US Applications Published on 04-Feb-2010

An improved item of furniture, especially a table with a cable channel, is characterized by the following features: on a mounting device there are base bodies lying offset from one another and positioned in the longitudinal direction of the cable...

A pallet having a first deck, a second deck, and a plurality of composite block members securing the first and second decks together to form a pallet. The composite block members and lead boards of the first and/or second deck comprise a composite...

A portable workstation configured for use with a primary worksurface includes a monitor support adapted to be moveably supported by the primary worksurface and an auxiliary worksurface pivotally connected to the monitor support about a horizontal...

A fossil-fuel-fired system, which includes an emissions-control-agent dispenser, a furnace, an emissions monitor and, optionally, a controller, is disclosed. The emissions-control-agent dispenser provides a prescribed amount of...

Fabric comprising a plurality of fibers (F) comprising at least one polymer material (P) selected from the group consisting of: (1) a blend (B12) composed of at least one poly(aryl ether ketone) and at least one poly(aryl ether sulfone); ...

A fossil-fuel-fired system, which includes an emissions-control-agent dispenser, a furnace, an emissions monitor and, optionally, a controller, is disclosed. The emissions-control-agent dispenser provides a prescribed amount of...

Aspects of the present invention involve an extension adapted to extend from a planter, such as the seed tube portion of the planter, into a seed furrow in order to engage seeds being deposited therein, where such engagement may involve deflecting...

An insulating product and method for its creation involving inner valves designed to impede the flow of insulating materials between compartments formed by the inner valves. This allows for creating vertical baffles in addition to the typical...

Methods and apparatus for a scuttle assembly including an end member having a port to enable fluid flow, a valve member having a closed position to prevent fluid from flowing into a channel and an open position to allow fluid flowing into the...

A floating vessel is equipped with perforated plates which exhibit both an added-mass effect and a damping effect. The addition of porosity to an added mass plate phase-shifts the added mass force so that it becomes at least partially a damping force...

The variable trim boat comprises a pair of hollow bodies, arranged on the sides of the boat in symmetrical position with respect to the longitudinal axis, which stretch from a central position of the hull up to the stem area. The hollow bodies...

A water craft comprises two or more sections with mating bulkheads and a tensioning device extending from bow to stem and passing through said bulkheads such that the tensioning device holds the sections together for use on the water. The mating...

The present invention provides a device for suspending a boat cover from a vertical projection attached to a boat, such that the boat cover is maintained under tension to prevent the formation of pools of water on the cover.

A noisemaker assembly that includes an annular horn body having an inner wall, an outer wall and a groove disposed there between. The groove is open at the top surface of the horn body. A tubular mouthpiece is provided that extends into the horn...

Provided is an indicator display device displaying information by using an indicator, and more particularly, provided is an indicator display device having a simplified configuration and including a small module. The indicator display device includes...

A semiconductor crystal growth method includes pulling a crystal from melt in a crucible at a nominal pull speed and generating a crucible lift signal to compensate reduction in melt level in the crucible. Based on diameter of the crystal, the method...

A method of: supplying sources of carbon and silicon into a chemical vapor deposition chamber; collecting exhaust gases from the chamber; performing mass spectrometry on the exhaust gases; and correlating a partial pressure of a carbon species in the...

This present invention relates to an apparatus for evenly and uniformly coating dental tape.

A substrate alignment apparatus for aligning a substrate with a reference point, comprises a plurality of columns configured to rotate about rotation axes parallel to respective axial directions thereof, a driving mechanism configured to...

A method and apparatus are described for forming a structure on a substrate. The structure may be a circuit element. The method uses a digital specification 910 for forming the structure, including specifications for printing and curing. The...

Provided is a showerhead that can inject a reaction gas into a reaction chamber in a manner such that the injected reaction gas form a spiral vortex flow field. Therefore, the injected reaction gas can be mixed within a shorter distance, and thus the...

System for depositing a thin film over a substrate comprise a reaction space, a substrate support member configured to permit movement of a substrate in a longitudinal direction, and a plasma-generating apparatus disposed in the reaction space and...

A substrate processing system particularly suitable for fabricating solar cells. The system has a front end module transporting cassettes, each cassette holding a preset number of substrates therein; a loading module coupled to the front end module...

Provided are a film formation apparatus and a film formation method which are capable of forming a pixel pattern with good dimensional accuracy and with reduced misalignment in a plane direction between a substrate and a mask when the substrate is...

An improved structure of a feeder for supplying water and pet food is disclosed. Therein, a base has a shifting space adjacent to a side of a bowl settled in the base so as to receive a dispensing controller. A container unit equipped with a hopper...

Disposable pet food dish and advertising method includes indicia disposed on a disposable pet dish. Indicia are disposed on media coupled to the dish—by adhesive, by insertion in a false bottom, or by placement in the dish. These media cooperate with...

The invention relates to a device for cleaning aquarium windows (5), in particular the inside thereof, comprising an internal element (1), which can be positioned on the inside of the aquarium window (5) and has a surface (Ib) directed towards the...

A leash allowing a user to design and customize, meeting the needs of the animals and its user. Within the leash are areas that can be connected and disconnected from by means of quick connect/disconnect fasteners. Allowing options to be added for...

An animal muzzle that is adapted to be placed over an animal's snout, particularly a domestic canine animal such as a dog. The muzzle advantageously prevents the animal from biting a human handler or another animal while permitting the animal to...

According to certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, protective devices configured to be located around the neck region of a pet are provided, which are capable of preventing the pet from biting, licking, or otherwise irritating a...

A harvesting machine is provided with a chassis, that includes at its rear an enclosed engine compartment in which an internal combustion engine is arranged. A screen arrangement can be positioned at the forward side of the engine compartment that...

A head assembly for an internal combustion engine includes an electromagnetic valve actuation system. The head has an intake or exhaust passage defined therein. A valve is disposed in the passage and is operable to selectively open and close the...

An oil circuit for a continuous variable valve timing (CVVT) device includes a main oil passage from a cylinder block toward a cylinder head to feed oil from a main gallery to a cam shaft, and a control oil passage branching off from the main oil...

The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism which includes a camshaft having a drive cam, a rocker shaft provided parallel to the camshaft, and a variable mechanism that is provided on the rocker shaft and interposed between the drive...

An optical distributor for the distribution of light, in particular laser light, between at least one optical input and at least one of several optical outputs includes at least one movably disposed light guide and a positioning member for moving the...

An engine starter mounting structure is provided that basically has a starter housing part (3), a starter insertion part (9a), a first flange part (3a) and a second flange part (8a). The starter housing part (3) has an internal portion that at least...

The two-stroke engine includes an engine head, a cylinder block, and a lower block. The lower block is sealed from the engine head except for a cylinder bore in the cylinder block. A piston in the cylinder block has at least one compression ring...

An internal combustion engine for reducing the amount of bubbles contained in the circulated oil without reducing the ground clearance of the engine. A crankcase is provided therein with an oil suction passage makes an oil pump and an end part of a...

Presented is a very low speed, high torque, horizontally opposed, rotary, valveless, Otto cycle piston engine producing four power strokes per revolution, the engine consisting of a fixed engine case assembly having upper and lower plates, the engine...

The invention relates to a central-axis rotary piston internal combustion engine, having a round cylindrical rotor housing (1) which is closed off by a drive-output-side and a drive-output-opposite housing cover (3, 2), having an outer rotor (13)...

A compression-release brake system for operating an exhaust valve of an engine during an engine braking operation. The compression-release brake system comprises a self-contained compression brake control module (CBCM) operatively coupled to the...

A control system comprising a spark knock detection module that detects a spark knock in an engine of a hybrid vehicle, and a torque control module that selectively regulates an engine torque output and an electric machine torque output based on the...

A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a valve including at least a first valve setting and a second valve setting; a first fuel storage tank fluidly coupled with a first fuel receiving end of the valve;...

A method for automatically controlling the pressure of a common rail system on an A side and a common rail system on a B side of a V-type internal combustion engine, in which the rail pressure (pCR(A)) of the common rail system on the A side is...

A fuel supply apparatus having a fuel tank, throttle body, and fuel injection device configured integrally. The fuel injection device is positioned between the fuel tank and throttle body. The fuel injection device is a pressure-type fuel injection...

In a method for localizing a fault location within a fuel injection system, when a critical fault is detected by the diagnostic function, a pulse or a series of pulses to the injectors is triggered by a control unit. By observing the voltage value...

A fuel supply pump includes a housing, a shaft in a case, a cam in the case formed eccentrically with respect to the shaft to rotate with the shaft, a tappet on an outer circumferential side of the cam movable in a vertical direction, and a plunger...

The compressed fuel supply system is a simple low cost fuel fumes delivery system that will replace the present day liquid fuel delivery system used on the present day internal combustion engines. The system will deliver a constant supply of fuel...

An apparatus (100) for reducing the size of fuel particles injected into a combustion chamber is disclosed. The apparatus includes fuel line (110), a first metallic mesh (114) disposed within the fuel line (110), and a second metallic mesh (112)...

A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a supercharging device, which includes: a valve-drive mechanism that variably controls the valve timings for at least intake valves; a target valve timing setting mechanism setting a...