US Applications Published on 17-Dec-2009

A vehicle washer of the rollover type especially suitable for washing large vehicles such as buses and trucks. The washer includes an overhead carriage moving along an overhead guide rail structure and including opposed L-shaped spray arms adapted to...

An umbrella includes a shank, a frame, and a canopy in covering relationship to the frame wherein the canopy includes a main section and a rearward extending section, and the frame includes a plurality of rearward extending first rib sections. The...

An apparatus for providing protection from rays from the sun while performing outdoor tasks including at least one of mowing a lawn with a lawn mower and pushing a stroller. The apparatus comprises a sunshade having a predetermined shape, a...

A fabricated booth structure for golf training is provided to further improve the assembly/disassembly efficiency. The fabricated booth structure includes a frame 2 configured by connecting metal pipes, and cushion pads 4 fixed to inner walls of the...

A thermocouple for use in a semiconductor processing reactor is described. The thermocouple includes a sheath having a measuring tip at one end and an opening at the other end. A support member having bores formed along the length is disposed within...

Disclosed is a solar cell module including: a plurality of solar cell units each including a supporting substrate 30 and an even number of solar cells 20 disposed on the supporting substrate 30; and a conductor 10 configured to electrically...

A thin-film solar cell module and a method of interconnecting thin-film solar cells are described. The method comprises forming one or more grooves (200) in a semiconductor thin-film diode structure (202) on a superstrate (102) such that the diode...

The invention relates to a concentrator photovoltaic device (10) having a plurality of photovoltaic units (22) for directly converting solar energy into electrical energy, wherein a plurality of the photovoltaic units (22) are each provided with: a...

A solar energy apparatus, comprising in combination, a primary reflector for reflecting and focusing the sunlight and a secondary reflector to reflect the focused sunlight, a fiber optics cable located to conduct the light from the secondary...

A process of manufacturing a solar cell is provided. The process comprising the steps of: i) ink jet printing an alkali removable water insoluble hot melt ink jet ink onto a substrate comprising a silicon wafer to form a resist image on the...

A thin-film photovoltaic device includes a semi-transparent back contact layer. The semi-transparent back contact layer includes a semi-transparent contact layer and a semi-transparent contact interface layer. The thin-film photovoltaic device may be...

A solar cell device and method of making are provided. The device includes a silicon substrate including a preexisting dopant. A homogeneous lightly doped region is formed on a surface of the silicon substrate to form a junction between the...

A photovoltaic device for converting light into electrical power includes a film (16, 26, 36) of silicon nanoparticles. The silicon nanoparticle film, which can be a multilayer film, has a photoluminescence response and couples light and or...

A device for receiving and converting incident radiation into DC current, the device including a transparent conductor, at least one point-contact diode, the at least one point-contact diode having a nanowire/mCNT providing a receiving antenna...

Method of fabricating a transparent electrode based on zinc oxide, possibly doped, characterized in that a layer based on zinc oxide is deposited on at least one of the faces of a substrate or on at least one layer in contact with one of the faces of...

The invention relates to a photovoltaic module, in which at least one crystalline solar cell, by means of which light energy can be converted into electrical energy, is arranged on a carrier substrate, characterized in that a contact area is formed...

A thin film type solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, wherein the thin film type solar cell includes a first anti-oxidation layer formed on a front electrode, and a semiconductor layer formed on the first anti-oxidation...

An arrangement and method for illumination of solar cells. The arrangement includes at least one mirror with at least one predetermined surface geometry and at least one solar cell. The at least one predetermined surface geometry is structured and...

The invention relates to a structure (100) for photovoltaic applications including: a first layer (10) of a crystalline semiconductor material having a front face (1) for receiving and/or emitting photons and a back face (2); a back contact (40) of a...

Techniques for the formation of silicon ingots and crystals using silicon feedstock of various grades are described. Common feature is adding a predetermined amount of germanium to the melt and performing a crystallization to incorporate germanium...

A solar cell includes polysilicon P-type and N-type doped regions on a backside of a substrate, such as a silicon wafer. A trench structure separates the P-type doped region from the N-type doped region. Each of the P-type and N-type doped regions...

Embodiments of valves permit liquids such as water to flow therethrough at a relatively high flow rate when the temperature of the water is below a predetermined level. The valves reduce the flow rate when the temperature of the water is at or above...

A pilot valve assembly for regulating the output of a first pressure source relative to a second pressure source, a fluid system equipped with the valve assembly, and a method of operating the valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve body...

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to bottle traps and provide a bottle trap with an integral gas seal. In an embodiment of the invention, a bottle trap can include a body with both an inlet at a top...

A valve device includes: a valve member that controls flow of a fluid, and a body that has a valve insertion hole in which the valve member is inserted, and whose inner surface is cylindrically formed, and into which the fluid flows, and a lead-in...

A system and a method for preventing a cracked bib from leaking water into a dwelling by redirecting the leaking water out of dwelling.

Male and/or female members of a hydraulic coupling have an internal poppet valve that is held in the closed position by a flat wire, helical compression spring. The spring is configured such that when the poppet valve is moved to its fully open...

We provide a twin screw compressor that has a working chamber bypass that is used at start-up of the compressor. This system provides pressure relief by allowing oil or other fluid to pass through it. The bypass includes a fluid passage that extends...

Disclosed herein is a micro-fluidic chip including a hollow area into which a charged droplet is introduced, and an electrode configured to be provided toward the hollow area. Movement direction of a droplet in the hollow area is controlled based on...

Pipe with a liner or core pipe and a liner or core pipe which is insertable into a host pipe, the liner or core pipe including, in certain aspects, a pipe made of temperature-resistant non-metallic corrosion-resistant material; first and second...

For a method for manufacturing a hollow shaft with at least one integral flange made of fiber composite, a plurality of intersecting windings of fiber material are applied onto a core. Moreover, the core has, for each flange, a radial spreader ring...

The invention relates to a fluid duct (10), especially for use in motor vehicles to feed liquid in order to wipe windows or headlights of said motor vehicle. Said fluid duct (10) comprises a flexible pipe (12) with at least one corrugated pipe...

A Cu/Al composite pipe and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The inner layer of the pipe is Cu, and the outer layer is Al. The combinative layer is formed between the two layers due to mutual diffusion of Cu and Al. The raw composite pipe...

A handheld wire twisting tool for making a wire conductor twisted splice connection. The tool includes a winding disk having a plurality of wire insertion apertures therethrough in an annular array for respective insertion therethrough of the...

A sterile filling machine and related method are provided for sterile filling a container with a substance. The container includes a heat resealable stopper and a chamber for receiving the substance therein. The sealed, empty containers are subjected...

Ulstrasound typically in the range 15 KHz to 1 MHz and at a power of about 100 watts over a zone of a few sq. cm is applied via a horn shaped cavity of a transmitter for processing a fluid medium, for example for processing a body of liquid having a...

An in-vehicle hydrogen storage apparatus has a hydrogen gas filling passage connected from a hydrogen gas filling port up to the storage device that stores a hydrogen gas to be supplied to a fuel cell, and an odorizing agent supplying device that...

An automatic air nozzle includes a valve adapted to engage with a peripheral side face defining an air path inside an inflatable object. A cam has a radial edge connected to the valve and an axial axis connected to a motor so as to drive the valve to...

A dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products, said device comprising a dispenser opening for the products, which is situated in a recess on the front of the device and at least one first tray surface for a tray part, which supports a...

A method and apparatus for retaining a flitch on a staylog or slicer for slicing veneer from the flitch, the staylog or slicer having a plurality of expandable wedge-clamp dogs, the method comprising the steps of providing a flitch having a plurality...

Disclosed is a carburization heat treatment method including carburizing a workpiece at a relatively low temperature within a temperature range of A1˜A3 using a vacuum carburizing furnace and then performing quenching using a high-pressure gas, in...

An austenitic steel sheet excellent in resistance to delayed cracking, the composition of said steel comprising, in weight: 0,35%<C<1,05%, 15%<Mn<26%, Si<3%, Al<0,050%, S<0,030%, P<0,080%, N<0,1%, at least one metallic element X chosen among...

Improved induction coil apparatus and methods are presented for induction hardening undercut fillets of crankshafts or other workpiece recesses in which an active turn is energized for heating a journal area in the workpiece recess and one or more...

A cooling unit, a heating-cooling operation including a cooling unit, a rod or wire manufacturing system, a method for manufacturing a rod or wire, a method for heat treating of a rod or wire, a method for treating metal, a steel rod or steel wire,...

Quenching fluid composition comprising one or more additives and a saturated base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. “K” expressed in centistokes and a viscosity index “I” wherein I is greater than 120 and K greater than 2 cSt.

The present invention is characterized in including Al: more than 5 at % to 13 at % or less; V: 3 at % or more to 9.5 at % or less; and Ti: 0 at % or more to 3.5 at % or less, with the remainder being Ni and unavoidable impurities, and having a...

The subject-matter of the present invention is: pyrotechnic compositions generating gases, whereof at least 95% by mass of the charges are constituted by constitutive ingredients hereinbelow: a reducing charge in the...

A protection case for accommodating an electronic device with a display screen includes a soft encasing and a rigid protection plate. The soft encasing defines a receiving space for receiving the electronic device, and includes a side wall. The rigid...

Provide are a rubber composition which enhances a low fuel consumption and a reinforcing property with a filler and maintains an abrasion resistance and a DRY performance and which has an excellent on-ice performance and an excellent WET performance...

A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion having a tread face curved along a radially outwardly convex arc in the cross section of the tire including the rotational axis of the tire. The tread face is provided in the ground contacting region during...