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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090071107 | Device for shrinking packagings A device is provided for shrinking shrinkable packages by heating by utilizing a liquid and/or gaseous heating medium, which reduces the amount of energy required. The novel device and method achieves its advantages by recovering heat by a recirculation apparatus (8,... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071108 | DEEP DRAW CONTAINER FORMING METHOD The present disclosure is directed to processes for manufacturing shaped articles for unit-dose packaging with at least one formed recess (e.g., a blister), in particular for unit-dose packaging of pharmaceutical dosage forms. In certain embodiments, the first step of t... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071109 | SLIP-ON HORSE BOOT WITH REPLACEABLE PASTERN GAITER A horse boot (10) includes a shell (12) for a hoof and a gaiter (22) for the pastern. The shell has a sole (14), an upper (16), a tongue (18), and an elastic strap (60) for tightening the upper and the tongue around the h... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071110 | MICROWAVE MODE SHIFTING ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR REGENERATING PARTICULATE FILTERS A regeneration system comprises a particulate matter (PM) filter including a microwave energy absorbing surface, and an antenna system comprising N antennas and an antenna driver module that sequentially drives the antenna system in a plurality of transverse modes of th... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071111 | Crankcase ventilation filter arrangments; components; and, methods A crankcase ventilation filter assembly and components therefor, are described. In an example arrangement, the crankcase ventilation filter assembly is configured to be serviced from either the top or the bottom. A rotational indexing arrangement is to ensure appropriat... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071112 | Unit for Eliminating Particles and Apparatus for Transferring a Substrate Having the Same In an apparatus for transferring a substrate, a partition wall is disposed in a vertical direction in a housing to divide an interior space of the housing into a first space and a second space. A pressure generating member divides the first space into an upper space and... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071113 | FILTER ELEMENT A filter element includes an upstream side layer structure disposed on an upstream side in a flow direction of air to be filtrated and formed of a non woven fabric formed by laminating chemical fibers, and a downstream side layer structure disposed on a downstream side ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071114 | GAS TURBINE INLET AIR FILTRATION FILTER ELEMENT A gas turbine air inlet filter element is described. The filter element includes a first end cap, a second end cap, and a filter media. The filter media includes a nonwoven synthetic fabric formed from a plurality of bicomponent synthetic fibers with a spunbond process,... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071115 | Air-powered rotary rake The air-powered rotary rake is an attachment for a leaf blower or the like, providing the user with air-powered rotary blades to dislodge or agitate debris which, ordinarily, could not be moved easily with air blowing alone. The air-powered rotary rake includes a housin... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071116 | CROP HARVESTING HEADER WITH ROTARY DISKS AND IMPELLERS FOR TRANSFERRING THE CROP INWARDLY TO A DISCHARGE OPENING A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening and a transfer roller is mounted behind the disks and in front of the nip. At each end, two disks a... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071117 | SEWABLE FIRE RESISTANT THREAD A sewing thread comprising a first yarn that is a filament yarn made or a fire resistant polymer and a second yarn that is a synthetic and/or natural yarn. The sewing thread may also contain a third yarn that is a synthetic and/or natural yarn. The first, second, and th... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODULATING THE MODIFIED WOBBE INDEX OF A FUEL A method and system for modulating the Modified Wobbe Index (MWI) of a fuel is provided. A variety of industrial components, which may require a gas fuel, such as but not limiting of, a heavy-duty gas turbine; an aero-derivative gas turbine; or a boiler may utilize the ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071119 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING GAS TURBINE FUEL INJECTORS The invention relates to a method and a device for protecting fuel injectors in a turboshaft engine. The protection is carried out by injecting compressed air directly into the injectors. The air thus directly purges the injectors and evacuates the fuel present in them ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071120 | Combined cycle integrated combustor and nozzle system An engine that operates and produces the entire required vehicle thrust below Mach 4 is useful for a Hypersonic combined cycle vehicle by saving vehicle and engine development costs. One such engine is a combined cycle engine having both a booster and a dual mode ramjet... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071121 | COUNTER-ROTATING GEARBOX FOR TIP TURBINE ENGINE A tip turbine engine (10) provides an axial compressor rotor (46) that is counter-rotated relative to a fan (24). A planetary gearset (90) couples rotation of a fan (46) to an axial compressor rotor (46), such that the axial com... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071122 | THRUST REVERSER MOUNTING STRUCTURE A gas turbine engine comprising a core engine surrounded by a core casing, at least one C-duct having radially inner and outer walls and a thrust reverser unit; the engine is mounted to an aircraft pylon via at least one thrust member attached to the core engine; the th... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071123 | PARTICLE FILTER ASSEMBLY A particle filter assembly adapted to be mounted in an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine. The particle filter assembly includes a wire mesh filter or sinter metal filter having a mesh size sufficiently small to prevent the passage of carbonaceous parti... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071124 | ELEVATED EXHAUST TEMPERATURE, ZONED, ELECTRICALLY-HEATED PARTICULATE MATTER FILTER A system comprises an electrical heater and a particulate matter (PM) filter that is arranged one of adjacent to and in contact with the electrical heater. A control module selectively increases an exhaust gas temperature of an engine to a first temperature and that ini... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071125 | Exhaust Purification Apparatus of Compression Ignition Type Internal Combustion Engine In an internal combustion engine, an SOx trap catalyst (11) able to trap SOx contained in exhaust gas is arranged in an engine exhaust passage upstream of an NOx storing catalyst (12). When whether the SOx trap catalyst (11) has deteriorated should ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071126 | HIGH EXHAUST TEMPERATURE, ZONED, ELECTRICALLY-HEATED PARTICULATE MATTER FILTER A system comprises a particulate matter (PM) filter including an upstream end for receiving exhaust gas and a downstream end. A zoned electric heater is arranged one of spaced from and in contact with the upstream end. A control module increases an exhaust temperature a... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071127 | FACE CRACK REDUCTION STRATEGY FOR PARTICULATE FILTERS A system comprises a particulate matter (PM) filter that comprises an upstream end for receiving exhaust gas, a downstream end and at least one portion. A control module initiates combustion of PM in the PM filter using a heater and selectively adjusts oxygen levels of ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071128 | LOW EXHAUST TEMPERATURE ELECTRICALLY HEATED PARTICULATE MATTER FILTER SYSTEM A system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter, a sensor, a heating element, and a control module. The PM filter includes with an upstream end that receives exhaust gas, a downstream end and multiple zones. The sensor detects a temperature of the exhaust gas. The co... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071129 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED PARTICULATE MATTER FILTER SOOT CONTROL SYSTEM A regeneration system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter with an upstream end for receiving exhaust gas and a downstream end. A control module determines a current soot loading level of the PM filter and compares the current soot loading level to a predetermined ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071130 | Fuel Addition Control Method Applied to Exhaust Emission Purifier of Internal Combustion Engine and Exhaust Emission Purifier An exhaust emission purifier able to suppress overheats of an exhaust emission purifying catalyst and execute fuel addition promptly when fuel addition to the exhaust emission purifying catalyst is requested is provided. In the exhaust emission purifier of an internal c... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071131 | EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPRISING CATALYSED SOOT FILTER An exhaust system comprises: (a) a catalysed soot filter (CSF); (b) a control unit; (c) means, controllable by the control unit, for increasing a content of combustible hydrocarbon (HC) and/or carbon monoxide (CO) in an exhaust gas flowing into the CSF thereby to combus... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071132 | Heated urea conduit arrangement for an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine A heated urea conduit arrangement includes a hose conduit (3), which conducts an aqueous urea solution, and runs parallel to a hose conduit (4) carrying heating water. Both hose conduits (3, 4) are surrounded by another hose (5) that shrinks ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071133 | ADDITIVE-AGENT DIFFUSION PLATE STRUCTURE IN EXHAUST PASSAGE, AND ADDITIVE-AGENT DIFFUSION PLATE IN EXHAUST PASSAGE An additive-agent diffusion plate structure in an exhaust passage for an engine includes: an injection port that injects an additive agent, and that is disposed so that the injected additive agent crosses the exhaust passage; and an additive-agent diffusion plate that d... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071134 | DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER INCLUDING A HEAT EXCHANGER An after treatment device includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. The after treatment device also includes a core positioned substantially within the housing. The core is configured to treat a fluid. The after treatment device further includes a heat exchang... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071135 | REVERSE FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER FOR EXHAUST SYSTEMS An exhaust system includes a reverse flow heat exchanger having a plate separating an intake chamber and an exit chamber, each chamber having an inlet and an outlet located at opposing ends to allow flow therethrough. The plate can include a vane connected to the end of... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071136 | Exhaust diffuser for an internal combustion engine An exhaust outlet apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust conduit having a first diameter, a nozzle section mounted on an outlet end of the exhaust conduit, the nozzle section having an outlet with a second diameter less than the first diameter,... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071137 | FLUID TRANSMISSION A fluid transmission that employs a fluid to transmit a force, comprising a conduit for the fluid made from heat shrink polymer tubing, wherein at least a portion of the heat shrink polymer tubing is shrunken, whereby the force can be transmitted by the fluid from a fir... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071138 | Bladed shell or stator shell for a hydrodynamic torque converter, method for producing a stator shell of said type, and hydrodynamic torque converter having a stator shell of said type A stator shell for a hydrodynamic torque converter (1), wherein said stator shell (2) comprises a plurality of blades (32, 34), wherein said stator shell (2) comprises plural components (20, 22), produced separately from one another an... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071139 | Excavator and a machine for material transfer The invention relates to an excavator or to a machine for material transfer comprising an element movable via at least one hydraulic cylinder. In accordance with the invention, one or more hydraulic cylinders are additionally hinged to the element, with the additional h... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071140 | Hydraulic circuit, particularly for camshaft adjusters, and corresponding control element The invention relates to a valve and suitable hydraulic circuit, especially for camshaft adjusters of an internal combustion engine. The hydraulic circuit comprises a number of check valves or two-way valves operating as check valves, in order to provide a rapid camshaf... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071141 | HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT A hydraulic circuit for heavy equipment is provided, which can prevent signal pressure exceeding a predetermined pressure from being formed in a pilot signal path provided in a switching valve to sense whether the switching valve has been shifted in a hydraulic system t... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071142 | Hydraulic control device for vehicular hydraulic control circuit In a vehicular hydraulic control circuit equipped with a mechanically-operated oil pump and an electrically-operated oil pump, a hydraulic control device is provided for reducing a high load imposed on the electrically-operated oil pump, when the electrically-operated o... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071143 | Hydrostatic auto/manual speed control A hydrostatic system and method of operation thereof, wherein at least one of a fluid motor and a pump of the system has a displacement which is variable for controlling a speed of operation of the motor, the pump being driven by an engine, and a controller configured f... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071144 | Actuator control system implementing adaptive flow control An actuator control system is disclosed. The actuator control system may have a pump and at least one actuator. The actuator control system may further have an actuator valve configured to control the at least one actuator. The actuator control system may also have a pu... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071145 | FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT A flow control apparatus for heavy construction equipment is provided, which can prevent overspeed and abrupt operations of an actuator due to an excessive flow rate during an initial operation of the actuator when a composite work is performed by simultaneously operati... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090071146 | Self assembling/quick assembly structure using shape memory alloy materials A shape memory alloy material may be incorporated in an assembly structure.... | 03/19/2009 |
