Patents Issued in August 3, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170219126
    Abstract: A clip includes a cylindrical pipe clamp portion which is formed with an open portion that is open in the axial direction; insert guide plates which extend from both ends of the pipe clamp portion in the circumferential direction so as to widen obliquely upwards; a slip-preventing plate which extends widthwise from the end of the pipe clamp portion in the axial direction; and raised stoppers which are contiguous with both ends of the outer circumferential surface of the pipe clamp portion, and also extend in the axial direction. One slip-preventing plate extends in one widthwise direction from one axial end of the pipe clamp portion, and another slip-preventing plate extends in the opposite direction, from the other end of the pipe clamp portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KATO
  • Publication number: 20170219127
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a latchable plastic clip formed from a resilient main band body bent into a near closed “S” or “Figure 8” shape. The clip is useful when used in numbers for releasably suspending elongated objects such as wires, cords and hoses beneath and along supportive objects, such as rods, bars, railings, or pipes. It is also useful when used singularly for storing items such as ropes, straps, chains, harnesses, halters and reins by hanging them from support structure such as rods, bars, railings or pipes, coiling them first if necessary or desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: BRADLEY N. VERMILLION
  • Publication number: 20170219128
    Abstract: A bracket of a unitary construction and being of a substantial U-shape having a first elongate section and opposed extension sections extending from opposed free ends of said elongate section, and at an angle to the plane of said elongate section, the arrangement including a slot which extends across at least part of said elongate section and at least part of one of said extension sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Geoffrey Anderson, Mathew Peart
  • Publication number: 20170219129
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for securing a duct to a bracket or hanger using a duct saddle. The duct saddle includes a body that includes a first side and a second opposing side. The body includes a duct seating surface on the a first side. The duct saddle also includes a plurality of retention clips extending from the body. The retention clips include respective tabs extending over the second side of the body and spaced apart from the second side of the body. The tabs include respective retention surfaces facing the second side of the body. The duct saddle also includes retention bodies extending from the respective retention surfaces toward the second side of the body. The above-described duct saddles can be installed on brackets without the use of fasteners, such as bolts and nuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jeremy D. HOWE, Kyle MILLER, Ernest L. GIBSON, IV
  • Publication number: 20170219130
    Abstract: A flanged pipe is mounted to a perforated fixed plate by limiting movement of the pipe in three mutually perpendicular axes, and rotationally around the plate axis. The mount consists of a plate and a flanged pipe. The pipe exterior is decorated with ribs parallel to the pipe axis. Each rib bears a microclip positioned to allow the plate to rest between the pipe rib microclips and the underside of the pipe flange. The perimeter of the plate perforation bears cutaways. Inserting the pipe through the perforation of the fixed plate engages the ribs with the cutaways to limit rotational movement. Movement in the plane perpendicular to the plate axis is limited by complementary diameters of the plate perforation and the pipe. Engagement of the flange on the plate limits movement of the flanged pipe through the plate perforation. Pipe retraction is limited by microclips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Adam McLeod
  • Publication number: 20170219131
    Abstract: Provided is a low alloy oil-well steel pipe having a yield strength of 827 MPa or more, and an excellent SSC resistance. The low alloy oil-well steel pipe according to the present invention consisting of: in mass %, C: more than 0.35 to 0.65%; Si: 0.05 to 0.50%; Mn: 0.10 to 1.00%; Cr: 0.40 to 1.50%; Mo: 0.50 to 2.00%; V: 0.05 to 0.25%; Nb: 0.01 to 0.040%; sol.Al: 0.005 to 0.10%; N: 0.007% or less; Ti: 0 to 0.012%; Ca: 0 to 0.005%; and a balance being Fe and impurities, the impurities including: P: 0.020% or less; S: 0.002% or less; O: 0.006% or less; Ni: 0.10% or less; Cu: 0.03% or less; and B: 0.0005% or less, wherein in a microstructure, a number of cementite particles each of which has an equivalent circle diameter of 200 nm or more is 200 particles/100 ?m2 or more, and a yield strength is 827 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Keiichi KONDO, Yuji ARAI
  • Publication number: 20170219132
    Abstract: A webless corrugated dual wall foundation drain which is constructed as a hollow rectangular tubular member with an inner corrugated wall formed of HDPE and an integral outer smooth wall formed of the same material. The outer smooth wall of the foundation drain is attached to and integrally formed with the corrugations of the inner corrugated wall through a coextrusion process, thereby significantly enhancing the vertical beam stiffness of the foundation drain and eliminating the need for an internal supporting web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Carl Raymond Douglass, III
  • Publication number: 20170219133
    Abstract: An HVAC component and method of forming the HVAC component, including a duct having a first surface and a second surface movable between an unassembled position and an assembled position is provided, wherein the method includes (a) applying a paint sealant to one of the first and the second surfaces; (b) one of drying or curing the applied paint sealant; and (c) moving the first and second surfaces from the unassembled to the assembled position, the paint sealant forming a sealed interface between the assembled first surface and second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Martin E. Gray
  • Publication number: 20170219134
    Abstract: A pipe element suitable for use in a fuel system of an aircraft comprises an inner pipe and an outer pipe sealingly surrounding the inner pipe and connected to the inner pipe. The pipe element is constructed in one piece and is produced by a 3D printing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Florian KEDOR, Tobias FISLAGE, Ralf WOERDEMANN, Christian GRUETZMANN
  • Publication number: 20170219135
    Abstract: Plastic tubing including a thermoplastic ribbon helically wrapped and heat bonded to itself to form a tubing wall and a thermoplastic reinforcement located helically around and along the tubing wall. At least a thickness of the tubing wall or a size of the thermoplastic reinforcement is varied along the tubing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Carlson, Tamsen Hughes, Robert Manson, Daniel Chronister, Craig Brittain
  • Publication number: 20170219136
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for providing a durable and thermally insulated duct network. A duct network may be provided by coupling two or more foam ducts to each other. In one example, a system includes a plurality of foam ducts and a plurality of foam bellows configured to couple the foam ducts to each other. The foam bellows include one or more bellow folds to allow an expansion and contraction of the foam ducts. A plurality of structural fastening systems couple the duct network to a structure of a vessel. The structural fastening systems allow for an axial movement of the duct network as the foam ducts expand and contract. Additional systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Federico Merheb, Orlando Torres, Nicholas W. Newell, Donald C. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20170219137
    Abstract: A pipe coupling make up assembly and a method of making up a pipe coupling between tubular sections at a well. A first tubular section in a tubular string at the well is gripped and supported in the assembly. A second tubular is supported and moved to locate a first end of the second tubular section into an expanded first end of the first tubular section. A swaged die is arranged around the first tubular section and forced along the first tubular section towards the second tubular section. This causes the expanded first end to move radially inwards under elastic and plastic deformation and create a metal to metal seal between the first ends of the first and second tubular sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Ledingham, David Glen Martin
  • Publication number: 20170219138
    Abstract: A fuel line of a turbo-machine having a conical screw connection, wherein the conical screw connection has at least one screw socket into which a sealing cone having a sealing cone surface and a sealing cone face of a screw connection body connected thereto is interlockingly inserted, and screw socket and screw connection body are directly or indirectly screwed to each other, wherein the sealing cone has a metallic, flat sealing element which is received in a receptacle of the sealing cone surface, wherein the flat sealing element is a metal which is softer than the material of the sealing cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Dönges, Peter Kroner, Werner Hesse, Falk Seidel, Gerd Weber
  • Publication number: 20170219139
    Abstract: A connection arrangement includes a first connection body and a second connection body for forming a pneumatic connection along a connection axis, and a sealing element configured to seal a sealing gap which surrounds the pneumatic connection and which has a longitudinal dimension which extends parallel to the connection axis. A pneumatic flow is able to travel through the first and second connection bodies along the connection axis. The first connection body has a through-hole having a cross section transverse to the connection axis. The second connection body is arranged at least partially in the through-hole. An at least partially circumferential first recess transverse to the connection axis is formed on an outer face of the first connection body extending parallel to the connection axis for receiving the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Bredbeck, Dieter Frank, Frank Vogelsang
  • Publication number: 20170219140
    Abstract: A joint restraint is provided for a curved pipe joint having a curved pipe section joining two adjacent pipe sections. The pipes are joined using tubular sleeves held by hose clamps to form fluid tight seals, with two clamps on each end of the curved pipe sections and two clamps on each proximal end of the adjacent pipe sections. An inner strap extends between and fastens to one of the clamps on each adjacent pipe section forming a chord of an arc. An outer strap extends along an outer periphery of the joined pipes and fastens to the other clamps on each adjacent pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Virgil E. O'Neil, James F. Lestage
  • Publication number: 20170219141
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a tubular connection assembly that maybe quickly connected and with improved capacity for axial loads. The tubular connection assembly may include a box end member having a first groove formed in an inner surface, a pin end member having a second groove formed in an outer surface, and a load transfer assembly comprising two or more segments. When the pin end member is inserted in the box end member and the first groove aligns with the second groove, the load transfer assembly is at least partially disposed in both the first groove and the second groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffery MORRISON
  • Publication number: 20170219142
    Abstract: A retainer for connecting a pair of sanitary fittings each having a first end and a second end, the second ends each having a flanged portion, includes a first member having a through center aperture, the first member adapted to receive at least a portion of each of the flanged portions and a second member having a through center aperture and engageable over the first member, the second member adapted to provide a compressive force to sealingly connect the flanged portions when the first and second members are in an assembled configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Albert A. WERTH
  • Publication number: 20170219143
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a fluid diverter device may include a diverter body having a body surface coupled to a first end and to an opposing a second end. A diverter conduit may be centrally positioned within the diverter body, and the conduit may extend between the first end and second end. A coupler plug may be disposed on the second end, and an accessory socket may be disposed on the first end. The coupler plug may have c coupler conduit in fluid communication with the diverter conduit. The device may further comprise a bend which may be formed in the diverter body, and the bend may be configured to angle the first end towards the second end. In further embodiments, the bend may comprise a bend angle, and the bend angle may be between 35 degrees and 49 degrees and more preferably between 40 and 44 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Henry F. De Francesco
  • Publication number: 20170219144
    Abstract: The disclosure describes A rotary union that includes a housing having a fluid inlet, a rotating machine component rotatably supported in the housing, a rotating seal member associated with the rotating machine component, a non-rotating seal member slidably and sealably disposed within the housing adjacent the rotating seal member, and an expandable seal disposed between and sealably engaging each of the non-rotating seal member and the housing. The expandable seal includes two end portions, one of the two end portions engaged to the non-rotating seal member and the other of the two end portions engaged to the housing, and an expandable portion disposed axially between the two end portions, the expandable portion having an axial length that varies based on a pressure of a hydraulic fluid that is present at the fluid inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Anton A. Petrou, Christoph Budzus, Sargon Guliana
  • Publication number: 20170219145
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a rotary union that includes a housing, a rotating machine component supported in the housing, a rotating seal member associated with the rotating machine component, a non-rotating seal member slidably and sealably disposed within the housing adjacent the rotating seal member, an expandable seal disposed between the non-rotating seal member and the housing, and an internal clamp disposed within an end portion of the expandable seal such that the end portion of the expandable seal is compressed between the internal clamp and the bore of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Anton A. Petrou, Christoph Budzus, Sargon Guliana
  • Publication number: 20170219146
    Abstract: A fluid line support system includes a fluid line and a collet having an insertion end and a thickened portion having a biased end. A fluid valve has a valve aperture that receives the insertion end of the collet. A collet securing device has a fluid line portion that engages the wall of the fluid line, wherein at least the fluid line portion encircles the wall and is slidably engaged with the wall to define a loose position and a securing position. A collet portion of the collet securing device engages the retaining portion of the fluid valve when in the securing position. When in the securing position, the fluid line portion engages the biased end of the collet, wherein the fluid line and collet portions bias the retaining portion and biased end toward one another such that the insertion end is positioned at a final insertion depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manjur Tamboli, Melissa Marie Bippus
  • Publication number: 20170219147
    Abstract: A disconnect assembly for operationally attaching a hose or other fluid conduit to a fluid inlet, and selectively decoupling the hose or conduit from the fluid inlet. In a first locked position, a fluid pressure seal is formed permitting pressurized flow of fluids through the disconnect assembly. In a second unlocked position, the hose or other fluid conduit can be quickly, safely and efficiently decoupled from the disconnect assembly such as, for example, during an emergency or unforeseen crisis. Following such decoupling, fluid is automatically contained and prevented from discharging into a surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Foley Patents, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence E. Foley
  • Publication number: 20170219148
    Abstract: The flow passage structure comprises: a plural number of ceramic flow passage layers laminated with one another, inside of which a flow passage is formed; two outermost layers disposed on respective sides of the plural number of flow passage layers in a lamination direction where the flow passage layers are laminated; an outer elastic sheets made of an elastic body, which is interposed between each of the outermost layers and the flow passage layer adjacent thereto; and a fastening member fastening the two outermost layers to each other, in a state that the two outermost layers sandwich the flow passage layers from both sides in the lamination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tomohiro OZONO, Akira MATSUOKA, Koji NOISHIKI
  • Publication number: 20170219149
    Abstract: A hopper tee having a horizontal portion through which granular material is unloaded from a tank trailer or hopper car, the hopper tee integrally forms a vertical segment, that secures with the bottom of the hopper, to provide for unloading of granular material for usage or storage. The upper front portion of the tee, as it transitions from its vertical segment to the horizontal flow path has secured or cast therewith a ledge, that provides for accumulation of the unloading granular material therein, to function as a wear pad to resist against abrasion and accelerated wear out of the tee, at that location, during prolonged usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: David E. Sisk
  • Publication number: 20170219150
    Abstract: A method of forming a sealed joint between a tubular article (10) and a thin sheet article (14) wherein the articles (10, 14) are made of metallic materials that are capable of fusion welding together. One step in the method involves locating an end of the tubular article in a collar (20) surrounding a hole (12) formed in the thin sheet article (14). An end (22) of the tubular article (14) is positioned to lie substantially flush with a proximal end (24) of the collar (20). Next the ends (22, 24) of the collar and the tubular article are fusion welded forming a circumferential bead (26) creating an integral joint. Consequently in effect the previously separate a tubular article (10) and a thin sheet article (14) become a single piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Sunspin Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Rodney William Lowe, Harry Suehrcke
  • Publication number: 20170219151
    Abstract: A method is shown for joining and sealing a female plastic pipe end having a belled end opening to a mating male plastic pipe end having an interior surface and an exterior surface. A sealing element is installed within a groove formed in the belled end of the female pipe section. The male pipe end is then inserted into the end opening of the female pipe end so that the elastomeric sealing gasket makes sealing contact with the exterior surface of the male pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: John T. Filer, Guido Quesada
  • Publication number: 20170219152
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a rotary device that includes a housing, a rotating machine component, a rotating member associated with the rotating machine component, a non-rotating member disposed within the housing adjacent the rotating member, and a sensor array disposed in the housing. The sensor array includes a plurality of sensing elements that are integrated with a control device and a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is configured to communicate with a central control that is remotely located relative to the housing using electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Anton A. Petrou, Christoph Budzus, Sargon Guliana
  • Publication number: 20170219153
    Abstract: A sound suppression apparatus for installation inside a gas transport duct is provided. The sound suppression apparatus comprises a resistive sound-absorbing element (110) and a housing providing a reactive sound-attenuating element (130) communicating with a surrounding of the apparatus via opening in an outer surface of the housing. An outer surface of the sound suppression apparatus comprises an outer surface of the resistive sound-absorbing element and the outer surface of the housing. A gas transport duct comprising the sound suppression apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: AAF Ltd.
    Inventors: James Matthew Hill, Colin Alexander Malecki, Paul Timothy Williams, Mats Abom, Raymond Kirby
  • Publication number: 20170219154
    Abstract: An arrangement for use in adjoining a support structure to a pipe that passes through the support structure. The arrangement comprises a mount attachable to the support structure. Radial bellows are connected to the mount. The bellows are arranged in use to extend circumferentially around a pipe and be connectable thereto such that a volume is defined by the bellows, mount and pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE POWER ENGINEERING PLC
    Inventor: Iansteel ACHUNCHE
  • Publication number: 20170219155
    Abstract: An expandable pipe for restoring a damaged pipe is provided. The expandable pipe includes a liner formed of thermoplastic polyurethane, and grout material applied to the exterior surface of the liner. The exterior surface includes a plurality of flared tips and grooves, and each groove is located between adjacent flared tips. The grout material is disposed on the flared tips and in the grooves of the liner. The method used to restore the damaged pipe includes clamping the liner with the grout material on a puller-sealer fixture having a U-shaped cross-section to prevent debris from entering the interior of the liner, and pulling the puller-sealer fixture and liner through the damaged pipe. The grout material expands in volume upon exposure to moisture, ultra violet radiation, heat, and/or ultrasonics, and fills cracks or other imperfections and voids along the interior surface of the conduit, caused by corrosion, erosion, or other circumstances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Clinton Edward Llewellyn, Alfred G. Hering, Bowdie J. Isanhart, John Harry Camp
  • Publication number: 20170219156
    Abstract: Pipe splitting apparatuses and systems including a replaceable blade, and methods therefor, are provided. In various examples, a cable retention and release mechanism is configured to releasably engage a cable and includes one or more segments of a pipe splitting apparatus including a cable passage. A segmented collet includes tapered segments and is disposed within a tapered portion of a cable passage of the one or more segments. Channel surfaces of the tapered segments together form a cable channel through the segmented collet. The cable channel is configured to widen in a disengaged position of the segmented collet and narrow in an engaged position of the segmented collet. A spring is disposed within the spring pocket of the one or more segments to bias the segmented collet distally in the engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Tjader
  • Publication number: 20170219157
    Abstract: Systems include, among other components, fixed and mobile sensors positioned within a pipe network containing a substance (such as a liquid, gas, or low-viscosity solid). In addition, systems include a mobile transceiver device positioned within the pipe network. The mobile transceiver device moves through the substance and the pipe network, and the mobile transceiver device is in wireless communication with the sensors. Systems also include a receiver that is external to the pipe network, and the receiver is in communication with the mobile transceiver device. In operation, the mobile transceiver device wirelessly receives sensor data from the sensors, the mobile transceiver device can aggregate the sensor data from multiple sensors, and the mobile transceiver device transmits the aggregated sensor data wirelessly to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Tamilmani Ethirajan, Ninad D. Sathaye, Ashwin Srinivas
  • Publication number: 20170219158
    Abstract: An elevatable supporting device for holding a display module which is defined with a normal direction is provided. The elevatable supporting device comprises a frame, at least one rail module, a sliding element, and at least one constant force spring. The rail module includes an outer rail and an inner rail, wherein the outer rail is fastened to the frame and formed with a lateral opening for the inner rail sliding therein. The sliding element is formed with an inner space for the rail module penetrating through. The sliding element is secured to the inner rail so as to slide on the frame. The constant force spring is disposed on the top of the frame and connects to the sliding element at a free end thereof. Thus, the elevatable supporting device is characterized in having a slim structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien CHIN, Chen-Kuei TSAI
  • Publication number: 20170219159
    Abstract: Disclosed is a simple portable holder for holding electronic devices such as a laptop computer and a tablet. The holder can secure a laptop in a vertical (closed) position, or an open position. The holder includes a base, at least four posts and straps between the posts for holding the device. The straps between the posts form a substantial U-shaped area for stowage of the device while the device is in a closed position. The posts may have flat or curved profiles including a slanted or curved top portion thereof. The curvature at the top of the posts is used for securing the laptop while in an open position to the device holder. The holder may be placed on the floor to avoid clutter on a work surface, or for the convenience of the user having it near a seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Le Moey Wiebush, III
  • Publication number: 20170219160
    Abstract: A telescopic rod contains a first element, and a second element, and a locking mechanism. The first element is in the form of a hollow tube with an interior wall. The second element is arranged slidingly along a longitudinal axis within the first element. The locking mechanism is coupled with the second element to lock the relative position of the second element with regard to the first element. The locking mechanism includes a clamp washer to be moved between a locking position and an unlocked position it is located in an angular position axis. An angle of the clamp wash in the unlocked position with regard to the longitudinal is smaller than that in the locking position. An edge of the clamp washer meshes with the interior wall in the locking position, so that a frictional connection is formed between the edge and the interior wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Bo CHRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20170219161
    Abstract: A mounting system that includes a hub which is fixable to a surface to aid in hanging an object on the surface. The wall mount system allows for various applications depending on the item being mounted and/or the preference of the individual mounting the item. The hub is configured to support the use of disparate fasteners, affording a user flexibility to choose between various wall fastening options and combinations therein depending on the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory S. Dempsey, Timothy J. Dempsey
  • Publication number: 20170219162
    Abstract: A storm protection system for covering the opening of a building with a flexible material. The system includes a bracket having a first panel and a second panel, the panels each having a surface, the first surface and the second surface of the bracket having a plurality of protrusions disposed thereon (and various embodiments thereof). Another embodiment utilizing at least one inclined planar portion connected to a planar portion of the bracket at the first edge of the inclined planar portion and an elongated member connected to the at least one inclined planar portion for securing a flexible material. A last embodiment includes a planar bracket having a first end and a second end, the planar bracket made of a resilient material. All embodiments operable to hold a flexible material (fabric, screen . . . etc.) over an opening to a building to protect the opening during a storm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen J. Motosko, Catherine Motosko, Stephen J. Motosko, III
  • Publication number: 20170219163
    Abstract: Provided is a disposable tattoo workstation apparatus. The tattoo workstation apparatus provides a clean and sterile workstation and decreases the time needed for tattoo workstation setup and tattoo preparation. The tattoo workstation apparatus includes a bib with a sterile upper surface on which tattooing supplies may be placed. The upper surface may be an absorbent material and a bottom surface provides a barrier that protects underlying surfaces from contamination. The bib may be a two-ply bib or a multiple-ply bib. The bib includes an adhesive on the bottom surface. Also provided is an ink cup plate which may be an integral piece formed by die casting or molding and includes a base plate and multiple ink cups. The base plate is affixed to the bib or disposed integrally within the bib and the ink cups extend above the upper surface of the bib for easy access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Lisa MOMBERGER, Dakota GOMEZ
  • Publication number: 20170219164
    Abstract: A rotation-adjustable hanging device includes a pivot seat, a hanging arm body and a limiting unit. The hanging arm body includes a pivot end connected pivotally to the pivot seat about a first pivot axis. The limiting unit includes a main body, two limiting arms and two limit ends. The main body is disposed on the pivot seat and defines a second axis. The limiting arms are directed toward the pivot end to extend the limit ends to the arm body such that the limit ends are disposed at two opposite sides of a first line that passes through the first and second pivot axes and such that the limit ends is able to stop rotation of the arm body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
  • Publication number: 20170219165
    Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes a container main body (10) constituted of a body (11) and dome portions (12) disposed on both ends of the body, and a reinforcing layer (20) formed such that a fiber member is wound around an outer periphery of the container main body. The reinforcing layer includes a hoop winding layer (40) formed by hoop winding that winds the fiber member such that a winding angle is approximately perpendicular to a central axis of the body, and a high helical winding layer (30) formed by high helical winding that winds the fiber member such that a winding angle is inclined with respect to the central axis compared with the hoop winding, and the high helical winding layer extends to the dome portion. The high helical winding layer includes a thick portion having a thickness at an outer side part of a boundary position between the body and the dome portion, which thickness is thicker than a thickness at a part positioned on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichirou TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170219166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pump tower disposed inside a liquefied gas storage tank so as to supply or discharge liquefied gas to/from the inside of the liquefied gas storage tank. The pump tower, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a discharge pipe used for discharging the liquefied gas in the liquefied gas storage tank; an emergency pipe equipped with an emergency pump at the lower end thereof; a charge pipe for supplying the liquefied gas into the liquefied gas storage tank; and a support, which is provided on the bottom of the liquefied gas storage tank, for enabling the vertical displacement of the pump tower and restricting the horizontal movement and rotation thereof. The support comprises: a lower body fixed to a hull side; an upper body fixed to a pump tower side; and a wedge member interposed between the lower body and the upper body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KC LNG Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo Kook JIN, Ihn Soo YOON, Byung Taek OH, Young Chul YANG, Young Soon SOHN
  • Publication number: 20170219167
    Abstract: A compressed natural gas storage and dispensing system having bulk storage tanks in fluid communication with a natural gas supply source; a compressor to produce compressed natural gas; dispensing storage tanks in fluid communication with the bulk storage tanks and in fluid communication with fuel dispensers; a liquified natural gas storage tank in fluid communication with the bulk storage tanks, wherein compressed natural gas resulting from vaporization of the liquified natural gas within the liquified natural gas storage tank is transferred to the bulk storage tanks as a supplemental source of compressed natural gas, or wherein liquified natural gas is vaporized in an ambient vaporizer and delivered to the bulk or dispensing storage tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Holystone USA, LLC
    Inventor: R. Keith Barker
  • Publication number: 20170219168
    Abstract: A method and system for supplying additional hydrogen from a reservoir of stored hydrogen in a salt cavern to a hydrogen pipeline to assist in meeting customer demand for hydrogen is provided. Contaminants introduced while the stored hydrogen stream is in the salt cavern may cause the crude hydrogen stream to not have the required product purity specification. The stored hydrogen is removed from the salt cavern as a crude hydrogen stream and thereafter diluted with higher purity hydrogen formed from the pipeline to form a hydrogen product stream at or below the product purity specification. The hydrogen product can be formed without removal of any of the contaminants in the crude stream, thereby creating a more cost effective and simplified supply process compared to conventional processes employing a salt cavern for hydrogen supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Rommel M. Oates, Solomon Dadebo
  • Publication number: 20170219169
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp comprises a plurality of LED light sources, two end caps, a lamp tube, and an LED light strip. The lamp tube extends in a first direction along a length of the lamp tube, and has two ends respectively sleeved to the end caps. The LED light strip is disposed inside the lamp tube, and the LED light sources are on the LED light strip. Each end cap comprises an electrically insulating tube and a magnetic metal member. The magnetic metal member is fixedly on an inner circumferential surface of the electrically insulating tube and interposed between the electrically insulating tube and the end of the lamp tube. The LED tube lamp further comprises a hot melt adhesive on the inner surface of the magnetic metal member and adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the end of the lamp tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: TAO JIANG
  • Publication number: 20170219170
    Abstract: An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote phosphor light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of phosphors provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. PETLURI, Paul Kenneth PICKARD, Robert FLETCHER
  • Publication number: 20170219171
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a conversion device is provided. The conversion device may include a phosphor element made of a phosphor element material for converting pump radiation into conversion radiation; and a scattering element embodied as a volume scatterer. The scattering element is arranged in direct optical contact with the phosphor element in order to be transilluminated by the conversion radiation. The phosphor element material is present in monocrystalline form in the phosphor element over a volume of at least 1×10?2 mm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Joerg Sorg
  • Publication number: 20170219172
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a fluorescence light source device that can obtain high luminous efficiency. A fluorescence light source device of the present invention includes a wavelength conversion member that emits fluorescence by excitation laser light. The wavelength conversion member has an excitation laser light receiving surface including a periodic structure having a periodic array of conical or truncated projections with an aspect ratio, which is a ratio of the height of the projection to the pitch in the periodic structure, of not lower than 0.2. The wavelength conversion member is formed from a phosphor composed of a polycrystal and contains a micro-scatterer with a refractive index of not lower than 1.0 for scattering the excitation laser light and fluorescence emitted from the phosphor. A ratio (T/R) between a light transmission percentage T [%] in the wavelength conversion member and a light reflection percentage R [%] in the wavelength conversion member is 1 to 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki INOUE, Seiji KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170219173
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided a bulb-type light source apparatus including a light source unit, a translucent cover, and a base unit. The translucent cover includes a first area including a convex lens function and a second area including a concave lens function. The base unit supports the light source unit and the translucent cover such that the second area is positioned closer to the light source unit than the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki YOTSUMOTO, Takashi SATO, Kazunori KUSUKI, Masaki OHNO
  • Publication number: 20170219174
    Abstract: A solution for packaging an optoelectronic device by aligning an optical element with respect to the package is provided. After initial placement of the optical element on the device package, an emitted light pattern can be measured and compared to a target light pattern. Subsequently, the position of the optical element can be adjusted. The emitted light pattern can be repeatedly compared to the target light pattern until the emitted light pattern is within an acceptable range of error and the optical element can be secured to the device package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Agafonov, Michael Shur, Alexander Dobrinsky
  • Publication number: 20170219175
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus to be installed in an area adjacent to land is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a plurality of light sources disposed on a board and further includes a light shield. The light shield blocks a portion of light emitted from the light sources. The portion of light has a predetermined wavelength. The light shield is disposed on the board closer to the land than at least a light source disposed closest to the land among the light sources. The light shield has a shape which sends, to the land, first emission light included in the light emitted from the light sources. The shape avoids sending, to the land, second emission light included in the light emitted from the light sources. The first emission light passes through the light shield. The second emission light does not pass through the light shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: Tohru HIMENO, Makoto YAMADA, Shinichi AOKI, Hideki WADA