Patents Issued in January 23, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140020897
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for perforating a formation in a wellbore without perforating a well bore casing. The methods and apparatus include an external casing perforating device configured so as not to perforate the casing. The interior of the perforating device serves as a fluid flow path between the casing and the formation following perforation and a valve in the casing selectively opens and closes the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: GeoDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Wesson, Kevin R. George, Philip M. Snider
  • Publication number: 20140020898
    Abstract: A well screen assembly for use downhole comprises a fluid pathway configured to provide fluid communication between an exterior of a wellbore tubular and an interior of the wellbore tubular, a flow restrictor disposed in the fluid pathway, and a plug disposed in series with the flow restrictor in the fluid pathway. The plug substantially prevents a fluid flow through the fluid pathway. The plug is configured to be at least partially dissolvable when contacted by a fluid, and the fluid comprises a chemical configured to dissolve the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Luke William Holderman, Jean-Marc Lopez
  • Publication number: 20140020899
    Abstract: A method includes introducing a treatment fluid including a first polymer gel into a subterranean formation to generate a production fluid having an aqueous portion and a hydrocarbon portion, treating the aqueous portion of the production fluid with chlorine dioxide to separate additional hydrocarbons from the aqueous portion, and adjusting the viscosity of the treated aqueous portion prior to introducing the treated aqueous portion back into the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SABRE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: John Mason
  • Publication number: 20140020900
    Abstract: A fracturing system includes a fracturing spool that mounts onto a wellhead assembly for injecting fracturing fluid into a well beneath the wellhead assembly. An isolation sleeve is included with the fracturing system that couples to the fracturing spool and extends into the wellhead to isolate and protect portions of the wellhead assembly from the fracturing fluid. A seal is between the isolation sleeve and bore of the wellhead assembly, which is threaded to the isolation sleeve. Manipulating the threaded connection between the isolation sleeve and seal selectively positions the isolation sleeve to designated axial positions within the wellhead assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Khang V. Nguyen, Eugene Allen Borak, Saurabh Kajaria
  • Publication number: 20140020901
    Abstract: A fracturing system includes a fracturing spool that mounts onto a wellhead assembly for injecting fracturing fluid into a well beneath the wellhead assembly. The fracturing system includes an isolation sleeve and fracturing spool. The isolation sleeve inserts in an axial bore of the fracturing spool, and has a lower end that extends into the wellhead to isolate and protect portions of the wellhead assembly from the fracturing fluid. A groove in an inner surface of the fracturing spool receives an annular seal for sealing between the isolation sleeve and fracturing spool. Injecting a viscous fluid into the groove energizes the seal, and blocks high pressure fracturing fluid from flowing between the isolation sleeve and fracturing spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Saurabh Kajaria, Khang V. Nguyen, Todd B. Adams
  • Publication number: 20140020902
    Abstract: A method of producing liquid hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation can include flowing the liquid hydrocarbons from the formation through at least one valve, and increasingly restricting flow through the valve in response to pressure and temperature in the formation approaching a bubble point curve from a liquid phase side thereof. A method of producing gaseous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation can include flowing the gaseous hydrocarbons from the formation through at least one valve, and increasingly restricting flow through the valve in response to pressure and temperature in the formation approaching a hydrocarbon gas condensate saturation curve from a gaseous phase side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Roger L. SCHULTZ, Travis W. CAVENDER
  • Publication number: 20140020903
    Abstract: An apparatus for isolating a first zone from a second zone in a subterranean wellbore. The apparatus includes an outer tubular and an inner tubular disposed within the outer tubular forming an annular flow path therebetween that is in fluid communication with the first zone. The inner tubular defines a central flow path that is in fluid communication with the second zone. A sleeve having at least one seal is positioned in the annular flow path and is axially movable relative to the inner and outer tubulars between a closed position wherein the seal engages the inner tubular and an open position wherein the seal engages the outer tubular. A mandrel is slidably disposed within the inner tubular and is coupled to the sleeve. The mandrel is operable to shift the sleeve between the open position and the closed position responsive to changes in pressure within the central flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Wayne Scott, William David Henderson, Douglas Allen Schafer
  • Publication number: 20140020904
    Abstract: A subsurface safety valve is operable to close a fluid flow path by virtue of an axially movable flow sleeve. The valve includes a recockable actuator and a latch mechanism so that the valve can be moved to a closed position without overcoming the pressure head and frictional forces currently encountered in conventional safety valves. The latch mechanism includes one or more micro pistons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas G. Hill, JR., Robert C. Henschel
  • Publication number: 20140020905
    Abstract: A rotary lock block type drilling riser connector, including a main body connection part and control pipeline connection parts, the structure of main body connection part is: a driving ring is set between the flanges of an upper and a lower joint, a plurality of fan-shaped grooves are set on the lower end of the flange of the upper joint, each fan-shaped groove having a lock block (6) therein, the driving ring (4) surrounds outer sides of all the lock blocks, matching crimping circular grooves are arranged for each lock block and the lower joint; each lock block is slidably connected with a T-shaped elongated slot of the upper joint through a T-shaped screw; the driving ring is fixedly connected with the flange upwardly, many segments of the horizontal T-shaped slots are evenly distributed in the inner surface of the driving ring along a circumference direction, another screw hole is provided in the outer circumferential surface of the lock block, and the driving ring is slidably connected with the lock block
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Baoji Oifield Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Caihu Chen, Dingya Wang, Keren Ren, Ping Deng, Jinquan Wang, Aili Li, Hong He
  • Publication number: 20140020906
    Abstract: A modular assembly for a wellhead has a housing and a plurality of modular cartridges. The housing connects with a studded or flanged connection to the wellhead, which can have a tubing adapter, casing hanger, etc. The modular cartridges can interchangeably stack in the housing's internal pocket so that the bores of the stacked cartridges configure the through-bore of the assembly communicating the wellhead with external components, such as flow lines, capillary lines, etc. The modular cartridges include a spacer cartridge, a hanger cartridge, a valve cartridge, and a cross cartridge. The spacer cartridge can be used to space other cartridges in the internal pocket, and the hanger cartridge can be used to support capillary strings and/or velocity strings in the wellhead. The valve cartridges have valve elements that can be opened and closed by bonnets that affix externally to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Todd Travis, Brandon M. Cain, Eric Calzoncinth, Michael D. Mosher
  • Publication number: 20140020907
    Abstract: A wet connection system comprises a fixed tubing with an orientation profile and redundant, first and second fixed wet connectors, and an electrical submersible pump assembly (ESP) comprising a wet connector and an orientation element for engaging the orientation profile. The ESP can be reconfigured, for example, by interchanging its component modules so as to change the position of its wet connector with respect to the orientation element, whereby the wet connector on the ESP can be engaged alternatively with either one of the fixed wet connectors when the orientation element is engaged with the orientation profile in the same deployed position of the ESP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: ARTIFICIAL LIFT COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Philip Head
  • Publication number: 20140020908
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) antenna assembly to be positioned within a wellbore in a subterranean formation for hydrocarbon resource recovery may include a series of tubular conductors coupled together in end-to-end relation. Each tubular conductor may include a dual-wall conductor defining an RF antenna. The dual-wall conductor may include an outer wall and an inner wall spaced inwardly therefrom to define an outer fluid passageway. The RF antenna assembly may further include an RF transmission line extending within at least some of the tubular conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Wright, Murray Hann, Keith Nugent
  • Publication number: 20140020909
    Abstract: A system, including a wellhead system, and a flow control system coupled to the wellhead system, wherein the flow control system comprises, a flow control device including a housing, a flow path through the housing from an inlet to an outlet, and a flow control element disposed in the housing along the flow path, and an actuator mounting assembly coupled to the flow control device, wherein the actuator mounting assembly is configured to selectively mount one of a manual actuator and a powered actuator to actuate the flow control element of the flow control device, without taking the flow control system offline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Anthony McKeon, Declan Elliott, Finbarr Williams Evans
  • Publication number: 20140020910
    Abstract: An in situ method deploy and/or plasticize a shape-memory material in order to change the material's physical dimensions and/or mechanical properties, including a method for deploying a shape-memory polymer having a deformed or compressed shape in an environment at a first temperature, the shape memory polymer having a first glass transition temperature which is greater than the first temperature. The method also includes decreasing the glass transition temperature of shape memory polymer from the first glass transition temperature to a second glass transition temperature which is less than or equal to the first temperature; and expanding the shape memory polymer to deploy the shape memory polymer in a deployed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: JOSHUA C. FALKNER, Bairu Liu, Chau Vu, Ramon R. Garza, John C. Welch, Vu Thieu, Anil K. Sadana
  • Publication number: 20140020911
    Abstract: A slip and cone assembly for a downhole tool that includes a composite slip having a one-piece configuration and having at least two grooves disposed therein; and a cone having a first end configured for engagement with the composite slip, wherein the composite slip and the cone are configured for application of a load therebetween that results in a fracture in material between the at least two grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: General Plastics & Composites, LP
    Inventor: Edgar Martinez
  • Publication number: 20140020912
    Abstract: An apparatus for isolating a first zone from a second zone in a subterranean wellbore. The apparatus includes an outer tubular and an inner tubular disposed within the outer tubular forming an annular flow path therebetween that is in fluid communication with the first zone. The inner tubular defines a central flow path that is in fluid communication with the second zone. A sleeve having at least one seal is positioned in the annular flow path and is axially movable relative to the inner and outer tubulars between a closed position wherein the seal engages the inner tubular and an open position wherein the seal engages the outer tubular. A mandrel is slidably disposed within the inner tubular and is coupled to the sleeve. The mandrel is operable to shift the sleeve between the open position and the closed position responsive to changes in pressure within the central flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Wayne Scott, William David Henderson, Douglas Allen Schafer
  • Publication number: 20140020913
    Abstract: A method for improving the SWAG process for extracting the hydrocarbon, bitumen, from tar sands by injecting carbon dioxide into the reservoir. Said carbon dioxide will dissolve in the bitumen producing a solution having increased producibility greatly above that of the native bitumen. Recovery of the bitumen CO2 solution can be further enhanced by heat. Heat can be supplied by various means including elevating the temperature of the carbon dioxide prior to injection, injecting a mixture of carbon dioxide and steam or generating heat in-situ by including oxygen, preferably purified, with any of the above-mentioned injectants. This invention is ideally conducted through, but not limited to, the use of horizontal wells completed near the top and base of the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: John Tinsman Patton
  • Publication number: 20140020914
    Abstract: Control system for fire prevention facilities, being the type of facilities mounted on buildings and warehouses mounting at least one pressure group and/or one equipped fire hydrant and/or one fire extinguisher comprising at least one pressure group (1) and at least one equipped fire hydrant (5) equipped with a pressure gauge (2-2?) provided with a LED light (3-3?) and communication means, via radio (4-4?) or wiring, as well as at least one fire extinguisher (6) equipped with a pressure gauge (2?) provided with a LED light (3?) and communication means, via radio (4?) or wiring; a control centre (7) with, at least one first computer (8) and a database (9). With this, a continuous monitoring of the proper state of all the components of the fire prevention facility is achieved and at the moment that a failure occurs, it is known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Carolina VILAS BLANCO, Hector GIL SAN JOSE
  • Publication number: 20140020915
    Abstract: A firestopping sleeve positionable usually in walls which is self-adjusting and includes a sleeve defining an access corridor extending longitudinally therewithin with at least one firestopping pad positioned therein. The pad defines an access corridor extending therethrough for receiving wall penetrating cables which are firestopped therearound by the pad. A supplemental construction band is positioned extending around the pad for enhancing firestopping adjacent the penetrating wire for facilitating preventing the flow of heat, smoke or fire therepast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Specified Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Julio Lopes
  • Publication number: 20140020916
    Abstract: A plow pivot assembly includes a base adapted to be coupled to a frame member and rotationally fixed relative thereto. A pivot assembly is coupled to the base and includes a motor mounted to a first ring gear, a planetary gear assembly driven by the motor and including a planetary carrier assembly having a plurality of split planetary gears engaging with both the first ring gear and a second ring gear which is fixed to the base for causing rotation of the first ring. A plow blade is attached to the first ring gear by a pivot base that incorporates a force absorbing system therein to protect the planetary gear assembly from damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: WARN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Ronald L. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20140020917
    Abstract: A fluid-powered tool actuator usable with a vehicle having an arm and a rotation link for rotation of the tool actuator in a first plane and being laterally tiltable in a second transverse plane. In some embodiments pressurized fluid is communicated using distribution channels and passageways internal to the actuator to limit use of external hydraulic lines. In some embodiments the tool actuator has certain components in a compressive pre-loaded state to reduce their fatigure failure during operation of the tool actuator under load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: 1994 Weyer Family Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Dean R. Weyer
  • Publication number: 20140020918
    Abstract: The invention discloses a hand-held tool having a housing with a gear head, having a motor shaft that can be driven in rotation by a motor and that can be coupled, by means of an eccentric coupling mechanism, to a tool spindle in order to drive the latter, wherein the tool spindle can be driven in an oscillatory rotating manner about the longitudinal axis thereof and is configured to receive a tool, wherein the eccentric coupling mechanism has a coupling member which is coupled to the motor shaft and to the tool spindle, and wherein the coupling member is furthermore mounted pivotably on a carrier element coupled to the housing. The carrier element is preferably capable of being moved in translation or pivoted relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Olaf Klabunde
  • Publication number: 20140020919
    Abstract: A rotary tool includes a motor having an output shaft, the output shaft defining an axis of rotation. The motor is configured to rotate the output shaft in a first direction about the axis of rotation. An accessory tool retention mechanism is attached to a distal end portion of the output shaft and configured to releasably retain an accessory tool in alignment with the axis of rotation. A fan mechanism includes a plurality of fan blades attached to the accessory tool retention mechanism and extending radially outwardly therefrom. The plurality of fan blades are configured to move air forwardly in a direction that is generally parallel to the axis of rotation as the accessory tool retention mechanism is rotated in the first direction by the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Ryan Dvorak, Balazs Nagy, Wayne F. Adolf, Edward G. Ennis, Jie Liu
  • Publication number: 20140020920
    Abstract: A hydraulic accumulator includes an accumulator housing defining a gas reservoir and a liquid volume. A flexible membrane is positioned within the accumulator housing and separates the gas reservoir and the liquid volume. A flow control screen defines a wall of the accumulator housing, has a screen thickness, and includes an exterior face opposing a membrane engagement face. A first slot is formed through the exterior face and has a first slot depth that is less than the screen thickness. A second slot is formed through the membrane engagement face and has a second slot depth that is less than the screen thickness. The first slot and the second slot intersect to fluidly connect an exterior of the accumulator housing with the liquid volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Wai Man Tang, Lauritz Pillers
  • Publication number: 20140020921
    Abstract: In a handheld power tool having a mechanical impact mechanism which has an impact member provided with at least one drive cam and an output shaft which is provided with at least one output cam and which is connected to a tool receptacle for accommodating a tool, the drive cam being designed for the percussive drive of the output cam during the impact operation of the mechanical impact mechanism, the impact member having the drive cams is mounted upstream from the output cams in an axial direction of the output shaft pointing away from the tool receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Chuan Cheong Yew, Cheeuee Neoh, Daniel Brogli, Chi Hoe Leong
  • Publication number: 20140020922
    Abstract: In a dust collection device that collects dust particles that an impact tool generates, disclosed is a feature that can accommodate the lengths of tool bits that are mounted to the impact tool when a machining operation is executed by exchanging tool bits of different lengths. The dust collection device collects dust that the impact tool generates and is attached to said impact tool that, in the lengthwise direction, linearly operates the tool bit mounted to the end region of a tool body. The dust collection device has a dust intake port that sucks dust, and said dust intake port can be repositioned in the lengthwise direction of the tool bit in accordance with the length in the lengthwise direction of said tool bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Ikuta, Ken Yamauchi, Takamasa Hanai, Yoshitaka Machida, Masanori Higashi, Tatsuo Nakashima, Yoshinori Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20140020923
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a shell body with an air-feeding path, a cylinder including first and second air passages, a rotary valve, and a valve control component. The rotary valve has an intermediate air passage, and is rotatable among first, second and third angular positions to control airflows from the air-feeding passage to the first and second air passages, so as to control output power of the pneumatic tool. The valve control component is disposed on the shell body and is operable by an external force to bring the rotary valve into rotation among the first, second and third angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: San-Yih Su
  • Publication number: 20140020924
    Abstract: This frame for a touch-sensitive control interface comprises a peripheral border designed to surround all or some of the touch-sensitive interface and a central zone by which the interface can be activated by touch. It comprises at least one hollow zone delimiting a surface for receiving a finger of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Romain De Bossoreille, Michaël Nahmiyace
  • Publication number: 20140020925
    Abstract: Systems and other embodiments associated with a universal faceplate assembly are described. According to one embodiment, a faceplate includes a substantially planar plate base configured to mount on a wiring enclosure. At least one opening in the plate base is configured receive a receptacle. The opening is configured to receive receptacles of a first receptacle type or a second receptacle type. The faceplate also includes a faceplate notch in a front surface of the plate base configured to receive a receptacle tab. The receptacle tab is disposed on receptacles of the first receptacle type or the second receptacle type. The receptacle tab is configured to allow a fastener to pass through the faceplate notch and the receptacle tab to attach the receptacle to the faceplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul David SEFF, Alston Gareth BROOKS, Steven Christopher SAAD
  • Publication number: 20140020926
    Abstract: A lead frame comprises a plurality of electrical connection portions, a frame portion, and a plurality of connections. The frame portion comprises a segment and at least one opening that defines the segment. Each connection connects to at least one of the plurality of electrical connection portions. The plurality of connections are arranged along a direction passing through the at least one opening and the segment. A dimension of the segment in the direction is less than 2.7 millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: YA-CHING FENG
  • Publication number: 20140020927
    Abstract: A cable protector includes a base member, at least one channel, and a lid. The at least one channel extends between opposing first and second ends of the base member and is structured to house at least one cable. The lid is mounted to the base member to cover the at least one channel and is releasably secured to the base member with at least one snap-fit connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: CHECKERS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Coffman, Greg Widgery
  • Publication number: 20140020928
    Abstract: Apparatus and method that includes a sheath defining a passage through which a flat cord is adapted to extend, the width of the sheath being greater than its height and the width of the cord being greater than its height, the width of the sheath and the width of the cord being substantially aligned. After stretching and permitting the sheath to retract, a second amount of the cord is disposed within the sheath, with the second amount being greater than the first amount, and wherein, in each configuration, the width of the sheath and the width of the cord remain substantially aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MOXYTRONIX
    Inventor: Moxytronix
  • Publication number: 20140020929
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an insulated electric wire is disclosed. The insulated electric wire includes a conductor and an insulating film formed on the conductor, the insulating film including a first layer of a first polyamideimide containing an adhesion improver, a second layer of a second polyamideimide obtained by reacting an isocyanate component containing 10 to 70 mol % in total of 2,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and dimer acid diisocyanate react with an acid component formed on the first layer, and a third layer of a polyimide formed on the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Tomokazu HISADA, Yuki Amano, Kazuomi Hirai, Yumi Kawachi, Masatoshi Narita, Tatsumi Hirano, Futoshi Kanemitsu, Yasunari Ashida
  • Publication number: 20140020930
    Abstract: In a grommet 1 including a grommet main body 11 in which an electrical wire insertion hole 12 through which an electric wire is inserted is provided and in which an annular seal portion 13 which abuts against an opening edge 33 of a panel mounting hole 32 is provided, the annular seal portion 13 includes an inner side annular supporting portion 17, an outer side annular supporting portion 18 integrally formed with the grommet main body 11 at the outer circumference of the inner side annular supporting portions 17, and an arc-shaped abutting portion 16 formed so as arcuately to connect tips 17a and 18a of the inner side annular supporting portion 17 and the outer side annular supporting portion 18 and abuts against the opening edge 33 of the panel mounting hole 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuya YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20140020931
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a support body includes: (a) preparing a support substrate; (b) preparing a metal foil on which a peeling layer is provided; (c) providing an adhesion adjusting layer on the support substrate in a certain region of the support substrate excluding an outer peripheral portion of the support substrate, wherein the adhesion adjusting layer is configured to adjust a contact area between the peeling layer and the support substrate; and (d) providing the metal foil on the support substrate such that the peeling layer provided on the metal foil faces the support substrate via the adhesion adjusting layer. In step (d), the adhesion adjusting layer is adhered to the support substrate, and the peeling layer is adhered to the outer peripheral portion of the support substrate, and is in contact with the adhesion adjusting layer but is not adhered to the adhesion adjusting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140020932
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a printed circuit board wherein a resin layer exhibits excellent adhesion and a method for manufacturing said printed circuit board. This printed circuit board is provided with an insulating substrate, metal wiring laid out on said insulating substrate, and an insulating layer disposed on top of said metal wiring. A layer consisting of a thiol compound having at least four functional groups represented by formula (1) is interposed between the metal wiring and the insulating layer at the interface therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20140020933
    Abstract: A printed circuit board that includes a dielectric polymer layer having a thermally conductive agglomerate filler and an electrically conductive layer bonded to the dielectric polymer layer is provided. Methods of producing the printed circuit board are also provided. The subject printed circuit board and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including electronics applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas Ryan Conley, Logan Brook Hedin, David Michael Miller
  • Publication number: 20140020934
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a flexible circuit board and a reinforcing plate. The flexible circuit board includes a surface. A conductive layer is positioned on the surface. The conductive layer includes a circuit portion entirely covered by a dielectric layer and a grounding portion exposed outside the dielectric layer. The reinforcing plate is mounted on the dielectric layer. The reinforcing plate includes a connection surface connected to the dielectric layer and a supporting surface facing away from the connection surface. Projections extend from the connection surface. The location of all of the projections correspond to the location of the grounding portion, and all of the projections are in electrical contact with the grounding portion by means of a conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHIN-WEN CHEN, SHU-SHENG PENG, WEN-CHANG CHEN, WEN-HSIUNG CHEN, LI-MIN LIU, YU-TSAN CHENG, YONG LI
  • Publication number: 20140020935
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board 3a for mounting a light emitting element has base films 31a and 31b, a wiring pattern 32 formed on a surface of the base films 31a and 31b, and the cover films 33a and 33b that covers the base films 31a and 31b and the wiring pattern 32. At least one of the base film and the cover films 33a and 33b have a substrate 331 and 331a comprising a metal. The cover film 33a and 33b have such surface properties as to produce specular reflection or diffuse reflection of light or has substantially white reflecting films 36 and 333 on a surface of the cover film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroharu UEHARA, Katsuhide NAKAI, Hiroki SHIRATO
  • Publication number: 20140020936
    Abstract: Provide are an electrode sensor and a method of fabricating the same. the method may include providing a substrate with a first electrode, forming a resist layer on the substrate to cover the first electrode, patterning the resist layer to expose a portion of the first electrode, forming an insulating layer on the substrate, removing the insulating layer on the resist layer and the resist layer to form a well in the insulating layer, and forming a second electrode in the well to be electrically connected to the first electrode. According to the method, it is possible to prevent the first electrode from being damaged. In addition, the second electrode may be configured have an increased surface area, and thus, the electrode can have low impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yong Hee KIM, Sang Don JUNG, Nam Seob BAEK, Gookhwa KIM
  • Publication number: 20140020937
    Abstract: Fabrics with a multi-layered circuit of high reliability and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The fabrics with the multi-layered circuit include: a base layer; a first conductive pattern which is formed on the base layer; a second conductive pattern which is formed to intersect with the first conductive pattern at least in part; and an insulating pattern which is formed on an intersection portion which is a region where the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Young Hwan KIM, Hyuck Ki HONG, Dong Sun KIM, Tae Ho HWANG, Jae Gi SON
  • Publication number: 20140020938
    Abstract: A method of forming copper wiring includes: a wiring pattern formation step of depositing a first suspension onto a substrate to form a wiring pattern of the first suspension on the substrate, the first suspension including dispersed first copper particles having an average particle diameter that is not smaller than 100 nm; a drying step of drying the first copper particles at a temperature lower than 150° C.; a second suspension deposition step of depositing a second suspension onto the wiring pattern, the second suspension including dispersed second copper particles having an average particle diameter that is smaller than the average particle diameter of the first copper particles; a compaction step of reducing voids between the first and second copper particles; a heat application step of applying heat to the first and second copper particles; and a reducing treatment step of subjecting the first and second copper particles to a reducing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi MATAKI
  • Publication number: 20140020939
    Abstract: An electrically conductive composition, containing an electrically conductive polymer, and an onium salt compound as a dopant to the electrically conductive polymer, an electrically conductive film formed by shaping the composition and a method of producing the electrically conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo NISHIO, Toshiaki AOAI, Naoyuki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20140020940
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a core substrate, a first buildup layer formed on a first surface of the core substrate and including an insulation layer and a conductive layer, a second buildup layer formed on a second surface of the core substrate on the opposite side with respect to the first buildup layer and including an insulation layer and a conductive layer, and an inductor device positioned in the second buildup layer and including a resin insulation layer and a coil layer formed on the resin insulation layer. The second buildup layer has a cavity in which the inductor device is accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yasuhiko MANO, Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Takashi KARIYA
  • Publication number: 20140020941
    Abstract: Provided is a printed circuit board consisting of laminated substrates each with a fiberglass cloth contained in its resin and with a wiring arranged onto at least one of its surfaces, wherein, in at least one of substrates provided with a wiring for transmitting a higher speed signal than that transmitted by wirings arranged onto the other substrates, a fiberglass cloth having a different property from that of said the other substrates is contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: AKIHIRO UEDA, SHINJI TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140020942
    Abstract: A laminated chip electronic component includes: a ceramic body including internal electrodes and dielectric layers; external electrodes covering end portions of the ceramic body in length direction; an active layer in which the internal electrodes are disposed in opposing manner, while having the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, to form capacitance; and upper and lower cover layers formed on upper and lower portions of the active layer in thickness direction, the lower cover layer thicker than the upper cover layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang Kyu CHO, Young Ghyu AHN, Jae Yeol CHOI, Doo Young KIM, Seok Hyun YOON, Ji Young PARK
  • Publication number: 20140020943
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a first patterned conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer and a patterned dielectric layer. The first patterned conductive layer is interlaced with the second patterned conductive layer in one plane so as to present, within the smallest overall volume, the greatest surface area of one conductive layer in the closest proximity to the parts of the second conductive layer. The patterned dielectric layer is within a same plane as the first and second patterned conductive layers and in fills all gaps between the first and second patterned conductive layers to form a capacitor between the first and second conductive layers. The first and second patterned conductive layer and the patterned dielectric layer are stacked within and contained by a multilayer circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YING-TSO LAI, HSIAO-YUN SU
  • Publication number: 20140020944
    Abstract: There is provided a wiring connection structure connecting a transparent conductive film formed on a main surface of a transparent substrate having the main surface and a metal wiring formed on the main surface and made of a metal material, wherein the metal wiring is formed to extend from the main surface onto the transparent conductive film and to cover the transparent conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsunori Misaki
  • Publication number: 20140020945
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic support structure comprising at least one pair of adjacent feature layers extending in an X-Y plane that are separated by a via layer; said via layer comprising a dielectric material that is sandwiched between the two adjacent feature layers and at least one constructional element through the dielectric material spanning between said pair of adjacent feature layers in a Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane; wherein said at least one constructional element is characterized by having a long dimension in the X-Y plane that is at least 3 times as long as a short dimension in the X-Y plane and wherein the at least one constructional element is fully encapsulated within the dielectric material and is electrically isolated from its surrounding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Zhuhai Advanced Chip Carriers & Electronic Substrate Solutions Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dror Hurwitz, Alex Huang
  • Publication number: 20140020946
    Abstract: An electromagnetically shielded enclosure that is portable and lightweight with a double perimeter entry seal. The electromagnetically shielded enclosure can be used for applications such as testing and security and can be scaled from a bench top unit to a large field deployed enclosure. The electromagnetically shielded enclosure has a novel entry seal that eliminates the electromagnetic leakage that is common around the entry areas of such enclosures. The entry seal of the electromagnetically shielded enclosure is made up of a door having a first perimeter closure material and a second perimeter closure material and an enclosure opening having a first perimeter closure and a second perimeter closure where the first perimeter closure material aligns with the first perimeter closure and the second perimeter closure material aligns with the second perimeter closure. This double perimeter entry seal provides for electromagnetic isolation within the electromagnetically shielded enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SELECT FABRICATORS, INC.
    Inventor: Select Fabricators, Inc.