US08625093B2
Provided is a particle characterization device that can ensure measurement accuracy even though light detecting means has a single configuration, and enables the number of optical elements to be decreased as much as possible to suppress cost increase and reduce the number of adjustment places, and the particle characterization device has an incident side polarizer and an incident side ¼ wavelength plate as an illumination optical system mechanism and, as a light receiving optical system mechanism, an exit side ¼ wavelength plate and an exit side polarizer that can be rotated to a plurality of angle positions around a cell, wherein light attenuating means that prevents a polarization state from being changed is provided on a light path, and a light attenuation rate by the light attenuating means is controlled such that a detected light intensity at each measurement position falls within a measurement range of light detecting means.
US08625092B2
An apparatus (10) measures a spectral distribution of a translucent printed product (12) produced with a printing device. The apparatus (10) has an illuminating source (20) for illuminating the printed product (12), an optoelectronic measuring means (32) for measurer the transmittance value of a section of the spectrum of the light (26) transmitted through the printed product (12), an optical disperser (28) for dispersing the wavelengths of the transmitted light (26), and a light entry gap plane that is definitive for the disperser (28). The light entry gap plane that is definitive for the disperser (28) is created by the surface of the printed product (12) to be examined.
US08625091B2
A spectrometer (110) including a triggering element (124) for generating a series of trigger signals, a first laser (10) for emitting toward a sample (112) a first laser light pulse (118) having a first wavelength in response to receiving each of the trigger signals, the first laser (10) being wavelength tunable so that the first wavelength is selectively variable; a second laser (114) for emitting toward the sample a second laser light pulse (120) having a second wavelength in response to receiving each of the trigger signals from the series of trigger signals; a dithering element (128) for selectively retarding transmission of the trigger signals to at least one of the first and second lasers such that the first and second laser light pulses (118, 120) are received at the sample substantially non-simultaneously; a delaying element (126) for retarding transmission of the trigger signals to at least one of the first and second lasers in a manner such that the first and second laser light pulses (118, 120) are received at the sample substantially simultaneously when the dithering element (128) is inactive state.
US08625087B2
Disclosed herein is a packing container including: a packing container body including a leading-out section which contains an optical probe having a first end section for incoming of a laser beam and a second end section for outgoing of the incoming laser beam, which leads out the first end section of the optical probe thus contained to the exterior and which is sealed, and a window section by which the laser beam going out from the second end section of the contained optical probe is led out to the exterior; and a light-transmitting member which closes the window section and permits the laser beam to pass therethrough.
US08625081B2
There is provided an apparatus (300) for measuring a distance to a target (312), comprising: a transmitter (302) configured to transmit an optical pulse (310) towards the target (312), a receiver channel (304) configured to receive the optical pulse (310) reflected from the target (312), and a processor (306) configured to measure a time intervaf between the transmission and detection of the optical pulse (310) at a predefined amplitude threshold level (11OA, 110B), to determine a time domain parameter from the detected optical pulse (310) at one or more amplitude threshold levels (110A, 110B), to convert the time domain parameter value into a correction value by a conversion model; to correct a timing error in the measured time interval by the correction value, and to convert the error-corrected time interval into a distance to the target (312).
US08625075B2
Systems and methods related to the generation of interference patterns using electromagnetic radiation are generally described. Some embodiments are directed to the use of such systems and methods to perform interference lithography.
US08625072B2
A scanning exposure apparatus measures levels of a substrate at a predetermined position on the substrate at a first measurement point during the acceleration period and a second measurement point during the constant velocity period, obtains a correction value for a measurement error due to factors associated with acceleration based on the measurement results, corrects the measured level using the obtained correction value and exposes the substrate so that the level at a given position on the substrate becomes equal to the corrected level, when the substrate is exposed at the given position after the level is measured while the stage accelerates, and exposes the substrate so that the level at a given position on the substrate becomes equal to the measured level measured, when the substrate is exposed after the level of the substrate at the given position is measured while the stage moves at a constant velocity.
US08625070B2
In a lithographic apparatus, dampers are provided that may be used within mounts for optical elements in order to damp the motion of the optical element relative to the component to which it is mounted.
US08625062B2
A transparent display device and a driving method thereof. The transparent display device includes a light guide plate transmitting incident light impinging from its exterior or its back surface and reflecting backlight light impinging from its side surface to its front surface; and an active reflector disposed on the back surface of the light guide plate. The active reflector includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer transmitting the incident light in a planar phase in a transparent mode.
US08625027B2
In a system and method for verification of media content synchronization, the system may include a processor configured to perform a method including determining at least one similarity score of a copy of a master program based on a comparison of at least one signature of the copy with at least one signature of the master program.
US08625025B2
A flexible video cadence detecting apparatus includes a motion detecting unit, a cycle detecting unit, a film detecting unit, and a de-interlacing unit. The motion detecting unit receives a plurality of continuous field images and determines whether or not there is motion in each field image. The motion detecting unit assigns a first or a second value according to whether or not there is motion in the field image, so as to obtain a value stream. The cycle detecting unit receives the value stream and detects whether or not the first or the second value has a cycle, so as to output a cycle determinant. The film detecting unit receives the value stream and the cycle determinant and determines whether or not the field images are a film, to output a cadence pattern. The de-interlacing unit restores the field images into an original film according to the cadence pattern.
US08625023B2
Various embodiments directed to modifying and enhancing visual perception are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to a camera which includes a lens system for capturing images and a lighting system providing key light above the lens system and providing fill light below the lens system. A processor controls one or more operations of the camera, including automatically enhancing the captured images and presenting the enhanced images on a display. The system and method for modifying visual perception may also be directed to a video camera mirror system, a seating system, a cosmetic package, a lipstick packaging, a polarized mirror, an illuminated cosmetic brush, a personal portrait photography management system and an illumination system for modifying visual perception.
US08625022B2
An image blur correction apparatus includes: a fixed member; a first driven unit pivotally supported by the fixed member around a first support shaft extending in a direction parallel to an optical axis direction; a second driven unit holding a lens or an imaging device and pivotally supported by the first driven unit around a second support shaft extending in the direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a first actuator that pivots the first and second driven units around the first support shaft; and a second actuator that pivots the second driven unit around the second support shaft.
US08625012B2
Described herein is a circuit and related method for improving the dynamic range and the linearity characteristic of a CMOS image sensor. In various embodiments of the CMOS image sensor, a current sampler, a comparator, and a 1-bit memory are incorporated in each pixel circuit. In the image sensor, pixels are arranged in columns and a column slice is used to read the digital and analog singles from each column. In addition, a calibration circuit is incorporated in the sensor circuit for providing calibration current, which is used to generate calibration parameter. The image sensor operates in three non-overlapping modes: the difference mode, the WDR mode, and the calibration mode. The image sensor is switched among the three modes by control signals, which are provided to the image sensor by various control circuits. The image sensor normally operates in the difference mode and switches to the WDR mode when the difference between consecutive frames is over a threshold. The calibration mode allows the image sensor generate calibration parameters which are used to improve the linearity of the sensor through a interpolation method.
US08625009B2
An electronic device includes a main body and an image capturing device positioned on the main body. The image capturing device includes a fixing pole, a rotating plate, two lens modules, and an image sensor. The fixing pole is fixed on the main body. The rotating plate is sleeved over the fixing pole and rotates around the fixing pole. The two lens modules are mounted on the rotating plate and symmetrical with the fixing pole. The image sensor is arranged on the main body. The rotating plate is rotated to make the two lens modules be alternated to align with the image sensor.
US08625003B2
A digital camera includes an image sensor for producing analog image signals; an analog/digital converter for converting the image signals into digital raw data; and a signal processing unit for producing processed data from the raw data, wherein the signal processing device has a signal output. The camera has at least one first buffer memory for buffering at least some of the digital raw data and an evaluation device which is made to compare raw data stored in the first buffer memory with the processed data.
US08625002B2
An image processing apparatus controls such that a plurality of additional information of image data are classified into a plurality of objects in accordance with update periods thereof and data of the additional ingenerateation corresponding to each of the classified objects is generated and output in accordance with the corresponding update period of each object, thereby multiplexing the data of the additional information corresponding to each object which is generated and output in accordance with update period thereof, to the input image data. The image processing apparatus demultiplexes the multiplexed data into the image data and the additional information, generates updated image data of the object to be updated from the demultiplexed additional information, and superimposes it to the video image corresponding to the image data.
US08624992B2
There is provided an imaging device which eliminates complexity in reading an image in low resolution and reading an image in high resolution and realizes prevention of decrease in frame rate. The device includes a pixel region including a plurality of pixel elements and imaging an incident light of an object as an image and a reading unit for thinning out a pixel element from the pixel region to read a thinned out image in low resolution and reading a partial image in resolution higher than the thinned out image from a partial region of the pixel region (a horizontal shift register and a vertical shift register), wherein the reading unit reads the thinned out image and the partial image from mutually different pixel elements and reads the thinned out image and the partial image as different imaging frames.
US08624986B2
Apparatus and method for electronically estimating focusing distance between a camera (still and/or video camera) and a subject. Images at different focal positions of a calibration target are collected to arrive at a focus matching model for a given imaging apparatus. In operation, at least two images are captured and convolutions performed which approximate the modeling of blur change as a point spread function. Wavelet transforms are applied to the images after each convolution and images are compared based on the wavelet variance differences to provide a motion robust blur difference determination. Applying the blur differences to the focus matching model provides an estimate of focusing distance, which can be utilized such as for controlling camera focus.
US08624983B2
If a request of handle information to identify data existing in a recording medium is made to a digital camera by a PC, the digital camera collects the data existing in the recording medium by accessing a file system, generates unique handle information independent of the file system on the basis of a file path of the file system, and transmits it to the PC. When the request accompanied by the handle information is received from the PC, the digital camera executes a file path restoring process to the handle information, thereby restoring the file path which depends on the file system in the digital camera, retrieves the requested file by using the obtained file path, and transmits the data to the PC. According to this arrangement, installation costs can be suppressed by making an identification information management table unnecessary even while identification information which is independent of a logical data management system is used.
US08624980B2
A video apparatus such as a television signal receiver enables a video display that readily indicates the detected degree of a video attribute such as motion and/or other video attribute present in the video display. According to an exemplary embodiment, the video apparatus includes first circuitry operative to receive video data. Second circuitry is operative to enable a video display corresponding to the video data. The video display includes first and second video attributes. The first video attribute varies in proportion to a detected degree of the second video attribute.
US08624968B1
Exemplary embodiments provide microscope devices and methods for forming and using the microscope devices. The microscope device can include a light emitter array with each light emitter individually addressable to either emit or detect light signals. Magnified images of a sample object can be generated by a reflection mechanism and/or a transmission mechanism using one or more microscope devices in an imaging system. Real-time computer control of which microscope pixels are viewed can allow the user to digitally replicate the “fovea” function of human vision. Viewing an object from both sides in the double-sided microscope system and from multiple pixel positions can allow the microscope to reconstruct pseudo-3D images of the object.
US08624965B2
A 3D glasses driving method for driving 3D shutter glasses and 3D glasses and a 3D display apparatus using the same, the 3D glasses driving method including: receiving a sync signal from an external device; determining a duty of a driving signal which opens a left eye glass and a right eye glass of the 3D shutter glasses; and opening and closing the left eye glass and the right eye glass of the 3D shutter glasses alternately based on the sync signal and the determined duty. Accordingly, the user is able to watch the 3D image in a descried brightness without experiencing a crosstalk phenomenon.
US08624948B2
Provided is a device for detecting a horizontal synchronization signal of an image forming apparatus. The device includes a light intensity converter to convert light intensity of a first beam emitted from a first light source and light intensity of a second beam emitted from a second light source to be different from each other, and outputting the first and second beams; a photo detector to receive the first beam and the second beam output from the light intensity converter, and outputting a first signal having a first level at a time of receiving the first beam and a second level at a time of receiving the second beam; and a horizontal synchronization signal detector to detect a horizontal synchronization signal of the first beam and a horizontal synchronization signal of the second beam by using the first signal.
US08624943B2
Disclosed herein is a method for driving an image display apparatus including: an image display panel whereon pixels each having first to third sub-pixels are laid out in first and second directions to form a 2-dimensional matrix, at least each specific pixel and an adjacent pixel adjacent to the specific pixel in the first direction are used as first and second pixels respectively to create one of pixel groups, and a fourth sub-pixel is placed between the first and second pixels in each of the pixel groups; and a signal processing section configured to generate first to third sub-pixel output signals for the first pixel on the basis of respectively first to third sub-pixel input signals and to generate first to third sub-pixel output signals for the second pixel on the basis of respectively first to third sub-pixel input signals.
US08624937B2
A gray scale voltage generator includes a voltage dividing resistor string to generate blue (B), red (R), and green (G) gamma voltage signals, the voltage dividing resistor string including a B gamma voltage signal generating section, a R/G gamma voltage generating section, and a common (COM) gamma voltage generating section to individually control a B gray scale voltage and a R/G gray scale voltage to maintain a constant color temperature.
US08624928B2
A system and method for magnifying a webpage displayed on a touch screen of an electronic device includes defining a magnification instruction for magnifying content of the webpage on the touch screen, a trigger instruction for each of an automatic mode and a manual mode. The method detects an input instruction according to user input if the electronic device browses webpage. A selected magnification mode is confirmed according to the trigger instruction detected by the electronic device if the electronic device has detected the magnification instruction. The method further confirms a target area to be magnified in the webpage on the touch screen according to the selected magnification mode, and magnifies content of the target area by displaying content of the target area on a full screen of the touch screen.
US08624917B2
The invention is characterized by the fact that an area sensor for outputting an analog signal responsive to the light reception amount of light of CMYG is used and when CMYG image data is converted into RGB image data, RGB image data having a domain also in negative values is generated without performing processing of putting the RGB image data into values of 0 or more, without decreasing the information amount of the CMYG image data. Further, the invention is characterized by the fact that when the image data is recorded in a file section 16 finally as a JPEG file, the pixel data of each color of YCbCr is represented as data type of eight bits and the information amount per pixel is 24 bits for recording more color information without increasing the memory capacity.
US08624889B2
A surface definition module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to define a surface. An interpolation module may be used to interpolate at least one final hair on the surface based upon at least one control hair. An effects module including an effects pipeline may be utilized to apply a plurality of effects to the final hair in a user-defined order to generate a modified final hair that may be ultimately rendered.
US08624887B2
A control circuit and a method for charge sharing are provided. The control circuit and method are applied to a flat panel display including a plurality of pixel units. The control circuit includes a power supply unit, a data driver, a first switch set, a second switch set, a second switch set, and a timing controller. The control method includes steps of: outputting a first control signal to optionally switch on the switches in the first switch set in a first duration to re-allocate charges stored in the plurality of pixel units; and outputting a second control signal to optionally switch on the switches in the second switch set in a second duration to discharge charges stored in the plurality of pixel units via the voltage output pin.
US08624885B2
An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel, a display area of the electro-optical panel being surrounded by a peripheral member. The electro-optical device also includes the following elements. A light-receiving sensor receives external light. A light-shielded sensor is connected to the light-receiving sensor and is shielded from the external light received by the light-receiving sensor. The light-shielded sensor is located at a position at which it is overlapped with the peripheral member.
US08624874B2
A photo sensing device, a photo sensing circuit, a touch panel, and a method of sensing an output value of a photo sensing element, in order to remove the influence of a threshold voltage. The device includes a photo sensing unit generating a sensing current according to an intensity of incident light, a driving unit outputting a driving current according to the sensing current generated by the photo sensing unit, and a scanning unit outputting on a data line the driving current of the driving unit in a first mode corresponding to the photo sensing unit gathering light for a predetermined period of time and outputting the driving current in a second mode corresponding to the photo sensing unit initializing.
US08624868B2
A system for displaying images including a touch display panel is provided. The touch display panel includes a first substrate. An electrode array is disposed on the first substrate, and the electrode array includes a first touch area. A first common electrode layer is disposed on the electrode array. A first dielectric layer is disposed between the electrode array and the first common electrode layer.
US08624860B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an interface for controlling a display of a plurality of layers on a touch screen display includes displaying, on a touch screen display of the device, a main display layer and at least one sub display layer, detecting an object-down event at a first position within the main display layer, detecting an object-dragging event at a second position within the main display layer, and moving the main display layer along a movement direction from the first position to the second position, wherein at least one of the at least one sub display layer is displayed to be pulled to the movement direction in accordance with the movement of the main display layer.
US08624859B2
The input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input to an input object displayed on the display unit, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input if the pressure load satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that load standards for receiving pressure inputs to a plurality of adjacent input objects are differently set to a first load standard and a second load standard higher than the first load standard, and controls such that if a pressure load of a pressure input to an input object with the first load standard satisfies the second load standard, the pressure input is not received.
US08624856B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, a seal pattern arranged in the edge provided between the first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes crossing each other and arranged in the seal pattern on an outer surface of the second substrate, a pad electrode for the touch panel partially overlapping the seal pattern on the outer surface of the second substrate, a pad electrode for the liquid crystal panel arranged at the outside of the seal pattern on the first substrate, a chip-on-film (COF) connected to the pad electrode for the liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board for driving the liquid crystal panel, connected to the chip-on-film, a routing line to connect the pad electrode for the touch panel to the first electrodes and the second electrodes on the outer surface of the second substrate, and a flexible printed cable connected to pad electrodes for the touch panel, to receive driving signals of the first and second electrodes, the flexible printed cable connected to the printed circuit board.
US08624851B2
A user interface for a touch-screen display of a dedicated handheld electronic book reader device is described. The user interface detects human gestures manifest as pressure being applied by a finger or stylus to regions on the touch-screen display. In one implementation, the touch-screen user interface enables a user to turn one or more pages in response to applying a force or pressure to the touch-screen display. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface is configured to bookmark a page temporarily by applying a pressure to the display, then allowing a user to turn pages to a new page, but reverting back to a previously-displayed page when the pressure is removed. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface identifies and filters electronic books based on book size and/or a time available to read a book. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface converts text to speech in response to a user touching the touch-screen display.
US08624832B2
A drive method for an electrophoretic display device that has an electrophoretic device composed of a suspension fluid containing electrophoretic particles disposed between a common electrode and a plurality of pixel electrodes, a driver that drives the electrophoretic device by applying voltage between the common electrode and the plural pixel electrodes, and a controller that controls the driver. The control method has a display redrawing process that changes the displayed image by applying a common electrode drive pulse that repeats two different potentials to the common electrode, and applying either of the two different potentials to the pixel electrodes according to the updated display content. The display redrawing process includes a first pulse application step that applies a first pulse train to the common electrode as the common electrode drive pulse train, and a second pulse application step that executes after the first pulse application step to apply a second pulse train to the common electrode as the common electrode drive pulse train, the pulses of the second pulse train being wider than the pulses of the first pulse train.
US08624824B2
A backlight display has improved display characteristics. An image may be displayed on the display where the image includes a liquid crystal material with a light valve. The display receives an image signal and uses the image signal to modify the light for a backlight array and a liquid crystal layer.
US08624817B2
A display apparatus includes a driving part and a display panel. The driving part includes a master timing controller and at least one slave timing controller synchronized with the master timing controller using a first data enable signal received by the master timing controller and a second data enable signal received by the slave timing controller. The display panel displays a first image on a first display block, and displays a second image on a second display block using the master timing controller.
US08624811B2
A panel assembly includes a display panel and a panel driving apparatus. The display panel includes a data line and a gate line extended in a direction that crosses the data line. The panel driving apparatus includes a first gate driving circuit that outputs a first gate signal to the gate line, and a second gate driving circuit disposed in an area that corresponds to an inverter and that outputs a second gate signal to the gate line, the second gate signal being different from the first gate signal.
US08624807B2
According to a driving method of applying a reverse bias voltage, capacitance occurs due to a stacked structure of a conductor, an insulator and a conductor, or due to a structure of a TFT. This capacitance prevents normal operation. The invention provides a pixel configuration including at least a driving transistor for driving a light emitting element and a switching transistor for controlling the driving transistor, wherein the switching transistor is turned on in the case of applying a forward bias voltage after applying a reverse bias voltage. As a result, it is prevented that the potential changes due to unwanted capacitive coupling.
US08624801B2
A display device comprises a pixel structure. The pixel structure includes a first transistor having a gate and circuitry to initially set the first transistor gate at a first voltage. In response to a data signal received over a data line of the display device, the first transistor gate is set at a second voltage. The first transistor gate voltage transitions from the second voltage to a third voltage that is higher than the second voltage by a reference voltage. A light element is coupled to the first transistor and configured to emit light in response to a current through the light element.
US08624795B2
A dual-band dielectrically loaded multifilar antenna has a first group of helical conductive antenna elements extending from feed connection nodes to an annular linking conductor 20U, and a second group of conductive helical antenna elements extending from the feed coupling nodes in the direction of the linking conductor to substantially open-circuit ends spaced from the linking conductor. The helical elements of the first group are half-turn elements having an electrical length of approximately one half wavelength at a first operating frequency of the antenna. The helical elements of the second group are approximately quarter-turn helical elements having an electrical length in the region of one quarter wavelength and a second operating frequency of the antenna. Each group of elements is associated with a respective mode of resonance for circularly polarized radiation.
US08624792B2
An antenna device for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The antenna device includes a ground plane and a radiator arranged at an radiator distance above the ground plane. In addition, the antenna device includes a plurality of parasitic elements arranged, on the ground plane, around the radiator in a radially symmetric manner, the parasitic elements being electrically connected to the ground plane.
US08624791B2
This disclosure relates to chokes for suppressing undesired signals such as such as common mode electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or radio frequency interference (RFI). The chokes can include an electro-conductive sleeve disposed over an electrical cable and the sleeve can be configured to suppress an undesired signal. In some embodiments, the electro-conductive sleeve and have a half-wave sleeve, which can be electrically open at both ends. Additional insulating material can be included between the electrical cable and the sleeve. Multiple electro-conductive sleeves and be disposed substantially concentrically over the cable. The chokes can be configured to reduce passive intermodulation (PIM). The sleeve can have a longitudinal slot that extends the length of the sleeve. The sleeve can include multiple slots that separate the sleeve into multiple panels, which can be configured to suppress different signals.
US08624789B2
An apparatus for adjusting an inclination angle of an antenna using a rotatory power is disclosed, wherein a remote control unit is easily combined with the apparatus. The apparatus in an antenna having a phase shifter includes a power delivering member connected to the phase shifter, and a driving member combined with the power delivering member, and for providing a power to the power delivering member. Here, an inserting section is formed at a part of outside surfaces of the driving member, a remote control unit is inserted into the inserting section and rotates the driving member, and the power delivering member rotates in response to the power provided from the driving member. Accordingly, any given member is not removed when the remote control unit is combined with the apparatus. As a result, the remote control unit may be easily combined with the apparatus, and any member is not lost.
US08624780B2
Phase shift values between signals received at a plurality of receiving antennas are determined to orient one or more receiving antennas of the plurality of receiving antennas during signal location. Subsequent signals are received utilizing the oriented receiving antennas. Candidate angle of arrival (AOA) values are computed based on the determined phase shift values during the signal location so as to adaptively orient the receiving antennas. Each of the candidate AOA values is iteratively selected one at a time to adaptively orient the receiving antennas. The receiving antennas may be adaptively oriented according to the computed receive signal power levels. The determined phase shift values may be rounded to nearest discrete phase shift values. In this regard, one candidate AOA value is selected for each of the receiving antennas based on the corresponding rounded phase shift values such that the receiving antennas may be adaptively oriented during the signal location.
US08624778B2
A set of parameters for a plurality of satellites belonging to at least two different satellite systems is assembled. Further, a definition of a data structure is provided, the data structure including at least one section for parameters for a plurality of satellites belonging to at least two different satellite systems.
US08624768B2
A zero-crossing-based analog-to-digital converter having current mismatch correction capability, that can raise resolution, energy efficiency, and sampling rate of a fully differential zero-crossing circuit, is realized through a 90 nm CMOS technology. The circuit is used mainly to correct offset error, to use a current supply separation technology and a digital correction mechanism to correct mismatch among a plurality of current supplies.
US08624760B2
A system and method for performing sample rate conversion and creating fractional delays to a signal is disclosed. The system comprises a filter, a look up table for storing coefficients for sample rate conversion and fractional delays, and control circuitry configured to use an indexing scheme to select one or more coefficients from the look up table for rate conversion and fractional delays. The coefficients stored in the look up table comprise the coefficients required to generate delays in desired increments of a sample rate. In the disclosed method, the one or more coefficients necessary for a desired sample rate and fractional delay are selected from a single look up table and provided to a filter to delay the signal based upon the input sample rate.
US08624751B2
An alarm system for emitting an alarm includes a distance detecting circuit, a gate circuit, a voltage conversion circuit, a distance judging circuit and an alarm circuit. The distance detecting circuit receives a first signal, detects a distance between an object and the alarm system, outputs a second signal and a third signal according to the distance. The gate circuit receives the second signal and the third signal and outputs a voltage level signal. The voltage conversion circuit receives the voltage level signal and converts the voltage level signal into a DC voltage signal. The distance judging circuit receives the DC voltage signal and compares the DC voltage signal against a reference voltage signal to output a control signal if necessary. The alarm circuit receives the control signal and produces the alarm when the distance between the object and the alarm system is less than a threshold distance.
US08624750B2
A power providing system for transferring power from an inductive power outlet to an inductive power receiver. The power providing system includes a targeting apparatus capable of detecting the location of the inductive power receiver adjacent to said extended surface and driving a primary inductor in the vicinity of the inductive power receiver. Optionally, the inductive power outlet includes a moving primary inductor which may move into alignment with the receiver. Alternatively, the inductive power outlet includes an array of primary inductors and a primary inductor may be selected in the locality of the inductive power receiver.
US08624748B1
A floating roof monitoring system is disclosed. According to embodiments, the floating roof monitoring system includes a monitoring device and a floating roof tank. The monitoring device can generate a current for a monitoring loop that includes one or more electrical connections between the monitoring device and the floating roof tank. A resistance value for one or more points within or along the monitoring loop can be determined and monitored. The monitoring device can determine, based upon the resistance value, if an action is to be taken.
US08624743B2
The present invention is a system for communicating a voice signal or audio message initiated over potentially great distances and deliverable to an unattended animal, and comprises a base unit and a wireless receiver. Voice signals or e-mail messages incorporating embedded audio files or commands for delivering an audio message are sent over a global communication via computer network to the base unit which includes a transmitter. The transmitter sends via wireless communication the voice signal or an audio message from the transmitter to a local receiver secured to a pet collar or the like. The system transmits live audio signals (converted from the audio files or stored audio messages) in real time over great distances. The receiver is preferably worn on the pet and includes a speaker and wireless receiver for converting the wireless signals sent by the transmitter into audio signals emitted by the speakers.
US08624740B2
Systems and methods for providing personalized information are provided. Based on an identification of a customer through the use of a card, personalized information is selectively produced and wirelessly provided to a display such as a wireless display. The identification of the customer, as well as additional information, can be provided through the use of the card, wherein functions of the card can be enabled or disabled by the customer through the use of on-card switches, buttons, slides and/or bistable domes.
US08624732B2
One or more natural resources (e.g., bodies of water, volumes of air or earth, mineral deposits, or wildlife populations) may be tracked by one or more natural resource quality sensors, each of which may detect and report various natural resource quality indicators (e.g., indicators of purity, biological or chemical contaminants, physical properties, and indicators of various components of a processing facility managing the natural resource, such as a water supply system). These indicators may be reported to one or more natural resource servers, which may store the indicators and, upon request of one or more users, generate a natural resource quality report indicating the quality of various natural resources. Reports may also be generated spontaneously and delivered as an alert based upon alert criteria (e.g., upon detecting a water height in a river correlated with flooding, a natural resource server may notify users residing near the river).
US08624730B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and providing warnings of tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other environmental occurrences. Temperature, pressure, seismic activities and other environmental conditions are measured with improved granularity using sensors at multiple locations. More extensive distribution of sensors is enabled using existing networks, such as utility (e.g., gas and electricity) meter networks. Network traffic is improved by screening information locally so that only limited information is sent for central processing. A given location, for example, may compare its own and its neighbors measurements against a profile to identify the probable existence of a tornado before sending a message to a central processing device. Upon receiving such a message and possibly other information (e.g., other messages or weather service information), a central device may send notifications to specific facilities that an environmental occurrence may be occurring, for example, notifying specific residences in the expected path of a tornado.
US08624721B2
An apparatus may include a tool having a slot, the tool being composed of an electrical conductor and the slot being formed in an outer wall of the tool. The apparatus may include a transmitter having an antenna, where the antenna may be offset from the tool. The transmitter may be positioned within the slot, may be coupled to the tool by a conductive material, and may be covered with a protective material, where the tool may be adapted to operate as an electrical ground.
US08624705B2
A storage system for material containers provides a readable ID distinguishing each container, and includes a scale that weighs containers, so that the system can distinguish between containers that are sufficiently loaded to be effective and containers that are insufficiently loaded. The system preferably includes storage for containers held in contact with readers of the container IDs. This allows a controller to keep track of containers checked out for use and returned for storage, and to identify containers that have been discharged.
US08624701B2
An assembled circuit comprising a substrate, a coil, a first conductive segment, a second conductive segment, a first through-hole connector and a second through-hole connector is disclosed. The first conductive segment is electrically connected to one end of the first through-hole connector, the other end of the first through-hole connector is electrically connected to one end of the second through-hole connector via the first conductive segment, and the other end of the second through-hole connector is electrically connected to the second conductive segment.
US08624697B2
The main purpose of this invention is to improve high forming pressure of existing Fe—Si—Al insulating magnetic powder which is not suitable for forming, combine heterogeneous insulating magnetic powder, produce hollow cup-like cover and Fe—Si—Al rod core for full magnetic path component assembling, and change the shape structure of rod core and cover design, so there will be advantages including easy to winding, assemble and cooling.
US08624693B2
A flexible high-frequency signal transmission line includes a dielectric body including laminated flexible dielectric layers. A signal line is provided in the dielectric body. A grounding conductor is arranged in the dielectric body to be opposed to the signal line via one of the dielectric layers. The grounding conductor is of a ladder structure including a plurality of openings and a plurality of bridges arranged alternately along the signal line. A characteristic impedance of the signal line changes between two adjacent ones of the plurality of bridges such that the characteristic impedance of the signal line rises from a minimum value to an intermediate value and to a maximum value and falls from the maximum value to the intermediate value and to the minimum value in this order.
US08624692B2
Unwanted radiation is reduced in a high-frequency signal transmission line that includes a ground conductor provided with an opening that overlaps a signal line. A dielectric element assembly has a relative dielectric constant ∈1 and has a first principal surface and a second principal surface. A signal line is provided in the dielectric element assembly. A ground conductor is provided in the dielectric element assembly and on the first principal surface side with respect to the signal line, faces the signal line, and is provided with an opening that overlaps the signal line. A high dielectric constant layer has a relative dielectric constant ∈2 higher than the relative dielectric constant ∈1 and is provided on the first principal surface so as to overlap the opening.
US08624691B2
A cavity filter includes a unitarily formed piece, a cap, a cover, and a tuning adjustment screw. The unitarily formed piece includes a bottom plate portion, a resonator tube body portion formed on a center of the bottom plate portion, and a sidewall portion extending from the bottom plate portion surrounding the resonator tube body portion. The resonator tube body portion defines a resonating cavity therein. The cap is attached onto a distal end of the resonator tube body portion. The cap and the resonator tube body portion cooperatively forms a resonator tube. The cover is attached to the sidewall portion, and the cover includes a screw hole. The cover, the sidewall portion, and the bottom plate portion cooperatively forms a chamber. The tuning adjustment screw is extending through the cover, threadedly engaged in the screw hole and aligned with the resonator tube.
US08624689B2
A power line filter including a socket, a housing, a plurality of filter elements and a ground inductor is disclosed. The socket includes at least one power pin and a ground pin. The housing is assembled with the socket, and includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The opening direction of the first receptacle is opposite to the opening direction of the second receptacle. The plurality of filter elements is disposed in the first receptacle. At least one of the filter elements is electrically connected to the power pin. The ground inductor is disposed in the second receptacle and electrically connected to the ground pin.
US08624684B2
A power-oscillator-starting circuit for an electronic high frequency induction-heater driver. The induction-heater driver, upon receipt of a turn-on signal, generates a high frequency alternating current, wherein the alternating current through an induction-heater coil is magnetically coupled to an appropriate loss component for a variable-spray fuel-injection system. The induction-heater driver uses a power oscillator that is started and restarted as is appropriate based on a threshold current limit referenced to the supply voltage of the induction-heater driver.
US08624680B2
In one embodiment, there is a method that can include utilizing a ring oscillator module to determine a process corner of an integrated circuit as fabricated that includes the ring oscillator module. The impedance of an output driver of the integrated circuit can be altered based on the process corner of the integrated circuit as fabricated.
US08624667B2
A device includes a source for transmitting an electronic charge through a conduction path; a drain for receiving the electronic charge; a stack for providing at least part of the conduction path; and a gate operatively connected to the stack for controlling a conduction of the electronic charge. The stack includes an insulator layer, an N-polar layer and a barrier layer selected such that, during an operation of the device, the conduction path formed in the N-polar layer includes a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channel and an inversion carrier channel.
US08624666B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a noise reduction circuit includes one or more phase sampling circuits that receive an electromagnetic signal and splits the signal into an illuminated component and an ambient component. The illuminated component is transmitted along an illuminated signal path and converted to a digital signal and the ambient component is transmitted along an ambient signal path and converted to a digital signal. The digitized ambient component is subtracted from the digitized illuminated component to generate a light signal with a reduced noise component.
US08624650B2
An object is to provide a low-power semiconductor device which does not require a latch circuit to hold data at the output of inverter circuits. In the semiconductor device, an input of a first inverter circuit is connected to an input terminal through a source and a drain of a first transistor. An input of a second inverter circuit is connected to an output of the first inverter circuit through a source and a drain of a second transistor. An output of the second inverter is connected to an output terminal. An inverted clock signal and a clock signal are input to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively. The first and the second transistor have extremely low off-current, which allows the output potential of the device to remain unchanged even when the input varies.
US08624649B2
A delay measuring circuit includes a first trigger-signal generating unit that, when a value of a signal input to a circuit under test, changes, generates a first trigger signal. The delay measuring circuit includes a second trigger-signal generating unit that, when a value of a signal output from the circuit under test changes, generates a second trigger signal. The delay measuring circuit includes a delay unit that includes a plurality of delay elements connected in series. The delay measuring circuit includes a delay information retaining unit that individually captures and retains the first trigger signal output from each of the delay elements included in the delay unit between when the first trigger signal is generated by the first trigger-signal generating unit and when the second trigger signal is generated by the second trigger-signal generating unit.
US08624645B2
A multi-phase clock signal generator, comprising: a ring phase shifting loop, including a plurality of controllable delay cells, for generating output clock signals having different phases via the controllable delay cells according to a input clock signal, wherein delay amount of the controllable delay cells are determined by a biasing voltage; a phase skew detecting circuit, for computing phase differences of the output clock signals to generate a phase skew detecting signal; and a biasing circuit, for providing the biasing voltage according to the phase skew detecting signal. The above-mentioned ring phase shifting loop can operate independently from the multi-phase clock signal generator, without receiving the biasing voltage, for phase-shifting a input clock signal to generate output clock signals with different phases, wherein the output clock signals are respectively output at different output terminals respectively located between the phase shifting units.
US08624642B2
A lock signal indicating that a target signal is in phase with a reference signal includes detecting the reference signal at the rising and falling edges of the target signal. The target signal is detected on the rising and falling edges of the reference signal. An out of phase condition between the target and reference signals is used to place a timing means in a reset state. When the timing means is allowed to time out, a signal is asserted which indicates that the target signal is deemed to be locked to the reference signal.
US08624633B2
An oscillator circuit includes an oscillator output signal generating circuit configured to generate an oscillator output signal using an oscillator as a resonator, an amplitude detection circuit configured to detect the amplitude of the oscillator output signal and compare the detected amplitude with a threshold; and a boost circuit configured to boost the oscillator output signal according to the result of the comparison at the amplitude detection circuit. The amplitude detection circuit includes an absolute value circuit configured to obtain an absolute value signal of the oscillator output signal, a low-pass filter configured to convert the absolute value signal into a low-frequency signal, and a comparator configured to compare the low-frequency signal with the threshold.
US08624630B2
Disclosed is a phase discriminator, including: a first XOR gate connected to a trigger and a delay unit, a second XOR gate connected to the trigger and a latch, wherein the first XOR gate is a current mode logic XOR gate, the first XOR gate comprises a first offset current source circuit outputting a first adjustable offset circuit for controlling amplitude of the error signal output by the first XOR gate; and/or, the second XOR gate is a current mode logic XOR gate, the second XOR gate comprises a second offset current source circuit outputting a second adjustable offset circuit for controlling amplitude of reference signal output by the second XOR gate. Also disclosed are a clock and data recovery system and a phase adjustment method. The present invention can prevent introducing noise coupling to the voltage control oscillator (VCO) module.
US08624626B2
An apparatus comprises a first integrated circuit (IC) die, and a second IC die stacked on the first IC die. The first and second IC dies are operational independently of each other. Each respective one of the first and second IC dies has: at least one circuit for performing a function; an operation block coupled to selectively disconnect the circuit from power; and an output enable block coupled to selectively connect the circuit to at least one data bus.
US08624624B1
Power isolation during time intervals of sensitive operations is disclosed. In one embodiment, a programmable chip package includes a programmable chip configured to perform a sensitive operation, and a switch configured to selectively couple a main power source to the programmable chip. The programmable chip package may also include an alternate power source and a controller that is configured to control the switch to decouple the main power source from the programmable chip during a time interval of the sensitive operation, wherein the programmable chip is configured to draw power from the alternate power source during the time interval. The controller is further configured to control the switch to couple the main power source to the programmable chip after the time interval.
US08624618B2
An apparatus and method for inspecting a circuit of a substrate is described. The apparatus includes a pin probe coming into contact with a first end of an electrode formed on a first side of a substrate, a voltage source for applying a voltage to the pin probe, a film disposed at a second end of the electrode formed on a second side of the substrate, a dielectric fluid sealed in the film, and an electronic ink dispersed in the dielectric fluid, and charged with electricity to flow when the electrode is electrified. The present invention is advantageous in that whether an electrode has been electrified is measured using charged electronic ink, so that the use of a pin probe is limited to one side of a substrate, thus reducing cost required for the entire inspection.
US08624608B2
In a capacitance detecting device including an offset adjustment circuit for removing offset from charge transmitted to an integrator from a charge reading mechanism, the offset adjustment circuit includes a variable capacitance element switching the number of capacitative elements connected in parallel to a charge transmission line made up of a plurality of the capacitative elements and setting the number to a predetermined capacitance value; and a capacitative element for adjustment connected in parallel to the variable capacitance element and parallel, and having a capacitance value corresponding to the minimum value of the capacitative elements constituting the variable capacitance element. Driving is controlled so that offset removal is performed only N times (M>N; M and N are natural numbers) in the capacitative element for adjustment while offset removal is repeated M times in the variable capacitance element.
US08624597B2
A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a first coil section and a second coil section mechanically coupled to the first coil section. The first coil section includes a first row of a plurality of double asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction and a second row of a plurality of double asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction. The first row and the second row are arranged along a superior-inferior direction. The second coil section includes a plurality of loop coils arranged around at least a portion of a perimeter of the first coil section.
US08624595B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an executing unit, a calculating unit, and a correcting unit. The executing unit executes a pre-scan while using a pulse sequence by which a plurality of echo signals are collected. The calculating unit calculates a phase difference between at least two echo signals of which a fluctuation of phase differences is stable and that are selected out of the plurality of echo signals collected during the pre-scan and are selected while excluding echo signals collected during an initial time period. The correcting unit that corrects a pulse sequence used for a main scan, based on the phase difference calculated by the calculating unit.
US08624594B2
The present invention relates to a polarized xenon gas manufacturing supply device that is provided with a polarization cell 6 that produces a polarized xenon gas by polarizing a mixture of xenon gas and a diluent gas that consists primarily of a high-boiling-point gas that has a boiling point higher than that of the xenon gas, and a condenser (9) that cools the mixed gas discharged from the polarization cell (6) and condenses and separates the high-boiling-point gas by using the difference in boiling points between the xenon gas and the high-boiling-point gas, wherein the supply device is constructed so as to re-vaporize the condensed liquid of the high-boiling-point gas produced by the condenser (9) and introduce it to the polarization cell (6). This polarized xenon gas manufacturing supply device makes it possible to continuously manufacture and supply highly polarized and highly concentrated xenon gas.
US08624582B2
The invention presents a method for determining the copper concentration of the substrate using the photoconductivity method in a new manner, the method comprising steps in which the photoconductivity property of the substrate is measured for a first time by an arrangement, the surface of the substrate is illuminated by illuminating means emitting photon radiation, the photoconductivity property of the substrate is measured for a second time by an arrangement, and the copper concentration of the substrate is determined from the change between the first and second time of measurement on the basis of the illumination. The invention also presents an arrangement and a software product for determining the copper concentration.
US08624580B2
The measuring machine according to the invention has a display device, a processing device, and at least one measurement channel. The processing device measures the measurement signal of the at least one measurement channel. The display device displays the measurement signal of the at least one measurement channel as a chart. A plurality of charts can thereby be displayed at once. The display device additionally displays preview charts. The preview diagrams are scaled representations of the diagrams. The plurality of diagrams can be displayed cascaded and/or horizontally tiled and/or vertically tiled. The multiple plots can be displayed at different, preferably arbitrary positions of the display device.
US08624577B2
In one embodiment, a system for identifying a cable path may be provided. The system may include a cable set operable to transmit data, the cable set comprising power delivery wires designed to transmit electrical power. The cable set may also comprise two adapters proximate respective ends of the cable set, the first adapter operable to be coupled to a signal generator operable to transmit electrical power across the power delivery wires. In some embodiments, the cable set may further comprise a circuit coupled to the power delivery wires of the cable set, the circuit operable to receive electrical power from the signal generator and allow at least a portion of the electrical power to continue across the power delivery wires. The cable set may further comprise an indicator coupled to the circuit and operable to emit light when electrical power from the circuit is received at the indicator.
US08624575B2
A voltage stabilizing circuit including an input port, an output port, a transistor, a diode, a three-terminal voltage regulating reference source, a first resistor, and a second resistor. The transistor has a collector terminal and an emitter terminal connected to the input port and the output port, respectively. The diode has an anode connected to the input port and a base terminal of the transistor. The three-terminal voltage regulating reference source has an anode connected to ground, a cathode connected to the input port and a cathode of the diode, and a reference terminal The first resistor is connected between the cathode of the diode and the reference terminal of the three-terminal voltage regulating reference source. The second resistor is connected between ground and the reference terminal of the three-terminal voltage regulating reference source.
US08624570B2
Methods and systems for power conversion are disclosed, including receiving at least one interrupt indicative of a transient power condition of the power converter and switching the processor to operate in a second mode from a first mode responsive to the interrupt. The switching enables the processor to allocate greater resources to process a power output parameter of the power converter operating in the transient power condition compared to resources allocated by the processor operating in the first mode to process the power output parameter.
US08624569B2
A voltage regulator permits reduced current consumption by promptly and timely stopping the operation of an inrush current protection circuit immediately after the voltage regulator is started up. The voltage regulator has an output voltage detection circuit, which issues a detection signal to actuate the inrush current protection circuit when a low voltage at an output terminal is detected at the time of starting up the voltage regulator. When it is detected that the voltage at the output terminal has reached a predetermined level, the operation of the inrush current protection circuit is stopped and a power path of the output voltage detection circuit is cut off.
US08624548B2
An object is to provide a moving object structure capable of reducing power loss caused when power is supplied from a power feeding device to a moving object by wireless communication. Another object is to provide a moving object structure capable of reducing the strength of a radio wave radiated to the surroundings. Before power is supplied to a moving object, a radio wave for alignment of antennas is output from a power feeding device. That is, radio waves are output from a power feeding device in two stages. In a first stage, a radio wave is output to align positions of antennas of the power feeding device and the moving object. In a second stage, a radio wave is output to supply power from the power feeding device to the moving object.
US08624545B2
The present invention provides a portable electronic device including an antenna having a major planar cross-section, and a power transfer coil having windings parallel to a coil plane, the coil plane extending to the perimeter of the power transfer coil. The antenna and the power transfer coil are arranged such that the major planar cross-section is substantially perpendicular to the coil plane if a line directed perpendicularly from the coil plane intersects the major planar cross-section. An associated method of assembling a portable electronic device is also provided.
US08624541B2
Regulating the speed of a two-phase switched reluctance machine (TPSRM) rotor includes selecting either a motoring mode or braking mode of operation for the TPSRM, regulating the rotor speed, when the motoring mode is selected, using a control signal cooperatively produced by a speed control feedback loop and a current control feedback loop; and regulating the rotor speed, when the braking mode is selected, using a control signal produced by the current control feedback loop without the cooperation of the speed control feedback loop. The speed control feedback loop uses an established speed control signal and a signal indicative of the rotor's speed to dynamically adjust a first parameter governing the control signal. The current control feedback loop uses an established current control signal and a signal indicative of the current flowing through a stator winding of the TPSRM to dynamically adjust a second parameter governing the control signal.
US08624540B2
A driving apparatus has a correction value output unit for outputting correction values ΔTa and ΔTb to correct differences between signals which are output from an A sensor a B sensor when an A-phase coil and a B-phase coil are not energized and signals which are output from the A sensor and the B sensor when the A-phase coil and the B-phase coil are energized. An energization direction of the A-phase coil is switched on the basis of a time A which is measured by a time measurement unit and the correction value ΔTa which is output from the correction value output unit. An energization direction of the B-phase coil is switched on the basis of a time B which is measured by the time measurement unit and the correction value ΔTb which is output from the correction value output unit.
US08624524B2
A power management and control module adapted for a liquid crystal display device includes a boost-type DC/DC topology circuit, a LED dimming control circuit and a multiplexer. The boost-type DC/DC topology circuit has a voltage output terminal electrically connected with a logic high power supply terminal of a gate driving circuit and a power supply terminal of a LED backlight source. The LED dimming control circuit is electrically connected with the LED backlight source for dimming operation. A first and second data input terminals of the multiplexer are electrically connected to the voltage output terminal through a first and second feedback networks respectively. The LED backlight source is electrically connected in the second feedback network. A data output terminal of the multiplexer is electrically connected to the boost-type DC/DC topology circuit and alternatively communicated with the first or second data input terminal to provide a feedback input voltage.
US08624517B2
A light emitting diode (LED) dimming drive device, an LED dimming drive method and a liquid crystal display (LCD) are disclosed. The LED dimming drive device comprises a plurality of dimming control circuits each comprising one dimmer switch and a delay setting circuit for setting a different delay time for each dimming control circuits. Each of the dimming control circuits further comprises a clock delay circuit for receiving a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, timing according to the delay time, and outputting the PWM signal to the dimmer switch when the delay time expires. Different delay times can be used to control the output of PWM signals and further control the on or off of the dimmer switches. This can avoid the noises or electromagnetic (EM) interferences occurred by a large amount of energy transmitted into the LED paths when the dimmer switches is turned on.
US08624515B2
A fixing device of a light-emitting body, whose mounting height is suppressed, is provided. Further, a lighting device whose mounting height is suppressed is provided. Further, a lighting device whose mounting height is suppressed and in which fixtures supporting a light-emitting body are hidden from view is provided. Furthermore, a lighting device whose mounting height is suppressed and in which light-emitting bodies can be arranged with no space therebetween and supported is provided. A structure is employed in which a planar light-emitting body whose thickness is suppressed is formed using an organic electroluminescent element, a terminal is provided in each of end portions facing each other in the planar light-emitting body, the terminals are made in contact with contacts provided in fixtures, and the end portions of the light-emitting body are held between the fixtures.
US08624511B2
Circuits and methods to achieve a most efficient driver for white LEDs are disclosed. Switching Losses associated with the switching activity of a boost converter and mainly depending on clock frequency and total capacitance at the switching nodes and conduction losses associated with the current flowing in the boost converter and mainly depending on the series resistance of the elements in the regulation loop are minimized by using a size programmable NFET power switch with constant current limit, a very low voltage and accurate programmable current source, a programmable reference voltage for the error amplifier, and a PWM generator with programmable clock frequency. A limited number of configuration windows corresponding to a set of programmable values (OTP registers) for specific ranges of the current fed to the WLEDs.
US08624501B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are described for measuring and controlling parameters of a plasma generator. A current in a primary winding of a transformer or inductive element that generates a plasma is measured. A voltage across a secondary winding of the transformer or inductive element is measured. Based on the current of the primary winding and the voltage across the secondary winding, a parameter of the plasma is determined. The parameter includes a resistance value associated with the plasma, a power value associated with the plasma, or both.
US08624489B2
The present invention relates to an LED die package, which has a light-emitting diode die having a sapphire layer, a first doped layer doped with a p- or n-type dopant, and a second doped layer doped with a different dopant from that doped in the first doped layer. A surface of the sapphire layer opposite to the surface on which the first doped layer is disposed is formed with generally inverted-pyramidal-shaped recesses and overlaid with a phosphor powder layer. Each of the first and the second doped layers has an electrode-forming surface formed with an electrode, on which an insulation layer is disposed and formed with exposure holes for exposing the electrodes. The exposure holes are each filled with an electrically conductive linker.
US08624486B2
The present invention provides a light-emitting device comprising a supporting substrate and a plurality of organic EL elements provided on the supporting substrate to be connected in series, in which each of the organic EL elements comprises a pair of electrodes and a light-emitting layer placed between the electrodes, the light-emitting layer extends in the prescribed array direction across the plurality of organic EL elements, each electrode out of the pair of electrodes comprises an extended portion that extends, as viewed from one thickness direction of the supporting substrate, protruding from the light-emitting layer in a width direction vertical to both of the thickness direction of the supporting substrate and the array direction, and one electrode out of the pair of electrodes further comprises a connecting portion that extends from the extended portion in the array direction to the other electrode of the organic EL element neighboring in the array direction so as to be connected to the other electrode.
US08624484B2
The present invention provides a white organic light-emitting element high in emission efficiency. In particular, the invention provides a white organic light-emitting element that has an emission spectrum having peaks in the respective wavelength regions of red color, green color and blue color and is high in emission efficiency.
US08624483B2
A fixture and socket assembly is provided for replaceable and flexible panel lighting device. Preferably, perimeter edges of the flexible light source devices which may be arranged into a matrix or panel are mechanically and electrically connected to socket contacts provided at desired locations on the first surface of the fixture, which makes mechanical and electrical engagement with associated conductive portions or surface contacts on rear surfaces of the flexible light source devices.
US08624479B2
Provided is a high-efficiency plasma display panel having short decay time and high luminance and color purity. The plasma display panel includes a green phosphor layer emitting visible light when excited with vacuum ultraviolet rays, in which the green phosphor layer is formed of a green phosphor containing 30% by weight or more and 60% by weight or less of a phosphor represented by a general formula: dZnO.(2−d)MnO.eSiO2 (1.80≦d≦1.90, 1.00≦e≦1.02) and one of a phosphor represented by a general formula: aYO3/2.(3−a)CeO3/2.bAlO3/2.cGaO3/2.fWO3 (2.80≦a≦2.99, 3.00≦b≦5.00, 0≦c≦2.00, 0.003≦f≦0.020, where 4.00≦b+c≦5.00) and a phosphor represented by a general formula: aYO3/2.(3−a)CeO3/2.bAlO3/2.cGaO3/2.gK2WO4 (2.80≦a≦2.99, 3.00≦b≦5.00, 0≦c≦2.00, 0.003≦g≦0.015, where 4.00≦b+c≦5.00).
US08624478B2
The invention relates to a high voltage shielding arrangement comprising a first metal part and a second metal part positioned in close vicinity to said first metal part. Said second metal part included in said arrangement to be set at an electrical potential that is lower than the electric potential of the first metal part. Said second metal part having comprising one or more edges and an insulator. The second metal part is at least partially encapsulated by the insulator facing the first metal part.
US08624477B2
The present application relates to a carbon nanotube field emitter. The carbon nanotube field emitter includes a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der waals attractive force. The carbon nanotube structure has two joined portions, one portion is a triangle shaped carbon nanotube film, which is an electron emitting portion, the other portion is a carbon nanotube wire, which is a support portion.
US08624470B2
An exemplary piezoelectric device has a piezoelectric vibrating board including a portion that exhibits thickness-shear vibration, and a frame portion extending around and supporting the vibrating portion. A first cover board, bonded to the first main surface of the frame portion, has a first excitation electrode. A second cover board, bonded to the second main surface of the frame portion, has a second excitation electrode. Thus, the vibrating portion is sealed in a package formed by the frame portion and cover boards. A first convexity, defined either on the bonded main surface of the first cover board or on the first main surface of the frame portion, surrounds the excitation electrode and establishes a predetermined gap between the vibrating portion and excitation electrode. The first cover board and frame portion are bonded by adhesive applied, adjacent the first convexity but not on the first convexity, continuously around the vibrating portion.
US08624460B2
MP-T II Machines are alternating current, two, three, or four or more phase machines of the multipolar type, i.e. machines whose torque is produced in a cylindrical current tube through axially oriented current flow in a plurality of turns between pairs of parallel permanent magnet poles attached to cylindrical concentric magnet tubes. Unlike MP-T machines, MP-T II machines use flat permanent magnets and may contain cooling cuffs as needed.
US08624453B2
A motor with an encoder has a motor, and an encoder disposed on the anti-load side of this motor. The motor includes a motor electromagnetic part, and a motor shaft rotatably supported by a load side bearing and an anti-load side bearing, and the encoder includes a hub having a convex part formed in a load side end thereof, the hub being coaxially fixed to an anti-load side end of the motor shaft, and a rotating disc fixed to an anti-load side end of this hub. The convex part of the hub is fitted to a concave part formed in the anti-load side end of the motor shaft so that the hub is fixed to the motor shaft.
US08624449B2
Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor, including: a fixing part, a vibrator part vibrating in a horizontal direction, and an elastic member coupled with the outer side of the vibrator part and a round-shaped bending part to elastically support the fixing part opposite to the vibrator part linearly vibrating in a horizontal direction.
US08624411B2
A power generation system (10) for generating electrical power, which may vary in response to one or more weather-varying factors (11). The system may include an array of power generators (12) subject to the weather-varying factor. A module (18) may be configured to predict over a time horizon at least one power-generating condition for the array of power generators. A controller (24) may be configured to anticipatorily adjust a control strategy regarding operation of a component and/or subsystem of the power generation system based on the predicted power-generating condition for the array of power generators over the time horizon.
US08624407B2
A microelectronic device, e.g., semiconductor chip, is connected with an interconnection element having signal contacts and reference contacts, the reference contacts being connectable to a reference potential such as ground or power. Signal conductors, e.g., signal wirebonds can be connected to device contacts of the microelectronic device, and at least one reference conductor, e.g., reference wirebond can be connected with two reference contacts. The reference wirebond can have a run extending at an at least substantially uniform spacing from an at least a substantial portion of a length of a signal conductor, e.g., signal wirebond. In such manner a desired impedance may be achieved for the signal conductor.
US08624398B2
A semiconductor circuit structure includes a substrate and an interconnect structure. The interconnect structure is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of circuit patterns and at least one closed loop pattern. The closed loop pattern is in a same layer with the circuit patterns, surrounds between the circuit patterns and is insulated from the circuit patterns. The closed loop pattern can protect the circuit patterns from being damaged by stresses, for improving a mechanical strength of the semiconductor circuit structure.
US08624378B2
A chip-housing module including a carrier configured to carry one or more chips; the carrier including: a first plurality of openings, wherein each opening of the first plurality of openings is separated by a first pre-determined distance, and is configured to receive a chip connection for providing a voltage lying within a first range of voltage values to a chip; a second plurality of openings, wherein each opening of the second plurality of openings is separated by a second pre-determined distance, and configured to receive a chip connection for providing a voltage lying within a second range of voltage values to a chip; and wherein a pair of openings consisting of one opening of the first plurality of openings and one opening of the second plurality of openings is separated by a distance different from at least one of the first pre-determined distance and the second pre-determined distance, is provided.
US08624369B2
A balance filter packaging chip having a balun mounted therein and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The balance filter packaging chip includes a device substrate; a balance filter mounted on the device substrate; a bonding layer stacked on a certain area of the device substrate; a packaging substrate having a cavity formed over the balance filter, and combined with the device substrate by the bonding layer; a balun located on a certain area over the packaging substrate; and an insulator layer for passivating the balun. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce an element size and simplify a manufacturing process.
US08624362B2
An IC wafer and the method of making the IC wafer, the IC wafer includes an integrated circuit layer having a plurality of solder pads and an insulated layer arranged thereon, a plurality of through holes cut through the insulated layer corresponding to the solder pads respectively for the implantation of a package layer, and an electromagnetic shielding layer formed on the top surface of the insulated layer and electrically isolated from the solder pads of the integrated circuit layer for electromagnetic sheilding. Thus, the integrated circuit does not require any further shielding mask, simplifying the fabrication. Further, the design of the through holes facilitates further packaging process.
US08624360B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a die including a semiconductor substrate; dielectric layers over the semiconductor substrate; an interconnect structure including metal lines and vias in the dielectric layers; a plurality of channels extending from inside the semiconductor substrate to inside the dielectric layers; and a dielectric film over the interconnect structure and sealing portions of the plurality of channels. The plurality of channels is configured to allow a fluid to flow through.
US08624350B2
The invention relates to a semiconductor device, wherein a storage node contact hole is made large to solve any problem caused during etching a storage node contact hole with a small CD, a landing plug is formed to lower plug resistance. A semiconductor device according to the invention comprises: first and second active regions formed in a substrate, the first and second active being adjacent to each other, each of the first and second active regions including a bit-line contact region and a storage node contact region and a device isolation structure; a word line provided within a trench formed in the substrate; first and second storage node contact plugs assigned to the first and second active regions, respectively, the first and second storage node contact plugs being separated from each other by a bit line groove; and a bit line formed within the bit-line groove.
US08624344B2
A solid state imaging device according to an embodiment includes a light sensing part which conducts photoelectric conversion on incident light. The solid state imaging device includes a ferroelectric layer including an organic compound on a surface of the light sensing part on which light is incident. The solid state imaging device includes a transparent electrode formed on the ferroelectric layer.
US08624338B2
An apparatus, method for manufacturing the apparatus, and method for processing a substrate using the apparatus are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes a substrate having a plurality of cells, wherein each cell includes a cell structure. The cell structure includes a piezoelectric film portion and a tip disposed over the piezoelectric film portion. The tip is physically coupled with the piezoelectric film portion.
US08624336B2
It is an object of the present invention to manufacture a micromachine having a plurality of structural bodies with different functions and to shorten the time required for sacrifice layer etching in a process of manufacturing the micromachine. Another object of the present invention is to prevent a structural layer from being attached to a substrate after the sacrifice layer etching. In other words, an object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive and high-value-added micromachine by improving throughput and yield. The sacrifice layer etching is conducted in multiple steps. In the multiple steps of the sacrifice layer etching, a part of the sacrifice layer that does not overlap with the structural layer is removed by the earlier sacrifice layer etching and a part of the sacrifice layer that is under the structural layer is removed by the later sacrifice layer etching.
US08624330B2
A method and structures to achieve improved TFTs and high fill-factor pixel circuits are provided. This system relies on the fact that jet-printed lines have print accuracy, which means the location and the definition of the printed lines and dots is high. The edge of a printed line is well defined if the printing conditions are optimized. This technique utilizes the accurate definition and placement of the edges of printed lines of conductors and insulators to define small features and improved structures.
US08624327B2
A SRAM device with metal gate transistors is provided. The SRAM device includes a PMOS structure and an NMOS structure over a substrate. Each of the PMOS and the NMOS structure includes a p-type metallic work function layer and an n-type metallic work function layer. The p-type work metallic function layer and the n-type metallic work function layer form a combined work function for the PMOS and the NMOS structures.
US08624325B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region; a first gate structure belong to a PMOS device on the first region; a second gate structure belong to an nMOS device on the second region; a multiple-layer first sidewall spacer on sidewalls of the first gate structure, wherein a layer of the multiple-layer first sidewall spacer adjacent to the first gat structure is an oxide layer; a multiple-layer second sidewall spacer on sidewalls of the second gate structure, wherein a layer of the multiple layers of second sidewall spacer adjacent to the first gat structure is a nitride layer. Application of the present invention may alleviate the oxygen vacancy in a high-k gate dielectric in a pMOS device, and further avoid the problem of EOT growth of an nMOS device during the high-temperature thermal treatment process, and therefore effectively improve the overall performance of the high-k gate dielectric CMOS device.
US08624320B2
An integrated fin-based field effect transistor (FinFET) and method of fabricating such devices on a bulk wafer with EPI-defined fin heights over shallow trench isolation (STI) regions. The FinFET channels overlie the STI regions within the semiconductor bulk, while the fins extend beyond the STI regions into the source and drain regions which are implanted within the semiconductor bulk. With bulk source and drain regions, reduced external FinFET resistance is provided, and with the fins extending into the bulk source and drain regions, improved thermal properties is provided over conventional silicon on insulator (SOI) devices.
US08624319B2
Strain is induced in a semiconductor layer. Embodiments include inducing strain by, for example, creation of free surfaces.
US08624307B2
An image pickup device includes pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a transfer unit. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region and a second-conductivity-type second semiconductor region. A second-conductivity-type third semiconductor region is formed on at least a part of a gap between a photoelectric conversion unit of a first pixel and a photoelectric conversion unit of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. A first-conductivity-type fourth semiconductor region having an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region is formed between the photoelectric conversion unit and the third semiconductor region. A first-conductivity-type fifth semiconductor region having an impurity concentration higher than the first semiconductor region is arranged between the photoelectric conversion unit and the third semiconductor region and is arranged deeper than fourth semiconductor region.
US08624300B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, multilayer memory device, comprising a lower deck and an upper deck disposed on the lower deck, the decks comprising one or more memory cells coupled via one or more contacts. An isolation layer is disposed between the upper deck, and one or more contacts are formed between the upper deck and the lower deck to couple one or more of the contact lines of the upper deck with one or more contact lines of the lower deck.
US08624297B2
An integrated circuit substrate is designed and fabricated with a selectively applied transmission line reference plane metal layer to achieve signal path shielding and isolation, while avoiding drops in impedance due to capacitance between large diameter vias and the transmission line reference plane metal layer. The transmission line reference plane defines voids above (or below) the signal-bearing plated-through holes (PTHs) that pass through a rigid substrate core, so that the signals are not degraded by an impedance mismatch that would otherwise be caused by shunt capacitance from the top (or bottom) of the signal-bearing PTHs to the transmission line reference plane. For voltage-plane bearing PTHs, no voids are introduced, so that signal path conductors can be routed above or adjacent to the voltage-plane bearing PTHs, with the transmission line reference plane preventing shunt capacitance between the signal path conductors and the PTHs.
US08624294B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing optical power to a semiconductor chip. An active semiconductor layer of the semiconductor chip is disposed toward a front side of the semiconductor chip. The active semiconductor layer comprises one or more integrated circuit devices. A photovoltaic semiconductor layer of the semiconductor chip is disposed between the active semiconductor layer and a back side of the semiconductor chip. The back side of the semiconductor chip is opposite the front side of the semiconductor chip. The photovoltaic semiconductor layer converts electromagnetic radiation to electric power. One or more conductive pathways between the photovoltaic semiconductor layer and the active semiconductor layer provide the electric power from the photovoltaic semiconductor layer to the one or more integrated circuit devices of the active semiconductor layer.
US08624291B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a crystalline aluminum carbide thin film, a semiconductor substrate having the crystalline aluminum carbide thin film formed thereon, and a method of fabricating the same. Further, the method of fabricating the AlC thin film includes supplying a carbon containing gas and an aluminum containing gas to a furnace, to growing AlC crystals on a substrate.
US08624273B2
A multi-chip package comprises a plurality of chip pads and a plurality of LED chips. The chip pads are arranged in an M×N array, M and N each a positive integer greater than 1. A peripheral area of each chip pad comprises a respective first bonding pad, a respective second bonding pad, and a respective third bonding pad arranged in sequence in a clockwise direction. A first orientation of the respective first to third bonding pads in a first row of the N rows differs from a second orientation of the respective first to third bonding pads in a second row of the N rows by 90 degrees. Each of the LED chips is disposed on a respective one of the chip pads and electrically connected to two of the respective first to third bonding pads on a same side of the respective LED chip.
US08624255B2
An array substrate includes an active layer including a channel region, a gate electrode positioned corresponding to the channel region, and a gate insulating film between the active layer and the gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a transparent conductive film and an opaque conductive film, and the transparent conductive film is between the channel region and the opaque conductive film.
US08624253B2
To improve the reliability of contact with an anisotropic conductive film in a semiconductor device such as a liquid crystal display panel, a terminal portion of a connecting wiring on an active matrix substrate is electrically connected to an FPC by an anisotropic conductive film. The connecting wiring is made of a lamination film of a metallic film and a transparent conductive film. In the connecting portion with the anisotropic conductive film, a side surface of the connecting wiring is covered with a protecting film made of an insulating material, thereby exposure to air of the metallic film can be avoided.
US08624237B2
An embodiment is to include an inverted staggered (bottom gate structure) thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film containing In, Ga, and Zn is used as a semiconductor layer and a buffer layer is provided between the semiconductor layer and a source and drain electrode layers. The buffer layer having higher carrier concentration than the semiconductor layer is provided intentionally between the source and drain electrode layers and the semiconductor layer, whereby an ohmic contact is formed.
US08624225B2
A semiconductor structure including nanotubes forming an electrical connection between electrodes is disclosed. The semiconductor structure may include an open volume defined by a lower surface of an electrically insulative material and sidewalls of at least a portion of each of a dielectric material and opposing electrodes. The nanotubes may extend between the opposing electrodes, forming a physical and electrical connection therebetween. The nanotubes may be encapsulated within the open volume in the semiconductor structure. A semiconductor structure including nanotubes forming an electrical connection between source and drain regions is also disclosed. The semiconductor structure may include at least one semiconducting carbon nanotube electrically connected to a source and a drain, a dielectric material disposed over the at least one semiconducting carbon nanotube and a gate dielectric overlying a portion of the dielectric material. Methods of forming the semiconductor structures are also disclosed.
US08624221B2
A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device comprises an active layer comprising a plurality of well layers and a plurality of barrier layers. The bather layers comprise a first barrier layer having a first band gap which is the nearest to the second conductive type semiconductor layer, a second barrier layer adjacent to the first barrier, and a third barrier layer between the second bather layer and the first conductive type semiconductor layer. The well layers comprise a first well layer having a third band gap different from the first band gap between the first and second bather layers, and a second well layer between the second barrier layer and the third barrier layer, the second well layer having a second band gap. The first well layer has a thickness thinner than that of the second well layer.
US08624217B2
A planar phase change memory cell with parallel electrical paths. The memory cell includes a first conductive electrode region having a length greater than its width and an axis aligned with the length. The memory cell also includes a second conductive electrode region having an edge oriented at an angle to the axis of the first conductive electrode region. The memory cell further includes an insulator region providing a lateral separation distance between an end of the first conductive electrode region and the edge of the second conductive electrode region, the insulator region including at least part of an insulator film and the lateral separation distance is responsive to the thickness of the insulator film.
US08624199B2
A sample holder assembly includes a sample tray, a base plate, a stage mount, and a calibration standard mounted onto the stage mount. Three mating structures on the bottom of the base plate mate with corresponding structures on a stage mount that is attached to the sample stage of the SEM. An optional contacting conductor provides electrical contact between the stage mount and the base plate so that charge generated on the sample by the electron beam can leave the sample through the sample conductive layer to the sample tray, to the base plate, to the stage mount, and through the grounded stage.
US08624197B2
One or more techniques and/or systems described herein implement, among other things, a flat panel detector component for detecting actinic and non-actinic radiation, or the formation thereof. The flat panel detector component comprises a plurality of layers, where at least one of the layers comprises silk. Further, a silk layer may be in direct physical contact with a radiation detection layer.
US08624173B2
A sensing pixel structure for generating a sensed image with uniform resolution is applied in a light sensor. The sensing pixel structure includes a plurality of first sensing pixels and a plurality of second sensing pixels. The location of the plurality of first sensing pixels corresponds to a center region of a lens. Each of the plurality of first sensing pixels has a first pixel area. The location of the plurality of second sensing pixels corresponds to the peripheral region of the lens. Each of the plurality of second sensing pixels has a second pixel area. The first pixel area is larger than the second pixel area, so that number of the sensing pixels corresponding to the peripheral region of the lens is larger than that corresponding to the center region of the lens. Therefore, the light sensor generates the sensed image with uniform resolution.
US08624165B2
When a semiconductor wafer is preheated by halogen lamps, the temperature of a peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer is lower than that of a central portion thereof. A laser light emitting part disposed immediately under the center of the semiconductor wafer is rotated about the center line of the semiconductor wafer, while laser light is directed from the laser light emitting part toward the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer. Thus, the irradiation spot of the laser light exiting the laser light emitting part swirls around along the peripheral portion of the back surface of the semiconductor wafer so as to draw a circular trajectory. As a result, the entire peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer at a relatively low temperature is uniformly heated. This achieves a uniform in-plane temperature distribution of the semiconductor wafer.
US08624162B2
A device for connecting welding wires for CO2 gas welding includes a base frame, first and second electrode plates that are disposed apart from each other on the base frame and including disposing grooves to which an old wire and a new wire are respectively disposed, and clampers that are disposed to each electrode plate and that clamp the used wire and the new wire disposed to the disposing grooves, respectively.
US08624152B2
Methods for the fabrication of negative coefficient thermal expansion engineered elements, and particularly, wherein such elements provide for fillers possessing a low or even potentially zero coefficient thermal expansion and which are employable as fillers for polymers possessing high coefficients of thermal expansion. Further, disclosed are novel structures, which are obtained by the inventive methods.
US08624143B2
A moving element for a low voltage switching device is provided. The moving element comprises a shaped body provided for each pole, a housing unit housing at least one electrical contact, and an actuating connecting rod provided with a pair of lateral portions connected by a transverse portion. The actuating connecting rod is connected to the shaped body through pin connection means comprising a first and a second pin shaped portion, emerging from one side of a corresponding lateral portion. The shaped body comprises a pair of seats, each to house a corresponding pin shaped portion so as to define a rotation axis for the connecting rod with respect to the shaped body. The first lateral portion and the second lateral portion of the connecting rod respectively comprise a first and a second mating surface.
US08624142B2
An electrical device controller is provided for controlling power to a load. The controller includes a housing having an open face and a plate having a unitary aperture secured to the housing and disposed over the open face. The controller further includes an electrical power controller component positioned within the housing for coupling to a power source and a load, a first actuator coupled to the electrical component, and an adjacent second actuator coupled to the electrical component. The first actuator has a movable user operable portion that is user accessible via the unitary aperture for controlling power ON/OFF to the load. The second actuator has a movable user operable portion that is user accessible via the unitary aperture for adjusting magnitude of power delivered to the load. The movement and position of the respective user operable portions of the first and second actuators are mutually independent.
US08624134B2
An encapsulation method of an environmental sensitive element is provided. An environmental sensitive element and a first rib are formed on a first substrate. The first rib surrounds the environmentally sensitive element. A getter layer is formed on the environmental sensitive element. A first encapsulation layer is formed to encapsulate the getter layer and the first rib. The first barrier layer is formed to encapsulate the first encapsulation layer located on the first rib. The first rib, a portion of the first encapsulation layer located on the first rib and the first barrier layer form a barrier structure. A second substrate is provided on the first substrate and a filling layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate is bonded to the first substrate by the filling layer. The filling layer encapsulates the environmental sensitive element, the first encapsulation layer and the barrier structure.
US08624127B2
A wiring board includes a substrate having first and second surfaces and a first penetrating hole through the substrate, a first conductive circuit on the first surface of the substrate, a second conductive circuit on the second surface of the substrate, an interlayer insulation layer on the substrate and the first or second circuit, and a third conductive circuit on the interlayer layer. The interlayer layer has a via conductor in the interlayer layer and connecting the third circuit and the second conductor. The substrate has a first through-hole conductor connecting the first and second circuits and on the inner wall of the first hole, a filler filled inside the first conductor and forming a second penetrating hole, and a second through-hole conductor in the second hole. The via conductor is shifted from the center of the second conductor in the direction parallel to the first surface of the substrate.
US08624125B2
The present invention relates to a metal foil laminated polyimide resin substrate wherein a metal foil is directly laminated on one side or both sides of a polyimide resin substrate; and the surface of the metal foil to be bonded to the polyimide resin substrate has a surface roughness (Rzjis) of 3.0 μm or less; a surface area ratio (B) of 1.25 to 2.50, in which the surface area ratio (B) is calculated as a ratio [A/6550] of a surface area of a two-dimensional region with a surface area of 6550 μm2 which is determined by a laser method (three-dimensional area: A μm2) to the area of the two-dimensional region; and a chromium content per unit area of the two-dimensional region of 2.0 mg/m2 or more.
US08624124B2
According to an example embodiment, the multilayer stretchable cable includes a multilayer stretchable film and a plurality of conductive lines in the stretchable film. The conductive lines are in at least two different layers of the multilayer stretchable film in a thickness direction of the stretchable film, at least one conductive line is a signal line and at least one other conductive line in a layer adjacent to the signal line is a ground line. The signal line and the ground line are in zigzag patterns and are parallel to a width direction of the multilayer stretchable film.
US08624121B2
A multilayer printed wiring board includes one or more resin layers having via-holes and a core layer having via-holes. The via-holes formed in the one or more resin layers are open in the direction opposite to the direction in which the via-holes formed in the core layer are open. A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board includes a step of preparing a single- or double-sided copper-clad laminate; a step of forming lands by processing the copper-clad laminate; a step of forming a resin layer on the upper surface of the copper-clad laminate, forming openings for via-holes in the resin layer, and then forming the via-holes; and a step of forming openings for via-holes in the lower surface of the copper-clad laminate and then forming the via-holes.
US08624117B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first cable and a second cable. The first cable includes a ground line group in which ground lines are lined up continuously in a plurality of transmission lines that are lined up in a predetermined direction. The second cable that is arranged so as to be in opposition to the first cable.
US08624115B2
A wire harness is provided. A bent portion is formed into a bent shape corresponding to a bent shape of a wire harness arrangement path on a vehicle body panel. An insulating coating of a plurality of wires constituting the bent portion or at least one of the wires has such a flexural rigidity that the bent portion has a rigidity for maintaining the bent shape thereof.
US08624104B2
An InxGa1-xAs interlayer is provided between a III-V base and an intrinsic amorphous semiconductor layer of a heterojunction III-V solar cell structure. Improved surface passivation and open circuit voltage may be obtained through the incorporation of the interlayer within the structure.
US08624099B2
A foot control for control of musical effects from a musical instrument, the instrument having an electrical signal output operable to send signals to a speaker system, the control having a housing with at least one side wall; a roller rotatably mounted in the housing, a roller surface portion exposed and extending away from the housing for contact by a foot, to enable rotation of the roller by the foot; and, circuitry within the base connectable with the instrument and operable in response to rotation of the roller, to vary signals from the instrument.
US08624097B1
A cajon hitting assembly comprises a foot pedal, a first upright post, a first strut, a wire tube, a second upright post, a second strut and a hitter. The wire tube is threaded by a drawing wire with a start end and a distal end. The first and second upright posts have respectively a first axle and a second axle. The foot pedal drives the first axle to turn. The first strut has two ends fastened respectively to the first axle and start end of the drawing wire. The second strut has two ends fastened respectively to the second axle and distal end of the drawing wire. The hitter is fastened to the second axle. When the foot pedal is treaded, the hitter is driven to hit the cajon. Through lever function provided by the first and second struts, moving displacement of the drawing wire increases.
US08624096B2
A plectrum sleeve has a sleeve body with an extending sheet. The sleeve body has a longitudinal open on an upper side thereof. The extending sheet is slantingly extending from an edge of a bottom side of the sleeve body. A plectrum piece is extending from an end of the extending sheet. The sleeve body is slid to a distal end of a finger with the extending sheet attached to the tip of the finger and the plectrum piece located in the front of the tip of the finger like an extension of the nail. The plectrum piece plunks a string of an instrument by bending or stretching the finger, the force back to the plectrum sleeve from the string will be strongly and steadily supported by the finger. A real and direct counterforce will be given to the finger and the user for better experience of plunking.
US08624089B2
A novel soybean variety, designated XB00R12 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB00R12, cells from soybean variety XB00R12, plants of soybean XB00R12, and plant parts of soybean variety XB00R12. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB00R12 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB00R12, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB00R12, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB00R12. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB00R12 are further provided.
US08624088B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 95R51 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 95R51, cells from soybean variety 95R51, plants of soybean 95R51, and plant parts of soybean variety 95R51. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 95R51 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 95R51, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 95R51, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 95R51. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 95R51 are further provided.
US08624074B2
A process for the dehydrogenation of paraffins is presented. The process utilizes a rapid recycling of dehydrogenation catalyst between the dehydrogenation reactor and the catalyst regeneration unit. The process comprises preheating a combined hydrogen and paraffin hydrocarbon feedstream and passing the combined stream to a dehydrogenation reactor. The hydrocarbon feedstream and the catalyst pass through the reactor at a rate to limit the average residence time of the catalyst in the reactor. The catalyst is cycled to a regeneration unit, and passed through the regeneration unit to limit the average residence time of the catalyst in the regeneration unit.
US08624070B2
Biomass based feeds are processed under hydrothermal treatment conditions to produce a hydrocarbon liquid product and a solids portion. The solids portion can contain a portion of the phosphorus from the biomass feed. The amount of phosphorus in the solids portion can be increased for some biomass feeds by adding a multivalent metal to the feed. The phosphorus from the solids portion can be recycled for further use, such as for growth of additional biomass.
US08624065B2
A method for producing an oxidized cyclic phenol sulfide which comprises the step of oxidizing a cyclic phenol sulfide of the following formula (1) as a raw material: wherein R represents a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and m is an integer from 4 to 8, in a solvent(s) other than a halogenated hydrocarbon in an amount of 2 or more and less than 10 parts by weight per 1 part by weight of the cyclic phenol sulfide, with an oxidizing agent(s) to obtain an oxidized cyclic phenol sulfide of the following formula (2): wherein R represents a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, m is an integer from 4 to 8, and n is 1 or 2.
US08624060B2
A process for preparing a fluorocarboxylic acid, which includes a dehydration step of removing from a mixture containing a fluorocarboxylic acid and water at least a part of the water to obtain a dehydrated fluorocarboxylic acid solution, and a purification step of purifying the dehydrated fluorocarboxylic acid solution.
US08624059B2
Processes for making monoammonium succinate (MAS) and/or succinic acid (SA) from either a clarified diammonium succinate (DAS)-containing fermentation broth or a clarified MAS-containing fermentation broth include (a) distilling the broth to form an overhead that includes water and optionally ammonia and a liquid bottoms that includes MAS or SA; (b) cooling and/or evaporating the bottoms and optionally adding an antisolvent to the bottoms to attain a temperature and composition sufficient to cause the bottoms to produce a solid portion that contains MAS or SA in contact with a liquid portion; (c) separating the solid portion from the liquid portion; and (d) recovering the solid portion.
US08624052B2
S-t-butyl protected cysteine di-peptide analogs and related compounds and methods of using these compounds for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions, including but not limited to diseases and/or conditions of Central Nervous System (CNS).
US08624048B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing alkyl esters and glycerin from a crude or semi-refined vegetable oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol, comprising a deep pretreatment purification stage to eliminate the species based on phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, zinc or iron, insoluble under the temperature conditions of the heterogeneous catalytic reactor.
US08624046B2
This invention relates to krill oil and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises preparing krill, adding protease to the krill and performing enzyme reaction, extracting eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, phospholipids, and astaxanthin from the krill after performing the enzyme reaction, and mixing the extracted eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, phospholipids, and astaxanthin. The protease may comprise one or more chosen from serine alkaline proteases and metallo neutral proteases. The serine alkaline proteases may comprise proteases separated from Bacillus licheniformis and the metallo neutral proteases may comprise proteases separated from Bacillus subtillis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
US08624041B2
A process for the preparation of strontium ranelate or a hydrate thereof is provided comprising (a) reacting a tetraester compound of Formula II: wherein R, R1, R2, and R3 are independently a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C12 cyclic group, in the presence of a lithium base and in a solvent with an inorganic acid salt of strontium.
US08624036B2
The present invention relates to (R,S) 2-aryl-propionic acids and derivatives, their single enantiomer (S) and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, which are used in the prevention and treatment of tissue damage due to the exacerbated recruitment of polymorphonucleated neutrophils (PIvTN leukocytes) at inflammation sites. The present invention provides compounds for use in the treatment of transient cerebral ischemia, bullous pemphigo, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic fibrosis, glomerulonephritis and damages caused by ischemia and reperfusion.
US08624030B2
The present invention provides processes for the demethylation of an N-methyl morphinan comprising a ketone functional group. In particular, the invention provides methods for the protection of the ketone functional group such that impurities are not generated during the demethylation of the N-methyl morphinan.
US08624001B1
The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD19 antibodies, anti-CD19 antibody fusion proteins, and fragments thereof that bind to a human B cell marker. Such antibodies, fusion proteins and fragments thereof are useful for the treatment and diagnosis of various B-cell disorders, including B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases. In more particular embodiments, the humanized anti-CD 19 antibodies may comprise one or more framework region amino acid substitutions designed to improve protein stability, antibody binding and/or expression levels. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the substitutions comprise a Ser91Phe substitution in the hAl9 VH sequence.
US08623981B2
An improved polymerization and process method allows the production of special nitrile rubbers which are characterized by a specific anion content and an excellent storage stability and allow a particularly good vulcanization rate and moreover result in vulcanized materials that have advantageous properties, especially with regard to the contact with metal components of molded parts based on said vulcanized materials.
US08623976B2
The present invention provides a novel catalyst composition comprising a metallocene complex, and a novel producing method for various polymer compounds. Preferably, the invention provides a novel polymer compound, and a producing method thereof. Specifically, the invention provides a polymerization catalyst composition, comprising: (1) a metallocene complex represented by the general formula (I), including: a central metal M which is a group III metal atom or a lanthanoid metal atom; a ligand Cp* bound to the central metal and including a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl derivative; monoanionic ligands Q1 and Q2; and w neutral Lewis base L; and (2) an ionic compound composed of a non-ligand anion and a cation: where w represents an integer of 0 to 3.
US08623975B2
A process for preparing a polydiene, the process comprising the step of polymerizing conjugated diene monomer in the presence of a dihydrocarbyl ether, where said step of polymerizing takes place within a polymerization mixture that includes less than 20% by weight of organic solvent based on the total weight of the polymerization mixture, and where said step of polymerizing employs a lanthanide-based catalyst system that includes the combination of or reaction product of ingredients including (a) a lanthanide compound, (b) an aluminoxane, (c) an organoaluminum compound other than an aluminoxane, and (d) a bromine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of elemental bromine, bromine-containing mixed halogens, and organic bromides.
US08623973B1
Methods for controlling properties of an olefin polymer using a Group VIII transition metal-modified activator-support are disclosed. The melt index of the polymer can be decreased and the molecular weight of the polymer can be increased via the addition of the transition metal-modified activator-support to the polymerization reactor system.
US08623967B2
A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of: (i) polymerizing monomer with a coordination catalyst to form a reactive polymer; and (ii) reacting the reactive polymer with a nitroso compound.
US08623961B2
The present invention relates to an optical acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, containing: 100 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (A) which contains a vinylic monomer having a nitrogen atom in a skeleton thereof as a monomer unit and does not substantially contain a monomer containing a carboxyl group; 1-70 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or greater and less than 30,000; and 1-50 parts by mass of a hydrogenated tackifying resin (C), and an optical acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing the optical acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
US08623958B2
An oil-in-water silicone emulsion composition comprising (A) 100 mass parts of a polyorganosiloxane that contains in each molecule at least two silicon-bonded hydroxyl or hydrolyzable groups, (B) 0.1 to 200 mass parts of a colloidal silica, (C) 1 to 100 mass parts of an ionic emulsifying agent, (D) 0.1 to 50 mass parts of a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene copolymer-type nonionic emulsifying agent, and (E) 10 to 200 mass parts water. Such oil-in-water silicone emulsion composition exhibits an excellent storage stability, contains little low molecular weight silicone, and can form, even without the use of a tin catalyst, a cured film that exhibits a satisfactory elasticity, through the removal of the water fraction.
US08623951B2
Polymer-inorganic particle blends are incorporated into structures generally involving interfaces with additional materials that can be used advantageously for forming desirable devices. In some embodiments, the structures are optical structures, and the interfaces are optical interfaces. The different materials at the interface can have differences in index-of-refraction to yield desired optical properties at the interface. In some embodiments, structures are formed with periodic variations in index-of-refraction. In particular, photonic crystals can be formed. Suitable methods can be used to form the desired structures.
US08623950B2
The present invention relates to a preparation method of polyurethaneurea elastic fiber, particularly a preparation method of high heat-resistant elastic fiber which retains unique physical properties of elastic fiber under the high temperature process. The polyurethaneurea elastic fiber of the present invention is characteristically prepared without using 1 functional mono-alcohol generally used to regulate the reaction speed and side-reaction during the prepolymer reaction to produce elastic fiber having excellent heat-resistance particularly for the dyeing processing or re-dyeing of polyester but using ethylenediamine alone as a chain extender for the polymerization. To reduce gel formation in polymer after the secondary polymerization and to regulate change of viscosity in the course of process, the ratio of the chain extender amine to the terminal group of prepolymer of the first polymerization is increased.
US08623946B2
Described is the use of specific lactone compounds for protecting body-care and household products from photolytic and oxidative degradation. These compounds perform outstanding antioxidant properties.
US08623941B2
A method of making a nanoparticle filled dielectric material. The method includes mixing nanoparticle precursors with a polymer material and reacting the nanoparticle precursors mixed with the polymer material to form nanoparticles dispersed within the polymer material to form a dielectric composite.
US08623938B2
An inkjet ink includes carbon nanotubes, flake graphites, an organic carrier, a binder, a surfactant, a film enhancer and a solvent. A method for making an inkjet ink includes dispersing the plurality of carbon nanotubes in the surfactant solvent to form a first mixture, dispersing the plurality of flake graphites in the organic carrier solvent to form a second mixture, adding the film enhancer into the second mixture to form a third mixture, and mixing the first mixture and the third mixture.
US08623929B2
In a method and equipment for conditioning low-metal scrap high in plastics, which contains at least partially scrap high in plastics from shredder processes, especially of scrap vehicles, the method includes: splitting up ferromagnetic components from the scrap that is high in plastics; separating a first raw sand fraction from the scrap high in plastics that has been reduced in metals; reducing in size the fraction high in plastics that remains after the isolation of the first raw sand fraction; separating a second raw sand fraction after reducing in size the remaining fraction high in plastics; and splitting up the remaining fraction, that is high in plastics, into a light fraction and a heavy fraction.The equipment has the appropriate device for carrying out the individual method steps.
US08623927B2
Disclosed are a catalyst for synthesis of methanol from synthesis gas and a method for preparing the same. The catalyst includes a Cu—Zn—Al oxide containing CuO, ZnO and Al2O3 in a predetermined ratio or Cu—Zn—Al—Zr oxide containing CuO, ZnO, Al2O3 and ZrO2 in a predetermined ratio, in combination with a cerium-zirconium oxide obtained by a sol-gel process. As compared to the existing Cu—Zn—Al catalysts for synthesizing methanol, the catalyst disclosed herein inhibits formation of byproducts and improves yield of methanol. Therefore, it is possible to improve methanol purification efficiency and carbon conversion efficiency.
US08623924B2
Compositions and methods useful for inducing an increase in fatty acid oxidation or mitochondrial biogenesis, reducing weight gain, inducing weight loss, or increasing Sirt1, Sirt3, or AMPK activity are provided herein. Such compositions can contain synergizing amounts of a sirtuin-pathway activators, including but not limited to resveratrol, in combination with beta-hydroxymethylbutyrate (HMB), keto isocaproic acid (KIC), leucine, or combinations of HMB, KIC and leucine.
US08623919B2
A pharmaceutical composition and methods of producing and application of the composition for treating myocardial infarction of a subject are disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of at least one synthesized compound selected from the group consisting of SEC, SPC, SBC, SPEC, SAC, SAMC, and SPRC, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08623907B2
Pyrandione, thiopyrandione and cyclohexanetrione derivatives of formula (I), which are suitable for use as herbicides.
US08623904B2
Compounds of the formulae (I) and (II) for controlling pathogens by drenching or drip application.
US08623903B2
The present invention provides an indolecarboxylic acid derivative having DP receptor antagonistic activity and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the said compound as an active ingredient, and further a therapeutic agent for treating allergic diseases.A compound of the general formula (I): wherein the ring A is an aromatic carbocyclic ring etc.; the ring B is a nitrogen-containing non-aromatic heterocyclic ring etc.; the formula of —X1═X2—X3═X4— is a formula of —C(R1)═C(R2)—C(R3)═C(R4)— etc.; X5 is C(R5) or N; R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom etc; R6 is a formula of —Z—R10 etc. wherein Z is alkylene etc., and R10 is carboxy etc.; R7 is optionally substituted alkyloxy etc.; R8 is independently a halogen atom etc.; R9 is independently optionally substituted alkyl etc.; Y is a single bond etc.; n is 0 etc.; q is 0 etc.; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.
US08623899B2
Inhibitors of HCV replication of formula I including stereochemically isomeric forms, and salts, hydrates, solvates thereof, wherein R and R′ have the meaning as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use, alone or in combination with other HCV inhibitors, in HCV therapy.
US08623898B2
The present invention aims to provide novel compounds of formula [I] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are based on a glycine uptake inhibiting action and which are useful in the prevention or treatment of such diseases as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive dysfunction, dementia, anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsory disorder, social anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, specific phobia, acute stress disorder, etc.), depression, drug addiction, spasm, tremor, and sleep disorder:
US08623894B2
Solid forms of N-[2,4-Bis(1,1-dimethyethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquioline-3-carboxamide
Solid forms of N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide are described herein, including crystalline forms thereof.
US08623893B2
The present invention relates to derivatives of pyridino-pyridinones, and to their preparation and use thereof, having activity as inhibitors of kinase activity of receptors for PDGF (platelet derived growth factors) ligands and optionally of receptors for the FLT3 (fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor) ligand receptors, said derivatives comprising compounds of formula (I): wherein the various substituent groups are more specifically defined herein. The compounds are suitable as therapeutics for the treatment of various proliferative diseases.
US08623890B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Z is O or S; and R1, R2, R3, Q and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling a parasitic nematode comprising contacting the parasitic nematode or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US08623887B2
The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R4, Rg, X, m, n and p are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and their use for preparing a pharmaceutical composition having the above-mentioned properties.
US08623883B2
This invention provides quinazoline compounds of the formula: wherein: R1 is halo; R2 is H or halo; R3 is a) C1-C3 alkyl, optionally substituted by halo; or b) —(CH2)n-morpholino, —(CH2)n-piperidine, —(CH2)n-piperazine, —(CH2)n-piperazine-N(C1-C3 alkyl), —(CH2)n-pyrrolidine, or —(CH2)n-imidazole; n is 1 to 4; R4 is —(CH2)m-Het; Het is morpholine, piperidine, piperazine, piperazine-N(C1-C3 alkyl), imidazole, pyrrolidine, azepane, 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyridine, or 3,6-dihydro-2H-pyridine, each optionally substituted by alkyl, halo, OH, NH2, NH(C1-C3 alkyl) or N(C1-C3 alkyl)2; m is 1-3; and X is O, S or NH; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as processes and intermediate compounds for making them, useful pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds in the treatment of proliferative diseases.
US08623882B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a combination of a therapeutically-effective amount of the antiviral compound aciclovir and a therapeutically-effective amount of the COX-2 inhibitor diclofenac. The invention is further related to methods of treating functional somatic syndromes by administering a therapeutically-effective combination of aciclovir and diclofenac.
US08623878B2
Use of allopurinol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment or prevention of Hand Foot Skin Reaction (HFSR) induced by Multitargeted Kinase Inhibitor (MKI) therapy. The allopurinol or its salt is administered topically to the affected areas, palms and soles, preferably in the form of a cream.
US08623870B2
Compounds of the formula (I), in which D, R1, R2, R3, R4 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular of Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
US08623856B2
The present invention relates to novel phenoxy-azetidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
US08623844B2
The present invention generally relates to a process for the preparation of fosaprepitant dimeglumine intermediate and its use in the preparation of fosaprepitant dimeglumine; to a neutral form of fosaprepitant in a solid state and processes for the preparation thereof; and to a stable amorphous fosaprepitant dimeglumine, having a stability at temperatures of about 2° C. to about 8° C. and at a relative humidity below at least 60%; and a process for the preparation thereof.
US08623840B2
The present invention provides a medicament or food supplement, that when ingested by an individual, forms a gel mass in the individual's stomach, said gel mass consisting essentially of methylcellulose and water, as well as methods for inducing satiety, reversibly reducing stomach void volume, and reducing caloric intake in an individual.
US08623823B2
Methods of using an ETB receptor agonist, such as IRL-1620, for the treatment of stroke or cerebrovascular accidents are disclosed. The ETB receptor agonist is used alone or in combination with a second agent useful in the treatment of stroke or other cerebrovascular accident.
US08623822B2
The present invention provides polypeptides, peptide dimers, and multimeric complexes comprising at least one binding moiety for KDR or VEGF/KDR complex, which have a variety of uses wherever treating, detecting, isolating or localizing angiogenesis is advantageous. Particularly disclosed are synthetic, isolated polypeptides capable of binding KDR or VEGF/KDR complex with high affinity (e.g., having a KD<1 μM), and dimer and multimeric constructs comprising these polypeptides, particularly contrast agents. Also provided are methods for monitoring and evaluating the therapeutic effectiveness of treatment protocols for diseases associated with angiogenesis or endothelial cell hyperproliferation, such as cancer, using contrast agents of the invention.
US08623816B2
The present invention relates to cupredoxin and cytochrome and their use, separately or together, to inhibit the spread of parasitemia in mammalian red blood cells and other tissues infected by the malaria parasite, and in particular the parasitemia of human red blood cells by P. falciparum. The invention provides isolated peptides that are variants, derivatives or structural equivalents of cupredoxins or cytochrome c, and compositions comprising cupredoxins and/or cytochrome c, or variants, derivatives or structural equivalents thereof, that are useful for treating or preventing malaria infection in mammals. Further, the invention provides methods to treat mammalian patients to prevent or inhibit the growth of malarial infection in mammals. The invention also provides methods to prevent the growth of malaria infection in insect vectors.
US08623813B2
Synergistic combinations of polyene fungicides and non-ribosomal peptides and related methods of use
The present invention includes compositions comprising a synergistic fungicidal combination of a polyene fungicide and at least one lipopeptide and methods for using such compositions in controlling fungal pathogens.
US08623807B2
The club cleaner, conditioner and protectant comprises alpha-olefins, low-odor aromatic solvents; and at least one base oil selected from the base oil group consisting of Hydroisomerized high base oils and HT Severe Hydro-cracked Base oils; as well as other (optional) ingredients. Also disclosed is a method for producing this product and related product-by-process. This product uses a formulated cleaning mixture to clean and restore the face of the club while rejuvenating the grips. The invention when sprayed on the clubface removes foreign materials and when wiped dry protects the face of the clubs from harsh stains, caused by soils, grass and chemicals related to fertilizers. In experimental testing, the invention increases drive distances by reducing sidespin and increasing backspin. The club is left with a factory-like finish making it easy to wipe clean of soiling. The invention when applied to the grips restores the surface to the new feel.
US08623806B2
A liquid detergent composition having a modified polyethyleneimine polymer and a surfactant to provide improved shine on hard surfaces.
US08623796B2
This invention is directed to a lubricant composition that is comprised of a continuous phase and a discontinuous phase, i.e., a two phase lubricant composition. The continuous phase and the discontinuous phase of the lubricant of this invention are oil or oil type compositions that are essentially insoluble in one another. The lubricant composition is comprised of a continuous phase base oil that is comprised of a low viscosity Group II, III, IV or GTL base stock or a blend of at least two of the Group II, III, IV and GTL base stocks, optionally including a low viscosity Group V base stock, with the continuous phase base oil having, independently, a viscosity of from 1 to 100 cSt at 100° C. The lubricant composition is further comprised of a discontinuous phase that is comprised of an ester composition having a mean average droplet size of from 0.01 microns to 20 microns, in which the ester composition is comprised of an ester compound having no ether linkages.
US08623795B2
The antiwear performance of turbine oils containing polymerized amine antioxidants and antiwear additives is maintained at or enhanced beyond the level as that of turbine oils containing monomeric amine antioxidants by employing as the antiwear additive a resorcinol bis(diphenylphosphate) (RDP). The deposit formation resistance performance of turbine oils containing monomeric and/or polymeric amine antioxidant is improved by employing RDP.
US08623793B2
Methods comprising providing a relative permeability modifier that comprises a hydrophilic polymer backbone with a hydrophobic modification and incorporating at least one cationic compound onto the hydrophilic polymer backbone. The hydrophilic polymer is one or more of: a polyacrylamide; a polyvinylamine; a poly(vinylamine/vinyl alcohol); an alkyl acrylate polymer; cellulose; chitosan; a polyamide; a polyetheramine; a polyhydroxyetheramine; a polylysine; a polysulfone; a gum; or a starch. The hydrophobic modification is achieved either by reacting the hydrophilic polymer with a hydrophobic compound or by a polymerization reaction product of a hydrophilic monomer and a hydrophobically modified hydrophilic monomer. The hydrophobic compound has an alkyl chain length from 4 to 22 carbons and is one or more of: an alkyl acrylate; an alkyl methacrylate; an alkyl acrylamide; an alkyl methacrylamide; or an alkyl dimethylammoniumethyl methacrylate halide.
US08623789B2
An integrated cartridge for sample processing and analysis is disclosed. The integrated cartridge contains a sample preparation chamber having a sample inlet and a sample outlet, and a sample purification chamber adapted to receive a replaceable sample purification unit containing a housing and an extraction filter inside the housing. The extraction filter specifically binds to a molecule of interest. The sample purification chamber has a sample inlet that is in fluid communication with the sample outlet of the sample preparation chamber. Also disclosed is a microarray-based sample analysis (MBSA) system.
US08623787B2
The invention relates to a superconductive multi-phase, fluid-cooled cable system comprising a) a cable comprising at least three electrical conductors constituting at least two electrical phases and a zero- or neutral conductor, said electrical conductors being mutually electrically insulated from each other, and b) a thermal insulation defining a central longitudinal axis and having an inner surface and surrounding the cable, said inner surface of said thermal insulation forming the radial limitation of a cooling chamber for holding a cooling fluid for cooling said electrical conductors. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a cable system and to its use. The object of the present invention is to provide a simplified manufacturing and installation scheme for a fluid cooled cable system. The problem is solved in that said cable—at least over a part of its length—is located eccentrically relative to said central longitudinal axis when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and where the eccentric location has the function of accommodating thermal shrinkage and expansion of the cable with respect to the thermal insulation.
US08623785B2
Provided is a thermal recording material comprising an intermediate layer and a heat-sensitive recording layer for color formation by heat stacked in this order onto a support, the thermal recording material being characterized in that the intermediate layer contains a bellows-shaped hollow resin and that the roughness of the surface on the color forming side is 1.0 μm or less as measured by Parker Print Surf. The method for producing such a thermal recording material comprises the steps of: applying a coating liquid containing heat-expandable resin particles to a support, drying the coated support at a temperature lower than the expansion starting temperature of the heat-expandable resin particle, and subjecting the coated support to thermoforming for formation of an intermediate layer; and applying, to the intermediate layer, heat-sensitive recording-related components which contribute to color formation by heat, for formation of a heat-sensitive recording layer.
US08623772B2
A method of forming patterns of a semiconductor device includes forming a hard mask layer and a first sacrificial layer over a first region and a second region of a semiconductor substrate, etching the first sacrificial layer to form a first sacrificial pattern having a first width in the first region and second sacrificial patterns having a second width in the second region, wherein the second width is narrower than the first width, forming a first spacer surrounding sidewalls of the first sacrificial pattern and a second spacer surrounding sidewalls of the second sacrificial patterns, removing the first and the second sacrificial patterns; and etching the first and second spacers.
US08623766B2
The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising coated α-alumina particles, an organic carboxylic acid, and water. The invention also provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising an abrasive having a negative zeta potential in the polishing composition, an organic carboxylic acid, at least one alkyldiphenyloxide disulfonate surfactant, and water, wherein the polishing composition does not further comprise a heterocyclic compound. The abrasive is colloidally stable in the polishing composition. The invention further provides methods of polishing a substrate with the aforesaid polishing compositions.
US08623762B2
An opening (9) is made in the substrate (1) over a terminal pad (7). A dielectric layer (10), a metallization (11), a compensation layer (13) and a passivation layer (15) are deposited so that the passivation layer is separated from the metallization by the compensation layer at least within the opening. A material that is suitable for reducing a mechanical stress between the metallization and the passivation layer is chosen for the compensation layer.
US08623743B2
Provided is a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate including a main chip region and a scribe lane region surrounding the main chip region. An insulating layer is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A guard ring is disposed in the insulating layer in the scribe lane region. The guard ring surrounds at least a portion of the main chip region. The guard ring has a brittleness greater than a brittleness of the insulating layer.
US08623741B2
In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: providing a structure having a first layer overlying a substrate, where the first layer includes a dielectric material having a plurality of pores; applying a filling material to an exposed surface of the first layer; heating the structure to a first temperature to enable the filling material to homogeneously fill the plurality of pores; after filling the plurality of pores, performing at least one process on the structure; and after performing the at least one process, removing the filling material from the plurality of pores by heating the structure to a second temperature to decompose the filling material.
US08623738B2
A DRAM capacitor structure is disposed on the interior surface of a vertical hollow cylinder of a support structure overlying a semiconductor substrate. The support structure further includes a horizontal supporting layer that is integrally connected with the vertical hollow cylinder. A fabrication method for forming the DRAM capacitor structure is also provided.
US08623737B2
A process of forming a thin-film capacitor that includes sol-gel patterning of a dielectric thin film on a first electrode, lift-off removal of unwanted dielectric thin film, and mating the dielectric thin film with a second electrode. The thin-film capacitor exhibits a substantially uniform heat-altered morphology along a line defined by a characteristic dimension thereof. A computing system is also disclosed that includes the thin-film capacitor.
US08623734B2
An example embodiment is a method for filling a via hole with phase change material. The method steps include forming a bottom electrode in a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer above the bottom electrode, and forming a via hole within the dielectric layer down to a top surface of the bottom electrode. The substrate is heated to a reaction temperature and a first phase change material precursor is deposited within the via hole. The first precursor is configured to decompose on the top surface of the bottom electrode and chemisorb on a top surface of the dielectric layer at the reaction temperature. A second precursor is deposited within the via hole after the first precursor at least partially decomposes on the top surface of the bottom electrode.
US08623731B2
Electrostatic discharge devices and methods of forming thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device region disposed within a semiconductor body. A first ESD device is disposed in a first region of the ESD device region, and a second ESD device disposed in a second region of the ESD device region. The second region is separated from the first region by a first trench.
US08623730B2
A method is provided for fabricating a transistor. A replacement gate stack is formed on a semiconductor layer, a gate spacer is formed, and a dielectric layer is formed. The dummy gate stack is removed to form a cavity. A gate dielectric and a work function metal layer are formed in the cavity. The cavity is filled with a gate conductor. One and only one of the gate conductor and the work function metal layer are selectively recessed. An oxide film is formed in the recess such that its upper surface is co-planar with the upper surface of the dielectric layer. The oxide film is used to selectively grow an oxide cap. An interlayer dielectric is formed and etched to form a cavity for a source/drain contact. A source/drain contact is formed in the contact cavity, with a portion of the source/drain contact being located directly on the oxide cap.
US08623725B2
A method of forming a capacitor includes providing material having an opening therein over a node location on a substrate. A shield is provided within and across the opening, with a void being received within the opening above the shield and a void being received within the opening below the shield. The shield is etched through within the opening. After the etching, a first capacitor electrode is formed within the opening in electrical connection with the node location. A capacitor dielectric and a second capacitor electrode are formed operatively adjacent the first capacitor electrode.
US08623717B2
A method to fabricate a novel graphene based, electrically tunable, nanoconstriction device is described. The device includes a back-gate dielectric layer formed over a conductive substrate. The back-gate dielectric layer is, in one example, hexagonal boron nitride, mica, SiOx, SiNx, BNx, HfOx or AlOx. A graphene layer is an AB-stacked bi-layer graphene layer, an ABC-stacked tri-layer graphene layer or a stacked few-layer graphene layer. Contacts are formed over a portion of the graphene layer including at least one source contact, at least one drain contact and at least one set of side-gate contacts. A graphene channel with graphene side gates is formed in the graphene layer between the at least one source contact, the at least one the drain contact and the at least one set of side-gate contacts. A top-gate dielectric layer is formed over the graphene layer. A top-gate electrode is formed on the top-gate dielectric layer.
US08623709B1
The present invention relates to a surface mount package for a silicon condenser microphone and methods for manufacturing the surface mount package. The surface mount package uses a limited number of components which simplifies manufacturing and lowers costs, and features a substrate that performs functions for which multiple components were traditionally required, including providing an interior surface on which the silicon condenser die is mechanically attached, providing an interior surface for making electrical connections between the silicon condenser die and the package, and providing an exterior surface for surface mounting the package to a device's printed circuit board and for making electrical connections between package and the device's printed circuit board.
US08623708B1
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes providing a lead-frame having an inner portion and a bottom cover directly on a bottom surface of the inner portion; forming an insulation cover directly on the lead-frame with the insulation cover having a connection opening; connecting an integrated circuit die to the lead-frame through the connection opening with the integrated circuit die over the insulation cover; forming a top encapsulation directly on the insulation cover; forming a routing layer having a conductive land directly on the bottom cover by shaping the lead-frame; and forming a bottom encapsulation directly on the conductive land with the bottom cover exposed from the bottom encapsulation.
US08623707B2
To reduce the thermal stresses that may be caused by a difference in thermal expansion coefficients between a molded casing and an active side of a semiconductor device embedded in the molded casing, and thus reduce the number of corresponding failures caused by the thermal stresses, the active side of the semiconductor device is arranged face-down, towards a substrate supporting the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a through via that electrically connects the active side of the semiconductor device to a passive side of the semiconductor device. A wire bond electrically connects the passive side of the semiconductor device to the substrate. To increase the dissipation of heat generated in the semiconductor device, a thermally conductive slug may be disposed in the substrate, and the active side of the semiconductor device may be attached to the thermally conductive slug.
US08623703B2
A silicon device has a flat panel shape which is a polygon in a plan view, and at least one corner of the polygon includes two sides adjacent to each other out of plural sides of the polygon and a corner curve portion connected to the two sides so as to connect the two sides.
US08623700B1
The present invention provides a quilt packaging system for microchip, a method for making such a quilt packaging system, microchips that may be used in a such a quilt packaging system, and methods for making such microchips.
US08623687B2
A method of forming a thermoelectric device may include forming a first electrically conductive trace, and bonding a thermoelectric element to the first electrically conductive trace. After bonding the thermoelectric element to the first electrically conductive trace, a metal post may be formed on the thermoelectric element so that the thermoelectric element is between the first electrically conductive trace and the metal post. After forming the metal post, the metal post may be bonded to a second electrically conductive trace so that the metal post is between the second electrically conductive trace and the thermoelectric element. Other related methods and structures are also discussed.
US08623686B2
There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a MEMS device, and technique of fabricating or manufacturing a MEMS device, having mechanical structures encapsulated in a chamber prior to final packaging. The material that encapsulates the mechanical structures, when deposited, includes one or more of the following attributes: low tensile stress, good step coverage, maintains its integrity when subjected to subsequent processing, does not significantly and/or adversely impact the performance characteristics of the mechanical structures in the chamber (if coated with the material during deposition), and/or facilitates integration with high-performance integrated circuits. In one embodiment, the material that encapsulates the mechanical structures is, for example, silicon (polycrystalline, amorphous or porous, whether doped or undoped), silicon carbide, silicon-germanium, germanium, or gallium-arsenide.
US08623681B2
An auxiliary capacitor (6a) includes a capacitor line (11ba), a gate insulating film (12) provided so as to cover the capacitor line (11ba), a semiconductor layer (13b) provided on the gate insulating film (12) so as to overlap with the capacitor line (11b), and a drain electrode (14ba) provided on the semiconductor layer (13b) and connected to a pixel electrode (16a). The semiconductor layer (13b) made of an oxide semiconductor and the pixel electrode (16a) made of an oxide conductor contact each other.
US08623680B2
An LED chip package structure using sedimentation includes a package body, at least two conductive substrates, at least one light-emitting element, and a package unit. The package body has a receiving space. The two conductive substrates are received in the receiving space. The light-emitting element is received in the receiving space and electrically connected to the two conductive substrates. The package unit has a package colloid layer and a powder mixed into the package colloid layer, and the package unit is filled into the receiving space. The powder is uniformly deposited in the receiving space by maintaining the package unit at room temperature firstly and the powder is solidified in the receiving space by heating to a predetermined temperature.
US08623679B2
An organic electroluminescence display unit including: a lower electrode for each device; a first hole injection/transport layer provided on the lower electrode for each device; a second organic light emitting layer of the first color provided on the first hole injection/transport layer for the second organic electroluminescence device; a second hole injection/transport layer provided on the entire surfaces of the second organic light emitting layer and the first hole injection/transport layer for the first organic electroluminescence device, and being made of a low molecular material; a blue first organic light emitting layer provided on the entire surface of the second hole injection/transport layer; and an electron injection/transport layer having at least one of electron injection characteristics and electron transport characteristics, and an upper electrode that are provided in sequence on the entire surface of first organic light emitting layer.
US08623674B2
A liquid ejection head substrate including a silicon substrate having a liquid supply port as hollow and slots as through holes connecting the hollow and a liquid channel arranged opposite sides of the substrate. The method includes etching the substrate to form the hollow; forming a first resist on the hollow; etching the first resist on the bottom of the hollow under conditions of securing an equal etching rate to both the silicon substrate and the first resist; forming a second resist on the hollow; patterning the second resist into an etching mask; and etching the substrate using the etching mask to form the through holes.
US08623670B1
A method of making a thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk includes etching an initial layer of generally spherically shaped FePt grains encapsulated by shells of graphitic carbon layers. The etching partially or completely removes the carbon layers on the tops of the shells, exposing the FePt grains while leaving carbon segregant material between the FePt grains. Additional Fe, Pt and C are then simultaneously deposited. The additional Fe and Pt grow on the exposed FePt grains and increase the vertical height of the grains, resulting in growth of columnar FePt grains. The additional C forms on top of the grains that together with the intergranular carbon form larger carbon shells. The resulting FePt grains thus have a generally columnar shape with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, rather than a generally spherical shape. Lateral grain isolation is maintained by the carbon segregant remaining between the grains.
US08623668B2
The present invention is related to a method for re-enabling transport by means of a magnetic field gradient transport mechanism of magnetic beads comprising a ligand in a solution on top of a surface comprising a receptor bound with said ligand, comprising the step of changing the properties of said solution such that dissociation occurs between said ligand and said receptor, and such that a sufficient repulsive interaction is created between said surface and said bead to allow transport of said bead.
US08623662B1
Methods, processes and compositions are provided for a visual or chemochromic hydrogen-detector with variable or tunable reversible color change. The working temperature range for the hydrogen detector is from minus 100° C. to plus 500° C. A hydrogen-sensitive pigment, including, but not limited to, oxides, hydroxides and polyoxo-compounds of tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, chromium and combinations thereof, is combined with nano-sized metal activator particles and preferably, coated on a porous or woven substrate. In the presence of hydrogen, the composition rapidly changes its color from white or light-gray or light-tan to dark gray, navy-blue or black depending on the exposure time and hydrogen concentration in the medium. After hydrogen exposure ceases, the original color of the hydrogen-sensitive pigment is restored, and the visual hydrogen detector can be used repeatedly. By changing the composition of the hydrogen-sensitive pigment, the time required for its complete regeneration is varied from a few seconds to several days.
US08623654B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a control material which can be preferably employed in detection of 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol and glycoalbumin, which are employed as excellent indices for diabetes. The present inventor has found that mannitol which is added to serum or plasma used as control material stabilizes 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol and glycoalbumin present in the serum or plasma for a long period of time, and that the object can be attained through provision of (1) an agent for stabilizing control material, the agent being composed of mannitol and (2) control material containing mannitol and 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol.
US08623635B2
The invention is an electronically processed single-step test device for detecting the presence of a preselected analyte in a fluid. The device includes a hollow rectangular outer casing, disposed within co-joined upper and lower sections of the casing are assay material, an electronic processing system, and a LCD display. The LCD display is observable through a viewing window. The assay material is a sorptive material including a fluid sample application region in the form of a sample wick in fluid communication with a test strip. The test strip includes an analyte capture region adjacent to a light shield. The electronic processing system includes red and green LEDs which are alternately pulsed or energized over predetermined periods of time to determine if fluid test results show a marker or markers in the capture region indicative of the presence of a preselected analyte in the fluid. If so, Yes+ is displayed on the LCD. If not, No− is displayed on the LCD.
US08623630B2
The present invention provides methods of altering the production of desired polypeptides in a host cell. In particular, the present invention provides polynucleotides encoding truncated SecG proteins capable of facilitating the secretion of desired proteases by a bacterial host cell, such as Bacillus species, as well as expression vectors and a host cell containing the polynucleotides.
US08623629B2
Polypeptides with xylanase activity modified to increase bran solubilization and/or xylanase activity. The modification comprises modification of one or more amino acids in position 113, 122 or 175 in combination with one or more further amino acid modifications in position 11, 12, 13, 34, 54, 77, 81, 82, 104, 110, 113, 118, 122, 141, 154, 159, 162, 164, 166, 175 or 179, wherein the positions are determined as the position corresponding to the position of Bacillus subtilis xylanase (SEQ ID NO 1).
US08623623B2
Zymomonas expressing xylose isomerase from A. missouriensis was found to have improved xylose utilization, growth, and ethanol production when grown in media containing xylose. Xylose isomerases related to that of A. missouriensis were identified structurally through molecular phylogenetic and Profile Hidden Markov Model analyses, providing xylose isomerases that may be used to improve xylose utilization.
US08623622B2
The present invention describes a number of different microorganisms that have been genetically-engineered to optimize ethanol production. The present invention also describes methods of using such microorganisms to efficiently make ethanol.
US08623615B2
Methods and compositions are provided that relate to a composition that includes a modified maltose-binding protein (MBP) which when fused to a protein results in an increase in binding affinity for maltodextrin compared with the wild type MBP fused to the protein, the modified MBP maintaining enhanced solubility. The modification includes a mutation selected from the group consisting of: F68L, I318V, Q326R, V344M, and T372TTTITITTTLGIEGR387 or consists of two or more mutations selected from the group consisting of: F68L, S146T, A313V, I318V, I318A, Q326R, V344M and T372TTTITITTTLGIEGR387 mutants.
US08623608B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for measuring a glycan-marker glycoprotein, by which liver disease can be detected with higher accuracy than is possible with conventional methods. Also, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for examining liver disease, by which liver disease can be detected with higher accuracy than is possible with conventional methods. Disclosed is a method for measuring at least one glycoprotein selected from alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) and Mac-2-binding protein (M2BP) contained in a sample collected from a subject, comprising: measuring AGP binding to a first lectin selected from AOL and MAL, when the glycoprotein is AGP; and measuring M2BP binding to a second lectin selected from WFA, BPL, AAL, RCA120, and TJAII, when the glycoprotein is M2BP.
US08623605B2
The invention provides a method of diagnosis of a spongiform encephalopathy in a diagnostic sample of a valid body tissue taken from a subject, which comprises detecting an increased proteolytic activity in the diagnostic sample, compared with a sample from a control subject.
US08623598B2
The invention provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods. The methods of the invention include correcting one or more phenomena that are encountered during nucleotide sequencing, such as using sequencing by synthesis methods. These phenomena include, without limitation, sequence lead, sequence lag, spectral crosstalk, and noise resulting from variations in illumination and/or filter responses.
US08623594B2
The invention includes methods of isolating a multi-subunit protein which binds to an antigen-bearing moiety. The methods comprise generating a phage display library comprising a plurality of virus vectors.
US08623590B2
A resist pattern is formed by coating a first positive resist composition comprising a polymer comprising 20-100 mol % of aromatic group-containing recurring units and adapted to turn alkali soluble under the action of an acid onto a substrate to form a first resist film, coating a second positive resist composition comprising a C3-C8 alkyl alcohol solvent which does not dissolve the first resist film on the first resist film to form a second resist film, exposing, baking, and developing the first and second resist films simultaneously with a developer.
US08623585B2
Provided is a positive photoresist composition containing, as an essential component, a novolac phenolic resin (C) prepared by condensing an aromatic compound (A) represented by general formula (1) or (2) with an aliphatic aldehyde (B). This positive photoresist composition has high sensitivity and high heat resistance at the same time, and is suitable for use as a positive photoresist in, for example, the manufacture of semiconductor devices such as ICs and LSIs, the manufacture of displays such as LCDs, and the manufacture of printing plates. (In the formulas, R1, R2, and R3 are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; m, n, and p are each independently an integer of 0 to 4; q is an integer of 1 to (5−p); and s is an integer of 1 to (9−p).)
US08623583B2
A laser induced thermal imaging apparatus and a fabricating method of organic light emitting diodes using the same, which laminate an acceptor substrate and a donor film using a magnetic force in vacuum, and are used to form a pixel array on the acceptor substrate. A substrate stage includes a magnet or magnetic substance. The acceptor substrate has a pixel region for forming first, second, and third sub-pixels, and the donor film has an organic light emission layer to be transferred to the pixel region. A laser oscillator irradiates a laser to the donor film. A contact frame is adapted to be disposed between the substrate stage and the laser oscillator, and is used to form a magnetic force with the substrate stage. The contact frame includes an opening through which the laser passes. A contact frame feed mechanism moves the contact frame in a direction of the substrate stage.
US08623582B2
A method of treating a photoconductor for enhancing crack resistance when it comes into contact with a liquid toner comprises bending a photoconductor sheet having a length and a width to a tube having an outer diameter and a length corresponding to the width of the photoconductor sheet with the photoconductive layer facing outward. The tube of the photoconductor sheet is then inserted into a cylinder having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the tube and a length of at least the length of the tube of the photoconductor sheet. The treatment of the tube of the photoconductor sheet in the cylinder takes place by maintaining it in the cylinder at a temperature of from about room temperature to an elevated temperature. The tube of the photoconductor sheet is removed from the cylinder while it is at about room temperature.
US08623581B2
An electrostatic image developing toner including: toner particles each containing binder resin and colorant; and an external additive supported on the toner particles, wherein the toner particles each have protrusions on surface thereof, average of lengths of long sides of the protrusions is 0.10 μm or more but less than 0.50 μm, standard deviation of the lengths of the long sides of the protrusions is 0.20 or less, coverage rate of the protrusions on the surface of each toner particle is 30% to 90%, the external additive includes at least two different particles including external additive (A) and one or more external additives (B), external additive (A) has longest average primary particle diameter among the external additives and charged to have the opposite polarity to the toner particles, and at least one of the external additives (B) is charged to have the same polarity as the toner particles.
US08623580B2
To provide a toner including: a resin particle (C) containing a first resin (a1), a second resin (a2), and a resin particle (B) to a surface of which the first resin (a1) and the second resin (a2) are attached, wherein the first resin (a1) and the second resin (a2) have mutually different glass transition temperatures, and wherein the resin particle (B) contains a third resin (b) having an amorphous polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton.
US08623576B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for time differential reticle inspection. Contamination is detected by, for example, determining a difference between a first signature of at least a portion of a reticle and a second signature, produced subsequent to the first signature, of the portion of the reticle.
US08623573B2
In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides an electrically conductive fluid distribution plate and a method of making, and system for using, the electrically conductive fluid distribution plate. In at least one embodiment, the plate comprises a plate body defining a set of fluid flow channels configured to distribute flow of a fluid across at least one side of the plate, and a polymeric porous conductive layer proximate the plate body, with the porous conductive layer having a porosity sufficient to result in a water contact angle of the surface of less than 40°.
US08623571B2
The present invention discloses a fuel cell system that blocks the oxidant gas flow passage. This fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, the oxidant gas supply passage, the oxidant gas exhaust passage, the first valve and second valve of normally open type, the first motor that operates open and close operations of the first valve, the second motor that operates open and close operations of the second valve, and the ECU that controls the first motor and the second motor. This ECU controls the first valve and the second valve to be in the open state during the power generation in the fuel cell stack, thereby to open the cathode flow passage, and controls the first valve and the second valve to be in the close state after the power generation in the fuel cell stack is stopped, thereby to block the cathode flow passage. The fuel cell system of the present invention further includes the first solenoid device and the second solenoid device that lock the respective valve bodies of the first valve and the second valve so as to maintain the close state of the first valve and the second valve.
US08623565B2
A current producing cell has anode flow plates 22 and cathode flow plates 20. Each of the flow plates 20, 22 defines a membrane face 26, a collector face 24, and a center axis C perpendicular to the membrane face 26 and the collector face 24. Each of the collector faces 24 define a plurality of cooling channels 74, 76, 78 and a plurality of transport channels 62, 64. The cooling channels 74, 76, 78 of the cathode flow plates 20 extend radially relative to the center axis C thereof to overlap the transport channels 62, 64 of the anode flow plates 22. The cooling channels 74, 76, 78 of the anode flow plates 22 extend radially relative to the center axis C thereof to overlap the transport channels 62, 64 of the cathode flow plates 20 for providing cooling axially between the cooling channels 74, 76, 78 of the anode flow plate 22 to the transport channels 62, 64 of the cathode flow plate 20 and between the cooling channels 74, 76, 78 of the cathode flow plate 20 to the transport channels 62, 64 of the anode flow plate 22.
US08623527B2
A ceramic coated article useful in semiconductor processing, which is resistant to erosion by halogen-containing plasmas. The ceramic coated article includes an aluminum substrate coated with a solid solution coating formed from a combination of yttrium oxide and zirconium oxide. The ceramic coating is formed from yttrium oxide at a molar concentration ranging from about 90 mole % to about 70 mole %, and zirconium oxide at a molar concentration ranging from about 10 mole % to about 30 mole %. In a second embodiment, the ceramic article includes ceramic which is formed from zirconium oxide at a molar concentration ranging from about 96 mole % to about 94 mole %, and yttrium oxide at a molar concentration ranging from about 4 mole % to about 6 mole %.
US08623522B2
Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at leas one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime.
US08623520B2
A fused aromatic derivative shown by the following formula (1): wherein Ra and Rb are independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, p is an integer of 1 to 8 and q is an integer of 1 to 11, and when p and q are two or more, Ras and Rbs may be independently the same or different, and adjacent substituents Ras may form a ring, L1 is a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent linking group, and Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 50 ring atoms, provided that when L1 is a single bond and at least one of Ras is not a hydrogen atom, Ar1 is not a triphenylenyl group, and provided that substituents of L1 and Ar1, and Ra and Rb contain no amino group.
US08623519B2
A red phosphorescent compound of Formula I: wherein is and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification.
US08623512B2
An adhesive composition for stealth dicing of a semiconductor, an adhesive film, and a semiconductor device including the adhesive film, the adhesive composition including a polymer resin, the polymer resin having a glass transition temperature of about 5° C. to about 35° C., an epoxy resin, the epoxy resin including a liquid epoxy resin and a solid epoxy resin, a phenolic resin curing agent, an inorganic filler, a curing catalyst, and a silane coupling agent.
US08623510B2
Provided are a graphite material, which has excellent bonding characteristics to semiconductor and efficiently dissipates heat generated from the semiconductor, and a method for manufacturing such material. The graphite material is provided by adding at least two kinds of elements selected from among silicon, zirconium, calcium, titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, calcium, yttrium, niobium, molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium and compounds containing such elements, and by performing heat treatment. The graphite material is characterized in having a thickness of the 112 face of the graphite crystal of 15 nm or more by X-ray diffraction, and an average heat conductivity of 250 W/(m·K) or more in the three directions of the X, Y and Z axes.
US08623509B2
A composition of electrically conductive composites for temperature sensing comprises conductive particles. The composite forms from a suspension. The suspension comprises the particles and solvent, and the particles are conductive particles with aspect ratio larger than one. The conductive composite retains a negative temperature coefficient when in contact with certain specific surfaces. The particles within the composite self align.
US08623500B2
The present invention relates to a conductive paste in which fine metal particles are dispersed into a chemical adsorption liquid produced from a mixture of at least an alkoxysilane compound, a silanol condensation catalyst, and a nonaqueous organic solvent to form an organic thin film comprising molecules covalently bound to the surface of the fine metal particle by having the surface of the fine metal particle react with the alkoxysilane compound, so that fine metal particles that are given a reactive function to the surface are produced while almost maintaining the original conductivity of the fine metal particles, and further the particles are pasted with an organic solvent.
US08623495B2
A method of producing a carbon nanotube film structure having a substrate and a carbon nanotube layer, comprises a placing step of placing a carbon nanotube film comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned in one direction within a film plane on the substrate; and a densifying step of applying a densifying treatment to the carbon nanotube film thereby forming the carbon nanotube layer having the weight density of the carbon nanotube to 0.1 g/cm3 or more. Thus, a problem of island-like shrinkage caused while a highly densified CNT layer is being manufactured is solved, and a high-quality CNT film structure wherein the aligned CNT layer having a high density and uniform thickness is deposited on the substrate.
US08623488B2
A honeycomb structure includes: a porous substrate having porous partition walls separating and forming a plurality of cells functioning as fluid passages, a porous coat layer disposed on a surface of the partition walls to inhibit microparticles from entering, a surface of the coat layer having an uneven shape to increase a surface area, and plugging portions for plugging cells so that a fluid flowing into the structure from an opening portions on one end side of predetermined cells may pass through the partition walls and flows out from opening portions on the other side of the other cells to allow the gas to flow through the partition walls and the coat layers. The honeycomb structure can inhibit the pressure loss from increasing upon trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas and can effectively combust and remove the trapped particulate matter.
US08623487B2
A portable synthetic grass turf assembly—that is capable of being assembled, transported, disassembled, and stored—includes a plurality of synthetic grass module units that can be laid side by side atop a base surface to provide a continuous synthetic grass surface for various activities. Each module unit includes a synthetic grass turf with an infill layer of particulate materials disposed among the synthetic grass ribbons and atop a base sheet. A barrier of synthetic ribbons extends about the perimeter of the module unit to retain the particulate material within the module unit during its transportation and storage.
US08623482B2
The present invention deals with coated pipes having a layer of multimodal polyethylene. The multimodal ethylene copolymer is a copolymer of ethylene with one or more alpha-olefin comonomers having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms and has a weight average molecular weight of from 70000 g/mol to 250000 g/mol, the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to the number average molecular weight, Mw/Mn, of from 15 to 50, a melt index MFR2 of from 0.05 g/10 min to 5 g/10 min, a melt index MFR5 of from 0.5 to 10 g/10 min and a density of from 930 kg/m to 955 kg/m3. Further, the multimodal ethylene copolymer comprises the multimodal ethylene copolymer comprises from 49 to 59% based on the weight of the multimodal ethylene copolymer a low molecular weight ethylene homopolymer component, said low molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 5000 g/mol to 70000 g/mol; and from 51 to 41% based on the weight of the multimodal ethylene copolymer a high molecular weight ethylene copolymer component, said high molecular weight ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100000 g/mol to 700000 g/mol. The pipes can be coated with high throughput and good production economy. The coatings have good mechanical properties.
US08623475B2
An antireflective film is provided and includes: a transparent substrate; at least one conductive layer formed from a composition including at least one transparent conductive polymeric material and a compound forming a cross-liking site, the compound having a plurality of cross-linking reactive groups, at least one of which cross-links with the transparent conductive polymeric material; and at least one low refractive index layer.
US08623471B2
A plasma treatment system for treating a workpiece with a downstream-type plasma. The processing chamber of the plasma treatment system includes a chamber lid having a plasma cavity disposed generally between a powered electrode and a grounded plate, a processing space separated from the plasma cavity by the grounded plate, and a substrate support in the processing space for holding the workpiece. A direct plasma is generated in the plasma cavity. The grounded plate is adapted with openings that remove electrons and ions from the plasma admitted from the plasma cavity into the processing space to provide a downstream-type plasma of free radicals. The openings may also eliminate line-of-sight paths for light between the plasma cavity and processing space. In another aspect, the volume of the processing chamber may be adjusted by removing or inserting at least one removable sidewall section from the chamber lid.
US08623467B2
A small home/office tactile printing system comprises a print head assembly and a paper feed assembly. The print head assembly includes a print head for printing with ink and an applicator for applying a liquid. The paper feed assembly moves paper (or any other medium suitable for printing) relative to the print head assembly and its components for printing the ink on the paper, applying the liquid to the medium and curing the liquid. The liquid is ultraviolet (UV) curable glue and curing is exposure of the UV liquid to UV light. The present invention also includes a variety of methods including a method for printing tactile information, a method for copying a document having tactile printing, a method for binding sheets of a media, a method for scratch-off printing and method for copying a bound document.
US08623466B2
Provided a method for producing an oriented-porosity dielectric material on a substrate. The method includes depositing a composite layer on a substrate by vapor deposition comprising a material forming a matrix and a compound comprising chemical groups capable of being oriented under the effect of an electromagnetic field and/or photonic radiation; treating the composite layer to obtain the cross-linking of the material forming a matrix; and subjecting the substrate coated with the composite layer to an electromagnetic field and a photonic radiation.
US08623456B2
A method of depositing a thin film by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on a substrate surface is disclosed. The disclosed method includes placing an ALD deposition proximity head above the substrate with at least one gas channel configured to dispense a gas to an active process region of the substrate surface. The ALD deposition proximity head extends over and is being spaced apart from the active process region of the substrate surface when present. After a pulse of a first reactant gas is dispensed on the active process region of the substrate surface underneath the proximity head, a pulse of a second reactant gas is dispensed on the active process region of the substrate surface underneath the proximity head to react with the first reactant gas to form a portion of the thin layer of ALD film on the surface of substrate underneath the proximity head.
US08623445B2
Protein concentrates and protein isolates, in addition to processes for the production of protein concentrates and protein isolates, are disclosed. In particular, the disclosure relates to the removal of fiber from an oilseed meal using low g-force centrifugation.
US08623444B2
An oil-and-fat composition, meets the following five requirements (a) to (e): (a) a X2O content is 50 to 80% by mass; (b) a XOX content is not more than 50% by mass; (c) a mass ratio XOX/X2O is 0.3 to 0.8; (d) a mass ratio PStO/X2O is 0.2 to 0.6; and (e) a mass ratio St/P is 0.4 to 1.5. In the five conditions (a) to (e), X, O, P, St, X2O, XOX and PStO respectively represent the following. X: saturated fatty acid having carbon atom of not less than 16; O: oleic acid; P: palmitic acid; St: stearic acid; X2O: triglyceride in which two molecules of X and one molecule of O are bonded; XOX: triglyceride in which X is bonded to 1,3-position and O is bonded to 2-position; and PStO: triglyceride in which P, St and O are bonded.
US08623443B2
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a mixed beverage that offers an excellent flavor and superior preservation stability, and that contains vegetable juice etc. and soybean protein, and a mixed beverage that can be obtained by the manufacturing method. The method of the present invention for manufacturing a mixed beverage includes the following steps. (1) A first step for treating vegetable juice and/or fruit juice with pectin lyase, and then deactivating the pectin lyase. (2) A second step for pH adjusting the pectin lyase treated liquid obtained in the first step so that the final pH of the mixed beverage becomes 3.0 to 4.5. (3) A third step for adding low phytate soybean protein to the pH-adjusted liquid obtained in the second step.
US08623441B2
A brewing system and method are shown for brewing a beverage, such as coffee or tea. The system includes an inline sensor or sensor array that intercepts the dispensing stream and measures the time dependent properties of the brewed liquid at a particular location as the liquid is dispensed. In a particular embodiment, the total dissolved solids is measured to produce a coffee signature, which is sent to a controller that uses the time-dependent data to perform one or more of the following: evaluate the quality of the brewed liquid, control the brewing process for subsequent brewing cycles; identify the blend or brand of brewed product; and/or determine when maintenance is needed or advisable for the brewing system.
US08623440B2
A high pressure food package and system including a cup for holding a quantity of food product, a lid for covering the cup, and at least one one-way sealing mechanism that permits a gas to pass through the sealing mechanism into the interior space enclosed by the cup and lid and that prevents the gas from escaping from the interior space through the sealing mechanism. The high pressure package (and system and method for using the same) is especially well suited for producing a food product (such as fruits or vegetables) having an effervescent sensory (or carbonated) character.
US08623435B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for preparing cheese with low fat content and with improved texture, color and baking properties. The compositions and methods of the invention include acidification of the cheese base and the addition of glycerides to manufacture processed or heated curd cheese with improved properties such as texture, stickiness, color and baking properties.
US08623430B2
A cosmetic preservative is disclosed which comprises Lonerica sp. extract, a metal chelating agent and ethanol in amounts effective to inhibit microbial growth including bacteria, molds and yeast. The effectiveness may be enhanced by the addition of a phospholipid, ascorbic acid and ascorbic acid salts. Effectiveness against microbial growth is further improved by addition of a combination of 1,2-hexanediol, 1,2 octanediol and tropolone. Specific formulations are provided.
US08623428B2
Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.
US08623425B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing an extract fraction reinforced with ginsenoside Rg1 or Rb1 from ginseng. The method for preparing an extract fraction reinforced with ginsenoside Rg1 comprises the steps of: concentrating an alcohol extract of ginseng and then adsorbing the extract diluted in water by adding the extract to an adsorption resin; passing distilled water through the adsorption resin, then eluting and removing unadsorbed ingredients; and adding 30 to 40 v/v % alcohol to the adsorption resin to obtain an eluate. The method for preparing an extract fraction reinforced with ginsenoside Rb1 comprises the steps of: concentrating an alcohol extract of ginseng and then adsorbing the extract diluted in water by adding the extract to an adsorption resin; passing distilled water through the adsorption resin, then eluting and removing unadsorbed ingredients; and adding 50 to 80 v/v % alcohol to the adsorption resin and then eluting.
US08623421B2
A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the selected layer on the drying fixture, and cutting the selected layer into a plurality of tissue grafts. Preferably, the drying fixture includes grooves or raised edges that define the outer contours of each desired tissue graft, after they are cut, and further includes raised or indented logos that emboss the middle area of the tissue grafts during dehydration and that enables an end user to distinguish the top from the bottom side of the graft. The grafts are comprised of single layers of amnion or chorion, multiple layers of amnion or chorion, or multiple layers of a combination of amnion and chorion.
US08623420B2
A biopesticide composition for pest management that includes a sweet whey product and spores mixed with a carrier to form a growing environment in a target region. The growing environment forms a micro-factory that is suitable for spore growth, such that the number of spores substantially increases from a first spore concentration prior to application to the target region to a second spore concentration after a period of time. The biopesticide composition may include other additives that modify the micro-factory in a manner that facilitates spore growth and/or increases the probability that a target pest, e.g., an insect, will come into contact with the spores.
US08623417B1
The present disclosure generally relates to therapeutic nanoparticles. Exemplary nanoparticles disclosed herein may include about 1 to about 20 weight percent of a mTOR inhibitor; and about 70 to about 99 weight percent biocompatible polymer.
US08623415B2
A method of separating biologically ingestible microparticles is used to obtain biologically ingestible microparticles in a thin film fluid formed between two processing formed by a fluid to be processed containing at least a first solvent in which an objective substance to be pulverized is dissolved and a second solvent in which the solubility of the microparticles is lower than in the first solvent. The biologically ingestible microparticles are separated by a neutralization reaction in the thin film fluid.
US08623404B2
A peelable pouch comprises a substantially flat enclosure formed by first and second opposing flexible plies. A seat extends along at least a portion of a perimeter of the opposing plies. A flat, flexible transdermal patch is disposed in the enclosure and includes a bioactive agent dissolved in a layer of adhesive. A release liner is removably attached over the layer of adhesive, with the patch and the release liner together being sufficiently resilient so as to generate a spring force when displaced out of the flat configuration. The first and the second plies each being separable along the seal and displaceable out of the flat configuration. The spring force generated by the patch and the release liner being sufficient to overcome an adhesive force created by the adhesive between the patch and one of the plies.
US08623401B2
An orally administrable wafer is provided comprising at least one physiologically acceptable film forming agent. The wafer is formed by mixing the film-forming agent with an aqueous solution to form a gel and exposing the gel to a plurality of heating and cooling cycles. The wafer is rapidly dissolving and suitable for administration of pharmaceutical agents.
US08623399B2
A porous silicon implant impregnated with a beneficial substance, such as a micromineral required for healthy physiology, is implanted subcutaneously and is entirely corroded away over the following months/year to release the micromineral in a controlled manner. In a second embodiment the implant may have a large number of holes which contain beneficial substance and which are closed by bio-erodible doors of different thickness so as to stagger the release of the beneficial substance over time as the doors are breached.
US08623388B2
A denture care composition comprising one or more denture care actives and one or more water insoluble carriers, wherein the composition is bioerodible, not a denture adhesive, and substantially free of polybutene with a molecular weight of about 300 to about 3000 when the composition is not an article, and is applied to dentures.
US08623378B2
The present invention provides novel n-alkenyl glycosides and glycoconjugates, n-alkyl glycoamino acids, and methods for the synthesis thereof. In another aspect, the present invention provides novel clustered glycopeptides and methods for the synthesis thereof. In still another aspect, the present invention provides methods for the treatment of cancer, preferably for the prevention of recurrence of cancer, and methods for inducing antibodies in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need, an effective amount of any of the inventive glycoconjugates as disclosed herein.
US08623375B2
The invention relates to the development of chimeric OspA molecules for use in a new Lyme vaccine. More specifically, the chimeric OspA molecules comprise the proximal portion from one OspA serotype, together with the distal portion from another OspA serotype, while retaining antigenic properties of both of the parent polypeptides. The chimeric OspA molecules are delivered alone or in combination to provide protection against a variety of Borrelia genospecies. The invention also provides methods for administering the chimeric OspA molecules to a subject in the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease or borreliosis.
US08623371B2
Immunogenic compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response against S. epidermidis and other related staphylococci are provided. The immunogenic compositions can include immunogenic conjugates of poly-γ-glutamic acid (such as γDLPGA) polypeptides of S. epidermidis, or related staphylococci that express a γPGA polypeptide. The γPGA conjugates elicit an effective immune response against S. epidermidis, or other staphylococci, in subjects to which the conjugates are administered. A method of treating an infection caused by a Staphylococcus organism that expresses cap genes is also disclosed. The method can include selecting a subject who is at risk of or has been diagonosed with the infection by the Staphylococcus organism which expresses γPGA from the cap genes. Further, the expression of a γPGA polypeptide by the organism can then be altered.
US08623368B2
The present invention relates to a human recombinant monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (VCAM-1) to inhibit adhesion between leukocytes and activated endothelial cells and transmigration of leukocytes through the activated endothelial cells, and a prophylactic and therapeutic composition for inflammatory disease or cancer comprising the same. The human recombinant monoclonal antibody according to the present invention shows a strong affinity to VCAM-1 expressed on human endothelial cell, and effectively inhibits VCAM-1-mediated adhesion between leukocytes and activated endothelial cells and transmigration of leukocytes through the activated endothelial cells, thereby being used for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease such as asthma and arthritis, transplant rejection, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
US08623363B2
The present invention relates to the monoclonal antibody e20 or a functional fragment thereof as a medicament for the therapeutic treatment and prevention of HCV infections. The e20 antibody is able to bind all of the known HCV genotypes and exhibits a strong neutralising activity against the virus, in particular towards genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, and 4. A pharmaceutical composition is also described for the treatment or prevention of HCV infections, which comprises the monoclonal antibody e20 or a functional fragment thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, carriers or diluents.
US08623361B2
The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against RANK-L, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such amino acid sequences and polypeptides; to methods for preparing such amino acid sequences and polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such amino acid sequences or polypeptides; to compositions, and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions, that comprise such amino acid sequences, polypeptides, nucleic acids and/or host cells; and to uses of such amino acid sequences or polypeptides, nucleic acids, host cells and/or compositions, in particular for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
US08623359B2
The invention also relates to a composition comprising an antibody antagonist to c-Met and an aminoheteroaryl compound, particularly as a medicament. The present invention also comprises a pharmaceutical composition comprising said anti c-Met antibody and said aminoheteroaryl compound as combination products for simultaneous, separate or sequential use. The invention relates to the use of the composition of the invention for the treatment of cancer in a mammal.
US08623357B2
A pharmaceutical comprising a therapeutic protein that hinds to a therapeutic target, the protein being modified with a compound that inhibits binding of the protein to the therapeutic target, the modified protein being effective for reducing an immune response against the protein and for producing a therapeutic effect by binding to the therapeutic target. The therapeutic protein may be an antibody that includes an antibody combining site that binds to the therapeutic target.
US08623343B2
The present invention relates to a copolymer with high cationic charge based on quaternized nitrogen-containing monomers, to cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions which comprise at least one such copolymer, and to further uses of these copolymers.
US08623340B2
The present invention relates to antimicrobially active ω-cyclohexylalkan-1-oles of the following formula (I), to a method for producing said compounds and to the use thereof as antimicrobial agents for treating body odor, wherein R1 to R6 independently of one another denote hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, Ra and Rb independently of one another denote hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkoxy radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and x is 0 or 1, wherein preferably the total number of carbon atoms in R1 to R6 is 18 or less.
US08623339B2
A bleaching composition includes at least a powder ingredient that is capable of retaining oil on its surface, at least a powdery carrier material, and 0.5% to 2.5% by weight of oil. The bleaching composition is in a form of agglomerated particles that are free-flowing and dust free. A method for producing the bleaching composition is also provided.
US08623328B2
Use of DKK-1 protein or the nucleic acid sequence in preparation of cancer diagnostic agents or kits, method to detect liver cancer with the monoclonal antibody thereof, the kit comprising anti-DKK-1 antibody or protein specific nucleic acid probes, together with a label, and method to detecting specific DKK-1 protein expression are disclosed.
US08623322B2
The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools to diagnose numerous infectious disease states or conditions. The present invention represents a clear advance in the art which presently relies on tissue biopsy for diagnoses of these disease states. The novel imaging probe is capable of detecting infected cells, as well tissue. This represents a quantum step forward in the diagnosis and staging of NHL using non-invasively molecular imaging techniques. This novel probe will also be useful to monitor patients response to therapeutic treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of these disease states or conditions. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for a number of conditions and diseases states as well as therapeutic agents for treating such conditions and disease states. Pharmaceutical compositions are also described.
US08623317B2
The invention relates to a material for reversible hydrogen storage comprising a complex hydride based on one or more anions selected among BH4−, MgH3−, MH4− and MH63− (M=Al, Ga, In), and one or more cations, where the material has obtained amended stability due to substitution of the complex hydride phase itself.The invention also relates to a process for preparation of the material and use thereof, and a process for reversible hydrogen storage.
US08623297B2
The present invention relates to a device, to a system, and to a method for the preparation and fractioned dispensing of samples of a fluid. The device of the invention comprises a body having formed therein guide means suitable for receiving a sample-taker member and for guiding it in translation through the device, and at least one preparation chamber enabling an aliquot of a fluid sample dispensed into the chamber by a said sample-taker member to be prepared in a stream of a suitable reagent. The guide means pass through the preparation chamber and communicate therewith to enable an aliquot of fluid to be dispensed into the chamber in a determined position of the sample-taker member in the guide means. The preparation chamber has an introduction orifice for introducing at least one reagent into the chamber for mixing the reagent with an aliquot, and at least one dispensing orifice for dispensing the mixture formed by said aliquot and said reagent to recovery and/or analysis means.
US08623283B2
The present invention relates to a sensor for the detection of an analyte, comprising a fluid holder (8), an optical detection system (3, 9) for carrying out an optical detection at the fluid holder (8) and an electrical detection system (4) for measuring electric conductivity or resistance inside the fluid holder (8) and to a method comprising the use of such a sensor.
US08623282B2
The present invention relates to devices and methods for measuring the quantity of multiple analytes in a sample. The device is designed such that each of the analyte sensing elements is configured to measure the quantity of a predetermined analyte and where the machine executable instructions are configured to select the proper analyte sensing element corresponding to the analyte to be measured.
US08623279B2
Ionic liquid (IL)-mediated sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic materials present enormous potential for effective use in analytical microextraction. One obstacle to materializing this prospect arises from high viscosity of ILs significantly slowing down sol-gel reactions. A method was developed which provides phosphonium-based, pyridinium-based, and imidazolium-based IL-mediated advanced sol-gel organic-inorganic hybrid materials for capillary microextraction. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrate that ILs can serve as porogenic agents in sol-gel reactions. IL-mediated sol-gel coatings prepared with silanol-terminated polymers provided up to 28 times higher extractions compared to analogous sol-gel coatings prepared without any IL in the sol solution. This study shows that IL-generated porous morphology alone is not enough to provide effective extraction media: careful choice of the organic polymer and the precursor with close sol-gel reactivity must be made to ensure effective chemical bonding of the organic polymer to the created sol-gel material to be able to provide the desired sorbent characteristics.
US08623278B2
A continuous automated extraction system and method for physically extracting at least one liquid phase of a series of liquid microsamples which are taken beforehand in discrete packets, both in space and in time, and are in stored is provided. The method may include an extraction system having a centrifuge provided with a plurality of microholders, at least one of which is filled with the corresponding microsample and includes a filling upper portion that is extended by a separating lower portion of smaller cross section than that of the upper portion. Each filled microholder has a mass which is more than ten times the mass of this microsample, in such a way that it is possible to extract, by centrifugation, at a given instant, only a single microsample contained in a single microholder, or several microsamples contained in some or all of these microholders, progressively as the latter are filled.
US08623273B2
Disclosed herein are methods of preventing or reducing scale formation or corrosion by combining at least one scale-forming fluid comprising at least one scaling compound with at least one anti-scale material chosen from at least one scale-adsorbent agent. The methods may reduce or prevent the formation of scale on surfaces of liquid-related process equipment, such as boilers and heat exchangers.
US08623272B2
A non-magnetic cobalt based “noble” metal dental alloy is provided. The alloy generally contains at least 25 wt. % palladium, from 15 to 30 wt. % chromium and a balance of cobalt, where to ensure the alloy is non-magnetic the concentration of chromium in the alloy is at least 20 wt. %, or if the concentration of chromium is less than 20 wt. % the combined concentration of chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, tantalum vanadium and rhenium is greater than 20 wt. %.
US08623254B2
A method for producing a magnetic field sensor for use in drive train of a motor vehicle includes encapsulating an electrical assembly and an end of a connecting cable via injection molding and integrally extruding a fastening tab. After a first injection step in which the electrical assembly and the connecting cable are encapsulated in a core-type first molded part, a second injection molding step in implemented in which a fastening tab is integrally formed via injection molding on the core-type insertion part in a specifiable longitudinal and/or angular position. The core-like insertion part is held in the injection mold in a longitudinally displaceable and/or rotatable manner.
US08623253B2
Provided are low-melt polyimides and poly(amic acids) (PAAs) for use in repair of electrical wire insulation, flat or ribbon wire harnesses, and flat surfaces comprised of high-performance polymers such as inflatables or solar panels applications. Also provided are methods and devices for repair of electrical insulation.
US08623241B2
A method and apparatus for producing heat used in a synthesis gas production process is provided. The disclosed method and apparatus include a plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements adapted to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing stream contacting the retentate side of the membrane elements. The permeated oxygen is combusted with a hydrogen containing synthesis gas stream contacting the permeate side of the tubular oxygen transport membrane elements thereby generating a reaction product stream and radiant heat. The present method and apparatus also includes at least one catalytic reactor containing a catalyst to promote the steam reforming reaction wherein the catalytic reactor is surrounded by the plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements. The view factor between the catalytic reactor and the plurality of tubular oxygen transport membrane elements radiating heat to the catalytic reactor is greater than or equal to 0.5.
US08623236B2
A titanium nitride-stripping liquid for stripping a titanium nitride coating film, the titanium nitride-stripping liquid being capable of stripping a titanium nitride coating film even in a semiconductor multilayer laminate having particularly a layer that includes tungsten or a tungsten alloy, without corrosion of this layer is provided, and furthermore, a titanium nitride-stripping liquid which can strip a titanium nitride coating film without affecting an insulating layer is provided. A titanium nitride-stripping liquid including hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen peroxide and water, and further including an inorganic acid other than hydrofluoric acid. According to the present invention, since the titanium nitride-stripping liquid includes an inorganic acid other than hydrofluoric acid, a titanium nitride coating film can be stripped even in the case in which a semiconductor multilayer laminate has a layer that includes tungsten or a tungsten alloy, without corrosion of the layer by the titanium nitride-stripping liquid.
US08623235B2
The present invention relates to fluorine free polymeric oil-return agents that increase the miscibility of lubricants such as mineral oils and/or oxygenated lubricants with refrigerants in order to improve oil return and system performance of refrigeration systems. It was discovered that fluorine free block copolymers having a block compatible with the oil phase, and at least one block compatible with the refrigerant phase can effectively compatibilize lubricating oils with HFC and HFO refrigerants.
US08623231B2
A method for etching an ultra thin film is provided which includes providing a substrate having the ultra thin film formed thereon, patterning a photosensitive layer formed over the ultra thin film, etching the ultra thin film using the patterned photosensitive layer, and removing the patterned photosensitive layer. The etching process includes utilizing an etch material with a diffusion resistant carrier such that the etch material is prevented from diffusing to a region underneath the photosensitive layer and removing portions of the ultra thin film underneath the photosensitive layer.
US08623228B2
The invention relates to a gear train (51, 51′) including an arbour (53, 53′) a first end of which is fitted with an integral collar (52, 52′), a first wheel set (55, 55′) made of micro-machinable material being fitted onto the second end of the arbour (53, 53′). According to the invention, the gear train (51, 51′) includes a second wheel set (57, 57′) made of micro-machinable material, which is independent of the movements of said first wheel set and which includes an aperture (58, 58′) whose wall is mounted opposite said arbour so that the second wheel set (57, 57′) is freely mounted on said first end of the arbour (53, 53′).
US08623225B2
The present invention provides a method of forming a fine pattern by the post-firing method. The production method of a metallized ceramic substrate comprises: a first step of forming an organic base layer on a ceramic substrate; a second step of forming a metal paste layer on the organic base layer to produce a metallized ceramic substrate precursor; and a third step of firing the metallized ceramic substrate precursor, wherein the organic base layer is a layer which absorbs a solvent in the metal paste layer and thermally decomposes at a temperature of firing the metal paste layer.
US08623224B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for making pattern conductive element. The method includes steps. A substrate having a surface is provide. An adhesive layer is formed on the surface of the substrate. Part of the adhesive layer is solidified to form a solidified adhesive layer and a non-solidified adhesive layer. A carbon nanotube layer is applied on the adhesive layer. The non-solidified adhesive layer is solidified so that the carbon nanotube layer on the non-solidified adhesive layer forms a fixed carbon nanotube layer and the carbon nanotube layer on the solidified adhesive layer forms a non-fixed carbon nanotube layer. The non-fixed carbon nanotube layer is removed and the fixed carbon nanotube layer is remained to form a pattern carbon nanotube layer.
US08623215B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a membrane module including a first plurality of fibers capable of filtering fluids that are helically wound in layers creating a mono helix. Fluids to be treated can flow radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the mono helix or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mono helix. The membrane module can further include a second plurality of fibers that are helically wound with the first plurality of fibers to create a dual helix. The second plurality of fibers can have different properties than the first plurality of fibers in order to achieve different filtering functionalities.
US08623214B2
Various embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for producing purified water from sea water or some other salty or brackish water source by using brackish concentrate mixed with salty water. The various embodiments also provide methods and apparatus for the treatment of toxicity of brackish concentrate, which brackish concentrate exhibits on aquatic life inhabiting the area of discharge of the brackish concentrate, as well as a method for environmentally safe disposal of brackish concentrate.
US08623211B2
A filtering and condensing apparatus of a suction type includes: a sludge tank for containing sludge to be filtered and condensed; a plurality of filtering plates aligned with each other so as to be disposed to be adjacent to each other in the sludge tank; a means for constantly applying a tension force to each of the filtering plates, which means is disposed to be over a periphery of each filtering plate. A filtering cloth of each filtering plate is divided in the lateral direction by a plurality of vertically extending seams to form multiple divided zones, in each of which zone a filtering chamber is formed. A weight member is attached to a lower portion of each filtering plate using a U-shaped body.
US08623209B2
Fluid head height and foam/gas level control apparatus associated with a primary reaction chamber of an effluent processing electrocoagulation assembly is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of rotatable disks each having an orifice located therethrough toward an outer circumference of the disk. The disks are mounted in a horizontal array of openings located at an upper portion of the primary reactor chamber, the orifices communicating through the openings, height of the orifices in the chamber being selectable by rotation of the disks. Rotatable restrictor plates are mounted on the disks for selective restriction of flow through the orifice.
US08623201B2
A swimming pool cleaning vehicle including a housing having a body shell, a frame, and an interior with the housing. The housing having an outlet for releasing air from the shell. The shell being removably attached to the frame, and the frame including a base. The vehicle including a filtration system having a pump motor for pumping pool water through a filtration system, the pump creating a suction force, and the suction force being sufficient to allow the vehicle to climb the pool walls. The vehicle being capable of climbing the pool walls and breaking the surface of the water as it climbs the pool walls. The vehicle including logic for first, initiating vehicle movement, second, shutting off the pump motor, and third, re-starting the pump motor.
US08623200B2
A water filtering system having its components contained within a single housing. The filter system uses a first filter pair of filters which can be first manually isolated from the water flow; and a second pair of filters which can also be manually isolated from the water flow. The two pairs of filters operate in parallel, thereby allowing one pair to be isolated for cleaning/repair without having to curtail operation since the other pair of filters remain operational.
US08623197B1
A method and apparatus for testing workpiece overcoats is described.
US08623193B1
A substantially uniform layer of a metal is electroplated onto a work piece having a seed layer thereon. This is accomplished by employing a “high resistance ionic current source,” which solves the terminal problem by placing a highly resistive membrane (e.g., a microporous ceramic or fretted glass element) in close proximity to the wafer, thereby swamping the system's resistance. The membrane thereby approximates a constant current source. By keeping the wafer close to the membrane surface, the ionic resistance from the top of the membrane to the surface is much less than the ionic path resistance to the wafer edge, substantially compensating for the sheet resistance in the thin metal film and directing additional current over the center and middle of the wafer.
US08623192B2
Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for concentrating, focusing and/or separating proteins using nanofluidic channels and/or their arrays. In embodiments, low-abundance proteins can be focused and separated with high resolution using separation techniques including isoelectric focusing (IEF), and/or dynamic field gradient focusing (DFGF) in combination with nanofluidic channels and/or multi-gate nanofluidic field-effect-transistors (FETs).
US08623185B2
A planarized type of coupled multi-electrode corrosion sensing device. Electrode pads are fabricated on a thin backing, such as a thin film. Each pad has an associated electrical lead for connection to auxiliary electronic circuitry, which may include a resistor associated with each electrical pad. The design permits the device to be easily placed in small crevices or under coatings such as paint.
US08623175B2
Process for the conversion of lignocellulosic solutions containing a high proportion of dry material
The invention describes a process for the conversion of aqueous solutions of lignocellulosic solids comprising a solids content of between 1 and 20% of dry material, said process comprising a step a) for compression of said solution so as to separate the liquid phase present in and between the solids from the compressed solid phase and a step b) for extraction of at least the liquid phase, said liquid phase then being homogenised by heat and/or chemical treatments and reinjected on to the compressed solid phase.
US08623173B2
An electrode member for generating plasma includes an electrode plate and a cooling unit having a plurality of thermoelectric modules that are thermally in contact with the electrode plate. The thermoelectric modules may regulate the temperature of the electrode plate based on the Peltier effect.
US08623171B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a process chamber, a platen positioned in the process chamber for supporting a workpiece, a source configured to generate a plasma in the process chamber having a plasma sheath adjacent to the front surface of the workpiece, and an insulating modifier. The insulting modifier is configured to control a shape of a boundary between the plasma and the plasma sheath so a portion of the shape of the boundary is not parallel to a plane defined by a front surface of the workpiece facing the plasma. Controlling the shape of the boundary between the plasma and the plasma sheath enables a large range of incident angles of particles striking the workpiece to be achieved.
US08623158B2
A system and method to attach an object to a support structure, the system including a fastener having an anti-rotational member, a mounting plate having a raised portion adapted to receive the fastener, and an elastic membrane. The fastener is sandwiched between the mounting plate and the elastic membrane. The raised portion forms a cavity having an inner surface. The inner surface abuts against the surfaces of the fastener, which in turn restricts movement.
US08623142B2
A coating apparatus includes a base, actuators, separating boards and a gas guide grill. The base includes a carrying surface for supporting a workpiece. The base defines recesses on the carrying surface. The actuators include shafts rotatably located in the recesses correspondingly, and motors for driving the shafts. The separating boards are located above the carrying surface and securely connected to the shafts. The separating boards define chambers therebetween. The separating boards are capable of being rotated toward the carrying surface by the shafts. The gas guide grill is located above the base. The gas guide grill defines gas guide holes corresponding to the chambers respectively.
US08623137B1
A method for slicing a shaped silicon ingot includes providing a single crystal silicon boule characterized by a cropped structure including a first end-face, a second end-face, and a length along an axis in an <100> crystallographic direction substantially vertically extending from the first end-face to the second end-face. The method further includes cutting the single crystal silicon boule substantially through an {110} crystallographic plane in parallel to the axis to separate the single crystal silicon boule into a first portion with a first surface and a second portion with a second surface. Additionally, the method includes exposing either the first surface of the first portion or the second surface of the second portion and performing a layer transfer process to form a single crystal silicon sheet from either the first surface of the first portion or from the second surface of the second portion.
US08623135B2
A method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising the steps of: (A) introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, the cement composition comprising: (i) cement; (ii) water; and (iii) a high-density additive selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, sintered bauxite, and any combination thereof, wherein the cement composition has a density of at least 16 pounds per gallon; and (B) allowing the cement composition to set. According to an embodiment, the high-density additive is in a concentration of at least 30% by weight of the cement. A cement composition for use in an oil or gas well comprises: (A) cement; (B) water; and (C) a high-density additive selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, sintered bauxite, and a combination thereof, wherein the high-density additive is in a concentration of at least 30% by weight of the cement, and wherein the cement composition has a density of at least 16 pounds per gallon.
US08623133B2
An application for a pre-mixed mortar, stucco or masonry composition includes a approximately 75% sand and 25% of a light-weight cement mix comprising slag cement, ground granulated blast furnace slag, sodium tall oil, sodium stearate, sodium C14-16 Alpha Olefin, linear alkyl benzene; and silicon dioxide.
US08623125B2
An electrode for plasma generation according to the present invention includes a plurality of collecting portions having a plurality of through holes, the plurality of collecting portions facing a gas flow in a direction where gas to be treated flows and provided spaced apart from each other. The electrode is applied to a plasma reactor of a treatment device to be provided for a device which discharges the smoke including PM, for example, an exhaust gas purifying device for automobile, or a smoke treatment device used in a facility where the smoke is discharged such as a plant.
US08623124B2
A composition includes a first polymer having monomers each containing an imidazole group, and a second polymer, the first and second polymers being a polymer blend. The first polymer, the second polymer, or both may be cross-linked. The carbonized composition, polymeric and carbon membranes (either in the form of a flat sheet or a hollow fiber) made from the composition are also described. The polymeric and carbon membranes can be used to separate and purify gases or liquids.
US08623123B2
CO2 absorption from gas mixtures using an aqueous solution of 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl piperidine
CO2 is absorbed from a gas mixture by bringing the gas mixture into contact with an absorbent that comprises water and at least one amine of the formula (I), wherein R1 and R2, independently of each other, are hydrogen or an alkyl group. According to the invention, absorption media comprise sulfolane or an ionic liquid in addition to water and an amine of the formula (I). A device according to the invention for removing CO2 from a gas mixture comprises an absorption unit, a desorption unit, and an absorption medium according to the invention that is conducted in the circuit.
US08623122B2
A method for processing a CO2-containing gas in order to reduce the carbon dioxide content thereof, includes contacting the gas with a compound of at least one rare earth element, whereby the carbon dioxide is adsorbed onto the compound and a carbon dioxide-depleted gas is thus obtained; such compound is more particularly an oxide, and the rare earth element is particularly selected from among cerium, lanthanum or praseodymium.
US08623118B2
A cyclic adsorption process is provided, the process containing one or more adsorber vessels undergoing the steps of at least pressurization and depressurization and driven by one or more variable speed centrifugal machines operating under acceleration and deceleration conditions and adjusted to the steps, vessel size, and process conditions employed, wherein the process cycle time is greater than the ratio of the change in inertia, defined the maximum energy that can be lost during a cycle due to inertia changes, to 0.3 times the total power of the one of more centrifugal machines that would be consumed in the absence of inertial effects.
US08623117B2
Sensor offsets for an air filter monitor installed in an HVAC system may be determined by measuring a sensor offset differential pressure value across an air filter when substantially no air flow exists through the air filter. The sensor offset differential pressure value obtained at or near zero flow may represent the sensor offset for the air filter monitor. The sensor offset differential pressure value may be used to compensate an un-compensated differential pressure value obtained during flow conditions.
US08623116B2
Provided is a method of controlling the operation of an electrostatic precipitator (6) using a control strategy for a power to be applied between at least one collecting electrode (28) and at least one discharge electrode (26). The control strategy is directed to controlling, directly or indirectly, a power range and/or a power ramping rate. As such, the temperature of a process gas is measured. When the control strategy controls a power range, a power range is selected based on the measured temperature, an upper limit value of the power range being lower at a high temperature of said process gas, than at a low temperature. When the control strategy controls a power ramping rate, a power ramping rate is selected based on the measured temperature, a power ramping rate being lower at a high process gas temperature, than at a low process gas temperature.
US08623111B2
The present inventions generally relate to compositions and methods for providing agricultural chemicals comprising active ingredients (A.I.s) combined with a top dressing for application to cultivated areas of turfgrass. Specifically, the compositions are in the form of moist formulations for providing top dressings comprising active ingredients. Further, the inventions relate to compositions and methods for delivering active ingredients simultaneously with a top dressing composition to golf course turf.
US08623102B2
A process for direct hydroliquefaction of biomass selected from algae, lignocellulosic biomass and/or of one or more constituents of lignocellulosic biomass selected from the group comprising cellulose, hemicellulose and/or lignin for producing fuel bases comprising two successive hydroconversion stages under high hydrogen pressure in ebullating bed reactors. Hydroconversion takes place in the presence of a supported catalyst of the type for hydroconversion of petroleum residue and a suspension composed of the biomass and a solvent, preferably a hydrogen donor solvent and preferably recycled from the process. The biomass can undergo a pretreatment of drying and/or roasting and/or grinding and/or demineralization prior to hydroliquefaction.
US08623101B2
There is provided a coloring composition containing at least a first coloring material and at least a second coloring material, in which the first coloring material is a compound represented by the following Formula (Y), the second coloring material is, for example, the following compound 8, and the mass ratio of the content (% by mass) of the second coloring material in the composition to the content (% by mass) of the first coloring material in the composition is 0.001 to 1.0. Formula (Y) In Formula (Y), a plurality of M each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a cation, and when M represents a cation, M represents a Li+ ion, a Na+ ion, a K+ ion or a NH4+ ion.
US08623097B2
An implant system comprising a functional implant (5, 6) that fulfills a medical function, particularly a bone implant, which is formed at least in part of a metal material that can be degraded by the body (2) of the implant wearer, as well as a control device (7) for controlling the degradation behavior of the functional implant (5, 6). The control device (7) has a counter-electrode (10) to the functional implant (5, 6), and a voltage source (8) for making available a polarization voltage (ΔU) between functional implant (5, 6, 15) and counter-electrode (10), to control the degradation behavior of the functional implant (5, 6).
US08623090B2
A spine disc prosthesis mimics a natural human spine disc through use of a structure that duplicates a natural Annulus Fibrosis of the disc to provide translation, extension, flexion, and axial support in like manner to a natural disc. The present spine disc prosthesis achieves this through the use of a first and second disk connected to one another via a flexible annulus fibrosis structure. The flexible annulus fibrosis structure or core is characterized by a plurality of compressible (pliant) strands that are affixed to and extend between the first and second disks. The strands are preferably, but not necessarily, situated on and extend about an outer perimeter of inside surfaces of the two end disks so as to mimic natural contours of an annulus fibrosis of a natural spinal disc. The strands may be formed by various types of biocompatible fibers, braids, cords, bundles or the like and may have a hollow core or a solid core (e.g. PEEK [polyetheretherketone] cores/core strands may also be used). The strands may be situated on the vertical, crossed or in other configurations. The end disks may be formed as to promote fusion with adjoining vertebrae when implanted. The end plate may also include a keel and/or installation structure to allow for implanting the spine disc prosthesis.
US08623088B1
A spinal fusion implant of non-bone construction to be introduced into any variety of spinal target sites. The spinal fusion implant of the present invention includes a top surface, a bottom surface, first and second lateral sides, a proximal (posterior) end and a distal (anterior) end. The spinal fusion implant of the present invention may be used to provide temporary or permanent fixation within an orthopedic target site. To do so, the spinal fusion implant may be introduced into a disc space while locked to a surgical insertion instrument and thereafter employed in the proper orientation and released. Once deposited in the disc space, the spinal fusion implant of the present invention effects spinal fusion over time as the natural healing process integrates and binds the implant.
US08623085B2
Fibrocartilage implants characterized by circumferential fiber networks embedded in arcuate or torroidal scaffolds with orthogonal fiber networks embedded therein to prevent separation of the circumferential fiber networks. The fiber networks convert axial compressive forces on the scaffolds to tensile loads on the circumferential fibers. Artificial knee meniscus and vertebral disc implants are disclosed, as well as articular disc implants for joints such as the temporomandibular joint and wrist. Methods for implanting the fibrocartilage devices are also disclosed.
US08623083B2
A system of ophthalmic lenses contains a first lens for a first eye of a subject and a second lens for a second eye of a subject. The first lens includes a first lens shape having a first base refractive power and a first diffractive pattern imposed on the first lens shape, the diffractive pattern having a first lower diffraction order with a first lower diffractive power and a first higher diffraction order with a first higher diffractive power. The first lens includes lower and higher optical powers equal to the first base refractive power plus the first lower and higher diffractive powers, respectively. The second lens includes a second lens shape having a second base refractive power and a second diffractive pattern imposed on the second lens shape, the second diffractive pattern having a second lower diffraction order with a second lower diffractive power and a second higher diffraction order with a second higher diffractive power. The second lens includes lower and higher optical powers equal to the second base refractive power plus the second lower and higher diffractive powers, respectively. The first higher optical power has a negative LCA and the second lower optical power has a negative LCA. The second base refractive power does not equal either the second lower optical power or the higher optical power.
US08623081B2
An intraocular lens, and a system and method of providing an intraocular lens, having at least one characteristic of the intraocular lens customized in accordance with a modified regression that includes a modification for corneal spherical aberration. The lens, system and method may indicate measuring at least one biometric parameter of an eye at a desired light level, determining a desired postoperative condition of the eye, obtaining a corneal spherical aberration of the eye, applying at least one empirically derived regression calculation, and predictively estimating, in accordance with an output of the at least one empirically derived regression calculation, the at least one characteristic of the intraocular lens to obtain the desired postoperative condition. The empirically derived regression calculation includes at least a product of the corneal spherical aberration with an empirically derived corneal spherical aberration constant, and a mathematical indication of the at least one biometric parameter or one of the paraxial regression formulas commonly used in clinical practice to calculate IOL power in normal patients.
US08623056B2
An insert for establishing a desired spacing between a pair of succeeding vertebrae and having a body including an extending end for supporting a location associated with a first selected lumbar vertebrae. An opposite extending end supports a spaced apart and opposing location associated with a second successively positioned lumbar vertebrae. Upon pre-positioning the body in an open space established between the vertebrae, an actuating input causes the first extending end to displace outwardly relative to the second end and into contacting support with the vertebrae.
US08623052B2
A suture anchor assembly includes an anchor having a proximal end, a length extending along a longitudinal axis, and a cavity that extends at least partially along the length from an opening located at the proximal end. A portion of the cavity is defined by opposite spaced wall surfaces. A rigid support is fixed at the wall surfaces against relative movement of the anchor along the longitudinal axis, and the rigid support extends across the cavity and between the wall surfaces. The suture anchor assembly further includes a tissue securing suture looped over the rigid support including ends that extend out of the opening. The suture anchor assembly includes a driver having a cannula having a proximal opening. The driver is receivable in a portion of the cavity, and the ends of the at least one tissue securing suture extend out of the proximal opening of the cannula.
US08623043B1
A method of treating a constricted sinus passageway of a patient includes traversing the canine fossa region of the patient so as to form a passageway in the sinus cavity. An elongate member is inserted through the passageway, the elongate member having an inflation member such as a balloon disposed thereon. The inflation member is positioned within the constricted passageway. The inflation member is expanded so as to expand at least a portion of the constricted sinus passageway.
US08623042B2
An apparatus and method are disclosed for treating overweight and obese patients by applying a restrictive Artificial Gastric Valve (AGV) on part of the stomach. The apparatus includes a mechanism to control the opening of the AGV automatically on demand, dynamically and progressively. The controlled opening of the AGV inside the stomach controls and regulates the flow of food.
US08623035B1
Provided is a method of resecting a luminal structure, such as a colon. A first luminal structure and a second luminal structure are defined by severing the original luminal structure. The second luminal structure is secured to the distal end of an elongate body disposed within the second luminal structure. Refraction of the elongate body forms a circumferential fold in the second luminal structure and isolates a tissue mass between the circumferential fold and the distal end of the elongate body. The second luminal structure is then transected circumferentially at or adjacent the circumferential fold, thus severing the tissue mass. The tissue mass is then removed by retracting the distal end of the elongate body. The free end of the second luminal structure is approximated with the free end of the first luminal structure and secured by conventional surgical methods. Instrumentation for use with the inventive method is also provided.
US08623034B2
A soft tissue repair implant includes a body having a base section and at least one appendage extending outwardly from the base section. The body is flexible such that the at least one appendage is movable relative to the base section. More particularly, the body is collapsible to a substantially planar configuration, in which the at least one appendage is positioned substantially co-planar relative to the base section. The body is also expandable to a substantially three-dimensional configuration, in which the at least one appendage extends at an angle from the base section. The body is constructed from a single, one-piece sheet such that the at least one appendage is connected to the base section seamlessly without any joint therebetween. A method for making the implant includes the steps of providing a flexible one-piece sheet, making a plurality of cuts in the sheet so as to form the body, and removing portions of the sheet beyond an outer periphery of the body.
US08623030B2
A system for performing surgery on a joint. The system includes a robotic subsystem and a navigation subsystem. The navigation subsystem provides the robotic subsystem, during the surgery, with information relating to positions of the bones associated with the joint thereby enabling separate tracking of the bones when the bones move during the surgery. The robotic subsystem includes a base, a plurality of arms, and a cutting tool. The navigation subsystem may include a plurality of locating devices.
US08623029B2
A composite skull pin. The composite skull pin includes a core comprising a cone terminating in a distal point, the core being formed out of a substantially radiotranslucent material; and a jacket comprising a hollow cone terminating in a sharp distal point, the hollow cone of the jacket being sized and shaped so that it overlies, and closely conforms to, the exterior of the cone of the core. The jacket is formed out of a strong, hard material, and has a sufficiently small mass such that the composite skull pin has a low X-ray signature.
US08623026B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.
US08623023B2
A system for targeting landmarks on devices such as surgical implants is disclosed. The system can include a field generator for generating one or more magnetic fields, an orthopaedic implant located within the magnetic fields, the implant having at least one landmark, a removable probe with a first magnetic sensor, a landmark identifier and a processor. The landmark identifier can contain a second sensor, or, alternatively, the field generator. The processor can utilize sensor data and, if desirable, field generator and other information, to generate and display the position and orientation of the sensor(s) in preferably six degrees of freedom, and thereby, to generate and display the position and orientation of the landmark(s). The system allows for blind targeting of one or more landmarks. The landmark identifier, field generator and/or drill motor may be disposed in an autoclavable housing.
US08623016B2
The invention concerns an electrosurgical instrument comprising two articulated branches, which can be actuated in the manner of a squeezing tool. The instrument further comprises electrode parts at the distal ends of the branches for grasping tissue and for conducting a coagulating current through the tissue in order to cause it to coagulate as well as current-supplying devices for supplying the coagulating current to the electrode parts from an HF generator. At least one device for preventing a short circuit is arranged and configured on the electrode parts in such a way that the electrode parts are unable to touch.
US08623008B2
An adapter is provided for a power connection element between a handle and an electrosurgical instrument to be attached to it. This provides an adapter that makes it possible to reduce organizational effort and costs in the production of electrosurgical instruments with monopolar electrodes. To this end, the adapter includes an insulating portion for adapting an insulating section of the power connection element and an electrically conductive portion for adapting at least one electrically conductive section of the power connection element. The insulating portion and the electrically conductive portion are configured in such a way that the insulating section and the electrically conductive section have their dimensions increased.
US08623006B2
An actuation system is disclosed for actuating an ablation instrument for an ablation process in a tissue volume. In at least one embodiment, the actuation system includes: an input interface for image data of the tissue volume; an identification unit for identifying a target tissue using the image data; a model production unit for producing process models and/or refined fine process models of expected ablation developments, which is linked to a value derivation unit for deriving model measured values from a process model and/or to a value determination unit for determining measured values representing the ablation progress; a command derivation unit for deriving control commands on the basis of process models and/or for deriving refined control commands on the basis of fine process models; a comparator for comparing measured values and an instrument interface for transmitting control commands and/or refined control commands to the ablation instrument. In at least one embodiment, the invention also relates to an actuation method.
US08623002B2
The present invention relates to a device for administering electromagnetic radiation to human tissue, in particular light to skin. The device comprises a treatment head with a recess (10) in which the light is emitted and in which the air pressure may be decreased by a pump (11). The device also comprises a pressure gauge (8) for measuring the pressure in the recess (10). Above a certain threshold value the device will not function, because this indicates an incorrect positioning of the device on the skin, which might cause harm to persons. By providing the pressure gauge (8), an operator may determine whether the positioning of the treatment head is correct. The device is advantageously automated in that the pressure gauge (8) is connected to control means (5) for controlling the source (3) of radiation.
US08622990B2
Some embodiments of a wearable infusion pump system can include a pump device having a drive system to dispense a medicine to a user, an activity sensor that detects a possible change in an activity level of the user, and a controller to activate the drive system to dispense the medicine to the user. The controller device can query the user to indicate whether a detected activity level of the user represents an actual change in the activity level of the user. The controller device can alter the medicine dispensing schedule based on the user indicated changes in activity level.
US08622989B2
A method for delivering intravenous drugs to a patient comprising programming a drug delivery system, including a controller and an infusion pump, with a maintenance rate or a loading dose for a drug and causing the drug delivery system to (a) calculate a loading dose based on the maintenance rate or a maintenance rate based on the loading dose, (b) administer the loading dose of the drug to the patient to rapidly achieve a desired level of effect, and (c) administer the drug at a first maintenance rate to maintain the level of effect.
US08622988B2
Methods, system and devices for monitoring a closed loop control operation including signal levels received from an analyte sensor at a predetermined frequency, determining a variation in the monitored analyte level, determining a medication delivery rate adjustment frequency to deliver a medication based on the determined variation in the monitored analyte level, and adjusting the closed loop control operation to modify the medication delivery rate frequency are provided.
US08622987B2
A method for sampling and/or introducing a matter to an environment comprises introducing a first array of plugs through a first microchannel of a device into an exchange region of the device in which mass transport between the environment and the plug fluid of at least one plug in the first array of plugs occurs and a second array of plugs is formed. The exchange region is in fluid communication with the first microchannel. The method further comprises directing the second array of plugs into a second microchannel downstream of and in fluid communication with the exchange region.
US08622986B2
The present invention relates to a connector for a replaceable container to be used in a medical machine, which is comprised by at least a body, the inner side of which is traversed by inlet and outlet tubes extending from within such container towards an outer side of the connector, wherein said tubes separately extend leading to two laterally spaced-apart apertures that are removably attachable to a mounting means and supplementary connection of said machine.
US08622984B2
This invention pertains to a three dimensional disposable panty, subassemblies of the panty, and an apparatus and methods for making the panty and subassemblies. The panty is designed to hold a primary absorbent sanitary pad. The panty may have elasticized leg and waist openings and be stretchable about the hip and stomach regions of a user. the panty provides backup protection to control egress of fluids that leak or seep around or through the primary sanitary pad. The panty includes a secondary absorbent positioned in the crotch area and extending into the body of the disposable panty, front and back, and preferably over the leg elastics to trap, inside the panty, leakage from the primary absorbent, and to prevent strike through onto e.g. outer clothing and bed linen. The apparatus and methods facilitate assembling leg elastics and crotch elastics into the panty subassemblies while assembling a series of panty subassemblies in a continuous web structure at a constant, or relatively constant, continuous and efficient speed.
US08622979B2
An infusion pump, including: a microprocessor; a drip chamber; a drip tube with an end in the drip chamber; and an illumination system: with a light source for transmitting light through the drip chamber to a drop of fluid suspended from the drip tube; and for controlling illumination properties of the light transmitted to the drop. The pump includes an optical system for: receiving light transmitted through the drop; and transmitting, to the microprocessor, data regarding the received light. The microprocessor: generates, using the data, an image of the drop; locates, using the image, an outer edge of the drop to define a boundary of the drop; integrates an area enclosed by the boundary; and calculates a volume of revolution for the drop with respect to an axis for the drop that intersects the end of the drip tube, assuming symmetry of the drop with respect to the axis.
US08622964B2
A method for delivering a fluid to an animal with a drug delivery device without causing contamination to the drug delivery device. The drug delivery device used by the method may comprise a fluid subsystem with a switching device, disposable syringes, fluid reservoirs, disposable tubing, and a catheter. In one embodiment, the method allows a user to deliver multiple drugs to an animal without contaminating the valves that control the flow of fluid.
US08622958B2
A safety needle is provided which includes blocking structure to maintain a sharp tip of a needle safely within a housing and prevent re-advancement of a needle from a safety needle housing. The safety needle includes flexible blocking members positioned on an inner needle assembly which are configured to engage an outer housing after the needle assembly has been fully retracted within the outer housing.
US08622957B2
A transluminal device may include an elongate section extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the device. The elongate section may be configured to be inserted into a body cavity. The device may include a balloon within the elongate section between the proximal end and the distal end.
US08622956B2
An injection device including a volume for accommodating a product for administration, a piston for acting upon the product within the volume, and a stopper which can be arranged between an end of the piston facing the product and the product within the volume, wherein the piston includes a piston head configured to be sealed in a gas-tight manner, the piston head being separate from the stopper such that a negative pressure or vacuum region can be developed between the piston head and the stopper.
US08622952B2
An instrument, article and method are provided for minimizing pain during administration by injection of a liquid, such as, an anesthetic. The instrument has a forward end. A lightpipe mounted freely for vibration projects out of the forward end. The article, a single use tip, is composed of a tip sleeve removably mounted on the forward end of the instrument and a tip member removably mounted on the projecting lightpipe to vibrate a preselected injection site on a human or animal. The tip sleeve and tip member are covered by an elastic overmold that enables the tip member to vibrate freely with respect to the tip sleeve and light from the lightpipe to illuminate the injection site. The overmold of the single use tip is torn during removal of the single use tip from the instrument.
US08622943B2
A compression bag having an upper portion for applying a pressure at least to the abdominal area of a patient, and a lower portion for applying a pressure to at least a part of the patient's legs, the bag comprising a back part, a second, front part and a closure means configured for detachably attaching the parts to each other; a separating insert configured for being detachably attached to at least one of the back and front parts of the bag, at least at the lower portion of the bag, to separate between left and right regions of the first and second parts, thereby forming pants in said bag defined by said regions and said insert; and a plurality of inflatable cells in the first and second parts of the bag and in the separating insert, that are sealingly separated from adjacent inflatable cells and configured to be individually inflated and deflated.
US08622939B2
An apparatus for applying movement to the joints of a human patient is provided. The apparatus includes an exoskeleton assembly with segments that can be secured to the patient. One or more motor modules are removably coupled to a supporting structure of the exoskeleton assembly, and each motor module includes multiple motor drives. A plurality of actuating members is operatively connected to each motor module. A first end of each actuating member is connected to one of the motor drives and a second end of each actuating member is coupled to a segment of the exoskeleton assembly. Each actuating member can be driven by a respective motor drive to impart movement in multiple degrees of freedom to individual joints.
US08622937B2
An ultrasound system used for both imaging and delivery high intensity ultrasound energy therapy to treatment sites and a method for treating tumors and other undesired tissue within a patient's body with an ultrasound device. The ultrasound device has an ultrasound transducer array disposed on a distal end of an elongate, relatively thin shaft. In one form of the invention, the transducer array is disposed within a liquid-filled elastomeric material that more effectively couples ultrasound energy into the tumor, that is directly contacted with the device. Using the device in a continuous wave mode, a necrotic zone of tissue having a desired size and shape (e.g., a necrotic volume selected to interrupt a blood supply to a tumor) can be created by controlling at least one of the f-number, duration, intensity, and direction of the ultrasound energy administered. This method speeds the therapy and avoids continuously pausing to enable intervening normal tissue to cool.
US08622925B2
A dermal punch for extracting skin or tissue samples. The dermal punch has a blade having a pair of walls. Each wall is convex and opens towards each other. The walls are connected to each other at a pair of mating edges. Each wall has a cutting edge. In a preferred embodiment, the ratio of the minor axis to the major axis of the opening created by the walls is between 1 to 3 and 1 to 4, wherein the major axis extends through the mating edges. The cutting edge is formed of a plurality of teeth and the teeth have a sawtooth shape. The cutting edge has a projecting edge for each wall, and the projecting edge is concave. The cutting length is greater than twice the length of the projecting edge.
US08622915B2
Methods for processing two-dimensional ultrasound images from an intracardiac ultrasound imaging catheter provide improved image quality and enable generating three-dimensional composite images of the heart. Two-dimensional ultrasound images are obtained and stored in conjunction with correlating information, such as time or an electrocardiogram. Images related to particular conditions or configurations of the heart can be processed in combination to reduce image noise and increase resolution. Images may be processed to recognize structure edges, and the location of structure edges used to generate cartoon rendered images of the structure. Structure locations may be averaged over several images to remove noise, distortions and blurring from movement.
US08622912B2
The disclosure is directed to a transcranial Doppler probe. The transcranial Doppler probe includes a spherical bearing, a piezoelectric transducer pivotally attached to the spherical bearing, and first and second rods coupled to the piezoelectric transducer. The first rod is configured to pivot the piezoelectric transducer around a first pivot axis and the second rod is configured to pivot the piezoelectric transducer around a second pivot axis.
US08622901B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing data streams from an accelerometer and one or more of a heart-rate monitor, a blood-pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, or a mood sensor monitoring a person, analyzing data sets collected from the person when the person is engaged in various activities, and determining a current stress index of the person based on the analysis.
US08622900B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing data streams from at least two of an accelerometer, a heart-rate monitor, a blood-pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, or a mood sensor monitoring a person, analyzing data sets collected from the person when the person is engage and not engaged in a therapy, and determining a current stress factor for the therapy on the person based on the analysis.
US08622894B2
An endoscopic imaging system includes a reusable control cabinet having a number of actuators that control the orientation of a lightweight endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope is used with a single patient and is then disposed. The endoscope includes an illumination mechanism, an image sensor and an elongate shaft having one or more lumens located therein. A polymeric articulation joint at the distal end of the endoscope allows the distal end to be oriented by the control cabinet. The endoscope is coated with a hydrophilic coating that reduces its coefficient of friction and because it is lightweight, requires less force to advance it to a desired location within a patient.
US08622892B2
The in-vivo image acquiring apparatus includes an imaging unit which captures an inside of a subject, a transmission processing unit which wirelessly transmits the image information captured by the imaging unit, a power supply unit which supplies driving power for each unit of the apparatus, and a switching unit which detects an external input and switches a supply state of the driving power from the power supply unit. The apparatus also includes a mode setting unit which sets predetermined operation modes based on information of the external input which is input to the switching unit, and a control unit which controls the operation of each unit of the apparatus according to the operation mode set by the mode setting unit.
US08622891B2
A sexual aid device to provide increased sexual sensation in either heterosexual or homosexual intercourse characterized by a structure maintaining the male penis in pressure contact with the sensitive members of the female vagina or male anus.
US08622885B2
The present invention relates generally to the design and optimal placement of transmitting and receiving directional antennas, a priori, as used in intra-oral to extra-oral (or visa versa) wireless electronic systems regardless of the type and purpose of the data transmitted between the antennas (intra-oral and extra-oral). Systems related to the invention transmit data via electromagnetic radio waves or through an inductive loop coupling such as in stimulating the human hearing nerve (inner ear) via dental bone conduction pathway when operating in “receive mode”. “Send mode” systems related to the invention transmit non-acoustic information or voice data from inside the mouth to a receiver located outside the mouth.
US08622879B1
Exercise shoe assemblies include a shoe body, at least one support bracket integrated into the shoe body, and a resistance device connected to the support bracket. The resistance device preferably includes a flexible member, and may include a housing from which the flexible member is extracted.
US08622878B2
An exercise device is provided, having a frame with a first end opposite to a second end and a top portion opposite to a bottom portion, thereby defining four opposing corners. One or more pins may be coupled to the frame between the first end and the second end, the pins adapted to receive weight plates. A bumper may be coupled to each of the four opposing corners. The bumper may be a substantially longitudinal hollow member which may include a plurality of treads on a side opposite to that coupled to the frame. The device may then be supported by two of the bumpers and flipped over to be supported by the other two bumpers. The lifting and flipping of the device provides an exercise which employs many of the major muscles groups of the body. Weight plates may be added or removed to accommodate different users.
US08622877B2
An article (101) is provided which may include a body (103) having an interior volume (113), and a collapsible inlet (105) which is in open communication with said interior volume and which is movable from a first position in which it extends from said body, to a second position in which it extends into said internal volume.
US08622866B2
An infinitely variable transmission (IVT) having a rotatable input shaft arranged along a longitudinal axis of the transmission. In one embodiment, the input shaft is adapted to supply a lubricant to the interior of the transmission. In some embodiments, a stator assembly is coupled to, and coaxial with, the input shaft. The IVT has a plurality of planets operably coupled to the stator assembly. The planets are arranged angularly about the longitudinal axis of the transmission. In one embodiment, a traction ring is operably coupled to the planets. The IVT is provided with a housing that is operably coupled to the traction ring. The housing is substantially fixed from rotating with the input shaft. The traction ring is substantially fixed from rotating with the input shaft. In some embodiments, the IVT is provided with a lubricant manifold that is configured to supply a lubricant to the input shaft.
US08622864B2
The present invention relates a mechanical differential actuator for interacting with a mechanical load. The mechanical differential actuator comprises first and second semi-active sub-actuators, a velocity source and first and second mechanical differentials having three interaction ports each. The first mechanical differential includes a first interaction port coupled to the velocity source, a second interaction port and a third interaction port coupled to the first semi-active sub-actuator. The second mechanical differential includes a first interaction port coupled to the velocity source, a second interaction port and a third interaction port coupled to the second semi-active sub-actuator. Finally, the second interaction ports of the first and second mechanical differentials are coupled together to form an output which is configured so as to be coupled to the load.
US08622854B2
An inertia-based baseball bat swing indicator, whether built into a baseball bat or retrofitted onto an existing bat, which visually indicates by inertia-propelled beads in separate grooves along the apparatus whether the alignment and body mechanics of the batter are proper during the bat swing.
US08622852B2
A golf ball having a plurality of dimples formed on its outer surface, the outer surface of the golf ball being divided into plural areas, a first group of areas containing a plurality of first dimples and a second group of areas containing a plurality of second dimples, each area of the second group abutting one or more areas of the first group, the first and second groups of areas and dimple shapes and dimensions being configured such that the golf ball is spherically symmetrical as defined by the United States Golf Association (USGA) Symmetry Rules and such that the first and second groups of areas produced different aerodynamic effects, and the first dimples being of different dimensions from the second dimples.
US08622849B1
A driver type golf club head comprising a body having a face, a crown and a sole, wherein the highest point of the crown surface is located within a crown apex zone, and a portion of the crown contour exists above a radius arc of approximately 5.25 inches.
US08622844B2
A component of a disc drive has a coating of a predetermined length on its surface, the coating having at least two separate tapered regions applied in independent steps, the at least two separate tapered regions each having a length that is less than the predetermined length of the component surface. When the component is a shaft of a spindle motor, the ends of the shaft are masked before the tapered regions of coating are applied, and the thickness of the masks covering the shaft ends is varied to control a taper of tapered regions.
US08622842B2
Methods and systems for providing a virtual leash and command download capabilities on a hand-held personal gaming device (“PGD”) are disclosed. A host gaming system includes a game server configured to generate game seeds having data regarding predetermined game outcomes for various wager based games, and an authentication server configured to establish a virtual leash with a PGD. The virtual leash is adapted to repeatedly authenticate or verify a PGD user, a PGD location, the PGD itself, and/or software codes on the PGD. Included within an associated PGD are a display adapted to display gaming related information, a processor configured to execute gaming related code, and a memory containing a command download of computer code to be executed by the processor. The command download of computer code includes enough code for the PGD to process and display independently a game play based on a game seed.
US08622841B2
Software at a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game website receives a request for assistance with a game task from a first player of a MMO game. The software transmits the request to a second player of the MMO game who is associated with the first player through a relationship recognized by the MMO game. The software determines whether the second player responds to the request within a time period. The time period depends on one or more factors related to game mechanics and to user data for the first player. Then if the second player does not respond within the time period and the game task is a game task whose completion can be assigned without the assistance of another player, the software assigns completion of the game task to the first player and transmits an automated apparent response to the first player.
US08622829B2
Disclosed is a new bonus game for reel-based slot machines. The bonus game is an embedded slot game, with one embodiment animating miniature reels inside the primary game symbol. Each embedded slot game may have its own progressive, or may be tied into the progress associated with the primary game. Each embedded slot game will have its own paytable, and may be a miniature version of a well-recognized full-sized slot game.
US08622828B1
Participation in an online game through a plurality of different social network platforms may be facilitated. This may include enabling an individual user to log in to the online game, which may take place in a virtual space, through a plurality of different social network platforms, thereby extending the accessibility of the online game with respect to the individual user. The online game may be provided to users through different social network platforms such that a first user accessing the online game through a first social network platform may access a common instance of the online game (and/or the virtual space) with a second user accessing the online game through a second social network platform.
US08622827B2
Disclosed is a game system provided with a monitor for displaying and outputting a game screen, a touch panel overlaid upon the monitor, and an external storage device for storing sequence data wherein operation time periods of the touch panel during a game are described. The sequence data includes an object corresponding to a specific operation time period for which the time interval between the following operation time period is to be less than a predetermined value, and display start information for setting a display start time period which is earlier than the following operation time period. In addition, the game system, on the basis of the sequence data, associates a second object separate from a first object corresponding to the following operation time period with the specific operation time period to cause display to start earlier than the following operation time period.
US08622824B2
The invention relates generally to the field of gaming and, more particularly, to pari-mutuel gaming activities and pari-mutuel gaming systems. In one embodiment, a method of conducting a pari-mutuel gaming activity includes providing a patron an opportunity to view an event that is a subject of the pari-mutuel gaming activity and providing the patron an opportunity to select an image of the event in progress. Responsive to the patron selecting the image, the image is saved and the patron is provided with an opportunity to view the saved imaged subsequent to saving. A system and computer for providing the method of conducting the pari-mutuel gaming activity is also disclosed. In the pari-mutuel gaming activities described herein, a patron is enabled to create multiple “snapshots” of a race.
US08622823B2
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining emergency information that indicates a potential threat to the well being of one or more individuals (e.g., patrons, staff, etc.) within a casino. The operations can also include determining and presenting emergency content, on wagering game machines within the casino, which notifies the one or more individuals of the threat. The operations can also include determining individual specific emergency information that relates specifically to the one or more individuals, and providing the individual specific emergency information to the one or more individuals.
US08622818B2
The controller of the gaming machine executing processing operations of: (a) determining a magnification of a respective one of plural kinds of colors which are produced in a color displayable manner by means of the multiple color light emitting backlight and then displaying on the display; (b) determining a light emitting color by means of the multiple color light emitting backlight and then controlling light emission in the determined color; and (c) executing a payout of a number which is obtained by multiplying the magnification that corresponds to the color determined in the processing (b), from among the magnifications of the respective colors, the magnifications being determined in the processing (a), for a payment that corresponds to the pattern of the specific symbols.
US08622812B2
A gaming system includes a plurality of linked gaming machines, each gaming machine including a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game. The randomly selected outcome is selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input. Each gaming machine allows a player to achieve a player level from a plurality of player levels. The gaming system further includes a controller linked to the gaming machines. The controller is adapted to permit a certain community-event game from a plurality of community-game events to be played at two or more of gaming machines in response to a conditional state at the gaming machines. The conditional state is a function of the player levels at the gaming machines.
US08622808B2
A wagering game is played with three wheels having three parallel but not coincident axes of rotation. Each wheel is spun so they are spinning at the same time. Wagers are placed on any one, two or three of the spinning wheels to predict outcomes of symbol identification on each of the wheels. Each wheel may be similar to a Big 6 wheel.
US08622807B2
The present invention provides a gaming machine that is capable of realistically informing a player of a payout rate, and that is capable of having a variety of entertainment properties by means of a variety of games. The gaming machine is adapted to display a specific symbol that can be employed in place of another symbol, so as to be substituted for any of symbols to be scrolled, by means of random determination, in a bonus game, to thereby able to cause a possibility that a prize to be awarded to a player increases every time a specific symbol is entered and then visually display a state that is indicative of such possible increase.
US08622800B2
A gaming method that includes causing a first video image to be generated, wherein the first video image represents a first game selected from the group of first games consisting of video poker, video blackjack, video slots, video keno and video bingo. The method further includes causing a second video image to be generated, wherein said second video image represents an instant bonus game. The method also includes providing said instant bonus game to a player without requiring play of said first game and evaluating a first outcome of said first game when said first game is selected by said player. The method also includes evaluating a second outcome of said instant bonus game when said instant bonus game is selected by said player and determining a first value payout associated with said first outcome of said first game when said first game is selected by said player, and determining a second value payout associated with said instant bonus game when said instant bonus game is selected by said player.
US08622789B1
The seafood meat extraction tool includes a pair of narrow and elongated tongs with pointed members on distal ends of each tong. The pointed members each include a plurality of raised grip protuberances thereon, which are oriented inwardly and thus face one another. The pointed members are adapted for use in insertion into a crab leg in order for the raised grip protuberances to be squeezed on opposing sides for gripping of meat contained therein, and which is pulled therefrom via a handle member. The elongated tongs are further defined with an outer surface that is adorned with a non-slip member thereon for use in manually gripping the tool. The elongated tongs connect to form an acute angle being named a juncture from which the handle member extends rearwardly therefrom.
US08622783B2
A system and a method of operating a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system comprises a slurry delivering unit configured for locally varying the supply of slurry while polishing the substrate. To this end, the slurry delivering unit may comprise at least one slurry outlet over a polishing pad of the CMP system, wherein the at least one slurry outlet is controllably movable to distribute slurry over the polishing pad.
US08622775B2
In a connection structural body, an aluminum electric wire tip part and a crimp terminal are connected to each other. The aluminum electric wire tip part is an exposed tip part of an insulated wire including an aluminum core wire and an insulating cover for covering the aluminum core wire. The crimp terminal includes a wire barrel section for pressure-bonding and thus connecting the aluminum electric wire tip part and is formed of a metal material having a higher potential than that of the aluminum core wire. The aluminum electric wire tip part is covered with a cover solder and/or a cover resin, pressure-bonded, and connected to the wire barrel section such that the aluminum electric wire tip part is covered with the cover and/or the cover resins, with no gap, from an insulating cover tip part to a rear end portion of the wire barrel section.
US08622774B2
An electrical contact includes at least one grooved channel defined in an interior surface of the electrical contact along at least a portion the electrical contact disposed along a longitudinal axis. The portion is configured to axially receive a lead of a wire cable for attachment thereto and thereby allow the attached lead to at least engagingly make contact against a recessed surface of the grooved channel. The grooved channel has a depth and includes at a least one sidewall extending along the depth. The sidewall includes at least one section that angularly extends from the interior surface to a point recessed from the interior surface disposed on the sidewall along the depth.
US08622767B2
A connector includes an insulator, into which a thin plate-like object is removably insertable, including contact insertion grooves and partition walls positioned therebetween and contacts inserted into the contact insertion grooves, each of the contacts including first and second contact portions spaced from each other to allow the thin plate-like object to be inserted therebetween, and including a connecting portion connecting the first and second contact portions. At least one of the first and second contact portions contacts the thin plate-like object when inserted into the insulator. A hollow portion having a greater width than the contact insertion grooves is formed in each partition wall to superimpose part of each contact as viewed in a contact arranging direction, and the partition walls prevent each hollow portion from being communicatively connected with the contact insertion grooves.
US08622763B2
A card edge connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a latch retained at one end of the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing (1) includes a mounting slot (16). The latch (3) has a resilience extending portion (311) retained in the mounting slot (16) upwardly. The mounting slot (16) defines a pressing face (112) latching with the extending portion (311) for preventing the extending portion (311) from moving downwardly, thereby the latch (3) could be stably retained on the housing.
US08622756B2
Embodiments of a multi-function power strip are shown, said strip including a first endcap and a second endcap; at least one rail, said rail being adapted to engage with at least one outlet module; the rail also being engaged with a transformer module, said transformer module in electrical connection with the at least one outlet module, and adapted to receive electrical power therefrom, said transformer module further comprising a transformer adapted to transform electrical power into a plurality of voltages suitable for powering a plurality of different models of electronic accessories, and a connector forming a circuit to provide a suitable one of the plurality of voltages to an electronic accessory; and wherein the at least one outlet module and the transformer module are releasably joined together.
US08622753B2
A connector assembly is provided for communicating electrical signals between a connector having a plurality of pins and a remote location. The assembly comprises a mounting board mountable on the pins and having a plurality of apertures for receiving and retaining the pins. The mounting board further includes a plurality of conductive patterns formed thereon, each conductive pattern extending from one of the pin apertures to an associated connector pad formed on the mounting board. A flexible cable having a plurality of conductors and connector pads is disposed adjacent the mounting board such that the cable connector pads are arrayed proximate the mounting board connector pads, in vertical registry therewith. A retaining member is connected to the mounting board for urging the flexible cable connector pads into electrical communication with the mounting board connector pads.
US08622740B2
A system and method for manipulating an environment to create a tactical combat scenario requires the coordinated implementation of various actions. One requires detonating an explosion simulator to create a smoke cloud with pseudo shrapnel. Another requires activating a sound enhancer, and yet another involves making a fire-ball. The combined result of these concerted actions is a perception of a single explosive event. Importantly, personnel can be within approximately one foot of any action without suffering a significant injury.
US08622736B2
In a highly efficient recuperator burner, which comprises at least one combustion chamber for warm-up operation and is otherwise set up for FLOX® operation, and a recuperator for preheating combustion air by means of thermal exhaust gas energy in a counter-current heat exchange mode via heat exchanger pipes, each heat exchanger pipe has, in a heat exchange section thereof, a flattened gap cross-section and, at its end facing a volume to be heated, a nozzle cross-section, which differs from the flattened gap cross-section of the heat exchanger pipe.
US08622730B2
An apparatus and method is provided for forming and cutting a dough sheet into a plurality of generally spherically shaped, boule-type dough products in a continuous process. The apparatus includes a rotatable drum and a plurality of cutter molds disposed on the rotatable drum for engaging, shaping and severing dough from the sheet as the dough sheet moves along the dough travel path. Each of the cutter molds including a peripheral edge portion, a base portion and a curved, annular side wall defining a concave, generally bowl-shaped internal cavity, with the peripheral edge portion establishing a cutting edge for the cutter mold.
US08622725B2
A screw compressor includes a pair of rotors housed in a rotor chamber. A gas sucked from an intake channel is compressed by the screw rotors and discharged from a discharge channel. A columnar space having a functional end face with an opening into an intermediate pressure section, which is an empty space in the rotor chamber and isolatable from both the intake channel and the discharge channel by the screw rotors. The functional end face has an opening into a bypass channel in communication with the discharge channel. A piston, inserted in the columnar space and brought into contact with the functional end face, separates the intermediate pressure section from the bypass channel when the piston contacts the functional end face. A pressure detection channel allows an area located on an opposite side of the functional end face in the columnar space to communicate with the discharge channel.
US08622723B2
A scroll compressor includes first and second scroll members housed in a casing. The first scroll member has a fluid inlet and a first through hole spaced from the fluid inlet. A fluid introducing pipe is configured to connect to the first through hole. A piston, having an annular groove and a second through hole, is disposed in the first through hole and is biased toward the fluid introducing pipe. The piston is configured to shut an end of the first through hole when fluid pressure larger than the biasing force is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe and to open the end of the first through hole when fluid pressure smaller than the biasing force is introduced into the fluid introducing pipe. A piston ring is fitted into the annular groove of the piston and has a stepped fitting end.
US08622720B2
Reciprocating fluid pumps include a plunger configured to expand and compress in a reciprocating action to pump fluid, and one or more magnets carried by the plunger. The one or more magnets may be used to impart a force on the plunger when the plunger expands and compresses in the reciprocating action within a pump body responsive to a magnetic field. Shuttle valves for shifting flow of pressurized fluid between at least two conduits include a spool movable within a valve body and one or more magnets carried by the spool. The one or more magnets may be used to impart a force on the spool responsive to a magnetic field. Reciprocating fluid pumps may include such shuttle valves. Methods include forming and using such pumps and shuttle valves.
US08622719B2
A hydraulic pump unit includes a cylindrical member that is fit into an outer circumference of the main shaft and a hydraulic pump body arranged on an outer circumferential side of the cylindrical member. The hydraulic pump body includes a ring cam mounted on the outer circumference of the cylindrical member, a pump bearing, a pump housing, a plurality of pistons housed in the pump housing and actuated by the ring cam, and a plurality of cylinders which guide the plurality of pistons in a radial direction and are arranged in a circumferential direction. The hydraulic pump unit is configured such that the pump unit is insertably fixed to the main shaft by the cylindrical member.
US08622704B2
The invention relates to a gas turbine blade (10), in particular a compressor blade and/or turbine blade for a turbomachine, wherein the gas turbine blade (10) comprises at least one receptacle (18) for the form-fitting arrangement of a connecting element, by means of which a mechanical load can be introduced into gas turbine blade (10). The invention further relates to a shrouding band segment (16) for arrangement on a gas turbine blade (10), a connection system having a gas turbine blade (10) and having a connecting element, a method for connecting a gas turbine blade (10) to a connecting element, and a rotor for a turbomachine having a rotor disk (12) joined to a blade ring or having a rotor ring joined to a blade ring.
US08622701B1
A turbine rotor disk with rotor blades secured within slots, where the rotor disk includes a radial extension that occupies a space where a dead rim cavity would be formed, and in which the radial extension includes a cooling air chamber with impingement cooling air holes directed to discharge impingement cooling air to a backside surface of the platforms of the blades.
US08622691B2
The invention provides a supercharger which is provided with a thrust bearing in an outer side of a radial bearing, and can smoothly discharge a fed lubricating oil from a bearing portion so as to reduce a resistance generated by the lubricating oil.The supercharger is provided with a thrust bearing (30) rotatably supporting a thrust force applied to a turbine shaft (12). The thrust bearing (30) is constituted by a disc-shaped thrust collar (32) rotating together with the turbine shaft, and a turbine side thrust bearing (34) and a compressor side thrust bearing (36) inhibiting a movement in an axial direction of the thrust collar. The compressor side thrust bearing (36) has an oil feed flow path (36a) feeding a lubricating oil to a surface coming into contact with a thrust collar from an inner side of a housing, an annular concave groove (36b) provided in an inner surface of a hollow through hole through which the turbine shaft passes, and an oil discharge flow path (36c) dropping down the lubricating oil reserved within the concave groove downward.
US08622687B2
A method of operating a compressor in an adaptive core engine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of operating a front block compressor to increase pressure of a fluid to a first pressure ratio in a high-power mode operation; operating a rear block compressor coupled to the front block compressor such that the front block compressor and the rear block compressor operate at the same physical speed; closing a rear block stator vane located axially forward from the rear block compressor such that the flow of the fluid into the rear block compressor is substantially cut off; and keeping a blocker door opened such that substantially all of the fluid pressurized by the front block compressor flows through a bypass passage during the high-power mode operation. The operation may be transitioned from the high-power mode to a low-power mode by opening a rear block stator such that the rear block compressor receives at least a portion of the fluid flowing from the front block compressor and maintains an overall engine pressure ratio.
US08622682B2
A storage (10) unloads and loads a load (3) with a transporting carriage (2). The storage is provided with a port capable of transferring said load from or to said transporting carriage; a plurality of rack portions (15) capable of accommodating or putting said load thereon; a driving device (19) capable of moving said load between said port and said plurality of rack portions, and mutually between said plurality of rack portions; and a controlling device (20) for controlling said driving device to (i) firstly move said load to an temporary rack portion for unloading, which is one of said plurality of rack portions, and (ii), after once accommodating or putting said load on said temporary rack portion, move said load to said port from said temporary rack portion, in case of moving said load from said plurality of rack portions to said port.
US08622675B2
A screw structure for securing a first object to a second object comprises a screw member, a blocking member and a pivot member. The screw member comprises a pole. The blocking member comprises a base portion secured to the pole, and two positioning portions are located on the base portion. The pivot member comprises two latching portions, and each of the two latching portions is engaged between the screw member and each of the two positioning portions. The pivot member is capable of rotation relative to the screw member and the blocking member.
US08622669B2
A broaching tool for machining a workpiece formed of a parallelogram shaped insert which fits within a slot formed in a body member. The insert has two juxtaposed corners either of which may be oriented at the distal end of the body member to function as a cutting edge. Repositioning of the insert to place either cutting edge in place is provided by flipping it over in its engagement within the slot. The inserts may be provided in a kit of differently configured inserts to yield different cutting widths.
US08622656B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods are utilized to relocate subsurface conduit. Specifically, the movement of underground conduit is accomplished via the apparatuses, systems and methods described herein, including movement thereof in either or both of laterally from a first lateral position to a second lateral position and/or vertically from a first vertical position to a second vertical position.
US08622654B2
A containment system includes a geomembrane liner positioned over a ground surface. An anchor member is provided beneath the geomembrane liner and includes a fastening plate adapted to be secured to the geomembrane liner. The geomembrane liner is positioned over the ground surface and anchor member and is secured to the fastening plate. Dirt or other covering material may then be provided in the hole and over the geomembrane, or the geomembrane may be left exposed.
US08622652B1
Systems, devices, apparatus, and methods of moving a door, over a water conveyances. Locking the door can be by rotating bolt heads attached to cams. Rotating heads causes cams to press the door against tracks. A strip can be compressed between the door and track to prevent flow. Slidable doors can move to allow water overflow. The door can slide so water can flow underneath. A secondary door can slide within an opening in a door. A half panel can have an upper opening located in a wall, to close or allow water flow. A channel can have grooves in sides of an opening, where a door can slide to different heights to close or allow flow.
US08622643B2
An applicator instrument for applying dental compounds includes an instrument head. The instrument head has a support structure with a plurality of elastic projections formed on the support structure. The projections have less stiffness than the support structure with respect to a height extent and enclose a receiving space for the dental compound. Additionally, the projections have a planar configuration and are arranged substantially parallel to one another with respect to a width extent. The diameter of the instrument head is equal to or less than 3 mm. Using this applicator instrument, it is easier to apply dental compound in dosed amounts and to spread the dental compound across a surface to be treated.
US08622636B2
An optical fiber connector includes optical fibers, a connector body, two first glue layers, and two second glue layers. The optical fibers are received in grooves and aligned with optical lenses formed on the connector body. The first and second glue layers fill in the recesses to hold the main portion and the front portion of the optical fibers securely in place.
US08622635B2
A connector includes an insulating seat defining a receiving cavity opening forwards, an optical module movably received in the receiving cavity and an actuating device. The optical module defines lenses at a front mating face thereof and a first touch portion at a rear face thereof. The actuating device is located behind the rear face of the optical module to urge the optical module moving forwards. The actuating device includes a spring coil and a connecting member defining a second touch portion which is urged by the spring coil to contact with the first touch portion. One of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a vertex and the other provides a planar so as to arrive a vertex-to-planar contact relationship between the first touch portion and the second touch portion.
US08622634B2
A ferrule assembly includes a ferrule comprising a ferrule boot insertion end and a ferrule boot defining an optical fiber channel. The optical fiber channel of the ferrule boot is shaped to receive a plurality of optical fibers therethrough. The ferrule boot includes an outer shell and a heat-activated adhesive liner is positioned within the outer shell channel and coupled to the inner surface of the outer shell. A portion of the outer shell is sized to be at least partially inserted into the ferrule boot insertion end of the ferrule. The outer shell has a thermal melting point that is greater than a thermal melting point of the heat-activated adhesive liner such that the heat-activated adhesive liner melts for adhering the plurality of optical fibers to the outer shell upon receipt of thermal energy.
US08622633B2
A connector for one or more optical fibers has a ferrule into which the optical fibers are glued directly with their outer cladding. No stripping of the fibers is required any longer before gluing them to the ferrule and thus, the difficulty of the fragility of the stripped fibers is overcome. The fibers are special fiber having a primary coating with smaller tolerances of ±2 microns. The fibers are arranged on a flexible foil which forms an optical overlay for a printed circuit board.
US08622624B2
An optical plug connection for optical waveguides including a plug and a matching socket, and also a method for adjusting the plug connection. In the case of such a plug connection, the plug has at least one planar, smoothed contact area oriented with respect to a propagation direction of a light beam passing from or into the plug, for bearing on a corresponding planar, smoothed mating contact area of the socket that is oriented with respect to the propagation direction of the light beam.
US08622620B2
An air bearing shaft has a first cylindrical portion with a relatively small outer diameter, and a ramped surface extending at an angle that is non-perpendicular and non-parallel to a central axis of a shaft body. The ramped surface leads into a second cylindrical portion of the shaft has a large outer diameter that is greater than the diameter of the first cylindrical portion. There are twelve air holes formed to extend into an interior of the second cylindrical portion. A bore diameter is defined to an inner periphery of the second cylindrical portion at the location of the air holes. A ratio of the bore diameter to a diameter of the air holes is between 6.30 and 6.54. In addition, a bearing assembly, a compressor, and a method of incorporating an air bearing shaft into a compressor are all disclosed and claimed.
US08622613B2
An electronic thermometer includes a probe adapted to be heated by a subject for use in measuring a temperature of the subject. At least one temperature sensor detects a temperature of the probe. An IR emitter emits an infrared signal from the probe. And an IR detector detects the infrared signal emitted by the IR emitter. The detection of the IR signal by the IR detector indicates that the probe is received in a probe cover.
US08622605B2
A fluid mixing device is productive, maintainable and improved in operability and reliability even without high accuracy pressure control. A fluid mixing device includes a mixing tank, supply tanks, mixing tank flow channels, valves, and branch flow channels. The mixing tank mixes at least two liquids. Each supply tank is provided for each of the liquids and supplies each liquid to the mixing tank. Each mixing tank flow channel connects each supply tank to the mixing tank. Each valve is arranged in each of the mixing tank flow channels. Each branch flow channel is connected to each of the mixing tank flow channels and is connected from the one mixing tank flow channel to the valve in the other mixing tank flow channel. Further, when the valve has pressure applied thereto from the liquid passing through the branch flow channel, the valve closes the mixing tank flow channel.
US08622594B2
A light emitting element module with a high yield where a portion through which a substrate and a lens are bonded can be prevented from cracking and peeling due to thermal expansion is provided. A light emitting element part equipped with a light emitting element and an optical lens for diffusing light from the light emitting element are provided on a substrate in the light emitting element module, where the lens is fixed to the substrate with an adhesive resin having a tensile breaking elongation of 50% or more. The lens also has a plurality of supports and is fixed to the substrate through these supports, so that stress in the portion where the substrate and the lens are bonded can be dispersed between the supports, and a layer in which air can circulate so as to release heat is provided between the substrate and the lens.
US08622590B2
An illuminant assembly structure comprises a hollow cover and an luminous device: the cover is concavely provided with an accommodating groove at the bottom for at least a conductive part accommodated inside and has several raised rims extending from the cover's inner edge; the luminous device comprises a circuit substrate and a shield and has at least a rotary vane extended from its outer surface wherein the circuit substrate is provided with a plurality of illuminants and rotary vanes including resilient electrodes and the shield allows a plurality of opening units to be opened on each rotary vane. The resilient electrodes are exposed via the shield's all opening units and are tightly coupled with the conductive parts for the illuminants growing with the luminous device installed on the cover's center and turned to a specific angle.
US08622588B2
The invention relates to a light emitting module (10) comprising a light source (20) and a heat sink (30). The light source is thermally connected to the heat sink. The heat sink is configured to be detachably mounted on a cooling body (50), at least part of an outer wall (40) of the heat sink having a shape matching at least a part of an outer wall (56) of the cooling body to enable the transfer of heat generated by the light source to the cooling body. The effect of the measures according to the invention is that they enable the active cooling of the light emitting module to be separated from the light emitting module itself, thereby reducing the complexity of the light emitting module while still relatively easily enabling active cooling via the cooling body. The cooling body may, for example, be a cooling pipe through which a cooling fluid flows.
US08622586B2
A table lamp has a lamp stand, an adjusting arm, a lamp head and an anti-glare lens. The anti-glare lens is mounted on the lamp head and has a body. The body has a bottom, a light entering concave face, a light source region, a total reflection face and a light ejecting convex face. The bottom has a zero axis to divide the bottom equally. The light entering concave face is formed in the body. The light source region is formed in the body. The total reflection face is obliquely formed on and protrudes from the body and is formed with the bottom of the body. An angle between the zero axis and the total reflection face is between 90 and 180 degrees. The light ejecting convex face is formed on the body, is formed with the total reflection face and has at least one curvature.
US08622578B2
A light emitting device, comprising a flexible substrate (2) with a single, structured conductive layer (5), and a plurality of LEDs (3) arranged on said substrate (2), said structured conductive layer (5) forming electrodes for driving said LEDs (3). The structured conductive layer comprises a plurality of heat dissipating pads (8), each having an area significantly larger than the area of each LED (3), and each LED (3a) is thermally connected to at least one of said pads (8a), and electrically connected in series between two pads (8a, 8b). Through this design, each LED is thermally connected to a relatively large heat dissipating area, and the thermal energy built up in the LED will be distributed over this area, and then dissipated upwards and downwards from this area. As the addressing can be handled by a single conducting layer, the flexibility of the substrate is improved compared to multilayer substrates. By connecting each LED in series between two pads, a very large portion of the conducting layer can be used for the pads, and very little area needs to be occupied by conducting tracks, which otherwise may be a problem with single layer designs.
US08622574B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a light emitting module; a power module for driving the light emitting module; and a housing having an optical part for receiving the light emitting module, an electrical part for receiving the power module. The light emitting module includes a plurality of circuit boards sequentially arranged parallel to each other, a plurality of first LED chips which has lenses covered thereon being mounted on the circuit boards, and a plurality of second LED chips which has no lens covered thereon being mounted also on the circuit boards. The first and the second LED chips are arranged in columns and rows. The second LED chips are located symmetrically in respect to the first LED chips.
US08622570B2
Lighting systems for strollers enable users to integrate straight forward and modular lighting elements with eco-friendly practices to produce helpful and useful products whose functionality dictates safety levels consistent with statutory schemes for other wheeled vehicles, assuring visibility to both pedestrians and other street traffic.
US08622565B2
A backlight device for a liquid crystal module includes a linear light source and a light reflecting member. The light reflecting member reflects light emitted from the linear light source. The light reflecting member includes a center reflecting face, a pair of first peripheral reflecting faces and a pair of second peripheral reflecting faces. The center reflecting face and the first and second peripheral reflecting faces are integrally formed from a sheet-like member as a one-piece, unitary member.
US08622560B2
An embodiment of an illumination device comprising a broad band artificial light source and a non-liquid chromatic diffuser transparent to visible light comprising a dispersion of elements of nanometrical dimensions of a first material with of certain refractive index in a second material with different refractive index, wherein the light is scattered producing a separation and different distribution between cold and hot components of the light originally produced by the source, according to a scattering process in “Rayleigh” regime. The device allows illumination effects similar to those of natural outdoor environments to be reproduced in indoor environments.
US08622527B2
A liquid jet head includes a base plurality of pressure chambers which include recesses, respectively, arranged in a front surface of a base. A piezoelectric substrate is joined to upper surfaces of side walls of the recesses and is uniformly polarized in a direction parallel to a substrate surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A pair of a front surface drive electrode and a back surface drive electrode are provided on a front surface of the piezoelectric substrate, which is opposite to the pressure chamber side, and on a back surface of the piezoelectric substrate on the pressure chamber side, respectively, for each chamber and sandwich the piezoelectric substrate therebetween and extend to a side wall of the recess substantially from a center of the open end. A liquid chamber is formed in the base and communicates with the pressure chambers via openings formed in bottom surfaces or side wall surfaces of the recesses, respectively.
US08622524B2
A micro-fluid ejection head has an ejection chip to expel fluid. It connects to a laminate construct. The construct has vertically configured wiring layers interspersed with non-wiring layers, such as carbon fiber layers. An upper of the wiring layers electrically connects to the ejection chip. The upper layer may also support a planar undersurface of the chip directly on a surface or in a recessed pocket. The two can connect with a die bond, such as one having silica or boron nitride. Fluid connections exist between ink feed slots of the chip and the laminate construct. A silicon tile or other material may also fluidly interconnect with the two. A plastic manifold optionally supports the laminate construct and may fluidly connect to it. The wiring layers of the laminate contemplate ground, power, and various bond pads. Other construct layers contemplate prepreg or core FR4 layers.
US08622521B2
An inkjet printhead has a plurality of nozzles; a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each of the nozzles; and a heater element disposed in each of the bubble forming chambers. The heater element is configured for heating an ejectable liquid above its boiling point to form a gas bubble that causes the ejection of a drop from the nozzle. The heater element is comprised of titanium aluminum nitride.
US08622516B2
Provided is an ink jet recording head, including multiple ejection orifices for ejecting droplets to a recording medium, in which a normal of a plane formed of the following straight lines is tilted with respect to an axis line of each of the ejection orifices: a straight line obtained by connecting points, which are positioned on peripheries of the respective ejection orifices and are at shortest distances from a face plane, in a longitudinal direction of an ejection orifice array; and a straight line obtained by connecting points, which are positioned on the peripheries of the respective ejection orifices and are at longest distances from the face plane, in the longitudinal direction of the ejection orifice array.
US08622515B2
An image forming apparatus includes a carriage movable in a main scanning direction in the image forming apparatus; a recording head mounted on the carriage to eject droplets; a maintenance unit disposed outboard of a recording area in the main scanning direction of the carriage and including a first liquid receptacle to collect droplets not used for image formation; a first space provided between the recording area and the maintenance unit; and a first sloped member provided at a side of the first space close to the maintenance unit. The sloped member has a sloped portion inclined downwardly from an upper side toward a lateral side close to the recording area to guide droplet mist generated by ejection of droplets from the head to a lower part of the first space with movement of the carriage from a position facing the maintenance unit to a position facing the recording area.
US08622507B2
A control method for a fluid ejection device and a fluid ejection device reliably eliminate dropped dots while reducing consumption of ink droplets ejected from the nozzles. A fluid ejection device that performs at least one of a cleaning operation that suctions fluid from the nozzles and a wiping operation that wipes the nozzle surface when dropped dots occur determines if an elimination history of removing dropped dots by the wiping operation is stored when dropped dots are detected as a result of testing for dropped dots and determining if dropped dots occur. When a history of eliminating dropped dots by means of a wiping operation is not stored, the fluid ejection device performs the wiping operation. When a history of eliminating dropped dots by means of a wiping operation remains in memory, the cleaning operation is performed without the wiping operation.
US08622506B2
A printing device includes: a printing material container that includes first and second short circuit detection terminals, first and second attachment detection terminals; a high voltage power supply that applies a high voltage to the first attachment detection terminal; a short circuit detector that detects a short circuit between at least one of the first and second short circuit detection terminals and at least one of the first and second attachment detection terminals; a high voltage application controller that blocks supply of the high voltage from the high voltage power supply when the short circuit detector detects the short circuit; a resistor element that is arranged between the high voltage power supply and the first attachment detection terminal; and an electrostatic capacitor element that is arranged between the detection node of the short circuit detector and a low-potential-side power supply node.
US08622504B2
A method of computing a conveyance variance from a difference of two adjustment patterns in order to measure a variance in a conveyance amount occurring while a sheet is conveyed. By using this method, the variance that occurs during one rotation of the roller occurring because of the roller accuracy, deflection of the roller, and the attachment of a roller supporting member can be alleviated. Thus, the unevenness occurring synchronously to one rotation of the roller can be alleviated, and as a result, an ink jet printer that is capable of printing with high quality can be provided.
US08622503B2
An inkjet image forming apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head having an ejection surface in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged two-dimensionally; a scanning device which conveys at least one of the liquid ejection head and an image formation receiving medium on which liquid ejected from the plurality of nozzles is deposited, to cause relative movement between the image formation receiving medium and the liquid ejection head in a first direction; a motor which is a driving source for driving the scanning device; and a drive force transmission mechanism which transmits drive force generated by the motor to the scanning device, wherein: in a case where rotational non-uniformity can occur Nm times for each revolution of the motor (where Nm is a natural number), and when Pv represents a spatial period representing an amount of the relative movement in the first direction on the image formation receiving medium corresponding to 1/Nm revolution of the motor, and when OSy represents an offset distance in the first direction of a pair of nozzles which form dots that are mutually adjacent in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the image formation receiving medium, of the plurality of nozzles arranged two-dimensionally, then relationship of OSy≈k×Pv (where k is a natural number) is satisfied.
US08622500B2
A recording device forming a printed image by discharging droplets of an image forming solution from a nozzle and attaching the droplets on recording media, which includes a recording head provided with a specific nozzle which is selectively filled with the image forming solution and a solution preventing the nozzle from being clogged, and a controller that controls the performance of switching from a first filled state in which the specific nozzle is filled with the image forming solution to a second filled state in which the specific nozzle is filled with the solution preventing the nozzle from clogging in accordance with a predetermined condition.
US08622495B2
A paper floating detection apparatus which detects floating of paper conveyed along a prescribed conveyance path on a prescribed conveyance surface, includes: a paper floating detection device which includes a light emission unit and a light reception unit disposed so as to be mutually opposing across the conveyance path, and detects whether the paper floats or not according to whether a detection beam emitted parallel to the conveyance surface from the light emission unit toward the light reception unit in a position at a prescribed height from the conveyance surface is received by the light reception unit or not; a light emission parallel flat plate which is disposed in front of the light emission unit in such a manner that the detection beam emitted from the light emission unit passes through the light emission parallel flat plate, and which is provided rotatably about an axis parallel to the conveyance surface and perpendicular to the detection beam in such a manner that the height of the detection beam emitted from the light emission parallel flat plate after passing inside the light emission parallel flat plate varies according to rotation of the light emission parallel flat plate; and a light emission parallel flat plate rotation driving device which drives the rotation of the light emission parallel flat plate.
US08622481B2
A chain link assembly, a cable chain assembly and a mining system. The cable handler individual links may include an enclosed section for the fiber optic cable separate from other services for the machine. A flexible material or other structure may assemble the fiber optic cable in the cable handler in a manner in which it “snakes” about the centerline to provide ample slack in the fiber optic cable to, for example, prevent over tension.
US08622473B2
A chair includes a seat and a supporting structure associated for positioning of the seat in an orientation in which the seat has a downward inclination towards its front edge. The supporting structure includes an elongate member on each side of the chair, each member extending substantially continuously between the seat and a rearward region of the chair via a floor-engaging region of the supporting structure. Each elongate member has a generally loop-shaped configuration, with the seat end region of the elongate member overlying the opposite end region of the elongate member, and has an inherent resilience with a bias in which the seat end region is spaced from the opposite end region in the unoccupied state of the chair and the seat has the desired forwardly-downward inclination, wherein the resilience is selected such that the seat end region approaches or comes into engagement with the opposite end region when the chair is occupied.
US08622472B2
A back support adjustment system including a flexible suspension system having an adjustable and interchangeable flexing means positioned in between a frame and a support member. The back support adjustment system further includes an adjustable back support system having a housing integral with a back support surface and a tension assembly movable within the housing. Both the tension assembly and the adjustable back support system are adapted to engage the frame so that the movable tension assembly adjusts the tension of the adjustable back support system and the adjustable flexing means controls movement of the flexible suspension system.
US08622471B2
A vibration seat (20) comprising a seat body (22), a sitting portion (24) supported by the seat body, and a vibrator (4). The sitting portion (24) is free to vibrate relative to the seat body (22). The vibrator (4) is connected to the sitting portion (24) at a single node (1) and is free to move relative to the seat body (22).
US08622464B2
A structure of a steering support member, which enables the reduction of vehicle interior noise and steering vibration by suppressing the fore-and-aft vibration of the steering support member by means of a C-shaped or U-shaped brace and by increasing the rigidity of the steering support member in the front of the driver seat side, and enables the setting of a vibration mode in accordance with vehicle types by fine adjusting the positions of the brace and a steering bracket and by selecting the rigidity of the brace.
US08622460B2
A recreational camper wind restraint system and method that includes a housing connected to a portion of a recreational camper, a recreational camper having a movable portion, the movable portion having a compacted position and an expanded position, a retractable belt having a first end rotatably contained within the housing and a second end operatively connected to the moveable portion, a winding means contained within the housing for operatively winding and unwinding the retractable belt longitudinally within a predetermined range of movement defined substantially by the compacted position and the expanded position of the moveable portion, and an energy-absorbing element adapted to cooperate with the retractable belt to absorb energy and temporarily lock the retractable belt in a fixed position when a predetermined force is exceeded by a wind condition.
US08622457B1
A vehicle top includes a transparent or semi-transparent vehicle top panel adapted to attach to the vehicle and cover the passenger compartment, at least one pair of drip rails carried by the vehicle top panel on opposite sides of the vehicle top panel and at least one attachment mechanism carried by the vehicle top panel and adapted to attach the vehicle top panel to the vehicle.
US08622442B2
A lid lock apparatus for a vehicle includes a retainer, a cap, and a lock pin. The retainer includes a fitting portion to which an end portion of the cap is configured to fit from an outside of the lid box towards an inside of the lid box and a first engaging portion formed to be positioned outward of the lid box relative to the fitting portion. The cap includes an operational lever portion configured to be elastically deformed to tilt by an operation at an outside of the lid box and including a second engaging portion configured to engage with and disengage from the first engaging portion.
US08622435B2
The present invention relates to a security element (30) for securing valuable articles, having a first layer (13), composed of cholesteric liquid crystal material, that is present at least in some areas, a second layer (14), composed of liquid crystal material, that is present at least in some areas, and a further layer (22), having a machine-readable feature, that is present at least in some areas and that is covered at least in some areas by the first and second layer composed of liquid crystal material.
US08622431B2
For protection of a dog during travel in a motor vehicle, in one embodiment, a seatbelt harness may include a restraint portion coupled to an attachment portion that may have first and second connectors which are either fixedly or removably attached to the restraint portion. The first connector may be adapted to attach to a seatbelt or a first belt connector in their default positions and the second connector may be adapted to attach to a second belt connector or an anchor. The positions of first and second connectors may be selected for aligning them with the restraint portion such that the attachment portion to act in conjunction with the restraint portion to enable positioning of the pet on a vehicle seat at an intermediate point along a longitudinal path between the first belt connector and the second belt connector or between the first belt connector and the anchor.
US08622430B2
A seat belt buckle (1) with a fastening fitting (2) for mounting in a motor vehicle has a retainer (5) permanently connected to the belt buckle (1) and a bolt (7) through which the retainer (5) is held rotatable with regard to the fastening fitting (2). A spring (6, 8) that impinges upon the belt buckle (1) in a rest position (R), has a supporting portion (65, 85), which restricts the rotational movement of the belt buckle (1) is restricted with regard to the fastening fitting (2).
US08622413B2
A front tow extended saddle is disclosed. The saddle allows a first towing truck to mount a second truck, facing forward, behind the first truck, in order to tow the second truck to a distant location. The saddle allows the towed truck to face forward during transport, thus allowing for the normal loads and stresses of movement on the towed truck. This configuration is preferable to movement with the towed truck facing-rearward, in which the typical aerodynamic surfaces of a large truck act as a drag during transport, imposing high wind loads and unusual stresses. The front tow extended saddle is also designed to minimize the required vertical rise on the towed truck, which also avoids additional stresses during loading and unloading onto the towing truck.
US08622407B1
A tandem power train assembly including an input member, a tandem output assembly, and an oscillation joint assembly drivingly coupled to the input member. The oscillation joint assembly is structured and arranged to drivably transmit rotation to the tandem output assembly through the oscillation joint. The oscillation joint includes an inboard bearing defining a first frustoconical ring having a first bearing surface disposed thereon and an outboard bearing defining a second frustoconical ring having a second bearing surface disposed thereon with the inboard bearing and outboard bearing structured and arranged to rotatably support the tandem output assembly.
US08622406B2
The present invention provides an eccentric pivot member for effecting fore and aft movement of a leading end of a trailing beam member of a trailing beam suspension in response to rotation of the pivot member. Ratchet collars are provided which act between the eccentric pivot member and a suspension hanger to mechanically secure the assembly against rotation and any associated inadvertent misalignment.
US08622397B2
An oil seal has a first seal member including a main lip and a first dust lip, and a second seal member installed in a machine outer side of the first seal member. The second seal member integrally has an end surface covering section covering an end surface section of a housing, an outer peripheral insertion section inserted from one side in an axial direction to an outer peripheral surface of the housing and engaged with a stepped engagement section in the outer peripheral surface of the housing so as to prevent the second seal member from coming off from the housing, an inner peripheral insertion section inserted to an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole in the housing from one side in the axial direction, and a second dust lip slidably coming into close contact with the shaft in the machine outer side of the first dust lip.
US08622394B2
A free-standing post supported target mechanism has a support post of a defined cross-sectional geometry. A baseplate defines a post opening receiving the support post and has a first orientation permitting movement of the baseplate along the length of the support post and a second orientation establishing a gripping relation with the support post. A spall plate defines a post opening receiving the support post and has a first orientation permitting movement of the spall plate along the length of the support post and a second orientation establishing a gripping relation of the spall plate with the support post. A target plate engages the baseplate and the spall plate and is secured by a locking member. A target base defines a receptacle receiving and supporting the support post and establishes a weight-forward condition that offsets the rearward forces of bullet impact.
US08622391B2
The disclosure relates generally to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for a self-contained dice shaker assembly. The self-contained dice shaker assembly may include a container device defining an opening into an interior configured for receipt of one or more dice and a sensor assembly in communication with the container interior. The sensor assembly may be configured to monitor, in accordance with one or more predetermined parameters, the shake quality of the dice in the container during a shaking event. The self-contained dice shaker assembly may include an identification assembly operable to identify the outcome of a respective outcome face of each die associated with the outcome of a shaking event.
US08622388B2
The present invention is to provide a printing apparatus capable of correctly detecting an origin of a conveying roller for conveying a print medium at the time of its rotation with a simple configuration that does not accompany an increase of cost. For this purpose, the printing apparatus is equipped with a lock mechanism (a lock link lever) for stopping rotation of the conveying roller at a predetermined rotational position and saves a count value of a rotation amount of the conveying roller when the conveying roller is locked by the lock mechanism concerned as origin information. After this, driving of the conveying roller is controlled based on the saved origin information and a phase of rotation of the conveying roller obtained from the count value of the conveying roller.
US08622386B2
A sheet storage apparatus having a sheet conveying portion and a sheet storage portion to receive the sheet as conveyed upward from below by the sheet conveying portion and to store the sheet in a vertical direction. The sheet storage portion includes a guide portion, first and second holding members. The first holding member forms a first nipping portion between the first holding member and the guide surface. The first holding member permits the sheet to be conveyed upward to pass through the first nipping portion, and holds the sheet by restricting the sheet from moving downward at the first nipping portion. The second holding member forms a second nipping portion between the second holding member and the guide surface. The second holding member permits the sheet to be conveyed upward to pass through the second nipping portion, and holds the sheet at the second nipping portion.
US08622383B2
A paper cassette of an image forming apparatus including: a cassette body containing sheets of paper, and a paper alignment apparatus mounted in the cassette body. The paper alignment apparatus including: an alignment apparatus body having a paper alignment surface contactable with corners of one side of sheets of paper and slidable in a horizontal direction, and a locking unit mounted in the alignment apparatus body and locked into the cassette body. The locking unit is downwardly pressed when being locked and unlocked.
US08622379B2
A device and process for processing flat articles such as pieces of paper by utilizing a stream of under-shingled flat articles and generating a gap at predetermined intervals. The under-shingling process incorporates an accelerating and decelerating portion wherein each flat article is accelerated and then decelerated while a tail portion of the article is lifted such that the next flat article can slide underneath to establish an under-shingled stream.
US08622378B2
The controller controls the folded bundle conveying portion such that, when a length in the conveying direction of the succeeding folded bundle makes the upstream edge in the conveying direction of the succeeding folded bundle, which is temporarily stopped for the folded end portion processing, remain within a stacking region of the sheet stacking portion, before the preceding folded bundle has been finally moved to the second stacking position, the succeeding folded bundle is conveyed until the upstream edge in the conveying direction of the succeeding folded bundle, to which the folded end portion processing has been applied, passes through outside the stacking region of the sheet stacking portion.
US08622377B2
A holder for affixing a mill blank for the manufacture of a dental article in a housing of a milling unit of a CAD/CAM system, wherein the holder includes a joining surface for joining to the mill blank, a securing shaft having at least one securing surface for securing to a housing of a milling unit of a CAD/CAM system, wherein the securing shaft comprises an essentially polygonal shape with at least two lateral surfaces, wherein at least two of the lateral surfaces are arranged adjacent to each other and extend at right angles to each other; and wherein the securing surface, in cross-sectional view, extends substantially perpendicular to a radius of the securing shaft extending essentially through the center of the securing surface and comprises a width that is less than the width of a lateral surface.
US08622364B2
A post support device that enables a rotted base portion of a wooden support post to be removed in situ and the remaining end of the support post to be secured for regained structural integrity, the device having a base adapted to being attached to the surface, elevation support means in cooperation with the base for supporting the post above the base, at least two cover plates, each adapted to covering a portion of the exterior of the post, and each including an elongate flange facing inward towards the post and generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the post, said flange portion including a leading cutting edge to enable the flange portion to bite into the surface material of the post upon the application of force to the flange to provide a mechanical seal between the flange and the post, first and second fastening means for securing each cover plate to the post and the base and the elevation support means to the post or the filler block if one is used, respectively.
US08622357B2
A luggage connector that may be used with a baby stroller or wheelchair to transport rolling luggage is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the connector includes a first arm and a second arm. Clamps are disposed at a distal end of each arm. The clamps are used to secure the connector to a handle of luggage and a portion of a frame such as a stroller or wheelchair frame. Each arm is adapted to rotate about a central axis so that each respective clamp may be rotated and positioned appropriately to secure the connector to the frame. In addition, a rotating hinge is provided to adjust to a desired angle between the two arms to accommodate the connector being secured to the frame and rolling luggage.
US08622352B2
According to one embodiment, a guideway switching mechanism includes an elongated section of flexible guideway coupled to a switch plate. The flexible guideway has a first end that may be coupled to a first elongated guideway and a second end that may be selectively coupled to one of a multiple quantity of alternative guideways. The switch plate provides selective coupling of the flexible guideway to multiple alternative guideways by movement through an arcuate path such that the automated transport vehicle may selectively move from the first elongated guideway to either of the alternative guideways.
US08622347B2
In one advantageous embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus and method for supporting a load is provided. The apparatus comprises a structure having an inner surface with a shape configured to substantially conform to an outer surface of a stringer. A number of pins extends from the inner surface of the structure such that the number of pins are configured to engage holes in the outer surface of the stringer when the structure is placed over the outer surface of the stringer. The pins support the structure with respect to the stringer when a load is applied to the structure. A number of members extends from the outer surface of the structure such that the number of members is configured to connect to a part.
US08622344B2
The invention relates to a device for receiving baggage in a passenger cabin for aircraft, which device comprises a stowage compartment, also referred to as a “hatrack”, which stowage compartment is arranged above a seat row so as to be swivellable in longitudinal direction of the aircraft. The hatrack includes a single-part housing that forms a baggage receptacle. Starting from an open loading position, the housing is swivellable to a transport position or stowage position on a pivot axis that is arranged near the centre of gravity and that is associated with a bottom of the housing. For affixation of the hatrack the housing is connected to a structure of the aircraft fuselage, which structure is fixed to the aircraft, by means of an exterior frame.
