Abstract: An anchoring system used to anchor a ribbon spring to a guide track. A mounting slot is formed in the guide track that provides access to the internal gap space. A counterbalance spring is provided having an offset tab section proximate a free end. A barb flap is formed by bending a segment of the counterbalance spring from the offset tab section. The offset tab section with barb flap are extended into the gap space through the mounting slot. As the counterbalance spring is unwound, a bias is created that engages both the offset tab section and the barb flap within the gap space. This locks the free end of the counterbalance spring in place without the need of any mechanical fastener.

Abstract: A door glass assembly for a vehicle, includes a door panel; a fixed wall which is fixedly connected to a top end of the door panel; an upper guide rail which is extended along a top edge of the fixed wall; a lower guide rail which is extended along a bottom edge of the fixed wall; and a door glass which is movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the fixed wall, and is guided to move along the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail in the horizontal direction, wherein the door glass opens and closes a portion of a door opening defined by the door panel and the fixed wall, and an external surface of the door glass is flush with an external surface of the fixed wall when the door glass is in a closed position to close the door opening.

Abstract: In one example, a door apparatus is described, having a door leaf (102) part including a first door leaf portion (104a) and a second door leaf portion(104b), and having a pivot mechanism (106) defining a pivot axis connected to the first door leaf portion. The second door leaf portion is slidably movable with respect to the first door leaf portion between a first position, in which the door leaf part extends a first distance from the pivot axis, and a second position in which the door leaf part extends a second distance from the pivot axis, the first distance being larger than the second distance, and the pivot mechanism is to enable the door leaf part to pivot about the pivot axis when the second door leaf portion is in the second position.

Abstract: A vehicle trunk opening and closing control device includes a bracket secured to an inner panel of a trunk, a hinge arm rotatably hinged at a first side thereof to the bracket and connected at a second side thereof to a trunk lid, a sliding rail disposed adjacent to one side of the hinge arm and coupled to the hinge arm, and a torsion bar, which is fixed in position by being caught in a slot formed in the bracket and is configured to rotate the hinge arm by applying tension to the sliding rail through contact with the sliding rail.

Abstract: A vehicle tailgate with a power up-down system may employ a method of operating a vehicle tailgate that may include detecting a step is deployed from the tailgate, detecting the tailgate is less than fully open, and automatically actuating a power up-down system to drive the tailgate to fully open.

Abstract: The present invention provides a monitoring system for cargo carrying vehicle including a container/trailer including at least one door, a door sensing device for monitoring the open or closed status of the door(s), a cellular communications device wirelessly transmitting information to one or more remote facilities/sites include the status of the door(s) as monitored by the door status sensor, telemetry device to identify the position of the cargo container and cargo sensing device to obtain information about contents in the interior of the cargo container. Further, embodiment of the present invention provides that fingerprint of the door opening and closing can be measured from the 3 sensors (i.e. accelerometer, compass and gyroscope) can be stored in the microprocessor onboard in the monitoring apparatus.

Abstract: Touch sensor apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed touch sensor assembly for a vehicle gate includes a sensor configured to operatively couple to the vehicle gate. The touch sensor assembly also includes a cover having a tubular body that extends over the sensor and ribs interposed between the tubular body and the sensor. At least one of the ribs is configured to transfer a load from the tubular body to the sensor to change a state of the sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a window system including a first window that extends in a first direction, and that partially overlaps a second window in the first direction. The second window extends in the first direction, and is offset from the first window in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The window system includes a connector that is configured to connect the first window and the second window, and that is disposed in an area between the first window and the second window in the second direction and where the first window partially overlaps the second window in the first direction.

Abstract: A method for producing insulating profiles comprises manufacturing a profile body and a first functional element separately, and the profile body and the first functional element are supplied to an ultrasonic welding device, wherein the profile body and the functional element are connected to one another by a material bond by formation of a welded joint. The profile body and the functional element are brought together into a predetermined first cross-sectional geometry during formation of the welded joint and are thereafter guided in this cross-sectional geometry until the plastics material of the welded joint solidifies to such an extent that the profile body and the first functional element are fixed in the predetermined cross-sectional geometry.

Abstract: A fenestration assembly comprises a frame having a first jamb and a second jamb parallel to and spaced from the first jamb; a movable sash movably mounted to the frame; a fixed sash fixedly attached to the frame; a plurality of clips coupling the fixed sash to the frame; and an adhesive connector securing an outer face of the fixed sash to the frame.

Abstract: A glass panel unit including a first panel including at least a first glass plate; a second panel arranged to face the first panel and including at least a second glass plate; a frame member formed in a shape of a frame, corresponding in shape to respective peripheral portions of the first panel and the second panel extending along edges thereof, and bonded to the peripheral portions; and at least one spacer provided in a vacuum space between the first panel and the second panel. The at least one spacer containing a polyimide, where the polyimide has an absorption edge at which an absorption index decreases in an optical absorption spectrum ranging from an ultraviolet ray to visible radiation, the absorption edge being equal to or less than 400 nm, and the polyimide includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorine group and a chlorine group.

Abstract: A fenestration assembly includes a glazing unit includes a pane spacer between exterior and interior panes proximate glazing unit edges. A fenestration frame is coupled around the glazing unit and includes a frame core extending around the glazing unit. The frame core includes a unitary core wall including a composite material that is hollow and extends continuously from a core interior face to a core exterior face. A metal glazing cap is coupled with the frame core. The metal glazing cap having a cap end indirectly engaged with the glazing unit along the interior pane, and the cap end is remote from the pane spacer. Each of the core exterior face, the pane spacer and the metal glazing cap are thermally isolated from each other with the frame core including the unitary core wall.

Abstract: A garage door apparatus includes at least one panel integral to the garage door structure. This panel is rotatably operable with respect to the surrounding garage door structure, such that as the panel is rotated it presents an opening in the garage door structure. This rotably operable panel is also selectively retractable into the garage door structure such that a substantially unobstructed opening may be left in the garage door structure.

Abstract: The invention discloses an anti-theft window which is convenient for emergency escape of middle and high-rises, and includes a wall. The wall is provided with a housing space. There is a lower window sill, the rear end surface of the lower window sill is fixed on the wall body, the upper end surface of the window is fixed with a left-right symmetrical retaining wall, and an anti-theft window is provided between the retaining walls. The device and the locking device can detachably and stably install the window frame on the front side of the window, which can ensure the safety of the personnel inside the room. Secondly, in the event of an emergency, the window frame is detachable to facilitate outdoor personnel to enter the room for rescue, and the window frame It can be used as a flat board, and people in the room can ride on the window frame and land on the ground through fire protection ropes to escape.

Abstract: A window sill pan for directing moisture toward an exterior side of a window frame may have a base member mounted along a window frame sill and sloped to drain liquid toward the exterior side of the window frame, corner members adjacent left and right ends, respectively, of the base member, with each corner member having a stud part, which extends up at least a lower part of a respective stud of the window frame, and a sill part mounted along the window frame sill toward the base member, and a membrane adhered to, and forming a water impermeable envelope that covers, external surfaces of the base member, the corner members, the window frame sill and the lower parts of the studs.

Abstract: A partition assembly kit, includes a receptacle, a first strap, and a first zipper having a length greater than 50% a height of a standard-sized entry way. The strap and the first zipper are provided within the receptacle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cordless blind apparatus that can be conveniently operated without a cord. The cordless blind apparatus includes: a roller that is fitted on a rotary shaft; a screen that is wound or unwound on the roller; a weight that is connected to the lower end of the screen and applies torque in a first direction in which the screen is unwound from the roller by the gravity; an elastic member that applies torque in a second direction in which the screen is wound, by applying elastic force to the roller; and a friction stopper assembly that generates friction force on the roller.

Abstract: A ladder safety lock disclosed herein includes a rod adapted for insertion through a ladder rung and at least one hinged flap attached an end of the rod that is configured for attachment to a free-standing secure structure, such as a portion of a roof or wall.

Abstract: A down the hole rock drilling machine and a method of drilling rock. The drilling machine includes a reciprocating piston, which has a sleeve-like configuration. Inside a central opening of the piston is arranged one or more fluid passages for conveying pressurized fluid during the work cycle of an impact device of the drill machine.

Abstract: A drilling rig mobility system moves a drilling rig or similar structure in an oilfield or similar environment and includes independently controllable positioning shoes attaching to the drilling rig and controllable through separate and coordinated position control commands. Each positioning shoe may be individually addressed to reposition the drilling rig. Each positioning shoe includes a hydraulic actuator and wireless control circuitry. The hydraulic actuator provides vertical and horizontal force in response to wireless control signals for wireless position and control data and instructions with a remote wireless communications device. A cylinder stomper vertically elevates the hydraulic actuator and receives and transfers the vertical force. A foot assembly transfers the horizontal force from the hydraulic actuator. A positioning shoe cylinder stomper and positioning shoe traverse cylinder provide infinitely variable position control. Rotational positioning may be manually or automatically achieved.

Abstract: The present technology is a downhole pulsation system for reducing friction on a drill string by generating pressure pulsations. The system includes a valve housing attachable to the drill string, and includes a housing bore for passage of fluid. A lobed insert is fittable inside the valve housing, and includes an insert bore for passage of fluid, and a lobe extending therein. A mandrel cap includes a cap bore therethrough, and at least one port in communication with the cap bore. The mandrel cap has a portion rotatably receivable in the insert bore so that the port is alignable with the lobe. A drive linkage connects the mandrel cap to a rotor of a rotor/stator drive. Fluid flow is intermittently allowed to pass from the insert bore through the port upon rotation of the mandrel cap by the rotor. Pulse frequency is controllable by changing the lobe insert or sleeve.

Abstract: An example drill bit includes a body that is connectable to a drill string. The body has a base configured to face downhole within a wellbore and a perimeter configured to face a wall of the wellbore. The body includes a first nozzle and a second nozzle. The first nozzle corresponds to a first channel that exits the body through the perimeter and the second nozzle corresponds to a second channel that exits the body through the base. The example drill bit also includes a bit cutter on the base of the body and a valve within the body. The valve is configured to move within the body to block either the first channel or the second channel.

Abstract: A system for providing information through a metal wall employs a device (10), such as a fiber optic cable, adapted to be arranged on one side of the metal wall (20) and a magnetic-permeability element (11), provided at, near or connected to the device. The magnetic-permeability element is based on a material having a relative magnetic permeability of at least 2000. The disclosure also provides use of said system. The use may involve the step of optimizing the magnetic-permeability element using equivalent inductive mass (Elm). The system can for example be used to magnetically sense the location of a cable (10) present on the outside of a wellbore tubular (20) using a magnetic orienting tool that is located within the wellbore tubular.

Abstract: A stop collar for mounting to a downhole tubular includes: a cylindrical housing having a threaded inner surface and a tapered inner surface; a compressible slip ring having teeth formed in an inner surface thereof and a pair of tapered outer surfaces; a compressible cam ring having a tapered inner surface; and a cylindrical bolt having a threaded outer surface. A natural outer diameter of each ring is greater than a minor diameter of the threaded surfaces. Screwing the threaded surfaces of the housing and the bolt is operable to drive the tapered surfaces together, thereby compressing the slip ring such that the teeth engage a periphery of the tubular.

Abstract: A valve system utilizable with a downhole tool or pulsation assembly for controlling the assembly to reduce friction on a drill string by generating pressure pulsations. The system can include a mandrel cap, and a valve. The valve can include a first end section, a valve bore defined along a longitudinal axis therethrough, one or more ports defined laterally through a sidewall of the valve and in communication with the valve bore, and a second end section defining one or more cavity sections in communication with the valve bore. At least a portion of the valve can be receivable in the cap bore, and the valve bore can be configured to receive fluid from the sub bore or the drill string. The cavity sections can be configured between an open position allowing fluid to pass therethrough and a closed position preventing fluid to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling fluid flow inside a tubular in a wellbore includes a tubular comprising an internal bore and a latch profile on an inner surface of the tubular. A receiver is positioned within the internal bore of the tubular at the latch profile so that the tubular and the receiver form a unit for insertion into the wellbore. An interior of the receiver defines a fluid flow channel, and the fluid flow channel includes an internal taper. A float valve is provided for dropping into the wellbore and the receiver. The float valve includes an external taper at an external surface of the float valve, and the external taper abuts against the internal taper of the receiver so that the float valve in the receiver blocks the fluid flow channel.

Abstract: An automatically controlled hydraulic fracturing pump system includes a hydraulic cylinder controlled via a hydraulic circuit; a sensor in communication with the hydraulic circuit; and a control module in data communication with the sensor. The control module has a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and a processor configured to execute said instructions to: (1) determine, via the sensor, an attribute about the hydraulic cylinder; (2) determine an attribute about the hydraulic fracturing pump system; (3) determine a value for correcting movement of the hydraulic cylinder; and (4) send a signal to the hydraulic circuit to adjust movement of the hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: The present subject matter illustrates a portable-arrangement for assembling a down-hole tool for usage in a well-bore. The arrangement comprises a plurality of intermodal-containers for multi-modal transportation of freight defined by a plurality of modules. The modules are adapted for perforating a received base-pipe, de-burring the perforated pipe, and facilitating assembly of a plurality of screen-units around the base-pipe to achieve a screen assembly for sand and flow control. A roller flow conveyor-module is configured for providing automated-conveyance in respect of the base pipe within and across the modules. Accordingly, the assembling cum manufacturing is achieved at a local location (i.e. onsite) in the country of oil and gas wells operations enabling delivery in shorter lead times, improved inventory management and high in country value.

Abstract: Fluid characteristics of a well fluid can be monitored. For example, a computing device can receive sensor signals from an acoustic sensor positioned on a well tool. The sensor signals can indicate characteristics of acoustic emissions generated by a well fluid impacting the well tool. The computing device can determine an acoustic signature for the well fluid using the characteristics of the acoustic emissions. The computing device can determine a difference between the acoustic signature a baseline acoustic-signature for the well fluid. The computing device can determine one or more fluid characteristics of the well fluid using the difference between the acoustic signature and the baseline acoustic-signature. The computing device can transmit a notification indicating the one or more fluid characteristics.

Abstract: A mechanical perforator includes a perforator module and a slip module. The perforator module has perforator blades that may be forced outwardly to perforate a well casing joint after slips of the slip module has been deployed to bite the well casing and anchor a lower end of the mechanical perforator in the well casing.

Abstract: A perforating gun for use in oil and gas operations. The gun is carried to a desired area of a wellbore using only fluid pressure. The gun comprises a charge housing disposed within a removable sleeve. The charge housing comprises a plurality of shaped charges in communication with one or more sensors. The sensors are programmed to initiate the detonation sequence of the shaped charges upon measuring set parameters. Upon detonation, the gun fragments into a plurality of pieces that may be washed away from the detonation site.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a shaped charge liner including an apex end and a base end and defining a main liner axis that passes through the apex and base ends, the liner being rotationally symmetric about the main liner axis wherein the liner has discrete rotational symmetry about the main liner axis.

Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation includes a support structure that includes an electric powered pump, arranged in a first area, the electric powered pump powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in a second area proximate the first area, connected to the at least one electric motor to control the speed of the at least one electric motor. The system includes a transformer, arranged in a third area proximate the second area. The system also includes a slide out platform integrated into the first area, the slide out platform being driven between a retracted position and a deployed position.

Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation includes a support structure that includes an electric powered pump, arranged in a first area, the electric powered pump powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in a second area proximate the first area, connected to the at least one electric motor to control the speed of the at least one electric motor. The system includes a transformer, arranged in a third area proximate the second area. The system also includes a cooling system, arranged in a fourth area proximate the third area, the cooling system providing a cooling fluid to the VFD via one or more headers.

Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting drilling operations, including geosteering operations, include generating, at a computing device of a drilling management system, a visualization of a vertical well section for a geological formation from drilling data of a target well and reference data for the geological formation. The computing device generates the visualization by correlating the drilling data and reference data and calculating probabilities that locations along the target well are located at different offsets relative to the reference point. The computing device further varies a visual property at the offsets based on the probabilities such that the visualization simultaneously indicates the probabilities for each the locations. The visualization may then be provided to users for implementing geosteering operations. The probabilities may also be used by the drilling management system to automatically conduct geosteering operations.

Abstract: A method for monitoring an electric submersible pump. The method includes acquiring data indicative of surface measurements obtained while the pump is operating in a downhole environment, acquiring data indicative of downhole measurements obtained while the pump is operating in the downhole environment, storing the downhole data in the downhole environment, periodically transmitting the downhole data from the downhole environment to a remote computing device, and establishing a baseline signature profile based on a correlation of the surface data with the downhole data.

Abstract: A stator bore gage comprises a detector assembly comprising a wheel configured to engage an inside surface and to transduce the varying surface diameters into electrical or optical signals representative of the condition of the inside surface as the detector traverses the inside surface.

Abstract: Embedding tracer material within a frac tool. More specifically, directly mixing a tracer material with dissolvable materials that are then positioning with a frac tool, positioning tracer material within a dissolvable chamber within the frac tool, coating down hole tools with tracer material, forming portions of down hole tools with tracer materials.

Abstract: A downhole logging tool includes a radiation generation source operable to emit radiation into a formation surrounding the tool, a radiation detector fixed relative to the radiation generation source and operable to detect backscattered radiation from the formation surrounding the tool, and a sleeve positioned around the radiation detector to shield the radiation detector from a first portion of the backscattered radiation. The sleeve includes at least one aperture for exposing the radiation detector to a second portion of the backscattered radiation, in which the second portion of the backscattered radiation emanates from an inspected region of the formation facing the at least one aperture. A signal measured at the radiation detector corresponds to the inspected region of the formation, and the position of the at least one aperture is changeable with respect to the formation to distinctly inspect different regions of the formation.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for correcting clock drift between multiple data streams detected during oil or gas drilling operations. The method generally includes drilling a well segment using a drilling rig. During the drilling of the well segment, first and second drilling conditions are detected over a time interval using first and second sensors. First and second data streams based on the detected first and second drilling conditions are received at a surface location. It is then determined, based on a relationship between the first and second drilling conditions, whether the first and second data streams are asynchronous with each other and relative to the time interval. If it is determined that the first and second data streams are asynchronous: an extent to which the first and second data streams are asynchronous is determined; and based on said extent, the first and second data streams are synchronized.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein comprise a wellbore system having a controller, one or more downhole tools, and a conveyance configured to lower the one or more downhole tools into the wellbore. The one or more control nodes are located in at least one of the downhole tools and wherein the control nodes activate a portion of the downhole tool and data is exchanged between the control node and the controller using a direct sequence spread spectrum signal.

Abstract: A control system for generating and utilizing at least one or more addressed datagrams that communicate information to and from devices along piping assemblies comprising; one or more transmitters, one or more receivers, and one or more controllers, wherein the transmitters transmit information via one or more addressed datagrams encoded within a working medium to one or more receivers among the piping assemblies, is described. Transmitters convert datagrams into signals that are transmitted within the working medium and the receivers receive signals from the transmitters and also convert signals from the working medium which is converted back into datagrams. The controllers receive and decode the datagrams so that the controllers selectively communicate and perform logical operations on piping assembly devices according to directions received from the addressed datagrams.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a well integrity monitoring tool for a wellbore, a method, using a nuclear tool and an EM tool, for well integrity monitoring of a wellbore having a multi-pipe configuration, and a well integrity monitoring system. In one example, the method includes: operating a nuclear tool in the wellbore to make a nuclear measurement at a depth of the wellbore, operating an EM tool in the wellbore to make an EM measurement at the depth of the wellbore, determining a plurality of piping properties of the multi-pipe configuration at the depth employing the EM measurement, determining, employing the piping properties, a processed nuclear measurement from the nuclear measurement, and employing the processed nuclear measurement to determine an integrity of a well material at the depth and within an annulus defined by the multi-pipe configuration.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a hydraulic fracture in a subsurface formation includes inducing a pressure change in a well drilled through the subsurface formation. At least one of pressure and pressure time derivative are measured in or at a location proximate to a wellhead for a selected length of time. At least one of a physical parameter, a time derivative, and a change in the parameter with respect to time of the physical parameter of at least one fracture is determined using the measured at least one of pressure and the time derivative of pressure.

Abstract: A multi-stage seafloor mining system that has at least concentration stage, a reclamation stage, and a haulage stage. The system includes a concentrating system (50) that processes seafloor materials, a reclaimer machine (300) that collects the processed seafloor materials, and a mechanical haulage system (40) that receives the processed seafloor materials collected by the reclaimer machine (300) and conveys discrete parcels of the processed seafloor materials to a surface vessel (100).

Abstract: A method for using a composition for use as rock dust in an underground mine is disclosed. The composition includes a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one hydrophobic treatment, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. Also disclosed is a composition including coal dust and mine rock dust including a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one hydrophobic treatment, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. The amount of mine rock dust may be sufficient to render the coal dust explosively inert according to at least one of a 20-L explosibility test or an ASTM E1515 explosibility test. The fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The coarse, untreated inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The fatty acid may be stearic acid.

Abstract: A portable system is disclosed for collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject. Drug substance in the exhaled breath are detected or determined. The sample is collected for further analysis using mass-spectroscopy. The system comprises a sampling unit and a housing arranged to hold the sampling unit, the sampling unit is adapted to collect non-volatile and volatile compounds of the at least one drug substance from the exhaled breath from the subject. The housing has at least one inlet for the subject to exhale into the housing to the sampling unit and at least one outlet for the exhaled breath to exit through.

Abstract: A windage shield system comprises first and second hollow cylindrical elements, the longitudinal axes of the outer and inner surfaces of each element being parallel and mutually displaced. The elements are mounted to the downstream end of a fan disc such that the longitudinal axes of the inner surface of the first element and the outer surface of the second element coincide with the rotational axis of the disc. The centres of mass of the elements are mountable with azimuthal offsets ?1, ?2 with respect to the fan disc, each being selectable from a large number of values in the range 0° to 360°. The first element is integral with a windage shield. The system allows a fan disc to be provided with a windage shield and the resulting assembly to be balanced at its rear plane in cases where access to the rear of the fan disc is difficult.

Abstract: A compressor disc includes a diaphragm portion connected to a mounting disc portion at its distal end and a cob portion at its proximal end. The cob portion having a leading edge with a shoulder section connected to an edge section at point X, a trailing edge with a shoulder section connected to an end section at point Y, and a base. Point X is offset relative to point Y in relation to the distance to the cob portion base. Point X of the cob portion may be offset relative to Point Y of the cob portion by 1 to 10 mm. Alternatively Point X of the cob portion is offset relative to point Y of the cob portion by 2 to 8 mm. the cob portion may have asymmetric widths relative to a centreline extending through a plane at the centre of the diaphragm and through into the cob.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steam turbine rotor wherein the inter blade region rotor surface, the feed region rotor surface, the piston region rotor surface and the stress relief groove rotor surface of the rotor are configured and arranged as steam exposed surfaces during normal operation of the steam turbine rotor. The steam turbine rotor has a thermal barrier coating on at least the piston region rotor surface.