US08193508B2
A detector system adapted for monitoring a radiation treatment system comprising a pulsed beam radiation source for treating a body with a given beam intensity and beam configuration, with pulse times and intervals between pulses less than 100 milliseconds, using at least one monitoring radiation source located inside or outside the body, the detector system comprising; a) a detector designed to detect radiation from the monitoring source, and subject to interference radiation from the beam source; and b) control circuitry that creates a data record of radiation received by the detector, to provide information about the body; wherein, when the detector detects radiation in real time during operation of the beam, the data record selectively excludes data for radiation received by the detector during the pulses, as opposed to data for radiation received by the detector between pulses.
US08193505B2
In positron emission tomography (PET), a detector's response to scattered radiation may be different from its response to unscattered (true coincidence) photons. This difference should be accounted for during normalization and scatter correction. The disclosure shows that only a knowledge of the ratio of the scatter to trues efficiencies is necessary, however. A system and method are disclosed for measuring the scatter/trues detection efficiency ratio, as well as for applying this compensation during the scatter correction of PET emission data. PET detector efficiencies are measured in two steps, the first using a plane radiation source, and the second using a plane radiation source in combination with a scattering medium. A ratio of the scatter and trues detection efficiency is obtained from this data for each detector/crystal, and is applied as a correction factor to PET data obtained during medical imaging processes.
US08193496B2
A method of visually detecting a leak of a chemical emanating from a component. The method includes: aiming a passive infrared camera system towards the component; filtering an infrared image with an optical bandpass filter, the infrared image being that of the leak; after the infrared image passes through the lens and optical bandpass filter, receiving the filtered infrared image with an infrared sensor device; electronically processing the filtered infrared image received by the infrared sensor device to provide a visible image representing the filtered infrared image; and visually identifying the leak based on the visible image. The passive infrared camera system includes: a lens; a refrigerated portion including therein the infrared sensor device and the optical bandpass filter (located along an optical path between the lens and the infrared sensor device). At least part of a pass band for the optical bandpass filter is within an absorption band for the chemical.
US08193485B2
Protein identification in a complex sample begins by selecting a database having proteins likely to be in the sample. In-silico digestion is performed and a target peptide is selected from produced peptides. The masses of the Y- and B-ion fragments of the target peptide are determined. These masses are used to search previously obtained low- and high-energy AMRTs obtained from LC/MS analysis of the complex sample for masses on the list. Any mass observed in the data within a detection threshold are considered a hit. If enough hits accumulate in a given retention time, the target peptide is identified as being in the sample. The list of peptides identified in the complex sample can be used to identify the proteins present in the sample, track the chromatographic retention times of peptides between samples, and quantitate the peptides and proteins present in complex samples.
US08193484B2
A method and apparatus involve: performing a plurality of analytical scans during normal operation of a mass spectrometer having a detection section, wherein data is generated during the analytical scans in a manner that includes use of the detection section; and automatically evaluating the data from the analytical scans to monitor whether an actual gain of the detection section changes over time.
US08193477B2
An automated method causes a terrestrial solar cell array to track the sun. The solar cell system may include motors that adjust a position of the array along different respective axes with respect to the sun. An alignment analysis procedure, e.g., a find sun routine, is performed to ensure that the solar cell system is properly aligned with the sun during solar tracking. This procedure may sweep the solar cell system along determined paths (e.g., azimuth and elevation paths) while measuring an output parameter indicative of system performance. The measured data is analyzed to determine if the solar cell system is in misalignment in which case the solar cell system is moved into proper alignment. The alignment procedure may be implemented on a periodic basis or using triggers, and may be automatically executed or manually executed.
US08193475B2
A heating apparatus includes a heating element adapted to be disposed on a substrate. The heating element includes electrodes and a multi-layer conductive coating of nano-thickness disposed between the substrate and electrodes. The multi-layer conductive coating has a structure and composition which stabilize performance of the heating element at high temperatures. The multi-layer conductive coating may be produced by spray pyrolysis.
US08193463B2
A switch includes push knobs and a lens for guiding light from the light source on the pc board to illuminate the push knobs for changing the distance between the incident surface of the lens and the light source by moving the lens by operating the push knobs. The lens has a recess groove intersecting the light path of the incident light to the lens. The pc board has a protruding wall protruding toward the lens at a position corresponding to the recess groove. Upon movement of the lens directed to reduce the distance between the incident surface and the light source, the protruding wall is inserted into the recess groove by an amount corresponding to the lens displacement to shield the light path in accordance with the displacement. Light amount for illuminating the push knobs is kept constant irrespective of the lens movement.
US08193455B2
An electrical circuit structure employing graphene as a charge carrier transport layer. The structure includes a plurality of graphene layers. Electrical contact is made with one of the layer of the plurality of graphene layers, so that charge carriers travel only through that one layer. By constructing the active graphene layer within or on a plurality of graphene layers, the active graphene layer maintains the necessary planarity and crystalline integrity to ensure that the high charge carrier mobility properties of the active graphene layer remain intact.
US08193453B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printed wiring board including: a substrate including a pair of edges and a fixing hole adjacent to the pair of edges and configured to receive a bolt; a land provided in a vicinity of the fixing hole and extending in a direction from the fixing hole toward a center of the substrate and along the pair of edges; and an insulating height adjuster provided between the fixing hole and the pair of edges and configured to have substantially the same height as the land.
US08193451B2
A polyamide-imide resin insulating varnish includes an aromatic diamine component, an aromatic diisocyanate component, an acid component including an aromatic tricarboxylic acid anhydride, and a solvent. The aromatic diamine component includes an aromatic diamine with three or more benzene rings and an aromatic diamine with two or less benzene rings. The aromatic diamine with three or more benzene rings and the aromatic diamine with two or less benzene rings are added 99/1 to 30/70 in mole ratio.
US08193450B1
The disclosed subject matter comprises a wire bridge that can dissipate heat from power wires of an electrically powered system to facilitate improving the lifetime of wires, reducing interference between wires, and reduce negative impaction of the electrically powered system. The wire bridge can be formed of a thermally conductive material to facilitate dissipating heat from associated wires, and can include a base component and a bridge component that is raised up from the base component wherein a subset of wires can be placed across and in contact with the bridge component. Optionally another subset of wires can be placed in an open gap created between the base component and bridge component; channels can be formed in the wire bridge wherein wires can be inserted; multiple bridge levels can be formed; or fasteners can be employed to fasten wires to the wire bridge.
US08193443B2
The present invention relates to a photovoltaic cell, a method of manufacturing such photovoltaic cell, and to uses of such cell.
US08193440B1
A device for producing energy and power utilizing incoming solar radiation to invoke a thermal differential inside the device to produce an electric current utilizing a phenomenon more commonly known as the Seebeck effect, which produces energy by heating the junction between two dissimilar metals to create an electric current stemming from both their other ends.
US08193439B2
An example method for making thermoelectric modules generally includes coupling a first wafer and a second wafer together, processing the first and second wafers to produce a first thermoelectric element and a second thermoelectric element where the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element are coupled together, coupling the first thermoelectric element to a first conductor, coupling the second thermoelectric element to a second conductor, separating the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element, coupling the first thermoelectric element to a third conductor whereby the first thermoelectric element, the first conductor, and the third conductor form at least part of a thermoelectric module, and coupling the second thermoelectric element to a fourth conductor whereby the second thermoelectric element, the second conductor, and the fourth conductor form at least part of another thermoelectric module.
US08193432B2
A rotation device is adapted to be installed between the bell of a musical wind instrument and the body of the musical instrument. One or more rotational devices may be controlled by the musician or someone else while the musician is performing and/or playing the instrument. The rotation device may control the speed of rotation, the direction of rotation, and the amount of travel of rotation. The amount of travel of rotation of the bell may be more than and/or equal to and/or less than a 360 degree rotation.
US08193430B2
Disclosed herein too is a method that includes dispersing nanotubes in media that comprises flavin moieties substituted with solubilizing side chains, and/or non-flavin containing molecular species; self-assembling the flavin moieties and other non-flavin containing molecular species in a pattern that is orderly wrapped around the nanotubes to form a composite; introducing desired amounts of an optional reagent that competes with self-assembly in order to disturb the wrapping around nanotubes with moderate order; and centrifuging the mass of the nanotubes and the composites to extract the composite from other nanotubes that are not in composite form.
US08193426B1
A novel maize variety designated X7W905 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7W905 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7W905 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7W905, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7W905. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7W905.
US08193423B2
A soybean cultivar designated S080098 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080098, to the plants of soybean S080098, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080098, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080098 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S080098, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080098, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S080098 with another soybean cultivar.
US08193418B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB48G09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB48G09, to the plants of soybean XB48G09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB48G09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB48G09 with another soybean plant, using XB48G09 as either the male or the female parent.
US08193416B1
A lettuce cultivar, designated Pro Green 76, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Pro Green 76, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Pro Green 76 and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Pro Green 76 with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Pro Green 76 and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Pro Green 76 with another lettuce cultivar.
US08193415B2
The invention relates to the field of glycoprotein processing in transgenic plants used as cost efficient and contamination safe factories for the production of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins or pharmaceutical compositions comprising these. The invention provides a plant comprising a functional mammalian enzyme providing N-glycan biosynthesis that is normally not present in plants, said plant additionally comprising at least a second mammalian protein or functional fragment thereof that is normally not present in plants.
US08193409B2
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants that are characterized by increased size, have an increased number and size of rosette leaves and are late-flowering.
US08193399B2
A process has been developed for producing diesel fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils and greases. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a diesel fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the treatment zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture.
US08193397B2
A hydrofluoroether compound comprises two terminal, independently fluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkyl groups and an intervening oxytetrafluoroethylidene moiety (—OCF(CF3)—) bonded through its central carbon atom to an alkoxy- or fluoroalkoxy-substituted fluoromethylene moiety (—CF(OR)—), each of the terminal groups optionally comprising at least one catenated heteroatom.
US08193394B2
Disclosed is a novel process for production of lasofoxifene, nafoxidine or an analogue thereof, which comprises reduced number of reaction steps, has a high efficiency, and is practically advantageous. For the production of lasofoxifene or an analogue thereof, a compound represented by the formula (4) is used as an intermediate. The compound represented by the formula (4) can be produced using compounds represented by the formulae (1) to (3) as starting compounds by performing the coupling of the three components in one step.
US08193387B2
A one-step vapor phase oxidation process produces an unsaturated carboxylic acid, such as acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, from an alkane, such as propane or isobutane, with a mixed metal oxide catalyst and an excess of alkane relative to oxygen. The unreacted alkane and the byproduct alkene are recycled to the reaction zone without separation. Overall yield and productivity of the unsaturated carboxylic improves for such a process. An analogous method for the preparation of unsaturated nitrites is also disclosed.
US08193378B2
Provided is a compound which has an excellent S1P1 agonist action, and is useful particularly as an active ingredient for an agent for preventing and/or treating a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells. According to the present invention, a 2H-chromene compound or a derivative thereof which has an excellent S1P1 agonist action, and is useful particularly as an active ingredient of an agent for preventing and/or treating a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells can be provided. The 2H-chromene compound and a derivative thereof which are the compounds of the present invention have an S1P1 agonist action, and can be used particularly for prevention and/or treatment of a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells.
US08193376B2
The present invention discloses certain derivatives of artemisinin and the active principles contained in Artemisia annua extracts with amino acids, peptides, and amino sugars, and isomers and salts thereof (formula I). The compounds of the present invention possess wide-spectrum antibacterial and antifungal biological activity suitable for topical or oral application for the treatment of infections and topical ailments in mammals, including acne, rosacea, topical wounds, infections, dandruff, skin disfigurements caused by infection, skin discoloration, age spots, wrinkles, excess facial oil, and veterinary problems including canine infections;
US08193368B2
Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted tetrazolyl, R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyridinyl or optionally substituted thienyl, and R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with the P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the compounds.
US08193366B2
A cyanine compound represented by the general formula (I), (VI) or (VII): wherein ring-A1 is an optionally substituted benzene or naphthalene ring; B is a group represented by the general formula (II) or (III); R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; R2 is a substituent represented by the general formula (IV); and Y1 is a hydrogen atom, an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a substituent represented by the general formula (IV): wherein ring-A2 is the same as the ring-A1 in the general formula (I); Y4 and Y5 each are independently the same as Y1 in the general formula (I); X2 is the same as X1 in the general formula (I); R10 is the same as R1 in the general formula (I); R11 is the same as R2 in the general formula (I); R23 and R24 are the same as R21 and R22 in the formulas (II) and (III); n is an integer of 0 to 6; the polymethine chain may have a substituent; Anq- is a q-valent anion; q is 1 or 2; and p is a factor keeping the neutrality of charge.
US08193364B2
N-Substituted (6-haloalkylpyridin-3-yl)alkyl sulfoximines are effective at controlling insects.
US08193353B2
The present invention is directed to novel 6-1H-imidazo-2-aryl and 2-heteroaryl quinazoline and quinoline of formula I, corresponding salts and solvates thereof, to a process for their preparation and to the use of this compounds and corresponding pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of pain and inflammatory related disorders. Compounds of the invention have been proven highly effective in the pharmacological treatment of both inflammatory and neuropathic pain, in addition to striking anti-inflammatory properties. Their effectiveness in interfering with COX-2 and inflammatory cytokines expressions and production, highlights them as interesting compounds also for the treatment of cancer in addition to several inflammatory diseases.
US08193347B2
Improved methods for synthesizing bifunctional chelates of tetraazamacrocycle derivatives and intermediates thereof are disclosed as well as novel tetraazamacrocycle derivatives and intermediates thereof.
US08193342B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for preparing furanose compounds of Formula (3), which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of a p-toluene sulfonic acid salt of 5-amino-3-(2′-O-acetyl-3′-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-3H-thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2-one and the like.
US08193339B2
This invention relates to a process of stereoselectively synthesizing a β-nucleoside compound of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and B are as defined in the specification; each of R3 and R4, independently, is H or fluoro. The process includes reacting, in the presence of a transition metal salt, a tetrahydrofuran compound of formula (II): wherein R1, R2, and L are as defined in the specification, with a nucleobase derivative; and each of R3 and R4, independently, is H or fluoro.
US08193338B2
A di(pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-)polyphosphate is synthesized by converting a pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-triphosphate into a pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-cyclic triphosphate by use of a condensing agent, and subsequently reacting the pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-cyclic triphosphate with a pyrimidine nucleotide in the presence of a salt of a metal selected from among magnesium, manganese, and iron.Through the method of the invention, a di(pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-)polyphosphate can be synthesized from an unprotected pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-phosphate serving as a starting material at a synthesis yield of 50% or higher. Therefore, the method of the invention is suitable for large-scale synthesis of a di(pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-)polyphosphate.
US08193337B2
A process for the preparation of an oligonucleotide having at least one phosphate internucleotide linkage I provided. The process comprises the steps of: a) forming a nascent oligonucleotide comprising a phosphorus (III) internucleotide linkage; and b) oxidation of the nascent oligonucleotide with aqueous iodine solution thereby to form a phosphorus (V) internucleotide linkage; wherein the oxidation is carried out in the presence of a base, the conjugate acid of said base having a pKa higher than the pKa of the conjugate acid of pyridine. Preferably the base is N-methylimidazole.
US08193336B2
A method and apparatus are provided for performing light-directed reactions in spatially addressable channels within a plurality of channels. One aspect of the invention employs photoactivatable reagents in solutions disposed into spatially addressable flow streams to control the parallel synthesis of molecules immobilized within the channels. The reagents may be photoactivated within a subset of channels at the site of immobilized substrate molecules or at a light-addressable site upstream from the substrate molecules. The method and apparatus of the invention find particularly utility in the synthesis of biopolymer arrays, e.g., oligonucleotides, peptides and carbohydrates, and in the combinatorial synthesis of small molecule arrays for drug discovery.
US08193335B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing reporter molecules suitable for the detection of analytes, e.g. nucleic acids. Further, the present invention relates to methods and regions for detecting analytes.
US08193334B2
A method for encapsulating nucleic acids, particularly siRNAs, shRNAs, microRNAs, gene therapy plasmids, and other oligonucleotides in biodegradable polymers is disclosed, whereby the nucleic acids are formulated into reverse micelles composed of non-toxic and/or naturally-occurring lipids prior to nanoparticle formation by nanoprecipitation. This method can be coupled to other techniques that improve intracellular drug targeting, ultimately enhancing intracellular delivery of the aforementioned nucleic acids.
US08193331B2
Provided is a probe set that is useful for identifying each allele of HLA individually, and a method of identification of an allele of HLA by the use thereof for each type. The probe set is composed of probes that cover all of the partial sequences that contain a unique base to each allele. Using this probe set HLA contained in a specimen is identified.
US08193327B1
A novel computational method and generation of mutant butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis is provided. The method includes molecular modeling a possible BChE mutant and conducting molecular dynamics simulations and hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical calculations thereby providing a screening method of possible BChE mutants by predicting which mutant will lead to a more stable transition state for a rate determining step. Site-directed mutagenesis, protein expression, and protein activity is conducted for mutants determined computationally as being good candidates for possible BChE mutants, i.e., ones predicted to have higher catalytic efficiency as compared with wild-type BChE. In addition, mutants A199S/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/A328W/Y332G, A199S/S287G/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/Y332G, and A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/E441D all have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine compared with wild-type BChE.
US08193315B2
The invention provides isolated N-methyl-D-aspartate type 3B (NR3B) polypeptides, functional fragments and peptides, encoding nucleic acid molecules and polynucleotides, and specific antibodies. Also provided are excitatory glycine receptors, containing either NR3B or NR3A polypeptides. Further provided are methods for detecting excitatory glycine receptor ligands, agonists and antagonists. The invention also provides related diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
US08193312B2
A cyclized peptide designated BMP Binding Peptide (BBP) is a synthetic peptide that avidly binds rhBMP-2, as do endogenous forms of BBP, and sequence conservation between species results in a variety of useful BBP compositions. BBP increases the over-all osteogenic activity of rhBMP-2, increases the rate at which rhBMP-2 induces bone formation, and BBP induces calcification alone. Compositions and substrates including BBP, and methods of using BBP are useful in therapeutic, diagnostic and clinical applications requiring calcification and osteogenesis.
US08193311B2
An isolated polypeptide is provided. The isolated polypeptide comprising an antigen recognition domain capable of specifically binding a CD44 polypeptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 and incapable of binding a CD44 polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 4 or 6.
US08193310B2
Disclosed are short chain peptides that are constrained to adopt an alpha helical conformation and their use as alpha helical scaffolds for directing amino acid side chains into positions analogous to those found in longer chain alpha helical peptides. Also disclosed is the use of these peptides for attaching peptidic or non-peptidic appendages in order to mimic side chains of longer alpha helical peptides. The peptides find use in mimicking naturally occurring peptides or proteins or in preparing new materials.
US08193309B2
The present invention relates to a MUC1 cytoplasmic tail peptide or portion thereof. These peptides are useful for inducing an immune response to MUC1-expressing tumor cells and thus for preventing or treating cancer.
US08193307B2
A polymer for use in photoresist compositions is synthesized by effecting polymerization reaction to form a polymerization product mixture and subjecting the mixture to molecular weight fractionation by a liquid phase separation technique using a good solvent and a poor solvent. The fractionation step is iterated at least twice, and one iteration of fractionation includes adding a good solvent which is different from the good solvent added in the other iteration of fractionation.
US08193306B2
Methods for preparing active carbonate esters of water-soluble polymers are provided. Also provided are other methods related to the active carbonate esters of water-soluble polymers, as well as corresponding compositions.
US08193300B2
Biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic copolyester comprising 49 to 66 mol % of an aromatic polyfunctional acid; 51 to 34 mol % of an aliphatic acid, at least 70% of which is sebacic acid; and butandiol; and blends containing such copolyester.
US08193291B2
In a solution of metal-polymer (chelate(s) and applications thereof, a metal-polymer chelate is prepared by mixing water and R—COOH soluble carbohydride molecules and/or hydroxyl or hydroxyl amino and/or carboxyl and/or carbohydrate polymers, metal salts and/or ammonia or amines. The solution of metal-polymer chelate(s) is used extensively in different technical areas including oxidation, condensation, degradation, oxidizing condensation, gas detection, artificial imitated chitosan solution, artificial imitated glucosamine, disinfectant, biochemical reaction for fermentation, biological protein and its metabolite purification, metal enzyme biocatalyst, dry activation of protein enzyme, bacteria preservation systems, oil product, plant, semiconductor, nano filtration, nano material production, nano inorganic matter, nano ceramic, nano plastic, nano textile, battery, liquid crystal, and biochip. These reactions give effects for chemical engineering, gas removal, and waste solvent treatment.
US08193290B2
A modified polyurethane including a lipid substituent from at least one urethane nitrogen and/or at least carbon atom of the modified polyurethane.
US08193286B2
A method for obtaining a star polymer having a controlled ratio of a weight average molecular weight of the star polymer to a number average molecular weight of the star polymer, containing the steps of anionically polymerizing a (meth)acrylic ester having an alicyclic skeleton and a lactone ring in the presence of an anionic polymerization initiator to synthesize an arm polymer, reacting the arm polymer with a polyfunctional coupling agent, and reacting with an anionic polymerizable monomer.
US08193282B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition which excels in impact resistance, dimension stability and rigidity, and also excels in appearance, fluidity and paint film adhesion property, and further which is very useful as manufacturing materials for exterior parts of automobile.A thermoplastic resin composition comprising component (A): a polyamide resin; component (B): a hydrogenated product of block copolymer comprising vinyl aromatic polymer block (a) and conjugated diene based polymer block (b), and/or ethylene-α-olefin based block copolymer; component (C): a modified hydrogenated product of block copolymer comprising the vinyl aromatic polymer block (a) and the conjugated diene based polymer block (b), which hydrogenated product is modified by addition of an unsaturated acid and/or derivative thereof; component (D): a plate-like and/or needle-like inorganic filler; and component (F): an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and/or a partial saponified product of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
US08193273B2
A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) is disclosed which has excellent compression set and adhesion to both polyamide 6 and polyamide 6,6 for use in two-part component polymer structures.
US08193270B2
A deprotectable polymer, activating agent, and layered silicate are combined and the deprotectable polymer is at least partially deprotected to form a composite. The composite may be combined with a polymeric resin to form a nanocomposite.
US08193267B2
A polymer composition that includes a hydrophilic polymer, an optional secondary organic polymer, and a bioactive agent distributed therein, wherein the bioactive agent is selected from the group consisting of a silver compound, a copper compound, a zinc compound, and combinations thereof.
US08193266B2
The use of compounds of the general formula I in aqueous binder-containing formulations, wherein the variables are each as defined as follows: R1 is selected from C1-C20-alkyl, straight chain or branched, or CO—C1-C19-alkyl or CO—C2-C19-alkenyl, straight chain or branched, R2 in each occurrence is the same or different and selected from C1-C3-alkyl, R3 is selected from C1-C20-alkyl, straight chain or branched, or CO—C1-C19-alkyl or CO—C2-C19-alkenyl, straight chain or branched, x is from 0 to 20, y is from 0 to 20, provided x and y are not both zero, a is from 1 to 3.
US08193265B2
The rubber composition of the present invention is prepared by mixing 10 to 200 parts by mass of silica and 1 to 30 parts by mass of a silane compound having sulfur atom, which has a specific structure such that an organooxysilyl group is present at both ends of the molecule and sulfide or a polysulfide is present at the central portion of the molecule, with 100 parts by mass of a polymer. The rubber composition of the present invention has a small viscosity in the unvulcanized condition and provides excellent dispersion of silica. When this composition is used as a material for a tire tread, a tire exhibiting excellent abrasion resistance, a small rolling resistance and excellent braking property and steering stability on wet roads, can be obtained.
US08193263B2
A flame-retardant glass fiber-reinforced polyamide resin composition, containing: 100 parts by mass of a flame-retardant resin composition consisting of (A) 60 to 90 percent by mass of a polyamide resin, and (B) 40 to 10 percent by mass of a flame retardant containing no halogen atom, (A)+(B) being 100 percent by mass; and 60 to 210 parts by mass of a flattened glass fiber (C) having a flat section of 1.5-10 in a ratio of major axis/minor axis, wherein the polyamide resin (A) contains a crystalline polyamide resin (a1) and an amorphous polyamide resin (a2), the flame retardant containing no halogen atom (B) contains a phosphinate (b1) and/or a diphosphinate (b2), and a blending ratio of the amorphous polyamide resin (a2) in the polyamide resin (A) is 0.1≦(a2)/(A)≦0.5.
US08193260B2
Disclosed herein is a process for the preparation of a mixture of styrenated p-cresol species that is liquid at room temperature and has a viscosity of less than 40,000 cps at 25° C., wherein said process affords 2,6-distyrenated p-cresol assaying at 70% minimum by GC area percent, comprising reacting styrene with p-cresol at a molar ratio of 1.85 to 2.1:1, respectively, in the presence of an acid catalyst at elevated temperature, wherein said mixture comprises monostyrenated-p-cresol, distyrenated-p-cresol, and tristyrenated-p-cresol and exhibits an acid number of less than 0.1 mg KOH/gram.
US08193250B2
The present invention relates generally to methods of inhibiting the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and related neurodegenerative disorders involving amyloidosis. The methods involve administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of D-pinitol to individuals who are at risk of developing the disease or have one or more symptoms of the disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease or MCI that involve the use of such compositions. The invention further provides methods to promote the general health of the nervous system through administration of active ingredient compositions. The invention further relates to animal and cellular systems for the study of AD, MCI, and related disorders, and the identification of reagents useful in treating amyloidosis. The invention further provides methods to inhibit AD or MCI in an individual based on reducing caloric intake by the individual. The invention further relates to a method of treating or inhibiting an amyloidogenic disorder by caloric restriction.
US08193245B2
The present invention relates to the pharmaceutical composition and health care food comprising oleic acid having neuroprotective activity. The oleic acid of the present invention has potent neuroprotective effect and recovery effect on neurological behavior. Therefore, it is useful as the therapeutics for the prevention or treatment of degenerative brain diseases in human or mammal.
US08193242B2
(2R)-2-Phenylcarbonyloxypropyl (2S)-2-amino-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoate mesylate and crystalline form thereof, methods of making the same, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using the same to treat diseases or disorders such as Parkinson's disease are provided.
US08193239B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) in which y, m, n, R1, R2 and Q are as defined in the specification, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
US08193237B2
Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof. The compound or a salt thereof has an inhibitory activity on IKKβ and is therefore useful as preventive and/or therapeutic agent for a disease associated with IKKβ. In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxy group, or the like; R2 represents a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, or the like; and m represents 0, 1, 2, or the like.
US08193235B2
The present invention embraces compositions and methods for establishing and maintaining stem cells and inhibiting stem cell differentiation using a selective Protein Kinase C (PKC) inhibitor.
US08193224B2
The present invention is to provide a medicinal composition for preventing or treating parasitic protozoan infections, having a high selective toxicity against parasitic protozoan infection, and a superior preventive or treating effect. A medicinal composition for preventing or treating parasitic protozoan infections comprises a compound shown by the following general formula (1) as an active ingredient (wherein R represents an alkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group; A and B each independently represents a 5- or 6-membered ring containing at least one hetero atom, or a condensation ring wherein 1 or more 3- to 8-membered ring is condensed thereto; Y represents S, O, Se, or —NR1— (R1 represents an alkyl group, aryl group or heterocyclic group); L1, L2, L3, L4 and L5 each independently represents a methine group; Q represents a physiologically acceptable anion; k represents an integer of 0 to 2, necessary to make the electric charge of the whole molecule 0; p and q each represents an integer of 0 to 3, wherein the sum of p and q is 1 or more, and 6 or less).
US08193218B2
The invention relates to a method of administering N-(3,5-bis-trifluoromethyl-benzoyl)-2-benzyl-4-(quinoloylamino)-piperidines of the formula wherein Y is ═N— or ═N(O)—, R is OH when Y is ═N— and R is H when Y is ═N(O)— and the ring A is unsubstituted or mono- or poly-substituted by substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, nitro and trifluoromethyl, provided that when R is OH and Y is ═N— the ring A is not unsubstituted, for the treatment of disorders induced by substance P, such as: pain, migraines, anxiety, vomiting, schizophrenia, depression; motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease, inflammatory diseases such a rheumatoid arthritis, iritis and conjunctivitis, diseases of the respiratory organs such as asthma and chronic bronchitis, diseases of the gastrointestinal system such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and hypertension.
US08193214B2
Disclosed are small molecule inhibitors which are useful in treating various diseases and conditions involving chymase.
US08193211B2
The present invention is directed to oral pulse-release pharmaceutical dosage form containing an immediate release component of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and one or more delayed/controlled release components of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
US08193206B2
This invention relates to a method for treating inflammatory diseases or immune diseases, developmental or degenerative diseases, or tissue injuries. The method includes administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of one or more compounds of formula (I). Each variable in this formula is defined in the specification.
US08193205B2
This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, X and Y have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
US08193204B2
Solid forms of (S)-ethyl 2-amino-3-(4-(2-amino-6-((R)-1-(4-chloro-2-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)phenyl)propanoate and salts thereof are disclosed.
US08193199B2
Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls having the structures: and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110δ activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) Myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) B-cell lymphoma and solid tumors, such as breast cancer.
US08193197B2
The invention encompasses compounds having formula I and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases are therapeutically useful.
US08193195B2
The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
US08193188B2
Disclosed are pyridodihydropyrazinone compounds, processes for preparing them and their use as pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds according to the invention correspond to general formula (I), while the groups L, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 may have the meanings given in the claims and specification.
US08193187B2
The compounds represented in general formula (1) or a salt thereof are useful for glucocorticoid receptor modulators. In the formula, R1 represents a lower alkyl group, a lower cycloalkyl group, an aryl group and the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group and the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group and the like; R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group and the like; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group and the like; R7 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group and the like; W represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, NR8 and the like; R8 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group and the like; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y represents a lower alkylene group and the like; Z represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, NR9, OCO or OSO2; R9 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group and the like respectively.
US08193184B2
Substituted sulphonamides having the general formula (I) and salts, hydrates and solvates thereof were prepared and described, wherein R1 is CO or SO2 and R2 is NH or O and where R represents linear or cyclic aliphatic chain and n represents number of linking aliphatic chain carbons (n can be 0, 1, 2 or 3), which are useful in the manufacture of the medicaments due to the carboanhydrase inhibition. These compounds are prepared by nucleophilic reaction of an amine with 4-sulfamoylbenzenesulphonyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine excess in tetrahydrofurane or in ether at temperature 0 to 20° C. The compounds show an antiglaucomatic activity.
US08193183B2
The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I) wherein Cy1, Cy2, L1, L2, and R1 are as defined herein, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more compounds according to Formula (I) in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of treating a patient suffering from a PGD2-mediated disorder including, but not limited to, allergic disease (such as allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma and food allergy), systemic mastocytosis, disorders accompanied by systemic mast cell activation, anaphylaxis shock, bronchoconstriction, bronchitis, urticaria, eczema, diseases accompanied by itch (such as atopic dermatitis and urticaria), diseases (such as cataract, retinal detachment, inflammation, infection and sleeping disorders) which is generated secondarily as a result of behavior accompanied by itch (such as scratching and beating), inflammation, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, ischemic reperfusion injury, cerebrovascular accident, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, pleurisy, ulcerative colitis and the like by administering to said patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound according to Formula (I).
US08193175B2
The invention concerns uses or methods for treating proliferative pathologies, in particular cancers, using ruthenium compounds and compositions containing the same. The invention also concerns novel ruthenium compounds, as well as their preparation method.
US08193168B2
The present invention is directed to methods of enhancing insulin release, GLP-1 release, and insulin sensitivity, methods of increasing insulin gene expression, methods of decreasing gastric secretion and emptying and glucagons secretion, and methods of inhibiting food intake, and methods of treating diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance syndrome, hyperglycemia, and obesity comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a TRPM5 inhibitor.
US08193165B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds according to the general formulas I, II, III, IV or V: wherein B is nucleoside base according to the structure: and the remaining variables as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The compounds are useful interalia as anti-viral agents in viral therapy.
US08193158B2
The present invention relates to apoptosis specific eucaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A), referred to as apoptosis-specific eIF-5A or eIF5-A1, nucleic acids and polypeptides and methods for down regulating pro-inflammatory cytokines in a mammal by administering siRNA against eIF-5A1 to the mammal to treat/prevent sepsis and/or hemorrhagic shock.
US08193157B2
The field of the invention relates to the use of carbohydrate binding compounds as a medicine, their use to treat or prevent viral infections, their use to manufacture a medicine to treat or prevent viral infections and their use in a vaccination strategy. The present invention relates to the use of said compounds to manufacture a medicine to treat or prevent viral infections of subjects, more in particular infections with viruses having glycosilated envelop proteins such as Retroviridae (i.e. Lentivirinae), like HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), Flaviviridae, like HCV (hepatitis C virus), Hepadnaviridae, like HBV (hepatitis B virus), Coronaviridae, like SARS corona virus, and Orthomyxoviridae, like influenza A, B or C.
US08193154B2
Disclosed are peptides that inhibit the enzymatic activity of tyrosinase, as well as formulations and methods for their use in the reduction of skin pigmentation, and methods of administering the inhibitory peptides in a topical formulation. Peptide sequences disclosed include KFEKKFEK (SEQ ID NO: 1) and YRSRKYSSWY (SEQ ID NO: 2).
US08193150B2
The invention refers to the use of a TRPC channel, an inactivating mutant thereof, or a nucleotide sequence coding for the TRPC channel or for the inactivating mutant for the production of a medicament for the treatment of a cardiovascular disease and a method of screening a modulator of the TRPC channel or an inactivating mutant thereof.
US08193147B2
The invention provides an active agent selected from the group consisting of Copolymer 1, a Copolymer 1 related-peptide and a Copolymer 1-related polypeptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the active agent, for use in treating a muscular dystrophy disease or disorder.
US08193146B2
The present invention relates to a method for improving symptom of mood disorder or its related disorder comprising a step of allowing Gm1 protein and the like to be excessively present in a brain of a mammal, and a non-human mammal, to which the method has been applied, and the like.
US08193145B2
In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of treating a subject using laminin or a composition that includes laminin. In one embodiment, the method is used to enhance muscle regeneration, maintenance, or repair in a subject. In another embodiment, the method is used to promote wound healing. The method, in yet another embodiment, is used to prevent or reduce muscle damage or injury. In specific implementations of these methods, the laminin or composition that includes laminin is administered in a therapeutically effective amount. In some implementations, the laminin is a complete laminin protein. In other implementations, the laminin is a laminin fragment, a laminin derivative, or a laminin analogue.
US08193137B2
The present invention provides a thickening composition simultaneously exhibiting suitable thickening performance and superior usability, which contains N-long-chain acyl acidic amino acid and/or a salt thereof, an amphipathic substance, an inorganic salt, and water as essential components, and has a viscosity of not less than 200 mPa·s. By the addition of the thickening composition, moreover, cleansing compositions and cosmetic compositions for skin, hair and the like, which maintain thickening performance and usability, while containing N-long-chain acyl acidic amino acid and/or a salt thereof are provided.
US08193135B2
Process for the preparation of viscosity index improver (V.I.I.) additives of lubricating oils which comprises a mixing treatment under high shear conditions of a composition comprising: (i) one or more EP(D)M polymers (ii) one or more polyvinylarene/conjugated hydrogenated polydiene/polyvinylarene block copolymers; and (iii) lubricating oil, (ii) being present in a concentration of 1.5 to 20% by weight whereas (iii) is present in a concentration ranging from 1.5 to 45% by weight.
US08193131B2
A molybdated succinimide complex is disclosed which is prepared by a process comprising (a) reacting a succinimide of a polyamine of formula I: wherein R is a hydrocarbon radical having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 5,000, a and b are independently 2 or 3, and x is 0 to 10, with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof, in a charge mole ratio of the ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof to the succinimide of formula I of about 0.9:1 to about 1.05:1; and (b) reacting the succinimide product of step (a) with an acidic molybdenum compound. Also disclosed is a lubricating oil composition containing at least (a) a major amount of a base oil of lubricating viscosity and (b) a minor amount of the molybdated succinimide complex.
US08193130B2
The present invention relates to a lubricating composition containing an alkali metal borate. The invention further provides for a method of lubricating a device with grease or a metalworking fluid by employing the lubricating composition containing the alkali metal borate.
US08193129B2
The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
US08193126B2
The present invention provides a method for recovering oil from a subterranean reservoir using waterflooding, wherein the flooding fluid used in the waterflooding process comprises water and one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers. The use of one or more ionic polyvinyl alcohol copolymers is expected to increase the recovery of oil by improving both the oil/water mobility ratio and the sweep efficiency in reservoirs with a high degree of heterogeneity.
US08193119B2
A process for the manufacture of an aqueous composition that is a combination of a fungicide and fertilizer comprising the following steps: (1) dissolving phosphorous acid in phosphoric acid to form a solution of an acid mixture; (2) reacting the acid mixture of step (1) with an aqueous potassium hydroxide solution at a temperature of about 65° C. to about 260° C. in a continuous reactor while maintaining the ratio of potassium to phosphorous in various mole ratios thereby forming a reaction mixture comprising potassium phosphates, potassium polyphosphates, potassium phosphites, and potassium polyphosphites and potassium phosphate phosphite copolymers; and, (3) cooling the reaction mixture rapidly at least 1° C. to 60° C., to below about 35° C. to about 65° C. Using a similar process a composition having fungicidal properties is prepared by reaction phosphoric acid with potassium hydroxide.The reaction mixtures prepared according to each of the above processes are also part of this invention.
US08193118B2
Certain substituted benzylamino heterocyclic and heteroaryl derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal and acaricidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I): wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula (I), and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of an additional compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
US08193114B2
Catalysts, catalyst systems, and methods for removing ammonia and/or carbon monoxide in flue gases are provided where ammonia is used with a selective catalytic reduction catalyst for reducing oxides of nitrogen. A dual oxidation catalyst generally comprises an alkali component, a transition metal, and a metal oxide support. This catalyst is also substantially free from precious metal components and effective for substantially simultaneously oxidizing ammonia (NH3) and carbon monoxide (CO) when placed in an exhaust gas stream. The catalyst is effective to provide low ammonia to nitrogen oxides selectivity.
US08193103B2
A pixel array in an image sensor includes multiple pixels. The pixel array includes vertical shift registers for shifting charge out of the pixel array. The vertical shift registers can be interspersed between the pixels, such as in an interline image sensor, or the photosensitive areas in the pixels can operate as vertical shift registers. The pixels are divided into blocks of pixels. One or more electrodes are disposed over each pixel. Conductive strips are disposed over the electrodes. Contacts are used to connect selected electrodes to respective conductive strips. The contacts in at least one block of pixels are positioned according to one contact pattern while the contacts in one or more other blocks are positioned according to a different contact pattern. The different contact patterns reduce or eliminate visible patterns in the contact locations.
US08193101B2
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber, a gas supply system, a gas discharge system, an RF (radio frequency) unit, an electrode, and a control device. The control device controls the gas supply system, the gas discharge system, and the RF unit. While the control device controls the RF unit to apply predetermined RF power to the electrode for generating plasma, the control device controls the gas supply system to supply a process gas to the process chamber alternately at a first flowrate and at a second flowrate greater than the first flowrate.
US08193096B2
Plasma is generated using elemental hydrogen, a weak oxidizing agent, and a fluorine containing gas. An inert gas is introduced to the plasma downstream of the plasma source and upstream of a showerhead that directs gas mixture into the reaction chamber where the mixture reacts with the high-dose implant resist. The process removes both the crust and bulk resist layers at a high strip rate, and leaves the work piece surface substantially residue free with low silicon loss.
US08193089B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a method of forming a conductive via plug in a semiconductor device. A first and second metal layer are electrically connected by a via plug that is formed by depositing a tungsten seed layer on a plurality of metal barrier layers within a recess using atomic layer deposition. The recess is then filled with tungsten using chemical vapor deposition.
US08193080B2
An impurity is introduced into a fin-type semiconductor region (102) formed on a substrate (100) using a plasma doping process, thereby forming an impurity-introduced layer (105). Carbon is introduced into the fin-type semiconductor region (102) using a plasma doping process to overlap at least a part of the impurity-introduced layer (105), thereby forming a carbon-introduced layer.
US08193078B2
A method of growing an epitaxial film and transferring it to an assembly substrate is disclosed. The film growth and transfer are made using an epitaxy lateral overgrowth technique. The formed epitaxial film on an assembly substrate can be further processed to form devices such as solar cell, light emitting diode, and other devices and assembled into higher integration of desired applications.
US08193071B2
The manufacturing method includes attaching a single crystal semiconductor layer to a supporting substrate, detecting a position of a deficiency region in the single crystal semiconductor layer, forming a non-single-crystal semiconductor layer over the single crystal semiconductor layer, selectively improving crystallinity of a portion of the non-single-crystal semiconductor layer based on the position of the deficiency region, the portion being overlapped with the deficiency region, and planarizing the non-single-crystal semiconductor layer over the supporting substrate.
US08193070B2
A method for bonding several layers, which comprise at least one thermally bondable material, by means of a joint layer produced with the aid of thermocompression at least one of the layers comprising a semiconductor material, as well as to a correspondingly manufactured device. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting diode that is encapsulated between two cover layers with the aid of thermocompression.
US08193065B2
A method forms a structure has a substrate having at least one semiconductor channel region, a gate dielectric on the upper surface of the substrate over the semiconductor channel region, and a gate conductor on the gate dielectric. Asymmetric sidewall spacers are located on the sidewalls of the gate conductor and asymmetric source and drain regions are located within the substrate adjacent the semiconductor channel region. One source/drain region is positioned closer to the midpoint of the gate conductor than is the other source/drain region. The source and drain regions comprise a material that induces physical stress upon the semiconductor channel region.
US08193064B2
Provided is that the method of manufacturing the semiconductor device including a first process of implanting a first impurity of a first conductivity type in a source and drain region having an elevated structure, with a concentration equal to or less than 1E14 atoms/cm2, on the conditions that the concentration peak thereof is located more deeply than the interface between silicide and a semiconductor substrate, a second process of implanting a second impurity of a first conductivity type having a smaller mass than that of the first impurity in the source and drain region on the conditions that the peak thereof is located more shallowly than the concentration peak of the first impurity, and a third process of applying high-temperature millisecond annealing to the semiconductor substrate after the first and second processes.
US08193059B2
A bit line structure and associated fabrication method are provided for a semiconductor element or circuit arrangement. The bit line structure contains a surface bit line and a buried bit line. The buried bit line is formed in an upper section of a trench and is connected to an associated first doping region via a first connection layer. A first trench filling layer, which is insulated from the buried bit line by a second trench insulating layer, is situated in a lower section of the trench.
US08193057B2
The invention is related to a MOS transistor and its fabrication method to reduce short-channel effects. Existing process has the problem of high complexity and high cost to reduce short-channel effects by using epitaxial technique to produce an elevated source and drain structure. In the invention, the MOS transistor, fabricated on a silicon substrate after an isolation module is finished, includes a gate stack, a gate sidewall spacer, and source and drain areas. The silicon substrate has a groove and the gate stack is formed in the groove. And the process for the MOS transistor includes the following steps: forming the groove; carrying out well implantation, anti-punchthrough implantation and threshold-voltage adjustment implantation; forming the gate stack in the groove which comprising patterning the gate electrode; carrying lightly doped drain implantation and halo implantation; forming the gate sidewall spacer; carrying source and drain implantation to get the source and drain areas; forming a metal silicide layer on the source and drain areas.
US08193053B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an integrated semiconductor nonvolatile storage device that can be read at high speed and reprogrammed an increased number of times.In the case of conventional nonvolatile semiconductor storage devices having a split-gate structure, there is a tradeoff between the read current and the maximum allowable number of reprogramming operations. To overcome this problem, an integrated semiconductor nonvolatile storage device of the present invention is configured such that memory cells having different memory gate lengths are integrated on the same chip. This allows the device to be read at high speed and reprogrammed an increased number of times.
US08193052B2
Disclosed is a flash memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The flash memory device includes a floating gate formed on a semiconductor substrate, a select gate self-aligned on one sidewall of the floating gate, and an ONO pattern interposed between the floating gate and the select gate. A self-aligned split gate structure is formed for an EEPROM tunnel oxide cell flash memory device employing a split gate structure, so that a cell current is constant and the erasing characteristic between cells is uniform, thereby improving the reliability.
US08193047B2
According to some embodiments of the invention, a substrate doped with a P type impurity is provided. An N type impurity is doped into the substrate to divide the substrate into a P type impurity region and an N type impurity region. Active patterns having a first pitch are formed in the P type and N type impurity regions. Gate patterns having a second pitch are formed on the active patterns in a direction substantially perpendicular to the active patterns. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08193040B2
Metal particles are applied to a metal foil. A semiconductor chip is placed over the metal foil with contact elements of the semiconductor chip facing the metal particles. The metal particles are heated and the metal foil is structured after heating the metal particles.
US08193017B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels on the substrate having a first region configured to emit light and a second region configured to transmit external light, a plurality of pixel circuit units, a plurality of first electrodes, a first organic layer on the plurality of first electrodes, a second organic layer on the first organic layer, the second organic layer including an emission layer, a third organic layer on the second organic layer, the third organic layer being positioned in the first region and outside a central portion of the second region, and a second electrode having a first portion only on the third organic layer.
US08193011B2
A thin film deposition apparatus and an organic light-emitting display device by using the same. The thin film deposition apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck, a plurality of chambers; at least one thin film deposition assembly; a carrier; a first power source plug; and a second power source plug. The electrostatic chuck includes a body having a supporting surface that contacts a substrate to support the substrate, wherein the substrate is a deposition target; an electrode embedded into the body and applying an electrostatic force to the supporting surface; and a plurality of power source holes formed to expose the electrode and formed at different locations on the body.
US08193008B2
A method of forming a semiconductor thin film includes the steps of: forming an amorphous semiconductor thin film on a substrate; forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film partially in each element region by applying laser light to the amorphous semiconductor thin film to selectively perform a heating process on the amorphous semiconductor thin film, thereby crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor thin film in a region irradiated with the laser light; and inspecting the crystallinity degree of the crystalline semiconductor thin film. The step of inspecting includes the steps of determining a contrast between the luminance of a crystallized region and the luminance of a non-crystallized region by applying light to the crystalline semiconductor thin film and the amorphous semiconductor thin film, and performing screening of the crystalline semiconductor thin film on the basis of the determined contrast.
US08193005B1
Methods for the controlled manufacture of high aspect ratio features. The method may include forming a layer stack on a top surface of a substrate and forming features in the layers of the layer stack. The high aspect ratio features may be defined using a resist layer that is patterned with a photolithographic condition. After removing at least one of the layers removed from the top of the layer stack, a feature dimension may be measured for features at different locations on the substrate. The method may further include changing the photolithographic condition based on the measured dimension and processing another substrate using the changed photolithographic condition.
US08193004B2
A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal in a desired region of a ferroelectric substrate, wherein thickness of the ferroelectric substrate in the desired region A of the ferroelectric substrate is thinner than in a region B outside the desired region of the substrate, comprising the step of applying a given voltage into the ferroelectric substrate by a liquid electrode method to thereby form a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal in the desired region of the ferroelectric substrate.
US08192995B2
A method of correction of particle interference to hemoglobin measurement of a blood sample on a hematology analyzer is provided. The method includes mixing an aliquot of a blood sample with a lytic reagent to lyse red blood cells and forming a sample mixture; measuring absorbance of the sample mixture at a predetermined wavelength of a hemoglobin chromogen formed in the sample mixture, and obtaining an apparent hemoglobin concentration of the blood sample using obtained absorbance; measuring concentration and size of cellular particles remaining in the sample mixture; removing contribution of the cellular particles to the apparent hemoglobin concentration using the concentration and the size of the cellular particles to obtain a corrected hemoglobin concentration of the blood sample; and reporting the corrected hemoglobin concentration of the blood sample.
US08192993B1
The invention relates to chemical formulations that can be used to render such chemicals easier to identify upon application to a surface. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to formulations designed to render herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, insecticides and/or phytotoxins easier to identify upon application to one or more types of vegetation. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to formulations designed to render water-soluble herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, insecticides and/or phytotoxins easier to identify upon application to one or more types of vegetation.
US08192992B2
An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations, or modules, in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a specimen sample, incubating the sample at prescribed temperatures for prescribed periods, performing an analyte isolation procedure, and ascertaining the presence of a target analyte. An automated receptacle transporting system moves the reaction receptacles from one station to the next. The analyzer further includes devices for carrying a plurality of specimen tubes and disposable pipette tips in a machine-accessible manner, a device for agitating containers of target capture reagents comprising suspensions of solid support material and for presenting the containers for machine access thereto, and a device for holding containers of reagents in a temperature controlled environment and presenting the containers for machine access thereto. A method for performing an automated diagnostic assay includes an automated process for isolating and amplifying a target analyte. The process is performed by automatically moving each of a plurality of reaction receptacles containing a solid support material and a fluid sample between stations for incubating the contents of the reaction receptacle and for separating the target analyte bound to the solid support from the fluid sample. An amplification reagent is added to the separated analyte after the analyte separation step and before a final incubation step.
US08192982B2
A tissue culture microscope apparatus includes a culture unit that includes a chamber in which a specimen is put, and maintains the chamber at a predetermined temperature to culture the specimen; an observation unit that forms an observation image of the specimen put in the chamber; and a liquid supply unit that stores a liquid in a protrusion portion penetrating into a wall of the chamber and protruding to an inside of the chamber, matches a temperature of the liquid with the temperature of the chamber, and injects the liquid from the protrusion portion to the specimen.
US08192980B2
A microreactor is shown having an inlet or feed channel, an inlet or feed zone for a flow of fluid, a reaction zone, an outlet zone and an outlet or evacuation channel, the zones and channels being in fluid communication, and at least one compound such as an enzyme capable of producing a biological or biochemical reaction with at least one constituent of the flow of fluid, the compound being attached to the surfaces of the inlet zone, reaction zone, and outlet zone.
US08192979B2
Devices, methods and kits are disclosed for preparing and administering less-painful formulations of Botulinum toxin. The devices, methods and kits of the present invention are comprised of or use an acidic formulation of Botulinum toxin, or, in certain embodiments, a freeze- or flash-dried composition of Botulinum toxin, having a long shelf-life which is subsequently mixed with an acid-neutralizing solution and, optionally a sequestration agent prior to administration to a patient in need thereof. The pH-neutralized formulation of Botulinum toxin is pharmaceutically acceptable for administration to a patient and is significantly less painful than acidic formulations of Botulinum toxin or formulations of Botulinum toxin having unnecessary antigens.
US08192978B2
The present invention relates to a microorganism belonging to the group of lactic acid bacteria characterized in that it is capable of specifically binding to Streptococcus mutans, wherein the specific binding is (i) resistant to heat treatment; and/or (ii) resistant to protease treatment; and/or (iii) calcium-dependent; and/or (iv) formed within a pH range between 4.5 and 8.5; and/or (v) formed in the presence of saliva. Preferably, the specific binding can be assayed as follows: (a) growing said microorganism to stationary phase; (b) mixing said microorganism with Streptococcus mutans which has been grown to stationary phase; (c) incubating the mixture obtained in step (b) under conditions allowing the formation of aggregates of said microorganism and Streptococcus mutans and (d) detecting aggregates by the occurrence of a pellet. Another aspect of the present invention is an analog or fragment of said microorganism which is thermally inactivated or lyophilized, wherein said analog or fragment retains the capability of specifically binding to Streptococcus mutans. In addition, the present invention encompasses compositions and additives for food, feed or drinks comprising the microorganism belonging to the group of lactic acid bacteria which specifically bind to Streptococcus mutans or an analog or fragment thereof. Moreover, uses of said microorganism or said analog or fragment thereof for the preparation of an anticariogenic or pharmaceutical composition or anticariogenic food or feedstuff as well as methods for producing said compositions or food or feedstuff are provided by the present invention.
US08192977B2
This invention relates to ethanol production as a product of bacterial fermentation.
US08192976B2
Aspects of the invention relate to methods for the production of difunctional alkanes in host cells. In particular, aspects of the invention describe components of genes associated with the difunctional alkane production from carbohydrate feedstocks in host cells. More specifically, aspects of the invention describe metabolic pathways for the production of adipic acid, aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, and hexamethylenediamine via 2-ketopimelic acid.
US08192974B1
A glucanase having increased enzyme activity and thermostability is disclosed. The glucanase comprises a modified amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein valine at position 18 is substituted with tyrosine and tryptophan at position 203 is substituted with tyrosine.
US08192972B2
The present invention relates to human Janus Kinase 3 (JAK3) and JAK3-like binding pockets. The present invention provides a computer comprising a data storage medium encoded with the structure coordinates of such binding pockets. This invention also relates to methods of using the structure coordinates to solve the structure of homologous proteins or protein complexes. In addition, this invention relates to methods of using the structure coordinates to screen for and design compounds, including inhibitory compounds, that bind to JAK3 protein or JAK3 protein homologues, or complexes thereof. The invention also relates to crystallizable compositions and crystals comprising JAK3 kinase domain and JAK3 kinase domain complexed with AMP-PNP.
US08192961B2
This invention relates to improved methods for sequencing and genotyping nucleic acid in a single molecule configuration. The method involves single molecule detection of fluorescent labeled PPi moieties released from NTPs as a polymerase extension product is created.
US08192960B2
The invention provides one-component and two-component DNA polymerases, as well as kits comprising the same, and methods of using the same for nucleic amplification and nucleic acid sequencing.
US08192954B2
Methods and compositions for the characterizing of cancers by assessing RNA levels, such as determining an RNA pattern, are provided herein. The diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and treatment or a cancer can be determined by detecting one or more RNAs, such as microRNAs.
US08192947B2
The present invention is a novel biosensor composed of mOrange2 and mCherry fluorescent proteins operably linked via a linker, which provides a distinct color change upon separation of the fluorescent proteins.
US08192929B2
This invention provides methods for determining the ability of a gene construct to alter the rhythm and contractility of a syncytial cell. Furthermore, this invention provides methods for constructing a gene construct capable of altering the rhythm or contractility of a syncytial cell. Finally, this invention provides a method for constructing a gene construct capable of coupling to a syncytial cell.
US08192921B2
A pattern is formed by coating a chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising a resin comprising acid labile group-containing recurring units and a photoacid generator onto a substrate, drying to form a resist film, exposing the resist film to high-energy radiation through a phase shift mask having a lattice-like array of shifters, PEB, developing to form a positive pattern, illuminating or heating the positive pattern to eliminate acid labile groups for increasing alkaline solubility and to induce crosslinking for imparting solvent resistance, coating a reversal film, and dissolving away the positive pattern in an alkaline wet etchant to form a pattern by way of positive/negative reversal.
US08192915B2
A positive resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the base component (A) including a polymeric compound (A1) containing a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) (R2 represents a divalent linking group, and R3 represents a cyclic group containing —SO2— within the ring skeleton thereof) and a structural unit (a1) derived from an acrylate ester containing an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group.
US08192914B2
A resist composition for immersion exposure and a method of forming a resist pattern are provided which can satisfy both of excellent resistance to an immersion medium and lithography properties. The resist composition for immersion exposure includes a resin component (A) which exhibits changed alkali solubility under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon irradiation, the resin component (A) including a resin (A1) which contains a fluorine atom and a resin (A2) which has a structural unit (a′) derived from acrylic acid and contains no fluorine atom, and the amount of the resin (A1) contained in the resin component (A) being within the range from 0.1 to 50% by weight.
US08192907B2
A toner including toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant. The binder resin is a vinyl-based resin. The toner contains a THF insoluble matter in a quantity of 0.0 mass % or more to less than 16.0 mass %. The toner has a main peak in a molecular weight domain Dr1 ranging from 5,000 to 80,000 in measurement of THF soluble matter of the toner with a gel permeation chromatogram (GPC)-differential refractive index detector (RI), and the toner has a main peak in a molecular weight domain Dm1 ranging from 10,000 to 120,000 and at least one peak in a molecular weight domain Dm2 ranging from 300,000 to 7,000,000 in the GPC-RI measurement in measurement with a GPC-multi-angle laser light scattering detector (MALLS).
US08192902B2
The present disclosure relates to a replaced photomask including a substrate and a plurality of etched patterns. The plurality of etched patterns are formed on the substrate according to a photomask layout which has a plurality of photomask layout patterns categorized into a plurality of first groups. Each of the first groups includes a plurality of identical initial layout patterns, and each of the first groups is reproduced from an initial layout having a plurality of initial layout patterns categorized into a plurality of second groups to which the plurality of first groups respectively correspond, wherein the plurality of photomask layout patterns respectively correspond to the plurality of initial layout patterns and at least one of the plurality of the photomask layout patterns is replaced by a standardized photomask layout pattern.
US08192901B2
To provide a glass substrate-holding tool which is capable of avoiding scratching to the deposition surface of a glass substrate and dusting thereby caused as well as scratching and deposition of foreign substances at a center portion of the rear surface of the substrate and which is capable of suppressing dusting from the holding tool itself at the time of forming a multi-layered reflection film and an absorptive layer. A glass substrate-holding tool having, formed on a surface of a flat base, a catching portion for catching and holding by van der Waals forces, wherein the catching portion is in contact with only the periphery of the glass substrate.
US08192898B2
The present invention provides a fluorine-containing volume holographic data recording material making it unnecessary to provide a step of eliminating a specific solvent even in the case of a thick film, and having high hologram performance and good dynamic range. There is provided a composition comprising a base polymer (a), a liquid monomer (b) and a photo-initiator (c), wherein the base polymer (a) is an amorphous polymer comprising a fluorine-containing monomer as a structural unit and having a fluorine content of 26 to 80% by mass, the liquid monomer (b) comprises at least one liquid monomer (b1) initiating polymerization by means of activated species generated from the photo-initiator (c), the photo-initiator (c) is a compound causing the liquid monomer (b1) to initiate polymerization by exposure to light having excellent coherence and, and a refractive index of the liquid monomer (b) is higher than an average refractive index of a mixture of the base polymer (a) and the photo-initiator (c).
US08192896B2
A membrane-membrane reinforcing member assembly includes: a polymer electrolyte membrane (1); one or more membrane-like first membrane reinforcing members (10) disposed on a main surface (F10) of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) so as to extend along a peripheral edge of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) as a whole; and one or more membrane-like second membrane reinforcing members (11) disposed on the first membrane reinforcing members (10) so as to extend along the peripheral edge of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) as a whole and disposed such that an inner edge of the second membrane reinforcing member (11) and an inner edge of the first membrane reinforcing member (10) do not coincide with each other.
US08192895B2
A membrane-membrane reinforcing member assembly includes: a polymer electrolyte membrane (1) having a substantially quadrilateral shape; a membrane-like first membrane reinforcing member (10a) disposed on a first main surface (F10) of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) to bend at a substantially right angle at a corner of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) and extend along sides forming the corner; and a membrane-like second membrane reinforcing member (10b) disposed on a second main surface (F20) of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) to bend at a substantially right angle at a corner of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) and extend along sides forming the corner, and the first membrane reinforcing member (10a) and the second membrane reinforcing member (10b) are disposed to extend along four sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) as a whole.
US08192892B2
A phosphorous containing benzoxazine-based monomer, a polymer thereof, an electrode for a fuel cell including the same and an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, and a fuel cell including the same.
US08192891B2
A monopolar membrane electrode assembly (MEA) for a fuel cell, for example, includes: an electrolyte membrane; anode and cathode electrodes formed on opposite surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, respectively; current collecting bodies that form electrical paths of electricity generated from an electricity generation reaction between the anode and cathode electrodes and the electrolyte membrane; and sensing elements to measure changes in operation state conditions during electricity generation and electrical connection. Since temperature and fuel concentration in the monopolar MEA having the above structure are detected on a real time basis, appropriate action can be taken whenever an abnormal operation thereof is detected.
US08192890B2
A fuel cell air exchanger is provided. The fuel cell air exchanger includes a platform having at least one throughput opening and at least one holding post, where the holding post fixedly holds a fuel cell offset from the platform and proximal to the opening, where the opening can have many shapes. The fuel cell air exchanger provides an unimpeded air exchange through the openings to the fuel cell and can be flexible, semi-flexible or rigid. The fuel cell air exchanger can hold an array of fuel cells and fuel cell electronics. A chimney feature provides enhanced airflow when the air exchanger is disposed in a vertical position.
US08192881B2
A method of operating a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell and a compressor that provides air to the fuel cell. The method comprises sensing a temperature indicative of the temperature of a fuel cell, providing a restriction in an air flow path to the fuel cell when the sensed temperature is below a threshold, and increasing the speed of the compressor to provide a desired air flow to the fuel cell. In at least some implementations, increasing the speed of the compressor increases the power drawn from the fuel cell to power the compressor and helps to increase the heat of the fuel cell. The increased speed of the compressor can also result in warmer air flow from the compressor that can further increase the temperature of the system components.
US08192874B2
Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery using a cathode containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide and an anode containing graphitized carbon, characterized in that an ammonium compound capable of providing ammonium ions is added to a non-aqueous electrolyte. Therefore, the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery having improved high-temperature performance by reducing decreases of residual capacity and recovery capacity resulting from high-temperature storage of the battery, via addition of such an ammonium compound.
US08192873B2
A lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The lithium ion secondary battery generally comprises an electrode assembly, a container for accommodating the electrode assembly; and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly comprises two electrodes having opposite polarities and a separator. The separator comprises a porous membrane comprising clusters of ceramic particles. The porous membrane is formed by bonding the particle clusters with a binder. Each particle cluster is formed either by sintering or by dissolving and re-crystallizing all or a portion of the ceramic particles. The ceramic particles comprise a ceramic material having a band gap. Each particle cluster may have the shape of a grape bunch or a lamina, and may be formed by laminating scale or flake shaped ceramic particles.
US08192867B2
An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode comprised of a first current collector, a first cathode active material having a first energy density and a first rate capability, and a second cathode active material having a second energy density and a second rate capability, and an electrolyte activating the anode and the cathode. The first rate capability of the first cathode active material is greater than the second rate capability of the second cathode active material, and the first energy density of the first cathode active material is greater than or equal to the second energy density of the second cathode active material as a result of the addition of one or more diluents to the second cathode active material. A preferred configuration for the cathode is SVO/current collector/CFx with the SVO facing a lithium anode.
US08192861B2
Provided is a battery cover fixing means in a battery cover of a portable terminal which includes at least one pogo pin provided on the portable terminal, at least one combining rib formed on the battery cover and supported on the portable terminal, and at least one fixing groove formed spaced apart from the combining rib on the battery cover. When the battery cover is attached to the portable terminal, the combining rib engages the support groove and thereafter, the pogo pin is fit into and releasably engages the support groove, thereby releasably fixing the battery cover on the portable terminal. Thus, it is easy to open and close a battery mounting groove using a battery cover through a battery cover fixing means using a pogo pin. In addition, the appearance of the portable terminal is improved by obviating the need for a conventional release tab to effect the release of the battery.
US08192846B2
The present invention relates to a decorative surface covering obtainable by a vulcanisable composition, said composition comprising a first polymer component consisting of styrene butadiene styrene block copolymer (SBS); a second polymer component selected from the group consisting of a random or partially random copolymer of butadiene and styrene (SBR), and nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR); a third polymer component consisting of a high styrene content styrene butadiene copolymer (HSR), a filler, a vulcanisation system and additives selected from the group consisting of processing aids, stabilizers, pigments and compatibilizers.
US08192843B2
The invention provides polymers, methods of preparing polymers, and compositions that include polymers, wherein said polymers include a plurality of two-carbon repeating units in a polymer chain, wherein one or more of the two-carbon repeating units of the polymer chain have a substituent that is covalently bonded to a semifluorinated alkyl ethoxy moiety, and the semifluorinated alkyl ethoxy moiety is attached to the polymer chain substituent through an ester, amide, ketone, carbamate, amine, or other suitable linking group. The polymers can be used to provide antifouling coatings.
US08192838B2
The invention relates to polymers whose water solubility may be triggered by changes in pH, salt concentration, concentration of surfactant or a combination of both. The polymer is a copolymer or terpolymer containing from 2 to 60 mole percent of an amine functionality that has been neutralized with a fixed acid. Specifically films formed from these polymers will be insoluble at a higher pH, but will become soluble at a lower pH. The polymers are also insoluble at a higher salt concentration, but become soluble at a lower salt concentration. The polymers can be used to coat or encapsulate active ingredients, that are released based on changes in the environment, such as in the rinse cycle of a dishwasher or laundry washing machine.
US08192837B2
This invention relates to compositions suitable for the formation of an adhesive layer used for in-mold decoration. This invention also relates to in-mold decoration tape or strip, comprising: a carrier layer; a release layer; a durable layer; and an adhesive layer which comprises an adhesive binder, a polymeric particulate material and an inorganic particulate material.
US08192827B2
A reinforced extrusion for attachment to a motor vehicle component edge or flange. The reinforced extrusion includes a reinforcement core having at least one flexible wire and at least one threaded cord. A thermoplastic overmold is formed on at least one side of the reinforcement core and at least partly fills any gaps formed in the reinforcement core. An extruded layer is selectively formed around the thermoplastic overmold and reinforcement core and has a flange extending flange portion extending from a channel portion for engaging a motor vehicle component. The thermoplastic overmold helps prevent the reinforcement core from showing through to any visible show surface of the reinforced extrusion.
US08192824B2
A textile fabric has at least one raised surface incorporating multicomponent fibers formed of at least a first material and a second material disposed in side-by-side relationship. The first material and the second material exhibit differential thermal elongation, which causes the multicomponent fibers to bend or curl and reversibly recover in response to changes in temperature, thereby adjusting insulation performance of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions.
US08192821B2
Disclosed is an ultraviolet-curable resin composition for multilayer optical discs, which contains (A) dioxane glycol di(meth)acrylate and/or tricyclodecane dimethylol di(meth)acrylate, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator.
US08192818B2
A longitudinal sandwich element including a core of binder fixed mineral wool lamellae assembled in a side by side relationship extending in the longitudinal direction of the sandwich element, the core having two major surfaces substantially parallel to each other, and two end surfaces substantially perpendicular to the major surfaces and parallel to each other and two side surfaces interconnecting the major surfaces and the end surfaces, where the mineral wool fibers are mainly perpendicular to the major surfaces, and at least one sheet is attached to at least one of the major sides of the core, and at least one of the two side surfaces is provided by one or more side lamellae, and where at least one of the side surfaces has been formed as a cut section into the one or more side lamella(s), the cut section fitting into a mating cut section of one or more other side lamella(s) of an adjacent sandwich element, and where each side lamella has a varying density and the cut section is in the region with the higher density.
US08192812B2
Overmolded containers and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed, which may provide enhanced visual and tactile characteristics, enabling innovative packaging designs, improved grippability and thermal insulation. The containers can be made cost effectively manner, with minimal impact on polymer recycling streams. The methods of making the container include the steps of providing a container preform which comprises a thermoplastic polymer, such as a PET copolymer; overmolding an elastomeric material over at least a portion of the preform to form an overmolded preform; and blow-molding the overmolded preform to form an overmolded container. In one embodiment, the overmolded container is a beverage container.
US08192796B2
In the present invention, a holding table incorporating a heater is provided, for example, in a treatment container of a planarization unit. A pressing plate having a lower surface formed flat is disposed above the holding table. The pressing plate is movable in the vertical direction and can lower to the holding table to press a resist film on the substrate from above. The pressing plate intermittently presses the upper surface of the resist film to planarize the upper surface while the heater is heating the substrate on the holding table at a predetermined temperature to dry the resist film. According to the present invention, a coating film applied on the substrate can be sufficiently planarized and dried.
US08192795B2
Lithographic and nanolithographic methods that involve patterning a first compound on a substrate surface, exposing non-patterned areas of the substrate surface to a second compound and removing the first compound while leaving the second compound intact. The resulting hole patterns can be used as templates for either chemical etching of the patterned area of the substrate or metal deposition on the patterned area of the substrate.
US08192792B2
Methods are described for applying abradable material onto a seal backing material to form an abradable seal between rotating and stationary components of turbines using cold spray deposition technology to control the density, porosity and thickness of the sealing layer.
US08192776B2
A chewable animal toy having an edible core and a tearable outer shell molded around the edible core such that a portion of the edible core protrudes from the outer shell is provided. Further provided is a mold unit for making the chewable animal toy having a first mold half including a first mold cavity and a second mold half having a second mold cavity. The second mold half is engageable with the first mold half such that the first and second mold cavities cooperatively define an outer shell mold cavity. A first pocket is defined between the first and second mold halves that is adapted to receive a first protruding portion of the edible core. A first shut off defined within the first pocket is adapted to surround the first protruding portion of the edible core such that it is substantially isolated from the outer shell mold cavity.
US08192775B2
The present invention relates to microcrystallized polyol comprising at least two polyols, wherein said polyols are selected from the group consisting of maltitol, xylitol and lactitol and wherein said composition contains at least 35% by weight of each of at least two of said polyols microcrystallized together into a solid microcrystalline product. The present invention also relates to a process for the microcrystallization of polyols into a polyol composition. The microcrystallized polyol composition can be used in confectionery, foodstuffs, oral hygiene products and pharmaceuticals and in dietetic products.
US08192752B2
A medical article comprising an implantable substrate having a coating is disclosed, the coating comprising a biologically erodable polymer having the glass transition temperature below about −50° C. The biologically erodable polymer can be blended with a polymeric additive which either has the glass transition temperature of about −50° C. or higher, or a degree of crystallinity greater than that of the first polymer.
US08192748B2
The present invention provides a cosmetic composition comprising the following Components (A) to (E): (A) 7 to 30% by weight of one or more kinds of non-volatile oil agents having a kinematic viscosity of 5 to 1000 mm2/s at 25° C.; (B) 0.2 to 5% by weight of one or more kinds of water-repellent resin powders whose primary particle size is in the range of 2 to 20 μm; (C) 0.1 to 6% by weight of one or more kinds of oil-soluble silicone resins; (D) 20 to 60% by weight of a volatile solvent, excluding water, containing one or more kinds of volatile solvents whose boiling point at 1 atmosphere is 200° C. or lower; and (E) 12 to 30% by weight of one or more kinds of water-repellent surface treated pigments; and exhibiting water water-runability. The present invention provides a cosmetic composition characterized in that the water-runability is stable without showing temperature dependency, and excellent in durability and feeling, and ultraviolet ray protective effects last for a long time.
US08192745B2
A nutritional supplement includes the primary ingredients: N-acetyl D-glucosamine, cracked cell wall Green Chlorella, Licorice Root Extract, and Potassium Citrate, as well as secondary ingredients: Zinc L-Carnosine, Gamma-Oryzanol and Capsaicin, that improves the bodies uptake, utilization and over-all bioavailability of exogenous target protein fractions (TPF) including but not limited to: glycoproteins, (such as glucosamine) protein isolates as amino acids, glycosaminoglycans (GAG) (including proteoglycans, and mucopolysaccharides), and polysaccharides such as hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan). The biochemical interactions of the composition improves zeta potential for TPF incorporation in the body through direct and indirect interaction with primary cellular and digestive sites of multiple species. This facilitates greater passage of target protein substrates fractions and isolates into the bloodstream, provides superior intracellular absorption and utilization thereby potentiating the therapeutic effects of TPF systemically.
US08192744B2
Soluble recombinant CD44 hyaluronic acid binding domain (CD44HABD) inhibits angiogenesis in vivo in chick and mouse and thereby inhibits human tumor growth of various origins. The anti-angiogenic effect of CD44-HABD is independent of hyaluronic acid (HA) binding, since non-HA-binding mutants of CD44HABD still maintain anti-angiogenic properties. The invention discloses soluble non glycosylated CD44 recombinant proteins as a novel class of angiogenesis inhibitors based on targeting of vascular cell surface receptor. A method of block of angiogenesis and treatment of human tumors using recombinant CD44 proteins as well as their analogues is disclosed. As a further embodiment of the invention, methods for screening for new drug targets using CD44 recombinant proteins and their analogues are presented.
US08192739B2
Recombinant immunotoxins containing a cytotoxic RNAse fused to an antibody or antibody fragment may be produced in mammalian cell culture. Surprisingly, immunotoxins containing a cytotoxic RNAse fused to the N-terminus of one antibody variable domain can be prepared and retain the ability to specifically bind antigen. The immunotoxins may be used in a variety of therapeutic methods for treating diseases or syndromes associated with unwanted or inappropriate cell proliferation or activation.
US08192732B2
This invention provides methods for preparing novel mammalian multipotent stem cells (MSCs), compositions thereof, and methods of preparing and administering the cells.
US08192719B2
A method of assessing growth hormone deficiency in a human or animal subject, the method comprising administering orally to the subject EP 1572 (Formula I) or EP 1573 (Formula II), obtaining a post-administration sample from the subject, determining the level of growth hormone in the sample and assessing whether the level of growth hormone in the sample is indicative of growth hormone deficiency in the subject. Preferably, the GH level in the sample is measured by immunoassay. Also disclosed is a kit of parts constituting a diagnostic kit comprising: (a) EP 1572 or EP 1573 formulated for oral administration; and (b) means for determining the level of growth hormone in a sample.
US08192708B2
The invention provides a N2O removal method for a waste gas which is capable of stably decomposing and removing N2O even if the steam concentration in the waste gas is fluctuated. N2O is reduced and removed by bringing the waste gas containing N2O into contact with a reducing agent in the presence of a N2O decomposition catalyst. The temperature of the waste gas to be brought into contact with the N2O decomposition catalyst or the addition amount of the reducing agent is controlled in accordance with the steam concentration in the waste gas in a prior stage of the N2O decomposition catalyst. Therefore, the N2O decomposition efficiency is prevented from being decreased. An iron-zeolite based catalyst may be used as the N2O decomposition catalyst and methane, propane, ammonia, etc. may be used as the reducing agent.
US08192699B2
Filter pipette tip with a small tube with a relatively large aperture at one end for attaching to a pipette, a relatively small aperture at the other end for the passage of liquid and a through-channel between the large aperture and the small aperture and a porous filter arranged in the through-channel, filling up a portion of the through-channel and comprising at least two layers arranged in series in the direction of the through-channel of which a fine-pore layer has a pore size of a maximum of approximately 20 μm and a coarse-pore layer a pore size of approximately 20 to 50 μm, the two layers having different pore sizes.
US08192698B2
A self-contained sampling probe characterized by a drive module and a syringe module removably coupled coaxially to the drive module to allow for different syringe modules to be interchangeably coupled to the drive module. The coupling is effected by quick connect and disconnect devices, and the syringe module may carry an identifier. The probe is engageable by a gripper or insertable in an interface device, both of which provide for communication of the probe with other system components. The probe has a dimension that is 8 mm or less in at least one projection coincident with an aspirate/dispense axis of the probe.
US08192697B2
A sorption micro-array (1) for sorbing a substance off an assay sample comprises a support (11) and a plurality of sorption elements (14). The plurality of sorption elements (14) is arranged in a well defined geometry in connection with the support (11), wherein the distance between each sorption element (14) and its adjacent sorption element (14) is predefined. Since all of the sorption elements (14) are arranged at a well defined location of the sorption micro-array (1), e.g. in a row with well defined distances from each other, the output of an analysis of substances sorbed by each of the sorption elements (14) can exactly be allocated to a well defined location of an assay sample from which the substances have been sorbed. Like this, it is possible to provide an exact chemical output image of the micro-distribution of the substances of the assay sample. The sorption micro-array according to the invention allows a gentle fluidic pick up of substances essentially without impairing the substances wherein the location of the pick up on the assay sample is well defined.
US08192682B2
High strength metal alloys are described herein. At least one composition of a metal alloy includes chromium, nickel, copper, manganese, silicon, niobium, tungsten and iron. System, methods, and heaters that include the high strength metal alloys are described herein. At least one heater system may include a canister at least partially made from material containing at least one of the metal alloys. At least one system for heating a subterranean formation may include a tublar that is at least partially made from a material containing at least one of the metal alloys.
US08192673B2
The disclosure provides a new photopolymerizable resin system for dental restorative materials. The resin system utilizes a thiol-ene component as the reactive diluent in dimethacrylate systems. The ternary resin system comprises a thiol monomer, an ene monomer and a dimethacrylate monomer. Use of an off-stoichiometric ratio of thiol:ene functional groups in favor of excess thiols results in enhanced overall functional group conversion, improved polymer mechanical properties, and reduced shrinkage stress of the ternary system when compared to either traditional dimethacrylate or thiol-ene resin systems.
US08192668B2
A method for producing a structured surface (10) which has a plurality of filamentary projections (11), comprises the steps of mutual contacting of a stamp face (21.1, 21.2) and a pattern face (31.1, 31.2), whereas at least one of the stamp face (21.1, 21.2) and the pattern face (31.1, 31.2) having a flowable substance (20), separation movement of the stamp face (21.1, 21.2) and the pattern face (31.1, 31.2), whereas connecting filament strands (22) of the flowable substance (20) are drawn between the stamp face (21.1, 21.2) and the pattern face (31.1, 31.2), and interruption of the connecting filament strands (22), so that the filamentary projections (11) are formed on at least one of the stamp face (21.1, 21.2) and the pattern face (31.1, 31.2). Components (100) that are produced by this method are described.
US08192666B2
A vessel and method for forming the vessel is disclosed, the vessel having an injection blow molded hollow liner, wherein the hollow liner includes reinforced interfacial features formed substantially around a portion of at least one vessel penetration element.
US08192664B2
A system and method for forming an article from thermoplastic material and fiber. The method includes heating thermoplastic material to form a molten thermoplastic material for blending with the fiber. The molten thermoplastic material is blended with the fibers to form a molten composite material having a concentration of fiber by weight. The molten composite material may then be extruded through dynamic dies to deliver discrete controlled material that is gravitated onto a lower portion of a mold. The lower portion of the mold may be moved in space and time while receiving the flow of composite material to deposit a predetermined quantity of molten composite material thereon conforming to mold cavities of the lower and an upper portion of the mold. The upper portion of the mold may be pressed against the predetermined quantity of molten composite material and closing on the lower portion of the mold to form the article.
US08192662B2
A preform, formed with a plurality of reinforcing fiber substrates stacked to each other and each made of at least reinforcing fiber yarns, has a resin material, whose main component is a thermoplastic resin, interlaminated between the layers of the reinforcing fiber substrates in the preform, and has through holes extending through a plurality of the reinforcing fiber substrates in the thickness direction of the preform; an FRP molded using this preform; and processes for producing these. By improving the impregnability in the thickness direction of the preform, an FRP excellent both in various mechanical properties and in matrix resin impregnation and stabler in quality can be produced with high productivity.
US08192660B2
Disclosed is a cold-water soluble starch and a process for preparing same. Generally, the process comprises providing a hydroxyalkyl starch and applying a shearing force to the starch in an extruder in the presence of moisture, the force and the moisture each being sufficient to gelatinize at least substantially all of the granules of the starch to thereby form a sheared starch. The starch is heated to its gelatinization temperature after the starch has passed partially through the barrel of the extruder, with the moisture being maintained at a level sufficiently high to allow gelatinization but sufficiency low to protect the starch from becoming too sticky to extrude. The extruded starch product thus formed may be used in connection with a number of film-forming, coating, and other applications.
US08192659B1
Methods and systems are provided for making a drug microtablet. The method includes loading a lyophilization capillary channel with a liquid drug solution; lyophilizing the liquid drug solution in the lyophilization capillary channel to produce a lyophilized drug formulation; compressing the lyophilized drug formulation in the lyophilization capillary channel, or in a compression capillary channel, to form a microtablet; and ejecting the microtablet from the lyophilization capillary channel or compression capillary channel. The methods and systems may provide drug microtablets having improved content uniformity and reduced weight variability.
US08192656B2
An installation for manufacturing containers by moulding from a perform includes at least one moulding unit having a control device for controlling at least one nozzle associated with a mould, the nozzle being vertically movably mounted so as to move vertically between a top position and a bottom position in which the mould is closed. The nozzle covers at least one flow opening that includes an upper horizontal wall of the mould. The manufacture involves at least a first step including, the mould being closed, systematically controlling the vertical descent of the nozzle towards the bottom position independently of the presence or absence of a preform in the mould so that, both when the installation is operating and when it is at rest, the internal volume of the mould is isolated in order to avoid the risk of airborne particulate contamination.
US08192649B2
A method of preparing a capped poly(arylene ether) resin includes reacting a capping agent with a blend of two or more poly(arylene ether) resins having different intrinsic viscosities. Cured compositions prepared from these capped poly(arylene ether) resins exhibit improved balances of stiffness, toughness, and dielectric properties compared to compositions with two or more separately capped and isolated poly(arylene ether) resins.
US08192644B2
The present disclosure provides a concentrate for use in chemical mechanical polishing slurries, and a method of diluting that concentrate to a point of use slurry. The concentrate comprises abrasive, complexing agent, and corrosion inhibitor, and the concentrate is diluted with water and oxidizer. These components are present in amounts such that the concentrate can be diluted at very high dilution ratios, without affecting the polishing performance.
US08192641B2
Methods are provided for fabricating an electronic device having at least one sidewall spacer formed adjacent a selected surface. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of depositing spacer material adjacent first and second raised structures formed on the substrate and extending along substantially perpendicular axes. The method further includes the step of selectively removing spacer material laterally adjacent one of the first raised structure and the second raised structure. During the step of selectively removing, the electronic device is bombarded with ions from a first predetermined direction forming a first predetermined grazing angle with the substrate such that the spacer material adjacent a first sidewall of the first raised structure is substantially exposed to the ion bombardment while the spacer material adjacent opposing sidewalls of the second raised structure is substantially shielded therefrom.
US08192637B2
A method of imprinting a microstructure comprising: contacting a stamper comprising a pattern layer with the microstructure of the order of from micrometers to nanometers in one face of the pattern layer and a substrate supporting the pattern layer with an imprinting member having a deformable layer to which the microstructure is imprinted, wherein the pattern layer is supported on a round surface having a prescribed radius of curvature of the substrate, the center of the round surface protruding towards the rear face of the pattern layer; causing the deformable layer on the imprinting member; and separating the stamper from the cured deformable layer.
US08192628B2
Disclosed herein are methods and processes for the recovery of oleaginous compounds from biomass and in particular biomass comprises photosynthetic microorganisms. Also disclosure are oleaginous compounds obtained using the disclosed methods.
US08192624B2
The invention relates to a filtering apparatus in which improvement of maintenance of a driving system, reduction of the number of components, and ease of assembly are achieved. In the filtering apparatus, cylindrical or conical inner and outer screens are concentrically disposed such that centers of the inner and outer screens are set along a vertical direction, at least one spiral fixed wall is provided in a filtering room between the inner screen and the outer screen, the inner screen and the outer screen are rotated around the centers thereof while the spiral fixed wall is not rotated, a treated liquid is delivered from a lower end side of the filtering room, a filtrate having passed through the inner screen and the outer screen is discharged to the outside, a cake formed by the filtering is elevated along the fixed wall and discharged to an upper side of the filtering room, the inner screen and the outer screen are coupled to each other below a lower end of the fixed wall, the inner screen and the outer screen are not coupled above the coupling position so as to be opened in a ring-like shape, and the inner screen and the outer screen are integrally rotated by a common driving power source.
US08192621B2
There is provided an apparatus (1) for filtering fluids comprising channelling means (2), a main body (3) connected to the channelling means (2) and defining internally a housing cavity (4) provided with an access mouth (5), and at least one filter element or device (6) housed in the housing cavity (4), the apparatus (1) comprising a base (7) suitable to support the main body (3) and coupling means (8) suitable to position the main body (3) above the base (7), the coupling means (8) also including a main hinge (10) suitable to allow rotation and overturning of the main body (3) with respect to the base (7).
US08192617B2
Treatment of contaminated liquid is provided including an integrated ultra-filtration and clarification apparatus. Clarification of liquid occurs in a gap between a casing and a tank of the apparatus. Solids settle and aggregate in the bottom of the tank. The solids act as a secondary filter prior to contact of the liquid with the ultra-filtration filters. Clarified liquid is drawn through the ultra-filtration filters. An upstream electrocoagulation unit and a downstream reverse osmosis unit may be included in combination. Electrocoagulation can occur in the tank by reaction plates mounted within the tank. One embodiment includes dual integrated ultra-filtration and clarifier apparatuses and corresponding electrocoagulation units.
US08192615B2
Oil sands ore containing bitumen is treated in a reactor chamber by ultrasonic oscillations impact such that cavitation of ore molecules occurs. The disintegration of the pulsating bubbles in the cavitation results in the separation of the oil, water, sand and air fractions of the oil sands. The oil fraction may be continuously extracted for subsequent refining processes.
US08192611B2
A sensor utilizing a non-leachable or diffusible redox mediator is described. The sensor includes a sample chamber to hold a sample in electrolytic contact with a working electrode, and in at least some instances, the sensor also contains a non-leachable or a diffusible second electron transfer agent. The sensor and/or the methods used produce a sensor signal in response to the analyte that can be distinguished from a background signal caused by the mediator. The invention can be used to determine the concentration of a biomolecule, such as glucose or lactate, in a biological fluid, such as blood or serum, using techniques such as coulometry, amperometry, and potentiometry. An enzyme capable of catalyzing the electrooxidation or electroreduction of the biomolecule is typically provided as a second electron transfer agent.
US08192609B2
Disclosed are electrolysis catalysts formed from cobalt, oxygen and fluorine. They can be formed as a coating on an anode by conducting an electrolysis reaction using an electrolyte containing cobalt and fluoride. The catalysts will facilitate the conversion of water to hydrogen gas and oxygen gas, even at pH neutral/room temperature reaction conditions. The resulting hydrogen gas is a means of storing renewable energy for use in hydrogen powered vehicles or the like.
US08192607B2
An electrolytic composition for the deposition of a matt metal layer onto a substrate and deposition process where the composition comprises a source of metal from the group consisting of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Sb, Re, Pt, Au, Bi, and combinations thereof; a substituted or unsubstituted polyalkylene oxide or its derivative as an emulsion and/or dispersion former; and a compound comprising fluorated or perfluorated hydrophobic chains or which is a polyalkylene oxide substituted quaternary ammonium compound as wetting agent; wherein the electrolytic composition forms a microemulsion and/or dispersion.
US08192605B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and apparatus for forming an electrode structure used in an energy storage device. More particularly, embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for characterizing nanomaterials used in forming high capacity electrode structures for energy storage devices. In one embodiment a process for forming an electrode structure for an energy storage device is provided. The process comprises depositing a columnar metal structure over a substrate at a first current density by a diffusion limited deposition process, measuring a capacitance of the columnar metal structure to determine a surface area of the columnar metal structure, and depositing three dimensional porous metal structures over the columnar metal structure at a second current density greater than the first current density.
US08192603B2
An aqueous coating composition comprises a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of bismuth oxide, vanadium oxide, manganese oxide, cobalt oxide, zinc oxide, strontium oxide, yttrium oxide, molybdenum oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, oxides of the lanthanide series of elements and combinations thereof and an electrodepositable binder, the binder comprising (a) a phosphorous-containing group in which X is a hydrogen, a monovalent hydrocarbon, an alkyl group such as an aminoalkyl group, or an oxygen atom having a single covalent bond to the phosphorous atom, and each oxygen atom has a covalent bond to a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, an arylalkyl group, or the resin, with the caveat that at least one oxygen atom has a covalent bond to resin; (b) a carboxylate group separated by from 2 to 4 carbons from an ester group; and (c) a tridentate amine ligand. The coating composition can be electrodeposited on a metal substrate to provide superior corrosion resistance.
US08192597B2
A coating apparatus (100) for batch coating of substrates is presented. In the batch coater layers of a stack can be deposited by means of physical vapor deposition, by means of chemical vapor deposition or by a mixture of both processes. When compared to previous apparatus, the mixed mode process is particularly stable. This is achieved by using a rotatable magnetron (112) rather than the prior-art planar magnetrons. The apparatus is further equipped with a rotatable shutter that allows for concurrent or alternating process steps.
US08192595B2
A transition metal/carbon nanotube composite includes a carbon nanotube and a transition metal oxide coating layer disposed on the carbon nanotube. The transition metal oxide coating layer includes a nickel-cobalt oxide.
US08192586B2
Systems for recycling waste plastic can include cartridges that are selectively sealable. Some cartridges can have elongated receptacles that improve heat transfer to plastic feedstock within the cartridges.
US08192567B2
A composite solid rocket propellant comprising a fuel, an oxidizer and a dicyclopentadiene binder is provided. The dicyclopentadiene binder may be mixed with the fuel and oxidizer as a monomer and then polymerized after mixing to form the composite solid propellant. The composite solid propellant may also comprise plasticizers, triphenylphosphine, lecithin or combinations thereof. Methods for making the composite solid rocket propellant of the present invention are also provided.
US08192561B2
Method for manufacturing at least one part of a device for mounting directly or indirectly on an arm of an earth-moving or material-handling machine, such as an excavator, tractor, harvester, forwarder or crane, whereby the device enables coupling and/or positioning (tilt and/or turn) of a tool (14), such as a bucket, grapple, fork, vibratory compactor or harvesting head, relatively to the arm of the machine. The method includes the steps of: a) forming a melt including unalloyed or alloyed ductile iron, b) casting at least one part of a device from the melt, c) allowing the at least one part of the device to cool, d) austenitizing the at least one part of the device, e) quenching the at least one part of the device, f) austempering the at least one part of the device, and g) allowing the at least one part of the device to cool.
US08192557B2
A dish washing machine having a basket height adjusting apparatus. The dish washing machine includes a machine body having a washing tub defined therein, a basket disposed in the washing tub to receive dishes to be washed, and a basket height adjusting apparatus. The basket height adjusting apparatus includes a support bracket mounted at each side of the basket such that the support bracket can be moved vertically, rollers mounted to the support bracket to slide the basket forward and backward, and an adjusting lever mounted at the basket to adjust a vertical movement of the support bracket and to thereby adjust the height of the basket. The adjusting lever is moved along with the basket. Consequently, in the present invention, the thumb of a user is not caught in the basket and injured when the user rotates the adjusting lever.
US08192554B2
Methods are provided for descaling metallic component devices such as stents. The devices or components are cleaned under ultrasound in a cleaning solution of ammonium hydrogen fluoride at a temperature within a range of about 60° to 80° C., then rinsed at that temperature with an aqueous rinse containing a nonionic surfactant and rinsed again with purified water.
US08192552B2
The invention relates to a detergent composition, suitable for use in dish washing or laundry, comprising at least 15% of a detersive surfactant(s), and a block copolymer, selected from the group consisting of (block A)-(block B) diblock copolymers, (block A)-(block B)-(block A) triblock copolymers, and (block B)-(block A)-(block B) triblock copolymers, wherein block A and block B derive from alpha ethylenically unsaturated monomers, at least one block being water-soluble. The detergent compositions provide an increased cleaning, and/or a decreased redeposition of the fatty substances once they are removed from a substrate.
US08192535B2
A dust collector includes a charging part (12) for charging dust with electricity and a dust collecting part (30). Each of a dust collecting electrode (40) and a high-voltage electrode (50) that constitute the dust collecting part (30) includes: a base (41, 51) with a rectangular grid structure having a large number of vent holes (46, 56) formed therein; and projections (42, 52) extending into the vent holes (56, 46) of the opposed electrode (50, 40). The dust collector collects dust by generating an electric field between the dust collecting electrode (40) and the high-voltage electrode (50).
US08192529B2
An air quality control system (AQCS) (4) useful for processing a gas stream (DG), such as a flue gas stream emitted from a fossil fuel fired boiler (2), combustion process or the like, for at least partial removal of acidic and like contaminants. The air quality control system (4) includes a plurality of integrated components (12) equipped with both a dry scrubber system (8) and a fabric filter (10). The air quality control system (4) such as described possesses increased “turn down” capabilities thus increasing the efficiency thereof.
US08192526B2
An improved gas separation PSA process, more particularly for oxygen production, utilizing adsorbents of Type X characterized by high frequency (i.e., cycle times of less than 4 s), bed length to square of mean particle diameter ratio within 200 to 600 mm−1, bed size factor of less than 50 lb/TPDO. The bed length, mean particle size, and cycle time are selected in a range such that axial dispersion becomes an important factor. In this way, low product recovery and high pressure drop (high power consumption) disadvantages often associated with the use of small particles are overcome.
US08192517B2
The ceramic honeycomb structural body comprises a pillar-shaped honeycomb structural porous ceramic member formed by arranging a plurality of through holes as a gas path side by side through partition walls or a combination thereof, in which the ceramic honeycomb structural body is a sintered body having a pore structure in which one or more peaks (the maximum value) exist in each region of a first pore group of pores having a pore size of about 0.05 μm to about 150 μm and of a second pore group of pores having a pore size of about 0.006 μm to about 0.01 μm.
US08192514B2
A fixed bed coal gasifier (300) includes a coal gasification chamber with a coal lock above the chamber. A static coal distribution device inside the gasification chamber includes a hollow coal distributor which flares downwardly outwardly with a skirt depending downwardly from an inside of the coal distributor so that a gas collection zone is defined between the skirt and the coal distributor. The gasifier (300) has an ash discharge outlet (606) and a rotatable grate (600) above the outlet (606). The rotatable grate (600) includes at least one upwardly projecting finger or disturbing formation (500) to disturb the ash bed formed in use above and around the grate (600).
US08192507B1
Coloring compositions including, for example, a supercritical fluid comprising a noble gas in a supercritical state and a colorant within the supercritical fluid are disclosed. For example, the noble gas may be at least one of helium, argon, krypton, neon, xenon and radon. Methods of producing such compositions and methods of coloring an article with such composition are also disclosed.
US08192501B2
Disclosed is a prosthetic knee appliance having upper and lower leg elements with a single-axis, articulating joint therebetween controllable with an electric knee-lock mechanism. A tilt-switch located within the prosthetic knee can facilitate activation of the electric knee-lock to lock or unlock the joint when the lower leg element is in a pre-determined position. A remote control can provide external locking control of the articulating joint. A pressure switch can ensure that the free-knee is locked only when the lower leg element is sufficiently extended relative to the upper leg element. The mobility of a free-knee system combined with the stability of a straight-leg prosthesis can be advantageous for pre-ambulatory pediatric patients.
US08192486B2
A human implantable tissue expander including a biocompatible implantable structural skeleton element having a predetermined overall three-dimensional shape and defining at least one wall portion having formed therein apertures extending from an interior thereof to an exterior thereof and being operative, when implanted in human tissue, to permit fluid flow through the apertures and to generally maintain the predetermined three-dimensional shape generally independently of its orientation relative to gravitational acceleration.
US08192464B2
A multistage baglet system for a pacifier and a multistage nipple system. Baglets and nipples with bumps thereon are initially provided to accustom a baby to the use of such baglets and nipples. Subsequently, baglets and nipples with bumps are provided to assist the baby with teething.
US08192458B2
A surgical fastening system for attaching one piece of tissue to another piece of tissue. The system comprises a surgical fastener, an installation tool for deploying the surgical fastener in tissue, and a method for using the same.
US08192454B2
Lancing devices are disclosed having a carriage slidably disposed within the housing and a lancet carrier configured to directly receive and hold the lancet. The lancet carrier is engaged within the carriage and movable relative to and independently of the carriage between a forward incision position and a rearward cocked position. A trigger assembly has a user accessible first portion and a second portion attached to the carriage and movable with the carriage along the longitudinal axis. The second portion is configured to maintain the lancet carrier in the rearward cocked position and the first portion is configured to release the lancet carrier from the rearward cocked position.
US08192439B2
A minimally invasive surgical system for implanting pedicle screw assemblies to be connected by a spinal rod is disclosed. In one form, the system includes a plurality of holding mechanisms for the pedicle screw assemblies, each holding mechanism for being inserted through an incision and configured to receive tools along an axis thereof for driving a screw anchor of the pedicle screw assembly into a vertebra and securing the spinal rod thereto and a rod inserter that is configured to adjustably hold the rod and insert the rod through a common incision with one of the holding mechanism for being fed into position in an initial direction that is transverse to the axes of the holding mechanisms.
US08192433B2
An end effector assembly for use with an instrument for sealing vessels and cutting vessels includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members which are movable relative to one another from a first spaced apart position to a second position for grasping tissue therebetween. Each jaw member includes an electrically conductive tissue contacting surface connected to an electrosurgical energy source. At least one of the jaw members includes an electrically conductive cutting element disposed within an insulator defined in the jaw member. A rigid structural support is included which is configured to support the electrically conductive tissue sealing surface and includes at least one flow channel defined therein.
US08192430B2
A device for extracting an implanted elongated structure from biological tissue comprises a sheath having a plurality of lumens therein opening to the sheath distal end. First and second lumens are disposed along a wall of the sheath, and a third lumen is dimensioned to receive the elongated structure. The sheath wall having the first and second lumens disposed therein is alternately compressible and expandable responsive to a bend along a bending zone of the sheath. A first wire segment is positioned in the first lumen, and a second wire segment is positioned in the second lumen, wherein the respective proximal ends of the segments are affixed proximal to the bending zone. The respective wire segments extend distally in the respective first or second lumen a first distance beyond the distal end of the sheath when the bend compresses the wall surface generally adjacent the first and second lumens, and extend distally a second distance, less than the first distance, when the bend expands the wall surface.
US08192429B2
A medical device to eradicate abnormality is provided. In one embodiment, the medical device includes a needle and an electrode. The medical device further includes a processor to automatically determine a portion of a biological tissue is associated with an abnormality when a sample density of an immediate area surrounding the needle in the biological tissue matches a target density as determined based on one or more of a chemical composition and a pigmentation of the abnormality. The processor calculates a resonant frequency to eradicate a presence of the abnormality based on the chemical composition and/or the pigmentation of the abnormality as determined through one or more of a conductivity, a capacitance, and an inductance of the abnormality. The medical device also includes a signal source to electrically couple the needle with the electrode to form a closed circuit when the needle and electrode contact the biological tissue.
US08192426B2
Devices and methods are provided for treatment of tissue in a body lumen with an electrode deployment device. Embodiments typically include a device with a plurality of electrodes having a pre-selected electrode density arranged on the surface of a support. The support may comprise a non-distensible electrode backing that is spirally furled about an axis and coupled to an expansion member such as an inflatable elastic balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon is inflated to selectively expose a portion of the electrode surface while maintaining the electrode density.
US08192425B2
A radiofrequency perforation apparatus for creating a channel at a target location in a body of a patient, the radiofrequency perforation apparatus being usable by an intended user having a hand, the radiofrequency perforation apparatus comprising: a handle graspable by the hand; a distal portion, the distal portion defining a distal portion length, the distal portion including an electrode and an electrical insulator extending from the electrode; and a force transmitting portion extending between the distal portion and the handle, the force transmitting portion defining a force transmitting portion length, the force transmitting portion length being larger than the distal portion length, the force transmitting portion having a force transmitting portion flexural rigidity of at least about 0.016 Nm2; whereby the force transmitting portion has a force transmitting portion flexural rigidity allowing the transmission to the handle of contact forces exerted on the distal portion when the distal portion contacts the target location to provide tactile feedback to the intended user.
US08192417B2
A pair of disposable pants includes a front abdominal section and a rear section joined almost annularly, and a crotch section provided to be joined between the front abdominal section and rear section. Breaking line parts are provided on the front abdominal section for breaking it into a central front abdominal part and left and right front abdominal parts. Adhesive pieces are provided on the left and right front abdominal parts for connecting the central front abdominal part and the left and right front abdominal parts. The adhesive pieces are provided on the interior side of the front abdominal section, and the breaking line parts are exposed to the outside.
US08192416B2
The present invention relates to an interlabial pad that is worn by female wearers, placed in intimate contact and supported between the labia, which provides an interlabial pad that causes no discomfort to the female wearer in the body motions of the wearer. The interlabial pad of the present invention is characterized by having bending elements which allows the interlabial pad to follow the changes in form flexibly even when a force is exerted on the interlabial pad by the wearer's body motion.
US08192414B2
A canine diaper, comprising: (a) an outer liner, wherein the outer liner is substantially liquid impermeable; (b) an inner liner, wherein the inner liner is substantially liquid permeable, and wherein the inner liner comprises an outer perimeter secured to the outer liner to enclose a cavity therebetween; (c) a cavity positioned between the inner liner and the outer liner; (d) an absorbent core, wherein the absorbent core is retained within the cavity; and (e) at least one tab which secures the outer liner of the canine diaper substantially around a torso of a dog.
US08192410B2
A control device for controlling drainage of waste from a surgical stoma of a human body. The control device comprises a first cylindrical hollow body member, a drain tube extending from the first cylindrical hollow body member, a second cylindrical hollow body member rotatably coupled to the first cylindrical hollow body member and a knob configured on the second cylindrical hollow body member. The first cylindrical hollow body member comprises a skirt portion extending radially outward for being removably attached to a surface surrounding the surgical stoma of the human body. The second cylindrical hollow body member comprises an aperture configured on the second sidewall. A rotation of the knob is capable of aligning the aperture of the second cylindrical hollow body member with the drain tube of the first cylindrical hollow body member thereby forming a passage for draining the waste.
US08192406B2
An anchor for securing a therapy delivery element in a desired location within a living body is disclosed. The anchor includes an anchor body having a space, which may be a main channel, to receive the therapy delivery element. A fill port is provided in the anchor body to introduce an adhesive into the space when the therapy delivery element is positioned within the space. In one embodiment, the fill port is coupled to a fill port extension that transfers the adhesive from a dispenser located a distance from the fill port into the space. Multiple fill ports, any of which may be coupled to a respective fill port extension, may be provided to introduce the adhesive at various locations of the space. One or more of the fill ports may extend into multiple side channels to introduce the adhesive at various locations of the space.
US08192404B2
An indwelling needle assembly includes a stylet having a sharp needlepoint at an end thereof, a stylet hub secured to a base end of the stylet, a hollow outer needle in which the stylet is inserted, an outer needle hub secured to a base end of the outer needle, an opening formed at the base end or at a side of the outer needle hub to communicate with the inner cavity of the outer needle, a seal fitted onto the outer needle hub and in which a hole or slit is provided for insertion of the stylet therein, the hole or slit being formed to become closed when the inserted stylet is extracted, an operating part installed on the outer needle hub to move the stylet and outer needle along the longitudinal direction when the stylet is inserted into the outer needle, and a movement suppresser for stopping or suppressing moving the stylet relative to the seal when the operating part is operated.
US08192400B2
The invention relates to a pneumatic injection device adapted to be connected with an air outlet of a dental chair for providing a compressed air flow, comprising: an injection unit comprising a unit body having a proximal end, a distal end and a cavity between the proximal and distal ends for receiving a dental cartridge, wherein the distal end has an injection needle connector for connecting a needle, and the proximal end is connected to an air seal adaptor in an airtight relationship; an output pressure selector having an output end connected air-tightly to the other end of the air seal adaptor; an air releasing means having an output end connected air-tightly to an input end of the output pressure selector; and an input pressure adjustor having an output end connected air-tightly to an input end of the air releasing means, an input end for connection to the air outlet of the dental chair.
US08192399B2
The present invention is directed to a needle control handle which allows a needle extension distance to be adjusted, set and locked. In one embodiment, the control handle has an outer body and a piston adapted for relative longitudinal movement to extend the needle. A first control knob is movable on the piston for adjusting and setting the distance of the needle extension. A second knob is provided for releasably locking the first control knob on the piston once the needle extension distance has been set. Each of the knobs has a contact surface that enables the knobs to mutually lock with and release from each other.
US08192392B2
Systems and methods for selective cooling of a target site include a catheter having a supply lumen and a delivery lumen, with inlet and exit ports. Blood is withdrawn from the supply lumen and cooled or heated in a control unit. The treated blood is sent to the targeted area via delivery lumen. The supply lumen can act as an insulator for the delivery lumen.
US08192389B2
Monocanaliculonasal and/or monocanalicular intubation assembly mainly intended for nasolachrymal imperforation, comprising a mandrel (2) made of a first substantially rigid material, such as a metal, and a tube (1) made of a second material that is less rigid than the first material and essentially flexible, such as silicone, a blocking plug (6) for locking the tube in position in the lachrymal duct and protruding laterally from the tube, characterized in that the length of the tube (1) is smaller than the length of the mandrel (2) and the mandrel (2) has a greater thickness, measured in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, relative to that of the tube (1), such that said mandrel can be inserted inside the tube and withdrawn therefrom.
US08192388B2
A dialysis system includes: a blood filter; a dialysate pump connected to a dialysate portion of the blood filter; a blood pump connected to a blood portion of the blood filter, the blood pump including a diaphragm that is moved in cycles to pump the blood, the cycles having a flow period and a no-flow period; a patient access device in fluid communication with the blood portion of the blood filter, the no-flow period having a first characteristic of a property when the patient access device is lodged in a patient and a second characteristic of the property when the patient access device is dislodged from the patient; and a logic implementer configured to determine that the patient access device has been dislodged from the patient when the second characteristic of the parameter is detected.
US08192386B2
Systems and methods for controlling hematocrit during a blood processing procedure. In one aspect, a system includes a first flow path for flowing whole blood from a patient. A separator communicates with the first flow path for separating at least red blood cells from plasma. Second and third flow paths communicate with the separator for respectively flowing the separated plasma and red blood cells from the separator. A flow controller is associated with the second and third flow paths to control fluid communication between the second and third flow paths and addition of separated plasma to the separated red blood cells. The resulting red blood cells and plasma has a resulting hematocrit. Hematocrit is calculated or sensed in operative association with the third flow path and communicated to the flow controller for controlling the amount of plasma added to the third flow path and the resulting hematocrit.
US08192385B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for controlling an inflammatory response in a subject. Devices, systems, and methods are provided that alter the functional structure of one or more inflammatory mediators in the peripheral blood of the subject. The device or system is useful in a method for treating an inflammatory disease or condition in the subject.
US08192380B2
A compression device for applying compression to a part of a wearer's body. The device includes a bladder including first and second of fluid impermeable layers secured to one another to define an inflatable chamber. The device includes a substantially rigid counterforce component having an opening. An attachment member extends outward from the first layer of the bladder. The attachment member is received in the opening of the counterforce component to attach the counterforce component to the bladder.
US08192378B2
A toe massage device is constructed from a rotating body while being supported on a base by a supporting shaft; a rotation drive device for rotating the rotating body in the normal and reverse directions; and toe fixation means provided on the rotating body and fixing toes of a subject. The toes are fixed on the rotating body by the toe fixation means and the rotating body is rotated in the normal and reverse directions. When the rotating body is rotated in the normal direction, the toes are pulled forward and downward. That is, the toes are pulled in the direction in which they are bent toward the sole. When the rotating body is rotated in the reverse direction, the toes are bent upward while being caused to move backward.
US08192376B2
Systems and methods for sleep state classification involve detecting conditions related to sleep, including at least one condition associated with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Additionally, a condition modulated by the sleep-wake status of the patient may be detected. A medical system that is partially or fully implantable incorporates sensors and circuitry for detecting and processing the sleep-related signals. A sleep state processor classifies the patient's sleep state based on the sleep-related signals. Sleep state classification may be used in connection with the delivery of sleep state appropriate therapy, diagnostic testing, or patient monitoring.
US08192373B2
A medical guide wire (1) is made in which at least a fluororesin coating layer (13) is formed on the surface of a metal wire (11), wherein particulate matter is present in the fluororesin coating layer (13), and the fluororesin coating layer covers the particulate matter and at least some of the particulate matter is formed in surface protrusion-shaped projections (14). It is thus possible to provide a medical guide wire that is inexpensive to manufacture and whose strength is unaffected and frictional resistance is low, and manufacturing method for the same.
US08192372B2
A bodily fluid sampling device includes a piercing device and a sensor enclosed in a housing. A cassette, which contains test media, is positioned proximal to the sensor so that the sensor is able to analyze a bodily fluid sample collected on the test media. The cassette includes a supply portion from which unused test media is supplied and a storage portion in which contaminated test media is stored after exposure to the bodily fluid. The cassette is adapted to collect a series of bodily fluid samples without requiring disposal of the test media.
US08192367B2
A device for monitoring respiration comprises a duct, a flow restricting element in the duct, and a pressure sensor arranged in the duct. The pressure sensor measures a pressure drop across the flow restricting element as a pressure difference between a pressure at a location in the duct on a first side of the flow restricting element and a substantially constant pressure on a second side of the flow restricting element opposite the first side.
US08192362B2
A method of detecting cellular damage within a subject comprises transmitting low frequency ultrasound (20 MHz or below) into a selected site within the subject wherein the selected site has been exposed to a stress capable of causing cellular death at the selected site. At least a portion of ultrasound backscattered from the ultrasound transmitted into the selected site is received. The received backscattered ultrasound is compared to a control backscatter measurement. An increase or a decrease in intensity or spectral slope of the received backscattered ultrasound when compared to the control backscatter measurement indicates cellular death or damage at the selected site within the subject.
US08192353B2
An obturator assembly includes a housing configured for operable engagement by a user, a sleeve mounted to the housing and extending therefrom and having a longitudinal lumen, an image passing member positioned adjacent the distal end of the sleeve and adapted to permit an optical image to pass through the image passing member and into the longitudinal lumen of the sleeve, a penetrating member adapted for longitudinal movement relative to the image passing member through a longitudinal stroke of movement to at least partially extend the penetrating member beyond the image passing member and an adjustment member operatively connected to the penetrating member. The adjustment member is movable to selectively vary a longitudinal length of the stroke of movement of the penetrating member, to thereby selectively control extension of the penetrating member relative to the image passing member. The adjustment member may also be movable to selectively vary at least one of a retracted position and an extended position of the penetrating member relative to the image passing member.
US08192344B2
The disclosure describes devices and methods for asymmetrical irradiation at a body cavity or site, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. biopsy or cancer. One device includes a lumen which is off-set or off-settable from a longitudinal axis to increase the intensity of radiation received from a radiation source by a first tissue portion surrounding the body cavity and to reduce or minimize radiation received by a second tissue portion (e.g. healthy tissue) surrounding the body cavity.
US08192340B2
A buckle plate device for a folding machine comprises a buckle plate (10) and a sheet stopping means for stopping a sheet (24) running into the buckle plate (10) in the intake direction, wherein the sheet stopping means is formed by a clamping means (26) which clamps the incoming sheet (24) in order to stop it and preferably automatically releases the clamping at the onset of tractive forces of the subsequent rollers. Hereby a buckle plate device is provided which requires little space and makes it possible to fold sheets with comparably low noise development without a mechanical stop in a sheet-edge controlled manner or in a print-image controlled manner at a high sheet transport speed.
US08192336B2
A compressive device and carrying compartment for focusing a compressive force at the general lateral areas of a human waist, and securing at least one object in a generally fixed position relative to the waist, includes a longitudinally elastic belt having lateral area engaging pads, and further including a bag defining an interior space and laterally apposite slot openings, wherein the bag and belt are cooperatively configured such that the belt passes within the space and the compressive force also works to biasly retain the objects in the fixed position.
US08192327B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a vehicle engine coupled to a stepped-gear-ratio transmission. One example method comprises, in response to a first vehicle moving condition, shutting down the engine and at least partially disengaging the transmission while the vehicle is moving; and during a subsequent restart, while the vehicle is moving, starting the engine using starter motor assistance and adjusting a degree of engagement of a transmission clutch to adjust a torque transmitted to a wheel of the vehicle.
US08192325B2
A control device of a vehicular driving apparatus is provided, which can restrain an unnecessary rotational change of a first electric motor can be restrained when a shifting in a differential portion and a shifting in a transmission portion are overlapped in shifting periods. Upon executing the shiftings of a differential portion and an automatic transmission portion in the overlapped way in the shifting periods, electric motor rotational change amount restraining means controls the first electric motor to a post-shifting prospected first electric motor rotational speed to restrain a change amount of a first electric motor rotational speed before and after a shifting of a transmission mechanism. Thus, the change amount of the first electric motor rotational speed before and after the shifting of the transmission mechanism is restrained to the minimum, thereby the unnecessary rotational change of the first electric motor can be appropriately restrained.
US08192324B2
A vehicle includes a motor/generator, a starter motor, a disconnect clutch disposed between the engine and the motor/generator, and at least one clutch disposed between the motor/generator and the vehicle drive wheels. When an engine start is requested, various parameters are controlled to ensure a smooth engine start wherein driveline torque disturbances are minimized. The starter motor is used to crank the engine at the lowest engine speeds when the engine-required torque is the highest. This reduces the amount of torque necessary to be supplied from the motor/generator, and further helps to reduce torque disturbances in the driveline. If the motor/generator is producing torque to propel the vehicle at the time the engine start is requested, a launch clutch or one or more transmission clutches can be controlled to provide slip between the motor/generator and the vehicle drive wheels to further reduce torque disturbances in the driveline.
US08192322B2
Wind turbine drive which is formed of a rotor with a rotor shaft and of a transmission box with a planetary gear unit which is connected to the rotor shaft, which drive is of the type whereby the transmission box is supported by the far end of the rotor shaft and is provided with a reaction arm, whereby the rotor shaft is bearing-mounted with at least one bearing which is directly fixed to the nacelle and a second bearing which is either fixed to the nacelle or which is part of the transmission box, whereby the planet carrier of the planetary gear unit is bearing-mounted in the gearbox via one bearing at the most.
US08192318B2
An automatic transmission is disclosed that includes a clutch pressure control module housing having therein: (1) a plurality of solenoid valves, each of the solenoid valves configured to receive an input of the pressurized hydraulic fluid and to provide a variable output pressure of pressurized hydraulic fluid in response to an electric control signal; (2) means for sensing output pressure from each of the solenoid valves of the plurality of solenoid valves; and (3) electronic control means configured to generate electric control signals to one or more of the solenoid valves of the plurality of solenoid valves in response to (i) a clutch pressure command signal or a solenoid pressure command signal, and (ii) a solenoid output pressure signal from the means for sensing output pressure. The solenoid valves provide hydraulic control signals to clutch hydraulic pressure control valves, which in turn provide hydraulic power to clutch actuators.
US08192315B2
A V-ribbed belt for a mechanical power transmission is disclosed. The V-ribbed belt comprises an outer back-side surface, an inner front-side surface, and a load-carrying section disposed between the front-side and back-side surfaces. The front-side surface includes a plurality of laterally spaced longitudinally extending v-ribs. The back-side surface includes a plurality of raised features that, when running on a flat-faced, back-side pulley, form a contact patch of about 20% to about 50% of that of a traditional flat-faced belt running on a flat-faced pulley. The reduced contact patch provides increased contact pressure which in turn provides an improved effective coefficient of friction between the belt and the pulley.
US08192309B1
A game tracking device used in combination with a hunting arrow, the device having an elongated adaptor insert positionable between the arrowhead and shaft of the hunting arrow, the insert being provided with a recess to receive a transmitter that emits a locator signal. A barb member extends forward from the transmitter housing, such that when a game animal is struck by the arrow, the transmitter separates from the arrow and remains embedded in the animal.
US08192308B2
A tennis racquet with a replaceable playing surface includes a frame, a cartridge, and a cartridge-lock with at least one key. The frame defines a cartridge support groove, a front upper half-oval bridge and a back upper half-oval bridge. Each bridge includes a head-guard. The front bridge with its head-guard and the back bridge with its head-guard define a planar passage way between the bridges. The cartridge includes a rim threaded with a string. The string defines a playing surface. The cartridge is shaped for removable snug fit in the support groove and in the planar passageway, such that when a replacement cartridge is snug within the frame, and when the at least one key is entered into the at least one key-aperture, the replacement cartridge is locked to the frame.
US08192302B2
A golf club head and a removable weight that is received in a receptacle of the golf club head. The weight includes a cap and a slug. The cap is removably coupled to the receptacle and includes a recess that receives a portion of the slug so that the cap and slug are able to rotate relative to each other. The slug includes an anti-rotation feature that prevents relative rotation between the slug and the receptacle and a curved abutment surface.
US08192301B2
A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a main cavity having at least one auxiliary cavity and a base surface. An insert may be associated with the base surface and may comprise at least two contact elements, with a bridge member disposed therebetween. Different contact elements of the insert may be disposed in separate respective auxiliary cavities, such that each contact element may be associated with the base surface. The bridge member of the insert may be dissociated from the base surface. Moreover, a surface coating may be selectively applied to the head to permit a durable adhesive bond between the insert and the base surface.
US08192297B1
A variable interface putter golf club includes a golf club having a shaft with a club head affixed to a first end of the shaft that is distil from a second end of the shaft to be gripped by a golfer. A multi-sided rotatable carousel is contained substantially within the club head of the golf club, the multi-sided rotatable carousel having a putter face on a plurality of sides of the multi-sided rotating carousel. The multi-side rotating carousel preferably is shaped as a pentagon with a different putter face on each of the five sides of the pentagon. A device is included for permitting rotation of the multi-sided rotatable carousel for exposing one putter face of the plurality of putter faces at a given time for allowing the golfer to putt with the one putter face so exposed. A securing device, such as a securing screw, is used for preventing unwanted rotation of the multi-sided rotatable carousel so that only one putter face is exposed at a given time and that the selected putter face is secured in place during play. An optional analyzer device is included which aids the golfer in selecting the appropriate putter face for the conditions of a putter green at a given time. The optional analyzer device may also be used for other types of golf clubs and attached to portion of a golf club other than the shaft.
US08192285B2
A sports video game having a new and improved user interface that substantially increases the potential realism of the game uses a handheld controller that is able to sense its own position, orientation and/or motion and is affixed to a ball. The ball can be a model of a football that is provided with a depression that snugly accepts and retains the handheld controller. The handheld controller may sense motion, position and/or orientation of the ball and provide wireless inputs to a video game system. The video game system may process such inputs to provide a simulated sports action game play on a video display.
US08192283B2
A networked gaming system includes one or more gaming machines connected to a network, a network-connected user station having a user interface and a display. The networked gaming system further includes a host computer system having an environment module enabled to capture, analyze, and present both historical data stored in at least one data storage device and real-time gaming data from the gaming machines in accordance with one or more requests from the user station.
US08192278B2
A gaming terminal runs a base game and a special game simultaneously; awards a payout according to a result of the base game; awards the number of chance flags according to a result of the chance game; accumulatively stores, in a terminal storage unit, the number of chance flags in association with ID data and a PIN code; when ID data is newly inputted, determines whether the ID data is correct, referring to the original ID data stored; when the ID data is incorrect, determines whether the PIN code inputted through a PIN code input device is correct, referring to the PIN code stored; when the PIN code is incorrect, initializes the number of chance flags associated with the original ID data stored; when the PIN code is correct, stores the ID data newly inputted, replacing the original ID data stored.
US08192271B2
Reel-type games are described in which a player's progress towards an award of a bonus game is displayed to the player. The required triggering event for an award of a bonus game may be accumulated over multiple turns of the game. A bonus indicator (e.g., icon) is provided on the display in association with each reel of the reels. After a spin of the reels, the bonus indicator for a given reel is activated if a symbol associated with an award of a bonus game is presented on the given reel. As the player continues to play, whenever the symbol associated with the bonus game appears for the first time on a given reel, the associated bonus indicator is activated and remains activated. When all the indicators have become activated, a bonus game is awarded to the player.
US08192263B2
A gaming machine according to the present invention includes: a gaming portion in which a plurality of main dice roll and stop; a timer capable of measuring time; a station having an input device with which a player can place a normal BET and a side BET different from the normal BET, and an image display capable of displaying an image; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of (A) starting acceptance of the normal BET and the side BET from the input device provided in the station, (B) measuring the time from when the acceptance was started in the processing (A) by using the timer, (C) terminating the acceptance of the normal BET and the side BET from the input device provided in the station, when the time measured in the processing (B) reaches a predetermined value, (D) determining whether or not the side BET has been placed by using the input device provided in the station, since the acceptance was started in the processing (A), (E) increasing the predetermined value when determining that the side BET has been placed in the processing (D), (F) displaying an image showing the difference between the time measured in the processing (B) and the predetermined value to the image display, and (G) rolling and stopping the plurality of the main dice in the gaming portion when the difference between the time measured in the processing (B) and the predetermined value becomes a previously determined specific value.
US08192259B2
A sludge receiving facility is provided with upper and lower structures respectively having inner spaces communicating with each other, wherein sludge tanks each having a sludge charging port are provided in the lower structure, and a partition wall configured to partition a carrying-in space of the upper structure from the inner space is provided, the sludge receiving facility including: outside air blowing means; air circulating means configured to enable the inner space and the carrying-in space to communicate with each other; first exhausting means configured to exhaust air from an upper part of the carrying-in space; second exhausting means configured to exhaust air above the sludge charging port; and third exhausting means configured to exhaust air inside the sludge tanks, wherein opening/closing means are respectively provided in the circulating means and the first to third exhausting means.
US08192236B1
A battery connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. The housing defines a plurality of receiving passageways running through a front mating face to define an opening. The opening defines an upper and a lower inside face. Each contact includes an engaging portion exposing to the front face through the opening. The engaging portion intersect with the front face, defining a first joint point adjacent to the upper inside face and a second joint point adjacent to the lower inside face. The engaging portion defines a free distal end abutting against an inner face of the housing. The housing further defines a protrusion extending from the lower inside face towards the upper inside face in a condition that a distance between the second joint point and a top face of the protrusion is smaller than a length of the free distal end.
US08192228B2
An electronic assembly may include a housing having an opening therein and an RF feedthrough connector in the opening of the housing. The RF feedthrough connector may include a tubular body, and a plurality of displaceable protrusions carried by an upper outer surface portion of the tubular body. The plurality of displaceable protrusions may define an enlarged upper portion thereof engaging adjacent upper portions of the housing. The RF feedthrough connector may also include a sealed joint between the housing and the RF feedthrough connector.
US08192224B2
The invention relates to an electrical plug connector (1) for an electrical cable (2), with a strand guide (10) which is provided on the electrical plug connector (1) so as to be able to move, wherein the strand guide (10) or the electrical plug connector (1) has a release means (112, 212) which can be used to separate the strand guide (10) from the electrical plug connector (1). The invention further relates to a manufactured electrical cable with an electrical plug connector (1) according to the invention; and also to an electrical or electronic apparatus or component, with an electrical plug connector (1) according to the invention or a manufactured electrical cable according to the invention.
US08192223B2
An electrical insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly includes a body having at least one channel with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire therein. A contact element is fixed in the body with a first insulation displacement end defined by opposed blades oriented across the channel, and a second end extending from a bottom surface of the body and configured for electrical contact with a PCB. The IDC assembly includes a cap having a size and configuration so as to engage over the body, with the cap including a recess with an open bottom that is aligned with the body channel in a fitted configuration of the cap on the body. The wires may be initially received in the cap recesses wherein upon pressing engagement of the cap onto the body, the insulated conductive core wire is pressed into the body channel between and into the contact element.
US08192212B2
The present invention relates to a method for unmating an electrical connector assembly wherein the movement for unmating the first and second connectors is temporarily blocked after interlocking contacts are disconnected and before the power contacts are disconnected. The invention also relates to a connector system and a connector assembly offering such functions.
US08192208B2
A lead configured to join to a signal line of an electronic part through solder is disposed in an opposing relationship to the signal line and extends for sliding movement. A first opposing face section including a pair of faces having wettability to the solder is formed on surfaces of the signal line and the lead. Further, a second opposing face section including a pair of faces having wettability lower than the wettability of the first opposing face section is formed on the surfaces of the signal line and the lead along an extending direction of the lead.
US08192193B2
Molding material feed screw used in a molding material supply device of an injection molding machine
A notched region in which the outer periphery of a screw flight is cut out is provided in a molding material feed screw. A wedge-shaped portion is formed by both a front wall surface of the screw flight and a wall surface of the boundary where the outer periphery of the screw flight is cut out. As a result of rotation of the molding material feed screw, since the wedge-shaped portion advances while pushing aside resin pellets located in the front thereof in two lateral directions of the front wall surface of the screw flight and the wall surface of the boundary where the outer diameter of the screw flight is cut out, entrapment of the resin pellets between the edge of a material supply port of a molding material supply device and the outer periphery of the screw flight is avoided as much as possible.
US08192191B2
A valve gate assembly for regulating a flow of molten material into a mold. The valve gate assembly includes a movable valve that can be positioned between a fully closed position and a fully open position. The valve gate assembly further includes an actuating system operatively cooperating with the valve to move the valve and infinitely position the valve between the fully closed position and the fully open position.
US08192185B2
An expander-compressor unit (200) includes a closed casing (1), a compression mechanism (2), an expansion mechanism (3), a shaft (5), and an oil pump (6). The shaft (5) includes an upper shaft (5s) provided with an upper eccentric portion (5a) for the compression mechanism (2), and a lower shaft (5t) provided with lower eccentric portions (5d and 5c) for the expansion mechanism (3) and an intermediate eccentric portion (5e) for the oil pump (6). The expansion mechanism (3) has an upper bearing member (45) for supporting a supported portion (5f) of the lower shaft (5t) located immediately above the lower eccentric portion (5d). The intermediate eccentric portion (5e) has a diameter equal to or less than that of the supported portion (5f).
US08192183B2
The aim of the invention is to provide a simple, smoothly running pump, especially a slurry pump, preferably for concrete, which comprises a driven rotor (4) rotating inside a housing (2). According to the invention, the rotor (4) is configured as a polygonal, prismatic body wherein at least the connecting lines of the corners of the base form an equilateral polygon. The rotor performs a rotational movement about its center axis on an orbit, the longitudinal edges of the prismatic body (4′) touching the longitudinal inner wall surface (2′) of the housing (2).
US08192180B2
A heat dissipating fan includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet between which an air passageway is formed. A fixed seat is provided in the air passageway and includes first positioning holes. A magnetically conductive first casing includes a first outer wall, a first annular lip extending radially outward from an end of the first outer wall and having second positioning holes aligned with the first positioning holes, and a first support on the other end of the first outer wall. A second casing includes a second outer wall, a second annular lip extending radially outward from an end of the second outer wall and having third positioning holes aligned with the first positioning holes, and a second support on the other end of the second outer wall. Fasteners extend through the first, second and third positioning holes. A motor is mounted in the first and second casings.
US08192179B2
A fan having a housing and a motor connected to the housing via a nonconductive support member. In one form, the nonconductive support member takes the form of a grill. The motor may be connected to the grill such that separate brackets to support the motor are not needed and the motor is electrically isolated from the fan housing. Insulating members may be used to connect the motor to the nonconductive support member. Additional fasteners may be used to connect the motor to the support member. A generally rectangular box fan assembly includes a metal fan housing having a peripheral shroud portion, a nonconductive grill connected to the shroud portion, and a motor assembly connected to the nonconductive grill such that the motor assembly is electrically isolated from the metal fan housing. A method for insulating a box fan from a motor including providing a motor, a metal box fan housing and a nonconductive support member connected to the fan housing and electrically isolating the fan housing from the motor by attaching the motor to the nonconductive support member with a fastening member.
US08192175B2
When employing synthetically commutated hydraulic pumps (1), a time delay between a change in fluid flow demand (15) and the resulting fluid flow output (13) can be observed. It is suggested to use a time evolvement function, taking into account the time evolvement of the fluid flow demand and/or the time evolvement of the pumping strokes, to modify the actuation of the electrically commutated valves.
US08192155B2
A multistage, centrifugal partial emissions pump with a first stage impeller, a final stage impeller, a first stage casing liner, one or more first stage discharge nozzles, a final stage casing liner, one or more final stage discharge nozzles, an interstage delivery channel liner, one or more delivery channels, and an outer pressure shell wherein the first stage casing liner and the final stage casing liner are connected by one or more fluid channels integral within a delivery channel liner, that follow an arced path directed predominantly radially inward within the interstage delivery channel liner, and the sum of the cross sectional areas of all delivery channels taken on a radial plane intersecting the delivery channels is less than the sum of cross sectional areas of the non-channel areas within the boundaries of the channels.
US08192150B2
Use of the stator blade platforms for the deposition of a track of adjacent abradable material inside an external turbomachine shell is disclosed. The stator blades are attached to the shell so as to define an annular edge that is substantially continuous and the abradable material is deposited using this edge to delimit a boundary of the track of abradable material.
US08192149B2
A turbojet turbine or compressor stage is disclosed. The stage includes at least one rotor disk mounted inside a sectorized ring supported by a casing and including a circumferential flange radially clamped on an annular rail of the casing by a substantially C-shaped cross-section annular locking device which is axially engaged on the casing rail and on the flange of the ring. A substantially cylindrical heat shielding foil is interposed between the ring and the device. The foil or the device includes at least one extra thickness which respectively bears on the device, or the foil, to radially immobilize this foil.
US08192145B2
A turbine nozzle sector that includes an outer platform segment and an inner platform segment between which there extends one or more hollow vanes is disclosed. Each vane presents a trailing edge cavity for feeding with cooling air and communicating with a plurality of vents distributed along the trailing edge of the vane, these vents serving to exhaust a fraction of the cooling air. The cavity communicates with an air outlet hole situated level with the outer platform and enabling a fraction of the cooling air to be exhausted.
US08192139B2
The present invention relates to a pump arrangement (10) having a housing (12) and cover (14). The housing (12) and cover (14) form part of a pump mechanism (16). A first inlet or a housing inlet (26) is formed in the housing (12) and is connected to the pump mechanism (16). A second inlet or a cover inlet (28) is formed in the cover and is connected to the pump mechanism. The cover (14) also has a cover outlet (34) formed in the cover (14) that is connected to the pump mechanism (16) and is where fluid medium such as air flows out of the housing (12) arrangement. The use of two inlets increases the flow efficiency.
US08192134B2
This is a lifting mechanism especially suited to move a stack of paper to a height so that it is easier to remove or work with. The lifting mechanism has as a bottom portion a tilting platform that receives and holds a paper stack and its support. This tilting platform will be tilted in a front down position prior to and during loading of the paper stack thereon, and will automatically tilt down at its back portion when stack loaded. This is because the fulcrum of the tilting platform is located nearer the front sections of the platform than it is to the back section of the platform. When the weight of the paper stack acts upon the tilting platform, it will force the platform down at its back portion.
US08192133B2
A climate-controlled cabinet that includes a climate-controlled chamber for receiving a storage system, a carrier arranged in said chamber, and at least one storage tower arranged in said chamber and mounted to the carrier. The storage tower includes a plurality of locations for objects to be stored. A transport device is included for automatically transporting objects between the storage tower and an external system, and a shaker for automatically shaking the carrier.
US08192132B2
In a transfer chamber having a housing with a transfer region and a passing band region, a transport device comprising a first arrangement of transport rollers is arranged in the transfer region of the housing, and a passing band comprising a second arrangement of transport rollers is arranged in the passing band region of the housing. The passing band region of the housing is subdivided by a horizontal wall, which is arranged above the passing band, into a transport space, which is located below the horizontal wall, and a pump space, which is located above the horizontal wall. The pump space has a vacuum port or a vacuum pump connected to it.
US08192127B2
A cableway transport system for moving tubulars between a supply of tubulars and a rig mast implements a gondola suspended and movable along load cables. The gondola is fit with grippers for carrying tubulars between the rack and mast. The gondola has a first landing coupler which is received and releasably couples to a second landing coupler on the mast for forming a landing connection. The landing connection enables rotation of the gondola to align the carried tubular with the wellhead. The grippers can be individually actuable to allow finer alignment of the tubular above the wellhead.
US08192126B1
A mobile hoist system for preventing the application of an overloading input force or an overloading weight force from an elevated load. The mobile hoist system generally includes a frame removably connected to a support structure, a drive assembly connected to the frame and a driven assembly connected to the frame and mechanically connected to the drive assembly via a main elongated member. The drive assembly includes a winch and a brake unit connected to the winch. The brake unit is capable of preventing lowering of a load up to a first torque limit. The driven assembly includes a drum having a strap wound thereon and a slip clutch to brake the drum. The slip clutch prevents slippage up to a second torque limit. The second torque limit is less than the first torque limit to prevent damage to the brake unit by the load having an excessive weight.
US08192115B2
A machine tool is provided. The machine tool can comprise a machine frame, at least one tool holder device which is held for movement on the machine frame, a work space in which workpieces are machinable, a work space cladding, at least one workpiece carriage which is displaceable on a path guiding device relative to the machine frame, the path guiding device being arranged alongside the work space, and at least one sliding door for access to the work space. The sliding door particularly can be arranged on the path guiding device of the at least one workpiece carriage.
US08192114B2
A drill holding tool includes a shaft and a drill-holding portion which has a recess defined axially in an outer periphery thereof so as to receive a flat center drill therein which has one end protrudes out from the distal end of the drill-holding portion. The recess is defined by two sidewalls and a bottom surface, and a threaded hole is defined through the bottom surface. Two semi-circular reception holes are defined in two insides of the two sidewalls and two positioning pieces are received in the reception holes. The center drill includes a positioning hole corresponding to the threaded hole in the recess and two semi-circular positioning notches in which the two positioning pieces are partially received. The center drill is a flat piece which saves material required and the positioning notches allow the center drill to be quickly and precisely positioned.
US08192113B2
A drill includes a center insert which is indexable, mounted in a center pocket, and has an elongate basic shape. One of two opposite longitudinal side contact surfaces of the cutting insert which run parallel to each other are urged against the side support surface of the center pocket. The side support surface of the center pocket is inclined in relation to the center axis of the drill body at an acute angle within the range of 3-8 degrees. An intermediate surface is formed between the side contact surface and an end surface. The intermediate surface is shorter than the side contact surface and forms an obtuse angle with the side contact surface.
US08192108B1
An apparatus to aid in the layout of hashed lines, particularly for laying out lines in parking lots near parking islands and handicapped parking spots is herein disclosed, comprising a large push broom on wheels. Two (2) canisters of marking chalk project downward from a main horizontal member and are spaced so as to produce parallel chalk lines or chalk dots within no parking areas in a parking lot. A guide arm is located on a side of the apparatus such that it can trace the last set of dots and produce two (2) more in an offset, but equally-spaced manner.
US08192103B2
An easily assembled swivel mount device includes a housing having a peripheral shoulder abutment and a peripheral ramp which extends toward the shoulder abutment and which terminates at a peripheral blocking protrusion, a swivel member swivelably mounted on the housing by means of a shaft, and a sleeve member having a leading abutment edge which is brought to abut against the shoulder abutment, and an inner peripheral guideway which extends away from the leading abutment edge and which terminates at a peripheral blocked ledge such that the blocked ledge can be retained behind the blocking protrusion after slipping over the peripheral ramp.
US08192101B2
The present invention provides a folder binding device including a binding device main body part in which insertion holes are formed into which binding legs are inserted, operating parts which are attached to the binding device main body part in such a manner as to rotate on rotating projections at end portions thereof as fulcrums, and sliding parts adapted to slide on the binding device main body part, wherein the sliding parts are connected to the operating parts via hinge parts in such a manner as to be activated by rotary operations of the operating parts to slide on the binding device main body part, whereby both fastening and unfastening operations of binding legs are made simple and a stable fastening of the binding legs is enabled.
US08192094B2
An optical module includes a housing including a groove part formed inside the housing; and a receptacle received in the housing, the receptacle to which an optical connector having an optical fiber is connected, the receptacle including a brim part and a stub part where the brim part is formed in a body. An elastic body is provided in the groove part, the groove part where the brim part is provided. The elastic body is configured to adhere to and hold the stub part.
US08192091B2
An optical fiber connector adapter has a housing, a front sleeve holder, a rear sleeve holder, a sleeve and detachable positioning member. The housing has a cavity, two limiting protrusions and two positioning slots. The cavity and positioning slots are defined in the housing. The limiting protrusions are formed in the cavity. The front and sleeve holders are mounted in the cavity and each has a tube and a mount abutting the limiting protrusions. The sleeve is mounted in the tubes. The detachable positioning member is mounted on the housing and has two stoppers extending respectively the positioning slots to make the mounts clamped between the limiting protrusions and the stoppers. The optical fiber connector adapter with the detachable positioning member may be detached easily to facilitate rework.
US08192089B2
A connector has first and second connector units, each unit incorporating an oil-filled chamber housing one or more contact elements to be joined. At least one connector unit has a face seal assembly which seals the forward end of the contact chamber in the unmated condition. The face seal assembly comprises three elements. One element is an annular elastomeric seal situated radially outward. The two other elements are inner seal elements which are pressed together radially to form a substantially disc-like shape. The resulting disc-like shaped seal fills the central, circular end face opening of the outer annular seal. As the connector units are mated, elements of the elastomeric face seal assembly are displaced, one axially, and others both axially and radially, creating an opening between the oil-filled chambers that is sealed from the outside environment.
US08192084B2
A bag made of water resistant paper or plastic for holding a “goopy” sandwich such as a hamburger, hot dog, etc while eating the same is fitted on the open end with a collar extending generally radially from the bag. The collar or drip plate is adapted to catch liquids, slurries, and small particles falling from the sandwich. The catchings are either retained on the collar or directed back into the bag where they either soak into the sandwich or run to the bottom of the bag. In either case, the drippings do not fall onto the diner, table, or floor.
US08192081B2
A temperature sensor including: a temperature sensing element (102) having a temperature sensing unit (103) and a pair of device electrode wires (104); a sheath member (106) having a sheath wire (108) connected at a junction (110) to at least one of the device electrode wires and a sheath outer pipe (107) retaining the sheath wire in an insulating material (114); an inner tube (112) which has a bottomed cylindrical shape; and a cylindrical outer tube (120) having an open end, covering the inner tube such that the open end is located at a front end side of the junction and in a region to the rear end side of or aligned with the front end of the inner tube, and being spaced from the inner tube at the front end side of the junction.
US08192076B2
A thermal sensor that includes a ceramic body formed of NTC thermister ceramic, heat sensing part electrodes, temperature compensation part electrodes, external electrodes, and a cavity. A heat sensing part, which is the surface layer of the ceramic body, is heated by, for example, radiant heat transfer, reducing the resistance value of a thermister ceramic layer between the heat sensing part electrodes. Since the heat of the heat sensing part of the ceramic body is insulated by the cavity and thus prevented from diffusing, the heat capacity of the heat sensing unit is reduced, obtaining high sensitivity and high responsiveness.
US08192072B2
Interaction between two different species of particles in a fluid stream is promoted by generating turbulent eddies in the fluid stream. The turbulent eddies are designed to be of such size and/or intensity that the two species of particles are entrained into the eddies to significantly different extents. Consequently, the different species of particles follow different trajectories, and the likelihood of collisions or interactions between the particles is increased. Optimum collision rates will occur for a system which maintains a Stokes Number (St) much less than 1 for one species, and or order 1 or greater for the other species. The invention has particular application in air pollution control, by promoting agglomeration of fine pollutant particles in air streams into larger particles to thereby facilitate their subsequent removal from the air streams.
US08192067B2
A backlight unit (110) according to the present invention includes: a light source (102) for emitting light; a light guiding member (103) for receiving light emitted from the light source (102) at an end face (103c), and propagating the received light in a first direction (P); a prism sheet (104) disposed at the front face (103a) of the light guiding member (103); and a reflection section (105) disposed at the rear face (103b) side of the light guiding member (103), and the reflection section (105) has a reflection surface (105a) for light being emitted from the rear face (103b) of the light guiding member (103) and having a component in the first direction, the light being reflected toward the rear face (103b) of the light guiding member (103) as light having a component in a second direction which is the opposite direction to the first direction.
US08192065B2
An apparatus for providing a multicolored illuminator is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first sheet comprising a plurality of columnar illuminators stacked side by side, and a plurality of colored light sources placed along an edge of the first sheet. The plurality of columnar illuminators diffuse light generated by the plurality of colored light sources. The light emanates in a predetermined pattern.
US08192054B2
A device is disclosed for producing light that may include one or more printed circuit boards (PCBs), an electronics package may be disposed about a first surface of one or more of the PCBs and a housing. A plurality of PCB's may be set apart and connected by pins to dissipate heat from one PCB to another, and/or to convey electrical connectivity. Pins may be configured to pass through or into one or both the PCBs including the cores to conduct heat generated by the electronics package away for dispersion. In some embodiments, the pins may pass into the backplane. The PCBs may include LEDs, lights, computer devices, memories, telecommunications devices, or combinations of these. The device may also include a housing to contain the plurality of PCBs such that air flow may enter the housing and pass by the pins for cooling of the PCBs and electronics thereof.
US08192053B2
A high-intensity light source is formed by a micro array of a semiconductor light source such as a LEDs, laser diodes, or VCSEL placed densely on a liquid or gas cooled thermally conductive substrate. The semiconductor devices are typically attached by a joining process to electrically conductive patterns on the substrate, and driven by a microprocessor controlled power supply. An optic element is placed over the micro array to achieve improved directionality, intensity, and/or spectral purity of the output beam. The light module may be used for such processes as, for example, fluorescence, inspection and measurement, photopolymerzation, ionization, sterilization, debris removal, and other photochemical processes.
US08192049B2
The lighting apparatus includes a first light emitting diode (LED) module, a second LED module and a reflector. The first LED module includes a first plurality of LEDs disposed on one side of a first substrate. The second LED module includes a second plurality of LEDs disposed on one side of a second substrate. The reflector is disposed between the first LED module and the second LED module and may reflect in a light emission direction light emitted from the plurality of the LEDs. Additionally, when the light emitted from the plurality of the LEDs is reflected by a reflective surface of the reflector, and is projected to a plane, images of outermost light sources are distributed on the plane to substantially have a circular shape.
US08192042B2
The invention discloses a light-emitting decorative accessory which includes a shaft, a first shoulder, a second shoulder, and a light-emitting module. The first shoulder and the second shoulder connect two opposite ends of the shaft respectively. The shaft has hollow space therein, and the outer diameter of the shaft is shorter than each outer diameter of the first shoulder and the second shoulder. The second shoulder has an upper surface with an aperture forming through the second shoulder and protruding to the hollow space inside the shaft. The light-emitting module includes a light-emitting unit, a circuit board, and a vibration switch for triggering the light-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit is electrically connected to the circuit board disposed on the upper surface of the second shoulder. The vibration switch is contained inside the hollow space inside the shaft and electrically connected to the circuit board.
US08192038B2
A photographic reflector includes an engagement unit, a support frame, a fabric canopy, and a lamp holder. The engagement unit includes an engagement seat and an engagement member moveably mounted in the engagement seat. The support frame includes a plurality of ribs and a plurality of stretchers corresponding to each respective rib. One end of each rib is pivotally connected to the engagement seat. One end of each stretcher is pivotally connected to a preset location of the corresponding rib, and the other end of each stretcher is pivotally connected to the engagement member. The fabric canopy is mounted on the ribs of the support frame and has a reflective layer at an inside thereof and a mounting hole defined at a location close to the engagement unit. The lamp holder is mounted in the mounting hole of the fabric canopy. The photographic reflector can be folded as compactly as desired, easily stored, and convenient in transportation and use.
US08192037B2
A correction and focusing device for a beam, through the deformation of a mirror, wherein it incorporates a frame supporting the mirror, at least one curve generator applying at least one torque to at least one extremity of the mirror, and correction actuators spaced along the mirror so as to apply stresses to the different zones of the mirror.
US08192032B2
An aspheric mirror has an aspheric reflective surface symmetrical with respect to an optical axis that goes through the reflective surface and a reference plane provided in the reflective surface. The optical axis may go through the reflective surface at a non-center position on the reflective surface. The reference plane may be perpendicular to the optical axis. The reference plane may be flat enough for a beam to be reflected from the reference plane in almost specular reflection when emitted to the reference plane.
US08192028B2
A projector of an information display system in vehicles, in particular in aircraft, for projecting images comprising information for passengers and/or crew onto a projection area which is arranged in the vehicle, with the use of a projection lens that images the image contents onto the projection area, which images are generated by a light source and a projection means. An LED array comprising LEDs that can be switched on and off independently of each other is provided as a light source and as a projection means. To generate composite variable image contents the LEDs can be individually selected. Between the LED array and the projection lens a separation box comprising several chambers is arranged. The chambers of the separation box are associated with an LED such that the chambers associated with the switched-on LEDs are imaged on the projection area by the projection lens as parts of the compound image determined by the switched-on LEDs.
US08192026B2
The disclosure comprises a method for measuring the relative thickness of the lipid layer component of the precorneal tear film on the surface of an eye after distribution of the lipid layer subsequent to blinking. Light is directed to the lipid layer of a patient's eye with an illuminator. The illuminator is a broad spectrum light source covering the visible region and is a lambertion light emitter such that the light source is specularly reflected from the lipid layer and undergoes constructive and destructive interference in the lipid layer. The specularly reflected light is collected and focused using a collector such that the interference patterns on the tear film lipid layer are observable. The collector also produces an output signal representative of the specularly reflected light suitable for further analysis, such as projection on to a high resolution video monitor or analysis by or storage in a computer.
US08192014B1
An optical device is disclosed having a supporting bar with a twisted configuration. At least one lens is slidably connected to the supporting bar such that the lens rotates when slid longitudinally along the supporting bar. The optical device further comprises a nose piece connected to the supporting bar, which may be stationary or adjustable with respect to the supporting bar. As the lens or lenses are slid along the supporting bar, they achieve a continuously changing angle relative to the nosepiece.
US08192010B2
A multi-phase system for creating a metallic effect on a substrate, comprising applying to the substrate a first ink jet ink comprising a dispersion of reflective metallic particles in a suitable carrier system, to form a reflective coating layer; and applying a second ink jet ink over the reflective coating layer to form a protective coating layer. Optionally, an undercoat layer is printed on the substrate prior to applying the first ink jet ink. The second ink jet comprises at least one crosslinkable polymer or is otherwise energy curable. The second ink jet ink optionally imparts a color to the metallic image.
US08192009B2
An ink set for ink-jet recording which includes multiple inks having different colors. Each of the multiple inks includes a colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent, a fluorine-based surfactant, and water. The viscosity difference among the multiple inks is 2.0 mPa·s or less at a temperature of 25° C. and a shearing speed of 230 1/s, and the viscosity difference among the multiple inks is 0.5 mPa·s or less at a temperature of 25° C. and a shearing speed of 100,000 1/s.
US08192008B2
An inkjet printing system includes an inkjet printer responsive to digital signals and containing an ink composition having: (a) water, (b) dispersed pigment particles, (c) a humectant, and (d) a polyurethane additive having at least a first soft segment having siloxane groups, the additive having a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000 daltons and a sufficient number of acid groups to provide an acid number greater than 60. An improved combination of scratch resistance and jetability is obtained.
US08192007B2
A liquid jet apparatus is provided. The liquid jet apparatus includes a first damper chamber and a second damper chamber, a release path operatively associated with both the first damper chamber and the second damper chamber, and a control path connecting the first damper chamber, the second damper chamber, and the release path to each other.
US08192006B2
To simplify a head-chip is provided with an actuator including grooves and a cover plate bonded onto the one surface of the actuator and including an opening portion including an ink chamber having an aperture plane being open on an upper end surface and slits extending from the ink chamber to be in communication with the grooves, and an flow path for bringing the upper end surface and one end surface extending in a thickness direction into communication with each other, the opening portion and the flow path being provided independently of each other. In the head-chip, foreign substance removal filter for removing a foreign substance is provided at a position at which the aperture plane of the ink chamber is substantially closed, and a filter for allowing passage of air bubbles, is provided at a position at which an opening of the flow path is substantially closed.
US08191994B2
Provided is a continuous-type charge deflection liquid ejection head that is suitable for higher-density and multiple nozzles. This liquid ejection head includes: an orifice plate having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a two-dimensional manner; a charging electrode plate having a charging electrode to charge ink droplets from each of the plurality of nozzles; and first and second deflection electrode plates each having a deflection electrode to deflect each of the ink droplets charged by the charging electrode, in which each of the charging member, the first deflection member, and the second deflection member has through-holes that ink droplets pass through, and the charging member, the first deflection member, and the second deflection member are laminated in this order in an ejecting direction of the ink droplets.
US08191982B2
A method of projecting liquid as jets or droplets from a nozzle provided on a transducer formed by a region of a material layer, the method comprising the steps of: supplying liquid to an inner end of the nozzle; exciting the nozzle to cause movement of the nozzle in a direction substantially aligned with the nozzle axis in order to project liquid as a droplet from an outer face of the nozzle; wherein the step of exciting the nozzle comprises sequentially driving the transducer with a first rising voltage change, a first falling voltage change, a second rising voltage change and a second falling voltage change; and wherein the first rising voltage change and the first falling voltage change are timed so that they enhance the movement of the material layer, and the second rising voltage change and the second falling voltage change are timed so that they substantially cancel the movement of the material layer.
US08191981B2
Provided is an ink jet head driving apparatus which can highly accurately control jetting timing separately for each of a plurality of nozzles of a head without increasing the number of signal lines and can change the jetting timing for each jetting cycle.
US08191980B2
A method of processing image data is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method, which obtains image data for printing the edge of a circular pad having a radius of R by forming ink blots having a radius of r in an overlapping manner, includes: setting a permissible pitch range as a distance between adjacent ink blots; arranging first image data to the edge of the pad, in an x-y coordinate system; generating second image data with a smaller radius than the first image data, the second image data sharing the center with the first image data; arranging a first base point on the second image data; selecting the first determination point on the second image data separated from the first base point; determining if a distance between the first base point and the first determination point is within the permissible pitch range; and storing a coordinate, located at a shortest distance from the first determination point, as print data.
US08191978B2
A controller works with a measure of temperature of ink at a temperature sensor within a first temperature range to have an inkjet head propel out droplets of ink at a first discharge speed for formation of images, and with a measure of temperature of ink at the temperature sensor within a second temperature range lower than the first temperature range to have the inkjet head propel out droplets of ink at a second discharge speed greater than the first discharge speed for formation of images, and the controller determines that end regions of a frame of images to be formed in regions at transfer-longitudinal ends of a sheet to be transferred in a sheet transfer system have a print ratio within a prescribed range, to execute formation of images.
US08191976B2
A coreless rubber crawler track has an endless rubber elastic body (1), steel cords (3) embedded in the longitudinal direction of the elastic body, rubber protrusions (2) formed at a constant interval from the inner peripheral surface toward the longitudinal direction of the elastic body, and rubber lugs formed on the outer peripheral surface. Bias cords (5, 6) are arranged on the outer peripheral side of the steel cords (3) so as to extend to the lateral right and left in the directions opposite from each other. Both bias cords (5, 6) are overlapped on each other over a width of 10 mm or more directly under the rubber protrusions. With such an arrangement, torsional rigidity and lateral rigidity of the rubber crawler track are improved and, even when the rubber crawler track is passed over sprockets etc., bending rigidity is not high and a tooth skip phenomenon is suppressed.
US08191974B2
A method to control a hydraulic pump of a vehicle, the pump coupled to at least a power steering system and a power braking system is provided. The method comprises measuring steering and braking information using a brake sensor and a steering sensor; and adjusting output of said hydraulic pump based on measured information from said sensors.
US08191969B2
A device for use with a headrest having lateral portions extending out of a plane which the headrest predominantly occupies, and defining a longitudinal open area at one end of the headrest, has a flexible tubular body with a circumference sized to fit the around the headrest including its lateral portions. The flexible tubular body of the device further has a first open end, the first open end being sized and dimensioned to not obstruct the longitudinal open area at one end of the headrest. A mesh netting web closes the first open end of the flexible tubular body and is operative to preclude the longitudinal migration of the device in at least one direction on the headrest. A friction-enhancing pad is secured to an inward-facing surface of the tubular body. One or more positioning straps extending from the flexible tubular body may be provided.
US08191968B2
A seat assembly for an automotive vehicle having a release mechanism and a release strap for actuating the release mechanism is provided. The release mechanism is capable of moving a seat back from a seated position to a stowed position. The release strap includes an attachment portion having an attachment end which is fixedly secured to the release mechanism. A gripping portion allows an occupant to quickly and easily grasp and actuate the release strap. The release strap also includes an overlapping portion formed by overlapping a portion of the attachment portion and a portion of the gripping portion so as to present the gripping portion in an upward direction.
US08191964B2
An adjustment device for bicycle seat includes a connection portion located close to a top of the seat post and at least one through hole is defined through a wall of the connection portion. An adjustment device is located between the seat connector and the seat post so as to adjust the seat post relative to the seat tube. The adjustment device includes an adjustment path which can communicate with the at least one through hole or be sealed from the at least one through hole. A balance unit is connected to the connection portion and includes a cylinder and a piston ring is movably received in the cylinder to define an inner space of the cylinder into a liquid space and an air space. The cylinder includes a supply path which communicates with the liquid space and the at least one through hole.
US08191963B2
In a stackable chair system, a plurality of chairs are provided, each chair having a back, a seat, and first and second armrests all integral with one another in an injection-molded thermal plastic construction. Each first armrest has an integral molded round cup-holder positioned in a region of an outer end of the first armrest. Each second armrest has an integral molded plate-holder in a region of an outer end of the second armrest. Each seat portion is contoured downwardly forming a seat depression. Each chair is dimensioned so that the chairs can be stacked on top of one another in nested fashion.
US08191954B2
A trim for a motorcycle windshield having windshield-adjacent storage compartments along the lower windshield edge. The trim includes a body with a shield portion and a mounting portion of rigid sheet material sufficiently flexible to conform to the windshield surface. The shield portion has a length for spanning the full width of the windshield lower edge and a vertical dimension sufficient to reach to a level along the tops of the windshield-adjacent storage compartments. The mounting portion extends below the shield portion to engage existing windshield-mounting hardware for securement of the trim to the motorcycle. The trim is secured to the motorcycle windshield by loosening the existing windshield-mounting hardware from a fairing at the windshield and pulling the top of the fairing away from the windshield. The mounting portion is then slid between the fairing and the windshield along the lower windshield edge, adjusted to the desired position, and the hardware is tightened to sandwich the trim between the fairing and the windshield.
US08191953B2
A vehicular console storage system has a pivotable lid and a striker movable with the lid. A pawl is mounted in a fixed location for selectably receiving the striker, wherein the pawl is movable between a latching position and a release position. The pawl holds the striker so that the lid is held closed when in the latching position, and the pawl has a cam surface. A spring-loaded cam follower is at least in partial contact with the cam surface and is movable between an extended position and a retracted position to provide a first resistance to motion of the pawl from the latching position to the release position. The first resistance is easily overcome by manual manipulation by a user. A movable lever has an activated position and a deactivated position, wherein the activated position interferes with movement of the pawl from the latching position to the release position. An inertial sensor is provided for moving the movable lever to the activated position in response to a predetermined acceleration. Thus, an integrated mechanism provides both hard locking during a crash event and soft latching for easy user access without requiring a manually operated button or latch.
US08191951B2
A barrel placement device for a skid steer loader is comprised of an attachment plate which attaches to the front of a skid steer loader; tubular support members; and a plurality of barrel pincers with gears that allow the barrel pincers to move in unison with the use of a single hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder has hydraulic lines which connect to the auxiliary controls of a skid steer loader allowing the barrel pincers to be controlled to grasp and release traffic barrels from the interior of the skid steer loader.
US08191945B2
A ball retrieving apparatus configured to receive and retain one or more altering balls from a surface. The ball retrieving apparatus comprises a housing including a first end for receiving one or more altering balls from a surface and a second end for dispensing the one or more altering balls from the housing. The ball retrieving apparatus also comprises a retention member releasably attached to the first end, said retention member comprising (a) one or more clips disposed along the first end of the housing; and (b) a displacement member surrounding the housing and at least part of the one or more clips; the displacement member being configured to regulate the displacement of the one or more clips as a ball is received from said surface into said housing.
US08191942B2
A bumper for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a bumper shell having an outer surface and a cut-out opening. A cut edge of the opening meets the outer surface at a sharp edge. A frame inserted into the opening covers the cut edge and an exposed outer surface of the frame has a convex curvature with a curvature radius of at least approximately 2 mm.
US08191938B2
A push-pull type door latch opens a door by applying direct mechanical force on the pull side, and by remote action on the push side through conveying a force through a motion transfer belt that connects the two handles. The latch involves no access holes in the door so each handle may be situated at offset positions with respect to each other.
US08191935B2
A glove box assembly for a dashboard of a motor vehicle has two glove box compartments adjacent to one another and associated with respective doors movable between an open position and a closed position; the glove box assembly has two retaining devices each associated with a relative door and releasable by manually operating respective control elements, which are both borne on one of the two doors; to open the other door, a transmission transmits the release command when the first door is in the closed position.
US08191923B2
A holder for a controller housing of a central airbag unit is arranged on a central tunnel of the vehicle and fixed using fastening bolts by union nuts. A blank paint-free contact area is created around the fastening bolts by the union nuts being mounted on the fastening screws before a painting process. After a painting process, the union nuts are removed from the screws and the controller housing is mounted on the contact areas and secured by the union nuts.
US08191920B2
A three-wheeled golf cart having collapsible mechanism to fold the cart down for storage and transport where the folding actions for the handle assembly and the lower assembly (containing front wheel) are connected, resulting in a single action collapsing when a user pushes a button release to allow the handle assembly to be detached away from the main upper assembly and a back push rod simultaneously fold up the front wheel. A swivel joint near the front wheel support arm allows the front wheel to be locked in two positions, at 90 degrees to each other, so that the collapsed golf cart has a smaller compact volume when the front wheel is turned 90 degree from its normal usage orientation.
US08191916B1
An improved manner of attaching, restraining, and securing a vehicle onto a trailer through a versatile hitch configuration. Such a configuration permits utilization of at least one hitch coupler assembly for releasable attachment/connection to a selected vehicle with a complementary component for connection therewith. Additionally, the coupler assembly is present on a trailer through a temporary or permanent base connector configuration that includes a removable crossbar through which the coupler assembly is threaded to allow for movement around said crossbar as well as along the length of said crossbar simultaneously. The crossbar may also be adjusted height wise within the base connector through placement and securing within graduated openings within the connector itself. Further designs utilizing the base movable hitch coupler concept, as well as entire trailers and methods of transporting vehicles with such a device, are also encompassed within this invention.
US08191909B2
A patient support platform or mobile support cart is provided. The mobile support cart includes a transmission system that allows the patient and/or medical staff member to choose a stop, walk or roll mode. In the stop mode, the castor wheels are prevented from rolling across the floor by a braking mechanism. In the walking mode, the transmission causes a tracking wheel to engage the floor for providing tracked or guided motion to the mobile support cart. In a roll mode, the tracking wheel is raised and is disengaged from the floor, and the castor wheels are free to rotate. The platform is capable of supporting devices that may be attached or associated with a patient throughout their stay at a healthcare facility. The braking mechanism can include a cable and an associated brake arm, with the cable positioned to allow braking without inhibiting the ability of the castor wheel to swivel with respect to a castor mounting plate.
US08191908B2
A mobile storage unit is disclosed. The mobile storage unit includes a rigid exo-skeletal frame and a flexible storage bag that couples to the rigid exo-skeletal frame while within an open storage region framed by the exo-skeletal frame. The mobile storage unit also includes a top seat portion and stabilizing features that extend and retract from the rigid exo-skeletal frame to support the mobile storage unit in the upright position. The mobile storage unit can also include a monitoring device for transmitting signals that are used to determine the location of the mobile storage unit.
US08191906B2
A modular utility stand storage apparatus includes a plurality of components for storage/transport and utility stand operation. The storage components are stacked on top of one another in a utility stand mode. The apparatus also includes a platform which can serve as a working platform or a hand truck for transport of the various components. The stacked utility stand storage apparatus provides various working heights and the individual storage compartments are easily lifted and portable.
US08191903B2
A gas spring system of a vehicle includes a multi-chamber gas spring associated with each vehicle wheel. Each multi-chamber gas spring comprises a main chamber and at least one auxiliary chamber connectable to the main chamber, such that the spring rigidity of the multi-chamber gas springs can be changed. A control device determines a target axle rigidity as a function of a guide lateral acceleration and adjusts the target rigidity. The spring rigidity of the multi-chamber gas spring located on an inner side of the vehicle (relative to a curve traversed by the vehicle) is first changed. The spring rigidities of the multi-chamber gas springs of a vehicle axle are changed in stages in an alternating fashion.
US08191889B1
A method and apparatus for maintaining level media stack in a media tray used in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a stack of media sheets on top of a plurality of selectively-controllable inflatable bladders located in the media tray, and maintaining a level media stack by inflating or deflating one or more of the plurality of selectively-controllable inflatable bladders.
US08191886B2
A method for dividing print jobs in an output tray of a printing machine includes outputting print job sheets of a print job onto an inclined support of the output tray, so that the print job sheets slide against an abutment to form a stack. A dividing sheet is produced, and a hook-shaped deformation is imparted in the dividing sheet. The dividing sheet is outputted onto the stack formed by the print job sheets on the output tray so that the dividing sheet slides in the direction of the abutment and the deformation becomes propped up against the stack.
US08191885B2
A processing unit performs a predetermined processing on a sheet in a process of carrying the sheet. A home-position detecting unit detects a home position of a moving member of the processing unit by detecting a part of the moving member using a detecting unit. The home-position detecting unit sets in advance a detection range for recognizing the home position, and when a part to detect the home position is detected in a state in which the moving member is stopped, sets a detection position as the home position by assuming that the detection position is in the detection range without moving the moving member once out of a detection range of the detecting unit.
US08191874B2
A vehicle suspension system including: (a) a suspension spring interconnecting a vehicle body and a wheel; (b) an actuator having an electric motor, such that the actuator is capable of generating, based on a force of the electric motor, an actuator force forcing the body and the wheel toward and away from each other, and causing the generated actuator force to act as a damping force against displacement of the body and the wheel; and (c) a control device for controlling the actuator force generated by the actuator, by controlling operation of the electric motor. The control device is capable of establishing a constant-force generating state in which the actuator force is constantly generated as a constant actuator force by the actuator with supply of an electric power thereto from a battery as an electric power source of the electric motor such that the generated constant actuator force acts in a rebound direction or a bound direction. The control device controls the constant-force generating state, based on a charge state of the battery.
US08191868B2
A floating oxygenation circulator platform (OCP) is disclosed employing sub-vortex induction to initiate numerous, gentle yet complex, tumbling, swirling, rolling, roiling or rotating sub-vortices spreading outward on the liquid surface. The circulator platform itself sets in motion a non-turbulent, high efficiency, bottom to top, primary toroidal vortex flow. Varied sub-vortex induction mechanisms mounted on, made part of, attached to, extending out from or placed around the body of the circulator platform, induce sub-vortices to increase the surface exposure of the liquid and its contents to atmospheric oxygen and UV sunlight. The OCP and its sub-vortex induction mechanisms taken together act in the manner of a Rotating Inverse Biological Contactor (RIBC), labeled “inverse” because the liquid itself rotates and tumbles its contents into direct contact with the atmosphere and with sunlight, in contrast to RBC devices where solid disks rotate in and out of a liquid.
US08191854B2
A device for manufacturing a component comprises a trough, into which starting material for manufacturing the component can be introduced, a cover that can be attached to the trough in such a way that starting material for manufacturing the component is enclosed between the trough and the cover, a heating device for manufacturing the component by heating starting material that can be enclosed between the trough and the cover, wherein the trough is manufactured from a material with a coefficient of expansion that is essentially identical to the coefficient of expansion of the starting material for manufacturing the component.
US08191852B1
A system and method for elevating a portion of a laptop relative to a support surface to improve underbody ventilation by obtaining one or more removable blocks having a tacky surface on one face of the block, removably adhering the tacky surface to either the laptop support surface or the underside of the laptop, and positioning the laptop on the support surface such that the removable block elevates a portion of the laptop above the support surface.
US08191850B2
A longitudinal adjuster, in particular for a vehicle seat, has at least one first seat rail (2) and, at least one second seat rail (3) which is arranged in a manner such that it can be displaced in a sliding manner relative to the first seat rail (2), and at least one end stop (11, 21, 31, 41, 51) which is attached to the first seat rail (2) and limits the relative displaceability of the two seat rails (2, 3) to each other by means of interaction with a second end stop (3a) which is formed by the second seat rail (3) or is attached to same. The first seat rail (2) is provided with at least two apertures (2e) through each of which protrudes a region of the end stop (11, 21, 31, 41, 51) serving to limit the seat rail movement in the longitudinal direction of the seat rails (2, 3), and the region is formed by a respective tab (11a, 21a, 31a, 41a, 51a); formed integrally with the end stop (11, 21, 31, 41, 51). The associated aperture (2e) is formed in each case by a slot (2e) in the first seat rail (2), and the two tabs (11a, 21a, 31a, 41a, 51a) are arranged at the same height in the longitudinal direction of the seat rail (2).
US08191841B2
Apparatus for storing data and supplying stored data comprising a main housing containing control circuitry for controlling signals to a plurality of disk drives. The main housing has a plurality of mounting mechanisms each configured to support a unit of a first type. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of cables each having a first connector for connecting to a unit of the first type for providing signals from the control circuitry. The apparatus has a first unit, of a first type, having a plurality of second connectors each connected to a disk drive and a fan providing a flow of air for cooling the disk drives and the control circuitry. The first unit is connected to a first one of the cables and mounted in a first one of the mounting mechanisms such that the first unit is mounted to slide into the main housing. The apparatus also has a second unit, of a second type, supported by a second one of the mounting mechanisms and mounted to slide into the main housing. The second unit is connected to a second one of the cables and has a fan providing a flow of air for cooling the control circuitry. The second unit is removable from the main housing and replaceable by a unit of the first type.
US08191839B2
A suction apparatus is provided, including a suction disc unit, a shell base unit, a push obstruct unit and a flip unit. The top surface of the suction disc unit includes an upward extending traction element, with vertical surfaces forming a first teeth surface and a second teeth surface. The shell base unit is located on top of the suction disc unit. The push obstruct unit and the flip unit are located inside the shell base unit, where the flip unit is meshed with the first teeth surface and the push obstruct unit is meshed with the second teeth surface. When the flip unit is flipped downwards, the central area of the suction disc unit is dragged up so that the suction disc unit can attach to a surface via suction force. When the flip element is flipped upwards, the obstructing condition of the push obstruct unit is released so that the suction disc unit restores to a normal position.
US08191833B1
The present invention relates to an afterbody flow control system and more particularly to aircraft or missile flow control system for enhanced maneuverability and stabilization. The present invention further relates to a method of operating the flow control system.In one embodiment, the present invention includes a missile or aircraft comprising an afterbody and a forebody; at least one activatable flow effector on the missile or aircraft afterbody; at least one sensor each having a signal, the at least one sensor being positioned to detect forces or flow conditions on the missile or aircraft afterbody; and a closed loop control system; wherein the closed loop control system is used for activating and deactivating the at least one activatable flow effector based on at least in part the signal of the at least one sensor.
US08191820B1
The invention is an aircraft that includes a flying wing having a plurality of extendable flaps mounted on the trailing edge of the flying wing. A canard is mounted on the nose of said flying wing. A system is mounted in the flying wing for providing high pressure air over the canard and the flaps. A second system is provided for controlling the flow of air over the canard to provide pitch control of the aircraft.
US08191819B2
A suspended load-bearing structure that is formed by pneumatic structural load-bearing elements comprising an elongate hollow body, compression bars, and traction elements. The hollow body is impinged upon by gases that are lighter than air. In a first embodiment, an individual suspended structural load-bearing element is used as a ridge beam of a large tent hall whose interior has no pillars. The roof is formed by a waterproof cover, the sides of which are stretched on pillars. The cover and the structural load-bearing element are anchored to the ground by means of anchoring ropes.
US08191818B2
A method whereby a relatively faster-moving vessel recovers a relatively-slower moving vehicle includes, in some embodiments, causing a first faster-moving vehicle to move along a first circular path, deploying a cable radially inward from the first circular path such that a free end of the cable circumscribes a second circular path having a radius smaller than that of the first circular path, attracting a second slower-moving vehicle to the free end of the cable, and coupling the second vehicle to the cable.
US08191813B2
A laying reel for coiling wire has a generally spiral laying tube generally centered on and rotatable about an axis and having offset from the axis a tangentially directed output end. The wire to be coiled extends through the tube and exits the output end thereof. A brake shoe at the output end is engageable with the wire extending therefrom. An actuator urges the brake shoe against the wire and thereby brakes the wire as it exits the output end.
US08191807B2
The invention pertains to the use as a coupling agent, in a method for manufacturing self-binding particles by grinding at least one latex binder and at least one mineral material in an aqueous medium, of an aqueous solution of a fully or partially acidic water-soluble copolymer, present during the step of grinding, wherein the copolymer is made up of at least one ethylenically-unsaturated anionic monomer, and at least one ethylenically-unsaturated oxyalkylated monomer terminated by a hydrophobic alkyl, alkylaryl, arylakyl, or aryl chain having 10 to 32 carbon atoms.
US08191805B2
Disclosed is an electrostatic atomizer, which comprises a cooler adapted to cool an atomizing electrode so as to allow moisture in air to be frozen onto the atomizing electrode, a melter adapted to melt ice frozen on the atomizing electrode so as to supply water onto the atomizing electrode, a high-voltage applying section adapted to apply a high voltage to the atomizing electrode, and a control section adapted to activate the high-voltage applying section in a state after supplying water onto the atomizing electrode by melting the ice frozen thereon, so as to apply a high voltage to the atomizing electrode to electrostatically atomize the water supplied on the atomizing electrode. The electrostatic atomizer of the present invention can reliably supply water onto the atomizing electrode and electrostatically atomize the water, without restrictions due to temperature/humidity conditions in a mist-receiving space targeted for implementation of electrostatic atomization therewithin, even if the mist-receiving space has a low temperature and/or a low humidity.
US08191803B2
An automatic washing device includes a plurality of fluidic oscillators arranged on the periphery of a rotating drum. The fluidic oscillators emit a pulsatile stream of fluid at a predetermined angle through a slit that is perpendicular or at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the oscillator. The automatic washing device can remove microorganisms from the pliant epidermal surface of a human hand that comprises brushlessly scrubbing the pliant epidermal surface of the human hand with a plurality of cleansing fluids.
US08191799B2
A shower head includes a nozzle, a connector mounted on the nozzle, a fastening member secured on the nozzle and abutting the connector, a bushing mounted in the connector, and a locking screw member locked onto the connector. Thus, when the water flows through the shower head, the ambient air is introduced through the air conducting holes of the connector and the air conducting apertures of the bushing into the flow conduit of the bushing to break the vacuum state in the shower head and to perturb the water flow in the shower head so as to produce a turbulent flow in the shower head so that the water flow injected from the nozzle is divided into multiple straight water beams and multiple irregular water bubbles so as to increase the flushing angle and area of the shower head.
US08191794B2
A flow channel switching device provided in an oil circuit to switch the oil flow channel in accordance with the temperature of the oil. The flow channel switching device includes: a thermo-valve case that includes a plurality of flow passages that are communicated outside of the case; and a cylinder that is formed to move in the thermo-valve case and switches the oil flow channel in accordance with the temperature of the oil. The cylinder moves to a predetermined position and is fixed by means of an external member when the fluid at a low temperature is fed into the fluid circuit.
US08191793B2
According to some embodiments, a method, system, and apparatus to provide thermal management control. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, by a control mechanism, a plurality of temperature representative signals from a plurality of temperature sensors, receiving a command signal from the control mechanism by an output weighting matrix mechanism, and controlling at least one thermal cooling device with at least one weighted output signal from the output weighting matrix mechanism.
US08191791B2
A wireless IC device that is miniaturized, allows simple and low-cost mounting of a wireless IC, and eliminates the possibility of damage occurring to the wireless IC due to static electricity, and an electronic apparatus equipped with the wireless IC device, includes a wireless IC chip that processes transmission and reception signals, and a feeder circuit substrate that includes a resonant circuit having an inductance element. Feeder electrodes are provided on a surface of the feeder circuit substrate and are electromagnetically coupled to the resonant circuit. The feeder electrodes and are electromagnetically coupled to radiation plates and provided for a printed wiring board. The wireless IC chip is activated by a signal received by the radiation plates and a response signal from the wireless IC chip is radiated outward from the radiation plates.
US08191786B2
An immovable price checker (1) with an angle-adjustable scanner is installed on a wall for scanning barcodes of an article and includes a base (10), a scanner (20), a processor (30), a displayer (40) and a pivoting means (50). The base (10) is fixed to the wall. The scanner (20) is connected to the base (10) for scanning the barcodes of the article. The processor (30) is electrically connected to the scanner (20). The displayer (40) is fixed to the base (10) and electrically connected to the processor (30). The displayer (40) is configured to display data processed by the processor (30). The pivoting means (50) is connected between the base (10) and the scanner (20). The scanner (20) is rotatable with respect to the base (10) by using the pivoting means (50) as a center of rotation to thereby adjust the angle of the scanner (20). Thus, the convenience and practicability of the present invention are improved greatly.
US08191785B2
An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal can comprise a central processing unit (CPU), a memory communicatively coupled to the CPU, an EIR device, and a wireless communication interface communicatively coupled to the CPU. The EIR device can be selected from the group consisting of a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device. The EIR device can be configured to perform one of: outputting raw message data containing an encoded message, outputting decoded message data corresponding to an encoded message. The wireless communication interface can comprise a first logical communication interface operating on a first frequency channel and a second logical communication interface operating on a second frequency channel. The wireless communication interface can be configured to transmit infrastructure mode beacons. The infrastructure mode beacons can include a service set identifier. The wireless communication interface can be further configured to transmit ad-hoc mode beacons on the second frequency channel. The ad-hoc mode beacons can include an identifier of a mesh path selection protocol. The EIR terminal can be further configured to route MAC frames between the first logical communication interface and the second logical communication interface.
US08191782B2
A swipe card and a method and system of monitoring usage of a swipe card. The swipe card includes a substrate forming a body of the card, a magnetic strip for storing accessible account information and a swipe counter. The swipe counter detecting and accessibly storing a count of the number of times the magnetic strip is swiped. The swipe counter can include a piezo-electric element. The swipe counter can include a capacitive element for storing pulses of energy generated when the magnetic strip is swiped. The swipe counter can include a micro-electromechanical system for recording select physical movement of the card. The swipe card can further include a swipe analyzer for detecting and accessibly storing descriptive information associated with at least one transaction associated with each swipe, wherein the swipe analyzer is operatively coupled to the magnetic strip.
US08191775B2
A gift card account system is provided for a merchant to process gift cards. The system comprises a merchant terminal for enabling a merchant to access a gift card account to (i) associate a key number with an account number of a gift card when payment is received from a gift card purchaser for purchase of the gift card, and (ii) associate payment instrument information with the key number and the account number when the purchased gift card and the payment instrument information are received from a gift card recipient so as to allow the gift card recipient to apply the gift card towards a future purchase of goods or services from the merchant without having to present the gift card again to the merchant.
US08191769B1
Method and system are disclosed for automatically filling in external account information on a new account application. The method and system capture account-identifying information for an external account from electronic transactions involving the external account. The captured external account information may be used to automatically pre-fill new account information fields that require information about the external account. Account-identifying information for internal accounts may also be used to automatically pre-fill the new account application. Such an arrangement greatly simplifies the process of filling out new account applications.
US08191768B1
An automated banking machine system includes an automated banking machine controlled responsive to data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader that is operative to read user identifying data from user cards. The system authorizes machine operation responsive to the user identifying data corresponding to an authorized user data. The machine includes a deposit accepting device. The system allows input operation data, which corresponds to inputs sensed by a plurality of sensors as a sheet is processed in the deposit accepting device, to be used to operate another deposit accepting device.
US08191760B2
A method for attaching a porous metal layer to a dense metal substrate, wherein the method is particularly useful in forming orthopedic implants such as femoral knee components, femoral hip components, and/or acetabular cups. The method, in one embodiment thereof, comprises providing a solid metal substrate; providing a porous metal structure; contouring a surface of the porous metal structure; placing the porous structure against the substrate such that the contoured surface of the porous metal structure is disposed against the substrate, thereby forming an assembly; applying heat and pressure to the assembly in conjunction with thermal expansion of the substrate in order to metallurgically bond the porous structure and the substrate; and removing mass from the substrate after the porous structure is bonded to the substrate, thereby finish processing the assembly.
US08191759B2
Provided is a wire bonding apparatus including: a wire cutting unit configured to cut a wire by bonding the wire using a capillary and then moving the capillary and a first clamper upward while the first clamper remains closed; and a wire extending unit configured to extend a tail wire from a tip end of the capillary by moving the capillary upward and then moving the capillary and the first clamper upward in a state in which the first clamper is opened and a second clamper is closed. The wire bonding apparatus having such a structure effectively prevents the wire from falling out and bending.
US08191758B2
In one embodiment, a first substrate having first solder bumps and a second substrate having second solder bumps are stacked while temporarily tacking the solder bumps to each other, and then a stack is disposed inside a furnace. The gas in the furnace is exhausted to be in a reduced pressure atmosphere, and then a carboxylic acid gas is introduced into the furnace. While increasing a temperature inside the furnace where the carboxylic acid gas is introduced, the gas in the furnace is exhausted to be in a reduced pressure atmosphere at a temperature in a range from a reduction temperature of oxide films by the carboxylic acid gas to lower than a melting temperature of the solder bumps. By increasing the temperature inside the furnace up to a temperature in a range of the melting temperature of the solder bumps and higher, the first solder bumps and the second solder bumps are melted and joined.
US08191756B2
Compression cold welding methods, joint structures, and hermetically sealed containment devices are provided. The method includes providing a first substrate having at least one first joint structure which comprises a first joining surface, which surface comprises a first metal; providing a second substrate having at least one second joint structure which comprises a second joining surface, which surface comprises a second metal; and compressing together the at least one first joint structure and the at least one second joint structure to locally deform and shear the joining surfaces at one or more interfaces in an amount effective to form a metal-to-metal bond between the first metal and second metal of the joining surfaces. Overlaps at the joining surfaces are effective to displace surface contaminants and facilitate intimate contact between the joining surfaces without heat input. Hermetically sealed devices can contain drug formulations, biosensors, or MEMS devices.
US08191755B2
A method of manufacturing a composite rotor disc (2) in which, following diffusion bonding of a ceramic core section (4) of the rotor disc (2) to a metallic outer section (6) of the rotor disc (2) at an elevated temperature, the rotor disc (2) is allowed to cool to a predetermined temperature and is held at this predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time. While the rotor disc (2) is held at this predetermined temperature it is loaded in a radially outward direction. The rotor disc (2) is then allowed to cool to a temperature below the predetermined temperature.
US08191750B2
An apparatus and method for cutting a LCD panel is provided. The apparatus comprises a first scribing unit for forming first scribing lines and second scribing lines for dividing LCD panels on a substrate having a plurality of LCD panels. The apparatus also has a first flipping unit for flipping the substrate, a first breaking unit having a breaking bar for striking the flipped substrate along the first scribing lines to form a crack on the substrate, and a plurality of breaking rollers for pressing the flipped substrate along the second scribing lines to form a crack on the substrate. A breaking process of an LCD panel may be performed without rotating the substrate by using the breaking bar and the breaking rollers. Also, the breaking process may be performed without damaging image display regions of LCD panels where different sized LCD panels are on the substrate.
US08191749B1
A housing assembly is constructed of a front and rear sheets. The rear sheet has a horizontal linear upper edge and a convex lower edge with curved first and second side edges. The rear sheet has an upper section with opposing side edges and a lower section with opposing convex side edges. The front sheet has a horizontal linear upper edge and a convex lower edge with curved side edges, the lower and side edges overlying and coupled to the lower and side edges of the rear sheet. The upper edge of the front sheet is parallel with and spaced below the upper edge of the rear sheet with an upper opening to define a primary pouch. A generally rectangular supplemental sheet is coupled at its side and lower edges to the front sheet to form a secondary pouch.
US08191741B2
Bottled water dispensers that include a cabinet having an exterior portion, which includes side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall. The water dispensers include at least one water dispensing actuator, which includes a cap portion having an exterior top surface that is flush with the top wall of the bottled water dispenser. The cap portion also includes a button that is substantially parallel with a side wall of the dispenser. The exterior top surface of the cap portion must be pressed downwards, and the button must be pushed inwards, in order to release water from the dispenser.
US08191727B2
Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration.
US08191725B2
A party trash pail including a container of predetermined volume, a plasticized liner removably insertable therein of a configuration to expand towards filling the container volume when laden with trash, yet with an upper dimension to overlap a defining outer rim of the container, and a header bearing against an outer surface of the liner to retain it in place within the container.
US08191722B1
The invention consists of a non-self supporting containment bag used in conjunction with a dumpster container. The bag has a zipper or other sealable means, and a series of pick-up or attachment loops or handles may also be attached to the outer bag material. The bag is constructed of at least two layers, a first layer constructed of woven materials and a second layer constructed of non-woven materials.
US08191715B2
A centrifugal force-based microfluidic device in which a sample including particles and a fluid is centrifugally separated such that the separated fluid is quantitatively distributed, and a microfluidic system including the centrifugal force-based microfluidic device are provided. The centrifugal force-based microfluidic device includes a microfluidic structure in which, within a rotatable disc-shaped platform, a sample, including particles and a fluid, is quickly centrifugally separated into the particles and the fluid using the rotation of the disc-shaped platform and the fluid having a certain volume of the separated fluid is discharged by rotation of the disc-shaped platform.
US08191694B2
A lock-up control valve (550) selectively applies secondary pressure P (L/U) to the apply side hydraulic chamber of a torque converter (200) or to the release side hydraulic chamber thereof. The lock-up control valve (550) has a valve element (600), a first port (611), a second port (612), a third port (613), a fourth port (614), and a drain port (616). The valve element (600) has a first land (601) and a second land (602). The diameter of the second land (602) is larger than that of the first land (601).
US08191692B2
In a cylinder apparatus in the form of a shock absorber, a spring seat is mounted within a cylinder, and clearance-fitted to a piston rod with a first lateral clearance for moving along the piston rod longitudinally of the cylinder. The spring seat includes a longitudinal extension at one longitudinal end for defining a space between the longitudinal extension and the piston rod. A rebound spring is mounted around the piston rod within the cylinder. The rebound spring has one longitudinal end fixed to another longitudinal end of the spring seat. An elastic member is retained in the defined space by the longitudinal extension of the spring seat, and clearance-fitted to the piston rod with a second lateral clearance for moving along the piston rod longitudinally of the cylinder, wherein the second lateral clearance is smaller than the first lateral clearance.
US08191690B2
A shim structure is provided for damping vibration and attenuating noise in a brake system. The brake system includes a forcing member operable to urge a friction member against a rotating member to slow or stop the same. The shim structure includes a shim body that is adapted to be interposed within the brake system. The shim body includes one or more tabs that are configured to oscillate out-of-phase with vibrations generated by the brake system during urging of the friction member against the rotating member to thereby dissipate vibrational energy generated by the brake system. The dimensions, orientation, and/or location of each tab are selected or engineered to provide predetermined levels of vibration and noise attenuation. A mass may be attached to each tab. The geometry, location, and/or size of each mass may be selectively modified to provide predetermined levels of vibration and noise attenuation.
US08191689B2
The elevator safety rescue system is an electro-hydraulic system particularly suited for use in rack and pinion drive elevators installed with tall towers, mines, smoke stacks, and other structures having relatively large elevations or depths. The system includes a positive displacement hydraulic pump driven by the output shaft of an electric elevator drive motor. An electro-hydraulic valve is electrically powered to maintain an open condition to allow unrestricted hydraulic flow through the pump during normal operation. In the event of an elevator malfunction, electrical power is terminated to the valve, causing the valve to close and thus requiring all hydraulic fluid to pass through a restrictor. The restrictor limits the flow of hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic pump, thus limiting its rotational speed and the rotational speed of the elevator drive motor to which it is attached, thereby allowing the elevator to descend at a safe speed.
US08191688B2
Industrial truck, in particular fork lift, having an exchangeable battery block (13) and a battery case (3) which accommodates the battery block (13), with the battery case (3) having a lateral access opening (7) to slide the battery block (13) with a first end first into the battery case (3) and pull the battery block (13) with its first end last out of the battery case (3), with the battery block (13) accommodated in the battery case (3) being supported near its first end with at least one independent roller (25) on the battery case bottom (5), characterized in that that on the battery block (13) accommodated in the battery case (3), a projection (21) at the first end opposite the second end of said battery block, which projects over a front edge section (29) of the battery case bottom (5) near the access opening (7) and over the underside of the battery case bottom (5) downward, is provided as lifting abutment for a battery transport device (33), in particular a fork lift device to lift the battery block (13) and pull said battery block out of the battery case (3).
US08191687B2
The instant invention describes a zipper lubricating applicator device for dispensing a lubricant to one or more components of a zipper. The applicator device is designed to fit various lubricant reservoirs and is capable of dispensing lubricant in the form of liquids, gels, or aerosols. The zipper lubricating applicator device contains a lubricant receiving cavity constructed and arranged to receive a lubricant reservoir. A lubricant dispensed from the lubricant reservoir is received by the lubricant receiving cavity and is directed to at least one inner lumen. The inner lumen provides a pathway for dispersal of a lubricant from the lubricant reservoir receiving cavity to a zipper receiving channel. The lubricant is dispersed at a controlled rate and to a desired portion of a zipper through the zipper receiving channel. The zipper receiving channel is constructed and arranged to provide dispensing of the lubricant to a portion of the zipper as the applicator device slidably moves upon the zipper track. The instant invention further describes systems for applying a lubricant to a zipper track.
US08191682B2
An A-frame ladder has a first ladder and a second ladder. The first ladder has two rails interconnected by a plurality of steps and a first set of grooves that receive a gate/barrier device to inhibit a person from using the first ladder's steps. The second ladder also has two rails interconnected by a plurality of steps and a second set of grooves, interconnected to the first set of grooves, that receive the gate/barrier device so the first ladder and the second ladder can be used and inhibits a person from entering the area between the first ladder and the second ladder through the second ladder's steps.
US08191676B2
A resonator for a dual-flow exhaust system of an engine is provided. The resonator includes a housing defining an enclosure and a baffle spanning the housing and separating a first and second expansion chamber of the enclosure, the baffle including at least one opening. The resonator further includes a first and a second exhaust conduit extending through the baffle and housing, each conduit in fluidic communication with a separate cylinder bank and including a perforated portion fluidly coupled to the enclosure, each perforated portion positioned in separate expansion chambers.
US08191674B2
A loudspeaker horn includes a pair of opposed flared sides defining a passage diverging to a mouth, and a vane positioned in the passage for steering sound waves through the passage. The vane may have a straight configuration and be either centrally located between the flared sides or laterally offset in the diverging passage. The vane may be fixed in position or, more preferably, be pivotable so as to be adjustable before each new use according to conditions at that use. The horn may be part of a horn unit that includes a funnel for feeding sound to the horn, and the horn or horn unit may be part of a horn loudspeaker.
US08191673B1
A collapsible megaphone device having a body portion capable of lying flat in a first state and capable of assuming the shape of a megaphone in a second state where in the first state, the collapsible megaphone device is substantially two dimensional and planar having a first edge, second edge and boundary edges joining the first and second edges. The collapsible megaphone device is convertible from the first state to the second state by exerting pressure against its boundary edges and is returnable to the first state by removing pressure from its boundary edges.
US08191668B2
An exhaust system is disclosed. The exhaust system may have an emissions control system including a mount and at least one exhaust treatment device secured to the mount. The exhaust system may also have a mounting assembly including a platform and a base frame. The emissions control system may be secured to the platform. The mounting assembly may be configured to position the emissions control system substantially adjacent to a power source. The platform may be movable relative to the base frame between a first position and a second position.
US08191664B2
A front section for a motor vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to a bumper and a radiator module arranged behind the bumper. The radiator module is held by means of first and separable second holding means. The first holding means allow a movement of the radiator module with one degree of freedom in a direction facing away from the bumper when the second holding means are separated, and wherein the second holding means can be separated by a rearward yielding motion of the bumper.
US08191662B2
A device and method for heating a positive crankcase ventilation system in a hybrid vehicle includes a ventilation device, provided on a crankcase, and a supercooling cycle for cooling power electronics for an electric motor of the hybrid vehicle. The ventilation device is heatable by way of the supercooling cycle in order to prevent icing of the ventilation device.
US08191661B2
In a high speed mode of operating and electric-gas hybrid car, the combustion engine is directly engaged to the wheels without a transmission and that vehicle speed is controlled without a throttle by electric generator loading of the engine.
US08191654B2
A drill bit includes a bit body having a face on which two different types of cutting elements are disposed, the first type being cutting elements suitable for drilling at least one subterranean formation and the second type being cutting elements suitable for drilling through a casing bit disposed at an end of a casing or liner string and cementing equipment or other components, if such are disposed within the casing or liner string, as well as cement inside as well as exterior to the casing or liner string. The second type of cutting elements exhibits a relatively greater exposure than the first type of cutting elements, so as to engage the interior of the casing bit and, if present, cementing equipment components and cement to drill therethrough, after which the second type of cutting elements quickly wears upon engagement with the subterranean formation material exterior to the casing bit, and the first type of cutting elements continues to drill the subterranean formation. The first type of cutting elements may comprise superabrasive cutting elements and the second type of cutting elements may comprise abrasive or superabrasive cutting elements comprising a plurality of configurations.
US08191650B1
A drive shoe assembly used in helping penetrate earthen formations.
US08191640B2
A pump seating nipple is provided for engagement with a downhole pump in order to seal and anchor the downhole pump relative to the pump seating nipple. The pump seating nipple includes a nipple sealing component for coupling with the downhole pump to provide a seal device, a nipple axial force anchoring component for coupling with the downhole pump to provide an axial force anchor device, and a nipple rotational force anchoring component for coupling with the downhole pump to provide a rotational force anchor device.
US08191637B2
A method and apparatus for conducting earth borehole operations comprising a CT system comprising a first carrier with a reel of CT and a CT injector, a second carrier comprising a top drive rig having a mast, and a lifter operative to move the CT injector from the first carrier to an operative or near operative position with respect to the mast on the second carrier.
US08191634B2
A flapper in a subsurface safety valve has at least one magnet that comes in close proximity with another magnet mounted in a fixed position on the valve body. There is a fixed magnet on the body adjacent to the fully open and the fully closed positions of the flapper. In each case like poles on the flapper magnet and the housing magnet come in close proximity as the flapper reaches its fully open and fully closed positions. The orientation of like poles adjacent each other creates a repelling force that damps or eliminates shock loading.
US08191624B2
A completion system delivers lifting gas supplied from the surface via a casing annulus through the packer for injecting to the wellbore at bottom hole. So, lifting gas maximizes hydrocarbon producing from a subterranean well while maintaining integrity and serviceability as a typical gas lift well. More specifically, a single completion system uses the same tubing string for both producing the well and delivering lifting gas to the wellbore at downhole. The top section of the tubing is used for producing the well, while the bottom section of the tubing is used for delivering lifting gas for injecting at bottom hole. The lifting gas will be injected to the wellbore proximately at perforation intervals for helping unloading liquid and producing the well. The use of modified equipment named “TK Bypass Mandrel” and “JP Bypass Nipple Sub” allows delivering and controlling of the lifting gas for injecting at bottom hole via a single tubing string.
US08191619B2
The claimed invention relates to the downhole systems for extracting various fluids, in particular—for simultaneous extraction out of a number of producing formations. The inventive downhole system comprises a casing pipe and a tubing extending through said casing pipe, between which pipe and tubing formed are separate isolated cavities. Each one of which cavities communicates, via perforations, with a respective producing formation. In each one of the isolated cavities, to the tubing coupled is a hydraulic machine comprised by a motor and pump. The hydraulic machines in different isolated cavities being adapted to be adjusted independently. This system permits simultaneous extraction of fluids out of different producing formations, with independent controlling of such extraction in various formations. The claimed invention also relates to an immersion hydraulic machine used for extracting fluids.
US08191618B2
A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger having a thermal energy storage material provided therein, a first coolant loop thermally coupled to an electrochemical storage device located within the first coolant loop and to the heat exchanger, and a second coolant loop thermally coupled to the heat exchanger. The first and second coolant loops are configured to carry distinct thermal energy transfer media. The thermal management system also includes an interface configured to facilitate transfer of heat generated by an internal combustion engine to the heat exchanger via the second coolant loop in order to selectively deliver the heat to the electrochemical storage device. Thermal management methods are also provided.
US08191614B2
A heat radiating unit is provided on a front face with at least one raised strip having a curved head portion and a neck portion, the neck portion being located at a joint of the raised strip and the heat radiating unit and having a width smaller than that of the curved head portion; and on a reverse face with at least one receiving groove opposite to the raised strip, the receiving groove having a curved recess portion and an engaging shoulder portion, and the engaging shoulder portion being located at a joint of the receiving groove and the heat radiating unit. A plurality of the heat radiating units can be assembled to provide a heat sink by engaging the curved head portion and the neck portion of one heat radiating unit with the curved recess portion and the engaging shoulder portion, respectively, of another heat radiating unit.
US08191613B2
A thermal module includes a heat sink and a cooling fan. The heat sink has a main body, from an outer periphery thereof a plurality of radiating fins and at least one fixing section are outward extended. The fixing section is provided on one lateral side with at least one first mating part. The cooling fan has a housing having a blade hub arranged therein. The housing is provided on one side facing toward the heat sink with at least one second mating part and an axially raised wall portion. The raised wall portion is pressed against the heat sink to thereby define a space between the cooling fan and the heat sink. The cooling fan and the heat sink can be quickly assembled together through engagement of the first and the second mating part with one another to reduce the material and labor costs of the thermal module.
US08191604B2
A fabric gate has a ratchet assembly, a delaying assembly and a driving device. The ratchet assembly has a ratchet, a positioning ring and a driven pad. The ratchet has a wheel provide with multiple upper ratchet teeth and multiple lower ratchet teeth. The upper ratchet teeth extend toward a direction opposite to that of the lower ratchet teeth extending. The positioning ring is expandable and has engaging teeth engaging respectively with the ratchet teeth on the ratchet. The driven pad is attached to the top of the positioning ring to expand the positioning ring when the driven pad is rotated by the driving device. The delaying assembly is mounted in the top cap and connected to the ratchet assembly to reduce to the rotating speed of the driven pad.
US08191603B1
A shutter blade and blade assembly in an accordion shutter assembly used to protect a building opening from flying object damage caused by storm or hurricane. The blade assembly includes one or a plurality of preferably transparent or translucent plastic, preferably polycarbonate blades each having one molded edge defining a male hinge half and a slide-on metal female hinge half slidably engaged into the other edge of the shutter blade which is formed as a rail. The molded plastic male and slide-on metal female hinge halves have pivotally interacting features which matably engage with the corresponding edge of the next adjacent blade assembly to form the shutter assembly. Each blade assembly is preferably formed of a plurality of blades connectable together in an end-to-end arrangement and strengthened into a blade assembly by the preferably one-piece metal female hinge half.
US08191602B1
A shutter slat assembly for a storm shutter, each slat assembly including an elongated horizontally extending hollow shutter slat having longitudinally extending formed outer edges configured to slidably, interlockingly connect with the next adjacent slat for limited pivotal movement between adjacent connected slats sufficient for rolled-up storage of the storm shutter. Each slat has a central port formed therethrough for viewing and light transmission through the port. An elongated transparent panel is also provided having a cross section slidably fitted into the slat and enlarged edge portions configured and spaced for dependent slidable engagement between and within inwardly facing grooves formed inwardly adjacent to the outer edges. The transparent panel covers the port while allowing a person to obtain a view and permit light transmission therethrough. Sliding opaque covers positioned within the slat and over the transparent panel allow for selective closure of light transmission.
US08191598B2
A heat sealing jaw for use in cooperation with an opposing backing jaw for sealing layers of film together is described. The heat sealing jaw may be suitable for forming an easy-open feature on a packaging pouch used to contain flowable material. In certain embodiments the heat sealing jaw comprises a jaw body, a heat sealing element secured to the jaw body, a support surface for clamping the layers of film together against the opposing backing jaw, and, a heat sink coupled to the heat sealing element for inducing a temperature gradient along a sealing face of the heat sealing element. The sealing face may have a protrusion for forming a notch within the layers of film. Related apparatuses and methods are also described.
US08191596B2
A fiber application machine for the production of parts made of composite materials comprising a compacting roller for applying on an application surface a band formed of at least a resin pre-impregnated flat fiber, and a heating system able to emit a heat radiation towards the band. The compacting roller comprises a rigid central tube provided with radial holes, and a cylinder made of an elastically deformable, flexible material, assembled on the central tube, and having a fluid communication assembly that brings the radial holes into fluid communication with the external surface of the cylinder. The machine includes a thermal regulation system that injects a thermal regulation fluid in the central tube internal passage.
US08191584B2
On cold filling of pressure containers the filling gas is cooled before introduction into the pressure container to be filled. On completion of the filling process the pressure container is sealed in a pressure-tight manner. As the gas warms up the pressure in the pressure container rises rapidly. According to the invention, the pressure container is cooled before the introduction of the filling gas. The filling gas cools rapidly by means of heat transfer to the pressure container, whereby the filling capacity of the pressure container is considerably increased. Said method is particularly suitable for the filling of small tanks, in particular, for gas-driven vehicles and fuel-cell systems.
US08191582B2
The invention relates to a hose with a tubular casing formed with a resin, preferably vinyl ester or polyester, as well as a method for using same. Cut-to-length glass fiber tubes are embedded in the resin forming the hose, and the length of the glass fiber tubes on both surfaces of the hose have values which are preset and different from one another.
US08191577B2
The invention relates to a flow adjustment valve (1) comprising a valve housing (2) having a flow channel (3) in which a throttle unit (4, 11) having an adjustable throttle element (11) and a shut-off unit having a shut-off element (4) which blocks the flow channel (3) in a closed position are arranged, the shut-off element (4) being actuatable from the outside by means of a handle (16). The aim of the invention is to simplify the handling of a flow adjustment valve of the aforementioned type. For this purpose, the throttle element (11) can also be actuated by means of the handle (16).
US08191569B2
A valve assembly uses an O ring contained within a void such that the outer edges of the valve assembly reach the outer mid section of the O ring. A kettle for brewing beer or heating other fluid is drilled so as to accommodate the disclosed valve. The O ring is pressed and held against the outside surface of the kettle wall. A retaining nut placed within the kettle further secures the valve to the kettle. As the surface of the kettle heats during use, the contained O ring retains sufficient contact with the valve and kettle so as to prevent leakage.
US08191565B2
A wire tray and tent frame structural members are provided. The structural members include a utility channel or C-shaped channels to which wire trays can be mounted. More particularly, mounting structures of the wire tray insert into or otherwise engage the utility channel or engage the C-shaped channels and secure the wire tray to the structural members. The utility channel or C-shaped channels can include at least one undercut to prevent removal or disengagement of the mounting structure of the wire tray from the structural member. Similarly, methods of using the wire tray including resiliently biasing mounting structure of the wire tray to attach it to the structural member are provided.
US08191561B2
An umbrella with an integral anchoring structure is provided. The umbrella includes a post having a lower end for insertion into the ground, and an upper end for supporting an umbrella top. The umbrella includes an integral spiral shaped anchoring structure formed on the lower end of the post. The anchoring structure is formed with a width, W, greater than a diameter of the post and a length, L, which is adapted to stabilize a weight of the umbrella and secure the umbrella and the post in a variety of earthen conditions such as sand, lawn, and soil even in a prevailing breeze or stormier conditions. The umbrella further includes one or more retractable levers integrally attached along the post.
US08191553B2
A pair of pads is held against the remus of a patient's jaw, to prevent the jaw from slipping back and causing an airway obstruction, while the patient's neck is hyperextended to also cause the patient's airway to stay open. A device including the adjustable jaw pads as well as a triangularly shaped portion over which the patient's neck rests is not required to be attached to the surface on which the patient is lying, and permits the patient to be rolled on either side while still maintaining the patency of the patient's airway.
US08191545B2
The present invention describes electroformed thin-wall nickel core drills that are impregnated with diamond abrasives. The thin-wall core drills are formed with a plurality of raised portions and an equal plurality of recessed portions, with each raised portion alternating with a recessed portion, the raised and recessed portions are substantially parallel and are connected by transition portions. In another embodiment, some of the transition regions are formed with intermediate steps or partially raised and recessed portions. These intermediate steps or partially raised or recessed portions allow more uniform distribution of matrix material across a kerf width D1 as the core drill is spun, thereby, giving the cut edge a substantially square profile.
US08191542B2
A blow gun includes a hollow ammunition chamber having an internal volume that is large enough to hold at least 30 spherical projectiles, for example plastic BBs. The ammunition chamber has a breath receiving orifice, and a firing port. A barrel obtrudes from the hollow ammunition chamber through the firing port. The barrel has a cylindrical bore therethrough, that defines an internal diameter that is greater than the spherical projectile diameter but no greater than 1.7 times the spherical projectile diameter. The barrel has an outer surface that is in sliding contact with the firing port. The barrel may have a storage position in which most of the barrel is disposed within the internal volume of the hollow ammunition chamber, and a firing position in which most of the barrel is disposed outside of the hollow ammunition chamber.
US08191530B2
The invention relates to a device for igniting a fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The device includes an electrode which is connected to a voltage source and extends into a precombustion chamber, and the precombustion chamber is separated at least in some regions from the combustion chamber by a wall. A control device or a regulating device is provided which controls the voltage supply to the electrode such that a corona discharge is carried out in the precombustion chamber. The wall has at least one opening for exchanging fluids between the combustion chamber and precombustion chamber, and a fluid inlet opens into the precombustion chamber.
US08191526B2
A method of modifying an air intake manifold to control air intake runners. The method includes the steps of providing a cartridge including a plurality of compartments, each spaced apart to define a groove therebetween, snap-fitting a bushing carrier having a rotatable bushing into each of the grooves, positioning a flap having a slot over each of the compartments, inserting a shaft through each slot and each bushing thereby rotatably retaining each of the flaps within one of the plurality of compartments, positioning the cartridge over the air intake manifold so that each of the plurality of compartments is substantially axially aligned with one of the air intake runners, and removably connecting the cartridge with the air intake manifold.
US08191521B2
The camshaft phaser is affixed to one end of a concentric camshaft. The phaser is a vane-type camshaft phaser where the stator and the sprocket are fixed to the outer camshaft and the trigger wheel and rotor are fixed to the inner camshaft. The torsion spring is mounted on an outer wall of the stator, between the stator and the trigger wheel. The phaser is a compact unit with a high degree of reliability.
US08191520B2
Provided is a variable valve operating apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which can favorably improve the mounting environment of an actuator in the aspect of achieving the improvement of coolability and the reduction of stress. The apparatus includes a guide rail which is provided in the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical part respectively fixed to a camshaft; a projection part which is disposed so as to be engageable and disengageable with the guide rail; and an actuator which is disposed so as to oppose the cylindrical part and can protrude the projection part toward the guide rail. At least a part of the actuator is disposed so as to fit in a oval-shaped region which is virtually obtained by linking a base circle of a main cam and a base circle of a main cam seen from the axial direction of the camshaft in a state in which the projection part is not protruded toward the guide rail.
US08191516B2
A method of operating an engine in a delayed exhaust engine cycle may include opening an intake valve of the engine during a first stroke to form an intake stroke. The method may further include closing the intake valve and determining an engine operating temperature. The engine operating temperature may be compared to a predetermined temperature limit. A first fuel mass may be provided to the combustion chamber between an end portion of a second stroke and a beginning portion of a third stroke. The third stroke may form a first power stroke and the intake valve and an exhaust valve in communication with the combustion chamber may be closed during the second and third strokes. The exhaust valve may be maintained in a closed position during a fourth stroke when the engine operating temperature is less than the predetermined temperature limit.
US08191513B2
A system and a method for controlling a pump in a recirculating hot water system is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for controlling a temperature of water in a recirculating hot water system including a storage tank for storing heated water, a recirculation conduit including a supply conduit for supplying the heated water to users via a plurality of outlets having a first outlet and a last outlet and a return conduit for returning an unused portion the heated water to the storage tank, a pump for circulating the heated water, the pump disposed along the return conduit, the method including measuring, at a point along the recirculation conduit, a temperature of the heated water provided from the storage tank, and controlling a speed of the pump, disposed along the return conduit, based on the measured temperature.
US08191509B2
A litter box assembly is provided that includes a tray for containing litter and a shield that can be removably mounted to the tray for reducing or preventing the scattering of litter material outside the tray. The shield effectively extends the height of the tray along three sides and can be removed for cleaning between litter changes. A self supporting shield for a litter box tray is further provided as well as a method for reducing the scattering of litter material by a cat or other animal.
US08191505B2
A processing gas introducing mechanism for introducing a processing gas into a processing space is provided between a plasma generation unit and a chamber of a plasma processing apparatus. The processing gas introducing mechanism includes a gas introducing base having therein a gas introducing path for introducing the processing gas into the processing space, and a near ring-shaped gas introducing plate equipped in the hole part of the gas introducing base such that it can be detached therefrom. Herein, the gas introducing base has a hole part forming one portion of the processing space in a central portion thereof, and the gas introducing plate has plural gas discharge holes communicating with the processing space to discharge thereinto the processing gas from the gas introducing path.
US08191504B2
A coating end effector may be carried by a robot. A plasma spray head is mounted by a joint to the end effector. A plurality of actuators couple the end effector and plasma spray head to provide articulation of the joint. The apparatus may be used to coat an airfoil cluster of a gas turbine engine. The coating may include passing the head between the airfoils.
US08191502B1
A tool used for covering or shielding a length of baseboard, trim or molding that is connected to a wall being painted. The adjustable protective paint shield has a fixed length center section from which are adapted two telescopic inner sections that extend to a desired length in order to cover or shield varying lengths of baseboard or trim. Each section has a general appearance of an elongated inverted L-shape. The center section has a plurality of pivotally affixed legs used in securing the shield in an upright position. The legs have an outwardly arched shape. The ached shape allows the bottom of the leg to sit securely flat against a floor while supporting the adjustable paint protection shield upright and tightly against a section of baseboard or trim being covered.
US08191501B2
A mask for masking a stent during a coating procedure may include a mask body that has a negative pattern or an approximate negative pattern of a stent pattern being masked by the mask body. An apparatus for selectively coating a predetermined portion of a medical article may include a dispenser of a coating composition, a mask, a device for creating a relative movement between the mask and the medical article.
US08191488B2
A support leg for a table includes a rod having a first end and an opposing second end. The rod includes a first groove that extends into the rod from an outer surface of the rod toward a geometric center of the rod. The first groove extends generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the rod and is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a first side panel of the table. The rod includes a second groove spaced-apart from the first groove along the outer surface of the rod. The second groove extends into the rod from the outer surface of the rod toward the geometric center of the rod. The second groove extends generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis and is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a second side panel of the table.
US08191478B2
The present invention discloses a low foreign object damage nose weight for affixing to a either a standard or kinematic decoy flare comprising a thin walled nose cup having a closed end, an open end, an internal cavity, and at least one sidewall attached to said closed end and surrounding said internal cavity; and a metal powder disposed within the internal cavity for weighing down the forward end of the decoy flare, said nose cup capable of being affixed to a forward end of a decoy flare such that said powder is jettisoned from said nose cup upon burn out of a flare pellet subassembly of said decoy flare thereby reducing the weight of the nose cup and the possibility of foreign object damage to aircraft, ground troops, ground equipment and buildings resulting from the falling nose weight.
US08191474B2
A method for detecting a type of one of plurality of devices attached to a graphics machine, each device being one of at least a first type and a second type. The method includes detecting at a controller the type of device attached to or to be attached to the machine. The controller is capable of preadjusting the device or machine as a function of the detection. A graphics machine includes a controller, a first device connected to the controller, the first device being categorizable as one of at least a first type and a second type, the controller detecting the type of the first device, and a memory accessible by the controller, the memory storing information regarding the first type and the second type.
US08191472B2
When a printed circuit board is inspected and determined to have an insufficient amount of printing of a print pattern, the printed board is returned to a screen-printing apparatus so that a new print pattern is formed so as to overlap a previous print pattern. In the re-printing, a raising speed of the printed board at a final stage of the board raising operation is rendered lower than in the previous screen printing so that the printed board is brought into contact with the underside of the screen mask more slowly.
US08191469B2
In one aspect, a bracket for evacuating a storage bag having a one-way valve element is provided that has parallel first and second flat panels that delineate a gap. A bag can be placed into the gap such that the valve element on the bag aligns with an aperture disposed through the first panel. To evacuate the bag, a nozzle of an evacuation device can be inserted through the aperture and pressed against the bag sidewall about the valve element. When the evacuation device is activated, the sidewall of the bag is pulled against the rim of the nozzle and air is drawn through the valve element. In another embodiment, the nozzle can be pressed against the first panel around the aperture. In another aspect, the bracket can be included as part of a handheld evacuation device.
US08191467B2
An apparatus for making puffed food products from starch-containing raw materials. The apparatus has a baking and molding chamber defined by several heatable mold elements. The mold elements are individually actuated by direct hydraulic drive systems. The hydraulic power for these drive systems is selectively derived from a common oil pressure supply system which provides continuously high oil pressure to the direct hydraulic drive system for each mold element. The apparatus also has an improved feed system enabling the supply of raw material into the mold cavity such that no material gets spilled and each mold receives an accurate predetermined quantity of raw material.
US08191453B2
A specimen slicing guide for use in slicing a biopsy specimen taken from a human patient or an animal patient includes a base extending in a longitudinal direction. A plurality of needles extends substantially perpendicularly to the base and the needles are spaced along the longitudinal direction of the base. Two specimen slicing guides are coupled via at least one link, which is adapted to allow an adjustable spacing of the two specimen slicing guides in a parallel relationship. A method of cutting a biopsy specimen includes fixing the biopsy specimen relative to a support surface using the needles of two, parallel-arranged specimen slicing guides, inserting a cutting tool between corresponding needle gap pairs and then downwardly moving the cutting tool under guidance of adjacent needles.
US08191452B2
A punching tool for green sheets or similar sheet-like work-pieces having a support plate with punched holes (7), and a holding-down plate disposed above the support plate and containing stripper openings (24). Operative portions (23) of dies (8) extend through the stripper openings (24) and are guided therein. The operative portions (23) are formed in graduated form with a punching portion (26) of reduced diameter. Each punching portion (26) has a length that is less than the length of the stripper opening (24), and is located entirely in the stripper opening (24) when the die (8) is at its top dead center. A part (25) of the operative portion (23) protrudes into the stripper opening (24) to guide the die (8). The punching portion (26) is only approximately as long as required for the punching stroke of the die (8). The slight length of the punching portion (26) makes possible an especially slender punching portion, and thus the creation of especially small punched holes.
US08191451B2
An electronically controlled web-slitter includes dual electric motors whose functions may be controlled by an electronic controller accessed either on the chassis of the web-slitter or by way of a computer coupled to the electronic controller. Vertical and side-shift blade set-up and functions are accurately controlled. The device includes a dovetail fitting for providing structural connection of parts, and a follower engaged with said first motor for translating rotational movement into vertical motion, and multiple sensors for sensing and controlling motor positions within the device.
US08191443B2
A reverse inhibitor mechanism for a transmission of an all terrain vehicle, in which a shift drum is jounalled to a side wall opposite the transmission case so as to be rotatably supported thereon, and a reverse inhibitor arm is detachably engaged with the reverse inhibitor groove formed in the outer circumferential surface of the shift drum to regulate a reverse setting. A reverse inhibitor shaft having the reverse inhibitor arm supported at one end thereof is positioned within the transmission case. The other end of the reverse inhibitor shaft is rotatably journaled to one of the opposite side walls of the transmission case from the inside of the transmission case. A distal end of the reverse inhibitor arm which swings by the rotation of the reverse inhibitor shaft is brought into engagement with the reverse inhibitor groove during assembly of the reverse inhibitor mechanism.
US08191440B2
An actuator comprises a screw shaft, a nut translatable along the shaft between a retracted position and an extended position, a tine component carried by the nut, the tine component including tine fingers formed with projections each being engageable with a formation provided on a housing when the nut occupies its extended position to secure the nut against axial movement, and a lock member engageable with the tine fingers to restrict radial movement of the tine fingers.
US08191435B2
A pre-concentration device and a method are disclosed for concentrating gaseous vapors for analysis. Vapors sorbed and concentrated within the bed of the pre-concentration device are thermally desorbed, achieving at least partial separation of the vapor mixtures. The pre-concentration device is suitable, e.g., for pre-concentration and sample injection, and provides greater resolution of peaks for vapors within vapor mixtures, yielding detection levels that are 10-10,000 times better than direct sampling and analysis systems. Features are particularly useful for continuous unattended monitoring applications. The invention finds application in conjunction with, e.g., analytical instruments where low detection limits for gaseous vapors are desirable.
US08191426B2
A high temperature thin film strain gage sensor capable of functioning at temperatures above 1400° C. The sensor contains a substrate, a nanocomposite film comprised of an indium tin oxide alloy, zinc oxide doped with alumina or other oxide semiconductor and a refractory metal selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ni, W, Ir, NiCrAlY and NiCoCrAlY deposited onto the substrate to form an active strain element. The strain element being responsive to an applied force.
US08191424B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a pressure transducer having a header wherein the header is comprised of a first section and a second section that are offset from each other. Each first and second section has a flexible diaphragm adapted to receive a first and second pressure, respectively. A central channel connects the diaphragms and a pressure sensor, located within the central channel, communicates with the channel and produces an output equal to the difference between the first and second pressures. The resultant device is a low differential pressure transducer which enables one to bring leads from the sensor out while having diaphragms of substantially the same size and diameter, therefore enabling the diaphragms to exhibit the same back pressure and be equally compliant.
US08191416B2
An example instrumented formation tester for injecting fluids and monitoring of fluids described herein includes a downhole tool which can be deployed in a wellbore via a wireline or a drill string. The downhole tool may facilitate the injection of fluids into an underground formation, and the monitoring of the directions in which the injected fluids flow in the formation in an open hole environment. In particular, the downhole tool may be configured for removing the mud cake from a portion of the wellbore wall for facilitating a fluid communication with the formation to be tested.
US08191415B2
The invention relates to a test bed (1) for elevation simulation for a test specimen (11), in particular, for an internal combustion engine (11) with a supply chamber (20) in which a supply system (21) is arranged, a testing chamber (10) structurally separate from the supply chamber (20) for holding the test specimen (11), wherein the testing chamber (10) is in fluid connection with the supply chamber (20) and thus conditioning of the settings for the test specimen (11) to be tested can be achieved.
US08191397B2
The present invention provides methods for checking and calibrating one or more concentration sensors in an open or closed system. More specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, the disclosed method allows for the checking and calibration of one or more concentration sensors in which removal of the liquid from the system is required. In two additional embodiments, the disclosed methods allow for the checking and calibration of one or more concentration sensors without having to remove the liquid from the closed system thereby minimizing contamination of the system while at the same time greatly reducing or eliminating contact of the user with the liquid.
US08191394B2
A step flashing bending device comprises a supporting a lower press block and an upper press block thereon for movement relative to one another for bending blank metal sheets into step flashing therebetween. The press blocks have working surfaces which are elongate in a longitudinal direction extending at a downward inclination from a top end to a bottom end thereof. The frame and the press blocks are open at the bottom end such that the working surfaces are arranged to automatically release the step flashing from the frame between the bottom ends of the upper and lower press blocks under force of gravity when the press blocks are separated into an open position.
US08191380B2
A portable active cryo container for maintaining product at refrigerated and/or cryogenic temperatures. Said container comprising a control system to monitor and control the flow of cooling air from a bunker section to at least one material storage section wherein temperature sensitive product is contained.
US08191376B2
A reversible HVAC heating/cooling refrigerant system includes a novel valve system that allows an outdoor heat exchanger to function as a subcooler during a cooling or defrost mode and function as a receiver tank for storing excess liquid refrigerant during a heating mode. In the heating mode, a cooling expansion valve is kept slightly open to flood the subcooler with liquid refrigerant while a heating expansion valve is regulated to maintain a desired level of superheat at the suction side of the refrigerant system's compressor. The novel valve system also serves as a pressure relief valve to protect the subcooler from excess pressure caused by thermal expansion of liquid refrigerant trapped within the subcooler.
US08191374B2
The temperature rise of a wheel space between a high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine is suppressed. Cooling air is led from outside a casing 17 to a wheel space via a low-pressure turbine initial stage stator blade 5 and a diaphragm 11. An upstream side space seal portion 41 is adapted to restrict and divide the upstream side space into an outer circumferential portion 25 and an inner circumferential portion 27 and to allow cooling air to the upstream side space outer circumferential portion 27 to blow out into the upstream side space outer circumferential portion 25. Also, a downstream side space seal portion 42 is adapted to restrict and divide the downstream side space into an outer circumferential portion 26 and an inner circumferential portion 28 and to allow cooling air to blow out into the downstream side space outer circumferential portion 26.
US08191372B2
The system to generate power by freeze expansion pressure powered generator and method for tapping the energy of cold weather from the environment, comprising of flexible water chambers that enable motion for the rotor shaft, gears enabling transformation of linear motion to shaft rotation, and power generator coupling achieving the generation of electricity. The inner part of flexible water chamber is fitted with an immersed heating coil to de-freeze water, so that it can be subjected to freezing and exertion of pressure to rotate the shaft continuously. Freezing of water in flexible chamber is achieved by exposing portion of chamber to atmospheric cold. The turbine rotor speed, temperature, water chamber pressure, and atmospheric pressure are monitored by sensors to ensure overall system safety and performance.
US08191367B2
A sliding piston cartridge (50) for a turbocharger (20) that is insertable into a bore (44) in the turbine housing (38) as a unit and that includes all of the components of a sliding piston type variable nozzle. The sliding piston cartridge comprises a carrier (52) having a tubular portion that interfaces with the bore of the turbine housing. A sliding piston (62) is disposed within the carrier and makes sliding contact therewith. Vanes (58) are mounted on or formed as a part of the carrier at its upstream end, the vanes extending across a turbine nozzle. The piston slides between a closed position and an open position relative to the carrier. The tubular portion of the carrier can include openings (66) that are progressively uncovered by the piston as it moves toward the open position, to allow additional flow to enter the turbine wheel without passing through the vanes.
US08191364B2
The present invention is intended to provide a technology that can utilize the advantages of both a load sensing control and a regeneration circuit without causing any problem.A regeneration circuit is added to a hydraulic circuit provided with a hydraulic pressure signal line for detecting a hydraulic pressure value of a circuit and controlling a volume of hydraulic fluid to a cylinder 1 with reference to the detected value. A pressure reducing valve 6 that outputs a reduced pressure as an operating signal to a pump 2, and subsequently the controlling means 5 causes the pressure reducing valve 6 to output a pressure reduction command to a pump 2 and thus to reduce a discharge rate from the pump 2, when the regeneration circuit is in a regeneration state.
US08191359B2
Systems, apparatus and methods that use a hidden Markov model to estimate motion of a sample under measurement and to reduce a motion-induced effect in the measurement. MRI systems and other sample measurement systems can be implemented based on motion sensing using the hidden Markov model. Recursive and non-recursive estimation processes are described.
US08191355B2
A method to control valves in a cylinder operating in a multi-stroke cylinder mode. Valves are controlled to improve engine emissions as operating conditions vary.
US08191353B2
A device for controlling an internal combustion engine comprises a device for trapping particulate matter (PM) in exhaust gas in an exhaust passage, means for supplying ozone to the particulate matter trapping device from the upstream thereof to oxidize and remove PM deposited in the device, and means for interrupting the fuel injection of the internal combustion engine upon the execution of ozone supply by the ozone supply means. It is possible to prevent components consuming ozone, such as NOx, from being contained in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, whereby ozone is effectively usable.
US08191345B2
A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine. The center draper includes a draper frame swingably supported on the header frame at a pivot to project forwardly therefrom and a draper belt supported on the draper frame to present a rearwardly moving run for conveying the crop rearwardly. The center draper includes a counterbalance mechanism coupled between the header and draper frames to counteract the weight of the center draper about the pivot.
US08191325B2
A curtain wall system is assembled by a plurality of panels supported by a curtain-wall supporting mullion. The panels comprise one or more functional types of panels: transition panels and adjacent panels that can be joined at the top or/and bottom side of the transition panels because each of the panels has a male frame member is used to engage with the adjacent panels each having a female frame member. In each transition panel, a frame is assembled by a jamb frame member connecting with the upper frame member and the lower frame member. As a result, the curtain wall system can be easily erected in a bottom-up procedure, a top-down procedure, or the combination of the two.
US08191317B2
Provided herein is a curb-mounted skylight having a rigid plastic curb frame, a mechanism for firmly securing the curb frame to an opening in a building, a transparent or translucent covering element, and a mechanism for retaining the covering element on the frame. The curb frame includes a fixed base frame (having an interior frame and a counter-flashing element) and a moveable sash frame (having an accessory shelf and a sash). The base frame and the sash frame may be connected to one another by a first hinge member integral with the counter-flashing element and a cooperative and complementary-shaped second hinge member attached to the sash. The hinge members form a watertight seal and may be disengaged to permit the sash to be removed from the skylight assembly during installation, if so desired. Because the frame and hinge components are made of plastic, the skylight assembly is relatively lightweight.
US08191308B2
A chemical shell for insertion into a tree comprising an elongated hollow tubular member having a closed first end and an open second end with a rim portion extending outwardly from the closed end. A non-aqueous chemical is contained within the tubular member and a water-soluble tubular sleeve extends over the open second end of the tubular member and at least a portion of the tubular member to maintain the chemical in the tubular member until the shell has been inserted into a tree so that the sap in the tree dissolves the sleeve to permit the chemical in the tubular member to be released into the tree when dissolved by the sap in the tree.
US08191304B2
A decoy, fashioned to represent a male turkey, having a substructure constructed of tubular material, including a turkey head supported upright, an integrally extending lengthy support for holding the turkey body, and a downwardly depending tube, for impaling within the ground; and expandable turkey body made of flexible, nylon material printed to the image of a real life make turkey, expands into an open position around the body supporting portion of the tubular structure, to hold the body of the turkey in place.
US08191298B2
Apparatuses, methods, and kits are disclosed for preventing quick release of a magazine from a magazine well of a Sa vzor 58 rifle without the need to substantially disassemble the rifle, thereby providing a means to modify Sa vzor 58 rifles to bring such rifles within permissible limitations of certain local, state, and federal guns laws.
US08191296B2
An elevating billboard and control method thereof, which includes a hollow column, a billboard stent, and a windlass controlling a motor, forward relay and back relay, wherein a hollow cylinder is fixed with the billboard stent and rings the column so as to slide along the column up and down, a fixed pulley disposed on the top of the column, a free end of a guy cable of the windlass connecting with the hollow cylinder by the fixed pulley. By using the motor of the windlass and the fixed pulleys, the elevating billboard is easy to assemble, disassemble or maintain, and is capable of completing the up and down movement easily and quickly. And using the real-time monitor of the anemoscope, the elevating billboard completes the up and down movement easily and quickly by wind scale.
US08191292B2
A device for displaying a recognition award includes a hard hat having a pocket, a detachable connected holder to be placed in the pocket and a personnel unit adapted to display the recognition award and adapted to be positioned in the detachedly connected holder. The device is used as a recognition award or personnel identification unit to be retained within a detachedly connected holder.
US08191281B2
A method of drying a honeycomb formed article, in which the honeycomb formed article can be dried in a short time while prohibiting occurrence of defects such as deformation, breakage and the like. There is provided a drying method of an unfired honeycomb formed article including raw material composition containing ceramics raw material, water, and binder, and having a plurality of cells, the cells being separated by partition walls to be passage of fluid, and electromagnetic wave drying is performed to dry the honeycomb formed article after the honeycomb formed article is preheated by steam.
US08191280B2
Described herein are devices and techniques for spray drying a fluid to produce a dried powder. Assemblies include a spray drying head attachable to a gas supplier and a liquid sample, such as a standard unit of blood product. The spray drying head can be adapted to provide an aerosolized flow of liquid sample exposed to a drying gas. The assembly also includes a drying chamber adapted to separate the aerosolized flow of liquid sample into a dried powder and humid air. The assembly can be disposable, provided in a sterilized kit and having simplified attachments allowing quick connect and disconnect from the gas and liquid sample. Separation of the powder from the humid air exiting the drying chamber occurs within a filtered collection bag. In some embodiments, one or more of the drying chamber and collection bag are formed form a thin-walled, collapsible material.
US08191279B2
A tape checking apparatus has a driving roller (42) interposed in a running path (L) of an endless tape (T) and a thickness-measuring device (44) disposed near the driving roller (42). The thickness-measuring device (44) measures the thickness of the endless tape (T) that is pinched between the driving roller (42) and a pinch roller (45).
US08191274B2
A coordinate measuring device (10) comprises a housing (12) rotatively supported on a base (11) and mounting a vertical pillar (13) along which rides a carriage (14) engaged by a horizontally translating arm (15). A turret (18, 19) at each end of the aim houses a rotating body (20, 21) connected to a probe (22, 23). The rotation of the base, the vertical movement of the carriage, the horizontal movement of the arm and the rotation of the probes are driven by motors (27, 28, 29, 30) in the housing. The rotation of the motors are transmitted by a cable and pulley assembly to the arm and carriage. The cable (43) controlling the transversal movement of the arm has its opposite ends attached to the opposite extremity (16, 17) of the arm, and is run respectively up and down the portion of the pillar above and below the carriage in order to maintain constant lengths and tension of the cables as the carriage moves up and down the pillar. The rotation of the probes and that of the base are coordinated to keep the probes at a constant angle in relation to the measured surface.
US08191271B2
A geodetic apparatus, in particular tacheometer or theodolite, comprises an optical device for sighting objects, a first support on which the optical device is supported such that the optical device may turn around a first axis, and a first gear unit for transmitting a drive torque on the optical device so as to turn the optical device around the first axis. In thegeodetic apparatus, the first gear unit comprises a worm and a worm gear meshing with each other, wherein the worm has a plate-like body and a spirally extending worm thread is formed on a first side face of the body, and the worm gear has a plurality of teeth evenly distributed along a circle.
US08191267B2
A tool handle for use with a removable blade having a latch opening, the tool handle having a housing defining a blade chamber in the housing, a latch disposed in the housing, configured for moving between a latched position and a released position. In the latched position, the latch is configured to extend through the latch opening. Also included is an actuator at least partially enclosed within the housing, configured for moving between a rest position and a depressed position, wherein movement of the actuator to the depressed position causes the latch to move to the released position.
US08191256B2
Method for producing a heat exchanger with the following steps: a) hot dip refining a steel sheet to form a corrosion-protection layer (3), wherein the corrosion-protection layer (3) contains zinc and between 0.5% and 60% aluminum; b) removal of the corrosion-protection layer (3) from one side of the steel sheet; c) production of a heat exchanger tube (2) from this steel sheet, wherein the corrosion-protection layer (3) is arranged on the outside; d) provision of ribs (6) of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; e) provision of a flux; f) provision of a filler material (8) containing aluminum and silicon in the connecting region between the ribs (6) and the outside of the heat exchanger tube (2); g) connection of the heat exchanger tube (2) to the ribs (6) in a brazing operation.
US08191254B2
A method and apparatus for improving fan case containment in a gas turbine jet engine employs a containment ring and a heat resistance ring which are shrink interference fit on the inside diameter of the fan case, the containment ring where the large fan blades turn, and the heat resistance ring where heated air from backfiring heats up the fan case. The containment ring is made of a super alloy to provide added strength to the fan case should a fan blade break, containing the fan blade within the fan case. The heat resistance ring is made of titanium or other suitable material. Additionally, one or more stiffener rings are shrink interference fit on the outside diameter of the fan case. The containment ring and stiffener rings can reduce the flight weight of the fan case and lower the material costs, while increasing the containment strength of the fan case.
US08191239B2
A conductive winding structure, the fabricating method thereof, and the magnetic device having the same. The method for fabricating the conductive winding structure includes: (a) providing a mold with a plurality of extension portions and a plurality of protrusions, the plurality of extension portions are connected to each other as a continuous spiral structure, and the plurality of protrusions extend from the plurality of extension portions; (b) performing an electroforming procedure to form a conductive layer on partial surface of the mold; and (c) stripping the conductive layer from the mold, so as to obtain the conductive winding structure.
US08191238B2
A magnetic writer comprises a write pole, a substrate and a non-magnetic, oxygen-free buffer material. The write pole has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side and second side. The substrate is at the leading edge of the write pole. The non-magnetic, oxygen-free buffer material is located between the write pole and the substrate.
US08191226B2
A device and method for coupling a pipe and a fitting. The device includes a pipe holder for releasably gripping a pipe, a fitting retainer for releasably retaining a pipe fitting substantially coaxially with a pipe in the pipe holder, and a drive mechanism for driving together the pipe holder and the fitting retainer along a longitudinal axis in a relative motion between them. The device may optionally slide a reinforcing sleeve along the pipe to cover the end of the pipe on the fitting.
US08191219B2
An assembly mechanism for an external box includes a casing body, a cover body, and a retaining body. The casing body has an opening formed on one side thereof. The cover body is assembled on the casing body. The retaining body is used for sliding the cover body to approach the opening in order to retain the cover body and the casing body together or for sliding the cover body out from the opening in order to separate the cover body from the casing body. Hence, it is easy for users to assemble or detach the external box of the present invention and the cost of the present invention is less than that of the prior art. Therefore, the present invention can solve the problem of needing to use a number of screws to assemble the external box of the prior art.
US08191207B1
The cord protective apparatus includes a protective, flexible, slip-resistant sheath wrap for use with a cord or hose. Binding straps have opposite end portions each having corresponding hook and loop fastener portions, thereby allowing the sheath to wrap securely around the circumference of a hose for protecting said hose from incidental and accidental nicks and other damage that may occur when said hose is placed through a doorway or other high traffic areas. The apparatus further includes a hook to fasten the wrapped hose to a secure mounting structure and conveniently and tidily store said cord/hose in an appropriate place.
US08191197B1
The non-permanent marker board eraser apparatus provides a basic design and construction that exposes minimal moving parts to erasure debris. The two-spaced apart horizontal guide rails are u-shaped and open outwardly. The vertical traveling eraser sections are motor powered and provide for drive from either upper first guide rail or the lower second guide rail via a rubberized wheel that fits within either of the two guide rails. The control buttons provide for selective eraser marker board contact. Each board travel is accompanied by automatic eraser return to a rest position outside of or to the edge of the board's marking surface. Cleaning fluid is also dispensed through the erasers.
US08191187B2
According to certain arrangements, a conditioner mat for use with a bed assembly includes an upper layer comprising a plurality of openings, a lower layer being substantially fluid impermeable, at least one interior chamber defined by the upper layer and the lower layer and a spacer material positioned within the interior chamber. In one embodiment, the spacer material is configured to maintain a shape of the interior chamber and to help with the passage of fluids within a portion of interior chamber. The conditioner mat additionally includes an inlet in fluid communication with the interior chamber, at least one fluid module comprising a fluid transfer device and a conduit placing an outlet of the at least one fluid module in fluid communication with the inlet. In some arrangements, the fluid module selectively delivers fluids to the interior chamber through the conduit and the inlet. In one embodiment, fluids entering the chamber through the inlet are generally distributed within the chamber by the spacer material before exiting through the plurality of openings along the upper layer. The conditioner mat can be configured to releasably secure to a top of a bed assembly.
US08191186B2
The invention concerns a bed base slat suspension device comprising at least one gusset forming a housing for accommodating the end of a bed base slat, said device having fixing means for allowing the fixing of the gusset on a bed base frame. The device comprises a plurality of n gussets connected by means forming a connecting band, arranged so as to allow a relative movement of at least certain adjacent gussets from the point of view of the fixing of the device on the bed base frame.
US08191185B2
A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for coupling to a shower head and a sprayer nozzle, a base having a spring-biased latch for clamping the pipe to the base, a seat slidably attached onto the pipe for adjustably and removeably supporting the sprayer nozzle. The housing includes a casing having a chamber for receiving a valve stem, and a spring-biased valve member received in the valve stem to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, and a knob secured to the valve stem to rotate the valve stem relative to the casing and the housing.
US08191171B2
A wetsuit includes an outer layer and an inner layer. The inner layer is attached to the outer layer and includes a plurality of fibers having wool and being configured in a plurality of clusters. The inner layer also includes a plurality of interconnected channels. At least a portion of each channel is defined by a space between adjacent clusters. The wetsuit also includes an opening that is disposed on a rear side of the wetsuit. The wetsuit additionally includes at least one fastener that is connected to the opening to open and close the opening.
US08191170B2
A drysuit for diving and other wet activities includes an outer waterproof layer and an inner insulating layer. On the inside of the outer waterproof layer, which can be butyl rubber or polyurethane, there is received a detachably attached three-dimensional polyester textile that is flexible and has air throughput capacity in two directions. Thus, a diving suit of the dry type is provided that has good properties for carrying away moisture and sweat from a diver and works well at all depths, and that above all feels pleasant and comfortable for the diver to use.
US08196218B2
An exemplary, highly integrated, SPM-based system for measuring the conductivity and/or force of substance under programmable engaging/stretching processes is described. A sample bias is applied across two electrodes. A substance to be measured is sandwiched between them. A first electrode is first brought relative to a second electrode (engaging) in programmable pathways that can be described as stretching distance versus time curves. The process of engaging the electrodes continues until a certain current reached, a certain force reached and whichever case happens first. The electrodes are then separated (stretching) in programmable pathways that can be described as stretching distance versus time curves. A periodic modulation can be applied to the engaging/stretching process to realize different stretch pathways. The sample bias across the electrodes is kept constant or swept in a programmable shape over time, described as a voltage-versus time curve. The conductivity, engaging/stretching distance, and/or force are measured simultaneously.
US08196205B2
A system analyzes content accessed at a network site to determine whether it is malicious. The system employs a tool able to identify spyware that is piggy-backed on executable files (such as software downloads) and is able to detect “drive-by download” attacks that install software on the victim's computer when a page is rendered by a browser program. The tool uses a virtual machine (VM) to sandbox and analyze potentially malicious content. By installing and running executable files within a clean VM environment, commercial anti-spyware tools can be employed to determine whether a specific executable contains piggy-backed spyware. By visiting a Web page with an unmodified browser inside a clean VM environment, predefined “triggers,” such as the installation of a new library, or the creation of a new process, can be used to determine whether the page mounts a drive-by download attack.
US08196204B2
Active computer system defense techniques can include sending disruptive communications to attackers, where the disruptive communications include random data elements which could potentially interfere with the operation of an attacking system. Such computer system defense techniques can also be augmented to automatically optimize the disruptive communications sent to the attackers.
US08196203B2
Aspects of the invention relate to a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for determining software trustworthiness. In some examples, a software package identified as including at least one file of unknown trustworthiness is installed on a clean machine. A report package including a catalog of files that have been installed or modified on the clean machine by the software package is generated. Identification attributes for each of the files in the catalog is determined. Each of the files in the catalog is processed to assign a level of trustworthiness thereto. The report package is provided as output.
US08196199B2
An agent for monitoring a wireless device is provided. The agent compares communications against policy guidelines and determines whether a violation of the policy guidelines has been committed, and communicates information about the violation to an authorized user.
US08196192B2
A method and system for setting a time on a network appliance. The method may include attempting to establish a secure connection with a server using a certificate issued for a network appliance, and determining that an attempt to establish a secure connection has failed. The method may further include determining that a possible cause of the failure to establish a secure connection is incorrect time data provided by the network appliance, and updating the time on the network appliance using time data contained in the certificate.
US08196187B2
Enforcing access control based on resource state. A method includes receiving a request for an operation on one or more objects stored on computer readable media. One or more pre-operation states of the one or more objects are determined. One or more post-operation states of the one or more objects are determined. One or more access control rules are referenced. The access control rules control access to resources based on pre-operation state and post operation state. It can then be determined that the one or more access control rules allow the operation to succeed based on the one or more pre-operation states and the one or more post operation states. Based on determining that the one or more access control rules allow the operation to succeed, the operation is allowed to succeed.
US08196168B1
Method and apparatus for exchanging preferences for replaying a program on a personal video recorder
Personal video recorders (PVRs) contain many desirable features, including the ability to skip undesirable portions of a recorded broadcast program. Disclosed is a method and system for a PVR user to share with other users tags identifying desirable program portions or segments (“Hot-Spots”) and undesirable segments (“Cold-Spots”). Other users are able to either automatically or manually to adjust the replay of the program based on the tags.
US08196167B2
A first signal representing a reduced size video program is transmitted from a central location to a plurality of user terminals in a television signal. A second signal representative of an EPG is generated at one of the user terminals. The first and second signals are linearly combined and applied to a display monitor to display the reduced size video program and the EPG on the screen of the monitor simultaneously in a PIG format. In one embodiment a plurality of reduced size video programs are transmitted in the television signal and one of them is selected for display in a PIG format by marking the program listing in the EPG corresponding to the selected reduced size video program with a cursor.
US08196165B2
A switched digital video (SDV) system includes an SDV manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by subscriber terminals associated with at least one service group. The SDV system also includes an input for receiving content to be delivered during the SDV sessions and at least one edge device for receiving transport streams that include an SDV program provided by the input and for transmitting each transport stream over an access network to at least one of the subscriber terminals on one of a plurality of SDV channels. In response to receipt of a message from a subscriber terminal in a first service group indicating that an EAS event is occurring, the SDV manager is configured to suspend reclamation of network resources allocated to the first service group which otherwise occurs when subscriber terminals tune off an SDV channel.
