functionalized elastomer derived from styrene, 1,3-butadiene, and a monomer of formula II where n is an integer of from 4 to 10; and from 1 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), of a polyketone short fiber having a length ranging from 0.5 to 20 mm and a weight ranging from 0.5 to 5 decitex.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Annette Lechtenboehmer, Frank Schmitz, Ralf Mruk
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Publication number: 20100116405Abstract: A composition, utility material, and method of making a utility material is disclosed. A composition having an improved setting time may include a plurality of microparticles mixed with a sodium silicate binder and an isocyanate setting agent, where the microparticle composition has a setting time of less than or equal to one hour. A utility material may be a wallboard that includes the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Michael D. Kipp, Dilworth L. Pugh, Michael D. Ridges, William T. McCarvill
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Publication number: 20100116406Abstract: Provided herein are an aqueous wax emulsion, comprising water; a paraffinic hydrocarbon; polyvinyl alcohol and a wax component comprising synthetic olefin wax component. The synthetic olefin wax component may be selected from the group consisting of (i) a synthetic normal ?-olefin wax; (ii) a synthetic olefin wax of a carbon chain length of about 20 or more carbon atoms, that is modified by oxidizing and/or by refining through distillation or stripping; and (iii) combinations thereof. Such emulsions are also useful for and disclosed herein are settable gypsum compositions and water-resistant wallboard formed therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Henry CompanyInventors: Dennis Michael Mahoney, John Hartley Burns
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Publication number: 20100116407Abstract: A continuous method for producing a thermoplastically moldable semifinished product of a thermoplastic material and reinforcing fibers, comprises blending thermoplastic fibers and reinforcing fibers together to form a nonwoven blend, consolidating the nonwoven blend by needling or by a thermal treatment, heating the consolidated nonwoven blend to a temperature above the softening temperature of the thermoplastic, compressing the consolidated nonwoven blend successively in a heated compression mold and in a cooled compression mold at a pressure of less than 0.8 bar for at least 3 seconds, and optionally applying functional layers to the semifinished product. The preferred product is a thermoplastically moldable semifinished product of a thermoplastic material and reinforcing fibers with an average length of 20 to 60 mm and an air pore content of 35 to 65 vol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: QUADRANT PLASTIC COMPOSITES AGInventors: Karl Ludwig Brentrup, Harri Dittmar
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Publication number: 20100116408Abstract: A label application system for liner-less pressure sensitive adhesive-backed labels comprises a label sensor disposed at a junction between a drive roller and a vacuum belt. When the leading edge of a passing label is detected, the drive roller is stopped, while the vacuum drive belt continues to advance, thus pulling the label in question distally, relative to its trailing connected label, which is stopped on the drive roller. This applied force functions to separate the label from its trailing label, along a micro-perforation between the two labels, following which the separated leading label travels along the vacuum belt and is applied to an article passing on an adjacent conveyor system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: IMPAXX MACHINE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jack L. Clinkenbeard, Israel Vega
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Publication number: 20100116409Abstract: In the present invention, ultrasonic vibration is outputted to predetermined regions of a first web and a second web from an output surface of an ultrasonic horn so that the predetermined regions may be bonded. The output surface includes a central output portion in a center region of three equal regions into which each predetermined region is divided, and both-ends output portions in both-ends regions at sides of the center region. A central maximum amplitude of the ultrasonic vibration outputted from the central output portion is smaller than an end maximum amplitude of the ultrasonic vibration outputted from each of the both-ends output portions. A central bonding strength of the center region is smaller than an end bonding strength of each of the both-ends regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20100116410Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of preparing a two-piece container seal. The method comprises contacting a first thermoplastic surface of a moving web of a first flexible sheet material with a second thermoplastic surface of a moving web of a second flexible sheet material, the webs of first and second flexible sheet material moving at substantially the same speed and in the same direction; ultrasonically forming at least one array of spaced, frangible ultrasonic welds between the first and second thermoplastic surfaces, thereby producing a flexible multilayer sheet material having an adhesive-free interface between the first and second thermoplastic surfaces thereof; and cutting a container seal from the multilayer sheet material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: Paul E. Yousif
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Publication number: 20100116411Abstract: A continual manufacturing process includes steps of preparing a combined band consisting of two-layers of material sheets and plural swab sticks having their heads sandwiched orderly between the two layers of material sheets, a step of placing the combined sheet together with the sticks and moved on the table by a conveying roller to pass between a roller-type knife mold and a supersonic vibrating head to let the roller-type knife mold press a part of the two layers at the head of each stick, and a step of cutting the part of the material sheets at the head of each stick by means of punch knives of the roller-type knife mold and of being heated by the roller-type knife mold to soften and to be adhered to the head of each stick to make finished swabs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: CHIH-PING WEI
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Publication number: 20100116412Abstract: This invention relates to polymer derived ceramics (PDC's) and more particularly, to methods and product made by using polymeric derived ceramic precursors to synthesize dense, crack-free bulk ceramics in a technique using sacrificial molds, coating processes, replication processes, assembly processes and finishing processes; where gas release paths are created and maintained during these processes to release gases generated during pyrolysis of the ceramic precursor. It is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a well defined method to create PDC voxels which are interconnected as a bulk (high density) material. Such a material is effectively a lattice with face centered cubic or hexagonal close pack geometry. A second objective of the present invention is to provide a method for bulk, high density material to be combined with fully dense material in a hybrid material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Weifeng Fei, Arnold Hill, Mark Tellam
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Publication number: 20100116413Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a ceramic board comprises the steps of forming a green ceramic board 11 by laminating at least a plurality of green sheets, forming a unit 8 comprising the green ceramic board 11 and a fired porous ceramic body 5, in which both main surfaces 11a and 11b of the green ceramic board are directly sandwiched between fired porous ceramic bodies 5a and 5b, and firing said unit 8. Many through-holes penetrating the front and back surfaces are formed in said fired porous ceramic bodies 5a and 5b. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method of manufacturing a ceramic board, being flat and having no firing, stain, easily and efficiently.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa Tanaka, Tatsuya Kojima
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Publication number: 20100116414Abstract: A plurality of strip-like elements is applied onto a forming drum externally having a substantially cylindrical laying surface. The strip-like elements are disposed in mutually approached relationship to form at least one first annular reinforcing layer on the forming drum itself set to a first work diameter at which each of the applied strip-like elements on the laying surface subtends an arc of a circumference of a width as large as a submultiple integer of the overall circumferential extension of the laying surface itself. Adjustment devices operating on the forming drum subsequently carry out expansion of the latter to a second work diameter larger than the first work diameter, while maintaining its laying surface substantially cylindrical.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.Inventors: Maurizio Marchini, Cesare Amurri, Gianni Mancini, Gaetano Lo Presti
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Publication number: 20100116415Abstract: In forming a green tire by arranging a plurality of carcass cords on a support member and disposing bead cores, the carcass cords are precisely and accurately disposed at predetermined positions. A plurality of carcass cords (C) are arranged over the entire circumference of a core (21), and the ends thereof are attached to the end holding means (30) so that the ends are held at positions distant from each other axially outward of the core (21) in a stretched state between the core (21) and themselves. Bead cores (60) are moved from the outside of the carcass cords (C) toward bead molding portions (24) of the core (21), are brought into contact with the carcass cords (C) held at the ends, and are pressed against the core (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Yutaka Takasuga
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Publication number: 20100116416Abstract: The invention relates to: a method of adhering a flexible film to a substrate, in which a sufficient quantity of a liquid is disposed between the film and the substrate such that no bubbles are trapped therebetween once the film has been applied to the substrate with the aid of a scraper, said method being characterised in that the liquid does not freeze at a substrate temperature of less than 0° C.; the mutually-adhered substrate and flexible film which is characterised by the continued absence of frost in the event of the substrate and film being moved into an atmosphere in which the temperature thereof is less than 0° C., from an atmosphere having a temperature that is at least equal to 0° C. and residual moisture of at least 25%; glazing comprising same; and the applications of said glazing, including for example exposure to temperatures of less than 0° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Hélène GRUSSAUTE-NGHIEM, Marie-Isabelle Watchi, Yves Demars, Gilles Lonchampt
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Publication number: 20100116417Abstract: An electronic component and method for manufacture thereof is disclosed. A plurality of electrodes are positioned in stacked relation to form an electrode stack. The stack may include as few as two electrodes, but more may be used depending on the number of subcomponents desired. Spacing between adjacent electrodes is determined by removable spacers during fabrication. The resulting space between adjacent electrodes is substantially filled with gaseous matter, which may be an actual gaseous fill, air, or a reduced pressure gas formed through evacuation of the space. Further, adjacent electrodes are bonded together to maintain the spacing. A casing is formed to encapsulate the stack, with first and second conducting surfaces remaining exposed outside the casing. The first conducting surface is electrically coupled to a first of the electrodes, and the second conducting surface is electrically coupled to a second of the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: William S. Cheung
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Publication number: 20100116418Abstract: A stretch composite having one or more elastomeric members disposed on at least one region of an extensible fibrous substrate to provide stretch properties to a targeted region of the substrate. The composite has been incrementally stretched to at least partially break up the structure of the substrate in order to reduce its resistance to stretch. The stretch composites are useful for disposable and durable articles, such as disposable absorbent articles including diapers, pull-on diapers, training pants, incontinence briefs, catamenial garments, baby bibs, and the like, and durable articles like garments including sportswear, outerwear and the like. The present invention also relates to methods of forming such stretch composites.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Fred Naval Desai, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Mark William Hamersky, Steven Daryl Smith
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Publication number: 20100116419Abstract: Method and apparatus for simulating electrical pipe-to-soil impedance of a coated segment of a pipeline includes simulating a current injection point to a buried pipe section, simulating a first output signal from a magnetometer positioned at a first location over the buried pipe section, simulating a second output signal from a magnetometer positioned at a second location over the buried pipe section, simulating bonding of pipe coating of the pipe section, and simulating soil resistance of a soil environment surrounding the buried pipe section. The invention includes both field-test simulation with calibration pipe samples, and bench-test simulation using electronic simulation of the pipe coating. The simulations may be used for test and general calibration of MEIS pipeline coating inspection systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Scott Downing Miller, Thomas James Davis, Jaime Paunlagui Perez
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Publication number: 20100116420Abstract: The present invention relates to a tank for holding a cryogenic liquid. According to the present invention, there is provided a light and durable tank which is airtight even at cryogenic temperatures without generating cracks. The tank includes: a pressure-resistant layer having an inner shell and an outer shell; and an airtight resin layer on an inner surface of the inner shell, wherein the inner shell is comprised of a fiber-reinforced resin composite which can withstand temperatures above the melting point of the airtight resin layer, and the outer shell is comprised of another fiber-reinforced resin composite which can be cured at a temperature below the melting point of the airtight resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiichi Matsuoka, Yoji Arakawa
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Publication number: 20100116421Abstract: The invention provides a method for continuously forming a composite material shape member having a varied cross-sectional shape. A C-shaped movable mold 100 having a center portion 110 and both end portions 120 and 130 with a smaller surface dimension than the center portion is prepared, and prepreg sheets are laminated in advance to the both end portions 120 and 130 and the center portion 110, then these plies of prepreg sheets are denoted as the laminate 320, so that the whole body has a flat planar surface. Prepreg sheets 300 are drawn out from rolls 210 and 220 and passed through a preforming device 230 so that a C-shaped member 310 having a uniform cross-sectional shape is preformed. The movable mold 100 with pre-laminate 320 is superposed to the preformed member 310, which is passed through a hot press device, an after-cure furnace 260 where thermosetting of the member is completed, and then the movable mold 100 is removed to complete a formed product.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicants: JAMCO CORPORATION, JAMCO TECHNICAL CENTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuntaro Kuriyama, Tsunehiko Nakano
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Publication number: 20100116422Abstract: A method of forming a seal ring includes heating an extruded rod to a temperature above a glass transition temperature. The extruded rod has first and second ends. The method further includes bending the extruded rod into a circular structure while the temperature is above the glass transition temperature, joining the first and second ends of the extruded rod to form a semi-finished ring, and annealing the semi-finished ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Karthik Vaideeswaran, Jose R. Sousa, Hamid Reza Ghalambor, Sarah L. Clark, Ceyhan Celik, Gary Charles Hildreth, JR., Helina Joshi
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Publication number: 20100116423Abstract: A micro-fluid ejection device is assembled by wafer-to-wafer bonding at a temperature below about 150° C. a first silicon oxide layer of a first wafer, having flow features patterned in the first silicon oxide layer on an actuator chip in a first silicon substrate of the first wafer, to a second silicon oxide layer of a second wafer, defining a nozzle plate on a second silicon substrate of the second wafer. Nozzle holes are formed in the nozzle plate in alignment with actuator elements of the actuator chip of the first wafer either before or after bonding the first and second wafers together. The second silicon substrate of the second wafer is used as a handle and then removed from the silicon oxide layer of the second wafer after bonding the first and second wafers together.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: Zachary Justin Reitmeier
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Publication number: 20100116424Abstract: Disclosed is an organic phase change carrier and a method for forming same, and a phase change ink including same. The organic phase change carrier comprises a colloidal dispersion of nanoparticles exhibiting a substantially uniform distribution of said nanoparticles discretely distributed therewithin, at least one curable monomer; a phase change inducing component, and an initiator. The organic phase change carrier exhibits a substantially uniform distribution of the nanoparticles so that they are discretely distributed therewithin, and are substantially resistant to the aggregation of the nanoparticles distributed therewithin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Marcel P. Breton, Jennifer L. Belelie, Peter G. Odell, Rina Carlini, Adela Goredema, H. Bruce Goodbrand, Nan-Xing Hu
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Publication number: 20100116425Abstract: A linerless stack of adhesive labels comprising a plurality of labels, each label comprising a sheet having front face and rear face and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on only a portion of the rear face, each label having a separable tab portion and label portion is provided. Also, a method for labeling an article comprising: providing a linerless stack of labels; providing an article; removing the uppermost label from the stack by lifting or pull on its tab portion so as to cause the adhesive on the uppermost label to separate from the front face of the underlying label; then positioning the removed label in desired position on an article; adhering the label to the article with the adhesive; and separating the tab portion of the label from the label portion of the label.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Patricia R. KONSTI, Andrew J. Callinan
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Publication number: 20100116426Abstract: The invention relates to a labeling device and method for attaching in particular elongated narrow labels. In the labeling device, a respective label dispensed from a dispensing edge is only partially received by a conveying belt. The conveying belt is moved into a position in which a portion of the label projecting from the conveying belt is attached at an item to be labeled. The conveying belt may be crossed by 90° while it passes a drive roll and a roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: MR ETIKETTIERTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Georg Austermeier
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Publication number: 20100116427Abstract: A honeycomb segment-forming die includes: an introducing portion provided on an introduction face side and having a plurality of back holes, and a forming portion provided on an formation face side and having slits communicating with the back holes. The forming portion has a polygonal outer peripheral shape and forms a prismatic honeycomb segment by passing kneaded clay for forming which is introduced from the back holes of the introducing portion through the slits of the forming portion, and a gap between slits formed in each of corner portions including a vertex of the polygonal forming portion is larger than a gap of slits formed in the central portion of the forming portion. This enables to form a honeycomb segment having high compressive strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki SHINDO, Tomoki NAGAE
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Publication number: 20100116428Abstract: A method for manufacturing filtration units (2), for example for biomedical use and the like, constituted by a box-like enclosure (3) and a filtration element (4) which can be mutually assembled, comprising a step of injecting a retention element (6) in the fluid state in a seat (5), which is associated with the box-like enclosure, for accommodating the filtration element (4); a step of embedding an end of the filtration element (4) in a portion of the retention element (6) kept in the fluid state; and a step of consolidation of the retention element (6) in order to lock the filtration element (4) in the seat (5), the retention element (6) being a thermoplastic polymeric material which can be applied by hot injection in a preset closed volume of the seat (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: G.V.S. S.p.AInventors: Filippo Trascinelli, Enrico Colombo, Filippo Branzi
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Publication number: 20100116429Abstract: Embodiments of a method of fabricating a micro-reactor comprise providing a base layer comprising glass or glass ceramic material, providing a plurality of layers comprising glass or glass ceramic material, adhering the plurality of layers together to form a multilayer substrate, cutting a serpentine pattern of channels into the multilayer substrate, forming a plurality of serpentine layers by separating the serpentine patterned multilayer substrate, and forming a micro-reactor by bonding together the base layer, at least one serpentine layer, and one or more additional layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: George Edward Berkey, Cameron Wayne Tanner, Robert Stephen Wagner