US07772290B2
A method to prepare multi-phobic effects nanosized-structure film and its application are described, which features nanosized silica, titanium oxide and zinc oxide compounded materials of previous size 3-100 nm are in-situ combined with substrate through fluorocarbon surfactants and perfluoro alkyl filming substance under specific conditions to form a nanosized-structure film. The reaction between fluorocarbon surfactants and hydroxyl groups on surfaces of nanosized particles renders the modified nanosized particle and nanosized film having extremely high chemical stability, resistance, and the capacity to repel and disperse water, oil, bacteria, organic dust, gas, electricity, magnetism and light (i.e., multi-phobic effects). This technology may be widely used in surface modification of fabric, chemical fiber, cotton, wool, glass product, brick-stone concrete and wood wall.
US07772286B2
The present invention relates to a copolymer, which is the reaction product of (a) a first prepolymer, comprising a bioactive moiety and at least one radically polymerizable group, and (b) a second prepolymer which is a polyvinyl alcohol having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2000 that, based on the number of hydroxy groups of the polyvinyl alcohol, comprises from 0.5 to 80% structural units of formula (I) wherein: R is alkylene having up to 8 carbon atoms, R1 is hydrogen or alkyl having up to seven carbon atoms, and R2 is an olefinically unsaturated, electron-attracting copolymerizable radical.
US07772284B2
An inexpensive, easily available, and convenient method of treating or preventing a virus infection is provided. The present invention relates to a method for the treatment or prevention of virus infections using polybiguanide-based compounds administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention relies on the unique biochemical reaction in which polybiguanide-based compounds interfere with the spread of virus within or between organisms. The compositions and formulations described in the present invention are effective means to reduce the infectivity of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), and human herpes simplex viruses, and also to kill the causative organisms of many other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
US07772283B2
The present invention provides a synergistic insecticidal composition comprising as essential active ingredients a neuronal sodium channel antagonist in combination with one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of pyrethroids, pyrethroid-type compounds, recombinant nucleopolyhedroviruses capable of expressing an insect toxin, organophosphates, carbamates, formamidines, macrocyclic lactones, amidinohydrazones, GABA antagonists and acetylcholine receptor ligands.Also provided are methods for synergistic insect control and crop protection.
US07772274B1
Pharmaceutical formulations comprising docetaxel, solubilizer, and α-lipoic acid, wherein the formulation is substantially free of polysorbates and polyethoxylated castor oil. The solubilizer may comprise glycofurol, acetic acid, benzyl alcohol, or ethanol. The α-lipoic acid, at certain concentrations, may impart stability and prevent degradation of docetaxel while the formulations are in storage. The formulations may be combined with a diluent, which comprises one or more hydrotropes such as tocopherol polyethylene glycol succinate and polyethylene glycol. The formulations combined with the diluent also exhibit stability after storage. Methods of administering docetaxel comprise preparing the formulation comprising docetaxel, solubilizer, and α-lipoic acid; mixing the formulation with a diluent; diluting the resulting formulation in saline, water for injection, or the like; and then injecting the formulations into patients in need thereof.
US07772264B2
The invention is concerned with (S)-1-{[2-(5-Methyl-2-phenyl-oxazol-4-yl)-ethylamino]-acetyl}-pyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile mesylate and crystalline polymorphs of this compound. This compound and its polymorphic forms exhibits superior properties compared to the previously known compounds and can be used as medicament for the treatment of disorders which are associated with DPP-IV.
US07772259B2
Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
US07772254B2
The present invention discloses a compound of formula: where Ar1, Ar2, X, Z1, Z2, R3, and m are as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Pyridylene Compound”); compositions comprising an effective amount of a Pyridylene Compound; and methods for treating or preventing pain or other conditions in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Pyridylene Compound.
US07772244B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) as antagonists of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors (“CGRP-receptor”), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, methods for identifying them, methods of treatment using them and their use in therapy for treatment of neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, migraine and other headaches, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.
US07772242B2
Disclosed is the use of the compounds of formula wherein Q is —OH; —OR7; —NH2; —NHR7; —NR7R8; or —N═R9; T is —COR5; —CN; or —SO2—(C6-C12)aryl; R1 is hydrogen; —OR7, —SR7; —NHR7; —NR7R8; C1-C22alkyl; C2-C12Alkenyl; C2-C12alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; C3-C12cycloalkenyl; C7-C12aralkyl; C1-C12heteroalkyl, C2-C11heteroaralkyl; C6-C10aryl; or C1-C9heteroaryl; R2 and R3 independently from each other are C1-C22alkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl, C3-C12cycloalkenyl; C7-C12aralkyl; C1-C12heteroalkyl; C3-C12cycloheteroalkyl; C2-C11heteroaralkyl, C6-C10aryl; or C1-C9heteroaryl; R4 is cyano; COR7, COOR7; CONH2; CONHR7; CONR7R8; SO2(C6-C12)aryl, C2-C12alk-1 -enyl; C3-C12cycloalk-1-enyl; C2-C12alk-1-inyl; C2-C12heteroalkyl, C3-C5heterocycloalkyl, C6-C10aryl; or C1-C9heteroaryl; R5 is —COR7; —COOR7; —OR7; —SR7, —NHR7, —NR7R8; C1-C22alkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; C3-C12cycloalkenyl; C7-C12aralkyl; C1-C12alkylphenyl; C1-C12alkoxy-C6-C10aryl; C1-C12heteroalkyl; C2-C11heteroaralkyl; C3-C12cycloheteroalkyl; C6-C10aryl; C1-C12alkoxy-C6-C10aryl or C1-C9heteroaryl; R6, R7 and R8 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; C3-C12cycloalkenyl; C7-C12aralkyl; C1-C12heteroalkyl; C2-C11heteroaralkyl; C6-C10aryl; o-C6-C10aryl; or C1-C9heteroaryl; R9 is a (C1-C6)alkylidene radical; or R1 and R2, R1 and Q, R1 and R4, R1 and R6, R2 and R3, R3 and Q, R6 and Q, T and Q, each independently, are linked together, so that 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbocyclic or N, O and/or S-heterocyclic rings are formed, wherein each of them, independently from each other, may be condensed with an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, and/or more N-, O- and/or S-heterocycic rings, and each N atom in a N-heterocyclic ring may be substituted by C1-C22alkyl; and n is a number from 1 to 4; for protecting of human hair and skin against the damaging effect of UV radiation.
US07772241B2
Variolin derivatives of formula (5) are provided, wherein the substituent groups defined by X2, R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, and R12 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, OR′, SH, SR′, SOR′, SO2R′, NO2, NH2, NHR′, N(R′)2, NHCOR′, NHSO2R′, CN, halogen, ═O, C(═O)H, C(═O)R′, CO2H, CO2R′, carboxyalkyl, C1-C12 alkyl, C2-C12 alkenyl, C2-C12 alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl and substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic; wherein each of the R′ groups is independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, SH, NO2, NH2, CN, halogen, ═O, C(═O)H, C(═O)CH3, CO2H, CO2CH3, C1-C12 alkyl, C2-C12 alkenyl, C2-C12 alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl and heteroaromatic; wherein the pairs of groups of R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R12, R12 and R6, or R6 and R7 may be joined into a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system.
US07772235B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I: Wherein R1 to R5, X and Z are further defined in the description. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds and to intermediates used in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to the use of the compounds in therapy.
US07772234B2
Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R8, R9 and R10, W, X, and Z are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, in mammals, and inflammatory conditions. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
US07772233B2
The invention provides novel arylamino N-heteroaryl MEK inhibitors of Formula (I): Such compounds are MEK inhibitors that are useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation. Also disclosed is the treatment of a hyperproliferative disease in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
US07772228B2
A method for treatment of bacterial infections with rifalazil administered once-weekly, or twice-weekly. A method for treatment of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, infections caused by Mycobacterium avium complex, infections caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae and infections caused by Helicobacter pylori by administering to a patient suffering from the bacterial infection 1-100 mg of rifalazil once or twice a week. In this dose regimen, the treatment is fast, efficacious and eliminates undesirable secondary symptoms observed with daily doses of 1-50 mg of rifalazil.
US07772220B2
The present disclosure is related to clear aqueous solutions of one or more bile acids and either an aqueous soluble starch conversion product or a non-starch polysaccharide. Solutions of the disclosure may be administered to a subject in conjunction with a pharmaceutical compound having one or more toxic effects. In some embodiments, solutions of the disclosure are administered to a mammal in conjunction with a pharmaceutical compound associated with a peripherial neurotoxicity (e.g., cisplatin and/or suramin) to reduce or eliminate the neuropathic effect(s).
US07772218B2
Syntheses of steroids such as 3-hydroxy-7α-methyl-21-[2′-methoxy-4′-(diethylaminomethyl)-phenoxy]-19-norpregna-1,3,5(10)triene citrate (“SR 16234”) and analogs thereof are provided, wherein 21-hydroxy-19-norpregna-4-en-3-one serves as a starting material or intermediate. The latter compound may be readily prepared from estrone-3-methyl ether. Certain intermediates in these syntheses also have value as therapeutic agents, for example in the treatment of prostate disorders such as prostatic cancer.
US07772208B2
A method for the treatment or prevention of Flaviviridae infections, in particular, hepatitis C virus infection, in a host, and in particular, a human, is provided that includes administering an effective amount of a β-L- or β-D-2′,3′-dideoxynucleoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or excipient.
US07772206B2
This invention relates to methods of treating or preventing an autoimmune disorder comprising the administration of clofarabine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, clathrate, prodrug or metabolite thereof to a patient in need of such treatment. The invention further relates to methods of treating or preventing an autoimmune disorder comprising the administration of clofarabine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, clathrate, prodrug or metabolite thereof and an additional therapeutic agent to a patient in need of such treatment.
US07772191B2
The present invention relates to processes for preparing the compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1 and R3 are defined according to claim 1. Furthermore this inventions relates to intermediates obtained in these processes.
US07772189B2
This disclosure provides the construction, expression, and selection of the mutated genes that encode novel Trp cage polypeptides with desirable binding properties, as well as the novel Trp cage polypeptides themselves. The substances or targets bound by these novel Trp cage polypeptides may be but need not be proteins or polypeptides. Targets may include other biological or synthetic macromolecules as well as other organic and inorganic substances. Further, targets may also include a single or multiple cell or tissue types. The present invention achieves genetic variants of Trp cage-encoding nucleic acids through controlled random mutagenesis of the nucleic acids yielding a mixture of Trp cage polypeptides that are capable of binding targets.
US07772188B2
The present invention features compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudo-obstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation (post-operative ileus), and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders using peptides and other agents that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor.
US07772184B2
This invention relates to the use in the treatment of HCV infection, either as single active agents or in combination with another active agent, of a cyclosporin having increased cyclophilin binding activity and essentially lacking immunosuppressive activity.
US07772182B2
A suspension formulation for therapeutic use includes a non-aqueous, single-phase vehicle exhibiting viscous fluid characteristics and a particle formulation comprising an erythropoietin receptor agonist dispersed in the vehicle.
US07772173B2
A rinsing composition contains at least one water-soluble polymer selected from a water-soluble polysaccharide, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, a copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, and a hydrophilic polymer obtained by adding an alkyl group or an alkylene group to the copolymer. The rinsing composition can be advantageously used in rinsing polished silicon wafers.
US07772172B2
A lubricant for improving the durability and reliability of recording media used in hard drives is disclosed. The lubricant comprises a perfluoropolyether main chain with a first end attached to a hexa(trifluoromethylphenoxy)cyclotriphosphazene, a second end attached to a bonding enhancer for enhancing bonding between the lubricant and a carbon-containing layer. The bonding enhancer of the lubricant can contain multiple hydroxyl, amide groups, 2,3-dihydroxy-1-propoxyl, acetamide, methacrylate, methyl methacrylate and glycidyl ether. Some bonding enhancers such as methacrylate, methyl methacrylate or glycidyl ether, can be further activated with ultraviolet light.
US07772162B2
The present invention includes composition having a nonionic, fluorinated polymeric surfactant, water and solvent. Embodiments of compositions according to the present invention are useful, for example, for recovering hydrocarbons from subterranean elastic formations.
US07772159B2
The invention provides a new process for the preparation of polypyrrolinones (I) of various sizes which have found to be useful peptidomimetics. One aspect of the invention is a new process utilizing α-amino-α-substituted-valerolactones as synthons. A second aspect of the invention is a process for the synthesis of polypyrrolinones using solid-phase techniques.
US07772154B2
Organic ligands that contain at least one aryl group are immobilized on a solid support. The organic ligands are of the type used to form a catalyst complex suitable for carrying out a catalytic reaction, preferably an asymmetric reaction. To immobilize the organic ligands, a tethering group is bonded to the ligand using, for example, a Friedel-Crafts acylation or alkylation reaction. The immobilization of the organic ligand can be carried out using a single reaction with the organic ligand.
US07772151B2
A catalyzed soot filter is comprised of a monolithic ceramic honeycomb body that has a catalyzed inlet zone that has a catalyst within the walls of the ceramic honeycomb inlet end to at most about 45% of the length of the catalyzed soot filter. The catalyzed inlet zone has a porosity that is at least ⅓ the porosity of a wall of the ceramic honeycomb that does not have a catalyst in the wall.
US07772150B2
A method to prepare porous medium decorated with nanoparticles involves contacting a suspension of nanoparticles in an ionic liquid with a porous medium such that the particles diffuse into the pores of the medium followed by heating the resulting composition to a temperature equal to or greater than the thermal decomposition temperature of the ionic liquid resulting in the removal of the liquid portion of the suspension. The nanoparticles can be a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound. The resulting compositions can be used as catalysts, sensors, or separators.
US07772149B2
A Cr trapping agent is disposed so that it contacts with constituting components of the substrate containing Cr. As the Cr trapping agent, an element or Ag is used, wherein the element is stronger in basicity than alkali metals or alkaline earth metals. Since the Cr trapping agent prevents transfer of Cr towards the alkali metals or alkaline earth metals, the reaction between Cr and alkali metals or alkaline earth metals is prevented.
US07772146B2
The present invention provides a ceramic porous body for in-vitro and in-vivo use comprising a composition comprising a calcium aluminate (CA) containing phase and optionally at least one of an accelerator, a retarder, a surfactant, a foaming agent, a reactive alumina, water, a fiber, and a biologically active material, and combinations thereof. Ceramic compositions are provides as well as method of using the ceramic compositions and methods of manufacturing a ceramic porous body. The ceramic porous bodies of this invention may be used as artificial bones, joints, in-vitro support structures, and in-vivo support structures for cells, tissues, organs, and nerve growth and regeneration.
US07772139B2
Packaging using Gas Permeable Non-Woven Fabric based Film extends the shelf life of various fresh fruits and vegetables and vase life of fresh cut flowers by changing the atmosphere in which these living products are stored and respires. The high oxygen and carbon dioxide permeability of the Gas Permeable Non-Woven Fabric based Film establishes an ideal atmosphere for the specific perishable item, and therefore extends its shelf life. The establishment of lower oxygen and carbon dioxide atmospheres inside packages using Gas Permeable Non-Woven Fabric based film, also leads to reduction in the respiration rate of the perishable items. The reduction in the respiration rate prevents loss of moisture, production of metabolic heat, and yellowing, browning, reduction in production levels of ethylene. Thus the created atmosphere is able to extend shelf life, maintain high quality and preserve nutrients of fresh produce items by naturally regulating respiration of said produce/flower.
US07772136B2
A roofing underlayment comprises a reinforcing layer, which is extrusion coated on at least one side with an anti-slip coating layer. Preferably, the reinforcing layer comprises a woven polyethylene or polypropylene scrim. The anti-slip coating layer comprises a compound based on a styrene and ethylene/butylene-styrene, S-E/B-S, block copolymer, such as the compound sold under the trademark KRATON® MD6649. The anti-slip coating layer is low in cost and helps prevent water from penetrating the primary roofing material. In addition, the anti-slip coating layer provides an improved anti-skid surface upon which an individual may safely walk.
US07772128B2
A semiconductor system includes: providing a dielectric layer; providing a conductor in the dielectric layer, the conductor exposed at the top of the dielectric layer; capping the exposed conductor; and modifying the surface of the dielectric layer, modifying the surface of the dielectric layer, wherein modifying the surface includes cleaning conductor ions from the dielectric layer by dissolving the conductor in a low pH solution, dissolving the dielectric layer under the conductor ions, mechanically enhanced cleaning, or chemisorbing a hydrophobic layer on the dielectric layer.
US07772127B2
The invention relates to a method for forming a semiconductor heterostructure by providing a substrate with a first in-plane lattice parameter a1, providing a buffer layer with a second in-plane lattice parameter a2 and providing a top layer over the buffer layer. In order to improve the surface roughness of the semiconductor heterostructure, an additional layer is provided in between the buffer layer and the top layer, wherein the additional layer has a third in-plane lattice parameter a3 which is in between the first and second lattice parameters.
US07772123B2
A structure and method of forming through substrate vias in forming semiconductor components are described. In one embodiment, the invention describes a method of forming the through substrate via by filling an opening with a first fill material and depositing a first insulating layer over the first fill material, the first insulating layer not being deposited on sidewalls of the fill material in the opening, wherein sidewalls of the first insulating layer form a gap over the opening. The method further includes forming a void by sealing the opening using a second insulating layer.
US07772116B2
Methods for forming blind wafer interconnects (BWIs) from the back side of a previously thinned substrate structure such as a semiconductor wafer to the underside of a bond pad on its active surface includes the formation of a blind hole from the back side, application of a passivating layer therein, anisotropically etching to remove passivation material from the blind hole bottom, blanket-depositing at least one conductive layer within the blind hole and over the back side, blanket-depositing a resist in the blind hole and over the back side, planarizing the back side to remove resist and the at least one conductive layer, removing resist from the blind hole, and filling the blind hole with solder or other conductive material or a dielectric material. Variations in the methods include formation of a conductive pad adjacent the back side surface, disposition of a solder ball or other conductive structure on the BWI, or forming an end thereof in the form of an extended slug protruding from the back side (for ball-less attachment) as the outer terminus of the BWI.
US07772114B2
Methods of improving the uniformity and adhesion of low resistivity tungsten films are provided. Low resistivity tungsten films are formed by exposing the tungsten nucleation layer to a reducing agent in a series of pulses before depositing the tungsten bulk layer. According to various embodiments, the methods involve reducing agent pulses with different flow rates, different pulse times and different interval times.
US07772103B2
In a method of forming a wire structure, first active regions and second active regions are formed on a substrate. Each of the first active regions has a first sidewall of a positive slope and a second sidewall opposed to the first sidewall. The second active regions are arranged along a first direction. An isolation layer is between the first active regions and the second active regions. A first mask is formed on the first active regions, the second active regions and the isolation layer. The first mask has an opening exposing the first sidewall and extending along the first direction. The first active regions, the second active regions and the isolation layer are etched using the first mask to form a groove extending along the first direction and to form a fence having a height substantially higher than a bottom face of the groove. A wire is formed to fill the groove. A contact is formed on the wire. The contact is disposed toward the second active regions from the fence.
US07772075B2
A LDMOS transistor having a channel region located between an outer boundary of an n-type region and an inner boundary of a p-body region. A width of the LDMOS channel region is less than 80% of a distance between an outer boundary of an n+-type region and the inner boundary of a p-body region. Also, a method for making a LDMOS transistor where the n-type dopants are implanted at an angle that is greater than an angle used to implant the p-type dopants. Furthermore, a VDMOS having first and second channel regions located between an inner boundary of a first and second p-body region and an outer boundary of an n-type region of the first and second p-body regions. The width of the first and second channel regions of the VDMOS is less than 80% of a distance between the inner boundary of the first and second p-body regions and an outer boundary of an n+-type region of the first and second p-body regions. Moreover, a method for making a VDMOS transistor where the n-type dopants are implanted at an angle that is greater than an angle used to implant the p-type dopants.
US07772074B2
Processes for non-selectively forming one or more conformal silicon-containing epitaxial layers on recess corners are disclosed. Specific embodiments pertain to the formation and treatment of epitaxial layers in semiconductor devices, for example, Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) devices. In specific embodiments, the formation of a non-selective epitaxial layer involves exposing a substrate in a process chamber to deposition gases including a silicon source such as silane and a higher order silane, followed by heating the substrate to promote solid phase epitaxial growth.
US07772071B2
The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated circuits. More particularly, but not exclusively, the invention relates to strained channel complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistor structures and fabrication methods thereof. A strained channel CMOS transistor structure comprises a source stressor region comprising a source extension stressor region; and a drain stressor region comprising a drain extension stressor region; wherein a strained channel region is formed between the source extension stressor region and the drain extension stressor region, a width of said channel region being defined by adjacent ends of said extension stressor regions.
US07772065B2
A semiconductor memory device includes diffusion regions formed in an active region; cell contacts connected to the diffusion regions, respectively; pillars connected to the cell contacts, respectively; a bit line connected to the pillar; capacitor contacts connected to the pillars, respectively; and storage capacitors connected to the capacitor contacts, respectively. Accordingly, the pillars exist between the cell contacts and the capacitor contacts, and thus, depths of the capacitor contacts are made correspondingly shorter. Therefore, it becomes possible to prevent occurrence of shorting defects while decreasing resistance values of the capacitor contacts.
US07772064B2
A method of fabricating a self-aligned contact is provided. A first dielectric layer is formed on a substrate having a contact region thereon. Next, a lower opening corresponding to the contact region is formed in the first dielectric layer. Thereafter, a second dielectric layer is formed on the first dielectric layer, and then an upper opening self-aligned to and communicated with the lower opening is formed in the second dielectric layer, wherein the upper opening and the lower opening constitute a self-aligned contact opening. Afterwards, the self-aligned contact opening is filled with a conductive layer.
US07772060B2
A method of fabricating an integrated BiCMOS circuit is provided, the circuit including bipolar transistors 10 and CMOS transistors 12 on a substrate. The method comprises the step of forming an epitaxial layer 28 to form a channel region of a MOS transistor and a base region of a bipolar transistor. Growing of the epitaxial layer includes growing a first sublayer of silicon 28a, a first sublayer of silicon-germanium 28b onto the first sublayer of silicon, a second sublayer of silicon 28c onto the first sublayer of silicon-germanium, and a second sublayer of silicon-germanium 28d onto the second sublayer of silicon. Furthermore, an integrated BiCMOS circuit is provided, which includes an epitaxial layer 28 as described above.
US07772048B2
A semiconductor device is made by steps of removing portions of a first capping layer, removing portions of a sacrificial layer, recessing sidewalls, and forming fin structures. The step of removing portions of the first capping layer forms a first capping structure that covers portions of the sacrificial layer. The step of removing portions of the sacrificial layer removes portions of the sacrificial layer that are not covered by the first capping structure to define an intermediate structure. The step of recessing the sidewalls recesses sidewalls of the intermediate structure relative to edge regions of the first capping structure to form a sacrificial structure having recessed sidewalls. The step of forming fin structures forms fin structures adjacent to the recessed sidewalls.
US07772045B1
A method and device relating the electrical interconnection of angularly disposed conductive is disclosed. Conventional wire bonding equipment is used to apply a wire ball on a first conductive surface in an electronic assembly. A conductive wire is drawn up vertically and terminated such that the central portion of the wire is proximal the second conductive surface. The electronic assembly is reoriented with respect to the travel of the capillary whereby a stitch bond is defined upon the second conductive surface to define an interconnect wire and a terminal wire portion, which terminal wire portion is removed.
US07772043B2
A semiconductor device with plating film layers for semiconductor device leads is described. A first plating film layer that includes Sn as a main material is formed on a semiconductor device lead in which Cu or Fe—Ni is a main material. The outermost surface of the lead includes a plating film layer in which Sn—Bi is the main material. The plating film layer is formed from a plating liquid in which Bi is introduced from a lead hold means. The Bi content relative to Sn in the first plating film layer is approximately 0 wt. % to 1 wt. %.
US07772032B2
A manufacturing method for manufacturing an electronic device includes a first electronic component and a second electronic component; and a bond part for the first electronic component joined to another bond part for the second electronic component. In a first process of this manufacturing method, the metallic bond part for the first electronic component is placed directly against the metallic bond part for the second electronic component, pressure is applied to the first electronic component and the second electronic component and, after metallically joining the above two bond parts, the pressure applied to the first electronic component and the second electronic component is released. In a second process in the manufacturing method, a clamping member affixes the relative positions of the joined first electronic component and second electronic component, and heats the first electronic component and the second electronic component to maintain a specified temperature.
US07772030B2
A method and apparatus for the decapsulation of integrated circuit packages. The apparatus includes a support member, the support member having an open region and an adjustable device coupled to the support member. The adjustable device can be adapted to hold a BGA package such that a surface region of the BGA package is spatially disposed to face a decapsulation source and a plurality of balls on the BGA package remain free from contact from the decapsulation source and free from contact from a thermal source capable of causing damage to one or more of the balls. The decapsulation source is provided to subject a portion of the surface region of the BGA package for removal of the portion of the BGA package.
US07772029B2
A memory element 10 includes a memory layer 4 positioned between a first electrode 2 and a second electrode 6, in which an element selected from Cu, Ag, and Zn is contained in the memory layer 4 or in a layer 3 in contact with the memory layer 4, a resistance of the memory element 10 is changed by a voltage applied to the memory element 10 to perform recording of information, and in an erasing process of changing from a recorded state of low resistance value of the memory element 10 to an erased state of high resistance value of the memory element 10, a fluctuation, which is caused by an increase of the voltage applied to the memory element 10, of the resistance value of the memory element 10 at the end of the erasing process is within ten times at a maximum.
US07772020B2
A vertical topology device includes a conductive adhesion structure having a first surface and a second surface, a conductive thick film support formed on the first surface, and a semiconductive device having an upper electrical contact and located over the conductive adhesion layer. Electrical current can flow between the conductive thick film and the upper electrical contact.
US07772019B2
A method for packaging LED device comprises following steps: (1) A substrate with a cavity is provided; (2) A electrode layer is formed and located on the cavity and the surface of the substrate; (3) A opening through the cavity is formed, whereby a anode and a cathode are separated by the opening; (4) A LED chip is disposed on the bottom of the cavity and the opening, where the led chip is electrically connected to the anode and the cathode; (5) The cavity with the opening is filled with packaging material; (6) The packaging material is hardened, thereby the hardened packaging material with a recess that corresponding to the top of the chip; and (7) The LED device is formed by performing a cutting process along a cutting line in the cavity.
US07772015B2
An analysis method of wafer ion implant is presented, the steps of the method comprises: (a) cleave a wafer for analysis, and (b) from these pieces of wafers determine which ones are wafer with defect and set an insulator on the wafer with defect, (c) finally, use scanning electron microscope to observe whether the ion implant on the wafer with defect was correct or not. Whereby, engineers can take less time to analyze whether the ion implant of the wafer is correct or not with 100% repeatability.
US07772005B1
Non-surgical artificial insemination is achieved for sexed and unsexed equines in a commercially practical manner and with dosages of insemination sperm which were not previously thought to be practical for commercial implementation. Practical and field usable techniques for insemination are presented as well as techniques which offer success ratios at level comparable to the existing routine, high dosage unsexed artificial insemination techniques in equines. Improved insemination and sorting systems particularly adapted to use for sex-selected sperm are disclosed.
US07772002B1
The method of the present invention comprises: Obtaining an explant from the seeds of Jatropha curcas; Putting the explant derived from the seed of Jatropha curcas in a culture medium; Breaking the intercellular unions of the explants tissue, which generates individuals cells; Incubating for a determined time the culture medium with the generated individual cells, that were multiplied; and, Extracting oil from the cells that multiplied from the individual cells generated from the explants derived from the Jatropha curcas seed.
US07772000B2
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for mechanical stimulation in vitro of tissue, wherein tissue patches (1) are retained in a tissue carrier (2), thereby presenting first surfaces (3) to be stimulated in a plane (X) and wherein a roller (4) having a second surface (5) arranged at its periphery is moved parallel to said plane (X), thereby imposing selected forces on said first surfaces (3) by said second surface (5) for stimulating the tissue patches (1). By presenting the surfaces (3) to be stimulated in a common plane (X) and by moving the roller (4) parallel to said common plane (X) of the first surfaces (3), serving several tissue carriers (2) with one roller (4) is made easy, thus integration into an industrial production is made practicable.
US07771994B2
The present invention is directed to novel recombinant nucleic acids for introducing yeast chromosomal elements into the genomes of bacteria. The invention provides methods to convert the modified bacterial genomes into artificial yeast chromosomes by fusing the bacteria with yeast that linearize the modified bacterial genomes, to produce artificial chromosomes.
US07771992B2
The present invention is directed to an assembleable unit of cassettes for containing specimens for histological examination. The cassettes are each designed for stacking relation one to another by snap locking means which are preferably configured to provide an audible sound and “click” feeling when stacked. A cover is provided to complete a stack, thereby providing an integral unit for case management. The unit is so integrated that it can be handled and will not disengage the stacked cassettes in the usual handling process in the laboratory. It is also readily processed in a paraffin bath for preparing the contained specimens for microtomy. Thus, a stabilized unit is provided for multiple specimens from a single source and maintaining them in sequential order without individual handling.
US07771986B2
A system and an apparatus for use in detecting a target microorganism or agent is disclosed which involves a solid support carrying a binding partner specific for the particular microorganism or agent and the solid support being characterised in that it defines means for protecting the binding partner from being dislodged or scraped off the solid support by physical means. The provision of protection against the binding partner being dislodged from or scraped off the solid support improves the reliability of tests such as immunoassays being conducted with the solid support and also enables such tests to be automated. Modules and machines for use with the solid support, and the automated conduct of tests are also disclosed.
US07771984B2
The electroporation chamber and its related devices combine the features of an electroporation chamber that acts as a manifold for regulation of sample flow with those of a flow electroporation device to form a regulated flow electroporation device. The invention further comprises a novel regulated flow electroporation chamber that enables conditions in which a sample is uniformly processed in individual fractions or volumes in a fully closed (sterile) system.
US07771979B2
Compositions and methods for generating an immune response utilizing alphavirus-based vector systems
Methods are provided for generating immune responses utilizing alphavirus-based vector systems.
US07771974B2
A method for gene shuffling to form a mutant or chimeric gene, the method comprising: (a) assigning one or more segments of one or more genes based on regions of encoded amino acid sequence; (b) amplifying the one or more assigned segments of the gene using primers specific for each segment; and (c) causing recombination of the one or more amplified segments to form a mutant or chimeric gene. An oligonucleotide primer suitable for use in gene shuffling, the primer having a non-degenerate core based on a segment or template of a gene to be amplified, and the core being flanked by both 5′ and 3′ degenerate ends.
US07771970B2
The present invention relates to a process of separation a protein of interest comprising expressing the protein of interest fused with a fusion partner, selectively adsorbing on matrix, and performing efficient cleavage reaction on the fusion protein adsorbed on matrix or separated from the matrix, and recovering the protein of interest. Also, the present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a protein of interest and a fusion partner, wherein the fusion partner comprises an amino acid sequence which can be cleaved by ubiquitin cleavage enzyme at its C-terminus, and which has a difference in isoelectric point of 1 or more from the protein of interest. According to the present invention, the proteins of interest can be purified in high yield and purity. In addition, complicated separating processes required in the production of recombinant proteins can be eliminated so as to cut down the production cost.
US07771968B2
The present invention relates to a novel protein designated 20P2H8 which shares homology with several heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs). A full length approximately 3600 bp 20P2H8 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1, encoding a 517 amino acid open reading frame (SEQ ID NO: 2), is provided herein.
US07771962B2
The compounds of the invention are modified forms of therapeutic agents. A typical prodrug compound of the invention comprises a therapeutic agent, an oligopeptide, a stabilizing group and, optionally, a linker group. The prodrug is cleavable by the CD10 enzyme. Methods of treatment using the prodrug and methods of designing the prodrug are also disclosed.
US07771957B2
The invention relates to method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease or detecting a predisposition to Alzheimer's disease including providing a test cell sample from a subject, exposing the test cell sample to labeled amyloid beta peptides, and determining the level of labeled amyloid beta peptides in the test cell sample, wherein lower levels of labeled amyloid beta peptides in the test cell sample compared to a control cell sample are indicative of Alzheimer's disease.
US07771948B2
A newly identified hemoplasma agent, Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis, is disclosed. Also disclosed are detection methods, screening methods and methods of diagnosis for the hemoplasma agent.
US07771946B2
The invention provides methods for isothermal amplification of RNA. The methods are particularly suitable for amplifying a plurality of RNA species in a sample. The methods employ a composite primer, a second primer and strand displacement to generate multiple copies of DNA products comprising sequences complementary to an RNA sequence of interest. In another aspect, the methods employ a single primer (which is a composite primer) and strand displacement to generate multiple copies of DNA products comprising sequences complementary to an RNA sequence of interest. In some embodiments, a transcription step is included to generate multiple copies of sense RNA of an RNA sequence of interest. The methods are useful for preparation of nucleic acid libraries and substrates for analysis of gene expression of cells in biological samples. The invention also provides compositions and kits for practicing the amplification methods, as well as methods which use the amplification products.
US07771940B2
Compositions and methods are provided for detecting and measuring DNA-binding proteins. The compositions and methods permit the simultaneous or near-simultaneous detection of multiple DNA-binding proteins in a multiplex or array format, and can be used to generate profiles of DNA binding activity by proteins, specifically, transcription factors. Multiple protein-DNA binding events in a single sample may be detected and quantitated in a high-throughput format.
US07771933B2
Individual temperature control in multiple reactions performed simultaneously in a spatial array such as a multi-well plate is achieved by thermoelectric modules with individual control, with each module supplying heat to or drawing heat from a single region within the array, the region containing either a single reaction vessel or a group of reaction vessels.
US07771930B2
The invention provides methods of diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer related to the OBCAM and NTM genes. The methods are particularly suited to ovarian and colorectal cancers.
US07771926B2
An analyte measurement system is provided having sensors with embossed test chamber channels. In one embodiment, the sensors are elongate test strips for in vitro testing, each test strip having a substrate, at least one electrode, an embossed channel in the electrode, and lidding tape covering at least a portion of the embossed channel. Methods of manufacture are also disclosed for filling the sensor channels with reagent, and for trimming the ends of the sensors to eliminate the need for a calibration code during use of the sensors with a meter.
US07771916B2
The present invention provides a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a compound represented by the following formula (I), (B) an infrared absorbent, and (C) a compound having at least one addition-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a negative planographic printing plate precursor having a recording layer containing the polymerizable composition. In the formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; and X− represents an anion.
US07771915B2
A two-photon absorbing optical recording material comprising at least one two-photon absorbing compound and a recording component is provided. Recording is made on it by utilizing the two-photon absorption of the two-photon absorbing compound in the material, and then the material is irradiated with light to thereby detect the difference in the reflectance between the recorded area and the unrecorded area thereof, and the recorded information is thereby reproduced from the material, and also provided are a photosensitive polymer composition and a photon-mode recording method for the material.
US07771914B2
A resist composition comprises a polymer comprising recurring units having formula (1) wherein R1, R4, R7, and R14 are H or methyl, R2, R3, R15, and R16 are H, alkyl or fluoroalkyl, R is F or H, R5 is alkylene, R6 is fluorinated alkyl, R8 is a single bond or alkylene, R10 and R11 are H, F, methyl or trifluoromethyl, R12 and R13 are a single bond, —O— or —CR18R19—, R9, R18, and R19 are H, F, methyl or trifluoromethyl, R17 is alkylene, X1, X2 and X3 are —C(═O)—O—, —O—, or —C(═O)—R20—C(═O)—O— wherein R20 is alkylene, 0≦(a-1)<1, 0≦(a-2)<1, 0≦(a-3)<1, 0<(a-1)+(a-2)+(a-3)<1, 0
US07771909B2
A photoconductor that includes a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer where the photogenerating layer contains a titanyl phthalocyanine prepared, for example, by dissolving a Type I titanyl phthalocyanine in a solution comprising a trihaloacetic acid and an alkylene halide; adding the resulting mixture of the dissolved Type I titanyl phthalocyanine to a solution of an alcohol and an alkylene halide thereby precipitating a Type Y titanyl phthalocyanine; and treating the Type Y titanyl phthalocyanine with a monohalobenzene, and wherein the photogenerating layer is prepared from a dispersion of the titanyl phthalocyanine Type V and a chlorinated solvent of at least one of a dichloroethane and a dichloropropane.
US07771908B2
A photoconductor that includes a first layer, a supporting substrate thereover, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer containing at least one charge transport component, and where the first layer is in contact with the supporting substrate on the reverse side thereof, and which first layer is comprised of a fluorinated poly(oxetane) polymer.
US07771907B2
A photoconductor containing an optional supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, a charge transport layer, and a top overcoating layer in contact with and contiguous to the charge transport layer.
US07771906B2
An exposure method for exposing a pattern of a reticle onto a plate using a light from a light source and an optical system includes the steps of obtaining a relationship between an exposure parameter that determines a mode to expose a plate, and an electrical characteristic of a device derived from the device, determining whether the device obtained from the set exposure parameter has a predetermined electrical characteristic, and adjusting the set exposure parameter based on the relationship between the exposure parameter and the electrical characteristic, if the determining step determines that the device does not have the predetermined electrical characteristic.
US07771902B2
A mask pattern including, for example, a light-shielding portion 101 and a first transparent portion 104A surrounded with a semi-light-shielding portion 102 are provided on a transparent substrate 100. The mask pattern includes a first pattern region and a second pattern region opposing each other with the semi-light-shielding portion 102 and the first transparent portion 104A sandwiched therebetween.
US07771897B2
A method includes; a step of setting square mask cells in rows and columns on a transparent mask-substrate surface by demarcating by orthogonal lines of equal intervals, each of which has one side having a length smaller than a resolution limit of an optical system; a step of setting the resist thicknesses corresponding to the mask cells; a step of assigning normalized light-intensities respectively to the mask cells as transmission intensities, corresponding to the film thicknesses and having three or more different values; a step of setting each of the mask cells a light-transmission area and a shade-area and determining a transmission-light intensity by an transmission area ratio; a step of providing shade films on the shade areas of the mask substrate.
US07771894B2
A photomask structure and method of etching is provided herein. In one embodiment, a photomask includes a translucent substrate and an opaque multi-layer absorber layer disposed over the substrate. The opaque multi-layer absorber layer comprises a self-mask layer disposed over a bulk absorber layer. The self-mask layer comprises one of nitrogenized tantalum and silicon-based materials (TaSiON), tantalum boron oxide-based materials (TaBO), or oxidized and nitrogenized tantalum-based materials (TaON). The bulk absorber layer comprises on of tantalum silicide-based materials (TaSi), nitrogenized tantalum boride-based materials (TaBN), or tantalum nitride-based materials (TaN). The self-mask layer has a low etch rate during the bulk absorber layer etch step, thereby acting as a hard mask.
US07771892B2
A double exposure method forms first and second patterns on a cell region and a peripheral circuit region of a wafer, respectively. The method comprises performing a primary exposure through two-beam imaging of 0 order light and −1 order light or +1 order light using a photomask to form the first pattern, and performing a secondary exposure through three-beam imaging of the 0 order light and ±1 order light using the photomask to form the second pattern. Since the double exposure method is performed using the single photomask together with different illuminating systems, exposure time and the number of exposures are both decreased, thereby simplifying the overall process of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
US07771891B2
Disclosed herein are an ionic conductor including a proton conductor, a process for production thereof, and an electrochemical device (such as fuel cell) with said ionic conductor, said ionic conductor being superior in ionic conductivity, water resistance, and film forming properties. The ionic conductor is formed from a polymer in which carbon clusters having ion dissociating functional groups are bonded to each other through connecting groups. The polymer is less water-soluble and more chemically stable than a derivative composed solely of carbon clusters; therefore, it permits many ion dissociating functional group to be introduced thereinto. Moreover, if ion dissociating functional groups are introduced into also the connecting group, it is possible to prevent the concentration of ion dissociating functional groups from decreasing as the result of polymerization. The polymer can be easily synthesized by simple condensation, substitution, and hydrolysis. Therefore, the process is suitable for mass production in high yields.
US07771886B2
A solid oxide fuel cell comprising a fuel cell unit which comprises an anode layer made of an electrically conducting mesh and an anode-forming material carried by this mesh, a cathode layer made of an electrically conducting mesh and a cathode-forming material carried by this mesh, and a solid electrolytic layer in the form of a thin film arranged between and supported by the anode layer and the cathode layer.
US07771883B2
A fuel cell system that employs surge prevention by electronically mapping the compressor for discharge pressure versus mass airflow. In one embodiment, the fuel cell system employs a mass flow meter that measures the airflow to the compressor. A controller receives a signal from the mass flow meter indicative of the flow rate of the charge airflow to the compressor, and determines the outlet pressure and temperature of the compressor from the compressor speed and the measured airflow. This gives the compressor map location at which the compressor is operating. In another embodiment, the fuel cell system employs a pressure sensor that measures the output pressure of the compressor, and provides a pressure signal to the controller. The controller determines the mass airflow to the compressor to determine the compressor map location.
US07771881B2
A fuel cell system includes an electricity generator for generating electric energy through a reaction of hydrogen and oxygen, a reformer for generating a reforming gas containing the hydrogen from a fuel through a catalytic reaction using thermal energy and for supplying the reforming gas to the electricity generator, a burner for generating the thermal energy and for supplying the thermal energy to the reformer, a fuel supply unit for supplying the fuel to the reformer, and an air supply unit for supplying air to the electricity generator. The fuel supply unit includes a main fuel tank for storing the fuel, at least one auxiliary fuel tank connected with the main fuel tank and the reformer, and a heating unit disposed in connection with the auxiliary fuel tank to heat the fuel stored in the auxiliary fuel tank.
US07771877B2
The present invention relates to a powderous electrode active material of lithium transition metal oxide LiaMbO2, wherein 0.9 < a < 1.1, 0.9 < b < 1.1 and M is dominantly transition metal chosen from Mn, Co and Nickel, having particles with a distribution of sizes, where the composition M varies with the size of the particles, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention also relates to an electrochemical cell, particularly rechargeable lithium battery, using the powderous electrode active material.
US07771875B2
Active materials for positive electrodes of rechargeable batteries and the methods of fabrication for the active materials as well as positive electrodes thereof are provided, where the active material comprises of a mixture of two components, A and B. A are compounds of lithium nickel cobalt metal oxide while B are oxides of lithium cobalt. In a preferred embodiment, a formula for the compounds of lithium nickel metal oxide, A, is LiaNi1-b-cCobMcO2 where 0.97≦a≦1.05, 0.01≦b≦0.30, 0≦c≦0.10, and M is one or more of the following: manganese, aluminum, titanium, chromium, magnesium, calcium, vanadium, iron, and zirconium. The weight ratio of A:B is between 20:80 and 80:20.
US07771873B2
In an alkaline battery including a cathode mixture including gamma-manganese dioxide and lambda-manganese dioxide, an anode, and an alkaline electrolyte, the weight ratio of the lambda-manganese dioxide to the gamma-manganese dioxide is set to 0.5/100 to 4.5/100, and the average particle size of the lambda-manganese dioxide is set to 3 to 10 μm. An alkaline battery excellent in high-load discharge performance without decline in low-load discharge performance is provided.
US07771872B2
Alkaline battery silver oxide powder when soaked in a 50° C. KOH 40% aqueous solution for 24 hours experiences dissolution of Ag into the solution of 40 mg/L. Alkaline battery silver oxide powder exhibits substantially no Ag peak by X-ray diffraction even after soaking in a 50° C. KOH 40% aqueous solution for 72 hours. This powder has a crystallite size calculated from the half value breadth of the (111) plane peak by powder X-ray diffraction of greater than 250 Angstrom and equal to or less than 1000 Angstrom, particle diameter such that the average diameter of secondary particles is equal to or greater than 1 μm and equal to or less than 500 μm and that of primary particles forming the secondary particles is equal to or greater than 0.1 μm and equal to or less than 10.0 μm, and specific surface area of 5 m2/g or less.
US07771868B2
A battery pack includes a plurality of cylinder-type battery cells, each cylinder-type battery cell including a first end and a second end having different polarities. The battery pack also includes a conductive plate having a bendable portion located between a first half portion and a second half portion. The first half portion is fixedly connected to the first end of at least a first cylinder-type battery cell and the second half portion is fixedly connected to the second end of at least a second battery cell so that the conductive plate connects at least two cylinder-type battery cells in series. A width of the bendable portion is narrower than a width of the rest of the conductive plate and the conductive plate is in a bent configuration bent about the bendable portion such that the first half portion and the second half portion are aligned.
US07771866B2
An arrangement configuration of a battery locking mechanism in an electronic apparatus is taken into consideration to make further downsizing of the electronic apparatus possible. The battery locking mechanism includes a battery mounting section (25) provided on a back surface side of an image pickup apparatus (1) for removably receiving a battery (24) thereon, a locking member (140) disposed along a rear surface side of the battery mounting section (25) and partly projecting to a battery mounting surface of the battery mounting section (25) for engaging with the battery (24) mounted on the battery mounting section (25) to lock the battery (24), and an unlocking member (150) disposed for sliding movement in a direction perpendicular to the battery mounting surface of the battery mounting section (25) for engaging with the locking member (140) to release the locking of the battery (24). The locking member (140) and the unlocking member (150) are disposed in an L shape.
US07771856B2
In a power supply device including a fuel cell unit with a stack of fuel cells or a fuel cell stack and a secondary battery, an intermittent drive mode is selected under a preset condition to receive power supply only from the secondary battery. The control procedure of the invention determines whether a temporary stop of the fuel cell stack or continuance of the stop of the fuel cell stack leads to potential performance deterioration of the fuel cell stack at a restart of the fuel cell unit. In response to estimation of the potential performance deterioration, the control procedure controls the power supply device to continue or start power generation of the fuel cell stack, regardless of selection of the intermittent drive mode under the preset condition.
US07771855B2
A fuel cell system that employs a two-position valve at the cathode exhaust gas output for controlling the pressure within the fuel cell stack to control the stack relative humidity. In one embodiment, the two-position valve is switchable between a fully open and a fully closed position, where the valve is opened when the fuel cell system is operating at a low operation temperature and the valve is closed when the fuel cell system is operating at a high operation temperature. A fixed restriction valve is provided in parallel with the two-position valve so that when the two-position valve is fully closed, the proper amount of pressure is provided at the cathode output. In another embodiment, the two-position valve employs sized leak paths so that when the two-position valve is in the closed position, the cathode exhaust gas can still flow through.
US07771841B2
An ultrathin copper foil with a carrier not causing blistering at a release layer interface, having a low carrier peeling force, friendly to the environment, and enabling easy peeling of a carrier foil and an ultrathin copper foil even under a high temperature environment and a printed circuit board enabling a stable production quality of a base of a printed circuit board for fine pattern applications using the ultrathin copper foil with the carrier, that is, a ultrathin copper foil with a carrier comprising a carrier foil, a diffusion prevention layer, a release layer, and an ultrathin copper foil, wherein the release layer is formed by a metal A for retaining a release property and a metal B for facilitating plating of the ultrathin copper foil, a content a of the metal A and a content b of the metal B forming the release layer satisfying an equation: 10≦a/(a+b)*100≦70 and a printed circuit board prepared by using such a ultrathin copper foil with a carrier.
US07771829B2
Item comprising glass, wherein at least one portion of the surface of the glass has been adhesive-bonded to a thermoplastic polyurethane without any chemical adhesion promoter.
US07771825B2
Polymers, and particularly conventional commodity bulk polymers, are modified to have a surface activity of interest using a surface modifying polymer that includes a moiety that favors migration to the surface of the bulk polymer together with a moiety provides the activity of interest (e.g., biocidal, wettability modifying (hydrophobic or hydrophilic), resistance to radiant energy, providing a functional group for functionalizing the surface, etc.). The surface modifying polymer is combined with the bulk polymer, and, due to the presence of the moiety that favors migration, concentrates primarily on the surface of the bulk polymer such that the moiety that provides the activity of interest is located primarily on the surface of the bulk polymeric article which is produced. Advantageously, only a minimal amount (such as, e.g., about 2 weight %) of polymeric surface modifier is needed. Being able to achieve desired properties (such as biocidal activity, wettability modification, etc.) without needing much polymeric surface modifier is highly advantageous.
US07771824B2
Bridged graphite oxide material comprising graphite sheets bridged by at least one diamine bridging group. The bridged graphite oxide material may be incorporated in polymer composites or used in adsorption media.
US07771818B2
The present invention is a method for modifying at least one property of a porous membrane. The method comprises the steps of providing a porous membrane. The method also includes exposing the membrane to a fluid at supercritical conditions. At least one property of the membrane is modified while the membrane is exposed to the fluid at supercritical conditions. The condition of the fluid is changed in such a manner that the porous membrane retains the modified property. The present invention is also sheet material that is water-resistant, moisture vapor transmissive and air permeable. The sheet material comprises a membrane having an open pore structure including surfaces defining a plurality of interconnecting pores extending through the membrane and between major sides of said membrane in which the pores have an average pore size. The membrane is made from a material tending to absorb oils and contaminating agents. A uniform coating of precipitated fluorinated urethane polymer material on at least portions of the surfaces of the nodes and fibrils defining the pores. The precipitated fluorinated urethane polymer material provides oil and contaminating agent resistance of at least a number 6 by AATCC 118 testing and an air permeability of at least 0.20 CFM per square foot by ASTM D737 testing.
US07771814B2
A former, process for making same, process for using same, and resulting pavement-like site, where the former is a one-time use structure made of wood fiber or paper pulp molded into a rigid shape and defining a plurality of hollow peak-like structures extending from a base sheet. Each peak is substantially closed at its extremity away from the base sheet and open at the extremity at the base sheet. This former is used for installing combination pavement and dirt/gravel surfaces such as those known under the tradename Grasscrete®.
US07771798B1
A method is for producing a functional coating, e.g., composite layers or metal alloys, on a substrate using at least one plasma jet source able to be operated in a fine vacuum up to an almost atmospheric pressure range. For this purpose, the plasma jet source produces a plasma, which emerges from the plasma jet source in the form of a plasma jet and acts on a substrate. In this context, at least two precursor materials, which are modified or fused in the plasma jet and subsequently deposited on the substrate, are introduced into the plasma.
US07771796B2
A plasma processing method of carrying out curing processing on a low dielectric constant film produced on a to-be-processed substrate by applying plasma thereto in a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus, includes the steps of: a) introducing, in the plasma processing chamber, a first gas having a function of stabilizing plasma and a second gas generating active hydrogen, and, after that; b) generating plasma, and carrying out curing processing on the low dielectric constant film.
US07771785B2
A magnetic film comprises a platinum layer having a (001) plane orientation and an island-shaped iron-platinum crystalline arranged on the platinum layer and having a (001) plane orientation parallel to the (001) plane orientation of the platinum layer, wherein the island-shaped iron-platinum crystalline has a composition region consisting of 50 atomic % of each of iron and platinum and exhibits a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy having a high coercive force in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the platinum layer.
US07771781B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-glare film and a manufacturing method thereof, in which undesired image capturing caused by outside light and lowered contrast are effectively inhibited without lowering sharpness of a high quality image via miniaturization of a pixel size, and a desired micro-roughened structure is stably formed effectively with good productivity, and further to provide an anti-glaring anti-reflection film, a polarizing plate, and a display thereof. Disclosed is a manufacturing method of an anti-glare film possessing the step of forming a roughened structure with ink adhesion portions and unfinished ink adhesion portions, provided on a substrate film surface via flexographic printing, employing a seamless resin plate having a diameter of 50-1000 mm and a rubber hardness degree of 30-80.
US07771768B2
A method of pasteurising and vacuum packing food (2), comprising the steps of placing the food (2) on a tray 81) having a flexible bottom (7) and stiff lateral walls (8) extending in the vertical direction of the tray (1), up to a filling degree of 410-60% of the maximum volume of the tray (1), covering the tray (1) with a flexible cover layer (3) to form a package, providing a one-way valve (4) for one-directional communication from the interior of the package (5) to the exterior thereof, pasteurising the contents inside the package (5) thus formed by means of microwaves, closing the valve (4) upon completed pasteurisation of the package and cooling the package (5), whereby a vacuum is created in the package (5) in such a manner that the package (5) with the vacuum-packaged food (2) therein presents a centre portion where the distance between said flexible cover layer (3) and said bottom (7) is shorter than the distance between said flexible cover layer (3) and said bottom (7) at the peripheral edges of the package.
US07771762B2
This invention relates generally to the processing of soy-derived materials for use in various products. More particularly, the invention relates to a process producing highly functional soy protein using ultrafiltration followed by an enzymatic treatment.
US07771752B2
An animal feed supplement includes fish meal as a source of omega 3 long chain fatty acids for inclusion in the diet of an animal. The animal feed supplement also includes at least one naturally-occurring antioxidant; at least one synthetic antioxidant; an antibacterial agent; an anti-mold/anti-fungal agent; and an anti-chemical activity agent. The omega 3 long chain fatty acids are provided at a level which maximizes the nutritional value of food produce from the animal, but without taint of the food produce. The feed supplement is greater than 5% of the total dietary intake of the animal.
US07771744B2
Bazedoxifene acetate formulations and compositions thereof having improved properties relating to reduction, elimination, or prevention of polymorphic conversion of bazedoxifene acetate, and processes for making such formulations and compositions. Components used in the formulations and compositions include a filler/diluent, an optional second filler/diluent, an optional antioxidant, a glidant/disintegrant, and a lubricant.
US07771743B1
A family of infection resistant and biocidal polymeric materials incorporates an infection resistant biguanide such as chlorhexidine or polyhexanide pendant to the polymer chain, chemically linked to the polymer through the biguanide group secondary nitrogen atoms. The disclosure extends to the use of such polymeric materials in articles of manufacture and particularly in medical devices, and the preparation of the materials as polymer resins from which articles can be made, as solutions and emulsions which can be used for coating performed articles, and in situ on the surface of preformed polymeric articles.
US07771741B2
Described are medical implant devices that include particulate collagen and particulate demineralized bone matrix. These and potentially other materials are held together in a three-dimensionally stable structure such as a porous, resilient sheet, by an ionically-crosslinked polysaccharide gel. Also described are methods for making and using such medical devices.
US07771723B2
A therapeutic agent for myeloma comprising a combined use of a nitrogen mustard anticancer agent and anti-IL-6 receptor antibody. Thus, a therapeutic agent for myeloma comprising anti-IL-6 receptor antibody for use in combination with a nitrogen mustard anticancer agent; a therapeutic agent for myeloma comprising a nitrogen mustard anticancer agent for use in combination with anti-IL-6 receptor antibody; and a therapeutic agent for myeloma comprising a nitrogen mustard anticancer agent and anti-IL-6 receptor antibody.
US07771721B2
The present invention is directed to novel chimeric VEGF receptor proteins comprising amino acid sequences derived from the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors flt-1 and KDR, including the murine homologue to the human KDR receptor FLK-1, wherein said chimeric VEGF receptor proteins bind to VEGF and antagonize the endothelial cell proliferative and anglogenic activity thereof. The present invention is also directed to nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding these chimeric VEGF receptor proteins, host cells harboring such expression vectors, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such proteins, methods of preparing such proteins and to methods utilizing such proteins for the treatment of conditions associated with undesired vascularization.
US07771717B2
An improved tissue graft construct comprising submucosa of a warm-blooded vertebrate and a preselected group of eukaryotic cells are described. The improved tissue graft constructs can be used in accordance with the present invention to enhance the repair of damaged or diseased tissues in vivo.
US07771716B2
Regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with musculoskeletal diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic musculoskeletal benefit.
US07771715B2
The present invention is a recombinant vector encoding and expressing at least three or more costimulatory molecules. The recombinant vector may additionally contain a gene encoding one or more target antigens or immunological epitope thereof. The synergistic effect of these costimulatory molecules on the enhanced activation of T cells is demonstrated. The degree of T-cell activation using recombinant vectors containing genes encoding three costimulatory molecules was far greater than the sum of recombinant vector constructs containing one costimulatory molecule and greater than the use of two costimulatory molecules. Results employing the triple costimulatory vectors were most dramatic under conditions of either low levels of first signal or low stimulator to T-cell ratios. This phenomenon was observed with both isolated CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. The recombinant vectors of the present invention are useful as immunogenes and vaccines against cancer and pathogenic micro-organisms, and in providing host cells, including dendritic cells and splenocytes with enhanced antigen-presenting functions.
US07771710B2
A composition, which may be used as an emulsifier or thickening agent for cosmetic and topical products, and its method of production. The composition is based upon one or more anionic polyelectrolytes formed from monomers with an acid functional group. The acid group may be a strong acid or weak acid, and partially or completely salified. A neutral monomer may also be present. Additionally, the composition includes one or more emulsifiers of the water-in-oil type and water.
US07771692B2
A mode of combustion and multi-component reactor to accomplish this mode of combustion are disclosed which produces fullerenes and fullerenic material by combustion. This mode consists of de-coupling an oxidation region of a flame from a post-flame region, thus giving greater control over operating parameters, such as equivalence ratio, temperature, and pressure; allows conditions of the operating parameters of the combustion reaction to be attained which would not be easily attained by conventional methods; and offers the ability to more easily stabilize the combustion reactions to allow for higher throughputs of fuel and oxidant. Several embodiments of a primary zone of a multi-component reactor are also disclosed. Said primary zone serves as the oxidation region, operates on the principle of providing recycle to the reacting combustion mixture, and which may be operated as approximately a well-mixed reactor. A secondary zone is also disclosed which provides further residence time for reaction and the ability to control operating parameters, operates on the principle of minimizing recycle of the reacting combustion mixture. The secondary zone may be operated as approximately a plug-flow reactor. The primary and secondary zones may be operated in conjunction or either one alone.
US07771685B2
A flue gas desulfurization process and system that utilize ammonia as a reactant, and in which any hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans within the ammonia are separated during the desulfurization process so as to prevent their release into the atmosphere. The process and system entail absorbing acidic gases from a flue gas with a scrubbing media containing ammonium sulfate to produce a stream of scrubbed flue gas, collecting the scrubbing media containing the absorbed acidic gases, injecting into the collected scrubbing media a source of ammonia that is laden with hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans so that the injected ammonia is absorbed into and reacted with the collected scrubbing media, stripping the hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from the collected scrubbing media by causing the hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans to exit the collected scrubbing media as stripped gases, and collecting the stripped gases without allowing the stripped gases to enter the stream of scrubbed flue gas.
US07771684B2
CO2-sequestering formed building materials are provided. The building materials of the invention include a composition comprising a carbonate/bicarbonate component. Additional aspects of the invention include methods of making and using the CO2-sequestering formed building material.
US07771682B2
The process provides for the preparation of MgO from the reaction of magnesium salt and alkali/lime. The crude Mg(OH)2 is directly calcined and then treated with water to disintegrate the mass spontaneously to yield a slurry and dissolve away the soluble salts. This slurry is much easier to filter and wash than the original Mg(OH)2 slurry, which helps to speed up the purification operation and also conserve fresh water. Another important advantage of the present method is that even pasty or dough like reaction products that are processed using dough mixers and similar equipment can be worked up with ease. There is no compromise in the quality of MgO achieved in this manner.
US07771672B2
A variety of reactors that are arranged to treat aerosol particulates that are carried in a fluid stream passing through the reactor is described. In one aspect, the reactor includes a plasma chamber arranged to receive the fluid stream and subject particulates carried in the fluid stream to a cold plasma that has a sufficiently high concentration of reactive species to treat at least some of the particulates passing therethrough. A catalyst is provided downstream of the plasma chamber. The catalyst is arranged to enhance the conversion of reactive species that are contained in the fluid stream before the stream emerges from the reactor. In another aspect, a catalyst electrode is described. The catalyst electrode may include a catalyst material carried on an electrode. A potential may be applied to the electrode during use to attract charged species towards the catalyst. In some embodiments, the catalyst electrode includes a metal frame that serves as the conductive electrode and a catalyst material such as manganese dioxide is applied to the metal frame.
US07771665B2
A chemical delivery assembly includes a heating element which provides an exothermic chemical reaction, a chemical storage device configured for emitting a volatilized chemical therefrom, and a container including a bottom section and a top section, the heating element coupled with the bottom section, the chemical storage device coupled with the top section, the heating element being in thermal communication with the chemical storage device.
US07771660B2
Methods for identifying a biological particle in a sample medium include generating an Electrophoretic Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (EQELS) spectrum for the biological particle in the sample medium. The EQELS spectrum is compared to a reference database comprising a plurality of spectra, and each of the plurality of spectra correspond to an EQELS spectrum for one of a plurality of known biological particles. The biological particle in the sample medium is identified from the comparison.
US07771645B2
Mold (20), provided with a mold cavity which is at least partly defined by a movable wall part (50), wherein injection means (34) are provided for introducing material into the mold cavity, which injection means comprise at least one injection opening (34A) which is provided in at least one stationary wall part (80) of the mold cavity, wherein said stationary wall part (80) is at least partly surrounded by said at least one movable wall part (50).
US07771644B2
There is provided, in accordance with the principles of the present invention, a glove having a textured surface or textured foam coating produced by embedding a layer of discrete particles, such as a salt, into a previously formed liquid layer, gelling or curing the layer and dissolving the discrete particles to leave a textured or textured foamed surface.
US07771630B2
High performance microlens arrays are fabricated by (i) depositing liquid on the hydrophilic domains of substrates of patterned wettability by either (a) condensing liquid on the domains or (b) withdrawing the substrate from a liquid solution and (ii) optionally curing the liquid to form solid microlenses. The f-number (f#) of formed microlenses is controlled by adjusting liquid viscosity, surface tension, density, and index of refraction, as well as the surface free energies of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas. The f-number of formed microlenses is also adjustable by controlling substrate dipping angle and withdrawal speed, the array fill factor and the number of dip coats used. At an optimum withdrawal speed f# is minimized and array uniformity is maximized. At this optimum, arrays of f/3.48 microlenses were fabricated using one dip-coat with uniformity better than Δf/f˜±3.8% while multiple dip-coats permit production of f/1.38 microlens arrays and uniformity better than Δf/f˜±5.9%. Average f#s are reproducible to within 3.5%. The method is adaptable and extendible to precision parallel fabrication of (i) microlenses precisely sized, aligned and spatially positioned to various small light sources and optical fiber ends, (ii) conductive bump bonds on substrate pads, and (iii) conductive bonds between corresponding domains on separate perpendicular substrates, all of which are self-aligned.
US07771629B2
The invention concerns a process for the production of a personalised, optically variable element having polarising properties, and a film system for carrying out the process. To produce the optically variable element a film body which comprises two or more layers and which has an LCP layer comprising a liquid crystal material is applied to a substrate body which has an orientation layer for the orientation of liquid crystals. The orientation layer of the substrate body is personalised prior to application of the film body to the substrate body. The film body is then applied to the personalised orientation layer of the substrate body in such a way that the LCP layer of the film body lies on the personalised orientation layer of the substrate body for then orientation of liquid crystals of the LCP layer of the film body.
US07771616B2
A polymerizable liquid crystal compound of formula (1). The compound has high optical (refractive index) anisotropy (Δn), exhibits a liquid crystal phase at room temperature (having a broad liquid crystal phase temperature range) without crystallization, has high solubility in cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketone or like organic solvents, exhibits excellent coating properties and orientation properties, and, after polymerization, has high transparency. wherein R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen, a methyl group or halogen; rings A to C each represent a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, etc.; at least one of rings A to C is a fused ring; X, Y, and Z each represent a C1 to C6 alkyl group, etc.; L1, L2, and L3 each represent —COO—, —OCO—, —O(CH2)j— (j=1 to 8), etc.; n is 0 or 1, and a to c are numbers such that the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may have at least one of X, Y, and Z.
US07771601B1
A process for treating a sludge of biological solids has the steps of mixing an oxide-containing chemical with a pozzolanic material, reacting the mixture with the sludge so as to elevate a temperature of the sludge to between 40° C. and 140° C., pressurizing the blended sludge to a pressure of greater than 14.7 p.s.i.a., recycling a portion of the reacted sludge so as to increase a solids content of the sludge, and discharging at least a portion of the pressurized mixed sludge. The step of discharging includes flashing the pressurized mixed sludge across a restricting orifice so as to cause the liquid component to be evaporated.
US07771593B2
A moss and debris removal device having an elongated member with a top edge and a bottom edge wherein the top edge and bottom edge have teeth. A line is mounted to the elongated member. The elongated member has a plurality of holes. In one embodiment, the teeth of the top edge and bottom edge of the elongated member have a V-shaped cross section.
US07771587B2
A method and product for removing nitrogen compound molecules from gasoline or diesel fuel includes exposing the gasoline or diesel fuel to a plurality of molecularly imprinted polymer beads (MIPS) that have receptor sites on the surfaces thereof that include imprints that match the physical shape of at least a portion of a nitrogen compound molecule. A quantity of the nitrogen molecules align with and adhere to some of the receptor sites and, accordingly, they are removed from the gasoline or diesel fuel producing a remediated or sweetened gasoline or diesel fuel. According to one embodiment, the MIPS are contained in an enclosure having a plurality of openings large enough to permit the solution to pass through and small enough so as to prevent the MIPS from passing through. According to another embodiment the MIPS are applied (i.e., coated) to the inside surface of a conduit and the gasoline or diesel fuel is forced or allowed to flow through the conduit thereby removing some of the nitrogen molecules therefrom. The MIPS are treated after use to remove a sufficient quantity of the nitrogen molecules from the receptor sites and are reused.
US07771585B2
The system of the present invention includes a centripetal cyclone for separating particulate material from a particulate laden gas solids stream. The cyclone includes a housing defining a conduit extending between an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet. In operation, when a particulate laden gas-solids stream passes through the upstream housing inlet, the particulate laden gas-solids stream is directed through the conduit and at least a portion of the solids in the particulate laden gas-solids stream are subjected to a centripetal force within the conduit.
US07771573B2
Provided is a microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating the pH of a fluid. The microfluidic device includes: an ion-exchange material; an anode chamber having a surface defined by a surface of the ion-exchange material and an anode electrode disposed along an edge of the surface of the anode chamber; and a cathode chamber having a surface defined by a surface of the ion-exchange material and a cathode electrode disposed along an edge of the surface of the cathode chamber, wherein the anode chamber and the cathode chamber are separated by an insulation material.
US07771565B2
A method of making pulp adapted to be used in forming corrugating medium is disclosed. The method comprises cooking woodchips in a first liquor in the absence of an alkali addition. The method further comprises mechanically fiberizing the woodchips to form a pulp. The method further comprises separating hydrolyzate from the pulp. The method further comprises treating the pulp with a second liquor, the second liquor including at least one alkali. The method further comprises refining the pulp.
US07771550B2
A method for manufacture and delivery of an emulsion explosive having a discontinuous oxidizer solution phase, a continuous fuel phase, and an emulsifier, the method comprising: (a) providing an emulsion manufacturing system; (b) conveying an oxidizer solution phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at a pre-determined pressure; (c) conveying a fuel phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at a pre-determined pressure; (d) forming an emulsion from the oxidizer solution and the fuel phases using only a portion of the pre-determined pressures so as to provide a usable residual pressure after the formation of the emulsion; and (e) utilizing the residual pressure to non-mechanically deliver the emulsion to a pre-determined location.
US07771542B1
The invention provides an aqueous composition that includes a hydroxy-substituted mono-, di-, or tri-carboxylic acid; phosphoric acid; a surfactant; and water. The invention further provides a method for removing lead from the surface of metal, the method includes contacting a metal surface with an aqueous composition that includes a hydroxy-substituted mono-, di-, or tri-carboxylic acid; phosphoric acid; a surfactant; and water; to provide a metal surface with a reduced amount of leachable lead. The leachable lead on the surface of the metal can be reduced to below 1 ppb by using the composition described herein.
US07771541B2
Method of removing metallic, inorganic and organic contaminants from chip passivation layer surfaces
A method of removing and/or reducing undesirable contaminants removes residues including graphitic layers, fluorinate layers, calcium sulfate (CaSO4) particles, tin oxides and organotin, from a chip passivation layer surface. The method uses a plasma process with an argon and oxygen mixture with optimized plasma parameters to remove both the graphitic and fluorinated layers and to reduce the level of the inorganic/tin oxides/organotin residue from an integrated circuit wafer while keeping the re-deposition of metallic compounds is negligible. This invention discloses the plasma processes that organics are not re-deposited from polymers to solder ball surfaces and tin oxide thickness does not increase on solder balls. The ratio of argon/oxygen is from about 50% to about 99% Ar and about 1% to about 50% O2 by volume. Incoming wafers, after treatment, are then diced to form individual chips that are employed to produce flip chip plastic ball grid array packages.
US07771538B2
An apparatus includes: a process chamber for treating a substrate; a susceptor in the process chamber; a supporting frame over the susceptor; and at least one wire connected to the supporting frame.
US07771525B2
The present invention relates to a water-soluble azo compound or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1): (wherein, R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a sulfo group, n, m, x and y represent an integer of 1 or 2, 1 to 3, 2 to 4 and 1 to 3, respectively.) and an ink composition containing the same; the above compound or a salt thereof has a hue possessing a high vividness suitable for inkjet recording, provides various fastnesses to recorded matters, and is useful as a yellow coloring matter excellent in storage stability when prepared into an ink composition, and suitable for ink compositions, especially inks for inkjet recording.
US07771518B2
An asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane is made of a soluble aromatic polyimide that is composed of a specific repeating unit. The tetracarboxylic acid component of the unit has a diphenylhexafluoropropane structure and a biphenyl structure. The diamine component of the unit essentially contains diaminobenzoic acids and any of diaminodibenzothiophenes, diaminodibenzothiophene=5,5-dioxides, diaminothioxanthene-10,10-diones, and diaminothioxanthene-9,10,10-triones.
US07771509B1
A process for separating O2 from air, that includes the steps effecting an increase in pressure of an air stream, magnetically concentrating O2 in one portion of the pressurized air stream, the one portion then being an oxygen rich stream, and there being another portion of the air stream being an oxygen lean stream, compressing the oxygen rich stream and removing water and carbon dioxide therefrom, to provide a resultant stream, and cryogenically separating said resultant stream into a concentrated oxygen stream and a waste stream.
US07771501B2
A blower having oil-mist blower is disclosed. The blower is provided with tubing fitting on the wind suction opening connecting in series to an oil-collection box module. The position of the venting tube of the blower is connected to cyclone-separator. The oil-collection box module includes a box body, oil-collection seat body, filter and a cover plate. The cyclone-separator includes manifold tubing, filtering aid and a top cover. When the blower is in operation, the oil-collection box module sucks in oil-mist exhaust gas to proceed with first filtering of oil spot after that via the venting tubing into the cyclone-separator to proceed with a second filtering of oil spot.
US07771497B1
The traditional method of building a CFx/current collector/SVO assembly is by the application of a static pressing force. However, the density of the electrode and, particularly the CFx component, can be increase by using a cyclic pressing protocol. That is where the active materials are formed into a blank or contacted to a current collector by the use of at least two pressing events separated by a period when the pressure is removed. Not only does this cyclic pressing protocol increase the density of the CFx material, it also provides an electrode that is relatively flat, and not cupped. Conventional pressing techniques often result in badly cupped electrodes, especially when disparate active materials are contacting opposite sides of the current collector. Cupping consequently reduces the effective volumetric energy density of the electrode or necessitates the addition of a process step of flattening of the cathode, if at all possible. According to the new cyclic pressing protocol, the physical density of the cathode is increased and electrode cupping is effectively eliminated.
US07771495B2
A method for manufacturing an electric double layer capacitor comprising polarizable electrodes formed from a carbon material having graphite-like microcrystalline carbon, wherein said carbon material is stored for a predetermined period of time while holding said carbon material in contact with an electrolytic solution, and thereafter, at a temperature higher than room temperature, said capacitor is charged at least once with an end-of-charge voltage higher than an expected operating voltage of said capacitor, while applying to said electrodes, at the start of said charging, a pressure that is necessary to keep said carbon material from expanding in a thickness direction thereof during said charging.
US07771486B2
A cup assembly of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis comprises a cup-shaped component which is rotationally symmetrical about a polar axis, and which is hollow to receive a rotationally symmetrical head of an component of the joint prosthesis. The cup-shaped component has a groove in its outer surface which extends around the component in a plane which is approximately perpendicular to the polar axis. A spacer component comprises a plurality of spaced apart spacer elements which are connected by a spacer web. The spacer web, but not the spacer elements, can be fitted into the groove in the outer surface of the cup-shaped component.
US07771479B2
An artificial spinal joint creates at least a portion of a coupling between a superior vertebra and an inferior vertebra. The artificial spinal joint comprises an anterior joint replacement component extending into an intervertebral disc space between the superior and inferior vertebrae. The artificial spinal joint further comprises a bridge component coupled to the anterior joint replacement and extending posteriorly from the anterior joint replacement beyond the intervertebral disc space and a posterior joint replacement component coupled to the bridge, wherein the posterior joint replacement component includes a posterior protrusion engaged with a posterior socket.
US07771477B2
Intervertebral spacer device utilizing a belleville washer having radially spaced concentric grooves
An intervertebral spacer device having a pair of opposing plates for seating against opposing vertebral bone surfaces, separated by at least one spring mechanism. The preferred spring mechanism is at least one belleville washer having radially spaced concentric grooves. In a preferred embodiment there is a single such belleville washer which is modified to mount onto a ball-shaped head. The lower plate of this embodiment includes a post extending upwardly from the inner surface of the plate, the post including a ball-shaped head. The modified belleville washer can be rotatably mounted to the head such that the wider portion of the washer seats against the upper plate.
US07771474B2
A transverse connector system for interconnecting two spinal rods includes a connector arranged to span the distance between the rods with a rod receiving recess and a pin receiving bore on each end. A one-piece pin member such as a set screw is disposed within each bore with an enlarged head protruding from the bottom of the connector so that when the set screw is retracted into the bore the head engages a side of the respective rod to clamp the rod within the recess. The connector may comprise two elongated members with a recess and pin receiving bore at one end of each member, a middle coupler which allows three degrees of freedom between the members to accommodate any anticipated spatial orientation between the members and a set screw for securing the other ends of the members together.
US07771473B2
An expandable spinal fusion device is provided. The expandable device comprises a first part slidingly coupled to a second part. An removable expandable member extends between the first part and the second part and is coupled to a rotating operator such that rotating the operator causes the first part and the second part to move away from each other and distract vertebral bodies. A spacer or clip is used to lock the first part in relation to the second part to allow bone growth the fuse the vertebral bodies.
US07771468B2
This invention relates to stents having medicated multi-layer hybrid polymer coatings, useful for the treatment of stenosed vasculature or other body passages.
US07771463B2
Medical devices and methods for delivery or implantation of tubular prostheses within hollow body organs and vessels or other luminal anatomy are disclosed. A prosthesis is held in a compressed from upon an inner wire of a delivery guide by twisting the device. The subject technologies may be used in the treatment of atherosclerosis in stenting procedures or for other purposes.
US07771453B2
A occlusion detector for a dual-port surgical tourniquet system comprises: a tourniquet cuff for encircling a patient's limb and including an inflatable portion that communicates pneumatically with a first cuff port and that communicates pneumatically with a second cuff port independently of the first cuff port; a tourniquet instrument that is releasably connectable to the first and second cuff ports to establish first and second pneumatic passageways between the tourniquet cuff and the tourniquet instrument, wherein the tourniquet instrument includes pressure sensing means communicating with the first pneumatic passageway for producing an indication of the pressure in the cuff over a time period suitably long for the performance of a surgical procedure, pressure regulation means communicating with the second pneumatic passageway for regulating the pressure in the cuff near a reference pressure level, and an occlusion detector for introducing a pneumatic pressure pulse into the first pneumatic passageway during an occlusion detection time period, for monitoring the pressure in the second pneumatic passageway during the occlusion detection time period, and for producing an occlusion alarm if a fluctuation of pressure in the second pneumatic passageway is not detected within the occlusion detection time period.
US07771451B2
A vaso-occlusive delivery device includes an elongate delivery member which may take the form of a core wire. An actuating member is disposed at or adjacent to the distal end of the delivery member. The actuating member includes an electroactive polymer that can be selectively biased to an expanded or non-expanded state by application of direct current of different polarities. A vaso-occlusive device such as a coil may be detachably secured to the delivery device by expanding the actuating member within a proximal end of the coil to form an interference or friction fit using a first direct current polarity. The coil may be disengaged from the delivery member by application of direct current of a second, opposite polarity.
US07771448B2
An improved catheter device includes an elongate shaft having a distal portion adapted to be disposed with the abdominal aorta and a plurality of expandable members disposed thereon. One expandable member is dimensioned and configured so that it rests within the iliac bifurcation when expanded. At least two expandable members are spaced apart from the one expandable member and configured to selectively occlude blood flow to different abdominal/pelvic arteries when expanded. Preferably, the distal-most and the proximal-most expandable members are spaced apart at a distance more than 20 cm and less than 40 cm (and most preferably on the order of 30 cm). The expandable members are preferably realized by four inflatable balloons controlled by fluidic pressure supplied thereto via corresponding inflation lumens in the shaft. The catheter device can be fixated within the abdominal aorta and manipulated in order to quickly and efficiently identify and isolate a hemorrhage flowing from an abdominal artery. In another aspect, the catheter device can be used in treating an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
US07771444B2
A debulking catheter comprising a debulking assembly for debulking a body lumen. The catheters of the present invention can include a flexible proximal portion coupled to a rigid distal portion. A tissue debulking assembly can be disposed within the rigid portion to debulk the body lumen. In exemplary embodiments, the rigid portion is rotatably coupled to the flexible portion such that rotation or deflection of the rigid portion, relative to the flexible portion, can expose the tissue debulking assembly through a window in the catheter to debulk the body lumen.
US07771429B2
Surgical tools and methods for inserting fasteners into a patient. The tools may be loaded to hold multiple fasteners at a single time. The tools may include an elongated shape for insertion into the patient and placement at a predetermined position. A dispensing mechanism within the tools individually releases the fasteners. The tools may further be equipped to completely or partially mount the fasteners within the patient. Methods of using the tools include preloading chambers with multiple fasteners prior to the surgical procedure. The fasteners may then be individually released from the tools during the surgical procedure and carefully positioned within the patient.
US07771415B2
A method of turning a medical device, having a magnetically responsive element associated with its distal end, at an operating point within an operating region inside a patient's body from an initial direction to a desired final direction, through the movement of at least one external source magnet. The at least one external source magnet is moved in such a way as to change the direction of the distal end of the magnetic medical device from the initial direction to the desired final direction without substantial deviation from the plane containing the initial direction and the desired final direction.
US07771408B2
The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article, e.g. a diaper, having a backsheet, an absorbent core and a topsheet, said absorbent article having a length L, said topsheet having an opening and primary elasticated areas and secondary elasticated areas, the latter being curved or angled, having an overall curvature with a radius of from 0.3 L to 3.2 L, wherein the average transverse distance between a primary elasticated area and a secondary elasticated area of a crotch side portion is preferably at least 15 mm.
US07771403B2
The feed connector (270) capable of interacting with a device for delivering active principles comprising a reservoir delimited by at least two lateral walls of substantially cylindrical shape and extending opposite one another, is characterized in that it includes means (202, 203, 204, 205) for dispensing active principles into the reservoir that are arranged such that said reservoir is filled substantially uniformly between the two lateral walls.
US07771395B2
A surgical access device, such as a trocar, includes a pendent valve having an elongate structure extending from a proximal end to a septum valve disposed at a distal end. In operation, the elongate structure follows the angle of the instrument to pre-position the septum valve into the path of the instrument where it is not significantly challenged during instrument insertion or manipulation. The pendant valve can be made to float at both the proximal end and the distal end of the elongate structure, to further reduce the vulnerability of the septum valve. Since the valve is less vulnerable to instrument insertion, it can be formed to minimize friction and maximize the functional range of the access device.
US07771391B2
A wearable infusion device comprises a reservoir that holds a liquid medicament, an outlet port that delivers the liquid medicament to a patient, a pump that displaces a volume of the liquid medicament to the outlet port when actuated, and a control that actuates the pump. The control comprises a snap action actuator.
US07771388B2
This invention relates to devices for navigating passageways in a body, and in particular, to a steerable catheter that can be used to navigate the tortuous anatomy of a body's vasculature. In one embodiment of the invention the deflectable catheter comprises an inner catheter body having a first strut spine member and a cantilevered second strut tang member. An outer catheter body is cooperatively associated with the second strut tang member and an actuator is cooperatively associated with the first strut spine member. The actuator is slideably engaged within the outer catheter body.
US07771383B2
A fluid control device for directing fluid flow comprising a needleless access device for transferring fluids and methods of directing fluid flow. The fluid control device may have a first port, a second port, a third port and a connecting portion joining the first, second and third ports. A first valve element may be positioned within the first port and a fluid director may be positioned within the connecting portion. The first valve element may move between an opening position, where fluid may flow past the first valve element, and a closed position, where fluid may be prevented from flowing past the first valve element. The fluid director may have at least one passageway for connecting at least two of the first, second and third ports such that fluid may flow therebetween. An actuation mechanism may be used to orient the fluid director and, consequently, the at least one passageway within the connecting portion.
US07771379B2
A medical treatment system isolates more risk-sensitive equipment from less risk-sensitive components of a treatment device to allow upgrades to be made to the latter more easily without an concomitant increase in risk to a patient caused by upgrades. For example, the latter may serve a pure monitoring function while the former encapsulates the treatment functions thereby preventing errors from the latter from propagating into the treatment-sensitive portions of the device.
US07771364B2
The present invention is directed to a method and system for monitoring function and/or diagnosing dysfunction of the cardiovascular system of a human subject. The method comprise measuring pulse wave signals of the subject during rapid excitation of the cardiovascular system, analyzing the measured signals and computing indicators reflecting a response to said excitation. The cardiovascular excitation preferably comprise a controlled breathing protocol characterized by a predefined frequency of breaths (e.g., about 0.1 Hz).
US07771362B2
A method for performing an in-vivo calibration of a blood pressure sensor that is associated with a balloon of an in-vivo balloon system, the sensor and balloon being associated such that the sensor is in-vivo when the balloon is in-vivo. The balloon is inflated so that a gas pressure in the balloon system is indicative of a patient's blood pressure. The patient's blood pressure is monitored through two channels, the gas pressure and the sensor. The blood pressure measurements obtained by monitoring the gas pressure are used as reference, or “true,” blood pressure measurements to determine a mathematical relationship between blood pressure measurements obtained through the sensor and the reference blood pressure measurements. In this manner, future blood pressure measurements obtained through the sensor can be modified according to the mathematical relationship to generate calibrated blood pressure measurements.
US07771358B2
Systems and methods for grading signals from microemboli in blood flow monitored using a Doppler ultrasound system. Signals from microemboli in blood flow are graded by calculating a value related to a power for the signals from microemboli in blood flow and categorizing the signals into one of at least two grades based on the calculated value. Alternatively, signals can be categorized by assessing a power value for the microemboli in blood flow during a period of monitoring. In response to the power value being greater than or equal to a threshold value, the microemboli in blood flow are categorized based on the power value, and in response to the power value being less than the threshold value, a number of microemboli are counted during at least a portion of the period of monitoring and the microemboli are categorized based on the number.
US07771355B2
In one embodiment of the invention, there is an ultrasound processing system that communicates images over a single asynchronous serial channel according to a scheme that does not require an isochronous serial channel and that switches among ultrasound imaging modes robustly. For example, the system is configured to packetize ultrasound image data of at least one ultrasound imaging mode into a stream of data frames and to convey the stream of data frames via the asynchronous channel. Each data frame includes indication of the ultrasound imaging mode and includes ultrasound-imaging-mode-specific imaging parameters. Other embodiments exist.
US07771353B2
Tear film is measured without contacting the eye by comparing reflectance from the eye when the tear film is undisturbed with reflectance from the eye when the when the tear film is disturbed. If the reflectance levels differ somewhat, it is an indication that a healthy tear film exhibiting good specular reflection was present initially and was disturbed by the air pulse. However, if the reflectance levels are close to one another, it is an indication that a less-than-normal tear film was present initially (dry eye). In a described embodiment, tear film is disturbed by an air pulse directed at the eye, and a photosensitive detector is positioned to receive light from an illumination beam after the beam is reflected by the eye to generate a reflectance signal. The reflectance signal is evaluated to calculate a tear film index.
US07771350B2
A laryngoscope including a laryngoscope blade and laryngoscope handle apparatus including an LED and which may include an ergonomic handle and laryngoscope handle apparatus including an LED and which may include an ergonomic handle.
US07771346B2
An implantable medical device and method for adjustably restricting a selected body lumen such as a urethra or ureter of a patient to treat urinary incontinence or ureteral reflux. The device includes an adjustable element and a tubular elongate body, where the adjustable element includes a chamber and the tubular elongate body includes at least a first interior passageway which extends longitudinally in the tubular elongate body from a first opening at the proximal end to a second opening in fluid communication with the chamber. Fluid volume passed through the first passageway is used for adjustably expanding or contracting the adjustable element. The implantable medical device further includes a sheath and a sleeve, where the sheath includes a wall having an inner surface which defines a channel through which at least a portion of the implantable device and the sleeve can pass. Alternatively, the implantable medical device includes a tip suitable to penetrate tissue so that the implantable medical device can be implanted within the tissue of a patient.
US07771339B2
A method for radiotherapy treatment of a target organ in the vicinity of the rectum in an individual comprises withdrawing the rectum in a dorsal direction to increase a distance between the rectum and the target organ, and administering a therapeutical dose of radiation to the target organ while the rectum is in the withdrawn position. In one embodiment, the target organ is the prostate. A system for use in radiotherapy treatment of a target organ in the vicinity of the rectum in an individual comprises a cylindrical rectal rod adapted for insertion into a rectum of the individual, and a support surface operable to support an individual in a lithotomy position to receive a beam of radiation to the target organ. The system may further include a radiation source for administering a beam of radiation to the target organ of an individual.
US07771330B2
A selectorized dumbbell has a handle that can be inserted into a gap between stacks of nested left and right weight plates. A selector determines how many left weight plates are coupled to the left end of the handle and how many right weight plates are coupled to the right end of the handle. Each weight plate is held between a pair of flexible arms on a forked carrier. The arms allow the weight plates to deflect out of a normal, substantially upright, orientation if an impact shock is delivered to the dumbbell. The arms are restored to their normal orientation once the impact shock dissipates. This allows the impact shock to be absorbed without damaging the dumbbell or while minimizing damage to the dumbbell.
US07771328B2
An exerciser including a movable body support mounted on an exerciser frame for movement along tracks provided by the frame. A movable foot support extends from the exerciser frame. The movable foot support is adapted to be engaged by the user's feet to absorb the energy of movement in a first direction and to provide the user with a bouncing movement, which the user may translate into a movement of the movable body support in the opposite direction. The movable foot support may be provided as an attachment and retrofitted to existing exercisers. The exerciser may include a resilient resistance system coupled to the movable body support and a set of pull lines with user grips trained over pulleys carried by the exerciser frame. Also disclosed are methods for enabling users to exercise.
US07771320B2
Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content.
US07771318B2
A device, wearable by a user, includes: a plurality of sensor elements each for providing an indication of position of at least a part of the user's body; a receiver for receiving each indication of position provided by each of the plurality of sensor elements to provide a composite position signal. The individual sensor readings may all be transmitted to the external entity for further analysis. The sensors may be placed in different locations or positions for measuring the curvature of at least a part of the user's body.
US07771317B2
A valve assembly for controlling actuation of at least one starting clutch of an automatic transmission includes at least one clutch control valve through which a supply pressure is directed to a clutch actuation device, a pressure control valve controlled by a control device to supply at least one control valve of the valve assembly with a pilot pressure, a self-maintained hydraulic unit to maintain operation of an engaged starting clutch upon failure of the control device and loss of the pilot pressure. The valve assembly has a self-maintained valve and an activation valve. The self-maintained valve directs an activation pressure or control pressure, depending on the engine or transmission speed, to the activation valve. The actuation valve directs the activation to at least one clutch-regulating valve. The valve assembly also controls actuation or de-activation of the emergency operation function with a clutch actuation pressure.
US07771313B2
A system, comprising an engine having an electronically controlled throttle plate to adjust airflow to the engine; a transmission having an input speed and an output speed, the transmission including a clutch and the transmission coupled to the engine; and a controller configured to: during a tip-out condition and during a gear ratio change to a future gear, and when the transmission does not provide engine braking, control the engine speed to a synchronous speed in the future gear ratio by adjusting an engine operating parameter so that the engine speed is close to the engine speed that will be achieved after the gear change is completed, and maintain engine speed at the close engine speed after the gear change is completed until a tip-in, where engine speed is controlled by adjusting at least the electronically controlled throttle plate.
US07771308B2
A wind turbine (WT) is disclosed, wherein the rotor hub (1) transmit the driving torque to a planet carrier (5) of a planetary type gear transmission and a main bearing (9) attached to the supporting structure (3), such as the nacelle (N), takes up the transversal shear stresses and bending moment forces from the rotor hub (1). The ring gear (8) of the gear transmission is flexibly secured to the supporting structure, so that temporary radial displacements of the toothed inner surface of the ring gear may be allowed, whereby the radial forces between the planet gears (7) and the ring gear (8) will be substantially equalized between the planet gears (7). Alternatively or additionally, the flexibility allows for temporary angular displacements of the ring gear (8) about the axis of rotation. Thus, rapid variations in the drive torque will be dampened and peak stresses on the transmission will be reduced, and the operation of the electrical generators will be smoothened due to the dampening effect of the flexible support of the ring gear (8).
US07771306B2
The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, and four fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various gear members, and the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of three to establish nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07771295B2
The present invention is an apparatus to provide a virtual tennis net that can be placed on any convenient surface having two movable poles each having a light source dependent thereon; at least two scanning mirrors; at least two retroflectors; at least two beam splitters; at least two photo-detectors; and an audible or visible signal device that is actuated in response to interruptions of light falling on said photo-detectors such that when a the light beam is interrupted by a tennis ball, the beam is momentarily blocked and the signal to the photo-detector is interrupted, providing a signal that is used to trigger a light or sound signal that indicates the ball did not pass over the virtual net.
US07771292B2
The present invention provides golf balls comprising a low specific gravity intermediate layer formed from a moisture resistant composition and disposed between a core and a cover. Depending on the thickness and specific gravity of the various layers, among other factors, the moment of inertia of the golf balls can be high or low.
US07771269B2
A gaming apparatus and methods which include multiple virtual stacks of symbols, such as cards. In one form each player has an individual virtual stack and the dealer has one stack. In another form each player has one stack and the dealer has individual virtual stacks for each player. Other alternatives are also described.
US07771262B2
An apparatus for analyzing crop composition of crops moving in a grain elevator, the elevator including paddles moving up on an up-going side of the elevator and down on a down-going side of the elevator, the apparatus including a crop entrance for entry of crops from the up-going paddles to the analyzing apparatus and a housing for containing a portion of crops to be analyzed. The crop entrance is located in a plane parallel to the elevator's outer wall at the up-going side of the elevator. The apparatus further includes a sloped gutter portion for bringing crops from the crop entrance towards the housing.
US07771261B2
A knife blade for a chopper rotor is made in at least two members that are coupled together by a web disposed at the bottom of the slot, wherein the slot is configured to receive and pass therethrough a stationary blade that extends perpendicular to the rotational axis of the chopper rotor, the knife blade having a second edge with co-linear portions on each of the at least 2 members, wherein the co-linear portions are disposed generally at a right angle to the slot, and wherein the co-linear portions are configured to cut against a longitudinally extending knife blade (152) that extends generally parallel to the rotational axis of the chopper rotor.
US07771258B2
A device for dispensing coins comprising a plurality of hoppers arranged adjacent a sloped coin ramp. The hoppers are located to eject coins from the hopper onto the coin ramp. At least one hopper is mounted on a hopper shim such that the hoppers are installed at a plurality of heights. The hoppers further arranged in at least two rows with the coin ramp disposed therebetween and at least one hopper including a hopper bin that is of extended height with respect to another hopper bin.
US07771256B1
A feed section of a de-boning apparatus connected with an output section. The feed section comprises a cylinder forming a loading section and a packing section. The portion forming the loading cylinder section has a larger radius than the cylinder portion forming the packing section. A tapered face interconnects the cylinder portion forming the packing section. An auger having a helical flight of a constant radius passes through the cylinder forming a void along its length between the cylinder portion having a larger radius and the helical flight. The void allows product fed into the feed section to completely surround the auger and fill the helical void within the loading section with reduced pressure against the product.
US07771248B2
An automatic machine for arrissing the edges of glass sheets, comprising devices that allow to work glass sheets by way of rigid tools, such as diamond grinding wheels, by acting simultaneously on the two face edges along the perimeter of the sheet. The machine comprises at least one working head, provided with a tool with a probe and feedback circuits for grinding symmetrically the glass sheet and following the perimetric profile of the sheet by a combined action of moving the glass sheet and at least one working head.
US07771244B1
The present invention relates to an electrical connector used for connecting a mating device with multiple pins and comprising a body and at least one terminal. The terminals are secured in the body and have at least one coarse surface and at least one glossy surface with a protection layer of noble metal. The coarse surfaces and the glossy surfaces locate at a position for making the pins scrape with the coarse surfaces and finally contact the coarse surfaces and the glossy surfaces simultaneously.
US07771237B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) received in the housing and a shell (3) covering the housing thereby forming a receiving space (310). The insulative housing (1) defines a base portion (11), a tongue portion (12) extending frontward from the base portion and having numbers of passageways (19) receiving the terminals and extending through the base portion. The shell (3) include a pair of pressing portions (36) extending to the receiving space and pressing against said tongue portion (12) in a direction perpendicular to the tongue portion.
US07771236B2
An electrical connector includes: a housing having a terminal supporting member and a space at a base portion of the terminal supporting member; a plurality of terminals attached to the housing and arranged on the terminal supporting member in parallel; a latch member arranged on the terminal supporting member in parallel to the terminals for locking a mating connector; and a housing cover attached to the housing for covering a part of the housing. The housing cover includes a cylindrical portion for covering the terminal supporting member and a base portion held in the space.
US07771231B2
A mounting socket includes an insulating socket body provided with a card insertion recess, a plurality of first terminal receiving openings and a plurality of second terminal receiving openings. The card insertion recess extends over a portion of the socket body provided with the second terminal receiving openings. The first terminal receiving openings are provided in a remainder of the socket body. Memory card connecting terminals are arranged in the first terminal receiving openings and extend above an upper surface of the socket body. Subscriber identification module card connecting terminals are arranged in the second terminal receiving openings and extend into the card insertion recess. A metal separating plate substantially covers the subscriber identification module card connecting terminals and defines a top surface of the card insertion recess. A metal card housing substantially covers the memory card connecting terminals.
US07771228B2
A terminal cover has first and second pieces (10, 30) that can be united into a tubular shape. A resilient lock piece (13) is formed on the first piece (10) and engages a lock (41) of the second piece (30) to lock the two pieces (10, 30) in a united state. The first piece (10) is formed with restrictions (17) projecting in a manner to restrict displacements of the first and second pieces (10, 30) in a resilient deforming direction of the resilient lock piece (13) by engaging the second piece (30).
US07771217B2
An electrical disconnect has first and second female contacts mounted in a power connector housing and first and second male contacts in a load connector housing. The male contacts each have a male blade contact finger. The female contacts each have a socket for removably receiving a male blade contact finger. At the rear ends of both the male and female contacts there are integrally formed push-in connector elements for receiving a conductor or wire. The disconnect is particularly suited for use in connecting power wires to a load device in a circuit, such as a fluorescent light ballast.
US07771215B1
Briefly, a portable USB flash memory device is disclosed to include a Chip-On-Board COB Printed Circuit Board Assembly PCBA inside. The flash memory device is enclosed inside a housing structure with a sliding button to deploy the USB plug connector external to the housing structure. The flash memory device with Multi-Level-Cell MLC compatible is being able to connect to a host with a Universal Serial Bus USB interface.
US07771214B2
An electrical connector includes a terminal retainer (1) defining three through holes (11, 12, 13) extending along a longitudinal direction, each through hole accommodating a deflectable locking member therein; three terminals (1, 2, 3) respectively secured in the corresponding through holes by the corresponding deflectable locking members. One of the locking member is capable of deflecting along a first direction, and the other locking members are capable of deflecting along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US07771204B2
A light-emitting system is provided, in which a flexible printed circuit (2) is connected to a plug connection (4) which connects the flexible printed circuit (2) either to a power source or to a second flexible printed circuit (20). The connection of the flexible printed circuit to a second printed circuit or to a power source can be made easily, and can be produced in large quantities.
US07771203B2
A powered communications patch panel is adapted to power network devices connected to the communications patch panel. Power is supplied to the network devices by the powered communications patch panel over the communication cabling. The powered communications patch panel may be provided with a management port to allow remote management of the patch panel via a network connection. Multiple management ports may be provided, allowing patch panels to be connected to one another in a daisy-chain configuration.
US07771200B2
The present invention relates to a device having a push button-type mechanism and also relates to methods for using such devices. The push button-type mechanism to be used has at least two variable positions that can be changed by the user to mark the occurrence of an event. The device is useful for teaching or learning as well as for meeting non-educational needs such as filling household grocery lists, recipes, miscellaneous lists, and work status sheets in the manufacturing and service industries. The device may be contained on pages of a book and/or cards and/or a plate.
US07771191B2
A device for creating an electrical potential, such as a piezoelectric igniter, is connected to a conductor that conducts current to a burn tube to create a spark that ignites the fuel in the burn tube. The safety mechanism disables the operative connection between the trigger and the igniter such that the safety mechanism does not lock the trigger (the trigger may move relative to the torch body) but the movement of the trigger does not actuate the igniter. An actuating button is provided such that the user manually controls the position of the disabling mechanism.
US07771190B2
A hot runner system includes a having a cavity. Melt is fed from a source of melt into the cavity, and a valve isolates melt in the cavity from melt in the source. A plunger within the cavity is driven forward to inject melt in the cavity into a mold cavity at high pressure without significantly increasing the pressure of melt in the source. The plunger optionally functions as both the plunger and the valve by opening and closing communication between the cavity and the manifold as it is rotated.
US07771189B2
Injection molding apparatus has upper and lower mold halves that split along the center line of the parison cavity and the gate passage leading thereto. Each hot melt injection nozzle is received within a tubular insert cup having a reduced diameter tip that is seated within the gate passage. The cup is supported on the lower mold half so as to remain thereon as the upper mold half opens and closes the mold. The base end of each nozzle has a swivel ball and socket relationship with the manifold block which supplies it with hot melt, while the tip end of each injection nozzle is configured to permit swivelling within the insert cup as need be to accommodate dimensional changes that arise during non-uniform thermal expansion and contraction of different parts of the tooling.
US07771188B2
A gripper device for gripping the neck of a hollow body from the outside, which gripper device includes an annular body supporting at least two gripper parts each having its own bearing face, said gripper parts being movable substantially radially and constrained by an elastic device in such a way that the gripper parts are able to occupy a first radial position in which they bear against a buffer of the annular body with their bearing face projecting into the annular body, and a second radial position in which they are pushed back with their bearing face bearing against the exterior wall of the neck of a hollow body engaged in the annular body. The bearing faces of the gripper parts are bowed in the overall shape of an arc of a cylinder.
US07771182B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for the continuous production of center-filled confectionery products. The apparatus may include an extruder for forming a continuous extrudate having a plurality of adjoined center-filled confectionery ropes. The apparatus may also include a forming device for forming individual confectionery pieces, and sealed center-filled confectionery pieces in particular. The apparatus provides improved coordination and control of extrudate formation and extrudate feed into the forming device. The apparatus and method of the present disclosure increases product output and reduces the amount of unacceptable product.
US07771180B2
A compressor and oil separation device therefore are provided. The oil separation device is integrated with a compressor and includes a first case having a refrigerant inlet into which a refrigerant mixed with oil is sucked and an oil recollecting member through which oil separated from the refrigerant flows, and a second case positioned outside of the first case and having a refrigerant outlet through which refrigerant separated from an oil is discharged. With this constructions, a pipe connecting the compressor and a separate oil separation device is not required, thereby reducing fabrication costs and facilitating installation.
US07771178B2
A compressor may include a shell, a compression mechanism, a motor, and a vapor injection system. The compression mechanism may be contained within in the shell and include a non-orbiting scroll axially displaceably mounted to the shell. The non-orbiting scroll may have an exterior portion, an interior portion, and a vapor injection passage extending therethrough from the exterior portion to the interior portion. The motor may be contained within the shell and may be drivingly coupled to the compression mechanism. The vapor injection system may include a vapor injection device, a vapor injection fitting, and a vapor injection valve. The vapor injection fitting may be in communication with the vapor injection device and the vapor injection passage. The vapor injection valve may be disposed between the shell and the interior of the non-orbiting scroll.
US07771161B2
Guide vanes are supported in a two-part or multipart housing (32, 33). Housing separation takes place radially in the region of the bearing point (25) of the vane shaft so that the separating joint (36) between the housing parts (32, 33) leads through the bearing openings (34) which are designed to hold the vane shafts. The completely round opening (34) leads to the bearing point of the vane shaft having large-area support in any position. Thus high surface pressures can be avoided.
US07771159B2
A high temperature seal that may include an interior region comprising a material that swells when exposed to a high temperature environment and at least one projection that is able to be inserted into a slot, and a coating that substantially prevents swelling to coated areas of the interior region. The coating may be disposed upon an exterior surface of the interior region such that a distal end of at least one projection remains at least partially uncoated and the remainder of the interior region is substantially covered by the coating. The interior region may include a ceramic matrix composite.
US07771154B2
A vehicle payload conveyance system located inside the hollow of a vehicle gate which provides ramps which deploy from the hollow by rotation about the axis of a ball slidly engaged in a track to allow the ramps to be positioned for the loading and unloading of a payload into or out of the vehicle, and further provides a line deployed from the hollow of the vehicle gate which can be attached to the payload and adjustably tensioned to facilitate transfer of a payload into or out of the vehicle.
US07771129B2
Provided is a ferrule holding member with a transparent body attached to an inner hole of a sleeve. The transparent body has a primary end face for bringing into contact with an end face of a plug ferrule at a halfway position in an axial direction of the sleeve. The primary end face of the transparent body has a convex curved surface obtained through heat treatment. The convex curved surface is preferably an unpolished surface, and a region with a radius of 75 μm or more, centered around a shaft axis of the sleeve at the convex curved surface, has a convex spherical surface. Alternatively, the transparent body is directly fixed to an inner surface of the sleeve through heat treatment.
US07771122B2
A concave surface 60 is formed in an outer peripheral surface of each of pillar portions 26 of a cage 40. A plurality of recesses 42, 43, 52 and 53 are formed in outer peripheral surfaces of annular portions 24 and 25 of the cage 40. There are provided passageways 46, 47, 56 and 57 communicating respectively with the recesses 42, 43, 52 and 53. An axially-outer end of each of the passageways 46, 47, 56 and 57 is open to an axial inner end face of the annular portion 24, 25 or to the concave surface 60 of the pillar portion 26.
US07771120B2
Disclosed is a plain bearing for internal combustion engines, in which a back metal layer is lined with a bearing alloy layer made of an aluminum-base bearing alloy which has a Vickers hardness (Hv) of from not less than 40 to not more than 160. The bearing alloy layer includes a lubricative surface layer which has a thickness of not more than 10 μm and contains a solid lubricant. The maximum concentration of an element contained in the solid lubricant is not less than 5 mass %.
US07771116B2
A ceramic thermocouple (10) in which the hot junction is defined by the junction between a first element (3) of molybdenum disilicide and a second element (2) of silicon carbide. The molybdenum disilicide element is formed by a layer of molybdenum disilicide on a molybdenum support.
US07771104B2
The absolute value of the light amount is increased by providing main light sources and auxiliary light sources on four sides of a light guide plate having a flat and rectangular light exit plane whereas the amounts of light emitted by LED chips of the main light sources and the auxiliary light sources are adjusted such that illuminance is highest near the central area of the light guide plate to obtain a high-in-the-middle, bell-curve illuminance distribution for light emitted by the light guide plate. A planar lighting device achieving a reduced thickness and weight and capable of emitting an increased amount of illumination light is provided.
US07771096B2
An illumination device for a cigar lighter or for a multifunction socket, comprising a single-piece component made from material at least partially transmitting light, the component comprising an illuminating ring and a housing for a printed circuit provided with at least one light-emitting diode and electrical connection means.
US07771088B2
The invention provides a light-emitting diode illuminating equipment, including N diode light-emitting apparatuses and N optical devices, wherein N is a natural number. Each of the optical devices includes a lens. Each of the optical devices corresponds to one of the diode light-emitting apparatus, for modulating a light pattern of the corresponding diode light-emitting apparatus. In an embodiment, the lens of each of the optical devices is a cat's-eye-like lens. The lens includes a surface, where a groove is formed along an ellipse minor axis of the lens, such that the light transmitted through the lens can form a light pattern for a specific request.
US07771080B2
An edge device for an elevator door includes an elongate array of infrared transmitters and/or receivers and a proximate elongate array of illuminable elements, both arrays extending for a substantial part of the length of the door. The illuminable elements are adapted to be illuminated when the door is in motion. The two arrays are disposed in a common carrier structure, being either vertically interleaved or extending vertically in parallel with each other.
US07771079B2
A compact reflector fluorescent lamp unit includes a lamp cap, a lamp tube, an electronic ballast assembly, a circuit board, a housing, an intermediate plate, a reflection cup, and a transparent plate. The intermediate plate and the housing, the intermediate plate and the circuit board, and the intermediate plate and the reflection cup are tightly assembled together. The reflection cup is connected to a lower surface of the intermediate plate and arranged independently underneath the housing, and has an internal surface having a high degree of fineness, and an external surface having a high degree of roughness by frosted finishing, thereby allowing the radiation heat generated through the body of the reflection cup to be dissipated by the external surface.
US07771063B2
The exterior rearview mirror is comprised of a mirror housing, having at least one transparent light window, behind which at least one light is disposed, comprising at least one illuminant, whose light passes through the light window to the outside. In order provide the exterior rearview mirror so that different light functions and light directions can be performed by the light, at least a portion of the light is disposed adjustable.
US07771057B2
A device for projection of an operations panel includes a printer portion, a media feedpath extending through the printer portion having a media input and a media output, an image projector forming an image on one of the media input or an image receiving surface, the image projector defining an operations panel for making operation selections.
US07771054B2
A display apparatus and an imaging apparatus constructed such that a high-resolution clear three-dimensional video image can be viewed from any direction. The display apparatus projects frame images, projected from a projector such as an electronic projector, to a video image projection surface of a three-dimensional screen through a polygonal mirror provided around the three-dimensional screen, thereby providing a polyhedral video image such as a three-dimensional image to a person viewing from around the video image projection surface. The three-dimensional screen has a view field angle limiting filter and a directional reflection screen. The view field angle filter limits the angle of a view field in the left/right direction, the angle being the angle of the projection on the video image projection surface (50) of the screen. The directional reflection screen has two sheets in horizontal and vertical directions. Furthermore, a projection light path between the electronic projector and the polygonal mirror is formed by refracting light through an auxiliary mirror.
US07771052B2
The invention relates to a method for performing a contrast vision test on a subject in order to determine a contrast sensitivity function. According to said method, an image of a continuous sinusoidal grid is presented to the subject for viewing, the spatial frequency continuously changes in the direction of a first axis, and the contrast continuously changes in the direction of a second axis that extends perpendicular to the first axis. The subject's contrast sensitivity function is defined by means of a curve that encloses an area of the sinusoidal grid in which the subject perceives the sinusoidal grid pattern during viewing.
US07771049B2
A sight line vector detecting method includes: emitting LED light beams from LED light sources arranged on both sides of a camera to an eye; photographing the eye by the camera; acquiring a plane which includes one light source position of the LED light sources, a lens center position of the camera, and a spatial position on a photographed image as to one luminescent spot on a cornea spherical surface, and another plane which includes the other light source position, the lens center position of the camera, and a spatial position on the photographed image as to the other luminescent spot on the cornea spherical surface; acquiring a line of intersection between the two planes; acquiring a center of a cornea ball which is on the intersection line and satisfies a predetermined condition; and acquiring a center of a pupil.
US07771043B2
Eyewear having an enhanced air flow and/or absorption features which may be used for safety, sports, and the like. The eyewear may desirably provides features in design and/or function of the structure to enhance air flow and reduce moisture. Additional elements such as removable pads and/or cartridges may be used with the eyewear to enhanced airflow and reduce moisture adjacent a user's eyes and face as well.
US07771042B2
Provided is a stamp including a compressible housing having an upper housing portion telescopically receiving a lower housing portion defining an opening. The stamp also includes a printhead and ink cartridge arrangement housed within the lower housing, said printhead displaceable between a protected position within the housing and a printing position in which the printhead is exposed via the opening for printing. Also included is a mechanical arrangement comprising a pair of arms fixed at one end to a top of the printhead and at another end to the upper housing, so that when the upper housing is moved toward the lower housing, the arms move the printhead from the protected position to the printing position.
US07771032B2
Provided is a printer assembly having a media housing unit having a number of ink reservoirs internally defined by a core portion around which print media is rolled. Also included is an ink supply and printhead unit attached to the media housing unit, said printhead unit having a guillotine blade assembly to cut the print media. The printer assembly also includes a drive unit having a platen configured to extract the print media from the media housing unit and feed it past the printhead unit, said drive unit having ink transmission channels interposed between the ink reservoirs and the ink supply and printhead unit to feed ink from the ink reservoirs to the ink supply and printhead unit. Further included is a controller for controlling operation of the printhead and drive units, said controller configured to maintain said printhead at an equilibrium temperature during printing.
US07771031B2
An ink refill unit for a print engine includes a body assembly defining an ink ejection port at one end thereof. A compressible tank is located inside said body assembly. A mechanical compression arrangement for compressing the tank includes a threaded wall and circular plunger assembly and an elongate drive gear mounted within the body assembly and engaging with the plunger assembly.
US07771027B2
An inkjet printhead having a high density array of micro-electromechanical nozzles arrangements. Each arrangement comprises side walls located on a wafer substrate with a roof layer deposited on said walls to define an ink chamber, the roof layer defining a nozzle aperture; an inlet defined in the substrate to supply the ink chamber with printing fluid; and at least one heater element having a mass of less than 250 picograms suspended between the side walls in the chamber, the heater element operable to form a vapor bubble when electrical actuation energy of less than 120 nanojoules is applied thereto, said heater element having an annular shape with a point of collapse of the bubble near a center thereof. The inlet, heater element and nozzle aperture are configured such that all heat generated in the ink chamber by the heater element per actuation is negated completely between actuations by an intake of unheated ink into the ink chamber through the inlet and an expulsion of heated ink from the ink chamber through the nozzle aperture.
US07771022B2
A method of supplying a liquid material in the form of droplets onto a base 10A includes the steps of: preparing a base 10A; forming a plurality of partitions 18R, 18G and 18B on the base 10A, each of the plurality of partitions 18R, 18G and 18B being adapted to become a color element; and ejecting one or more droplet via a droplet ejection device 103 while mutually moving the base 10A with respect to the droplet ejection device 103, the droplet ejection device 103 having one or more nozzle 118 through which the liquid material is supplied onto each of the plurality of partitions 18R, 18G and 18B. In the ejecting step, a first droplet is ejected onto a predetermined partition 18R, 18G and 18B of the base 10A through the nozzle 118 of the droplet ejection device 103 and one or more subsequent droplet is then ejected onto the predetermined partition 18R, 18G and 18B before the first droplet which has landed on the predetermined partition 18R, 18G and 18B becomes dry, and the total amount of each of the one or more subsequent droplet is less than the total amount of the first droplet.
US07771021B2
Inkjet head assembly and printing apparatus with ultraviolet emitting unit and method using the same
An inkjet head assembly and a printing method using the same. The inkjet head assembly includes an ultraviolet (UV) emitting unit to emit UV light, and a printhead to move together with the UV emitting unit and to eject ink through nozzles using inkjet technology.
US07771017B2
This invention relates to a nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The nozzle arrangement includes a substrate defining a nozzle chamber bounded by walls and a roof which defines an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber, said substrate having a CMOS drive circuitry layer thereon. Also included is an ink-ejecting member positioned in the nozzle chamber, the member being displaceable towards the ink ejection port so that a resultant fluctuation in ink pressure within the nozzle chamber results in an ejection of ink from the ink ejection port. The arrangement also includes at least one work-transmitting structure that is displaceable with respect to the substrate and is connected to the ink-ejecting member so that displacement of the work transmitting structure results in displacement of the ink-ejecting member. The arrangement further has an actuator that is connected to the work-transmitting structure, the actuator being capable of displacing the work transmitting structure upon receipt of an electrical drive signal from the CMOS drive circuitry, and a covering formation with walls defining an air chamber in which the actuator is positioned, the roof, the work transmitting structure and the covering formation together defining a protective structure for the nozzle arrangement.
US07771014B2
Provided is a printhead assembly including an ink supply arrangement and a plurality of printhead segment carriers. The ink supply arrangement has a profile member defining a semi-open cross-section with a peripheral, structured side walls having free, opposing, lengthwise running edges delineating a gap extending along the entire length of the profile member. The profile member also defines three internal webs that stand out from a base wall section of the peripheral wall into the interior of said member so as to define together with the side wall sections a total of four ink supply channels which are open towards the gap. The plurality of printhead segment carriers are operatively fast with the ink supply arrangement so that the ink supply channels are arranged in fluid communication with printheads supported on said segments.
US07771011B2
Provided herein is a method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads comprising: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle row that each of the liquid droplet ejection heads has, with the heads shifted in a direction of the nozzle row, the heads being so arranged and fixed that in the heads closely aligned in the direction of the nozzle row, a difference between the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at each innermost end of the heads is within a predetermined range of tolerance, and the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at the outermost ends in the direction of the nozzle row are within a predetermined range of a reference amount.
US07771005B2
An image forming apparatus and a method of driving the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes, an ink cartridge including a plurality of print heads arranged in a width direction of a paper sheet crossing a direction along which the printing medium is transferred, a wiping unit moving in the transfer direction to wipe nozzle surfaces of the plurality of print heads, and a controller independently driving the plurality of print heads which have been wiped by the wiping unit, so that color nozzles of the plurality of print heads spray predetermined amounts of inks.
US07771004B2
A print unit, that has one or more printhead assemblies, an individual printhead assembly having one or more printheads, the one or more printheads of the one or more printhead assemblies collectively configured to span the width of the media substrate; and one or more servicing assemblies, an individual servicing assembly configured for movement between a retracted position and a service position to service the one or more printheads on the individual printhead assembly.
US07771002B2
A printhead maintenance facility for an inkjet printer having a pagewidth printhead and a media path for feeding sheets of media substrate in a media feed direction, wherein the pagewidth printhead has an elongate array of nozzles extending the printing width of the media substrate. The printhead maintenance facility has an inner chassis for mounting in the printer such that it can rotate about its longitudinal axis, an outer chassis mounted to the inner chassis, the outer chassis having a plurality of maintenance station mounting sites and a plurality of maintenance stations mounted to the outer chassis.
US07770997B2
A method for printing with a plurality of dies. A plurality of dies is provided, with each die having a plurality of drop generators that are configured to eject drops of a same colored fluid. The drops from each die have a corresponding nominal drop weight at a reference temperature of the die. At least one of the dies is warmed to a corresponding elevated temperature higher than the reference temperature in order to substantially equalize the nominal drop weights of all of the dies.
US07770993B2
A printing device includes a print head having a plurality of nozzles capable of ejecting ink on a print medium and of forming one or more types of ink dots on the print medium; an ink dot setting unit that determines an ink dot setting for each pixel of image data by comparing a gradient of the each pixel with, from among thresholds in a matrix for each of respective pixels, a threshold corresponding to the each pixel of image data; a print head controller that controls ejection of ink from each nozzle of the print head on the basis of an ink dot setting determined by the ink dot setting controller; and a threshold matrix correction unit that corrects a predetermined threshold of the matrix depending on ink output characteristics of each nozzle of the print head.
US07770986B1
A pivot assembly that can be inserted into kitchen cabinets to utilize otherwise unused and unreachable overhead spaces over kitchen wall cabinets. The pivot assembly has a pair of pivot arms pivotally connected to opposite sides of a frame, the frame slidably attached within a cabinet. A drawer is connected to the pivot assembly between the pivot arms. The drawer slides out of the cabinet on a pair of drawer slides and rotates down and out 180 degrees on the pivot arms, from an up position to a down position, wherein the drawer remains stable even as the pivot arms pass through a middle position. The pivot arms form a primary and secondary parallelogram shape during operation, the secondary parallelogram supporting the primary parallelogram at its weakest point in the middle position.
US07770981B2
An apparatus connects a dump bed to a frame structure of a vehicle and facilitates tipping of the dump bed in a selected one of a plurality of directions from a load carrying position. The apparatus includes a ball joint assembly. The ball joint assembly is configured to selectively facilitate tipping of the dump bed as directed by an actuator. Vehicles including a ball joint assembly are also provided.
US07770979B2
An adjusting mechanism for adjusting arm rest of a chair includes an inner tube with an axial groove in an outside thereof and multiple positioning holes are located within the axial groove. An outer tube is mounted to the inner tube and an arm rest is connected to a top end of the outer tube. An engaging portion protrudes inward from an inside of the outer tube and movably engaged with the axial groove of the inner tube, so that the outer tube can be moved relative to the inner tube. An operation member is pivotably connected to the outer tube and includes a hook which extends through the outer tube and is engaged with one of the positioning holes. A guide plate is located above the hook and movably accommodated in a guide slot in the outer tube so that the operation member is operated in stable status.
US07770978B2
The detachable electric headrest includes a headrest pole, an ascending and descending slider, elastic pins, and locking bars. The headrest pole is configured such that engaging depressions are formed in the lower end portion thereof. The ascending and descending slider is provided with detachment depressions, into which the respective lower end portions of the headrest pole are inserted, and is mounted to the fastening bracket of a seat frame so as to be raised and lowered. The elastic pins are mounted in the respective detachment depressions so as to be inserted into the engaging depressions of the inserted headrest pole. The locking bars are configured such that cut depressions, in which the elastic pins can be moved, are formed in respective upper ends thereof, and are configured to be elastically supported to the ascending and descending slider.
US07770973B2
The invention relates to a chair with a seat, a base support and a backrest, wherein the seat is mounted on the base support so as to be pivotable about a first pivoting axis and the backrest is mounted on the seat so as to be pivotable about a second pivoting axis. The two pivoting axes are arranged so as to be displaceable relative to one another in order to be able to change the seat depth.
US07770964B2
A spring strut mounting for holding an upper end of a spring strut of a motor vehicle contains a spring strut dome with an articulation point for articulatedly connecting the upper end of the spring strut. The spring strut mounting further has a lower dome carrier which can be connected to a longitudinal member of the motor vehicle, and an upper dome carrier which can be connected to an A pillar of the motor vehicle, with the upper dome carrier engaging over the articulation point.
US07770948B2
A tubular latch assembly for a door and adapted for operation by either an “opener” such as a thumbpiece on one side and/or a knob on the other. The tubular latch comprises a central latch subassembly mounted inside the door and including a latch casing seated in the door, a bolt slidably mounted in said latch casing for extension/retraction (such as through an open face plate), a pivoting retraction lever coupled to the bolt, a spindle hub having a pair of offset cam surfaces, and a pivoting reversing lever engaged at one end with the bolt and at the other end with the second cam surface on the spindle hub for driving the bolt. The central latch subassembly allows opening by either the opener (e.g., thumbpiece) or by rotation of the knob, operation of the knob not affecting the opener and vice versa. This entirely eliminates any need for off-axis motion translation or accompanying mechanisms that are ordinarily used to adapt the axis of rotation of an opener to the orthogonal axis of rotation of a latch or spindle hub, thereby reducing the total number of parts as well as internal friction.
US07770947B2
An electromagnetic lock comprises: a body combined with a retaining frame by using locking studs and retaining screws; one side of the retaining frame being installed with a trigger receiving box; and an absorption plate combined to a supporting frame; two metal rings being installed in the absorption plate; the absorption plate having locking screws; wherein in installation, for aligning the body and the absorption plate, adjusting screws are installed between the absorption plate and the supporting frame. The supporting frame has screw holes for receiving the adjusting screws; one side of the supporting frame has two magnetic holes for receiving magnets; a magnet protection sheet are installed at lower side of the magnets; and a small screw serves to lock the protection sheet to the supporting frame. The trigger can be hidden so as to occupy a small space and the installation work is easy.
US07770944B2
A lock with a swing bolt, comprises: a housing having an opening for a bolt; a cover which is complementary to the housing; a bolt movable between a locked position and an un-locked position through the opening; a controllable locking means to prevent the movement of the bolt to the un-locked position; wherein the locking means including: a block member, which is placed in a first sliding chute formed in the housing with a slidable fit between the block member and the first sliding chute; an actuator assembly having a follower which is placed in a second sliding chute formed in the housing with a slidable fit between the follower and the second sliding chute; one end of the block member being engaged with the bolt in a surface contact, the other end of the block member is engaged with the follower in a surface contact.
US07770942B2
The releasable locking arrangement for two components consists of a hook-connecting element arranged on a first component (10) and a spring-loaded locking hook (26) with swivelling axis (22) arranged on a second component (20). The locking hook (21) and the hook-connecting element can be connected with one another to form the lock. The hook-connecting element on the first component (10) is a retaining rod (11) whose ends are movable in a guide track (12, 12′). The swivelling axis (22) of the locking hook (21) on the second component (20) is connected with a holder (27). The holder (27) has a sliding bevel (24-S, 25-S) for the retaining rod (11). When the two components (10, 20) approach one another, the retaining rod (11) slides upwards on the sliding bevel (24-S, 25-S) of the holder. This causes the retaining rod to move in its guide track (12, 12′) at the same time.
US07770938B2
A quick coupling for joining two fluid lines includes a first part which has a projection with a. sloping surface directed towards one axial end and a stop face directed towards the other axial end, and a second part which has at least one bracket with a catch that engages behind the stop face in a locked position. An assembly indicator is arranged next to the catch. In the locked position, the indicator projects outward beyond a catch segment of the bracket on which the catch is located, but, in the unlocked position, the indicator projects outward at most as far as the catch segment.
US07770933B2
A printing paper includes a sheet having a first surface and a second surface, an adhesive layer formed on the second surface, a release paper attached to the adhesive layer, a plurality of boundary lines including first folding direction boundary lines and second folding direction boundary lines that divide the sheet into page regions, the release paper having a plurality of release-assist formation lines, wherein when folding along the first folding direction boundary line, first partial surfaces of adjacent page regions are brought together and when folding along the second folding direction line, second partial surfaces of adjacent page regions are brought together. When folding along the first folding direction boundary line, at least one tab portion of the release paper detaches from the adhesive layer and extends outward from the second surface, and the at least one tab portion enables removal of the release paper.
US07770932B2
A tank holding frame for a vehicle body includes front and rear beams connected to the vehicle body, a first beam connected to the vehicle body and the front beam, a second beam connected removably to the vehicle body, and a guard member having at least one end connected removably to a respective one of the first and second beams. A fuel tank is removable from a tank holding space cooperatively defined by the front, rear, first, second beams, the guard member, and the vehicle body when the second beam and the guard member are detached from the tank holding frame.
US07770929B2
A locking mechanism of an inertia reel assembly of a vehicular seatbelt restraint system is selectively disabled based on a latch status of a seatbelt buckle of the seatbelt restraint system. In one embodiment, a sensor at a latch assembly determines whether the seatbelt buckle is engaged with the latch assembly and provides an output signal based on this determination. A controller receives the output signal and selectively drives an actuator based on the output signal so as to enable or disable the locking mechanism of the inertia reel assembly. By disabling the locking mechanism of the inertia reel assembly when the seatbelt buckle is detected as unlatched, an occupant is able to quickly latch the seatbelt buckle even in the event of an inertial event that otherwise would have prevented any further extension of the seatbelt.
US07770926B2
An airbag assembly is disclosed for use in an automobile. The disclosed airbag assembly adaptively vents gas from the interior of the airbag depending on whether an obstruction is encountered during airbag deployment.
US07770923B2
Disclosed herein is a structure of an inflater inside cylinder for an air bag for a vehicle, which lengthens the discharge course for gas generated from the inflater inside cylinder, thus preventing injury or damage due to high-temperature and high-pressure gas, and which is convenient to manufacture, is light, and has a low manufacturing cost thereof. According to the present invention, the air bag includes an outside cylinder and an inside cylinder, each having in a circumferential surface thereof a plurality of holes. In this case, the inside cylinder includes at least two cylindrical embossed steel plates, the plurality of holes being formed in embossed parts of the cylindrical embossed steel plates, which protrude outward or inwards from circumferential surfaces of the embossed steel plates so as to extend a gas discharge course. A mesh net is provided between the at least two cylindrical embossed steel plates.
US07770922B2
An airbag assembly comprising a housing with an inflatable airbag cushion disposed therein and at least one vent aperture attached to the inflatable airbag cushion, wherein during inflatable airbag cushion deployment with an obstruction, the at least one vent aperture remains open, and during inflatable airbag cushion deployment without an obstruction, the at least one vent aperture at least partially closes.
US07770915B2
A cover body of a vehicle air bag apparatus, including a covering portion which is formed integrally with an interior panel body and which has a door portion defined by a tear seam formed in a back of the interior panel body, and, a backing portion joined to a back of the covering portion. The covering portion is made of polyolefin resin having a flexual elastic modulus of from 1500 to 3500 MPa, a tensile strength of from 17 to 40 MPa, an Izod impact strength of from 3.0 to 15.0 kJ/m2, and an elongation of 400% or less. The backing portion is made of thermoplastic olefin which is softer and has a greater elongation. The backing portion includes a reinforcing portion at a back of the door portion, a surrounding base at the back of the covering portion, and a hinge portion joining the reinforcing portion and the surrounding base.
US07770905B2
A stroller wheel suspension mechanism has a generally rigid carrier with a top mounting section connectable to a stroller frame and a downward facing surface. The carrier also has a depending spring section that extends downward from the top mounting section adjacent an end of the downward facing surface and that has a generally vertically oriented surface. The carrier also has a bottom spring section that extends from the depending spring section and that has an upward facing surface. The depending and bottom spring sections are resiliently deflectable relative to the top mounting section. A wheel mount is provided on the bottom spring section. A solid body damper of a resilient, flexible material is positioned within a damper region formed adjacent the downward facing, generally vertically oriented, and upward facing surfaces of the carrier.
US07770900B2
The invention pertains to a chuck for detachable connection of two machine parts, with a chuck assembly arranged on or in a first machine part and a cooperating complementary part on or in a second machine part. The chuck assembly contains an axially displaceable tensioning element and several gripper elements associated with the tensioning element and radially movable by axial displacement of the latter, with a clamping surface for contact with a corresponding opposing surface of the complementary part. In order to allow a subsequent alignment or adjustment of the chucked machine part, the complementary part contains an outer part, an intermediate part arranged in the outer part, and an inner part arranged in the intermediate part, which are connected to one another by flexible outer and inner webs and are otherwise separated by outer and inner gaps. The intermediate and inner parts are adjustable in different directions relative to the outer part.
US07770899B1
A pressure actuated seal carrier assembly includes a seal carrier with a body with an inner and an outer projection that are integral with the body and opposite to one another. An inner groove with a first seal is formed in the inner projection, and an outer groove with a second seal is formed in the outer projection. As pressure enters the cavity, the projections are forced radically outward and inward, which maintains contact with the mating surfaces, thus excluding any no extrusion gaps between the seal carrier and the walls of the pressurized space. A spacer is located in the cavity to maintain space between the grooves and bear the axial load.
US07770892B2
A gaming device having a container configured to hold a plurality of display objects, an agitator for moving the plurality of display objects, a prize object holder configured to hold a plurality of prize objects in an individually controlled manner, a prize object display located inside of the container and configured to receive at least one prize object from the prize object holder, and a controller configured to select a prize object from the prize object holder and cause the selected prize object to be displayed in the prize object display, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the prize object display includes a tubular exhibition container. In another embodiment, the display object container of the gaming device is configured to provide a jumbled ball display. In addition, a method for playing a game by providing the prize object display inside of the display object container of the aforementioned gaming device is disclosed.
US07770881B2
A sheet material feeding device comprises a sheet material housing part housing a sheet bundle having a plurality of sheet being stacked; a conveying-out unit press-contacting onto the front edge side of the upper surface of the sheet bundle to exert a push-out force, feeding a sheet by the push-out force in a predetermined conveying-out direction, and separating the sheet from the sheet bundle; a feeding unit arranged on the downstream side of the sheet material housing part along the conveying-out direction and continuing the feeding of the sheet, and after the conveying-out unit moves away from the rear edge of a preceding sheet, the conveying-out unit conveys a following sheet in a state that the following sheet is overlapped at the lower side of the preceding sheet until the front edge of the following sheet reaches a predetermined guide position set between the sheet bundle and the feeding unit.
US07770873B2
A vapor-liquid contact tray apparatus having a tray with a fluid infeed section and a fluid travel section together with downcomer which is in fluid communication with the fluid travel section of the tray. A redirecting baffle is positioned at an inlet opening of the downcomer and push valves are provided in the fluid travel section of the tray. The push valves are preferably arranged in one or more zones of high concentration of push valves relative to one or more bubbling aperture zones with a lower concentration of push valves or no push valves. The redirecting baffle is provided in the downcomer and extends above the tray to capture fluid flowing horizontally off of the tray (e.g., exiting from a weirless or weir interface) and into a preferably concave upper portion of the redirecting baffle for controlling and redirecting the high momentum flow into and through the downcomer. A plurality of redirecting baffles are featured in one embodiment together with apertured straight sections extending down into the downcomer as in down to the half way mark of downcomer depth or further down including out of the bottom of the downcomer.
US07770864B2
The invention provides a reading stand or document holder to support a document for review by a user. The reading stand may include a base portion including at least one aperture to allow the user to grasp the reading stand, as well as a platform portion for supporting the document. The platform portion is hingedly connected to the base portion. The platform portion includes at least one page holder for retaining the document upon the platform portion. Further, the reading stand includes a prop member. The prop member extends from a backside of the platform portion. The prop member is adapted to engage with the base portion so as to support the platform portion in an angled position.
US07770861B2
The invention relates to a protecting apparatus (10) for protecting a structure (100) from an impact. The protecting apparatus (10) is arranged to be mounted on the structure (100) and includes a bumper member (12), a structure positioning member (14) and at least one resiliently flexible joining portion (16). The structure positioning member (14) is arranged in use to be positioned in contact with or adjacent to a portion of the structure (100) being protected. The at least one resiliently flexible joining portion (16) extends between the bumper member (12) and the structure positioning member (14) so that when an outer surface (12a) of the bumper member (12) is impacted, the impact force is dissipated at least in part by flexure of the at least one joining portion (16).
US07770857B2
An apparatus for locking a universal joint is provide. The universal joint comprises first and second ends, a first member pivotally connected to said first end about a first axis, and a second member pivotally connected to the first member about a second axis wherein the first axis and the second axis are perpendicular to and intersect each other and wherein the second end is operably connected to the second member. The apparatus comprises a ring rotationally connected to the second pivotable member about a plane containing the second axis, a restraint for restraining the ring from rotation about the first axis, and a lock for locking the ring relative to the first member.
US07770856B2
An apparatus is disclosed for supporting a computer monitor of the type which has a thickness substantially less than the height and width thereof, said apparatus comprising: a base structure for resting on a support surface, said structure contacting said surface over a width and depth sufficient to provide a stable base for the computer monitor, the front of said structure extending under at least a portion of the monitor; a support member attached to the monitor for supporting the same; an elongated linkage having a rear pivot attachment to said base structure and a front pivot attachment to said support member; said rear pivot attachment permitting said linkage to pivot from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position; said front pivot attachment permitting the support member and monitor to pivot to assume a tilt angle within a predetermined limited vertical range during normal use and to pivot rearwardly so that said support member and monitor are generally parallel to said linkage for shipping and/or storage.
US07770853B2
A protective cap or furniture glide is provided that includes a main body and a secondary body. Each body has multiple protrusions and multiple openings such that the protrusions from the main body are inserted into the openings on the secondary body and the protrusions on the secondary body are inserted into the openings on the main body. The main body further includes a circular base that includes a removable material attached to the bottom.
US07770851B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to a retaining element for securing at least one elongate member to an installation surface in conjunction with a fastener. The retaining element includes a first portion and at least one second portion. The first portion secures the retaining element to the installation surface. The at least one second portion engages the elongate member. Also, the second portion defines a single continuous arch formed by a plurality of engagement surfaces disposed on a bottom side of the second portion. The engagement surfaces define a portion of the perimeter of at least two substantially overlapping shapes, such as ellipses, having different dimensions. In this way, upon installation the elongate member directly engages and is secured to both the installation surface and at least one of the engagement surfaces.
US07770849B2
A cable clamp-bracket combination for rigidly connecting to an item to be suspended, especially a HVAC duct suspended from the ceiling of a structure. The combination utilizing, e.g., a commercially available cable clamp rigidly but removably connected to the clamp in a position where openings in the bracket surfaces mate with the cable channels through the clamp and a slot through the bracket mates with a clamp release projection on the clamp. The cable clamp includes a clamp clutch adjacent each cable channel for holding a support cable. The combination resulting in a rigid connection between the clamp and the item (e.g., duct) and a non-slip connection between the supporting cables and the item. The bracket can be formed from a flat plate having preformed openings and connecting elements by bending the plate into the desired form for holding the clamp and being securable to the, e.g., duct.
US07770845B2
A module for aircraft passenger(s) is provided with two seats disposed beside one another and oriented in the same direction, each of these seats being a seat that can be converted to a berth. The module also includes a side wall surrounding the two seats, at least partly, an opening provided in the side wall to permit access to the module, and a partition intended to achieve separation between the two seats. The partition is displaceable from a first position, in which it achieves separation of the two seats, to a second stored position, in which it does not form a barrier between the two seats.
US07770842B2
A flight control surface actuation system includes a plurality of smart actuators to move aircraft flight control surfaces between extended and retracted positions. The system includes a high availability network between the flight control avionics and the smart actuators, and between each of the smart actuators. The system configuration allows network nodes associated with each smart actuator to monitor and control one another, under higher level control of the aircraft flight control avionics, to provide multiple levels of health monitoring, control, and shutdown capability.
US07770835B2
A recording tape cartridge comprises: a case that comprises an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which recording tape is wound; a regulating wall that is formed at least on the lower case and defines an area in which the reel is housed; a holding wall that is formed a predetermined space away from an outer peripheral surface of the regulating wall; and an RFID that is housed in the space between the regulating wall and the holding wall.
US07770829B2
A method of protecting coal mill journals from abrasive wear due to impingement of coal fines includes the steps of fabricating and attaching a mild steel liner form to the journal and welding wear plates to the liner form. Welding the plates to the form can occur before and/or after the form is attached to the journal. The liner form is made up of plates providing only flat exterior surfaces.
US07770816B2
In a snow lance head for use with a snow lance with a housing having nozzles for the outlet of water and/or air and with at least one first chamber formed in the interior of the housing, through which water emerging from at least some of the nozzles flows, the surface area of the inner surface of the chamber is at least equal to, but preferably greater than the outer surface of the housing.
US07770806B2
Relatively constant temperatures are maintained in a space by varying the capacity of heating or cooling equipment. A proportional band is used to adjust capacity to compensate for changes in heating or cooling load, and the proportional band is adjusted to bring the actual temperature within the space closer to the set point temperature. Such an adjustment may be made by determining the difference between the present temperature and the set point temperature, and adjusting a floating temperature set point by a percentage (e.g., ten percent) of the difference. Such a process may be repeated, for example, at regular intervals, such as once per minute. As a result, the temperature within the space approaches (e.g., asymptotically) the set point temperature whether the heating or cooling load is high or low. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are contemplated, including HVAC units and controls, including for residential applications, including using variable-speed drives.
US07770793B2
A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation path P1. With this printer 1 a single compact unit can be used for media processing by reading and printing the media, as well as for printing receipts and validation printing.
US07770791B2
A portable electronic device comprising a service provision unit capable of providing a service to a user, a communication unit capable of receiving authorization data from an authorization device and a validation unit capable of analyzing the received authorization data to determine whether it meets a validation requirement and being arranged to inhibit provision of the service by the service provision unit if the authorization data does not meet the validation requirement, the communication unit being arranged to receive authorization data from the authorization device and the validation unit being arranged to analyze the received authorization data whenever the communication unit and the authorization device are capable of communicating with each other.
US07770790B2
In accordance with the present invention, a method and an apparatus are provided wherein a device is disabled if the device is located more then a predetermined distance away from the owner. Accordingly, a lost or stolen device is rendered unusable. The device has coupled thereto a receiver or transceiver. A transmitter or transceiver is located separately from the device. When the receiver and transmitter can communicate, the device is usable, when the receiver and transmitter cannot communicate, the receiver disables the device, rendering the device unusable.
US07770789B2
Payment card transactions at a point of sale (POS) are secured in certain embodiments by intercepting, with a POS security layer installed on a POS terminal, payment data from the POS terminal, transmitting the payment data from the POS security layer to a server security application installed on a POS server, and providing false payment data from the POS security layer to a POS terminal application installed on the POS terminal. The false payment data in various embodiments is processed as if it were the payment data, such that the POS terminal transmits an authorization request to the POS server using the false payment data. In addition, the authorization request may be transmitted from the POS server to a payment gateway.
US07770786B1
There is disclosed a system and method for creating value by facilitating third party participation in mobile commerce transactions, providing consumers with a unified perspective of commercial activity, and selectively implementing discounts. The system may include a computerized engine and a point of sale wallet, which may be embedded in a personal trusted device. The computerized engine may be programmed to selectively implement a discount associated with a particular transaction. The personal trusted device may comprise a wireless communications technology, which enables the device to communicate with a back-end system and/or other point of sale devices. The personal trusted device may serve as the nexus of consumer transactions by facilitating payment as well as receipt and storage of electronic receipts. The personal trusted device may also be configured to transmit electronic receipts via the communications technology.
US07770785B2
Detection and management methods and apparatus for wireless devices may include an executable instruction authorization module operable to scan executable instructions on a wireless device, generate a log indicative of a virus or otherwise unauthorized executable instructions based on a received authorization configuration, and forward the log to a user manager. The user manager may be operable to analyze the log and generate an authorization report which may be viewable by an operator to determine the disposition of unauthorized executable instructions. At least one of the executable instruction authorization module, the user manager, and the operator may be operable to generate a control command operable to delete, or otherwise disable, unauthorized executable instructions on the wireless device, or to restore the executable instructions on the wireless device.
US07770784B2
A system and method are disclosed for controlling access to goods or services. A location may be read from a base, such as a card, using a digital pen. The system may then check if the location is within a region belonging to an authorized user. If so, access may be granted to the authorized user to the good or services.
US07770781B2
At a comparatively early stage, members to be bonded are pressurized together by an applied pressure that is a comparatively low pressure. Under an applied pressure condition (a gas venting process) of the comparatively low pressure, an organic protective film is vaporized by heating a bonding material, and a void portion of a porous structure that is formed by metal nanoparticles and a binder in the bonding material is not collapsed any more than necessary due to the applied pressure. Thus, the void portion of the porous structure functions as a degassing path for the gasified organic protective film, and the gas is smoothly released from between the members to be bonded. At the time point when the temperature of the bonding material has reached a predetermined temperature, the applied pressure is increased from the comparatively low pressure to a comparatively high pressure (a pressure increase process). Further, the bonding strength is increased by bonding the members to be bonded together by applying the comparatively high pressure (a bonding process).
US07770776B2
The present invention provides a rotatable stapling head of a surgical stapler, which comprises a staple cartridge (1), a staple driver (2), a scalpel (3), a compression rod (4), a staple casing (5) and a rotating assembly. The above parts constitute a rotating forward mechanism which can rotatablely forward the scalpel therein.
US07770773B2
A surgical device includes a first jaw and a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw between a first position, in which the first and second jaws are aligned within a plane, and a second position, in which the second jaw is in non-parallel correspondence to the plane. The surgical device may include a surgical member, e.g., a cutting and/or stapling element, disposed within the first jaw, and a second driver configured to cause relative movement of the surgical member in a direction parallel to the plane. The first and second jaws may include a camming arrangement that is configured to move the second jaw between the first and second positions. The camming arrangement may include a channel disposed along at least a portion of one or both of the first and second jaws, a ball bearing disposed within the channel.
US07770769B2
The invention relates to a rucksack harness comprising central adjustment means (6) located on an upper part of a rear wall of a rucksack; and a central web (8) adjustably attached to the rear wall of the rucksack by the central adjustment means (6), the central web (8) running downwardly along the length of the rucksack to a branch point (4) at which the central web (8) is bifurcated to form to a pair of side webs (10), the pair of side webs (10) passing first through a pair of loops (12) positioned at either side of a lower part of the rear wall of the rucksack, and then passing upwardly along either side of the rucksack and under a stabilizing member (14) or spreader plate, the ends of the pair of side webs being attached to a pair of shoulder carrier straps (16), wherein the length of the shoulder carrier straps (16) in relation to the rear of the rucksack may be adjusted by pulling the end of the central web (8) through the central adjustment means (6).
US07770760B2
A modular system, for delivering hot melt adhesive or other thermoplastic materials, comprises a modular metering assembly, having a plurality of metering stations disposed therein, which is able to be attachably and detachably mounted upon a modular tank or supply assembly. Alternatively, one or more of the plurality of metering stations may be disposed externally of the modular metering assembly, and alternatively still further, one or more additional modular metering assemblies may be attachably and detachably connected to the first modular metering assembly. In this manner, the entire modular system exhibits enhanced versatility and flexibility in order to effectively implement different material application procedures that may be required for different end-user customers.
US07770754B2
A removable and replaceable dispensing head for a fluid dispenser system adapted to deliver the fluid to a user includes a hollow shank extending on an axis. A shank hub is attached to the hollow shank, and an aperture aligned with the hollow portion of the shank extends through the shank hub. A first fixed body is removably attached to the shank hub, the first fixed body and shank hub each having corresponding first attachment means arrayed in a predetermined pattern. A fluid conveyance path is provided through the hollow shank, first fixed body and shank hub. A second fixed body is provided having a second attachment means arrayed in the same predetermined pattern, the second attachment means corresponding to the first attachment means in the shank hub enabling removable attachment of the second fixed body to the shank hub upon removal of the first fixed body from the shank hub. A sensor attached to either the fixed body, or to a hub spacer connected to the shank hub, automatically detects the presence of a user and activates the fluid dispensing system.
US07770752B2
A plastic container for a particulate product has a footprint and includes a base and at least two and preferably four sides upstanding therefrom which generally define a container main interior volume. A top connects to the sides and includes a large opening which is closed by a lid. One corner includes a pass-through handle located therein having a generally vertical segment which may define a hollow cavity in communication with the main interior volume. The opening of the top is sufficiently large to extend over a portion of the hollow cavity; or is sufficiently wide to receive about a 5″ diameter cylinder therethrough, and has a ratio of a minimum span to a bottom diagonal of at least about ⅔. A shoulder between the top and sides has an angle of less than about 40°. The handle is configured and sized for easy grasping and holding.
US07770750B2
The present invention relates to a vessel intended in particular for treating articles under pressure, the vessel comprising a body, at least one lid, and connection means between said body and said at least one lid. According to the invention, the connection means comprise: an open clamping ring having a U-shaped section defining a groove suitable for clamping together the flanges of the lid and the body; and engagement-and-disengagement means enabling the clamping ring to be deformed and moved relative to the flanges in such a manner as to enable the vessel to be opened and closed.
US07770746B2
A tubular container with a tamper-proof device (19) between the tube (1) and cap (2) and an assembly (14, 15) that creates a sound signal between both, in which the blind projection (24) on the tube is made in a smaller diametrical and longitudinal dimension and with the incorporation of an insert (13) that facilitates the manufacture and also the use of the container by the user.
US07770745B2
A one-piece plastic container includes a body defining a longitudinal axis. The body includes an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion. The upper portion defines an opening into the container. The sidewall portion may be integrally formed with and extend from the upper portion to the base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. The opening defines a radial sidewall and a generally linear sidewall. The generally linear sidewall may be defined by an inset portion formed on the upper portion.
US07770731B2
In an apparatus using air cylinders as a cushioning medium, an air cylinder sheet constructed by a plurality of air cylinders is divided into a first zone and a second zone. The plurality of air cylinders of the second zone is formed with a bridge section between the two lines of bendable points. After the plurality of air cylinders of the first zone is bent along the plurality of bendable points and the plurality of air cylinders of the second zone are bent along the connecting line. This enables an article to be covered therein, and provides the article with a multi-facial cushioning. Parts of the plurality of air cylinders respectively at two ends of each of the plurality of bridge sections are bent along the plurality of bendable points to attach to each other so as to provide the article with double cushioning protection.
US07770728B2
The invention is an easy to open package, in particular a package of the kind comprising two blanks of a sheet material (101) joined along the edges, thereby constituting one or more enclosed compartments (102) e.g. for a medical utensil, such as a urinary catheter. The edge joint comprises at least one peeling zone (18) permitting separation of the two foil walls and at least one foil sheet comprises or defines gripping means to enable a firm grip, such as a tear-open flap (12), a gripping string (499) or a flap with a finger-size hole (11). The package may further comprise means for one-hand opening, e.g. an adhesive element (2299) for bonding the package to exterior objects.
US07770727B2
A driver bit container comprises: a main body, a clip and two containing caps. In the center of main body sets a longitudinal cavity for containing bit holders and there are two symmetrical containers on both sides of the longitudinal cavity with each of them divided longitudinally into two parts: a row of containing slots and an elongated concave. The clip is mounted on the backside of, and can rotate against the main body. Each of the containing caps has a row of side containing slots and a side elongated concave to cooperate with the said elongated concave and said containing slots respectively. Therefore, the invention has features of capability of containing more bits and easy to use.
US07770721B2
A removable and reusable protective device that surrounds the lens portion of eyewear such as goggles. The device provides a light weight, flexible protective device that is soft enough to prevent scratching on a lens caused by any buckle, any head strap, or any outside element, for example. The device may comprise a light weight, flexible material that can be stored in pockets of clothing and sports equipment during use of the eyewear.
US07770717B2
A device for transfer of items, in particular food items such as pieces of meat, with the device having a base part using a vacuum source, a conveyor belt having a plurality of openings formed in the conveyor belt, a driver for the conveyor belt and a support adapted for supporting the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is arranged in a path or course such that the conveyor belt is supported by the support. Further, the base part has a first part corresponding to a vacuum transport zone and a second part corresponding to a friction transport zone. The invention also relates to a method of transferring items, in particular food items such as pieces of meat.
US07770716B2
In the case of a centrifugal ejector with a centrifugal wheel which has at least one ejection lever, is mounted in a housing having an ejection opening and can be driven such that it rotates, the at least one ejection lever is fixed pivotably on the centrifugal wheel, and a mechanism is provided for changing of the pivoting angle of the ejection lever as a function of the angle of rotation of the centrifugal wheel.
US07770713B2
A storage hopper temporarily stores articles supplied from above and then discharges the articles downward. The storage hopper includes a holding member of an article holding change mechanism in a storage portion. The holding member changes a state in which the articles are held in the storage portion according to a state of the articles.
US07770712B2
An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor, for further processing. A puck on the apparatus is capable of manipulating the article during this transfer procedure.
US07770709B2
According to the present invention, pieces of data of states of sensors and actuators in a bill discriminating and counting apparatus are stored in a ring memory at constant time intervals, among these stored data, both the data involved in an error are associated with the error events and stored in a non-volatile memory or a hard disk when the error is occurred in the bill discriminating and counting apparatus, and then the data is read from the non-volatile memory or hard disk to analyze the error. Specifically, digital port input and output information (states of sensors and actuators), analog sensor voltage, and analog motor current value are stored in a memory at constant time intervals since the power is turned on or the counting is started, and the stored port information and voltage are stored in the non-volatile memory or the like along with contents of abnormality when the abnormality is occurred.
US07770708B2
The present invention provides a wet-type multi-plate clutch comprising an external toothed plate formed by sticking a friction material onto a core plate and an internal toothed plate formed by a friction material onto a core plate and designed so that torque is transmitted by engaging the external toothed plate with the internal toothed plate and wherein each of the external toothed plate and the internal toothed plate has one axial surface including a convex surface to which a friction material is stuck, and a friction surface from which a surface of the core plate is exposed and wherein the convex surface and the friction surface are opposed to each other.
US07770707B2
The present invention broadly comprises a stator for a torque converter with first and second plates. The first plate is connected to a rim for the stator and includes at least one first opening. The second plate is connected to the a hub for the stator and includes at least one first protrusion lockingly engageable with the at least one first opening. The first plate is rotatable about an axis for the hub and the at least one first protrusion and the at least one first opening are lockingly engageable when the first plate is rotated in a first direction with respect to the axis. The at least one first protrusion and the at least one first opening are slidingly engageable when the first plate is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US07770698B2
In an elevator apparatus, a brake device stops a car from running. The brake device has a power shutoff portion for shutting off a supply of power to a brake opening coil in response to a brake actuation command, and a current adjusting portion for supplying the brake opening coil with power while adjusting an amount of current in response to a deceleration reduction command from a brake control portion. The current adjusting portion can supply the brake opening coil with power even when the supply of power to the brake opening coil is shut off by the power shutoff portion.
US07770687B2
The invention concerns a hydraulic steering with a steering motor arrangement having at least one steering motor, and with at least two steering circuits, each having a steering valve that interrupts a path from a pressure supply to the steering motor arrangement in the neutral position and releases a path from the pressure supply to the steering motor arrangement on a movement out of the neutral position. It is endeavored to simplify the embodiment of such a steering. For this purpose, the steering valve (5a, 5b) has two end positions, one on each side of the neutral position, in which positions a path from the pressure supply (15, 21) to the steering motor arrangement (2) is interrupted.
US07770682B2
A power-assist system and method for a bicycle, comprising three main sections, namely: a motor section, a speed-reducing section, and a power-assist section. It is capable of operating in four modes, namely: a) the power-assist pedaling mode (where the bicycle rider is pedaling to supply power and the power-assist section is also providing power); b) the pedal only mode (where power is supplied solely by pedaling the bicycle; c) the power-assist only mode (where the bicycle rider is not providing any power by pedaling, and all the power is supplied by the power-output section); and d) a coasting no-power mode where the bicycle is traveling with the pedal section stationary, and no power is being delivered either by the pedal section or the power-assist drive system.
US07770679B2
A release outlet (52) of a release pipe (51) of a relief valve (50) is provided in the vicinity of an exhaust outlet (170) of a fuel cell box (39) in a space between a sub-frame (22) and the fuel cell box (39). A ventilating inlet (130) is formed on a front wall (120) of the fuel cell box (39). A fan (180) can send outside air into the fuel cell box (39). A ventilation flow of the outside air which is sent into the fuel cell box (39) passes through and ventilates the fuel cell box (39) so as to cool a fuel cell stack (38). Exhaust air is exhausted rearward from the exhaust outlet (170) of an exhaust duct (160). The release pipe (51) and the release outlet (52) are heated by the exhaust air. Therefore, heating the release pipe (51) and the release outlet (52) can prevent the release outlet (52) from being blocked by snow or ice.
US07770672B2
A drill bit having a bit body having at least one blade thereon, at least one cutter pocket disposed on the at least one blade, at least one cutter disposed in the at least one cutter pocket, hardfacing applied to at least a selected portion of the drill bit is shown and described. The hardfacing includes a first hardfacing layer disposed on the selected portion of the drill bit, a second hardfacing layer disposed on the first hardfacing layer, wherein the first hardfacing layer has a hardness different than a hardness of the second hardfacing layer.
US07770666B2
A method to recover a lost circulation material from a drilling fluid used in a drilling operation comprising the steps of: directing a drilling fluid containing a lost circulation material into a drill string positioned in a well bore, the lost circulation material having a magnetic property; recovering the drilling fluid containing at least a portion of the lost circulation material from the well bore; and magnetically separating the lost circulation material from the drilling fluid.
US07770662B2
A shaped charge assembly for use in a perforating gun that comprises a shaped charge holder, two or more shaped charges, slots formed to receive the shaped charges, and an impedance barrier disposed between adjacent shaped charges. The impedance barrier can comprise a gap formed in the shaped charge holder, where the impedance barrier runs across the shaped charge holder. The impedance barrier can be a void formed on the surface of the shaped charge holder, or can include shock attenuating material therein, such as wood, cork, cotton, polymeric materials, and combinations thereof, to name a few.
US07770655B2
An anchor handling/tug/supply (AHTS) vessel is employed to engage conductor casings with the seafloor. The conductor casings initially penetrate the seafloor to a first depth under their own weight. The conductor casings may optimally be further engaged with the seafloor to a second depth by the application of suction to the interiors thereof or by the use of a drop hammer. The conductor casings are driven to grade by a hydraulic pile driving hammer deployed from the deck of the AHTS vessel the previously deployed conductor casings to grade before being recovered to the deck of the AHTS vessel.
US07770653B2
A valve (136, 136′, 136″, 200) adapted to replace an existing valve of a wellhead (114). Valve (136, 136′, 136″, 200) can have similar dimensions as the existing valve it replaces to utilize existing wellhead connections. In one embodiment, a replacement bypass master valve (136) incorporates a fluid bypass pathway (168) to enable communication and conveyance of a production enhancing fluid (132) from a location external to the well through small diameter tubing (126) to a specific downhole location independent the position of a flow control member in interior chamber (166). Replacement bypass master valve (136′) can include anchor seal assembly (122′) disposed in locking profile 180 of upstream inlet bore (162) to enable communication from fluid bypass pathway (168) to lower injection conduit (128). In another embodiment, replacement valve (200) includes a groove in gate (208) sealingly receiving capillary injection tubing (204) when in a closed position.
US07770650B2
A horizontal tree has a lateral passage extending from its bore. A tubing hanger having a lateral passage lands in the bore of the tree. The tubing hanger has an orientation guide mounted to it. A retractable pin is mounted in the sidewall of the tree. The orientation guide on the tubing hanger engages the pin to rotate the tubing hanger as it is being landed.
US07770649B2
A locking device for locking an exchangeable unit in an insertion opening of an associated housing, particular in maritime mineral oil or mineral gas extraction, comprises locking elements adjustable between an insertion opening and a locking position, wherein in its insertion direction the unit can be inserted into the insertion opening, and is locked in the locking position within the insertion opening and relative to the housing. The locking elements are formed as thread segments spaced apart by insertion gaps in the circumferential direction and arranged on the outer side of the unit and being aligned with the insertion opening, said thread segments being arranged in the insertion opening at a gap and being in thread engagement in the locking position.
US07770646B2
A downhole burner for a steam generator includes an injector and a cooling liner. Steam enters the burner through holes in the cooling liner. Combustion occurring within the cooling liner heats the steam and increases its quality and may superheat it. The heated, high-quality steam and combustion products exit the burner and enter an oil-bearing formation to upgrade and improve the mobility of heavy crude oils held in the formation. The injector includes a face plate, a cover plate, an oxidizer distribution manifold plate, and a fuel distribution manifold plate. The cooling liner has an effusion cooling section and effusion cooling and jet mixing section. The effusion cooling section includes effusion holes for injecting steam along the cooling liner surface to protect the liner. The effusion cooling and jet mixing section has both effusion holes and mixing holes for injecting steam further toward central portions of the burner.
US07770645B2
Methods and system are described for providing electric power in a wellbore including at least one thermoelectric generator at a downhole location; and one or more thermally insulated sections of wellbore tubing located such as to reduce heat loss of fluid flowing through the wellbore from the entry point of the fluid to the location of the generator.
US07770643B2
The recovery of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon bearing rock, sands or other geological materials (collectively “rock”) uses a recovery fluid. In certain embodiments, the recovery fluid includes miscible compounds or an azeotrope-forming mixture (including an azeotrope), used alone or with other compositions. Two or more compounds in the recovery fluid yield a mixture with different and/or improved characteristics over those of one or more of the component compounds in both liquid and vapor states.
US07770639B1
Downhole tools attached to a wireline are frequently used to perform well operations at a selected depth. However, the downhole tools may be placed at the incorrect depth if the well operator fails to account for creep, i.e. the movement of downhole tools after the wireline is stopped at the surface. This invention provides a method for determining when the well operator should account for creep. The invention further provides methods for determining the magnitude of creep when it is determined to be present. The subsequent positioning of downhole tools may be adjusted according to the magnitude of creep, thus preventing incorrect placement of downhole tools within the wellbore. The methods use equipment and logging data that are readily available during any wireline operation.
US07770633B2
A method for manufacturing a plate-type heat exchanger in which a heat medium is sealed in a hollow part of an airtight structure formed in the interior of a plate-like container, and the heat medium is moved by capillary force from a condensing part to an evaporating part in the hollow part along heat-medium-guiding grooves formed in the container's inside surface portions that face the hollow part; wherein a plastic workable metal plate of specific thermal conductivity is prepared; a carving tool is used to repeatedly carve out a surface portion of the metal plate at specific intervals along the surface portion, forming a plurality of plate-like fins; and a plurality of grooves formed between these fins is used as heat-medium-guiding grooves. A plate-type heat exchanger is obtained which comprises extremely small heat-medium-guiding grooves that have the necessary capillary force to move the heat medium from the condensing part to the evaporating part without affecting the set alignment or other such characteristics.
US07770629B2
The invention relates to a moulding mixture for producing casting moulds for metalworking, a process for producing casting moulds, casting moulds obtained by the process and also their use. To produce the casting moulds, a refractory mould raw material and a binder based on water glass are used. A proportion of a particulate metal oxide selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide, titanium oxide and zinc oxide is added to the binder. Particular preference is given to using synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide as metal oxide.
US07770628B2
Control is provided over the pouring of iron in the casting of iron pipe in a centrifugal casting machine. The initial flow of molten iron from the pouring ladle into the trough actuates an electric eye. A second electric eye is actuated when the molten iron has filled the pouring ladle. The centrifugal casting machine is rolled up to surround the trough, the bell end of the pipe to be formed being at the end of the trough. The molten iron is poured into the casting machine trough and flows into the bell section of the pipe being cast. The casting machine is then moved away from the trough end to form the rest of the pipe.
US07770617B2
The present invention relates to a safety workbench having a working inner chamber enclosed by a housing, whose bottom terminus is formed by a floor trough and which is accessible on a housing front side via a work opening closable using an adjustable front pane. The floor trough is implemented as double-walled and has an internal and an external wall, which enclose an intermediate chamber, which may be placed under vacuum, between them, at least one of the walls having at least one opening which is connected to means for generating the partial vacuum.
US07770615B2
A ring saw includes a disc body having a circumferential edge with a first circumferential bearing groove. A cutting ring is mounted for rotation about the circumferential edge of the body. The cutting ring has an inner annular surface that carries both a circumferential gear profile and a second circumferential bearing groove. Ball bearings are positioned in side by side relation in a circumferential bearing race defined by the first circumferential bearing groove and the second circumferential bearing groove. A circumferential seal is provided between the body and the cutting ring, which is adapted to prevent abrasives from entering into the bearing race and interfering with ball bearings. At least one driving gear is carried by the body and engaged with the circumferential gear profile to impart rotational movement to the cutting ring.
US07770614B2
A funnel system and method for introducing and dispensing a material are presented. In this funnel system two frusto-conical devices having intake ports which have a larger diameter than the diameter of their exit ports may be mated. When mated, a passage exists through the devices' exit ports. Both frusto-conical devices may have partially eclipsed exit ports such that when one device rotates with respect to the other, the passage throttles between a substantially open and a substantially closed position. In this method the devices may be rotated such that the passage may be in the substantially closed position and a material may then be introduced into the second device's intake port. To dispense the material, the devices may be rotated such that the passage may be in a substantially open position whereupon the material may be dispensed from the first device's exit port.
US07770609B2
A method of conditioning a compacted polymeric powder to a flowable and meterable state. The polymeric powder is compacted during transport such that the flowability is hindered. To increase flowability, gas is introduced into the polymeric powder to condition the same to an improved flowable and meterable state.
US07770604B2
This invention relates to a hollow profile (1) used for the manufacture of a spirally wound double-walled thermoplastic pipe, which hollow profile has essentially a rectangular cross section and the wall (2) of the hollow profile intended to form the inner wall of the pipe is thicker than the wall (4) intended to form the outer wall (4) of the pipe. The invention is characterized in that the inner rounding radius (7a) of the edges adjacent to the thicker wall (2) of the hollow profile is considerably larger than the rounding radius (7) of the two other edges of the cavity (6).
US07770602B2
The present invention relates to a double wall pipe with an inner high pressure pipe (1) having an inner flow space for harmful and/or flammable liquids, particularly fuel to be infected or hydraulic oil, and with an outer protection pipe (2) coaxially arranged around the inner pipe, having an enter flow space between inner pipe and outer pipe, for possibly leaking or spilling liquid from the inner pipe, wherein the protection pipe (2) has several substantially longitudinal arranged grooves (23) throughout its inner surface (21); the inner high pressure pipe (1) is fitted tightly into the protection pipe (2); and after bending the double wall pipe (100), the double wall pipe (100) is unified by surface pressure due to deformation of bending process.
US07770601B2
A magnetic dust cap for a pneumatic tire comprising an external valve stem having a threaded top portion having a width, a length, a top end and a bottom end and a rubberized bottom portion having a width and a top end. The magnetic dust cap comprises a body for capping the external valve stem and magnetic means disposed within the body to removably adhere to a washer. The washer is adapted for threaded engagement over the threaded top portion of the valve stem.
US07770599B2
To prevent plastic deformation of a bellows due to a pressure difference between inner and outer sides of the bellows in an outside gas type or inside gas type accumulator, a disc-like gasket is held in a floatable state to a surface close to a stay in a bellows cap by a gasket holder, so that, the disc-like gasket moves together with the bellows cap at a steady operation time, the disc-like gasket moves together with the bellows cap to contact with an end surface portion of the stay, thereby closing the liquid chamber at a zero-down time, and the bellow cap moves toward a position where liquid pressure and gas pressure balance while the disc-like gasket keeps contacting with the stay due to a difference of pressure receiving areas in both the surfaces when the liquid in the liquid chamber is thermally expanded at a zero-down time.
US07770594B2
A liquid exhaust valve gear includes a housing divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by being partitioned by a partition plate having an opening portion, and a float slidably contained at inside of the lower chamber and moved up by receiving liquid inside of the hermetically sealed vessel. An upper end portion of the float is provided with valve means for closing the opening portion of the partition plate in accordance with moving up the float, further, a partition wall in a cylindrical shape is provided to extend in an upper direction from a peripheral edge of the opening portion at inside of the upper chamber, the partition wall is opposed to an opening of an exhaust port, and a notched portion which is not opposed to the opening of the exhaust port.
US07770583B2
A surgical drape for use during surgery of a patient includes a sheet that is configured for covering at least a portion of the patient during surgery. At least one instrument holder strap is attached to a front surface of the drape, the strap having a first end affixed to the drape, an opposite releasable attachment end, and an elastomeric section between the affixed end and the attachment end such that the strap can be stretched to attach surgical instruments to various locations on the drape.
US07770568B1
A cam assembly for an archery bow comprises: a journal for letting out a draw cable as the bow is drawn and the cam assembly rotates; a take-up mechanism for taking up a first power cable; and a let-out mechanism for letting out a second power cable. A second similar cam assembly comprises: a journal for letting out the draw cable; a take-up mechanism for taking up the second power cable; and a let-out mechanism for letting out the first power cable. Draw force versus draw distance for the bow is at least in part determined by: relative rates of take-up and let-out of the first power cable by the first and second cam assemblies, respectively; and relative rates of take-up and let-out of the second power cable by the second and first cam assemblies, respectively.
US07770551B2
A method ignites the combustion of fuel in a combustion chamber (5) of engine (2), by introducing microwave radiation into the combustion chamber (5). The microwave radiation is produced in a microwave source (7) on the outside of the combustion chamber (5). The introduced microwave radiation is absorbed by the fuel distributed in the combustion chamber (5). The supply of energy, in the fuel, arising from absorption, distributes combustion in a large-volume in the combustion chamber (5), preferably in the entire combustion chamber (5) and in a homogenous manner, and is essentially simultaneously ignited. An associated ignition device (1) and an associated engine (2) are also provided.
US07770547B2
A water outlet chamber-type regulating device includes a chamber component having an inlet and an outlet for a fluid to be regulated, and including a member for regulating the flow, the member having a valve component translatingly movable and configured to close a passage cross-section between the inlet and the outlet, and is rigidly fixed to a control shaft. The chamber component includes at least one opening formed in its lateral wall, and the control shaft carries a second closing component, which is integral in translation with the shaft and is positioned on the shaft and has a shape that is configured to regulate the flow of water passing through the opening as a function of the regulation of the flow in the region of the passage cross-section.
US07770546B2
Radial impulse engine, pump, and compressor systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, an engine includes a first end wall portion spaced apart from a second end wall portion to at least partially define a combustion chamber therebetween. In this embodiment, the engine further includes a plurality of movable wall portions disposed between the first and second end wall portions. Each movable wall portion includes a cylindrical surface extending at least partially between a distal edge portion and a pivot axis. Upon ignition in the combustion chamber, the distal edge portion of each movable wall portion slides across the cylindrical surface of the adjacent movable wall portion as the movable wall portions pivot outwardly in unison about their respective pivot axes.
US07770543B2
A boiler control method and system. A BFI (bed fuel inventory) value associated with a boiler can be estimated by detecting data from the boiler utilizing an inferential sensor. The bed fuel inventory value can then be stabilized at a particular value utilizing a feedback controller electrically connected to the inferential sensor, in order to optimize the bed fuel inventory value for varying operating conditions of the boiler, thereby permitting a thermal power associated with the boiler to be increased or decreased faster by respectively increasing or decreasing a primary air supply rate associated with the boiler.
US07770542B2
An improved squeeze chute includes opposing neck bar assemblies. Each neck bar assembly is mounted to a head door of a cattle chute of the type where the head doors pivot in unison between open and closed positions. Each neck bar assembly may be independently actuated to move the neck bar from a first position close to the head door and separated from the center line of the squeeze chute to a second position spaced away from the squeeze chute and closer to the center line of the squeeze chute.
US07770538B2
Printed sheets are delivered from a printer to a coating machine which feeds the sheets successively to a coating nip formed between a coating cylinder and an impression cylinder. A transport mechanism advances the sheets through the coating nip. The arrival of each sheet is sensed, and a control unit determines a speed necessary for each sheet to be initially fed in order to reach the coating nip simultaneously with an image area of the coating cylinder and with grippers of the transport mechanism, as well as at a speed equal to a surface speed of the coating cylinder. Independently driven rollers advance each sheet at that sheet's determined speed (e.g., acceleration or deceleration).
US07770525B2
A system is provided for segregating an energy storage system from at least one of at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable of a hybrid energy vehicle. The energy storage system includes at least one energy storage device and at least one hybrid cable. The system includes a pair of first regions proximately positioned below a respective pair of walkways extending along opposing sides of the vehicle, and a second region positioned between the pair of first regions. The energy storage system and at least one of the at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable are respectively positioned within one of the pair of first regions and the second region to segregate the energy storage system from at least one of the at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable of the hybrid energy vehicle.
US07770524B1
A toy vehicle and a track are provided. The track includes a first recess underneath a first rack and a second recess underneath a second rack opposite the first rack, and the vehicle includes a first coupler with a first lateral portion for insertion into the first recess and a second lateral portion for insertion into the second recess, such that the first lateral portion is adapted to move in the first recess and the second lateral portion is adapted to move in the second recess during motion of the vehicle along the track so as to secure the vehicle to the track. Also, magnet-coupling elements may be provided. Further, the vehicle includes gears disposed near the bottom of the vehicle, and the track includes a pair of opposed racks to cooperate with teeth of the gears to impart motion to the vehicle along the track.
US07770523B2
An apparatus capable of transporting a rider, specifically for an amusement ride. The apparatus is constructed in the form of a substantially hollow sphere which rides along the ground, which is preferably inclined, a track, or a predetermined path (being substantially flat but with guide rails or walls along its sides). An inner carriage, to which the rider's seat is attached, moves independently of the sphere and maintains a substantially constant attitude while the sphere rolls. The inner carriage can be formed in varying shapes such as a sphere, hemisphere, semicircle, tube or a circle.
US07770517B2
A printing press includes: a printing unit which performs offset printing on a sheet; a machining unit including a rotary die which performs a punching process for the sheet subjected to the printing by the printing unit; a first motor which drives an impression cylinder and the like of the printing unit; a second motor which drives the rotary die and the like of the machining unit; and a control device which controls the drives of the first motor and the second motor to be synchronized with each other.
US07770515B2
Frying vessel for a deep fryer apparatus, the frying vessel is closed with a bottom part from the bottom and with side wall from the side, a substantially horizontally formed electric heating element which is immersed in the frying oil and is in direct contact with the same is placed within the vessel, and at the bottom part of the vessel an outlet is provided. The bottom part of the vessel comprises a downwardly narrowing funneled portion, and the outlet is formed in the funneled portion.
US07770508B2
A double-acting deformable fluid actuator with three chambers consists of three axisymmetrical coaxial membranes (10, 11 and 12), constrained by two end pieces (13 and 14) so as to identify three chambers, namely, an inner chamber (15), an intermediate chamber (16), and an outer chamber (17); each chamber is supplied with fluid under pressure through respective connectors (18, 19 and 20) set on one of the end pieces.
US07770507B1
A method and apparatus providing an action system for a semi-automatic shotgun including a receiver having an ejection port for expelling an empty cartridge of a fired projectile. The action system includes a bolt attached to a bolt carrier, wherein the bolt and the bolt carrier are movable within the receiver and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis. A surface is attached to at least the bolt carrier or the receiver, and a roller is positioned rearward of the ejection port and proximate the surface, wherein a resistance is provided to rearward movement of at least the bolt or bolt carrier.
US07770505B2
A ballistic weapon stand has a base plate for mounting armor panels having front and rear faces. The armor panels are fastened to and extend upwardly from the base at an angle in the range of 10-30° with respect to the vertical to define a protected space behind the panels. Struts are welded to the base plate and extend upwardly toward and through an opening in a middle armor panel and between the edges of the middle armor panel and side armor panels. Welding plates are constructed and arranged for welding to the struts on the rear faces of the armor plates. The welding plates extend over the rear faces of the armor plates at junctions between the armor plates. A weapon platform is disposed on a second portion of at least one of the struts for mounting a weapon in the protected space to fire out past the front face of the armor panels. A transparent projectile defeating shield is mounted to swivel with the weapon, preferably on the weapons stand. The transparent shield may have one-way visibility so that a gunner is not visible to adversaries, but adversaries are visible to the gunner.
US07770503B2
The present invention refers to equipment, for the recharging firearm cartridges, having four modules that can operate jointly or separately. The equipment includes a calibrating press, that calibrates and removes a deflagrated fuse of the case through the movement of the piston tool ports and a washing turbine having a rotating nucleus that moves angularly between 90 and −90 degrees to facilitate loading, washing and discharging of the cases. The equipment also includes a fuse press for fuse assembly in the case, with automatic rejection of the defective cases through pneumatic auxiliary cylinders of high sensitivity. The press includes a case feeder system; a rotating disk; and a reservoir feeder of fuses. The press also includes a dosage press for the assembly and packing of the cartridges, with movements synchronized vertically, circular and lineal, with main cylinder and commanded by panel provided with commands for control of the gunpowder dosage.
US07770499B2
A workpiece holding system for correctly locating disk-shaped workpieces in a work area of a machine tool, in particular for machining rotor disks of a gas turbine engine, includes a base plate (6) firmly attached to the machine tool (1) with vertically and radially adjustable clamping elements (7) for restraining the workpiece on an outer circumference in a correct position, as well as a plurality of differently dimensioned centering elements (12) and supporting elements (17), each adapted to a particular shape and size of the workpiece (2) to be machined and to the respective processing step, these centering (12) and supporting elements (17) being exchangeable and attachable to the base plate/machine tool by quick fasteners.
US07770491B2
It is known in the art to apply a counterforce, which opposes the actuating force, onto an accelerator pedal of a vehicle in the event that the vehicle, with respect to a vehicle parameter, sufficiently deviates from the nominal value. The parameter can be the speed or the measured distance from vehicles driving ahead.The invention discloses a series of embodiments that satisfy especially easily and reliably the defined requirements for applying the counterforce to the pedal.
US07770490B1
A motor throttle assembly for attachment to a vehicle handle bar. The motor throttle assembly includes a cable pull with a pair of opposed outwardly extending guide posts. The cable pull is disposed within a tubular inner sleeve having a pair of longitudinal cutouts designed for receiving the guide posts therethrough. The inner sleeve is rotatably supported within an outer sleeve having a pair of helical cutouts overlaying the longitudinal cutouts and designed for receiving the guide posts. Manually rotating the outer sleeve produces cooperative action of the helical cutouts and longitudinal cutouts to apply equally balanced force to the guide posts and cause the cable pull to traverse and accelerate the motor. Bearings support the traversing movement of the guide posts and the rotational movement of the outer sleeve for a smooth action of the throttle, with minimal play. The motor throttle assembly is configured to fully open the throttle with an approximately one half turn and the throttle assembly has a spring return.
US07770489B2
An integrated operator cable-connector and base housing for an automotive shifter mechanism includes a generally cylindrical opening in the base housing, an isolator installed onto one end of a steel sleeve compressed against one or more shoulders in the opening and held therein with a cap snap fitted to a protrusion on the base housing. A swivel tube has a head portion captured between facing partially spherical seats formed on an end of the isolator and an interior portion of the base housing respectively, and a rod laterally supported and slidable therein. The operator cable has its case crimped into a protruding end of the sleeve and its core wire passed through a plastic tubular insert in the sleeve, an opening in the end of the isolator, and the inside of the swivel tube to a rod to which it is attached to the rod slidable in the swivel tube.
US07770477B2
A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index member are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece.
US07770476B2
In one embodiment, air is automatically sampled within a zone of interest in response to an event caused by a mammal. The release of material from the mammal may be induced by directing an increased velocity airflow at the mammal or by introducing a sneezing agent into the zone of interest and capturing the air sample after the mammal has sneezed. Materials contained within the sampled air may include organic material such as skin, hair, saliva, or mucus, and gases such as CO2 and methane. The materials may be forensically analyzed to confirm the presence or to determine the identity of the mammal. The organic materials may contain DNA, in which case the forensic analysis may include a DNA analysis to determine the identity of the mammal.
US07770462B2
A mechanical quantity measuring apparatus is provided which can make highly precise measurements and is not easily affected by noise even when it is supplied an electricity through electromagnetic induction or microwaves. At least a strain sensor and an amplifier, an analog/digital converter, a rectification/detection/modulation-demodulation circuit, and a communication control circuit are formed in one and the same silicon substrate. Or, the silicon substrate is also formed at its surface with a dummy resistor which has its longitudinal direction set in a particular crystal orientation and which, together with the strain sensor, forms a Wheatstone bridge. With this arrangement, even when a current flowing through the sensor is reduced, measured data is prevented from being buried in noise, allowing the sensor to operate on a small power and to measure a mechanical quantity with high precision even when it is supplied electricity through electromagnetic induction or microwaves.
US07770461B2
In a measuring device for the measurement of the brake torque on an aircraft landing gear, a connecting element that is transversally loaded by the brake torque is provided with measuring elements which produce a measuring signal in function of a deformation of the connecting element. In one of two preferred variants, the measuring elements are attached to the surface of a cavity in the connecting element, and in the second preferred embodiment, a corresponding sensor is introduced into the connecting element as a whole, the sensor being so designed that deformations affect its enclosure and deform the latter as well.
US07770460B1
A pressure gauge has a base, a control knob, a pressure detector, a display and a cover. The base has a chamber, an inlet tube, an outlet tube and a controlling tube. The controlling tube has an inner end protruding into the chamber of the base and communicating with the inlet tube. The control knob is mounted rotatably on the controlling tube to open or close a communication between the inner end of the controlling tube and the inlet tube. The pressure detector is mounted in the chamber to detect air pressure in the base. The display is mounted in the chamber of the base and is connected electrically to the pressure detector to display the air pressure detected by the pressure detector. The cover is attached detachably on the base to close the chamber and has a window from which the display is exposed.
US07770455B2
The present invention relates to methods, systems, and instruments (10) for monitoring, detecting or measuring one or more acoustic emissions of a foam. The detected emission(s) may then be used to generate a response, such as one to control an associated process.
US07770453B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device which may be permanently attached or removably attached to a material such as a vehicular glass window or airplane wing. This device may comprise of a converter sub-unit or vibrator and a coupler. These elements may be arranged to propagate mechanical motion generated by the converter sub-unit through the coupler and optionally into the edge of the attached material. The resulting vibration motion in the material, which could take the form of a longitudinal compression/rarefaction wave, transverse wave, or a combination of the two waveforms, may be of a sufficient magnitude so as to cause the adhesive bond between the material's surface and other solid debris, such as ice, to be broken. This allows the debris to fall away while not damaging the material. The vibration motion in the material may be also of sufficient magnitude to remove a liquid such as water from the material surface. In other embodiments, the device is connected to a pulser/receiver and/or a frequency spectrum electronic unit to function as a debris detector.
US07770440B2
The course of torque transmitted though a driving shaft (3) between torque generating device (1) to be tested and a driving or loading mechanism (2) is determined during an identification phase in the completely constructed test bench with the use of a rotating driving or loading mechanism (2) at pseudo-stochastic rotational speeds. Determined are thereby parameters describing in a real and current manner the dynamic behavior of the driving shaft (3) whereby the parameters are used as an influence in further testing.
US07770439B2
A method and apparatus of scanning a sample with a scanning probe microscope including scanning a surface of the sample according to at least one scan parameter to obtain data corresponding to the surface, and substantially automatically identifying a transition in the surface. Based on the identified transition, the sample is re-scanned. Preferably, the resultant data is amended with data obtained by re-scanning the transition.
US07770433B2
The humidity detector comprises a housing adapted to hold a humidity sensor towards the windscreen of a vehicle or any other type of window. A flexible printed circuit board is arranged between the humidity sensor and the windscreen and provides a connection between the humidity sensor and further circuitry of the detector. The humidity sensor is located under a cap, which is engaged by a glider member. A spring pushes the glider member towards the windscreen.
US07770430B2
A die assembly is provided, which is structured to be affixed to a shell press. The die assembly includes at least one die shoe having first and second opposing ends, and a number of divisions between the first end and the second end. The divisions are structured to divide the at least one die shoe into a plurality of pieces to accommodate thermal expansion. Each of the divisions between the pieces of the at least one die shoe has a profile. Preferably, the profile is not straight. Each of the divisions of the at least one die shoe form a gap between the pieces of the die shoe, thereby spacing the pieces apart from one another. The pieces are independently coupled to a corresponding mounting surface of the shell press. A shell press and a method for employing the die assembly in a shell press are also disclosed.
US07770427B2
A method for producing a metal forged product having a plurality of branches includes a preliminary forging step of forming a preform by closed forging from a cylindrical material (301) having a surface layer (302) on a circumferential surface thereof such that the surface layer is contained in a surface region of the preform; an intermediate forging step of subjecting the preform to forging to thereby extrude the surface layer in the form of flash outside a periphery of a forged product corresponding to a target product; a final forging step of forging the forged product into a product assuming a target product shape; and a flash removal step of removing the flash containing the surface layer from the product assuming a target product shape to thereby produce a target forged product. The forged product is enhanced in mechanical characteristics and has no flash removal mark. Since the cylindrical material having a surface layer on a circumferential surface thereof is used, the power required for the steps can be reduced to enhance the yield of the products on the basis of the forging material.
US07770423B2
An electro-mechanical lock structure comprises a casing, an electric control mechanism and a manual control member. The casing has a base and an accommodating space. The electric control mechanism is disposed within the accommodating space of the casing comprising a clutch gear, a movable assembly, a rotation member and a motor able to drive the clutch gear. The clutch gear has a first side facing the rotation member, a second side opposite to the first side and at least one pushing block disposed at the first side. The movable assembly contacts against the second side of the clutch gear. The rotation member has at least one protrusion that corresponds to the pushing block and able to be pushed to move by the pushing block. The manual control member has a knob and a spindle coupled to the knob, the spindle penetrates the base of the casing and one end of the spindle is coupled to the rotation member of the electric control mechanism.
US07770419B2
An improved bicycle rack for public and private use having a hanger housing frame (10), having a hinged door extending from the upper portion of the housing, connected with a hinge assembly (13). Extending from the lower frame end is a seats section, (26), (27), (28), (29), allowing the placing a bicycle frame and one or two bicycle tires. A flange (18) protrudes through a flange cutout (20) when the door (17) is closed. The flange (18) has a primary shackle cutout (19) providing for the locking of the chamber opening (16), no longer requiring the use of u-shape, tether locks, (although they may be used) a simple key or combination lock is all that is required to lock the frame and released tires within an approximately 9″×9″ chamber (25). The hanger housing mounting surface (24) is intended to be welded or otherwise affixed to parking meters, stationary objects, and other similar structures.
US07770410B2
A coolant base for regulating the temperature of a beverage is detachable from the beverage container with which it works. The base may be repeatedly used with the same container. The base can be chilled separately from the beverage container and, when assembled, can provide a stable, chilled beverage for an extended time. In some embodiments, the diameter of the base cooler/container system is the same as the diameter of the beverage container absent the base cooler.
US07770409B2
An ice maker and ice bin are provided on the inside of a freezer door of a refrigerator. The ice maker is compact, and the bin is removably mounted to the door. Ice is made by the ice maker on the door, and discharged into the ice bin, which then feeds the ice to an ice dispenser when the dispenser is actuated by a person.
US07770406B2
A high-pressure side discharge port of a two-stage compressor (12A) and a condenser (14A) are connected, condenser (14A) and a PMV (15A) are connected, a refrigerating side exit of PMV (15A) is connected to a medium pressure side suction port of two-stage compressor (12A) via an R capillary tube (16A) and an F evaporator (18A), connected to an F evaporator (26A) via an F capillary tube (24A), F evaporator (26A) is connected to a low-pressure side suction port of two stage compressor (12A) via a low-pressure suction pipe (28A), PMV (15A) can switch a simultaneous cooling mode and a freezing mode, and in the simultaneous cooling mode, a refrigerant flow rate toward R evaporator (18A) is adjusted by PMV (15A), and thereby a temperature difference control is performed so as to make a difference between an entrance temperature and an exit temperature of R evaporator (18A) equal to a preset temperature difference (for example, 4° C.).
US07770404B2
An ice making system for a refrigerator is provided. The ice making system includes an ice maker body, an ejector rotatably coupled to the ice maker body that drops ice pieces made by the ice maker body, an ice bank drawably disposed below the ice maker body that stores the ice pieces dropped by the ejector, an ice sensing lever that senses an amount of the ice pieces stored in the ice bank, a lever holding device that elastically supports and couples the ice sensing lever, and a driving force transmitting device that transmits a rotation force received from the ejector to the lever holding device, thereby rotating the lever holding device. The ice sensing lever may move within a predetermined range when an external force is applied to the ice sensing lever.
US07770403B2
An air conditioning system is arranged to use a power line for communication. The air conditioning system includes one or more indoor units, one or more outdoor units, and a system controller for controlling the indoor units or outdoor units and executes communications between the indoor units and the outdoor units as overlapping a signal on the power line for supplying electric power. The outdoor units are connected with the system controller through a leased communication line. The indoor unit provides a power line communication device being connected with the power line. The outdoor unit provides a leased communication device being connected with the leased communication line. A bridge is also provided for connecting the leased communication line and the power line. The control information is exchanged mutually between the indoor units, the outdoor units and the system controller through the power line.
US07770395B2
A sleeve 2e having the length of the side surface thereof made longer at a position away from the compressor outlet 11 is connected to the upstream-side end of an external cylinder 2c. By this sleeve 2e, compressed air flowing along the inside wall surface of a casing 4 flows, making a turn, in a space between the sleeve 2e and the inside wall surface of the casing 4, thereby providing the compressed air flow being introduced from the sleeve 2e to the external cylinder 2c with uniformity.
US07770388B2
A two-stage system for delivering fuel to a gas turbine including a first stage variable pump for serving as a primary source of fuel, a second stage fixed pump for selectively supplementing the variable pump, a bypass valve connected to the fixed pump for loading and unloading the fixed pump and a regulator valve assembly connected to the variable pump and the bypass valve for controlling operation of the variable pump and the bypass valve. Preferably, the two-stage system also includes a control valve connected to the regulator valve assembly for setting a pressure differential across the regulator valve assembly and, thereby, loading and unloading the fixed pump.
US07770385B2
An internal combustion engine exhaust system 10 comprises an exhaust gas recirculation pipe 22 which, in use, recirculates engine exhaust gas into the engine air intake. A particulate filter 18 is provided and a burner arrangement 36 is arranged to burn off particulates caught by the filter.
US07770384B2
A method of operating a reductant delivery and storage system of a vehicle, comprising of storing an ammonia-containing fluid in a first storage device, generating ammonia vapors in the first storage device and storing said generated ammonia vapors in a second storage device, purging said stored vapors from the second storage device to an exhaust of the engine, delivering said ammonia-containing fluid to said exhaust of the engine, and adjusting at least one of an amount of ammonia-containing fluid delivered and an amount of vapors purged to said exhaust based on the other of said at least one of said amount of ammonia-containing fluid delivered and said amount of vapors purged to said exhaust.
US07770381B2
A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachinery core operable to generating a first flow of pressurized combustion gases, the core having an exit plane; a fan disposed upstream of the core adapted to extract energy from the core and generate a first flow of pressurized air; a bypass duct surrounding the core which receives a portion of the flow of pressurized air from the fan; a duct burner disposed in the bypass duct, upstream of the exit plane, for receiving the first flow of pressurized air and generating a second flow of pressurized combustion gases; and an exhaust duct disposed downstream of the core and operable to receive and the first and second flows of pressurized combustion gases and to discharge the combined flows downstream.
US07770379B2
The present invention provides an actuating apparatus for moving relatively rotatable components. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises: a bearing (30) including first (34) and second (36) relatively rotatable bearing elements for mounting respective first (18) and second (12) rotatable components for relative rotation about a common axis; a pneumatic or hydraulic actuator having a pair of co-acting parts (44, 54), including a first part (54) fixed with respect to the said first rotatable element and a second part (44) fixed with respect to the said second rotatable element; and, means (110) for energising and/or de-energising said actuator means to effect movement of the said co-acting parts and thereby relative rotation of the said first and second bearing elements about the said bearing axis. The actuator may comprise at least one chamber (52) defined between a pair of relatively rotatable annular members (44, 54) each having at least one dividing element (66, 68, 70) extending into the chamber to divide the interior of the chamber into separate circumferential regions (80, 82, 84). Pressure differentials generated in the chamber across one or more of the dividing elements effect relative rotation of the first and second bearing elements.
US07770369B2
The present description discusses apparatuses and methods for applying straps around a bundle of objects by applying a variable force to tension the strap around the bundle of objects and then actuating a series of cams to control the sealing of the strap around the bundle of objects. The apparatus includes a track assembly extending substantially about a strapping station. The track assembly is adapted to receive a strap and to release the strap during a tensioning operation. An accumulator delivers strap to the track assembly. The accumulator has a strap conveyor system that defines a strap path and an accumulator container adjacent to the strap path. Strap can be accumulated in the accumulator container and subsequently delivered to the track assembly.
US07770366B2
Methods and apparatus for enclosing a palletized container of fresh containers of perishables inside a modified atmosphere-containing plastic bag/enclosure stretched over the containers and over upwardly-folded and sealed margins of a plastic sheet placed between the pallet and the containers to seal the containers of perishables inside the bag/enclosure and to facilitate forming and maintaining a modified atmosphere inside the bag/enclosure.
US07770365B2
A suture package retaining device having a housing with an interior space. Suture packages are located in an interior space of the housing and biased towards a top of the device. A top-most suture package is positioned at the top in alignment with an opening. The top-most suture package is held in position in the retaining device, permitting a user to access a suture of the package through the opening. When a user applies upward force to remove the suture, the suture package is maintained in a fixed position, allowing the user to disassociate the suture from the package. The device may include a slot through which suture packages may be inserted into or removed from the interior space.
US07770360B2
A flexible container and a method of manufacturing the same where a spout or fitment is attached to the outside of the flexible container. The flexible container includes a patch having at least a portion of the patch overlapping an opening of the flexible container. The fitment is attached to the outside of the sidewall of the container and the portion of the patch which overlaps the opening of the flexible container. The fitment includes a flange with a bottom surface having sealing beads. The sealing beads can be bonded to the outside of the sidewall of the container and/or the portion of the patch which overlaps the opening of the flexible container.
US07770357B2
A tablet filling device for supplying a vial container of desired size certainly with no mistake comprising a plurality of containing means containing vial containers by size, a means for taking out a vial container from the containing means based on prescription data, means for carrying a vial container taken out by the container take out means, a means for providing a table to a vial container carried by the carrying means, a means for collecting a vial container in the middle of carriage by the carrying means, a means provided on the carrying passage of the carrying means and detecting the size of a carried vial container, and a control means for judging whether the size of a vial container selected based on the prescription data matches the size of a vial container detected by the container size detection means and collecting the carried vial container by the container collection means if they do not match each other.
US07770353B2
A method of sealing an attic access opening; a first step for which involves providing an attic access opening with a peripheral interior sidewall. A second step involves providing an insulated attic access cover, which consists of a first panel having a peripheral edge and a second panel having a peripheral edge. A flexible web connects the peripheral edge of the first panel with the peripheral edge of the second panel, and defines an insulation cavity between the first panel and the second panel filled with compressible insulation. A third step involves positioning the insulated attic access cover within an attic access opening and moving the first panel and the second panel toward each other to compress the insulation in the insulation cavity and cause the insulation to bulge outwardly to engage the peripheral interior sidewall of the attic access opening.
US07770352B2
A shutter system having a clip that facilitates installation of a decorative cover over a frame rail is provided. The shutter system includes a frame rail, a clip and a decorative cover, the clip being installed in a channel on the frame rail and engaging a channel on the decorative cover to provide a secure fit.
US07770330B2
A method of opening an appliance door includes translating the door up and away from a unit so as to clear a lower edge of a physical constraint, thus allowing for gaps to be minimized, further translating the appliance door out so that its handle would not make contact with an adjacent door should the adjacent door be closed or opened while the appliance door is opened, thus allowing the appliance door to be lowered when the same is fully opened in order to increase the usable height and to reduce the gaps below and above the appliance door.
US07770324B2
A planter system includes an adjustable height and angular orientation planter and an optionally adjustable irrigation system for controllably supplying water to the planter and/or surrounding terrain. The planter is configured to controllably travel up and down a vertical support, such as a section of a planter pole or other suitable vertical support structure, from a highest to a lowest position using a pulley and winch, block and tackle, rotating shaft, continuous pulley driven belt, continuous sprocket driven chain, lead screw, ball screw, a ballast, hydraulics, pneumatics, spring or other lifting subsystem. The irrigation system may be configured to supply water to the planter and or to the surrounding terrain. The planter is carried along the pole, allowing it to be controllably rotated at any height along the travel.
US07770320B1
A bipod rifle support which may be incorporated into the stock of the rifle itself or which may be incorporated into a body member which is attachable to the forward end of the rifle stock. Support legs are normally stowed within the elongated bores with the same being removable therefrom and inserted into sockets or bores so that the support legs extend downwardly and outwardly from the stock for engagement with a supporting surface such as the ground or the like. The support legs have elastic cords secured thereto which maintain the support legs in their stowed position and in their rifle support position.
US07770309B2
A removable insert for footwear has a slot placed in its medial edge which extends below the arch. An insert placed into the slot has a height which establishes how much the arch protrudes above the remainder of the top surface of the insole. Multiple inserts are provided having different thicknesses so that the height of the arch can be varied.
US07770305B1
A portable collapsible clothes dryer kit including two clothing article dryer units for engaging and spreading different articles of clothing, one of the units being supported by spaced, elongated flexible elements and the other of the units being supported by a coat hanger.
US07770286B2
A manufacturing method of a winding assembly of a rotating electrical machine using a rotation block and a fixed block and a manufacturing apparatus used for the same. The rotation block includes a rotation surface rotatable around a rotation axis, and the fixed block includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and a shaping surface. The shaping surface is formed between end parts of the first and the second surfaces, is made to have an almost semicircular shape with the rotation axis as the center, and extends along the rotation axis. Plural wire rods are simultaneously fed from the first surface of the fixed block to the rotation surface of the rotation block, and the wire rods positioned on the rotation surface are bent by rotation of the rotation block.
US07770284B2
A manufacturing method of an MR element in which current flows in a direction perpendicular to layer planes, includes forming on a lower electrode layer an MR multi-layered film having a cap layer at a top thereof, forming a mask on the cap layer of the MR multi-layered film, patterning the MR multi-layered film by milling through the mask to form an MR multi-layered structure, forming a magnetic domain control bias layer by using a lift off method using the mask, after forming the magnetic domain control bias layer, forming an additional cap layer on the cap layer and a part of the magnetic domain control bias layer, planarizing a top surface of the additional cap layer and the magnetic domain control bias layer, and forming an upper electrode layer on the planarized top surface.
US07770280B2
A method for manufacturing multiphase windings (32) of an electric machine provides the following process steps: Cross-sectional profiles (13) that increase the slot space factor are stamped onto wire elements (7, 11, 12). Offsetting dies (14, 26) are loaded with stamped wire elements (7) to constitute the winding (32), stamped wire elements (11) to constitute an integrated star point (21), and stamped wire elements (12) for supplying current to the winding (32). The offsetting dies (14, 26) offset the stamped wire elements (7, 11, 12) in their end regions. An interconnection of the integrated star point (21) is produced by thermally attaching (30) the stamped wire elements (11) for the integrated star point (21) to a connecting ring (40) on an inside (41) of a finished winding head (20).
US07770278B2
Systems and methods for creating assemblies are described. One method described comprises providing a first element at a first temperature, providing a second element at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, coupling the first and second elements to create an assembly, and changing the first temperature to a third temperature, thereby preloading and interlocking the assembly. The first element comprises a first dimension at the first temperature. The second element comprises a second dimension lesser than the first dimension at the second temperature. The first element comprises a third dimension at the third temperature lesser than the first dimension.
US07770276B2
A device and a method are provided to allow a user to ream a hole to an accurate final diameter as desired, and at the same time, to cold work the hole to induce a beneficial residual stress that will enhance the life of the component by retarding the onset and growth of fatigue cracks in the hole. The basic design of the device has an elongated body having a forward end portion to extend through a hole to be reamed and cold worked, a reamer section formed on the circumference of the forward end portion to enlarge the hole, and a burnishing section formed on the circumference of the elongated body adjacent to the reamer. The burnishing section is operative to upset the material around the hole, so as to result in a residual stress beneficial to the hole. The reamer section is in the form of a plurality of cutting edges extending from a tip of the elongated body, while the burnishing section is also in the form of a plurality of cutting edges adjacent to the reamer section along the elongate body. The cutting edges of the reamer sections are parallel straight cutting edges or helical cutting edges. The cutting edges of the burnishing section are configured with an orientation opposite to that of the cutting edges of the reaming section. Therefore, when the cutting edges of the burnishing section are configured with the same profile as the cutting edges of the reamer section, the burnishing section is in the form of a backward reamer section.
US07770275B2
In an exemplary method a profile outline of a desired piezoelectric vibrating piece is formed on a surface of a piezoelectric wafer. The piece includes a base and at least two arms extending from the base. On a surface of the wafer within the profile outline, a first metal layer is formed comprising at least one of Cr, Ni, and Ti. A second metal layer, of Au and/or Ag, is formed on at least one selected region of the first metal layer. An electrode pattern is formed on at least one selected region of the second metal layer. From at least one selected location within the electrode pattern, the second metal layer is peeled away to form an electrode on the piezoelectric vibrating device comprising the first metal layer but not the second metal layer.
US07770273B2
A piezoelectric element is manufactured by applying a masking agent to a surface of a piezoelectric material to form a film of the masking agent on the surface of the piezoelectric material. The film of the masking agent is patterned into a masking pattern. Oil repellent is selectively applied to surface portions of the substrate which are not covered with the patterned film. The patterned film is held in contact with a vapor of a solvent for the masking agent, diluted with an inert gas, to fluidize the film to a domed shape on the surface of the piezoelectric material. The diluted vapor is formed by bubbling the solvent with the inert gas. The dome-shaped film is then cured and the piezoelectric material is dry etched together with the cured film to process the piezoelectric material into a three-dimensional convex profile corresponding to the thickness distribution of the domed shape.
US07770267B2
Two wedges extended from the first arm and the second arm of the waist-strap fastener respectively are utilized to engage with the waist-strap button. With inclined surfaces that face with each other on the first arm and the second arm, the mounting section of the waist-strap button is capable of squeezing through the gap between the first arm and the second arm. With the surfaces on the other side of the wedges respectively, the mounting section of the waist-strap button is securely held by the surfaces such that the waist-strap button is secured in the waist-strap fastener.
US07770258B2
A pivot bushing for insulating a pivot shaft and component pivotally mounted to a seat assembly of an automotive vehicle. The pivot bushing comprises a circumferential planar rim having an inner surface defining a bushing aperture and an outer surface defining a bearing surface. The inner and outer surfaces extend between an upper edge and a lower end. An upper flange projects outwardly from the upper edge of the rim and about the perimeter of the outer surface and a lower flange projects outwardly from the lower edge of the rim and about the perimeter of the outer surface defining a channel formed between the outer surface, upper flange and lower flange for receiving and insulating the component from the pivot shaft.
US07770257B2
Provided is a mini nozzle protected by upper and lower covers, the upper and lower covers being combined by hooking so that a user may handle conveniently.
US07770252B2
The invention is directed to a multi-adjustable paint applicator assembly including an elongated handle with a first adjustment assembly that provides angular movement of an upper handle portion with respect to a lower handle portion. A base is rotatably connected to the handle by a second adjustment assembly that provides rotational movement of the base with respect to the handle. The base also has an upper portion with a receiver that slidingly engages a projection extending from a paint applicator. The paint applicator may be a paint brush, roller or pad with an applicator surface. The first and second adjustment assemblies each include a fastener and an arrangement of mating members that intermesh with another arrangement of mating members, wherein the fastener provides tension between the arrangements to releasably secure the angular or rotational position.
US07770247B2
An arm is pivotally coupled to a support structure at one end and a patient care equipment support, such as a service head, is pivotally coupled to the arm at the other end. The arm has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion for extension and retraction relative to the first portion. Brakes are provided to brake the extension and retraction of the portions of the arm, to brake the pivoting movement of the arm relative to the support structure, and to brake the pivoting movement of the patient care equipment support relative to the arm. Each of the brakes is releasable.
US07770241B2
Disclosed is a sewer system including a sewage receptacle, sewer piping connected to the sewage receptacle by means of a discharge valve, a mechanism for generating vacuum in the sewer piping, and a control mechanism for controlling the discharge valve. In order to achieve a more rapid closing of the discharge valve after discharge of the sewage from the sewage receptacle, the vacuum sewer system further comprises an aeration device in direct fluid communication with the discharge valve. The control mechanism is arranged to control the aeration device. Also disclosed is a discharge valve (2) for such a vacuum sewer system.
US07770240B2
The connection of a breathing mask to a safety helmet provides increased wearing comfort. A fastening mount (12) with circular arc-shaped inner contour (14) is provided, and the bracket for the breathing mask has a projection corresponding thereto. The projection is in contact with the inner contour (14) of the fastening mount (12), so that the bracket is displaceable in relation to the fastening mount (12) in a rotatingly movable manner.
US07770233B2
The invention comprises an energy absorbing and/or spreading garment for protection against an impact or a fall, the garment including an inner layer (2), an outer layer (1), a plurality of arcuate panels (3,4,5) housed between the inner layer (2) and the outer layer (1) of the garment, and wherein each panel (3,4,5) is arranged to overlap at least one adjacent panel in sliding relationship with the at least one adjacent panel. Impacts from falling off a horse or being kicked by a horse will cause the panels (3,4,5) to deform, spreading the energy of the impact. The panels (3,4,5) to deform, spreading the energy of the impact. The panels (3,4,5) also slide against each other further spreading the force of the impact.
US07774856B2
A content transferring apparatus is disclosed which includes: a source ID list reception unit for receiving a source ID list from a content reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing contents furnished with source IDs included in the source ID list; a first extraction unit for extracting from either one or a plurality of transfer-destined contents a content furnished with a source ID included in the source ID list; and a content transmission unit for transmitting the content extracted by the first extraction unit to the content reproducing apparatus.
US07774851B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for protecting information on a user interface based on a viewability of the information are disclosed. According to one method, a viewing position of a person other than a user with respect to information on a user interface is identified. An information viewability threshold is determined based on the information on the user interface. Further, an action associated with the user interface is performed based on the identified viewing position and the determined information viewability threshold.
US07774849B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting and mitigating a denial of service attack in a telecommunications signaling network are provided. According to one method, traffic rate information is monitored on at least two of a plurality of signaling links. If the traffic rate on one of the signaling links exceeds the rate on at least another of the signaling links by a predetermined threshold, a denial of service attack is indicated. In response to indicating a denial of service attack, a user may take mitigating action, such as updating a firewall function to block packets associated with the offending source.
US07774840B2
A virus screening method includes steps of routing a call between a calling party and a called party of a telephone network, receiving computer data from a first party of the calling party and the called party, and detecting a virus in the computer data. In response to detecting the virus, a step of inhibiting communication of at least a portion the computer data to a second party of the calling party and the called party is performed. A virus screening system is also disclosed.
US07774830B2
An access control policy engine associated with a resource determines whether to allow a request to access same. The engine receives the request with an security token, retrieves the token determines a type thereof, and maps access decision information in the token to a common format as at least one security claim setting forth adequate information to determine a right of the requestor. Thereafter, the engine retrieves a set of rules for accessing the resource, applies the rules to the security claims to determine whether to allow the request from the requestor, and if the request is to be allowed, provides the requestor access to the resource in accordance with the request and the rights of the requestor as determined based on the security claims.
US07774817B2
A variety of meta data based enhancements to media content viewing are described, including making meta data corresponding to media content available for user searching and using meta data to identify highlight portions of the media content so that only the highlight portions need to be stored. Additionally, comments made to media content can be shared with other viewers of the content, even when viewing the content at different times and even when viewing different versions of the content. Furthermore, a synchronization point can be established for the media content and used by the client systems as a common reference location. In addition, advertisements for media content can be rendered based on how much time has been spent rendering the media content, as well as the amount of a fee paid by the user of the client system.
US07774816B2
The present invention is directed to a conflict manager for a personal video recorder. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal hard drive or other storage device where broadcasts are transferred to the storage device. The set-top box is connected to an output device such as a television, which displays a graphical user interface (GUI) and an interactive program guide (IPG). The IPG displays a list of broadcasts that are available by tuning to different channels. The GUI allows the user to navigate the IPG, for instance, by viewing different times and dates for broadcasts. The GUI also allows the user to activate a video recorder within the set-top box, by navigating the IPG and selecting broadcasts to later transfer to the storage device. The user may select multiple broadcasts to transfer, may repeatedly transfer the same program, or may repeatedly transfer the same program in a series. When a conflict arises the present invention is configured to automatically or manually resolve the conflict.
US07774811B2
The present embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for use in controlling the display of information relative to the playback of programming content and displaying programming guide data. Some embodiments provide a method for use in controlling the display of an electronic programming guide. The method receives programming guide data, determines whether the guide data is to be filtered, filters the guide data to replace at least a first title with a generic title, determines whether limits are to be applied to the guide data, applies the limits to the programming guide data by replacing at least a second title with the generic title, and displays a programming guide according to programming guide data as filtered and as limited. Some embodiments further display progress bars for one or more active applications. Trick commands can be implemented by applications by selecting one or more of the displayed progress bars.
US07774801B1
A system and method for communicating with a processing element in a CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) system does not use an ORB (object request broker) in the processing element. A CORBA location is assigned to the processing element with a host loader and stored in a memory in the processing element. Addresses of CORBA objects are acquired with the host loader and loaded in the memory. The processing element communicates with the CORBA objects using CORBA object addresses. The CORBA objects communicate with the processing element using the assigned CORBA location of the processing element. Data is loaded into the processing element with the host loader.
US07774799B1
A method and system link page content with a media file and display these links during playback of the media file. In other words, the present invention can link notes stored in an electronic document with media such as audio stored in an audio file. As media is played back from the media file, the present invention can display visual indicators adjacent to or over page content so that a user can see how page content relates to the media file. According to one exemplary aspect of the present invention, page content can be highlighted when the page content has a relationship with the media that is being played. That is, page content can be highlighted at different times as the recorded live information from a media file such as audio from an audio file is being played back.
US07774798B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an interaction between a status management service and an audit trail service. In one embodiment, a computer-implement method provides the interaction by enabling an audit of a business object when the business object reaches a designated status. At an application server, a change associated with the business object is received. In response to the change, it is determined whether the business object is a status business object and an auditable business object. If so, a status function set is implemented to interface with the application server to determine whether the change to the business object is allowed. The method also determines whether the business object has reached the designated status. When the business object has reached the designated status, auditing data is requested for the business object.
US07774792B2
A system for providing automatic event publication relative to data owned by a service is disclosed. A service which owns data publishes internal events when data is created, updated, or deleted. These internal events are only visible by consumers on the same physical computer and running within the same process or executable. Consumers who are located remotely or in a separate process cannot subscribe to these events. Embodiments provide the ability to expose local entity create, update, and delete events as “public” events (or out-only messages) on a service contract. This allows external consumers who may be remote and even on a different platform, to subscribe and receive notifications of when data changes in the owning service.
US07774787B2
Various new and non-obvious systems and methods for ensuring within a multi-threaded environment that object fields hold legal values are disclosed. One of the disclosed embodiments is a method for a thread locking the top object of an object hierarchy. The thread then gains ownership of the locked object and any children of the locked object, by successively unpacking child objects, allowing the thread to write to any unpacked object field. By owning the top hierarchical object, the thread also achieves transitive ownership to any descendants of the object, allowing the thread to read any object fields which it transitively owns. When a thread locks an object within this exemplary embodiment all other threads are denied access to the locked object and to any descendants of the locked object.
US07774774B1
Methods and apparatuses for automatic system setup. At least one embodiment of the present invention stores the setup configuration information (e.g., in files and/or in directory servers). The setup configuration information is stored (e.g., using a configuration file naming scheme) so that the configuration information for a particular machine can be found. A setup daemon on the machine searches for suitable configuration information in a number of places, such as: in a location in a local file system, in locations in mounted file volumes, and directory servers. The configuration information may be encrypted, and the setup daemon searches for the decryption key in a similar fashion.
US07774773B2
Provided are an active node, and a system and method of transmitting contents using the active node. When contents to be transmitted from a contents server to a terminal are received, resource information of the terminal is identified, the contents transmitted from the contents server are transformed into a pertinent format to the terminal based on the resource information, information included in a header of the contents is transformed into information about the transformed contents and is transmitted to the terminal, thereby reducing load according to contents transformation of a contents server.
US07774761B2
A method of analyzing runtime memory access errors in a computer program can include instrumenting the computer program with runtime analysis code and detecting a runtime memory access error of the instrumented computer program. The method further can include, responsive to detecting the runtime memory access error, dynamically setting a watch point.
US07774752B2
Runtime services for network software platforms are described. In one implementation, runtime services are configured for a web application. A configuration file is created containing tags that provide references to configuration information specific to operational behavior of the web application. The configuration file is read upon receiving a request to start the web application. The runtime services for the web application are initialized based on the configuration information read from the configuration file.
US07774734B2
An algorithm referred to as REAL for the point-to-point shortest path problem combines A* search with landmark-based lower bounds and reach-based pruning. A symbiosis of these techniques is described, which gives a range of time and space tradeoffs, including those that improve both of these complexity measures. Locality is improved and exact reach computation is described.
US07774732B2
A method of designing a layout of an integrated circuit for increased radiation tolerance by ensuring that any critical components (those deemed particularly sensitive to radiation-induced soft errors) are at spacings greater than a predetermined threshold based on particle migration within the silicon substrate. The method starts with an initial placement, identifies the objects for which radiation tolerance is desired, determines whether any of those objects and, if so, moves the relevant objects to increase the spacing. An exemplary threshold for contemporary CMOS device technologies is 5 μm. The objects can be moved by vertically and/or horizontally shifting away from a reference point of the integrated circuit. The critical objects may include triplicated (redundant) structures, clock control latches, or a reset bit. The method can be used in conjunction with other placement optimizations such as area, power and timing.
US07774731B2
A sequential cell is characterized using interdependent setup/hold time pairs to produce associated clock-to-Q delay values, and then identifying setup/hold time pairs that produce a selected clock-to-Q delay value (e.g., 10% of failure). The identified setup/hold time pairs (or a piecewise linear (PWL) approximation thereof) are then stored in a cell library for use in static timing analysis (STA). During STA, the setup and hold skews calculated for each synchronous circuit are compared with a selected setup/hold time pair stored in the cell library (e.g., a pair having a relatively low hold value). If at least one of the setup and hold skews violates the selected setup/hold time pair, then the remaining identified setup/hold time pairs (or the PWL approximation) are utilized to determine if the synchronous circuit is violates established constraints, and if not, to identify the setup and hold times required to remove the violation.
US07774727B2
The layout making equipment of a semiconductor integrated circuit is provided with a logic circuit schematic design section that design a logic circuit diagram, based on a specification data on a circuit, a layout data creation section that creates a layout data, based on the logic circuit diagram, a logic connection verification section that verifies whether or not a data on potentials inputted in nodes of the devices and nodes of connections between the devices extracted from the layout data match a data on the logic circuit diagram, thereby to create the results, a layout data verification section that verifies whether or not the layout data violates a design rule extracted from the specification data on the circuit, based on the data on the potentials inputted in the nodes of the devices and the nodes of the connections between the devices extracted in the logic connection verification section, thereby to create the verification results, and a data output section that outputs the created layout data.
US07774725B1
A method of simulating operation of a VLSI interconnect structure having capacitive and inductive coupling between nodes thereof. A matrix X and a matrix Y containing different combinations of passive circuit element values for the interconnect structure are obtained where the element values for each matrix include inductance L and inverse capacitance P. An adjacency matrix A associated with the interconnect structure is obtained. Numerical integration is used to solve first and second equations, each including as a factor the product of the inverse matrix X1 and at least one other matrix, with first equation including X1Y, X1A, and X1P, and the second equation including X1A and X1P.
US07774724B2
In a method of data processing, a database defines a Dial entity and at least one instance of the Dial entity. Each instance of the Dial entity has an input having a plurality of different possible input values and one or more outputs, and each of the plurality of different possible input values has a different associated output value set for the one or more outputs. Each instance of the Dial entity determines a value of at least one of a plurality of configuration latches in a digital system separate from the database. The database also associates with the Dial entity at least one set of biasing weights that, when applied, determines a probability of each instance of the Dial entity having particular ones of the plurality of different possible input values. In response to a call to set the plurality of configuration latches, the database is accessed to apply the at least one set of biasing weights to select one of the plurality of different possible input values for the at least one instance of the Dial entity. The plurality of configuration latches in the digital system are set based upon the output value set for the one or more outputs of the at least one instance of the Dial entity.
US07774723B2
A system and method for facilitating the design process of an integrated circuits (IC) is described. The system and method utilizes a plurality of repositories, rules engines and design and verification tools to analyze the workload and automatically produce a hardened GDSII description or other representation of the IC. Synthesizable RTL is securely maintained on a server in a data center while providing designers graphical access to customizable IP block by way of a network portal.
US07774718B2
A media management application implemented in a digital device that incorporates a media handle. The media handle is moveable within a display to provide the user of the application with viewable access to media file representations or calendar events. The media handle may be displayed in conjunction with a media view, a calendar view and/or a time bar, such that the media handle provides access to desired portions of the media view, the calendar view or the time bar. The media handle of the present invention provides the device user with a highly efficient means of locating time periods and the media files associated with the time periods. In addition, the media handle provides ergonomic benefit to the user, in that, user inputs to the device are limited and the user inputs that are required are user-friendly.
US07774712B2
A method and system for displaying an enlarged image on a display. The display is configured to be connected to a device that generates a user interface in which a user may control a position of a cursor. The method can include providing a first image, providing an enlarged version of the first image, and displaying the first image at a first location on the display. The method can also include determining a position of a cursor and, if the position of the cursor overlaps with the location of the first image, determining a portion of the enlarged version of the first image, where the portion of the enlarged version of the first image is determined based on the position of the cursor. The method can further include displaying the portion of the enlarged version of the first image at a second location on the display.
US07774707B2
There is a provided a method and apparatus for enabling a user to amend an audio file, via a user interface for controlling a driver for re-authoring the audio file. The method comprises the following steps: a) associating an icon on said user interface with one or more instruments or sets of instruments in said audio file; b) providing a selection of possible trajectories for each said icon, each trajectory defining the virtual path, relative to said user, of the associated instrument or set of instruments; c) providing a display on said user interface for showing the position of each said icon, each position defining the virtual position, relative to said user, of the associated instrument or set of instruments; d) the user selecting an icon; e) the user assigning a position and/or a trajectory from the selection, to the selected icon; and g) indicating, on said display, the position of the selected icon and whether a trajectory has been assigned to the selected icon. The invention relates in particular to a method for enabling a user to amend a MIDI file, via a user interface for controlling a driver for applying three-dimensional audio data to the MIDI file.
US07774704B2
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a playback unit for playing back image data and a plurality of pieces of playlist data from a recording medium, each of the plurality of pieces of playlist data representing a playback procedure of the image data; and a playlist processing unit for generating new playlist data in accordance with the plurality of pieces of playlist data recorded on the recording medium.
US07774700B2
A method and apparatus is provided for partial evaluation of XML queries for program analysis. An executable version of a first body of instructions that conforms to an XML computer language, such as XSLT, is generated. The executable version may include trace instructions for collecting information about executing the executable version against representative data, such as an XML schema document. This execution causes the generation of an execution graph, which may be optimized by the collected information. Based on the execution graph, a second body of instructions is generated that conforms to a different computer language, such as XQuery. Subsequently, the second body of instructions may be applied against XML documents that conform to the same schema as the representative data. By generating the second body of instructions before source XML documents are received, several optimizations may be made that greatly decrease the time for querying and/or transforming XML documents.
US07774692B2
The present invention dynamically generate documents or display control information so as to provide client terminals of various capability with user interface in compliance with each terminal's capability. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method for generating display control information (HTML document, for instance) so as to display in a form adapted to a terminal used by a user, comprises the steps of: receiving a display request from the terminal; in response to the display request, generating a group of data objects concerning the contents of the display, wherein the data objects is independent of the terminal; by using the group of data objects and information about attributes of the terminal, generating a group of view objects for generating the display control information; and by referring to the information about the attributes of the terminal, generating the display control information by the group of view objects.
US07774687B2
The present invention discloses a method for LDPC code erasure decoding, including: generating a first code word through setting a value as a value in Galois field having two elements GF(2) at each of erasure locations in a code word; generating a second code word through setting the value as an inverse value of the value in GF(2) at each of the erasure locations in the code word; conducting a MLD error correcting operation for the first code word and the second code word to get a first result of hard decoding and a second result of hard decoding respectively; determining a result of erasure decoding according to the first result of hard decoding and the second result of hard decoding. Thus the present invention allows LDPC code erasure decoding aimed at the BEC, and increases the error correcting capability for BED signal transmitted data.
US07774682B2
In at least some embodiments, a Programmable Logic Device (PLD) is configured to using a counter in conjunction with a threshold value to determine whether a configuration data frame is to be reloaded into a frame register if errors are encountered. In at least other embodiments, a Programmable Logic Device (PLD) is configured to sequentially load configuration data frames into a frame register, check for errors in the configuration data frames during sequentially loading, and correct errors during sequentially loading without reloading one or more previously-loaded different configuration data frames.
US07774670B2
A method includes retrieving a group test parameter determined based on test results associated with a plurality of integrated circuit devices. A particular integrated circuit device is tested using a test program and the group test parameter.
US07774663B2
A low overhead dynamically reconfigurable shared scan-in test architecture is provided. This test architecture advantageously allows for changing scan inputs during the scan operation on a per shift basis. The flexibility of reconfiguring the scan input to scan chain mapping every shift cycle can advantageously reduce both test data volume and test application time.
US07774661B2
Integrated circuits have expanded a set of custom registers and a read mechanism for control registers. One embodiment includes a circuit having a first set of registers; a second set of registers to be written via one or more write operations addressed to one or more registers of the first set; and a read controller coupled with the first and second sets of registers, the read controller to selectively output a portion of data stored in the first and second sets of registers based on data stored in one or more registers of the second set. In one embodiment, the circuit further includes a logic block; and a multiplexer to select from an output of the logic block and an output of the read controller as an output of the circuit based on the data stored in the one or more registers of the second set.
US07774659B2
The present invention relates to computers executing in time-share mode, under the control of their operating systems, a number of separate and independent application programs. The present invention relates in particular to the networks of onboard computer networks of IMA type executing application programs written independently of the hardware specifications of the computers and not permanently resident in the computers. The method of the present invention associates with the digital core of each computer of the network a monitoring state machine operating independently and in having the monitoring state machine monitor the correct observance by the associated computer of the time sequencing of the tasks and memory partition allocations. Furthermore, the monitoring state machines can be configured to execute monitoring service applications of time-out or watchdog type to which the application programs executed by the computers of the network can subscribe.
US07774656B2
Provided are a method, system, and program for handling a fabric failure. A module intercepts a signal indicating a failure of a path in a fabric providing a connection to a shared device. The module generates an interrupt to a device driver in an operating system providing an interface to the shared device that is inaccessible due to the path failure. The device driver requests information from the module on a status of a plurality of devices that are not accessible due to the path failure and receives information indicating the inaccessible device. The device driver reconfigures to discontinue use of the inaccessible device.
US07774643B2
Methods and systems for preventing permanent data loss due to a single failure in an array of storage devices are described. In particular, a defective memory block is detected and data that was on the now defective memory block is reconstructed using backup data in the array. The reconstructed data is stored in a replacement memory block, without requiring the rewriting of data in non-defective memory blocks. The information mapping the defective memory block to the replacement memory block may be stored as metadata on a storage device.
US07774636B2
A method of kernel panic recovery, comprising detecting a kernel panic of a first kernel, retrieving at least some of a state of at least one thread running on the first kernel, and restoring the state of the at least one process on a second kernel.
US07774626B2
A processor starting a duty cycle timer with a specified duty cycle period and a specified power state, and if the duty cycle timer expires, placing the processor in the specified power state in response to the expiry of the timer, if the timer has not expired and if an interrupt other than a timer tick interrupt is received, canceling the duty cycle timer in response to the interrupt other than a timer tick interrupt.
US07774620B1
Systems and methods that enable execution of applications at appropriate trust levels are described. These systems and methods can determine appropriate trust levels by comparing applications' permitted trust levels with their requested trust levels. These systems and methods can determine applications' permitted trust levels by comparing applications' execution locations with their published locations. Applications can also be executed at a restricted trust level at which potentially dangerous operations are prohibited.
US07774618B2
When data is encrypted and stored for a long time, encryption key(s) and/or algorithm(s) should be updated so as not to be compromised due to malicious attack. To that end, stored encrypted data is converted in the storage system with new set of cryptographic criteria. During this process, read and write requests can be serviced.
US07774615B2
A method for recording at least one block of variable data in a first volatile memory external to a microprocessor, including calculating and storing a digital signature taking into account at least partially the address and the content of said data block in the memory, and at least a first random digital value internal to the microprocessor.
US07774601B2
A system and method for providing a containment model of role capabilities wherein a parent role can obtain the capabilities of its child role(s).
US07774594B2
A method for providing strong security in an insecure network, involving creating a payload associated with a data packet for transmission by a sending node, determining whether the payload is associated with a unicast data packet, if the payload is associated with the unicast data packet encrypting the payload using a private key associated with the sending node to obtain a unicast encrypted payload, encrypting the unicast encrypted payload using a public key associated with a receiving node to obtain a double-encrypted payload, and transmitting the data packet including the double-encrypted payload to the receiving node over the insecure network.
US07774586B2
A method and system for express execution of multimedia playing is provided. A computer system is installed with a first operating system and a second operating system in a data storage therein. The method includes the following steps: the computer system finishing basic booting process; the computer system loading and executing a driver to activate a touch-control display device; the touch-control display device displaying icons representing detected audiovisual players; detecting the icon selection by the user; based on the selection, loading and executing the corresponding operating system; and executing the application program corresponding to the selected audiovisual player.
US07774582B2
A data processing system including multiple execution pipelines each having multiple execution stages E1, E2, E3 may have instructions issued together in parallel despite a data dependency therebetween if it is detected that the result operand value for the older instruction will be generated in an execution stage prior to an execution stage which requires that result operand value as an input operand value to the younger instruction and accordingly cross-forwarding of the operand value is possible between the execution pipelines to resolve the data dependency.
US07774565B2
Methods and systems for accessing data from a previous point in time, including receiving data stored in a storage system of addressable memory, the storage system including a plurality of addresses, receiving a journal history of write transactions for the storage, each write transaction including (i) a plurality of designated memory addresses, (ii) a corresponding plurality of current data to write in the designated memory addresses for storage, and (iii) a time indicator, generating a data structure that represents a virtual interface to the storage at a specified point in time, based on the write transactions in the journal history having a time subsequent to the specified point in time, and enabling a user to process the data from the specified point in time, via the virtual interface and the journal history.
US07774563B2
A computer-implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable program code are provided for reducing memory access latency. A memory controller receives a memory access request and determines if an address associated with the memory access request falls within an address range of a plurality of paired memory address range registers. The memory controller determines if an enable bit associated with the address range is set to 1 in response to the address falling within one of the address ranges. The memory controller flags the memory access request as a high-priority request in response to the enable bit being set to 1 and places the high-priority request on a request queue.A dispatcher receives an indication that a memory bank is idle. The dispatcher determines if high-priority requests are present in the request queue and, if so, sends the earliest high-priority request to the idle memory bank.
US07774562B2
A method of operating a central cache controller (“CCC”) in a first cell of a multiprocessor system comprising multiple cells each including globally shared memory (“GSM”), wherein the first cell is disposed in a first partition and the CCC is connected to a plurality of CPUs of the first cell. In one embodiment, the method comprises, responsive to a new transaction request from one of the CPUs, logging the transaction in a transaction table; determining whether an identity marker in a timeout map corresponding to a cell to which the transaction was issued is set; and, responsive to the corresponding identity marker in the timeout map being set, immediately returning a special error to the one of the CPUs that requested the transaction.
US07774551B2
A method for maintaining cache coherence comprises coordinating operations among a plurality of processors distributed among a plurality of nodes coupled by an interconnect fabric and managing cache coherence in a plurality of memory directories respectively associated with the processor plurality in combination with a node controller directory cache associated with a node controller coupled between the processor plurality and the interconnect fabric. The method further comprises maintaining memory coherence directory information comprising identifying processors within a node in a first portion of bits of a memory directory entry coupled to an associated processor in the node and identifying subsets of processors external to the node in the system in a second portion of bits.
US07774549B2
A processor includes multiple processor core units, each including a processor core and a cache memory. Victim lines evicted from a first processor core unit's cache may be stored in another processor core unit's cache, rather than written back to system memory. If the victim line is later requested by the first processor core unit, the victim line is retrieved from the other processor core unit's cache. The processor has low latency data transfers between processor core units. The processor transfers victim lines directly between processor core units' caches or utilizes a victim cache to temporarily store victim lines while searching for their destinations. The processor evaluates cache priority rules to determine whether victim lines are discarded, written back to system memory, or stored in other processor core units' caches. Cache priority rules can be based on cache coherency data, load balancing schemes, and architectural characteristics of the processor.
US07774548B2
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for facilitating caching in a storage area network (SAN). In general, data transfer traffic between one or more hosts and one or more memory portions in one or more storage device(s) is redirected to one or more cache modules. One or more network devices (e.g., switches) of the SAN can be configured to redirect data transfer for a particular memory portion of one or more storage device(s) to a particular cache module. As needed, data transfer traffic for any number of memory portions and storage devices can be identified for or removed from being redirected to a particular cache module. Also, any number of cache modules can be utilized for receiving redirected traffic so that such redirected traffic is divided among such cache modules in any suitable proportion for enhanced flexibility.
US07774546B1
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates in-cache reference counting in a cache memory. During operation, the system receives a command to update an old cache line with a new cache line. The system then determines if the new cache line is different than the old cache line. If so, the system determines if the old cache line contains any in-cache references. If so, for each such in-cache reference, the system decrements a reference counter in a cache line containing an object which is referenced by the in-cache reference. The system also determines if the new cache line contains any in-cache references. If so, for each such in-cache reference, the system increments a reference counter in a cache line containing an object which is referenced by the in-cache reference. Note that the reference counter in a cache line indicates a count of references in the cache that refer to an object contained in the cache line.
US07774540B2
A storage system that stores verify commands for all the write commands requiring verification in a verify-list that will be processed as a background task is described. The verify-list can include coded data fields that flexibly designate selected alternative states or possibilities for how and where the user data is actually stored. Alternatives for the verify-list include storing the actual raw data, no data, the data in compressed form, a CRC type signature of the data and/or a pointer to a backup copy of the data that is stored either in non-volatile memory such as flash memory or on the disk media in a temporary area. In case of a verification error in various alternative embodiments the user data can be recovered using the backup copy in the verify-list in the write cache, the backup copy in flash memory or on the disk, or from the host.
US07774532B2
A processing device includes a processor which executes first and second pieces of control software in a memory to perform processing, and a device 1 having a plurality of SLOTs 1 to 8 to electrically connect the processor to a plurality of device. The device 1 switches a SLOT which connects devices 2 and 3 between a SLOT 1 or 2 and a spare SLOT 8 allocated in advance through a switch. The processor executes the first and second pieces of control software to manage SLOT information including pieces of path information obtained through the SLOTs 1, 2, and 8 between the devices 1 and 2 such that the SLOT information can be registered and updated. When a failure occurs in the SLOT 1 or 2, the processor updates the path information obtained through the SLOT 1 into the path information obtained through the spare SLOT, and the SLOT which connects the devices 2 and 3 is switched from the SLOT 1 or 2 to the spare SLOT 8.
US07774519B2
A bi-directional and full duplex facility for permitting both the IO processor and the Channel to write CCA messages on their respective queues at the same time. IOP messages to the channel are stored on the TO_CHN queue and Channel messages to the IOP on the TO_IOP queue. CCA Queues replace hardware CCAs due to increasing transmission capabilities of current IO processors and Channel processors. Even though the mechanism is similar, the present invention provides some benefits in the use of signaling. The IOP does not have to signal the Channel each time it puts something on its outbound queue. Each queue contains multiple slots. This allows the IOP and Channel to write multiple messages on the targeted queue without encountering a CCA busy signal. The actual queues are now structured in hardware system memory.
US07774514B2
A method of transmitting data between storage virtualization controllers (SVCs) in a computer system is disclosed, in which there is an inter-controller communication channel (ICC) between the storage virtualization controllers. The method comprises the steps of: a central processing unit (CPU) of one storage virtualization controller (SVC) sending a data transfer request to an interface that establishes the ICC when the CPU needs to transmit information to the other SVC; and transmitting the information to the other SVC after the interface that establishes the ICC receives the data transfer request, and obtains the information.
US07774495B2
Embodiments of a system and method for providing peer-to-peer (p2p) capabilities to devices with limited resources (e.g. wireless devices). A mechanism is described that allows the devices to participate as peer nodes in p2p network environments through wired or wireless connections. In one embodiment, the p2p network environment may be implemented according to a p2p platform, and the mechanism may be interoperable with p2p platform devices in the p2p network environment. A relay/proxy node on the network may serve as an interface to the p2p environment for devices using the mechanism to participate as peers in the p2p network. The relay/proxy node may be accessed using the mechanism to perform one or more p2p network environment functions on behalf of the devices.
US07774492B2
A method for maximizing server throughput while avoiding overload of a server is presented. The method involves intercepting, via an interface unit, a client request for information from the server. Next, the interface unit determines the current server performance, where the server performance is based on the number of connections opened to the server, the response time of the server and the rate at which the response time is changing. Finally, the interface unit forwards the client request to the server if the current server performance is close to an optimal performance, whereby avoiding overload of the server.
US07774490B2
Technologies, systems, and methods for ordered message delivery that avoid message races or crisscrosses between communicating nodes. For example, if Node A sends message 3 towards Node B and, shortly thereafter, Node B sends message X to Node A, Node A would like to know whether or not message X reflects Node B's state after receiving message 3. If Node B received message 3 prior to sending message X, then proper state may be maintained between the nodes. But if messages 3 and X crisscrossed, or if message 3 was never properly received by Node B, then the state between the nodes may be corrupt. Technologies, systems, and methods are provided to avoid such corruption.
US07774480B1
A network device and a method are provided. The network device may include a plurality of elements and a routing infrastructure. The routing infrastructure may be configured to route network traffic received at the network device, and transfer, among two or more of the elements, packets that include management information related to the routing of the network traffic.
US07774462B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for establishing an agency relationship to perform delegated computing tasks. The apparatus system and method provide for initiation of the agency relationship, establishment of credentials to perform a delegated computing task, and performance of the delegated computing task. Benefits of establishing an agency relationship in a computing environment include improved security, efficiency, and reliability in performing delegated computing tasks.
US07774455B1
Improved approaches for providing secure access to resources maintained on private networks are disclosed. The secure access can be provided through a public network using a standard network browser. Multiple remote users are able to gain restricted and controlled access to at least portions of a private network through a common access point. The solution provided by the invention is not only easily set up and managed, but also able to support many remote users in a cost-effective manner.
US07774454B2
A digital complex machine in accordance with the present invention is set so as to notify a manager of device information thereof by E-mail. It is also particularly set so as to convert device information into attached data and to transmit a device information mail containing the attached data to a server of the manager. In other words, since transmitting device information in the attached data format that is less possibly perceived by the third party, the digital complex machine is capable of suppressing leakage of device information.
US07774453B2
The present invention is a system and method for handling location information. The goal of the present invention is to allow users to collect and evaluate information from multiple sources, and thus make proper use of all available location information. Location sources for the present invention include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make it possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their users (e.g. location-based services for users of mobile telephones use such positioning technologies). Location sources for the present invention also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that give a person's expected location depending on the date and time. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling location information. Another aspect of the present invention is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.
US07774442B2
Described is a technology in a distributed configuration network management environment, in which action-style documents are used as guides in processing structured documents to perform management tasks. For example, the action-style documents may be used by a standard stylesheet processor to validate a constitutional document, and process input lines of that constitutional document into output lines of a document. When executed, the output lines perform a management task. In this manner, for example, policy statements of an administrator are transformed into a single type of self-contained document that is consistently interpreted, and thus consistently executed, regardless of its source or when it was authored.
US07774441B2
A network tool is provided for use when replacing devices in an automatically controlled distributed processing system. The network tool reestablishes all or a portion of the logical connections formerly provided to the node where the replacement device is or will be located. The tool compares data associated with the logical connections of the node and data associated with the logical connections for the replacement device to determine proper logical connection. In one embodiment, the compared data comprises network variables and configuration properties.
US07774435B2
System and method for batch-tuning multiple software components of an intelligent device. An intelligent device may include tunable components each associated with a tunable configuration file. A batch tuner may be used to generate batch configuration documents from the configuration files. The batch tuner may also be used to generate configuration files from a batch configuration document. In one embodiment, the batch configuration document and the configuration files are markup language documents. In one embodiment, an XML document type definition (DTD) may be used as the method of information exchange. In one embodiment, the batch tuner may use an API (e.g. DOM or SAX API) to access the batch configuration document and configuration files. In one embodiment, each component may be associated with an executable module conforming to the API, and the batch tuner may call the module for the component to generate the configuration file.
US07774431B2
Methods and systems for creating, editing and monitoring real-time collaborative on-line multimedia albums at a host site. The invention facilitates the construction of the multimedia albums which comprise digital content, such as photos and video clips, provided by multiple digital content contributors, taken from each contributor's unique perspective. The invention uniquely creates these multimedia albums to be optimized for dynamic updating, real-time interaction, and rapid dissemination to a viewing audience, for public and/or private viewing, either one photo/video clip at a time or as a slide-show.
US07774426B2
An object of the present invention is to allow a client to make a request for music data stored in a server and to receive it and play it back. A client program 421 controls the sending of a request signal to a server 401, the reception and playback processing of music data from the server 401, and the display of a GUI performed by a display controller 426, and outputs the music data received by a communication unit 423 from the server 401 to an audio data converter 424. A server program 411 controls the sending of music data to the client 402, and registration of information in a music database 415, a link information database 416, and a ranking information database 417, searches the music database 415 for the requested music data, and sends the music data to the client 402. The present invention can be applied to a personal computer, a PDA, a cellular telephone, a desk-top playback device, a portable playback device, and a simplified playback device.
US07774422B2
A method for providing electronic mail return receipts with video of the electronic mail recipient is disclosed. The electronic mail recipient opens an electronic mail message which initiates recording of the electronic mail recipient. The recording may be terminated when the recipient closes the electronic mail or minimizes the electronic mail message window. Recording may also end after a predetermined amount of time after the electronic mail message is opened.
US07774420B2
A method, system, and program for managing on-demand email storage are provided. An email service provider allocates a predetermined amount of storage space to an intended recipient. When an email is received for the intended recipient at the email service provider, the email service provider determines whether the predetermined storage space has sufficient capacity for storage of the email. If the predetermined storage space is insufficient for storage of the email, then the email service provider allocates on-demand storage space to the intended recipient. The email service provider then stores the email in the on-demand storage space, such that the email is stored, rather than discarded, when the predetermined storage space reaches full capacity. Before allocating on-demand storage space, the email service provider may compare the email characteristics with predefined criteria set by the intended recipient for emails to be stored in on-demand storage space.
US07774414B2
A notification message is sent back to the originator or an e-mail message whenever the e-mail message is subsequently forwarded on to a second addressee. New data fields in an RFC compliant message header are read by the e-mail programs handling the message, the fields identify the message originator as one that should have its subsequent retransmission notified to the originator.
US07774411B2
An electronic message transport protocol applies two distinct sub-protocols, a message transport protocol and an encryption key management protocol, which operate in tandem to provide enhanced security. The protocol may employ an existing SMTP infrastructure to transport secure email messages, and a key server implementing the key management protocol to transport key packets associated with the secure email message. However, the protocol need not be limited to email, and may be applicable to other electronic message applications. The message transport protocol permits communicating parties to obscure their identities to enhance security. The key management protocol supports message security, and allows senders to control access to messages even after they have been transmitted. The message transport protocol permits the sender to encrypt the entire message and utilizes the key management protocol for exchange of necessary keys. The message transport protocol relies on a group addressing scheme to obscure individual sender and recipient identities.
US07774405B2
A type server on a first machine assigns a sequential small integer identifier of fixed length to lengthy information. Identifying information using a small integer identifier provides efficiencies in communication between processes on a single machine as well as efficiencies in communication between processes on different machines. Storage of this information is also more efficient. The information so identified may be, for example, interface type. The small integer identifier assigned to the interface types may be assigned in a set enumeration scheme, that is the first interface type encountered when generating a list or table of interfaces types may be assigned the integer identifier “1”, the second “2” and so on. Similarly, the small integer identifiers may be assigned whenever a new interface type is encountered during execution. A translation table including interface type name and interface type identifier for may be generated.
US07774403B2
A system and method for concentration and load-balancing of requests in a distributed computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a system and a method for reducing the number of connections in an Internet environment using one or a plurality of connection handlers which handle the connection from the client to the server, and a listener which determines which connection handler to use to handle the connection. Whereas prior solutions required a (n×m) number of connections to handle requests, the invention allows there to be only m connections which significantly reduces resource requirements and allows scalability.
US07774401B2
A network data processing system is provided suitable for achieving reduction of network traffic volume and shortening of the time elapsed before first print out. A client unit generates printing data formed by segmenting data with respect to each component that constitutes printing contents, transmits a printing request including header information to a printer, searches for partial data from inside a storage part in response to an acquisition request, and transmits the retrieved partial data to the printer. When the printing request is received, the printer analyzes the received printing request, determines whether or not the partial data required for forming the printing data is stored in a storage part, acquires insufficient partial data from the client unit having a small hop count, stores the acquired partial data in the storage part, and forms the printing data based on the partial data of the storage part.
US07774397B2
An FFT/IFFT processor having computation logic capable of processing butterfly operations, and storage for storing the operands of butterfly operations, including a mechanism for storing the operands of multiple consecutive butterfly operations in contiguous storage locations and wherein the computation logic is capable of simultaneously accessing and processing said multiple butterfly operations.
US07774391B1
An architecture and system are described that provide a unified file access service within in a managed computing environment composed of diverse networks, computing devices, and storage devices. The service provides mechanisms for remotely accessing the file systems of any managed computer or disk snapshot, independently of the computer's current state (powered on, suspended or powered off), its location within the environment, its hardware type (virtual vs. physical), its operating system type, and its file system formats. The system isolates centralized FPAs from the details of clients, proxies and storage elements by providing a service that decomposes offloaded file system access into two steps. A FPA or a requester acting on behalf of the FPA first expresses the disk set or the computer containing the file systems it wishes to access, along with requirements and preferences about the access method. The service figures out an efficient data path satisfying the FPA's needs; and then automatically configures a set of storage and computing resources to provide the data path. The service then replies with information about the resources and instructions for using them. The FPA then accesses the requested file systems using the returned information.
US07774382B2
The invention relates to a method for configuring a control device and to a corresponding control device. The control device comprises a main memory and a variant memory. A main data record is created in accordance with an identification from a base data record that is specific to said identification and a difference base data record that is likewise specific to said identification. The main data record is then transmitted to a main memory of the control device.
US07774381B2
Methods and other embodiments associated with performing an in-memory triangulation of an arbitrarily large data set are described. One example method for performing in-memory triangulation of an arbitrarily large data set includes striping a data set into multiple stripes, selecting a first stripe to triangulate, and then performing an in-memory triangulation on the stripe. The method may also include removing certain triangles from the triangulated irregular network produced by the triangulation, merging another stripe with the leftover data, and repeating the process until the arbitrarily large data set has been triangulated piece-by-piece, with the triangulations occurring in memory.
US07774375B2
A multimedia processing system and methods provide flexibility and modularity by separating data flow information from maintaining of stream state for multimedia components. The system includes a media processor component to process received media data, a media session to determine a timeline for events to occur for performing media processing and a topology loader component to load a topology that describes a flow for the received media data to enable processing via an extensible symbolic abstraction of media objects. The topology loader ensures that events described in the topology occur. The system also includes core layer components such as media sink components to determine a media stream for output from the multimedia processing system and a media source component coupled to supply media data for processing. The topology created in the system symbolically provides data flow information, independent of maintaining a streaming state of control information.
US07774365B2
A system including a centralized organizational information system in communication with a centralized organizational information database. The system also includes a federated set of entitlements engines in communication with the centralized organizational information system and a plurality of entitlement databases, wherein each of the entitlements engines is for determining whether a user is entitled to access secured resources requested by the user.
US07774361B1
An incident managing module aggregates related database intrusion incidents and presents them in a manageable manner. A receiving module receives an anomalous query requesting data from a database and a type-identification module identifies anomaly type for the query received. A conversion module converts the anomalous query into a characteristic representation. In some embodiments, this is done by replacing literal field values in the query with representative values. In other embodiments, this is done by creating a tuple describing anomaly parameters for the anomalous query. In still other embodiments, the query is converted into a characteristic representation that distinguishes between injected and non-injected portions of the query. An aggregation module then aggregates into a group the anomalous queries with substantially similar characteristic representations according to anomaly type and a generation module generates a database intrusion incident report describing the group of anomalous queries.
US07774357B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing enhanced query governor functions. Query execution includes first checking for a timeout value for a query. Responsive to identifying a timeout value for the query, an execution time for the query is reset and a monitor for each timeout value for the query is started. Then the execution of the query is started. The execution of predefined events is monitored during the execution of the query. The predefined events include a begin or end of processing of at least one of a trigger and a user defined function (UDF). Execution status of the query is periodically checked. Responsive to identifying the query is executing, checking for any expired timeout value is performed. The execution of the query is halted responsive to an identified expired timeout value.
US07774355B2
A mechanism is disclosed for selecting an authorization filter to apply when executing a database query, based on the focus of the database query. Based on the focus specified for a given of the query, different conditions may be added during query processing to a database query. Doing so provides a flexible approach to managing data access requests where queries may focus on the same underlying data from many different perspectives.
US07774341B2
A method of selecting and presenting content based on learned user preferences is provided. The method includes providing a content system including a set of content items organized by genre characterizing the content items, and wherein the set of content items contains microgenre metadata further characterizing the content items. The method also includes receiving search input from the user for identifying desired content items and, in response, presenting a subset of content items to the user. The method further includes receiving content item selection actions from the user and analyzing the microgenre metadata within the selected content items to learn the preferred microgenres of the user. The method includes, in response to receiving subsequent user search input, selecting and presenting content items in an order that portrays as relatively more relevant those content items containing microgenre metadata that more closely match the learned microgenre preferences of the user.
US07774339B2
It has been found that user navigation that follows search engine interactions provides implicit endorsement of resources (such as web resources) that are preferred by users, and which may be particularly valuable for exploratory search tasks. Thus, a combination of past searching and browsing user behavior is analyzed to identify additional information that augments search results delivered by a search engine. The additional information may include a display of hyperlinks to locations which are derived from the past searching and browsing user behavior, given a specific input query. The additional information may be provided to supplement web search results.
US07774338B2
A method and apparatus for associating text information with numerical information. A first phrase corresponding to a time period is generated. The first phrase represents a change in first numerical information over the time period. The first numerical information includes time-series data pertaining to a financial index. The text information is retrieved through use of a retrieval condition that includes the first phrase. The first numerical information is retrieved through use of the retrieval condition and the first phrase. The extracted text information and the retrieved first numerical information are outputted in association with each other.
US07774326B2
Methods and systems for processing data, including metadata and an index database. In one exemplary method, a first folder, representing a first search query, is stored, and a second folder, representing a second search query wherein the second folder has a predetermined hierarchical relationship to the first folder, is stored, and the search queries are used to search one or both of an index database and a metadata database. In the metadata database, the type of metadata for one file type differs from the type of metadata for another file type.
US07774318B2
An example method may obtain a request to delete a plurality of data items satisfying a first condition from a database, and request a retrieval of a first database item from a first predefined storage block associated with the database based on a query including a negation of the first condition. It may be determined whether the first database item is retrieved from the first predefined storage block in response to the requesting the retrieval of the first database item from the first predefined storage block. When it is determined that the first database item is not retrieved, deletion of the first predefined storage block may be requested, else deletion of each one of the plurality of data items satisfying the first condition from the first predefined storage block may be requested.
US07774317B2
A copy procedure detects qualified data objects in a body of source data, and copies the source data to a target storage unit except for unqualified data objects, which are replaced with a prescribed bit pattern. Following completion of the backup, a record is prepared indicating that all data objects exist in the specified target storage, regardless of whether each data object was replaced with a predetermined bit pattern rather than being physically written to the specified target storage. This process may, be repeated in order to perform data reclamation, effectively removing user files no longer qualifying for backup.
