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20110016681 - Device for handling an article: The invention relates to a device (11) for handling an article (13) such as a coil spring, and to an installation for handling an article. The device (11) comprises a body (10) having an internal housing (12) suitable for containing said article (13), said housing (12) presenting at least one... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20110016682 - Drip irrigation tube fitting tool: The present invention provides a tool for securing fittings for fluid delivery systems, such as drip irrigation systems, and assisting in the assembly of such systems. Specifically, the tool is a device sized and shaped to fit comfortably within the hand of an adult, having a channel therein to accept... Agent: The Law Office Of Jane K. Babin Professional Corporation

20110016683 - Engageable handle for garbage disposal: A tool employable to install a garbage disposal supported in an elevated position by a mounting ring rotationally engaged to a sink flange extending from a drain. The device provides one or a plurality of handles extending from a supporting member adapted to cradle or engage with projections extending from... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20110016684 - Special tool used in a control arm of vehicles: A special tool used in a control arm of vehicles comprises a rod to be held by hand formed in an elongated stick shape and including a lower end having a retaining portion to abut against a bottom side of the control arm, and between the rod and the retaining... Agent: Chen Jun Fan

20110016685 - Method of reworking head suspension and cutting jig for rework: A method of reworking a head suspension removes a slider from the head suspension by pressing a blade from a first side toward a second side in a longitudinal direction of the slider to solder ball bonding, stopping the second side of the slider in the longitudinal direction with a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20110016686 - Method and apparatus for carrying out maintenance of web handling shafts: A system for exchange and reconditioning of winding or rewinding multi-components shafts associated with a web handling device comprising an omni-directional mobile cart having a plurality of subassemblies thereon for receiving, storing and transfer of one or more clean and/or to-be-reconditioned shafts between the web handling device and a maintenance... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20110016687 - Method for repairing motherboard: A method is utilized for repairing a motherboard with a defective dual inline memory module (DIMM) socket mounted thereon be surface mounted technology (SMT). The method includes following steps. Repair tools including a ball grid array (BGA) rework device, a steel bar, a nozzle, and a steel sheet are provided.... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20110016688 - Tool: A tool for manipulating an article includes an operative portion. The operative portion includes a convex surface defined by a first curved segment extending substantially from a first end having a radius greater than at least one further subsequent curved segment, and a concave surface opposite the convex surface. In... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20110016693 - Belt assembling apparatus and method, and belt manufacturing method: To assemble a belt including a plurality of elements and a ring for fastening the element efficiently. A belt assembling apparatus for fastening a plurality of plate-like elements being juxtaposed in a same orientation annularly by a ring includes a load applying mechanism, which applies a load to the ring... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110016689 - Blade outer seal assembly: An outer seal assembly of a turbine rotor stage is secured within a circumferential groove of the turbine casing in such a manner as to both fix the outer seal assembly in its installed position and also provide for sealing around its outer periphery so as to thereby prevent the... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20110016692 - Compressed gas cartridge lance housing: The present invention minimizes the assembly time of a dispenser head by inserting a rigid seal retaining element. The seal retaining element comes in different configurations thus allowing a variety of compressed gas cartridge dispensing options. Additional features are integrated into a molded dispenser head thus requiring fewer components to... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20110016691 - Fluid sampling device with improved analyte detecting member configuration: An assembly is described that combines blood chemical analysis with lancing in a single multiple-test disposable cartridge. The penetrating members can be assembled and sterilized without damaging the analytical chemistry, and the functioning of the present radical disc cartridge mechanism is not substantially modified.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Attn: Patent Administrator

20110016690 - Process to design and fabricate a custom-fit implant: A process for designing and fabricating a custom-fit implant, comprising: a) processing medical image data of a patient's pathologically defective or anatomically deformed area having a symmetrical part to construct a three-dimensional (3D) digital model; b) forming a mirror image of the left or right side of the three-dimensional (3D)... Agent: Pintas LLC

20110016694 - Housing manufacturing system and method: A method of final assembly for constructing homes from substantially planar floor and wall sections. The method includes assembling a house from floor and wall sections in a final-assembly section of a final assembly facility. The final-assembly section is at an intersection of a crane section that is adjacent to... Agent: Reising Ethington P.C.

20110016695 - Method of handling an article: The invention relates to a device (11) for handling an article (13) such as a coil spring, and to an installation for handling an article. The device (11) comprises a body (10) having an internal housing (12) suitable for containing said article (13), said housing (12) presenting at least one... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20110016696 - Method for the permanent connection of workpieces, pressing tool, and attachment for a pressing tool: The invention relates to a compression tool (2) for the permanent connection of workpieces (14, 16, 18, 30, 34) having two pivot elements (4), which each have a compression jaw (10), and having at least one rotational axis (6), on which the pivot elements (4) are hinged, wherein the inner... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20110016697 - Method of preloading a coupling assembly: A method for loading a coupling assembly is provided. The coupling assembly comprises a first coupled member and a second coupled member, to a predetermined preload. The method comprises determining a compression distance of a resilient annular member of the coupling assembly corresponding to the predetermined preload, determining a rotation... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20110016698 - Procedure for producing hollow bodies of thermoplastic material: The invention concerns a process for the production of hollow bodies of thermoplastic material, in particular a process for the production of fuel tanks of plastic material. In the process according to the invention preforms in web or band form of plasticised plastic material are shaped in a multi-part tool... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20110016699 - Air filter with composite foam urethane and rigid urethane end cap: The air filter element may include an inner metal liner, an outer metal liner, a filter media, an annular end cap, and a composite end cap The annular end cap is formed over the metal liners such that the metal liners are secured and at least a portion of the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20110016700 - Linear ion processing apparatus with improved mechanical isolation and assembly: An ion processing apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes, first and second insulators, a housing, and a plurality of compliant first supports and second supports. Each electrode has a length along a central axis, and includes a first end region and an axially opposing second end region. The first and... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. In Care Of: Cpa Global

20110016701 - Production method for large rotor/stator laminations: In a method for manufacturing a lamination for a motor or generator where the lamination is used as a stator or a rotor of a core of the motor or generator, material strip of electrical steel is provided having a width substantially corresponding to an outer diameter of the lamination... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20110016702 - Method for fabricating antenna device of mobile communication terminal: A method for fabricating an antenna device of a mobile communication terminal, the method including selecting radiation patterns according to a usable frequency band, selecting and fabricating magneto dielectric modules for adjusting resonance frequencies of the selected radiation patterns, selecting and fabricating dielectric modules for adjusting resonance frequency of the... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20110016703 - Method and device for applicaton of a chip module: The present invention relates to a method for application of a chip module to an antenna module, wherein antenna contact surfaces formed on an application side (36) of the chip module are contacted with contact surfaces of an antenna disposed on an antenna side of an antenna substrate in an... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20110016705 - Method and apparatus for fabricating multilayer polymer actuators: A method for manufacturing a multilayer polymeric actuator comprises the following steps: arranging a rotating winding core (C); winding a dielectric film (10) of polymeric material around the winding core; during winding, applying a conductive material on the dielectric film exposed face (10c), in which the application occurs intermittently according... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20110016704 - Method of manufacturing mini air coil: A method of manufacturing mini air coils is revealed. Use a non-magnetic conductive line with toughness as a carrier. Wind a wire around the carrier and set the wound wire into a pattern. Then cut the wire and the carrier respectively. Thereby a mini air coil with diameter less than... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110016706 - Rechargeable battery fabrication method: A method of making a rechargeable battery having excellent high current discharge efficiency by preparing a positive pole from an aluminum strip, a negative pole from a copper strip and two isolation membranes first. Then cover the positive pole and the negative pole respectively with a positive pole material film... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20110016707 - Bonding machine incorporating dual-track transfer mechanism: A bonding apparatus for bonding electronic devices including substrates comprises first and second rails arranged adjacent to each other which are configured to align the substrates in vertical orientations during transportation along the rails. A bonding system is locatable over a first bonding site which is located along the first... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20110016708 - Method for assembling components on a circuit board and related assembling system: A method for assembling components on a circuit board includes driving the circuit board to an assembling position after the circuit board is moved in a first direction and then is blocked at a positioning point by a positioning rod, assembling a first component set on a first region of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20110016709 - Manufacturing method for printed wiring board: A manufacturing method for a printed wiring board includes forming an electroless plated film on an interlayer resin insulation layer, forming on the electroless plated film a plating resist with an opening to expose a portion of the electroless plated film, forming an electrolytic plated film on the portion of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110016710 - Electrode array assembly: Disclosed are methods of forming various sub-assemblies of an electrode lead for a medical implant. The method comprises forming a permanent bridge between two or more electrode contacts to provide stability to the sub-assembly to facilitate further processing steps to form the electrode lead. Various sub-assemblies are also disclosed for... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq. (cochlear) Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20110016711 - Remanufactured cylinder liner flange replacement: The present disclosure, in one form, provides a process for remanufacturing a flanged cylinder liner, comprising the steps of machining a top portion of the cylinder liner to remove the cylinder liner flange, thereby creating a flange seat portion, preparing the top portion of the cylinder liner to receive a... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20110016713 - Assembly procedure for the adjustable pin-valve, fuel shut-off: A protocol for assembling a fuel shut off pin valve assembly for a gas turbine engine. The protocol outlines a specific sequence of events in order to ensure failsafe incorporation of a fuel shut off valve assembly within the low pressure turbine area and specifically within the engine casing of... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20110016715 - Process for manufacturing a single-piece blisk by cutting with an abrasive water jet: A process for manufacturing a single-piece blisk, including: using an abrasive water jet to cut a block of material, so as to create blade preforms extending radially from a disk, then milling the blade preforms.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110016714 - Process for manufacturing a single-piece blisk with a temporary blade support ring arranged at a distance from blade tips: A process for manufacturing a single-piece blisk, including: using an abrasive water jet to cut a block of material, so as to create blade preforms extending radially outwards from a disk, while keeping material to form a connecting mechanism between directly consecutive blade preforms, the cutting being done such that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110016716 - Process for manufacturing a single-piece blisk with a temporary blade support ring removed before a milling finishing step: A process for manufacturing a single-piece bladed disk, including: using an abrasive water jet to cut a block of material so as to create blade preforms extending radially outwards from a disk, while keeping material to form a connecting mechanism between at least two directly consecutive blade preforms; then milling... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110016712 - Method for manufacture of an integrally bladed rotor, with temporary blade-holding ring: A method to manufacture an integrally bladed rotor, including: cutting a block of material by an abrasive waterjet, undertaken so as to reveal blade preforms extending radially from a disk, whilst retaining the material forming a linking mechanism between at least two preforms of directly consecutive blades, wherein the linking... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110016717 - Method of making a combustion turbine component having a plurality of surface cooling features and associated components: A method of making a combustion turbine component includes forming a metallic body by direct metal fabrication (DMF) to have at least one surface portion defining a first plurality of surface cooling features each having a first dimension and at least one second surface cooling feature on at least one... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20110016718 - Dough sheeter cutter roller: An improved dough sheeter having a pair of counterrotating sheeter rollers and a cutter roller rotating against a front one of the sheeter rollers to cut a pattern into a sheet of dough therebetween. The improvement is the cutter roller being formed from an oil-impregnated wear resistant plastic that results... Agent: Myers Andras Sherman LLP

20110016719 - Method for fabricating a member of vehicle and side member produced by the same: As to the method for fabricating a member of vehicle, after a member for vehicle having high-rigidity of martensite organization is fabricated by a hot stamping forming, the martensite organization is transformated to a ferrite having a low-rigidity partially and improved toughness or to a metal organization heat treated by... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, PLLC

20110016720 - Rotary stone cutting tool and method: A rotary stone cutting tool and method for making countertops and the like includes a shank shaped for detachable connection with a rotary drive. A cup-shaped cutting blade is mounted on the outer end of the shank, and has a frusto-conical sidewall and an outer marginal edge with axially protruding... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20110010904 - Method for manufacturing a piezoelectric ceramic body: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric ceramic body and devices therefrom. The method comprises mixing a piezoelectric ceramic powder with a polymer binder and surfactant to form a slip mixture, casting the slip mixture into a mold and setting to the slip mixture in the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20110010905 - Capacitor forming method: The capacitor forming method utilizes a plurality of metal sheet manipulating rollers and a glass supply, which, in combination, make a metal-glass laminate and glass or devitrifying glass dielectric to form a capacitor. Several embodiments of the method manufacture ferroelectric crystal dielectrics by utilizing heat-treatment and annealing to form and... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20110010906 - Hand tool: A hand tool (1) for compressing first and second spaced apart surfaces of a caliper unit of a vehicle disc-brake assembly. The tool (1) comprises: a body (2); a handle (3) extending from the body (2); a hand-operable lever (4) pivotally connected to the body (2) and pivotable from a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20110010907 - Method and system for repairing the flow-line of corrugated metal pipes: A system and method for repairing the damaged portion of a flow-line of a Corrugated Metal Pipe is disclosed. A containment mold is created on the interior surface of the CMP using a series of overlapping rigid sheets that are attached to the CMP along the damaged flow-line. This mold... Agent: Raj K. Krishnan

20110010908 - Apparatus for thermal-slide debonding of temporary bonded semiconductor wafers: A debonder apparatus for debonding two via an adhesive layer temporary bonded wafers includes a top chuck assembly, a bottom chuck assembly, a static gantry supporting the top chuck assembly, an X-axis carriage drive supporting the bottom chuck assembly, and an X-axis drive control. The top chuck assembly includes a... Agent: Akc Patents

20110010909 - Pin puller: A pin puller includes a coupler to connect a pull rod to an end of a pin. A follower attaches to a tail end of the pin. The coupler may comprise a pair of mating shells having features to engage the pin and pull rod. An actuator is configured to... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20110010913 - Articulating work platform support system, work platform system, and methods of use thereof: The invention includes a work platform and support system that includes a hub and joist configuration, wherein the hubs and joists are capable of articulation, or pivoting. One method of installation allows for sections of new work platform system to be extended from an existing suspended work platform system. The... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C Intellectual Property Department

20110010910 - Bronchial flow control devices and methods of use: Disclosed is an assembly for loading a bronchial flow control device into a container, such as into a delivery catheter. The assembly includes a funnel housing and a puller housing that mate with one another. The funnel housing defines a funnel-shaped loading cavity that receives a flow control device and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP /pulmonx 017534

20110010916 - Collapsible plaque for casket or headstone: A collapsible plaque for holding floral objects is disclosed. The collapsible plaque may be used with a casket or headstone for display of a floral object thereon.... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20110010912 - Method and apparatus for the final assembly of aircraft: A method for final assembly of at least two aircraft includes assembling the at least two aircraft in a transverse direction on a carousel, the at least two aircraft disposed side-by-side, and rotating the carousel on a vertical rotation axis 360°.... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (frankfurt Office)

20110010911 - Methods and apparatus for light harvesting in displays: Methods and apparatuses for harvesting light from displays. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a substrate having a first and a second surface, an edge and a luminescent dye. A photovoltaic transducer is positioned adjacent the substrate. Light passing through both the first and second surfaces of the substrate... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20110010917 - Plate heater for a manifold of an injection molding apparatus: An injection molding apparatus includes a manifold having a manifold channel for receiving a melt stream of moldable material and delivering the melt stream to a mold cavity through a nozzle channel of a nozzle and a mold gate. A heater is coupled to the manifold. The heater includes a... Agent: Mold-masters (2007) Limited

20110010914 - Process for producing a wax impregnated mesh pocket for a lacrosse stick: A mesh pocket for a lacrosse stick is disclosed. The mesh pocket is defined by a plurality of strands, which are inter-engaged. A wax is impregnated into at least a portion of at least some of the strands. Additionally, a process for applying a wax to a mesh of a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20110010915 - Safety locking device: A safety locking device 18 for a quick hitch/coupler 10 of an earth working machine. The safety locking device 18 has a locking element 21 which is biased into a locking position to automatically lock a front pin of an implement when it is engaged in the hook 14 of... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20110010918 - Method and machine for clamping plates on fabric and leather pieces: A method for clamping a plate on a sheet or fabric material support, comprises the step of providing a plate and a counter-plate, the plate comprising a plurality of oin supporting elements bearing, on a non exposed to the view rear side thereof a plurality of pins for engagement each... Agent: Hedman & Costigan, P.C.

20110010919 - Flush-mount, blind fastener: A threaded blind fastener intended for installation in aerodynamically smooth or aesthetically critical panels, further adapted to minimize discontinuities on paintable surfaces of the head resulting from clearances between male and female threads that may adversely affect the quality of paint coverage.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP Trimas Corporation

20110010920 - Rain guard: A rain guard assembly for providing shelter to an occupant entering or exiting a vehicle is described. Generally, the retractable rain guard assembly may comprise a housing integrally mounted within a roof of an automobile, a covering retractably held within the housing and having one or more engagement portions positioned... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20110010921 - Functional element for the attachment to a sheet metal part, component assembly manufactured from these and also a method for the attachment of the functional element to a sheet metal part: A functional element (10), for fixing to a piece of sheet metal (40), such as for example, a nut element or a bolt element with a body section or head section, comprising an annular flange (14) which transforms into a cylindrical rivet section, is characterized in that the transformation from... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20110010922 - Fishing line guide for fishing rod and method for manufacturing the same: The fishing line guide for a fishing rod comprises a tapered holder 2b which is formed by pressing and expanding a holder 2b formed in a holding part 2a of a ceramic ring of a guide 2, which is formed by cutting a steel plate material 1, in an inner... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20110010923 - Method of making an appliance door: A method of making an appliance door includes inserting a door pan into a fixture having first and second forming molds. An inner door liner is placed over the door pan. The first and second forming molds are pressed together. A mold cavity is formed between the door pan and... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20110010924 - Inertial sensor with dual cavity package and method of fabrication: Inertial sensor having a body with first and second cavities on opposite sides thereof, a sensing element in the first cavity, electronic circuitry in the second cavity, electrical conductors interconnecting the sensing element and the circuitry, and leads connected electrically to the circuitry and extending from the body for mounting... Agent: Edward S. Wright

20110010925 - Ultrasonic imaging catheters: An intravascular ultrasonic imaging catheter is provided with a flexible circuit electrically coupled to a transducer array mounted on the distal end of the catheter, a portion of the flexible circuit being helically wound about the catheter in order to enhance the flexibility of the circuit. The catheter may be... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20110010926 - Microwave antenna and method for making same: A method for fabricating a microwave horn antenna in which a thermoplastic sacrificial layer is mounted to a thermoplastic horn layer. A heated horn embossing plate having at least one horn shaped embossing element is then moved into the horn layer so that the horn element penetrates through the horn... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20110010927 - Ignition coil for internal combustion engine and method of making the same: An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine includes a primary coil formed by winding a primary winding a plurality of turns, a secondary coil formed by winding a secondary winding having a wire diameter of 30 to 100 μm a plurality of turns, and a resin compact which is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20110010928 - Method and apparatus for producing wound electrode assembly, and method for producing battery: A method for producing a wound electrode assembly includes steps of overlaying electrode strips (11, 13) and separator strips (12, 14) on each other, and winding the electrode strips (11, 13) and the separator strips (12, 14) on a take-up shaft (20) while pressing a pressing member (30) against the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20110010929 - Systems for producing assemblies: This invention relates to methods and systems for attaching components to strips of material to form assemblies, e.g., a system for fastening pre-sharpened razor blades to individual support strips on a continuous band of material, such as a metal, to form discrete blade assemblies.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20110010930 - Apparatus for inserting seal into slewing bearing: Disclosed is an apparatus for inserting a seal into a slewing bearing including a main body and a pressing unit. The main body is fixed to any one of a first ring and a second ring of the slewing bearing. The pressing unit projects from the main body toward a... Agent: Hosoon Lee

20110010931 - Micro spherical stylus manufacturing machine: A micro spherical stylus manufacturing machine comprises a clamp, a moving unit, a wire supply unit, a wire retrieving unit, an insulating roller, a conducting wire body, a discharging unit, and a loading unit. The clamp is used to hold a circular-shaped electrode, and the loading unit is used to... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20110010932 - Wiring board, semiconductor device having wiring board, and method of manufacturing wiring board: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a wiring board. The method includes: (a) preparing a first board having a pad; (b) providing an insulating member on the first board, wherein a size of the insulating member is larger than that of the first board, when viewed from... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20110010933 - Multi-functional tool and method of using same: A multi-functional tool includes a shaft having first and second ends and a first, implement extending from the first end. The tool further includes a second implement extending from the second end and including a base and first and second posts extending from the base. A gap is disposed between... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20110010934 - Solid composition having enhanced physical and electrical properties: A method of making a treating wash includes mixing brass granules with acetone, mixing carbon nanotube material, iron pyrite granules and copper granules in the acetone brass mixture, and straining the liquid from the remaining solid material. Methods of treating materials such as brass granules, iron pyrite granules, carbon nanotube... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20110010935 - Combustor heat shield: A combustor heat shield comprises a heat shield member defining at least one opening for receiving a fuel nozzle. A louver is received in the opening. The louver has a flow diverting portion extending radially outwardly from the opening for directing air along the hot side of the heat shield... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20110010936 - Airfoil for a helicopter rotor blade: An airfoil family for a helicopter rotor blade, designated SC362XX. SC362XX essentially removes the large lower surface suction peak associated with ‘drag creep’ at moderate lift coefficients while reducing the peak Mach number and shock strength at high lift/Mach number conditions. Another optional airfoil family for use at inboard regions... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20110010937 - Method of manufacturing a turbine fan blade: A metal leading edge of a turbine fan blade is manufactured by cutting and shaping an elongated metal part. The metal part has front and rear edges extending lengthwise of the part, and has a generally wedge-shaped transverse cross-section with opposite sides diverging from the front edge toward the rear... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20110010938 - Modified chromium-based catalysts and polymerization processes for using the same: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to olefin polymerization catalysts, and more specifically to chromium-based catalysts and methods of use of chromium-based catalysts for the production of polyolefins, and even more specifically to methods for controlling or tailoring the flow index response of chromium-based catalysts through the controlled addition of a... Agent: Univation Technologies, LLC

20110010939 - Drug delivery devices: A method of producing a metering valve for use with a pressurised dispensing container for dispensing medicament from said container, the metering valve having a valve stem, a valve member, and outer and inner annular seals, the method comprising assembling the metering valve so that the valve stem is co-axially... Agent: Glaxosmithkline Global Patents

20110010940 - Spinning method: A workpiece having a first constant diameter portion, a tapered reduced-diameter portion, a concave portion, a tapered increased-diameter portion, and a second constant diameter portion is formed by machining the tapered reduced-diameter portion, and then machining the tapered increased-diameter portion and the concave portion.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20110005050 - Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for film-covered electrical device: In a vacuum container (2), a bag-shaped laminate film (12) containing a battery element (11) and having an opening (12a) is pinched at positions corresponding to two principal surfaces (11a) of the battery element (11), the battery element (11) having a positive layer and a negative layer stacked via a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110005051 - Fixing apparatus for cylindrical-shaped objects: A fixing apparatus is provided to fix a cylindrical object. The fixing apparatus includes a support board, a rotating member rotatably mounted to the support board, a moving member, and a number of positioning members. The rotating member defines a receiving space, and a number of receiving slots communicating with... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20110005052 - Method and storage medium for replacing process instrument in processing apparatus: Disclosed is a method for replacing a process instrument in a processing apparatus, in which a target object is loaded by transfer mechanism into a processing unit and is subjected to a process by use of the process instrument. The method includes confirming that a process on the target object... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20110005053 - Circuit card assembly extraction tool and methods thereof: An extraction tool is provided for grasping an assembly (e.g., a circuit card assembly) having a number of openings and a number of respective connector pins extending through the openings. The tool includes one or more generally cylindrical puller structures, each having a central bore and a locking end. One... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (raytheon)

20110005054 - Alignment of machine components within casings: A method and device are provided to accurately align a machine component of generally circular cross-section within a surrounding machine casing that includes bottom and top halves of the casing. The bottom half and top half, in use, are bolted together at a split line occupying a horizontal plane. The... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Alstom

20110005058 - Apparatus and method for swaging needles: A method and apparatus for making armed sutures has a pair of opposed die assemblies that may be driven by actuating surfaces of a swaging machine to hold and swage a needle on a suture. The dies grip and confine the needle in the area of the suture receptacle. A... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20110005057 - Flush mounted assembly for housing an ambient air abnormal condition sensor module: A flush mounted assembly for housing an electronic or electro-mechanical module which detects abnormal conditions and responds to the detection of such abnormal conditions. The assembly includes a base mounted in an opening in a structural member such as a wall, partition or ceiling. The base includes a peripheral wall... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20110005055 - Method for assembling a part on a pivot organ: A method for assembling a hard part made of a material the hardness of which is higher than 500 Vickers, a pivot organ, includes: having a pivot organ including a tubular portion and a bearing surface extending around the tubular portion; introducing the hard part freely on the pivot organ... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110005056 - Method for assembly of a part on a support: The present invention relates to a method for assembly of a hard part (12) made in a material the hardness of which is higher than 500 Vickers on a fixed support (10) consisting in being: equipped of a plate (18) in malleable material arranged to be tightly positioned on the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110005059 - Tissue prosthesis processing technology: A heart valve prostheses crimping apparatus and method for deducing the diameter of stents containing heart valve prosthesis. A medical prosthesis catheter loading apparatus, including a crimping assembly for reducing the diameter of a prosthesis; and a catheter clamp for holding a catheter adjacent to the prosthesis. Also disclosed is... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20110005060 - Process for manufacturing a metal part reinforced with ceramic fibres: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a metal part reinforced with ceramic fibres, in which: a housing is formed for an insert in a main metal body (2) having an upper face (21); an insert (3) formed from a bundle of fibres with a metal matrix is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110005061 - Process for manufacturing a metal part reinforced with ceramic fibres: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a metal part reinforced with ceramic fibres, in which: a housing for an insert is machined in a metal body (10) having an upper face (10A, 10B); an insert (11) formed from a fibre bundle having a metal matrix is placed in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110005062 - Vascular embolization with an expansible implant: A vascular implant formed of a compressible foam material has a compressed configuration from which it is expansible into a configuration substantially conforming to the shape and size of a vascular site to be embolized. Preferably, the implant is formed of a hydrophilic, macroporous foam material, having an initial configuration... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20110005063 - Array substrate, display panel having the same and method of manufacturing the same: In an array substrate, the array substrate includes an insulation member in each pixel area and a color filter layer that surrounds each insulation member. The color filter layer includes color filters having two or more colors that are different from each other, and a color filter is formed in... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20110005064 - Method of manufacturing an electronic component: An electronic component including a core having a wire wound around a portion of the core with first and second ends being connected to terminals for mounting the component to corresponding lands in a circuit. The component having an outer body made of a mixture of magnetic and/or non-magnetic material... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20110005065 - Battery structures, self-organizing structures and related methods: An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected... Agent: Wilmerhale/a123

20110005066 - Method of forming a photovoltaic cell module: A method of forming a photovoltaic cell module uses a cell press having a table and a plate that is spaced from and moveable relative to the table. The method includes supporting the cell with the plate between the plate and the table. A substrate and a tie layer disposed... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20110005067 - Rod holder for the assembly of heat exchangers: One aspect of this disclosure provides an expansion rod holder for the assembly of fin and tube heat exchangers. The expansion rod holder includes a first plate having a first aperture therethrough and a ring located in the first aperture and that has a second aperture therethrough. The first and... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20110005068 - Fixing apparatus for storage device: A fixing apparatus includes a frame having two opposite fixing walls to fix a first storage device. The fixing apparatus further includes a supporting arm pivotally connected to the frame. The supporting arm includes a fixing plate rotatable between a first position where a second storage device is capable of... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20110005069 - Systems and leads with a radially segmented electrode array and methods of manufacture: A method of making a lead for a stimulation device includes forming at least one pre-electrode in the shape of a ring, the at least one pre-electrode comprises at least two thin-walled portions separated by at least two thick-walled portions; disposing the at least one pre-electrode near a distal end... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20110005070 - Dual-damascene bit line structures for microelectronic devices and methods of fabricating microelectronic devices: The present invention is directed toward methods of fabricating components for microelectronic devices, microelectronic devices including memory cells or other components, and computers including memory devices. For example, one embodiment is directed toward a method of fabricating a memory cell on a workpiece having a substrate, a plurality of active... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20110005071 - Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: A printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. First, a conductive layer disposed on an insulation layer is provided. The conductive layer is patterned to form at least a conductive layer opening and the insulation layer is drilled throughout to form a via at a position corresponding to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20110005072 - Method, kit, and an associated adaptor, usable with a hospital bed: A method of installing an adapter, a kit including an adapter, and an adapter are disclosed. The adapter includes a first connector, a second connector, and a component adapted for facilitating the second connector to electrical communicate with a portion of a plurality of pins or sockets of the first... Agent: Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

20110005073 - Method of manufacturing a lift transmitting component: A method of manufacturing a lift transmitting component (2), particularly for a gas exchange valve train or a fuel pump drive of an internal combustion engine (1), is provided, The lift transmitting component includes a housing (6), a bearing pin (7) fixed in a reception bore (9) of the housing... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20110005074 - Machine and method for machining crankshaft ends: Additionally, the invention relates to a crankshaft (5) machining process based on the fact that both machining heads (1, 2) alternately machine flange ends (9) and spike ends (8) in the crankshafts (5) secured to the machining heads (3, 4). In this manner, the machine machines crankshafts without stopping between... Agent: Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria P.C.

20110005075 - Solid state resistance welding for airfoil repair and manufacture: A method for bonding airfoil sections includes aligning upper and stub airfoil sections having upper airfoil pressure and suction sides and stub airfoil pressure and suction sides respectively, pressing together upper and stub airfoil cross sections at upper and stub airfoil distal ends of the upper and stub airfoil sections... Agent: Steven J. Rosen

20110005076 - Method for connecting at least two heat exchanger plates: The invention relates to a method for connecting at least two heat exchanger plates so as to form a plate packet for a heat exchanger, said plate packet being provided with at least one passage defined by through holes in the heat exchanger plates. With the aid of this method,... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20110005077 - Method of machining orifice and press-working method: In a machining method for forming an orifice in a fuel injection valve by operating a punch 43 in an axial direction inclined relative to a normal direction perpendicular to a tangent plane of a curved surface portion 30 or relative to a perpendicular direction perpendicular to a slant surface... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20110005078 - System for forming a movable slab foundation: An embodiment of the system for forming a movable slab foundation as comprised by the present invention has a slab foundation, at least one substantially vertical support member, at least one support surface, and at least one support sleeve. The at least one supports sleeve surrounds the at least one... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20110000060 - Flexible piezoelectric device and flexible capacitor manufactured by the same, and manufacturing method for flexible sensors: Provided are a method for manufacturing a flexible device, a flexible device, a flexible piezoelectric device and a flexible capacitor manufactured by the same, and a method for manufacturing a flexible sensor. A method for manufacturing a flexible device includes: laminating a first metal layer on a silicon oxide layer... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20110000063 - Production apparatus: A production apparatus of the present invention produces a component assembly to an object to be processed in which a jig for holding a subsidiary component is set to a main component by sequentially performing predetermined processes in a plurality of processing areas (A1 to A6) arranged in a ring... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20110000061 - Deck seam with reduced selvage: A method is provided for forming a welt in a single sheet of coverstock by folding and sewing. A second method is provided for forming a welt adjacent a seam formed by sewing two sheets of coverstock together, the method requiring less selvage from one of the sheets.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20110000062 - Christmas mini light bulb remover: A light bulb remover tool has a slot at one end insertable into the space between a light bulb holder and a light bulb socket. Downward force exerted on the opposite end of the tool creates a leverage force to separate the light bulb holder from the socket. The tool... Agent: Raymond Kolasa

20110000064 - Method and apparatus for removing blind fasteners: A method and apparatus are present for removing a blind fastener from a structure. A first hole is drilled in a guide located around a center of a head of a core bolt in a body of the blind fastener to form a pilot hole. A second hole is drilled... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20110000072 - Belt assembling apparatus, belt assembling method and belt manufacturing: To efficiently assemble or manufacture a belt by fastening a plurality of elements in a circular manner using a ring. A pair of receiving members for holding the ring respectively includes a first receiving face to which the ring is applied, and a second receiving face which is formed on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110000068 - Dryer bar having void volumes: Dryer bars having certain defined void volumes.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20110000070 - Method and apparatus for attaching radiopaque markers to a stent: A mandrel for supporting a stent and rollers for pressing a radiopaque marker into a stent are disclosed. The mandrel can have a forward portion for carrying the stent and a rear portion for urging the stent forward portion into a gap between the rollers. The mandrel may be pushed... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20110000067 - Method for manufacturing electrophotographic elastic roller: A method for manufacturing a low-cost electrophotographic elastic roller having a good dimensional precision is provided. In that method, in which both end parts of a shaft core body are gripped and fixed in a vertical direction, an inclination of a central axis is corrected, a circular coating head including... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20110000071 - Method for protecting a connection interface in a computer-docking assembly: A method for protecting a connection interface in a computer-docking assembly in which a computer-support assembly is partially rotated about an arm assembly while moving the computer-support assembly toward a connection interface of the base station. The computer-support assembly is generally aligned with the connection interface of the base station... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20110000069 - Process for mounting a valve in a refrigeration compressor: A process for mounting a valve in a refrigeration compressor which presents a compression chamber (3) closed by a valve plate (4, 20) having suction and discharge orifices (5, 21; 6, 22), each being selectively closed by a respective valve element (10) having a mounting end portion (11) attached to... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20110000065 - Protective shield assembly for space optics and associated methods: A protective shield assembly capable of being deployed from a launch vehicle is provided, and methods for assembling and deploying the protective shield assembly are also provided. The protective shield assembly includes a shroud, and a flexible sheet of material within the shroud. The flexible sheet of material is capable... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20110000066 - System and method for mounting lens in cells: This system and method for mounting lenses in lens cells a lens with an annular groove around its peripheral edge and a polygonal mounting clip formed from spring wire with at least two contiguous apexes and a non-contiguous apex such that it is biased towards closure. The mounting clip is... Agent: Steven R. Scott

20110000074 - Belt assembling apparatus, belt assembling method and belt manufacturing method: A belt assembling method for assembling a belt, by fastening a plurality of plate-like elements in a circular manner, using a ring having a width wider than an opening width of an opening formed in the element. The method includes: holding the elements in an inner circumferential side of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110000073 - Leaflet alignment fixture and methods therefor: Described herein is an assembly and alignment tool for aligning leaflets of a soft leaflet prosthetic heart valve and fix the leaflets to each other and/or to a wireform or stent. In embodiments, the assembly or alignment tool includes a mandrel configured to support one or more leaflets of a... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20110000075 - Electrical connector with rotatable fastener: An electrical connector to mechanically and electrically connecting first and second electrical conduit assemblies. The first electrical conduit assembly has a first conductive contact and an aperture in the first conductive contact. A first fastener is rotatably received in the aperture. The first fastener has a head member and a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20110000076 - Indexer: This invention relates to an indexer for providing rotation of a part from a first index position to a second index position. The indexer comprises an indexer frame and a part for rotation. The indexer frame has at least one index feature, and the part has at least one index... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20110000077 - Method and apparatus for machining motor vehicle components: An apparatus and related method for making motor vehicle component assemblies of the type having a plurality of previously formed and interconnected elements. A machining tool is supported on an outer end of a pivotable robot arm. A workpiece fixture selectively supports the motor vehicle component assembly, and is pivotal... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20110000078 - Method of manufacturing stator coil: During sending the combined body 47 to the core member 6, the pre-orientation members 81 are respectively inserted into a plurality of the consecutive clearances 472 of a plurality of the clearances 472 formed between the adjacent straight overlap sections 471 of the combined body 47. By the pre-orientation members... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20110000079 - Rotor manufacturing method: An object is to provide a rotor manufacturing method capable of reducing a rotor unbalance amount by controlling a magnet arrangement position in a rotor core and improving work efficiency when fixing a magnet to the rotor core by using resin. A lower surface of a rotor core is arranged... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20110000080 - Combustor-transition-piece guide jig and method of detaching and attaching combustor of gas turbine: A combustor-transition-piece guide jig is constituted by two rails, a fixing member, and a holding member. The fixing member is provided at one ends of the rails and attached to a combustor attachment port. The rails are inserted from the combustor attachment port toward inside of the combustor casing and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20110000081 - Underwater cutting device for the handle of mtr plate-type feul: An underwater cutting device for the handle of MTR plate-type fuel has a housing that has an accommodation space for a feed pneumatic cylinder to drive a slidable base for lateral movement. And in front of the accommodation space there is a cutting chamber. A primary motor is located on... Agent: Michael Lin

20110000082 - Work line module and work facility: Work line module comprises a plurality of machines (103-106) having a plurality of working functions and non-work facility (107, 108) such as a conveying machine can cooperate so as to produce a necessary amount even if the necessary amount is varied. A plurality of work machines (103-106) for mechanically working... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20110000083 - Method of manufacturing printed circuit board having metal bump: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board having metal bumps which have uniform diameter and are formed at fine pitch, and a method of manufacturing the printed circuit board.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20110000084 - Method for repairing a sealing segment of a gas turbine: A method for repairing a sealing segment of a gas turbine is provided. The sealing segment includes a radially outer holding portion for a radially inner abradable portion. The method includes the steps of providing a sealing segment to be repaired; removing a damaged, radially inner abradable portion of the... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20110000085 - Cylindrical internal surface processing method: A cylindrical internal surface processing method comprises forming a cylinder bore, roughening an upper section of the bore, depositing coating onto the bore, and machining a lower section of the bore and the coating. The forming of the cylinder bore includes forming the upper and lower sections with the lower... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20110000086 - Device and method for repairing a forward frame v-blade in an aircraft engine: A repair device and method for repairing a forward frame v-blade on an aircraft engine are described in which the repair device replaces a section of the forward frame v-blade. In one embodiment, the repair device includes a supplemental part, which is secured to the forward frame v-blade. The supplemental... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20110000087 - Wheel/rim fixing device and method of using the same: A device and method for fixing or repairing a wheel or rim of an automobile, truck, motorcycle or other vehicle is provided. The device has an adjustable shaft having a first side and a second side. The first side may act as a brace secured against the interior of a... Agent: Lampel & Associates, P.C.

20110000088 - Method and installation for manufacturing hollow, prismatic, modular reinforced concrete elements, and element obtained therefrom: Method for manufacturing modular, hollow, prismatic, monolithic reinforced-concrete elements of rectangular section, which includes the stages of concreting their side walls in two horizontally arranged formwork structures, carrying out a rotation of said formwork structures so as to leave them arranged vertically on either side of a third formwork, with... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP