US08415779B2
A lead frame for providing electrical interconnection to an Integrated Circuit (IC) die. The lead frame includes a die support area for receiving and supporting the IC die and a plurality of leads surrounding the die support area. A plurality of interconnect receiving portions is formed in the die support area. The interconnect receiving portions are for providing electrical interconnection to first bumps on a bottom surface of the IC die. The leads are for providing electrical interconnection to second bumps on a surface of the IC die, the second bumps surrounding the first bumps.
US08415771B1
A micro device transfer head array and method of forming a micro device transfer array from an SOI substrate are described. In an embodiment, the micro device transfer head array includes a base substrate and a patterned silicon layer over the base substrate. The patterned silicon layer may include a silicon interconnect and an array of silicon electrodes electrically connected with the silicon interconnect. Each silicon electrode includes a mesa structure protruding above the silicon interconnect. A dielectric layer covers a top surface of each mesa structure.
US08415760B2
A sensor having a monolithically integrated structure for detecting thermal radiation includes: a carrier substrate, a cavity, and at least one sensor element for detecting thermal radiation. Incident thermal radiation strikes the sensor element via the carrier substrate. The sensor element is suspended in the cavity by a suspension.
US08415754B2
A capped integrated device includes a semiconductor chip, incorporating an integrated device and a protective cap, bonded to the semiconductor chip for protection of the integrated device by means of a bonding layer made of a bonding material. The bonding material forms anchorage elements within recesses, formed in at least one between the semiconductor chip and the protective cap.
US08415735B2
Dual Conducting Floating Spacer Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (DCFS MOSFETs) and methods for fabricate them using a process that is compatible with forming conventional MOSFETs are disclosed. A DCFS MOSFET can provide multi-bit storage in a single Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) memory cell. Like a typical MOSFET, a DCFS MOSFET includes a control gate electrode on top of a gate dielectric-silicon substrate, thereby forming a main channel of the device. Two electrically isolated conductor spacers are provided on both sides of the control gate and partially overlap two source/drain diffusion areas, which are doped to an opposite type to the conductivity type of the substrate semiconductor. The DCFS MOSFET becomes conducting when a voltage that exceeds a threshold is applied at the control gate and is coupled through the corresponding conducting floating spacer to generate an electrical field strong enough to invert the carriers near the source junction. By storing charge in the two independent conducting floating spacers, DCFS MOSFET can have two independent sets of threshold voltages associated with the source junctions.
US08415734B2
A memory device includes a group of memory cells formed on a substrate, each memory cell including a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate. The memory device also includes a protection layer formed on top surfaces of the source regions and the drain regions, and on side surfaces of the group of memory cells.
US08415733B2
A semiconductor memory device has an asymmetric buried gate structure with a stepped top surface and a method for fabricating the same. The method for fabricating the semiconductor memory device includes: etching a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate to form an isolation layer defining an active region; forming a recess within the active region; forming a metal layer filling the recess; asymmetrically etching the metal layer to form an asymmetric gate having a stepped top surface at a predetermined portion of the recess; and forming a capping oxide layer filling a remaining portion of the recess where the asymmetric gate is not formed, thereby obtaining an asymmetric buried gate including the asymmetric gate and the capping oxide layer.
US08415724B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit with a semiconductor region of a first conduction type, an amplifying transistor, and a contact. The contact supplies, via a semiconductor region of a second conduction type arranged along a side surface and a bottom surface of an element isolation region, a reference voltage to the semiconductor region of the second conduction-type arranged below source and drain regions of the amplifying transistor in a region below a gate electrode of the amplifying transistor.
US08415712B2
This invention generally relates to LIGBTs, ICs comprising an LIGBT and methods of forming an LIGBT, and more particularly to an LIGBT comprising a substrate region of first conductivity type and peak dopant concentration less than about 1×1017/cm3; a lateral drift region of a second, opposite conductivity type adjacent the substrate region and electrically coupled to said substrate region; a charge injection region of the first conductivity type to inject charge toward said lateral drift region; a gate to control flow of said charge in said lateral drift region; metal enriched adhesive below said substrate region; and an intermediate layer below said substrate region to substantially suppress charge injection into said substrate region from said metal enriched adhesive.
US08415709B2
An organic light-emitting display device. The organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer arranged on the substrate, an insulating film arranged on the semiconductor layer and a conductive layer arranged on the insulating film, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a plurality of protrusion lines extending in a first direction, the protrusion lines being parallel to a peripheral edge of the conductive layer.
US08415703B2
A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, a conductive trace and an adhesive. The heat spreader includes a post, a base and a flange. The conductive trace includes a pad and a terminal. The semiconductor device extends into a cavity in the flange, is electrically connected to the conductive trace and is thermally connected to the heat spreader. The post extends upwardly from the base into an opening in the adhesive, the flange extends upwardly from the post in the opening and extends laterally above the adhesive, the cavity extends into the opening and the base extends laterally from the post. The conductive trace is located outside the cavity and provides signal routing between the pad and the terminal.
US08415686B2
A display unit capable of being simply designed and manufactured by using more simplified light emitting device structure while capable of high definition display and display with superior color reproducibility and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display unit is a display unit (1), wherein a plurality of organic EL devices (3B), (3G), and (3R), in which a function layer (6) including a light emitting layer (11) is sandwiched between a lower electrode (4) made of a light reflective material and a semi-transmissive upper electrode (7), and which has a resonator structure in which light h emitted in the light emitting layer (11) is resonated using a space between the lower electrode (4) and the upper electrode (7) as a resonant section (15) and is extracted from the upper electrode (7) side are arranged on a substrate (2). In the respective organic EL devices (3B), (3G), and (3R), the function layer (6) is made of an identical layer, and an optical distance L of the resonant section (15) is set to a value different from each other so that blue, green, or red wavelength region is resonated.
US08415672B2
This invention provides a transistor with an etching stop layer and a manufacturing method thereof. The transistor structure includes a substrate, a crystalline semiconductor layer, an etching stop structure, an ohmic contact layer, a source, a drain, a gate insulating layer, and a gate. The manufacturing method is performed by patterning the ohmic contact layer and the crystalline semiconductor layer at the same time with the same mask; and patterning the ohmic contact layer and the source/drain layer at the same time with another the same mask.
US08415670B2
Methods of producing high uniformity in thin film transistor devices fabricated on laterally crystallized thin films are described. A thin film transistor (TFT) includes a channel area disposed in a crystalline substrate, which has grain boundaries that are approximately parallel with each other and are spaced apart with approximately equal spacings. The shape of the channel area includes a non-equiangular polygon that has two opposing side edges that are oriented substantially perpendicular to the grain boundaries. The polygon further has an upper edge and a lower edge. At least a portion of each of the upper and lower edges is oriented at a tilt angle with respect to the grain boundaries. The tilt angles are selected such that the number of grain boundaries covered by the polygon is independent of the location of the channel area within the crystalline substrate.
US08415666B2
In a thin film transistor substrate, an active pattern of a thin film transistor includes a lower semiconductor pattern and an upper semiconductor pattern that are patterned through different process steps. The lower semiconductor pattern defines a channel area of the thin film transistor, and the upper semiconductor pattern is connected to a side portion of the lower semiconductor pattern and makes contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode. An etch stop layer is formed on the lower semiconductor pattern corresponding to the channel area, and the etch stop layer is formed through the same patterning process as the lower semiconductor pattern. Also, an ohmic contact pattern is formed on the upper semiconductor pattern, and the ohmic contact pattern is formed by the same patterning process as the upper semiconductor pattern.
US08415658B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, an organic layer formed on the first electrode and including a light-emitting layer, an intermediate layer formed on the organic layer; and a second electrode formed on the intermediate layer and having a thickness of 6 nm or less.
US08415657B2
This disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor stack and associated device, such as a capacitor and DRAM cell. In particular, a bottom electrode has a material selected for lattice matching characteristics. This material may be created from a relatively inexpensive metal oxide which is processed to adopt a conductive, but difficult-to-produce oxide state, with specific crystalline form; to provide one example, specific materials are disclosed that are compatible with the growth of rutile phase titanium dioxide (TiO2) for use as a dielectric, thereby leading to predictable and reproducible higher dielectric constant and lower effective oxide thickness and, thus, greater part density at lower cost.
US08415652B2
A memristor with a switching layer that includes a composite of multiple phases is disclosed. The memristor comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode spaced from the first electrode; and a switching layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, the switching layer comprising the multi-phase composite system that comprises a first majority phase comprising a relatively insulating matrix of a switching material and a second minority phase comprising a relatively conducting material for forming at least one conducting channel in the switching layer during a fabrication process of the memristor. A method of making the memristor and a crossbar employing the memristor are also disclosed.
US08415649B2
A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a housing having an upper panel on the incident side of radiation, a bottom panel opposite to the upper panel, a side panel connecting the upper panel with the bottom panel. The housing accommodates a radiation detection panel, a light source and a chassis providing rigidity to the housing. The chassis has a transmissible part which transmit the calibration light from the light source, the radiation detection panel is fixed on the side of the upper panel, and the light source is fixed on the side of the bottom part of the chassis. Further, a detachable lid is formed in at least a part of the bottom panel, and the opening portion is formed so as to expose the light source.
US08415648B2
A non-contact, opto-electronic method to determine glass surface shape involves pattern projection in reflection from a screen. The pattern is formed of black and white or coloured squares with a central reference pattern taken as origin of the x-y axes in the subsequent quantitative analysis of the optical distortion in formed glass sheets or panels.
US08415638B2
A method for measuring high-energy radiation flux, comprising applying a low voltage to electrodes in an ion chamber filled with a fluid capable of forming ions through the interaction of the fluid with high energy radiation; measuring an ion current signal related to an ion current induced by the low voltage; determining a leakage current; determining a gain; determining a magnitude of the high-energy radiation flux based on the ion current signal, gain, and leakage current; and outputting the result of the magnitude of the high-energy radiation flux.
US08415636B2
Disclosed is a two-dimensional X-ray detector array inspection method capable of recognizing two-dimensional X-ray detector arrays unsuitable for X-ray imaging by means of identifying quickly growing defective pixels. The two-dimensional X-ray detector array inspection method involves a bias voltage step for repeated supply and stopping of a bias voltage from a common electrode; a dark current value measurement step for measuring the pixel values of pixels in a non-X-ray-irradiating state; a defective pixel identification step for identifying defective pixels on the basis of the pixel values of the pixels measured in the dark current value measurement step; and a determination step for determining whether or not the two-dimensional X-ray array detector is suitable on the basis of the size of the missing pixel chunks or the total number of defective pixels identified in defective pixel identification step.
US08415632B2
Methods and systems for calibrating a nuclear medicine imaging system are provided. One method includes acquiring spatially determined non-uniform radiation flux information from a calibration scan of a calibration source using a gamma camera having an attached non-parallel-hole collimator. The method further includes determining a measured non-uniform count density profile from the acquired non-uniform radiation flux information. The method also includes creating a gamma camera uniformity correction map derived from (i) the measured non-uniform count density profile and (ii) a modeled or calculated non-uniform count density profile for calibrating the NM imaging system.
US08415626B1
An NDIR gas sensor is housed within a mechanical housing made up of a header housing, a can mounted to the header housing, and a sample chamber mounted above the can. The can has a top surface with a pair of windows formed in it to allow radiation to enter and return from the sample chamber. An electronics module is mounted on a printed circuit board hermetically sealed within the can. A signal channel path length detected by the signal detector is greater than a reference channel path length detected by the reference detector and an absorption bias between the signal and reference outputs can be used to determine a gas concentration in the sample chamber. Both the signal detector and the reference detector have an identical narrow band pass filter with the same Center Wavelength (“CWL”), Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM) and transmittance efficiency at the CWL.
US08415615B2
Provided is a method that achieves both of soft ionization and high ionization efficiency of a substance to be analyzed at each measurement site without impairing a two-dimensional distribution state of the substance to be analyzed in desorption ionization mass spectrometry of a substance to be measured. By applying, to a substance to be analyzed, an ionization assisting reagent including an organic acid including a functional group represented by —(CF2)COOH and having a boiling point of 150° C. or more, and a polyhydric alcohol having a melting point of 20° C. or less and a boiling point of 150° C. or more at normal pressure, the organic acid, which is a component of the ionization assisting reagent, effectively donates a proton to the substance to be analyzed, thereby improving ionization efficiency, and the polyhydric alcohol, which is a component of the ionization assisting reagent, inhibits fragmentation.
US08415614B2
An ion mobility spectrometer has two drift chambers and a common, doped reaction region. Each drift chamber includes an ion modifier, such as one that fragments the doped ions by a high electrical field. One of the drift chambers is doped and the other is undoped. In this way, the dopant adducts are removed by the modification process but then recombine with dopant only in the doped chamber so that different outputs are produced by the two drift chambers.
US08415610B2
Present invention provides an optical encoder capable of improving the precision of an interpolation angle in a single signal track, in an encoder of sine-wave angle interpolation type. The optical encoder includes a waveform, in which a phase-modulated wave is superimposed in a predetermined period over a sine-wave of a fundamental period, as a signal track (103), and an optical detector (104) for extracting the sine signal and the cosine signal of the phase-modulated wave. An operation unit (106) operates electric angles individually from the output signals of a first optical detector pair and a second optical detector pair belonging to the optical detector, and determines the sum and difference of the electric angles, thereby acquiring the electric angle and the phase-modulated wave of the fundamental period.
US08415604B2
A solid-state imaging device 1 is provided with a plurality of photoelectric converting portions 3, a plurality of first transferring portions 5, a plurality of charge accumulating portions 7, a plurality of second transferring portions 9, and a shift register 11. Each photoelectric converting portion 3 has a photosensitive region 13 which has a planar shape of a nearly rectangular shape composed of two long sides and two short sides, and a potential gradient forming region 15 which forms a potential gradient increasing along a first direction directed from one short side to the other short side forming the planar shape of the photosensitive region 13. Bach first transferring portion 5 is arranged on the side of the other short side forming the planar shape of the corresponding photosensitive region 13 and transfers a charge acquired from the corresponding photosensitive region 13, in the first direction. Each charge accumulating portion 7 accumulates a charge transferred from the corresponding first transferring portion 5. This achieves the solid-state imaging device capable of quickly reading out the charge generated in the photosensitive region, without complicating image processing.
US08415601B2
Systems and methods include imaging optics having one or more optical elements for modifying a wavefront of electromagnetic energy incident thereon. The wavefront, modified by the optical elements, exhibits a non-monotonic wavefront phase profile. The imaging optics are characterized by a modulation transfer function that is substantially invariant over a range of misfocus. The system optionally includes a detector for receiving the electromagnetic energy from the imaging optics. A method of maintaining modulation transfer invariance over a range of misfocus in an optical imaging system includes modifying a wavefront of electromagnetic energy incident to the optical imaging system such that the wavefront exhibits a non-monotonic wavefront phase profile and a substantially invariant modulation transfer function over the range of misfocus.
US08415598B1
A stabilizing fin deployment apparatus may include a base assembly for attachment to the rear end of a projectile. The base assembly may include a base, a spacer, a fin mount, a gas cavity and an opening that extends from the rear end of the base to the gas cavity. A retention nut may engage the base and secure the fin mount and spacer to the base. A retention plug may be disposed in the opening in the base assembly. The retention plug may include at least one gas conduit between an outer surface of the retention plug and the gas cavity. A retention bolt may extend through the retention plug and may be fixed to the base. A plurality of fins hubs may be rotatably fixed to the base. A plurality of fins may be translatably connected to the fin hubs. When deployed, the fin hubs may rotate forward and the fins may translate outward far into the airstream.
US08415590B2
Apparatus for housing electronic components comprising a heated enclosure comprising a bottom, a top, three sides, a substantially open front and a heating element for transmitting heat to enclosure surfaces. Perforations are located in the heated enclosure to facilitate the passage of air from one side of the heated enclosure to the other. A plenum is connected to the perforations, the plenum being configured to transmit air between the outside and inside of the heated enclosure. Completing the apparatus as control electronics comprising a power source and temperature monitoring and feedback circuitry, and insulation covering a heated portion of the heated enclosure.
US08415585B2
Multiple beamlet laser beam delivery systems and methods may be used in laser machining systems and methods to machine multiple regions on a workpiece simultaneously. One embodiment of a laser machining system and method may be used, for example, to scribe one or more lines in large flat workpieces such as solar panels. In particular, laser machining systems and methods may be used to scribe lines in thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar panels with accuracy, high speed and reduced cost. The multiple beam delivery systems may be movable to scribe multiple lines simultaneously in the workpiece.
US08415581B2
A discharge pulse control device cuts off a pulse width of the a discharge pulse being produced in a machining gap when a comparison result of a voltage level comparator indicates abnormal electrical discharge. Upon detection of abnormal electrical discharge based on comparison results of a high-frequency component comparator and the voltage level comparator, a quiescent period control unit constructed from a discharge pulse diagnosis device, a first pulse counter, a second pulse counter, and a quiescent pulse control device performs change setting of the quiescent period at the time of occurrence of abnormal electrical discharge and sends that information to the discharge pulse control device. Subsequently, the discharge pulse control device performs change control of the quiescent period at the time of occurrence of abnormal electrical discharge so that the discharge pulse and the quiescent time are optimally controlled.
US08415574B2
A multi-pole handle lock having a base plate and movable locking plate assembly that is adapted to mount on to at least two circuit breakers. A handle restrictor plate is mounted on the base plate for translational movement while maintaining the circuit breaker handles in the same position as each other. The handle restrictor plate allows each handle to independently move to the tripped position, while allowing the restricted circuit breakers to operate as a logical group. The low profile of the plates, allows visual inspection of the handle ends to determine their tie status.
US08415572B2
An electronic device comprises a main body and a stylus. The main body comprises a front cover, a conducting sheet, a conducting core, and a monitoring module. The front cover defines an elongated pocket. The conducting sheet is disposed in the elongated pocket. The conducting core is disposed in one end of the elongated pocket. The monitoring module electrically connected with the conducting sheet and the conducting core. The stylus received in the elongated pocket comprises an outer section, a conducting layer, and an inner section. The outer section comprises a tip and a stripped slot. The conducting layer is mounted on the stripped slot. The conducting layer is electrically connected with the tip. The inner section comprises a protrusion, the inner section is sleeved in the outer section, and the protrusion protrudes out of the second tube and slidably contacts with the conducts layer and the conducting sheet.
US08415570B2
A very small form factor consumer electronic product includes at least a single piece housing having an integral front and side walls that cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with a front opening where an edge of the side walls define a rear opening and at least some of the edges have flanges. The consumer electronic product also includes an user input assembly having a size and shape in accordance with the front opening and a clip assembly having a size and shape in accordance with the rear opening and having an external user actionable clip, a plurality of internal hooking features, and a plurality of internal latching features. The clip assembly is secured by engaging at least some of the hooking features and the flanges on the edges of the housing and engaging the latching features and corresponding attachment features on the internal support plate.
US08415569B2
A flat panel display module having anti-shock screw-tightening structure is provided. The flat panel display module includes a display panel, a flexible printed circuit, a printed circuit board, a back plate, a fastening element, and a flexible separator. The display panel has a signal connecting end. One end of the flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the signal connecting end while the other end is electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has a through hole. The back plate accommodates the display panel. The flexible printed circuit is disposed across the back plate so that the printed circuit board is parallel to the back plate. The fastening element which has a length greater than the thickness of the printed circuit board passes through the through hole and is secured to the surface of the back plate. The flexible separator is disposed between the back plate and the printed circuit board and pushes the printed circuit board away from the back plate so that the printed circuit board touches against the fastening element. The flat panel display module maintains a space between the printed circuit board and the back plate to accomplish the purpose of anti-shock.
US08415564B2
A wrap-around cable sleeve assembly for environmentally sealing a cable section includes a wrap-around sleeve and a cable mastic patch. The wrap-around sleeve has a longitudinally extending portion and opposed first and second longitudinal edges. The longitudinally extending portion defines a portion of a cable chamber extending around the cable section when the wrap-around sleeve is wrapped around the cable section. The cable mastic patch is disposed on an interior surface of the longitudinally extending portion and extends transversely across the longitudinally extending portion. The cable mastic patch is configured and positioned to engage the cable section and form a continuous environmental circumferential seal about the cable section when the wrap-around sleeve is wrapped around the cable section.
US08415562B2
An air seal device having a housing with a passageway, a core body that is configured to fit tightly within the passageway to restrict air flow through the passageway and to seal the interface between the core body and the housing, and a top ring that locks to the housing and engages and compresses the core body within the housing. The core body has a slit extending vertically therethrough that allows an elongated member or members to pass through the core body while providing an airtight interface between the member or members and the slit of the core body.
US08415560B2
Alien crosstalk suppression cores are used to decrease alien crosstalk in communications channels. Electrical communication cables may be provided with alien crosstalk suppression cores. The alien crosstalk suppression cores, which may be ferrite suppression cores, are placed separately on some or all of the twisted pairs within a communication cable. The alien crosstalk suppression cores reduce ANEXT and AFEXT in high-frequency communications when communication cables are installed near one another. Alien crosstalk suppression cores may also be incorporated into other communication channel components, such as on a PCB within a communication jack.
US08415559B2
Precursor layers and methods of forming Group IBIIIAVIA solar cell absorbers with bandgap grading using such precursor layers are described. The Group IBIIIAVIA absorber includes a top surface with a Ga/(Ga+In) molar ratio in the range of 0.1-0.3. The Group IBIIIAVIA solar cell absorber is formed by reacting the layers of a multilayer material structure which includes a metallic film including Cu, In and Ga formed on a base, a layer of Se formed on the metallic film, and a second metallic layer substantially including Ga formed on the layer of Se.
US08415557B2
A photoelectric conversion device having a laminated structure includes: an anodized substrate constituted by a metal substrate mainly containing aluminum and an anodized film formed on the metal substrate; a lower electrode mainly containing molybdenum; a semiconductor photoelectric conversion layer generating current when absorbing light; an upper electrode; a metal supply layer being formed in contact with or inside the lower electrode, containing an alkali and/or alkaline earth metal element, and supplying the alkali and/or alkaline earth metal element to the photoelectric conversion layer during formation of the photoelectric conversion layer; and a diffusion barrier layer being conductive and formed between the anodized substrate and the metal supply layer in contact with the lower electrode and/or the metal supply layer or inside the lower electrode, and suppressing diffusion, into the anodized substrate, of the alkali and/or alkaline earth metal element from the metal supply layer.
US08415546B2
Disclosed is a fabrication method of a metal nanoplate using metal, metal halide or a mixture thereof as a precursor. The single crystalline metal nanoplate is fabricated on a single crystalline substrate by performing heat treatment on a precursor including metal, metal halide or a mixture thereof and placed at a front portion of a reactor and the single crystalline substrate placed at a rear portion of the reactor under an inert gas flowing condition. A noble metal nanoplate of several micrometers in size can be fabricated using a vapor-phase transport process without any catalyst. The fabricated nanoplate is a single crystalline metal nanoplate having high crystallinity, high purity and not having a two-dimensional defect. Morphology and orientation of the metal nanoplate with respect to the substrate can be controlled by controlling a surface direction of the single crystalline substrate. The metal nanoplate of several micrometer size is mass-producible.
US08415538B2
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid PS16364674 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid PS16364674 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08415533B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024631. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024631. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024631 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024631 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08415532B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024630. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024630. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024630 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024630 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08415529B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated DLSC7V0955. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line DLSC7V0955, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line DLSC7V0955 with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line DLSC7V0955, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants.
US08415527B2
The present invention has incorporated a non-lethal negative selectable marker gene into the vector backbone DNA of a DNA plasmid used to transform plant cells. These transgenes are designed to express a non-lethal gene product in plant cells that contain the vector backbone DNA of the DNA plasmid. The gene products of the non-lethal negative selectable marker gene are involved in plant hormone biosynthesis pathways, plant hormone substrate diversion, plant hormone degradation, plant hormone signaling or metabolic interference. The use of these DNA plasmids to transform plant cells provides for the enhanced production of commercially viable plants.
US08415526B2
Isolated nucleic acid fragments comprising precursor miRNA, and artificial miRNAs and their use in down-regulating gene expression are described.
US08415525B2
The genome sequences and the nucleotide sequences coding for the PWD circovirus polypeptides, such as the circovirus structural and non-structural polypeptides, vectors including the sequences, and cells and animals transformed by the vectors are provided. Methods for detecting the nucleic acids or polypeptides, and kits for diagnosing infection by a PWD circovirus, also are provided. Method for selecting compounds capable of modulating the viral infection are further provided. Pharmaceutical, including vaccine, compositions for preventing and/or treating viral infections caused by PWD circovirus and the use of vectors for preventing and/or treating diseases also are provided.
US08415512B2
Improvements in previously disclosed methods of and apparatuses for converting alkanes, alkenes, and aromatics to olefins, alcohols, ethers, and aldehydes includes: safety improvements, use of alternative feedstocks, process simplification, improvements to the halogenation step, improvements to the reproportionation step, improvements to the solid oxide reaction, improvements to solid oxide regeneration, improvements in separations, maintenance, start-up, shut-down, and materials of construction.
US08415511B2
A catalyst composition/system can include: a platinum catalyst metal (Pt) and/or rhenium catalyst metal (Re) on a first support; and a ruthenium catalyst metal (Ru) and/or rhenium catalyst metal (Re) on a second support or a platinum catalyst metal (Pt) and a ruthenium catalyst metal (Ru) and/or a rhenium catalyst metal (Re) on the same support. The Pt:Ru, Re:Pt and/or Re:Ru weight ratio can be between about 1:4 and about 4:1. The support can be alumina, carbon, silica, a zeolite, TiO2, ZrO2 or another suitable material. The first and second support can be on the same support structure or on different support structures. In one option, the first and second supports can be positioned such that the Pt and/or Re are capable of catalyzing a dehydrogenation and/or reforming reaction that produces hydrogen and the Ru and/or Re are capable of catalyzing a hydrogenolysis reaction.
US08415500B2
A process for preparing amines of the formula I, by reacting a carbonyl compound of the formula II with an amine of the formula III where R1 and R2 are different and are each an organic radical which has from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may optionally also comprise heteroatoms, R3 is a C1-C6-alkyl group and R4 is an aryl group which may be partly or fully halogenated and/or may bear from one to three radicals from the group of cyano, nitro, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, hydroxyl, C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-haloalkoxy, hydroxycarbonyl, C1-C6-alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C6-alkylamino, di(C1-C6-alkyl)amino, aryl and aryl(C1-C6-alkyl); and * represents the S or R configuration, and ** represents the S and/or R configuration; which comprises performing the reaction in the presence of a heterogeneous imination catalyst, of a hydrogenation catalyst and of hydrogen.
US08415499B2
Dyes for a dye-sensitized solar cell are provided. The dyes for a dye-sensitized solar cell have a structure of wherein each of X and Y independently comprises a substituent, comprising a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and combinations thereof, and at least one of the X and Y comprises an aromatic group which are substituted a pyrene derivative substituted with an alkyl group or an aryl group, and Z comprises a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a vinyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted polyvinyl group, and A comprises an acid functional group.
US08415491B2
The present invention is directed to a method of exchanging nanostructures from within aqueous liquid media into organic liquid media. The steps comprise first supplying solid nanostructures in an aqueous liquid media, adjusting the pH, incorporating an ionic surfactant sufficient to reduce nanostructure aggregation, followed by concentrating the nanostructures in the aqueous liquid media. The nanostructures may them be placed in organic liquid media followed by introduction of a coupling agent capable of covalent attachment to the nanostructure surface while providing a functional group capable of polymerization to covalently bond the nanostructures to a selected monomer and/or polymer resin.
US08415488B2
Compounds of the formula I, in the form of mixtures comprising predominantly one enantiomer or in the form of pure enantiomers, secondary phosphine-Q-P*(═O)HR1 (I) in which secondary phosphine is a C-bonded, secondary phosphine group —P(R)2; in which R is in each case independently hydrocarbon radicals or heterohydrocarbon radicals; Q is a bivalent, achiral, aromatic base skeleton, a bivalent, achiral ferrocene base skeleton, an optionally substituted bivalent cycloalkane or heterocycloalkane skeleton, or a C1-C4-alkylene skeleton, and in which base skeletons a secondary phosphine group is bonded directly to a carbon atom, or, in the case of cyclic base skeletons, directly to a carbon atom or via a C1-C4-alkylene group, and in which base skeletons a P-chiral group —P*(O)HR1 is bonded to a carbon atom such that the phosphorus atoms are linked via 1 to 7 atoms of a carbon chain optionally interrupted by heteroatoms from the group of O, S, N, Fe or Si; P* is a chiral phosphorus atom; and R1 is a hydrocarbon radical, a C-bonded heterohydrocarbon radical or a ferrocenyl radical, with the proviso that R1 is an achiral ferrocenyl radical when Q is an achiral ferrocenyl base skeleton. Metal complexes of these ligands in a molar ratio of ligand to metal of about 1.3:1 to 0.9:1 are homogeneous catalysts for asymmetric addition reactions, particularly hydrogenations.
US08415472B2
The present invention relates to water-soluble photochromic compounds for labeling biomolecules and a method of detecting biomolecules using the same. More specifically, relates to water-soluble photochromic compounds for labeling biomolecules, in which a functional group rendering photochromic molecules water-soluble is linked to a functional group capable of binding to biomolecules, and a method of detecting biomolecules using the same. Because the disclosed water-soluble photochromic compounds exhibit the color corresponding to the wavelength of visible light range, they allow signals to be easily detected not only with an UV-VIS spectrophotometer but also visually. Accordingly, the photochromic compounds can be advantageously used in sensors for diagnosing diseases.
US08415458B2
The invention provides vitamin K-dependent polypeptides with enhanced membrane binding affinity. These polypeptides can be used to modulate clot formation in mammals. Methods of modulating clot formation in mammals are also described.
US08415453B2
The invention provides nucleic acids, peptides, and antibodies for use in applications including diagnosis and therapy. The peptides target lung cancer and were identified by phage display. Targeting phage PC5-2 and synthetic peptide SP5-2 were both able to recognize human pulmonary tumor specimens from lung cancer patients. In SCID mice bearing NSCLC xenografts, the targeting phage was able to target tumor masses specifically. When the peptide was coupled to liposomes containing the anti-cancer drugs vinorelbine or doxorubicin, the efficacy of these drugs against human lung cancer xenografts was improved, the survival rate increased, and the drug toxicity was reduced.
US08415451B2
A liquid crystal polyimide, containing: repeating units of formula (I) and having liquid crystallinity, wherein A1 and A2 are each independently a tetravalent residue of a tetracarboxylic acid, B1 is a residue of a bis(amino) polysiloxane of formula (II), and C1 is a residue of an organic diamine, wherein R1 to R6 are each independently a lower alkyl group, x is from 0 to 10, D1 is an alkylene group, y is 0 or 1, and Z1 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —CH3, CF3, —F, —CN and —NO2. In addition, a liquid crystal resin composition and a resin film for a semiconductor element containing the liquid crystal polyimide.
US08415447B2
Polyolefin coated steel pipes with high dynamic fracture toughness of the coating of the steel pipes during installation handling and in service, consisting of a steel pipe core, optionally an intermediate foamed plastic material, and a polyolefin coating of β-nucleated propylene copolymers whereby a test polyolefin pipe fabricated from the β-nucleated propylene copolymer has a critical pressure of >25 bars and a dynamic fracture toughness >3.5 MNm−3/2. The polyolefin coated steel pipes are suitable for off-shore transport of crude oil or gas products or district heating applications.
US08415444B2
The present invention has its object to provide a curable composition not containing any organotin type curing catalyst of concern because of the toxic feature thereof, or any volatile compound, excellent in curability and storage stability and, further, capable of providing cured products excellent in strength and elongation. The above object can be achieved by a curable composition which includes: an organic polymer (A) containing a hydrolyzable silyl group in a molecule; an amidine compound (B); a plasticizer (C); and an amino group-containing silane coupling agent (D), wherein the amidine compound (B) is preliminarily mixed and dissolved and/or dispersed in the plasticizer (C) and the amino group-containing silane coupling agent (D), and the resultant mixture is added to the reactive silyl group-containing polymer (A).
US08415442B2
Disclosed is an ethylene-based polymer with a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, with a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from about 2 to about 30, a melt index (I2) from about 0.1 to about 50 grams per 10 minutes, and further comprising sulfur from about 5 to about 4000 parts per million. The amount of sulfur is also determined based upon the total weight of the ethylene-based polymer. Also disclosed is process for making an ethylene-based polymer which includes the steps of splitting a process fluid for delivery into a tubular reactor; feeding an upstream process feed stream into a first reaction zone and at least one downstream process feed stream into at least one other reaction zone, where the process fluid has an average velocity of at least 10 meters per second; and initiating a free-radical polymerization reaction.
US08415439B2
The present invention provides an ETFE-type copolymer having a high melt tension and excellent blow moldability. An ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer which comprises ethylene units, tetrafluoroethylene units and units of a monomer (A) having at least two copolymerizable double bonds and which has a ratio (X/W) of its melt tension (XmN) to a load (Wkg) applied for the measurement of the melt tension being at least 0.8.
US08415433B2
A process for producing polymer microparticles by suspension polymerization of a vinyl-based monomer in which, when polymer microparticles are produced by suspension polymerization of a vinyl-based monomer, a macromonomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group at a terminus of a vinyl-based monomer-derived polymer is used as a dispersion stabilizer.
US08415425B2
Provided is a method for protecting the surface of a member to be processed, which comprises providing a protective film made of a photocurable resin composition for surface protection on the surface of the member to be processed, processing the member to be processed, and removing the protective film from the member to be processed, wherein the photocurable resin composition comprises (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, (B) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate, (C) a resin having a cyclopentadiene skeleton and (D) a photopolymerization initiator, which comprises from 1 to 50 parts by weight of (A), from 5 to 95 by mass of (B) and from 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of (C).
US08415422B2
The present invention relates to a (meth)acrylate monomer of the general formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a methyl group, X is oxygen or a group of the formula NR′ in which R′ is hydrogen or a radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms, Y is oxygen, sulphur or a group of the formula NR″, in which R″ represents hydrogen or a radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R3 is an unsaturated radical having 8 carbon atoms and at least two double bonds. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the monomers set out above, to polymers obtainable from this monomer mixture, and to coating materials which comprise the stated polymers.
US08415420B2
A method of producing a carbon fiber composite material includes a first step and a second step. The first step includes oxidizing first carbon nanofibers produced by a vapor growth method to obtain second carbon nanofibers having an oxidized surface. The second step includes mixing the second carbon nanofibers into an elastomer, and uniformly dispersing the carbon nanofibers in the elastomer by applying a shear force to obtain the carbon fiber composite material. The second carbon nanofibers obtained by the first step have a surface oxygen concentration measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of 2.6 to 4.6 atm %.
US08415418B2
Heat-curing reactive composition based on natural and/or synthetic polymers containing olefinic double bonds, and vulcanizing agents, which composition contains a) at least one liquid cis-1,4-polyisoprene with a weight-average molecular weight of between 20000 and 70000, b) a vulcanization system, c) at least one polybutadiene liquid at 22° C., in which the liquid cis-1,4-polyisoprene a) constitutes a proportion of the entire composition in the range from 9 to 15 wt. %, the vulcanization system b) is selected from the group consisting of: b1) sulfur and one or more vulcanization accelerator(s), b2) peroxide or disulfide vulcanization systems, b3) quinones, quinone dioximes or dinitrosobenzene, and the polybutadiene c) liquid at 22° C. constitutes a proportion of the entire composition in the range from 16 to 29 wt %.
US08415417B2
The invention relates to a non-fibrous polymer solution essentially consisting of 1 to 8 wt. % para-aramid, at least 50 mole % of the aromatic moieties thereof being unsubstituted, in a mixture of a) a polar amide solvent selected from N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N′-dimethylformamide, N,N′-dimethylacetamide, tetramethylurea, and mixtures thereof; b) between 0.7 mole of an alkali or earth alkali chloride per mole amide groups of the para-aramid and 7.5 wt. % of the alkali or earth alkali chloride, and c) water; and wherein at least 50 wt. % of the formed hydrochloric acid has been neutralized to obtain a solution having a dynamic viscosity which is at least a factor three smaller than the dynamic viscosity of the polymer solution without neutralization. The invention further pertains to a process making the same and para-aramid pulp-like fiber, paper and film made from said polymer solution.
US08415413B2
[Problems] The invention provides a plastic lens for eyeglasses by using diethylene glycol bisallyl carbonate as a lens material and which is made to have a main absorption peak in a wavelength range of 565 nm to 605 nm by mixing a coloring agent in which a visible light-absorption spectroscopic spectrum contains an azaporphyrin compound and to be durable for use as eyeglasses and polarized eyeglasses owing to the good antiglare and visibility properties of the coloring agent.[Solving means] The eyeglass lens made of an allyl diglycol carbonate resin which has a main absorption peak of visible light spectroscopic transmittance in a wavelength range of 565 nm to 605 nm as shown in FIG. 1 is obtained by using diethylene glycol bisallyl carbonate as a lens material, mixing an organic coloring agent containing a tetraazaporphyrin compound, mixing a peroxyester type peroxide or a peroxyketal type peroxide with a 10 hour-half life temperature of 90 to 110° C. as a polymerization initiator, and polymerizing, defoaming, and curing the lens material.
US08415410B2
A resin composition for giving molded articles that effectively block heat radiation from sunlight and are excellent in transparency, and molded articles thereof. The resin composition comprises an aromatic polycarbonate resin (Component A), hexaboride particles of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr and Ca (Component B-1) and other resin different from Component A (Component B-2), wherein the total content of Component B-1 and Component B-2 is 0.001 to 1 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of Component A, the resin composition contains particles (1) composed of Component B-1 and particles (2) composed of Component B-1 and Component B-2, both the particles (1) and (2) having a number average secondary particle diameter of 50 μm or less and a maximum secondary particle diameter of 300 μm or less.
US08415408B2
The invention provides a germs resisting and self-cleaning infiltration thin film and manufacturing method thereof. At first, a Polyethyleneimine (PEI) and a Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) are used to make a polymer thin film. Then, a germ resistant and an inorganic metal oxide are added into the polymer thin film to form the selective infiltration thin film capable of resisting germs and self-cleaning.
US08415402B2
A method for separating a polymer from carbon black in devulcanized rubber, the method comprising steps of inserting devulcanized rubber into a bath of a solvent, dissolving a polymer out of the devulcanized rubber and into a solution of the solvent and the polymer, removing the solution from the bath without disturbing an un-dissolved residue comprising carbon black, and recovering the un-dissolved residue.
US08415397B2
The present invention is directed toward particles for delivery of epinephrine to the respiratory system and methods for treating a patient in need of epinephrine. The particles and respirable compositions comprising the particles of the present invention described herein comprise the bioactive agent epinephrine, or a salt thereof, as a therapeutic agent. The particles are preferably formed by spray drying. Preferably, the particles and the respirable compositions are substantially dry and are substantially free of propellents. In a preferred embodiment, the particles have aerodynamic characteristics that permit targeted delivery of epinephrine to the site(s) of action.
US08415388B2
This invention is related to orotic acid compounds of taxane cytotoxic agents and in particular to the conversion of the taxanes to their orotate esters. More particularly the pharmaceutical compositions of paclitaxel orotate and docetaxel orotate provide a strategy to minimize body weight loss during primary chemotherapy and improve patient outcomes and quality of life.
US08415383B2
Compounds of formula (IA) or (IB) have antibacterial activity: wherein W is ═C(H)— or ═N—; R3 is a radical of formula -(Alk1)m-(Z1)p-(Alk2)n-Q wherein m, p and n are independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of m, p and n is 1, Z1 is —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, —N(CH2CH3)—, —C(—O)—, —0—(C═O)—, —C(═O)—O—, or an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3 to 6 ring atoms; or an optionally substituted divalent bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 5 to 10 ring atoms; Alk1 and Alk2 are optionally substituted C1-C6 alkylene, C2-C6 alkenylene, or C2-C6 alkynylene radicals, which may optionally terminate with or be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, Or —N(CH2CH3)—; and Q is hydrogen, halogen, nitrile, or hydroxyl, or an optionally substituted monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3 to 6 ring atoms; or an optionally substituted bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 5 to 10 ring atoms; R4 and R5 are optional substituents; and R2, R6 and R7 are independently hydrogen or a radical of formula -(Alk3)x-(Z2)y-(Alk4)z-H wherein x, y and z are independently 0 or 1, Z2 is —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, —N(CH2CH3)—, —C(—O)—, —0—(C═O)— or —C(═O)—O—; Alk3 and Alk4 are optionally substituted C1-C3 alkylene, C2-C3 alkenylene, or C2-C3 alkynylene radicals, which may optionally terminate with or be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, or —N(CH2CH3)—.
US08415377B2
The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
US08415372B2
A compound represented by the formula (1) [A represents a nitrogen-containing saturated ring; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; G1 represents hydrogen atom, chlorine atom, hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, or amino group; G2 represents a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, cyano group, carboxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and the like; G3 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, cyano group, carboxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and the like; G4 represents hydroxyl group, or —N(R1)(R2) (R1 and R2 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or a saturated heterocyclic group); G5 is a substituent on a ring-constituting carbon atom of A, and represents hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, or an alkyl group] or a salt thereof, or a derivative thereof that is a prodrug, which potently inhibits Rho kinase.
US08415365B2
The invention encompasses compounds having formula I-V 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, particularly JAK3, may be therapeutically useful.
US08415362B2
The present invention provides heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidines of Formula I: that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases including, for example, immune-related diseases, skin disorders, myeloid proliferative disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US08415360B2
Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising Hydroxychloroquine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt and at least one antidiabetic compound, useful in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
US08415358B2
Pyrazine compounds of the formula as well as stereoisomers thereof, N-oxides thereof, prodrugs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula are as defined in the specification. The compounds are useful as potassium channel modulating agents. Also, pharmaceutical compositions useful for the treatment or alleviation of diseases or disorders associated with the activity of potassium channels, and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions.
US08415342B2
A composition comprises besifloxacin in an amount effective for treating or controlling an infection caused by an antibiotic-resistant bacterium. Such a composition can be administered to a subject for the treatment or control of bacterial conjunctivitis caused bay an antibiotic-resistant bacterium.
US08415338B2
The present invention relates to pyrimidine compounds that are useful as anti-proliferative agents. More particularly, the present invention relates to oxygen linked and substituted pyrimidine compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment of proliferative disorders. These compounds may be useful as medicaments for the treatment of a number of proliferative disorders including tumors and cancers as well as other disorders or conditions related to or associated with kinases.
US08415336B2
The present invention relates to cyclic indolizinecarboxamides and azaindolizinecarboxamides of the formulae Ia and Ib, wherein R, Ra, R10, R20, R30, R40, Y, n, p and q have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. Specifically, they inhibit the enzyme renin and modulate the activity of the renin-angiotensin system, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as hypertension, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formulae Ia and Ib, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US08415330B2
Disclosed are compositions for isolating populations of nucleic acids from biological, forensic, and environmental samples. Also disclosed are methods for using these compositions as one-step formulations for killing pathogens, inactivating nucleases, and releasing polynucleotides from other cellular components within the sample, and stabilizing the nucleic acids prior to further processing or assay. The disclosed compositions safely facilitate rapid sample collection, and provide extended storage and transport of the samples at ambient or elevated temperature without contamination of the sample or degradation of the nucleic acids contained therein. This process particularly facilitates the collection of specimens from remote locations, and under conditions previously considered hostile for preserving the integrity of nucleic acids released from lysed biological samples without the need of refrigeration or freezing prior to molecular analysis.
US08415325B2
A method for targeted delivery of therapeutic compounds from hydrogels is presented. The method involves administering to a cell a hydrogel in which a therapeutic compound is noncovalently bound to heparin.
US08415311B2
Dermatological conditions/afflictions such as rosacea, common acne, seborrheic dermatitis, perioral dermatitis, acneform rashes, transient acantholytic dermatosis, and acne necrotica miliaris, most notably rosacea, are treated by topically applying onto the affected skin area of an individual in need of such treatment, a topical pharmaceutical composition which comprises a thus effective amount of ivermectin.
US08415308B2
Provided are prodrugs of pyrrolo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazin-7-yl nucleoside phosphates wherein the 1′ position of the nucleoside sugar is substituted with CN. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment Hepatitis C infections.
US08415307B1
Provided herein are novel compounds and novel protected compounds that can be derived from polymyxin, including, e.g., polymyxin A. The novel compounds have antibacterial properties against a diverse range of Gram negative bacteria and reduced toxicity compared to polymyxins such as polymyxin A. Also provided are antibacterial pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel compounds and novel protected compounds, as well as methods for preparing the antibacterial compounds and protected compounds.
US08415306B2
The present invention relates to insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor binding peptides, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US08415304B2
The invention provides methods for predicting or determining the response of a mammalian tumor to a chemotherapeutic agent and for treating a mammalian tumor comprising detecting and quantifying the SPARC protein or RNA in a sample isolated from the mammal. The invention further provides kit for predicting the response of a mammalian tumor to a chemotherapeutic agent, comprising a means for the isolation of protein or RNA from the tumor, a SPARC protein or RNA detection and quantification means, control RNAs, and rules for predicting the response of the tumor based on the level of SPARC protein or RNA in tumor.
US08415302B2
The present invention relates to the clinical application of BBP, alone or in combination with other growth factors, for use in bone healing applications, such as spinal surgery. Additional applications include use in orthopedic implantable prostheses and implantation into other surgical sites (e.g., surgical reconstruction, regional osteopenia, etc.) where bone is desired.
US08415301B2
The disclosure pertains to methods of reducing decompensation through acute intervention including in subjects afflicted with acute decompensated heart failure. Particularly, the disclosure provides methods for treating acute cardiac decompensation by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of relaxin.
US08415300B2
A fluid, milky microcrystalline aqueous suspension of a peptide or peptidomimetic and a counter-ion of a strong proton donor in water, wherein the peptide or peptidomimetic and counter-ion are present in amounts and at a molar ratio sufficient to form the suspension upon mixing and without formation of a gel. Also, lyophilized compositions that include a dried suspension, methods of making the lyophilized composition, methods of preparing the suspension, and sustained release formulations prepared by the methods.
US08415293B2
The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation.
US08415291B2
A protein scaffold based on a consensus sequence of the tenth fibronectin type III (FN3) repeat from human fibronectin, preferably human Tenascin, that binds to human TNFα including isolated nucleic acids that encode a protein scaffold, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.
US08415290B2
Protein hydrogel monomers incorporating bio-active proteins and methods for producing the same are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter includes a protein hydrogel monomer including a bio-active protein and two alpha helices that are adapted to interact with alpha helices on other monomers to form coiled-coil junctions.
US08415289B2
This invention relates to a treatment of acne. Specifically, the invention is directed to the use of bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS), isolated from S. salivarius as bactericide or bacteriostat for acne-causing bacteria, namely P. acnes.
US08415287B2
The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising an inorganic particulate perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit.
US08415282B2
The lubricating oil composition of the present invention comprises a base oil for lubricating oil, (A) at least one species selected from the phosphorus compounds represented by the following General Formula (1) or (2) as well as metal salts (excluding molybdenum salts) and amine salts thereof, and (B) an organic molybdenum compound not containing sulfur as a constituent element (in the formula, R1 and R4 represent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 30 carbons, R2, R3, R5 and R6 represent hydrogen atoms or hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 30 carbons, X1 to X7 represent oxygen atoms or sulfur atoms, and n represents 0 or 1).
US08415278B2
A composition for treating a portion of a wellbore or a portion of a subterranean formation is provided, the composition comprising: (a) water; (b) a source of hydrogen peroxide, and (c) an activator for the source of hydrogen peroxide; wherein the pH of the composition is adjusted to be within an appropriate range for the type of activator. A method for treating a portion of a wellbore or a portion of a subterranean formation, the method comprising the steps of: forming or providing a composition comprising: (a) water; (b) a source of hydrogen peroxide, and (c) an activator for the source of hydrogen peroxide; wherein the pH of the composition is adjusted within an appropriate range for the type of activator; and introducing the composition through a wellbore to treat a portion of a wellbore or a portion of a subterranean formation. The activator can be a water-soluble alkanoyl-donor compound or a chelated transition metal. Preferably, the composition further comprises an iron chelating agent. The composition and method are adapted for breaking a viscosity increasing polymer, such as xanthan. The method has particular applications where the static temperature of the portion of the wellbore or the portion of the subterranean formation to be treated is less than 100° F. (38° C.).
US08415277B2
Provided are a bi-functional compound that is positively charged at a first pH and negatively charged at a second pH, a solid support having the bi-functional compound immobilized thereon, and a method of isolating a nucleic acid, including: binding the bi-functional compound with a nucleic acid at a first pH and isolating the nucleic acid from the bi-functional compound at a second pH.
US08415271B2
Strains of psychrophilic bacteria isolated from the rizosphere of Deschampsia antarctica are characterized and biofertilizer compositions comprising one or more of these psychrophilic bacteria strains are disclosed.
US08415263B2
A composite material as a sheet material is described, being relatively cheap, most useful as a raw material of a sanitary product or the like, such as underwear, dust-proof mask or dispensable paper diaper, etc., and good in processability, stretchability, gas-permeability, softness, and touch. The composite material is formed by laminating a stretchable layer and a conjugate spunbonded nonwoven fabric including conjugate fibers including a low-melting-point component and a high-melting-point component. The conjugate fibers are partially bonded to each other by thermocompression, wherein each bonded portion has fine folded structures including alternate hill and valley regions in the CD, and the distance between neighboring hills is 100-400 μm in average. The conjugate spunbonded nonwoven fabric exhibits stretchability through the spread of the fine folded structures, and has, at 5% elongation, a CD-strength of 0.1 N/5 cm or less and an MD/CD strength ratio of 200 or more.
US08415243B1
A bumping process includes providing a silicon substrate, forming a titanium-containing metal layer on the silicon substrate, wherein the titanium-containing metal layer comprises a plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas, forming a photoresist layer on the titanium-containing metal layer, patterning the photoresist layer to form a plurality of opening slots, forming a plurality of bottom coverage layers at the opening slots, proceeding a heat procedure, forming a plurality of external coverage layers to make each of the external coverage layers connect with each of the bottom coverage layers, wherein said external coverage layer and said bottom coverage layer form a wrap layer and completely surround the copper bump, forming a plurality of connective layers on the external coverage layers, removing the photoresist layer, removing the second areas and enabling each of the first areas to form an under bump metallurgy layer.
US08415237B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of loading a substrate into a processing chamber; processing the substrate by supplying plural kinds of reaction substances into the processing chamber multiple number of times; and unloading the processed substrate from the processing chamber, wherein at least one of the plural kinds of reaction substances contains a source gas obtained by vaporizing a liquid source by a vaporizing part; in the step of processing the substrate, vaporizing operation of supplying the liquid source to the vaporizing part and vaporizing the liquid source is intermittently performed, and at least at a time other than performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source, a solvent capable of dissolving the liquid source is flowed to the vaporizing part at a first flow rate; and at a time other than performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source and every time performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source prescribed number of times, the solvent is flowed to the vaporizing part at a second flow rate larger than the first flow rate.
US08415231B2
A photovoltaic device uses a single crystal or polycrystalline semiconductor layer which is separated from a single crystal or polycrystalline semiconductor substrate as a photoelectric conversion layer and has a SOI structure in which the semiconductor layer is bonded to a substrate having an insulating surface or an insulating substrate. A single crystal semiconductor layer which is a separated surface layer part of a single crystal semiconductor substrate and is transferred is used as a photoelectric conversion layer and includes an impurity semiconductor layer to which hydrogen or halogen is added on a light incidence surface or on an opposite surface. The semiconductor layer is fixed to a substrate having an insulating surface or an insulating substrate.
US08415225B2
A semiconductor device may include lower electrodes having different heights depending on positions on a substrate. Supporting layer pattern making a contact with the lower electrodes having a relatively large height is provided. The supporting layer pattern is provided between the lower electrodes for supporting the lower electrodes. A dielectric layer is provided on the lower electrodes and the supporting layer pattern. An upper electrode is formed on the dielectric layer and has a planar upper surface. An inter-metal dielectric layer is provided on the upper electrode. A metal contact penetrating through the inter-metal dielectric layer and making a contact with the upper electrode is formed. A bottom portion of the metal contact faces a portion under where the lower electrode having a relatively small height is formed. The device has a higher reliability.
US08415224B2
Method of fabricating a semiconductor device including forming trenches having particular structures
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes method of fabricating a semiconductor device including providing a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor device region and a second semiconductor device region defined therein, forming a first gate structure in the first semiconductor device region, forming a second gate structure in the second semiconductor device region, forming a first trench adjacent to a first side of the first gate structure, forming a second trench adjacent to a first side of the second gate structure, and forming a first semiconductor pattern in the first trench and forming a second semiconductor pattern in the second trench, wherein the first and second trenches have different cross-sectional shapes from each other.
US08415213B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with NMOS and PMOS transistors is provided. The semiconductor device can lessen a short channel effect, can reduce gate-drain current leakage, and can reduce parasitic capacitance due to gate overlaps, thereby inhibiting a reduction in the operating speed of circuits. An N-type impurity such as arsenic is ion implanted to a relatively low concentration in the surface of a silicon substrate (1) in a low-voltage NMOS region (LNR) thereby to form extension layers (61). Then, a silicon oxide film (OX2) is formed to cover the whole surface of the silicon substrate (1). The silicon oxide film (OX2) on the side surfaces of gate electrodes (51-54) is used as an offset sidewall. Then, boron is ion implanted to a relatively low concentration in the surface of the silicon substrate (1) in a low-voltage PMOS region (LPR) thereby to form P-type impurity layers (621) later to be extension layers (62).
US08415212B2
A method and apparatus are described for fabricating metal gate electrodes (85, 86) over a high-k gate dielectric layer (32) having a rare earth oxide capping layer (44) in at least the NMOS device area by treating the surface of a rare earth oxide capping layer (44) with an oxygen-free plasma process (42) to improve photoresist adhesion, forming a patterned photoresist layer (52) directly on the rare earth oxide capping layer (44), and then applying a wet etch process (62) to remove the exposed portion of the rare earth oxide capping layer (44) from the PMOS device area.
US08415206B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a pre-plated leadframe having a contact pad and a die paddle pad; forming an isolated contact from the pre-plated leadframe and the contact pad; mounting an integrated circuit die over the die paddle pad; and encapsulating with an encapsulation the integrated circuit die and the isolated contact, the encapsulation having a bottom surface which is planar and exposing in the bottom surface only the contact pad and the die paddle pad.
US08415196B2
The present invention provides a method for forming a semiconductor thin film, which is capable of suppressing decrease in mobility due to heating and characteristic deterioration due to the decrease in mobility and which is capable of forming a semiconductor thin film with improved heat resistance by more simple procedures. A solution in which a plurality of types of organic materials including an organic semiconductor material are mixed is applied or printed on a substrate to form a thin film, and the plurality of types of organic materials are phase-separated by a process of drying the thin film. As a result, a layered structure semiconductor thin film is obtained, in which an intermediate layer b composed of an organic insulating material is sandwiched between two semiconductor layers a and a′.
US08415191B2
Embodiments relate to micromachine structures. In one embodiment, a micromachine structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a sensing element. The sensing element is mechanically movable and is disposed intermediate the first and second electrodes and adapted to oscillate between the first and second electrodes. Further, the sensing element includes a FinFET structure having a height and a width, the height being greater than the width.
US08415189B2
Image sensors include a pixel region and a logic region. Pixel isolation regions in the pixel region include pixel isolation region walls that are less sloped than logic isolation region walls in the logic region. An impurity layer also may be provided adjacent at least some of the pixel isolation region walls, wherein at least some of the logic isolation region walls are free of the impurity layer. The impurity layer and/or the less sloped logic isolation region walls may also be provided for NMOS devices in the logic region but not for PMOS devices in the logic region. Doped sacrificial layers may be used to fabricate the impurity layer.
US08415180B2
Provided is a method for fabricating a wafer product including an active layer grown on a gallium oxide substrate and allowing an improvement in emission intensity. In step S105, a buffer layer 13 comprised of a Group III nitride such as GaN, AlGaN, or AlN is grown at 600 Celsius degrees on a primary surface 11a of a gallium oxide substrate 11. After the growth of the buffer layer 13, while supplying a gas G2, which contains hydrogen and nitrogen, into a growth reactor 10, the gallium oxide substrate 11 and the buffer layer 13 are exposed to an atmosphere in the growth reactor 11 at 1050 Celsius degrees. A Group III nitride semiconductor layer 15 is grown on the modified buffer layer. The modified buffer layer includes, for example, voids. The Group III nitride semiconductor layer 15 can be comprised of GaN and AlGaN. When the Group III nitride semiconductor layer 15 is formed of these materials, excellent crystal quality is obtained on the modified buffer layer 14.
US08415172B2
This invention relates to a detection system for measuring a fluorescent signal in a fluorescent assay. The system comprises a probe having a small sensing surface bound with a fluorescent label, and a light source and a detector both mounted at the proximal side of the sensing surface of the substrate. The invention also relates to a method for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample using a probe tip having a small surface area (≦5 mm) and a high molecular weight polymer (≧1 MD) having multiple binding molecules and multiple fluorescent labels. The binding reaction is accelerated by flowing the reaction solutions laterally and moving the probe tip up and down in the reaction vessels. The invention furthers relates to a fluorescent labeling composition comprising a cross-linked FICOLL® molecule having a plurality of binding molecules and a plurality of fluorescent labels.
US08415161B2
The present invention reagents and methods for setting up an instruments having a multiplicity of detector channels for analyzing a multiplicity of fluorescent dyes. The present invention is particularly applicable in the field of flow cytometry.
US08415160B2
Disclosed is a transfection method, which includes the steps of: (a) adhering the gene fragments to dry ice particles; (b) adding the dry ice particles into the medium/liquid that contains target cells; and (c) transporting the gene fragments into the target cells via the micro explosion/sublimation of the dry ice particles. In addition, the gene fragments can also adhere first to nanoparticles, which can then adhere to dry ice particles. Subsequently, gene fragments enter cells by micro explosion/sublimation. The present invention can be applied in transgenic research on prokaryotic, eukaryotic, plant and animal cells and in the development of new species in agriculture.
US08415154B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing adaptive regulatory T cells from effector T cells by contacting the effector T cells with retinoic acid. Adaptive regulatory T cells produced by this method are Foxp3+, home to the gut, and are refractory to reversion in vivo. As such, such cells find application in the treatment of autoimmune disease and facilitating transplantation tolerance.
US08415147B2
The present disclosure relates to the development and use of Closterovirus-based vectors for the delivery of nucleotides to plants. Specifically, the present disclosure provides viral vectors based on Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-2 for the delivery and expression of genes in plants, particularly grape plants. Methods of making and using these vectors, as well as the plants transformed by these vectors, are also contemplated.
US08415143B2
A system for producing a hydrocarbon-producing photosynthetic organism. The system comprises a substantially closed conduit system enclosing a fluid, a fluid-moving mechanism adapted to move the fluid through at least a portion of the conduit system, and a harvester adapted to remove at least a portion of the hydrocarbon-producing photosynthetic organisms from the fluid. The fluid contains a population of a hydrocarbon-producing photosynthetic organism and the conduit system configured to permit at least a portion of the population to receive light suitable for photosynthesis.
US08415141B2
The invention relates to a method for rapid detection of a target nucleic acid amplification product while preventing cross-contamination between target nucleic acid amplification products and avoiding false positives, comprising the steps of: a) leaving the reaction tube unopened after the amplification reaction is finished, so as to prevent the target nucleic acid amplification product from leaking out and resulting in contamination; b) placing the unopened reaction tube inside an enclosed unit, making the target nucleic acid amplification product be transferred to a test strip from the reaction tube in a physically enclosed environment; c) performing detection in a visual read-out manner, and determining the result; d) discarding the enclosed unit in a safety place as a whole without opening it after the detection. The invention also relates to a totally enclosed unit for detecting a target nucleic acid amplification product, and still relates to applications of the totally enclosed rapid detection unit in detection of infectious pathogens, food industry, agriculture, livestock husbandry, customs quarantine control, and determination of DNA.
US08415139B2
Method for packaging cells in culture in a low-pressure environment, and corresponding device. The invention relates to a method for packaging live cells in culture for the purpose of transporting them, wherein said cells are in a culture medium contained in at least one container, characterized in that said method comprises: a phase of filling said container(s) according to a given degree of filling; a step of closure of said container(s) comprising: bagging said container(s) in a flexible sachet; and reducing the pressure inside said sachet; sealing said sachet, with the pressure reduction being maintained, wherein said closure step is carried out under temperature conditions correlated with said degree of filling with a view to avoiding the boiling of said culture medium during said pressure reduction.
US08415136B1
Provided herein are compositions and methods for the heterologous production of acetyl-CoA-derived isoprenoids in a host cell. In some embodiments, the host cell is genetically modified to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, acetylating (ADA, E.C. 1.2.1.10) and an MEV pathway comprising an NADH-using HMG-CoA reductase. In some embodiments, the host cell is genetically modified to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding an ADA and an MEV pathway comprising an acetoacetyl-CoA synthase. In some embodiments, the genetically modified host cell further comprises one or more heterologous nucleotide sequences encoding a phosphoketolase and a phosphotransacetylase. In some embodiments, the genetically modified host cell further comprises a functional disruption of the native PDH-bypass. The compositions and methods described herein provide an energy-efficient yet redox balanced route for the heterologous production of acetyl-CoA-derived isoprenoids.
US08415135B2
Provided is an isolated Lactobacillus plantarum CMU995, which was deposited at the Food Industry Research and Development Institute in Taiwan with the accession number BCRC 910472 and in the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) under accession number DSM 23780. Also provided are a composition comprising Lactobacillus plantarum CMU995 and a method for inhibiting pathogens, protecting the gastrointestinal tract, and/or protecting the urinary tract in a mammal comprising administrating an effective amount of Lactobacillus plantarum CMU995 to the mammal.
US08415132B2
The present invention relates to methods for purification of Vaccinia viruses (VV) and/or Vaccinia virus (VV) particles, which can lead to highly pure and stable virus preparations of predominantly biologically active viruses. The invention encompasses purifying a virus preparation in a sterilized way with high efficiency and desirable yield in terms of purity, biological activity and stability, aspects advantageous for industrial production.
US08415127B2
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
US08415123B2
An apparatus and method for electromagnetic treatment of living tissues and cells comprising: configuring at least one waveform according to a mathematical model having at least one waveform parameter, said at least one waveform to be coupled to a angiogenesis and neovascularization target pathway structure; choosing a value of said at least one waveform parameter so that said at least waveform is configured to be detectable in said angiogenesis and neovascularization target pathway structure above background activity in said target pathway structure; generating an electromagnetic signal from said configured at least one waveform; and coupling said electromagnetic signal to said angiogenesis and neovascularization target pathway structure using a coupling device.
US08415122B2
Biomass feedstocks (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials and/or starchy materials, to produce a product or intermediate, e.g., energy, a food, a fuel, or a material.
US08415100B2
This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating vimentin-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the vimentin nucleotide sequences has been observed in vimentin-associated neoplasia such as neoplasia of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and/or bladder.
US08415094B2
This invention discloses a substantially protein-free cell culture solution for assisted reproductive technologies and methods of use thereof.
US08415074B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode composed of a metallic lithium foil and a positive electrode, the negative electrode and the positive electrode being arranged so as to face each other with an ion-conducting medium therebetween. The positive electrode is formed by a method in which a conductive agent and a binder are mixed, and then the mixture is press-formed onto a current collector. The ion-conducting medium contains, in addition to a lithium salt such as lithium hexafluorophosphate, a halogen such as iodine, and a halogen compound (e.g., lithium iodide). Furthermore, the positive electrode may contain a lithium halide.
US08415070B2
Ionic polymers are made from selected partially fluorinated dienes, in which the repeat units are cycloaliphatic. The polymers are formed into membranes.
US08415060B2
A fuel cell system mounted in a vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a coolant supply mechanism, and a fuel gas supply mechanism. The coolant supply mechanism includes a coolant supply pipe and a coolant discharge pipe, provided on a front side in a traveling direction of the vehicle, relative to the fuel cell stack. The fuel gas supply mechanism includes a fuel gas supply pipe, provided on a rear side in the traveling direction, relative to the fuel cell stack.
US08415058B2
A nonaqueous secondary battery having a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode contains, as an active material, a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing a metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.5 g/cm3 or larger, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a compound having two or more nitrile groups in the molecule
US08415057B2
An electrolytic solution for a lithium battery including a positive electrode having a nickel-cobalt-manganese based active material, the electrolytic solution including a nonaqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt, the nonaqueous organic solvent including ethylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate, a lithium battery including the electrolytic solution, and a method of operating the lithium battery.
US08415054B2
Provided is an anode for use in electrochemical cells, wherein the anode active layer has a first layer comprising lithium metal and a multi-layer structure comprising single ion conducting layers and polymer layers in contact with the first layer comprising lithium metal or in contact with an intermediate protective layer, such as a temporary protective metal layer, on the surface of the lithium-containing first layer. Another aspect of the invention provides an anode active layer formed by the in-situ deposition of lithium vapor and a reactive gas. The anodes of the current invention are particularly useful in electrochemical cells comprising sulfur-containing cathode active materials, such as elemental sulfur.
US08415050B2
Disclosed herein is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly, having pluralities of electrode tabs joined to electrode leads, mounted in a receiving part of a battery case, wherein the battery case has concave steps formed at the inner upper end of the receiving part thereof between electrode tab-electrode lead coupling portions (a cathode terminal portion and an anode terminal portion) of the electrode assembly and at the inner opposite sides of the receiving part thereof corresponding to the opposite sides of the electrode assembly such that the electrode assembly is in tight contact with the concave steps.
US08415044B2
A label indicating exposure to water is disposed in a plastic member of the battery. The label is prevented from being separated and disappeared and from being exchanged or modified arbitrarily by a battery user by having an edge of the label molded to the battery case.
US08415043B2
A battery assembly comprising a housing defining an interior and at least two electrical storage cells located in the interior of the housing. A thermal transfer barrier located in the interior of the housing, the thermal transfer barrier being positioned between the at least two cells in the housing, wherein the thermal transfer barrier is formed of a material having a greater insulation capability than a material of the housing.
US08415026B2
A chain component part has a first coating film formed on an iron base material using a water-based rust preventive paint containing a water-based rust preventive pigment containing a nitrate and having good storing stability. Since zinc is eluted earlier, generation of red rust caused by iron is suppressed, and thus durability is improved. A roller chain includes a zinc-iron alloy ground layer formed on an iron base material by impact zinc plating, a first coating film formed using the water-based rust preventive paint, and a second coating film formed using a water-based top coat paint containing a water-based pigment and a water-soluble or hydrolyzable silane coupling agent containing an amino group.
US08415011B2
A breathable, heat-sealable composite film comprising first and second layers of polymeric material wherein (i) the polymeric material of the first layer comprises copolyester comprising monomeric units derived from one or more diol(s); one or more dicarboxylic acid(s); and one or more poly(alkylene oxide) glycol(s); and (ii) the second layer is a heat-sealable polymeric layer, and a process for the production thereof.
US08415006B2
Disclosed herein are processes for making a consolidated or densified composite article comprising polymer, particularly fluoropolymer, and oriented carbon fiber, which provides suitability for use in chemical-mechanical applications.
US08415005B2
In order to provide a non-stick coating which permits a very high coat thickness even under load, a polymeric matrix with embedded non-stick particles is used.
US08415001B2
A decorative member composing a casing includes: a resin layer (2) having a front surface (2b) and a back surface (2a); and a reflective layer (3) formed on the back surface (2a) of the resin layer (2). The back surface (2a) of the resin layer (2) includes a receding surface (21) formed therein. The receding surface recedes gradually toward the front surface (2b) to change a thickness of the resin layer (2). The receding surface (21) is a concave surface forming a depression that opens while broadening. The back surface (2a) of the resin layer (2) has a reference surface (22) around the receding surface (21), and a portion of the reference surface (22) facing an internal space of the casing is a roughened area (4).
US08414989B2
Cyclodextrin compositions including one or more radiation polymerizable monomers and a cyclodextrin inclusion complex, the cyclodextrin inclusion complex including a cyclodextrin compound and an olefinic inhibitor of an ethylene generation in produce, are coated onto packaging materials and cured. Treated containers and treated package inserts having the cured cyclodextrin compositions are useful in packaging of respiring plant materials.
US08414981B2
Disclosed are methods for applying and curing a multilayer coating on a substrate. The methods include applying to an aluminum substrate a primer composition, coalescing the composition to form a substantially continuous film over the substrate, exposing the film to radiation to cure the film, applying a second composition to the cured film, coalescing the second composition to form a substantially continuous second film, and curing the second film. The primer composition includes a polyene and a polythiol.
US08414980B2
A method of fabricating hydrophobic and oleophobic polymer fabric through two stages of modification using atmospheric plasmas including (a) moving a substrate into an atmospheric plasma area, generating an atmospheric filamentary discharge plasma with a first plasma working gas to obtain a first rough surface of said substrate, (b) exposing plasma treated substrate to air to obtain highly active peroxide on said first rough surface of said substrate, (c) immersing said substrate in a solution of fluorocarbon compound and processing a first stage of graft of a fluorocarbon monomer or oligomer on said substrate to obtain a grafted fluorocarbon monomer or oligomer layer on said first rough surface of said substrate, (d) processing a second stage of graft a fluorocarbon functional group to said grafted fluorocarbon monomer or oligomer layer by generating a carbon tetrafluoride plasma from a second plasma working gas and irradiating said carbon tetrafluoride plasma on said grafted fluorocarbon monomer or oligomer layer; and (e) curing and drying said substrate.
US08414978B2
A method for fixing images in plastic moldings which allows images to be fixed in a plastic molding in such a way that the image is embedded therein and does not experience lasting changes, even for elastic plastic moldings. To avoid loss of image quality when the image is transferred into the plastic molding, the method for fixing images in plastic moldings after generating an image on an adhesive layer is characterized in that an image receptor layer of liquid plastic is applied to the image which, with or without an additional carrier, is generated on the adhesive layer. Components of the adhesive layer are at least partially miscible with the liquid plastic when it is applied. The liquid plastic phase is then converted to a solid plastic phase.
US08414977B2
A masking jig for specifying a coating region on which a coating is formed by spraying copper powder onto a front surface of an insulating substrate from a cold spray device. This masking jig includes a metal member formed with an opening for specifying the coating region and placed in contact with the front surface of the insulating substrate. The metal member internally includes a heating wire is provided to heat the vicinity of the opening. A cooler is connected to a back surface of the insulating substrate.
US08414976B2
Provided is a method for disposing a component on a substrate (100), the method comprising steps of: a step (a) of preparing the substrate (100), a first liquid, and a component-dispersing liquid; a step (b) of applying the first liquid to the substrate (100) along the +X direction continuously to dispose the first liquid on hydrophilic lines (112) and hydrophilic body regions (111) along the +X direction alternately; a step (c) of bringing the component-dispersing liquid in contact with the first liquid disposed on the hydrophilic region (111); and a step (d) of removing the first liquid and the second liquid from the substrate (100) to dispose the component on the hydrophilic region (111).
US08414975B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for continuous coating with a rotational die in which coating materials flow in a radial direction. The linear speed of a substrate in need of coating is identical to the tangential speed of the surface of the rotational die so that the coating material, which flows in a radial direction of the rotational die, flows onto the substrate perpendicularly. Therefore, the ingredients of coating materials overlap one another (or stand vertically as a layer), and the vertical sequence of the coating material is ensured. This method and apparatus can be used to make organic electronic devices, organic light-emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic devices. Particularly, this method and apparatus can be used in bulk-hetero-junction of mixed coating of P-type and N-type semiconductors.
US08414974B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing silicon nanotubes including forming non-catalytic metal islands on a substrate; forming catalyst metal doughnuts to surround the non-catalytic metal islands; and growing silicon nanotubes on the catalyst metal doughnuts. The silicon nanotubes are efficiently grown using the catalyst metal doughnuts.
US08414967B2
A method for producing a magnetic recording medium having a magnetically partitioned magnetic recording pattern, comprising a step of forming a magnetic layer contains 0.5-6 atomic % of an oxide on a non-magnetic substrate; and a step of exposing regions of the magnetic layer, which magnetically partition the magnetic recording pattern, to a reactive plasma or reactive ion. The magnetic layer preferably has a non-granular structure, and in-plane orientated. After the step of exposure of the magnetic layer to a reactive plasma or reactive ion, a surface at least in said regions of magnetic layer having been exposed to the reactive plasma or reactive ion is preferably irradiated with an inert gas. Thus, a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic recording pattern with a high precision, and having high electromagnetic conversion characteristics and high recording density can be produced with an enhanced productivity.
US08414963B2
The structure comprises at least a device, for example a microelectronic chip, and at least a getter arranged in a cavity under a controlled atmosphere delineated by a substrate and a sealing cover. The getter comprises at least one preferably metallic getter layer, and an adjustment sub-layer made from pure metal, situated between the getter layer and the substrate, on which it is formed. The adjustment sub-layer is designed to modulate the activation temperature of the getter layer. The getter layer comprises two elementary getter layers.
US08414960B2
A production method of an ink composition for organic EL devices comprises preparing a composition containing a polymer organic EL material and an organic solvent; and applying an electric field to the composition. Preferably, a composition containing a polymer organic EL material prepared by a coupling reaction between a halogenated aromatic compound and an aromatic boron compound in the presence of palladium catalyst or nickel catalyst, an organic solvent, and an aromatic carboxylic acid contained in an amount of 0.01-1 wt % based on the total amount of the organic solvent and aromatic carboxylic acid is prepared.
US08414956B2
A medicinal inhalation device having a non-metal coating applied by plasma deposition under ion bombardment conditions.
US08414950B2
The invention provides methods of purifying Rebaudioside D from the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant extract along with Rebaudioside A. The methods are useful for producing high purity Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside A. The invention further provides a low-calorie table top tablet containing the purified Rebaudioside D and a process for making the low-calorie table top tablet containing the purified Rebaudioside D.
US08414948B2
The invention provides methods of purifying Rebaudioside D from the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant extract along with Rebaudioside A. The methods are useful for producing high purity Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside A. The invention further provides a low-calorie ice cream containing the purified Rebaudioside D and a process for making the low-calorie ice cream containing the purified Rebaudioside D.
US08414934B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating or preventing infestation of a site with a spider.
US08414926B1
The present invention concerns nanoparticles, compositions comprising the nanoparticles, methods for their production, and methods of using the nanoparticles for the delivery of biologically active agents (e.g., antibiotics or other drugs) to human or non-human subjects. In one embodiment, the nanoparticle is a “surfactant-free” nanoparticle in which the surfactant moiety is covalently attached to the backbone of the polymer.
US08414925B2
An article containing N-acylchitosan is manufactured by a process comprising the steps of providing a mixture containing chitosan and/or N-acylchitosan, and extruding the mixture to form an N-acylchitosan hydrogel. Alternatively, the process comprising the steps of providing a chitosan and/or N-acylchitosan hydrogel, and extruding the hydrogel. An article with a memorized shape is formed by fixing the N-acylchitosan hydrogel in a desired shape, and at least partially drying the fixed hydrogel. A patient is treated by injecting the N-acylchitosan hydrogel.
US08414924B2
An object of the present invention is to establish a cell transplantation method which can markedly improve the survival of grafted pluripotent stem cells and the efficiency of cardiomyocyte regeneration in cell therapy using pluripotent stem cells derived from heart tissue and can treat heart disease further effectively. Specifically, according to the present invention, enhancement in the survival of grafted pluripotent stem cells and significant improvement in the efficiency of cardiomyocyte regeneration are achieved by using, in combination, pluripotent stem cells derived from heart tissue and a hydrogel containing a basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in cell therapy for heart disease.
US08414923B2
A method for the immobilization of bioactive molecules within a polymer substrate to be employed as an oral drug delivery system is provided. A water insoluble carrier matrix can be provided that is water swellable, and biologically active agents can be incorporated. The matrix can be a macromolecular network synthesized by gamma radiation at temperatures between −78 degrees Celsius to a boiling point of a component elected for polymerization.
US08414920B2
This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing irbesartan, providing oral formulations with a high relative amount or concentration of irbesartan. In one embodiment, the present invention provides an oral formulation of irbesartan containing greater than 70% w/w irbesartan. In another embodiment, the invention provides an oral formulation of irbesartan which exhibits a dissolution profile according to which greater than about 85% of the Irbesartan is dissolved within about 30 minutes using USP apparatus 2, placing the tablet in 1000 mL of 0.1N hydrochloric acid at 37° C. with paddle speed of 50 rpm. The formulation can optionally contain at least one additional active ingredient.
US08414918B2
Formulations containing imatinib, preferably imatinib mesylate, with high polymorphic stability and the processes for the preparation thereof are disclosed.
US08414912B2
The present invention relates generally to devices and methods for administering one or more active agents to the eye of a human or animal patient in need thereof, and more particularly to devices for application to the cornea which release active agent to the eye in a controlled manner.
US08414907B2
Embodiments include coatings or surface treatments for medical instruments, devices, and/or implants that promote soft tissue healing. More particularly, embodiments relate to treating portions of instruments, devices, and implants where tissue healing is desired with tissue healing promoting treatments.
US08414882B2
The present invention provides a method for effectively and reproducibly infecting canines with Leishmania infantum using sand flies to vector the parasite. The inventive method comprises several steps, including ensuring canines are naïve to Leishmania, infecting the canines using bites of Leishmania-infected sand fly bites, and evaluating successful transmission of the Leishmania parasites.
US08414879B2
The present invention is a superporous hydrogel with cells encapsulated within the hydrogel matrix, and a method for producing the same.
US08414877B2
The present application discloses a method of treating a disease that is treatable by therapeutic angiogenesis comprising administering to a needy subject an effective amount of a chimeric coiled coil molecule comprising a coiled-coil domain linked to a receptor binding domain of a ligand.
US08414872B2
The present invention includes a hair straightening formulation consisting of a hair fixative that will straighten the hair for at least 2-3 months after one application despite frequent washings of the hair as well as methods for obtaining said formulation. The formulation comprises as active ingredients one or more keratin hydrolysates and an aldehyde. Hair straightening system comprising shampoo and one or more conditioners are also provided. The invention is further directed to a method for straightening hair using said formulation.
US08414867B2
A dry powder suitable for inhalation in a dry powder inhaler, the powder comprising a carrier, an active agent and at least 0.5% by weight of magnesium stearate, the powder being further characterized in that the less than 10% of the surface of the carrier material is covered with particles of magnesium stearate. The invention is also directed to a method of making dry powders by blending together the ingredients mentioned in a diffusion blender for a period of time that is less than 60 minutes.
US08414866B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method, in particular to a MRI method enabling early detection of myocardial ischemia.
US08414862B2
The present invention relates to synthesis of copper zinc tin sulfide, Cu2ZnSnS4, and its corresponding selenide and telluride analogs in ionic liquids. Cu2ZnSnS4 and related compounds are useful as absorber materials in thin film solar cells.
US08414860B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling a catalytic layer deposition process are provided. A feed stream comprising a carbon source is provided to a catalyst layer. An asymmetrical alternating current is applied to the catalyst layer. A polarization impedance of the catalyst layer is monitored. The polarization impedance can be controlled by varying the asymmetrical alternating current. The controlling of the polarization impedance provides control over the structure and amount of carbon particles deposited on the catalyst layer. The carbon particles may be in the form of nanotubes, fullerenes, and/or nanoparticles.
US08414855B2
Spherical boron nitride nanoparticles having an average particle diameter of less than 50 nm is obtained by a method of synthesizing spherical boron nitride nanoparticles including the following steps; heating a mixture of boric acid ester and nitrogen gas in ammonia gas and argon gas to form reaction product; crystallizing reaction product to form precursor of spherical boron nitride nanoparticles; and, heating the precursor in inert gas.
US08414854B2
This invention relates to crystalline boehmitic aluminas the crystallites of which exhibit unusual dimensional differences in the space directions 020 and 120. This invention further relates to a method for preparing such aluminas and the follow-up products obtained therefrom by calcination.
US08414846B2
The present invention is a single self-contained device for collecting, transferring, extracting, and testing for the presence of a target analyte in a sample obtained from a surface by swabbing, solid materials (pills, capsules, unknown powders), air samples and biological and non-biological fluids. The device includes a swab, a retention well including eluent fluid, and analysis technologies which can include but are not limited to lateral flow testing analysis. The major improvement is the invention of rinsing the swab with proprietary elution fluid prior to testing thereby not compromising the chemistry and allowing for a wide variety of applications under extremely hot or cold field conditions. Also, the device is in one self-contained unit instead of having a separate water dropper or spray. Moreover, the shape of the device is similar to a magic marker so it is more substantial than any drug tester on the market, as well in certain embodiments it can have grips resembling a gun and in certain embodiments can even emit sounds or smells when a surface is wiped or a positive test is attained.
US08414835B2
The present invention relates to oxygen storage components for catalytic converters for automobile exhaust systems, particularly for those with petrol-driven engines. In accordance with the present invention there is provided a ceria containing mixed oxide suitable as an oxygen storage material having a ceria content in the range 10 to 80% by weight and at least one metal oxide in an amount of less than 0.5% by weight, wherein the metal is selected from the first row transition elements and the group IVB elements of the periodic table. The inventions also provides an oxygen storage material for catalytic converters for automobile exhaust systems comprising an oxide of the present invention.
US08414828B2
A material is presented that exhibits excellent corrosion resistance to supercritical ammonia and is suitable for a supercritical ammonia reactor. An Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy includes from 15% or more to 50% or less by mass of Cr and any one or both of Mo and W, wherein a [(content of Mo)+0.5×(content of W)] is from 1.5% or more to 8.5% or less by mass, a value of 1.8×[% content of Cr]/{[% content of Mo]+0.5×[% content of W]} is from 3.0 or more to 70.0 or less and the balance is Ni and an unavoidable impurity. The alloy may be used to configure a supercritical ammonia reactor or the material is coated on a surface that contacts with a supercritical ammonia fluid. The alloy exhibits excellent corrosion resistance to supercritical ammonia and a mineralizer added the supercritical ammonia. The safety and reliability of an apparatus can be improved, the producing cost can be reduced, the apparatus lifetime can be extended and the running cost can be reduced.
US08414826B2
A device for exchanging tundish nozzles juxtaposed at a bottom of a tundish includes a pair of first arms and a pair of second arms. The pair of first arms presses and supports a first lower nozzle. The first lower nozzle is located at an undersurface of a first upper nozzle. The first upper nozzle us placed at the bottom of the tundish. The pair of second arms presses and supports a second lower nozzle. The second lower nozzle is located at an undersurface of a second upper nozzle. The second upper nozzle is places at the bottom of the tundish and next to the first upper nozzle. The pair of first arms and the pair of second arms are adjoined to each other, and the pairs at least partly overlap each other.
US08414824B2
Method for producing a large size mirror from a thin film, involving (a) the attachment of a thin film to a suction chamber, the edge of which has the required geometry of the mirror, and (b) the production of a controllable partial vacuum in the suction chamber so that the thin film takes on the required geometry of the mirror. The method is characterized in that the region of the mirror having the required geometry is enlarged by preshaping the thin film, prior to the attachment thereof to the suction chamber, by controlled tensioning in a closed pressurization chamber comprising two circular discs with a common axis and a thin film which is attached to the edges of the discs and the lateral sides of which are conjoined so as to form a conical surface, and by additionally tensioning the thin film by means of a mechanism for moving the discs apart along the common axis thereof. In order to facilitate and accelerate the process of forming a mirror from a thin film, the pressurization chamber together with the thin film attached thereto is placed in a thermal box in which the film is uniformly heated to an optimum temperature for deforming the film under increased pressure in the pressurization chamber.
US08414822B2
The present invention describes a method for curing polymers and polymer composites with X-rays generated by the bremsstrahlung effect, using a high power, high energy electron beam. The process generates X-rays with sufficient throughput and penetration for commercial use. The present invention employs high power, high energy electron beams to create the X-rays. The beams are typically run at energies ranging from 1 MeV to 10 MeV, preferably from 3 MeV to 10 MeV, and more preferably from 5 MeV to 7 MeV. The beams typically have powers ranging from 30 kW or higher, preferably 80 kW or higher, more preferably 100 kW of higher, and ideally at least 200 kW. Suitable polymers and polymer composites include, but are not limited to, polymeric molding materials, fiber reinforced molding materials, reactive monomer impregnated wood, similar and dissimilar materials bonded through adhesives.
US08414813B2
In a method of making multi-component plastic molded parts, using an apparatus which includes two outer platens with first half-molds, and a middle platen with second half-molds interacting with the first half-molds such as to define cavities in two parting planes for injection of a plastic melt and/or a PUR mixture, one of the first and second half-molds can move in increments relative to the other one of the first and second half-molds, thereby forming different cavities in the parting planes from cycle to cycle. In a first cycle preforms are produced in respective cavities and then held in one of the first and second half-molds as the other one of the first and second half-molds moves in increments. Further components can then be injected into cavities formed in the parting planes from cycle to cycle, while another process step can be executed from cycle to cycle in free half-molds.
US08414808B2
The invention relates to composite components and methods of producing composite components. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of producing a composite component using anaerobically digested biomass. In still yet another embodiment, the method further comprises using liquid effluent from the digester. In still yet another embodiment, the method further comprises wet-mat forming and cold pressing the anaerobically digested biomass and wet-mat drying under heat and pressure.
US08414804B2
The present invention relates to aqueous processes for the production of silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
US08414787B2
Methods and devices for selective etching in a semiconductor process are shown. Chemical species generated in a reaction chamber provide both a selective etching function and concurrently form a protective coating on other regions. An electron beam provides activation to selective chemical species. In one example, reactive species are generated from a plasma source to provide an increased reactive species density. Addition of other gasses to the system can provide functions such as controlling a chemistry in a protective layer during a processing operation. In one example an electron beam array such as a carbon nanotube array is used to selectively expose a surface during a processing operation.
US08414783B2
A method of forming double-sided patterns in a touch panel circuit is disclosed. A first conductive layer and a second conductive layer are respectively formed on both sides of a substrate. A blocking layer is formed on a top surface of the first conductive layer for blocking ultraviolet (UV) light. A first photoresist layer is formed on a top surface of the blocking layer, and a second photoresist layer is formed on a bottom surface of the second conductive layer. Accordingly, two sides of the substrate may be exposed, developed and etched at the same time, thereby substantially simplifying the process of manufacturing the touch panel circuit.
US08414779B2
A UV disinfection system and methods of UV disinfection are provided. The disinfection system may include a UV transparent conduit to carry a flowing liquid to be disinfected, the conduit having an inlet to receive the liquid and an outlet to discharge the liquid and two or more radiation sources positioned within the conduit substantially perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the conduit. The walls of the conduit may be coated with a reflective coating acting as a back-surface mirror for enhancing the performance of the disinfection system.
US08414777B2
A coalescing apparatus including a casing having an inner chamber for accommodating insulating fluid. At least one tube of electrically insulating material extends through the casing and the chamber. Each tube forms a flow channel for emulsion to be treated. A set of electrodes is mounted in the chamber. The tube is allotted at least one pair of electrodes of the set. A voltage set is configured to apply mutually different electric potentials to the electrodes of each electrode pair so as to form an electric field between them and thereby an electric field inside the respective tube. A heater is configured to heat the insulating fluid so as to allow the insulating fluid to transfer heat to emulsion flowing through at least one tube and thereby raise the temperature of the emulsion. An emulsion treatment system includes a coalescing apparatus. A coalescing method.
US08414776B2
A sucker-rod pumping system includes diametrically charged rare earth magnets having significant monopolar character mounted on the rod string and, optionally, within a magnet barrel below the pump barrel. The magnets are jacketed to preclude contact with crude petroleum. The magnets subject the petroleum to a significant magnetic flux to substantially preclude precipitation of paraffins and asphaltenes with a minimum of retrofit to existing equipment and without substantially altering the operation of the rod string.
US08414770B2
Systems and methods for performing anaerobic digestion of biomaterials using a clarifier, a batch reactor, and/or a digester are disclosed. The clarifier performs pretreatment processing of biomaterial to improve anaerobic digestion. The batch reactor and/or the digester are coupled to the clarifier and are configured to digest the processed biomaterial. A control system for an anaerobic digestion process includes a flow control system, a temperature control system, and a totalization system. The flow control system controls the flow of biomaterial and the delivery of chemical agents to the biomaterial based on conductivity, temperature, pressure, and/or composition of the biomaterial. The temperature control system includes a heat source and heat exchangers that control the temperature of the biomaterial. The totalization system senses the volume of biomaterial in at least one stage of an anaerobic digestion process and a controller controls the flow control system based upon the sensed volume of biomaterial.
US08414769B2
A disc filter includes several triangular sectors that are connected from their neck section to the body of the disc filter. The sectors form a relatively thin disc that is rotated during filtration in a basin that contains a suspension to be filtered. The side surfaces of the sector have openings through which liquid in the suspension passes into several essentially radial flow channels inside the sector to flow on to the neck section and away from the sector. A separating wall is formed between two adjacent radial flow channels. Furthermore, the sector is made of two side elements, which are of plastic material and the mating surfaces of which are placed against each other.
US08414768B2
The present invention constitutes dialysate formulations that are suitable for use in preparing dialysate solutions for use in batch and/or proportioning systems and for improving dialysis efficiency by reducing or preventing clotting of the dialysis flow paths. The dialysate chemical formulations for one batch of dialysate comprise an acid concentrate stored in a first vessel, and a citrate-containing bicarbonate concentrate stored in a second vessel. The contents of the first and second vessels are emptied into a dialysate preparation tank and mixed with water to form a batch quantity of dialysate solution. Alternately, a dry acid and/or a dry citrate-containing base concentrates are dissolved separately in measured quantities of water to form liquid concentrates which are then used in conjunction with a proportioning machine to generate on-line a final dialysis solution stream.
US08414765B2
A system for processing cells is disclosed. The system may include a container having an inner wall, a plunger adapted to be slidably positioned within the container, at least one inlet port through which a fluid can enter the container, at least one outlet port through which a fluid can exit the container, at least one effluent port through which an effluent can exit the container, a first check valve in fluid connection with the inlet port and a second check valve in fluid connection with the effluent port. The plunger may include a filter that allows fluid to pass therethrough but prevents cells from passing therethrough. Rearward motion of the plunger may be adapted to draw fluid into the system via the inlet port and forward motion of the plunger may be adapted to force effluent out of the system via the effluent port.
US08414761B2
A biosensor comprises a space part for sucking and housing a sample formed of two upper and lower plates, the two plates being stuck together by an adhesive layer, the space part for sucking and housing the sample being constituted so as to be partially opened in the peripheral part and partially closed by the adhesive layer, and has a working electrode having at least glucose oxidase immobilized thereon and a counter electrode on the same plane of the plate.
US08414754B1
Analysis of samples is facilitated. According to an example embodiment, an electrophoresis approach involves electrophoretically stacking and/or separating a sample or samples. An electrolyte and a mixture of one or more samples with another electrolyte are added to a microchannel or capillary. An electric field is applied to stack (and, in some applications, further separate) the one or more samples. Generally, the electric field and electrolyte are used to facilitate isotachophoretic (ITP) stacking. In some embodiments, a further electric field is applied and used with the electrolyte to facilitate subsequent capillary electrophoresis (CE).
US08414746B2
A method is provided for producing crystalline nanoparticle semiconductor material. The method includes the steps of mixing a precursor in a solvent to form a reaction mixture and subjecting the reaction mixture to microwave dielectric heating at sufficient power to achieve a superheating temperature of the reaction mixture. A growth-phase reaction is permitted to proceed, wherein nanoparticles are formed in the heated reaction mixture. The reaction is then quenched to substantially terminate nanoparticle formation.
US08414741B2
A tissue papermaking machine is described, comprising a wet section and a press section comprising a single press with first and second press elements forming a press nip, and with a press felt running through the press nip in contact with the formed fiber web, whereby the second press element is arranged inside the loop of the press and felt, and a smooth belt runs through the press nip in contact with the formed fiber web, whereby the first press element is arranged inside the loop of the belt, and a transfer roll arranged inside the loop of the belt forming a transfer nip with a drying surface, whereby the smooth belt carries the fiber web between the press nip and the transfer nip. A pre-dewatering device is arranged upstream of the press to dewater the fiber web to a dry content of 15-30%. Associated methods are also provided.
US08414735B2
A ring-shaped component for use in a plasma processing includes an inner ring-shaped member provided to surround an outer periphery of a substrate to be subjected to the plasma processing and an outer ring-shaped member provided to surround an outer periphery of the inner ring-shaped member. The outer ring-shaped member has a first surface facing a processing space side and a second surface facing an opposite side of the plasma generation side. The second surface has thereon one or more ring-shaped grooves.
US08414734B2
The present invention provides a system (100) for aligning a dispensing apparatus (110) utilized within a semiconductor deposition chamber (102). A stationary reference apparatus (106) is disposed along the bottom of the deposition chamber. A self-alignment support system (122), comprising one or more support components (124), is intercoupled between the dispensing apparatus and a deposition system exterior component (112). The self-alignment support system is adapted to facilitate and secure repositioning of the dispensing apparatus responsive to pressure applied to the dispensing surface (114) thereof. A non-yielding offset component (126) is placed upon a first surface (108) of the stationary reference apparatus. The dispensing surface of the dispensing apparatus is engaged with the offset component, and pressure is applied to the dispensing apparatus via the offset component until a desired alignment is achieved.
US08414731B2
A method matching and splicing ends of carrier tape. A Uniquely patterned tab can be provided at an end/edge of carrier tape A and a uniquely patterned notch can be provided at an end/edge of carrier tape B. The uniquely patterned notch is complimentary to the uniquely patterned tab. The edge of carrier tape A is indexed (matched) to the edge of carrier tape B. The end/edge of carrier tape A and end/edge of carrier tape B can be secured together with adhesive tape that can be placed on at least one surface of carrier tape A and B. The uniquely patterned notch is complimentary to the uniquely patterned tab identify matching electronic components carried by carrier tape A and B. Indicia printed at the ends of carrier tape can also be used to identify component values in addition to use of unique tabs and notches formed at edge of tapes.
US08414724B2
A structural member such as a strut includes a composite material tube having metal end fittings that are attached to the tube by co-bonded, double shear joints. The double shear bond joint construction reduces the residual stress on the bonds that result from mismatch of the coefficients of thermal expansion of the composite tube and the metal end fittings. The ends of the fittings that are bonded to the tube may include a stepped profile that functions to limit the peak stresses in the bonds.
US08414715B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise carbon steels and methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, a double austenizing procedure is disclosed in which a selected steel composition is formed and subjected to heat treatment to refine the steel microstructure. In one embodiment, the heat treatment may comprise austenizing and quenching the formed steel composition a selected number of times (e.g., 2) prior to tempering. In another embodiment, the heat treatment may comprise subjecting the formed steel composition to austenizing, quenching, and tempering a selected number of times (e.g., 2). Steel products formed from embodiments of the steel composition in this manner (e.g., seamless tubular bars and pipes) will possess high yield strength, at least about 175 ksi (about 1200 MPa) while maintaining good toughness.
US08414712B2
Disclosed are a thin strip of an amorphous alloy having excellent workability, a nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy which can stably provide good magnetic properties, and a magnetic core using the nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy. The thin strip of an amorphous alloy is characterized in that the thin strip is formed of an alloy having a composition represented by Fe100-a-b-c-dMaSibBcCud (atomic %), wherein 0≦a≦10, 0≦b≦20, 4≦c≦20, 0.1≦d≦3, and 9≦a+b+c≦35, and containing unavoidable impurities, and, in the composition, M represents at least one element selected from Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W, a Cu segregated part is present, on the surface side of the thin strip of the amorphous alloy, in which Cu is segregated at a higher concentration than the Cu concentration in the outermost surface part of the thin strip of the amorphous alloy, and the highest Cu concentration in the Cu segregated part is not more than 4 atomic %.
US08414705B2
A seal mechanism that can prevent the occurrence of corrosion and abnormal discharge. The seal mechanism is disposed between first and second structural members having opposing surfaces. A first seal trench and a second seal trench are formed respectively in a first opposing surface of the first structural member and in a second opposing surface of the second structural member. A first seal member and a second seal member are housed respectively in the first and second seal trenches. The first seal member and the second seal member are brought into pressure contact with each other. These seal trenches have a first seal surface and a second seal surface from which aluminum is exposed, and further have first shut-off surface disposed between the first opposing surface and the first seal surface and a second shut-off surface disposed between the second opposing surface and the second seal surface. The first seal member has a first covering portion that covers the first shut-off surface, and the second seal member has a second covering portion that covers the second shut-off surface.
US08414704B2
The present invention relates to a bonding structure, including: a ceramic member including a hole; a terminal embedded in the ceramic member, an exposed surface exposed to a bottom portion of the hole, and made of a refractory metal having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially equal to a thermal expansion coefficient of the ceramic member; a brazed bond layer including a first tantalum layer in contact with the exposed surface of the terminal, a gold layer formed on the first tantalum layer, and a second tantalum layer formed on the gold layer; and a connecting member inserted in the hole, bonded to the terminal via the brazed bond layer, and made of a refractory metal having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of the ceramic member.
US08414699B2
Low density additives and methods of making said additives for composite materials are provided. The low density additives have at least a partial or complete water repellant property that reduces moisture migration, absorption, and retention within a composite material in which it is incorporated into. Active sites are engineered onto the surface of the low density additives to enhance bonding of the additives within a composite matrix. Reduced water movement and enhanced bonding lead to an increased strength and durability performance for a composite material comprising such additives. Composite materials incorporating one or more engineered low density additives as also provided, such composite materials having enhanced strength and durability. Such composite materials may be made from a Hatschek process. The composite materials may be further used as interior and exterior building products.
US08414694B2
Provided are a CO2 absorber that reduces CO2 contained in flue gas; a regenerator that reduces CO2 contained in rich solvent absorbing CO2 to regenerate the rich solvent, so that lean solvent having the CO2 reduced in the regenerator is reused in the CO2 absorber; a heat exchanger that allows the rich solvent to exchange heat with the lean solvent; and a controller that controls to extract rich solvent portion that is part of the rich solvent, to allow the rich solvent portion to by pass the heat exchanger, and to be supplied into the top of the regenerator without exchanging heat so as to minimize a sum of an enthalpy that is taken out of the regenerator as CO2 gas accompanying steam and an enthalpy of the lean solvent after heat exchange with the rich solvent in the heat exchanger.
US08414690B2
Heat-exchangers and biogas conditioners including a heat exchange member disposed between upper and lower flanges of the apparatus in which at least the heat exchange member is formed of a highly thermally conductive material (e.g., at least 50 W/m−K) such as aluminum or aluminum alloy. A bed of zeolite is loaded within the apparatus so as to be in contact with the heat exchange member. The heat exchange member is shaped and configured so that any given location of the zeolite bed is no more than about 3 inches from the heat exchange member comprising the highly thermally conductive material.
US08414689B2
A process for the reduction of carbon dioxide (or CO2) from various types of gas emitting sources containing carbon dioxide, including the reduction of carbon dioxide from industrial gas emitting sources via the use of an ion exchange material.
US08414675B2
According to the present disclosure an air cleaner and air filter cartridge arrangement is provided. The air filter cartridge is a removable and replaceable cartridge for use in the air cleaner. The cartridge includes, among other things, an end cap having a preferred outwardly directed radial seal and a groove. The air cleaner includes a housing with a ring projecting into an interior, positioned to project against an end of the filter cartridge, when the filter cartridge is mounted for use. Methods of assembly and installation are described.
US08414654B1
An implant device for humans or mammals has a body structure having an exposed surface and one or more selected portions of the exposed surface having a bone formation enhancing 3-dimensional pattern. The exposed surface can be on exterior portions of the body structure or internal portions of the body structure or both. The one or more selected portions of the exposed portions having the bone formation enhancing 3-dimensional patterns are in the external exposed surfaces or in the internal exposed surfaces or both internal and external exposed surfaces.
US08414651B2
An intervertebral implant includes a body having an upper surface, a lower surface and a transverse fastener hole. The body includes a dynamic fixation mechanism for seating a fastener in the fastener hole and translating the fastener relative to the implant to accommodate subsidence of the implant. In one embodiment, an implant includes a transverse slot with an elongated seat for translating a seated fastener relative to the implant. In another embodiment, an implant includes a displaceable sliding member for translating a fastener relative to the implant.
US08414642B2
A stent is fabricated utilizing a polymer that is selected for its tendency to degrade from the surface inwardly rather than undergo bulk erosion so as to substantially reduce the risk of large particles becoming detached and being swept downstream. Such polymer is hydrophobic yet has water-labile linkages interconnecting the monomers. Ester or imide bonds are incorporated in the polymer to render the surface degrading materials suitable for use in stent applications. The stent may be coated with such polymer or may be wholly formed therefrom.
US08414639B2
A stent has a first stent body and a second stent body. The first stent body is a rolled stent having a first end and a second end and the second stent body is a tubular stent. The stent has a deployed state, the stent being within a body lumen in the deployed state. The second stent body at least partially disposed within the first stent body when the stent is in the deployed state so that the first end of the first stent body overlaps the second end of the first stent body for a first overlap length.
US08414637B2
A stent having a transitional section positioned between a middle section with different struts lengths and circumferentially non-aligned peaks, and a symmetrical section that has equal strut lengths and circumferentially aligned peaks.
US08414636B2
A stent graft introducer has stent graft releasably retained onto a deployment catheter and a sheath encloses the stent graft. A handle assembly has a handle, a first slide and a second slide. The first slide retracts within the second slide and the second slide retracts within the handle. An actuation arrangement comprises a first longitudinal gear rack on the first slide, a second longitudinal gear rack on the second slide and a ratchet lever assembly on the handle. Actuation of the ratchet lever assembly causes the second slide to fully retract into the handle at which time the ratchet lever assembly engages the first gear rack through an aperture in the second rack and continued actuation causes retraction of the first slide thereby retracting the sheath from the pusher to expose the stent graft.
US08414635B2
Self-expandable, woven intravascular devices for use as stents (both straight and tapered), filters (both temporary and permanent) and occluders for insertion and implantation into a variety of anatomical structures. The devices may be formed from shape memory metals such as nitinol. The devices may also be formed from biodegradable materials. Delivery systems for the devices include two hollow tubes that operate coaxially. A device is secured to the tubes prior to the implantation and delivery of the device by securing one end of the device to the outside of the inner tube and by securing the other end of the device to the outside of the outer tube. The stents may be partially or completely covered by graft materials, but may also be bare. The devices may be formed from a single wire. The devices may be formed by either hand or machine weaving. The devices may be created by bending shape memory wires around tabs projecting from a template, and weaving the ends of the wires to create the body of the device such that the wires cross each other to form a plurality of angles, at least one of the angles being obtuse. The value of the obtuse angle may be increased by axially compressing the body.
US08414632B2
A catheter tip has an outer surface section, an inner surface section, a spatial configuration and at least one segment of electroactive polymer. The inner surface section defines a guide wire lumen. The electroactive polymer has an actuated state and a non-actuated state. In an actuated state, the electroactive polymer alters the spatial configuration of the catheter tip.
US08414630B2
A bone screw includes a head portion and shank portion. The shank portion includes a regularly outwardly expanding threaded portion.
US08414627B2
A resorbable screw fastener and a method of firing with an applicator capable of applying a surgical fastener to tissue in order to form tissue connection to secure objects to tissue, the fastener including a body portion having a helical thread, a head portion disposed at the proximal end of the body portion. The resorbable screw fastener is 100% resorbed in vivo during a period of time ranging from about 14 days to about one year after implantation.
US08414619B2
The present application is directed to vertebral rods and methods of use. In one embodiment, the rod includes upper and lower sections that are separated by an intermediate section. The intermediate section may include one or more members, and may have a variety of configurations. An elastic member may be positioned within the intermediate section. The intermediate section and the elastic member may provide for variable resistance during movement of the upper and lower sections. In one embodiment, the resistance increases the further away the upper and lower sections move from a first orientation.
US08414614B2
An implant kit for supporting a spinal column comprises at least first and second support elements (8, 10, 12) for fixation to vertebrae of a spinal column, extending generally along the spinal column between spaced apart vertebrae. The kit includes a plurality of fixation devices for (i) fixing the support elements to one another in an end-to-end arrangement and (ii) fixing the support elements to the vertebrae. At least the first support element is formed from a material which exhibits shape memory properties.
US08414605B2
The present invention comprises a method of operating an ophthalmic surgical hand piece, providing a series of power pulses to the hand piece, each of the series of power pulses having a first portion that produces torsional movement of a cutting tip and a second portion that produces longitudinal movement of the cutting tip; measuring vacuum pressure; altering the duration of the first portion as vacuum pressure increases; and altering the duration of the second portion as vacuum pressure increases.
US08414595B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed for an orthopedic cast remover. The cast remover includes a rotatable cutting assembly having first and second cutting wheel sandwiched between a smaller-sized hub, where the space between the first and second wheel defines a passage in which fractured material may pass. A shear is coupled to the cutting assembly and is positioned in the passage, where edges of the shear are configured to engage with each of the cutting wheels. During operation, rigid material, such as a cast shell, passes along a top surface of the shear and is fractured into a predetermined width at a point where the shear edges engage with the rotating cutting wheels. The fractured material is fed into the passage for easy removal.
US08414590B2
A pivoting insertion apparatus and method includes a main body comprising a shaft including a longitudinal channel cavity and a forked end coupled to the shaft; an actuator seated within the channel cavity; a hinge joint including a hinge joint main body coupled to the main body and a pair of arms coupled to the hinge joint main body; an outer sleeve including an outer shell surrounding a cavity that loosely contains the main body, actuator, and a portion of the hinge joint; a member housing including a member housing body that includes a main cavity housing the longitudinal member and a pair of arms coupled to the member housing body; and a linkage component including a first end coupled to the forked end of the actuator and a second end coupled to at least one of the member housing arms.
US08414580B2
A medical probe kit and method of treating abnormal tissue within a patient is provided. The kit comprises a cannula having a shaft, a lumen extending through the cannula shaft, and a first ablation electrode disposed on the distal end of the cannula shaft. The cannula may have a handle mounted to the proximal end of the cannula shaft, and an optional fluid delivery port on the handle in fluid communication with the cannula lumen. The kit further comprises an ablation probe configured to be removably disposed within the delivery cannula lumen. The ablation probe has a shaft and a second ablation electrode disposed on a distal end of the probe shaft, wherein the first and second ablation electrodes are arranged in a bipolar configuration. Preferably, the ablation probe is slidable relative to the delivery cannula, whereby the distance between the first and second ablation electrodes can be adjusted. Thus, the delivery cannula can be used to interchangeably deliver the ablation probe and other medical elements, such as a biopsy needle, obturator, and chemotherapeutic agent.
US08414566B2
A photo-epilation device including a hand-held housing with at least one window opening; a lamp accommodated in the housing for generating light having a spectral range from approximately 575 nm to approximately 1700 nm; and a control device for driving the lamp. The lamp is switched on in brief pulses having a pulse duration in the range from 1.1 ms to 1.9 ms, and a pulse repetition frequency in the range from 0.1 Hz to 0.5 Hz. The fluence on skin level is in the range from 2 to 7 J/cm2, dependent on the skin type.
US08414553B2
The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper, training pants, adult incontinence article, having a specific topsheet with an opening to receive bowel movement waste (BM) and which is such that it masks the waste present underneath said topsheet. The topsheet is air permeable and it has a uniform pore size distribution with small pores only and it has a low surface energy and therefore an alcohol repellency of at least 7, typically at least 9 or even preferably 10.
US08414543B2
A thrombectomy apparatus for breaking up thrombus or other obstructive material in a lumen of a vascular graft or vessel. The apparatus includes a wire having a first configuration and a second deployed configuration, the wire having a straighter configuration in the first configuration. The wire is operatively connected to a motor for rotation of the wire to contact and break up the thrombus or other obstructive material. A blocking device at a distal portion of the apparatus is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and is configured in the expanded configuration to block thrombus dislodged by rotation of the wire.
US08414534B2
The present invention is generally directed to improved methods, devices, and systems for eye surgery. In some embodiments, the invention may provide new and/or improved devices, systems, and methods for detecting surgical fluids in a fluidics cassette, particularly cassettes which are used to couple an eye treatment probe to an eye treatment console. Rather than relaying on internal reflection by a gas-liquid interface, the fluid detection techniques described herein may make use of the changes in propagation of light through a portion of the holding tank when the portion varies between empty and full. For example, light may propagate directly through the holding tank portion when there is no surgical fluid, but may be directed away from a light detector when the portion of the holding tank is filled with surgical fluid. As the light may be controllably refracted using the interface between the transparent holding tank material and the surgical fluid, the propagation properties of the light may be more reliably predicted and controlled. While the sensor may not determine the actual liquid level within the holding tank, a plurality of individual liquid detectors may be sufficient to determine when it is appropriate to (for example) turn drain pumps on and off, when the holding tank is in danger of being overfilled, and the like. Other aspects of the invention may provide devices, systems, and methods for producing different types of fluidics cassette using a single cassette body type.
US08414532B2
There provided a drug delivery device adapted for providing a plurality of discrete doses of a medicament including a disposable delivery unit (2) adapted to be worn by a user, comprising a reservoir (10b) for holding a medicament to be delivered, an injection member (22) adapted for trans-dermal drug delivery, and a pump (12) adapted for pumping the medicament to be delivered from the reservoir (10b) to the injection member (22); and a separate reusable base unit (4) comprising a drive module for driving the pump (12). The pump in the disposable delivery unit is activated to deliver a dose of the medicament by bringing the base unit temporarily into communication with the delivery unit.
US08414531B2
The invention relates to a handheld device for the local puncturing of a human or an animal skin, in particular for the introduction of an active substance or for the application of a tattoo or a permanent make-up, comprising a drive unit which is configured so as to produce a repetitive drive movement, and a needle unit which comprises a needle device and is configured so as to couple to the drive unit in such a manner that the repetitive drive movement for the extension and retraction of the needle device can be coupled into the latter, said drive unit having formed on it a displaceable actuating element which is functionally coupled to a needle connection device, and said needle unit having formed on it a functional member which is assigned to the actuating element, said actuating element and said functional member being configured so as to move the actuating element from a first displacement position to a second displacement position by means of the assigned functional member when coupling the needle unit to the drive unit, thus moving the needle connection device to a coupling position in which the needle device can be coupled to the needle connection device for purposes of operation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for coupling a needle unit to a drive unit on a handheld device, a drive unit for a handheld device as well as a needle unit for a handheld device.
US08414528B2
A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.
US08414523B2
This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus comprising a pump configured to deliver a fluid, a wireless communication port, a controller, and a housing to enclose the apparatus. The controller is configured to communicate with a second device via the communication port using an open standard wireless communication protocol. The housing includes a mechanical coupling to slidably engage the second device which includes a second wireless communication port. Slidably engaging the second device positions the first and second communication ports opposite each other to allow communication via the first and second communication ports when slidably engaged.
US08414519B2
A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, including a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject and a subatmospheric pressure mechanism dimensioned to be carried or worn by the subject. The subatmospheric pressure mechanism includes a housing having a control unit adapted to draw a vacuum and a canister associated with the housing. The canister has a collection bag disposed therein, which is in fluid communication with the wound dressing to receive exudates from the wound bed. The collection bag is adapted to expand upon receipt of the fluids and has means to release gas from within the collection bag in connection with operation of the control unit. With this arrangement, the canister is attitude independent, i.e., the canister may be positioned on edge, on its side or on its end etc. while still maintaining operation of the control unit. The collection bag may include a hydrophobic vent or material for releasing the gases. In another embodiment, the collection bag comprises a gas permeable material. The collection bag may include one of pleats or bellows.
US08414518B2
An ocular implant adapted to reside at least partially in a portion of Schlemm's canal of an eye. In some embodiments the implant has a body extending in a curved volume whose longitudinal axis forms an arc of a circle, and a plurality of open areas and strut areas formed in the body, the open areas extending over more than 50% of a surface defining the curved volume, the strut areas surrounding the open areas, the body having a diameter of between 0.005 inches and 0.04 inches. The invention also provides a method of treating glaucoma including the steps of supporting tissue forming Schlemm's canal in an eye with an implant extending at least partially in the canal along an axial length within the canal; and contacting with the implant less than 50% of the tissue forming the canal along the axial length.
US08414515B2
A conduit tube (90) that communicates with an intracardiac blood inflow port (50) and a liquid medicine injection port (72) and allows blood from the intracardiac blood inflow port and a liquid medicine from the liquid medicine injection port to flow into a cardiotomy section (2) is inserted from above downward in the cardiotomy section 2. A blood flow channel (93) for the flow of blood and a liquid medicine flow channel (95) for the flow of a liquid medicine are formed independently of each other in the conduit tube. With respect to the vertical direction, the lower end of a blood conduit tube portion (94) that forms the blood flow channel is located at a lower position than the lower end of a liquid medicine conduit tube portion (96) that forms the liquid medicine flow channel. This prevents the generation of negative pressure in the liquid medicine flow channel due to the flow of blood. It also reduces the resistance to the inflow of a liquid medicine into the cardiotomy section.
US08414511B2
An stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is provided. The stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is adhesively applied to the foot of a patient for providing relief from plantar fasciitis. A portion of the stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is adhesively attached to the bottom surface of the foot for reducing stress on the plantar fascia.
US08414509B2
A long-term implantable ultrasound therapy system and method is provided that provides directional, focused ultrasound to localized regions of tissue within body joints, such as spinal joints. An ultrasound emitter or transducer is delivered to a location within the body associated with the joint and heats the target region of tissue associated with the joint from the location. Such locations for ultrasound transducer placement may include for example in or around the intervertebral discs, or the bony structures such as vertebral bodies or posterior vertebral elements such as facet joints. Various modes of operation provide for selective, controlled heating at different temperature ranges to provide different intended results in the target tissue, which ranges are significantly effected by pre-stressed tissues such as in-vivo intervertebral discs. In particular, treatments above 70 degrees C., and in particular 75 degrees C., are used for structural remodeling, whereas lower temperatures achieves other responses without appreciable remodeling.
US08414508B2
A tissue ablation method for treating atrial fibrillation in a patient comprises locating an ostium of a pulmonary vein and positioning an interventional catheter adjacent the ostium. The interventional catheter has an energy source. Collateral tissue adjacent the ostium is located and tissue around the ostium is ablated with energy from the energy source so as to form a contiguous lesion circumscribing the ostium. The lesion blocks aberrant electrical pathways in the tissue so as to reduce or eliminate the atrial fibrillation. The ablating is modified so as to avoid ablating or otherwise damaging the collateral tissue.
US08414507B2
A body motion measurement device capable of detecting a body motion balance without installing a pressure sensor is provided. The body motion measurement device includes an acceleration detection unit for detecting a change in acceleration by walking, a calculation unit for detecting a walking balance from the acceleration signal detected by the acceleration detection unit, and a display unit for performing an output based on the detected walking balance. The calculation unit for detecting the walking balance executes step and step of recognizing one step unit of walking from the acceleration signal and acquiring PPodd, PPeven, Todd, and Teven, which are the foot information, and steps of detecting the walking balance based on the foot information.
US08414504B2
A blood test device using a laser as a puncture member. More specifically, in a blood test device using a laser as a puncture member, the skin can be fixed at a definite position by raising the punctured skin under negative pressure, and thus the skin is brought into close contact with a blood sensor and the laser is focused on the vicinity of the blood sensor face. Thus, it is possible to provide a blood test device of the laser puncture type in which the skin can be surely punctured while giving little pain to a patient.
US08414503B2
A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet and a processor coupled to the drive force generator capable of changing the direction and magnitude of force exerted on the lancet during the lancing cycle. The driver further includes a human interface on the housing providing at least one output for communicating with the patient.
US08414502B2
A system for determining the hearing ability of an individual comprises a generator for generating a test stimulus signal, a hearing aid (2) having a digital signal processor for processing said test stimulus signal and converting it in order to output an acoustic stimulus signal, and a first synchronizing means. The system further comprises an electrophysiological instrument (1) having a second synchronizing means, and means (7) for establishing from said individual an evoked response to said acoustic signal. The first synchronizing means and said second synchronizing means exchange a synchronization signal in order to synchronize said evoked response to said acoustic stimulus signal. The invention also provides a hearing aid and a method for carrying out electrophysiological measurement of the hearing ability of an individual.
US08414501B2
A rectal thermal monitor for transrectal prostate temperature measurement includes a handle arranged in a proximal end portion of the monitor for gripping by a user, an elongate shaft extending from the handle, and an expandable distal probe portion arranged on a distal end of the shaft. The distal probe portion is arranged at a position opposite the handle portion, and is shaped to facilitate insertion through an anal sphincter and into a rectum of a patient. A cover element, is provided for covering at least a portion of the distal probe portion, and is made from a resilient material. A temperature sensing element is arranged within the distal probe portion, beneath the cover element, and is adapted and configured to sense a temperature of the prostate of the patient through the rectum wall of the patient. Further, and actuator can be provided to actuate the expandable distal probe portion, to increase a diameter thereof.
US08414500B2
An arteriosclerosis diagnostic device according to various embodiments is a simple device, resistant to an external factor, such as an error resulting from a skin surface, and capable of measuring the degree of hardness of an artery. The arteriosclerosis diagnostic device detects a heart sound and a pulse wave at least one location of a living body, the pulse wave propagating through an artery in relation to the heart sound, converts detected signals thereof into respective frequency signals, specifies the peak frequency of each of the frequency signals, and determines the degree of arteriosclerosis on the basis of the difference between the peak frequency of the heart sound and the peak frequency of the pulse wave. Accordingly, the degree of arteriosclerosis can be determined by comparison between the frequency signals.
US08414498B2
A system for measuring blood flow in an organ of a subject, particularly useful for non-invasive cardiac output monitoring (N.I.C.O.M.™), the system comprises: a radiofrequency generator for generating output radiofrequency signals; a plurality of electrodes, designed to be connectable to the skin of the subject, the electrodes being for transmitting the output radiofrequency signals to the organ and for sensing input radiofrequency signals of the organ. The system further comprises a mixer, electrically communicating with the radiofrequency generator and at least a portion of the plurality of electrodes, for mixing the output radiofrequency signals and the input radiofrequency signals, so as to provide a mixed radiofrequency signal being indicative of the blood flow. The system further comprises electronic circuitry, constructed and designed to filter out a portion of the mixed radiofrequency signal so as to substantially increase a signal-to-noise ratio of a remaining portion of the mixed radiofrequency signal.
US08414496B2
A system and method are provided for significantly reducing or substantially eliminating angular geometric distortions in devices designed for imaging and/or inspection of an interior portion or surface of a cavity. A series of processing steps or methods may be employed to eliminate Non-Uniform Rotational Distortion (NURD) in such devices, for example, unidirectional and bi-directional intravascular ultrasonic (IVUS) imaging systems. The system may include a processor and an electronic module which control operation of a transducer assembly provided at a distal end of a catheter assembly. The system invokes a first processing step or method to collect and store raw angle and line data, as well as one or more of second and third processing steps or methods which adjust for NURD experienced during backlash of a bi-directional imaging system and a fourth processing step or method which performs a line-to-line correlation function.
US08414489B2
The disclosure provides methods for fabricating a long-term analyte sensor for measuring at least one analyte in the body of a user. The analyte sensors made by these methods include a plurality of analyte contacting sensor elements and at least one structure for relaying information to and from the sensor. The analyte sensor so fabricated further includes at least one sensor protection membrane that is controllable in a manner such that sensor elements may be activated (e.g. exposed to the external environment) at different times so as to extend the useful life of the sensor. In illustrative analyte sensors, the analyte is glucose.
US08414486B2
A surgical portal assembly includes a portal member defining a longitudinal axis and having a longitudinal passageway for passage of a surgical object, and being dimensioned to pass through tissue to provide access via the longitudinal passageway to an underlying operative site and a plurality of object seals in mechanical cooperation with the portal member and positioned to intersect the longitudinal passageway. Each object seal has inner surfaces defining a seal passage to permit passage of the surgical object. The inner seal surfaces of each object seal include a primary finger segment and secondary finger segments on opposed sides of, and in spaced relation to, the primary finger segments. The primary finger segment and the secondary finger segments depend inwardly relative to the seal passage with adjacent object seals being angularly displaced relative to each other through an arc of rotation about the longitudinal axis whereby the primary finger segments and the secondary finger segments of respective object seals at least partially overlap and cooperate to establish a substantial sealed relation with the surgical object. The object seals may each include a tertiary finger segment on opposed sides of, and in spaced relation to, the secondary finger segments.
US08414482B2
An embolic protection device for use in a patient's blood vessel, such as the aorta, has an approximately cylindrical outer structure made of a filter mesh material and an approximately conical inner structure also made of a filter mesh material. On the downstream end of the embolic protection device, the wider end of the conical inner structure is joined to the cylindrical outer structure. The upstream end of the embolic protection device is open for blood to flow between the conical inner structure and the cylindrical outer structure. The space between the conical inner structure and the cylindrical outer structure defines a collection chamber for captured emboli. The narrow upstream end of the conical inner structure has a catheter port with a resilient seal that is sized for passage of a catheter shaft. The filter mesh material may be self-supporting or it may be supported on a resilient-framework or an inflatable framework.
US08414480B2
The present disclosure is generally directed towards methods and devices for reducing or eliminating reflection-illuminated artifacts. The methods and devices in several embodiments can include providing a transparent lens cover with a blocking member for reflecting or absorbing internally-reflected light. The lens cover can be attached at the distal end of an endoscope, cannula, and/or lumen in some embodiments. Alternatively, the lens cover can be a permanent part of the endoscope, lumen, and/or cannula.
US08414479B2
A capsule endoscope includes an enclosure with a transparent section, a illumination unit arranged to illuminate an object to be observed via the transparent section, an image unit disposed in the enclosure, a reflecting unit disposed in the enclosure and arranged to direct light from the object to the image unit to form an image of the object, and a driving unit comprising a piezoelectric motor arranged to rotate the reflecting unit relative to the enclosure.
US08414475B2
An improved interface between the surgeon and an endoscope system for laparoscopic surgery, holding a laparoscopic came and/or controlling an automated endoscope assistant includes at least one wireless transmitter with at least one operating key (12a). at least one wireless receiver (11), at least one conventional laparoscopy computerized system (15) loaded with conventional surgical instrument spatial location software, and conventional automated assistant maneuvering software, software loaded onto to the conventional laparoscopy system that enables a visual response to the depression of at least one key on the wireless transmitter as well as an interface with the conventional automated assistant maneuvering software so as to achieve movement of the endoscope, and at least one video screen (30).
US08414472B2
The invention generally relates to apparatuses and methods for shock wave treatment of the human body. In particular, the invention relates to navigational aspects of the shock wave treatments, including apparatuses and methods which enable accurate focusing of shock waves.
US08414471B2
An endoscope storage cabinet for use with at least one endoscope having at least one signal emitting member associated therewith and configured to emit a signal indicative of at least one attribute of the at least one endoscope to which it is associated, the cabinet including: an enclosed structure formed by a plurality of walls defining an inner area which is accessible by at least one door; at least one hanger arrangement configured to support at least a portion of at least one endoscope positioned thereon; at least one signal receiving device associated with the enclosed structure and configured to receive the signal emitted by the at least one signal emitting member; and a local control device in communication with the at least one signal receiving device and configured to receive and process the signal emitted by the at least one signal emitting member.
US08414468B2
A method of implanting an anal sling in a patient having an anal sphincter with a defective portion, including: linking a first point on the anal sphincter and a second point on the anal sphincter, wherein the second point opposes the first point across the defective portion of the anal sphincter and tightening the anal sling across the defective portion of the anal sphincter. In a preferred embodiment, linking the first and second points on the anal sphincter includes passing a first end of the anal sling, coupled to a first-side needle tool, through the anal sphincter at the first point and passing a second end of the anal sling, coupled to a second-side needle, through the anal sphincter at the second point.
US08414460B2
To provide a connector for a jungle gym facilitating installation/removal of a tube and a connector and attaining a strong connection, and a jungle gym configured by the tubes connected thereby, the jungle gym comprises a plurality of tubes 2 and a connector for a jungle gym 1, the jungle gym connector 1 includes at least three connector arms 12 which protrude from a base portion 11 for being inserted into the tube 2, the connector arms 12 are disposed to intersect each other at right angles, the connector arm 12 includes at least one pair of cutout portions portion 14 which is formed as a flexible portion 13 which is elastically deformable to deflect by pressing force, and a locking projection 15 is formed at a center of the flexible portion 13 for being fitted into a locking hole 20 of the tube 2.
US08414445B2
A transmission of the present invention has an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes. The torque transmitting devices are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least eight forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio.
US08414436B2
A method of operating a hybrid powertrain is provided that permits operation in multiple fixed ratio modes appropriate for towing and other vehicle operating conditions in which relatively high output torque is required. The method includes establishing three different electrically-variable operating modes by engaging different torque-transmitting mechanisms in response to different respective vehicle operating conditions. The method further includes establishing at least two different fixed ratio modes by engaging another torque-transmitting mechanism in addition to the respective different torque-transmitting mechanisms engaged to establish the electrically-variable operating modes. A hybrid powertrain having a controller configured to control the powertrain to operate according to the method is also provided.
US08414435B2
The present invention provides a dual power driving system with epicycle gear sets transmitted in series, in which the input shaft, the output shaft and the controllable brake device of each epicycle gear set can be coaxially connected in series, or connected in parallel or not in parallel; the rotating shaft at the output end and the rotating shaft at the input end of each epicycle gear set can be directly connected, or an intermediate transmission device can be installed for connection, and through operating the controllable brake devices, the selections for the structural configurations of the dual power driving system are provided.
US08414432B1
A hunting arrow having an arrow shaft with a front end and a back end. The hunting arrow has at least one arrow blade attached to the arrow shaft, and has a closed position and at least one open position. The at least one arrow blade is substantially flush with the arrow shaft when in the closed position, and extends radially outward from the arrow shaft when in an open position. In addition, the hunting arrow has an arrow tip that is attached to the front end of the arrow shaft and is capable of moving longitudinally toward or away from the arrow shaft. The arrow tip is operatively engaged with the at least one arrow blade so that the arrow tip opens and closes the at least one arrow blade by moving relative to the arrow shaft.
US08414429B2
An adjustable position batting tee comprising a base, where the base rests upon the ground; a central tube rising vertically from the base; a rotatable collar that wraps around the central tube, where the rotatable collar twists around the central tube; a central tee extending vertically from the central tube, where the central tee enables a ball to rest upon a top portion; a side bar fastened to the rotatable collar, where the side bar extends horizontally from a side portion of the rotatable collar; and a lateral tee extending vertically from the side bar, wherein the lateral tee enables a ball to rest upon a top portion of the lateral tee.
US08414425B2
The invention provides a golf ball having a core, at least one intermediate layer encasing the core, and a cover. The intermediate layer is formed primarily of a specific ionomer resin composition that has been highly neutralized, and the cover is formed primarily of an ionomer resin composition containing a specific amount of a granular inorganic filler. The golf ball has an excellent durability to repeated impact and a good flight performance.
US08414424B2
A golf ball comprising a core and a cover layer. The cover layer, clearcoat, or indicia include an additive, invisible to the naked eye without an external excitation source, the additive including an engineered taggant formed from a crosslinked melamine and rare earth elements.
US08414418B2
A hybrid golf club head for producing accurate and long distance shots, where the head includes: a body member having a hitting surface, a top surface, a toe end, a heel end, and a sole surface extending between the toe end and the heel end, and a shaft attachment portion extending from the heel end upwardly and rearwardly therefrom, wherein width of the top surface near the shaft attachment portion ranges from about ¾ inches to about 1 inch, and width of the top surface near the toe end ranges from about 1 inch to 1 & ⅝ inches; and wherein the hitting surface is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a shaft axis to produce the accurate and the long distance shots, further wherein the length (L) of the hitting surface 14 is about 4 inches and the breadth (B) ranges from about 1¾ inches to about 2½ inches.
US08414402B2
Methods and apparatus are described for capturing a game history. Execution of a game of chance is facilitated in a network causing generation of a plurality of game presentation frames capable of being presented on a multimedia display of a first device on the network. First frame data are received from the first device via the network. The first frame data represent at least a portion of the game history and include a selected one of the game presentation frames.
US08414401B1
Methods and apparatus for providing a hybrid gaming service are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of providing hybrid gaming services to one or more remote game players by a gaming server comprises receiving an electronic representation of a mechanically-generated game value by the gaming server, excluding the electronic representation of the mechanically-generated game value from a first set of possible game values, generating one or more electronically-generated game values from the first set of possible game values, the one or more electronically-generated game values excluding the electronic representation of the mechanically-generated game value, and sending the one or more electronically-generated game values to a first remote game player.
US08414398B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media including instructions for publishing gaming content are described herein. In one embodiment, a machine-readable medium includes instructions for detecting new gaming content and creating a gaming content publication indicating that the new gaming content is available. The machine-readable medium also includes instructions for transmitting the gaming system publication to a gaming network component.
US08414394B2
A programmed controller of a gaming console is disclosed. The controller controls play of a game in which a plurality of symbols are selected to form one or more outcomes and selectively operates in a first mode and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation a user interface comprises a combination of a touch screen on the display and physical buttons on the gaming apparatus. In the second mode of operation the user interface comprises only physical buttons. Also disclosed is a gaming system including a network and a method of configuring a gaming machine.
US08414379B2
Methods and apparatus for providing an award based on a multiplicity of game outcomes. In one implementation the invention provides a method for providing a game. The method includes placing a bet by a player, playing of a game to produce a game outcome, evaluating a primary game outcome, paying a direct award if the primary outcome merits it, advancing a bonus accumulator if the primary outcome merits it, and if the bonus accumulator has advanced sufficiently, paying a bonus award to the player and clearing the bonus accumulator.
US08414376B2
A gaming system (10, 100) implementing a base game and a feature game. A game controller (101) controls play of the game. The gaming system has at least one display (14, 106) and a player interface (107). The feature game comprises at least one series of game events, in which a plurality of symbols from at least one predetermined symbol set that includes at least first and second symbols, are randomly selected and displayed on the at least one display (14, 106). The feature game is a challenge feature and during play of the feature game, the game controller (101) maintains in computer memory (103) counters for said at least first and second symbols, varies the value of said counters on the occurrence of the at least first and second symbols and causes the at least one display to show a value of the counters. The values of the counters are evaluated against predetermined competitive criteria to determine the outcome of the series of game events.
US08414373B2
A wireless computerized wagering game system comprises a gaming module operable to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and a wireless communications module operable to connect the wireless wagering game system to at least one wireless peripheral device. The wireless computerized wagering game is portable, is operable to couple to fixed and portable peripheral devices, and is operable to couple to user-provided and gaming establishment-provided peripherals in various embodiments.
US08414366B2
An active pressure relief valve adapted for selectively regulating a condition within an interior compartment generally includes a housing fluidly coupling the compartment to an external environment and defining an opening, an actuator including an active material element operable to effect movement of a flap relative to the opening, a load limit protector coupled to and configured to present a secondary output path for the element, when the flap is unable to move, and/or a latching mechanism coupled to, and configured to engage the flap, so as to retain the flap in a modified condition.
US08414358B2
The corners of a sheet of glass travelling in a longitudinal direction are ground by a corner bevelling assembly having a fixed frame; a movable frame; a grinding wheel; a supporting arm supporting the grinding wheel and fitted to the movable frame; and an actuating device interposed between the fixed frame and the movable frame, and having a first powered guide-slide assembly for moving the movable frame in a direction parallel to a longitudinal travelling direction of the sheet, and a second powered guide-slide assembly for moving the movable frame with respect to the fixed frame in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the corner bevelling assembly also having a reference locator which, in use, is positioned against a longitudinal lateral surface, parallel to the longitudinal direction, of the sheet; a relative-motion assembly for enabling movement, parallel to the transverse direction, of the reference locator with respect to the supporting arm; and a device for detecting the position of the reference locator with respect to the supporting arm.
US08414347B2
A smart stuffed animal includes a head portion, a torso portion and four limbs. An air flow ventilation device is embedded within the torso portion of the smart stuffed animal to provide air circulation and reduce the settlement of carbon dioxide. The air ventilation device comprises soft foam fan blades.
US08414343B2
The present invention provides a water slider that features an electrically insulative body extending along a longitudinal axis and having opposed surfaces with a perimeter edge extending therebetween. An electrical conductor is positioned upon one of the surfaces; and a discharge connector is in electrical communication with the electrical conductor and disposed upon said perimeter edge. The electrical conductor may be one or more of a plurality of configurations.
US08414342B2
A steel pipeline (22) extends in a shallow catenary curve between two floating structures (12, 14). The pipeline is connected to each floating structure in a joint (60, 60B) that has a center lying on or very close to the pitch and roll axes (54, 56, 54B, 56B) of the corresponding structure hull. A first structure has a recess (52) extending upward from the bottom of the first structure hull to at least the pitch and roll axes of the hull. The shallow catenary curve pipeline extends at an incline (C) of many degrees to the vertical into the recess, and the pipeline end (30) connects to a pipe connector (70) lying on the pitch and roll axes. The pipe connector preferably allows free relative pivoting of a plurality of degrees about horizontal axes between itself and the first pipe end.
US08414340B1
The present invention is a device to be used in emergency situations requiring floatation and rescue. An inflatable raft with a waterproof cover is connected to a telescopic shaft equipped with electric generators and a wind harnessing mechanism. The electricity, which is produced by the wind harnessing mechanism powers a motor and propeller underneath and outside the raft.
US08414336B2
A cable end connector includes an insulative housing defines a number of contact-receiving passages penetrating therethrough, a number of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing and respectively received in the contact-receiving passages and each conductive contact including a contacting portion and a locking portion, a number of cable terminals respectively electrically connecting with the locking portion of the conductive contacts, a number of fastening members fastening the cable terminals with the conductive contacts, and a number of wires respectively electrically connecting with the cable terminals.
US08414326B2
A structure is provided. The structure includes a signal retrieval circuit formed within a disk located within a coaxial cable connector. The signal retrieval circuit is located in a position that is external to a signal path of an electrical signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector. The signal retrieval circuit is configured to extract an energy signal from the electrical signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector. The energy signal is configured to apply power to an electrical device located within the coaxial cable connector. The sensing circuit is configured to sense physical parameter such as condition of the RF electrical signal flowing through the connector or presence of moisture in the connector. The structure may include an integrated circuit configured to convert the parameter signal into a data acquisition signal readable by the integrated circuit.
US08414325B2
A lighting connector which includes (a) an upper housing having plural connector pins, and one or more interlocking grooves; and (b) a lower housing, the lower housing having a plurality of connector pin guide holes, and one or more interlocking tongue portions. The lower housing is connectable with the upper housing to form the lighting connector by coupling at least one of the one or more interlocking grooves with at least one of the one or more interlocking tongue portions, and by coupling at least one of the plural connector pins with at least one of the connector pin guide holes.
US08414317B1
A connector assembly includes a connector and an assisting apparatus for plugging or unplugging the connector. The connector includes a connecting portion having a resilient tab. The assisting apparatus includes a hollow first rotatable member, and a second rotatable member received in the first rotatable member. The middle of opposite sides of the second rotatable member are pivotably connected to opposite sides of the first rotatable member. The connecting portion is arranged between front sections of the first and second rotatable members, with a front end of the connecting portion exposed out of the first and second rotatable members. When a rear end of the second rotatable member is rotated towards the first rotatable member, the front section of the second rotatable member is rotated towards the first rotatable member and deforms the resilient tab.
US08414316B2
An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (1), a plurality of terminals (2) received in the insulating housing (1), an ejector (4) including a slider (40) and a pin member (42), and a metal shield (3) shielding the insulating housing (1) to define a card receiving space (6). The slider (40) is moveable relative to the housing (1) along a front-to-back direction under a controlled movement of the pin member (42).The metal shield (3) comprises a flat portion (30) over the insulating housing (1) and a pair of sidewalls (32) extending downwardly from the flat portion (30). The flat portion (30) defines a first spring arm (35) extending rearwardly into the card receiving space (6) and a second spring arm (36) extending forwardly into the card receiving space (6) for abutting against the pin member (42).
US08414311B2
An electrical connector that includes: an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving slots running through the insulating body, a plurality of terminals, respectively received in the receiving slots, in which the terminal has a base fixed in the receiving slot, two first abutting segments extending downwards from the base, two second abutting segments extending forwards the two first abutting segments, the two second abutting segments are exposed from the receiving slot and abut against the bottom surface of the insulating body, the width between the two second abutting segments is smaller than the diameter of a solder ball, a plurality of stop blocks, respectively disposed in the receiving slots, and a plurality of solder balls, respectively received in the receiving slots.
US08414309B2
A protective socket is provided for use with a parallel optical transceiver module. When the parallel optical transceiver module is seated within a receptacle of the protective socket, the side walls and bottom that define the receptacle of the protective socket protect the internal components of the parallel optical transceiver module from dirt, dust, gases, and other airborne matter.
US08414306B2
A coaxial connector device which comprises an insulated base placed on a circuit board, a signal-joining contacting conductor fixed to the insulating base with a contact connecting portion and an signal-connecting portion, and a grounding contacting conductor fixed to the insulating base with a cylindrical side wall portion surrounding the contact connecting portion, ground-connecting portions and connecting portions for connecting the cylindrical side wall portion with each of the ground-connecting portions, wherein a groove is formed between the grounding contacting conductor and the signal-joining contacting conductor on the insulating base and at least one of the connecting portions is deformed for becoming distant from the signal-joining contacting conductor.
US08414301B2
A fly casting training apparatus includes a shaft, a ball movable within the shaft, and adjustable limit stops for setting the range of motion of the ball within the shaft. The apparatus is used to simulate a fly casting experience, with the limit stops adjustable to simulate long casting motions, short casting motions, and casting motions therebetween. The device also includes an elastic band that may be used to simulate the double haul casting method.
US08414300B2
There is provided a foldable product, such as a map, which is formed from a sheet (10) of material such as stiff paper. The sheet (10) has predetermined folded and unfolded configurations by virtue of a predetermined pattern of fold lines (12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 23, 24). The fold lines are provided partly by creases and partly by lines of perforations depending on the stress in a particular area during folding and unfolding.
US08414299B2
A vehicle simulation system equipped to display information on the rear side of a driver (rider). The simulation system includes a dummy bicycle operated by the rider, a monitor on the front side for displaying a scene based on the operations of the dummy bicycle, and a lamp unit connected to the dummy bicycle and provided on the rear side relative to the seated position of the rider. The lamp unit has a red lamp, a yellow lamp and a green lamp, and is controlledly turned ON under the action of a main control unit. An input device is provided on a steering handle of the dummy bicycle. The input device has a switch for red, a switch for yellow, and a switch for green. The rider checks behind, and operates the input device according to the ON/OFF conditions of the lamp unit.
US08414293B2
An oral carrier strip for the delivery of an oral care composition to the oral cavity of a human or animal subject is provided. The strip includes a first portion adapted to contact a front facing side of a plurality of teeth. A second portion is provided to be folded around the teeth so as to contact a back facing side of the teeth. The first portion has a first perimeter patterned to substantially match a shape of an outer gingival tissue, and the second portion has a second perimeter opposite the first perimeter and patterned to match a shape of an inner gingival tissue. The second perimeter defines an aperture disposed in the second portion having a rounded notch positioned in a center portion of the strip, configured to prevent the strip from tearing when folded around the teeth.
US08414285B2
One or more nozzles define separate nozzle channels. The nozzles are coupled to a manifold, so that each of the nozzle channels communicates with a different mold gate. A molding material distribution insert is coupled to the manifold and has a body defining a distribution channel and a plurality of drop channels equal in number to the nozzle channels. The distribution channel is an open distribution channel formed on an outer surface of the body and enclosed by the manifold. The drop channels intersect the distribution channel and exit the body at a different one of the nozzle channels. A valve pin bushing can extend into the drop channels. Valve pins can extend from actuators, through the valve pin bushing and the drop channels, and to the mold gates. A valve pin holder can be coupled to the actuator and coupled to heads of the valve pins.
US08414281B2
Method and device for producing a 3D object by means of a generative 3D-method, for example, selective laser sintering (SLS) and selective laser melting (SLM). An infrared sensor can be cross-flown by a tempered fluid in order to prevent the infrared sensor, which is provided in the process chamber of the device, from being impaired by monomer deposits, oligomers or solid material particles during the construction thereof.
US08414280B2
Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other.
US08414277B1
The present invention relates to a versatile manually-actuated barrel style pump also capable of controllably dispensing a compressed gas cartridge. The current invention addresses the shortcomings of the prior art dual function pumps available providing the user with a more versatile dual function barrel pump integrated with a compressed gas cartridge dispenser as well as addresses the deficiencies from the prior art dual function pumps. Compressed gas cartridge storage methods that incorporate with the pump and user ergonomics and increased user safety will also become evident.
US08414274B2
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, an extended wall 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 is coupled to an inner periphery of the extended wall of the first casing. A motor mounted in the first and second casings includes a stator and a circuit board electrically connected to the stator.
US08414256B2
A compressor drum for an axial turbo-machine includes a hollow body generally symmetrical in revolution about its axis of rotation and forming a shell at the periphery of which are arranged a plurality of parallel rows of vanes, each row corresponding to one stage of the compressor. Each vane includes at its root an attachment platform housed in a corresponding opening made in the shell of the hollow body. The outer surface of each platform is flush with the outer surface of the shell at the edge of the opening and each platform is attached to the hollow body by welding between the outer edge of the platform and the inner edge of the corresponding opening. The platform has the general shape of a parallelogram, a bisector of which corresponds approximately to the main axis of the profile of the vane at the platform.
US08414253B2
A variable nozzle device including an annular nozzle passage formed by a gap between two opposing wall members and at least one vane rotatably supported in the nozzle passage. The vane is formed by a strip of sheet metal contoured to have an outer aerodynamic profile, and having a hollow interior with surfaces mimicking the outer profile. The vane is affixed to a shaft having a wind-stream portion forming two contact surfaces that conformingly receive opposing portions of the interior surfaces.
US08414252B2
A cooling path is defined through a double-flow steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a generator end and a turbine end and a double-flow tub diaphragm disposed axially between the generator end and the turbine end. A first stage of the steam turbine includes a plurality of first stage nozzles and a plurality of first stage buckets, and a steam path is defined from an inlet region, through the turbine end, to a steam outlet. The cooling path includes cooling holes in the tub diaphragm and root radial seals permitting steam flow beneath the tub diaphragm and around the first stage nozzles and back into the steam path before the first stage buckets.
US08414249B2
A compressor typically for use in a turbocharger comprises a downstream radial compressor impeller wheel, an upstream axial compressor impeller wheel and an intermediate stator. The compressor housing has an inlet with inner and outer walls that define between them an MWE gas flow passage. An upstream opening defined by the flow passage provides communication between the passage and the intake and at least one first slot downstream of the upstream opening provides communication between the passage and the inner surface of the inner wall. The stator comprises a plurality of fixed vanes and is disposed in the inner wall of the inlet between the radial and axial impeller wheels. The position of the slot can be at one of several positions along the gas flow passage, in other embodiments there are second and third slots and the flow passage is divided into two parts. All the arrangements are designed to improve the compressor map width.
US08414242B2
A processing apparatus including: a carry-in area into which a container containing substrates to be processed is carried, the container having a flange part on an upper part thereof and an opening in a front surface thereof, with a lid being detachably fixed to the opening; a transfer area whose atmosphere is maintained differently from an atmosphere of the carry-in area; a partition wall separating the carry-in area and transfer area; a through-hole formed in the partition wall; a door configured to open and close the through-hole; and a table on which the container can be placed in the carry-in area. After the container has been placed and then held on the table, the container is brought into contact with the through-hole, the door and the lid are opened, and the substrates to be processed in the container are conveyed to the transfer area so as to process the substrates.
US08414234B2
The embodiments described and claimed herein are improved wheelchair passenger securement systems and stations. In particular, one embodiment described and claimed herein is a drop-in system comprising a barrier module and a wall-side module, which incorporate three separate restraint devices which are configured to secure a wheelchair at three separate attachment points. The system can optionally include a moveable excursion barrier or a pull-mechanism to pre-tension at least one of the restraint devices the wheelchair securements. In a simpler embodiment, three restraint devices, such as retractors, are provided for attachment to the vehicle surfaces or structures in, for example, a generally right-triangular configuration.
US08414230B2
A suction cup dust extractor for a drill having a housing with a drill collar attached to the housing and having a drill passage formed through the housing. A recess formed by the walls of the housing has a planar opening and a seal is attached to the walls of the recess which surrounds the planar opening and which, in use, locates against a work piece to create an air tight seal between the housing and the work piece. The housing also has an aperture located thereon through which air can pass; at least one first air passage formed within the housing which enables air to pass from the drill passage to the aperture; and at least one second air passage formed within the housing which enables air to pass from the recess to the aperture; characterized in that the seal comprises a base which is attached to the walls of the recess and a flange which is attached to and extends from the base at an oblique angle to the plane of the opening.
US08414228B2
A rotary cutting tool or end mill is provided, the tool comprising a plurality of pairs of diametrically-opposed, symmetrical, helical flutes formed in a cutting portion of the tool body, wherein the pitch between at least one pair of adjacent helical flutes is less than or greater than the pitch of at least one other pair of adjacent helical flutes in at least one radial plane along the axial length of the flutes, a plurality of peripheral cutting edges, wherein at least one of the peripheral cutting edges has a radial rake angle different from radial rake angle of a peripheral cutting edge of a different helical flute.
US08414216B2
An energy absorbing system with one or more energy absorbing assemblies is provided to reduce or eliminate severity of a collision between a moving vehicle and a roadside hazard. The energy absorbing system may be installed adjacent various roadside hazards or may be installed on highway service equipment. One end of the system may face oncoming traffic. A collision by a motor vehicle with a sled assembly may result in shredding or rupturing of portions of an energy absorbing element to dissipate energy from the vehicle collision.
US08414212B2
A ring binder mechanism includes an elongate plate having a longitudinal axis. Hinge plates are supported by the plate for pivoting relative to the elongate plate. Ring members are mounted on the hinge plates and moveable between a closed position and an open position. A control structure is supported by the elongate plate and controllably pivots the hinge plates to move the ring members between the closed and open positions. The control structure has a travel bar connected to the hinge plates for moving the hinge plates between the closed and open positions. A spring biases the travel bar toward the closed position.
US08414195B2
A thrust bearing assembly having a plurality of rollers positioned in a cage is provided. A first race washer is positioned on a first axial side of the rollers and the cage, with the first race washer including a first axially extending flange axially overlapping the cage and the rollers, and having at least one protrusion extending in a direction away from the cage. A first retention band including a first axially extending band and a first retaining flange that extends radially from the first axially extending band is provided. The first retention band has at least one recess or opening and is complementary in size to the first race washer flange and engagable thereon. Engagement is accomplished via the at least one protrusion on the first axially extending flange engaging the at least one recess or opening in the first retention band. The first retaining flange has a width that is sized to overlap a portion of the cage on a second axial side. A second race washer and second retention band can be provided for a fully encapsulated thrust bearing assembly.
US08414190B2
Rigidity and precision of a motion guidance apparatus are increased by improving track rail shape. A track rail has at least two rolling member rolling grooves (RMRGs) on the upper surface and at least one RMRG on each side surface, the RMRGs extending in the longitudinal direction. When the RMRGs are taken along a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the track rail, and two imaginary lines extending vertically downward are drawn from ends of the respective grooves located on the outer sides among upper surface RMRGs, all the side surface RMRG are positioned in the rail but outside the corresponding one of the two imaginary lines, and at least portions of the upper surface and the side surfaces of the track rail, on which the RMRGs are formed, the portions being in the vicinity of the respective RMRGs, are formed with an inclination angle.
US08414183B2
An agitator (10) includes a stem (11) having a shaft coupler (12) at one end adapted to be attached to the rotatable shaft (25) of a food mixing machine. The other end of the stem (11) has a mixing blade (13) which can be in the shape of the bowl of a spoon. The stem (11) is shaped like an I-beam having side walls (20) spaced by a central wall (21). The side walls (20) have opposed notches (22) leaving a web (23) therebetween, and the central wall (21) is provided with an aperture (24) which is aligned with the web (23). Together the web (23) and the aperture (24) define a weakened area where the stem (11) will break upon a predetermined torque which is established based on the hardness of the food product (26) being mixed.
US08414174B2
An illumination apparatus, comprising at least one light emitting source embedded in a waveguide material is disclosed. The waveguide material is capable of propagating light generated by light emitting source(s), such that at least a portion of the light is diffused within the waveguide material and exits through at least a portion of its surface.
US08414170B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for manufacturing a batch of motor vehicle headlight lenses, each lens comprising a lens body and a convexly curved optically operative surface. The method comprising pressing a pre-form between a first mold and a second mold, which second mold comprises a first and second mold sections. An offset depending on the volume of the pre-form a step is pressed into the headlight lens between the second mold section and the first mold section, wherein the first mold section is set back with respect to the second mold section at least in the region of the offset, and wherein the height of a step of a headlight lens of the batch differs by more than 0.05 mm from the height of a step of at least one further headlight lens of the batch.
US08414166B1
A lighting system for use with a watercraft comprising a light module wherein a light bulb is mounted on the front end with an on-off switch, with a handle which pivotably attaches to the light module, further comprises a rechargeable battery which is mounted to a cut-away opening in a cowling with a U-bracket.
US08414158B2
An illumination device includes a cover; a lamp including a light emitting unit; and a doppler sensor including a receiving unit, disposed on the same side as the lamp with respect to a first plane including a surface of the cover facing the lamp. In a cross section that intersects the receiving unit and is orthogonal to a central axis of the light emitting unit, “θ” between a boundary line of a detectable range of the receiving unit close to the lamp and a normal to the first plane, “d” between the central axis and the first plane, “r” of the light emitting unit; “y” between the first plane and the receiving unit; and “x” between the receiving unit and a second plane that includes the central axis of the light emitting unit and is orthogonal to the first plane satisfy the following equation. x > ( y + d ) tan θ = r cos θ
US08414153B2
An LED lamp that allows for the replacement of incandescent bulbs used in various different lighting systems without the degradation of operating properties commonly associated with conventional LED replacement lamps. Regarding a conventional landscape lighting system, the system commonly comprises a transformer configured to supply power to a specific number of individual lamps having a specific bulb installed therein. The LED lamp may allow the user to selectively vary the number of individual lamps utilized in the landscape lighting system. Further, if the landscape lighting system is designed to utilize incandescent bulbs, the LED lamp may allow for the convenient and easy replacement of the incandescent bulbs to allow the user to achieve the maximum benefits associated with the use of LED lamps over conventional incandescent bulbs.
US08414152B2
An improved heat-dissipation structure for a matrix LED lamp is disclosed. The heat-dissipation structure is a plate-shaped metal hood configured to hold an LED matrix module for heat dissipation so as to maintain the entire matrix LED lamp cool. The heat-dissipation structure is a plate-shaped metal shell having a plurality of threaded holes allowing the LED matrix module to be fixed thereto. In virtue of the tight contact between the bottom of the LED matrix module and the plate-shaped metal hood, heat generated by the LED matrix module can be quickly absorbed and dissipated by the plate-shaped metal hood, so as to prevent the LED matrix module from premature aging, thereby enlightening the service life of the LED matrix module.
US08414149B2
An LED panel assembly includes a circuit board having a plurality of LEDs. An LED seal louver is coupled over the circuit board. The LED seal louver includes a substrate and a pliable seal membrane. The substrate includes one or more substrate cavities. The pliable seal membrane is coupled with the substrate, and the pliable seal membrane includes a pliable material partially extending across the one or more substrate cavities. One or more LED passages extends through the pliable material adjacent to the substrate cavities. Each of the LED passages is sized and shaped to receive a single LED. Bulbs for one or more of the plurality of LEDs are correspondingly received within the LED passages, and the pliable material seals around each bulb with an interference fit. The bulbs are directly visible through the LED seal louver while the pliable seal membrane is sealed around the bulbs, and the circuit board is concealed by the LED seal louver and isolated from an environment exterior to the LED panel assembly.
US08414145B2
A light emitting device according to one embodiment includes: a board; plural first light emitting units each including a first light emitting element and a first fluorescent layer formed on the first light emitting element having a green phosphor; plural second light emitting units each including a second light emitting element and a second fluorescent layer formed on the second light emitting element having a red phosphor; the second fluorescent layers and the first fluorescent layers being separated in a non-contact manner with gas interposed there between; and plural third light emitting units each including a third light emitting element and a resin layer formed on the third light emitting element having neither a green phosphor nor the red phosphor, the third light emitting units being disposed between the first light emitting units and the second light emitting units.
US08414134B2
An illumination apparatus includes first and second light source units. An optical axis converting element has a first surface that reflects a luminous flux emitted from the first light source unit and a second surface that reflects a luminous flux emitted from the second light source unit and is configured to reflect respective luminous fluxes emitted from the respective light source units in substantially one direction. Each of the luminous fluxes entering the optical axis converting element has different dimensions in two directions orthogonal to each other in a plane orthogonal to an emission axis of the each light source unit. The optical axis converting element is arranged such that a cross-sectional shape of the luminous flux entering each optical axis converting element taken along the surface has a short side direction in the same direction as the direction of arrangement of the first and second surfaces.
US08414133B2
A projection display device comprises a projection lens section to which light modulated by a light modulating element is entered, a mirror section for reflecting the light emitted from the projection lens section to reflect to the projection lens section side and directing the light to a projection plane, and an operation section for displacing a lens in the projection lens section. The operation section is disposed in a region in which the operation section does not hinder an optical path of the light that has been passed through a projection port provided in a main body cabinet.
US08414123B2
Proper selection and centering of an intraocular lens (IOL) is provided. An image of an eye, which may be captured during pre-operative tests and provided to a program operable to calculate the power and axis orientation of the IOL, is used to determine the location and orientation of the IOL. This produces an output or placement guide used to properly center and orient an IOL within the eye.
US08414122B2
A medical imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject, an imaging sequence registration unit configured to register an imaging sequence, and a display unit configured to display the imaging sequence registered by the imaging sequence registration unit.
US08414115B2
A liquid supplying apparatus includes: a pressure applying device applying pressure to the liquid inside a supply flow channel connected to a liquid supply object; a pressure buffering unit including a deformable or movable partition separating a liquid chamber connected to the supply flow channel and a gas chamber; a gas flow channel switching device connecting and disconnecting the gas chamber and a gas storage unit; an atmosphere connection channel switching device connecting and disconnecting the gas storage unit to and from the atmosphere; a switching controlling device controlling operations of the gas flow channel switching device and the atmosphere connection channel switching device during initial position adjustment of the partition and during pressurization of the liquid supply object; and a pressure controlling device controlling the pressure applying device in response to the operations of the gas flow channel switching device and the atmosphere connection channel switching device.
US08414112B2
A printing material delivery system includes a printing material storage that includes a printing material. The printing material deliver system also includes a print head. A pressurizing device defines a housing that includes an inlet coupled to the printing material storage, an outlet coupled to the print head, and that houses a rotatable member that is operable to rotate and create a pressure differential in order to transfer the printing material from the printing material storage, through the pressurizing device, and out of the print head.
US08414110B2
An inkjet head includes a channel substrate having multiple individual liquid chambers arranged in a shorter-side direction of the channel substrate, the individual liquid chambers being separated by multiple liquid chamber partition walls and communicating with ink supply openings; multiple diaphragms defining surfaces of the individual liquid chambers facing toward nozzle openings; multiple actuators formed on the diaphragms, each of the actuators being formed of a lower electrode, a piezoelectric element, and an upper electrode stacked in layers; and multiple individual electrode interconnects led out from the upper electrodes of the actuators, the individual electrode interconnects being connected to the corresponding upper electrodes on the nozzle opening side and on the ink supply opening side of the upper electrodes, the individual electrode interconnects being formed in regions where the liquid chamber partition walls are formed.
US08414100B2
A liquid ejecting head inspection apparatus detects malfunction of a liquid ejecting head that discharges liquid droplets. The liquid ejecting head inspection apparatus includes a liquid droplet landing portion on which a discharged liquid droplet can land. An electric change detecting unit detects an electric change in the liquid droplet landing portion. A controlling unit supplies a discharging drive signal to a driving element for discharging a liquid droplet, generates a potential difference between the discharged liquid droplet and the liquid droplet landing portion, and detects landing of the liquid droplet based on activity of the electric change detecting unit. A non-landing unit ensures that no liquid droplet lands on the liquid droplet landing portion when the discharging drive signal is applied to the driving element. A judging unit judges whether the liquid ejecting head inspection apparatus functions properly based on activity of the electric change detecting unit.
US08414096B2
A scanner, an image forming apparatus and a motor control method of the scanner and the image forming apparatus. The motor control method includes scanning a test image formed on a document, calculating an actual speed of a scan head moved by the motor using the scanned test image, calculating a matrix representing a relation between a driving signal to drive the motor and the calculated actual speed of the scan head, and renewing the driving signal using an inverse matrix to the calculated matrix to correct the actual speed of the scan head.
US08414082B2
A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame extending in the fore/aft direction, the vehicle body frame including a front frame and a rear frame disposed rearwardly of the front frame, a passenger's section provided on the vehicle body frame, a driver's seat disposed on the front side of the passenger's section, and a drive unit including an engine, the drive unit being disposed downwardly of the rear frame. A rear portion of a rear seat disposing space provided rearwardly of the driver's seat is overlapped with an upper side of the rear frame. A rear seat disposed in the rear seat disposing space is selectable in its posture between a first posture where the upper side of the rear frame is opened up to allow visual inspection of the drive unit and a second posture where the rear seat is positioned on the upper side of the rear frame to cover the drive unit.
US08414073B2
The invention relates to a seating arrangement (1) having a substructure (3), in which the seating arrangement (1) comprises at least one carrying arm (7, 8), and the carrying arm (7, 8) comprises an upper, first carrier (7a, 8a) and a lower, second carrier (7b, 8b).
US08414063B2
A first seal installed on a first body structure has a first sealing surface extending in a vertical direction and a first sealing projection spaced apart from the first sealing surface. A second seal installed on a second body structure has a second sealing surface extending in the vertical direction and a second sealing projection spaced apart from the second sealing surface. With the second body structure in a closed position and adjacent the first body structure, the second sealing surface contacts the first sealing surface to form a first vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures and the second sealing projection contacts the first sealing projection to form a second vertical sealing line between the first and second body structures along at least upper portions of the first and second body structures by elastic deformation of at least one of the first and second sealing projections.
US08414054B2
A simplified tilt-integrated suspension mechanism includes first and second supporting legs to support an upper frame and a lower frame on one side of a seat section, and third and fourth supporting legs to support the lower frame and the upper frame on the other side of the seat section. The first and third supporting legs are pivotally connected to the upper frame on the same axial line. The second and fourth supporting legs each include a lower supporting leg portion pivotally connected to the lower frame, and an upper supporting leg portion pivotally connected to the lower supporting leg portion by a pivot pin and slidably joined to the upper frame. A releasable locking means may also be provided.
US08414052B2
Various enhancements to the capabilities of vehicles in general, and particularly light-duty utility vehicles, which can advantageously enhance the cargo-carrying capabilities of such vehicles. The present invention provides a cargo bed insert, as well as an insert system, for removable attachment to a vehicle's existing cargo box. Improvement to a light-duty utility vehicle, where the improvement is in the form of a cargo box for the vehicle which includes one or more features of the described cargo bed insert and/or system is disclosed. The invention contemplates methods for enhancing the cargo-carrying capability of a light-duty utility vehicle. In particular, methods for enhancing the cargo-carrying capacity of such a vehicle beyond a manufacturers specified cargo weight capacity are provided. Lastly, the invention includes a mounting assembly for a removable attachment to a vehicle's frame. The mounting assembly may be employed as a stand-alone item, or in conjunction with the cargo bed insert, to create a system for enhancing a vehicle's cargo-carrying capability.
US08414042B2
A package moving system has a jaw device movable between an open and a closed position. The jaw has a pair of opposite support structures that each support at least one support arm. The at least one support arm moves between a first and second position. In the first position, it receives a package. In the second, it supports the package. At least one retaining member is biased downward to engage the package when the jaws are in a closed position. The retaining element urges against an upper surface of the supported package to retain the package in the support arms.
US08414041B2
An automobile bumper arrangement includes a crossbeam coupled to side rails of an automobile via crash boxes, wherein the crossbeam has extensions disposed at end sections which are laterally supported on a corresponding crash box. A modular bumper system has a crossbeam, an extension and a crash box coupled to a side rail of an automobile, wherein the crossbeam has a standardized length and a vehicle-specific width of a bumper can be attained by varying the length of the extension.
US08414024B1
An active bolster for a door of a transportation vehicle comprises a sheet metal door frame with a plurality of brackets. A door cover panel is mounted to the door frame. The cover panel has a bolster aperture, a living hinge disposed around the perimeter of the bolster aperture, and a plurality of mounting bosses. A blow-molded bladder is arranged to fit within the bolster aperture having a front surface substantially co-planar with the cover panel, having a pleated back surface, and having a plurality of side mounting tabs extending laterally from the sides of the bladder. Each side mounting tab is attached to a respective mounting boss and includes a respective tear seam configured to pull away from the respective mounting boss during inflation of the bladder. A plurality of capture pins are insert molded into the back surface. Each pin is captured by a respective bracket.
US08414020B2
An object of the present invention is to ensure smooth deployment of an airbag having a turned-back end portion. The present invention is an airbag device that expands and deploys in a curtain shape on a side portion of a vehicle interior in order to protect an occupant of the vehicle interior, where the airbag includes a gas generator for generating an expansion gas and an airbag that deploys when it is expanded by the gas supplied from the gas generator. The airbag is compressed into an elongated shape when stowed and an end portion of the elongated airbag is turned back in a lengthwise direction, thereby forming an airbag main portion that is not turned back and the turned-back end portion. A restricting member is also provided to restrict deployment of the turned-back end portion of the airbag toward a vehicle outer side when the device is activated.
US08414018B2
A center airbag module for a vehicle, may include a center console provided between a pair of seats, and an airbag cushion provided in the center console to be deployed in the event of a side collision, and having a lower chamber configured to support a body of a passenger, and an upper chamber including a left chamber and a right chamber which fluid-branch from an upper end of the lower chamber and configured to protect a head of the passenger.
US08413998B2
[Problem to be Solved] To provide a roller skate in which the inclination of a shoe can be firmly stabilized and the user can easily apply force to the ankle.[Solution] A pair of roller skates 1 provided with wheels 3 and a sole 10 rotatably holding the wheels 3. In each of a pair of the roller skates 1, the wheels 3 are provided with one front wheel 3a and one rear wheel 3b. The front wheel 3a is provided on the inside of a shoe body 2 provided over the sole 10, and the rear wheel 3b is provided on the outside of the shoe body 2.
US08413997B1
A vehicle fluid suspension control system includes a fluid supply adapted to fluidly communicate with a lift mechanism in the vehicle. A circuit board is connected to the fluid supply and exhausts fluid from the lift mechanism when the kneel switch is activated. The circuit board may also open a flowpath from the fluid supply to the lift mechanism when a kneel switch is deactivated and the brake pedal is depressed. A manifold may be in fluid communication with the fluid supply and the lift mechanism and may include a supply flowpath and an exhaust flowpath. The control system may be programmed with a height averaging adjustment delay, which determines whether the average height of the vehicle during a period of time is outside of a predetermined range. The control system may make corresponding adjustments to bring the height of the vehicle within the predetermined range.
US08413996B2
A chuck includes a body having an engaging groove for releasably receiving a bit. A sleeve is slideably mounted around the body. The body further includes an annular groove in an outer periphery thereof. The annular groove includes a positioning portion having an opening extending into the engaging groove. A retainer ring is mounted in the annular groove and includes a section extending into the engaging groove via the opening to engage with and retain the bit in the engaging groove.
US08413994B2
In a sealing system (1) between two mutually moving components (2, 3) for sealing a high pressure side (H) with respect to a low pressure side (N), a sealing configuration (9) is provided in a first annular groove (4) at the high pressure side and with one or more pressure relief elements (10a, 10b) being disposed in second annular grooves (14a, 14b) each pressure relief element (10a, 10b) having a second sealing ring (15a, 15b) with a flat pressure gradient. The hydrodynamic leak rate for each pressure relief element (10a, 10b) is chosen in such a fashion that a certain hydraulic pressure obtains in each intermediate region (Za, Zb). The sealing system in accordance with the invention (1) has, in addition to the hydro dynamic transport capability of the sealing rings (5, 15a, 15b), a hydrostatic relief capability by means of connecting channels (17a, 17b) provided in the pressure relief elements (10a, 10b) which act as check valves for pressure relief of an intermediate region (Zb) in the event of a rise in the intermediate region pressure above intermediate region pressure at the high pressure side of the next intermediate pressure region plus a corresponding pressure increase quantity (FIG. 2).
US08413988B2
A picture puzzle kit is provided for coloring a picture puzzle marked with indicia corresponding to multiple colors. The picture puzzle kit comprises puzzle pieces, color charts, and coloring tools. The puzzle pieces comprise parts of a picture and are marked with indicia corresponding to different colors. The color charts display colors corresponding to the indicia marked on the puzzle pieces. In an embodiment, multiple removable layers are stacked one above the other on each of the puzzle pieces. In another embodiment, an embedded audio assembly is provided in each of the puzzle pieces and the color charts for audibly indicating characteristics of the puzzle pieces and the color charts respectively. The puzzle pieces are linked to assemble the picture puzzle. The coloring tools enable the user to color the puzzle pieces using the colors displayed on the color charts corresponding to the indicia marked on the puzzle pieces.
US08413985B2
An image forming system controls a handover timing of sheets between an image forming apparatus and a sheet feeding apparatus with high precision. A transmission path transmits information between the image forming apparatus and the sheet feeding apparatus. A signal line transmits a handover signal output from the image forming apparatus to the sheet feeding apparatus. A first control unit transmits the handover signal to the sheet feeding apparatus after transmitting a feeding start request to the sheet feeding apparatus. A second control unit controls the sheet feeding apparatus to convey the sheet to a predetermined position in the sheet feeding apparatus in accordance with a reception of the feeding start request and of conveying the sheet at the predetermined position to the image forming apparatus in accordance with a reception of the handover signal.
US08413984B2
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a conveying path for conveying a sheet, an optical displacement sensor that detects displacement of the sheet, and a calculating unit that calculates a movement index value indicating moving distances of the sheet in a conveying direction and a direction perpendicular thereto based on an output from the optical displacement sensor. The optical displacement sensor includes a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a matrix array. A row alignment direction and a column alignment direction of the light receiving elements are tilted with respect to the conveying direction.
US08413981B2
A sheet bundle with storage tags, a method for producing the sheet bundle and a sheet transport mechanism in an image forming apparatus are provide. The sheet bundle includes a plurality of sheets stacked to one another, each sheet being attached with a storage tag at an attachment position and having a thickness larger at the attachment position than other positions thereof. The plurality of sheets includes a plurality of kinds of sheets which have different attachment positions when the sheet bundle is viewed from a direction orthogonal to a surface of the sheets.
US08413978B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a punch portion punching a hole at an end part of a sheet, and a push-out member discharging the sheet by pushing the end part of the sheet where the punch process is performed by the punch portion. The push-out member discharges the sheet at a sheet discharging speed lower than a predetermined speed from the intermediate process tray in accordance with punch process information (i.e., combination of a size and a type of the sheet and number, a shape and a size of holes) that strength of a sheet end part is decreased by the punch process, and is lower than predetermined sheet strength capable of being discharged at the predetermined speed.
US08413974B2
A creasing device for creasing sheets on a per-sheet basis, the creasing device includes: a first member extending perpendicularly to a sheet conveying direction and including a male blade, which has a convex cross section; a second member extending perpendicularly to the sheet conveying direction and including a grooved female blade, into which the male blade to be fitted with a sheet between the female blade and the male blade; and a drive unit that brings the first member and the second member relatively into and out of contact with each other to cause a sheet stopped at a predetermined position to be pinched between the first member and the second member and creased. An edge portion of any one of the first member and the second member has an arcuate shape.
US08413973B2
The clamping fixture comprises a chuck (1) and fixedly securable thereto releasably a clamping pallet (6). The chuck (1) is provided with four centering pins (3) arranged at the chuck (1) cooperating with centering openings (9) arranged at the clamping pallet (6) such that the clamping pallet (6) when chucked in the chuck (1) is oriented in the X and Y direction. Each centering pin (3) features two conically tapered side faces (3a, 3b) whilst each centering opening (9) is defined by two side walls (9a, 9b) oriented parallel to each other. When chucking the clamping pallet (6) at the chuck (1) the conically tapered side faces (3a, 3b) of each centering pin (3) come into line contact with the sidewalls of the centering opening (9).
US08413970B2
A pin clamp assembly having a body, a locating pin, an actuator, a drive rod, a cam, and a finger is provided. The locating pin is coupled to the body and movable between extended and retracted positions. The drive rod is movable relative to the locating pin. The cam is movable relative to the locating pin and the drive rod. The finger is coupled to the drive rod and movable between extended and retracted positions. Actuation of the actuator causes the drive rod to move which extends the finger without moving the locating pin. Also, continued retraction of the drive rod after the finger has extended causes the cam to move out from the slot in the body to allow the locating pin to retract.
US08413966B1
The water aeration system using a renewable energy source is a self-contained unit having a float and a perforated diffuser plate positioned below the float. An electrically powered air pump is installed atop the structure, and a device for collecting renewable energy also extends above the structure. The renewable energy collection device may be one or more solar panels or a wind generator or wind turbine. The pump draws ambient air in through an inlet and pumps the air down through a supply tube to escape from a nozzle below the diffuser plate. The air then bubbles up through the water, the bubbles being broken up by the small perforations of the diffuser plate to provide efficient aeration of the water. An electrical storage battery and auxiliary power receptacle may be provided to power the pump motor during periods when solar or wind power is not available.
US08413961B2
A cable pulling cap can include: (a) a lower portion with a top and a bottom, the lower portion comprising one or more lower sidewalls, the one or more lower sidewalls define an lower cavity; (b) an upper portion with a top and a bottom, the upper portion including one or more upper sidewalls, the one or more upper sidewalls define an upper cavity, the top of the upper portion having an access channel, the bottom of the upper portion further configured to mechanically couple to the top of the lower portion; (c) a bearing sized to a diameter less than a width of the access channel of the upper portion and located in the upper cavity; and (d) a pulling stem having a first end and a second end, the first end of the pulling stem configured to mechanically coupled to a portion of the bearing. Other embodiments are disclosed in this application.
US08413955B1
A valve seat assembly for a pressure relief valve in which a valve member is biased against a valve seat to a closed position and movable away from the valve seat to an open position when inlet fluid pressure reaches a predetermined threshold value, the valve seat assembly having a seat body with an internal bore and positioned to abut the valve member when moved by the spring to the closed position. An insert member is disposed in the seat body to extend between an upper end of the seat body and a resilient member supported by the seat body for resiliently pressing against the insert member, the upper end of the insert member supporting the valve seat to seal with the valve member.
US08413951B2
A valve device includes a temperature sensor disposed to project from a housing to a tank inner space to detect the temperature in the tank inner space, and can detect the temperature without being influenced by the heat capacity of the housing. A coil generates a magnetic force to drive a valve with three terminals arranged at different positions in an axial direction, and a drive voltage is selectively applied between two of the terminals. A current value of the driving current which energizes the coil can be changed by selecting the terminals between which the drive voltage is applied. Without controlling the drive voltage, it is possible to suppress wasting power such that the driving current of the large current value is generated in the start-up time, and the current value of the driving current is decreased in the holding time.
US08413943B1
A securing device for a tablet device has a main seat, two positioning rods, two first resilient elements, two driving sliders, two sets of holding legs and a lock. The holding legs hold the tablet device. When the lock is locked, the lock is unable to detach from the main seat, and the positioning rods, the driving sliders and the holding legs are unable to move. Consequently, the securing device is unable to detach from the tablet device. Thus, as a cable of the lock is looped around a post, the tablet device is secured at a specific position and is not stolen easily.
US08413942B2
An adjustable vehicle seat suspension system comprising a support assembly, a regulating system, and a control system. In an exemplary embodiment, the control system, which can comprise a hardware control for setting-selection by a human operator, directs the regulating system to adjust the support assembly as needed. Based on the human operator's chosen settings, the regulating system, in conjunction with the support assembly, can emulate a passive, semi-active, or active suspension. Preferably, the regulating system comprises a rotary motor, which drives the support assembly.
US08413923B2
For damping vertical oscillations in a helicopter having a rotor drive-unit and an airframe and carrying an external payload suspended via a lifting gear from a load attachment point on the airframe, oscillation sensors are arranged on the helicopter, and an actively operated linear actuator is provided between the load attachment point and the lifting gear. With the oscillation sensors excitations of a first mode of the vertical oscillations, in which the external load and the rotor drive-unit oscillate together relative to the load attachment point, and of a second mode of the vertical oscillations, in which the load attachment point oscillates relative to the external load and the rotor drive-unit, are sensed, and forces opposed to the vertical oscillations are applied with the actuator between the load attachment point and the lifting gear as a function of the phase and of the amplitude of the sensed excitations.
US08413921B2
A supporting mechanism is provided that prevents swings and deflections of a long piece of material, as well as eliminates any scratches of it that may arise when it is being processed. The supporting mechanism includes a group of spherical bodies C, four pieces of movable supporting members 1, and coil springs 2. The group of spherical bodies C comprises a first group of spherical bodies C1. The movable supporting members 1 are provided around the second group of spherical bodies C2, contacting the periphery of the group. The coil springs 2 are a biasing device that pushes the movable supporting members 1 toward the central axis of the long piece of material W.
US08413917B2
A roller mill for grinding particulate material such as cement raw materials, cement clinker and similar materials comprises a mill housing surrounding a substantially horizontal grinding table, a number of rollers each rotating about a roller shaft and configured for interactive operation with the grinding table and at least one mechanism or device for introducing gases into the mill housing. The at least one mechanism or device for introducing gases into the mill housing comprises an annular duct having openings in a wall facing the grinding table and being located around the outer circumference of the grinding table. As a consequence hereof, a significant reduction of the pressure loss in a roller mill and thus a significant reduction of energy consumption will be ensured.
US08413904B1
A keyboard layout for a handheld electronic book device is described herein. The device includes a display screen adapted for displaying visible representations of textual or graphic content related to the electronic book. The device also includes a keyboard for controlling presentation of the content. The keyboard includes two sets of keys. A first set of keys is arranged in an arcuate configuration relative to a first point of reference on the device. A second set of keys is arranged in an arcuate configuration relative to a second point of reference on the device. The second point of reference is spaced from the first point of reference on the device. One or more of the first set of keys and one or more of the second set of keys are arranged in a horizontal row.
US08413899B2
According to one embodiment, a purchased article registration apparatus includes a declaration unit, an input unit, a determination unit, and a notification unit. The declaration unit accepts a declaration input indicating that a customer carries a reusable shopping bag with which the customer takes a purchased article home. The input unit accepts input of article identification data that can identify the article purchased by the customer. The determination unit determines whether the article specified by the article identification data having its input accepted by the input unit is an article to be separately packaged or not. The notification unit notifies that separate packaging should be provided, when the declaration that the customer carries the reusable shopping bag is accepted and it is determined that the article is an article to be separately packaged.
US08413893B2
A storage device storing a plurality of pieces of authentication information is provided. The storage device includes a display allowing a user to determine the authentication information stored in the storage device and to select desired authentication information from among the authentication information displayed thereon. The store device performs authentication processing on the authentication information selected by the user. The storage device may be a memory card having a display. The memory card may be used for various use purposes by changing information displayed thereon according to a desired purpose.
US08413881B2
A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image.
US08413876B2
The invention relates to a strip or sheet of aluminium alloy, comprising at least 80% by weight of aluminium and 0.01 to 0.5% yttrium and/or 0.05 to 0.5% bismuth, coated on at least one face with a brazing alloy. Said sheets and strips are used for the production of pieces by non-flux brazing.
US08413872B2
A surgical fastening apparatus having a fastener retaining frame including a first annular portion having a plurality of retainers circumferentially disposed thereon and a second annular portion having a plurality of circumferentially arranged perforations. The fastener retaining frame is detachably secured to a supporting structure. After the plurality of surgical fasteners have been mated with the plurality of retainers, an annular blade severs the perforations.
US08413867B2
The present invention includes various embodiments directed to apparatus and methods surrounding a fastener device. In particular embodiments, the fastener device is a quick charging and discharging device that includes a solenoid, a fastener striker, a flash capacitor, and a control circuit. Other novel features of the fastener device exist. In particular embodiments, the present invention also includes apparatus and methods related to deforming staples for securing conduit and the like, and staple insulation and insulated staples that may be discharged by the fastener device. The insulation may be provided in an ordinary staple strip for use in the fastener device. Each insulation form may include deformation voids to assist the adaptation of the insulation about a target object that is being secured by the insulated staple.
US08413861B2
Principles of the present disclosure contemplate use of a flexible sleeve to aid in donning and doffing garments, for example compression garments. The compression garment may be rolled around the sleeve via an eversion process. The compression garment may be unrolled from the sleeve and onto a limb via a reverse eversion process. Likewise, the compression garment may be unrolled from around a limb and onto the sleeve via an eversion process. By utilizing an eversion-based approach, compression garments may be donned and/or doffed more quickly and easily.
US08413860B2
A hanger assembly allows a user to hang a pullover garment from its top and remove the pullover garment quickly and easily without damaging it. The hanger assembly includes a rigid handle to which is joined an elongated flexible holder. The rigid handle has a hook portion and a holder carrier portion including first and second opposed coupling members. The flexible holder is operationally coupled for slidable engagement with the first and second coupling members to allow the flexible holder to transition between a lengthwise compressed state and a partly relaxed state to hang the garment and between the partly relaxed state and a break free state to remove the garment without stretching its neck opening.
US08413852B2
An improved arrangement for removably coupling a replaceable cartridge to a housing of a dispenser with the cartridge carrying a piston pump with a movable piston element to be coupled on insertion with an actuator plate of the housing. A ramp mechanism is provided on the actuator plate to engage the piston element and during insertion of the cartridge into the housing move the piston element to a position relative the actuator plate which facilitates proper coupling including a resilient member which prevents radial movement relative a catch member of the housing from a coupled orientation unless the resilient member is deflected from an unbiased inherent configuration.
US08413846B2
It is to provide a cheap liquid pouring nozzle having a one-way function for automatically closing an opening port at the same time of stopping the pouring of a packing material to surely prevent the penetration of air into a package bag, in which the detaching of a cap to the pouring nozzle is useless and the production is easy and the fusion-joining to a package bag main body is simple and sure, as well as a package bag using the same and a box for a package bag and a packaging structure. Such a nozzle is a liquid pouring nozzle constituted by fusion-joining its base end portion to an inner surface of a soft package bag main body at a side portion of the package bag main body through a sealant layer as an outermost layer, in which front and rear laminate films comprising a uniaxially oriented or biaxially oriented base film layer and sealant layers sandwiching it are fused to each other at a surrounding portion other than the base end at a posture of opposing one sealant layers to each other.
US08413843B2
A dispenser for packets comprises a plurality of horizontal rows comprising a plurality of side by said dispenser compartments. Each compartment defines a channel for receiving a horizontal stack of packets and comprises a front edge. A movement imparting assembly is mounted within each compartment and comprises a pusher member for engaging the horizontal stack of packets. The movement imparting assembly provides for the pusher member to selectively push forward the horizontal stack of packets so as to push at least one of the packets in the compartment off the edge thereof for retrieval. Sensor are mounted to the dispenser so as to detect dispensing of packets and to communicate this information to a controller.
US08413841B2
An apparatus and method are disclosed and pertain to a lid for use with a container having a rim and an opening where volatile esters from an aromatic compound are dispersing into the environment and for enhancing the identification of the volatile esters. The lid is comprised of a generally planar laterally stabilized gas restrictive material for decreasing the dispersion rate of the volatile esters, resulting in increased concentration of the volatile esters within the container and enhancing the identification of the volatile esters emitted from the aromatic compound. The lid includes a surface for coupling to the rim in a manner that laterally stabilizes the lid so that it remains sufficiently fixed to the rim during agitation of the container. The surface also permits the lid to be removed from the rim.
US08413838B2
An inverted bottle holder is described for holding a bottle with a neck upside down inside a container having an exterior wall. The bottle holder includes a clip having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced to accept the exterior wall of the container in between, wherein the clip is formed having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the container, and a deck connected to the clip and extending into the container, the deck including an aperture sized to accept the neck of the bottle, such that the bottle is held upside down in the container when inserted into the aperture.
US08413837B2
A technique for allowing the convenient and orderly withdrawal of contents is disclosed. An apparatus according to the technique may include a container which includes an enhancement at the rim of the container. The enhancement provides the functionality to move edible and/or inedible substances onto objects. In one example, the enhancement may protrude inwardly as a smoothed surface that may push substances onto objects as the objects are removed from the container.
US08413835B2
A container assembly for controlling rate of oxygen transfer from the atmosphere into a liquid stored in the container assembly comprising, a container (1) having a body, the walls of the body having an oxygen permeability within a predetermined range chosen for the liquid being stored, a frame (2) for supporting the container and bracing at least one of the walls of the container against bulging, a pair of access openings (3) beneath the frame for allowing entry of the tynes of a forklift, a neck (7) with an open mouth extending from an upper wall of the body, the upper wall being shaped so as to allow substantially all air to flow out of the body through the neck as the container is filled to the level of the bottom of the neck and, an outlet (4) for draining liquid from the container arranged near a bottom wall of the body.
US08413829B2
A blow-molded plastic container includes an upper portion having a finish, a body portion and a base. At least one groove is formed in a radial sidewall of the finish. The groove slopes gradually downward along the radial sidewall and away from an opening into the container. The container may also include a kick out feature engagable with a tamper-evidence band. A closure member is adapted to selectively mate with the finish on the container. At least one thread is formed on the closure member.
US08413824B2
A folding wire caddy has a horizontal base member, a leg support member pivotally attached with a vertical axis at a point along the horizontal base member near a first end, such that the leg member may be folded to be parallel and adjacent to the base member, or to be at a right angle to the base member, a second leg support member pivotally attached with a vertical axis at a point along the horizontal base member near an end of the base member opposite the first end of the base member, such that the second leg member may be folded to be parallel and adjacent to the base member, or to be at a right angle to the base member, and one or more spindle members pivotally attached near one end of each spindle member with horizontal axes at points along the first length of the base member, such that each spindle member my fold to be parallel and adjacent to the base member, or at a right angle to the base member, extending vertically.
US08413814B2
A Front Opening Unified Pod (FOUP) having a purgeable supporting module disposed at the junction of each sidewall and the backwall of the container, the characteristic of the FOUP being in that: the purgeable supporting module has a buffer gas chamber and a gas inlet is disposed at one end of the buffer gas chamber and connected to a gas valve on the bottom surface, an outgassing channel is disposed on the purgeable supporting module facing the opening of the FOUP, and a long slot is disposed on one side of the outgassing channel, an airflow channel being disposed between and thus connecting the outgassing channel and the buffer gas chamber, and a plurality of supporting ribs being vertically disposed on one side of the long slot at intervals.
US08413813B2
A blister pack for dispensing pills that is childproof yet senior-friendly. The blister pack includes a housing, which may be substantially tear-resistant, that encloses one or more blisters contained on a blister sheet. In one embodiment, the cavities of the blisters are positioned such that pills or other objects are dispensed into a chamber. A neck extends outward from the chamber to permit a childproof cap to be removably attached thereto to permit the selective dispensing of the pills in a controlled fashion. In another embodiment, the blister pack may include a chamber for dispensing a first type of pill and a plurality of blisters not aligned with the chamber for dispensing a second type of pill.
US08413810B2
A package for a medical device having a handle and an elongated shaft. The package includes a holster for holding the medical device, the holster having a tubular member for receiving the elongated shaft and a handle cover located at a proximal end thereof. The handle cover has a holster opening for accessing the handle to draw the medical device from the holster. The package includes a pouch having a sealed area bounded by a top sealed edge, a bottom sealed edge, a pair of side sealed edges extending between the top and bottom sealed edges, and at least one opening tab spaced from the bottom sealed edge. The medical device and the holster are disposed within the sealed area of the pouch with the elongated shaft of the medical device extending along the bottom sealed edge and the holster opening being located adjacent the at least one opening tab.
US08413806B2
One embodiment of the invention provides a hinged-lid pack (1) for smoking articles such as cigarettes. The pack comprises a body (4) and a lid (5) each having respective front (12,22), back (13,23) and opposing side panels (11A,11B,21A,21B). The back panel of the lid (3) is hinged to the back panel of the body. At least one side panel of the lid is provided with an inner tab (201A,201B) extending substantially coplanar with the side panel of the lid to resist opening of the lid.
US08413802B2
The present invention relates to a cap assembly mounted on a discharging portion of a container for containing an ingredient different from that in accommodated in a container, which comprise a cap body having a housing formed with a chamber for storage of a secondary ingredient, a closing element provided at a lower end opening of the housing for opening the lower end opening under pressure so as to open the lower end opening.
US08413786B2
An apparatus and method is disclosed for use with a vending machine having a cabinet for containing product to be dispensed, and a door for closing the cabinet. The door has a vertical column with two sides and a front face, the front face having openings that permit customer interface devices to be accessed by a customer. A continuous integral panel is secured to the vertical column and extends across a width of the front face and side of the vertical column.
US08413783B2
A power transmission device that includes a clutch that transmits power from a motor to an axle; a first pump that is driven by power from the motor to generate and output fluid pressure; a second pump that receives and is driven by a supply of electric power to generate and output fluid pressure; a line pressure generating valve that is operated by operation fluid input to an operation input port, and regulates fluid pressure output from the first pump to generate a line pressure for engaging the clutch; and a switching valve that switches between a first connection state and a second connection state.
US08413781B2
A positive locking roller stop device includes two parallel disks; one is attached in a fixed position on a shaft while the other is mounted to same shaft via a bearing, allowing for rotation of this disk independent of the rotation of the shaft. One disk has one or more spring arm rollers attached to surface facing the second disk which has either an inclined notch(es) or inclined ramp(s) positioned to face the other disk and spring arm roller. Spacing between the disks allows the spring arm roller to engage the inclined notch(es) in the other disk when rotated in one direction thereby locking the movable disk to shaft while allowing free rotation of movable disk around shaft when rotated in opposite direction.
US08413775B2
A collapsible wheel structure for a luggage box includes a wheel base and a foldable rod. The wheel base is pivotally connected with a wheel. One end of the wheel base is pivotally connected to the foldable rod. The foldable rod is pivotally connected to the wheel base for connecting with the wheel base firmly. When the wheel base and the foldable rod are unlocked, the foldable rod is in a folded status. The collapsible wheel structure is adapted to couple with the bottom of the luggage box. When the foldable rod is in a folded status, the size of the luggage will be reduced.
US08413772B2
A MagnetoRheological Fluid Elastic (MRFE) lag damper system for adaptive lead-lag damping of helicopter main rotors. Embodiments include snubber dampers especially for hingeless helicopter rotors, and concentric bearing dampers. The snubber lag dampers include a flexible snubber body defining a cavity, a flexible or rigid interior (e.g., center) wall subdividing the cavity, and a flow valve in the interior wall or external to the cavity. The flexible snubber body may comprise elastomeric materials and metal rings stacked together to create a sealed MR fluid cavity. The shear deformation of the snubber body induces MR fluid flow through the valve, controlled by a magnetic field in the valve. An MRFE concentric bearing damper is also disclosed, comprising a pair of concentric tubes with elastomeric material injected and cured in an annular gap between the two tubes, and an MR fluid reservoir with piston-mounted MR valve housed inside the innermost tube.
US08413760B2
A muffler for an internal combustion engine includes a first shell includes a flexible portion, an intake conduit, and a second shell coupled to the first shell. The intake conduit extends outwardly from the first shell and is configured to be inserted into an exhaust port of an engine. The flexible portion surrounds the intake conduit. Upon attachment to the engine, compression force is stored via elastic deflection of the flexible portion of the first shell, thereby pressing the intake conduit into the exhaust port such that a seal is formed.
US08413734B2
A fire sprinkler support assembly includes a leg configured to extend transverse to each of a pair of adjacent parallel spaced beams. The leg includes levered clamp assemblies that are configured for connecting and supporting each end of the leg to a corresponding one of the beams. The levered clamp assemblies include a first plate and a second plate, each plate configured to straddle the beam. The levered clamp assemblies also include a lever assembly. The lever assembly includes a rod passing through corresponding rod openings in the first and second plates, and a lever pivotally connected to one end of the rod. The lever includes a cam surface disposed adjacent to the first plate. The lever assembly is configured to reduce spacing between the plates upon actuation of the lever, whereby the leg is secured to the beam.
US08413726B2
Apparatus, assembly and process for allowing gas lift operations to be conducted along a relatively long perforated interval below a packer in a generally vertical or a deviated subterranean well. An elongated segregation member may be lowered into locking engagement with a bypass mandrel secured to a tubing string above the packer. This segregation member may be configured and dimensioned to define two fluid flow paths. A first flow path extends from the surface of the earth through the annulus formed between the tubing string above the packer and casing secured in the well, the bypass mandrel, a bore through a portion of the segregation member and the interior of the tubing string below the packer. A second flow path extends from the subterranean region penetrated by the well through the annulus formed between the tubing string below the packer and casing secured in the well, the annulus between the segregation member and the packer, and the interior of the tubing string above the packer. Fluid produced into the well from the subterranean region may be conveyed to the surface via the second flow path and may be assisted by gas injected into the first flow path. Pressurized gas may be conveyed via the first flow paths.
US08413709B2
A composite core die includes a reusable core die and a disposable core die; where the disposable core die is in physical communication with the reusable core die; and further where surfaces of communication between the disposable core die and the reusable core die serve as barriers to prevent the leakage of a slurry that is disposed in the composite core die.
US08413707B2
A process and machine for simultaneously making an upper and lower flaskless mold, the process including defining a lower molding space by a drag flask that can enter or leave a molding space in which the molds are made, a match plate having patterns on the upper and lower surfaces and mounted on an upper surface of the drag flask, a lower filling frame provided with molding-sand introducing ports and connectable to the lower end of the drag flask to allow the lower filling frame to ascend and descend, and an ascendable and descendable lower squeeze board, and defining an upper molding space by a cope flask provided with molding-sand introducing ports and being mountable on the match plate to allow the cope flask to ascend and descend, and an upper squeeze board that is opposed to and fixedly provided above the match plate; simultaneously introducing molding sand into the upper and lower molding spaces; squeezing the molding sand by raising the lower squeeze board to make the upper mold and a lower mold; drawing the upper molds from the match plate; and stripping the upper mold from the cope flask, while stripping the lower filling frame from the lower mold.
US08413700B2
A tire having a circumferential tread, at least one belt, an inner liner, a pair of sidewalls, and at least three carcass plies. The tire includes a pair of bead portions, each including a bead core, a bead filler, a flipper, a chafer, and a gum strip. The at least three carcass plies extend radially downward, inward of the bead filler, extend around the bead core, and continue upward, outward of the bead filler and terminate in at least three turn-up ends. At least one of the turn-up ends does not contact at least one of the radially downward extending carcass plies, the flipper, or the bead filler in one of the sidewalls, and at least two of the turn-up ends contact at least one of the radially downward extending carcass plies, the flipper, or the bead filler in one of the sidewalls.
US08413699B2
This invention provides a radial tire for aircraft comprising a belt composed of a plurality of belt layers, wherein a total strength of the belt Tbelt [N] in a circumferential direction over its full width satisfies Tbelt/WD≧1.5×106 in which D [m] is an outer diameter of the tire and W [m] is a width of the tire, the belt is composed of at least two belt layers each containing organic fiber cords with an elongation in an extension direction under a load of 3.2 cN/dtex of 2.2-9.3%, a protection belt layer having a circumferential stiffness lower than that of the belt is disposed at an outside of the belt in a radial direction, a ratio of the circumferential stiffness of the protection belt layer to the circumferential stiffness of the belt is less than 0.5, and the protection belt layer is composed of organic fiber cords having a tensile strength at break of not less than 6.3 cN/dtex and a heat shrinkage factor of 0.5-5.0%, whereby a durability of a tread portion can be improved without damaging an excellent durability against foreign matters.
US08413691B2
A system to transport solids in liquid media, especially in the field of maritime and land transportation of fruits or vegetables in the agricultural produce area, or of any product having to be transported in liquid media for their protection against environment and the medium.
US08413682B2
Fluid valves having an integral safety shut-off are described. An example valve assembly includes a body defining a flow path between an inlet and an outlet and opposing seating surfaces. The example valve assembly includes first valve trim including a first valve stem operatively coupled to a first closure member, the first closure member to engage one of the seating surfaces to control fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet during normal operation. The example valve assembly includes second valve trim including a second valve stem operatively coupled to a second closure member, the second closure member to engage the other one of the seating surfaces during a failure condition to restrict fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet. A surface of the second closure member to define a partial wall of the flow path during normal operation such that a profile of the flow path defined by the body and the second closure member is substantially continuous.
US08413681B2
A swivel fitting is specifically configured for mounting a pressure regulator and a solenoid to a valve having a female threaded solenoid mounting port. The swivel fitting includes a generally cylindrical upper body having a first female threaded bore for having a male threaded neck of either a solenoid or a pressure regulator screwed into the first bore. A generally cylindrical lower body is mated to the upper body and has a male threaded segment for screwing into the female threaded solenoid mounting port of a valve. A swivel body surrounds and encloses the upper body and the lower body and has an extension with a second female threaded bore for having the male threaded neck of either the solenoid or the pressure regulator screwed into the same. The swivel body is freely rotatable relative to the cylindrical bodies. A pair of valve seats in the swivel body and communicating ports and chambers allow the solenoid to open and close flow through the valve and the pressure regulator to regulate flow through the valve when the solenoid and the pressure regulator are each screwed into one of the first and second bores.
US08413671B2
An intelligence outdoor shading arrangement includes an outdoor shading system, an environmental sensor device and a functional controller. The outdoor shading system includes at least an outdoor shading device including a supporting frame, a power source, an awning frame suspendedly and movably supported by the supporting frame, and a shelter mounted to the awning frame to define a shading area under the shelter. The environmental sensor device is electrically linked to the power source and is installed to the outdoor shading system for detecting an environmental change of the shading system in responsive to the shading area thereof. The functional controller is electrically linked to the environmental sensor device and is operatively controlled the awning frame of the outdoor shading system, wherein when the functional controller receives a command signal from the environmental sensor device, the awning frame is automatically adjusted to regulate the shading area thereof in responsive to the environmental change of the outdoor shading system.
US08413667B2
An improved hair comb for a dual comb hair accessory (11) or the like which has strand connections or terminations. The comb includes a spine (17) having a raised portion (19, 21, 23) that can advantageously be used to relocate or reorient strand connections to the comb or combs of the hair accessory relative to the plane of the comb, and that can provide a structure into or behind which strand connections, terminations and/or segments can be tucked. Preferably, the raised spine portions of the combs are constructed to form a raised cavity region (27) in the spine for receiving strand connections, terminations and/or segments.
US08413664B2
An endovascular laser treatment device preferably includes a catheter having a hub at its proximal end, an optical fiber for insertion into the catheter, a fiber connector attached to the optical fiber at a selected distance from the distal end of the optical fiber, and a temporary stop removably mounted around the optical fiber. The treatment device has two positions: a protective position and an operating position. As the fiber is inserted through the catheter, the temporary stop rests against the hub and places the fiber tip in the protective position where the distal end of the optical fiber is positioned near the distal end of the catheter, but is still disposed inside the catheter. When the temporary stop is removed and the fiber connector is coupled with the catheter hub, the fiber tip is in the operating position where the distal end of the optical fiber extends past the distal end of the catheter by a predetermined distance to expose the fiber tip.
US08413661B2
A pharyngeal retractor device and implantation methods are provided for use in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The device includes a retracting element and a tissue engaging element that promotes tissue ingrowth around or onto the retracting element. The device is implanted in tissue space beneath the pharyngeal wall to alter the shape of the wall. The device may be implanted through the oral cavity alone or by using a trocar or a hand-held delivery system to deliver the device through the pharyngeal wall. Alternatively, the device may be implanted using an open, direct visualization approach from the side of a patient's neck.
US08413656B2
A respiratory anesthesia mask has an exposed face. The mask has an interior periphery in a continuous loop to fit a face of a patient. The mask having a centrally located exterior cylinder adapted to couple with a source of respiratory anesthesia gas. The mask has an intermediate section in a generally frusto-conical configuration between the interior periphery and the tube. Eyelid closure and protection equipment is received and supported on the face of the intermediate section of the mask. The closure and protection equipment includes two repositionable adhesive strips with interior and exterior surfaces. The closure and protection equipment includes temporary adhesive on the interior surface of the repositionable adhesive strip. In this manner, the repositionable adhesive strips are removably coupled to the face of the intermediate section of the mask.
US08413655B2
An adsorbent is described. The adsorbent may include a membrane and an adsorbent material encapsulated within the membrane. An inhalation device is also described. The inhalation device may include a housing and a membrane within the housing. The membrane may encapsulate an adsorbent material. The membrane may be positioned such that airflow through the housing passes across but not through the membrane.
US08413654B2
A CPAP apparatus has a variable rise time (iii) from a base level of positive air pressure during expiration (EPAP) to a higher level during inspiration (IPAP). The rise time is adjusted in order to reduce obstruction, resistance or instability in the upper airway.
US08413645B2
A cutting or sawing machine (1) comprising a machine body (3), at least one disc shaped, rotatable tool (16a, 16b), an elongated tool carrier (14) having the substantial shape of a flat bar having a front end and a rear end, two opposite broad sides and two opposite edge sides, said rear end being connected to the machine body. The tool carrier comprises at least two elongated side walls (24, 25), a first elongated side wall (24) on one broad side of the tool carrier, a second elongated side wall (25) on the opposite broad side, said first and second side walls being essentially parallel with each other, and the front part of either one of the side walls or of a possible central elongated member (25) between the first and second side walls is provided with a bearing hole (28a) intended to carry a bearing of sliding contact type or of rolling contact type, i.e. a rolling bearing, and the two side walls and the possible central member being connected to each other at a plurality of sites, and each side wall (24, 25) has a length adapted to essentially cover at least the gap between the machine body (3) and the perimeter of its associated disc shaped tool (16a, 16b), i.e. the tool located on the same side of the tool carrier, so that from each broad side the side wall (24, 25) and the associated disc shaped tool together cover the power transmission to increase safety and reliability.
US08413633B2
Featured is a bedplate for a reciprocating engine having a rollerized cranktrain. Such a bedplate includes a peripheral support structure having sides and ends, a plurality of cross members that extend between the sides of the peripheral support structure, and a plurality of rolling element bearings. Each of the plurality of cross members includes a bearing support portion, the bearing support portion being configured so as to receive and retain therein a portion of one of the rolling element bearings. Also, the portion of the rolling element bearing is such that when the bedplate is secured to a cylinder block of the reciprocating engine, the bearing support portion rotatably supports a crankshaft of the reciprocating engine. Also featured is a reciprocating engine having such a bedplate.
US08413619B2
Various embodiments of methods and systems for varying the compression ratio in opposed-piston engines are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an opposed-piston engine can include a first phaser operably coupled to a first crankshaft and a second phaser operably coupled to a corresponding second crankshaft. The phase angle between the crankshafts can be changed to reduce or increase the compression ratio in the corresponding combustion chamber to optimize or at least improve engine performance under a given set of operating conditions.
US08413618B2
An internal combustion engine comprises a variable compression ratio mechanism capable of varying the mechanical compression ratio and a variable valve timing mechanism capable of controlling the closing timing of an intake valve. In an engine low-load operation, the mechanical compression ratio is maintained at a maximum mechanical compression ratio. In an engine high-load operation, the mechanical compression ratio is gradually decreased as the engine load increases. In the engine high-load operation, a load at which a predetermined mechanical compression ratio lower than the maximum mechanical compression ratio is obtained is preset, and a throttle valve is closed in the range of loads lower than the preset load.
US08413609B2
A device for colonizing and harvesting marine hardground animals in an underwater region of a ground-based offshore edifice includes at least one rail device configured to extend vertically on the offshore edifice along a height of the underwater region to above a waterline. The device also includes a netting array including a habitat carriage having a habitat and trapping basket that is adapted to contain the hardground animals. A lifting device is configured to move the netting array along the at least one rail device. Additionally, the device includes a scavenging carriage including a basic unit and a running unit that is configured to detachably couple the scavenging carriage with the at least one rail device so as to be movable thereon. The scavenging carriage is configured to detachably couple with the habitat carriage and the lifting device.
US08413608B2
An animal waste handling apparatus having a cylindrical housing with an opening to allow an animal to enter to relieve itself in litter held in the interior volume of the housing. The apparatus has a sifting drawer that is removably mounted in the interior volume of the housing and is carried for rotational movement when the housing is rotated about its axis. The sifting drawer includes an open top, an unobstructed interior volume and a filter member spaced from the open top. During a rotational sifting cycle, the sifting drawer enters the litter to capture the litter for filtering to separate animal waste from the litter. The filtered litter remains in the interior volume of the housing and filtered out waste is retained in the sifting drawer. The sifting drawer is removed along a direction that is parallel to the axis of the housing about which the housing is rotated.
US08413602B2
A liquid drop discharge device provides a head unit 420 which discharges filter element material relative to each of various colors of color filters. The head unit 420 is composed of an ink jet heads which are arranged on one end of a print substrate plate having a shape of rectangular card and head devices 433 which are arranged on the other end of the print substrate plate comprising connectors 441. The head devices 433 are aligned in two rows, as two groups, in a staggered arrangement so that a portion on which the connectors 441 are aligned in one of the two rows does not face to the same portion of the other in the two rows and protrudes outside of the print substrate plate. The head unit 420 discharges the filter element material onto predetermined portions in a superimposing manner while shifting along a direction which intersects to a direction along which the head devices 433 are arranged.
US08413597B1
An apparatus for a funnel assembly on a tufting machine comprising an exchanger bar, one or more exchanger blocks, a funnel bar or one or more funnel blocks, one or more needle assemblies including a needle having a distal end, one or more means for conveying fluid in a direction toward the distal end of the needle and a means for moving the needle assembly in a direction substantially transverse to the backing of a tufted surface covering. The exchanger bar and the exchanger block are stationary when the needle assembly moves between a retracted position and an extended position. A method comprising providing such a funnel assembly, conveying a strand of yarn in a direction toward the distal end of the needle and moving the needle assembly and funnel bar between a retracted position and an extended position.
US08413587B2
A bullet or a cartridge containing a bullet having an elongated body with a forward end and an opposed rear end. The body has an intermediate cylindrical portion between the rear and forward ends, and the front end of the body defines a cavity. A resilient nose element is received in the cavity. The nose element may be an elastomer, and may be a cylindrical body. The cavity may be a cylindrical bore, and the nose element may be closely encompassed within the bore. The forward end of the nose element may be flat, and may be flush with the forward end of the body.
US08413585B2
The invention relates to a projectile (1) having a projectile casing (3) in which an explosive charge (8), surrounded by a fragmentation casing, (9) is disposed, wherein the fragmentation casing (9) is fixed to the projectile casing (3), and the projectile (1) comprises a first ignition unit (11) adjacent to the explosive charge (8) disposed to the rear for igniting the explosive charge (8). The projectile (1) may be selectively used as a fragmentation projectile or as a projectile whose effect is due to pressure waves resulting from explosion of the explosive charge (8) due to an ejection charge (15), and the explosive charge (8) is axially displaceable relative to the fragmentation casing (9), which allows the explosive charge (8) to slide out of the projectile casing (3) at least far enough so that the explosive charge cannot act on the fragmentation casing (9) to fragment it.
US08413575B2
A printing unit of a printing material processing machine, preferably a sheetfed offset printing press, includes a form cylinder and an impression cylinder. The form cylinder has a printing form for applying printed information to the printing material and the impression cylinder has a microstructured surface, preferably a cover, contacting the printing material. A surface of the impression cylinder contacting the printing material is provided with micro-embossed structures for applying embossed information to the printing material. The printing material is printed and embossed simultaneously. A security feature and/or a change in gloss can be implemented on the printed product through the use of the embossed, preferably micro-embossed, information.
US08413563B2
A height adjustment device for a band saw includes a manual driving unit and an automatic driving unit. When one of the manual driving unit and the automatic driving unit is damaged, the user can operate the other to adjust the height where a saw blade guiding device is located, thereby ensuring a smooth running of the production line and improving the production efficiency.
US08413558B2
Tool holding systems described herein include a tool holder configured to releasably retain a metal-processing tool and to define a tool holder passage extending along a stroke axis, an adjustment drive operable to rotate the tool holder about the stroke axis, and a stroke drive including a spindle operable independent of the adjustment drive to translate the tool holder along the stroke axis. The stroke drive defines a stroke drive passage cooperating with the tool holder passage to define a waste disposal passageway through the tool holding system.
US08413557B2
There is provided a roll surface machining method and apparatus for using a cutting tool to carry out ultra-precision machining in the surface of a roll with a reduced amount of data. The apparatus and method for roll surface machining includes setting a machining start position of a cutting tool with respect to the surface of the roll by C-axis indexing of the roll and positioning of the roll in the axial direction (Z-axis direction) both with respect to the cutting tool. Also the cutting tool and the roll are moved relative to each other in the axial direction of the roll by position control using C-Z axis interpolation, thereby forming a three-dimensional pattern in the surface of the roll.
US08413551B2
An open-end wrench includes a jaw portion having two engaging portions and an opening between the engaging portions. Each engaging portion includes a driving face having a tip. A corner is formed between a bottom end of the opening and each driving face. A first length is defined between the bottom end in a direction perpendicular to an imaginary line passing through the tips. A spacing between the tips is larger than 0.95 times the first length and smaller than 1.05 times the first length. Two corners of a fastener received in the opening are located on the imaginary line and flush with the tips. Each engaging portion has a width at an associated corner in a direction perpendicular to an associated driving face. The width is the maximum distance from each driving face to an outer surface of the associated engaging portion. The width is larger than 0.2975 times a width between two parallel sides of the fastener and smaller than 0.4025 times the width of the fastener.
US08413549B2
A revolving screwdriver with ratchet structure includes a handle, a pushing rod, and a sliding member. The sliding member has a receiving space and a holding chamber defined therein. A revolving cylinder is received in the holding chamber. The receiving space receives at least one ratchet wheel, two rotators, a limiting member, a base, and an adjuster. The at least one ratchet wheel engages with a driving shaft. The rotators selectively engage with the at least one ratchet wheel. The limiting member locates between the rotators and has a protrusion formed thereon. A base has a first guiding slot defined therein. The adjuster has a driving hole defined therein. The protrusion passes through the first guiding slot and the driving hole for being driven by the adjuster and moving along the first guiding slot.
US08413539B2
A parallel-type displacement device having at least three arms each pivoting about a pivot axis, the pivot axes defining a polygon as seen from a point above the device, wherein each of the arms is actuated by an actuator and each of the arms is further connected to a head defining a small base through linking members respectively articulated on the head and the arm, each said arm and its respective head forming a hinge having two degrees of freedom such that the head always maintains its position and orientation, and in which in a neutral position, each arm is arranged so that, if drawing from the geometrical center of the polygon a straight line that is parallel to the pivot axis of any one of the arms, the straight line intersects that arm.
US08413538B2
An articulated manipulator includes a base body, a first arm body, a second arm body having a second arm center axis, and a third arm body. A first joint part connects the base body and a first end portion of the first arm body rotatably around a first rotation axis. A second joint part connects a second end portion of the first arm body and a third end portion of the second arm body rotatably around a second rotation axis. A third joint part connects a fourth end portion of the second arm body and a fifth end portion of the third arm body rotatably around the third rotation axis. When the first, second and third arm bodies are all erected with respect to a installation surface, the first rotation axis, the second arm center axis, and the third rotation axis are substantially aligned with each other.
US08413530B2
A method and apparatus to simulate a flow of products from a real fire without reproducing a thermal environment associated with the real fire includes the release of a gas or a mixture of gases with an appropriate density less than air to simulate smoke movement from real fire sources. The buoyant inert gas may be helium. In some embodiments, the buoyant gas is combined with artificial smoke, such as a tracer gas or an inert dye (e.g., a particulate) to provide a visual representation of the location and flow characteristics of the surrogate smoke that is released from a release apparatus. In another embodiment, optical techniques that show differences in gas density are used to visualize the movement of the buoyant gas. The release apparatus includes a control system that follows a prescribed time-dependent flow rate to simulate different fire source configurations and growth rates.
US08413522B2
A device for proof loading wooden boards including a deformer (9) for deforming the boards (2) which is designed to cause the boards (2) to elongate along their main direction of extension, said deformer including first and second feeders (3), (4) positioned at a first and a second segment (5), (6) of a feed path along which the boards (2) are fed parallel with their main direction of extension, and being able to apply a longitudinal tractive force on the boards (2) using the first and the second feeders (3), (4). A method for proof loading wooden boards is also disclosed, which can be implemented without interrupting board feed along its feed path.
US08413517B2
A fuel cell system may include a fuel cell stack, a manifold in fluid communication with the stack, and a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor may include a housing defining a chamber in fluid communication with the manifold, a pressure sensing element disposed within the chamber, and a heating element disposed within the chamber.
US08413513B2
An ultrasonic testing equipment includes a linear array ultrasonic probe in which a plurality of transducers are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the rolling direction of a test object and a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit executes following (1) to (6). (1) Generating an aperture synthetic image of testing signals of each section of the test object. (2) Generating a maximum value distribution of testing signals in the arrangement direction of transducers. (3) Calculating the width of a defect in each section based on the maximum value distribution. (4) Generating a maximum value distribution of the testing signals in the rolling direction based on the maximum value distribution of a plurality of sections of the test object. (5) Calculating the length of the defect based on the maximum value distribution of the testing signals in the rolling direction. (6) Calculating the area of the defect based on the calculated defect length and the calculated defect width of each section.
US08413511B2
A accelerometer includes a substrate define a stationary electrode thereon, a first moveable mass defining a conductive-layer thereon facing the stationary electrode, a plurality of first elastic elements coupled with a peripheral side of the first moveable mass, a first fixed element surrounding the first moveable mass and fixedly attached to the substrate, a plurality of first fixed electrodes extending outwardly from the first fixed element, a second moveable mass surrounding the first fixed electrodes, a plurality of first moveable electrodes extending inwardly from the second moveable mass toward the first fixed element and parallel to the first fixed electrodes, respectively, a plurality of second elastic elements coupled with a peripheral side of the second moveable mass, and a second fixed element surrounding the second moveable mass and fixedly attached to the substrate.
US08413503B2
A constant temperature anemometer is disclosed. The anemometer includes electrically conductive pins including a first set of pins and a second set of pins. A conductor is coupled to the electrically coupled pins. A current source is configured to provide a current through the conductor between the first set of pins. A voltage sensor is configured to measure the voltage across the conductor between the second set of pins. The current source and voltage sensor are configured to maintain a constant resistance of the conductor between the first set of pins.
US08413494B1
A sensor for measuring gas pressure in a gas turbine engine. The sensor is positioned to receive pressurized gas and measure the pressure. A thermally insulating material mounts the sensor spaced from conductive portions of the engine. A heater is mounted on a plurality of sides of the sensor to provide heat thereto. A thermal blanket covers the heater to prevent loss of sensor heat.
US08413491B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for measuring the center of gravity of slabs. The apparatus for measuring the center of gravity of slabs includes a main system, a gravity center measurement system, and an unmanned crane. The main system provides information about the dimensions and/or weight of each of a plurality of slabs loaded in a vehicle. The gravity center measurement system includes a photographing unit for photographing the loaded slabs to be moved, a driving unit for moving the photographing unit up and down, and a control unit for calculating the center of gravity and grip position of all of the slabs, to be moved each time, based on information about a position and configuration of each of the slabs from the photographing unit and the information about the dimensions and/or weight of each of the slabs from the main system. The unmanned crane grips and moves the slabs according to the grip position information calculated by the gravity center measurement system.
US08413490B2
The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for obtaining a sample underwater. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a syringe pump comprising a plurality of syringes, a sampling probe coupled to the syringe pump for collecting the sample underwater and an analyzer module coupled to the syringe pump.
US08413477B2
A calibration tool for fabricating disk springs. The tool includes a circular cylindrical tool body having an insertion bevel at its face end portion for receiving and centering a workpiece within an inner circumferential enveloping surface of the tool body. A tool surface at the inner circumferential enveloping surface aligns the workpiece relative to a forming tool disposed within the inner circumferential enveloping surface. The tool surface includes a first portion having an inner diameter that increases in size along the axial longitudinal direction of the tool body, and a second portion with an inner diameter that decreases in size along the axial longitudinal direction of the tool body.
US08413470B2
A laundry system comprises a first laundry appliance, a second laundry appliance, and a vertical laundry module. The vertical laundry module can have a housing with a width less than the width of each of the first and second laundry appliances. The vertical laundry module can have a drawer that slidably opens from a face of the housing and/or a door that opens from the face of the housing. The vertical laundry module can further have a functional element that can be a laundry care function or a non-laundry care function.
US08413462B2
Processes for isolating nanoparticles from an aqueous solution are disclosed. The processes can include, for example, providing an aqueous mixture having a plurality of nanoparticles and at least one thermal hysteresis molecule; adjusting the aqueous mixture to a temperature effective to form ice crystals within the aqueous mixture; and isolating the ice crystals from the aqueous mixture. Also disclosed are compositions and systems for isolating nanoparticles.
US08413459B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator including a main body cabinet forming a storage compartment with a front opening, a door opening and closing the front opening of the storage compartment, and an ice making tray mounted to the door and making ice. The refrigerator includes a water supplying pipe which receives water from a water supplying source; a discharging pipe guide which includes a hollow part and is mounted to a through part penetrating from an outside region of the door to an upper side of the ice making tray; and a discharging pipe which includes a first end detachably connected to the water supplying pipe, and a second end disposed above the ice making tray after passing through the hollow part and detachably coupled to the door.
US08413457B2
Disclosed are a refrigerator and a control method thereof, wherein operation of an icemaker can be controlled according to time or function. A sleep mode to control operation of an icemaker according to time is set to prevent generation of noise due to an ice-separating operation implemented at night. In the setting of the sleep mode, a control range of the sleep mode is selected according to a desired operating function (ice-making function or ice-separating function) of the icemaker and also, a period of the sleep mode in units of days/weeks/months (or an operating term) is selected.
US08413453B2
An auxiliary control device is adapted to an air conditioning system. The air conditioning system includes a main machine and several vents. The auxiliary control device includes a vent unit and a sub-control unit. The vent unit has valves corresponding disposed on the vents, and a driver for actuating the valve to adjust an opening size of the vent through the valve. The sub-control unit includes a sub-memory for storing a control time table, a sub-timer for generating the time information, and a sub-controller for controlling the driver to adjust the opening size according to the control time table and the time information. Accordingly, the auxiliary control device is easily adapted to an air conditioning system existing in a user place and controls opening size of the vents in accordance with the control time table previously set by the user.
US08413448B2
An airblast fuel injector for the combustor of a gas turbine engine has, in order from radially inner to outer, a coaxial arrangement of an inner swirler passage, an annular fuel passage, an annular mid swirler passage, and an annular outer swirler passage. The fuel passage extends to a prefilming lip, and the inner and mid swirler passages swirl air past the prefilming lip so that fuel fed from the fuel passage to the prefilming lip is entrained by the swirling air into a fuel spray stream. The outer swirler passage has a convergent portion. The radially inward wall of said convergent portion is defined by a frustoconical separator element which separates the outer swirler passage from the mid swirler passage, the separator element converging in the direction of air flow to terminate in a lip at the mouths of the mid swirler passage and the outer swirler passage.
US08413447B2
The present application provides a fuel nozzle assembly. The fuel nozzle assembly may include an end cap assembly, a number of fuel nozzles positioned within the end cap assembly, and one or more cup seals. The cup seals may be positioned between the end cap assembly and the fuel nozzles.
US08413445B2
A fuel nozzle assembly for a combustor in a gas turbine including: a gaseous fuel passage and a fuel nozzle at a distal end of the passage; an air tube concentric with the fuel nozzle and defining an air passage between the air tube and the fuel nozzle, wherein the air tube includes a distal section extending axially beyond the fuel injection nozzle; a first fuel-air mixing zone inside the distal section of the air tube, wherein the first fuel-air mixing zone is downstream of the fuel injection nozzle; a flame holder including a porous structure with thermal barrier coating and micro swirlers and defining a downstream end of the first fuel-air mixing zone, wherein fuel and air from the first fuel-air mixing zone pass through the porous structure of the flame holder and into a combustion zone of the combustor.
US08413444B2
A gas turbine engine fuel heat shield configured to shield fuel from high temperatures of surrounding turbine components to prevent coking of the fuel is disclosed. The gas turbine engine fuel heat shield may be formed from a generally elongated member having a first collar at a first end and a second collar at a second end opposite to the first end. One or more recesses may be positioned in an outer surface of the generally elongated member between the first and second collars. A sleeve is positioned around the generally elongated member and radially outward of the recess to form one or more sealed chambers. The sleeve may be sealed to prevent fuel from entering the recess and coking. Such design, therefore, prevents the formation of carbon particles from the fuel that could clog the fuel injectors.
US08413428B2
The invention relates to an exhaust component in a gas exhaust line for gases produced by the combustion of a fuel in a heat engine. In the gas flow direction, there is a first connection to an upstream pipe carrying gases from the engine. There is also a first exhaust tube and a second exhaust tube, these two tubes being parallel and being connected to the first connection. There is a second connection to a downstream gas discharge pipe, connected to the parallel exhaust tubes. The component is characterized in that, firstly the first tube has a depolluting component, and the second tube has a silencer. The second connection is a three-way valve.
US08413427B2
A dosing control system for a vehicle includes a pump control module and an enabling/disabling module. The pump control module controls a pump that provides dosing agent to a dosing agent injector located upstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst in an exhaust system. The enabling/disabling module disables the pump for a predetermined melting period after engine startup when the dosing agent is frozen and selectively activates the pump during the predetermined melting period to cool the dosing agent injector when a tip temperature of the dosing agent injector is greater than a predetermined temperature.
US08413409B2
Apparatus for handling and filling flexible pouches in which a feeder mechanism 300 delivers a chain of interlinked flexible pouches 200 to a selector mechanism 600 comprising a linear actuator 602 and selector head 604 operable to detach the leading pouch 200 from the chain of pouches and move the selected pouch 200 to a station for removing a cap from the pouch 200, filling the pouch 200 with liquid, re-attaching the cap and releasing the pouch for dispense.
US08413405B2
A method for erecting a tower of a wind power plant made of at least three tube-shaped tower segments. For this a tower segment is connected at its ends with another tower segment in each case: in which the tower segments are arranged in a predetermined sequence of the type tower segment A-tower segment B-tower segment C one upon the other, in which the first tower segment A is selected arbitrarily from a provided plurality i≧2 of first tower segments Ai which are constructed in the same way among themselves and exchangeable one for the other, in which the second tower segment B is selected arbitrarily from a provided plurality m≧2 of second tower segments Bm which are constructed in the same way among themselves and exchangeable one for the other, and in which the third tower segment C is selected arbitrarily from a provided plurality n≧2 of third tower segments Cn.
US08413384B2
The present invention provides a mobile folding choral riser having lift-assist and stability mechanisms. In particular, the choral riser includes a gas cylinder that provides a force tending to extend the cylinder to assist in folding the riser into a storage position, the cylinder providing substantially no force to resist rapid extension thereof. In addition, the choral riser preferably includes a back railing linkage that permits independent raising and lowering of a back railing member when the choral riser is in a use or partially folded position but constrains the back railing member to a raised position when the choral riser is in an at least substantially fully folded position.
US08413382B2
A second hinge plate supported pivotally on a first hinge plate using a shaft member so as to open and close. In the second hinge plate, a bracket is molded integrally at the upper edge of the end opposite the shaft member. A vertical shaft of a hold-stay rod is loosely fitted into a shaft hole of the bracket so as to move rotationally and slide in a vertical direction. A horizontal shaft of the hold-stay rod is inserted into a guide hole of a guide plate welded to the first hinge plate and slidable, and a stopper is folded and formed at the leading end of the hold-stay rod. The stopper is inserted into an engaging hole by movement from a guide to a receiving plate due to the opening movement of the second hinge plate and can be taken out from the engaging hole by a pushing-up operation.
US08413379B2
A step unit includes: a step member which is provided with a pair of lower rails extending in an opening and closing direction of a slide door of the vehicle; and a rail plate member which is provided to a cutout formed in a part of either of the lower rails and which continuously connects the lower rails in the opening and closing direction. The step member is molded using a resin material and is provided with an insertion hole which vertically penetrates through the step member at a position corresponding to the cutout; and a support extension section which is extended from a side end of the cutout of the lower rail. The rail plate member is mounted to the step member by being inserted so as to penetrate through the insertion hole from above the step member.
US08413375B2
The present inventive concept(s) relates, in general, to articles that are packaged in a compressed state relative to an uncompressed fully articulated state and methods of making and using same. In a specific embodiment, but not to be considered as limiting, the articles so packaged in a compressed state are plant covers that are either substantially rigid and/or substantially flexible.
US08413374B2
The combination of a container and a growing medium for a plant. The container is made to simulate the appearance of an egg shell bounding a receptacle. The growing medium is provided in the receptacle.
US08413370B2
A bedbug trap having at least a first plane panel of fibrous material and a second panel of fibrous material, the first panel having a zone covered in an adhesive for fastening to the second panel, the second panel including a strip of adhesive on at least one face, which adhesive strip is of a width that is less than the width of the first panel, and the first panel including a zone that is covered in an adhesive that is located at a distance from and facing the adhesive strip, wherein the second panel is plane, and the first and second panels are made of respective first and second portions of a single initial plane panel of fibrous material that is previously coated in adhesive and then folded in half so that the first portion and the second portion face each other, the adhesive strip extending over the second portion of the initial panel, being prolonged over the first portion of the initial panel, the fastening zone between the first and second portions of the initial panel being implemented by adhesive spots placed on the initial panel and of thickness greater than the thickness of the prolonged adhesive strip, thereby forming channels.
US08413365B2
Disclosed is a trajectory correction apparatus arranged between a firearm and a sight, the trajectory correction apparatus including: a trajectory correction device which includes a mount mounted to a firearm body, a moving body having a projection at one side and arranged on an upper side of the mount, a joint shaft rotatably inserted in the moving body, a rotation shaft penetrating in a direction perpendicularly intersecting the joint shaft and installed to the mount, an adjusting member adjusting a vertical rotation angle of the moving body, and a guide plate obliquely formed thereon with a guide groove, in which the projection is inserted, and fastened to one side of the mount to horizontally rotate the moving body as the moving body vertically rotates.
US08413364B2
A novel, adjustable locking windage and elevation turret assembly capable of being re-zeroed, for the improved functionality and accuracy of a scope.
US08413351B1
A shoe system featuring a base shoe in any size, style, or, shape, and a skin for wrapping around the base shoe. The skin may be constructed in a variety of styles, colors, materials, and designs for versatility. The skin attaches via a magnet system an in some embodiments, a notch is disposed on the tip of the skin. In some embodiments, tabs are disposed on the skin for inserting into seam notches in the back of the base shoe.
US08413346B2
The invention relates to a device (50) for centering a movable structure (4) on a stationary structure (5) of a nacelle, comprising: a centering pin (52) mounted on a pin holder (54) attached onto the movable structure (4) or onto the stationary structure (5), the centering pin (52) having a central axis (56) and a receiving bore (60) mounted onto a bore holder (62) attached onto the stationary structure (5) or onto the movable structure (4), said receiving bore (60) being capable of receiving at least the centering pin (52), characterized in that the centering device (50) also comprises a movable interface system, capable of overlapping the central axis (56) of the centering pin (52) and the central axis of said interface system or of the receiving bore (60) and capable of receiving said centering pin (52) in a central opening, and a locking means capable of locking said interface system. The invention also relates to a nacelle including such a device (50).
US08413341B2
A vehicle measurement system that provides highly realistic guidance to perform a vehicle measurement procedure is described. An exemplary system includes a data storage device configured to store vehicle data for a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle data corresponding to each respective vehicle includes an image of the vehicle and information of predefined points on the vehicle to which emitters or targets should be attached for performing a vehicle measurement procedure. A user interface is provided to receive a user input identifying a vehicle under test. After the user identifies a vehicle under test, the system retrieves vehicle data corresponding to the vehicle under test from the data storage device; and displays the image of the vehicle under test on the display with the predefined points on the vehicle identified.
US08413334B2
A shaving cartridge with a housing, at least one blade mounted to the housing, and a guard having a plurality of spaced apart projections with an upper surface. The projections define a plurality of open slots extending transverse to the blade. The open slots have a lower surface extending between the plurality of projections. The open slots have a slot depth between the lower surface and the upper surface of about 0.10 mm to about 0.5 mm.
US08413331B2
An earbud (10) for carrying sound from a source (16) to a person's ear canal, includes a soft foam body (20) and a sleeve (26) of stiffer material lying within the body. The body is molded around the sleeve and is chemically bonded to the sleeve without an adhesive between them. The earbud is molded around the sleeve by placing the sleeve on a mandrel pin (42) within a mold cavity (32) placing foamable material in the mold and closing the mold. The mold has shoulders with one mold shoulder (52) that abuts one end (46) of the sleeve and another mold shoulder (60) that lies within 0.1 millimeter of the other sleeve end (62), to prevent foaming material from leaking into the space (64) between the mandrel pin and the sleeve passage.
US08413328B2
A method of manufacturing a flow channel substrate, includes the steps of: forming two uneven shapes on a substrate in such a manner that the two uneven shapes follow a liquid flow channel at perimeters of a location where the liquid flow channel is to be formed and the two uneven shapes are configured to prevent a dissolvable resin forming a sacrificial layer from spreading during a heat treatment; forming, between the two uneven shapes on the substrate, the sacrificial layer which is made of the dissolvable resin and has a shape of the liquid flow channel; applying, by the heat treatment, a rounded shape to a corner section of the sacrificial layer on a side which is not in contact with the substrate; forming a coating resin layer on the substrate and the sacrificial layer; patterning the coating resin layer; and dissolving the dissolvable resin forming the sacrificial layer.
US08413324B2
A method for manufacturing a double-sided circuit board includes preparing a substrate having the first and second surfaces, forming a first hole having a first opening with a diameter R1 on the first surface of the substrate, forming a second hole having a second opening with a diameter R2 on the second surface of the substrate, forming a third hole having a diameter smaller than R1 and/or R2 and connecting the first and second holes such that a penetrating hole formed of the first hole, the second hole and the third hole is formed in the substrate, forming a first conductive circuit on the first surface of the substrate, forming a second conductive circuit on the second surface of the substrate, and filling the penetrating hole with conductive material such that a through-hole conductor electrically connecting the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit is formed.
US08413319B2
A method and apparatus for forming an elongate tubular from a composite material. The composite material includes fibers and epoxy resin that are disposed around an elongated mandrel. The fibers are wound around the outer circumference of the mandrel and the epoxy resin may be applied to the fibers, before, during, or after, being wound onto the mandrel. A trough is provided that supports the mandrel between ends of the mandrel. An example trough includes a flexible membrane supported on its lateral ends to resemble a catenary.
US08413317B1
A method and system for fabricating a microelectric device are described. A write pole of an energy assisted magnetic recording head or a capacitor might be fabricated. The method includes depositing a resist film and curing the resist film at a temperature of at least 180 degrees centigrade. A cured resist film capable of supporting a line having an aspect ratio of at least ten is thus provided. A portion of the cured resist film is removed. A remaining portion of the resist film forms the line. An insulating or nonmagnetic layer is deposited after formation of the line. The line is removed to provide a trench in the insulating or nonmagnetic layer. The trench has a height and a width. The height divided by the width corresponds to the aspect ratio. At least part of the structure is provided in the trench.
US08413309B2
A fluid filtration device includes a tubular external shell assembled with first and second end plates. A cartridge plate is secured to the shell between the first and second end plates, such that the first end plate and the cartridge plate define a filtration chamber, and the second end plate and the cartridge plate define an outlet chamber. The cartridge plate includes a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of filter elements assembled thereto. An inlet port intersects the filtration chamber, and an outlet port intersects the outlet chamber. The cartridge plate is secured to the shell by a laterally split, outwardly resilient retaining band received in interlocking engagement with a corresponding inner circumferential groove in the shell, the inner circumferential groove being positioned adjacent to the cartridge plate, such that the installed retaining band prevents longitudinal movement of the cartridge plate toward the second end plate.
US08413307B2
A method of engaging a fastener may include attaching a guide assembly to a structure. The guide assembly may include a first arm, a second arm, and a head assembly mounted to an end of the first arm. The method may further include threadably engaging a tool sleeve to the head assembly, coupling a tool to the tool sleeve, and adjusting and clamping the angular orientation of the second arm relative to the first arm using a swivel mechanism. The method may additionally include engaging the tool to a fastener, rotating the tool sleeve relative to the head assembly, and applying a down force to the fastener in response to rotating the tool sleeve to move the tool axially relative to the head assembly.
US08413286B2
A toothbrush can include a handle and a head. At least one bristle can be attached to the head. The toothbrush can also have an illumination member, an illumination circuit and an activation device. The activation device can include two contact members fixed in a non-contact position on an outside of the handle. A method can include causing conduction between the contact members to activate the illumination circuit. The toothbrush can be an electric toothbrush. The electric toothbrush can have an illumination member positioned such that light from the illumination member can be seen by a user in a mirror facing the user.
US08413280B2
This invention includes a connection device for securing a ramp to a vehicle. The connection device has a bracket with an upper surface opposite a lower surface. The bracket is configured to be releasably secured to the ramp. A pivot pin extends from the lower surface of the bracket has an end spaced from the bracket. The end of the pivot pin is configured to be received in an opening of a cargo bed in the vehicle. The bracket is capable of being pivoted about the pivot pin along a pivot axis defined by the pivot pin.
US08413278B2
A system includes a fluid controller coupled to an inflatable bladder and configured to add fluid to and remove fluid from the inflatable bladder, a control unit configured to provide information used by the fluid controller to adjust the pressurization of the inflatable bladder, the control unit including a user interface configured to constantly display a plurality of indicia corresponding to a range of pressure levels in which the inflatable bladder is employed by a user, where each of the plurality of indicia is associated with a different level of pressure of the inflatable bladder, respectively. In one embodiment, the fluid controller is configured to adjust the pressurization, in response to a user input at the user interface, to a pressure level selected by the user based on a current pressure level of the inflatable bladder, the pressure level selected by the user and an operating time of the fluid controller. In a further embodiment, a first indicia included in the plurality of indicia is associated with the current pressure level and a second indicia included in the plurality of indicia is associated with the pressure level selected by the user.
US08413269B1
According to one embodiment a bed enclosure comprises a frame including a plurality of side posts and upper frame members connected to the side posts. The frame defines a pair of opposed ends, opposed sides and a top of the bed enclosure. At least one cover member is provided and covers the opposed ends, opposed sides and the top of the bed enclosure. The at least one cover members includes a flap portion which wraps around and covers a portion of one of the upright side posts and upper frame members and is secured therearound so as to prevent access around the at least one of the upright side posts and upper frame members which is covered by the flap portion.
US08413267B2
A combination goggle includes a goggle frame, a lens, and two binding cords for fastening the lens to the goggle frame. The goggle frame includes a positioning groove located in each of two sides thereof. The lens includes an inner surface abutting against an outer face of the goggle frame. The binding cords are bilaterally arranged on the lens, and each binding cord includes first and second ends respectively affixed to the lens and a middle section detachably fastened to one of the positioning grooves of the goggle frame.
