US07847862B2
A method for processing an image in a video data is provided. The video data has a plurality of frames. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of differences, each difference in the plurality of differences being obtained from two frames that are one frame apart, wherein the each difference in the plurality of differences is between pixel information of one pixel from a plurality of pixels in one of the two frames, and a corresponding pixel in the other frame of the two frames; examining a first criterion with a summation of the plurality of differences; and performing cross color suppressing operation on a current frame of the plurality of frames according to a set of stationary image judgment information comprising the result of the first criterion examination.
US07847860B2
A camera assembly for a mobile communication device comprises a camera and a case adapted to accommodate the camera. The case is adapted to elastically support the camera with the elastic support being biased in one direction. The camera assembly is adapted for slidably drawing the camera in the case against the elastic support bias. The camera assembly is also adapted for slidably drawing the camera out of the case under the elastic support bias.
US07847851B2
Disclosed are a digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus that allow a user to easily identify the current position of an image displayed on a display within a sequence of images and to easily identify a consecutive sequence of related images. The apparatus and method include displaying a lattice-shaped index on the display, which can be displayed at the same time as an image. At least one of the images represented as a region of the index relates to at least one other image represented as a region of the index. Regions of the index representing images that relate with one another have the same distinguishing characteristic, such as the same color, luminance, shading or shape to show that they are related.
US07847850B2
An apparatus designates a key for searching for an image, and acquires attribute information based on the designated key and image information on an image having the attribute information. The apparatus displays an amount of images classified into a group corresponding to the attribute information based on the acquired attribute information and the acquired image information.
US07847849B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of light-receiving elements which are arranged by rows and columns. A driving unit performs a driving, so that a signal packet and a plurality of dummy packets in an identical column are mixed together into a mixed packet in each holding units, charges of the mixed packet are held in a hold unit, the held charges of the mixed packet are vertically transferred to a horizontal transfer unit so that the mixed packet is mixed with a mixed packet of a different hold unit which is vertically transferred from the different hold unit to the horizontal transfer unit.
US07847846B1
In an image sensor, the current through the in-pixel readout transistor is sensed by a circuit that is external to the pixel, and according to the measured current value a feedback current is supplied to charge the read-line parasitic capacitance. The feedback current is supplied by a circuit that also is external to the pixel area. The amplifier structure is reconfigurable so that it can be used both to read out and to reset the pixel.
US07847845B2
An image sensor includes an array of pixels arranged into two or more subarrays and each subarray captures charge; and an output charge-coupled device that receives charge from the array of pixels; wherein the output charge-coupled device is divided into substantially two equal first and second portions in which either one portion receives charge from only one subarray or both portions receive charge respectively from a subarray, and the first portion of the charge-coupled device is a charge-multiplying charge-coupled device in which charge is amplified, and the second portion of the charge-coupled device does not amplify charge.
US07847844B2
A sensed image of the physical space is acquired by an image sensing apparatus. One or more indices are detected from the sensed image. The reliability of each of the detected results is determined by calculating a first reliability value based on the sensed image and a second reliability value based on orientation information of the image sensing apparatus. Each of the detected indices is then identified based on its first and second reliability values.
US07847837B2
An image pickup device has an image pickup element (20), a variable power lens (20) for changing image pickup magnification, a magnification converting lens (15) for converting the image pickup magnification into a predetermined multiple, a signal processing circuit (30) for outputting a signal from the image pickup element (20) as a picture image signal, an image recording section (31) for recording an image, and a control section (40). The signal processing circuit (30) outputs the image recorded to the image recording section (31) to a monitor when the magnification converting lens (15) is inserted onto an optical axis L. At the inserting time of the magnification converting lens, it is possible to prevent that a frame body of the magnification converting lens is displayed in the monitor.
US07847826B2
A precision motion platform carrying an imaging device under a large-field-coverage lens enables capture of high resolution imagery over the full field in an instantaneous telephoto mode and wide-angle coverage through temporal integration. The device permits automated tracking and scanning without movement of a camera body or lens. Coupled use of two or more devices enables automated range computation without the need for subsequent epipolar rectification. The imager motion enables sample integration for resolution enhancement. The control methods for imager positioning enable decreasing the blur caused by both the motion of the moving imager or the motion of an object's image that the imager is intended to capture.
US07847825B2
An image capturing apparatus (107-1) which captures an image of an object moving in a space where a light source (109) is placed, the light source emitting light whose intensity varies in a predetermined cycle, the imaging capturing apparatus includes: an imaging device (102-1) for capturing the image of the object and the light from the light source (109); a signal processing unit (103-1) for generating, from a signal outputted from the imaging device (102-1), an image signal that includes a picture sequence synchronized with an imaging apparatus drive signal obtained from the outside; and a phase difference detection unit (105-1), a phase different adjustment unit (106-1), and a drive signal generation unit (104-1), for generating a signal that is synchronized with the intensity variations of the light from the light source (109) which is captured by the imaging device (102-1), and outputting, as the imaging-apparatus drive signal, the generated signal into the signal processing unit (103-1).
US07847823B2
A motion vector calculation method includes: processing for calculating multi-resolution data up to a predetermined resolution level L from a plurality of inputted image data; and processing for estimating motion vectors per resolution executing a matching step for temporarily calculating motion vectors minimizing an energy function within a predetermined range of the input motion vectors and a smoothing step for finally calculating the motion vectors by averaging the surrounding data. By using the motion vectors of the resolution level L finally calculated as input motion vectors of a further higher resolution level L-1, the processing for estimating motion vectors per resolution is successively repeated on image data of a high resolution, thereby calculating the motion vectors.
US07847822B2
A system for and method of calibrating an imaging device efficiently is described herein. The imaging device acquires an image of an object that is more than one color. The information acquired is then transferred to a computing device. The information is then used to generate a set of data which represents information which was not acquired in the image. The set of data is generated based on statistical prediction using a training data set. Using acquired image information and the set of data, an imaging device is able to be calibrated. Since the process of calibration utilizing this method only requires one image to be acquired and a reduced set of image information to be sent to the computing device, the process is more efficient than previous implementations.
US07847813B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for intelligently delivering components of a multimedia content stream (e.g., audio component, video component, etc.) to a telecommunications terminal based on the quality of service (QoS) for transmissions received at the terminal. The illustrative embodiment is disclosed in the context of an interactive voice response system, but is applicable in a wide variety of other telecommunications systems and applications.
US07847807B2
Developing from a drawing an information-presenting interface that includes one or more display objects having variable display characteristics is provided for by receiving information from a graphics file that describes the drawing; identifying object data from the information; using the object data to render a set of definable objects that are situated to resemble the drawing; and wherein the definable objects can be associated with attributes such that the attributes can be used to present the display objects, and the display characteristics of the display objects, which the display objects correspond to the definable objects, can vary according to received situational input.
US07847806B2
A desired range of moving image data is designated. Then, still images obtained from a start frame and an end frames in the designated range are displayed, and an interface for designating trimming areas is provided for the two frames. The trimming areas are set in a predetermined frame to be extracted from the designated range based on the trimming areas designated by using the interface. The predetermined number of frames is extracted from the designated range of the moving image data, a partial image in the set trimming areas is extracted from the extracted predetermined number of frames, and a predetermined number of continuous still images are generated. The obtained continuous still image is printed onto a recording sheet via a printing device.
US07847801B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code are provided for managing dual active controllers in a high availability storage configuration. Redundant dual active controllers in high availability storage configurations are made to appear as individual storage target devices to a host system. Each controller owns certain volumes of data storage. When a host system sends a request to identify available data volumes, the controller that owns certain volumes provides preferred paths to those owned volumes. The host system may also send an inquiry to a controller that asks the controller about data volumes not owned by the controller. For such inquiries, no paths to the non-owned data volumes are returned to the host system.
US07847794B2
The present invention relates to a monitor apparatus for a vehicle. The monitor apparatus is configured such that the LCD monitor protrudes from a case inside a shelf by sliding out through a transfer device. According to the present invention, the monitor apparatus slides in and out by means of a transfer device which pushes and pulls the monitor in a lateral direction.
US07847792B2
A simple, integrated control for pan and zoom of a display of data represented by a very long data record is in the form of a control knob having an outer ring for controlling pan and an inner knob for controlling a zoom factor. A zoom function is turned ON either by turning the inner knob (setting the zoom factor to a default value) or by (i) pressing an adjacent zoom or pan button or (ii) turning the outer ring (setting the zoom factor to a prior value when the zoom function was turned OFF). The zoom function may be turned OFF by turning the inner knob to set the zoom factor to 1× or by pressing the zoom button. The outer ring has individual positions divided into two groups: one group for controlling pan rate within a zoom window displaying a portion of the very long data record defined by a zoom box within a main window displaying the very long data record; and the other group for controlling pan rate of the zoom box within the main window for rapid movement from one end of the record to another.
US07847790B2
A film interactive touchpad for control of home systems. A touchscreen defined by a glass panel and polyester film defines active areas responsive to contact. Multiple, customizable and interchangeable templates correspond with multiple levels of functionality and define input and control buttons corresponding to active areas of the touchpad. A display such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED) provides interactive, color feedback. The touchscreen has a hinged connection to the touchpad and is pivotable to an open position to permit insertion and removal of the overlay templates, and is surrounded by a trim ring dam to prevent moisture intrusion. A light sensor is provided for detecting the ambient light level and adjusting the intensity of a backlight for faceplates of any color.
US07847782B2
A driving method and apparatus for a liquid crystal display is provided in which a contrast ratio of data to be displayed can be expanded and the brightness of a back light can be changed using an accumulated result of a plurality of frames. In the driving method, data to be displayed is converted into brightness components and arranged into a histogram for each frame. Second data having an expanded contrast is generated using the histograms of at least two frames, including the histogram of the current frame. Averages of the histograms are calculated and used to control the brightness of the back light. The averages may be weighted such that frames closer to the current frame have a larger effect.
US07847779B2
A display method transmits data signals and control signals via an LVDS interface. The display method includes transmitting data codes corresponding to a control signal using a reserved bit of a channel of the LVDS interface, and generating the control signal for a display panel by decoding the data codes using a decoder of a timing controller.
US07847764B2
A method for controlling and compensating aging in an LED device includes measuring a performance change in light output of the LED device. The LED device is controlled with a first compensation algorithm derived from the measured performance change, during a first period, to effect a luminance change over time in the light output of the LED device. Subsequently, a second compensation algorithm, derived from the measured performance change, and different from the first compensation algorithm, during a second period, effects a second luminance change over time in the LED device's light output. The second luminance change over time in the second period is different from the first luminance change over time in the first period. Furthermore, the first and second periods together are less than the lifetime of the LED device.
US07847753B2
A transparent antenna for a display, for example, a portable telephone, the transparent antenna performing good transmission and reception, not bulky, and not impairing design of an apparatus. The transparent antenna for a display has an insulating sheet-like transparent substrate and has a planar antenna pattern formed on the surface of the transparent substrate. An electrically conductive section of the antenna pattern is constructed from an electrically conductive thin film of a mesh structure, outlines of each mesh are constituted from extra fine bands with substantially the same width, and the light transmittance of the section where the antenna pattern is formed is equal to or more than 70%.
US07847748B1
An antenna and a method of creating multiple polarization states in an antenna comprising providing to the antenna a single power input, dividing the power received from the single power input, and transmitting the divided power to a radiating element via a plurality of transmission lines.
US07847745B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to an antenna wire embedded in a windshield, and/or vehicle incorporating the same. In certain example embodiments, an antenna wire may be embedded in an interlayer (e.g., a PVB interlayer) that is surrounded by two substrates (e.g., glass substrates). The antenna wire includes a fixed end electrically connected to a component (e.g., a bus bar) and a free end mechanically held in the interlayer via an adhesive (e.g., an adhesive tape). Thus, it may be possible to reduce distortion of the antenna wire and/or cause the antenna wire to be disposed in a manner that more closely conforms to a predetermined pattern. In certain example embodiments, the adhesive may be located at a non-visible portion of the windshield. In certain other example embodiments, the adhesive may be located at a visible portion of the windshield, and it optionally may be substantially transparent and/or provided in an aesthetically pleasing fashion.
US07847733B2
An arriving direction estimating device for estimating the arriving direction of an arriving wave with high accuracy and at high speed by using a sensor array. The arriving direction estimating device comprises a receiving section for generating a baseband signal from the arriving signals received by sensors, a matrix creating section for creating a spatial average covariance matrix R by combining the correlation vector of the baseband signal, a projection matrix creating section for creating a projection matrix Q from the matrix R depending on the number of signals of the arriving signals, a scale matrix creating section for creating a scale matrix S from a partial matrix of the matrix R, and an estimating section for estimating the arriving direction of the arriving wave from the angle distribution or an algebraic equation by using QS−1QH defined using the projection matrix Q and the scale matrix S.
US07847726B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for navigational signal tracking in low power mode to conserve the power of handheld navigation receivers. In an embodiment, the receiver cycles between sleep and wakeup states. During the sleep state, most of the components of the receiver are powered off to conserve power, and during the wakeup state, the receiver tracks navigational signals. In an embodiment, the duty cycle of the sleep/wakeup states depends on the receiver dynamic state, e.g., whether the receiver is accelerating. In another embodiment, during the wakeup state, the receiver selects a tracking mode based on the signal strength. Under weak signal conditions, a tracking mode using a long integration to track the satellite signal is disclosed. In one embodiment, a tracking mode tracks the navigation signal by performing data aided integration using known or predicted data bits, such as the TLM and HOW words.
US07847721B1
The present invention relates to a decoy for deceiving radar systems, especially Doppler radar systems. The decoy comprises a corner reflector, where at least one of the surfaces (1) is arranged to be able to obtain a varying reflectivity for radar radiation, especially with a modulation frequency which in the reflected radiation causes Doppler sidebands of an extent that is usual for the radar application.
US07847713B2
Provided is an algorithmic analog-to-digital converter (ADC). In the algorithmic ADC, the number of preprocessing amplifiers used in a flash ADC is reduced by sharing the preprocessing amplifiers in the flash ADC, and thus chip size can be reduced. In addition, power consumption can be reduced by dynamically decreasing the bandwidth of an operational amplifier included in a multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) according to a required resolution.
US07847704B2
A method for transmitting signals from a position measuring arrangement to an evaluation unit, the method including transmitting position signals, reference pulses, and warning signals indicating a malfunction state from a position measuring arrangement for determining the position of two elements of a machine which are movable relative to each other, to an evaluation unit. The method further includes logically interconnecting the reference pulses with the position signals in such a way that, in a malfunction-free state, a valid status combination for outputting the reference pulses and an invalid status combination for outputting the reference pulses appear in each period. The method including transmitting warning signals indicating a malfunction state during the invalid status combination of the position signals and the reference pulses which, in the malfunction-free state, is invalid for outputting the reference pulses.
US07847703B2
An electrical connector apparatus for use with a field device includes a housing having a first end and a second end, an electrical feedthrough subassembly, and a visual indicator viewable from outside the housing. The first end of the housing is configured to mechanically connect to the field device. The electrical feedthrough subassembly extends through at least a portion of the housing and includes a plurality of electrical conductors configured to provide a removable electrical connection at the second end of the housing and a flameproof barrier disposed between the first and second ends of the housing. The visual indicator has a plurality of illumination modes indicative of a power state of the electrical feedthrough subassembly.
US07847687B2
Real-time, geo-targeted and context-sensitive alerts are provided based on a stated objective. Factual information is collected over time. When a user needs the information, the user registers an objective and a geographic location. The factual information is scored for relevance, based on how closely the information fits the user's geographic location, and how relevant the information is to the user's stated objective. The most relevant information, as determined based on score, is pushed to the user in real-time.
US07847681B2
A monitoring system, including an interface configured to communicate with a building device, a sensor, and a memory. The monitoring system includes a processor configured to communicate with the memory and the interface. The processor is configured to transmit a test signal to at least one of the building device and the sensor. The processor is further configured to receive a return signal from at least one of a building device signal and a sensor signal. Further, the processor is configured to associate the building device to the sensor based on the return signal.
US07847678B2
A vehicle surroundings information output system includes a vehicle surroundings information obtaining mechanism obtaining information about the vehicle surroundings, an object detector detecting an object around the vehicle based on the obtained vehicle surroundings information, an outputting mechanism outputting information relating to the detected object, a detection reliability determining mechanism determining the detected detection reliability of the detected object, and a notifying information generator generating notifying information that relates to that object according to the detection reliability. The notifying information generator is structured to generate notify information that does not easily stimulate at least one of the five senses of a driver when the detection reliability of the object is low as compared to when that detection reliability is high.
US07847655B2
Disclosed is a switch circuit capable of reducing distortion caused by harmonics and preventing an increase in insertion loss even if the number of ports increases. The switching circuit includes one common output port, M first switches having one set of ends connected in common to a first node (M≧2 where M is a constant), N second switches having one set of ends connected in common to the common output port (N≧1 where N is a constant), a third switch having one end connected to the common output port and the other end connected to the first node, M first input ports respectively connected to the other set of ends of the first switches, and N second input ports respectively connected to the other set of ends of the second switches. One selected among the first input ports and the second input ports is connected to the common output port, and if one of the first input ports is selected, the third switch is closed.
US07847651B2
A method and apparatus to generate a pulse width modulated signal from a sampled digital signal by chaotic modulation. The method includes generating predetermined chaotic intervals having random interval values using a chaotic interval generator, and generating the pulse width modulated signal from a reference signal and the sampled digital signal during each of the chaotic intervals. Thus, electromagnetic interference (EMI) that affects an audio amplifier can be remarkably reduced.
US07847649B2
The invention relates to a MEMS resonator comprising a movable element (48), the movable element (48) comprising a first part (A) having a first Young's modulus and a first temperature coefficient of the first Young's modulus, and the movable element (48) further comprising a second part (B) having a second Young's modulus and a second temperature coefficient of the second. Young's modulus, a sign of the second temperature coefficient being opposite to a sign of the first temperature coefficient, at least, at operating conditions of the MEMS resonator, and a cross-sectional area of the first part (A) and the cross-sectional area of the second part (B) being such that the absolute temperature coefficient of the Young's modulus of the first part (A) multiplied by the cross-sectional area of the first part (A) does not deviate more than 20% from the absolute temperature coefficient of the Young's modulus of the second part (B) multiplied by the cross-sectional area of the second part (B), the cross-sectional areas being measured locally and perpendicularly to the movable element (48).
US07847644B2
A modulation-signal generating circuit includes a temperature monitoring unit that detects a casing temperature of the circuit, a voltage control oscillator including two variable impedance circuits that independently control oscillation frequency based on an input control voltage, a frequency-correction-voltage generating unit that outputs a voltage for compensating for a temperature drift of an oscillation frequency according to the casing temperature detected by the temperature monitoring unit, to one of the variable impedance circuits, and an FM-modulation-voltage generating unit that outputs a modulation voltage containing a constant DC component not depending on temperature and a predetermined AC component, to the other variable impedance circuit, under a temperature drift compensation condition of the frequency-correction-voltage generating unit.
US07847643B2
In an embodiment, a circuit is provided comprising a multi-phase oscillator configured to output a plurality of output signals having the same frequency and different phase offsets. A feedback value is generated based on at least two of said output signals. A reference value is generated based on a reference clock and a predetermined value. The reference value and the feedback value are combined.
US07847638B2
A cascoded current-mirror circuit includes a first N channel MOS transistor, a second N channel MOS transistor, a third N channel MOS transistor and a fourth N channel MOS transistor. The first N channel MOS transistor and the second N channel MOS transistor are cascode-connected between a higher voltage source and a lower voltage source. The third N channel MOS transistor and the fourth N channel MOS transistor are cascode-connected between the higher voltage source and the lower voltage source. A drain of the first N channel MOS transistor is connected to gates of the first N channel MOS transistor, the second N channel MOS transistor, the third N channel MOS transistor and the fourth N channel MOS transistor. The threshold voltages of the second N channel MOS transistor and the fourth N channel MOS transistor are larger than those of the first N channel MOS transistor and the third N channel MOS transistor.
US07847629B2
A sample-and-hold amplifier is provided. The sample-and-hold amplifier comprises a sample-and-hold circuit and a buffer circuit. The sample-and-hold circuit receives an input signal and transmits the input signal to a first node according to a control signal. The buffer circuit is coupled between a supply voltage source and a ground and controlled by the first node to provide an output signal at an output node. The buffer circuit comprises a native MOS transistor coupled to the output node.
US07847622B2
An electric circuit device includes: a power supply line; a load circuit; a current supply controller which compares a voltage of the power supply line with a certain voltage; and a current supply circuit which supplies a electric current from the power supply line to the load circuit and changes the electric current during a supply of the electric current.
US07847620B2
A charge pumping circuit consumes less current by reducing the number of charge pumps operating simultaneously. The charge pumping circuit includes a voltage sensor that detects a level of a high voltage and outputs a control signal based on the detection result. An oscillator provides an oscillating clock signal in response to the control signal of the voltage sensor, and the oscillator sequentially outputs the clock signal as a plurality of clock signals having shifted phases A plurality of high-voltage pumps are disposed in a plurality of regions to pump the high voltage in response to the clock signals and a different phase is designated for each region.
US07847619B1
A servo loop for a charge pump including comparator. A variable resistor and comparator are in series and couple the output of the charge pump to an enable input. A current source/sink coupled to the variable resistor provide a first input voltage to the comparator, with the second input of the comparator being coupled to ground or Vdd. A shunt circuit in parallel with the load at the output of the charge pump is also coupled to the output of the comparator. The charge pump and shunt are alternately enabled and disabled by the comparator to maintain a body-bias supply voltage. The servo loop may be configured to provide body-bias for NFETs or PFETs.
US07847607B2
A phase locked loop (PLL) circuit including a phase comparator for comparing a phase of a reference signal with a phase of a feedback signal, an oscillator for outputting an output signal at a frequency in accordance with an output of the phase comparator, a feedback loop for returning the output signal of the oscillator and supplying the output signal as the feedback signal, and a delay circuit for delaying the phase of the output signal output from the oscillator to a load circuit, wherein the delay circuit is provided outside the feedback loop.
US07847605B2
An integrated circuit that includes at least one tunneling device voltage detection circuit for generating a trigger flag signal. The tunneling device voltage detection circuit includes first and second voltage dividers receiving a supply voltage and having corresponding respective first and second internal node output voltages. The first and second voltage dividers are configured so the first output voltage is linear relative to the supply voltage and so that the second output voltage is nonlinear relative to the supply voltage. As the supply voltage ramps up, the profiles of the first and second output voltage cross at a particular voltage. An operational amplifier circuit senses when the first and second output voltages become equal and, in response thereto, outputs a trigger signal that indicates that the supply voltage has reached a certain level.
US07847602B2
A digitally controlled frequency generator includes an oscillator module for generating a first clock signal having an oscillating frequency, a programmable control module operable so as to generate a control signal corresponding to a desired frequency, and a direct digital frequency synthesizer coupled to the oscillator module and the programmable control module for receiving the first clock signal and the control signal therefrom, and for generating a second clock signal having the desired frequency based on the first clock signal from the oscillator module and the control signal from the programmable control module.
US07847591B2
The present invention provides a low jitter CMOS to CML converter, including: a differential circuit including differential pair transistors, a pair of loads and a biased transistor, each differential transistor of the differential pair transistors having an input terminal, an output terminal and a connection terminal. With the current compensation device, an additional current path may be provided for the current of the biased transistor which is used as a constant current source when the differential transistors are turned off, so that the peak tail current in the biased transistor current may be eliminated. Thus, the problem caused by the tail current that the common mode output voltages of the converter is unstable and has a high jitter may be solved.
US07847590B2
A device for shifting voltage levels includes an input stage, an output stage and multiple cascode sets connected between the input stage and the output stage. The input stage includes input transistors connected to a first voltage and an input for receiving an input signal. The output stage includes output transistors connected to a second voltage and an output for outputting an output signal having a voltage level different from a corresponding voltage level of the input signal. Each cascode set includes corresponding cascode transistors gated to a third voltage, which is between the first voltage and the second voltage, preventing excessive voltage across terminals of the input transistors and the output transistors.
US07847584B2
An on-die termination circuit is capable of increasing a resolution without enlargement of a chip or a layout size. The on-die termination circuit includes a control means, a termination resistance supply means, a code signal generating means. The control means sequentially generates a plurality of control signals in a response to a driving signal. The termination resistance supply means supplies a termination resistance in response to a coarse code signal having a plurality of bits and a fine code signal having a plurality of bits. The code signal generating means controls the fine code signal and the coarse code signal in response to the plurality of the control signals in order that the termination resistance has a level which is correspondent to an input resistance.
US07847583B2
An output amplifier is provided for use in a bidirectional communications interface, for example, connecting a transmitter and a receiver to a transmission line. The output amplifier includes a differential amplifier pair connected to output circuitry. The differential amplifier pair receives differential data signal pairs from each of a transmission line and a transmitter. The output circuitry receives signals from the differential amplifier pair and, in response, forms single-ended output logic signals. The output amplifier suppresses electronic input noise throughput using an asymmetric transfer characteristic that offsets output signal logic levels with respect to input noise signal levels. The asymmetric transfer characteristic is produced by skewing a transfer characteristic of the differential amplifier pair using an asymmetrical transistor configuration at an output side of the differential amplifier pair. The output logic signals represent data received on the transmission line, and are provided to the receiver.
US07847574B2
When a stop condition is satisfied, a stop condition determination circuit (10) issues a stop instruction to an operation stop control circuit (11) to stop the operation of a functional circuit (14). A storage device (12) stores therein determination results made by the stop condition determination circuit (10) and operation conditions in the functional circuit (14). An external conveying means (13) conveys the determination results made by the stop condition determination circuit (10) to outside the semiconductor device. If these determination results are used by a peripheral device external to the semiconductor device, it is possible to prevent failures in the peripheral device and malfunctions in the system caused by faults in the semiconductor device.
US07847572B2
Provided is a test system that tests a device under test, including a plurality of internal test circuits that are provided inside the device under test and that are used for testing an operation circuit of the device under test; a device control section that is electrically connected to the plurality of internal test circuits via a common bus and that controls the plurality of internal test circuits by supplying the common bus with an intra-device control signal corresponding to a received external signal; and a test apparatus that supplies the device control section with the external signal.
US07847567B2
Apparatus and method for performing a verification buy-off operation during an assembly manufacturing process, such as during printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing. A processing device is configured to establish contact between a probe assembly and a first component of an assembly having a plurality of components loaded in predetermined positions but not yet electrically intercoupled, and to receive from the probe assembly a component value associated with the first component. Preferably, the processing device further determines whether the received component value is within a predetermined specification. The processing device preferably directs a user via a graphical user interface (GUI) to manipulate the probe assembly to a position proximate the first component. The GUI preferably provides a graphical representation of the assembly and a marker that identifies the location of the first component thereon. All of the components of the assembly are preferably verified individually prior to a full production run.
US07847563B2
A test system includes a front bezel of an electronic device and a test device. The front bezel includes a plurality of positions defined in the front bezel, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) located in the plurality of positions, and a female LED connector connected to the plurality of LEDs. The test device includes a male LED connector electrically connected to the female LED connector, and a programmable logic device (PLD) electrically connected to the male LED connector, and configured to control the LEDs to emit light in a sequence to determine if the plurality of LEDs are correctly located in the correct plurality of positions.
US07847560B2
Method to detect and locate a breach in vertical or horizontal intersections in a membrane of a roof
A defect in a horizontal or vertical seam at the edge of a roof membrane is detected by applying a DC voltage between the roof deck a probe in the form of a flexible wetted sponge and wiping the sponge probe over the seams. The current to the probe is detected and indicated to the operator so that the operator may determine a maximum current at the defect. The receiver provides an audible signal emitter to the operator and includes a calibration circuit arranged to automatically maintain, despite changes in voltage applied between the roof deck and the peripheral conductor, a “0” set calibration point so as to indicate at the calibration point when zero difference in voltage is detected. Conductors can be applied to the membrane to define an area to be tested within the conductors.
US07847554B2
In a method for controlling a magnetic resonance system with a number of individually controllable transmission channels, a limited number of antenna control parameter sets are available that are associated with respective different examination situation classes that are defined with regard to specific examination situation parameters. The antenna control parameter sets include, for each of the transmission channels, a channel value or a channel value combination with which a relative amplitude and a relative phase of a radio-frequency signal emitted via the appertaining transmission channel are defined. Respective current examination situation parameter values to be associated with the examination situation parameters for the magnetic resonance measurement to be implemented are then detected and one of the examination situation classes is selected based on this. The magnetic resonance measurement is then implemented with the antenna control parameter set associated with the selected examination situation class.
US07847541B1
A system senses the position of a movable element in a mechanical apparatus. The element moves along an elongated guide member, which is at least partially formed of a magnetic material. An excitation coil is positioned by the guide member and a sensing coil moves with the movable element. An excitation circuit energizes the excitation coil and a position sensing circuit sense a voltage or current in the sensing coil to determine the distance between the coils.
US07847534B2
Provided is a reference current circuit able to reduce temperature dependence of the reference current even in a case of using a resistor with extremely low temperature-dependent resistance. The reference current circuit comprises a non-inverting amplifier circuit 110 receiving a temperature-compensated reference voltage VBG and generating a voltage Vout1 at an output point; a current source circuit 120 composed of a transistor Q1 connected to the output point via a resistor and a transistor Q2 receiving a voltage equal to a voltage VBE1 generated across terminals of Q1 and generating a corresponding current. The circuit 110 (i) includes a third transistor Q3, a voltage VBE3 generated across terminals of which has the same temperature characteristic as the voltage VBE1, and (ii) is configured such that Vout1 is a sum of (a) a temperature-compensated voltage component based on VBG and (b) a voltage component equal-to-the voltage VBE3.
US07847516B2
A circuit and method for detecting absent battery condition in a linear charger apply a detecting signal onto an output terminal of the charger and monitor the output terminal to receive a detected signal. The capacitance at the output terminal is significantly different between the presence and absence of a battery connected to the output terminal, and it is thus available to determine from the detected signal, if no battery is connected to the output terminal.
US07847511B2
A cleaner that can have the sufficient capability of collecting pollutant particles by a battery voltage as well as a AC voltage. The cleaner uses a switched reluctance motor to rotate a collecting fan. The switched reluctance motor is driven by a motor driver in one of a PWM mode or a pulse trigger mode. The motor driver drives the switched reluctance motor using one of the battery voltage and a DC voltage converted from the AC voltage, depending on whether the AC voltage is received. The PWM mode and the trigger mode are switched depending on whether the AC voltage is received. Accordingly, the cleaner makes it possible to reduce the time taken to clean up pollutant particles using the battery voltage to the time taken to clean up the pollutant particles using the AC voltage.
US07847509B2
System and methods of controlling a plurality of motors based on a motor motion attribute, such as rotor position, velocity, or acceleration, which simulate the properties of a mechanical differential, including a pure differential, a limited slip differential, and/or a locking differential. The method may be employed in a number of applications, including, without limitation, a paper handling system, such as an inserter, to control the nips of a pinless cutter of an inserter, and in a vehicle.
US07847506B2
In a machine tool controller (1): a position control unit (12) controls, based on an operational signal input from without during manual operation, a moving body's move-to point and moving speed; a memory (13) stores data modeling the moving body and any potentially interfering machine-tool structure; a travel-area checking unit (17) defines in the modeled structure speed-control regions obtained by displacing the structure's contour, generates, based on the defined speed control regions and on current moving-body position, data modeling the moving body as moved into its current position, to check whether the moving body will travel within a speed control region, and if so, sends to the position control unit a speed limit predefined for that speed control region. The position control unit controls the moving body to travel at speed limit if the operational-signal-directed moving speed exceeds the speed limit.
US07847504B2
A mobile robot having a height-to-width ratio approximating a normal adult human balances and maneuvers atop a single, spherical wheel. Dynamic balancing techniques incorporating fiber-optic gyroscopes and micro-electromechanical accelerometers measure a number of parameters which, along with data from motor shaft encoders, enable a computer to calculate the forces needed to be applied to the spherical wheel to maintain the robot upright as it maneuvers or remains in place.
US07847500B2
Control technique of a synchronous motor capable of suppressing rotation pulsation caused by individual difference without complicating control algorithm is provided. A pulsation generator superimposing a pulsation component anticipated in advance to a current command for the synchronous motor and a correction current generator superimposing a correction signal substantially having an average value of zero to the current command are provided in a synchronous motor control device. By this configuration, the correction signal suppressing a distortion component is superimposed to a value of the current command with a simplified control configuration. Torque pulsation is suppressed by determining the correction signal from difference between a detection current and a command current.
US07847499B2
An electric load apparatus (100) includes a DC power source (B), a voltage sensor (10, 20), system relays (SR1, SR2), a capacitor (11, 13), a DC/DC converter (12), an inverter (14), a current sensor (24), a rotation sensor (25), a control apparatus (30), and an AC motor (M1). The control apparatus (30) restricts an increase amount of consumed power in the AC motor (M1) in a range in which the driving operation of the electric load apparatus (100) can be maintained, when the increase amount of the consumed power in the AC motor (M1) exceeds an allowable power that can be supplied from the capacitor (13) to the inverter (14).
US07847486B2
A lighting system has an array (100) of at least one light-emitting solid-state element such as a light-emitting diode (LED) or a laser diode. A voltage source (10), which may supply either alternating or direct current, energizes the array. Array state circuitry (125; Q2, R2), electrically connected in series with the array (100), senses at least one state of the array, such as the amount of current passing through the array, or temperature. Secondary circuitry (127; R1, Q1; 200, 201, 202; 200, R4, Q1; 126, 127) is connected in parallel with the array (100). A switching component (Q1; Q1, Q3; 202) adjusts the current passing through the secondary circuitry in accordance with the sensed state of the array such that current through the array is maintained substantially constant. A third, parallel, excess current shunt path may also be provided, in which case so is excess current shunt circuitry, which senses current flowing in the secondary circuitry and shunts current in the secondary circuitry in excess of an excess current threshold to the excess current shunt path, whereby overflow current above a first threshold for the array (100) is shunted away from the array and excess current above a second threshold is shunted from the secondary circuits to the excess current shunt circuitry. A wide-angle mounting arrangement is also provided for the array.
US07847485B2
A method and a device for artificially generating and showing an aurora and for generating and changing a true-to-life curtain-shaped discharge light emission by using a simple device. In a pressure-reduced chamber, two electrodes are arranged in the X direction and a third electrode is arranged in the Z direction in such a manner that the two electrodes oppose the third electrode and they are apart from each other. A coil generates a magnetic line of force in the Z direction.
US07847471B2
An LED lamp includes a hollow lamp housing, a front optical part, a rear electrical part, and a middle heat dissipation part. The heat dissipation part includes a heat sink, a mounting seat in front of the heat sink, and a heat conducting member connecting the mounting seat with the heat sink. The lamp housing defines a plurality of air exchanging holes corresponding to the fins. The mounting seat includes a small top surface, an opposite large bottom surface, and a plurality of sloping heat absorbing surfaces between the top surface and the bottom surface. The optical part includes a plurality of light sources arranged on the heat absorbing surfaces, a light reflector located between the heat sink and the mounting seat and surrounding the heat conducting member, an optical lens located in front of the light reflector and the mounting seat.
US07847469B2
A micro-cantilever of a simple structure and capable of obtaining a larger displacement at a low voltage including a plate-like piezoelectric substrate having electrode films as an upper electrode and a lower electrode formed on both surfaces thereof, a plate-like resilient member in close contact with the piezoelectric substrate on the side of the lower electrode and a support for supporting a driving member in a cantilever manner, in which a thin-walled portion is formed to the vicinity of a base portion of the driving member supported by the support.
US07847468B2
An ultrasonic transducer (101, 102, 103) includes: a front member (1, 1a) having a front side on which an ultrasonic radiating surface (11) is provided and a back side which is opposite to the front side; a side member (2, 2a); a backing member (3, 3a); and a piezoelectric ceramic body (4), which are provided axially integrally, wherein one end side of the side member (2, 2a) is fitted to the back side of the front member (1, 1a), one end side of the backing member (3, 3a) is fitted to another end side of the side member (2, 2a), and the piezoelectric ceramic body (4) is interposed between the front member (1, 1a) and the backing member (3, 3a).
US07847467B2
An electric rotary machine which may be employed as a dc motor in an automotive engine starter. The motor includes an armature equipped with an armature shaft, a commutator, brushes, and a bearing retaining an end of the armature shaft. The surface of the commutator has a plurality of protrusions extending in parallel to each other in a direction of rotation of the commutator. Each of the brushes has formed in the bottom thereof grooves in which the protrusions of the commutator are fit. The brushes are urged into constant engagement of the grooves with the protrusions on the commutator to establish electrical contacts between the brushes and the commutator and minimize movement of the armature shaft relative to the bearing.
US07847461B2
A permanent magnet machine includes a stator having a hollow core, a rotor rotatably disposed inside the hollow core, and a plurality of multilayered permanent magnets embedded in the rotor. Each multilayered permanent magnet has opposite first and second ends, and includes a first magnet disposed at the first end, and a second magnet disposed at the second end and coupled to the first magnet. The second magnet has higher magnet strength than the first magnet, and also has lower high-temperature stability than the first magnet.
US07847458B2
The motor includes a cylindrical rotor core, a plurality of magnets axially penetrated in the rotor core, a pair of separation-preventing plates installed at both ends of the rotor core, and at least one fixing member to fix the separation-preventing plates to the rotor core. The fixing member includes a rod portion extending in an axial direction of the rotor core to be disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor core, and supporting portions bent from both ends of the rod portion and used to support the separation-preventing plates. The separation-preventing plates can be fixed to the rotor core by the fixing member disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor core. The fixing member has no risk of hindering the flow of magnetic flux generated from the magnets, resulting in an improvement in the performance of the motor.
US07847448B2
A vehicular alternating current generator has slip rings, an enclosure, a rear cover, and a sealing plate. The slip rings are provided on a rotary shaft of a rotor. The enclosure component encloses a peripheral space surrounding the slip rings and brushes, and the rear cover covers electrical components including the brushes. The sealing plate, which is made of a material having elasticity, is attached to an end surface of the rear cover in a vertical direction and encloses a surrounding area of the enclosure component.
US07847443B2
The modular conical stator pole provides an improved conical stator assembly on electrical machines. The improved conical stator pole assembly comprises a plurality of stator poles, each pole comprising an assembly having a coil secured on a soft magnetic composites (SMC) stator pole tooth by inserting a winding support through the open core of the coil and attaching a back iron and a stator face to either end of the winding support. Each stator pole having a parallelogram shaped cross section for forming a conical shaped rotor space when the stator poles are assembled having the back irons bearing against each other to space the coils apart and form a conical shaped outside profile of the stator pole assembly. The conical stator having a small end and a big end. The tooth comprising a winding support integrally molded with either the back iron or the face.
US07847442B2
In a linear motor (1) having a stator (2) and an armature (3), the stator (2) comprises a winding former (21) and a drive winding (22) provided on the winding former (21). Further, means are provided for preventing any contact between the drive winding (22) and the armature (3) in case the armature (3) penetrates through the winding former (21).
US07847433B2
Described herein are systems, methods and apparatuses for providing power to an irrigation controller. In one implementation, an apparatus comprises an alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) voltage converter configured to convert an input AC voltage into a DC voltage. An AC voltage generator is coupled to the AC to DC voltage converter, wherein the AC voltage generator is configured to generate an output AC voltage using the DC voltage. The AC voltage generator is further coupled to the irrigation controller, and the AC voltage generator is configured to supply the output AC voltage to the irrigation controller.
US07847430B2
A centralized isolated ground interface apparatus for providing a remote termination point for isolated ground conductors. The apparatus including an isolation transformer for establishing a neutral to ground bond, at least one isolated ground receptacle positioned remotely from the isolation transformer, a battery backup, an electrical interface housing the isolation transformer and positioned remotely from the at least one receptacle, and a bypass switch for bypassing the battery backup without disrupting electrical current transmitted to the at least one isolated ground receptacle.
US07847424B2
In an electrical power system of a diesel powered system having at least one diesel-fueled power generation unit, the electrical power system having a synchronous machine including a field winding being coupled to the diesel-fueled power generation unit, a battery for selectively providing a starting current during a starting mode of the electrical power system, and an inverter receiving the starting current for driving the synchronous machine and generating an inverter current, a circuit and method for reducing a voltage being developed across the field winding is described. The circuit includes a current conditioner for conditioning the inverter current and a parallel circuit interposed between the inverter and the current conditioner comprising a first branch including a resistance and a second branch including the field winding of the synchronous machine so that the parallel circuit is isolated from a voltage developed across the current conditioner during cranking.
US07847417B2
A solder resist and a central pad to which a central Au bump provided on a semiconductor chip is flip-chip bonded are formed on a substrate main body. In a flip-chip mounting substrate where an underfill resin is provided after the semiconductor chip is mounted, a central opening portion for exposing the central pad is formed in the solder resist, and also, an edge portion forming the central opening portion of the solder resist is partially overlapped with the outer peripheral portion of the central pad.
US07847402B2
A chip is provided which includes a back-end-of-line (“BEOL”) interconnect structure. The BEOL interconnect structure includes a plurality of interlevel dielectric (“ILD”) layers which include a dielectric material curable by ultraviolet (“UV”) radiation. A plurality of metal interconnect wiring layers are embedded in the plurality of ILD layers. Dielectric barrier layers cover the plurality of metal interconnect wiring layers, the dielectric barrier layers being adapted to reduce diffusion of materials between the metal interconnect wiring layers and the ILD layers. One of more of the dielectric barrier layers is adapted to retain compressive stress while withstanding UV radiation sufficient to cure the dielectric material of the ILD layers, making the BEOL structure better capable of avoiding deformation due to thermal and/or mechanical stress.
US07847401B2
A method (100) of forming semiconductor structures (202) including high-temperature processing steps (step 118), incorporates the use of a high-temperature nitride-oxide mask (220) over protected regions (214) of the device (202). The invention has application in many different embodiments, including but not limited to, the formation of recess, strained device regions (224).
US07847399B2
A semiconductor device has a chip (101) with gold studs (212) assembled on a tape substrate (102), which has solder balls (103) for attachment to external parts. The tape substrate (about 30 to 70 μm thick) has on its first surface first copper contact pads (221) covered with a continuous thin nickel layer (222) of about 0.04 to 0.12 μm thickness. Gold including stud (212) is contacting the nickel. On the second substrate surface are second copper contact pads (231) covered with an alloy layer (about 2 to 3 μm thick) including gold, copper/tin alloys, and copper/nickel/tin alloys; the alloys are metallurgically attached to the second copper pad and substantially free of unalloyed nickel. A reflow body (103) comprising tin is metallurgically attached to the alloy layer of each second pad.
US07847397B2
An apparatus composed of: (a) a substrate; and (b) a deposited composition comprising a liquid and a plurality of metal nanoparticles with a covalently bonded stabilizer.
US07847395B2
A package and a package assembly for a power device having a high operation voltage and impulse voltage are provided. The package assembly for a power device comprises an assembly wherein the power device is encapsulated and electrically connected to a lead protruding outside the package, and an isolation spacer filling a clearance distance between the package and a heat sink attached to the package.
US07847391B2
An integrated circuit package that comprises a lead frame, an integrated circuit located on the lead frame and a shunt resistor coupled to the lead frame and to the integrated circuit. The shunt resistor has a lower temperature coefficient of resistance than the lead frame, and the lead frame has a lower resistivity than the shunt resistor. The shunt resistor has a low-resistance coupling to external leads of the lead frame, or, the shunt resistor has its own integrated external leads.
US07847390B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor module case; a metal terminal externally extending from within the case; a semiconductor element disposed within the case and electrically connected to the metal terminal; and a printed wiring board having a wiring pattern formed on a surface thereof, the printed wiring board being connected to the semiconductor element through the metal terminal; wherein the external portion of the metal terminal includes a joining portion and a resilient portion, the joining portion being in surface contact with an external surface of the case, the resilient portion facing and being spaced from the joining portion; wherein the printed wiring board is inserted between the joining portion and the resilient portion; and wherein the wiring pattern on the printed wiring board is pressure-welded to the joining portion.
US07847389B2
Even when a substrate on which a semiconductor package has been mounted is made curved, stress upon electrical connections is mitigated, thereby eliminating faulty connections and improving connection reliability. A semiconductor chip has electrodes on a second face thereof. Support blocks, capable of bending and flexing, are placed at two locations on a peripheral edge of a first face of the semiconductor chip. An interposer is placed so as to span the support blocks with the support blocks interposed between itself and the semiconductor chip, and has a wiring pattern in a flexible resin film. Two end portions of the interposer are folded back onto the side of the second face of the semiconductor chip, and the wiring pattern thereof is electrically connected to the electrodes of the semiconductor chip.
US07847386B1
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided multiple embodiments of a reduced size stackable semiconductor package. In a basic embodiment of the present invention, the semiconductor package comprises a bulk layer having at least one first bond pad formed therein. At least one active layer is formed on the bulk layer and electrically coupled to the first bond pad. Additionally, at least one second bond pad is formed on the active layer and is electrically coupled thereto. A protection layer is formed on that surface of the active layer having the second bond pad formed thereon, the protection layer also partially encapsulating the second bond pad. In other embodiments of the present invention, the above-described semiconductor package is provided in a stacked arrangement and in a prescribed pattern of electrical communication with one or more additional, identically configured semiconductor packages. In these stacked arrangements, one or more interposers and/or solder balls may optionally integrated into such semiconductor package stacks. In other embodiments of the present invention, a semiconductor package is provided wherein a semiconductor package stack is itself electrically connected to a substrate and covered with an encapsulant material which ultimately hardens into a package body.
US07847385B1
A copper-topped die, which has exposed copper lines and pads, is utilized as the lower die in a stacked die structure. A non-conductive material is formed over the lower copper-topped die, and then selectively removed so that the non-conductive material covers and lies between the copper lines while none of the non-conductive material lies over the copper pads. An upper die is then attached to the non-conductive material.
US07847384B2
A semiconductor package 100 is constructed of a semiconductor chip 110, a sealing resin 106 for sealing this semiconductor chip 110, and wiring 105 formed inside the sealing resin 106. And, the wiring 105 is constructed of pattern wiring 105b connected to the semiconductor chip 110 and also formed so as to be exposed to a lower surface 106b of the sealing resin 106, and a post part 105a formed so as to extend in a thickness direction of the sealing resin 106, the post part in which one end is connected to the pattern wiring 105b and also the other end is formed so as to be exposed to an upper surface 106a of the sealing resin 106.
US07847382B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming an encapsulation surrounding an integrated circuit having an inactive side and an active side exposed; forming a hole through the encapsulation with the hole not exposing the integrated circuit; forming a through conductor in the hole; and mounting a substrate with the integrated circuit surrounded by the encapsulation with the active side facing the substrate.
US07847378B2
A wire bonder (900) with a rigid pedestal (902) having resilient inserts (920). A package (904) placed on the pedestal (902) contains an electrical device (906). The bond pads on the electrical device (906) are electrically connected to bond pads on the package (904) by a series of bond wires (908) through use of a well know bonding process. A vacuum source holds the package (904) against the pedestal (902) deforming the resilient strips (920) located in the rigid member (902) of the pedestal and ensuring good contact between the ground pads of the package (904) and conductive resilient members (920). The resilient members (920) are conductive and electrically connect the package grounds to a system ground (922).
US07847369B2
A power transistor includes a plurality of transistor cells. Each transistor cell has a first electrode coupled to a first electrode interconnection region overlying a first major surface, a control electrode coupled to a control electrode interconnection region overlying the first major surface, and a second electrode coupled to a second electrode interconnection region overlying a second major surface. Each transistor cell has an approximately constant doping concentration in the channel region. A dielectric platform is used as an edge termination of an epitaxial layer to maintain substantially planar equipotential lines therein. The power transistor finds particular utility in radio frequency applications operating at a frequency greater than 500 megahertz and dissipating more than 5 watts of power. The semiconductor die and package are designed so that the power transistor can efficiently operate under such severe conditions.
US07847360B2
A radiation detector of the ΔE-E type is proposed. The detector is integrated in a chip of semiconductor material with a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface, the detector having at least one detection cell arranged on the front surface for receiving a radiation to be evaluated, wherein the detector includes: a first region of a first type of conductivity extending into the chip from the front surface to a first depth; a second region of a second type of conductivity extending into the chip from the back surface to a second depth so as to reach the first region; and for each detection cell a third region of the second type of conductivity extending into the first region from the front surface to a third depth lower than the first depth and the second depth, a thin sensitive volume for absorbing energy from the radiation being defined by a junction between the first region and each third region, and a thick sensitive volume for absorbing further energy from the radiation being defined by a further junction between the first region and the second region. For each detection cell the detector further includes insulation means arranged around the third region and extending from the front surface into the first region to an insulation depth comprised between the first depth and the third depth.
US07847357B2
The present invention relates to complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) devices having gapped dual stressors with dielectric gap fillers. Specifically, each CMOS device of the present invention includes at least one n-channel field effect transistor (n-FET) and at least one p-channel field effect transistor (p-FET). A tensilely stressed dielectric layer overlays the n-FET, and a compressively stressed dielectric layer overlays the p-FET. A gap is located between the tensilely and compressively stressed dielectric layers and is filled with a dielectric filler material. In one specific embodiment of the present invention, both the tensilely and compressively stressed dielectric layers are covered by a layer of the dielectric filler material, which is essentially free of stress. In an alternatively embodiment of the present invention, the dielectric filler material is only present in the gap between the tensilely and compressively stressed dielectric layers.
US07847350B2
A semiconductor device is formed having a trench adjacent to a current carrying region of the device. The trench is formed having a depth greater than the depth of a tub region of the device. Increasing the trench depth moves a region of higher field strength from the tub region to a region along the trench. The region along the trench does not have a junction and may withstand the higher field strength.
US07847340B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including: ONO films that are formed on a semiconductor substrate and include trapping layers; word lines that are formed on the ONO films; and silicon oxide layers that are formed at portions on the semiconductor substrate, the portions being located between the word lines, the silicon oxide layers being located between the trapping layers.
US07847336B2
Methods are described for fabricating NAND-type EEPROMs without field oxide isolation. P+ implantations are employed to isolate adjacent memory cells.
US07847331B2
In a situation where a memory cell includes an ONO film, which comprises a silicon nitride film for charge storage and oxide films positioned above and below the silicon nitride film; a memory gate above the ONO film; a select gate, which is adjacent to a lateral surface of the memory gate via the ONO film; a gate insulator positioned below the select gate; a source region; and a drain region, an erase operation is performed by injecting holes generated by BTBT into the silicon nitride film while applying a positive potential to the source region, applying a negative potential to the memory gate, applying a positive potential to the select gate, and flowing a current from the drain region to the source region, thus improving the characteristics of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device.
US07847316B2
A reliable semiconductor device is provided which comprises lower and upper IGBTs 1 and 2 preferably bonded to each other by solder, and a wire strongly connected to lower IGBT 1. The semiconductor device comprises a lower IGBT 1, a lower electrode layer 5 secured on lower IGBT 1, an upper electrode layer 6 secured on lower electrode layer 5, an upper IGBT 2 secured on upper electrode layer 6, and a solder layer 7 which connects upper electrode layer 6 and upper IGBT 2. Lower and upper electrode layers 5 and 6 are formed of different materials from each other, and upper electrode layer 6 has a notch 36 to partly define on an upper surface 5a of lower electrode layer 5 a bonding region 15 exposed to the outside through notch 36 so that one end of a wire 8 is connected to bonding region 15. Upper electrode layer 6 can be formed of one material superior in soldering, and also, lower electrode layer 5 can be formed of another material having a high adhesive strength to wire 8.
US07847309B2
New phosphor materials including a complex fluoride phosphor activated with Mn4+ which may include at least one of (A) A2[MF7]:Mn4+, wherein A=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, NH4, or a combination thereof, and M=Nb, Ta or a combination thereof; and (B) A3[XF6]:Mn4+, wherein A=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, NH4, or a combination thereof, and X=Sc, Y, La, a lanthanide, Bi, or a combination thereof.
US07847307B2
A light-emitting module (1) includes: a package (10); a base board (13) and a semiconductor multi-layered film (50) accommodated in the package (10); and a plurality of terminal portions (16) for supplying electricity to the semiconductor multi-layered film (50), wherein the package (10) includes a metallic support portion (11b) supporting the base board (13), a plurality of through-holes (11c) for insertion of the respective terminal portions (16), an insulating member (11d) keeping electrical insulation between the metallic support portion (11b) and the terminal portions (16), and between the respective terminal portions (16), and a window portion (12a); the base board (13) is made of an inorganic heat-dissipating material that keeps electrical insulation between the semiconductor multi-layered film (50) and the metallic support portion (11b); and one opening of each of the through-holes (11c) is provided on a side surface of the package (10).
US07847304B2
An LED array includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of first LED portions formed integrally on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first LED portions emit light of a predetermined color. The LED array includes a plurality of second LED portions fixed to the semiconductor substrate and are disposed corresponding to the first LED portions. The second LED portions emit light whose color is different from the first LED portions. The second LED portions are so disposed that active layers of the second LED portions are substantially at the same height as active layers of the first LED portions.
US07847303B2
A warm white light emitting apparatus includes a first light emitting diode (LED)-phosphor combination to generate a base light that is white or yellowish white and a second LED-phosphor combination to generate a Color Rendering Index (CRI) adjusting light. The base light and the CRI adjusting light together make a warm white light having a color temperature of 2500 to 4500K.
US07847297B2
An ohmic contact in accordance with the invention includes a layer of p-type GaN-based material. A first layer of a group II-VI compound semiconductor is located adjacent to the layer of p-type GaN-based material. The ohmic contact further includes a metal layer that provides metal contact. A second layer of a different II-VI compound semiconductor is located adjacent to the metal layer.
US07847291B2
A display substrate includes; a substrate, a gate electrode arranged on the substrate, a semiconductor pattern arranged on the gate electrode, a source electrode arranged on the semiconductor pattern, a drain electrode arranged on the semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from the source electrode, an insulating layer arranged on, and substantially covering, the source electrode and the drain electrode to cover the source electrode and the drain electrode, a conductive layer pattern arranged on the insulating layer and overlapped aligned with the semiconductor pattern, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, and a storage electrode arranged on the substrate and overlapped overlapping with the pixel electrode, the storage electrode being electrically connected to the conductive layer pattern.
US07847290B2
In forming a thin film transistor using multi-tone exposure, a wiring width of a foundational wiring is 40 μm or less, and a ratio of a wiring width of a foundational wiring in a dense case to a space between adjacent wirings is 1.7, preferably 1.0 or less.
US07847288B2
A method for fabricating test structures on a wafer for integrated circuits. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, e.g., silicon wafer. The method includes forming a plurality of integrated circuit chip structures on the semiconductor substrate and forming a plurality of MOS devices on a scribe line formed between a first group and a second group of integrated circuit chip structures concurrently using one or more similar processes during forming the plurality of integrated circuit chip structures. The method includes forming a first contact structure and a second contact structure. The first contact structure is coupled to a first MOS device in the plurality of MOS devices and the second contact structure is coupled to an Nth MOS device in the plurality of MOS devices, where N is an integer greater than 1.
US07847273B2
An electron gun, an electron source for an electron gun, an extractor for an electron gun, and a respective method for producing the electron gun, the electron source and the extractor are disclosed. Embodiments provide an electron source utilizing a carbon nanotube (CNT) bonded to a substrate for increased stability, reliability, and durability. An extractor with an aperture in a conductive material is used to extract electrons from the electron source, where the aperture may substantially align with the CNT of the electron source when the extractor and electron source are mated to form the electron gun. The electron source and extractor may have alignment features for aligning the electron source and the extractor, thereby bringing the aperture and CNT into substantial alignment when assembled. The alignment features may provide and maintain this alignment during operation to improve the field emission characteristics and overall system stability of the electron gun.
US07847271B2
An ion implanter for manufacturing a single crystal film by extracting a hydrogen ion or a rare-gas ion from an ion source, selects a desired ion with a first sector electromagnet, scanning the ion with a scanner, collimates the ion with a second sector electromagnet, and implants it into a substrate; the ion source is configured to be located close to the entrance side focal point of the first sector electromagnet. In this case, when an aperture of an extraction section of the ion source is circular and entrance side focal points in a deflection surface and a surface perpendicular thereto in the first sector electromagnet are coincident, the ion beam after passing the first sector electromagnet becomes completely parallel in the two surfaces and the spot shape becomes a circle.
US07847268B2
The invention discloses a charged particle detecting apparatus for detecting positive ions, negative ions and electrons emitted from a sample, the apparatus comprising a housing, defining a chamber in its interior, which is confined by conductive walls, and has an opening to the outside of said housing; a grid for selectively attracting charged particles, wherein the grid is electrically biasable with respect to said housing and functionally aligned with said opening; a converter arrangement with a converter surface, which is electrically biasable with respect to the grid and with respect to the housing, and which is positioned such that charged particles attracted into the chamber by the grid impact on the converter surface; an electron detector, which is biasable with respect to the converter surface in such a way that electrons emitted from the converter surface impact on the electron detector.
US07847264B2
Methods for measuring the colour of printed samples by measuring a first spectral proportion of the total spectral reflection factor of a sample by illuminating the sample with light having no UV element are provided. The methods calculate a spectral correction factor by making allowance for the characterisation data of the brightened substrate and the spectral properties of a selected type of illuminating light, adding the spectral correction factor to the first spectral proportion to obtain the total spectral reflection factor of the measured sample. The methods further evaluate the total spectral reflection factor on the basis of measurements taken with illuminating light with no UV element and with UV light only on a limited set of measurement samples, especially on the non-printed substrate only (paper whiteness).
US07847256B2
A system is provided for detecting when an enclosure having a body and a removable cover is opened. The system comprises a light source for generating a light beam, a light detector for detecting the light beam, and at least one reflector all mounted inside the enclosure. The reflector reflects the light beam along a predetermined pathway toward the light detector when the removable cover is closed over the body.
US07847252B2
An infrared-detecting element includes: a substrate; a laminated body; an anchor coupling a part of the laminated body with the substrate and supporting the laminated body with a gap above the substrate; and an amplifier provided on the substrate and connected to at least one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The laminated body has a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a piezoelectric film made of aluminum nitride which is provided between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and in which a c-axis is oriented almost perpendicularly to a film plane. The amplifier has a circuit performing conversion into voltage according to a charge generated in the laminated body.
US07847242B2
A pulse heating—time of flight mass spectrometric gas elements analyzer, which involves the chemical analysis field of inorganic materials, and comprises of a pulse heating electrode furnace, a sample charging system, a purification device, a time-of-flight mass spectrometer, a signal acquisition and data processing system, and an automatic control system. Said electrode furnace and sample charging system are united as one via upper/lower electrodes and pneumatic cylinders, to form a closed hearth. Said electrode furnace, purification device and time-of-flight mass spectrometer are interconnected through the gas pipelines: the purified inert carrier gas comes into the hearth from its top, carrying out the gas components released from sample fusion, and upon re-purification, comes into the time-of-flight mass spectrometer; said signal acquisition and data processing system is connected to the detector of the said mass spectrometer via signal cables, and on the basis of computation by the data processing module of the relevant computer software, outputs the mass percentages of O, N, H and Ar in the sample. The lower limit of detection can be below 0.01 ppm to 0.1 ppm, and no less than three elements can be measured simultaneously in one analysis cycle.
US07847236B2
A Fresnel antenna includes a plurality of Fresnel elements spaced to selectively attenuate electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength, selected wavelengths, or range of wavelengths, and to concentrate electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength, selected wavelengths, or range of wavelengths other than the attenuated wavelengths.
US07847230B2
The invention relates to a radiation detector (1) for detecting low-intensity radiation, especially for detecting individual photons. The radiation detector includes a plurality of rows of image cells (5) with respective pluralities of image cells (5) disposed one after the other and respective signal outputs (6). The radiation to be detected generates signal charge carriers in the individual image cells (5), the charge carriers being transported along the rows of image cells to the respective signal output (6). A plurality of output amplifiers (7) are connected in parallel to one of the signal outputs each of the individual image cell columns and amplify the signal charge carriers. The invention is characterized in that the output amplifiers (7) include respective avalanche amplifiers (8).
US07847227B2
Apparatus and methods are described for measuring amplitude and phase variations in a spatially coherent beam of light. A beam of coherent light is made incident upon a spatial array of phase modulating elements displaying a pixellated first phase distribution. In a measuring region of said spatial array, the phase distribution is changed to a new value while retaining the first phase distribution outside the measuring region, for example by flashing a single pixel. The change in intensity resulting from the change in phase distribution is then determined.
US07847217B2
An exemplary hot-melting method includes the following steps. A hot-melting machine (20) is provided. The hot-melting machine includes a rotatable worktable (23), a heater (25), at least one cooler (26), and a plurality of carriers located on the worktable and being uniformly spaced apart. A first workpiece loaded on a first one of the carriers is cooled using the at least one cooler. Simultaneously, a second workpiece loaded on a second one of the carriers is heated using the heater.
US07847214B2
A laser crystallization apparatus and a crystallization method with a high throughput are provided. Laser light having a predetermined light intensity distribution is irradiated to a semiconductor film to melt and crystallize, wherein a irradiation position is placed very quickly and with a high positional accuracy, thereby forming the semiconductor film having a large crystal grain size. A laser crystallization apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a crystallizing laser light source, a phase shifter modulating pulse laser light to have the predetermined light intensity distribution, an excimer imaging optical system, a substrate holding stage mounting a processing substrate and continuously moving in the predetermined direction, a position measuring means, and a signal generating means indicating generation of the pulse laser light based on the position measurement of the stage by the position measuring means.
US07847203B2
A system for indicating a position of an electrical distribution device configured to be racked into an electrically connected condition within an enclosure and racked out to an electrically disconnected condition via a racking mechanism is disclosed. The system includes a rotating indicator having at least a first position and a second position, the first position indicating the connected condition, and the second position indicating the disconnected condition, the indicator operably connected to the racking mechanism to rotate the indicator in response to movement of the racking mechanism between at least the connected condition and the disconnected condition. The system also includes a biasing device to bias rotation of the indicator toward the first position when the racking mechanism is in the connected condition and to bias rotation of the indicator toward the second position when the racking mechanism is in the disconnected condition. The system further includes a first mechanical stop to hold the indicator at the first position when the racking mechanism is in the connected condition, and a second mechanical stop to hold the indicator at the second position when the racking mechanism is in the disconnected condition.
US07847198B2
A wiring board includes an insulating base; an adhesive layer formed on the surface of the insulating base; a conductor wiring formed on the surface of the adhesive layer; and a bump formed crossing the longitudinal direction of the conductor wiring over regions on the adhesive layer on both sides of the conductor wiring, wherein the back face at a part of the conductor wiring where the bump is formed, and the back faces and parts of the side faces of the bump formed above the regions of the adhesive layer on both sides of the conductor wiring, are embedded in the surface of the adhesive layer so as to be adhered to the adhesive layer. Even when the wiring width of the conductor wiring is decreased, the conductor wiring can be adhered to the wiring board firmly.
US07847191B2
Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed.
US07847190B1
A reversible protective cable chute for attachment to a horizontal electrical box or low voltage frame to enable the routing of low voltage cables there through. A first embodiment of the reversible protective cable chute includes a cable shield that is used in conjunction with a conventional decorative cover plate and a second embodiment includes a cover integral with the cable shield. In the first embodiment, the cable shield includes two ears with apertures therein for mounting directly to a conventional single gang electrical box or conventional low voltage frame. Bores are provided in the ears of the protective cable shield for receipt of fasteners for mounting a standard decorative plate thereto. A second embodiment of the reversible protective cable chute includes a cover integral with the cable shield for direct mounting to an electrical box or low voltage frame.
US07847184B2
The present invention provides a thermoplastic film or sheet comprising two surface layers made of acid copolymers, or ionomers, or combinations thereof and at least one inner layer made of ethylene acrylate ester copolymers, a solar cell module comprising at least one encapsulant layer derived therefrom, and a process of manufacturing the solar cell module.
US07847172B2
The harmonica may include a cover, a comb, reed plates and reeds. In one embodiment, the harmonica may include an upper button and/or a lower button which may allow the cover to be removed from the comb. In another embodiment, the harmonica may include one or more side buttons which allow the cover to be removed from the comb. In another embodiment, the cover may be allowed to pivot relative to the comb so that the cover can be rotated away from the comb. In another embodiment, the harmonica may include one or more inserts and openings in the comb in order to improve the sound of the harmonica. In another embodiment, the harmonica may include one or more side vents which allow air to escape or to enter the harmonica which may improve the sound of the harmonica.
US07847169B2
A guitar includes a brace bar having a longitudinal horizontal coupling portion arranged so as to be parallel along a top plate inner surface of the top plate, a pair of connecting legs bent from both ends of the horizontal coupling portion so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and a bridge coupling leg provided along a projecting direction of the connecting leg from vicinity of the center of the horizontal coupling portion is attached to the top plate. A pair of recesses obtained by cutting the top plate into a recess form are formed on the top plate and a connecting leg of the brace bar are connected with vibrating thin plate bonded to the recesses.
US07847165B2
The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated AOB 175, which has low to intermediate nicotine content. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar AOB 175, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar AOB 175, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar AOB 175, hybrids produced from cultivar AOB 175 and lines derived from cultivar AOB 175, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar AOB 175 plants, cultivar AOB 175 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived from cultivar AOB 175. In addition, products produced from the plants of the present invention are provided.
US07847164B2
The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated AOB 171, which has low to intermediate nicotine content. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar AOB 171, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar AOB 171, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar AOB 171, hybrids produced from cultivar AOB 171 and lines derived from cultivar AOB 171, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar AOB 171 plants, cultivar AOB 171 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived from cultivar AOB 171. In addition, products produced from the plants of the present invention are provided.
US07847163B2
The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated AOB 176, which has low to intermediate nicotine content. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar AOB 176, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar AOB 176, a tissue culture derived from the cultivar AOB 176, hybrids produced from cultivar AOB 176 and lines derived from cultivar AOB 176, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing cultivar AOB 176 plants, cultivar AOB 176 hybrid plants, and tobacco lines derived from cultivar AOB 176. In addition, products produced from the plants of the present invention are provided.
US07847159B2
This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. This invention further relates to transformed plant cells with altered metabolic activity compared to a corresponding non transformed wild type plant cell, wherein the metabolic activity is altered by transformation with a Stress-Related Protein (SRP) coding nucleic acid and results in increased tolerance and/or resistance to an environmental stress as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell.
US07847151B2
The present invention provides for the identification and cloning of functional plant centromeres in Arabidopsis. This will permit construction of stably inherited plant artificial chromosomes (PLACs) which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. In addition, information on the structure and function of these regions will prove valuable in isolating additional centromeric and centromere related genetic elements and polypeptides from other species.
US07847145B2
The present invention relates to a technique for a body fluid absorbent article including a moving absorbent, capable of using a wider range of the absorbent for absorption and efficiently moving the absorbent. The present invention is characterized in that the absorbent 25 including a body fluid absorption and holding function and a shrinkage function when contacting with a body fluid is provided in a body fluid absorbent portion, and an absorption control layer 40 a liquid impermeable range of which is reduced whenever the body fluid is excreted is provided on the absorbent 25.
US07847143B2
A protective foot pad includes a sheet of protective material having a main body portion in the shape of the ball of a human foot and a locating tab extending from the main body portion for location between the first and second toes of the foot, an adhesive on one surface of the sheet for adhering the sheet to the foot, and a removable release liner covering the adhesive until the pad is to be adhered to the foot. The pad is especially suited for protecting the bare foot of a dancer, who will use the pad by removing the release liner to expose the adhesive, placing the exposed adhesive on the bottom of his or her foot to cover at least a portion of the ball of the foot, with the tab extending between the first and second toes, and bending the locating tab over the skin between the first and second toes. The main body portion can include one or more lateral extensions that adhere to the side of the foot. In one embodiment, the adhesive is a layer of material that is adhesive on both surfaces thereof, one of which has the releasable liner thereon. The other surface of the layer of material is disposed on an adhesive surface of the sheet, which is a non-woven, open-matrix, polyester layer.
US07847135B1
The invention is a process to produce allyl alcohol from propylene oxide. The process comprises isomerizing propylene oxide in the presence of a lithium phosphate catalyst which contains boron and from 2000 to 4000 ppm sodium. The propylene oxide conversion is 37 percent or lower.
US07847124B2
Disclosed is an alanine racemase chiral binaphthol derivative having the ability to recognize amino alcohols selectively on the basis of chirality and transform amino acids from an L-form into a D-form. Methods for the optical resolution of amino acid or amino alcohol and for the optical transformation of D- and L-forms of amino acids using the binaphthol derivative are also provided.
US07847120B2
The present invention provides novel compositions of allosteric hemoglobin modifiers which are substantially free of impurities, specifically polymeric impurities. In one embodiment, the novel compositions contain an allosteric hemoglobin modifier compound and less than 100 ppm of the polymeric impurities generated during the preparation of this compound. Included in the present invention are novel methods for preparing allosteric hemoglobin modifiers that are substantially free of polymeric impurities. Also included in the present invention are improved methods for the purification of the product formed by the method of this invention. The novel methods of purification comprise extracting the crude composition with a water immiscible or partially immiscible solvent such as methylisobutyl ketone (MIBK) to lower amounts of impurities, specifically polymeric impurities. Also included are methods to reduce impurities by recrystallization of the crude synthesized product, followed by filtration of the recrystallized product. The present invention also includes the products made by the processes of the invention and methods for analyzing compositions comprised of these products.
US07847116B2
To provide an aminoaryl containing organosilicon compound with high efficiency, after protecting amino groups of a haloaniline compound with a specific compound, to form a Grignard reagent and to deprotect the aforementioned groups by reacting the Grignard reagent with a silicon compound.
US07847108B2
This invention relates to novel oxathiincarboxamides of the formula (I) in which G1, G2, G3, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Z are as defined in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and to novel intermediates and their preparation.
US07847106B2
The present invention relates to a new process for the preparation of tripeptides of formula I wherein R1 is an amino protecting group and X is a halogen atom and wherein the tipeptide contains two olefinic moieties suitably disposed to undergo an intramolecular olefin metathesis reaction and produce macrocyclic tripeptides useful for the manufacture of macrocyclic HCV protease inhibitors.
US07847103B2
The invention relates to ultraviolet light absorbing compounds, their preparation and uses as protective agents and stabilizers in coatings, plastics and topically applied products. The compounds are ketone derivatives of 2-(2-hydroxyphenol) benzotriazole of formula I, where R1 is hydrogen atom, or a halogen atom, or a straight-chain or branched lower alkyl or lower alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 is an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group or an unsubstituted or substituted straight-chain or branched alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a cycloaliphatic group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms; and R3 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkylaryl group or alkoxyl or phenyl or phenyl substituted with alkyl, cycloalkyl, carboalkoxy, chlorine or arylalkyl groups.
US07847094B2
Disclosed herein is an industrial preparation of Quetiapine by the reaction of 11-piperazinyldibenzo[b,f][1,4]-thiazepine or its salt with 2-(2-chloroethoxy)ethanol in presence of an organic or inorganic base under neat or aqueous condition to form 11-[4-{2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl}-1-piperazinyl]dibenzo[b,f]-[1,4]thiazepine. The quetiapine free base obtained is further converted to its hemi-fumarate salt.
US07847092B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparation of organofluoro compounds containing radioactive isotope fluorine-18. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for preparation of primary or secondary organofluoro compound by reacting fluorine salt containing radioactive isotope fluorine-18 with primary or secondary alkyl halide or primary or secondary alkyl sulfonate in the presence of alcohol of Chemical Formula 1 as a solvent to obtain high yield of organofluoro compound. Synthesis reaction according to the present invention may be carried out under mild condition to give high yield of the organofluoro compounds and the reaction time is decreased, and thereby is suitable for the mass production of the organofluoro compounds.
US07847091B2
Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
US07847086B2
The present invention provides recombinant expression cassettes comprising a fungal 3′ termination sequence which is functional in a plant. The recombinant expression cassettes comprise a plant promoter operably linked to a coding sequence having a stop codon, and the fungal termination sequence. The fungal 3′ termination sequence is heterologous to the coding sequence. The fungal 3′ termination sequence comprises structural features including a cleavage site, a positioning element, and an upstream element. The present invention also comprises methods for construction of the plant expression cassettes and introducing the cassettes into plant cells.
US07847081B2
The invention provides novel B7-H3 and B7-H4 polypeptides useful for co-stimulating T cells, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding them, vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules, and cells containing the vectors. Also included are methods of making and using these co-stimulatory polypeptides.
US07847077B2
The invention generally relates to polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems, to homologues thereof, to isolated nucleic acid molecules and recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding biologically active domains of such a PUFA PKS system, to genetically modified organisms comprising PUFA PKS systems, to methods of making and using such systems for the production of bioactive molecules of interest, and to novel methods for identifying new bacterial and non-bacterial microorganisms having such a PUFA PKS system.
US07847074B2
The present invention relates to processes for preparing the compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, R2 and R3 are defined according to claim 1 and to intermediates of said processes.
US07847073B2
A process for producing a liquid formulation of salts of sulfonated azo dyes by coupling an at least equimolar amount of diazotized aminoarylsulfonic acids I H2N—Ar—SO3H (I), where Ar is phenylene (which may be monosubstituted by sulfo) or naphthylene (which may be mono- or disubstituted by sulfo and/or monosubstituted by hydroxyl) onto the coupling product of an unsubstituted or methyl-substituted phenylenediamine with itself comprises dissolving the azo dye in a basic medium and then subjecting the solution to a nanofiltration.
US07847065B2
The present application provides novel human genes RNF43 whose expression is markedly elevated in colorectal cancers, as well as CXADRL1 and GCUD1 whose expression is markedly elevated in gastric cancers compared to corresponding non-cancerous tissues. The genes and polypeptides encoded by the genes can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of a cell proliferative disease, and as target molecules for developing drugs against the disease.
US07847058B2
The present invention relates to a method of modulating differentiation, adhesion and/or survival of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) presenting cells by providing compounds capable of modulating the interaction between the Ig1, Ig2 and/or Ig3 modules of NCAM. The invention provides candidate compounds capable of modulating the interaction between the Ig1, Ig2 and/or Ig3 modules of NCAM by using methods for screening and testing described in the application. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds capable of modulating the interaction between the Ig1, Ig2 and/or Ig3 modules of NCAM and to use of the pharmaceutical compositions and compounds for the modulation of differentiation, adhesion and/or survival of NCAM presenting cells.
US07847057B2
By a temper treatment a polyaryletherketone powder is processed such that it is particularly suited for the use in a method for a layer-wise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object. To this effect the powder is tempered at a temperature that is at least 20° C. above the glass transition temperature for at least 30 minutes before it is used as building material.
US07847056B2
An object of the invention is to provide a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer readily at a low cost without using any special polymerization facilities. Thus, the invention provides a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate polymer obtained by reacting a (meth)acrylate polymer with an alcohol containing a fluorine atom represented by General Formula 1: Rf(CH2)nOH (1) wherein Rf is a fluoroalkyl group or a fluoroalkyl ether group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms containing at least one or more fluorine atoms and n is an integer of 0 to 10 as well as a method for producing the same.
US07847052B2
A polymer of the following formula wherein Ar is aryl or heteroaryl; X represents CH2, sulfur, oxygen, selenium, NR′, or SiR″2 wherein R′ and R″ are each a suitable hydrocarbon; m represents the number of X substituents; and n represents the number of the repeating units.
US07847051B2
Continuous processes for preparing polycarbonates having a weight average molecular weight Mw, of 15,000 to 200,000 g/mol, the processes comprising reacting a dihydroxydiarylalkane and phosgene in the presence of a catalyst in a phase boundary process comprising: continuously dispersing in a disperser an organic phase comprising at least a portion of the phosgene and a solvent suitable for the polycarbonate and an aqueous phase comprising the dihydroxydiarylalkane, water and an alkali solution present in an amount of 1.5 to 2.5 moles per mole of the dihydroxydiarylalkane, to form a mixture; reacting the mixture in a first reactor with a residence time of less than 0.5 seconds; further reacting the mixture in a second reactor with addition of further alkali solution and, optionally, a chain terminator; and effecting further condensation in a third reactor with addition of further alkali solution and, optionally, a chain terminator, in the presence of the catalyst.
US07847048B2
The invention includes terminating compounds, polymers, rubber compositions and tires. The terminating compounds can provide terminating groups on the polymer. Polymers can be homopolymers, copolymers and terpolymers, and can include repeat units provided from conjugated diene monomers. Rubber compositions can be made from the polymers, and tires and various parts of tires can be made from those rubber compositions.
US07847040B2
A composition having excellent transparency, flexibility, rubber elasticity, thermal resistance, impact resistance, abrasion resistance and the like, a composition having excellent rigidity and impact resistance as well as excellently balanced in whitening resistance, abrasion resistance and heat sealability, and a composition having excellent rubbery properties, thermal resistance, abrasion resistance and flexibility are provided.A composition comprising a specific propylene•α-olefin copolymer for which, in a signal chart measured by 13C-NMR and predetermined such that the peak present at the highest magnetic field among the signals originating from CH (methine) of the constituent unit derived from an α-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms is to be at 34.4 ppm, an absorption intensity A at about 22.0 to 20.9 ppm and an absorption intensity B at about 19.0 to 20.6 ppm satisfy the following relational expressions (i) and (ii) with respect to an absorption intensity C at about 19.0 to 22.0 ppm, which is assignable to propylene methyl: (A/C)×100≦8 (i), and (B/C)×100≧60 (ii), a molded product thereof, and the α-olefin-based copolymer are provided.
US07847039B2
Disclosed are a transition metal complex having a high catalytic activity for the preparation of an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin and a catalyst composition comprising the same. More specifically, there are provided a transition metal complex having, around a group IV transition metal, a cyclopentadiene derivative and at least one aryl oxide ligand with a heterocyclic aryl derivative substituted at the ortho-position thereof, with no crosslinkage between the ligands, a catalyst composition comprising the transition metal complex and an organoaluminum compound or boron compound as cocatalyst, and a method for the preparation of high molecular weight ethylene homopolymers or copolymers of ethylene and α-olefin using the same.
US07847038B2
A method for the preparation of olefin polymerization catalysts that are the reaction products of the catalytic reaction of surface hydroxyls of a support with a trialkyl silane to afford hydrogen and the corresponding surface bound alkyl silyl ether and at the same time with a strong Lewis acid which support is converted to a silica bound anion that in a second step is fully converted by reaction with QM2 to the desired catalyst. Catalyst compositions are disclosed herein. Processes disclosed herein include processes for the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers comprising contacting a plurality of one or more of the monomers with the catalyst.
US07847029B2
This invention relates to polyolefin compositions. In particular, the invention pertains to elastic polymer compositions that can be more easily processed on cast film lines, extrusion lamination or coating lines due to improved resistance to draw resonance. The compositions of the present invention comprise an elastomeric polyolefin resin and a high pressure low density type resin. The preferred compositions of the present invention comprise from 88 to 99 percent elastomer or plastomer and from 1 to 12 percent by weight of a high pressure low density type resin.
US07847016B2
The invention relates to ophthalmic molding formulations and to tinted, high Dk ophthalmic moldings. This invention also relates to a method for making a tinted ophthalmic molding, particularly edge-to-edge soft, tinted contact lenses having improved properties, are prepared with an improved efficiency.
US07847013B2
A thermosetting resin composition for producing a color filter for a CMOS image sensor is provided. The thermosetting resin composition comprises an organic solvent and a self-curing copolymer having structural units represented by Formulae 1, 2, 3 and 4, which are described in the specification.
US07847011B2
A rosin based intermediate softening point (ISPR) tackifier has a ring and ball softening point of from 35 to 60° C. A hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive (HMPSA) composition contains an elastomeric component, such as a blend of SIS and SB block copolymers, and a tackifying component comprising one or more rosin based ISPRs having a ring and ball softening point of from 35 to 60° C.
US07847007B2
The present invention provides a light-diffusing resin composition comprising (A) an aromatic polycarbonate resin in an amount of 100 parts by mass, (B) an acrylic resin in an amount of 0.01 to 1 part by mass, and (C) a light-diffusing agent in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by mass, the light-diffusing resin composition which is usable for optical elements in the field of liquid crystal displays, such as light diffuser plates, optical lenses and optical guide plates, street lamp covers, glass substitutes such as laminated glass for vehicles or construction materials, and the like.
US07847005B2
A stabilized halogen-containing resin composition containing a halogen-containing resin and a stabilizer component comprising a complex (A) of a metal silicate and a calcium hydroxide compound and at least one member selected from a hydrotalcite (B) and a tin-containing stabilizer (C), which composition has synergism (multiplier effect), overcomes the problems of decreases, due to the high loading of a stabilizer, in the inherent mechanical strength and electrical characteristic of the resin and makes reduction of cost of stabilizers, and a process for producing the complex (A).
US07847002B2
The present invention relates to particles of an alkaline earth metal carbonate which are at least partially coated with at least one coating agent and which have a specific surface of more than 50 m2g−1 before coating. Preferably, the alkaline earth metal is calcium and the coating agent comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of organic sulfonic acids, alkylsulfates, fatty acids and the salts thereof.
US07847001B2
A fluoropolymer liquid composition including a fluoropolymer liquid (A) which includes a liquid medium and a crosslinkable functional group-containing crosslinkable fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer liquid (A) is a fluoropolymer liquid dispersion (AD) having, dispersed in a liquid dispersion medium, particles of a crosslinkable fluoropolymer (PD) containing acid/acid salt groups or organic groups capable of undergoing hydrolysis and thus being converted to carboxyl groups, or a fluoropolymer solution (AS) having, dissolved in a fluorosolvent or an alcohol/water mixed solvent, a crosslinkable fluoropolymer (PS) containing acid/acid salt groups or acid/acid salt groups precursors. Further, the crosslinkable functional group is a cyano group, —I or —Br.
US07846984B2
If an ultraviolet curing resin is colored by contamination by another substance, there have been issues regarding increased cost and the environmental burden of treating the waste solution due to an inability to recycle the resin as it is. The ultraviolet curing resin that is in a colored, uncured state is decolored in the present invention by irradiation of light having a wavelength in the vicinity of the maximum absorption wavelength of the coloring material, and then recycled. As a result, it is possible to reduce costs and contribute to the protection of the environment.
US07846977B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a preferably oxidic, core material, a shell of zinc oxide around said core material, and a catalytically active material in or on the shell, based on one or more of the metals cobalt, iron, ruthenium and/or nickel, preferably a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, to the preparation of such a catalyst and the use thereof in GTL processes.
US07846976B2
A process for producing metallic fine particles is provided by, the reduction of the metallic ions performed in two steps using two types of reducing agents which significantly differ in reducing ability thereof, in which a reducing agent in which the reduction ability is strong is used in the first reduction step, and a reducing agent in which the reduction ability is weak is used in the second reduction step, and the nano-sized metallic fine particles are produced. An aqueous metallic salt solution containing a surfactant is used and a two-step reduction is performed in the same vessel, in which as the reducing agent of the first reduction process, at least one selected from the group consisting of boron hydride, dimethylamine borane, hydrazine, and ascorbic acid is used, and as the reducing agent of the second reduction process, specific alkylamine or alkanolamine is used.
US07846959B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula I, wherein G, A, X1, X2, X3, Z, E, Y, and X are defined herein. The compounds modulate protein kinase enzymatic activity to modulate cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinases, particularly Raf. Methods of using and preparing the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions are also an aspect of the invention.
US07846949B2
The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of liver X receptors (LXRs).
US07846946B2
Heteroatom-linked substituted piperidines and derivatives thereof useful as histamine H3 antagonists
Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: M1 and M3 are CH or N; M2 is CH, CF or N; Y is —C(═O)—, —C(═S)—, —(CH2)q—, —C(═NOR7)— or —SO1-2—; Z is a bond or optionally substituted alkylene or alkenylene; R1 is H, or alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, all optionally substituted, or a group of the formula: where ring A is a heteroaryl ring; R2 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl; R3 is H, —C(O)NH2, or alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl or heteroaryl, all optionally substituted; and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification; compositions and methods of treating allergy-induced airway responses, congestion, obesity, metabolic syndrome, alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatic steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatacellular carcinoma and cognition deficit disorders using said compounds, alone or in combination with other agents.
US07846941B2
Compounds active on the receptor protein tyrosine kinases c-kit and c-fms are provided herewith. Also provided herewith are compositions useful for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases or condition and c-fms-mediated diseases or condition, and methods for the use thereof.
US07846932B2
A subject of the invention is the compounds of formula (I); in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R have the meanings indicated in the description, their preparation process, their use as medicaments having an antagonist activity on the vitronectin receptor and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US07846930B2
Certain diaryl-substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds are histamine H3 receptor and/or serotonin transporter modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor- and/or serotonin-mediated diseases.
US07846927B2
Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R3 and X have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular TIE-2, and Raf kinases and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
US07846913B2
The invention describes methods and compositions for alleviating recurrent medical afflictions for which anxiety may cause or exacerbate the affliction. A subject suffering from the affliction is treated with a combination of a pharmaceutical that enhances learning, and a second pharmaceutical recognized to be useful for treatment of the affliction. Representative afflictions include insomnia, erectile dysfunction, female sexual dysfunction, neuropathic pain, attention deficit disorder, and depression.
US07846912B2
The present application describes deuterium-enriched nelarabine, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.
US07846909B2
Method for inhibiting tumor cell formation or tumor cell growth, and method for inducing apoptosis in sperms, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an antagonist that inhibits the binding of MAGE protein to KAP-1, thereby inhibiting MAGE gene function. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and method for screening a substance that inhibits MAGE protein binding to KAP-1.
US07846907B2
The present invention relates to the specific inhibition of expression of a fusion gene in mammals using a short double stranded RNA. The dsRNA is approximately 19-24 nucleotides in length, and has a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to at least a part of the target gene. The dsRNAs of the present invention are useful for treating diseases caused by chromosomal aberrations, particularly malignant diseases such as lymphoma and leukemia.
US07846899B2
The present invention relates generally to the use of recombinant human CC10 (rhCC10), also known as recombinant human uteroglobin, for use as a therapeutic in the treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), chronic lung disease and/or pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). More particularly, the invention provides methods, including broadly the critical dosage ranges of rhCC10, which may be administered to safely and effectively treat the aforementioned conditions. The invention further provides a composition useful in administering rhCC10 to humans.
US07846895B2
The present invention relates to targeting peptides capable of specifically binding to microbial organisms (e.g., P. aeruginosa or S. mutans), antimicrobial peptides having antimicrobial activities, and specifically/selectively targeted antimicrobial peptides (STAMPs). In addition, the present invention provides methods of selectively killing or inhibiting microbial organisms by using the peptides or compositions provided by the present invention.
US07846894B2
Provided is an isolated polypeptide comprising a Cricetulus griseus sequence capable of mediating apoptosis of a cell, the sequence being selected from a FAIM sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 1; a FADD sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 2; a PDCD6 sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 3; and a Requiem sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 4.
US07846893B2
Monodisperse macromolecular conjugate compositions of a peptidic carrier irreversibly or reversibly conjugated with one or more effectors and one or more therapeutic agents, wherein at least one effector or therapeutic agent is attached to a pendant reactive group on said peptidic carrier via a water-soluble polymer. Monodispersity is obtained through the use of orthogonal and separate conjugation reactions.
US07846880B2
A lubricant, comprising a light base oil fraction having a wt % Noack volatility between 0 and 100 and additionally less than a Noack Volatility Factor (NVF), wherein the Noack Volatility Factor is defined by the equation; 900×(Kinematic Viscosity at 100° C.)−2.8−15, and optionally one or more additional additives. A process to make the light base oil fraction, comprising hydroisomerization dewaxing a waxy feed in a series of two or more reactors, and recovering the light base oil fraction having a low wt % Noack volatility. Also, a light base oil fraction having a wt % Noack volatility between 0 and 100 and additionally less than the NVF, made by the process of hydroisomerization dewaxing a waxy feed in a series of reactors.
US07846875B2
The invention relates to compounds comprising a photolabile protecting group and to the use thereof as coupling agents for the functionalisation of solid supports. The invention also relates to the solid supports functionalised by said compounds and to the use of same for the immobilisation of biological molecules of interest, such as nucleic acid molecules.
US07846872B2
A herbicidal mixture, comprising A) picolinafen (I) or an agriculturally useful salt thereof, and B) at least one further herbicide selected from the group of the phthalamates (B1), semicarbazones (B2), chloracetanilides (B3), carbamates (B4), pyridazines (B5), dinitrophenols (B6), dipyridylenes (B7), benzothiadiazoles (B8), uracils (B9), pyridazinones (B10), phenylcarbamates (B11), benzoic acids (B12), quinolinecarboxylic acids (B13), nitriles (B14), benzamides (B15) and amides (B16).
US07846870B2
A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer, the heat-sensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye, a developer, and a copolymer resin emulsion, the copolymer resin emulsion comprising a copolymer resin, the copolymer resin (1) containing (i) (meth)acrylonitrile, and (ii) one or more vinyl monomers copolymerizable with (meth)acrylonitrile, and (2) having a solubility parameter of 12.0 or higher, above mentioned vinyl monomers (ii) include at least a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer, and said at least a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer is 1 to 10 mass % of the total mass of the copolymer resin.
US07846869B2
A process for presulfiding a plurality of sorbent particles prior to using at least a portion of the particles to at least partially desulfurize a hydrocarbon feed stream. Typically, presulfiding can be carried out in a presulfiding zone under presulfiding conditions. In one embodiment, the process can be carried out in a desulfurization system comprising a fluidized bed reactor and fluidized bed regenerator and can be completed in less than about 36 hours.
US07846863B2
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprises a substrate having a through hole serving as a passage for exhaust gas; and a catalyst coating layer formed on an internal surface of the through hole. The catalyst coating layer contains: a component (i): a precious metal; and a component (ii): at least one of a Zr oxide, a Ce oxide and a ZrCe mixed oxide. On an upstream portion of the passage, an oxide equivalent weight of Zr is within a range of 51-100 wt % of an oxide equivalent weight of Zr and Ce contained in the component (ii). On a downstream portion of the passage, the component (ii) includes at least one of a Ce oxide and a ZrCe mixed oxide in which an oxide equivalent weight of Ce is within a range of 58-100 wt % of an oxide equivalent weight of Zr and Ce contained in the ZrCe mixed oxide.
US07846862B2
A methanol oxidation catalyst is provided, which includes nanoparticles having a composition represented by the following formula 1: PtxRuyTzQu formula 1 In the formula 1, the T-element is at least one selected from a group consisting of Mo, W and V and the Q-element is at least one selected from a group consisting of Nb, Cr, Zr and Ti, x is 40 to 90 at. %, y is 0 to 9.9 at. %, z is 3 to 70 at. % and u is 0.5 to 40 at. %. The area of the peak derived from oxygen bond of T-element is 80% or less of the area of the peak derived from metal bond of T-element in a spectrum measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectral method.
US07846855B2
A nonwoven fabric containing a polyvinyl butyral fiber is provided. In particular, continuous fiber nonwoven fabrics, such as a melt-blown nonwoven fabric and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric, are preferred. By laminating a plurality of layers via an adhering layer made of such a nonwoven fabric and then heating, a laminate is obtained by a simple process. In particular, an interior material in which an inorganic fiber layer, a foam layer and a surface material layer are adhered together via the aforementioned type of adhering layers is a desirable embodiment. Such an interior material is excellent in rigidity, sound absorbency and thermal deformation resistance, and therefore is useful as an interior material to be used for cars, railway vehicles, vessels, and the like.
US07846854B2
The present invention relates to a ballistic protection device. A device embodying the invention includes at least three layers of synthetic fabrics forming the reinforcements of one and the same piece obtained by resin-transfer molding, the middle layer made from a fabric including glass fibers crossed with carbon fibers. An embodiment of the invention applies, for example, to the protection of vehicles against ballistic-type attacks.
US07846849B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor mask is described. A semiconductor stack having a sacrificial mask comprised of a series of lines is first provided. A spacer mask having spacer lines adjacent to the sidewalls of the series of lines of the sacrificial mask is then formed. The spacer mask also has interposed lines between the spacer lines. Finally, the sacrificial mask is removed to provide only the spacer mask. The spacer mask having interposed lines triples the frequency of the series of lines of the sacrificial mask.
US07846848B2
The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for measuring the etch depth in a semiconductor photomask processing system. In one embodiment, a method for etching a substrate includes etching a transparent substrate in an etch chamber coupled to a vacuum transfer chamber of a processing system, transferring the transparent substrate to a measurement cell coupled to the processing system, and measuring at least one of etch depth or critical dimension using a measurement tool in the measurement cell.
US07846841B2
A method is provided for integrating cobalt nitride cap layers into manufacturing of semiconductor devices to improve electromigration and stress migration in copper (Cu) metal. One embodiment includes providing a patterned substrate containing a recessed feature formed in a low-k material and a first metallization layer at the bottom of the feature, forming a cobalt nitride cap layer on the first metallization layer, depositing a barrier layer in the recessed feature, including on the low-k dielectric material and on the first cobalt metal cap layer, and filling the recessed feature with Cu metal. Another embodiment includes providing a patterned substrate having a substantially planar surface with Cu paths and low-k dielectric regions, and selectively forming a cobalt nitride cap layer on the Cu paths relative to the low-k dielectric regions.
US07846828B2
Ion implantation is carried out to form a p-well region and a source region in parts of a high resistance SiC layer on a SiC substrate, and a carbon film is deposited over the substrate. With the carbon film deposited over the substrate, annealing for activating the implanted dopant ions is performed, and then the carbon film is removed. Thus, a smooth surface having hardly any surface roughness caused by the annealing is obtained. Furthermore, if a channel layer is epitaxially grown, the surface roughness of the channel layer is smaller than that of the underlying layer. Since the channel layer having a smooth surface is provided, it is possible to obtain a MISFET with a high current drive capability.
US07846824B2
Methods for forming titanium nitride layers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming a titanium nitride layer on a substrate may include providing a substrate into a processing chamber having a target comprising titanium disposed therein; supplying a nitrogen-containing gas into the processing chamber; sputtering a titanium source material from the target in the presence of a plasma formed from the nitrogen-containing gas to deposit a titanium nitride layer on the substrate; and upon depositing the titanium nitride layer to a desired thickness, forming a magnetic field that biases ions in the processing chamber away from the substrate.
US07846823B2
A masking paste used as a mask for controlling diffusion when diffusing a p-type dopant and an n-type dopant into a semiconductor substrate and forming a high-concentration p-doped region and a high concentration n-doped region is provided that contains at least a solvent, a thickening agent, and SiO2 precursor and/or a TiO2 precursor. Further, a manufacturing method of a solar cell is provided in which the masking paste is pattern-formed on the semiconductor substrate and then the p-type dopant and the n-type dopant are diffused.
US07846817B2
It is an object of the present invention to manufacture a semiconductor element and an integrated circuit that have high performance over a large-sized substrate with high throughput and high productivity. When single crystal semiconductor layers are transferred from a single crystal semiconductor substrate (a bond wafer), the single crystal semiconductor substrate is etched selectively (this step is also referred to as groove processing), and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers divided such that they have the size of semiconductor elements to be manufactured are transferred to a different substrate (a base substrate). Thus, a plurality of island-shaped single crystal semiconductor layers (SOI layers) can be formed over the base substrate.
US07846808B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that reduces the overall number of masking processes while also preventing short-circuiting between electrodes. The method can include sequentially forming a first insulating film, a lower metal layer, a second insulating material, an upper metal layer, and a third insulating material over a semiconductor substrate; forming a third insulating film and an upper electrode by performing a first etching process using a mask to pattern the third insulating material and the upper metal layer; and then forming a second insulating film and a lower electrode by performing a second etching process using the mask to pattern the second insulating material and the lower metal layer.
US07846806B1
A system and method are disclosed for providing a self aligned silicon germanium (SiGe) heterojunction bipolar transistor using a mesa emitter-base architecture. The transistor of the present invention comprises a non-selective epitaxial growth (NSEG) collector, an NSEG base, an NSEG emitter and a raised external base that is formed by the selective epitaxial growth (SEG) of a doped polysilicon layer.
US07846803B2
A method of forming a doped region includes, in one embodiment, implanting a dopant into a region in a semiconductor substrate, recrystallizing the region by performing a first millisecond anneal, wherein the first millisecond anneal has a first temperature and a first dwell time, and activating the region using as second millisecond anneal after recrystallizing the region, wherein the second millisecond anneal has a second temperature and a second dwell time. In one embodiment, the first millisecond anneal and the second millisecond anneal use a laser. In one embodiment, the first temperature is the same as the second temperature and the first dwell time is the same as the second dwell time. In another embodiment, the first temperature is different from the second temperature and the first dwell time is different from the second dwell time.
US07846785B2
In some aspects, a method of forming a memory cell is provided that includes (1) forming a first conductor above a substrate; (2) forming a diode above the first conductor; (3) forming a reversible resistance-switching element above the first conductor using a selective deposition process; and (4) forming a second conductor above the diode and the reversible resistance-switching element. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US07846784B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel includes forming a gate line including a gate electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line, forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, forming an ohmic contact layer on the semiconductor layer, and forming a data line including a source electrode and a drain electrode on the ohmic contact layer. The method further includes depositing a conductive film on the data line and the drain electrode, forming a first photoresist on the conductive film, etching the conductive film using the first photoresist as a mask to form a pixel electrode at least connected to the drain electrode, depositing a passivation layer, and removing the first photoresist to form a passivation member.
US07846779B2
Provided are a power device package, which can be made compact by mounting semiconductor chips in recesses formed in a substrate and improve operational reliability by rapidly dissipating heat generated during operation to the outside, and a method of fabricating the power device package. The power device package includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and one or more recesses formed in the first surface; a wiring pattern formed on the first surface of the substrate; one or more power semiconductor chips placed in the recesses and electrically connected to the wiring pattern; a lead frame electrically connected to the wiring pattern; one or more control semiconductor chips electrically connected to the power semiconductor chips to control the power semiconductor chips; and an optional sealing member sealing the substrate, the wiring pattern, the power semiconductor chips, the control semiconductor chips, and at least a part of the lead frame so as to expose the second surface of the substrate.
US07846764B2
According to a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for forming a semiconductor film comprising a first step of providing a solution comprising a first organic semiconductor and a second organic semiconductor on a surface of a substrate. The solution is then dried to form the semiconductor film so that it comprises discrete domains of the first organic semiconductor in a matrix of the second organic semiconductor which electrically connects adjacent domains of the first organic semiconductor. The first and second semiconductors are of the same conductivity type. The mobility of charge carriers in the domains of the first organic semiconductor is higher than the mobility of charge carriers in the matrix of the second organic semiconductor. In alternative aspects, the present invention provides methods forming similar semiconductor film products but in which a solution of the first organic semiconductor is deposited separately from the second organic semiconductor and dried to form discrete domains. The present invention also provides a semiconductor film such as produced by the above methods in which both the first and second organic semiconductors are thiophenes.
US07846760B2
A method and structure of providing a doped plug to improve the performance of CCD gaps is discussed. A highly-doped region is implemented in a semiconductor, aligned beneath a gap. The plug provides a highly-conductive region at the semiconductor surface, therefore preventing the development of a region where potential is significantly influenced by surface charges.
US07846759B2
A multi-junction solar cell includes an active silicon subcell, a first non-silicon subcell bonded to a first side of the active silicon subcell, and a second non-silicon subcell bonded to a second side of the active silicon subcell. This and other solar cells may be formed by bonding and layer transfer.
US07846754B2
A high power Light Emitting Diode (LED) package and a method of producing the same. The high power LED package according to the present invention includes a plurality of light emitting diode chips, a first lead frame with the light emitting diode chips mounted thereon, and a second lead frame disposed at a predetermined interval from the first lead frame. The LED package also includes a package body fixing the first and second lead frames and bonding wires for electrically connecting the plurality of LED chips with upward-inclined inner side walls thereof and a second reflecting part surrounding the entire plurality of LED chips with an upward-inclined inner side wall thereof.
US07846751B2
The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a high power light-emitting device using an electrolessly or electrolytically plated metal composite heat dissipation substrate having a high thermal conductivity and a thermal expansion coefficient matching with the device.
US07846750B2
A photovoltaic device including a rear electrode which may also function as a rear reflector. In certain example embodiments, the rear electrode comprises a reflective film (e.g., of Mo or the like) including one or more layers provided on an interior surface of a rear glass substrate of the photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the interior surface(s) of the rear glass substrate and/or reflective film is/are textured so as to provide desirable electrical and reflective characteristics. The rear glass substrate and textured rear electrode/reflector are used in a photovoltaic device (e.g., CIS or CIGS solar cell) where an active semiconductor film is provided between the rear electrode/reflector and a front electrode(s).
US07846749B2
A method of monitoring a heat treatment of a microtechnological substrate includes placement of the substrate to be treated in a heating zone and applying a heat treatment to the substrate, under predetermined temperature conditions, while monitoring the change over the course of time in the vibratory state of the substrate, and detecting a fracture in the substrate by detecting a peak characteristic in the vibratory state over the course of time.
US07846744B2
A mammalian C-type lectin receptor type is identified which is shown to bind IgG antibodies or Fc fragments, thus inducing IVIG-related reversal of inflammation associated with various immune disorders. The identification of a DC-SIGN receptor type which interacts with IgG to promote a biological response reducing inflammation associated with immune disorders provides for methods of screening and selecting compounds which may be useful in treating various immune disorders by acting to modulate a DC-SIGN(+) cell to signal a second effector macrophage, causing an increase in expression of the FcγRIIB receptor and in turn inhibiting a cellular-mediated inflammatory response.
US07846737B2
The invention relates to newly discovered nucleic acid molecules and proteins associated with cervical cancer including pre-malignant conditions such as dysplasia. Compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human cervical cancers are provided.
US07846734B2
A family of minimally cross-hybridizing nucleotide sequences, methods of use, etc. A specific family of 210 24 mers is described.
US07846733B2
Methods for isothermal exponential amplification of a target polynucleotide are disclosed. The methods employ two transcription modules, the first module providing linear amplification resulting in RNA transcripts, and a second module providing for further (generally cyclical) amplification resulting in more RNA transcripts. In one aspect, the amplification of the first module is composite primer based. In a second aspect, the amplification of the first module is based on target switching to generate a primer extension product comprising a promoter sequence. In all aspects, the RNA transcripts of the first transcription module are subjected to further amplification by creating an intermediate product comprising a double stranded promoter region from which transcription can occur. The invention further provides compositions and kits for practicing said methods, as well as methods which use the amplification results.
US07846727B2
The present invention relates to a substrate for cell culture capable of controlling at least one function selected from adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, survival, maintenance of undifferentiated state, and apoptosis of a cell. The substrate comprises an immobilization area of controlling substances involved in at least one of the functions of adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, survival, maintenance of undifferentiated state and apoptosis of cells, for example: and the areas are formed by supplying a liquid containing the controlling substances to the substrate by small microdroplet ejection means and immobilizing the controlling substance on the substrate.
US07846717B2
A microchamber including a glass substrate which is transparent to a specific wavelength, an absorbent region which absorbs the specific wavelength, and a melting substance region which does not absorb the specific wavelength, is solid at room temperature and melts when heated, which regions are layered on the glass substrate. The absorbent region, is irradiated with a focused light beam of the specific wavelength and locally heated in the vicinity of the converging rays, so that the melting substance region is locally melted at a portion adjacent to the absorbent region, thereby forming a cavity as the focused light beam moves. Accordingly, the shape of the microchamber can be arbitrarily changed in accordance with the process of cell culture.
US07846715B2
An apparatus includes a chamber insert capable of being received by a sample chamber of a conditioning system. The received chamber insert reduces the volume of the sample chamber and defines a cavity that substantially surrounds a sample holder located in the sample chamber.
US07846713B2
An assay for measuring the amount of a first analyte in a sample, comprises the steps of: (i) contacting the sample with a device that comprises one or more first reaction sites which comprise a first ligand having affinity for the first analyte, and a series of second reaction sites each comprising different known concentrations of an immobilized second analyte; (ii) removing any unbound first analyte; (iii) contacting the device with a second ligand that is detectably labelled and which has affinity for the first analyte, and a third ligand that is detectably labelled and which has affinity for the second analyte; (iv) removing any unbound second and third ligands; and (v) measuring the amount of second and third ligands, wherein measurement of the third ligand is used to establish a calibration curve, used to determine the amount of first analyte present in sample.
US07846702B2
Provided is a process for continuously producing xylitol in high yield and productivity using a vacuum microfiltration bioreactor containing a fermentation medium for a strain of the genus Candida, which includes: 5 300 g/l of xylose, 1 10 g/l of urea, 1 10 g/l of potassium diphosphate, 0.01 1 g/l of magnesium sulfate, 0.1-10 mg/l of MnSO404H2O, 0.1 10 mg/l of CoCl2-6H2O, 0.1 10 mg/l of NaMoO4-2H2O, 0.1 10 mg/l of ZnSO4-7H2O, 0.1 10 mg/l of AlCl3-6H2O, 0.1 10 mg/l of CuCl2-2H2O, 0.01-5 mg/l of H3BO3, 1-100 mg/l of FeSO4 7H2O, 0.1-10 mg/l of ascorbic acid, 1-100 mg/l of biotin, 1-100 mg of choline, 1-200 mg/l of folic acid, 1-100 mg/l of inositol, 1-100 mg/l of nicotinic acid, 0.1-10 mg/l of p-aminobezoic acid, 1-100 mg/l of pantothernic acid, 0.1-10 mg/l of pyridoxine, 10-1,000 mg/l of riboflavin, and 1-100 mg/l of thiamine.
US07846699B2
The present invention provides an improved process for the production of gibberellic acid (GA3), achieving a yield over 225 g/kg of GA3 with solid substrate fermentation, and over 15 g/L by submerged fermentation. The method also provides novel substrates, including the use of Jatropha seed cake. The present invention has in particular provided an improved, cost-effective process for the manufacture of GA3, as the process has a surprisingly high yield of product, achieves the maximal yield in shorter time than other techniques, consumes less energy, and works with very inexpensive substrates. In all, the manufacturing costs are significantly reduced.
US07846698B2
The L-lysine-producing ability and the L-lysine-producing speed are improved in a coryneform bacterium harboring an aspartokinase in which feedback inhibition by L-lysine and L-threonine is substantially desensitized, by successively enhancing DNA coding for a dihydrodipicolinate reductase, DNA coding for a dihydrodipicolinate synthase, DNA coding for a diaminopimelate decarboxylase, and DNA coding for a diaminopimelate dehydrogenase.
US07846697B2
A method of producing a low molecular weight organic compound (e.g. a plant or bacteria secondary metabolite) in increased yields involving use of a microorganism cell, which comprises a gene involved in the biosynthesis pathway leading to a low molecular weight organic aglycon compound and a glycosyltransferase gene capable of glycosylating the produced aglycon.
US07846690B2
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide capable of binding to IgE from subjects allergic to venom of an insect from the order Hymenoptera having a homology of more than 70% to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, which is the honey bee allergen Api m3 (acid phosphatase). The invention further relates to expression vectors, host cells and polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid, as well as diagnostic and pharmaceutical uses thereof.
US07846686B2
The invention provides for nucleic acid molecules enabling the synthesis of microginin and microginin analogues. The invention also provides for methods for identifying microginins as well creating microginins which may not be found in nature.
US07846679B2
The present invention describes the identification, isolation, cloning, and determination of the Alzheimer Related Membrane Protein (ARMP) gene on chromosome 14 and a related gene, E5-1, on chromosome 1. Normal and mutant copies of both genes are presented. Transcripts and products of these genes are useful in detecting and diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, developing therapeutics for treatment of Alzheimer's disease, as well as the isolation and manufacture of the protein and the construction of transgenic animals expressing the mutant genes.
US07846673B2
Disclosed herein is the discovery of a soluble MN/CA IX (s-CA IX) found in body fluids, such as, urine and serum. Soluble CA IX comprises the extracellular domain of CA IX or portions thereof. The predominant s-CA IX species is the extracellular domain comprising a proteoglycan-like (PG) domain and carbonic anhydrase (CA) domain, and having a molecular weight of about 50/54 kilodaltons. Diagnostic/prognostic methods for precancer/cancer that detect or detect and quantitate s-CA IX in body fluids, are described. Also disclosed is the coexpression of CA IX and HER-2 that provides potentially synergistic diagnostic/prognostic and therapeutic strategies for precancer/cancer. Further disclosed are new MN/CA IX-specific antibodies generated from MN/CA IX-deficient mice, useful diagnostically/prognostically and therapeutically for cancer/precancer. Preferred are new antibodies, specific for non-immunodominant epitopes of MN/CA IX, are useful to detect soluble CA IX (s-CA IX) in body fluids, preferably in combination with antibodies specific to immunodominant epitopes of MN/CA IX.
US07846671B2
The present invention provides methods that are useful for the treatment or prevention of smooth muscle disorders such as urinary incontinence and compounds that are useful in such methods.
US07846670B2
A family of minimally cross-hybridizing nucleotide sequences, methods of use, etc. A specific family of 210 24mers is described.
US07846667B2
The present invention provides methods for aiding in the diagnoses of the neoplastic condition of a lung cell and methods of screening for a potential therapeutic agent for the reversal of the neoplastic condition.
US07846665B2
The invention relates to a nucleic acid marker ladder which is a restriction endonuclease digest, wherein a nucleic acid restriction endonuclease digest is a collection of nucleic acid fragments resulting from complete digestion of one or more nucleic acids by one or more restriction endonucleases; the restriction endonuclease digest contains at least 3 fragments; and the size of the fragments in base pairs is a multiple of an integer, wherein the integer is 10 or more.
US07846656B2
The invention refers to the field of molecular biology and bio-organic chemistry and deals with a composition for immobilization in polymer carriers of oligonucleotides, proteins, nucleic acids or any other molecules, which structure comprises active groups, including amino- or sulfhydryl groups, as well as a method for immobilization of various molecules including oligonucleotides, proteins, nucleic acids or any other molecules which structure comprises active groups, including amino- or sulfhydryl groups, consisting of a porous polymer being obtained on the basis of the composition claimed under conditions of addition or substitution reaction (radical, nucleophilic, or electrophilic nature, etc.) during synthesis of polymer by photo- and chemical initiated polymerization.The composition claimed, as well as the method of immobilization of molecules in a polymer carrier using these compositions, may be used in various applications including microchips manufacturing that use is made of molecular biology on DNA sequencing and mapping, on detection of mutations and a whole range of medical applications.
US07846655B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of SARS-coronavirus, for screening anti-SARS coronavirus agents and vaccines, and for reducing infection with plus-strand RNA viruses such as SARS-coronavirus.
US07846653B2
The present invention relates to the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. It discloses the use of protein ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase-associated recruitment domain) in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. It relates to a method for diagnosis of colorectal cancer from a liquid sample, derived from an individual by measuring ASC in said sample. Measurement of ASC can, e.g., be used in the early detection or diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
US07846649B2
The invention provides a method and printer for printing an image that comprises at least one group of highly dense shapes, the method including: (i) determining multiple intermediate schemes such as to allow printing corresponding intermediate images on an object; wherein at least one intermediate scheme comprises directing at least one interference pattern toward at least one location corresponding to at least one group of highly dense shapes; (ii) generating an array of light entities in response to an intermediate scheme; (iii) directing the array of light entities towards the object to form the intermediate image; and (iv) moving the object relative to the light entities while repeating the steps of generating and directing to expose the object with the image.The invention provides a system that includes: (i) means for determining multiple intermediate schemes such as to allow printing corresponding intermediate images on an object; wherein at least one intermediate scheme comprises directing at least one interference pattern towards at least one location corresponding to at least one group of highly dense shapes; (ii) a programmable optical radiation source for generating an array of light entities in response to an intermediate scheme; (iii) optics for directing the array of light entities towards the object to form the intermediate image; and (iv) a translator for moving the object relative to the light entities while repeating the steps of generating and directing to expose the object with the image.
US07846648B2
According to the present invention, an anti-reflective film formed under a resist film is removed in a photolithography process of a wafer without affecting the resist film. According to the present invention, in a photolithography process of a substrate, an anti-reflective film having solubility in the developing solution is formed and thereafter a resist film is formed. In development treatment after exposure processing, a developing solution is supplied to the substrate to develop the resist film. At an instant when the development of the resist film is finished, a second developing solution lower in concentration than the developing solution is supplied to the substrate. Only the anti-reflective film is dissolved and removed by the supply of the second developing solution.
US07846647B2
The present invention discloses a method of producing a pattern-formed structure, comprising the processes of: preparing a substrate for a pattern-formed structure having a characteristic-modifiable layer whose characteristic at a surface thereof can be modified by the action of photocatalyst; preparing a photocatalyst-containing-layer side substrate having a photocatalyst-containing layer formed on a base material, the photocatalyst-containing layer containing photocatalyst; arranging the substrate for a pattern-formed structure and the photocatalyst-containing-layer side substrate such that the characteristic-modifiable layer faces the photocatalyst-containing layer with a clearance of no larger than 200 μm therebetween; and irradiating energy to the characteristic-modifiable layer from a predetermined direction, and modifying characteristic of a surface of the characteristic-modifiable layer, thereby forming a pattern at the characteristic-modifiable layer. According to this method, a highly precise pattern can be formed without necessity to carry out any post-treatment after exposure. Further, there is no concern that the pattern-formed structure itself deteriorates because the produced pattern-formed structure is free of the photocatalyst.
US07846645B2
A method of mitigating pattern defects, such as critical dimension (CD) bias and line-edge roughness (LER), during a pattern transfer process is described. The method comprises forming one or more layers on a substrate, forming a radiation sensitive mask layer on the one or more layers, and forming a pattern in the radiation sensitive mask layer using a lithographic process. Once the pattern is formed, the edges of the pattern are smoothed by exposing the pattern in the radiation sensitive mask layer to a fluorohydrocarbon-containing plasma. Thereafter, the smoothed pattern in the radiation sensitive mask layer is transferred to one or more of the one or more layers using one or more etching processes.
US07846641B2
A process for producing a glass substrate having a circuit pattern is disclosed. The process includes forming a thin film layer on a glass substrate and then irradiating the thin film layer with laser light to form a circuit pattern on the glass substrate; depositing a low-melting point glass having a softening point of from 450 to 630° C. on the glass substrate having the circuit pattern formed thereon; and sintering the low-melting point glass to form a low-melting point glass layer which includes the low-melting point glass sintered on the glass substrate having the circuit pattern formed thereon and which forms a compatible layer between the glass substrate and the low-melting point glass layer.
US07846633B2
A toner for developing an electrostatic image, the toner having a core-shell structure, wherein the toner comprises: a colorant; a binder resin; and a filler, and wherein the toner has a flow tester ½ effluent temperature of from 60 to 100° C., and a shell of the toner comprises a thermoplastic resin.
US07846630B2
A binder resin for toner includes a hybrid resin of a crystalline resin (X) and an amorphous resin (Y), having a peak molecular weight of 30,000 or larger, and an amorphous resin (Z) having a peak molecular weight of smaller than 30,000.
US07846626B2
A toner image is formed while a developing sleeve is rotated in a direction counter to that of an organic photoreceptor at the developing section and a developing agent contains toner which contains toner particles having a particle diameter of 0.7×(Dp50) or less in an amount of 8 number % or less and has water content of 0.1 to 2.0 mass % under an environment of 30° C. and 80% RH, where Dp50 represents 50% number % particle diameter of toner particles.
US07846607B2
A separator for a fuel cell includes a main separator and a sub separator. A plurality of intake manifolds and exhaust manifolds are perforated on both end portions of the main separator and the sub separator. A plurality of channels are formed on an upper surface of the main separator so that fuel is supplied through the different intake manifolds and is exhausted through the different exhaust manifolds. Auxiliary channels are formed on a lower surface of the main separator and an upper surface and a lower surface of the sub separator so as to connect the intake manifolds and the exhaust manifolds to the channels. A connecting channel is formed on a lower surface of the main separator so as to communicate with the channels, and connect the channels and the auxiliary channels.
US07846606B2
A bipolar plate for electro-chemical applications is proposed, comprising a first cover layer of a metallic material, a second cover layer of a metallic material, and a supporting layer of a metallic material which is arranged between the first cover layer and the second cover layer and is connected to the first cover layer and the second cover layer, wherein the supporting layer comprises at least one row of contact areas for the first cover layer and/or the second cover layer and free spaces are formed between neighboring contact areas, wherein at least one passage opening is provided for conveying fuel and/or oxidizer, and wherein an insert element by means of which point forces are introducible over an area is arranged between the first cover layer and the second cover layer in the region of the at least one passage opening.
US07846604B2
A membrane-electrode assembly includes a grid for controlling ion flow, separate layers of membrane material and/or an ionically inactive material for the transmission of a liquid or gaseous reaction component to end/or form at least one of the electrodes.
US07846600B2
A method of operating a fuel cell system during a fuel outage or shortage includes detecting an open circuit voltage (OCV) of the fuel cell system, and providing a reducing purge gas flow to anode electrodes of fuel cells of the fuel cell system when the OCV approaches, reaches or falls below a threshold value below which oxidation of the anode electrodes occurs.
US07846599B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a PEM stack for providing power to the system in a start up or shut down operating mode and hydrogen to the fuel cell stack in a steady state operating mode.
US07846598B2
When a power generation stop signal of an ignition switch is detected, an oxygen-containing gas is supplied to an anode for starting an anode scavenging process. After starting the anode scavenging process, the remaining electrical energy stored in a capacitor is monitored. If the monitored remaining electrical energy stored in the capacitor is decreased to a threshold, the anode scavenging process is finished. At the end of the anode scavenging process, the remaining electrical energy becomes equal to the threshold. By the remaining electrical energy equal to the threshold, the next operation of the fuel cell system is reliably started. Since the anode scavenging process continues until the remaining electrical energy is decreased to the threshold, the time for the anode scavenging process can be increased as much as possible.
US07846594B2
There is provided a fuel cell system comprising: a reformer for generating a hydrogen gas stream from fuel through a catalytic chemical reaction using thermal energy; and a stack for generating electric energy through a reaction between the hydrogen gas stream and oxygen. The reformer includes: a first reaction section for generating thermal energy through an oxidation reaction of fuel during start-up of the fuel cell system; a second reaction section which communicates with the first reaction section and which generates the hydrogen gas stream from the fuel through a reforming reaction using the thermal energy; and a third reaction section which communicates with the first and second reaction sections, and which generates thermal energy through an oxidation reaction of carbon monoxide contained in the hydrogen gas stream, thereby reducing the concentration of carbon monoxide in the hydrogen gas stream.
US07846593B2
A method and device for fuel cell heat and water management is provided. A thermally and electrically conductive hydrophilic heat and mass transport element is provided to the fuel cell spanning from inside to outside the cell. The transport element is deposited between current collector and gas diffusion layers, where heat is transported along the transport element from an interior portion of the element inside the cell to an exterior portion of the element outside the cell. Liquid water is transported along the element into or out of the cell, and heat is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of radiation, free convection and forced convection, and where the liquid water is removed from the exterior portion by any combination of convection driven evaporation and advection. The water is added to the cell from the exterior to the interior by any combination of advection and capillary wicking.
US07846591B2
The present invention is directed to an electroconductive element within an electrochemical cell that improves water management. The electroconductive element comprises an impermeable electrically conductive element and a porous liquid distribution media disposed along a major surface of the conductive element. Preferably, the liquid distribution media is in direct contact and fluid communication with a fluid distribution layer disposed between the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and the liquid distribution media, so that liquids are drawn from the MEA through the fluid distribution layer to and through the liquid distribution media. The liquid distribution media transports liquids away from the MEA in the fuel cell. Methods of fabricating and operating fuel cells and electroconductive elements according to the present invention are also contemplated.
US07846590B2
A fuel cell system (100) and operational methods (200, 300 and 400) are described that utilize a combination of sensor input and component models for causing the system's cathode effluent (150) to selectively bypass cathode effluent processing components (140) so as to obtain or maintain a desired cathode inlet relative humidity or dew point. The described system and methods may operate open loop (e.g., without sensor feedback to verify operation) or closed loop (e.g., relying on cathode inlet relative humidity/dew point sensors or fuel cell stack membrane conductivity measures).
US07846582B2
A negative electrode is provided. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer formed over the negative electrode current collector, and including a plurality of columnar bodies. An organic material layer having ion conductivity is held by said negative electrode active material layer, said organic material layer is formed at least in an inside of each of said columnar bodies. The active material layer may include silicon.
US07846578B2
A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly, a case, a cap assembly, and a core. The electrode assembly includes an anode, a cathode, and a separator interposed between the anode and the cathode. The case has a space for housing the electrode assembly. The cap assembly is connected to the case and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The core is disposed inside the electrode assembly, and has a distance between the exterior and the center thereof at one end in a length direction that is greater than a distance between the exterior and the center thereof at the center in the length direction.
US07846575B2
Lithium is a soft malleable metal and sticks to most materials when a fresh surface is exposed. Currently lithium anodes are pressed in a die with temporary polymer components protecting the pressing die. During anode pressing, the lithium anode sticks to these temporary components. They facilitate easy release of the lithium anode from the die via operator intervention. The pressed anode is then manually wrapped with a micro-porous polymeric separator material and built into the battery. This process is labor intensive and would be difficult to automate. By utilizing a formed polymer cup on the anode, both the anode pressing process and separator sealing process would be simplified and have potential options for automation. The cup would allow easy release from the anode pressing die and provide some of the insulation of the anode from regions of opposite polarity.
US07846571B2
A lithium-ion battery cell includes at least two working electrodes, each including an active material, an inert material, an electrolyte and a current collector, a first separator region arranged between the at least two working electrodes to separate the at least two working electrodes so that none of the working electrodes are electronically connected within the cell, an auxiliary electrode including a lithium reservoir, and a second separator region arranged between the auxiliary electrode and the at least two working electrodes to separate the auxiliary electrode from the working electrodes so that none of the working electrodes is electronically connected to the auxiliary electrode within the cell.
US07846559B2
A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below: X is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, boron, and phosphorous; and Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a C6-C30 substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a C6-C30 substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a C4-C20 substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and a C6-C20 fused polycyclic group.The heterocyclic compound can be included in emission layers of top emission and bottom emission organic light emitting devices.
US07846546B2
Silicon carbide-based fine particles containing an electrically conducting inorganic substance and a electromagnetic wave absorbing material, which are fine particles comprising a particle inner portion of a silicon carbide-based material and a surface layer formed of an electrically conducting inorganic substance mainly comprising carbon, wherein a gradient layer with the compositional ratio of the electrically conducting inorganic substance gradiently increasing toward the particle surface is present and the thickness of the electrically conducting inorganic substance gradient layer is from 1 to 500 nm. The electromagnetic wave absorbing material of the present invention can selectively absorb a electromagnetic wave of 1 to 300 GHz in a wide band.
US07846543B2
An object of the present invention is to provide carbon fibers which have a high conductivity, readily form a network in a matrix and are suitable for use in a radiating member as well as a molded product thereof. The present invention is pitch-based carbon fibers which are obtained from mesophase pitch and have an average fiber diameter (AD) of 5 to 20 μm, a ratio (CVAD value) of the degree of filament diameter distribution to average fiber diameter (AD) of 5 to 15, a number average fiber length (NAL) of 25 to 500 μm, a volume average fiber length (VAL) of 55 to 750 μm and a value obtained by dividing the volume average fiber length (VAL) by the number average fiber length (NAL) of 1.02 to 1.50, and a manufacturing method and molded product thereof.
US07846532B2
The present invention is in the field of polymer interlayers and multiple layer glass panels comprising polymer interlayers, and, more specifically, the present invention is in the field of wedge shaped polymer interlayers.
US07846530B2
Disclosed herein are disposable fibrous nonwoven wipers which include one or more creped fibrous nonwoven webs which have been electret treated. The fibrous nonwoven wipers provide desirable properties including improved capacity and efficiency for picking up debris such as dirt, dust and particulate matter and enhanced particle attraction and containment properties. Also disclosed herein is a method for making the fibrous nonwoven wipers.
US07846512B2
A method for producing patterns in a polymer layer. Polymer sites are formed on a support. These sites are subjected to a plasma deposition of dielectric material and preferably react with this plasma so as to form openings at the level of said sites. A pattern structure is then formed in the dielectric material and/or in the polymer.
US07846509B1
A printing substrate is formed in a single operation by a method of forming and finishing a fabric web. The forming step creates a continuous fabric web. That fabric is sent to an accumulator, then downstream for finishing. The finishing step includes applying a printable coating via a knurled applicator, controlling the level of liquid in the applicator and compensating for knurled roller deflection. The finishing step further includes curing the coated fabric and selectively employing VOC hoods where needed.
US07846494B1
A heat transfer label, a method of manufacturing a heat transfer label and a method of labeling untreated or minimally treated polyethylene, polypropylene polymers and polyethylene-polypropylene copolymer containers and sheets that are at room temperature or heated up to 180 degrees Fahrenheit, entail providing a heat transfer label that includes a support portion and a transfer portion over the support portion for transfer of the transfer portion from the support portion to the article upon application of heat to the support portion while the transfer portion is placed in contact with the article. The transfer portion comprises a single or multiple color design. The transfer portion then is transferred from the support portion to the article.
US07846491B2
A surface reconstruction method for a silicon carbide substrate includes a silicon film forming step of forming a silicon film on a surface of the silicon carbide substrate and a heat treatment step of heat-treating the silicon carbide substrate and the silicon film without providing a polycrystalline silicon carbide substrate on a surface of the silicon film. Here, after the heat treatment step, a silicon film removal step of removing the silicon film may be included. Further, a silicon oxide film forming step of oxidizing the silicon film after the heat treatment step to generate a silicon oxide film, and a silicon oxide film removal step of removing the silicon oxide film may be included.
US07846489B2
Embodiments of the present system and method are useful for chemical deposition, particularly continuous deposition of thin films. Disclosed systems typically comprise a micromixer and a microchannel applicator. A deposition material or materials is applied to a substrate, such as an oxidized silicon substrate, a flexible substrate useful for forming flexible devices, such as flexible transistors, and combinations of different substrates. Uniform and highly oriented surface morphologies of films deposited using disclosed embodiments are clearly improved compared to films deposited by a conventional batch process. The process can be used to tailor the composition and morphology of the material deposited on a substrate. The present process can be used at low temperatures as a post-deposition, high-temperature annealing step is obviated.
US07846484B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating or preventing fibrosis and improving kidney function comprising administering a Hovenia dulcis Thunb extract and/or a Lindera obtusiloba extract to the subject. The method of the present invention can lower the level of GOT, GPT, ALP, BUN and total bilirubin; improve kidney functions; lower the amount of hydroxyproline in liver but increase the amount of hydroxyproline in kidney, suggesting that the extract above has excellent anti-fibrosis and kidney protecting effects; lower the level of malondialdehyde, suggesting that the extract has excellent anti-oxidative effect; and promote cell viability in liver and kidney cell lines, indicating that the extract has excellent liver and kidney cell protective effects.
US07846482B2
Products as well as methods for reducing plaque in a domestic animal are provided. The product comprises retorted milk.
US07846479B2
Microparticles with adsorbed complexes of macromolecule and detergent, methods of making such microparticles, and uses thereof, are disclosed. The microparticles comprise a polymer, such as a poly(α-hydroxy acid), a polyhydroxy butyric acid, a polycaprolactone, a polyorthoester, a polyanhydride, and the like, and are formed using cationic, anionic, or nonionic detergents. The surfaces of the microparticles have adsorbed thereon a complex of biologically active macromolecules, such as nucleic acids, polypeptides, antigens, and adjuvants, and a detergent. Preferred polymers are poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolides), more preferably those having a lactide/glycolide molar ratio ranging from 40:60 to 60:40 and having a molecular weight ranging from 30,000 Daltons to 70,000 Daltons. Preferred macromolecules are bacterial and viral antigens (such as HIV antigens, meningitis B antigens, streptococcus B antigens, and Influenza A hemagglutinin antigens) as well as polynucleotides that encode for such antigens.
US07846473B2
Provided is an irinotecan formulation capable of supporting irinotecan and/or a salt thereof in a closed vesicle carrier at a high concentration and existing in blood for a long period of time by dramatically improved retentivity in blood compared to a conventionally known irinotecan liposome formulation. That is, an irinotecan formulation including a closed vesicle formed by a lipid membrane, in which irinotecan and/or a salt thereof is encapsulated at a concentration of at least 0.07 mol/mol (drug mol/membrane total lipid mol). There is an ion gradient between an inner aqueous phase and an outer aqueous phase in the irinotecan formulation. The closed vesicle is preferably liposome, in which only the outer surface of the liposome is preferably modified with a surface-modifying agent containing a hydrophilic polymer.
US07846471B2
Use of essential amino acid imines and compositions containing them as a source of rumen protected essential amino acids for ruminant animals. Preferred are histidine and methionine.
US07846470B2
The invention relates to a feed containing conventional feed substances, or feed additives for producing said feed. According to the invention, the feed or feed additive contains a protopine alkaloid, in particular α-allocryptopine, preferably in combination with at least one benzophenanthridine alkaloid in an active quantity as a stimulant and appetite enhancer for commercial animals.
US07846445B2
The present invention provides methods of using unstructured recombinant polymers (URPs) and proteins containing one or more of the URPs. The present invention also provides microproteins, toxins and other related proteinaceous entities, as well as genetic packages displaying these entities, and the uses thereof. The present invention also provides recombinant polypeptides including vectors encoding the subject proteinaceous entities, as well as host cells comprising the vectors. The subject compositions have a variety of utilities including a range of pharmaceutical applications.
US07846427B2
Stabilized liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising an interferon (IFN) or an isoform, mutein, fused protein, functional derivative, active fraction or salt thereof, wherein said formulation is a solution that comprises a buffer, a cyclodextrin, an isotonicity agent and an anti-oxidant are described here. Preferably the interferon is interferon beta-1a and the cyclodextrin is HPBCD. These formulations are stable at room temperature, thus bringing the advantage of lower costs for formulation storage and increased safety for the patient with respect to possible “errors” during handling. As a matter of fact, having such formulations stable at room temperature reduces the risk of formation of degradation products potentially responsible for adverse events (e.g. immunogenicity).
US07846426B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating and preventing heart disease. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising poloxamers (e.g., poloxamer 188—P188) and methods of using the same for treating and preventing heart disease (e.g., in subjects with muscular dystrophy) and for treating cells and tissue damage caused by ischemia and cell death (e.g., for treating dystrophin-deficient cells (e.g., myocytes)).
US07846417B2
An ammonia converter and method are disclosed. The reactor can alter the conversion of ammonia by controlling the reaction temperature of the exothermic reaction along the length of the reactor to parallel the equilibrium curve for the desired product. The reactor 100 can comprise a shell 101 and internal catalyst tubes 109. The feed gas stream enters the reactor, flows through the shell 101, and is heated by indirect heat exchange with the catalyst tubes 109. The catalyst tubes 109 comprise reactive zones 122 having catalyst and reaction limited zones 124 that can comprise inert devices that function to both separate the reactive zones, increase heat transfer area, and reduce the temperature of the reaction mixture as the effluent passes through the catalyst tube 109.
US07846400B2
The present disclosure relates to substrates associated with nitric oxide.
US07846393B2
The present invention provides a parylene-based membrane filter device for capturing of circulating tumor cells (CTC). The membrane filter has an array of holes having a predetermined geometric design with precisely controlled size, shape and density. In one aspect, the device has a stack of substantially parallel membrane filters with uniformly-spaced and/or monodispersed holes.
US07846375B2
Methods and systems for relaxing stresses in polymeric articles by application of laser energy are disclosed.
US07846371B2
A method for producing a glass wool molded product includes the steps of processing a glass material into fibers so as to obtain a glass wool, gathering such glass wools to form a glass wool mat, and subjecting the glass wool mat to press molding, wherein the above described press molding is carried out, while supplying water so that the water content of the above described glass wool mat becomes 0.1% to 7.0% by mass, and while maintaining a temperature between 250° C. and 450° C.
US07846364B2
An apparatus manufactures a composite product having a first molding product and a second molding product. The second molding product is supported by the first molding product through a supporting member. The apparatus includes a molding die, and an injection molding machine supplying a mold material into the molding die. The molding die includes a first cavity for molding the first molding product, a second cavity for molding the second molding product, a first passage for introducing a molding material into the first cavity from the injection molding machine, and a second passage for introducing a molding material in the first cavity into the second cavity.
US07846359B2
A method and apparatus are provided for moulding an article by feeding molten plastics material into a metering cavity (16), feeding a predetermined quantity of the material from the metering cavity into a mould cavity via a transition passage (26) adjacent the mould cavity and urging the molten plastics material from the transition passage into the mould cavity with a working stroke of a packing piston (24), until the packing piston closes a port (28) defined between the transition passage and the mould cavity and a leading face (32) of the packing piston forms part of the peripheral wall of the mould. Less than ninety percent of the mould cavity is filled with the molten plastics material when the packing piston starts its working stroke and the packing piston starts its working stroke while molten plastics material is still being fed from the metering cavity.
US07846358B2
When the number of rotations of a drive motor (3) driving a hydraulic pump (2) is variably controlled and thus each operation process in a molding cycle is controlled, as the hydraulic pump (2), a hydraulic pump (2) that can set at least a high fixed discharge flow rate (Qm) and a low fixed discharge flow rate (Qs) lower than the high flow rate is used, limit conditions for a threshold for the load condition of the drive motor (3) are preset and, during a molding operation, by setting a predetermined operation process at the high fixed discharge flow rate (Qm), the operation process is controlled and, when the load condition of the drive motor (3) is monitored and the load condition reaches the limit conditions, the flow rate is switched to the low fixed discharge flow rate (Qs) to control the predetermined operation process.
US07846352B2
A method of producing a UV-emitting magnesium pentaborate phosphor is described. The method comprises combining a hydrated magnesium hexaborate with oxides of Y, Gd, Ce and Pr to form a mixture and firing the mixture in a slightly reducing atmosphere to form the phosphor. The hydrated magnesium hexaborate, which is preferably prepared as a precipitate, preferably has a formula MgB6O10.XH2O where X is from 4 to 6.
US07846336B2
The current invention comprises a method for the regeneration of a cation exchange chromatography column.
US07846328B2
Disclosed is a wastewater treatment apparatus utilizing time tested techniques for recirculating media treatment with proprietary advancements to produce a system capable of nitrifying and denitrifying wastewater through the use of passive calcium carbonate and organic carbon feed systems. By creating aerobic and anaerobic zones and the ability to monitor and adjust these zones by physical and mechanical means with minimal operator involvement, wastewater is recycled through these zones thereby creating an enhanced biological filtering process. The treated wastewater is then discharged to standard leaching facilities, various irrigation uses and/or introduced to further treatment for water recycling and reuse.
US07846313B2
An oxygen sensor is employed for determining whether the exhaust air-fuel ratio is rich or lean. A voltage is applied to the oxygen sensor at device impedance calculation intervals to calculate device impedance. After device impedance calculation, a reverse voltage is applied to the oxygen sensor with a view toward promptly negating the influence of voltage application on the sensor output. Subsequently, the sensor output of the oxygen sensor is sampled at sampling time intervals until it is concluded that the device impedance calculation period is over.
US07846305B2
A method for increasing etch depth uniformity in ion milling process in a wafer manufacturing process encompasses loading designated regions of a production pallet with carriers containing wafers to be ion milled. These designated regions have been predetermined to exhibit similar and preferred depths of etching. Non-designated regions of the production pallet are then loaded with dummy carriers and the wafers are ion milled.
US07846297B2
A hood (10) is located above a web forming section (12), a press section (14) and/or a dryer section and includes a ceiling (30), a back side wall, and a front side wall (44), which includes staggered wall segments (42). The wall segments (42) are adapted to move along rails or similar. The front side wall segments (42) are adapted to form two or more groups (46). A cleaning station (40) is arranged to automatically clean the side wall segments (42) as they move past the cleaning station.
US07846294B2
A system for thermomechanical refining of wood chips comprises preparing the chips for refining by exposing the chips to an environment of steam to soften the chips, compressively destructuring and dewatering the softened chips to a solids consistency above 55 percent, and diluting the destructured and dewatered chips to a consistency in the range of about 30 to 55 per cent. The destructuring partially defibrates the material. This diluted material is fed to a rotating disc primary refiner wherein each of the opposed discs has an inner ring pattern of bars and grooves and an outer ring pattern of bars and grooves. The destructured and partially defibrated chips are substantially completely defibrated in the inner ring and the resulting fibers are fibrillated in the outer ring. The compressive destructuring, dewatering, and dilution can all be implemented in one integrated piece of equipment immediately upstream of the primary refiner, and the fiberizing and fibrillating are both achieved between only one set of relatively rotating discs in the primary refiner.
US07846290B2
A method for manufacturing a friction plate in which a plurality of frictional material segments are adhered to a substantially annular core plate. The method previously registers the frictional material segments to adhesion positions, and presses the core plate to which adhesive agent is applied and the frictional segments to perform temporary adhesion. Further, an apparatus for manufacturing a friction plate in which a plurality of frictional material segments are adhered to a substantially annular core plate. The apparatus comprises a member for registering the frictional material segments while holding the frictional material segments in a state arranged in the adhesion positions.
US07846289B2
A peeling apparatus 10 includes a peeling table 11 supporting a wafer W on which a sheet S is stuck and a sheet peeling unit 12 disposed above the peeling table 11, in which sheet S can be peeled off with relative movement of the sheet peeling unit 12 and the peeling table 11. The peeling apparatus 10 includes a support roll 20 of peeling tape PT, first and second rolls 30, 31 bonding the peeling tape PT to the sheet S surface, and a winding roll 21 of the peeling tape PT. Peeling-off is performed in a state of forming an initial peeling angle a1 such that a peeling tape PT is folded in an aperture C formed between the second roll 31 and the sheet S, and afterwards the sheet S is peeled off at subsequent peeling angle a2 corresponding to a diameter of the second roll 31.
US07846288B2
Methods and systems for removing protective films from microfeature workpieces are disclosed herein. One particular embodiment of such a method comprises separating at least a portion of a protective tape from a workpiece to which the protective tape is attached with a separator configured to drive against an interface between the protective tape and the workpiece. The method further includes engaging the portion of the protective tape detached from the workpiece with a removal system.
US07846283B2
A method for reducing cost and weight in paint roller manufacturing processes and other continuous processes for producing tubular goods from polymers. The method may utilize a perforated substrate such as a perforated polypropylene strip or may include a perforating step which removes overage from an unperforated substrate. The perforated substrate is fed onto a mandrel to form a tube. Adhesive is applied upon the outer surface of the perforated substrate. A cover may be applied about the tube, and the resulting product is then cut into finished-size paint rollers. The removal of the overage results in a reduction in the weight of the paint roller. In certain embodiments the overage from a perforation step is collected, and may be reused in a subsequent implementation of the method or resold.
US07846282B2
In some embodiment, a method of manufacturing an automobile floor carpet comprises a step of pressing a nonwoven fabric 4, an adhesive film 3 obtained immediately after extruding thermoplastic resin having a melt flow rate of 10 to 1,000 g/10 min from an extruder 20, and a surface skin material 2 piled together in this order with a pair of rollers 21 and 22. With this manufacturing method, an automobile floor carpet excellent in sound absorption performance and also excellent in sound insulation performance can be manufactured.
US07846277B2
A flat, rolled semi-finished product made of an aluminum alloy and a method of producing the product are disclosed. The aluminum alloys has the following alloy proportions in weight percentages: 2≦Mg≦5, Mn≦0.5, Cr≦0.35, Si≦0.4, Fe≦0.4, Cu≦0.3, Zn≦0.3, Ti≦0.15, other elements totaling no more than 0.15 and separately not exceeding 0.05, and the remainder consists of Al. The semifinished product is rolled from a bar and, during the rolling process, is subjected to at least one intermediate tempering between two cold reduction passes and to a final soft-annealing in a chamber furnace. A semi-finished product of this type does not have any flow lines after shaping or deep-drawing if the degree of reshaping before the first intermediate tempering is equal to at least 50%, the degree of reshaping before the final soft-annealing is no greater than 30%, and the semifinished product is drawn by 0.1 to 0.5% after the final soft-annealing.
US07846270B2
A dishwasher includes a washing container, devices for washing dishes by means of rinsing liquor, and a sorption drying device which is connected in an air-conducting manner to the washing container via an outlet of the washing container and an inlet of the washing container. The sorption drying device is provided with a sorption column encompassing reversibly dehydratable material. The outlet and the inlet of the washing container are connected to the sorption drying device without mounting an air duct there between.
US07846269B2
A dishwasher basket for use with baby bottle nipples includes a specially designed rack that maintains baby bottle nipples in an upright position during the washing and drying. The base of the nipple is also prevented from resting upon the surface of the rack. Feeding straw and valve holders are also provided that can be attached to the dishwasher basket. The dishwasher basket is able to be opened using only one hand.
US07846262B2
The present invention is a method of cleaning an object in an open aqueous cleaning system. The method is directed to an open cleaning vessel into which water used for cleaning a material or object can be introduced. A means is provided for introducing a reactant chemical to the vessel to form an aqueous solution. Cleaning of the surface is in the form of bubble formation on the part that vaporizes the chemical in order to react the oxidizer in the vapor state to the exposed surface at the bubble growth area. Treatment in the form of etching or any other process in which material is removed from a solid surface displaces the liquid residue from the surface. The resulting process produces no dissolution or emulsion of the contaminant and therefore can be easily separated from the chemical cleaner. The process also conserves chemistry, water, energy, and reduces pollution.
US07846257B2
The substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing chambers. A given processing chamber is cleaned by first executing first processing during which voltage application control is executed to control a voltage applied to an electrostatic chuck based upon first processing voltage application information provided for the particular processing chamber while drawing an inert gas into the processing chamber and evacuating the processing chamber sustaining therein low pressure conditions therein and then executing second processing during which voltage application control is executed to control the voltage application to the electrostatic chuck based upon second processing voltage application information for the processing chamber while drawing in the inert gas and evacuating the processing chamber, the internal pressure of which is set to a high level. As a result, the inside of the processing chamber can be cleaned with voltage settings optimized for the structure adopted in the processing chamber.
US07846251B2
An exemplary composition for enhancing water repellency in cementitious material comprises a hydrophobic material solute that is dissolved in a glycol ether solvent. Thus, the composition is provided in the form of a non-aqueous solution or emulsion wherein water is in a noncontinuous phase. The use of such compositions to modify cementitious compositions and the cementitious materials obtained thereby are also described.
US07846243B2
Improved compositions are described for the protection of gas turbine parts at elevated temperatures. The compositions are of the MCrAlY type, wherein M is selected from nickel, or a combination of nickel with cobalt, iron, or combinations thereof. The compositions further comprise ruthenium, rhenium, or a combination thereof, a Group 4 metal (e.g., hafnium, zirconium, titanium), and can further include silicon and/or germanium, where the composition results in improved aluminum diffusion properties. Also disclosed herein are articles comprising the composition.
US07846240B2
A method and system for reducing an amount of ammonia in a flue gas stream. The system 100 includes: a wash vessel 180 for receiving an ammonia-containing flue gas stream 170, the wash vessel 180 including a first absorption stage 181a and a second absorption stage 181b, each of the first absorption stage 181a and the second absorption stage 181b having a mass transfer device 184; and a liquid 187 introduced to the wash vessel 180, the liquid 187 for absorbing ammonia from the ammonia-containing flue gas stream 170 thereby forming an ammonia-rich liquid 192 and a reduced ammonia containing flue gas stream 190 exiting the wash vessel 180.
US07846236B2
An oxygen generator is controlled to producing oxygen during a period t at a pressure P2 higher than P1, or during a period t′ with a flow rate D2 higher than D1, optionally with a pressure P2 higher than P1.
US07846233B2
A method of leaching copper from copper sulphide-containing concentrates, such as chalcopyrite, includes using pyrite as a catalyst for ferric reduction in order to eliminate passivation of the chalcopyrite surface, the process being carried out under conditions whereby the pyrite is not materially oxidized, for example by maintaining the operating solution potential at a suitable level. The leaching is carried out in an acidic sulphate medium and may include oxidation by oxygen-containing gas. The leached copper is then recovered, for example by solvent extraction and electrowinning. The leaching process can result in the virtually complete extraction of copper at atmospheric pressure in as little as four hours.
US07846232B2
A method of producing titanium metal from a titanium-containing material includes the steps of producing a solution of M″TiF6 from the titanium-containing material, selectively precipitating M′2TiF6 from the solution by the addition of (M′)aXb and using the selectively precipitated M′2TiF6 to produce titanium. M″ is a cation of the type which forms a hexafluorotitanate, M′ is selected from ammonium and the alkali metal cations, X is an anion selected from halide, sulphate, nitrite, acetate and nitrate and a and b are 1 or 2.
US07846229B2
A honeycomb structural body includes a ceramic block having a flat shape and including honeycomb units bonded to each other through a sealing material layer, each of the honeycomb units made of porous ceramic and having through holes extending in parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction of the ceramic block and a partition wall interposed between the through holes. The honeycomb structural body further includes a peripheral sealing material layer formed on a peripheral portion of the ceramic block. The sealing material layer is formed such that the sealing material layer abuts against the peripheral sealing layer at an angle in a diagonal direction with respect to a major axis of a contour of the ceramic block in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
US07846227B2
A vehicle-mounted air purifier 1 includes a main unit incorporating an ion generator. The main unit is removably arranged within a passenger space inside a vehicle. For example, if a beverage container holder 90 is provided inside the vehicle, the main unit can be removably arranged within the passenger space when given a cylindrical shape that permits it to be held in the beverage container 90. The power from which the vehicle-mounted air purifier 1 operates can be taken from a cigarette lighter power outlet 91 provided inside the vehicle through a connection cable 92. The main unit is thus arranged directly within the passenger space, and the ions generated by the ion generator inside are fed into the passenger space with higher efficiency. The main unit is removably arranged as an independent unit. Thus, even when the ion generator breaks down or otherwise its replacement becomes necessary, the arranged ion generator can be removed readily and replaced easily.
US07846223B2
A fuel additive that provides increased fuel efficiency for combustion engines. The fuel additive is a combination of a synthetic oil blend, xylene, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate and acetone. In one particular implementation, the amount of acetone is equal to at least 15% of an overall volume of the additive.
US07846220B2
An electrochemical cell, and a method of producing an electrochemical cell are provided. The method includes a step in which a counter electrode film and a mold film are crimped. A sol-gel precursor is inserted into a pore in the mold film provided on the counter electrode film. The sol-gel precursor is cooled to form a semi-hardened gel. The mold film is peeled off from the counter electrode film. The semi-hardened gel is cooled to form a gel electrolyte film. The sealing film is provided on the counter film, with the gel electrolyte film being fitted in the pore of the sealing film. A working electrode film is crimped on the sealing film. The stacked films are thermocompression bonded, and a single electrochemical cell is produced by cutting.
US07846211B2
A surgical implantation approach for preparing a patient and precisely and effectively placing an energy absorbing apparatus relative to the patient's anatomy. Various surgical implantation apparatus and methods for achieving proper device-to-anatomy juxtapositional relationships are employed in the implantation approach.
US07846207B2
An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body (10) and a securing plate (1). The three-dimensional body (10) includes an upper side (1) and an underside (2) which are suitable for abutting the end plates of two adjacent vertebral bodies, a left side surface (3) and a right side surface (4), a front surface (5) and a rear surface (6), a horizontal middle plane (7) between the upper side (1) and the underside (2), and a vertical middle plane (12) extending from the front surface (5) to the rear surface (6). The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes (9a) passing through the body (10), which are suitable for accommodating longitudinal fixation elements (20). The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate (8) displaceably disposed as an insert with the front side (5) of the three-dimensional body, the front plate (8) having a plurality of boreholes (9) in which the longitudinal fixation elements (20) can be anchored, and whose openings overlap with the openings of the boreholes of the three-dimensional body (10). A securing plate can be fastened essentially parallel to the front plate (8) at the three-dimensional body (10) in such a manner that the boreholes of the front plate (9) are covered at least partly by the securing plate (18). By virtue of the configuration of the intervertebral implant, a rigid, firm connection between the intervertebral implant and the longitudinal fixation elements used to fasten it, is possible.
US07846201B2
A particle including a matrix-forming agent and a polyelectrolyte-amphiphilic agent adduct wherein the polyelectrolyte-amphiphilic agent adduct is in physical communication with the matrix-forming agent. The particle further includes a coated magnetic field-responsive agent and a biomaterial. Methods of making the particle are provided. Also provided are methods of delivery of the biomaterial to a target cell or a target tissue including administering the particle having the matrix-forming agent, polyelectrolyte-amphiphilic agent adduct, the coated magnetic field-responsive agent and the biomaterial; providing a magnetic device associated with the target cell or the target tissue; applying a magnetic force to the particle; and guiding the particle toward the magnetic device by the magnetic force.
US07846198B2
The present invention is directed to an implantable vascular prosthesis configured for use in a wide range of applications, such as treating aneurysms, maintaining patency in a vessel, and allowing for the controlled delivery of therapeutic agents to a vessel wall. The prosthesis comprises a helical proximal section coupled to a distal anchoring section having a generally zig-zag configuration. The prosthesis is configured to comply to a vessel wall without substantially remodeling the vessel, and further is configured to be precisely deployed in a vessel without shifting during deployment. The prosthesis also has a substantially small delivery profile compared to other known stents, while having an increased surface area to enhance delivery of therapeutic agents.
US07846197B2
In embodiments there is described a cardiovascular tube-shaped lockable and expandable bioabsorbable scaffold having a low immunogenicity manufactured from a crystallizable bioabsorbable polymer composition or blend.
US07846195B2
A stent graft includes a stent graft material of cylindrical shape and tapered stent springs coupled to the stent graft material. Each stent spring includes a first stent cell and a second stent cell contiguous with the first stent cell. The first stent cell and the second stent cell are coupled. The second stent cell of each tapered stent spring is smaller than the first stent cell thereby defining a tapered shape to the tapered stent springs. The stent graft is placed in a curved segment of a tortuous body lumen and rotationally positioned such that the smallest stent cell of each tapered stent spring is placed at an inside radius of the curved segment.
US07846191B2
A system and method to control non-coherent pulsed light, the system including a lamp to produce non-coherent light energy in a pulsed mode, a current supply to provide energy to the system, and a switching module to control the spectral distribution and/or light intensity in the non-coherent pulsed light energy during a pulse of non-coherent light. The system may include a controller unit to control pulse parameters for a selected treatment, based on illumination data received from the light sensor. The system may include one or more changeable filters to modulate the pulses supplied to the lamp during a pulse.
US07846188B2
An apparatus and method for joining members together using a self-drilling screw apparatus or stapling apparatus are disclosed. The screw apparatus includes a worm drive screw, a spur gear and superior and inferior screws which turn simultaneously in a bi-directional manner. A rotating mechanism drives the first and second screw members in opposite directions and causes the screw members to embed themselves in the members to be joined. The screw apparatus can be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, vertebral bodies, wood, building materials, metals, masonry, or plastics. A device employing two screws (two-in-one) can be combined with a capping horizontal mini-plate. A device employing three screws can be combined in enclosures (three-in-one). The stapling apparatus includes grip handles, transmission linkages, a drive rod a fulcrum and a cylinder. The staple has superior and inferior segments with serrated interfaces, a teethed unidirectional locking mechanism and four facet piercing elements. The staples can be also be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, or vertebral bodies.
US07846185B2
An expandable interspinous process implant is disclosed and can include a body and an injection tube extending from the body. The expandable interspinous process implant can be moved from a relaxed configuration to an expanded configuration in which the body is at least partially inflated around a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process.
US07846179B2
A system for treating a septal defect having a suture-like implantable treatment apparatus and devices for delivering the implantable treatment apparatus and methods for treating a septal defect are provided. The suture-like apparatus is preferably implantable through a septal wall or portion thereof. The treatment system can include a flexible elongate body member, a delivery device configured to deliver the suture-like apparatus, a stabilization device configured to stabilize the delivery device and a positioning device configured to position the delivery device in a desired location. The suture-like device can include a suture body coupled with one or more lock devices or anchor devices.
US07846170B2
Devices, systems, and methods for suturing of body lumens allow the suturing of vascular puncture sites located at the distal end of a percutaneous tissue tract. An elongated articulated foot is inserted through a penetration and actuated extend the foot carrying suturing attachment cuffs. Needles are advanced from the shaft through the vessel wall outside of the penetration and into engagement with the needle cuffs after the foot has been drawn proximally up against the endothelial surface of the blood vessel. The cuffs lockingly engage the needles and can be withdrawn along the needle paths and through the tissue tract to form a loop of suture across the puncture. The articulating foot may be realigned with the shaft and withdrawn proximally through the tissue tract without dilating the tissue tract.
US07846167B2
A driver assembly may include a fastener and a driver. The fastener may have a head with upper and lower surfaces. An engagement portion may be located in the upper surface proximate a perimeter portion thereof. A shank may extend from the lower surface of the head and a breakaway portion may extend from the upper surface of the head. The driver may include a shaft having a body with a first end having a fastener-engaging portion. The fastener-engaging portion may have an outer driving geometry engaged with the engagement portion of the fastener when in an engaged position. The first end may further include an opening therein. The opening may receive at least a portion of the breakaway portion when in the engaged position.
US07846166B2
The present invention relates to a device for providing spongy bone with bone substitute and/or bone reinforcing material, wherein at least one perforating device (4) is provided for making at least one hole (5) in the spongy bone (1) and wherein at least one flushing or rinsing device (6) is provided for flushing or rinsing the hole (5) with a rinsing agent (7). At least one vacuum source (9) is provided for generating a vacuum in the hole (5) in the spongy bone (1) for sucking and/or facilitating insertion or feeding of the bone substitute and/or bone reinforcing material (3) into said spongy bone (1). The invention also relates to bone substitute and/or bone reinforcing material and methods in connection with the invention.
US07846161B2
Either an endoscopic or open bipolar forceps includes a flexible, generally tubular insulating boot for insulating patient tissue, while not impeding motion of the jaw members. The jaw members are movable from an open to a closed position and the jaw members are connected to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a tissue seal. A knife assembly may be included that allows a user to selectively divide tissue upon actuation thereof. The insulating boot may be made from a viscoelastic, elastomeric or flexible material suitable for use with a sterilization process including ethylene oxide.
US07846157B2
Method and apparatus for control of ablation energy and electrogram acquisition through multiple common electrodes in an electrophysiology catheter. A device that routes ablation energy to and that routes mapping signals received from an electrophysiology catheter having a plurality of conductive filaments including circuitry that provides, for each conductive filament when ablation energy is being delivered, an electrical signal path that has a low impedance for ablation energy and a high impedance for mapping signals. The device also includes circuitry that provides, for each conductive filament, when mapping signals are being received, an electrical signal path that has a high impedance for ablation energy and low impedance for mapping signals. At least one switch is provided that selectively groups electrodes into sectors for delivery of ablation energy.
US07846155B2
An ultrasonic clamp coagulator assembly that is configured to permit selective cutting, coagulation and clamping of tissue during surgical procedures. An elongated portion of the instrument can be configured for endoscopic applications and has an outside diameter of less than 6 mm. The construction includes a clamping mechanism, including a clamp arm pivotally mounted at the distal portion of the instrument, which is specifically configured to create a desired level of tissue clamping forces, exceeding 4 pounds when the trigger is fully closed. The clamping mechanism includes a two-piece pad design and pad material that enables the higher tissue clamping forces and a force-limiting mechanism that effectively smooths out abusive tissue forces. The assembly also features hand activation configured to provide an ergonomical grip and operation for the surgeon. Hand switches are placed in the range of the natural swing of the surgeon's thumb, whether gripping the surgical instrument right-handed or left handed.
US07846153B2
In some embodiments, without limitation, the invention comprises a catheter having an elongated housing with a channel disposed therein. A laser delivery member is movable and at least partially disposed within the channel. A ramp is disposed within the housing at an angle to its central axis and proximate to its distal end. The ramp is adapted to move the distal end of the laser delivery member outwardly from the central axis of the housing. A guidewire biases the distal end of the laser delivery member generally inwardly toward the central axis of the housing. In some embodiments, without limitation, the offset of the central axis of the tip of the laser delivery member from the central axis of the housing is determined by adjusting the extent to which the laser delivery member travels on the ramp, and disposition of the laser delivery member on the guidewire maintains the offset tip substantially parallel to the central axis of the housing. Thus, in accordance with the invention, the distal end of the laser delivery member may be biased in a desired direction or offset, permitting ablation of an area larger than the area of the distal end of the catheter.
US07846140B2
A tip is provided for a liquid dropper which facilitates formation of a mini drop, a mini drop being a drop smaller than a standard typical drop. A conduit is provided extending from a reservoir of liquid to a tip. The tip provides a location for release of the mini drop. The tip includes a rim surrounding a port with the rim having a particularly thin wall and with the port being particularly narrow. The dimensions of the rim and port facilitate formation of the mini drop. The material forming the tip is flexible and resilient so that should the tip come into contact with sensitive structures, such as an eye of a patient, a potential for injury is minimized. Dispensers featuring the unique tip are disclosed in multiple different embodiments for attachment to a bottle of liquid to be dispensed, or to fit over an existing outlet.
US07846137B2
A modular catheter system. The modular catheter system may include a first tubular member, a first catheter tubing, a second tubular member, a second catheter tubing and a plurality of concentric seals. The first catheter tubing may be disposed within an interior portion of the first tubular member while the second catheter tubing may be disposed within an interior portion of the second tubular member. The first tubular member and the second tubular member are removably attachable to each other. The plurality of concentric seals may encircling the first catheter tubing and the second catheter tubing, and the first catheter tubing and the second catheter tubing form a continuous path when the first tubular member and the second tubular member are removably attached to each other. The catheter system may also be formed as a dual lumen catheter.
US07846135B2
A syringe includes a hollow barrel and a hollow plunger extending into the barrel and being axially movable within the barrel, where the plunger includes an end wall that is releasably secured to the plunger at an opening disposed at a distal end of the plunger and is movable to disengage with the plunger distal end opening during use of the syringe to facilitate access to a retraction cavity disposed within the plunger. A needle assembly is secured within and at a distal end of the barrel. The needle assembly includes a needle holder with a connector to secure a needle to the needle holder. The needle holder is biased toward the proximal end of the barrel and is configured to be forced into the retraction cavity of the plunger upon complete depression of the plunger distally within the barrel, and the plunger includes at least one protrusion that extends from an internal wall surface of the plunger within the retraction cavity and is configured to engage with and limit or prevent movement of portions of the needle assembly that have been forced into the retraction cavity.
US07846129B2
A single, multichannel catheter for extracorporeal circulation of blood to a patient undergoing cardiac treatments or surgery. The catheter has three independent channels and an expandable balloon. The first channel is the largest and delivers blood to a patient to maintain the patient's metabolism and perfusion throughout the treatment or surgery. A second, smaller channel is integrated into the wall of the first channel and delivers a biologically active fluid (e.g., for cardioplegia) to the heart and/or venting the left heart. A third, smaller channel is integrated into the wall of the first channel, and delivers an expansion fluid to the balloon to occlude the flow of blood to the heart. Preferably, the first channel accounts for at least about 70% of the total channel volume. The multichannel catheter is best prepared using an extrusion molding technique.
US07846125B2
A sprayer includes a nozzle through which gas is to be ejected with positiveness and uniformity. The sprayer is provided with a nozzle having inner tubes through the interior of which liquid is to pass and an outer tube receiving the inner tubes therein and allowing gas to pass through a space defined with the inserted inner tubes. The inner tubes have respective liquid orifices through which liquids are to be ejected. The outer tube is arranged therein with the liquid orifices and a gas orifice for ejecting gas. When the nozzle is viewed from front, the outer peripheries of the liquid orifices each assume a circular form while the inner peripheries of the gas orifices are differently shaped to provide plural point contact between the outer periphery of the liquid orifice and the inner periphery of the gas orifice.
US07846119B2
An improved treatment apparatus and method of using in which the device has plural protruding contact elements, each preferably having an undulating contact surface with one or more peaks. In one preferred embodiment, a plurality of contact elements are positioned spaced apart from one another in columns. In another device an elongated single column is provided. Mounting brackets are provided that enable a user to position the device easily and to adjust mounting straps and/or belts to a particular body shape. In one example, the device may include bracket apertures into which mounting brackets can be positioned. In another aspect of the invention, adjustable buckles and/or binders are provided can be used to adjust the length of the straps and secure the device to the wearer in use.
US07846117B2
Neck brace that inhibits excessive neck movement during impact, yet allows for a high degree of movement of the wearer's head during normal operation of the neck brace. May include impact surface(s) that limits movement of a helmet by contacting an underside of the helmet; bearing surface(s) configured for bearing on wearer; a structure between impact surface and bearing surface, sufficiently resilient to transfer impact loads of the helmet to the impact surface, to the wearer's body; wherein the impact surface is displaceable towards an adjacent part of the bearing surface and wherein the structure is configured to permit the displacement at rates slower than a predetermined rate of displacement and to resist the displacement if the rate of displacement exceeds the predetermined rate. May include a pivotal joint between the displaceable part and remainder of neck brace and impact brake element(s).
US07846114B2
A compression sleeve (10) has twelve inflatable cells (13) to be wrapped around a limb. The cells (13) are inflated to set pressures and duration by a fluid source. The cells (13) are numbered (1) to (12), with (1) being at the toe, or the wrist, and (12) being at the thigh, or the shoulder. In use, the inflation sequence begins with a peristaltic wave at cell (1) and finishes at cell (12). Then cell (12) is inflated and deflated 5 times, then cell (11) is inflated and deflated 5 times in the same way as cell (12), followed by a single peristaltic wave beginning at cell (12) to cell (11). This compression regime is repeated along the compression sleeve until cell (1) is inflated and deflated (5) times followed by a peristaltic wave from cell (1) to cell (12). The described compression sequence is particularly useful for lymphatic drainage.
US07846098B2
Methods and systems are provided for automatic optimization for ultrasound medical imaging. In one approach, velocity values are unwrapped to avoid aliasing artifacts. Multi-dimensional phase unwrapping is applied to the velocity data. The unwrapped velocity information is used to optimize one or both of the velocity scale (e.g., pulse repetition frequency) and the imaging frequency. For optimizing the scale setting, the distribution of unwrapped velocities from a systolic time period of the heart cycle are used to identify the pulse repetition frequency. For optimizing the imaging frequency, a correlation as a function of depth shows the penetration depth for a given imaging frequency. In a dependent or independent approach, one or more thresholds for velocity or energy in flow imaging are adaptively selected as a function of an amount of clutter. Velocity or other energy information in addition to the clutter information may be used for selecting the thresholds. In yet another dependent or independent approach, displacement of an imaging plane or other change is detected and used to trigger an automatic update of an imaging parameter for a same or different mode.
US07846087B2
Devices and methods are provided for positioning a tool. In one embodiment, an endoscopic rotation device is provided having a rotatable collet, a flexible elongate translating mechanism, and an actuating mechanism. The rotatable collet can be configured to receive and engage a tool disposed therethrough, and the translating mechanism can be coupled to the collet. The actuating mechanism can be operatively associated with the translating mechanism and can be effective to cause the translating mechanism to apply a rotational force to the collet to rotate the tool disposed therethrough.
US07846084B2
A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed for therapeutic light and sound, comprising the steps of exposing a user to spectral light and laterally directed sound and adjusting the manner of exposure sufficient to elicit a desired autonomic nervous response.
US07846083B2
A pump has an elongated shell with a generally elliptical shape, an outer convex surface and an inner concave surface. A peripheral side edge located between the inner and outer surfaces terminates in a bead edge. A flexible airtight membrane has a membrane edge bonded to the outer shell surface adjacent to the bead edge. Preforming the membrane edge looped with a maximum linear span of curvature that is greater than a maximal transverse linear extent of the bead edge, membrane operational wear during inflation and deflation cycles is reduced in the region around the bead edge. A process of forming a blood pump with a membrane preform is also provided.
US07846078B1
An exercise apparatus that includes a bar member having opposed ends with each end being a closed end and having adjacent to the closed end an open channel defined by an elongated slot. An elastic member with handles attached to respective ends of the elastic member and a cap member disposed about the closed end of the bar member for retaining the handle in place. A method of attachment is also illustrated.
US07846069B2
A system and method for providing visual feedback to a user of an exercise machine for gauging fitness progress of the user. The system provides a user of an exercise machine with a virtual competition in which the user competes against virtual competitors based on his past performances or those of other users, either as an individual or as a member of a team. The team may also be part of a league. For an individual competing against his own past performance(s), the system may raise the level of performance required to win the virtual competition, and may also lower the level of performance required if the user is not performing well on a particular day. For an individual competing against others in either real-time or against designated results, either as part of a team or a league, the system may reduce the isolation, disconnection, and tedium often experienced by users of cardiovascular exercise equipment and provide a social outlet. The system attempts to keep the user engaged and motivated to achieve desired fitness goals by providing real-time performance data and historical performance data displayed in a graphical manner coupled with the entertainment and excitement of competition and social interaction.
US07846051B2
A powertrain is provided with an input clutch that is disengagable to allow a transmission input member to rotate independently of engine speed under power of a motor and provide an alternative way to power vehicle accessories otherwise driven by engine torque, while still allowing the motor to start the engine. A powertrain having a parallel combination of input clutches including a friction input clutch and a selectable one-way clutch is provided, as well as a method of control of such a powertrain. Another method of controlling a hybrid vehicle powertrain includes starting the engine via torque from a motor with the input clutch biased in an engaged position. If vehicle operating conditions are more efficiently met without operating the engine, the input clutch is disengaged to so that torque is provided only by the motor to the output member and to vehicle accessories operatively connected to the input member.
US07846046B2
A movable frame may be positioned about a playing surface and defines a substantially straight pathway for a tool to follow while altering a playing surface, such as by cutting or marking the surface. A template that may be used to accurately define key positions of a playing surface, like a tennis court. Various pairs of the key positions may, in turn, be used to define each line that is to be marked or altered on the playing surface. Patterns of sensor circuits are defined for indentifying whether a ball impacts the tennis court at a position that is in play, or out of play.
US07846042B2
A golf club head is provided with a center of gravity positioned within a partial ellipsoid defined in an impact reference frame that has its origin at the hit center of the face of the golf club head. The majority of the partial ellipsoid is located toward the golfer from the hit center and all of the partial ellipsoid is below the hit center in the impact reference frame.
US07846039B2
A golf club head having a multi-material face is disclosed and claimed. The face is formed by explosion welding, allowing materials having substantially different properties to be uniformly joined. Explosion welding allows the materials to be joined together via a cold-working process, allowing them to joined without losing their pre-bonded properties. Thus, the golf club head have a hard, wear resistant material as the ball-impacting face surface explosion welded to a softer material, allowing the multi-material face to be joined to a soft body material such that the body can be bent and customized. The multi-material face also allows for improved playing characteristics by allowing the club designer to use a thinner face and lighter body material while still providing improved face wear resistance and durability.
US07846033B2
An iron type golf club head has a toe inclination visually recognizing part and a heel inclination visually recognizing part. The toe inclination visually recognizing part, which is provided on a toe side of a face surface, formed by a visible boundary between a toe side region of the face surface and a center region of the face surface, can be visually recognized to be inclined to a heel side from the toe side in a direction toward a sole side from a top side. The heel inclination visually recognizing part, which is formed on the heel side of the face surface, formed by a visible boundary between a heel side region of the face surface and a center region of the face surface, can be visually recognized to be inclined to the heel side from the toe side in a direction toward the sole side from the top side.
US07846032B2
An amusement ride includes a central unit that rotates about a central axis and a plurality of carriages positioned circumferentially around and pivotably coupled to the central unit. The amusement ride further includes an arrangement for inducing the plurality of carriages to oscillate in a substantially vertical direction as the carriages revolve around the central axis.
US07846021B2
In a game capable of generating a game element which gives rise to predetermined benefits in the game by means of a player's operation, by preventing the player from quickly getting used to a generation operation of the game element, to stop the player from becoming bored with the operation.On a magic stone generation screen, a solution 1202 being contained in a pot 1201, materials 1203 are floated in the solution 1202. An image of a material 1203, selected by a material selection operation, dissolving in the solution 1202 is displayed on the magic stone generation screen. When a stirring operation is carried out on the magic stone generation screen, in a condition in which the material 1203 is dissolved in the solution 1202, the solution 1202 and the material 1203 contained in the pot 1201 are churned by the operation. In the event that a speed at which the churning is carried out continues for six seconds within an optimum speed range 1205, a magic stone 1208 is generated. A kind of the generated magic stone 1208 is determined by a combination of kinds of the material 1203 dissolved in the solution 1202.
US07846020B2
A gaming establishment may determine the existence of problem gamblers within its halls by monitoring player behavior with one or more sensors from an array of sensors. The player's behavior is then compared to normal behavior and/or problem gambling behavior to determine if the player is potentially a problem gambler. Behavior patterns that may be tracked are player movement, player betting patterns, facial expressions, physical clues, nonverbal clues, and the like.
US07846019B2
In a base game, a first payout is provided when a winning combination of “BELL”, “CHERRY”, or “PLUM” has come to a stop on a payline L. On the other hand, a second payout is provided when the “BELL” symbols in a predetermined number have come to a stop on a display area. The payout process of the first payout and the second payout is executed.
US07846018B2
An apparatus and method for a game having a paytable selection feature which may be implemented with a primary or base game, a secondary or bonus game, or both. In one embodiment, the gaming device employs an initial paytable and enables a player pay a fee to purchase a different paytable for a plurality of plays of the game. If the player chooses to purchase a different paytable, the gaming device determines a game outcome for a plurality of plays of the game and provides any awards based on the different paytable. If the player does not choose to select a different paytable, the gaming device determines a game outcome for each of those plays and provides any awards based on the initial paytable. In one embodiment, the player has the opportunity to see the different paytable prior to paying the fee to purchase it.
US07846009B2
The method includes: automatic measurement of the marking characteristics of the lens in a measurement position in order to produce a marking reference of the ophthalmic lens; transfer of the lens in a second transfer movement from the measurement position to an intermediate position which is distinct from the measurement position; transfer of the lens in a third transfer movement from the intermediate position to a trimming position which is distinct from the intermediate position; locking of the ophthalmic lens on trimming elements (6); trimming the lens. The third transfer is carried out by third transfer elements that make up a sub-unit which is distinct and independent from other units or includes elements carrying out the second transfer, and trimming elements, wherein full blocking of the lens on the trimming elements is only completed after the third transfer.
US07846001B2
A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting display. Pixel portions are formed on a mother substrate. A test wiring for testing pixel portions is formed at a peripheral portion of the mother substrate. A sealing material is formed at one surface of a sealing substrate to enclose the pixel portions, the sealing substrate being sealed to be spaced apart from the mother substrate. A spacer is formed at a side region of the one surface of the sealing substrate on which the sealing material is formed. The mother substrate and the sealing substrate are adhered to each other by the sealing material to seal the pixel portions within an enclosure formed by the mother substrate, sealing surface, and sealing material. A part of the sealing substrate is scribed and removed to expose the test wiring, the part of sealing substrate being arranged over a portion of the test wiring.
US07845998B2
A spar-type offshore platform includes a buoyant upper hull structure having a lower end to which is detachably connected a buoyant lower module. A plurality of mooring line assemblies is connected to the lower module, the total weight of the mooring line assemblies being sufficient to sink the lower module. A method of separating the upper hull structure from the lower module includes disconnecting the lower module from the lower end of the upper hull structure, and then allowing the weight of the mooring line assemblies to sink the lower module.
US07845988B2
An electrical connector contact adapted for connecting a chip to a circuit board comprises a first terminal, a second terminal electrically connecting with the first terminal and a spring. The first terminal is defined with a first abutting portion and a contact beam extending from one end of the abutting portion. The second terminal is defined with a second abutting portion and a elastic beam extending from one end of the second abutting portion. The spring is set between the first and second abutting portion with the two ends thereof separately abutting against the first abutting portion and second abutting portion. Along the contact beam there forms a retain slot, the elastic beam mating with and retain in the retain slot. A good electrical performance can be achieved according to the structure of the invention and the contact is convenient for assembling and changing.
US07845986B2
An electrical connector. An electrical connector comprising a connector body having a first channel and a first conductive element extending through the first channel in a first tip section. The first tip section having a first moment arm that, when forced in contact with a first conductive surface, twists the first conductive element to produce a torsion force. The torsion force holds the first tip section in contact with the first conductive surface.
US07845984B2
A connector assembly enabled to receive and distribute power signals. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a multi-port modular jack, and incorporates a PSE controller board disposed in the rear portion of the connector assembly, e.g., outside the connector housing. The PSE controller board controls the power to a powered device and may be adapted to, for example, distinguish whether the device is a short circuit or a network interface card, guarantee the supply of power to selected ports, and prevent cables from transmitting abnormal power. Heat removal features are also optionally utilized to dissipate heat produced by the electronic or signal conditioning components utilized on said multi-port modular jack. In some embodiments, the PSE controller board is also optionally made removable from the jack housing.
US07845981B2
In order to simplify the assembly of a shielded connector, it is proposed that an electrically insulating base body provided as a carrier for electric contacts features a mounting surface with two openings, wherein a recess that respectively features an integral collar on its inner side is respectively arranged around these openings.In addition, the base body is provided with lateral fastening elements that respectively feature a window formed by a frame. The frame can be positively fitted into the appropriate recess by bending the fastening elements such that the fastening element is positively and non-positively fixed on the base body.An electrically conductive shielding element that largely surrounds the base body contacts the fastening elements that, in turn, contact ground strips on the circuit board such that the connector is shielded from external voltages.
US07845979B2
A coaxial connector comprises a swivel member defining a central axis and having first and second opposing ends. The first end having an outer and an inner surface and a threaded region for threadingly engaging the first end of the swivel member with a matching threaded portion of a mating component. A main body having first and second opposing body ends and a central bore defining a longitudinal axis which is coaxial with the central axis of the swivel member. The first body end having an outer cylindrical surface, a centre conductor extending along the longitudinal axis and a nut having a central aperture defining an inner surface and first and second opposing side walls. The first side wall being adapted to slidingly engage and abut the mating component and an inner inclining surface region.
US07845975B2
An electrical connector assembly having shielded cage assembly with a plurality of ports for receiving modules. In one embodiment, the modules comprise SFP (small form-factor pluggable) modules, and the electrical connector assembly is adapted for low-profile applications, thereby optimizing the amount of area and volume occupied by the SFP assembly. In one variant, the SFP modules are pluggable into individual ports, whereby two modules are interconnected to a single header connector interconnected to a motherboard. Methods of manufacturing the connector assembly are also disclosed.
US07845970B2
The invention relates to an electrical connector for connecting a contact pin to an electrical conductor. It is proposed that the insulator housing of the connector provide a connecting space, in which the contact pin and the electrical conductor can be plugged in opposite direction in roughly parallel alignment and overlap by their axial lengths, the conductor being able to move crosswise to its conductor axis within a range of movement permitted by the construction and the leaf springs of the conductor clamp connection pressing the conductor in the direction of the contact pin.
US07845969B2
The invention relates to a contact element for a connecting terminal, where the contact element consists of a bent punched part, into which are integrated at least an initial clamping means for fixing a plug link into position and a second clamping means for fixing a connecting pin into position. The invention also relates to a connecting terminal, particularly a circuit board connecting terminal, with at least two clamping elements, where the clamping elements each have an insulating housing, with a contact element of the described type positioned within said insulating housing. Finally, the invention relates to a plug link for such a connecting terminal.
US07845964B2
An electrical connector (100) comprising an insulative housing (3) with a plurality of contacts (5) received therein, a stiffener (4) surrounding the insulative housing (3) and a load plate (1), the stiffener (4) comprises a front end (41) and a rear end (42) opposite to the front end (41), the load plate (1) comprises a rear end (12) pivotally attached to the stiffener (4) and a front end (11) opposite to the rear end (12), an interlock means is defined on the front ends (11, 41) of the load plate (1) and the stiffener (4) to prevent the movement of the load plate (1) in the horizontal direction.
US07845962B2
The present invention discloses an aft-lift electric connector for a flexible circuit board. The electric connector includes a housing, a terminal and a pressing element. As a fixed arm is formed with a flange and a side edge of the pressing element is formed with a first notch and a second notch to accommodate the flange, therefore, before the electric connector operates, the first notch of the pressing element can be latched with the flange of the pushed part, so as to achieve a pre-operational positioning effect. On the other hand, after the electric connector has operated, the second notch of the pressing element can be latched with the flange of the pushed part, so as to achieve a post-operational positioning effect, allowing a user to verify that the electric connector has accomplished the pre-determined pushing operation.
US07845961B2
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing and arranged in one row, and a metal shell (3) covering the insulative housing. The contacts (2) consist of a first type of grounding contacts (G) and a second type of a set of pairs of differential contacts (21, 22, 23, 24). The metal shell has a receiving space (30) for receiving a matchable plug.
US07845960B2
An electrical connector (1) for receiving an electrical card assembly (3) which having at least one first cable connecting member (31), includes an insulative housing (10), a plurality of contacts (11) received in the housing and at least one extending portion (4). The insulative housing defines a longitudinal main body (100) with a slot (101) extending along a longitudinal direction. The at least one extending portion is disposed at one end of the main body. The at least one extending portion is used for receiving and retaining a second cable connecting member therein to connect with the first cable connecting member.
US07845956B1
An apparatus and method of providing an electrical component interface is disclosed. For one embodiment, the electrical component interface includes an electrical component adapter. The electrical component adapter includes an electronic component solder pattern for receiving and allowing attachment of an electrical component. An adhesive backing is adjacent a surface of the electrical component adapter. The adhesive backing provides attachment of the electrical component adapter to a second surface.
US07845941B2
An instrument is provided, having a handle and at least one working end. In a first embodiment, the working end has a first leg and a second leg, the second leg for disengaging a spring clip. In a second embodiment, the working end has a first leg and a second leg for grasping a connector plate of an orthodontic bracket, and a depth limiter attached to the first leg for preventing inadvertent grasping of an orthodontic bracket base plate.
US07845940B2
An orthodontic bracket system is provided having a base plate with a rear side and a front side. The rear side is designed to engage a patient's tooth. The front side includes a channel for receiving an archwire, a cover plate for closing the opening of the channel and securing the archwire within the channel, and a locking device designed to engage the cover plate during a closed position.
US07845938B2
An indirect bonding tray places orthodontic appliances in precise, predetermined positions on the teeth of a patient. The indirect bonding tray includes a first matrix material that extends over a set of appliances and a second matrix material that extends over the first matrix material. The indirect bonding tray also includes at least one occlusal stop member that is connected to the second matrix material for firm, relatively hard contact with the occlusal tips of the patient's teeth when the tray is received in place over the patient's dental arch.
US07845934B2
A plastic molding die provided with a cavity where a plastic material is put in, wherein a part of an inner surface of the cavity is configured with an elastic body. A molding portion corresponding to a molding surface of a molded product is disposed on the inner surface of the cavity, and the elastic body is arranged on a portion other than the molding portion of the inner surface of the cavity. The plastic molding die may be a molding die for compression molding. The elastic body is made of rubber, and has an upper temperature limit higher than a glass-transition temperature of the plastic material. The degree of rubber hardness of the elastic body is from 50 to 100.
US07845933B2
An automatic gathering pre-shape machine has a main body and a gathering device. The main body can make plastic films formed into a circular shape with an annular flange formed around a top edge of the film. The gathering device allows a pre-shaped plastic film be blown toward an outer end of the barrel to hit a block wall and drop and mount around a tip portion of corresponding shelf to be gathered. Consequently, the plastic film may easily and automatically be gathered from the main body. Therefore, the plastic films can be kept from being damaged and the pre-shaping process is accelerated.
US07845927B2
An extrusion die or extruder having a flexible lip that is moveable by a geared mechanism. A shaft is operably connected to at least one gear, which in turn is operably connected to a movable lip of the extruder. Rotation of the shaft results in movement of the extruder lip.
US07845924B2
The present invention relates to a method and a system for preparing dental restorations from ceramic or polymeric material to achieve color and opacity gradients simulating natural dentition, wherein an ingot of ceramic or polymeric material is entirely or partially forced through a system of channels in a press mold into a mold cavity in the press mold, wherein the mold cavity corresponds to a dental restoration.
US07845921B2
The invention is to reduce flutter and wear and improve the serviceability and wear life of tip seals for roots blower and screw type compressor superchargers where used for improved supercharger output and efficiency. As the seals travel over the outlet opening, the seals move outward in their slots, leading to flutter which may shorten their useful lives. As each seal reaches the center of the outlet opening, it is forced back into its groove by engaging a valley of the mating rotor with the likelihood of increased wear. The invention provides longitudinally spaced support bars extending laterally across the opening in the directions of rotation of the rotors. The support bars have inner surfaces machined with the associated rotor cavity bores and thus smoothly support the seals as they ride over the support surfaces. The support reduces the flexing of the seals and the resultant wear. Each seal contacts a support bar only during inward motion to the center of the opening where the machined bores intersect and the seal is moving into a valley of the associated rotor of the pair. To reduce edge effect wear of the seals, the width of the support bars may be made narrower from the outer edges of the outlet opening to the center, where each seal loses contact with its respective support bar.
US07845919B2
An embodiment of a gerotor apparatus includes a housing including a first member. The first member includes a brake pin aperture formed therein. The apparatus also includes a brake pin at least partially interposed within the first member. The brake pin includes a first annular surface and a second annular surface. The first annular surface defines, at least in part, a first brake chamber. The second annular surface defines, at least in part, a second brake chamber. A first fluid introduced into the first brake chamber will urge the brake pin in a first direction. A second fluid introduced into the second brake chamber will urge the brake pin generally in the first direction.
US07845918B2
Scrolls made from one or more near-net shaped powder metal processes either wholly or fabricated together from sections. Both “conventional” press and sinter methods and metal injection molding methods will be described.
US07845902B2
A supersonic aircraft engine axial fan that includes a rotating blade row having blades that receive a supersonic entry flow in the absolute frame and decelerate the flow to a lower supersonic or subsonic velocity exit flow while adding work to the flow to increase stagnation pressure. It is preferred that the lower velocity be subsonic. When the fan is combined with a suitably designed inlet, the propulsion system is compact and lighter in weight than conventional engines for supersonic aircraft.
US07845894B2
A shipping container for a product mounted on casters, weighing on the order of about 150 to 300 pounds and including a box shaped housing. The shipping container comprises a base. A pair of elongated, parallel disposed and spaced apart support members are fixedly mounted on the top of the base. Each support member includes a block of foam material fixedly mounted onto the base and having a tapered front end and a rear end. A strip of low friction material is fixedly mounted on top of the block of foam material.
US07845893B2
A compact lifter is disclosed which allows for an improved operating envelope of the liftplate. The lifter utilizes a motor having 210 degrees of rotation and lifting arms of a unique geometry to rotate a liftplate from a retracted position below and in front of the lifter baseplate to a dumping position wherein the opening of a refuse cart is located substantially forward of an inner hopper or container edge. As a result, refuse is dumped further into the container or vehicle hopper, which minimizes the number of packing cycles required as multiple refuse carts are emptied. The liftplate is attached to the motor using dual lifting arms, and includes a fixed upper hook. A rotating, retractable lower hooking mechanism holds the refuse cart during dumping. The compact design improves ground clearance when the lifter is retracted, permits the dumping of large commercial containers over the lifter, and requires no modification of the hopper structure of a rear-loading refuse collection vehicle. The lifter may be mounted over a wide range of mounting heights and maintain engagement with refuse carts without altering the structural components of the lifter.
US07845890B2
A bookbinding device includes a collecting device for collecting sheets into a bundle and a bookbinding path that includes a sheet bundle conveying device, an adhesive applying device, a cover binding device, and a cover sheet feeding path. The cover binding device includes a back folding press member for the cover sheet and a back rest plate member to back up the cover sheet. A control device allows the back folding press member to execute a back folding process with a small gap formed between the back rest plate member and a back of the sheet bundle. The control device further allows the back of the sheet bundle to abut against the back rest plate member to forcibly cool the adhesive. The control device varies the time required for the cooling depending on the thickness of the sheet bundle.
US07845889B2
A nail having a plurality of grooves configured to reduce the amount of material needed to create the nail and increase the holding power of the nail, while only minimally affecting the bending yield strength of the nail and other important properties. The nail includes a relatively high number of grooves having a relatively shallow depth to retain a cross-sectional geometry of the shank that permits the formation of a full round head of sufficiently large diameter such that pull through resistance of the nail is not significantly affected. Various embodiments of such a nail are disclosed. In a first embodiment, the grooves are semi-circular and are disposed evenly and symmetrically about the circumference of the shank. In a second embodiment, a protrusion is formed at one tangent point (corner) of each of the plurality of grooves. In a third embodiment, a protrusion is formed at each tangent point of each of the plurality of grooves. In other embodiments the grooves may be unevenly and asymmetrically disposed about the circumference of the shank, the grooves may comprise non-semi-circular geometries and the grooves may comprise deformations.
US07845884B2
A resin insertion device includes a barrel, a piston within the barrel, and a triggering mechanism. The triggering mechanism includes an air outlet, an air inlet, a venturi tube and at least one trigger piston. A resin insertion device includes a barrel having a collar disposed at a first end and a piston disposed slidably within the barrel. A triggering mechanism is disposed at a second end. A first position of the trigger prevents airflow through an air inlet, a second position allows air through the inlet and an outlet, and a third position prevents airflow through the outlet. A method of inserting resin into a bore hole includes providing an insertion device including a barrel, and a triggering mechanism. The method includes depressing a trigger from a first to a second position, placing at least one resin cartridge within the barrel, and further depressing the trigger.
US07845876B2
A race gate has a base and a start bar connected to the base, where the start bar has an elevated start position and a level finish position. A release mechanism interconnects the base and the start bar and retains the start bar in the start position. A controller governs the release mechanism. The controller may be programmable to measure a preset time period and a random time period.
US07845871B2
A packaging and dispensing device includes a container holding a first product, and a closure capsule including a base part configured to detachably close off the container. The device includes a recess defined in a mobile part of the closure capsule, this recess containing a second product. An opening in the recess is closed off by a cap, such that the mobile part can assume, relative to the base part, a closed position wherein the cap is rendered inaccessible by the base part, and an open position wherein the cap is accessible.
US07845870B2
A multi-positional, multi-level user interface system including a keyboard hinged over a base surface for a pointing device such as a mouse. The keyboard and base rotate relative to each other about a hinge axis to reveal the surface, providing a portable keyboard and pointing surface. A kickstand can support the keyboard above the base while in an open position. The keyboard and pointing device can be used with two hands with the system resting in a user's lap. The keyboard can also swivel about an axis other than the hinge axis. The keyboard can swivel 180 degrees for left-handed use, and can be positioned at other detent angles. A mouse can also be stowed on the base with a magnetic, friction, or other coupling. The interface system can further act as a communication hub for other peripheral devices, such as a joystick, to communicate with a computing device.
US07845869B2
A computer keyboard assembly includes a computer keyboard. The computer keyboard includes a housing on which a keypad is arranged. The housing defines oppositely disposed print media input and ejection slots though which print media can pass. A print media feed mechanism is located within the housing and is configured to feed print media along a print media path between the entry and ejection slots. A printer is located within the housing and is configured to print upon print media fed along the print media path.
US07845866B2
A light quantity control device includes: a bottom board having an opening; a first blade, a supporting blade, and a second blade linearly moved in opposing directions and controlling the opening to a fully open state, a fully closed state, and a small aperture state; a driving lever connected to the set of blades and driving the set of blades by rotation of the driving lever; and a stopper restricting a rotational range of the driving lever. The set of blades controls the opening to the small aperture state when the driving lever is positioned at one end of the rotational range defined by the stopper.
US07845863B2
An image photography apparatus enabling a user to capture an object by freely changing a position of the hand according to an angle shot while gripping the image photography apparatus. The image photography apparatus includes a main body and a rotation unit rotatably installed on the main body. The rotation unit includes a rotation part, a connection part rotatably connecting the rotation part to one side of the main body, and a grip band coupled to the rotation part.
US07845855B2
There is disclosed a bearing to support a rotating shaft. The bearing includes a cylindrical housing defining a central opening. A plurality of bearing pads integrally coupled to the housing with each bearing pad having a circumferential surface defining a portion of the central opening. A plurality of pins disposed in a bore defined in the housing, with each pin aligned as a pivot for each corresponding pad. Each pad can tilt about the pin in relation to the rotating shaft. Each pad is coupled to the housing by a pair of webs defined by a plurality of cuts forming a plurality of openings in the housing substantially parallel to a line tangent with the circumferential surface of the pad. Each pin is aligned parallel with the rotating pad.
US07845850B2
A disposable thermometer probe sheath includes a bottom piece and a plastic cover film sealed onto the bottom piece. The plastic cover film comprising an upper plastic sheet film and a lower plastic sheet film, each of which has a front edge provided with an opening, a rear edge provided with a tip, and a sealed peripheral edge except for the opening, so as to receive a thermometer probe. The plastic cover film is made of a flexible and deformable material, while the plastic cover film is provided with two notches respectively formed on two side edges adjacent to the tip. The upper plastic sheet film is provided with a first flap attached to the opening thereof, while the lower plastic sheet film is provided with a second flap attached to the opening. When the thermometer probe is inserted into the plastic cover film, the notches are tightly engaged with the thermometer probe. When separating the thermometer probe from the plastic cover film, one of the upper plastic sheet film and the lower plastic sheet film of the plastic cover film is torn from the opening thereof along a longitudinal direction of the plastic cover film under the assistance of the engagement between the two notches and the thermometer probe, and then the one of the upper plastic sheet film and the lower plastic sheet film will be overturned from the opening toward the tip of the plastic cover film, so that the thermometer probe is separated from the plastic cover film.
US07845848B2
A thermometer and extensometer for cables and conductors is described. The travel time of one or more acoustic signals along a conductor is used to determine the temperature along the conductor and the length of the conductor. The acoustic frequency is selected to minimize temporal dispersion of the propagating acoustic energy. The technique can be used to measure the temperature of the conductor in a buried, undersea or submerged electrical power cable.
US07845837B2
A ball socket for connection with a ball stud provides for easy manufacturing and assembly using a flat-stamped flexible retainer clip. The retainer clip is inserted into the socket and flexes to snap-fit within in the socket. The flex of the clip also flexes wings of the clip which engage with a receiving boss or socket. The flexion of the clip allows for easy push-in of the socket and sufficient resistance to accidental pull-out. The push-in socket design eliminates the need for screw-mounting of the socket. The socket assembly may be manufactured for use in connection with disengageable or conventional ball studs.
US07845836B2
There is provided a decorative part for decorating a vehicle interior, including a base; a cushion; and a skin with elasticity having a portion thereof being fixed to the base, the skin being adhered to the cushion and covering the cushion, the cushion being made of a gel elastomer having JIS A hardness of 5 or less or Asker C hardness of 20 or less.
US07845825B2
For general lighting applications, a semiconductor chip produces near ultraviolet (UV) electromagnetic energy in a range of 380-420 nm, e.g. 405 nm. Semiconductor nanophosphors, typically doped semiconductor nanophosphors, are remotely positioned in an optic of a light fixture. Each phosphor is of a type or configuration that when excited by energy in the 380-420 nm range, emits light of a different spectral characteristic. The nanophosphors together produce light in the fixture output that is at least substantially white and has a color rendering index (CRI) of 75 or higher. In some examples, the fixture optic includes an optical integrating cavity. In the examples using doped semiconductor nanophosphors, the visible white light output exhibits a color temperature in one of the following ranges along the black body curve: 2,725±145° Kelvin; 3,045±175° Kelvin; 3,465±245° Kelvin; and 3,985±275° Kelvin.
US07845817B1
Apparatus and method discloses a pair of strobe lights which are mounted onto the front of a firearm so that the lights send a light beam toward the target. The strobe lights comprise a red and a blue alternately flashing, high lumen, light-emitting diode for emitting a bright, alternating, red/blue light beam which prevents the target from properly focusing his eyes because of the alternating red and blue beams which affect the target's eyes. The lights are powered by a power supply and are controlled by a switch which is activated by the hand of a user.
US07845815B2
The present invention relates to a straw cup with variable lights, primarily comprising of a set of light-emitting diodes surrounding the inside of the cup's straw, a circuit controller board, and power switch; when the power is activated, the liquid inside the straw's cup refracts and directs light, increasing the variation and brilliance of the twinkling lights and thus further increasing the variation of the straw cup's multicolored lights.
US07845813B1
A tool for use in a lubrication system having an oil-containing sump for supplying lubricating oil to a mechanical device and an oiler device connected to the sump for delivering a supply of oil to the sump, the oiler device comprising a base for supporting an oil reservoir and an adjustable element movably disposed within the base for predetermining a level of oil to be maintained within the sump. The tool has a first portion configured to extend into the base for engagement with the adjustable element and a second portion disposed exteriorly of the base to visually indicate the disposition of the adjustable element relative to the oil-containing sump, preferably in the form of a pointing device, optimally a laser beam generating instrument, for representing the disposition of the adjustable element.
US07845799B2
A projection-type three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a projector, a screen and an image former. The projector projects a plurality of element images containing parallax information to a two-dimensional plane. An image is formed on the screen, of a light transmittance that is electrically controlled by the projector. An image former forms a three-dimensional image having a vertical parallax and a horizontal parallax in a space in front of the screen from the projection image.
US07845786B2
The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects ink through nozzles, the ink containing coloring material; a treatment liquid ejection device which ejects treatment liquid through nozzles, the treatment liquid being a colorless transparent liquid containing infrared-absorbing material and having at least one of an action of insolubilizing the coloring material, an action of aggregating the coloring material, and an action of preventing dispersion of the coloring material; an infrared irradiating device which irradiates infrared light onto the treatment liquid having been ejected from the treatment liquid ejection device; and a treatment liquid determination device which includes a photoelectric transducer having sensitivity to the infrared light.
US07845781B2
An inkjet printer that has a replaceable ink cartridge with an ink storage volume and an ink outlet. The ink outlet has an outlet valve that is biased closed and opens upon installation in the printer. The cartridge also has an air bag in the ink storage volume for expanding as ink is drawn through the ink outlet to keep a constant head of ink above the outlet valve. The air bag has an air inlet with a frangible seal configured to be ruptured upon installation of the cartridge such that the air bag is vented to atmosphere. The printer also has a pressure regulating valve for establishing fluid communication between the printhead and the ink storage volume wherein, the pressure regulating valve is biased closed and opens in response to a predetermined ink pressure difference across the valve.
US07845780B2
This invention relates to an ink cartridge which has at least one ink container which has an ink outlet with an ink outlet opening which extends from the inside to the outside, in the ink outlet opening a differential pressure valve is mounted which includes a valve seat and a valve body which can move relative to it, the valve seat has a continuous valve opening which has a peripheral sealing surface outside, a spring means is attached between the movable valve body and the stationary ink outlet, the valve body is pressed by the spring means with a predetermined closing force to form a seal from the outside against the sealing surface of the valve seat, and can be moved against the closing force to the outside from the sealing surface. In order to form an ink cartridge with a differential pressure valve which works more reliably, the invention proposes that the valve seat be made deformable so that the sealing surface can be moved relative to the ink outlet opening.
US07845775B2
An ink tank which includes a plurality of ink chambers and a plurality of supply ports is provided. The plurality of supply ports are provided for the respective ink chambers. Each of the supply ports communicates an outside with each of the ink chambers. Ink stored in the each of the ink chambers is supplied through the each of the supply ports to the outside.
US07845774B2
A printhead assembly comprising an ink distribution assembly that includes an ink distribution molding having a plurality of ducts and at least one printhead integrated circuit in fluid communication with the ink distribution assembly. The at least one printhead integrated circuit receives ink via at least some of the plurality of ducts of the distribution molding, and a gas is introduced in the vicinity of a printing surface region of the at least one printhead integrated circuit via at least one of the plurality of ducts. Preferably the gas is an inert gas distributed via a gas duct, and the gas duct includes a gas valve molding formed as a channel with a series of apertures in the base of the channel, and the gas valve molding is longitudinally movable within the gas duct.
US07845772B2
An actuator device includes a piezoelectric element configured to include a lower electrode provided on a surface side of a substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. The lower electrode contains a precious metal. When a cross-section of the lower electrode is examined in the thickness direction using secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS), a ratio Z1/Z2 between the intensity Z1 of oxygen ions and the intensity Z2 of ions of a precious metal detected at the surface of the lower electrode facing the substrate is 0.2 or more.
US07845771B2
A droplet jet head includes: a base member holding a plurality of piezoelectric elements; a vibration plate provided on the base member and vibrated by each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements; a liquid chamber plate provided on the vibration plate and forming wall surfaces of a plurality of liquid chambers containing liquid; a nozzle plate provided on the liquid chamber plate and having a plurality of nozzles communicating with the plurality of liquid chambers, respectively; a holder plate provided on the liquid chamber plate in a manner of covering the nozzle plate and having an opening which exposes each of the plurality of nozzles; a buffer member provided between the holder plate and the nozzle plate; and a plurality of screws fastening the base member, the vibration plate, the liquid chamber plate and the holder plate.
US07845770B2
A liquid droplet ejecting head including a plurality of pressure chambers; nozzles communicating respectively with the plurality of pressure chambers; a vibrating plate that forms portions of the plurality of pressure chambers; a piezoelectric body disposed above the vibrating plate; individual electrodes formed respectively for each of the plurality of pressure chambers at one of a bottom surface and a top surface of the piezoelectric body, the individual electrodes being one polarity of the piezoelectric body; a common electrode, formed at the other surface of the one of a bottom surface and a top surface of the piezoelectric body, so as to extend over the plurality of pressure chambers, the common electrode being the other polarity of the piezoelectric body; electrical connecting portions electrically connected to the individual electrodes; and first electrode members electrically isolated from the common electrode, is provided.
US07845766B2
An inkjet recording head includes a recording-element substrate having arranged therein multiple sets of nozzles that discharge ink, energy-generating elements that generate energy used for discharging the ink, and supply ports that supply the ink to the nozzles; and a sealant disposed around the recording-element substrate. The supply ports include a first supply port disposed near a first edge of the recording-element substrate and a second supply port disposed near a second edge of the recording-element substrate, the second edge being opposite to the first edge as viewed in the arrangement direction of the multiple sets. As viewed in the arrangement direction, a distance between the second edge and the second supply port is shorter than a distance between the first edge and the first supply port, and a volume of the sealant near the second edge is smaller than a volume of the sealant near the first edge.
US07845765B2
An inkjet printhead with an array of nozzles arranged in a series of rows, each nozzle having an ejection aperture, a chamber for holding printing fluid and a heater element for generating a vapor bubble in the printing fluid contained by the chamber to eject a drop of the printing fluid through the ejection aperture. The nozzle, the heater element and the chamber are all elongate structures that have a long dimension that exceeds their other dimensions respectively. The respective long dimensions of the nozzle, the heater element and the chambers are parallel and extend normal to the row direction. To increase the nozzle density of the array, each of the nozzle components—the chamber, the ejection aperture and the heater element are configured as elongate structures that are all aligned transverse to the direction of the row. This raises the nozzle pitch, or nozzle per inch (npi), of the row while allowing the chamber volume and therefore drop volume to stay large enough for a suitable color density. It also avoids the need to spread the over a large distance in the paper feed direction (in the case of pagewidth printers) or in the scanning direction (in the case of scanning printheads).
US07845755B2
A laminated film for attachment of printhead integrated circuits to an ink supply manifold. The film has a plurality of ink supply holes defined therein and film comprises: a central polymeric film; a first adhesive layer for bonding a first surface of the film to the ink supply manifold; and a second adhesive layer for bonding a second surface of the film to the printhead integrated circuits. The central polymeric film is sandwiched between the first and second adhesive layers. A first melt temperature of the first adhesive layer is at least 20° C. less than a second melt temperature of the second adhesive layer.
US07845753B2
An image forming device prints an image on a recording sheet by performing a reciprocating movement of a print head in a main scanning direction while transporting the recording sheet intermittently in a transporting direction. The image forming device is arranged to select one of a measurement value and a theoretical value based on a result of comparison between the measurement value and the theoretical value, so that the selected value is used as a value that indicates a rear-end position of the recording sheet.
US07845749B2
In a liquid-ejecting method for ejecting liquid contained in a liquid chamber from a nozzle as a liquid droplet group, the ejection amount of each liquid droplet of the continuously ejected liquid-droplet group can be stabilized corresponding to a wide frequency band of a pulse signal. Also, when one pixel is formed with a plurality of liquid droplets using a head capable of deflecting the ejecting direction of the liquid droplet, the image quality is improved by reducing the landing positional displacement between plural liquid droplets for forming the one pixel.
US07845747B2
A printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles; and, drive circuitry for receiving print data and sending drive pulses to the nozzles in accordance with the print data; wherein, the drive pulses consist of ejection pulses with sufficient energy to eject printing fluid from the nozzles designated to fire at that time, and sub-ejection pulses with insufficient energy to eject printing fluid from the nozzles not designated to fire at that time.
US07845745B2
The invention relates to a domestic appliance that includes a first and a second housing that are juxtaposed and fastened to each other sidewall to sidewall. A hinge hinging one housing to the other housing is fastened to respective edges of the sidewalls of the housings facing each other. A blocking element is fastened to the housings at a distance to the respective edges of the sidewalls and blocks the freedom of motion of the hinge.
US07845744B2
A slide member and a slide assembly having the slide member are provided, in particular to a reinforcing structure of the slide member and the slide assembly. The slide member further comprises an automatic retractable device therein and may be in conjunction with a single-section or two-section slide to from a slide assembly in a stronger structure and a steady sliding operation.
US07845743B2
Methods of applying multiple parallel frames or moldings to planar surfaces on articles of furniture are disclosed to produce multi-banded, textured exterior surfaces on articles which conceal functionalities such as, doors, shelves, or receptacles, as well as one or more slide-ably extendable/retractable drawers, to include articles of furniture made by the disclosed methods.
US07845734B2
To provide a vehicle seatbelt capable of suppressing the reduction in the power holding of a buckle webbing, a vehicle seatbelt includes a buckle webbing and a buckle mounted at an end of the buckle webbing. The buckle webbing is provided with a webbing loop portion connected to the buckle. The vehicle seatbelt also includes an elastic holding band for holding the buckle webbing inside the seat by stretching the buckle webbing. In the webbing loop portion a band guide member is mounted. The elastic holding band passes through the band guide member and is routed to wrap around the webbing loop portion.
US07845733B2
A seat cushion of a vehicle seat has a base seat whose front end is anchored to a front frame of a frame for a sitting portion, and whose rear end is connected to a rear frame of the frame for a sitting portion via helical tension springs. A supporter, supported via helical tension springs at a pair of left and right side frames of the frame for a sitting portion, is disposed at a lower side of the base seat so as to support a femoral region of a seated person. The supporter and the helical tension springs structure an auxiliary vibration system whose mass element is a femoral region of a seated person. The auxiliary vibration system is made to function as a dynamic vibration absorber with respect to up-down vibrations of a main vibration system whose mass element is an upper body of a seated person.
US07845731B2
A foldable head restraint has two head restraint supports set within a bracket. A latch is made integral with at least one of the head restraint supports. The latch rests against a stop to prohibit rotation of the head restraint support in a first direction. The latch rests against a rotational cam to prohibit movement of the head restraint support in a second direction. By rotating the cam, the head restraint support may be folded. The head restraint support is comprised of a metal substrate with over-molded plastic geometry to accept a mating part configured within the head restraint bun. The geometry of the metal substrate and over-molded plastic geometry allow for a reduction, or even elimination, of the slots that are normally required for such a folding head restraint. This ability to fold can yield greater rearward visibility and aid in the kinematic motion of the seat.
US07845726B2
A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base adapted to set on a vehicle seat and a foldable backrest associated with the seat base. The juvenile vehicle seat also includes a backrest lock coupled to the foldable backrest.
US07845718B1
The present invention is a device which quickly and inexpensively transforms two, face to face aircraft passenger seats into a horizontal bed surface adapted to provide a user with a flat surface upon which a user may lie on their back, side or stomach. A collapsible foundation block is adapted to form a space filling function as to a space between two face to face seats that are secured to a floor structure forming a horizontal surface. The foundation block is preferably inflatable and is supported from a floor surface between the two face to face seats, whereafter a supporting structure of the foundation block rises to a top surface generally parallel to the floor. The elevation of the top surface is approximately a level of a top surface of seat cushions of the two facing seats.
US07845717B2
A stool with telescopic legs, including a seat and four legs that have a first two legs disposed on a first side of the seat, and a second two legs disposed on a second side of the seat opposite to the first side. The four legs are of the same length. A first end of each of the four legs is hinged to the seat. The first two legs respectively pivotally cross the second two legs, thereby forming two crossing joints that are connected by a cross beam. The second two legs each has a telescopic rod structure, such that, when the stool is folded, the telescopic rod structure extends, and second ends of the first and second two legs opposite to the first ends are aligned.
US07845716B2
A support frame is provided to extend upward and rearward from a portion of a front side frame near a suspension tower substantially straight and connect to an upper portion of a hinge pillar. Accordingly, there can be provided a front structure of an automotive vehicle that can properly restrain a forward deformation of a cabin by transmitting an impact load at a vehicle frontal crash to the hinge pillar efficiently.
US07845715B2
A level assembly hood hinge unit includes a side outer panel having a space between an upper panel and a lower panel in which a hood hinge may be disposed, and a stud bolt provided on the lower panel, a hinge bracket which may be configured for assembly engagement while it laterally moves along the lower panel towards the space of the side outer panel, and which may be provided with an assembly portion, positioned in the space of the side outer panel, at an upper portion of the hinge bracket and an insertion groove at a rear portion of the hinge bracket, in which the stud bolt may be inserted for stopping movement of the hinge bracket, and/or a hinge arm which may be to be assembled with the hinge bracket in the assembly portion by a hinge pin, and which may be provided with a hood combining portion to which a hood panel may be mounted at an end portion thereof.
US07845714B2
An assembly support with hybrid structure for front ends of passenger vehicles and light trucks includes an upper cross member (1), a lateral member (2) attached to it from below with a flange plate (3) for connection with the face ends of vehicle longitudinal members and a lower cross member (4) connecting the lower sections (2.1) of these lateral members (2). In order to reinforce the assembly support in the area of the lower cross member (4), the lower cross member (4) consists of a shell body (5) with a flange (5.1) running along its edge and projecting outward, and of a sealing part (6) whose edge area overlaps it. The shell body (5) and the sealing part (6) are made of a stiff material, whereby the flange (5.1) and edge areas (6.1) of the above-mentioned components are surrounded by injected plastic used for the hybrid structure, and are thus bound together with the lateral members (2).
US07845710B2
An underride compatibility apparatus is provided for a vehicle structure. The apparatus includes a frame arranged to support the vehicle structure. The frame includes an energy absorption portion arranged for absorption of impact energy. The apparatus also includes a beam arranged substantially transverse to the vehicle structure, below the frame, and remote from the energy absorption portion. The apparatus also includes a flexible member configured to carry a tensile load, but not a substantial compressive load. The flexible member distributes the impact energy between the energy absorption portion and the beam when the member is loaded in tension during an underride impact, but does not affect the impact energy absorption of the energy absorption portion during a direct impact.
US07845709B2
A vehicle flow trip, includes a moveable body portion in physical communication with a vehicle body, and an actuator comprising an active material in operative communication with the vehicle body and the moveable body portion; wherein the active material undergoes a change in a property upon receipt of an activation signal, wherein the change in a property is effective to displace the moveable body portion from either an original position or a deployed position in an airflow stream to the other of the original or the deployed position through motion of the actuator.
US07845704B2
A retractable vehicle hardtop has a predominantly transparent top roof panel and a predominantly transparent combined back light/sail panel. The panels are attached to a top stack linkage that is used to retract and extend the hardtop. The top roof panel and combined back light/sail panel each feature a smooth, continuous two-part retractable hardtop that provides panoramic overhead views both when retracted and when extended. A frame is assembled to opaque peripheral portions of the top roof panel. Reinforcement bars are assembled to opaque portions of the combined back light/sail panel. A method of making the retractable hardtop.
US07845701B2
The invention concerns a storage compartment for a motor vehicle with a container (110) and a container lid (112), arranged on the container in a pivotal fashion, a pivoted lever (116), arranged on the container lid, a first elastic element (120), whose first end (122) is connected with the container and whose second end (118) is connected with the pivoted lever, so that the first elastic element acts upon the container lid with a closing force and/or a closing torque, a locking element (126), which is mounted in a pivotal fashion, so that, in case of an impact of the motor vehicle, said locking element, due to its mass inertia, will be brought into a locking position for locking the pivoted lever into position, whereby the locking element is mounted in such a way that it is pivotal around the first end of the first elastic element, whereby the first elastic element is a dead center spring, and whereby the dead center spring is embodied in such a way that it exerts the closing force and/or closing torque as long as the open position of the container lid does not exceed a dead center (155) position.
US07845700B2
An apparatus comprising a front flatbed trailer section, a rear flatbed trailer section, a first support assembly carried by one of the front and rear flatbed trailer sections, and wherein the first support assembly at least partially disengages the other of the front and rear flatbed trailer sections. A method of extending a trailer comprising the steps of providing a first flatbed trailer section and a second flatbed trailer section with a slide member and a first support assembly, displacing the first support assembly in a first direction, separating the first and second flatbed trailer sections in a vertical direction, and moving one of the first and second flatbed trailer sections in a horizontal direction relative to the other of the first and second flatbed trailer sections.
US07845693B2
A hatch stop for a wind turbine having an enclosure with a hatch, including a first prong arranged between an external surface of the hatch and an external surface of the enclosure.
US07845691B2
A collision safety system for use with a motor vehicle includes a hood mounted to the vehicle movable between an open position and a closed position. A latch mechanism positioned adjacent the hood releasably engages a striker bar extending from the hood. The latch mechanism includes a spring operative to move the striker bar, a locking cam configured to releasably secure the striker bar and a pawl disposed on a latch bracket is movable between a latched position engaging the locking cam and a deployed position away from the locking cam. A primary hood release device is operatively connected to the pawl and is in communication with a remote source that is configured to transmit an activation signal to the primary hood release device.
US07845684B2
A quick connector including a female part with a stepped bore arranged to receive an endpiece and a collar of a male part, and a latch including a ring in a housing arranged in the female part to slide radially between an eccentric position and a position coaxial with the bore, and the latch including a latching indicator mounted to slide radially in the ring between two indication positions, and at least one blocking member for blocking the indicator in a first indication position, the blocking member being movable between an indicator-blocking position and a retracted release position, and having a contact portion projecting into the female portion beyond the latch to co-operate with the collar in such a manner that the collar takes the blocking member into its release position when the male part is inserted into the female part.
US07845682B2
Methods are provided for folding an airbag cushion into a housing. In one implementation of the inventive method, an airbag cushion defined by an upper panel and a lower panel is provided. A first portion of the airbag cushion is tucked into a second portion of the airbag cushion such that the upper and lower panels of the first portion are positioned in between the upper and lower panels of the second portion. The tucked portion is folded in towards the housing. First and second halves of the tucked airbag cushion are folded in towards the housing. Finally, the folded first and second halves of the airbag cushion are folded into the housing.
US07845681B2
An airbag and an airbag apparatus in which a vent hole is in a closed state or a slightly open state until an occupant plunges into the airbag and the vent hole becomes to an open state or a widely open state when the occupant plunges into the airbag. The inside of the airbag 10 is partitioned by inner panels 22A, 22B into a first chamber 1 centrally located and a second chamber surrounding the first chamber 1. A vent hole 18 is formed in a rear panel 14 to allow the communication between the second chamber 2 and the outside of the airbag. A lid member 60 is provided to cover the vent hole 18 from the inside of the rear panel 14. A tether (tethering member) 70 connects the lid member 60 and the inner panels 22A, 22B. When the airbag 10 is inflated, the tether 70 is tensioned to prevent the lid member 60 from moving out of the airbag 10.
US07845668B2
A dual trailer has a first trailer with a king pin for a tractor and a rear fifth wheel for the king pin of a second trailer. The rear end of the first trailer and the front end of the second trailer is lifted into an empty transport position so that the first and second trailers are supported solely on the tractor and the rearmost axle of the second trailer. The remaining axles are held raised from the ground by the lifting of the trailers and by an individual lifting hook supporting the axle raised relative to the frame. In the empty transport position, the first and second trailers are maintained as a single integral trailer in a directly aligned position. Each axle includes an air bag so that the hook is engaged when the axle is raised relative to the frame by releasing the air from the bag.
US07845662B2
A front cross member 202 of a rear subframe 53 has a recessed portion 221 which is recessed continuously over a longitudinal direction thereof. The recessed portion 221 is formed at a lower portion of the cross member 202 and is recessed upwardly, and an elastic bush 240 is fitted in a resulting recess. The elastic bush 240 has an elastic element 243 which connects together an inner tube 241 and an outer tube 242 which surrounds the inner tube 231 and is mounted on the rear subframe 53 at the recessed portion 221 as a bracket. The bracket 221 has bracket plate portions 263a, 263b which each have a plane which is brought into contact with an end face of the inner tube and folded-back portions 235, 235. The bracket 221 is disposed in such a manner as to hold therein both ends of the inner tube 241 and is configured such that the elastic bush 240 is mounted thereon by passing a bolt 224 through the inner tube 241.
US07845659B2
Dump truck tag axle suspension control. A method of controlling a tag axle suspension includes activating a pusher suspension lift switch; and engaging a steer lock on the tag axle suspension, thereby preventing steering of the tag axle suspension, in response to the lift switch activating step. Another method includes activating a switch to thereby begin operation of a hydraulic pump; and engaging a steer lock of the tag axle suspension, in response to the switch activating step. Yet another method includes applying pressure to a bed lift actuator; sensing the pressure applied to the bed lift actuator; and applying pressure to a tag suspension load actuator, thereby transmitting a load from a frame to a tag axle via the load actuator, in response to the sensed pressure applied to the bed lift actuator reaching a predetermined level.
US07845647B2
A gasket or seal member constructed of elastomeric material has at least one slot extending lengthwise of the member and across its thickness at an oblique angle to the sealing faces. There may be a plurality of slots spaced apart across the width of the member. In a preferred form of the invention multiple, parallel slots are formed at an oblique angle to the seal faces of the member forming branchiate-like layers of gasket material, in which each of the layers partially overlays at least one other layer.
US07845640B2
A chucker with slits, capable of reducing the scale of a device with a simple configuration and allowing the degree of difficulty of medal passage to be adjusted properly and conveniently according to the situation of a game, and a medal game device using the chucker with slits, are provided. The medal game device according to the present invention is provided with a medal inserting portion into which a medal is inserted, and a winning prize port formed to be able to receive the inserted medal, and is configured so as to give a prescribed privilege to a player at least on the condition that the medal has entered the winning prize port. The medal game device is further provided with a chucker with slits which has a disk-shaped bottom portion 35a having in a central portion thereof an opening communicating with the winning prize port and formed to allow insertion of the medal, a first region having first slits SL1 having a first width larger than the thickness of the medal and formed along the peripheral edge of the disk-shaped bottom portion, and a second region having second slits SL2 having a second width differing from the first width and formed along the peripheral edge of the disk-shaped bottom portion.
US07845636B2
A device for spatially orienting blanks having a length in a transport direction has at least one stop roll body rotatable about a rotation axis and having at least one stop element, and a driver transport system for driving the blanks relative to the stop roll body. The driver transport system has at least one driver roller that pushes the blanks against the driver transport system, and at least one roll body roller that pushes the blanks against the stop roll body, wherein the roll body roller is prestressed in contact with the stop roll body. The driver transport system is a transport belt system having at least one endlessly revolving transport belt. The driver roller is mounted such that path spacing between the roll body roller and the driver roller are set to the length of the blanks.
US07845626B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a first detecting unit including a first sensor and a second sensor arranged at a predetermined spacing from each other on a line orthogonal to a conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed, and a hole punching section provided downstream at a predetermined distance from the first detecting unit and arranged orthogonally to the conveying path of the sheet. The quantity of skew of the sheet is detected in accordance with a difference between time when a forward edge or a rear edge of the sheet passing through the conveying path passes the first sensor and time when the forward edge or rear edge passes the second sensor. Position information of the sheet with respect to the hole punching section is calculated in accordance with information of timing when the first sensor and the second sensor detect the passage of the sheet edge, and the conveying speed of the sheet.
US07845609B2
A loop line comprised of a pair of side by side cords of equal length and knots equispaced along said cords for joining the cords together and defining loops between the knots. The cords preferably are limp monofilament with knots tied or are string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted or woven together and the knots for joining the cords together are formed by interlacing, braiding or looping the cords. The strands are selected from at least one of polymer, polyester or metal wire fibers. For hanging an item, the loop line has a proximal end terminating at a knot and a distal end terminating in a knot, the proximal end of the loop line is wrapped around or inserted in a hole in the item, the distal end is passed through a loop formed in the loop line at the knot at the proximal end to form a hitch attached to the item, and the loop line is hung from a knot formed in the loop line at the distal end. The system for supporting a sign or ceiling-tile rail from ceiling supports comprises a plurality of loop lines, in which a lower proximal end of the loop line can be inserted through an opening in a sign or ceiling-tile rail to be suspended, the upper distal end passed through a loop formed at the lower proximal end of the length to form a hitch attached to the sign or ceiling-tile rail, and the upper distal end of the loop line of an equivalent number of loops can be attached to the ceiling support.
US07845607B2
A safety lock comprises a locking member (26, 28) which engages a support. An inner lock shaft (30a) actuates the locking member, the inner lock shaft having a first coupling face (35a) at one end thereof. An outer lock shaft (30b) has a second coupling face (35b) which engages the first coupling face when the inner lock shaft and the outer lock shaft are in respective engagement positions relative to each other. A coupling structure (18) moves to prevent engagement of said first coupling face with said second coupling face.
US07845604B2
A protective hanger apparatus for use with fence posts includes an elongated substantially rectangular flexible main body, wherein the main body defines or engages with a top loop having dimensions enabling it to fit over the top of and be supported from a fence post. The main body further includes least two lateral rectangular apertures in this main body having a predetermined height and width such as to be removably engageable with at least one included item hanger.
US07845600B2
A “Y” axis Dynamic Cone System comprises a plurality of radially extending members having a first pivot mount located in the vicinity of a center point and a second pivot located along the length of the member, a member or pivot compensation means, and means to lift and lower the first pivot end. The invention, for use with a bulk flexible container storage apparatus, filling apparatus or discharging apparatus provides cone or bottom support to a bulk flexible container and provides for a range of angular changes to form a concave “V” cone; level surface; or convex cone shape. The invention may be used to improve the filling efficiency of a flexible bulk container and also to improve and enhance the flow of product from a flexible bulk container.
US07845587B2
A pulverizer upper gearbox bearing assembly for a mill includes a bowl hub having a stepped hub defining a first bore to receive a shaft therethrough and a bowl extending radially outwardly therefrom defining a cavity between the stepped hub and bowl, the stepped hub having a first outside diameter extending to a second outside diameter, which in turn extends to a third outside diameter along a longitudinal axis of the first bore, the first outside diameter larger than the second outside diameter, which is larger than the third outside diameter; a thrust bearing disposed around the first outside diameter, the thrust bearing having an upper washer and a lower washer, the upper washer having an interference fit with the first outside diameter of the bowl hub; a roller bearing disposed around the third outside diameter, the roller bearing having a separable inner ring from an outer ring and a surrounding cage and roller assembly; a mill base hub extending into the cavity between the bowl and stepped hub, the mill base hub defining a first inside diameter extending to a second inside diameter, which in turn extends to a third inside diameter along a longitudinal axis of the first bore, the first inside diameter larger than the third inside diameter, which is larger than the second inside diameter; and a fluorocarbon rubber oil seal disposed in an annulus of an edge defining the first inside diameter of the mill base hub. The upper washer of the thrust washer is disposed between the first outside diameter of the base hub and the oil seal and first inside diameter of the mill base hub. The second outside diameter of the bowl hub is inside and aligned with the second inside diameter of the mill base hub. The third outside diameter of the bowl hub has an interference fit with the inner ring of the roller bearing, and the third inside diameter of the mill base hub allows the outer ring, cage and roller assembly of the roller bearing to fit therein allowing removal of the bowl hub, inner ring, upper washer and shaft from the mill base hub.
US07845584B2
An apparatus for installation of a material having discrete elements. The apparatus includes a supply material having discrete elements and a transporter system downstream of the supply material having discrete elements. In the preferred embodiment, the transporter system includes: (i) a high speed, inline blower (ii) a material agitator upstream of the inline blower and (iii) a planetary transmission connected to the shaft of the blower for providing a lower speed mechanical output to the material agitator. The material agitator may include a plurality of concentric rings with serrations on the upper surface of each ring. In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus further includes an applicator assembly connected downstream to the transporter system.
US07845580B2
A fountain base for supporting one or more statues on top of a disappearing water fountain. The fountain base includes a basin, a statue support located in the basin, and an access lid that permits maintenance access to the interior of the basin without having to remove the statue from the statue support. A pump located within the basin delivers water from the basin to the top of the statue where it is released to flow over the exterior of the surface of the statue, through the access lid, and back into the basin. The access lid, which may be supported by a statue stand or a system of pillars, includes one or more panels that can be removed without removing the statue from the statue support. The panels may include access doors to permit easy access to the interior of the basin.
US07845573B2
A storage device (10) for storing valuable media is described. The device has a rotary storage compartment (14) for storing media items (100) in a fixed order. The items are held in place by one or two tapes (16 and/or 18) wound around the rotary storage compartment. The device includes a memory (16 and/or 18) for storing the order in which the items are stored and details of transactions associated with the stored items, so that each stored item can be linked to a transaction. In a preferred embodiment, one of the tapes (16 or 18) serves as the memory so that transaction details for a stored media item (100) can be read as the stored media item (100) is dispensed from the storage device (10).
US07845567B2
The present invention provides a contactless card reader and an information processing system utilizes the card reader. The contactless card reader comprises a contactless card interface for communicating with a contactless card by means of radio frequency, a contact card interface coupled to said contactless card interface for communicating with a contact card, and a contact card which is a smart card with processing capability and which interacts with the contactless card via the contact card interface and contactless card interface.
US07845563B2
A digital image capture and processing system having a housing with a light transmission window, and an illumination subsystem including an illumination board disposed adjacent the light transmission window, configured substantially within a plane, and having a central aperture mounted adjacent the imaging window. The illumination board supports an array of illumination sources mounted around at least portion of the central aperture, for producing and a field of illumination within the FOV of its image formation and detection subsystem during object illumination and imaging operations. A FOV folding mirror is mounted within the housing and beneath the illumination board, and folds the path of the FOV beneath the light transmission aperture and directs and projects the FOV out through the central aperture. Also, an automatic illumination control subsystem is provided for controlling the array of illumination sources during object illumination and imaging operations.
US07845556B2
An optical unit includes an optical emitter receiving an optical emitter current, an optical sensor receiving an optical sensor current and light from the optical emitter and in response thereto outputting at least one signal indicating relative movement between the optical unit and an optical code scale, and an optical sensor current detector comparing the optical sensor current to a reference value. In response to the optical sensor current being different than the reference value, the optical sensor current detector outputs an optical sensor current detector signal. The optical sensor current detector signal indicates the presence of a contaminant in a light path from the optical emitter to the optical sensor, and is used to regulate the current to the optical emitter so as to counteract the negative effects of the contaminant in the light path.
US07845553B2
A data management system comprises a data store for storing at least one entry. The entry includes (i) information associated with an item, and (ii) information about a security feature associated with that item. The system also includes an authenticator operable to access the data store in response to a request from a remote reader. The authenticator includes (i) a reader validator to authenticate the remote reader, and (ii) a security feature validator to authenticate a security feature read by the remote reader. The authenticator is also operable to issue an authenticity confirmation in the event that a security feature is successfully validated. The system includes a port for coupling the remote reader and the authenticator to enable requests to be transmitted from the reader to the authenticator and responses to be transmitted from the authenticator to the remote reader.
US07845550B2
A communication terminal device is connected to an information processing apparatus that controls history information of a medium in which identification information is stored. The communication terminal device includes a reading unit for reading the identification information stored in the medium; a communication unit for transmitting the identification information thus read to the information processing apparatus and receiving the history information corresponding to the identification information from the information processing apparatus; a display unit for displaying the history information; a history selection unit for selecting specific history information from the history information; a format storage unit for storing a plurality of print formats; a format selection unit for selecting a specific print format from the print formats; and a printing unit for merging the specific history information thus selected with the specific print format thus selected to be printed.
US07845547B2
A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board having a bump. The method includes forming a solder-resist layer having a small-diameter aperture and a large-diameter aperture, each aperture exposing a respective conductive pad of the printed wiring board, and printing a solder paste in the large-diameter aperture in the solder-resist layer, but not printing the solder paste in the small-diameter aperture in the solder resist layer. The method also includes loading a solder ball in each of the large-diameter aperture and the small-diameter aperture using a mask having aperture areas that correspond to the small-diameter aperture and large-diameter aperture of the solder-resist layer, and forming a small-diameter bump from the solder ball in the small-diameter aperture and a large-diameter bump from both the solder paste and the solder ball in the large-diameter aperture.
US07845544B2
In a friction stir welding method for friction stirring and welding a material by using a rotating tool having a shoulder and a pin at a front portion of a shaft portion and ejecting a cooling agent from a cooling nozzle to the tool to be cooled thereby, the cooling agent is ejected to a middle portion in an axial direction of the tool to thereby prevent thermal expansion in an axial direction of the tool.
US07845540B2
Systems and methods for depositing conductive material into openings in microfeature workpieces are disclosed herein. One particular embodiment of a system for processing microfeature workpieces includes a processing chamber and a solder reservoir in the processing chamber. The solder reservoir includes a slot having a generally vertical orientation positioned to receive a microfeature workpiece. In several embodiments, the system can further include a conductive material at least partially filling the slot.
US07845534B2
A surgical apparatus has a clamp and a stapling mechanism. The clamp has a first jaw and a second jaw to clamp on a body tissue at a desired location for a stapling operation. The stapling mechanism is controlled by a trigger handle or a switch assembly. The surgical apparatus has a controller for providing a delay between clamping and actuating of the firing mechanism of the stapling mechanism. The delay provides for a desired amount of time for tissue compression producing a more uniform staple formation. The surgical apparatus also has an indicator. The indicator provides feedback about the status of the stapling mechanism and also displays a time of tissue compression by the clamp.
US07845516B2
A system for precisely controlling a discharge rate of a discharged product is provided that includes a feeder bin having an internal chamber; a product disposed in the internal chamber of the feeder bin; and a discharge device that receives a portion of the product and discharges it at a discharge rate from the feeder The system also includes a control system that continually monitors the discharge rate of the discharged product and automatically adjusts the discharge rate based on measurements of the product.
US07845515B2
In a gravity-feed towel dispenser for dispensing C-fold and interfolded towels having a transverse length, L, through an elongated bottom dispensing aperture having a length of L or greater, an adapter plate for securing to the bottom portion of the towel dispenser is configured to abridge the length of the dispensing aperture to a length, L′ of from about 80 percent to about 90 percent of the transverse length L of the interfolded towels. In a preferred embodiment the adapter plate is provided with a pair of upwardly inclined terminal portions projecting laterally and upwardly at each end of the adapter plate.
US07845510B2
A reclosable cup lid thermoformed from a polymeric material includes a domed member and an elongate closure panel. The thermoformed domed member is provided with a sidewall and a top wall, the top wall having upper and lower surfaces and a drinking aperture at a periphery of the top wall. The top wall further defines a pair of slide tracks depending from the lower surface of the top wall and also defines a post aperture disposed inwardly with respect to the drinking aperture. The elongate closure panel has opposed engagement edges, an upper surface provided with a post projecting upwardly therefrom, and a drinking aperture sealing area. As assembled, the domed member and elongate closure panel are configured such that the opposed engagement edges of the elongate closure panel are slidingly mounted in the slide tracks for generally radial displacement.
US07845500B2
An oil filter unit for arrangement in the oil sump of an oil circuit, particularly in an automatic transmission. The oil filter unit has a multi-part filter housing with a filter chamber disposed therein such that an oil inlet and an oil outlet communicate with the filter chamber. A filter element is sealingly mounted in the housing between the oil inlet and the oil outlet. The filter element has a pleated filter medium, which is sealingly enclosed by a frame, and the frame has seal contours designed to cooperate with the contours of the filter housing.
US07845498B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for removing heavy metals such as gold from sand. A mixture of sand and metals is placed in a hollow tube which has an open end, an opposite closed end at a relatively lower position, an exterior, and an interior formed into spiral grooves. The grooves are arranged in a helical fashion so that metal caught in the grooves is carried toward the open end of the tube as the tube is rotated. Water is supplied to the tube to mix with the sand and metal, so that rotation of the tube causes relatively heavy metal to be washed from the sand and water mixture into the grooves. The mechanism can be transported to a location where heavy metals naturally occur in sand or other materials.
US07845493B2
Compressor packing member which can pack compressors in many tiers is disclosed. The compressor packing members includes a pallet having first pins projected from an upper surface for holding mounting plates of compressors, and supporting surfaces formed in the upper surface for supporting lower parts of the compressors, and a pad inserted between tiers of compressors stacked on the pallet in multiple tiers for protecting the compressors. The pad includes platforms each arranged at corners of each loading lot for supporting corners of the mounting plate of the compressor, reinforcing ridges each projected between adjacent platforms for preventing deformation of the platforms, thereby stacking, and packing multiple tiers of a plurality of compressors.
US07845491B2
A rigid package for tobacco articles has a cup-shaped container, which is substantially parallelepiped-shaped and has two major lateral walls, two minor lateral walls, a bottom wall, and an open top end; a cup-shaped lid hinged along a first hinge to rotate between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open end; and an additional panel hinged to the container along a second hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an unfolded position, in which the additional panel is detached from the container, and a folded position, in which the additional panel rests on a major lateral wall of the container and is maintained contacting the major lateral wall of the container by the lid in the closed position.
US07845489B2
An improved compartmentalized beverage container device is disclosed including a cup member having an open chamber with a handle attached thereto, a lid cover formed having a dome-like surface and a rim adapted to engage the top of the open chamber of the cup member together with a lid insert adapted to engage the rim of the lid cover beneath the dome-like surface to provide a first storage compartment above the cup member, and a base chamber integrally formed beneath the cup member with an access opening in the bottom thereof to provide a second storage compartment below the cup member. The lid cover is further formed having a hole and separate slot made through the dome-like surface and the lid insert provided with a convex surface made to be directed toward the dome-like surface with a tubular member further extending from the insert to engage the hole in the surface of the cover. Both storage compartments provide accessible chambers for carrying personal items, the first compartment for coins and coin-like souvenirs and the second compartment for rally towels and the like, without disturbing beverage contained within the cup or interfering with its consumption.
US07845485B2
The invention relates to a method and to a device for creating a product flow according to a predefined sequence (S). The products (A, B, C) are fed from different feed flows of a grouping path (G) and there, according to the sequence (S), are deposited onto a conveyor (10, 10) with a closed revolving path (U). According to the invention a repair function is realised in which the products (A, B, C) are then only transferred from the conveyor to a further-processing station if the sequence (S) is correct and all products (A, B, C) are present with the desired quality. Otherwise, the products (A, B, C) are led by the continuously operated conveyors (A, B, C) back to the grouping path (G). Here, the error is corrected by way of the deposition of the missing product (A, B, C), whilst the deposition of new products (A, B, C) is interrupted. For error correction, one may previously provide a discharge of a defect or wrong product (A, B, C). After the error correction, the creation of the product flow is continued by way of the sequentially correct deposition of further products (A, B, C). The method permits the error-free and sequentially correct creation of infinitely long and infinitely assembled sequences (S).
US07845483B2
A conveying operation method and device that can continue an operation on a workpiece to prevent reduction in production efficiency in conveying a workpiece and performing an operation on the workpiece even if conveyance of the workpiece is stopped during the operation on the workpiece. The workpiece is conveyed by a workpiece conveying device, a movable stand is moved in synchronization with the workpiece conveying device in operation areas along a conveying path, and an operation is performed on the workpiece by an operation device provided on the movable stand. When movement of the workpiece conveying device is stopped, the movable stand stops in synchronization with the workpiece conveying device to continue the operation on the workpiece and complete one cycle operation. When non-normal operation is performed on the workpiece, the workpiece is retracted to a position different from the conveying path while being supported by the movable stand.
US07845482B2
A portable truck dump comprises a conveyor system mounted on an elongate frame to transport material from a first end of the frame to a second, opposite end of the frame. A grate is positioned over the conveyor system and is supported by first and second sides of the frame. A ramp extends generally perpendicular to the frame on each side of the frame next to the grate to provide a drive-over access for a material transport vehicle to deposit its load over the grate and onto the conveyor system. A first end of each ramp immediately adjacent to the frame is pivotally connected to the frame to allow the frame to be articulated towards the grate. A second end of each ramp spaced from the frame is supported above but in close proximity to the ground. A support frame is associated with each ramp for supporting the second end of each ramp. A drive-on ramp contacts an end portion of the support frame.
US07845479B2
An electromagnetic clutch is provided with: a clutch hub which is connected to a shaft member (one of a pair of rotation members); a clutch housing which is connected to a hollow shaft (the other of a pair of rotation members); a rotor which is connected to the clutch housing; a main clutch (clutch member) which is disposed between the clutch hub and the clutch housing; and an electromagnet which operates the main clutch. An end surface of the clutch housing and an end surface of a core of the electromagnet are disposed to be opposed to each other with the rotor interposed therebetween in an axial direction.The end of the rotor in a side of the clutch housing is formed with an extension portion which extends to the clutch housing in the axial direction. An outer periphery of the clutch housing is connected to the extension portion through a connection portion. The connection portion is disposed outside the main clutch in a radial direction.
US07845472B2
Provided are a cable-driving apparatus that performs the function of an equalizer using a planet gear assembly, and a parking brake system using the cable-driving apparatus. The cable-driving apparatus includes a driving motor; a first planet gear assembly for reducing a rotational velocity of the driving motor; and a second planet gear assembly coupled to the first planet gear assembly, wherein a first parking brake cable is connected to a circumferential outer surface of a ring gear of the second planet gear assembly, and a second parking brake cable is connected to a circumferential outer surface of a carrier of the second planet gear assembly in an opposite direction to the first parking brake cable.
US07845465B2
A vehicular exhaust resonator features an exhaust inlet conduit which narrows down in a manner such as to define a venturi effect region. Air entrainment apertures in the housing of the resonator provide fluid communication between outside cooling air and an air inlet chamber in the resonator. A further air inlet aperture in an outlet conduit section of the resonator is in fluid communication with the air inlet chamber. Due to the venturi effect inside the inlet conduit, a pressure drop is created to pull air from the outside into the air inlet chamber and then into an outlet conduit of the resonator for mixing with the exhaust gas to provide cooling thereof.
US07845464B2
Noise-abatement devices are provided for a pneumatic tool that can include a housing having a first end and a second end. An expansion chamber is defined within the expansion chamber. At least one tube is located at least partially within the expansion chamber in which the tube has at least a perforated portion, and an outlet defined therein. The device also includes a port outlet in fluid communication with the expansion chamber in which the port outlet and the outlet are located near the second end of the housing.
US07845458B2
A control system (201) for a frame-steered vehicle that includes a first steering cylinder (104) and a second steering cylinder (105). The steering cylinders are arranged for frame-steering of the vehicle. The system includes a first drive unit (202) and a second drive unit (204), each of which has an electrical machine (206,208) and a hydraulic machine (210,212). Each respective electrical machine is drivingly connected to its associated hydraulic machine, wherein with a first (210) of the two hydraulic machines is arranged for flow-communication with a piston side (214) of the first steering cylinder (104) and a piston rod side (216) of the second steering cylinder (105). A second (212) of the two hydraulic machines is arranged for flow-communication with a piston side (218) of the second steering cylinder and a piston rod side (220) of the first steering cylinder.
US07845454B2
A pedestrian airbag apparatus is provided that has a portion, when inflated, extending along a vehicle body's outer surface so as to spread into the surroundings of a case, and connected to the case by means of a tether, and the occurrence of a deformation such as warpage or the like on an airbag is suppressed, the deformation being due to the tension of the tether. Each of both end sides of a cowl masking portion 5a of the airbag 5 is connected to the case 8 by the tether 30. One end of the tether 30 is connected to a mid portion between a facing area R of the cowl masking portion 5a facing the case 8 and the utmost tip portion of the cowl masking portion 5a on each of both left and right end sides thereof, and the other end of the tether 30 is connected to each of left and right end walls 8d of the case 8.
US07845435B2
A hybrid drill bit having both roller cones and fixed blades is disclosed, and a method of drilling. The cutting elements on the fixed blades form a continuous cutting profile from the perimeter of the bit body to the axial center. The roller cone cutting elements overlap with the fixed cutting elements in the nose and shoulder sections of the cutting profile between the axial center and the perimeter. The roller cone cutting elements crush and pre- or partially fracture formation in the confined and highly stressed nose and shoulder sections.
US07845428B2
An extremely useful rotating tool is provided that can prevent rattling caused by a clearance between a machine tool and a machine tool retaining hole while bringing the axial center position of the machine tool and the axial center position of the machine tool retaining hole as close together as possible. The present invention is a rotating tool having a rotating main shaft (4), and the rotating main shaft (4) is provided with a machine tool retaining hole (3) having a cross-sectional shape that substantially matches a base part (2) of a driver bit, drill bit, or other machine tool (1) having a polygonal cross-sectional shape that is inserted into the machine tool retaining hole (3), wherein the rotating tool rotates the machine tool (1) inserted in the machine tool retaining hole (3) by rotating the rotating main shaft (4) and performs work. A pushing mechanism is provided for rotating the machine tool (1) in a prescribed direction and twisting and pushing the machine tool (1) against an internal surface of the machine tool retaining hole (3).
US07845427B2
A hand power tool has a housing comprising at least two housing parts, and at least one sealing and/or damping element introduced into the housing by injection molding.
US07845421B2
A tool 10 is provided for radially expanding a downhole tubular C, and includes a central tool mandrel 12, a tubular expander 48 at the lower end of the tubular, and a downhole actuator 15 for forcibly moving the expander axially within the downhole tubular. Slips 20 are positioned for securing the tool within a well, so that the slips may be set, and the tool subsequently stroked to move the expander 48 and radially expand a length of the tubular. Upward pull on the work string may expand long portions of the downhole tubular. Buttress threads 43 preferably support the tubular expander on the downhole tubular when run in the well.
US07845417B2
Retrieving a down hole tool at a lower end of a string of casing can be performed with drill pipe during a casing-while-drilling operation. The operator suspends the casing in the well from a drilling rig floor opening. A string drill pipe is lowered into the casing while the casing is suspended for engaging and retrieving the down hole tool. When circulation is desired, the operator secures a circulation tool to an upper end of the drill pipe, then lowers the drill pipe and the circulation tool to close off an upper end of an inner annulus between the drill pipe and the casing. The operator circulates fluid down the circulation tool and the drill pipe and back up an outer annulus surrounding the casing. The connection between the circulation tool and the casing allows the operator to reciprocate the casing.
US07845416B2
A hydraulic sleeve valve that includes a valve position indication system that provides an indication that the valve has reached a predetermined position, such as, for example, the fully opened or fully closed condition. The hydraulic sleeve valve may include a bypass relief system and may also provide a valve control fluid circulation function to filter or otherwise manipulate the control fluid.
US07845414B2
A method of producing natural gas from a heavy hydrocarbon-containing subterranean formation includes: placing a catalyst having at least one transition metal into the formation, injecting an anoxic stimulation gas into the formation, and collecting the natural gas generated in the formation. The method may be performed outside the context of a subterranean formation under controlled conditions. Thus, a method of producing natural gas from bitumen includes: providing an anoxic mixture of heavy hydrocarbons and a catalyst having at least one transition metal, adding an anoxic stimulation gas to the mixture, and heating the mixture in the presence of the stimulation gas.
US07845407B2
Systems and associated methods for use in the production of hydrocarbons are described. The systems include a first tubular member and a second tubular member at least partially enclosing the first tubular member. Each of the first and second tubular members have a non-permeable longitudinal section and a permeable longitudinal section. The non-permeable longitudinal section of the second tubular member is disposed adjacent to the permeable longitudinal section of the first tubular member. Similarly, the permeable longitudinal section of the second tubular member is disposed adjacent to the non-permeable longitudinal section of the first tubular member. The permeable longitudinal section of the second tubular member is separated from the permeable longitudinal section of the first tubular member by a specific longitudinal distance.
US07845402B2
The expandable casing packing element systems for cased and open-hole wellbores include an expandable casing member having a sealing device comprising a sealing element disposed between at least two retainer rings. The retainer rings have flat cross-sections and the sealing element is forced radially outward by the expansion of the expandable casing against the two retainer rings such that the sealing element protrudes outwardly beyond the retainer rings and engages the wall of a wellbore in three locations. The retainer rings can also include flares that extend outwardly from the body of the expandable casing to which they are attached. As the expandable casing is expanded, the flares are forced inward to compress the sealing element which is then extruded radially outward through a gap between the two retainer rings to engage and seal off the wellbore.
US07845399B2
An apparatus for use with production tubing to pump fluid from a well to the surface includes a tubular conduit having upper and lower portions. The lower portion has an inner or outer diameter greater than the diameter of the upper portion to form a first internal or external shoulder where the lower and upper portions are engaged. Seals are disposed on the conduit for sealing between the conduit and a well casing. One or more valve sections have a valve adapted to open during downwards motion through fluid and to close during upwards motion through fluid.
US07845396B2
A heat dissipation device with coarse surface capable of intensifying heat transfer includes a main body and a heat transfer intensifying unit. The main body provides a surface and the heat transfer intensifying unit is disposed on the surface. The heat transfer intensifying unit further includes at least a raised part and a plurality of fish-scale-like parts. The raised parts are disposed slightly upright from said surface and spacing apart a distance from each other. The fish-scale-like parts each are disposed on the surface of the main body next to the raised parts orderly, provide a recess toward the surface of the main body with an inclining angle from the surface of the main body, have a vertical edge and a sharp end and the sharp end is formed at an intersection of the vertical edge of the respective fish-scale-like part. The raised parts and the fish-scale-like parts allow fluid near the surface of the main body creating eddy flows, secondary flows and breaking boundary layers of the fluid for promoting rate of heat transfer.
US07845395B2
A heat-dissipating casing structure includes a base seat, a heat-dissipating module, and a casing. The heat-dissipating module is disposed on the base seat. The heat-dissipating module has a first heat-conducting block and a heat pipe, and one side of the heat pipe connects to the first heat-conducting block. The casing has an installed portion, and the casing is slidably assembled on the base seat for connecting the other side of the heat pipe with the casing via the installed portion. When the casing is slidably assembled on the base seat, the heat pipe is connected with the casing via the installed portion. Hence, the heat-dissipating module is assembled and replaced easily and rapidly. Moreover, the heat from a heat-generating element on the base seat is transmitted to the casing through the heat pipe for increasing heat-dissipating efficiency.
US07845392B2
A heat exchanger assembly has a first heat exchanger with a first heat radiating area receiving a first cooling fluid, a second heat exchanger with a second heat radiating area receiving a second cooling fluid and a third heat radiating area receiving a third cooling fluid. In use, the difference in temperature between the first cooling fluid entering and exiting the first heat radiating area is greater than the difference in temperature between the second cooling fluid entering and exiting the second heat radiating area and greater than the difference in temperature between the third cooling fluid entering and exiting the third heat radiating area. The temperature of the second cooling fluid flowing through the second heat radiating area is higher than the temperature of the third cooling fluid flowing through the third heat radiating area.
US07845389B2
A method and continuous casting device for dynamically placing rolling segments against a cast bar made of metal, particularly steel. The continuous casting device is a bloom or billet casting device and has pairs of rollers that are placed against each other in a position-controlled and pressure-controlled manner by piston-cylinder units. The hydraulic pressure is switched from position-controlled operation to pressure-controlled operation when a threshold pressure is reached. The roller segments are arranged in the hot bar zone and the soft reduction zone.
US07845387B2
Disposable curtains, systems and methods to install a disposable curtain, and methods of manufacturing a disposable curtain are disclosed. A disclosed system to install a disposable curtain includes: a washable mesh upper curtain; an installation bag structured to be suspended from an installer during installation; a disposable curtain located in the installation bag; and a plurality of connectors to removably suspend the disposable curtain from the upper curtain.
US07845383B2
A window covering in the style of a Roman shade has a straight bottom edge when the shade is lowered and that forms into an inverted fan shape when the shade is raised. Spaced parallel creases in the shade simulate pleats when the shade is in a lowered position and promote accordion-folded pleats when the shade is raised. A pull cord behind the shade lifts the shade from its bottom edge and along its vertical centerline. A two-part bottom rail is secured in the bottom edge of the shade, and each part extends from an outer side edge of the shade to the midportion of the bottom edge, so that when the cord is pulled to raise the shade, the two parts pivot downwardly about the midportion, imparting an inverted fan shape to the bottom edge.
US07845380B2
An intravaginal device has a fluid storage element and at least one fluid transport element in fluid communication with the fluid storage element. The at least one fluid transport element has a first plate and a second plate coupled to the first plate. The second plate is capable of separating from the first plate sufficiently to provide inter-plate capillary action. The at least one fluid transport element is bendable about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fluid storage element. The invention also includes methods and apparatus useful in the production of an intravaginal device.
US07845378B2
A method for bonding two plate-shaped objects (5) with an adhesive which is cured by ultraviolet light irradiation and by heating. The two plate-shaped objects (5) with the adhesive in between are transported into a cure chamber (11) comprising an ultraviolet lamp (12) and a heating element (13). A movable heat-shielding member (3) is temporary present between the objects (5) and the heating element (13) during at least the first part of the irradiation treatment. Preferably, the heat-shielding member (3) is positioned outside the cure chamber (11) during a part of the cure treatment.
