Patents Issued in July 24, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140202729
    Abstract: A multi-core cable 1 includes plural shielded electric wires 10 for signal transmission. The plural shielded electric wires 10 are bundled so as to make contact with the adjacent shielded electric wires 10, and sheaths 14 of the plural shielded electric wires 10 are respectively removed at the same position in the length direction, and outer conductors 13 of the plural shielded electric wires 10 at the position at which the sheaths 14 are removed are bundled by a metal wire 30 and the bundled portion is soldered and fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato TANAKA, Takuya ISHIKAWA, Yoshimasa WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20140202730
    Abstract: A soft dilute-copper alloy insulated twisted wire includes a plurality of insulated wires twisted together and each including a conductor and an insulating cover layer thereon. The conductor includes a soft dilute-copper alloy wire including a soft dilute-copper alloy material including an additional element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mg, Zr, Nb, Ca, V, Ni, Mn and Cr with a balance consisting a copper and an inevitable impurity. An average crystal grain size in a region from a surface of the soft dilute-copper alloy wire to a depth of at least 20% of a wire diameter is not more than 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Fujito, Seigi Aoyama, Toru Sumi, Hideyuki Sagawa
  • Publication number: 20140202731
    Abstract: There is provided an enameled flat wire, in which a flat wire conductor having a rectangular cross section composed of four flat surfaces and four rounded corners has an enamel coating with a predetermined thickness for electrical insulation. In the enameled flat wire, a difference in a thickness of the enamel coating on the flat surfaces between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness is equal to or less than 25% of the predetermined thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayoshi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20140202732
    Abstract: The present invention is an improved power cable construction. Through the use of a multi-ply insulation layer, the resulting power cable retains the water tree or electrical tree resistance of generally-used tree-retardant power cables even though a conventional polymer insulation composition substantially replaces the tree-retardant polymer composition. An improved process that takes advantages of the multi-ply system is also taught.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Alfred MENDELSOHN
  • Publication number: 20140202733
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a non-firing type electrode comprising steps of: (A) applying a conductive paste on a substrate; (B) heating the applied conductive paste at 50 to 350° C. to form an electrode; and (C) pressing the electrode at 10 to 1000 kN/m2 of plane surface pressure or at 5 to 300 kN/m of linear pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: AKIRA INABA, JI-YEON LEE
  • Publication number: 20140202734
    Abstract: Provided are a transparent conductive film, a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch panel having the same, the transparent conductive film including: a transparent film; and a conductive layer formed on one surface of the transparent film, wherein the conductive layer includes a linear interconnecting structure layer and a PEDOT(poly-3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)-PSS(polystyrenesulfonate) layer. In accordance with the present invention, it can be provided with the conductive film, which has improved haze and non-resistant properties, excellent flexibility, and low costs by economic processes, even without a structural change of the transparent conductive film, and the touch panel and the display using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang A Ju, Kyoung Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20140202735
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a non-firing type electrode comprising steps of: (A) applying on a substrate a conductive paste comprising, (a) a conductive powder comprising, (i) a first conductive powder having Young's modulus of 60×109 Pa or higher; and (ii) a second conductive powder having Young's modulus of 5×109 to 50×109 Pa; and (b) an organic vehicle, (B) heating the applied conductive paste at 50 to 350° C. to form an electrode; and (C) pressing the electrode at 10 to 1000 kN/m2 of plane surface pressure or at 5 to 300 kN/m of linear pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Akira Inaba, Ji-Yeon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140202736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a lead frame, which comprises the steps of: providing an electrically-conductive base material having first and second planar sides; forming a plurality of conductive contact points on the first planar side of the base material; providing a non-conductive filling material over the first planar side of the base material so that the filling material fills spaces in-between the plurality of contact points to a form a layer comprising the filling material and the plurality of contact points; and etching the second planar side of the base material to expose a pattern of the filling material from the second planar side of the base material and to thereby form a plurality of isolated conductive regions on the second planar side of the base material, each isolated conductive region being connected with at least a respective one of the plurality of contact points on the first planar side of the base material. A lead frame structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Dawei XING, Jie LIU, Hong Wei GUAN, Yue Gen YU, Seow Kiang KHOO
  • Publication number: 20140202737
    Abstract: An adhesive varnish includes 100 parts by mass of a component A that includes a phenoxy resin including a plurality of hydroxyl groups in a side chain, 2 to 55 parts by mass of a component B that includes a polyfunctional isocyanate compound including, in a molecule thereof, an isocyanate and at least one of a vinyl group, an acrylate group and a methacrylate group, 5 to 30 parts by mass of a component C that includes a maleimide compound including a plurality of maleimide groups in a molecule thereof or/and a reaction product thereof, a component S1 including a low-boiling point solvent having a boiling point of not more than 100° C., and a component S2 including a high-boiling point solvent having a boiling point of more than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke SHANAI, Takashi AOYAMA, Kazuhiko SASADA, Hiroaki KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20140202738
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are transparent conductors having high thermal capacity and improved protection against electrostatic discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Cambrios Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Pierre-Marc Allemand, Paul Mansky, Florian Pschenitzka, Michael A. Spaid, Jonathan Westwater
  • Publication number: 20140202739
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a Cu wiring pattern formed on a substrate. A first metal layer is formed on the Cu wiring pattern. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer. The first metal layer has a less reactivity with Cu than the second metal layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer together cause an eutectic reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Taiji Sakai, Seiki Sakuyama
  • Publication number: 20140202740
    Abstract: In a build-up step, a plurality of resin insulation layers and a plurality of conductive layers are alternately laminated in multilayer arrangement on a metal foil separably laminated on a side of a base material, thereby forming a wiring laminate portion. In a drilling step, a plurality of openings are formed in an outermost resin insulation layer through laser drilling so as to expose connection terminals. Subsequently, in a desmear step, smears from inside the openings are removed. In a base-material removing step performed after the build-up step, the base material is removed and the metal foil is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke MAEDA, Tetsuo SUZUKI, Takuya HANDO, Tatsuya ITO, Satoshi HIRANO, Atsuhiko SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140202741
    Abstract: A component built-in board, wherein at least two layers of a plurality of printed wiring bases are disposed on a rear surface side of an electronic component; the at least two layers of the printed wiring bases include a heat radiation-dedicated wiring pattern that is disposed above the rear surface of the electronic component; the heat radiation-dedicated wiring pattern is formed such that a heat radiation-dedicated wiring line and a signal-dedicated wiring line are continuous; a via includes a plurality of heat radiation-dedicated vias which connects the rear surface of the electronic component and the heat radiation-dedicated wiring pattern; and the heat radiation-dedicated wiring pattern is continuous from a place where connected to the heat radiation-dedicated via to be connected also to another via disposed at an outer peripheral side of the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140202742
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are double-sided transparent conductive films suitable for patterning by laser ablation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: CAMBRIOS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Jones, Paul Mansky, Michael A. Spaid
  • Publication number: 20140202743
    Abstract: Disclosed are a printed circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board includes a flexible substrate divided into first, second, and third regions, a first rigid substrate in the first region of the flexible substrate, and a second rigid substrate in the third region of the flexible substrate. The first and second substrates expose the second region of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Wan Kim, Tae Ho Kim, Il Sang Maeng, Song Hee Cho
  • Publication number: 20140202744
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive film having a high conductivity in which electric resistance is less likely to increase, and a conductive composition for forming the same. The conductive composition includes an elastomer component, a fibrous carbon material having a fiber diameter of less than 30 nm, and a flake-like carbon material having a graphite structure, having an intensity ratio (G/D ratio) of a peak (G band) appearing in the vicinity of 1580 cm?1 to a peak (D band) appearing in the vicinity of 1330 cm?1 of Raman spectrum of not less than 1.8, and having a maximum length of not less than 150 nm and a thickness of not more than 100 nm. The conductive film is formed from the conductive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Yusuke YAMASHITA, Yutaro TAGUCHI, Hitoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140202745
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive composition that has a high conductivity and from which a coating can be formed easily. Also provided is a conductive film that has a high conductivity and in which electric resistance is less likely to increase even during expansion. A conductive composition is prepared by including an elastomer component, a fibrous carbon material having a graphite structure and a fiber diameter of not less than 30 nm, and a conductive carbon black having a structure. A conductive film formed from the conductive composition. The viscosity of the conductive composition formed into a coating with a solid content concentration of not less than 20% by mass, which is measured with a B-type viscometer with an H7 rotor under the conditions of a temperature of 25° C. and a rotation speed of 20 rpm, is not more than 200 Pa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun KOBAYASHI, Hitoshi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140202746
    Abstract: Various embodiments include interconnect structures and methods of forming such structures. The interconnect structures can include a composite copper wire which includes at least two distinct copper sections. The uppermost copper section can have a thickness of approximately 1 micrometer or less, which inhibits surface roughening in that uppermost section, and helps to enhance cap adhesion with overlying layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20140202747
    Abstract: A circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. A substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other is provided. A first circuit layer is formed on the first surface. A stress is applied to the first circuit layer and the substrate using a awl tool, such that the first circuit layer and the substrate are deformed to form a through hole. A portion of the first circuit layer is located on the sidewalls of the through hole and an end of the through hole is protruded from the second surface. A printing process is performed to form a second circuit layer on the second surface. The second circuit layer is connected to the first circuit layer located in the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ELITES ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Jung-Yu Peng
  • Publication number: 20140202748
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes an upper circuit layer including a circuit pattern embedded in an upper part of an insulating layer, the circuit pattern being made of electroconductive metal; and a metal bump formed on the circuit pattern and the insulating layer
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Sam KANG, Jeong Woo PARK, Ok Tae KIM, Kil Yong YUN
  • Publication number: 20140202749
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition for forming an ink-receiving layer that is capable of forming a printed image having excellent printing properties and water resistance, both in the case of use of a water-based ink and in the case of use of a solvent-based ink. The resin composition for forming an ink-receiving layer includes a binder resin (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and an acid value of 90 to 450, an aqueous medium (B), and as required, at least one component (C) selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble resin (c1) and an inorganic filler (c2). The binder resin (A) is dispersed in the aqueous medium (B), and the content of the at least one component (C) relative to the total amount of the binder resin (A) is 0% to 15% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukie Saitou, Wataru Fujikawa, Jun Shirakami
  • Publication number: 20140202750
    Abstract: A multilayer substrate module includes a multilayer circuit substrate, a mounting land, and an input/output terminal. Inside the multilayer circuit substrate, a wiring line that connects the mounting land and the input/output terminal to each other, an inductor that defines a portion of the wiring line, a first ground conductor that is positioned on the one main surface side of the inductor, and a second ground conductor that is positioned on the other main surface side of the inductor are defined by conductor patterns. The area where inductor is located is not superposed with the area where the second ground conductor is located, when the one main surface or the other main surface of the multilayer circuit substrate is viewed in plan, the second ground conductor being closer to the layer where the inductor is located than the first ground conductor is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi KOGURE, Hiromichi KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20140202751
    Abstract: A paddle card construction disclosed for use in connecting electronic devices together. The paddle card takes the form of a circuit board that has a plurality of conductive contact pads arranged thereon in pairs. The contact pads of each pair are spaced apart from each other to provide a pair of points to which cable wire free ends may be terminated, such as by soldering. The spacing of the pads apart from each other in effect reduces to amount of capacitance in the cable wire termination area on the circuit board, thereby reducing the impedance and insertion loss in that area at high frequencies. The contact pads of each pair may be further interconnected together by a thin, conductive trace that extends lengthwise between the contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Mark Alan BUGG
  • Publication number: 20140202752
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a first wiring line and a second wiring line formed on a substrate, a first land and a second land respectively formed at a connection portion of the first wiring line and the second wiring line. A second wiring line has a longer wiring length than the first wiring line. The land is structured with a wiring pattern of a single wiring line. The wiring board also includes a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode respectively formed on the first land and a second land through an insulating film, a first interlayer connection via and a interlayer connection via embedded in the insulating film and electrically connecting the land to the pad electrode. And a wiring length of the wiring pattern of the first land is longer than the wiring length of the wiring pattern of the second land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Tomoyuki AKAHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20140202753
    Abstract: A Z-directed signal delay line component for insertion into a printed circuit board while allowing electrical connection to internal conductive planes contained with the PCB. In one embodiment the Z-directed delay line component is housed within the thickness of the PCB allowing other components to be mounted over it. The delay line embodiments include a W-like line and a plurality of spaced apart, semi-circular line segment connected such that current flow direction alternates in direction between adjacent semi-circular line segments, each of which in other embodiments can be varied by use of shorting bars. Several Z-directed delay line components may be mounted into a PCB and serially connected to provide for longer delays. The body may contain one or more conductors and may include one or more surface channels or wells extending along at least a portion of the length of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Bryan Hardin, John Thomas Fessler, Paul Kevin Hall, Brian Lee Nally, Robert Lee Oglesbee
  • Publication number: 20140202754
    Abstract: A micro electronic component structure includes an insulating body, at least one conductive through hole, at least one conductive material, and at least one micro terminal. The insulating body has a top surface and a bottom surface. The conductive through hole penetrates the top surface and the bottom surface. The conductive material is formed in the conductive through hole. The micro terminal is disposed above the conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: DAWNING LEADING TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: DIANN FANG LIN
  • Publication number: 20140202755
    Abstract: In a receptacle cage, a front EMI fingers in a tubular shape serving as a first shield member is provided on the entire periphery of a substantially rectangular module slot. In addition, a gap between outer peripheral surfaces of an upper case as well as a lower plate of an optical module connected to a receptacle connector in a receptacle connector accommodating portion and an inner surface of the cage is shielded by a top EMI fingers serving as a second shield member and side EMI fingers serving as third shield members. Moreover, the lower plate comes into contact with a bottom wall portion which is grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyasu ITO
  • Publication number: 20140202756
    Abstract: A braid having a function as an exterior member as well as an electromagnetic shielding function is provided. Also, a wire harness including such a braid in a configuration is provided. A braid is used for a wire harness cabled to a hybrid vehicle. Also, the braid is formed by knitting multiple ultrathin strands in a tubular shape. The braid includes two kinds of strands, a metal strand made of metal having conductivity and a resin strand made of synthetic resin having abrasion resistance etc., and ensures abrasion resistance and impact resistance by the portion made of the resin strand while performing an electromagnetic shielding function by the portion made of the metal strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi ADACHI, Yoshiaki OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140202757
    Abstract: A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MicroMetal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Burke, James E. Haller
  • Publication number: 20140202758
    Abstract: An adjustment device to accommodate different wall thicknesses for use with a junction box having a front face with an opening therein comprises an assembly and a sleeve. The assembly comprises a plate, a collar extending forwardly from the front face of the plate, and a releasable retainer supported by the collar. The sleeve is slidably mounted in the collar and is retained therein in a selected position by the retainer, which can be a rotatable cam. The cam can be a spring biased to a locking position for locking the sleeve in the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Christopher M. Lolachi
  • Publication number: 20140202759
    Abstract: An implantable device includes an exterior gold surface and a thin film disposed on the exterior gold surface and forming a barrier between the exterior gold surface and an implanted environment, in which the thin film includes molecules with a head portion, the head portion attached to the exterior gold surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventor: Kurt J. Koester
  • Publication number: 20140202760
    Abstract: A cable fitting includes a gland nut, a body, and a chuck. The gland nut includes first threads, an axial gland bore, and a first sloped surface along a portion of the axial gland bore. The body includes second threads to receive the first threads, an axial body bore, and a second sloped surface along a portion of the axial body bore. The chuck includes multiple segments joined in a hinged fashion to create a ring. Each of the multiple segments includes a distal end tapered surface and a proximal end tapered surface. When the gland nut is advanced onto the body, the first sloped surface applies a first compressive force to the distal end tapered surfaces, and the second sloped surface applies a second compressive force to the proximal end tapered surfaces. The compressive forces cause inward deformation of the chuck to secure a cable within an axial pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20140202761
    Abstract: A chuck for a cable fitting includes multiple segments substantially forming a ring shape. Each segment of the multiple segments includes a first tapered surface on a distal end, wherein the first tapered surface slopes from the distal end away from a central axis of the ring, and a second tapered surface on a proximal end, wherein the second tapered surface slopes from the proximal end away from the central axis. The chuck also includes a flexible band to hold the multiple segments in the ring shape. Each segment of the multiple segments is configured to receive compressive forces on the first tapered surface and the second tapered surface to force each segment of the multiple segments inwardly toward the central axis. The multiple segments are configured to engage a cable to secure the cable within the ring shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Thomas & Betts International, LLC
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20140202762
    Abstract: A wire harness includes one or a plurality of electrically conducting paths and a tubular braided wire which is made from a plurality of fine element wires and which covers the one or plurality of electrically conducting paths. The element wires are conductive and made of non-metallic fibers. Terminals of the tubular braided wire are folded to the inside in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi ADACHI, Yoshiaki OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140202763
    Abstract: A shielding structure includes a conductive resin molded product, and a non-metallic fiber braid which is formed in a tubular shape by using multiple ultrathin strands made of conductive non-metallic fibers. A distal end of the non-metallic fiber braid is welded to the conductive resin molded product in the shielding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hideomi ADACHI, Yoshiaki OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140202764
    Abstract: A moisture-sealing and thermally-isolating miniature implement for terminating a mineral-insulated and metal-sheathed cable and connecting it to a power source, includes a hollow contact prong protruding from one axial end of a metallic heat-sink barrel penetrated from an opposite end by the steel sheath of a heating element cable. The heating element contacts a nickel or nickel clad iron pin that penetrates the prong and is welded to its most distal extremity. The sheath is welded to the proximal end of the barrel by a hermetic brazed joint, and the distal end of the barrel is hermetically plugged around the prong by a metalized alumina ceramic seal. The copper pin is connected to the end of the heating element within the sheath and mineral insulation. The barrel is machined to have a series of deep peripheral grooves that act as thermal conductivity reducing chokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas J. Restis
  • Publication number: 20140202765
    Abstract: High capacity (10 GW, for example) passively cooled non-superconducting underground high voltage direct current electric power transmission lines (100) of very low loss (1% per 1,000 km, for example) and competitive cost. The transmission lines (100) include segment modules (101) linked together with compliant splice modules (102) between the segments (101), typically installed in a protective conduit (103). The segment modules (101) include relatively rigid pipe-shaped conductors (117) insulated by pipe-like solid insulating layers (131) to form segment modules (101) that resemble pipe. The segment modules (101) are linked together through radially and axially compliant splice modules (102) to form the transmission line (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Roger W. Faulkner
  • Publication number: 20140202766
    Abstract: A method of drilling a subterranean bore hole comprising a) pumping a drilling fluid down a drill string, the drill string having a drill bit at an end thereof, b) rotating the drill string about its longitudinal axis to that the bit forms bore hole in the ground, the method further comprising the steps of: c) changing the rate of pumping of the drilling fluid into the drill string in response to a change in the speed of rotation of the drill string, and/or changing the speed of rotation of the drill string in response to a change in the rate of pumping of the drilling fluid into the drill string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Managed Pressure Operations PTE, Limited
    Inventor: Charles Orbell
  • Publication number: 20140202767
    Abstract: A method for deploying a tubular string into a wellbore includes: injecting fluid through a top drive and flow sub into a top of the tubular string and lowering the tubular string into the wellbore. The flow sub: connects the tubular string top to a quill of the top drive, is in a top injection mode, and has a closed port and an open bore. The method further includes halting injection of the fluid through the top drive and lowering of the tubular string. The method further includes, while injection and lowering are halted: disconnecting the flow sub from the tubular string top; adding one or more tubular joints to the tubular string and connecting the flow sub to a top of the added joints. The method further includes resuming injection of the fluid through the top drive and lowering of the tubular string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventor: Guy F. Feasey
  • Publication number: 20140202768
    Abstract: An isolation valve for use in a wellbore includes: a housing; a piston longitudinally movable relative to the housing; a flapper carried by the piston for operation between an open position and a closed position, the flapper operable to isolate an upper portion of a bore of the valve from a lower portion of the bore in the closed position; an opener connected to the housing for opening the flapper; and an abutment configured to receive the flapper in the closed position, thereby retaining the flapper in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe NOSKE
  • Publication number: 20140202769
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods include an x-direction support structure extending in the same direction as a line extending between a well center and a V-door on a drilling rig and include a y-direction support structure moveable along the x-direction support structure. The y-direction support structure extends on a drilling rig in a direction transverse to the line extending between the well center and the V-door on the drilling rig. A racker device is carried by the y-direction support structure and is configured to connect to and carry a tubular stand used in a well drilling process, the racker device being moveable along the y-direction support structure from a position inline with the line extending between the well center and the V-door on the drilling rig to a position offline from the line to provide space for additional drilling processes along the line extending between the well center and the V-door on the drilling rig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Nabors Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Magnuson
  • Publication number: 20140202770
    Abstract: A reaming tool includes a body having a longitudinal axis and an upper end opposite a lower end and a blade located on said body, the blade including a reaming surface having one or more reaming inserts disposed on at least a portion thereof and a cutting surface having one or more cutters disposed on at least a portion thereof. One or more of said cutters are configured (a) so that an extended longitudinal axis of said cutter is positioned at an angle ? between 5 degrees and 85 degrees with respect to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said body, or (b) on said cutting surface at a radial distance from said longitudinal axis less than said radial distances between said reaming inserts and said longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: TERCEL IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Magdy M. ZAKI, Omar AHMED, Karim A. AGUIB, Ahmed Galal ADBEL-KADER
  • Publication number: 20140202771
    Abstract: A hybrid earth-boring bit comprising a bit body having a central axis, at least one, preferably three fixed blades, depending downwardly from the bit body, each fixed blade having a leading edge, and at least one rolling cutter, preferably three rolling cutters, mounted for rotation on the bit body. A rolling cutter is located between two fixed blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anton F. ZAHRADNIK, Rudolf Carl PESSIER, Don Q. NGUYEN, Matthew J. MEINERS, Karlos B. CEPEDA, Michael S. DAMSCHEN, Mark P. BLACKMAN, Jack T. OLDHAM, Ronny D. MCCORMICK
  • Publication number: 20140202772
    Abstract: Methods of drilling or treating a well including the steps of: designing a fluid with high-gravity solids (e.g., barite); calculating the sagged fluid mud weight after allowing for sag according to formulas; forming a fluid according to the sagged fluid mud weight; and introducing the fluid into the well. The methods can be used to help control the well or to avoid excessive drilling torque or pressure, kick, or lost circulation due to sag of high-gravity solids such as barite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Sandeep D. Kulkarni, Kushabhau D. Teke, Sharath Savari, Dale E. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20140202773
    Abstract: A roller bit for rock breaking by rotary cutting comprises: a bit body (1), a roller (2) and cutting teeth (3). An included angle ? between a roller journal plane of the bit body and the roller on a bit axis has a range of 0°<?<90°, a journal offset S has a range of ?D/2<S<D/2, wherein D represents a diameter of the bit. Inner row of teeth rings on the bit cuts a center of a borehole bottom, and each row of teeth ring is capable of scraping a borehole wall, and thus the bit has good effects of gauge protection and sidetracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Liang Zhang, Shu Li, Jialin Tian, Defa Zheng
  • Publication number: 20140202774
    Abstract: A wear element for a downhole, earth cutting tool for forming bore holes comprises a wear layer made of “cold pressed graphite” attached to a substrate comprised of, for example, a cemented metal carbide. Cold pressed graphite is, depending on the arrangement of carbon bonds, also referred to as M-carbon or W-carbon, cbt-c4, Z-Carbon and others. The wear element is formed by pressing with a previously formed cemented carbide substrate particles of one or more carbon allotropes, including, for example, SP2 bonded carbon allotropes, such as Fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphite, at pressures in excess of 1,000,000 pounds per square inch, or 6.89 Gigapascals, at a temperature substantially below 600 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Neal Alan Bowden, William Henry DuBose, Thomas Alan Damian
  • Publication number: 20140202775
    Abstract: A method estimates the effect on the weighing result of a balance (1) that is caused by electrostatic charges on an object (2) received on a load receiver (6) thereof. A first predefined positive voltage (U1) and a second predefined negative voltage (U2) of equal magnitude are alternatingly applied to a first electrode (12) in the vicinity of the weighing object. The forces acting on a force-measuring cell (17) are measured and are registered as the first and second measurement results. The difference between the respective measurement results represents the magnitude of the influence that the electrostatic charges residing on the weighing object are having on the weighing result. The difference also represents an essentially proportional part of the force resulting from electrostatic charges on the weighing object which causes a change in the weighing result and is sent as a signal to a processor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Stefan Bühler
  • Publication number: 20140202776
    Abstract: There is herein described a load measuring system. More particularly, there is described a load sensor and panel comprising at least one of said sensors for measuring and/or monitoring a load and/or distribution of a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: AYDAN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Kane, Peter Johnston
  • Publication number: 20140202777
    Abstract: An electric wheelchair comprising a movable seat part (1), a body part (2) served as a support for the seat part, a seat adjustment mechanism (3) arranged under the seat part, a bottom part (4), and a crawler moving mechanism (5). The crawler moving mechanism (5) comprises two sets of crawlers arranged respectively at both sides underneath the bottom part, and each of which comprises a front crawler and a rear crawler. The bottom part (4) is comprised of a front portion and a rear portion, which are movably connected with a coupling arrangement and capable of deflection with respect to each other. The crawler moving mechanism (5) further comprises movable stretching crawlers arranged respectively at outside of the front crawler, and fixed stair-climbing crawlers arranged respectively at outside of the rear crawler, wherein a free end of the fixed stair-climbing crawler forms a specific angle relative to the rear crawler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Siu Lun Lee
  • Publication number: 20140202778
    Abstract: A stowable powered jack for steering a boat trailer includes an electric motor turning a drive shaft running longitudinally through a support tube which is mounted to a trailer frame. The drive shaft powers a transmission which sits between a pair of wheels driven by a transverse axle. Controls for the motor provide at least forward and reverse motion for wheels. The transmission is sealed within a housing that is swivels in relation to the fixed support tube. An extendable handle facilitates steering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Richard Terrell Barrett, Marc Gray