Abstract: A method for affecting effecting a repair and/or strengthening of a pipe is disclosed. The method comprises cleaning an effected affected area of a surface of the pipe to provide a cleaned surface of the pipe surface for an area requiring repair; applying a continuous strip around the pipe from a portion prior to the effected area and allowing the continuous strip to extend to a portion after the effected affected area. The continuous strip forms a spiral sleeve spaced from the pipe surface to provide an annular chamber between the pipe surface and the spiral sleeve.

Abstract: A glass window has a multiple glass structure in which a plurality of glass plates face each other, and a film is formed on the glass plate surface that is exposed to a cold environment when the glass window is closed. The film comprises a urethane resin prepared by a polymerization using at least a polyoxyalkylene-series polyol having an average molecular weight of 400-5000 and a hydrophobic polyol. There is used as the hydrophobic polyol an acrylic polyol having an average molecular weight of 500-5000 or a polyester polyol having an average molecular weight of 500-5000 and a hydroxy value of 10-200 mg KOH/g. Thereby, the film absorbs water that is in contact with the film when the glass window is open, and the film releases the water absorbed in the film when the opened door glass is closed, thereby having a condition that the film can absorb water.

Abstract: An apparatus for building pneumatic tyres includes a forming support and an assembling device to assemble components of elastomeric material on the forming support. The assembling device includes a feeding unit to deliver a continuous elongated element of elastomeric material, a conveyor having a moving surface along a predetermined direction and toward a proximal end thereof close to the forming support, and an application device positioned at the proximal end. The continuous elongated element is moved forward on the moving surface as far as the proximal end and the forming support is rotated to enable application of the continuous elongated element in the form of coils wound up on the forming support itself. A retaining device co-operates with the conveyor to brake the continuous elongated element at the end of the application, while the forming support goes on rotating, until it causes stretching and severing of the continuous elongated element.

Abstract: In tyre manufacture, a belt structure is made by means of strip-like segments, each including parallel cords incorporated into an elastomeric layer. The strip-like segments are sequentially laid down in mutual circumferential side by side relationship on a toroidal support. The apparatus for manufacturing such a reinforcing structure for vehicle tyres includes: a laying unit including at least one laying assembly designed to apply each of the strip-like elements onto a toroidal support according to a predetermined laying angle relative to a circumferential extension direction of the toroidal support itself; the laying assembly including at least a first presser element movable in contrast relationship against the outer surface of the toroidal support; the first presser element includes at least one tapered end adapted to perform the contrast relationship and forming a tilted side according to a tilt angle correspondent with the predetermined laying angle of the strip-like elements.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire provided with a pair of bead cores, a troidal-shaped carcass surrounding said bead cores, a tread rubber, a carcass, a plurality of belt layers reinforced by steel cords, wherein in at least one of said belt layers, the maximum value of deviation of an angle ?c of said steel cords is not greater than 3 degrees with respect to the angle made by said steel cords at the center in the tire width direction and the tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a circuit board with an embedded passive component is provided. An electrode-patterned layer having electrodes is formed on a surface of a conductive layer. A passive component material is filled in the intervals between the electrodes. The conductive layer and the electrode-patterned layer are laminated to a dielectric layer, wherein the electrode-patterned layer is embedded in the dielectric layer. The conductive layer is patterned to form a circuit layer.

Abstract: A strip for tamper evidencing has a first layer and one or more reinforcing layers. An adhesive is provided on a first portion of the strip to selectively adhere the first portion of the strip onto the first layer of a second portion of the strip, wherein the first layer is such that removal or attempted removal of the first portion of the strip from the second portion of the strip will be evidenced by the first layer. The reinforcing material may be arranged such that portions of it are bonded to each other at a plurality of locations spaced along the length of the strip. A security system may include a tamper evidencing device and a receipt portion having corresponding unique identifiers, wherein the receipt portion includes a zip tab securing portion for securing zip tabs or luggage locking points and the evidencing device includes a trackable identifier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method as well as a tool (1, 48) for producing a T-stringer, in particular in the aircraft and spacecraft sector. The method is characterized by two lay-up strips (3, 4) being arranged on top of one another, wherein areas (5, 6) of the lay-up strips (3, 4) corresponding to the stringer foot (60) that is to be formed, are spaced apart from one another by means of separation films (7, 8) and areas (14, 15) of the lay-up strips (5, 6) corresponding to a stringer web (61) come into direct contact with one another, in particular, forming a material bond. In a further method step, the lay-up strips (3, 4) are clamped at the areas (14, 15) corresponding to the stringer web (61) that is to be formed.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a molding sheet for forming a hard coat layer having an excellent shelf life or tracking ability to the mold in a semi-cured state, and having an excellent abrasion resistance after being cured completely, a molded body having a hard coat layer, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: The method for making an intra-oral electronic therapy device includes thermoforming a first thermoplastic layer on a patient's dental cast, e.g. as received from a patient's dentist, positioning components on the first thermoplastic layer, and thermoforming a second thermoplastic layer on the first thermoplastic layer to define a substrate with the components therein. The components include a rechargeable battery, at least one tissue contact electrode extending outwardly from the substrate to contact at least one tissue area in the patient's mouth, and a controller to cooperate with the rechargeable battery and the at least one tissue contact electrode to provide an electrical stimulation to the at least one tissue area in the patient's mouth. The method includes separating the substrate with the components therein from the dental cast.

Abstract: A printer system includes a print and apply device that receives a single data stream containing label printing/encoding data and positioning data. The print and apply device transmits label data to a printer/encoder portion of the system and positioning data to motors that move the system. Once the printer portion and the applicator portion have indicated they are ready, a signal is sent to apply the label. The label can be applied anywhere in the X, Y, and/or Z directions on a package.

Abstract: An anisotropic conductive adhesive for anisotropic conductive connection of an electronic component to a wiring board under no pressure or a low pressure is prepared by dispersing conductive particles in a binder resin composition. A metal flake powder having a major axis of 10 to 40 ?m, a thickness of 0.5 to 2 ?m, and an aspect ratio of 5 to 50, is used as the conductive particles. The amount of the conductive particles contained in the anisotropic conductive adhesive is 5 to 35 mass %. This anisotropic conductive adhesive is supplied to a connection terminal of a wiring board, and a connection terminal of an electronic component is preliminarily connected to a connection terminal of a substrate while arranging the anisotropic conductive adhesive therebetween. Then, the electronic component is heated without applying a pressure or while applying a low pressure to the electronic component to connect the substrate with the electronic component.

Abstract: A disassembly method for membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, and a disassembly method for fuel cell are provided, disassembly methods which are advantageous for the recovery of catalysts that are included in catalytic layers by making structural destruction of the catalytic layers progress by means of expanding a volumetrically-expandable material inside the catalytic layers. In such a state that a catalytic layer includes a volumetrically-expandable material that is capable of expanding volumetrically, the volumetrically-expandable material, which is included in the catalytic layer, is expanded by means of expansion treatment. Next, expansion of the volumetrically-expandable material, which has undergone volumetric expansion in the catalytic layer, is cancelled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing method that dissolves and deforms a photoresist film having a first pattern formed on a substrate to reshape the resist film into a second pattern. During the reflow process, an atmosphere of a thinner vapor-containing gas is established in a processing chamber. A substrate is placed on a temperature adjusting plate. The target temperature of the temperature adjusting plate is set and controlled by a control unit, and the temperature of the temperature adjusting plate is controlled by a temperature regulator based on the target temperature set by the control unit. The control unit set and controls the target temperature so that it meets the following requirement: the atmospheric temperature?the target temperature?(the atmospheric temperature+2° C.). Due to the above, the reflowing of the resist can be performed stably, while achieving a satisfactory reflow rate although it is somewhat low.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for wet treatment of a disc-like article, which comprises: a spin chuck for holding and rotating the disc-like article, and an inner edge nozzle dispensing treatment liquid directed towards a first peripheral region of the first surface of the disc-like article, wherein the first surface is facing the spin chuck and the first peripheral region is defined as being a region of the first surface with an inner radius (ri), which is greater than 1 cm less than the disc-like article's radius (ra), wherein the inner edge nozzle is positioned in a stationary manner between the disc-like article (when placed on the spin chuck) and the spin chuck, wherein the inner edge nozzle is feed through a central pipe, which is disposed in a stationary manner and penetrates centrally through the spin chuck, for supplying a treatment liquid against a first surface of the disc-like article.

Abstract: In order to seal the corner joint of an elastoplastic tape placed as a spacer on a glass pane, a film strip is pressed with a first portion of its length against the first leg section of the spacer and the protruding portion of the film strip is wrapped around the corner and pressed against the second leg section. For the purpose of automating this process, the film strip is severed mechanically from an automatically supplied film tape and held via a transfer apparatus which thereafter presses the film strip with the first portion of its length against the first leg section. The portion of the film strip protruding freely over the corner is wrapped around the corner via a pressure carriage and pressed by tautening against the second leg section of the spacer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of high speed manufacture of swatch bearing sheets wherein each sheet is directed through various operating stations via sequentially releasing a suction force from an endless vacuum belt conveyor while sequentially pulling the sheet onto another endless vacuum belt conveyor with a suction force to allow for substantially continuous engagement of the sheet with the endless vacuum conveyors during the manufacture and inspection of the sheets.

Abstract: A label printer includes: a conveying section configured to convey a label sheet including a base sheet, on which a plurality of labels are stuck, in a forward direction and a backward direction; a printing section configured to print the labels in a process of conveyance of the label sheet; an aligning section configured to align one end face of the label sheet with a reference plane for printing in the printing section; a label peeling section configured to bend the label sheet, which finishes passing the printing section, to peel off the labels after the printing from the base sheet; a base sheet winding shaft configured to wind the base sheet from which the labels are peeled off by the label peeling section; an issue port configured to issue the labels after the printing peeled off by the label peeling section; and a label guide member provided in a position of the issue port close to a guide path for the base sheet extending from the label peeling section to the base sheet winding shaft and configured to

Abstract: A system for printing three-dimensional semiconductor products. The system includes printheads for printing various so as to create a three-dimensional structure including cavities, and a robot for incorporating semiconductor objects into the cavities created during the printing process. The robot incorporates the semiconductor objects into the cavities during printing of the three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: A fiber delivery apparatus having a creel assembly and a fiber placement head is provided. A plurality of fiber spools are stored in the creel assembly. The tow paths from the spools to the fiber placement head are substantially fixed such that movements orienting the fiber placement head relative to a tool are simultaneously applied to the fiber spools as well. As such, the length and orientation of the tow paths between the spools and the fiber placement head are constant.

Abstract: A machine for inflating and sealing an inflatable web comprising a series of pre-formed flexible containers, each of the pre-formed containers being capable of holding therein a quantity of gas and having an opening for receiving such gas.

Abstract: The present inventions generally relate to thin film solar cell fabrication, and more particularly, to techniques for interconnecting solar cells based on Group IBIIIAVIA thin film semiconductors. In a particular embodiment, a system is described that positions solar cells and conductive leads with respect to each other so that application of a conductive adhesive and formation of an assembled solar cell string, followed by curing and cooling of the conductive adhesive, can occur in a repeatable manner.

Abstract: An apparatus for film transfer includes at least one printing press and at least one transfer film supply roller, a transfer film guiding device for guiding the transfer film web from the transfer film supply roller to a transfer nip. In order to ensure a variable film transfer in different printing units of the printing press, up to now the transfer film supply roller is moved with a film module into the region of the desired printing unit. In order to make a variable film transfer possible without complicated moving, the guiding device has web guiding elements at least in the region of the at least one printing press and the web guiding elements are enabled to selectively guide the transfer film web to different positions on the at least one printing press, such as to possible potential transfer nips.

Abstract: A plate press (1), in particular a one-level or multilevel cycle press, including at least one heating plate (2), at least one press plate (5) and at least one press cushion, disposed between the press plate (5) and the heating plate (2), which press cushion comprises a cushion layer (4) which is liquid at least at the operating temperature of the plate press (1), which cushion layer is defined on one side by a fluid tight membrane (3), wherein the press plate is disposed on a side facing the press blank and the membrane (3) includes a flexible polymeric material. The membrane (3) is connected to the press plate (5).

Abstract: A coating film peeling apparatus for resin material includes: a peeling cylinder, a peeling roll installed therein with a space for a peeling process along an inner wall of the peeling cylinder, a resistance lid disposed to block a discharge port of the peeling cylinder, and a pressure adjustment part for adjusting an outflow rate and internal pressure of the peeling cylinder. The peeling cylinder is constituted by a polygonal-shaped angular columnar body having, as coating film pass-through holes, rows K of small holes and rows L of small holes and projection rings (angular embossments) provided alternately in multiple rows along a direction perpendicular to a rotating direction of the peeling roll.

Abstract: The blocking device (10) of a wheel rim (100) on a tyre-mounting machine is provided with a rotating support plate (5) having a central hole (6), and comprises a stem (11) for engaging with the rotating support plate (5), and a cursor (15) which is slidable on the stem (11) and which comprises a conical centring body (16) and means for activating for moving the cursor (15) along the stem (11). The means for activating comprise a mechanical transmission between a collar (20) and a motor (28) and the coupling between the cursor (15) and the stem (11) is such as to prevent rotation of the cursor (15) about the stem (11).

Abstract: A window blind assembly includes a top rail, a drawable primary curtain unit hung from the top rail, and a drawable auxiliary curtain unit hung from the top rail and disposed at one side of the primary curtain unit. The primary curtain unit includes an upper curtain section and a lower curtain section extending downwardly from the upper curtain section and having a light transmittance less than that of the upper curtain section. The auxiliary curtain unit includes an auxiliary curtain that has a light transmittance less than that of the upper curtain section and that has a vertical length less than a combined vertical length of the upper and lower curtain sections. The vertical length of the auxiliary curtain is sufficient to ensure that the auxiliary curtain is able to substantially cover the upper curtain section when the auxiliary curtain and the upper curtain section are lowered.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular actuator (1) for a home automation screen, that comprises: a stationary point (20: 220: 420) at least partially imbedded in the tube through one end thereof; and stop means (21, 11; 221, 211; 321; 421, 411) of the stationary point at least in translation relative to the tube, characterised in that the tubular actuator includes locking means (32; 232; 432) for the stop means.

Abstract: Provided is a contour curtain driving apparatus which independently ascends and descends a contour curtain which is divided into a number of sub-curtains using a motor, respectively. The contour curtain driving apparatus includes a selector having a selection switch for selecting a driving mode of the contour curtain, an automatic controller controlling the location of the entire contour curtain according to the input of mode switches, a manual controller controlling the location of the contour curtain according to the input of a jog switch, and limit switches which are installed to mechanically change the position set by the automatic controller. Accordingly, the contour curtain is set up in various shapes. The contour curtain driving apparatus can be run immediately after recovery of the circuit out of order due to a momentary power failure or an overload trip. Maintenance and repair can be economically performed since the manipulation limit switches stand close together.

Abstract: A device for automatically moving a curtain along a curtain rail, which device comprises driving means movable along the curtain rail, the curtain being adapted to be coupled to the driving means by way of coupling means, wherein the driving means comprise a toothed belt (2). Preferably, the rail (1) is provided with two toothed belt guide channels (1a, 1b) extending in longitudinal direction of the rail, for the purpose of guiding the toothed belt (2) along the rail (1), the device being provided, adjacent at least a first end of the rail (1), with reversing means (3) for reversing a part of the toothed belt (2) extending out of the one guide channel (1a; 1b) and guiding it to the other guide channel (1b; 1a).

Abstract: A length adjustable fitting for blind systems, including a housing and a drive member fitted to said housing; a core component including a core member shaped for engaging a drive portion of said drive member, the core component including a support portion shaped for engaging a support member for supporting said fitting; wherein, the selective adjustment of the drive member relative to the housing moves the core member along an axis to a different position relative to the housing, wherein at each said position, the drive member engages the core member to resist movement of the core member along the axis from said position relative to said housing.

Abstract: The snow cover of the invention has a main shade with fastening elements located at the upper end to be anchored on the car roof and other fastening elements on a lower end to be anchored on the car hood. The snow cover includes two triangular pendent self-stretched flaps each fastens to a pendant to stretch the main shade smoothly to neatly cover the windshield. When car doors are opened, two pendent self-stretched flaps slide quickly inside the car doors due to pendant principle. After the card doors are closed, two pendent self-stretched flaps are clamped by the car doors and the car body and held inside the car body. To move the snow cover, open the car doors, unfasten fastening elements at the upper and lower ends of the main shade, then the snow cover can be removed and stowed.

Abstract: The invention presents a pulp manufacturing technology for realizing a used paper recycling apparatus of furniture size that can be installed not only in a large office, but also in a small shop or general household. In the beating process of the pulp making process for fragmenting and beating the used paper for manufacturing used paper pulp, a grinder having a pair of beating disks rotated relatively, beating action surfaces of the beating disks are disposed oppositely across a tiny beating gap, thereby a used paper pulp circulation route is formed, in which the used paper pulp beaten by the grinder is processed in the beating process while being circulated in the used paper pulp circulation route, and the beating gap of the beating action surfaces is adjusted to be narrower gradually from the beginning till the end of the beating process. As a result, in a limited narrow working space, a smooth and efficient beating operation is realized from the beginning till the end of the beating process.

Abstract: A process for refining and producing cellulose, lignin and xylose from biomass material comprises the following steps: pulverizing and screening the biomass material; and then dipping the biomass material in organic acid with lower boiling point and decomposing it into xylose, xylo-oligosaccharide, cellulose and lignin to make the biomass material fluidify; cooling the fluidified biomass material after finishing the reaction, adding organic solvent, and mixing uniformly and standing; separating, washing and drying the precipitation to obtain amorphous cellulose after precipitating; distilling the mother solution of precipitation of cellulose and recovering the organic acid and the resulting volatile organic substance; standing the distilled mother solution after cooling, and then separating, washing and drying the precipitation to obtain xylose and xylo-oligosaccharide after precipitating; distilling and recovering the organic solvent in the mother solution of precipitation of xylose and xylo-oligosaccharide,

Abstract: The present invention relates to wood pulp and polyareneazole pulp for use as reinforcement material in products including for example friction materials, fluid sealing materials, and papers. The pulp comprises (a) irregularly shaped, wood pulp fibrous structures, (b) irregularly shaped, polyareneazole fibrous structures, and (c) water, whereby wood pulp fibrils and/or stalks are substantially entangled with polyareneazole fibrils and/or stalks. The invention further relates to processes for making such wood pulp and polyareneazole pulp.

Abstract: Wood pulp papers are provided that are useful in end uses requiring microbial barrier properties such as medical packaging, air filters, liquid filters, and other uses and the papers have significantly improved bacterial barrier properties in contrast to wood pulp papers known in the art as measured by Log Reduction Values determined by ASTM F-1608.

Abstract: To provide a papermaking internal sizing agent capable of efficiently imparting sizing performance even in neutral papermaking which uses calcium carbonate as filler, and uses no aluminum sulfate or uses a small amount of aluminum sulfate, and also provide a paper or a paperboard obtained by using the papermaking internal sizing agent. The papermaking internal sizing agent comprises as an effective ingredient an amphoteric copolymer having hydrophobic groups and cationic groups, at least a part of the cationic groups being quaternized. Preferably, the amphoteric copolymer is obtained by polymerizing monomer ingredients that it essentially contain a hydrophobic monomer (A), a cationic monomer (B), and an anionic monomer (C) and that an anion equivalent of the monomer (C) is 0.1 to 90% of a cation equivalent of the monomer (B), in which a rate of quaternizing of the cationic groups is not less than 40% by mole. The paper or the paperboard contains the above papermaking internal sizing agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of an aqueous composition comprising polysilicate coated mineral particles, wherein the process comprises subjecting an aqueous composition comprising gelled polysilicate and a mineral to shear of at least 5000 rpm for at least 30 seconds. The present invention also provides polysilicate coated mineral particles obtainable by this process as well as paper filled with these particles.

Abstract: A doctoring system is disclosed for a papermaking machine wherein the doctoring system includes a doctor blade and a fluid assist means. The doctor blade is coupled to a doctor blade holder, and is for cleaning a moving surface. The doctor blade holder is coupled to a doctor-back. The fluid assist means is for providing a fluid under positive pressure that is higher than atmospheric pressure and is directed in a direction generally along a direction of movement of the moving surface such that a negative pressure that is lower than atmospheric pressure develops in a negative pressure zone adjacent the moving surface and a following surface of the doctor blade during movement of the moving surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a papermaking felt which exhibits a good dewatering capability (water permeability) and resistance to flattening in a papermaking machine, and which is capable of improving surface smoothness of a wet paper web and has improved anti-dehairing property. A papermaking felt using a woven fabric in which at least one of an MD yarn and a CMD yarn arranged on a wet paper web side of a base body is a multifilament yarn which is a bundle of a plurality of filaments with fineness of 100 dtex or less and which is substantially without twisting or only loosely twisted and hence almost without twisting.

Abstract: A method for making a turbine airfoil includes providing a mold core and an outer shell which cooperatively define a cavity in the shape of a hollow airfoil having an outer wall, a root, and a tip. A tip portion of the core extends completely through the portion of the cavity defining the tip of the airfoil. The core is restrained to prevent movement between the core and outer shell. Molten metal is introduced into the cavity and solidified to form an airfoil having at least one outer wall which defines an open tip and a hollow interior. A metallic tip cap is formed on the outer wall which substantially closes off the open tip. The tip cap may be formed by packing the airfoil with metallic powder; and laser sintering the exposed powder so as to form a tip cap which is metallurgically bonded to the outer wall.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for cooling an energy accumulator in a rail vehicle, using air. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, the air is fed to the energy accumulator directly from an already cooled or air-conditioned area of the rail vehicle. This occurs in particular when the temperature of the area is lower than the external temperature.

Abstract: A method of providing a geothermal heating and cooling system for a building having the steps of designing and installing a geothermal heat pump and loop field system to a customer's building; calculating a periodic fee to be charged to the customer; measuring the actual geothermal system usage; and charging the customer the periodic fee which is comprised of a base fee and a usage charge based on the amount the system is in operation.

Abstract: A hollow pile suitable for being sunk substantially vertically into the soil by screw-sinking, said hollow pile being characterized in that it has: at least one helical fin (2) having a flattened shape and a small pitch suitable for causing the pile to be sunk by a few centimeters per turn, when said pile is caused to move in rotation, the helical fin (2) finding itself united mechanically with and in thermal contact with the outside wall of the pile (1); and internal partitioning (3) defining an axial compartment (11) and an outer compartment (12) that communicate with each other at the bottom (13) of the pile; said hollow pile being characterized in that: the helical fin (2) is in direct thermal contact with the outer compartment (12) through the thickness of wall of the pile (1); and the outer compartment (12) has a flow section (S2) that is significantly smaller than the flow section (S1) of the axial compartment (11).

Abstract: A cooling device includes: a cooling fan; a shroud provided at an outer circumferential side of the cooling fan; and a ring having an inner circumferential wall and an outer circumferential wall. The inner circumferential wall is provided on the shroud and adjacent to an outer circumference of the cooling fan. The outer circumferential wall surrounds the inner circumferential wall, and an air-flow-direction downstream side end of the outer circumferential wall is positioned at a further downstream position in an air flow direction than an air-flow-direction downstream side end of the inner circumferential wall. An air-flow-direction downstream side end of an outer circumferential edge of the cooling fan is positioned at a further downstream position in the air flow direction than the air-flow-direction downstream side end of the inner circumferential wall.

Abstract: A cooling device includes: a cooling fan; a shroud provided at an outer circumferential side of the cooling fan; an inner circumferential wall provided on the shroud and adjacent to the outer circumference of the cooling fan; and an outer circumferential wall provided to surround the inner circumferential wall. An air-flow-direction downstream side end of the outer circumferential wall is positioned at a further downstream position in an air flow direction than an air-flow-direction downstream side end of the inner circumferential wall. An air-flow-direction downstream side end of the cooling fan is positioned at a further downstream position than the air-flow-direction downstream side end of the inner circumferential wall. A ratio between a length of the outer circumferential wall and a length of the inner circumferential wall in the air flow direction is 1.07 or more and 1.81 or less, and a width between the outer circumferential wall and the inner circumferential wall is 15 mm or more and 55 mm or less.

Abstract: A heating/air-conditioning device includes a high-performance heat exchanger for providing air-conditioning of the vehicle cab of passenger cars and is designed and optimized for the large-scale production of passenger cars concerning quantity and costs. The construction size of a heat exchanger, which is already designed as a high-performance heat exchanger and has a soldered matrix, is enlarged beyond the previously known size, so that the vehicle delivers the same heating power as the previous basic series including a much more expensive PTC auxiliary heater. In addition to cost savings, fuel is saved in an order of 0.5-1.01/100 km, compared to an operation with a PTC auxiliary heater and at the same heating power.

Abstract: A simple heat-dissipation pad for a notebook computer includes two symmetrical pad elements which can be coupled to each other via engaging blocks and engaging holes formed thereon, so as to form a decorative object having a spherical shape or other shapes. The pad elements, when separated from each other, can be used to support the notebook computer at a higher position and provide anti-slip and proper heat-dissipation effects.

Abstract: A heat sink and method for using the same for use in cooling an integrated circuit (IC) chip is provided herein. The heat sink includes a manifold block, a liquid-filled cooling system, and a compliant foil affixed to the manifold block and backed by a liquid in the closed loop cooling system. The pressure provided by the liquid behind the foil causes the foil to bow, and to conform to non-planarities in the surface of the IC chip, thus reducing air gaps and increasing thermal coupling between the IC chip and the heat sink.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating apparatus using hot water and steam, in which a heater receives and heats a source water to generate hot water and steam, and the mixture of hot water and steam is automatically circulated inside a heating pipe due to an expansion force of the generated steam. According to the heating apparatus of the invention, the heater is supplied with a source water and heats the source water to generate hot water and steam. The generated hot water and steam is automatically circulated inside the heating pipe in a state of mixture of hot water and steam, thereby eliminating the need for a separate circulating means for circulating the hot water and steam.