A method and apparatus is provided to determine downhole pressures, such as annular pressure and/or pore pressure, during a drilling operation. A downhole drilling tool includes at least one conduit and a corresponding gauge. The conduit is positioned in the downhole tool and has an opening adapted to receive downhole fluids. The conduit is positionable in fluid communication with one of the wellb...

Captação de Energia Eólica Através de Conchas Montadas Modularmente em Torre Metálica. Do ponto de vista de simplicidade, uma turbina eólica é constituída unicamente pelo conjunto rotor - pás e respectiva conexão mecânica a um sistema de conversão de energia cinética contida nas ventos em energia elétrica. No entanto, a denominação em inglês "Wind Turbines" associa não só este componente básico, m...

A method of making reinforcing elements for a vehicle tire includes laying down at least one continuous thread element on a support element of the tire according to a deposition path substantially concentric with a rotation axis of the tire. A tire for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, a belt structure, a pair of sidewalls, a tread band, and reinforcing elements. The reinforcing elemen...

A tissue ablation device assembly ablates a region of tissue in a body of a patient. The tissue ablation device assembly comprises an elongated body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A tubular porous membrane having a porous wall with an inner surface that defines an inner space is located along the distal end portion of the elongated body. An ablation element is disposed ove...

A method of making a tire includes making a carcass structure; applying a belt structure, tread band, and at least one pair of sidewalls; and vulcanizing the tire. Making the carcass structure involves formation of at least one first carcass ply, including preparing and depositing at least one continuous strip element onto a toroidal support in alternating deposition sections. Each deposition sect...

A tire having an outer surface and plurality of circumferential and lateral grooves formed into the outer surface. The circumferential and lateral grooves extend to at least one groove depth to define a groove bottom surface. The circumferential and lateral grooves also define a plurality of tread blocks disposed around the circumference of the tire. The tire further includes at least one tie bar ...

A method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display includes forming a plurality of first electrodes on a substrate in a shape of stripe; forming a photoresist layer on an entire surface of the substrate; performing a first exposure of a first area on the photoresist layer crossing the first electrodes; carrying out an image reversal of the first exposed photoresist layer; performing...

A mobile apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of imaging devices, a measurement device for measuring a current position and direction of the imaging devices, a map data storing section which stores map data including at least registered information on positions of stationary objects, a recognized distance calculating section which obtains a parallax for a plurality of images, a refere...

The invention refers to a combination of a self-propelled harvester ( 32 ) and a transport vehicle ( 33 ), set up to accept crops from the harvester, which has at least one driven and at least one steered axle, wherein the transport vehicle ( 33 ) has an electronic control unit ( 38 ) which is set up to control the driven and the steered axle of the transport vehicle ( 33 ), and the control unit (...

The present invention relates to oxygen barrier film structures and a method of using thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to oxygen barrier fi lm structures comprising at least one substrate, a primer layer on at least one surface of the substrate, said primer comprising a mixture of at least one aqueous dispersion of polyurethane (A) and at least one water dispersible crosslinking a...

A hair dryer attachment system provides a dryer (10) and a plurality of attachments (30). A fastening mechanism is provided so that multiple attachments are each securable to the generally circular or ovate dryer barr el (20) using the same fastening technology. Each of the attachments (30) forms part of the barrel (20), and when used with the preferred present shortened barrel (20), a so-called "...

A coolant-resistant and thermally stable primer composition comprising an organic-functional silane, preferably the reaction product of at least one amino-functional silane and at least one isocyanato-functional silane, is provided. The prime r composition may additionally comprise a phenoxy resin, a phenolic resin and talc. A meth od for bonding an elastomer to a metal also is provided.

MéTODOS PARA PRODUZIR PRODUTOS COMPACTADOS DE PóS à BASE DE FERRO COMPREENDENDO LUBRIFICANTE E COMPOSIçõES EM Pó QUE OS CONTéM. A invenção refere-se a um método para produção de produtos e a um pó à base de ferro grosseiro compreendendo um lubrificante com um ponto de fusão cristalino abaixo de 25<198>C, uma viscosidade (n) a 40<198>C acima de 15 mPa.s e, em que, a referida viscosidade é dependent...

Pó à BASE DE FERRO COMPREENDENDO UM ADITIVO COMBINADO DE MELHORIA DE USINABILIDADE, UM ADITIVO E UM PRODUTO SINTERIZADO A presente invenção refere-se a uma composição de pó à base de ferro compreendendo, em adição ao pó à base de ferro, 0,02% a 1,0% em peso de um aditivo de melhoria da usinabilidade, compreendendo fluoreto de cálcio e nitreto de boro hexagonal. A invenção também referem-se ao adit...

Werkwijze voor het drogen van gas afkomstig van een gestuurd van het type dat bestaat uit een drukvat (6) en een droogelement (9) in de vorm van een rotor waarin een adsorptie- en/of absorptiemedium (10) is aangebracht dat afwisselend wordt geleid doorheen een droogzone (7) en wordt geleid, dus in een stromingsrichting (P) van de uitgang (22) naar de ingang (15) van de droogzone (7).; Method for d...

A micro-electro-mechanical sensor includes a microstructure having a mass which is movable with respect to a rest position, according to a predetermined degree of freedom, and a displacement-detecting device for detecting a displacement of the mass according to the predetermined degree of freedom. The displacement-detecting device includes a force feedback loop of a purely analog type, which suppl...

A main clutch is disposed radially outward on a differential mechanism. There is no need to reserve space to install the main clutch at the end of the differential mechanism opposite from a differential case. Thus, the axial length of an LSD can be reduced, providing easier installation in the vehicle. Also, the LSD is installed in the vehicle to the rear of a transmission. This location provides ...

Systems and methods are provided for applying a high frequency voltage in the presence of an electrically conductive fluid to create a relatively low-temperature plasma for ablation of tissue adjacent to, or in contact with, the plasma. In one embodiment, an electrosurgical probe or catheter is positioned adjacent the target site so that one or more active electrode(s) are brought into contact wit...

An aqueous suspension of cross-linked silicone particles comprising (A) cross-linked silicone particles having an average diameter of 0.1 to 500 mum, (B) polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, and (C) water. And, in a second embodiment, an aqueous emulsion of cross-linked silicone particles comprising (A) cross-linked silicone particles having an average diameter of 0.1 to 500 mum, (B) polyoxyethyl...

Disclosed is a polymer composition comprising a copolymer of propylene, a specific amount of alpha-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms and optionally a specific amount of ethylene and a specific 1-butene homopolymer or copolymer having a melting point of not lower than 60° C. but lower than 125° C., wherein the polymer composition contains a 20° C. xylene-soluble portion of the polymer compositio...