Patents Issued in March 21, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130068376
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus produce a three-dimensional decoration piece that does not damage the tacky bonding or adhesion strength of the lower layer material of the decoration piece. The method includes putting an upper layer material on a first table operating as cathode; lowering an upper mold operating as anode onto the first table, emitting a high frequency wave for induction heating; stopping the high frequency induction heating; moving a second table carrying a lower layer material having a tacky bonding property to below the upper mold; and lowering said upper mold onto the second table. In the apparatus, the second table or the lower mold is provided on the top surface thereof with recessed sections that are transversally and inwardly separated from a position where an edge of the first machining means contacts, by 0.2 mm to 1 mm; and a cushion member being arranged in the respective recessed sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: EIJI KUWAHARA, NOBUO KURODA
    Inventor: Eiji Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20130068377
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, with an insulation applied to an outer side of a fuel tank container by application of foam, wherein the fuel tank container is placed into a foam-encapsulating mold and at least partially encapsulated in the foam insulation, the foam-encapsulating mold forming a first mold half and the fuel tank container forming a second mold half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Ulrich Essig
  • Publication number: 20130068378
    Abstract: A non-woven textile may be formed from a plurality of thermoplastic polymer filaments. The non-woven textile may have a first region and a second region, with the filaments of the first region being fused to a greater degree than the filaments of the second region. A variety of products, including apparel (e.g., shirts, pants, footwear), may incorporate the non-woven textile. In some of these products, the non-woven textile may be joined with another textile element to form a seam. More particularly, an edge area of the non-woven textile may be heatbonded with an edge area of the other textile element at the seam. In other products, the non-woven textile may be joined with another component, whether a textile or a non-textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Bhupesh Dua, Karen A. Hawkinson
  • Publication number: 20130068379
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a display device 1 includes a first step of attaching a display panel and a first substrate member to each other with a first adhesive sandwiched between the display panel and the first substrate member, and a second step of attaching a second substrate member to the first substrate member on a surface of the first substrate member opposite to the display panel with a second adhesive sandwiched between the first and second substrate members, where the second step is carried out subsequently to the first step. The second adhesive used in the second step has a glass transition point higher than a glass transition point of the first adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tsuchida, Tomoo Takatani, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20130068380
    Abstract: A label adapted for direct thermal printing on both sides thereof and having a sealable pouch is described. In one embodiment, the label comprises two substrates, each substrate being coated on an outer face with a thermally sensitive coating. The inner faces of the substrates are respectively coated with an adhesive and a release material. A configuration of die cuts and perforations on the two substrates is provided to allow the label to adhere to a surface such as a package and to form a sealable pouch with respect to said surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Jody Brookshire, Erin Conaghan
  • Publication number: 20130068381
    Abstract: A sleeve is formed by applying a pattern of adhesive on one or more elongate sheets of material, combining the elongate sheets using the applied adhesive, and cutting the elongate sheets using cutting guides conforming to the pattern of adhesive, thereby forming separate sleeves bound by peripheral seams containing adhesive. Movement of the combined sheets into the cutter, and movement of the cutter, are combined by mechanical actuators and or processors to facilitate automated production of the sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Steven TCHIRA
  • Publication number: 20130068382
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer that includes a backing layer, an insulating layer disposed on top of the backing layer, and a plurality of conductive traces disposed on top of the insulating layer are disclosed. Each of the conductive traces has an upper face. A plurality of transducer elements, each having (a) a core of piezoelectric material and (b) a conductive coating disposed beneath the core, are bonded directly to the upper face of a respective one of the plurality of conductive traces. Methods for fabricating ultrasound transducers are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: IMACOR INC.
    Inventor: Imacor Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130068383
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for use in a fusion process for conduit. The method includes: heating and melting at least a portion of the terminal edges of the first conduit portion and the second conduit portion; and butt fusing the melted terminal edge of the first conduit portion with the melted terminal edge of the second conduit portion, thereby creating a fused joint area. A fusion apparatus for employing this method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Underground Solutions Technologies Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan St. Onge, Henri St. Orge, Thomas Marti
  • Publication number: 20130068384
    Abstract: Methods and systems for three dimensional large area welding and sealing of optically transparent materials are disclosed, including generating a beam of ultra-short pulses from an ultra-short pulsed laser; directing the beam to an acoustic-optic modulator to control the repetition rate of the beam; directing the beam to an attenuator after passing through the acoustic-optic modulator to control the energy of the beam; directing the beam to a focusing lens after passing through the attenuator to focus the beam between a top substrate and a bottom substrate in order to weld the top substrate to the bottom substrate, wherein the top substrate and the bottom substrate are in intimate contact; and controlling the position of the top substrate and the bottom substrate relative to the beam using a three-axis stage in order to weld the top substrate to the bottom substrate at different points. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: POLARONYX, INC.
    Inventors: Jian Liu, Huan Huang
  • Publication number: 20130068385
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic facility for decorating items made of rough or refined glass or of plastic with raised patterns including a carrier for continuously moving the items between a station for loading the items onto the carrier, a station for screen-printing a decoration onto each item with UV ink, a station for ultraviolet pre-polymerization of the ink of the decoration, the ink remaining slightly tacky on the surface, a station applying a paper film using heat by adhering the paper film onto the ink of the decoration and a station for unloading the items towards a tunnel for the final ultraviolet polymerization of the decoration. A method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: POCHET DU COURVAL
    Inventors: Marcel Auger, Regis Binet, Johan Benoit
  • Publication number: 20130068386
    Abstract: Radiation-crosslinkable hot-melt adhesives containing more than 50% of polyurethane polymers which contain at least one radiation-polymerizable reactive group. The radiation-crosslinkable hot-melt adhesive is prepared by reacting a) a reactive PU prepolymer having a particular block structure b) 20 to 95 mol % of at least one low-molecular-weight compound (B) containing a radically polymerizable double bond and a group reacting with an NCO group; c) 0 to 50 mol % of at least one compound (C) having at least one group reactive to NCO groups but no group that is polymerizable under radical conditions, with a molar mass of 32 to 5000 g/mol; d) 5 to 50 mol % of at least one radical photoinitiator (D) having a primary or secondary OH group, as well as optionally further polymers and/or auxiliary substances. The adhesives can be cured for bonding nonwoven substrates or for coating labels, tapes, films and plasters with pressure-sensitive adhesive coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  • Publication number: 20130068387
    Abstract: An attachment that is configured for attachment to an arm of a piece of construction equipment. The attachment includes a pair of grapple mechanisms mounted on a main beam. Each grapple mechanism includes opposing grab arms mounted to a grab arm housing. The grab arm housings of the grapple mechanisms are each individually adjustable separate from one another relative to the main beam in one or more directions generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main beam. The attachment can fine adjust the positions of the pipe ends relative to one another until the ends align with each other, at which point the pipe ends can be welded or otherwise secured to each other while being held in position by the grapple mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: LAVALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: LAVALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC
  • Publication number: 20130068388
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a roll of sheet includes forming a layered sheet by combining a plurality of overlapped fiber sheets which is moving in a continuation direction and winding the layered sheet. The forming of the layered sheet includes performing a first compression in which a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions are disposed in an alternating manner in the continuation direction, the second regions lying along an intersecting direction and performing second compression in which among the first regions and the second regions, at least the first regions are compressed. The accumulating of the layered sheet includes forming a loop of the layered sheet by disposing the layered sheet along the peripheral surface of a rotatable roller. The winding of the layered sheet includes winding the layered sheet on a winding mandrel located downstream of the rotatable roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20130068389
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade with a shear web involves the following steps: Fibre material is laid onto the inner surface of a mould. A first layer of fibre material for the shear web is laid onto the fibre material which was placed onto the inner surface of the mould. Then a first mould core part is partly positioned onto the first layer of fibre material. The first mould core part has a base surface, a top surface and a surface for supporting the shear web. The first layer of fibre material is then placed along the surface for supporting the shear web and at least partly along the top surface of the first mould core part. Then the shear web is positioned at the surface of supporting the shear web of the first mould core part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Anders Overgaard
  • Publication number: 20130068390
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide apparatus and methods for processing a substrate. One embodiment comprises a cleaning chamber. The cleaning chamber comprises one or more walls that form a low energy processing region, a plasma generating source to deliver electromagnetic energy to the low energy processing region, a first gas source to deliver a silicon containing gas or a germanium containing gas to the low energy processing region, a second gas source to deliver a oxidizing gas to the low energy processing region, an etching gas source to deliver a etching gas to the low energy processing region, and a substrate support having a substrate supporting surface, a biasing electrode, and a substrate support heat exchanging device to control the temperature of the substrate supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Applied Materials, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130068391
    Abstract: Slit valve apparatuses are described. In one aspect, a slit valve apparatus is disclosed having a gate with at least one sealing surface, a blocker element, and a connector member that structurally connects the gate and the blocker element. Systems and methods including the slit valve apparatus are also disclosed, as are numerous other aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: John J. Mazzocco, Dale Robert Du Bois, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20130068392
    Abstract: An apparatus makes plastic bags in succession by intermittently feeding webs of plastic film longitudinally along a path. Movable units are spaced apart along the path and are driven by drive units, one for each movable unit, longitudinally of the film webs. Control switches, one for each movable unit, works on each drive unit to move the corresponding movable unit for position adjustment. The film webs are processed by at least some of the movable units whenever being fed intermittently, to successively make the plastic bags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio TOTANI
  • Publication number: 20130068393
    Abstract: An improved laminating equipment for touch panel includes a working recess and a pressing cap. The working recess has a first and a second positioning frame for precisely positioning a first and a second plate respectively. A plurality of elastic supporter is arranged between the first and the second positioning frame for forming a gap between the first and the second plates. The pressing cap has a pressing unit having a soft contact surface on a bottom surface thereof. The working recess is sealed by covering of the pressing cap to create vacuum by a vacuum pump during the laminating process. The pressing unit will provide a downward force to the second plate to overcome the support of the plurality of elastic supporter so as to attach the first and the second plates as one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Kai-Ti YANG
  • Publication number: 20130068394
    Abstract: A method of protecting a surface, such as the surface of a windscreen of a motor vehicle, comprises providing a cylindrical roll of a plastic film one side of which has an adhesive coating afforded by a solvent-based acrylic adhesive and in which the plastic film is formed with a plurality of spaced transversely extending rows of perforations, applying the adhesive-coated side of the plastic film to the surface or structure using two spaced resilient rollers, unwinding a desired length of the plastic film from the roll and rupturing the plastic film along a selected row of perforations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: PACKEXE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Packexe (Holdings) Limited
  • Publication number: 20130068395
    Abstract: A tyre cage 40 comprising a mounting member 42 and a plurality of arms 44, the mounting member 42 describes a plane and the arms have at least a portion of which extend away from that plane, whereby a tyre 24 may be at least partially enveloped by the mounting member 42 and arms 44 in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: David Norton-Smith
  • Publication number: 20130068396
    Abstract: A bead breaker tool includes an upper member and a lower member, where the upper member and the lower member are interleaved together to make a lever assembly. The upper member and lower member are detachable from each other, and the upper and lower members are configured as tire irons. Also, the handles of the tire irons may include crossguards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Publication number: 20130068397
    Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing the rate of evaporation for a liquid. Systems and methods include use of evaporation membranes having large surface areas exposed to the ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Kevin Shurtleff
  • Publication number: 20130068398
    Abstract: A head box for receiving one or more roller blinds or the like. The head box comprises a pair of end plates, a front closure panel and a bottom closure panel to at least partially enclose the bottom of said head box. The end plates support one or more roller blinds when the roller blinds are received within the head box. The front closure panel extends between the end plates and is releasably securable thereto. The bottom closure panel is releasably securable to the front closure panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Norman Wills, Philip Ng
  • Publication number: 20130068399
    Abstract: A vehicle awning framework comprises a base stand (1), above which a pair of driving axles (2) is parallelly arranged from the front to the rear. A pair of driving axle supports (3) is sleeved on each driving axle(2). Two shaft gears(4) are sleeved respectively at the two ends of said driving axle(2), and respectively fixedly connected with a driving axle supports(3). The two ends of the driving axle (2) are respectively fixedly connected with a gear connection connectors (5) through which a laterally-turning axle (6) rotated around the gear connecting connectors (5) is arranged .The laterally-turning axle (6) rotates around itself when it turns outward, so that laterally-turning shafts (8) on the laterally-turning axle (6) are spread to the left and right sides, and the awning can be closed and folded entirely along with the turning of the laterally-turning shafts (8). Therefore the vehicle awning framework can be operated automatically and easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Meizhong Wu
  • Publication number: 20130068400
    Abstract: According to some aspects provided are curtains assemblies comprising a curtain selectably moveable between an open position and a closed position, a track guide having a first and second side, wherein the first and second side define a plane of operation for the curtain as it moves between the open position and the closed position, and a first track and second track insert coupled to respective sides of the track guide, wherein the curtain is moveably coupled to the first and second track inserts, wherein the first and second track inserts each define a respective channel of operation at which the track insert and the curtain are moveably coupled, and wherein the curtain travels along the channel of operation during transition between the open and the closed position. In some embodiments, the assembly is configured for operation at differing installation angles while maintaining the curtain in a plane of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Rajiva A. Dwarka
  • Publication number: 20130068401
    Abstract: A vertical blind assembly module includes a head rail unit with opposite sides and a unit axis extending between the sides, a housing and an axle pivotally connecting the housing to the head rail unit so that the housing can pivot about a pivot axis that is perpendicular to the unit axis. A slat is coiled in the housing so enabling the slat to be extended from the housing a selected distance and retracted into the housing. A foot rail unit is pivotally connected to the projecting end of the slat, the pivotal connection being collinear to the pivot axis. By turning the axle relative to the head rail unit about the pivot axis when the slat is extended, the slat can be turned between a closed position wherein the slat is parallel to the unit axis and an open position wherein the slat is perpendicular to the unit axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Jason T. Birkestrand
  • Publication number: 20130068402
    Abstract: To reduce an opening and closing operation load in a venetian blind in which a lifting/lowering cord is disposed at a position offset from a central portion in a back and forth direction of a slat. At least one lifting/lowering cord is disposed along one vertical cord of front and back vertical cords and introduced into a head box from one side in a back and forth direction of the head box, and the other lifting/lowering cord is disposed along the other vertical cord and introduced into the head box from the other side in the back and forth direction of the head box. All the lifting/lowering cords introduced into the head box from the different sides in the back and forth direction of the head box are wound in the same direction by the lifting/lowering drums to which the respective ends of the lifting/lowering cords are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NICHIBEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumata Shun, Daizen Masaaki, Takagi Koji
  • Publication number: 20130068403
    Abstract: An assembly may include a frame member, a shutter, and a seal member. The frame member may include an opening extending therethrough. The shutter may be mounted for movement relative to the frame member between a first position allowing airflow through the opening and a second position restricting airflow through the opening. The seal member may be disposed between the frame member and the shutter. The seal member may contact the frame member and the shutter when the shutter is in the second position to restrict airflow between the frame member and the shutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SRG GLOBAL INC.
    Inventor: SRG Global Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130068404
    Abstract: A motor-drive system for retractable covering having a headrail with a horizontally disposed roller supporting a top edge of a flexible fabric material includes an electric motor mounted within a housing and interconnected to the roller to selectively rotate the roller in opposite directions while minimizing noise created from vibrations within the system. This system includes motor mounts within the housing which separate and absorb vibrations of the motor within the housing and a drive disk of a moderately soft material, which is firm enough to transfer torque from the motor to the roller while being soft enough to absorb vibrations which would otherwise be transmitted from the motor to the roller. An interconnect mounting the drive disk to the drive shaft of the motor is also made of a third relatively soft material, which is harder than the drive disk to more ably transmit torque but soft enough so as not to unduly transmit noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventor: Hunter Douglas Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130068405
    Abstract: A mechanism for controlling adjustment of a blind or the like, the mechanism including, a fixable member which in use is fixed in position relative to the blind, a rotatable member located proximate the fixable member being rotatable relative to the fixable member about an axis of rotation to adjust the blind, an elongate member a proximal end of which is located proximate the rotatable member, the elongate member having a longitudinal axis that intersects the axis of rotation, and a continuous pull element which interacts with the rotatable member, the pull element is movable relative to the fixable member to rotate the rotatable member, the pull element is arranged relative to the elongate member extending from the rotatable member towards a distal end of the elongate member and back towards the rotatable member so as to limit movement of the pull element in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Aaron Lava, Joel Lava
  • Publication number: 20130068406
    Abstract: An electric sunshade assembly includes a mounting unit including a rail seat that is formed with a slide groove, a sliding unit, a shade unit, and a driving mechanism. The sliding unit includes a gear rack extending slidably into the slide groove, and a guide block engaging fittingly and slidably the slide groove and connected to the gear rack. The shade unit includes a fabric shade hung from the rail seat, and having a hanging edge portion that has a stationary end coupled to the rail seat, and a movable end coupled co-movably to the guide block. The driving mechanism includes a pinion meshing with the gear rack, and driven rotatably to result in sliding movement of the gear rack, thereby driving the fabric shade to move between a contracted state and an extended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: PAUL LIN
  • Publication number: 20130068407
    Abstract: Formulations and methods for papermaking are disclosed herein using one or more volatile debonders, where the volatile debonder forms a solution or an emulsion with water in a paper precursor, and where the volatile debonder is evaporable from the paper precursor before the paper precursor is completely dried to form a paper sheet during papermaking. Two volatile debonders having different boiling points can be used, where they are miscible in water and in each other, and where one volatile debonder has a higher molecular weight and the other volatile debonder has a lower boiling point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: GANGADHAR JOGIKALMATH, Lynn Reis, David S. Soane, Andrea Schneider
  • Publication number: 20130068408
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an aqueous composition comprising at least one mono-functional (per)fluoropolyether monoester phosphate having formula (I) here below: wherein: Rf is a C1-C5 (per)fluoroalkyl group optionally containing hydrogen and/or chlorine atoms; RF is a linear perfluoropolyoxyalkylene chain [chain (RF)]; X+ is a monovalent cation; Y is a —OH group or a —O? X+ group, wherein X+ has the same meaning as defined above; p is an integer equal to or higher than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Adolfo Pietro Tonelli, Andrea Sergio, Rosaldo Picozzi, Mahesh Padigala
  • Publication number: 20130068409
    Abstract: A core paper comprising fiber material for producing a carrier material that can be laminated and that has at least one proportion of a reconstituted fiber material mixture and a wet sealer as a first additive, characterized in that the core paper comprises at least one active substance active on the boundary surface as a second additive for increasing capillarity at a weight proportion of 0.05% to 2% relative to the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: PAPIERFABRIK JULIUS SCHULTE SOHNE GMBH & CO. KG.
    Inventor: Georg Pingen
  • Publication number: 20130068410
    Abstract: The invention enables thin film particles of a controlled shape and size to be generated directly upon release of a thin film coating from a textured Substrate upon which they are grown directly. The substrate comprises an array of discrete, steep sided plateaus of a selected size and shape, from which discrete particles of a corresponding shape and size are releasable usually by means of an intermediate release layer coating on the plateaus. The process is readily scalable for high volume production and permits monomodal or multimodal particle size distributions. Such particles may be used as specialised pigments in the security, anti-counterfeiting, defence and cosmetics industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: David Edward Higgins, Peter Gerald Lederer, Andrew Martin Pitt, Siân Donohue
  • Publication number: 20130068411
    Abstract: An aluminium-copper alloy comprising substantially insoluble particles which occupy the interdendritic regions of the alloy, provided with free titanium in quantity sufficient to result in a refinement of the grain structure in the cast alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: John Forde, William Stott
  • Publication number: 20130068412
    Abstract: Disclosed is a centrifugal molten metal pump assembly and associated system for controlled delivery of molten metal to molds. The pump assembly comprises a shaft, an impeller coupled to the shaft, a controller to control a rotational speed of the impeller according to a programmable fill profile while delivering the molten metal to the mold. In some embodiments, the pump assembly further comprises a throttle to manipulate a flow rate or pressure of the molten metal relative to a rotational speed of the impeller. The associated system comprises a melting furnace and one or more holding furnaces, each holding furnace including at least one pump assembly therein. Each holding furnace may be of an open configuration to allow for uninterrupted flow of the molten metal from the melting furnace. The system may provide controlled delivery of the molten metal to the mold at a desired flow rate or pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Pyrotek
    Inventor: Pyrotek
  • Publication number: 20130068413
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for flowing molten metal substantially vertically into a mold by means of a feeder tube while concurrently impeding the flow of oxides that collect at the perimeter of the head of the feeder tube. This reduces inclusions in the molten metal and improves the quality of a molded component as the molten metal solidifies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Peio Todorov Stoyanov, Ching-Lung Wang
  • Publication number: 20130068414
    Abstract: The invention relates to a speed synchronization system for an aluminum alloy slab continuously casting and rolling line having a twin-belt casting machine and skin pass rolling machine which controls the belt speed of the twin-belt casting machine and roll speed of the skin pass rolling machine. An actually measured value of a slab speed during advance from a twin-belt casting machine to a skin pass rolling machine is compared with a line speed setting to control roll speed of the skin pass rolling machine by proportional/integrated control and simultaneously control belt speed of the twin-belt casting machine based on the line speed setting and a solidification shrinkage rate of the aluminum alloy to be cast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130068415
    Abstract: A mold for casting a workpiece that includes a casting shell, a casting core and casting pin that supports the core within the shell. The casting shell includes an interior shell surface. The casting core is located within the shell, and includes a sidewall extending between a first core surface and a second core surface. The casting pin includes an intermediate segment connected between a first support segment and a second support segment. The intermediate segment contacts the sidewall. The first support segment extends from the first core surface to a first side of the interior shell surface. The second support segment extends from the second core surface to a second side of the interior shell surface that is opposite the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul M. Lutjen, Christopher W. Strock
  • Publication number: 20130068416
    Abstract: Maintaining the shell surface temperature profile under transient conditions by spray water cooling in continuous casting of steel is often desired to reduce occurrence of surface cracks. For this purpose, a real-time spray-cooling control system is provided that includes one or more of: a virtual sensor for accurate estimation/prediction of shell surface temperature, control algorithm and data checking subroutines for robust temperature control, server and client programs for communicating between these software components and the caster, and a real-time monitor to display the predicted shell surface temperature profiles, water flow rates, and operating data, among other things.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Brian G. Thomas, Joseph Bentsman, Kai Zheng
  • Publication number: 20130068417
    Abstract: An arc melting furnace apparatus is provided which reduces an operation burden on a worker and shortens working hours. An arc melting furnace apparatus 1 includes a housing 2 having formed therein a melting chamber 2a, a hearth 4 provided within the melting chamber 2a and having a recessed portion 4a, and a heating mechanism 10 for heating and melting a metal material supplied into the recessed portion 4 to generate an alloy ingot. The apparatus comprises a turning member 23 rotatably supported on a supporting member 21 standing within the melting chamber 2a, a perimeter edge of the turning member 23 rotating and moving along the inner surface of the recessed portion 4a to lift the alloy ingot generated in the recessed portion 4a above the hearth 4 and turn it over, and a resilient turn-over assisting member 24 provided above an upper end of the recessed portion 4a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Masaki Nagata, Motohiro Kameyama, Yoshihiko Yokoyama, Akihisa Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130068418
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a thermosiphon vessel for storing seasonal environment energy in the ground. The thermosiphon includes: a fluid vessel comprising a heat exchange tube, configured to contain a working fluid, and further configured to receive a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a wicking material arranged within the fluid vessel and configured to retain liquid-state working fluid substantially adjacent an inner wall of the heat exchange tube; a fluid level sensor arranged within the fluid vessel and configured to determine the level of liquid-state working fluid therein; and a pump arranged within the fluid vessel and configured to maintain the level of liquid-state working fluid below a threshold level within the fluid vessel. The pump is operable between an energy capture mode to absorb thermal energy from an above-ground heat source and an energy release mode to release thermal energy to an above-ground heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Eric Joseph Gotland, Kent Stewart Udell
  • Publication number: 20130068419
    Abstract: A thermally conductive reinforcing sheet includes a reinforcing layer. After the thermally conductive reinforcing sheet is attached to an aluminum board having a thickness of 1.0 mm and is heated at 80° C. for 10 minutes, the bending strength at a displacement of 1 mm of the resulting sheet is 10 N or more and the thermal conductivity of the reinforcing layer is 0.25 W/m·K or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mase, Yoshio Terada, Midori Tojo
  • Publication number: 20130068420
    Abstract: An oxygen supplying apparatus of a melting furnace, in which waste contained within the melting furnace is stirred by using an oxygen supplying member of the melting furnace, includes an air cooling member provided in a through hole formed on the melting furnace and mounted on the oxygen supplying member to allow an outside air to enter thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Je CHO, Deuk Man Kim, Seok Mo Choi, Cheon Woo Kim, Tae Won Hwang
  • Publication number: 20130068421
    Abstract: A leakage shield for an air to liquid heat exchanger includes a drain pan, a liquid header panel, and a closure bar. The drain pan has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The liquid header panel has a lower end attached to the first side of the drain pan, and extends vertically upwards from the first side of the drain pan. The closure bar panel has a lower end attached to the second side of the drain pan, and extends vertically upwards from the second side of the drain pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steven D. Army
  • Publication number: 20130068422
    Abstract: A system for recycling energy from ice remnants. The system includes a container. The container includes a receptacle configured to receive ice remnants. An ice capturing and melting device below the receptacle is configured to capture and melt ice in the ice remnants while allowing fluid in the ice remnants to pass therethrough thereby forming a cooled recycled liquid at a bottom of the container. A discharge port located proximate the bottom of the container is configured to direct the cooled recycled liquid to at least one heat source of a facility and cool the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Alan Mark Horowitz
  • Publication number: 20130068423
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronic subsystem of an electronics rack. The cooling apparatus includes a local cooling station, which has a liquid-to-air heat exchanger and ducting for directing a cooling airflow across the heat exchanger. A cooling subsystem is associated with the electronic subsystem of the rack, and includes either a housing facilitating immersion cooling of electronic components of the electronic subsystem, or one or more liquid-cooled structures providing conductive cooling to the electronic components of the electronic subsystem. A coolant loop couples the cooling subsystem to the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the local cooling station. In operation, heat is transferred via circulating coolant from the electronic subsystem and rejected in the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the local cooling station to the cooling airflow passing across the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the cooling airflow is outdoor air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: International Business Machines Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130068424
    Abstract: A liquid cooling heat exchanger module filled with a cooling liquid includes a casing (10) and a cooling structure (11), and the interior of the casing (10) is hollow, and the casing (10) has an inlet (100) and an outlet (101) interconnected to the interior, and the cooling structure (11) is installed in the casing (10), and the cooling structure (11) has a vortex generating area (110) concavely formed at a position opposite to the inlet (100), such that a cooling liquid is filled from the inlet (100) into the casing (10) and impacted in the vortex generating area (110) to form a vortex, so as to achieve the effects of extending the time for the cooling liquid to stay in the heat exchanger module (1), maximizing the cooling effect of the cooling liquid, and improving the heat dissipating efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Jer-Sheng Hwang, Teng-Kai Chang
  • Publication number: 20130068425
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan includes an impeller and a housing. The housing includes an upper plate, a lower plate and a side wall, wherein the upper plate axially corresponds to the lower plate, a side wall is formed between the upper plate and the lower plate, an axial inlet is formed on the upper plate, a lateral outlet is formed on the side wall, the impeller is disposed in the housing and corresponds to the inlet, and a flow path communicates the inlet to the outlet, wherein the housing further includes a guiding groove, and at least one auxiliary inlet is formed in the guiding groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Chao-Wen LU