US07792161B2
An optical fiber for a fiber laser has: a hollow core region; an inner cladding region having a plurality of holes that extend in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber and surround the hollow core region; and an outer cladding region that surrounds the inner cladding region. The inner cladding region has a solid part that is made of a glass material into a part or all of which a rare earth element is doped, and the outer cladding region has a refractive index lower than that of the solid part of the inner cladding region.
US07792160B2
For performing hologram recording or reproduction, an oscillation wavelength half value width Δλ of a coherent light source satisfies a relationship of Δλ<λ2/(S×2 sin θ), where a substantial hologram size is S, a substantial cross angle between reference light and signal light is θ, and the oscillation wavelength of the coherent light source is λ. Even when stray light is generated, the coherent light source can suppress generation of an unnecessary interference fringe due to the stray light, and stably record and reproduce holograms.
US07792159B2
The multiplexing device includes a data conversion unit which receives input of at least one of a plurality of pieces of data and executes segmentation or concatenation processing with respect to the data as required to output data which fails to exceed a predetermined limited size and which is delimited by a delimitation of a predetermined data unit, a plurality of adaptation units which are disposed in plural corresponding to the plurality of pieces of data and output data from the data conversion unit to provide the corresponding data with a function of an adaptation layer according to properties of the data, and a multiplexing layer unit which multiplexes a plurality of pieces of data from the plurality of adaptation units and sends out the multiplexed data.
US07792156B1
Apparatus having corresponding computer programs comprise: a code generator adapted to generate a transmitter identification block, wherein the transmitter identification block comprises 32 rows and 82 columns, wherein the first 66 symbols in each of the rows comprises a cyclically-extended 63-chip pseudonoise code that is selectively polarity-inverted according to a respective phase of a 32-chip Walsh code, and wherein each of the last 16 columns comprises a parity-extended 31-chip Gold code that is selectively polarity-inverted according to a respective phase of a 16-chip Walsh code; and a code inserter adapted to insert each of the rows into the reserved block of a respective one of 32 consecutive field synchronization segments in an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) television signal prior to transmission of the ATSC television signal.
US07792155B2
A communication system is formed with a master unit having a communication function and at least one slave unit also having a communication function connected by a network including a bus. Repeater units are inserted on the network between the master unit and the slave unit in one or more stages. As the master unit transmits request frames downstream through the network to the slave unit, the slave unit control the timing of transmitting the response frames in response successively such that the master unit receives the response frames without waiting in between regardless of repeater delay times of each of the returned response frames determined by the number of stages of the repeater units. Each communication frame that is transmitted through the network contains identification data indicative of its type and each repeater unit serves to repeat certain types of received frames only in the upstream direction.
US07792149B2
A method for formatting a signal in a mobile communication system by appending a plurality of medium access control headers to a plurality of medium access control-service data units for data transfer between a mobile station and network in the mobile communication system. If the service data units have the same characteristics, a medium access control-protocol data unit is formed by successively coupling the service data units to any one of the medium access control headers. If the service data units have different characteristics, the protocol data unit is formed by sequentially coupling each of the service data units and each of the medium access control headers. The formed protocol data unit is then transformed into a transport block with a predetermined size. A medium access control sublayer formats medium access control-protocol data units according to transport channel characteristics in peer-to-peer communication in such a manner that the protocol data units can have different formats with respect to different transport channels. This makes it possible to provide more efficient functions.
US07792146B2
A technique is provided for facilitating peeking and reading of messages from multiple adapters connected, for example, to a high speed switch in a distributed computing environment. The technique employs a first, relatively quick filter to initially test whether a previously used adapter of the multiple adapters should be used to peek or read a new message. If the first filter fails to select the previously used adapter, then the technique includes employing a second, more complicated filter to determine which adapter of the multiple adapters should be used to peek or read the next message. The first filter includes a first set of tests, and the second filter includes a second set of tests.
US07792144B2
Herein described is a system and method for improving the performance in which data packets are processed in a set-top-box. The system determines and stores one or more values into a memory. The one or more values in memory are subsequently utilized when a firmware is executed. These values are used to efficiently index locations within one or more data packets, such that processing performance is improved. Based on the types of packets received by the set-top-box, the hardware assistance provided by the system may be gradually increased or attenuated to optimize the performance in which the data packets are processed. The method involves determining the one or more values, storing the one or more values in a memory, and using said one or more values to effectively index one or more data fields in the one or more data packets.
US07792142B2
In the present invention, after an image mail is transmitted to a receiving-end machine (S1, S2), when a reception error occurs, an image format of image data in the image mail is altered, and the image mail including this image data (retransmission image mail) is retransmitted to the receiving-end machine (S3 through S13). That is, it is attempted to avoid the occurrence of the communication error due to the image format, by altering the image format of the image data and retransmitting the same. With this arrangement, it is possible to avoid successive occurrence of the communication errors, even if the transmission data is retransmitted. Thus, as compared to the arrangements in which retransmission is not carried out at all or identical transmission data is retransmitted, the present arrangement can improve the efficiency of data transmission.
US07792141B2
A hardware-centric medium access control (MAC) device comprises a control plane module and a hardware media access planed module. The control plane module is for providing control functions of the hardware-centric MAC device. The hardware media access plane module communicatively coupled to the control plane module is for performing real-time data communication functions without requiring a microprocessor.
US07792123B2
A method for implementing hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), includes: using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in a VPLS network; and implementing hierarchical VPLS in the VPLS network by using the BGP. The invention further provides a system for implementing hierarchical VPLS.
US07792122B2
A method involving a mode for detecting the protocol implemented within and by a portable object. After transmission of a response upon turning on the portable object, an initial signal is received from the interface device. The initial signal is sampled according to at least one of the first and second speeds associated with the first and second respective protocols. In the portable object, at least one sample of a resulting sampling signal is compared to at least one key protocol condition proper to one of the first and second protocols. According to the result of the comparison, the data exchanged according to one of the first or second communication protocols is processed in the portable object.
US07792121B2
Serialized data from broadcast services is provided to a broadcast server for transmitting to one or more client devices. The serialized data may correspond to shared data, private data, or control data. Data is scheduled for transmission based on weighted priorities including quality of service metrics. The transmission frame is arranged according to a frame protocol that includes provisions for a table of contents indexing system for the shared data. Packets of shared data are formatted based on criteria that is known by the particular broadcast service and corresponding application that is resident on the client device. The client device receives the table of contents at the transport layer, and notifies applications of data that will be available in the next frame. Applications submit prioritized requests to the transport layer, requesting data in the next frame. Data is retrieved by the transport layer, and deserialized by handlers for each application.
US07792120B2
A computer network packet classification method and system based on a nonoverlapping rule group encoding scheme is proposed, which is designed for integration to a network system for classification of packets within the network system. The proposed method and system is characterized by the use of a nonoverlapping rule group encoding scheme which organizes a database of rules into nonoverlapping rule groups and creates a number of consecutive projected intervals over the dimension of each classification-related field of the packet header, whereby a projected-interval to encoded-bit-vector lookup table and an encoded-bit-vector to rule-group lookup table can be established. During the operation of packet classification, these two lookup tables are used to find the corresponding rule for each incoming packet. This scheme allows the encoded bit vectors to have a reduced bit length, and therefore allows the packet classification to be implemented with low memory requirement and enhanced performance.
US07792119B2
A method of establishing a connection between a first access node and a second access node via a core network having a first core network node, further core network nodes, and a final core network node. The first access node sends an access request to the first core network node, which stores a set of framing information parameters received in the access request. The first core network node initializes the connection to a further core network node and sends the parameter set together with an indication that transparent transmission is to be utilized after connection establishment. The initialization of the connection and storing of the parameter set and the indication is performed stepwise in further core network nodes until the final core network node is reached. The final core network node initializes the connection to the second access node, which stores the parameter set and the indication.
US07792118B2
To use the memory space more effectively, cell memory can be shared by an input link and all output links. To prevent one flow from occupying the entire memory space, a threshold may be provided for the queue. The queue threshold may accommodate the RTT delay of the link. Queue length information about a downstream switch module may be sent to an upstream switch module via cell headers in every credit update period per link. Cell and/or credit loss may be recovered from. Increasing the credit update period reduces the cell header bandwidth but doesn't degrade performance significantly. Sending a credit per link simplifies implementation and eliminates interference between other links.
US07792111B2
A method and apparatus for establishing multicast and unicast forwarding are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting path messages to a plurality of receivers, receiving a plurality of messages in response to the path messages and establishing unicast and multicast forwarding based on received unicast and multicast labels. Each of the receivers is associated with a sub-LSP (Label Switched Path) in a Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) LSP and the response messages include a multicast label and at least one unicast label corresponding to a unicast path to one of the receivers.
US07792110B2
A method for updating at a bridge node a virtual local area network (VLAN) status of a first node in a mesh network as provided enables improved network connectivity. The method includes processing a first VLAN status message that associates a first VLAN identifier with the first node, wherein the first VLAN status message was generated in response to a first bind request (BREQ) message. A second VLAN status message is then transmitted, wherein the second VLAN status message associates the first VLAN identifier with the first node. A third VLAN status message that associates a second VLAN identifier with the first node is then processed, wherein the third VLAN status message was generated in response to a second bind request (BREQ) message that associated the second VLAN identifier with the first node, and whereby the VLAN status of the first node is updated.
US07792107B2
In a center-side terminal of an optical network, said center-side terminal connectable to a plurality of subscriber-side terminals via a passive optical splitter, a subscriber processing storing section is adapted to store a relationship between subscriber numbers regarding the subscriber-side terminals and processing contents allocated thereto, and a processing section is adapted to perform a processing upon a packet received from the subscriber-side terminals or to be transmitted thereto. The processing is determined in accordance with the relationship stored in the subscriber processing storing section using one of the subscriber numbers regarding the packet.
US07792105B2
The invention relates to a method, a broadcast management centre, a router, a host and a system for performing broadcast in a point-to-point oriented packet-switched telecommunication network. The basic idea is to use multicast for parts of the transmission within said telecommunication network. The multicast technique is used to send broadcast data to a geographical broadcast group to which a network node belongs. The network nodes are configured to a certain geographical broadcast group by the broadcast management centre.
US07792087B2
In a network system including a first relay connected to a wire network and a radio network, a second relay for relaying data in the radio network, a first terminal connected by wireless to the first relay, and a second terminal connected by wireless to the second relay, the first relay keeps first information indicating a correspondence between an address of the second terminal, an identifier of a group to which the second terminal belongs, and an identifier of the second relay and second information indicating a correspondence between identifiers of groups formed by virtually subdividing the wire network and an identifier of a group to which the second terminal belongs, and the first relay transmits a packet according to the first or second information.
US07792082B2
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically expanding and retracting a frame selection interval in a wireless communication network. A frame selector receives a sequence of frames for a call from each of a plurality of base stations serving a mobile communication device for the call, and performs a frame selection process based on an initial selection interval to select a best frame from the sequence of frames received from each of the base stations during each instance of the initial selection interval. The frame selector is adapted to track the presence and absence of late or early frames, and uses this information to dynamically expand the frame selection interval when late or early frames are detected. The frame selector then performs the frame selection process based on the expanded selection interval to select the best frame from the sequence of frames during subsequent instances of the expanded selection interval.
US07792081B2
The present invention provides a media independent information service (MIIS) for media independent handover (MIH) in a broadband wireless access system. A first lower entity of a mobile station receives a MIH information request primitive requesting a set of information elements provided by the MIIS from a first upper entity of the mobile station. An MIH information request message including an information query list to retrieve the set of information elements is transmitted from the first lower entity to a second lower entity of a base station. An MIH information response message including the set of information elements is received by the first lower entity from the second lower entity in response to the MIH information request message. An MIH information confirmation primitive including the set of information elements is then transmitted from the first lower entity to the first upper entity. The set of information elements includes at least a channel IE representing channel information of a point of attachment (PoA), a quality of service (QoS) IE associated with a QoS level provided by the PoA, or a data rate IE associated with a data transport speed at the PoA.
US07792078B2
A method, system and network element for forwards a terminal identity from a first core network node to a second core network node via a common radio access network. The common radio access network is arranged to incorporate a derived terminal identity received from the first core network node into a signaling message transmitted to the second core network node. The second core network node may then use this terminal identity to address the concerned terminal device.
US07792071B2
A circuit arrangement for signal processing in a receiver and/or transmitter of a radio system, wherein the circuit arrangement nodes are arranged to execute at least one operation. The circuit arrangement comprises means for dividing at least one of the signals or signal components according to the one or more predetermined division criteria for signal classes and the circuit arrangement comprises means for executing predetermined operations signal-classwise.
US07792069B2
A wireless communications system includes a terrestrial network that is configured to receive wireless communications from radiotelephones over satellite band frequencies that are divided into channels that are separated by one of frequency or code (e.g., OFDMA or CDMA). The terrestrial network is also configured to transmit wireless communications to radiotelephones over satellite band frequencies that are divided into channels that are separated by a different one of frequency or code (e.g., CDM or OFDM). Related devices and methods are also disclosed.
US07792067B2
A wireless network scheduling control system and a method therefor are provided, which includes a first receiving/transmitting node, one or a plurality of second receiving/transmitting nodes, and an end receiving/transmitting node. When data is transmitted from the first receiving/transmitting node to the end receiving/transmitting node via the second receiving/transmitting node, a type of the transmitted data for being connected is determined. If a transmission sequence can be registered and reset, the end receiving/transmitting node enters a sleeping mode through a control signal, and the second receiving/transmitting node registers and resets the transmission sequence; otherwise, the transmission is performed according to a plan of an MAP. A technology of registering and reorganizing the data in a frame structure that is transmitted is utilized, such that the data relevant to the end receiving/transmitting node is received and transmitted as collectively as possible.
US07792066B2
In a wireless LAN mini PCI module connected to a computer, an RF module receives through an antenna a broadcast frame and/or a multicast frame transmitted from a predetermined wireless access point in a state where a main power supply for a system main unit is not on, a magic packet included in the broadcast frame and/or the multicast frame is recognized, and a signal for turning on the main power supply is output from a base band processor to the system main unit.
US07792060B2
An information analysis apparatus includes: a storage that stores data values while respectively correlating the data values with plural nodes; a first setting unit that, for the nodes, sets a first virtual link that is directed oppositely to a predetermined directed link; a second setting unit that adds a virtual nodes to the nodes, and that sets a second virtual link which is bidirectional between the added virtual node and each of the nodes; and a updating unit that updates data values respectively correlated with the nodes, on the basis of respective weights of predetermined links between the nodes, the first virtual link, and the second virtual link.
US07792056B2
A method for dynamic path failover in a network with two or more redundant and interconnected bridges, is described. A first bridge operates as a root bridge and each node includes two ports where each port is coupled to a respective one of the bridges. The method includes defining a bridge identifier at a node which presents the node as a capable bridge to the two or more fully compliant, RSTP enabled MAC bridges, forwarding a BPDU message from the node that defines the node as an inferior alternate path to the root bridge, facilitating the dynamic sensing of the absence of communication between the root bridge and the node, receiving a topology change message at the node from the second redundant bridge, and sending an agreement message from the node to the second redundant bridge such that the node automatically begins receiving messages from the second redundant bridge.
US07792055B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the topology of a network. The method, including the step of a generic agent communicating with a plurality of network devices, using a network management protocol, in order to extract data about the network; wherein the generic agent includes a communication algorithm and wherein each network device corresponds to one of a plurality of network device types and the algorithm is adjusted for each network device using a configuration schema based on the corresponding network device type.
US07792046B2
A network data monitoring device provides for the flexible, programmable port-to-multi-port steering of data packet traffic between network port pairs, with tap data streams being directed to any of a plurality of monitor ports. The network data monitoring device is constructed utilizing one or more switching integrated circuits programmed to disable layer-2 routing and impose port-to-multiport data packet steering. Physical layer protocol encoding/decoding circuits enable connectivity to physical network media connectors though a system of fail-safe relays. A system controller, preferably implemented by a microprocessor, is connected to all switching integrated circuits and relays for configuration, status and control. Hardware-based logic selectively in complement to the switching integrated circuits provides for the programmable filtering, modification and programmable steering of data packets through the device.
US07792041B2
A transmission quality measurement method for measuring the transmission quality of data packets received via a network. The method includes storing reference data packets into a storage unit, receiving data packets produced by use of the reference data, identifying, based on the reference data, a data area in the received data packets corresponding to the reference data, and comparing data corresponding to the identified data area with the reference data and thereby measuring the transmission quality of the data.
US07792017B2
A system, apparatus, and method for providing a plurality of internal VLANs within a networking element/node are described. Internal VLAN topologies are provisioned so that a particular VLAN(S) communicate traffic to corresponding applications. This segregation of internal traffic across a VLAN topology reduces the amount of interference between the traffic. Redundancy across the VLAN topology is provided so that traffic may be switched to another path in the event of a failure.
US07792013B2
According to one general aspect, a method including receiving noisy data via a communications channel, wherein the noisy data includes a clean data component and a noise component. In various embodiments, the method may also include decoding, utilizing a low-density lattice code (LDLC) matrix, the received noisy data to substantially recover the clean data component. In some embodiments, the LDLC matrix may not include a matrix of less than a length of six cycles. In one embodiment, the LDLC matrix may be algebraically constructed. In various embodiments, the method may include storing the decoded clean data component.
US07792012B2
An information recording medium in which an access unit including basic data and extension data is recorded, so as to allow a decoder that decodes only basic data to process the access unit which includes the basic data and the extension data for the next generation.The information recording medium is an information recording medium on which a stream, having plural access units and including at least one of image and audio, is recorded, wherein: each of the access units has: a first packet which includes basic data; and a second packet which includes extension data related to the basic data; the basic data is data that is decodable in a completed state without requiring the extension data and the extension data is data for improving the quality of data generated from the basic data; and the stream includes information which indicates attributes of the first and second packet.
US07792008B2
There is provided an optical pickup apparatus in which the assembling workability such as chucking of an LD holder by an adjusting jig and spreading of adhesive can be improved. In the optical pickup apparatus, multiple fitting portions (boss portions) 1d formed on one of a side wall surface 1a of a slide base 1 and an LD holder 10 are fitted loosely into respective multiple fitted portions (hole portions) 10b formed in the other one so that an adjustment space 12 required for adjustment of a laser diode 6 is ensured between each fitting portion and fitted portion. This allows the LD holder 10 to be fixed temporarily to the side wall surface 1a of the slide base 1 with the laser diode 6 being adjustable freely, resulting in an improvement in the assembling workability such as chucking of the holder by the adjusting jig and spreading of adhesive.
US07792002B2
When a disc loaded on a player is a hybrid next generation DVD, determination is made on whether the connected TV device is adaptable for the HD mode. Such determination is performed by whether or not the copyright protecting function of the connected TV device satisfies a condition set in advance. When adaptable for the HD mode, reproduction prioritizing the HDDVD layer is performed. When not adaptable for the HD mode, reproduction prioritizing the DVD layer is performed. Thus, the video content of HD mode recorded on the HDDVD layer is protected against leakage to the outside via the connected TV device by reproducing the DVD layer in preference in the case the copyright protecting function of the TV device is not sufficient.
US07791989B2
By inputting differential signals to transistors Tr21a to Tr21d and Tr22a to Tr21d, an addition operation is performed on the four differential signals, and a filter operation is performed by a capacitor C21 and resistors R21 and R22. An offset of a signal obtained as a result of an addition operation performed on the four differential signals is removed by transistors Tr1 and Tr2.
US07791982B2
Electrical power can be generated from impact based energy, such as from a golf ball being struck by a golf club. One or more piezo-electric devices, which are embedded in the core of the golf ball, are stressed by the impact and generate energy. Each piezo-electric device generates energy when stressed, which is then rectified and stored in a capacitor circuit. The stored energy in the capacitor circuit is used to power a transmitter to emit energy via an antenna, including all necessary electronics such as an oscillator, a modulator, and various control and logic circuits. The transmitted signals can be received by a hand held locator device. The described impact generated energy powers the transmitter a sufficiently long amount of time for the golfer to locate the golf ball. The impact based energy generation can also be used for other non-golf applications.
US07791981B2
A method for providing a velocity profile for a subsurface region that includes the reflective interfaces, the method comprising the steps of: providing a set of data comprising signals transmitted by a transmitter and collected at a receiver, wherein the data include a primary signal that has been reflected off of one of the reflective interfaces and a multiply-reflected signal that has been reflected off of at least two of the reflective interfaces, providing a velocity model for the subsurface region, using the velocity model and the primary signal to construct a first image of the subsurface region, using the velocity model and the multiply-reflected signal to construct a second image of the subsurface region, determining a measure of match between the first and second images, adjusting the velocity model based on this measure, and repeating the steps until the measure of match attains a desired level.
US07791977B2
A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes a tri-state power gating apparatus for reducing leakage current in a memory array. The apparatus includes a first distributed header device coupled to the memory array, the first distributed header device is configured for limiting leakage current through the memory array; and a header driver operatively coupled to the first distributed header device for enabling tri-state operation of the first distributed header device, wherein tri-state operation includes sleep mode, wake mode, and retention mode.
US07791970B2
A circuit includes a first pre-charge module, a first multiplexer module, a second pre-charge module, a second multiplexer module, a sense amplifier circuit, a third pre-charge module, an output module. The circuit is operatively coupled to a first core block and a second core block to provide the desired matching characteristics. The first core block and the second core block are memory blocks used for storing data bits for read-write operations. The circuit utilizes a unique operational coupling with one of the core blocks to provide the matching characteristics.
US07791969B2
Methods and apparatus provide for testing an SRAM cell, the SRAM cell including an anti-parallel storage circuit operable to store a logic high or low value across a true node and a complementary node, where the true node and complementary node are coupled to a true bit line (BLT) and a complementary bit line (BLC), by first and second transistors, respectively, the method including: preventing a write driver circuit from significantly pulling the BLT towards a supply voltage; preventing a pre-charge circuit from significantly pulling the BLT towards the supply voltage; preventing the first transistor from significantly pulling the BLT towards the voltage stored in the SRAM cell; and comparing the voltage of the BLT under the foregoing conditions to a threshold voltage.
US07791968B2
An integrated circuit and a design structure are disclosed. An integrated circuit may comprise: a data retaining device; a partially depleted silicon-on-insulator (PD SOI) device electrically coupled to the data retaining device; and a measurement device coupled to the PD SOI device for measuring a state of the PD SOI device indicating a body voltage thereof, the measuring device being communicatively coupled to a calculating means which determines a history state of a data in the data retaining device based on the measured state of the PD SOI device.
US07791943B2
In a nonvolatile memory cell, a selection transistor is connected to a memory cell transistor in series. The selection transistor is formed into a double layer gate structure, and has a voltage of each gate driven individually and separately. Using capacitive coupling between these stacked gate electrode layers of the selection transistor, a gate potential of the selection transistor is set to the predetermined voltage level. An absolute value of the voltage level generated by a voltage generator to the gates of the selection transistor can be made small, so that current consumption can be reduced and an layout area of the voltage generator can be reduced. Thus, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with a low current consumption and a small chip layout area is provided.
US07791938B2
A flash memory system includes a multi-bit flash memory device having a memory cell array including memory cells arranged in rows and columns; a read circuit configured to read data from the memory cell array; and control logic configured to control the read circuit so as to successively read data from a selected memory cell and adjacent memory cells to the selected memory cell in response to a request for a read operation with respect to MSB data stored in the selected memory cell. A compare circuit is configured to compare data read from the adjacent memory cells to the selected memory cell provided from the multi-bit flash memory device and to correct data read from the selected memory cells based upon the comparison result.
US07791932B2
Phase-change material layer and phase-change memory device including the phase-change material layer
A phase-change memory device includes a substrate having a contact region, an insulating interlayer on the substrate, a lower electrode electrically connected to the contact region, a phase-change material layer pattern formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the phase-change material layer pattern. The phase-change material layer pattern includes a chalcogenide compound doped with carbon and at least one of nitrogen and metal. The phase-change memory device may have a considerably reduced driving current without increasing a set resistance thereof. Further, the phase-change material layer pattern may have an increased crystallization temperature so as to ensure improved data retention characteristics of the phase-change memory device.
US07791928B2
A design structure, structure and method of using and/or manufacturing structures having asymmetric junction engineered SRAM pass gates is provided. The method includes applying a voltage through asymmetric pull-down nFETs with high junction leakage from their body to their source and low junction leakage from the body to their drain; applying a voltage through asymmetric pull-up pFETs with high junction leakage from their body to their source and low junction leakage from the body to their drain; and applying a voltage through asymmetrical pass gates which provide low leakage SOI logic.
US07791920B2
The present invention provides a method for providing magnetic shielding for a circuit comprising magnetically sensitive materials, comprising actively shielding the circuit from a disturbing magnetic field. A corresponding semiconductor device is also provided. The method and device allows shielding for strong disturbing magnetic fields.
US07791915B2
The invention concerns an electric converter for fuel cell (P) comprising current inverter means (2), the electric converter comprising a voltage step-down chopper (1) mounted between the fuel cell (P) and the current inverter means (2), wherein, under the action of a command signal applied to the voltage step-down chopper (1): the value of the mean voltage at the input of the current inverter means is lowered to a threshold value (Vs) in the cell electrode activation zone, the value of the mean voltage at the input of the current inverter means (2) is maintained at the voltage value at the cell terminals (Vp) in the cell resistance zone, and the output current of the converter is limited when the output current from the current inverter means (2) reaches a maximum set value (Imax).
US07791904B2
An improved inductance-voltage clamping full-bridge soft-switch circuit including a full-bridge converter, a transformer, an output rectifying unit, an inductor, a clamping resistor, a capacitor, a first clamping diode, and a second clamping diode. The inductor includes a first winding used as an auxiliary inductor and a second winding used for clamping. A capacitor is connected in parallel with the clamping resistor connected in series.
US07791879B2
A shell of an electronic device includes a front cover, a rear cover, and a latching assembly. The front cover includes two first sidewalls. The rear cover includes two first borders. The latching assembly includes two first latching members, two spacers, and two groups of second latching members. The first latching members define a number of latch-receiving portions. The first latching members are fixed to the inner surface of first sidewall with a corresponding spacer intervened therebetween. The second latching member is mounted to the inner surface. Each of the second latching members includes a sliding pole and a cap. Each of the latch-receiving portion includes a sliding portion forming an entrance for a corresponding second latching member sliding into the latch-receiving portion, and a latching portion communicating with the sliding portion, which is an elongate slot parallel to the length direction of the first latching member.
US07791875B2
A computer having a housing including a passage extending from one side to an opposite side of the housing, and a plurality of air intake vents arranged in at least one wall of the passage and configured for taking in external air into the housing.
US07791871B2
A mounting apparatus includes a bracket, and an operating device. The bracket includes a first fixing arm, and a second fixing arm each forming a latching portion, for engaging a storage device. The first fixing arm forms a receiving arm perpendicularly extending from an end thereof. A sliding arm perpendicularly extends from the second fixing arm and slidably received in the receiving arm. A locking portion and a pole are formed on the sliding arm. The operating device is rotatably attached to the received arm. The operating device includes an operating portion exposed out of the bracket, an engaging surface, and a pushing wall. The operating portion is manipulated to allow the engaging surface to engage and disengage the locking portion of the sliding arm, and the pushing wall to push the pole and drive the second fixing arm to move away from the first fixing arm.
US07791863B2
A switchgear cabinet assembly or rack assembly including an electric supply device that can be or is connected to a primary power supply. Equipment that is housed in at least one switchgear cabinet or rack on the user side, or equipment that is to be supplied with electricity can be or is connected to the electric supply device. To achieve simple and reliable connection options, a sub-distribution device is located in the switchgear cabinet or rack or in a separate cabinet or rack. The device has at least one sub-distribution unit that can be or is connected to the primary power supply, having a housing or frame and being retained and secured by a mounting unit. According to this invention, the sub-distribution unit can be or is connected to primary supply lines that lead to the primary power supply and to pre-fabricated connection lines that lead to the rack.
US07791858B2
An electronic blasting system (10) comprising a plurality of hardware components (12.1 to 12.n), wherein at least two of components of the plurality of hardware components (20, 26) are adapted to communicate with each other over short range radio link (30)
US07791854B2
A current limit protection apparatus and a method for current limit protection are provided. The current limit protection apparatus includes a MOS transistor, a current detecting unit, and a current limit circuit. Two source/drain of the MOS transistor are used for receiving a first-voltage and outputting a second-voltage respectively. A gate of the MOS transistor is used for receiving a gate driving signal to determine a conducting current of the MOS transistor. The current detecting unit is used for detecting the conducting current, so as to generate a detecting result. The current limit circuit has a plurality of current threshold values. The current limit circuit selects one of the current threshold values according to an indicating signal and generates the gate driving signal according to a difference between the selected current threshold value and the detecting result.
US07791850B2
A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) control circuit for providing an indicator or trip at the end of life. A GFCI with a monitor circuit added, in addition to common functions, is intended to automatically detect and indicate an abnormity of the circuit. Once any abnormity occurs to the elemental parts, the control circuit will indicate the malfunction or trip directly and stop the flow of electricity.
US07791842B2
In a read-write head, the shields can serve as magnetic flux conductors for external fields, so that they direct a certain amount of flux into the recording medium. This problem has been overcome by the addition to the shields of a pair of tabs located at the edges closest to the ABS. These tabs serve to prevent flux concentrating at the edges so that horizontal fields at these edges are significantly reduced. Said tabs need to have aspect ratios of at least 2 and may be either triangular or rectangular in shape. Alternatively, the tabs may be omitted and, instead, outer portions of the shield's lower edge may be shaped so as to slope upwards away from the ABS.
US07791841B2
A head slider for a hard disk drive is disclosed. The slider includes an operation device associated with a read/write head and adapted to change the flying height between the read/write head and a disk in relation to temperature. The operation device may be formed from a material that expands and contracts in relation to temperature in order to change the flying height, or a material that undergoes bending deformation in relation to temperature in order to change the flying height.
US07791840B2
In the manufacture of a load beam for reading and writing a hard disk in a hard disk drive which load beam has a body having a slope extending from a front end thereof and bent along a bend line in a direction opposite to the hard disk, a tab protruding from the slope and to be guided on a guide of the hard disk drive, and a box-bent portion extending along each side edge of the body and slope and passing through an end of the bend line. A first stage is preparing a load beam material that is flat and has a deformation control zone on a section to be processed into the box-bent portion of the load beam material corresponding to the section to be processed into the bend line so as to prevent the box-bent portion from deforming and protruding when the box-bent portion is formed.
US07791837B2
A thin film device is provided, in which inductance can be increased when a thin film coil wound on a magnetic film is provided. In a thin film coil wound on a magnetic film, thickness of lower coil portions is smaller than thickness of upper coil portions. Consequently, a magnetic property (permeability) tends to be hardly deteriorated.
US07791832B1
A control system includes a write head and a control module configured to signal the write head to write a servo test track on a rotating medium at a position relative to a reference servo track on the rotating medium. The servo test track is written on the rotating medium subsequent to an interrupt event. The reference servo track having been written to the rotating medium prior to the interrupt event, detects the position of the servo test track relative to the reference servo track and signals the write head to write a new servo track on the rotating medium based on the detected position of the servo test track relative to the reference servo track.
US07791831B2
The invention is directed to methods and apparatus for repositioning a data storage disc on a spindle assembly, to reduce eccentricity of data on the disc. The eccentricity can be identified and be reduced automatically by determining the magnitude and direction of an eccentricity vector that representing a misalignment of a central point around which the data are arranged on a data storage disk with an axis of a spindle, and moving the disc so that the eccentricity vector is reduced. One technique for moving the disc is to push the edge of the disc so that the central point moves closer to the axis of the spindle.
US07791829B2
According to one embodiment, a disk drive having a spin torque oscillator and designed to perform high frequency assisted writing. The disk drive has a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a coil, and a drive current controller. The drive current controller controls a drive current to supply to the spin torque oscillator. To record data magnetically in the disk, the drive current controller supplies to the spin torque oscillator the drive current that changes in synchronism with the polarity inversion of the recording current supplied to the coil, which excites the recording magnetic pole of the magnetic head.
US07791807B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a birefringent layer may be utilized in conjunction with a head-up display (HUD) for a vehicle or the like, for example where the birefringent layer is disposed in or on the windshield. The birefringent layer may impart a change in the polarization of light emerging from a projector of the head-up display in order to reduce or minimize interference between beams from the display and reflecting off of two or more surfaces that are combined at the viewer's eye, and/or to reduce or minimize the effect of polarizing sunglasses on the viewability of the image projected by the display. In one or more embodiments, the birefringent layer alters the polarization of the light reaching the viewer's eye if the user is wearing polarizing glasses or lenses so that less light from the display is blocked.
US07791804B2
The invention relates to an ophthalmic display comprising an ophthalmic lens containing an optical imager insert (400) presenting a direction of polarization and serving to shape light beams and direct them towards the eye of the wearer to enable information content (I) to be viewed, the display also comprising at least one polarizer element for placing on a face of the lens. According to the invention, said polarizer element is constituted by an element (2A, 2B) having adjustable polarization.
US07791799B1
A method of projection provides a frame structure that has a base and a top, couples a first membrane layer to the frame structure, and couples a second membrane layer to the first membrane layer, thereby forming a cavity enclosed by the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer. The method removes air from the enclosed cavity such that the second membrane layer is drawn toward the frame structure, and projects an image onto a surface of the second membrane layer. Some embodiments include a system for implementation of the foregoing.
US07791790B2
A wavelength converter including a fiber provided with a laser active substance and formed with first and second fiber gratings embedded in the fiber, a laser light source that allows pumping light to be incident on the fiber, a laser resonator formed by optically connecting the fiber and the laser light source, and a wavelength conversion element that converts the fundamental wave of a laser beam emitted from the laser resonator into a higher harmonic wave. The fiber absorbs a part of an output of the fundamental wave or the pumping light, and heats the second fiber grating. The temperature of the second fiber grating is adjusted in accordance with an output of the higher harmonic wave outputted from the wavelength conversion element.
US07791787B2
A MEMS device is provided. The MEMS device may include a first plate, a second plate and a third plate. The MEMS device may also include a first power supply configured to provide a voltage to the first plate and a second power supply configured apply a voltage to the second plate. In some embodiments, a third power supply may provide a voltage to the third plate.
US07791785B2
A controllably displayable motor vehicle window is (20) disclosed provided with at least one optically transmittable glass or plastic panel (22) and an electrically actuated variable light transmission medium (24, 25) disposed in close proximity to the at least one glass or plastic panel. The image displayed on the vehicle window (20) is controllable in response to the electric field generated by a control device (95) in communication with the variable light transmission medium and with a user input device (101-105, 107) A method of advertising or messaging using the controllably displayable motor vehicle window is also disclosed.
US07791775B2
An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of color filters arranged in a specific arrangement; a plurality of pixels adjacently arranged in each color filter; an exposure setting section for assigning one of a plurality of exposures to each pixel so as to perform exposure using the plurality of exposures; a readout section for reading out an image signal corresponding to each of the plurality of the exposures from the plurality of the pixels of each color filter; and a synthesizing section for determining an image signal of each color filter, based on the image signals read out by the readout section, and synthesizing the determined image signals of all of the plurality of the color filters, so as to output an image signal for forming an image.
US07791773B2
An image scanning apparatus includes: a reflective document lamp that emits light to the surface of a reflective document; a carriage that has the reflective document lamp and an image sensor for detecting light and converting the detected light into an electric signal mounted thereon and reciprocates in a sub-scanning direction; an indicator lamp that emits light and indicates the state of the apparatus; a determining unit that determines whether the reflective document lamp is turned on by using the image sensor; and a control unit that controls the on or off state of the reflective document lamp, the on or off state of the indicator lamp, and the movement of the carriage. In the image scanning apparatus, when the determining unit determines that the reflective document lamp is not turned on, the control unit moves the carriage to a predetermined position such that the indicator lamp emits light to the reflective document lamp.
US07791772B2
In an image reading device which includes a transmission light source and a pickup device which face each other with original platen glass for holding an original interposed therebetween, receives light irradiated from the transmission light source by the pickup device, and reads a light transmission original, a pickup device movement mechanism which reciprocally moves the pickup device in a predetermined direction is interlockingly connected to a light source movement mechanism which reciprocally moves the transmission light source in the predetermined direction in interlock with the reciprocal movement of the pickup device movement mechanism by a connection mechanism. The connection mechanism has a torque limiter function for generating sliding between the light source movement mechanism and the pickup device movement mechanism when torque equal to or greater than a predetermined value is delivered.
US07791770B2
A scanned image is registered in a storage unit. Attribute information for managing a registered image is set in an attribute information table. The relationship between the registered image and a related image in the storage unit is set in a related information table together with the attribute information. The storage unit is searched for an image specified by attribute information embedded in the scanned image. An image related to the image found by a search is acquired from the storage unit by looking up the related information table, and the relation view of the images is created. An operation window including the created relation view is displayed.
US07791763B2
A dark and light color separation of four fundamental colors into color materials containing light ink is realized at high speeds. A cross patch where a discrete color material amount with regard to two kinds of color materials having a different density is distributed in a cross pattern is printed by an image output device. In addition, there are produced a density characteristics map and a color material amount characteristics map. Accordingly, the cell of the equal color material amount is searched within a range not exceeding a target color material use amount from the color material characteristics map and the cell of the equal density is searched within a range not exceeding a target density from the density characteristics map. As a result, it is possible to determine a combination of a color material amount of each of a dark color material and a light color material.
US07791758B2
Method and apparatus for altering the operation of printers and scanners to reduce vibration and/or acoustics. The technology involves altering the mode of operation of the printer or scanner to be in either “quick”, “quiet” or an intermediate mode. Additionally, structure for achieving the different modes of operation are also disclosed.
US07791755B2
A document creation method according to this invention includes an image capturing step of capturing image data of each page, a boundary image specifying step of specifying a boundary image serving as the boundary between sets of pages from image data captured in the image capturing step, and a document creation step of creating, on the basis of the image data captured in the image capturing step, an electronic document divided into different chapters at the position of the boundary image specified in the boundary image specifying step. The electronic document created in the document creation step is divided into a plurality of chapters, and boundary pages are set between the plurality of chapters.
US07791742B2
A digital camera 100 groups items of image data matching in their image pickup condition into a group and generates a list of the grouped image data. The digital camera 100 selects a representative image from the grouped image data and transfers the representative image and the list to a PC 150. An application 160 runs on the PC 150. A user can use the application 160 to browse the grouped image data and cause any items of image data other than the representative image to be transferred from the digital camera 100 to the PC 150.
US07791737B2
Electromagnetic illumination radiation is produced and provided as an input wave. The input wave passes through a diffractive optical element and leaves as an incoming measuring wave, the wave front of the input wave being transformed such that the wave front of the incoming measuring wave is adapted to the desired shape of the effective reflection surface. Furthermore, the test object is disposed in a test position in which the incoming measuring wave is reflected back to the diffractive optical element as a reflected measuring wave, the reflected measuring wave passing through the diffractive optical element and leaving as an outgoing measuring wave, the propagation direction of the outgoing measuring wave being deviated in relation to the opposite propagation direction of the input wave. A reference wave branched off from the illumination radiation interferes with the outgoing measuring wave this interference being recorded by detector.
US07791734B2
This invention permits retinal images to be acquired at high speed and with unprecedented resolution in three dimensions (4×4×6 μm). The instrument achieves high lateral resolution by using adaptive optics to correct optical aberrations of the human eye in real time. High axial resolution and high speed are made possible by the use of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography. Using this system, we have demonstrated the ability to image microscopic blood vessels and the cone photoreceptor mosaic.
US07791731B2
A partial coherence interferometer incorporates a focusing system for resolving measurement ambiguities. A focus-sensing beam is directed through a common objective with the measurement beam of the interferometer for conveying the beams to and from a test surface. An unambiguous measuring range is equated to a predetermined range of focusing errors.
US07791730B2
A surface plasmon resonance meter is provided, including a backlight module, a line-slot plate, a parabolic mirror, a linear polarizer, a sensing chip, a prism and a photo detector array. The line-slot plate includes a light outlet. A light beam travels in the backlight module, and leaves the backlight module through the light outlet. The position of the line-slot plate is matched on a predetermined focal point of the parabolic mirror. The light beam is reflected by the parabolic mirror to be a parallel light beam, and travels trough the linear polarizer to the prism. The prism includes a light entering surface, a detection surface and a light exiting surface. The light beam enters the prism through the light entering surface, contacts the sensing chip with total internal reflection, and finally leaves the prism through the light exiting surface to be received by the photo detector array.
US07791716B2
A system and related method for improved liquid delivery evaluation using a solution containing one or more dyes such that the solution exhibits multiple distinct detectable light absorbance spectral features for calibrating or testing over extended volume or dilution ranges are described. The system includes: a photometric instrument capable of measuring optical absorbance at multiple wavelengths; one or more sample solutions to be dispensed using the liquid delivery system whose performance is being tested or calibrated; and vessels optionally pre-filled, or filled by the user, with diluent solution. The sample solutions contain one or more dyes, chosen so that multiple distinct detectable light absorbance spectral features, such as peaks and/or valleys and/or plateaus of the solution can be distinguished for volume or dilution ranges of interest. The concentrations of the dyes may be chosen so that a large volume delivery device is calibrated using a spectral feature in the solution with a low absorbance per unit pathlength, while a small volume delivery device is calibrated with the same sample solution but using a different spectral feature with a high absorbance per unit pathlength.
US07791706B2
A bistable liquid crystal display device has a nematic liquid crystal which is switchable between two different stable molecular configurations. The liquid crystal has a mixture of finely-divided positively-charged particles and finely-divided negatively-charged particles dispersed therein.
US07791705B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus is divided into a display area on which an image is displayed and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The LCD apparatus includes an organic insulating layer partially formed in the non-display area. A portion of the organic insulating layer is not formed, obtaining a vent space through which to exhaust air trapped when a first substrate is combined with a second substrate of the liquid crystal display apparatus. The LCD apparatus may rapidly and easily exhaust the trapped air from the display area and uniformly maintain the cell gap between the first and second substrates, improving display quality of the LCD apparatus.
US07791698B2
A big screen display suitable for moving image displaying that has an excellent viewing angle property, an excellent reliability and a productivity, and a quick speed of response, and has a bright and excellent contrast is realized at low cost. Vertically aligned mode liquid crystal display comprises a scan wiring, a video signal wiring, a pixel electrode, an alignment directional control electrode, and a thin film transistor element formed in a position where a scan wiring and a video signal wiring intersect with each other, and a common electrode formed in opposing substrate side. An electric field distribution formed with three electrodes comprising an alignment directional control electrode, and a pixel electrode, and a common electrode formed in an countering substrate side may control motion directions of vertically aligned anisotropic liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant.
US07791693B2
A semi-transmission LCD device capable of enhancing a reflection efficiency by introducing external light to a reflection portion on an array substrate of a thin film transistor forming an overcoating layer having concave portions on a color filter substrate, and capable of enhancing a transmission efficiency of light incident from a backlight, and a fabricating method thereof. The semi-transmission LCD device comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate; black matrixes formed on the second substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween; a color filter formed between the black matrixes; a common electrode formed on the color filter; an overcoat layer, having concave portions, formed on the common electrode; and an LC layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US07791691B2
The present invention provides a reflective type liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof, by which resolution is enhanced in a manner of representing two colors from one sub-pixel. The present invention includes a first substrate having a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of pixel electrodes within a plurality of sub-pixels defined by a plurality of gate and data lines perpendicularly crossing with each other, respectively, a second substrate assembled to the first substrate to confront, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, a third substrate assembled to the first substrate to confront, a plurality of reflective electrodes on an inside of the third substrate to correspond to a plurality of the sub-pixels, respectively, and a color filter layer having a plurality of electrophoretic bodies on a plurality of the reflective electrodes wherein each of the electrophoretic bodies is micro-encapsulated with ionic pigment particles.
US07791676B2
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a picture element electrode in a first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side in each picture element region, and a counter electrode in a second substrate opposing the picture element electrode via the liquid crystal layer. In each picture element region, the picture element electrode includes a solid portion including multiple unit solid portions; and the liquid crystal layer is in a vertical orientation state with no voltage, and upon voltage application, forms a liquid crystal domain taking a radially-inclined orientation in positional correspondence with each unit solid portion by an oblique electric field produced near the unit solid portion. The liquid crystal display device further includes a storage capacitor connected electrically in parallel to a liquid crystal capacitor, and the storage capacitor is at least partially located in an area with no solid portion of the first substrate.
US07791672B2
In the scanning conversion apparatus, interlaced-to-progressive scanning is performed according to one of at least two different techniques. The technique used depends on the interlaced scan data being converted. As examples, a spatial interpolation technique, a spatial/temporal interpolation technique, or other technique may be selected.
US07791670B2
Image processing parameters of an imaging chip in a vision-based occupant sensing system are adjusted for each frame based on ambient illumination responsive information obtained in the idle period preceding that frame. The same sensing data is also used to determine if active illumination is needed to supplement existent ambient illumination during the ensuing image acquisition interval. The inter-frame ambient illumination is detected with an external light sensor or with selected pixels of the imaging chip, and the information is used to calculate and set the gain and integration time of the imaging chip. In applications where the resolution of the imaging chip significantly exceeds the resolution required for occupant sensing, intensity data from one or more otherwise inactive pixels is averaged with the intensity data from the normally active pixels to adapt the sensitivity of the imaging chip to changing ambient illumination.
US07791667B2
A focus detection apparatus is disclosed which can achieve excellent focus detection performance. The apparatus detects the focusing state of an image-pickup lens based on a phase difference in a plurality of images. The apparatus includes a field lens and a light-receiving element including plural focus detection areas. The light-receiving element includes at least first and second focus detection areas which detect a phase difference in a first direction, and third and fourth focus detection areas which detect a phase difference in a second direction. The intersection position of the first focus detection area and the third focus detection area with respect to the center of the first focus detection area is different from the intersection position of the second focus detection area and the fourth focus detection area with respect to the center of the second focus detection area.
US07791665B2
A driving method of a solid-state imaging device including plural high-sensitivity pixels and plural low-sensitivity pixels that are arranged in mixed form in a manner of a two-dimensional array on a semiconductor substrate, the method including driving the solid-state imaging device in such a manner that an exposure period of the low-sensitivity pixels is set shorter than that of the high-sensitivity pixels.
US07791663B2
A pixel and image sensor formed in accordance with the present invention has two modes of operation: a normal mode and a low light mode. The present invention switches from a normal to a low light mode based upon the amount of illumination on the image sensor. Once the level of illumination is determined, a decision is made by comparing the level of illumination to a threshold whether to operate in normal mode or low light mode. In low light mode, the reset transistor (for a 3T pixel) or the transfer transistor (for a 4T pixel) is biased positive.
US07791657B2
An imaging system implementing a scheme for enhancing the dynamic range of the device. An array of radiation detecting pixels produces an output in response to a stimulus. The signal from each pixel is read once for evaluation. If the voltage at an individual pixel satisfies a programmed condition, such as exceeding a predetermined threshold voltage at a particular time, that pixel is reset and begins producing an output signal anew. If the pixel output signal does not satisfy the condition, it is allowed to continue producing the signal without being reset. After the evaluation read, all of the pixels are then read row by row into a buffer and digitally processed. A memory register tracks which pixels have been reset, and the corresponding output signals are adjusted accordingly. This scheme allows the system to process input signals across a broader range of intensity without losing information due to pixel saturation or sacrificing sensitivity.
US07791651B2
An adjustment amount of a brightness level is determined for each pixel of an image based on the value of each pixel of a luminance distribution image which represents the distribution of luminance of the image. A portion contributing to adjustment of brightness and a portion contributing to adjustment of saturation are determined for each pixel of the image so that the sum thereof is equal to the adjustment amount of the brightness level. Then, an adjustment value of saturation, which is obtained by weighting the value of each pixel in the image based on the portion contributing to saturation, and an adjustment value of brightness, which is obtained by weighting the value of each pixel in the luminance distribution image, which corresponds to each pixel of the image, based on the portion contributing to brightness are added to the value of each pixel of the image.
US07791648B2
Color image signals, as derived, e.g., by interpolating the output from a color filter array are arranged in pixels, each pixel having associated detected color information for a first color as well as undetected filled-in color information for at least a second and a third color. The images are thus exposed to false color and zipper effect artifacts, and are subject to processing preferably including the steps of: checking the images for the presence of zipper effect artifacts, and i) if the checking reveals the presence of zipper effect artifacts, applying a zipper effect removal process to the image signals; ii) if the checking fails to reveal the presence of zipper effect artifacts, applying a false color removal process to the image signals. False color and zipper effect artifacts are thus preferably both reduced by adaptively using the zipper effect removal process and the false color removal process.
US07791645B2
An imaging system includes plural portable terminals managed by a server; and the portable terminal to be imaged is notified that an imaging operation has been performed on a portable terminal which can communicate with a facility camera through a camera-terminal network. The notification is also provided to portable terminals belonging to the same group as the portable terminal.
US07791644B2
When a camera body is shaken, a piezoelectric element generates a signal corresponding to angular velocity. The output signal of the element is amplified by a synchronous detection amplifier and is sent to a high-pass filter. An output signal of the filter is integrated after digital conversion and is outputted as a shake amount of the camera body. An initialization-trigger generating circuit generates an initialization trigger in predetermined cycles. When the trigger is inputted, the amplifier outputs a first zero-level signal. A zero-level initialization circuit initializes the filter every input of the trigger to output a second zero-level signal. The two zero-level signals have a reference signal value to be outputted at a time of the angular velocity zero. During the initialization, the reference signal value is applied to both sides of the filter to remove drift components included in the output signal thereof.
US07791637B2
Disclosed is a data transmission system to transmit digital data through a wireless transmission path, including: a first device including a communication condition detecting section, a data supplying section, a bit-rate converting section, a transmission buffer, a transmission communicating section and a channel switching section; and a second device including a reception communicating section, a reception buffer and a buffer storage amount detecting section, wherein the communication condition detecting section comprises a jamming detecting section, and when the jamming detecting section detects jamming, the bit-rate converting section lowers bit rate of the digital data to predetermined bit rate, and the channel switching section switches the communication channel to a channel where influence of the jamming is less, based on detection results by the buffer storage amount detecting section.
US07791634B2
A comparator compares a time interval between a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal with a target value, and outputs an error therebetween. A frequency calculator calculates a set value of a pixel clock frequency based on the error output from the comparator, and outputs a frequency specification signal for specifying a pixel clock frequency according to the calculated set value. A frequency divider divides a high frequency clock generated by a high frequency clock generator by a frequency division ratio based on the frequency specification signal output from the frequency calculator, and generates the pixel clock.
US07791621B2
Systems and methods providing driving voltages to an RGBW display panel. A representative system comprises a data driver with a reference voltage generation circuit that is operative to provide reference voltages according to a white component signal (W) extracted from three color input signals (R,G,B), and a digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion unit that is operative to generate driving voltages according to the reference voltages, the three color input signals and the white component signal.
US07791617B2
A method for rendering adjacent polygons. The method includes determining when a first polygon and a second polygon have an abutting edge. If an abutting edge exists, a majority status is assigned to a pixel on the abutting edge. A first color of the first polygon or a second color of the second polygon is then allocated to the pixel in accordance with the majority status.
US07791610B2
Provided are a display device with low power consumption which enables reduction of an operation processing amount of a GPU and which does not require a storage device for storing image data corresponding to one screen, and a display system using the display device. The display device is constituted by pixels each including storage circuits, an operation processing circuit, and a display processing circuit and circuits each having a function of storing image data in arbitrary storage circuits. The display system is constituted by the display device and an image processing device including the GPU. Image data is formed for each structural component through operation processing in the GPU in the display system. The formed image data is stored in the corresponding storage circuit for each pixel. The stored image data is subjected to composition processing by the operation processing circuit for each pixel. Then, the image data is converted into an image signal in the display processing circuit.
US07791605B2
A technique for universally rasterizing graphic primitives used in computer graphics is described. Configurations of the technique include determining three edges and a bounded region in a retrofitting bounding box. Each primitive has real and intrinsic edges. The process uses no more than three real edges of any one graphic primitive. In the case of a line, a third edge is set coincident with one of its two real edges. The area between the two real edges is enclosed by opposing perimeter edges of the bounding box. In the case of a rectangle, only three real edges are used. The fourth edge corresponds to a bounding edge provided by the retrofitting bounding box. In exemplary applications, the technique may be used in mobile video-enabled devices, such as cellular phones, video game consoles, PDAs, laptop computers, video-enabled MP3 players, and the like.
US07791588B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for mapping instructions associated with haptic feedback. An apparatus having a controller including an effect mapper is disclosed. The controller is configured to receive effect instructions from at least one application. The effect mapper is in communication with the controller, and is configured to produce multiple haptic instructions in response to at least a portion of the received effect instructions. The haptic instructions are at least partially based on a physical characteristic of a haptic device.
US07791578B2
A common voltage driving circuit of an in-plane switching (IPS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first common voltage output part for swinging and outputting positive (+) and negative (−) common voltages on odd numbered common lines, a second common voltage output part for swinging and outputting negative (−) and positive (+) common voltages on even numbered common lines, an intermediate level output part for outputting an intermediate level voltage between the positive (+) and negative (−) common voltages output from the first and second common voltage output parts, a first switching part for selecting one out of the voltages output from the first common voltage output part and the intermediate level output part, and outputting the selected one, and a second switching part for selecting one out of the voltages output from the second common voltage output part and the intermediate level output part, and outputting the selected one.
US07791573B2
An etching solution for a multiple layer of copper and molybdenum includes: about 5% to about 30% by weight of a hydrogen peroxide; about 0.5% to about 5% by weight of an organic acid; about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of a phosphate; about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of a first additive having nitrogen; about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of a second additive having nitrogen; about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of a fluoric compound; and de-ionized water making a total amount of the etching solution 100% by weight.
US07791570B2
Disclosed is a method for addressing a display pixel and an electrical circuit arrangement for the display device. In some embodiments, the electrical circuit arrangement includes an input terminal for receiving a first signal; a first memory element for storing information about the first signal; a driver element coupled to the first memory element for outputting a second signal via an output terminal in accordance with the information about the first signal; and a calibration circuit coupled between the driver element and the input terminal for matching a potential difference between the driver element and the input terminal during a calibration phase prior to receiving the first signal.
US07791565B2
A color electroluminescent, EL, display device comprising an array of pixels (11) each comprising sub-pixels (1) of two or more colors (R, G, B). For at least one of the colors (R, G, B), the pixel (11) comprises a first sub-pixel (RL, GL, BL) comprising a first EL material and a second sub-pixel (Rc, Gc, Bc) comprising a second EL material. The first EL material is of higher lifetime than the second EL material; the second EL material has better color points and/or better color rendition properties than the first EL material. In some embodiments a pixel comprises two red sub-pixels (RL, Rc), two green subpixels (GL, Gc) and two blue sub-pixels (BL, Bc), one sub-pixel of each color (RL, GL, BL) comprising relatively high lifetime EL material and the other sub pixel of each color (Rc, Gc, Bc) comprising relatively good color points EL material. In other embodiments a pixel comprises two blue sub-pixels (BL, Bc) but only one red sub-pixel and one green sub-pixel.
US07791558B2
An antenna device for use with a wireless signal processing interface includes a main body; an antenna module received by the main body and having a first signal-receiving bar and a second signal-receiving bar pivotally protruding from a first surface and a second surface of the main body, respectively; and a securing member having a first portion coupled to the main body and a second portion to be detachably coupled to a supporting object. The securing member is made of an elastic material and distorted when coupled to the supporting object so as to provide a securing force to fix the antenna device onto the supporting object.
US07791554B2
The tulip antenna has two orthogonally intersecting conductive plates. Each intersecting plate has two ends, and one of these ends is smoothly tapered. The intersecting plates intersect such that the tapered end of both plates together form a tapered side when the intersecting plates intersect. An inner conductor of a coaxial cable is connected to the two intersecting plates at the tapered side of the intersecting plates. The inner conductor and the surrounding insulator pass through a tuning stub and then through a metallic ground plate. The tuning stub is connected to the ground plate. An aperture in the ground plate is sized such that the insulator can pass through it, just as the insulator can pass through the tuning stub. The tuning stub increases the upper frequency limit over which the antenna operates. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is attached to the ground plate.
US07791553B2
An elevation mechanism for a satellite antenna system. The elevation mechanism includes tilt links or arms, lift links, and a linear actuator with an adjustable length leg arrangement. Each tilt arm is pivotally mounted at its inner and outer end portions to the base or azimuth plate of the system and to the back of the dish of the system. Similarly, each lift link is pivotally mounted at its inner and outer end portions to the base and to the back of the dish. The linear actuator in turn is pivotally mounted at its inner end portion to the base and at its outer end portion to the lift links. In operation, the linear actuator can be moved between extended and retracted positions to cause the dish to move between its stowed position facing downwardly and a deployed position facing upwardly of the horizon at a targeted satellite.
US07791524B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: pixel circuits arranged in a matrix which perform photoelectric conversion on received light; and an AD conversion unit converting the resultant signal voltage of the photoelectric conversion. The AD conversion unit includes: a reference voltage generation unit generating plural reference voltages which are different from each other within a possible range for a signal voltage; a most significant bit conversion unit that identifies a voltage section including the signal voltage from among the voltage sections each having a corresponding one of the reference voltages as a base point and determines the identified result as the value of the most significant bit of the digital signal; and a least significant bit conversion unit that converts, into the least significant bit of the digital signal, the difference voltage between the signal voltage and the reference voltage as the base point of the identified voltage section.
US07791520B2
The present patent application comprises a digital to analog converter reference circuit, comprising a capacitor connected to a current source, a positive terminal of the capacitor connected to a first switch, the first switch electrically connecting the positive terminal of the capacitor to a positive input terminal of a DAC circuit, a negative terminal of the capacitor connected to a second switch, the second switch electrically connecting the negative terminal of the capacitor to a negative input terminal of the DAC circuit. In another example, the present patent application comprises a method for converting digital code to an analog signal, comprising charging a reservoir capacitor to a reference voltage level, transferring stored charge from the reservoir capacitor to DAC feedback capacitors, and transferring the stored charge from the DAC feedback capacitors to DAC output terminals.
US07791518B2
Embodiments of a system for processing a signal may include a receiver configured to receive an input analog signal and an up converter coupled with the receiver and configured to up convert the analog signal to an up converted analog signal. Embodiments may further include an amplifier coupled with the up converter and configured to amplify the up converted analog signal to generate an amplified signal and also a bandpass filter coupled with the amplifier and configured to filter the amplified signal to generate a filtered analog signal. According to embodiments, the filtered analog signal may be fed to a quanitizer of the ADC. Intermediate signals made thus avoid the flicker noise region typically associated with an integrator of the ADC and may minimize the quantization noise associated with converting higher frequency analog signals.
US07791510B2
An encoding method for dividing a bit string of an input signal at a position of x bits from a least significant bit into a high-order bit string and a low-order bit string, performing variable-length-encoding of the high-order bit string, and performing fixed-length-encoding of the low-order bit string includes deriving a reference integer I close to 2x (x=m/2, m is an integer of 0 or more); obtaining a quotient and a remainder that are determined by performing a dividing operation on numerical values represented respectively by the bit strings by using the reference integer I; and performing variable-length-encoding of each of quotients of two consecutive bit strings, combining remainders corresponding to the quotients and performing fixed-length-encoding of the result, and generating a codeword.
US07791506B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) has a plurality of switch interfaces on its top surface. Each interface is an array of sensors, such as proximity sensors, hall-effect sensors, or a series of inductor coils. The sensors in each array are closely mounted and are all the same for a given PCB. Each array may or may not mount a non-contacting switch selected from a plurality of different types of switches, such as a single push button switch, dual push button switch, a toggle switch, a 3-position rocker switch, a rotary switch, or other type switch. Each switch mounted on the PCB includes one or more indicators for sensing by the sensors or coils, with feedback to determine what type of switch is mounted in each position. The same PCB, or other mount, may thus be used for a variety of unique applications, such as switch packs used in vehicles.
US07791499B2
A monitoring and notification system detects and informs vehicle occupants of sirens. The system may adjust radio, phone, or other device settings in the vehicle in conjunction with the notification. The notification may take an audible or visual form, and the monitoring system may perform its analysis across multiple types of sirens. In addition, the system may adapt its processing based on location to take into account locally expected siren formats.
US07791497B2
A warning device of the flashing beacon type (2) is provided with a dual light source (14, 16), typically in the form of two LEDs arranged in back to back relationship, in which the light from one light source (14) is transmitted directly from the beacon whereas the light from the other light source (16) is reflected by a compound reflector (18, 20) from a direction which is essentially opposite the direction of the light from the first source to a direction which is the same as or substantially parallel to the direction of the first source so as to produce a compound beam of illumination having a relatively darker first peripheral part, a relatively more intense central part followed by a relatively less intense third peripheral part. The two light sources and the compound reflector rotates in unison with each other to produce flashes of illumination to a person observing the beacon from a remote location to the beacon. The compound reflector may be a retro reflective element (20) mounted within a concave reflector (18). The advantage of this flashing beacon is that it has similar light characteristics to a conventional incandescent bulb rotating beacon but requires less power and has greater reliability as well as having two separate light sources independently producing illumination.
US07791491B2
A method and apparatus for measuring drowsiness particularly in vehicle operators measures the amplitude to velocity ratio for eyelids closing and opening during blinking as well as measuring duration of opening and closing. The average values for the amplitude to velocity ratios for opening and closing are weighted and added to give a drowsiness measure that is compared to a scale of drowsiness based on data collected from alert and drowsy subjects. Other eye movements can be used in the weighted algorithm. The scale of drowsiness predicts the onset of drowsiness levels that render an operator unfit to continue.
US07791487B2
Estimating a location of a RFID tag in time and space using incomplete data. A signal is received from an RFID tag at a plurality of receivers over a time range. At any particular time within the time range the signal is received at less than three receivers. The signal is generated at specific times within the time range. Receipt of the signal at a given receiver at a given time within the time range comprises an event. In this manner, a plurality of events arises during the time range. Additionally, corresponding locations of the plurality of receivers are known. The plurality of events is received at a data processing system. An algorithm is executed on the data processing system to process the plurality of events. An estimated location in time and space of the RFID tag is then generated with the algorithm and based on the plurality of events.
US07791476B2
The change in voltage or current of the antenna is measured by the time to reach a particular voltage level. Using either charging and/or discharging, the times to reach two or more different levels of the total charge are measured. By providing sensor electronics with each sensor or antenna, a more versatile system may be provided. The sensors and associated electronics communicate using a bus or other communication path to a processor. The processor determines an occupant state based on the received sensor information. Different numbers of sensors may be used with the same system.
US07791474B2
The image processing apparatus is provided with: a geographic information holding unit that holds geographic information on an installation place where the image processing apparatus is installed; a form generation unit that generates an information registration form describing items for registering information on a disaster to be collected based on the geographic information held in the geographic information holding unit; and an output unit that outputs the information registration form generated by the form generation unit.
US07791469B2
A method and system for tracking a portable device. A tracking system includes a portable device, a first Radio Frequency (RF) module, and a second RF module. The first Radio Frequency (RF) module is installed in the portable device for transmitting a wireless signal. The second RF module is used for receiving the wireless signal. When a received amplitude of the wireless signal that is received by the second RF module is less than a predetermined value, the second RF module generates an alert.
US07791466B2
The present invention includes a method, system, and program product for detecting an event that includes receiving at least one data input stream from one or more sensors, selecting a data input stream from one of the one or more sensors, recording the data input stream on a recordable medium, specifying a rule comprising an event in the data input stream, and detecting at least one event in the data input stream based upon the rule.
US07791459B2
The vehicle light control system includes a light device emitting an illumination light around an object vehicle on which the vehicle light control system is mounted, an information obtaining device obtaining integrated information including at least vehicle information indicating a behavior of the object vehicle, a control unit including an illumination target candidate setting function of setting a plurality of illumination target candidates which a driver of the object vehicle should pay attention on the basis of the integrated information, the plurality of the illumination target candidates being given a risk degree respectively, and a determination function of selecting an illumination target from among the plurality of the illumination target candidates on the basis of the risk degree, and an actuator device controlling the light device such that the illumination light is emitted in a direction of the illumination target.
US07791455B1
A method and apparatus is provided for sensing a given situation such as the presence of operational aircraft for deactivation, or other modification, of a device such as wireless communication circuitry signal transmission circuitry while in the presence of the operational aircraft. The sensing of a situation may be by the presence of a predetermined signal, the arrival at a given location, a measurable change in air pressure and so forth. The sensor circuitry, upon detecting conditions suggestive of operational aircraft, operates to activate, deactivate or otherwise modify the performance of a device while in the presence or immediate vicinity of aircraft or other predetermined situation.
US07791447B2
A transformer comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first conductor over the substrate, a second conductor over the substrate, and a magnetic layer over the substrate. The first conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. The second conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn.
US07791437B2
A substrate having two high frequency components positioned on substrates typically used for lower frequency devices. A coplanar strip transmission line, providing for transmission of high frequency signals, comprises first, second and third parallel, spaced conductive traces positioned on a surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate defines a first slot extending from the first surface into the substrate and between the first and second parallel, spaced conductive traces and a second slot extending from the first surface into the substrate and between the first and third parallel, spaced conductive traces. Optionally, an antenna is coupled to the coplanar strip transmission line and comprises first and second antenna traces, the substrate defining a third slot therebetween.
US07791434B2
An acoustic resonator that includes a substrate, a first electrode, a layer of piezoelectric material, and a second electrode. The substrate has a first surface and the first electrode is adjacent the first surface of the substrate. The layer of piezoelectric material is adjacent the first electrode. The second electrode is adjacent the layer of piezoelectric material, and the second electrode lies in a first plane and has an edge. The layer of piezoelectric material has a recessed feature adjacent the edge of the second electrode.
US07791430B2
A low pass filter having a coaxial structure of an inner conductor, an outer conductor and a metal powder composite interposed between the inner and outer conductor. Embodiments include a 50Ω characteristic impedance. The metal powder can be bronze, copper or other metals, mixed in an epoxy carrier.
US07791426B2
A clock frequency modulator for an oscillator having a digital circuit for the generation of a signal modulating the clock frequency, the digital circuit adapted to obtain, from the signal generated by the oscillator, a first pulse signal having a lower frequency than the clock frequency of the oscillator, a digital counter adapted to count the pulses of the first signal and to produce a digital signal and a digital-to-analog converter adapted to convert the digital signal in the signal for modulating the clock frequency of the oscillator.
US07791418B2
Method and systems are provided for adjusting real-time clocks to compensate for frequency offset, temperature effects, and/or aging effects.
US07791409B2
AM (Amplitude Modulation) demodulation system (36) for an RFID reader device (31), of the type comprising a demodulator (6) for receiving from a RFID tag (11) an AM (Amplitude Modulation) wave (20) having a predetermined frequency (f) and for retrieving, from the AM wave (20), a demodulated output (6a) associated to predetermined positive or negative Amplitudes of said AM wave (20). The AM demodulation system comprises at least a second demodulator (26) for receiving the AM wave (20) and retrieving a second demodulated output (26a) associated to Amplitudes opposite to the predetermined positive or negative Amplitudes and a block (27) having, in input, the demodulated output (6a) and the second demodulated output (26a) and returning, in output, an enforced demodulated output (30) with a frequency (f1) greater than the predetermined frequency (f).
US07791399B2
An LCD driving circuit comprising an over-voltage protection circuit includes an input terminal to receive an input voltage, a voltage-dividing circuit, a voltage-stabilizing circuit including a voltage-stabilizing element, a control circuit, a switching element, and an output terminal. The voltage-dividing circuit provides a reference voltage according to the input voltage to the voltage-stabilizing circuit, the voltage-stabilizing circuit determines whether the voltage-stabilizing element conducts according to the reference voltage, and the control circuit controls the switching element to switch on or off according to a working stage of the voltage-stabilizing element to determine whether the output terminal outputs an output voltage.
US07791397B2
A high-speed digital level shifter is described. The preferred embodiment shifts an input signal with a lower amplitude to a signal with a higher amplitude. The level shifter includes a signal driver circuit to drive up the input signal to a driver signal having higher voltages. The driver signal is used to drive an output circuit that generates an output signal having amplitude of a high voltage power source. The output circuit has improved performance being driven by the driver input signal. A signal stepper is added to further improve the performance by pulling up the output voltage in two stages.
US07791395B2
A signal generator generates a test signal including a positive signal and a negative signal which have the same amplitude. The signal generator corrects a DC level of the test signal based on a DC offset correcting signal supplied thereto, and supplies the corrected test signal to a frequency converter. An amplitude detector detects the amplitudes of the positive and negative signals of the test signal processed by the frequency converter. A level compressor converts in level the amplitudes of the positive and negative signals which are detected by the amplitude detector, with a gain variable depending on an input level thereto. A comparator compares the amplitudes of the positive and negative signals which are converted in level by the level compressor, with each other. An offset adjuster supplies the DC offset correcting signal depending on a compared result from the comparator to the signal generator.
US07791393B1
A clock generating circuit includes a source clock, a first clock generated from the source clock through a first header, a second clock generated from the source clock through a second header and an inverter, wherein the second clock is out of phase with respect to the first clock, a first delayed falling edge clock, wherein the first delayed falling edge clock corresponds to the first clock with a first delayed falling edge, and a second delayed falling edge clock, wherein the second delayed falling edge clock corresponds to the second clock with a second delayed falling edge. The first delayed falling edge clock is generated from a first leading edge path and a first falling edge path, both originating from the source clock, that are inputted to a first delay chain.
US07791392B2
An apparatus for generating a pulse which generates an internal signal. The apparatus includes a latch circuit latching an input signal to output a first signal. A clock period detector detects a period of an external clock signal to output a period detecting signal and a delay controller adjusts a delay time of the first signal to output a second signal in response to the period detecting signal. A signal generator receives the first signal and the second signal to output a pulse signal.
US07791388B2
A system and method for generating a correction signal for correcting duty cycle error of a first clock signal relative to a second complementary clock signal. Changes to a time difference between high- and low-portions of the first clock signal are detected and the correction signal is generated in response to and accordance with the detected changes.
US07791384B2
A phase synchronization apparatus includes a bias control unit configured to sequentially delay an input clock signal to generate bias control signals having multiple bits, a bias generation unit configured to generate a pull-up bias voltage having a level that corresponds to logical values of the bias control signals, and to generate a pull-down bias voltage in response to a control signal; and a voltage controlled oscillator configured to include a plurality of delay cells respectively having a pull-up terminal and a pull-down terminal to generate an output clock signal in response to the control voltage, wherein the pull-up bias voltage is supplied to the pull-up terminals of the respective delay cells and the pull-down bias voltage is supplied to the pull-down terminals of the respective delay cells.
US07791380B2
A current sampling circuit including a current sampling transistor, a capacitor arrangement between the gate and source of the current sampling transistor and an amplifier provided in a feedback loop between the gate and source of the current sampling transistor. A switch controls the circuit to sample a gate-source voltage corresponding to a current being sampled onto the capacitor arrangement. The capacitor arrangement comprises a first capacitor circuit for sampling a gate source voltage in a first sampling phase and a second capacitor circuit, with the first and second capacitor circuits arranged for together sampling the gate source voltage in a second sampling phase. The operating point of the amplifier is shifted between the first and second phases based on the gate source voltage sampled in the first sampling phase.
US07791370B1
A circuit includes a first area, a second area, and a third area. The second area includes a locked loop circuit that generates a clock signal. The locked loop circuit receives a supply voltage that is isolated from noise generated in the first area. The third area includes multiple quads of channels and a clock line coupled to route at least one clock signal generated in the second area to the channels in each of the quads. The third area is separate from the second area in the circuit.
US07791365B2
A method for configuring a chip having a plurality of on-chip configurable features. The plurality of on-chip configurable features is disabled before delivery of the chip to a new location. The chip is delivered to a new location where a unique hardware identifier and data for at least one of the on-chip configurable features is retrieved. The unique hardware identifier and the data are transmitted to an enabling entity. The enabling entity sends the enablement configuration to the chip. The chip is programmed with the enablement configuration, which enables the at least one on-chip configurable feature at the new location.
US07791363B2
A low temperature probing apparatus comprises a housing, a device holder positioned in the housing and configured to receive at least one semiconductor device under test, a platen positioned on the housing, at least one hydraulic stage positioned on the platen and configured to retain at least one probe, a cover positioned on the platen and configured to form an isolation chamber with the hydraulic stage and the device holder positioned therein, and a hydraulic controller configured to control the movement of the hydraulic stage.
US07791360B2
A connection unit for electrically connecting a DUT mounting board, on which an IC socket is mounted, with a testing apparatus for testing an electronic device inserted into the IC socket, the connection unit has a holding substrate provided to face the DUT mounting board and a connection-unit-side connector, which is provided on the holding substrate to be able to change a position of the connection-unit-side connector on the holding substrate, for being connected to a performance-board-side connector included in the DUT mounting board.
US07791359B2
A probe for high frequency signal transmission includes a metal pin, and a metal line spacedly arranged on and electrically insulated from the metal pin and electrically connected to grounding potential so as to maintain the characteristic impedance of the probe upon transmitting high frequency signal. The maximum diameter of the probe is substantially equal to or smaller than two times of the diameter of the metal pin. Under this circumstance, a big amount of probes can be installed in a probe card for probing a big amount of electronic devices, so that a wafer-level electronic test can be achieved efficiently and rapidly.
US07791356B2
A capacitive proximity switch has an electrically conductive sensor surface, which is covered by an electrically non-conductive covering plate and which serves as a part of a capacitor with a capacitance that varies with proximity. The proximity switch includes a reference sensor surface for generating a reference signal for determining an actuation state of the proximity switch. Signal portions of the reference signal are proportional to the capacitance of a reference capacitor formed with the reference sensor surface, and the capacitance of the reference capacitor is determined by surrounding conditions of the sensor surface.
US07791350B2
An ionization vacuum gauge includes a linear cathode, an anode, and an ion collector. The linear cathode, the anode, and the ion collector are concentrically aligned and arranged from center to outer, in that order. The linear cathode includes a linear base and a field emission film deposited coating on the linear base. The ionization vacuum gauge with low power consumption can be used in a high vacuum system and/or some special vacuum system that is sensitive to heat and light. Such a gauge can be used to determine, simply yet accurately, pressures at relatively high vacuum levels.
US07791348B2
Battery maintenance equipment is provided for use in maintaining storage batteries. The battery maintenance equipment includes battery maintenance circuitry. A redemption code output is provided and configured to provide an output having a redeemable value in response to the battery maintenance circuitry. A method includes outputting a redemption code in response to usage of battery maintenance equipment.
US07791347B2
A battery assembly for use in an aircraft. The battery assembly may include a battery and a circuit configured to monitor the battery in situ. The circuit may include at least one sensor positioned to sense at least one property of the battery and a processor in communication with the sensor. The battery assembly may also include a battery housing, wherein the battery and the circuit are positioned within the battery housing. A method for evaluating a battery in an electric device. The method may include collecting operational information from the battery. The operational information may be collected without removing the battery from the electric device. The method may also include comparing the operational information to a degradation routine describing a property of the battery and calculating a capacity of the battery.
US07791345B2
A metal detector including transmit electronics having a plurality of switches for generating a repeating transmit signal cycle for transmission by a transmit coil. The repeating transmit signal cycle includes at least a high voltage period, and at least a low voltage period, the low voltage period followed by a substantially zero voltage period. The output impedance of the transmit electronics is less than three times the equivalent series resistance of the transmit coil during the low voltage period and the substantially zero voltage period.
US07791335B2
A resolver includes a stationary unit centered about a center axis, and a rotary unit disposed inside or outside the stationary unit to be rotatable around the center axis with respect to the stationary unit. The stationary unit includes teeth radially arranged around the center axis, and an insulator covering surfaces of the teeth. The stationary unit further includes output coils formed on the teeth by winding at least one of two output wires around each of the teeth via the insulator in a first number of turns and in multiple layers, and excitation coils formed on the teeth by winding an excitation wire around the output coils in multiple layers and in a second number of turns less than the first number of turns.
US07791334B2
A rotary encoder includes two component groups arranged in a manner allowing rotation relative to each other about an axis, the first component group having a triggering sensor and a plurality of magnetic sensors. The second component group includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a third magnet. The component groups are configured such that, in response to a full revolution, the magnetic field of the first magnet and of the third magnet are detectable by the magnetic sensors. A trigger signal is able to be generated by the triggering sensor due to the second magnet and the third magnet, while the first magnet does not bring about a triggering of a trigger signal by the trigger sensor.
US07791326B2
A dimmable, light-emitting diode (LED) power supply adapted to provide a direct current (DC), constant current (“constant current source”) from a conventional, phase-controlled 120 VAC, 60 Hz power source is disclosed. The constant current source of the present invention utilizes two processes to control dimming. In a first process, the phase angle of the input voltage is used to control the duty cycle of a line frequency pulse width modulation (PWM). In a second process, a proportional-current limit adjustment is used to control the average current to the LED during the ON time of the line frequency by PWM. As a result, at relatively low phase angles, peak currents can be lowered, reducing flicker and improving the audible noise levels generated by the circuit.
US07791318B2
A system and method for battery protection. In some aspects, a battery pack includes a housing, a cell supported by the housing, a circuit supported by the housing and operable to control a function of the battery pack, and a heat sink in heat transfer relationship with the circuit and operable to dissipate heat from the circuit.
US07791310B2
In a vehicle electrical system powered by a battery for supplying a plurality of loads, an integrated module is provided between the positive terminal of the battery and the loads, and the integrated module includes an arrangement for detecting a state of charge of the battery, a control unit for power management of the vehicle electrical system, and at least one supply output for supplying power to the loads.
US07791299B2
A process for controlling an electrically driven window pane for a motor vehicle which has an operating element for triggering the pane motion. After the operation of the operating element, the window pane is moved by a driving motor until a soft-stop position is reached, the motion of the driving motor being detected for determining the window pane position. A multiple operation of the operating element within a definable time period causes an overshooting of the soft-stop position to the mechanical stop, in which the position of the pane is newly defined.
US07791291B2
A diamond field emission tip and methods of forming such diamond field emission tips, for use with cathodes that will act as a source of and emit beams of charged particles.
US07791288B2
A driving circuit supplies a suppression current (I4) which reduces a decrease in a driving current (Idrive) immediately after occurrence of an overshoot at the time of the rise of the driving current (Idrive) to a laser diode (1). The driving circuit draws a suppression current (I5) which reduces an increase in the driving current (Idrive) immediately after occurrence of an undershoot at the time of the fall of the driving current (Idrive) from the driving current (Idrive).
US07791282B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling light in a 3-way light circuit, where at least one of the switches in a 3-way light circuit includes an occupancy sensor and the on/off state of the load in the 3-way circuit is determined based on the voltage output of circuits configured to provide power to the 3-way light circuit.
US07791280B2
A plasma lamp for an electrodeless plasma lamp having a shaped dielectric waveguide body. The shaped body may have a relatively thin region containing a bulb, and a second region thicker than the first region. Microwave probes may be positioned in the second region to provide power to the waveguide body. The body may be shaped to intensify the electric field in the first region adjacent to the bulb to allow operation at a lower frequency than a solid cylindrical or rectangular waveguide body having the same volume and dielectric constant.
US07791275B2
The present invention provides an organic EL element on which a protective film, which can be thickened and has a high barrier property, can be formed with high productivity, and a method of manufacturing the same. An organic electroluminescence element having a substrate 1, a first electrode 2 provided thereon, an organic luminescent layer 3, a second electrode 4, and a protective film 5 in this order, wherein the protective film 5 is formed with carbon-containing silicon nitride (SiNxCy), and the carbon content in the protective film 5 is continuously altered. The protective film of the element is formed by using an organic silicon compound, and nitrogen and hydrogen as a source gas, with a plasma CVD method while altering the voltage.
US07791273B2
An electroluminescent device having a light emitting layer (25) containing phosphor particles (31, 32), wherein the phosphor particles protrude from the light emitting layer to cause the surrounding layers to conform to the protrusions, thus increasing the performance of the lamp. Methods of constructing a lamp using a temperature above the softening temperature of the insulating layer of the device are also disclosed.
US07791267B2
An organic light emitting display and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. One embodiment of the organic light emitting display includes a substrate including a pixel region and a cathode-on-driver (COD) region adjacent to the pixel region, a thin film transistor formed on the pixel region of the substrate, and a planarization film formed on an entire surface of the substrate to cover the thin film transistor. The organic light emitting display also includes an organic light emitting diode including a first pixel electrode formed on the planarization film and connected to the thin film transistor, an organic light emitting layer formed on the first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode formed on an entire surface of the substrate over the organic light emitting layer. The organic light emitting display further includes a pixel definition layer which is provided between the planarization film and the second pixel electrode. The pixel definition layer has an opening where the organic light emitting layer is located. Openings are formed through the planarization film and the pixel definition layer to provide a recess for separating the pixel region and the COD region from each other. The organic light emitting display further includes a conductive layer partially filling the recess for reducing the depth of the recess.
US07791266B2
An organic electroluminescent display in which a power supply line for a power supply voltage is separated from data lines for data signals in a signal input portion is disclosed. The power supply line over the data lines is employed as a pixel electrode or a cathode to supply the power supply voltage. This arrangement decreases the parasitic capacitance between the two lines and reduces load on the data lines.
US07791264B2
An electron emission apparatus can effectively suppress the adverse effect of electric discharges that can take place between the oppositely disposed electrodes of the apparatus to which a high voltage is applied by dividing the electrode adapted to have a higher electric potential into segments in order to reduce the electrostatic capacitance between the electrodes. In the case of an electron emission apparatus comprising electron-emitting devices, said plurality of electron-emitting devices are disposed such that the direction along which those that can be driven simultaneously are arranged is not parallel with the direction along which the electrode is divided into the electrode segments in order to reduce the variable range of the electric current that can flow in the segments.
US07791263B2
An electron emitting structure that emits electrons by field effect, including: at least one electronic emission zone indicated by a cathode electrode positioned according to a first axis and an extraction gate electrode positioned in a second axis, with an electrical insulating layer separating the cathode electrode from the gate electrode, wherein the electronic emission zone includes a plurality of electron emitting elements electrically connected to the cathode electrode, wherein the electron emitting elements are disposed in rows in openings in the gate electrode and the electrical insulating layer, the gate openings are disposed in rows between two bands of the gate electrode; and focussing means for focusing electronic beams emitted by the electron emitting elements.
US07791259B2
A light bulb (1) with a base and inner vessel sealed in a vacuum-tight manner and surrounded by an enveloping part is provided with an adapter (13) at the end thereof made from ceramic polymer and fixed in a base insulator (12). The base insulator and the enveloping part are fastened to each other. The base insulator may be provided in pieces which fasten together and hold the adapter. The adapter allows cementless fastening of the inner bulb. The base insulator and the adapter part have matching indexing and mating indexing means for holding the base insulator and the adapter part in position relative to each other. Multiple mating indexing means on the base insulator allow the adapter to assume secure position at multiple heights relative to the base insulator.
US07791254B1
In a nondestructive testing system, a preamplifier is connected to a piezoelectric element and is tuned to optimize the amplitude of a signal input to the piezoelectric element and the shape of a response signal. A receiver amplifier couples the signal received from the piezoelectric element to an ultrasound system.
US07791253B2
A piezoelectric transducer (10) includes (a) a first gas matrix piezoelectric composite (12) having a side including at least one positive pole (+) and another side including at least one negative pole (−); (b) a second gas matrix piezoelectric composite (14) having a side including at least one positive pole (+) and another side including at least one negative pole (−); and (c) a substrate (28) having a first side (22) and a second side (24), wherein the substrate is positioned between the first gas matrix piezoelectric composite and the second gas matrix piezoelectric composite. Either the first or second gas matrix piezoelectric composite may include a plurality of piezoelectric rods (15), wherein each piezoelectric rod includes at least one positive pole (16) end and at least one negative pole end (18).
US07791239B2
Manufacturing costs of releasable permanent magnet rotors or asynchronous squirrel cages should be reduced. Accordingly, a rotor is proposed which includes at least one ring-shaped fastening device (23) secured in fixed rotative engagement to one of the end faces of a magnet device (21, 22) and for form-fitting or force-locking connection to a shaft (25). This makes it possible to eliminate the need for a special bearing sleeve, and the laminated armature core (21) can be provided with a larger axial hole diameter. As a result, the minimum joint pressure can be reduced so that deformations of the spindle and complicated refinishing processes can be avoided. In addition, less stringent manufacturing tolerances of the spindle (25) can be selected.
US07791232B2
A power tool has a housing a housing having an electronically commutated motor disposed therein. The motor has a rotor and a stator. The rotor has permanent magnets. The stator has a lamination stack and windings wound therein. Features are provided to provide double insulation.
US07791229B2
A shaft assembly and method for reducing the heat leak into the cryogenic region of a superconducting electrical machine comprising a rotor shaft extension assembly capable of transmitting large amounts of torque with substantially increased thermal impedance. The shaft assembly contains a plurality of concentric structural cylinders composed of high strength, low thermal conductivity structural materials. The structural cylinders are connected in series by means of welded joints or strong interlocking “finger” connections, in such a way that the coldest cylinder is connected to the cryogenic machine. An optional intermediate heat sink that allows the shaft extension member to rotate freely within the confines of the heat sink further reduces the heat leak into the cryogenic environment. Splined adapter hubs are typically used to connect the cylinder assembly to the rotor of the superconducting machine and the external device.
US07791211B2
A flip chip package structure including a chip, a carrier, and a plurality of bumps is provided. The chip has a bonding surface and a plurality of bump pads thereon. The carrier is disposed corresponding to the chip and includes a substrate and a plurality of pre-solders. The substrate has a carrying surface and a patterned trace layer thereon. The patterned trace layer has a plurality of traces, and each of the traces has an outward protruding bonding portion corresponding to the bump. The line width of the bonding portion is greater than that of the trace. The pre-solders are disposed on the bonding portions, respectively. The bumps are disposed between the bump pads and the corresponding pre-solders such that the chip is electrically connected to the carrier through the bumps.
US07791203B2
Packaged semiconductor devices and assemblies including interconnects and methods for forming such interconnects are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a packaged semiconductor assembly includes a die attached to a support layer. A plurality of interconnects are embedded in and project from the support layer, such that the support layer at least partially retains the interconnects in a predetermined array. An encapsulant is molded around each of the interconnects and encases at least a portion of the die, support layer and interconnects.
US07791196B2
A semiconductor package includes a uniform thin insulating film covering the internal circuit formed on a silicon substrate. A plurality of thick island insulating films are formed underlying respective pad electrodes, which connect the internal circuit to an external circuit. The silicon substrate is polished from the bottom to have a thickness less than 0.6 mm. The thick island insulating films reduces an electrostatic capacitance of the pad electrodes to reduce the propagation delay of a signal passing through the pad electrodes.
US07791195B2
A board structure, a ball grid array (BGA) package and method thereof and a solder ball and method thereof. The example solder ball may include a solder portion and a grooved connection portion, formed through a partitioning process, configured to fit a corresponding protruding portion on a board. The example BGA package may include a plurality of the example solder balls. The example board structure may include the example BGA package connected to the board via the grooved connection portions and the protruding portions.
US07791192B1
An integrated circuit package has a substrate; a discrete capacitor coupled to a first surface of the substrate; an integrated circuit die coupled to the first surface of the substrate over the discrete capacitor; and a lid coupled to the substrate, the lid encapsulating the integrated circuit die and the discrete capacitor.
US07791188B2
A heat spreader is presented which can provide effective thermal management in a cost effective manner. The heat spreader includes a plurality of diamond particles arranged in a single layer surrounded by a metallic mass. The metallic mass cements the diamond particles together. The layer of diamond particles is a single particle thick. Besides the single layer of diamond particles, the metallic mass has substantially no other diamond particles therein. A thermal management system including a heat source and a heat spreader is also presented, along with methods for making and methods for use of such heat spreaders.
US07791187B2
A semiconductor device of the invention includes a semiconductor substrate having a first insulating section formed on one surface thereof. A first conductive section is disposed on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second insulating section is superimposed over the first insulating section and covers the first conductive section. A second conductive section is superimposed over the second insulating section. A third insulating section is disposed over the second insulating section and covers the second conductive section. These first conductive section, second insulating section, second conductive section, third insulating section, and terminal altogether constitute a structure. A third opening is formed between adjacent structures. The third opening is formed passing through the third and second insulating sections to expose the first insulating section.
US07791177B2
Embodiments provide an electronic device including a carrier defining a first major surface, a chip attached to the first major surface, an array of leads connected to the first major surface, and a thickness of encapsulation material disposed on the first major surface of the carrier. Each lead extends through the thickness of the encapsulation material.
US07791174B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for wafer translators having a silicon core, an isolating conductive ground plane, and copper and subjacent resin layers disposed on the ground plane. A silicon substrate having at least one major surface coated with an electrically conductive layer is subjected to a number of printed circuit board manufacturing operations including, but not limited to, application of resin-coated copper foils; mechanical grinding of copper layers; mechanical drilling of via openings in a dielectric material; plating of copper, nickel, and gold layers; laser removal of metal; and chemical removal of metal; in order to produce a wafer translator having a silicon core. In further aspects of the present invention, alignment marks are formed and contact structures, such as stud bumps, are placed relative to a local set of alignment marks.
US07791165B2
A planar inductor comprises a metal element (11-14) on a substrate (300, 310), said metal element being provided with at least one groove (20) extending along and into said element from at least one surface (2) of said element. Said groove or grooves (20) extend into the element in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate (300, 310), giving rise to a higher Q value and a lower serial resistance are also achieved. The inductor may comprise grooved (11, 13, 14) and non-grooved (12) layers.The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing the inductor.
US07791162B2
The present invention provides a trench isolation structure, comprising a trench groove (4) in a semiconductor slab (1) with a buried layer (2). The trench groove (4) is lined with first insulating material (5), then filled with a first filler material (6) up to the level of the buried layer. Then second insulating material (7), for example an oxide, is preferably applied in the volume which is surrounded by the buried layer (2). The remaining part of the trench groove (4) is either filled with second filler material (8) or with second insulating material. Said structure provides lower capacitive coupling between buried layer (2) edge and substrate (1), with improved thermal behavior. The invention furthermore provides a semiconductor assembly comprising said trench isolation structure and at least one semiconductor device, as well as a method for forming such a trench isolation structure.
US07791161B2
Structure and method are provided for semiconductor devices. The devices include trenches filled with highly doped polycrystalline semiconductor, extending from the surface into the body of the device for, among other things: (i) reducing substrate current injection, (ii) reducing ON-resistance and/or (iii) reducing thermal impedance to the substrate. For isolated LDMOS devices, the resistance between the lateral isolation wall (tied to the source) and the buried layer is reduced, thereby reducing substrate injection current. When placed in the drain of a lateral device or in the collector of a vertical device, the poly-filled trench effectively enlarges the drain or collector region, thereby lowering the ON-resistance. For devices formed on an oxide isolation layer, the poly-filled trench desirably penetrates this isolation layer thereby improving thermal conduction from the active regions to the substrate. The poly filled trenches are conveniently formed by etch and refill. Significant area savings are also achieved.
US07791159B2
A solid-state imaging device comprises an imaging region, a peripheral circuit region formed in an outer peripheral portion of the imaging region, a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate having the imaging region and the peripheral circuit region on a main surface thereof, a second conductivity type first semiconductor layer formed in the semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity type second semiconductor layer formed in first semiconductor layer, a through electrode formed in a through hole penetrating through the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate, and a pad portion formed on the semiconductor substrate and connected to the through electrode. The through hole penetrates through a first conductivity type region of the semiconductor substrate.
US07791158B2
Provided are a CMOS image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The CMOS image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having photodiodes and transistors. An interlayer insulating layer is formed on the resultant structure having the photodiodes and transistors, and light blocking patterns are formed on the interlayer insulating layer to surround the peripheries of the photodiodes.
US07791155B2
An improved photodiode detector shielding apparatus and method are provided which shield a photodiode detector from electromagnetic interference and ambient light, without affecting the wavelengths of light that reach the photodiode. The improved photodiode detector shield has two layers. A bottom layer is substantially made from an electrically conducting material and is fixed over a photodiode in order to shield it from EMI and ambient light. A top layer is substantially made from a lustrous, shiny, reflective material that reflects an equal amount of light across a band of wavelengths. Both layers have areas with optically transmissive openings, which are aligned to allow for the unobstructed passage of light of a band of wavelengths to the photodiode. Light within a band of wavelengths is evenly reflected off the top of the first surface and also reaches the photodiode. In this regard, the detector shield blocks EMI and ambient light without affecting the wavelengths of light desired to reach the photodiode.
US07791148B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor region, a first guard ring, a second guard ring, and a silicide region. A first-conductive-type transistor is formed in the transistor region. The first guard ring is a second-conductive-type first impurity diffusion layer surrounding the transistor region with a first width, and is coupled to a first reference potential. The second guard ring is a first-conductive-type transistor second impurity diffusion layer surrounding the first guard ring with a second width. The silicide region is formed on the surface of the second guard ring such that substantially no silicide is formed on a portion of the surface of the second guard ring on the side facing a drain region of the first-conductive-type transistor, and is connected to a second reference potential line whose potential is higher than that of the first reference potential line.
US07791138B2
A semiconductor component and method of making a semiconductor component. One embodiment provides a first metallization structure electrically coupled to charge compensation zones via an ohmic contact and to drift zones via a Schottky contact. A second metallization structure, which is arranged opposite the first metallization structure, is electrically coupled to the charge compensation zones via a Schottky contact and to drift zones via an ohmic contact.
US07791137B2
A high voltage metal oxide semiconductor device including a substrate, an N-type epitaxial layer, an isolation structure, a gate dielectric layer, a gate, an N-type drain region, a P-type well, an N-type source region, a first N-type well and a buried N-doped region is provided. The first N-type well is disposed in the N-type epitaxial layer under the isolation structure and on one side of the gate. The first N-type well overlaps with the N-type drain region. The buried N-doped region is disposed in the substrate under the N-type epitaxial layer and connected to the first N-type well.
US07791133B2
A semiconductor device includes a vertically extending semiconductor portion above a semiconductor substrate, first and second diffusion regions being disposed near the bottom and top portions of the vertically extending semiconductor portion, respectively. A gate insulating film extends along the side surface of the vertically extending semiconductor portion which is separated by the gate insulating film from a gate electrode. The level of the top portion of the gate electrode is nearly equal to or lower than the level of the bottom portion of the second diffusion regions and the level of the bottom portion of the gate electrode is nearly equal to or higher than the level of the top portion of the first diffusion region.
US07791130B2
Example embodiments provide a non-volatile memory device and methods of forming the same. The non-volatile memory device may define an active region in a semiconductor substrate, and may include a device isolation layer extending in a first direction, bit lines in the semiconductor substrate, the bit lines extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction; word lines extending in the first direction and covering the active region; and charge storage patterns between the word lines and active region, wherein the charge storage patterns may be in pairs on both edges of the bit lines, and a pair of charge storage patterns may be spaced apart from each other by the word lines.
US07791123B2
A deep trench containing a doped semiconductor fill portion having a first conductivity type doping and surrounded by a buried plate layer having a second conductivity type doping at a lower portion is formed in a semiconductor layer having a doping of the first conductivity type. A doped well of the second conductivity type abutting the buried plate layer is formed. The doped semiconductor fill portion functions as a temporary reservoir for electrical charges of the first conductivity type that are generated by a radiation particle, and the buried plate layer functions as a temporary reservoir for electrical charges of the second conductivity type. The buried plate layer and the doped semiconductor fill portion forms a capacitor, and provides protection from soft errors to devices formed in the semiconductor layer or the doped well.
US07791122B2
In a full CMOS SRAM having a lateral type cell (memory cell having three partitioned wells arranged side by side in a word line extending direction and longer in the word line direction than in the bit line direction) including first and second driver MOS transistors, first and second load MOS transistors and first and second access MOS transistors, two capacitors are arranged spaced apart from each other on embedded interconnections to be storage nodes, with lower and upper cell plates cross-coupled to each other.
US07791116B1
An imaging device formed as a CMOS semiconductor integrated circuit includes a nitrogen containing insulating material beneath a photogate. The nitrogen containing insulating material, preferably be one of a silicon nitride layer, an ONO layer, a nitrode/oxide layer and an oxide/nitrode layer. The nitrogen containing insulating layer provides an increased capacitance in the photogate region, higher breakdown voltage, a wider dynamic range and an improved signal to noise ratio. The invention also provides a method for fabricating a CMOS imager containing the nitrogen containing insulating layer.
US07791114B2
A transistor of a pixel cell for use in a CMOS imager with a low threshold voltage of about 0.3 V to less than about 0.7 V is disclosed. The transistor is provided with high dosage source and drain regions around the gate electrode and with the halo implanted regions and/or the lightly doped LDD regions and/or the enhancement implanted regions omitted from at least one side of the gate electrode. The low threshold transistor is electrically connected to a high voltage transistor with a high threshold voltage of about 0.7 V.
US07791111B2
A semiconductor device has a plurality of fuse element portions each of which including a first fuse interconnect having a fuse to be portion, a second fuse interconnect connected to an internal circuit, a first impurity diffusion layer for electrically connecting the first fuse interconnect and the second fuse interconnect, and a second impurity diffusion layers. The first fuse interconnect, the second fuse interconnect, and the first impurity diffusion layer of each of the plurality of fuse element portions are arranged approximately parallel to one another at a predetermined pitch distance.
US07791105B2
Device structures for a high voltage junction field effect transistor and design structures for a high voltage integrated circuit. The device structure is manufactured using a hybrid orientation technology wafer with a first semiconductor layer with a first crystalline orientation, a second semiconductor layer with a second crystalline orientation, and an insulating layer between the first and second semiconductor layers. The device structure includes an epitaxial semiconductor region having the second crystalline orientation and first and second p-n junctions in the epitaxial semiconductor region. The epitaxial semiconductor region extends from the second semiconductor layer through the insulating layer and the first semiconductor layer toward a top surface of the first semiconductor layer. The first and second p-n junctions are arranged in depth within the epitaxial semiconductor region between the second semiconductor layer and the top surface of the first semiconductor layer.
US07791101B2
Light emitting devices include a gallium nitride-based epitaxial structure that includes an active light emitting region and a gallium nitride-based outer layer, for example gallium nitride. A indium nitride-based layer, such as indium gallium nitride, is provided directly on the outer layer. A reflective metal layer or a transparent conductive oxide layer is provided directly on the indium gallium nitride layer opposite the outer layer. The indium gallium nitride layer forms a direct ohmic contact with the outer layer. An ohmic metal layer need not be used. Related fabrication methods are also disclosed.
US07791092B2
A white light emitting lamp is disclosed comprising a solid state ultra violet (UV) emitter that emits light in the UV wavelength spectrum. A conversion material is arranged to absorb at least some of the light emitting from the UV emitter and re-emit light at one or more different wavelengths of light. One or more complimentary solid state emitters are included that emit at different wavelengths of light than the UV emitter and the conversion material. The lamp emits a white light combination of light emitted from the complimentary emitters and from the conversion material, with the white light having high efficacy and good color rendering. Other embodiments of white light emitting lamp according to the present invention comprises a solid state laser instead of a UV emitter. A high flux white emitting lamp embodiment according to the invention comprises a large area light emitting diode (LED) that emits light at a first wavelength spectrum and includes a conversion material. A plurality of complimentary solid state emitters surround the large area LED, with each emitter emitting light in a spectrum different from the large area LED and conversion material such that the lamp emits a balanced white light. Scattering particles can be included in each of the embodiments to scatter the light from the emitters, conversion material and complimentary emitters to provide a more uniform emission.
US07791089B2
A method of packaging a light-emitting diode (LED) chip includes coupling the LED chip to a printed circuit board (PCB) and forming a conductor on a cover plate. Conductive epoxy is applied to at least one of the LED chip and the conductor. The cover plate is coupled to the PCB such that the conductive epoxy forms a circuit connection between the LED chip and the conductor. An LED-based lighting product includes a PCB with one or more LED chips mounted directly thereon. A cover plate has conductors that couple at least to the one or more LED chips and to the PCB, such that the conductors form electrical connections between the one or more LED chips and the PCB.
US07791086B2
An integrated circuit and method are provided for preventing reverse engineering by monitoring light emissions emitted from transistors and such electrically active devices in the integrated circuit. The method prevents, in an integrated circuit, a pattern of light emitted from at least one active device in the integrated circuit from being detected external to the integrated circuit by reduction of the intensity of light emitted from the at least one active device in the integrated circuit thereby preventing the reduced intensity light emitted from the at least one active device in the integrated circuit from being detected external to the integrated circuit. The intensity of light emitted from the at least one active device in the integrated circuit can be reduced by modification of operational characteristics of the at least one active device during switching transitions.
US07791084B2
A die package is disclosed. The die package includes a substrate, a first device attached to the substrate, and a leadframe structure attached to the substrate. The leadframe structure includes a portion disposed over the first device, and a second device is attached to the first portion of the leadframe structure.
US07791080B2
A method of fabricating an image TFT array of a direct X-ray image sensor includes forming a first transparent conductive layer on a substrate; forming a gate line including a gate electrode, a common line, and a common electrode jutting out from the common line; forming an insulation layer; forming a semiconducting island on the insulation layer in the transistor region; forming a first via hole for the common electrode; forming a data line and a source electrode and a drain electrode; forming a passivation layer and a second via hole penetrating the passivation layer for the source electrode; forming a second transparent conductive layer as a top electrode. The insulation layer is formed on the first transparent conductive layer to serve as a dielectric layer of a capacitor before the TFT structure formed and can be formed at a relatively high temperature.
US07791078B2
A liquid crystal display includes first pixels and second pixels, a plurality of gate lines to transmit gate signals, and a plurality of pairs of first and second data lines crossing the gate lines, the pairs of first data lines and second data lines facing each other with a pixel interposed there between. Each of the first pixels and the second pixels includes pixel electrode and each pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode. A first drain is electrode disposed on the right of the first data line, and a second drain electrode is disposed on the left of the second data line. The first drain electrode is connected to the first sub-pixel electrode while the second drain electrode is connected to the second sub-pixel electrode in the first pixels, and the first drain electrode is connected to the second sub-pixel electrode while the second drain electrode is connected to the first sub-pixel electrode in the second pixels. The first drain electrode of the first pixel has substantially the same shape as the second drain electrode of the second pixel, and the first drain electrode of the second pixel has substantially the same shape as the second drain electrode of the first pixel.
US07791075B2
A display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the display device in high yield are proposed. In a display device including a channel stop thin film transistor with an inverted-staggered structure, the channel stop thin film transistor with the inverted-staggered structure includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region. An impurity region including an impurity element imparting one conductivity type is formed as selected in a region in the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film which does not overlap with a source electrode or a drain electrode. In the channel formation region, a non-doped region, to which the impurity element imparting one conductivity type is not added, is formed between the impurity region, which is a doped region to which the impurity element is added, and the source region or the drain region.
US07791070B2
An outer border, and a seal ring substantially co-extensive with and spaced from the outer border is disclosed. A plurality of fault detection chains extend from adjacent the outer border to within the seal ring. At least a first one of the plurality of fault detection chains includes a contact pad, a first metal feature coupled to the contact pad by a first via in a passivation layer, a second metal feature coupled to the first metal feature by a second via, and a substrate contact coupled to the second metal feature by a third via.
US07791067B2
An object of the invention is to provide an electronic device which can be easily manufactured using a wet method. One of electronic devices according to the invention has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer contains a first compound including a conjugated double bond. Here, the first compound preferably has a molecular weight of 100 to 1000. The second layer contains a second compound having a cyclic structure which is formed by an addition reaction between two molecules of the first compound. Here, a light emitting element or an element such as a transistor can be given as the electronic device.
US07791066B2
An object is to provide a higher-performance and higher-reliability memory device and a semiconductor device provided with the memory device at low cost and with high yield. A semiconductor device of the invention has a memory element including an insulating layer and an organic compound layer between first and second conductive layers. When melting, an organic compound of the organic compound layer aggregates due to surface tension of the organic compound. By applying a voltage to the first and second conductive layers, writing to the memory element is carried out.
US07791065B2
An ultrasensitive optical detector with high resolution in time, using a waveguide, and a processes for manufacturing this detector. The detector is configured to detect at least one photon and includes a dielectric substrate and at least one detection element on the substrate, configured to generate an electrical signal starting from energy of the photon received, and a guide element to guide the photon, the energy of which is then absorbed by the detection element at an absorption zone which is less than 100 nm thick. The detection element is substantially straight on the substrate and is short, and the guide element includes a single mode light waveguide with strong confinement, placed on the detection element. The detector is particularly applicable to detection and localization of operating defects in a semiconducting circuit.
US07791063B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for implementing a high hole mobility p-channel Germanium (“Ge”) transistor structure on a Silicon (“Si”) substrate. One exemplary apparatus may include a buffer layer including a GaAs nucleation layer, a first GaAs buffer layer, and a second GaAs buffer layer. The exemplary apparatus may further include a bottom barrier on the second GaAs buffer layer and having a band gap greater than 1.1 eV, a Ge active channel layer on the bottom barrier and having a valence band offset relative to the bottom barrier that is greater than 0.3 eV, and an AlAs top barrier on the Ge active channel layer wherein the AlAs top barrier has a band gap greater than 1.1 eV. Of course, many alternatives, variations and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US07791053B2
Plasmon-enable devices such as ultra-small resonant devices produce electromagnetic radiation at frequencies in excess of microwave frequencies when induced to resonate by a passing electron beam. The resonant devices are surrounded by one or more depressed anodes to recover energy from the passing electron beam as/after the beam couples its energy into the ultra-small resonant devices.
US07791049B2
A beam line before incidence on a beam scanner is arranged with an injector flag Faraday cup that detects a beam current by measuring a total beam amount of an ion beam to be able to be brought in and out thereto and therefrom. When the ion beam is shut off by placing the injector flag Faraday cup on a beam trajectory line, the ion beam impinges on graphite provided at the injector flag Faraday cup. At this occasion, even when the graphite is sputtered by the ion beam, since the injector flag Faraday cup is arranged on an upstream side of the beam scanner and the ion beam is shut off by the injector flag Faraday cup, particles of the sputtered graphite do not adhere to a peripheral member of the injector flag Faraday cup.
US07791041B2
This ion source generates a ribbon-like ion beam whose dimension in the Y direction is larger than the dimension in the X direction. This ion source includes a plasma generating vessel having an ion extraction port extending in the Y direction, a plurality of cathodes arranged in a plurality of stages along the Y direction on one side in the X direction in the plasma generating vessel, a reflecting electrode arranged on the other side in the X direction in the plasma generating vessel opposite to the cathodes, and electromagnets for generating magnetic fields along the X direction in regions including the plurality of cathodes in the plasma generating vessel.
US07791037B1
A radiation detection device comprising a plasma display panel (PDP) with a multiplicity of radiation detection pixels, each radiation detection pixel being defined by a hollow elongated Plasma-tube filled with an ionizable gas. Arrays of Plasma-tubes are positioned on a suitable base such as a substrate and used to inspect and detect radiation from a selected object. Each Plasma-tube may be of any suitable geometric configuration and may be used alone or in any combination with one or more Plasma-shells, such as a Plasma-disc, Plasma-dome, and/or Plasma-sphere. Luminescent material may be positioned near or on each Plasma-tube or Plasma-shell to provide or enhance light output. A flexible base substrate may be used to wrap a layer or blanket of radiation detection Plasma-tubes about the selected object. The substrate base may comprise an elongated rod that is used as a probe to detect radiation from an object. An object may be passed through a ring or a cylinder of Plasma-tubes.
US07791035B2
An electronic cassette type of radiation detection apparatus having a sensor array including a plurality of sensors for detecting incident radiation has a connecting portion to which detachable additional function modules are connected. A selection unit is provided for changing a radiographing mode from a still image radiographing mode and a moving image radiographing mode into a selectable state in response to a connection of at least one of the additional function modules changes.
US07791034B2
An imaging apparatus capable of reducing a line noise artifact in a simple configuration without complicated operations includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in row and column directions and having a photoelectric conversion element and a switch element; a plurality of signal wirings connected to the plurality of switch elements in the column direction; a read-out circuit connected to the plurality of signal wirings; and a power source for supplying a voltage to the photoelectric conversion element. With the configuration, the plurality of pixels are classified into a plurality of groups, and the power sources are independently provided for each of the plurality of groups.
US07791032B2
The present invention provides digital imaging architectures comprising detectors coupled to readout circuitry. The readout circuitry functions in particular modes, the use of which can depend on characteristics of the input signals transferred to the readout circuitry from the detectors, or can depend on the characteristics of the output signal required from the readout circuitry. When the input signal has a particular magnitude the readout circuitry can function in a first mode in which the input signal can be amplified to a measurable level, and when the input signal has another magnitude, the readout circuitry can function in an alternate mode in which the input signal can be read out with a different or no amplification. Thus, the present invention can provide a large dynamic range of detection that can amplify sensitive input signals from a detector as well as read larger signals with little or no amplification.
US07791028B2
Methods and apparatus for system identification operate by computing phase and amplitude using linear filters. By digitally processing the linearly filtered signals or data, the phase and amplitude based on measurements of the input and output of a system, are determined.
US07791022B2
A scanning electron microscope with a length measurement function includes an electron gun for emitting an electron beam, a measurement target region setting unit for setting a measurement region for a pattern formed on a sample, a storing unit for storing the designated measurement region, a beam blanker unit for controlling an irradiation of the electron beam depending on the measurement region, and a control unit for extracting the designated measurement region from the storing unit, interrupting the electron beam with the beam blanker unit in a region other than the measurement region, irradiating the electron beam onto the sample in the measurement region, capturing an image of the measurement region, and measuring the pattern. The measurement region may be a pair of regions having the same areas as each other.
US07791021B2
The edges of the reticle are detected with respect to the microstructured patterns exposed by the stepper, and the shapes of the microstructured patterns at the surface and at the bottom of the photoresist are detected. The microstructured patterns are evaluated by calculating, and displaying on the screen, the dislocation vector that represents the relationship in position between the detected patterns on the surface and at the bottom of the photoresist. Furthermore, dislocation vectors between the microstructured patterns at multiple positions in a single-chip or single-shot area or on one wafer are likewise calculated, then the sizes and distribution status of the dislocation vectors at each such position are categorized as characteristic quantities, and the corresponding tendencies are analyzed. Thus, stepper or wafer abnormality is detected.
US07791016B2
A photodetector includes a plurality of photodetecting elements which output electrical signals corresponding to the intensities of light that entered these; a signal processing element which is opposed to the photodetecting elements and is connected to the photodetecting elements via conductive bumps, and into which electrical signals output from the photodetecting elements are input; a resin which has electrical insulation and is filled in at least at the gaps between the photodetecting elements and the signal processing element; and a light shielding member arranged so as to cover the surfaces exposed from the photodetecting elements and the signal processing element in the resin.
US07790990B2
A combination weigher of the present invention comprises a plurality of weighing hoppers which are arranged in a circular shape and are each configured to discharge the products selectively in one of two directions, a collecting chute which is configured to gather the products which have been discharged from the weighing hopper in the inward direction and to discharge the products, a recycle conveyor configured to convey the products which have been discharged from the weighing hoppers in the outward direction and have been loaded onto the recycle conveyor, a discharge means which is configured to discharge the products from the recycle conveyor; a combination calculation means which is configured to determine a discharge combination, a recycle hopper determination means configured to determine a weighing hopper whose products should be recycled, and a control means configured to cause the weighing hoppers selected to form the discharge combination to discharge the products in the inward direction, and to cause the weighing hopper determined by the recycle hopper determination means to discharge the products in the outward direction.
US07790989B2
An apparatus for universal cable bushing includes a cable bushing element which is designed to accommodate at least one cable made of at least one elastic base material. The cable bushing element has on its inner side a plurality of lamellae which are arranged in stepped fashion and of which at least one first lamella and one second lamella are each suitable for surrounding and fixing a cable to be passed through the cable bushing element. The cable bushing element has on its outer side a plurality of lamellae which are arranged in the form of a fir tree.
US07790985B2
Methods and devices are provided for repairing a damaged contact pad that is located on a first surface of a printed circuit board and connected to a via that passes through the circuit board. According to the method, a countersink hole is created in the first surface of the printed circuit board in a location that is substantially centered on an axis passing through the via, and a replacement structure is inserted into the countersink hole. The replacement structure has a stem portion, a head portion, and a shoulder portion that connects the stem and head portions, with the angle of the shoulder portion substantially matching the angle of the shoulder of the countersink hole. The stem portion of the replacement structure is permanently attached to sidewalls of the via so as to electrically couple the head portion of the replacement structure to the via.
US07790982B2
The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a housing having a plurality of line terminals and a plurality of load terminals. A cover assembly includes a first set of receptacle openings and a second set of receptacle openings. A plurality of receptacle terminals are disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of load terminals. A first protective shutter assembly is disposed in the cover assembly between the first set of receptacle openings and the first set of receptacle terminals and a second protective shutter assembly disposed in the cover assembly between the second set of receptacle openings and the second set of receptacle terminals. A light assembly is disposed in a central portion of the cover assembly between the first set of receptacle openings and the second set of receptacle openings. The light assembly has a light transmission region occupying a substantial portion of a width of the cover assembly.
US07790977B2
The component tone signal commonly shared by a plurality of keys does not turn to a release signal if one of the keys is released to stop a tone and also while tones of other keys are sustained; the on-data of each key of the keyboard is multiplied in multiplier by the amplitude data set by the draw-bar circuit with the multipliers, added with adder and sent to the sound source circuit; the sine waves of the same waveform and different cycles are generated according to the amplitude data, are synthesized with envelopes from envelope generator, and the added with adder; this envelope generator is disposed at every sound source circuit, that is, every one of the common component tone signals; the component tone signal/sine wave commonly shared by a plurality of keys does not turn to direct to a release state if one of the keys is operated to stop a tone, and also directs not to turn to a release state but to maintain a sustain state while tones of the other keys are sustained.
US07790973B1
Easy-Keys, a template of thirteen slots spaced as an one octave chromatic scale, with eight moveable fingers, to be placed on a piano-like keyboard. Easy-Keys shows the forms or tonal patterns of music and the application of the rules relating to the circle of keys and chords. Designed as a stand-alone product or to be used as a page or insert in books, publications or games. One page, which is comprised of the supporting body and eight fingers. Remove Easy-Keys from the page on the scored lines and assemble by folding on the stamped lines. The supporting body is one piece with interlocking folds. The fingers have stamped folds, and will snub or lock in any position once inserted into place as a part of the supporting body. This feature makes possible its use behind the keys as a guide when playing.
US07790971B1
A string-replacement assembly may be installed within an inner cavity of a body of a guitar. The assembly includes a plurality of cartridges each configured to contain a supply of replacement string therein, corresponding to a particular gauge of string for the guitar. Each supply of replacement string is rotatably mounted within a cartridge. A free end of each supply of the replacement string can be threaded through an exit opening in the body of the guitar for installation on a topside of the guitar. When string breaks or needs to be replaced on the topside of the guitar, a portion of the supply of the replacement string may be readily advanced from a corresponding cartridge to a desired length, and installed in a playing position on the topside of the guitar, to replace a removed portion (associated with the breakage or replacement) of the string.
US07790960B2
The invention relates to a method for producing plants in which expression of an insecticidal protein is regulated by a wound-induced promoter inducing local expression to the chimeric genes used in this method and the plants obtained thereby, and to the processes for obtaining resistance to insects feeding on plants by localized expression of an insecticidal protein induced on wounding of plants by insect feeding.
US07790948B2
Corresponding results were obtained with A method for obtaining a plant, in particular a cultivated lettuce plant (L. sativa), with a lasting resistance to a pathogen, in particular Bremia lactucae, comprising of providing one or more specific DNA markers linked to one or more resistance genes, determining the presence of one or more resistance genes in a plant using these DNA markers, subsequently crossing a first plant comprising one or more resistance genes with a second plant comprising one or more resistance genes, and selecting from the progeny a plant in which one or more resistance genes are present by using the DNA markers. The invention further relates to the plants obtained with this method, seeds and progeny of these plants, as well as progeny thereof.
US07790946B2
A wound dressing apparatus for use in subatmospheric pressure therapy includes an outer member dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed and defining an internal reservoir, a port associated with the outer member and in communication with the internal reservoir for applying subatmospheric pressure to the internal reservoir to facilitate treatment of the wound bed and removal of fluid therefrom, an inner member at least partially positionable within the wound bed and confined within the outer member, and an adhesive agent in contact with a peripheral section of the outer member to facilitate attachment of the peripheral section to the periwound tissue. The adhesive agent is preferably substantially devoid of contact with the inner member. In one embodiment, a layer of adhesive material is disposed on the peripheral section of the outer member.
US07790945B1
A wound dressing having a suction member adaptable for connection to a source of vacuum pressure. The wound dressing preferably has a hydrophobic or biodegradable base layer and one or more absorptive layers for absorbing fluid from the wound. The absorptive layers are preferably quilted with patches containing desiccant, adsorbent, or absorbent material. Alternatively, the wound dressing may allow fluid to pass through the suction member. A semi-permeable cover is provided for allowing the wound to breathe while protecting the wound from undesirable substances such as bacteria, viruses, or fluids. The cover may have a bladder for distributing contact pressure away from the wound. Various sensors may be provided in the wound dressing for sensing various physiological parameters in the wound, such as oxygen saturation, blood pressure, respiratory rate, blood glucose, and serous fluid turbidity. Medicine may also be applied to the wound through the wound dressing.
US07790943B2
An integrated, continuous process for transforming feedstock, e.g., reformate, which contains high levels of benzene into a low-benzene content feedstock that is suitable for gasoline blending initially removes benzene from the reformate by extractive distillation, then partially hydrogenating the high purity benzene into cyclohexane under mild conditions in a one-stage hydrogenation reactor, and thereafter recovering a cyclohexane product with high purity from the hydrogenation reactor effluent in a back-end purification step using extractive distillation. The initial or front-end separation step yields a low-benzene content reformate.
US07790931B2
A process for preparing tetrafluorobenzene carbaldehyde alkyl acetal represented by the following formula (II), comprising reducing tetrafluorocyanobenzene represented by the following formula (I) with a metal catalyst containing a platinum group metal in the presence of an alkyl alcohol represented by R—OH (R is an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and an acid; (I) wherein m is 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1, and m+n is 2, (II) wherein m and n are the same as those in the formula (I), and R is an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
US07790926B2
Alpha, omega-difunctional aldaramides, in particular diaminoaldaramides, dihydroxyaldaramides, bis(alkoxycarbonylalkyl)aldaramides, and bis(carboxyalkyl)aldaramides, and processes for preparing the aldaramides are provided.
US07790920B2
A process for producing acetic acid is disclosed. The process comprises carbonylating methanol to form a reaction mixture comprising a catalyst, catalyst stabilizer, acetic acid, methanol, methyl iodide, methyl acetate, water, and carbon monoxide and introducing at least a portion of the reaction mixture to a distillation column to separate into a bottom steam comprising the catalyst and catalyst stabilizer, a sidedraw stream comprising acetic acid and water, and an overhead stream comprising methanol, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, and water. The process of the invention eliminates the use of flash tank.
US07790919B2
A method for removing hydrocarbon impurities from an acetic acid production process is disclosed. The method comprises distilling at least a portion of the heavy organic phase from the decanter of the acetic acid production process into a vapor stream comprising the majority of methyl iodide (i.e., over 50% of the methyl iodide from the heavy organic phase) and a bottoms stream comprising the majority of acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide and the hydrocarbon impurity (i.e., over 50% of each of the components from the heavy organic phase); extracting the bottoms stream with water, an acetic acid aqueous solution, or with a methanol aqueous solution to form an organic phase comprising the majority of the hydrocarbon impurity (over 50% of the hydrocarbon impurity from the bottom stream) and an aqueous phase comprising the majority of methyl iodide (over 50% of the methyl iodide from the bottoms stream); and recycling the aqueous phase to the carbonylation reaction.
US07790917B2
The present invention provides an adamantyl group containing epoxy-modified (meth)acrylate and a resin composition containing it which are imparted by transparency, optical characteristics such as (durable) light resistance and the like, heat-resistance, and good mechanical properties.For example, they are an adamantyl group containing epoxy-modified (meth)acrylate having the following general formula (I) and a composition containing it. In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a halogen atom or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may contain a hetero atom. Plural R2 may be the same or different, and m represents an integer of 0 to 4 and n represents an integer of 0 or more.
US07790912B2
A polycarbodiimide polymer that is reversibly switchable between two distinct optical orientations is described. The polymer is useful in forming devices such as filters, storage media, actuators, and displays. Methods of making and using such polymers are also described.
US07790897B2
The invention describes novel compound of the formula I, wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, as stabilizers for protecting organic materials, in particular synthetic polymers, against oxidative, thermal, dynamic, light-induced and/or ozone-induced degradation.
US07790896B2
The present invention is directed to fluorescent compounds and methods of making said compounds that selectively bind to cellular RNA. The fluorescent compounds of the present invention are useful for live cell imaging applications.
US07790890B2
According to this invention, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescence element material comprising a metal complex having a specific ligand, and an organic electroluminescence element which exhibits high emission efficiency as well as long emission life, employing the organic electroluminescence element material, and to provide an illumination device and a display device. The electroluminescence element material is characterized by containing a metal complex having a ligand represented by following Formula (1).
US07790883B2
A method for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; from a compound of the formula: (IV); wherein L represents a leaving group.
US07790877B2
Combinatorial libraries comprise first oligonucleotide analogs and second oligonucleotide analogs which are coupled together to form antisense molecules capable of binding target polynucleotides and activating an RNase, and ribozymes capable of cleaving polynucleotides.
US07790874B2
The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements.
US07790873B2
The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating nucleotide sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana gene described by the GenBank Arabidopsis thaliana genome loci At4g36700 (encoding a cupin domain-containing protein) and its orthologous gene from Brassica napus.
US07790865B1
Eluting reagents and methods for isolating DNA from biological materials are provided.
US07790850B2
Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising: a) a first portion of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), where the first portion comprises the TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4 and TM5 regions of the GPCR; b) a stable, folded protein insertion; and c) a second portion of the GPCR, where the second portion comprises the TM6 and TM7 regions of the GPCR.
US07790846B2
The invention provides Bacillus thuringiensis toxins having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated pesticidal proteins and pesticidal compositions. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.
US07790842B2
A process for the separation of volatile material from particulate polymer discharged from a polymerisation reactor in the form of a polymer slurry and which has been substantially freed from unreacted monomer in an earlier separation step, comprising (a) feeding the particulate polymer to a purge vessel and causing it to move through the vessel in substantially plug-flow mode, (b) heating the particulate polymer in the purge vessel to a temperature greater than 30° C. but insufficiently high to cause the particles to become agglomerated, and/or maintaining the polymer at a temperature in this range in the purge vessel, (c) feeding gas to the purge vessel to remove volatile material therefrom, removing the particulate polymer from the purge vessel, wherein substantially all of the heating of the particles which occurs in the purge vessel is accomplished by preheating the gas fed into the purge vessel, and the polymer slurry discharged from the polymerization reactor is submitted to a pressure release such that diluent is evaporated and a polyolefin/gas mixture is formed in a collecting vessel, and a concentrator vessel is used between the collecting vessel and the purge vessel.
US07790837B2
Sulfonated polymers are made by the direct polymerization of a sulfonated monomer to form the sulfonated polymers. The types of sulfonated polymers may include polysulfones or polyimides. The sulfonated polymers can be formed into membranes that may be used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells or as ion exchange membranes. The membranes formed from the sulfonated polymers exhibit improved properties over that of Nafion®. A heteropoly acid may be added to the sulfonated polymer to form a nanocomposite membrane in which the heteropoly acid is highly dispersed. The addition of a heteropoly acid to the sulfonated polymer increases the thermal stability of the membrane, enhances the conductivity above 100° C., and reduces the water uptake of the membrane.
US07790829B2
A method for producing a functionalized silica, compositions and methods for forming curable silicone rubber compositions by using the functionalized silica are also disclosed. Compositions and methods for forming cured silicone resin compositions and products having high transparency, high tensile strength, desirable percent elongation, or a combination of the foregoing properties are also disclosed.
US07790828B2
A process for preparing a precursor solution for polyimide/silica composite material and a process for forming a polyimide/silica composite material film on a substrate, including adding a monomer of a silane compound to allow a poly(amic acid) to carry a silica moiety; adding a monomer of formula (R6)xSi(R7)(4−x) to allow the silica moiety to carry a photo-polymerizable unsaturated group; and adding a monomer of formula R8N(R9)2 to allow the poly(amic acid) to carry a photo-polymerizable unsaturated group, where R6, R7, R8, R9, and x are as defined in the specification. Also, a precursor solution for polyimide/silica composite material and a polyimide/silica composite material. The composite material is useful in microelectronic devices, semiconductor elements, and photoelectric elements.
US07790812B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing an acid anhydride-based epoxy resin curing agent, an acid anhydride-based epoxy resin curing agent, an epoxy resin composition, and a cured product and optical semiconductor device using the same. The process for producing an acid anhydride-based epoxy resin curing agent according to the present invention comprises heating a mixture containing a polyvalent carboxylic acid anhydride and a polyester resin in the presence of hydrogen gas and a hydrogenation catalyst.
US07790811B2
A useful fluoropolymer excellent in transparency and durability to a short wavelength light (an ArF excimer laser having an irradiation wavelength of 193 nm and a F2 excimer laser having an irradiation wavelength of 157 nm) as e.g. a pellicle material, wherein a polymer (I) to be used for a pellicle membrane and/or an adhesive is a polymer essentially containing the following fluorine atom-containing unit (1), wherein a chain forming the polymer main chain comprises a carbon atom and an etheric oxygen atom, at least one carbon atom forming the main chain is a carbon atom forming a cyclic group, and at least one etheric oxygen atom forming the main chain is an oxygen atom forming no cyclic group.
US07790810B2
Vinyl functional olefin polymers are prepared by polymerizing hexadiene or copolymerizing C2-C4-α-olefin, e.g., propylene, and hexadiene in the presence of a 2,1-insertion catalyst.
US07790809B2
A thermoplastic vulcanizate comprising (i) a dynamically-cured rubber, and (ii) a thermoplastic polymer component, where the thermoplastic polymer component includes (a) a propylene-α-olefin thermoplastic copolymer characterized by including at least 5% by weight up to 35% by weight units deriving from α-olefins, and having a heat of fusion, as determined by DSC, of less than 80 J/g, (b) and a functionalized thermoplastic polymer.
US07790807B2
The instant invention relates to new compounds of the formula I R1 and R2 are each independently of the other a fluorine containing group, R3 and R4 are each independently of the other hydrogen, a fluorine containing group, C1-C12alkyl, phenyl or R4, together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, form a C5-C8-cycloalkylidene ring that is unsubstituted or substituted by from 1 to 3 C1-C4alkyl groups; R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each independently of the other hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl or C3-C12alkenyl, X1 and X2 are each independently of the other a direct bond or C1-C12alkylene, m is 1 to 10,000, and n is 0 to 10,000. These new compounds of the formula I are useful as reducers of surface energy for organic materials such as polycarbonates, polyesters or polyketones or their mixtures, blends or alloys. Polymers with such a reduced surface energy possess an “easy to clean”, “self-cleaning” “antisoiling”, “soil-release” “antigraffiti”, “oil resistance”, “solvent resistance”, “chemical resistance”, “self lubricating”, “scratch resistance”, “low moisture absorption” and “hydrophobic” surface.
US07790805B2
A thermoplastic molding composition suitable for producing article having improved surface quality is disclosed. The composition includes A) at least one polymeric resin selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, polyester carbonate, polyamide, polyalkylene terephthalate and polyoxymethylene, and B) a co-precipitated mixture of graft polymer B.1 the preparation of which entailed redox initiation and graft copolymer B.2 the preparation of which entailed persulfate initiation.
US07790801B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing substantially two-dimensional partially crosslinked organo-functional silicone in an aqueous emulsion system. The novel composition provides enhanced surface softness and smoothness to various materials.
US07790798B2
Methods are provided for making solution masterbatches containing a diene elastomer in an organic solvent and a silica filler, having a first average particle size, that is ground in an organic solvent to form a silica having a reduced second average particle size. Grinding of the silica in the organic solvent, with or without other ingredients including the elastomer, produces a solution masterbatch in which the silica is mixed with and well dispersed in the elastomer. The use of such desolventized solution masterbatches in vulcanizable rubber compounds results in excellent processing characteristics allowing for the reduced use of processing aids such as oil. The compound also demonstrates improved properties, including reduced hysteresis.
US07790794B2
A composition for aqueous coating material which has a low content of an organic solvent and presents little burden on the environment and which is excellent in storage stability. A composition for aqueous coating material, which comprises a synthetic resin containing a fluorinated copolymer comprising from 40 to 60 mol % of a fluoro-olefin unit, from 3 to 50 mol % of an alkyl vinyl ether or alkyl vinyl ester unit, from 4 to 30 mol % of a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether unit and 0.4 to 7 mol % of a structural unit of the following formula
US07790793B2
A composition containing a) a natural or synthetic polymer and b) one or more compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III) wherein R1, R2 and R3 or Y1, Y2 and Y3 or Z1, Z2 and Z3 are e.g. branched C3-C20alkyl.
US07790791B2
The molding defect known as “splay” is reduced in poly(arylene ether) injection molding compositions including specific amounts of poly(arylene ether), rubber-modified polystyrene, triaryl phosphate, and aryl phosphite. The molding compositions are particularly useful for injection molding articles with large, thin sections, such as battery cases for the back-up batteries used in wireless towers.
US07790784B2
Composition of matter for the production of simulated stone, masonry, and brick textured products. Exemplary embodiments of panels, wall structures, and other products may have contoured and textured surfaces and may simulate the appearances of conventional building or construction materials including, but not limited to, stone, bricks, masonry, concrete, stucco, wood, or other conventional building materials, and combinations of any of these materials are disclosed. The disclosed invention is not limited to products in the building or construction industries and may be applied in the manufacture of a wide variety of products in other industries.
US07790780B2
Radically coupled PTFE polymer powders useful, for example, as tribomaterials, and a method for production thereof. Radically coupled PTFE polymer powders are provided which, when incorporated into a matrix as PTFE polymer compound, exhibit improved wear resistances, and furthermore there is provided a simple and efficient method for the production thereof. Radically coupled PTFE polymer powders are provided comprising radiation-chemically and/or plasma-chemically modified PTFE powders, onto the particle surface of which homopolymers, copolymers or terpolymers are radically coupled via a reaction in dispersion or in substance. A method is provided in which PTFE powders with reactive perfluoroalkyl-(peroxy) radical centers after a radiation-chemical and/or plasma-chemical modification are reacted in dispersion or in substance with the addition of polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated monomers, whereby during the reaction a polymer-forming reaction is obtained.
US07790777B2
Process for recovering at least one polymer in solution in a solvent by precipitation by means of a non-solvent fluid, whereby the precipitation takes place in a precipitation medium comprising two dispersants of which one [dispersant(I)] has a greater affinity for the non-solvent and the other [dispersant (II)] has a greater affinity for the solvent.
US07790775B2
A process for use in equilibrium exothermic gas phase reactions comprising the steps of (a) providing a recycle stream with the addition of make-up gas, to form a feed gas stream; (b) heating the feed gas stream; (c) passing the heated feed gas stream to a first reactor containing a catalyst for the exothermic gas phase reactions at conditions suitable for the reaction; (d) removing a product stream comprising product and unreacted gases from the first reactor; (e) cooling and partially condensing the product stream to form a gas phase and a liquid phase; (f) separating the liquid phase containing the desired product from the product stream and removing said liquid phase; (g) separating the gas phase from the product stream to form a gas stream; (h) optionally mixing the gas stream from the product stream with additional make-up gas; (i) heating the gas stream; (j) passing the heated gas stream to a final reactor containing a catalyst for the exothermic gas phase reactions at conditions suitable for the reaction; (k) removing a final product stream comprising product and unreacted gases from the final reactor; (l) cooling and partially condensing the final product stream to form a final gas phase and a mal liquid phase; (m) separating the final liquid phase containing the desired product from the final product stream and removing said final liquid phase; and (n) separating the gas phase from the final product stream and recycling the gas to step (a); and in which the gas stream from step (g) is compressed prior to heating in step (i).
US07790774B1
A continuous process forms liquid or semi-solid suspensions of water-hydratable guar particles in a non-aqueous solvent directly from hydrated guar splits. In particular, guar splits are hydrated, compressed to form wet guar flakes, and then dried. The dried guar flakes are then combined with a non-aqueous carrier fluid. Finally, the guar and carrier fluid mixture is homogenized, and, if desired, the homogenized guar and carrier fluid mixture may be shear milled to further size-reduce the average particle size of the guar particle.
US07790767B2
The present invention relates to Compounds of general formula (I), wherein R is hydrogen and R1 is hydroxy or acyloxy, or R is acyl and R1 is hydroxy or acyloxy, X is sulphur, oxygen or NR10, wherein R10 is hydrogen or (C1-4)alkyl; Y is sulphur or oxygen; R2 is hydrogen or one or more substituents, e.g. including substituents such as conventional in organic, e.g. (pleuro)mutilin, chemistry; R4 is hydrogen or (C1-4)alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or (C1-4)alkyl; R3 and R3′ are hydrogen, deuterium, or halogen; R6, R7 and R8 are hydrogen, halogen or deuterium; m is a number selected from 0 to 4, n is a number selected from 0 to 10, and p is a number selected from 0 to 10; with the proviso that n plus p are at least 1. These Compounds are usefül as pharmaceuticals, particularly as antimicrobials.
US07790742B2
The present invention relates to substituted 4-phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline compounds of the structure of formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them wherein the R groups are herein defined. These are excellent inhibitors of the sodium-hydrogen exchanger (NHE), in particular of the sodium-hydrogen exchanger of subtype 3 (NHE3). As such these compounds are useful in the treatment of various disorders of the renal and respiratory systems such as acute or chronic renal failure, pulmonary complications, biliary function disorders, respiratory disorders such as snoring or sleep apneas and cardiovascular/central nervous system disorders such as stroke. More specifically, the present invention relates to substituted 4-phenyl-tetrahydroisoquinolines, derivatives thereof and compositions containing them formulated in combination with other compounds which also regulate the intracellular pH environment such as inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase and inhibitors of the transport systems that carry bicarbonate ions, such as of the sodium-bicarbonate co-transporter (NBC) or the sodium-dependent chloride-bicarbonate exchanger.
US07790728B2
The present disclosure relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein: A is an optionally substituted monocyclic or polycyclic aryl or heteroaryl group; B is an optionally substituted monocyclic nitrogen-containing heteroaryl group; and either a) R1 and R2 are chosen from a hydrogen atom and specified substituents, or b) R2, R1 and the —NH— group to which R1 is attached, form a moiety chosen from the moiety of formulae (IIa) and (IIb): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a N-oxide thereof. The present disclosure also relates to a method for treating a subject afflicted with a pathological condition or disease susceptible to amelioration by antagonism of the A2B adenosine receptor.
US07790725B2
A thiazolidine derivative represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof exhibit a potent DPP-IV inhibitory activity, and can be provided as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like.
US07790719B2
This invention provides compounds and methods for treating melanocortin receptor associated disorders, such as weight loss disorders including cachexia resulting from cancer and other chronic illnesses. The compounds are represented by formula I: wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; G is G1 or G2: L1, L2, L3 and Q are linker groups, and Rings A, B and C, and R1-R14 are described in the specification. The compounds are antagonists of melanocortin receptors.
US07790718B2
This invention is directed to a tetrahydro-cyclopentyl pyrazole cannabinoid modulator compound of formula (I): and a method for use in treating, ameliorating or preventing a cannabinoid receptor mediated syndrome, disorder or disease.
US07790717B2
Compounds in accord with Formula I: wherein R1, L, A, B, D, E, m, n, x and y are as defined in the description, processes for the preparation of such compounds and to new intermediates employed in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such compounds in therapy and for the treatment of diseases mentioned in the specification.
US07790715B2
Novel substituted piperidines of the general formulae (I) and (II) with the substituent definitions as explained in detail in the description are described. The compounds are suitable in particular as renin inhibitors and are highly potent.
US07790709B2
In part, the present invention is directed to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein A is a bicyclic heteroaryl ring or a tricyclic ring and R2 is an heterocyclic residue; L is a bond, or L is alkyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl.
US07790704B2
Invented are non-peptide TPO mimetics. Also invented are novel processes and intermediates used in the preparation of the presently invented compounds. Also invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia, in a mammal, including a human, in need thereof which comprises administering to such mammal an effective amount of a selected hydroxy-1-azobenzene derivative.
US07790701B2
Silicon-based tocopherol derivatives are provided, as well as methods for making the same, in which the derivatives have a tocopherol molecule having a silicon-based group. The derivatives are useful in cosmetic compositions, have antioxidant properties, enhance solubility and compatibility in cosmetic formulations having silicon-based materials within the compositions.
US07790694B2
An antibacterial antisense conjugate and method of using the same for treating a bacterial infection in a mammalian host are disclosed. The conjugate includes an antisense oligonucleotide conjugated to a carrier peptide that significantly enhances the antibacterial activity of the oligonucleotide. The antisense oligonucleotide contains 10-20 nucleotide bases and has a targeting nucleic acid sequence complementary to a target sequence containing or within 10 bases, in a downstream direction, of the translational start codon of a bacterial mRNA that encodes a bacterial protein essential for bacterial replication, where the compound binds to a target mRNA with a Tm of between 50° to 60° C. The carrier peptide is an arginine-rich peptide containing between 6 and 12 amino acids.
US07790681B2
Compositions of the invention, including compounds that bind to a receptor for a glucagon-like peptide-1, an incretin, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), an exendin, or an agonist, an analog (preferably an agonist analog), a derivative, or a variant of any of aforementioned compounds, are used in the prevention and treatment of arrhythmias associated with cardiac ischemia, cardiac ischemia-perfusion and/or congestive heart failure. The invention relates to both the method and compositions for such treatment.
US07790676B2
Disclosed are antagonists of IL-17A and IL-17F. The antagonists are based on soluble IL-17RA and IL-17RC fusion proteins, including hybrid soluble receptors comprising portions of both IL-17RC and IL-17RA (“IL-17RC/IL-17RA”). Such antagonists serve to block, inhibit, reduce, antagonize or neutralize the activity of IL-17F, IL-17A, or both IL-17A and IL-17F. Also disclosed are methods of using such antagonists for treating disease, particularly inflammatory diseases mediated at least in part by IL-17A and/or IL-17F.
US07790670B2
A nutritional supplement composition having therapeutically effective amounts of milk minerals including calcium, a protein source including κ-casein fragment 106-169, and enzyme-inhibiting peptides is provided for the treatment of body weight conditions. The nutritional supplement composition is administered in amounts effective for limiting weight gain and/or enhancing weight loss, as well as promoting overall good health, in the treatment of body weight conditions, including overweight and obesity.
US07790663B2
This invention relates to compositions containing lower (C1-C4) alcohol and a polymeric fluorosurfactant formulated for being dispensed as a foam product. More particularly, the invention relates to improved compositions formulated with polymeric fluorosurfactants with pendant perfluoroalkyl side chains of a fully fluorinated chain length of C1-C7. The compositions also relate to use for personal care, such as skin sanitizing and cleansing.
US07790661B2
Reaction of a carboxylic acid-containing polymer with certain aromatic amines results in dispersant viscosity modifiers with improved soot handling performance in heavy-duty diesel engines, compared with reaction with non-aromatic amines.
US07790657B2
A process to prepare a stable solution of a borozirconate complex is disclosed and use of the solution in oil field applications such as hydraulic fracturing and plugging of permeable zones. The process comprises contacting zirconium complex with a first alkanolamine, then water and optionally hydroxyalkylene diamine, then with a solution of a boron compound and a second alkanolamine. The solution is particularly suitable for use in a cross-linking composition in hydraulic fracturing and plugging of permeable zones of subterranean formations at temperatures of 275° F. (135° C.) and higher in the formation.
US07790648B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst. The process allows the delamination of layered crystals which are used as a starting material for a catalyst. The starting material is subsequently converted into an active portion of a catalyst with an increased dispersion resulting in a higher activity. Preferred delaminating agents are di-carboxylic acids and one particular example is citric acid. Preferably at least 0.75 wt %, more preferably at least 1.5 wt % of a delaminating agent is added to the catalyst starting material.
US07790638B2
The invention concerns improved moisture-regulating composites comprising a sheetlike substrate material, a water-soluble hygroscopic substance and a water-absorbing polymer polymerized onto the substrate material in the presence of the hygroscopic substance and comprising a plasticizer, methods of making them and their use for moisture regulation.
US07790631B2
Methods and apparatuses to selectively deposit a dielectric on a self-assembled monolayer (“SAM”) adsorbed metal are described. A wafer includes a device having a first electrode. A first self-assembled monolayer is deposited on the wafer covering the first electrode. Next, a portion of the first self-assembled monolayer is removed to expose the first electrode. The first self-assembled monolayer includes a hydrophobic layer. Further, second self-assembled monolayer is deposited on the first electrode. The second self-assembled monolayer includes a hydrophilic layer. Next, an insulating layer is deposited on the second self-assembled monolayer. Further, self-aligned contacts to one or more second electrodes of the device are formed.
US07790628B2
A method is provided for depositing a high dielectric constant (high-k) film for integrated circuits (ICs) by atomic layer deposition (ALD) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The method includes exposing a substrate to one or more metal precursors and plurality of oxidation sources to deposit a high-k film with a desired thickness and tailored properties. The plurality of oxidation sources contain a first oxidation source containing H2O, H2O2, or a combination thereof, and a second oxidation source containing oxygen radicals (O), O3, or O2, or a combination of two or more thereof. The high-k film may contain one or more metal elements selected from alkaline earth elements, rare earth elements, and Group IVB elements of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
US07790624B2
Methods for removing metal-comprising materials from semiconductor materials are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method comprises providing a metal-comprising material overlying a semiconductor material and exposing the metal-comprising material to an aqueous non-chlorine-comprising acid solution having a pH of about less 7.
US07790622B2
Semiconductor fabrication processes are provided for removing sidewall spacers from gate structures while mitigating or otherwise preventing defect mechanisms such as damage to metal silicide structures or otherwise impeding or placing limitations on subsequent process flows.
US07790606B2
A method of forming an interconnect structure in a semiconductor device in which via holes (62) defined in a dielectric layer are filled with a filler material (64), such as a porogen material, before a further dielectric layer (66) is deposited thereover. Trenches (72) are formed in the further dielectric layer and then the filler material exposed thereby in the via holes is removed. The method provides a robust process which affords improved via and trench profile control.
US07790604B2
A method of depositing a bilayer of tungsten over tungsten nitride by a plasma sputtering process in which krypton is used as the sputter working gas during the tungsten deposition. Argon may be used as the sputtering working gas during the reactive sputtering deposition of tungsten nitride. The beneficial effect of reduction of tungsten resistivity is increased when the thickness of the tungsten layer is less than 50 nm and further increased when less than 35 nm. The method may be used in forming a gate stack including a polysilicon layer over a gate oxide layer over a silicon gate region of a MOS transistor in which the tungsten nitride acts as a barrier. A plasma sputter chamber in which the invention may be practiced includes gas sources of krypton, argon, and nitrogen.
US07790600B2
A method is provided for incorporating zeolite crystals in patterned structures, the zeolite crystals having pores (channels) with an orientation which is defined by the topology of the zeolite crystal type and the geometry of the patterned structure, resulting in pores parallel with the length axis of the patterned structures. The patterned structures may be vias (vertical contacts) and trenches (horizontal lines) in a semiconductor substrate. These zeolite crystals can advantageously be used for dense and aligned nanocarbon growth or in other words growth of carbon nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes (CNT) within the pores of the zeolite structure. The growth of CNT is achieved within the porous structure of the zeolite crystals whereby the pores can be defined as confined spaces (channels) in nanometer dimensions acting as a micro-reactor for CNT growth. A method for growing carbon nanostructures within zeolite crystals is also provided, by adding, after creation of the zeolite crystals, a novel compound within the porous structure of the zeolite crystals whereby said novel compound is acting as a carbon source to create the carbon nanostructures. The improved growth method gives a significantly higher carbon density (yield) compared to state of the art techniques.
US07790596B2
An improved apparatus for positioning and aligning a patterned surface of a semiconductor structure directly opposite to solder filled patterned mold cavities of a mold structure includes a pattern based alignment too including means for identifying a mold training pattern image and a semiconductor training pattern image on a training mold structure and a training semiconductor structure, respectively, means for training the alignment tool with the training pattern images, means for storing the alignment tool trained position, means for identifying a mold pattern image and a semiconductor pattern image on the mold structure and the semiconductor structure matching the mold training pattern image and the semiconductor training pattern image, respectively, and means for aligning the identified mold pattern image with the semiconductor pattern image.
US07790592B2
Disclosed is a method to fabricate a semiconductor device, and a device fabricated in accordance with the method. The method includes providing a substrate comprised of silicon; performing a shallow trench isolation process to delineate nFET and pFET active areas and, within each active area, forming a gate structure over a surface of the substrate, the gate structure comprising in order from the surface of the substrate, a layer of high dielectric constant oxide, a layer comprised of a metal, a layer comprised of amorphous silicon, and a layer comprised of polycrystalline silicon. The layer comprised of amorphous silicon is provided to substantially prevent regrowth of the high dielectric constant oxide layer in a vertical direction during at least a deposition and processing of the polycrystalline silicon layer and/or metal layer.
US07790588B2
A dual gate of a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate divided into a cell region with a recessed gate forming area and a peripheral region with PMOS and NMOS forming areas; first and second conductive type SiGe layers, the first conductive type SiGe layer being formed over the cell region and the PMOS forming area of the peripheral region, and the second conductive type SiGe layer being formed over the NMOS forming area of the peripheral region; first and second conductive type polysilicon layers, the first conductive type polysilicon layer being formed over the first conductive type SiGe layer and the second conductive type polysilicon layer being formed over the second conductive type SiGe layer; and a metallic layer and a hard mask layer stacked over the first and second conductive type polysilicon layers.
US07790579B2
According to the present invention, a gettering layer is deposited both on the side surfaces and the bottom surface of a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is then mounted on the board of a package so that a Schottky barrier is formed on the bottom surface. With this structure, metal ions that pass through the board of the package can be captured by the defect layer deposited on the side surfaces and/or the bottom surface of the semiconductor chip, and by the Schottky barrier.
US07790568B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a STI region on the semiconductor substrate; forming a channel region on the semiconductor substrate; implanting impurities into the STI region; and performing a thermal treatment to diffuse impurities to a side of the channel region.
US07790567B2
Provided is a semiconductor and a method for forming the same. The method includes forming a buried insulating layer locally in a substrate. The substrate is etched to form an opening exposing the buried insulating layer, and a silicon pattern spaced in at least one direction from the substrate is formed on the buried insulating layer. A first insulating layer is formed to enclose the silicon pattern.
US07790561B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a semiconductor device, and a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit including a semiconductor device. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, without limitation, may include providing a gate dielectric layer (413, 423) and a gate electrode layer (418, 428) over a substrate (310), and forming a gate sidewall spacer (610, 630) along one or more sidewalls of the gate dielectric layer (413, 423) and the gate electrode layer (418, 428) using a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process, and forming different hydrogen concentration in NMOS and PMOS sidewall spacers (610, 630) using a local hydrogen treatment (LHT) method.
US07790555B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes a field oxide insulation film forming step, an electrode forming step, and a resistor forming step. The field oxide insulation film forming step comprises forming a field oxide insulation film on a surface of the semiconductor substrate so that a portion which corresponds to a side surface portion for each of active regions formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, which opposes a rotation center of the surface of the semiconductor substrate in spin-coating of a photoresist in the electrode forming step, and which is located at a front side of a centrifugal force acting direction along the surface of the semiconductor substrate has a curved surface that is convex in a forward direction of the centrifugal force along the surface of the semiconductor substrate as seen in plan view of the semiconductor substrate.
US07790553B2
Methods for forming high performance gates in MOSFETs and structures thereof are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method including providing a substrate including a first short channel active region, a second short channel active region and a long channel active region, each active region separated from another by a shallow trench isolation (STI); and forming a field effect transistor (FET) with a polysilicon gate over the long channel active region, a first dual metal gate FET having a first work function adjusting material over the first short channel active region and a second dual metal gate FET having a second work function adjusting material over the second short channel active region, wherein the first and second work function adjusting materials are different.
US07790546B2
A method for forming a capacitor in a semiconductor device comprises forming an inter-layer layer on a semi-finished substrate; etching the inter-layer insulation layer to form a plurality of first contact holes; forming a first insulation layer on sidewalls of the first contact holes; forming a plurality of storage-node contact plugs filled into the first contact holes; forming a second insulation layer with a different etch rate from the first insulation layer over the storage-node contact plugs; forming a third insulation layer on the second insulation layer; sequentially etching the third insulation layer and the second insulation layer to form a plurality of second contact holes exposing the storage-node contact plugs; and forming the storage node on each of the second contact holes.
US07790544B2
An integrated circuit and gate oxide forming process are disclosed which provide a gate structure that is simple to integrate with conventional fabrication processes while providing different gate oxide thicknesses for different transistors within the integrated circuit. For a flash memory, which may utilize the invention, the different gate oxide thicknesses may be used for lower voltage transistors, memory array transistors, and higher voltage transistors.
US07790535B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing are provided. A dielectric layer is formed over a substrate, and a first silicon-containing layer, undoped, is formed over the dielectric layer. Atomic-layer doping is used to dope the undoped silicon-containing layer. A second silicon-containing layer is formed over first silicon-containing layer. The process may be expanded to include forming a PMOS and NMOS device on the same wafer. For example, the first silicon-containing layer may be thinned in the PMOS region prior to the atomic-layer doping. In the NMOS region, the doped portion of the first silicon-containing layer is removed such that the remaining portion of the first silicon-containing layer in the NMOS is undoped. Thereafter, another atomic-layer doping process may be used to dope the first silicon-containing layer in the NMOS region to a different conductivity type. A third silicon-containing layer may be formed doped to the respective conductivity type.
US07790533B2
The present invention is to provide a technique that can increase productivity with high output power by combining a plurality of laser beams on an irradiation surface without any difficulties in optical alignment. According to this technique, laser beams having different wavelengths are combined using a plurality of laser oscillators and a dichroic mirror, or additionally a polarizer. For example, a first laser beam emitted from a first laser oscillator is combined with a second laser beam emitted from a second laser oscillator having different wavelength from the first laser beam in such a way that the first laser beam passes through a dichroic mirror and the second laser beam is reflected on the dichroic mirror, and the combined laser beam is projected to an irradiation surface.
US07790530B2
A DRAM memory cell and process sequence for fabricating a dense (20 or 18 square) layout is fabricated with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS technology. Specifically, the present invention provides a dense, high-performance SRAM cell replacement that is compatible with existing SOI CMOS technologies. Various gain cell layouts are known in the art. The present invention improves on the state of the art by providing a dense layout that is fabricated with SOI CMOS. In general terms, the memory cell includes a first transistor provided with a gate, a source, and a drain respectively; a second transistor having a first gate, a second gate, a source, and a drain respectively; and a capacitor having a first terminal, wherein the first terminal of said capacitor and the second gate of said second transistor comprise a single entity.
US07790519B2
A semiconductor device has a MOS gate side surface structure, including a gate electrode filling a trench formed in a semiconductor substrate with an insulator film between the trench and the gate electrode, a gate insulator film covering the surface of the gate electrode, a buffer region of one conductivity type in contact with the semiconductor substrate, a base region of the other conductivity type adjacent to the buffer region on the gate insulator film, and an emitter region of the one conductivity type adjacent to the base region on the side opposite to the buffer region. The semiconductor device and the method of manufacturing thereof can further improve the tradeoff between the on-voltage and the turn-off loss by increasing the amount of electrons injected from a cathode on the surface to increase an amount of carriers on the cathode side in a stable turned-on state of the device.
US07790512B1
A process for forming semiconductor packages comprises partially etching a leadframe matrix, encapsulating it with mold compound, placing a semiconductor die in a leadframe unit and singulating the leadframe matrix. A system for forming semiconductor packages comprises means for partially etching a leadframe matrix, means for encapsulating it with mold compound, means for placing a semiconductor die in a leadframe unit and means for singulating the leadframe matrix.
US07790508B2
Method for constructing a line or dotted structure on a support, especially for constructing strip-like electrically conducting contacts on a semiconductor component such as a solar cell, by applying an electrically conducting paste-like substance containing a solvent adhering to a support and subsequent hardening of the substance. After the substance is applied to the support, a medium containing a polar molecule is applied on the support and/or the substance, through which the solvent contained in the substance is extracted.
US07790506B2
A semiconductor device having a rectangular exterior appearance includes a substrate for arranging an integrated circuit on the surface thereof, at least one rewire electrically connected to the integrated circuit via at least one pad electrode, at least one electrode terminal formed on the rewire, and a resin layer for completely sealing the substrate including the rewire such that the electrode terminal be exposed to the exterior. Slopes are formed at the corners between the backside and the side faces of the resin layer; and other slopes are further formed at the corners between the surface and the side faces of the resin layer. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent the semiconductor device sealed with the resin layer from chipping or peeling irrespective of an impact occurring at the corners of the resin layer.
US07790500B2
A method of making a lead frame and a partially patterned lead frame package with near-chip scale packaging lead-count, wherein the method lends itself to better automation of the manufacturing line and improved quality and reliability of the packages produced therefrom. A major portion of the manufacturing process steps is performed with a partially patterned strip of metal formed into a web-like lead frame on one side so that the web-like lead frame is also rigid mechanically and robust thermally to perform without distortion or deformation during the chip-attach and wire bond processes, both at the chip level and the package level. The bottom side of the metal lead frame is patterned to isolate the chip-pad and the wire bond contacts only after the front side, including the chip and wires, is hermetically sealed with an encapsulant. The resultant package being electrically isolated enables strip testing and reliable singulation.
US07790496B2
An imaging apparatus includes (a) a full-frame, charge-coupled device having (i) a conductive layer of a first dopant type; (ii) a plurality of pixels arranged as a charge-coupled device in the conductive layer that collects charge in response to incident light and transfers the collected charge; (iii) an overflow drain of a dopant type opposite the first type disposed in the conductive layer and laterally adjacent to each pixel; and the apparatus having (b) a voltage supply connected to the lateral overflow drain that is at a first voltage during readout and at a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage during integration.
US07790487B2
A method for fabricating a photo sensor on an amorphous silicon thin film transistor panel includes forming a photo sensor with a bottom electrode, a silicon-rich dielectric layer, and a top electrode, such that the light sensor has a high reliability. The fabrication method is compatible with the fabrication process of a thin film transistor.
US07790484B2
A method for manufacturing a laser device includes fixing a laser chip to a holder via a metal having a low melting point by melting the metal at a temperature higher than the melting point, heating the holder to which the laser chip is fixed at a heat treatment temperature that is lower than the melting point and, thereafter, sealing the laser chip by covering the holder to which the laser chip is fixed with a cap. The heating step may be performed in an atmosphere in which ozone is generated or an atmosphere in which oxygen plasma is generated. Furthermore, the holder to which the laser chip is fixed is covered with a cap to make a hermetically sealed package in dry air or an inert gas, and then an ultraviolet ray is irradiated into the package while it is heated.
US07790482B2
The invention relates to an LED package for facilitating color mixing using a diffuser and a manufacturing method of the same. The LED package includes a substrate with an electrode formed thereon, and an LED chip mounted on the substrate. The LED package also includes an encapsulant applied around the light emitting diode chip, containing a diffuser. The LED package further includes a lens part disposed on the light emitting diode chip and the encapsulant to radiate light in a wide angle. The LED package allows light from the light emitting diode chip to be emitted out of the package without distortion. The invention allows light to exit through the encapsulant containing the diffuser and the lens part, achieving uniform diffusion and emission of light from the LED chip, thereby increasing a radiating angle and obtaining a uniform light source.
US07790480B2
A process (300) is disclosed to measure predetermined wavelength reflectance spectra of a photo resist coated wafer (305,310,315,320) at a nominal thickness. After coating, the predetermined wavelength reflectance (325,330) is measured and the peak heights and valleys in the vicinity of the predetermined wavelength are tabulated. The relative swing ratio is computed (335) as the average peak height of the spectra at the exposure wavelength. This relative swing ratio is then compared to similar computations on other processes to determine which provides the best critical dimension (CD) control.
US07790479B2
A device is used to measure contamination directly in transport enclosures of FOUP or SMIF type, for example. The transport enclosure is placed on an adapter that sets up direct communication between it and an external gas analyzer. The gas analyzer ionizes the sampled gases and performs the analysis by measuring a parameter of the ions resulting from this ionization. This measures very low levels of gaseous contamination in real time.
US07790477B2
Contaminants from surfaces of temperature sensitive substrates, such as glass substrates are removed by exposing the surfaces to a hydrogen Surface-mixed diffusion flame for a predetermined duration of time. The predetermined duration of time being insufficient to heat up the surfaces substantially thereby causing damage to the temperature sensitive substrates.
US07790469B2
A method to fabricate an optical scattering probe and the method includes the steps of a) depositing an conductive layer on a substrate followed by depositing a noble metal layer on top of the conductive layer and then an aluminum layer on top the noble metal layer; b) anodizing the aluminum layer to form a porous aluminum oxide layer having a plurality of pores; and c) etching the plurality of pores through the aluminum oxide layer and the noble metal layer for forming a nano-hole array. In a preferred embodiment, the step of etching the plurality of pores through the aluminum oxide layer and the noble metal layer further comprising a step of widening the pores followed by removing the aluminum oxide layer for forming a plurality of noble metal column on top of the conductive layer.
US07790460B2
Methods for the regeneration of cotton plants are disclosed. The use of selective light conditions, novel compositions of media, and solid support matrices during stages of development resulted in increased frequencies of embryogenesis, embryo maturation and embryo germination. The improved process resulted in higher production frequencies of transformation of cotton.
US07790457B2
The present invention relates to a solid medium containing as a medium-solidifying component a cellulose gel, in particular a cellulose gel which is a porous cellulose gel structure containing cellulose as the skeletal part and having a cellulose concentration of 0.01% or higher and a porosity of 50% or higher, as well as a process for producing the same. The solid medium of the invention can be obtained by dispersing cellulose in a solvent, especially an aqueous thiocyanate salt solution, stirring and/or heating the dispersion to dissolve the cellulose, subsequently cooling the solution and/or removing the solvent to cause the solution to gel, and permeating nutrients into the resultant cellulose gel.The solid medium usable under a wide range of culture conditions where conventional solid media such as agar medium cannot be used, as well as a method for producing the same is provided.
US07790450B2
To provide a heterologous protein expression system which enables the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a host to produce of a heterologous protein which is almost impossible to express, or if possible, produced at low levels, under control of conventional promoters.The present invention provides an expression for use in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a transformant carrying the expression vector, a method for producing a heterologous protein using the transformant, in particular a method for producing a heterologous protein in which a heat shock protein gene promoter in Schizosaccharomyces pombe is used to regulate gene expression by application of a specific form of stress, whereby the timing of the production of the desired heterologous protein can be controlled.
US07790435B2
Quiescence is induced in cells using indole compounds. Expression continues from extra-chromosomal vectors within the cells during quiescence, while chromosomal expression is suppressed. The cells may be used as factories for the production of large amounts of polypeptides of interest, particularly polypeptides which normally have an adverse effect on cell viability or growth. Expression from an extra-chromosomal vector of interest may be monitored, in view of the reduced background expression from the chromosome. Vector copy number may be amplified. Cell cycles may be synchronized.
US07790430B2
Disclosed is a novel cellulose having an amino acid sequence in which the 162nd and/or 166th amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of cellulose NCE5 are substituted. Further, a polynucleotide encoding the novel cellulose, an expression vector containing the polynucleotide, a host cell transformed with the expression vector, and a cellulose preparation and a washing composition containing the cellulose are disclosed. The cellulose of the present invention is resistant to surfactants, and maintains a high activity even under alkaline conditions.
US07790409B2
The present invention provides a blood coagulation accelerator excellent under severe conditions at ordinary or higher temperatures and capable of exhibiting high blood coagulation performance stably over a long period of time, as well as a container for blood examination wherein the blood coagulation accelerator is accommodated. Disclosed is a blood coagulation accelerator comprising an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing in a peptide chain a bond between arginine and an arbitrary amino acid residue and/or a bond between lysine and an arbitrary amino acid residue, an inactivated enzyme product comprising the above-mentioned enzyme inactivated by radiation irradiation, and β-alanine.
US07790404B2
The invention provides isolated N-methyl-D-aspartate type 3B (NR3B) polypeptides, functional fragments and peptides, encoding nucleic acid molecules and polynucleotides, and specific antibodies. Also provided are excitatory glycine receptors, containing either NR3B or NR3A polypeptides. Further provided are methods for detecting excitatory glycine receptor ligands, agonists and antagonists. The invention also provides related diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
US07790395B2
This invention relates to detection of specific extracellular nucleic acid in plasma or serum fractions of human or animal blood associated with neoplastic or proliferative disease. Specifically, the invention relates to detection of nucleic acid derived from mutant oncogenes or other tumor-associated DNA, and to those methods of detecting and monitoring extracellular mutant oncogenes or tumor-associated DNA found in the plasma or serum fraction of blood by using rapid DNA extraction followed by nucleic acid amplification with or without enrichment for mutant DNA. In particular, the invention relates to the detection, identification, or monitoring of the existence, progression or clinical status of benign, premalignant, or malignant neoplasms in humans or other animals. The invention permits the detection of extracellular, tumor-associated nucleic acid in the serum or plasma of humans or other animals recognized as having a neoplastic or proliferative disease or in individuals without any prior history or diagnosis of neoplastic or proliferative disease. The invention thereby provides methods for early identification of colorectal, pancreatic, lung, breast, bladder, ovarian, lymphoma and all other malignancies carrying tumor-related mutations of DNA and methods for monitoring cancer and other neoplastic disorders in humans and other animals.
US07790392B2
A homogenous bioassay including a first group including an acceptor which is a short lifetime fluorescent compound capable of energy transfer, and a second group including a quencher which is capable of energy transfer from an acceptor. The increase or decrease of the acceptor's fluorescence resulting from lengthening or shortening of the distance between the acceptor and quencher is measured. The bioassay also includes a third group including a donor for energy transfer to the acceptor, which donor is an up-conversion fluorescent compound, a long-lifetime fluorescent compound or an electrogenerated luminescent compound. The first group includes a tag, the third group includes a binder having a high affinity for binding to the tag. Fluorescence of the acceptor is brought about by exciting the donor resulting in energy being transferred from the donor to the acceptor.
US07790388B2
A nucleic acid amplification method, and probes for use within the method are described.
US07790384B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, HIP1 cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods of using HIP1 in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma and brain cancers.
US07790383B2
Aspects of the present invention also provide novel compositions and methods based on novel CRH single nucleotide polymorphisms selected from the group consisting of AAFC03076794.1:g.9657C>T, c.10718G>C, c.10841G>A, c.10893A>C and c.10936G>C, which may provide novel markers for marbling and/or subcutaneous fat depth. Additional aspects provide for novel methods which may comprise marker-assisted selection or marker-assisted management to improve marbling and/or subcutaneous fat depth in cattle.
US07790380B2
A method of fragmentation of double stranded DNA is disclosed for use in nucleic acid analysis, notably in the multiplexed analysis of polymorphisms and mutations. The method produces a multiplicity of labeled sense and anti-sense fragments which are not complementary, and thus do not significantly re-anneal under conditions suitable for hybridization analysis (or capture-mediated elongation analysis) of the polymorphisms and/or mutations. The fragments display a desired or predicted length distribution. Cleavage sites can be selected such that the fragments are short, yet long enough to allow discrimination among fragments in an assay, and as a matter of statistical probability, such that the majority of fragments contain at least one labeled nucleotide to facilitate detection.
US07790369B2
The invention relates to a method for producing polymers, in particular synthetic nucleic acid double strands of optional sequence, comprising the steps: (a) providing a support having a surface area which contains a plurality of individual reaction areas, (b) location-resolved synthesizing nucleic acid fragments each having different base sequences in several of the individual reaction areas, and (c) detaching the nucleic acid fragments from individual reaction areas.
US07790368B1
A method is provided for analyzing nucleic acid comprising the steps of extracting, amplifying and detecting the nucleic acid of interest, wherein one or more internal control nucleic acids which can be detected and discriminated from the nucleic acid of interest are added for each step to a sample prior to the performance of each step, and the success or failure of each step is judged from the detection results obtained for the respective internal control nucleic acids in the detection step. The internal control nucleic acids added prior to each step can be discriminated from each other.
US07790364B2
Assays are provided for the screening and classification of biologically active agents that alter the conformation of conformationally defective proteins. The methods of the invention find use in the identification and classification of agents with chaperone activity, particularly the identification and classification of small molecule chemical and pharmacological chaperones. The agents thus identified find use altering the conformation of otherwise conformationally defective proteins.
US07790360B2
Some embodiments include formation of polymer spacers along sacrificial material, removal of the sacrificial material, and utilization of the polymer spacers as masks during fabrication of integrated circuitry. The polymer spacer masks may, for example, be utilized to pattern flash gates of a flash memory array. In some embodiments, the polymer is simultaneously formed across large sacrificial structures and small sacrificial structures. The polymer is thicker across the large sacrificial structures than across the small sacrificial structures, and such difference in thickness is utilized to fabricate high density structures and low-density structures with a single photomask.
US07790348B2
A decomposable resin composition containing a metathesis catalyst and a polymer compound.
US07790344B2
A method of preparing a powder, including bombarding a spray gas to a liquid material through a spray nozzle to form an atomized liquid material; and solidifying the atomized liquid material, wherein 5 to 40% by weight of the spray gas are previously mixed with the liquid material to form a two-phase flow in a flow path of the spray nozzle, and 60 to 95% by weight of the spray gas is further discharged from a circumference of the flow path discharging the two-phase flow and bombarded thereto to uniformly atomize the liquid material.
US07790341B2
Provided is a method for crystallizing using a laser mask for selectively crystallizing active regions without a laser shot mark, including: providing an array substrate in which N×M active regions are defined; positioning a laser mask having first and second blocks over the substrate, wherein the first and second blocks have first and second mask patterns, respectively, and the second mask pattern is a reverse pattern of the first mask pattern; irradiating a first laser beam onto the active regions through the first block; and irradiating a second laser beam onto the active regions through the second block.
US07790333B2
A process for preparing a lithographic mask, including: making patterns on a plane mask, the plane mask having an SOI structure including a layer of semiconductor material, a buried layer of insulant and a substrate; and transferring the patterns and the mask to a curved support that includes at least one point of non-nil curvature.
US07790327B2
Provided is a reinforced matrix for molten carbonate fuel cell, wherein a mechanical strength of the matrix is increased by adding a reinforcing agent having a low melting point.
US07790323B2
A polymer electrolyte for an electrochemical half-cell, such as a reference half-cell, contains a polymer which can be produced by polymerization of N-acryloyl-amino-ethoxy-ethanol or by co-polymerization of N-acryloyl-amino-ethoxy-ethanol with at least one further monomer component.
US07790320B2
A battery separator is a microporous membrane. The membrane has a major volume of a thermoplastic polymer and a minor volume of an inert particulate filler. The filler is dispersed throughout the polymer. The membrane exhibits a maximum Z-direction compression of 95% of the original membrane thickness. Alternatively, the battery separator is a microporous membrane having a TMA compression curve with a first substantially horizontal slope between ambient temperature and 125° C., a second substantially horizontal slope at greater than 225° C. The curve of the first slope has a lower % compression than the curve of the second slope. The curve of the second slope is not less than 5% compression. The TMA compression curve is graphed so that the Y-axis represents % compression from original thickness and the X-axis represents temperature.
US07790306B2
A negative electrode plate of a nickel hydrogen storage battery includes a nonaqueous polymer binder and has an effective surface area per unit capacity of 70 cm2/Ah or more. The density of the first and second separators between positive and negative electrode plates ranges from 450 kg/m3 to 600 kg/m3. The nonwoven fabrics of the separators are formed by combining microfibers and compound fibers through melting portions of the compound fibers. The fibers have a virtually circular cross-section. The microfibers and the compound fibers have a diameter ranging from 1 μm to less than 5 μm and a diameter ranging from 5 μm to 15 μm, respectively. The proportion of the microfibers to whole fibers ranges from 10 percent by mass to 20 percent by mass. At least one of the nonwoven fabrics of the separators is subjected to sulfonation treatment.
US07790303B2
During fuel cell startup and shutdown or other power reduction transitions of a fuel cell power plant, the excess electric energy generated by consumption of reactants is extracted by a storage control (200) in response to a controller (185) as current applied to an energy storage system 201 (a battery). In a boost embodiment, an inductor (205) and a diode (209) connect one terminal (156) of the stack (151) of the battery. An electronic switch connects the juncture of the inductor and the diode to both the other terminal (155) of the stack and the battery. The switch is alternately gated on and off by a signal (212) from a controller (185) until sufficient energy is transferred from the stack to the battery. In a buck environment, the switch and the inductor (205) connect one terminal (156) of the stack to the battery. A diode connects the juncture of the switch with the inductor to the other terminal (155) of the fuel cell stack and the battery.
US07790302B2
A lightweight cementitious composition containing from 22 to 90 volume percent of a cement composition and from 10 to 78 volume percent of particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.2 mm to 8 mm, a bulk density of from 0.03 g/cc to 0.64 g/cc, an aspect ratio of from 1 to 3, where after the lightweight cementitious composition is set it has a compressive strength of at least 1700 psi as tested according to ASTM C39. The cementitious composition can be used to make concrete masonry units, construction panels, road beds and other articles and can be included as a layer on wall panels and floor panels and can be used in insulated concrete forms. Aspects of the lightweight cementitious composition can be used to make lightweight structural units.
US07790300B2
An R—Fe—B based thin film magnet including an R—Fe—B based alloy which contains 28 to 45 percent by mass of R element (where R represents at least one type of rare-earth lanthanide elements) and which is physically formed into a film, wherein the R—Fe—B based alloy has a composite texture composed of R2Fe14B crystals having a crystal grain diameter of 0.5 to 30 μm and R-element-rich grain boundary phases present at boundaries between the crystals. The magnetization characteristics of the thin film magnet are improved. The R—Fe—B based thin film magnet can be prepared by heating to 700° C. to 1,200° C. during physical film formation or/and the following heat treatment, so as to grow crystal grains and form R-element-rich grain boundary phases.
US07790297B2
There is provided an organic electroluminescence display includes a lower electrode formed on a substrate, a device separation film formed on the lower electrode, an organic compound layer formed on the device separation film and including a light emission layer, and an upper electrode formed on the organic compound layer, wherein the device separation film is a polyimide film having an imidation ratio in a range of 65% or more to less than 90%. The display is expected to have longer operating life.
US07790295B2
The invention relates to a material composite in strip form, process for producing said composite and use of the material composite as a sliding element. The material composite comprising a layer consisting of a copper multicomponent alloy which is permanently joined to a steel supporting layer, where the copper multicomponent alloy is composed of [in % by weight]:Ni 1.0 to 15.0%,Sn 2.0 to 12.0%,remainder Cu and inevitable impurities,optionally up to 5% manganese,optionally up to 3% silicon,optionally individually or in combination up to 1.5% Ti, Co, Cr, Al, Fe, Zn, Sb,optionally individually or in combination up to 0.5% B, Zr, P, S,optionally up to 25% Pb.
US07790292B2
A polysiloxane copolymer composition comprises: a polysiloxane unit comprising 4 to 50 siloxane units, and a polyester-polycarbonate unit consisting of 50 to 100 mole percent of arylate ester units, less than 50 mole percent aromatic carbonate units, less than 30 mole percent resorcinol carbonate units, and less than 35 mole percent bisphenol carbonate units, wherein the siloxane units are present in the polysiloxane unit in an amount of 0.2 to 10 wt % of the total weight of the polysiloxane copolymer composition, and wherein the polysiloxane copolymer composition has a 2 minute integrated heat release rate of less than or equal to 65 kilowatt-minutes per square meter (kW-min/m2) and a peak heat release rate of less than 65 kilowatts per square meter (kW/m2) as measured using the method of FAR F25.4, in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation FAR 25.853 (d). A window article for an aircraft, comprising the polysiloxane copolymer composition, is also disclosed.
US07790291B2
Manufactured articles and methods of producing such articles are disclosed where the article has a thermoplastic polymer component and a curable polymer component. The curable polymer may be moisture-curable polymer, or microwave, dielectric or radio frequency curable polymer. The articles may be manufactured by a variety of polymer processing methods including extrusion, co-extrusion, co-molding, injection molding and calendering. A variety of articles and shapes may be made by the method including electric wire and cable, and weatherstripping.
US07790283B2
Cellulosic fibers having enhanced reversible thermal properties and applications of such cellulosic fibers are described. In one embodiment, a cellulosic fiber includes a fiber body including a cellulosic material and a set of microcapsules dispersed in the cellulosic material. The set of microcapsules contain a phase change material having a latent heat of at least 40 J/g and a transition temperature in the range of 0° C. to 100° C., and the phase change material provides thermal regulation based on at least one of absorption and release of the latent heat at the transition temperature. The cellulosic fiber can be formed via a solution spinning process, and can be used in various products where thermal regulating properties are desired.
US07790281B2
The invention relates to a film for surface protection having at least one base layer and a surface layer for removably adhering to a substrate comprising at least 40 wt % of an elastomeric propylene-based polymer with a heat of fusion derived from isotactic propylene type crystallinity as determined by DSC of less than 40 J/g and optionally an ethylene-based polymer in the form of an ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of less than 0.91 g/cm3 and/or an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer having from 5 to 60 wt % of the ester derived units and/or optionally less than 40 wt % of a propylene based polymer having a heat of fusion of greater than 70 J/g. The films have good initial tack.
US07790278B2
The present invention provides for twisted and rectangular dice forms of sheeted fibrous materials and a process for making the dice forms. Specifically, the invention teaches the use of dice forms and sheet materials in construction and cementitious materials.
US07790277B2
A transparent reinforced composite material. An illustrative embodiment of the reinforced composite material includes a polymeric matrix, at least one low-density region including a first plurality of glass elements having a first packing density provided in the polymeric matrix and at least one high-density region including a second plurality of glass elements having a second packing density greater than the first packing density provided in the polymeric matrix. A method for reinforcing a composite material is also disclosed.
US07790266B2
A reboundable optical structure includes a base layer; and an optical element layer formed with a reboundable polymeric material and attached to the base layer. The optical structure can include a diffuser, fresnel lens, linear prism film, collimating film, lenticular elements, and retroreflective structures. A method for forming a reboundable optical structure includes providing a base layer; and attaching an optical element layer formed with a reboundable polymeric material and attached to the base layer, thereby forming an optical structure.
US07790263B2
The invention relates to an Ag alloy reflective film for an optical information recording medium, including Ag as a main component, at least one kind of Nd, Gd, Y and Sm in a total amount of more than 0.1 atomic percent and not more than 3.0 atomic percent and at least one kind of W, Mo, V, Zr, Nb and Cr in a total amount of 3.0 to 10.0 atomic percent; an Ag alloy reflective film for an optical information recording medium, including Ag as a main component, at least one kind of Nd, Gd, Y and Sm in a total amount of more than 0.1 atomic percent and not more than 3.0 atomic percent and at least one kind of Ti and Ta in a total amount of 5.0 to 10.0 atomic percent; an optical information recording medium including the Ag alloy reflective film; and an Ag alloy sputtering target having a composition same as that of the Ag alloy reflective film.
US07790262B2
The generation of a ski jump along a peripheral portion of an optical recording medium when a resin layer is formed by a spin coating method is suppressed. In particular, in order to suppress the ski jump in the optical recording medium, a cover layer is directly provided on an optical catalytic effect layer, which is provided at least along a peripheral portion of a substrate having a concavo-convex shape.
US07790257B2
A carpule and its method of manufacture, the carpule tubular body composed of a polypropylene or similar polymer, the tubular body being sealed at one end by a seal of a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) or similar polymer, the seal having been injection molded in contact with the tubular body prior to full curing of the material composing the tubular body, such that a chemical fusion bond is created between the seal and the tubular body.
US07790256B2
A composite tube formed by covering an outer surface of a tube with a foam, characterized in that: the foam is formed of layers composed of bar-shaped foams; and in a section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the foam, each of 40% or more of the bar-shaped foams is formed as a substantially fan-shaped figure formed by long and short arc portions of two large and small concentric circles, respectively, and two linear portions extending radially toward an outer periphery from the center of the concentric circles, with the figure satisfying the condition of formula (1): 0.5
US07790253B2
The present invention discloses a wear-resistive housing for a portable electronic device. The housing is made of a wear-resistive plastic molding material, or made of a rigid or plastic material on which is coated a wear-resistive coating. The wear-resistive plastic molding material or the wear-resistive coating includes a hardness-improving additive selected from the group consisting of zirconium dioxide, boron nitride, tungsten carbide, silicon carbide, and mixtures of two or more of the above.
US07790246B2
An ultra-hydrophilic Ti—O—C based nano-film of which deposition thickness was improved and deposition uniformity was excellent was fabricated by mixing a Ti precursor and a liquid having a low boiling point and a high volatility—at a uniform ratio. The catalyst accelerates a vaporization of the Ti precursor and facilitates the Ti precursor to be injected into a reaction chamber, thereby improving plasma polymerization efficiency.
US07790245B2
Photo curable ink composition set, and recording method and recordings employing ink composition set
A photo curable ink composition set, comprising: an ink composition A that includes at least a color material, a polymerizable compound, and a radical polymerization photoinitiator; and an ink composition B that includes at least a radical polymerizable compound and does not include the color material and the radical polymerization photoinitiator, wherein the ink composition A and/or B includes a sensitizer.
US07790242B1
A method for electrostatic deposition of graphene on a substrate comprises the steps of securing a graphite sample to a first electrode; electrically connecting the first electrode to a positive terminal of a power source; electrically connecting a second electrode to a ground terminal of the power source; placing the substrate over the second electrode; and using the power source to apply a voltage, such that graphene is removed from the graphite sample and deposited on the substrate.
US07790239B2
Process for the chemical treatment of lignocellulose materials, in particular of at least one piece of wood, characterized in that said materials are subjected to impregnation by a chemical agent comprising hydrocarbonaceous chains, this agent being chosen from mixed anhydrides, except for the mixed anhydride of acetic/benzoic acid, said agent being suitable for providing covalent grafting of a plurality of hydrocarbonaceous chains to said materials.
US07790231B2
An improved apparatus (20) and method are provided for effective, high speed contact planarization of coated curable substrates such as microelectronic devices to achieve very high degrees of planarization. The apparatus (20) includes a planarizing unit (28) preferably having an optical flat flexible sheet (88) and a backup optical flat body (82), and a curing assembly (30). In operation, a substrate (78) having a planarizable coating (76) is placed within a vacuum chamber (26) beneath sheet (88) and body (82). A pressure differential is created across sheet (88) so as to deflect the sheet into contact with a central region C of the coating (76), whereupon the coating (76) is brought into full planarizing contact with sheet (88) and body (82) by means of a support (114) and vacuum chuck (120); at this point the coating (76) is cured using assembly (30). After curing, a pressure differential is established across sheet (88) for sequentially separating the sheet from the peripheral portion P of the coating, and then full separation of the sheet (88) and coating (76).
US07790230B2
A method of deposition by: depositing a metal halide on a substrate; providing a vapor that forms a material by way of chemical vapor deposition; heating the metal halide to a temperature at or above the melting point of the metal halide and at or below the melting point of the material; and contacting the metal halide with the vapor to cause growth on the substrate of a solid solution of the metal halide in the material. The metal is a rare earth metal or a transition metal.
US07790224B2
A method for sinter coating a work-piece is disclosed, the work-piece having at least two sections of different surface-related heat capacities. The method includes a first step of pre-heating the work-piece to a first temperature that is higher than a fusion temperature of a sinter coating material. The method also includes a step of rapidly heating of the work-piece to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature. However, the rapid heating step is halted before the temperature of the work-piece section with the greater surface-related heat capacity matches the second temperature. The work-piece then has a subsequent step of application of the sinter material to the work-piece. The step of shock heating of the work-piece is preceded by a step of pre-heating the work-piece under conditions which, with continuing effect on the work-piece, bring the work-piece under conditions which, with continuing effect on the work-piece, bring the work-piece to a second temperature between the fusion temperature of the sinter material and the first temperature.
US07790215B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a coating comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable mixture of gelatin and hydrophobic polymer.
US07790198B2
Novel administration forms and preparation for acid-labile active compounds are described. The novel administration forms contain individual active compound units, the active compound being present in the active compound units in a matrix made of a mixture comprising at least one fatty alcohol and at least one solid paraffin, in a matrix made of a mixture of a triglyceride and at least one solid paraffin or in a matrix made of a mixture comprising at least one fatty acid ester and at least one solid paraffin. In particular, the active compound units are microspheres which can be produced by prilling.
US07790190B2
Disclosed herein is an aqueous emulsion. The lipid phase of the emulsion includes a blend of a therapeutically effective concentration of a lipophile, a concentration of Vitamin E TPGS, and a concentration of linoleic acid. The presence of linoleic acid increases the solubilizing affect of Vitamin E TPGS on the lipophile and thus reduces the amount of Vitamin E TPGS that would otherwise be required in the aqueous emulsion.
US07790178B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to novel multivalent vaccines and methods of vaccinating. In an embodiment, the present invention is a trivalent vaccine for canine herpesvirus (CHV), canine rotavirus (CRV), and Minute virus of canine (MVC) or other canine parvovirus delivered to pups of a whelp through colostrums and providing sufficient antibody titer to impart protection.
US07790177B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition. More particularly, the present invention is a composition directed to eliciting an immune response to at least one covalent binding site of myristate (SEQ ID NOS: 1-3) on the HIV matrix protein. The present invention contemplates three categories of embodiments: protein or protein fragments (SEQ ID NO: 1), messenger RNA, or DNA/RNA (SEQ ID NOS:2-3). DNA/RNA compositions may be either naked or recombinant. The present invention further contemplates use with a variety of immune stimulants.
US07790172B2
The present invention provides synthetic chimeric fimbrin peptides which induce an immunogenic response in animals to non-typable Haemophilus influenzae and that do not require tedious purification techniques. The synthetic chimeric fimbrin peptides reduce the severity of otitis media caused by Haemophilus influenzae. The synthetic chimeric fimbrin peptides are synthesized using commercially available peptide synthesizers. The synthetic chimeric fimbrin peptides comprises three peptide units. The first peptide unit is a subunit of the fimbrin protein. Preferably, the fimbrin subunit is comprised of the amino acids of Sequence ID No. 1 or Sequence ID No. 2. The second peptide unit is a t cell epitope, and preferably has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 3. The third peptide unit is a linker peptide unit which joins the first and second peptide unit. The linking sequence preferably has from about 2 to about 15 amino acids, more preferably from about 2 to about 10 amino acids, most preferably from about 5 to about 6 amino acids. The synthetic chimeric fimbrin peptides are useful immunogens against NTHi and also useful as laboratory tool for detecting antibodies in sera. The invention also relates to an immunogenic composition containing the synthetic chimeric fimbrin peptides and a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.
US07790169B2
The present invention relates to a vaccine for immunizing a cat against feline viruses. The present invention also relates to a nucleic acid clone that encodes the capsid protein of the isolated feline calicivirus. The present invention further relates to a live or killed vaccine comprising the isolated feline calicivirus, a subunit vaccine comprising the capsid protein of the isolated feline calicivirus, a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a nucleic acid clone of the isolated feline calicivirus, and a recombinant virus vector vaccine comprising nucleic acid encoding the capsid protein of the isolated feline calicivirus. The present invention also relates to a method for identifying a feline calicivirus useful for producing a vaccine composition and for assays for diagnosing cats infected with feline calicivirus. Also disclosed is a method of immunizing animals, especially cats, against disease, in particular against feline calicivirus (FCV). The method includes administering to a cat therapeutically effective amounts of first and second FCV vaccines. The first vaccine is administered orally or parenterally (e.g., subcutaneously, intramuscularly, and the like). The second vaccine is administered orally or oronasally N days following administration of the first vaccine, wherein N is an integer from 3 to 120, inclusive. A third vaccine administration may also be given. The present invention also describes methods and materials for treating and immunizing animals with vaccine, and in particular cats against both FPV or Feline Parvovirus, which has also been called Panleukopenia or FPL and against another disease, FHV or Feline Herpes Virus, which has also been called Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus.
US07790160B2
Methods for treating lymphomas characterized by expression of CD30 using anti-CD30 antibodies and proteasome inhibitors in combination are disclosed.
US07790157B2
The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated CARK nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing CARK nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a CARK gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated CARK proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-CARK antibodies. Diagnostic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.
US07790150B2
The present invention relates to conjugate comprising a carrier substituted with one or more occurrences of a moiety having the structure (I): wherein each occurrence of M is independently a modifier having a molecular weight ≦10 kDa; denotes direct of indirect attachment of M to linker LM; and each occurrence of LM is independently an optionally substituted succinamide-containing linker, whereby the modifier M is directly or indirectly attached to the succinamide linker through an amide bond, and the carrier is linked directly or indirectly to each occurrence of the succinamide linker through an ester bond. In another aspect, the invention provides compositions comprising the conjugates, methods for their preparation, and methods of use thereof in the treatment of various disorder, including, but not limited to cancer.
US07790146B2
The present invention relates to highly stable water-in-oil sunscreen emulsions that provide a high sunscreen efficiency (“SE”) having a sun protection factor (“SPF”) of X, where X is at least about 15, and having a sunscreen efficiency (“SE”) of at least 2, preferably at least 3, where SE is the ratio of SPF over the total weight percentage of sunscreen actives based on the total weight of the composition. The emulsions of the present invention provide photoprotection for the period corresponding to the labeled SPF throughout the period of exposure to natural sunlight and comprises (i) at least one sunscreen active and (ii) an alkyl dimethicone copolyol emulsifier in which the water-soluble, alkyl-soluble and silicone-soluble groups of the dimethicone copolyol are in specific ratios to each other. Preferably, the high SE water-in-oil emulsion comprises both a UV-A sunscreen and UV-B sunscreen. More preferably, the combination of sunscreen actives is photostable.
US07790145B2
A respiratory dispersion is provided for the pulmonary delivery of at least two bioactive agents. The dispersion comprises a propellant suspension medium having dispersed therein a plurality of perforated microstructures, wherein the two bioactive agents are incorporated into individual perforated microstructures.
US07790139B2
The object of the invention is a method for the manufacture of aluminum trihydrates by hydrolysis of aluminum alcoholates in aqueous, alkaline solution with addition of organic compounds, the so manufactured aluminum trihydrates and their use as catalyst supports.
US07790136B2
A method for preparing porous fabrics is disclosed. The method includes transporting PAN-based oxidized fabrics to a thermal treatment chamber, which provides multi-pipe to introduce oxygenated gas and oxygenated fluid respectively, by using a plurality set of rollers to carry out an activation-carbonization process. The activation-carbonization process is preformed within a temperature range of 1010° C. to 1500° C., and produced the porous activated carbon fabrics that provide uniform nano-pore with BET surface area about 800˜1500 m2/g.
US07790134B1
A method of purifying isosaccharinate by mixing sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide with calcium isosaccharinate, removing the precipitated calcium carbonate and adjusting the pH to between approximately 4.5 to 5.0 thereby removing excess carbonate and hydroxide to provide an acidic solution containing isosaccharinate.
US07790132B2
The present invention includes a step of separating an effluent produced in a hydrogenation step of making tetrachlorosilane (STC) react with hydrogen into trichlorosilane (TCS), into a chlorosilane fraction containing a hydrocarbon and a TCS fraction, and a chlorination step of making the chlorosilane fraction containing the hydrocarbon react with chlorine to form STC and a substance containing a chlorinated hydrocarbon, wherein the effluent containing STC produced in the chlorination step is circulated to the hydrogenation step. In the chlorination step, the chlorosilane fraction containing a hydrocarbon (capable of containing hyper-hydrogenated chlorosilanes) having a boiling point close to TCS is hyper-chlorinated to be converted and acquire a higher boiling point, which facilitates the hyper-chlorinated chlorosilanes and the hyper-chlorinated hydrocarbons to be separated into high concentration, and increases the purity of TCS to be finally obtained.
US07790125B2
A fuel cell includes an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and the cathode. A fuel deficiency countermeasure is implemented for the anode and a fuel deficiency countermeasure is implemented for the cathode. As a result, the fuel cell suppresses a decline in performance caused by a fuel deficiency.
US07790122B2
A honeycomb structure having multiple through holes includes at least ceramic particles and an inorganic binder. A wall thickness of each wall between adjoining through holes, on which a catalyst component is carried, is designed to be not greater than about 0.25 mm. The honeycomb structure satisfies a relation of Y≧250×X+22500 (50≦X≦80), where X denotes an aperture ratio (%) of a honeycombed face of the honeycomb structure perpendicular to the multiple through holes and Y denotes a specific surface area per unit volume (m2/L) of the honeycomb structure.
US07790116B2
A method to achieve controlled conductivity in microfluidic devices, and a device formed thereby. The method comprises forming a microchannel or a well in an insulating material, and ion implanting at least one region of the insulating material at or adjacent the microchannel or well to increase conductivity of the region.
US07790112B2
The present invention relates to the development of a biosensor to determine potassium in human blood serum using dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) as ionophore. Human blood serum contains potassium in ppm levels i.e 137 to 200 mg/litre and sodium co exists with a 30 times higher concentration. Such a high concentration tends to interfere the selectivity towards potassium, but DB18C6 proves to have an excellent selectivity towards potassium and is highly sensitive to the lowest concentration of potassium levels present in the human blood serum. So the present invention reports the fabrication and characterization of ISFET (Ion Selective Field Effect transistor) coated with a monolayer of crown ether, dissolved in chloroform, on the gate of electrode.
US07790110B2
Provided is a microfluidic device that can automatically perform various types of biological blood analysis. In the microfluidic device, a specimen is centrifugally separated and the centrifugally separated specimen is diluted into various dilution ratios. Also, at least two reagents that are required for one reaction and that need to be separately stored are stored in separate chambers, and they are mixed when a reaction is needed. Thus, various conventional blood analyzing reagents can be used as they are or after being minimally processed in the microfluidic device.
US07790107B2
The present invention is to present a sample image obtaining system that can manage a smear slide easily and perform the operation from the preparation of a smear slide to imaging efficiently. The sample image obtaining system comprises: a sample smearing means for smearing a sample on a slide glass; an identification information reading means for reading identification information of the sample smeared on the slide glass, the slide glass having the identification information; a sample image obtaining means for obtaining an image of the sample smeared on the slide glass; a storing means for storing the image obtained by the sample image obtaining means and the identification information read by the identification information reading means; and a slide glass transferring means for transferring the sample smeared slide glass from the sample smearing means to the sample image obtaining means.
US07790106B2
A sensor cartridge (1) for use on a sensor feeder includes a cartridge body (10) and a mold (12). The cartridge body (10) has an upper surface (10a), a front (10c) extending continuously from the upper surface, and a plurality of sensor-holding slots (11). Each of the sensor-holding slots (11) includes a first opening formed in the upper surface (10a) and a second opening formed in the front (10c) and communicating with the first opening. The mold (12) closes the first opening and second openings in case sensors are charged in the sensor-holding slots (11).
US07790104B2
The disclosure relates to a portable apparatus for decontaminating an enclosed room or other space which includes a passageway having an air inlet at one end and an outlet at the other end. A pump causes a flow of air through the passageway from the inlet to the outlet. A heater heats the air flowing through the passageway to a predetermined temperature, a flash evaporator being in communication with the passageway. Liquid decontaminant is pumped from a supply of decontaminant to the evaporator to be evaporated and for the evaporant to be delivered to the air flow in the passage to flow in the air flow from the outlet to the rooms to be decontaminated. A universally rotating nozzle is provided at the outlet to distribute the decontaminant containing air throughout the enclosure.
US07790099B2
A process and apparatus for extraction of zinc from a material containing one or more iron oxides and zinc oxide which facilitate heating a composite body of the material and a carbonaceous material in a reduction zone. The reduction zone contains a reducing atmosphere at a temperature insufficient to effect melting of the iron in the material but at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form a reductant from the carbonaceous material and to reduce a predetermined amount of the zinc oxide to zinc vapor. The process and apparatus also facilitate collecting the zinc vapor and cooling it to form liquefied or solid zinc.
US07790095B2
The present invention relates to methods for making oxidation resistant medical devices that comprise polymeric materials, for example, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making antioxidant-doped medical implants, for example, doping of medical devices containing cross-linked UHMWPE with vitamin E by diffusion and materials used therein.
US07790071B2
A hybrid lens is provided in which a plastic lens made from an ultraviolet curing resin is affixed to a ceramic lens which uses as a glass material a light transmitting ceramic having a permeability of 70% or larger in a visible radiation range and a particle diameter of 40 micrometers to on the order of 120 micrometers and on which chipping flaws having a depth of 50 micrometers to on the order of 60 micrometers are formed.
US07790068B2
We have designed a molecular switch based on the photoinduced opening and thermal closing of a [1,3]oxazine ring. A substituted [1,3]oxazine compound described as having a general (i.e., unsubstituted) structure with fused indoline and benzooxazine fragments such that they share a common bond in the [1,3]oxazine compound: (i) the bond connecting positions 1 and 2 of the indoline fragment and (ii) the bond connecting positions 2 and 3 of the benzooxazine fragment. Irradiation by light of suitable wavelength and intensity of this photochromic compound induces cleavage of a [C—O] bond of the [1,3]oxazine ring to form a phenolate chromophore. The photogenerated (e.g., colored) isomer may revert thermally to the starting (e.g., colorless) oxazine. Alternatively, the switch may be between isomers of the compound that absorb at different wavelengths. Reversible coloration of silica or polymeric materials and switching optical signals may involve many cycles of interconversion between different colored states. A colorless/colored state may be maintained by constant irradiation or chemical trapping.
US07790062B2
A composition for forming an electron emission source includes a polymer comprising a carbon-based material; a vehicle; and a unit of formula (1) below: wherein A1 is a single bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkylene group; and Z1 and Z2 are each hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkoxy group, a carboxyl group, an —NR1R2 group, a part of a styrene group resin, or a part of a novolac resin, and R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl group. An electron emission source may be formed from the composition for forming an electron emission source, and an electron emission device and an electron emission display device may include the electron emission source. When the composition is used to form an electron emission source, the printability of the composition is improved and thus repeated printings can be carried out. Also, the developing properties are improved, so that an electron emission device having fine patterns can be obtained.
US07790059B2
A staged steam hydrocarbon reformer is disclosed having a chamber within which convectively heated reformer stages are enclosed. The reformer stages are tubes containing steam reforming catalyst. The stages are in serial fluid communication with one another through mixing vessels positioned between each stage. The first reforming stage is fed a mixture of steam and a gaseous hydrocarbon. Partially reformed gases having increased hydrogen concentration are produced at each stage and are mixed with additional gaseous hydrocarbon and optionally steam in the mixing vessels. Collection and distribution manifolds provide fluid communication between the reformer stages and the mixing vessels. A method is also disclosed in which partially reformed gases from a preceding stage are mixed with gaseous hydrocarbon and steam having a lower steam to carbon ratio than the fresh feed to the previous stage.
US07790058B2
A phosphor (A) comprising a host material composed of a compound having a garnet crystal structure represented by the general formula (I): M1aM2bM3cOd (I) (wherein M1 is a divalent metal element, M2 is a trivalent metal element, M3 is a tetravalent metal element containing at least Si, a is the number of 2.7 to 3.3, b is the number of 1.8 to 2.2, c is the number of 2.7 to 3.3, and d is the number of 11.0 to 13.0), and a luminescent center ion incorporated in the host material; a light emitting device (B) comprising the phosphor as a wavelength conversion material and a semiconductor light emitting element capable of emitting a light in the range of from ultraviolet light to visible light; and a display (C) and a lighting system (D) using the light emitting device (B) as a light source. The above phosphor can be readily produced, and can provide a light emitting device having a high color rendering property.
US07790044B2
A method and apparatus for treatment of feces is present in which usable organic and inorganic chemical compounds and substances are extracted from the fecal material for reuse. The process and apparatus includes receiving a mixture of fecal material from various sources, separating the liquid from the solids for further processing or disposal, mixing the solids with an acid and/or solvent solution to break down the solids into components to be extracted, filtering solids from the mixture, distilling the filtrate to remove remaining solvents, reacting the remaining solids with a metal hydroxide solution to yield fats, fatty acids, oils, alcohols, sugars, and other minerals, and further processing these materials to produce lubricants, grease, emulsifiers, biodiesel, fuels and/or fertilizers.
US07790043B2
Systems and methods handle air and rinsing fluid during fluid processing. The systems and methods eliminate air from a fluid processing system prior to, during, and after use. The systems and methods provide a connector assembly for establishing fluid flow from a fluid source. The connector assembly has discrete first and second passages that prevent communication between the fluid in first passage and the fluid in the second passage. Prior to system use, the connector assembly may be utilized in a priming function to remove residual air from a fluid circuit prior to use. The connector assembly may also be utilized after use to perform a rinse-back function.
US07790039B2
The present invention provides methods for enriching a heterogenous mixture of bone marrow or blood constituents for stem cells by removal of non-stem cell constituents comprising separation of the non-stem cell constituents using a tangential flow filtration device.
US07790032B2
Waste treatment systems and methods of using them to treat septage, domestic sludge or both are disclosed. Certain examples provided herein relate to waste treatment systems that include a plurality of stages, such as, for example, a plurality of ecosystems, configured to treat domestic sludge, septage or both.
US07790019B2
The invention relates to a catalyst including at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element chosen from the group formed by the group VIB and group VIII elements of the periodic table and a substrate based on a silica-alumina matrix with a reduced content of macropores containing a quantity greater than 5% by weight and less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO2) and based on at least one zeolite.The invention also relates to a substrate based on a silica-alumina matrix with a reduced content of macropores containing a quantity greater than 5% by weight and less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO2) and based on at least one zeolite.The invention also relates to hydrocracking and/or hydroconversion processes and hydrotreating processes utilizing a catalyst according to the invention.
US07790015B2
Method for process control of electro-processes is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes processing a conductive layer formed on a wafer using a target endpoint, detecting breakthrough of the conductive layer to expose portions of an underlying layer, and adjusting the target endpoint in response to the detected breakthrough. In another embodiment, the target endpoint is adjusted relative to an amount of underlying layer exposed through the conductive layer.
US07790005B2
Disclosed is a gas permeable electrode comprising an electrocatalyst which is permeable to a reactant or reaction product, the electrocatalyst comprising particulate boron-doped diamond. There is also disclosed a method of making an electrocatalyst which is permeable to a reactant or reaction product, the method comprising the step of forming an electrocatalyst comprising particulate boron-doped diamond.
US07790004B2
The invention relates to a partially disposable substrate holder used in magnetic latches for securing substrates on a planetary rotating platform suspended above a coating source in a vacuum chamber of a vapor deposition system, e.g. a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system or a physical vapor deposition (PVD) system. The substrate holder includes a reusable base formed, at least partially, from a ferro-magnetic material, which is attracted to the magnetic latch, and a disposable cover formed from a relatively inexpensive, ferromagnetic, easily formable material, which encourages adherence of coating material and has a low vapor pressure at coating temperatures.
US07790001B2
This invention relates to a process for reducing the corrosion rate of iron-containing vessels within an ethylene glycol distillation system. The inventive process includes the addition of an additive component of sodium nitrite and sodium hypophosphite into such iron-containing vessels, to thereby react with iron of the inside walls and form a protective coating thereon. This process reduces the corrosion rate in iron-containing vessels of the apparatus, and reduces the catalytic effects of iron corrosion products within the system. Thus, not only is the on-stream time of the vessels extended, but also product quality is improved by reducing the aldehyde content of the final ethylene glycol product.
US07789994B2
Fibrous structures, more particularly non-woven fibrous structures that exhibit properties that consumers associate with cloths, sanitary tissue products incorporating such fibrous structures and processes for making such fibrous structures are provided.
US07789973B1
Disclosed is a utility washer that may be electrically controlled to clean articles. The utility washer may include a housing having an interior that may include nozzles and a rack supported by rails, where the nozzles may include top nozzles and bottom nozzles. The utility washer further may include a door connected to the housing, where the door may include a removable exterior panel and a hose behind the removable exterior panel. The hose may be connected to a hose attachment at one end and may be configured to draw up liquid into the hose from an open second end. The utility washer further may include control switches attached to the door having settings for water temperature, water/steam force, wash/cleaning level, position of articles within the utility washer, and drying.
US07789969B2
In a first aspect, a method for cleaning a semiconductor fabrication chamber component having an orifice is provided. The method includes (A) placing the component into a bath having a cleaning solution; (B) flowing a fluid into the orifice thereby maintaining at least a first portion of the orifice free from cleaning solution while the cleaning solution cleans the component; and (C) withdrawing the fluid from the orifice such that cleaning solution enters into the first portion of the orifice and cleans the first portion of the orifice. Numerous other aspects are also provided.
US07789967B2
A dish washing machine is provided having a dosing device operable to add an additive product into the dishwasher, the dosing device being operatively connected to an arrangement that separately stores the basic chemical products of an all-round additive product independent of one another. The dosing device is operable to independently add into the dishwasher one basic chemical product not used for clear rinsing of the all-round additive product, at least two, but not all, of the basic chemical products of the all-round additive product together, or at least one reaction mixture consisting of the basic chemical products of the all-round additive product.
US07789959B2
A description is given of coating compositions comprising at least one strongly basic agent to set a pH of at least 10, at least one selected vinyl ester copolymer, if desired, pigment and/or filler, and, if desired, further additives customary per se.The coating compositions can be stored without use of additional preservatives and can be used to coat substrates of all kinds.
US07789957B2
Solid, low dust pigment compositions are formed i by mixing pigments with certain polymer stabilizers under conditions wherein the stabilizers are in a liquefied state. The pigment compositions are easily handled and have a high color yield when incorporated into polymer substrates. In many cases, the color development attained is not readily achievable using pigment compositions comprising conventional carriers.
US07789956B2
This invention relates to bituminous compositions and methods of producing the same. More particularly, the invention relates to the production of bituminous compositions formulated with performance-graded bitumen-containing solvent-free bitumen emulsions which exhibit controllable, temperature-dependent interfacial rheology. When employed in paving applications, these bituminous compositions develop adhesive strength and load-bearing strength properties at rates comparable to traditional hot mix paving compositions and at rates faster than traditional cold mix paving compositions.
US07789949B2
A getter device including a substrate formed of a first getter material having a composition for gettering a first gas species, and a second getter material contacting an external surface of the substrate and having a composition for gettering a second gas species. The substrate has internal porosity connected to openings at its external surface, and the second getter material covers at least a portion of the external surface of the substrate but is absent from at least part of the internal porosity within the substrate so that the first getter material is exposed within the internal porosity for gettering the first gas species. According to a second aspect, a substrate is formed of a material transparent to radiation, and a film of getter material is deposited on the substrate to be sufficiently thin and/or porous so that the film is also transparent to the radiation transmitted through the substrate.
US07789948B2
Provided is a hydrogen separation membrane characterized by comprising a structure obtained by sintering atomized powder having a composition of NixMyZr100-x-y (wherein M is Nb and/or Ta, 25≦x≦40, 25≦y≦40) and an average grain size of 50 μm or less. The prepared hydrogen separation membrane does not require the use of costly Pd metal, and can be used as a substitute for conventional high-cost bulk metallic glass obtained by quenching of molten metal. This hydrogen separation membrane is free from problems such as defects in the hydrogen separation membrane and unevenness of composition, has a uniform structure, and is capable of separating hydrogen at low cost. Further provided are a sputtering target for forming such as hydrogen separation membrane and its manufacturing method.
US07789946B2
A smoke evacuating system for use during surgical procedures, particularly minimally invasive procedures involving the use of a laser or cautery at a surgical site having an associated higher than ambient pressure, wherein the system includes a filter with a site side and an outlet side and a fluid conduit extending between the surgical site and the filter. The filter includes a filter media and a housing substantially surrounding the filter media with a space between the filter media and the housing to collect condensed vapor. The filter exhibits low resistance or a low pressure drop and resists fluid flow, whereby the higher than ambient pressure is not substantially diminished and generates a fluid flow in the fluid flow path tending to carry smoke to and through the filter.
US07789942B2
Method for drying gas coming from a compressor (2), which is directed through a drier (5) of the type which consists of an air receiver (6) and a drying element (9) in the form of a rotor in which has been provided an adsorption and/or absorption medium (10) which is alternately guided through a drying zone (7) and a regeneration zone (8) of the air receiver (6), whereby during periods of standstill or of idle running of the compressor (2) a gas flow is guided counterflow through the adsorption and/or absorption medium (10) in the drying zone (7), i.e. in a flow direction (P) from the outlet (22) to the inlet (15) of the drying zone (7).
US07789921B2
Portable devices for mitigating the accumulation and localized settling of airborne particulates are provided. The devices establish airflow patterns which push or carry various airborne particulates outwardly away therefrom, thereby establishing a localized zone having relatively fewer airborne particulates. Correspondingly, each the devices establishes a localized zone, defined circumferentially about the perimeter of the device, in which there is relatively less surface accumulation of particulates which were previously airborne and settled out. The devices establish such airflow patterns by proving a fan which draws a volume of air axially through a top portion of the device, then pushes the volume of air axially down through the device where it is radially emitted from the bottom portion of the device, defining a circumferentially expanding plane of airflow.
US07789917B2
A brightening system includes a substrate and an amphoteric stilbene composition established on the substrate. The amphoteric stilbene composition includes a predetermined amount of at least one of 4,4′-diamino-2,2′-stilbene disulfonic acid, biarylsulfonate-4,4′-diamino-2,2′-stilbene disulfonic acid, biaryldisulfonate-4,4′-diamino-2,2′-stilbene disulfonic acid, derivatives thereof, salts thereof, and mixtures thereof; and a fixing agent.
US07789908B2
An elastomerically recoverable PTFE material is provided including a longitudinally compressed fibrils of ePTFE material penetrated by elastomeric material within the pores defining the elastomeric matrix. The elastomeric matrix and the compressed fibrils cooperatively expand and recover without plastic deformation of the ePTFE material. The material may be used for various prosthesis, such as a vascular a prosthesis like a patch, a graft and an implantable tubular stent. Further, a method of producing the elastomerically recoverable PTFE material is provided herein.
US07789905B2
The present invention provides a drug-coated stent comprising a tubular flexible body having a wall with a web structure that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to deployed configuration. The web structure comprises a plurality of neighboring web patterns, where each web patterns is composed of adjoining webs, and the web patterns are interconnected by connection elements. Each adjoining web comprises a central section interposed between two lateral sections to form concave or convex configurations.
US07789904B2
The present invention provides a stent comprising a tubular flexible body having a wall with a web structure that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to deployed configuration. The web structure comprises a plurality of neighboring web patterns, where each web patterns is composed of adjoining webs, and the web patterns are interconnected. Each adjoining web comprises a central section interposed between two lateral sections to form concave or convex configurations.
US07789899B2
An implantable medical device and methods of use thereof are provided for supporting a structure. The structure supported can include a bony structure. The device is comprised of a screw assembly including a base and a support configured for receiving one or more anchor assemblies. The support includes a top portion, a bottom portion and an interconnection means for coupling the base to the support. The interconnection means allows the support to be positionable in a first position that is substantially parallel to a long axis of the base and secondarily positionable substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the base. The base and the one or more anchor assemblies are configured for attachment to a structure in a patient.
US07789889B2
An apparatus for use with a surgical stapler to provide a reinforced surgical staple line. The apparatus includes an applicator that carries a first and second bioimplantable material connected by a hinge. An applicator clip may be provided to releasably secure the first and second bioimplantable material onto the applicator.
US07789888B2
A composite multi-layer material may generally comprise a d-PTFE material combined with an open structured material (either resorbable or non-resorbable) creating a composite multi-layer material. Attachment of the layers may be accomplished by stitching layers of material, exertion of hydraulic or other pressure, application of a biocompatible adhesive or heat, or some combination of the foregoing. Use of a d-PTFE, unexpanded material has multiple alternative uses, including without limitation, placement on the visceral side of a hernia that may minimize or even eliminate the incidence of abdominal adhesions. Alternatively, the material may be used to create tubing sufficient as a graft for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms.
US07789885B2
A modular sizing device for a bone. The sizing device includes a sizer base positionable relative to the bone, a stylus, and a coupler operable to magnetically couple the base to the stylus for measuring a size of the bone.
US07789874B2
A support assembly for supporting a remotely controlled instrument driver in a selectable orientation relative to an operating table, the assembly comprising including a base removably attachable to the operating table, an actuator assembly coupled to the base, the actuator assembly including an actuator and a brake that is electronically activated to allow rotation of a first extension member about a first axis substantially orthogonal to the operating table. A second extension member is coupled to the first extension member via an interface assembly operatively controlled by the actuator to selectively allow rotation of the second extension member about a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis, and about a third axis substantially orthogonal to the first axis.
US07789873B2
A urinary catheter assembly that can reduce the need for a user to handle the urinary catheter directly, thereby reducing the likelihood of a urinary tract infection and making the catching process less messy. In one aspect, a urinary catheter apparatus and methods for voiding a human's bladder and enabling a human patient to void his or her bladder are provided.
US07789872B2
A system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes a cannula interconnected to a washing reservoir by a flexible conduit. The washing reservoir has an outlet that is connected to the inlet of a tissue collection reservoir. Washed tissue can be removed from the washing reservoir by tipping or otherwise causing the outlet of the washing reservoir to be covered by washed tissue. Tissue collected in the tissue collection reservoir can be readied for injection into a body by removing an inner or filter chamber from an outer chamber and blocking holes in the body of the inner chamber to use the inner chamber as part of a syringe.
US07789870B2
A fastening system includes an engaging component and a receiving component. The engaging component has a plurality of engaging elements capable of engaging the receiving component. The receiving component includes a nonwoven fabric having composite fibers, an embossed section, and a non-embossed section. The composite fibers are bonded together in the embossed sections. The composite fibers include a first propylene polymer and a second propylene polymer, wherein the first and second propylene polymers extend continually in a longitudinal direction and are arranged such that the second propylene polymer is associated with the first propylene polymer such that the composite fiber forms a crimp therein. The embossed sections have a plurality of zigzag unit patterns arranged in a machine direction which have a ratio of W1/W2 in the range of about 0.5 to about 2.0.
US07789866B2
An ostomy bag with a filter assembly having a gas filter and a pre-filter for preventing or delaying solid/semisolid matter and liquid from reaching the gas filter. The pre-filter is at least substantially flat and comprises a number of constrictions, such as ribs extending along and between two inner surface parts of the channel. These constrictions/ribs form narrower and wider passages where the gas may more quickly pass a narrow passage and where the wider passages tend to receive and hold the liquid, solid matter and semisolid matter. The constrictions may be provided as a single, monolithic element, such as an extruded element.
US07789864B2
A normally closed valve that may be opened upon insertion of a nozzle permits two-way flow when opened by a luer-taper nozzle. The valve also is able to resist large back pressures. The valve includes a substantially rigid housing that defines a passageway having an inlet section and an outlet section. The housing has an exterior inlet face to which the inlet section opens. The inlet section preferably has tapered and expanding zones. The tapered zone is adjacent to the exterior inlet face and is shaped to receive the nozzle. The expanding zone is adjacent to the tapered zone and has a larger inner diameter than the tapered zone's inner diameter. The exterior of the inlet section of the housing may have threads to accept luer-lock threads that may surround the nozzle.
US07789862B2
A discharge assembly is disclosed which partitions a conventional syringe into proximal and distal chambers to provide a multi-chamber, sequentially dispensing syringe apparatus. Incorporated in the discharge assembly is a syringe stopper body and an associated valve stem which in combination form a valve. A syringe plunger communicates through fluid in the proximal chamber to force displacement of the discharge assembly. The valve is actuated by collision between a rigid member which is a part of the valve stem and the distal internal surface of the syringe. The discharge assembly may be made from two parts: (1) the stopper body (made from conventional syringe stopper material); (2) the valve (actuating) stem made from rigid material similar to material from which the syringe barrel is made. Key features of such a multi-chamber syringe apparatus are (1) fluids in the chambers are kept disparate; (2) the discharge assembly may be used in conventional syringes; (3) gas in a closed chamber, proximal to the discharge assembly, is retained in the proximal chamber while only liquid is dispensed therefrom.
US07789861B2
A trocar seal comprising an elastomeric membrane having an opening adapted to receive a surgical instrument. The membrane is configured with a plurality of pleats circumscribing the opening and extending laterally from opening. The pleats comprise a plurality of pleat walls increasing in height as the pleats extend laterally from the opening. In one embodiment, the pleats are conically arranged.
US07789854B2
A medical treatment kit and methods of use thereof is provided. The kit includes a container, two or more chambers within the container, an antiseptic agent disposed in one of the chambers, a cleansing agent disposed in a separate chamber and an applicator. The agents are not contacted until immediate use of the kit is required. The medical treatment kit is used to administer an antiseptic shampoo or other medical composition to a patient with an open wound or injury. The kit is designed to be simple to use in an emergency situation. The kit is also designed to deliver medical compositions that are at the peak of potency.
US07789851B2
A system and method for heating a fluid for delivery of the fluid in the context of a particular medical, pharmaceutical, industrial or mechanical application. A cassette is associated with an application, such as, for example, a peritoneal dialysis machine. The cassette includes one or more outlet tubes for delivery of the fluid to, for example, a patient. A heating device is associated with the cassette, and heats a portion of the fluid prior to delivery of the fluid to the patient, thereby saving time and electrical power during delivery of the fluid to the patient. Additionally, a controller can be employed to control the heating range of the heating device and thereby provide a temperature of the fluid that is adaptable to the patient or a particular application.
US07789848B2
Methods and devices for use in tissue approximation and fixation are described herein. The present invention provides, in part, methods and devices for acquiring tissue folds in a circumferential configuration within a hollow body organ, e.g., a stomach, positioning the tissue folds for affixing within a fixation zone of the stomach, preferably to create a pouch or partition below the esophagus, and fastening the tissue folds such that a tissue ring, or stomas, forms excluding the pouch from the greater stomach cavity. The present invention further provides for a liner or bypass conduit which is affixed at a proximal end either to the tissue ring or through some other fastening mechanism. The distal end of the conduit is left either unanchored or anchored within the intestinal tract. This bypass conduit also includes a fluid bypass conduit which allows the stomach and a portion of the intestinal tract to communicate.
US07789830B2
A thrombus detecting apparatus provided with: a transducer (10), which is attached to a monitor portion of a subject and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves, a transmitter and receiver unit (11), which transmits and applies driving pulses to the transducer (10) and receives echo signals output from the transducer, and a detector (12) making use of ultrasonic waves, which processes output signals of the transmitter and receiver unit (11) and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel, and/or a light source (21), which generates living body inspection light, a probe (22), which is attached to a monitor portion of the subject and irradiates the living body inspection light from the light source (21) to the subject, a light receiving unit (25), which receives living body inspection light irradiated from the probe (22) and passed through the subject and outputs electrical signals depending on the intensity of the received living body inspection light, and a detector (26) making use of living body light, which processes the output signals of the light receiving unit (25) and detects a thrombus passing through a blood vessel.
US07789828B2
A remote health monitoring system, comprising a device suitable for transmitting and receiving data configured for determining a geographic location of the device, a communication network, and a server. The device is suitable for communicating with the server via the communication network and is suitable for tracking patient compliance with a healthcare program, determining a location of a healthcare facility, and verifying availability of healthcare at the healthcare facility.
US07789825B2
An endoscopic accessory medical device is provided. The device can include a handle, a flexible shaft, and an end effector. The handle can include an actuator for operating the end effector through a wire or cable pulling member that extends through the flexible shaft. The handle and actuator can be operable with a single hand, such that the operation of the end effector can be accomplished with the same hand that is used to hold the handle and advance the end effector through an endoscope. The handle can include an actuation mechanism that is decoupled from operation of the end effector when the actuator is in a first open position, which becomes operatively coupled to the end effector when the actuator is moved to a second position, such as by squeezing the actuator, and which operates the end effector when the actuator is moved further to a third position.
US07789822B2
An endoscopic therapeutic instrument has a therapeutic section, a flexible transmission member which transmits operating driving forces to the therapeutic section by moving forwardly and reversely, and a sheath section in which the transmission member can move forwardly and reversely. A proximal side of this transmission member is connected to an operating tube section, and the therapeutic section is driven by forward and backward movements of the operating tube section. An endoscope having a channel into which the endoscopic therapeutic instrument is insertable, contains a mechanism for driving the sheath section and a mechanism for driving the operating tube section. The endoscope controls these mechanisms to cooperate with each other in controlling the endoscopic therapeutic instrument operations.
US07789820B2
An isolation container includes an isolation space for receiving an object and maintains the isolation space substantially isolated while providing for continuous access to, and maneuverability within, the isolation space through one or more access ports. An air management system re-circulates air through the isolation space to create a negative or positive pressure within the space, and is operable to filter, and optionally adjust the temperature and humidity of, the re-circulating air. In an embodiment of the isolation container configured for transporting a patient in the isolation space, a communications system is also coupled to the isolation space to provide for audio, video or other data communications between the patient and a communications device external to the isolation container.
US07789814B1
A compact device for attaching weights to an elongated rod. One embodiment of the device comprises a tubular member and two arms attached to the tubular member. The tubular member can be slid onto the end of the elongated rod. Each of the two arms has a plurality of hook-shaped openings. Each pair of the corresponding hook-shaped openings defines a pocket for receipt of a bar member, such as the handle of a dumbbell. One device can be attached to each end of the elongated rod for supporting a plurality of dumbbells on each end thereof to thereby convert pairs of dumbbells into a barbell. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US07789810B2
A martial-arts training tool and more particularly a hand-held strike target configured to resemble a human head. The training tool including: a hand grip located within the strike target and spanning an inner cavity therein; a support collar attached to the strike target and configured to splint and pad the user's wrist and forearm; a height line attached to the strike target for assisting in maintaining the strike target at a desired height; and an external stabilizing grip located in the vicinity of the top of the strike target and configured to permit the user to stabilize the training tool with the user's other hand.
US07789799B2
A parking control system includes a range-switching device that operates in conjunction with the range selection device and that switches the lock mechanism to an engaged state and a released state in conjunction with a switching of one of the driving range and the non-driving range of the drive unit; a vehicle parking brake unit that is operated based on an electric range position signal, which corresponds to the driving range and the non-driving range of the drive unit, and that switches a brake unit, which is provided to stop a rotation of the rotating member of the vehicle, between a braking state and a released state; and a control unit that operates the vehicle parking brake unit based on the range position signal of the vehicle.
US07789798B2
A method of controlling an upshift in a transmission having a main box and a compounder that has at least one gearset and at least one friction element separate from the main box includes initiating an upshift in the main box including application of at least one friction element (e.g. a clutch) in the main box, and releasing a friction element (e.g. a clutch) in the compounder providing a swap shift. The duty cycles of solenoids associated with the releasing and applying elements may be alternately controlled in open loop and closed loop fashion to improve the quality of the shift.
US07789794B2
Inverters of a hybrid electric vehicle are cooled by a coolant. Expected temperature differences between the inverters and the coolant are determined based on vehicle parameters. Actual temperature differences between the inverters and the coolant are compared to the expected temperature differences. A maximum output torque is reduced if the actual temperature differences exceed the expected temperature differences.
US07789784B2
In a steering device (200), a first motor (34a) operates in accordance with a steering operation of a steering handle (12), a first steering shaft (52) steers one of the pair of wheels (58), and a first conversion unit converts a rotation of a first rotor (31 a) as a rotation element of the first motor (31a) into an axial-direction movement of the first steering shaft (52). A second motor (34b) operates in accordance with the steering operation of the steering handle (12), a second steering shaft (53) is separated from the first steering shaft (52) and steers the other of the pair of wheels (58), and a second conversion unit converts a rotation of a second rotor (31b) as a rotation element of the second motor (34b) into an axial-direction movement of the second steering shaft (53). A coupling unit (60) couples the first rotor (31a) and the second rotor (31b) together and cancels the coupling of the first rotor (31a) and the second rotor (31b).
US07789781B2
The timing belt and a coupling structure of the same are disclosed, in which a stress focused at a corner portion decreases by forming an optimum shaped groove at a corner portion of a timing belt, so that it is possible to largely increase a fatigue life span of a timing belt and a durability of a timing belt. In addition, noises and vibrations can be minimized by forming a through hole at a threaded surface of a timing belt or a threaded portion of a sprocket. In the timing belt, which has threads at a belt body, there is provided an improved timing belt comprising a groove formed at a corner portion in which the threads and the belt body contact with each other.
US07789776B2
A golf tee with a body portion having a first end for inserting into the ground and a second end for supporting a golf ball when the first end is inserted in the ground, wherein the body portion is constructed of a biodegradable material. A golf tee insertion device having a base for supporting the device, a mandrel for holding a golf tee to be inserted into the ground and an actuator for moving the mandrel toward the ground so that the golf tee is inserted into the ground, wherein the actuator controls a depth of insertion of the tee.
US07789772B2
A golf club head having a striking wall, a front surface, a sole portion extending rearwardly from the rear surface, the sole portion having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The intersection of the upper surface and the rear surface defines an interior sole line. The intersection of the upper surface and the rearward end defines a trailing edge exterior sole line. The upper surface includes variation in heel-to-toe contour in at least one of: height of the trailing edge or exterior sole line relative to height of the interior sole line; height of the interior sole line relative to height of the outer periphery of the head; height of the trailing edge or exterior sole line relative to height of the outer periphery of the head; and concavity in forward-to-rear contour.
US07789768B2
A pre-molded or moldable shaft grip includes a pre-configured or moldable section disposed within a substantially circular outer grip layer. A pre-configured or moldable section substantially conforms to a player's grip, facilitating consistent finger placement. The pre-configured section may comprise the shaft, a separate section, or multiple sections of varying durometer. The moldable section may include a layer of moldable material, or a cavity disposed between the outer grip layer and the shaft containing a moldable substance. Overall grip durometer can be adjusted by varying the pressure within the cavity.
US07789753B2
The present invention includes a variety of methods to issue awards based upon the order of appearance of symbols in the symbol matrix. An “In-A-Row” embodiment of the present invention displays symbols in random positions of the symbol matrix and issues awards for three or more same symbols appearing in sequential order. For example, the first symbol displayed is an “A,” the second symbol is a “B,” and the third, fourth, fifth and sixth symbols are “C”s. The sequential appearance of four “C” symbols results in an In-A-Row award.
US07789748B2
A gaming device and a method for operating the gaming device including enabling a player to select music to be played during a game. The music selections include music recordings within general music classifications such as genre and style and music recordings within specific classifications such as artist or group, album or song. The game presents the music classification selections for player selection at any point before, during or after the game. In one embodiment, the music recordings within the music classification selected by the player and played by the gaming device are incorporated into the theme of the game.
US07789747B2
A gaming device having a bonus scheme wherein an accumulator accumulates bonus re-triggering symbols until a pre-determined number of bonus re-triggering symbols are obtained by the player in the bonus game. The accumulated bonus re-triggering symbols are preferably the same symbol. In one embodiment, the bonus re-triggering symbols in the bonus game are the same symbol as the bonus triggering symbols in the primary game. In another embodiment, the bonus re-triggering symbols in the bonus game are different symbols than the bonus trigger symbols in the primary game. The bonus scheme of the present invention is preferably employed in conjunction with one or more other re-trigger bonus schemes. In another embodiment, the accumulator is employed as a bonus re-triggering event in the bonus game.
US07789732B2
A tool for use in an abrasive machining process has a body extending along a central longitudinal axis from a first end to a tip end. An abrasive material is located on the tip end. A central recess is formed in the tip end.
US07789718B2
A connection article is provided for a cable comprising at least one wire. The connection article comprises a holder, at least one connector arranged in the holder and having a first receiving opening for receiving a wire to be connected, and guiding means arranged in front of the first receiving opening of the at least one connector, the first receiving opening defining a cross section and the guiding means comprising at least one guiding passage extending through the guiding means and aligned with the first receiving opening of the at least one connector for guiding a wire into the first receiving opening of the connector. The at least one guiding passage comprises opposite distal and proximal ends, the proximal end facing towards and the distal end facing away from the first receiving opening of the at least one connector. The proximal end has a cross section not larger than the cross section of the first receiving opening of the at least one connector. The distal end has a cross section larger than the cross section of the proximal end.
US07789717B2
An electrical connector (100) for receiving a central process unit comprises: a first insulative housing (14) defining a number of receiving channels (141) extending along a first direction; a second insulative housing (13) located above the first insulative housing and defining a number of passageways (131) aligned to corresponding receiving channels; a third insulative housing (15) located below the first insulative housing and defining a number of holes (151) extending therethrough and aligned to corresponding passageways; and a number of thin, elongated contacts (11) received in the first, the second and the third insulative housing. Each thin, elongated contact has a contact portion (111) positioned above a top surface of the second insulative housing, a tail portion (112) extending through the holes of the third insulative housing, and a base portion (115) retained in the first and the second insulative housing. The second insulative housing is capable of moving along a second direction above the first housing and each passageway defines an inner sidewall. The base portion of the thin, elongated contact abuts against the inner sidewall of the passageway of the second insulative housing. The contacts can be maintained by the housings to prevent from rotating.
US07789716B2
An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having a first leg and a second leg. A segment of the first leg may be deformed in one direction, while a segment of the second leg may deformed in the opposite direction. Midpoints of each or both legs may be offset from the midpoint of the slit to achieve improved mechanical and electrical performance within a connector. Also provided is an electrical terminal having a tip that facilitates alignment with a panel member aperture and provides tactile feedback to a user, as well as an electrical terminal having a mounting end that is substantially smaller than its mating end, and connectors containing such terminals. Methods of routing electrical traces between adjacent electrical terminals are also provided.
US07789714B2
A connector includes a base defining a plurality of holes, and a plurality of pins inserted into the corresponding holes. The pins include a ground pin, a voltage signal pin, and a power-on signal pin. Wherein the length of the ground pin extending into a corresponding hole is longer than that of the voltage signal pin, while the length of the voltage signal pin is longer than that of the power-on signal pin.
US07789711B2
An electrical interconnection device (100) includes a first connector (1), a second connector (2) electrically connected to the first connector via a number of wires (26); a hinge member (3) including a first engaging portion (30) connected with a second engaging portion (32), said first engaging portion fixed to the first connector, the second engaging portion pivoted with the second connector; and a positioning member (305) unitarily formed with the hinge member, said positioning member selectively engaged with corresponding positioning grooves (202) of the second connector while the first connector and the second connector rotated with respect to one another.
US07789709B1
A card connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a base board, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall extended upwards from two opposite sides of the base board, and a preventing wall extended upwards from a rear end of the base board, with a receiving formed thereamong. A monitoring assembly disposed in the insulating housing has a first monitoring member and a second monitoring member. The first monitoring member fixed in the receiving chamber adjacent to the second lateral wall has an elastic portion. The second monitoring member mounted in the preventing wall has a contacting portion located at an outer side of the elastic portion, with a gap formed therebetween. The elastic portion is pressed laterally by the fully inserted card and deflects elastically to connect with the contacting portion.
US07789706B2
An electrical connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals and a terminal shield. The first and second terminals are mounted in the insulative housing and each terminal has a soldering segment. The terminal shield substantially shields the soldering segments of the second terminals and prevents electromagnetic interference so that transmitting high frequency signals on the second terminals is stable.
US07789691B2
A chip card retaining mechanism includes a first holding frame, a second holding frame and a circuitry. The first holding frame includes a latching portion and a connecting board. The latching portion defines a first receiving room for receiving a first chip card. The second holding frame is attached to the connecting board of the first holding frame, and is perpendicular to the latching portion of the first holding frame. The second holding frame defines a second receiving room for receiving a second chip card. The circuitry is formed on the connecting board and the latching portion. The first chip card is electronically connected to the second chip card via the circuitry.
US07789690B1
A connector assembly includes a housing, a power supply contact, an interlock circuit contact, a lever subassembly and a lever latch. The lever subassembly is pivotally coupled to the housing and includes a handle and a gripping end that engages the mating connector to move the housing relative to the mating connector when the handle is rotated. The handle is rotated to sequentially decouple the interlock circuit contact from the mating interlock contact prior to unmating the power supply contact from the mating power contact. The lever latch is coupled with the housing and prevents unmating of the power supply contact from the mating power contact before separation of the interlock circuit contact and the mating interlock contact before the power supply contact is decoupled from the mating power contact and after the interlock circuit contact is decoupled from the mating interlock contact by blocking rotation of the lever subassembly.
US07789689B2
A pothead assembly for use under severe operating conditions. The pothead assembly includes a plurality of ferrules, a compression plate, a pothead housing, and a threaded collar. When the collar and a base portion of a pothead housing are engaged, the pothead assembly is operable to form a metal to metal seal on metal tubing that surrounds insulated wiring without the use of a solder joint or weld joint. The resulting pothead assembly has a lower profile than conventional potheads, does not require the use of tube connectors and is operable to form the seal in close proximity to the motor.
US07789687B2
A lamp socket includes a socket housing and a plurality of power supply members. The socket housing has a plurality of connecting holes extended in a vertical direction. The power supply members are disposed in the connecting holes, respectively, and each of the power supply members includes a plurality of lamp connecting parts and an inverter connecting part. The lamp connecting parts are protruded from an upper surface of the socket housing and include first and second portions facing each other. The inverter connecting part is integrally formed with the lamp connecting parts, and is protruded from a lower surface of the socket housing.
US07789685B2
An electrical shorting system includes an electrical switch having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a switching terminal. The electrical shorting system also includes a housing, a first contact in electrical communication with the first terminal of the electrical switch and supported by the housing, and a second contact in electrical communication with the second terminal of the electrical switch and supported by the housing. The electrical switch may be in a closed state in which the first contact is shorted with the second contact through the electrical switch, and when a voltage is applied to the switching terminal, the electrical switch is placed in an open state that impedes current flow through the electrical switch between the first contact and the second contact.
US07789684B2
Generally, camera have two channels—one and two. A channel is used by hardwiring the output to a particular channel. The Switch allows the cameraman to switch between channel one and two without hardwiring the equipment.
US07789674B2
An edge connector suitable for attachment with a printed circuit board. The edge connector comprises a body composed of a plastic resin, the body defining a first end that is configured to operably attach to a portion of a printed circuit board and a second end configured to operably connect to a slot in a host device and a plurality of conductive traces and contact pads defined on a portion of a surface of the body, the traces being configured to electrically connect with corresponding traces defined on the printed circuit board.
US07789668B1
An electrical connector assembly for electrically coupling primary and secondary circuit boards together. The secondary circuit board is held proximate to the primary circuit board and has a first contact array of board contacts thereon. The electrical connector assembly includes a circuit assembly having a second contact array of mating contacts configured to mate with the first contact array and a flexible circuit that electrically couples the second contact array to the primary circuit board. The electrical connector assembly also includes an alignment feature that is configured to engage the secondary circuit board. Also, the electrical connector assembly includes a coupling mechanism that is configured to move the alignment feature and the second contact array between a retracted position, in which the second contact array is located remotely from the first contact array, and an engaged position, in which the first and second contact arrays engage one another.
US07789661B2
Light Emitting Diode Light Sources for Dental Curing are disclosed. Some embodiments of the invention include structures such as Light Emitting Diode Array(s), heat sink, heat dissipation, heat pipe, and control circuitry are disclosed.
US07789657B2
A pressure regulator having a housing that defines a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a reference pressure connector. A diaphragm is provided in the housing, where the diaphragm defines, at least in part, a reference pressure chamber. In some illustrative embodiments, the reference pressure connector fluidly references the reference pressure chamber to a first pressure via a first orifice, and to a second pressure via a second bleed orifice. A gas valve incorporating a pressure regulator is also disclosed.
US07789655B2
The invention relates to a device for blow molding containers. Initially, pre-forms, which are made of a thermoplastic material, are tempered and, subsequently, transformed into containers inside a blow form using the effects of a pressurized medium. Said blow form which is made up of at least two blow molding segments is held in place by mold supports of a blowing station. A bottom part is used in addition to the blow molding segments. Both the mold supports (19, 20) and the bottom part (7) are arranged in such a way that they can be mechanically positioned. The mold supports and the bottom part are permanently coupled to each other via a common mechanical drive unit (43).
US07789646B2
A hip spacer mold forming a spacer with a spacer stem connected to a spacer head has a stem portion for forming a spacer stem. The hip spacer mold also has a plurality of interchangeable head modules configured for alternatively forming spacer heads of a plurality of different predetermined sizes. The head modules are configured to be disposed adjacent the stem portion.
US07789645B2
A structural cementitious panel, produced by a multi-layer process including providing a moving web; b. one of depositing a first layer of loose fibers upon the web and c. depositing a layer of settable slurry upon the web; d. depositing a second layer of loose fibers upon the slurry; e. embedding said second layer of fibers into the slurry; and f. repeating steps c. through e. until the desired number of layers of settable fiber-enhanced slurry in the panel is obtained. Also provided are an apparatus suitable for producing structural cementitious panels according to the present process, and a structural cementitious panel having multiple layers, each layer created by depositing a layer of settable slurry upon a moving web, depositing fibers upon the slurry and embedding the fibers into the slurry such that each layer is integrally formed with the adjacent layers.
US07789643B2
A control apparatus used in conjunction with tools and devices such as electrical power supplies, fluid pumps and vacuums for in situ repair of pipes. A method for controlling in situ repair of pipe using electrical power sources, fluid and pressure sources and flexible heat and inflation bladder installing thermal responsive repair materials and applying the repair material to the interior wall surface. The apparatus controls the inflation of the repair tool inserted into a pipe and the amount and rate of fluid pressure and maintenance of a selected pressure. The apparatus may also control the evacuation of the fluid from the bladder of the repair tool. The device controls the heating of the tool used in the installation of the repair material. The invention also teaches a method for controlled inflation and expansion of the bladder carrying the repair material to the area of the pipe to be repaired and heating the material at a rate and to a temperature to facilitate optimum curing or installation of the thermally responsive repair material. The invention also teaches the detachment of the repair material and removal of the repair tool. The method further includes the procedures necessary to complete the installation of these materials.
US07789625B2
An airfoil for a turbine of a gas turbine engine is provided comprising an outer wall structure defining at least one inner cavity adapted to receive a cooling fluid. The wall structure comprises at least one cooling fluid path circuit communicating with the at least one inner cavity. The cooling fluid path circuit comprises: at least one metering opening extending from an inner surface of the wall structure such that the metering opening communicates with the at least one inner cavity; at least one intermediate diffusion region communicating with the metering opening; an intermediate metering opening positioned downstream from the intermediate diffusion region and communicating with the intermediate diffusion region; and, an end diffusion region positioned downstream from the intermediate metering opening for communicating with the intermediate metering opening and extending to an exit in an outer surface of the wall structure.
US07789619B2
A device for attaching ring sectors around a turbine rotor in a turbomachine is disclosed. Each of the ring sectors includes at its upstream end a circumferential rim being able to be held on an annular casing rail by an annular locking member, and at its downstream end a pressing part that can press axially against a fixed element of the turbine to prevent the upstream rim of the ring sector from disengaging from the locking member in the event of considerable wear of the rail.
US07789616B2
A rotor mechanism of a centrifugal compressor connectable to a power output device and configured to block leakage of lubricants and to recycle lubricants to an oil sump is provided, which includes a rotary shaft with a rolling bearing and a screw nut, a bearing housing for receiving the rolling bearing, and a bearing plate connected to the bearing housing. The screw nut has a surface provided with an oil throw seal, and the bearing housing. As the bearing plate is provided with an oil channel in contact with the oil-returning hole and either one of the bearing housing and the bearing plate is provided with a first labyrinth seal in contact with the screw nut, lubricants leaking out of the rolling bearing is allowed to go to the oil sump via the oil channel and oil-returning hole. The oil slinger thus blocks the lubricants from leaking out of the first labyrinth seal.
US07789614B2
It is an object to provide an aligner for centering a wafer and adjusting an angle of a notch or the like of the wafer while gripping edges of the wafer capable of attaining a shortened takt time and miniaturization of the apparatus by employing a mechanism capable of infinite rotation without being restricted by a rotational range, by eliminating cables and/or tubes at the rotating portion. The link mechanism for causing opening and closing movements of the gripping mechanism for gripping a wafer 1 is supported via a bearing 14 with respect to the link mechanism driving portion for driving the link mechanism so that only the gripping portion and the link mechanism can be rotated.
US07789612B2
The present invention comprehends a forklift attachment, generally comprising a pair of forks rotatably mounted to a fork plate using a pair of pivot pins with each pivot pin having a center axis normal to the fork plate. Upper bore pins and lower bore pins are adapted to travel within bores of the fork plate. As such, actuators connected to the upper bore pin rotate the forks about the center axis such that the forks can apply opposing lateral compression forces to a flexible dumpster. In a method for collecting waste, a disposer places the flexible dumpster near the waste disposal site whereby a truck-mounted forklift can be utilized to engage the forks with the side portions of the flexible dumpster for loading and disposal. Accordingly, large dumpsters do not have to dropped off at the waste disposal site and large trucks no longer have to be utilized.
US07789609B2
Adjacent to an opening portion 10 in an FIMS system is provided an enclosure that encloses the operation space of a door and has a second opening portion 31 opposed to the opening portion 10. A curtain nozzle is provided above the upper edge of the opening portion 10 in the upper portion in the enclosure. A purge gas is supplied from the curtain nozzle along a direction from the upper edge to the lower edge of the opening portion. In addition, a gas outlet through which the purge gas flows from the interior of the enclosure out into the exterior is provided on the wall of the enclosure to which the purge gas flowing in the above described direction is directed, whereby an increase in the partial pressure of oxidizing gases in the interior of the FOUP is prevented.
US07789603B2
A retractable tie down device may comprise a frame, a spool including a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted to the frame, a flexible web having one end mounted to the spool, a power spring configured to rotate the spool in a web take-up direction, a handle movably mounted to the frame, a ratchet pawl movably mounted to the handle and biased toward the ratchet wheel, and a lock pawl movably mounted to the frame and biased toward the ratchet wheel. The handle may be configured to move the lock pawl away from the ratchet wheel, and the frame may be configured to maintain the ratchet pawl away from the ratchet wheel, when the handle is in a position adjacent to the frame so that the spool is rotatable in a web pay-out direction.
US07789601B2
A mill blank mandrel may rigidly secure machinable material for a machining process. The mandrel may be freely and easily inserted in a corresponding mandrel socket and secured without the use of a tool. The mandrel may be detected and verified when inserted in the mandrel socket.
US07789600B2
A tip dresser 1 dresses electrode tips 4, 5. The tip dresser 1 is rotated around a rotation axis and includes a holder 2 configured to be rotated around a rotation axis and to have concave tapers 2c, 2d, which make the rotation axis a center, on both faces of the holder 2; and a cutter 3 configured to be fixed to the holder 2 and to be protruded to sides of the electrode tips 4, 5 from the tapers 2c, 2d only at portions of the cutter 3 more inside than outer diameters D1, D2 of the electrode tips 4, 5.
US07789599B2
A drill including a columnar body that is rotated about an axis, a cutting edge that is formed at the tip end of the body, and a thinning edge that is formed continuously with the cutting edge close to the axis of the body, by having a thinning at the tip end of the body. The thinning edge is formed such that a rake angle of the thinning edge relative to the axis of the body changes depending on a location of the thinning edge, where the rake angle of the thinning edge close to the cutting edge is a positive angle larger than that close to the axis of the body.
US07789595B2
Disclosed is a combustion state detection apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of detecting abnormal combustion with high accuracy. The combustion state detection apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a variety of sensors; an ignition coil; an ignition plug; a transistor; a switching control unit; an ion current detection unit; and abnormal combustion detection units for determining that abnormal combustion has occurred in a case where a crank angle at a point of time when the ion current exceeds a predetermined current value or when the ion current that exceeds the predetermined current value reaches a peak value thereof is on a spark-advance side compared with a crank angle for determining abnormal combustion. The switching control unit ends the spark discharge at a predetermined timing while the spark discharge is in progress after the primary current is shut off and the spark discharge is generated.
