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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7302990 | Method of forming concavities in the surface of a metal component, and related processes and articles A method of forming at least one concavity of a selected size and shape within a surface of an internal passageway of a metallic component comprises: depositing a ceramic-based material by a direct-write technique onto a ceramic core which is suitable for forming th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302991 | Fugitive pattern for casting A fugitive pattern for making a shell mold for investment casting a metal or alloy comprises a substantially random interpolymer and a low molecular weight polymer in proportions to provide a fugitive pattern having a combination of properties suitable for use in ma... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302992 | Fugitive pattern for casting A fugitive pattern for making a shell mold for investment casting a metal or alloy comprises a substantially random interpolymer and a low molecular weight polymer in proportions to provide a fugitive pattern having a combination of properties suitable for use in ma... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302993 | Cast parts with improved surface properties and methods for their production Techniques for forming cast parts for medical devices suitable for contact with internal regions of patients are described herein. Such parts can be small in scale (e.g., having a major axis less than 0.3 inches, and/or a minor axis less than about 0.08 inches), and... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302994 | Method and system for manufacturing a coupler knuckle A method for manufacturing a railcar coupler knuckle includes providing a cope mold portion and a drag mold portion. The cope and drag mold portions have internal walls defining at least in part perimeter boundaries of a coupler knuckle mold cavity. The method inclu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302995 | Apparatus and method for injection-molding products An apparatus for injection-molding products, comprising an injection mold (2) divisible into at least two parts (6, 8) such that consequently at least one mold cavity (14) is cleared, wherein on at least one part of the injection mold guiding me... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302996 | Feed device for feeding molten metal into a crystallizer A drop feeder (1) for feeding molten metal into an ingot mould (15) comprises a distributor (3) having a substantially prismatic shape, with one of the faces open, in which the inside of the distributor comprises three tanks (4, 5, 6), se... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302997 | Vibration-resistant mounting bracket for heat exchangers A mounting bracket is shown for a heat exchanger core having spaced-apart tubes having peripheral flanges surrounding a manifold. The mounting bracket has a first clip grooved to receive a front edge portion of a selected flange, and a pair of second clips, each gro... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302998 | Normal-flow heat exchanger A heat exchanger (120) includes a core (130) containing inlet manifold (140), outlet manifold (126), interconnecting channels (144) and a heat-transfer surface (128). Each interconnecting channel fluidly communicates at one ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302999 | Scraper blade and method for scraped-surface heat exchanger A curved scraper blade for a scraped-surface heat exchanger pivots about an axis off the centerline of the blade. The profile of the blade is chosen to provide a low initial scrape angle and to change gradually if at all as the blade wears away in service. The off-c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303000 | Mounting system and method for scraped surface heat exchanger blades A blade for mounting to a scraped surface heat exchanger drive shaft by pivotal connection with a mounting pin has a blade body having a first side and a second side, and a scraper edge and a hinge edge. At least one mounting hole extends through the blade body gene... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303001 | Heat pipe having operating fluid including carbon nanocapsules A heat pipe (20) includes a pipe (21), a wick (22), and an operating fluid. The wick is fixedly engaged with an inside wall of the pipe. The operating fluid is sealed in the pipe and soaks the wick. The operating fluid includes a pure liquid, an... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303002 | Fin structure, heat-transfer tube having the fin structure housed therein, and heat exchanger having the heat-transfer tube assembled therein A fin structure, a heat-transfer tube and a heat exchanger are formed of plate fins housed in a heat-transfer tube and have an excellent cooling efficiency by making the distribution and flow velocity of a flow uniform and by promoting an efficient heat-exchanging a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303003 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger employed as an evaporator includes a heat exchange core section and first to fourth headers 5, 6, 9, 11. The headers 5, 6 include hollow header bodies 10, 20 having opposite ends opened, and caps 18a, 18b... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303004 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger adopts a four-pass structure, including two rows of tubes, a first upper tank portion communicating with the upper end of one of the tube rows, a second upper tank portion communicating with the upper end of the other tube row, a first lower tank po... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303005 | Heat spreaders with vias Constructions for and methods of manufacturing graphite heat spreaders having thermal vias placed therethrough are provided. Thermal vias having one or two flanges are disclosed, as are flush thermal vias. Graphite heat spreaders having surface layers covering the g... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303006 | Method for improved vertical sweep of oil reservoirs In a WAG flood oil is displaced from a subterranean formation by injecting water alternately with gas into a single injection completion per pattern. The ratio of water to gas injected is the WAG ratio. In this invention, two separate injection completions are used ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303007 | Method and apparatus for transmitting sensor response data and power through a mud motor Apparatus and methods for establishing electrical communication between an instrument subsection disposed below a mud motor and an electronics sonde disposed above the mud motor in a drill string conveyed borehole logging system. Electrical communication is establis... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303008 | Methods and systems for reverse-circulation cementing in subterranean formations Methods and systems for reverse-circulation cementing in subterranean formations are provided. An example of a method is a method of cementing casing in a subterranean well bore, comprising inserting a casing into the well bore, the casing comprising a casing shoe; ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303009 | Method to detect low salinity injection water encroachment into oil formations This invention relates to the field of water flood monitoring in low saline water environment in a subterranean formation. In particular, the method of the invention relates to detecting the encroachment of low salinity water into oil formations. This invention prov... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303010 | Apparatus and method for an autonomous robotic system for performing activities in a well An autonomous robot performs maintenance and repair activities in oil and gas wells, and in pipelines. The robot uses the well and pipeline fluids to provide most of the energy required for the its mobility, and to charge a turbine from which it may recharge batteri... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303011 | Downhole formation testing tool A downhole tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation is disclosed. The downhole tool includes a housing, a coring bit and a sample chamber. The coring bit is disposed in the housing and is extendable therefrom for engaging a wellbore wall.... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303012 | Propped fracture with high effective surface area Propped fractures in formations from which fluids are produced are described that have wormholes extending out into the formations from the faces of the fractures at locations distant from boreholes. Methods are given for creating such propped fractures having wormh... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303013 | Method for reducing density of a system fluid and for performing drilling operations using a reduced density system fluid comprising aerogel Methods for reducing density of a system fluid and performing drilling operations using a reduced density system fluid comprising aerogel. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303014 | Casing strings and methods of using such strings in subterranean cementing operations Improved casing strings, and methods of using improved casing strings in subterranean cementing operations, are provided. An example of an apparatus is a pipe string comprising at least one pipe section and a delivery system of an activator. Another example of an ap... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303015 | Cementitious compositions containing interground cement clinker and zeolite Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially cementitious compositions that include interground cement clinker and zeolite, with and without gypsum. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303016 | Casing with isolated annular space The invention is comprised of (see FIG. 1) an inner pipe (2), and an outer pipe (3), and two end subs (1). An isolated circular hollowed space is contained in between these components. The isolated space can be used for transport of diffe... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303017 | Perforating gun assembly and method for creating perforation cavities A perforating gun assembly (60) for creating communication paths for fluid between a formation (64) and a cased wellbore (66) includes a housing (84), a detonator (86) positioned within the housing (84) and a detonating cord... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303018 | Method of acidizing a subterranean formation with diverting foam or fluid A method of acidizing a subterranean formation with a diverting agent composed of a gelled or thickened viscoelastic foam or fluid generated from (i.) an amidoamine oxide gelling agent and (ii.) an acid or foam, water and/or brine. The gelled or thickened foam or fl... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303019 | Viscoelastic surfactant fluids and associated diverting methods Provided are treatment fluids that comprise an aqueous base fluid, and a methyl ester sulfonate surfactant, and associated diverting methods of use. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: providing... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303020 | Interventionless oil tool actuator with floating piston and method of use An interventionless actuator for oil well tools is described wherein the actuator comprises at least one floating piston adapted to equalize a pressure differential and lock onto an actuating member. An interventionless actuator is described that is charged to an in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303021 | Wellbore rig elevator systems An elevator having, in at least certain aspects, an elevator body with two opposed ends and an elevator opening in the body, a door pivotably mounted to the body for selectively closing off the elevator opening, a lock bar on the elevator body, door latch apparatus ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303022 | Wired casing The present invention involves a method and apparatus for monitoring conditions downhole and/or manipulating downhole tools by placing electrical wire on a casing string while drilling with casing. Wire is inserted into a groove within the casing string while drilli... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303023 | Coupling and sealing tubulars in a bore A method of sealing an expandable tubular within a bore comprises the steps of providing an expandable tubular describing a first diameter and having a sealing medium on its outer surface, running the tubular into a bore and expanding the tubular within the bore to ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303024 | Actuator for fire extinguisher An actuator for releasing a pressurized fire extinguishing composition from the cylinder of a fire extinguisher has an elongated body made of a single piece. The body has a longitudinal chamber that extends through it for holding a ram that moves along the chamber a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303025 | Motor-driven work apparatus A rotatably driveable work tool (1) of a motor-driven work apparatus has, at a front end (2, 3), an end plate (5, 6) lying perpendicularly to a rotational axis (4). The end plate (5, 6) has an outer diameter (DR) which i... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303026 | Hand power tool, in particular drill hammer and/or jackhammer A hand power tool has a housing, and drive motor accommodated in the housing, a tool receptacle in which a tool is guided, a gear mechanism, a driving gear, and rotary sleeve arranged so that via the gear mechanism, the driving gear, and the rotary sleeve the tool r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303027 | Grounding rod driving system A grounding rod driving system for facilitating installation and extraction of a grounding rod includes a sleeve slidably receiving a grounding rod. The sleeve slides along the grounding rod when the grounding rod is being driven into a support surface. A driver is ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303028 | Adjustable handle for a power tool The present invention relates to a power tool comprising: a housing and a handle engaged with the housing, wherein the rear portion of the housing is provided with an arcuate track. The handle is provided with an engaging portion which is engageable with the arcuate... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303029 | Filter for a drill string A filter for a drill string comprises a perforated receptacle having an open end and a perforated end and first and second mounting surfaces are adjacent the open end. A transmission element is disposed within each of the first and second mounting surfaces. A capaci... | 12/04/2007 |
