US08508346B2
A computer-based system for monitoring medication compliance. The system can include one or more processors configured to process and manage data. Additionally, the system can also include one or more medication packagings comprising a machine-readable medium. Notably, the machine-readable medium can comprise medication information among other types of information. The one or more processors can be configured to receive the medication information of the machine-readable medium. The machine-readable medium and corresponding medication information can be adjustable based on a dispensing of a medication from the one or more medication packagings.
US08508344B2
In a state in which a list generated by arranging a large number of records including at least identification information, which are stored by radio IC tags, for individually identifying objects and information derived from the identification information is acquired and displayed, the information stored by the radio IC tags is read. Then, the list is updated to and displayed in a state in which the records of the list including the read information stored by the radio IC tags are moved to the top of the list in order of the reading. Therefore, even when inventory of a large quantity of commodities is performed, it is possible to provide a customer with information concerning inventory check in an accurate and comprehensible form. As a result, it is possible to improve work efficiency of the user.
US08508330B1
A processing circuit may include a command source that receives at least one feature input control signal for a lighting fixture; and an adaptive filtering mechanism that generates a filtered control signal in response to the input control signal, wherein the adaptive filtering mechanism varies a filter function in response to at least a temporal state of the input control signal.
US08508329B2
A mobile robotic device comprising at least one displaceable sensor member (8,9) for sensing a collision between the mobile device and a stationary object. First detection means (12,13) are present for detection a predetermined first displacement of the sensor member (8,9) and second detection means (14,15) are present for detecting a predetermined larger displacement of the sensor member (8,9).
US08508323B2
A transformer has primary coils and secondary coils that are arranged in a laminated manner in a direction of a winding axis and are mutually insulated. The secondary coils are composed of conducting plates in a plurality of layers arranged in the laminated manner in the direction of the winding axis, and the conducting plates are electrically connected in series. Connecting portions between the each conducting plates are arranged in an inner space of the primary coils.
US08508315B2
A signal processing device includes a first acoustic resonator, a second acoustic resonator disposed on the first acoustic resonator, and a coupling layer between the first and the second acoustic resonators. The first acoustic resonator has a first electrical impedance and a first resonance frequency and includes a first set of electrodes, and a first piezoelectric layer having a first thickness, disposed between the first set of electrodes. The second acoustic resonator has a second electrical impedance and a second resonance frequency, and includes a second set of electrodes, and a second piezoelectric layer having a second thickness, wherein the second piezoelectric layer is disposed between the second set of electrodes. The first electrical impedance at a passband frequency of the device substantially differs from the second electrical impedance at the passband frequency of the device. The first and second resonance frequencies are substantially different from each other.
US08508312B2
The present invention relates to a multiband transmit-receive coupler-separator with a very wide band of the OMT (“OrthoMode Transducer”) type for microwave-frequency telecommunications antennae. This coupler comprises a port for propagating all of the frequencies, a body and a port for propagating high-frequency bands, these three portions being coaxial, and wide-band coupling slots for propagating the low-frequency bands made in the body and each associated with a waveguide, and it is characterized in that its body joining the two ports has a shape of revolution the profile of which changes according to a multipolynomial law, constantly decreasing from the port with the largest cross section to the port with the smallest cross section. This coupler can operate in order to couple and separate very wide bandwidths (the overall use of this coupler-separator being more than one octave), and two or four wide-band coupling slots are necessary for the propagation of linear and circular polarizations after recombination.
US08508306B2
A relaxation oscillator and a method for offset cancellation in a relaxation oscillator. The relaxation oscillator comprises two comparator units, each comparator unit comprising a comparator element and a memory element; and a switch control generator coupled to each of the comparator units; wherein each comparator unit, in a reset state, stores an input-offset voltage on the memory element under the control of the switch control generator such that, in a comparison state, the input-offset voltage is applied to both inputs of the comparator for implementing an offset-free threshold.
US08508300B2
The present invention relates to audio amplifier and a method for protecting the audio amplifier. The audio amplifier includes a pre-amp circuit, an output stage power amplifier, a temperature detector and a gain adjusting circuit. The pre-amp circuit receives an audio signal for amplifying the audio signal to generate an amplified audio signal. The output stage power amplifier receives the amplified audio signal to drive a load. The temperature detector is used for detecting a temperature of the output stage power amplifier to output a temperature signal. The gain adjusting circuit adjusts amplitude of the amplified audio signal of the pre-amp circuit according to the temperature signal.
US08508299B2
There is a need to provide a high-frequency power amplifier capable of reducing a talk current and reducing a phase deviation in output. The high-frequency power amplifier includes differently sized first through fifth power amplification transistors and impedance matching circuits for example. The high-frequency power amplifier changes a signal path to be used in accordance with a power specification signal. The high-frequency power amplifier uses a signal path from the first transistor to the second transistor in high power mode. The high-frequency power amplifier uses a signal path from the first transistor to the third transistor in medium power mode. The high-frequency power amplifier uses a signal path from the fourth transistor to the fifth transistor in low power mode. The high-frequency power amplifier is configured so that each of the signal paths includes the same number of stages of power amplification transistors and impedance matching circuits.
US08508298B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to charging and discharging gates of transistors. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes first and second drivers. The first driver is configured to discharge a gate of a first transistor, and to send a charge indication to the second driver in response to reaching a Miller plateau for the first transistor. The second driver is configured to charge a gate of a second transistor above a threshold voltage in response to receiving the charge indication. In some embodiments, the second driver is configured to begin charging the gate of the second transistor to a voltage below the threshold voltage when the first driver begins discharging the gate of the first transistor begins, and to wait to charge the gate of the second transistor above the threshold voltage until the charge indication has been received.
US08508292B2
A The present invention relates to a phase matching band-pass filter using exponential function approximation, comprising an inductor including a parasitic resistor, a first device wherein a first amplifier is connected in a feedback mode, a capacitor including a parasitic resistor, a plurality of filter devices including a second device that is connected with a second amplifier in a feedback mode, and a coupling capacitor that connects the plurality of filter devices; the impedance of the first device has an increasing exponential function relation with a frequency, impedance of the second device has a decreasing exponential function relation with the frequency, and the first device is connected with the second device in parallel. According to the phase matching band-pass filter using exponential function approximation of this invention, conventional inductors and capacitors can be used 0 without modification or use of negative resistance, resulting in a high-performance phase matching band-pass filter. In addition, when a device with impedance characteristics that approximate an exponential function is used, the degree of frequency selection 0 becomes higher than that of conventional filters resulting in filters having high Q values and stability, such as channel selection filters.
US08508284B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a fuse connected between a first node and a second node, a first driver configured to pull down a voltage of the first node in an initialization period in response to a fuse sensing signal, a second driver configured to pull up a voltage of the second node in an initial period of a fuse sensing period in response to the fuse sensing signal, a sensor configured to determine whether the fuse is blown or not in response to a voltage of the first node, and a third driver configured to drive the second node to a voltage level lower than a pull-up voltage level of the second driver after the initial period of the fuse sensing period in response to an output signal of the sensor and the fuse sensing signal.
US08508283B2
Back-gate voltage control provides a high speed and low power consumption LSI operable in a wide temperature range in which a MOS transistor having back gates is used specifically according to operating characteristics of a circuit. In the LSI, an FD-SOI structure having an embedded oxide film layer is used and a lower semiconductor region of the embedded oxide film layer is used as a back gate. A voltage for back gates in logic circuits having a small load in logic circuit block is controlled in response to activation of the block from outside of the block. Transistors, in which the gate and the back gate are connected to each other, are used for the circuit generating the back gate driving signal, and logic circuits having a heavy load such as circuit block output section, and the back gates are directly controlled according to a gate input signal.
US08508278B2
A phase recombination circuit includes a first phase input and a first one-shot pulse generator adapted to receive the first phase input and produce a first signal to pull a signal to a first state. The phase recombination circuit also includes a second phase input in phase relationship with the first phase input, and a second one-shot pulse generator adapted to receive the second phase input and produce a second signal to pull a signal to a second state.
US08508274B2
A duty correction circuit includes a clock buffer configured to buffer an input clock and generate a buffer clock, a swing level conversion block configured to generate an internal clock, which transitions to levels of a sync voltage and a power supply voltage, in response to a voltage level of the buffer clock, a duty control block configured to generate duty information and frequency information by using a high pulse width and a low pulse width of the internal clock, and a current control block configured to control a time point, at which a logic value of the buffer clock transitions, in response to the duty information and the frequency information. The current control block includes a plurality of first current paths coupled in parallel to one another in order to control the time point at which the logic value of the buffer clock transitions.
US08508271B1
A phase locked loop that includes a signal generator arranged to output a feedback signal, a first phase detector arranged to detect a phase difference between the feedback signal and a reference signal and to output a first phase detect signal in dependence on that detection, a second phase detector arranged to detect a phase difference between the feedback signal and a delayed version of the reference signal or between the reference signal and a delayed version of the feedback signal and to output a second phase detect signal in dependence on that detection, and an adjustor. The adjustor is arranged to determine which of the first and second phase detect signals commutes first and to alter the frequency of the feedback signal in dependence on the result of the determination.
US08508270B2
Circuits and methods for controlling a VCO output signal. A filtered version of an integral path input signal controls current flow through a proportional path. An exemplary embodiment generates an integral path input signal from a digital to analog converter. First integral path circuitry includes a first transistor device and a low pass filter which provides a filtered version of the integral path input signal to a first transistor device to control conduction through the device, providing a first VCO input signal for frequency adjustment of the output signal. Proportional path switching circuitry between a supply terminal and VCO input terminal includes a second transistor device which receives the first VCO input signals to control conduction between the supply terminal and the first VCO input terminal to provide a second signal for adjustment of the phase of the VCO output signal relative to the reference signal.
US08508268B2
An ILFD controller sets a control parameter on the basis of a frequency of a frequency-divided signal and a frequency of a reference signal measured by a clock counter. A VCO controller selects an oscillation band that defines an oscillation frequency of a VCO and also selects an oscillation band of the VCO on the basis of the frequency of the reference signal and a frequency of a frequency-divided signal that is a result obtained by frequency-dividing an output signal, which is delivered from the VCO in response to the selected oscillation band, by means of an ILFD and a frequency divider.
US08508250B2
Various embodiments are described herein for an asymmetrical bus keeper circuit that provides asymmetrical drive towards one logic level. The asymmetrical bus keeper circuit comprises a first inverter stage having an input node and an output node, an asymmetrical inverter stage having an input node and an output node and a feedback stage with an input node and an output node. The input node of the asymmetrical inverter stage is connected to the output node of the first inverter stage. The input node of the feedback stage connected to the output node of the asymmetrical inverter stage and the output node of the feedback stage connected to the input node of the first inverter stage. The asymmetrical stage provides asymmetrical drive towards one logic level.
US08508249B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit according to one embodiment includes a plurality of flip-flop groups configured by dividing a plurality of flip-flops, connected in series, for carrying out a serial operation of serially transferring data, a continuous signal determination circuit configured to output a first signal if outputs of the flip-flops contained in the flip-flop group match, and output a second signal in other cases; and a clock gating circuit configured not to provide a clock signal when receiving the first signal and to provide a clock signal when receiving the second signal with respect to the flip-flops other than a head of the flip-flop group.
US08508248B1
A device provides a time domain reflectometry (TDR) or a vector network analyzer (VNA) test signal to a via test area provided on a printed circuit board (PCB), where the via test area includes vias and via stubs formed in the vias. The device also receives a reflected signal from each via in the via test area of the PCB, and compares the reflected signal from each via to a minimum impedance threshold. The device further provides, for display, an indication of passing for the PCB, when the reflected signals from the vias are greater than the minimum impedance threshold.
US08508246B2
A substrate surface inspection apparatus and method enabling judgment and analysis of the state of even portions of a substrate supported by supports using a captured image are provided. A support mechanism 20 is used where positions of arrangement of substrate support positions along the direction perpendicular to a scan direction by a plurality of first supports 23a to 23d are set outside the image capturing ranges of the substrate 10 by the imaging units 30a, 30b at the first relative position and inside the common image capturing range and where positions of arrangement of substrate support positions along the direction perpendicular to the scan direction by the plurality of second supports 24a to 24d are set outside the image capturing ranges of the substrate by the imaging units at the second relative position and inside the common image capturing range. The surface of the substrate 10 supported by the plurality of first supports is scanned and captured by the imaging units at the first relative position, the imaging units are moved to the second relative position, then the surface of the substrate 10 supported by the plurality of second supports is scanned and captured by the imaging units at the second relative position.
US08508243B2
The inductive incremental displacement sensor is characterized in that the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit each have a first inductive sensor and a second inductive sensor disposed at a distance from each other and that the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit deliver a switching signal relevant to a conductive region of the graduated track when the difference or the ratio of the detection signals from the inductive sensors allocated to the respective sensor unit as generated by the conductive region is less than a specifiable threshold. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for determining the displacement of a first object relative to a second object as well as to an inductive sensor unit.
US08508239B2
In various exemplary embodiments described herein, a system and associated method relate to non-destructive signal propagation to detect one or more defects in a substrate. The system can be built into a semiconductor process tool such as a substrate handling mechanism. The system comprises a transducer configured to convert one or more frequencies from an electrical signal into at least one mechanical pulse. The mechanical pulse is coupled to the substrate through the substrate handling mechanism. A plurality of sensors is positioned distal to the transducer and configured to be coupled, acoustically or mechanically, to the substrate. The plurality of distal sensors is further configured to detect both the mechanical pulse and any distortions to the pulse. A signal analyzer is coupled to the plurality of distal sensors to compare the detected pulse and any distortions to the pulse with a baseline response.
US08508209B2
The present invention discloses a switching regulator including: a power stage having an upper gate device and a lower gate device coupled with each other, for converting an input voltage to an output voltage and generating a phase voltage at a node between the upper gate device and the lower gate device; and a control circuit including: a switch operation circuit controlling the power stage, the switch operation circuit generating a test signal turning on the upper gate device for a period of time and then turning it off; and a comparator for generating a ready signal indicating that the input voltage is ready according to comparison between the phase voltage and a reference voltage after the upper gate device is turned off.
US08508208B2
This document provides methods and apparatus configured to efficiently regulate an output voltage near a desired voltage level, for example, under varying input or load conditions. An example apparatus can include a regulator having a boost controller configured to provide voltage to an output of the regulator when at least one of the output voltage or the input voltage is below a first threshold voltage and a buck controller configured to provide voltage to the output of the regulator when at least one of the output voltage or the input voltage is above a second threshold voltage. Further, the regulator can be configured to provide the input voltage at the output of the regulator when at least one of the input voltage or the output voltage is between the first and second threshold voltages. In some examples, the first threshold is below the second threshold.
US08508202B2
A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) converter of a renewable energy storage system for tracking and extracting a maximum power from a renewable energy source to provide the maximum power to a DC link. The MPPT converter includes an MPPT controller changing a controlled variable for maximum power point extraction in proportion to a current slope of the renewable energy source, and an MPPT extractor extracting a maximum power from the renewable energy source and converting the extracted maximum power in response to a control of the MPPT controller. The controlled variable variation is set to a large value if the current slope is out of a predetermined current slope range, and the controlled variable variation is set to a small value if the current slope is within the predetermined current slope range.
US08508200B2
A power supply circuit comprises a power transistor, a differential amplifier, an I/V converter circuit, and an inverting amplifier, wherein the differential amplifier comprises a first current path in which a first resistor element, a first current mirror transistor, and a first control transistor are connected in series, and a second current path in which a second resistor element, a second current mirror transistor, and a second control transistor are connected in series, and the power supply circuit comprises a phase compensating capacitor element connected in parallel with the inverting amplifier, and a ripple removal rate improving capacitor element which is connected between ground and a connection point between the first resistor element and the first current mirror transistor, or between the ground and a connection point between the second resistor element and the second current mirror transistor.
US08508197B2
The present invention relates to a static compensator and a method for controlling thereof, more particularly, to a static compensator including a transformer connected with a bus of a power system; an inverter operating according to a control signal and connected to the transformer in series; a tap changer changing turn ratio of the transformer; and a controller generating the control signal to operate the inverter and generating a tap up or a tap down signal to provide to the tap changer and a method for controlling thereof.
US08508196B2
Provided is a switching regulator capable of performing stable start-up with a soft-start operation without causing excessive extension of a soft-start time period. In a start-up period, a voltage approximating a feedback voltage (FB) is provided as an initial value of a soft-start reference voltage. The feedback voltage (FB) and the soft-start reference voltage become substantially equal to each other at a moment when the start-up is completed, to thereby realize a smooth transition of an operating state from the start-up to normal control.
US08508191B2
Effective scheduling of battery charge and discharge activities, by making the most of battery characteristics, can extend the battery pack's operation-time and lifetime. A system and method for scheduling battery activities is disclosed. This framework dynamically adapts battery activities to load demands and to the condition of individual battery cells, thereby extending the battery pack's operation-time and making them robust to anomalous voltage imbalances. The scheduling framework includes two components. An adaptive filter estimates the upcoming load demand. Based on the estimated load demand, a scheduler can determine the number of parallel-connected battery cells to be discharged. The scheduler also effectively partitions the battery cells in a pack, allowing the battery cells to be simultaneously charged and discharged in coordination with a reconfigurable battery circuit.
US08508188B2
A universal charge module for recharging rechargeable batteries includes a housing, a connector block formed on the housing for receiving a rechargeable battery, the connector block including an attachment mechanism for releasably attaching the rechargeable battery to the housing, and a power control circuit functionally integrated with the housing, the power control circuit being capable of determining operating and charging parameters of the rechargeable battery, wherein the power control circuit controls the recharging of the rechargeable battery in dependence upon the determined operating and charging parameters.
US08508170B2
A driving device for a hatch in a vehicle, with a housing tube connected to a base part or to a movable structural component part, a protective tube connected to the movable structural component part or to the base part, a spindle drive having a threaded spindle and a spindle nut arranged on the threaded spindle by which the housing tube and the protective tube are movable axially relative to one another. A rotary drive drives the spindle drive in rotation includes at least one electric motor. The driving device has a safety circuit that causes a braking effect on the rotary drive when the rotary drive is deactivated and when extraneous forces are introduced into the driving device from the outside.
US08508169B2
A load control system provides for automatically controlling a position of a motorized window treatment to control the amount of sunlight entering a space of a building through a window located in a façade of the building in order to control a sunlight penetration distance within the space and minimize occupant distractions. The load control system automatically generates a timeclock schedule having a number of timeclock events for controlling the position of the motorized window treatment during the present day. A user is able to select a desired maximum sunlight penetration distance for the space and a minimum time period that may occur between any two consecutive timeclock events. In addition, a maximum number of movements that may occur during the timeclock schedule may also be entered. The load control system uses these inputs to determine event times and corresponding positions of the motorized window treatment for each timeclock event.
US08508166B2
A controller includes a voltage determination module, a bus voltage command module, and a power factor correction (PFC) control module. The voltage determination module determines a desired direct current (DC) bus voltage for a DC bus electrically connected between a PFC module and an inverter power module that drives a compressor motor. The voltage determination module determines the desired DC bus voltage based on at least one of torque of the compressor motor, speed of the compressor motor, output power of the inverter power module, and drive input power. The bus voltage command module determines a commanded bus voltage based on the desired DC bus voltage. The PFC control module controls the PFC module to create a voltage on the DC bus that is based on the commanded bus voltage.
US08508157B2
A power supply device for driving a light emitting diode (LED) capable of controlling the switching of multiple output powers, in synchronization with the frequency of one of the multiple output powers and simplifying a power conversion stage in supplying power for driving an LED.
US08508139B2
A lighting system (200) includes light sources (220) configured to provide light; and a controller (210) configured to divide the light sources (220) into a focus group (310) including focus light sources for providing main light and a surrounding group (320) including surrounding light sources for providing background light. The focus light sources have individual focus intensity levels related to each other according to a first relationship, and the surrounding light sources have individual surrounding intensity levels related to each other according to a second relationship. The controller (210) may be further configured to change a ratio between the focus and surrounding groups without changing the first and second relationships, such as by interpolation or multiplying by a factor at least one of the individual focus intensity levels and the individual surrounding intensity levels. The controller (210) may also be configured to change the total intensity without changing the ratio, and the first and second relationships.
US08508135B2
A user interface for an indoor light switch coupled to control an outdoor light having a sensor for controlling an on/off state of the outdoor light is disclosed. The user interface comprises a mode actuator moveable between an off position and a sensor position; and a control actuator enabling an adjustment of a setting of the sensor from the user interface, wherein the setting of the control actuator will affect the on/off state of the outdoor light when the mode actuator is in the sensor position.
US08508133B2
In a light chamber formed in a housing case and a lens cover placed at a front part of the housing case in a headlamp assembly, a projection lens, a shade and a light source are arranged in line from the front side of the light chamber along an optical axis of the light source. A radiating member has radiating fins of a plate shape vertically placed in the light chamber, and radiates heat energy generated by the light source to surrounding air. A slit composed of a vertical slit part and an inclined-slit part is formed in each of the radiating fins. The formation of the slit generates a change of heat capacity and a temperature difference at upper and bottom parts of each of the radiating fins. The incline-slit part is extended from the top of the vertical slit part to the upper part of the radiating fin.
US08508129B2
A plasma display panel equipped with a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other to form a discharge space. On the discharge space side of the front substrate there are disposed a metal oxide layer and magnesium oxide crystal particles. The magnesium oxide crystal particles are arranged to be protruding closer to the discharge space than the surface of the metal oxide layer.
US08508125B2
Provided is an organic light emitting display apparatus including a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate and including an active layer, a gate electrode, a gate insulator, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a first electrode electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode, a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode, and an intermediate layer including an organic emitting layer and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The gate insulator is disposed to insulate the gate electrode and the active layer and includes a plurality of patterns spaced apart from each other.
US08508122B2
The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a substrate (40) and on top of the substrate (40) a substrate electrode (20), a counter electrode (30) and an electroluminescent layer stack (50) with at least one organic electroluminescent layer arranged between the substrate electrode (20) and the counter electrode (30), an encapsulation means (90) encapsulating at least the electroluminescent layer stack (50) and at least one non-conductive spacer means (70) arranged on the substrate electrode (20) to mechanically support the encapsulation means (90) and to prevent an electrical short between the substrate electrode (20) and the counter electrode (30) during the mechanical support, wherein the spacer means (70) comprise at least one light scattering means (80) for redirecting at least a part of light (65) trapped in the substrate (40), to a method of manufacturing such an encapsulated electroluminescent device and to the use of an array, preferably a hexagonal array, of non-conductive spacer means.
US08508118B2
A light-emitting device that suppresses color unevenness can be provided. A transparent member can be disposed on a fluorescence-containing resin layer. Part of excitation light can be emitted upward from an edge surface of the fluorescence-containing resin layer directly and without passing through the transparent member. Thus, fluorescent light emitted in large quantities from a place near an edge surface of the transparent member can be mixed with the excitation light emitted from the edge surface of the fluorescence-containing resin layer directly without passing through the transparent member, thereby suppressing color unevenness at a location near the edge surface of the transparent member.
US08508117B2
Solid state lighting devices include least one solid state emitter and multiple lumiphors, arranged to output aggregated emissions comprising at least one short wavelength blue peak, at least one long wavelength blue (LWB) peak, at least one yellow and/or green peak, and at least one red and/or orange peak. Presence of long wavelength blue enhances color rendering. At least one solid state emitter may include a short wavelength blue LED, LWB LED, and/or UV LED. Multiple emitters may be provided. Resulting devices may provide CRI greater than 85, efficiency of greater than 50 lm/watt, and color stability in a range of Δu′v′≦0.008 over a temperature change of 75° C.
US08508112B2
A discharge lamp comprises an electrode assembly structured to induce tension in certain of the component electrodes and compression in others of the component electrodes. The balancing tensile and compressive forces cause the electrode assembly to be a unitary, self-supporting structure, which can be inserted into a prefabricated envelope and in which the forces are induced independently of interaction with the envelope. The electrodes in tension may be relatively thin wires and the electrodes in compression may be relatively thicker rods. The electrode assembly may include concentric arrangements of electrodes, with a plurality of rod counter-electrodes spaced circumferentially around a thin wire electrode, or a plurality of thin wire electrodes spaced circumferentially around a central rod counter-electrode. In other embodiments, a counter-electrode may have a flat, polished surface facing one or more electrodes overlying the surface. Dummy electrodes may equalize bending loads on the counter-electrode.
US08508109B2
Described herein are transducers and their fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. Some transducers of the present invention include a pre-strained polymer. The pre-strain improves the conversion between electrical and mechanical energy. The present invention provides methods for fabricating electromechanical devices including one or more electroactive polymers.
US08508105B2
Disclosed herein is an inertial sensor of the present invention. An inertial sensor 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a plate-shaped membrane 110, a mass body 120 disposed under a central portion 113 of the membrane 110, a post 130 disposed under an edge 115 of the membrane 110 and surrounding the mass body 120, a piezoelectric material 140 formed above the membrane 110 and provided with a cavity 141 in a thickness direction, a sensing electrode 150 disposed in the cavity 141 and a driving electrode 160 disposed outside the cavity 141, whereby the thickness of the piezoelectric material 140 of the portion on which the sensing electrode 150 is disposed is formed to be thin, such that the sensitivity of the inertial sensor 100 can be improved.
US08508097B2
A marking (7) that indicates inherent information about a stator (2), is formed of recesses inscribed at a predetermined position on the outer circumferential surface of a laminated iron core (21) of the stator (2), by melting a magnetic thin plate with a laser beam. The marking (7) is formed of recesses in the outer circumferential surface of the laminated iron core (21), i.e., in the outer circumferential surface, at the laminated side of the magnetic thin plate, of the laminated iron core (21). Accordingly, friction or the like does not peel off the marking.
US08508086B2
A cooling structure includes a rotating electrical machine (1) that has a stator (3), the stator including plural split cores (4) annularly combined, and a shrink-fitted ring (5) mounted to the outer periphery of the plural split cores (4) for integrating the plural split cores (4), and a case (10) that accommodates the rotating electrical machine (1) therein, the shrink-fitted ring (5) includes a cylindrical portion (6), and a flange portion (7) that is provided at one end of the cylindrical portion (6), the case (10) includes an accommodating portion (11) which has an inner peripheral wall (11a) whose inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion (6) and smaller than the outer diameter of the flange portion (7), and in which accommodates the stator (3), a first wall face (12) extending outward in the radial direction from the end of the inner peripheral wall (11a) where the flange portion (7) is arranged, the flange portion (7) being mounted to the first wall face (12), and a second wall face (13) extending inward in the radial direction from the end of the inner peripheral wall (11a).
US08508080B2
A power control module which can be used to automatically open a power circuit for electrically operated devices, particularly battery operated devices, during predetermined periods of non-use. A timer is reset by a motion detector indicating continuing use. The timer controls a transistor switch which closes and opens the power circuit as required. The timing interval can be user-selected e.g., by programming a microprocessor controller. The transition time between conductive and non-conductive states of the transistor can also be controlled to prolong the life of incandescent bulbs or other sensitive load devices.
US08508074B2
A solar power system is provided for maximizing solar power conversion. The solar power system includes n power units connected in series and n-1 DC-DC converting units, and each of the n-1 DC-DC converting units is coupled to at least one of n solar power units. Each of the n-1 DC-DC converting units is configured to control the correspondingly connected solar power units to operate at a target current generation. The solar power system further includes a controlling unit coupled to the n-1 DC-DC converting units. The controlling unit monitors and compares the n currents generated by the n solar power units. Based on the current comparison, the controlling unit determines a series current and controls the n solar power units so that each of the generated photovoltaic currents is substantially equal to the determined series current.
US08508066B2
The present invention provides an emergency control apparatus, and method which maintains the power flow between a battery and an inverter and the operation state of an electric vehicle in the event of failure of a bidirectional DC-DC converter connected between the battery as a power source and the inverter for operating a drive motor.
US08508055B2
A semiconductor device includes a bonding pad, and an area designation marking, wherein the bonding pad includes a first region, a second region, and a third region placed between the first region and the second region, wherein the area designation marking includes a first area designation mark configured to designate a first boundary between the first region and the third region and a second area designation mark configured to designate a second boundary between the second region and the third region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured to be contacted with a test probe. The first area designation mark includes a first notch or a first protrusion. The second area designation mark includes a second notch or a second protrusion. The first area designation mark includes a first pair of notches that is linearly spaced apart from each other to designate the first boundary line.
US08508054B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device is provided. In an embodiment the IC device includes an IC die configured to be bonded onto an IC routing member and a first plurality of pads that is located on a surface of the IC die, each pad being configured to be coupled to a respective pad of a second plurality of pads that is located on a surface of the IC routing member. A pad of the first plurality of pads is offset relative to a respective pad of the second plurality of pads such that the pad of the first plurality of pads is substantially aligned with the respective pad of the second plurality of pads after the IC die is bonded to the IC routing member.
US08508048B2
A semiconductor device which includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip which is mounted on the substrate, a package in which an upper surface of the substrate and the semiconductor chip are sealed using an insulating material, and a molding material which is exposed to the upper surface of the package. In addition, the device includes a lead of which one end is connected to the mold material and the other end is electrically connected to the substrate, which is integrally formed of the same material as from a connection portion with the mold material to a connection portion with the substrate, and of which the connection portion with the mold material is exposed to the upper surface of the package.
US08508044B2
A semiconductor package, a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor module, the semiconductor package including a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of inner pads; a semiconductor chip attached to the substrate, the semiconductor chip being electrically connected to the inner pads; a plurality of lands on the substrate, the plurality of lands being electrically connected to the inner pads; and at least one bypass interconnection on the substrate, wherein the plurality of lands includes a first land and a second land, the bypass interconnection is connected to the first land and the second land, and the first land is spaced apart from the second land by a distance of about three times or greater an average distance between adjacent lands of the plurality of lands.
US08508037B2
A structure includes a hybrid substrate for supporting a semiconductive device that includes a bumpless build-up layer in which the semiconductive device is embedded and a laminated-core structure. The bumpless build-up layer and the laminated-core structure are rendered an integral apparatus by a reinforcement plating that connects to a plated through hole in the laminated-core structure and to a subsequent bond pad of the bumpless build-up layer structure.
US08508033B2
The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, an interlayer dielectric film formed on the semiconductor layer, a wire formed on the interlayer dielectric film with a metallic material to have a width of not more than 0.4 μm, and a broad portion integrally formed on the wire to extend from the wire in the width direction thereof.
US08508024B2
A chip package structure for being disposed on a carrier includes a package substrate and a chip. The package substrate includes a laminated layer, a patterned conductive layer, a solder-mask layer, at least one outer pad and a padding pattern. The patterned conductive layer is disposed on a first surface of the laminated layer and has at least one inner pad. The solder resist layer is disposed on the first surface and has at least one opening exposed the inner pad. The outer pad is disposed on the solder resist layer, located within the opening, and is connected with the inner pad. The padding pattern is disposed on the solder resist layer. A height of the padding pattern relative to the first surface is greater than that of the outer pad. The chip is located on a second surface of the laminated layer and electrically connected to the package substrate.
US08508017B2
Test devices and integrated circuits with improved productivity are provided. In accordance with example embodiments, a test device may include a first test region with a first test element and a second test region with a second test element defined on a semiconductor substrate. The first test element may include a pair of first secondary test regions in the semiconductor substrate and a pair of first test gate lines. One of the first test gate lines may overlap one of the first secondary test regions and the other first test gate line may overlap the other first secondary test region. The second test element may include structures corresponding to the first test element except the second test element does not include structures corresponding to the pair of first secondary test regions and the pair of first test gate lines.
US08508012B2
An image sensor having pixels that include two patterned semiconductor layers. The top patterned semiconductor layer contains the photoelectric elements of pixels having substantially 100% fill-factor. The bottom patterned semiconductor layer contains transistors for detecting, resetting, amplifying and transmitting signals charges received from the photoelectric elements. The top and bottom patterned semiconductor layers may be separated from each other by an interlayer insulating layer that may include metal interconnections for conducting signals between devices formed in the patterned semiconductor layers and from external devices.
US08508000B1
A FinFET device may include a first semiconductor fin laterally adjacent a second semiconductor fin. The first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin may have profiles to minimize defects and deformation. The first semiconductor fin comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of the first semiconductor fin may have a flared profile that is wider at the bottom than the upper portion of the first semiconductor fin. The second semiconductor fin comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of the second semiconductor fin may have a flared profile that is wider than the upper portion of the second semiconductor fin, but less than the lower portion of the first semiconductor fin.
US08507993B2
Various aspects of the technology are directed to integrated circuit manufacturing methods and integrated circuits. In one method, a first charge type buried layer in a semiconductor material of an integrated circuit by implanting first charge type dopants of the first charge type buried layer through a sacrificial oxide over the semiconductor material and through an intermediate region of the semiconductor material transited by the implanted first charge type dopants. When the implanted dopants pass through the sacrificial oxide, damage to the semiconductor crystalline lattice is averted. If the sacrificial oxide were absent, the implanted dopants would have passed through and damaged the semiconductor crystalline lattice instead. Later, a pre-anneal oxide is grown and removed.
US08507987B2
A radio frequency (RF) device that can achieve high frequency response while maintaining high output impedance and high breakdown voltage includes a substrate, a gate, at least a dummy gate, at least a doped region, a source region and a drain region. The substrate includes a well of first type and a well of second type. The well of second type is adjacent to the well of first type.
US08507986B2
In one embodiment, the invention comprises a MOSFET comprising individual MOSFET cells. Each cell comprises a U-shaped well (P type) and two parallel sources (N type) formed within the well. A Number of source rungs (doped N) connect sources at multiple locations. Regions between two rungs comprise a body (P type). These features are formed on an N-type epitaxial layer, which is formed on an N-type substrate. A contact extends across and contacts a number of source rungs and bodies. Gate oxide and a gate contact overlie a leg of a first well and a leg of a second adjacent well, inverting the conductivity responsive to a gate voltage. A MOSFET comprises a plurality of these cells to attain a desired low channel resistance. The cell regions are formed using self-alignment techniques at several states of the fabrication process.
US08507977B2
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: a first conductivity type semiconductor base body; a first conductivity type pillar region; second conductivity type pillar regions; element and termination regions provided in the first and second conductivity type pillar regions, transistors being formed in the element region, and no transistors being formed in the termination region; body regions; a gate insulating film; gate electrodes; source regions; and body potential extraction regions, wherein voids are formed in the second conductivity type pillar regions of the termination region.
US08507971B2
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for a non-volatile memory comprising at least one array of memory cells with shallow trench isolation (STI) regions between bit lines for increased process margins. Specifically, in one embodiment, each of the memory cells in the array of memory cells includes a source, a control gate, and a drain, and is capable of storing at least one bit. The array of memory cells further includes word lines that are coupled to control gates of memory cells. The word lines are arranged in rows in the array. In addition, the array comprises bit lines coupled to source and drains of memory cells. The bit lines are arranged in columns in the array. Also, the array comprises at least one row of bit line contacts for providing electrical conductivity to the bit lines. Further, the array comprises shallow trench isolation (STI) regions separating each of the bit lines along the row of bit line contacts.
US08507959B2
The present invention discloses a combined-source MOS transistor with a Schottky Barrier and a comb-shaped gate structure, and a method for manufacturing the same. The combined-source MOS transistor includes: a control gate electrode layer, a gate dielectric layer, a semiconductor substrate, a highly-doped source region and a highly-doped drain region, wherein a Schottky source region is connected to a side of the highly-doped source region which is far from a channel, one end of the control gate extends to the highly-doped source region, the extended gate region is an extension gate in a form of a comb-shaped and the original control gate region is a main gate; an active region covered by the extension gate is also a channel region, and is a substrate material; the highly-doped source region which is formed by highly doping is located on both sides of each comb finger of the extension gate; and a Schottky junction is formed at a location where the Schottky source region and the channel under the extension gate are located. As compared with an existing MOSFET, in the invention, a higher turn-on current, a lower leakage current and a steeper subthreshold slope may be obtained under the same process condition and the same active region size.
US08507957B2
A circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; a bottom metal layer over the semiconductor substrate, wherein no additional metal layer is between the semiconductor substrate and the bottom metal layer; and a cell including a plug-level power rail under the bottom metal layer.
US08507956B2
Provided are a wire structure, a method for fabricating a wire, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a method for fabricating a TFT substrate. The wire structure includes a barrier layer formed on a substrate and including a copper layer and a copper solid solution layer.
US08507955B2
A single chip wireless sensor comprises a microcontroller connected by a transmit/receive interface to a wireless antenna. The microcontroller is also connected to an 8 kB RAM, a USB interface, an RS232 interface, 64kB flash memory, and a 32kHz crystal. The device senses humidity and temperature, and a humidity sensor is connected by an 18 bit ΣΔ A-to-D converter to the microcontroller and a temperature sensor is connected by a 12 bit SAR A-to-D converter to the microcontroller. The device is an integrated chip manufactured in a single process in which both the electronics and sensor components are manufactured using standard CMOS processing techniques, applied to achieve both electronic and sensing components in an integrated process.
US08507953B2
By providing a body controlled double channel transistor, increased functionality in combination with enhanced stability may be accomplished. For instance, flip flop circuits usable for static RAM cells may be formed on the basis of the body controlled double channel transistor, thereby reducing the number of transistors required per cell, which may result in increased information density.
US08507947B2
Substrates of GaN over silicon suitable for forming electronics devices such as heterostructure field effect transistors (HFETs), and methods of making the substrates, are disclosed. Voids in a crystalline Al2O3 film on a top surface of a silicon wafer are formed. The top surface of the silicon wafer is along the <111> silicon crystal orientation. A plurality of laminate layers is deposited over the voids and the Al2O3 film. Each laminate layer includes an AlN film and a GaN film. A transistor or other device may be formed in the top GaN film.
US08507946B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device including a substrate, a first doped region, a second doped region, and a third doped region, a gate and a plurality of contacts is disclosed. The substrate includes a first conductive type. The first doped region is formed in the substrate and includes a second conductive type. The second doped region is formed in the substrate and includes the second conductive type. The third doped region is formed in the substrate, includes the first conductive type and is located between the first and the second doped regions. The gate is formed on the substrate, located between the first and the second doped regions and comprises a first through hole. The contacts pass through the first through hole to contact with the third doped region.
US08507935B2
A light emitting element and a light emitting device for which light extraction efficiency is enhanced are provided.A light emitting element 10 includes a substrate 1 having light transmittance, a semiconductor layer 2 in which an n-type layer 2a, an active layer 2b, and a p-type layer 2c are stacked, a reflective electrode 3 stacked on the semiconductor layer 2 and configured to reflect light emitted from the active layer 2b, toward the substrate 1, a p-side pad electrode 4 stacked on the reflective electrode 3, an insulating film 6 covering a side surface of the semiconductor layer 2 and having light transmittance, a reflective film 7 stacked on the insulating film 6 and having light reflectivity, and an n-side electrode 5 provided on the substrate 1.
US08507930B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a first substrate including an OLED; a second substrate that is opposite to the first substrate; a sealant that is positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and that couples the first substrate and the second substrate; and a sealant contraction reinforcement auxiliary structure that is positioned in at least one of a position between the first substrate and the sealant and a position between the second substrate and the sealant.
US08507928B2
An organic EL device includes a first organic EL element and a second organic EL element on an underlying layer that includes a first drive circuit unit for driving the first organic EL element and a second drive circuit unit for driving the second organic EL element. The organic EL device includes a partition on the underlying layer defining a first region including a first light-emitting layer of the first organic EL element and a second region including a second light-emitting layer of the second organic EL element. The partition defines the first film-forming region such that the first film-forming region includes the first drive circuit unit and the second film-forming region such that the second film-forming region does not include at least part of the second drive circuit unit. The first light-emitting layer is formed by a different method from that used for the second light-emitting layer.
US08507927B2
An aspect of the present invention provides a semiconductor device, in which densely packaging and high performance of optical elements are realized by a simple manufacturing process. The semiconductor device includes: a first chip module, a second chip module and a bonding layer. The first chip module includes a plurality of optical chips that are bonded within a substantially same plane with a first resin layer. The second chip module includes a plurality of control semiconductor chips and a plurality of connecting chips. The connecting chips include conductive materials piercing through the connecting chips. The control semiconductor chips and the connecting chips are bonded within a substantially same plane with a second resin layer. And the optical chips and the control semiconductor chips are electrically connected through the connecting chips.
US08507926B2
A light emitting diode package includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diode chips, a fluorescence layer, and a plurality of reflecting layers. The light emitting diode chips, the fluorescence layer, and the reflecting layers are disposed on the substrate. The fluorescence layer covers the light emitting diode chips, and the reflecting layers are disposed right above the light emitting diode chips, respectively.
US08507918B2
Memory devices include a stack of interleaved conductive patterns and insulating patterns disposed on a substrate. A semiconductor pattern passes through the stack of conductive patterns and insulating patterns to contact the substrate, the semiconductor pattern having a graded grain size distribution wherein a mean grain size in a first portion of the semiconductor pattern proximate the substrate is less than a mean grain size in a second portion of the semiconductor pattern further removed from the substrate. The graded grain size distribution may be achieved, for example, by partial laser annealing.
US08507912B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes an active layer of a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on a substrate; a gate electrode of the TFT, wherein a first gate electrode including a transparent conductive material, a first insulating layer, and a second gate electrode are sequentially stacked; a pixel electrode disposed on the first insulating layer and including the transparent conductive material; a source electrode and a drain electrode of the TFT, a second insulating layer disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a light reflector including the same material as the source electrode and the drain electrode, and disposed on the pixel electrode; an emission layer disposed on top of the pixel electrode and surrounded by an inner side of the light reflector; and a counter electrode facing towards the pixel electrode, wherein the emission layer is disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode.
US08507911B2
A thin film transistor (TFT) and an organic light emitting display apparatus are provided. The TFT includes: a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; an active layer insulated from the gate electrode; source/drain electrodes electrically connected to the active layer; a first insulating film on the source/drain electrodes; a light blocking layer on the first insulating film; and a second insulating film on the light blocking layer.
US08507897B2
An organic EL element includes a functional layer disposed between an anode and a cathode on a substrate and including laminated different organic thin films including a light-emitting layer, and a partition wall which defines the functional layer. Each of the organic thin films is formed by applying a liquid containing a functional layer-forming material on a film-forming region defined by the partition wall and then drying the liquid. The partition wall has at least one step portion provided in the side wall thereof in the thickness direction, and liquid repellency is imparted to the uppermost surface of the partition wall and the upper surface of the step portion. The surface of the side wall excluding the step portion has lyophilicity in comparison with the upper surface of the step portion.
US08507895B2
An organic light emitting device including graphene. The organic light emitting device includes a first electrode that is interposed between a transparent substrate and an organic layer emitting light, and includes graphene having a thickness of about 0.1 nanometer (nm) to about 10 nanometers (nm).
US08507893B2
Provided are an electronic device and a light-receiving and light-emitting device which can control the electron configuration of a graphene sheet and the band gap thereof, and an electronic integrated circuit and an optical integrated circuit which use the devices. By shaping the graphene sheet into a curve, the electron configuration thereof is controlled. The graphene sheet can be shaped into a curve by forming the sheet on a base film having a convex structure or a concave structure. The local electron states in the curved part can be formed by bending the graphene sheet. Thus, the same electron states as the cylinder or cap part of a nanotube can be realized, and the band gaps at the K points in the reciprocal lattice space can be formed.
US08507884B2
A light source having a substantially elliptical cross-section for UV curing lamp assemblies is disclosed. The light source has a pair of end sections and a central section of smaller diameter than the end sections. The end sections are each connected to the central section by a tapered section the diameter of each of which decreases from an end that mates with an end section toward an end that mates with the central section. Each of the end sections has a substantially elliptical cross-section. The central section and the tapered sections may have a substantially elliptical cross-section. The aspect ratio of the elliptical cross-section of the end sections and the central section of the light source is preferably about 2:1.
US08507882B2
A radiation source is configured to generate extreme ultraviolet radiation. The radiation source includes a droplet generator constructed and arranged to generate fuel droplets, a heater constructed and arranged to heat the fuel droplets following generation of the fuel droplets by the droplet generator, and reduce the mass of fuel present in the fuel droplets and/or reduce the density of the fuel droplets, and a radiation emitter constructed and arranged to direct radiation onto the fuel droplets that have been heated by the heater to generate the extreme ultraviolet radiation.
US08507877B2
Methods and systems are described using a non-linear optical system comprising a laser and a light delivery system comprising a single mode fiber, a mode converter, and a high order mode fiber, wherein the light delivery system that receives light from the source and provides a structured free-space beam having an embedded Gaussian beam. The light delivery system functions to illuminate a region of a sample and generate a non-linear response in a spatial region smaller than that associated with a Gaussian beam having a width comparable to the width of the embedded Gaussian beam. In another aspect, the light delivery system illuminates a region of a sample and generates a non-linear emission of radiation, is depicted. A further aspect of this embodiment includes an imaging assembly for detecting the non-linear emission and using a signal derived from the detected emission to generate a microscopic image of the sample.
US08507876B2
A device for holding a specimen holder, the device including a body with a slot formed therein. The slot includes an interior for receiving the specimen holder which may be a flat disk with edges and a pair of opposing sides. The disk may be made of a resilient deformable material. The slot may be sized to receive the specimen holder through an open top end and may taper from top bottom, such that the bottom end of the slot is smaller than the specimen holder. The slot further configured to contact the specimen holder along edges of the specimen holder and to allow some sideways deformation of the specimen holder without either side of the specimen holder distant from the edges coming into contact with the interior of the slot.
US08507875B2
A ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: an ultraviolet-irradiation water tank; a protection pipe provided in the ultraviolet-irradiation water tank; an ultraviolet lamp provided in the protection pipe to be lit up with high-frequency discharge at a frequency of 10 kHz to 10 MHz, inclusive; protection covers respectively provided on the two ends of the ultraviolet-irradiation water tank; an electronic ballast provided in one of the protection covers; and a feeder wire electrically connecting the ultraviolet lamp to the electronic ballast. Each of the ultraviolet-irradiation water tank and the protection covers is made of a conductive material with a specific conductivity and a relative magnetic permittivity whose product is equal to or larger than 1, and has a thickness at least three times as large as a skin depth at a frequency of a high-frequency current that flows through the ultraviolet lamp.
US08507870B2
An imaging apparatus has an imaging area formed by arranging a plurality of imaging blocks each including a pixel array, a plurality of vertical signal lines, a horizontal output line commonly provided for the plurality of vertical signal lines to read out signals read out to the plurality of vertical signal lines, a first scanning circuit, and a second scanning circuit, wherein signals of the pixels of a selected row in the pixel array are read out to the plurality of vertical signal lines in accordance with a driving pulse from the first scanning circuit, the signals read out to the plurality of vertical signal lines are sequentially read out to the horizontal output line in accordance with a driving pulse from the second scanning circuit, and a length in a row direction of the pixel array is smaller than a length in a column direction of the pixel array.
US08507867B1
Detection of a breach in security of an enclosure, such as a shipping enclosure, is indicated by detection of a change in a closed status. A detector enclosure is provided with a window opening in the detector enclosure. A reference body having an image slit is accessible from within the detector enclosure, and a radiation detector is used to alternately receive radiation through the window opening in the detector and from the reference body through the image slit. An indication of the two received radiation levels or a difference between the received radiation levels is used to provide an indication of a change in the closed status of the enclosure.
US08507858B2
Referring to design data for a sample, a measurement region is defined at a portion in the design data which has no step in an edge of a pattern. In addition, an edge as a characteristic portion is detected from the design data, and an edge as a characteristic portion corresponding to the characteristic portion of the design data is detected from a secondary electron image. Then, the measurement region is positioned and located in a secondary electron image based on a positional relationship between the edge of the design data and the edge of the secondary electron image. A width of the pattern is measured on the basis of a distance between the two edges included in the measurement region thus located.
US08507842B2
The present invention provides a method for identifying a 3-D event location of a gamma interaction for enhancing the precision of event location determination and improving the practicability of an edge-on ends-read imaging detector. The method establishes two expected photopeak relations and a mapping table for every unit in the sensor array before imaging. In real practice, two sensing values with respect to the energy of scintillation photons generated during the detection on an event are obtained by the edge-on ends-read imaging detector. Furthermore, two energy windows corresponding to each sensing value are determined according to the corresponding expected photopeak relations. If both the two sensing values fall within the corresponding energy windows respectively, the event location along the long axis of sensor array is determined according to the sensor values with respect to the mapping table mentioned above.
US08507841B2
An optical element having an anti-reflection function includes a base having a first main surface and a second main surface; a plurality of structures composed of projections or recesses and arranged on the first main surface at a fine pitch equal to or less than the wavelength of visible light for which the amount of reflection is to be reduced; and a light-absorbing layer that absorbs the light and that is disposed on the second main surface, wherein the structures are arranged so as to form a plurality of rows of tracks on the first main surface and form a hexagonal lattice pattern, a quasi-hexagonal lattice pattern, a tetragonal lattice pattern, or a quasi-tetragonal lattice pattern, and the structures each have an elliptical cone shape or a truncated elliptical cone shape, the major axis direction of which is a direction in which the tracks extend.
US08507834B2
A system and method of autofocusing an optical system uses transforms of images or portions of images formed by the optical system. A detector is used to capture images at different positions relative to the optical system. Transforms and blur spread parameters are calculated for the images for use in determining a position to which the detector should be moved to autofocus the system.
US08507821B2
The present application relates to a method and system thereof for performing laser cutting on a mail piece during processing on a document processing device such as a sorter. Laser cutting is performed to effectively cut mail pieces during transport on the document processing equipment to ensure cut accuracy and to promote readability. The present teachings allow for selection of a cut profile based on mail piece attributes or markings and adaptive adjustment of the cut profile in accord with the positioning of the mail piece to achieve a desired cut pattern while the document processing device is running at high transport speed.
US08507812B2
A switch assembly and an earphone set having the same. The switch assembly includes a first plate in which a board is mounted, a second plate installed opposite the first plate, a connection member provided between the first and second plates so as to resiliently connect the first and second plates, a plurality of first contacts provided on a rear face thereof in order to selectively connect a circuit of the board, and a plurality of second contacts provided on a front face thereof in correspondence to the first contacts.
US08507811B2
Capacitive touch panels may include a plurality of positive voltage lines that are driven at a first phase. These positive voltage lines may be used to provide the drive capacitance signal sensed by one or more sense regions. The touch panels may also include a plurality of negative phase voltage lines that are driven at a phase that is different than the first phase. Both the positive and negative voltage lines may cross-under one or more sense regions. The negative phase voltage lines are able to counter act and reduce the static capacitance in the sense regions.
US08507806B2
A circuit wiring board including a wiring substrate, and a heat resistant substrate accommodated in the wiring substrate and including a core substrate and a through hole conductor formed in the core substrate, the core substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the through hole conductor providing electrical connection through the core substrate between the first surface and the second surface of the core substrate.
US08507805B2
In a wiring board according to the present invention, a substrate, a solder resist provided on the substrate, a land, a wiring line, and a connection portion connecting the wiring line and the land, the connection portion is provided with a recess as a non-flat portion, and is formed to comprise a width greater than a width of the wiring line and smaller than a width (diameter) of the land, the width of the connection portion being gradually increased from the wiring line toward the land.
US08507804B2
An electrical connector is provided for mating with an electrical component. The connector includes a substrate having a mating side, and a solder column extending from the mating side of the substrate. The solder column includes a base that is engaged with the substrate. The solder column extends a length away from the mating side of the substrate to a tip. The tip includes a contact surface that is configured to engage and electrically connect to an electrical contact of the electrical component. The solder column is linearly tapered along at least a portion of the length from the base to the tip.
US08507796B2
The invention provides a system of components, methods for assembly, and a hand tool, for adding a male connector to a standard and modified ribbon high definition multimedia (HDMI) cable for field termination or factory installation. The invention also provides a locking plug which can mate with female HDMI connectors with great retaining force. Features of the connector system including the locking top shell, bottom shell, wire holders and the connector core make possible and efficient the addition of a solderless male connector. Features of the modified ribbon type HDMI cable facilitate threading of the wire holders significantly improving the time it takes to assemble a male connector on the cable. The hand tool disclosed is designed to accomplish all steps of assembly for field termination.
US08507794B2
A clip and a wire harness equipped with a clip are provided that can restrain the clip from readily falling down from an electrical wire bundle, can be easily mounted on the bundle, and can reduce a protruding amount of the clip from the bundle to as small as possible. A clip includes an inserting section to be inserted into an attaching hole in a vehicle body, and a holding section for holding an electrical wire bundle. The holding section includes a projection portion that protrudes from the inserting section, and distal end spreading portions that spread from a distal end of the projection portion toward spaces at opposite sides of the projection portion. The distal end spreading portions are curved in convex shapes in a distal end direction of the projection portion as a whole.
US08507789B2
A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type having at least one via hole; an emitter layer only on at least a portion of the via hole and at least one selected from a group consisting of an incident surface and side surfaces of the substrate, the emitter layer having a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type; at least one first electrode on the incident surface, the first electrode being electrically connected to the emitter layer; a second electrode connected to an opposite surface to the incident surface; and at least one first electrode current collector on the opposite surface, the at least one first electrode current collector being insulated from the second electrode and being electrically connected to the at least one first electrode through the via hole.
US08507787B2
A solar cell includes a base layer; an emitter layer disposed on one side of the base layer; a first electrode in electrical communication with the base layer; and a second electrode in electrical communication with the emitter layer, wherein the base layer has a higher doping concentration with increasing distance from the interface between the base layer and the emitter layer, and the base layer has a doping concentration change slope that is further decreased with increasing distance from the interface between the base layer and the emitter layer.
US08507785B2
An electromagnetic energy collector and sensor use enhanced fields to emit electrons for energy collection. The collector and sensor collect energy from visible light, infrared radiation and ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation. The collector and sensor include a waveguide with a geometry selected to enhance the electric field along a conductor to create a high, localized electric field, which causes electron emission across a gap to a return plane.
US08507780B2
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to facilitating the reproducible placement of percussive instruments, such as drums, relative to one another. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a footprint indication kit for percussion instruments. The footprint indication kit comprises a set of marking strips configured to indicate a periphery of a footprint of a percussion instrument, the set of marking strips including two or more marking strips having a first side including a connecting material configured to removably engage a complementary connecting material on a drum mat, and the two or more marking strips including at least one of a marking strip having one or more curved edges and a rectangular marking strip.
US08507775B2
A wheat cultivar, designated SJ909-369, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants, and hybrids of wheat cultivar SJ909-369, and to methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing plants from wheat cultivar SJ909-369 with themselves or with plants from another wheat variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a wheat plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic wheat plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to wheat varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from wheat cultivar SJ909-369, to methods for producing other wheat varieties, lines or plant parts derived from wheat cultivar SJ909-369, and to the wheat plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing wheat cultivar SJ909-369 with another wheat cultivar.
US08507768B1
A novel maize variety designated PH11T4 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH11T4 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH11T4 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 PH11T4 or a locus conversion of PH11T4 with another maize variety.
US08507767B1
Basically, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated NPFX4376, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPFX4376, with plants of another corn plant. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred NPFX4376, including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods for introducing transgenic transgenes into inbred corn line NPFX4376, and plants produced by said methods.
US08507757B2
Beneficial and synergistic effects for alleviating joint pain and symptoms of osteoarthritis and/or rheumatoid arthritis have been found with krill oil and/or marine oil in combination with other active constituents, including astaxanthin and polymeric hyaluronic acid or sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronan) in an oral dosage form.
US08507750B1
Non-dehiscent sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) (IND) designated Sesaco 34 (S34) is herein disclosed. Its degree of shatter resistance, or seed retention, makes S34 suitable for mechanized harvesting and for selection for sesame crop growth in most geographical locations, particularly where whiteflies are a high risk factor. In addition, S34 sesame produces a larger, heavier seed than previously described varieties.
US08507749B2
This invention provides vectors and methods for the stable introduction of exogenous nucleic acid sequences into the genome of a bird and for expressing said exogenous sequences to alter the phenotype of the bird or to produce desired proteins. In particular, transgenic chickens are produced which express exogenous sequences in their oviducts. Eggs which contain exogenous proteins are also produced.
US08507741B2
Embodiments of methods for co-production of linear alkylbenzene and biofuel from a natural oil are provided. A method comprises the step of deoxygenating the natural oils to form paraffins. A first portion of the paraffins is hydrocracked to form a first stream of normal and lightly branched paraffins in the C9 to C14 range and a second stream of isoparaffins. The first stream is dehydrogenated to provide mono-olefins. Then, benzene is alkylated with the mono-olefins under alkylation conditions to provide an alkylation effluent comprising alkylbenzenes and benzene. Thereafter, the alkylbenzenes are isolated to provide the alkylbenzene product. A second portion of the paraffins and the isoparaffins are processed to form biofuel.
US08507739B2
The present invention is a self-powered method for conversion of disposable hydrocarbons into diesel and heating oil fuels and conversion of biomass into biodiesel fuel. The method is operated using a feedstock tank, a preparation tank for first stage warming of the feedstock, a first heat exchanger to separate out water as steam and light ends, a stack to vent steam to the atmosphere, a second heat extension to raise the temperature to the necessary for processing the feedstock in a cracking kettle, a fume incinerator burning the light ends to generate heat for the first and second heat exchangers, a distillation column to process the gases from the cracking kettle, a condenser to convert gas to liquid #2 diesel fuel, a filter and chiller unit and storage tanks to hold the fuels and residuals. The method uses retained heat in the residuals to preheat the feedstock to save energy.
US08507738B2
A co-processing combining a first selective catalytic bed consisting of only one metal element selected from group VIB metals and of at least one conventional hydrotreating bimetallic catalytic bed. The co-processing provides control of the hydroconversion reactions of the triglycerides and/or fatty acids of biomass oil diluted in a refinery stream of petroleum hydrocarbons and minimizes the generation of gaseous products that are undesirable to the process, while maintaining the levels of unsaturated hydrocarbons hydrogenation and of heteroatomic contaminants removal from the refinery stream of petroleum hydrocarbons. The co-processing selectively providing n-paraffins of even number of carbon atoms, generated from the biomass oil, which are incorporated in a hydrotreated liquid product in petroleum refining HDT units.
US08507729B2
The present invention relates to a method for continuously preparing cyclohexanone from phenol making use of a catalyst comprising at least one catalytically active metal selected from platinum and palladium comprising hydrogenating phenol to form a product stream comprising cyclohexanone and unreacted phenol; separating at least part of the product stream, or at least part of the product stream from which one or more components having a lower boiling point than cyclohexanone have been removed, into a first fraction comprising cyclohexanone and a second fraction comprising phenol and cyclohexanol, using distillation; separating the second fraction into a third fraction, rich in cyclohexanol, and a fourth fraction, rich in phenol, using distillation; —subjecting at least part of the fourth fraction to a further distillation step, thereby forming a fifth fraction and a sixth fraction, wherein the fifth fraction is enriched in phenol compared to the sixth fraction, and wherein the sixth fraction comprises side-products having a higher boiling point than phenol, and phenol; and which method is characterized in the additional step of continuously or intermittently separating at least part of the sixth fraction to yet a further distillation step, thereby forming a seventh fraction and an eight fraction, wherein the seventh fraction is enriched in phenol compared to the eight fraction, and wherein the eight fraction comprises side-products having a higher boiling point than phenol.
US08507726B2
Photoinitiators mixture comprising (i) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alpha-hydroxy ketones, monoacylphosphine oxides, bisacylphosphine oxides, ketosulfones, benzil ketals, benzoin ether, phenylglyoxylates, borates and titanocenes; and (ii) at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I′) R1, R′1, R2 and R2′ R′9 independently of each other for example are hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl R7, R8, R9, R′8 and R′9 independently of each other for example are hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl which optionally is substituted or phenyl which optionally is substituted, exhibit excellent photoinitiating properties.
US08507720B2
A catalyst comprising palladium supported on a titania-alumina extrudate is disclosed. The extrudate comprises at least 80 wt % titania and 0.1 to 15 wt % alumina. A palladium catalyst prepared from the titania-alumina extrudate has significantly higher crush strength. Its catalytic performance in vinyl acetate production is improved.
US08507716B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing pemetrexed disodium and its intermediate, 4-(4-carbomethoxyphenyl)butanal. The process for preparing the intermediate comprises the following steps: condensing methyl 4-bromobenzoate with 3-buten-1-ol; extracting with an organic solvent during the work-up; adding silica gel to decolorize; and evaporating the organic solvent to give 4-(4-carbomethoxyphenyl)butanal. The product obtained by the present process, with a yield of higher than 80%, and a purity measured by GC of higher than 95%, may be directly used in the next bromination reaction for synthesizing pemetrexed disodium without purification. The present process is suitable for industrial production, as the operation is simple and the reagents used are cheap and readily available.
US08507713B2
A pigment has a compound expressed by Formula (1). The pigment has a number average primary particle size of 30 to 70 nm and has a CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction spectrum having, when θ represents a Bragg angle, a peak at 2θ±0.20° equal to 10.0° and a peak at 2θ±0.20° equal to 11.1°, the intensity ratio of the 11.1° peak to the 10.0° peak being 0.1 to 0.6.
US08507709B2
The invention relates to a method for producing silicon compounds (A) having hydrocarbon oxy-groups that have at least one unit of the general formula (1) HmSi(OR)n(OR′)oR″pX4-m-n-o-p (1) by conversion of silicon compounds (B) having at least one unit of the general formula (2) Hm+nSi(OR′)oR″pX4-m-n-o-p (2), having an alcohol of the general formula (3) ROH (3) in the presence of a catalyst (K) that is on a carrier material bonded metal selected from Ni, Pd, Pt, wherein per mol formed group OR, at maximum 1 liter of solvent is used and wherein R, R′, R″, X, m, n, o and p have the meanings listed in claim 1.
US08507708B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing an organometallic catalyst and an organometallic catalyst when produced by the method. The method comprises the steps of combining a polycarboxylic acid or anhydride and a metal-oxide, metal-hydroxide or metal-salt with a solvent at a temperature and pressure at which the solvent exists as a supercritical or near-critical fluid. The polycarboxylic acid or anhydride is reacted with the metal-oxide, metal-hydroxide or metal-salt for sufficient time and under sufficient temperature and pressure to produce the organometallic catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process for making a poly(alkylene carbonate) in the presence of a catalytic amount of the organometallic catalyst produced by the method.
US08507705B2
The invention affords C2-symmetrical ruthenocene diphosphine ligands with surface chirality and their manufacture. The present invention uses (S)-(S)-1,1′-2(diphenylphosphino)-2,2′-2[(S)-4-isopropyloxazolinyl] ruthenocene as raw material and the product is prepared through two or three steps of reaction. At the action of trifluoroacetic acid, (S)-(S)-1,1′-2(diphenylphosphino)-2,2′-2[(S)-4-isopropyloxazolinyl] ruthenocene first removes oxazoline and gets ester amides compound which then carries out ester exchange or reduction alkylation and gets the product of ruthenocene diphosphine ligand with surface chirality. The ligands prepared with the structure as follows from the invention can be used in all kinds of metallic catalysis asymmetric reaction and has good reaction activity and stereoselectivity, wherein R is methyl or ethyl, R1 is linear or branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aralkyl and alkyl amino.
US08507697B2
Provided is a new photochemical process for preparing artemisinin. Also provided are certain dihydroartemisinic acid derivatives useful for preparing artemisinin.
US08507694B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid (9-dichloromethylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methano-naphthalen-5-yl)-amide.
US08507693B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for trifluoromethylsulfinyl pyrazole compound of formula I, from a compound of formula III, wherein, R, R1 and R2 represent a group containing halogen group respectively and R3 represents a perhaloalkyl.
US08507686B2
The present invention relates to novel substituted bicyclic methyl azetidine derivatives which are useful as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors modulators and useful for treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
US08507684B2
There is provided a salt of 1-cyclopropyl-8-methyl-7-[5-methyl-6-(methylamino)-3-pyridinyl]-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of citrate, hemi-fumarate, maleate, L-tartrate, mesylate, hydrochloride, potassium, and sodium salts.
US08507675B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula I, compositions containing them, and methods of use for the compounds and compositions in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, particularly JAK 2 and JAK3, are therapeutically useful.
US08507669B2
It is to provide a novel optically active dibenzazepine derivative having a high utility value as an asymmetric phase-transfer catalyst. It is an optically active 6,7-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[c,e]azepine derivative represented by the following formula (1′), (wherein R represents a divalent organic group for cross-linking the 1st position and the 11th position; R1 and R2 are the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, or organic group, or R1 and R2 together represent a divalent organic group; R3′ and R4′ are the same or different and represent a monovalent organic group, or R3′ and R4′ together form an organic group that forms a cyclic structure comprising an onium nitrogen atom; Ar represents a monovalent organic group; * represents optical activity, i.e., that one axially asymmetric isomer is present in excess of the other axially asymmetric isomer with respect to a bond axis that constitutes the biphenyl structure of the compound; and X− represents a counter anion).
US08507662B2
Methods and kits for efficient amplification of nucleic acids are provided. The methods comprise in-vitro amplification of a nucleic acid template employing partially constrained primers having terminal mismatch primer-dimer structure. The methods also comprise in-vitro amplification of a nucleic acid template employing partially constrained primers having nucleotide analogues. The methods enhance efficiency of nucleic acid amplification reaction by reducing non-specific amplification reactions.
US08507656B2
Stabilized antibodies directed to Angiopoeitin-2 and uses of such antibodies are described. Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, hybridomas or other cell lines for expressing such antibodies are also provided.
US08507655B2
The invention relates to an anti PA antibody, in which the variable region of the heavy chain has an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID N°1 and in which the variable sequence of the light chain has an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID N°2, that is modified in order to improve its affinity and its tolerance in human beings.
US08507653B2
The present invention provides Factor IX moiety-polymer conjugates having a releasable linkage. Methods of making conjugates, methods for administering conjugates, are also provided.
US08507643B2
A composition comprising glycerol and at least one cyclic oligomer of glycerol, a process for obtaining the composition, and its use in the manufacture of dichloropropanol and of derived products such as epichlorohydrin and epoxy resins.
US08507642B2
The invention pertains to a process for the addition of at least one (per)fluoropolyether peroxide comprising at least one peroxidic moiety and at least one fluoropolyoxyalkene chain (chain Rf) (i.e. a fluorocarbon segment comprising ether linkages in main chain) [peroxide (P)] onto a per(halo)fluorinated aromatic compound [compound (F)], so as to yield an addition compound of said compound (F), said addition compound [compound (A)] comprising at least one perfluorinated non-aromatic cyclic moiety having at least two substituents comprising a chain Rf and, optionally, conjugated or non conjugated double bond(s). Said addition compounds have been notably found useful as additives for (per)fluorinated fluids and lubricants or as base materials for the manufacture of gum and/or graft polymer compositions.
US08507638B2
Described are polyesters comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and cyclohexanedimethanol residues. The polyesters have a desirable combination of inherent viscosity and glass transition temperature (“Tg”). The polyesters can have an inherent viscosity from 0.35 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g/100 ml at 25° C. and a Tg of 85 to 115° C. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles such as fibers, films, bottles or sheets.
US08507632B2
An actinic energy ray curable composition useful as a paint or coating agent, especially for products where scratch resistance is desired, includes a particular composition that includes a urethane (meth)acrylate obtained by reacting to an organic isocyanate having a plurality of isocyanate groups in one molecule with a polycaprolactone-modified alkyl (meth)acrylate and a long-chain alcohol.
US08507626B2
The invention provides a catalyst for producing acrylic acid at high yield for a long time, in a method for producing acrylic acid by catalytic gas phase oxidation of propane and/or acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas. This catalyst comprises a complex oxide containing molybdenum, vanadium and X component (here the X component is at least one element selected from antimony, niobium and tin) as the essential components, and is characterized in that its main peak as measured by X-ray diffractiometry using Kα ray of Cu, d=4.00±0.1 angstrom, and in that the particle size of the X component in the catalyst does not exceed 20 μm.
US08507621B2
Catalyst compositions comprising a first metallocene compound, a second metallocene compound, an activator-support, and an organoaluminum compound are provided. An improved method for preparing cyclopentadienyl complexes used to produce polyolefins is also provided.
US08507620B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a water absorbent resin, particularly to a process for preparing a water absorbent resin which can resolve the uneven size of the fine pulverized gel-type resin and long pulverizing time those are the problems of prior process for preparing the water absorbent resin, by carrying out the pulverizing process of the gel-type resin divided into the coarse pulverizing process which is carried out with the internal cross-linking polymerization, and the fine pulverizing process. According to the preparation process, it is possible to mass-produce the water absorbent resin showing excellent absorption under pressure and low extractable content.
US08507607B2
Biodegradable graft copolymers derived from a carbohydrate and at least one α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having superabsorbent properties are disclosed in addition to the substantially adiabatic polymerization process by which the graft copolymers are made. The methods disclosed can be carried out in a variety of currently available continuous commercial reactors. Polymerizations carried out with starch have surprisingly produced substantially quantitative yields of graft copolymer free of residual monomer produced as a moist copolymer. Product work-up typically involves an optional neutralization and drying.
US08507606B2
A particle (and a composition that includes a plurality of the particles) that includes at least one polypeptide molecule and at least one polymer covalently bound to the polypeptide molecule so as to form a polymer shell substantially encompassing the polypeptide molecule, wherein the particle does not define a dimension greater than about 1 μm. One example for making the particle includes modifying the polypeptide molecule to provide α, β-ethylenically unsaturated terminal functional groups, mixing the modified polypeptide molecule with a silicon-containing polymerizable compound, and subjecting the resulting mixture to conditions sufficient for polymerizing the polymerizable compound to form the particle.
US08507600B2
The invention relates to a novel halogen-free and acid-free, readily soluble priming bonding agent for polyolefins, said agent containing (meth)acrylate-grafted, amorphous polyolefins.
US08507595B2
The invention relates to a composition containing at least one plasticizer and silicon dioxide particles having an average particle size of 150 nm or less. According to the invention, the proportion of silicon dioxide particles is from 10 to 80% by weight and the proportion of plasticizer is from 90 to 20% by weight, where the sum of the proportions of silicon dioxide particles and of the plasticizer is at least 80% by weight. The invention makes it possible to mix nanoparticles into any polymeric materials in a simple way.
US08507580B2
To provide a process for efficiently producing a fluorine type antifouling composition employing a short chain Rf group, which can be made in the form of an aqueous dispersion containing substantially no volatile organic solvent and has a good soil release property (SR property).A process for producing an antifouling composition, which comprises a step of subjecting monomer components (Z) comprising from 30 to 80 mass % of a monomer (a) having a polyfluoroalkyl group in which the number of carbon atoms to which fluorine atoms are bonded is from 4 to 6, and from 20 to 70 mass % of a monomer (b) having no polyfluoroalkyl group and having a hydrophilic group, to solution polymerization in a volatile organic solvent having a boiling point of at most 100° C. in the presence of a surfactant (c) comprising an ethylene oxide adduct of 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol to form a fluorocopolymer (A), and a step of volatilizing the volatile organic solvent after the solution polymerization and adding an aqueous medium to form an aqueous dispersion.
US08507576B2
Vinylidene chloride copolymer composition characterized in that it comprises: (A) at least one vinylidene chloride copolymer which is a copolymer composed of vinylidene chloride in an amount of at least 50 wt % and of at least one comonomer at least one of which is chosen from (meth)acrylic monomers corresponding to the general formula: CH2═CR1R2, in which R1 is chosen from hydrogen and the methyl radical and R2 is the —CO—R3 radical in which R3 is the —O—R4 radical with R4 chosen from the linear or branched alkyl radicals containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms optionally bearing one or more —OH radicals, the epoxyalkyl radicals containing from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and the alkoxyalkyl radicals containing a total of 2 to 10 carbon atoms; (B) from 0.5 to 4 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of (A), of epoxidized soybean oil; (C) from 0.01 to 2 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of (A), of at least one fluoropolymer chosen from the amorphous fluoropolymers for which the glass transition temperature is less than or equal to 200° C. and the semi-crystalline fluoropolymers for which the melting point is less than or equal to 200° C.; and (D) at most 1 part by weight, per 100 parts by weight of (A), of at least one acid scavenger. Process for preparing said composition. Multilayer film comprising said composition and packaging or bag formed from this film.
US08507560B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating a disorder associated with modulation of the FPRL-1 receptor which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a 3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl-3-phenylurea derivative.
US08507550B2
The invention provides a method for treating hypoxia caused by high altitude by administering to a subject a compound that reduces the P50 of hemoglobin for oxygen.
US08507546B2
The present invention relates to the use of inhibitors of scavenger receptor class proteins, in particular ScarB1 for the production of a medicament for treatment of and/or prophylaxis against infections, involving liver cells and/or hematopoietic cells, in particular malaria.
US08507542B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods of administering an effective amount of dexmedetomidine to a pediatric patient in order to reduce the incidence of neurological damage. More particularly, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods of providing sedation or analgesia to a pediatric patient by administering a dexmedetomidine infusion and optionally a loading dose. The dexmedetomidine can be administered before, during, or after surgery.
US08507539B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.
US08507538B2
Compounds that selectively modulate the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor are provided including compounds which modulate subtype 1 of the S1P receptor. Methods of chiral synthesis of such compounds is provided. Uses, methods of treatment or prevention and methods of preparing inventive compositions including inventive compounds are provided in connection with the treatment or prevention of diseases, malconditions, and disorders for which modulation of the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor is medically indicated.
US08507534B2
The present invention relates to a substantially crystalline and free solid state form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Form I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
US08507531B2
Disclosed herein are novel zinc ionophores, zinc chelators and/or zinc complexes with enhanced aqueous solubility. Methods of treating cancer using at least one zinc ionophore and/or zinc chelator are also disclosed. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating cancer with combination therapy using at least one texaphyrin metal complex and at least one zinc ionophore or the respective pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives or salts thereof.
US08507519B2
The present invention relates to optically pure S-(−)-benzoquinolizine carboxylic acid, lysine salt and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the S(−)-benzoquinolizine carboxylic acid, lysine salt.
US08507515B2
Crystalline forms of imatinib mesylate (F, G, H, I and K) and their respective characterization are disclosed.
US08507514B2
There is provided a hydrazide compound having a controlling effect on pests represented by the formula (1): wherein, G is a 5-membered heterocyclic group, M is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 is independently a nitrogen atom, etc., m is an integer of 0 to 5, R2 is an optionally halogenated C1-C6 alkyl group, etc., R5 and R6 are independently an optionally substituted C1-C12 chain hydrocarbon group, etc., and R4 is an optionally substituted C1-C12 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.
US08507509B2
Compounds of the general formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as fungicides.
US08507504B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a hydrate of 3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-4-imino-7-[(2′-methyl-2′,3′-dihydro-1′H-spiro[cyclopropane-1,4′-isoquinolin]-7′-yl)amino]-3,4-dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2(1H)-one (Compound A) or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A and a crystalline form of Compound A or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Compound A, which are useful in the field of treatment of various cancers as a kinase inhibitor, especially as a Weel kinase inhibitor.
US08507496B2
The invention provides (i) a method of treating metabolic syndrome in an animal, (ii) a method of suppressing the appetite of an animal, (iii) a method of treating obesity in an animal, (iv) a method of reducing the weight of an animal in need thereof, (v) a method of reducing a blood lipid level in an animal in need thereof, (vi) a method of treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in an animal, and (vii) a method of inhibiting adipogenesis. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of an active ingredient, wherein the active ingredient comprises a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them to the animal. The invention also provides a kit comprising a container holding a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them; and instructions for administration. The diketopiperazines have the formula given in the application.
US08507491B2
The invention provides a method, compounds and compositions for modulating the activity of the hedgehog signaling pathway. In particular, the invention provides a method for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from phenotypes such as Ptc loss-of-function, hedgehog gain-of-function, smoothened gain-of-function or GIi gain-of-function, comprising contacting a cell with a sufficient amount of a compound of Formula (I).
US08507482B2
This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use in the prevention and treatment of cerebral insufficiency, including enhancement of receptor functioning in synapses in brain networks responsible for basic and higher order behaviors. These brain networks, which are involved in cognitive abilities related to memory impairment, such as is observed in a variety of dementias, in imbalances in neuronal activity between different brain regions, as is suggested in disorders such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, sleep apneas, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and affective or mood disorders, and in disorders wherein a deficiency in neurotrophic factors is implicated, as well as conditions such as stroke-induced central sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, congenital hypoventilation syndrome, among others. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic amide compounds useful for treatment of such conditions, and methods of using these compounds for such treatment.
US08507472B2
Bicyclic pyridinylpyrazoles of the formula (I) in which the symbols have the meanings given in the description and agrochemically active salts thereof and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms in crop protection and the protection of materials and for reducing mycotoxins in plants and plant parts, and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
US08507470B2
The disclosure relates to a series pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: wherein: Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions.
US08507468B2
Contemplated pharmaceutical compositions comprise a benzodiazepine anti-convulsive compound for intranasal administration in a single phase, multi-component solvent system with water content of at least 15 vol % and a benzodiazepine concentration of at least 30 mg/ml. It is noted that contrary to common expectation, the concentration of the anti-convulsive compound was increased by increasing water content in the multi-component solvent. Moreover, the anti-convulsive compound remained chemically stable and substantially completely dissolved over large periods of time. Thus, stable and highly concentrated spray formulations for intranasal administration could be prepared having sufficiently high concentrations of the anti-convulsive compounds that now allow single spray administration to achieve clinically relevant dosages.
US08507467B2
A transdermally absorbable preparation comprises a natural type sex hormone, a polyoxyethylene oleyl ether having a molar number of ethylene oxide units added of 20, at least two kinds of oily ingredients selected from the group consisting of diisopropyl adipate, cetyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, and propylene glycol dicaprate, a polyhydric alcohol, and ethanol.
US08507462B2
Methods of controlling serum glucose levels in an individual are described, the methods including the step of administering to said individual a therapeutic food composition comprising a waxy and/or hydrothermally treated starch. The method may be used to treat or prevent hypoglycaemia in patients susceptible to hypoglycaemic episodes, for example patients with glycogen storage disease, diabetes or liver disease. The method may also be used in sports nutrition. Also described are compositions for use in the methods.
US08507461B2
The present invention relates to compounds which are capable of exerting an inhibitory effect on the Na+ glucose cotransporter SGLT in order to hinder glucose and galactose absorption, as well as on lipase thus reducing dietary triglyceride metabolism, for use in the treatment of conditions which benefit therefrom (diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, obesity, prevention of weight gain or aiding weight loss). These compounds comprise a non-absorbable, non-digestible polymer having a glucopyranosyl or galactopyranosyl or equivalent moiety stably and covalently linked thereto, said glucopyranosyl or galactopyranosyl moiety being able to occupy the glucose-binding pocket of a SGLT transporter.
US08507459B2
The present invention relates to the novel use of an adenosine aspartate product for the formulation of a drug intended to prevent the development of preneoplastic lesions and to reverse some types of cancer, particularly liver cancer, providing chemoprotection, preventing myelotoxic effects.
US08507454B2
A patient suffering from an endobronchial infection is treated by administering to the patient for inhalation a dose of less than about 4.0 ml of a nebulized aerosol formulation comprising from about 60 to about 200 mg/ml of an aminoglycoside antibiotic, such as tobramycin, in a physiologically acceptable carrier in a time period of less than about 10 minutes. Unit dose devices for storage and delivery of the aminoglycoside antibiotic formulations are also provided.
US08507452B2
This invention relates to a composition that stably contains hesperidin. The present invention provides a composition containing (A) hesperidin, (B) at least one dihydric alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, and 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol, and (C) a sugar alcohol. In the composition, the decomposition of hesperidin is suppressed and hesperidin is stably contained.
US08507450B2
The invention relates to a crystalline hydrate of 1-chloro-4-(β-D-glucopyranos-1-yl)-2-(4-ethynyl-benzyl)-benzene and to crystalline complexes between 1-chloro-4-(β-D-glucopyranos-1-yl)-2-(4-ethynyl-benzyl)-benzene and a natural amino acid, to methods for the preparation thereof, as well as to uses thereof for preparing medicaments.
US08507449B2
A process for making pure crystalline D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan is provided which includes the step of deprotecting essentially pure N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan or its diester to yield essentially pure D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan. A process is also provided for the preparation of pure mono ammonium salt of D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan from essentially pure N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan. D-isoglutamyl-D-tryptophan, ammonium salt (1:1) is a stable pharmaceutical solid.
US08507445B2
The present invention concerns compositions comprising and methods of identification and use of targeting peptides selective for cancer tissue, particularly prostate or ovarian cancer tissue. The method may comprise identifying endogenous mimeotopes of such peptides, such as GRP78, IL-11Rα and hsp90. Antibodies against such targeting peptides or their mimeotopes may be used for detection, diagnosis and/or staging of prostate or ovarian cancer. In other embodiments, the compositions and methods concern a novel type of gene therapy vector, known as adeno-associated phage (AAP). AAP are of use for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to particular tissues, organs or cell types, such as prostate or ovarian cancer. In still other embodiments, targeting peptides selective for low-grade lipomas may be used for detection, diagnosis and targeted delivery of therapeutic agents.
US08507437B2
Protein containing nanoparticles and methods of use thereof for the treatment of proliferative disorders are disclosed.
US08507432B2
A formulation of octreotide or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which provides controlled release of a therapeutically effective amount of octreotide for a period of at least about two months. Methods of treating acromegaly, decreasing growth hormone, decreasing IGF-1, and treating conditions associated with carcinoid tumors and VIPomas by administering a controlled release formulation of octreotide are provided herein.
US08507430B2
FGF18 is known to stimulate the proliferation of chondrocytes, resulting in increased cartilage formation. When hyaluronic acid is administered in addition to FGF18, the effects on chondrocyte proliferation and production of matrix were found to be greater than administration of FGF18 or hyaluronic acid alone.
US08507424B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing oligomers and a method for improving the low temperature properties of fatty alkyl esters by using these oligomers. The oligomers according to the present invention are used as pour point depressant and cloud point reducer to improve the pour point and cloud point of fatty alkyl esters such as isopropyl, butyl, ethyl, ethylhexyl esters particularly fatty acid methyl esters at low temperature.
US08507420B2
A solvent composition includes a substance that is subject to oxidative alteration by an oxygen radical, and a compound that has a superoxide dismutase-mimetic activity that includes oxygen radical-removing capability. In the solvent composition of the invention, oxygen radicals can be removed by the compound having an superoxide dismutase-mimetic activity that includes oxygen radical-removing capability, and therefore the substance that is subject to oxidative alteration can be prevented from oxidizing.
US08507414B2
An oil-in-water type (O/W) emulsion lubricant composition includes safe and renewable components that do not have environmental load, exhibits excellent lubrication properties, has excellent handling capability, is economical, and may be applied to tribological fields.The lubricant composition includes water or oil dispersant-treated ultrafine diamond particles in the aqueous phase (W phase) and/or the oil phase (O phase) of an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion, or includes at least one multiple emulsion state that includes an oiliness improver and/or a composite state that includes a solid lubricant other than the ultrafine diamond particles in the same configuration.
US08507411B2
The present invention provides methods of producing libraries of compounds with enhanced desirable properties and diminished side effects as well as the compounds produced by the methods. In preferred embodiments, methods of the present invention use a universal chemical glycosylation method that employs reducing sugars and requires no protection or activation. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a library of neoglycoside digitoxin analogs that includes compounds with significantly enhanced cytotoxic potency toward human cancer cells and tumor-specificity, but are less potent Na+/K+-ATPase inhibitors in a human cell line than digitoxin.
US08507406B2
Disclosed herein are rod-packing robust microporous metal-organic frameworks having the repeat unit Zn4(OH)2(1,2,4-BTC)2, useful for applications such as selective gas storage, selective gas sorption and/or separation, selective sensing of chemicals, and catalysis.
US08507405B2
The present invention is directed to compositions and processes for the production of stable, alkaline, high solids, low viscosity, low surface tension, low flammability, sub-micron titania sols that have minimal offensive odor and methods of their use. Compositions of the present invention include, for example, mixtures of strong and weak organic bases used as dispersants to stabilize the titania sols. The dispersant mixtures have been found to result in relatively high titania solids content, low surface tension, low viscosity suspensions that are low in flammability. Sols produced according to the present invention can be used, for example, in catalytic applications such as catalyst supports for diesel emission control, or in pollutant photocatalyst applications in which it is desirable to have the titania in sol form.
US08507395B2
A dielectric ceramic composition comprising a compound expressed by a formula of ABO3, where “A” is Ba alone, or Ba and at least one selected from Ca and Sr, and “B” is Ti alone, or Ti and Zr, and having a perovskite-type crystal structure, and an oxide of a rare-earth element including Sc and Y. The dielectric ceramic composition includes a dielectric particle having a core-shell structure which has a core and a shell, the shell being present around the core and including at least “R” element, and in the shell, a region showing a maximum content rate of “R” element is a boundary region between the core and the shell.
US08507392B2
An LAS-type float glass, which is substantially free of As2O3 and/or Sb2O3 and precipitates a β-quartz solid solution or a β-spodumene solid solution as a main crystal by heat treatment, wherein, when C1 [mass %] represents the content of SnO2 at a glass surface, C0 [mass %] represents the content of SnO2 at a depth of 0.5 mm from the glass surface, and k [mass %/mm] represents an SnO2 concentration gradient defined by k=(C1-C0)/0.5, the LAS-type crystallized glass satisfies relationships of K≦2 and C0≦0.8 with respect to at least one surface thereof.
US08507391B2
An article has an elastic main element based on a vulcanizate having a wear-susceptible article surface. The article is primarily a drive belt (8) having a top layer (9) as the belt rear and a substructure (10) having a force transmission zone (13), wherein the force transmission zone and/or the top layer is/are supplied with a textile overlay (15), wherein the textile overlay is in turn additionally prepared with a plastic. The plastic is a bonding agent that is arranged between the main body and the textile overlay (15), wherein the plastic is supplied such that it melts during vulcanization and penetrates into the textile overlay while bonding, connected to a permanent adhesive bond between main body and textile overlay. A cotton fabric is used as the textile overlay (15), for example. The plastic is in the form of a film, for example, particularly in the form of a PE film. The primary purpose of use is the V-belt, ribbed V-belt (8) and the toothed belt.
US08507371B2
A method of growing an epitaxial semiconductor structure is disclosed. The growth and transfer are made using an epitaxy lateral overgrowth technique. The formed epitaxial film on an assembly substrate can be further processed to form devices such as solar cell, light emitting diode, and other devices and assembled into higher integration of desired applications.
US08507360B2
A method includes arranging a bonding layer of a predetermined thickness on at least one of a first functional region bonded on a release layer, which is capable of falling into a releasable condition when subjected to a process, on a first substrate, and a region, to which the first functional region is to be transferred, on a second substrate; bonding the first functional region to the second substrate through the bonding layer; and separating the first substrate from the first functional region at the release layer.
US08507354B2
A device including a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate including a semiconductor device region and a capacitor device region. A semiconductor device present in the semiconductor device region. The semiconductor device including a gate structure present on a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) layer of the SOI substrate, extension source and drain regions present in the SOI layer on opposing sides of the gate structure, and raised source and drain regions composed of a first portion of an epitaxial semiconductor material on the SOI layer. A capacitor is present in the capacitor device region, said capacitor including a first electrode comprised of a second portion of the epitaxial semiconductor material that has a same composition and crystal structure as the first portion of the epitaxial semiconductor material, a node dielectric layer present on the second portion of the epitaxial semiconductor material, and a second electrode comprised of a conductive material.
US08507351B2
By selectively modifying the spacer width, for instance, by reducing the spacer width on the basis of implantation masks, an individual adaptation of dopant profiles may be achieved without unduly contributing to the overall process complexity. For example, in sophisticated integrated circuits, the performance of transistors of the same or different conductivity type may be individually adjusted by providing different sidewall spacer widths on the basis of an appropriate masking regime.
US08507350B2
A fabricating method of a semiconductor element includes the following steps. First, a substrate is provided. A metal gate structure and source/drain electrodes are already formed on the substrate. An amorphization process is performed in the source/drain electrodes to form an amorphous portion. An interlayer dielectric layer is formed on surfaces of the source/drain electrodes and a through hole contact is formed within the interlayer dielectric layer. A silicidation process is performed with the through hole contact and the amorphous portion of the source/drain electrodes to form a metal silicide layer. The fabricating method is capable of finishing the formation of the metal silicide layer in the condition that diameters of the through hole contact is becoming smaller and smaller.
US08507349B2
A semiconductor device comprises an active region having an upper portion and a sidewall portion which are protruded from the top surface of a device isolation region, and a silicide film disposed in the upper portion and the sidewall portion of the active region, thereby effectively reducing resistance in a source/drain region of the semiconductor device. As a result, the entire resistance of the semiconductor device comprising a fin-type gate can be reduced to improve characteristics of the semiconductor device.
US08507348B2
Storage transistors for flash memory areas in semiconductor devices may be provided on the basis of a self-aligned charge storage region. To this end, a floating spacer element may be provided in some illustrative embodiments, while, in other cases, the charge storage region may be efficiently embedded in the electrode material in a self-aligned manner during a replacement gate approach. Consequently, enhanced bit density may be achieved, since additional sophisticated lithography processes for patterning the charge storage region may no longer be required.
US08507341B2
A method for defining patterns in an integrated circuit comprises defining a plurality of features in a first photoresist layer using photolithography over a first region of a substrate. The method further comprises using pitch multiplication to produce at least two features in a lower masking layer for each feature in the photoresist layer. The features in the lower masking layer include looped ends. The method further comprises covering with a second photoresist layer a second region of the substrate including the looped ends in the lower masking layer. The method further comprises etching a pattern of trenches in the substrate through the features in the lower masking layer without etching in the second region. The trenches have a trench width.
US08507338B2
A fabricating method of semiconductor structure is provided. First, a substrate with a dielectric layer formed thereon is provided. The dielectric layer has a first opening and a second opening exposing a portion of the substrate. Further, a gate dielectric layer including a high-k dielectric layer and a barrier layer stacked thereon had been formed on the bottoms of the first opening and the second opening. Next, a sacrificial layer is formed on the portion of the gate dielectric layer within the second opening. Next, a first work function metal layer is formed to cover the portion of the gate dielectric layer within the first opening and the sacrificial layer. Then, the portion of the first work function metal layer and the sacrificial layer within the second opening are removed.
US08507332B2
A method for manufacturing components on a mixed substrate. The method comprises the following steps: providing a substrate of the semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) type comprising a buried oxide layer between a supporting substrate and a thin layer, forming in this substrate a plurality of trenches opening out at a free surface of the thin layer and extending over a depth such that each trench passes through the thin layer and the buried oxide layer, these primary trenches delimiting at least one island of the SeOI substrate, forming a mask inside the primary trenches and as a layer covering the areas of the free surface of the thin layer located outside the islands, proceeding with heat treatment for dissolving the buried oxide layer present at the island, so as to reduce the thickness thereof.
US08507330B2
A method is proposed for producing a thin-film transistor (TFT), the method comprising forming a substrate, applying a ZnO-based precursor solution onto the substrate to form a ZnO-based channel layer, annealing the channel layer, forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the channel layer, forming a dielectric layer on the channel layer and forming a gate electrode on the dielectric layer.
US08507327B2
Cutting work is performed on an n-semiconductor substrate (1) with an inverted trapezoid-shaped dicing blade to form grooves to be a second side walls (7). Bottom portions of the grooves are contacted with a p-diffusion layer (4) which is formed on a first principal plane (2) (front face) of the n-semiconductor substrate (1), so that the p-diffusion layer (4) is not cut. Then in the second side walls (7), a p-isolation layer (9) connected to a p-collector layer (8) and the p-diffusion layer (4) is formed. Since the p-diffusion layer (4) is not cut, a glass support substrate for supporting a wafer, and expensive adhesive, are not required, and therefore the p-isolation layer (4) can be formed at low cost.
US08507324B2
Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods may include forming a cavity in a carrier material, attaching a die in the cavity, wherein a backside of the die comprises a metal filled DBF, forming a dielectric material adjacent the die and on a bottom side of the carrier material, forming a coreless substrate by building up layers on the dielectric material, and removing the carrier material from the coreless substrate.
US08507323B2
A photosensitive adhesive capable of alkali development, the photosensitive adhesive exhibiting adhesion property for an adherend after it has been patterned by light exposure and development, the photosensitive adhesive being used in a method for producing a semiconductor device 100 comprising a step of patterning the photosensitive adhesive 1 provided on a circuit surface of a semiconductor chip 20 by light exposure and development; and a step of directly bonding another semiconductor chip 21 to the patterned photosensitive adhesive 1.
US08507318B2
Microelectronic devices, stacked microelectronic devices, and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices are described herein. In one embodiment, a set of stacked microelectronic devices includes (a) a first microelectronic die having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, (b) a first substrate attached to the first side of the first microelectronic die and electrically coupled to the first microelectronic die, (c) a second substrate attached to the second side of the first microelectronic die, (d) a plurality of electrical couplers attached to the second substrate, (e) a third substrate coupled to the electrical couplers, and (f) a second microelectronic die attached to the third substrate. The electrical couplers are positioned such that at least some of the electrical couplers are inboard the first microelectronic die.
US08507313B2
A fragile layer is formed in a region at a depth of less than 1000 nm from one surface of a single crystal semiconductor substrate, and a first impurity semiconductor layer and a first electrode are formed at the one surface side. After bonding the first electrode and a supporting substrate, the single crystal semiconductor substrate is separated using the fragile layer or the vicinity as a separation plane, thereby forming a first single crystal semiconductor layer over the supporting substrate. An amorphous semiconductor layer is formed on the first single crystal semiconductor layer, and a second single crystal semiconductor layer is formed by heat treatment for solid phase growth of the amorphous semiconductor layer. A second impurity semiconductor layer having a conductivity type opposite to that of the first impurity semiconductor layer and a second electrode are formed over the second single crystal semiconductor layer.
US08507309B2
A photosensor comprises a photoelectric conversion device region and a connection pad on the lower surface of a semiconductor substrate, and also comprises a wiring line connected to the connection pad via insulating film under the semiconductor substrate, and a columnar electrode as an external connection electrode connected to the wiring line. As a result, as compared with the case where the photoelectric conversion device region and the connection pad connected to the photoelectric conversion device region are formed on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a piercing electrode for connecting the connection pad and the wiring line does not have to be formed in the semiconductor substrate. Thus, the number of steps can be smaller, and a fabrication process can be less restricted.
US08507291B1
A method to remove detergents from a biological protein sample that is to be analyzed by mass spectroscopy (MS). The method uses a high performance cyclodextrin polymer resin to remove detergents, which interfere with MS analysis, from a sample containing proteins, peptides, amino acids, etc.
US08507283B2
Stimuli-responsive magnetic nanoparticles, methods of making the nanoparticles, and methods of using the nanoparticles.
US08507281B2
Method of removing abnormal data and blood component spectroscopy analysis system employing the same
A method of removing abnormal data in a blood component analysis system using spectroscopy to estimate a concentration of a blood component by analyzing a photo-plethysmographic (PPG) signal obtained by radiating light of first and second wavelengths reacting to the blood component on a subject and detecting light corresponding to the first and second wavelengths output from the subject, includes collecting the PPG signal corresponding to the first and second wavelengths for a predetermined unit period of time, calculating “n” parameters, with respect to “n” pulse data included in the collected PPG signal, where n is a positive integer, calculating an average of the “n” parameters, and comparing a ratio of a number of parameters whose deviation from the average is greater than a predetermined standard deviation to the “n” parameters with a predetermined removal reference value to determine whether the “n” pulse data is valid.
US08507270B2
An object of the present invention is to achieve a method capable of increasing transfection efficiency of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and reducing toxicity thereof, to provide a PEI with high transfection efficiency, and to provide a method of introducing nucleic acids into cells comprising using the PEI.There are provided a method of introducing nucleic acids into cells comprising mixing acidified PEI with nucleic acids under acidic conditions and applying the resulting mixture to cells, a reagent for introducing nucleic acids into cells comprising an acidified PEI solution, and a reagent kit including the solution.
US08507265B2
Transfecting biology cells with nucleic acid molecules (DNA, siRNA) is an essential prerequisite in elucidating how genes function in complex cellular context and how their activities could be modulated for therapeutic intervention. Traditionally studies are carried out on a low throughput gene-by-gene scale, which has created a huge bottleneck in functional genomic study and drug discovery. Development of high-throughput cell transfection technology will permit functional analysis of massive number of genes and how their activities could be modulated by chemical or biological entities inside cells. This invention describes design, construction of device and apparatus for high throughput effective cell transfection. Procedures and protocols for using the device and apparatus are also described in the application. Novel methods of using the device in cell-based assays are also disclosed.
US08507256B2
Sorption reinforced catalytic coating system for the degradation of threat agents including a synzyme coating about a material, the synzyme coating having bucket-shaped molecules for the sorption and degradation of the threat agents. A binding agent is configured for synzyme immobilization to maximize loading and retention of the synzyme coating on the material.
US08507251B2
The present invention provides a growth medium and kit containing a nicotine analog and use of the same in a method for enhancing the growth of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP).
US08507238B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
US08507235B2
The invention provides for methods for producing isoprene from cultured cells using various components of the DXP pathway and MVA pathway, or components associated with the DXP pathway and MVA pathway, iron-sulfur cluster-interacting redox polypeptides, and isoprene synthase. The invention also provides compositions that include these cultured cells.
US08507223B2
The present invention relates to a method for quantitative determination of an α-glycated peptide in a sample, comprising causing protease to act on a whole blood and/or blood cell sample, causing an elimination reagent containing one or a plurality of types of ketoamine oxidase to act on the resultant, eliminating an α-glycated amino acid, an ε-glycated amino acid, an ε-glycated peptide, or a combination thereof, and then determining the α-glycated peptide in the sample using oxidase that acts on the α-glycated peptide. The present invention also relates to an elimination reagent and a kit to be used for such method. According to the present invention, measurement errors in quantitative determination of a glycated protein such as glycated hemoglobin can be reduced, and thus a precise measured value can be obtained.
US08507221B2
The present invention discloses an improved process for the production of desired recombinant peptides from bacterial cells by using G-CSF as a novel fusion partner for their high level expression in these cells. The invention further provides an expression system comprising the fusion protein wherein the G-CSF is operatively linked to the peptide of interest via an enzymatic or chemical cleavage site which can be used to separate the fusion partner from the said peptide.
US08507212B2
A process for treating biological targets in a fluid of a biological organism, including introducing a fluid comprising a biological target to an assembly comprising an inlet connected to receive the fluid and an outlet connected to pass the fluid from the assembly, wherein the assembly comprises a flow chamber for conveying a flow of the fluid, and a capture zone comprising a target-specific binding agent, wherein during flow of the fluid through the flow chamber, the biological target undergoes flux rolling along the target-specific binding agent.
US08507209B2
The invention provides binding agents and assays for ghrelin signal peptide. The agents and assays are useful in methods for predicting, diagnosing, assessing or monitoring acute cardiac disorders, glucose handling disorders and diabetes in a subject. Also provided are nucleotides, polypeptides, and kits useful in the methods of the invention.
US08507204B2
The present invention relates to the use of fluorescently labeled nucleic acid probes to identify and image analytes in a biological sample. In the preferred embodiments, a probe is provided that comprises a target region able to specifically bind an analyte of interest and an initiator region that is able to initiate polymerization of nucleic acid monomers. After contacting a sample with the probe, labeled monomers are provided that form a tethered polymer. Triggered probes and self-quenching monomers can be used to provide active background suppression.
US08507191B2
Methods of forming a patterned, silicon-enriched developable antireflective material. One such method comprises forming a silicon-enriched developable antireflective composition. The silicon-enriched developable antireflective composition comprises a silicon-enriched polymer and a crosslinking agent. The silicon-enriched polymer and the crosslinking agent are reacted to form a silicon-enriched developable antireflective material that is insoluble and has at least one acid-sensitive moiety. A positive-tone photosensitive material, such as a positive-tone photoresist, is formed over the silicon-enriched developable antireflective material and regions thereof are exposed to radiation. The exposed regions of the positive-tone photosensitive material and underlying regions of the silicon-enriched developable antireflective material are removed. Additional methods are disclosed, as are semiconductor device structures including a silicon-enriched developable antireflective material.
US08507189B2
An upper layer film forming composition for forming an upper layer film on the surface of a photoresist film includes (A) a resin dissolvable in a developer for the photoresist film and (B) a compound having a sulfonic acid residue group, the composition forming an upper layer film with a receding contact angle to water of 70° or more. The upper layer film forming composition of the present invention can form an upper layer film which has a sufficient transparency and is stably maintained without eluting the components into a medium without being intermixed with a photoresist film, can form a resist pattern with high resolution while effectively suppressing a defect, and can suppress a blob defect.
US08507184B2
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes: performing a first exposure process with a first exposure mask having a first space pattern formed in a first direction; performing a second exposure process with a second exposure mask different from the first exposure mask, the second exposure mask having a second space pattern formed in a second direction intersected with the first direction; and forming a contact hole by a developing process.
US08507177B2
A material for use in lithography processing includes a polymer that turns soluble to a base solution in response to reaction with acid and a plurality of magnetically amplified generators (MAGs) each having a magnetic element and each decomposing to form acid bonded with the magnetic element in response to radiation energy.
US08507174B2
A positive resist composition comprising (A) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, (B) a resin capable of increasing the solubility in an alkali developer by the action of an acid, and (C) a compound having a specific structure, which decomposes by the action of an acid to generate an acid, a pattern forming method using the positive resist composition, and a compound for use in the positive resist composition are provided as a positive resist composition exhibiting good performance in terms of pattern profile, line edge roughness, pattern collapse, sensitivity and resolution in normal exposure (dry exposure), immersion exposure and double exposure, a pattern forming method using the positive resist composition and a compound for use in the positive resist composition.
US08507160B2
According to one embodiment, a flare prediction method in photolithography includes determining a pattern density distribution of a pattern layout, determining an inclination of a variation in the pattern density distribution, and performing a flare calculation in a plurality of partition sizes based on the inclination of a variation in the pattern density distribution.
US08507151B2
A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) comprises a polymer electrolyte membrane having at least one electrode layer on each of the opposing sides of the membrane. The electrode layer comprises a catalyst, an electrically conductive particulate material and an ionomer binder. The ionomer binder concentration on the exterior surface of the MEA is lower than the ionomer binder concentration near the electrode membrane interface. The electrode layer is formed by casting and drying a solvent ink layer between a nonporous release surface and a porous releasable decal.
US08507148B2
A benzoxazine-based monomer includes a halogen atom-containing functional group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group. A polymer formed from the benzoxazine-based monomer may be used in an electrode for a fuel cell and electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell.
US08507147B2
A cell of a fuel cell comprises an anode, a cathode, and between the cathode and the anode, a layer of ceramic including activated boron nitride.
US08507144B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a fuel cell system that is fed fuel and provided information on the fed fuel. The system generates information about fuel utilization in the fuel cells and oxygen to carbon ratio (O/C ratio) in the fuel cell system process and includes features for controlling a loading of the fuel cells. The fuel cell system also includes a first closed loop controller for controlling the feeding of fuel by taking into account the fuel utilization information as process feedback information, and by implementing a constraint function taking control of O/C ratio by restricting output of the first controller when said O/C ratio deviates from an allowed range, and a second controller for controlling active fuel cell loading by implementing a constraint function taking control of fuel utilization restricting output of the second controller when said fuel utilization deviates from an allowed range.
US08507143B2
A fuel cell system including a fuel cell, includes: a heater core used by a heating device; a first circulation circuit arranged to circulate a heat medium through the fuel cell; a second circulation circuit arranged to circulate the heat medium through the heater core; a connection channel arranged to connect the first circulation circuit with the second circulation circuit and thereby circulate the heat medium between the first circulation circuit and the second circulation circuit; and a first temperature regulator located on the second circulation circuit and downstream of the heater core and configured to regulate temperature of the heat medium after flowing out of the heater core and before flowing into the fuel cell.
US08507134B2
Provided are an anode material capable of improving a capacity and cycle characteristics, and a battery using the anode material. A disk-shaped cathode contained in a package can and a disk-shaped anode contained in a package cup are laminated with a separator in between. The anode comprises a composite material formed through applying a compressive force and a shearing force to at least a part of a surface of a base material including at least one kind selected from Group 14 elements except for carbon so as to combine a carbonaceous material with the base material, thereby the capacity and the cycle characteristics can be improved.
US08507117B2
Provided are a lithium-ion secondary battery capable of measuring the concentration of lithium ions in an stored electrolyte in a predetermined portion, an assembled battery using the same, a vehicle and a battery-equipped device equipped with the battery or the assembled battery, a battery system capable of acquiring the concentration-correlated physical quantity in the lithium-ion secondary battery, and a method for detecting the deterioration of the lithium-ion secondary battery. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprises a power generation element including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, a battery case housing the power generation element, and an electrolyte containing lithium ions and held in the battery case, and further comprises a stored-electrolyte physical quantity measuring means capable of measuring the concentration-correlated physical quantity having a correlation to the concentration of lithium ions in the stored electrolyte stored between the element and the case.
US08507116B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, an underlayer, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer, wherein the magnetic recording layer is provided with a pattern including recording portions and non-recording portions, the non-recording portions have a composition that is equal to a composition obtained by demagnetizing the recording portions, the non-recording portions contain at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of vanadium and zirconium and at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen, and the at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen is contained in the non-recording portions at a higher content than the content of the at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen in the recording portions.
US08507105B2
This invention relates to rolls for use in or in contact with molten metal comprising a roll drum having an outer peripheral surface and a thermally sprayed coating on the outer peripheral surface of said roll drum, said thermally sprayed coating comprising from about 66 to about 88 weight percent of tungsten, from about 2.5 to about 6 weight percent of carbon, from about 6 to about 20 weight percent of cobalt, and from about 2 to about 9 weight percent of chromium; a process for preparing the rolls; a method for forming a metal layer on a metal sheet utilizing the rolls, e.g., galvanization; and a thermal spray powder for coating the outer peripheral surface of the rolls.
US08507101B2
A biocorrodible implant includes a base formed from magnesium or a biocorrodible magnesium alloy, whose surface has a corrosion-inhibiting coating. A diffusion layer, which covers the base, differs in composition from the implant material. The diffusion layer contains at least one metallic element of the implant material and at least one corrosion-inhibiting element selected from the group of Al, Zn, Ca, Si, In, Mn, Sc and RE, where RE stands for rare earth metals. The implant optionally includes a metal layer of at least one of the corrosion-inhibiting elements selected from the group of Al, Zn, Ca, Si, In, Mn, Sc and RE covering the diffusion layer, and a passivating layer of metal oxides, metal nitrides or metal fluorides of at least one of the corrosion-inhibiting elements selected from the group of Al, Zn, Ca, Si, In, Mn, Sc and RE covering the diffusion layer or the metal layer.
US08507099B2
A coated article is provided, having a coating supported by a glass substrate where the coating includes at least one color and/or reflectivity-adjusting absorber layer. The absorber layer(s) allows color tuning, and reduces the glass side reflection of the coated article and/or allows sheet resistance of the coating to be reduced without degrading glass side reflection. In certain example embodiments the absorber layer is provided between first and second dielectric layers which may be of substantially the same material and/or composition. In certain example embodiments, the coated article is capable of achieving desirable transmission, together with desired color, low reflectivity, and low selectivity, when having only one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of silver and/or gold. Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, monolithic windows, or the like.
US08507091B2
A method of reducing an odor of composite resin particles comprising the step of: fluidizing the composite resin particles, which contain a polyolefin-based resin and a polystyrene-based resin and which are used for producing an expanded molded article, in a container with a gas that is blown thereinto from its bottom and that has a temperature of (T−40)° C. to (T−10)° C. (T is a softening temperature of the composite resin particles), to reduce the odor generated from a raw material of the composite resin particles and generated according to a method of the composite resin particles, wherein the composite resin particles whose odor is reduced are impregnated with a blowing agent; and the resultant is pre-expanded and then subject to an in-mold forming to make the expanded molded article have an odor strength of 3 or less in average value in odor test in which odor of an isovaleric acid diluted 100000 times is defined as 3, which means a reference odor, within 0 to 5 levels of the odor strength.
US08507088B2
Polymeric porous particles have a continuous solid phase and at least two different internal pores that are isolated from each other within the continuous phase. At least one set of discrete pores contains a marker material, and some instances, each set of discrete pores contain different pores marker materials that are isolated from each other. These marker materials are detectably different from each other. The porous particles can be spherical or non-spherical and can be used in any situation where the detectably different marker materials can be evaluated.
US08507081B2
An absorbing element having an adhesive surface showing adhesive properties for adhering to a substrate wherein at least a part of the surface has been treated, resulting in alteration of the surface properties of the heat treated part of the surface. By heat treatment, it is possible to provide an adhesive surface having parts showing different colors, water absorption properties, and/or adhesive properties. These parts include grottos in a first facade of the absorbing element that are at least 5 μm in diameter, with an average size of the grottos being less than 300 μm.
US08507078B2
Paper which exhibits more favorable forgery prevention effect is provided. Paper contains first and second surface regions opposed to each other and an intermediate region interposed between the first and second surface regions. Each of the first and second surface regions and the intermediate region contains cellulose fibers. At least the first surface region further comprises functional fibers which, upon reception of a physical stimulus, make a response different from that made by the cellulose fibers to the physical stimulus. The functional fibers contained in the first surface region are mingled with the cellulose fibers in the first surface region and are oriented in one direction which is parallel or oblique to one main surface of the paper.
US08507075B2
A methodology for adhesively attaching a barrier sheet to a motor vehicle inside door panel. A plurality of adhesive beds are disposed on the attachment face of a barrier sheet, whereby pressure applied to the barrier sheet causes the adhesive beads to wet-out with respect to the door inside panel and mergingly wet-out with respect to each other so as to thereby form an adhesive band. Visual inspection of the continuity of the merged wet-out through the barrier sheet provides installer feedback regarding installation integrity.
US08507074B2
A soft insert component having a rigid body portion in the vicinity of a marginal part of one surface side is insert molded in integration to a foamed molding. The foamed molding with the soft insert component includes a triple layered structure having a skin material, a core material, and a foamed layer. The skin material includes an insert component fixing portion onto which the soft insert component can be fixed. The core material includes a rigid body-supporting portion able to support the rigid body portion while resisting against a compression force applied to the soft insert component during foam molding, and the foamed layer is formed between the core material and a skin layer formed of the skin material and the soft insert component.
US08507072B2
An antenna apparatus used in a wireless communication medium or a wireless communication medium processing apparatus constructed by a constitution of including a magnetic member in which a magnetic ceramic powder is used as a major component thereof and which is provided with flexibility; an antenna formed at a surface or inside of the magnetic member, and a matching circuit of the antenna formed at the surface or the inside of the magnetic member.
US08507069B2
A vehicle deck board 1 is molded in such a manner that a lower die 21 and an upper die 22 are clamped together in a state where foamed resins 13 and reinforcements 20 are interposed between a back surface side sheet material 16 and a front surface side sheet material 15, whereby the back surface side sheet material 16 and the front surface side sheet material 15 are welded to each other to thereby form a laminated member 26 with height-increasing bridge members included therein, compressed air is injected into an inside of the laminated member 26 with the height-increasing bridge members included therein, which is formed by welding the back surface side sheet material 16 and the front surface side sheet 15, while individually vacuum-sucking the back surface side sheet material 16 and the front surface side sheet material 15 to the lower die 21 and the upper die 22, and the laminated member 26 concerned is subjected to blow molding.
US08507064B2
A printable sheet assembly having a facestock that is provided with a plurality of cards including a card whose perimeter is defined by first and second horizontal through-cut lines and first and second vertical through-cut lines, the intersection of the first horizontal through-cut line and the first vertical through-cut line defining a first corner, the intersection of the first horizontal through-cut line and the second vertical through-cut line defining a second card corner. A liner sheet strip is on a back side surface of the facestock. The liner sheet strip covers the first horizontal through-cut line and is wider at one of the card corners than along the first horizontal through-cut line at an area centrally disposed between the card corners, thereby exposing a portion of a back side surface the card, and the liner sheet strip covering portions of the vertical through-cut lines between the horizontal through-cut lines.
US08507062B2
A flexible-to-rigid tube is flexible when routed and is then rigidized to increase burst strength. According to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the flexible-to-rigid tube is included in a cooling plate assembly for transferring heat from electronic components mounted on a circuit board. In one embodiment, the flexible-to-rigid tube (while in a flexible state) includes a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) or other silicone containing pendant or terminal epoxy, vinyl and/or acrylate functional groups and an initiator (e.g., a sulfonium salt photoinitiator, a free radical photoinitiator, or a thermal initiator). In another embodiment, triallyl isocyanurate (TAIC) and an initiator are incorporated into a conventional PVC-based tubing material. The flexible-to-rigid tube changes from the flexible state to a rigid state via formation of a cross-linked network upon exposure to actinic radiation or heat.
US08507057B2
A heat-shrinkable polyester film having a thermal shrinkage ratio of 15% or more in the longitudinal direction when treated at 100° C. for 10 seconds, a tensile strength at rupture in the longitudinal direction of 7 kgf/mm2 or more, and a difference between elongations at the hardening and yield points in the longitudinal direction of 15% or more exhibits superior properties, such as high tensile strength and crack-resistance in the longitudinal direction, suitable for labeling or shrink-wrapping containers.
US08507055B2
An image transfer paper including a substrate layer, an image layer positioned relative to the substrate layer, the image layer including at least one of a polyester and a polyurethane and at least one of a micronized polytetrafluoroethylene and a micronized polyethylene, and a release layer positioned between the substrate layer and the image layer, the release layer including a wax component and at least one of a fluoro phosphate ester and a perfluoro phosphate ester.
US08507046B2
A method of creating a fluid layer in the micrometer range includes transferring a fluid between substrates and forming a fluid layer. A surface energy of a first substrate releasing the fluid is higher than a surface energy of a fluid on the first substrate to create a first fluid deposit on the first substrate. A surface energy of a second substrate accepting the fluid is lower than a surface energy of a fluid on the second substrate to create a second fluid deposit on the second substrate that is reduced as compared to the first fluid deposit. A surface energy of a third substrate accepting the fluid is higher than a surface energy of a fluid on the third substrate to create a substantially homogeneous third fluid deposit on the third substrate that forms the fluid layer.
US08507045B2
A fabric treatment composition including a sizing agent and a silicone solvent is provided. The sizing agent is a hydrogenated rosin ester. The silicone solvent is a volatile silicone solvent. Optionally, co-solvents and dispersing agents may be included. A method of treating a fabric article and the treated fabric article are provided.
US08507031B2
The microcomponent, for example a microbattery, comprising a stack with at least two superposed layers on a substrate, is made using a single steel mask able to expand under the effect of temperature. The mask comprises at least one off-centered opening. The mask being at a first temperature, a first layer is deposited through the opening of the mask. The mask being at a second temperature, higher than the first temperature, a second layer is deposited through the opening of the mask. Finally, the mask being at a third temperature, higher than the second temperature, a third layer is deposited through the opening of the mask.
US08507030B2
Provided is a method of forming a metal oxide film on a CNT and a method of fabricating a carbon nanotube transistor using the same. The method includes forming chemical functional group on a surface of the CNT and forming the metal oxide film on the CNT on which the chemical functional group is formed.
US08507027B2
The present invention relates to a method for enhancing salty taste-like taste of food and drink, as well as providing a seasoning composition and a salty taste-like taste enhancer to be provided to the method. The present invention provides a seasoning composition including a 5′-ribonucleotide and a branched-chain amino acid; the seasoning composition and the salty taste-like taste enhancer containing 0.45 to 81 parts by weight of the branched-chain amino acid relative to 100 parts by weight of the 5′-ribonucleotide; and a method for enhancing salty taste-like taste of food and drink containing 2 to 90 parts by weight of the 5′-ribonucleotide and 0.05 to 9 parts by weight of the branched-chain amino acid.
US08507015B2
This invention provides a composition and method for countering the effects of alcohol consumption by a person. The composition provided is a specifically proportion combination of various vitamins, potassium, magnesium, milk thistle extract, amino acids, green tea extract, prickly pear extract, malic acid, and optionally Maqui berry extract, and various other additives for flavor and preservatives for a liquid formulation. The method includes orally administering the composition to a person under the influence of alcohol.
US08507012B2
Disclosed are extracts prepared from primitive plants and fungi that have anti-cancer properties. The extracts are prepared by pulverizing the biological matter in a diluent. The extract can be administered to an individual or animal to kill cancer cells, prevent growth of cancer cells and treat cancer. The extracts may be used in combination with other therapeutic protocols.
US08507010B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, useful for the treatment of diseases characterized by abnormal PTKs activity of erbB family in a mammal, comprising pharmaceutically acceptable salts of N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(3-fluoro-benzyloxy) phenylamino]quinazolin-6-yl}-acrylamide, optionally a pharmaceutically applicable carrier or diluent, and a stabilizer having a dispersing and/or protective effect on the active ingredient. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising said composition, methods for preparation of said composition and said formulation, as well as use of said composition and said formulation for treating diseases characterized by abnormal PTKs activity of erbB family in a mammal.
US08507006B2
Individualized porous particles having a volume-average diameter of less than or equal to 10 μm and a specific surface area of greater than or equal to 1 m2/g, and that include at least one cosmetically or pharmaceutically active compound present at least inside the particles.
US08507003B2
A multi(micro)particulate tablet is provided comprising microparticles which comprise a mechanically non-deformable core of active principle (AP). The tablet is formed from reservoir microcapsules with prolonged release of the AP, which are each made up of a non-deformable core comprising AP and covered with at least one film coating controlling release of the AP in vivo. The microcapsules have a particle size of between 50 and 1000 microns and are coated with at least one outer overcoating envelope comprising at least one deformable organic constituent having a melting point of between 40° C. and 120° C. The envelope allows the prolonged release of the AP in vivo without modification of the release profile when the microcapsules are compressed to form a tablet, even for microparticles not specifically formulated for compression.
US08506992B2
A percutaneous absorption-type pharmaceutical preparation containing a sublimation drug is provided, where from a plaster layer, a drug is released as volatile substance with a lapse of time, but the released drug has no adverse effect on the handling of the preparation, and the quality of the preparation is maintained in storage over a long period of time. A percutaneous absorption-type pharmaceutical preparation, which comprises: a support comprising a plastic film and a nonwoven fabric; and a plaster layer containing a sublimation drug, wherein the plastic film and the nonwoven fabric are laminated with an adhesive having a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or higher, and the plaster layer is laminated on opposite side of the plastic film surface that the nonwoven fabric is laminated with.
US08506987B2
The invention provides biodegradable implants sized for implantation in an ocular region and methods for treating medical conditions of the eye. The implants are formed from a mixture of hydrophilic end and hydrophobic end PLGA, and deliver active agents into an ocular region without a high burst release.
US08506985B2
The present invention incorporates new materials for bone regeneration, methods for their manufacture, and application in traumatology surgery, maxillofacial surgery, dental surgery, orthognatic surgery, endodontics, ophthalmology, neurosurgery and/or osteoporotic processes, and other indications where bone regeneration is required. In particular, the present invention incorporates synthetic materials with a 20% to a 95%, preferably between 40% and 90% in mass of monetite [Ca1-XMXHPO4, where 0≦x≦0.05, and where M can be a divalent metallic ion], and which in their final composition incorporate between 5% and 80%, preferably between 0% and 60%, in mass of bioactive calcium compounds chosen from calcium phosphates and between 5% and 80% in total mass of bioactive silicon compounds chosen from calcium silicates and/or bioactive silica glasses and gels.
US08506975B2
Silicone-free compositions including hydrocarbons of widely different structures and origins combined with coated particles are provided which have both aesthetic and volatility properties similar to cyclopentasiloxane dispersions. The compositions are useful as full or partial replacement products for dispersions of cyclopentasiloxane, or “volatile silicones.” The compositions are useful in UV-attenuating formulations including skin care products, color cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and especially sun care products such as sunblocks, sunscreens, tanning lotions, and the like.
US08506972B2
The present disclosure relates to a chitosan solution neutralized with amino-sugar carbonate buffering solution or amino-sugar phosphate buffering solution or phosphorylated aminosugar buffering solution. The resulting thermogelling chitosan composition is highly biocompatible, isotonic and has the ability to rapidly turn into gel upon heating to the body temperature. It provides a novel chitosan-based composition to suitable for drug delivery, cell delivery and repair or regeneration of tissues and organs as well as other clinical treatment.
US08506971B2
The subject of the invention is a method for adjuvanting LPS of a Gram-negative bacterium, according to which LPS or LPS liposomes (LPS formulated in liposomes) is (are) mixed with the lipidated human-transferrin receptor subunit B (TbpB protein) of Neisseria meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof; or (ii) LPS and the lipidated TbpB of N. meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof are formulated together in liposomes; or (iii) LPS is conjugated with the lipidated TbpB of N. meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof; in order to obtain a preparation which does not contain OMVs and which is capable of inducing, after administration to a mammal, an anti-LPS immune response which is improved by comparison with the anti-LPS immune response observed after administration of the corresponding preparation in which the lipidated TbpB of N. meningitidis or a lipidated fragment thereof is omitted; as well as vaccine compositions thereof. The LPS may, for example, be the LOS of a non-enteric Gram-negative bacterium such as N. meningitidis.
US08506951B2
Disclosed are methods of administering at least two Bacillus strains to a pig, such as female breeding stock, nursery pigs, or other pigs. The Bacillus strains inhibit Clostridium in litters borne to the pig. The Bacillus strains also are useful when administered to herds lacking symptoms of Clostridium infection. Administration of the Bacillus strains improves performance of female breeding stock and in piglets borne by the female breeding stock.
US08506950B2
The invention relates to microcapsules consisting of a polymer degradable by a polypeptide comprising a drug or other compound of interest and a genetically engineered cell expressing said polypeptide in response to a triggering compound, and to methods of directed release of the compound of interest. The preferred polymer is optionally modified cellulose sulfate/poly-diallyl-dimethyl-ammonium chloride. Such microcapsules are non-toxic, do not elicit an immunological response and have an extended half-life time in mammals. The expression system for cellulase is, for example, based on TET and doxycycline, or E.REX and erythromycin. In another example, expression of cellulase is triggered by luteinizing hormone, which can be used for artificial insemination with microcapsules carrying sperm.
US08506949B2
The invention is directed to novel methods for modulating inflammatory and/or immune responses. Such methods utilize compositions comprising extraembryonic cells (herein referred to as EE cells) including but not limited to extraembryonic HLA-G positive cells (herein referred to as EHP cells) and amnion-derived multipotent progenitor cells (herein referred to as AMP cells); compositions comprising expanded EE cell populations, and/or cell lysates and/or conditioned media derived therefrom, alone or in combination with each other and/or in combination with various extracellular matrices and/or devices and/or other suitable active agents.
US08506945B2
An alternating copolymer comprising a backbone of residues of a maleic anhydride derivative and those of a compound containing vinylic unsaturation, which also comprises residues of an active compound containing a nucleophilic group, bound to the backbone by a residue of the nucleophilic group, including such a copolymer comprising residues of an active compound containing an alcohol, thiol or amine group. The chemical and biological properties of actives, such as protease inhibitors, neurotransmitter drugs, and other small molecule active drugs, are enhanced, and new applications enabled. Also, artefacts, including a solid medical implant device, dressing or scaffold or a fluid adhesive or medicinal composition comprising such a polymer, and a method of use of such a polymer, including a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of wounds.
US08506938B2
A compound applying to skin and a method making the same comprises certain proportions for following first components: Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Cyclotetrasiloxane, Dimethicone, Cetyl PEG/PPG-15/15 Butyl Ether Dimethicone, Squalane, and Titanium Dioxide. Second components, third components, and fourth components with specific proportions as claimed are timely added in the first components. Sequentially mixing, heating, and dissolving the afore components would bring about the compound that keeps skin from sun exposure and provides functions of moisturizing, anti-wrinkle, spots clearing, blushers, anti-acnes, and whitening.
US08506937B2
Provided is artificial saliva including hyaluronic acid (HA) comprising 0.4 to 0.6 mg/ml of hyaluronic acid (HA), based on 100 parts by weight of the HA, 10 to 12 parts by weight of lysozyme, and 7 to 9 parts by weight of peroxidase. The artificial saliva may be used to treat xerostomia or oral candidiasis and can be effectively used to prevent or treat complications cased by reduced secretion of saliva, since the artificial saliva is in a physiological range of human saliva and shows adequate antimicrobial activities.
US08506932B2
The present invention provides novel tetracyclic indole compounds of Formula (I) either as in vivo imaging agents or as therapeutic agents. A method for the preparation of the in vivo imaging agent compound is also provided by the invention, as well as a precursor for use in said method. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention are additionally provided. Where the pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound suitable for in vivo imaging, a kit is provided for the preparation of the pharmaceutical composition. In a further aspect, use of the compound for in vivo imaging or treatment of conditions associated with PBR is provided.
US08506930B2
The present invention provides a compound which has affinity with amyloid, shows sufficiently rapid clearance from normal tissues and is suppressed in toxicity such as mutagencity. Provided is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein A1, A2, A3 and A4 independently represents a carbon or nitrogen; R1 is a halogen substituent; R2 is a halogen substituent; and m is an integer of 0 to 2, provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is a radioactive halogen substituent, at least one of A1, A2, A3 and A4 represents a carbon, and R1 binds to a carbon represented by A1, A2, A3 or A4 as well as a low-toxic diagnostic agent comprising a compound represented by the preceding formula or a salt thereof.
US08506924B2
A process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen, by first separately preheating the hydrocarbon gas and oxygen gas, and then reacting the gases and cooling the products rapidly. The reactor wall is blanketed with a purge gas stream, introduced through a plurality of feed lines. These feed lines deliver purge gas in a vector direction within a 10° angle of the main flow direction of the reactive gas stream. The purge gas is delivered at multiple stages relative to the main flow direction of the reactive gas stream, and the free cross section of the firing space available to the reactive gas stream, at the height of the feed lines of the purge gas stream, is approximately constant.
US08506909B2
The invention relates to a device for receiving a test sample, particularly sample holders for combined examination of the test sample by a test procedure combined with another test procedure, which differs from the first test procedure, with a planar preparation component (1) in a transparent material with a preparation surface on which the test sample can be prepared, wherein a test path for the introduction of a test facility for carrying out the test procedure is formed on one side of the preparation component (1) and another test path for the introduction of a test facility for carrying out the other test procedure on the test sample is formed on an opposite side of the preparation component (1), wherein a supporting and covering element (3a) which has an aperture (5) through which the test path is formed is pressed against the preparation component (1) on one side (FIG. 1).
US08506906B2
A microfluidic system comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a material which is able to change its volume when activated by an exciting factor, characterized by the fact that the first portion and the second portion define a zone which, when the first portion is not yet activated by the exciting factor, shows a first topography devoid of any fluidic pathway and which, after activation by the exciting factor, shows a second topography which is adapted to contain at least one fluidic pathway. The microfluidic system further comprises a tight cover surface situated above the first portion and the second portion.
US08506905B2
The present invention provides simple and an accurate apparatuses for forming bilayer membranes by the contact of amphipathic monolayers. In one apparatus, amphipathic monolayers are brought into contact and fused by controlling the pressure of liquids introduced from microchannels forming an intersection containing a chamber. In another apparatus, the chamber includes a number of compartments and at least one construction portion. In this apparatus, a droplet is formed within each compartment and contact of amphipatic monolayers is accomplished by adjusting the size of the droplets.
US08506897B2
A mobile ultraviolet sterilization vehicle. A plurality of UV lamps are removably mounted to a wheeled vehicle. A plurality of tines and a brush are mounted to the vehicle extending across the width thereof and into the supporting surface to position the supporting surface to receive the UV light.
US08506894B2
A honeycomb structural body includes a plurality of honeycomb units adhered to each other by interposing an adhesive layer. Each of the honeycomb units has a substantially fan shaped cross section or a substantially elliptical fan shaped cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of each of the honeycomb units. First and second electrodes are provided at a part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the honeycomb units that does not face the adhesive layer and are provided at a first area between each of the honeycomb units and the adhesive layer. And/or the first and second electrodes are provided at a second area between the outer peripheral surface of each of the honeycomb units and the adhesive layer and are provided at a third area including a center of the substantially fan shaped cross section or the substantially elliptical fan shaped cross section.
US08506886B2
In order to disinfect and to detoxify a fluid, a photoreactor contains at least two light sources. One light source activates the catalytic function of a semiconductor material in the fluid to reduce the concentration of contaminants in the fluid, such as by breaking down organic contaminants into non-toxic compounds. A second light source acts directly on living biological entities to sterilize or kill them and thereby disinfect the fluid, and can also serve to activate a semiconductor photocatalyst that in turn causes further damage to biological contaminants. The semiconductor photocatalyst is desirably attached to an optically transmitting fiber substrate in the fluid. The second light source in one embodiment is external to the fluid and illuminates the photocatalyst through transmitting surfaces in a fluid containment vessel. The light sources can comprise respective sets of plural LEDs.
US08506885B2
A method for inlet temperature monitoring for centralized heat disinfection of dialysis machine inlet lines is described. The method can be used, for example, for a dialysis system which has a central water processing system used at a multiple patient dialysis treatment clinic or center. A central water processing system and a plurality of dialysis machines having fluid inlets are fluidly connected to a water supply loop which circulates heated water from the central water processing system to the dialysis machines and back to the central water processing system. A dialysis system for centralized heat disinfection of dialysis machine inlet lines of dialysis machines supplied with water by a central water processing system also is provided.
US08506883B2
A weldable, high temperature oxidation resistant alloy with low solidification crack sensitivity and good resistance to strain age cracking. The alloy contains by weight percent, 25% to 32% iron, 18% to 25% chromium, 3.0% to 4.5% aluminum, 0.2% to 0.6% titanium, 0.2% to 0.4% silicon, 0.2% to 0.5% manganese and the balance nickel plus impurities. The Al+Ti content should be between 3.4 and 4.2 and the Cr/Al ratio should be from about 4.5 to 8.
US08506881B2
An intermetallic bonded diamond composite composition and methods of processing such a composition are provided by the present invention. The intermetallic bonded diamond composite composition preferably comprises a nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) binder and diamond particles dispersed within the nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) binder. Additionally, the composite composition has a processing temperature of at least about 1,200° C. and is processed such that the diamond particles remain intact and are not converted to graphite or vaporized by the high-temperature process. Methods of forming the composite composition are also provided that generally comprise the steps of milling, pressing, and sintering the high-temperature intermetallic binder and diamond particles.
US08506878B2
A cooling unit, a heating-cooling operation including a cooling unit, a rod or wire manufacturing system, a method for manufacturing a rod or wire, a method for heat treating of a rod or wire, a method for treating metal, a steel rod or steel wire, and a treated metal having an improved tensile strength are disclosed. The cooling unit includes at least one adaptable quenching zone and at least one adaptable soaking zone. The at least one adaptable quenching zone is capable of quenching to a soaking temperature. The at least one adaptable soaking zone is capable of maintaining substantially the soak temperature.
US08506875B2
A single-sided shuttle-type blow molding apparatus having an extruder for substantially continuously extruding a thermoplastic material in tubular form at a moldable temperature downwardly along a vertical axis. The apparatus includes a mold having a set of mold parts adapted to open and close relative to each other to define, when closed, a mold cavity. A shuttle having the mold mounted thereon is arranged to move along a closed path from a first position wherein the mold engages, when open, a finite length of the thermoplastic tube, to a second position away from the first position. The apparatus further includes a blow head adapted to blow the finite length of the thermoplastic tube to form the container as the mold moves from the first position to the second position of the closed path. The apparatus includes no more than one mold. A method is also described.
US08506857B2
An injection compression molding method of a lens is provided, where a toggle link mechanism (65) is actuated to close a molding die (50) and a movable die plate (64) is moved to a position establishing a cavity thickness of greater than a thickness of an article to be molded while the die is closed. After injecting a molten resin into the cavity, the molten resin is sealed in the cavity and the toggle link mechanism (65) is actuated to advance the movable die plate (64) toward a fixed die plate (61), the relative position of a rear die plate (62) and the movable die plate (64) is made constant at a position where extension of a tie bar (63) becomes a predetermined value, and the molten resin is cooled for a predetermined time after completion of pressurizing the resin.
US08506849B2
A conductive ink includes metallic nanoparticles, a polymeric dispersant, and a solvent. The polymeric dispersant may be ionic, non-ionic, or any combination of ionic and non-ionic polymeric dispersants. The solvent may include water, an organic solvent, or any combination thereof. The conductive ink may include a stabilizing agent, an adhesion promoter, a surface tension modifier, a defoaming agent, a leveling additive, a rheology modifier, a wetting agent, an ionic strength modifier, or any combination thereof.
US08506848B2
A semiconductive polyimide resin belt that exhibits excellent electrical properties, including the ability to achieve accurate image transfer in a color image-forming unit, and the ability to prevent variations in resistance due to the transfer voltage, enabling high-quality transfer images to be stably produced over an extended period of time; and excellent physical properties, including resistance to deterioration in flatness due to plastic deformation caused by loads applied in the width direction of the belt, excellent durability, and stable operation even after extended use; and an intermediate transfer belt made of the semiconductive polyimide resin belt. The semiconductive polyimide resin belt comprises carbon black and a polyimide resin. The polyimide resin is obtained by imidization of terphenyl-3,3′,4,4′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride and an aromatic diamine component containing 50 mol % or more of an aromatic diamine having 3 and/or 4 aromatic rings based on a total amount of the aromatic diamine component.
US08506845B2
A scintillator material contains a compound represented by a general formula [Cs1-zRbz][I1-x-yBrxCly]:In. In the general formula, x, y, and z satisfy any one of conditions (1), (2), and (3) below. (1) When 0
US08506843B2
This disclosure features a persistent phosphor having the following formula I: Sra,Cab,BacAl2-m-n-o-pOd:Euy,REz,Bm,Znn,Coo,Scp I where a and b each range from about 0.3 to about 0.7; c is between about 0 and about 0.1; 0.75≦a+b+c+y+z≦1.3; y is between about 0.0005 and about 0.1; RE is any rare earth element alone or in combination; z is between about 0.0005 and about 0.15; m is between about 0.0005 and about 0.30; n is between about 0 and about 0.10; o is between about 0 and about 0.01; p is between about 0 and about 0.10 and d ranges from about 3.945 to about 4.075. Once the persistent phosphor has been excited it appears white in an absence of ambient light. Also featured is an article of manufacture that includes the phosphor.
US08506831B2
A combination, composition and associated method for chemical mechanical planarization of a tungsten-containing substrate are described herein which afford tunability of tungsten/dielectric selectivity and low selectivity for tungsten removal in relation to dielectric material. Removal rates for both tungsten and dielectric are high and stability of the slurry (e.g., with respect to pH drift over time) is high.
US08506822B2
A process of concentrating an aqueous suspension of solid particles comprising the steps of adding at least one organic polymeric flocculant to the suspension thereby forming flocculated solids in which the flocculated solids are allowed form a layer of solids and thereby forming a more concentrated suspension in which the process comprises the addition of an effective amount of an agent that is selected from the group consisting of free radical agents, oxidizing agents, enzymes and radiation, in which the agent is applied to the suspension prior to or substantially simultaneously with adding the organic polymeric flocculant and/or the organic polymeric flocculant is added to the suspension in a vessel and the agent is applied to the suspension in the same vessel. The process is particularly suitable for solids liquid separation in which the flocculated solids are allowed to settle by sedimentation in a gravity thickener.
US08506819B2
A system and method of filtering metalworking fluid is disclosed. A particle filter is provided in fluid communication with a sump of machining equipment to filter particles from a metalworking fluid. The metalworking fluid is filtered using the particle filter to remove metal filings and debris from the metalworking fluid. A tramp oil filter is provided in fluid communication with the particle filter to remove tramp oil, wherein the tramp oil filter includes hydrophobic material to absorb oil. The oil-free metalworking fluid may then be re-circulated back to the machining equipment.
US08506812B2
The present invention relates to a membrane separation method and a relevant equipment, in particular to a method and an equipment for membrane separation utilizing concentration polarization during membrane filtration process, especially, to a concentration process and equipment and a drawer special for drawing a concentration polarization layer. The direct removal of the concentration polarization layer from membrane surface not only decreases the adverse influence of concentration polarization on membrane separation but also obtains concentrated retention components, thereby significantly improving the ability to maintain membrane flux, solving the twinborn problems concerning concentration polarization and membrane fouling during the membrane separation process, and achieving a high-efficiency concentration for retention components. The method and equipment of the present invention can be widely applied in various membrane techniques, in particular in a membrane separation process for concentrating biomacromolecule and organic micromolecule products such as sugars, organic acids and polypeptides etc.
US08506811B2
A recirculated marine aquaculture system and process for growing crustaceans or other fish within a body of water. Water from the body of water is treated by stripping carbon dioxide and biological byproducts and by oxygenating the water. A water treatment unit may be provided to treat the water and provide movement to the body water. The water treatment unit can be configured to provide cavitation to the water, which aids in the removal of carbon dioxide and biological byproducts. Water may also be cycled through a deflocculation tank to reduce the floc of bacteria within the body of water to acceptable levels for optimal growth of crustaceans or other fish within a body of water. Using the system and the deflocculation tank has the advantage of significantly reducing the water exchange rates and even the water effluent, while maintaining acceptable water quality for growing crustaceans or other fish.
US08506802B1
Stackable planar adsorption devices include a plurality of layers of adsorptive media provided in a web format. The layers are stacked in contiguous fashion, sealed and include fluid passageways to provide a range of scalable chromatography devices suitable for large scale manufacturing applications.
US08506801B2
A device for capillary chromatography comprising at least one first receiving space arranged in a circuit board and of a form such that the first receiving space is suitable for at least partially receiving a coiled part of a capillary separation column. Also a method for manufacturing such a device. Using such a device and method the greatest possible advantage can be gained from both miniaturized and integrated gas chromatographs (minimal dead volumes; integration options; small thermal masses and rapid temperature regulation; low cost price; small dimensions, weight and energy consumption; portable and flexible in use) and from the use of a usual capillary separation column (very good separation; high precision and reproducibility). The capillary separation column can herein be heated uniformly, rapidly and accurately.
US08506789B2
A method that produces coupled radical products from biomass. The method involves obtaining a lipid or carboxylic acid material from the biomass. This material may be a carboxylic acid, an ester of a carboxylic acid, a triglyceride of a carboxylic acid, or a metal salt of a carboxylic acid, or any other fatty acid derivative. This lipid material or carboxylic acid material is converted into an alkali metal salt. The alkali metal salt is then used in an anolyte as part of an electrolytic cell. The electrolytic cell may include an alkali ion conducting membrane (such as a NaSICON membrane). When the cell is operated, the alkali metal salt of the carboxylic acid decarboxylates and forms radicals. Such radicals are then bonded to other radicals, thereby producing a coupled radical product such as a hydrocarbon. The produced hydrocarbon may be, for example, saturated, unsaturated, branched, or unbranched, depending upon the starting material.
US08506787B2
An electrochemical cell having two or more diffusion bonded layers, which demonstrates a high degree of ruggedness, reliability, efficiency and attitude insensitiveness, is provided. The novel cell structure simplifies construction and operation of these cells. Also provided is a method for passive water removal from these cells. The inventive cell, as well as stacks made using these cells, is suitable for use in applications such as commercial space power systems, long endurance aircraft, undersea power systems, remote backup power systems, and regenerative fuel cells.
US08506785B2
An analysis apparatus enables a plurality of analysis processes to be accurately and efficiently performed. The analysis apparatus includes a detention tank in which a specimen is stored, and a voltage applier. The voltage applier includes a power source and a contact tip to be brought into contact with the specimen for applying a voltage necessary for analyzing the specimen. The voltage applier renews the contact tip from a used state to an unused state after completing an analysis and before starting the subsequent analysis.
US08506772B2
A sputtering apparatus includes a support assembly and posts. The support assembly includes an upper base, a lower base, seat members, and connection posts interconnected between the upper base and the lower base. The upper base defines cutouts. The seat members are rotatably mounted on the lower base and aligned with the cutouts. Each seat member includes a hollow receiving post, a support post moveably received in the receiving post, a lever bar is pivoted to the receiving post, and a drive post, the drive post and the support post are coupled to opposite ends of the lever bar. Each seat member is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the receiving post. The posts fix workpieces. Each post includes a rod body portion having a first end and an opposite second end, an engagement portion at the first end, and a protrusion extending from the second end.
US08506763B2
Device for heating a liquid comprising a solvent and solute, and separating the solvent and solution
A device for treating a liquid comprising a solvent and a solute, and separating the solvent and solute, the device comprising a continuous flow treatment chamber including: (a) one or more drying zones; (b) one or more return zones to circulate heating fluid continuously through drying zone(s) and return zone(s) sequentially; (c) a heating fluid inlet(s) in at least one of the return zones for the introduction of the heating fluid; (d) a circulating fan to circulate the heating fluid; (e) a liquid inlet(s) in the drying zone(s) including nozzles though which liquid to be treated is introduced in misted form into the zones; (f) a solute collector(s) located in the drying zone(s) downstream of the liquid inlet(s); wherein the introduced liquid is heated by the heating fluid and the solute is separated from the liquid in the solute collector(s).
US08506762B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.
US08506758B2
A method for guiding web patching, using a re-reeler, in connection with a paper machine and an off-line coating machine, in which method a defect map of the web is created on the paper machine, to show deviations some of which are shown on the coating machine, using selected criteria, to the operator, the deviations being patched using the re-reeler, guided by the defect map and preset patching rules. On the coating machine, the virtual location of the selected deviations is monitored through the coating machine and if a possible web break occurs, a deviation is localized relative to the web break, and on the basis of this monitoring, feedback is provided to the patching rules of the re-reeler, in order to optimize them.
US08506757B2
Disclosed herein are hydrophobically-modified poly(aminoamides) useful as fixative detackifiers for stickies and pitch control in papermaking processes. These polymers are prepared via modification of amine-containing water-soluble poly(aminoamides) with reactive functional group-containing hydrophobic compounds. In particular, poly(aminoamides) may be modified, under appropriate reaction conditions, with long chain alkyl glycidyl ether, AKD (alkyl ketene dimer), ASA (alkyl succinyl anhydride), or Quab (3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl-N,N,N-dimethylalkyl ammonium chloride). These novel polymers are effective in inhibiting deposition of organic contaminants in pulp and papermaking systems.
US08506751B2
An adhesion bond between a metallic surface layer and a second surface is formed by treating the layers with a material comprising sulphur-containing molecules. The sulphur-containing molecules are applied as a surface treatment of the surfaces, so that the sulphur-containing molecules act as a coupling agent to bond chemically to both substrates form nanometer-sized structures on the surfaces. The nanometer-sized structures are incorporated into a self-assembly interlayer in between the surfaces, with the interlayer forming a bond to both surfaces.
US08506744B1
A method includes providing a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein at least one of the first or second sheet has a portion that is transparent; forming a first groove in a first surface of the first sheet adjacent to an edge of the first sheet; applying an adhesive material to an area of the first surface of the first sheet at least partially along a length of the first groove between the first groove and the adjacent edge of the first sheet; and pressing the second sheet against the first surface of the first sheet to adhere the second sheet to the first sheet. The first groove is arranged so as to substantially prevent the adhesive material from spreading past the first groove when the second sheet is pressed against the first sheet.
US08506737B2
A method of making an insulating glass (IG) window unit includes: having a coated article including a multi-layered low-E coating on a glass substrate; at least two flexible protective sheets adhered to a top surface of the low-E coating via at least an adhesive layer, and a protective coating over the low-E coating and/or over at least one of the flexible protective sheets in order to substantially fill one or more gaps formed between the low-E coating and the flexible protective sheet(s) and/or between the flexible protective sheets; and following cutting, edge seaming, and/or washing, removing at least part of the temporary protective coating by peeling the protective sheets off and removing at least part of the protective coating when peeling off the protective sheets.
US08506722B2
A method for cleaning a filtering membrane, contaminated by contaminants including inorganic and organic materials during a fluid-filtering process, is disclosed, the method comprises cleaning the filtering membrane by using a first cleaning solution of pH 6˜9 so as to remove the organic material from the filtering membrane; and cleaning the filtering membrane by using a second acid cleaning solution so as to remove the inorganic material from the filtering membrane, wherein the cleaning method of the present invention uses the first cleaning solution having pH 6˜9 instead of a strong-alkaline cleaning solution so as to prevent the filtering membrane from being damaged, and also uses the cleaning solution maintained at a relatively low temperature instead of hot water so as to improve economical efficiency by reduction of energy consumption.
US08506717B2
The present invention is a process for treating a feedstock comprising holocellulose. The process comprises mixing the feedstock with a solution comprising cellulose binding domains to form a mixture. The mixture is then subjected to conditions sufficient to reduce the crystallinity of holocellulose. Subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis may show an improved rate and/or fermentable sugar yield as compared to processes which do not employ the process.
US08506709B2
A roll coater with a recirculation loop is disclosed. Waste coating material form the roll coater is treated in an agitator unit containing, for example, one or more ultrasonic transducers, and optionally a filtration unit and/or temperature control unit to produce reconditioned coating solution, such as a reconditioned sol-gel precursor solution. Also disclosed is preventative maintenance module comprising a cleaning unit that is designed to engage and clean the applicator and/or metering rolls in a roll coater.
US08506708B2
A silica glass crucible for pulling up a silicon single crystal including a wall part and a bottom part is provided with a natural silica glass layer which forms at least one part of a an inner surface of the bottom part, and a synthetic silica glass layer which forms at least an inner surface of the wall part, wherein a concentration of Ca included in the natural silica glass layer is 0.5 ppm or less.
US08506702B2
The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of manufacturing lightweight construction materials using sludge waste, more specifically to a manufacturing method of manufacturing lightweight construction materials using the sludge waste which is manufactured by adding feldspar, bentonite, zeolite, loess, mica and agalmatolite to sludge waste and the lightweight construction materials manufactured thereby. According to the present invention, lightweight construction materials can be manufactured which are environmentally friendly by recycling waste sludge, can reduce energy consumption by simplifying the processes, and have superior strength and water permeability by mixing specific inorganic materials.
US08506685B2
In accordance with at least selected embodiments of the present invention, an improved liquid degassing membrane contactor or module includes a high pressure housing and at least one degassing cartridge therein. It may be preferred that the high pressure housing is a standard, ASME certified, reverse osmosis (RO) or water purification pressure housing or vessel (made of, for example, polypropylene, polycarbonate, stainless steel, corrosion resistant filament wound fiberglass reinforced epoxy tubing, with pressure ratings of, for example, 150, 250, 300, 400, or 600 psi, and with, for example 4 or 6 ports, and an end cap at each end) and that the degassing cartridge is a self-contained, hollow-fiber membrane cartridge adapted to fit in the RO high pressure housing.
US08506680B2
Systems and techniques for the reclamation from boiler flue gas of all or substantially all gaseous substances for well injection oil recovery. A system can include one or more of a boiler for generating high pressure steam, a high pressure water pump, a tower scrubber, an induced draft fan, an absorber, a separating tank, a heat exchanger, a regenerator, a reboiler, a steam boiler, a water segregator, a carbon dioxide compressor, a purifier, a nitrogen compressor, drying beds, adsorption beds, a carbon dioxide pressurizer, a nitrogen pressurizer and a mixing tank of which: the boiler for generating high pressure steam, the tower scrubber, the absorber, the regenerator and the adsorption beds connect with each other in turn. In addition, the mixing tank connects by pipelines with a gas injection tube of an oil well. Mixed gases of carbon dioxide and nitrogen can be obtained for injection into the oil well, thus gaining favorable results of crude oil output increase as well as environment protection.
US08506679B2
A water recovery system includes a sorbing bed, a desorbing bed, a heat pump and a controller. The sorbing bed receives a first fluid stream and absorbs and/or adsorbs water from the first fluid stream. The desorbing bed is aligned with and thermally connected to the sorbing bed, and receives a second fluid stream and desorbs water to the second fluid stream. The heat pump is positioned between the sorbing bed and the desorbing bed and transfers heat from the sorbing bed to the desorbing bed. The controller distributes power to the heat pump to maintain an area near the outlet of the desorbing bed at a temperature greater than an area of the sorbing bed aligned with the area near the outlet of the desorbing bed. A method for recovering water from a fluid stream includes directing fluid streams through the described water recovery system.
US08506676B2
A waste heat recovery system is provided. The waste heat recovery system includes a gas separation apparatus that includes a chamber and at least one membrane positioned within the chamber. The gas separation apparatus is configured to produce a retentate that includes at least a combustible gas and a permeate that includes at least a waste gas, wherein the waste gas includes at least a noncombustible gas. Moreover, the waste heat recovery system includes a burner that is coupled to the gas separation apparatus, wherein the burner is configured to receive the permeate and to combust the permeate such that heat is generated from the permeate. Further, a heat recovery steam generator is coupled to the burner and configured to recover heat generated by the burner.
US08506675B2
A composite desiccant material is formed by a porous, absorbent substrate of PVA foam or non-woven fibrous sheet is soaked in a solution of a hygroscopic desiccant such as CaCl2. The desiccant is held in pores or fibrous entraining areas sized ranging from 50 microns to 1000 microns. Thin sheets are arranged in a stack in a multi-chamber system, while in an absorption state, uses this stack in a main chamber to absorb H20 from atmospheric gas flowing through that chamber. In a regeneration state atmospheric flow is stopped and low-grade energy releases the H20 from the desiccant into that chamber. Fans circulate moist air through the main chamber and into an adjacent chamber for H20 transfer through or past a partially permeable barrier into a cooling/condensing area. Both H20 and dry gas may be produced.
US08506674B1
A method of cleaning a dust filter includes applying a negative electrical potential to a first electrode in a first area of a dust filter and applying a positive electrical potential to a second electrode disposed in a second area of the dust filter, wherein a voltage differential between the first and second electrodes is sufficient to cause electrostatic movement of dust from the first area to the second area. Then, the method further includes applying a negative electrical potential to the second electrode and applying a positive electrical potential to a third electrode disposed in a third area of the dust filter, wherein a voltage differential between the second and third electrodes is sufficient to cause electrostatic movement of dust from the second area to the third area, and wherein the first, second and third areas are generally linearly arranged.
US08506666B2
A filter gasket seals at least one mitered corner of a filter frame having a substantially planar first surface and an adjacent side surface. The gasket includes at least first and second elongated gasket segments formed from compressible material. Each segment has a substantially planar surface adapted to contact the substantially planar first surface of the filter frame. The first and second gasket segments also each include an end which, when brought into joined engagement with the end of the other gasket segment, forms an interlocking miter joint to seal the at least one mitered corner of the filter frame.
US08506660B2
A method for assembling a nozzle is provided. The method includes providing an injection tube that includes an outlet that is configured to discharge fuel therefrom. A face plate is also provided that extends about the injection tube such that the face plate substantially circumscribes the outlet. A cooling chamber is defined within the injection tube and configured to channel cooling fluid adjacent to the face plate. At least one surface defining the cooling chamber is configured to disrupt a flow of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling chamber.
US08506636B2
A vertebral body replacement or spacer that re-creates a lordosis angle (or other angle) of a human spine. An embodiment of the spacer may comprise contoured superior and inferior bearing surfaces. More particularly, the contoured surfaces may be defined by compound curves such as two radii substantially orthogonal to each other. As a result, the bearing surfaces may conform to the convex end plates of adjacent vertebra. In another embodiment, the present invention may provide a method of establishing a lordosis angle. The method may comprise inserting a spacer into an intervertebral space and positioning the spacer in such a manner that the contoured surfaces generally correspond to the end plates of the adjacent vertebra. However, the spacers and methods of the embodiments of the present invention may be used to re-create other angles in the human spine.
US08506633B2
The embodiments provide a method for treating an intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus fibrosis, using one or more polyelectrolyte materials. Additionally, the embodiments provide a method for bulking up an intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus fibrosis, using one or more polyelectrolyte materials. The methods comprise introducing an amount of the polyelectrolyte materials into the intervertebral disc space without removing nucleus pulposus or annulus fibrosis material.
US08506631B2
A prosthesis system comprises plates that can be positioned against vertebrae and a selected resilient core that can be positioned between the plates to allow the plates to articulate. The selected resilient core can be chosen from a plurality of cores in response to patient characteristics, such as age and/or intervertebral mobility, such that the prosthesis implanted in the patient is tailored to the needs of the patient. The plurality of cores may comprise cores with different resiliencies, and one of the cores can be selected such that the upper and lower plates articulate with the desired shock absorbing resiliency and/or maximum angle of inclination when the one selected core is positioned between the plates.
US08506629B2
The invention relates to an implant for the transforaminal intracorporeal fusion of lumbar vertebral column segments. At least some sections of the surface areas that are in direct contact with the spinal column are provided with an anti-dislocation mechanism (1) while an attachment part (4) for a positioning instrument (10) is provided in or on the implant and holes (6) or hollow spaces are disposed in the implant for filling purposes. According to one embodiment of the invention, the attachment part is configured as a revolute joint. In a further embodiment, the implant member has the shape of a sickle, the curvature of which is oriented ventrally and the interior of which is oriented dorsally. The attachment part is located at one end of the sickle while the opposite end of the sickle has a beak-type, tapering shape (5). At least one filling hole is provided between the sickle walls.
US08506611B2
A bone anchoring device includes a receiving part for receiving a rod, the receiving part has a first bore coaxial with a longitudinal axis and a second bore, and an anchoring element having a first end for insertion into the bone and a second end positionable within a second bore, the anchoring element being movable relative to the receiving part in limited angular range about the longitudinal axis, the angles lying in a single plane. The bone anchoring device further includes a fixation element cooperating with the receiving part to lock the anchoring element relative to the receiving part. The anchoring element is pivotable relative to the receiving part around one rotational axis transverse to the longitudinal axis.
US08506607B2
An orthopedic screw fastener system, includes at least one screw, consisting in each case of a screw head and of a screw shank, the screw head being provided with a thread, and at least one plate with a thickness, provided with at least one through-bore which is able to receive a screw. The plate has a through-opening, formed by at least two through-bores, each through-bore being defined by a midpoint and by a radius, and the through-bores are offset relative to each other and intersect each other in such a way that intersection lines and/or intersection surfaces form, which extend into the depth of the through-opening.
US08506601B2
A coupling device for securing an elongate member to the spine is provided. The coupling device comprises a compressible inner member that secures an anchor member therein when the inner member is axially shifted within an outer member. The elongate member is retained within the device by an axially inserted locking member, and may be secured independently of the anchor member. The coupling device and anchor may be configured to provide increased angulation of the anchor with respect to the coupling device. For instance, anchor member may have an offset head portion in order to provide normal pivoting of the coupling device when the anchor is attached to bone at an angle.
US08506591B2
A tissue fastener includes a bridge section and two cannulated leg sections. The tissue fastener is a single piece of material, and the material can be a bioabsorbable material. Each of the two leg sections can include at least one barb for resisting dislodgement from tissue after the fastener is inserted into tissue. The bridge can be flexible, and the leg sections can receive needles to allow insertion of the fastener into tissue from above a surface of the tissue. Various insertion devices and mechanisms are possible to deploy the fastener into a wound in a patient's skin from above the surface of and generally perpendicular to the skin.
US08506589B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a nastogastric tube for deflecting an esophagus during an ablation procedure. According to one embodiment, the nasogastric tube includes a tube comprising at least one lumen having proximal and distal ends, and an esophageal deflector positioned within the at least one lumen and configured to deflect a portion of the tube between the proximal and distal ends. The esophageal deflector is configured to deflect the portion of the tube proximate to a retrocardiac portion of the esophagus such that the retrocardiac portion of the esophagus is deflected away from an ablation site.
US08506586B2
A lancing device (X) comprising a first moving member (32) holding a lancing member (11) moved from a standby position to a puncturing position in a puncturing direction (N1), for puncturing a target portion by the lancing member (11). The lancing device (X) further comprises a second moving member (31) connected to the first moving member (32), for controlling the movement of the first moving member (32) upon the movement of the second moving member, and also comprises an impact absorbing means (23A) for absorbing impact that is caused when the first and the second moving members (31), (32) come to stop on puncture operation. The impact absorbing means (23A) includes an elastic member (23Ab) for absorbing impact by elastic deformation.
US08506585B2
An insertion system having a base unit for placing on the body of a patient and an insertion device that can be coupled to the base unit, wherein the insertion device comprises an insertion needle holder for holding an insertion needle and a drive mechanism for displacing the insertion needle holder in a pricking direction. According to the invention, the insertion device comprises a locking mechanism causing locking of the drive mechanism in an active state and being set to an inactive state in which the locking is released by coupling the insertion device to the base unit.
US08506582B2
Various surgical assemblies are provided, one embodiment of which includes a substantially flat template having first and second opposed sides, and having a plurality of graduated markings on said first side, and a substantially flat, flexible, surgical implant removably secured to the template and having first and second substantially flat opposed sides, and at least a first trimable portion. The surgical implant is removably coupled to the template so that the first side of the template is substantially adjacent to the first side of the surgical mesh, and so that the plurality of graduated markings are substantially adjacent to the first trimable portion of the surgical implant.
US08506563B2
An apparatus and method for use in performing ablation or coagulation of organs and other tissue includes a metallized fabric electrode array which is substantially absorbent and/or permeable to moisture and gases such as steam and conformable to the body cavity. The array includes conductive regions separated by insulated regions arranged to produce ablation to a predetermined depth. Following placement of the ablation device into contact with the tissue to be ablated, an RF generator is used to deliver RF energy to the conductive regions and to thereby induce current flow from the electrodes to tissue to be ablated. As the current heats the tissue, moisture (such as steam or liquid) leaves the tissue causing the tissue to dehydrate. Suction may be applied to facilitate moisture removal. The moisture permeability and/or absorbency of the electrode carrying member allows the moisture to leave the ablation site so as to prevent the moisture from providing a path of conductivity for the current.
US08506560B2
A container for a cryosurgery device which includes a cryogen bottle. The container includes a container body including an internal space sufficiently large to hold the cryogen bottle; a valve actuation assembly mechanically coupled to the container body, the valve actuation assembly configured to actuate a valve on the cryogen bottle; and a reservoir positioned relative to the valve actuation assembly so that the reservoir receives cryogen from the cryogen bottle when the valve on the cryogen bottle is actuated using the valve actuation assembly.
US08506557B2
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a shaft portion and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The shaft portion is selectively connectable to a distal end of the endoscopic portion. The end effector is selectively connectable to a distal end of the shaft portion.
US08506556B2
A robotic arm for a minimally invasive surgical system includes a parallel spherical five-bar linkage adapted to spherically rotationally move a robotic surgical tool coupled to the parallel five-bar spherical linkage about a remote center of spherical rotation. The five-bar spherical linkage is posed in only a range of compact poses. A compact pose is one in which a first pair of links and a second pair of links in the parallel five-bar spherical linkage have only a same handedness.
US08506547B2
A method and device for transferring fluids from a non-sterile field to a sterile field within a surgical environment includes utilizing a device that includes a main body having a first inlet port that is in communication with a first outlet port. Fluid is taken from the patient, typically with a sterile syringe and transferred to the non-sterile field where the fluid is processed. The processed fluid is then drawn into another syringe in the non-sterile field and a distal end of the first syringe is place within the inlet port of the sterile main body. A distal end of a second sterile syringe is inserted into the outlet port, where the distal ends of the sterile syringe and the non-sterile syringe do not make contact. As a plunger is forced into a chamber of the first non-sterile syringe to force the fluid out of the first syringe, the plunger of the second sterile syringe is retracted such that a chamber in the second syringe has a sufficient volume to store the processed liquid. Since the first non-sterile syringe and the second sterile syringe do not make contact during the transfer of the processed fluid, the sterile field is maintained and the fluid can be utilized in the surgical procedure.
US08506541B2
An ostomy appliance includes a base plate having an inner radial boundary defining a stoma receiving opening and an outer radial boundary defining an outer edge of the base plate. The base plate has an adhesive layer with a first surface for attaching the base plate to skin surrounding the stoma and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first liquid impermeable layer having a first surface covering the second surface of the adhesive layer. A second surface opposite of the first liquid impermeable layer is provided with a wicking material abutting the inner radial boundary of the stoma receiving opening. The wicking material extends in a radial direction towards the outer edge of the base plate and away from the stoma receiving opening.
US08506529B1
The present invention provides a method and device using CMOS and MEMS fabrication techniques for making an integrated microneedle device with integrated circuits. Merely by way of example, the technology can be applied to bio and chemical sensing, and other bioMEMS applications. In some embodiments, the integrated circuits are completed using standard IC processes. For example, an array of microneedles are fabricated on top of the IC substrate followed by formation of micro fluidic channels in the substrate. On-chip integrated circuits enable real-time sensing and intelligent drug delivery.
US08506524B2
A device for displaying information is provided. The device includes data storage circuitry for storing data, a display configured to display data to a user, a processor configured to control the display and the data storage circuitry, and user input circuitry. The processor is configured to control the display based on user input to: graphically display an aggregate period view having at least two period views, graphically display a single period view, graphically display a data type symbol corresponding to a given data type, graphically display at least one data type symbol for every period view, and display a card view including information data corresponding to a selected data type symbol.
US08506513B2
A perfusion system that is easy to set-up, use and monitor during a bypass procedure includes at least some disposable components configured to communicate parameters to the perfusion system. An ultrasonic blood level sensor can be used to monitor a blood level or volume within a blood reservoir. The blood level sensor may be utilized in an integrated perfusion system in which the disposable components are configured, as noted above, to communicate with the perfusion system.
US08506510B2
An orthopedic device in the form of a circumferential walker includes a first member (posterior shell) and a second member (dorsal shell) corresponding to the first member. An outsole or plantar shell portion is attached to, or formed on or with the posterior shell. A hinge mechanism is provided between the posterior and dorsal shells to allow the dorsal shell to be swung away from the posterior shell in order to accommodate an anatomical limb therein. Inflatable bladders having perspiration wicking channels and/or openings are provided within a liner for insertion between the posterior and dorsal shells. Quick-connecting buckle and retaining assemblies can be provided to allow a user to quickly don and doff the orthopedic device.
US08506507B2
A method for augmenting blood flow in a limb that is wrapped with a sleeve having at least one chamber for applying compression to the limb in a region generally underlying the chamber includes pressurizing the chamber to a first compression pressure and then reducing the pressure to a refill pressure. Pressure in the chamber is then sensed to determine a first venous refill time. The preceding steps are repeated a second and other times using second and other compression pressures that are different from the first compression pressure and from each other to determine second and other venous refill times. A customized compression pressure is determined by locating the compression pressure at which blood flow out of the region generally underlying the chamber is maximized by finding compression pressure at a maximum venous refill time. A compression device employing such a method is also disclosed.
US08506502B2
Improved sensors and sensing methods for detection of Neuromuscular Blockade (NMB), for example to improve monitoring generally, as well as facilitate automated NMB drug administration. The methods, systems, devices, etc., herein can increase the quantity and quality of data available. The methods, etc., include translation between commonly available sensing types, use of partially saturated sensor measurements, use of a model of neurotransmitter storage and release and sophisticated use of more than one sensor simultaneously. These methods are aided by new sensors and methods of decreasing electrical noise. An implementation of the methods, systems, devices, etc., herein is automated drug delivery for NMB, whether through an advisor system or through with full computer control.
US08506497B2
Improved apparatus and methods for non-invasively assessing one or more parameters associated with systems such as fluidic circulating systems (e.g., the circulatory system of a living organism). In a first aspect, an improved method of continuously measuring pressure from a compressible vessel is disclosed, wherein a substantially optimal level of compression for the vessel is achieved and maintained using dynamically applied dither perturbations (e.g., modulation) on the various axes associated with the vessel. In a second aspect, an improved apparatus and method are provided for monitoring hemodynamic parameters, such as blood pressure, in a continuous and non-invasive manner while operating under a single unifying scheme. One variant of this scheme using a simulated annealing (SA) type approach to determining and maintaining an optimal operating state.
US08506483B2
It possible to provide an ultrasonogram having a preferable spatial resolution and signal/noise ratio. A signal dynamic range is measured so that selection between a linear interpolation or sinc function interpolation is adaptively performed for the signal or weighted averaging of the both is performed. It is possible to set in advance a depth position for switching between the linear interpolation and the sinc function interpolation in a storage unit (21) so that the two interpolation methods are switched from one to the other at the boundary of the depth position.
US08506478B2
An illumination device for use in an endoscope includes a light source, an optical fiber and a wavelength conversion member. The optical fiber guides light to a tip end of an endoscope insertion portion of the endoscope. The wavelength conversion member is provided at an emission end of the optical fiber. The wavelength conversion member configured to be excited by the light source. The illumination device can provide white illumination light obtained by mixing light emitted from the optical fiber and light obtained by exciting the wavelength conversion member by the light emitted from the optical fiber. Also, the illumination device can provide illumination light being different from the white illumination light, by using other excitation light.
US08506476B1
A medical device for injection during endoscopy or arthroscopy, the device having a curved, hollow needle, optionally coated by a semi-rigid covering, all surrounded by a curved tubular sleeve, wherein the needle is attached to a base, separated from the sleeve by one or more removable extensions or tabs, and a connection means for connecting either directly to a syringe for a liquid or semi-liquid treatment or to an extension tube connected to such a syringe.
US08506472B2
In an incubator according to the present invention, a single incubator can be used in any state of four types of devices and thus obviates the need for having many types of devices. A canopy is lowered and raised. In addition to that, a left and right treatment door and a foot end treatment door can be located at their highest positions, lowest positions, and intermediate positions. Also, an infrared heater can be lowered and raised independently of the canopy. This makes it possible to switch the incubator among: a state of an open type incubator; a state of a closed type incubator in which the infrared heater is at its highest position such that the infrared heater can heat the canopy and others; a state of a closed type incubator in which the infrared heater is at its lowest position and this incubator is easily conveyable; and a state of a resuscitation treatment device.
US08506471B2
In order to produce a pulsatile blood flow pattern that includes time periods of relatively high blood flow rates and time periods of relatively low blood flow rates, the operating speed of a blood pump can be selectively controlled to produce an operating speed pattern that includes time periods of relatively high rotation speeds and periods of relatively low rotation speeds. For example, the blood pump is rotated at a first speed for a first period of time. The speed of the blood pump is then decreased from the first speed to a second speed and is operated at the second speed for a second amount of time. The speed of the blood pump is then decreased to a third speed for a third amount of time. If desired, the operating speed pattern can be repeated to continue the pulsatile blood flow pattern.
US08506469B2
The invention relates to a method for modulation, augmentation and/or stimulation of neural tissue and/or neural tissue related functionality with stimulating neural tissue and/or neural tissue related functionality with stimuli by which neural activity related local perfusion changes, electro-neuro-chemical, biochemical, neural modulative or neuroplastical responses and/or alterations in ‘metabolism supply lines-neural tissue’ interaction processes in vertebrates can be triggered and/or influenced.
US08506468B2
A ferrofluid chamber has a housing that is adapted to be coupled to a component that generates a magnetic field of sufficient strength to stimulate anatomical tissue. In addition, a ferrofluid is disposed within the housing for cooling the component.
US08506464B2
A folded box gluing machine for making folded boxes from blanks includes several processing stations and a conveying mechanism for delivering the blanks through the individual processing stations. The machine also includes an embossing mechanism that includes embossing dies for embossing a script for the blind in the blanks and that is preferably arranged between two processing stations.
US08506463B2
A roller assembly (40) including a roller (46) fixed to a flange bearing (48) which is engaged with a roller sleeve (50) and rotatable relative to it, the roller (46), the flange bearing (48) and the roller sleeve (50) all being retained on a mounting screw (51) between a nut (58) threaded onto the screw (51) and a washer (52) mounted on the nut (51).
US08506461B2
A multifunction dumbbell includes a handle having two projections on both ends respectively; two hollow weight members each having a protrusion extending toward the handle; two spacer sleeves each having a closed flange fixedly secured to a joining portion of the handle and either projection, with the spacer sleeves fixedly fastened between the protrusions and the projections; two rings each having an inner diameter less than an outer diameter of the weight member so that the rings can be put on the weight members and retained thereon respectively; two half-spherical members each fixedly secured to the ring and complimentarily engaged with the weight member; and two truncated conic springs each put on the protrusion and a portion of the weight member to be retained between the spacer sleeve and the ring. The rings and the half-spherical members together are adapted to rotate about the weight members.
US08506449B2
A control system configured with a speed change mechanism. When starting combustion in an internal combustion engine under a combustion-stopped vehicle running condition, the combustion in the internal combustion engine is stopped, the speed change mechanism forms the one-way transmission speed, and the output member rotates. A rotational speed feedback control is executed that sets a value that multiplies a rotational speed of the output member by a speed ratio of the one-way transmission speed as a reference rotational speed of the input member, sets a starting rotational speed, and controls a rotary electric machine such that the rotational speed of the input member matches the target rotational speed. During execution of the rotational speed feedback control, a start control is performed that increases engagement pressure of the clutch to increase a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and start combustion in the internal combustion engine.
US08506446B2
A planetary gear system and a pin for coupling a planet gear to a carrier in a planetary gear system are disclosed. The planetary gear system includes a planet gear defining a central planet axis, a carrier disposed adjacent the at least one planet gear, and a pin extending from the carrier through the planet gear generally along the central planet axis. The pin includes a first end, a second end, and an outer surface extending therebetween. The pin further defines an opening extending from the outer surface generally along the central planet axis and at least partially through the pin.
US08506443B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission may include an input shaft configured to receive an engine torque, an output shaft configured to output a shifted torque, a first compound planetary gear set including first and second simple planetary gear sets having first and second sun gears, first and second planet carriers, and first and second ring gears as rotation elements, a second compound planetary gear set including third and fourth simple planetary gear sets having third and fourth sun gears, third and fourth planet carriers, and third and fourth ring gears as rotation elements, seven rotational shafts connecting to one to more rotation elements, and seven friction members including three clutches interposed between a rotational shaft and the input shaft to control the torque and four brakes selectively connecting a rotational shaft to a transmission housing.
US08506442B2
A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, at least four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes actuatable in combinations of two to establish a plurality of forward gear ratios and one reverse gear ratio.
US08506441B2
A differential gear, comprising a first releasable lock (42, 44) between a crown wheel (14) and the one drive shaft, a second, releasable lock (66, 68) between the crown wheel (14) and a differential housing (24), and a third releasable lock (74, 76) between the differential housing (24) and fixed vehicle part (26). The second and third locks are designed to be opened and locked alternately with one another. It is thereby possible to achieve drive shafts rotating in opposite directions to one another on the left and right side of the vehicle and thereby to achieve a center swiveling of the vehicle when the first lock (42, 44) is simultaneously kept in the locked position.
US08506439B2
The invention relates to an axle drive device for an axle of a motor vehicle, with a drive assembly and a differential. Here, it is provided that the drive assembly is in the form of an electrical drive assembly and the differential has at least one override unit. The invention furthermore relates to a motor vehicle.
US08506429B2
A ball bat includes a barrel having one or more integral features for selectively stiffening regions of the barrel. The barrel may include an indented region forming a rib projecting inwardly into the barrel. Alternatively, one or more inwardly projecting lips may be formed on adjoining barrel sections that are bonded, welded, or otherwise attached to each other, such that an integral, internal rib is formed in the barrel. The internal rib stiffens the barrel, thus reducing the barrel's BBCOR. One or more integral ribs may be provided at any desired barrel locations for selectively limiting the barrel's performance without appreciably increasing the moment of inertia of the ball bat. In another embodiment, a joint, to which two barrel sections are bonded, welded, or otherwise attached, includes an inwardly projecting member that stiffens the barrel, thus reducing the barrel's BBCOR.
US08506426B2
A method of playing a game called lobol, and a kit to facilitate playing it. The lobol is a small, solid ball. In addition to the lobol, the game requires one or more larger balls. A third element of equipment is a goal that has an opening large enough to admit the lobol, but small enough to exclude the larger ball. The game is played by placing the lobol on a playing field between a starting point and the goal enclosure. One player is designated as the “player in possession”. That player propels one of the balls towards the lobol with the intention of moving the lobol into the goal, thereby scoring a goal. The player in possession continues throwing the ball at the lobol, until they miss. The other player then takes over as the player in possession, and they attempt to move the lobol into the goal.
US08506423B2
A cavity back golf club and golf club head having a reinforcing member is disclosed. The reinforcing member includes a connecting member, a first truss member, and a second truss member. The reinforcing member is engaged with a rear surface of a striking face of the golf club head and is at least partially located in a rear cavity of the golf club head. The reinforcing member provides structural integrity to a thin striking face on the golf club head. Additionally, a discretionary weight is engaged with a perimeter weight member at the toe portion of the golf club head.
US08506421B2
Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a ball striking face member; and (b) a club head body attached to or integrally formed with the face member. One body component of the club head (e.g., a weight or cover member) may be formed from a transparent, partially transparent, or translucent material. In some club head structures, an external weight member may extend around a part of a club head body member and beyond or outside of at least a portion of the body member's exterior perimeter (e.g., rearwardly, laterally toward a toe side, and/or laterally toward a heel side of the club head body, beyond the exterior perimeter portion, when viewed from overhead). Golf club structures that include golf club heads, e.g., of the types described above, and methods of constructing and/or using such clubs and club heads, also are described.
US08506420B2
The present invention discloses a golf club head having a plurality of grooves. On the face of the golf club head is a first and second plurality of grooves. The second set of plurality of grooves is smaller in width and depth than those of the first set of plurality of grooves. Each groove of the second set of grooves is positioned at an angle ranging from 15 degrees to 25 degrees relative to each groove of the first set of grooves.
US08506416B1
An adjustable golf surface system having first and second platforms pivotally connected via a hinge wherein a golf surface is on the top surface of the first platform, the platforms can rotate about a base and base stud in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction. A lifting mechanism operated by a jackscrew allows the first platform to pivot upwardly with respect to the second platform.
US08506410B2
A player participating in a network game moves a player character of the player by manipulating a video game apparatus of the player. As the player performs an autopilot operation, the video game apparatus moves the player character as an autopilot PC. A server apparatus manages the game which progresses according to the movement of each character, and transmits progress information of the game to the video game apparatus of each player participating in the network game. The movement of the autopilot PC is decided based on an action log recording the action of the player character responding to the manipulation of the player.
US08506402B2
Systems and methods for executing multiple video games, or other sources of video, include a game execution environment in which each game application is executed on the same operating system but within a virtual I/O shell. The virtual I/O shell includes virtual video, audio and input channels that allow each game application to operate as if it had dedicated drivers. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the invention are used to provide video streams to a plurality of clients over the internet.
US08506399B2
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining an occurrence of an application event for an application that runs in association with a wagering game machine. The operations can further include accessing a custom sound source that includes customized sounds presentable separately from a soundtrack for the application, during a wagering game session on the wagering game machine. The operations can further include determining a custom sound, from the custom sound source, that relates to the application event and determining custom-sound presentation instructions associated with the custom sound. The operations can further include presenting the custom sound on sound production devices associated with the wagering game machine during the application event according to the custom-sound presentation instructions.
US08506390B2
A gaming system includes an input device, at least one display, and at least one controller. The input device receives a wager input for playing a wagering game. The at least one display displays a basic wagering game and a community bonus game. The at least one controller is operative to provide a player with a bonus-game asset that is usable in at least a first play of the community bonus game. The bonus-game asset is capable of having at least a first level and a second level that provides a higher bonus-game enhancement than the first level. The at least one controller is further operative to determine if that the bonus-game asset is available to the player for use in a second play of the community bonus game and to alter the level of the bonus-game asset from the first level to the second level for use in the second play.
US08506386B2
A method of awarding wins for game play comprises determining winning outcomes from all possible outcomes of game play and assigning at least one of two different types of awards, such as either or both primary and secondary credit awards, to each winning outcome. Preferably, the winning combinations and associated awards are selected so that, when assigned to a secondary event, the outcome of the game may be represented as the outcomes of a secondary event. In one embodiment, the outcomes of a Class II game, such as bingo, are represented by outcomes Class III type event, such as the game of slots. In accordance with the invention, the representation of the game outcomes mimics the frequency of wins and the payouts associated for those wins in a true Class III game, including as dependent upon the size of a player's wager.
US08506385B2
Casino operators can reduce their energy bills by placing the main controller of selected unused gaming machines into low-power mode while retaining total control and trust. Trusted Energy Saving is accomplished by: (1) establishing a secure “out-of-band” communication (or equivalent) between gaming machines and the casino's management system such that full network security is maintained while the main controller is in low power standby mode, (2) employing intelligent strategies to wake-up and turn-off the main controller of selected gaming machines by anticipating player use, (3) waiving the lengthy security verification required by regulation upon every gaming machine start-up and optionally (4) by displaying video promotional content on each turned-off gaming machine to continue to attract prospective players and to use the timing of each player approach to intelligently structure game menus based on the promotional content that has successfully attracted the player.
US08506384B2
After the main ball drop of a bingo game, a player may be given a free extra bingo number. A probability of awarding a free ball may be determined, at least in part, according to a desired paytable percentage for the bingo game (or vice versa). Some implementations of the invention provide multi-card bingo games. A player may be required to hit a predetermined pattern on more than one bingo card in order to obtain a progressive award. The number of hits in the pattern(s) and/or the number of bingo cards involved may be determined according to a desired progressive award size and/or a desired probability of obtaining the progressive award. Players may have an opportunity to purchase one or more additional bingo numbers after the main ball drop of a bingo game. A player may be provided the option of purchasing a block of more than one additional bingo number after the main ball drop. The player may be offered such a block at a discount, as compared to the price for purchasing the additional bingo numbers individually.
US08506380B2
Various embodiments of the gaming system, gaming device, and gaming method disclosed herein provide a primary game and a free activation bonus sequence, wherein the gaming system enables the player to select one or more of a plurality of different volatility options for use in the free activation bonus sequence. Each option is associated with a different number of free activations and a different pool of symbols or different symbol functionality. The gaming system provides this variation in the pool of symbols or symbol functionality in various embodiments by enabling the player to replace one or more symbols of a pool or set of symbols of the primary game (i.e., the primary set of symbols) with the symbol associated with a player selected option. The symbols of this modified set of symbols (i.e., the secondary set of symbols) are used in the free activation bonus sequence.
US08506364B2
A coated abrasive article (1) comprises a backing (3) having an abrasive coating (5) on one side, an attachment layer (7) on the other side of the backing, and a line of weakness (9) that does not penetrate the front face of the abrasive coating (5). The line of weakness, which may be formed using a laser beam, comprises a through-cut (11) in the attachment layer (7) and perforations (13) in the backing (3), and permits one part of the abrasive article (1) to be separated from another part. Alternatively, the abrasive article can be used in its original form.
US08506363B2
A substrate holder is a mechanism for holding a substrate, to be polished, by vacuum suction. The substrate holder includes a substrate-holding stage having a suction surface for the substrate, and a fluid passage selectively coupled to a vacuum source and a fluid supply source. The suction surface has a plurality of closed sections surrounded by convexities, and the fluid passage includes a plurality of communication passages which are in fluid communication with the plurality of closed segments respectively and independently.
US08506358B2
The invention relates to a method for the operation of a gear or profile grinding machine (1) for the grinding of pre-geared or pre-profiled workpieces (2), wherein the machine comprises at least one tool spindle (3) which can carry at least one grinding tool (4) and wherein the machine comprises at least two workpiece spindles (5, 6) which can at least temporarily be driven to the tool spindle (3) for cooperation of the workpiece (2) with the grinding tool (4). To improve the ratio between primary processing time and secondary processing time the invention proposes that the at least two workpiece spindles (5, 6) are pivoted around a respective axis of rotation (7, 8) for transportation from a grinding position (I) to a loading station (II) and vice versa, wherein the rotation of the two workpiece spindles (5, 6) takes place independently from another. Furthermore, the invention relates to a gear or profile grinding machine.
US08506347B2
The inventions relate to a garment that combines a foam cup, underwire bra combined with a tank top overlay made of a spandex blend or lace fabric for the tank top. The bra function is provided by underwires and specially formed foam cups for support and shaping of the breasts. The tank top portion of the garment is attached to one of the shoulder straps which are diagonally fixed to the tank top portion of the garment. The tank top portion of the invention is attached from each side as well as the bottom of the garment, in a unique “turn-under” sewing technique. A lace or combination spandex mix fabric attaches from the outside of the cups to the lace band at the back of the garment. This garment is used under low cut dresses and blouses, to cover cleavage and décolletage, which is an employment standard for many companies.
US08506346B2
An automobile toy, including, a front wheel chassis for supporting a front wheel axle, and a rear wheel chassis for supporting a rear wheel axle, the rear wheel chassis including, two arms extending forward, an end portion of each of the two arms being coupled to the front wheel chassis with the two arms separated from each other in a vehicle width direction of the automobile toy.
US08506344B2
A doll includes a reconfigurable clothing article coupled thereto. The reconfigurable clothing article can be placed in different configurations relative to the body of the doll. In one configuration, the clothing article can be moved upward and substantially cover an upper portion of the doll body. In another configuration, the clothing article can be moved downward and substantially cover a lower portion of the doll body. In one embodiment, the clothing article may include openings or receiving areas into which the arms of the doll can be inserted. In one embodiment, the clothing article may be placed in intermediate configurations along the body of the doll.
US08506334B2
Battery connectors that have a small size, are easily connected and disconnected during manufacturing and repair, are resistant to misconnection, and during connection, form electrical contact for one or both power pins before a signal pin. In one example, size may be reduced by providing a lid having a flat surface. Another example may provide a lid that extends beyond an edge of the socket in one or more directions to allow the lid to be pried with a finger during removal. Another example may provide a socket that is keyed using a negative space, which may mate with an open space in the lid. This mating may prevent the lid from being misconnected with the socket during manufacturing or repair. Another example may provide signal pins having a lower height than power and ground pins, such that power and ground connections are formed first when a battery is connected.
US08506324B2
A USB receptacle assembly includes a USB receptacle. The receptacle has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The USB receptacle also includes a USB interface located at the first end. A riser is coupled to the second end of the USB receptacle and is generally perpendicular to a long axis of the USB receptacle. A board connector is coupled to the riser in electrical communication with the USB receptacle.
US08506315B2
A docking station for stowing an electrical connector adapted to connect a power source to a re-chargeable battery in a vehicle powered at least partially by the battery. The connector has a first end connected to a power cable for coupling the connector to the power source, and a second end that includes multiple first electrical terminals adapted to engage mating second electrical terminals in a receptacle. The second end also includes a protruding latching element adapted to engage a cooperating latching element in a receptacle for latching the connector to the receptacle. A stowing receptacle adapted to receive the second end of the connector when the connector is not in use includes an elongated recess adapted to receive the protruding latching element when the protruding latching element is located anywhere along the length of the elongated recess.
US08506313B2
A connector includes a first terminal housing for housing a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned, a second terminal housing for housing a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned, a plurality of insulating members aligned and housed in the first or second terminal housing, and a plurality of device side connecting terminals each integrated with the plurality of first connecting terminals at a base end side of the plurality of first connecting terminals, and electrically connected to a device to which the first terminal housing is attached. The plurality of device side connecting terminals are each plate-shaped and each include a surface parallel to a lamination direction of the laminated structure and to a fitting direction of the first and second terminal housings. The first terminal housing includes a terminal block for holding the plurality of device side connecting terminals to be aligned in the lamination direction.
US08506297B2
A dental modal for making a dental prosthesis has a base body formed with model teeth and model gingiva and with a cutout in an edentate area and with a hole in a floor of the cutout. A plate is releasably fittable complementarily in the cutout and is formed with a hole aligned with the hole of the cutout. A gingiva mask is fittable on the plate in the cutout and is in turn formed with a hole aligned with the holes of the plate and of the cutout. A model implant insert is releasably fittable in the holes of the mask, plate, and cutout and carries a model implant or an implant-screw mockup.
US08506292B2
An orthodontic bracket system used on the anterior lower teeth includes a plurality of alternating high-low brackets which is made up of a subplurality of high brackets and low brackets. The plurality of alternating high-low brackets are fixed to the anterior teeth, namely the subplurality of high brackets is fixed to alternately successive anterior teeth and the low brackets are fixed to other ones of alternately successive anterior teeth. A first orthodontic wire is coupled or attached to the subplurality of high brackets. A second orthodontic wire is coupled or attached to the subplurality of low brackets. The first and second orthodontic wires are selectively bent between selected brackets to which the first and second orthodontic wires are coupled, so that length of the first and second wire between each bracket to which it is coupled is increased, leaving space between brackets for bends formed in the wire.
US08506291B2
A modular mobile furnace train apparatus and a process is disclosed. Mobile furnaces may be interconnected in series to form a modular mobile furnace train. Exhaust gas may then flow through mobile furnaces in a furnace train, allowing for more effective heat transfer to payload being heated as well as increasing energy recapture. Volatile gasses emitted by the payload may be combusted. This recapture reduces production of carbon dioxide and reduces the amount of energy required during the firing while the combustion of volatiles reduces exhaust pollutants. A fire line is an area where heat is applied, while a service line is an area where loading, unloading, inspection, and ongoing maintenance may take place. The modular mobile furnace train allows separation of the fire and maintenance which reduces worker exposure to dangerous environments while decreasing operational costs. Furthermore, the modular mobile furnace facility is less costly to build and operate.
US08506288B2
A more complete combustion and a decrease in particulate emissions in the burning of a heavy fuel oil in an industrial boiler or similar combustion device is obtained by first heating the oil to a temperature sufficient to significantly lower its viscosity and continuously mixing a fuel additive containing a solution of a high molecular weight, substantially linear, viscoelastic polymer to the heated oil flowing to the combustion device by mechanically stirring the oil and additive at conditions that do not cause degradation of the viscoelastic polymer through rupture and breakage of polymer molecules.
US08506273B2
A liquid coolant supply pipe and an over flow pipe are provided on the outer side of a capsule forming pipe through which a liquid coolant flows and into which liquid droplets are dropped from a nozzle. The liquid coolant is supplied to the liquid coolant supply pipe by a low pulsatory motion type pump, and the flow is regulated by a flow straightening block in the liquid coolant supply pipe. The cooling liquid passes through a liquid coolant introducing section having a curved surface, and then flows into the capsule forming pipe from an upper portion opening in a cap mounted to the upper part of the capsule forming pipe. The liquid coolant flows into the capsule forming pipe, and the excess flows into the overflow pipe.
US08506255B2
A rotor blade of a wind power installation in which the rotor blade, in particular in the central region of the rotor, the so-called main board, has a lift-drag ratio which in the region of about ±2° from the optimum pitch angle has a lift-drag ratio value of more than 80%, preferably 90% and more of the maximum value of the lift-drag ratio.
US08506249B2
Disclosed is a method of reducing a structural unbalance in a wind turbine rotor with pitch control and a control device for performing the method are provided. The method comprises the steps of: detecting a magnitude of the structural unbalance and its phase in relation the rotor's azimuth (θ) on the basis of a measurement of the rotor's azimuth (θ) and a measurement of the rotor speed or the generator speed (ω), establishing individual pitch angle offsets for each blade of the rotor on the basis of the magnitude and the phase, and adding the individual pitch angle offsets to the respective pitch angles of the blades of the rotor.
US08506248B2
A wind turbine rotor blade includes a root portion and an airfoil portion extending from the root portion and defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil portion further includes a main foil section and a trailing edge section that is pivotally connected to the main foil section along a span-wise extending hinge line. A passive torsion element is coupled between the main foil section and the trailing edge section. The torsion element is biased to a neutral position wherein the trailing edge section is pivoted chord-wise to a low wind speed position relative to the main foil section. The trailing edge section is self-actuating from the low wind speed position to an increased wind speed position relative to the main foil section as a function of the biasing force of the torsion element and wind speed over the airfoil section.
US08506240B2
A free-surface liquid transfer apparatus for rotating machinery includes a rotating member. The rotating member includes a main shaft defining a hollow inner cavity, an outer cylindrical wall defining a hollow annular cavity in fluid communication with the hollow inner cavity through a plurality of orifices formed on the main shaft, and a slinger formation in fluid communication with the hollow annular cavity through a plurality of radial slots formed through the slinger formation. A central axis of the main shaft, a central axis of the hollow annular cavity, and a central axis of the slinger formation are collinear, and the slinger formation is configured to transmit working fluid received through the plurality of radial slots outward as a continuous film having both tangential and radial velocity components.
US08506220B2
A sensing device 26 is attached to a tensioned strap 20 holding a load on a vehicle. A probe 44 engages the strap 20 and causes a signal lamp 28 to light up if the tension in the strap 20 is below a predetermined threshold value. The sensing device 26 helps the vehicle operator to set the tension correctly before a journey and also provides a visible warning if a strap becomes loose during the journey. The warning is visible beyond the vehicle, to alert other road users to a possible hazard.
US08506212B2
An adjustable drill has a drill body having a face surface with a directional feature provided therewith. At least one cartridge is mounted adjacent the face surface and selectively slidable along the directional feature to provide adjustment. At least one insert is releasably affixed in an insert pocket provided in the cartridge. In further examples, the adjustable drill may have a central cutting system in combination with the adjustable cartridge type system, wherein the central cutting system may be modular. There may also be provided a modular type of holder arrangement to provide flexibility to adapt the system for various applications.
US08506208B2
A shim plate for milling tools for chip removing machining, including an upperside, an underside, and at least one side surface extending between the upperside and the underside and forming an angle ≦90° with the upperside. A through hole includes a first section mouthing in the upperside, and a second section mouthing in the underside and having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the first section. The upperside at least partially transforms into the side surface via an edge portion configured to be an active auxiliary chip-removing cutting edge upon failure of a cooperating cutting insert. The edge portion includes a chamfer surface that forms an obtuse angle (δ) with the upperside.
US08506199B2
A structural unit, e.g., a tie rod, that has a tube which is provided with an internal thread, on at least one surface thereof, which is threaded in a first rotational direction, and into the end of which a threaded sleeve is screwed. The threaded sleeve has an internal thread which is threaded in a second direction, opposite to the first rotational direction, and has a shank screwed into the sleeve. The entire threaded sleeve is accommodated within the tube, and the threaded sleeve has a coupling contour on the opening side of the tube. A method of applying the structural unit such that, by rotating the threaded sleeve within the tube, the shank and the tube are moved in opposite directions. In the method, the coupling contour of the threaded sleeve serves to introduce the torque required for rotational motion of the threaded sleeve by way of a tool or an adapter.
US08506197B2
A first apparatus includes a base, a plurality of stems, each stem having a first end retained by the base and a second end opposite the first end. Each stem is movable between a withdrawn position and an extended position with respect to the base, such that the second end projects from the base when the stem is in the extended position. Flexible tips are attached respectively to the second ends of the stems. A second apparatus includes a storage vessel, a cup dimensioned to receive the flexible tips of the first apparatus, and a dispensing mechanism linking the storage vessel to the cup.
US08506195B2
The sanitized brush, with skin powder, is retained in a sanitization system. The neck brush handle has a powder chamber, a bristle face with outwardly extending bristles and a powder input port. A portion of the powder chamber wall is flexible and a movable actuator depresses the flex-wall, compresses the size of the chamber and forces powder from an exit port on the bristle face. The sanitization system includes a brush stand holding the brush above a UV lamp. A sensor determines when the brush is on the stand and a timer is triggered ON controlling the lamp and counts down OFF. Additional features include: a base supporting the stand above the UV lamp; a rechargeable battery; an on-hook brush sensor (mechanical or optical); and a removable cover with a transparent segment to visually confirm lamp ON condition.
US08506192B2
An improved dental hygienic kit for use in brushing teeth which includes a flexible body element containing toothpaste, and a diameter restrictor that is engageable with an accompanying ergonomically-shaped toothbrush element to meter a suitable quantity of toothpaste thereon upon withdrawal of the toothbrush from the flexible body element, to ensure minimal toothpaste waste and spillage which is unique and non obvious.
US08506185B2
A camera module includes a camera unit, a board, and a driving unit mounted on the board and configured to drive the camera unit. The camera module also includes an elastic camera-side connecting part configured to connect a terminal of the camera unit with wiring on a first surface of the board.
US08506184B2
A shutter apparatus mounted in an image sensing apparatus, the shutter apparatus comprising: a blade member configured to open/close an opening through which light from an object passes, and control an aperture area of the opening; and a driving unit capable of first and second driving controls, the first driving control driving the blade member to serve as a stop, and the second driving control driving the blade member to serve as a shutter, wherein when the object is captured by an image sensor, the driving unit temporarily drives the blade member in an opening direction from a first position, to which the blade member is driven in a closing direction to serve as a stop, and then activates the blade member to a fully closing position.
US08506183B2
Disclosed is a hood-cover combination for a lens of a camera. The hood-cover combination includes a hood, two covers and at least one button. The hood includes at least one canopy formed thereon. The covers are pivotally connected to the hood between an opening position and a closing position. The button is provided on the hood. The button is normally in a locking position for locking the covers in the opening position. The button is movable to a releasing position for allowing the pivoting of the cover to the opening position.
US08506174B2
An optical connector includes a second operation lever extending rearward from a first operation lever. By pressing a rear end portion of the second operation lever up, or pressing the second operation lever forward, the first operation lever can be inclined forward. In this way, a front end portion of the first operation lever presses a rear end portion of a locking lever down, and disengages the locking lever and an optical adapter from each other. Thus, the optical connector can be detached from the optical adapter.
US08506172B2
An optical transceiver module is provided with an elongated delatching pull tab that that enables an optical transceiver module to be easily delatched and pulled from a cage without having to first unplug optical fiber cables from the module and without having to rotate a bail. Thus, the number of manual actions that need to be performed by a user to remove the module from a cage is drastically reduced, which makes simplifies the removal process and makes the design well suited for use in hot-pluggable environments. In addition, the delatching pull tab obviates the need for pins or screws, thereby improving manufacturing yield by reducing the likelihood that the module will be damaged during the manufacturing process. In addition, by eliminating pins or screws and a bail from the design, there are fewer moving parts that can wear out over time.
US08506168B2
A disk drive device includes a rotating body, a fluid dynamic bearing unit that rotatably supports the rotating body, and a drive unit. The fluid dynamic bearing unit has: a lubricant holding portion in which lubricant is held; a first thrust dynamic pressure groove with which a first thrust dynamic pressure generating portion for generating the dynamic pressure in the pump-in direction, which is oriented toward the inside of the lubricant holding portion, is structured; and a second thrust dynamic pressure groove with which a second thrust dynamic pressure generating portion for generating at least the dynamic pressure in the pump-out direction, is structured. The first thrust dynamic pressure generating portion and the second thrust dynamic pressure generating portion have dynamic pressure generation characteristics in which, when the rotating body is biased in the rotational axis direction from the state where the rotating body is floating in the lubricant, the sum of the changes in the dynamic pressure in the pump-out direction is larger than that of the changes in the dynamic pressure in the pump-in direction.
US08506157B2
A vertical type uncoupling device, in particular in an automatic watch winding mechanism that includes an oscillating mass and a gear train connecting the oscillating mass to a barrel (9), wherein a gear train includes a direction reverser device (11, 12), a reduction gear (13, 14, 15, 16) and the uncoupling device (20). The uncoupling device includes two coaxial wheels (17, 7) that can be coupled in rotation in one direction owing to respective Breguet toothings (21, 22) arranged on the opposite flanks of the wheels. The coaxial wheel (17), which is mobile in the axial direction, is secured to a sliding arbour (18), which is mounted so as to rotate and slide in fixed bearings (24, 25). A return spring (26) includes an elastic strip that abuts against one end of the sliding arbour (18) to tend to engage and keep meshed the Breguet toothings. This design reduces friction and saves space. Other applications of this type of uncoupling device in a watch movement are described.
US08506151B2
Disclosed herein is a backlight unit including a light guide plate including a light emitting portion to emit light, side surfaces defining corners, and a first light incidence portion and a second light incidence portion to receive light, at least two light emitting modules respectively disposed to face the first light incidence portion and the second light incidence portion, and an optical sheet disposed on the light guide plate, wherein the first light incidence portion is disposed one corner region of the light guide plate, and the second light incidence portion is disposed another corner region of the light guide plate, wherein the first light incidence portion is facing the second light incidence portion or disposed to both sides of one side surface of the light guide plate.
US08506145B2
A method using lens imaging to control hotspots of a vehicle light has steps of providing the area light source having a first shape and a first size, mounting the lens in front of the area light source, choosing a focal length between the area light source and the lens, and determining an angle of view α using the first size of the area light source and the focal length of the lens and generating a hotspot of the vehicle light having the first size and a size range. By changing the height of the area light source and the focal length of the lens, an angle of view formed by light emitted from the area light source and passing through the lens is adjustable. Accordingly, a range of hotspots of the vehicle light is controllable.
US08506142B2
A resettable break-away joint for a pole assembly includes a lower end of an upper pole member and an upper end of a lower pole member. A biasing mechanism urges the lower end of the upper pole member toward engagement with the upper end of the lower pole member to urge the upper pole member toward an upright position until the upper pole member is moved to a collapsed position.
US08506140B2
A safety illumination device that is mountable to an edge of a ski or snowboard is provided. The device has a curved exterior housing with a front window panel along the convex front portion, an upper window panel along the top and a concave cutout along the rear portion. A circuit board containing control circuitry, a power source and two arrays of lights is housed within the exterior housing. When the device is turned on, light is emitted through the window panels. This assists persons uphill and downhill from the user to see the user in the dark. Selection of an illumination pattern is controlled by a magnetic wand that the user waves over the upper surface of the device. Users may thus easily operate the device and customize their lighting experience. The device is secured to a ski or snowboard via the concave cutout and a pair of screws.
US08506133B2
A compact LED lamp (1) is provided with a holder (20), an LED module (10) mounted on the holder (20), and a globe (70) covering the LED module (10). The holder (20) has a groove (21) surrounding the LED module (10) at a top surface (24a) of the holder (20), with a rim (70a) of the globe (70) inserted in the groove (21). When comparing an edge (D1) and an edge (D2) along a side wall (24c) of the groove (21), the edge (D1) is closer to an opening of the groove, and the edge (D2) is closer to a bottom of the groove. The edge (D2) is more recessed than the edge (D1) in a direction perpendicular to a direction of depth of the groove. Furthermore, the groove (21) has through-holes (22) at part of a bottom surface (24d) of the groove (21) to connect to a back surface (24b) of the holder (20). The groove (21) and the through-holes (22) are filled with adhesive (80).
US08506123B2
Disclosed herein is an LED flash lens unit which prevents occurrence of yellow bands or yellow rings if LED light is concentrated through an LED flash lens improving manufacturing ability and mass production to have high performance and high efficiency.
US08506120B2
An adapter (1) with at least one electronic component (2) for mounting in a hole (3) extending through or partly through a composite board (4), which includes at least two layers (5) of electrically conducting material that are separated by at least one insulator (6) of electrically insulating material, the adapter (1) including one or more legs (7) adapted for by mounting in the hole (2) to establish electric connection with a first layer (8), and where the at least one component (2) is fitted on a metal item (9) which has a contact surface, and that the contact surface is in electrically and thermally conducting connecting with a contact surface on a second layer (10) when the adapter (1) is mounted in the hole (3).
US08506118B2
An embodiment of the invention is directed to a light fixture useful for area lighting. The light fixture includes a housing having a base and a top, and a light emitting diode (LED) light emission module disposed within the housing. The light emission module includes a centrally disposed aperture that receives a centrally disposed power lead for powering the light emission module.
US08506112B1
A variety of illumination devices are disclosed that are configured to manipulate light provided by one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs). In general, embodiments of the illumination devices feature one or more optical couplers that redirect illumination from the LEEs to a reflector which then directs the light into a range of angles. In some embodiments, the illumination device includes a second reflector that reflects at least some of the light from the first reflector. In certain embodiments, the illumination device includes a light guide that guides light from the collector to the first reflector. The components of the illumination device can be configured to provide illumination devices that can provide a variety of intensity distributions. Such illumination devices can be configured to provide light for particular lighting applications, including office lighting, task lighting, cabinet lighting, garage lighting, wall wash, stack lighting, and downlighting.
US08506099B1
A freestanding portable holding apparatus for a handheld mirror comprises a base which ensures stability and a center-mounted pole extending upward from the base having a height adjustment mechanism that allows the pole to be extended upwards or downwards as desired by the user. An upper end of the apparatus is provided with an adjustable clip to hold a variety of handheld mirrors in an inverted fashion. It is adjustable in height so that a user can see the rear of their head while looking in another stationary mirror. This feature affords the user the use of both hands while styling hair without having to constantly switch and move the handheld mirror in one hand.
US08506095B2
A transfer article, a retroreflective article and methods of making the same. The transfer article can include an overlay. The retroreflective article can include an optical layer and an overlay. The optical layer can include a front surface and a rear surface, and can include retroreflective optical elements. The overlay can include a front surface and a rear surface adapted to be coupled to the front surface of a substrate, such as the optical layer. The overlay can further include a graphic, such that the graphic is buried with respect to the front surface of the overlay. A method of making the retroreflective article can include applying a graphic to the rear surface of the overlay, and coupling the overlay bearing the graphic to the front surface of a substrate, such as the optical layer.
US08506093B2
A projector that projects an image to a projection object using light emitted from a light source lamp, including a light adjustment sensor that measures the projection distance to the projection object and the intensity of reflected light from the projection object; a zoom position sensor that detects a zoom ratio; and a control section that adjusts the intensity of light emitted from the light source lamp based on the projection distance and the reflected light intensity measured by the adjustment sensor and the zoom ratio detected by the zoom position sensor so as to keep the luminance of a projection image displayed on the projection object constant.
US08506088B2
An airflow-guiding device for a light source includes a cap and a guiding element. The cap has an airflow inlet, a through opening, an airflow outlet, a foundation, an annular side wall, and a cover. The foundation is connected to a reflector of the light source. The through opening is located at the foundation and corresponding to a light outlet of the reflector. The annular side wall where the airflow inlet is located is disposed on the foundation. The cover where the airflow outlet is located is disposed on the annular side wall and opposite to the foundation. The guiding element includes a guiding opening and an annular body. The annular body is rotatably disposed in the cap. The annular body where the guiding opening is located surrounds at least part of the through opening and forms a guiding tunnel together with the annular side wall in the cap.
US08506084B2
The present invention relates in summary to a method for checking and/or determining user data of a spectacle lens user comprising providing subjective data of a spectacle lens user, wherein the subjective data comprise at least subjective refraction data, providing objective refraction data of the spectacle lens user, comparing at least one subset of the subjective refraction data with at least one subset of the objective refraction data and determining a comparison result, matching at least the subset of the subjective refraction data to the objective refraction data on the basis of the comparison result under the assumption that the comparison result fulfills at least one predetermined comparison condition, otherwise maintaining at least the subset of the subjective refraction data and/or providing a message containing the comparison result, and to a further method, a computer program product and two devices for checking and/or determining user data.
US08506083B2
One embodiment disclosed is a compact wavefront sensor module to be attached to or integrated with an ophthalmic instrument for eye examination and/or vision correction procedures. The front lens for relaying the wavefront from the eye to a wavefront sampling plane is positioned at the optical input port of the wavefront sensor module. The front lens is shared by the wavefront sensor and the ophthalmic instrument, and the wavefront sensor module can be made very compact while still being able to cover a large eye wavefront measurement diopter range.Another embodiment disclosed is an ophthalmic device for measuring properties of a subject eye including an ophthalmic instrument integrated with the wavefront sensor module.
US08506082B2
An ophthalmic apparatus includes an aberration correction unit which corrects aberration occurring in light irradiating an eye to be examined; and a common optical system which is commonly provided for an optical path of irradiated light on the aberration correction unit and an optical path of reflected light from the aberration correction unit. The common optical system includes at least one optical element, and areas through which the irradiated light and the reflected light respectively pass overlap each other on the optical element.
US08506071B2
A recording apparatus that can prevent a medium from dropping into an opening provided in a supporting member for supporting the other side of the medium, on one side of which recording is performed, without changing the shape of the opening is provided. A printer includes a recording head that performs recording on one side of a sheet P being transported in a transportation direction X; a platen having a fixed rib that is fixed and supports the other side of the sheet P, and an opening provided in a region facing the recording head; and a movable rib that moves in the opening in a width direction intersecting the transportation direction between a supporting position where it supports the other side of the sheet P and a position at a distance from the supporting position.
US08506067B2
An ink jet image-forming method for forming an image by applying an ink in a fixed amount of 0.5 pl or more to 6.0 pl or less to plain paper. The ink contains a self-dispersion pigment, water, a water-soluble compound having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.37 or more as defined by the equation (A) stated in the description and a water-soluble compound having a coefficient of hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of 0.25 or less, and has a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less. The application of the ink is divided into plural times when an image having a portion where the ink is applied in a duty of 80% or more and an amount of 5.0 μl/cm2 or less in total is formed in a basic matrix for forming the image, and the amount of the ink applied at each of the times divided is 0.7 μl/cm2 or less.
US08506057B2
A liquid droplet ejecting head including a pressure chamber substrate that is provided with a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle orifice, an oscillating plate formed over the pressure chamber at a first area surface; a plurality of first conductive layers formed over the oscillating plate which completely overlap and extend beyond the first area surface; a piezoelectric layer formed over the first conductive layers so as to overlap at least over the first area surface; and a second conductive layer, which is continuously formed so as to cover the piezoelectric layer and completely overlap and extend beyond the first area surface at extending portions, which extend in at least a part of an area between the first conductive layers adjacent to each other.
US08506056B2
A vibration plate, an insulating layer and a plurality of piezoelectric layers, connected to each other, are connected to an upper face of a flow passage unit. Between the plurality of piezoelectric layers, there is provided an intermediate electrode having: opposing portions opposed to center portions of pressure chambers; and connecting portions for connecting the opposing portions at a region opposed to connection portion with the flow passage unit. Between the insulating layer and one of the piezoelectric layers, there is provided a lower electrode extending across the entire region not opposed to the intermediate electrode, including regions opposed to regions of the pressure chambers located outside the center portions thereof. At an upper face of the other piezoelectric layer, upper electrodes are located to be opposed to the pressure chambers. A shielding electrode is arranged between the vibration plate and the insulating layer across the entire regions thereof.
US08506055B2
A MEMS integrated circuit includes a silicon substrate having a frontside with a drive circuitry layer and a backside. A MEMS layer is disposed on the drive circuitry layer. The MEMS layer includes a plurality of MEMS devices electrically connected to the drive circuitry layer. Integrated circuit contacts are positioned at a backside of the substrate. The integrated circuit contacts are electrically connected to the drive circuitry layer via respective connector rods extending through the substrate.
US08506051B2
A process for preparing an ink jet print head front face or nozzle plate having a textured superoleophobic surface comprising providing a silicon substrate; using photolithography to create a textured pattern in the silicon substrate; optionally, modifying the textured silicon surface by disposing a conformal oleophobic coating thereon; and forming an ink jet print head front face or nozzle plate from the textured oleophobic silicon material to provide an ink jet print head front face or nozzle plate having a textured superoleophobic surface.
US08506049B2
A printer provided in which a printing head is relatively scanned in a main scanning direction or a sub-scanning direction with respect to a printing medium to perform printing. The printing head includes a color ink nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting a color ink are arranged in the sub-scanning direction, a first white ink nozzle row and a second white nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting white ink are arranged in the sub-scanning direction. The second white nozzle row is different from the first white ink nozzle row. The first white ink nozzle row is provided at a position overlapping with the color ink nozzle row in the main scanning direction. The second white ink nozzle row is provided at a position which does not overlap with the color ink nozzle row in the main scanning direction.
US08506046B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving print job data, rasterizing the print job data to generate image data for each page of the print job data to be printed, calculating a coverage per unit area for two or more color planes of each page of the image data and calculating a flushing mask to flush nozzles of the inkjet print head.
US08506034B2
Provided is a printing apparatus for printing an image on a medium, which is transported in a transport direction, by forming dots by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles while moving the nozzles in an intersecting direction that intersects the transport direction. The printing apparatus has a first printing mode for printing a mirror image of a predetermined image as the image on the medium and a second printing mode for printing a positive image of a predetermined image as the image on the medium, the medium being a transparent medium. The first printing mode is different from the second printing mode in at least one of a transportation operation of transporting the medium and a dot-forming operation of forming the dots by ejecting ink while moving the nozzles.
US08506026B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator capable of adjusting a step difference of a refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a body, a door opening/closing the body, a hinge member having a hinge shaft to be coupled with the door, a mounting member fixed to the body to receive the hinge member, and an adjusting unit coupled with the hinge member to adjust a step difference of the door by moving the hinge member.
US08506024B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a mounting portion, and a hinge. The mounting portion is provided in the first housing. The mounting portion includes a mounting surface, a first pin protruding from the mounting surface, and a receiver including an insertion groove. The hinge is attached to the second housing and includes a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a main portion mounted on the mounting surface, an elongated hole provided in the main portion and configured to engage with the first pin, and an inserting portion configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and supported by the receiver from a side opposite to the mounting surface.
US08506023B2
A handgun safe including a tray to receive a handgun and a lid operatively associated with the tray such that the tray may slide horizontally with respect to the lid to selectively reveal or conceal the interior portion of the tray. In all embodiments the height of the lid is less than the height of the tray. The handgun safe may further include a latch associated with the lid and tray configured to secure or lock the tray in a closed position with respect to the lid. The handgun safe may further include an electronic switch configured to cause the latch to disengage. The electronic switch may include a biometric scanner, electronic lock or other security device.
US08506021B2
Disclosed herein are an electronic parking brake system and a control method thereof. The electronic parking brake system includes a parking brake apparatus with a parking cable, a force sensing unit to sense tension of the parking cable, and an electronic control unit to measure braking force of the parking brake apparatus based on the tension, to estimate braking force of a fuzzy model, and to judge malfunction of the parking brake apparatus based on the measured braking force and the estimated braking force. Tension is estimated using the fuzzy model and is compared with the measured braking force, thereby effectively detecting malfunction of the electronic parking brake system and thus raising stability and safety of a vehicle. Further, if a residual exceeds a reference value, it is judged that the electronic parking brake apparatus malfunctions and a warning is given to a driver, thereby preventing accidents.
US08506018B1
A concrete hammer having a grapple associated therewith is provided which is mounted on the forward end of the boom arms of a skid-steer vehicle. The grapple is selectively movable between open and closed positions. When the grapple is in its open position, the concrete slab may be positioned between the concrete hammer and the grapple with the grapple then being closed to maintain the concrete slab on the upper end of the concrete hammer. The concrete slab may then be moved to a truck for disposal.
US08506017B2
A loading arm assembly for directing material removed by a mining machining having a cutting head and a conveyor assembly includes one or more wear resistant plate assemblies at a terminal end of the loading arm. The wear resistant plate assembly includes a wear resistant plate arranged on a surface of arms of the loading arm assembly designed for directing the material to the conveyor. The assembly also has wear resistant inserts along a bottom surface of at least the arm end to protect the bottom surface of the arm from wear as well as the attachment of the wear resistant plate to the arm end.
US08506012B2
Center-foldable seat back, seat with the same, and method of manufacturing center-foldable seat back
A center-foldable seat back has a seat back upper part that can be tilted forward relative to a seat back lower part. A trim cover is provided, sewn along the entire periphery at the mutual contact position of an upper and lower cover, the pulled-in state is modulated by cloth pieces, thereby preventing wrinkles. The seat back is provided with the trim cover in which one cloth piece one side edge of which is sewn to the ends of the lower and upper cover is provided at least in the central portion on the inside of the trim cover, the cloth piece is extended inward, the other side edge thereof is sewn to a fastener, the central portion on the back side is extended inward and sewn to the fastener, and the central portion on the inside of the trim cover is sewn to open and close by one fastener.
US08506009B2
An electrically operated wall proximity furniture member includes a frame and an actuation mechanism rotatably connected to the frame. The actuation mechanism includes first and second independently rotatable seat back support members oriented to face a wall outer surface. An electrically powered drive assembly operates to rotate the seat back member between fully upright and fully reclined positions inclusive. A point of the seat back support members when positioned in the fully upright position defines a rear-most extent of the actuation mechanism. The rear-most extent defines a vertical plane having no portion of the actuation mechanism extending beyond the rear-most extent toward the wall outer surface during any operation of the actuation mechanism.
US08506006B2
A frame for use in a construction machine such as a hydraulic excavator, in which a circle member (18) for mounting a swing circle to a center frame is secured. An outer curved portion (21A) with a recessed groove shape is provided over the entire circumference in a vertically intermediate portion of the outer peripheral surface of the circle member, and an inner curved portion (21B) with a recessed groove shape is provided over the entire circumference in a vertically intermediate portion of the inner peripheral surface of the circle member to thereby make it possible to render small the plate thickness (t) of the hourglass-shaped thin-walled portion (21) located in the vertically intermediate portion relative to the plate thickness (T) of upper and lower thick-walled portions (19, 20) located on both vertical end sides of the circle member. Consequently, the weight of the circle member can be reduced.
US08506000B2
A straddle-type vehicle having a display with improved operability and visibility includes a display portion representative of a vehicular state and a display operating portion for switching a display on the display portion. The display operating portion is separated from the display portion. The display portion is arranged rearwardly of a steering handle, and the display operating portion is arranged between the steering handle and the display portion.
US08505998B1
A system is provided for storing items in the bed of a pickup truck. The system includes a bed liner, storage bin sides, storage bin tops, and storage bin dividers. The storage bin sides and storage bin tops are attached to the bed liner to create storage bins, and the bin dividers attach to both the storage bin sides and bed liner to divide the storage bins into smaller sections. Storage bin tops may include a center section cover to selectively cover the center section in between the storage bins in order to provide the full bed area above the storage bins for transporting construction material.
US08505985B2
Disclosed herein is a coupling device for a tube comprising a sleeve part for receiving a part of the tube, and a sealing organ which is arranged to provide a seal around the tube as it is at least partially inserted into the sleeve part, wherein the sealing organ comprises a rubber ring of which at least a first portion is placed between the tube and the elements and a second portion is placed between the elements and the sleeve part, wherein the elements are provided with circumferentially extending cooperating tongue and groove connections, which are positioned at the sides of the elements facing the second portion of the rubber ring that lies adjacent to the sleeve part.
US08505976B2
A crop sprayer comprises a main frame including a first elongated frame rail and a second elongated frame rail that are spaced apart from each other. A first elongated tank support is secured in fixed relation to the first elongated frame rail and includes a first elongated convex support surface. A second elongated tank support is secured in fixed relation to second elongated frame rail and includes a second elongated convex support surface. The second elongated tank support is spaced apart from the first elongated tank support to define a sump space therebetween. The crop sprayer includes a product tank defining a first cavity that is configured to contain a first quantity of fluid therein. The product tank includes i) a first elongated concave support surface, and ii) a second elongated concave support surface. The first elongated convex support surface is positioned in mating contact with the first elongated concave support surface. The second elongated convex support surface is positioned in mating contact with the second elongated concave support surface. The first elongated concave support surface and second elongated concave support surface define a product sump portion of the product tank. The product sump portion is at least partially positioned in the sump space.
US08505971B2
A present invention provides a knee bolster for a vehicle including a first bracket with a first support portion, a first load receiving portion, and a first deformation portion, and a second bracket with a second support portion, a second load receiving portion, and a second deformation portion, wherein the second bracket is arranged such that the distance between the second load receiving portion and the knee is shorter than the distance between the first load receiving portion and the knee in the load application direction.
US08505966B2
An airbag module includes an airbag cushion, an inflator and a housing. The inflator injects gas into the airbag cushion when a vehicle is in collision, so that the airbag cushion is inflated and deployed. The housing houses the airbag cushion, which is folded before deployment, and the inflator. When the airbag cushion is deployed from the housing, the airbag cushion forms a hard chamber and a soft chamber that are defined by a partition. The hard chamber is supplied with gas by the inflator and is positioned in the upper front of the airbag cushion. The soft chamber is supplied with gas by the hard chamber via a connecting hole formed in the partition and is positioned in the rear of the airbag cushion. A vent hole for exhausting gas to the outside is formed in the soft chamber.
US08505962B2
A fixing clamp for fixing an airbag on a gas generator includes a first support portion adapted to the outer shape of the gas generator and a second wrapping portion extending from the support portion. The wrapping portion with its free end can be connected to the support portion. The wrapping portion is designed to be extensible.
US08505960B1
Described is a collapsible cart that provides substantial stability when operated. Enlarged inflatable or compliant rear wheels allow an operator to lift a front end of the cart to traverse rough surfaces as needed. Enlarged rear wheels are mounted outside an overhead profile of the collapsible cart thereby providing lateral and other stability. A first shelf, bucket or working surface may be collapsed to contact or mate with a second such shelf to create an easily transportable or storable collapsed structure. A telescoping handle allows a collapsed cart to serve as a hand dolly.
US08505955B2
A coupling device is provided including a first coupling member or portion and second coupling member or portion where the second coupling member is configured to releasably engage the first coupling member. The second coupling member includes a locking sleeve or locking sleeve assembly slideably mounted on a cup body with the sleeve capable of being shifted toward an opening of the cup body to an unlocked position that permits insertion of the first coupling member into the second coupling member. The sleeve has an inner surface that covers and protects a fastening element positioned within bores of the cup body in both the locked and unlocked positions thereof. In one form, the locking sleeve assembly includes a locking device which restricts the sleeve from inadvertently shifting toward the unlocked position.
US08505951B2
A hitch mounted waste container transporter for mounting in a standard hitch receiver on a vehicle using a locking pin includes a hitch bar having a first end equipped for connection to the hitch receiver and having a distal end, a hitch bar bracket having a lower end rigidly connected to said distal end of the hitch bar and an upper end which includes a transverse locking pin, an intermediate bar is pivotally connected at its first end to the hitch bar bracket such that the intermediate bar moves between about 0 and 25 degrees from a common axis of the hitch bar, and a rigid container support bar connected to a second end of the intermediate bar which is about 110-115 degrees obtuse to the axis of the intermediate bar having a tine to removably engage a waste container.
US08505910B2
Large-diameter entry rollers, and small-diameter entry rollers pressing against the large-diameter entry rollers via a conveyance belt enter a paper sheet in an accumulation part via an entrance slot. A central upper guide member makes contact with an upper surface of a central portion of the banknote. Both sides lower guide members guide the banknote while causing the banknote to curve in the shape of large U in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the banknote by lifting up both ends of the banknote entered in the accumulation part with the use of an upwardly curved tip. The front end of the banknote does not hang down despite being beaten by vanes, and the banknote goes between the vanes. The banknote is rotationally conveyed, hits the stoppers to stop, is disengaged from a swirling vane wheel, and is accumulated.
US08505897B2
Z-fold signature finishing systems are provided. One z-fold finishing system has a receiver system to receive a signature print; an automatic z-fold system configured to make a z-folded stack of sheets formed from separate portions of a length of a signature print with each sheet being joined to at least one other sheet in the z-folded stack by at least one of the z-folds; a binding system that can bind the z-folded stack proximate to a saddle fold location between the z-folds; a saddle folder having at least two surfaces arranged so that the at least two surfaces and the z-folded stack can move relative to each other to cause the z-folded stack to fold proximate to the saddle fold location to dispose the z-folds along a common face of the saddle folded stack, and, a separation system separating the signature print proximate to at least one of the z-folds.
US08505896B2
An object positioning/fixing device is capable of generating a clamping force by clamp bolts capable of being fastened manually and realizes high operability of the clamp bolts. A simple clamp mechanism comprises the clamp bolts as major components. The object positioning/fixing device has a cooperative assembly of the positioning mechanism and the clamp bolts.
US08505885B2
A diffuser for oxygenation of aqueous media comprises a manifold connectable to a source of pressurized oxygen-containing gas and having a plurality of outlet ports communicating a hollow interior of the manifold with an exterior thereof. A plurality of flexible microporous tubular membranes each have a coupled end secured to the manifold at a respective one of the outlet ports thereof to communicate an internal passage of the tubular membrane with the hollow interior of the manifold. An elongated rod extends along each tubular membrane within the internal passage thereof to maintain a length of the tubular membrane in an orientation projecting outward from the manifold with the free end of the tubular membrane further outward from the manifold than any other portion of the tubular membrane. The rods prevent curling of the tubular membranes over time when the diffuser is submerged in a liquid medium for use.
US08505884B2
A packing structure according to the invention for a fluid contacting column forms a volume comprising an ordered arrangement of bundles of tubes of diameter ranging between 5 and 50 mm. The walls of the tubes comprise orifices which promote circulation and mixes fluids in the structure. The orifices are inscribed in rectangles whose sides range between 2 and 45 mm, and each one of the orifices extends over a surface area greater than 2 mm2.
US08505873B2
A pressure regulating valve having a compression spring fixed in a valve housing for positioning a valve plunger connected to a magnetic armature in the position above a valve seat and not electromagnetically excited, in order to create a connection between at least two pressure medium channels opening into the valve housing, and having a further compression spring disposed coaxially to the first compression spring in the valve housing, having the characteristic that the first compression spring is designed as a control spring forming a stroke and force-specific spring drive by adjusting the spring rates of both compression springs to the force/distance curve of an electromagnet by varying the current in an exciter coil, wherein the further compression spring is designed as a variably adjustable spring acting opposite to the control spring.
US08505864B1
An arrangement for attaching PV panels together and to a roofing clamp includes an electrical insulating provision between the attaching arrangement and the roofing clamp.
US08505860B2
A video screen mounting system including a vertical post having a mounting wall, a base supporting the vertical post, a cross beam having a body, a mounting leg extending rearwardly from the body, and at least one mounting channel located on one or more of a front, a top, and a bottom of the body, and a bracket removably mountable on the mounting wall of the vertical post and having a frontwardly extending flange for receiving and retaining the mounting leg of the cross beam.
US08505855B2
When a prior art track circuit for monitoring an electric signal supplied to a rail via a transmitter and a receiver connected to the rail for detecting a presence of a train using a phenomenon in which the reception level of a signal drops when axles of a train electrically short two rails together and sending a train control signal to the train is applied to a dual gauge track circuit in which two types of trains having different gauges share a rail, mutual induction between rails occurs which is a problem specific to the dual gauge track circuit, and the amount of attenuation of the train detection signal when a train is present on a track drops. The present invention prevents the mutual induction between rails and suppresses the drop of the amount of attenuation of the train detection signal when a train is present on a track by providing a train detector for recognizing two types of trains and detecting the presence of trains on the track via transmitters and receivers respectively connected to three rails, including filters for passing relevant signals and increasing the impedance of signals of other signal bands disposed on input stages of the respective receivers.
US08505854B2
A flight assistance apparatus for providing assistance in flying an aircraft, including: a yoke operated by a pilot of the aircraft; and a flight instruction section that instructs, with an aid of the yoke, the pilot to fly the aircraft in such a manner as to avoid a critical flight range when the aircraft approaches the critical flight range.
US08505850B2
Embodiments relate to a locking and unlocking system of a separation door separating a cockpit from a cabin of an aircraft. In one embodiment, a system comprises a set of electrically controlled bolts configured to lock the door, a control unit configured to electrically control the set of bolts, a first manual control connected to the control unit, installed in the cockpit and configured to unlock the door, a second manual control connected to the control unit, installed in the cabin and configured to unlock the door, an accelerometer to detect a crash, and a switching relay to control automatic unlocking of the door when a crash of the aircraft is detected, the relay connected to the accelerometer, the control unit and the set of bolts.
US08505845B2
A system for storing, rotating and feeding a high pressure hose. A first portion of the hose is disposable about the drum and a guide arm engages a second portion of the hose. An actuator assembly rotates a cage and the guide arm so that the guide arm rotates relative to the cage such that the hose is rotated. Relative rotation in one direction causes the first portion of the hose to uncoil from the drum and displace along the guide arm and causes a third portion of the high pressure hose in an output port to displace out of the output port away from the guide arm. Relative rotation in an opposite direction causes the second portion of the high pressure hose to coil about the drum and causes the third portion of the high pressure hose to displace into the housing.
US08505842B2
A mixing machine adapted to mix a liquid mixture containing bitumen with solid granules so as to obtain a homogenized bituminous mix. The machine includes a cylindrical container arranged coaxially to a vertical axis and capable of containing the liquid mixture containing bitumen and the solid granules, a heating circuit for heating the inner side surface of the cylindrical container, a mixing assembly mounted axially rotatable within the container to rotate about the vertical axis, and a driving unit adapted to rotate the mixing assembly about the vertical axis. The mixing assembly includes a helicoidal blade which extends coaxial to the axis within the container and has its outer peripheral edge in contact with the inner surface of the container so as to scrape the material adhering on the inner surface during its rotation.
US08505841B2
An anti-jam assembly for incorporation in an article destroying appliance includes a fixed core mount assembly including a first support member spaced apart from a second support member. At least one moveable cutter shaft is disposed between and rotatably mounted to the first and second support members. A third elongate member extends in parallel relationship to the at least one cutter shaft. This third support member is moveable from a first position to at least a second position. The first and the at least second position correspond to a variable width of a feed path directing an article toward the at least one cutter. An arm is affixed to the elongate member and pivotal at a mounting surface when the elongate member moves toward the second position. A sensor activates when it detects movement of the arm. The arm and the sensor are removed from a proximity of the at least one cutter or the feed path.
US08505840B2
A method for modifying soil and a method for producing composite Elastomer of the soil are disclosed. The method for modifying soil includes drying, pulverizing, sieving, and purifying the soil to obtain soil powder, then dynamically heating the powder and adding surfactant, which includes coupling agent, polysiloxane having reactive functional, emulsifier of organosilicon and aliphatic amine, and water, and then drying the above obtained powder to obtain modified soil. The modified soil and acrylic acid copolymer emulsion are mixed with plasticizer, foaming agent, etc. to form a composite body which is used to produce elastomer floor board, elastomer wall brick, composite soil skin material, and so on. No emission of toxic gas and evaporation of organic solvent can be attained during production and use of the invention, and performance of the product is same as or has superiority over rubber in compression deformation rate, rebound elasticity and durability.
US08505832B2
Apparatus for providing a heated cleaning fluid to a vehicle surface having an inlet port for receiving an amount of fluid; a housing bounding a reservoir in fluid communication with the inlet port; and an outlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir for dispensing an amount of heated fluid. A heater element heats fluid that passes from the inlet to the outlet port through the reservoir. A heat exchanger in thermal contact with the heater element for conveying heat to the fluid within the reservoir has a strut that divides fluid entering the housing through the inlet port into two flow paths and elongated fins that extend outwardly from the strut at transverse angles that bound fluid flow channels for fluid moving through said reservoir. A control circuit energizes the heater element with a voltage to heat the heating element.
US08505828B2
A chip card receives and processes what-ever combination of contact data and contact-less data is available to allow multiple functionalities for the chip card. A micro-computer of the chip card is adapted to simultaneously receive and process contact data from a contact interface and contact-less data from a contact-less interface. In addition, the chip card includes a power voltage selector for selecting a contact bias to supply power to the micro-computer when-ever the contact bias voltage is available since the contact bias voltage is more stable than a contact-less bias voltage.
US08505822B2
An apparatus comprising a deformable lens element can be provided wherein a deformable lens element can be deformed to change an optical property thereof by the impartation of a force to the deformable lens element.
US08505801B2
The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section.
US08505794B2
A flexible storage system included in a vehicle interior comprises receiving elements configured on a surface facing the vehicle interior and different attachments that are made to be attached to the receiving elements. The receiving elements comprise a primary aperture connected to a slot that extends downwards towards a floor of the vehicle. Each of the attachments comprises at least one connecting element which has a shape that is complementary to the primary apertures of respective receiving elements and a shaft that connects the connecting element to the attachment. The attachments are detachably connected to the receiving elements when in use and stowed away when not in use. Thus, the storage system provides flexibility in that not only is it employed only when necessary, but it also provides a variety of storage attachments that are suited to different user needs.
US08505788B2
The invention is an ergonomic detachable handle having a grip portion terminating at one end in a contoured band for carrying a paint container and associated brush. The contoured band has a cantilevered support portion with an upstanding peripheral edge for receiving the lip of a container. A spring biased retainer clip is mounted to the cantilevered support portion so that the slidable movement of the spring biased retainer clip traps the lip of the container between the upstanding peripheral edge of the cantilevered support portion and the spring biased retainer clip to securely hold the container to the grip portion of the handle. A shell housing dependent from the cantilevered support portion houses a permanent magnet in contact with the wall of the container to hold a painter's brush magnetically against the magnet on the inside of the container.
US08505782B1
A method and apparatus for dispensing sanitizer fluid. The apparatus includes a handle having a trigger lever and a spray nozzle; a check valve coupled to the spray nozzle; a pump assembly fluidly coupled to the check valve; and a reservoir cartridge fluidly coupled to the pump assembly, where manipulation of the handle and the trigger lever causes the pump assembly to supply sanitizer fluid from the cartridge, through the check valve, and to the nozzle. A method of selectively dispensing sanitizer fluid includes selectively manipulating a handle to manipulate a door latch or manipulating a handle and a trigger lever to manipulate a door latch and dispense sanitizing fluid through a spray nozzle proximate the trigger lever.
US08505777B2
A mixer assembly includes a mixer body and a mixer cover coupled to the mixer body. The mixer body includes an inner wall defining a mixing chamber having an inlet and an outlet. The inner wall includes a plurality of protrusions disposed on top of the inner wall that form a plurality of passes therebetween. The mixer body further includes a shell disposed around the inner wall that forms a diluent chamber between the inner wall and the shell. Diluent entering the diluent chamber flows through the plurality of passes and into the mixing chamber for mixing with product entering from the inlet of the mixing chamber. Mixed product exits the mixer body from the outlet of the mixing chamber. The mixer cover includes an angled shelf that closes out the diluent chamber and extends over the plurality of passes such that diluent entering the diluent chamber moves through the plurality of passes along the angled shelf and into the mixing chamber.
US08505775B2
A valve for distributing two fluids contained in a rigid flask by propulsion, the first fluid contained in a first flexible pouch, and the second fluid in the flask so as to be isolated from the first fluid before the fluid leaves through the valve. When the valve is placed on the flask, an internal part of the valve is inside the flask, an external part of the valve is outside the flask. A first passage which can be closed connects the inside of the first pouch and the space surrounding the external part of the valve, and a second passage which can also be closed connects the space intended to receive the second fluid and the space surrounding the external part of the valve. The valve has a second flexible pouch for receiving the second fluid, which is fixed to the valve and placed around the first pouch.
US08505773B2
A dispensing device for dispensing metered dosages of a medicament from a container includes a dispenser housing having a support block defining a longitudinal axis and an indicator housing disposed at least partially around the support block. An actuator includes a central, cylindrical hub portion adapted to be engaged by the container and centered about the longitudinal axis. The actuator is moveable along the longitudinal axis relative to the indicator housing and includes a resilient arm. A drive gear is rotatably disposed in the indicator housing and is rotatable in response to successive engagements by the resilient arm. An indicator is rotatably disposed in the indicator housing and is rotatable in response to the rotation of the drive gear. The indicator includes dosage indicia. A dispensing system and indicating device are also disclosed.
US08505771B2
A golf ball dispenser is disclosed comprising a cavity for storing a plurality of golf balls. The dispenser comprises an exit opening through which the balls are dispensed and an ejection lever for ejecting a golf ball through the exit opening when activated. The dispenser and lever are configured so that as the lever is moved towards the exit opening so as to dispense a first ball the lever clamps the next ball to be dispensed within the dispenser so as to prevent the next ball from moving towards the exit opening.
US08505769B2
A lid covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base including a cover for covering the interior of the base. The cover has an opening for passing medical waste through it. The lid includes a chute for directing medical waste into the interior of the base and a closure for blocking the opening operatively connected to the cover for movement between an open position and a closed position. The lid includes a skirt operatively connected to the closure. The skirt sweeps medical waste on the chute toward the waste receptacle base interior as the closure moves from the closed position to the open position.
US08505768B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides a foldable food tray that includes first and second panels, each having upper and lower surfaces and inner, outer, and side edges. Each panel can also include one or more hinge members and one or more locking members. The hinge member(s) can be operatively coupled to one another to permit the first and second panels to move between a closed position and an open position. The locking member(s) can be configured to releasably lock the first and second panels in the open position, thereby preventing the first and second panels from inadvertently moving from the open position.
US08505765B2
A beverage can end closure is provided which utilizes less material and has an improved internal buckle strength based on the geometric configuration of a chuck wall, inner panel wall and central panel, and a substantially linear chuck wall.
US08505761B2
Apparatus and methods are provided to minimize the escape of fuel out of a fuel tank when a tank wall is penetrated by a bullet. In one embodiment, a pressure differential may be maintained between a pressure within a fuel tank cavity and another pressure outside the fuel tank cavity in order to minimize the loss of fuel upon penetration of the fuel tank. In another embodiment, a compressed rubber layer of fuel-reactive rubber may be provided which is adapted to be attached to a fuel tank wall and to swell upon contact with fuel in order to substantially seal a penetrated hole in the fuel tank wall.
US08505756B2
A biaxially stretched, blow molded synthetic resin bottle with a bottom includes a sunken bottom portion that is capable of drawing upward in a reversible manner, when internal pressure goes down. This sunken bottom portion includes an inner peripheral wall portion standing from near an inner edge of a ground contact portion disposed along a peripheral foot, a central concave portion disposed at a center of the bottom, a reversible wall portion in a flat ring shape, which is reversibly deformable into an upward drawing state and which connects an upper end of the inner peripheral wall to the base of the central concave portion, and a circular rib wall portion disposed at a connection between the reversible wall portion and the upper end of the inner peripheral wall portion so as to perform the function as a peripheral rib.
US08505754B2
The present disclosure relates to a crane, preferably a crawler or truck crane, comprising a crane monitoring means for monitoring the operating condition of the crane, including a calculation unit and a control and display unit. In accordance with the present disclosure, there is additionally provided an operations planner with a separate monitor output, which includes a further calculation unit and which operates on the one hand as a device for planning the operation of the crane and on the other hand as a redundant crane monitoring unit in addition to the crane monitoring means.
US08505753B2
Some embodiments of a display apparatus can present a variety of products or images of available products in an appealing manner that draws attention from consumers. In particular circumstances, the display apparatus may be readily changed by a store worker from a first configuration to a second configuration having a different appearance. For example, the display apparatus may include a generally rigid frame that receives a decorative, external sheathing in a toolless manner. Such a configuration can be useful, for example, for endcap display fixtures that are positioned at the end of store aisles, thereby providing an opportunity to promptly change the appearance of one or more endcaps and the products exhibited thereon.
US08505749B2
An adjustable curtain rod assembly includes a rod member and an adjustment mechanism coupled to an end of the rod member. The adjustment mechanism is operable to adjust a length of the rod assembly and has a clutch mechanism that prevents over-extension of the rod assembly during mounting.
US08505747B2
A cyclonic debris evacuation apparatus and method for evacuating debris in a pumping system that forms between the plunger exterior and barrel interior. The apparatus is configured for use with a valve rod and has a cyclone component, cup component, ring component, and ring coupler component. The apparatus is also configured for use with a hollow valve rod and has a hollow valve rod coupler component, cup component, ring component, and ring coupler component. The cup component can be composed of a high density poly-fiber material that helps in creating a positive seal between the cup component and barrel interior during pumping operations, helping to direct solids into the cup component and thereby preventing them from travelling southward in the direction of the barrel and causing damage. In another embodiment, the cup component can include a specialized leading edge adapted to direct solids into the cup component.
US08505744B2
The present invention is directed to methods of fabricating nanoporous anodic oxide ceramic membrane tubes with excellent pore characteristics by anodizing metal tubes located in a cylindrical symmetry with respect to a cathode which itself has a cylindrical symmetry. The membrane tubes may have protruded portions acting as supports and joints. The present invention also deals with stacks and bundles consisted of numbers of the anodic oxide ceramic tubes for filter and dialysis applications.
US08505738B2
A mobile material screening apparatus (100) for separating bulk particulate material into groups of particles of differing sizes comprises a support chassis (2), a horizontal screen box (3) housed within the support chassis (2) and an additional inclined pre-screening module (50) which is adapted to be demountably attached to the support chassis (2). The mobile screening apparatus (100) comprises five outputs. Foldable conveyors (7a, 8, 9, 910, 920) can be deployed outwardly from and stowed inwardly against the material screening apparatus. The provision of an inclined pre-screening module (50) provides relief to the horizontal screen box (3) by first removing the larger sized particles from the bulk material which can be returned to a crusher for recycling and serves also to increase the total number of grades of material separated by the screening apparatus.
US08505722B1
A stackable pallet container for transporting or storing fluent material has a rigid pallet, a plastic liner bag sitting on the pallet, and a mesh outer jacket surrounding the plastic liner bag, secured to the pallet, and forming with the pallet an upwardly open cavity containing the liner bag. The jacket is formed by horizontal rods and vertical rods joined at crossings. At least partially U-section vertical reinforcement bars are fixed inside the outer jacket and each have an upper end formed on a side directed inward toward the bag with a cutout.
US08505711B2
A system for conveying biomass is disclosed. The system is configured to convey biomass for collection, transport, or processing. The system comprises a housing comprising an opening configured for the entry of biomass, at least one shoe skid configured to offset the housing in a vertical orientation, an apparatus at least partially within the housing comprising at least one rotating blade assembly, and a conduit configured to discharge biomass from the housing so that biomass entering into the housing can be projected by the apparatus through the conduit for collection or transport. The system may comprise conduit that is extendable and has articulation segments for vertical movement. The system may comprise a housing that comprises a member to dislodge the biomass from a pile to flow into the opening. The system may comprise at least one shoe skid that comprises a large surface area and projects forward of the housing.
US08505709B2
A sloping surface slopes downward. Longwise ribs are provided to be adjacent to each other on the sloping surface. The longwise ribs extend from an upper area of the sloping surface to a lower area of the sloping surface. A diagonal rib diagonally crosses a direction orthogonal to a direction of a gravitational force on the sloping surface. The diagonal rib is not taller than the longwise rib.
US08505696B2
Provided is a shim structure adapted to be interposed between a friction member and a forcing member configured to urge the friction member against a rotating member of a brake system. The shim structure includes a sheet member having opposing first and second surfaces defining a substantially uniform thickness of sufficient magnitude to not deform during urging of the friction member. There is no viscoelastic layer on the first or second surfaces. The first and second surfaces also define a waveform cross-section having an amplitude and a wavelength extending substantially the entire length of the sheet member; the amplitude and wavelength are of sufficient ratio to provide selective noise and vibration damping, isolation, and thermal dissipation for the brake system. Additionally, the amplitude and wavelength are configured to be variably tunable, providing different predetermined levels of noise and vibration absorption and attenuation. The wave-form cross-section is preferably sinusoidal.
US08505689B2
An outdoor support strap for holding a user in a squatted position above the ground surface while defecating preferably includes a flexible and elongated body suitably sized and shaped to be positioned around a user's waist while being anchored to a support surface such as a tree. The body is preferably formed from an elastic material such that it remains deformably resilient for providing a resistive force against the user's waist. In this manner, the user is able to lean away from the support surface and assume a squatted a position to thereby extend his or her legs forwardly of his or her buttocks. Such a support strap alleviates the strain and energy required to maintain a squatted position for an extended period of time. By using the support strap, the user's hands remain free to hold objects or cleanse the buttocks area with toilet paper for example.
US08505684B1
An aerial work platform apparatus and method for automatically leveling a mobile aerial work platform, including a base frame, a movable platform, a lift mechanism configured to move the platform in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the base frame, a stabilizing assembly including at least one outrigger leg mounted on the base frame, and a control assembly.
US08505680B2
In one example, a firearm attachment includes a base adapted to be coupled to a firearm. The firearm attachment also includes a plurality of substantially longitudinal tines extending forwardly from the base and arranged circumferentially around a central axis of the attachment. The firearm attachment also includes at least one bore substantially concentric with the central axis. The firearm attachment also includes three longitudinal slots defined by sidewalls of adjacent ones of the tines and adapted to pass combustion gases from the bore. The sidewalls extend from the bore to an outer circumfery of the attachment. Sidewalls of adjacent tines lie in respective planes that intersect at an angle in a range of approximately 9 degrees to approximately 12 degrees. Other implementations and related methods are also provided.
US08505679B2
An aircraft nacelle includes an air inlet (110) with a lip (114) extended to the back by a passage (116) to channel an air flow to a drive (112), the passage having at least one acoustic treatment panel (120) that includes, from the outside to the inside: an acoustically resistant porous layer (122); at least one cell-like structure (124), whose cells are sized for acoustic treatment; and a reflective or sealed layer (126). The reflective layer includes, near the end thereof that is oriented toward the lip, a surface (130) that is angled so as to be connected to the lip. A cell-like structure (136) is in contact with the angled surface, which forms an angle less than 30° with the tangent on the acoustically resistant layer. The cell-like structure is inserted between the angled surface of the reflective layer and an acoustically resistant porous layer.
US08505678B2
A fluid transfer pipe (1) comprising opposed ends (3, 5) adapted to be connected to respective pipework, the pipe (1) comprising a longitudinal axis (9), the transverse cross section of the pipe (1) varying along the length of the pipe such that the distance radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis (9) to the inner wall of the pipe (1) is non linear along at least part of the length of the pipe. A fluid attenuator comprising such a pipe is also disclosed.
