Patents Issued in March 12, 2015
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Publication number: 20150068590Abstract: A photovoltaic (PV) module framing and coupling system enables the attachment of PV modules to a roof or other mounting surface without requiring the use of separate structural support members which attach directly to and span between multiple PV modules in a formed PV array. The apparatus provides a parallel coupling for securely interlocking the outside surfaces of parallel frame members together in a side to side arrangement to form an array with improved structural load distribution. The coupling may attach to a slot in the frame at substantially any position along the length of the frame thereby enabling the interconnection of adjacent PV modules along both an x and y axis. The apparatus may further provide a rotating portion and locking portion, mounting brackets for direct connection to a mounting surface, grounding teeth, and a twist-lock engagement means for interlocking and aligning PV modules in the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Jack Raymond West, Hans-Christoph Haenlein
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Publication number: 20150068591Abstract: A method for fabricating a photovoltaic device includes forming a first contact on a crystalline substrate, by epitaxially growing a first doped layer having a doping concentration of 1019 cm?3 or greater, a dislocation density of 105 cm?2 or smaller, a hydrogen content of 0.1 atomic percent or smaller, and a thickness configured to reduce Auger recombination in the epitaxially grown doped layer. A first passivation layer is formed on the first doped layer. A second contact is formed on the crystalline substrate on a side opposite the first contact by epitaxially growing a second doped layer having a doping concentration of 1019 cm?3 or greater, a dislocation density of 105 cm?2 or smaller, a hydrogen content of 0.1 atomic percent or smaller and a thickness configured to reduce Auger recombination in the second epitaxially grown doped layer. A second passivation layer is formed on the second doped layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin K. Chan, Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Tak H. Ning
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Publication number: 20150068592Abstract: An interdigitated back contact solar cell is provided. The solar cell comprises a solar cell substrate having a light receiving frontside and a backside comprising base and emitter regions. A first level metal (M1) layer is positioned on the substrate backside contacting the base and emitter regions. A second level metal (M2) layer is connected to the first level metal (M1) layer and comprises a base busbar and an emitter busbar. The first level metal comprises substantially orthogonal interdigitated metallization and substantially parallel interdigitated metallization positioned under and corresponding to the base and emitter busbars on the second level metal (M2). The substantially parallel interdigitated metallization of M1 collects carriers of opposite polarity of the corresponding busbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Solexel, Inc.Inventors: Swaroop Kommera, Pawan Kapur, Yen-Sheng Su, Vivek Saraswat, Anand Deshpande, Mehrdad M. Moslehi
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Publication number: 20150068593Abstract: The invention includes: a step forming a heat radiating or weather resistant coating layer on a surface of an insulating film; a step bringing the insulating film into contact with both surfaces of a heat conduction member; and a step forming a blocked pocket by sealing a portion of the insulating film to seal the heat conduction member. Accordingly, the penetration of the back sheet by moisture or foreign substances can be prevented, the insulating performance of the back sheet can be improved, and the size of the heat conduction member and the size of the insulating film can be designed without restriction. A path can be provided such that gas generated in an EVA layer in a photovoltaic module and back sheet peeling are completely addressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Min Hyuk Kim
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Publication number: 20150068594Abstract: To provide a solar cell that reduces occurrence of a defect and has high photoelectric conversion efficiency. The solar cell includes a silicon substrate such as an n-type single-crystal silicon substrate single crystal with pyramid-shaped irregularities P formed thereon, and an amorphous or microcrystal semiconductor layer formed on the single-crystal silicon substrate. A flat part F is formed in a valley portion of the pyramid-shaped irregularities P provided on a surface of the single-crystal silicon substrate. With this configuration, a steep angle of 70° to 85° of a concave portion formed by a substantially (111) surface can be widened to between 115° and 135°. Accordingly, a change of atomic step morphology attributable to a rounded shape can be eliminated, thereby enabling to reduce epitaxial growth and defects in the amorphous or microcrystal semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Aya Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Fuchigami, Hidetada Tokioka
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Publication number: 20150068595Abstract: A glass substrate for a Cu—In—Ga—Se solar cell. The glass substrate includes the specific amounts of SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, ZrO2, Na2O and K2O. In the glass substrate, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is from 10 to 30%, Na2O+K2O is from 8 to 20%, Na2O/K2O is from 0.7 to 2.0, and (2×Na2O-2×MgO—CaO)×(Na2O/K2O) is from 3 to 22. The glass substrate has a glass transition temperature of from 640 to 700° C., an average coefficient of thermal expansion of from 60×10?7 to 110×10?7/° C., and a density of from 2.45 to 2.9 g/cm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yutaka Kuroiwa, Shinichi Amma, Reo Usui, Tomomi Abe, Takeshi Tomizawa
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Publication number: 20150068596Abstract: A solar cell module is provided with: a photoelectric conversion section having a substrate; collecting electrodes, which are disposed on the photoelectric conversion section; adhesive layers disposed on the collecting electrodes; and wiring material pieces respectively connected to the collecting electrodes with the adhesive layers therebetween. In the longitudinal direction of the collecting electrodes, the collecting electrodes respectively have end portions formed thicker than the center portions, and in the longitudinal direction of the collecting electrodes, the adhesive layers respectively have potions corresponding to the center portions of the collecting electrodes formed thicker than adhesive layer portions corresponding to the end portions of the collecting electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Yoshikazu IBARA, Nozomu TOKUOKA, Hiroyuki KASE
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Publication number: 20150068597Abstract: The surface recombination velocity of a silicon sample is reduced by deposition of a thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon or hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide film, followed by deposition of a thin hydrogenated silicon nitride film. The surface recombination velocity is further decreased by a subsequent anneal. Silicon solar cell structures using this new method for efficient reduction of the surface recombination velocity is claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicants: REC SOLAR PTE, LTD., INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK, UNIVERSITETET I OSLOInventors: Alexander ULYASHIN, Andreas BENTZEN, Bengt SVENSSON, Arve HOLT, Erik SAUAR
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Publication number: 20150068598Abstract: A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, an alkaline-earth-metal boron tellurium oxide, and an organic vehicle. An article such as a high-efficiency photovoltaic cell is formed by a process of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor device substrate (e.g., by screen printing) and firing the paste to remove the organic vehicle and sinter the metal and establish electrical contact between it and the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: ZHIGANG RICK LI, Kurt Richard Mikeska, David Herbert Roach, Carmine Torardi, Paul Douglas Vernooy
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Publication number: 20150068599Abstract: A metallic-dielectric photonic crystal is formed with a periodic structure defining a plurality of resonant cavities to selectively absorb incident radiation. A metal layer is deposited on the inner surfaces of the resonant cavities and a dielectric material fills inside the resonant cavities. This photonic crystal can be used to selectively absorb broadband solar radiation and then reemit absorbed radiation in a wavelength band that matches the absorption band of a photovoltaic cell. The photonic crystal can be fabricated by patterning a sacrificial layer with a plurality of holes, into which is deposited a supporting material. Removing the rest of the sacrificial layer creates a supporting structure, on which a layer of metal is deposited to define resonant cavities. A dielectric material then fills the cavities to form the photonic crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Jeffrey Brian Chou, Sang-Gook Kim
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Publication number: 20150068600Abstract: A chemical vapor deposited film includes silicon atoms, oxygen atoms, carbon atoms, and hydrogen atoms. The chemical vapor deposited film is formed by a plasma CVD method such that the concentration of the oxygen atoms is 10-35% by element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Takayoshi Fujimoto, Masamichi Yamashita
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Publication number: 20150068601Abstract: The present invention is a sealing sheet for a back surface of a solar cell comprising only one polyester film, wherein the polyester film is composed of at least the layer A and the layer B, or the layer A, the layer B and the layer C described below, wherein the polyester film has a given whiteness and a given average reflectance of the polyester film, a given acid value of the polyester, a given thickness of the whole polyester film, a given thickness of the A layer and the B layer, and a given content of the inorganic fine particles in the whole polyester film. Layer A: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 10 to 35% by mass Layer B: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0 to 8% by mass, which is the smallest among the contents of the inorganic fine particles in the layer A, the layer B and the layer C Layer C: a polyester resin layer in which the content of the inorganic fine particles is 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Yoshitomo Ikehata, Akira Shimizu, Jun Inagaki, Shinji Sawasaki, Ken Jibiki
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Publication number: 20150068602Abstract: A polyester film including a cyclic carbodiimide compound represented by the following Formula (O-1) has good film thickness uniformity without increase in viscosity. R1 and R5 represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkoxy group; R2 to R4 and R6 to R8 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkoxy group; X1 and X2 represent a single bond, —O—, —CO—, —S—, —SO2—, —NH—, or —CH2—; and L1 represents a divalent linking group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Seiya SAKURAI, Makoto FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20150068603Abstract: Provided is a coating composition excellent in antifouling properties, transparency and hydrophilicity, wherein the coating composition contains (A) a metal oxide particle having a number average particle size of 1 nm to 400 nm; and (B) a polymer particle, in which the content of an aqueous-phase component in the component (B), represented by the expression (I), is 20 mass % or less, where (I) (%)=(dry mass of a filtrate obtained by filtering the component (B) at a molecular cutoff of 50,000)×(100?total mass of solid content)/(mass of the filtrate?dry mass of the filtrate)×100/the total mass of solid content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Takanohashi, Junichi Hirose, Waka Goto, Shuichiro Ogawa, Kentaro Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20150068604Abstract: A method cleaving a semiconductor material that includes providing a germanium substrate having a germanium and tin alloy layer is present therein. A stressor layer is deposited on a surface of the germanium substrate. A stress from the stressor layer is applied to the germanium substrate, in which the stress cleaves the germanium substrate to provide a cleaved surface. The cleaved surface of the germanium substrate is then selective to the germanium and tin alloy layer of the germanium substrate. In another embodiment, the germanium and tin alloy layer may function as a fracture plane during a spalling method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Devendra K. Sadana, Davood Shahrjerdi
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Publication number: 20150068605Abstract: A new method to deliver warm water to a bathroom by installing electric valve in the beginning of the hot line, instead of at the end. A new electronic faucet that may operated by remote control or electric switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Moti Shai, Shalom Shy
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Publication number: 20150068606Abstract: A subsea system is for uptake and supply of a liquid. The system comprises a storage tank having at least one outlet, a valve assembly, a pump having a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side, and a feed line. The outlet is in fluid communication with a lower internal volume of the tank, and the valve assembly. The low-pressure side of the pump and the feed line are in fluid communication with the outlet, and the valve assembly is arranged on the feed line, and the feed line is bypassing the pump, such that said pump may withdraw liquid from the tank when the valve assembly on the feed line is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: OBS TECHNOLOGY ASInventor: Nils Terje Ottestad
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Publication number: 20150068607Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a multi-component container system and related methods for storing and mixing liquids and associated methods of use. The system includes a first chamber configured to hold a first liquid and which has at least one opening and a second chamber and a second chamber configured to hold a second liquid and having at least one opening. The at least one opening on the second chamber is capable of being operably connected to the at least one opening of the first chamber and the second chamber can be smaller relative to the first chamber. The system can have two configurations, a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration the second chamber can be removably disposed within the first chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Brian G. Larson, Daryl J. Tichy
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Publication number: 20150068608Abstract: The invention describes features that can be used to control flow to an array of microchannels. The invention also describes methods in which a process stream is distributed to plural microchannels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Anna Lee Tonkovich, Ravi Arora, David Kilanowski
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Publication number: 20150068609Abstract: A blanket apparatus for accepting and distributing a pressurized flow of conditioned air into a zone around the body of a bed occupant. The apparatus includes an upper layer and lower layer of differing air permeability, joined to form a flow cavity between them for the pressurized air. A plurality of joining methods between the upper and lower layer is provided within the flow area to prevent the blanket from ballooning under the pressurized air flow. The blanket apparatus contains means to cover an entire bed while directing pressurized conditioned air to specific zones of the bed. The invention also contemplates connection of two independent supplies of conditioned air into a single top layer of bedding under which multiple bed occupants sleep, to evenly distribute such independent supplies into specific dual zone areas. The apparatus achieves its function by utilizing materials that are ordinarily used in existing bed linens and comforters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Mark Darius Aramli
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Publication number: 20150068610Abstract: A method for determining a value of a current, which is required for changing a switching state of a pressure control valve of a fuel delivery system, in which the current flowing through the pressure control valve is varied from a starting value up to a target value, and a time curve of the current is analyzed, the value required for changing the switching state being reached when the curve of the current has a change in slope, this change being detected via a first derivation over time of the current.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Sommerer, Sebastien Chatelain, Raphael Combe, Markus Viereck
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Publication number: 20150068611Abstract: A method and chemical delivery system are provided. The method includes providing a vapor phase of a multi-component liquid source. The method further includes contacting a pre-loaded carrier gas with the vapor phase, wherein the pre-loaded carrier gas includes a carrier gas and at least one component of the multi-component liquid source and delivering a gas stream comprising at least one component of the liquid source to a critical process or application, wherein the amount of the component in the carrier gas is sufficient to keep the ratio of components in the multi-component liquid source relatively constant. The chemical delivery system includes a multi-component liquid source having a vapor phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Daniel Alvarez, JR., Jeffrey Spiegelman, Russell J. Holmes, Edward Heinlein, Zohreh Shamsi
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Publication number: 20150068612Abstract: A valve includes a housing with a flow passage and a hole extending into the housing; a post with a base and a hole extending into the base, the post connected to the housing; and a dowel pin which sits in the hole of the housing and extends into the hole in the post.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Michael R. Barone, Bartosz Solarz
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Publication number: 20150068613Abstract: A multi-line mass flow device configured for controlled delivery of two or more fluids into a process chamber. The multi-line mass flow device comprises a cluster mass flow control manifold and a multi-inlet manifold. The cluster mass flow control manifold comprises a controller, a gas manifold mounting block, and two or more gas flow control stations. The multi-inlet manifold comprises a multi-inlet mounting block, and two or more isolation valves mounted on the multi-inlet mounting block.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Mark Taskar, Iqbal Shareef
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Publication number: 20150068614Abstract: A condensate trap is provided with a liquid supply hole and a liquid discharge hole, as well as a vapor discharge hole located in the upper side of the casing. A cylindrical chamber is located in the casing in which chamber an expansion piston can move. A hollow piston rod is attached to the lower side of the expansion piston. The liquid supply hole communicates with the chamber around the piston rod. The wall of the piston rod has throttling ports which extend in tangential direction. A siphon is located in the piston rod underneath the throttling ports. In the piston rod underneath the siphon is located a further throttling port, which can communicate with the liquid discharge hole when the expansion piston moves up. The space in a further chamber underneath the bottom of the piston rod communicates via a channel with the liquid discharge hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Titus Bartholomeus
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Publication number: 20150068615Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for processing leaking carbon dioxide, which is provided to a transfer line composed of pipes connected from a carbon dioxide generation facility to a carbon dioxide reservoir to process the leakage of carbon dioxide, including: a box-shaped shield case provided to cover a connection part of the pipes constituting the transfer line to prevent carbon dioxide leaking from the connection part from diffusing; and a bypasser bypassing the carbon dioxide into the shield case to the outside of the shield and storing this carbon dioxide. The apparatus is advantageous in that the diffusion of the carbon dioxide leaking from the connection part of the transfer line is blocked by the shield case, and simultaneously is supplied to the collection tank and stored therein by the bypasser, thereby preventing the leaking carbon dioxide from diffusing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Jongmyung PARK, Dae Gee HUH
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Publication number: 20150068616Abstract: The portable steel-reinforced HDPE pump station includes a vertically upright, cylindrical wet well fabricated from high-density polyethylene reinforced by helically wound steel ribs. HDPE profile wall material and endoskeleton are used for wet well reinforcement. Exterior foam insulation or thin HDPE shell wrap are disposed on outer portion of the wet well. The base of the pump station includes cross ribs atop a planar anti-flotation collar. Interior spaces between the cross ribs are filled with concrete to anchor the wet well in situ. Alternatively, a steel plate is used as a base. The steel plate base may be encapsulated by an HDPE sheet. HDPE sheets form a sloping hopper bottom at lower inside portion of the wet well. The annular space between the hopper bottom and base plate is filled solid with a closed-cell polyurethane insulation. Alternatively the wet wall is constructed of structurally reinforced thermoplastic without steel reinforcement ribs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: DANIEL M. EARLY, SCOTT F. EASTER
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Publication number: 20150068617Abstract: A valve includes: a float that is provided within a fuel tank and that, by floating in fuel, blocks a communication hole that communicates with an engine, a housing that accommodates the float within the fuel tank such that the float can move vertically, and into and from which fuel, that is within the fuel tank, enters and exits, and a dam member that is provided at the float, and that locally narrows a gap between the float and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Shinji SHIMOKAWA, Masahide KOBAYASHI, Yoshitaka NOBUSADA
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Publication number: 20150068618Abstract: A valve is provided. A body of the valve is configured to receive a supply of fluid. The body includes an inlet. A chamber is defined within the body. A seat member is disposed within the chamber. The seat member includes apertures defining a fluid flow path from the inlet into the chamber. A plunger is disposed through the body and in fluid communication with the chamber. The plunger includes a tubular wall defining a conduit therethrough. A float is attached to a distal end of the plunger. The plunger and the float are configured to move relative to the body and the seat member between an open position and a closed position. The apertures in the seat member are positioned radially outward of the tubular wall of the plunger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Herbert H. Speas
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Publication number: 20150068619Abstract: A device for preventing the overflow of a fluid reservoir, having a first tubular body with a hole through the interior and exterior surfaces at one end, a second tubular body disposed within the first body such that a portion of the interior surface of the first body and the exterior surface of the second body define an air channel, and a floatation device. The position of the tubular bodies relative to one another determine whether air from a fluid reservoir may exit the reservoir via the hole in the end of the first body. The flotation device is connected to an end of the second body and floats in the fluid reservoir wherein movement of the second body relative to the first body is caused by a change in the water level, such that the air channel is opened or closed by the position of the floatation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Louis BUSICK, Stephen SABIN, John KENNEDY
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Publication number: 20150068620Abstract: A pressure regulating valve assembly includes a housing. Also included is a valve sleeve mounted within a bore of the housing, the valve sleeve having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a diameter less than the first portion and received in a sense piston bore of the housing. Further included is a valve spool mounted within the valve sleeve. Yet further included is a sense piston disposed within the second portion of the valve sleeve. Also included is a damping orifice extending through an end portion of the second portion of the valve sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Glenn C. Lemmers, JR., David S. Behling
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Publication number: 20150068621Abstract: A gas pressure regulator is disclosed that includes a reciprocating piston that engages and disengages from a seat to open the higher pressure and lower pressure sides of the regulator to one another. The regulator includes an elastomer seal between the seat and the piston that has an ignition rating sufficient to avoid combustion in the presence of oxygen at pressure differentials that are a factor of between 5 and 10 between the higher pressure and lower pressure sides of the regulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Timothy Brian Conner, William Clinton Osteen, Mark Kendrick Hamm, John Byron Miller
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Publication number: 20150068622Abstract: A check valve is provided for use with variable frequency drives and other applications. In one aspect, the check valve provides a poppet guided by a poppet guide in at least two locations to ensure stability between fully open and fully closed positions. In another aspect, the check valve includes a poppet guide adapted to receive a poppet in a stem receiving channel, the stem receiving channel including guide vanes engaging the poppet and auxiliary channels for self cleaning. The check valve may also include a valve seal. In one embodiment, the valve seal is an o-ring received by a poppet head, based of the poppet guide and valve seat. The valve seat and/or the base may include expansion channels to receive a portion of the valve seat during compression when the check valve is in a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Flomatic CorporationInventor: Allan Bo ANDERSSON
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Publication number: 20150068623Abstract: The invention relates to a removal system for a portable container and comprises an immersion pipe that is mounted in a bung unit that is held in an opening of the container. Furthermore, the removal system includes an extraction head that can be fastened to the immersion pipe. A switch that generates a switching signal whose switching states indicate whether the extraction head is fastened in a target position on the immersion pipe or not is provided in or on the extraction head.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Andreas Szeteli
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Publication number: 20150068624Abstract: A pressure switch safety system includes a pressure switch for mounting to a mud pumping system. The pressure switch can be moved from a pressure switch open position to a pressure switch closed position when the pressure within the mud pumping system reaches an excess trigger pressure. The excess trigger is greater than the pressure required to activate a pressure relief valve system of the mud pumping system. An alarm and a timer are actuated when the pressure switch is moved from the pressure switch open position to the pressure switch closed position. The timer has a preset time interval. The system has a mud pump shut down control module that will shut down the mud pumping system after the preset time interval has elapsed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Eyadah Al-Ruothy Al-Shammary
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Publication number: 20150068625Abstract: A water storage system comprising a tank having a first inclined or conical floor at the bottom of the tank, a second inclined or conical floor above the first inclined or conical floor, dividing the tank into upper and lower compartments, one or more inlet(s), an overflow outlet, a first draining outlet located at the sloping end of the first inclined floor or at the convergence of the first conical floor, a second draining outlet located at the sloping end of the second inclined floor or at the convergence of the second conical floor, and a consumer supply outlet located above the second inclined floor or above the second conical floor, wherein the upper compartment holds potable-grade water and the water from the lower compartment is reserved for fire fighting needs and used for non-potable purposes with periodic replenishment from upper compartmentType: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Jainendra Kumar SINGH
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Publication number: 20150068626Abstract: A valve assembly for supplying gas, in particular for supplying air to a fuel cell, includes a valve assembly having at least two individually controllable valves, a common housing, in which the valves are accommodated, including a common inlet and at least one outlet for each valve, wherein the housing is formed of at least two housing parts, wherein the common inlet is formed in a first housing part, said inlet being coupled to one valve in each case, and wherein the valves are accommodated in a second housing part, wherein the two housing parts are sealed with respect to one another by means of assigned joining surfaces, wherein at least one valve seat for a valve is provided at the joining surface of the first housing part, said valve seat being closable with a sealing surface of the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Bernd Bareis, Thy Nguyen, Sven Osswald
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Publication number: 20150068627Abstract: An actuator device includes a pin that performs translatory motion along a groove of a cam to which a three-way stopcock is connected, the cam that performs rotary motion, and a control unit that causes the pin to perform the translatory motion along an extending direction of the cam, and rotates the cam with respect to a central axis of rotation, thereby to divert a passage of the three-way stopcock. A first, second, third, and fourth grooves that form the groove have a linked shape. Directions of inclinations of the first inclination angle and the third inclination angle are opposite with respect to the central axis, and directions of inclinations of the second inclination angle and the fourth inclination angle are opposite with respect to the central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Kunio HARADA, Akihiro FURUKAWA, Masakazu SUGAYA, Norihito KUNO, Hisashi MURATA
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Publication number: 20150068628Abstract: In an embodiment, a capacity control valve includes: a pressure-sensitive body 50 positioned in a third valve chamber 38; an adapter 53 provided on the free end of the pressure-sensitive body 50 having a circular seating surface; a third valve part 43 that moves integrally with a valve element 40 in the third valve chamber 38 and has a circular engagement surface that opens/closes intake-side passages 34 by engaging with and separating from the seating surface of the adapter 53; and a solenoid 60 that applies an electromagnetic drive force to the valve element 40 in the direction of closing a first valve part 41, wherein the pressure-sensitive body 50 is formed by a formed bellows made of material having greater yield stress than phosphor bronze, and the formed bellows has its diameter set smaller and its stroke longer than the diameter and stroke of a phosphor bronze bellows.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Iwa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Kohei Fukudome, Kenji Moriwaki
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Publication number: 20150068629Abstract: A three-dimensional printing process, a swirling device, and a thermal management process are disclosed. The three-dimensional printing process includes distributing a material to a selected region, selectively laser melting the material, and forming a swirling device from the material. The swirling device is printed by selective laser melting. The thermal management process includes providing an article having a swirling device printed by selective laser melting, and cooling a portion of the article by transporting air through the swirling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM, Victor John MORGAN, Benjamin Paul LACY, John Wesley HARRIS, Jr., David Edward SCHICK
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Publication number: 20150068630Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to oxygen/air supply systems and methods for use with fuel cell system applications on-board passenger transportation vehicles, such as aircraft or other aerospace vehicles, ground vehicles, or stationary applications for which oxygen and/or air has to be supplied to the fuel cell system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Jean-Paul Libis, Jerome Cerisier, Vincent Gillotin, Yannick Brunaux
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Publication number: 20150068631Abstract: An in-line water hammer arrester comprises a housing connectable at each end to a piping system, a fluid channel disposed within the housing to permit fluid to flow from the piping system through the housing and back into the piping system, a piston and a pressurized gas chamber. When a pressure spike occurs, the piston is pushed against the pressurized gas chamber allowing an expanded area for water flow until the pressure spike is dissipated and the piston returns to its resting position. When used with flexible hoses and tubing typically found with household appliance water supply lines, the in-line arrester is easily installed by a crimping or clamping type connector and takes up little space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Duane Condon, Bill Ghiglieri
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Publication number: 20150068632Abstract: A lining material obtained by rolling a lining material sheet into a tubular form is installed in a conduit with both ends of the lining material sheet in its circumferential direction circumferentially overlapping each other. In this process, the lining material is installed so that, in a bending portion of a conduit, an overlapping portion where the both ends of the lining material sheet overlap each other faces toward an outer curvature side of the bending portion. Then, the diameter of the lining material installed in the conduit is expanded with the both ends of the lining material sheet circumferentially slid on each other. This facilitates inflation of a portion of the lining material which portion faces toward the outer curvature side in the bending portion, thereby decreasing a gap between the lining material and an inner surface of the bending portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Onishi, Hiroshi Tsuzuki, Yasuhiro Ueda
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Publication number: 20150068633Abstract: A composite system for reinforcing a section of a curved metallic structure configured to contain fluids comprises a fabric carrier configured to be saturated with a uniformly dispersed reactive precursor. The reactive precursor chemically configured to activate and harden after removal of the reactive precursor from a protective packaging. The reactive precursor includes a radiopaque substance within a range of about 3 percent to about 50 percent by weight of the reactive precursor. The fabric carrier is adapted to be applied in overlapping layers to a surface of a curved metallic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Christopher J. Lazzara, Richard J. Lazzara, Venkatachala S. Minnikanti, Davie Peguero, James R. Schwarz
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Publication number: 20150068634Abstract: The invention is to provide a resin hose capable of sufficiently ensuring the flow rate of fluid flowing through the resin hose while ensuring flexibility of wiring. The resin hose includes a round portion having a round flow-passage; and a flat portion that includes a flat flow-passage and has a flow-passage cross-section area equal to or larger than a flow-passage cross-section area of a minimum inner diameter portion in the round portion, a short width of the flat flow-passage being smaller than an inner diameter of the minimum inner diameter portion and a long width of the flat flow-passage being larger than the inner diameter of the minimum inner diameter portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Kazutaka KATAYAMA, Tomoyuki FUKUYASU, Makoto SHIMOJO, Takaaki INOUE, Takahiro NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20150068635Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides an energy dissipative tube including: a length of tubing; an inner resin layer surrounding an outer surface of said tubing; a metal foil adjacent to an outer surface of said inner resin layer; and an outer resin layer surrounding said metal foil and said inner resin layer. The outer resin has a property selected from the group consisting of: static dissipative and antistatic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Jordan Strunk
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Publication number: 20150068636Abstract: A tubular liner for the lining of pipelines has an inner tubular film, a layer of fibrous material arranged on the inner tubular film, and an outer tubular film which is arranged on the outer side of the fibrous material and is impermeable to UV light. The tubular liner is distinguished in that the outer tubular film has a radially inward peripheral portion and a second peripheral portion bearing on the outer side of the first peripheral portion in an overlapping region. The peripheral portions are connected to one another by an adhesive tape which extends across the longitudinal direction of the tubular liner. A method is also provided for manufacturing such a tubular liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: PETER DUTTENHOEFER, STEFAN BLENKE
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Publication number: 20150068637Abstract: A composite particle includes a spheroidal core having a polymeric layer disposed thereon. In one embodiment, the polymeric layer includes a cationic surfactant and at least one of a nonionic polymer or an anionic polymer. In another embodiment, the polymeric layer includes a cationic polymer and an anionic polymer. Methods of making the composite particles, composite materials, and articles including them are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Carlos A. Barrios, Baris Yalcin, Stephen E. Amos
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Publication number: 20150068638Abstract: A low-yield ratio high-strength electric resistance welded steel pipe has a yield ratio of 80% or less and a TS of 655 MPa or more. A steel material has a composition containing 0.38% to 0.45% C, 0.1% to 0.3% Si, 1.0% to 1.8% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01% to 0.07% sol. Al, and 0.01% or less N on a mass basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Matsuki, Tomohiro Inoue
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Publication number: 20150068639Abstract: The present invention provides fabrics with cut loop group and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the core yarn at the section where said loops are being cut is outwardly protruded from the covering yarns, while the rayon yarn, which is a core yarn, is separated into multiple filaments. The fabrics with cut loop group show superior characteristics in polishing properties, sliding properties, water absorption properties, rapid drying properties and feeling of touch since polishing can be performed while easily catching foreign substances such as extremely minute dust particles or human hairs and the like by the rayon yarn, which is a core yarn, functioning as a hook. Thus the fabrics with cut loop group according to the present invention can be used usefully in the products such as various kind of mats, towels, bathroom products, and the like including dishclothes and mops.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Hyun Sam Lee, Sung Hoon Choi