US08525215B2
Provided are a light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system. The light emitting device includes: a light emitting structure layer including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer; an oxide protrusion disposed on at least a portion of the second conducive semiconductor layer; and a current spreading layer on the second conductive semiconductor layer and the oxide protrusion.
US08525192B2
A package is disclosed. The package includes a premolded substrate having a leadframe structure, a first device attached to the leadframe structure, and a molding material covering at least part of the leadframe structure and the first device. It also includes a second device attached to the premolded substrate.
US08525186B2
Disclosed are embodiments of a method of forming, on an SOI wafer, a planar FET with embedded and faceted source/drain stressors. The method incorporates a directional ion implant process to create amorphous regions at the bottom surfaces of source/drain recesses in a single crystalline semiconductor layer of an SOI wafer. Then, an etch process selective to different crystalline planes over others and further selective to single crystalline semiconductor material over amorphous semiconductor material can be performed in order to selectively adjust the shape (i.e., the profile) of the recess sidewalls without increasing the depth of the recesses. Subsequently, an anneal process can be performed to re-crystallize the amorphous regions and an epitaxial deposition process can be used to fill the recesses with source/drain stressor material. Also disclosed are embodiments of a planar FET structure and a design structure for the planar FET.
US08525181B2
A thin-film transistor (TFT) array substrate includes an active layer on a substrate and a lower electrode of a capacitor on the same level as the active layer, a first insulation layer on the active layer and the lower electrode and having a first gap exposing an area of the lower electrode; a gate electrode of the TFT on the first insulation layer, and an upper electrode of the capacitor on the lower electrode and the first insulation layer, the upper electrode having a second gap that exposes the first gap and a portion of the first insulation layer; a second insulation layer disposed between the gate electrode and source electrode and drain electrodes, and not disposed on the upper electrode, in the first gap of the first insulation layer, or in the second gap of the lower electrode.
US08525178B2
A flexible semiconductor device includes an insulating film on which a semiconductor element is formed. The top and bottom surfaces of the insulating film have a top wiring pattern layer and a bottom wiring pattern layer, respectively. The semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer formed on the top surface of the insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the top surface of the insulating film so as to contact the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode formed on the bottom surface of the insulating film so as to be opposite the semiconductor layer. A first thickness, which is the thickness of the insulating film facing the source electrode, the drain electrode, the top wiring pattern layer, and the bottom wiring pattern layer, is greater than a second thickness, which is the thickness of the insulating film between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer.
US08525172B2
A method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device includes (i) forming an insulating film on the upper surface of metal foil, (ii) forming an extraction electrode pattern on the upper surface of the metal foil, (iii) forming a semiconductor layer on the insulating film such that the semiconductor layer is in contact with the extraction electrode pattern, (iv) forming a sealing resin layer on the upper surface of the metal foil such that the sealing resin layer covers the semiconductor layer and the extraction electrode pattern, and (v) forming electrodes by etching the metal foil, the metal foil being used as a support for the insulating film, the extraction electrode pattern, the semiconductor layer, and the sealing resin layer formed in (i) to (iv) and used as a constituent material for the electrodes in (v). The metal foil need not be stripped, and a high-temperature process can be used.
US08525171B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device capable of preventing deterioration due to penetration of moisture or oxygen, for example, a light-emitting apparatus having an organic light-emitting device that is formed over a plastic substrate, and a liquid crystal display apparatus using a plastic substrate. According to the present invention, devices formed on a glass substrate or a quartz substrate (a TFT, a light-emitting device having an organic compound, a liquid crystal device, a memory device, a thin-film diode, a pin-junction silicon photoelectric converter, a silicon resistance element, or the like) are separated from the substrate, and transferred to a plastic substrate having high thermal conductivity.
US08525169B1
The present disclosure relates to a secure device having a physical unclonable function. The device includes an integrated circuit having a semiconducting material in at least one via in a backend of the integrated circuit. The present disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing a secure device having a physical unclonable function. The method includes providing an integrated circuit and adding a semiconducting material to at least one via in a backend of the integrated circuit. In some instances a property of the semiconducting material in the at least one via is measured to derive a signature.
US08525167B2
In a laminated chip package, a plurality of semiconductor plates each having a semiconductor device and a wiring electrode connected to the semiconductor device are laminated. On a side surface for wiring of the laminated chip package, an end face of an inner electrode for examination formed inside the side surface for wiring in the semiconductor plate is formed. The laminated chip package further has an outer electrode for examination connecting the end faces of the inner electrodes for examination along a lamination direction of the semiconductor plates, only for two adjacent semiconductor plates among the semiconductor plates.
US08525165B2
To provide a semiconductor device in which a defect or fault is not generated and a manufacturing method thereof even if a ZnO semiconductor film is used and a ZnO film to which an n-type or p-type impurity is added is used for a source electrode and a drain electrode. The semiconductor device includes a gate insulating film formed by using a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film over a gate electrode, an Al film or an Al alloy film over the gate insulating film, a ZnO film to which an n-type or p-type impurity is added over the Al film or the Al alloy film, and a ZnO semiconductor film over the ZnO film to which an n-type or p-type impurity is added and the gate insulating film.
US08525163B2
An organic EL device 1, for example, excellent in productivity and performance with reduced influence of a voltage drop can be provided at low fabrication cost. The organic EL device 1 includes band-shaped organic EL strips 3 arranged at spacings on a first substrate 2. Each of the organic EL strips 3 includes a second substrate 31, a negative electrode 32b, a positive electrode 32a, and an organic layer 33. The pair of the electrodes 32a and 32b and the organic layer 33 are stacked on the second substrate 2 with the organic layer 33 sandwiched between the electrodes 32a and 32b. The first substrate 2 includes a connection terminal electrode 5 and an auxiliary terminal electrode 6. For example, negative electrode 32b is electrically connected to the connection terminal electrode 5, and the positive electrode 32a is electrically connected to the auxiliary terminal electrode 6.
US08525162B2
A method is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of nanowires on a top surface of a substrate and forming an oxide layer adjacent to a bottom surface of each of the plurality of nanowires, wherein the oxide layer is to isolate each of the plurality of nanowires from the substrate.
US08525155B2
The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids and compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as battery electrolytes, as a heat transfer medium, fuel cells and electrochromatic devices, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules possessing structural features, wherein the molecules exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range and ionic conductivity. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules, and operational devices and systems comprising the same.
US08525150B2
A semiconductor light emission device is disclosed. The semiconductor light emission device includes: a substrate; a current concentration preventing pattern formed in a mesh net shape on the substrate; an n-type clad layer formed on the substrate loaded with the current concentration preventing pattern; an active layer and a p-type clad layer sequentially formed on the n-type clad layer; an n-type electrode formed on a part of the n-type clad layer which is exposed by partially etching the p-type clad layer and active layer; and a p-type electrode formed on the p-type clad layer. The current concentration preventing pattern is formed in a double layer structure which includes a first layer formed from one material of SiO and SiN and on the substrate, and a second layer formed from a metal material and on the first layer.
US08525143B2
Methods and systems of using nanotube elements as joule heating elements for memories and other applications. Under one aspect, a method includes providing an electrical stimulus, regulated by a drive circuit, through a nanotube element in order to heat an adjacent article. Further, a detection circuit electrically gauges the state of the article. The article heated by the nanotube element is, in preferred embodiments, a phase changing material, hi memory applications, the invention may be used as a small-scale CRAM capable of employing small amounts of current to induce rapid, large temperature changes in a chalcogenide material. Under various embodiments of the disclosed invention, the nanotube element is composed of a non-woven nanotube fabric which is either suspended from supports and positioned adjacent to the phase change material or is disposed on a substrate and in direct contact with the phase change material. A plurality of designs using various geometric orientations of nanotube fabrics, phase change materials, and drive and detection circuitry is disclosed. Additionally, methods of fabricating nanotube heat emitters are disclosed.
US08525142B2
A non-volatile variable resistance memory device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The non-volatile variable resistance memory device may include a lower electrode, a buffer layer on the lower electrode, an oxide layer on the buffer layer and an upper electrode on the oxide layer. The buffer layer may be composed of an oxide and the oxide layer may have variable resistance characteristics.
US08525138B2
An apparatus for producing light includes a chamber and an ignition source that ionizes a gas within the chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one laser that provides energy to the ionized gas within the chamber to produce a high brightness light. The laser can provide a substantially continuous amount of energy to the ionized gas to generate a substantially continuous high brightness light.
US08525136B2
Methods for concealing random or uncontrolled surface defects from a work piece surface are provided, by applying a plurality of induced controlled defects over the random defects to alter the surface texture.
US08525131B2
Compositions providing metal-independent phosphorescence due to a directed heavy atom effect are provided. Methods of providing a phosphorescent composition are also provided where a directed heavy atom effect is maintained to cause the composition to be phosphorescent. Manufacture of phosphorescent compositions using intermolecular and intramolecular directed heavy atom effects are disclosed.
US08525128B2
The invention relates to a method for the inactivation of pathogens such as bacteria and viruses in donor blood, blood plasma and erythrocyte concentrates by photodynamic treatment and/or irradiation with ultraviolet light in flexible irradiation bags under intense movement.
US08525127B2
Provided is a method and an apparatus for inspecting a sample surface with high accuracy. Provided is a method for inspecting a sample surface by using an electron beam method sample surface inspection apparatus, in which an electron beam generated by an electron gun of the electron beam method sample surface inspection apparatus is irradiated onto the sample surface, and secondary electrons emanating from the sample surface are formed into an image toward an electron detection plane of a detector for inspecting the sample surface, the method characterized in that a condition for forming the secondary electrons into an image on a detection plane of the detector is controlled such that a potential in the sample surface varies in dependence on an amount of the electron beam irradiated onto the sample surface.
US08525119B2
A radiation sensitive detector array includes a plurality of detector modules (118) extending along a z-axis direction and aligned along an x-axis direction with respect to the imaging system (100). At least one of the detector modules (118) includes a module backbone (124) and at least one detector tile (122). The at least one detector tile (122) is coupled to the module backbone (124) through a non-threaded fastener (142). The at least one detector tile (122) includes a two-dimensional detector (126) and a two-dimensional anti-scatter grid (128) that is focused at a focal spot (112) of an imaging system (100).
US08525116B2
An imaging system includes positron emission tomography (PET) detectors (30) shrouded by broadband galvanic isolation (99) and coincidence detection electronics (50, 50ob), or other radiation detectors. A magnetic resonance scanner includes a main magnet (12, 14) and magnetic field gradient assembly (20, 20′, 22, 24) configured to acquire imaging data from a magnetic resonance examination region at least partially overlapping the examination region surrounded by the PET detectors. A radio frequency coil (80, 100) has plurality of conductors (66, 166) and a radio frequency screen (88, 188, 188EB, 188F) substantially surrounding the conductors to shield the coil at the magnetic resonance frequency. The radiation detectors are outside of the radio frequency screen. Magnetic resonance-compatible radiation collimators or shielding (60, 62) containing an electrically non-conductive and non-ferromagnetic heavy atom oxide material are disposed with the radiation detectors.
US08525113B2
The invention relates to a portable radiometric imaging device and to a corresponding method, finding a particular application in detecting articles carried by passengers or contained in baggage, for example in airports and train stations. The device includes a plurality of receiver antennas for picking up electromagnetic radiation from a plurality of parts of a body or an article and converting them into a plurality of signals representative of said radiation, a plurality of receiver modules associated with the antennas for receiving the signals representative of the radiation and converting them into a plurality of electrical signals, and a digital processor unit for responding to the electrical signals to create one or more digital signals representative of the electromagnetic radiation for display on a display as an image of the body or article. A correlator module is provided for correlating the electrical signals in order to form a signal representative of the electromagnetic radiation from the intersection of the two parts of the body or article.
US08525108B2
The mass spectrometer is characterized in that a linear ion trap, that consists of electrodes for mass-selective discharge, is provided with a mechanism that excites ions in a first direction that is perpendicular to the rod axes and a mechanism that simultaneously generates an electric field on the axes in a second direction that is perpendicular to the axial direction and the first direction in order to generate an electric field on the central axis. Highly efficient, high-speed scanning can be achieved using this configuration.
US08525106B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting ions in a mass spectrometer from an ion source to a mass analyzer extracts analyte ions from the ion source in such a manner that the number of extracted analyte ions is maximized. The ions are then transmitted through an ion guide to the mass analyzer. The ion guide is filled with an interaction gas and its operating parameters are adjusted so that, as the ions pass through the ion guide, the analyte ion energy distribution width is narrowed and the analyte ions are collimated within the ion guide to improve the resolution and sensitivity of the mass analyzer.
US08525105B2
Electrospray ionization sources interfaced to mass spectrometers have become widely used tools in analytical applications Processes occurring in Electrospray (ES) ionization generally include the addition or removal of a charged species such as II+ or other cation to effect ionization of a sample species. Electrospray includes ionization processes that occur in the liquid and gas phase and in both phases ionization processes require a source or sink for such charged species. Electrolyte species, that aid in oxidation or reduction reactions occurring in Electrospray ionization, are added to sample solutions in many analytical applications to increase the ES ion signal amplitude detected by a mass spectrometer (MS). Electrolyte species that may be required to enhance an upstream sample preparation or separation process may be less compatible with the downstream ES processes and cause reduction in MS signal. A new set of Electrolytes has been found that increases positive and negative polarity analyte ion signal measured in ESMS analysis when compared with analyte ESMS signal achieved using more conventional electrolytes. The new electrolyte species increase ES MS signal when added directly to a sample solution or when added to a second solution flow in an Electrospray membrane probe. The new electrolytes can also be added to a reagent ion source configured in a combination Atmospheric pressure ion source to improve ionization efficiency.
US08525102B2
An optical encoder is disclosed. Specifically, a three-channel encoder is disclosed which utilizes a single track for all three channels. An index channel is provided on the same optical track as the first and second channels which are used to determine incremental angular position. Thus, a more compact and simple three-channel encoder is provided.
US08525097B2
An optical power beam transmission systems, with a directional light transmitter and receiver. The transmitter contains an amplifying laser medium, and this together with a retroreflector in the receiver, forms a laser resonator. When lasing sets in, the receiver can extract optical power through an output coupler and convert it to electrical power. The gain medium may be a disc having a thickness substantially smaller than its lateral dimensions. The laser resonator is operated as a stable resonator to ensure safe operation. This is achieved by use of an adaptive optical element, for reducing the diameter of the energy beam impinging on the gain medium, thereby increasing the overlap between the energy beam and the gain medium. As the transmitter-receiver distance is changed, such as by movement of the receiver, the adaptive optical element focal length changes to ensure that the cavity remains within its stability zone.
US08525091B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wavefront sensor comprising a film and a photodetector. The film has one or more structured two dimensional apertures configured to convert a phase gradient of a wavefront into a measurable form. The photodetector is configured to receive the wavefront through the one or more 2D apertures and measure the phase gradient of the wavefront.
US08525090B1
A projectile may include a body having an external surface, a stagnation port on the external surface, and a cavity. A spoiler may be translatable in the cavity between a retracted position, wherein the spoiler is substantially completely disposed in the cavity, and an extended position, wherein the spoiler projects from the external surface of the body. A pair of ports may be formed in the walls of the cavity. The pair of ports may be selectively fluidly communicable with the stagnation port. The spoiler may be translatable by pressurizing one of the pair of ports with compressed air and venting the other of the pair of ports. In the extended position, the spoiler may disturb an airstream around the projectile to induce a guidance maneuver for the projectile.
US08525088B1
A passive guidance system including a viewpoint capture system (VCS) including a first processor in communication with first memory and a first SWIR imager for creating a viewpoint image database having a plurality of images, at least one of the images having a target point. A weapon guidance module is in communication with the VCS and coupled to a weapon. The weapon guidance module includes a second processor in communication with second memory and a second SWIR imager for storing the viewpoint image database and correlating in-flight images from the second SWIR imager to provide guidance commands directing the weapon to the target point.
US08525083B2
A hot water heater and method that includes power consumption reporting to enable consumers to better understand and control the energy usage and/or efficiency of the hot water heater. Monitoring energy consumption of an electric hot water heater having at least one electrical load that is selectively activated by a controller of the hot water heater includes sensing the amount of time the at least one electrical load is activated multiplying the amount of time by a known value corresponding to a power rating of the electrical load to determine energy consumed, and displaying on a display device an indicator corresponding to the energy consumed.
US08525080B2
The invention relates to an oven (1), especially to a domestic oven, with a cooking cavity (2), wherein means (3, 4, 5, 6) are arranged for supplying hot air to the cavity (2). To improve the cooking result the invention is characterized in that the means (3, 4, 5, 6) comprise at least two heating elements (3, 4), wherein air is ventilated along or through the heating elements (3, 4) by at least one fan (5, 6). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating such an oven.
US08525076B2
The invention relates to a method for machining a workpiece by means of a laser beam, wherein a laser beam is guided by a beam guiding device over the surface of the workpiece within a working window. The beam guiding device and the workpiece are arranged in such a way that they are movable relative to one another in a direction of displacement along a displacement section and that they can occupy a first and a second relative working position to one another. According to the invention, a point on the workpiece can be machined from the second relative working position, said point being located behind the point which is machined from the first relative working position when viewed in the direction of displacement.
US08525073B2
A system comprises a working laser beam, a sensing laser beam, first and second optical elements, an optical sensor, an aperture and a controller. The first optical element generates a coaxial beam from the working laser beam and the sensing laser beam. The second optical element focuses the coaxial beam onto a workpiece, such that the working laser beam machines the workpiece and the sensing laser beam reflects from the workpiece. The optical sensor senses an intensity of the reflected sensing beam. The aperture determines a focus position by translating along the reflected sensing beam, such that the reflected intensity is maximized. The controller determining a machining parameter of the working laser beam, based on the focus position.
US08525071B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object (3) by applying and solidifying a powdery constituent material (3a) layer by layer at positions corresponding to the respective cross sectional area of the object (3) in the respective layer by exposure to a laser (7) or another energy source comprises a heating or cooling element (22) supplying heat to or removing heat away from the constituent material (3a) applied layer by layer. For smoothing the temperature distribution, an intermediate layer (23) having a highly anisotropic heat conductivity is provided.
US08525067B2
A process for the jet cutting of arcuate openings in a metal workpiece such as steel, by means of creating a jet along a predetermined axis, applying the jet to the workpiece, with the axis of the jet offset from the perpendicular, and rotating the jet around to describe the arc desired while maintaining the non perpendicular axis and terminating the cutting path just prior to completion of the opening.
US08525064B2
An electric discharge machine to process a work piece includes a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of discharge power supply units. The plurality of electrodes generate a plurality of discharges with the work piece, respectively. The plurality of discharge power supply units apply voltages for the plurality of electrodes, respectively and independently.
US08525061B2
A self-pressurized arc diverter includes a vessel configured to enclose a fusible member disposed in a conductor and a pressure-activated arc diverter. The pressure-activated arc diverter is configured to provide access to a preferred arc path when actuated by pressure in the vessel caused by an arc that is created when the fusible member opens.
US08525058B2
To prevent debris from entering the volume between a dome and contacts of a dome switch, a dome can include a channel providing a remote path through which air can be vented. In particular, the channel can extend from the dome to a location within an electronic device that is known to be or expected to be contaminant free (e.g., a region of the device that does not include any interfaces communicating with the device environment). The channel can be defined from components of the dome switch including, for example, as a channel bound by spacer walls between a flex circuit and a film layer. The channel can include an opening for venting the dome switch. In some embodiments, the dome switch can include a protective film applied over the opening in the channel. The protective film can be selected to allow air to flow through, but to prevent contaminants or particles from reaching the channel opening.
US08525053B2
An electrical switchgear comprises a front, a back and a switch arrangement. The switch arrangement comprises a terminal arrangement comprising an electrical contact for a bus and an electrical contact for a load connection which are spaced apart along an axial direction; and a device that is driveable into said terminal arrangement to a service position to make an electrical connection between said electrical contact for said load connection and said electrical connection for said bus. The electrical contact for said load connection is located closer to said back of said switchgear than is said electrical contact for said bus.
US08525048B2
A combination weigher capable of performing a high-speed operation regardless of a characteristic of a weighed object comprises plural weighing units and a lower collecting chute and a lower collecting hopper which collect the objects which have been discharged from upper collecting hoppers of weighing units and discharge them, and a control unit. The control unit repetitively performs a process for determining a discharge combination from weighing hoppers in all weighing units, a process for causing weighing hoppers making up the discharge combination to discharge the objects, a process for causing all of the upper collecting hoppers to discharge the objects; and a process for causing the lower collecting hopper to discharge the objects.
US08525045B2
A Faraday cage includes a casing structured by a first housing having a first outer cover made of a conductive material, and a first inner cover made of a conductive material, which is accommodated in the first outer cover and is electrically insulated from the first outer cover, and a second housing having a second outer cover made of a conductive material, which fits the first outer cover, and a second inner cover made of a conductive material, which is accommodated in the second outer cover and is electrically insulated from the second outer cover, the first and second housings being separable from each other; and a filter cartridge disposed inside the casing configured to be separable into two pieces, which accommodates therein a first filter for collecting fine particles sucked in from the outside the casing.
US08525043B2
On a printed circuit or substrate board (10) designed to receive electronic components and having conductive tracks (12) printed on said board, one or more conductive bars (18) are provided that are mounted one after another between conductive link surfaces (140, 142, 144), the conductive bars (18) being electrically interconnected during a subsequent soldering process that is either a wave soldering process or a soldering process in a reflow oven.
US08525042B2
A printed circuit board on which a surface mount electronic device is mounted. The printed circuit board includes a substrate on which land arrangements are disposed in an array. Each land arrangement includes a core portion and drawing portions. The drawings are disposed along diagonal directions relative to the core portions of the array of the land arrangements.
US08525033B2
Stranded composite cables include a single wire defining a center longitudinal axis, a first multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the single wire in a first lay direction at a first lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a first lay length, and a second multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the first multiplicity of composite wires in the first lay direction at a second lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a second lay length, the relative difference between the first lay angle and the second lay angle being no greater than about 4°. The stranded composite cables may be used as intermediate articles that are later incorporated into final articles, such as overhead electrical power transmission cables including a multiplicity of ductile wires stranded around the composite wires. Methods of making and using the stranded composite cables are also described.
US08525027B2
An end interconnector for one or both ends of a lead body of an electrical lead for an implantable medical device. The interconnector has an insulative body having a receptacle at its first end for each of a plurality of wire filars from the lead body, and a receiver at its second end for each of a plurality of connection wires extending from the medical device, such as an electrode tip. The interconnector provides electrical connection between the plurality of wire filars and the plurality of connection wires.
US08525022B2
A photovoltaic device includes a heterojunction between different semiconductor materials which are present in charge transporting layers. The device can include laterally-arranged electrodes.
US08525021B2
A photovoltaic cell can include a heterojunction between semiconductor layers. The first semiconductor layer can include a III-V compound semiconductor, the first semiconductor layer positioned over a transparent conductive layer. A second semiconductor layer can include a II-VI compound semiconductor, the second semiconductor layer positioned between the first semiconductor layer and a back metal contact.
US08525011B2
Disclosed is player module that includes an outer frame and a signal receiver configured to receive a plurality of note-on signals, each corresponding to a musical pitch and a plurality of note-off signals, each corresponding to a musical pitch. The player module includes a plurality of LEDs extending along the outer frame. Each LED is located above a key of a keyboard when the elongated outer frame is placed above the keys of the keyboard. Each of the plurality of LEDs is controlled by a corresponding note-on signal and a corresponding note-off signal, such that each of the plurality of LEDs is configured to illuminate when the processor receives the corresponding note-on signal and each of the plurality of LEDs is configured to stop illuminating when the processor receives the corresponding note-off signal.
US08525010B2
A portable drum that includes a drum head and a detachable dram shell, where the drum head may include an upper drum head and a detachable lower dram head and the dram shell may include one or more detachable sections. Once assembled, the upper drum head, the detachable lower dram head, and the sections of the dram shell may be held in place by a tensioning system that may include vertical straps and a waist belt strap. The portable dram may be disassembled and placed in a travel mode by nesting the sections of the dram shell in the lower dram head, and then placing the lower dram head into the upper dram head.
US08525005B1
The present invention relates to an inbred sunflower line, designated ON7321R. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred sunflower line ON7321R, to the plants of inbred sunflower line ON7321R and to the methods for producing a sunflower plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line ON7321R with itself or another sunflower line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a sunflower plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred sunflower lines derived from the inbred ON7321R.
US08524999B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1CN8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1CN8 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1CN8 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 PH1CN8 or a locus conversion of PH1CN8 with another maize variety.
US08524980B2
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.
US08524971B2
A process is presented for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons in a radial flow reactor. The process includes the continuous feeding of catalyst into the reactor and the continuous withdrawal of catalyst from the reactor, where the catalyst is modified to increase the increased density. The catalyst is a layered structure with a dense core and an active catalytic outer layer.
US08524958B2
A method of preparing an oligomeric or polymeric compound in a liquid solution is disclosed which consists of reacting a Michael donor compound with a Michael acceptor compound in the presence of a first catalyst and a Group IA and/or Group IIA metal ion catalyst.
US08524954B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing methanol and ethanol, wherein the methanol is produced from synthesis gas and the ethanol is produced via the hydrogenation of an ethanoic acid feed; characterized in that the hydrogenation of the ethanoic acid feed is carried out within the same alcohol synthesis unit and in the presence of the same catalyst(s) that is used to produce the methanol from the synthesis gas and wherein the feed introduced to the alcohol synthesis unit comprises synthesis gas and ethanoic acid.
US08524950B2
This invention provides a convenient method for converting oximes into enamides. The process does not require the use of metallic reagents. Accordingly, it produces the desired compounds without the concomitant production of a large volume of metallic waste. The enamides are useful precursors to amides and amines. The invention provides a process to convert a prochiral enamide into the corresponding chiral amide. In an exemplary process, a chiral amino center is introduced during hydrogenation through the use of a chiral hydrogenation catalyst. In selected embodiments, the invention provides methods of preparing amides and amines that include the 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-N-alkyl-1-naphthalenamine or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthalenamine substructure.
US08524940B2
It is possible to produce oseltamivir safely and stably in large quantities by using as a starting material tartaric acid, mannitol or arabinose, via dihydroxyhexenoic acid ester of the formula (4c): (wherein R1, R2 and R6 are same or different and are each alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, aralkyl, substituted aralkyl or aromatic heterocyclic group, and R1 and R2 are not methyl simultaneously).
US08524937B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyol esters by reacting polyols with linear or branched aliphatic monocarboxylic acids having 3 to 20 carbon atoms by partial recycling of the aliphatic monocarboxylic acid removed into the esterification reaction or into subsequent esterification batches.
US08524936B2
The present invention relates to a novel manufacturing process of pharmaceutically active compound of formula I used as oral anti-diabetic drug. Starting from L-aspartic acid derivate of formula IV the invention describes preparation of the chiral (R)-β-amino acid of formula II known as a precursor in the synthesis of Sitagliptin (formula I).
US08524933B2
A novel organosilicon compound is provided as an organosilicon compound containing a β-ketoester structure that has minimal volatile components and generates a minimal amount of alcohol when used as a component within all manner of treatment agents. The organopolysiloxane is represented by an average composition formula shown below: YaR1bR2cSi(OR3)d(OH)eO(4-a-b-c-d-e)/2 (1) (wherein Y represents an organic group containing a β-ketoester group that may be at least partially enolized, R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group that may optionally include a functional group such as a mercapto group, an epoxy group or a (meth)acryloyloxy group, R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group that contains no functional groups, R3 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and a, b, c, d and e are numbers that satisfy 0.01≦a≦1, 0≦b<1, 0≦c≦2, 0≦d≦2, and 0≦e≦1 respectively, provided that 2≦a+b+c+d+e≦3).
US08524930B2
This invention relates to a metathesis catalyst comprising a Group 8 metal complex represented by the formula: wherein: M is a Group 8 metal; each X is independently an anionic ligand; R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C1 to C30 hydrocarbyl, and a C1 to C30 substituted hydrocarbyl; R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1 to C12 hydrocarbyl groups, substituted C1 to C12 hydrocarbyl groups, and halides; and L is a neutral donor ligand. This invention also relates to processes for performing a metathesis reaction, in particular ring opening cross metathesis reactions and ring opening metathesis polymerization reactions, using the Group 8 metal complexes.
US08524925B2
Processes for producing furfural from biomass are provided. The processes use a metal halide in aqueous solutions of water-miscible and can provide a furfural yield of greater than 70%.
US08524922B2
A process for recovering solid reaction products during partial oxidation of hydrocarbons in a liquid solvent as a reaction medium by multi-stage evaporative crystallization includes determining a final temperature of the multi-stage evaporative crystallization based on a melting point of the solvent. The pressure and temperature of the solvent is reduced in steps via successive crystallization stages until the final temperature is reached. Each of the crystallization stages includes a compressor configured to perform the reducing of the pressure and to withdraw vapors formed. The vapors from the compressor of a lower expansion pressure crystallization stage are introduced into a vapor discharge conduit of a next successive higher expansion pressure crystallization stage upstream of the compressor of the higher expansion pressure crystallization stage.
US08524911B2
The invention provides novel, substituted 3-arylamino pyridine compounds pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrug compounds thereof, wherein W, R1, R2, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer, restenosis and inflammation. Also disclosed is the use of such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, especially humans, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
US08524910B2
The present invention relates to modulators of Formula I and the accompanying definitions herein of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases such as cystic fibrosis using such modulators.
US08524908B2
A process for preparing a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which process comprises: a) reacting, in a xylene solvent, a compound of formula (V) having P1 and P2 protecting groups, with a compound of formula (IV), to give a compound of formula (III); and b) effecting a P1 deprotection step and a P2 deprotection step to give a compound of formula (I); and optionally c) preparing a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound of formula (I); wherein the compounds of formulas III, IV, and V are described in the specification.
US08524900B2
Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as HGF mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
US08524899B2
Methods and compositions are provided for forming complexes between dsDNA and novel oligomers comprising fused six-membered rings. By appropriate choice of target sequences and oligomers, complexes comprising oligomer-DNA are obtained with high association constants. The formation of complexes can be used for identification of specific dsDNA sequences, for inhibiting gene transcription, and as a therapeutic for inhibiting proliferation of undesired cells or modulation of expression of specific genes.
US08524872B2
A novel gene 158P3D2 and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 158P3D2 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 158P3D2 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 158P3D2 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 158P3D2 can be used in active or passive immunization.
US08524864B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a conjugate of thyroxine and albumin with higher purity. The present invention provides a method for producing a conjugate of thyroxine and albumin which comprises: step (a) of converting a carboxyl group in thyroxine having a carboxyl group to be linked to albumin into an active ester and allowing the thyroxine to react with albumin, so as to prepare a conjugate of thyroxine and albumin; and step (b) of purifying the conjugate with the use of an acidic mixed aqueous solvent in which the thyroxine having a carboxyl group to be linked to albumin is dissolved but albumin is not precipitated.
US08524861B2
The invention relates to polypeptides, comprising repeats of peptides derived from apolipoproteins, which exhibit antibacterial activity and to nucleic acids encoding the same. The invention further provides the use of such polypeptides, derivatives, analogues or nucleic acids as medicaments, and also their use in methods of preventing or treating bacterial infection or objects and surfaces. The invention further extends to objects, such as contact lenses, coated with the polypeptides.
US08524860B2
The invention relates to peptides of general formula (I), wherein X is absent or X is present and is X14 or X14-X15, wherein X14 and X15, independently from one another, represent an amino acid; their functional variants and fragments, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, having the capacity to bind to scurfin and inhibit its biological activity, therefore they regulate or block the activity of regulatory T (Treg) lymphocytes. They are applicable in the treatment of infectious and neoplastic diseases. (I) Arg-Asp-Phe-Gln-Ser-Phe-Arg-Lys-Met-Trp-Pro-Phe- Phe-X
US08524856B2
Compositions of PHAs with PBS and PBSA are described and methods of making the same.
US08524853B2
The present invention relates to polyarylene ether block copolymers according to the general formula A-K—X—K-A, where —X— is a polyarylene ether segment with number-average molar mass of at least 5000 g/mol, and A- is a segment of the general structure R2NH—(R1—NH—CO—Ar—CO—NH)n—R1—NH—, in which R1 is a linear or branched alkylene group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms and Ar is an arylene group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and R2 is selected from aryloyl, alkyloyl, and H, and in which the number average of n is from 1 to 3, and there is a coupling group K of the structure —CO—Ar3—CO— linking each A to X, in which Ar13 is an aromatic group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The present invention also relates to a process for the production of the polyarylene ether block copolymers of the invention, to polymer compositions comprising the polyarylene ether block copolymers of the invention, and also to the use thereof for the production of moldings, of films, of fibers, or of foams.
US08524847B2
An organic insulating material includes a prepolymer of a cage structure compound having a polymerizable unsaturated bond-containing group and a cage structure with an adamantane structure as the minimal unit. The prepolymer has a number-average molecular weight of between 2,000 and 500,000 based on polystyrene and measured by gel permeation chromatography. The prepolymer includes unsaturated bonds produced by reaction between the polymerizable unsaturated bonds and the unreacted polymerizable unsaturated bonds. The prepolymer has a residue rate of unreacted polymerizable unsaturated bonds of between 20% and 80%.
US08524842B2
Gels having viscoelastic qualities, physical stability and adhesive properties, well suited for a wide variety of end applications, are prepared by crosslinking, by hydrosilylation, silicone compositions which contain: a polyorganosiloxanes POS (I) of SiH type; a polyorganosiloxanes POS (II) of SiVi type (Vi=vinyl); a polyorganosiloxanes POS (III) of monofunctional SiVi type; a platinum-based catalyst (D); and optionally, a polyorganosiloxanes POS (IV) of polydimethylsiloxane type.
US08524841B2
To provide: a curable resin composition which can be continuously produced without gelling during production, and has excellent basic performances such as heat resistance and moisture resistance; an optical member which has excellent optical characteristics such as high transparency and exhibits excellent performances in a harsh use environment; and a method for controlling an optical material. A curable resin composition including an organic resin component and a metalloxane component, wherein the organic resin component includes a resin component having an Abbe number of 45 or more and the metalloxane component has a metalloxane bond; an optical material comprising the above-mentioned curable resin composition; an optical member produced by curing the optical material; and a method for controlling an Abbe number and/or a refractive index of an optical material.
US08524840B2
In one aspect, this invention is a composition comprising a urethane prepolymer having isocyanate moieties; a catalytic amount of a compound which catalyzes the reaction of isocyanate moieties with water or an active hydrogen containing compound; alpha hydrocarbyl silane compound; and a catalytic amount of a compound which catalyzes silanol condensation. The composition of the invention can be used to bond a window into a structure without the need to prime the window or the window flange of the structure.
US08524820B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising an ionomer and a polyamine or a tertiary polyamide. The polyamine and the tertiary polyamide have a molecular weight of greater than 500 Da and do not contain an ester moiety or a primary amine moiety. The polyamine comprises at least three moieties that are tertiary amines or hindered secondary amines, and the polyamide comprises tertiary amide moieties and no secondary or primary amide moieties. The compositions may optionally include a filler. Further provided are articles such as golf balls and films containing these compositions.
US08524813B2
A flame-retarded styrene-containing polymer composition, which comprises a styrene-containing polymer, tris(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-s-triazine, 0.5-1.7 wt % antimony trioxide, and an anti-dripping agent. The bromine content of the composition is generally in the range between 8 and 18 wt %. Additional brominated flame retarding agents may also be included in the composition.
US08524808B2
The invention is a radiation curable coating composition containing epoxyacrylate formed by ring opening reaction between (meth)acrylic acid and a self-dispersing epoxy resin in an aqueous system.
US08524806B2
A glass fiber-filled poly(arylene ether)/polyamide composition exhibits reduced die build-up during profile extrusion. The composition includes specific amounts of polyamide, poly(arylene ether), glass fibers, and polypropylene. The reduced die build-up means that the profile extrusion equipment needs to be shut down and cleaned less often, resulting in a substantial productivity improvement.
US08524804B2
A resin composition includes a fiber and a polyolefin resin and can provide a molded article having excellent mechanical strength such as flexural strength and impact resistance. The resin composition includes (i) a surface-treated fiber (A) which comprises 100 parts by weight of a fiber (A-I) comprising a polyalkylene terephthalate and/or a polyalkylene naphthalene dicarboxylate and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a sizing agent (A-II) adhered to the surface of the fiber (A-I), and (ii) a polyolefin resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative (a modified polyolefin resin (B)) as a resin component.
US08524800B2
The present invention provides inks and methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises an actinically-curable binder copolymer comprising fluorine-containing segments and is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored film on a molding surface of a mold or a silicone hydrogel contact lens and by having an increased durability in a solvated state in a silicone-hydrogel lens formulation in relation to a control colored film obtained from a control ink including an actinically-curable fluorine-free binder copolymer. The invention also provides methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses based on print-on-mold processes for producing colored contact lenses.
US08524799B2
A biostatic coating comprising a coating composition which on drying produces an intrinsically hydrophobic film. The coating composition includes a biocidal complex A-B in which A is a phenolic biocide and B is selected from polyvinylpyrrolidone (“PVP”), PVP polymers, PVP copolymers and mixtures thereof. The coating composition for example is selected from acrylic and methacrylic polymer based compositions, acrylic and methacrylic copolymer based compositions, vinyl polymer based compositions, vinyl copolymer based compositions, epoxy resins, epoxy esters, and mixtures thereof. Suitable biocides for use in the invention include, but are not limited to complexes of PVP or PVP copolymer with triclosan; diclosan; dichlorophen; orthophenylphenol; orthobenzylparachlorophenol, cresols, xylols, and substituted diphenyl ethers.
US08524786B2
A process for producing a fine silver particle colloidal dispersion which can simply form conductive silver layers and antimicrobial coatings by screen printing or the like. The process is characterized by having a reaction step of allowing an aqueous silver nitrate solution to react with a mixed solution of an aqueous iron(II) sulfate solution and an aqueous sodium citrate solution to form an agglomerate of fine silver particles, a filtration step of filtering the resultant agglomerate of fine silver particles to obtain a cake of the agglomerate of fine silver particles, a dispersion step of adding pure water to the cake to obtain a first fine silver particle colloidal dispersion of a water system in which dispersion the fine silver particles have been dispersed in the pure water, and a concentration and washing step of concentrating and washing the first fine silver particle colloidal dispersion of a water system.
US08524784B2
The present invention provides micelles having an anthracycline encapsulated therein, the micelles comprising a multiblock copolymer. The invention further provides methods of preparing and using said micelles, and compositions thereof.
US08524780B2
The present application describes deuterium-enriched bupropion, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.
US08524773B2
The present invention relates to the use of certain dialkyl fumarates for the preparation of pharmaceutical preparations for use in transplantation medicine or for the therapy of autoimmune diseases and said compositions in the form of micro-tablets or pellets. For this purpose, the dialkyl fumarates may also be used in combination with conventional preparations used in transplantation medicine and immunosuppressive agents, especially cyclosporines.
US08524752B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one thiazolidin-4-one derivative to prevent or treat disorders associated with an activated immune system. Furthermore, the invention relates to novel thiazolidin-4-one derivatives notably for use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act also as immunosuppressive agents.
US08524750B2
A compound of Formula (I) wherein: either X is N and Y is CR5 or X is C and Y is S; Z is selected from N and CH; R1 is selected from H and Me; R2 is selected from H, OH, OMe and Me; each R3 is independently selected from C1-3alkyl, F, Cl, Br, CF3 and NH2; R4 is selected from Me, CF3, NO2 and CHF2; R5 is selected from H, Me and CHF2; R6 is selected from H and Me; and p is 0-3, compositions containing them, their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of tuberculosis, and methods for the preparation of such compounds, are provided.
US08524744B2
Disclosed Arylamine ketones of formula (I), their preparation methods, the pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in preventing and/or treating the diseases related to the plaque-activating factors, especially in anti-inflammation and immunization, more especially in the treatment of the acute or chronic inflammation, such as, osteoarthritis, oarthritis deformans, etc.
US08524740B2
A compound of Formula I is disclosed as follows: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate, or metabolite thereof, wherein R is hydrogen, P(═O)(OH)2, P(═O)(O(C1-C18)alkylene(C6-C20)aryl)2, P(═O)(OH)(OM), P(═O)(OM)2, P═O(O2M), S(═O)(OH)2, S(═O)(O(C1-C18)alkylene(C6-C20)aryl)2, S(═O)(OH)(OM), S(═O)(OM)2; M is a monovalent or divalent metal ion, or alkylammonium ion; W is (C6-C20)aryl, (C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)heteroaryl, hydroxy(C6-C20)aryl, hydroxy(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkoxy(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkoxy(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkylenedioxy(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkylenedioxy(C6-C20)heteroaryl, halo(C6-C20)aryl, halo(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkylamino(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkylamino(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)cycloalkylamino(C6-C20)aryl, or (C1-C18)cycloalkylamino(C6-C20)heteroaryl, and their OR8 substutes; R5 is (C1-C18alkoxy, hydrogen, hydroxyl, O—(C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)aryl, halo or OR8, or R5 and R6 are (C1-C18)dioxy provided that R7 is hydrogen; R6 is hydroxyl, O—(C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)aryl, halo or OR8, (C1-C18)alkoxy, (C1-C18)alkylamino, or (C1-C18)cycloalkylamino, or R6 and R7 are (C1-C18)dioxy provided that R5 is hydrogen; R7 is hydrogen, halo or OR8, hydroxyl, or O—(C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)aryl; and R8 is P(═O)(OH)2, P(═O)(O(C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)aryl)2, P(═O)(OH)(OM), or P(═O)(OM)2, P═O(O2M).
US08524733B2
The present invention relates to new benzoquinoline inhibitors of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
US08524726B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Am and Bn are defined as in Formula (I); invention compounds are modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors—subtype 4 (“mGluR4”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of central nervous system disorders as well as other disorders modulated by mGluR4 receptors. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR4 is involved.
US08524724B2
The invention relates to alkynylpyrimidines according to the general formula (I): in which A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in the claims, and salts, N-oxides, metabolites, solvates, tautomers and prodrugs thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said alkynylpyrimidines, to methods of preparing said alkynylpyrimidines, as well as to uses thereof for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of diseases of dysregulated vascular growth or of diseases which are accompanied with dysregulated vascular growth, wherein the compounds effectively interfere with Tie2 and VEGFR2 signalling.
US08524723B2
The present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphic and amorphous forms of the compound methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl}-3-methoxy-acrylate (azoxystrobin). Infrared Raman spectra, X-ray powder diffraction pattern and differential scanning calorimetry thermogram of two polymorphs “A” and “B” are provided. Further, the present invention also provides methods for preparing the novel polymorphic forms “A” and “B”, as well as processes for producing mixtures of the polymorphs, and a process for preparing amorphous azoxystrobin. Yet further, the present invention provides anti-fungal compositions comprising the novel crystalline polymorphs “A” and “B” or amorphous azoxystrobin, which are useful for controlling and combating fungi grown on agricultural and horticultural crops and up-land, and methods of using the same as pesticidal agents for combating fungi on agricultural and horticultural crops.
US08524722B2
This invention relates to novel compounds and processes for their preparation, methods of treating diseases, particularly cancer, comprising administering said compounds, and methods of making pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of disorders, particularly cancer.
US08524721B2
Novel compounds of formulae (I) and (VIII), which more particularly include sulfonylurea derivatives, sulfonylthiourea derivatives, sulfonylguanidine derivatives, sulfonylcyanoguanidine derivatives, thioacylsulfonamide derivatives, and acylsulfonamide derivatives which are effective platelet ADP receptor inhibitors. These derivatives may be used in various pharmaceutical compositions, and are particularly effective for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular diseases, particularly those diseases related to thrombosis. The invention also relates to a method for preventing or treating thrombosis in a mammal comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formulae (I) to (VIII), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08524720B2
This invention describes novel pyrazole compounds of formula IV: wherein Ring D is a 5-7 membered monocyclic ring or 8-10 membered bicyclic ring selected from aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl or carbocyclyl; Rx and Ry are independently selected from T-R3, or taken together with their intervening atoms to form a fused, unsaturated or partially unsaturated, 5-8 membered ring having 1-3 ring heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; and R2, R2′, T, and R3 are as described in the specification. The compounds are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of aurora-2 and GSK-3, for treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
US08524719B2
This invention provides methods of inhibiting replication of a poxvirus by contacting a poxvirus with a compound having formula I, formula XXI, formula XXXII, or formula XLI which in turn reduce, inhibit, or abrogate poxvirus DNA polymerase activity and/or its interaction with its processivity factor. Formula I, formula XXI, formula XXXII, or formula XLI can be utilized to treat humans and animals suffering from a poxvirus infection. Pharmaceutical compositions for treating poxvirus infected subjects are also provided.
US08524715B2
The invention relates to substituted phenoxyacetic acids as useful pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and processes for their preparation.
US08524713B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): their use as H3 antagonists/inverse agonists, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceuticals compositions thereof.
US08524709B2
The invention relates to compounds, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compound compositions. The compounds, compositions, and methods described herein can be used for the therapeutic modulation of kinase-mediated processes, and treatment of disease and disease symptoms, particularly those mediated by certain kinase enzymes.
US08524692B2
The present invention provides a method of treating a corneal disorder comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a composition containing pharmaceutically effective amount of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol and/or palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylglycerol and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08524679B2
The invention encompasses methods of delivering nucleic acids, including dsRNA, to mammalian target cells in vivo via intercellular transfer, wherein the dsRNA is delivered to or expressed in a first cell different from the target cell, wherein the first cell facilitates delivery of the dsRNA to the target cell.
US08524678B2
Methods of delivering transgenes to target cells using plasmids comprising viral inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequences are described. Such plasmids are capable of directing sustained transgene expression in target cells in rats provided that at least one adeno-associated virus (AAV) ITR sequence is present in the plasmid, regardless of whether that ITR is located upstream or downstream of the transgene. In a particular embodiment, plasmids comprising one or more AAV ITR sequence and an IL-10 transgene are shown to be effective in sustained reversal of pain in an animal model of neuropathic pain.
US08524676B2
The invention provides antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Picornaviridae family and in the treatment of a viral infection. The compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of Enterovirus and/or Rhinovirus infection in a mammal. The antisense antiviral compounds are substantially uncharged, morpholino oligonucleotides have a sequence of 12-40 subunits, including at least 12 subunits having a targeting sequence that is complementary to a region associated with viral RNA sequences within a 32 nucleotide region of the viral 5′ untranslated region identified by SEQ ID NO:7.
US08524674B2
Disclosed is a method of improving the conditioned reflex habit, the muscle tonus, or the motion coordination of a patient after suffering trauma to the brain cortex that involves administering to the patient an effective amount of a composition containing peptide glutamyl-aspartyl-arginine of the formula H-Glu-Asp-Arg-OH as its active base.
US08524665B2
In general, the present invention provides methods for treating disorders associated with the amygdala. The methods of treatment are based on the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of secretin to an individual suffering from a disorder associated with the amygdala, e.g., bipolar disorder or a substance use disorder.
US08524661B2
Described are methods of improving glycemic control/improving insulin sensitivity by administering an inhibitor of serum response factor (SRF) activity, and methods of identifying new compounds for use in the described methods of treatment.
US08524651B2
Numerous diseases have been linked to the production of regulator cells. The present invention relates to the observation that the immune system is cycling in these diseases. Based on these observations, the present invention provides methods for treating diseases such as cancer and a HIV infection. The present invention also relates to methods of determining when a therapy to treat a disease characterized by the production of regulator cells should be administered to a patient.
US08524650B2
The present application relates to perfume compositions, delivery systems comprising such perfumes products comprising such perfumes and/or delivery systems, and processes for making and using same. Such perfumes and delivery systems provide improved perfume performance under high soil conditions and in cold water washing and a shell that at least partially surrounds said core.
US08524642B2
There is a viscoelastic fluid. The fluid has one or more cationic surfactants selected from the group consisting of certain quaternary salts, certain amines, and combinations thereof; one or more anionic polymers/anionic surfactants; one or more of certain zwitterionic/amphoteric surfactants; and water. There is also a method of fracturing a subterranean formation. The viscoelastic fluid is pumped through a wellbore and into a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to fracture the formation. There is also a method for gravel packing a subterranean formation.
US08524640B2
A composition that includes a product resulting from a condensation reaction of quebracho with at least one organophilic species that includes a reactive amine is disclosed.
US08524625B2
Compositions and methods for preparing mesostructured zeolites having improved hydrothermal stability. Such mesostructured zeolites can be prepared by subjecting a zeolite to rare earth ion exchange prior to and/or subsequent to introducing mesoporosity into the zeolite.
US08524619B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including performing oxygen plasma treatment to a surface of a nitride semiconductor layer, a power density of the oxygen plasma treatment being 0.2 to 0.3 W/cm2.
US08524618B2
A dielectric layer containing a hafnium tantalum oxide film and a method of fabricating such a dielectric layer produce a dielectric layer for use in a variety of electronic devices. Embodiments include structures for capacitors, transistors, memory devices, and electronic systems with dielectric layers containing a hafnium tantalum oxide film structured as one or more monolayers.
US08524608B1
The present invention provides a method for fabricating a patterned structure in a semiconductor device, which includes the following processes. First, a target layer, a first mask and a first patterned mask are sequentially formed on a substrate. Then, a first etching process is performed to form a plurality of characteristic structures on the substrate, wherein each of the characteristic structures comprises a patterned first mask and a patterned target layer. A second patterned mask is formed on the substrate, wherein the second patterned mask covers a portion of the characteristic structures and exposes a predetermined region. A second etching process is performed to fully eliminate the characteristic structures within the predetermined region. Finally, a third etching process is performed to fully eliminate the target layer not covered by the patterned first mask.
US08524606B2
Planarization methods include depositing a mask material on top of an overburden layer on a semiconductor wafer. The mask material is planarized to remove the mask material from up areas of the overburden layer to expose the overburden layer without removing the mask material from down areas. The exposed overburden layer is wet etched and leaves a thickness remaining over an underlying layer. Remaining portions of the mask layer and the exposed portions of the overburden layer are planarized to expose the underlying layer.
US08524602B2
The present invention relates to a method for forming vias in a substrate, including the following steps: (a) providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; (b) forming a groove on the substrate; (c) filling the groove with a conductive metal; (d) removing part of the substrate which surrounds the conductive metal, wherein the conductive metal is maintained so as to form an accommodating space between the conductive metal and the substrate; (e) forming an insulating material in the accommodating space; and (f) removing part of the second surface of the substrate to expose the conductive metal and the insulating material. In this way, thicker insulating material can be formed in the accommodating space, and the thickness of the insulating material in the accommodating space is even.
US08524594B2
A method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device includes: forming pixels that receive incident light in a pixel array area of a substrate; forming pad electrodes in a peripheral area located around the pixel array area of the substrate; forming a carbon-based inorganic film on an upper surface of each of the pad electrodes including a connection surface electrically connected to an external component; forming a coated film that covers upper surfaces of the carbon-based inorganic films; and forming an opening above the connection surface of each of the pad electrodes to expose the connection surface.
US08524591B2
In semiconductor devices, integrity of a titanium nitride material may be increased by exposing the material to an oxygen plasma after forming a thin silicon nitride-based material. The oxygen plasma may result in an additional passivation of any minute surface portions which may not be appropriately covered by the silicon nitride-based material. Consequently, efficient cleaning recipes, such as cleaning processes based on SPM, may be performed after the additional passivation without undue material loss of the titanium nitride material. In this manner, sophisticated high-k metal gate stacks may be formed with a very thin protective liner material on the basis of efficient cleaning processes without unduly contributing to a pronounced yield loss in an early manufacturing stage.
US08524590B2
Provided are a method for manufacturing a memory device and a memory device manufactured by the method. The memory device may be a flash memory device. The method for manufacturing the memory device may include sequentially stacking a tunnel dielectric, a floating gate conductive layer, an inter-gate dielectric, and a control gate conductive layer on a semiconductor substrate; anisotropically etching the floating gate conductive layer, the inter-gate dielectric, and the control gate conductive layer to form gate structures. The gate structures may be separated by regions where top surfaces of the tunnel dielectric are exposed, the exposed top surfaces being damaged during formation of the gate structures. The method includes reacting the exposed top surfaces of the tunnel dielectric damaged during the formation of the gate structures with a reaction gas comprising ammonium fluoride to form a reaction by-product on the exposed top surfaces of the tunnel dielectric, and removing the reaction by-product.
US08524586B2
The present invention discloses a semiconductor overlapped PN structure and manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: providing a substrate; providing a first mask to define a P (or N) type well and at least one overlapped region in the substrate; implanting P (or N) type impurities into the P (or N) type well and the at least one overlapped region; providing a second mask having at least one opening to define an N (or P) type well in the substrate, and to define at least one dual-implanted region in the at least one overlapped region; implanting N (or P) type impurities into the N (or P) type well and the at least one dual-implanted region such that the at least one dual-implanted region has P type and N type impurities.
US08524585B2
A method of manufacturing a MOSFET includes the steps of preparing a substrate with an epitaxial growth layer made of silicon carbide, performing ion implantation into the substrate with the epitaxial growth layer, forming a protective film made of silicon dioxide on the substrate with the epitaxial growth layer into which the ion implantation was performed, and heating the substrate with the epitaxial growth layer on which the protective film was formed to a temperature range of 1600° C. or more in an atmosphere containing gas including an oxygen atom.
US08524580B2
A first processing gas containing a first element and a second processing gas containing a second element are alternately supplied to a surface of a substrate placed in a processing chamber, to thereby form a first thin film, and a second processing gas and a third processing containing the first element and different from the first processing gas are alternately supplied, to thereby form a second thin film on the first thin film, having the same element component as that of the first thin film.
US08524578B1
An optical device, e.g., LED, laser. The device includes a non-polar gallium nitride substrate member having a slightly off-axis non-polar oriented crystalline surface plane. In a specific embodiment, the slightly off-axis non-polar oriented crystalline surface plane is up to about −0.6 degrees in a c-plane direction, but can be others. In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides a gallium nitride containing epitaxial layer formed overlying the slightly off-axis non-polar oriented crystalline surface plane. In a specific embodiment, the device includes a surface region overlying the gallium nitride epitaxial layer that is substantially free of hillocks.
US08524575B2
A method for producing a group III nitride crystal in the present invention includes the steps of cutting a plurality of group III nitride crystal substrates 10p and 10q having a main plane from a group III nitride bulk crystal 1, the main planes 10pm and 10qm having a plane orientation with an off-angle of five degrees or less with respect to a crystal-geometrically equivalent plane orientation selected from the group consisting of {20-21}, {20-2-1}, {22-41}, and {22-4-1}, transversely arranging the substrates 10p and 10q adjacent to each other such that the main planes 10pm and 10qm of the substrates 10p and 10q are parallel to each other and each [0001] direction of the substrates 10p and 10q coincides with each other, and growing a group III nitride crystal 20 on the main planes 10pm and 10qm of the substrates 10p and 10q.
US08524573B2
A method for producing a semiconductor component, in which a semiconductor layer is separated from a substrate by irradiation with laser pulses, the pulse duration of the laser pulses being less than or equal to 10 ns. The laser pulses have a spatial beam profile with a flank slope is chosen to be gentle enough to prevent cracks in the semiconductor layer that arise as a result of thermally induced lateral stresses during the separation of semiconductor layer and substrate.
US08524568B2
A first capacitor recess and a wiring trench are formed through an interlayer insulating film. A lower electrode fills the first capacitor recess, and a first wiring fills the wiring trench. An etching stopper film and a via layer insulating film are disposed over the interlayer insulating film. A first via hole extends through the via layer insulating film and etching stopper film and reaches the first wiring, and a first plug fills the first via hole. A second capacitor recess is formed through the via layer insulating film, the second capacitor recess at least partially overlapping the lower electrode, as viewed in plan. The upper electrode covers the bottom and side surfaces of the second capacitor recess. A capacitor is constituted of the upper electrode, etching stopper film and lower electrode. A second wring connected to the first plug is formed over the via layer insulating film.
US08524567B2
Post programming resistance of a semiconductor fuse is enhanced by using an implantation to form an amorphous silicon layer and to break up an underlying high-κ/metal gate. Embodiments include forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) region in a silicon substrate, forming a high-κ dielectric layer on the STI region, forming a metal gate on the high-κ dielectric layer, forming a polysilicon layer over the metal gate, performing an implantation to convert the polysilicon layer into an amorphous silicon layer, wherein the implantation breaks up the metal gate, and forming a silicide on the amorphous silicon layer. By breaking up the metal gate, electrical connection of the fuse contacts through the metal gate is eliminated.
US08524566B2
Embodiments of a method for fabricating an integrated circuit are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes producing a partially-completed semiconductor device including a substrate, source/drain (S/D) regions, a channel region between the S/D regions, and a gate stack over the channel region. At least one raised electrically-conductive structure is formed over at least one of the S/D regions and separated from the gate stack by a lateral gap. The raised electrically-conductive structure is then back-etched to increase the width of the lateral gap and reduce the parasitic fringing capacitance between the raised electrically-conductive structure and the gate stack during operation of the completed semiconductor device.
US08524547B2
Disclosed herein are improved fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET) structures and the associated methods of manufacturing the structures. In one embodiment FinFET drive current is optimized by configuring the FinFET asymmetrically to decrease fin resistance between the gate and the source region and to decrease capacitance between the gate and the drain region. In another embodiment device destruction at high voltages is prevented by ballasting the FinFET. Specifically, resistance is optimized in the fin between the gate and both the source and drain regions (e.g., by increasing fin length, by blocking source/drain implant from the fin, and by blocking silicide formation on the top surface of the fin) so that the FinFET is operable at a predetermined maximum voltage.
US08524545B2
A method and structure comprise a field effect transistor structure that includes a first rectangular fin structure position on a substrate. The first rectangular fin structure has a bottom contacting the substrate, a top opposite the bottom, and sides between the top and the bottom. The structure additionally includes a second rectangular fin structure position on the substrate. Similarly, the second rectangular fin structure also has a bottom contacting the substrate, a top opposite the bottom, and sides between the top and the bottom. The sides of the second rectangular fin structure are parallel to the sides of the first rectangular fin structure. Further, a trench insulator is positioned on the substrate and is positioned between a side of the first rectangular fin structure and a side of the second rectangular fin structure. Additionally, a gate conductor is positioned on the trench insulator, positioned over the sides and the top of the first rectangular fin structure, and positioned over the sides and the top of the second rectangular fin structure. The gate conductor runs perpendicular to the sides of the first rectangular fin structure and the sides of the second rectangular fin structure. Also, a gate insulator is positioned between the gate conductor and the first rectangular fin structure and between the gate conductor and the second rectangular fin structure. The structure further includes a first cap on the top of the first rectangular fin structure. The first cap separates the gate conductor from the first rectangular fin structure.
US08524530B2
A flexible semiconductor package includes a flexible substrate. A data chip is disposed over the flexible substrate. The data chip includes a data storage unit for storing data and first bonding pads that are electrically connected to the data storage unit. A control chip is disposed over the flexible substrate. The control chip includes a data processing unit for processing the data in the data chip and second bonding pads that are electrically connected to the data processing unit. Wirings are formed in order to electrically connect the first bonding pads to the second bonding pads.
US08524529B2
An electrical connection includes a first wire having one end stitch bonded to a surface, such as the lead finger of a lead frame or the connection pad of a substrate. A second wire has a first end attached to the surface on a first side of the first wire and a second end attached to the surface on a second, opposing side of the first wire. The second wire acts as a brace that prevents the first wire from lifting off of the surface. If necessary, a third wire can be added that, like the second wire, acts as a brace to prevent the first wire from lifting off of the surface.
US08524528B2
Nonvolatile memory elements are provided that have resistive switching metal oxides. The nonvolatile memory elements may be formed from resistive-switching metal oxide layers. Metal oxide layers may be formed using sputter deposition at relatively low sputtering powers, relatively low duty cycles, and relatively high sputtering gas pressures. Dopants may be incorporated into a base oxide layer at an atomic concentration that is less than the solubility limit of the dopant in the base oxide. At least one oxidation state of the metal in the base oxide is preferably different than at least one oxidation sate of the dopant. The ionic radius of the dopant and the ionic radius of the metal may be selected to be close to each other. Annealing and oxidation operations may be performed on the resistive switching metal oxides. Bistable metal oxides with relatively large resistivities and large high-state-to-low state resistivity ratios may be produced.
US08524523B2
A switching element for a memory device includes a base layer including a plurality of line-type trenches. First insulation patterns are formed on the base layer excluding the trenches. First diode portions are formed on the bottoms of the trenches in the form of a thin film. Second insulation patterns are formed on the first diode portions and are spaced apart from each other to form holes in the trenches having the first diode portions provided therein. Square pillar-shaped second diode portions are formed in the holes over the first diode portions.
US08524512B2
Method for repairing copper diffusion barrier layers on a semiconductor solid substrate and repair kit for implementing this method.One subject of the present invention is a method for repairing a surface of a substrate coated with a discontinuous copper diffusion barrier layer of a titanium-based material.According to the invention, this method comprises: a) the contacting of the surface with a suspension containing copper or copper alloy nanoparticles for a time of between 1 s and 15 min; and b) the contacting of the thus treated surface with a liquid solution having a pH of between 8.5 and 12 and containing: at least one metal salt, at least one reducing agent, at least one stabilizer at a temperature of between 50° C. and 90° C., preferably between 60° C. and 80° C., for a time of between 30 s and 10 min, preferably between 1 min and 5 min, in order to thus form a metallic film having a thickness of at least 50 nanometers re-establishing the continuity of the copper diffusion barrier layer.
US08524505B2
The present invention provides a blood analyzer and a blood analyzing method capable of obtaining information regarding B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes without using a fluorescence-labeled antibody. The blood analyzer of the present invention includes a blood specimen supplying portion, a sample preparation portion that prepares a measurement sample without using a fluorescence-labeled antibody by mixing a blood specimen supplied from the blood specimen supplying portion, a hemolyzing agent, and a fluorescent dye that stains nucleic acid, a light source, a first detector that detects fluorescence, a second detector that detects scattered light, and information processing portion that classifies lymphocytes based on the intensity of fluorescence and scattered light, and based on the fluorescence intensity of the classified lymphocytes, obtains information regarding B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes.
US08524504B2
This invention relates to a method for detecting an analyte in a sample, comprising the steps of exposing the sample to a transducer which is capable of transducing a change in energy to an electrical signal, the transducer having at least one tethered reagent on or proximal thereto, the at least one tethered reagent having a binding site which is capable of binding the analyte; introducing a labelled reagent into the sample, wherein the labelled reagent contains a binding site for the analyte or the tethered reagent and a label which is capable of absorbing electromagneticradiation generated by a radiation source to generate energy; allowing the labelled reagent to bind to the analyte or tethered reagent in a first period in which the transducer is oriented such that the labelled reagent is caused to settle, at least in part, on the transducer; subsequently, in a second period, causing the labelled reagent to become unsettled; irradiating the sample with electromagnetic radiation during the first and second periods, transducing the energy generated into an electrical signal; detecting the electrical signal. A device for performing the method is also provided.
US08524497B2
The present invention relates to animal protein free cell culture media comprising a combination of non-animal derived peptides derived from soy hydrolysate and yeast hydrolysate. The invention also provides an animal protein free culture process, wherein cells are cultivated, propagated and passaged without animal-derived components. This process is useful for cultivating cells, such as recombinant cells or cells infected with a virus, and for production biological products by cell culture processes under conditions devoid of animal protein components.
US08524491B2
Compounds and compositions for eliciting or enhancing immune reactivity to HER-2/neu protein are disclosed. The compounds include polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding such peptides. The compounds may be used for the prevention or treatment of malignancies in which the HER-2/neu oncogene is associated.
US08524488B2
The present invention provides methods of determining a characteristic of a cell, such as cell type, cellular response to a biochemical event, and biological state. The method generally involves detecting membrane movement in a cell to determine a characteristic of a cell. The methods of the invention are useful for applications such as drug screening and diagnostics. The invention further provides databases of cell characteristics, as determined by the instant methods. The invention further provides systems for determining the characteristic of a cell.
US08524477B2
Provided are compositions comprising one or more isoforms of an erythropoietin (“EPO”) comprising glycans linked thereto, wherein the glycans have Lewis x structures and on average at least six sialic acid moieties per EPO molecule. Further provided are methods for obtaining a composition comprising one or more isoforms of EPO comprising glycans linked thereto, wherein the glycans comprise on average at least six sialic acids per EPO molecule and from zero to two Lewis x structures, the method comprising: a) providing a eukaryotic cell containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding an adenoviral E1A protein in expressible format and a nucleic acid encoding EPO in expressible format, wherein the cell further contains a nucleic acid sequence encoding a sialyltransferase, e.g., an α-2,6-sialyltransferase or an α-2,3-sialyltransferase, under control of a heterologous promoter; b) culturing the cell in a serum-free culture medium and allowing expression of EPO in the cell; c) harvesting the expressed EPO from the cell and/or from the culture medium; and d) purifying and fractionating the EPO to obtain fractions that have an increased average sialic acid content of the N-linked glycans per EPO molecule, to obtain a composition comprising one or more isoforms of an EPO comprising glycans linked thereto, wherein the glycans comprise on average at least six sialic acids per EPO molecule and from zero to two Lewis x structures.
US08524466B2
Microvesicles play essential roles in disease progression. The present invention provides a microvesicle membrane protein and application thereof. Disclosed is method comprises phosphorylated CSE1L (cellular apoptosis susceptibility protein- or CSE1L-binding agents for microvesicle isolation, analysis, or binding for disease diagnosis or treatment.
US08524451B2
A method is described for the real-time detection of Salmonella species in foods and on surfaces. Salmonella are enriched in media to increase their cell density prior to analysis. DNA is recovered by lysis in the presence of azide, proteinase K, and detergent. Real-time detection of Salmonella species is performed in a PCR reaction using gene specific primers and a cleavable chimeric fluorescent probe. The method also describes an internal control to confirm the efficiency of nucleic acid amplification and detection. The method is amenable to medium and high throughput analysis.
US08524448B2
A capture probe suitable for use with a method for isolating miRNAs. A method for isolating an miRNA of interest from a sample comprising the miRNA of interest comprising providing the capture probe. A method for identifying an miRNA of interest.
US08524439B2
A silsesquioxane-based composition that contains (a) silsesquioxane resins that contain HSiO3/2 units and RSiO3/2 units wherein; R is an acid dissociable group, and (b) 7-diethylamino-4-methylcoumarin. The silsesquioxane-based compositions are useful as positive resist compositions in forming patterned features on substrate, particularly useful for multi-layer layer (i.e. bilayer) 193 nm & 157 nm photolithographic applications.
US08524437B2
A particle producing method is provided including bringing a material into contact with a compressible fluid to prepare a melt of the material, and discharging the melt from a vibrated through hole to form particles of the melt. A particle producing apparatus is also provided including a discharger to discharge the melt. The discharger includes a storage to store the melt, at least one through hole disposed on the storage, and a vibrator to vibrate the through hole. The particle producing apparatus further includes a particle forming member defining a space within which the discharged melt is formed into particles and a pressure controller controlling a pressure difference between the space and an inside of the storage so that the discharged melt is formed into a columnar melt and the columnar melt is constricted and separated into particles.
US08524435B2
A liquid developer containing an electrically insulating carrier fluid and colored particles dispersed in the carrier fluid and a wet-type image forming apparatus using this liquid developer are provided, with the colored particles being pigments and this liquid developer containing at least one selected from a group consisting of styrene elastomer, polyvinyl butyral, cyclic olefin copolymer and cellulose ether. Additionally, a liquid developer containing an electrically insulating carrier fluid, colored particles dispersed in the carrier fluid, and an organic macromolecular compound for fixing the colored particles to a recording medium and a wet-type image forming apparatus using this liquid developer are provided, with the organic macromolecular compound being dissolved in the carrier fluid and the colored particles being pigments.
US08524434B2
A toner having a toner particle including a core particle obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer, a colorant, a release agent, a polar resin, and a crystalline polyester in an aqueous medium and an outer shell formed by fixing resin fine particles to the surface of the core particle, wherein the resin constituting the resin fine particles is an amorphous resin and the acid value of the resin fine particles is 4.0 to 50.0 mgKOH/g.
US08524432B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and at least a photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate, a layer located at a surface of the photosensitive layer side of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine containing resin particles and a fluoro graft polymer having a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, and an area for a polystyrene equivalent molecular weight of 700,000 or more is from about 5% to about 20% of the total area in a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) chart for the fluoro graft polymer.
US08524419B2
An electrode support for fuel cells, the electrode support being made of a porous material having a Ni phase of Ni or NiO and an inorganic skeletal material phase, wherein an oxidation/reduction expansion-suppressing metal M of at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Mn is solidly dissolved in the Ni phase or is biasedly distributed on the grain boundaries between the Ni phase and the inorganic skeletal material phase. The electrode support has its volume very little expanded or contracted even in an environment in which it is exposed to the reducing atmosphere and the oxidizing atmosphere alternately. The fuel cell having the fuel electrode, electrolyte layer and oxygen electrode formed on the electrode support effectively prevents the occurrence of cracks or exfoliation caused by expansion and the like when the reduction/oxidation cycle is repeated accompanying the generation of electricity and stop of generation, and maintains reliability very excellently over extended periods of time.
US08524418B2
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a power generation part as an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly formed of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel electrode arranged in contact with one side of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane and an oxygen electrode arranged in contact with the other side of the membrane, and a fuel supply part for storing and supplying an alcohol fuel to the fuel electrode. The fuel supply part is composed of a high-concentration fuel tank for storing and supplying a highly-concentrated fuel and a water fuel tank for storing and supplying a water fuel. The fuel is gasified and supplied to the power generation part through a fuel gasification/supply layer provided between at least the high-concentration fuel tank and the fuel electrode.
US08524412B2
A fuel cell component is provided, including a substrate disposed adjacent at least one radiation-cured flow field layer. The flow field layer is one of disposed between the substrate and a diffusion medium layer, and disposed on the diffusion medium layer opposite the substrate. The flow field layer has at least one of a plurality of reactant flow channels and a plurality of coolant channels for the fuel cell. The fuel cell component may be assembled as part of a repeating unit for a fuel cell stack. A method for fabricating the fuel cell component and the associated repeating unit for the fuel cell is also provided.
US08524408B2
A method for preventing a fuel cell voltage potential reversal including determining a relationship between the cell resistance and the current of a fuel cell stack at which a fuel cell voltage potential reversal will occur, operating the fuel cell stack according to a power demand requested, and determining the maximum cell resistance of the fuel cells in the stack. If the maximum cell resistance exceeds a threshold value for the current at which the fuel cell stack is being operated, the operation of the fuel cell stack is restricted to prevent the fuel cell voltage potential from reversing.
US08524407B2
A gas supply device for use in a fuel cell system, comprises: a first injector configured to have a first maximum valve-openable pressure; a second injector arranged in parallel with the first injector and configured to have a lower flow rate than the first injector and a greater second maximum valve-openable pressure than the first maximum valve-openable pressure; a first pressure sensor located upstream of the first and second injectors; and a controller configured to control open/close operation of the first and second injectors, wherein at a start of the fuel cell system, (i) when pressure in the upstream of the first and second injectors is greater than the first maximum valve-openable pressure but is less than or equal to the second maximum valve-openable pressure, the controller opens the second injector, and (ii) when the pressure in the upstream of the first and second injectors is less than or equal to the first maximum valve-openable pressure, the controller opens the first injector or the second injector.
US08524375B2
This invention relates to thermally spray coated work rolls for use in metal or metal alloy, e.g., aluminum alloy, sheet manufacture comprising a cylindrical-like structure having an outer peripheral surface and a thermally sprayed coating on the outer peripheral surface of said cylindrical-like structure, said thermally sprayed coating comprising from about 65 to about 95 weight percent of one or more Group VI metal carbides, and from about 5 to about 35 weight percent of one or more transition metals selected from chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel. This invention also relates to a process for preparing the work rolls for use in metal or metal alloy, e.g., aluminum alloy, sheet manufacture, a method for manufacturing metal or metal alloy, e.g., aluminum alloy, sheet using the thermally spray coated work rolls, and a thermal spray powder for coating the outer peripheral surface of the work rolls for use in metal or metal alloy, e.g., aluminum alloy, sheet manufacture.
US08524370B2
A multilayer film includes a first layer of a first polymeric material and a second layer of a second polymeric material. The first material has a first index of refraction and the second material has a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction. In one embodiment, the second material includes a polydiorganosiloxane polyamide block copolymer. In another embodiment, the second material includes a polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide block copolymer.
US08524367B2
Organometallic coatings or films, substrates coated with such films and methods for applying the films to the substrates are disclosed. The organometallic film or coating is derived from a transition metal compound containing both halide ligands and alkoxide ligands. Coated articles comprising polymer substrates and adhered to the substrate surface an organometallic film in which the metal comprises halide and alkoxide ligands are also disclosed.
US08524366B2
A method is used for releasing a graphene layer from a substrate. A graphene layer is first formed on a surface of a first substrate. A metal layer is then formed on a surface of the graphene layer. A pulling force is then applied to the metal layer to detach the graphene layer from the first substrate. The released graphene layer is bonded by intermolecular force onto a surface of a second substrate separate from the first substrate or onto a surface of a bonding layer formed on the surface of the second substrate. The metal layer is then removed, by for example, etching.
US08524352B2
A stiffener for a structure submitted to tensile and/or compression and/or shear stresses, that includes a shaped section including: a contact area with an element to be stiffened having a closed cross-section and providing stability, the aforementioned area including first and second legs; and a core normal to the element to be stiffened that provides a support surface capable of element recovery, the aforementioned core being formed by one of the two legs. Application in aircraft structures.
US08524347B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of an optical information storage medium irradiated with laser beams to optically record or reproduce information. A method of manufacturing an optical information storage medium according to the present invention includes forming asperity patterns for guiding laser beams on both sides of a second substrate 12, forming information recording layers 41 and 42 in the asperity patterns, bonding a first substrate 11 to a surface where one information storage layer 41 is formed in the second substrate 12 with an ultraviolet curable resin 22 formed therebetween, and bonding a third substrate 13 to a surface where another information storage layer 42 is formed in the second substrate 12 with an ultraviolet curable resin 22 formed therebetween.
US08524342B2
The invention relates to plastics composite moldings obtainable via welding in an alternating electromagnetic field, in which the weld is obtained with the aid of a plastics material which comprises nano-scale, magnetic oxidic particles, which are composed of aggregated primary particles, and where the primary particles are composed of magnetic metal oxide domains whose diameter is from 2 to 100 nm in a non-magnetic metal oxide matrix or non-magnetic metalloid oxide matrix.
US08524338B2
A new and novel impact energy attenuation material, impact energy attenuation module employing the material and a fit system for optimizing the performance thereof is provided. Non-linear energy attenuating material consisting of a plurality of loose particles is employed for impact energy dissipation. The loose particles are preferably spherical elastomeric balls. An impact energy attenuation module includes a container that holds the loose particles. The impact energy attenuation module can be provided in a wide range of sizes and shapes and the loose particles can be provided in different materials, sizes, density, compaction and hardness to suit with the application at hand. A matrix of impact energy attenuation module are provided about the surface of a shell to provide the required impact energy attenuation. The material, impact energy attenuation module and system of the present invention are well suited for protection of body parts and other cushioning and protection needs.
US08524334B2
An optical film comprising at least one compound represented by formula (1) is disclosed. In the formula, Y11, Y12 and Y13 each independently represent methine or a nitrogen atom; R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent formula (A), (B) or (C) or a hydrogen atom, provided that at least two of R11, R12 and R13 each independently represent formula (A), (B) or (C). In the formulae, L12, L22, and L32 each represent a 5-membered heterocyclic group.
US08524329B2
A method for providing electroless plating is provided. An amorphous carbon barrier layer is formed over the low-k dielectric layer by providing a flow a deposition gas, comprising a hydrocarbon, H2, and an oxygen free diluent, forming a plasma from the deposition gas, and stopping the flow of the deposition gas. The amorphous carbon barrier layer is conditioned by providing a flow of a conditioning gas comprising H2 and a diluent, forming a plasma from the conditioning gas, which conditions a top surface of the amorphous carbon barrier layer, and stopping the flow of the conditioning gas. The amorphous carbon barrier layer is functionalized by providing a flow of a functionalizing gas comprising NH3 or H2 and N2, forming a plasma from the functionalizing gas, and stopping the flow of the functionalizing gas. An electroless process is provided to form an electrode over the barrier layer.
US08524327B2
A liquid adhesive dispensing system operable for more uniformly applying liquid adhesive foam onto moving substrates, notwithstanding changes in line speed, adhesive liquid flow rates, or foaming/atomizing air pressures. The illustrated liquid adhesive system includes a header having a plurality of air atomizing spray guns; the spray guns each having a respective variable speed positive displacement pump for directing a metered quantity of liquid adhesive from a liquid adhesive supply to the respective spray gun; and a control for controlling the operating speed of the positive displacement pumps in relation to the speed of the moving substrate and the foaming/atomizing air pressure to the spray guns in relation to the operating speed of the positive displacement pumps. The control further is operable for monitoring pressures across the positive displacement pumps for insuring the accurate direction of metered quantities of liquid to the spray guns. The spray guns are adapted for enhanced liquid adhesive foaming and atomization, and the header is convertible into a closed housing structure effective for containing cleaning and purge liquids during an automatically operable cleaning cycle of operation.
US08524324B2
The invention relates to a method for a complex oxide film having a high relative dielectric constant formed on a substrate surface by wet-treatment method and a production process of the complex oxide film comprising a step of washing the complex oxide film with an acid solution of pH 5 or less to thereby reduce salts in the film. Further, the invention relates to a dielectric material and a piezoelectric material containing the complex oxide film, a capacitor and a piezoelectric element including the material, and a electronic device comprising the element.
US08524317B2
A composite article includes a substrate and a multilayer coating on the substrate. The multilayer coating includes an inner layer near the substrate, and outermost layer on the inner layer, and an intermediate layer between the inner layer and the outermost layer. The inner layer and outermost layer are boron-containing materials, and the intermediate layer is a silicon-containing ceramic material.
US08524310B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a cereal flour raw material that can provide products having superb texture. A further object of the present invention is to provide a food product manufactured using such a cereal flour raw material. The present invention provides a cereal flour composition that contains wheat flour prepared from a type of wheat that does not express any two of the three wheat starch synthase II proteins, and also does not express the three wheat granule bound starch synthase proteins, and another type of cereal flour; and a food product manufactured using such a cereal flour composition.
US08524306B2
The present embodiments generally relate to beverages with enhanced flavors and aromas and method of making same. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to soluble coffee and methods of making soluble coffee with improvements in such qualities as taste and aroma.
US08524298B2
The invention relates to a process and a device for enriching water, in particular drinking water, with magnesium ions. In order to enable enrichment of water with magnesium ions in exchange for calcium ions and/or heavy metal ions during treatment of water, and in particular of drinking water, it is proposed according to the invention to pass the water through an ion exchanger which contains a weakly acidic ion exchange material, wherein at least a part of its ion exchange capacity is loaded with magnesium ions.
US08524285B2
Nutraceutical compositions derived from the fruit of the Garcinia mangostana L. or mangosteen plant and methods to make the same are provided. The nutraceutical mangosteen compositions employ novel combinations of mangosteen fruit pulp and pericarp, and can be additionally complemented by selected juice concentrates to yield a composition for improving general health and wellness in humans. The methods to make the nutraceutical compositions involve the use of a mixture comprising pericarp and inner pulp from whoe fruit of a Garcinia mangostana L. plant.
US08524281B2
The present invention provides an oral pharmaceutical formulation comprising coated spheroids of a kinase inhibitor such as neratinib, which formulation is designed to reduce or eliminate side effects associated with existing oral formulations of kinase inhibitors.
US08524280B2
Methods for enhancing the release and/or absorption of poorly water soluble active agents are described herein. The method involves dissolving, melting, or suspending a poorly water soluble active agent in one or more molten fatty acids, conjugated fatty acids, (semi-) solid surfactants of high HLB value, and/or hydrophilic polymers. The molten active agent mixture is then suspended and homogenized in a hydrophilic or lipophilic carrier to form microparticles suspended in the hydrophilic or lipophilic carrier. The particles suspended in the hydrophilic or lipophilic carrier can be encapsulated in a hard or soft gelatin or non-gelatin capsule. It is believed that the microparticles produced by the method described above will exhibit enhanced dissolution profiles. In vitro release studies of formulations containing cilostazol and fenofibrate showed 100% dissolution of cilostazol in 15 minutes and over 90% dissolution of fenofibrate in 35 minutes.
US08524279B2
A method and apparatus are provided for atomizing a liquid under dispersal conditions suitable for spray drying at a commercial plant scale. In one embodiment, a liquid atomizer has a structural body adapted for connection with a spray dryer and a plurality of atomizing nozzles. Each of the atomizing nozzles includes a liquid nozzle adapted to disperse a supply of liquid and a gas nozzle adapted to disperse a supply of gas. In another embodiment, a process for producing a powder blend of at least two target substances in a single processing step is provided.
US08524276B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising methylnaltrexone or a salt thereof, and compositions and formulations thereof, for oral administration.
US08524273B2
A transdermal absorption preparation having a support and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer consisting of multiple layers, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a drug-retaining layer containing a drug and an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive and a skin adhesion layer containing a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer. This preparation can continuously release bisoprolol at a constant concentration. Moreover, it can be easily produced.
US08524272B2
Devices for administration of one or more active agents to the skin or mucosa of a host are formed in the nature of a double-disk patch. One outer layer functions as the primary adhesive layer for adhering the patch to the host. The other inner layer contains at least one active agent to be administered to the host. The inner layer is bonded to the outer layer through an opening provided in an interposed active agent impermeable release layer. The release layer separates a circumferential portion of the active agent containing inner layer from the outer adhesive layer to inhibit migration of the active agent therebetween.
US08524269B2
The present invention provides oral dosage compositions, and methods of making thereof, which contain an edible oil, preferably containing an omega-3 fatty acid, and admixed therein one or more water soluble vitamins and/or minerals, for example vitamins B6, B9, and/or B12. The present invention also provides a method of making the composition comprising mixing the edible oil and one or more water-soluble vitamins and/or minerals to form a suspension or emulsion of the water-soluble vitamins and/or minerals in the edible oil. The mixture can be inserted into capsules, gelcaps, or caplets for oral consumption. An additional aspect of the invention is that the edible oil can coat particles of the water-soluble vitamins and/or minerals, which may preferably provide the vitamins and/or minerals improved absorption in the body due to increased resistance to degradation in the acidic environment of the stomach.
US08524262B2
Amphiphilic silicons which are dispersible or self-dispersing in water, have a high refractive index, and are prepared by a hydrosilylation reaction, resulting in products which are free of cyclic organopolysiloxanes. The high refractive index and dispersibility make the amphiphilic silicones useful in personal care and cosmetics where high shine or gloss is desired.
US08524260B2
The invention consists of a method for manufacturing an aqueous formulation containing at least one oil, and comprising the steps of mixing at least one associative polymer, one oil, and water, encapsulating the oil by increasing the pH to a value greater than 8, potentially precipitating the mixture by reducing the pH to a value less than 6, and potentially isolating the resulting particles by removing the water. The aqueous formulations, as with the aqueous dispersions, and the resulting solid particles constitute other objects of the invention.
US08524257B2
A menthol-containing solids composition comprising or consisting of (a) a solid menthol component consisting of bodies having a content of 95 wt. % or more menthol, based on the total weight of the bodies, and (b) a solid silicon dioxide component comprising or consisting of particles having a particle size of not more than 100 μm, wherein particles of the silicon dioxide component adhere to the surface of the bodies of the menthol component and wherein the amount of the silicon dioxide component is not more than 4 wt. % and the amount of the menthol component is at least 95 wt. %, in each case based on the total weight of the solids composition.
US08524247B2
Described herein are recombinant rabies viruses comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding an immunocontraceptive protein, such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) or zona pellucida 3 (ZP3). The recombinant rabies viruses disclosed herein are recovered by reverse genetics, replicate efficiently, elicit rabies virus neutralizing antibodies and immunocontraceptive peptide-specific antibodies in vaccinated animals, and protect vaccinated animals against wild-type rabies virus challenge. Further provided is a method of immunizing a non-human animal against rabies virus infection and simultaneously inhibiting fertility of the animal, comprising administering an immunogenic composition comprising one or more of the recombinant rabies viruses described herein.
US08524238B2
Methods and compositions are provided for assessing, treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, using cancer-associated targets (“CAT”). Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment for these diseases or for selecting a treatment, using CAT. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using CAT. Also provided are compositions that modulate CAT (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate CAT, and agents identified by these screening methods.
US08524232B2
Molecules that interfere with the binding of a tumor necrosis factor receptor with its ligand, such as a soluble receptor, have proven usefulness in both basic research and as therapeutics. The present invention provides improved soluble transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand-interactor (TACI) receptors.
US08524228B2
Methods and compositions for male or female contraception are provided. The compositions include an effective amount of netrin-1 to reduce or inhibit sperm concentration in semen of males or to inhibit or reduce fusion of male gametes with female gametes in a female subject Still another embodiment provides a method for diagnosing male infertility by determining the amount of netrin-1 in a sample of epididymal fluid or semen from a male subject, comparing the amount of netting-1 in the sample to levels of netrin-1 in samples of epididymal fluid or semen from fertile males, wherein levels of netrin-1 in the sample from the male subject that are higher or lower than levels of netrin-1 in samples from fertile males are indicative of male infertility in the male subject.
US08524227B2
The present invention relates to blocking the activity of IL-TIF polypeptide molecules. IL-TIF is a cytokine involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. The present invention includes anti-IL-TIF antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-TIF using such antibodies and binding partners in IL-TIF-related human inflammatory diseases, amongst other uses disclosed.
US08524225B2
The present invention relates to a process for the proteolytic hydrolysis of a peptide or a polypeptide, said peptide or polypeptide comprising 4 to 40, preferably 5 to 35, amino acid residues and said peptide or polypeptide is not hydrolysable by subtilisin whereby said peptide or polypeptide is hydrolysed by a proline specific endo protease at a pH of 6.5 or lower, preferably 5.5 or lower and more preferably 5.0 or lower to hydrolyse said peptide or polypeptide.
US08524221B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for inactivating CCR-5 genes, using zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) comprising a zinc finger protein and a cleavage domain or cleavage half-domain. Polynucleotides encoding ZFNs, vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding ZFNs, such as adenovirus (Ad) vectors, and cells comprising polynucleotides encoding ZFNs and/or cells comprising ZFNs are also provided.
US08524216B2
The present invention provided a polymer and a method for preparing the polymer, wherein the polymer was a terpolymer having a molecular weight of more than 1000, and copolymerized by acrolein, acrylic acid, and low alkene-alkyl dibasic acid or low-alkene-alkyl polybasic acid.
US08524209B2
The present invention concerns a composition for the permanent shaping of human hair comprising a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and quaternized vinylimidazole at a concentration in the range of 0.1 to 2.5% by weight calculated to total composition and process for permanent shaping human hair with the said compositions.
US08524203B2
Sunscreen composite particles for UVA and UVB protection are described. The particles are substantially free of supplied UVB sunscreen and are prepared with a UVA sunscreen suitable to undergo keto-enol tautomerization.
US08524201B2
Disclosed are compositions related to a substantially non-cytotoxic chlorine dioxide solution. The solution may be a thickened fluid composition. Also disclosed are methods of making and using a substantially non-cytotoxic thickened fluid compositions or solutions comprising chlorine dioxide solution. An oxidizing composition of reduced irritation is also disclosed.
US08524196B2
The invention relates to a method of relieving nicotine craving comprising the steps of providing at least one chewing gum comprising tobacco alkaloid to a user, providing relief of nicotine craving to said user by transferring of tobacco alkaloid from the chewing gum to the human body of said user by chewing of said chewing gum, said chewing of said chewing gum comprising a chewing process involving a transfer of tobacco alkaloid from said chewing gum above a threshold transfer rate in the period of about ½ minute to about 2½ minutes from initiation of said chewing process.
US08524189B2
The present invention provides a process for the selective oxidation of hydrogen sulphide contained in a hydrogen sulphide-containing hydrocarbon feed gas to elemental sulphur. The hydrogen sulphide-containing hydrocarbon feed gas and a sulphur dioxide-containing gas are supplied to a reaction zone containing a TiO2-comprising catalyst, wherein elemental sulphur and a gaseous stream depleted in hydrogen sulphide are formed. The gas feeds are contacted with the TiO2 containing catalyst at elevated pressure and at a temperature in the range of from 120 and below 160 ° C., under such conditions that the elemental sulphur formed is essentially in liquid form. At least part of the sulphur dioxide-containing gas is obtained by combusting elemental sulphur to obtain a gaseous mixture of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen and then concentrating the gaseous mixture to provide the sulphur dioxide-containing gas.
US08524188B2
A method includes transferring a raw silicon material in a crucible and subjecting the raw silicon material in the crucible to thermal energy to form a melted silicon material at a temperature of less than 1400 Degrees Celsius, the melted silicon material having an exposed region bounded by an interior region of the crucible, subjecting an exposed inner region of the melted silicon material to an energy source to include an arc heater configured above the exposed region and to be spaced by a gap between the exposed region and a muzzle region of the arc heater to form a determined temperature profile within a vicinity of an inner region of the exposed melted silicon material while maintaining outer regions of the melted silicon material at a temperature below a melting point of the crucible, and removing impurities from the melted silicon material to form higher purity silicon.
US08524185B2
Catalysts, methods of preparing catalyst, and methods for treating exhaust gas streams are described. In one or more embodiments, a catalyst system includes an upstream zone effective to catalyze the conversion of a mixture of NOx and NH3 to N2, and a downstream zone effective for the conversion of ammonia to N2 in the presence or absence of NOx. In an embodiment, a method for preparing a catalyst system includes: first coating one end of a substrate along at least 5% of its length with an undercoat washcoat layer containing a material composition effective to catalyze the removal of ammonia; second coating with an overcoat layer containing a material composition effective to catalyze the conversion of a mixture of NOx and NH3 to N2. A method for treating the exhaust gas stream is provided, which includes injecting ammonia or an ammonia precursor into an exhaust gas stream of a vehicle, passing the engine exhaust gas stream containing NOx and NH3 through the upstream zone of a catalyst system to remove NOx and then passing the exhaust gas stream through the downstream zone of the catalyst system to remove NH3, as well as other oxidizable species such as hydrocarbons and CO.
US08524178B2
A process of preparing a doped aluminum oxide, includes providing a solution comprising 8-hydroxyquinoline; an aluminum precursor; a dopant precursor, and a reaction solvent; isolating a precipitate from the solution; and calcining the precipitate to form the doped aluminum oxide. Compositions may be prepared which include tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum and (8-hydroxyquinolinato)zM, wherein M is a metal ion and the value of z is equivalent to the oxidation state of the metal ion.
US08524155B1
An improved system for collecting, detecting, and classifying submicron-sized particles in a sample comprising an Integrated Virus Detection System (IVDS) of the type wherein the detecting means includes a differential mobility analyzer (DMA) and condensation particle counter (CPC), the improvement comprising positioning an aerosol collector or an electrostatic collector between the differential mobility analyzer and the condensation particle counter wherein submicron-sized particles from the environmental sample are collected for further analysis.
US08524149B2
A nickel base alloy includes: by mass, 0.001 to 0.1% of carbon; 12 to 23% of chromium; 15 to 25% of cobalt; 3.5 to 5.0% of aluminum; 4 to 12% of molybdenum; 0.1 to 7.0% of tungsten; and a total amount of Ti, Ta and Nb being not more than 0.5%. A parameter Ps represented by a formula (1) shown below is 0.6 to 1.6, Ps=−7×[C]−0.1×[Mo]+0.5×[Al] (1) where [C] indicates an amount of carbon; [Mo] indicates an amount of molybdenum; and [Al] indicates an amount of aluminum, by mass percent.
US08524148B2
A method of making a medical device which is at least partially bio-erodible and which exhibits controlled elution of therapeutic agent.
US08524147B2
A process for producing powder green compacts includes centrifugally compacting a slip containing a material powder, a binder resin and a dispersion medium in a mold, into a compact containing the material powder and the binder resin. A process for producing sintered compacts includes sintering the green compact. A powder green compact contains a material powder and a binder resin, the binder resin being present between particles of the material powder and binding the material particles. A sintered compact is obtained by sintering the green compact.
US08524139B2
An improved method for laser processing that prevents material redeposition during laser ablation but allows material to be removed at a high rate. In a preferred embodiment, laser ablation is performed in a chamber filled with high pressure precursor (etchant) gas so that sample particles ejected during laser ablation will react with the precursor gas in the gas atmosphere of the sample chamber. When the ejected particles collide with precursor gas particles, the precursor is dissociated, forming a reactive component that binds the ablated material. In turn, the reaction between the reactive dissociation by-product and the ablated material forms a new, volatile compound that can be pumped away in a gaseous state rather than redepositing onto the sample.
US08524126B2
A method for manufacturing an optical film includes providing a molding machine. The molding machine includes a hopper, a first cylindrical roller, a second cylindrical roller, and a UV light source. The first and second cylindrical rollers are located at two opposite sides of a narrow outlet of the hopper and positioned at substantially a same height just below the narrow outlet. Thereafter, a UV-curable material is provided into the hopper, and flows out from the narrow outlet of the hopper. The UV light source is turned on toward the UV-curable material. Furthermore, the first and second cylindrical rollers are rotated to directly press the UV-curable material when the UV-curable material is cured.
US08524120B2
Single pellets of a thermoplastic resin containing long glass fibers and a conductive filler are set forth that enable molded articles made from these pellets to exhibit conductivity and, at the same time, high mechanical properties. These pellets have mechanical properties that are substantially equivalent to non-conductive pellets of a thermoplastic resin containing same loading of long glass and provide conductivity that is substantially equivalent to articles obtained by blending two kinds of pellets, one pellet having a conductive filler and the other pellet one containing long glass fibers. The pellets include a thermoplastic resin, a long fiber reinforcing filler and a conductive additive dispersed in the pellet.
US08524118B2
A nitride phosphor represented by Formula 1: M1a-zCezM2b-xM3xNc-yOy, Formula 1 wherein M1 is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Sc3+, Y3+, Lu3+, La3+, Pr3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Tb3+, Yb3+, Dy3+, Eu3+, and Bi3+, M2 is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Si4+ and Ge4+, M3 is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al3+, B3+, and Ga3+, a is equal to or greater than about 1.8 and equal to or less than about 2.2, b is equal to or greater than about 3.8 and equal to or less than about 4.2, c is equal to or greater than about 6.7 and equal to or less than about 7.3, x is equal to or greater than about 0.7 and less than about 3, y is equal to or greater than 0 and less than about 3, and z is greater than 0 and less than about 1.
US08524117B2
The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy, which contains at least one compound of the formula I and at least one compound of the formula II in which R1, R2, R3, R4, ring A, Z1, Z2 and m are as defined in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display based on the ECB, VA, PS-VA, FFS, PALO or IPS effect.
US08524111B2
The present invention provides a CMP abrasive slurry for polishing insulation film, that allow efficiently and high-speed polishing of insulation films such as SiO2 film and SiOC film in the CMP method of flattening an interlayer insulation film, a BPSG film, an insulation film for shallow trench isolation, or a wiring-insulating film layer, a polishing method by using the abrasive slurry, and a semiconductor electronic part polished by the polishing method. A CMP abrasive slurry for polishing insulation film containing cerium oxide particles, a dispersant, a water-soluble polymer having amino groups on the side chains and water, a polishing method by using the CMP abrasive slurry, and a semiconductor electronic part polished by the polishing method.
US08524104B1
Fire extinguishing compositions and methods of extinguishing a fire comprising compounds of formula (I) where Rf is a fluorocarbon group. The compounds and compositions described herein are useful as intermediates in the preparation of or as additives to AFFF (aqueous film forming foam) formulations used for the extinguishment of fuel and solvent fires.
US08524103B2
A method for manufacturing a susceptor includes: forming a concave pattern in a surface of a substrate to be processed; applying a SiC paste containing a SiC powder and a sintering agent to the surface of the substrate to be processed to fill the concave pattern to form a SiC coating layer; laminating a SiC substrate on the SiC coating layer; and firing the SiC coating layer to form a SiC layer having at least one convex section on the surface of the SiC substrate.
US08524099B2
Methods for processing events occurring in a process chamber are provided. In one method, an operation includes carrying gas and receiving an optical signal from the process chamber to an analysis tool that operates in response to the optical signal having a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for process analysis. And, dividing the carried gas and optical signal into a plurality of separate gas and optical signals between the process chamber and the analysis tool. The dividing is configured through separate apertures so that the apertures collectively maintain the SNR of the optical signal received at the tool. Methods provide a septum in a second bore dividing the second bore into apertures configured to reduce etching of and deposition on the optical access window and to maintain the desired SNR at the diagnostic end point.
US08524095B2
Methods for fabrication of leading edge shields and tapered magnetic poles with a tapered leading edge are provided. The leading edge shield may be formed by utilizing a CMP stop layer. The CMP stop layer may aid in preventing over polishing of the magnetic material. For the tapered magnetic poles with a tapered leading edge, a magnetic material is deposited on a planarized surface, a patterned resist material is formed, and exposed magnetic material is etched to form at least one tapered surface of the magnetic material.
US08524089B2
A combined sedimentation and pressure floatation wastewater treatment tank includes a tank body, a sedimentation treatment device and a pressure floatation treatment device. The tank body contains a predetermined amount of wastewater for treatment. The sedimentation treatment device is used to remove relatively heavier sludge from the wastewater by sedimentation treatment, and the pressure floatation treatment device is used to remove relatively lighter sludge from the initially treated wastewater by pressure floatation treatment. In operation, the wastewater is initially treated by the sedimentation treatment device and is further treated by the pressure floatation treatment device. Alternatively, the wastewater is initially treated by the pressure floatation treatment device and is further treated by the sedimentation treatment device.
US08524087B2
Low metal, low water biomass-derived pyrolysis oils and methods for producing the same are provided. Metal- and water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is contacted with an acidic ion-exchange resin having sulfonic acid groups to produce a low metal, water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil. The low metal, water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is removed from the spent ion-exchange resin after ion-exchange. The low metal, water-containing biomass-derived pyrolysis oil is distilled to produce a low metal, low water biomass-derived pyrolysis oil and a distillation product. The distillation product comprises one or both of an alcohol ion-exchange regenerant and an acidic ion-exchange regenerant which may be used to regenerate the spent ion-exchange resin. The regenerated acidic ion-exchange resin may be recycled. The spent alcohol and acid ion-exchange regenerants may be recovered and recycled.
US08524080B1
An apparatus for removing cyanotoxins and excess ions from contaminated water. Contaminated water passes from a storage tank (200), through a sand filter (210), through a reaction chamber (230), and finally through a carbon filter (270). The sand filter removes particulates and some bacteria. Treatment of the water in the reaction chamber first destroys cyanotoxins, algae, and bacteria through the use of high voltage shocks applied between two groups of electrodes (285, 285′), then the voltage on the electrodes is lowered and electrolysis is used to sequester free ions in the water in the region near the electrodes. Partially treated water is removed from the upper portion of the reaction chamber and passed through a carbon filter (270) to remove radiation, and to improve taste and smell. After passage through the carbon filter, the water is potable. The water remaining in the reaction chamber is discarded into a reservoir (265).
US08524076B2
A fluid purification unit includes a case including a hollow and a plurality of openings communicating with the hollow to flow a fluid inside into the hollow and outside from the hollow, the case including combining protrusions formed on a first face and concave portions formed on a second face opposite to the first face, each of the combining protrusions having a first cross sectional area and being regularly arranged in a first direction and at a first interval and each of the concave portions having a second area corresponding to the first cross sectional area and being arranged at a second interval corresponding to the first interval.
US08524075B1
A fluid pressure vessel has a filter cartridge with spaced headers positioning cylindrical pleated filter media. The headers form an inlet chamber communicating with the inlet upstream side of the filter media and an isolated outlet chamber communicating with the downstream side of the filter media. A hollow piston with a toothed periphery having a circumferential slot is positioned closely adjacent the upstream side of the filter media. The piston hollow communicates with a drain chamber isolated from the inlet and outlet chambers. Upon opening of the drain chamber to atmospheric pressure, the pressure in the piston hollow and slot causes a lower pressure in a localized area of the media and back flushing of trapped material on the upstream side of the media to the drain chamber. An actuator is connected to selectively progressively move the piston and slot along the entire surface of the media.
US08524073B2
Disclosed herein is a sorbent composition including an adsorbent support; and a metal component comprising a transition metal, wherein the metal component is impregnated on a surface of the adsorbent support; and wherein the metal component effects the removal of sulfur and vanadium from a hydrocarbon fuel. Also disclosed herein is a sorbent composition comprising an adsorbent support, wherein a surface of the adsorbent support has been chemically modified to comprise functional groups; and wherein the adsorbent support effects the removal of sulfur and vanadium from a hydrocarbon fuel.
US08524060B1
A micro-analytical platform for performing electrophoresis-based immunoassays was developed by integrating photopolymerized cross-linked polyacrylamide gels within a microfluidic device. The microfluidic immunoassays are performed by gel electrophoretic separation and quantifying analyte concentration based upon conventional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). To retain biological activity of proteins and maintain intact immune complexes, native PAGE conditions were employed. Both direct (non-competitive) and competitive immunoassay formats are demonstrated in microchips for detecting toxins and biomarkers (cytokines, c-reactive protein) in bodily fluids (serum, saliva, oral fluids). Further, a description of gradient gels fabrication is included, in an effort to describe methods we have developed for further optimization of on-chip PAGE immunoassays. The described chip-based PAGE immunoassay method enables immunoassays that are fast (minutes) and require very small amounts of sample (less than a few microliters). Use of microfabricated chips as a platform enables integration, parallel assays, automation and development of portable devices.
US08524051B2
Coated article with oxidation graded layer proximate IR reflecting layer(s) and corresponding method
A coated article is provided that may be heat treated in certain example embodiments. A graded layer (e.g., contact layer or other suitable layer) is formed by initially sputter-depositing a layer, and thereafter ion beam treating the sputter-deposited layer with at least reactive gas ions in order to form a graded layer. In certain example embodiments, the result is a coated article that has improved visible transmission and/or durability, without sacrificing optional heat treatability.
US08524050B2
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a stainless steel separator for a fuel cell. The stainless steel separator includes a stainless steel sheet, a first coating layer comprising metal/metal nitride films (M/MNx) (0.5≦x≦1) on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, and a second coating layer comprising a metal oxynitride film (MOyNz) (0.05≦y≦2, 0.25≦z≦1.0).
US08524047B2
A method of dehydrating tolylenediamine which includes subjecting tolylenediamine having a water content of 5-40 wt. % to first-stage distillation at a vacuum of 13-101.3 kPa and subjecting the bottoms from the first-stage distillation to second-stage distillation at a vacuum lower than 13kPa.
US08524037B2
A process is provided for delignifying lignocellulosic material, including feeding a lignocellulosic blend comprising a Western Red Cedar (WRC) chip furnish and a second lignocellulosic material into an aqueous alkaline pulping solution at the feed end of a digester to produce a lignocellulosic mass. The second lignocellulosic material is provided in a proportion that increases the density of the mass to enable the mass to move through the digester while minimizing production effects associated with low density WRC chips. The mass moves through the digester to produce a pulp that may be bleached.
US08524034B2
Provided is a complex of hydrogen peroxide and at least one compound represented by Formula I: wherein X is: —C(R3)3, —C≡C(R3), —O(R3), —N(R3)2, or —S(R3); and R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl, heteroaryl heteroarylalkyl, heterocyclyl, and cycloalkyl, or R2 and an R3 are optionally taken together to form an alicyclic ring. Also provided are anaerobic cure systems and curable compositions employing the complexes described herein.
US08524022B2
A method of manufacturing a structure, the method comprising: forming a panel assembly by bonding a stack of thickness control plies of composite material to a laminar composite panel, the stack of thickness control plies having a first edge proximate an edge of the laminar composite panel, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a ramp where the thickness of the stack of thickness control plies decreases towards the first or second edge; measuring the thickness of the laminate composite panel or the panel assembly; controlling the number of thickness control plies in accordance with the measured thickness; attaching a first component to the panel assembly, the first component having a surface which engages the laminar composite panel and a ramp which engages the ramp in the stack of thickness control plies; and attaching the laminar composite panel at or near its edge to a further component.
US08524012B2
A method for growing planar, semi-polar nitride film on a miscut spinel substrate, in which a large area of the planar, semi-polar nitride film is parallel to the substrate's surface. The planar films and substrates are: (1) {1011} gallium nitride (GaN) grown on a {100} spinel substrate miscut in specific directions, (2) {1013} gallium nitride (GaN) grown on a {110} spinel substrate, (3) {1122} gallium nitride (GaN) grown on a {1100} sapphire substrate, and (4) {1013} gallium nitride (GaN) grown on a {1100} sapphire substrate.
US08524011B2
An automated heat exchanger tube cleaning assembly and system are provided. The present system can automatically (without ongoing human intervention) survey the tube sheet of a heat exchanger in three-dimensions, convert and record the survey results as a digital file in three-dimensions, and then, according to sequential parameters input via custom software, automatically coordinate via computer one or more cleaning devices to effect the cleaning of each desired tube of the heat exchanger.
US08524009B2
A substrate processing method comprising: holding a substrate substantially horizontally by a rotatable substrate holding mechanism; supplying a rinsing liquid onto the top of the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism at the substrate holding step; after the rinsing liquid supply step, spraying a gas onto the top of the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism, by a gas knife mechanism, to form a gas spraying zone on the substrate top, and unidirectionally scanning the substrate top in its entirety by this gas spraying zone, without rotating the substrate; replenishing the rinsing liquid by supplying, in parallel to the gas knife spraying step, a rinsing liquid onto the substrate top at its area downstream in the gas-spraying-zone scanning direction rather than the gas spraying zone formed by the gas knife mechanism; and drying the substrate surface after the gas knife spraying step and the rinsing liquid replenishing step.
US08524004B2
A substrate processing chamber for processing a plurality of wafers in batch mode. In one embodiment the chamber includes a vertically aligned housing having first and second processing areas separated by an internal divider, the first processing area positioned directly over the second processing area; a multi-zone heater operatively coupled to the housing to heat the first and second processing areas independent of each other; a wafer transport adapted to hold a plurality of wafers within the processing chamber and move vertically between the first and second processing areas; a gas distribution system adapted to introduce ozone into the second area and steam into the first processing area; and a gas exhaust system configured to exhaust gases introduced into the first and second processing areas.
US08524001B2
Silicon wafers having excellent voltage resistance characteristics of an oxide film and high C-mode characteristics are derived from single crystal silicon ingots doped with nitrogen and hydrogen, characterized in that a plurality of voids constituting a bubble-like void aggregates are present ≧50% relative to total voids; a V1 region having a void density of over 2×104/cm3 and below 1×105/cm3 is ≦20% of the total area of wafer; a V2 region having a void density of 5×102 to 2×104/cm3 occupies ≧80% of the total area of the wafer; and bulk microdefect density is ≧5×108/cm3.
US08523999B2
Masses for obtaining poured concrete, concrete for bricks, concrete for tiles or mortar are known, in which Portland cement and Colemanite, water and additives to regulate the process are involved as aggregate.The invention achieves a remarkable increase in the capacity of neutron radiation protection of the material. For this, Portland cement is replaced by Alumina cement and a new component is inserted into the mass, specifically anhydrous calcium sulfate, the Colemanite staying as aggregate.
US08523990B2
An ink composition having a suitably-adjusted hue and causing no decomposition of dyes during storage is provided. The ink composition contains a compound (a) represented by the following formula (1), an ingredient (c) and moisture-retentive agents, characterized by being from 0.1 mass % to lower than 7.0 mass % in content of the compound represented by the formula (1), 10.0 mass % or lower in content of a moisture-retentive agent having 3 or more hydroxyl groups (b) and lower than 30.0 in molar ratio of the moisture-retentive agent having 3 or more hydroxyl groups to the compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each of Ar1 and Ar2 preferably represents an aromatic heterocyclic group, each of A1 and A2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, Y represents —OM or —NR1R2, M represents a hydrogen atom or a metal ion and each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group or the like. The ingredient (c) is at least one compound selected from C.I. Direct Yellow 59, id. 86, id. 132 or the like.
US08523954B2
The present invention is drawn to a composition and method for dyeing keratinous substrates containing: (a) at least one polyamine compound comprising at least three amino groups; (b) at least one nonionic surfactant; (c) at least anionic silicone; (d) at least one dye chosen from oxidation dye precursors and direct dyes. The compositions of the present invention may optionally contain at least one thickening agent, at least one alkaline agent, at least one fatty substance, at least one salt, and at least one oxidizing agent.
US08523950B2
A hinged knee prosthesis (10) comprises a tibial component (16) and a femoral component (14). The tibial component (16) is configured to attach to a tibia. The tibial component has a bearing surface (128). The femoral component (14) is configured to hingedly attach to the tibial component (16) and rotate relative to the tibial component (16). The femoral component (14) comprises a medial condyle (30) and a lateral condyle (32). The medial and lateral condyles (30 and 32) have an eccentric sagittal curvature surface (50) configured to rotate and translate on the bearing surface (128) of the tibial component (16). A method of rotating a hinged knee (10) through a range of flexion is provided. The method fixedly attaches a femoral component (14) to a tibial component (16). Axial rotation of the femoral component (14) is induced relative to the tibial component (16) when the hinged knee (10) is flexed.
US08523937B2
The disclosure relates to medical devices coated with zein admixed with levulinic acid. The medical device may further include a therapeutic agent in contact with zein admixed with levulinic acid. Zein admixed with levulinic acid allows the therapeutic agent to be retained on the device during delivery and also controls the elution rate of the therapeutic agent following implantation. The disclosure further relates to methods of delivering a therapeutic agent on said medical devices as well as their use especially in the form of stents for prevention of restenosis.
US08523931B2
A guidewire assembly for use in deploying a bifurcated endoluminal vascular prosthesis that has a main graft portion and at least a first branch graft portion The guidewire assembly include a hollow guidewire sheath having a restraint mechanism, such as a tubular sheath, for constraining a branch graft portion of the vascular prosthesis and an inner core wire that is slidably insertable into a central lumen of the hollow guidewire sheath. In use, the guidewire assembly may be used with a deployment catheter to deploy the bifurcated vascular prosthesis and leave the inner core wire in position in the patient's aorta, extending through the main graft portion of the vascular prosthesis.
US08523925B2
A phototherapy apparatus for the treatment of skin disease is disclosed including: an at least partially hollow body element; a plurality of light emitting elements enclosed within the body element; and a plurality of elongated light transmitting elements, each of the light transmitting elements having a proximal end detachably affixed to the body element in proximity to one or more of the light emitting elements, and extending to an end distal the body element. For each of the elongated light transmitting elements, at least a portion of light incident from the light emitting elements onto the proximal end is directed through the light transmitting element and emitted from the distal end.
US08523923B2
A two-piece clamping element comprises two separate, i.e., non-integral, opposing first and second clamping jaws forming a laterally open cavity to receive a pin or rod-shaped element. Each clamping jaw has a bore aligned with one another to receive a screw, wherein a pivot bearing is arranged opposite said cavity allowing the two opposing clamping jaws to come in contact to one another. The pivot bearing comprises at least one set of complementary part-cylindrical bearing surface portions. An anti-rotation pin extends between the two jaw members.
US08523921B2
An improved tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate is disclosed. The plate is contoured in its proximal head portion to more closely resemble the structure of the tibial bone segment that is cut and rotated during the procedure. The plate also preferably has screw holes in the proximal head portion that are machined through the pre-contoured proximal head portion and are designed to angle the screw in a targeted screw path with respect to the osteotomy.
US08523917B2
Anterior cervical instrumentation systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. Systems may facilitate immobilizing or providing support for the cervical portion of the vertebral column of a patient. A device may comprise a plate having two channels located in a proximal to distal direction, and may further comprise at least one aperture. The device may further comprise attachment elements such as attachment cross-links and spacer cross-links, and fasteners. The plate and the attachment elements may be secured to the vertebrae by passing fasteners through apertures and channels. The length of the plate, position and number of the attachment cross-links, position and number of spacer cross-links and degree of movement may be intraoperatively selected by the surgeon to provide an optimal application and procedural outcome. Uniform components of the devices and systems allow for a more streamlined and simplified method of treating spinal conditions.
US08523911B2
The present invention provides a spine stabilization system having a first bone anchor having a first receiving portion and a second bone anchor having a second receiving portion. The first and second elongated rods are positioned within the first and second receiving portions. The first and second locking caps are configured to retain and capture the first and second elongated rods within the first and second bone anchors. The top connector is configured with a first and a second end, which are provided with elongated openings. The first and second locking caps have a threaded portion for coupling to a first and second locking nut. The locking caps are also provided with at least one flange for coupling to the bone anchor, and a bearing surface spaced apart from the bone anchor, the bearing surface configured to contact the top connector.
US08523909B2
Spinal implants include an elongated body portion dimensioned and configured for percutaneous introduction into a target interspinous process space, at which interspinous distraction and/or spinal fusion are desired. The body portion can include a threaded outer surface, or alternatively a smooth surface. The body portion can include one or more interior cavities, and can include deployable engagement members adapted and configured to move in tandem between a stowed position retracted within the interior cavity of the body portion and a deployed position extended from the interior cavity of the body for engaging adjacent spinous processes. An internal drive assembly for selectively moving the engagement members from the stowed position to the deployed position can be provided, as can a elements for locking the engagement members in a deployed position.
US08523902B2
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone. A bone anchor is described that includes an anchor body with expandable tines and a spreader that expands the tines into bone. Also disclosed is a bone anchor that includes a base and a top such that suture material may be attached to apertures in the anchor top or else compressed between surfaces on the base and top to secure the suture to the anchor. Methods are described that allow use of single bone anchor to secure tissue to bone or also to use more than one bone anchor to provide multiple lengths of suture material to compress a large area of soft tissue against bone.
US08523897B2
An implantable device for containing emboli within an atrial appendage may include an expandable frame having a plurality of supports projecting distally from a proximal hub, a mesh barrier provided on proximal sections of the supports, and a plurality of tissue anchors provided on the supports for engaging tissue when the device is positioned in an atrial appendage.
US08523891B2
A probe for a surgical instrument used for cutting selected tissue in a body cavity while under visual inspection, e.g., a surgical tool for the release of the transverse carpal tunnel ligament, has a profile where the flat top surface of the probe has a wider width dimension than the lower surface of the probe. Thus, the sides of the lower surface are sloped or curved inward such that all points below the flat top surface at any particular point on the first and second sides of the flat top surface have a width that is smaller than the width dimension of the flat top surface. The degree of sloping or curving inward will cause tissues to be moved downward (instead of upward) when the probe is inserted, and will provide for generating an upward force that firmly holds the probe against the tissue to be cut and a downward force on the surrounding tissue below the probe.
US08523889B2
An end effector includes a first portion having a first specific acoustic impedance value, and a second portion having a second specific acoustic impedance value less than the first specific acoustic impedance value. The first portion includes a proximal end segment of the end effector and a distal end segment of the end effector, and the proximal end segment and the distal end segment are composed of a first material. The second portion includes an insert segment of the end effector composed of a second material. The insert segment is located between the proximal end segment and the distal end segment along the longitudinal axis of the end effector. The insert segment functions to bridge or fill the nodal energy gap. A surgical instrument includes a transducer configured to produce vibrations along a longitudinal axis as a predetermined frequency. An ultrasonic blade extends along the longitudinal axis coupled to the transducer. An insert segment or a pad is positioned adjacent to the blade such that it engages the blade when the surgical instrument is in a closed position and generates heat filling the nodal energy gap.
US08523879B1
A medical retrieval device and method used in endoscopic procedures to retrieve stones has a shaft comprising a sheath with a lumen and a drive wire slidably disposed within the lumen for operating a stone entrapping mechanism on the distal end of the retrieval device. The shaft has an average outside diameter of less than 1.9 Fr. The shaft, sheath and drive wire each have proximal, intermediate and distal portions, and each of the corresponding portions are in generally similar locations along the longitudinal length of the device. The proximal portions of the shaft and the drive wire are preferably stiffer than the corresponding intermediate portions of the shaft and drive wire. The proximal and intermediate portions of the sheath have generally similar stiffnesses. The shaft reduces flow resistance within the working channel of an endoscope, increasing the flow of irrigation fluid in order to improve procedural visibility. The shaft varies in flexibility to match the requirements of a flexible endoscope and facilitate deflection of the endoscope.
US08523876B2
Spinal surgical systems include a compressor mountable to a first vertebra and positionable relative to a fulcrum mountable to a second vertebra. The compressor and fulcrum are manipulated relative to one another to compress the first and second vertebrae. The systems further include a distractor mountable to a first vertebra and positionable relative to a fulcrum mountable to a second vertebra. The distractor and fulcrum are manipulated relative to one another to distract the first and second vertebrae.
US08523874B2
Instruments and techniques separate or spread adjacent bony structures by inserting a distal spreader assembly into the space between the adjacent bony structures and actuating the spreading members with a proximal actuator assembly.
US08523861B2
A proximal humeral plate assembly can include a first plate, a coupler, a second plate, and a guide. The first plate can define a window and can have a first major surface adapted to conform to a native bone structure. The coupler can be formed on a second major surface of the first plate opposite the first major surface. The second plate can be adapted to engage the coupler, to cover the window, and to conform to the native bone structure. The second plate can include through holes adapted to receive bone screws. The guide can be adapted to engage the coupler and to guide at least one of a cutting tool and a dilation tool.
US08523859B2
A vacuum-assisted wound healing device is provided comprising an airtight hollow conical member surrounding a skin-breaching bone stabilization device, and a port for attaching a suction tube. The conical member has an opening at one end conforming to the circumference of the shaft of a bone stabilization device, and a opening at the other end to enclose a wound in a patient's skin surrounding the bone stabilization device. The device may be used to provide controlled reduced pressure to the wound site, reducing healing time and risk of infection.
US08523852B2
A power source delivers oscillating electrical energy to an electrical conductor, such as a wire or catheter, which is coated circumferentially with a ferromagnetic material in a selected region. With high frequency electrical energy, the ferromagnetic material has a quick response in heating and cooling adjustable by the controllable power delivery. The ferromagnetic material can be used for separating tissue, coagulation, tissue destruction or achieving other desired tissue effects in numerous surgical procedures.
US08523850B2
A power source delivers oscillating electrical energy to an electrical conductor, such as a wire or catheter, which is coated circumferentially with a ferromagnetic material in a selected region. With high frequency electrical energy, the ferromagnetic material has a quick response in heating and cooling adjustable by the controllable power delivery. The ferromagnetic material can be used for separating tissue, coagulation, tissue destruction or achieving other desired tissue effects in numerous surgical procedures.
US08523845B2
A surgical power tool has an actuation assembly which comprises a force sensor and a switch. The force sensor is provided to determine an actuation force produced by the user, and the switch is transferred by the actuation force from a first switching state to a second switching state. A combined evaluation of the force sensor signal and of the switching state enables, for example, a plausibility check for increasing the operational reliability of the power tool.
US08523839B2
An intravenous fluid pump (IV) contains a disposable part including a fluid chamber having a resilient top membrane and a non-disposable part including a piston abutting a resilient membrane and a vacuum chamber fitted on top of the resilient top membrane. An external pump is used to create vacuum in the vacuum chamber, resulting in the resilient top membrane being held taut. The flow rate through the pump is relatively independent of changes in the pressure of IV fluid on the upstream and the downstream due to changes in the relative elevation of the fluid reservoir and the patient with respect to the fluid pump.
US08523836B2
An absorbent includes inner and outer surfaces, an absorbent body disposed therebetween, and front waist, back waist, and crotch regions. The article also includes pairs of front and back side panels, each side panel having an attachment edge and a free edge, the front and back side panels being releasably attachable to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article. The article also includes a finger tab having a distal end, a tab line where the finger tab intersects the free edge, and a proximal end attached to the free edge, wherein the distal end has a distal end longitudinal midpoint, wherein the tab line has a tab line longitudinal midpoint, and wherein the distal end longitudinal midpoint is longitudinally offset from the tab line longitudinal midpoint.
US08523827B2
A medicament injection apparatus that permits injection of a fluid medicament into a patient through a needle. The medicament injection apparatus includes a timer and a display, the timer being actuated upon commencement of an injection operation, in which the timer runs to a predetermined time until completion of the injection operation and the display is operated while the timer runs. Thus, informing a user of when a required period for dispersal of an injected medicament has lapsed so that the user knows when to withdraw a needle from the body after the injection.
US08523824B2
Provided are devices and methods for catheter and guidewire management in a surgical setting. In one implementation, the device includes a housing having a curved bottom surface for accommodating the shape of a patient's leg. A retaining member is included, which can retain one or more guidewires, catheters, or the like. In another embodiment, the housing may include a number of vertical supports between which are mounted at least one retaining member housing. The retaining member housing may in turn house a retaining member, suitable for receiving and retaining one or more elongated devices such as catheters or guidewires. The retaining member may have a suitable size, shape, and level of flexibility to allow a catheter or guidewire to be placed therein and held with a desired level of force until such a time as a user desires to remove the catheter or guidewire.
US08523816B2
An intravenous (IV) pump is disclosed. The IV pump includes a housing, a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, and a switch configured to selectably energize or de-energize the electromagnet. The permanent magnet generates a magnetic field and the electromagnet, when energized, generates a magnetic field that approximately cancels the magnetic field of the permanent magnet.
US08523812B2
A surgical system that is able to sense the onset of an occlusion or other surgical event as well as when an occlusion breaks. To help avoid overheating of the tip, the system of the present invention predicts the temperature of the eye using irrigation flow rate and reduces the power to the handpiece automatically if an overheating situation is predicted. Alternatively or in addition, the system of the present invention monitors the power drawn by the handpiece, which is indicative of the cutting load on the tip, and automatically adjusts the power or stroke of the tip to compensate for increased loads on the tip.
US08523808B2
A medical device control handle has a first actuation member for actuating at least one puller wire in one manipulation of a medical device, including uni-directional deflection, if not a pair of puller wires for bi-directional deflection of a catheter, and a second actuation member for actuating an additional puller wire in another manipulation of the medical device, wherein the first and second actuation members have a common rotational axis without being rotationally coupled. In one embodiment, a first actuation assembly has a first actuator, an arm rotatable about an axis, and a first shaft. The first deflection actuator and the arm are rotationally coupled by the rotation shaft, and the arm has at least one pulley that is engaged with a puller wire. The second wire actuation assembly has a second actuator and a second shaft having a spool portion. Each actuation assembly has a friction-inducing element that provides friction torque between components of each assembly such that the actuators are self-holding.
US08523800B2
A shunt rivet for implantation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US08523793B1
A therapeutic joint cover apparatus for massaging a knee while also providing compression that includes a tapered support body having an oval cutout centrally disposed therein which is surrounded by vibrating motors. A trio of length adjustable straps engages respective rings on the opposite side of the support body and a hook portion of hook and loop fastener disposed the straps' outer ends removably attach to an outer side of the support body to secure the support body to a user's knee. An interior lining disposed on the support body inner side provides a cool comfortable fit between the vibrating nodes and the user's knee. The apparatus is self-contained, including an on-off pressure-switched rechargeable battery housed in a pocket proximal to the top end so that no assembly or other preparations are required.
US08523791B2
A device for the transdermal delivery of a therapeutic agent at a treatment site comprising a housing containing: a mechanical vibration element; a light source; a heating and/or cooling element; a power source for powering said mechanical vibrational element, light source, and heating element; and an electronic control module.
US08523790B2
A walking assistance device has a drive mechanism for driving a third joint of a leg link of the walking assistance device, the drive mechanism including a crank arm secured to a lower link member and a linear-motion actuator which has a linear-motion output shaft connected to the crank arm. The angle formed by a straight line connecting a joint axis of the third joint and a connecting portion of the linear-motion output shaft relative to the crank arm and a straight line which passes the connecting portion and which is parallel to the axial center of the linear-motion output shaft changes from an angle closer to the straight angle toward an angle closer to the right angle as the flexion degree of the leg link is increased from a flexion degree corresponding to a state wherein a user is in an upright posture.
US08523786B2
The invention relates to a guide device (1), in particular for positioning catheters in a body duct. The guide device (1) has an extended first thread (2) and at least one extended second thread (3) made from wire, which runs close to the first thread (2). According to the invention, the guide device (1) has a device (8), provided for one of the threads (2, 3) by means of which it is possible to actively control a relative movement between the threads (2, 3) or at least make the same difficult. The control device (8) is for example embodied such that the first thread (2), prepared from a flexible material, exerts a pressure, preferably acting a radial direction, on the several second threads, or that magnetic fields (4) of differing polarities along the first thread (2), prepared from a flexible material and along the second thread (3), may be generated for the selective introduction of an opposing attraction of the threads (2, 3) for reinforcing the guide device (1).
US08523785B2
A method for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a part of a subject is provided. An invasive or non-invasive sample of blood may be used for this determination. Also provided is a device for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a subject. The device comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation, a holder, a detector and a processing system.
US08523782B2
Minimally invasive methods, systems and devices are provided for assessing collateral ventilation in the lungs. In particular, collateral ventilation of a target compartment within a lung of a patient is assessed by advancement of a catheter through the tracheobronchial tree to a feeding airway of the target compartment. The feeding airway is occluded by the catheter and the opening and closing of a one-way valve coupled with the catheter is observed. If the valve ceases opening and closing over time, this may indicate that significant collateral ventilation into the target compartment is absent. If the valve continues to open and close over time, significant collateral ventilation into the compartment may be present. Based on the collateral ventilation assessment, a treatment plan may be generated.
US08523778B2
A catheter assembly for an intravascular ultrasound system includes a hub disposed at a proximal end of a catheter. The hub includes a rotatable connector shaft disposed at least partially in a lumen that extends from the hub to a distal end of the catheter. A pumping apparatus is coupled to the connector shaft such that rotation of the connector shaft causes a corresponding rotation of the pumping apparatus. A reservoir is in fluid communication with the pumping apparatus. The reservoir is configured and arranged for inputting an acoustically-favorable medium to the pumping apparatus. An imaging core is configured and arranged for inserting into the lumen. The imaging core includes an imaging device coupled to a rotatable drive member. The rotatable connector shaft is coupled to a proximal end of the drive member such that rotation of the connector shaft causes a corresponding rotation of the imaging core.
US08523777B2
A method of predicting onset of electromechanical dissociation in a heart of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises: extracting from the composite input signal an electrocardiac signal and determining electrical activity of the heart based on the electrocardiac signal; extracting from the composite input signal a radiofrequency signal and determining blood flow measure based on the radiofrequency signal; and if the blood flow measure is below a predetermined threshold and the electrical activity is above a predetermined threshold, then predicting the onset of electromechanical dissociation.
US08523776B2
Transmitting and receiving ultrasound with repetition frequency that corresponds to velocity range indicating the measurable velocity to and from a diagnostic site that contains moving fluid within a body to be examined. Generating Doppler spectrum image showing velocity of moving fluid based on signals obtained from transmission and reception of ultrasound. Storing modeled value based on model correlating standard blood velocity waveform with an ECG waveform. Calculating measured blood velocity waveform based on spectrum image of a specified patient. Acquiring ECG waveform at timing corresponding to measured blood velocity waveform. Estimating blood velocity waveform excluding effects of valve signals of patient based on measured blood velocity waveform, ECG waveform, and modeled value. Comparing measured blood velocity waveform with estimated blood velocity waveform, to exclude excess parts of the difference over a threshold from measured blood velocity waveform, and to interpolate excluded parts of measured blood velocity waveform.
US08523775B2
A method and system for energy-based (e.g., ultrasound treatment and/or other modalities) of sweat glands are provided. An exemplary method and system for targeted treatment of sweat glands can be configured in various manners, such as through use of therapy only, therapy and monitoring, imaging and therapy, or therapy, imaging, and monitoring, and/or through use of focused, unfocused, or defocused ultrasound (or other energy) through control of various spatial and temporal parameters. As a result, ablative energy can be deposited at the particular depth at which the aberrant sweat gland population is located below the skin surface.
US08523769B2
A spreader for aortic valve reconstruction having a dimensionally stable ring and three retractor arms comprising, respectively, a stem and a blade, with the blade being distally disposed on the stem, and wherein the retractor arms are disposed, offset relative to each other by respectively 120° in the direction of circumference of the ring, on said ring, and wherein the stems of the retractor arms are substantially aligned as perpendicular relative to the plane of the ring, and wherein the retractor arms are supported on the ring in such a way by the proximal end of their stems that they can be radially moved relative to each other toward the inside and radially expanded by the spring force of the ring.
US08523768B2
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US08523765B2
A controller includes a servo controller that performs attitude control of the bending portion. A point lock computing section is provided at the servo controller. Based on supplied distal end command value information and position feedback information, the point lock computing section performs computational processing by a distal end link root coordinate position calculating section and an inverse kinematics computing section in order to obtain a servo position command signal for a distal end-side link member and a servo position command signal for a link member other than the link member, and outputs the same to a driving section. Accordingly, point lock is enabled at two locations, namely, the distal end-side link member and an arbitrary link member, while other link members are controlled so as to assume attitudes having redundancy.
US08523764B2
A remote viewing device including a hand-holdable control unit. The control unit supports a display device and a drive assembly. The drive assembly is removably attached to the control unit and provides mechanical power to an insertion tube. A distal end of the insertion tube includes an inspection head for insertion into a structure for imaging the interior of the structure. The insertion tube is removably attached to the drive assembly by a connector assembly, where the connector assembly is operable, when attached, to convey mechanical power from the drive assembly for moving the articulated tip in response to a user input at the control unit, and to convey images from the inspection head to the display device.
US08523759B2
Methods for performing minimally invasive heart surgery include accessing a heart of a patient through a first incision on the left thorax of the patient, contacting the heart through the incision with a heart stabilizing device and/or a heart positioning device, introducing at least one coupling device through a second incision on the patient located apart from the first incision, coupling the coupling device with the heart stabilizing device or the heart positioning device, and performing a surgical procedure on the heart. Systems may include a retractor device, a heart stabilizing device, and a coupling device, for enhancing cardiac surgery. Any suitable heart surgery may be performed using methods, devices or systems of the present invention. In one embodiment, a CABG procedure is performed.
US08523745B1
A person lies supine on a floor surface with her knees bent and her feet resting on a foot supporting portion of an exercise assembly. The person uses her hands to grasp respective left and right handles on the exercise assembly proximate her left and right hips. The person positions her abdomen beneath a strap secured in series with at least one resistance device. The person moves her pelvis off the support surface subject to resistance from the resistance devices. Parts of the assembly may be used apart from the overall assembly to perform other sorts of exercises.
US08523740B2
A method and apparatus of generating haptic cues for pacing and monitoring are disclosed. After sensing an event via a component, a process for generating haptic cues generates an input in response to the event. The component, in one example, may be a sensor or a combination of a sensor and a haptic actuator. Upon receipt of the input, the process retrieves a haptic signal from a tactile library in response to the input. A haptic feedback in response to the haptic signal is subsequently generated.
US08523739B2
A vehicle propulsion system and method of operation are presented. As one example, cylinder deactivation and transitioning from four to two strokes is coordinated with transmission shifting to improve vehicle response. Additionally, it is possible to reduce transitions in operating modes to improve drive feel.
US08523736B2
A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system includes a shifting-point changing portion configured to change a shifting point at which a determination to perform a shifting action of a transmission portion is made, such that a shifting portion is changed according to a shifting response of the transmission portion. Alternatively, the control apparatus includes a shift-control start-point changing portion configured to change a shift-control start point at which the determination to perform the shifting action is made, such that the shift-control start point is changed according to the shifting response of the transmission portion, and a compulsory shift-control starting portion configured to make the determination when an operating point of a differential portion electric motor has reached the shift-control start point.
US08523731B2
A welded component comprising two sheet metal components (51, 53) joined by at least one weld seam (55). A first sheet metal component (51) is disk-shaped and a second sheet metal component (53) is pot-shaped, and at least one of the two sheet metal components (51, 53) has a sheet thickness (s). One (51) of the two sheet metal components (51, 53) has a larger sheet thickness (S>s) in an area of the at least one weld seam (55).
US08523726B2
A hybrid drive for a motor vehicle which has a combustion engine, a transmission with a transmission input shaft which can be coupled with the combustion engine, and an electric machine which is positioned between the combustion engine and the transmission. The electric machine has a stator and a rotor which interacts with the transmission input shaft and is supported by a transmission housing input part. The transmission input shaft is supported, by a fixed radial bearing and a spaced radial bearing, in a bearing journal of the transmission housing input part. The rotor is connected, in a rotationally fixed manner, to an extension of the transmission input shaft which protrudes from a bearing journal. A radial shaft seal is positioned at the end of the bearing journal, facing the rotor, and the two radial bearings are cooled and lubricated by transmission oil.
US08523724B2
A method including activating a first clutch assembly to connect a first rotatable member to a rotating final output member until a shift trigger point is reached to provide a rotational speed to the first rotatable member from the final output member. The first clutch assembly is then deactivated. The second clutch assembly that connected a synchronized second rotatable member with the final output member is then deactivated. A third synchronizer engaged with the first rotatable member, and the first clutch assembly is activated to connect the first rotatable member to the final output member.
US08523721B2
A tensioner system for tensioning a power transfer member such as a chain or a belt is disclosed. In one example, the system includes a base adapted to rotate about a main shaft that is operatively coupled to a motor, a housing positioned around the main shaft and a plurality of deformable elastic members positioned within the housing. The system further includes a plurality of deforming members positioned within the housing around the main shaft, wherein the plurality of deforming members are adapted to be urged in a radially outward direction so as to deform the deformable elastic members.
US08523718B1
Arrow vanes, devices and methods for improving arrow vane airfoils for compound arrows, crossbow arrows and traditional arrows, which improves flight characteristics over traditionally manufactured, configured and/or applied vanes. Compound bends in the base of the vanes can be done by clamping the vanes in a channel having a generally straight portion and a generally bent portion. The bent portion can have a helical right bend or a helical left bend. A fletching jig can be used to glue the compound bent bases of the vanes to sides of an arrow shaft.
US08523714B2
A swing training and fitness aid comprising a handle having an extended portion of rotational configuration engaged with a rotating means having flexibly affixed thereto a weight, the weight capable of being rotated along the extended portion in two directions by rotating said handle portion, thereby strengthening the wrists, forearms and shoulders of the user, along with exercising the abdominal muscles and the large muscle groups of the legs.
US08523711B2
A handheld apparatus for displaying a graphic representation of a golf course. The handheld apparatus including a location measuring device that generates location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus; a memory that stores location information corresponding to each of a plurality of features of the golf course; a computing device connected to the location measuring device and the memory that retrieves a subset of the plurality of features of the golf course based on the measured location information generated by the location measuring device; and a display connected to the computing device that displays a graphic representation of the retrieved subset of the plurality of features of the golf course.
US08523707B2
The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core, an envelope layer enclosing the core, an intermediate layer enclosing the envelope layer, and a cover which encloses the intermediate layer and has formed on a surface thereof a plurality of dimples. The core is formed primarily of a rubber material and has a diameter of at least 31 mm, the envelope layer and the intermediate layer are each formed primarily of the same or different resin materials, and the cover is formed primarily of polyurethane. The envelope layer, intermediate layer and cover have thicknesses which satisfy the relationship cover thickness
US08523701B2
A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features provide discrete orientations between the shaft and club head.
US08523691B2
A combination structure for a labyrinth includes plural labyrinth units, which are combined into various labyrinths, respectively composed of four frame rods, a reinforcing support bar and plural fixing members. The four frame rods have their ends butt jointed to form into a square, each frame rod is formed with two connecting ends respectively cut with a recess and provided with an insert hole and each having its wall bored with plural insert holes. The reinforcing support bar is obliquely set inside the four frame rods and formed with two connecting ends respectively bored with an insert hole and having two sides respectively cut with a lengthwise recess. The fixing members are inserted in the insert holes of the connecting ends of the four frame rods and of the reinforcing support bar for securing the four frame rods and the reinforcing support bar together to form a labyrinth unit.
US08523689B2
An axially adjustable driveshaft assembly in a drive train system is described. Two hollow driveshaft sections, where one has a valve through an aperture in it and each has an end fitting, engage each other to form an axially adjustable driveshaft assembly that has a sealed internal chamber within. When a pressurized air or vacuum source is connected to the valve, air fills the chamber or air is removed from the chamber, which correspondingly increases or decreases a drive train system length. This results in facilitating the installation of the driveshaft assembly between a transmission and an axle assembly in a drive train system.
US08523688B2
A hanger bearing coupling includes a bearing for supporting a shaft, the bearing including an inner race mounted onto the shaft, the bearing mounted between at least two hub assemblies mounted one on either side of the bearing on the shaft; and a hanger including an opening for receiving the bearing there through for operably connecting the bearing to the hanger. Each hub assembly including an inner flex hub mounted to the shaft and an outer flex hub resiliently mounted to the inner flex hub wherein the outer flex hubs are adapted to connect to tubular shafts which may be longitudinally misaligned.
US08523683B2
A video game apparatus includes a CPU, the CPU detects marker coordinates data included in input data transmitted from a controller, and calculates indicated coordinates of the controller. A star object indicated by the controller is set as a target object by a player pressing a B-trigger switch. Then, a player object executes a processing according to the target object. For example, when the player continues to press the B-trigger switch, the player object is moved to approach the target object.
US08523671B2
Trajectory-based games of chance are described that may be implemented on a video gaming machine. In a trajectory-based game of chance, a trajectory of a game object may be generated in a 3-D gaming environment. A wager may be made on an aspect of the game object's trajectory in the gaming environment such as a termination location for the trajectory of the game object. The aspect of the game object's trajectory may occur according to a known probability. Hence, an award for the trajectory-based game of chance may be proportional to the probability of the aspect of the game object's trajectory occurring.
US08523670B2
A gaming system and method which includes enabling a first player at a first gaming device to initiate at least one play of a first game, enabling a second player at a second gaming device to initiate at least one play of a second game, determining, based at least in part on at least one activity of the first player, a benefit, and providing the determined benefit to the second player.
US08523668B2
The invention generally relates to a lock-box device that requires a child or any other user to answer one or more educational questions correctly before being allowed access to one or more entertainment systems that require power such as a television, a computer, and a video game console.
US08523664B2
A machine having a card processing assembly. The machine has a plurality of card holders connectable to the card processing assembly. One card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with one condition. At least one other card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with another condition.
US08523659B2
A gaming system selects and displays one of a plurality of symbol blocks in each of a plurality of block positions, wherein each of the selected blocks includes at least one partial symbol. Each partial symbol has at least one complementary partial symbol which, when arranged in a designated spatial relationship with one another, form a complete matching symbol. If any of the partial symbols on the selected blocks create a complete matching symbol, the gaming system provides at least one award to the player. Each matching block which includes any portion of a complete matching symbol is then removed, creating an empty block position. The gaming system then fills the empty block position by either shifting a displayed block into the empty block position or by selecting a new block. The gaming system repeats this process until no complete matching symbols are formed.
US08523657B2
The gaming system may enable a player to wager an amount of bitcoins on one or more plays of one or more primary or base games. If a player wagers an amount of bitcoins on a play of a game, the gaming system may determine and display an outcome for the play of the game. The gaming system then may determine if any award may be associated with the determined outcome. If an award having a value greater than zero is associated with the determined outcome, the gaming system may provide the determined award to the player, such as an amount of bitcoins.
US08523654B2
A method of gaming comprising: selecting a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions, the selecting being performed by selecting from a set of symbols including one or more modifiable symbols, each modifiable symbol adapted to receive a modifier; determining whether a corresponding modifier is a available for each selected modifiable symbol; modifying each selected modifiable symbol in respect of which a positive determination is made by adding the modifier to the modifiable symbol; and determining whether to make an award based on the plurality of symbols as modified.
US08523653B2
A result represented by a matched bingo card representation is displayed to a player in a bingo-type game through a result representation provided at a suitable player station. Each result representation includes a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game. That is, although the game results are simply bingo game results defined by predetermined patterns of matches between the various card designations and the designation set produced or called for a particular bingo-type game, the game results are displayed to the players with a graphical display including a graphic that is not merely a graphical representation or reproduction of a bingo card.
US08523650B2
A method provides a player tracking system and system gaming apparatus for playing non-base games by funding the credit side of a gaming cycle. The system further includes at least one gaming device having a base game. The player tracking system and system gaming apparatus includes a player tracking user interface. The player tracking user interface provides a player with an opportunity to select and play a non-base game that may be promotional-funded or player-funded.
US08523637B2
A dust shroud for an angle grinder includes an access hatch which slides along the shroud body to selectively expose an edge of a grinding disc to allow grinding into a corner. The hatch remains attached to the shroud body in both the open and closed position, making the hatch easier to use and less likely to become lost, resulting in increased worker compliance in properly using the hatch.
US08523636B2
A working object grinding method capable of grinding a working object reliably is provided. A working object 1 is irradiated with a laser beam while locating a converging point therewithin, so as to form a reformed region 7 in the working object 1 along a reformed-region forming line set at a predetermined distance inside from an outer edge of the working object 1 along the outer edge, and a rear face 21 of the working object 1 is ground. As a result, the reformed region 7 or fissures C1 extending therefrom can inhibit fissures generated in an outer edge portion 25 upon grinding the working object 1 from advancing to the inside, whereby the working object 1 can be prevented from fracturing.
US08523632B2
Particularly, a thin-film solar cell panel or the like is processed without necessity of attaching and detaching of mask and washing steps with respect to a workpiece in a fine blasting employing a fine abrasive. A negative pressure space (20) and an opposing negative pressure space (40) having openings (22, 42) are opposed by being spaced at a movement allowable interval of the workpiece such as a thin-film solar cell panel or the like and so as to face one side edge in the same direction as a moving direction of the workpiece. Then, a fine abrasive is injected from a blast gun (30) in which an injection hole (31) is disposed within the negative pressure space (20), the workpiece is relatively moved in a moving direction (T) with respect to the injection hole, and while the fine abrasive is injected, compressed gas generating a gas flow having a diffusing direction substantially parallel to the relative moving direction of the workpiece to carry out air blow, thereby the fine abrasive and a cut scrap injected from a space within each of negative pressure space through the intermediary of a suction device communicated with the negative pressure space (20) and/or the opposing negative pressure space (40).
US08523629B2
A variable compression hybrid design sports bra offers both compression and encapsulation to support the breasts of a user. The front member of the bra includes a rib band extending across the front, and left and right cups connected at bottom portions thereof to the rib band so as to extend above the rib band. The front member also includes a shaped compression panel or bust cup which receives the left and right cups therein. This compression panel is made of an elastic material, is connected to the rib band at a lower portion thereof, and has left and right upper front portions extending from a main portion thereof. An attachment system or mechanism adjustably attaches the compression panel with a strap system to adjustably stretch the compression panel over and thus compress the left and right cups. The cups are supported by crossing slings.
US08523622B2
A rescue appliance for evacuating physically-compromised persons is disclosed. A rescue appliance includes a platform configured to support a prone evacuee, a set of wheels coupled with the platform to support the platform relative to a floor surface, and a protection assembly coupled with the platform. The protection assembly is configurable to surround the prone evacuee to protect the evacuee from a fire. The protection assembly can be configured to encase the prone evacuee. The rescue appliance can be configured to be sufficiently buoyant to support an evacuee on water to allow evacuation in a flooding emergency. Two or more rescue appliances can be coupled together to form a train so that multiple persons can be evacuated simultaneously.
US08523614B2
[Object] To provide a card socket having a structure that achieves a low profile.[Solving Means] The base portion of a card frame is basically constituted by a base frame (100) made of metal. Resin is used only for parts where absolutely necessary, such as a housing (200) for retaining contacts (300) and a switch piece holding housing (700) that retains a second switch piece (620). Thus, the resin thickness can be reduced while maintaining the strength of the card socket, so that the structure of the card socket is simplified and a low profile can be achieved.
US08523611B2
An electrical connector comprises a printed circuit board (12) having a rear edge connected to the cable (10) and a front edge opposite to the rear edge, a number of upper contact modules (21) stacked along the front edge on a top side (122) of the printed circuit board (12), and a number of lower contact modules (22) stacked along the front edge on a bottom side 124 of the printed circuit board (12). Each of the contact modules (21, 22) has a conductor pairs (14) for transferring signal differential pairs lined along a column direction perpendicular to the printed circuit board (12) and an insulator (152, 156) encapsulating a portion of each conductor (14) of the conductor pairs.
US08523610B2
Described are connectors having a substrate, a first interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a second interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a third interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a housing coupled to the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the first interface connection terminal set, the second interface connection terminal set, and the third interface connection terminal set, and a shell coupled to the housing and the substrate, wherein the first interface connection terminal set and the second interface connection terminal set are configured to support at least two interface connection standards with interfaces that are mechanically different.
US08523608B2
A connector assembly includes a connector and a fixing plate. The connector includes a block, a connector body formed on a front side of the block, two protrusions at the top and two at the bottom of the block, a limiting member acting as a backplate, and a protruding and deformable latch extending from the block. The fixing plate defines an opening, two notches communicating with the opening, and a positioning hole. When the connector body is pushed through the opening with the two protrusions respectively aligning with and passing through the two notches, the latch is deformed to abut against a rear surface of the fixing plate. The connector may be slid along the opening, to allow the latch to engage in the positioning hole. The protrusions are caught and locked in place by a front surface of the fixing plate.
US08523606B2
A test socket is provided including a socket board, socket pins and a guiding member. The socket pins are exposed to an upper surface of the socket board and are configured to be electrically contacted by external terminals of an object. The guiding member is disposed on an upper surface of the socket board and is arranged to guide the external terminals as a single unit to contact the external terminals with the socket pins. The guiding member is also configured to a center of the socket board with a center of the object.
US08523605B2
A loop connector comprises first and second connectors. The first connector has a first housing and a pair of first terminals, is configured to be surface-mounted on a top surface of a board, and has a fitting face thereof extending in a direction intersecting the top surface of the board. The second connector has a second housing and a second terminal configured to contact one of the first terminals, is configured to engage the first connector, and has a fitting face thereof extending in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the second terminal. The second housing is provided with a second terminal accommodation-concave portion. The second terminal is provided with a pair of terminal bodies and a connecting portion to connect thereto, the terminal bodies being perpendicular to the connecting portion when the second terminal is press-fit into the second terminal accommodation-concave portion.
US08523603B2
A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The second connector is engageable with the first connector along a downward direction in a state where the first connector is below the second connector. The second connector includes a second contact, a second holding member and an operating portion. The operating portion is held by the second holding member so that a positional relation therebetween is kept when a force is applied to the operating portion along an upward direction and when a force is applied to the operating portion along a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the upward direction or a second horizontal direction opposite to the first horizontal direction. The second connector is removable from the first connector when a force is applied to the operating portion either along the upward direction or along the first or second horizontal direction.
US08523596B2
A power plug locking device used with a door lock drive source that locks a vehicle door includes a lock mechanism switched between a lock state, in which removal of a power plug from an inlet is prohibited, and an unlock state, in which the removal is permitted. A plug lock drive source performs an unlocking operation that switches the lock mechanism to the unlock state. A plug lock detector, which detects whether the lock mechanism is in the lock state, is connected between the plug lock drive source and an unlock terminal of the door lock drive source. A power supply circuit supplies the plug lock drive source with current and switches the lock mechanism to the unlock state when the door lock drive source is performing an unlocking operation while the plug lock detector is detecting that the lock mechanism is in the lock state.
US08523592B1
An electrical connector includes a base, a cover and at least one elastic member. The base is disposed with at least one fastening portion and at least one pivoting portion. The cover covers on the base, disposed with at least one locking portion correspondingly locking the fastening portion, and capable of being opened or closed relative to the base about the pivoting portion. The at least one elastic member press against the base. When the locking portion unlocks the fastening portion, the elastic member pops up automatically due to elasticity, so that an operating space is formed below the cover to allow an operator to open the cover with fingers, which facilitates operation and does not cause injuries of the fingers, thereby ensuring safe use.
US08523584B2
A connector includes a connector body having cavities with through-holes disposed therein. Sealing membranes are received in the cavities and serve to protect the connector from the environment. Wire conductors may pierce the sealing membranes, and may be received by the through-holes of the cavities in the connector. In cavities in which wire conductors have been received, each sealing membrane forms a seal around a corresponding wire conductor. The connector body is formed from a first material, and the sealing membranes are formed from a second material, different from the first material.
US08523583B2
A receptacle connector used as an electrical connector. The receptacle connector includes: a housing in which a receiving space is formed, a connection target being inserted in the receiving space; a plurality of contacts being arranged parallel to one another, having a plurality of signal line contacts and a plurality of ground contacts, and being placed with every two adjacent signal line contacts for transmitting signals interposed between two ground contacts; a supporting member made of an electrically-insulating synthetic resin material, and configured to integrally support and fix thereto the plurality of contacts; and a common contact made of a conductive resin material and configured to be provided with a certain gap from each of the plurality of ground contacts to electrically connect the plurality of ground contacts. The plurality of contacts integrated together by the supporting member are received in the receiving space.
US08523581B2
A header connector assembly and a process of fabricating a header connector assembly is disclosed. The header connector assembly includes a header subassembly and a module. The header subassembly includes an outer housing and an inner housing, the inner housing having contacts and a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is attached to the header subassembly.
US08523578B2
An equipment provided with a docking device for receiving an extractable element comprising a housing carrying a pluggable connector and having at least one grounding surface, the equipment comprising a printed circuit card carrying a device including a central body from which there extend two parallel rails for slidably receiving side portions of the housing, and a connector having tabs soldered to the printed circuit while being arranged to co-operate with the pluggable connector of the extractable element in the sliding direction, and at least one contact element comprising a fastener tab soldered to the printed circuit, the contact element being electrically conductive and being arranged to be pressed against the grounding surface while the extractable element is being put into place in the equipment.
US08523571B1
A family organization and communication tool is preferably provided via a web site that enables internet access by both parents and their children. The tool provides features for the managing, scheduling and sharing of information among the parents and children of blended families. Specifically, the tool provides for an access schedule calendar to which can be posted specific events requiring the pick up and drop off responsibilities of a parent. Additionally, the tool provides a means for electronically requesting a swap or trade in days of responsibility for a child and the tool provides for an “ask and approve” expense log for the sharing of children's expenses among parents. The tool further provides for date and time stamping of access by the parents or children to each web page within the tool and for protected entries, entries that can only be edited or deleted by the original creator.
US08523570B2
A system and method for providing a personalized face chart. A digital image of the subject's face is obtained. A facial region of the digital image is identified. A line drawing is generated based on at least the facial region of the digital image.
US08523569B2
The present invention relates to a method of delivering local anesthetic after dental extraction surgery. The present invention relates to packing the tooth socket with a tinned release local anesthetic which is coordinated with an initial local anesthetic and which lasts up to 5 days. The socket can be surgically sealed or the implant can act as the sealing means.
US08523567B2
The present invention relates to an adjustable dental implant bar system. There is provided a dental implant bar which can be adjusted and which may have articulated and telescopic arms and which can be further secured to implant heads already installed in the patient's mouth or alternatively on a manufactured model made with computerized surgical simulation software or using a conventional dental printing system with transfers.
US08523566B2
Drill sleeve (1) for a dental drill (70) having a hollow and cylindrical shape and a longitudinal axis A, a circular inner surface (10) for guiding the dental drill (70), and an outer surface (15) intended to be inserted into a template (50). The outer surface (15) of the drill sleeve (1) has at least one longitudinal flattened or concave area (20, 120), the circular inner surface (10) is essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis A, and the drill sleeve (1) is thin-walled.
US08523564B2
An orthodontic retainer system including retainer modules that are applied to adjacent teeth in a patient's mouth. The retainer modules may be provided in the form of mutually attracted members, such as magnets, that are temporary coupled on opposites sides of a delivery member for positioning and bonding to an adjacent pair of teeth. In one exemplary embodiment, the retainer modules have rounded and/or chamfered edges and sloped and curved lingual surfaces, and may include a magnet that is received and sealed within an enclosure or cover that has the same shape or profile as the magnet and is made of a wear-resistant biocompatible material.
US08523562B2
Kilns for processing ceramics and methods for using such kilns are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a kiln includes an inner body configured to hold one or more ceramic workpieces for processing. The kiln can also include an outer body at least partially surrounding the inner body and spaced apart from the inner body to define an airflow passageway therebetween. The airflow passageway includes an inlet proximate to an upper portion of the outer body and an outlet proximate to a lower portion of the outer body. The kiln can further include an air mover positioned to move air through the airflow passageway from the inlet toward the outlet. In several embodiments, the kiln can additionally include a lid assembly pivotably coupled to the outer body and configured to sealably close against at least the inner body.
US08523561B2
A combustor of a water heater includes a burner member and a flame cover. The burner member has a passageway therein with an inlet and an outlet. The flame cover has a plurality of flame holes. The character of the present invention is that the burner member is provided with a room at a top thereof communicated with the passageway. A separating device is put in the room, and the flame cover is connected to the burner member to cover the separating device The separating device has a main outlet and two side outlets right under the flame holes of the flame cover to generate main flames and side flames respectively.
US08523558B2
An injection mold (1) may include: an outer block (100) that is mounted and fixed to an injection molding machine and divided into an upper mold (110) and a lower mold (120), an inner block (200) composed of an upper block (230) and a lower block (220) that are replaceably mounted on the upper mold (110) and the lower mold (120), respectively; a metal core (300) mounted in the inner block (200) and has a cavity (310) for forming a molded product (10) with a molded portion having a size of tens to hundreds of micrometers; an ejector (400) coupled to the inner block (200) and removes the molded product (10) in the cavity (310) by moving straight; a driving unit (500) disposed inside the lower mold (120) is moved up/down by hydraulic pressure or pneumatic pressure supplied from the outside, and drives the ejector (400).
US08523556B2
An injection blow molding (IBM) system and method for forming a plurality of parisons and molded articles. The IBM system includes an injection station having two die sets and a plurality of first and second body mold halves each attached to a respective die set. Each of the first body mold halves has a corresponding second body mold half with which it cooperatively defines a cavity for forming the exterior shape of the body of one of the parisons. The individual, independent attachment of the body mold halves to the die sets allows easy individual replacement of faulty or worn molds. Further, such an attachment configuration also permits the body mold halves connected to a common die set to be spaced from one another, so as to reduce thermal expansion problems and ease dimensional tolerances required for the width of the body mold halves.
US08523552B2
The invention relates to a device for extruding plastic profiles, preferably plastic tubes, to which plasticized bulk plastic can be fed, and comprising a plurality of ring channels (5) combined by means of a flow conjunction (4) to a common melt channel (2). According to the invention, the tool (1) is divided into three functional areas, wherein the three functional areas are a distribution area (7), a cooling area (8), and a forming area (9), wherein cooling channels (3) are disposed about the ring channels (5) in the cooling area (8). The invention further relates to a method for extruding plastic profiles, preferably plastic tubes, comprising the following steps: a) feeding bulk plastic from one or more extruders into one or more infeed channels (6), b) wherein the fed bulk plastic is divided into partial flows in a distribution area (7), c) transport of the bulk plastic into at least two ring channels (5) located in a cooling area (8) of the tool (1), d) cooling the bulk plastic by means of cooling channels (3) disposed around the ring channels (5), e) joining the pre-cooled partial flows at a flow conjunction (4) to form an overall melt flow in a melt channel (2), f) forming the desired plastic product, g) feeding the formed plastic product into a cooling and calibrating station.
US08523550B2
A powder press for producing a metal powder compact comprises an upper punch arrangement and a lower punch arrangement (1) which accommodates the die arrangement (3) which forms the mold cavity (8) into which the metal powder is filled, whereupon the pressing process is carried out. The lower punch arrangement (1) is equipped with a plate (2) on which the die arrangement (3) is placed and to which plate (2) cross pressing devices (4) are fastened. Each cross pressing device (4) is equipped with a cross pressing punch (5) that can be linearly driven by a drive unit and that can be pressed into and retracted out of the mold cavity (8) in the cross pressing direction through an opening (6) in the die (7) which is essentially perpendicular to the pressing direction. The drive unit of each cross pressing device (4) comprises a linear drive unit with a fixed part fastened to the frame (18) of the cross pressing device (4) and a part which is linearly moveable relative to the fixed part, said linearly moveable part being connected to a first wedge (19) whose wedge surface (22) acts on the wedge surface (23) of a second wedge (24) that can be moved essentially perpendicularly to the first wedge (19) in the direction of cross pressing. This allows compacts to be produced which exhibit lateral holes, side impressions or side impressions and protrusions applied during the pressing process, whereby the forces produced in the cross pressing direction can be optimally absorbed.
US08523546B2
A rotary engine has a cycloid rotor and a sealing grid including a face seal that rotates with the rotor, and including other seals that do not rotate with the rotor. As the rotor rotates within a housing, the rotor, housing and seal grid form at least one working chamber between them, the chamber undergoing a change from initial volume V1 to V2, which is less than V1, thus compressing a working medium, and subsequently expanding to volume V3, which may be larger than V1, such that the chamber volume is a smooth and continuous function of rotor's rotational angle.
US08523543B2
A pumping assembly includes a well head with a radial flow channel for pumped fluids. A spacer stand is secured to the well head. A hydraulic pump is provided with a housing secured to the spacer stand. The hydraulic pump has a hydraulic ram tied to a reciprocating annular piston having a central bore. When the annular piston moves in an upward direction the hydraulic ram moves toward an extended position extending from the housing. When the annular piston moves in a downward direction, the hydraulic ram moves toward a retracted position retracted within the housing. A polish rod extends up through the central bore of the annular piston and is held in position by a polish rod clamp positioned on top of the hydraulic ram. The polish rod moves with the hydraulic ram.
US08523536B2
An axial piston pump has: a cylinder body that forms therein a cylinder chamber extending in an axial direction of a drive shaft and rotates integrally with a driven shaft; a piston that reciprocates in the axial direction of the drive shaft; and a cam device that rotates integrally with the drive shaft and has: a fixed cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with a cam follower coupled to the piston and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the fixed cam member in the axial direction being restricted; and a movable cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with the cam follower and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the movable cam member in the axial direction being allowed, irregularity differences in the axial direction of the cam surface of the fixed cam member and the movable cam member being different from each other.
US08523535B2
An adjusting valve adjusting valve for adjusting the delivery volume of a displacement pump includes a valve casing, a valve piston which is mounted such that the valve piston can be moved within the valve casing, a valve spring which counteracts a force exerted by the valve-actuating pressure on the valve piston, and an adjusting device serving to adjust the valve piston in the direction of or counter to the force exerted by the valve-actuating pressure. A displacement pump exhibiting an adjustable delivery volume, includes a pump casing, a delivery chamber formed in the pump casing and a delivery member and the adjusting valve for adjusting the delivery volume, arranged in a flow of the fluid delivered by the delivery member.
US08523528B2
A locking device including a hoop, the hoop curling up to form an axial mounting hole in the middle. An upper convex block, a lower convex block, a middle aperture, a left aperture, a right aperture, an upper convex ear, a lower convex ear, an upper guiding inclined plane, and a lower guiding inclined plane are disposed in the device. The upper convex block and the lower convex block move axially to narrow the middle aperture, the upper guiding inclined plane and the lower guiding inclined plane contact with each other to make the upper convex block and the lower convex block to move circumferentially to narrow both the left aperture and the right aperture and enable the hoop to tightly hold objects inside the axial mounting hole.
US08523526B2
A blade for a gas turbine, is provided and includes a blade airfoil which extends in a blade longitudinal direction and at the lower end merges into a shank which terminates in a blade root for fastening the blade on a blade carrier, particularly on a rotor disk. Devices for cooling the blade, which are supplied with a cooling medium, especially cooling air, via a feed hole arranged on the shank at the side, are arranged inside the blade airfoil. In the region of the feed hole provision is made for a planar stiffening element which reaches beyond the immediate region of the feed hole for reducing peaks of mechanical stress.
US08523524B2
An airfoil is provided and includes a body formed to define a substantially radially extending cooling hole therein, which is configured to be receptive of a supply of a coolant for removing heat from the body, and a flag region therein, which is fluidly communicative with the cooling hole and thereby configured to be receptive of a portion of the supply of the coolant such that the coolant portion is directed to form a vortex within the flag region to increase heat removal from the body beyond that provided by the coolant flow through the cooling hole.
US08523522B1
A functional rotor, desirably but not necessarily a Savonius, helical, or other vertical axis wind turbine rotor, has other functions in addition to driving a useful driven mechanism (such as an electricity or hydrogen generator, pump, etc.). The rotor has exterior rotating surface areas and at least one of design, aesthetic, holographic, reflective, and informational elements on those areas that create the illusion of movement distinct from the rotation of the rotor itself. The elements may be substantially vertical holographic material or reflective material stripes alternating with non-holographic or non-reflective stripes, or at least one of design and aesthetic elements disposed to create a spiral movement illusion. The elements may be selected and positioned so that a message or design is completed in the viewer's eye only upon rotation of the surface areas. The rotor may simulate a praxinoscope, phenakistascope, or zoetrope. A Savonius VAWT may be provided having a rotor with vanes having relatively large, uninterrupted exterior surface areas, a covering for at least one of the exterior surface areas, and removable attachment elements which operatively removably connect the covering to at least one exterior surface area. The removable attachment elements may comprise cooperating hook and loop fasteners on the covering and the vane exterior surface area, or cooperating permanent magnets or magnetic material. A number of different messages may be provided on the surface areas, each primarily visible at a different speed of rotation of the vanes than the others.
US08523519B2
An alloy suitable for use in a rotor, such as one or more regions of a steam turbine rotor, as well as a forged rotor formed with the alloy. The alloy consists of, by weight, 0.20 to 0.30% carbon, 0.80 to 1.5% chromium, 0.80 to 1.5% molybdenum, 0.50 to 0.90% vanadium, 0.30 to 0.80% nickel, 0.05 to 0.15% titanium, 0.20 to 1.0% manganese, and 0.005 to 0.012% boron, the balance iron, optionally low levels of other alloying constituents, and incidental impurities.
US08523512B2
A method for mitigating restart pinch during a hot restart. The method comprises providing a gas turbine engine including a stator and a rotor rotatably situated within the casing of the stator and providing an external heat source capable of selectively supplying auxiliary heat to the casing. The method further comprises operating the gas turbine engine for a first period of time at a steady state condition without supplying the auxiliary heat to the casing and supplying the auxiliary heat to the casing for a second period of time when shutting down the gas turbine after operating at the steady state condition for the first period of time.
US08523498B2
A cutting insert includes a cutting edge formed at an intersection of a rake face formed on a first surface and a relief face with a positive relief angle. The relief face includes a major relief face located adjacent to a major cutting edge, a first minor relief face located adjacent to the first minor cutting edge, and an intermediate relief face located adjacent to the intermediate cutting edge and extending between the major relief face and the first minor relief face. The intermediate relief face includes a protruding curved relief face extending from the first surface. An intersection of the curved relief face and the rake face has a predetermined radius of curvature and has substantially the same shape as that of an intersection of the curved relief face and a second surface.
US08523497B2
A pair of sub-flank surfaces is formed at a vertex angle portion of an insert body having a substantially polygonal, plate-like shape, and between the sub flank surfaces, a vertex flank surface at a vertical angle portion is formed substantially in a protrusive, curved shape, and is smoothly connected to the sub-flank surfaces in a tangential direction. The vertex flank surface at the vertex angle portion is extended across the entire thickness of the insert body, and boundary lines, between the vertex flank surface at the vertex angle portion and a pair of minor cutting edges, are parallel to each other. A second curved ridge line, which is formed between (i) the flank surface and (ii) the rake surface, and a first curved ridge line, which is formed between (i) the flank surface and (ii) the seat surface, have approximately same shape.
US08523495B2
The bulkhead anchoring system includes a plurality of concrete slabs which are sufficiently heavy to remain in place on a bottom surface of a waterway, due to high suction produced by the bottom of the waterway on the slabs. The slabs are positioned close to or adjacent the bulkhead. Risers extend vertically upwardly from the concrete slabs, at the rear corners thereof, positioned such that the risers are in contact with the bulkhead. The risers are concrete if the waterway is saltwater or can be galvanized steel if the waterway is fresh water.
US08523493B2
In a vessel utilized for providing powdered materials, such as binder, for the construction of an in-situ piling, the vessel has a binder feeding system having a fluidization chamber, where the fluidization chamber receives air at a higher pressure than the substantial portion of the remainder of the vessel. This higher pressure enhances the fluidization of the powered materials as the materials are dispersed through an actuated valve at the bottom of the vessel. This system results in a decreased volume of air required for transporting the powdered materials through the feeder hose to the tool in the piling borehole, thereby reducing the creation of air pockets in the in-situ piling. This feeder system replaces the cell wheel currently used in binder feeder systems.
US08523479B2
Disclosed anti-ram systems comprise at least one bollard section comprising a base of limited height and a plurality of spaced bollards extending upwardly from the base, which may be erected or installed on a paved surface such as asphalt, concrete, paver stones, etc., or on an unpaved surface such as soil, and need not be partially of fully buried, and yet can qualify for Department of State crash ratings previously assigned to buried bollard systems. Disclosed anti-ram systems also comprise a plurality of bollard sections and one or more connectors for interconnecting two or more of the bollard sections, and may also include an anchor or anchor system engaging at least each end of a bollard section not connected to another bollard section. The bollard sections may be filled with ballast and high friction structure may be attached to the bottom of the bollard sections to resist sliding after impact.
US08523477B2
Restrictor plates and systems for a catch basin hood are provided. The hood can include a front external surface, a front internal surface and an inlet extending therebetween. The hood inlet can defined by a plurality of surfaces, such as a top surface and a bottom surface oriented so that a height-wise cross-section of a flow channel defined by the hood inlet can be substantially trapezoidal, narrowing from an upstream side towards a downstream side. The restrictor plate can include a curbed inlet defined by a plurality of walls, including a top wall and a bottom wall oriented so that a height-wise cross-section of a curbed flow channel defined by the curbed inlet is substantially trapezoidal, whereby the top and bottom walls of the curbed inlet are disposed against respective top and bottom surfaces of the hood inlet without contacting the hood front external surface when secured thereto.
US08523474B2
A liquid dispensing device with ratchet is provided with a container, a transmission assembly, a dispensing assembly, and a cap. A pulling of the cap away from the container bounces a carrier and unblocks an inlet opening. A further turning of the sleeve toward a predetermined direction co-rotates both the rotation ring and the externally threaded pipe to move the plunger toward bottom of the container along the externally threaded pipe in order to push the liquid to flow to the application head via the channel, the inlet opening, and the passage.
US08523472B2
A portable oral care system comprises an oral care implement and a dentifrice container. The portable oral care system has an oral care implement with a handle and a head with a tooth cleaning element. The oral care implement is collapsible to be configurable between a use and a transport state. Further, the oral care system has a dentifrice container with a cavity for holding dentifrice and a dispensing outlet. Further, when the oral care implement is in the transport state, it is engagable with the dentifrice container for securing the oral care implement to the dentifrice container.
US08523470B2
A lipstick, lip gloss and lip liner are arranged in a single bullet-shaped body. The lip gloss forms a core of the body and the lipstick forms a sheath that coaxially envelopes the lip gloss core. The body has an upper lip liner part that extends along a first side, and a lower lip liner part that extends along the a second side of the body opposite the first side. The cross-section of the body is a pendant shape. An upper half of the pendant shape is wedge-shaped and defines an apex. A lower half of the pendant shape is semi-circular shaped and defines a rounded portion. The upper lip liner part is positioned in the apex and the lower lip liner part is positioned in a center of the rounded portion.
US08523468B2
A dual-purpose utility writing instrument containing a pen and/or pencil at one end and a lip balm applicator at the other end for lip treatment. A wall divides the apparatus into two chambers, where one end of the pen and/or pencil apparatus may contain ink or lead and the other end may contain a balm for topical application, so that both the balm and writing instrument can be conveniently carried in a single apparatus.
US08523466B2
An image forming apparatus including: a housing configured to accommodating an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet; and a conveying mechanism configured to at least partially define a conveying path for guiding the sheet to the image forming portion, wherein the conveying mechanism includes a first conveying element including an upstream end on which a feeding assembly for feeding the sheet is formed, and a second conveying element confronting the first conveying element to form the conveying path in cooperation with the first conveying element, and the housing includes a rail configured to guide displacement of the second conveying element from a first position where the second conveying element forms the conveying path along the first conveying element to a second position where the second conveying element is away from the first conveying element.
US08523464B2
This disclosure describes an ergonomic computer keyboard with an integrated joystick pointing device. The keyboard incorporates a palm support and a key orientation that enables a user to rest his hand on the palm support and access keys. The joystick pointing device is situated on a portion of the keyboard that is closest to the user such that the user can manipulate the joystick pointing device without removing his hands from the keyboard.
US08523461B2
An optical transceiver that provides an inner metal cover in addition to a metal cover and a frame is disclosed. The inner cover includes a ceiling, a front skirt bent downward at a front edge of the ceiling, sides bent downward at both side edges of the ceiling, and a pair of arms extending rearward from respective side ends of the ceiling. The ceiling makes an obtuse angle with respect to the front skirt when the arms are not assembled with the frame, and shapes in convex protruding outward when the metal cover is not assembled with frame and. Assembling the inner cover and the metal cover with the frame, the inner cover comes in securely contact with the metal cover.
US08523458B2
A fiber optic interface device with a bent optical path has a ferrule with a body having front and rear ends and an internal cavity adjacent the front end and defined by a rear wall and a bottom wall. The bottom wall defines at least one lens. The device includes at least one optical waveguide that defines the bent optical path. The ferrule supports at least one optical waveguide so that the bent optical path resides within the cavity, with the fiber end being operably aligned with the at least one lens. A fiber optic interface assembly is formed by mating the device with a second fiber optic interface device.
US08523446B2
This wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member, an inner member, and a plurality of rows of rolling elements between opposed rolling surfaces in both members. At least one sensor unit is provided on the outer diametric surface of the outer member, which is stationary. The sensor unit is made up of a strain generating member having two or more contact fixing segments adapted to be fixed to an outer diametric surface of the outer member in contact therewith and a sensor fitted to the strain generating member for detecting a strain induced in this strain generating member. A groove is provided in the outer diametric surface of the outer member at a location adjacent to the neighboring two contact fixing segments of the sensor unit.
US08523445B2
This invention relates to bearings, and more specifically is directed to active hydrostatic bearings destined for large heavily loaded reciprocating internal combustion engines, like ultra high compression ratio Diesel cycle engines, and homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and detonation engines working on stoichiometric fuel/air mixture. A fluid handling system therefore, method and apparatus are also disclosed.
US08523444B2
The invention relates to a ring (120) that is intended for being mounted tightly around a shaft of a hydraulic machine to form a portion of a hydrostatic or hydrodynamic bearing. The ring includes at least one first section (122), at least one second section (124) and means (132) for mounting the first and second sections around the shaft. Each section (122, 124) includes two edge surfaces (1223, 1243) connecting the external (1221, 1241) and internal (1222, 1242) radial surfaces thereof. The first section (122) is provided with at least one threaded hole (127) accessible via an edge surface (1223) and capable of receiving a screw (132) projecting from an edge surface (1243) of the second section (124). The screw (132) is provided, on the portion of the shank (134) thereof that projects from the second section (124), with at least one raised pattern (140) for rotatably moving the shank (134) in order to screw or unscrew the shank in the threaded hole (127). The screw (132) is provided with a piston (130) sliding in a recess (128) arranged in the second section (124), connecting to the edge surface (1243) of the second section and isolated from the outside by a bearing (136). The second section (124) is provided with means for supplying pressurized fluid to a chamber (C1) with variable volume arranged between the piston (130) and the bearing (136), inside the recess (128).
US08523442B2
Disclosed is a supporting bearing for providing a large rotary module with an axial supporting force. The supporting bearing includes a body, a sliding track and a plurality of rolling members, wherein the sliding track is embedded in the body, and the rolling members are disposed so as to roll in the sliding track and to protrude from the top of the body, thereby providing higher precision and better rigidity to the large rotary module.
US08523440B2
A fillable, sealable, disposable container for storing, transporting and consuming a liquid, such as an individual beverage serving, has opposed front and back walls joined along their opposed sides. Each wall has an upper portion, defining an opening for filling the container, and a lower portion, connecting the lower portions of the front and back walls, for stabilizing the container for filling. A sealable fluid-tight liquid retaining seal is provided at the opening, for sealing the container when filled. Means are provided for creating a hole in the front wall of the container to extract the liquid.
US08523439B2
The present invention relates to polymeric bags, particularly polymeric drawstring trash bags. The present invention comprises a trash bag having an elastic drawstring. The elastic drawstring trash bag features a short seal and an inner seal at each upper corner of the drawstring trash bag. The short seal and inner seal are separated by a small unsealed area. The inner seal serves to reduce the upper opening of the drawstring trash bag, while the elastic drawstring utilized with the bag provides a bag that allows the bag to fit snugly on many common trash receptacles.
US08523435B2
The invention relates to a packaging bag comprising at least one flap (24, 28) which is folded against one face of the bag body (10) and which is held in position by means of a removable linking element (30, 32). The invention is characterized in that the bag also comprises an element (50) which is designed to ensure that the bag can be opened and reclosed, which extends transversely to the fold line (22) of the flap and which covers the entire width of said flap (24, 28) and at least a substantial part of the bag body.
US08523432B2
A temperature sensor includes a polymer body for mounting the sensor to a mounting surface and positioning a temperature sensing element within a target fluid. The temperature sensing element may be positioned at the distal end of the polymer body and may be sealed from the fluid by a metal cap filled with a thermally conductive material. In this manner, the polymer body may thermally insulate the temperature sensing element and lead conductors within the polymer body from the mounting surface. The polymer body may also include a connector on the proximal end to facilitate an electrical connection with the temperature sensing element, a flange to install the sensor against the mounting surface, and a fixation surface configured to mate with the mounting surface. In some examples, the polymer body may be constructed in two stages to facilitate different configurations of the connector, flange, and/or fixation surface.
US08523431B2
A thermometer is constituted by a body member and a tip member secured to the body member. A thermal sensor is mounted on the inside of the tip member, adapted for sensing a temperature and producing a temperature signal. A set of leas wires is coupled to the thermal sensor for transmission of the temperature signal. A display unit is disposed on the body member and a processor is disposed to electrically connect the set of lead wires to receive the temperature signal and drive the display unit for display of a corresponding temperature reading. A rear cover is secured to the body member. A mechanical selector is disposed between the processor and the rear cover and the type of temperature scale displayed in the display unit is selected by pushing the mechanical selector from the rear cover.
US08523429B2
A remote, noncontact temperature determination method and apparatus is provided, which is operable to determine the temperature of a conducting member forming a part of or in operative thermal communication with an object of interest. The method comprises the steps of first inducing a closed vortex eddy current (28) in a conducting member (16, 38, 44) by subjecting the member (16, 38, 44) to a magnetic field, such that the corresponding eddy current magnitude changes exponentially over time. A characteristic time constant of the exponential current magnitude changes is then determined, and this is used to calculate the temperature of the object. The apparatus (24) includes a field transmitting coil (14) coupled with a waveform generator (12) for inducing the eddy current (28), and a field receiving coil assembly (18) which detects the corresponding magnetic field induced by the eddy current (28). Using the invention, temperature determinations can be made which are substantially independent of the relative distance and/or angular orientation between the conducting member (16, 38, 44) and the field receiving coil assembly (18).
US08523427B2
A sensor device formed on a semiconductor substrate. The device comprises a thermal radiation sensor including a sensing cell and a referencing cell which are co-operable for providing a first output signal indicative of the temperature fluctuation resulting from incident radiation. A gradient sensor including a pair of cells spatially located on the semiconductor substrate is provided which are co-operable to provide a second output signal indicative of the temperature gradient across the semiconductor substrate for facilitating calibrating the first output signal. At least one of the cells of the gradient sensor is not common to the cells of the thermal radiation sensor.
US08523419B2
An edge-lit backlight comprises a front and back reflector forming a hollow light recycling cavity having a cavity depth H and an output region of area Aout, and one or more light sources disposed proximate a periphery of the backlight to emit light into the light recycling cavity. The light sources have an average plan view source separation of SEP collectively having an active emitting area Aemit, wherein a first parameter equals Aemit/Aout and a second parameter equals SEP/H. The first parameter is in a range from 0.0001 to 0.1, and by the second parameter is in a range from 3 to 10. The front reflector has a hemispherical reflectivity for unpolarized visible light of Rfhemi, and the back reflector has a hemispherical reflectivity for unpolarized visible light of Rbhemi, and Rfhemi*Rbhemi is at least 0.70.
US08523413B2
The invention relates to a LED collimator element for a vehicle headlight with a low-beam function, which emits at least visible light of one color from at least one region of a light source. The LED collimator element (1) has at least one LED (2) as such a light source, whose predominant part of the light radiated in operation can be directly radiated in a radiation angular range of the LED collimator element (1), and comprises a collimator (3) deflecting the light which is not radiated in the radiation angular range of the LED collimator element (1) into the radiation angular range, wherein the LED collimator element (1) is asymmetrically structured at least regarding a collimator cutting plane (4) in such a way that a defined non-uniform brightness distribution is achievable in a radiation plane of the LED collimator element (1) defined orthogonally with respect to the collimator cutting plane (4) and with respect to a main direction of radiation of the LED collimator element (1), and at least one filter (12) is to be arranged at least in one region of the collimator (3) in such a way that, when realizing the low-beam function, the area of the traffic space, which lies below the bright-dark cut-off can be illuminated in defined areas with visible light of different colors.
US08523408B2
A display apparatus includes a panel module and a backlight module. The backlight module is disposed under the panel module. The backlight module includes a frame, a light guide plate, and a reflector. The frame supports the edge of the light guide plate. The reflector is disposed at the bottom of the light guide plate. The edge of the reflector and that of the frame horizontally form an engaging seam without overlapping, and the engaging seam is substantially in a serrated shape.
US08523396B2
A device housing includes first and second cases, a first magnetically sensitive positioning pin, and a first compressible member. The first case has a first protruding block having a first positioning hole. The second case has a first groove having a second positioning hole. When the first protruding block is disposed in the first groove, the first positioning hole is aligned with the second positioning hole. The first magnetically sensitive positioning pin runs through the first and second positioning holes to position the second case on the first case. The first compressible member is disposed in the first positioning hole and between an inner wall of the first positioning hole and the first magnetically sensitive positioning pin. When a first magnetic force acts on the first magnetically sensitive positioning pin, the first magnetically sensitive positioning pin compresses the first compressible member and moves away from the second positioning hole.
US08523391B2
A flat light source apparatus has a light source board which comprises unit boards, each unit board having a printed circuit board and a light source formed on the printed circuit board, wherein the unit boards are arranged adjacent to each other at least in one direction, and any pair of the unit boards adjacent to each other is integrated by a connecting portion provided therebetween. The apparatus also has a main wire which extends along a plane of the light source board, wherein the main wire extends between adjacent unit boards via the connecting portion such that all of the unit boards are electrically connected to each other by the main wire. The apparatus further has a branch wire for supplying electric power to the light source, the branch wire being provided in each unit board and branching from the main wire in each unit board.
US08523386B2
An illuminable safety rope includes an illuminable wire of a predetermined length surrounded by a light-transmitting insulative covering to thereby form an illuminable cable. The insulative covering includes a flange extending radially outward along its length. The flange is defined by opposing side portions and terminates at an edge portion. A fabric material is disposed over and secured to the opposing side and edge portions along at least the length of the illuminable cable to thereby form the safety rope. At least a portion of the illuminable cable opposite the flange transmits light to illuminate the safety rope along its length when the illuminable wire receives power. Additional floatation materials and/or wiring can be provided adjacent the flange and beneath the fabric to enable floatation and/or reinforcement of the rope, or a distress signal to be sent to an alarm.
US08523380B1
An illuminated attachment is provided for enhancing safety by increasing visibility of a screen or window to prevent accidental contact with the screen or window. The attachment includes a housing, a power source positioned in the housing, a frame coupled to the housing, and a plurality of lights coupled to the frame. The plurality of lights is operationally coupled to the power source. A switch assembly is operationally coupled between the power source and the plurality of lights for selectively illuminating the plurality of lights. An attachment member such as a first magnet is coupled to the housing. Thus, the housing is designed for coupling to a planar material such as screen or window.
US08523376B2
A cane or similar walking aid incorporates a concealed electrical self-defense device having electrodes located at the tip region of the cane, and may also incorporate an annular light source to aid the user. A grip is attached to a support shaft which terminates in a tip that is fabricated of an elastomer and incorporates electrodes for the electrical deterrent. The tip electrodes can be fabricated from a conductive elastomer to avoid scratching or marring floor surfaces as well as to provide resistance to slipping. When the shaft has both tip electrodes and side electrodes positioned along the exterior surface of the support shaft, the separation of the side electrodes can be adjusted to provide preferential arcing between the side electrodes to provide a visual and audible deterrent and to avoid premature deterioration of the conductive elastomer tip electrodes.
US08523375B2
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which performs a light emitting operation in connection with opening and closing of doors and a home bar door. The refrigerator includes a front glass, a light guide member disposed on a rear surface of the front glass, a light emitting device disposed at the outside of the light guide member to generate light toward the light guide member, scattering members provided within the light guide member to scatter the light of the light emitting device transmitted through the light guide member, and transmitting parts provided on the front glass corresponding to the scattering members to transmit the light of the scattering members toward the front surface of each door, and the light emitting device emits light in connection with opened and closed states of the doors.
US08523356B2
A fundus camera includes an irradiation unit including a plurality of LED elements and a fluorescent material that emits light by being excited by light emitted from the LED elements and configured to emit light that is generated by combining light emitted from the LED elements and excitation light from the fluorescent material, an illumination optical system configured to irradiate an eye fundus of a subject's eye with the light emitted by the illumination unit, an observation unit configured to form an eye fundus image by receiving light, which is emitted from the illumination unit and reflected from the eye fundus, and an imaging unit configured to pick up the eye fundus image formed by the observation unit.
US08523355B2
The invention relates to a method for measuring the curve of a spectacle frame (4) comprising the following operations: determining the position of a first reference mark (18) defining the mid plane of the spectacle frame (4); determining the position of a second reference mark (20) defining the orientation of a spectacle lens holder relative to said mid plane; and measuring the angle between said first and second reference marks. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
US08523352B2
Disclosed is an eyewear retention system, which may include any of a variety of electronics, including telecommunications receivers, transmitters, electronic storage devices, and head-up display driving circuitry.
US08523350B2
An improved eyeglass retainer system is provided which comprises one or more semi-rigid straps or cables to attach to the ends of the temples of eyeglasses. Means for attaching each end of said strap or cable to the ends of the temples of the eyeglasses are provided. Such means enable the strap or cable to be maintained in more than one fixed position away from the head and neck of the wearer when the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of said wearer.
US08523344B2
When a jam occurs, a jam position detection unit detects a position of a record medium stuck in an image recording apparatus. A restoration mechanism control unit determines whether or not to move a restoration mechanism on the basis of the position of the stuck record medium.
US08523342B2
The present invention provides an inkjet recording processing liquid for use in an inkjet recording method of causing a processing liquid to adhere to a recording medium and thereafter causing ink to adhere to the recording medium to which the processing liquid has adhered. The inkjet recording processing liquid contains water, glycerin, and at least one multivalent metal salt selected from the group consisting of calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate. The glycerin content in the processing liquid is 10 to 50 mass percent, and the multivalent metal salt content in the processing liquid is 0.8 to 2.0 mol/L.
US08523339B2
An image forming apparatus includes a head tank, a main tank, a pump, and a first control unit, so that when pressure in the head tank is not restored to a predetermined pressure while liquid is supplied from the main tank to the head tank, it is determined that the state of the main tank is an empty state, causing a pump to reversely supply a predetermined amount of liquid from the head tank to the main tank, and stopping printing; and further includes a second control unit, so that when emergency printing is instructed, opening the head tank to air, supplying liquid to the head tank, closing the head tank from air, and supplying liquid from the head tank to the main tank to generate a negative pressure in the head tank are performed.
US08523335B2
A system for venting gas at ink containers which supply inks to a multi-channel inkjet printhead is provided having a plurality of ink containers for supplying fluids to a printhead having a plurality of ink channels, and a gas vent assembly having a plurality of gas vents. Each ink container has an ink port connected to a corresponding one of the ink channels of the printhead and a gas port. Each gas vent is connected to a corresponding one of the gas ports of the ink containers. The gas vents of the gas vent assembly are in fluid communication with the external atmosphere.
US08523329B2
An inkjet printhead substrate includes: a pair of individual conductive layers configured to supply electrical power to a heat generation element; a first common conductive layer configured to be connected to one of the pair of individual conductive layers; a second common conductive layer configured to be connected to the other of the pair of individual conductive layers; and an isolation layer configured to be provided between the one of the pair of individual conductive layers and the first common conductive layer, and between the other of the pair of individual conductive layers and the second common conductive layer, wherein the isolation layer is formed from a conductive material which has a lower solubility in ink than a material used for the pairs of individual conductive layers, the first common conductive layer and the second common conductive layer.
US08523319B2
A method for arranging liquid droplet ejection heads includes: arranging and fixing a plurality of inkjet liquid droplet ejection heads, ejecting a common functional liquid, on a common carriage plate, based on the amount of liquid droplets ejected from a number of ejecting nozzles in a nozzle row that each of the liquid droplet ejection heads has, with the heads shifted in a direction of the nozzle row, the heads being so arranged and fixed that in the heads closely aligned in the direction of the nozzle row, a difference between the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at each innermost end of the heads is within a predetermined range of tolerance, and the amounts of liquid droplets ejected from two ejection nozzles located at the outermost ends in the direction of the nozzle row are within a predetermined range of a reference amount.
US08523313B2
An inkjet cartridge has an ink containment system for storing ink for printing. The inkjet cartridge includes a printhead having a plurality nozzles in fluid communication with the ink reservoir and an electrical interconnect for providing an electrical communication between the printhead and a printer controller. The electrical interconnect is disposed at an acute angle relative to the printhead.
US08523312B2
A data storage system includes a recording head and a compensating resistor. The recording head has a heating element. The compensating resistor is in electrical series with the heating element and is external to the recording head. A method includes applying an alternating current at a first angular frequency to a recording head. A voltage drop across the recording head heating element is measured. A component of the voltage drop is extracted. The component has a frequency that is three times the frequency of the first angular frequency.
US08523311B2
The present invention teaches and claims an image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion including one or more inkjet heads for forming an image on a recording medium by discharging ink from an ink discharge surface of the inkjet head; a recording medium transporting portion having a transport surface which is positioned below the ink discharge surface and on which the recording medium is placed for transporting a sheet to a position facing the ink discharge surface; a moving mechanism for moving the transport surface toward and away from the ink discharge surface; an ink discharge surface protecting mechanism including but not limited to a cap member and a driving device for moving the cap member; and a control unit for moving the transport surface away from the ink discharge surface to operate the ink discharge surface protecting mechanism when the recording medium is jammed during transportation of the recording medium.
US08523310B2
In order to provide technique which reduce the positional shift of recording in the conveyance direction of a printing medium, a printing apparatus comprises: a conveyance unit for conveying the printing medium by rotating a roller; a detection unit for detecting a conveyance amount of a printing medium conveyed by rotating the roller in less than one rotation; an acquisition unit for acquiring a conveyance amount of the printing medium corresponding to a predetermined rotation amount of the roller by detecting the conveyance amount a plurality of times; and a setting unit for setting a rotation amount of the roller when forming an image on the printing medium based on a conveyance amount of a printing medium corresponding to the acquired predetermined rotation amount of the roller.
US08523308B2
A recording head adjustment method includes: a dot row forming step of causing relative movement between a recording medium and a recording head in which a plurality of sub-heads each including a plurality of recording elements are joined together, and driving the plurality of recording elements at prescribed drive timing with respect to each of the plurality of sub-heads in such a manner that dot rows for the respective sub-heads are formed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the relative movement; a step-difference amount calculation step of measuring positions in the direction of the relative movement of the dot rows for the respective sub-heads in a situation where a range of a part of the dot rows formed by an overlapping portion between the mutually adjacent sub-heads where recording rates represented by number of dots per unit surface area are substantially same as each other is set as a measurement object, and obtaining an amount of step difference between the sub-heads represented by difference or ratio of the measured positions in the direction of the relative movement of the dot rows for the respective sub-heads; an adjustment value calculation step of calculating an adjustment value for the drive timing of the plurality of recording elements with respect to each of the plurality of sub-heads according to the obtained amount of step difference; and a drive timing adjustment step of adjusting relative drive timing with respect to each of the plurality of sub-heads according to the calculated adjustment value.
US08523305B2
An apparatus includes a printing unit which is disposed in a housing and configured to form an image on a sheet, an lid attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism, and a camera which is attached to the lid and configured to read an image on a document while the lid is open, wherein the sheet having the image formed by the printing unit is discharged on the lid, and when the lid is opened, the camera can read the document which is placed at a reading position below the camera.
US08523301B1
A drawer assembly includes a drawer body that is slideably coupled within a cabinet housing a slide assembly. The slide assembly includes an outer slide portion having a blocking tab disposed thereon. The slide assembly further includes a slide mount having an engagement tab pivotably mounted thereon. The engagement tab engages the blocking tab to lock the drawer assembly. The engagement tab can be released by turning a twist-lock mechanism, which actuates a lever that engages an actuator tab extending inwardly.
US08523283B2
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel double sling chair. The double sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction. The double sling chair comprises a chair frame having a back section with an upper rail and a lower cross member, a decorative cross member, and a seat section, a seat panel coupled to the seat section of the chair frame, a first fabric back panel having length is coupled to the upper rail and the decorative cross member without having to thread the first fabric back panel to the decorative cross member, a second fabric back panel having length is coupled to the lower cross member and the decorative cross member without having to thread the second fabric back panel to the decorative cross member to form a back rest for the back section.
US08523271B2
A vehicle having a structural bed configured to serve as a structural load-bearing member is provided. The structural bed extends rearward from a cab structure of the vehicle and includes a core layer. First and second outer layers flank the core layer and span substantially the entirety of the core layer. The first and second outer layers are composed of a material that has a higher strength than the core layer. The thickness of the core layer may be at least approximately 10 times greater than each of the thicknesses of the first and second outer layers, respectively. The composite structural bed may be integrated with mass-efficient structures to produce an efficient load-bearing structure for a vehicle.
US08523270B2
A motor vehicle includes at least one wheel designed to turn in a well defined by a wheelhouse. The vehicle also includes a wheel deflector of an elongate overall shape extending from the wheelhouse towards the wheel with one end provided with a radius R corresponding substantially to an exterior radius of the wheel. The deflector is arranged in an upper portion of the wheelhouse and extends longitudinally on each side of a median plane of the wheel passing through an axis of rotation of the wheel, with an overall angular length L between 1/20 and ¼ of an external circumference of the wheel.
US08523268B2
Provided is an arrangement for stowing away a retractable tonneau cover assembly (50) under a floor of a luggage space (10) requiring a very small space. A recess (36) is formed laterally across a width of a vehicle body in a rear end thereof. When stowing away the assembly, an outer tube (52) of the assembly is received in the recess with a longitudinal slot (54) thereof facing upward. A flexible cover sheet (56) extends out of the longitudinal slot (54), and a rigid free end member (58) attached to a free end of the flexible cover sheet (56) extends along a rear side of the outer tube into a deep section (36B) of the recess (36). Therefore, the recess (36) is required to have a width which is not significantly greater than the height (h) of the outer tube (52).
US08523265B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a multipurpose transport system, a roof assembly, and methods for transporting forest biomass and wood residuals. Roof assemblies according to the disclosure are mountable on a top portion of a transport system. In some embodiments, roof assemblies include two or more panels, one or more panel movements assemblies operably connected each of the two or more panels, and one or more actuation assemblies. The two or more panels extend from a first side of the roof assembly to and second side of the roof assembly in a louvered configuration. Each of the two or more panels are moveable between a first position and a second position. Further aspects of the disclosure are directed towards multipurpose transport systems and methods for transporting forest biomass and wood residuals using systems according to the disclosure.
US08523260B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a console for use in a vehicle. One embodiment comprises a compartment defined by a first wall and a second wall that are spaced apart from one another in a first direction, a first channel disposed adjacent to the first wall, the first channel defining an opening oriented in an upward direction and including first and second end surfaces spaced apart along the first channel, a retainer structure disposed within the first channel and spaced from the first and second end surfaces and a tray member having an engagement structure configured to be received within the first channel. The tray member is positionable within the compartment such that the engagement structure is received within the first channel and engages the retainer structure to restrain movement of the tray member along the first channel toward both of the first end surface and the second end surface.
US08523259B2
A tool mounting assembly for a motor vehicle includes a vehicle body structure, a first storage container portion that is configured to receive at least one jack operation tool, and a second storage container portion that is fixed to the first storage container portion and is configured to receive at least one wheel chock. A first bracket is attached to the vehicle body structure and fully surrounds the first storage container portion in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first storage container portion. A second bracket is attached to the vehicle body structure and at least partially surrounds the first storage container portion. The second storage container portion is positioned between the first bracket and the second bracket.
US08523257B1
The re-usable cover for protecting freight while in transit includes an upper end for attachment to the rear end opening of a freight container, a pair of side edges adjacent to a respective side of the rear end opening of the freight container when the upper end is attached, and a front surface configured to face the exterior of the freight container when the upper end is attached.
US08523255B2
A retaining stud is inserted from a bottom portion of a suction pad that constitutes part of an ejector equipped suction apparatus, and an end of the retaining stud is inserted into an adapter plate. Further, a small diameter portion of a lock plate engages with a lock plate groove, which is exposed externally on the retaining stud, whereby the retaining stud and the lock plate are connected together integrally. In addition, an ejector is fixed using a side wall portion of the adapter plate. A mounting bracket is attached to the adapter plate while covering the lock plate, and a transfer means such as a robot arm or the like is fixed to the mounting bracket using a bolt.
US08523254B2
A robot hand with a connection part that undergoes stretching deformation according to object shape. The robot hand includes a variable connection device that provides a contact face that enables pressing and contacting a moving target and has a connection part in contact with the moving target enables stretching deformation; a connection length controller that interfaces with a drive part to stretch and deform the connection part so that the connection part undergoes conversion between a closed-loop state wherein it is continuous with the surface of the moving target or divided into a plurality of sections to be pressed and contacted, and an open-loop state wherein it detaches from the moving target; and a shape retention device that retains the shape of the variable connection device consistently in a closed-loop state wherein the variable connection device is pressed and contacted with the moving target at a set pressure.
US08523249B2
A latch assembly comprises a first portion (32) defining an opening and a second portion (54) slidably disposed in the opening for movement of the first portion along the second portion. The second portion includes a stop which is larger than the opening for preventing further movement of the first portion along the second portion in a first direction. A securing element releasably connects the first portion and the second portion in a first relative axially connected position. In a mortise lock (20), the first portion and the second portion are thus movable together relative to the housing so that the first portion at least partially non-rotatably projects outwardly from the opening in the edge wall of the housing in an extended position and is inside the housing in a retracted position. Disconnecting the first portion from the second portion allows the first portion to move along the second portion in the first direction to a second axial position.
US08523236B2
A method, kit and product for hidden surface images or designs utilizing reshaped magnetic fields. The magnetic field of a hidden surface image is manipulated and controlled to form a clearly defined shape revealed through a magnetic field viewing device. The method comprises forming a design/image element from a magnet; forming a corresponding housing layer opening replicating the shape of the element; reshaping the magnetic field of the element; placing the reshaped element into the housing layer; covering/securing the element beneath a masking layer; and viewing the element with a magnetic field viewing device. A kit for hidden magnetic surface imaging method comprises a magnetic medium, housing layer, adhesive, masking layer, and a strong magnet for reshaping the magnetic field. A hidden magnetic field surface image product comprises a housing layer including a defined opening, an image element comprising a flexible magnet housed within the opening and a masking layer.
US08523217B2
A coupling mechanism for attaching a fifth wheel RV trailer to a truck for towing. A fifth wheel towball interface which provides unobstructed gimbal action into the connection between truck and trailer. A fifth wheel base having a lightweight structure made from a lightweight material and/or engineered design with lightweight in mind.
US08523188B2
A self-centering floating seal comprising a ring having first and second diameters, wherein the ring is arranged to be installed between first and second gland components, a plurality of tabs protruding from the first diameter, wherein the tabs are operatively arranged to exert a force on the first gland component to create a radial gap between the first diameter and the first gland component, while the second diameter is arranged to engage against the second gland component for forming a sealed interface, a plurality of seats corresponding to the plurality of tabs, wherein each seat forms a recess in the first diameter of the ring for receiving one of the tabs when each tab is flexed toward the ring, and wherein the tabs are substantially equally spaced about the first diameter of the ring, and each of the tabs spans an axial thickness of the ring.
US08523187B2
An axial face seal assembly including a seal member which is seated in a carrier, the carrier being non-rotatably connected to a base member but movable axially thereto and biased from the base member by means of a compression spring interposed between the base member and the carrier, the base member being axially and non-rotatably securable to a drive shaft by means of an open ring clamp having first end second ends. The ring clamp is supported on the base member, at least one of said first and second ends being movable relative to the other end in a circumferential direction; and wherein tightening means is rotatably journalled on the base member for adjusting the relative distance between the first and second ends of the ring clamp. A mounting fixture is likewise disclosed and cooperating with the seal assembly in a mounting procedure.
US08523180B1
A paper transmitting mechanism mounted on the transmitting path which includes a driving wheel, a driving system drives the driving wheel, a pressure wheel, a pressure wheel adjusting unit, and a paper sensor settled upstream to the driving wheel and pressure wheel. The pressure wheel adjusting unit includes an elastomeric unit; one end of the elastomeric unit is connected to the axle of the pressure wheel, and the other end is connected to a linear driving device. When the paper sensor detects the paper is going to enter or leave the driving wheel, the paper sensor will send a signal for adjusting the clamping force between the driving wheel and the pressure wheel to make the clamping force and the friction between the driving wheel and the pressure wheel adjustable according to the position of the paper, so as to avoid the paper slipping or vibrating during transmitting.
US08523177B2
When continuous-conveying control is executed in a conveying apparatus which can handle various sizes of sheet, a conveying apparatus which can efficiently detect a conveying error by a required minimum conveyed amount or conveying time according to a sheet size is provided. For that purpose, a maximum conveyed amount from start of sheet feeding of the subsequent page to determination to be a sheet-feeding error is set based on a detection result of a rear end portion on a previous page by a PE sensor. The maximum conveyed amount when the rear end portion of the previous page is detected is set smaller than the maximum conveyed amount when not detected.
US08523172B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing unnecessary sheet feeding when power is turned on. A state of a drive transmission portion 14A provided to transmit the driving of a drive portion to a feeding roller when a sheet is fed is switched from a second state that the driving of the drive portion is not transmitted to the feeding roller by a solenoid 19 to a first state that the driving of the drive portion is transmitted to the feeding roller and keep it. The controller for controlling the switching of the solenoid 19 and the driving of the drive portion to rotate the feeding roller drives the drive portion for a time necessary to return the drive transmission portion 14A from the first state to the second state to make the drive transmission portion 14A be in the second state when power is turned on.
US08523166B2
Disclosed is a paper discharge apparatus of optimizing the moving path of a stapler provided at the rear of the paper discharge apparatus by effectively constructing the structure of the paper discharge apparatus that discharges paper onto a stacker tray. The paper discharge apparatus includes a pair of guide side plates including first rail grooves and curved cams adjacent to the first rail grooves, a pair of paper gripping units to grip the paper on the paper stacking plate in the contact with the curved cams, a first driving unit to drive the paper gripping units, an aligning stopper provided between the guide side plates to straightly move by a predetermined distance in the paper transfer direction from front end portions of the guide side plates, and a second driving unit to previously move the aligning stopper in the paper transfer direction just before the paper gripping units.
US08523161B2
A clamping mechanism automatically adaptable to change of thickness of printed circuit board includes: a frame body having two parallel rail seats; two clamping rail members respectively mounted on the rail seats for clamping a printed circuit board, each clamping rail member including a first clamping rail and a second clamping rail spaced from each other by a clamping gap; and two adjustment units for adjusting the clamping gap of the clamping rail members. Each the adjustment unit includes: a support section mounted on the frame body to provide a support face; a connection section, one end of the connection section being affixed to the first clamping rail, the other end of the connection section being positioned above the support face; and a floating section positioned between the connection section and the support section and supported on the support face to apply a resilient support force to the connection section.
US08523157B2
An inspection device includes a base to receive an electronic device, a supporting member, a first adjustment member, a second adjustment member, and an inspecting member installed on the second adjustment member. The supporting member includes a horizontal plate movable relative to the base, a guideway fixed on the horizontal plate, and a guiding block movably mounted on the guideway. The first adjustment member includes a fixing plate fixed on the guiding block, and an adjusting plate rotatably attached to the fixing plate, and movable and rotatable relative to the base. The second adjustment member is fixed on the adjusting plate. Movement and rotation of the adjusting plate relative to the base allow movement and rotation of the second adjustment member relative to the base to allow movement and rotation of the inspecting member relative to the electronic device.
US08523152B2
A volatile organic compound removal device includes a cabinet having first and second slidable drawers movable between inserted and extended positions. A downcomer tube is downwardly and slidably received in an aperture of the first drawer. A sealing flange extends horizontally outward from a downcomer tube perimeter and extends beyond the aperture when the downcomer tube is received in the aperture. The sealing flange faces an upward facing surface of the first drawer and supports the downcomer tube to the first drawer using only a weight of the downcomer tube applied through the sealing flange to the upward facing surface. A removable seal pot pan is supported on an upward facing surface of the second drawer, which is aligned directly below and receives a lower end of the downcomer tube.
US08523141B2
Provided is a valve, including an in-line flow passage, a shut-off mechanism, and a multi-stage throttling section disposed in the in-line flow passage. Further provided is an in-line valve, including a flow control component and a sealing component, wherein the flow control component and the sealing component are separate from one another.
US08523118B2
A method for forming a collapsible plaque for holding floral objects is disclosed. The collapsible plaque may be used with a casket or headstone for display of a floral object thereon.
US08523116B2
A panel-mounted control stick for aircraft providing for roll and pitch input that emulates the response of a traditional floor-mounted control stick. The panel-mounted control stick incorporates a pitch beam input assembly and a roll input assembly for translating the movements of the control stick into movements of aircraft control surfaces.
US08523114B2
An aircraft fuel tank system is disclosed in which a vent tank is provided with an additional ullage vent for use, in combination with an eternal flame barrier means, when refuelling.
US08523105B2
According to the invention, a rear portion of a fuselage of an aircraft contains a fuel cell system, and the aircraft further includes a rear cone which is removably mounted relative to the rear portion of the fuselage so as to form an extension thereof. The rear cone is shaped as a fuel tank for the fuel cell system contained in the rear portion of the fuselage. The rear cone includes at least one housing extending into the fuel tank and configured to receive at least one projecting slide extending from the rear portion of the fuselage.
US08523103B2
A rotor blade assembly for providing vertical lift to an aircraft, having a rotor head and a plurality of blades, with each blade attached to a mechanism such as a cam surface, whereby movement of the mechanism causes the radial distance between the distal tip of the attached blade and the center of the rotor head to alter, decreasing or increasing the length of the lifting surface. The blades are moved from a fully extended position providing maximum lift, to a retracted position in which the blades are removed from the airstream. The pitch of the blades may be controlled by a pitch controller to achieve full helicopter responsiveness. A plurality of bladeletts may be positioned near the outer periphery of the rotor head. When they are moved into the airstream, passing air impacts the bladeletts exerting a pressure, causing rotational movement of the rotor blade assembly.
US08523101B2
An aircraft capable of making short takeoffs and landings includes essentially a fuselage, a wing secured to the fuselage, a front horizontal stabilizer secured to the fuselage on the front end of the fuselage and at least two jet engines for propulsion. According to the architecture proposed, the propulsion engines are arranged side by side above the fuselage in a rear part of the fuselage with a width at least equal to the width of the propulsion group, a fuselage flap device is arranged in the back of the fuselage so that the fuselage flaps adopt at least a position in which the flaps are considerably in a horizontal plane and take at least a high-lift position in which the flaps are turned downward in such a way that the blast created by the jet engines is channeled towards the top surface of the fuselage flaps to induce a blowing effect.
US08523092B2
The present invention is generally directed to a system and method for obtaining a test sample from a seed or seeds. The method generally includes placing at least one seed into a seed sampling chamber, breaking the seed into a plurality of seed particles inside the seed sampling chamber, placing a sampling element into the seed sampling chamber, and collecting at least a portion of the plurality of seed particles with the sampling element by attracting at least a portion of the seed particles to a surface of the sampling element or by forcing at least a portion of the seed particles into a feature of the sampling element. In some embodiments, the method further includes using a sampling element transfer device to transfer the sampling element to an extraction well, which may be used to extract DNA or proteins from the collected portion of seed particles.
US08523081B2
The technical objective is to provide a simple and low-cost information input help sheet and an information processing system which exhibit a significantly high input accuracy and input efficiency without limiting a mounting object. The information input help sheet comprises an infrared reflection layer which reflects infrared rays from one side and transmits visible light, and a dot pattern layer provided on one side of the infrared reflection layer and on which dots generated by a dot-code generating algorithm and formed with material having an infrared absorbing characteristic are arranged according to a predetermined rule, in order to perform a variety of multimedia information output and/or operation instructions.
US08523080B2
A memory card package structure includes a substrate having an antenna module; a first and second magnetic waveguiding layers respectively disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate; a chip disposed on the first magnetic waveguiding layer and electrically connected with the substrate; and an encapsulation body encapsulating the chip, the first magnetic waveguiding layer and the upper surface of the substrate. A method for fabricating the memory card package structure is also provided. By directly disposing magnetic waveguiding material in the package structure, the thickness of the package structure is retained and yet the signal of an antenna module in the memory card package structure can be directed out along a horizontal direction, thereby extending the signal transmission distance.
US08523079B2
A document (10) comprises a multilayer structure (18) formed by at least two layers (20, 22, 34) assembled together and a near-field communication device (24) incorporated in the thickness of the structure (18). More particularly, the device (24) is in the form of a module (26) comprising a support (28) bearing a near-field communication antenna (30) and a microcircuit (32) and the module (26) comprises an embrittlement zone (46) capable of breaking during separation of the two layers (20, 22, 34) to cause destruction of the module (26).
US08523075B2
A barcode decoding system and method are disclosed that use a data-driven classifier for transforming a potentially degraded barcode signal into a digit sequence. The disclosed implementations are robust to signal degradation through incorporation of a noise model into the classifier construction phase. The run-time computational cost is low, allowing for efficient implementations on portable devices.
US08523061B2
The invention relates to a control terminal (20) for determining whether a fare has been paid comprising: a reader (22) for reading a fare card identification number from a fare card; a processing module (25) adapted to implement a one-way function to generate a control number from a fare card identification number; and a comparison unit (27) for comparing the control number to a reference list.
US08523054B2
A method and a system convert the value of a gift card for use with a mobile device. A gift card converter module associates a value of the gift card with a digital wallet of the mobile device. A digital wallet module enables a financial transaction with the digital wallet of the mobile device. A storage device stores the value of the gift card associated with the digital wallet and the corresponding financial transaction.
US08523049B2
A clamshell carton may be erected from a blank for holding a food product. The blank may include various fold lines and corner features such as gussets or glue tabs that facilitate formation of the blank into the clamshell carton that includes a tray and a lid. The tray may have a bottom panel for supporting a food product. The lid may include a window that allows inspection of the food product held in the carton. The carton may include flanges that project outwardly from the tray and lid. When the carton is closed the flanges may define overlapping pairs that may be sealed together to enclose and seal the food product within the carton.
US08523046B1
A process and apparatus for forming and transferring metal arrays of balls and shapes is described incorporating molds, tape, injection molded metal such as solder, metal reflow and a mask on a substrate for shearing solidified metal of metal arrays into respective openings in the mask.
US08523042B2
A cartridge for a surgical apparatus includes a housing having a slot configured to accommodate a blade. A plurality of fasteners is configured to be deployed by the housing. A first row of the plurality of fasteners is positioned on a first side of the slot and a second row of the plurality of fasteners is positioned on a second side of the slot. The first row of the plurality of fasteners is the nearest row of fasteners to the slot on the first side of the slot that are deployed by the housing, and the first row of the plurality of fasteners is spaced apart from the slot such that an undamaged tissue margin is formed on a section of tissue during operation of the surgical apparatus.
US08523034B2
In a device for supplying a printing substrate web to an internal transport path of the printing substrate web of a printing device, a device accepts the printing substrate web from the printing substrate web source. A drive unit is provided at an output of the device and draws the printing substrate web from the device. A buffer device having a buffer reservoir is provided at an output of the drive unit. The buffer reservoir has a negative pressure device that generates a negative pressure in a buffer reservoir. The negative pressure acts on the printing substrate web to pull the printing substrate web drawn by the drive unit into the buffer reservoir and thereby tensions the printing substrate web before it is supplied to the internal transport path.
US08523027B2
A hanger system with hooks attached to and suspended from a hanging or stationary frame, and from one to a multiplicity of rods capable of holding garments or other items, which rest in the hooks. The hooks are designed to allow the rods to rest in vertical relation to one another within the hooks although, depending on the hanging orientation of the hanger system, the rods may hang adjacent to or diagonal from one another. The frame may be hung from a closet rod or similar support, or may be attached to a surface such as a wall or a shelf, either directly or with spacers between the frame and the surface.
US08523018B2
Diesel exhaust fluid systems are provided. The diesel exhaust fluid systems include a fluid reservoir having an inner surface and an opening therethrough, a fluid reservoir heating device positioned within the fluid reservoir, and a fluid reservoir spacer positioned within the fluid reservoir and between the inner surface of the fluid reservoir and the fluid reservoir heating device. The fluid reservoir spacer includes first and second portions on opposing sides of the opening through the fluid reservoir.
US08523011B2
The present invention relates to a dispenser, particularly a refillable single-hand dispenser, having a sleeve (13) comprising an opening (23) at the top thereof, and a base part (27) opposite the top. A receptacle (15) for receiving tablets (22), lozenges, or the like is accommodated in the sleeve (3) such that it can be displace in the longitudinal direction. The receptacle (15) can be pulled out of the sleeve (15), the base being biased in the direction of the receptacle top by a zigzag spring (19). The zigzag spring (19) passes through the receptacle (15) through an opening in the base and is supported at the base (27) of the sleeve (13). A tablet package (20) comprising a tubular packaging (65) is disposed in the receptacle (15). The package wall (65) encloses the tablets (22). The sliding base (21) has exterior dimensions that correspond at most to the interior dimensions of the tubular packaging (65).
US08523010B2
In one example, a bistable cover assembly includes a cover, a base, an intermediate part; and pre-tensioned spring, the spring being attached to the base and the intermediate part such that the spring biases the intermediate part into two stable positions, the cover interfacing with the intermediate part and being closed in a first of the two stable positions and open in a second of the two stable positions. A method for assembling a cover assembly is also described.
US08522986B2
The present invention provides a pegboard-type organization system for articles to be displayed or secured in-place. The pegs can be locked onto the board to support either a weight placed thereon or a side-ways pressure applied thereto. The support can be either rigid or elastic, depending on whether gripping or load-bearing functionality is required. The inventive system allows a board to be flush-mounted to a support surface, and thereby avoids the wasted space conventionally taken up with such substructures as fir strips.
US08522983B2
A disc for releasable attachment to a shaft of a disc screen apparatus includes a hub having a bore and a single split defining a pair of opposing ends. The hub also has at least one flexible portion intermediate the opposing ends that permits the opposing ends of the hub to be separated a predetermined distance sufficient to allow the shaft of the disc screen apparatus to pass between the opposing ends into the bore. The hub has plurality of outer impacting portions configured for engaging materials to be classified and propelling the materials in a conveying direction when the hub is rotated. A mechanism is provided to secure the hub to the shaft so that the shaft extends through the bore.
US08522982B2
The invention relates to a method for inspecting, with the aid of a machine (1), transparent or translucent hollow articles (Aj) streaming past a series of monitoring stations each comprising at least one sensor (Ci) delivering an output signal (Si(j)) for each article (Aj) traveling past a sensor.According to the invention, the method consists in implementing at least one phase of assessing the setting of the machine consisting: in choosing compliant and defective reference articles (A′(j)), for each reference article (A′(j)), recording the output signals (S′i(j)) of the sensors with each of which are associated an identifier for the reference article concerned and an expected result (R′a(j)), in selecting together, during the processing of the signals, at least two recorded output signals [S′a(j)], [S′k(j)] corresponding to one and the same reference article, so as to obtain after processing, a result (R′j), and in comparing the result obtained by processing (R′j) regarding the defective or compliant character of each reference article with the expected result (Ra′(j)).
US08522979B2
Reprocessable medical devices that have been disposed of in a sharps container are recovered, disinfected or sterilized, sorted, and packed for reprocessing in a generally continuous process. In one embodiment, either a sharps container or at least a portion of its contents is successively and controllably conveyed, either manually or automatically, through a plurality of processing stations that are configured to perform different operations. The operations performed by the processing stations can include, for example, detecting and identifying contents, cleaning and disinfecting, opening the sharps containers, separating and sorting their contents, and disposal of contents that are non-reprocessable. Reprocessable medical devices can be sorted by type as they move along on a conveyor.
US08522971B2
A sink assembly is provided. The sink assembly can comprise a container having a generally trapezoidal shaped cross section. The container can be closed about a sink within the container. The sink can be supported in the container by at least one support element, for example a corner support, a top support having a generally triangular shape, and a drain support. Multiple sink assemblies can be efficiently stacked next to one another for shipping and/or storage.
US08522970B2
A packaging/displaying device includes a main blank foldable into a housing that has a bottom panel, two side panels extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the bottom panel, a back panel extending upwardly from the bottom panel and connected between the side panels, and a top panel connected to a top end of the back panel and extending above the bottom panel, said top, bottom and side panels cooperatively defining a housing space for an object, the top panel having a through hole extending through said top panel to retain a top end of an object. The housing is open at its front side to display the object.
US08522963B2
A case for housing elongated objects includes a box body (2), having a size such that the box body can adequately contain the elongated object (O), which is inserted in the body through a front opening (21). The case has a lock the object housed in the case including at least a movable plate (23) arranged along at least a border (24) of the opening (21), movable between an open position wherein the plate impedes the passage from the inside to the outside of the case to the object to be kept and a closed position wherein the plate substantially arranges along at least a side (25) of the box body, in such a way as not to substantially obstruct the opening.
US08522960B2
The spiral belt conveyor is a conveyor belt system for transporting articles vertically along a helical path. The spiral belt conveyor includes a platform and a central frame structure extending upwardly from the platform. Two idler rollers are mounted on the platform. A helical track having an inner portion and an outer portion is concentrically disposed around the shaft. The inner portion of the helical track has a first radius, and the outer portion thereof has a second radius greater than the first radius. An upper end of the inner portion of the helical track meets an upper end of the outer portion of the helical track adjacent an upper end of the central frame structure. A conveyor belt is mounted on the helical track and the pair of idler rollers.
US08522959B2
A cap transfer unit (1) comprising a cap transfer line (8) defining a transfer path (5) from a cap loading area (4) to a cap discharge area (6), and a cap pusher (16) slidingly mounted along the cap transfer line (8), the cap pusher (16) having a rest position in which the cap pusher (16) is spaced from the transfer path (5), and an active position in which the cap pusher (16) overlaps at least partially the transfer path (5) for coming into abutment with caps (2) located therein.
US08522952B2
Handrail having laterally bent edges which engage around laterally projecting ribs of a guide element such that the ends of the bent edges are situated at a clear distance from one another and each at a distance from a guide base of the guide element where the clear distance corresponds to a total gap size plus a width of the guide base and is chosen in consideration of the width of the guide base and the shrinkage and warpage phenomena occurring during operation to not exceed 8 mm, while a clear width of the bent edges is chosen to be greater than the width of the guide element at the ends of the laterally projecting ribs such that, considering tolerances of the width of the guide element at the ends of the ribs and the shrinkage and warpage phenomena occurring during operation of the handrail, not exceed 8 mm.
US08522947B2
An electromagnetic clutch includes a base portion, a driving member, a driven unit including an output shaft, and an electromagnetic solenoid. The driving member, the driven unit, and the electromagnetic solenoid are assembled on the base portion. The driven unit includes an intermediate member that engages with the output shaft to transmit a torque while being relatively moved towards a rotational axis, the intermediate member being magnetically attracted to the base portion. The driven unit also includes a rotation member that is biased towards the driving member and that is pivotally supported to transmit a rotation of the driving member to the output shaft, a guide mechanism that causes the rotation member to be separated from the driving member while the intermediate member is restrained from moving by being magnetically attracted, and a holding mechanism holding a position of the rotation member that is separated from the driving member.
US08522946B2
A hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to a hydraulic servo for a hydraulically driven friction engagement element in an automatic transmission that changes between shift speeds by switching an engagement state of the friction engagement element. The control device configured with a switching mechanism that allows communication between oil passage for a first pressure regulation mechanism and the oil passage for a hydraulic servo and blocking communication between an oil passage for the second pressure regulation mechanism and the oil passage for the hydraulic servo when the signal pressure is not input to the signal pressure input oil passage, and blocking communication between the oil passage for the first pressure regulation mechanism and the oil passage for the hydraulic servo and allowing communication between the oil passage for the second pressure regulation mechanism.
US08522930B1
The present disclosure relates to a miniature precision clamping assembly driven by a shape memory alloy actuator wire (SMA wire) which may be employed within a braking or clutch system. The clamping assembly includes a first clamping element, a second clamping element and an SMA wire connected to the first and second clamping elements by being interwoven through a plurality of pressure amplifiers located on the exterior surfaces of the first and second clamping elements. Both the first and second clamping elements are configured to be positioned about a rotatable shaft and move in translation to the shaft via a transition action of the SMA wire between a clamping and releasing position. By energizing the SMA wire a contracting or compressing action is generated thereby causing the first and second clamping elements to move into engagement with the one shaft for inhibiting rotational movement.
US08522929B2
A bicycle rim brake assembly includes a support bracket, first and second brake arms, a fixing member and a biasing member. The first brake arm is pivotally supported to the support bracket. The second brake arm is pivotally supported to the support bracket. The fixing member has a support bracket section and a bicycle frame attachment section. The biasing member is disposed on the fixing member.
US08522927B2
An elevator installation includes a drive unit moving a car and a counterweight in an elevator shaft. The drive unit has a drive motor and a brake coupled to a drive shaft and mounted on a crossbeam in the elevator shaft or on the shaft ceiling. The drive unit has two spaced-apart drive zones and the drive motor is arranged to the left or the right of the two drive zones with the brake on the same side or the opposite side of the drive zones.
US08522916B2
Methods and devices for sound isolation are provided. A sound isolation device includes an expandable element and an insertion element. The expandable element is operatively attached to the insertion element. The expandable element includes an expanding medium, where the pressure of the expanding medium is varied to vary a sound isolation across the expandable element.
US08522912B2
A relay shaft is rotatably provided in a lateral direction of a vehicle body on a rear side of the vehicle body with respect to a mowing apparatus and on a front side of the vehicle body with respect to a left and right pair of rear wheel drive apparatuses. A pedal coupling rod extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body above the mowing apparatus and connects to a brake pedal and to the relay shaft. A left brake coupling rod extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and connects to a left end of the relay shaft and to an operation portion of a left rear wheel brake. A right brake coupling rod extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and connects to a right end of the relay shaft and to an operation portion of a right rear wheel brake.
US08522905B2
A robot including a frame with wheels moves over a highly magnetically permeable support surface and at least one permanent magnet able to interact magnetically with, and couple the robot to, the surface. The permanent magnet is positioned so that one pole grazes the surface and is free to oscillate so that the pole always faces the surface and is a minimum distance from it.
US08522900B2
A mixture for fabricating a cutting table, the cutting table, and a method of fabricating the cutting table. The mixture includes a cutting table powder and a binder. The binder includes at least one carbide formed from an element selected from at least one of Groups IV, V, and VI of the Periodic Table. The carbide is in its non-stoichiometric and/or stoichiometric form. The binder can include the metal element itself. The binder can also include a catalyst. The cutting table is formed by sintering the mixture using a solid phase sintering process or a near solid phase sintering process. When forming or coupling the cutting table to a substrate, a divider is positioned and coupled therebetween to ensure that the sintering process that forms the cutting table occurs using the solid phase sintering process or the near solid phase sintering process.
US08522885B2
Methods and apparatus enable expanding tubing in a borehole of a hydrocarbon well. According to some embodiments, an expander device includes a collapsible swage formed of collets, at least one slip arrangement and a hydraulic jack to stroke the swage through tubing to be expanded. In operation, expanding tubing may include securing an expansion tool to the tubing, lowering the tool and tubing into a borehole, actuating a collapsible expander of the expansion tool to an extended configuration, and supplying fluid pressure to a jack coupled to the expander thereby moving the expander through the tubing which is held by at least one of first and second tubing holding devices disposed respectively ahead of the expander and behind the expander.
US08522883B2
A tubular string testing system for use with a tubular string having a longitudinally extending flow passage can include a valve which selectively permits and prevents fluid communication between sections of the flow passage, a bypass passage which provides fluid communication between the sections of the flow passage when the valve is closed, and a filter which filters fluid that flows through the bypass passage. A method of testing a tubular string can include permitting fluid to flow through a bypass passage which connects sections of a flow passage extending longitudinally through the tubular string, a filter filtering the fluid which flows through the bypass passage, a valve of a tubular string testing system preventing flow of the fluid between the sections of the flow passage through the valve, and flow through the bypass passage being prevented in response to a predetermined pressure differential being created across the filter.
US08522871B2
A gas generator is provided with a combustion chamber into which oxygen and a hydrogen containing fuel are directed for combustion therein. The gas generator also includes water inlets and an outlet for a steam and CO2 mixture generated within the gas generator. The steam and CO2 mixture can be used for various different processes, with some such processes resulting in recirculation of water from the processor back to the water inlets of the gas generator. In one process a hydrocarbon containing subterranean space is accessed by a well and the steam and CO2 mixture is directed into the well to enhance removability of hydrocarbons within the subterranean space. Fluids are then removed from the subterranean space include hydrocarbons and water, with a portion of the hydrocarbons then removed in a separator/recovery step. The resulting hydrocarbon removal system can operate with no polluting emissions and with no water requirements.
US08522869B2
A fiber optic based logging assembly deliverable via coiled tubing. The downhole portion of the assembly is directed to develop a logging profile of a well by way of the fiber optic line. Thus, a downhole battery may be provided with the tool. Further, opto-electric interfaces may be provided with the assembly to convert between electrical and optical communication signals. Additionally, with the reduced profile of an optical communication line through the coiled tubing portion of the assembly, an operator may elect to perform treatment applications in real-time. That is, in certain circumstances, the operator may direct a treatment application utilizing the downhole assembly in response to the developing well profile (i.e. without first requiring that the assembly be withdrawn and replaced with a solely dedicated treatment assembly).
US08522865B2
An automated flowback system allows control and operation of the system from a remote location away from the dangers of high-pressure gases or abrasives traveling at high velocities that cause damage or failure to equipment piping valves. The system provides techniques and mechanical components installed in flowlines in any position without having to cut and thread, weld or fabricate pipe to fit. This system includes an expansion coupling with axial adjusting lengths adequate to compensate for variations between two points. The expansion coupling is secured and installed into position eliminating field cut and threading, welding or fabrication. The system also includes a blast barrel with an installed choke nipple, choke bean or choke insert with a chosen orifice size for multiple chambered ports. The blast barrel retracts between two fixed points without having to dismantle any connections or be removed from the fluid flow.
US08522861B2
A cold plate assembly is provided having a cold plate with a generally planar member that provides a support surface. The support surface is configured to support a heat generating device. A structural member provides attaching features that are configured to secure the cold plate assembly to a support. The cold plate is secured to the structural member by a braze material. In one example, the cold plate assembly is manufactured by arranging multiple sheets with a first braze material provided between the sheets. The multiple sheets comprise a cold plate. The braze material is heated to mechanically join the multiple sheets to one another and the cold plate to the structural member.
US08522853B2
In one embodiment, a closure assembly for a fire door, including a first lead post having a longitudinal cavity located therein, an opening extending through a wall of the first lead post into the longitudinal cavity and a locking member may be positioned within the longitudinal cavity that is configured to obstruct the opening into the longitudinal cavity upon reaching a predetermined temperature, is disclosed. In additional embodiments, fire doors including such closure assemblies and methods of locking fire doors are disclosed.
US08522850B2
The present invention is related to a method and an apparatus for assembling a tire (1) onto the rim (2) of a vehicle wheel or for disassembling a tire (1) from the rim (2) of a vehicle wheel. There is provided an electric motor (3) for rotationally driving the rim (2) and the tire (1) during the assembling or disassembling operation, tools (4, 5) for assembling or disassembling the tire (1) onto the rim (2) or from the rim (2), measuring means (6, 15, 16, 18) for measuring the tire temperature and/or forces acting on the tire during the assembling or disassembling operation, and recording means (7) for recording on at least one data carrier the measured values of the tire temperature and/or of the forces acting on the tire during the assembling or disassembling operation.
US08522846B2
In order to protect the sidewall of a vehicle wheel from damage caused by an antiskid chain mounted on the wheel, a sidewall protection cover having a U-shaped body is provided. The sidewall protection cover accommodates a chain link of a chain side strand that is situated against the sidewall. The body is preferably one piece and has two wings that are connected along a spine, where the wings enclose a space for accommodating the chain link, and at least one of the wings has a holding element, on its side that faces inward, in the form of a projection for holding the chain link and/or a connection element suspended on it in place between the wings.
US08522844B2
To provide a pneumatic tire having a tire side portion with an enhanced durability according to the present invention, a run flat tire (1) has a turbulent generating concavo-convex part (5) composed of grooves and ribs and extending along at least part of a tire side portion, and a pattern is set to the turbulent generating concavo-convex part (5), in which for the turbulent generating concavo-convex part (5), letting h be a height, p be a pitch, and w be a width, a relationship is met such that 1.0≦p/h≦50.0, and 1.0≦(p−w)/w≦100.0.
US08522842B2
A method and apparatus for stabilizing vials during a contents transfer, the apparatus having a flat base from which vertical arms rise from each end, and having a stabilizer band segment above and parallel to each side of the flat base to provide stabilizing support to at least one fluid vial when the fluid vial is up-ended over a base vial during a contents transfer.
US08522838B2
A grommet adapted to secure a fuel fill line to a fuel fill housing includes a body having an opening extending therethrough and a first flange coupled to the body. The first flange includes a plurality of tabs. The body also includes a second flange coupled to the body such that a channel is defined between each of the tabs and the second flange. Each respective mating tab is adapted to be received in each respective channel. The mating flange includes a plurality of slots. Each respective slot is formed between a pair of mating tabs. During installation, each tab is adapted to be inserted through a respective slot formed in the mating flange. The grommet also includes a latching device adapted to limit the radial movement of the grommet with respect to the mating flange. The latching device may be embodied as a detent adapted to be received in a recess formed in the mating flange. The grommet may also include a tactile indicator adapted to indicate when the grommet is in a predetermined radial position. A fuel fill housing assembly including the above described grommet is also described.
US08522832B2
Some embodiments disclosed herein related to a device for transferring precise amounts of fluid from at least one source container to a at least one target container. In some embodiments, the fluid is first transferred from the source container (e.g., a vial) through a connector to an intermediate measuring container (e.g., a syringe). In some embodiments air can pass through an air inlet and enter the vial to compensate for the volume of fluid withdrawn from the vial. An air check valve or a bag or a filter can prevent the fluid from escaping through the air inlet. The precisely measured amount of fluid can then be transferred from the intermediate measuring container to the target container (e.g., an IV bag). In some embodiments the connector can include a source check valve and a target check valve to direct fluid first from the source container to the intermediate measuring container and then from the intermediate measuring container to the target container. Some embodiments of the device can include a motor and a controller for automatically actuating a plunger of the syringe to transfer the desired amount of fluid.
US08522829B2
An insulated article having a first insulation region comprising a first polymeric material and first hollow ceramic microspheres and a second insulation region comprising a second polymeric material and second hollow ceramic microspheres. The first insulation region has a thermal conductivity that is no greater than the thermal conductivity of the first polymeric material and a volumetric heat capacity in a range of 60% to 90% of the volumetric heat capacity of the first polymeric material. The second insulation region has a thermal conductivity that is no greater than 90% of the thermal conductivity of the second polymeric material and a volumetric heat capacity that is less than 60% of the volumetric heat capacity of the second polymeric material. A method for making a composition for insulating an article is also described.
US08522828B2
A double-walled exhaust system component having glass bubbles disposed between inner and outer pipes and method of making the same. The glass bubbles have a size distribution wherein, on a bulk volume basis, at least 90 percent of the glass bubbles have a size of less than 150 micrometers.
US08522818B2
A booster valve comprising a housing having a signal port, an actuator port, a supply port, and an exhaust port disposed therein. Disposed within the housing are upper and lower plugs. The upper and lower plugs and the housing collectively define a signal chamber which fluidly communicates with the signal port, an actuator chamber which fluidly communicates with the actuator port, and a supply chamber which fluidly communicates with the supply port. The upper and lower plugs are selectively moveable between neutral, delivery and discharge positions. When in the neutral position, the actuator chamber is fluidly isolated from both the supply chamber and the exhaust port. When in the delivery position, the actuator chamber fluidly communicates with the supply chamber but is fluidly isolated from the exhaust port. Finally, when in the discharge position, the actuator chamber fluidly communicates with the exhaust port but is fluidly isolated from the supply chamber.
US08522811B2
An auto flow steam trap has a hollow body, a partition panel mounted in the body, at least one float seat mounted on the partition panel and at least one float assembly mounted in the at least one float seat. Condensate flows through at least one condensate inlet formed on the body, the at least one float seat and at least one float assembly, and then is drained out of the steam trap from a transverse outlet formed on the body. No flash steam occurs when the condensate is drained out of the steam trap. With a non-return valve assembly of the float seat, the condensate and steam that have flowed out of the steam trap do not flow back into the steam trap so a float of the float assembly is not damaged.
US08522808B2
A safety valve for a battery which is mounted on a sealing plate for sealing an opening portion of a gastight battery case, and which can rapidly release a gas in the battery when a battery internal pressure is elevated is provided. In a safety valve for a gastight battery, a thin-wall valve element is formed on a sealing plate which seals an opening portion of a battery case, and the valve element is opened when a battery internal pressure becomes a predetermined value or more so as to release a gas in the battery to the outside of the battery. The safety valve includes: an outer annular groove formed of an annular thin wall which is formed on the periphery of the valve element and is provided for releasing the whole valve element; an inner annular groove formed of an annular thin wall which is arranged in an area inside the outer annular groove; and a connecting groove formed of a straight thin wall which connects the outer annular groove and the inner annular groove to each other. A wall thickness of the inner annular groove and a wall thickness of the connecting groove are set larger than a wall thickness of the outer annular groove.
US08522804B1
A sunshade (12) includes a pole (111) rotatably receiving a screw rod (295) that is can be rotated by operating a handle (213) to cause movement of a follower (277) in the pole (111) between a folded position, an unfolded position, and a tilted position. A runner (297) is mounted around the pole (111) and fixed to the follower (277) to move therewith. A pivotable member (383) is pivotably connected to a fixing member (363) fixed on an upper end (113) of the pole (111). Ribs (451) are pivotably mounted to a hub (439) fixed on the pivotable member (383). Stretchers (313) are pivotably mounted between the ribs (451) and the runner (297). The hub (439) and the ribs (451) are tilted when the pivotable member (383) is pivoted due to movement of the follower (277) from the unfolded position to the tilted position.
US08522797B2
A replaceable accessory head for a powered toothbrush. The user selects one of a plurality of dental care accessory assemblies for flossing, brushing teeth, or for stimulating the gums. That assembly is engaged with the head which in turn is engaged with the handle and is locked thereto. This locking motion also causes the assembly to become locked to the head and the assembly may then be used for its intended purpose. A vibratory mechanism in the handle is activated causing vibration in the accessory assembly and thus improving the flossing, brushing or gum stimulation motions. When the assembly is worn out or when a different dental hygiene task is to be undertaken, the user detaches the head from the handle, thereby simultaneously unlocking the accessory assembly from the head. The assembly is then disengaged and is replaced by a different accessory assembly.
US08522796B2
The present invention includes coated monofilament dental tapes for removing plaque and/or food debris from interdental spaces of a mammal, which dental tapes have a core body with an aspect ratio of about 5:1 or greater, a first cleaning surface and a second cleaning surface opposite the first cleaning surface, a plurality of ribs disposed along the length of each cleaning surface, and a coating containing about 0.8 milligram per yard of dental tape or more of an abrasive and about 0.8 milligram per yard dental tape or more of sodium bicarbonate.
US08522789B2
Airway devices and tube securing devices are disclosed. Methods of making and using airway devices and tube securing devices are also disclosed.
US08522783B2
A cushion includes a substantially triangularly shaped frame from which extends a membrane. The frame has a scalloped edge by which the cushion is affixed to a mask body. The membrane has an aperture into which the wearer's nose is received. The membrane is spaced away from the rim of the frame. The wearer's nose is received through the aperture into the chamber within the mask body. The shape of the seal forming portion is particularly suited to effectively seal the difficult region of the facial contour that is the crease between the sides of the nose and the face.
US08522782B2
A high flow therapy system including a microprocessor, a heating element a non-sealing respiratory interface and a sensor is disclosed. The heating element is disposed in electrical communication with the microprocessor and is capable of heating a liquid to create a gas. The non-sealing respiratory interface is configured to deliver the gas to a patient. The sensor is disposed in electrical communication with the microprocessor and is configured to measure pressure in an upper airway of the patient.
US08522776B2
An inhalation device comprising a base having a slot for insertion of a single blister containing a dose of medicament to be inhaled into the base is disclosed. The inhaler has a mouthpiece pivotally mounted to the base which carries a blister piercing element operable to pierce a blister received in said slot when the mouthpiece is pivoted relative to the base. When a user inhales on the mouthpiece, the dose is entrained in an airflow and flows out of the blister through the mouthpiece and into the user's airway.
US08522775B2
An inhaler (1) device for inhalation of a medicament from a pierceable capsule (10) comprises a housing (2) for receiving a medicament, capsule, closure means (3) for closing the housing, said closure means being moveable relative to the housing; piercing means (7) suitable for piercing a medicament capsule; wherein movement of the closure means relative to the housing causes movement of the piercing means, and wherein the device comprises an air inlet (71) and an air outlet (72) defining an inhalation passage therebetween, the passage comprising one or more vents (70).
US08522772B1
A tracking system for a solar collector assembly array where the tracking system includes a coplanar circular rim structure including multiple circular rims, where each circular rim is fitted around a respective solar collector and where each solar collector has a general shape of a sealed and inflated cylindrical tube housing having a longitudinal center axis and where each solar collector is in a horizontal planar array with respect to each other. The tracking system further includes a first elongated frame structure for supporting the circular rim structure such that all of the circular rims are generally vertically coplanar with one another. The tracking system further includes a cable serially wrapped around each of the respective circular rims to form a closed cable loop where the wrapped cable forms a series of a generally vertical coplanar loops with each loop contacting around a respective rim structure such that at least one generally complete gripping loop is formed on each respective rim. An actuator is attached to the frame structure such that actuator provides a controllable driving force to the closed cable loop to allow for controlled rotation of each solar collector assembly around its respective longitudinal axis.
US08522769B2
The present invention relates to outdoor grill accessories, and more particularly, a foldable worktable attachment for an outdoor grill that includes a large table area that is interconnected to a lower shelf by two sets of foldable legs. When in an erect position, the table provides ample space for preparing foods and the like, but when in a collapsed position, the table lies flush against one of the sides of the grill housing, thus, enclosing the lower shelf and supporting legs that are folded and stored between the table and a recessed area included in the grill housing.
US08522766B2
A quiver assembly for detachable connection to an archery bow includes first and second releasable locking members connectable to an archery bow and a quiver. The first releasable locking member has a first base portion with a first locking pin located at one end thereof, a first guide block located at an opposite end thereof, and a first receiver contiguous with the first guide block. The second releasable locking member has a second base portion with a second locking pin located at one end thereof, a second guide block located at an opposite end thereof, and a second receiver contiguous with the second guide block. The first locking pin is received in the second receiver and the second locking pin is received in the first receiver and the first and second guide blocks are in mutual engagement when the first and second releasable locking members are connected together.
US08522754B2
A fuel injector clamp and method of clamping a fuel injector includes clamp members each including a central body with a concaved section and two horizontally offset passageways. Clamp members are oppositely oriented such that the concaved section forms a region adapted to engage a fuel injector. Offset passageways are aligned such that a top passageway of one member is aligned with a bottom passageway of the opposing member. A fastening mechanism is passed through a first pair of aligned passageways to form a hinge, allowing clamp members to pivot about the hinge so a fuel injector can be disposed between the concaved sections. Members are then pivoted towards each other to close the clamp assembly; a second fastening mechanism is passed through a second pair of aligned offset passageways to lock the injector into place.
US08522753B2
Holding elements are known for holding an assembly in a holder, comprising a holding section for engaging behind the assembly and holding members that are provided on the holding section for holding the assembly in the holder. It is disadvantageous that the holding element is comparatively expensive to produce. For example, it is configured very rigidly in the holding direction, which is achieved with a comparatively high amount of material. This results in high production costs. In addition, in the case of very high mechanical loads the detent connection can detach due to torque acting on the detent hooks. The holding element according to the invention is simplified, thereby lowering the production costs. According to the invention, the holding section has a flat configuration viewed in the holding direction, and the holding members are angled in relation to the holding section and configured as elastically resilient holding arms.
US08522749B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving fluid usage while addressing knock by adjusting the use of spark retard and direct injection of a fluid based on engine operating conditions and the composition of the injected fluid. One or more engine parameters, such as EGR, VCT, boost, throttle position, are coordinated with the direct injection to reduce torque and EGR transients.
US08522743B2
A communicating passage for discharging oil and recovering the oil in an oil pan in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine wherein the communicating passage enables internal spaces of a plurality of crank chambers corresponding to a plurality of cylinders to communicate is provided to a crankcase. An opening of a drain for discharging oil inside the communicating passage is provided. In addition, the drain for discharging the oil via the opening is provided. The drain is formed to discharge the oil on the side of the oil pan provided to the crankcase.
US08522742B2
To reduce the height of a crankcase by arranging a communicating passage in a proper position and to miniaturize an engine in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine provided with an upper crankcase integrated with a cylinder block or provided separately from the cylinder block on the downside of the cylinder block and a lower crankcase connected to a lower part of the upper crankcase and provided with a communicating passage that communicates with internal spaces of plural crank chambers corresponding to plural cylinders. In the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, a communicating hole that communicates with the communicating passage is provided on at least either side of the upper crankcase or the lower crankcase, and a cover forming the communicating passage is arranged with the cover covering the communicating hole and is attached to both crankcases across a joined plane of the upper crankcase and the lower crankcase.
US08522741B2
An air-intake duct, which is disposed between an air outlet of an air cleaner box constituting an air cleaner and an air inlet of a throttle body constituting a throttle device, is configured to guide air cleaned by the air cleaner to the throttle device. The air-intake duct includes a tubular coupling member including an upstream coupling portion coupled in an air tight manner to the air outlet of the air cleaner box and a downstream coupling portion air-tightly coupled to the air inlet of the throttle body, the coupling member being entirely formed of an elastic rubber material. The air-intake duct also includes an air guide member including a first air inlet configured to take in air therethrough from inside the air cleaner box, a first air outlet configured to discharge the air therethrough toward the throttle body, and a fitting portion fitted to the coupling member.
US08522739B2
A roller seating device has a hollow-cylindrical element (1) in which a roller (4) is received in seats (8, 10) perpendicular to a center axis (6) of the hollow-cylindrical element (1). A securing element (12) is configured and arranged to couple in a form-fit to the hollow-cylindrical element (1) in the interior (14) of the hollow-cylindrical element (1) in a direction that is axial and rotatory with respect to the center axis (6) of the hollow-cylindrical element (1) and in such a manner as to fix the roller (4) on its faces (16, 18) axially to the center axis (6) of the roller (4).
