Patents Issued in June 10, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100139321
    Abstract: A method keeps the width of the manufactured sheet substantially the same by attaching edge directors for the formed sheet to the manufacturing apparatus structure instead of to the forming block. Thus, sheet glass may be manufactured to specification for a longer time with the same forming block. An additional method adjusts the width of the manufactured sheet by changing the distance between the edge directors. Thus sheet glass may be manufactured to different width specifications with the same forming block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Richard B. Pitbladdo
  • Publication number: 20100139322
    Abstract: Apparatus, which is suitable for being surrounded by molten glass, the apparatus having a shank which has at least one at least partially seamless tube consisting of an oxide dispersion-strengthened PGM material, the shank having at least one thickened portion on which an actuating device is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Rudolf Singer
  • Publication number: 20100139323
    Abstract: An optical fiber manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber by drawing a optical fiber preform, including: a drawing furnace having therein a muffle tube into which the optical fiber preform is inserted and heating the optical fiber preform; and a first seal member which is disposed at an insert side of the drawing furnace so as to be coaxial with the drawing furnace and which seals the optical fiber preform inserted into an opening formed at the center thereof, wherein the first seal member includes a plurality of inner-circumference slits formed in the inner circumference thereof and a plurality of outer-circumference slits formed in the outer circumference thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro NUNOME
  • Publication number: 20100139324
    Abstract: An internal combustion burner including a combustion chamber supplied with fuel and with oxidant and at least two combustion devices supplied with oxidant and with fuel. Combining two combustion devices of distinct configurations, which respectively generate two distinct types of flames with a system for cooling the walls of the burner by introducing air along the walls, makes it possible to obtain a burner that supplies a combustion gas temperature of up to 1700° C., while at the same time being easily cooled and occupying very little space so that it can, for example, be housed in an existing installation used in the manufacture of rock wool or glass wool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT- GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventors: Oleg Boulanov, Christopher Ellison
  • Publication number: 20100139325
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming fibres or flakes of material comprises means (1) for producing a heated stream of molten material (9), means for feeding the stream in a substantially vertically downward direction and means (7) for receiving the downwardly directed stream and for forming fibres or flakes therefrom. The apparatus includes means (11, 13, 15, 17) for effecting a change in the temperature of the stream subsequent to the production thereof whereby fibres or flakes of a desired thickness are obtained. Instead of, or in addition to, the temperature changing means, there may be provided means for controlling the mass or volume flow of the stream. The invention also provides methods corresponding to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Charles Watkinson
  • Publication number: 20100139326
    Abstract: An automatic strand take-up installation includes at least a first gripping member for taking hold of at least one strand bundle, the first gripping member being guided by a first conveying loop to a second gripping member guided by a second conveying loop, the bundle passing from one loop to the other loop due to an operating system for opening and closing the gripping members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN VETROTEX FRANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Karbowski, Danyele Rey, Natacha Karbowski, Marie Karbowski, Sarah Karbowski, Lydia Karbowski, Jean-Paul Boisset, Frederic Skura, Roger Bichat-Gobard
  • Publication number: 20100139327
    Abstract: A net is made from a multi-layer film which is used to produce at least two layers of synthetic yarns that are unified by application of a thermal process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Antonios Karatzis
  • Publication number: 20100139328
    Abstract: A laundry washing machine (1) having a wash tub (2), and an automatic device (3) for dispensing and metering at least one laundering product drawn from a respective container (11) containing a sufficient amount of product for numerous wash cycles; wherein the device (3) has at least one inlet (5) for the product, a water circuit (4) closed by the tub (2), and product metering means (6) interposed between the inlet (5) and the circuit (4) to inject a measured amount of product into the circuit (4) when water flows along the circuit (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Daniele Favaro
  • Publication number: 20100139329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to control panel assemblies for laundry devices and laundry devices with the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an improved control panel assembly which is easy to fabricate, and easy to recognize a selected operation condition, and a laundry device with the same. The control panel assembly for a laundry device includes a button assembly (200) having a plurality of buttons (220) provided in correspondence to operation conditions, a control panel (100) having a plurality of mounting holes (110) for exposure of the plurality of buttons (220) therethrough from a front thereof, and a frame (210) on a rear of the control panel, the frame (210) jointing the plurality of buttons (220) as one unit, and preventing pressing interference between adjacent buttons (220).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ju Han Yoon, Sung Gi Hwang, Seong Kyu Kim, Seon Il Heo
  • Publication number: 20100139330
    Abstract: A drum of a machine for the treatment of clothes is provided and includes a drum casing, which is essentially cylindrical in its basic form, with a central cylinder axis that forms an axis of rotation about which the drum can rotate. The drum casing has a tubular main casing portion with a first and a second front wall, which are connected to a first and second axial edge region of the main casing portion, and a reinforcing piece. The reinforcing piece surrounds the main casing portion over the outside circumference of the drum and counteracts the bulging of the main casing portion during the rotation of the drum under the influence of the centrifugal force, wherein the reinforcing piece has a cord-like component that encircles the outside circumference of the main casing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Ismael Gracia Bobed, Eduardo Recio Ferrer
  • Publication number: 20100139331
    Abstract: This invention relates to a drum type washing machine including a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a bearing housing including a huh having a rotating shaft of the drum passed therethrough and bearings placed in a center portion thereof, a supporting portion which extends from an outside circumference of the hub integrally, and a fastening portion provided integrally with the supporting portion, a connective supporter fastened to the fastening portion for supporting the bearing housing, and a vibration attenuating device between the connective supporter and the cabinet for attenuating vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hee Tae Lim, Hyun Seok Seo, Min Gyu Jo, Jae Won Chang
  • Publication number: 20100139332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stain-removing machine consisting of two tubes (2 and 3) which are joined to one another by a conventional closure and adjustment mechanism (6) including at least one rubber sealing section (7), the fabric (4) to be cleaned being clamped taut between said tubes with a fluid (5) flowing therebetween. The invention can also include a fill/discharge valve (8) for supplying/releasing the fluid (5) and said valve is moved by propulsion mechanisms or systems, such as mechanically or manually operated pistons (9, 9?). When the machine includes only one piston (9) the other tube (3) is provided with an elastic membrane (10) or a moving part. Optionally, the ends at which the tubes (2, 3) are joined are provided with securing and friction membranes or screens (13) or moving plates. The machine can be coupled to a professional stain-removing table (14) or to a domestic propulsion and suction source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Francisco Javier Perez-Toril Galan
  • Publication number: 20100139333
    Abstract: A motor controller including a vector controller that controls a permanent magnet motor including a rotor being provided with a permanent magnet having a coercivity low enough to allow modification in amount of magnetization and that executes a vector control by detecting current flowing at the permanent magnet motor; a speed/position detector that detects a rotational speed and a rotational position of the permanent magnet motor; a magnetization controller that increases or decreases the magnetization of the permanent magnet depending on the rotational position of the permanent magnet motor through adjustment in status of the magnetization of the permanent magnet by way of armature counteraction; and a demagnetization detector that detects a decrease in the magnetization of the permanent magnet magnetized by the magnetization controller during operation of the permanent magnet motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, TOSHIBA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOSHIBA HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sari MAEKAWA, Tsuyoshi Hosoito
  • Publication number: 20100139334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothing treating apparatus. The clothing treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a clothing holding unit in the cabinet for holding clothing, and a steam generator for generating steam or superheated steam to supply to the clothing holding space, thereby permitting to remove rumples from the clothing and microbes from the clothing possible to remain thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Kyeong Hwan Kim, Soo Young Oh, Myong Hun Im, Woo Young Kim, Han Gil Park, Kyung Chul Woo
  • Publication number: 20100139335
    Abstract: This invention relates to a cylindrical lock assembly and the combination of the cylindrical lock assembly and bolt assembly. The lock assembly includes a chassis housing an actuator that is rotatable about an axis xx to move a shuttle relative to the chassis. The shuttle operatively engages the bolt assembly to retract the latch bolt. The lock set also includes outer furniture which is adjustable in its position relative to the shuttle to accommodate doors of a range of thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: John Constantinou
  • Publication number: 20100139336
    Abstract: An anti-theft device (1) composes of an adjusting and blocking body (3) and of an abutment plate (5), that are being mutually connected through at least two protecting cables (2) and mutually approaching and going away by unwinding or winding such cables (2) from or on at least one winding coil (6) rotating inside the adjusting and blocking body (3), each cable (2) having both its ends fastened to the winding coil (6) and a central portion thereof passing inside the abutment plate (5), the adjusting and blocking body (3) being equipped with locking and unlocking means of the rotation of such coil (6), and comprising an automatic recovering system for a slack of the protecting cables (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Pietro Necchi
  • Publication number: 20100139337
    Abstract: A system is disclosed. It includes a portable electronic device comprising a lock interface member having a first aperture configured to engage with a first security apparatus and a second aperture configured to engage with a second security apparatus. At least one of the first security apparatus and the second security apparatus is engaged with the lock interface member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ACCO Brands USA LLC
    Inventors: John Hung, Ryan White
  • Publication number: 20100139338
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock (1) which can be released on an electrically automated basis, in particular for use with locker-type storage systems. A lock element (9) which can be introduced into the lock (1) is provided, which lock element (9) can be blocked in the lock (1) and thus holds a locker door (2) fixedly connected to the lock element (9) in the closed position. A lock pawl (14) which can be displaced in rotation to a limited degree is also provided, which engages with the lock element (9), either directly or indirectly via at least one displaceably mounted coupling element (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Wintersteiger
  • Publication number: 20100139339
    Abstract: A car door lock is disclosed. The car door lock comprises: a lock casing; an actuation mechanism mounted on the lock casing; and a press mechanism located outside the lock casing; wherein the door lock further comprises a pull rod extending through the lock casing to connect with the actuation mechanism and the press mechanism, the actuation mechanism enables the opening and closing of the press mechanism via a linear movement of the pull rod. The lock casing is provided with a hole for receiving the pull rod, a protruding platform is formed on the periphery of the hole, the pull rod is provided with a groove for fitting the seal ring, and the seal ring is located within the hole when the pull rod is moved in the hole. The car door lock solves the waterproof problem in positions between the press mechanism and the lock casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Xinkan Hu
  • Publication number: 20100139340
    Abstract: A system for controlling access to a secure area includes a lock and an electronic access device for controlling access to a secure area. The lock includes pins for locking and unlocking the lock. The access device communicates with the pins for electrically measuring movement of the pins. The access device stores an unlock pin code for the predetermined position of the pins for unlocking the lock. The electronic access device electrically measures pin movement by a key. A control device electrically communicates with the electronic access device for determining when a lock compromising technique has occurred to identify a lock tamper event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Nathan Gerner
  • Publication number: 20100139341
    Abstract: A lock device comprises an interlocking means comprising two axially movable parts (61, 62) interconnecting a cylinder core (20) and an extension (40, 50) so that free-turning operation is provided in one mode of operation and the extension rotates with the cylinder core in another operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventor: Daniel Andersson
  • Publication number: 20100139342
    Abstract: An electronically controlled lock with a single throw acting as a passage lock and also as a deadbolt lock is provided by the invention. The lock is equipped with an electronic activation device on its exterior housing and a door lever on its internal housing. A user unlocks the door from outside by touching an electronic key against the electronic activation device. After the door is unlocked, the throw acts as a passage lock. The door can be locked internally by moving the door lever from a horizontal position upwardly to a vertical position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: John Lie-Nielsen, Tibor Szenti
  • Publication number: 20100139343
    Abstract: An electromechanical lock, its key, and its operation method are disclosed. The method comprises: during a first (818) and a second (820) insertion phases of a key, conveying (802) mechanical power to an electric generator by a key follower and enabling (810) mechanically operation of an actuator by the key follower; generating (804) electric power from mechanical power by the electric generator; reading (806) data from an external source; matching (808) the data against a predetermined criterion; and during a removal phase (826) of the key, returning (815) the key follower to a starting position and mechanically resetting the actuator to the locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: iLoq Oy
    Inventors: Mika Pukari, Toivo Pääkkönen, Hannu Jokinen, Petteri Karjalainen
  • Publication number: 20100139344
    Abstract: A positioning assembly for a bicycle lock has a positioning frame, a turning connector and a linking element. The positioning frame is detachably mounted on a bicycle and has a mounting segment and a controlling segment. The controlling segment is mounted on the mounting segment and has a base and two pressing devices. The base has two mounting recesses. The pressing devices are movably and respectively mounted in the mounting recesses of the base. The turning connector is pivotally and detachably connected to the positioning frame and has a pivotal segment and a linking segment. The pivotal segment has two engaging elements mounted in the mounting recesses of the base to engage the pressing devices. The linking segment is formed with the pivotal segment and has an inserting hole. The linking element is detachably connected to inserting hole of the turning connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Publication number: 20100139345
    Abstract: This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for treating organic-containing sludges and converting such sludges to high value fertilizers containing both inorganic and organic fertilizer components, which creates an inorganically-augmented bioorganic fertilizer. The invention describes methods to create a thixotrophic or paste-like material via the application of mixing energy to the organic sludge followed by an alkaline treatment and a subsequent ammoniation. The invention further describes a method to increase the plant nutrient content in the organic containing product to a level which permits the finished granular fertilizer product to compete in the commercial agricultural fertilizer marketplace. Further, the invention reduces odors associated with said organic-containing sludges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. BURNHAM
  • Publication number: 20100139346
    Abstract: This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for modifying the process of producing dried biosolids pellets or granules into beneficiated inorganically-augmented bioorganic fertilizer. The present invention describes a method to beneficiate heat-dried biosolids or sludge pellets or granules as presently manufactured by municipalities or companies from a) dewatered municipal wastewater biosolids or sludges within the municipal wastewater treatment plant heat-dried biosolids production facility or from b) finished dry heat dried biosolids pellets or granules in a separate manufacturing facility from the municipal wastewater treatment plant to produce a fertilizer containing sufficient organic and inorganic plant nutrients to be valuable and saleable into the commercial agricultural industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. BURNHAM
  • Publication number: 20100139347
    Abstract: The embodiments herein disclose a nano-composite superabsorbent polymer (NC-SAP) composition encapsulating fertilizer/plant nutrient products and a method of producing NC-SAP based products. According to one embodiment, the method involves graft polymerizing a monomer, other than acrylonitrile, onto a carbohydrate in the presence of an initiator to form a graft carbohydrate copolymer, dispersing an inorganic nano powder, adding fertilizer nutrient to the reaction mixture, cross-linking the carbohydrate graft copolymer by adding a cross-linking agent, such as methylene bis-acrylamide, adjusting the pH of the cross-linked nano-composite carbohydrate graft copolymer and isolating the nano-composite carbohydrate graft copolymer. The method also includes drying the nano-composite carbohydrate graft copolymer, to yield particles that are NC-SAP containing fertilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Abolfazl Barati
  • Publication number: 20100139348
    Abstract: A controlled-release fertilizer having a fertilizer core and a coating applied thereon, the coating comprising a wax film layer and a polymer film layer. A method of preparation of the controlled-release fertilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Lianbu WAN, Hongkun CHEN, Li LI, Bing YU, Li YANG
  • Publication number: 20100139349
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring clinched joints senses lateral displacement of die segments during formation of a joint, which depends on joint button diameter. The system determines whether a joint is acceptable by correlating acceptable button diameter with acceptable amount of punch advancement. A predetermined number of unacceptable joints indicates excessive punch and/or die wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Srecko ZDRAVKOVIC, Sivakumar RAMASAMY
  • Publication number: 20100139350
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling flare in roll-forming processes are disclosed. An example method involves predefining a plurality of position values to adjust a tilt angle of a flange roller and adjusting the tilt angle of the flange roller based on one of the pre-defined position values to change an amount of flare in a zone of a component. The one of the pre-defined position values is associated with the zone of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory S. Smith, Jason E. Green
  • Publication number: 20100139351
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of a crimped connection between a conductor and a contact includes operating a crimping device to exert a crimping force on the conductor and the contact. From the crimping force curve that occurs during the crimping, a normalized force-distance crimping force curve is derived and a compression area is determined which lies under a reference crimping force curve. The crimping force curve and the reference crimping force curve are subdivided into several zones, the subdivision taking place under consideration of the size of the compression area. A further area that lies under the crimping force curve is determined and used to infer the quality of the crimped connection. A device for performing the method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Leo Bruhin
  • Publication number: 20100139352
    Abstract: By using a plating bath containing chromic acid: 100 to 250 g/L, sulfate radical: 3.0 to 5.5 g/L, and a catalyst: 100 to 200% (a weight ratio to the chromic acid content) for conducting electroplating, a Cr-plating film which has an increased film crack density is formed on the surface of a mandrel bar base metal, whereby peeling-off of the Cr-plating film can be suppressed in mandrel mill rolling for extending the service life of the mandrel bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Hirase, Masaya Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20100139353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and machine for producing a slotted wound core (50). The machine includes a punch arrangement (16) arranged to punch apertures in a length of material (12a), a mandrel (22) for receiving the punched material, a control means and a mandrel indexing means. The positioning of the punch arrangement (16) and the mandrel (22) is fixed and the mandrel (22) is arranged to be rotated by the mandrel indexing means after each operation of the punch arrangement so that a roll of punched material is formed on the mandrel (22). The mandrel (22) is rotated by an amount (&ggr;) determined by the control means. The control means determines the indexed amount so that selected apertures punched in the length of material align with one another when the material (12a) is rolled onto the mandrel (22) so that the aligned apertures form respective slots (52) of a desired configuration in the core (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: IN MOTION TECHNOLOGIES PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Dean James Patterson, Steven Peter Camilleri, Lyell Douglas Embery
  • Publication number: 20100139354
    Abstract: A reinforced wall in a drawn metal workpiece is formed by folding an annular wall back on itself in a punch-driven operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: PRIDGEON & CLAY, INC.
    Inventor: Ross Allan Martin
  • Publication number: 20100139355
    Abstract: A trimming press working apparatus 1 includes a trimming means 6 for cutting a plate material 2 along a trimming line 5 which divides a product portion 3 from a non-product portion 4 in the plate material 2; a scrap cutting means 9 for cutting the non-product portion 4 along scrap severing lines 7 each intersecting the trimming line 5 to make the non-product portion 4 into a plurality of scrap pieces 8; and a pad 10 for pressurizing and restraining the product portion 3 of the plate material 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Teruo Aramizu, Tadashi Sasahara, Hideki Kiriaki
  • Publication number: 20100139356
    Abstract: A device and a method for axially forming an elongated hollow body is disclosed. The device has at least one receptacle, a reducing die, a punch for pressing the elongated hollow body through the reducing die in the direction of an axis, an expanding mandrel and means for limiting the axial displacement of the punch. The punch and the expanding mandrel are movable on the same axis and the expanding mandrel is arranged inside the punch. The hollow body is reduced to a first diameter in a first portion and expanded to a second diameter in a second portion as a result of a movement of the punch and the expanding mandrel in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Ulrich Brochheuser, Andreas Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20100139357
    Abstract: A method for deep drawing blanks, which are punched out of sheet metal that is painted or coated with film material, for example made of steel or aluminium, into flangeless moulded blanks, wherein the blanks are formed to a crucible-shaped part, with a flangeless cylindrical edge, around a drawing core by means of a drawing bell of a drawing die, and a predetermined spring force is applied to the side of the edge opposite to the drawing bell during the forming of the edge of the blanks by means of a blank holder, characterised in that the spring force applied to the blank holder is spontaneously reduced substantially to zero shortly before the end of the drawing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Haar
  • Publication number: 20100139358
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing S-shaped bent edge on heat-isolating protection metal component comprising the following steps: place in order an upper layer of metal base plate and a lower layer of metal base plate as well as a middle layer of heat-isolating materials in between according to the requirements of the outward appearance and dimension and the various layers of the product; fix the metal base plates with the heat-isolating materials by means known in the art; form J-shaped edges on the base plates by conventional stamping means, and the J-shaped edges of the base plates are perpendicular to the horizontal portion of the metal base plates; each of the J-shaped edges of the base plates has an outwardly bent curve with a crown and a curve end; by means of a stamping step performed by an upper mold M1 with a concave surface and a flat surface and a lower mold M2 with a flat surface, the concave surface of the mold M1 exerts lateral force onto the curve ends so that the J-shaped edges of the base plates in
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Cui Xuejun
  • Publication number: 20100139359
    Abstract: A spring force component tester for determining a load distribution on each end of a spring of generally cylindrical shape using three, mutually-parallel load cells. One tester includes a lower plate and an upper plate movable with respect to the lower plate. Each plate includes a plurality of recesses and a load cell positioned in each recess. Each plurality of recesses is positioned such that a center of each recess is a point on a circle coaxial to the plate. The tester also includes a data logger that obtains and stores load cell outputs from the load cells and spring tester electronics that obtain height measurements of the upper plate and send a trigger signal to a computer. The computer executes application software when the computer receives the trigger signal that reads the load cell outputs stored in the data logger, and calculates a spring force acting along the spring axis between approximately 0.5 Newton and 100 Newton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Heiko F. Erlenkeuser, Joseph A. Nater
  • Publication number: 20100139360
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that determines a flow rate of air along an airflow path in a computer system. During operation the system monitors a first temperature profile from a first temperature sensor located in a first position in the airflow path, and monitors a second temperature profile from a second temperature sensor located in a second position in the airflow path, wherein the first position is upstream in the airflow path from the second position, and wherein the first position and the second position are separated by a predetermined distance along the airflow path. Next, the system computes a cross-power spectral density based on the first temperature profile and the second temperature profile. Then, the system determines a flow rate of air in the computer system based on the cross-power spectral density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenny C. Gross, Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan
  • Publication number: 20100139361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a calibration arrangement (10) for calibrating an apparatus that is arranged to prepare a beverage from water and an instant product, for different types of instant product. The calibration arrangement comprises: input means (20) for entering a setting into the apparatus, said setting providing the apparatus with dispense information of a particular instant product type, thereby enabling the apparatus to dispense appropriate amounts of said instant product; conversion means (15) for providing the settings for the respective instant product types. The conversion means (15) and the input means (20) function brand independently, that is without making use of or referring to a brand of the instant product type or some other type indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Anke Sinnema, Peter Sofrides Viet, Gertrude Riette Van Der Kamp, Matthijs Hendrikus Lubbers, Jacqueline Van Driel, Roland Van Straaten, Simon Martijn Oversteegen
  • Publication number: 20100139362
    Abstract: A calibration process for an SAW sensor of the differential resonator type incorporated in an assembly, the sensor having two resonance frequencies (f1, f2) which vary differently as a function of the value of a physical magnitude (G) of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventor: Lionel Fagot-Revurat
  • Publication number: 20100139363
    Abstract: A detector in a gas chromatograph includes a detector inlet configured to receive a chromatographic column, the chromatographic column having a column entrance and a column exit, the column exit coupled to the detector inlet, a restriction integrated within the detector, the restriction located to receive an output of the chromatographic column, at least one pressure regulated gas source provided for normal gas chromatograph operation and arranged to provide at least one gas to a location between the integrated restriction and the column exit, and a backflush controller coupled to the pressure regulated gas source, the backflush controller configured to control a pressure differential between the column exit and the column entrance such that the at least one gas backflushes the chromatographic column when a pressure at the column exit exceeds a pressure at the column entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew S. Klee, Lawrence John Gajdos, Bruce Douglas Quimby
  • Publication number: 20100139364
    Abstract: A sensor including: a sensor element; terminal metal fittings; a terminal surrounding member; and lead wires. The terminal surrounding member is divided into a front side surrounding member and a rear side surrounding member, and a rear end face of the front side surrounding member abuts a front end face of the rear side surrounding member. The sensor includes a fitting structure including a recess portion formed on one of the rear and front end faces and a protruding portion formed on the other, such that one of the front side surrounding member and the rear side surrounding member is prevented from rotating relative to the other about an axis of the sensor, and is prevented from deviating in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the sensor relative to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makato KUME, Noboru MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20100139365
    Abstract: A gas sensor for determining gas components in gas mixtures, e.g., for exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, includes a housing and a sensor element configured as a field effect transistor which has source, drain, and gate electrodes applied on a semiconductor substrate. A porous, catalytically active material is provided inside the housing of the gas sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Fix, Markus Widenmeyer, Alexander Martin, Dieter Elbe
  • Publication number: 20100139366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laundry treatment appliance laundry treatment appliance including a container to hold laundry items, and an odor sensor with at least two gas sensors that are different in respect of their reaction to different chemical characteristics of a predetermined gas or gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Uwe-Jens Krausch
  • Publication number: 20100139367
    Abstract: A method of analysing the hydrocarbon compounds in a bituminous material by means of comprehensive multi-dimensional gas chromatography is disclosed. The method may be used to measure the quantity of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in a bituminous material and may be used to determine the mutagenic tendency of a bituminous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Jan Blomberg, Patricia Lecoutaller, Francois Julien Raoul Deygout
  • Publication number: 20100139368
    Abstract: All-optical photoacoustic spectrometer sensing systems (PASS system) and methods include all the hardware needed to analyze the presence of a large variety of materials (solid, liquid and gas). Some of the all-optical PASS systems require only two optical-fibers to communicate with the opto-electronic power and readout systems that exist outside of the material environment. Methods for improving the signal-to-noise are provided and enable mirco-scale systems and methods for operating such systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Jack Kotovsky, William J. Benett, Angela C. Tooker, Jennifer B. Alameda
  • Publication number: 20100139369
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling electrical heating of an element to maintain a constant electrical resistance, by adjusting electrical power supplied to such element according to an adaptive feedback control algorithm, in which all the parameters are (1) arbitrarily selected; (2) pre-determined by the physical properties of the controlled element; or (3) measured in real time. Unlike the conventional proportion-integral-derivative (PID) control mechanism, the system and method of the present invention do not require re-tuning of proportionality constants when used in connection with a different controlled element or under different operating conditions, and are therefore adaptive to changes in the controlled element and the operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: ING-SHIN CHEN, Jeffrey W. Neuner, Richard Kramer
  • Publication number: 20100139370
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) monitors the condition of a component (12) by measuring the conductivity to air flow of a sealed cavity (14) formed on the surface of the component (12). The apparatus (10) comprises an unregulated pressure source (16) that is coupled to the cavity (14) via a fluid flow restriction (17). A measurement system (19) provides a measurement of, or related to, the volumetric air flow through the restriction (17), and calculates a conductivity index CI to air flow of the cavity in accordance with the equation CI=flow/pressure difference. In this equation “flow” is the volumetric flow of air through the flow restriction and “pressure difference” is the difference in pressure across the cavity with reference to atmospheric or ambient pressure. In the event that a crack traverses the cavity and provides a flow path to the atmosphere, the conductivity index CI will be a non-zero value. The higher the conductivity index the larger the crack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Jonathan Fievez