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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070256806 | Advanced Dewatering System A system for drying one of a tissue and a hygiene web including a drying apparatus, a permeable structured fabric, a permeable dewatering fabric and a mechanism for applying pressure. The permeable structured fabric carries the web over the drying apparatus. The permeab... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256807 | Continuous casting apparatus A continuous casting apparatus includes a housing, a vacuum unit connected to the housing, a furnace unit disposed in the housing and adapted to receive and heat a solid metal into a molten metal, an agitating gas supply unit adapted to supply an inert gas to the furnac... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256808 | Method for Producing a Hardened Steel Part The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened steel part having a cathodic corrosion protection, whereby a) a coating is applied to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy in a continuous coating process; b) the coating is essentially comprised of zinc; c)... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256809 | Electromagnetic Stirrer Coil The present invention provides a previously unattainable compact and high thrust electromagnetic stirrer coil, that is, an electromagnetic stirrer coil for stirring molten steel in a mold by electromagnetic force, in which electromagnetic stirrer coil a space factor of ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256810 | Cooling apparatus for microelectronic devices One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for cooling a microelectronic device including: (a) a rigid support ring having a top surface and a bottom surface; (b) a mechanically resilient, thermally conductive bottom membrane having a top and a bottom surfa... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256811 | Mounting boss for a brazed heat exchanger A heat exchanger (10) includes a mount boss (12) fixed between a pair of adjacent tube runs (16) extending from a header (14). The mount boss (12) includes a pair of oppositely facing contoured surfaces (40) that are shaped to c... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256812 | Multidirectional heat dissipating structure A multidirectional heat dissipating structure that joins and assembles a plurality of heat dissipating fins, length of each of which vary, and can be arranged and assembled to form a plurality of flow guiding plates, each of which assumes a certain angle in accordance w... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256813 | Direction-adjustable diffusive device A direction-adjustable diffusive device is disclosed to include a heat sink, which has a rotating mechanism positioned on the outside of the heat sink, and a cowling, which has another rotating mechanism correspondingly coupled to the rotating mechanism of the heat sink... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256814 | Loop Type Micro Heat Transport Device Provided is a loop type micro heat transport device including: a lower plate having a reservoir for storing operating fluid at its upper surface, an evaporating part spaced apart from the reservoir to evaporate the operating fluid, and a condensing part for condensing v... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256815 | Scalable liquid cooling system with modular radiators A scalable and modular cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system includes an air plenum with a plurality of expansion slots. Each expansion slot is configured to receive a modularly configured fluid-to-air heat exchanger, such as a radiator. The air plenum also in... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256816 | Air Conditioner An air conditioner includes a unit casing, an impeller, a scroll casing, and a heat exchanger. The unit casing is partitioned by a partition member into a fan chamber and a heat exchanger chamber. The heat exchanger is disposed inside the heat exchanger chamber so as to... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256817 | Heat Exchanger A plurality of heat exchange units (12) are stored in a frame (38). Respective heat exchange units (12) are positioned by pin holes (30) formed in fixing plates (21) installed on the heat exchange units (12) and knock pins (2... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256818 | TANK STRUCTURE OF HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A tank structure of a heat exchanger includes a core part having a pair of tubes and fins and a pair of tanks fluidically connected with the tubes. The tank structure includes a tank body formed in a tube shape with at least one corner inside the tank body, the tank bod... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256819 | Metal Side-Plate for a Radiator The invention relates to a metal side-plate for a radiator, in particular a tubular radiator, such as those found in motor vehicles with combustion engines. According to the invention, the metal side-plate (20) is secured to securing points (13) on both si... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256820 | EVAPORATOR An evaporator of the present invention, comprising: a plurality of tubes; fins interposed between the tubes; a tank communicated with the tube; an inlet end-plate and an outlet end-plate which are positioned at both right and left sides of the laminated tubes ; and ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256821 | Header Tank for Heat Exchanger A header tank for a heat exchanger includes tank forming sections that are joined into a tubular shape with a substantially square cross-section. The header tank has a refrigerant low path formed inside the tank forming sections include a tank upper section (31) ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256822 | Heat exchanger Oil passages 113 through which oil passes are formed with plates 111, 112 composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy in an oil cooler, according to the present invention, that is a heat exchanger with an extended life. Moreover, fins 123a comp... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256823 | Heat Exchanger, in Particular for an Over Critical Cooling Circuit The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1), in particular for an over critical cooling circuit. Said heat exchanger comprises a block consisting of tubes (R) and ribs. A gaseous medium, in particular air, can flow over said ribs. A second medium, in particular... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256824 | Heat exchanger for refrigerator and method for manufacturing a tube thereof A heat exchanger for a refrigerator and a method for manufacturing a tube thereof with improved heat exchanger heat transfer efficiency. The heat exchanger for a refrigerator comprising of: a tube to guide a refrigerant; and a plurality of ridges disposed on an inner pe... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256825 | Methodology for the liquid cooling of heat generating components mounted on a daughter card/expansion card in a personal computer through the use of a remote drive bay heat exchanger with a flexible fluid interconnect A cooling system includes a cooling unit configured to fit within a single drive bay of a personal computer. The cooling unit includes a fluid-to-air heat exchanger, an air mover, a pump, fluid lines, and control circuitry. The cooling system also includes a cooling loo... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256826 | MULTI-ZONE FRAC-PACKING USING SCREEN-CONVEYED LINEAR CHARGES An assembly is disclosed which is usable with the well which comprises a base pipe having a plurality of apertures where each of the apertures contains a screen insert. The assembly also includes a plurality of perforating charges which are mounted to the outer surface ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256827 | Anchoring system and method An anchoring module capable of being secured within a structure includes at least one compliant ring configured to radially expand and an expandable device positioned within the compliant ring to expand the compliant ring from a relaxed state to interface with the struc... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256828 | Method and apparatus for reducing a skin effect in a downhole environment A method for reducing a skin effect in a downhole environment is provided, including the step of radiating vibrational waves at a wellbore wall such that the vibrational waves have at least one direction of greatest vibrational energy transfer directed toward the wall, ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256829 | Apparatus for wellbore communication Methods and apparatus for communicating between surface equipment and downhole equipment. One embodiment of the invention provides a wellhead assembly that allows electrical power and signals to pass into and out of the well during drilling operations, without removing ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256830 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING A GEOMETRY OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURE IN A ROCK FORMATION The methods of evaluating a geometry of a hydraulic fracture in a rock formation penetrated by a borehole comprises the steps of measuring the values of electric or magnetic fields, or both electric and magnetic fields generated due to the electrokinetic effect by the f... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256831 | Method for Controlling the Quality of a Gas Produced from Multiple Wells Collected by a Gathering System Using constant pressure to maintain the quality of gas produced from a gathering system. In a gas gathering system where multiple producing wells are feeding a closed system, a change in flow rate/producing pressure at any single well location will have an effect on the... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256832 | METHOD OF ANALYZING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A MINERAL HYDROCARBON FLUID FROM THE FORMATION Method of analyzing a subterranean formation traversed by a wellbore. The method uses a tool comprising a transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna, the subterranean formation comprising one or more formation layers. The tool is suspended inside the wellbore, and one o... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256833 | Method for in-situ combustion of in-place oils A novel method is provided for in situ combustion and recovery of oil from underground reservoirs including injecting air into the reservoir at a region near the reservoir floor, withdrawing combustion products from a region near the reservoir ceiling, and collecting oi... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256834 | Particle control screen with depth filtration A particle control screen includes a support layer. A first filter layer is disposed around the support layer. A second filter layer is disposed around the first filter layer. A third filter layer is disposed around the second filter layer. Each of the filter layers has... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256835 | Self Diverting Matrix Acid A method is described for treating a subterranean formation with a low viscosity fluid system that contains a viscoelastic surfactant at a concentration too low to viscosify the fluid, but that is concentrated in the formation so that the fluid system gels. The fluid op... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256836 | Methods of treating a subterranean formation with a treatment fluid having surfactant effective to increase the thermal stability of the fluid Methods of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore are provided, the methods comprising the steps of: (a) for a treatment fluid to be used in treating a subterranean formation, establishing a desired viscosity at a desired temperature for a desired ti... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256837 | Method for Operating a Well Jet Device in the Conditions of a Formation Hydraulic Fracturing The inventive device operating method consists in running a jet pump into a well, in releasing a packer above a productive formation, in pumping a hydraulic fracturing fluid into the formation though a blocking insert in the pump channel, in extracting said blocking ins... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256838 | Fracturing fluids for use in oil and gas recovery operations The present invention relates to the field of additives to enhance hydraulic fracturing used in the production of oil and gas. The additive is an inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus-containing composition that can be added to, or used in conjunction with aqueous or non-aq... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256839 | Apparatus and method for washing tubular conduits during trip out of a conduit string from within a subterranean well Washing undesirable matter off of the exterior of tubular conduits forming a conduit string during trip out from within a subterranean well incorporates a cylindrical housing having a removable elastomeric seal at each end of the housing. The seal has a central opening ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256840 | Method and Actuator Device A method and a device in connection with an actuator (7) intended for use in connection with a fluid flow or fluid reservoir, in particular an actuator that is designed to be used in connection with a drainage pipe (8) for the production of oil and/or gas ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256841 | Sidetrack option for monobore casing string Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and methods of forming a lateral wellbore wherein the monobore characteristic is maintained. In one embodiment, a method of completing a lateral wellbore comprises inserting a first tubular into a main wellbore; for... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256842 | Fire fighting system A fire fighting system for fighting forest and brush fires under dry, hot and windy conditions which includes a jet engine for generating a high speed air stream, a water source for supplying water to a cooling system which lowers the water temperature to between forty ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256843 | Enhanced protection extended coverage pendent fire protection sprinkler An enhanced protection extended coverage pendent fire protection sprinkler has a body including a fluid passage and an output orifice sealed with a seal cap, two arms extending from the body and meeting at a hub, a release mechanism with a thermally-responsive element p... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256844 | Method and apparatus for lock out-tag out of sprinkler heads A lockout device and method of operation for enclosing, protecting and inhibiting a heat-activated fire extinguisher sprinkler head in a workplace during construction and maintenance therein. The device has two hinged semi-cylindrical clamping elements which clamp on to... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256845 | Lawn perforating tool and method of using same Disclosed herein is a lawn perforating tool and method of using same to prepare new lawn or garden areas or distressed regions of existing lawns or gardens for the planting of seed, example of which include, but are not limited to, grass seed, clover seed, wildflower se... | 11/08/2007 |
