A plunger lift apparatus includes wellhead equipment containing a receiver, a conduit extending from the wellhead equipment into a wellbore, and a plunger to be r un through the conduit to a downhole location in the wellbore. The plunger includes at leas t a sensor to measure a downhole parameter, and a plunger is adapted to communicate the measured downhole parameter to the receiver.

APARELHOS, SISTEMAS E MéTODOS PARA A PRODUçãO DE SìMBOLOS COERENTES EM UMA REDE DE FREQüêNCIA úNICA. A presente invenção refere-se um sistema, um método, um aparelho de um código de computador são providos para a produção de simbolos coerentes a partir de transmissores de RF digitais. Um receptor recebe um primeiro pacote de inicialização que contém uma pluralidade de bytes de enchimento e codific...

A holder for use on a duty belt comprising a backing portion including a synthetic material coupled to a cover portion including a synthetic material is disclosed. An edging portion at least partially covers an edge of either the backing portion, the cover portion, or both. The backing portion and the cover portion are coupled by stitching, the stitching passing through the backing portion and the...

A holding device 100 for holding a portable object 1000 is disclosed. More particularly, holding devices 100 for holding and positioning portable electronic devices are provided. Also provided are methods of manufacturing 600 and using 700 a device for holding and positioning 100 a portable object 1000.

A surface treatment layer 11 is formed on a surface 10 of a through-hole 1 so that the surface 10 has an angle X of contact with solution L which is smaller than an angle Y of contact of a die 2 per se with the solution L. When the solution L is applied, the wetting action of the solution L relative to the through-hole 1 is improved so that the solution L can be extended over the surface treatment...

A method of making a material alloy for an R-T-Q based rare-earth magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a melt of an R-T-Q based rare-earth alloy, where R is rare-earth elements, T is a transition metal element, Q is at least one element selected from the group consisting of B, C, N, Al, Si and P, and the rare-earth elements R include at least one element RL se...

High flow, low-pressure ultrafiltration or microfiltration spiral wound membrane cartridges are used in filtration of liquid feedstocks having high suspended solids. Applications may utilize either vacuum or pumping for transmembrane drive pressure (TMP), and gas may optionally be bubbled up through the cartridges with certain feedstocks. Water permeate flux rates as high as 90 gallons per square ...

The present invention includes polymer films that comprise lanthanum hexaboride and an epoxy agent. The lanthanum hexaboride and epoxy agent can be incorporated into or onto a polymer film in any suitable manner. The addition of an epoxy agent surprisingly provides a stabilization effect to the lanthanum hexaboride, which allows for the production of polymer films that advantageously absorb infrar...

An imaging system comprises a light source module configured to generate a combination beam, a controller configured to control the light source module, an image-capturing module configured to capture the reflected beam by a sample. The light source module comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices configured to emit lights of different wavelengths, and the controller is configured to drive t...

A method for defect detection includes: (i) scanning at least one wafer by a monitoring system and providing defect size information for each defect that belongs to a group of defects; (ii) scanning the at least one wafer by a wafer inspection system that includes multiple detectors and providing a set of defect detection signals for each defect of the group, wherein the wafer inspection system is...

Methods of controlling semiconductor lasers are provided where, the time-averaged optical spectrum of the semiconductor laser is broadened by modulating the drive current at a relatively high frequency. Generally, the frequency of the drive current modulation is high enough to induce wavelength chirping within the data periods encoded in the gain current signal. Laser controllers and projections s...

Disclosed is a system decoder of a digital TV. Particularly, the system decoder brings about the effect of remultiplexing packet data input from different channels by giving an ID to each channel, using it as an extension field of a packet ID (PID) and an extension field of a table ID of a section that are defined in the ISO/IEC 13818-1, and storing the channel ID information in the buffer transmi...

Preparados acuosos para la fabricación de recubrimientos con propiedades de tacto suave que contienen A) dispersiones acuosas de una resina de poliuretano-poliurea, B) aglutinantes hidroxifuncionales, acuosos o diluibles con agua, seleccionados entre resinas de poliéster-poliuretano con un peso molecular medio (Mn) de 1.000 a 30.000, resinas de poliéster y poliacrilato y sus combinaciones. C) poli...

The present invention relates to improved matallurgical powder compositions that incorporate solid lubricants, methods for preparing and using the same, and methods of making compacted parts. Ejection properties, such as strippin g pressure and sliding pressure, of compated parts can be improved by using th e solid lubricants.The solid lubricants contain functionalized polyalkylene lubricants have...

This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of manure to novel fertilizer and/or soil builder products useful as input for organic farming operations. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine ...

SISTEMA COMPUTACIONAL DE INTERFACE EVOLUTIVA E INTELIGENTE, PARA ABSTRAçãO NO USO DE DISPOSITIVOS ELETRÈNICOS, CORRELACIONADA à BUSCA, USO, CRUZAMENTO E AVISO DE INFORMAçõES DIVERSAS ASSOCIADAS AO PERFIL ADAPTATIVO DE SEU USUáRIO. Representado por uma solução inventiva em que uma interface (ln) busca informações, em toda sorte de serviços de informações computadorizados tal como serviços do tipo b...

SISTEMA DE COMBUSTìVEL E CONJUNTO DE FILTRO DE COMBUSTìVEL. A presente invenção refere-se a um conjunto de filtro (10) para um piezómetro (14) tendo uma abertura (20) para a introdução de fluido filtrado no piezómetro que inclui um filtro (12). O filtro (12) possui um elemento de filtro (18) em comunicação de fluido com a abertura (20). O filtro 12 é configurado para vedar o fluido da abertura (20...

By forging a metal material, there is formed a dustproof boot 20 in which a side of an opening end portion 20b formed with a groove 34 for a dustproof boot is provided with a diameter smaller than that of a side of a piston main body 20a, and a total thereof is provided with a substantially uniform wall thickness, thereafter, by carrying out ironing from a front end of the opening end portion 20b ...

A parking brake device for a vehicle includes a vehicle operating lever pivotally mounted on a bar-type steering handle having one end thereof provided with a grip that may be gripped by a driver, and a parking lever manually movable between an actuated position, at which a parking brake mechanism mounted on the vehicle is actuated, and a release position at which the parking brake mechanism is re...

Payment systems are provided that utilize a portable device, and in particular, payment systems that utilize a first portable device that belongs to a seller and a second portable device that belongs to a buyer, but do not utilize a point of sale (POS) device.