Abstract:
A plastic valve cover (10) suitable for attachment to an automotive component (12), such as an engine head, is disclosed. The valve cover is molded from a plastic material to include at least one tubular structure (32) of a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system with a valve (44). Additionally, the design of the valve cover includes various advantages including, for example, structural integrity, ease of installation or the like.
Abstract:
A catalyst for use on a diesel particulate filter comprising platinum and a cerium oxide wherein the amount, by weight, of platinum present, by volume, in the diesel particulate filter is from about 1 g/ft 3 to about 20 g/ft 3 ., the amount, by weight, of cerium oxide present in the diesel particulate filter is at most about 750 g/ft 3 , and the platinum and cerium oxide are present in a ratio of cerium oxide/platinum of about 10 to about 75 by weight within the diesel particulate filter.
Abstract translation:一种用于柴油颗粒过滤器的催化剂,其包含铂和氧化铈,其中柴油颗粒过滤器中以体积计存在的铂的重量百分比为约1g / ft 3至约20g / ft 2 <3>,柴油颗粒过滤器中存在的氧化铈的重量含量最多为750g / ft 3,铂和氧化铈以氧化铈/铂的比例存在 10至约75重量%。
Abstract:
An improved seating system that includes a seat back assembly (10) that is fabricated to include a seat back (12) with a first panel portion (14) that is optionally secured to a second panel portion (16) with one or more fasteners such as welds, adhesives, tack-offs, steel brackets or otherwise. The first panel portion (14), the second panel portion (16) or both preferably are plastic. The seat back assembly (10) may include one or more integrated reinforcement structures (20).
Abstract:
A fuel tank comprising two or more sections bonded together with an adhesive which bonds to low energy surface materials and has fuel barrier properties.
Abstract:
Improved multi-layer coextruded blow-molded objects (such as fuel containers) having at least a barrier layer and a support layer are disclosed together with improved methods for preparing such objects. The barrier layer includes an amount of modified polyolefin having approximately the same density as the support layer, wherein the modified polyolefin is prepared by grafting an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof to the polyolefin, the modified polyolefin being added in an amount such that the gas-barrier layer sufficiently adheres to the adjacent layer and such that the gas barrier properties of the fabricated article are still adequate. The present invention also relates to modification of the rheology of base resins, such as PET (a preferred material for the barrier layer), so that they more closely match the rheology of high density polyethylene (a preferred material for the support layer).
Abstract:
A catalyst for use on a diesel particulate filter comprising platinum and a cerium oxide wherein the amount, by weight, of platinum present, by volume, in the diesel particulate filter is from about 1 g/ft3 to about 20 g/ft3., the amount, by weight, of cerium oxide present in the diesel particulate filter is at most about 750 g/ft3, and the platinum and cerium oxide are present in a ratio of cerium oxide/platinum of about 10 to about 75 by weight within the diesel particulate filter.
Abstract:
A gear pump exhibiting improved efficiency over a broader range of fluid viscosity and pump speed includes a compression zone defined between each of a pair of pump gears and internal walls of a gear chamber, wherein the compression zones have a non-uniform thickness along a longitudinal direction of the gears. The geometry of the compression zones provides a mechanism whereby the drag of the viscous fluid which is induced by the rotation of the pump gears carries the viscous fluid through a progressively narrower gap in the direction of rotation ending in a final smooth pinch-off at the start of the seal zone. The geometry of the compression zone maximizes the drag and pressurization of the viscous fluid being pumped into the teeth of the gears, thereby assisting in the complete filling of the teeth. The result is improved fill efficiency over a broader range of pump speeds and over a broader range of fluid viscosity.
Abstract:
An improved seating system that includes a seat back assembly (10) that is fabricated to include a seat back (12) with a first panel portion (14) that is optionally secured to a second panel portion (16) with one or more fasteners such as welds, adhesives, tack-offs, steel brackets or otherwise. The first panel portion (14), the second panel portion (16) or both preferably are plastic. The seat back assembly (10) may include one or more integrated reinforcement structures (20).