US08437889B2
The present invention provides test equipment for testing an additional center tank (ACT) system of an aircraft. The ACT system comprising control means configured to perform functions of an Auxiliary Fuel Management Computer (AFMC) and an Auxiliary Level Sensing Control Unit (ALSCU). The test equipment comprises at least one test module adapted for coupling to the ACT system in place of at least a portion of the control means, the test module comprising means for generating one or more test signals and outputting the test signals to the ACT system.
US08437888B2
The present invention relates to a distributed architecture for all aerial navigation aids. So that this architecture makes it possible to reduce the weight and/or the bulk of the cables linking the antennas to the corresponding equipment, as well as the weight and/or the bulk of at least part of said equipment, a part at least of the receivers is sited remotely in proximity to the corresponding antennas, and a part at least of the power supply for the equipment of the aircraft is centralized, and this centralized supply distributes a stabilized DC power supply to the remotely sited equipment.
US08437880B2
A system and method for enhancing operation of a power generation system. The method includes receiving forecasts at a predictive control unit. The method also includes accessing via a controller real-time lifing models or near real-time lifing models in the predictive control unit. Additionally, the method includes accessing via the controller an enhancer configured to simulate operation of a power generating unit in the power generation system to generate an enhancement of the power generation system based on the forecasts and the real-time or near real-time lifing models.
US08437876B2
A person-support apparatus operates according to a set of default operating parameters, processes information corresponding to an occupant of the person-support apparatus from a receiver to determine if an optimal value for an operating parameter is different from the default value, modifies a default operating parameter to an optimal value based on the information corresponding to the occupant of the person-support apparatus to create a modified operating parameter, and operates the person-support apparatus utilizing the modified operating parameter.
US08437875B2
An autonomous all weather outdoor cleaning robot that identifies and cleans various outdoor household objects including but not limited to personal automobiles and other vehicles. The robot autonomously navigates to a designated area and scans a vehicle or object to determine the optimum cleaning routine. The robot learns its working environment by comparing scanned vehicles and outdoor objects with its existing database for future reference. The robot compares and stores navigation data regarding areas previously visited to increase efficiency for future work by reducing travel and scanning times. The robot can perform many different functions. Specifically, the robot incorporates micro-processors to control cleaning, navigation and perception. The robot uses multi-segmented arms to perform chores. The robot adapts and learns from its environment while performing useful tasks.
US08437873B2
System, device and method for providing public, high-density bicycle storage and protection from elements and theft. System includes overhead conveyors from which bicycles are hung in a near side/far side arrangement where handlebars of only every other bicycle are aligned. Bicycles are rolled into a loading station on their back wheels by user and secured, from the front wheel, to a hook that is removably coupled to a load hoist. Access to loading station is controlled by an access control panel. Load hoist lifts the hook to place the bicycle in a hanging position. Robotic arm of a robotic elevator grasps, retracts and lowers (or raises) the bicycle into a multilevel storage area and onto overhead conveyors. Users may be bike-share users or storage users who store the particular bicycle they own.
US08437861B2
The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include a posture state module that records a current posture of a patient, a user interface that receives a therapy adjustment, a processor that associates a posture that the posture state module recorded when the user interface received the therapy adjustment with the therapy adjustment, determines whether the posture falls within a defined posture state, compares the therapy adjustment to therapy information associated with the defined posture state, and updates the set of posture state definitions based on the determination and comparison.
US08437856B2
A lead connector is terminated proximally by a connector pin and includes a circumferential array of connector pads, each connector pad coupled to an electrode via an elongated insulated conductor. A lumen of an adaptor is adapted to engage the lead connector and includes an electrical contact zone formed therein and positioned for coupling with a one of the array of connector pads, when the connector is engaged within the lumen, in order to facilitate electrical connection of a selected electrode corresponding to the one of the array of connector pads.
US08437854B2
Various embodiments concern a method which may include communicating medical information between a PIMD and an interface module via a first channel in compliance with a predetermined medical information regulatory standard, preventing access to the PIMD via the interface module other than through the first channel, detecting a communication protocol used by an available generic network access device, selecting a communication protocol rule set from a plurality of communication protocol rule sets to effect communication between the interface device and an available generic network access device of a plurality of generic network access devices, and transferring at least some of the medical information to the remote network via a second channel established between the interface module and the available generic network access device using the selected communication protocol rule set.
US08437843B1
The present invention provides for a data acquisition system for EEG and other physiological conditions, preferably wireless, and method of using such system. The wireless EEG system can be used in a number of applications including both studies and clinical work. These include both clinical and research sleep studies, alertness studies, emergency brain monitoring, and any other tests or studies where a subject's or patient's EEG reading is required or helpful. This system includes a number of features, which enhance this system over other systems presently in the marketplace. These features include but are not limited to the having multiple channels for looking at a number of physiological features of the subject or patient, a built in accelerometer for looking at a subject's or patient's body motion, a removable memory for data buffering and storage, capability of operating below 2.0 GHz, which among other things allows for more channels, movement artifact correction including video, pressure sensors capable of measuring or determining airflow, tidal volume and ventilation rate, and capability of manual and automatic RF sweep.
US08437830B2
The invention is an electrophysiology lead body comprising two or more longitudinal elements, each having an outer surface, the longitudinal elements comprising electrical insulation material, the electrical insulation material consisting essentially of fluoropolymer; at least one conductor disposed within at least one of the longitudinal elements; and a cover consisting essentially of fluoropolymer, wherein the cover surrounds the longitudinal elements.
US08437826B2
A clip-style pulse sensor may be adapted to apply limited, even pressure to a patient's tissue. A clip-style sensor is provided that reduces motion artifacts by exerting limited, uniform pressure to the patient tissue to reduce tissue exsanguination. Further, such a sensor provides a secure fit while avoiding discomfort for the wearer.
US08437817B2
A motor and method of operation are provided. The motor includes a plurality of cylinders, wherein at least two of the cylinders are positioned at a non-zero angle relative to one another. Each cylinder includes a piston configured to move within the cylinder and a high-temperature superconductor material in a superconducting state in the presence of an external magnetic field below a critical field strength, wherein the critical field strength is a function of the temperature of the superconductor material. Each cylinder further includes a permanent magnet mechanically coupled to the piston and configured to move within the cylinder and to have a magnetic field that interacts with the superconductor material. A sum of a non-zero time-invariant magnetic field strength and a time-varying magnetic field strength cycles between at least a first field strength below the critical field strength for the superconductor material at the temperature and at least a second field strength above the critical field strength for the superconductor material, such that the superconductor material cycles between a superconducting state and a non-superconducting state, applying a time-varying force is applied to the magnet.
US08437800B2
When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information recorded in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information is stored on a storage device. The information stored on the storage device is then transferred to a remote server via a communication device. The remote server searches the database for the title of the music corresponding to the received information and the singer's name, and returns the results to the terminal. Thus, the user can easily get information about the title of the music and the singer's name.
US08437793B2
Test systems are provided for performing testing and calibration operations on wireless circuitry in electronic devices. The electronic devices may include cellular telephones and other portable electronic devices. Wireless circuitry in a device may include a radio-frequency transceiver that is controlled based on radio-frequency transceiver control signals. The wireless circuitry may also include power amplifier circuitry. The power amplifier circuitry may receive radio-frequency signals from the transceiver and may produce correspondingly amplified radio-frequency output signals for wireless transmission with an antenna. The power amplifier circuitry may be powered by a bias voltage. The test systems may provide the electronic device with a transmit power request that directs the electronic device to produce a desired output power. The test systems may measure the actual resulting power. After sufficient measurements have been made, the test systems may calibrate the transceiver and power amplifier settings.
US08437789B2
For cooperative transmission in a broadband wireless communication system, an apparatus and operating method of a Base Station (BS) in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a cooperative transmission REQuest (REQ) message which includes at least one of information designating a cooperative Mobile Station (MS), a pilot pattern of the cooperative MS, a variable determining a permutation pattern, and an orthogonal code of the cooperative MS, from a control station, allocating a resource of a predefined Coordinated MultiPoint transmit/receive (CoMP) zone occupying part of a frame, to at least one cooperative MS designated by the cooperative transmission REQ message, and communicating with the at least one cooperative MS according a cooperative transmission scheme using the resource of the CoMP zone.
US08437779B2
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems and program products for dynamically generating contact list. A computer system identifies a geographic location of a mobile computing device that is associated with a user. A local contact list is generated by selecting, for inclusion in the local contact list, one or more contacts that are from a contact list that is stored for the user and are within a first predetermined geographic location. The local contact list is generated by selecting, for inclusion in the local contact list, one or more contacts that are not in the contact list that is stored for the user and are within a second predetermined geographic location. The local contact list is provided for display on the mobile computing device.
US08437767B2
There is disclosed improvements of the access stratum layer for adapting a telecommunication service to traffic load on the network.
US08437759B2
A method for enabling a target base station to perform handover of a UE (user equipment) from a source base station to the target base station is provided. The method includes receiving a request for handover of the UE from the source base station, allocating a handover identifier for the UE and transmitting the handover identifier to the source base station. The handover identifier identifies the UE during handover. The UE can use the handover identifier which relatively occupies small amount of radio resources during handover or initial access process.
US08437750B2
A mobile network comprises remote base transceiver station (BTS) nodes (3, 4) linked with a central base station controller (BSC) node (9). The latter is in turn linked with a mobile switching center (MSC, 10), a visitor location register (VLR, 11), and a home location register (HLR, 8). Mobile stations (2, MS-A, MS-B, and MS-C) are located in the cells of the BTSs (3, 4). The remote nodes (3, 4, 3(a), 4(a)) are connected to the central node BSC (9) over a remote backhaul satellite connection. Calls are routed locally while the central nodes continue to manage calls and services from central feature-rich and typically more reliable switches of a core network. This means that calls set up between subscribers on the same remote node get connected within the remote node but call supervision is still carried out by the central nodes. The features and services of the existing core network are preserved. For example, if the calling subscriber is a pre-paid GSM subscriber and their account runs out during the call a release signal will still be sent from the central node to the remote even though the voice traffic is being handled by the remote node.
US08437747B2
Disclosed is a system and a method for providing a Visual ARS (VARS) service by using a call control function of a mobile communication terminal. In the system and the method, a user of a terminal can select an existing voice guidance service or an available visual guidance service when trying a call connection to a telephone number of an existing call center. When selecting a visual guidance service, an originator receives an ARS service on a screen of the terminal of the originator. Accordingly, the user can receive and use the VARS service according to the user's selection by using a mobile communication network, so that the user can handle a task requested on a screen of the terminal. Hence, it is possible to overcome the disadvantage of a limited voice guidance-centered ARS service that a call center currently provides in a stereotyped manner regardless of the generation development of terminals. Also, it is possible to provide various VARS services with the development of mobile communication terminals.
US08437744B1
In part the invention relates to a method of providing remote access to data generated by a mobile device having a device storage element. The method includes the steps of monitoring the mobile device such that changes in local data resident in the device storage element are detected using a client application installed on the mobile device, wherein the changes in the local data accumulate during a period of time to comprise at least one change set; transmitting the at least one change set over a network; receiving the at least one change set at a remote server, the remote server having a remote storage element; and processing the at least one change set using a server application to generate user accessible remote data.
US08437740B2
A key control system includes at least one premise, a lockbox capable of securing a key to the premise and at least one mobile telephone associated with a user and having a stored access device program capable of communicating an access request to the lockbox. The premise is subject to authorized access by others, such as the user, based on preferences of an approval party established with the system. If specified by these preferences, the mobile telephone automatically initiates a communication to a selected destination to request approval of the access request.
US08437734B2
In one embodiment, when a mobile device is powered on, a mobile switching center acquires the contact information, such as, but not limited to, a phone number and the physical location associated with the mobile device. If the mobile device is a new device to the area, the contact information of the mobile device is passed to a reverse 911 database in order for a user of the mobile device to receive local alert messages transmitted by a reverse 911 system.
US08437719B2
An active splitter circuit arrangement includes a first amplification module having a number of first input ports and first output ports. The first amplification module is configured to provide first stage amplification to a received input signal and produce from the amplified input signal a number of output signals, each substantially matching the input signal. Also included is a first gain control device configured to control a gain of the first amplification module. Next, a number of second amplification modules corresponding to the number of output signals has a number of second input ports respectively coupled to the first output ports. Each second amplification module is configured to receive a control signal from the second gain control device, provide second stage amplification to a corresponding one of the number of output signals based upon the control signal and produce an amplified output signal.
US08437717B2
A method for reporting state information is provided. The receiver device receives a service, which is encoded in at least two layers over a communication channel, through a subset of said at least two layers; it measures a channel quality parameter; and in response to the channel quality parameter reaching a predetermined threshold value, it receives the service through a modified subset of the at least two layers as a function of the measured channel quality parameter and transmitting state information of the receiver device. Thus, the signal overhead is reduced.
US08437696B2
Power consumption of near-field communication devices is regulated by waking the device for communications when a potential external near-field device is detected, and by adjusting the resonant antenna circuit to account for the detected change in antenna environment. Such near-field communication devices, which may be used to detect and read external RFID tags, include a resonant loop antenna circuit having an antenna and a variable component, the antenna circuit being tunable by adjusting the variable component. The antenna has a target range of operation for near-field communication, and an inductance that is susceptible to interference that can alter the target range. The resonant loop antenna circuit is connected to an integrated circuit that includes a controller for controlling near-field communications via the resonant loop antenna circuit, an inductance detection circuit to detect changes in the antenna inductance, a wake-on circuit responsive to a sufficient change in antenna inductance to transition the controller from a low power sleep mode to a communications mode, and an antenna tuning circuit to adjust the variable component of the resonant loop antenna circuit to compensate for changes in antenna inductance and to maintain the target range of operation.
US08437676B2
The present invention provides an image-bearing member protecting agent, which has a block shape and is used in an image forming process where the image-bearing member protecting agent is applied or attached to a surface of an image bearing member while being scraped off with a roll-shaped brush, the image-bearing member protecting agent including: a fatty acid metal salt, wherein the image-bearing member protecting agent includes a plurality of small blocks and has such an orientation that one or more of the small blocks are easily separated from other small blocks, and a plurality of oriented surfaces of the plurality of small blocks are arranged in a laminated state in a substantially same direction.
US08437673B2
An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable image heater including: an electroconductive layer; a pressor, press-contacting the heater, for forming a nip in which an image on a recording material is to be heated; an urging member, provided inside the heater, for urging the heater toward the pressor; and an excitation coil for induction-heating the electroconductive layer. When the length of the heater with respect to a rotational axis direction thereof is Lb, the length of the pressor with respect to the rotational axis direction is Lr, the outside distance of bent portions of the coil at both end portions thereof with respect to the rotational axis direction is LcoilA, and the inside distance of the bent portions with respect to the rotational axis direction is LcoilB, the lengths Lb and Lr and the distance LcoilA and LcoilB satisfy the following relationship: LcoilA>Lb>Lr>LcoilB.
US08437669B2
A developing device used with an image forming apparatus has a driving shaft with a rotating force applying portion, and a movable member on which the developing device is mountable. The developing device includes a developing roller and a coupling member for transmitting a rotating force to the developing roller. The coupling member includes a rotating force receiving portion and a rotating force transmitting portion for transmitting a force received through the rotating force receiving portion to the developing roller. The coupling member can be in a rotational force transmitting angular position, a pre-engagement angular position, and a disengaging angular position. In response to movement of the movable member the coupling member moves from the pre-engagement angular position to the rotational force transmitting angular position, and by moving from the rotational force transmitting angular position to the disengaging angular position the coupling member is disengaged from the driving shaft.
US08437668B2
A storage container includes a container body formed with a discharge hole and a filling hole, an opening and closing part opening and closing the discharge hole, a lid member sealing the filling hole, and an operating member having a facing portion facing the filling hole and used to operate the opening and closing part. The operating member moves between a first position where the discharge hole is brought into an opened state, a second position where the discharge hole is brought into a closed state, and where the facing portion is arranged at a position which overlaps the container body, and a third position where the discharge hole is brought into a closed state, and where the facing portion is arranged at a position which does not overlap the container body in the direction of gravity in which the sealing part is attached to the container body.
US08437667B2
A casing of a developing apparatus defines a developing chamber and a developer accommodating chamber, that accommodates developer, therein. The developing chamber and the developer accommodating chamber are arranged side by side. The casing is formed with a replenishing port for supplying new developer from a developer replenishing unit into the developing chamber. The replenishing port is located right above a supply roller when the developing apparatus is disposed in an orientation in which the developing apparatus is intended to be placed in a main casing of an image forming apparatus. The control unit controls the supply roller to rotate when the developing apparatus is mounted in the main casing. The supply roller stirs old developer that have already been located in the developing chamber and the new developer, and transports the old developer and the new developer from the developing chamber into the developer accommodating chamber.
US08437657B2
A cleaning apparatus including: a normally-charged toner cleaning member that receives a voltage having a polarity reverse to a normal charging polarity of a toner and electostatically removes a toner having the normal charging polarity on a cleaning target; a reversely-charged toner cleaning member that receives a voltage having the same polarity as the normal charging polarity of a toner and electrostatically removes a toner having a polarity reverse to the normal charging polarity on the cleaning target; and a pre-cleaning member that is disposed at an upstream side of the normally-charged toner cleaning member and the reverse-charged toner cleaning member in a surface moving direction of the cleaning target, receives a voltage having a polarity reverse to the normal charging polarity of the toner, and electrostatically removes a toner having the normal charging polarity on the cleaning target, is provided.
US08437652B2
A high-voltage power supply comprises the following components. A piezoelectric transformer outputs a voltage in accordance with a supplied drive frequency. A rectification part is connected to an output side of the piezoelectric transformer. A drive frequency generating part generates the drive frequency supplied to the piezoelectric transformer. A voltage detection part detects an output voltage of the piezoelectric transformer or the rectification part. A control part controls the drive frequency generating part such that a drive frequency corresponding to the output voltage detected by the voltage detecting part is generated. A first time constant, which is a time constant of the control part, is smaller than a second time constant, which is a time constant of a control target including the piezoelectric transformer and the rectification part. A third time constant, which is a time constant of the voltage detecting part, is smaller than the second time constant.
US08437650B2
An image forming apparatus may include a sensor which detects a density of a patch image formed on an image carrier; an image quality control section which controls an image forming condition based on a detection value of the sensor; and a judging section which judges if the detection value has a tendency of increasing or decreasing, or not, wherein, the image quality control section compensates the image forming condition with a first compensating amount in case when the detection value does not have the tendency of increasing nor decreasing, and compensates the image forming condition with a second compensating amount of which absolute value is larger than an absolute value of the first compensating amount corresponding to the second compensating amount, in case when the detection value has the tendency of increasing or decreasing.
US08437639B2
A device for receiving data from a rotatable source includes a primary winding of a rotary transformer fixed to a support structure and connected to an electric power source. A secondary winding is rotatably supported by the support structure. An axial passage extends through the primary and secondary windings. An optical data transmitter is connected to the secondary winding. The optical data transmitter is rotatably supported by the support structure and aligned to transmit data through the axial passage in the rotary transformer. The secondary transformer winding provides power to the optical data transmitter without physical contact. An optical data receiver fixed to the support structure receives data from the optical data transmitter transmitted through the axial passage in the rotary transformer without physical contact. The transmission of power and data without physical contact allows the data source to rotate continuously.
US08437625B2
An BD-ROM playback apparatus simultaneously executes reproduction of a title including an AVClip and executes an application. The BD-ROM playback apparatus includes a BD-J module (35) executing an application, a playback control engine (32) for reproducing the AVClip belonging to a title, and a module manager (34) for controlling branching between titles. The BD-J module (35) includes a Java virtual machine (38) and an application manager (36). The Java virtual machine (38) interprets the application, generates an instance, and executes the generated instance. When the instance is that a work memory (37) in the Java virtual machine (38) exists, the application manager (36) interprets that the title playback is continuing even if the application has terminated. When a playback completion event is issued from the playback control engine (32), the module manager (34) is made to select the next title even if the title playback has terminated.
US08437605B2
The present invention relates to a recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and to reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium. The present recording medium has script files including additional information about moving picture data, e.g., scene descriptive text and introduction of characters, etc. In addition, information linking each script file with a section of moving picture data to be presented with contents of the script file is included in a link data file or is contained in a filename of the script file. In reproduction of the recording medium, a script file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data section is determined and searched for based on the link data file or every filename of the script files, and contents of the found script file are presented together with the presently reproduced moving picture data. Furthermore, previously presented additional information is removed depending on data or filename of the found script file.
US08437603B2
A recording medium 100 on which an index table, an operation mode object, and byte-code applications are recorded. The index table shows correspondence between one or more titles and one or more operation mode objects. The operation mode object includes an application management table and display rate initialization information. The application management table indicates a byte-code application to be started to a playback device when a title corresponding to the operation mode object is selected as a current title. The display rate initialization information indicates how to initialize a display rate of a display device connected to the playback device when the title corresponding to the operation mode object is selected as the current title.
US08437592B2
An optical channel tap assembly comprises a first N by M waveguide array including a first set of optical channels to convey optical signals along a first set of conveyance paths. The optical channel tap assembly also comprises a second N by M waveguide array including a second set of optical channels to convey the optical signals along a second set of conveyance paths, the optical signals received from the first set of conveyance paths. Additionally, the optical channel tap assembly comprises a beam splitter, disposed between the first N by M waveguide array and the second N by M waveguide array, to divert a first portion of power from the optical signals away from the second N by M waveguide array while allowing a second portion of power from the optical signals to propagate into the second N by M waveguide array.
US08437581B2
A method and system for interpolating video pixels is described, in which the value of a first fractional pixel is calculated based on the values of the first set of integer pixels, while the value of a second fractional pixel is calculated based on the values of the second set of integer pixels. The first set of integer pixels is not equal to the second set of integer pixels. For example, the first and second set may contain different integer pixels and may contain different numbers of integer pixels.
US08437577B2
Aspects of the present invention are related to methods and systems for image processing, in particular, to methods and systems for computationally efficient and robust image alignment. Initially, larger image features may be used to approximate an alignment measurement. Results of the initial measurement may be used to narrow the search range used in conjunction with higher-resolution images in subsequent alignment measurements. The narrowed search range may insure that if the alignment measurement using the fine-detail images fails, then the measured results may have the accuracy as indicated by the prior, reduced-image-based measurement.
US08437562B2
An intra-prediction mode optimization method and image compression method/device are disclosed. To properly determine an intra-prediction mode for a target block of an image, a control block is selected from reference blocks of the target block, and an intra-prediction mode adopted in the control block is regarded as a control mode. Assuming that the target block is encoded according to the control mode as well, the prediction efficiency of the target and control blocks is assessed. When the intra-prediction efficiency, under the control mode, of the target block is better than that of the control block, the control mode is determined to be the intra-prediction mode of the target block and an intra-prediction pattern of the target block can be obtained. Otherwise, another one of the reference blocks is selected to be the control block and the control mode is refreshed, to repeat the intra-prediction efficiency assessment.
US08437558B1
Described is a system for rapid directed area search utilizing particle swarm optimization. The system first extracts salient regions from an input image. The system then detects regions of interest from the salient regions utilizing particle swarm optimization, wherein a swarm of software agents, or particles, cooperate to locate an objective function optima, or region of interest, in an image. A set of local feature descriptors are then extracted from the image, wherein a local feature descriptor corresponds to a neighborhood surrounding a point of interest in a region of interest in the image. Additionally, the set of local feature descriptors are clustered hierarchically into a database so that a closest match between a new input image and a stored image can be determined. Finally, the matching regions of the two images are registered to align matching regions to allow detection of changes between the images.
US08437552B2
A photographing apparatus and method for archiving a plurality of images as a single file, and a recording medium having a computer program for executing the method. The photographing apparatus and method employ a feature subject extracting unit for determining one of the plurality of images as a main image and extracting a feature subject from the main image, an image selecting unit for selecting an image including the feature subject, and an image archiving unit for archiving the main image and the image selected by the image selecting unit.
US08437551B2
A system that extracts text from an image includes a capture device that captures the image having a low resolution. An image segmentation subsystem partitions the image into image segments. An image restoration subsystem generates a resolution-expanded image from the image segments and negates degradation effects of the low-resolution image by transforming the image segments from a first domain to a second domain and deconvolving the transformed image segments in the second domain to determine parameters of the low-resolution image. A text recognition subsystem transforms the restored image data into computer readable text data based on the determined parameters.
US08437549B2
An image processing apparatus robustly performs segmentation on an image including an object such as a moving person with its deformation. The image processing apparatus includes: an image inputting unit which receives temporally successive images; a motion analyzing unit which calculates motions of blocks using at least two temporally different images and calculates, based on the motions of the blocks, temporal motion trajectories of the blocks in the temporally successive images; a distance calculating unit which calculates a distance indicating a similarity of the motions of the blocks, using a temporal motion trajectory of a block i and a temporal motion trajectory of a block other than the block i calculated by the motion analyzing unit; and a nonlinear space processing unit which projects the distance calculated by the distance calculating unit into a nonlinear space and performs the segmentation on a result of the projection in the nonlinear space.
US08437543B2
The invention proposes a method and a device of determining a saliency map for an image.The proposed method uses a processing device for executing the steps of: selecting one of at least two different predetermined weight sets each associated with the predetermined scene category by determining to which of the predetermined scene categories a scene depicted in the image belongs, each predetermined weight sets comprising weights for color dependent subbands, splitting the image into color dependent frequency subbands and orientation subbands by splitting the image into color components and applying wavelet transformation to each color component, determining early feature maps for the subbands by extracting visual features from the wavelet transforms by a center-surround mechanism based on a Difference of Gaussian, weighting the early feature maps using the selected weight set and fusing the weighted feature maps.
US08437542B2
An image processing apparatus includes a dividing unit configured to divide a target candidate image, which is assigned as a candidate of a target image, into blocks when a photo-mosaic image is generated by dividing the target image into the blocks and replacing each block with a raw image selected from multiple raw images; a block-class classification unit configured to place each block in the target candidate image into a class selected from multiple classes defined by a characteristic associated with color; a comparing unit configured to compare the number of blocks in the target candidate image in a class and the number of raw images in the same class; and a selecting unit configured to select a target candidate image among a multiple target candidate images to be assigned as the target image on the basis of comparison results of the target candidate images obtained by the comparing unit.
US08437536B2
An environment recognition system includes image taking means for taking a pair of images of an object in a surrounding environment with a pair of cameras and outputting the pair of images, stereo matching means for conducting stereo matching on a plurality of pairs of images that are taken by different image taking methods or that are formed by subjecting the pair of taken images to different image processing methods and forming distance images respectively for the pairs of images, selection means for dividing the distance images into a plurality of sections, calculating representative parallaxes respectively for the sections, and selecting any of the representative parallaxes of the corresponding section as a representative parallax of the section, and detection means for detecting the object in the image on the basis of the representative parallaxes of the sections.
US08437531B2
A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes. According to one embodiment, the device comprises an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes and an output receptacle. The device further comprises a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner. The image scanner is configured to obtain an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner. The device is configured to determine the denominations of transported U.S. bank notes. The device is configured to capture information from checks transported past the image scanner. The device further comprises a memory configured to store the information captured from checks transported past the image scanner.
US08437522B2
Embodiments and processes of computer tomography perform tasks associated with selecting a portion of projection or emission data that contain the least amount of motion based upon a predetermined motion index, a derivative of plane integral (DPI). Other embodiments and processes of computer tomography perform tasks associated with determining an amount of direction-dependent motion in an object based upon a comparison of the DPIs in predetermined directions.
US08437506B2
A system and method are disclosed for recognizing and tracking a user's skeletal joints with a NUI system. The system includes one or more experts for proposing one or more skeletal hypotheses each representing a user pose within a given frame. Each expert is generally computationally inexpensive. The system further includes an arbiter for resolving the skeletal hypotheses from the experts into a best state estimate for a given frame. The arbiter may score the various skeletal hypotheses based on different methodologies. The one or more skeletal hypotheses resulting in the highest score may be returned as the state estimate for a given frame. It may happen that the experts and arbiter are unable to resolve a single state estimate with a high degree of confidence for a given frame. It is a further goal of the present system to capture any such uncertainty as a factor in how a state estimate is to be used.
US08437503B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting a moving object in a stream of images taken at successive instants, of the type comprising, for each zone of a predefined set of zones of at least one pixel of the image constituting a current image, a step of determining whether the zone belongs to the moving object. The method also comprising a step of searching in at least one preceding image of the stream and along at least one predefined direction and orientation, for another zone determined as belonging to a moving object, and a step of negating the fact that said zone belongs to a moving object if the search is negative.
US08437502B1
Per one embodiment, a method is provided for refining a pose estimate of a model. The model is coarsely aligned with a run-time image, and it represents a 2D pattern. The pose estimate includes at least one pose estimate parameter. The model has a plurality of model features, and the run-time image has a plurality of run-time features. A given distance value is determined representing a given distance between a given one of the plurality of the model features mapped by a given pose estimate and a corresponding given run-time feature. A two-dimensional model description of the two-dimensional model pattern is provided. The two-dimensional model pattern is mapped using the given pose estimate to create a transformed version of the two-dimensional model pattern. The transformed version represents a non-linear movement of at least portions of the two-dimensional model pattern in a direction orthogonal to a plane of the two-dimensional model description.
US08437500B1
In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a user in one or more frames of a video file, accesses a data store for image attitudinal data associated with the user, ranks the one or more frames based on the image attitudinal data associated with the user, and presents one or more top ranked frames to the user.
US08437495B2
A compensation assembly for a mounted loudspeaker system includes a mounting frame having a spherical front socket; a retaining ring; a compensating back socket having a spherical back socket; and a woofer frame having a spherical ball structure that fits between the front and back sockets. The compensating back socket has an array of matching slots that align with and partially surround bosses of the mounting frame such that the compensating back socket is free to float in a vertical axis but is restrained from rotating around a central axis. The ball structure is held by a force applied to the compensating back socket by compressing deformable elements around the outer perimeter of the compensating back socket. The deformable elements may be integrally formed as molded-in-place polymer tensioning springs or separately formed as metallic elements.
US08437484B2
An electronic device includes an audio power amplifier used to output a left and a right channel audio signal, an earphone jack assembly, and a switching circuit automatically switching between a speaker mode and an earphone mode. The audio power amplifier includes a control pin enabling the audio power amplifier to be electrically connected to the speaker. The control pin activated at a low level and disabled at a high level. The switching circuit is capable of enabling the control pin to switch between the low level and the high level. The switching circuit includes a power supply, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, and a diode. The resistance of the third resistor far exceeds that of the first resistor.
US08437481B2
Users with headsets may share an electronic device such as a portable computer or handheld device. The electronic device may have a connector such as an audio jack for receiving mating audio plugs on headsets. During normal operation with a single user, audio signals may be conveyed through the audio jack to the headset of the single user. When more than one user wishes to share the electronic device, an adapter accessory may be inserted into the audio jack of the electronic device. The headset of each user may be plugged into mating audio jacks in the adapter accessory. Circuitry in the adapter accessory may receive and process user input from each of the users. User input may be used to make local audio adjustments in the adapter accessory. User input may also be provided from the adapter accessory to the electronic device for processing.
US08437478B2
Systems and methods for implementing over-current protection include reducing a clip level while an over-current condition is being detected. Once the over-current condition is no longer detected, the clip level is maintained for a specified period before allowing the clip level to be increased. In an embodiment, the specified period, for which the clip level is maintained before the clip level is allowed to be increased, starts when the over-current condition is no longer detected, and ends when each of N immediately preceding sample(s) of the audio signal are not clipped to the clip level, where N is an integer ≧1. After an over-current condition is no longer detected, and after the clip level has been maintained for the specified period, the clip level can be increased if an over-current condition is not detected for a sample and the clip level is below a specified maximum clip level.
US08437472B2
Some embodiments of a method and an apparatus to strengthen key schedule for arcfour have been presented. In one embodiment, an S array of a predetermined size is initialized. The S array is usable in a key generating process of arcfour encryption. The key generation process is extended to generate keys, which are substantially random and substantially unbiased. Using the keys generated, a stream cipher performs arcfour encryption on plaintext data to output ciphertext data.
US08437469B1
In accordance with a non-limiting example, an electrical protection device includes a fuse housing and a plurality of fuses carried by the fuse housing and arranged in a plurality of Tip/Ring fuse pairs. The Tip/Ring fuse pairs are arranged in vertical and horizontal orientation of Tip/Ring fuse pairs and spaced to each other such that differential crosstalk among the Tip/Ring fuse pairs is cancelled.
US08437461B1
Conference participant finder methods and apparatuses are provided. The conference participant finder maintains a record of expected conference participants. After the scheduled start time of a conference, expected conference participants are automatically contacted and reminded to join the conference. The contact address used to contact an expected conference participant can be obtained with reference to presence information. In addition, information regarding the status of conference participants can be displayed to a conference host.
US08437460B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and devices for user supervision and notification. In this regard, one embodiment of such a method, among others, can be broadly summarized by the following: monitoring activities performed by a telephone device; and notifying a user of the activities performed by the telephone and identification of users performing the activities, notification of activities being made by the telephone device.
US08437452B2
Example methods and apparatus to trigger maintenance and upgrades of access networks are disclosed. An example method comprises obtaining a first value representing a number of unassigned ports associated with a first digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), obtaining a second value representing a projected number of ports associated with the first DSLAM needed to satisfy at least one of anticipated, projected or pending service requests, and determining whether to automatically submit a preventative maintenance trouble ticket for the first DSLAM based on the first and second values.
US08437451B2
A shutter arrangement for an X-ray housing includes a shutter 10 for example of solid tantalum. In embodiments, the shutter has a through hole 22 and slides between a closed and an open position on the inner face of the X-ray housing, in the open position the through hole 22 aligns with an opening 8 in the housing.
US08437445B2
A method of predicting stresses on a BWR steam dryer that includes creating an analytical acoustic model of a BWR steam system; generating pressure estimations by inputting empirical data into the analytical acoustic model of the BWR steam system; creating an analytical structural model of the BWR steam dryer; and predicting stresses on the BWR steam dryer using the analytical structural model and the pressure estimations.
US08437431B1
Sequential decoder fast incorrect path elimination method and apparatus for pseudo-orthogonal coding
A communication system includes a transmitter which generates transmit phase points defined to be the vector sum of two or more QPSK signals. Forward error correction encoding is performed independently for the QPSK signals. In a receiver, alternate hypotheses are formed about the potential values that might have been transmitted for all the QPSK signals, and offset phase points are defined for each hypothesis. For the correct hypothesis, the offset phase point has the effect of canceling all the two or more QPSK signals from the combined communication signal leaving only circuit and channel noise added during transmission. Branch metrics are responsive to Euclidean distances between the received signal and the hypothesized transmitted signal. A decoder is configured to accept and reject the hypotheses based on the noise statistics and desired communication application symbol error rate.
US08437429B2
In a data processing apparatus and a data processing system including the same, the data processing apparatus includes a clock signal generation unit configured to receive a data signal comprising a preamble signal, information about DC balance codes for DC balance, an embedded clock signal between the DC balance codes, and information about serialized valid data, to generate a synchronous clock signal that is synchronized with the serialized valid data based on the data signal, and to generate at least one sample clock signal based on the synchronous clock signal; and a data processor configured to deserialize the serialized valid data based on the at least one sample clock signal, to decode deserialized data based on the DC balance codes, and to output decoded data.
US08437424B2
Performing digital predistortion (DPD) for widely spaced narrowband signals, such as the signal used in multi-carrier GSM, can be very difficult. Here, a system is provided the performs DPD for widely spaced narrowband signals. In particular, this system uses a polynomial curve for values of a cross-correlation function (above a predetermined threshold) to determine a delay estimate, which allows for a more robust and accurate system.
US08437419B2
A method and system for frame formats for MIMO channel measurement exchange is provided. Aspects of a method for communicating information in a communication system may comprise transmitting data via a plurality of radio frequency (RF) channels utilizing a plurality of transmitting antenna, receiving feedback information via at least one of a plurality of RF channels, and modifying a transmission mode based on the feedback information. Aspects of a method for communicating information in a communication system may also comprise receiving data via a plurality of receiving antenna, transmitting feedback information via at least one of the plurality of RF channels, and requesting modification of a transmission mode for the received data in transmitted response messages comprising the feedback information.
US08437412B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for eliminating frequency-domain interference signals, and relates to communication technologies. The method includes: multiplying a frequency-domain channel estimation value by a frequency-domain interference signal to obtain a frequency-domain received interference signal; and subtracting the frequency-domain received interference signal from the frequency-domain received signal to obtain the frequency-domain received signal free of interference. The apparatus includes a multiplying module and a subtracting module. A frequency-domain equalizer includes an interference signal obtaining module and an interference signal eliminating module. The technical solution provided herein eliminates interference signals in the frequency domain, and saves the calculation load in contrast with elimination of time-domain interference signals.
US08437410B1
Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with clipping instructions are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a clipping instruction for clipping filtered values in a video image de-blocking operation. The clipping instruction references a video data value and a clipping value. The method includes decoding the clipping instruction. The method also includes retrieving the video data value and the clipping value. A video data magnitude of the video data value is determined. The method determines a clipping magnitude of the clipping value. A determination is made as to whether the video data magnitude exceeds the clipping magnitude. If the video data magnitude exceeds the clipping magnitude, the video data value is selectively clipped.
US08437409B2
Various acquisition streams are delivered, synchronously or asynchronously, to a server. Those streams having local time indicia are synchronized with the global timeline and the various acquisition streams are then stored. Low bit rate streams corresponding to the stored acquisition streams are generated for use in subsequent editing of the acquisition streams. The editing of the acquisition streams entails reviewing the various acquisition streams and selecting portions for replay. The portions selected for replay are identified through metadata which is then stored. The replay or distribution mode begins by editing the global timeline using the metadata generated in the editing mode so as to produce an edited timeline. The various acquisition streams are then rendered or played back according to the edited timeline to produce a distribution stream.
US08437406B2
Methods and systems for DVB-C2 are disclosed and may include receiving data encoded utilizing variable encoding, variable modulation and outer codes via a physical layer matched to a desired quality of service. An error probability may be determined for said received data and retransmission of portions of said data with error probability above an error threshold may be requested. The variable modulation may include single carrier modulation, orthogonal frequency division modulation, synchronous code division multiple access, and/or from 256 QAM to 2048 QAM or greater. The variable encoding may include forward error correction code, which may include low density parity check code.
US08437405B1
The present invention includes a method and system for encoding video data by accessing a picture to be encoded, wherein the picture comprises a plurality of macro-blocks. A plurality of programmable counters are associated with each macro-block to be encoded. A counter associated with a macro-block of the plurality of macro-blocks is accessed and a value of the counter is determined. The method further includes determining whether to encode the macro-block as an Intra or non-Intra based on the value of the counter. If the macro-block is encoded as Intra, its counter is reset. If the macro-block is encoded as non-Intra, its counter value is updated. The counter value may be reset with a random number. Counters can be programmed such that a region of interest is defined for updating associated macro-blocks with greater frequency.
US08437389B2
Compressed digital video bitstreams are segmented into video segments. A staging processor performs transrating on the original video segments and generates several transrated output video segments. The output video segments are combined into a video block for further distribution. A bit rate switch selects among the transrated video segments from the video block to provide a statistically multiplexed output bitstream. The bit rate switch can also select local stream segments, such as advertisements, for content insertion purposes. A transprocessor including multiple encoder output features is also provided.
US08437388B2
Data latch circuit and method of low power decision feedback equalization (DFE) system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the data latch circuit of the of a decision feedback equalization (DFE) system includes a first parallel n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (NMOS) pair to input a differential input voltage. The data latch circuit also includes a second parallel NMOS pair coupled to the first parallel NMOS pair to input a decision feedback equalization (DFE) voltage. The data latch circuit further includes a cross-coupled PMOS pair to generate a positive feedback to the first parallel NMOS pair and/or the second parallel NMOS pair. In addition, the data latch circuit includes a cross-coupled NMOS pair to escalate the positive feedback. Furthermore the data latch circuit includes a latching circuit to generate a signal data based on the sinking of a current at an input of the latching circuit and/or the positive feedback.
US08437380B2
Techniques for deriving channel estimates with different channel estimation filters are described. In one scheme, a filter selection metric is determined for a signal to be recovered, a channel estimation filter is selected based on the filter selection metric, and a channel estimate is derived with the selected channel estimation filter. In another scheme, a first channel estimate is derived with a first channel estimation filter having a first filter response, a first signal is recovered with the first channel estimate, and interference due to the first signal is estimated and removed. A second channel estimate is derived with a second channel estimation filter having a second filter response that is different from the first filter response.
US08437375B2
A semiconductor laser element may include an n-type clad layer; an n-type waveguide layer adjacent to the n-type clad layer; an n-type carrier blocking layer adjacent to the n-type waveguide layer; an active layer; and a p-type clad layer adjacent to the active layer. The n-type clad layer may have a bandgap width greater than a bandgap width of the n-type waveguide layer. The n-type carrier blocking layer may have a bandgap width greater than or equal to bandgap widths of the first and second barrier layers. The p-type clad layer may have a bandgap width greater than the bandgap widths of the first and second barrier layers and the bandgap width of the n-type waveguide layer. The active layer may include a quantum well layer and barrier layers.
US08437369B2
In PCI-Express and alike communications systems, data bandwidth per channel can vary as a result of negotiated port aggregation and/or bifurcation during network bring-up. Disclosed are systems and methods for opportunistically interleaving dispatches of packet data for secondary egress channels when the data bandwidth of a primary egress channel is relatively small and thus creates slack on a dispatch bus between dispatches of primary data blocks.
US08437368B2
A communications system and method are provided for handing over a call from a packet-switched network (e.g., IP network) to a circuit-switched network (e.g., PLMN, PSTN, etc.). The system includes a first terminal capable of communicating via a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network, and a second terminal capable of communicating via a circuit-switched network. The system also includes a gateway capable of mapping communications between a packet-switched network and at least one circuit-switched network. The gateway can support communication between the first terminal and the second terminal such that the first terminal has a packet-switched connection with the gateway and the second terminal has a circuit-switched connection with the gateway. The first terminal can then establish a circuit-switch connection with the gateway. Thereafter, the gateway can connect the circuit-switched connection established between the first terminal and the gateway with the circuit-switched connection between the gateway and the second terminal.
US08437363B2
Methods and apparatus for initiating a traffic transmission between a first device and a second device are disclosed. One method includes determining whether the first device has a receive priority or a transmit priority over the second device during a first data frame, determining whether the first device has data to transmit to the second device during the first data frame, transmitting, from the first device, a receive priority control signal during a receive priority control slot (Rxp) corresponding to the first data frame if the first device has the receive priority and no data to transmit, and transmitting, from the first device, a transmit priority control signal during a transmit priority control slot (Txp) corresponding to the first data frame if the first device has the transmit priority and data to transmit.
US08437360B2
A CMTS or other data aggregation component having a DHCPv6 relay agent extracts a Media Access Control (MAC) address of an end device from a data packet received from an end device. A DHCPv6 data frame is created for transmission to a DHCPv6 server. The MAC address may be inserted into a specific option of the DHCPv6 data frame, where data in the option may not be processed by the server and are echoed back to the aggregation component or CMTS. The DHCPv6 data frame is transmitted to the DHCPv6 server. The component receives a response message from the server that may contain the MAC address or similar client hardware address as it was sent to the server by the network component. The network component may determine an outgoing port interface from which the response message should be sent, utilizing the MAC address and an interface bundling table. In this manner, interface bundling may be enabled.
US08437357B2
A local system including at least two VLANs may be connected to a local layer 2 switch to a wider network by providing a connection between the local switch and a router port and a single logical layer 3 interface may be assigned to the VLANs. A VLAN tag may be assigned to each connected VLAN. Outgoing data including the user's address, the intended recipient of the data and the VLAN tag assigned to the VLAN may be communicated to the router. The address of the user and the VLAN tag may be copied to a forwarding table, and the outgoing data may be forwarded to the wider network for delivery to the intended recipient. Incoming date intended for delivery to the user may be received at the assigned layer 3 interface and forwarded to the local switch for delivery to the user.
US08437355B1
A passive optical network (PON) has an optical line termination (OLT) that terminates an optical fiber servicing a plurality of optical network units (ONUs). Each ONU has one or more traffic containers (TCONTs) addressable by the OLT. The PON dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) implements a scheduling hierarchy, including several scheduling layers, such that disjoint sets of TCONTs can be grouped together, then disjoint sets of groups can be grouped, and so on. In such hierarchy, the residential traffic can be grouped separately from the business traffic. Further, within either the residential or business group, traffic may be grouped to define scheduling layers (“sub-groups”) within the residential or business group. Scheduling in one group or sub-group is performed independently of the scheduling in other groups or sub-groups, subject to the available bandwidth for each group. The scheduling may be controlled to allow the residential services to be oversubscribed while still ensuring compliance of service level performance metrics for the business services.
US08437333B2
Contention based period beamforming includes the establishment of synchronized communications between a beamforming initiator and a beamforming responder to precisely define a start time for beamforming training. Synchronization between the beamforming initiator and beamforming responder begins with the sending of control information to the responder so that the start of the beamforming process will be synchronized. With beamforming training synchronized, beamforming is initiated using the sector sweep process.
US08437331B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitter are disclosed. The apparatus includes an RS encoder 212 configured to encode mobile data for forward error correction (FEC), a group formatter 214 configured to form a data group using (or including) the encoded mobile data and known data sequence, a packet formatter 216 configured to form a specified number of mobile data packets and a first scalable number of mobile data packets by using the data included in the data group, a packet multiplexer (MUX) 120 configured to multiplex the formed mobile data packets and a second scalable number of main data packets, a data interleaver 1502 configured to interleave data of the multiplexed data packets, and a transmission unit 170 configured to transmit the interleaved data. Herein, the known data are spotted in the interleaved data.
US08437328B2
A method of processing data in a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer through which at least one first channel is mapped to a second channel in a transmitting end of a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, a MAC layer data block is configured by including at least one higher layer data block received through the at least one first channel and adding a header thereto which includes at least one field which indicates at least two types of information. Furthermore, the MAC layer data block is transferred to a lower layer through the second channel.
US08437327B2
Techniques are presented for repetition on both uplink and downlink Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH) channels. For instance, an exemplary method is disclosed that is performed by a mobile node. The method includes receiving from a network node a first block of data over a downlink SACCH channel, and storing the first block of data. The method also includes, subsequent to receiving the first block of data, receiving from the network node a second block of data over the downlink SACCH channel. The method further includes attempting to decode the second block of data. The method additionally includes, in response to a failure in the attempt to decode the second block of data, combining into a combination the second block with the stored first block of data. The method also includes attempting to decode the combination.
US08437325B2
A game device is provided with a processor and an air interface apparatus. In a wireless communication environment such as that of IEEE802.11, a CPU of the air interface apparatus selects, in a search process, an SSID that includes at least in a portion thereof a predetermined pattern. Network information including the selected SSID is retained in a memory unit as a BSS list registering wireless networks that are targets for connection. The processor refers to the BSS list and determines a wireless network to participate in.
US08437324B2
A wireless network has a primary network which provides one or more communication services and a provisioning network which provides a provisioning service but disallows the one or more communication services. A mobile device associates with an access point of the wireless network by sending a request which includes a first set service identifier (SSID) for accessing and operating in the provisioning network. If an authentication procedure is successful, the device receives via the access point a second SSID in a provisioning procedure with the provisioning network, and programs the second SSID in a network list. The device subsequently associates with the access point by sending a request which includes the second SSID from the network list instead of the first SSID, for accessing and operating in the primary network for the one or more communication services.
US08437320B2
A wireless LAN (Local Area Network) access point includes: a housing; and a plurality of sub-access points provided in the housing. The plurality of sub-access points being operable independently of one another.
US08437314B2
Radio frequency (RF) architectures for spectrum access networks are provided. Embodiments of the invention generally provide a radio frequency (RF) architecture for customer premise equipment (CPE) for use in, for example, IEEE 802.22 wireless regional area networks (WRANs). In some embodiments, the CPE RF architecture includes two receive chains with a directional antenna and an omni-directional antenna, respectively. The CPE RF architecture facilitates opportunistic out-of-band spectrum sensing and WRAN signal receiving that are performed in parallel with data transmission.
US08437278B2
A service providing apparatus that provides a digital processing service and performs wireless communication with a service use apparatus that uses the service includes: a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication; an interface unit that enables the attachment of a portable wireless communication device that performs wireless communication for the apparatus to which the wireless communication device is attached when the wireless communication device is attached; a generation unit that generates configuration information for wireless communication; and a configuration unit that executes, on the wireless communication device attached to the interface unit, based on the configuration information generated by the generation unit, a configuration process that enables wireless communication between the service use apparatus to which the wireless communication device has been attached and the wireless communication unit.
US08437267B2
The present invention relates to a packet recovery method for packets communicated between sender and receiver nodes of an overlay network that runs over an underlying IP network. The present invention executes a packet recovery process at a receiver node upon satisfaction of a packet recovery condition that is associated with meeting a deadline driven criteria for a transmitted packet. The packet recovery process associates N number of scheduled times with N requests for retransmission of the transmitted packet. At least one of the N scheduled times includes a receiver waiting time. At each N scheduled time, a request for retransmission of the transmitted packet is transmitted to a source node. A packet retransmission process at the sender node is executed upon the first receipt of a request for retransmission of the transmitted packet. In one embodiment, the packet retransmission process retransmits the transmitted packet to the receiver node at M number of scheduled times, where the N and M are non-zero positive integers and at least one of the N or M number of scheduled times is greater than one.
US08437263B2
An access point in a wireless network is traced by sending an internet protocol (IP) packet from a detector to the access point through the wireless network. The detector and the access point are connected through a private wired network. The IP packet is sent with the source IP address field and the destination IP address of the IP packet set to the wireless IP address and wired IP address, respectively, of the detector. The IP packet is routed back to the detector through a switch in the private wired network. When the IP packet is received at the detector, a source IP address, which corresponds to the port on the switch used to send the IP packet, is determined from the received IP packet.
US08437261B1
A facility for transmitting data items in a data stream is described. The facility compares the rate at which data items in the data stream are being generated to a threshold rate. When the rate at which data items in the data stream are being generated is no greater than the threshold rate, the facility transmits all of the data items in the data stream to a destination. When the rate at which data items in the data stream are being generated is greater than the threshold rate, the facility transmits only a randomly selected proper subset of the data items in the stream to the destination, such that data items are transmitted to the destination at a rate approximately equal to the threshold rate.
US08437254B2
A method of configuring Internet telephony services for a private branch exchange includes providing the requirements for the private branch exchange to an Internet telephony service provider, establishing, at the Internet telephony service provider, configuration data for the requirements, providing the established configuration data to the private branch exchange, and processing the established configuration data at the private branch exchange.
US08437250B2
Methods for determining paths that satisfy a reliability requirement are generally described herein. The methods may include receiving path information. A reliability requirement is established, and paths that satisfy the reliability requirement are determined. Each path comprises nodes. Configuration of the nodes of the paths according to the reliability requirement is facilitated. A code rate may be determined that corresponds to the reliability requirement. The code rate may indicate network coding to be performed by least a subset of the nodes. The method may also include sending the code rate to the nodes of the paths.
US08437248B2
A method for a network device to access a packet switched network is applied to a system in which the network device accesses the packet switched network by connecting to PEs in an active-standby mode. The method includes: an active PE and a standby PE each sends a fault detection message to the network device through an interface connected to the network device; the active PE sets the state of the interface to “up” and advertises a route to a remote PE if a fault detection response returned by the network device is received through the interface within a preset period; otherwise, the active PE sets the state of the interface to “down” , and withdraws the advertised route; and the standby PE sets the state of the interface to “up” and advertises another route to the remote PE after receiving a fault detection response through the interface connected to the network device.
US08437245B2
A integrated circuit includes logic configured to support smart-utility-network communication using an integer number of data bits per symbol for 96, 48, 24, 12, and 4 data subcarriers across IFFT sizes of 128, 64, 32, 16, and 8.
US08437244B1
A method for optimizing resource allocation for signal conditioning of DSL or other signal lines includes developing a signal quality metric using crosstalk interference and, optionally, signal to noise level. Use of existing pilot tone training selectively assigned to signal lines allows determination of the signal quality metric. A threshold level is selected and all signal lines having a signal quality metric above the threshold level are assigned crosstalk cancellation resources. Because the total number of signal lines requiring crosstalk cancellation is not known at the beginning, a particular threshold level may result in allocation of more than the available resources or allocation of significantly less than the available resources. When this happens the threshold level may be adjusted and the process repeated until crosstalk cancellation resources are assigned up to a usable limit.
US08437231B2
A servo control device includes a plurality of reproduction channels, a plurality of analog/digital (A/D) converters, a servo error detecting circuit that generates a servo error signal, a servo signal processing device that executes predetermined processing for the servo error signal to generate a control signal, and a sampling frequency converter that converts the sampling frequency between the servo error detecting circuit and the servo signal processing device. A first clock is included as a sampling clock of the A/D converters and a processing clock of the servo error detecting circuit. A second clock is included as a processing clock of the servo signal processing device. The sampling frequency converter converts the sampling frequency by processing the servo error signal by the servo error detecting circuit in synchronization with the first clock and processing the signal processed in synchronization with the first clock in synchronization with the second clock.
US08437226B2
A timekeeping device has a reception unit that receives a satellite signal transmitted from a positioning information satellite, a time information generating unit that generates time information based on the received satellite signal, a time display unit that displays the time information, and a reception control unit that controls the reception unit. The reception control unit includes a signal condition detection unit that detects a signal condition of the received satellite signal, and a reception setting unit that sets the reception unit to a single satellite mode or a multi-satellite mode based on the detected signal condition.
US08437223B2
The systems and methods described herein relate to an airborne shooter detection system having a plurality of sensors coupled to the body of an aircraft such as a helicopter. The system includes at least five sensors configured and arranged to disambiguate the location of a shooter. By measuring the arrival times of the shockwaves of projectiles at each of the sensors and determining the differences in the arrival times among sensors, the systems and methods may determine the location of one or more sources of the projectiles. A distance of at least ten meters separates two or more of the sensors. Such a separation is advantageous because it allows the system to disambiguate multiple shooters by resolving the curvature of the shockwave.
US08437220B2
An acoustic telemetry isolation system and method for use with tubular assemblies such as drillpipe and production tubing includes an acoustic wave transmitter and an acoustic isolator. A “down” wave propagated toward the isolator is reflected back substantially in phase with an “up” wave propagated from the acoustic wave source away from the isolator. Furthermore, the acoustic isolator is similarly effective in reflecting “up” propagating waves originating from below the isolator, hence further protecting the acoustic wave source from possible deleterious interference. The construction of the isolator utilizes a specified combination of waves traveling in parallel in materials whose properties aid the beneficial combination of reflected and transmitted waves. The design of the isolator is to generally provide a bandstop filter function, thereby aiding the frequency isolation of an acoustic transmitter over a passband that may be constrained by the geometry of drill pipe or components of production tubing. It causes substantially all of the emitted wave energy to travel in a chosen direction along the drill pipe, thus aiding the efficiency of acoustic telemetry in the pipe.
US08437215B2
A memory comprises a row of bit cells, including a first plurality of bit cells and a second plurality of bit cells. A first word line segment driver is connected to the first plurality of bits cells. A second word line segment driver is connected to the second plurality of bits cells. The first and second word line segment drivers are selectively operable for activating one of the first and second pluralities of bit cells at a time to the exclusion of the other plurality of bit cells. A shared sense amplifier is coupled to at least one of the first plurality of bit cells and at least one of the second plurality of bit cells. The shared sense amplifier is configured to receive signals from whichever of the one first or second bit cell is activated by its respective word line segment driver at a given time.
US08437212B2
Various embodiments of a semiconductor memory apparatus are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor memory apparatus includes a core block configured to receive and store external input data, a control unit configured to activate a control signal in response to a test mode signal and a command, when the external input data has a predetermined value, and a fuse circuit configured to perform fuse programming when the control signal is activated.
US08437207B2
An apparatus for measuring data setup/hold time is capable of effectively measuring a setup/hold time of data, and includes a data generating unit for delaying an external clock signal according to counting signals and generating an internal clock signal and data signals from the delayed external clock signal in response to test signals, a flag signal generating unit for generating flag signals according to the internal clock signal and the data signals, and a counter for producing the counting signals in response to the flag signals.
US08437205B2
Various embodiments of a semiconductor memory apparatus are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor memory apparatus may include: a column control signal generator configured to generate a column control signal for a pair of bit lines corresponding to a data mask during a data mask operation; and a bit line sense amplifier configured to sense and amplify a voltage difference between the pair of bit lines and electrically couple the pair of bit lines to a pair of segment input/output lines in response to the column control signal.
US08437199B2
A method of erasing a semiconductor memory device includes precharging a channel of a selected memory cell of a selected string including memory cells; boosting a channel of the selected string by supplying a positive voltage to word lines of the respective memory cells of the selected string; and erasing the selected memory cell by supplying an erase voltage lower than the positive voltage to a selected word line associated with the selected memory cell.
US08437198B2
In discharging a voltage from a circuit capacitance, a supply voltage to a memory device is monitored. The capacitance is discharged through a discharge circuit from a relatively high voltage to a relatively low voltage when the supply voltage decreases below a trip voltage. The trip voltage is set by an architecture of the discharge circuit.
US08437189B1
Semi-volatile NAND flash memory systems, apparatuses, and methods for use are described herein. According to various embodiments, a semi-volatile NAND flash memory may be partitioned into various retention regions. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08437181B2
An array of rows and columns of SMT MRAM cells has each of the columns associated with one of its adjacent columns. Each of the SMT MRAM cells of the column is connected to a true data bit line and each of the SMT MRAM cells of the associated pair of columns is connected to a shared complement data bit line. A shunting switch device is connected between each of the true data bit lines and the shared complement data bit line for selectively connecting one of the true data bit lines to the shared complement data bit line to effectively reduce the resistance of the complement data bit line and to eliminate program disturb effects in adjacent non-selected columns of the SMT MRAM cells.
US08437166B1
A word line driver cell suitable for RAM devices such as SRAM, static random access memory devices, is provided. The word line driver cell is compatible with double pattern processing techniques and enables the formation of all word lines from a single metal layer which, in turn, enables overlying and underlying metal levels to be used for other features such as signal lines for word line decoders. A power mesh is formed using multiple metal layers and the formation of all the word lines from a single metal layer enables VDD and VSS power lines that are formed from an overlying layer to extend orthogonal to the cell direction and include wider widths reducing metal line resistance and increasing the deliverable power.
US08437162B2
A semiconductor memory device comprises a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of memory cell arrays stacked on the semiconductor substrate, each memory cell array including a plurality of first lines paralleled with each other, a plurality of second lines paralleled with each other and formed crossing the first lines, and a plurality of memory cells arranged at intersections of the first lines and the second lines, each memory cell having one end connected to the first line and the other end connected to the second line; a first control circuit provided on the semiconductor substrate immediately beneath the memory cell arrays and having one end connected to the first line to select and drive the first line; and a second control circuit provided on the semiconductor substrate immediately beneath the memory cell arrays and having one end connected to the second line to select and drive the second line.
US08437159B2
The cam-controlled electromechanical rotary power inverter converts a plurality of DC source voltages to an AC power output by an electromechanical mechanism that includes a rotating assembly of cams intermittently contacting a series of brushes connected to the DC source voltages to sequentially add the DC voltages and then sequentially subtract the DC voltages over 360° of rotation of the cam assembly. In this manner, the inverter provides multilevel, e.g., seven discrete voltage levels, which are distributed as output sequentially in an additive manner and then a subtractive mariner to generate nearly sinusoidal voltages. Repeating sequences of brushes and cams over three 120° intervals allows for 3-phase AC voltage output from the inverter.
US08437157B2
Power line current fed power supplies producing stable load currents and related methods are described. The power supplies may include a current transformer coupled to an inductive network. In some embodiments, the current transformer operates in saturation mode. In some embodiments, a substantially constant DC current is generated having a magnitude that remains substantially constant despite variations of the magnitude of AC current in the power line.
US08437153B2
The present invention is to provide a series resonant converter, which includes a transformer, two power switches connected to primary side of the transformer, a resonant control chip having two control pins connected to gates of the two power switches respectively, a resonant capacitor having one end connected to one end of the primary side and the other end connected to source of one power switch, a resonant inductor having one end connected to the other end of the primary side and the other end connected to a line between the two power switches, and at least one bypass resistor connected in parallel to the resonant capacitor, so as to allow voltage of the resonant capacitor to be rapidly released to ground when the converter is turned off and effectively lower inrush current of the resonant capacitor generated at an instant when the converter is turned on from off.
US08437146B2
A portable terminal includes: a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing via a hinge device, the second housing pivoting about a first hinge axis toward or away from the first housing to be closed or opened, and rotating about a second axis, so that the front and rear sides of the second housing are reversed, the second axis extending perpendicular to the first axis. The hinge includes: a hinge housing extending along the direction of the first hinge axis and coupled to the first housing in such a manner that the hinge housing is rotated about the first hinge axis on the first housing; and a coupling member anchored to the second housing and coupled to the hinge housing to be rotatable about the second hinge axis. While the hinge housing is being rotated about the first hinge axis, the coupling member is turned around the first hinge axis in a state in which one side of the coupling member is faced to the outer peripheral surface of the hinge housing.
US08437138B2
A heat dissipating system adapted to dissipate heat generated from an electrical package mounted onto a socket connector, comprises a clip defining a downward lower pressing portion; and a heat dissipating device disposed under the clip, being adapted to in contact with a surface of the electrical package and embedded with a number of springs evenly disposed on an upper surface thereof adapted to be pressed by the pressing portion.
US08437126B2
A group of assemblies—two housings and a hinge assembly—which particularly enhances the flexibility in use of electronic devices such as computer systems and cell phones. The enhancement derives from the capability of separating the three elements by pairs or one from another for use either individually or as a conjoined entity.
US08437125B2
A portable electronic apparatus including: a plurality of electronic components; a unitary body having an exterior continuous surface, a first aperture in the exterior continuous surface and a second aperture in the exterior continuous surface, wherein a first portion of the exterior continuous surface and the first aperture define a first major face of the apparatus and a second portion of the exterior continuous surface and the second aperture define a second major face of the apparatus,and wherein the first aperture is sized and positioned for the insertion of at least some of the electronic components into an interior housing volume of the unitary body and is closed by an electronic component providing at least part of a user interface and wherein the second aperture is sized and positioned for closure by the insertion of an energy storage electronic component.
US08437122B2
A computer system includes a motherboard, a power supply unit, an interconnect card, and a chassis. The motherboard includes a power connector capable of transmitting power to the motherboard. The power supply unit includes a power supply unit connector. The interconnect card includes a first connector and a second connector. The power supply unit and the motherboard are mounted in the chassis. The first connector is connected with the power supply unit connector, and the second connector connected with the power connector.
US08437117B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes at least one capacitor element in which the other end of an anode lead extends beyond an exposed portion of an electrolyte layer exposed from a cathode layer. The solid electrolytic capacitor further includes: an anode terminal connected to the other end of the anode lead, a cathode terminal connected to the cathode layer, a resin layer and a resin outer package covering the capacitor element and the resin layer. The resin layer covering the exposed portion of the electrolyte layer, the other end of the anode lead, and a connecting part between the other end of the anode lead and the anode terminal. The resin layer includes a first resin layer covering the exposed portion and a second resin layer covering the first resin layer, the first resin layer being softer than the second resin layer.
US08437115B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer having an average thickness of 0.6 μm or less; and first and second inner electrode layers within the ceramic body, disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, wherein the dielectric layer includes contact dielectric grains in contact with the first or second inner electrode layer and non-contact dielectric grains not in contact with the first or second inner electrode layer, and, when an average thickness of the dielectric layer is defined as td and an average diameter of the contact dielectric grains is defined as De, De/td≦0.35 is satisfied. The multilayer ceramic electronic component has improved continuity of the inner electrode layer, large capacitance, extended accelerated lifespan and excellent reliability.
US08437112B2
A circuit breaker with a time-delay function, including a first circuit breaking unit, a remote control unit comprising a time-delay control circuit, and a housing. The first circuit breaking unit and the remote control unit are disposed in the housing, the first circuit breaking unit operates to switch on or off loads and electric lines, the remote control unit operates to control interruption of the circuit breaker with a time-delay function via a remote control signal, the time-delay control circuit operates to implement time delay after the remote control unit receives the remote control signal and before the first circuit breaking unit switches on or off the loads and the electric lines, and the housing is made of insulating and flame-retardant materials.
US08437111B1
A current limiter in one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure has a protection element that protects a current limiting element from excessive power dissipation. The protection element senses a parameter that is indicative of an amount of power being dissipated by the current limiting element. The protection element controls the current limiting element based on the sensed parameter such that power dissipation for the current limiting element is reduced to a safe level during a fault condition thereby protecting the current limiting element from damage during the fault condition.
US08437104B2
A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes).
US08437100B2
Systems and methods for flexure based shock and vibration sensor for head suspensions in hard disk drives. Specifically, this invention deals with operational shock and vibration management within a hard disk drive. In one implementation, the assembly includes a circuit embedded optical waveguide sensor that includes a flexible electrical circuit board with a configuration of either a single or multi layers of conductor traces, a thin flexure gimbal for carrying and flying a HDD slider, a consecutive sensing layer constructed by an optical core and by clad construction with a configuration of either a single core array or a plural core array, an optical loop formed by light input and an output core, optical grating disposed on the consecutive sensing layer forming an optical grating waveguide sensor, a light emitter for injecting light into the optical core, and a receiver receiving the output light from the optical core.
US08437097B2
An optical filter is provided having an optical plate which has a chamfered section formed on an outer peripheral edge section of one principle surface of the optical plate and has isotropy with respect to wet-etching. The chamfered section is of an arc shape which is cross-sectionally concave in an inward direction of the optical plate.
US08437094B2
A lens barrel includes a lens holding member that holds a lens, a positioning guide bar, a rotation blocking guide bar, an optical filter holding member that holds an optical filter, an optical filter supporting member that is disposed at a side of the lens holding member with reference to the optical filter holding member and that supports the optical filter holding member, and an image pickup element holding member that is disposed at a side of an image pickup element with reference to the optical filter holding member and that has a positioning guide bar holding portion that holds the positioning guide bar. The optical filter supporting member includes a rotation blocking guide bar holding portion that holds the rotation blocking guide bar, and the rotation blocking guide bar holding portion is positioned in an insertion and removal range of the optical filter holding member.
US08437091B2
A wide viewing angle optical lens assembly comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface. By adjusting the relationship among the above-mentioned lens elements, the wide viewing angle optical lens assembly can effectively reduce its size, obtain greater angle of view as well as superior imaging quality.
US08437090B2
A zoom lens includes, from an object side to an image side, first to fifth lens units having positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive powers. A distance between the first and second lens units is longer, a distance between the second and third lens units is shorter, and a distance between the fourth and fifth lens units is longer at a telephoto end than at a wide angle end, and a distance between the third and fourth lens units differs between the telephoto end and the wide angle end. Focal lengths of the first and fourth lens units and the entire zoom lens at the wide angle end, a moving amount of the first lens unit during zooming, and a distance from a lens surface closest to the object side in the first lens unit to an image plane at the wide angle end are set properly.
US08437085B1
An optical element assembly with integrally formed microlens is presented. A wafer is provided with a plurality of adjacent IC optical elements, each optical element having an optical transmission port in a wafer top surface. A microlens array is attached to the wafer top surface, so that each microlens in the array overlies a corresponding optical element optical transmission port. Then, a wafer of optical elements with attached microlenses is formed, where each microlens has a first lens surface adhering directly to a corresponding optical transmission port. Subsequent to forming the wafer of optical elements with attached microlenses, the wafer is diced forming a plurality of optical element assemblies. Each optical element assembly includes an optical element integrally formed with an attached microlens.
US08437080B2
The present invention provides a foldable projection screen, which comprises: a first housing capable of being folded for engagement and capable of standing while being unfolded; and a projection screen having its two sides respectively fastened on two sides of the first housing so as to be folded and accommodated in the first housing. With the mentioned structure, the foldable projection screen has advantages of small in volume, light in weight, and easy to be carried around, and applicable in a mini-sized or small projector.
US08437070B2
By selectively placing color filters with different transmittance spectrums on an array of modulator elements each having the same reflectance spectrum, a resultant reflectance spectrum for each modulator element and it's respective color filter is created. In one embodiment, the modulator elements in an array are manufactured by the same process so that each modulator element has a reflectance spectrum that includes multiple reflectivity lines. Color filters corresponding to multiple colors, such as red, green, and blue, for example, may be selectively associated with these modulator elements in order to filter out a desired wavelength range for each modulator element and provide a multiple color array. Because the modulator elements are manufactured by the same process, each of the modulator elements is substantially the same and common voltage levels may be used to activate and deactivate selected modulation.
US08437056B2
An analytical method for computing a video hologram for a holographic reproduction device having at least one light modulation means is disclosed, wherein a scene split into object points is encoded as a whole hologram and can be seen as a reconstruction from a visibility region, located within a periodicity interval of the reconstruction. The visibility region, together with each object point of the scene to be reconstructed, defines a subhologram and the whole hologram is generated from a superposition of subholograms, wherein the complex hologram values of a subhologram are determined from the wave front of the respective object point to be reconstructed in a modulator region of the light modulation means, by calculating and evaluating the transmission or modulation functions of an imaging element formed in the modulator region. The object point to be reconstructed is located in the focal point of the imaging element.
US08437047B2
An image processing apparatus which reads an original to generate monochrome image data, comprises a determination unit configured to determine which of a first instruction to read the original using RGB sensors or a second instruction to read the original using a BW sensor is input; a reading unit configured to read the original using the RGB sensors when the determination unit determined that the first instruction is input, and read the original using the BW sensor when the determination unit determined that the second instruction is input; and a generation unit configured to generate monochrome image data by reading the original by the reading unit using the respective sensors.
US08437044B2
The invention describes a method to control differential gloss of halftone areas produced using substantially clear or low-pigmented toner. It is an objective of this invention to provide a method which allows to produce digital watermarks on paper without being limited in the gloss properties of the toner, the paper or and selected fusing technology. The present invention relates to a method producing clear, low density or highdensity watermarks using Glossmark technology using low-pigmented toner or clear toner. Glossmark technology is for controlling the differential gloss of an image using the steps selecting a first halftone image having a first anisotropic structure, selecting a second halftone image having a second structure different from that of the first halftone, applying the first halftone to at least some portion of the halftone image and applying the second halftone to another portion of the halftone image.
US08437041B2
Systems and methods for performing imaging on print devices are provided. One system comprises a processing circuit in communication with an image capturing device. The image capturing device is configured to capture an image of at least a portion of a printed product of a web or offset print device and output at least one signal representative of the captured image. The processing circuit is configured to receive the at least one signal representative of the captured image and an input signal representative of a print parameter change and to determine a change to the captured image representative of how the captured image would be printed on the web or offset print device with the print parameter change represented by the input signal.
US08437038B2
An image forming apparatus allows a print unit to print a sheet on which a user handwrites, and combines a handwritten image included in an image obtained by reading out a handwritten sheet with a background image, and prints the combined image. Further, a decor to determine decoration contents for the handwriting image and a painting pattern of a decorated area can be designated by the user, and the handwriting image is decorated according to the determined decoration contents and the painting pattern. Further, the decoration contents are determined according to the designated painting pattern as well as the designated decor. That is, the decor that the user desires may be adjusted to be suitable for the designated painting pattern and the decoration contents may be determined.
US08437037B2
A method and a printing system are described capable of rendering more than 2 density levels at the device pixel level using precalculated rectangular screening tiles of finite size that define a spatially repetitive screening operation according to geometric clustered dot screen definitions for first, second and third separation screens that has the following characteristics: (A) the set of at least three separation screens is free of second order moiré; (B) the set of at least three separation screens consists of screens that have no internal moiré and/or screens that have a reduced sensitivity to amplification by process instability of any remaining level of intrinsic internal moiré; and (C) the screens have an optimized and balanced rosette structure leading to a reduction of visible patterning in overlays of the separation screens.
US08437028B2
An image combining apparatus, which is connected with a white-board device, and an image projecting device, includes an image outputting section for outputting the projective image data to the image projecting device, an operation section for designating any position on a projected image, an image processing section for generating projective image data for displaying a mark, a memory section for memorizing the coordinate positions of two or more standard points, and an image inputting section for receiving the scanned image data from the white-board device, wherein the image processing section obtains the coordinate positions of the certain marks when the two or more standard points have been designated, the image processing section makes correspondence with the coordinate positions of the certain marks and the coordinate positions of the two or more standard points respectively, whereby the image processing position recognizes the position of the projected image on the viewing surface.
US08437021B2
The present invention provides, to an image forming apparatus that cannot interpret access control information representing permission to execute printing, a mechanism for flexibly restricting a print job by using the access control information. Specifically, a proxy server verifies whether the access control information is valid. If the proxy server verifies that the access control information is valid, an ACT in the print job is deleted. The print job with the ACT deleted is queued. The queued print job is transmitted and printed out in the image forming apparatus.
US08437019B2
An image processing apparatus for eliminating the necessity of providing a first control board with a power supply unit beforehand for backing up data stored in an image memory, and reducing the cost of the apparatus as a whole. To accomplish this, in an image processing apparatus including a system control board configured to perform image processing, a memory backup function is enabled for an image memory storing data to be processed by the system control board, when a facsimile communication board is connected.
US08437017B2
Print data for display in which an operation screen of a multifunction periphery is described in a page-description language is created and outputted to an external memory medium. Specifically, the print data for display includes a screen description section 51 where an image is described by vector information and a function description section 52 where a function of the operation screen (operation when the operation button is pressed) is described by PJL. In another multifunction periphery, a bitmap image of an operation screen 60 is created and displayed by rasterizing the screen description section 51 of the print data for display read from the external memory medium, and the function of the operation screen is reproduced from information of the function description section 52.
US08437011B2
A method for optically communicating, from a user to a laser tracker, a command to control operation of the tracker includes providing a rule of correspondence between a plurality of commands and a plurality of positions, each position being a 3-D coordinate; selecting by the user a first command from among the commands and moving by the user a retroreflector to a first position wherein the first position corresponds to the first command. Also, projecting a first light from the tracker to the retroreflector, reflecting a second light from the retroreflector, the second light being a portion of the first light and obtaining first sensed data by sensing a third light, the third light being a portion of the second light. Further, determining the first command based on processing the first sensed data according to the rule of correspondence and executing the first command with the tracker.
US08437008B2
A device for the interferometric measurement of a sample, in particular the eye, including an interferometer arrangement with a first measurement beam path, through which a measurement beam falls onto the sample, and a first reference beam path, through which a reference beam runs, which is applied to the measuring beam for interference. The interferometer arrangement includes a second measuring beam path and/or second reference beam path. The optical path lengths of the second measuring beam path and/or second reference beam path are different from one of the first beam paths. The wave length difference is selected according to a distance of two measuring areas which are arranged at a distance in the depth direction of the sample.
US08437006B2
The present invention is an interferometer sensor which uses frequency modulated coherent electromagnetic radiation to noncontact measure the displacement of moving targets with high precision. The sensor has an embedded interferometer comprised of an electromagnetic radiation source, a plurality of electromagnetic waveguides, interferometric and extension waveguides, a refractive index gel, or angled end face and an electromagnetic radiation detector.
US08436989B2
An inspection apparatus using a chip includes a rotor that holds a chip; a measurement room in which the rotor is provided and a through hole is formed; a light source that emits light for measurement to the chip through the through hole; a light measurement unit that detects the light from the chip, a rotation drive mechanism that rotates the rotor; and a cover member capable of covering or uncovering an opening portion.
US08436985B2
The disclosure relates to an optical projection arrangement that can be used to image a reticle onto a substrate. The projection arrangement includes reflective elements, by which a ray path is defined. A combination stop is in a pupil of the ray path. The combination stop has a first opening (aperture opening) for use as an aperture stop. The combination stop also has a second opening for allowing passage of a ray bundle of the ray path, such that the combination stop acts as a combined aperture stop and stray light stop. In addition, the disclosure relates to a corresponding combination stop for optical arrangements, as well as related systems, components and methods.
US08436981B2
An exposing method that forms a pattern of a reticle on a wafer is provided. In the method, part of the pattern of the reticle in an illumination area, which is illuminated by illumination light from an illumination optical system, is illuminated, and while scanning the illumination area with respect to the reticle in the +Y direction (or the −Y direction) by pivoting a deflection mirror, the reticle is moved in the corresponding −Y direction (or the +Y direction) and the wafer is moved in a direction that corresponds to the movement direction of the reticle.
US08436976B2
To provide a small-size display device of a simple structure which can perform both of superimpose display and finder field-of-view control.[Means for Solving Problems]A display device 20 includes a first optical material layer 26 which is arranged between a pair of transparent base plates 24a, 24b and transmits light coming from a one surface of the base plate to another surface, a area 32 arranged in the first optical material layer 26, available to output light L0 coming from a side surface between the pair of base plates through the another surface, and a second optical material layer 27 arranged between the pair of base plates 24a, 24b adjacent to the first optical material layer 26 and available to switch status of transmitting the light L1 coming from the one surface to the another surface, and a status of scattering the light L1 to output through the another surface, or a status of outputting the light L1 in a direction different from the light transmitted through the first optical material layer 26.
US08436973B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a controller disposed on the first substrate. The controller is accommodated in a space between the first substrate and the flexible printed circuit board, and is covered by the flexible printed circuit board.
US08436967B2
An IPS-mode transflective LCD device includes an array of pixels each including a reflective region and a transmissive region juxtaposed. The reflective region operates in a normally-white mode, and the transmissive region operates in a normally-black mode. A common data signal is supplied to the reflective region and transmissive region, whereas the common electrode signal in the transmissive region is an inverted signal of the common electrode signal in the reflective region, to thereby obtain similar gray-scale levels.
US08436954B2
A method of the present invention, for driving a liquid crystal display device includes the step of applying, when spray-bend transition of liquid crystal molecules is completed, a constant voltage to a storage capacitor electrode so that an electric potential difference between a pixel electrode and a common electrode becomes greater than an electric potential difference between the pixel electrode and another pixel electrode adjacent to said pixel electrode when application of a voltage for the spray-bend transition of the liquid crystal molecules is stopped.
US08436952B2
A head-up display including a hybrid illumination system is provided. A light mixing unit provides a substantially homogenous light source to a reflective display unit. A concentrating optics unit collects ambient light and directs it towards the light mixing unit. At the same time, an electrically-powered light source emits light which is directed towards the light mixing unit. One or more optical elements direct the ambient light and the light source light into the light mixing unit for homogenization. A condensing unit receives the homogenized light mixture and outputs the condensed light to a polarizing beam splitter. A reflective display modulates the light from the polarizing beam splitter with information from a source of electrical information signals back towards the polarizing beam splitter. A projection unit projects the modulated light to create an image on a windshield.
US08436948B2
A remote control system of the present invention is provided with a TV apparatus and a remote controller, and performs two-way communication. The remote controller is provided with a microphone and a speaker, and generates and outputs sound source data. Furthermore, by the use of wireless communication modules, the sound source data produced by the remote controller is transmitted to the TV apparatus, and the sound source data is transmitted from the TV apparatus to the remote controller, that is, the sound source data is exchanged, with the result that the sound source data is outputted from the TV apparatus and the remote controller.
US08436927B2
According to one embodiment, in a pixel array unit, pixels that accumulate photoelectrically converted charges are arranged in a matrix shape. A vertical signal line transmits a signal read out from the pixels in the vertical direction. An acceleration circuit shifts the potential of the vertical signal line in advance before a signal is read out from the pixels. The acceleration control circuit controls timing for shifting the potential of the vertical signal line in advance. The timing control circuit generates a control signal for controlling the acceleration control circuit.
US08436925B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a color filter unit disposed on a pixel array unit including pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix and a conversion processing unit disposed on a substrate having the pixel array unit thereon. The color filter unit has a color arrangement in which a color serving as a primary component of a luminance signal is arranged in a checkerboard pattern and a plurality of colors serving as color information components are arranged in the other area of the checkerboard pattern. The conversion processing unit converts signals that are output from the pixels of the pixel array unit and that correspond to the color arrangement of the color filter unit into signals that correspond to a Bayer arrangement and outputs the converted signals.
US08436922B2
An image pickup apparatus which prevents distortion of an image captured using an image pickup element employing an XY reading method and which suppresses degradation of the captured image caused by light leakage to pixel circuits is provided. Transfer transistors and reset transistors in all rows are turned on and photodiodes and FDs are reset before exposure of the photodiodes is started. Then, after a predetermined exposure time has been elapsed, the transfer transistors in all the rows are turned on and signal charges of the photodiodes of all pixels are transmitted to the FDs. When the exposure is terminated, a mechanical shutter is closed so as to block leakage light, and voltages corresponding to the signal charges transmitted from the photodiodes are successively read from the FDs on a row-by-row basis.
US08436918B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for the real-time positional manipulation of stereoscopic (3D) subtitles in a stereoscopic viewing environment. A stereoscopic subtitling workstation is provided for creating stereoscopic subtitling content for use with stereoscopic video content in which stereoscopic subtitling content can be manipulated and adjusted in real-time in a stereoscopic viewing environment to set the desired viewing position and appearance parameters for the stereoscopic subtitling content. The stereoscopic subtitling workstation may further automatically analyze the stereoscopic video content and automatically generate optimal viewing parameters for the stereoscopic subtitling content, including its 3D offset, according to desired appearances and interaction between such content. The automatically generated stereoscopic subtitling content parameters could then use the real-time manipulation features of the workstation to further fine tune the automatically generated stereoscopic subtitling content parameters.
US08436916B2
A data storage device includes an interface removably connectable to a camera to receive from the camera image content in a first format, where the image content is received at the interface from the camera when the camera is operating in a print mode. The data storage device also includes a processor coupled to the interface. The processor processes the received image content in the first format to generate converted image content in a second format. The data storage device also includes a non-volatile memory to store the converted image content in the second format. The data storage device also includes a second interface to a second electronic device. The second interface selectively outputs the image content in the second format to the second electronic device. The data storage device emulates a printer via the interface.
US08436914B2
On embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for automatically computing exposure parameters for a digital video camera (DVC) system. The exposure parameters include exposure gain, analog gain, and digital gain. Each frame is analyzed with respect to an image luma value. Exposure gain and analog gain are adjusted to reduce differences between a target image luma value and measured image luma values over sequential frames. Digital gain is adjusted with respect to each frame to reduce visually abrupt changes in sequentially captured video frames.
US08436912B2
A method of using an image capture device to identify range information for objects in a scene includes providing an image capture device having an image sensor, at least two coded apertures, and a lens; storing in a memory a set of blur parameters derived from range calibration data for each coded aperture; capturing images of the scene having a plurality of objects using each of the coded apertures; providing a set of deblurred images using the captured images from each coded aperture and each of the blur parameters from the stored set; and using the set of deblurred images to determine the range information for the objects in the scene.
US08436911B2
A tagging camera device may include an image capturing logic configured to receive an image signal containing data representing at least one of a photographic image and a digital video. The tagging camera device may further include database communication logic configured to receive from at least one database data representing information from an online social network. The tagging camera device may further include identification logic configured to receive an identifying signal containing data identifying one or more objects appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video. The tagging camera device may further include tagging logic configured to tag a portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video by associating the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video with the data representing information from the online social network based on the data identifying the one or more objects appearing in the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video, where the tagging logic is configured to automatically tag the portion of the at least one of the photographic image and the digital video.
US08436907B2
A heterogeneous video capturing system having motion and blur estimation. An item of motion may be captured with a continuous shutter and a flutter shutter. The flutter shutter image may be preceded and following by a continuous shutter image. Motion of a subject of the images may be estimated from the shutter images. The estimated motion may be a basis for blur estimation and blur removal from the flutter shutter image.
US08436893B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting image capture positions to generate three-dimensional images are disclosed herein. According to one aspect, a method includes determining a plurality of first guides associated with a first still image of a scene. The method can also include displaying a real-time image of the scene on a display. Further, the method can include determining a plurality of second guides associated with the real-time image. The method can also include displaying the first and second guides on the display for guiding selection of a position of an image capture device to capture a second still image of the scene for pairing the first and second still images as a stereoscopic pair of a three-dimensional image.
US08436878B2
An image forming apparatus in one embodiment of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that includes a main body that performs processing to form an image on a recording paper, the image forming apparatus including, an ion generating section that is external to the main body, generates ions and emits those ions to the outside.
US08436875B2
A multiple primary color display device which suppresses the reduction in the display quality when an input signal corresponding to green in an sRGB color space is input from outside is provided. A display device according to the present invention has a pixel defined by a plurality of sub pixels. The plurality of sub pixels include at least a red sub pixel for displaying red, a green sub pixel for displaying green, a blue sub pixel for displaying blue, and a yellow sub pixel for displaying yellow. When an input signal corresponding to green in the sRGB color space is input from outside, the display device according to the present invention provides display using the yellow sub pixel in addition to the green sub pixel.
US08436868B2
A method of organizing memory for storage of texture data, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, includes accessing a size of a mipmap level of a texture map. A block dimension may be determined based on the size the mipmap level. A memory space (e.g., computer-readable medium) may be logically divided into a plurality of whole number of blocks of variable dimension. The dimension of the blocks is measured in units of gobs and each gob is of a fixed dimension of bytes. A mipmap level of a texture map may be stored in the memory space. A texel coordinate of said mipmap level may be converted into a byte address of the memory space by determining a gob address of a gob in which the texel coordinate resides and determining a byte address within the particular gob.
US08436862B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for enabling an intermediate code-based application program to access a target graphics processing unit (GPU) in a parallel processing environment. The method includes the steps of compiling a source code of the intermediate code-based application program to an intermediate code, translating the intermediate code to a PTX instruction code, and translating the PTX instruction code to a machine code executable by the target graphics processing unit before delivering the machine code to the target GPU.
US08436849B2
The present invention relates to a circuit for driving a liquid crystal display device in which no multi-flicker preventive signal FLK, but only single flicker preventive signal FLK, is used for reducing numbers of pins of a timing controller and a level shifter. The circuit for driving a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixel regions for displaying an image, a timing controller for generating one flicker preventive signal and a plurality of clock signals and gate control signals to control driving timing of a gate driver, a gate pulse modulation unit for logically operating the one flicker preventive signal and the plurality of clock signals from the timing controller to generate a plurality of flicker preventive signals, and modulating a gate high voltage from the timing controller according to each of the plurality of flicker preventive signals generated thus to generate a plurality of modulated gate on voltages; a level shifter unit for changing the plurality of clock signals from the timing controller according to the plurality of modulated gate on voltages from the gate pulse modulation unit and a gate low voltage from the timing controller to generate a plurality of level shifted and modulated clock signals; and a gate driver for driving gate lines on the liquid crystal panel according to the a plurality of level shifted and modulated clock signals.
US08436847B2
A device and method providing a pixel architecture that, in at least one embodiment, contains both an on/off memory element and a switching element to utilize low-power liquid crystal displays for video or near-video applications. Such an embodiment can be implemented, for example, using a pair of TFTs for implementing the memory element and switching element on a common substrate. Other embodiments can utilize actual memory devices for the memory elements. This device and method are particularly useful for driving cholestric display elements for video or near video rate applications.
US08436838B2
A touch pen includes a bush, a sliding rod, and a pen body. The sleeve has a pen head secured at an end and defines a receiving hole. The sliding rod is fixed in the receiving hole and defines a guiding slit. The pen body has an extending end defining an accommodating hole. The extending end is receivable in the receiving hole and the sliding rod is receivable in the accommodating hole. A holding pin is secured in the accommodating hole and passes through the guiding slit, the pen body slides relative to the pen head, the holding pin slides along the guiding slit and can be hold at the two ends of the guiding slit.
US08436825B2
A interaction device includes a touch-sensitive surface which generates input data when the touch-sensitive surface is in contact with an actuator, a frame fixed to a periphery of the touch-sensitive surface, an actuator which generates a reaction force as a function of the input data, and a support to which the actuator is coupled. The frame and the touch-sensitive surface are arranged to form a rigid assembly which has a resonant frequency of a few hundred Hertz. The actuator is directly coupled to the frame to displace the rigid assembly relative to the support, and the resonant frequency of the actuator is substantially equal to the resonant frequency of the rigid assembly.
US08436810B2
A wearable electronic device such as a wrist watch (60) is supplied with conventional clock with two pointers (32,33). The device displays a parameter indicative of how “cool” the wearer has been over the past period as a function of time, using the time axis of one of the pointers (32,33). “Coolness” can be based on the measurement of related physiological parameters like heart-rate, body temperature, movement, skin resistance or muscle activity. “Coolness” of a person is understood as being the ability to cope with stress. Therefore, the stability of physiological parameters can be used to derive a signal for the subjective trait called “coolness”. All physiological parameters can be measured by sensors (10) in the watch (60) or in the strap (50). The invention is used as a gadget for self expression and emotional feedback.
US08436807B1
Single particle and dual-particle electrophoretic display devices are disclosed. The display comprises a back substrate including a substantially hollow container that includes a transparent substrate forming a cavity therebetween. The transparent substrate including one or more cathode electrodes forming a plurality of electronically and selectively addressable pixels; one or more side walls extending from the transparent substrate, the side walls defining corresponding pixels, and a suspension fluid including a plurality of pigment particles in fluid communication with each of the cells by a gap formed between the top of the side walls and the back substrate. In addition, the displays include a thin-film transistor (TFT) active matrix substrate to selectively drive one or more cathode electrodes. In addition, methods for manufacturing of the displays are disclosed.
US08436800B2
Disclosed herein is a shift register circuit that is formed on an insulating substrate with thin film transistors having channels of the same conductivity type and includes shift stages, each of the shift stages including: a first thin film transistor; a second thin film transistor; a 3(1)-th thin film transistor; a 3(2)-th thin film transistor; a 4(1)-th thin film transistor; a 4(2)-th thin film transistor; a fifth thin film transistor; and a sixth thin film transistor.
US08436797B2
A digital photo frame (DPF) includes a power source, a power management unit, a display panel, a backlight unit, a touch sensing unit and a processing unit. The display panel includes a reflective structure. The power management unit is used to manage the power supply from the power source to the DPF. The touch sensing unit is used to produce a touch signal when detecting the DPF is touched by a user. The processing unit receives the touch signal, and controls the management unit to discontinue the power from the power source to the backlight unit, therefore display panel reflects images via the reflective structure.
US08436796B2
Method of reducing off-current of a thin film transistor for display device and circuit for the same
A method of applying an OFF-state offset to a display device includes: supplying a ground voltage from a data driving circuit; to a source electrode of a thin film transistor supplying a gate voltage from a gate driving circuit to a gate electrode of the thin film transistor, the gate voltage turning off the thin film transistor; and supplying an AC voltage to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor.
US08436786B2
A multi-screen synchronized playback system capable of synchronizing, with high accuracy, playback start times of content to be displayed on multiple screens. The multi-screen synchronized playback system has a plurality of display control terminals and a synchronization server connected to the plurality of display control terminals. The synchronization server includes a synchronization time transmitting section for simultaneously transmitting time information of a clock of the synchronization server to the plurality of display control devices. The display control terminal includes a time setting section for setting time on a clock of the display control terminal based on the time information simultaneously transmitted from the synchronization server, and a display control section for starting playback of content at a playback start time set for each content, based on the time on the clock of the display control terminal.
US08436783B2
A dual-band dielectrically loaded helical antenna for circularly polarised signals has two groups of helical antenna elements. In each group there are at least four such elements and they are connected at their distal ends to a respective feed coupling node and at their proximal ends to a common linking conductor. Each group includes pairs of neighbouring such antenna elements, each pair having one electrically short element and one electrically long element, and the arrangement of the elements is such that in each group the number of pairs in which, in a given direction around the core, the short element precedes the long element is equal to the number of pairs in which, in the same direction, the long element precedes the short element.
US08436777B2
A measurement apparatus includes an anechoic chamber, a DUT board, rotation units, and a feeding arm. The anechoic chamber has inner-walls. Each inner-wall is covered with a radio wave absorber. One of the inner-wall is a first wall with an aperture and the other inner-walls are second walls. The DUT board holds a first antenna to be measured with radiation property and a probe to detect a signal from the first antenna. A part of the DUT board is inserted into the anechoic chamber through the aperture opened in the first wall. One end of the feeding arm holds a second antenna radiating a radio wave to the first antenna in the anechoic chamber. Each rotation unit provides on each second wall and is selectively attached to the other end of the feeding arm for rotating the second antenna and for feeding to the second antenna.
US08436775B2
A circuit-board mountable antenna (50, 80, 90) has a substrate (12,14) compliant with the IPC/JEDEC J-STD_0202C and IEC-norm standard 60068, which specifies the spacing and pin arrangements for a printed circuit board (PCB) mountable connector commonly known in the automotive electronic art as a “FAKRA” or “Fakra.” A radio frequency (RF) energy transducer or antenna (54) is applied to or formed over the substrate (12, 14) which is provided with at least one mounting pin (16) and a signal lead (18), the spacing and locations of which are compliant with the Fakra ISO-compliant hole pattern. The antennae (50, 80, 90) thus provide a circuit board (70) mountable antenna, compliant with the Fakra standard. The Fakra-compliant antenna or a Fakra-compliant connector can be attached to the circuit board (70) for a communications device (100) at the time of assembly to enable the communications device to use either a concealed or concealable antenna or an external antenna.
US08436768B2
A Wide Area Sensor Network is disclosed that utilizes wideband software defined radios (SDRs) to provide a capability to monitor the airwaves over a wide frequency range, detect when critical frequencies are being jammed or otherwise interfered with, and locate the source of the interference so that the interference can be eliminated. In addition, a diversity receiver is disclosed. The diversity receiver generates position, time and frequency references for use in locating and synchronizing sensor platforms of a WLS. In an illustrative embodiment, the diversity receiver comprises a first receiver subsystem comprising a terrestrial broadcast receiver, and a common processor platform (CPP) coupled via first link means to the first receiver subsystem. The first receiver subsystem provides a stable time reference and position information to the CPP via the first link means. In addition, the diversity receiver includes second link means for coupling the diversity receiver to a sensor platform and providing time and frequency references and location data to the sensor platform.
US08436766B1
Methods and systems are disclosed for radar pulse compression signal processing. Methods include generating a function that quantifies radar signal characteristics and using a processor to calculate time-domain derivatives of the function in the frequency domain. Methods also include generating a function that quantifies radar signal characteristics as a sum of sidelobe levels; and using a processor to control the sidelobe levels by obtaining gradients of the function in the spectral domain.
US08436765B2
A radio frequency signal oscillator and an intermediate frequency signal oscillator are incorporated in a communication processing device, and a carrier wave with which an intermediate frequency signal is overlapped is generated using the oscillators and transmitted from an antenna. Mixers separate and extract an I signal and a Q signal from the intermediate frequency signal in the signal received by the antenna. A phase difference detector detects a phase difference of the intermediate frequency signal in a reflected wave to the intermediate frequency signal in the carrier wave using the I signal and the Q signal after the reception of the reflected wave from a tag is started. A distance calculator calculates a distance from the antenna to the tag using the phase difference and a wavelength of the intermediate frequency signal.
US08436756B2
An A/D conversion device includes an A/D conversion circuit that converts an inputted analog signal to digital data and outputs it, a digital signal correction unit that performs a correction process to the digital data and outputs a digital signal, and a phase compensation unit that performs phase compensation in accordance with a phase delay amount of the digital signal with respect to the analog signal generated in the A/D conversion circuit and the digital signal correction unit wherein the A/D conversion circuit comprises a pulse transit circuit, a transmit position detection structure, and a digital data creation structure, the delay characteristic of the digital data being identified from the inputted analog signal.
US08436751B2
Methods for reliable broadcast transmission in a vehicular environment comprise providing a dynamic local map for a driven vehicle, selecting a pivot vehicle based on the local map and optionally on a radio frequency coverage limit and performing a RTS/CTS handshake between the driven vehicle and the pivot vehicle. The CTS message by the pivot vehicle clears the way for the driven vehicle to broadcast data to other vehicles in the environment.
US08436745B2
The invention relates to a flow consumption modular meter. It comprises a base module providing the connection between flow distribution lines and a subscriber supply, equipped with a metering connection interface and a metering module equipped with an interface for connecting to the base module via the metering connection interface. Electrical components of a permanent nature are installed in the base module and electronic components of a changeable nature are installed in the metering module. Application to flow meters, particularly electricity meters.
US08436744B2
Generally described, the disclosed subject matter is directed to improving the collection of GDT meter readings. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for prioritizing the transmission and process of GDT meter readings in an AMR system. In particular, the method includes capturing a GDT meter reading that quantifies the consumption of a utility service at a utility meter. Then, during a reporting window, one or more packets of the GDT meter reading having a data item that identifies the enhanced priority level of the data is transmitted from the utility meter. When a collector receives the transmission, the elevated priority allocated to the transmission is identified. As a result, the collector causes the GDT meter reading to be forwarded to a host computer prior to the processing and transmission of other meter readings.
US08436736B2
A microcontroller receives color codes of pixel points in an image captured by an infrared camera. If there is a color code falling within a color code range corresponding to a warning temperature range, the microcontroller determines a location of the pixel point of the image corresponding to the color code. A block of a monitored area of the image corresponding to the location is determined. An alarm is activated and an LED (light-emitting diode) is controlled to point at the determined block to let monitoring people know which person object has an inappropriately high temperature.
US08436735B2
Described is an animal data communication system for detecting particular conditions and actions of an animal, compiling information indicative of the detected conditions and actions, communicating the information to a remote location, and presenting the information at the remote location. The animal data communication system includes a carried device and an interfacing device. The carried device detects particular conditions and actions of the animal and compiles the corresponding information. The carried device is in communication with the interfacing device and transmits the information to the interfacing device. The interfacing device communicates the information to a network. The user of the animal data communication system accesses the network by way of a display device, which is in communication with the network, and perceives the information. The display device is disposed at a location remote to the animal such that the user can perceive the information at the remote location.
US08436734B2
A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor.
US08436726B2
The present invention provides a method and system for stage evaluation of a state machine model. Two types of transitions are used: first-stage transitions and second-stage transitions for a two-stage evaluation. In one embodiment, top-down processing and bottom-up processing may be combined using a two-stage evaluation. First-stage transitions are used with top-down processing while second-stage transitions are used with bottom-up processing. Certain conditions are used to determine if a switch from one type of stage processing to another type of stage processing is needed.
US08436723B2
A vehicle monitoring system is provided that is particularly useful for gathering data relating to noise, vibration and harshness (NVH). The system may include noise and vibrations sensors that sense the noise or vibration levels at various vehicle locations. The sensors generate an output signal that is analyzed by a control unit. The control unit compares the output signal with a predetermined value and if the predetermined value is exceeded, the control unit stores the information. The control unit may also receive information from the engine control unit and store that information also. Information from the sensors may also be stored at predetermined intervals. The information may be downloaded to an output device for storing the data and building a database.
US08436722B2
A gateway control apparatus for vehicles includes a receiver configured to receive vehicle state information from vehicle ECUs and a vehicle-to-vehicle distance from an intelligent cruise control unit. The gateway control apparatus also includes a first memory to store the vehicle state information, a calculation unit to calculate a relative velocity and a relative acceleration from the vehicle state information, and to calculate a collision index. A determination unit determines if the collision index exceeds a predetermined value. A vehicle information management unit determines an accident occurrence time point when the collision index exceeds the predetermined value, and allows the first memory to store pre-accident and post-accident vehicle state information. The gateway control apparatus stores the pre-accident and post-accident vehicle state information even in the case of a fender bender or minor collision to use the stored information for post-accident judgment.
US08436721B1
A motor vehicle theft protection and disablement system that is safe, not easy to circumvent, and offers benefits to vehicle owners as an incentive for their participation. The system is for preventing vehicle theft and carjacking. The system comprises five elements, a motor vehicle, a programmable safety switch, a keypad transmitter, an automatic security switch, and at least one remote activation transmitter.
US08436720B2
In a distributed computing system including a nodes organized for collective operations: initiating, by a root node through an active message to all other nodes, a collective operation, the active message including an instruction to each node to store operating parameter data in each node's send buffer; and, responsive to the active message: storing, by each node, the node's operating parameter data in the node's send buffer and returning, by the node, the operating parameter data as a result of the collective operation.
US08436718B2
A noncontact communication apparatus is disclosed which includes: an antenna resonance circuit configured to have a coil for communicating with an opposite party through electromagnetic coupling; a changing block configured to change a Q-factor of the antenna resonance circuit; and a control block configured to control the antenna resonance circuit to transmit and receive data to and from the opposite party at one of a plurality of communication speeds prepared beforehand, the control block further controlling the changing block to reduce the Q-factor the higher the communication speed in use.
US08436710B2
An integrated circuit for information transfer, having a substrate, at least one Hall element which is integrated into the substrate or situated on the substrate, a first coil which is situated essentially concentrically with respect to the Hall element and at a distance from the Hall element in the vertical direction and galvanically separated therefrom, and at least one second coil which is situated essentially concentrically with respect to the Hall element and galvanically separated therefrom and situated at a distance from the Hall element and the first coil in the vertical direction. The first coil and the second coil are electrically connected in series so that a current flow in the same direction results in the coils.
US08436698B2
A filter device is provided including a substrate (302) and a plurality of horizontal gap closing actuator (GCA) devices (550) disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The plurality of GCA devices includes and one or more GCA varactors (700). Each one of the plurality of horizontal GCA devices includes at least one drive comb structure (602a, 602b, 702a, 702b), at least one input/output (I/O) comb structure (616a, 676b, 716a, 716b), and at least one truss comb structure (604, 704) interdigitating the drive comb and the I/O comb structures. The truss comb structure is configured to move along a motion axis between at least a first interdigitated position and a second interdigitated position based on a bias voltage applied between the truss comb structure and the drive comb structure.
US08436696B2
On a piezoelectric board, a SAW element has first to fifth IDT electrodes and reflector electrodes with first to fourth electrode-finger narrow-pitch portions N1-N4 being formed in the respective ones of adjoining portions of the respective first to fifth IDT electrodes. An unbalanced signal terminal and balanced signal terminals are connected to the SAW element. The electrode finger pitches of the first to fourth electrode-finger narrow-pitch portions N1-N4 are formed symmetrically with respect to the third, central IDT electrode in such a manner that the electrode finger pitch of the first electrode-finger narrow-pitch portion N1 is narrower than that of the second electrode-finger narrow-pitch portion N2, while the electrode finger pitch of the fourth electrode-finger narrow-pitch portion N4 is narrower than that of the third electrode-finger narrow-pitch portion N3.
US08436693B2
A method to track and control the resonance frequency of a band-pass filter provides a solution for the sensitivity limitations against temperature and process variations. A phase sensing module obtains the phase difference between the input and output and a negative feed-back control architecture can be used to tune the filter's resonance over the input RF frequency.
US08436687B2
An oscillating apparatus includes: a transfer gate including a P-channel transistor and a N-channel transistor; a first inverter for inverting an output signal of the transfer gate and outputting the inverted output signal of the transfer gate; a second inverter for inverting the output signal of the first inverter and outputting the inverted output signal of the first inverter; a third inverter for inverting the output signal of the first inverter and outputting the inverted output signal of the first inverter; a fourth inverter for inverting the output signal of the third inverter and outputting the inverted output signal of the third inverter to an input-terminal of the transfer gate; a first capacitor connected between an output-terminal of the transfer gate and an output-terminal of the second inverter; and a second capacitor connected between the output-terminal of the transfer gate and a reference potential node.
US08436678B1
A low leakage power management system is provided. An external voltage domain is selectively coupled to the internal voltage domain of an integrated circuit according to demand for the functions provided by the integrated circuit. An external voltage VDD is connected to the internal supply voltage plane of the integrated circuit when the integrated circuit is active. The external supply voltage VDD is disconnected from the integrated circuit chip during idle periods. A plurality of switch cells may be provided for connecting the external voltage VDD to the integrated circuit. A multi-step sequence is provided for connecting the external supply voltage VDD to the chip's internal supply voltage plane to prevent excessive current from flowing through any individual switch cell.
US08436668B2
A flop circuit is disclosed. The flop circuit includes an input circuit configured to hold a logic value of an input signal received on its input node. The flop circuit further includes a storage circuit configured to, responsive to a pulse clock transitioning to a first logic level, receive and store the logic value and a complement of the logic value. A transfer circuit is coupled between the input circuit and the storage circuit, wherein the transfer circuit is configured to transfer the logic value from the input circuit to the storage circuit responsive to the pulse clock transitioning to the first logic level. The transfer circuit includes a first float node and a second float node and is configured such that at least one of the float nodes is floating during a portion of the operational cycle of the flop circuit.
US08436662B2
A junction device driver is provided that includes a current regulator, an inductor coupled with the current regulator, and a switching module coupled with the inductor. The current regulator is configured to generate a current, and the inductor is configured to store energy generated by the current produced by the current regulator. The switching module is configured to control a conduction current for a gate of a junction device. The conduction current is generated, initially, from the stored energy of the inductor to thereby provide a relatively high initial current. As the energy stored in the inductor is discharged, the current level drops to a lower level that is sufficient to maintain the junction device in an “on” state.
US08436661B2
An input buffer includes a first amplification block, a second amplification block, and a buffer block. The first amplification block is configured to be driven by an external voltage, to differentially amplify an input signal and a reference voltage in response to a bias voltage, and to subsequently generate first and second differential signals. The second amplification block is configured to be driven by an internal voltage, to differentially amplify the first and second differential signals, and to generate an output signal. The buffer block is configured to be driven by the internal voltage, to buffer the output signal, and to output an inverted output signal.
US08436657B2
To provide an output driver that outputs read data to outside and a mode register that sets a swing capability of the output driver. A transition start timing of the read data driven by the output driver is made relatively earlier when a swing capability of the output driver set by the mode register is set to be relatively large, and the transition start timing is relatively delayed when the swing capability of the output driver set by the mode register is set to be relatively small. With this configuration, a timing when the read data exceeds a threshold level can be caused to coincide with a desired timing regardless of the swing capability of the output driver.
US08436650B2
A programmable logic device includes a plurality of logic blocks and a plurality of routing networks. One of the plurality of routing networks includes a first selection circuit, a second selection circuit, and an auxiliary power connector circuit. The first selection circuit is connected to the second selection circuit via a signal line. The signal line is connected to a power supply line via the auxiliary power connector circuit.
US08436647B2
A first and second plurality of gates are coupled respectively between first and second source storage elements and first and second destination storage elements. The first and second plurality of gates are slept to reduce leakage current in the plurality of gates under certain conditions by turning off respective one or more transistors between the first and second plurality of gates and power supplies. A third plurality of gates are maintained in a reduced leakage current state (sleep state) or regular state (wake state) based on conditions associated with the source and destination elements for the first and second plurality of gates.
US08436643B2
In accordance with this invention the above and other problems are solved by a switching apparatus and method that uses a switching circuit having a pair of parallel solid-state diodes (e.g., PN diodes), one of which is connected to a transistor (e.g., power MOSFET or IGBT), to switch a capacitor in or out of a variable capacitance element of an impedance matching network. Charging a body capacitance of the transistor reverse biases one of the two diodes so as to isolate the transistor from the RF signal enabling a low-cost high capacitance transistor to be used. Multiple such switching circuits and capacitors are connected in parallel to provide variable impedance for the purpose of impedance matching.
US08436640B1
The present invention significantly reduces the chip size of a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistor, which serves as a driver for output impedance drivers, such as, but not limited to, double data rate (DDR2) synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM). In an embodiment of the invention, a voltage drop across the driver is a decreased ratio of the supply voltage, e.g., three-tenths of the supply voltage, lower than half of the supply voltage. A smaller voltage drop allows a lower current and a higher impedance to be used in the driver. By having a higher impedance across the driver, the physical area needed for the DDR2 driver is reduced because a transistor with a smaller physical width can be used. A DDR2 driver operating at the decreased ratio is the functional equivalent of the driver operating with the supply voltage or half of the supply voltage, with the added advantage of the reduced area.
US08436639B2
A multiple level integrated circuit uses an array of oppositely oriented individually enabled buffers between through-silicon vias (TSVs) and a clocked flip-flop, for each of multiple signal lines that include TSVs. Applying and/or reading logic levels to and from the TSVs and associated flip-flops produces values that a logic element compares to expected values characterizing nominal operation or detects open and short circuit defects. A process associated with testing the TSVs during assembly comprises testing for short circuits and then exposing and connecting the TSVs via a conductive layer to check for open circuits.
US08436608B2
A multi-frequency eddy current (MFEC) inspection system is provided for inspection of case hardening depth on a part. The MFEC inspection system comprises a generator configured to generate one or more multi-frequency excitation signals and an eddy current probe configured to be disposed at one side of the part. The eddy current probe comprises one or more drivers and one or more pickup sensors. The one or more drivers are configured to receive the one or more multi-frequency excitation signals to induce eddy currents in the part. The one or more pickup sensors are configured to detect the induced eddy currents within a local area of the part to generate one or more multi-frequency response signals. The MFEC system further comprises a processor configured to receive the one or more multi-frequency response signals for processing to determine a case hardening depth of the local area of the part. A pulse eddy current inspection system and an eddy current inspection method are also presented.
US08436606B2
A rotation detector includes a first distance sensor disposed to face a rotating body with a gear portion formed non-parallel to a rotation axis for continuously measuring a distance from the gear portion during rotation of the rotating body, a second distance sensor disposed at a position different from the first distance sensor in a direction of the rotation axis for continuously measuring a distance from the gear portion during rotation of the rotating body, and an axis shift detecting portion for detecting an axis shift of the rotation axis based on a variation in the distance measured by at least one of the first and second distance sensors.
US08436598B2
An output-voltage control device includes a comparator which generates a comparison result after a given time passes from first timing of a first periodic signal, the comparison result being obtained by comparing a difference between an output voltage and a reference voltage with the first periodic signal, a first signal generator which generates a timing control signal which is at a first level before the given time passes from the first timing and which changes from the first level to a second level in a period in which the comparator outputs the comparison result after the given time passes, and a second signal generator which generates a control signal for controlling the output voltage in accordance with the comparison result and the timing control signal.
US08436593B2
A boost circuit is used for power factor correction (PFC). In a low power application, transition mode control is utilized. However, switching frequency varies with different input voltages, and over a wide input voltage range, the switching frequency can become too high to be practical. To address this issue, a boost circuit is provided whose effective inductance changes as a function of input voltage. By changing the inductance, control is exercised over switching frequency.
US08436592B2
A stable, high-speed, high-efficiency constant voltage is provided without a complicated, large-scale, high-cost phase compensation circuit over a wide range of operating conditions. This voltage buck-boost switching regulator consists of a pair of voltage reducing transistors, a pair of voltage boosting transistors, inductance coil, output capacitor and controller. The controller has the following parts for performing PWM control of constant voltage for voltage reducing transistors and voltage boosting transistors: an output voltage feedback circuit, an inductor current sense circuit, a variable sawtooth wave signal generator, switching controllers, and a voltage boosting driver.
US08436591B2
In a buck-boost converter, the method compensates for the boost mode power switch having a minimum on-time when entering the buck-boost mode from the buck mode by immediately decreasing a duty cycle of the buck mode power switch upon entering the buck-boost mode. This prevents the inductor current from being higher at the end of the switching cycle than at the beginning of the cycle, so the output voltage stays regulated without the converter oscillating between the buck mode and the buck-boost mode. The duty cycle of the buck power switch is increased in the buck-boost mode as the input voltage further falls and the boost power switch duty cycle is increased. Upon transitioning into the boost mode, the duty cycle of the boost power switch is immediately reduced to compensate for the buck switching being stopped and the buck power switch having a minimum off-time.
US08436587B2
A bipolar overvoltage battery pulser and method are provided that apply a positive pulse voltage and a negative pulse voltage alternately across the terminals of a battery. The object of the bipolar overvoltage battery pulser and method is to increase the cycle lifetime and capacity of storage batteries, such as lead acid batteries. The rise times for the leading edges of the positive pulses and for the trailing edges of the negative pulses are short compared to the ionic relaxation time in the electrochemical solution. Alternating between the positive and negative pulses gives each new pulse an equal starting condition without realizing any memory effect that otherwise may result if the last applied pulse was of the same polarity, which reduces the extent of overvoltage that may be applied to the battery and decrease the highest useable pulse cycling frequencies that could be achieved without experiencing pulse overlapping. The shape, type and timing of the pulses may be adjusted to create overvoltage pulses having high duration and amplitude.
US08436584B2
A battery pack. The battery pack includes a housing, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of lithium-based battery cells, and a controller. The plurality of terminals electrically connect to an electrical device. The electrical device is able to support the battery pack. Each of the plurality of battery cells are individually tapped and have an individual state of charge. The plurality of terminals includes a sense terminal. The controller is operable to monitor a characteristic of each of the plurality of battery cells and to communicate the monitored characteristic of each of the plurality of battery cells to the electrical device via the sense terminal.
US08436583B2
A multiple cell battery charger configured with a parallel topography is disclosed. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the multiple cell battery charger requires fewer active components than known battery chargers while at the same time protecting multiple battery cells from overcharge and discharge. The multiple cell battery charger in accordance with the present invention is a constant voltage battery charger that includes a regulator for providing a regulated source of direct current (DC) voltage to the battery cells to be charged. In accordance with the present invention, each battery cell is connected in series with a switching device, such as a field effect transistor (FET) and optionally a current sensing device. In a charging mode, the serially connected FET conducts, thus enabling the battery cell to be charged. The battery voltage is sensed by a microprocessor. When the microprocessor senses that the battery cell is fully charged, the FET is turned off, thus disconnecting the battery cell from the circuit. Since the battery cell is disconnected from the circuit, no additional active devices are required to protect the battery cell from discharge. As such, a single active device per cell, such as the FET, provides multiple functions without requiring additional devices. Accordingly, the battery charger in accordance with the present invention utilizes fewer active components than known battery chargers and is thus much less be expensive to manufacture.
US08436579B2
A battery charger for charging a plurality of batteries includes a plurality of charge managers and a cross-over controller coupled to the charge managers. The charge managers are coupled to a common power source that has a finite maximum available current. The cross-over controller is configured to continuously determine the charge current that is applied to one of the batteries by one of the charge managers, and to direct another one of the charge managers to apply to another one of the batteries a charge current that is based on the determined charge current. The total of the determined charge current that is applied to the one battery and the charge current that is applied to the other battery (prior to when the voltage across the other battery reaches a rated value) is continuously substantially equal to the maximum available current.
US08436574B2
A solar power supply system includes a load device, a solar panel that converts light energy into electrical energy, an energy storage device storing the electrical energy from the solar panel, a charge/discharge control device, and a transformer device. The charge/discharge control device selects one of the energy storage device and the solar panel as an operation power supply to the charge/discharge control device and generates an output voltage. The transformer device transforms the output voltage of the charge/discharge control device into a driving voltage to drive the load device. A feedback circuit generates a feedback signal according to an actual power consumption of the load device. A power detector detects an instant output power of the charge/discharge control device. A power regulator minimizes the output power of the charge/discharge control device according to the instant output power of the charge/discharge control device and the actual power consumption of the load device.
US08436569B2
The machine in accordance with the present disclosure is an AC machine whose pole numbers can be switched (from pole p1 to pole p2), and whose number of series turns per phase N can be switched say from N0=Nrated to N1=N0/2. Furthermore, it employs an inverter so that the frequency can be changed from a low value (e.g., 5 Hz) to a high value (e.g., 200 Hz). Due to the combination of pole number and number of series turns switching/reconfiguration, a high torque at low speed (e.g., 0 rpm) and a high torque at high speed (e.g., 5,000 rpm) can be achieved, making mechanical gears obsolete. In addition, the output power of the motor can be increased at high speed in direct proportion to the speed increase.
US08436566B2
Disclosed is a multi-speed control apparatus for a fan motor. The apparatus includes a driving member, a motor speed sensing member, a resistor circuit, a voltage-division resistor, and a multi-segment switch. The driving member has a controlled end connected with the multi-segment switch. The driving member has an output end connected with the fan motor. The driving member has a detection end connected with the motor speed sensing member. The resistor circuit includes some resistors with various resistances. The multi-segment switch interconnects the resistor circuit, the voltage-division resistor, the controlled end of the driving member, and a voltage source. This switch is optionally connected to the resistor disposed in the voltage source or voltage-division resistor. An input voltage is created across the resistor by dividing the voltage. The driving member is therefore provided for driving the fan motor to a rotating speed according to the input voltage.
US08436565B2
In position tandem control in which one movable member is driven by two motors, an output of the integral element of the velocity control unit in the control system for one motor is copied to the integral element of the velocity control unit in the control system for the other motor. A preload is added to a torque command output from each of the velocity control units in the motor control systems for two motors so that torques in mutually opposite directions are generated to suppress backlash between gears.
US08436563B2
If magnitude relations between the output terminal voltage based on a DC negative terminal of the inverter and a threshold voltage that is a fixed value are compared, polarity thereof is changed at a predetermined rotor phase. The magnitude relation, for example, is detected by an inexpensive and simple apparatus such as a level shift circuit and a NOT circuit. The rotor phase of the permanent magnet synchronous motor is inferred on the basis of changes in the magnitude relation and if it is differentiated, a rotation speed is inferred. If the inferred values of the rotor phase and rotation speed are fed back to synchronous operation or vector control, the free-running permanent magnet synchronous motor is restarted.
US08436562B2
A bi-power motor controlling system includes a motor, a system apparatus and a motor controlling apparatus. The system apparatus has a rotational-speed target value for determining the targeted rotational speed of the motor. In addition, the system apparatus outputs a first power and a second power to the motor and the motor controlling apparatus, respectively. The motor controlling apparatus detects the motor to obtain a first rotational-speed value of the motor, and then adjusts the rotational speed of the motor to a second rotational-speed value according to the first rotational-speed value. Then, the motor controlling apparatus further generates a rotational-speed feedback signal to the system apparatus. The system apparatus adjusts the outputted first power in accordance with the rotational-speed feedback signal to make the rotational speed of the motor reach the rotational-speed target value.
US08436556B2
A system and method involving lighting fixtures, a control network, a controller and other devices such as light sensors, input devices and network adapters for coordinating precise brightness and color schedules among the lighting fixtures while maintaining a high color reliability including provisions for managing a plurality of lighting fixtures. The lighting fixtures contain lighting elements selected such that when controlled properly, operating along a daytime locus, the resultant light output closely resembles sunlight on a cloudless day in spectral characteristics, and wherein the total flux of blue light can be adjusted from a relative level of 1-100% the maximum blue flux of the lighting fixture by controlling individual lighting elements.
US08436555B2
A low-voltage DC distribution board for indoor LED lighting with multiple LED lamps, comprises: a power converting module (2), arranged within a box casing (7) and connected with a power input port (1), the power converting module (2) including a set of output ports (3) with different output voltages; a set of selection switches (4) connected between the set of output ports of the power converting module (2) and a plurality of current regulators (5) which are connected to load connectors (6).
US08436552B2
A power source control device for controlling an illuminance of an illuminator by outputting a current for driving the illuminator and by controlling the current, including: a receiver for receiving a wireless signal having a predetermined frequency; a storage section for storing a setting table holding a first code indicating a predetermined device identification code; a control signal generating circuit for comparing a second code included in the wireless signal with the first code to output a control signal when the second code agrees with the first code; and a current outputting circuit for generating and outputting a current according to the control signal generating circuit, wherein the power source control device controls the illuminance of the illuminator according to the wireless signal from a desired wireless signal transmitting device in response to a change of the first coded held in the setting table.
US08436550B2
An LED driving circuit includes a dimming control value detection circuit adapted to detect a dimming control value which indicates a ratio of the actual current to be supplied from a current source to the driving circuit during a predetermined time period with respect to a rated current. A control circuit is adapted to regulate the amount of current supplied to one or more LEDs during the predetermined time period to either of the dimming control value squared or the dimming control value cubed times the rated current. The characteristic of light output to the amount of current supplied from the current source during a predetermined time period is therefore made approximate to that of an incandescent bulb.
US08436548B2
A conduction angle detection circuit, and systems and methods incorporating the same, is disclosed. The circuit includes a comparator having a first input and a second input, and configured to provide a pulse-width modulated output in response to comparison of signals at the first input with signals at the second input. The output has a pulse width representative of a dimmer setting of a dimmer circuit. The circuit also includes a limiting circuit coupled to the comparator and configured to receive a rectified voltage and to provide a voltage-limited output in response to the rectified voltage to the first input of the comparator. The circuit also includes a threshold supply circuit configured to provide a threshold voltage to the second input of the comparator, and a filter coupled to the comparator. The filter is configured to convert the pulse-width modulated output of the comparator to the dimmer reference level signal.
US08436534B2
A surface light-emitting apparatus for emitting light from an entire surface thereof includes a framework having a predetermined shape and an LED disposed in the framework. A reflective layer is applied on an inner surface of the framework. The reflective layer can reflect light emitted from the LED. The apparatus includes a dispersing layer containing a multiplicity of diffuse-reflective particles operable to transmit at least a portion of the light emitted by the LED within the framework and diffuse-reflect at least a portion of the light along contact surfaces contacting each other. The apparatus includes a finishing layer including a light-transmitting resin disposed on the dispersing layer. The light emitted by the LED is dispersed and emitted through the diffuse-reflective particles.
US08436529B2
An organic light emitting display includes: an organic light emitting display panel including a display unit; pixel power source out lead bonding (OLB) pads located on first through fourth external side edges of the display unit to supply a pixel power to the display unit; pixel power source lines coupled to the pixel power source OLB pads to provide the pixel power to the display unit; pixel power supply flexible printed circuit boards bonded to the pixel power source OLB pads; signal OLB pads located on at least one external side edge among the first through fourth external side edges to supply a plurality of driving signals to the display unit; signal lines coupled to the signal OLB pads to provide the driving signals to the display unit; and tape carrier packages mounted with driving ICs and bonded to the signal OLB pads.
US08436520B2
A spark plug for an internal combustion engine has a center electrode, a ground electrode or both that includes an electrode material that is a Pt-based alloy. The electrode material may include platinum (Pt), at least one active element like aluminum (Al) or silicon (Si), and at least one high-melting point element such as ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), rhenium (Re), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), chromium (Cr), or a combination thereof. In at least some of the disclosed alloys, the aluminum (Al) and/or silicon (Si) contributes to the formation of a thin protective oxide layer on a surface of the electrode material.
US08436518B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a new light emitting element with little initial deterioration, and a display device in which initial deterioration is reduced and variation in deterioration over time is reduced by a new method for driving a display device having the light emitting element. One feature of the invention is that a display device comprising a light emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a mixed layer of metal oxide and an organic compound provided between the first electrode and the second electrode is subjected to aging drive.
US08436517B2
A light bulb includes an enclosure, a heat-dissipating unit, and a lamp unit. The enclosure extends along an axis, and defines an inner space therein. The heat-dissipating unit includes a hollow first heat-dissipating element disposed in the inner space, a second heat-dissipating element surrounded by the first heat-dissipating element and extending along the axial direction, and an end heat-dissipating element mounted to the second heat-dissipating element at a distal end thereof. The lamp unit includes a first circuit board disposed at a periphery of the first heat-dissipating element, a second circuit board mounted on the end heat-dissipating element, and a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on the first and second circuit boards for emitting light beams.
US08436505B2
Disclosed is a motor in which a commutator (10) is provided with connecting wires which short-circuit equipotential segments; brushes (21) are constituted by a low-speed brush (21a), a high-speed brush (21b), and a common brush (21c) used in common by the low-speed and high-speed brushes, and are juxtaposed along the circumferential direction. The circumferential brush width (W2) of the high-speed brush is set to be smaller than the circumferential brush width (W1) of the low-speed brush. The high-speed brush and the low-speed brush are formed so that simultaneous sliding contact with equipotential segments (15) can be avoided. Additionally, armature cores (8) are provided such that a plurality of teeth (12) is point-symmetrical about a rotary shaft (3) at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the teeth and slots (13) are formed so as to exist alternately at intervals of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction. By virtue of the above configuration, vibration and noise can be reduced while achieving miniaturization and high performance of a motor.
US08436500B2
In a power module having two systems of inverter circuits for driving an electric motor of a motorized equipment, a wiring board mounted with power transistors and shunt resistances is embedded in a plate-like mold section. A plurality of lands have radiation surfaces exposed from the mold section. The radiation surfaces of a first land row constituted by a first group of the lands are provided on the same plane and the same straight line, and the radiation surfaces of a second land row constituted by a second group of the lands are provided on the same plane and the same straight line. The radiation surfaces of the first and second land rows are in surface-to-surface contact with a heat sink through insulation radiation sheets to dissipate a heat generated by the power module.
US08436497B2
A rotor for a motor includes a shaft having an outer periphery with an engaging portion. At least one coupling member includes an engaging hole. The shaft extends through the engaging hole of the at least one coupling member. The at least one coupling member is engaged with the engaging portion of the shaft by tight coupling. A plastic magnet envelops the shaft and the at least one coupling member by injection molding. The at least one coupling member prevents the plastic magnet from disengaging from the shaft, providing enhanced engaging effect while reducing structural complexity and enhancing assembling convenience.
US08436493B2
A microwave generator, which includes a housing having two mutually opposite electrodes which are separated via an electrode intermediate space which is filled with a dielectric, and with the electrodes having a spark gap between them, which breaks down in order to emit microwaves when a high voltage is applied. The electrode intermediate space (13, 13a, 13b) can be at least partially filled with a second dielectric (15, 15a, 15b), which has a different dielectric constant compared with that of the first dielectric (14, 14a, 14b) which is located between the electrodes (6, 7) in order to vary the microwave frequency, whereby the second dielectric (15, 15a, 15b) is held in a reservoir (17, 17a, 17b) which communicates with the electrode intermediate space (13, 13a, 13b).
US08436486B2
Wind power turbine comprising a tower (11), a supporting frame (41) and a drive train including a rotor hub (13), a main shaft (21) supported by a front bearing (43) and a rear bearing (45), a generator (31), located at an opposite side to the rotor hub (13) with respect to the tower (11), with a generator shaft (23) rigidly connected to the main shaft (21), and a coupling element (39) between the generator housing (33) and the supporting frame (41) which is placed in a plane substantially coincident with a perpendicular plane (Y-Z) to the main shaft (21) axis (X) in the center of the rear bearing (43) and it is made so that it allows displacements of the generator housing (33) in the direction of the main shaft (21) axis (X) but blocks turning displacements of the generator housing (33) with respect to the main shaft (21) axis (X).
US08436471B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip; a resin part configured to cover a side surface of the semiconductor chip; and a wiring structure formed on a circuit forming surface of the semiconductor chip and a surface of the resin part being situated at the same side as the circuit forming surface, the wiring structure being electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, wherein the resin part is formed so as to cover a part of a surface of the semiconductor chip situated at an opposite side to the circuit forming surface of the semiconductor chip.
US08436470B2
A microelectronic assembly and method for fabricating the same are described. In an example, a microelectronic assembly includes a microelectronic device having a surface with one or more areas to receive one or more solder balls, the one or more areas having a surface finish comprising Ni. A solder material comprising Cu, such as flux or paste, is applied to the Ni surface finish and one or more solder balls are coupled to the microelectronic device by a reflow process that forms a solder joint between the one or more solder balls, the solder material comprising Cu, and the one or more areas having a surface finish comprising Ni.
US08436469B2
A semiconductor device, includes a substrate, a multi-layer wiring layer formed on the substrate, and including a signal line and ground lines extending above the signal line, one of the ground lines extending toward a direction in a predetermined layer and another one of the ground lines extending from the one of the ground lines toward another direction in the predetermined layer, a first pad on the multi-layer wiring layer, a redistribution layer formed on the multi-layer wiring layer, including a second pad, a redistribution line coupling the first and second pads, and an insulation film covering the redistribution line, the redistribution line extending above the ground lines along the one of the ground lines and not extending along the another one of the ground lines. The insulation film includes a hole exposing the second pad above an end portion of the one of the ground lines.
US08436463B2
A packaging substrate structure with an electronic component embedded therein and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The packaging substrate structure comprises a core plate; a first built-up structure disposed on a surface of the core plate and comprising a first dielectric layer and a first circuit layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; a second built-up structure disposed on the first built-up structure, wherein a cavity is disposed in the second built-up structure to expose the first built-up structure; an electronic component disposed in the cavity, wherein the electronic component has an active surface having a plurality of electrode pads and an inactive surface facing the first built-up structure; and a solder mask disposed on the surfaces of the second built-up structure and the electronic component, and having a plurality of first openings to expose the electrode pads of the electronic component.
US08436462B2
A semiconductor housing package may be provided. The semiconductor housing package may include a mold layer, a housing chip, a redistribution structure, and a housing node. The mold layer may surround and partially expose the housing chip. The redistribution structure may be electrically connected to the housing chip and may be disposed on the mold layer. The housing node may be in contact with the redistribution structures. The semiconductor housing package may be disposed on a semiconductor base package and may constitute a semiconductor package structure along with the semiconductor base package. The semiconductor package structure may be disposed on a processor-based system.
US08436459B2
A wiring process between the provided power semiconductor module and the external circuit is simple. In the power semiconductor module, a power semiconductor element and a cylindrical conductor are joined to one surface of a lead frame. An opening of the cylindrical conductor is exposed at a surface of transfer molding resin. Sealing with the transfer molding resin is performed such that terminal portions of the lead frame protrude from peripheral side portions of the transfer molding resin. The cylindrical conductor is conductive with a control circuit. The terminal portions of the lead frame are each conductive with a main circuit.
US08436458B2
A microelectronic assembly can include a substrate having oppositely-facing first and second surfaces and a first aperture extending between the first and second surfaces, a first microelectronic element having a surface facing the first surface, a second microelectronic element having a front surface facing the first microelectronic element, signal leads connected to contacts of the second microelectronic element and extending through the first aperture to at least some of a plurality of electrically conductive elements on the substrate, and at least one power regulation component having active circuit elements therein disposed between the first surface of the substrate and the front surface of the second microelectronic element. The first microelectronic element can have another surface remote from the surface of the first microelectronic element, and an edge extending between the surfaces thereof. The contacts of the second microelectronic element can project beyond the edge of the first microelectronic element.
US08436454B2
Reprogrammable circuit board with alignment-insensitive support for multiple component contact types
The present invention is directed to a system that programmably interconnects integrated circuit chips and other components at near-intra-chip density. The system's contact structure allows it to adapt to components with a wide variety of contact spacings and interconnection requirements, the use of releasable attachment means allows component placement to be modified as needed, the system identifies the contacts and the components to facilitate specifying the inter-component connections, and the system provides signal conditioning and retiming to minimize issues with signal integrity and signal skew.
US08436443B2
A backside illuminated image sensor is provided which includes a substrate having a front side and a backside, a sensor formed in the substrate at the front side, the sensor including at least a photodiode, and a depletion region formed in the substrate at the backside, a depth of the depletion region is less than 20% of a thickness of the substrate.
US08436434B2
A micromechanical component includes: a substrate having a multitude of trench structures which separate a first and a second mass element of the substrate from a web element of the substrate, in such a way that the first and second mass elements enclose the web element along an extension direction of the main surface of the substrate and are disposed to allow movement relative to the substrate in the direction of a surface normal of the main surface; a first electrode layer applied on the main surface of the substrate and forms a first electrode on the web element between the first and second mass elements; and a second electrode layer applied on the first and second mass elements and forming a self-supporting second electrode above the first electrode in the area of the web element, the first and second electrode forming a capacitance.
US08436433B1
An unattached, contained semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die, for example a MEMS pressure sensor die. The semiconductor die is unattached from the interior cavity of a surrounding containment body in that the semiconductor die is free of adherence to the containment body to mitigate packaging stress and strain between the containment body and the semiconductor die.
US08436413B2
A nonvolatile floating gate analog memory cell (1) comprising a transistor having a source (2) and drain (3) formed inside a substrate or on an insulator body (not shown) and separated by a channel (4). The memory cell comprises at least one floating gate (5) formed on one side of the source and drain. (6) is a control gate formed on one side of the floating gate and connected to a first voltage (7). (8) is a back gate formed on the other side of the source and drain and connected to a second voltage (9). The channel is separated from the floating gate and the back gate by an insulation layer (10). The control gate is separated from the floating gate by an insulation layer (11) and the source and drain are isolated from the back gate, control gate and floating gate(s) by a spacer (12). The second voltage changes the intrinsic threshold voltage linearly during programming so that the programmed threshold voltage corresponds to the second voltage.
US08436410B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a plurality of gate structures disposed on a semiconductor substrate, each of the gate structures including a floating gate, an inter-gate dielectric layer, and a control gate. The semiconductor devices may also include liners on opposing sidewalls of adjacent ones of the gate structures. The liners may define a gap. A first width of the gap may be less than a second width of the gap.
US08436408B2
An integrated circuit includes a circuit module having a plurality of active components coupled between a pair of supply nodes, and a capacitive decoupling module coupled to the circuit module. The capacitive decoupling module includes a plurality of metal-insulator-metal (MiM) capacitors coupled in series between the pair of supply nodes, wherein a voltage between the supply nodes is divided across the plurality of MiM capacitors, thereby reducing voltage stress on the capacitors.
US08436399B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a substrate; a nitride semiconductor layer formed above the substrate and having a laminated structure including at least three layers; a heterojunction bipolar transistor formed in a region of the nitride semiconductor layer; and a field-effect transistor formed in a region of the nitride semiconductor layer, the region being different from the region in which the heterojunction bipolar transistor is formed.
US08436396B2
A semiconductor light-emitting device (1) of the present invention includes a substrate (101); a laminate semiconductor layer (20) formed by sequentially laminating an n-type semiconductor layer (104), a light-emitting layer (105), and a p-type semiconductor layer (106) on the substrate (101); and a translucent electrode layer (109) formed on a top surface (106a) of the p-type semiconductor layer (106), wherein the translucent electrode layer (109) contains a dopant element, a content of the dopant element within the translucent electrode layer (109) decreases gradually toward the interface (109a) between the p-type semiconductor layer (106) and the translucent electrode layer (109), and in the translucent electrode layer (109) is formed a diffusion region in which an element constituting the p-type semiconductor layer (106) is diffused from the interface (109a) toward the inside of the translucent electrode layer (109).
US08436390B2
There has been a problem that difference in refractive index between an opposite substrate or a moisture barrier layer provided thereover, and air is maintained large, and light extraction efficiency is low. Further, there has been a problem that peeling or cracking due to the moisture barrier layer is easily generated, which leads to deteriorate the reliability and lifetime of a light-emitting element. A light-emitting element comprises a pixel electrode, an electroluminescent layer, a transparent electrode, a passivation film, a stress relieving layer, and a low refractive index layer, all of which are stacked sequentially. The stress relieving layer serves to prevent peeling of the passivation film. The low refractive index layer serves to reduce reflectivity of light generated in the electroluminescent layer in emitting to air. Therefore, a light-emitting element with high reliability and long lifetime and a display device using the light-emitting element can be provided.
US08436382B2
An oscillation device for oscillating a terahertz wave includes a substrate, an active layer which is provided on an upper portion of the substrate and which generates a terahertz wave by intersubband transition of carrier, and a luminous layer which is provided on an upper portion of the substrate and which generates light by interband transition of carrier. In addition, the luminous layer is arranged at a position at which the light generated in the luminous layer can radiate on the active layer.
US08436380B2
In a lighting package, a printed circuit board supports at least one light emitting die. A light transmissive cover is disposed over the at least one light emitting die. A phosphor is disposed on or inside of the light transmissive dome-shaped cover. The phosphor outputs converted light responsive to irradiation by the at least one light emitting die. An encapsulant substantially tills an interior volume defined by the light-transmissive cover and the printed circuit board.
US08436377B2
A GaN-based LED and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, and the method includes: providing a substrate, depositing a first transition layer on the substrate; forming a first patterned transition layer by etching with a mask; growing a first epitaxial layer on the first patterned transition layer; depositing a second transition layer on the first epitaxial layer; forming a second patterned transition layer by etching with a mask, such that the second patterned transition layer and the first patterned transition layer are cross-staggered with each other; growing a second epitaxial layer on the second patterned transition layer, wherein the second epitaxial layer includes a P-type layer, a light-emitting layer and an N-type layer; depositing a protection layer on the second epitaxial layer, dicing to obtain chips with a defined size; removing the first patterned transition layer and the second patterned transition layer on the substrate and the protection layer on the second epitaxial layer by wet etching, so as to form a structure with two layers of cross-staggered through holes; forming a conductive layer on the second epitaxial layer; and forming a P-electrode and an N-electrode by etching with a mask. The two layers of cross-staggered through holes of the LED chips can effectively reduce the dislocation density in the epitaxial growth of the GaN-based layer, and improve the lattice quality and luminous efficiency.
US08436376B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes an organic light emitter that has a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode. The OLED also has an encapsulation substrate covering the organic light emitter and an assistance electrode disposed between the encapsulation substrate and the second electrode. The assistance electrode can be disposed in a non-light-emitting region between the organic light emitter and the second electrode, and can have a lower resistance than a resistance of the second electrode.
US08436370B2
Provided is an optical modulator having pixelization patterns. The optical modulator includes an optical-electric (O-E) conversion element converting input optical images to current signals using the photoelectric effect, and an electric-optical (E-O) conversion element that emits light using the current signals transferred from the O-E conversion element. Trenches are formed from at least a surface of the optical modulator to a predetermined depth in the optical modulator so as to block or reduce electrical interference between pixels when the electric signals are transferred from the O-E conversion element to the E-O conversion element.
US08436367B1
A SiC Power Semiconductor device of the Field Effect Type (MOSFET, IGBT or the like) with “muted” channel conduction, negative temperature coefficient of channel mobility, in situ “ballasted” source resistors and optimized thermal management of the cells for increased Safe Operating Area is described. Controlling the location of the Zero Temperature Crossover Point (ZTCP) in relationship to the drain current is achieved by the partition between the “active” and “inactive” channels and by adjusting the mobility of the carriers in the channel for the temperature range of interest. The “Thermal management” is realized by surrounding the “active” cells/fingers with “inactive” ones and the “negative” feedback of the drain/collector current due to local increase of the gate bias is achieved by implementing in-situ “ballast” resistors inside of each source contact.
US08436366B2
A substrate achieving suppressed deterioration of processing accuracy of a semiconductor device due to bending of the substrate, a substrate with a thin film and a semiconductor device formed with the substrate above, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device above are obtained. A substrate according to the present invention has a main surface having a diameter of 2 inches or greater, a value for bow at the main surface being not smaller than −40 μm and not greater than −5 μm, and a value for warp at the main surface being not smaller than 5 μm and not greater than 40 μm. Preferably, a value for surface roughness Ra of the main surface of the substrate is not greater than 1 nm and a value for surface roughness Ra of a main surface is not greater than 100 nm.
US08436365B2
A SiC semiconductor device having a Schottky barrier diode includes: a substrate made of SiC and having a first conductive type, wherein the substrate includes a main surface and a rear surface; a drift layer made of SiC and having the first conductive type, wherein the drift layer is disposed on the main surface of the substrate and has an impurity concentration lower than the substrate; a Schottky electrode disposed on the drift layer and has a Schottky contact with a surface of the drift layer; and an ohmic electrode disposed on the rear surface of the substrate. The Schottky electrode directly contacts the drift layer in such a manner that a lattice of the Schottky electrode is matched with a lattice of the drift layer.
US08436359B2
The semiconductor device includes a thin film transistor; a first interlayer insulating film over the thin film transistor; a first electrode electrically connected to one of a source region and a drain region, over the first interlayer insulating film; a second electrode electrically connected to the other of the source region and the drain region; a second interlayer insulating film formed over the first interlayer insulating film, the first electrode, and the second electrode; a first wiring electrically connected to one of the first electrode and the second electrode, on the second interlayer insulating film; and a second wiring not electrically connected to the other of the first electrode and the second electrode, on the second interlayer insulating film; in which the second wiring is not electrically connected to the other of the first electrode and the second electrode by a separation region formed in the second interlayer insulating film.
US08436351B2
A ZnO-containing semiconductor layer contains Se added to ZnO and has an emission peak wavelength of ultraviolet light and an emission peak wavelength of visual light. By combining the ZnO-containing semiconductor layer with phosphor or a semiconductor which is excited by the emitted ultraviolet light and emits visual light, visual light at various wavelengths can be emitted.
US08436344B2
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device including a substrate, a first and a second electrode, and an emitting layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emitting layer includes a plurality of materials which is a blue emitting material using a following chemical formula as dopant. In this case, at least one of A1 and A2 is selected from a substituted or non-substituted aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, an aliphatic group, and hydrogen.
US08436342B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display device includes the thin film transistor of the drive unit that has the activation layer formed in a structure where the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer are stacked, the thin film transistor of the pixel unit that has the activation layer formed of the second oxide semiconductor layer, and the organic light emitting diode coupled to the thin film transistor of the pixel unit. The thin film transistor of the drive unit has channel formed on the first oxide semiconductor layer having a higher carrier concentration than the second oxide semiconductor layer, having a high charge mobility, and the thin film transistor of the pixel unit has a channel formed on the second oxide semiconductor layer, having a stable and uniform functional property.
US08436337B2
An electronic structure comprising: (a) a first metal layer; (b) a second metal layer; (c) and at least one insulator layer located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein at least one of the metal layers comprises an amorphous multi-component metallic film. In certain embodiments, the construct is a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode.
US08436331B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a memory device is disclosed. The method includes forming a silicon diode. At least an upper portion of the silicon diode is made of a semiconductor material containing silicon and doped with impurity. The method includes forming a metal layer made of a metal on the silicon diode. The method includes forming a metal nitride layer made of a nitride of the metal on the metal layer. The method includes forming a resistance change film. In addition, the method includes reacting the metal layer with the silicon diode and the metal nitride layer by heat treatment to form an electrode film containing the metal, silicon, and nitrogen.
US08436328B2
In an EUV light source apparatus, a collector mirror is protected from debris damaging a mirror coating. The EUV light source apparatus includes: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated; a target supply unit for supplying a target material into the chamber; a plasma generation laser unit for irradiating the target material within the chamber with a plasma generation laser beam to generate plasma; an ionization laser unit for irradiating neutral particles produced at plasma generation with an ionization laser beam to convert the neutral particles into ions; a collector mirror for collecting the extreme ultraviolet light radiated from the plasma; and a magnetic field or electric field forming unit for forming a magnetic field or an electric field within the chamber so as to trap the ions.
US08436307B2
The present invention discloses a multi-cavity optical sensing and thermopile infrared sensing system, which comprises an optical sensing part, a dielectric layer, a plurality of optical cavities, and a plurality of thermocouples. The dielectric layer covers on the top of the optical sensing part. The optical cavities are formed by a plurality of metal reflectors inside the dielectric layer. The thermocouples are laterally disposed near the bottom of the dielectric layer. In addition, a low temperature region is formed in an area which is the overlapping of vertical projections of such thermocouples and the optical sensing part; a high temperature region is formed by the overlapping of vertical projections of such thermocouples, but without the overlaying which belongs to the vertical projection of the optical sensing part. Therefore, the system can sense the ambient light brightness, color conditions and human blackbody infrared signals within the range of 8-12 micrometers wavelength.
US08436305B1
Infrared radiation detecting and sensing systems and devices using carbon nanotubes and polymers and methods to making the same. In illustrative embodiments of the invention, it includes a substrate, a suspended carbon nanotube fabric and polymer, first and second conducting interconnects each in electrical communication with the nanotube polymer fabric. Nanotube/polymer fabrics can be modified to increase the temperature coefficient of resistance to increase sensitivity to IR radiation.
US08436302B2
A phase-shifting element for shifting a phase of at least a portion of a particle beam is described, as well as a particle beam device having a phase-shifting element of this type. In the phase-shifting element and the particle beam device having a phase-shifting element, components shadowing the particle beam are avoided, so that proper information content is achieved and in which the phase contrast is essentially spatial frequency-independent. The phase-shifting element may have at least one means for generating a non-homogeneous or anisotropic potential. The particle beam device according to the system described herein may be provided with the phase-shifting element.
US08436300B2
The electron affinity of thick dielectrics, of thickness greater than 10 nanometers, is measured by applying a polarization voltage varying between −4V and −40V, for example, and by taking several measuring points to determine a reference value of the photo-emission threshold (ES), applying linear regression to an adjustment straight line (10) linking the measured thresholds (11) to the respective values of the square root of the voltage V.
US08436297B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method for reducing or eliminating matrix interfering components in a biopharmaceutical product in a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry system. The method comprises diverting to waste the entire flow of an eluant emerging from liquid chromatography of a sample, for a time period to remove contaminants that cause matrix interference to a degree sufficient to allow a desired accuracy in detection of an extractable; and, after the time period, directing the entire flow of the eluant to a mass spectrometer to detect the presence of the extractable.
US08436291B2
A method of operating a detection system includes receiving a detection signal representing aggregate light emission received from a plurality of optical emitter elements at an optical detector, and determining, from the detection signal, respective light emission received from one of the optical emitter elements based on a respective signature thereof in the detection signal. The respective signature is independent of an emission wavelength of the respective light emission. Related detection systems and automated pill dispensing systems are also discussed.
US08436285B2
Some embodiments pertain to a projectile that includes a casing and at least one fin that extends from the casing. The projectile further includes a drive inside the casing and an adjustment mechanism inside the casing. The adjustment mechanism includes a first gear that engages the drive and a second gear that engages the fin and the first gear. The second gear includes teeth that are different distances from an axis of rotation of the second gear. The teeth of the second gear that engage the first gear may be the farthest from the axis of rotation of the second gear when the fin is aligned with a flight axis of the projectile. The engaging teeth of the second gear get closer to the axis of rotation of the second gear as the fin is maneuvered away from the flight axis of the projectile.
US08436280B2
The present invention relates to a drinks dispenser with a heating device for the heating of a liquid and with at least one electric accumulator for the energy supply of the drinks dispenser, more preferably of its heating device, which compared with the charge power has a higher discharge power which is greater than 500 watt.
US08436279B2
A system is provided for supplementing the power usage of an appliance with an internal power source, such as e.g., a battery, in order to limit the overall power consumption of the appliance while in standby mode. The system can allow for replenishing the internal power source when the appliance is not in standby mode or even when in standby mode if such will not exceed the external power source consumption limit. In the event the internal power source is not available or is reaching depletion, the system can provide for disabling electronic features of the appliance in order to maintain the external power source consumption below the desired limit.
US08436276B2
A portable cutting device is disclosed. The portable cutting device may include a portable power supply and a laser source. The portable power supply may be a lithium ion battery pack. The laser source may be a Ytterbium Fiber laser. The portable power supply and laser source of the portable cutting device may be positioned within a backpack and carried by a user. A handheld unit which is coupled to the laser source may be supported by the hands of the operator. The handheld unit provides power generated by the laser source to a barrier to be cut.
US08436273B2
A processing information supply apparatus 10 is prepared for a laser processing apparatus for forming a modified region, which becomes a starting point of cutting, along a line to cut within an object to be processed by irradiating the object with laser light while locating a light-converging point within the object. The processing information supply apparatus 10 includes an object information input unit 12 for inputting processing object information on the object to be processed, a processing condition database 19 in which data on processing conditions corresponding to the processing object information is accumulated, a processing condition setting unit 16 for referring to the processing condition data in the database 19 and setting the processing condition for the object based on the processing object information, and a condition information output unit 13 for outputting processing condition information for the set processing condition. Thus, the processing information supply apparatus and the supply system capable of favorably acquiring the processing information applied to the laser processing apparatus at a processing worker side are realized.
US08436268B1
A system for sorting a mixed stream of colors and types of cullet into separate groups of cullet with similar color and type includes a source for transmitting light through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light transmitted through the cullet or detecting the absence of light blocked by an opaque contaminant, the camera providing at least one value from the light received, wherein the cullet moves along a designated path based in part on the at least one value. The system further includes a radiation source for irradiating a cullet with selected spectral ranges of radiation, and a sensor for determining characteristics of one or more selected spectral ranges of fluorescent radiation emitted by the cullet, wherein the cullet moves along a designated path based in part on the characteristics of the one or more selected spectral ranges of fluorescent radiation. The camera and the sensor collect the received light at desired sampling intervals and a circuit converts the output of the camera and the sensor into digital representation values. The circuit calculates a non-linear function from the digital representation values. An electrostatic or fluid driving actuator directs the cullet along a deflected path based on a value of the non-linear function. A vibratory feeder provides the cullet onto a conveyer belt having an exit roller of a desired diameter.
US08436265B2
The keyboard includes a rubber sheet fixed on key tops of a set of key-switch devices. The rubber sheet elastically urges the key tops upward so that they are borne away from the base of the key-switch devices. The rubber sheet is arranged so as to cover the key-switch devices from outside. According to the invention, the cost of a keyboard covered with a dustproof and watertight rubber sheet can be reduced.
US08436258B2
An electromagnetic shielding article includes a plastic substrate; a nickel vanadium layer deposited on the plastic substrate; an electromagnetic shielding layer deposited on the plastic substrate; and a protection layer deposited on the electromagnetic shielding layer. A method for manufacturing the electromagnetic shielding article comprising steps of: providing a plastic substrate; depositing a nickel vanadium layer on the plastic substrate by radio-frequency induction plasma spraying process; depositing an electromagnetic shielding layer on the nickel vanadium layer; and depositing a protection layer on the electromagnetic shielding layer.
US08436253B2
A mounting structure is provided which includes an electronic component; a circuit board; a first insulating resin and a second insulating resin which are placed between the electronic component and the circuit board, for sealing; a plurality of bumps are formed on the electronic component or the circuit board; a plurality of counter electrodes of the circuit board or the electronic component, connected to the plurality of bumps; and a plurality of joining regions. The plurality of joining regions are formed by the second insulating resin, a plurality of first insulating resin regions are disposed around the joining regions so that the joining regions are sandwiched by the plurality of first insulating resin regions, the first insulating resin and the second insulating resin each contain filler, and the second insulating resin has a higher curing temperature than the curing temperature of the first insulating resin.
US08436252B2
A printed wiring board includes a first insulation layer, a first conductive circuit formed on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer formed on the first insulation layer and the first conductive circuit and having an opening portion reaching the first conductive circuit, a second conductive circuit formed on the second insulation layer, and a via conductor formed in the opening portion and connecting the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit. The via conductor is formed an inner-wall surface of the opening portion and has a seed layer including a nitride compound and/or a carbide compound containing Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta or Si and a plated-metal film formed in the opening portion, and the plated-metal film and the first conductive circuit have at least portions making direct contact.
US08436250B2
A circuit device of the present invention includes a wiring board 45, and circuit elements such as semiconductor elements 32 mounted on the wiring board 45. The wiring board 45 includes: a conductive pattern 12, which is a metal core layer; a first insulating layer 14 and a second insulating layer 16 respectively covering an upper surface and a lower surface of the conductive pattern 12; and a first wiring layer 18 and a second wiring layer 20 formed respectively on an upper surface of the first insulating layer 14 and a lower surface of the second insulating layer 16. The conductive pattern 12 is made of rolled metal. With this configuration, the thermal resistance of the conductive pattern 12, which is the metal core, is reduced, and the thermal dissipation of the entire device can be improved.
US08436238B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1CM7 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1CM7 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1CM7 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1CM7 or a locus conversion of PH1CM7 with another maize variety.
US08436235B2
The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes.
US08436233B1
A soybean cultivar designated 05121531 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 05121531, to the plants of soybean cultivar 05121531, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 05121531, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 05121531. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05121531. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05121531, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 05121531 with another soybean cultivar.
US08436231B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP54004 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP54004, cells from soybean variety XBP54004, plants of soybean XBP54004, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP54004. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP54004 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP54004, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP54004, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP54004. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP54004 are further provided.
US08436222B2
This invention relates to a process for pretreating a zeolite catalyst, specifically a zeolite which has been modified with phosphorus. The catalyst may be used in a process for alkylation of aromatics, specifically toluene methylation. The pretreatment is first to contact the catalyst with the process reactants used in a process for alkylation of aromatics for at least two hours at conditions to produce an alkylated aromatic product and then with a gaseous stream containing oxygen at a temperature and for a time until there is no oxygen consumption. The zeolite may be a MFI zeolite. This pretreatment procedure for a phosphorus-modified zeolite catalyst produces a catalyst which has increased run time, i.e., decreased deactivation rate, compared to a fresh catalyst, even after successive regenerations.
US08436197B2
The present invention is related to palladium complexes having substituted diarylideneacetone ligands and coupling and polymerization processes thereof.
US08436188B2
Disclosed is a method for the separation of S-(−)-amlodipine from a racemic amlodipine. Featuring the use of inexpensive L-tartaric acid as an optical resolution agent and DMAC as a solvent, the separation method allows the resolution of S-(−)-amlodipine from racemic amlodipine at high yield and to a satisfactory enantiomeric excess and thus is economically favorable and applicable to the mass production of the optical isomer.
US08436184B2
A naphthopyran compound represented by the formula (I) wherein: n1, n2, p, m and q represent an integer; R1, R2 and R4, represent a group selected from halogen, —Ra, —OH, —ORa, —SH, —SRa, —NH2, —NRaRa1, —NRbRc, —CO—Ra, —CO2Ra1, —OC(O)—Rd, —X—(Re)—Y, linear or branched (C1-C18) perfluoroalkyl group, wherein Ra, Ra1, Rb, Rc, X, Y, Re, and Rd are as defined in the description; Z represents a group selected from CO, CS, SO, SO2, CO2, C(O)S, CS2, C(O)NH, C(O)NRa, C(S)NH, C(S)NRa and C═NRa; R3 represents a group selected from halogen, —Ra, linear or branched (C1-18) perfluoroalkyl group —OH, —ORa, —SH, —SRa, —NH2, and —NRaRa1; R6 represents a group selected from —Ra which may be optionally substituted, linear or branched (C1-18) perfluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl, which may be optionally substituted; R5 represents a group selected from: halogen, —Ra, linear or branched (C1-18) perfluoroalkyl group, —OH, —ORa, —SH, —SRa, —NH2, —NRaRa1, —CO—Ra, —O—C(O)—Ra and —CO2Ra1; or when q is equal to 2, then two R5 together represents further a group —O—(CH2)q1—O— wherein q1 represents an integer comprised from 1 to 3 inclusive.
US08436182B2
A process for the preparation of solifenacin and/or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of high pharmaceutical purity is characterized in that 3-(R)-quinuclidinoloxy anion generated in situ from 3-(R)-quinuclidinol in a presence of strong base in polar organic solvent is subject to acylation with (S)-1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolinecarbonyl chloride of chemical purity at least 98%, while maintaining constant anion excess in a reaction mixture, and after reaction completion solifenacin base is optionally transformed into solifenacin salt according to standard procedures. (S)-1-Phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolinecarbonyl chloride of chemical purity at least 98% is obtained in a reaction of (S)-1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline and molar excess of phosgene in a presence of tertiary aromatic amine in aromatic hydrocarbon, and isolated in a crystalline form.
US08436176B2
The invention provides various processes for preparing 2-methyl-1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c][1,5]naphthyridin-4-amine.
US08436175B2
A compound of formula I is disclosed. Compounds of formula I are useful as analgesics, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications.
US08436172B2
Provided is a material selecting method used upon purifying an iridium complex by sublimation which includes: selecting an iridium complex having a specific structure and having a rate of weight loss of 45% or greater when heated to 500° C. at a heating rate of 2° C./min under the degree of vacuum of from 1×10−3 Pa to 1×10−1 Pa; and carrying out sublimation purification.
US08436168B2
A method for making the compound of Formula I: is set forth using alkylation, amidation, chlorination and phosphate installation procedures.
US08436166B2
Vinylsilane compounds having a specific amino group, typically diethylaminopropyldimethylvinylsilane, N-methylpiperazinylpropyldimethylvinylsilane, and bistrimethylsilylaminopropyldimethylvinylsilane are novel and useful as a modifier for polymers.
US08436164B2
The invention provides nucleic acid therapeutics and methods for using these nucleic acid therapeutics in the treatment of complement-related disorders.
US08436163B2
Antisense compositions targeted against an mRNA sequence coding for a selected protein, at a region having its 5′ end from 1 to about 25 base pairs downstream of a normal splice acceptor junction in the preprocessed mRNA, are disclosed. The antisense compound is RNase-inactive, and is preferably a phosphorodiamidate-linked morpholino oligonucleotide. Such targeting is effective to inhibit natural mRNA splice processing, produce splice variant mRNAs, and inhibit normal expression of the protein.
US08436161B2
The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. More particularly, the present invention provides chimeric promoters comprising rice actin 1 promoters fused with Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S enhancers. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the chimeric promoter. The present invention also provides transgenic plants and seeds containing the chimeric promoter.
US08436158B2
Antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to human IL-6 are provided. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and antigen binding portions, methods of making such antibodies and antigen binding portions, compositions comprising such antibodies or antigen binding portions, and uses of such antibodies or antigen binding portions.
US08436150B2
This invention relates to compositions and methods for treating c-Kit associated disorders such as fibrosis, and more particularly, to compositions containing humanized c-Kit antibodies.
US08436137B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a substance usable as an anticancer agent or DDS, which has intracellular stability, which is capable of evading side effects from functional disorder with respect to normal cells, or which has instantaneous effect. The inventors developed a novel chimeric peptide targeting cancer cells which overexpress EGFR or the like using a binding peptide such as a peptide sequence binding to EGFR, and a lytic peptide sequence, thereby solving such an object. Particularly, by using a chimeric peptide including an EGF receptor-binding peptide or the like and a cytotoxic peptide, this object was solved.
US08436132B2
Diamine compounds, which in particular are useful as precursors for the production of liquid crystal alignment layers, are represented by the general formula I: wherein A1 represents an organic group of 1 to 40 carbon atoms; A2 represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group of 1 to 40 carbon atoms.
US08436125B2
The present invention relates to materials comprising (A) at least one rubber, (B) at least one polyimide selected from branched condensation products of (a) at least one polyisocyanate having on average more than two isocyanate groups per molecule, and (b) at least one polycarboxylic acid having at least 3 COOH groups per molecule or anhydride thereof.
US08436124B2
A urethane resin that is formed by polymerizing an acrylic resin including a hydroxyl group and an isocyanate is provided. The urethane resin has a Martens hardness of 1 N/mm2 or more and 200 N/mm2 or less at 150° C. and a recovery rate of 80% or more and 100% or less at 150° C.
US08436113B2
There is provided a method for producing copolymer that is composed of ethylene and alpha-olefin by a solution polymerization, and more specifically, a method for producing copolymer that is composed of ethylene and aromatic monomer as main components by using a transition metal catalyst including a cyclopentadiene derivative, and one or more anionic ligand having aryloxy group in which an aryl derivative is substituted at an ortho-position
US08436106B2
Cross-linkers and polymers produced using them are provided. The cross-linked polymers are suitable for use in applications where a broad temperature range may be encountered. In some examples, at least a first and a second polyetheretherketone chain may be cross-linked to each other through two or more Schiff base linkages. Articles using the cross-linked polymers are also described.
US08436102B2
Provided are a polychloroprene latex composition giving immersion-molded articles superior in releasability from the mold during immersion molding and also superior in flexibility, a production method thereof and a molded article prepared by using the same.A polychloroprene latex composition containing an alkyldiphenyletherdisulfonic acid alkali-metal salt in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0 part by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polychloroprene latex is prepared by emulsion polymerization of the monomer in the presence of a rosin acid alkali-metal salt and an alkyldiphenyletherdisulfonic acid alkali-metal salt each in an amount of 3 parts or less by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the monomer.
US08436090B2
A method for the production of a water-absorbing resin is to be provided which permits enhancement and stabilization of property, for example, liquid permeability, of a water-absorbing resin by a simple and convenient method without requiring change of raw materials or expensive facility investment. The method comprises a polymerization step for polymerizing an aqueous solution of acrylic acid (or salt thereof) to obtain a hydrogel cross-linked polymer; a drying step for drying the hydrogel cross-linked polymer to obtain a water-absorbing resin powder; a classification step for classifying the water-absorbing resin powder; and a surface cross-linking step for surface cross-linking the water-absorbing resin powder before or after the classification step, wherein electricity is eliminated in the classification step.
US08436084B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous coating composition capable of forming a coating film having a superior finishing appearance. The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition comprising a polyester resin containing a predetermined or greater amount of long chain, straight-chain dicarboxylic acid and/or straight-chain diols having a predetermined or greater carbon number and having hydroxy groups and acid values within predetermined ranges; a urethane-associated thickener having a hydrophobic group and/or a polyacrylicacid-based thickener having a hydrophobic group; a curing agent; and a hydrophobic solvent, wherein the contents of the thickener and the hydrophobic solvent are within a specific range based on the gross amount of the polyester resin and the curing agent. The present invention also provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film using the aqueous coating composition.
US08436082B2
An adhesive for filling in gaps between stones, the adhesive including at least 100 weight parts of an unsaturated polyester resin suitable for air-drying, between 1 and 5 weight parts of hydrogenated castor oil, between 0 and 60 weight parts of micron silica, and between 1 and 15 weight parts of an anti-shrinking agent. The adhesive overcomes the disadvantages of conventional marble glue, such as, poor air-drying property, poor shrinkage resistance, and poor permeability. The adhesive of the invention has good permeability, strong shrinkage resistance, and high brightness after being polished, and is not sticky after curing. The invention solves the difficulty of gap-filling of stone by providing a new category of marble glue.
US08436065B2
An aerogel including a benzoxazine moiety-containing polybenzoxazine polymer is provided, wherein the aerogel comprises a reaction product of an aryl alcohol compound having at least two hydroxyl groups and an amine compound having at least two amine groups.
US08436059B2
An aqueous floor care composition comprising water, polymer particles wherein the polymer particles include units derived from a conjugated diene monomer, units derived from an acidic monomer, and units derived from a hard, non-acidic monomer, an external crosslinking agent, and optionally one or more of a leveling agent, surfactant, polyurethane, alkali-soluble resin, coalescing agent, plasticizer, and wax.
US08436057B1
An anion exchange membrane and fuel cell incorporating the anion exchange membrane are detailed in which proazaphosphatrane and azaphosphatrane cations are covalently bonded to a sulfonated fluoropolymer support along with anionic counterions. A positive charge is dispersed in the aforementioned cations which are buried in the support to reduce the cation-anion interactions and increase the mobility of hydroxide ions, for example, across the membrane. The anion exchange membrane has the ability to operate at high temperatures and in highly alkaline environments with high conductivity and low resistance.
US08436045B2
The present invention relates to the use of a 2,5-dihydroxybenzene derivative represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, isomer, or prodrug thereof for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of, inter alia, actinic keratosis.
US08436042B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of preparation of compounds resulting from the reaction of levulinic esters and epoxidized unsaturated fatty acid esters. The compounds are useful as renewable biomass-based plasticizers for a variety of polymers. Mono-, di- and tri-ketal adducts formed in a reaction between alkyl esters of levulinate and epoxidized unsaturated fatty acid esters derived from vegetable oils are also disclosed.
US08436036B2
Compounds of the formula I: including any possible stereoisomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, as well as pharmaceutical formulations and the use of compounds of formula I as HCV inhibitors.
US08436035B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula I: said compound is inhibitor of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2), and/or 11 beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1), and/or aromatase, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by aldosterone synthase, aromatase, or CYP11B1. Accordingly, the compound of formula I can be used in treatment of hypokalemia, hypertension, congestive heart failure, renal failure, in particular, chronic renal failure, restenosis, atherosclerosis, syndrome X, obesity, nephropathy, post-myocardial infarction, coronary heart diseases, increased formation of collagen, fibrosis and remodeling following hypertension and endothelial dysfunction. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition.
US08436032B2
The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising: (a) bendamustine, (b) a charged cyclopolysaccharide, and (c) a stabilizing agent having a charge opposite to that of the cyclopolysaccharide. Such composition provides unexpectedly desirable stability in reactive environments such as plasma, coupled with unexpectedly desirable anticancer activity. Such compositions are suitable for injection or infusion into patients in need for treatment with bendamustine.
US08436018B2
Method for enhancing in a mammalian cell the activity of an enzyme associated with Gaucher Disease by administering a competitive inhibitor of glucocerebrosidase in an amount effective to enhance the activity of the enzyme. Preferred compounds for use in the method are imino sugars and related compounds. In particular, C8-12-alkyl derivatives of N-alkyl-deoxynojirimycin, isofagomine compounds, and calystegine compounds are effective to enhance glucocerebrosidase activity.
US08436016B2
The present invention is directed to fused heterocyclic compounds of formula (I): which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
US08436013B2
The invention features compositions and methods that are useful for treating or preventing AAT deficiency and associated conditions. In addition, the invention provides methods for identifying compounds useful for treatment of AAT deficiency and associated conditions.
US08436008B2
The present invention relates to substituted heterocyclic compounds of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or N-oxides or quaternary ammonium salts thereof wherein constituent members are provided hereinwith, as well as their compositions and methods of use, which are histamine H4 receptor inhibitors/antagonists useful in the treatment of histamine H4 receptor-associated conditions or diseases or disorders including, for example, inflammatory diseases or disorders, pruritus, and pain.
US08436002B2
The present invention provides AKT inhibitors of the formula: Formula I The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, uses of compounds of Formula I and method of using compounds of Formula I.
US08435999B2
Compositions and processes for controlling nematodes are described herein, e.g., nematodes that infest plants or animals. The compounds include oxazoles, oxadiazoles and thiadiazoles.
US08435995B2
The present invention provides a compound which has the effect of PDE inhibition, and which is useful as a medicament for preventing or treating schizophrenia or so on. A compound of formula (I0), wherein R1 represents a substituent; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; Ring A represents an aromatic ring which can be substituted, and Ring B represents a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring which can be substituted, or a salt thereof.
US08435992B2
Methods for treating cancer by using compound PM00104, in particular, for treating multiple myeloma are provided.
US08435988B2
This invention relates to the use of benzimidazole derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of the phosphoinositide 3′ OH kinase family (hereinafter PI3 kinases), suitably, PI3Kα, PI3Kβ, PI3Kβ, and/or PI3Kγ. Suitably, the present invention relates to the use of benzimidazoles in the treatment of one or more disease states selected from: autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, allergy, asthma, pancreatitis, multiorgan failure, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, sperm motility, transplantation rejection, graft rejection and lung injuries. More suitably, the present invention relates to PI3Kβ selective benzimidazoles compounds for treating cancer.
US08435987B2
The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of protein kinase mediated diseases, including inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, B, R1, R2, R4, R5, R6 and Z are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of P38 map kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pain and other inflammatory disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
US08435983B2
A method for synthesizing anti-leukemic epothilone analogues includes rigidifying a region between the macrolactone ring and the aromatic side-chain. The anti-leukemic compositions are non-naturally occurring epothilone analogue that are rigidified between the macrolactone ring and the aromatic side-chain.
US08435971B2
The invention relates to the use of 2,5-dihydroxybenzenesulfonic acid in the production of medicaments for the treatment of angiodependent diseases. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of the aforesaid compound and, in particular, the calcium and potassium salts thereof, for the treatment of two angiodependent diseases, which present a reduction in the apoptosis, namely cancer and psoriasis. The invention also discloses the antiproliferative, antimigratory, antiangiogenic and proapoptotic capacity of said family of compounds in non-quiescent cells. In addition, the invention details the potentiating effect of said compounds on known cytostatic medicines in the treatment of tumours and, specifically, on gliomas. The invention further relates to the therapeutic efficacy of said compounds, based on the combined antiproliferative, antiangiogenic and proapaptotic capacities thereof, in the treatment of chronic psoriatic plaques.
US08435965B2
Disclosed is a composition for soft contact lenses which enables to suppress adsorption of a basic chemical substance onto a soft contact lens. This composition for soft contact lenses comprises (A) a basic chemical substance selected from amines having a secondary amino group and/or a tertiary amino group and salts thereof, and (B) one or more substances selected from amino acids and salts thereof, acid mucopolysaccharides and salts thereof and cyclodextrin, while having a pH of 3.5 to 4.8. Also disclosed is a method for suppressing adsorption of the basic chemical substance onto a soft contact lens.
US08435945B2
The invention relates to use of a GH secretagogue (e.g. GRF or an analog thereof) for (1) altering a lipid parameter in a subject; (2) altering a body composition parameter in a subject, (3) treating a condition characterized by deficient or decreased bone formation in a subject (4) improving daytime vigilance and/or cognitive function in a subject, (5) improving a metabolic condition in a subject, (6) improving anabolism in a catabolic condition in a subject, and/or (7) improving and/or reconstituting immune function in a subject.
US08435939B2
The present invention provides novel polypeptides of A1-Arg-A2-Cys-Tyr-A3-A4-X-A5-A6-Cit Cys-A7 (I) or their salts (wherein A1 is hydrogen or a residue of arginine, lysine, ornithine, citrulline, alanine, or the like; A2 is an aromatic amino acid residue; A3, A4 and A6 are each a residue of arginine, lysine, ornithine, citrulline, or alanine; A5 is a residue of tyrosine, phenylalanine, alanine, naphthylalanine, or citrulline; A7 is a lysine or arginine residue whose carboxyl group may be converted into amido; and X is a residue of D-ornithyl-proline, prolyl-D-ornithine, D-lysylproline, or the like, with the proviso that any one of A1, A3, A4, A5, A6 and A7 is a residue of alanine or the like or that X is citrulline or the like), and methods of using same in the treatment of HIV.
US08435934B2
An environmentally friendly hydrogen peroxide cleaning and sanitizing solution is disclosed that may be used for cleaning, deodorizing, sanitizing and scale inhibiting in toilets and urinals in washroom and toilet areas. The solution also has the added benefit of eliminating odors and reducing corrosion in the washroom plumbing. The present cleaning and sanitizing solution consists of distilled water, hydrogen peroxide, a surfactant, a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer, a chelating agent, and corrosion inhibitors. The pH of the cleaning and sanitizing solution is greater than 6.0, and typically about 6.0 to about 8.0. The present cleaning, sanitizing, deodorizing and scale inhibiting solution is distributed to the washroom fixtures by means of refillable pump systems commonly known in the art.
US08435933B2
A method for monitoring cleaning of a surface includes applying an amount of transparent indicator material to an area of a surface and measuring the amount of transparent indicator material remaining on the surface. The transparent indicator material may be fixed on the surface by drying and, when a fluorescent material, may be measured through exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
US08435932B2
The present invention relates to a method of lubricating a mechanical device by using a lubricating composition containing a thiadiazole-functionalised dispersant. The invention further provides a lubricating composition suitable for the mechanical device containing a thiadiazole-functionalised dispersant and a polysulphide.
US08435930B2
A manufactured cementitious binder including a hydraulic binder in an amount in the range of from about 40 to 75% by weight of the cementitious binder; metakaolin in an amount in the range of from about 1 to 30% by weight of the cementitious binder; silica fume in an amount up to about 15% by weight of the cementitious binder; lime kiln dust in an amount of from about 5 to 30% by weight of the cementitious binder, and a cementitious accelerator in an amount greater than about 0.1% by weight of the cementitious binder, wherein the cementitious binder provides a cementitious settable composition, when added with water and without a lightweight additive, that has a density lower than about 13 pounds per gallon and greater than about 11 pounds per gallon and a 24 hour compressive strength at 100 F, as hardened, of at least 500 psi.
US08435923B2
Compositions, materials incorporating the compositions, and methods of use thereof, for the protection and/or decontamination of contaminants are disclosed.
US08435922B2
In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides filtering compositions, their method of production, and methods for their use. In specific implementations, the filtering composition includes lanthanum and has a surface area of at least about 125 g/m2. In more specific examples, the filtering composition is free-flowing or has a moisture content between about 10 wt % about 30 wt %. Particular compositions include at least one of iron or magnesium. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide filtering compositions that are resilient or leach-resistant.
US08435917B2
Ammonia oxidation catalyst units comprising a pair of honeycomb-type blocks having interplaced between them a layer of a gas permeable material performing the function of radially mixing the gas flow, said blocks comprising an ammonia oxidation catalysts, and having height of less than 15 cm and the interplaced layer height of 3 to 0.5 cm.
US08435915B2
The TiO2 catalyst structure consisting of TiO2 nano-particles in the anatase crystal form, doped with 0.05-5 wt % phosphorus on the TiO2 basis, organized in the circular planar aggregates with the specific surface area ranging from 40 to 120 m2/g, suitable for catalytic processes at the temperature up to 800° C., and the TiO2 catalyst structure of with the morphology of the aggregated compact particles, with the specific surface area from 20 to 40 m2/g, suitable for the catalytic processes at the temperature up to 1000° C. Active substances selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, gold, platinum metals, nickel, molybdenum and metal oxides except for alkaline metals oxides can be applied onto the surface of both types of the structure.
US08435914B2
A polymerization catalyst system and polymerization processes using the catalyst systems are disclosed. The polymerization catalyst systems may include a) a first catalyst compound, and b) a second catalyst compound, wherein the first catalyst compound includes an oxadiazole-containing compound. In some embodiments, the oxadiazole-containing compound has essentially no hydrogen response, thus allowing better and/or tailored control of product properties when producing polymers using the catalyst system.
US08435912B2
A supported and sulphur-containing catalyst is described, comprising; a porous support constituted by an organic-inorganic hybrid material for which the covalent bond between the organic and inorganic phases conforms to the formula M-O—Z—R where M represents at least one metal constituting the inorganic phase, Z at least one heteroelement from among phosphorus and silicon and R an organic fragment, at least one metal of group VIB and/or of group VB and/or of group VIII. The invention also relates to the use of this catalyst for the hydrorefining and the hydroconversion of hydrocarbon-containing feedstocks such as petroleum fractions, fractions from coal or biomass or hydrocarbons produced from natural gas.
US08435911B2
The present invention relates to a new hybrid catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins and to a polymerization process carried out in the presence of said catalyst. The new hybrid catalyst system comprises a tridendate iron compound and a zirconocene having a bridge of at least three carbon atoms connecting two indenyl ligands.
US08435908B2
Disclosed are water-dispersible fibers derived from sulfopolyesters having a Tg of at least 25° C. The fibers may contain a single sulfopolyester or a blend of a sulfopolyester with a water-dispersible or water-nondispersible polymer. Also disclosed are multicomponent fibers comprising a water dispersible sulfopolyester having a Tg of at least 57° C. and a water non-dispersible polymer. The multicomponent fibers may be used to produce microdenier fibers. Fibrous articles may be produced from the water-dispersible fibers, multicomponent fibers, and microdenier fibers. The fibrous articles include water-dispersible and microdenier nonwoven webs, fabrics, and multilayered articles such as wipes, gauze, tissue, diapers, panty liners, sanitary napkins, bandages, and surgical dressings. Also disclosed is a process for water-dispersible fibers, nonwoven fabrics, and microdenier webs. The fibers and fibrous articles have further applications in flushable personal care and cleaning products, disposable protective outerwear, and laminating binders.
US08435903B2
In one embodiment, a method for treating a surface of a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The semiconductor substrate has a first pattern covered by a resist and a second pattern not covered by the resist. The method includes supplying a resist-insoluble first chemical solution onto a semiconductor substrate to subject the second pattern to a chemical solution process. The method includes supplying a mixed liquid of a water repellency agent and a resist-soluble second chemical solution onto the semiconductor substrate after the supply of the first chemical solution, to form a water-repellent protective film on a surface of at least the second pattern and to release the resist. In addition, the method can rinse the semiconductor substrate using water after the formation of the water-repellent protective film, and dry the rinsed semiconductor substrate.
US08435896B2
A chemical mechanical polishing composition useful for chemical mechanical polishing a semiconductor wafer containing an interconnect metal is provided, comprising, as initial components: water; an azole inhibitor; an alkali metal organic surfactant; a hydrotrope; a phosphorus containing agent; a water soluble cellulose; optionally, a non-saccharide water soluble polymer; optionally, a water soluble acid compound of formula I, wherein R is selected from a hydrogen and a C1-5 alkyl group, and wherein x is 1 or 2; optionally, a complexing agent; optionally, an oxidizer; optionally, an organic solvent; and, optionally, an abrasive. Also, provided is a method of preparing a chemical mechanical polishing composition of the present invention and a method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate, comprising: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate is a semiconductor wafer having copper interconnects; providing a chemical mechanical polishing composition of the present invention; providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad; creating dynamic contact at an interface between the chemical mechanical polishing pad and the substrate with a down force of 0.69 to 34.5 kPa; and, dispensing the chemical mechanical polishing composition onto the chemical mechanical polishing pad at or near the interface between the chemical mechanical polishing pad and the substrate; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing composition exhibits a pH adjusted to a pH of 2 to 6 through the addition of at least one of phosphoric acid, magnesium hydroxide and lithium hydroxide.
US08435895B2
Methods are provided for cleaning metal regions overlying semiconductor substrates. A method for removing material from a metal region comprises heating the metal region, forming a plasma from a gas comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and exposing the metal region to the plasma.
US08435891B2
A method includes providing a semiconductor structure including a plurality of devices; depositing a nitride cap over the semiconductor structure; forming an aluminum mask over the nitride cap, the aluminum mask including a plurality of first openings; converting the aluminum mask to an aluminum oxide etch stop layer; and performing middle-of-line fabrication processing, leaving the aluminum oxide etch stop layer in place. A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of devices on a substrate; a nitride cap over the plurality of devices; an aluminum oxide etch stop layer over the nitride cap; an inter-level dielectric (ILD) over the aluminum oxide etch stop layer; and a plurality of contacts extending through the ILD, the aluminum oxide etch stop layer and the nitride cap to the plurality of devices.
US08435885B2
Analysis of chemical and physical characteristics of polymer species and etch residues caused in critical plasma-assisted etch processes for patterning material layers in semiconductor devices may be accomplished by removing at least a portion of these species on the basis of a probing material layer, which may be lifted-off from the patterned surface. The probing material layer may substantially suppress a chemical modification of the species of interest and may thus allow the examination of the initial status of these species.
US08435881B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a first conductive layer formed over the semiconductor die. A first insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor die with a first opening in the first insulating layer disposed over the first conductive layer. A second conductive layer is formed over the first insulating layer and into the first opening over the first conductive layer. An interconnect structure is formed over the first and second conductive layers within openings of a second insulating layer. The second insulating layer is removed. The interconnect structure can be a conductive pillar or conductive pad. A bump material can be formed over the conductive pillar. A protective coating is formed over the conductive pillar or pad to a thickness less than one micrometer to reduce oxidation. The protective coating is formed by immersing the conductive pillar or pad into the bath containing tin or indium.
US08435877B2
A semiconductor device includes gate structures including a tunnel insulating layer pattern, a floating gate, a dielectric layer pattern and a control gate sequentially disposed on a substrate. The control gate includes an impurity doped polysilicon layer pattern and a metal layer pattern. The gate structures are spaced apart from each other on the substrate. A capping layer pattern is disposed on a sidewall portion of the metal layer pattern and includes a metal oxide. An insulating layer covers the gate structures and the capping layer pattern. The insulating layer is formed on the substrate and includes an air-gap therein.
US08435875B1
A method for forming a T-shaped gate is provided. The method includes providing a substrate. Then, a photoresist structure is formed over the substrate. The photoresist structure includes two development rates. Next, a mask with an opening is formed over the photoresist structure to pattern the photoresist structure. An angle exposure is applied to the photoresist structure, and the exposed photoresist structure is developed to form a T-shaped notch. A width of the T-shaped notch is gradually reduced from a top portion thereof to a bottom portion to expose a surface of the substrate. Then, a gate metal is deposited in the T-shaped notch. Thereafter, the patterned photoresist structure is removed to form the T-shaped gate.
US08435872B2
According to one embodiment, in a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a surface region of a semiconductor substrate is modified into an amorphous layer. A microwave is irradiated to the semiconductor substrate in which the amorphous layer is formed in a dopant-containing gas atmosphere so as to form a diffusion layer in the semiconductor substrate. The dopant is diffused into the amorphous layer and is activated.
US08435867B2
Foreign matter formed over (or adhered to) a surface of a lead is reliably removed. A laser beam is applied to a residual resin (sealing body) which is formed in (or adhered to) a region surrounded by a sealing body (a first sealing body), a lead exposed (projected) from the sealing body, and a dam bar. The foreign matter formed over (or adhered to) the surface of the lead can be reliably removed by washing the surface of the lead after the removal of the residual resin. Thus, in a subsequent plating step, the reliability (wettability, adhesion with the lead) of a plating film to be formed over the surface of the lead can be improved.
US08435860B2
A fabrication method for a trench type semiconductor device includes: forming a first base layer; forming a gate insulating film on a bottom and sidewall surfaces of a trench; forming a gate electrode for filling up into the trench; covering the gate electrode and forming an interlayer insulating film; forming a second base layer on the first base layer; forming a first main electrode layer on the second base layer; forming a first main electrode which passes through the first main electrode layer by applying the interlayer insulating film as a mask, is connected to the second base layer in the bottom surface of a self-aligned contact trench, and is connected to the first main electrode layer of the self-aligned contact trench; forming a second main electrode layer at a back side of the first base layer; and forming a second main electrode at the second main electrode layer.
US08435856B2
A method for forming a split gate flash cell memory device provides for establishing a floating gate region then using spacers or other hard mask materials that cover opposed edges of a gate electrode material in the gate region, to serve as hard masks during an etching operation that partially etches the gate electrode material which may be polysilicon. The gate electrode so produced serves as a floating gate electrode and includes a recessed central portion flanked by a pair of opposed upwardly extending fins which may terminate upwardly at an apex. A floating gate oxide is then formed by thermal oxidation and/or oxide deposition techniques.
US08435852B1
A heterojunction bipolar transistor is formed with an emitter electrode that comprises an emitter epitaxy underlying an emitter metal cap and that has horizontal dimensions that are substantially equal to the emitter metal cap.
US08435850B2
One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for forming strained semiconductor film. According to an embodiment of the method, a crystalline semiconductor bridge is formed over a substrate. The bridge has a first portion bonded to the substrate, a second portion bonded to the substrate, and a middle portion between the first and second portions separated from the substrate. The middle portion of the bridge is bonded to the substrate to provide a compressed crystalline semiconductor layer on the substrate. Other aspects are provided herein.
US08435845B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes forming a replacement gate structure on a portion of a semiconductor substrate, wherein source regions and drain regions are formed in opposing sides of the replacement gate structure. A dielectric is formed on the semiconductor substrate having an upper surface that is coplanar with an upper surface of the replacement gate structure. The replacement gate structure is removed to provide an opening to an exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. A functional gate conductor is epitaxially grown within the opening in direct contact with the exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method is applicable to planar metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and fin field effect transistors (finFETs).
US08435842B2
A method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device comprises (i) forming an insulating film on the upper surface of a resin film, (ii) forming a pattern of extraction electrodes on the upper surface of the resin film, (iii) forming a semiconductor layer on the insulating film in such a manner that the semiconductor layer is in contact with the pattern of extraction electrodes, and (iv) forming a sealing resin layer on the upper surface of the resin film in such a manner that the sealing resin layer covers the semiconductor layer and the pattern of extraction electrodes, wherein at least one of the stepsof the above steps (i) to (iv) is carried out by a printing method. With this manufacturing method, various layers can be formed by a simple printing process without using a vacuum process, photolithography, or the like.
US08435837B2
A packaged semiconductor die has a preformed lead frame with a central recessed portion, and a plurality of conductive leads. An integrated circuit die has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite thereto, with the top surface having a plurality of bonding pads for electrical connection to the die. The die is positioned in the central recessed portion with the top surface having the bonding pads facing upward, and the bottom surface in contact with the recessed portion. Each of the leads has a top portion and a bottom portion. The leads are spaced apart and insulated from the central recessed portion. A conductive layer is deposited on the top surface of the die and the top portion of the leads and is patterned to electrically connect certain of the bonding pads of the die to certain of the conductive leads. An insulator covers the conductive layer. The present invention also relates to a method of packaging such an integrated circuit die.
US08435836B2
Interconnect structures for stacked dies, including penetrating structures for through-silicon vias, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a first semiconductor substrate having a first substrate material, and a penetrating structure carried by the first semiconductor substrate. The system further includes a second semiconductor substrate having a second substrate material with a preformed recess. The penetrating structure of the first semiconductor substrate is received in the recess of the second semiconductor substrate and is mechanically engaged with the recess and secured to the second semiconductor substrate.
US08435835B2
A semiconductor device has a base substrate with first and second opposing surfaces. A first etch-resistant conductive layer is formed over the first surface of the base substrate. A second etch-resistant conductive layer is formed over the second surface of the base substrate. A first semiconductor die has bumps formed over contact pads on an active surface of the first die. The first die is mounted over a first surface of the first conductive layer. An encapsulant is deposited over the first die and base substrate. A portion of the base substrate is removed to form electrically isolated base leads between opposing portions of the first and second conductive layers. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the encapsulant and a second surface of the first conductive layer between the base leads. A height of the base leads is greater than a thickness of the second die.
US08435833B2
Wide bandgap devices are formed on a diamond substrate, such as for light emitting diodes as a replacement for incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent light bulbs. In one embodiment, diodes (or other devices) are formed on diamond in at least two methods. A first method comprises growing a wide bandgap material on diamond and building devices on that grown layer. The second method involves bonding a wide bandgap layer (device or film) onto diamond and building the device onto the bonded layer. These devices may provide significantly higher efficiency than incandescent or fluorescent lights, and provide significantly higher light or energy density than other technologies. Similar methods and structures result in other wide bandgap semiconductor devices.
US08435832B2
A method of fabricating MOTFTs on transparent substrates includes positioning opaque gate metal on the front surface of a transparent substrate and depositing transparent gate dielectric, transparent metal oxide semiconductor material, and passivation material on the gate metal and the surrounding area. Portions of the passivation material are exposed from the rear surface of the substrate. Exposed portions are removed to define a channel area overlying the gate area. A relatively thick conductive metal material is selectively deposited on the exposed areas of the semiconductor material to form thick metal source/drain contacts. The selective deposition includes either plating or printing and processing a metal paste.
US08435827B2
Programmable metallization memory cells include an electrochemically active electrode and an inert electrode and an ion conductor solid electrolyte material between the electrochemically active electrode and the inert electrode. A sacrificial metal is disposed between the electrochemically active electrode and the inert electrode. The sacrificial metal has a more negative standard electrode potential than the filament forming metal.
US08435815B2
A manufacturing method of a surface-emitting semiconductor laser includes the steps of: forming a stacked structure having a lower-multilayer film reflector including a lower oxidizable layer having at least one layer, an active layer having a light emitting region, an upper-multilayer film reflector including an upper oxidizable layer and an upper layer on a substrate in this order; providing a first groove in the upper layer; and providing a second groove including a portion overlapping the first groove in a planar shape and a portion not overlapping the first groove in the stacked structure.
US08435809B2
A vertical total internal reflection (TIR) mirror and fabrication thereof is made by creating a re-entrant profile using crystallographic silicon etching. Starting with an SOI wafer, a deep silicon etch is used to expose the buried oxide layer, which is then wet-etched (in HF), opening the bottom surface of the Si device layer. This bottom silicon surface is then exposed so that in a crystallographic etch, the resulting shape is a re-entrant trapezoid with facets These facets can be used in conjunction with planar silicon waveguides to reflect the light upwards based on the TIR principle. Alternately, light can be coupled into the silicon waveguides from above the wafer for such purposes as wafer level testing.
US08435808B2
A method for manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) package is provided. The method includes preparing a package body including a first lead frame formed with a cavity and inserted on one side of a bottom surface of the cavity and a second lead frame inserted on the other side, mounting an LED chip on the bottom surface and electrically connecting the LED chip with the first lead frame and the second lead frame, forming a molding portion by a molding resin in the cavity, connecting, to the package body, a first mold corresponding to the molding portion and including a through hole having an inner surface linearly or non-linearly inclined, connecting a second mold to an upper surface of the first mold, forming a lens portion on the molding portion by a transparent resin, and separating the first mold and the second mold from the package body.
US08435807B2
A method for manufacturing a laser-active solid having a bonded passive Q-switch is provided. A plane-parallel first wafer plate may be manufactured from a laser-active material. A second plane-parallel wafer plate may be manufactured from a material that is suitable as a passive Q-switch. The first wafer plate and the second wafer plate may be bonded to form a wafer block, which may then be coated on both end faces with a resonator mirror. Subsequently, the wafer block may be separated into multiple passively Q-switched solid state lasers.
US08435800B2
The present invention relates in general to labeling reagents useful for labeling biomolecules. In particular, the invention provides activated labeling reagents having the formula L-Ph, wherein L is an activated labeling molecule and Ph is a phenol. The invention further provides methods of preparing the labeling reagents, methods of using the labeling reagents for synthesizing a labeled biomolecule, kits that include reagents for labeling a biomolecule and kits containing labeled biomolecules.
US08435796B2
A method for using of a fabric comprising a material chosen from metals, metallic alloys, polymers, inorganic compounds and mixtures thereof, which material is capable of detecting the presence of a chemical substance, for the detection of said chemical substance.
US08435781B2
The present invention provides a bioreactor having a system that can grow cells, tissue, etc. while maintaining or improving their function, and finally recover the cells as they are with good efficiency. The bioreactor has a porous sheet-form material disposed in its main body, the porous sheet-form material being formed from a nonwoven fabric, etc. having high cell affinity in order to retain cells. This porous sheet-form material has a thermosensitive polymer and a cell-adhesive substance incorporated thereinto, and the porous sheet-form material is not only cell-adhesive but also allows cells and tissue to be detached from the porous sheet-form material as they are by, for example, cooling from 37° C. to 25° C. Furthermore, in order to efficiently ensure the bioactivity or the survival of the cells, it is arranged so that circulation of a culture medium in a culturing space of the bioreactor is of a radial flow type.
US08435780B2
The invention provides histone deacetylase class II nucleic acids and polypeptides, methods and reagents for their use, and related compounds including small molecule libraries containing class II histone deacetylase inhibitors.
US08435776B2
A method of separating a target biological species from a fluid is disclosed comprising contacting the fluid with a ligand-functionalized polymer comprising: a water soluble or water dispersible aminopolymer functionalized with guanidinyl groups; whereby a complex comprising the functionalized substrate and the target biological species is formed.
US08435772B2
A nitrogen compound production method includes the step of establishing at least one aquatic plant in a cell containing water and alternating a step of inhibiting photosynthesis inducing light from reaching the at least one aquatic plant and a step of allowing photosynthesis inducing light to reach the at least one aquatic plant. The step of inhibiting photosynthesis inducing light defines a dark phase. A concentration of oxygen is reduced in the water to define an anoxic condition. During the anoxic condition, the at least one plant releases nitrogen compounds into the water and these nitrogen compounds are collected from the water contained in the cell.
US08435767B2
Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing renewable chemicals through the manufacture of novel triglyceride oils followed by chemical modification of the oils. Methods such as transesterification, hydrogenation, hydrocracking, deoxygenation, isomerization, interesterification, hydroxylation, hydrolysis and saponification are disclosed. Novel oils containing fatty acid chain lengths of C8, C10, C12 or C14 are also disclosed and are useful as feedstocks in the methods of the invention.
US08435762B2
The present invention provides novel chimeric receptors that have unique pharmacology. In particular, the chimeric receptors comprise a mutated ligand binding domain of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor fused to a transmembrane or channel domain from a ligand-gated ion channel protein. The mutations in the ligand binding domain confer selective binding of compounds. Methods of using the novel chimeric receptors of the invention as well as compounds that preferentially bind and activate the chimeric receptors are also disclosed.
US08435760B2
The present invention relates to an expression system for the expression of proteins and peptides in a methanotrophic bacterium, preferably M. capsulatus. Further, the invention relates to the exportation and display of said peptides and proteins on the surface of said bacteria. The invention also describes a method for the production of a desired protein in M. capsulatus.
US08435746B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating, characterizing, and diagnosing cancer. In particular, the present invention provides a novel stem cell cancer marker, ALDH1, useful for the diagnosis, characterization, and treatment of solid tumor stem cells.
US08435727B2
A method of reducing surface roughness of a resist feature disposed on a substrate includes generating a plasma having a plasma sheath and ions therein. A shape of the boundary between the plasma and plasma sheath is modified using a plasma sheath modifier, so that a portion of the boundary facing the substrate is not parallel to a plane defined by the substrate. During a first exposure, the resist feature is exposed to electromagnetic radiation having a desired wavelength and the ions are accelerated across the boundary having the modified shape toward the resist features over an angular range.
US08435726B2
A method of processing an optical element which has a substrate (110) and a layer system (120) applied to the substrate (110), wherein the layer system (120) in a starting condition has a plurality of volume defects (130), wherein the method includes at least partially filling at least one of the volume defects (130) with a filling material (140). Also disclosed is an associated method of manufacturing an optical element.
US08435721B2
It is an object to provide a resist underlayer film forming composition having a large selection ratio of a dry etching rate, and having a k value and an n value at a short wavelength such as an ArF excimer laser, both of which exhibit desired values. There is provided a resist underlayer film forming composition containing a polymer obtained by reacting at least a tetracarboxylic dianhydride having an alicyclic structure or an aliphatic structure and a diepoxy compound having two epoxy groups with an organic solvent containing an alcohol-based compound having an OH group, and a solvent.
US08435715B2
Disclosed is a production method of a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic image comprising a toner and a resin coated carrier having a porous magnetic core particle and a resin coated layer, wherein the porous magnetic core particle are composed of a porous ferrite material and have pore apertures on a surface of the particle, and the method comprises steps of blocking the pore apertures of the porous magnetic core particle with rubber particles by dry mixing of the porous magnetic core particle and the rubber particles, forming the resin coated carrier by forming a resin layer on the porous magnetic core particle whose pore apertures have been blocked, and mixing the resin coated carrier and the toner.
US08435710B2
A toner for electrostatic image development containing an external additive comprising composite oxide particles made of titania and silica (external additive A), and hydrophobic silica particles (external additive B), wherein the external additive A has a core-shell structure in which a core portion is made of titania and a shell portion is made of silica, wherein the titania is contained in the external additive A in an amount of from 75 to 95% by weight, and wherein the external additive B has a carbon content of from 2.8 to 6.0% by weight. The toner for electrostatic image development of the present invention is suitably used in, for example, the development or the like of latent image formed in electrophotography, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like.
US08435697B2
A fuel system with a high power generation efficiency in which drive means can be reduced in size. The fuel cell system of the present invention is equipped with a fuel cell (FC) for generating power by circulating a fuel gas and comprises a circulation route (R) for circulating the fuel gas, drive means (PM) provided in the circulation route (R) and serving to circulate the fuel gas, and pressure regulating means (RG) for regulating the pressure of the fuel gas in the circulatory route (R). A drive characteristic of the drive means (PM) is determined based on the generated power required for the fuel cell, and the pressure regulation quantity of the pressure regulating means (RG) is determined to make up the deficiency of the drive quantity based on the determined drive characteristic of the drive means (PM).
US08435696B2
The present invention is directed to a redox-active, conducting polymer energy storage system, said system including an electrode and a counter electrode, wherein the electrode comprises a first conducting polymer and the counter electrode comprises a second conducting polymer, wherein the first conducting polymer is doped by at least one or more first redox-active compounds and/or by a polymer and/or a co-polymer of the one or more first redox-active compounds and the second conducting polymer is doped by at least one or more second redox-active compounds and/or by a polymer and/or a co-polymer of the one or more second redox-active compounds, and wherein there is a potential difference between the dopant for the electrode and the dopant for the counter electrode. In one preferred embodiment, the first or the second redox-active compound is 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS). In another preferred embodiment, an exemplary redox-active compound is a polymerizable derivative of ABTS or a polymer or co-polymer of this monomer.
US08435694B2
A molten carbonate fuel cell cathode having a cathode body and a coating of a mixed oxygen ion conductor materials. The mixed oxygen ion conductor materials are formed from ceria or doped ceria, such as gadolinium doped ceria or yttrium doped ceria. The coating is deposited on the cathode body using a sol-gel process, which utilizes as precursors organometallic compounds, organic and inorganic salts, hydroxides or alkoxides and which uses as the solvent water, organic solvent or a mixture of same.
US08435688B2
A fuel cell two-wheel vehicle is provided with: a fuel cell, fuel tanks, a supercharger, a pipe line, an in-wheel motor, and a motor driver. The fuel cell generates electric power using hydrogen and air as reaction sources. The fuel tanks supply hydrogen to the fuel cell through a hydrogen supply path. The supercharger supplies air from the outside air to the fuel cell. Through the pipe line, an exhaust from the fuel cell is discharged to the outside. The in-wheel motor serves as a driving source of the fuel cell two-wheel vehicle, and the motor driver drives the in-wheel motor. In an air system, a route and an outlet of the pipe line are arranged to be directed toward the motor driver. Thus, a heat sink is exposed to the discharged air having passed through the fuel cell, and thereby the motor driver is cooled.
US08435682B2
A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode reductant in the presence of the anode enzyme. Likewise, the cathode is configured and arranged to electroreduce a cathode oxidant in the presence of the cathode enzyme. In addition, anode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the anode to transduce a current between the anode and the anode enzyme and cathode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the cathode to transduce a current between the cathode and the cathode enzyme.
US08435668B2
A battery cell assembly includes a main body configured to generate power from an electrochemical reaction. The main body has a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, and a first major surface and a second major surface. A pair of electrical tabs extends outwardly at the first end of the main body. An insulating element is disposed adjacent the first major surface of the main body. A cooling element is disposed adjacent the second major surface of the main body. The cooling element includes at least one cooling passage. The at least one cooling passage is in heat exchange relationship with the main body and configured to transfer heat generated during the electrochemical reaction away from the main body.
US08435667B2
In an assembled battery (10), a plurality of rechargeable unit cells (12), each of which is provided with an electrode body (30) that has a positive electrode (32) and a negative electrode (34), a container (14) that houses the electrode body (30) and an electrolyte, and a positive electrode terminal (15) and a negative electrode terminal (16) which are arranged on an outside of the container (14), the rechargeable unit cells being connected in series. The plurality of unit cells (12) are arranged in a predetermined direction and fastened together while a predetermined load is applied in the arranging direction. Insulating filler (25) is inserted into a gap between the electrode body (30) and an inside wall surface of the container (14) of at least one of the unit cells (12), and a thickness in the arranging direction of each of the unit cells (12) in the fastened state is constant.
US08435655B2
A secondary battery including a bare cell, a protection circuit module electrically coupled to the bare cell, and a holder between the bare cell and the protection circuit module, wherein the protection circuit module includes a flexible printed circuit board having an upper and a lower surface, a charging/discharging terminal on the upper surface of the flexible printed circuit board and a protection circuit unit on the lower surface of the flexible printed circuit board opposite to the charging/discharging terminal, and the holder is disposed on the protection circuit unit on the lower surface of the flexible printed circuit board.
US08435651B2
Provided is a wood cutting tool with improved wear resistance and corrosion resistance. A hard fundamental layer (18) of chromium nitride (CrN) is subjected to PVD to be coated on a rake face (16) of a substrate (12) formed of a cemented carbide alloy or a tool steel. The hard fundamental layer (18) has a five-layer structure having a first layer (18a) to a fifth layer (18e) disposed in order from the substrate (12) side. A hard main layer (20) of chromium oxide (Cr2O3) is coated on the outer surface of the fifth layer (18e) of the hard fundamental layer (18). The hard main layer (20), like the hard fundamental layer (18), is formed by PVD. The hard fundamental layer (18) is coated with the hard main layer (20) to suppress corrosion, thereby improving the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of a cemented carbide replaceable knife (10).
US08435650B2
In order to provide a thermostable and highly effective barrier coating on a substrate, and to protect the substrate against the effect of harmful gas components even at high temperatures, the invention provides a coated substrate comprising a barrier coating having a multiplicity of consecutive individual layers respectively of a kind differing from or similar to a neighboring individual layer, the individual layers exhibiting a layer thickness of respectively at most 50 nanometers.
US08435648B2
A compound for an organic photoelectric device, the compound being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
US08435630B2
A hot press cushioning pad 1 has a fiber-rubber composite material layer formed by a woven fabric and a rubber impregnated in the woven fabric. The warp of the woven fabric is a doubled and twisted yarn, and the weft thereof is a texturized yarn made of glass fibers. The fiber-rubber composite material layer has voids inside.
US08435629B2
A composite material comprising the following components: (a) a first prepreg material with improved resistance to microbuckling and kinkband formation; and (b) a second prepreg material with improved resistance to delamination.
US08435626B2
A WC—Co material or polycrystalline diamond-Co material that has a gradient in the grain size of the particles. Specifically, the material may have a top layer that has coarse grains that is designed to dissipate the heat caused by friction (and thus prevent thermal cracking). The material will then have a bulk substrate that is made up of finer grains and provide adequate hardness for the material. The top layer is positioned on top of the bulk substrate.
US08435622B2
A packaging film with a main film made of a stretchable polymer film material and having a multiplicity of holes. A first condition of the main film including that a ratio of aeration percentage over final weight is greater than or equal to 14 meters per gram. A second condition of the main film is that the width of the packaging film is reducible by less than 15% between a condition before any stretching of the packaging film and a condition when the packaging film is stretched at an elongation equal to the elongation at the NDR point. A third condition of the main film is that a ratio of an absolute value of the difference of a holding force of the packaging film minus a predetermined target holding force divided by the target holding force is less than or equal to 5%.
US08435616B2
A skidproof mat is provided which comprises: a rubber layer having a first major surface and a second major surface being opposite to the first major surface, and a thickness defined between the first and second major surfaces; a base layer; and a protection film covering each of the first and second major surfaces of the rubber layer; wherein the base layer is disposed within the thickness of the rubber layer so that the first and second major surfaces of the rubber layer constitute major outer surfaces of the skidproof mat. The protection film is movable when using. The rubber layer can achieve perfect anti-slip effect. The base layer is positioned in the rubber layer to increase the tenacity so that the skidproof mat is impossible to be deformed and has well ageing resistance.
US08435612B2
Micro-machined (e.g., stress-engineered spring) structures are produced by forming a release layer, forming a partially or fully encapsulated beam/spring structure, and then releasing the beam/spring structure by etching the release layer. The encapsulation structure protects the beam/spring during release, so both the release layer and the beam/spring can be formed using plating and/or using the same material. The encapsulation structure can be metal, resist, polymer, oxide, or nitride, and may be removed after the release process, or retained as part of the completed micro-machined structure.
US08435605B2
Methods and apparatus provide for: applying an inorganic barrier layer to at least a portion of a flexible substrate, the barrier layer being formed from a low liquidus temperature (LLT) material; and sintering the inorganic barrier layer while maintaining the flexible substrate below a critical temperature.
US08435604B2
A sealing method for decreasing the time it takes to hermetically seal a device and the resulting hermetically sealed device (e.g., a hermetically sealed OLED device) are described herein. The sealing method includes the steps of: (1) cooling an un-encapsulated device; (2) depositing a sealing material over at least a portion of the cooled device to form an encapsulated device; and (3) heat treating the encapsulated device to form a hermetically sealed device. In one embodiment, the sealing material is a low liquidus temperature inorganic (LLT) material such as, for example, tin-fluorophosphate glass, tungsten-doped tin fluorophosphate glass, chalcogenide glass, tellurite glass, borate glass and phosphate glass. In another embodiment, the sealing material is a Sn2+-containing inorganic oxide material such as, for example, SnO, SnO+P2O5 and SnO+BPO4.
US08435603B2
Disclosed is a method of forming on the surface of a substrate a first solid layer which is suitable for activating a chemical reaction to form a second layer thereon, the method comprising the steps of: applying to the surface of the substrate a first liquid comprising a curable composition and an activator for the second layer-forming chemical reaction; and curing the curable composition, thereby forming a first solid layer adhered to the surface of the substrate, capable of activating the second layer-forming chemical reaction. A second layer can then be formed on the substrate by bringing into contact with the first solid layer a second fluid comprising components of a second layer-forming chemical reaction, activated by the activator, thereby causing a second layer to be formed on the first solid layer.
US08435600B2
A method of dispensing multiple adhesive filaments onto a substrate in a random pattern using asymmetrical pressurized process air. The method generally comprises moving the substrate along a machine direction and discharging multiple adhesive filaments from a plurality of liquid outlets. Pressurized process air is directed toward each one of the multiple adhesive filaments respectively along a first angle relative to a plane including an associated liquid outlet. Pressurized process air is also directed toward each one of the multiple adhesive filaments respectively along a second angle relative to the plane including the associated liquid outlet and on an opposite side of the associated liquid outlet than the pressurized process air directed along the first angle. The second angle is different than the first angle so that the pressurized process air is directed asymmetrically toward the multiple adhesive filaments.
US08435593B2
A method of inspecting a substrate with first and second layers thereon is disclosed. The method includes directing a beam of electromagnetic radiation at an acute angle towards an edge of the layers, detecting scattered and/or reflected electromagnetic radiation, and establishing, from results of the detecting, whether an edge of the second layer overlaps an edge of the first layer.
US08435588B2
The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition, and at least one functional ingredient, such as an anti-inflammatory agent. The present invention also relates to functional sweetener compositions and methods that can improve the tastes of non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners by imparting a more sugar-like taste or characteristic. In particular, the functional sweetener compositions and methods provide a more sugar-like temporal profile, including sweetness onset and sweetness linger, and/or a more sugar-like flavor profile.
US08435587B2
The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition, and at least one functional ingredient, such as a long-chain primary aliphatic saturated alcohol. The present invention also relates to functional sweetener compositions and methods that can improve the tastes of non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners by imparting a more sugar-like taste or characteristic. In particular, the functional sweetener compositions and methods provide a more sugar-like temporal profile, including sweetness onset and sweetness linger, and/or a more sugar-like flavor profile.
US08435586B2
The present application relates to a use of a compound of Formula I or of a mixture of compounds of Formula I: wherein R1 to R10 each independently of one another represent H, methoxy or ethoxy and at least one of the radicals R1 to R10 represents methoxy or ethoxy to intensify the sensory impression of alcohol.
US08435585B2
The invention relates to a process for reducing the microbial count in a chocolate mass. A chocolate mass and water are placed in a sterilizable container. The chocolate mass and the water are heated and stirred to a target temperature of more than 100° C. An overpressure in the container is built at least during part of the heating period. The container is degassed and cooled. Upon reaching the target temperature, but prior to step d), the pressure is partially lowered abruptly so that an overpressure remains in the container and subsequently the pressure is raised back to the original overpressure.
US08435546B2
A cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical preparation comprising from 10% to 99% by weight of one or more lipids, from 1% to 90% by weight of one or more waxes and at least 20% by volume of one or more gases.
US08435544B2
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to ophthalmic compositions comprising calcineurin inhibitors or mTOR inhibitors, and more particularly to methods for treating an ocular disease and/or condition using the disclosed compositions. According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a pharmaceutical composition that includes a calcineurin inhibitor or an mTOR inhibitor; a first surfactant with an HLB index greater than about 10; and a second surfactant with an HLB index of greater than about 13, wherein an absolute difference between the HLB index of the first surfactant and the HLB index of the second surfactant is greater than about 3, and wherein the composition forms mixed micelles.
US08435542B2
Provides is a salivation cocktail that comprises a food acid and a tingling sensate. The combination of a food acid and a tingling sensate has been found to synergistically increase salivation.
US08435539B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for pretargeting delivery of therapeutic agents. In preferred embodiments, the pretargeting method comprises: a) administering a bispecific antibody with a first binding site for a disease-associated antigen and a hapten on a targetable construct; b) administering a targetable construct comprising at least one therapeutic agent. In preferred embodiments, the bispecific antibody is made by the dock-and-lock (DNL) technique. In a more preferred embodiment, the targetable construct comprises one or more SN-38 moieties.
US08435536B2
A salmonid alphavirus polypeptide comprising an epitope capable of inducing a virus neutralizing immune response, nucleic acids encoding the polypeptide, a vaccine comprising the polypeptide and a method of producing salmonid alphavirus neutralizing antibodies.
US08435535B2
The invention relates to fusion proteins comprising the amino acid sequence of at least three HIV proteins selected from Vif, Vpr, Vpu, Rev, and Tat or derivatives of the amino acid sequence of one or more of said proteins, wherein the fusion protein is not processed to individual HIV proteins having the natural N and C termini. The invention further concerns nucleic acids encoding said proteins, vectors comprising said nucleic acids, and methods for producing said proteins. The fusion protein, nucleic acids and vectors are usable as vaccines for the at least partial prophylaxis against HIV infections.
US08435520B2
A pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment or prevention of transgenic xenograft rejection comprising immunosuppressant compounds selected from the group consisting of an IL-2 transcription inhibitor and immunosuppressant compounds that immunosuppress for B-cell-mediated or antibody-mediated rejection of xenografts, and pharmaceutically acceptable diluents or carriers, and a method of preventing hyperacute rejection, reducing early graft damage, improving early xenograft function and promoting long term survival of said transgenic xenografts comprising the steps of i) contacting the body fluid removed from a human recipient with a xenoantigenic material which is bound to a biocompatible solid support, ii) reintroducing the treated body fluid into the recipient, and iii) treating the recipient with said pharmaceutical composition.
US08435516B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating cancer, such as melanoma, by administering a CTLA4 antagonist to a subject with a serum C-Reactive Protein (CRP) concentration that is less than or equal to some amount. The invention further relates to methods of treating cancer by determining the level of serum CRP concentration in a subject, and then administering a CTLA4 antagonist if the CRP concentration is less than or equal to a certain amount. The invention further relates to, among other things, the use of serum CRP concentration as a predictive factor for a subjects response to a cancer treatment.
US08435515B2
The present invention relates to peptides, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that bind specifically to poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG), such as Staphylococcal PNAG, in acetylated, partially acetylated and/or fully deacetylated form. The invention further provides methods for using these peptides in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of infections by bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Some antibodies of the invention enhance opsonophagocytic killing and in vivo protection against bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Compositions of these peptides, including pharmaceutical compositions, are also provided, as are functionally equivalent variants of such peptides.
US08435514B2
Disclosed are methods for treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Myasthenia Gravis, Multifocal Motor Neuropathy, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Kennedy's Disease, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia, by administration of a compound that blocks the interaction of CD40 and CD40L.
US08435512B2
A method of inhibiting alternative complement pathway activation in a mammal includes administering an amount of an antibody and/or fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope of the N terminus end of properdin effective to the inhibit alternative complement pathway in the subject.
US08435496B2
A method for providing nanoparticle clusters of controlled dimensions is described. The method involves an activation of individual nanoparticles and the subsequent interaction between activated particles to form a cluster.
US08435494B2
The invention relates to fusion proteins comprising a stress protein fused with an engineered antibody or fragment that binds to mesothelin, or a stress protein fused with a biotin-binding protein in combination with a biotinylated engineered antibody or fragment that binds to mesothelin. The invention also relates to fusion proteins comprising a stress protein fused with an antibody binding protein in combination with an engineered antibody or fragment that binds to mesothelin. The invention also relates to fusion proteins comprising an engineered antibody or fragment that binds specifically to mesothelin fused in frame with a biotin binding protein. The invention also provides fusion proteins comprising an engineered antibody or fragment, that binds to mesothelin, fused with an antibody binding protein. The invention also relates to methods of using fusion proteins of the invention to induce an immune response to mesothelin and to treat disease.
US08435488B2
A modular platform is provided for rapid preparation of various water-soluble prosthetic groups capable to efficiently introduce 18F into proteins with 18F labelling reagents.
US08435478B2
A process and apparatus for enhancement of syngas production (CO and H2) of a carbon based feedstock with CO2 conversion, which utilized CO2 as an oxygen resource and converts CO2 to CO through chemical reactions. The process includes a thermal plasma reactor and optionally a nonthermal plasma reactor.
US08435474B2
The invention provides metal oxide particles surface-treated with at least one alkoxysilane compound, methods of making such, and toners comprising same.
US08435471B2
A wet flue gas desulfurization process uses byproduct polyester streams such as those from the production of PLA and/or PGA consisting of hydroxy acids and other organic acids to catalyse the solubilization of calcium from limestone and to further catalyse the reaction of calcium with SO2 for desulfurization and thereby provide significant improvement in process efficiency.
US08435466B2
Provided are methods using ketoximes and/or aldoximes, including 3-methyl-5-alkylsalicylaldoxime and/or 3-methyl-5-alkyl-2-hydroxyacetophenone oxime, in reagent compositions for metal extraction/isolation. One such method is of extracting a metal from an aqueous ammoniacal solution. Metals that can be extracted include nickel, zinc and copper.
US08435465B2
A microfluidic cartridge for isolating biological molecules having a capture chamber containing functionalized solid supports maintained in a fluidized state provides reduced pressure drops and bubble formation during microfluidic extraction. The cartridge may include an electric field lysis chamber and/or a chemical lysis chamber. The electric-field lysis chamber may comprise an electrically insulating structure arranged between two opposing planar electrodes.
US08435457B2
A method of: introducing hydrogen and a feed gas containing at least 50 vol % carbon dioxide into a reactor containing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst; and heating the hydrogen and carbon dioxide to a temperature of at least about 190° C. to produce hydrocarbons in the reactor. An apparatus having: a reaction vessel for containing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, capable of heating gases to at least about 190° C.; a hydrogen delivery system feeding into the reaction vessel; a carbon dioxide delivery system for delivering a feed gas containing at least 50 vol % carbon dioxide feeding into the reaction vessel; and a trap for collecting hydrocarbons generated in the reaction vessel.
US08435453B2
A device for performing chemical and/or physical reactions between a solid material and a gas, especially for preheating, cooling and/or calcining fine-grained materials has at least three stages arranged one above the other, each stage comprising the following components: a. a gas-solids suspension duct for conducting a gas-solids suspension, b. means for separating the delivered solid material from the delivered gas, c. a solids duct for discharging the separated solid material, d. and a gas duct for discharging the separated gas, the gas duct of one stage merging into the gas-solids suspension duct of the next-higher stage and the solids duct of one stage joining the gas-solids suspension duct of the next lower stage. In addition, the junction of the solids duct and the gas-solids suspension duct of the third or a higher stage is provided below the highest point of the gas-solids suspension duct arranged two stages lower.
US08435450B2
A blower type chemical diffusing apparatus is small in thickness, simple in structure, and reduced in cost. The apparatus allows the chemical and a battery to be exchanged readily and facilitates electrically connecting the battery to the motor in the blower. The apparatus casing includes a first and a second side casing counterpart hinged together to allow opening and closing. The apparatus further includes a blower with a motor and fan mounted in the first casing body. A chemical cartridge is disposed between the blower and the second casing body, and contains a chemical impregnated body which includes a carrier in the form of a sheet impregnated with the chemical. The first casing body has a battery accommodating recess in which dry cells are removably accepted to drive the motor and thereby to rotate the fan. Air is thus forced to flow through the chemical cartridge.
US08435448B2
An assembly and method for gas analysis. The assembly comprises a catalyst compartment for catalytically reacting a component of a gas sample, producing one or more gas species as products. A product compartment receives the gas species, and a sensing element within the compartment senses the amount of one or more of the gas species. This amount is compared to the amount of the same gas species present in a reference compartment containing a non-catalyzed gas sample, providing the amount of the gas species produced by catalysis. Using this value, the content of the gas component in the gas sample is calculated based upon the stoichiometry of the catalyzed reaction. In preferred embodiments, the gas for analysis is a process gas for fuel production, and the catalyst is a high temperature shift catalyst that catalyzes the reaction of carbon monoxide and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
US08435446B2
Apparatus suited for removing carbon dioxide from gases are disclosed. The apparatus may employ bodies having a photocatalytic film. Associated methods and compositions are also disclosed.
US08435444B2
Magnesium alloy having the composition Manganese 1.5 to 2.2 Cerium 0.5 to 2.0 Lanthanum 0.2 to 2.0, these figures indicating the weight percent for the alloy, and magnesium and production-related impurities accounting for the remainder of the alloy to 100 wt. %.
US08435443B2
An iron-based high-temperature alloy has the following chemical composition (values given being in % by weight): 20 Cr, 4 to 8 Al, at least one of the elements Ta and Mo with a sum of 4 to 8, 0-0.2 Zr, 0.02-0.05 B, 0.1-0.2 Y, 0-0.5 Si, remainder Fe. The alloy can be produced at low cost and is distinguished in comparison with the known prior art by outstanding oxidation resistance and good mechanical properties at high temperatures up to 1000° C.
US08435438B1
An ordered ceramic microstructure and a method of making the same. In one embodiment, the ceramic microstructure includes a base structure and one or more ceramic layers. The base structure includes a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction, a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction, and a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction. Here, the first, second, and third truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of nodes to form a continuous material, and the base structure is self-supporting. In addition, the ceramic layers coat a surface of at least one truss element of the first truss elements, the second truss elements, or the third truss elements.
US08435437B2
Laser machining polymer tubing sections to form stents such that the power of the laser machining is adjusted for each tubing section to obtain repeatable strut widths for stents formed from different tubing sections is disclosed. A threshold power for laser machining each section is determined and the power used for machining each section is based on the threshold power.
US08435436B2
A method for forming a tail fin of wind turbine includes first pouring a proper amount of molten plastic into a mold having a cavity showing a contour of the tail fin and the mold is rotated to induce a centrifugal force that makes the plastic uniformly sticking to an inside surface of the cavity to form a tail fin that shows an aerodynamic feature of a one-piece hollow shell. The tail fin, when mounted to the wind turbine, realizes efficient and stable control of rotor blades at a front end of the nacelle in alignment with windward direction so as to improve the use of wind power and make the tail fin and the rotor blades in a weight balanced condition to thereby reduce the load applied to a yaw bearing located under the nacelle and extend the service life of the bearing.
US08435434B1
A mold for molding an injection molded article comprises a mold cavity with a non-symmetrical portion. At least one flow leader in the non-symmetrical portion of the cavity may produce a symmetrical flow boundary in a multilayer flow downstream of the non-symmetrical portion of the mold cavity. The at least one flow leader may be a plurality of flow leaders having a flow path length that differs from the flow path length of an adjacent flow leader by no more than about 15%. The multilayer flow comprising an inner layer, an outer layer, and an interior layer. Co-injection molding apparatus and methods that may use the foregoing mold are disclosed. Similarly, co-injection molded articles and containers that may result from the foregoing mold, apparatus, and methods are disclosed.
US08435432B2
Retardation expressibility of a transparent polymer film can be easily controlled by heat treatment of the film at a temperature T (unit, ° C.) satisfying a condition of the following formula (1): Tc≦T
US08435421B2
The present invention provides chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions and methods for polishing copper- and/or silver-containing substrates. The compositions of the present invention comprise a particulate abrasive, a primary film-forming metal-complexing agent, and a secondary film-forming metal-passivating agent in an aqueous carrier. Methods of polishing a substrate with the compositions of the invention are also disclosed.
US08435420B1
A process for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate having a polysilicon overburden deposited over silicon nitride is provided using multiple dilutions of a chemical mechanical polishing composition concentrate to polish the substrate, wherein a first dilution of the concentrate used to polish the substrate is tuned to exhibit a first polysilicon removal rate and a first polysilicon to silicon nitride removal rate selectivity; and wherein a second dilution of the concentrate used to polish the substrate is tuned to exhibit a second polysilicon removal rate and a second polysilicon to silicon nitride removal rate selectivity.
US08435419B2
Methods of processing substrates having metal layers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of processing a substrate comprising a metal layer having a patterned mask layer disposed above the metal layer, the method may include etching the metal layer through the patterned mask layer; and removing the patterned mask layer using a first plasma formed from a first process gas comprising oxygen (O2) and a carbohydrate. In some embodiments, a two step method with an additional second process gas comprising chlorine (Cl2) or a sulfur (S) containing gas, may provide an efficient way to remove patterned mask residue.
US08435412B2
The present application relates to a process of color neutralizing treatment liquids, wherein the treatment liquid comprises a chromophore selected from the group consisting of monoazo, triarylmethane, xanthene, anthraquinone, hydrophobic dyes, and mixtures thereof, wherein the hydrophobic dyes are selected from the group consisting of benzodifuranes; methine; triphenylmethanes; naphthalimides; pyrazole; naphthoquinone; mono-azo, di-azo dyes and mixtures thereof, said process comprising the steps of: i. providing a mixing vessel with the treatment composition comprising the chromophore; ii. providing to the mixing vessel more than 0.045% of a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of sulfite, thiodiurea, formaldehyde bisulfite formaldehyde sulfoxilate and mixtures thereof; and iii. mixing until discolouration by color neutralization of the chromophore is achieved.
US08435410B2
A method for making a surfactant-based monolithic column is provided. The method comprises providing a mixture comprising at least one surfactant monomer, at least one crosslinker, at least one initiator, and at least one porogen and polymerizing the mixture to form the surfactant-based monolithic column. The present disclosure also provides a surfactant-based monolithic column, a method for separating molecules, and a process for preparing a surfactant monomer.
US08435400B2
Systems and methods for hydroprocessing heavy oil feedstock is disclosed. The process employs a plurality of contacting zones and at least a separation zone to convert at least a portion of the heavy oil feedstock to lower boiling hydrocarbons, forming upgraded products. In one embodiment, water and/or steam being injected into at least a contacting zone. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing at least a slurry catalyst. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is recycled back to at least a contacting zone (“recycled mode”). In one embodiment, the number of separation zones is less than the number of contacting zones in the system. In the separation zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally treated in an in-line hydrotreater; and the bottom stream is optionally further treated in a fractionator.
US08435393B2
An instrument is provided for pharmacologic measurement capable of detecting a very small and short time change in electric signal caused by a pharmacologic action of a biologic specimen with quickness and a high sensitivity by steeply decreasing an external disturbance component mixed into the system while dropping/exchange of medicinal solutions is conducted in a batch mode. The pharmacologic measurement instrument detects a change in electric signal caused by a pharmacologic action or electrophysiologic action of a biologic specimen, and includes an electrically conductive box having an opening section at the top surface thereof and a well vessel disposed in the opening section thereof, wherein the well vessel includes a base having recesses in which the biologic specimens are put; measurement electrodes formed on the bottom surfaces of the respective recesses; and reference electrodes electrically insulated from the respective measurement electrodes, and the reference electrodes together with the electrically conductive box electrostatically shields the well vessel.
US08435392B2
Embodiments of the invention provide encapsulated sputtering targets for physical vapor deposition. In one embodiment, an encapsulated target contains a target layer containing a first metal or an oxide of the first metal disposed over a backing plate, an adhesion interlayer disposed between the target layer and the backing plate, and an encapsulation layer containing a second metal or an oxide of the second metal disposed over the target layer and an annular sidewall of the backing plate. The target layer is encapsulated by the backing plate and the encapsulation layer and the first metal is different than the second metal. In some examples, the first metal is lanthanum or lithium and the target layer contains metallic lanthanum, lanthanum oxide, or metallic lithium. In other examples, the second metal is titanium or aluminum and the encapsulation layer contains metallic titanium, titanium oxide, metallic aluminum, or aluminum oxide.
US08435391B2
An electrocoagulation wastewater treatment apparatus is disclosed wherein a primary electrocoagulation reactor chamber houses treatment electrodes having front and rear faces. Electrode positioners are located in the reactor chamber for holding the treatment electrodes, each of the electrode positioners having a feed core connectable with a high pressure source of fluid. A plurality of passages extend from the feed cores, the passages located so that jets of fluid are directed at both the front and rear faces of each of the electrodes held by the positioners.
US08435390B2
A method for making a coated article includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a copper-iron target by a hot isostatic pressing process using copper powder and iron powder; forming a copper-iron alloy layer on the substrate by vacuum sputtering using the copper-iron target. A coated article is also described.
US08435387B2
The present invention generally relates to the small-scale separation of a mixture of two or more components with different boiling points into enriched fractions. In some embodiments, a first and second fluid (e.g., a liquid and a gas, a liquid and a liquid, etc.) are passed through a channel. The first fluid may include at least two components, each with a unique boiling point. Upon contacting the first and second fluids within the channel, at least a portion of the most volatile of the components in the first fluid (i.e., the component with the lowest boiling point) may be transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid. In some instances, the transfer of the volatile component(s) from the first fluid to the second fluid may be expedited by heating, in some cases above the boiling point(s) of the component(s) to be transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid. Contact between the first and second fluids may be maintained, for example, via segmented flow, bubbling flow, etc. In some instances, separation between the first and second fluids may be maintained in a channel that is essentially free of interior microchannel surface irregularities.
US08435377B1
A drywall tape dispenser assembly for dispensing joint tape and joint compound used in finishing joints in sheetrock or drywall is provided. The drywall tape dispenser assembly comprises a main body having a first side wall, a second side wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, with the first side wall, the second side wall, the bottom wall, the front wall, and the rear wall creating a mud receiving area. A first slot is formed between the front wall and the bottom wall and a second slot formed between the rear wall and the bottom wall. A tape dispensing mechanism dispenses the tape into and out of the mud receiving area wherein an amount of joint compound is placed in the mud receiving area over a portion of the joint tape within the mud receiving area and wherein a desired amount of joint tape is pulled through second slot, through the joint compound in the mud receiving area, and out of the first slot with a coating of joint compound thereon.
US08435374B2
A method for making a carbon nanotube film includes fabricating a carbon nanotube array grown on a substrate. A drawing tool and a supporting member, having a surface carrying static charges, are provided. The static charges of the surface of the supporting member are neutralized. A plurality of carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube array is contacted and chosen by the drawing tool. The drawing tool is then moved along a direction away from the carbon nanotube array, thereby pulling out a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube film is adhered the surface of the supporting member.
US08435372B1
A flexible container cover with an elastic gathering band around its edge is formed from a rectangular sheet of plastic film with recessed cut corners to form four flaps. The sheet is placed atop a mandrel having a rectangular flat top with eaves or undercut surfaces and four corner slots. Four hooks are positioned outside the slots so they underlie the cut-off corners of the sheet. An elastic band is stretched around the hooks and the flaps of the sheet. The hooks are moved inwardly into the slots to allow the segments of the band to pull and fold a middle portion of each flap inward. A set of tucker blades is then moved inward to push the folded portions of the flaps against side surfaces of the mandrel under the eaves. Four heat-sealing bars are moved up against the eaves to seal the flaps around the segments of the band to form hems.
US08435364B2
Hypergolic liquid or gel fuel mixtures utilized in bipropellant propulsion systems are disclosed as replacements for fuels containing toxic monomethylhydrazine. The fuel mixtures include one or more amine azides mixed with one or more tertiary diamine, tri-amine or tetra-amine compounds. The fuel mixtures include N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) mixed with 2-N,N-dimethylaminoethylazide (DMAZ), TMEDA mixed with tris(2-azidoethyl)amine (TAEA), and TMEDA mixed with one or more cyclic amine azides. Each hypergolic fuel mixture provides a reduced ignition delay for combining with an oxidant in fuel propellant systems. The fuel mixtures have advantages in reduced ignition delay times compared to ignition delay times for each unmixed component, providing a synergistic effect which was not predictable from review of each component's composition. Additional fuel mixtures include various tertiary diamine, tertiary tri-amine or tetra-amine compounds combined with one or more amine azides or imidic amide compounds, to provide clean burning, high performing, and non-toxic fuels.
US08435361B2
A novel copper-zinc alloy is particularly suited for a valve guide. The copper-zinc alloy contains 59 to 73% copper, 2.7 to 8.3% manganese, 1.5 to 6% aluminum, 0.2 to 4% silicon, 0.2 to 3% iron, 0 to 2% lead, 0 to 2% nickel, 0 to 0.2% tin, remainder zinc and inevitable impurities.
US08435358B2
A conveyor dishwasher (2) has a control apparatus (50) for automatically setting the quantity of final rinse liquid sprayed in the final rinse zone (18) per unit time as a function of the conveying speed and/or as a function of the type of washware conveyed through the final rinse zone (18). A rinse aid metering apparatus (57) is also provided which is designed to add in a metered fashion a constant quantity of rinse aid per unit time to the fresh water provided for final rinsing purposes independently of the quantity of final rinse liquid sprayed in the final rinse zone (18) per unit time.
US08435357B2
A tablet compressing machine and a process for cleaning a tablet compressing machine with a rotor unit, in which an actuator is provided for the purpose of tilting a sealed housing of the tablet compressing machine, in which the rotor unit, a rinsing unit and the powder supply are disposed, so that the cleaning liquid may drain off horizontal surfaces in the sealed housing. The process therefore comprises the steps of distributing the cleaning liquid, tilting the tablet compressing machine and discharging the cleaning liquid. Retrofitting of existing tablet compressing machines is possible.
US08435355B2
Lignocellulosic biomass materials are fractionated by dissolving at least a portion of the lignocellulosic material in an ionic liquid and separating the resulting mixture into a cellulose-enriched fraction and/or a lignin-enriched fraction. The cellulose-enriched fraction contains about 10 percentage points more glucose than the weight percent glucose contained in the original lignocellulosic biomass material. In certain embodiments, the lignin-enriched fraction includes a lignin content that is 5 percentage points greater than the weight percent lignin present in the original lignocellulosic material. The techniques used to isolate the cellulose-enriched fractions and/or the lignin-enriched fractions from the ionic liquid mixture do not employ environmentally unfriendly solvents.
US08435348B2
A paint booth is provided with a purifier. The purifier includes a water tank, pump, water cord formation mechanism, sludge removal mechanism, exhaust mechanism, and barrier member. The water cord formation mechanism includes a water case located in an upper part of a spray chamber. A large number of nozzles are formed in a bottom wall of the water case. Each nozzle includes a tubular portion, the inside diameter of which is reduced downward from an inlet, and a circular outlet. Water falling in straight lines from the outlet forms a large number of parallel water cords. Paint mist is collected as air containing the paint mist contacts the water cords. An exhaust chamber is formed on the back side of the barrier member.
US08435344B2
Cement compositions comprising carboxylated inulin and methods of using the same to cement a workspace. In one embodiment, a method of cementing includes providing a cement composition comprising a carboxylated inulin, for example, in a subterranean formation. The method further includes allowing the cement composition to set. In some embodiments, the cement composition has a thickening time of from about 2 hours to about 11 hours. In other embodiments, the cement composition has a viscosity that is about constant for a period of time after the cement composition is placed.
US08435340B2
An aqueous coating composition having a PVC of from 78 to 88% comprising, based on the total volume solids of the dry coating unless otherwise stated:a) opacifying pigment particles comprising i) from 3 to 10% titanium dioxide, ii) from 0 to 20% of hollow polymeric particles; b) non-opacifying extender particles comprising i) calcium magnesium carbonate, and/or ii) calcium carbonate, and/or iii) nepheline syenite, and/or iv) kaolin, wherein i)+ii)+iii)+iv)=40 to 80%, and iv) is 0 to 20%; c) polymer binder particles of calculated Fox Tg of from 25 to 70° C. having an acid value of from 15 to 65 mg KOH/g of polymer and wherein the polymer particles are derived from acrylic monomers and optionally further comprising styrene and/or its derivatives; d) dispersant having a weight average molecular weight of at least 3500 Daltons; e) fugitive coalescing solvent; wherein the composition is free of non-fugitive coalescing solvent.
US08435339B2
An ink set includes at least two aqueous inks A and B with different colors, the inks A and B used in an inkjet recording method in which the inks A and B are superimposed for formation of a color image, wherein the ink A contains water-dispersible colorant A1 free of a surfactant-based dispersant, and anionic compound A2, and wherein the ink B contains water-dispersible colorant B1 containing a surfactant-based dispersant.
US08435337B2
An air cleaner that filters air supplied into an engine may include a lower case that has an intake port through which external air flows inside, a filter that may be disposed in the lower case and filters and allows the air flowing inside through the intake port, and an upper case that may be coupled to an upper portion of the lower case and has an exhaust pipe to discharge the air filtered by the filter to the engine, wherein an inlet of the exhaust pipe may be formed inside the upper case and an outlet may be formed to be connected to the outside of the upper case, the inlet of the exhaust pipe may be divided into a first inlet and a second inlet, and a fan that controls the exhaust amount of air to the outlet of the exhaust pipe may be disposed in the second inlet.
US08435332B2
A module and an apparatus incorporating such module utilizing a plurality of tubular membrane elements, each configured to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing feed stream when an electric potential difference is applied to induce oxygen ion transport in an electrolyte thereof. The tubular membrane elements can be arranged in a bundle that is held in place by end insulating members. The insulating members can be positioned within opposed openings of end walls of a heated enclosure and can incorporate bores to allow an oxygen containing feed stream to flow past exposed ends of the tubular membrane elements for cooling the end seals of such elements. Further, first and second manifolds can be provided in a module in accordance with the present invention to collect separated oxygen from two separate portions of the tubular membrane elements.
US08435325B2
Disclosed are methods for recovering CO2 and H2S from a feed gas including at least CO2 and H2S.
US08435323B2
A process for batchwise working-up valuable metals containing recycling materials having a content of organic constituents so high that its use as smelting materials in conventional metal smelting processes is not suitably or even possible. The material is charged to a tiltable reactor rotatable along its own longitudinal axis having a common opening for charging and emptying. The material is heated to a temperature promoting the expulsion of organic constituents by pyrolysis and/or combustion. The material consists at least to an essential part of such size fractions that admits a continuous charging during operation. The process is characterized in that said material during operation is charged continuously in an adjustable stream being controlled and/or adjusted by means of running measurements of different process variables so that the flow and composition of the combustible gas and the heat release is kept under control. A worked-up product substantially free from any organic substance is withdrawn from the reactor and is added to a conventional metal smelting process. The material is suitably supplied during operation by means of a charging equipment provided against or down through the single opening of the reactor by means of gravity and/or a pneumatic transport gas.
US08435322B2
A simplified and enhanced process to produce thermofertiliser obtained from potassium and phosphorous-bearing minerals is provided, where these elements may or may not be in citric acid or insoluble in water. The process also includes the use of specific additives, at the beginning of the process or immediately before the beginning of the thermal treatment step, in order to increase the potassium and phosphorous contents in the product and the overall efficiency of the process and also to promote the production of a high quality thermofertiliser.
US08435319B2
A filter unit (1) for the filtration of gaseous fluids has a filter web (13), which is wound in a spiral about a support core (18), and which is provided with parallel flow channels (16a, 16b) for the fluid. Flow channels (16a, 16b) which are directly adjacent to the support core, are covered by a cover element (4), which is connected to a component of the filter unit (1).
US08435318B2
A vacuum cleaner having a dual locking structure is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a brush assembly, a main body connected to the brush assembly, a dust bin arranged on the main body, a fastening unit to move the dust bin to a fastened or unfastened state, and a filter casing. The dust bin includes one or more first locking holes and the main body includes one or dust bin locking members to be engaged with the first locking holes so that the dust bin, in an unfastened state, is removably retained in the main body. The filter casing includes one or more filter casing locking portions and the main body includes one or more filter casing locking members to be engaged with the filter casing locking portions so that the filter casing in the unfastened state is removably retained in the main body.
US08435315B2
A method and apparatus is described for the efficient conversion of carbonaceous feedstock including municipal solid waste into a product gas through gasification. More specifically, a horizontally-oriented gasifier having one or more lateral transfer system for moving material through the gasifier is provided thereby allowing for the horizontal expansion of the gasification process such that there is sequential promotion of feedstock drying, volatization and char-to-ash conversions.
US08435308B2
A locking device for a prosthesis comprising a locking mechanism that may be disengaged from the locking pin using a single hand, and that remains in the open position until the pin is removed. The locking mechanism of the present invention thus provides a secure connection that may be more easily removed than current devices. The current invention comprises a self-holding release mechanism that makes it possible to use both hands for pulling the amputation stump out of the prosthetic sleeve. The release mechanism is held in an open position by an interior locking mechanism. When the locking pin has come out of the locking mechanism, the inner locking mechanism will let the release device return and the lock will reset, and again be ready for use when the locking pin is inserted once more.
US08435305B2
A delivery device for an osteochondral graft comprising a tube, a plunger and a graft retention assembly is disclosed. The tube has a bore having an inside diameter and extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The inside diameter of the bore is sufficient to accept an osteochondral graft of a desired diameter. The tube has a set of apertures located adjacent the distal end of the tube. The plunger is slidably disposed within the bore of the tube. The graft retention assembly comprises a collar and a set of tabs. The graft retention assembly is attached to the tube such that the tabs are disposed within the apertures of the tube. The tabs are biased towards each other but are capable of being displaced away from each other to receive or release the osteochondral graft.
US08435299B2
An expandable osteosynthesis implant has branches (5) each connected at one end to a seat (7) which is pierced by an orifice (8), suitable for being slid from a posterior direction between the facing faces of two consecutive vertebrae in order to hold them a given distance apart and restore stability of the spinal column. According to the invention, said branches (5) and said seat (7) define a hollow cage (1) which, in a “rest” position, has an outside general shape that is a cylinder of circular section, and a portion at least of the inside volume (9) of the cage (1) towards the distal ends of said branches (5) is in the form of a circular truncated cone whose large base is towards said seat (7) which implant has at least three branches (5) and, inside said inside volume (9) at least one spacer (2) suitable for passing through said orifice (8) and the large base of the truncated cone.
US08435295B2
An implant system provides motion preservation or stabilization between two spinal vertebrae. An associated instrumentation system is capable of delivering and removing the implants from either the anterior, left lateral or right lateral positions. The instrumentation system also provides instrumentation for delivering the implant end plates into the disc space, adjusting the position of the end plates in situ, compressing end plates into the vertebral bodies, interoperatively determining the height and angulation of bearings, delivering bearings together and then independently connecting them to the end plates. The system provides alternative instrumentation for revising the motion preservation disc from at least three directions. The system further provides alternative instrumentation for converting the motion preservation disc system to an interbody fusion device from at least three directions.
US08435294B2
Devices, systems and methods for fixation of tendon to bone are described. An exemplary surgical implant is a modified bone anchor that is able to grasp the tendon and hold it firmly in a bone tunnel. Once deployed, the anchor delivers lateral compression to the tendon, providing direct tendon to bone compression to facilitate healing. The anchor has different versions which allow it to be attached to the tendon prior to insertion into the bone tunnel, or be inserted between tendon arms when the surgical procedure dictates. The resulting tendon to bone compression allows for the firm fixation in a manner markedly simpler than traditional techniques. A modification of this anchor can also allow the anchor to grasp and hold suture. This variation facilitates the technique for knotless rotator cuff repair.
US08435289B2
A system for easily transferring an intraocular lens (IOL) from a lens case to an inserter, and then into a patient's eye. The lens case has a transfer mechanism therein which retains the IOL until engagement with the inserter. The transfer mechanism may include jaws having a closed configuration for retaining the IOL and an open configuration for releasing the IOL. Engagement of the inserter with the lens case automatically opens the jaws and transfers the IOL to the inserter. The IOL is transferred into a load chamber of a nosepiece rotatably coupled to a handpiece. After transfer of the IOL, the nosepiece is rotated from a load position to a delivery position. The IOL may have an optic and a haptic coupled to the optic, and the lens case may be capable of configuring the haptic as desired to facilitate its transfer into an inserter and/or into the eye. For instance, the lens case may fold one or both of the haptics over the optic. Preferably, the lens case maintains the haptic in this position during transfer of the intraocular lens into an inserter and/or inserter cartridge. A manifold for easily distributing a viscoelastic medium to the load chamber of the inserter is also provided.
US08435282B2
An improved tubular structure adapted to increase in diameter upon application of axial force is provided. Increase in diameter is achieved by constructing the tube from multiple layers of material that move relative to each other during axial elongation of the tube. The tube of the present invention can be used both to avoid problems in “necking” found in many prior tube devices, and to provide additional benefits that increases in diameter of the tube during axial elongation can provide. As such, the tube of the present invention may be useful as a manufacturing aid, as a deployment sheath (for example, to deliver medical devices), and in other applications that may benefit from easier tubular sheath removal.
US08435279B2
A delivery system for a medical device. The delivery system comprises an inner member, a retractable sheath disposed over the inner member and being slideable over the inner member, and a retraction member coupled to the retractable sheath and disposed at least in portion within the retractable sheath, the retraction member being slideable over the inner member. An axial movement of the retraction member retracts or actuates the retractable member.
US08435267B2
A spine fixation assembly connecting a first vertebra to a second vertebra includes first and second mounting assemblies and a first spinal stabilization component. The first mounting assembly is configured to be attached to a first location of the first vertebra and includes a first bone anchor housing and first and second spinal stabilization component housings extending from the first bone anchor housing. The second mounting assembly is configured to be attached to a first location of the second vertebra and includes a second bone anchor housing and third and fourth spinal stabilization component housings extending from the second housing. The first spinal stabilization component includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end and is configured to connect the first mounting assembly to the second mounting assembly. The first spinal stabilization component housing is adapted to receive and connect to the first end of the spinal stabilization component and the third spinal stabilization component housing is adapted to receive and connect to the second end of the spinal stabilization component.
