Patents Issued in May 27, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100126624
    Abstract: An apparatus to fill a container includes at least one tank for a fluid product to be delivered and one filling head to deliver the fluid product to the container that is movable towards and away from the container. The apparatus further includes a connecting arrangement interposed between the tank and the filling head to supply the fluid product to the filling head. The connecting arrangement includes a ball-and-socket joint structure which includes a first tubular portion having a spherical body, a second tubular portion in the form of a spherical cavity and a tubular sealing element arranged inside the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion at a zone in which the spherical body and the spherical cavity are mutually engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SIDEL HOLDINGS & TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Lucio Conforti
  • Publication number: 20100126625
    Abstract: A vehicle fuel inlet shut-off valve assembly (300) includes a two-piece housing having inner and outer housing components (302, 304) secured to each other. The housing components can be provided of different materials, with a surface coating. A flapper door assembly (306) is secured in the outer housing component (304) and includes directionally biased interlocking components that facilitate installation and inhibit disconnection after assembly with redundant connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: William Berghorst, Kirk J. Bush, Franco A. Cisternino, Michael Payne
  • Publication number: 20100126626
    Abstract: A fuel pump nozzle for delivering fuel, with a manually operated switch lever which is movable between a closed position, in which there is no delivery of fuel, and an open position, in which fuel is delivered, wherein the switch lever is biased by a restoring spring in the direction of the closed position and automatically returns to the closed position when the manual force applied declines, wherein the pump nozzle is provided with a hold-open aid which reduces the force required to hold the switch lever in a particular open position compared to the forces required to hold the switch lever open in other open positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ELAFLEX-Gummi Ehlers GmbH
    Inventors: Harald FALCKENBERG, Ulrich Meyer
  • Publication number: 20100126627
    Abstract: A router includes a base, a motor housing supported by the base for movement along a first axis, and an adjustment mechanism having a shaft, with a thread portion, connected to the motor housing for rotation about a second axis. The adjustment mechanism also includes a unitarily formed lock mechanism supported by the base. The lock mechanism includes a thread-engaging member that, when engaged with the thread portion, causes small changes to the position of the housing relative to the base in response to rotation of the shaft. The lock mechanism is movable between an engaged position, in which the thread-engaging member engages the thread portion, and a disengaged position, in which the thread-engaging member disengages the thread portion and the housing is freely movable relative to the base to provide course adjustment of the position of the housing relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Jay A. Goddard, Randy McDonald, Dale Borchardt, Troy Thorson, Jeffrey Hessenberger, Christopher Berg, Jeffrey Holly
  • Publication number: 20100126628
    Abstract: A wood chipper includes a motor, a drive shaft, a feed roller, a feed chute, a chipping device 103, a discharge chute, and at least two adjustable legs. The feed roller has a centered horizontal position which is halfway between its minimum and maximum positions. When the feed roller is at its centered horizontal position, the motor, the drive shaft, and the feed roller are all level with one another. When the feed roller is below its centered position, the drive shaft is angled down from the motor to the feed roller. When the feed roller is above its centered position, the drive shaft is angled up from the motor to the feed roller. A plurality of guides maintain the feed roller in a level position. The legs are adjustable independent of one other to different heights. The legs angle outward at their bottom portions, where they are attached to skids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Mark A. Leonard
  • Publication number: 20100126629
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport device for a system (1) for finger jointing pieces (2, 8, 14) of wood, by packets, having a support (9). In order to achieve improved operational reliability, and, furthermore, a higher work speed, it is proposed that transport means (3) are provided, which are set up for moving the pieces (2, 8, 14) of wood by way of the support (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Joerger
  • Publication number: 20100126630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing flat chips for structurally-oriented wood materials. The method comprises the following method steps: an intermediate product is generated from lignocelluose-containing material; the intermediate product is of a length between 20 and 200 mm; the intermediate product undergoes a hydrothermal treatment; the period of action lasts at least three minutes, while the temperature of action is at least 40° C.; the intermediate product undergoes chipping or splitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Loth
  • Publication number: 20100126631
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is an interconnect technique. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are prepared. A CNT-solder composite paste is formed containing the CNTs and solder with a pre-defined volume fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daewoong Suh
  • Publication number: 20100126632
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a high-concentration carburized steel which can realize dispersion of a large amount of fine and spherical carbides without causing lowered service life of a furnace, deformed steel products, and lowered working efficiency. The production process comprises (i) a primary carburization step for carburizing a steel product having a predetermined composition at a primary carburization temperature (T1) (° C.) until the surface carbon concentration (C) reaches a predetermined carbon concentration, (ii) a cooling step of, after the completion of the primary carburization step, cooling the steel product at a cooling rate of not less than 1° C./min to Ar1 point or less, (iii) a secondary carburization initial step of raising the temperature of the steel product to a secondary carburization start temperature (T2s), which is at least 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Morita, Masaomi Saruyama, Hiroyuki Tsuyuzaki
  • Publication number: 20100126633
    Abstract: An agent for the production of anti-corrosion layers on metal surfaces, produced by the following steps: A) producing an aqueous solution which contains at least the following: a) oxo-cations selected from MnO3+, VO3+, VO2+, WO22+, MoO22+, TiO2+, ZrO2+ and mixtures thereof, and b) halogen complex anions of the structure MXab?, wherein M is selected from B, Ti, Zr, Si, Al, X is selected from F, Cl, Br, I, a is an integer of between 3 and 6 and b is an integer of between 1 and 4, and B) forming nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter of <500 nm in the solution in situ by physical and/or chemical treatment of the solution, wherein the physical and/or chemical treatment is selected among a change in temperature, a change in the ion concentration, a change in the pH-value, a change in the pressure, supersaturation of the solution, agitation of the solution, adding an oxidising agent and/or adding a reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Donsbach, Udo Hofmann, Joerg Unger
  • Publication number: 20100126634
    Abstract: An airbag inflator bottle member comprising a tubular body having a reduced-diameter portion at an end portion for fitting an initiator or the like thereto in which the reduced-diameter portion has a good low temperature toughness comparable to that of the portion which is not reduced in diameter is manufactured by the following method. A steel tube having a composition comprising C: 0.05-0.20%, Si: 0.1-1.0%, Mn: 0.10-2.0%, Cr: 0.05-2.0%, sol. Al: at most 0.10%, Ca: 0.0003-0.01%, optionally one or more elements selected from Cu: at most 1.0%, Ni: at most 1.5%, Mo: at most 1.0%, V: at most 0.2%, Nb: at most 0.1%, and Ti: at most 0.1%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities in which P: at most 0.025% and S: at most 0.010% is subjected to cold working, then it is cut to a predetermined length, and the cut steel tube is subjected to reducing in at least one end portion thereof and then to quenching and tempering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Takashi Takano
  • Publication number: 20100126635
    Abstract: A manufacturing method includes providing a component, such as a superalloy aircraft component, with a substrate surface having damaged brittle compound particles from machining. The manufacturing method removes the damaged compound particles from the substrate surface without producing significant amount of new damaged compound particles in the substrate surface. In one example, the damaged compound particles are removed with an abrasive media. The method results in a machined substrate surface free from damaged intermetallic component particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Prabir R. Bhowal, Agnieszka M. Wusatowska-Sarnek
  • Publication number: 20100126636
    Abstract: A zirconium alloy that is resistant to shadow corrosion for a boiling water nuclear reactor fuel assembly component, the alloy being characterized in that: its composition in percentages by weight is as follows: Nb=0.4%-4.5% Sn=0.20%-1.7% Fe=0.05%-0.45% Fe+Cr+Ni+V=0.05%-0.45%, with Nb?9×[0.5?(Fe+Cr+V+Ni)] S=traces-400 ppm C=traces-200 ppm Si=traces-120 ppm O=600 ppm-1800 ppm the balance being Zr and impurities from processing; in that, during fabrication, after its last hot deformation, it is subjected to one or more heat treatments lying in the range 450° C. to 610° C. for a total duration of at least 4 h, with at least one cold rolling operation with a rolling ratio of at least 25%; and in that a final heat treatment operation is performed at a temperature in the range 450° C. to 610° C. for 1 minute to 20 hours. A fuel assembly component made of the alloy, a fuel assembly including the component, and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Areva NP
    Inventors: Pierre Barberis, Veronique Rebeyrolle, Petra-Britt Hoffmann, Jean-Jerome Vermoyal
  • Publication number: 20100126637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to extruded, rolled and/or forged products. Also provided are methods of making such products based on aluminum alloy wherein a liquid metal bath is prepared comprising 2.0 to 3.5% by weight of Cu, 1.4 to 1.8% by weight of Li, 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of Ag, 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of Mg, 0.05 to 0.18% by weight of Zr, 0.2 to 0.6% by weight of Mn and at least one element selected from Cr, Sc, Hf and Ti, the quantity of said element, if it is selected, being 0.05 to 0.3% by weight for Cr and for Sc, 0.05 to 0.5% by weight for Hf and 0.01 to 0.15% by weight for Ti, the remainder being aluminum and inevitable impurities. The products and methods of the present invention offer a particularly advantageous compromise between static mechanical strength and damage tolerance and are particularly useful in the field of aeronautical design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ALCAN RHENALU
    Inventors: Fabrice Heymes, Frank Eberl, Gaëlle Pouget
  • Publication number: 20100126638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a crankshaft, in special for diesel engines, wherein a crankshaft blank is produced from austempered ductile cast iron, the casting blank is subjected to heat treatment matched to the austempered ductile cast iron whereby the blank acquires high strength and hardness. According to the invention, surfaces which form bearing surfaces for connecting rods and shaft bearings are undersized before the ADI heat treatment. Following the heat treatment a coating is applied to the bearing surfaces, the layer thickness being matched to the undersize and dimensional deviations as a result of the heat treatment. The coated bearing surfaces are finally finish-machined to the finished size without the need of machining the bearing surfaces of the casting blank after the heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Sergio Stafano Guerreiro
  • Publication number: 20100126639
    Abstract: The magnesium-contained high-silicon aluminum alloys for use as structural materials, including profiles, bars, sheets, and forgings, are manufactured by a process including the steps of: casting an alloy ingot by direct chill casting, preheating the ingot to disperse eutectic Si phase particles, and thermal-plastic processing and heat-treating to obtain the product with a final shape and a modified microstructure. The aluminum alloys contain 0.2˜2.0 wt % of Mg and 8˜18 wt % of Si, and have homogeneous and fine microstructure, wherein the aluminum matrix is equiaxed with an average grain size less than 6 ?m, and the silicon and second phase particles are dispersed with an average size less than 5 ?m. Without adding any modifiers, they are low-costly produced by incorporating the direct chill casting with thermal-plastic processing and heat treatment, which give rise to good plasticity and relatively high strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Liang Zuo, Fuxiao Yu, Gang Zhao, Xiang Zhao, Yongliang Yang, Yan Li
  • Publication number: 20100126640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hot forming tool (1, 101, 201, 301) for hot forming a metal workpiece (4, 204), having at least two dies (2, 3; 202, 203; 202, 303) which may be moved relative to one another for forming the workpiece (4, 204), and having a cooling device (5) by means of which the workpiece (4, 204) may be cooled in the hot forming tool (1, 101, 201, 301) from a first, higher temperature to a second, lower temperature. To improve the hot forming tool (1, 101, 201, 301), it is provided that the hot forming tool (1, 101, 201, 301) is equipped with a separating device (10, 210, 310) by means of which a separating operation may be carried out on a workpiece (4, 204) present in the hot forming tool (1, 101, 201, 301). The invention further relates to a method for hot forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Xiangfan Fang
  • Publication number: 20100126641
    Abstract: A method of producing bicycle ratchet bushing is provided, wherein an alloyed fundamental material is applied to the processes of a modeling process and a detailing treatment to form a product of bicycle ratchet bushing. Wherein, when the processes of drilling and tapping a hole of the modeling process are completed, the tapped hole of the workpiece is connected to a screw rod, and the screw rod is clamped by a drawing machine, so that the workpiece can be penetrated through the mold of the drawing machine to proceed with the drawing process. When the drawing process is working, it is not necessary to apply a head-hitting process to the workpiece as the conventional drawing method does, therefore the outer teeth of the ratchet of the workpiece will not be deformed by an external force, and can penetrated into the mold for further drawing process, therefore the whole manufacturing processes can be controlled efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Chang Chi LEE
  • Publication number: 20100126642
    Abstract: The invention relates to the hardening of the surface layer of parts of machines, plants and apparatuses and also tools. Objects for which the application is possible and advantageous are components which are subjected to severe fatigue or wear stresses and are composed of hardenable steels and have a complicated shape and whose surface has to be hardened selectively on the functional surfaces or whose functional surface has a multidimensional shape. The process for hardening the surface layer of components having a complicated shape is carried out by means of a plurality of energy input zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Berndt Brenner, Steffen Bonss, Frank Tietz, Marko Seifert, Jan Hannweber, Stefan Kuehn, Udo Karsunke
  • Publication number: 20100126643
    Abstract: The present invention inexpensively provides with high productivity and good yield a steel rod superior in drawability and a steel wire superior in twistability using the same as a material, that is, draws a high strength steel rod superior in ductility where the chemical components contain C: 0.80 to 1.20%, Si: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Al: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.01% or less, one or both of W: 0.005 to 0.2% and Mo: 0.003 to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Shingo Yamasaski, Seiki Nishida
  • Publication number: 20100126644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ferritic-austenitic stainless steel oriented to have low Ni which is excellent in corrosion resistance, particularly in corrosion resistance in a neutral chloride environment, and has high “uniform elongation”—a factor governing workability—and a method of production for the same. There are independently provided ferritic-austenitic stainless steels and methods of production for the same particularly having a corrosion resistance in a neutral chloride environment satisfying PI value(=Cr+3Mo+10N—Mn)?18% and having a uniform elongation satisfying ?10?Md?110 (where Md=551?462({C}+[N])?9.2[Si]?8.1[Mn]?13.7[Cr]?29[Ni]?29[Cu]?18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Masaharu Hatano, Akihiko Takahashi, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Ken Kimura
  • Publication number: 20100126645
    Abstract: Pairs of motorcycle tires and a method for improving performance and resistance to wearing, consists of a tread including grooves, the tread consisting of a central area, sided by intermediate side areas and by projection areas, the latter being adjacent to the external borders of such tread. The sea/land ratio in the central area of the front tire is between 15% and 30%; the sea/land ratio in such central area of the rear tire is substantially lower than that of the other areas of the tire, the value being lower than 70%; the sea/land ratio in the intermediate side areas of the front tire and rear tire is between 20% and 40%; and the sea/land ratio in the projection areas of the front tire and rear tire is between 10% and 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Samuel Santana Barboza, Vinicius Barbosa Cruz
  • Publication number: 20100126646
    Abstract: A process for producing easily in high efficiency an inner liner having strip pieces obtained by cutting a ribbonlike rubber strip at given length arranged in parallel relationship in the across-the-width direction, aligned in the direction of tire circumference and bonded together. The process comprises spirally winding ribbonlike rubber strip (21) round liner forming drum (10) at given pitch so as to make partial superimposition, thereby obtaining tubular matter (20), and cutting the tubular matter (20) at one position on the circumference thereof in the across-the-width direction so as to provide a sheet wherein severed strip pieces (21A) are bonded to each other in the state of being aligned in parallel relationship, having a length corresponding to the length of liner circumference on a forming drum in the tire forming step, and wherein the two ends on the starting side and terminating side of the spirally winding can be joined together on the forming drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Kudo, Tetsuo Tatara, Osamu Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20100126647
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire using as an air permeation prevention layer a film consisting of thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending thermoplastic resin with elastomer, wherein the film is prevented form being peeled off to prevent entry of a release agent into the interior and the internal view of the tire is improved. An air permeation prevention layer (10) disposed on the inner side of the tire is constituted of a laminate (14) obtained by layering ribbon-form elastomer layers (12, 13) on the opposite sides of a ribbon-form film (11). The laminate (14) is wound in the tire circumferential direction while being overlapped partially and deviated at specified intervals. Respective adjoining winding portions (14A1, 14A2) of the laminate (14) are joined by being overlapped partially with ribbon-form films (11) kept separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hashimura, Takahiko Sawada, Tomohiko Kogure
  • Publication number: 20100126648
    Abstract: In order to provide a safety tire which is improved in a riding comfort characteristic to a large extent while maintaining run flat durability at a practicable level, assumed is a constitution of a safety tire A comprising a left and right pair of the bead parts 1, at least one carcass layer 2 coupled from one of the bead parts 1 to the other one thereof, the tread part 3 and the reinforcing belt 4 disposed at the outside in a tire radial direction of the carcass layer 2, a pair of the side wall parts 5 disposed left and right at the tread part 3, an inner liner layer 6 located at the inside of the carcass layer 2 and a pair of an annular side reinforcing rubber layers 7 having a crescent cross-section which are located between the carcass layer 2 and the inner liner layer 6 in a part corresponding to the side wall part, wherein in the side reinforcing rubber layer 7, an elastic modulus is gradually reduced in a range of 0.1 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kanji Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20100126649
    Abstract: A radial tire that has excellent weight balance and appearance quality and that can be produced at excellent productivity. These are achieved by forming a carcass layer (1) by using a single rubber coated cord (C1) without producing joints on a material. The carcass layer (1) is constructed from at least one layer of cord row layer (11A) where rubber coated cords (C1) are cut on piece by piece basis and joined aligned in the circumferential direction of the tire. Each of the rubber coated cords is formed in a cross-section with an oval outline. The cord row layer is joined at only one portion in the circumferential direction of the tire, so that there is substantially no overlap on the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Kudo, Tetsuo Tatara, Osamu Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20100126650
    Abstract: A process for producing an oral preparation containing a first water-swellable gel-forming layer and a second water-swellable gel-forming layer as outermost layers, a medicine being sealed in an inner space formed by bonding the periphery of the first water-swellable gel-forming layer and the periphery of the second water-swellable gel-forming layer either directly or via an adhesive layer, the process including (a) a step of forming a first water-swellable gel-forming layer, (b) a step of forming a recess in a predetermined area of the first water-swellable gel-forming layer, (c) a step of filling the recess with a medicine to obtain a medicine-containing body, and (d) a step of forming a second water-swellable gel-forming layer over the medicine-containing body directly or via an adhesive layer so that the first water-swellable gel-forming layer and the second water-swellable gel-forming layer are bonded around the recess, and a process for continuously producing the oral preparation are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Akio Kabuto, Yusaku Sugiura, Eiji Suzuki, Hideaki Okabe
  • Publication number: 20100126651
    Abstract: The present invention is for a system and method of creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof, electrically generating surface that can be applied over a great variety of structural components. The method comprises coating the selected surface with a base elastomeric coating thus sealing holes, cracks and other surface imperfections. In one embodiment, the base elastomeric coating is allowed to dry and at least one photovoltaic module is placed on the base elastomeric coating by using another coat of elastomeric material applied to the underside surface of the photovoltaic module or on the surface of the base elastomeric coating where the photovoltaic module will be applied. Another layer of an elastomeric coating is applied covering the perimeter edges of the photovoltaic module creating a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof surface capable of generating electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Michael L. Gumm
  • Publication number: 20100126652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing single- or multi-layered fibre preforms 1,17 by the TFP process with fibre strands 2-8, 18 which are aligned in particular such that they are oriented with the flux of force, wherein the fibre preforms 1, 17 have virtually any desired material thickness without troublesome backing layers and have virtually any desired surface geometry, comprising the steps of: laying and attaching the fibre strands 2 to 8, 18 on a flexible and elastic base 9, 19, in particular a base 9, 19 formed by an elastomer, with a fixing thread 10, 11 led through a sewing head to form the fibre preform 1, 17 and lifting the fibre preform 1, 17 off the elastic and flexible base 9, 19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Joern, Ulrich Eberth
  • Publication number: 20100126653
    Abstract: A method for adhering two layers of materials is described. An additional layer of material deposited on one of the layers is used. The additional layer of material is perforated and undercut by etching away one of the layers thereby generating anchor shaped holes. The other layer is then deposited on the additional layer filling the anchor shaped holes therefore, providing adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Axel Scherer, Aditya Rajagopal
  • Publication number: 20100126654
    Abstract: In adhesive tape applying process for transferring, along a tape transfer path, a tape member with an adhesive tape applied on one side of a release tape, cutting the adhesive tape into a specified length, peeling the adhesive tape from the release tape, and applying the adhesive tape to a substrate, the process includes: placing a terminal end portion of an in-use first tape member and a leading end portion of a newly added second tape member in superimposition on each other in their thicknesswise direction by an apparatus for applying adhesive tape; and pressuring and heating a superposition region of end portions of the first and second tape members at least partly in a widthwise direction of the tape members to partly fuse and join together the terminal end portion of the first tape member and the leading end portion of the second tape member at their superposition regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Atsushi Katayama, Hiroyuki Murata, Masayuki Ida, Kozo Odawara
  • Publication number: 20100126655
    Abstract: The end cap is preferably formed of a relatively high durometer material with an inner surface on an outer surface of the shaft and on an outer surface of the balloon skirt section, and contacts a compression member on the balloon outer surface. The configuration prevents or inhibits failure at the balloon seals which otherwise results from the compression member moving or the balloon pulling off the shaft and out from under the compression member during inflation of the balloon. As a result, the balloon catheter of the invention has an improved consistent burst pressure and/or failure mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: John Arthur Simpson
  • Publication number: 20100126656
    Abstract: An image-forming method, containing: providing a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles and at least one receptor layer containing at least one latex polymer, in this order on a support, and a heat-sensitive transfer sheet having a thermal transfer layer containing a thermal transferable dye; feeding the sheets through, between a rotatable platen roller and a thermal head having heating elements aligned in a main scan direction, to move the sheets in a sub scan direction approximately perpendicular to the main scan direction, to form an image on the image-receiving sheet, in which the thermal head has a glaze provided with the heating elements and formed in a convex shape, and the glaze's convex vertex is shifted to an upstream side in the sub scan direction, with respect to the center's position of the heating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20100126657
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer capacitor comprises a first layer forming step, a first electrode forming step, a second layer forming step, a second electrode forming step, a separation step, an element forming step and a terminal forming step. In the first layer forming step, a first ceramic green layer is formed on a supporting body. In the first electrode forming step, a first electrode pattern is formed on the first ceramic green layer. In the second layer forming step, a second ceramic green layer is formed laminated on the first ceramic green layer. In the second electrode forming step, a second electrode pattern is formed at the second ceramic green layer. In the separation step, the support body is separated from the laminated body. In the element forming step, elements are formed by laminating a plurality of the laminated bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20100126658
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a Z-section component from composite material uses a mould having a convex mould portion and a concave mould portion. The method includes the preparation of a vacuum bag for a polymerization cycle, including the covering the fresh component with a layer of peel ply formed from a plurality of strips of peel ply and fixing the layer of peel ply perimetrically to the mould using an adhesive tape. A line of sealant is positioned perimetrically above the adhesive tape around the fresh component and a separator film is positioned above the layer of peel ply so as to cover the layer of peel ply and the perimetric line of sealant. A ventilation textile is placed perimetrically on the mould, the textile having an aperture which is positioned so as to leave uncovered an underlying part substantially coinciding with the fresh component. A vacuum bag is applied for the polymerization cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo De Vita, Claudio D'Agostino, Matteo Lauriola, Ciro Cuciniello
  • Publication number: 20100126659
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a fuel tank equipped with an internal accessory and having a plastic wall produced from a parison, said process comprising, in order, the following steps: a) the accessory (2) and the molten parison (5) are introduced a mould (1) so that the accessory (2) is surrounded by the parison (5), said mould comprising cavities (1) equipped with at least one moving part (4); b) a pressurized gas is introduced inside the parison (5) to carry out a pre-blow moulding of said parison; c) the pre-blow-moulded parison (5) is pressed locally against the accessory (2) using the moving part (4) in order to firmly attach the two without piercing the parison (5); d) the mould (1) is closed and the final blow moulding of the parison (5) is carried out by flattening it against the mould (1) cavities using the pressurized gas; and e) the tank is removed from the mould (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Sylvain Roos, Manuel Bretnacher
  • Publication number: 20100126660
    Abstract: A method of making graphene sheets having a desired thickness. The method starts with Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (“HOPG”). A plurality of graphene layers are pulled off of the HOPG and attached to a substrate. An adhesive device is then used to pull a selected number of graphene layers off of the HOPG sample attached to the substrate. The number of layers selected determines the thickness of the graphene sheet produced. The graphene sheet has many applications. It is particularly suitable as an X-ray window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: David O'Hara
  • Publication number: 20100126661
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for manufacturing inflatable articles, or bladders for inflatable articles, that is time-efficient, simple, inexpensive and permits the uninterrupted manufacture of numerous and even customized article or bladder configurations and sizes, without expensive configuration-specific, metal tooling. The method includes the steps of applying a barrier material to a side of a first film, providing a second film with the first film so that the barrier material is disposed between the first and second films, adhering the first film to the second film so that the films are sealed together in areas except where the barrier material has been applied to form at least one inflatable compartment and sealed peripheral edge, and cutting along the sealed peripheral edge to form an inflatable article or bladder for use in an article of manufacture. The barrier material may be a paint, ink, paper or surface treatment that effectively prevents the first film from adhering to the second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Millette, Brian Christensen, Paul M. Davis, Paul E. Litchfield
  • Publication number: 20100126662
    Abstract: When manufacturing hybrid components, especially the fan blades or stator vanes of an aircraft gas turbine including a metallic enveloping structure and a supporting structure in fiber-composite material, the mating faces of the metallic structure are cleaned and roughened with plasma prior to fitting the fiber-composite material and the metallic molecules activated so that high attractive forces take effect and an intimate, extremely strong adhesive connection is produced between the metal and the fiber-composite material. Fan blades or stator vanes of the fan structure of a gas-turbine engine which are manufactured according to this method are capable of transmitting high loads and feature a long service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventor: Karl SCHREIBER
  • Publication number: 20100126663
    Abstract: A method of forming a roofing product can include providing a ceramic base material having an open structure. The method can also include filling the open structure of the ceramic base material with a bituminous material, wherein the bituminous material has no greater than approximately 5 weight % of abrasive particles. The method can further include applying a recycled roofing material adjacent to the ceramic base material after filling the open structure of the ceramic base material with the bituminous material. In a particular embodiment, an open structure of the ceramic base material is filled with a bituminous material that has no greater than approximately 2 weight % of abrasive particles or 0.1 weight % metal content. The recycled roofing material can be applied along one or both sides of the ceramic base material. The bituminous material may have a characteristic particle size that is smaller than a characteristic particle size of the recycled roofing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Certain Teed Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs, Paul A. Benensky
  • Publication number: 20100126664
    Abstract: A polyester polyol prepared from a composition including a phthalic acid based material containing more than 10% by weight of ortho-phthalic or derivatives thereof, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (e.g., dodecanedioic acid), and a polyol (e.g., a glycol). A polyurethane adhesive, such as a polyurethane reactive hot-melt adhesive, is made using the polyester polyol, which exhibits improved initial bonding strength, shortened setting time, and ability to bond to low surface energy substrates such as ABS. The methods to prepare the polyester polyol and the polyurethane adhesive, and the method to use them are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Michael E. O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20100126665
    Abstract: Laser-based methods of stripping different types of fiber optic cables (100) are disclosed. The method includes directing a focused laser beam (202) onto the cable's protective cover (114). The method also includes moving the fiber optic cable relative to the focused laser beam in a direction substantially along a central axis (AC) to form a substantially axially oriented groove (250) in the protective cover, wherein the groove does not reach one or more optical fibers (110) carried by the cable. The method can further include opening the protective cover at the groove to form a split protective cover portion (114S), and removing the split protective cover portion from the fiber optic cable. Methods of stripping a cable by forming two grooves in the protective cover using two focused laser beams are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Stephen Cale, Jeffrey Dean Danley, David Lee Dean, JR., Terry Lee Cooke, Clyde Benton Mabry, III, Darrin Max Miller
  • Publication number: 20100126666
    Abstract: In a plasma processing apparatus; a refrigerant flow passage being formed in the sample table and constituting an evaporator of a cooling cycle and the in-plane temperature of the sample to be processed is controlled uniformly by controlling the enthalpy of the refrigerant supplied to the refrigerant flow passage and thereby keeping the flow mode in the refrigerant flow passage, namely in the sample table, in the state of a gas-liquid two-phase. If by any chance dry out of the refrigerant occurs in the refrigerant flow passage because the heat input of plasma increases with time or by another reason, it is possible to increase speed of a compressor and inhibit the dry out from occurring in the refrigerant flow passage. Further, if the refrigerant supplied to the refrigerant flow passage is liquefied, it is kept in the gas-liquid two-phase state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Takumi TANDOU, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Masaru Izawa
  • Publication number: 20100126667
    Abstract: A decoupled capacitive CVD reactor is described, which provides improved CVD capabilities, including processing at lower temperatures, performing alternating deposition and etching steps, and performing in situ cleaning of the chamber, without the need for a remote plasma source. Two RF frequencies are coupled to the susceptor, while the anode is grounded. The high frequency RF source is operated so as to control the plasma density, while the low frequency RF source is operated to control species bombardment on the substrate, so as to control the properties of the film being deposited. Additionally, both RF sources may be controlled, together with selection of gasses supplied to the chamber, to operate the chamber either in deposition mode, partial etch mode, etching mode, or cleaning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT, INC. ASIA
    Inventors: Gerald Yin, Jinyuan Chen, Tuqiang Ni
  • Publication number: 20100126668
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode for supporting a wafer disposed opposite each other within a process chamber. A first RF power supply configured to apply a first RF power having a relatively higher frequency is connected to the upper electrode. A second RF power supply configured to apply a second RF power having a relatively lower frequency is connected to the lower electrode. A variable DC power supply is connected to the upper electrode. A process gas is supplied into the process chamber while any one of application voltage, application current, and application power from the variable DC power supply to the upper electrode is controlled, to generate plasma of the process gas so as to perform plasma etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira KOSHIISHI, Masaru Sugimoto, Kunihiko Hinata, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Chishio Koshimizu, Ryuji Ohtani, Kazuo Kibi, Masashi Saito, Naoki Matsumoto, Manabu Iwata, Daisuke Yano, Yohei Yamazawa
  • Publication number: 20100126669
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum treatment device capable of uniformly treating the whole of a substrate in a vacuum container. In the vacuum treatment device in which the substrate is placed and held in the recess of a substrate holder, the difference between the heights of the surface of the substrate holder and the surface of the substrate to be treated is set to be equal to or shorter than 0.2 mm, and the distance between the side surface of the substrate and the inner surface of the recess of the substrate holder is set to be equal to or shorter than 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kumagai, Keiji Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20100126670
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing extruded coiled tubes for medical purposes is provided which includes rotary shafts protruding from a spindle, each rotary shaft being coupled to a respective flexible shaft resting on a series of supporting elements substantially equidistant to each other and supported by a main central shaft; at least an extrusion head to extrude a ribbon, and at least an extrusion head to extrude a rib; the ribbon and the rib being co-extruded, side by side, and being wound on an ideal surface formed by the external surfaces of the flexible shafts. The apparatus is characterized in that for changing the pitch with which the rib is wound on a base tubular element, formed on its turn by the winding coil of the ribbon, at least two twisting bars operated by a crank are used to rotate the supporting elements with a pre-defined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: COVIDIEN AG
    Inventors: Giuseppe Zucchi, Daniele Resca, Elisa Romagnoli
  • Publication number: 20100126671
    Abstract: A double-sided adhesive tape dispenser available for diverse width includes a main body and a winding mechanism installed inside the main body. The winding mechanism has a driving gear and a recycling gear fitted with a recycling wheel. The driving gear and the recycling gear are respectively mounted with a first adjusting member and a second adjusting member that have a certain height. A tape disk is fitted on the first adjusting member. With or without the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member, adhesive tapes with diverse widths can be applied by the adhesive tape dispenser of the invention without using an additional conventional adhesive tape dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20100126672
    Abstract: The apparatus for laminating a solar module (2) comprises a press (1) for pressing and heating the respective solar module (2). The press (1) comprises: a first press part (3) and a second press part (4) between which press parts (3, 4) an evacuable cavity (37) is formed; a bearing surface (29) for the respective solar module (2) disposed in the cavity (37), and a heater (15) which is disposed in the cavity (37) and which is movable relative to the bearing surface (29) in such a manner that the respective solar module (2) can be pressed by means of the heater (15) with respect to the bearing surface (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Claudio Meisser, Roger Doudin, Markus Bucher
  • Publication number: 20100126673
    Abstract: A window covering includes a plurality of lift cords extending from a headrail and window covering material connected to the headrail or the lift cords. At least one lift cord release device is attached to the window covering material. Each cord release device includes a clip portion, a first member and a second member. The clip portion is attached to the first and second members. The first and second members are sized and configured to releasably interconnect such that the first and second members at least partially define an opening sized to receive and releasably hold at least one lift cord when the first and second members are interconnected. The first and second members are also configured to separate and release the at least one lift cord when a release force exerted by any lift cord that is within the opening acts on the first or second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Whole Space Industries LTD
    Inventor: Tzong Fu Lin