US07885194B1
A network device may include logic configured to receive a problem report from a second network device, where the problem report includes event data, determine at least one of an action to perform or whether reconfiguration information is associated with the event data in the received problem report and add information to the received problem report to provide a reformatted problem report and transmit the reformatted problem report to a third network device when it is determined that reconfiguration information is not associated with the event data in the problem report.
US07885189B2
The present invention provides a balanced video distribution system, as well as corresponding methods and apparatus, which utilize feedback from the channel multiplexers as well as rate estimation and predictive rate control. Packets of a video stream are received at an input buffer. A transmission deadline is determined for the packets. A fullness level of the input buffer is also determined. A future time at which said packets can be transmitted may be estimated based on the buffer fullness level. A bit rate of the video stream can be adjusted based on the estimated future time and the transmission deadline. For example, the bit rate may be adjusted in proportion to a difference between the estimated future time and the transmission deadline.
US07885187B2
A system and a method providing UMS services using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), upon transmitting voice data to a VoIP gateway, a VoIP-UMS having a VoIP interface transmits the voice data in a burst mode using the UMS's characteristic of sending the voice data that has been already recorded, and the VoIP gateway receives voice data that will listen to a user, stores the voice data in a buffer in advance, and reproduces the voice data at constant intervals so that the user listens to the voice, thereby eliminating noises due to delay and jitter.
US07885186B2
Described are a system and method of adaptively managing bandwidth between services contending for the bandwidth on an optical link. Bandwidth is allocated to each service contending for bandwidth of the optical link. For each service, a current utilization metric representing a measure of current usage of the allocated bandwidth by that service is computed. Additional bandwidth is allocated to one of the services in response to the current utilization metric of that service if bandwidth usage of the optical link is currently at less than full capacity, otherwise the bandwidth allocation between the services is balanced in response to the current utilization metric of at least one of the services if the bandwidth usage of the optical link is currently at full capacity.
US07885183B2
A method for recovering service forward routing includes the steps of: suppressing the service forward routing on a standby link from changing during a routing learning process when a primary link recovers from a fault state to a normal state, establishing a label distribution protocol (LDP) session on the primary link, and redirecting the service forward routing on the standby link to the primary link after the LDP session on the primary link is established.
US07885178B2
A quasi-parallel receiver may simultaneously receive signals within several subchannels that comprise a wideband channel. The receiver includes a subchannel filter selection switch that provides a baseband signal to a selected one of a plurality of subchannel low-pass filters. A heterodyne frequency generator provides one of a plurality of heterodyne frequencies to convert an RF signal received within a selected subchannel to the baseband signal. The subchannel low-pass filters accumulate signal information from an associated one of a plurality of subchannels during a filter-input sampling interval. In some embodiments, individual analog-to-digital converters receive the accumulated signal outputs from an associated subchannel filter and generate digital signals for a subsequent Fourier transformation. In some embodiments, a normalized signal output may be provided to the analog-to-digital converters, allowing the use of lower resolution analog-to-digital converters. The analog-to-digital converters may have sampling rates based on the subchannel bandwidth.
US07885176B2
A method for transmission, by dividing a transmission resource in a time domain subframe into a plurality of equal duration resource elements in a time and frequency domain, segregating the plurality of resource elements into a plurality of resource regions, modulating information to be transmitted to generate a sequence of modulation symbols at a transmitter, mapping the sequence of modulation symbols into the plurality of resource elements in the plurality of resource regions, and transmitting the modulation symbols via a plurality of antennas using the respective corresponding resource elements to a receiver. The mapping of the modulation symbols in at least one resource region is independent of a certain control channel information that is carried in said time domain subframe, and the mapping of the modulation symbols in at least another resource region is dependent upon said certain control channel information that is carried in said subframe. The information to be transmitted may be encoded to generate a plurality of code blocks, with roughly equal number of resource elements assigned to each of the plurality of code blocks in at least one resource region. Alternatively, the time domain subframe may contain only one resource region.
US07885167B2
The present invention relates to an objective lens, an objective lens unit and an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens is provided for an optical pickup apparatus recording or reproducing information by converging a light flux with a wavelength λ1 emitted from a light source onto an information recording surface of an optical information recording medium. The objective lens is formed of: a single lens having at least one aspheric surface. In the objective lens, an effective aperture, a thickness on an optical axis, a focal length, a numerical aperture, and a refractive index satisfy the predetermined conditional expressions. The objective lens unit is provided for an optical pickup apparatus and includes an aberration correcting element and the objective lens.
US07885164B2
Provided is an optical information recording method and an optical information recording medium, which can achieve easy duplication in holographic recording. The optical information recording method is for recording information to an optical information recording medium 4 which includes an information recording layer to which information is recorded using holography. In the method, virtual information light 6 composed of information light 2 to which information is added by spatially modulating at least a part of light ray flux emitted from a light source and of recording-specific reference light 3 is generated, and virtual information light 6 and virtual recording-specific reference light 8 are irradiated onto the information recording layer so that information is recorded thereto by interference pattern generated by interference between virtual information light 6 and virtual recording-specific reference light 8.
US07885160B2
There is provided an information recording and reproducing method and an apparatus for the same capable of optimizing the shift adjustment of a recording pulse recorded in an optical disk even at the time of recording information on the optical disk at a high speed. The shift adjustment value of the recording pulse optimized at a low speed recording on an optical disk is multiplied by a constant value to be taken as the optimum shift conditions of the recording pulse at the high speed recording.
US07885157B2
An information recording medium is provided with: a recording layer (L0 layer, L1 layer) having one or a plurality of predetermined recording areas (CDZ, 101 and the like) in which record data including buffer data in a finalizing process can be recorded; and a management area (CDZ) in which the management information (50a) can be recorded, the management information including first identification information (51a) for identifying whether or not embossed pits are formed in the predetermined recording area.
US07885150B2
In a track jumping scan control device wherein an optical beam is irradiated on an optical disc provided with a header region capable of a mark-recording operation with respect to both of land and groove tracks adjacent in a radial direction of the disc and comprising prepits, and a signal based on a reflected light resulting therefrom is used to make the optical beam jumping-scan with respect to a predetermined track, a full track jumping scan for making the optical beam track-jump between the land tracks or the groove tracks or a half track jumping scan for making the optical beam track-jump from the land track to the groove track or from the groove track to the land track is executed as the track jumping scan. Which of the two track jumping scans is executed is selected in accordance with a cycle at which the header region is set.
US07885147B2
A method to provide data storage services using one or more holographic data storage media disposed in a holographic data storage system operated by a data storage services provider, wherein the holographic data storage system comprises a light source, a spatial light modulator, and a plurality of holographic data storage media, wherein the method receives information provided by the data storage services customer, allocates a first holographic data storage medium for exclusive storage of information provided by the data storage services customer, defines an outer storage portion of the first allocated holographic data storage medium, and stores the information as one or more holograms encoded in the outer storage portion of the first holographic data storage medium.
US07885146B2
A timer device includes a timer housing. An electronic countdown circuit is disposed within the timer housing. The electronic countdown circuit is programmed to include at least one mode of operation. A display device is attached to the timer housing and in electronic communication with the electronic countdown circuit. The display device includes an LCD display and at least one flashable LED light. A power source is in electrical communication with the electronic circuit. At least one switch is in electrical communication with the electronic countdown circuit. The switch is adapted to select the mode of countdown operation.
US07885140B2
A clock mode configuration circuit for a memory device is described. A memory system includes any number of memory devices serially connected to each other, where each memory device receives a clock signal. The clock signal can be provided either in parallel to all the memory devices or serially from memory device to memory device through a common clock input. The clock mode configuration circuit in each memory device is set to a parallel mode for receiving the parallel clock signal, and to a serial mode for receiving a source synchronous clock signal from a prior memory device. Depending on the set operating mode, the data input circuits will be configured for the corresponding data signal format, and the corresponding clock input circuits will be either enabled or disabled. The parallel mode and the serial mode is set by sensing a voltage level of a reference voltage provided to each memory device.
US07885137B2
Provided is a method of operating a flash memory device having a first area and a second area, in which a programmed state and an erased state of the first area are opposite to that of the second area. The method includes receiving a program command, inverting the program data when the received program command is a command for programming the second area, and programming the inverted program data into the second area.
US07885136B2
A semiconductor memory cell device includes a first multiplexer selecting a sub-block including a memory cell storing data to be read out in a row, a drain selector selecting a first column line connected to one terminal of the memory cell to be read, a precharge selector selecting a second column line connected to the other terminal of the memory cells adjacent to the one terminal of the memory cell storing the data to be readout, a second multiplexer selecting the sub-block including the second column line, a source selector selecting a third column line connected to the other terminal of the memory cell storing the data to be read out. The second multiplexer and precharge selector, when selecting, apply a first voltage to the second column line, and the source selector, when selecting, applies a second voltage to the third column line.
US07885135B2
A semiconductor memory device that prevents a power noise generated at a data input/output pad in a read operation from affecting a data strobe signal pad. The semiconductor memory device includes first power supply voltage pads for a data output circuit, a first power mesh, and a second power supply voltage pad for a data strobe signal output circuit. The first power mesh connects first power supply voltage pads to one another. The second power supply voltage pad is electrically separated from the first power mesh.
US07885133B2
A clock enable (CKE) control circuit (112) is provided between a memory control circuit (111) and a SDRAM (120). When a system is in, e.g., a sleep state, the CKE control circuit (112) controls a CKE signal outputted to the SDRAM (120) such that it is fixed to a Low level. As a result, it is possible to halt a power supply provided to the memory control circuit (111), while maintaining the low-power-consumption mode of the SDRAM (120), so that power consumption resulting from a leakage current is suppressed. In addition, it becomes also possible to reset the memory control circuit (111), while maintaining the low-power-consumption mode of the SDRAM (120).
US07885130B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of memory cells connected to one word line; a plurality of sense amplifier circuits that are connected to the memory cells and divided into an N number of groups; and N number of data inversion processing circuits that respectively receive data read out from the N number of groups of sense amplifier circuits, in which after a sense amplifier circuit of a first group terminates operation, a sense amplifier circuit of a second group different from the first group operates, and each of the data inversion processing circuits performs data inversion processing based on the data read out from each of the groups of sense amplifier circuits, and outputs the data to an output terminal of each of the data inversion processing circuits.
US07885129B2
A memory chip and method for operating the same are provided. The memory chip includes a number of pads. The method includes inputting a number of first test signals to the pads respectively, wherein the first test signals corresponding to two physically-adjacent pads are complementary; inputting a number of second test signals, respectively successive to the first test signals, to the pads, wherein the first test signal and the second test signal corresponding to each of the pads are complementary; and outputting expected data from the memory chip if the first test signals and the second test signals are successfully received by the memory chip.
US07885124B2
A precharge circuit steps up a voltage of a bit line connected to a memory cell to a power supply voltage. A plurality of step-down circuits step down the voltage of the bit line to a voltage level lower than the power supply voltage before data is read from the memory cell. The plurality of step-down circuits are connected to the bit line, and the plurality of step-down circuits are controlled by step-down control signals different to each other.
US07885108B2
A memory programming method may include identifying at least one of a plurality of memory cells with a threshold voltage to be changed based on a pattern of data to be programmed in the at least one of the plurality of memory cells, applying a program condition voltage to the at least one identified memory cell until the threshold voltage of the at least one identified memory cell is included in a first threshold voltage interval, to thereby adjust the threshold voltage of the at least one identified memory cell, and programming the data in the at least one identified memory cell with the adjusted threshold voltage.
US07885106B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first channel, and a source region and a drain region provided on both sides of the first channel; a first insulating film provided on the first channel; a charge retention layer provided on the first insulating film; a second insulating film provided on the charge retention layer; and a semiconductor layer including a second channel provided on the second insulating film, and a source region and a drain region provided on both sides of the second channel.
US07885101B2
According to a method for multilevel reading of a phase change memory cell a bit line (9) and a PCM cell (2) are first selected and a first bias voltage (VBL, V00) is applied to the selected bit line (9). A first read current (IRD00), that flows through the selected bit line (9) in response to the first bias voltage (VBL, V00), is compared with a first reference current (I00). The first reference current (I00) is such that the first read current (IRD00) is lower than the first reference current (I00), when the selected PCM cell (2) is in a reset state, and is otherwise greater. It is then determined whether the selected PCM cell (2) is in the reset state, based on comparing the first read current (IRD00) with the first reference current (I00). A second bias voltage (VBL, V01), greater than the first bias voltage (VBL, V00), is applied to the selected bit line (9) if the selected PCM cell (2) is not in the reset state.
US07885098B2
In one aspect, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a phase phase-change memory cell array including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of phase-change memory cells, where each the phase-change memory cells includes a phase-change resistive element and a diode connected in series between a word line and a bit line among the plurality of word lines and bit lines of the phase-change memory cell array. The memory device of this aspect further includes a sense node which is selectively connected to a bit line of the phase-change memory cell array, a boosting circuit which generates a boosted voltage which is greater than an internal power supply voltage, a pre-charge and biasing circuit which is driven by the boosted voltage to pre-charge and bias the sense node, and a sense amplifier connected to the sense node. The boosted voltage may be equal to or greater than a sum of the internal power supply voltage and a threshold voltage of the diode of each phase-change memory cell.
US07885089B2
A power conversion system comprises: a source of multiphase high frequency alternating current (AC) electrical input power; a high frequency controlled magnetics transformer for each phase of the multiphase high frequency AC input power, with each transformer having a primary winding coupled to its respective phase of the multiphase high frequency AC input power, at least one secondary winding that produces high frequency AC output power and at least one control winding responsive to a direct current (DC) control signal that changes the high frequency output power in proportion to the amplitude of the DC control signal; a power converter that receives the multiphase high frequency AC output power from each high frequency transformer secondary and converts it to system output power without the high frequency AC content; and a system controller responsive to the system output power that produces a DC control signal for each control winding that changes in amplitude in response to changes in a measured parameter of the system output power.
US07885073B2
A heat dissipation device is adapted for dissipating heat generated from an add-on card which has a plurality of processors thereon. The heat dissipation device includes a vapor chamber and a mounting member. The vapor chamber thermally contacts with the processors. The mounting member is mounted on a bottom surface of the vapor chamber. A plurality of screws extends through the add-on card and engages with the mounting member to assemble the vapor chamber on the add-on card.
US07885065B2
Provided is a fan motor apparatus. The fan motor apparatus includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a blade. The stator includes a rotor supporting mechanism, a supporting member, and a vibration insulation member. The rotor supporting mechanism rotatably supports the rotor. The supporting member supports the rotor supporting mechanism. The vibration insulation member is provided between the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member. The stator is capable of regulating relative movement of the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member.
US07885040B2
An apparatus with a head gimbal assembly designed to reduce movement and rotation of components of the head gimbal assembly structure is disclosed. One embodiment head gimbal assembly may comprise a flexure including a ramp limiter, a suspension assembly further comprising a suspension tongue, a slider further comprising a magnetic head; and a load beam further comprising a lift tab; and a ramp further comprising a step to engage and support the ramp limiter and support and constrain the movement of the slider. In certain embodiments, the flexure may further comprise a flexure rail located at its end to reduce movement and rotation of the suspension tongue.
US07885039B2
A magnetic-head supporting mechanism includes a slider having a chamfered bleed portion, a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted, a flexible finger portion extending in a longitudinal direction and supporting the mounting portion, a load beam extending in the longitudinal direction that connects at an end to a positioning mechanism, and that applies a load to the slider, and a regulating member extending from the load beam in the longitudinal direction for preventing change of an attitude of the slider when an angular attitude of the slider exceeds a predetermined angle. The regulating member extends over and above the flexible finger portion and over and above the slider and has an end in the longitudinal direction at a position approximately equal to an end of the flexible finger portion in the longitudinal direction.
US07885033B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to using a transducer to transfer data during a transducer displacement operation at a time during such operation when the transducer is substantially stationary.
US07885032B1
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for bulk erasure of disk drives. According to the novel invention, one or more relatively small-sized permanent magnets or electromagnets are configured to be brought into close proximity to a particular disk surface of the disk drive and to produce a concentrated magnetic force that erases the disk. Notably, the magnets are sized and configured to create a focused magnetic field, and correspondingly to prevent stray magnetic fields, which could otherwise be harmful to magnetically sensitive components of the disk drive, such as motor magnets. The magnets may be configured to gain access to the disk surface through one or more openings on a covered disk drive, e.g., through an actuator and/or servo track writer opening. The magnets and resultant focused magnetic field may be large enough to offer substantially full radial coverage of the disk, or may be smaller and configured to move (e.g., “sweep”) across the surface of the disk for full coverage accordingly.
US07885026B2
A magnetic recording medium and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The magnetic recording medium in which a position for magnetic recording is patterned with a magnetic material, includes a magnetic recording layer which includes a data area having a plurality of data tracks, and a servo area having a servo burst for following the data tracks, wherein the servo burst includes a plurality of bursts disposed in a zigzag structure along a downtrack direction, and each of the bursts includes a plurality of burst pieces having different coercivities from each other. The magnetic recording medium is subjected to two servo-recording processes, so that a signal similar to an alternative signal written in a burst having a burst pattern used in a related art continuous medium can be obtained.
US07885022B2
A swinging and tilting mechanism includes a lens, a lens holding frame that holds the lens, a fixed member, and an operation member. The fixed member includes a rotation support portion that rotatably supports the lens holding frame in at least one side surface in one direction perpendicular to an optical axis of an optical system, and a tilting support portion that supports the lens holding frame tiltably in a direction of the optical axis in at least one side surface in another direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the one direction. The operation member rotates the lens holding frame supported by the fixed member with the rotation support portion used as a support point, and tilts the same along the tilting support portion.
US07885017B2
An objective lens system for endoscope comprising at least a first negative lens element, a second positive lens element, an aperture stop, and a cemented lens component consisting of a third negative lens element and a fourth positive lens element, and being configured so as to satisfy the conditions (2), (5) and (4) or the conditions (2), (3) and (4) which are mentioned below, whereby the lens system corrects lateral chromatic aberration and longitudinal chromatic aberration with a good balance, favorably corrects aberrations such as chromatic aberration and has a compact composition or a short total length. D2/f<0.9 (2) |f/(f1×ν1)+f/(f2×ν2)|<0.025 (5) 1.5<|(f4×ν1)/(f3×ν3)| (4) |f/(f5×ν5)−f/(f1×ν1)−f/(f2×ν2)|<0.025. (3)
US07885016B2
Disclosed herein is a light quantity adjusting device including: first and second diaphragm blades shiftably provided to adjust a size of a diaphragm aperture; a neutral density filter blade provided shiftably in the same direction as the first and second diaphragm blades and having a neutral density filter adapted to cover the diaphragm aperture to reduce a quantity of light passing through the diaphragm aperture; and a drive mechanism adapted to shift the first and second blades and the neutral density filter blade; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to include an actuator, a first cam groove, a second cam groove, a third cam groove, an arm, a first cam-pin, and a second cam-pin.
US07885012B2
An illuminator (10) for producing a radiation spot (120) on a workpiece (110) comprises a laser light source (20) and a beam-shearing optical system (30). Fine structure (160) generated by an integrator (80) of laser light source (20) in integrated beams (90) as a result of path length differences among coherent light beams (70) from emitters (60) of lasers (40) is sheared by the inclusion of beam-shearing optical system (30) into illuminator (10). Beam-shearing optical system (30) allows illuminator (10) to produce a radiation spot (120) in which the fine structure (160) is spread so that scanning of radiation spot (120) does not produce the striations (140) in scanned patch (170) that are obtained with prior art illuminators.
US07885004B2
An optical element having a function of splitting incident light into polarized beams includes a substrate transparent for the incident light; a diffractive structure that includes a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions alternately arranged with each other, each of the plurality of concave portions and convex portions having a rectangular sectional shape and that is provided on a first surface of the substrate; and a grid that includes a plurality of fine lines extending in a single direction and that is provided across a top surface of the diffractive structure on the first surface of the substrate, wherein conditions: d<λ and λ/n<δ≦λ are satisfied when λ represents a wavelength of the incident light; d represents a distance between the neighboring fine lines; δ represents a distance between the convex portions; and n represents a refractive index of a material forming the substrate.
US07884996B2
A delay-line demodulator for demodulating a differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK) signal is provided. The demodulator includes two Mach-Zehnder interferometers individually comprising two waveguides having different lengths therebetween and through which a light signal branched from the DQPSK signal propagates, respectively. A phase of the light signal propagating at one of the waveguides is delayed as compared to a phase of the light signal propagating at another one of the waveguides, wherein a divergence amount of polarization is adjusted by driving sets of heaters that are facing each other and sandwiching a half wavelength plate therebetween.
US07884985B2
There is provided an optical device, comprising a display source; a light-diffuser; an imaging optical module, and an output aperture from the optical device characterized in that the light diffuser is an angular, non-uniform diffuser of light for increasing a portion of light emerging from the display source that passes through the output aperture. A method for improving the brightness of an optical display is also provided.
US07884979B2
An imaging lens comprises a first, a second, a third, and a fourth lens group from an object toward an image. The first lens group includes a first lens that is a convex meniscus lens with a convex surface on the object side. The second lens group includes a second lens having a positive refractive power, and a third lens bonded to the second lens and having a negative refractive power. The third lens group includes a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens bonded to the fourth lens and having a positive refractive power. The fourth lens group includes a sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The imaging lens satisfies the condition 0.10
US07884972B2
According to an image processing apparatus, if image data designated to be stored in a storage unit within the image processing apparatus is stored in a storage device outside the image processing apparatus, a memory remaining amount or the like of the image processing apparatus is calculated as if the image data is stored in a storage area within the image processing apparatus, although the image data is not moved to the storage area within the image processing apparatus.
US07884971B2
In a multiplied pulse generation device, a detection signal is outputted every time a driven object is driven by a specific amount. An actual cycle indicating a time interval between the detection signal and a previous detection signal is measured. An estimated cycle is estimated based on at least past two actual cycles including the actual cycle measured. A multiplied pulse is sequentially generated in such a manner that a multiplied cycle indicating a time interval per which the multiplied pulse is generated is sequentially changed according to an amount of change from the actual cycle to the estimated cycle.
US07884967B2
The invention seeks to improve the accuracy of management of remaining amount of ink in a printer in which remaining amount of ink is managed based upon amount of ink consumed. If a print job is sent to a printer, first the printer is requested for status information that includes a warning concerning remaining amount of ink. When the status information is received from the printer, it is determined whether the status information indicates the possibility that ink has been replaced. If the information indicates such possibility, then the user is prompted to enter the nature of the ink replacement. If the user makes an entry to the effect that the ink replacement was performed, then the current status information of the printer is acquired again and discriminated. If possibility that ink has been replaced is indicated in this status information as well, then the printer is sent a command for initializing the information relating to remaining amount of ink.
US07884963B2
A hand-held modular printer system for printing a stored image, the printer system comprising a memory module in which the image can be stored; a printer module adapted to be releasably interconnected with the memory module, the printer module including an elongate body defining a transverse print media passage and a printer which is arranged within the body so that the stored image can be printed onto print media which passes through the passage, the printer module further including a print media feed arrangement located within the body, the print media feed arrangement comprising a plurality of rollers configured to feed the print media through the passage and a motor arrangement for driving at least one of the rollers; and a pen module adapted to be releasably interconnected with the printer module and which includes a nib which can dispense ink. The printer module is housed in a substantially cylindrical housing, and the hand-held modular printer system further comprises an ink cartridge, the ink cartridge substantially extending the length of the printer module and shaped such that a major surface of the ink cartridge has a curvature substantially matching that of an internal surface of the cylindrical housing, whereby the ink cartridge is nestled against the cylindrical housing.
US07884959B2
Disclosed herein is a method of operating a printing system including determining a time of a print problem, accessing a database containing a timeline of print-related attribute changes, modifying one or more print-related attributes, and resubmitting print jobs. In another embodiment, a method of operating a printing system involves storing sets of print-related attributes in a settings repository, the stored sets being available for use in processing future print jobs. Corresponding printing systems also are disclosed. The methods and systems can be used to improve the efficiency and/or quality of high volume printing operations.
US07884954B2
When managing a job inputted via a network or a console according to a job management command issued likewise via the network or the console, peripheral equipment managed by a directory server connected via the network decrypts an access ticket included in the job, decrypts the access ticket included in the job management command, and manages the job according to the decrypted contents of the access ticket included in the job and the access ticket included in the job management command.
US07884949B2
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image measuring apparatus comprising: an XYZ shaft transfer means mounted onto a base member; a work stage mounted to the base member, for moving a measuring object to a measuring position and thereafter supporting it and having a predetermined reference surface set at a side thereof; an image obtaining means in which it is moved toward X,Y and Z shafts by the XYZ shaft transfer means, scans a grating image by the frequency of N times to a side of the measuring object supported and fixed to the work stage, obtains the changed grating image by the measuring object by N times; a light emitting means mounted to a side of the image obtaining means for generating and emitting light with a predetermined wavelength; and a control unit which irradiates light generated from the light emitting means mounted to a side of the image obtaining means to the reference surface set the side of the work stage, receives the changed grating image obtained from the image obtaining means, thereby producing the three-dimensional image.
US07884941B2
A measuring system for photoelectrically scanning measurement points of a measurement object includes a lighting channel (21-24) for applying illuminating light to the measurement object (M) disposed in a measurement plane (MP) and a measuring channel (11-13) for capturing and photoelectrically converting the measurement light reflected by the measurement points of the measurement object M. The lighting channel and/or the measuring channel is configured so as to detect the reflection properties of the measurement points in several wavelength bands. The lighting channel (21-24) has a spatial light modulator controlled by an electronic control unit (40) for generating a spatial lighting pattern which causes illuminating light to be selectively applied to measurements points (25) of interest of the measurement object (M). The control unit (40) may be equipped with image processing functions and be configured to identify measurement points (25) suitable for the application purpose from image data of the measurement object (M) and to calculate corresponding lighting patterns for selectively illuminating the measurement points.
US07884936B2
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for inspecting or measuring one or more semiconductor targets. An incident beam is directed towards a first target as the first target substantially, continuously moves such that the incident beam remains directed at such first target during a first time period in which the first target substantially, continuously moves between a first position and a second position. An output beam scattered from the first target, in response to the incident beam being directed towards the first target during the first time period in which the first target substantially, continuously moves between the first and second positions, is detected such that information is obtained from the detected output beam during the first time period. The first time period is selected so that the information that is collected from the detected output beam during such first time period can be used to determine a characteristic of the first target.
US07884930B2
A sensor integrates a quartz nanoresonator for mass detection and SERS for optical detection in a same cavity on a chip for redundancy in the detection of a species.
US07884923B2
A laser surveying system, comprising a light source for emitting a laser beam, a projection optical system for turning the laser beam from the light source to a parallel luminous flux, a scanning unit for projecting the luminous flux of the projected laser beam for scanning, a scanning direction detecting unit for detecting a scanning direction, a photodetection optical system for receiving a reflected light of the projected laser beam from an object to be measured, a photodetection element for performing photo-electric conversion of the reflected light received via the photodetection optical system, and a distance measuring unit for measuring a distance based on a signal from the photodetection element, wherein the projection optical system has a luminous flux diameter changing means, and a luminous flux diameter of the projected laser beam is enabled to be changed.
US07884916B2
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other; gate lines and data lines formed on the first substrate such that the gate lines and the data lines intersect each other to define pixel regions; thin film transistors formed at respective intersections of the gate lines and the data lines; a black matrix layer formed on the second substrate such that the black matrix layer corresponds to a region other than the pixel regions; color filter layers extending in an extension direction of the data lines in respective pixel regions; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; first column spacers formed on one of the first and second substrates such that each first column spacer corresponds to an associated one of the gate lines or to a channel region of an associated one of the thin film transistors to maintain a cell gap between the first and second substrate; and spacer patterns formed on one of the first and second substrates such that each spacer pattern corresponds to at least one of an associated one of the gate lines and an associated one of the data lines, thereby forming a first gap between the spacer pattern and the other substrate facing the spacer pattern, and reducing an amount of liquid crystals filled between the first and second substrates.
US07884914B2
A structure for encapsulating a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. Openings are formed in a second material layer on a first substrate, exposing an underlying first material layer. The openings are substantially distributed over the perimeter of the first substrate. A sealant is placed in the openings, forming a sealant region for attachment of a second substrate to the first substrate. The sealant region is substantially perpendicular to a direction of length of the openings. In addition, the sealant contacts the first material layer and the second material layer through the openings.
US07884912B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel including at least two domains generating electric fields of different directions. A contact part disposed in the boundary between the domains electrically connects a common line with a common electrode. The common line is disposed in a pixel adjacent to the pixel, so that both a viewing angle and an aperture ratio can be improved.
US07884910B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line formed on a substrate; first and second data lines crossing the gate line to form adjacent pixel regions in a direction of the gate line; pixel electrodes and common electrodes substantially parallel to each other and generating an in-plane electric field; a first pixel electrode line parallel to the first data line and spaced apart from the first data line by a first isolation distance; a second pixel electrode line spaced apart from the second data line by a second isolation distance; and a first common line parallel to the first data line and spaced apart from the first data line by a third isolation distance; a second common line spaced from the second data line by a fourth isolation distance, wherein the first isolation distance is shorter than the third isolation distance, and a parasitic capacitance between the first pixel electrode line and the first data line is greater than a parasitic capacitance between the second pixel electrode line and the second data line.
US07884901B2
An LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, alignment protrusions and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes pixel units arranged in an array. Each of the pixel units has at least one reflection area and one transmittance area. The first substrate has concaves in the reflection areas. The second substrate is above the first substrate. The first substrate or the second substrate has at least one padding layer in the reflection area. The alignment protrusions having approximately the same height are disposed on the second substrate and located in centers of each of the reflections and the transmittance areas. In the reflection area, a group of the alignment protrusions are in the concaves to keep a gap from the first substrate. The other group of the alignment protrusions outside of the concaves contact with the first substrate directly.
US07884896B2
A light-guide plate includes an incident surface, a emissive surface and a reflective surface. The incident surface includes a plurality of light-control patterns formed in sectioned regions of the incident surface. The light-control patterns have shapes different from one another according to the regions corresponding to a position of a light source. The emissive surface is extended from a side of the incident surface. The reflective surface is opposite to the emissive surface.
US07884893B2
Disclosed is a method of testing a liquid crystal display device enabling a quick test by determining a test of a liquid crystal panel according to a liquid crystal filling state of the liquid crystal panel. The method includes: checking a liquid crystal filling state of a liquid crystal panel for a defective liquid crystal filling state; and executing a test of a liquid crystal panel having a defective liquid crystal filling state. The process for testing a liquid crystal filling state may include detecting a dispensed amount of liquid crystal dropped using a liquid crystal dispensing apparatus or may include measuring the weight of liquid crystal dropped. Other methods of identifying the filling state of the liquid crystal panel may be used.
US07884892B2
An electro-optical device includes: a counter substrate; an element substrate comprising a protruding region protruding from one side of the counter substrate and being bonded to the counter substrate; a plurality of pixel units that are arranged in a pixel region on the element substrate; a plurality of external circuit connecting terminals which are arranged in the protruding region on the element substrate and to which various signals including image signals and control signals for allowing the plurality of pixel units to display an image are supplied; and a plurality of test terminals that are provided at both ends of an array of the plurality of external circuit connecting terminals in the protruding region and are supplied with test signals, wherein a distance between adjacent test terminals is longer than a distance between adjacent external circuit connecting terminals.
US07884887B2
A liquid crystal projector device of the present invention has a liquid crystal panel and a polarizing plate oppositely arranged on each optical path of light of three primary colors, and a rectangular optical compensation sheet for compensating birefringence of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal panel, which is held by an optical compensation sheet holder and arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the polarizing plate. The optical compensation sheet holder includes a frame for holding the optical compensation sheet, and a turning member, which holds the frame turnably on a rotation axis approximately parallel to one of a pair of diagonals of the liquid crystal panel, and is attached to an end edge of an optical system holding case for holding an optical system turnably on a rotation axis perpendicular to the optical compensation sheet.
US07884886B2
A system includes a filter and a tuner formed on an integrated circuit. The filter receives an input signal comprising a first number of channels and communicates an intermediate output signal comprising a second number of channels less than the first number of channels. The tuner is coupled to the filter and receives the intermediate output signal and communicates an output signal comprising a third number of channels less than the second number of channels.
US07884884B2
A motion picture retrieval information storage apparatus (40) storing retrieval information for retrieving a motion picture, expressed by motion picture data, and constituted of one or more partial motion pictures (140, 142, 144, 146, 160) on the time axis includes a retrieval information generating section (102, 103, 104, 105) generating retrieval information corresponding to each of the one or more partial motion pictures on the basis of the motion picture data and a storage section (106) storing said retrieval information into a storage medium together with a correspondence information between the retrieval information and the motion picture data, wherein retrieval information generating section (102, 103, 104, 105) includes a first summary information generating section (103) for generating summary information (188) of one or more spatially partial motion pictures obtained by spatially splitting each of the one or more partial motion pictures (140, 142, 144, 146, 160) on the time axis.
US07884878B2
A lens apparatus capable of carrying out a suitable AF control operation even when text or character information is superimposed on a video signal is provided. The lens apparatus is configured to generate first and second AF evaluation values from a video signal obtained from an imaging unit of a camera apparatus, and to perform focusing control based on the second AF evaluation value. In the lens apparatus, the first AF evaluation value is selectively output to a second AF evaluation value generating unit for every scanning line of the video signal.
US07884874B2
The image of a subject is attained by image sensing and the image of the subject is displayed on the display screen of a digital still camera. The image of a face is detected from within the image of the subject and a face frame is displayed so as to enclose the detected image of the face. Autofocus control and automatic exposure control is carried out using image data representing the image within the face frame. Image data representing the image of the subject in which the image of the face is in focus and has the appropriate brightness can be recorded on a memory card.
US07884873B2
An image pickup device includes a display that displays one of image data including an operation menu or operation key image data representing operation keys; an external output section that outputs the image data including the operation menu to the outside; an output state detector that detects that the external output section is in a state capable of outputting the image data to the outside; a display data instruction section that instructs to display the operation key image data on the display and to display the image data including the operation menu on an external display device, which is an output destination of the image data in the external output section, when the external output section is detected to be in the capable state, and instructs to display the image data including the operation menu on the display when the external output section is not detected to be in the capable state; a display data supply that supplies one of the display or the external output section with one of the image data including the operation menu or the operation key image data in accordance with the instruction from the display data instruction section; and a panel input that accepts input of an operation from one of the operation key image data or the image data including the operation menu displayed on the display.
US07884862B2
The present invention provides a camera and a camera zoom control method that can reduce power consumption at the time of zooming and shorten the time difference between the timing of a photographing instruction and the timing of actual photographing. Until a release button is operated, the optical zoom magnifying power of a lens is controlled to become a zoom magnifying power corresponding to an operation with respect to a zoom switch, and when the release button has been operated, the optical zoom magnifying power of the lens is controlled to become the zoom magnifying power corresponding to the operation with respect to the zoom switch.
US07884853B2
An imaging device, such as a digital camera, has a mechanism for compensating an image blur caused by hand jiggling and is capable of consecutively shooting, through one operation of a shutter operation section (36), frames of an image in a state where the mechanism (20) is operational and in a state where the mechanism is not operational.
US07884848B2
A system for recording video comprising a plurality of cameras aligned in a substantially horizontal plane and adapted to capture images in substantially a three-hundred-sixty degree viewing angle; and a first additional camera adapted to capture images at the same time as the plurality of cameras adapted to capture images in the substantially three-hundred-sixty degree view, wherein the first additional camera is adapted to capture images in a direction above or below the horizontal plane. A system for displaying video comprising a side viewing area that provides substantially a three-hundred-sixty degree viewing area and forms at least part of a viewing pod; and at least one of atop viewing area and a bottom viewing area that forms a least a part of the viewing pod.
US07884839B2
A method of enhancing the gray scale resolution of a PWM system. The method includes defining an N-bit PWM sequence with a length of 2N−1 units. The N-bit PWM sequence includes a least significant bit (LSB) segment characterized by a temporal length of one unit. In some embodiments, the temporal length of one unit is referred to as a time t0. The method also includes defining a fractional PWM sequence. The fractional PWM sequence includes the N-bit PWM sequence and a fractional bit segment of temporal length F. The temporal length of the fractional PWM sequence is 2N−1+F units. In a particular embodiment, F=1 and the temporal length of the fractional PWM sequence is 2N.
US07884827B2
A system and method of pre-fetching data in a network includes displaying first data to a user, the first data being upstream of other data in a data flow. Before receiving a request from the user to view a second data, retrieving the second data and storing the retrieved second data in a memory device. After a request to display the second data is received from the user, using the stored second data for displaying to the user.
US07884826B1
Methods and apparatus are disclosure for maintaining realistic grooming of simulated objects. In a method for simulating objects, a reference shape associated with a simulated object is received. A predetermined orientation is also received. A force acting on the simulated object is then modified based on the predetermined orientation. The force acts on the simulated object to shape the simulated object according to the reference shape. The force may be “strategically weakened” when the simulated object (or a portion thereof) is substantially aligned with the predetermined orientation. In a further method for simulating objects, a measured height associated with the simulated object is received. A “lifting” force is generated to reduce a difference between the measured height and a predetermined height associated with the reference shape. The lifting force simulates structure and internal forces that provide volume and shaping to physical objects, such as hair.
US07884822B2
A game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and on the first LCD, a two-dimensional game screen including objects positioned in a two-dimensional coordinate is displayed. When a two-dimensional coordinate of a specific object out of the objects positioned in the two-dimensional coordinate satisfies a predetermined condition, a three-dimensional coordinate of each of the objects is calculated on the basis of the two-dimensional coordinate of each of the objects. The object is modeled in the calculated three-dimensional coordinate, moved by a predetermined animation, and then shot by a virtual camera. Accordingly, a game screen of an image (animation) of the three-dimensional virtual space shot by the virtual camera is displayed on the second LCD.
US07884817B2
An API is provided that enables programmability of a 3D chip, wherein programming or algorithmic elements written by the developer can be downloaded to the chip, thereby programming the chip to perform those algorithms. A developer writes a routine that is downloadable to a 3D graphics chip. There are also a set of algorithmic elements that are provided in connection with the API that have already been programmed for the developer, that are downloadable to the programmable chip for improved performance. Thus, a developer may download preexisting API objects to a 3D graphics chip. A developer adheres to a specific format for packing up an algorithmic element, or set of instructions, for implementation by a 3D graphics chip. The developer packs the instruction set into an array of numbers, by referring to a list of ‘tokens’ understood by the 3D graphics chip. This array of numbers in turn is mapped correctly to the 3D graphics chip for implementation of the algorithmic element by the 3D graphics chip.
US07884815B2
A handheld computing device featuring interchangeable display units is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a processing unit and a visual display unit detachable from the processing unit. The processing unit and the detachable visual display unit include communication ports capable of communicating with each other. The processing unit further can receive information representative of the properties of the detachable visual display unit.
US07884812B2
Disclosed is a liquid crystal projector comprising operation means for operating a liquid crystal projector; means for previously registering a password; means for entering, in a case where the password is registered, a password when the power to the liquid crystal projector is turned on; and means for comparing the entered password with the registered password and making it possible to operate the liquid crystal projector by the operation means only when both the passwords coincide with each other.
US07884804B2
An input/output device is disclosed that includes an input-sensitive display screen and alphanumeric keys for entering characters. The input-sensitive display screen may be positioned proximate the alphanumeric keys and be capable of displaying graphical information and sensing user selection of the graphical information. The input-sensitive display screen may include a combination display/input region and a non-display input region. The touch sensitive display screen may be detachable from the alphanumeric region and may be operable in a detached configuration. The input/output device may usable with a method of input correction. The method may include displaying, on a secondary display, a first text unit, such as a character or a word, which corresponds with a second text unit shown on a primary display screen of a computing device. The method further involves receiving user selection of the first text unit and replacing the first text unit with a second text unit.
US07884803B2
A turntable-type input device includes a base, a first keyboard, a second keyboard and a turntable. The first keyboard and second keyboard are movably disposed on the base. The turntable is rotatably disposed on the base and located above the first keyboard and the second keyboard. The turntable is coupled to the first keyboard and the second keyboard. When the turntable is rotated, the turntable brings the first keyboard and the second keyboard synchronously to move in opposite directions relative to the base such that the first keyboard and the second keyboard are spread out from the base or received to the base.
US07884801B1
A method is provided for sensing displacement of an optical sensor relative to a surface, the sensor having at least first and second arrays with a plurality of photosensitive elements. The method involves: (i) generating for each array first set of quasi-sinusoidal signals at a first time and a second set of quasi-sinusoidal signals at a second time in response to motion of light received thereon; (ii) computing from said first and second sets of signals phase angle changes for signals received from each array; (iii) computing from said first and second sets of signals radius values for signals received from each array; (iv) computing unwrapped phase angle changes for signals received from each array; and (v) combining said unwrapped phase angle changes for each of said arrays using radius-weighted-averaging to provide a single weighted average of unwrapped phase angle change resulting from said motion of light.
US07884800B2
A mouse includes a left button, a right button, a touch sensing unit and a processing unit. The left button and the right button generate click signals in response to click operations. The touch sensing device generates touch positional signals when the left or right button is touched. The processing unit is used to receive the touch positional signals, calculate y-coordinate values of all points in the touched areas; select two significant points respectively from the left touched area and the right touched area; compare the y-coordinate values of the two significant points to generate a comparison result; confirm a current operated mode; if the confirmed operated mode is a left handed operation, send a control signal with a left-button identifier to a computer configured therewith; if the confirmed operated mode is a right handed operation, send a control signal with a right-button identifier to the computer configured therewith.
US07884798B2
A protective mechanism terminates the emission of a laser beam from an inadvertently inverted laser input device. A transmitting/detecting circuit is positioned under a laser input device that emits laser beams from a laser light. The transmitting/detecting circuit projects an infrared ray to a working surface to be reflected therefrom, with the reflected infrared ray detected by the transmitting/detecting circuit. The laser light is turned off if the transmitting/detecting circuit fails to detect the reflected infrared ray.
US07884797B1
A connector featuring a conductive cap and conductive peg to be attached to any digit covering apparatus, such as a glove. The connector comprises a cap and peg made of a conductive material. The peg is placed on a user's digit and the at least one post mechanism is extended through the digit covering. The cap and peg are engaged by at least one post mechanism extending from the peg. The at least one post mechanism is received by at least one aperture on the cap. The connector also features a post mechanism on a back side of the connector. The post mechanism has a pin, pin head and pin holder that attaches the connector to the glove. Users do not have to remove their digit covering apparatus to interact with a touch screen device. The conductive connector affords the user the ability to input onto a touch-screen without removal of their digit covering apparatus, such as a glove.
US07884789B2
The object of the invention is to provide an FSC display apparatus that can easily achieve color balance. The display apparatus (1) according to the present invention, which includes a light source (30) for emitting a plurality of colored lights in sequence and in a repetitive manner and a display section (14) for controlling transmission or reflection of the lights emitted from the light source, produces a color display by dividing each field into a plurality of subfields and by causing a designated one of the plurality of colored lights to be emitted at least during a part of a period within the plurality of subfields thereby displaying on the display section an image corresponding to the designated colored light, wherein each of the subfields includes at least a data writing period for writing display data to the display section and a light-emission period for emitting the designated colored light, and the end timing of the light-emission period can be set in a variable manner.
US07884779B2
A switch designs having very low insertion loss, in which the insertion loss remains the same regardless of the number of inputs. A plurality of inputs are structured for receiving electromagnetic radiation signal having a wavelength λ. A plurality of switches, e.g., PIN diode switches, are coupled to a respective input. A main conductor is coupled to an output. A plurality of leg conductors are coupled at one end to the main conductor and at other end to a respective switch from the plurality of switches, wherein each of the leg conductors has a length substantially equal to nλ/2, wherein n is a whole natural number.
US07884775B1
A multi-band antenna for use, for example, in a wireless communications network, employs multi-resonant microstrip dipoles that resonate at multiple frequencies due to microstrip “islands.” Gaps in the microstrips create an open RF circuit except for desired frequencies. At a desired frequency, RF energy sees a gap as a short circuit between an island and the rest of a dipole antenna, thus, resonating at the desired frequency. In one instance, the multi-band antenna includes a first, second, third, and fourth dipole elements. Gaps between the first and third dipole elements and the second and fourth dipole elements are sufficiently small that the first, second, third, and fourth dipole elements form a second dipole having a corresponding dipole wavelength longer than that of the first dipole.
US07884754B1
A method and system are provided for merging data from a plurality of multiplexed measurement sources to a decision-maker. The method includes operations for receiving a corresponding plurality of measurements of the data, processing each measurement to respectively obtain local state estimates and local error covariances, determining a corresponding plurality of lag periods, offsetting each of the corresponding event times, supplying to a track fusion center the local state estimates and the local error covariances for summing the pluralities of the local state estimates as a fusion state estimate and the local error covariances as a fusion error covariance. The measurements to be fused are each acquired from its respective source and correspond to an associated sampling period within an acquisition interval. The lag periods represent a wait duration for obtaining the corresponding local state estimates and local error covariances. The system correspondingly includes a receiver to obtain the plurality of measurements, a set of associated processors to analyze the measurements and provide their local state estimates and the local error covariances; a time-offsetter to determine corresponding lag periods and displace each of the event times accordingly, and the track fusion center.
US07884746B2
Several methods and a system of noise limitation of a signal dependent multibit digital to analog signal conversion are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment provides a method that includes receiving an output of a multibit analog to digital circuit of a continuous time sigma delta converter. The method further includes limiting a noise generation by adaptively selecting a digital to analog converter element out of a plurality of digital to analog converter elements in accordance with an input signal magnitude. In addition, the method includes implementing a selected digital to analog converter element to generate an analog signal.
US07884745B2
An analog-to-digital conversion arrangement converting an input analog signal into an output digital representation. Two or more analog-to-digital conversion paths each applying a conversion mapping between input analog signal magnitudes and respective digital values generate an intermediate representation of the input analog signal, the conversion paths being operable to apply different respective conversion mappings. An output circuit combines the intermediate representations from at least two conversion paths to generate the output digital representation, the intermediate representations being combined according to a weighting dependent on the magnitude of the input analog signal. At least one of the conversion paths has an enhanced sensitivity mode appropriate to a range of magnitudes of the input signal that are below a threshold magnitude. Control logic inhibits operation in the enhanced sensitivity mode if the magnitude of the input analog signal exceeds the threshold magnitude.
US07884743B2
Disclosed herein is an arithmetic decoding device including: an arithmetic decoding unit configured to decode coded data resulting from arithmetic coding on a basis of a context variable indicating a probability state and a most probable symbol; a plurality of arithmetic registers configured to supply the context variable to the arithmetic decoding unit and retain a result of operation by the arithmetic decoding unit; and a plurality of save registers configured to save contents retained in the arithmetic registers.
US07884739B2
Traffic disturbances are detected and data is collected by various sensors where the data reflects the entity that is responsible for the disturbance and the number of vehicles that are impacted by the disturbance. The data is analyzed to determine whether a traffic violation has occurred and to then assess a fine based at least on the number of vehicles that have been impacted as a result of the traffic violation. The fine may then be collected by notifying the entity that is responsible, such as by sending a message to an electronic device of the entity. The notification may provide for an automated payment of the fine or an option to appeal the fine. Additionally, those affected by the traffic disturbance may be identified and granted a portion of the fine that has been imposed and collected.
US07884730B2
A device is disclosed which is configured to startle certain pests which may cause a variety of problems in certain areas of a home or workplace. By limiting the action of the pests, or removing the pests from the area, the invention may prevent the destruction of property, minimize animal droppings, and minimize the spread of disease. The invention may include an external shell in the shape of any desired animal which may be on a swivel base and include lighting, wherein the external shell also covers internal mechanical, electronic and electrical components. The components are configured to move parts of the animal shell and move other items attached to the shell. The movement may be a result of a motion detector detecting an undesirable pest, programmable timer, a remote control device operated within the safety of a home or by other sensors. The system may also include a remote control, Wi-Fi, IP address, webcam, modem, dial-in activation, voice activation, and timers.
US07884697B2
The invention provides tunable embedded high frequency inductor devices. The inductor device comprises a dielectric substrate. A first conductive line is disposed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate. A second conductive line is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate. An interconnection is disposed perforating the dielectric substrate and connecting the first conductive line with the second conductive line. A coupling region is defined between the first and the second conductive lines. A conductive plug connecting the first conductive line and the second line is disposed in the coupling region. Alternatively, an opening is disposed in the first and second conductive lines to tune inductance of the inductor.
US07884685B2
A circuit and antenna arrangement includes a diplexer having a single radio frequency input/output interface and dual feed connections with an antenna adapted for use over a plurality of frequency bands. The diplexer has a capacitance connected between the radio frequency input/output interface and the antenna, and further has an additional capacitance that is selectively one of connected or not connected in parallel with the capacitance. In one embodiment the additional capacitance may be a capacitor in series with a switch, while in another embodiment the additional capacitance may be a MEMS variable capacitor.
US07884673B2
A wideband low-noise amplifier includes a source-degenerated common-source amplifier, a common-gate amplifier, and a matching frequency band determiner. The source-degenerated common-source amplifier is configured to amplify an input signal to output a first signal that is opposite in phase to the input signal. The common-gate amplifier is connected in parallel to the source-degenerated common-source amplifier to amplify the input signal to output a second signal that has the same phase as the input signal. The matching frequency band determiner is configured to isolate an input terminal of the source-degenerated common-source amplifier and an input terminal of the common-gate amplifier and determine a matching frequency band.
US07884672B1
An operational amplifier and a method for amplifying a signal. Embodiments provide a convenient and effective mechanism for reducing die area, design time and design verification time by sharing compensation components between the common-mode and differential feedback networks of the operational amplifier. As such, fewer compensation components are required, thereby reducing component die area. Additionally, given that the compensation components are shared between the common-mode and differential feedback networks, the feedback networks can be stabilized together with fewer compensation components to specify and verify, thereby reducing design and design verification time. Further, embodiments provide a compensation component coupling which does not couple directly to virtual ground, thereby reducing the noise of the operational amplifier.
US07884661B2
A clock generating circuit generates a high frequency clock having a constant duty and the same period as that of an external clock. A clock generating circuit generates a clock signal (hereinafter “the clock”) used for outputting a data signal to a data pin. The clock generating circuit includes at least a dividing portion and a clock generating portion. A dividing portion divides an internal clock signal (hereinafter “the internal clock”) generated based on an external clock signal (hereinafter “the external clock”) and outputs a plurality of divided clock signals (hereinafter “the divided clocks”). The clock generating portion performs a predetermined logical operations combining the divided clocks to generate the clock having a constant duty and the same period as the external clock.
US07884656B2
A phase locked loop (PLL) includes a frequency detector and a type 1 PLL including a phase detector. The phase detector produces a phase error signal indicative of a difference in phase between a reference signal and a feedback signal, while the frequency detector produces a frequency error signal indicative of a difference in frequency between the reference signal and the feedback signal. Logic switches between the phase detector and the frequency detector based on the frequency error signal.
US07884652B2
A pulse signal generating device includes: the plurality of encoders each of which outputs an encoder signal with a pulse period corresponding to the speed of an object to be detected; delay amount control unit that controls a relative delay amount with respect to a pulse signal for each of the plurality of pulse output signals output from the plurality of encoders; a detection unit that individually detects abnormalities in pulses of the plurality of encoder signals; a switching unit that performs switching to one pulse output signal, in which pulse abnormalities are not detected, of the plurality of pulse output signals; and a pulse generating unit that generates a pulse signal by delaying the one pulse output signal switched by the switching unit by the corresponding relative delay amount.
US07884645B2
In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving an input voltage at an input to a level shifting circuit that includes voltage pull-up logic. The method includes providing an output signal from the level shifting circuit. The method also includes selectively activating the voltage pull-up logic circuit of the level shifting circuit.
US07884612B2
A multi-component field source for surveying subsea formations includes at least two electrodes having a direction of motion, wherein the at least two electrodes are configured to produce an electric dipole in an orientation that is not parallel to both the direction of motion of the electrodes and the seafloor. A method for logging subsea formations includes transmitting electromagnetic energy into the subsea formations with at least two electrodes having a direction of motion and configured to produce an electric dipole in an orientation that is not parallel to both the direction of motion of the electrodes and the seafloor; and receiving signals that comprise electromagnetic energy that has traversed the subsea formations.
US07884608B2
A radio frequency coil unit includes a plurality of surface coils and a distributing/combining unit. The plurality of surface coils are arranged in a body-axis direction. The distributing/combining unit distributes and combines reception signals output from the plurality of surface coils to generate a new reception signal.
US07884606B2
In a cooling device for arrangement between two gradient coil windings of a gradient coil for dissipation of the heat (arising upon feeding current to the gradient coil windings) by means of a coolant flowing through one or more coolant channels in the cooling device, two films made of thermoplastic material are connected with one another, and are preformed in a thermal reshaping procedure to form coolant channel sections that are complementary to one another to form an inherently stable coolant channel after the connection.
US07884602B2
Disclosed is a non-lineal statistical independent component (ICA) analysis methodology for calculating T2 or T1 distributions of nuclear magnetic resonance logs. In one aspect, the invention employs a classical blind source separation (BSS) approach with the input data (T2 or T1 distributions) being considered not only horizontally (in relaxation time units), but also vertically (in depth). The statistical variations are used for separating the principal independent components and their corresponding weighting matrix. The result of such ICA based BSS is an efficient separation of T2 components correlative to the presence of particular conditions (e.g., clay bound water, heavy oil, capillary bound water, free water, mud filtrate (water and oil), and noise). Individual saturation of estimated fluids can be calculated from the weighting matrix generated in accordance with the invention. In accordance with a further feature of the invention, it is contemplated that independent component analysis techniques may be applied to the underlying time domain data prior to its transformation to a T2 distribution. This advantageously results in “de-noising” of the signal, leading to more precise and accurate results following analysis of the T2 distribution.
US07884595B2
A method for producing an electricity sensing device with a one-piece, U-shaped bent current conductor of a certain length having a middle portion and two end portions and comprising in the middle portion the form of a rod having a non-rectangular conductor cross-section and featuring flats having a rectangular conductor cross-section in its end portions, and arranged in the middle portion a magnetic module comprising a lead-through for mounting the current conductor, the method comprising the steps: providing the magnetic module as well as a current conductor configured straight and rod-shaped in the middle portion and in at least one of the end portions; tin-coating the current conductor at least partly in at least one end portion; positioning the current conductor and the magnetic module relative to each other such that the current conductor is located in the lead-through of the module by its middle portion, and shaping the current conductor into a U with flattened ends.
US07884592B2
A system and method of use for a DC-DC conversion wherein a DC supply at one voltage is converted to a DC supply at another voltage. The DC-DC converter uses a switching circuit with a broadband transmission line transformer to change the impedance level between a square-wave generator and a [square-wave]-to-DC converter. The transformer transforms generator characteristic impedance into load characteristic impedance. The method also transforms a DC source voltage into another DC load voltage.
US07884588B2
Control method and device for a system of interleaved converters using a designated master converter
Control device for a switching converter structure comprising at least a first and a second interleaved converter, wherein the control device is configured to designate one converter as master and at least the other converter as slave, to set a time delay of the operating cycle of the slave converter and to synchronize the master and the at the least one slave converter.
US07884584B2
A switching power supply circuit for generating an output voltage at an output node based on an input voltage at an input node includes a reference voltage generating circuit configured to generate a reference voltage such that during an initial start-up period of the reference voltage a voltage rise rate of the reference voltage within a first predetermined period from a start point of the initial start-up period and a voltage rise rate thereof within a second predetermined period immediately preceding an end point of the initial start-up period are smaller than a voltage rise rate thereof in a period between the first predetermined period and the second predetermined period, a coil disposed between the input output nodes, and a switch circuit configured to switch on and off to control current through the coil in response to comparison between the reference voltage and a voltage proportional to the output voltage.
US07884580B2
The present invention relates to a constant-power brushless DC motor and a generator using the same, and in particular, to a constant-power brushless DC motor and a generator using the same, which stably generates power upon load fluctuation. Since the stator is wound in parallel by phases and poles, the motor is realized to generate high power with low voltage and since the stator's winding is performed without interconnection, automatic production is realized to reduce costs and enable mass production. Accordingly, a generator constituted by using the above-described motor supplies high efficient power.
US07884579B2
An energy capture circuit for capturing energy in response to an input pulse. The circuit is constructed and arranged to transfer input energy in time divided portions among subcircuits. This includes a storage means, a clock means, at least two subcircuits, and at least one transfer circuit. Each subcircuit includes a first inductive means in operative communication with the input source, a rectifying means for producing a positive current in operative communication with the first inductive means, a capacitive means in operative communication with the rectifying means, and a switch means in operative communication with the capacitive means. At least one transfer circuit is in operative communication with each of the switch means of the at least two subcircuits. The output of the clock means is in operative communication with both a first switch means and an inverter means, the inverter means having an output in operative communication with a second switch means.
US07884574B2
An HV-ECU executes refresh-discharging of a battery before the battery is charged from a commercial power source using an AC/DC converter. After the battery is refresh-discharged, the HV-ECU outputs a control signal to the AC/DC converter such that the battery is charged from the commercial power source by the drive of the AC/DC converter.
US07884563B2
Provided is a motor having a magnetic polar unit in which a permanent magnetic polar array having arranged therein alternately a plurality of permanent magnetic polar elements in alternate opposite poles is made to face a plurality of electromagnetic coil arrays alternately excited at opposite poles, and the permanent magnetic polar array is made to move thereby; wherein the motor further comprises a sensor for detecting the periodical magnetic change accompanying the movement of the permanent magnetic polar array, the output of the sensor is directly returned as a direct drive waveform to the electromagnetic coils, and this drive circuit forms the excitation signal based on the return signal.
US07884558B2
A driver apparatus is provided for controlling a light source array comprising at least first and second light sources, the light source array used for illuminating a scan region on a target object, wherein light reflected from said target object is captured by a detector. The driver apparatus comprises a single integrated circuit comprising processing means for processing image data received from the detector, a switching array comprising at least first and second switches for switching the respective first and second light sources, and a current source for controlling the flow of current through the light sources. In this way the LED switching circuitry that controls an LED array is 15 placed on the same integrated circuit (i.e. monolithic circuit) as the analogue processing circuitry that processes the image data, with the current source controlling the flow of current through the LEDs in the LED array.
US07884556B2
A color-changing light array powered by a driver circuit, the driver circuit responsive to a controller circuit, and the controller circuit configured to change display lighting patterns or colors based on modes of operation and off-on power cycle intervals.
US07884552B2
A backlight device includes a hot cathode fluorescent tube having a pair of electrodes, a power source arranged to apply voltage having an alternating component to at least one of the pair of electrodes, and an electrode heating circuit arranged to supply heating current to the electrodes. The backlight device further includes temperature sensors that detect the temperatures in the electrodes to be supplied with the heating current. Based on the results detected by the temperature sensors, a switch element is driven by the control section. The heating current is thus controlled. With this, the temperatures in the electrodes of the electrical discharge tube can be more accurately grasped, and the temperatures in the electrodes of the discharge tube can be more properly controlled.
US07884539B2
A phosphor having an excitation band relative to lights in the wide range of wavelengths from ultraviolet to visible light, and having an emission spectrum in the red range and so on, with a wide half value width, and an LED and a light source using the phosphor and emitting white and other color lights with good color rendering properties are provided. Powdered raw materials of Ca3N2 (2N), CaO (2N), AlN (3N), Si3N4 (3N), and Eu2O3 (3N) are prepared, and the respective raw materials are mixed to have a mole ratio of the respective elements of Ca:Al:Si:Eu=0.985:1:1:0.015. The mixed raw materials are fired at 1000° C. or higher in an inert atmosphere for three hours, and thereafter pulverized to obtain a phosphor having a composition of CaAlSiN2.83O0.25:Eu, which is one example of the phosphor satisfying the above described object. Furthermore, by combining the phosphor with an appropriate LED or a light source emitting from ultraviolet light to visible light, the LED and the light source emitting white and other color lights with good color rendering properties can be obtained.
US07884534B2
In a PDP, an end of a first partition (124) is provided with a partition end 126 whose height dimension and width dimension are smaller than those of the first partition (124). With this arrangement, when a nozzle is moved from a portion between the partition ends (126) on a first side to a portion between the partition ends (126) on a second side in a phosphor layer forming step for forming a phosphor layer, a phosphor paste can be uniformly applied to recessed portions (123A), thereby easily providing the PDP that includes the phosphor layer with which good images can be realized.
US07884533B2
The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus provided with an electron-emitting device which has a simple structure, shows high electron-emitting efficiency and stably works. This electron beam apparatus has an insulating member and a gate formed on a substrate, a recess portion formed in the insulating member, a protruding portion that protrudes from an edge of the recess portion toward the gate and is provided on an end part of a cathode opposing to the gate, which is arranged on the side face of the insulating member; and makes an electric field converge on an end part in the width direction of the protruding portion to make an electron emitted therefrom.
US07884525B2
A nano-scale compliant mechanism includes a coupler and a plurality of nanotubes disposed for nano-scale motion relative to a grounded component. The nanotubes are fastened at one end to the coupler and at the other end to ground, to guide motion of the coupler relative to the ground. Particular embodiments include a plurality of parallel carbon nanotubes. An exemplary embodiment exhibits first and second regions of mechanical behavior; a first region governed by bulk elastic deformation of the nanotubes and a second region governed by compliant, hinge-like bending of the buckled nanotubes.
US07884520B2
A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with a tubular stator case, a stator core fitted into the stator case, and a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core. The stator core includes a tubular yoke portion and a plurality of split cores which are detachably mounted on the tubular yoke portion. A plurality of commutating-pole teeth which extend radially inward are integrally formed on an inner peripheral surface of the tubular yoke portion at regular intervals in the peripheral direction of the tubular yoke portion; and a root portion of each of the commutating-pole teeth has inclined shoulders which are gradually enlarged radially outward.
US07884518B2
An electrical synchronous machine, in particular for use as a drive machine in motor vehicle applications. A stator has an electrical winding arrangement for generating a rotating field. A rotor has magnetic flux generating means for generating a rotor flux with which the rotating field interacts.The rotor has a first rotor section with first magnetic flux generating means and a second rotor section with magnetic flux influencing means. It is possible to move the two rotor sections relative to one another between at least a first and a second relative position in such a way that the rotor flux provided by the rotor has a different magnitude in the two relative positions.
US07884515B2
A power transmission unit includes an electric motor including a rotor arranged on an inner circumference of a stator and concentrically with the stator and a transmission mechanism for transmitting power. A portion of a predetermined constructional element of the transmission mechanism protrudes toward the stator or the rotor side coaxially with the stator or the rotor. The rotor is loosely fitted onto an outer circumferential face of the protruding portion, and a clearance is created between an outer circumferential face of the protruding portion and an inner circumferential face of the rotor into which a guide sleeve for guiding the rotor in an axial direction is inserted. The structure improves a convenience in assembling the rotor of the electric motor of the power transmission unit including the electric motor and transmission mechanism.
US07884511B2
Due to a centrifugal force in a vehicle width direction due to turning of an automobile, oil in an electric motor housing chamber housing an electric motor and oil in a transmission housing chamber housing a reduction gear and a differential gear flows to-and-fro via oil communication passages that penetrate a partitioning wall. An opening on the transmission housing chamber side of the oil communication passages is spaced from the partitioning wall. Hence, when oil moves from the transmission housing chamber side to the electric motor housing chamber side, it is possible to prevent the oil quantity on the electric motor housing chamber side from increasing excessively and suppress an increase in resistance to oil stirring by a rotor of the electric motor while retaining a constant oil amount on the transmission housing chamber side to ensure lubricating performance for the reduction gear and the differential gear.
US07884507B2
The present invention is a remote electrical equipment power source. The remote electrical equipment power source includes an electrical generator adapted to power remote electrical equipment and a repulsive force conversion drive. The repulsive force conversion drive includes at least two repulsive units to repulse each other. One unit is fixed, while the second is movably suspended. There is a motion inducing plate positioned between the two repulsive units and movable between the two repulsive units. The first motion inducing plate is of a material that reduces the repulsive force between the two repulsive units. There is a drive mechanism connected to second repulsive unit.
US07884504B2
A high voltage, fast pulse rise/fall time, and high repetition rate pulse generator solves the high pulse repetition rate limitations associated with RF power amplifiers and gap switch type pulse generators. The pulse generator employs a transmission line architecture and structural techniques that allow for continued high voltage, fast rise/fall time, and high repetition pulse rate operation of the pulse generator without impairment of the pulse generator while exceeding performance characteristics achievable with conventional RF power amplifiers and gap switch type pulse generators.
US07884498B2
In a method and an apparatus for operation of a dishwasher, a total maximum electric output is assigned to a group of electric consumer elements of the dishwasher. In addition, at least two output levels are assigned to each electric consumer element of said group. An optimum combination of output levels is then selected in a requirement determination step, based on an operational state B of the dishwasher, whereby for each consumer element the selected output level is adapted to the output requirement of the consumer element in operational state B and the total output of all consumer elements does not exceed the maximum electric total output. The output levels of the individual consumer elements are optimally adapted in accordance with the requirements in operating phases of the dishwasher, thus allowing a response to be made to any fluctuations in the operational state.
US07884494B2
A pushbutton device for actuating an electropneumatic parking brake (EPH) of a vehicle, which is connected to an evaluating electronic unit via connecting cables. In order to detect switching processes and/or faults, the input resistance of the pushbutton device between the connecting points is evaluated, thus allowing the evaluating electronic unit to reliably detect both the switched position of the pushbutton device and potential fault conditions.
US07884492B2
Methods and systems for reducing heat loss in a generator system are provided. The generator system includes an electrical generator and a power converter. The method includes generating electricity in the generator at a first power factor and converting electricity in the converter at a second power factor in a first mode of operation and generating electricity in the generator at a third power factor wherein the third power factor is greater than the first power factor and converting electricity in the converter at a fourth power factor wherein the fourth power factor is less than the second power factor in a second mode of operation such that the power output of the generator system in the second mode of operation is substantially equal to the power output of the generator system in the first mode of operation and the generator currents are facilitated being reduced.
US07884482B2
It is a flip-chip mounting substrate according to the invention has a wiring pattern in which bonding pads and predetermined parts of lead wires continuously extending from the bonding pads are exposed from an insulating layer or a solder resist. In the flip-chip mounting substrate, exposed parts of the wiring pattern are formed in to a plurality of different shapes. The exposed parts are formed so that the areas of the bonding pads are substantially equal to one another, and that the total areas of predetermined parts of the lead wires continuously extending from the bonding pads are substantially equal to one another.
US07884476B2
Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device. In embodiments, the semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate having a first metal line; a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer over the first metal line on the semiconductor substrate; a first metal layer formed in a first contact hole in the PMD layer; a second metal layer formed in a second contact hole in the PMD layer; and a second metal line electrically connected to the first and second metal layers, respectively, over the PMD layer, wherein the first and second metal layers are located at prescribed positions and configured to be electrically connected to the first metal line.
US07884469B2
A semiconductor package is disclosed. The package includes a leadframe having drain, source and gate leads, and a semiconductor die coupled to the leadframe, the semiconductor die having a plurality of metallized source contacts. A bridged source plate interconnection has a bridge portion, valley portions disposed on either side of the bridge portion, plane portions disposed on either side of the valley portions and the bridge portion, and a connection portion depending from one of the plane portions, the bridged source plate interconnection connecting the source lead with the plurality of metallized source contacts. The bridge portion is disposed in a plane above the plane of the valley portions while the plane portions are disposed in a plane intermediate the plane of the bridge portion and the plane of the valley portions.
US07884460B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a carrier having a top side and a bottom side; forming an edge terminal pad on the top side and an inner terminal pad on the bottom side; connecting an integrated circuit die to an inner portion of the edge terminal pad; and encapsulating the integrated circuit die and the inner portion of the edge terminal pad with the outer portion of the edge terminal pad exposed.
US07884459B2
A semiconductor device is provided that forms a three-dimensional semiconductor device having semiconductor devices stacked on one another. In this semiconductor device, a hole is formed in a silicon semiconductor substrate that has an integrated circuit unit and an electrode pad formed on a principal surface on the outer side. The hole is formed by etching, with the electrode pad serving as an etching stopper layer. An embedded electrode is formed in the hole. This embedded electrode serves to electrically lead the electrode pad to the principal surface on the bottom side of the silicon semiconductor substrate.
US07884450B2
A process for growth of boron-based nanostructures, such as nanotubes and nanowires, with a controlled diameter and with controlled chemical (such as composition, doping) as well as physical (such as electrical and superconducting) properties is described. The boron nanostructures are grown on a metal-substituted MCM-41 template with pores having a uniform pore diameter of less than approximately 4 nm, and can be doped with a Group Ia or Group IIa electron donor element during or after growth of the nanostructure. Preliminary data based on magnetic susceptibility measurements suggest that Mg-doped boron nanotubes have a superconducting transition temperature on the order of 100 K.
US07884435B2
A pattern mask for forming a microlens includes mask pattern parts alternately arranged and corresponding to pixel regions in a matrix, wherein neighboring corners of the mask pattern parts overlap with each other.
US07884428B2
A semiconductor device includes an Nch transistor having a first gate electrode and a Pch transistor having a second gate electrode. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are made of materials causing stresses of different magnitudes.
US07884425B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having first and second active regions. The first active region includes a first source and drain regions and the second active region includes a second source and drain regions. A first interlayer dielectric is located over the substrate. A first conductive structure extends through the first interlayer dielectric. A first bit line is on the first interlayer dielectric. A second interlayer dielectric is on the first interlayer dielectric. A contact hole extends through the second and first interlayer dielectrics. The device includes a second conductive structure within the contact hole and extending through the first and second interlayer dielectrics. A second bit line is on the second interlayer dielectric. A width of the contact hole at a bottom of the second interlayer dielectric is less than or substantially equal to a width at a top of the second interlayer dielectric.
US07884422B2
A semiconductor memory including a plurality of cell units arranged in a row direction, each of the cell units includes: a semiconductor region; a first buried insulating film provided on the semiconductor region; a second buried insulating film provided on the first buried insulating film, which has higher dielectric constant than the first buried insulating film; a semiconductor layer provided on the second buried insulating film; and a plurality of memory cell transistors arranged in a column direction, each of the memory cell transistors having a source region, a drain region and a channel region defined in the semiconductor layer.
US07884419B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive well region in a semiconductor substrate and a second conductive well region on or in the first conductive well region. A gate electrode is in a trench on a gate insulation layer, and the trench is in the second conductive region and the first conductive well region. A drain includes a drain insulation layer, a (polysilicon) shield layer, and drain plug. The drain insulation layer is in a trench in the second conductive region and the first conductive well region. The shield layer encloses the drain plug. A lower portion of the drain plug contacts the second conductive well region. A first conductive source region is at a side of the gate electrode.
US07884418B2
A semiconductor device includes active areas which are insulatedly separated from each other by element-separation insulating films; a gate insulating film formed on each active area; a gate electrode which extends across the active area via the gate insulating film; a source area and a drain area formed in the active area so as to interpose the gate electrode; and a fin-channel structure in which at the intersection between the active area and the gate electrode, trenches are provided at both sides of the active area, and part of the gate electrode is embedded in each trench via the gate insulating film, so that the gate electrode extends across a fin which rises between the trenches. In the gate insulating film, the film thickness of a part which contacts the bottom surface of each trench is larger than that of a part which contacts the upper surface of the fin.
US07884417B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided, a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device including: a substrate; a stacked portion that includes a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of insulation layers alternately stacked on the substrate, at least one layer of the plurality of conductor layers and the plurality of insulation layers forming a marker layer; a charge accumulation film that is formed on an inner surface of a memory plug hole that is formed in the stacked portion from a top surface to a bottom surface thereof; and a semiconductor pillar that is formed inside the memory plug hole through the charge accumulation film.
US07884412B2
A method for forming a split-gate flash memory structure includes etching a first gate layer to form one or more floating gates and forming an isolation layer over the floating gates. An insulation layer is deposited over the isolation layer and planarized.
US07884403B2
The output voltage of an MRAM is increased by means of an Fe(001)/MgO(001)/Fe(001) MTJ device, which is formed by microfabrication of a sample prepared by the following steps. A single-crystalline MgO (001) substrate 11 is prepared. An epitaxial Fe(001) lower electrode (a first electrode) 17 with the thickness of 50 nm is grown on a MgO(001) seed layer 15 at room temperature, followed by annealing under ultrahigh vacuum (2×10−8 Pa) and at 350° C. A MgO(001) barrier layer 21 with the thickness of 2 nm is epitaxially formed on the Fe(001) lower electrode (the first electrode) at room temperature, using a MgO electron-beam evaporation. A Fe(001) upper electrode (a second electrode) with the thickness of 10 nm is then formed on the MgO(001) barrier layer 21 at room temperature. This is successively followed by the deposition of a Co layer 21 with the thickness of 10 nm on the Fe(001) upper electrode (the second electrode) 23. The Co layer 21 is provided so as to increase the coercive force of the upper electrode 23 in order to realize an antiparallel magnetization alignment.
US07884400B2
An image device and a method of fabricating the image device include a substrate pattern formed to define an opening and to include a portion of a photodiode for receiving light. Stacked metal interconnection patterns and an interlayer dielectric layer are formed beneath the substrate pattern. A height of the opening equals a height of the substrate pattern, such that an exposed portion of a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer provides a bottom surface of the opening. An external connection electrode is positioned on the bottom surface of the opening.
US07884395B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes, a first silicon layer of a first conductivity type; a second silicon layer provided on the first silicon layer and having a higher resistance than the first silicon layer, a third silicon layer of a second conductivity type provided on the second silicon layer, a first nitride semiconductor layer provided on the third silicon layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer provided on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a larger bandgap than the first nitride semiconductor layer, a first main electrode being in contact with a surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer and connected to the third silicon layer, a second main electrode being in contact with the surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer and connected to the first silicon layer, and a control electrode provided between the first main electrode and the second main electrode on the second nitride semiconductor layer.
US07884390B2
A vertically conducting semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a topside surface and a backside surface. The semiconductor substrate serves as a terminal of the vertically conducting device for biasing the vertically conducting device during operation. An epitaxial layer extends over the topside surface of the semiconductor substrate but terminates prior to reaching an edge of the semiconductor substrate so as to form a recessed region along a periphery of the semiconductor substrate. An interconnect layer extends into the recessed region but terminates prior to reaching an edge of the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect layer electrically contacts the topside surface of the semiconductor substrate in the recessed region to thereby provide a topside contact to the semiconductor substrate.
US07884384B2
The invention provides a light emitting diode device and a fabrication method thereof. The device comprises a pair of electrodes and one of which is electrically contacted with a holder, an LED chip fixed in the holder, a wrapping material formed in the holder and covering the LED chip, and a plurality of nanocrystals having a quantum dot state dispersed in the wrapping material. The nanocrystals satisfy the formula, Zn1-xCdxS and 0
US07884379B2
A nitride semiconductor light emitting device is provided with a substrate, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an n-side pad electrode, a translucent electrode and a p-side pad electrode, wherein the translucent electrode is formed from an electrically conductive oxide, the n-side pad electrode adjoins the periphery of the translucent electrode and the p-side pad electrode is disposed so as to satisfy the following relationships: 0.3L≦X≦0.5L and 0.2L≦Y≦0.5L where X is the distance between ends of the p-side pad electrode and the n-side pad electrode, Y is the distance between the end of the p-side pad electrode and the periphery of the translucent electrode, L is the length of the translucent electrode on the line connecting the centroids of the p-side pad electrode and the n-side pad electrode minus the outer diameter d of the p-side pad electrode.
US07884378B1
An LED package structure includes a frame, at least a first LED, and at least a second LED. The frame includes a base having a first cavity and a second cavity, where the second cavity is disposed under the first cavity and the second cavity is smaller than the first cavity. The first LED is disposed in the bottom of the first cavity, and the second LED is disposed in the bottom of the second cavity.
US07884370B2
A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display includes disposing a crystalline semiconductor layer on a substrate, disposing a gate line, a driving input electrode, and a driving output electrode on the crystalline semiconductor layer, the gate line including a switching control electrode, patterning the crystalline semiconductor layer using the gate line, the driving input electrode, and the driving output electrode as a mask, disposing a gate insulating layer and an amorphous semiconductor layer on the gate line, the driving input electrode, and the driving output electrode, disposing a data line, a driving voltage line, a switching output electrode, and a driving control electrode on the amorphous semiconductor, the data line including a switching input electrode, disposing a pixel electrode connected to the driving output electrode, disposing a light emitting member on the pixel electrode, and disposing a common electrode on the light emitting member.
US07884368B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a thin film transistor having a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate, a gate wire connected to the gate electrode, a capacitor electrode, a capacitor wire connected to the capacitor electrode, a gate insulator formed on the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor pattern formed on the gate insulator, a sealing layer formed on the oxide semiconductor pattern, a drain electrode and a source electrode formed on the sealing layer, a drain wire connected to the drain electrode and a pixel electrode connected to the source electrode, the drain wire and the pixel electrode being in the same layer as the drain electrode and the source electrode. Wherein the gate wire, the capacitor electrode and the capacitor wire are in the same layer as the gate electrode, and wherein the sealing layer does not cover a connection part of the source electrode and a connection part of the drain electrode and wherein the drain electrode and the source electrode are connected to the oxide semiconductor pattern via the connection part of the drain electrode and the connection part of the source electrode.
US07884363B2
An electronic-ink display apparatus is provided. The electronic-ink display apparatus includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, an electronic-ink layer, a common electrode, a second substrate and an edge sealant. The TFT array substrate includes a first substrate and a dielectric layer located above the first substrate. The electronic-ink layer, common electrode and second substrate are located above TFT array substrate in sequence. The edge sealant surrounds the electronic-ink layer and at least one part of the edge sealant is not overlaid above the dielectric layer.
US07884351B2
In a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device (11), an emission region (17) has a quantum well structure (19), and lies between an n-type gallium nitride semiconductor region (13) and a p-type gallium nitride semiconductor region (15). The quantum well structure (19) includes a plurality of first well layers (21) composed of InxGa1-xN, one or a plurality of second well layers (23) composed of InyGa1-yN, and barrier layers (25). The first and second well layers (21) and (23) are arranged in alternation with the barrier layers (25). The second well layers (23) lie between the first well layers (21) and the p-type gallium nitride semiconductor region (15). The indium component y of the second well layers (23) is smaller than indium component x of the first well layers (21), and the thickness DW2 of the second well layers (23) is greater than the thickness DW1 of the first well layers (21).
US07884350B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, a lower super lattice layer under the first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive super lattice layer on the active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the second conductive super lattice layer.
US07884348B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same with easy formation of a phase change film is realized, realizing high integration at the time of using a phase change film as a memory element.Between MISFET of the region which forms one memory cell, and MISFET which adjoined it, each source of MISFET adjoins in the front surface of a semiconductor substrate, insulating. And the multi-layer structure of a phase change film, and the electric conduction film of specific resistance lower than the specific resistance is formed in the plan view of the front surface of a semiconductor substrate ranging over each source of both MISFET, and a plug and a plug stacked on it. The multi-layer structure functions as a wiring extending and existing in parallel on the surface of a semiconductor substrate, and an electric conduction film sends the current of a parallel direction on the surface of a semiconductor substrate.
US07884345B2
A phase-change material and a memory unit using the phase-change material are provided. The phase-change material is in a single crystalline state and includes a compound of a metal oxide or nitroxide, wherein the metal is at least one selected from a group consisting of indium, gallium and germanium. The memory unit includes a substrate; at least a first contact electrode formed on the substrate; a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate and formed with an opening for a layer of the phase-change material to be formed therein; and at least a second contact electrode disposed on the dielectric layer. As the phase-change material is in a single crystalline state and of a great discrepancy between high and low resistance states, the memory unit using the phase-changed material can achieve a phase-change characteristic rapidly by pulse voltage and avert any incomplete reset while with a low critical power.
US07884342B2
Memory devices are described along with manufacturing methods. An embodiment of a memory device as described herein includes a conductive bit line and a plurality of first electrodes. The memory device includes a plurality of insulating members, the insulating members having a thickness between a corresponding first electrode and a portion of the bit line acting as a second electrode. The memory device further includes an array of bridges of memory material having at least two solid phases, the bridges contacting respective first electrodes and extending across the corresponding insulating member to the bit line. The bridges define an inter-electrode path between the corresponding first electrode and the bit line defined by the thickness of the insulating member.
US07884336B2
Sponge sanitizing enclosure with a front cover, a rear cover, an inner back plate, a base housing, a push plate, a push button, a UV lamp, electronics to support the UV lamp, a battery power supply, a translucent sponge, and a hinge member. The front and rear cover each being dish shaped and forming a hollow housing and being joined at their base by the hinge member. The inner back plate forms a bisection of the front cover and the rear cover. The UV light is located between the rear cover and the inner back plate. The front cover includes a centrally located aperture that accepts the push button which is fixedly attached to the push plate. The space between the push plate and the inner back plate accommodates the translucent sponge. The base housing encloses the electronics and the battery power supply that support the UV lamp.
US07884334B2
The method includes scanning a sample in at least one first scan line using a first charged particle beam probe; scanning the sample in at least one second scan line using a second charged particle beam probe, and scanning the sample in at least one third scan line using the first charged particle beam probe. The first or second charged particle beam probe is defocused by a control module of the imaging system through adjusting a condenser lens module, an objective lens module, a sample stage of the imaging system, or their combination. An image of the sample is selectively formed from the first, second and third scan lines. The first and the second charged particle beams induce a first charging condition and a second charging condition on the sample surface respectively. The second charging condition can enhance, mitigate, eliminate, reverse or have no effect on the first charging condition.
US07884330B2
A detection module for detecting electro-magnetic radiation comprises a photosensor, a current integration circuit and an arithmetic unit fits the integration samples to a predetermined time dependency of the integrated current and computes an accumulated electrical charge accumulated over the integration time interval from the fit. Notably, the detection module is employed in an optical imaging apparatus to image e.g. a woman's breast by way of near-infrared light.
US07884328B2
Provided are a microbolometer having a cantilever structure and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a microbolometer having a three-dimensional cantilever structure, which is improved from a conventional two-dimensional cantilever structure, and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a substrate including a read-out integrated circuit and a reflective layer for forming an absorption structure, forming a sacrificial layer on the substrate, forming a cantilever structure having an uneven cross-section in the sacrificial layer, forming a sensor part isolated from the substrate by the cantilever structure, and removing the sacrificial layer.
US07884322B2
A scanning electron microscope capable of performing alone the critical dimension measurement and the defect inspection is provided. The scanning electron microscope has a reference image storage unit for storing a reference image transcribing a reference pattern, an inspected image pick-up unit for picking up, on the basis of the reference image, an inspected image transcribing an inspection pattern which pattern-matches with the reference pattern, a critical dimension measuring unit for measuring critical dimensions of the inspection pattern by using the inspected image, and a defect inspection unit for performing an inspection of a defect inside or outside the inspection pattern by comparing the reference image with the inspected image.
US07884318B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining composition of chemical constituents in a complex mixture are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for determining composition of chemical constituents in a complex mixture includes generating, using a separation tool and a mass spectrometer, separation and mass spectrometry data of a sample, wherein the separation data includes peak information and wherein the mass spectrometry data includes primary and secondary mass spectrometry data. The analysis results, including the generated separation and mass spectrometry data, are collected and stored. A chemical constituent of the sample is determined by comparing the analysis results to a library of information indicating characteristics of chemical entities, where the comparison is based on the separation and mass spectrometry information. The library of information includes data generated by the separation tool and mass spectrometer, and also includes separation and mass spectrometry data for both identified and unidentified chemical entities. An indication of the chemical constituent of the sample is made available in human-accessible form.
US07884316B1
A scintillator device is provided that includes a scintillator device having a scintillator crystal and a shock absorbing member surrounding the scintillator crystal. The scintillator device has a detected light output, ((LO100)/(LO0))×100%, of not less than 88% wherein LO100 is the detected light output of the device after 100 hours of exposure at 175° C. and LO0 is the original detected light output at room temperature prior to exposure at 175° C.
US07884314B2
A light guide mechanism for an illuminance sensor includes: a lighting window configured to pass through an external light; the illuminance sensor configured to detect an illuminance of the light passed through the lighting window; and a light-blocking part provided between the lighting window and the illuminance sensor and configured to block a light other than the light passed through the lighting window. The light-blocking part has an inner surface inclined with respect to a line perpendicular to a light-receiving surface of the illuminance sensor. A direction of inclination of the inner surface is such that the inner surface faces the light-receiving surface of the illuminance sensor.
US07884309B2
There are many, many inventions described herein. In one aspect, what is disclosed is a digital camera including a plurality of arrays of photo detectors, including a first array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a first wavelength and a second array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a second wavelength. The digital camera further may also include a first lens disposed in an optical path of the first array of photo detectors, wherein the first lens includes a predetermined optical response to the light of the first wavelength, and a second lens disposed in with an optical path of the second array of photo detectors wherein the second lens includes a predetermined optical response to the light of the second wavelength. In addition, the digital camera may include signal processing circuitry, coupled to the first and second arrays of photo detectors, to generate a composite image using (i) data which is representative of the intensity of light sampled by the first array of photo detectors, and (ii) data which is representative of the intensity of light sampled by the second array of photo detectors; wherein the first array of photo detectors, the second array of photo detectors, and the signal processing circuitry are integrated on or in the same semiconductor substrate.
US07884297B2
An electronic apparatus simplifies the structure of and facilitates the manufacture of the electronic apparatus having a seesaw-type operation button which is tiltable in a plurality of directions. The electronic apparatus has: an operation button; an operation panel provided with a holding portion for holding the operation button; and a plurality of switches to be pushed down by the operation button. The operation button comprises: a plurality of operating portions; a plurality of pressing portions respectively provided on the plurality of operating portions toward the plurality of switches; and a flat-shaped flexible board portion protruded between the plurality of pressing portions. The board portion is held by the holding portion.
US07884294B2
A rolling-ball switch includes a housing defining at least two receiving sections, at least one separating member provided in the housing between the two receiving sections, at least two conductive balls disposed rollably and respectively in the receiving sections, a pair of first terminals extending into one of the receiving sections to contact one of the conductive balls, and a pair of second terminals extending into the other one of the receiving sections to contact the other one of the conductive balls. The conductive balls are rollable toward the respective pairs of the first and second terminals in a first direction. The separating member prevents movement of the conductive balls from one of the receiving sections to the other one of the receiving sections.
US07884288B2
A screened housing (1) with press-fit pins (2) for electrical contacting on an electrical support component, in particular for automobile application, is composed of two housing sections (14,15) each including a housing base (3) each with two housing edges (4) with press-fit pins (2). Above all a screened housing is achieved by the invention with press-fit pins around all four circumferential sides which can be produced simply and economically in a follow-on composite tool. Such screened housings are particularly suitable for automobile applications for screening electrical components from incoming or emitting electromagnetic radiation.
US07884281B2
A photoelectric transfer material, manufacturing method thereof, photoelectric transfer element and manufacturing method thereof are provided. In an organic photoelectric transfer element of an organic solar cell or other like device, the photoelectric transfer material is composed of a conductive polymer such as MEH-PPV, electronic acceptor such as a fullerene derivative and antenna porphyrin aggregate. The photoelectric transfer material can be made by coating a mixed solution of the conductive polymer, electron acceptor and antenna porphyrin aggregate by spin coating, for example. This photoelectric transfer material and a photoelectric transfer element using the material exhibit high photoelectric transfer efficiency because of small electric resistance and high sunlight usage efficiency, and simultaneously exhibit stability.
US07884279B2
A two-axis solar tracker is capable of withstanding extreme weather conditions. The solar tracker includes a solar array, a frame, a base, a pivot frame, and a first and second actuator. The solar array is mounted to the frame and captures sunlight. The base is pivotally connected to the frame and defines a pivot axis for elevational movement of the solar array. The pivot frame is also pivotally connected to the frame and defines a pivot axis for azimuthal movement of the solar array. The first actuator controls elevational movement of the solar array and the second actuator controls azimuthal movement of the solar array. The solar tracker is pivotable between a raised position and a stowed position.
US07884275B2
A system and method are provided wherein a server based music creator is accessible by a client for the creation of composite audio files. The method and system receives, from a remote client computer via a network connection, a play sequence for playing audio segments, wherein a play sequence identifies one or more audio segments and associates at least one temporal location in a playback timeline with each audio segment. A composite audio file including each audio segment identified in the play sequence is generated, such that the composite audio file when played plays each audio segment identified by the play sequence at each audio segment's associated temporal location(s). The composite audio file is then transmitted to the client computer. In another non-limiting example, the play sequence includes one or more track sequences. In a further non-limiting example, a server computer coupled to a communications network transmits to the client computer, computer-executable instructions for generating and displaying a graphical user interlace. The graphical user interface allows a user to select audio segments accessible to the server computer but not directly available to the remote client computer from the server computer, to arrange the audio segments into a play sequence by identifying temporal locations within the play sequence at which the audio segments should be played, and to transmit the play sequence to the server computer.
US07884272B2
A snare strainer adapted to a snare drum is equipped with two strainers, which are attached to the opposite positions on the circumferential exterior of a cylinder of the snare drum and which control a snappy member to be selectively brought into contact with or separated from the backside head opposite to the drumhead. Herein, a moving base vertically moves along a fixed base attached to the circumferential exterior of the cylinder; holding members, which are tightly joined together so as to hold the terminal of the snappy member, are supported by a support member fixed to the moving base. The holding members are engaged with the support member due to a magnetic attraction exerted by permanent magnets. This makes it possible for the person to detachably attach the holding members to the support member without using tools; hence, it is possible to improve the handling of the snare strainer.
US07884257B2
The invention is to provide a catalyst for long-term, high-yield and stable production of ethylene and propylene in an efficient and simple method of catalytic conversion from a hydrocarbon material. The invention relates to a method for producing ethylene and propylene by contacting a hydrocarbon material that contains an olefin having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms in an amount of at least 20% by weight, with a zeolite-containing shaped catalyst satisfying the following requirements (1) to (4), in a reactor for catalytic conversion of that olefin: (1) the zeolite is an intermediate pore-size zeolite having a pore size of from 5 to 6.5 angstroms, (2) the zeolite does not substantially contain a proton, (3) the zeolite contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals belonging to the Group IB of the Periodic Table, (4) the zeolite has a silica/alumina molar ratio (SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio) of from 800 to 2,000.
US07884253B2
The invention provides methods and apparatus for selectively producing ethanol from syngas. As disclosed herein, syngas derived from cellulosic biomass (or other sources) can be catalytically converted into methanol, which in turn can be catalytically converted into acetic acid or acetates. Finally, the acetic acid or acetates can be reduced to ethanol according to several variations. In some embodiments, yields of ethanol from biomass can exceed 100 gallons per dry ton of biomass.
US07884247B2
Novel 3-[2-(dimethylamino)methyl-(cyclohex-1-yl)]-phenol maleate compounds corresponding to formula I and processes for preparing these compounds are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds and methods of treating or alleviating pain with these compounds are also provided.
US07884243B2
A process for the production of ene-amide derivatives represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 and R3 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a cycloalkylalkyl, an alkylaryl, an aryl, a heterocycle, a cyano, an alkoxy, an aryloxy, a carboxyl, a carbamoyl, —CONR5R6 (in which R5 and R6 are independently an alkyl, arylalkyl or aryl group said ring being substituted or not with a functional group or with R5) or —COOR5 group (in which R5 is an alkyl, alkylaryl or aryl group), said alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkylaryl and aryl groups being substituted or not with a functional group or with R5; or R1 and R2 taken together, may form a ring (which terms includes mono-, di- and higher polycyclic ring systems); R4 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, said groups are substituted or not with a halogen atom as Cl, Br, or F; X is an oxygen atom or a leaving group and m is an integer 1 or 2; when m is 1 then X is a leaving group; when m is 2 then X is a oxygen atom, which comprise: a hydrogenation/isomerization reaction in presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, of an oxime derivatives of formula (II) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined above with an acyl derivative of formula (III) (R4CO)mX wherein R4, m and X are as defined above.
US07884241B2
A mixture containing hydrogen iodide and water and having a water content of not more than 5% by weight (particularly not more than 3% by weight) in a distillation system is distilled to prevent condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system. The mixture may comprise hydrogen iodide, water, methanol, methyl iodide, acetic acid, and methyl acetate. Even when the mixture contains hydrogen iodide at a concentration of 1 to 3000 ppm on the basis of weight, an acetic acid product having a concentration of hydrogen iodide of not more than 50 ppm can be obtained by withdrawing a fraction containing hydrogen iodide from the top of the column, and withdrawing acetic acid as a side-cut stream or a stream from the bottom of the column. Such a process (distillation process) effectively inhibits condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system and corrosion in the distillation system.
US07884240B2
The invention relates to a method for production of D- and/or L-methionine via D- and/or L-homoserine with subsequent chemical transformation to give methionine.
US07884233B2
A process is provided for producing an enriched carboxylic acid compositions produced by contacting composition comprising a carboxylic acid with an enrichment feed in an enrichment zone to form an enriched carboxylic acid composition. This invention also relates to a process and the resulting compositions for removing catalyst from a carboxylic acid composition to produce a post catalyst removal composition.
US07884230B2
A process for the chemical recycling of post consumption polyethylene terephthalate which includes the steps of performing the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate based upon a hydrolysis reaction which causes a rupture in of the ester bonds formed between the polymer precursors of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol at the time of polymerization to recover terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. The advantages of the present process are the working conditions at low to moderate pressure, at temperatures of 215 to 450° C., allowing the process to reach the energy level required to achieve the desired polyethylene terephthalate hydrolysis and simultaneously promoting the separation and purification of the terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol formed in this hydrolysis reaction.
US07884223B2
The invention relates to an enantiomerically enriched chiral compound comprising a transition metal M, which comprises four, five or six coordinating groups of which at least one pair is linked together to form a bidentate ligand, in which M is directly bound via one single σ-bond to a carbon atom of an optionally substituted and/or optionally fused (hetero)aromatic ring of said bidentate ligand and in which M is directly bound to a nitrogen atom of a primary or secondary amino group of said bidentate ligand, thereby forming a metallacycle between said bidentate ligand and the metal M, said metal M being selected from the metals of groups 8 and 9 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, in particular iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, or iridium. The chiral compound can be used as a catalyst, preferably in an asymmetric transfer hydrogenation process. The invention further relates to a process for an asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of a prochiral compound in the presence of a hydrogen donor and the chiral compound of the invention comprising a transition metal chosen from the metals of groups 8, 9 and 10 of the Periodic Table, in particular iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium or platinum as the catalyst.
US07884221B2
The present invention provides a method of separating ergosterol from a solution containing ergosterol in water-insoluble organic solvent, comprising supplying water to the solution and precipitating ergosterol. According to the method of the present invention, ergosterol crystals can be obtained at a high yield. Moreover, controlled water supply provides granular ergosterol aggregates exhibiting good solid-liquid separation character at a high yield.
US07884219B2
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of [3-(4-{2-butyl-1-[4-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-4-yl}-phenoxy)-propyl]-diethylamine (“COMPOUND I”) useful in the treatment of RAGE mediated diseases.
US07884217B2
The present invention is directed to pyrrolidinylaminoacetyl pyrrolidine boronic acid compounds that display selective, potent dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitory activity. These compounds are useful for the treatment of disorders that can be regulated or normalized via inhibition of DPP-IV including those characterized by impaired glycemic control such as Diabetes Mellitus and related conditions. The compounds can be administered alone or with another medicament that displays pharmacological activity for treatment of these and other diseases.
US07884206B2
The present invention describes a method for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 3-amidinophenylalanine derivatives, which are used as pharmaceutically effective urokinase inhibitors, by starting from 3-cyanophenylalanine derivatives. The methods of manufacture comprising only one synthesis step lead to new intermediates, namely 3-hydroxyamidino- and 3-amidrazonophenylalanine derivatives. These intermediates or their acetyl derivatives can be reduced into the desired 3-amidinophenylalanine derivatives under gentle conditions (H2 or ammonium formiate, Pd/C (approx. 10%), ethanol/water, room temperature, normal pressure or also H2, Pd/C, AcOH or HCl/ethanol, 1-3 bar) in excellent yields and in an enantiomeric excess of up to 99.9%.
US07884204B2
Phenylalanine derivatives of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an antagonistic activity to α4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents or preventive agents for various diseases concerning α4 integrin in which α4 integrin-depending adhesion process participates in the pathology, such as inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, asthma, psoriasis, allergy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arterial sclerosis, restenosis, tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis and transplantation rejection. wherein R1 is a methyl group and R2 is a methoxy group.
US07884202B2
Nucleobases are perfluoroalkylated in a one step process with a perfluoroalkyl halide in the presence of a sulfoxide, a peroxide and an iron compound. Compounds so produced are useful as medicinal drugs, intermediates for medicinal drugs and agricultural chemicals.
US07884197B2
The invention provides novel oligonucleotide-based compounds that individually provide distinct immune response profiles through their interactions as agonists with TLR9. The TLR9 agonists according to the invention are characterized by specific and unique chemical modifications, which provide their distinctive immune response activation profiles.
US07884193B2
We describe two primordial germ cell-specifically expressed genes, GCR1 (Fragilis) and GCR2 (Stella), as well as their fragments, homologues, variants or deriviatives thereof which are markers for primordial germ cells and may be used to identify such cells in cell populations.
US07884192B2
Described herein are methods to enhance protein secretion in a host cell. In preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-positive microorganism such as a Bacillus. In another preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-negative microorganism. Preferably the gram-negative microorganism is an Escherichia coli or a member of the genus Pantoea. Protein secretion may be enhanced by the overexpression of protein components of the Tat pathway. Alternatively, secretion of foreign proteins can be selectively enhanced by forming a chimeric polypeptide comprising a tat signal sequence and the protein of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the tat signal sequence is selected from phoD or LipA.
US07884191B2
Described herein are methods to enhance protein secretion in a host cell. In preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-positive microorganism such as a Bacillus. In another preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-negative microorganism. Preferably the gram-negative microorganism is an Escherichia coli or a member of the genus Pantoea. Protein secretion may be enhanced by the overexpression of protein components of the Tat pathway. Alternatively, secretion of foreign proteins can be selectively enhanced by forming a chimeric polypeptide comprising a tat signal sequence and the protein of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the tat signal sequence is selected from phoD or LipA.
US07884190B2
A method for preparing recombinant dimeric proteins using a nucleic acid coding for the C-terminal fragment of the C4BP protein β chain including amino acid residues 193 to 252 or a functional variant of the fragment, wherein the fragment enables covalent bonding of the heterologous polypeptides to which it is fused. Dimeric proteins obtained by means of the method and cells for carrying out the method are also described.
US07884187B2
Methods for analyzing, selecting, characterizing or classifying compositions of a co-polymer, e.g., glatiramer acetate are described. The methods entail analysis of pyro-glutamate in the composition, and, in some methods, comparing the amount of pyro-glutamate present in a composition to a reference standard.
US07884177B2
The invention relates to a method and device for the continuous polycondensation of polyester material in the solid phase, in particular in the form of partially crystalline granulate. The aim of the invention is to achieve a high product throughput on recrystallising and recondensation of polyester material with a low initial IV. Said aim is achieved, whereby on recrystallisation, a low residence time of 1-10 minutes is achieved, by means of a rapid heating of a thin product layer, followed by an SSP treatment.
US07884172B2
To provide an epoxy resin giving a cured object having high heat resistance, which is improved in impact resistance and moisture resistance as compared with conventional high-heat-resistance epoxy resins.The epoxy resin is obtained by glycidylating one or more phenol compounds comprising 95% or more 1,1,2,2-tetrakis (hydroxyphenyl)ethane, and is characterized in that in an examination by gel permeation chromatography, the epoxy resin has a tetranucleus-form content of 50 to 90% by area and an octanucleus-form content of at least 5% by area and has a total chlorine content of 5,000 ppm or smaller.
US07884171B2
Polymers whose surfaces are modified by endgroups that include amphipathic surface-modifying moieties. An amphipathic endgroup of a polymer molecule is an endgroup that contains at least two moieties of significantly differing composition, such that the amphipathic endgroup spontaneously rearranges its positioning in a polymer body to position the moiety on the surface of the body, depending upon the composition of the medium with which the body is in contact, when that re-positioning causes a reduction in interfacial energy. An example of an amphipathic surface-modifying endgroup is one that has both a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic moiety in a single endgroup. For instance, a hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) terminated with a hydrophilic hydroxyl group is not surface active in air when the surface-modifying endgroup is bonded to a more hydrophobic base polymer. If the hydroxyl group on the oligomeric poly(ethylene oxide) is replaced by a hydrophobic methoxy ether terminus, the poly(ethylene oxide) becomes surface active in air, and allows the poly(ethylene oxide) groups to crystallize in the air-facing surface. In this example, immersion in water destroys the crystallinity as the poly(ethylene oxide) sorbs water and the hydrophobic methoxy group retreats below the surface of the polymer. Also disclosed are methods and articles of manufacture that make use of these polymers.
US07884168B2
A heterogeneous rubbery polymer is provided that includes a polymer chain derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diolefin monomer, wherein from greater than 20 weight percent to about 40 weight percent of units in the rubbery polymer are derived from the vinyl aromatic monomer and from about 60 weight percent to about 80 weight percent of units in the rubbery polymer are derived from the conjugated diolefin monomer. The polymer chain is further characterized by having greater than zero and less than about 30 weight percent of the vinyl aromatic units in sequences containing 1 vinyl aromatic unit, from about 5 weight percent to about 20 weight percent of the vinyl aromatic units in sequences containing 5 to 8 vinyl aromatic units, and greater than zero and less than about 5 weight percent of the vinyl aromatic units in sequences containing 9 or more vinyl aromatic units.
US07884164B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst system for olefin polymerization and a method for olefin polymerization using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system for olefin polymerization comprising a transition metal compound as a main catalyst component, an organic metal compound as a cocatalyst component, and a cyclic organosilane compound, trioxasilocane as an external electron donor, and a method for olefin polymerization using the same. According to the present invention, a polyolefin having improved various properties such as polymerization activity, melt-flow ability, isotacticity, molecular weight distribution and apparent density can be produced.
US07884160B2
The present invention provides polymeric nanoparticles comprising triblock and optionally diblock copolymer chains. The architecture of the polymeric nanoparticles may be controlled, resulting in nanoparticles having non-spherical shapes. The present invention also provides a method of preparing the polymeric nanoparticles and a rubber article such as a tire manufactured from a formulation comprising the polymer nanoparticles.
US07884157B2
The invention concerns a process for preparing a block or comb copolymer comprising at least one hydrophilic portion and at least two hydrophobic portions, by anionic solvent-free polymerization of a prepolymer selected from a polyethylene glycol and a polyvinyl alcohol, and of a lactone or dilactone monomer. The process is carried out in the presence of an alkaline-earth metal hydride, in an inert atmosphere, and the polymerization step is not carried out under vacuum. The invention also concerns copolymers obtained by this process.
US07884153B2
The invention concerns a method for preparing anisotropic silica aggregates comprising the following steps: a) contacting at least one polymer with non-aggregated silica particles and/or highly dispersed in an aqueous medium, with a ratio R, polymer weight to silica particle surface, ranging between 0.03 and 2 mg/m; 2; and whereof the electrostatic value of the silica particle surface is not less than the value of the charge of the silica particle surface measured in an aqueous phase without added salts at a pH not less than 7; b) consolidating the aggregates obtained at step a) either by heat treatment, or by precipitation of a mineral compound. The invention also concerns a silica aggregate comprising a chaining of elementary particles whereof the number of particles ranges between 5 and 15, whereof 80% of elementary particles are in contact with not more than 2 particles and whereof the greatest distance measurable between 2 points of the aggregate is not more than 5 times the average size of one elementary particle.
US07884146B2
A polymer material, containing at least one kind of polymer substance selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid-based polymers, polyester-based polymers, and polycarbonate-based polymers; and a compound represented by formula (2) contained in the polymer substance: wherein A21 and A22 each independently represent an atom other than hydrogen atom and carbon atom; Y21 and Y22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; at least one of Y21 and Y22 represents a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant σp of 0.2 or more; Y21 and Y22 may bind to each other to form a ring; and (B) represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a five- or six-membered ring with A21, A22 and the carbon atom.
US07884138B2
A process is described by which an olefinic naphtha and a hydrogenated distillate fuel are made from a Fischer-Tropsch process. The olefinic naphtha is suitable for use in an ethylene cracker where the olefins enhance the formation of ethylene. Thy hydrogenated distillate fuel is used in jet and or diesel fuels. Optionally the olefinic naphtha has a low content of acids. This low acid content, is obtained by operating the Fischer-Tropsch unit at H2/CO ratios from 1.8 to 2.05 or treating the effluent from the Fischer-Tropsch unit with a metal oxide to remove the acids.
US07884135B2
Methods and compositions comprising modafinil are described for treating premature ejaculation in a male individual.
US07884134B2
The present invention is concerned with an improved method of producing (R)-2-acetamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxypropionamide (lacosamide) comprising the O-methylation of a compound of formula I to produce a compound of formula II in a single step reaction.
US07884132B2
The present disclosure describes novel standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and a standardized dialysate solution for use with CRRT methods. The standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and standardized dialysate solutions do not require modification based on the clinical status of the individual patients. The use of the standardized solutions described herein offers significant advantages over the prior art solutions used in CRRT. The present disclosure describes superior metabolic and electrolyte control and significantly increased dialyzer patency in: (a) 24 intensive care unit (ICU) patients with ARF using a 0.67% trisodium citrate replacement fluid solution, and (b) 32 ICU patients with ARF using a 0.5% trisodium citrate replacement fluid solution. Both groups were treated with Bicarbonate-25 dialysate and achieved effluent rates of 35 mL/kg/hr.
US07884122B2
A composition and method of treating adrenergic dysregulation by administering the composition is disclosed, wherein the composition comprises a a2-adrenergic receptor agonist; a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic matrix and a release-retardant of a metal alkyl sulfate. In embodiments, the composition provides a sustained release of the agonist, wherein after administration of the composition no more than once about every 12 hours to a subject having a steady state plasma concentration of the a2-adrenergic receptor agonist, the agonist's plasma concentration peak-to-trough ratio is no greater than about 1.9.
US07884121B2
This invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aminoalkyl phenyl carbamate compound of formula 1, wherein R1 and R2 independently are hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; R3 and R4 are the same or different and each is a lower alkyl; or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a cyclic moiety of a three to eight-member ring, with or without a hetero atom like nitrogen or oxygen; R5 and R6 independently are hydrogen, linear, branched or cyclic C1-6 alkyl, allyl, propargyl or benzyl; or R5 and R6 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a cyclic moiety of three to eight member ring, with or without a hetero atom like nitrogen or oxygen; the carbon center marked with “*” is racemic or enantiomerically enriched (R)- or (S)-configuration; and pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, and crystalline and amorphous forms thereof comprising the steps of: i) converting an amine R5R6NH to a carbamoylimidazolium salt of formula 3 wherein R5 and R6 are as defined above; X− is a counterion and R7 is an alkyl or aryl group; ii) reacting in a solvent at a controlled reaction temperature the compound of formula 3 with a compound of formula 4, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and “*” are as defined above to give the compound of formula 1; and iii) isolating the compound of formula 1.
US07884112B2
Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase and are useful in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis or tissue ischemia e.g. myocardial ischemia, or as cardioprotectants or inhibitors of abnormal cell growth.
US07884110B2
Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 receptor. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists.
US07884099B2
The compounds include substituted rifamycin derivatives in which a quinolone carboxylic acid pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a benzoxazinorifamycin or a spiropiperidinorifamycin. The rifamycin derivatives are useful as antimicrobial agents and are effective against a number of human and veterinary Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens. The advantage of the inventive compounds is that both the rifamycin and quinolone antibacterial pharmacophores are co-delivered with matched pharmacokinetics to the targeted pathogens of interests. Delivery of multiple antibacterial pharmacophores simultaneously to the targeted pathogens has the maximum chance of achieving synergy and minimizing the development of resistance to the antibiotics given.
US07884098B2
The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein R1, R1′ R2, R3, R4, R5, r and s are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of diseases associated with Aurora kinase activity such as cancer.
US07884093B2
A method for treating or preventing spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women and improving neonatal morbidity and mortality. The method includes administering to a pregnant woman in need thereof an effective amount of progesterone sufficient to prolong gestation by minimizing the shortening or effacing of her cervix. Treatment and prophylaxis with progesterone in pregnant women having symptoms of short cervix has been clinically shown to increase neonatal health.
US07884092B2
Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis, breast cancer, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of selective estrogen receptor modulator particularly compounds having the general structure: and an amount of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3β,17β-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing precursor. Further administration of bisphosphonates in combination with selective estrogen receptor modulators and/or sex steroid precursor is disclosed for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.
US07884088B2
A method of homogeneously forming functionalized biocompatible oligomers includes the steps of dissolving a biocompatible oligomer in a solvent to form a solution, and admixing at least one π complex forming group to the solution, wherein the π complex forming group grafts to at least one location on the backbone of the oligomer to form a grafted oligomer. The oligomer is preferably oligochitosan and the solvent is preferably dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The degree of graft substitution can be at least 50%. The functionalized biocompatible oligomer can be used for drug detoxification through binding to a variety of target drugs.
US07884085B2
AS-oligonucleotides are delivered in microsphere form in order to induce dendritic cell tolerance, particularly in the non-obese-diabetic (NOD) mouse model. The microspheres incorporate antisense (AS) oligonucleotides. A process includes using an antisense approach to prevent an autoimmune diabetes condition in NOD mice in vivo and in situ. The oligonucleotides are targeted to bind to primary transcripts CD40, CD80, CD86 and their combinations.
US07884069B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating a neurological condition in a mammal by administering at least one hematopoietic growth factor.
US07884066B2
Provided herein are methods for enhancing bone mineralization for bone repair or regeneration and compositions and grafts therefor. Methods for screening agents that enhance or modulate NELL-1 gene expression or NELL-1 protein production in a cell are also provided.
US07884065B2
The use of 4-isoamylcyclohexanol [4-(3-methylbutyl)-cyclohexan-1-ol], in particular of cis-4-isoamylcyclohexanol, as an odoriferous or aroma substance, in particular as a flowery odoriferous substance which is distinguished especially by rose and geranium notes, is primarily described. Certain mixtures of cis- and trans-4-isoamylcyclohexanol and a process for the preparation of these mixtures are additionally described.
US07884064B2
Light duty liquid detergent formulations that contain sulfo-estolide surfactants, sulfo-estolide derivatives and salts of sulfo-estolides are disclosed. The compositions of the presently described technology are useful for soil removal applications including, but not limited to, washing dishes by hand.
US07884062B2
Disclosed is a cleaning liquid for lithography which is characterized by containing a mixed organic solvent which is obtained by mixing (A) at least one solvent selected from ketone organic solvents and glycol ether organic solvents, (B) at least one solvent selected from lactone organic solvents and (C) at least one solvent selected from alkoxy benzenes and aromatic alcohols. This cleaning liquid is highly safe and does not have adverse effects on the environment or the human body, while having basic characteristics necessary for a cleaning liquid for lithography. In addition, this cleaning liquid can be stably supplied at low cost.
US07884057B2
Viscoelastic compositions are disclosed herein containing an effective amount of one or more random or structurally defined polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling the viscoelasticity of the composition. In at least one aspect, the present technology provides polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising bis-quaternary compounds. In another aspect, the present technology provides viscoelastic compositions that comprise polycationic quaternary ammonium compounds comprising bis-quaternary compounds. Preferred viscoelastic compositions of the present technology maintain viscoelasticity at a temperature greater than about 80° C., preferably greater than about 100° C. or about 110° C. when the amount of the one or polycationic quaternary compounds is less than about 10% by weight based on the total weight of the composition.
US07884056B2
The invention relates to a composition that can form a gel comprising a copolymer. Said composition is an aqueous composition, and the copolymer is a star copolymer. The invention also relates to useful copolymers, especially for the inventive compositions.
US07884052B2
The present invention relates to artificial receptors on scaffolds, methods of and compositions for making them, and methods of using them. Each artificial receptor includes a plurality of building block compounds coupled to a scaffold. In an embodiment, at least one of the building blocks includes a tether moiety. The tether can provide spacing or distance between the recognition element and the scaffold to which the building block is immobilized. A tether moiety can have any of a variety of characteristics or properties including flexibility, rigidity or stiffness, ability to bond to another tether moiety, and the like.
US07884038B2
The invention relates to a lining element, in particular an interior lining and/or covering element, for motor vehicles, having a decorative layer and a support layer structure with at least one support layer, in which the air permeability and/or density and/or the mass per unit area of the support layer structure are preset for controlling the acoustic properties, and to a method for producing a lining element, in particular an interior lining element or covering element for motor vehicles, having a decorative layer and a support layer structure of at least one support layer with controlled acoustic properties. In particular, the acoustic properties of the lining element are controlled by matching the thickness, and/or the mass per unit area, and/or the air permeability of the lining element in zones, or over the entire surface, to sound emissions which are to be absorbed.
US07884035B2
We have discovered that adding H2 to a precursor gas composition including SiH4, NH3, and N2 is effective at improving the wet etch rate and the wet etch rate uniformity across the substrate surface of a-SiNx:H films which are deposited on a substrate by PECVD. Wet etch rate is an indication of film density. Typically, the lower the wet etch rate, the denser the film. The addition of H2 to the SiH4/NH3/N2 precursor gas composition did not significantly increase the variation in deposited film thickness across the surface of the substrate. The uniformity of the film across the substrate enables the production of flat panel displays having surface areas of 25,000 cm2 and larger.
US07884029B2
A solar cell having an improved structure of rear surface includes a p-type doped region, a dense metal layer, a loose metal layer, at least one bus bar opening, and solderable material on or within the bus bar opening. The solderable material contacts with the dense aluminum layer. The improved structure in rear surface increases the light converting efficiency, and provides a good adhesion between copper ribbon and solar cell layer thereby providing cost advantages and reducing the complexity in manufacturing. A solar module and solar system composed of such solar cell are also disclosed.
US07884027B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes subjecting a semiconductor substrate having an aluminum film formed thereabove to a processing to at least partially expose a surface of the aluminum film, and carrying out a surface processing to remove an after-processing residue that remains on the exposed surface of the aluminum film. The surface processing includes treating the exposed surface of the aluminum film with a first liquid chemical containing an anion component and then with an alkaline, second liquid chemical.
US07884022B2
Pitch multiplication is performed using a two step process to deposit spacer material on mandrels. The precursors of the first step react minimally with the mandrels, forming a barrier layer against chemical reactions for the deposition process of the second step, which uses precursors more reactive with the mandrels. Where the mandrels are formed of amorphous carbon and the spacer material is silicon oxide, the silicon oxide is first deposited by a plasma enhanced deposition process and then by a thermal chemical vapor deposition process. Oxygen gas and plasma-enhanced tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) are used as reactants in the plasma enhanced process, while ozone and TEOS are used as reactants in the thermal chemical vapor deposition process. The oxygen gas is less reactive with the amorphous carbon than ozone, thereby minimizing deformation of the mandrels caused by oxidation of the amorphous carbon.
US07884017B2
Methods for cleaning semiconductor wafers following chemical mechanical polishing are provided. An exemplary method exposes a wafer to a thermal treatment in an oxidizing environment followed by a thermal treatment in a reducing environment. The thermal treatment in the oxidizing environment both removes residues and oxidizes exposed copper surfaces to form a cupric oxide layer. The thermal treatment in the reducing environment then reduces the cupric oxide to elemental copper. This leaves the exposed copper clean and in condition for further processing, such as electroless plating.
US07884012B2
A method is provided for void-free copper (Cu) filling of recessed features in a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a patterned substrate containing a recessed feature, depositing a barrier film on the patterned substrate, including in the recessed feature, depositing a Ru metal film on the barrier film, and depositing a discontinuous Cu seed layer on the Ru metal film, where the Cu seed layer partially covers the Ru metal film in the recessed feature. The method further includes exposing the substrate to an oxidation source gas that oxidizes the Cu seed layer and the portion of the Ru metal film not covered by the Cu seed layer, heat-treating the oxidized Cu seed layer and the oxidized Ru metal film under high vacuum conditions or in the presence of an inert gas to activate the oxidized Ru metal film for Cu plating, and filling the recessed feature with bulk Cu metal. The exposure to the oxidation source gas can be an air exposure commonly encountered in semiconductor device manufacturing prior to Cu plating.
US07884008B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with circuit elements and electrode pads formed on one surface. This surface is covered by a dielectric layer with openings above the electrode pads. A metal layer is deposited on the dielectric layer and patterned to form a conductive pattern with traces leading to the electrode pads. A protective layer having openings exposing part of the conductive pattern is formed. Each opening is covered by an electrode such as a solder bump, which is electrically connected through the conductive pattern to one of the electrode pads. The method enables the thickness of the protective layer, which may function as a package of the semiconductor device, to be reduced. The protective layer may be formed from a photosensitive material, simplifying the formation of the openings for the electrodes.
US07884003B2
An electrical device in which an interface layer is disposed between and in contact with a metal and a Si-based semiconductor, the interface layer being of a thickness effective to depin of the Fermi level of the semiconductor while still permitting current to flow between the metal and the semiconductor. The interface layer may include a layer of a passivating material (e.g., made from nitrogen, oxygen, oxynitride, arsenic, hydrogen and/or fluorine) and sometimes also includes a separation layer. In some cases, the interface layer may be a monolayer of a semiconductor passivating material. The interface layer thickness corresponds to a minimum specific contact resistance of less than or equal to 10 Ω-μm2 or even less than or equal to 1 Ω-μm2 for the electrical device.
US07884001B2
Embodiments relate to an image sensor and a method of manufacturing an image sensor. According to embodiments, an image sensor may include a gate over a semiconductor substrate, a first impurity region over the semiconductor substrate, a second impurity region over the semiconductor substrate, the second impurity region being shallower than the first impurity region, and a third impurity region formed in the first impurity region, and bent toward the gate at a predetermined angle. According to embodiments, the third impurity region may be an n-type impurity region. According to embodiments, an area of a photodiode may be increased and a transfer efficiency of electrons generated from a photodiode may be increased.
US07884000B2
A method for manufacturing SIMOX wafer, wherein roughness (Rms) of an SOI layer and roughness (Rms) of an interface between the SOI layer and a BOX layer can be reduced. The method includes forming a first ion-implanted layer containing highly concentrated oxygen within a wafer; forming a second ion-implanted amorphous layer; and a high temperature heat treatment, transforming the first and second ion-implanted layers into a BOX layer by holding the wafer at a temperature between 1300° C. or more and a temperature less than a silicon melting point in an atmosphere containing oxygen, wherein when a first dose amount in forming the first ion-implanted layer is set to 2×1017 to 3×1017 atoms/cm2, the first implantation energy set to 165 to 240 keV and a second dose amount in forming the second ion-implanted layer is set to 1x1014 to 1x1016 atoms/cm2.
US07883998B2
It is to provide a vapor phase growth method in which an epitaxial layer consisting of a compound semiconductor such as InAlAs, can be grown, with superior reproducibility, on a semiconductor substrate such as Fe-doped InP. In vapor phase growth method for growing an epitaxial layer on a semiconductor substrate, a resistivity of the semiconductor substrate at a room temperature is previously measured, a set temperature of the substrate is controlled depending on the resistivity at the room temperature such that a surface temperature of the substrate is a desired temperature regardless of the resistivity of the semiconductor substrate, and the epitaxial layer is grown.
US07883997B2
A solid-phase sheet growing substrate (100) includes a main surface (1) and a side surface (2A, 2B) surrounding the main surface (1). The main surface (1) is divided by a peripheral groove (10A) into a surrounding portion (12) located at the outer side of the peripheral groove (10A) and an inner portion (11) located at the inner side of the peripheral groove (10A), and a slit groove (2) separated from the peripheral groove (10A) is formed on the side surface (2A) of the surrounding portion (12).
US07883989B2
It is an object of the invention to provide a peeling method which does not damage a peeling layer, and to perform peeling not only a peeling layer having a small-size area but also an entire peeling layer having a large-size area with a preferable yield. In the invention, after pasting a fixing substrate, a part of a glass substrate is removed by scribing or performing laser irradiation on the glass substrate which leads to providing a trigger. Then, peeling is performed with a preferable yield by performing peeling from the removed part. In addition, a crack is prevented by covering the entire face except for a connection portion of a terminal electrode (including a periphery region of the terminal electrode) with a resin.
US07883980B2
A transistor includes a semiconductor channel disposed nearby a gate and in an electrical path between a source and a drain, wherein the channel and at least one of the source or the drain are separated by an interface layer so as to form a channel-interface layer-source/drain junction in which a Fermi level of the semiconductor channel is depinned in a region near the junction and the junction has a specific contact resistance of less than approximately 1000 Ω-μm2. The interface layer may include a passivating material such as a nitride, a fluoride, an oxide, an oxynitride, a hydride and/or an arsenide of the semiconductor of the channel. In some cases, the interface layer consists essentially of a monolayer configured to depin the Fermi level of the semiconductor of the channel, or an amount of passivation material sufficient to terminate all or a sufficient number of dangling bonds of the semiconductor channel to achieve chemical stability of the surface. Also, the interface layer may include a separation layer of a material different than the passivating material. Where used, the separation layer has a thickness sufficient to reduce effects of metal-induced gap states in the semiconductor channel.
US07883979B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first device situated on the substrate, the first device including a source and a drain each situated extending a first depth within the substrate, and a second device situated on the substrate, the second device including a source and a drain each situated extending a second depth within the substrate, the second depth not equal to the first depth.
US07883977B2
The present invention is a method for forming super steep doping profiles in MOS transistor structures. The method comprises forming a carbon containing layer (110) beneath the gate dielectric (50) and source and drain regions (80) of a MOS transistor. The carbon containing layer (110) will prevent the diffusion of dopants into the region (40) directly beneath the gate dielectric layer (50).
US07883976B2
A semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the device with a planar halo profile is provided. The semiconductor device can be a MOSFET. The method of forming the structure includes forming an angled spacer adjacent a gate structure and implanting a halo implant at an angle to form a halo profile having low dopant concentration near a gate dielectric under the gate structure. The structure includes an underlying wafer or substrate and an angled gate spacer having an upper portion and an angled lower portion. The upper portion is structured to prevent halo dopants from penetrating an inversion layer of the structure. The structure further includes a low concentration halo dopant within a channel of a gate structure.
US07883971B2
Disclosed are a gate structure in a trench region of a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a pair of drift regions formed in a semiconductor substrate; a trench region formed between the pair of drift regions; an oxide layer spacer on sidewalls of the trench region; a gate formed in the trench region; and a source and a drain formed in the pair of the drift regions, respectively.
US07883966B2
A split gate (flash) EEPROM cell and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which a control gate and a floating gate are formed in a vertical structure, to minimize a size of the cell, to obtain a high coupling ratio, and to lower a programming voltage. The split gate EEPROM cell includes a semiconductor substrate having a trench; a tunneling oxide layer at sidewalls of the trench; a floating gate, a dielectric layer and a control gate in sequence on the tunneling oxide layer; a buffer dielectric layer at sidewalls of the floating gate and the control gate; a source junction in the semiconductor substrate at the bottom surface of the trench; a source electrode in the trench between opposing buffer dielectric layers, electrically connected to the source junction; and a drain junction on the surface of the semiconductor substrate outside the trench.
US07883958B2
A phase change memory device that has a diode with an enlarged, i.e., bulging, PN interfacial junction and a corresponding fabrication method are presented. The phase change memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulation layer, a diode, and a phase change memory cell. The insulation layer is placed on the semiconductor substrate and has a contact hole which is wider in a middle portion than the lower and upper portions of the contact hole. The diode is formed within the contact hole and PN interfacial junction at the wider middle portion of the diode within the contact hole. The phase change memory cell is formed on top of the diode.
US07883955B2
A semiconductor device has a thicker gate dielectric layer (gate-insulation film 16 of, e.g., 40 nm) for a high voltage PMOS transistor (Tr1) that is formed simultaneously in a first thermal oxidation process together with the formation of LOCOS isolation structures (3) for element seaaration of low voltage PMOS and NMOS transistors (Tr3, Tr4), and has a thinner gate dielectric layer (gate-insulation film 25 of, e.g., 7 nm) for a high voltage NMOS transistor (Tr2) that is formed simultaneously in a second thermal oxidation process together with the formation of gate dielectric layers (gate-insulation films 33, 42) of low voltage PMOS and NMOS transistors (Tr3, Tr4).
US07883951B2
A semiconductor device and a method for forming it are described. The semiconductor device comprises a metal NMOS gate electrode that is formed on a first part of a substrate, and a silicide PMOS gate electrode that is formed on a second part of the substrate.
US07883941B2
A method for fabricating a memory device is provided. A semiconductor layer is provided that includes first, second, third and fourth well regions of a first conductivity type in the semiconductor layer. A first gate structure overlies the first well region, a second gate structure overlies the second well region, a third gate structure overlies the third well region and is integral with the second gate structure, and a fourth gate structure overlies the fourth well region. Sidewall spacers are formed adjacent a first sidewall of the first gate structure and sidewalls of the second through fourth gate structures. In addition, an insulating spacer block is formed overlying a portion of the first well region and a portion of the first gate structure. The insulating spacer block is adjacent a second sidewall of the first gate structure. A first source region is formed adjacent the first gate structure, a common drain/cathode region is formed between the first and second gate structures, a second source region is formed adjacent the third gate structure, a common drain/source region is formed between the third and fourth gate structures, and a drain region is formed adjacent the fourth gate structure. A first base region is formed that extends into the first well region under the insulating spacer block adjacent the first gate structure, and an anode region is formed in the first well region that extends into the first well region adjacent the first base region.
US07883938B2
A method of manufacturing a plurality of stacked die semiconductor packages, including: attaching a second silicon wafer to a first silicon wafer, wherein the second silicon wafer has a plurality of open vias; attaching a third silicon wafer to the second silicon wafer, wherein the third silicon wafer has a plurality of open vias, and the open vias of the second and third silicon wafers are aligned with one another; etching a bonding material that attaches the wafers from the aligned open vias; filling the aligned open vias with a conductor; forming conductive bumps at open ends of the aligned open vias; back grinding the first silicon wafer; separating the stacked semiconductor dies from each other; attaching the bump end of the stacked semiconductor dies onto a substrate; encapsulating the stacked semiconductor dies and substrate; and singulating the encapsulated assembly.
US07883934B2
A method for fabricating a device using an oxide semiconductor, including a process of forming the oxide semiconductor on a substrate and a process of changing the conductivity of the oxide semiconductor by irradiating a predetermined region thereof with an energy ray.
US07883921B2
The present invention relates to an OLED display and a manufacturing method thereof, including a substrate, a control electrode formed on the substrate, a polysilicon semiconductor formed on the control electrode, a data line including an input electrode at least partially overlapping the polysilicon semiconductor and an output electrode facing the input electrode, an insulating layer covering the data line and the output electrode and having a contact hole, a gate line connected to the control electrode through the contact hole, and a pixel electrode connected to the output electrode.
US07883918B2
A multi-chip device includes LED sensors for sensing light separated by a predetermined interval in a wafer, LEDs for emitting light formed over the wafer respectively corresponding to the LED sensors, a driving circuit formed between the LEDs over the wafer, an insulating film over the wafer, and trenches in the insulating film exposing the LEDs.
US07883915B2
A method of making a nitride semiconductor laser comprises forming a first InGaN film for an active layer on a gallium nitride based semiconductor region, and the first InGaN film has a first thickness. In the formation of the first InGaN film, a first gallium raw material, a first indium raw material, and a first nitrogen raw material are supplied to a reactor to deposit a first InGaN for forming the first InGaN film at a first temperature, and the first InGaN has a thickness thinner than the first thickness. Next, the first InGaN is heat-treated at a second temperature lower than the first temperature in the reactor, while supplying a second indium raw material and a second nitrogen raw material to the reactor. Then, after the heat treatment, a second InGaN is deposited at least once to form the first InGaN film.
US07883913B2
A manufacturing method of an image sensor of vertical type is provided that includes: forming an insulation layer with a metal wiring and a contact plug therein on a first substrate; bonding a second substrate having an image sensing unit over the insulation layer; forming a trench in the second substrate to divide the image sensing unit for each pixel; forming a PTI by gap-filling the trench with insulating material; forming a first material layer over the PTI, the image sensing unit, and the insulation layer; and forming a second material layer over the first material layer and performing a deuterium annealing process thereon. The crystal defects of the substrate generated when performing the trench etching on the donor substrate to define unit pixels are cured by performing the deuterium annealing process, making it possible to improve the sensitivity and illumination characteristics of the image sensor of vertical type.
US07883906B2
The use of a conductive bidimensional perovskite as an interface between a silicon, metal, or amorphous oxide substrate and an insulating perovskite deposited by epitaxy, as well as an integrated circuit and its manufacturing process comprising a layer of an insulating perovskite deposited by epitaxy to form the dielectric of capacitive elements having at least an electrode formed of a conductive bidimensional perovskite forming an interface between said dielectric and an underlying silicon, metal, or amorphous oxide substrate.
US07883905B2
It is an object of the invention to provide a process for production of a thin-film capacitor that can simultaneously achieve improved capacity density and reduced leakage current density for barium strontium titanate thin-films. There is provided a process for production of thin-film capacitors that includes a metal oxide thin-film forming step in which an organic dielectric starting material is fired to form a barium strontium titanate thin-film, wherein the firing atmosphere used is an oxygen-containing inert gas atmosphere, and the barium strontium titanate thin-film formed by the process has a larger capacity density than the capacity density of the barium strontium titanate thin-film fired in an oxygen atmosphere.
US07883904B2
A method of detecting liver damage in a subject comprises measuring the level of caspase-3 generated cytokeratin-18 fragments in the bodily sample. The level of measuring the level of caspase-3 generated cytokeratin-18 fragments is then correlated with liver disease progression.
US07883894B2
The present invention relates to a process for allowing homologous recombination between non-identical DNA sequences of an organism and various applications thereof.
US07883891B2
The present invention is directed to unique properties of stem cells, including methods to identify stem cell markers by identifying molecules associated specifically with chromosomes in stem cells. More particularly, we have discovered that somatic stem cells repeatedly inherit an entire complement of chromosomes that contain the same parental template DNA strands from one generation to the next. The present invention also provides methods related to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments for cancer and aging in mammalian tissus, including human.
US07883881B2
The present invention relates to inhibitors of GSK-3 and methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders, such as diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. In addition, the invention relates to molecules or molecular complexes which comprise binding pockets of GSK-3β or its homologues. The invention relates to a computer comprising a data storage medium encoded with the structure coordinates of such binding pockets. The invention also relates to methods of using the structure coordinates to solve the structure of homologous proteins or protein complexes. The invention relates to methods of using the structure coordinates to screen for and design compounds that bind to GSK-3β protein or homologues thereof. The invention also relates to crystallizable compositions and crystals comprising GSK-3β protein or GSK-3β protein complexes.
US07883878B2
Hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or an L-lysine solution having an equivalent ratio of anion/L-lysine higher than 0.95 is added to a raw material L-lysine solution having an equivalent ratio of anion/L-lysine lower than 0.68 to adjust the equivalent ratio of anion/L-lysine of the raw material solution to be in the range of 0.68 to 0.95, and the obtained L-lysine solution or a concentrate thereof is granulated and dried to obtain a dry granulated product having a high L-lysine content and showing low caking property and low hygroscopic property.
US07883863B2
The present invention relates to compositions and an apparatuses for determining protease activity. The compositions of the invention contain a reporter protein fused to at least one protease cleavage sequence, and a linker for attaching the protease cleavage sequence to a solid support. Methods for determining protease activity and characterizing proteases are also provided.
US07883859B2
The present invention relates to a bioassay element and its producing method. The bioassay element includes a carrier, a testing material, and a coating film, in which the testing material is dispersed in the coating film which covers on the surface of the carrier and comprises a casein and calcium ions. The bioassay element is produced by applying a bioassay solution which includes a testing material, a casein and calcium ions to the carrier, and then drying the bioassay solution.
US07883854B2
A method for the determination of cardiovascular risk factors in biological samples that comprising the steps of a) sampling, b) altering the sample into a dry blood sample c) conducting a sample preparation where appropriate and d) analyzing the sample to offer a simple yet effective method for the determination of cardiovascular risk factors in biological samples. It also relates to dry blood filter for performing this method, that filter comprises at least one substance of the group consisting of antioxidants, coagulants, disinfectants, detergents and inhibitors.
US07883843B2
The present invention relates to hepatitis virus core proteins and nucleic acids. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods comprising recombinant hepatitis virus core proteins or nucleic acids for use in vaccine formulations.
US07883842B2
The present invention is directed to a method for detecting colorectal adenoma and/or colorectal carcinoma comprising the steps: a) providing an isolated sample material which has been taken from an individual, b) determining the level of C3a or a derivative thereof in said isolated sample material, c) comparing the determined level of C3a or a derivative thereof with one or more reference values. The invention is further directed to a method for discriminating between colorectal adenoma and colorectal carcinoma as well as to a method for monitoring the course of colorectal adenoma and/or colorectal carcinoma and/or the treatment of colorectal adenoma and/or colorectal carcinoma. Moreover, the invention is directed to a test system and an array for use in these methods. Furthermore, the invention is directed to the use of C3a as a biomarker for a detection of colorectal adenoma and/or colorectal carcinoma in an individual. Further, the invention is directed to method for determining whether a compound is effective in the treatment colorectal adenoma and/or colorectal carcinoma.
US07883841B2
Three-dimensional physiological matrices, methods, apparatus and kits for the expedited design, testing and evaluation of oncological remedies are provided. Key aspects of the inventions include matrices, and especially gel matrices, comprising one or more physiological fibers, which are adapted and arranged to provide conditions which permit behaviors, such as the movement of cells away from the margins of samples of target tissue through the matrix, to be evaluated in a manner that produces data useful for evaluating the oncological status and characteristics of the cells. In a further key aspect, the invention permits the in vitro testing and analyses of one or more conventional, experimental or theoretical therapies with respect to specific target tissues or cells. Among such therapies are therapeutic compounds and combinations thereof, radiation therapies, combinations of therapeutic compound and radiation and numerous other possible therapies.
US07883836B2
The method for forming a fine pattern of a semiconductor device includes depositing a photoresist film over a semiconductor substrate having an underlying layer, performing a first exposure process using a first exposure mask to form a first photoresist pattern, the first exposure mask defining a first and a second exposure patterns, the first exposure pattern finer than the second exposure pattern, depositing a photoresist film over an entire surface of the resultant including the first photoresist pattern, performing a second exposure process using a second exposure mask to form a second photoresist pattern, the second exposure mask defining a third and a fourth exposure patterns, the third exposure pattern finer than the fourth exposure pattern and disposed between the first exposure patterns, the fourth exposure pattern overlapped with a portion of the second exposure pattern, and patterning the underlying layer using the first and the second photoresist patterns.
US07883834B2
In an exposure step, a combination of a first photomask and a second mask is used. The first mask has a real pattern corresponding to the pattern actually formed on the film to be processed, and a dummy pattern added for controlling pattern pitch in the first photomask within a prescribed range; and the second photomask has a pattern isolating a real-pattern-formed region from a dummy-pattern-formed region. In forming the pattern, after forming a film to be processed on a substrate, a first mask is formed on the film to be processed, by lithography, using the first photomask, and a second mask is formed on the film to be processed, by lithography, using the second photomask. Thereafter, the film to be processed is etched and removed using the first and second masks as masks to form the pattern.
US07883831B2
The present inventors have developed an accurate method for forming a plurality of images on a substrate. The present method provides an improved pattern replication technique that provides submicron resolution, for example 20 nm or less, especially 10 nm or less. The method may involve moving a structured beam of energetic radiation across a target substrate. The motion of an image of the template mask on the substrate is achieved by tilting a mask and substrate assembly relative to the axis of the incident beam. The technique does not require high precision motion of the template mask relative to the target substrate. The energetic radiation may comprise energetic particles. The technique is insensitive to particle energy and can be applied to uncharged, neutral particles.
US07883830B2
A photosensitive planographic printing plate comprising a substrate and a photosensitive layer including a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photosensitive layer and the substrate are provided between them with an undercoat layer including a (co)polymer having structural units having ethylenically unsaturated groups bonded with silicon atoms and phosphonic acid groups.
US07883824B2
An evaluation method for lithography apparatus including a coating unit, an exposure unit, a heating unit and a development unit, the evaluation method including forming an evaluation resist pattern by using the lithography apparatus, the evaluation resist pattern including first and second evaluation patterns, the first and second evaluation patterns having different peripheral environments, measuring dimensions of the first and second evaluation patterns to obtain a dimensional difference between the first and second resist evaluation patterns, estimating an exposure dose of a resist when the resist is exposed by the exposure unit, the estimating the exposure dose being performed based on the dimensional difference between the first and second resist evaluation patterns, and estimating an effective heating temperature of the resist when the resist is heated by the heating unit, the estimating the effective heating temperature being performed based on the estimated exposure dose and the dimensional difference.
US07883816B2
A fuel cell device includes an elongate substrate having a cold zone adjacent a first end and a reaction zone adjacent a second end configured to be heated to an operating reaction temperature while the cold zone is configured to be shielded from the heat source to remain at a low temperature below the operating reaction temperature. Fuel and air inlets positioned in the cold zone are coupled to respective elongate fuel and oxidizer passages that extend within an interior solid ceramic support structure through the reaction zone in parallel and opposing relation to respective outlets adjacent the second end. Electrodes positioned adjacent the passages in the reaction zone are each electrically coupled from the interior structure to respective exterior contact surfaces in the cold zone. A solid electrolyte monolithic with the ceramic support structure is positioned between electrodes, and electrical connections are made to the exterior contact surfaces.
US07883813B2
A method of operating a fuel cell system includes purging heavier and lighter than air gases from a system cabinet containing at least one fuel cell stack during a single purge step, and starting-up the fuel cell system after the purging step. The system includes an air blower, a purge manifold, and a purge damper.
US07883805B2
A hydrogen generating material reacts with water to produce hydrogen and includes at least one metal material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, and their alloys. The metal material includes particles with a particle size of 60 μm or less in a proportion of 80 wt % or more. The hydrogen generating material can produce hydrogen easily and efficiently at low temperatures. A hydrogen generator can be made portable by using the hydrogen generating material. Moreover, the use of the hydrogen generating material as a hydrogen fuel source can reduce the size of a fuel cell and improve the electrical efficiency.
US07883802B2
Electrochemical power generation systems in which the oxidizable reactant is non-carbon constituents of a fossil fuel are provided. The fossil fuel may be coal, which is contacted with an aqueous electrolyte medium used in the systems. The electrolyte may, in certain aspects, be acid mine drainage. Aspects of the invention include systems and methods for remediation of acid mine drainage, where the systems are configured to raise the pH of acid mine drainage. Aspects of the invention also include regenerating the electrolyte using an external electricity source and recirculating the electrolyte to the system.
US07883793B2
A battery module having battery cell assemblies with alignment-coupling features is provided. The battery module includes a first battery cell assembly having at least first, second, third and fourth alignment-coupling features thereon. The battery module further includes a second battery cell assembly having at least fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth alignment-coupling features thereon. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth alignment-coupling features of the second battery cell assembly are configured to engage the first, second, third and fourth alignment-coupling features, respectively, of the first battery cell assembly to couple the second battery cell assembly to the first battery cell assembly and to align the second battery cell assembly relative to the first battery cell assembly.
US07883784B2
This invention relates to coatings for a metal or non-metal substrate comprising (a) a thermal sprayed bondcoat layer applied to the substrate, and (b) a thermal sprayed ceramic layer applied to said bondcoat layer; wherein said coating has a helium leak rate of less than 6×10−6 standard cubic centimeters per second. The thermal sprayed bondcoat layer comprises (i) a thermal sprayed inner layer alloy, and (ii) a thermal sprayed outer layer alloy. The inner layer alloy is thermally sprayed from a powder having a mean particle size of 50 percentile point in distribution of from about 5 microns to about 50 microns. The outer layer alloy is thermally sprayed from a powder having a mean particle size of 50 percentile point in distribution of from about 30 microns to about 100 microns. The coatings are useful for extending the service life under severe conditions, such as those associated with metallurgical vessels' lances, nozzles and tuyeres.
US07883782B2
A pore-free weld connection and a method for manufacturing such a weld connection between first, second and third components (1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 17), which are connected together by means of a closed weld seam (7, 18), and of which one component (5, 17) has, at a start- and end-point (9, 11, 21, 23) of the weld seam (7, 18), a cavity (6, 19) serving for a root-side degassing of a weld puddle.
US07883771B2
A halogen-free pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including a tape substrate made of a non-halogen resin composition containing no halogen elements and, applied to at least one side of the substrate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive containing a modified acrylic resin obtained by copolymerizing acrylic acid or an acrylic ester with a monomer which forms a tackifier resin.
US07883765B2
A multilayer ceramic substrate having high transverse strength, minimized warpage, and no delamination, has a laminated structure including an inner layer portion and surface layer portions, in which the thermal expansion coefficient of the surface layer portions is lower than the thermal expansion coefficient of the inner layer portion, the difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the surface layer portions and the inner layer portion is about 1.0 ppmK−1 or more, and the weight content of a component common to both a material constituting the surface layer portions and a material constituting the inner layer portion is about 75% by weight or more.
US07883763B2
A laminated structure appropriate for use in constructing walls, floors, ceilings or doors, has a selected area and in one embodiment comprises two external layers of one or more materials such as, but not limited to, gypsum, at least one internal constraining layer having less than said selected area, and two or more internal layers of a viscoelastic glue separated by said at least one internal constraining layer, wherein each of said layers of viscoelastic glue is patterned to cover a selected percentage, but not all, of said area of said laminated structure thereby to allow moisture to pass through said structure.
US07883760B2
A method of restoring a section of a component having a honeycomb bonded to a skin includes the steps of separating a first honeycomb from the skin, wherein the honeycomb includes an uneven surface. At least a portion of the uneven surface is removed to form a bonding surface on the skin. A conformable layer is bonded to the uneven surface. Then a replacement honeycomb is then bonded to the conformable layer.
US07883758B2
A fabric article made of at least four layers of fabric-such as fleece-with each of the fabric layers being a solid color selected from a combination of more than one color. The length portion of each fabric layer being greater than the width portion, e.g., five times longer than wide, and each fabric layer having fringes cut from a width portion into a center portion of the fabric layer. All of the layers of fabric being attached together along center portions of the layers of fabric with the length portions of the layers of fabric being parallel to each other.
US07883757B2
Disclosed is an ultraviolet-curable resin composition containing a polyurethane compound (A), a photopolymerization initiator (B), and an ethylenically unsaturated compound (C) other than the compound (A). The polyurethane compound (A) is obtained by reacting an epoxycarboxylate compound (c), which is obtained by reacting an epoxy compound (a) having two or more epoxy groups in a molecule with a monocarboxylic acid compound (b) having an ethylenically unsaturated group in a molecule, with a diisocyanate compound (d).
US07883756B2
One inventive aspect relates to an optical information recording medium, in which the quality of a printed image is not impaired because the water resistance of a printed portion is improved. The optical information recording medium includes a porous film ink receiving layer as an outermost layer of a surface opposite to a recording and playback surface, wherein when the ink receiving layer is printed with an ink of each of four colors, cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, followed by drying, a running water test is performed, and L*a*b* values before and after the running water test are measured with a colorimeter, the total value of the square root of the sum of the square of difference in L*, the square of difference in a*, and the square of difference in b*, each between before and after the running water test, of each of the four colors is approximately 20 or less.
US07883752B2
This invention relates to a decorative assembly that is placed above a table to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the surrounding area. The present invention is an assembly that fits through the center hole of a garden or patio table designed to accommodate a center, pole supported umbrella. The invention comprises interchangeable, decorative elements that can be used year round in garden or patio table and has means to provide electricity to the decorative elements through any standard electrical outlet.
US07883751B2
Disclosed herein are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein ball spacers are fixedly used to reduce touch and press defects and the content of a solid mixed with balls is increased to partially widen an area of the upper surface of the spacer to thereby prevent damage of the substrate that faces the spacer or of the structure provided on the same. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a gate line and a data line formed on the first substrate such that the gate line and the data line intersect each other to define a pixel region, a black matrix layer formed on the second substrate in a portion corresponding to the gate line and the data line, a spacer formed on the first substrate or the second substrate in a predetermined portion provided within the black matrix layer, the spacer comprising a plurality of balls and a solid to aggregate the balls together and cover the surfaces of the balls, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US07883745B2
System and method for operating a material deposition system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method can include periodically injecting a precursor into a vaporizer through an injector at the vaporizer, vaporizing the precursor in the vaporizer and supplying the vaporized precursor to a reaction chamber in fluid communication with the vaporizer, and shutting down the vaporizer and the reaction chamber after a period of time. The method can also include conducting maintenance of the injector at the vaporizer by using a vapor solvent rinse.
US07883744B2
A titanium-copper-nickel based alloy is used for the formation of at least one resistive thin film on a polymer substrate. The alloy comprises 50 to 80% by weight of titanium, 10 to 25% by weight of copper and 10 to 25% by weight of nickel. The thin film has a thickness between about 100 and 160 nanometres.
US07883738B2
A method and composition for enhancing corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and contact resistance of a device comprising a copper or copper alloy substrate and at least one metal-based layer on a surface of the substrate. The composition comprises a phosphorus oxide compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphonic acid, a phosphonate salt, a phosphonate ester, a phosphoric acid, a phosphate salt, a phosphate ester, and mixtures thereof; an aromatic heterocycle comprising nitrogen; and a solvent having a surface tension less than about 50 dynes/cm as measured at 25° C.
US07883734B2
A process for selectively removing caffeine from a caffeine-containing catechin composition, which includes dissolving the caffeine-containing catechin composition in a 9/1 to 1/9 by weight mixed solution of an organic solvent and water, and then bringing the resultant solution into contact with activated carbon alone or with activated carbon and also acid clay or activated clay; and a packaged beverage containing such a decaffeinated composition.
US07883733B2
In a process employing a coffee machine, a sealed capsule is fed with a certain amount of axial clearance into a cup aligned along a horizontal axis with a pressurized-hot-water sprinkler, and is moved towards the sprinkler to press an annular flange of the sealed capsule in fluidtight manner against the sprinkler, to pierce a front sealing wall of the sealed capsule by means of a first piercing device, to feed pressurized hot water through the sealing wall to expand the sealed capsule axially and eliminate the axial clearance, and to bring an end wall of the sealed capsule into fluidtight contact with a second piercing device, and pierce the end wall against the second piercing device, so that coffee flows out through the second piercing device.
US07883731B2
A red colorant is formed of 500 to 3000 ppm of crystalline lycopene mainly encapsulated by chromoplasts, and having a soluble solid concentration below 5° Bx.
US07883726B2
A topical skin care composition with a base skin care composition suitable for application to skin, and blends of botanic seed oils, prepared according to a cold press method. The base skin care composition uses a multivesicular emulsion skin care delivery system as a base skin care composition. A micelle skin care delivery system is another base skin care composition used in the topical composition. The selected base skin care composition has a range of about 99.9% (% w/w) to 98% (% w/w) of the topical skin care composition, and range of about 0.1 (% w/w) to 2% (% w/w) of blends of botanic seed oil having red raspberry seed oil, and plurality of botanic oils selected from the group consisting of the following seed oils: pumpkin seed oil, chardonnay grape seed oil, carrot seed oil, blueberry seed oil, cranberry seed oil, pomegranate seed oil, black cumin seed oil, and black raspberry seed oil.
US07883723B2
The present invention relates to a water soluble chitosan nanoparticle (WSC-NP) for delivering an anticancer agent and a preparing method thereof, more precisely, a water soluble chitosan nanoparticle for delivering an anticancer agent which has function of targeting on a wanted area by introducing a functional group in the location of highly reactive amine group and becomes an excellent gene carrier with the use of water soluble chitosan since the water soluble chitosan itself can combined with DNA having a negative electric charge(−) owing to the very strong positive electric charge(+) of its amine group, and a preparing method thereof. Therefore, a water-soluble chitosan nanoparticle for delivering an anticancer agent of the present invention can effectively envelope paclitaxel by introducing hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups in the position of highly reactive amine group of the water-soluble chitosan. A water soluble chitosan nanopaclitaxel prepared as the above has an excellent re-dispersion force, after freeze-drying, in distilled water and has an outstanding anticancer effect with its accumulation in tumor cells greater than that of the other anticancer agent carriers.
US07883717B2
A delivery device that allows for the sustained release of an agent, particularly useful for the sustained release of a therapeutic agent to limited access regions, such as the posterior chamber of the eye and inner ear. The delivery device is minimally invasive, refillable and may be easily fixed to the treatment area. The delivery device includes a hollow body with an inlet port at its proximal end for insertion of the agent, a reservoir for holding the agent and a delivery mechanism for the sustained delivery of the agent from the reservoir to the patient.
US07883716B2
A water dispersible granule formulation prepared by pulverized a part of active ingredients into fine particles under wet milling and pulverized another part of the active ingredients into coarse particles under dry milling, then kneading the both active ingredients for the granulation, and a process for producing the water dispersible granule formulation are disclosed. The water dispersible granule formulation according to the present invention is applicable for production of a water dispersible granule formulation comprising an active ingredient which is easily decomposed owing to environmental conditions and allows to provide the water dispersible granule formulation provided with enhanced initial and residual biological activities.
US07883715B2
Solid and liquid pesticidal concentrate and spray compositions are described which exhibit enhanced efficacy due to the addition thereto of a compound which increases EPSPS enzyme inhibition by the pesticide, cell membrane permeability, or expression of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins.
US07883706B2
The present invention relates to antigens, more particularly antigens of Streptococcus pyogenes (also called group A streptococcus (GAS)) bacterial pathogen which are useful as vaccine component for prophylaxis, therapy and/or diagnostic.
US07883697B1
The present invention relates to the use of compositions comprising receptor ligands obtainable by a process comprising fermenting a food material, comprising animal milk or vegetable proteins, with lactic acid bacteria to obtain a fermented food or feed material that comprises ligands of specific adrenoreceptors and/or serotonin receptors. The fermented food or feed material is useful e.g. for reducing and/or stabilizing heart rate in a mammal. It may furthermore be used for treatment and/or relief of erectile dysfunctions and for treatment and/or relief of benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH), in a mammal.
US07883691B2
The present invention provides cosmetic compositions and products that contain camel milk or components thereof, wherein the milk or components may be pre-treated by a physical or biochemical process. The invention further relates to a process for preparing cosmetic compositions containing camel milk or components thereof.
US07883690B2
The invention concerns a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least a liquid fatty phase comprising at least a volatile organic solvent and at least an aqueous phase. The invention is characterised in that the aqueous phase contains a micro-dispersion of wax particles. The composition results, after being applied on keratinous fibres, in a water-resistant film and provides good curved shape to the keratinous fibres. The invention is applicable to mascara.
US07883688B2
A polycation capable of forming a complex with a nucleic acid for carriage thereof. The polycation comprising at least one cyclic compound having a cavity. A polymer backbone is threaded into the cavity of the cyclic compound. A pair of bulky moieties cap the terminals of the polymer backbone to inhibit dethreading of the cyclic compound from the polymer backbone. In use, the net positive charge of said polycation enables a complex to form with nucleic acid.
US07883687B2
This invention relates to novel 15O-labeled monosaccharide useful for positron emission tomography (PET) and producing method thereof.
US07883685B1
Separation of carbon nanotubes or fullerenes according to diameter through non-covalent pi-pi interaction with molecular clips is provided. Molecular clips are prepared by Diels-Alder reaction of polyacenes with a variety of dienophiles. The pi-pi complexes of carbon nanotubes with molecular clips are also used for selective placement of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes on substrates.
US07883680B2
The present invention provides for methods of purifying silicon, methods for obtaining purified silicon, as well as methods for obtaining purified silicon crystals, purified granulized silicon and/or purified silicon ingots.
US07883678B2
There is disclosed a hydrothermally stable microporous crystalline material comprising a molecular sieve or zeolite having an 8-ring pore opening structure, such as SAPO-34 or aluminosilicate zeolite, able to retain a specific percentage of its surface area and micropore volume after treatment with heat and moisture, such as at least 80% of its surface area and micropore volume after exposure to temperatures of up to 900° C. in the presence of up to 10 volume percent water vapor for a time ranging from 1 to 16 hours. Methods of using the disclosed crystalline material, such as in the SCR of NOx in exhaust gas are also disclosed, as are methods of making such materials.
US07883673B2
Apparatus for producing nano-particles includes a furnace defining a vapor region therein. A precipitation conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end is positioned with respect to the furnace so that the inlet end is open to the vapor region. A quench fluid supply apparatus supplies quench fluid in a gas state and quench fluid in a liquid state. A quench fluid port positioned within the precipitation conduit is fluidically connected to the quench fluid supply apparatus so that an inlet to the quench fluid port receives quench fluid in the gas state and quench fluid in the liquid state. The quench fluid port provides a quench fluid stream to the precipitation conduit to precipitate nano-particles within the precipitation conduit. A product collection apparatus connected to the outlet end of the precipitation conduit collects nano-particles produced within the precipitation conduit.
US07883672B2
A reformer having a combustion unit including a combustion part to burn air and fuel, a combustion gas distributor to distribute the burned combustion gas, and first and second combustion gas passages to guide the distributed combustion gas into an outlet. A fuel-converting catalytic reaction unit includes two reforming reaction parts preparing a reforming reaction reformate, each having a reforming catalyst to reform feed and water supplied from a feed/water inlet, and a water gas shift reaction part preparing a water gas shift reformate, between the two reforming reaction parts to decrease a concentration of carbon monoxide in the reforming reacting reformate. The two units are structured as six cylindrical pipes to realize optimal heat exchange efficiency, and preferential oxidation reactor is provided between first air fuel preheating passages in the combustion part to decrease the concentration of carbon monoxide in the water gas shift reformate to a predetermined level or lower.
US07883665B2
Device comprising: a first substrate; a plurality of first raised elements on the first substrate, the first raised elements mutually spaced apart by first channel regions on the first substrate, each of the first raised elements having a first distal end, the first distal ends forming a first array; hydrophobic molecules on the first raised elements; and primary reactive molecules on the first raised elements for generating hydrophilic reaction products. Techniques for utilizing the device.
US07883662B2
Metal injection molding methods and feedstocks. Metal injection molding methods include forming a feedstock, molding the feedstock into a molded article, substantially removing a lubricant, a thermoplastic, and an aromatic binder from the molded article, and sintering the molded article into a metal article. In some examples, metal injection molding methods include oxygen reduction methods. In some examples, metal injection molding methods include densification methods. Metal injection molding feedstocks include a lubricant, a thermoplastic, and aromatic binder, and a metal powder.
US07883653B2
An method of making an orthopaedic bearing includes securing polymer composite to a metallic component. An orthopaedic bearing is also disclosed.
US07883648B2
Lipobeads (liposome-encapsulated hydrogels) combine properties of hydrogels and liposomes to create systems that are sensitive to environmental conditions and respond to changes in those conditions in a fast time scale. Lipobeads may be produced by polymerizing anchored or unanchored hydrogels within liposomes or by mixing anchored or unanchored hydrogels with liposomes. Giant lipobeads may be produced by shrinking unanchored nanogels in lipobeads and fusing the resulting lipobead aggregates, long-term aging of anchored or unanchored lipobeads, or mixing anchored or unanchored aggregated nanogels with liposomes. Poly(acrylamide), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-1-vinylimidazole) lipobeads were produced and characterized.
US07883639B2
A stabilized cyclic alkene composition comprising one or more cyclic alkenes, and at least one antioxidant compound having the formula (I), wherein R1 through R5 can each independently be H, OH, C1-C8 linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl, C1-C8 linear, branched, or cyclic alkoxy or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and wherein the antioxidant compound is present in an amount between 1 ppm and 200 ppm, and wherein said composition is purged with at least one inert gas after said composition is introduced to a container intended for storage or shipping of said composition. A method for forming a layer of carbon-doped silicon oxide on a substrate, which uses the stabilized alkene composition and a silicon containing compound.
US07883630B2
Apparatus and processes are disclosed for milling copper adjacent to organic low-k dielectric on a substrate by directing a charged-particle beam at a portion of the copper and exposing the copper to a precursor sufficient to enhance removal of the copper relative to removal of the dielectric, wherein the precursor contains an oxidizing agent, has a high sticking coefficient and a long residence time on the copper, contains atoms of at least one of carbon and silicon in amount sufficient to stop oxidation of the dielectric, and contains no atoms of chlorine, bromine or iodine. In one embodiment, the precursor comprises at least one of the group consisting of NitroEthanol, NitroEthane, NitroPropane, NitroMethane, compounds based on silazane such as HexaMethylCycloTriSilazane, and compounds based on siloxane such as Octa-Methyl-Cyclo-Tetra-Siloxane. Products of the processes are also disclosed.
US07883617B2
This invention provides an electrochemical analysis method for accurately detecting a harmful substance such as arsenic contained in a solution. In the electrochemical analysis method, a working electrode and a counter electrode are disposed in an object electrolytic solution. A negative potential is applied to the working electrode to electrodeposit the electrolyte onto the surface of the working electrode and thus to form an electrodeposit. Next, the potential of the working electrode is sweeped in a positive potential direction to allow the electrodeposit to elute into the solution and, at the same time, to detect a current change upon a potential change and thus to analyze an object substance dissolved as an electrolyte in the object electrolytic solution. A boron-doped electroconductive diamond electrode or an electrode with gold deposited on its surface is used as the working electrode.
US07883612B2
Provided is a microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating the pH of a fluid comprising: a cathode substrate; an anode substrate facing the cathode substrate and forming a reaction chamber with the cathode substrate; and a nonconductor which forms a boundary between the portions of the cathode substrate and the anode substrate that are capable of contacting one another, wherein at least one of the cathode substrate and the anode substrate is a semiconductor doped with impurities and the other is a metal electrode.
US07883611B2
An electrochemical sensor, especially for gases, is provided having a mediator compound based on transition metal salts of polybasic acids and/or transition metal salts of polyhydroxycarboxylic acids. The electrochemical sensor also contains a DLC, BDD or a precious metal thin-layer measuring electrode (3). The electrochemical sensor may be used for determining SO2 and H2S.
US07883610B2
Apparatus for oxygenating an enclosed space as well as removing carbon dioxide from the enclosed space. The apparatus comprises a photolytic cell (16) having an anode compartment with a photo-active surface having the ability to convert water to oxygen; a cathode compartment having the ability to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen to a solid or liquid medium; and a light source (20) for providing light photons (21) to said photolytic cell and activating the photo-reactive surface.
US07883609B2
An alternating electric field is applied to ice (530) to generate a resistive AC having a frequency greater than 1000 Hz in interfacial ice at interface (554). A first electrode (510) and a second electrode (514) proximate to the interface are separated by an electrical insulator (512). An AC power source (520) provides a voltage of about 10 to 500 volts across the electrodes to create the alternating electric field. A portion of the capacitive AC associated with the alternating electric field is present in the interfacial ice as conductivity (resistive) AC, which causes dielectric loss heating in the interfacial ice.
US07883607B2
A method according to one embodiment includes ion milling at a first angle of greater than about 25 degrees from normal relative to a media facing side of a thin film region of a magnetic head or component thereof for recessing the thin film region at about a constant rate for films of interest of the thin film region, planes of deposition of the films being oriented about perpendicular to the media facing side; and ion milling or plasma sputtering at a second angle of less than about 25 degrees from normal relative to the media facing side of the thin film region for recessing magnetic films therein faster than insulating films therein, the second angle being smaller than the first angle.
US07883600B2
An RF supply system is to be connected to an RF electrode disposed outside or inside a process chamber to assist a plasma process performed in the process chamber. This system includes an RF power supply, a matching unit, and an impedance converter. The RF power supply is configured to supply an RF power for plasma generation to the electrode through a transmission path. The matching unit is disposed on the transmission path between the RF power supply and the electrode, and configured to match a load impedance viewing from the RF power supply with an impedance of the RF power supply side. The impedance converter is disposed on the transmission path between the matching unit and the electrode, and configured to convert a load impedance viewing from the matching unit to an impedance higher than an actual impedance on the electrode side.
US07883588B2
In a Cu—Bi based sintered alloy, to which hard particles, such as Fe3P, are added, the main constituent components of the microstructure are a Cu matrix, Bi phase and the hard particles. In the sintering method of the present invention, the flow of the Bi phase is suppressed to as low level as possible. The novel structure is that the contact between the Bi phase and hard particles is kept to a low ratio. A lead-free bearing used for a fuel injection pump according to the present invention contains from 1 to 30 mass % of Bi and from 0.1 to 10 mass % of hard particles having from 10 to 50 μm of the average particle diameter, the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. The properties of the main component phases are utilized at a high level such that the sliding properties are equivalent to those of a Pb containing Cu-based sintered alloy.
US07883585B2
A method of using a wash cylinder or chamber for a cleaning station to clean an object or a person's body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally, embodiments of the invention include methods of using fluid guidance and conveyance structures, angled nozzles, sealing structures, finger guards, nozzle ribs, wash chamber seating mechanisms and drains, and nozzle inlays having a plurality of nozzles. Also disclosed are methods of washing an object or body part using a wash cylinder or chamber and methods of assembling a wash cylinder or chamber.
US07883577B2
An admixture formulation of at least one polycarboxylate dispersant and at least one naphthalene dispersant is provided. When the polycarboxylate dispersant and the naphthalene dispersant of the admixture formulation are combined at various ratios the admixture formulation reduces the tendency for bleed and segregation in cementitious mixtures without increasing water demand, retarding setting, increasing water sensitivity, promoting high viscosity, or reducing flow retention.
US07883572B2
A cleanable filter for particulate material, includes a zigzag pleated filter pack, spacers disposed between the pleats in the filter pack and a frame having an upper and lower part covering the respective upper and lower side of the filter pack that contains the ends of the fold lines and two lateral parts covering the opposite sides of the filter pack that contains the ends of the filter medium zigzag folded into a filter pack, the frame thereby leaving the opposite sides of the filter pack that contains alternate fold lines of the pleated filter pack, free for the passage of air. The filter medium in the filter pack includes a pleated sheet of polytetrafluorethylene and the spacers between the pleats consist of corrugated aluminum foils. An earthing element furthermore electrically connects the aluminum foils to each other and to an earth connection on the outside of the filter frame.
US07883571B1
Purification method and apparatus for purifying a gas stream by oxygen removal. The apparatus includes primary and secondary oxygen separation zones and tubular electrically driven oxygen separation elements. There are more elements in the primary zone than the secondary zone so that low concentrations of oxygen can be obtained in a purified stream and turbulent flow conditions can also be obtained that will permit purification to very low levels. In addition, a junction is provided to connect the tubular separation elements to metallic elements such as manifolds.
US07883564B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for making fertilizer compositions out of potassium phosphate brine solutions recovered from meat processing operations. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for making a fertilizer composition including filtering a meat-processing waste solution, and measuring the concentration of a salt in the meat-processing waste solution. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for disposing of a meat-processing brine solution including filtering the meat-processing brine solution, and measuring the concentration of a salt in the meat-processing brine solution.
US07883562B2
Various high performance, high efficiency filter media are provided that are cost effective and easy to manufacture. In particular, various filter media are provided having at least one layer with a waved configuration that results in an increased surface area, thereby enhancing various properties of the filter media. The filter media can be used to form a variety of filter elements for use in various applications.
US07883561B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for the tangential introduction of a gas-loaded liquid stream into the top of a column in which gas and liquid are separated. Entry into the column top proceeds through a conventional radially arranged port, to which, however, a special tube construction connects which ensures as smooth as possible non-turbulent flow and its tangential exit into the column top.
US07883559B2
A system for gas cleaning has at least one casing (1) with a first chamber (31) into which the gas to be cleaned can be flowed and with a second chamber (33) from which the cleaned gas exits. A filter device (35) can have the gas flow through it and can be arranged between the chambers. The filter device has filter media both for the separation of solid particles and for dehumidifying the gas by separating out coalesced liquid. The system has, upstream of the filter device (35), an arrangement (11, 37) for preliminary dehumidification of the gas.
US07883558B2
An emission treatment system includes a separation device having a vessel that includes an inlet for receiving an emission stream having entrained solid particles. A first outlet from the vessel discharges captured solid particles from the emission stream and a second outlet from the vessel discharges a clean stream having fewer entrained solid particles than the emission stream received into the separation device. A particle collector is fluidly connected with the separation device and includes a collection portion for capturing solid particles from the emission stream.
US07883557B2
Taught herein is an aqueous chemical-mechanical polishing slurry, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for using the same in the preparation of high precision finishing of a sapphire surface. The slurry comprises a chelating agent having 13 chelate rings, a strong propensity for complexation with aluminum ions and for forming a water-soluble chelate product. The removal rate can reach 10-16 μm/h, and the roughness can be reduced to 0.1 nm. The slurry components and their weight percentages are as follows: silica sol from about 1 wt. % to about 90 wt. %, alkali modifier from about 0.25 wt. % to about 5 wt. %, ether-alcohol activator from 0.5 wt. % to about 10 wt. %, chelating agent from about 1.25 wt. % to about 15 wt. %, and deionized water. Using such a slurry, high precision finishing of a sapphire surface can be achieved under relevant polishing conditions, which can satisfy the finishing requirements for industrial sapphire substrate. The slurry has the advantages of low cost, low roughness, and high removal rates, and it does not pollute the environment or damage the etching equipment.
US07883555B2
A fuel reforming system, process, and device including a catalytic chamber and a heating chamber. The catalytic chamber, further including a fluid fuel intake and a gaseous fluid exit port and at least one heat exchanger for distributing heat between the heating chamber and the catalytic chamber. The catalytic chamber further including a screen member having a surface, wherein the member includes a catalytic deposit made from a combination of platinum and rhodium alloy. A catalytic conversion of converting liquid fuel to gaseous fuel occurs within the catalytic chamber. Fuel exits the fuel reforming device through a gaseous fluid exit port.
US07883549B2
An aqueous liquid laundry detergent containing methylcarboxymethyl cellulose having a degree of methylation in the range from 0.01 to 0.3, surfactant, and at least one typical ingredient of laundry detergents. The detergent inhibits graying of textile fabrics during the washing of the fabrics.
US07883536B1
An optical-signal vestibular-nerve stimulation device and method that provides different nerve stimulation signals to a plurality of different vestibular nerves, including at least some of the three semicircular canal nerves and the two otolith organ nerves. In some embodiments, balance conditions of the person are sensed by the implanted device, and based on the sensed balance conditions, varying infrared (IR) nerve-stimulation signals are sent to a plurality of the different vestibular nerves.
US07883528B2
A fully threaded, bioabsorbable suture anchor with a suture loop that is disposed internally within the suture anchor. The suture loop is insert-molded into the anchor. The fully threaded design provides improved fixation, while the insert-molded internal suture loop serves as a recessed eyelet for a second (knot-tying) suture.
US07883525B2
An intragastric catheter provides satiety due to its presence in the stomach cavity. Efficacy is improved by the tactile sensation provided by a plurality of fingers that extend from the device. Normal peristaltic action upon the device moves the fingers relative to the stomach. The structure of the intragastric catheter reduces the level of precision required in placement of the device, and blockage of conduits to and from the stomach by the device is unlikely.
US07883524B2
An intragastric member and method of delivery thereof are described. Delivery of the intragastric member is enabled by partitioning the intragastric member into discrete bundles with retaining members that are circumferentially disposed along the longitudinal length of the intragastric member. Formation of the intragastric member into bundles facilitates controlled delivery into the gastric lumen. The use of suture ties enables deployment of the intragastric member into the gastric lumen. The distal ends of the suture ties are affixed to the bundles. Pulling on the proximal free end of each of the suture ties enables the corresponding bundles to be advanced distally along a delivery tube. The suture ties are pulled until each of the bundles slide off from the delivery tube and enter into the gastric lumen.
US07883505B2
A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.
US07883500B2
A method and apparatus for prevention and reduction of myocardial infarct expansion and heart remodeling by infusion of fluid into the pericardial space of the heart to created a hydraulic heart constraint. As a result of the constraint ventricular stress and dilation is reduced. Pressure in the pericardial sac is maintained at a safe level for the duration of treatment. Apparatus consists of a catheter and a fluid infusion system.
US07883497B2
An absorbent article includes an absorbent structure. The edge portions in the absorbent structure's middle portion have a first mean pore size, and the central portion in the middle portion of the absorbent structure has a second mean pore size, the first mean pore size being greater than the second mean pore size. The absorbent article can be folded along the longitudinal centre axis so that a part of the article on one side of the longitudinal centre line and a corresponding part of the article on the other side of the longitudinal centre line are brought together to lie against one another at a plane of the longitudinal centre line on the upper surface of the article. The edge portions which have the greater, first mean pore size thereby form an area of the absorbent article that is first wetted during use.
US07883479B1
A stability augmentation system for stabilizing human limbs from against limb tremors. The stability augmentation system includes: and arm brace; a plurality of piezoelectric sensors fixed on said arm brace for sensing angular motion about a first axis of a limb induced by alternating perturbations; and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators coupled to the limb and piezoelectric sensor, said piezoelectric actuator being responsive to the piezoelectric sensors for selectively applying a torque to the limb representative of the sensed angular motion such that the angular motion about the first axis induced by the perturbation is cancelled, said plurality of piezoelectric actuators concurrently applying a reactive torque, equal and opposite to the applied torque, to the limb.
US07883477B2
A human spinal column measuring and displaying system includes a spinal column measuring apparatus capable of measuring bending or a circumflex (twist) angle of the spinal column of the human body as a detaching amount measuring data from a reference value, an input apparatus for inputting gender, height data of the measurement subject, an image processing apparatus for inputting the detaching amount measuring data from the spinal column measuring apparatus and data from the input apparatus and generating a three-dimensional spinal column image of the measurement subject based on the detaching amount measuring data and the gender, height data of the measurement subject, and a display apparatus for displaying an image data from the image processing apparatus. The system can calculate a measured data of three-dimensional coordinates and a circumflex angle of the spinal column by scanning a predetermined probe along the spinal column, and simulate a shape of the spinal column from the measured data to be able to display a three-dimensional pseudonymous spinal column image by utilizing computer graphics.
US07883471B2
Minimally invasive methods, systems and devices are provided for qualitatively and quantitatively assessing collateral ventilation in the lungs. In particular, collateral ventilation of a target compartment within a lung of a patient is assessed by advancement of a catheter through the tracheobronchial tree to a feeding bronchus of the target compartment. The feeding bronchus is occluded by the catheter and a variety of measurements are taken with the use of the catheter in a manner which is of low risk to the patient. Examples of such measurements include but are not limited to flow rate, volume and pressure. These measurements are used to determine the presence of collateral ventilation and to quantify such collateral ventilation.
US07883468B2
An ultrasound medical system has an end effector including a medical ultrasound transducer and an acoustic coupling medium. The acoustic coupling medium has a transducer-proximal surface and a transducer-distal surface. The medical ultrasound transducer is positioned to emit medical ultrasound through the acoustic coupling medium from the transducer-proximal surface to the transducer-distal surface. The end effector is adapted to change a property (such as the shape and/or the temperature) of the acoustic coupling medium during emission, and/or between emissions, of medical ultrasound from the medical ultrasound transducer during a medical procedure on a patient. In one example, such changes are used to change the focus and/or beam angle of the emitted ultrasound during the medical procedure.
US07883459B2
Distal ends of the LG fiber bundles are held in a state of being inclined outwardly with respect to an insertion direction of the distal end rigid portion, an observation hole for holding the image-pickup unit is formed at the distal end rigid portion, illumination holes for holding the distal ends of the LG fiber bundles are formed around the observation hole, the illumination holes are inclined outwardly with respect to an insertion direction of the distal end rigid portion, extended lines of inclined angles of the illumination holes are set to pass through backward of the observation hole, and a space after removal of the image-pickup unit from the observation hole is secured as a space for withdrawal of the LG fiber bundles.
US07883458B2
A system for remotely controlling multiple medical devices. Included in the system are at least a first medical device and a second medical device, each of which are capable of performing one or more functions. Also included is a remote control unit having at least a first switch and a second switch. Connected to each of the medical devices is a controller that can simultaneously dispatch one or more device command signals to each of the medical devices in response to receiving one or more remote command signals from the remote control unit, thereby allowing a user to remotely and simultaneously control one or more functions associated with each of the medical devices.
US07883457B2
A helical conveyor centrifuge, such as a solid-bowl or sieve-bowl centrifuge, includes a rotatable drum, a rotatable screw disposed within the drum, and a centrifuge drive for rotating the drum and the screw. The centrifuge drive is configured to set a differential speed between drum and screw. The centrifuge drive includes a first motor, a second motor, and a gearing arrangement disposed between the motors and also between the drum and the screw. The gearing arrangement includes a gearing arranged downstream of the motors and has a first gear, a second gear and a third gear stage. The first and second gear stages include at least four shafts. Torques are either introduced into or are taken off from the first and second gear stages. The first and second gear stages are disposed in a housing and driven by at least three of the at least four shafts.
US07883456B2
A centrifugal machine includes a vibration preventive mechanism part containing a support member and a damping portion disposed in the support member so as to be connectable or contactable to the drive device. The damping portion includes a magnet member and a friction member disposed on the support member and, owing to the magnetic force of the magnet member, the friction member is contacted with a first arm member. The magnet member can be magnetized by an electromagnetic coil and, owing to the magnetic force of the magnet member, the friction member can be contacted with the first arm member. On receiving a vibration change from a drive device, the vibration preventive mechanism part can dampen the vibration change using the damping portion.
US07883446B2
A trampoline and enclosure with an improved ingress and egress is provided. The enclosure is made from a flexible material with an arched entry way. The entry way is arched, or some other shape (symmetrical or asymmetrical), so that when it is in the open position, the material closing the arch falls out of the way facilitating ingress and egress to the jumping chamber.
US07883440B2
The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, five torque-transmitting devices, one fixed interconnection, three external gear sets and a final drive gear set. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with one of the external gear sets. The five torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various planetary and external gear members, the input shaft, and the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of three to establish eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07883436B2
An assembly for maintaining tension in a drive belt features a housing mounted on a base. The housing contains a biasing element that exerts torque on the housing to bias the housing in a radial direction. A lever arm is connected to the housing and rotates with the housing in response to the bias of the biasing element. A pulley is connected to the lever arm and engages a drive belt in response to the bias force of the biasing element on the lever arm. The pulley deflects the shape of the belt to provide tension in the belt. In one embodiment, the apparatus allows the user to switch the position of the biasing element and alter the direction of torque on the lever arm. In another embodiment, the lever arm and pulley are removable from the housing and replaceable with other arms and pulleys having different configurations.
US07883428B1
The present invention relates to shot tracking. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for tracking shots of a golfer during a round of golf. One aspect of the present invention is a system for automatically tracking a golf club swung by a golfer. The system comprises a plurality of golf clubs. Each of the plurality of golf clubs comprises a device attached to a grip which is attached to a shaft which is attached to a golf club head. The device comprises a power source, a shock switch and a RFID component.
US07883427B1
A device for tracking a golfer's shot during a round of golf wherein the device comprises a housing composed of a polymer material, the housing having a main body and a projection body extending from the main body, the projection body having a length ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm and a diameter ranging from 20 mm to 25 mm, a battery, a microprocessor and an accelerometer. The accelerometer is preferably a multiple axis accelerometer. The circuit is preferably utilized with a device for shot tracking.
US07883426B2
A child motion device has a frame assembly configured to rest on a floor surface. The device also has a drive system that defines a generally vertical axis of rotation. An arm extends from part of the device and is cantilevered from the axis of rotation. The arm is supported above the floor surface and has a driven end coupled to and movable by the drive system and a distal end opposite the driven end. The drive system is configured to pivotally reciprocate the arm through a partial orbit around the axis of rotation. A child seat is supported on the distal end of the support arm.
US07883419B2
A data transmission system includes: a data generation device generating data in each time slot; a wireless access device; a proxy device interconnecting the data generation device and the wireless access device via wired network; and a mobile device connected to the wireless access device via wireless network and receiving the generated data. The proxy device includes in a packet the generated data in each time slot or the difference of the generated data between each time slot and a reference time slot associated therewith to generate a packetized data in accordance with data loss rate and data transmission delay in the wireless network and sends the packetized data to the wireless access device. The wireless access device determines an upper limit of retransmissions of the packetized data for the mobile device in accordance with the data loss rate and the data transmission delay in the wireless network.
US07883414B2
Methods and apparatus for presenting information in a video game. In one implementation, an entertainment system includes: a game console; a display device connected to said game console; and a video game application program; wherein when said game console executes said video game application program, said game console causes said display device to display an information gauge; wherein said information gauge includes: an action bar having a start end and a goal end, and a plurality of character icons presented at respective points on the action bar, each character icon representing a respective character in the video game; wherein said character icons move along said action bar over time in the direction from said start end to said goal end; and wherein when a character icon reaches said goal end, the character corresponding to that character icon has an opportunity to perform an action in the video game.
US07883408B2
Station for reading and/or writing in a memory of a token having an electronic circuit, wherein the station includes a token storing system. An antenna arrangement includes antennas. At least two antennas include antenna loops that are disposed adjacently and at least partly superposed on each other so as to define an enlarged reading and/or writing area in which transmission quality is substantially homogeneous. A communication unit is adapted to exchange information with the memory via the antenna arrangement when the token is arranged in the token storing system in an orientation that allows for communication.
US07883403B2
A gaming device operable upon a wager by at least one player includes: (i) a display device; (ii) first and second entities displayed on the display device, the first entity representing the player; (iii) at least one input device configured to enable the player to choose an offensive play and a defensive play fore the first entity; (iv) wherein the display device is countered to display the offensive and defensive plays being countered by a defensive and offensive play, respectively, for the second entity; and (v) a processor configured to determine an outcome for the player based on at least one of (a) a comparison of the offensive play for the first entity to the defensive play for the second player, and (b) a comparison of the defensive play for the first entity to the offensive play for the second entity.
US07883395B2
Methods and structures. A planarization method includes: providing a contact structure, where the contact structure includes an axle configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, a plurality of cantilever arms, each arm having a first end connected to the axle, where each arm extends radially outward from the axle; and a plurality of electrically conductive spheres, where at least one sphere is disposed on a second end of each arm; placing a substrate in contact with the spheres, applying an electric voltage to the axle, where the voltage transfers to the substrate, where responsive to the transfer an electrochemical reaction occurs on the substrate; rotating the axle, wherein the spheres revolve about the axis, wherein at least one sphere remains in electrical contact with the substrate; and electrochemical-mechanically planarizing the substrate. Also included is a contact structure, an electrical contact, and an electrical contact method.
US07883394B2
A substrate holding mechanism, a substrate polishing apparatus and a substrate polishing method have functions capable of minimizing an amount of heat generated during polishing of a substrate to be polished and of effectively cooling a substrate holding part of the substrate holding mechanism, and also capable of effectively preventing a polishing solution and polishing dust from adhering to an outer peripheral portion of the substrate holding part and drying thereon. The substrate holding mechanism has a mounting flange, a support member 6 and a retainer ring. A substrate to be polished is held on a lower side of the support member surrounded by the retainer ring, and the substrate is pressed against a polishing surface of a polishing table. The mounting flange is provided with a flow passage contiguous with at least the retainer ring. A temperature-controlled gas is supplied through the flow passage to cool the mounting flange, the support member and the retainer ring. The retainer ring is provided with a plurality of through-holes communicating with the flow passage to spray the gas flowing through the flow passage onto the polishing surface of the polishing table.
US07883390B2
A bubble producing assembly has a housing having an outlet, an air generator positioned on the housing, a bubble producing device positioned over the air generator, a first activator coupled to the air generator, a reservoir associated with the housing for storing a liquid, a pump system coupling the reservoir and the outlet, and a second activator coupled to the pump system for delivering the liquid from the reservoir out of the outlet. Thus, a user can use the first activator to generate air to produce bubbles, and can use the second activator to generate a stream of the liquid that can be aimed at the generated bubbles.
US07883373B2
A plug component for an electrical control unit has a contact section formed with one or more compartments, in which a number of contact pins extend perpendicular to a first reference plane. The plug component can be contacted mechanically and electrically with a plug via the contact section. An attachment section extends along the first reference plane and comprises a number of sealing sections, which are provided for resting against corresponding sealing sections of at least one housing component of the control unit. A first of the sealing sections runs in parallel to the first reference plane. Second sealing sections curve away from opposing free ends of the first sealing section and extend in a second reference plane which is arranged perpendicular to the first reference plane.
US07883372B1
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a shielding shell and a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a protrusion, a middle of the protrusion protrudes frontward to form an inserting portion, and defines a plurality of first grooves adjacent to the protrusion and a plurality of second grooves connected with the corresponding first grooves. The shielding shell includes a first shielding shell and a second shielding shell, the first shielding shell has a plurality of arms, the second shielding shell defines an opening at a middle thereof, a plurality of splinters bent inward from fringes of the opening, the first shielding shell surrounds the protrusion and the inserting portion with the arms inserted in the corresponding first grooves, the second shielding shell surrounds the insulating housing, the splinters are inserted in the corresponding second grooves and abut against the corresponding arms.
US07883355B2
An electric device has an electric unit having a receiving region, a power supply unit received by the receiving region of the electric unit in a receiving direction, contact units for making an electrical connection between the power supply unit and said electric unit, unit for counteracting a motion of the contact units, which is movable relative to the electric unit in the receiving direction, relative to the power supply unit located on the receiving region, and within a region intended for the motion.
US07883327B2
An apparatus for the manufacture of a thermoplastic blown film is provided having a blower head for extruding a film tube of a thermoplastic material. An annular ring is provided for blowing a cooling gas on an outside surface of the film tube to solidify the film tube. This cooling gas is directed in a flow direction parallel to a wall of the film tube. The cooling gas is drawn off the tube by means of a suction ring positioned around the tube prior to flattening the tube to form a film tube.
US07883323B2
A fan includes a rotatable center member that is centered relative to an axis of rotation of the fan. The fan includes a number of blades radially extending from the rotatable center member. Each blade may have one or more ribs extending therefrom non-parallel to the axis of rotation of the fan. Each blade may be may be flat in shape, except for the ribs extending therefrom, or it may have a cycloidal curvature that curves away from the direction in which the rotatable center member rotates. In addition to or in lieu of the ribs, each blade may have a side profile that is non-linear. The side profile may be a zigzag or a curvy shape. The side profile may have one or more notches pointed in a direction opposite that in which the rotatable center member rotates, or may have one or more holes extending through the blade.
US07883322B2
The present invention broadly comprises a cone connection assembly for a torque converter, including: a first surface operatively arranged for connection to a crankshaft and a second surface on a cover of the torque converter. The first and second surfaces are arranged to be engaged and the first surface is arranged to transfer torque to the second surface via the engagement of the first and second surfaces. In some aspects, the crankshaft comprises a longitudinal axis, the first surface is disposed about the longitudinal axis, the cover comprises an outside surface, and the outside surface comprises the second surface. In some aspects, the first and second surfaces are arranged to be frictionally engaged or the first and second surfaces have complementary surface features and the first and second surface features are arranged to interlockingly engage.
US07883316B2
The invention relates to a method of monitoring the operation of a wind energy plant, wherein the operation comprises collection of blade-related operational data. Novel aspects of the method according to the invention comprises that, in predefined points on the blade, position indicators are arranged that can be used in a positioning system for identifying the position of the position indicators; and that the positions of the position indicators and hence the position of the predefined points are determined and collected as a part of said blade-related operational data.
US07883293B2
Connector assembly adapted to connect riser member of riser device to another riser member for connecting an oil well to an oil rig includes a male part having a male axial portion and a female part having a female axial portion opposite to said male axial radial portion, which together form a seat. A sealing ring having a radially extending annular stem provided with first and second axial seal support portions, and a radial annular portion interconnecting said first and second seal support surfaces being axially separated. Said radially extending annular stem has a first axial seal support portion adapted at atmospheric pressure to abut said male axial portion and a second axial seal support portion adapted during use to abut said female axial portion.
US07883290B1
A manhole barrier system configured to prevent unauthorized access or dumping or removal of materials into manholes is provided. The manhole barrier system includes a substantially hollow sub-ring configured to be secured to the inside wall of the manhole, preferably using a layer of adhesive, and to receive a pan configured to serve as a barrier therein. The pan may be secured to the sub-ring by way of circumferentially spaced locking assemblies. The locking assemblies are further configured to allow for a limited amount of play between the pan and the sub-ring such that water trapped in the manhole may be allowed to flow upwardly out of the manhole.
US07883288B2
A connector (11) for connection to a hollow frame member (12) the connector having at least one projection (17) for receiving a complimentary end of the hollow frame member, the projection having raised portions (19) on an outer surface thereof and the projection is dimensioned relative to the hollow frame member such that force is required to fit the hollow end over the projection and during fitting the hollow end of the frame member is deformed about the projection so as to be internally engaged by the raised portions.
US07883268B2
The package generally includes at least first and second panel portions operably connected to define an interior cavity therebetween. The first panel portion can include a fluid chamber operably disposed along a portion of the first panel portion such that a portion of the fluid chamber is adapted to operably abut or confront the second panel portion to generally block an access opening into the interior cavity. The second panel portion can further include a fluid chamber.
US07883261B2
Disclosed is waterproof lamp assembly that allows easy assembly and disassembly. LED elements can be quickly and easily replaced if an LED element is defective or burns out. Extended connectors are used that extend beyond an overmolded lamp holder so that the lamp holder can be easily molded without covering the connectors with molding material. The connectors are made from a malleable metal so that the connectors can be folded into a central opening in the lamp holder.
US07883255B2
There is disclosed a timepiece (40) including optical means for forming a decorative pattern, in the form of a figurative image, in response to an action by the user. The optical means forming a figurative image include an optical guide (1, 51) having two large faces (10, 11) and at least one lateral face (12). Optical extractors (19) each having at least one light reflective surface (20) are arranged in at least one of the large faces (11). A light source (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) is arranged so as to emit light in the direction of the reflective surfaces (20), via the lateral face (12) of the optical guide. Thus, each of the reflective surfaces causes a reflected light beam to form in a well defined direction, the set of light beams forming a figurative image in that direction, which can typically be selected as the normal with respect to the mid-plane of the watch.
US07883249B2
A lighting device for a vehicle includes: a light source; a light guide member that has a light-introducing part provided in a back surface side through which the light of the light source is introduced and finally emits the light from a front surface side; a part near the light-introducing part being thicker than an edge part of the light guide member, a plurality of reflecting parts and connecting parts being alternately formed continuously toward a direction separate from the light-introducing part in the back surface side, the reflecting parts respectively reflecting on interfaces the introduced light reaching there to form the light in the direction of the front surface of the light guide member; and a housing that is connected to a position between the edge part of the back surface of the light guide member and the light-introducing part and attached to the back surface side of the light guide member to house the light source.
US07883248B2
A bicycle illumination apparatus is provided with a plurality of light sources and a controller. The light sources include at least one light-emitting diode that emits light in accordance with an electrical output of a generator. The controller is configured to selectively control an electrical connection between the power generator and the light sources in accordance with a rotating state of the generator.
US07883246B2
Lighting fixtures and associated methods are provided herein. Generally, the lighting fixtures of the present invention include a lamp, a power coupler, a high-frequency generator, a mounting block adapted to receive heat from the high-frequency generator, and a device adapted to receive heat from the power coupler. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/−10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, providing at least about 12,000 initial lumens using the lighting fixture, and providing the lamp with an average life of at least about 100,000 hours with a 50% failure rate. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/−10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, and maintaining the temperature rise above ambient of at least a portion of the high-frequency generator at less than about 32 degrees C.
US07883245B2
An illuminating spotlight having a spotlight housing and a spotlight device connected to the spotlight housing, in particular a protective screen, spotlight lens or reflector, is provided. The lateral edge of the spotlight device is connected to the spotlight housing via spring elements arranged in a distributed fashion. The spring elements having a fastening lug that is connected to the spotlight housing and from which there are angled away two spring arms which bear against the lateral edge of the spotlight device and are designed to be resilient in a radial direction of the spotlight housing. Spring stops of resilient design are project in an axial direction of the spotlight housing which bear against at least one surface of the spotlight device from the spring arms.
US07883243B2
An LED light may comprise a light emitting diode selectively energizable for producing light; an electronic circuit for selectively energizing the light emitting diode; and a heat sink of a thermally conductive material, wherein the light emitting diode is thermally bonded to the heat sink; and wherein the electronic circuit is attached to the heat sink. The light may have a pair of contact springs extending from the heat sink and the electronic circuit may include thermal conductivity enhancing features.
US07883241B2
A heat dissipation unit is provided. The heat dissipation unit includes a fan, a heat sink and a light source. The heat sink includes a plurality of heat dissipating fins, a light transmitting plate, an air inlet and an air outlet, wherein the heat dissipating fins are disposed in the heat sink, and the light transmitting plate is disposed on a surface of the heat sink. The light source corresponds to the light transmitting plate, wherein the light source provides a light beam, the light beam passes the light transmitting plate and introduces into the heat sink, and introduces out the heat sink through the air outlet.
US07883230B2
A supporting member for a liquid crystal display device comprises a base substrate, a lamp clip protruded from the base substrate in a first direction to hold a lamp that generates light, a supporting part protruded from the base substrate in the first direction to support a diffusion member that diffuses the light generated from the lamp, and a fixing clip protruded from the base substrate in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, wherein the fixing clip combines with a receiving container.
US07883228B2
An audio system with an illumination mechanism is disclosed. One embodiment includes a device which can be mounted in the center of an audio speaker and used to create an optical effect.
US07883217B2
A lamp mount system for high voltage projector lamps includes only a few parts which fit together without the need for connecting hardware. A single piece clip snaps into a single piece lamp mount and, together with the lamp form a lamp mounting assembly. The lamp mounting assembly in turn slidably engages with a single piece lamp base. The lamp mount assembly may be slideably removed when the lamp burns out.
US07883212B2
An image projection apparatus (100) comprises a projector (106), a frame (108), and a partially transparent screen (110). The frame (108) retains the screen (110) under tension, such that the screen (110) is inclined at an angle with respect to a plane of emission of light from the projector (106). The screen (110) has a front surface arranged such that light emitted from the projector (106) is reflected therefrom. The projector (106) projects an image such that light forming the image impinges upon the screen (11) such that a virtual image is created from light reflected from the screen (110), the virtual image appearing to be located behind the screen (110).
US07883211B2
A subjective vision testing system is used for visual function tests for examinees. The subjective vision testing system is provided with an optometric apparatus which selectively sets optical elements in front of both eyes of an examinee, an optotype presenting apparatus for displaying optotypes to the examinee, and a controller. The optotype presenting apparatus, based on a command signal for implementation of a binocular balance test, displays optotypes used for binocular balance tests. The optometric apparatus, based on a command signal for implementation of a binocular balance test, sets a first prism in front of the examinee's right eye and a second prism in front of the examinee's left eye. The second prism has a base direction vertically opposite to the first prism and the same prism power as the first prism.
US07883206B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a multifocal lens having a mostly spherical power region and a progressive optical power region. Embodiments of the present invention provide for the proper alignment and positioning of each of these regions, the amount of optical power provided by each of the regions, the optical design of the progressive optical power region, and the size and shape of each of the regions. The combination of these design parameters allows for an optical design having less unwanted astigmatism and distortion as well as both a wider channel width and a shorter channel length compared to conventional PALs. Embodiments of the present invention may also provide a new, inventive far-intermediate distance zone and may further provide for increased vertical stability of vision within a zone of the lens.
US07883204B2
An ink jet printer includes: ink jet heads that discharge aqueous ink droplets onto a printing surface of a printing medium that is transported in a predetermined direction; a vapor supply unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a direction in which the printing medium is transported and supplies vapor to a surface of the printing medium opposite the printing surface of the printing medium having the liquid droplets discharged from the ink jet heads in a non-contact manner; and a vapor electrostatic deposition unit that deposits the vapor supplied from the vapor supply unit to the surface of the printing medium opposite the printing surface of the printing medium using electrostatic force.
US07883199B2
An ink set is provided which can prevent the occurrence of a new color mixing phenomenon in which a different ink comes into the insides of particular ink channels. The ink set is constituted of plurality of inks. The plurality of inks constituting the ink set is stored respectively in ink cartridges each having an ink storage portion which is brought into a hermetically-closed state. The difference in specific gravity between a first ink having the largest specific gravity and a second ink having the smallest specific gravity among the inks constituting the ink set is less than 0.020.
US07883197B2
A method is implemented to deliver a solid ink stick from a single insertion port to a corresponding feed channel to help ensure that each feed channel in a plurality of feed channels contains only ink sticks corresponding to the feed channel. The method includes receiving solid ink sticks in a single insertion port, identifying each ink stick received in the single insertion port, and transporting each identified ink stick from the single insertion port to one feed channel in a plurality of feed channels to enable delivery of the identified ink stick to the melting assembly appropriate for the identified ink stick.
US07883194B2
A printer cartridge that has a body configured for user insertion in and removal from an inkjet printer. The cartridge has at least one printing fluid reservoir and a printhead attached to the body. Also attached is a blotter for absorbing the fluid when the cartridge is inserted into the printer. The cartridge allows simultaneous insertion and replacement of the printhead the printing fluid reservoir and the blotter.
US07883187B2
In ink supply to a print head including: a common liquid chamber having an ink flow-in port into which the ink flows, and an ink flow-out port for returning the ink; discrete liquid chambers for each supplying the ink to a ejection port from the common liquid chamber; and gas-liquid separation members for each making only gas flow out from the discrete liquid chamber, wherein the pressure adjustment adjusts pressure relations of the pumps so that a relationship between a circulation pressurization pump, a circulation suction pump, and an air suction pump are provided.
US07883185B2
There is provided an ink cartridge including: a thermal ink-jet head provided with a heat generating portion that generates thermal energy for ejecting ink from an ejection opening, and contains the ink. In the ink cartridge, the heat generating portion has, at its surface in contact with the ink, a protective layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a silicon oxide, a silicon nitride, and a silicon carbide; and the ink contains at least one of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a salt thereof, and the total content of the polyvalent carboxylic acid and the salt thereof is in the range of from 0.001 mmol/l or more to 0.5 mmol/l or less. The ink cartridge shows a small change in driving pulse and a small change in image to be outputted, and provides sufficient ejection property and sufficient printing durability.
US07883183B2
A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet aperture; a nozzle comprising a wall portion extending from the substrate assembly to bound the ink inlet aperture, and a moveable crown portion from which a skirt portion depends, the wall portion and the skirt portion defining a peripheral wall of a nozzle chamber; an anchor extending from the substrate assembly; and a thermal bend actuator connected between the anchor and a lever arm. The lever arm is in turn connected to the nozzle. The thermal bend actuator, upon actuation, moves the crown and skirt portions relative to the wall portion to eject ink in the nozzle chamber out through the nozzle opening. The skirt portion and the wall portion are separated by a gap, and the wall portion is shaped with an inwardly directed lip in the vicinity of the gap, the inwardly directed lip facilitating the formation of a fluidic seal effected via surface tension across the gap.
US07883179B2
A nozzle plate usable with an inkjet printhead includes a substrate through which a plurality of nozzles are formed, an ink-philic material layer formed on an outer surface of the substrate and inner walls of the nozzles, and a plurality of nonwetting coating layers sequentially formed on the ink-philic material layer formed on the outer surface of the substrate, each nonwetting coating layer including an adhesive layer and an ink-phobic material layer deposited on the adhesive layer.
US07883173B1
An automated document processing system including a printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a carriage mountable adjacent to a path of travel of a printable surface. The system also includes a print cartridge housing configured to hold a print cartridge having a printing aperture oriented toward the path of travel of the printable surface. The print cartridge housing is mounted to the chassis and moveable in a direction normal to the path of travel of the printable surface. The system further includes a clean and park station pivotally mounted to the chassis and capable of pivoting across the printing aperture of the print cartridge to wipe and cover the printing aperture. In the system disclosed, the print cartridge housing and the clean and park station are moveable between a printing position and a parked position.
US07883172B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a plurality of inkjet heads having nozzles ejecting a functional liquid material on a recording medium; a head holder fixing the plurality of inkjet heads at predetermined intervals; and an ink suction unit that has a suction port disposed in the vicinity of the nozzles thereof.
US07883158B2
The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic block and an electric motor for driving hydraulic pumps inside the hydraulic block. The hydraulic block and electric motor are joined at a circumferential joint. For connection, the invention provides that the electric motor is provided with a radial flange, which is overlapped by a surrounding bead of the hydraulic block. The bead is designed so that it overlaps, in a radial inward manner, the radial flange of the electric motor by a joining process, for example, a surrounding caulking. The electric motor is sealingly connected to the hydraulic block in a simple manner by the surrounding joining process.
US07883157B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a rim ring for a wheel rim, in particular for a wired-on wheel rim, with the following steps: providing an outer rim profile made of hardened composite fibrous material, providing a plastic shaping element, providing at least one top layer made of composite fibrous material, inserting the plastic shaping element radially within the outer rim profile, and positioning the top layer relative to the plastic shaping element and to the outer rim profile such that at least part of the top layer extends from the plastic shaping element onto the outside of the outer rim profile. The present invention further relates to a method for fastening spokes made of composite fibrous material to a rim ring. Finally, the present invention also relates to a rim ring, a wired-on wheel rim and a bicycle with wired-on wheel rims.
US07883155B2
An improved bit assembly for road milling, mining, and trenching equipment includes a streamlined tip assembly that is a combination of conical and cylindrical in shape and devoid of protrusions or annular indentations that might impede the flow of removed material over and around the bit assembly or provide space for removed material to become clogged or imbedded on the tip assembly. The generally cylindrical hollow shank that mounts the bit holder to the bit block includes at least one axially aligned slot along its side wall that allows the side wall to supply radial force to maintain the bit holder in the bit block.
US07883147B2
A vehicle seat cushion structure whereby even when a steering wheel or other object is pushed closer toward a vehicle occupant after a vehicle is involved in a head-on collision and little space is left in front of the vehicle occupant, the space can be readily enlarged. The cushion structure comprises a supporting member provided on a seat frame and a cushion member disposed in a folded state on the supporting member. The folded cushion member is capable of being withdrawn from a cushion removal opening formed on a side of a seat. Space is provided between the vehicle occupant and the steering wheel or the like when the cushion member is removed via the cushion removal opening.
US07883145B2
High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame and a seat, wherein the seat defines a slot and is shaped to funnel spills toward the slot.
US07883143B2
A collapsible chair has an inner frame with multiple inner cross members configured in an X structure, an outer frame with multiple outer cross members configured in an X structure, a surface coupled to the inner frame and the outer frame, and a seat support extending downward from the surface and configured to support a child. The multiple inner cross members configured in an X structure each have a first inner brace member pivotally connected to a second inner brace member. Similarly, the multiple outer cross members configured in an X structure each have a first outer brace member pivotally connected to a second outer brace member.
US07883142B2
Vehicular upper-part structure includes left and right side roof rails located on opposite sides of a roof of a vehicle compartment, and a roof panel and roof arch member each joined at their opposite end portions to the side roof rails. Each of the side roof rails includes: an outer member; an inner member extending along the outer member, the inner member having a first vertical wall portion and a welding flange portion formed integrally with the first vertical wall portion, one of the opposite end portions of the roof arch member being joined to the welding flange portion by welding; and a second vertical wall portion formed by a stay member that is joined at its one end portion to the welding flange portion and supports a roof panel joint section having the roof panel joined thereto by welding.
US07883141B2
A vehicle body structure capable of reliably preventing water intrusion into an engine room is provided. For that purpose, there is provided a deck garnish (4), which is disposed so as to occlude a space between an upper surface of a lower part of a windshield (2) and a lower surface of a rear part of an engine hood (3) of a vehicle (1), and which extends in a vehicle width direction. On this front deck garnish (4), formed are: a stepped portion (42) inclined toward a front side of a vehicle body at a lower rear end of the engine hood (3); and drain grooves (43) formed at a front end of the stepped portion (42) so as to have a bag-shaped cross section and configured to communicate with a bottom portion of a deck panel (5).
US07883136B2
A vehicle may include multiple fuel storage tanks arranged in a split side-by-side configuration. The vehicle may include a rear suspension having a linkage which moves in a direction not parallel with a centerline plane of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a tip-over structure which prevents unwanted tip-over of the vehicle. The vehicle may have moveable foot control levers to accommodate different size riders. The vehicle may include a moveable windshield.
US07883116B2
A telescopic tube for an electric household appliance comprises a first outer tube and a second inner tube slidable inside the first outer tube. An eletricity conduction system comprises: a) an elongate guide body comprising non electrically conductive material; b) a locking member for connecting the first end of the elongated guide body to the second inner tube; c) an outer channel connected to an outer surface of the first outer tube, the outer channel being provided for slidingly receiving the elongated guide body; d) a pair of tubular-shaped electric conductors contained in the elongated guide body; and e) a corresponding pair of substantially rigid rod-shaped electric conductors which are able to slide, at least partially, within the tubular-shaped electric conductors so that each rod-shaped electric conductor is in contact with an inner surface of a corresponding tubular-shaped electric conductor.
US07883115B2
A multi-page printed medium features an advertising insert and includes a first printed page and a second printed page, and an insert located between the first and second pages. The insert includes a sheet having a fold separating a first panel and a second panel with a bending memory along the fold. A portion of a first adhesive is applied between the first panel and the first page and a second portion of adhesive is applied between the second panel and the second page. The second portion of adhesive has lesser adhesion than the first portion of adhesive such that when the second printed page is moved away from the first printed page the second page separates from the second panel.
US07883108B2
An inflator for an airbag is provided. The inflator can include a housing that has a first end and a second end. The inflator can also include a gas generant disposed in the housing that defines a bore. The inflator can include an igniter coupled to the first end of the housing that can ignite the gas generant upon receipt of a signal. The inflator can further include a temporary closure coupled to the second end of the housing that can be opened to provide an exit out of the housing. The ignition of the igniter can generate a shockwave that passes through the bore to open the temporary closure.
US07883101B2
In a motorcycle, a head pipe is provided with one main frame part that extends rearwardly from the head pipe and a rear frame that extends substantially downwardly from the rear of the main frame part. A pivot is pierced in a pivot support part provided to the rear frame with a swing arm being attached to the pivot so that the swing arm can be vertically swung and a rear shock absorber unit is positioned between the swing arm and the side of the body frame. The main frame is cast in an aluminum alloy and the rear frame on the upside and the downside of the pivot supporting part projects on both sides of a vehicle from the pivot supporting part to attach right and left brackets for supporting both ends of the pivot.
US07883100B1
A suspension lift system for golf carts includes a carriage, a welded front frame attached to the carriage, upper and lower arms symmetrically arranged at opposite sides of the front frame, a rotatable apparatus, a steering knuckle and an absorber. Each upper or lower arm includes a first mounting side pivotally connected to the front frame, and a spindle connection end opposite to the first mounting side. The rotatable apparatus includes a bracket including a pair of lugs and a receiving space formed therebetween for accommodating the spindle connection end. The spindle connection end and the lug are threaded by a pin in order to combine the spindle connection end and the upper bracket.
US07883092B2
An energy cured coating is described that may be used in numerous applications. In one embodiment, for instance, the coating can be used as a seal coat layer in a gaming card. In particular, the coating can be used to protect a hidden printed layer that is covered by a scratch-off material. In accordance with the present disclosure, the cured coating contains at least one monomer or oligomer in combination with a reactive plasticizer. The plasticizer may comprise one or more benzoates.
US07883090B2
A bill processing device comprises a hopping part 101 for receiving a placed bill, a carrying part 202 for carrying a bill received by the hopping part 101, a plurality of stacking parts 104 for stacking a bill carried by the carrying part 202, a identifying part 201 for identifying a bill received from the hopping part 101, a placing and running out part 103 which accommodates a bill received from the hopping part 101 and which can send out the bill, and a controlling part 300 which controls the hopping part 101, the carrying part 202, the plurality of stacking parts 104, the identifying part 201 and the placing and running out part 103. The controlling part 300 controls them to determine a destination stacking part from the plurality of stacking parts 104 according to an identification result of the identifying part 201, and when a bill can not be stacked in the determined destination stacking part, the controlling part controls 300 them to carry a bill to the placing and running out part 103.
US07883089B2
In an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium conveyed from a sheet feeding unit to obtain an image with photographic quality, at least a part of the recording medium has a transparent portion. When an image obtained by reversing an original image is transferred onto the transparent part, sheet-delivery rollers are operable in a direction in which a pressure onto the recording medium is reduced immediately after fixing of the image.
US07883086B2
Typical configurations of a sheet stacking apparatus, a sheet processing apparatus, and an image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a discharging unit which discharges a sheet; a stacking member which stacks a discharged sheet; and a holding unit which is movably disposed along a stacking surface of the stacking member and holds an upstream end in the discharging direction of a stacked sheet, wherein the holding unit is moved according to changes in the upstream end position of the sheet in the discharging direction.
US07883068B2
An actuatable holding system is provided for holding an object, such as a bicycle. In one exemplary embodiment of the system, first and second arms are pivotally connected to a pivot base and are actuated between an opened and closed position by an assembly that can include an actuator housing with a length and extending from the base, an arm contacting element that can slide along at least a portion of the length of the actuator housing, and a button slideably disposed on the housing, distal to the arm contacting element, and operable to releasably lock the arm contacting element in at least a first position, in which the first and second arms are in the opened position, and a second position, in which the first and second arms are in the closed position. A variety of features of actuatable holding systems, as well as methods of manufacturing such systems, are also disclosed herein.
US07883065B2
A mounting bracket assembly has a stationary bracket to be mounted on a pole or other surface, and an adjustable bracket to be attached to the object to be mounted. The adjustable bracket is then positioned on the stationary bracket to mount the object on the surface or pole. The adjustable bracket is first mounted on the stationary bracket in a preliminary mounting position using integrated hooks and latches, and then can be easily adjusted to a permanent mounting position and secured with screws.
US07883064B2
A mounting bracket for a vehicle backup camera, including: a lengthwise portion; and a camera mounting portion connected to the lengthwise portion, the camera mounting portion including a protrusion, the protrusion forming a gap between the camera mounting portion and the lengthwise portion so that the lengthwise portion can be mounted behind a license plate of a vehicle and a camera can be suspended by the camera mounting portion for viewing a rear of the vehicle when the vehicle is in reverse.
US07883058B2
The present invention relates to a specially designed hinge mechanism, which makes it possible to construct an aircraft door that can be fitted in a fuselage so as to be displaceable and swivellable on the fuselage. Furthermore, the invention relates to an aircraft door comprising at least one such hinge mechanism designed in this way, to a fuselage with at least one aircraft door that is linked to at least one hinge mechanism, designed in this way, on the fuselage, as well as to the use of at least one hinge mechanism for installation of an aircraft door at a fuselage. The hinge mechanism comprises a first rocker arrangement that is linkable to the aircraft door and that is kinematically designed such that as a result of its activation the aircraft door is displaceable from its home position in the direction of the fuselage; and a second rocker arrangement that is linkable to the fuselage and is kinematically designed such that as a result of its activation the aircraft door can be swivelled out from the fuselage to a final position around a polar axis that is aligned perpendicular to the direction of displacement.
US07883057B2
In one embodiment, a device for hanging a ceiling panel may include a clevis for attachment to a support structure, and a hinge for attachment to the ceiling panel. The clevis may include a pin and a first locking member. The hinge may include an elongated slot and a second locking member. The elongated slot may be adapted to be slid over the pin of the clevis. The second locking member may be adapted to engage the first locking member to lock the hinge and the ceiling panel into position.
US07883056B2
The present invention relates to an insulation structure for the internal insulation of a vehicle. The insulation structure is improved in such a way that using it a fire incursion of the flames of a source of fire acting from outside the vehicle environment into the vehicle interior is excluded as much as possible, an increase of the fire protection safety for separate interior regions lying proximal to a structure external skin being implemented by the type of the film insulation of the insulation package. The insulation structure comprises an insulation package (3), in which an insulation core (1) is embedded, and a film (11). The insulation package (3) is positioned inside an intermediate space which encloses internal paneling and an external skin. It is completely enclosed by the film (11). The film (11) is implemented using a burn-through safe film material, which is an obstruction to a flaming fire, to which a film surface region of this film is subjected during an occurring fire catastrophe.
US07883054B2
An actuator includes first and second linear motion devices, each able to extend the actuator and arranged such that jamming of one of the first and second linear motion devices does not preclude operation of the other. The first linear motion device includes a first linear screw, a first nut, and a first prime mover arranged to impart relative linear motion between the screw and nut. Similarly, the second linear motion device includes a second linear screw, a second nut, and a second prime mover arranged to impart relative linear motion between the second screw and nut.
US07883051B2
A ducted propulsion vector system that vectors thrust generated from ducted fan powered aircraft. The system has hinged duct flaps may be vectored from +10 degrees up and turned through −90 degrees downward. Vectored downward 90 degrees, the flaps vector thrust enabling vertical/short takeoff and landing of an aircraft. Hover control is facilitated by internal mounted vanes in line of the thrust stream. The duct flaps are transitioned at operator's input to enable the aircraft to achieve forward flight.
US07883037B2
A method of refining celluosic fiber material between opposing discs in a refiner including: feeding the fiber material to between the discs; rotating at least one of the discs to propel the fiber material radially outward and between the discs; refining the refining material by passing the material through rows of intermeshing teeth on the opposing discs; and deflecting the refining material as the material flows through an outer row of teeth on one of discs, wherein the teeth in the outer row have a leading sidewall angled to deflect pulp material moving radially between the teeth.
US07883025B2
The invention concerns a guide rail of compound type and a method of manufacturing such a guide rail. The guide rail is made like a railway rail or similar and intended for guiding interaction with a wheel of a unit travelling along the rail, comprising a long outer rail (4) made of sheet metal exhibiting the shape of a longitudinal open channel with defined inside (9) and outside (10), a long base rail (5) exhibiting a foot (1) for mounting the rail to a surface, a web (2) extending from the foot supporting a main part (3), which, in comparison to the web, is thicker and serves as a receptacle (11) for receiving and supporting the outer rail, whereby the outer rail has an outer profile that has been chosen to provide a guiding interaction with the wheel. According to the invention, the inside (9) of the outer rail (4) and the receptacle section (11) exhibit opposing section shapes, that the outer rail (4) has a yield limit exceeding that of the base rail (5) and that both parts are joined together by adhesive binding such as welding or gluing.
US07883023B1
In a method for operating a fluid moving device, the fluid moving device is operated under one of a local mode where the fluid moving device operates autonomously and a global mode where the fluid moving device operates based upon instructions received from a global controller, and where the fluid moving device is operated under the local mode as a fail-safe operation to the global mode.
US07883020B2
A smart card includes a non-volatile memory, a CPU, and a plurality of pads. The non-volatile memory stores a test program. The CPU is released from a reset state in response to a test enable signal. The CPU executes the test program stored in the non-volatile memory based on predetermined flag information and stores a result of the test program in the non-volatile memory.
US07883012B2
Embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for integrating a bottom-of-basket (BOB) item detector with a data reader. In some embodiments, the BOB item detector may be integrated with a barcode scanner of a point-of-sale (POS) terminal without need for modification of the POS system software. Some embodiments may also include a visual and/or audible indication of the presence of a bottom-of-basket item.
US07883004B2
A transaction product includes a substrate and an account identifier. The substrate defines a plurality of pieces separable from a remainder of the substrate. Following separation of the plurality of pieces from the remainder of the substrate, the plurality of pieces are configured to be assembled with one another to define a three-dimensional object. The account identifier is attached to the substrate and links the transaction product to at least one of an account and a record, wherein the account identifier is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal. Stored-value cards, combinations, methods of facilitating use of a transaction product and other embodiments are also disclosed.
US07883003B2
A system and method provides efficient and highly reliable customer tracking. A Personal Digital Key (PDK) is associated with and carried by a user. The PDK wirelessly communicates with a receiver/decoder circuit (RDC) that can be coupled to a variety of electronic devices. The RDC authenticates the PDK based on received data and stores information to track customers and provide improved service. A PDK can be assigned to one more groups of PDKs based on the received data. Specific functions can then be executed based on the group assignments. In a casino environment, the system enables functions such as group gaming, back betting, event tracking, and notification services.
US07882996B2
A linear friction welding head apparatus for dual axis forging, the apparatus including three sets of orthogonal actuators for providing X-, Y-, and Z-planes of apparatus movement for providing Y-axis oscillation, a first forge load along a first forge axis, and a second forge load along a second forge axis. A method for dual axis forging for welding including providing a welding head for applying first and second forge loads along X- and Z-forge axes to weld at more than one interface. The forge loads may be applied at right angles to each other and have magnitudes corresponding to weld interface length.
US07882995B2
A stapling unit for use with an endoscopic stapling system adapted to be advanced along an endoscope to a predetermined location within a body lumen to staple the portion of tissue, as part of an occlusal or full thickness resectioning procedure. The stapling unit comprises a first casing having a distal end, a proximal end and a stapling device mounted thereto adjacent to a first window extending through a periphery of the first casing. The invention includes methods for the stapling, severing and removal of tissue by using the device.
US07882993B2
A spare tire tuned mass damper assembly is provided for reducing vehicle vibration or beaming shake that may otherwise be perceptible at the driver interface. The assembly is attachable between a pair of underbody support beams and includes a tire carrier for a spare tire and wheel and a plurality of spring and damper assemblies positioned between the carrier and support beams. The assemblies have at least one leaf spring and bushing, and are selected to provide a predetermined level of vibration modes and modal damping for the assembly. A method is also provided for reducing road vibration in a vehicle having an underbody support structure, including supporting a spare tire carrier using a plurality of spring and damper assemblies configured to absorb and damp an oscillating mode of the support structure to a predetermined level to produce a desired post-damped road response, thereby increasing vehicle ride comfort.
US07882992B2
A cellular wheel sluice embodied as a blow-through sluice is suitable for dosing secondary fuel, for example. The blow-through sluice includes a supply chute (2) in the top area and a cylindrical housing (1) which is disposed below the supply chute (2) and in which a cellular wheel (4) is arranged. The cellular wheel (4) includes radial webs (3), in the rotational area of which a blow-in hole (10) and an opposite blow-out hole (11) are provided on the side faces (26) of the housing. An injector nozzle (15) which blows the transport air into the rotating dosing chambers (5) so as to empty the same, is integrated into the housing in the area, of the blow-in hole (10). Thereby pressure differences result in the dosing chamber (5) that is to be emptied such that only small pressure loads act upon the metallically hard gap seals, which have a long useful life and allow only small quantities of leakage air, and which are arranged on the radial end areas of the cellular wheel webs (3).
US07882988B2
A pump for dispensing a liquid product, including a pump body and a dispensing head manually movable on the latter, the head including a cylinder forming a dosage chamber of the pump, slidingly mounted in the pump body, and a channel allowing the passage of the product or air from the dosage chamber towards an ejection orifice. The rod includes means for airtightly sealing the channel consisting of a peripheral shoulder capable of coming to a rest against a complementary sealing seat arranged in the cylinder, the opening of the channel being performed by separating the sealing seat from the cylinder opposite the shoulder of the rod after the rod reaching its stop early during the axial movement of the cylinder in the pump body.
US07882987B2
A kitchen dispenser for storing and dispensing dry goods is provided. The dispenser includes a canister having a front portion, a back portion and a lid repeatably and releasably coupled together. An open space is defined between the front portion, rear portion and lid. The dispenser includes an aperture in a bottom side of the front portion and a movable dispensing mechanism coupled to the bottom portion of the canister. The dispensing mechanism includes a variable measurement device corresponding to the aperture in the bottom side of the front portion, the dispensing mechanism moveable between a dispensing position and a filling position. The kitchen dispenser further includes a scraper plate coupled to the bottom side of the front portion, the scraper plate in contact with a top side of the dispensing mechanism during movement between filling and dispensing positions.
US07882980B1
A dispensing device for beverage cup lid which prevents excessive human contact with the lid prior to insertion upon the beverage cup, the device providing a central stationary lid retaining rod suspended from a lid cabinet upon which a stacked plurality of lids are retained through a central bore, the lids urged downward by a traveling press plate engaging a rotating threaded shaft, the threaded shaft moving the press plate against the uppermost lid on the retaining rod pressing the stacked plurality of lids down along the retaining rod in increments programmed to release only the lowermost lid from the end of the retaining rod onto the top of a beverage cup positioned below the retaining rod. The device is operated by the activation of a presence sensor, either a beverage cup or a clean hand, which causes the incremental dispensing of a single lid.
US07882977B2
A tamper evident fitment assembly for use with a container for flowable material, the closure comprising a cap and a spout secured to the container, the cap having a frangible tamper evident band, the cap having an annular recess for frictionally engaging a top portion of the spout, the cap and spout having cooperating detent and locking elements so that the assembly in a first position where the cap is removably sealed to the spout and the tamper evident band is not broken when the cap is removed for filling may move to a second position when the cap is removably sealed to the spout and the tamper evident band is broken upon removal of the cap. An important feature of the present invention is that the cap frictionally engages a top portion of the spout. No screw threads or similar securing means are required to retain the cap on the spout.
US07882974B2
The present invention relates to a food container assembly comprising a base and a lid wherein the base and the lid are structurally identical in one of the embodiments. The base and the lid include inter-cooperating sealing areas in the form of ridges and mating grooves. The base and the lid can be joined via a first hinge/latch combination in a mutually hingeable relationship along a pair of corresponding sides, and in addition, can be mutually secured along an opposing pair of corresponding sides via a second hinge/latch combination. According to one embodiment of the invention, the container base includes a bottom wall; a sidewall; and a peripheral rim having a ridge portion, a groove portion, a hinge flap and a locking area; wherein the container base is adapted for engagement and latching with another identical container base disposed in an inverted and superjacent relationship therewith.
US07882967B2
A modular wine rack system stores wine with the label facing the user, having at least two identical rods with indentations sized to hold a wine bottle. The rods are attached to a wall or frame to extend there from. The rods may be spaced apart so that the bottles are stored angled downwardly, with the body supported on one rod and the neck supported on the other.
US07882958B2
A trommel screen machine including at least one revolving screening drum, at least one drive for the screening drum, a feeding hopper as well as at least one collecting device, such as a transport device, for collecting and transporting the screened good. In front of and/or on the trommel screen machine at least one disc screen is arranged which screens a defined grain, in particular oversized particles.
US07882957B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a storing tray and a storing device whereby an object such as an electronic component to be stored can be picked up in a preferred manner and a plurality of stored objects can be flipped and transferred at once. Another object is to form the storing tray as a soft tray. The storing tray includes a storing part on its main surface, the storing part including a storing base for placing therein an object such as an electronic component, a plurality of convex portions formed along the outer periphery of the storing base to protrude upward more than the storing base, and concave portions formed along the outer periphery of the storing base between the plurality of convex portions to be recessed downward more than the storing base. The storing tray has an uneven back surface opposite in shape to the main surface.
US07882954B2
A packaging assembly in which discrete cushioning or blocking and bracing members are strategically positioned so as to provide improved protection of an article such as during shipment and storage. The assembly includes a substrate and a predetermined 2- or 3-dimensional pattern of cushioning members such as inflated (e.g., gas-filled) bags selectively and optionally independently affixed to the substrate. The pattern of cushioning members is predetermined in the x, y and z directions such that, when the substrate is positioned about the article, e.g., by folding the substrate, point contact between the cushioning members and the article is created. A method of fabricating a shock protective assembly for packaging an article is also disclosed.
US07882951B2
A gift wrap package and packaging assembly is configured to receive and enclose a gift in a decorative enclosure and which has the appearance of a conventionally wrapped box gift package. The gift package is made of a folded sheet material that is decorated on one side, and which has sufficient material strength to serve as both a box and a decorative package which has a comparable appearance to a box wrapped with decorative paper. The gift package is preformed and packaged in a folded box configuration with a protective retail display header for hanging display. One end of the gift package is configured to be opened to receive gift contents and additional packaging such as tissue, and then securely closed to complete the gift package.
US07882950B2
A package for individual wine bottles includes a box shaped lower portion having a top side defining a first cutout for receiving a bottom portion of a bottle and a flat handle portion joined to and extending vertically from the top side of the box shaped lower portion. The handle porting defines a second cutout for accommodating the bottle. The box shaped lower portion and the flat handle portion are formed by folding a single corrugated cardboard sheet that has been cut into a predefined shape. Packaging wine bottles using this package is done in two stages. First, collapsible half-formed packages are manufactured by cutting corrugated cardboard sheets into the predefined shape and folding the sheets. Second, the half-formed packages are collapsed and transported to another facility such as a winery, where bottles of wine are packaged using the half-formed packages.
US07882949B1
The toothbrush holder apparatus houses toothbrushes under a removable cover, with each toothbrush further housed within an individual compartment, under individual cover. Push button access is provided for each separate toothbrush. Pushing a given color-coded button causes the toothbrush within the related compartment to push upwardly against and open the hinged door above the compartment, thereby gaining access to the toothbrush within. Separate housing of each toothbrush prevents bacterial transfer from one brush to another. Particular attention is paid to the design of the toothbrush holder apparatus that results in an aesthetically pleasing appearance. The color coding provided for each toothbrush compartment further enhances entertainment while also providing instant identification of a toothbrush held within.
US07882928B2
A tip for coupling sound between a medical instrument and an ear includes a sealing surface configured to substantially conform the tip to an auditory canal of the ear. The tip includes an acoustic tube acoustically coupled to at least one of the plurality of openings and defining a first acoustic path. The tip also includes a second acoustic path acoustically coupled to at least another one of the plurality of openings in the sealing surface. The acoustic tube of the first acoustic path is configured to substantially acoustically isolate the first acoustic path from the second acoustic path. A tympanometric instrument is configured to use the tip and to provide an acoustic measurement of the ear of a patient.
US07882924B2
According to the present invention, unlike to motor-driven power steering systems in the related art, it is possible to generate an appropriate assistant steering force that is required to drive the motor according to steering of the driver, without expensive components, such as a torque sensor and an electronic controller, such that it is possible to achieve a motor-driven power steering system having a simple structure at a low cost.
US07882922B2
A self-propelled agricultural machine comprises a travel drive, a control element (46), able to be moved by the driver, for controlling the speed of travel of the machine, and at least one work-performing unit (2, 3, 5-13, 24, 27, 28) which, while the machine is travelling, can assume an active state and an inactive state as selected by the driver. The machine is set up to decide whether a movement of the control element (36) which is sensed is a regular control movement or an emergency stop movement, and to change the work-performing unit (2, 3, 5-13, 24, 27, 28) to the inactive state if it is decided that the movement sensed is an emergency stop movement.
US07882920B2
A braking force application control is performed when a change in a driver's posture takes place while a brake pedal is turned on when a vehicle is stopped. As a consequence, in a case in which the driver's posture changes such as when the driver turns to a rear seat side to get something without intending to release depression of the brake pedal, creep of the vehicle that the driver does not intend to happen can be inhibited. Furthermore, the vehicle stop retention is only performed when a travelling direction is a forward direction or a seatbelt is worn. As a result, performance of the vehicle stop retention can be inhibited when it is considered that the driver intentionally desires to let the vehicle creep.
US07882918B2
An improved electric motor scooter includes: a front frame; a front wheel assembly coupled to the front frame and residing on a surface; a back frame; a back wheel assembly coupled to the back frame and residing on the surface; and a center pivot mechanism coupled to the front frame and the back frame. The center pivot mechanism includes a pivot and a folding axis around which the pivot rotates. The folding axis is not perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the scooter and is tilted from the longitudinal axis at an angle. A rotation of the pivot in a direction folds the scooter vertically from the surface and moves the back wheel assembly toward the front wheel assembly according to the angle. During the folding, the front wheel assembly and the back wheel assembly each remains on the surface as the pivot rotates.
US07882916B2
A motorcycle in which a central axis of a shaft and a central axis of front forks are not parallel to each other, and assembly work of the shaft, front forks and an upper bracket is not complicated. A steering shaft is rotatably supported by a head pipe. An upper bracket supports the steering shaft and front forks. The steering shaft includes upper and lower steering shafts. The upper steering shaft is inserted in the upper bracket and then fixed to the lower steering shaft.
US07882913B2
A cooling module capable of reducing vibration in a compartment attributable to the discharge pulsation of the compressor is disclosed. The cooling module comprises a radiator (1) mounted to a vehicle for cooling the cooling water by heat exchange between the cooling water and the air, and a condenser (2) for condensing the refrigerant by heat exchange between the refrigerant circulated in the refrigeration cycle and the air. The radiator (1) is fixed to the vehicle, and the condenser (2) is fixed to the radiator (1) through elastically deformable rubber bushings (3).
US07882910B2
A hybrid drive for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, which, together with at least one auxiliary unit, are connected via a belt/chain drive. The internal combustion engine and the electric motor have respective drive elements with unidirectional freewheeling devices for the belt/chain drive, thus automatically achieving a predefined belt/chain speed.
US07882903B2
A cuttings bed removal tool for use on a drill string in a well bore includes: a sub having a region of enlarged outer diameter over the string diameters indicated by its upper end connection and an indicator disposed downhole of the region of enlarged outer diameter and having at least one bypass port extending through the indicator to permit passage of fluid in an upward direction through the indicator.
US07882890B2
A cooling system for a heat-generating device includes: coolant fluid; an evaporator for holding the coolant fluid and for heating the coolant fluid; said evaporator in close proximity to the heat-generating device for removing unwanted heat. The cooling system also includes a plurality of tubes for providing a flow path for the coolant fluid and gases produced by the evaporator; a heat exchanger through which the tubes pass for cooling the coolant fluid. The heat exchanger includes: a reservoir, a coolant, and a heating element for heating the gas so that it expands and pushes cool coolant fluid back to the evaporator. The heating element may be located inside the reservoir.
US07882889B2
A loop type heat dissipating apparatus with a sprayer for transferring heat between a heat source and a heat sink includes an evaporator, a condenser, and a working fluid. The evaporator contacts the heat source and includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a sprayer disposed between therebetween. The condenser contacts the heat sink and includes a third chamber communicating with the second chamber and a wick structure disposed on one side of the third chamber. The working fluid fills the loop type heat dissipating apparatus and is turned into microdroplets via a sprayer. The sprayer impinges the microdroplets into the second chamber where the microdroplets are then evaporated by the heat source before proceeding to the third chamber for condensation, liquefaction and adhering to the wick structure. Eventually, the working fluid flows back to the first chamber under a pumping force actuated by the sprayer and completes the cycle.
US07882887B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed for casting metals in a DC mold to form an ingot or product having at least two layers formed by sequential solidification. The apparatus has at least one cooled divider wall at the entry end portion of the mold to divide the entry end portion into at least two feed chambers. Metal is fed to the chambers to form an inner layer and at least one outer layer. The divider wall has a metal-contacting surface for contacting the metal for the at least one outer layer, the surface being arranged at an angle sloping away from the metal for the outer layer in a downward direction. The angle is larger at the center of the divider wall compared to the angle adjacent to each longitudinal end thereof. The apparatus is suitable for co-casting metals having similar coefficients of contraction to minimize problems of adhesion between the layers of a resulting ingot or rolled products produced therefrom.
US07882873B2
A run-flat tire of improved load bearing capacity after being punctured is disclosed. The tire has two circumferential sidewalls, at least one circumferential intermediate wall interposed between the sidewalls, and a transverse base extending from one sidewall to the other and defining a compartment between a sidewall and an adjacent intermediate wall or between two adjacent intermediate walls. Each compartment is adapted to assume an expanded symmetrical configuration when an adjacent sidewall or intermediate wall is punctured. A carcass portion is provided within each sidewall, each intermediate wall and base. A shock absorber is provided in the vicinity of a junction connecting each intermediate wall to the base. A padding element is affixed to the inner liner portion applied to the bead wrap of each intermediate wall.
US07882857B1
The industrial two-layer fabric has at least warp binding yarn pairs having an upper side warp and a warp binding yarn arranged vertically. On the upper side, between knuckles that two adjacent upper side warps have formed by passing over one or two upper side wefts, a warp binding yarn passes over one upper side weft to form a knuckle, whereby knuckles of the upper side warp, the warp binding yarn, and the upper side warp are formed in the mention of order over the one upper side weft. In the industrial two-layer fabric thus formed, the knuckle of the warp binding yarn does not protrude further than the knuckle of the upper side warps.
US07882856B2
An apparatus and method for improving the operation of sewer systems includes a first sewer pipe connected to a source of other water and a second smaller diameter sewer pipe passing through the first sewer pipe and connected to sources of sanitary effluent. The second sewer pipe can be attached to the interior surfaces of the first sewer line by a curable adhesive material using a removable inflatable bladder to hold the second sewer pipe in position until the adhesive has cured sufficiently. As an alternative, positioning walls or arms, integral with the second pipe, form positioning spaces filled with a slurry material to hold the second sewer pipe in position. The slurry will harden in place to form an integral unit with the second pipe and the positioning walls or arms.
US07882846B2
An umbrella comprises a vertical support member and a plurality of ribs operatively associated with the vertical support member and extending generally radially outward from a central location. The umbrella further includes a plurality of elongated, laterally flexible members, one of the flexible members being operatively associated with each of the plurality of ribs and extending outward therefrom. A canopy is supported by the plurality of ribs and has a periphery extending beyond the ribs. Receptacles are disposed on the inner surface of the canopy at points proximate the periphery of the canopy and in substantial alignment with a corresponding rib. The outer end of each flexible member engages a corresponding one of the receptacles. The canopy and the flexible members are configured such that the canopy exerts a tension on the flexible member that causes it to flex inward and downward.
US07882838B2
Packaging for heating a condom using reactants that generate heat when they react with each other.
US07882833B2
A remote breathing assembly includes a periphery viewable goggle or mask, intake and return air-tubes sealably connected to the goggle, and a breathing apparatus coupled to the tubes opposite the goggle. The goggle includes a transparent lens having a front section defining a lateral front length, and left and right sections extending transversely from the front section a distance not less than one-forth the front length, a compressible liner, an improved liner interface having trapezoidal sections, and a securing element for fixing the goggle and evenly compressing the liner. The air-tubes each present upper and lower ends, with the intake tube further presenting a flared end section at the upper end. A blower is connected to the flared end section and configured to direct air therein. The apparatus further includes at least one submersible handle and link.
US07882829B2
The present device is a launcher for a projectile, comprising an enclosure that is adapted to be held by a human hand. The enclosure comprises a barrel aperture, a pump aperture, and a trigger aperture. The launcher further comprises a pump assembly that comprises a pump piston traversing the pump aperture. The pump piston is configured to be actuated by a user and can be reciprocated in and out of a pump cylinder. The launcher comprises a compression chamber in fluid communication with the piston cylinder through a check valve that only allows air to pass from within the piston cylinder into the compression chamber. The launcher comprises a trigger that opens the compression chamber and sends compressed air into a barrel that can have a projectile stored therein. The trigger is configured to be manually operated by a user. The barrel is in fluid communication with the compression chamber through a trigger valve. The compact design allows for direct fluid communication between the pump assembly, the compression chamber, and the barrel.
US07882827B2
Disclosed is a heat exchanger for a combustion engine, comprising a first connection zone (1, 102) for delivering a fluid that is to be cooled, at least some of said fluid being composed of exhaust gas of the combustion engine, a second connection zone (3, 103) for discharging the fluid, and an exchanger zone (2, 101, 104, 105) which is arranged between the first and the second connection zone relative to a flow path of the fluid. A coolant can flow around the exchanger zone (2, 101, 104, 105) while at least part of the heat exchanger is made of ferritic steel.
US07882816B2
A method of starting an engine with an engine starter that includes pressurizing a motor supply chamber with a fluid, selectively pressurizing an actuating chamber in response to the pressure in the motor supply chamber, moving a first valve along a first axis in response to pressure in the actuating chamber and moving a pinion toward engagement with the engine in response to movement of the first valve. The method further includes further pressurizing the actuating chamber, moving a second valve along a second axis in response to the further pressure in the actuating chamber, rotating the pinion in response to movement of the second valve, meshing pinion teeth with teeth on the engine, and starting the engine in response to rotation of the pinion.
US07882804B2
This invention is a water and pet food dispenser equipped with a non-power consumption water dispenser and a power consumption pet food dispenser. The water dispenser siphons water from a storage container to a water feeding bowl. Pet food is dispensed from a storage container by vibration, utilizing the weight and time sensing components to control pet food to be dispensed in the exact quantity at the exact time as predetermined. The exact quantity is monitored by a weighing scale and the exact time is controlled by a timer. The feeding cycle repeats as soon as the electrical timer turns on electrical power supply.
US07882793B1
An anchor for small watercraft. It is extremely lightweight, and can be stored in a very small space. The anchor consists of a pear-shaped fabric ballast container. This container is made up of a number of matching side panels and a circular bottom disc. A set of four metal or composition flukes attached to the ballast container near the bottom and at the widest part of the container. Each fluke is about 9-11″ long, ¾″ wide, ½″ thick, with an angled tip at one or both ends. The flukes are thus deployed by weighting the bag with material like gravel or sand, which forces the flukes to protrude sharp angle from the ballast bag. When filled with material, the anchor approximates the function of traditional fluke or bell anchors. The anchor can be turned inside out for self-storage, requiring no additional storage container.
US07882783B2
A method for digital imaging of a printing form (10) through application of energy is described, in which a burn-off area (66) is detachably fixed by supporting points (68, 84), supporting points (68, 84) being left in place on the printing form (10) through non-imaging of image spots (112) and in which the burn-off from the burn-off area (66) is detached from the printing form (10) in a cleaning step. A supporting point (68, 84) at a reference point is left in place precisely if the number of image spots (110) to be imaged in a surrounding area (18) of the reference point (12) exceeds a limit value and a boundary area (20) in the surrounding area (18) around the reference point (12) contains only image spots (110) to be imaged. The method may be used in a system for digital imaging of printing forms (10) having an energy source (86), a cleaning unit (70), a control unit (96), and an image processing unit (98) with a computing unit (100), in particular with a raster image processor (RIP) (102) in a printing unit of a printing press.
US07882778B2
A hydraulic actuator is configured to provide redundant boost control to an aircraft within approximately the same space required by a single hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic actuator includes a housing and a piston assembly disposed within the housing. The piston assembly includes a ram, a first piston secured to the ram, and second and third pistons disposed on the ram such that the second and third pistons are translatable relative to the longitudinal axis of the ram. The pistons form two hydraulically separate actuator cylinders within the space required by a single cylinder which results in a reduction in the weight and size of the hydraulic actuator.
US07882766B2
In an automatic torque-switching apparatus (1), a fixed member (12) of a reduction device (8) is attached to an apparatus housing (2) via a one-way clutch (9) so as to not rotate in the direction of torque acting on the fixed member from the load side. A rotational input member (13) of the reduction device (8) and the fixed member (12) of the reduction device are linked via a torque limiter (10) so as to rotate integrally only when the torque acting on the fixed member (12) is less than or equal to a prescribed value. The speed reducing operation is not performed while the torque is less than or equal to the prescribed value, and the rotation of a motor (3) is output directly. When the torque exceeds the prescribed value, the reducing operation is performed, and a switch is automatically made to a rotational output having reduced speed and a large torque. An automatic torque-switching apparatus can be realized that has a small-sized, compact structure capable of reversibly switching from a state in which high-speed rotation is output directly to a state in which high-torque, low-speed rotation is output via a reduction device in accordance with the required torque.
US07882765B2
A balancing assembly for a rotor comprises a mass, a displacement arrangement for displacing the mass along a guide arrangement. The guide arrangement extends circumferentially and the displacement arrangement can move the mass circumferentially around the principal axis of the rotor during rotation of the rotor.
US07882760B2
A shifting device is provided for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle with a first automatic shift gate and with a second tipping gate for a manual, stepwise shifting operation about a middle position. A selector lever can be pivoted about a first shift gate axis into the automatic shift gate and the tipping gate and about a second selector lever axis within the shift gates. The selector lever axis and the shift gate axis are arranged at right angles to one another in a shifting device housing. A connection member is provided for transmitting the pivoting motion of the selector lever in the automatic shift gate to a coupling element to the automatic transmission. The connection member is fixed in a recess of the shifting device housing when the selector lever is pivoted about the shift gate axis into the tipping gate, in which the connection member (6) is fixed rotatably in an axis of rotation (9) at a pivot lever (10), which is rotatably mounted on a holding pin (11), which is arranged in parallel to the selector lever axis (3) at the selector lever housing (2). The pivot lever (10) is mounted with a pin (12) in a holding device (13) of the shifting device housing (5) when the selector lever (1) is in the automatic shift gate (A).
US07882758B2
The driving force can be transmitted at the time of both acceleration and deceleration in an engaged state where a first engagement face of a strut is forced to protrude inside a cutaway of a gear. The driving force is transmitted at the time of acceleration and the transmission of the driving force can be cut off at the time of deceleration in a one-way state where the first engagement face of the strut and the cutaway of the gear are made either to engage with or to disengage from each other in accordance with the rotational direction of the gear relative to the rotational shaft. The transmission of the driving force can be cut off at the time of both acceleration and deceleration in a disengaged state where the first engagement face of the strut is forced to withdraw from the cutaway of the gear. In addition, the decreasing of the transmission efficiency caused by friction between the strut and the gear can be prevented.
US07882751B2
A measuring system is inserted into the course of a process line for a flowing medium and includes a measuring transducer with a measuring tube for conveying the medium and with a sensor arrangement for generating at least one measurement signal influenced by a measured variable of the medium. The measuring tube shows a smaller flow cross section than a supply segment of the process line, connected to the inlet end of the measuring system. The measuring system further includes a flow conditioner, arranged at the inlet end of the measuring tube and mediating between the measuring tube and the supply segment. The flow conditioner shows a lumen tapering towards the measuring tube, and includes at least two inner edges arranged upstream of its outlet end and protruding into the lumen of the flow conditioner. Between the first inner edge and the second inner edge, there extends additionally, a first guide surface of the flow conditioner. Moreover, the second inner edge bounds a second guide surface extending towards the outlet end of the flow conditioner and serving for guiding medium flowing in the flow container during operation.
US07882748B2
A clip for detecting bending forces and electrical characteristics is disclosed, which comprises: a base; a clipping head fixedly disposed on the base and composed of a clipping sheet and a fixing sheet combined therewith; and a force detecting unit fixedly disposed the base and contacting the clipping head; wherein the clipping head is provided with two electrodes thereon and the two electrodes contact a substrate when the clipping head clips the substrate.
US07882744B2
There is disclosed flat planar pressure transducer which comprises a planar insulative substrate of a rectangular configuration. Disposed on the substrate is an array of conductive areas which extend from a contact terminal area of said substrate to an end of the substrate. There is a leadless sensor module positioned at said contact terminal area, with the contacts of said leadless sensor contacting contact terminals of said contact terminal area. The leadless sensor is enclosed by an enclosure which is coupled to the substrate and surrounds the sensor. The enclosure has a screen positioned on the top surface to prevent particles from entering or damaging the leadless sensor. The above-noted structure forms a very flat, compact pressure transducer which can be utilized in lieu of flex circuit type devices and provides greater mechanical stability as well as a more accurate output.
US07882741B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an acceleration sensor. In the method, thin SOI-wafer structures are used, in which grooves are etched, the walls of which are oxidized. A thick layer of electrode material, covering all other material, is grown on top of the structures, after which the surface is ground and polished chemo-mechanically, thin release holes are etched in the structure, structural patterns are formed, and finally etching using a hydrofluoric acid solution is performed to release the structures intended to move and to open a capacitive gap.
US07882732B2
An apparatus for monitoring tire pressurization state in a tire has a magneto-mechanical pressure sensor in or on the tire and an electromagnetic excitation system. The electromagnetic excitation system is for interrogating the magneto-mechanical pressure sensor. The apparatus also has a receiver. The receiver is for receiving information from the electromagnetic excitation system. The apparatus also has a data interpretation system for translating the received information into the tire pressurization state. The data interpretation system is connected to a display. The display communicates the tire pressurization state to an operator.
US07882730B2
There is provided an ignition diagnosis apparatus that detects ignition abnormality in a multi-point-ignition internal combustion engine. An ion detection device provided in at least one of a plurality of ignition devices detects an electric quantity based on ions produced in a combustion chamber due to combustion of an inflammable fuel-air mixture; an ion occurring timing detection device detects an ion occurring timing, based on the electric quantity detected in a predetermined detection period; an ignition abnormality determination device compares the detected ion occurring timing with a comparison timing set in such a way as to be delayed in terms of the rotation angle of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine with respect to an ignition timing set for the ignition device provided with the ion detection device, and determines that ignition performed by the ignition device provided with the ion detection device is abnormal, in the case where the ion occurring timing is delayed in terms of the rotation angle of the crankshaft with respect to the comparison timing.
US07882728B2
There is provided an anomaly judgment device that is capable of detecting an abnormal state of a system highly accurately and obtaining an accurate result. The anomaly judgment device may include a plurality of anomaly judgment devices for judging an anomaly of the system and, in cases where it is judged by the plurality of anomaly judgment devices that there is an anomaly, a judgment device judges that a system anomaly exists. Hence, even in the event of a localized abnormal state judgment by one anomaly judgment device or failure, a final judgment is not made based on that anomaly alone, and at least one other anomaly judgment is made, whereby erroneous judgments can be eliminated and a highly accurate anomaly judgment is possible.
US07882713B2
A lengthways stretchable elastic band having two edges is provided. The elastic band comprises a plurality of longitudinal elastic yarn segments and at least one elastic thread area, which extends to the two edges of the elastic band. The plurality of longitudinal elastic yarn segments are made of elastic yarns and the elastic thread area is made of elastic threads. The elastic band is formed by connecting the plurality of longitudinal elastic yarn segments together using the elastic thread area. The elastic thread area connects the plurality of longitudinal yarn segments by tying the ends of the elastic threads to the ends of the elastic yarns. As such, when the elastic band is under a force, it can be expanded both lengthways and sideways, thereby obtaining multi-directional extensibility.
US07882710B2
A circular knitting machine for the production of knitted goods by at least partially using fiber materials is described. The circular knitting machine includes drafting devices (8b) associated with the individual knitting systems (6) to feed and attenuate slivers (10), flyer frame slivers or the like, and also drive units (28) operatively connected to the drafting devices (8). According to the invention, the drafting devices (8) are arranged below and the drive units (28) are arranged above a partition and mounting wall (26) separating them in a fiber-tight arrangement, wherein the drive units (28) are coupled to drafting rollers (35, 36) of the drafting devices (8b) through the partition and mounting wall (26) (FIG. 3).
US07882696B2
A support and air mixer includes an inner annular member, an outer annular member shaped and positioned such that an annular air gap is formed between the inner annular member and the outer annular member, and a plurality of air mixing members, each air mixing member having a mixing passageway therethrough and each air mixing member having an inner portion connected to the inner annular member, an outer portion connected to the outer annular member, and first and second opposing side portions interconnecting the inner and outer portions and the inner and outer annular members such that the mixing passageway is in fluid communication with the annular air gap.
US07882695B2
In order to start a turbine engine (10), high-pressure fluid is directed onto a turbine (34a) to cause rotation of the turbine and thereby start the turbine engine. In a disclosed embodiment, the high-pressure fluid is provided through a fluid outlet (120) in a vane (36a) positioned adjacent the turbine (34a). The high-pressure fluid is provided by an air source, which may be another turbine engine, especially where the turbine engine to be started is a tip turbine engine that is not the primary propulsion source.
US07882689B2
In the state where plural sheets of link plates which are single parts are laminated, tension for widening a distance between through-holes is loaded by a pair of pins which are inserted through the through-holes of the link plates so as to load pretension serving as a predetermined compressive residual stress on the link plates. Subsequently, the pair of pins are extracted from the link plates. Consequently, connection members are inserted through the corresponding through-holes of the plurality of link plates so as to assemble a chain with an endless shape.
US07882685B2
In an intermittently rotating table type bag filling apparatus, a plurality of pairs of grippers being provided at equal intervals around an intermittently rotating table, the grippers including pairs of left and right swing levers mounted on the intermittently rotating table, gripper arms affixed to swing levers, chuck sections installed in the tip end portions of the gripper arms, and chuck open/close mechanisms that open and close chuck sections. Gripper arms are cylindrical, and air cylinders and link mechanisms that constitute chuck open/close mechanism are installed inside the tube bodies of the gripper arms.
US07882679B2
A system and method of manufacture providing reinforced structurally functional load-bearing members, including but not limited to using thermoplastic materials, such as High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), reinforced such as with an aluminum alloy or carbon fiber core element. Among its possible uses, the present invention has application for provision of structural support members, such as an illustrative I-joist product having a vertical center member preferably comprising HDPE, and top and bottom flanges having structurally meaningful reinforcement. The center member and flanges preferably comprising HDPE provides a relatively hard, durable, substantially weather-resistant structure.
US07882677B2
A roofing shingle with a laying line that facilitates the alignment of an overlying course of shingles with respect an underlying course of shingles is provided. The laying line is located on a front surface of the shingle and has a width such that the laying line is exposed when an edge of another shingle is placed in contacting proximity with the laying line. The shingle may also have a scale and one or more nibs that protrude from the sides of the shingle that assist in aligning the shingles in the second course with the shingles in the underlying course. The shingle may also include nailing zones located on the front surface of the shingles provide a location for fastening the shingles to the roof. A method of laying the shingles of the present invention on a roof is also provided.
US07882676B2
A bracket for use with metal construction framing which is a generally planar construct having a first outer flange and a second outer flange, configured to form a recess between such flanges suitable to engage at least one face of a metal construction stud and to interlock with the stud via at least two non-longitudinal tabs.
US07882673B1
A masonry flashing is disclosed having a polymeric membrane and a pressure-activated adhesive in a peel-and-stick product. The flashing is used in cavity walls, typically a wall with an inner wythe of masonry block and an outer wythe of brick. The adhesive layer is a hot melt with various additives, which additives provide reinforcement to the flashing structure. The reinforcement can be fiber glass or filamentous fragments of polypropylene that are admixed into the adhesive. The flashing has a release sheet and, after removal thereof, the adhesive is pressed against the rough surface of the masonry block creating a durable bond with the inner wythe. Incorporated into the masonry flashing are various high-strength, polymeric webs including a spun-bonded polyolefin, an ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, and a polyvinylchloride with an ethylene interpolymer.
US07882672B2
A building system is described comprising paired studs (20) for attachment to inside surfaces of facing sheets (10, 11) to provide panel formwork for concrete walls. The studs comprise a head (21) and outwardly extending spaced flanges (22, 23) with inwardly directed teeth (26) and lips (24, 25). Spacer elements (30) are engaged with the recess between the flanges and may be formed from off-cuts of sheet material or as specifically formed elements. The latter are formed from hard plastic and in a preferred embodiment (19) are formed as a rectangular box which can be orientated in alternate directions. The system may include end elements (40), internal top and bottom plates (51), internal corners (90), external corners (100) and a shadow line junction between panels. The invention extends to panels formed with the above system and buildings formed from the panels.
US07882670B2
A roof ventilation apparatus for a sloped roof having a cap and base plate is provided. The cap has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface has a flange that defines an opening to a cavity formed between the top and bottom cap surface. The cavity provides a path for air exchange from a roof opening through an air passage formed between the flange and cap top. The base plate has a collar or curb surrounding an aperture that fits inside the cap bottom cavity. The base plate preferably is shaped such that when installed on the sloped roof the cap entirely covers the base plate. Preferably, the base plate includes a collar and an angled edge configured to channel moisture that seeps within the vent cap.
US07882662B2
A door hanger (140) is disclosed for use in installation of a door assembly (100). The door hanger (140) includes a jamb arm (142) with a triangular shaped edge (144), and proximate shorter edges (145) formed inwardly from the triangular shaped edge (144) and perpendicular to each other. A pair of opposing faces (143) are formed by the triangular shaped edge (144) and the proximate edges (145), and a central hole (146) is located substantially in the center of the opposing faces (143). An alignment flange (150) is perpendicular to the jamb arm (142) and includes a distal arcuate edge (152). The arcuate edge (152) has a configuration substantially conforming to the legs of a triangle. Formed inwardly from the distal arcuate edge (152) are a pair of opposing sides (154), with sets of alignment notches (156) formed on the opposing sides (154). The alignment flange (150) also includes an alignment slot (158) for purposes of selectively aligning a connecting screw or the like for attaching the door hanger (140) to either a strike side wall (106) or a hinge side wall (108). The door hanger (140) also includes a pair of tabs (160) which assist in proper alignment of the door hanger (140) along the edges of the strike jamb (128) or hinge jamb (130), as the case may be.
US07882654B1
An accessory mount for a firearm that includes a barrel and a front sight located on the barrel comprises: a first section adapted to engage a first side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in an aperture defined by and through the front sight; a second section adapted to engage a second side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in the aperture defined by and through the front sight; and one or more fasteners that secure the first and second sections to one another; wherein the first and second sections collectively define a substantially cylindrical channel adapted to receive and secure an accessory below the barrel of the firearm.
US07882649B2
A wear assembly for excavating equipment which includes a wear member and a base each with upper and lower stabilizing surfaces that are offset and at overlapping depths to reduce the overall depth of the assembly while maintaining high strength and a stable coupling. The nose and socket each includes a generally triangular-shaped front stabilizing end to provide a highly stable front connection between the nose and wear member for both vertical and side loading. The lock is movable between hold and release positions to accommodate replacing of the wear member when needed, and secured to the wear member for shipping and storage purposes.
