US08810529B2
A method includes detecting movement of a touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device from a first touch location to a second touch location. When the distance between the first touch location and the second touch location meets a first threshold, the second touch location is reported to an application layer of the electronic device. After the first threshold is met, a third touch location is reported to the application layer when movement of the touch from the second touch location to the third touch location is detected and the distance between the second touch location and the third touch location meets a second threshold.
US08810524B1
Touch sensors sensitive to touches on two sides are incorporated into electronic devices and accept input from either side of the device, such as a front and a back of the device. This increases available input area without doubling the number of touch sensors within the device. When combined with one or more displays, low profile two-sided devices are possible.
US08810523B2
A touch screen includes a display layer for displaying information. An inductor grid includes a plurality of inductive elements arranged on a single layer. At least one switch matrix selects an inductive element in response to the selection signal. A driver generates the selection signal, drives the selected inductive element to detect a touch object in proximity to the selected inductive element and generates touch screen data in response thereto.
US08810520B2
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special
US08810513B2
A method for controlling a multi-user interactive display system including a soft-copy display including at least an information display region and a command control region, and a digital image capture system positioned to capture a time sequence of images of users located in a field-of-view of the soft-copy display. A time sequence of images is analyzed to detect a plurality of users, and at least one of the users is designated to be a controlling user. The captured images are displayed in the command control region, wherein the detected users are demarked using graphical elements. The captured time sequence of images is analyzed to detect a gesture made by the controlling user and content displayed in the information display region is updated accordingly.
US08810502B2
A display system capable of switching 2D/3D mode includes a signal source, a 3D backlight control signal generation circuit, and a display. The signal source is used for transmitting a vertical synchronization signal and a left eye/right eye control signal. The 3D backlight control signal generation circuit is used for executing a first logic operation on the vertical synchronization signal and the left eye/right eye control signal to output a 3D left eye backlight control signal, and executing a second logic operation on the vertical synchronization signal and the left eye/right eye control signal to output a 3D right eye backlight control signal. The display displays 3D images according to the 3D left eye backlight control signal and the 3D right eye backlight control signal.
US08810500B2
A power-applying module includes a substrate, a voltage transformer, a voltage-applying pattern, a voltage induction pattern, and a protection part. The voltage transformer is disposed on the substrate. The voltage-applying pattern is formed at an end portion of the substrate and is electrically connected to the voltage transformer to apply a driving voltage to a lamp. The voltage induction pattern is formed on the substrate adjacent to the voltage-applying pattern, and is spaced apart from the voltage-applying pattern to sense an induced voltage corresponding to the driving voltage. The induced voltage is induced by the voltage-applying pattern. The protection part detects the induced voltage to control the driving voltage output by the voltage transformer.
US08810481B2
Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus, including: a light source; and a scanning section adapted to scan a light beam emitted from the light source; the scanning section including (a) a first mirror, (b) a first light deflection section, (c) a second mirror, and (d) a second light deflection section; the second light deflection section including an external light receiving face; the second light deflection section having a plurality of translucent films provided in the inside thereof; the translucent films having a light reflectivity R2 at a wavelength of the light beam which satisfies: R2≦k×{(P2/t2)×tan(ζ2)}1/2 where k is a constant higher 0 but lower than 1, P2 an array pitch of the translucent films, t2 a thickness of the second light deflection section, and ζ2 an angle formed between the light emitting face and the translucent films.
US08810472B2
The present invention relates to an antenna module (45) for producing a transponder, wherein the antenna module comprises an antenna conductor arrangement disposed on a substrate surface (46) of a substrate (47) and having an antenna conductor (50) for contacting with a chip (40), wherein the antenna conductor (50) forms a first antenna part (51) having a first terminal end on a first partial area (48) of the substrate surface, and with a second terminal end extends to a second partial area (49) of the substrate surface to form a second antenna part (52), wherein antenna connection contacts (57, 61) are disposed on the respective partial areas, such that the antenna connection contacts can be brought into an overlapping position for producing an electrically conductive connection by swiveling the partial areas with respect to each other.
US08810471B2
A circularly polarized ceramic patch antenna having an extended ground for a vehicle is provided. The extended ground is formed under a patch antenna, has a predetermined thickness, is formed of a metal conductor having the same shape as the patch antenna, and is electrically connected to a ground plane formed on a board. The thickness of the extended ground is adjusted, so that it is possible to adjust radiation efficiency of the ceramic patch antenna that operates at a specific frequency band. Thus, the ceramic patch antenna has the effect of improving directionality of a radiation pattern formed in a direction parallel to the ground plane, and the effect of reducing a null point caused by a field effect to increase an antenna gain thereof.
US08810470B2
The invention relates to a dual band antenna, in particular for satellite navigation applications, comprising a multilayer structure that is provided with an upper first antenna element (12) for receiving electromagnetic waves having a frequency in a first frequency band, a lower second antenna element (16) arranged below the first antenna element (12) for receiving electromagnetic waves having a frequency in a second frequency band, two electrically conductive ground layers (20,28), a first and a second one, that are arranged one above the other and that are arranged in turn below the lower second antenna element (16), and a conducting-path layer (24) having at least one first conductive path (30,32) for electromagnetically coupling with the first antenna element (12) and having at least one second conductive path (34,36) for electromagnetically coupling with the second antenna element (16). The first ground layer (20) facing the lower second antenna element (16) comprises an aperture (40,42), below which the at least one second conductive path (34,36) extends. The at least one first conductive path (30,32) is connected to the upper first antenna element (12) by means of an electrical conductor (46,48) that extends through the first ground layer (20) and the lower second antenna element (16) in such a way that the electrical conductor is electrically insulated from the first ground layer and the lower second antenna element. Furthermore, the multilayer structure is provided with a first line adjustment element (58,60,62,64) coupled with the at least one first conductive path (30,32) for suppressing the coupling into the first conductive path (30,32) of electromagnetic waves having a frequency in the second frequency band which are received by means of the lower second antenna element (16) and coupled into the electrical conductor (46,48), a second line adjustment element (44) coupled with the at least one second conductive path (34,36) for suppressing the coupling into the second conductive path (34,36) of electromagnetic waves in the first frequency band which are received by means of the upper first antenna element (12), and several dielectric layers (14,18,22,26) that are arranged betweeen the antenna elements(12,16), ground layers (20,28), and conducting-path layer(24) that lie one above the other.
US08810451B2
The present invention discloses a communication antenna automatic orientation apparatus and method, wherein the apparatus comprises: a target base station geographical storage for storing the corresponding relation between the spatial location information on the air lane and the identifier of a target base station; a sensor for confirming current spatial location information of the aircraft; an aircraft spatial orientation sensor for confirming a current spatial orientation of the aircraft; a master controller for confirming a target direction of a directional antenna according to the current spatial location information, the corresponding relation and the current spatial orientation and sending an instruction carrying the target direction; an automatic antenna directional system for receiving the instruction and driving the directional antenna according to the target direction so as to enable the directional antenna to receive a signal from a ground base station in the target direction; a wide aperture antenna for receiving the signal from the ground base station in omni-direction; and a mobile communication terminal for processing the signal received by the wide aperture antenna and the signal received by the directional antenna.
US08810436B2
A process and system for detecting the presence of a person overboard including: setting the perimeter of an area to scan, scanning the area 180 degrees in azimuth utilizing a laser beam for receiving a reflection of the laser beam off the person, detecting the reflection and playing back a video recording of the trajectory of the person, wherein the area above and below the perimeter of an area to scan is continuously video recorded and wherein upon detecting the target, one or more of audio and visual alarms alert that crew, and wherein an alarm with location is sent to PDA system with GPS coordinates time and date. Additionally a launcher deploys a device to track the person overboard, and allows persons on the ship or in a control center to ascertain the location of the person overboard.
US08810432B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for improved traffic control devices including a continuous central hanger support system that is integral to the traffic control device and provides a central load path. In an embodiment of the invention, the terminal housing and traffic signal housing of the traffic control device can be included in a single unit housing. A single unit housing can also include an integral backplate. Also provided are span wire clamps, tether clamps, and mast arm clamps that can be used to affix the continuous central hanger of the traffic control device to various fixtures such as a single span wire, two span wires, a pole or a mast arm. The continuous central hanger integrated with the single unit housing can provide the traffic control device with improved securement of electrical components and structural stability for survivability during high wind events as compared to conventional traffic signal devices.
US08810430B2
A system for using telemetry data based on a user habit information includes one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device that has a unique user ID, and acquires user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. The wearable device includes ID circuitry that includes ID storage, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. The telemetry system communicates with the one or more sensors. The telemetry system includes a database of user ID's. Telemetry data is analyzed using the telemetry system based on at least one of, user's activities, behaviors and habit information. Personalized information about the user is created.
US08810429B2
An advanced metering infrastructure comprises intermediate nodes. The intermediate nodes receive data from child nodes and relay a subset of the data that is not according to an expected value. The expected value may be determined based on a forecasting function computed based on past data. The expected value may be a spatial shape in an n-dimension space. A data not within the spatial shape may be considered not in accordance with the expected value. In some case, the spatial shape is defined by a centroid and a radius. The spatial shape may shift over time based on a consumption profile, such as low consumption at noon, and high consumption at evening. The consumption profiles may be determined in a learning phase, as well as shifting of spatial shapes of each group over time.
US08810394B2
A number of parameters related to the operation of a fluid delivery device are determined based on a pressure within the device sensed using a pressure sensor. In one example, the volume of therapeutic fluid added to or removed from a reservoir of a fluid delivery device is determined based on a sensed pressure of the reservoir. In another example, the volume of therapeutic fluid added to or removed from the reservoir is determined based on a sensed pressure of a refill port assembly of the device. In another example, an initial temperature of the reservoir as a therapeutic fluid is removed from the reservoir is estimated based on a sensed pressure within the device. In another example, a temperature of a therapeutic fluid added to the reservoir is estimated based on a sensed pressure within the device.
US08810393B2
A system for determining location information for a wireless device is described. The system includes a UE, a LE and multiple LMUs. The LE sends, to the LMUs, reception instructions with characteristics of the signal transmission from the UE and each LMU receives, from the LE, the reception instructions. The UE sends a signal transmission. Each LMU receives the transmitted signal from the UE, determines locating information based at least in part on the received signal and sends the locating information to the LE. The LE receives the locating information regarding the transmitted signal and determines a location of the UE based at least in part on the received locating information. Methods, apparatus and computer readable media are also described.
US08810392B1
Disclosed herein are methods and systems that involve monitoring presence of items based on context. An exemplary method involves: (i) determining a context for a given user; (ii) determining a proximity framework between a monitoring device and one or more items, based on the determined context, wherein the proximity framework comprises (a) one or more proximity requirements, each proximity requirement indicating a required proximity between the monitoring device and at least one of the items and (b) a notification process corresponding to each proximity requirement; (iii) monitoring proximity of each of the items relative to the monitoring device, based on a presence signal from each of the items, in order to determine when one of the proximity requirements is not met; and (iv) responsive to determining that one of the proximity requirements is not met, initiating the corresponding notification process.
US08810385B2
A handheld, portable device is used to facilitate inspection of vehicles, by wirelessly conveying an activation command to the vehicle to actuate a vehicle component, to facilitate inspection of the actuated component. The activation command is received by a wireless data link in the vehicle, which is electrically/logically coupled to either a switch that controls actuation of the component, an actuator configured to manipulate the component, and/or a vehicle processor configured to selectively convey an actuation command to the component. In some embodiments, in response to conveying the activation command, the handheld device enables the user to input a condition of the actuated component, which is added to an inspection record. In some embodiments, the handheld device sends a query to the vehicle, which results in the handheld device providing an indication to a user of each component in the vehicle that is capable of remote actuation.
US08810383B2
A device for controlling an adaptive cruise control system based on driver status is provided. The device comprises a controller configured to receive at least one driver status signal indicative of the driver being either a primary driver or a secondary driver and to determine whether the driver of the vehicle is the one of the primary driver and the secondary driver based on the at least one driver status signal. The controller is further configured to allow control by a primary driver over operating parameters of an ACC system and to allow the primary driver to establish a restricted mode in which a secondary driver is prevented from making certain dis-allowed changes in the operating parameters.
US08810381B2
A head-up display device is presented having first and second display units that are provided on a surface of an instrument panel of a vehicle opposed to a windshield of the vehicle. The display device is configured to selectably indicate a plurality of information dots in a row on the windshield such that the plurality of information dots are superposed on a real image in a traveling direction of the vehicle.
US08810374B1
An integral locating system for child's drinkware accessories comprises a receiver with a speaker removably attached to a rear portion of each accessory. The speaker is activated by a remotely located transceiver preferably carried by or located adjacent to the parent or care provider. In such a manner, the parent or care provider can depress an activation button on the transceiver to locate the specific article. The article will alert in response period of seconds to allow the parent or care provider to locate it. The receiver unit is removable from the child's drinkware accessory to allow the article to be washed or sterilized. The receiver unit is placed in a central recharging station that accepts the different sized receivers for recharging.
US08810356B2
The present invention relates to a data buffer apparatus with wireless transmission function, including a transmission interface module, a memory module, a wireless transmission module and a microprocessor module. The transmission interface module is coupled to a monitoring unit and continuously receives at least one transmission signal data to be stored in the memory module. When the memory module has the transmission signal data, the microprocessor module controls the wireless transmission module to attempts to establish a wireless connection. If the wireless connection is successfully established, the transmission signal data will be sent. If the wireless connection can not be established, it will attempt to establish the wireless connection again after a period of time.
US08810353B2
In a first mixing process, soft magnetic powders and inorganic insulative powders of 0.4-1.5 wt % relative to the soft magnetic powders are mixed. In the heating process, a mixture through the first mixing process is heated at a temperature of 1000° C. or more and below the sintering temperature of the soft magnetic powders under a non-oxidizing atmosphere. In the granulating process, a silane coupling agent of 0.1-0.5 wt % is added to form an adhesiveness enhancing layer. A silicon resin of 0.5-2.0 wt % is added to the soft magnetic alloy powders having the adhesiveness enhancing layer formed by the silane coupling agent to form a binding layer. A lubricating resin is mixed, and a mixture is pressed and molded to form a mold. In an annealing process, the mold is annealed under a non-oxidizing atmosphere to form a dust core which is used to form a reactor.
US08810345B1
A device for retrieving and securing golf ball marks while providing several modes of motion of the secured ball mark employs paired magnets oppositely positioned within a securing surface having circular curvature.
US08810333B2
A multiband coupling circuit including: a number of paths equal to the number of frequency bands, each path having a first terminal and a second terminal; a third terminal and a fourth terminal; a number of distributed couplers equal to the number of paths, all couplers being identical and sized according to the highest frequency band, and each coupler including a first conductive line between first and second ports connected to the first and second terminals of the concerned path, and a second conductive line coupled to the first one between third and fourth ports; a first set of attenuations between the third ports of the couplers and the third terminal of the circuit; and an array of filters between the fourth ports of the coupler and the fourth terminal of the circuit.
US08810332B2
An electromagnetic coupler includes a first plane, a plurality of conductive patterns formed on the first plane and spaced apart from each other, a second plane parallel to the first plane, a ground pattern formed on the second plane and connected to ground, a first linear conductor formed to have a length shorter than ¼ a wavelength equivalent to a frequency used, the first linear conductor being connected at one end to one conductive pattern of the plural conductive patterns, and fed between an other end of the first linear conductor and the ground pattern, and a plurality of second linear conductors formed to have a length shorter than ¼ the wavelength equivalent to the frequency used, one or more of the second linear conductors being formed for each of the plural conductive patterns, to connect each of the plural conductive patterns and the ground pattern.
US08810329B2
An LC oscillator tank that generates a tank oscillation at a phase substantially equal to a temperature null phase. The oscillator further includes frequency stabilizer circuitry coupled to the LC oscillator tank to cause the LC oscillator tank to operate at the temperature null phase. In one aspect of the disclosure, a feedback loop may split the output voltage of the LC tank into two voltages having different phases, where each voltage is independently transformed into a current through programmable transconductors, The two currents may be combined to form a resultant current which is then applied to the LC tank. The phase of the resultant current is such that the LC tank operates at an impedance condition that achieves frequency stability across temperature.
US08810327B2
A vibrating member includes a base portion, a plurality of vibrating arms which extend from one end portion of the base portion, are provided in parallel in a first direction, and extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a linking portion which is provided between the base end portions of two adjacent vibrating arms and extends from the other end portion of the base portion, and a support portion which is connected to the base portion through the linking portion.
US08810325B2
A quantum interference device causing electromagnetically induced transparency in an alkali metal atom includes: a light source generating first and second resonant lights with frequency differences Δω; a magnetic field generator applying a magnetic field to the atom; a light detector detecting intensities of the first and second resonant lights passing through the atom; and a controller causing a frequency difference between specified first and second resonant lights to equal a frequency difference corresponding to an energy difference between two ground levels of the atom based on the detected light. The controller causes the frequency Δω or magnetic field intensity to satisfy 2×δ×n=Δω or Δω×n=2×δ. The frequency δ corresponds to an energy difference between two Zeeman split levels differentiated by one magnetic quantum number and generated in the two ground levels of the atom by energy splitting.
US08810323B2
In one embodiment, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is provided that includes: a plurality of differential inverters coupled to form a loop, each differential inverter having a differential pair of transistors configured to steer a tail current from a current source, the current source sourcing the tail current responsive to a bias voltage, wherein each transistor in the differential pair couples to a power source through a corresponding switching-capacitor circuit; and a bias circuit configured to generate the bias voltage such that a transconductance for each transistor in the differential pairs is proportional to a factor that is a function of a ratio of transistor widths within the bias circuit.
US08810319B1
One embodiment relates an equalizer which includes a first amplifier stage and a second amplifier stage. The first amplifier stage is configured to apply a first gain at a characteristic frequency while attenuating frequencies in a low frequency range. The second amplifier stage is configured to apply a second gain at the frequencies in the low frequency range. The first amplifier stage may be configured before the second amplifier stage, or vice versa. Another embodiment relates to a method of linear equalization. Another embodiment relates to an amplifier which may be used for linear equalization. Other embodiments, aspects, and features are also disclosed.
US08810312B2
An apparatus and an operating method of an asymmetric Doherty power amplifier. A Doherty power amplifier apparatus includes a power divider configured to provide a power signal to a carrier amplifier and a peaking amplifier. The apparatus also includes the carrier amplifier configured to amplify a power of the signal input from the power divider. The apparatus further includes the peaking amplifier configured to have a maximum output power magnitude different from the carrier amplifier and amplify the power of the signal input from the power divider. The apparatus still further includes at least two offset transmission lines disposed at ends of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier and configured to regulate a load impedance. The apparatus also includes an output combiner configured to combine and output outputs of the carrier amplifier and the peaking amplifier of different sizes.
US08810309B2
A stack package having a plurality of stacked chips includes first voltage dropping units respectively formed in the plurality of chips, the first voltage dropping units are electrically coupled by a first line; second voltage dropping units respectively formed in the plurality of chips, the second dropping units are electrically coupled by a second line; first signal generation units respectively formed in the plurality of chips, each of the first signal generation units is connected to an output node of the first voltage dropping units, respectively; and second signal generation units respectively formed in the plurality of chips, each of the second signal generation units is connected to an input node of the second voltage dropping units, respectively.
US08810307B2
An apparatus to control a tuneable Gm-C filter, including and a filter that can be reconfigured as a free running oscillator by toggling the feedback sign of an output amplifier (304), a digital controller (42), sensitive to the output of the filter in the calibration configuration, and a DAC (44) to provide an analogue control signal (48) to the gm inputs of the transconductance amplifiers (310, 320) composing the filter.
US08810305B2
There is provided a semiconductor device including a first logic circuit to operate based on a first power supply and a second power supply, and a second logic circuit to operate based on the first power supply and a third power supply boosted from the second power supply. The second logic circuit includes a holding section to hold a value generated according to a first signal and a second signal operating asynchronously with respect to each other.
US08810299B2
Control circuitry and adjustable clock signal generation circuitry is provided to control the signal transmission rate for electronic devices and systems of electronic devices. The control circuitry may receive status signals indicating current clock rates of a signal transmitting and receiving circuit as well as current processing capacity from the signal receiving circuit. The control circuitry may then generate control signals which control adjustable clock signal generation circuitry. The adjustable clock signal generation circuitry may be used to adjust the rate of generated clock signals for the signal transmitting and receiving circuits which can increase or decrease the signal transmission rate between those circuits.
US08810296B2
A D flip-flop includes a first switch, a level shifter, and a second switch therein. The first switch includes a first input and a first output. The level shifter includes a second input coupled to the first input, and a second output. The second switch includes a third input coupled to the second output, and a third output. The first input and the third output form an input and an output of the D flip-flop.
US08810295B2
A latch circuit may include a first inverting unit configured to drive a second node in response to a level of a first node, a second inverting unit configured to drive the first node in response to a level of the second node, an initialization unit configured to drive the first node at a first level in response to activation of an initialization signal, and a power breaker configured to break a supply of power of a second level to the second inverting unit when the initialization signal is activated.
US08810293B2
A gate driver includes a control input receiving a control signal, an output to provide an amplified output signal to the gate, and controller. The controller produces an adaptive pulse train varying with the control signal. An adaptive incrementer produces a sequence of numbers that set a slew rate of the switch, and a look-up table is fed with the sequence of numbers, and associates the numbers produced by the adaptive incrementer with values representing the duty cycle of the output signal to control the slew rate of the switch. The switch can be driven at various intermediate levels, and allows gate drive conditions to adapted to abnormal system states by varying the control input signal. The adaptive response allows the slew rate to vary without replacing any gate driver circuit components. Because the gate current is provided adaptively, the delivery of gate current results in low power dissipation.
US08810291B2
The PLL includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a frequency down conversion circuit, a phase-frequency detector (PFD), and an adjusting circuit. The VCO is configured to generate an output clock signal. The frequency down conversion circuit is configured to receive the output clock signal and an auxiliary clock signal, and to mix the output clock signal and the auxiliary clock signal to generate a feedback clock signal. By detecting the strength of the feedback clock signal, it provides an auxiliary signal to adjust the frequency of the output clock signal. The PFD is configured to compare the frequencies and the phases of the feedback clock signal and a reference clock signal to generate an adjusting signal. The adjusting circuit is configured to receive the adjusting signal, and to adjust the frequency of the output clock signal generated by the VCO according to the adjusting signal.
US08810280B2
Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with spare gates are described. In one embodiment, a spare gate in an integrated circuit has a disconnected discharge path to minimize or eliminate current leakage.
US08810272B2
An electronic device includes an electronic component and a protection circuit configured to protect the component from overvoltages. A control circuit is configured to inhibit a part of the protection circuit in the presence of a test voltage across terminals of the component.
US08810269B2
An integrated circuit (IC) comprises routing circuitry including a plurality of signal line segments in routing layers of the IC, and a plurality of micro-bump contacts coupled to the routing circuitry. The IC includes a plurality of test circuits coupled to respective subsets of the plurality of signal line segments. Each test circuit is configured to connect micro-bump contacts in the respective subset to form first and second sets of daisy chains. Each test circuit is configured to test the first and second sets of daisy chains for open circuits and test for short circuits between the first and second sets of daisy chains. Each test circuit is configured to determine the locations of detected open circuits and determine the locations of detected short circuits.
US08810267B2
An integrated circuit includes a device identification circuit and a temperature sensor diode connected in parallel from a common node. The device identification circuit includes a resistor connected to a diode-connected transistor. The device identification circuit and the temperature sensor diode are adapted to not be simultaneously operating in an ON state. A first voltage is applied to the common node to place the device identification circuit in an ON state and place the temperature sensor diode in an OFF state to identify the integrated circuit. A second voltage is applied to the common node to place the device identification circuit in an OFF state and place the temperature sensor diode in an ON state to determine a temperature of the integrated circuit.
US08810263B1
Apparatuses and methods of adaptive resolution circuits are described. One apparatus includes an input node coupled to a capacitance sense pin coupled to an electrode of a sense array and a capacitance-sensing circuit coupled to the input node and comprising an integrator configured to measure a capacitance with a first resolution. An adaptive resolution circuit is coupled to the capacitance-sensing circuit and the input node and is configured to selectively modify an integration capacitance of the integrator to set the integrator to measure the capacitance with a second resolution.
US08810255B2
An in-situ system for detecting damage in an electrically conductive wire. The system includes a substrate at least partially covered by a layer of electrically conductive material forming a continuous or non-continuous electrically conductive layer connected to an electrical signal generator adapted to delivering electrical signals to the electrically conductive layer. Data is received and processed to identify damage to the substrate or electrically conductive layer. The electrically conductive material may include metalized carbon fibers, a thin metal coating, a conductive polymer, carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles or a combination thereof.
US08810243B2
A method is disclosed for imaging a portion of an examination object in a magnetic resonance scanner. The portion is arranged at the edge of a field of view of the magnetic resonance scanner. During at least one embodiment of the method, a gradient field is produced such that a nonlinearity in the gradient field and a B0-field inhomogeneity cancel at a predetermined point at the edge of the field of view. Magnetic resonance data, which contains the predetermined point at the edge of the field of view, is acquired with the aid of the gradient field. An image of the portion of the examination object at the predetermined point is determined from the magnetic resonance data.
US08810242B2
An MRI MAP prescan data from a predetermined imaged patient volume is decomposed to produce a transmit RF field inhomogeneity map and a receive RF field inhomogeneity map for the imaged patient volume based on a three-dimensional geometrical model of the inhomogeneity maps. At least one of the transmit RF field inhomogeneity map and the receive RF field inhomogeneity map is used to generate intensity-corrected target MRI diagnostic scan image data representing the imaged patient volume.
US08810235B2
A current sensor for outputting a detection signal corresponding to a current flowing through a bus bar. The current sensor includes a magnetic core that concentrates and amplifies magnetic flux generated by the current near a detection portion of the bus bar. A magnetic detection element detects the magnetic flux concentrated by the magnetic core and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the detected magnetic flux. A signal processing circuit includes electronic components and processes the electrical signal output from the magnetic detection element to generate the detection signal. A lead frame holds the magnetic detection element and the electronic components. The magnetic detection element, electronic components, and lead frame are combined to form a single sensor module. The current sensor detects the current flowing through the bus bar with the sensor module and outputs the detection signal.
US08810217B2
A power converter system disclosed herein includes first and second voltage converting modules, for converting input current to output voltage, and a current share controller configured to establish a master-slave relationship between the first and second voltage converting modules. As a result, one of the first and second voltage converting modules acts as a master module, and the other acts as a slave module. The first and second voltage converting modules are arranged to operate in a current share configuration so as to share a load of the power converter system. The master module determines its output current and sends a signal indicative of its output current to the slave module via at least one signaling line connecting the master and modules to the current share controller. The slave module adjusts its output current in dependence on the signal from the master module.
US08810215B2
A power supply is described, which comprises a first stage DC-to-DC voltage conversion block and a second stage voltage conversion block having a feedback circuit to regulate the output voltage (Vout) thereof so as to reduce changes in the output voltage as the output current (Iout) drawn by a load changes. The power supply also includes a capacitor connected between the first and second stage voltage conversion blocks to supply current to the second stage voltage conversion block when the input voltage (Vint) to the second stage voltage conversion block changes due to changes in output current (Iout) of the second stage voltage conversion block. The first stage voltage conversion block comprises a feedback circuit to regulate the output voltage of the first stage voltage conversion block.
US08810214B2
A power supply circuit and a method for operating a power supply circuit involves selecting a normal operational mode or a pass-through operational mode for a switched mode power supply, in the normal operational mode, converting an input voltage of a power supply circuit to an intermediate voltage using a switching regulator of the switched mode power supply, in the pass-through operational mode, disabling the switching regulator such that the input voltage of the power supply circuit is unchanged by the switching regulator and an electric current consumption of the switching regulator approaches zero, and converting the intermediate voltage or the input voltage of the power supply circuit to an output voltage using a linear voltage regulator.
US08810206B2
A charger (200) electrically charges a main battery via (10) an electric power conversion path extending through an isolation transformer (260) and providing electrical isolation between an external power supply (400) and the main battery (10) when first and second relays (RL1, RL2) are turned off and a relay (RL3) is turned on. In contrast, the charger (200) electrically charges the main battery (10) via an electric power conversion path bypassing the isolation transformer (260) and providing electrical connection between the external power supply (400) and the main battery (10) when the first and second relays (RL1, RL2) are turned on and the third relay (RL3) is turned off. The charger (200) can thus selectively apply employing the isolation transformer (260) to ensure electrical isolation in externally electrically charging the battery, and bypassing the isolation transformer (260) to give priority to high efficiency in externally electrically charging the battery, as the relays (RL1-RL3) are turned on/off as controlled.
US08810188B2
Provided is a method of indirect position estimation in three-phase switched reluctance machines. The method may comprise providing a three-phase switched reluctance machine. A three-phase switched reluctance machine may comprise a rotor and three phases. The method may further comprise producing data about the machine, setting threshold current values for at least a first phase; and sensing rotor position. Sensing rotor position may comprise applying a sensing pulse voltage sufficient to induce a pulse current having some maximum amperage in the first phase, determining the amplitude of the maximum amperage of said pulse current with respect to the thresholds for the first phase, and determining the sector of the rotor based upon the amplitude of the maximum amperage of the pulse current in the first phase.
US08810177B2
A vehicle includes a polyphase, permanent magnet synchronous electric machine, DC and AC buses, a battery module, a traction power inverter module (TPIM), and a controller. The controller, which is in communication with the TPIM, executes a method to detect a fault condition, fixes the pulse width modulation (PWM) duty cycles of all phases of the electric machine to 50% such that all phases switch simultaneously, and applies a polyphase OPEN state to the AC bus in response to the detected fault condition. The controller then transitions to a polyphase SHORT state by automatically inserting an adjustable deadtime at each PWM switching transition of the TPIM over a calculated ramp duration, thereby transitioning from an initial deadtime to a minimum deadtime over the calculated ramp duration. The transition reduces peak overshoot of the negative d-axis current of the machine during the fault condition.
US08810164B2
In a vehicle door, an opening/closing control device is provided. In the device, a controller is connected to an input current path connected to a vehicle battery. By a switching relay circuit, electricity is supplied from the vehicle battery to a closing motor or a release motor selectively. Between the switching relay circuit and the closing motor, a closing relay circuit is provided. If electricity is supplied to the closing motor, the closing relay circuit will be switched to ON where electricity is supplied to the closing motor or OFF where electricity is not supplied to the closing motor.
US08810160B2
A switched mode power converter is disclosed, together with a method for operating the same. The power converter is adapted to be operable in the boundary conduction mode, and operation is interruptible in the absence of any load requirement.
US08810155B2
An illumination light communication device includes a power supply unit controlling a load current in a light source unit to be maintained constant based on a dimming signal; an impedance unit series connected to the light source unit; a switch element parallel connected to the impedance unit to connect/disconnect the impedance unit with the light source unit; and a control unit controlling on/off of the switch element to modulate a light intensity of the light source unit such that a binary communication signal is superimposed on illumination light therefrom. The control unit controls the impedance of the impedance unit such that a difference between magnitudes of the load currents respectively when the pulse of the communication signal is superimposed and is not superimposed is maintained constant regardless of a dimming rate of the dimming signal in a range of a dimming rate equal to or greater than a predetermined level.
US08810147B2
A method of driving one or more than one light-emitting diodes with a pulsed current comprising: switching a first current flowing from a direct current (DC) voltage to an inductance apparatus comprising an inductor or a flyback transformer for charging the inductance apparatus; switching the pulsed current flowing from the light-emitting diodes to the inductance apparatus for transferring energy stored in the inductance apparatus to the light-emitting diodes; switching a second current flowing from the inductance apparatus to the direct current (DC) voltage for transferring energy stored in the inductance apparatus to the direct current (DC) voltage; wherein switching the first current, switching the pulsed current, and switching the second current are controlled to regulate the pulsed current supplied to the light-emitting diodes.
US08810141B2
An LED illumination system comprises a light control apparatus, and an LED illumination instrument including first and second LEDs. The light control apparatus includes: a first control unit determining a total amount of average currents to be supplied to the first and the second LEDs at every predetermined cycle depending on an operation amount of a first operation unit; a second control unit determining a ratio between the average currents to be supplied to the first and second LEDs respectively at the every predetermined cycle depending on an operation amount of a second operation unit; and a supply unit generating currents having the total amount of the average currents and the ratio between the average currents determined by the first and second control units at the every predetermined cycle by using a DC power source and supplying the currents to the LED illumination instrument.
US08810138B2
An illumination system correlates solar time to a clock and controls lighting or illumination based on time. The illumination system may turn ON light source(s) at a first level at a turn ON time, correlated to be around or at dusk, and turn OFF light source(s) at a turn OFF time, correlated to be around or at dawn. The illumination system may reduce a level of light output, and hence power consumption, at a time after turning ON a light source, and increases the level of light output at a time prior to turning OFF the light source. Turn ON, turn OFF, decrease and increase times may be determined based on recent levels of light or illumination in the environment, for example via average or median levels over a number of previous daily cycles. Filtering may eliminate aberrant events.
US08810135B2
An LED drive circuit is an LED dive circuit that receives an alternating voltage to drive an LED, and includes a current remove portion that removes a current from a current supply line that supplies an LED drive current to the LED. If an input current to the LED drive circuit is an unnecessary current, the LED does not light because of current removal by the current remove portion. If the input current to the LED drive circuit turns into the LED drive current from the unnecessary current, the current remove portion decreases the amount of current removed.
US08810118B2
A spark plug includes a tubular insulator, a center electrode, a tubular metal shell, a ground electrode, and a pillar body tip. The tubular insulator has an axial hole penetrating in the direction of an axis. The pillar body tip includes one end face that is welded to the ground electrode and another end face that forms a gap with a front end portion of the center electrode. The ground electrode includes a part where the tip is to be welded. The surface forms a clearance with a part including a constituent material of the tip. The ground electrode includes a surface where a plating layer is disposed. The plating layer covers a surface excluding a formation part of the clearance. The clearance has a size A that is equal to or more than 0.01 mm and equal to or less than 0.5 mm.
US08810116B2
A buried portion (32B) buried from a junction target surface of a ground electrode (27) is provided in a noble metal tip (32). In a section, perpendicular to a central axis CL2 of the ground electrode (27), a large width portion (32W) is formed in the buried portion (32B), and a region between the junction target surface and a largest width region of the large width portion (32W) is formed into a shape which gradually increases in width, or into a shape having a region of the relevant shape and a constant width region. A region from the large width portion (32W) to a point of intersection P1, P2 is covered with a base material of the ground electrode (27) and a melt portion (35), and a thickness t1 (mm) of the noble metal tip (32) and a buried amount t2 (mm) satisfy 0.25≦t2/t1.
US08810110B2
A micro-mechanical component including a support element and a cantilever with integrated electrical functional element to which at least two electrical supply lines implemented as printed conductors on the cantilever are routed. The invention proposes to arrange at least one each of the supply lines on the two opposite flat surfaces of the cantilever and/or the support element. The functional element is supplied by the first supply line on a first flat surface, with the second supply line on the opposite flat surface serving as return line.
US08810106B2
The invention relates to a resonator of the high bulk acoustic resonator HBAR type, for operating at a pre-determined working frequency, comprising: a piezoelectric transducer (6), an acoustic substrate (10), a counter-electrode (8) formed by a metal layer adhering to a first face of the transducer (6) and a face of the acoustic substrate (10), and an electrode (4) arranged on a second face of the transducer (6) facing away from the first face of the transducer (6) and the substrate (10). Said resonator is characterized in that the relative arrangement of the transducer (6) and the substrate (10) is such that the polarization direction P of the shearing mode of the transducer (6) and the direction of polarization P of the at least one shearing mode of the substrate (10) corresponding to the second cutting angle θ2 are aligned, and the second cutting angle θ2 of the substrate (10) is such that the temperature coefficient of the frequency of the corresponding first order CTFB1 is a local extremum with an absolute value of less than 20 ppm·K−1, and the variation of CTFB1 from said value of Θ2 is slight with an absolute value of less than 2 ppm·K−1/degree.
US08810097B2
A magnetic gear arrangement is provided having a first gear member that generates a first magnetic field and a second gear member that generates a second magnetic field. A plurality of interpoles are disposed between the two gear members for coupling the first and second magnetic fields to control a gear ratio between the gear members. At least one interpole has wiring associated with it that can be activated to alter the magnetic flux at the interpole, so as to vary the coupling between the first and second magnetic fields. The wiring is electrically connected to an electronic filter, which modifies the current passing through the wiring, so as to modify the influence of the wiring on the magnetic flux at the interpole.
US08810095B2
A dynamic pressure bearing is defined in a first gap between a shaft portion and a sleeve portion. An upper seal portion extending upward and a lower seal portion extending downward are arranged radially outward of the dynamic pressure bearing. Each of the upper seal portion and the lower seal portion includes a surface including a lubricating oil located therein. The upper seal portion and the lower seal portion are arranged in communication with each other through a communicating hole defined in the sleeve portion. The communicating hole and a space ranging from the upper seal portion to the lower seal portion through the first gap are filled with the lubricating oil. The axial distance between the surfaces of the lubricating oil in the upper seal portion and the lower seal portion is arranged to be shorter than the axial distance between an upper end and a lower end of the dynamic pressure bearing.
US08810094B2
Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor. The motor includes a stator and a vibrator. The stator includes a magnet. The vibrator includes a coil facing the magnet. A weight is coupled to the coil. A PCB is connected to the coil and the stator. An elastic member is coupled to stator and the coil. A damper is provided on the weight at a position facing the elastic member. The damper may be provided between the elastic member and the weight or between the elastic member and the inner surface of a casing. The damper can mitigate metallic high frequency noise attributable to friction between the elastic member and the weight or between the elastic member and the casing. Furthermore, the spatial utilization is increased, thereby enhancing the degree of freedom in designing the linear vibration motor.
US08810093B2
An actuating device for a heating element valve has a drive motor with a motor shaft, an actuator, and a rotation-linear conversion drive. The conversion drive is coupled on the drive side to the motor shaft and on the output side to the actuator and converts a rotational movement of the motor shaft into a linear movement of the actuator. The rotation-linear conversion drive further has a cam disc on the output side which is provided on its outer circumferential periphery with a plurality of step segments each having a substantially constant distance from the axis of the cam disc. The step segments are connected via connecting segments with a variable axle spacing.
US08810083B2
The invention relates to an electromagnetic drive (11), which is connected or can be connected to an open-loop control device or closed-loop control device (54) and together with the latter can form an electromagnetic drive installation. The electromagnetic drive (11) contains a hollow-cylindrical drive coil (12), in which an armature (14) can be driven in each case from one to the other of two end stations (26, 28) or back by an electromagnetic pulse of the drive coil (12). Holding means (40, 42), preferably permanent magnets, hold the armature (14) in the end station respectively reached until the electromagnetic pulse is generated once again.
US08810080B2
Disclosed is a battery module including a base plate on which unit modules, each with two or more secondary batteries therein, are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of end plates disposed in tight contact with outer surfaces of outermost unit modules while bottoms of the end plates are fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars connected between opposite sides of upper or side parts of the end plates so as to support the end plates, wherein each of the end plates includes a main body contacting a corresponding one of the unit modules, and a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls protruding outward from the perimeter of the main body, the thickness of each of the side walls being increased from the top to the bottom wall, thereby dispersing pressure (bending load) from the unit modules and the supporting bars.
US08810079B2
Provided are battery packs capable of preventing electrical shorts due to incorrect arrangement of polarities of the battery packs during assembly of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) having the battery packs and a UPS having the battery packs. The battery pack includes: a casing housing a plurality of cells; first and second terminals arranged to protrude outwardly from a first surface of the casing and having opposite polarities; a first attachment unit formed on a second surface of the casing; and a second attachment unit formed on a third surface of the casing, disposed opposite the second surface of the casing, wherein the first attachment unit and the second attachment unit are not symmetrical to each other.
US08810073B2
This document discusses, among other things, a method for a portable electronic device comprising measuring a temperature of the portable electronic device and switching a power path for the portable electronic device from an external power source to an internal power pack, such as a battery, based on the temperature of the portable electronic device.
US08810068B2
A solar panel array for use in a solar cell power system is provided. The solar panel array includes a string of solar panels and multiple voltage converters. Each voltage converter is coupled to a corresponding solar panel in the string of solar panels. The solar panel array also includes multiple maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controllers. Each MPPT controller is coupled to a corresponding solar panel in the string of solar panels. Each MPPT controller is configured to sense an instantaneous power unbalance between the corresponding solar panel and an inverter.
US08810064B2
A sequence control circuit for power sources includes two switched circuits and a sequence control unit. Each of the switched circuits has a control node and is coupled between a power source and a load. The sequence control unit includes two output terminals coupled to the control nodes. The output terminals generate control signals to control the sequence of the circuits being turned on.
US08810057B2
A system for generating electrical power from wind energy includes a wind turbine; a generator configured to generate electrical energy in response to the rotation of the wind turbine; an inertial storage device configured to receive electrical energy from the generator and to store it as kinetic energy; and a continuously-variable transmission configured to be selectively coupled between the wind turbine and the generator, and between the wind turbine and the inertial storage device.
US08810043B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a main surface where an outside connection terminal pad is provided. The semiconductor element is connected to a conductive layer on a supporting board via a plurality of convex-shaped outside connection terminals provided on the outside connection terminal pad and a connection member; and the connection member commonly covers the convex-shaped outside connection terminals.
US08810031B2
An electronic device having a stacked structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first electronic layer, a second electronic layer disposed on the first electronic layer, and at least a post. The first electronic layer has a first interface, and including a first substrate and a first device layer disposed on the first substrate. The first interface is located between the first substrate and the first device layer, and the first device layer has a surface opposite to the first interface. The post is arranged in the first device layer, and extending from the first interface to the surface of the first device layer.
US08810030B2
A MEMS device (20) with stress isolation includes elements (28, 30, 32) formed in a first structural layer (24) and elements (68, 70) formed in a second structural layer (26), with the layer (26) being spaced apart from the first structural layer (24). Fabrication methodology (80) entails forming (92, 94, 104) junctions (72, 74) between the layers (24, 26). The junctions (72, 74) connect corresponding elements (30, 32) of the first layer (24) with elements (68, 70) of the second layer (26). The fabrication methodology (80) further entails releasing the structural layers (24, 26) from an underlying substrate (22) so that all of the elements (30, 32, 68, 70) are suspended above the substrate (22) of the MEMS device (20), wherein attachment of the elements (30, 32, 68, 70) with the substrate (22) occurs only at a central area (46) of the substrate (22).
US08810029B2
A flip chip interconnect has a tapering interconnect structure, and the area of contact of the interconnect structure with the site on the substrate metallization is less than the area of contact of the interconnect structure with the die pad. Also, a bond-on-lead or bond-on-narrow pad or bond on a small area of a contact pad interconnection includes such tapering flip chip interconnects. Also, methods for making the interconnect structure include providing a die having interconnect pads, providing a substrate having interconnect sites on a patterned conductive layer, providing a bump on a die pad, providing a fusible electrically conductive material either at the interconnect site or on the bump, mating the bump to the interconnect site, and heating to melt the fusible material.
US08810023B2
A packaged sensor MEMS (100) has a semiconductor chip (101) with a protected cavity (102) including a sensor (105), the cavity surrounded by solder bumps (130) attached to the chip terminals; further a leadframe with elongated and radially positioned leads (131), the central lead ends (131a) attached to the bumps. Insulating material (120) encapsulates chip and central lead ends, leaving the chip surface (101a) opposite the cavity and the peripheral lead ends (131b) un-encapsulated. The un-encapsulated peripheral lead ends are bent into cantilevers for attachment to a horizontal substrate (160), the cantilevers having a geometry to accommodate, under a force lying in the plane of the substrate, elastic bending and stretching beyond the limit of simple elongation based upon inherent material characteristics, especially when supported by lead portions with curved, toroidal, or multiple-bendings geometries.
US08810015B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a leadframe with a tiebar and an outer lead having an outer lead outer pad; forming an inner lead on a peel strip; attaching the leadframe to the peel strip around the inner lead; wire bonding a die to the outer lead and the inner lead; encapsulating the die and portions of the outer lead and the inner lead; removing the peel strip to expose a bottom surface of the inner lead; and removing the leadframe to have the outer lead outer pad of the outer lead coplanar with the bottom surface of the inner lead.
US08810012B2
A chip package includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a device region disposed in or on the substrate; a conducting pad disposed in the substrate or on the first surface, wherein the conducting pad is electrically connected to the device region; a hole extending from the second surface towards the first surface of the substrate; a wiring layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate and extending towards the first surface of the substrate along a sidewall of the hole to make electrical contact with the conducting pad, wherein a thickness of a first portion of the wiring layer located directly on the conducting pad is smaller than a thickness of the second portion of the wiring layer located directly on the sidewall of the hole; and an insulating layer disposed between the substrate and the wiring layer.
US08810009B2
A composition comprises a semiconductor substrate having a crystallographic plane oriented parallel to a surface of the substrate and at least one planar semiconductor nanowire epitaxially disposed on the substrate, where the nanowire is aligned along a crystallographic direction of the substrate parallel to the crystallographic plane. To fabricate a planar semiconductor nanowire, at least one nanoparticle is provided on a semiconductor substrate having a crystallographic plane oriented parallel to a surface of the substrate. The semiconductor substrate is heated within a first temperature window in a processing unit. Semiconductor precursors are added to the processing unit, and a planar semiconductor nanowire is grown from the nanoparticle on the substrate within a second temperature window. The planar semiconductor nanowire grows in a crystallographic direction of the substrate parallel to the crystallographic plane.
US08810008B2
A semiconductor element-embedded substrate includes a semiconductor element; a chip component; a peripheral insulating layer covering at least the outer circumferential side surfaces thereof; an upper surface-side wiring line provided on the upper surface side of the substrate; and a lower surface-side wiring line provided on the lower surface side of the substrate. The built-in semiconductor element includes a terminal on the upper surface side thereof, and this terminal is electrically connected to the upper surface-side wiring line. The built-in chip component includes an upper surface-side terminal electrically connected to the upper surface-side wiring line; a lower surface-side terminal electrically connected to the lower surface-side wiring line; and a through-chip via penetrating through the chip component to connect the upper surface-side terminal and the lower surface-side terminal.
US08810003B2
Provided are semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same. The device may include lower interconnection lines, upper interconnection lines crossing the lower interconnection lines, selection elements disposed at intersections, respectively, of the lower and upper interconnection lines, and memory elements interposed between the selection elements and the upper interconnection lines, respectively. Each of the selection elements may be realized using a semiconductor pattern having a first sidewall, in which a first lower width is smaller than a first upper width, and a second sidewall, in which a second lower width is greater than a second upper width, the first and second sidewalls crossing each other.
US08809999B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a lower electrode formed on a substrate, a first dielectric layer formed of a metal nitride layer, a metal oxynitride layer, or a combination thereof, on the lower electrode, a second dielectric layer formed on the first dielectric layer that includes a zirconium oxide layer, and an upper electrode formed on the second dielectric layer.
US08809998B2
An Integrated Circuit (IC) and a method of making the same. In one embodiment, the IC includes: a substrate; a first set of trenches formed in a first surface of the substrate; a second set of trenches formed in a second surface of the substrate; and at least one through silicon via connecting the first set of trenches and the second set of trenches.
US08809994B2
Two trenches having different widths are formed in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. An oxygen-impermeable layer and a fill material layer are formed in the trenches. The fill material layer and the oxygen-impermeable layer are removed from within a first trench. A thermal oxidation is performed to convert semiconductor materials underneath sidewalls of the first trench into an upper thermal oxide portion and a lower thermal oxide portion, while the remaining oxygen-impermeable layer on sidewalls of a second trench prevents oxidation of the semiconductor materials. After formation of a node dielectric on sidewalls of the second trench, a conductive material is deposited to fill the trenches, thereby forming a conductive trench fill portion and an inner electrode, respectively. The upper and lower thermal oxide portions function as components of dielectric material portions that electrically isolate two device regions.
US08809968B2
This invention relates to a semiconductor layer structure. The semiconductor layer structure described includes a substrate and a buffer layer deposited onto the substrate. The semiconductor layer structure is characterized in that a drain voltage threshold lower than the breakdown voltage threshold is determined by isolating ions that are selectively implanted in just one region of the substrate into the substrate, wherein charge can dissipate from the one contact through the buffer layer towards a substrate region without isolating ions, if the one potential deviates from the other at least by the drain voltage threshold, and wherein the substrate region without isolating ions is located underneath the one contact. The semiconductor layer structure described allows dissipation of currents induced by induction in blocking active structures without damaging the active structures.
US08809965B2
A semiconductor device includes a first MIS transistor and a second MIS transistor. The first MIS transistor includes first offset sidewalls formed on side surfaces in a gate width direction of a first gate electrode, second offset sidewalls formed on side surfaces in a gate length direction and the side surfaces of the gate width direction of the first gate electrode with the first offset sidewalls being interposed between the second offset sidewalls and the first gate electrode, and first extension regions. The second MIS transistor includes third offset sidewalls formed on side surfaces in a gate length direction and a gate width direction of a second gate electrode, fourth offset sidewalls formed on the side surfaces in the gate length and width directions of the second gate electrode with the third offset sidewalls being interposed between the fourth offset sidewalls and the second gate electrode, and second extension regions.
US08809963B2
A static random access memory (SRAM) cell includes a straight fin and a bended fin physically disconnected from the straight fin. The bended fin has a first portion and a second portion parallel to the straight fin. The distance between the first portion of the bended fin and the straight fin is smaller than the distance between the second portion of the bended fin and the straight fin. The SRAM cell includes a pull-down transistor including a portion of a first gate strip, which forms a first and a second sub pull-down transistor with the straight fin and the first portion of the bended fin, respectively. The SRAM cell further includes a pass-gate transistor including a portion of a second gate strip, which forms a first sub pass-gate transistor with the straight fin. The pull-down transistor includes more fins than the pass-gate transistor.
US08809961B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit structure includes several diffusion regions and a MOS transistor. The circuit structure includes a first diffusion region of a first type (e.g., P-type or N-type) formed in a first well of the first type, a second diffusion region of the first type formed in the first well of the first type, and a first diffusion region of a second type (e.g., N-type or P-type) formed in a first well of the second type. The first well of the second type is formed in the first well of the first type. The MOS transistor is of the second type and includes a drain formed by a second diffusion region of the second type formed in a second well of the second type bordering the first well of the first type.
US08809959B2
The performances of a semiconductor device are improved. The device includes a first MISFET in which hafnium is added to the gate electrode side of a first gate insulation film including silicon oxynitride, and a second MISFET in which hafnium is added to the gate electrode side of a second gate insulation film including silicon oxynitride. The hafnium concentration in the second gate insulation film of the second MISFET is set smaller than the hafnium concentration in the first gate insulation film of the first MISFET; and the nitrogen concentration in the second gate insulation film of the second MISFET is set smaller than the nitrogen concentration in the first gate insulation film of the first MISFET. As a result, the threshold voltage of the second MISFET is adjusted to be smaller than the threshold voltage of the first MISFET.
US08809953B2
A field effect transistor (FET) structure on a semiconductor substrate which includes a gate structure having a spacer on a semiconductor substrate; an extension implant underneath the gate structure; a recessed source and a recessed drain filled with a doped epitaxial material; halo implanted regions adjacent a bottom of the recessed source and drain and being underneath the gate stack. In an exemplary embodiment, there is implanted junction butting underneath the bottom of each of the recessed source and drain, the junction butting being separate and distinct from the halo implanted regions. In another exemplary embodiment, the doped epitaxial material is graded from a lower dopant concentration at a side of the recessed source and drain to a higher dopant concentration at a center of the recessed source and drain. In a further exemplary embodiment, the semiconductor substrate is a semiconductor on insulator substrate.
US08809951B2
Chip packages having power management integrated circuits are described. Power management integrated circuits can be combined with on-chip passive devices, and can provide voltage regulation, voltage conversion, dynamic voltage scaling, and battery management or charging. The on-chip passive devices can include inductors, capacitors, or resistors. Power management using a built-in voltage regulator or converter can provide for immediate adjustment of the voltage range to that which is needed. This improvement allows for easier control of electrical devices of different working voltages and decreases response time of electrical devices. Related fabrication techniques are described.
US08809947B1
In an exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating integrated circuits includes providing a semiconductor substrate. The method etches the semiconductor substrate to form a non-planar transistor structure having sidewalls. On a standard (100) <110> substrate the fin sidewalls have (110) surface plane if the fins are aligned or perpendicular with the <110> wafer notch. The method includes depositing a sacrificial liner along the sidewalls of the non-planar transistor structure. Further, a confining material is deposited overlying the semiconductor substrate and adjacent the sacrificial liner. The method includes removing at least a portion of the sacrificial liner and forming a void between the sidewalls of the non-planar transistor structure and the confining material. A cladding layer is epitaxially grown in the void. Since the sidewall growth is limited by the confining material, a cladding layer of uniform thickness is enabled on fins with (110) sidewall and (100) top surface.
US08809942B2
According to an embodiment, a trench structure and a second semiconductor layer are provided in a semiconductor device. In the trench structure, a trench is provided in a surface of a device termination portion with a first semiconductor layer of a first conductive type including a device portion and the device termination portion, and an insulator is buried in the trench in such a manner to cover the trench. The second semiconductor layer, which is of a second conductive type, is provided on the surface of the first semiconductor layer, is in contact with at least a side on the device portion of the trench, and has a smaller depth than the trench. The insulator and a top passivation film for the semiconductor device are made of the same material.
US08809935B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming an underlayer film that contains atoms selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron and alkaline earth metal; and forming a silicon oxide film on the underlayer film by a CVD method or an ALD method by use of a silicon source containing at least one of an ethoxy group, a halogen group, an alkyl group and an amino group, or a silicon source of a siloxane system.
US08809928B2
An oxide semiconductor is used for a semiconductor layer of a transistor included in a semiconductor device, whereby leakage current between a source and a drain can be reduced, so that reduction in power consumption of a semiconductor device and a memory device including the semiconductor device and an improvement in characteristics of retaining stored data (electric charge) in the semiconductor device and the memory device can be achieved. Further, a drain electrode of the transistor, the semiconductor layer, and a first electrode which overlaps with the drain electrode form a capacitor, and a gate electrode is led to an overlying layer at a position which overlaps with the capacitor. Thus, the semiconductor device and the memory device including the semiconductor device can be miniaturized.
US08809927B2
A highly integrated DRAM is provided. A circuit for driving a memory cell array is formed over a substrate, a bit line is formed thereover, and a semiconductor region, word lines, and a capacitor are formed over the bit line. Since the bit line is located below the semiconductor region, and the word lines and the capacitor are located above the semiconductor region, the degree of freedom of the arrangement of the bit line is high. When an open-bit-line DRAM is formed, an area per memory cell less than or equal to 6F2, or when a special structure is employed for a cell transistor, an area per memory cell less than or equal to 4F2 can be achieved.
US08809926B2
A semiconductor memory device may include a common source region on a substrate, an active pattern between the substrate and the common source region, a gate pattern facing a sidewall of the active pattern, a gate dielectric pattern between the gate pattern and the active pattern, a variable resistance pattern between the common source region and the active pattern, and an interconnection line.
US08809924B2
According to an aspect of the invention, an imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a read-out portion. The photoelectric conversion elements are arranged above a substrate. The read-out portion reads out signal corresponding to charges which are generated from each of the photoelectric conversion elements. Each of the photoelectric conversion elements includes a first electrode that collects the charge, a second electrode that is disposed opposite to the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer that generates the charges and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron blocking layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer. Distance between the first electrodes of adjacent photoelectric conversion elements is 250 nm or smaller. Each of the electron blocking layers has a change in surface potential of −1 to 3 eV from a first face to a second face.
US08809917B2
Under one aspect, a covered nanotube switch includes: (a) a nanotube element including an unaligned plurality of nanotubes, the nanotube element having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces; (b) first and second terminals in contact with the nanotube element, wherein the first terminal is disposed on and substantially covers the entire top surface of the nanotube element, and wherein the second terminal contacts at least a portion of the bottom surface of the nanotube element; and (c) control circuitry capable of applying electrical stimulus to the first and second terminals. The nanotube element can switch between a plurality of electronic states in response to a corresponding plurality of electrical stimuli applied by the control circuitry to the first and second terminals. For each different electronic state, the nanotube element provides an electrical pathway of different resistance between the first and second terminals.
US08809916B2
A pH sensor may include a reference electrode including a p-channel field effect transistor (FET) whose gate includes a diamond surface having a hydrogen ion insensitive terminal, and a working electrode.
US08809914B2
A method for manufacturing a solid-state image sensor having a pixel region, a peripheral circuit region, and an intermediate region interposed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit region, includes forming a high melting point metal compound in active regions of the peripheral circuit region and the intermediate region, forming an etch stop film on the high melting point metal compound formed in the active regions of the peripheral circuit region and the intermediate region, forming an interlayer insulating film on the etch stop film, and forming, by using the etch stop film, a contact plug to contact the high melting point metal compound in the active region of the peripheral circuit region.
US08809906B2
A semiconductor optical device includes a first clad layer, a second clad layer and an optical waveguide layer sandwiched between the first clad layer and the second clad layer, wherein the optical waveguide layer includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and extending in one direction, and a third semiconductor layer covering a top surface of the second semiconductor layer, and wherein the first semiconductor layer includes an n-type region disposed on one side of the second semiconductor layer, a p-type region disposed on the other side of the second semiconductor layer, and an i-type region disposed between the n-type region and the p-type region, and wherein the second semiconductor layer has a band gap narrower than band gaps of the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer.
US08809905B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a well region formed from semiconductor material with a first doping type and a floating base formed from semiconductor material with a second doping type. The floating base is disposed vertically above the well region. The ESD also includes a first terminal receiving region formed from semiconductor material with a third doping type. The first terminal receiving region is disposed vertically above the floating base. The ESD further includes a second terminal receiving region. The second terminal receiving region is laterally spaced apart from the first terminal receiving region by silicon trench isolation (STI) region. In some embodiments, the second terminal receiving region is formed from semiconductor material with the third doping type to form a bipolar junction transmitter (BJT) or with a fourth doping type to form a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR).
US08809902B2
A power semiconductor diode is provided. The power semiconductor diode includes a semiconductor substrate having a first emitter region of a first conductivity type, a second emitter region of a second conductivity type, and a drift region of the first conductivity type arranged between the first emitter region and the second emitter region. The drift region forms a pn-junction with the second emitter region. A first emitter metallization is in contact with the first emitter region. The first emitter region includes a first doping region of the first conductivity type and a second doping region of the first conductivity type. The first doping region forms an ohmic contact with the first emitter metallization, and the second doping region forms a non-ohmic contact with the first emitter metallization. A second emitter metallization is in contact with the second emitter region.
US08809900B2
A method for producing a light emitting diode device includes the steps of preparing a base board; allowing a light semiconductor layer where an electrode portion is provided at one side in a thickness direction to be disposed in opposed relation to the base board, and the electrode portion to be electrically connected to a terminal, so that the light semiconductor layer is flip-chip mounted on the base board; forming an encapsulating resin layer containing a light reflecting component at the other side of the base board so as to cover the light semiconductor layer and the electrode portion; removing the other side portion of the encapsulating resin layer so as to expose the light semiconductor layer; and forming a phosphor layer formed in a sheet state so as to be in contact with the other surface of the light semiconductor layer.
US08809893B2
The present invention relates to a vertical/horizontal light-emitting diode for a semiconductor. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a semiconductor light-emitting diode comprising: a conductive substrate; a light-emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer sequentially formed over the conductive substrate; a second conductive electrode including a conductive via that passes through the first conductive semiconductor and active layers to be connected with the second conductive semiconductor layer therein, and an electrical connector that extends from the conductive via and is exposed outside the light-emitting structure; a passivation layer for covering a dielectric and at least the side surface of the active layer of the light-emitting structure, the dielectric serving to electrically isolate the second conductive electrode from the conductive substrate, the first conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer; and a surface relief structure formed on the pathway of light emitted from the active layer. According to the present invention, a semiconductor light-emitting diode exhibiting enhanced external light extraction efficiency, especially the diode's side light extraction efficiency, can be obtained.
US08809892B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode and a method of fabricating the same, wherein the distance between a fluorescent substance and a light emitting diode chip is uniformly maintained to enhance luminous efficiency. To this end, there is provided a light emitting diode comprising at least one light emitting diode chip, lead terminals for use in applying electric power to the light emitting diode chip, and a frame that is used for mounting the light emitting diode chip thereon and is formed to have a predetermined height and a shape corresponding to that of the light emitting diode chip.
US08809890B2
The invention provides a reflective phase retarder and a semiconductor light-emitting device including such reflective phase retarder. The reflective phase retarder of the invention converts an incident light beam with a first type polarization into the light with a second type polarization, and reflects the converted light beam with the second type polarization out.
US08809887B2
A light emitting diode includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first optical symmetric layer, a metallic layer, and a second optical symmetric layer stacked on the substrate in that sequence. A first electrode is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. A first effective refractive index n1 of the second optical symmetric layer, a second effective refractive index n2 of an integrated structure satisfy |n1−n2|≦0.5, wherein the integrated structure includes the substrate, the first semiconductor layer, the active layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the first optical symmetric layer.
US08809880B2
Light emitting diode (LED) chips and devices for providing failure mitigation in LED arrays are disclosed. In one aspect, an LED chip can include a body with an anode and a cathode in the form of electrically conductive bond pads. The anode and cathode can be configured to electrically communicate with more than two electrical components via electrical connectors.
US08809875B2
A micro light emitting diode (LED) and a method of forming an array of micro LEDs for transfer to a receiving substrate are described. The micro LED structure may include a micro p-n diode and a metallization layer, with the metallization layer between the micro p-n diode and a bonding layer. A conformal dielectric barrier layer may span sidewalls of the micro p-n diode. The micro LED structure and micro LED array may be picked up and transferred to a receiving substrate.
US08809873B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, a light blocking member formed on the substrate as a plurality of light blocking portions separated from each other, a thin film transistor including a gate line, a data line, and a semiconductor layer formed on the light blocking member, a plurality of color filters formed on the gate line, the data line, and the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode formed on the color filters and connected to the thin film transistor, and a light blocking filter covering a portion of a separation region separating the light blocking portions.
US08809868B2
Provided is a Group III nitride semiconductor device, which comprises an electrically conductive substrate including a primary surface comprised of a first gallium nitride based semiconductor, and a Group III nitride semiconductor region including a first p-type gallium nitride based semiconductor layer and provided on the primary surface. The primary surface of the substrate is inclined at an angle in the range of not less than 50 degrees, and less than 130 degrees from a plane perpendicular to a reference axis extending along the c-axis of the first gallium nitride based semiconductor, an oxygen concentration Noxg of the first p-type gallium nitride based semiconductor layer is not more than 5×1017 cm−3, and a ratio (Noxg/Npd) of the oxygen concentration Noxg to a p-type dopant concentration Npd of the first p-type gallium nitride based semiconductor layer is not more than 1/10.
US08809857B2
Provided are a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor combined with a nitride containing boron or aluminum is applied to a channel layer and a method of fabricating the same. The thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor combined with a nitride containing boron or aluminum is applied to a channel layer exhibits significantly improved mobility and increased stability at a high temperature.
US08809836B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing a low resistance self-aligned contacts to devices formed in a semiconductor heterostructure. The techniques can be used, for example, for forming contacts to the gate, source and drain regions of a quantum well transistor fabricated in III-V and SiGe/Ge material systems. Unlike conventional contact process flows which result in a relatively large space between the source/drain contacts to gate, the resulting source and drain contacts provided by the techniques described herein are self-aligned, in that each contact is aligned to the gate electrode and isolated therefrom via spacer material.
US08809834B2
Apparatuses capable of and techniques for detecting long wavelength radiation are provided.
US08809825B2
A paper size detection device includes a central switch, at least two switches disposed to two opposite sides of the central switch at intervals, and at least a sensor corresponding to the two switches located at the two opposite sides of the central switch. The sensor can be designated as a light sensor. One switch triggers the sensor and the other switch is without triggering the sensor under an original no paper condition. So that a detection method of the paper size detection device that uses N light sensors to judge N*2 papers' size can be realized by virtue of the above-mentioned setting structure, N is a positive integer, such as 2, 3, 4 and so on. Thus, the paper size detection device has a simple structure and a lower manufacture cost, and the detection method of the paper size detection device is simplified, accordingly.
US08809819B2
A target supply unit may include: a target storage unit for storing a target material thereinside; a target output unit having a through-hole formed therein, through which the target material stored inside the target storage unit is outputted; an electrode having a through-hole formed therein arranged to face the target output unit, the electrode being coated with an electrically conductive material at least on a part of a surface facing the target output unit; and a voltage generator for applying a voltage between the target material and the electrode.
US08809817B2
A method and irradiator apparatus used for wort sterilization by radiation for production of ethanol from sugar cane, comprising a modular irradiation drum, radioactive source, ducts for transmission of a fluid through an apparatus for irradiation, and application of radiation to a fluid within an apparatus for sterilization of such fluid.
US08809814B2
A method for irradiating a target volume includes defining a target region having a plurality of target points. The target points are individually approachable. The method includes defining a number of rescanning passes, in which the target region is scanned multiple times, such that the plurality of target points of the target region is approached variously often during the rescanning passes. At least some target points of the plurality of target points are not approached in all of the rescanning passes. The approaching of the plurality of target points is distributed among the rescanning passes such that for a target point of the plurality of target points that is not approached in all of the rescanning passes, at least one further rescanning pass, in which the target point is not approached, is located before a final rescanning pass, in which the target point is approached.
US08809808B2
The present invention provides an optical detection system comprising an illumination unit and a detection unit. The illumination unit comprises two laser beams of two different wavelengths. One beam is used to excite targeted molecules in a sample to their excited states. The other beam is used to induce the excited molecules in the sample to generate a stimulated emission signal. The stimulated emission signal can be used for long-distance detection due to its coherent property. Its extraction from the detection unit can be realized by demodulating the second beam's intensity change.
US08809805B2
A radiation shield lid for shielding a radioisotope generator. The radiation shield lid includes an alignment structure configured to align the shield lid to a radioisotope generator.
US08809802B2
An ion generator is disclosed. The ion generator has improved portability and ion generation efficiency. As is apparent from the above description, the ion generator according to the present invention is configured so that the discharge unit is constituted by the felts, and the piezoelectric element, not the coil type transformer, is used in the high voltage generation unit which generates high voltage. Consequently, the present invention has the effect of improving portability of the ion generator and the present invention has the effect of improving ion generation efficiency although the portability of the ion generator is improved by configuring the ion generator according to the present invention so that the discharge unit is constituted by the felts, and the piezoelectric element, not the coil type transformer, is used in the high voltage generation unit which generates high voltage.
US08809781B1
A method of imaging of a specimen exposed to an electron beam signal includes acquiring an image sequence of sequential images of the specimen. Each subsequent image in the image sequence represents increased cumulative electron beam signal exposure on the specimen. The method includes collecting cumulative exposure data for each image of the image sequence. The method includes applying a low-pass image processing filter to the images of the image sequence using the cumulative exposure data corresponding to each image to which the filter is being applied to produce processed images. The method includes combining the processed images to produce a final image. A method of imaging is also provided that includes selectively discarding images in the image sequence.
US08809780B2
A process (and apparatus for performing the process) for layer manufacturing a three-dimensional work piece comprising the steps of: feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined location; exposing the raw material to an electron beam to liquefy the raw material; depositing the raw material onto a substrate as a molten pool deposit, the deposit having a forward edge region in an x-y plane with a forward edge region width and a trailing edge region in the x-y plane with a trailing edge region width, under at least one first processing condition; monitoring the molten pool deposit for at least one preselected condition using detecting of scatter from a scanning electron beam contemporaneously with the depositing step; solidifying the molten pool deposit; automatically altering the first processing condition to a different processing condition based upon information obtained from the comparing step; and repeating steps at one or more second locations for building up layer by layer, generally along a z-axis that is orthogonal to the x-y plane, a three-dimensional work piece.
US08809777B2
An ion source is disclosed comprising a nebulizer and a target. The nebulizer is arranged and adapted to emit, in use, a stream of analyte droplets which are caused to impact upon the target and to ionise analyte to form a plurality of analyte ions.
US08809774B2
The field of the invention is atmospheric pressure mass spectrometry (MS), and more specifically a process and apparatus which combine infrared laser ablation with electrospray ionization (ESI).
US08809773B2
The disclosed method and apparatus couple a membrane interface directly to a mass spectrometer at atmospheric pressure. The membrane may be in capillary or sheet form and allows the introduction of a liquid or gaseous sample to one side of the membrane while the other side of the membrane is bathed with a solution that can easily be used in an atmospheric pressure ionization source. Volatile molecules permeate through a suitable membrane such as poly-dimethyl silicone (PDMS), mix into the appropriate solvent, and are ionized. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used in construing the claims.
US08809768B2
A method for analyzing a mixture of components includes forming precursor ions from the components, alternately causing the precursor ions to pass to and to by-pass a fragmentation device, to form product ions from the precursor ions that pass to the device and to form substantially fewer product ions from precursor ions that by-pass the device, and obtaining mass spectra from product ions received from the device and from precursor ions that by-passed the device. An apparatus for analyzing a sample includes an ion source for forming precursor ions from the components of the sample, a fragmentation device for forming product ions from the precursor ions, a by-pass device disposed upstream of the fragmentation device for switchable by-pass of the fragmentation device, and a mass analyzer.
US08809766B2
Methods and systems for detecting and/or collecting particles are disclosed. At least some of the particles are electrically charged by a charger (122). At least some of the charged particles are collected by a collector (140). Information indicating the number of the detected/collected particles based on measured electrical charges of the charged particles is obtained by a processor (170).
US08809762B2
Light from a photodiode is detected using a phototransistor. At the time of startup, set data concerning a detected current is received at a communication interface, and the received set data is compared with the detected current. A control unit adjusts a current of the phototransistor so that the detected current matches the set data.
US08809759B2
A system, method and apparatus implementing a multiple-row concurrent readout scheme for high-speed CMOS image sensor with backside illumination are described herein. In one embodiment, the method of operating an image sensor starts acquiring image data within a color pixel array and the image data from a first set of multiple rows in the color pixel array is then concurrently readout. Concurrently reading out the image data from the first set of multiple rows includes concurrently selecting a first portion of the image data from the first set by first readout circuitry and a second portion of the image data from the first set by second readout circuitry. The first and second portions of the image data from the first set are different and the first and second readout circuitries are also different. Other embodiments are also described.
US08809757B2
Provided is an optical apparatus including: an image shake correcting unit for canceling an image shake generated due to a vibration; at least two angular velocity sensors having axes for detecting an angular velocity, the axes being parallel to each other; a vibration angle computing unit for calculating a vibration angle output based on output of the at least two angular velocity sensors; and a driving unit for driving the image shake correcting unit according to the vibration angle calculated by the angle computing unit.
US08809750B2
An electric heater (10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80), especially for heating surfaces of components, is provided with an inner metal jacket (11, 21, 31, 41, 61, 71, 81) and an outer metal jacket (14, 24, 34, 44, 64, 74, 84), which are arranged relative to one another such that a space is present between the inner metal jacket (11, 21, 31, 41, 61, 71, 81) and outer metal jacket (14, 24, 34, 44, 64, 74, 84). At least one heat conductor (13, 23, 33, 43, 63, 73, 83) is arranged at least in some sections in the space between the inner metal jacket (11, 21, 31, 41, 61, 71, 81) and outer metal jacket (14, 24, 34, 44, 64, 74, 84). At least two spacers (12, 22, 32, 36, 42, 62, 72, 82), arranged between the heat conductor (13, 23, 33, 43, 63, 73, 83) and inner metal jacket (11, 21, 31, 41, 61, 71, 81) are provided, over which the sections of the heat conductor (13, 23, 33, 43, 63, 73, 83) are guided.
US08809740B2
In a two-electrode welding method of the present invention, a leading electrode is used to perform gas-shielded arc welding and a trailing electrode is an energized filler. A trailing electrode wire protrudes from a guide lead or guide tip and is energized from an energizing tip. The distance between a welding surface and the energizing tip is 100 mm or more and 1500 mm or less. The distance between electrodes is 10 mm or less. The electric current of the leading electrode is 250 A or more, and the electric current of the trailing electrode is 10 A or more and 50% or less of the electric current of the leading electrode. The feeding speed of the trailing electrode wire is 20% or more and 50% or less of the feeding speed of the leading electrode wire.
US08809731B2
Moving enclosures for laser equipment are provided. A machine tool installation is disclosed, including (a) a laser cutting head configured to be movable in three dimensions; (b) a workpiece support configured to support a workpiece in operative relationship with the laser cutting head; (c) a skirt configured to surround the laser cutting head on three sides and intercept light that passes from the head and is reflected off of the workpiece or workpiece support; and (d) a protective cover positioned to intercept light that is reflected off of the workpiece or workpiece support and is not intercepted by the skirt. The skirt and protective cover are configured to move laterally with the laser cutting head.
US08809721B2
A plate-shaped quenching element for a quenching unit of a switching device is produced of an electrically and also magnetically conductive plastic. In a special embodiment, the plastic is composed of a flame retardant material. At least one embodiment relates to a quenching unit and a quenching and plugging unit having a plurality of such quenching elements. Furthermore, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a switching device having such a quenching unit and/or such a quenching and plugging unit.
US08809717B2
A touch panel is provided that includes: a substrate; a plurality of X-axis lines disposed on the substrate; a plurality of Y-axis lines crossing the plurality of X-axis lines; and an insulating layer interposed between the X-axis lines and the Y-axis lines, in which at least one first X-axis line and at least one second X-axis line selected from among the plurality of X-axis lines are connected by a first connection portion, and among the plurality of Y-axis lines, a Y-axis line crossing the first X-axis line and the second X-axis line has a first area in a region where the Y-axis line overlaps the first X-axis line and a second area in a region where the Y-axis line overlaps the second X-axis line, and the first area and the second area are different from each other.
US08809714B2
A manipulation knob is molded from a resin material and is manually depressible by a user. A switch is depressible through the manipulation knob to execute a corresponding switching operation when the manipulation knob is depressed by the user. The manipulation knob includes a resin spring portion, which is molded integrally with the manipulation knob and projects in an axial direction of the manipulation knob. The resin spring portion is resilient and is adapted to exert a resilient reaction force against the switch when the manipulation knob is depressed by the user to depress the switch.
US08809713B2
A switch module including a light source element is provided that obtains slimming down and a sufficient click feeling and suitably irradiates a key portion, while suppressing manufacturing cost. A switch module is disposed to face a key portion. The switch module includes a transparent FPC board, a transparent conductive film, an electrode, a metal dome which is in contact with a part of the transparent conductive film and which is allowed to come into contact with the electrode by being deformed, and an LED. Light emitted from the LED and guided in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the board in the transparent FPC board is reflected by a reflecting portion provided on the transparent FPC board, in a direction of the key portion.
US08809712B2
A switch designed for dustproof performance by minimizing a route of entry of dust from a terminal portion, includes a plurality of terminals, a movable contact piece that is supported in a manner allowing displacement between a non-conduction position and a conduction position, and a contact actuating member that displaces the movable contact piece in response to an externally applied pressing force. A main body of the switch includes an opening communicating with the outside, partition walls formed between the opening and the movable contact piece, barrier walls formed between the opening and the movable contact piece, and passages formed by ends of the barrier walls and walls that are opposite the ends of the barrier walls. Each partition wall extends across the corresponding passage and each terminal includes a connection portion and a blocking portion that is bent from the connection portion and blocks the corresponding passage.
US08809709B2
Provided is a pushbutton switch that can be made thin without requiring that a notch be made into a mounting board. The pushbutton switch is provided with a first substrate having a housing recess part located on a surface of the first substrate, a center contact provided at roughly the center of the interior of the housing recess part, a pair of peripheral contacts provided on peripheral edge parts of the housing recess part, a movable contact spring that is installed on the pair of peripheral contacts and that touches the center contact upon being pressed, and a second substrate, which is provided with a pair of connection pads electrically connected to the first substrate. A cross section of the first and second substrates is formed as a whole into an “L”-like shape.
US08809704B2
A conductor termination system for use with an electrical power transmission conductor includes a termination assembly and a connector. The termination assembly includes an end member and an integral retainer mechanism. The end member includes a receiver portion configured to receive a segment of the conductor. The retainer mechanism includes a moveable keeper member on the end member. The retainer mechanism is operable to selectively clamp a segment of the conductor in the receiver portion to the end member and to apply a retention load to the conductor segment. The connector is adapted to be applied to the end member and the conductor to securely clamp the conductor segment to the end member.
US08809702B2
Methods, systems and devices are described for detecting a position-based attribute of a finger, stylus or other object with a touchpad or other sensor having a touch-sensitive region that includes a plurality of electrodes. Modulation signals for one or more electrodes are produced as a function of any number of distinct digital codes. The modulation signals are applied to an associated at least one of the plurality of electrodes to obtain a resultant signal that is electrically affected by the position of the object. The resultant signal is demodulated using the plurality of distinct digital codes to discriminate electrical effects produced by the object. The position-based attribute of the object is then determined with respect to the plurality of electrodes from the electrical effects.
US08809700B2
Provided is a protection part for an electronic circuit of a survey meter and a high range gamma-ray survey meter into which the protection part is inserted, in which the protection part is easily mounted in the survey meter to prevent the electronic circuit from being short-circuited when a conductive material is introduced into the electronic circuit. The protection part includes an insulator part for interrupting electricity other than that used for a signal transmission cable, an elastic stainless steel sheet part inserted into the insulator part, and a cable hole part through which the signal transmission cable passes when the protection part is inserted into the high range gamma-ray survey meter. Also, the protection part is inserted into the high range gamma-ray survey meter such that a telescopic part hole and a display part of the high range gamma-ray survey meter are physically separated from each other.
US08809694B2
A circuit module includes a substrate that has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and includes a plurality of inner conductive layers, an electronic component disposed on a first main surface of the substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the first main surface of the substrate so as to cover the electronic component, a shielding layer disposed on a surface of the insulating layer, and a ground electrode connected to the plurality of inner conductive layers. At least two of the inner conductive layers are directly connected to the shielding layer.
US08809692B2
A wiring board including a conductor post corresponding to high-density packaging is provided. The wiring board may include a conductor layer, a solder resist layer laminated thereon, and a conductor post provided at least within the through-hole and that is electrically connected to a conductor layer which is disposed in a lower portion of a through-hole provided in the layer, wherein the solder resist layer comprises a thermosetting resin; the conductor post comprises tin, copper, or a solder and includes a lower conductor post located within the through-hole and an upper conductor post located above the lower conductor post and projected outside the layer; the lower conductor post includes an external alloy layer disposed on an external side surface thereof; and the conductor post is brought into intimate contact with an internal side surface of the through-hole via the external alloy layer.
US08809690B2
A bond ply, comprising a first outer layer comprising a thermosetting composition and a filler composition; a second outer layer comprising a thermosetting composition and a filler composition that is of the same type as that of the first outer layer; and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and the second outer layers, and comprising a thermosetting composition and a filler composition that is of the same type as the first and second outer layers, wherein the thermosetting composition of the intermediate layer has a degree of cure that is greater than a degree of cure for each of the thermosetting compositions of the first and the second outer layers.
US08809681B2
An umbilical for use, for example, in deep water applications includes a plurality of power cables and may include other elements bundled together and within a sheath. An end termination at each of the power cables or at a plurality of the power cables includes a resin ferrule around the cable at the end termination and provides a connection between the cable and an installation to which the umbilical is connected.
US08809680B2
By providing a single housing, component or element incorporating a plurality of passageways or receiving zones formed therein in cooperating association with a mounting ring or clamp constructed for being quickly and easily secured to a clamp, conductor or conduit mounted to an electrical box, junction box, meter box, or similar enclosure, an efficient, easily manufactured and easily assembled bonding bar or grounding bridge is achieved. Preferably, the plurality of passageways/receiving zones are constructed with each passageway or receiving zone cooperatively associated with a locking screw or set screw configured to enable grounding conductors to be inserted through the passageway/receiving zone and securely mounted therein. In this way, grounding conductors from telephones, cable televisions, satellite receivers, radios, television antennas, and the like may be inserted into the passageways/receiving zones and securely mounted in the desired position.
US08809679B1
A heat sink and method for gaseous cooling of superconducting power devices. Heat sink is formed of a solid material of high thermal conductivity and attached to the area needed to be cooled. Two channels are connected to the heat sink to allow an inlet and an outlet for cryogenic gaseous coolant. Inside the hollow heat sink are fins to increase metal surface in contact with the coolant. The coolant enters through the inlet tube, passes through the finned area inside the heat sink and exits through the outlet tube.
US08809676B2
A thin film solar cell includes a first substrate, a transparent conductive layer on an inner surface of the first substrate, the transparent conductive layer having an uneven top surface and including through-holes, a light-absorbing layer on the transparent conductive layer, a reflection electrode on the light-absorbing layer, a second substrate facing and attached with the first substrate, and a polymeric material layer on an inner surface of the second substrate.
US08809674B2
A back contact configuration for a CIGS-type photovoltaic device is provided. The back contact configuration includes an interfacial seed layer, made up of one or more layers/sublayers, disposed between a Mo based rear contact/electrode and a CIGS inclusive semiconductor absorber. The interfacial seed layer may be of or include one or more element(s) that make up, or help make up, the CIGS inclusive semiconductor absorber. Various methods and compositions of the interfacial seed layer are disclosed, including a seed layer comprising metallic and/or substantially metallic Cu—In—Ga, CIGS, and/or a stack of alternating layers of or including Cu, In and Ga. Methods for making the back contact configuration, including an interfacial seed layer, are also provided.
US08809667B2
A thermoelectric semiconductor component, comprising an electrically insulating substrate surface and a plurality of spaced-apart, alternating p-type (4) and n-type semiconductor structural elements (5) which are disposed on said surface and which are connected to each other in series in an electrically conductive manner alternatingly at two opposite ends of the respective semiconductor structural elements by conductive structures, in such a way that a temperature difference (2ΔT) between the opposite ends produces an electrical voltage between the conductive structures or that a voltage difference between the conductive structures (7, 9; 13, 15) produces a temperature difference (2ΔT) between the opposite ends, characterized in that the semiconductor structural elements have a first boundary surface between a first and a second silicon layer, the lattice structures of which are considered ideal and are rotated by an angle of rotation relative to each other about a first axis perpendicular to the substrate surface and tilted by a tilt angle about a second axis lying parallel to the substrate surface, in such a way that a dislocation network is present in the region of the boundary surface.
US08809662B2
A musical performance training apparatus of the present invention receives an input of a note of a musical sound; stores a keying frequency received during a predetermined unit time to be associated with a practice status variable (such as a single-hand partial practice); evaluates motivation change of a user based on the keying frequency stored for every identical practice status variable; evaluates a musical performance technique level change of a user based on the keying frequency stored for every identical practice status variable; and generates advice based on the motivation change thus evaluated and the musical performance level change for every practice status variable.
US08809660B2
A keyboard device includes hammers 16w, 16b that rock with the rocking movement of plural white and black keys 11w, 11b. The plural white and black keys 11w, 11b include drive units that drive the hammers 16w, 16b. The drive unit is provided on a front end of the key. A positional relationship between a plane including a key support portion of each white key 11w and black key 11b and the front end of the white key 11w and black key 11b, and a top face of each white key 11w and black key 11b is set such that the top faces of the plural white keys 11w and black keys 11b are located on the same plane, when the rocking angles of the plural white keys 11w and black keys 11b reach a predetermined angle respectively.
US08809655B1
A capo apparatus for use on a stringed instrument comprising a capo body comprising a first leg having a first leg width thereacross, and an attachment extending from the capo body comprising an attachment body having an attachment first width associated with a vertical portion thereof and an attachment second width associated with a horizontal portion thereof, the attachment second width being greater than the first leg width. The attachment may be removably engaged with capo body or be integral therewith. A power source and a light source may be operably installed within the capo apparatus for selectively lighting at least a portion of the attachment body.
US08809648B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1DF8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1DF8 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1DF8 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1DF8 or a locus conversion of PH1DF8 with another maize variety.
US08809646B1
A novel maize variety designated X13C726 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13C726 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C726 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C726, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C726. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C726.
US08809640B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026139. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026139. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026139 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026139 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08809625B2
Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a pest from the Lygus genus, is capable of decreasing the expression of a target sequence in the pest. In specific embodiments, the decrease in expression of the target sequence controls the pest and thereby the methods and compositions are capable of limiting damage to a plant. The present invention provides various target polynucleotides from specific polypeptide families as disclosed herein, or active variants thereof, wherein a decrease in expression of one or more the sequences in the target pest controls the pest. Further provided are silencing elements which when ingested by the pest decrease the level of the target polypeptide and thereby control the pest. Plants, plant parts, bacteria and other host cells comprising the silencing elements or an active variant or fragment thereof of the invention are also provided.
US08809623B2
The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying maize plants that have increased or decreased resistance to tropical rust. The methods use molecular markers to identify and select plants with increased resistance to tropical rust or to identify and counter-select plants with decreased resistance to tropical rust. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. Also of interest are methods used to correlate allelic variation with a trait of interest.
US08809621B2
Methods for introgressing an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait into Zea mays germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a Zea mays plant that contains an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait, wherein the locus associated with the yield trait is identifiable by PCR amplification of a Zea mays nucleic acid with a pair of oligonucleotides primers as disclosed herein, and introgressing the allele of interest into Zea mays germplasm that lacks the allele. Also provided are methods for identifying Zea mays plants that contain at least one allele associated with improved yield, improved maize plants, elite Zea mays plants, biomass produced from improved Zea mays plants, isolated and purified genetic markers, and compositions that include an amplification primer pair capable of amplifying a Zea mays nucleic acid to generate a Zea mays marker amplicon.
US08809614B2
A dental dressing to promote healing and relieve pain and swelling associated with exposed dental alveoli. The dressing includes a three-dimensional dressing matrix to absorb leaked fluid associated with one or more exposed alveoli, and a therapeutic member to provide substantially localized cold therapy to one or more exposed alveoli, the therapeutic member embedded substantially within the dressing matrix and shaped to substantially engage one or more exposed alveoli while fitting substantially between contiguous teeth. At least part of the dressing matrix substantially conforms to one or more exposed alveoli, thereby engaging the therapeutic member with one or more exposed alveoli.
US08809611B2
A method for removal and recovery of an organic amine from a hydrocarbon stream containing the amine, including: i) mixing the hydrocarbon stream containing the amine with an aqueous inorganic acid in a volumetric ratio of hydrocarbon stream:aqueous inorganic acid of greater than 1:1-5:1, preferably 1.5:1-4:1, more preferably 3:1, ii) phase separating of hydrocarbon and aqueous phase; iii) removing the hydrocarbon phase and optionally further purifying thereof, iv) optionally recycling at least a part of the hydrocarbon phase obtained in step (iii) into mixing step (i), v) mixing the aqueous phase obtained in step (iii) with an aqueous alkaline solution, vi) phase separating of an aqueous phase and an organic phase formed, vii) removing the organic phase obtained in step (vi) and optionally further purifying thereof.
US08809609B2
A dehydrogenation catalyst composition for use in preparing an alkenyl aromatic compound by dehydrogenation of an alkyl aromatic compound, a method for preparing the catalyst, and a process for using the catalyst in a dehydrogenation reaction. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is present in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.015 to 0.20 based on an aromatic compound in a material gas. The catalyst further includes an iron compound, an alkali metal, and about 13 to about 60 wt % of a rare earth element calculated as an oxide.
US08809606B2
Methods and apparatus for processing of waste and low-value products to produce useful materials in reliable purities and compositions, at acceptable cost, without producing malodorous emissions, and with high energy efficiency are disclosed. In particular, multi-stage processes are disclosed to convert various feedstocks such as offal, animal manures, municipal sewage sludge, tires, and plastics, that otherwise have little commercial value, to useful materials including gas, oil, specialty chemicals, and carbon solids. Disclosed processes subject the feedstock to heat and pressure, separates out various components, then further applies heat and pressure to one or more of those components. Various materials produced at different points in the process may be recycled and used to play other roles within the process. Also disclosed are apparatus for performing multi-stage processes of converting waste products into useful materials, and at least one oil product that arises from the process.
US08809601B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing olefin fluorine compounds. Specifically, the invention relates to a method for producing a (hydro)fluoroolefin compound, including: (i) in an agitated reactor provided with at least one reactant inlet and at least one outlet, contacting, with potassium hydroxide in an aqueous reaction medium, at least one compound containing three to six carbon atoms, at least two fluorine atoms, and at least one hydrogen atom, with the proviso that at least one hydrogen atom and one fluorine atom are located on adjacent carbon atoms, so as produce the (hydro)fluoroolefin compound, separated in a gaseous state from the reaction medium and from potassium fluoride; (ii) in an aqueous medium, contacting the potassium fluoride formed in step (i) with calcium hydroxide in a second reactor so as to produce potassium hydroxide and to precipitate calcium fluoride; (iii) separating the calcium fluoride precipitated in step (ii) from the reaction medium; and (iv) optionally recirculating the reaction medium after optionally recirculating the reaction medium after optionally adjusting the concentration of potassium hydroxide in step (i), characterized in that potassium hydroxide, with regard to the reaction medium of step (ii), is between 10 and 35 wt % of the weight of the water/potassium hydroxide mixture of the medium.
US08809599B2
Described is an integrated process for producing ethanol from acetic acid in which the water from ethanol production is used to control water balance in the acetic acid production. In one embodiment, the invention comprises carbonylating methanol in a carbonylation system in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst under conditions effective to form acetic acid, hydrogenating the acetic acid in a hydrogenation system in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form a crude ethanol product comprising ethanol and water, separating the ethanol from the water to form an ethanol stream and a water stream, and directing at least a portion of the water stream to the carbonylation system, e.g., for use in the carbonylation reaction medium.
US08809593B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the hydroxyacetone or 1,2 propylene glycol. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for preparation of hydroxyacetone or 1,2 propylene glycol by glycerol. Further, the said process is catalyzed by metal catalysts that results in 80 to 100% selectivity towards conversion of glycerol to hydroxyacetone (acetol) or 1,2 propylene glycol (1,2 PG).
US08809589B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of (R)-1-aminoindan (2), rasagiline (1) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of rasagiline.
US08809586B2
Polymorphs and solvates of racemic, enantiomerically pure, and enantiomerically mixed modafinil are formed and discussed. In addition, said forms are described as useful for the treatment of many conditions including, but not limited to, narcolepsy.
US08809580B2
A method for preparing fluorinated carboxylic acids and theirs salts is described comprising subjecting a fluorinated to at least one first and at least one second oxidizing agent to produce a highly fluorinated carboxylic acid or their salts. The first oxidizing agent is a compound that can be converted, by action of the second oxidizing agent, into a reactive species capable of oxidizing the fluorinated alcohol.
US08809578B2
The present invention relates to a novel compound having excellent antioxidant activity, isolated from Ramalina terebrata, and more particularly to a novel compound, RAMALIN™, having excellent antioxidant activity, isolated from the Antarctic lichen Ramalina terebrata, a method for preparing the RAMALIN™, and a pharmaceutical composition, a functional food and a functional cosmetic composition, which contain the RAMALIN™ as an active ingredient. The RAMALIN™ according to the invention has significantly excellent antioxidant effects compared to commercially available antioxidants, and thus can be widely used in agents for treating oxidation-related diseases, anti-aging functional foods, functional cosmetic products for skin whitening and wrinkle reduction, etc.
US08809577B2
A process to prepare fluorinated sulfobetaine compounds of formula (I) wherein Rf is C2 to C10 fluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one or more of O, CH2, CHF, or combinations thereof; R1 is C1 to C10 alkylene; R2 is C1 to C6 alkylene or a chemical bond; R3 is H or CH3; R4 is C1 to C6 alkylene containing at least one hydroxyl group; R5 is H or CH3; and R6 is H or CH3; comprising contacting a fluorinated sulfonamide amine of formula (II) with an aliphatic chlorosulfonic acid or salt thereof of formula (III) in the presence of water and at least one alkylene glycol, and optionally at least one alkyl carbonate, said fluorinated sulfobetaine having reduced free chloride content and reduced flammability without the need for additional purification steps.
US08809561B2
The present invention relates to new hybrid, organic-inorganic hybrid silicates and metal-silicates characterized by a crystalline structure containing structural units having formula (a), wherein R is an organic group possibly containing one or more element T selected from Group IIIB, IVB, VB and from transition metals. A process starting from cyclic trisilanes for the preparation of said materials, is also described. These materials can be used as molecular sieves, adsorbents, in the field of catalysis, in the field of electronics, in the field of sensors, in the area of nanotechnology.
US08809559B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of recombinant fatty acid synthesis, particularly in transgenic plants. The application describes genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and provides methods and vectors for the manipulation of fatty acid composition of plant oils. In particular, the invention provides constructs for achieving the integration of multiple heterologous genes involved in fatty acid synthesis into the plant genome, such that the resulting plants produce altered levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Also described are methods for enhancing the expression of fatty acid biosynthesis enzymes by co-expressing a silencing suppressor within the plant storage organ.
US08809556B2
Disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA). The process comprises oxidizing at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA, removing impurities from a crude carboxylic acid slurry in a liquid displacement zone to form a low impurity slurry stream. The low impurity slurry stream is further treated in a secondary oxidation zone to produce a secondary oxidation slurry stream which is routed to a crystallization zone to form a crystallized slurry stream. The crystallized slurry stream is cooled in a cooling zone and the resulting cooled crystallized slurry stream is routed to a solid-liquid separation zone to generate a purified wet cake stream comprising FDCA that is dried in a drying zone to generate a dry carboxylic acid product stream comprising purified FDCA (pFDCA).
US08809555B2
Provided is an anti-leishmanial compound represented by formula (1):
US08809553B2
The application discloses a process for the preparation of 5-deoxy-L-arabinose of formula (VI); comprising the conversion of a compound of formula (XII); wherein n is 0, 1 or 2; which can be used as intermediate for the synthesis of sapropterin.
US08809543B2
An N-phenyl-diphenylisoindole derivative having the following formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or an unsubstituted phenoxy group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted phenoxy group, or has the following formula (2): wherein each of R4 and R5 represents a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl group; 1 represents an integer of from 1 to 4; and each of m and n represents an integer of from 1 to 5.
US08809539B2
The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I) possessing agonistic activity at sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptors, their process of preparation and their use as immunosuppressive agents. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and use of these compounds for treatment/prevention of immune mediated diseases and conditions or inflammatory diseases and conditions.
US08809532B2
The present application relates to indole and indoline derivatives of formula (I) wherein a, R1, m, L, and Q are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating disease conditions using such compounds and compositions of such compounds.
US08809518B2
The present invention relates to a linker or population of linkers that include an oligonucleotide fixed portion and an oligonucleotide variable portion represented by formula (N)n, wherein N is A, C, G, T or U, or their derivatives, and n is an integer equal to or higher than 1. A linker-polynucleotide or a population of linker-polynucleotides of the invention may be constituted by said linker or population of linkers and a target first strand polynucleotide bound to said linker. The invention also encompasses a method of preparing said linker or population of linkers and a method of preparing a linker-polynucleotide using said linker or population of linkers. The linkers or polynucleotide-linkers of the invention can be used in a method of preparing a cDNA library.
US08809517B2
The presently-disclosed subject matter includes methods of identifying an Alu RNA inhibitor, and methods and compositions for inhibiting Alu RNA. Methods and compositions can be used for the treatment of geographic atrophy and other conditions of interest.
US08809516B2
This application relates to therapeutic siRNA agents and methods of making and using the agents.
US08809514B2
Provided herein are tripartite oligonucleotide complexes which can be administered to a cell, tissue or organism to silence a target gene. The tripartite oligonucleotide complexes of the disclosure may include a conjugate moiety that facilitates delivery to a cell, tissue or organism without the aid of a transfection reagent.
US08809509B2
A method for manufacturing an antibody formulation in which DNA contaminants are removed by binding the antibody to a protein-A or probtin-G affinity column and eluting the antibody with an acidic eluting solution, preferably of low conductivity.
US08809506B2
A vaccine for delaying an onset of or for treatment of an α-synuclein-related disorder in an individual comprises a therapeutically effective amount of isolated stabilized soluble α-synuclein oligomer having a lower formation rate to a non-soluble aggregated form than a non-stabilized oligomer of the α-synuclein. An antibody for delaying an onset of or for treatment of an α-synuclein-related disorder in an individual binds soluble α-synuclein. Methods for delaying an onset of for treatment or for prevention of an α-synuclein-related disorder employ the vaccine or antibody. Methods of detecting α-synuclein oligomers employ the antibody.
US08809482B2
This invention pertains to silsesquioxane resins useful in antireflective coatings wherein the silsesquioxane resin comprises the units (Ph(CH2)rSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)m (HSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)n (MeSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)o (RSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)p (R1SiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)q where Ph is a phenyl group, Me is a methyl group; R′ is hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R is selected from a carboxylic acid group, a carboxylic acid forming group, and mixtures thereof; and R1 is selected from substituted phenyl groups, ester groups, polyether groups; mercapto groups, sulfur-containing organic functional groups, hydroxyl producing group, aryl sulphonic ester groups, and reactive or curable organic functional groups; and r has a value of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; x has a value of 0, 1 or 2; wherein in the resin m has a value of 0 to 0.90; n has a value of 0.05 to 0.99; o has a value of 0 to 0.95; p has a value of 0.01 to 0.5; q has a value of 0 to 0.5; and m+n+o+p+q≈1.
US08809479B2
A moisture-curable resin composition comprising (a) a moisture-curable polymer having at least one hydrolysable silyl group; (b) a reactive modifier; (c) a catalyst for catalyzing the reaction between the moisture-curable polymer (a) and reactive modifier (b) under curing conditions; and optionally, the composition can contain one or more conventional components, including pigments, fillers, curing catalysts, dyes, plasticizers, thickeners, coupling agents, extenders, volatile organic solvents, wetting a agents, tackifiers, crosslinking agents, thermoplastic polymers, ultraviolet stabilizers, and combination thereof. The moisture-curable resin composition is useful in the production of adhesives including hot melt adhesives, primers, sealants and coatings.
US08809476B2
A polymer includes a repeating unit shown by a following general formula (1). R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a fluorine atom, or a trifluoromethyl group. R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms. Y represents a carbon atom. X represents an atomic group that forms an alicyclic hydrocarbon group together with Y.
US08809474B2
The present invention provides a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition that exhibits excellent anti-soil redeposition ability in fabric washing. The carboxyl group-containing polymer composition contains a carboxyl group-containing polymer, which includes specific ratios of a structure unit (a) derived from an acrylic acid-based monomer (A) and a structure unit (b) derived from a sulfonic acid group-containing monomer (B) and has a specific weight average molecular weight, and a specific amount of an adduct of a hydrogen sulfite to the acrylic acid-based monomer (A).
US08809469B2
The present invention is a curable organopolysiloxane composition containing (A) a compound shown by the following average composition formula (1), wherein R1 represents an aliphatic unsaturated group, R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R3 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, Ar represents an aryl group, and “n” and “m” represent positive numbers which satisfy n≧1, m≧1, and n+m≧10, (B) a hydrogen atom-containing organic silicon compound having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per one molecule while not having an aliphatic unsaturated group, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst which contains a platinum group metal. Thereby, there can be provided a curable organopolysiloxane composition which can give a cured product having high transparency, high refractive index, and excellent thermal shock resistance; an optical device sealing material; and an optical device.
US08809467B2
An organic layer composition and a liquid crystal display including the same are provided. An organic layer composition according to an exemplary embodiment includes a binder formed by copolymerizing compounds included in a first group and a second group, wherein the first group includes an acryl-based compound and the second group includes a compound without a —COO— group.
US08809466B2
The present invention relates generally to degradable polymers, including degradable polymers that may be responsive to ionic strength. The invention also relates generally to methods of making degradable polymers and methods of using such polymers.
US08809449B2
Disclosed are a modified conjugated diene-based polymer capable of providing a polymer composition improved in tan δ balance, a polymer composition containing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer and silica, and a process for producing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer is obtained by melt-kneading a conjugated diene-based polymer and 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a Bunte salt per 100 parts by weight of the conjugated diene-based polymer, in the presence of water whose amount is from 0.1 to 1,000 parts by weight per one part by weight of the Bunte salt.
US08809448B2
A method for forming a heat sealable coating on a substrate, wherein the substrate is formed from at least one oriented polymer is shown. The method includes depositing an aqueous polymer dispersion on the substrate, wherein the aqueous polymer dispersion includes (A) at least one thermoplastic resin; (B) at least one dispersing agent; and (C) water; wherein the dispersion has a pH of less than 12, and drying the dispersion to form a first layer.
US08809445B2
A polysilazane composition, formulated from a vinyl silazane and an organometallic accelerator, and associated methods thereof.
US08809444B2
The present invention is directed to a network composition the reaction product of: (i) at least one anionic polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (I) selected from the group consisting of [CH2═C(R3)C(O)OXa(C2H4O)b(C3H6O)c(C4H8O)d]pP(O)(OY)q(OZ)r where R3═H or alkyl of 1 to about 6 carbon atoms; X=alkyl, aryl, or alkaryl diradical connecting group of 0 to about 9 carbon atoms; a is 0 to about 100; b is 0 to about 100; c is 0 to about 100; d is 0 to about 100; q is 0 to about 2; r is 0 to about 2; p is 1 to about 3 subject to the limitation that p+q+r=3; and Y and Z is H, or metal ion; and CH2═C(R3)C(O)OXa′(C2H4O)b′(C3H6O)c′(C4H8O)d′—SO3—Y) where R3═H or alkyl of from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms; X=alkyl, aryl, or alkaryl diradical connecting group of 0 to about 9 carbon atoms; a′ is 0 to about 100; b′ is 0 to about 100; c′ is 0 to about 100; d′ is 0 to about 100; Y is H, or metal ion; and (ii) one or more additional monomers (II) selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid/acrylate, methacrylic acid/methacrylate, acrylamides, vinyl acetate and styrene, which are copolymerizable with (I); and (iii) a cross-linking agent (III), capable of copolymerizing with (I) and (II).
US08809443B2
The present invention relates to a composition containing a particulate solid, a non-polar organic medium, and a compound obtained/obtainable by reacting an aromatic amine with hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent, wherein the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent is selected from the group consisting of an oligomer or polymer from condensation polymerization of a hydroxy-substituted C10-30 carboxylic acid into a polyester, an optionally hydroxy-substituted C10-30 carboxylic acid, a C10-30-hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent, and a polyolefin-substituted maleic anhydride. The invention further provides compositions for inks, thermoplastics, plasticizers, plastisols, crude grinding and flush.
US08809442B2
Resin compositions containing a polyisobutylene resin; a polyisoprene resin and/or a polyisobutylene resin, each having a functional group capable of reacting with an epoxy group; a tackifier resin; and an epoxy resin are useful for sealing OEDs.
US08809441B2
A rubber composition having a reinforcing filler of activated carbon having a pore volume of 0.15 cc/g or more, a weight average particle size of less than 140 microns, and a differential characteristic curve of pore volume versus adsorption potential by the GAED or equivalent method having a peak value at less than 5 cal/cc. The rubber composition may have activated carbon as the primary reinforcing filler at a loading of from 25 to 250 phr. Also described is a method including the steps of selecting a charcoal material, grinding the charcoal material, activating the charcoal material, and mixing the activated carbon into a rubber composition as the primary reinforcing filler.
US08809440B2
There is provided a method of producing a conjugated diene rubber capable of being used as a starting material for a crosslinked rubber that can be used in applications such as tire treads and can raise the fuel efficiency. This method of producing a conjugated diene rubber comprises (a) a step of reacting a first alkoxysilane compound having in a molecule at least one group convertible to onium by an onium generator and at least one alkoxysilyl group that has at least two alkoxy groups, with a conjugated diene polymer having an alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal active terminal and obtained by polymerizing a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound, thereby to obtain a modified conjugated diene polymer that has the group convertible to onium and the alkoxysilyl group, and (b) a step of mixing the resulting modified conjugated diene polymer with the onium generator and a second alkoxysilane compound having in a molecule at least one alkoxysilyl group and at least one group convertible to onium by the onium generator.
US08809438B2
A UV-shielding coating composition comprises (A) a dispersion in a dispersing medium of composite zinc oxide nanoparticles which are obtained by coating surfaces of zinc oxide nanoparticles with an oxide or hydroxide of Al, Si, Zr and Sn, the dispersion having a photocatalytic degradability of up to 25%, (B) a vinyl copolymer obtained from copolymerization of an alkoxysilyl-containing vinyl monomer, a UV-absorbing vinyl monomer, and another monomer, and (C) a solvent. The composition is transparent to visible light, UV-shielding, mar resistant, weatherable, and durable.
US08809426B2
A method for producing an APL is provided in one example embodiment and includes mixing a solvent, a catalyst, a reagent, and a HPL to create a solution, raising the temperature of the solution to a first reaction temperature, raising the temperature of the solution to a second reaction temperature, allowing reactions in the solution to occur for a predetermined amount of time, precipitating the solution to produce a precipitate, and washing, filtering, and drying the precipitate to produce the APL.
US08809414B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide: a curable composition that has photocurability and provides a cured product excellent in insulating properties; and the cured product. This can be achieved by a photocurable composition that contains, as essential components, (A) a modified polyorganosiloxane compound having a photopolymerizable functional group and an SiH group, (B) a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator. A thin film produced from the curable composition of the present invention has excellent insulating properties. Since the curable composition of the present invention can form a film by solution coating, it is applicable to provide thin-film insulating materials that can be formed by solution coating.
US08809405B2
The invention comprises a composition comprising the extrusion product of synthetic turf and a processing agent, whereby the extrusion product has a moisture content of less than 0.5% by weight. A process for making the composition is also disclosed.
US08809398B2
The present invention relates to a liquid formulation containing at least one carotenoid, at least one hydrophilic protective colloid and at least one water-miscible alcohol. The formulation according to the invention can be added directly to aqueous or non-aqueous preparations. The invention compositions can be used in animal feed, human food or a dietary supplement and in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations.
US08809397B2
The present invention relates to compounds that modulate nicotinic receptors as non-competitive antagonists, methods for their synthesis, methods for use, and their pharmaceutical compositions.
US08809391B2
The present invention relates to the use of 3-methyl-6-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohex-3-ene-1,2-diol, its isomers and derivatives, as a compound for Parkinson disease treatment, that can be used in medicine. The compound is highly active, low toxic and can be synthesized from available natural compound α-pinene. 13 ex., 7 tables.
US08809384B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and A are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US08809368B2
This invention relates to novel quinoline compounds which affect gap junction activity. Also provided are methods of using such compounds and compositions containing the compounds to treat gap junction disorders.
US08809362B2
To provide a marker for determining sensitivity of a patient to an anti-cancer agent, and novel cancer therapeutic means employing the marker.The marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent is formed of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of a substance or a fragment thereof detected as an anion at m/z of 149.05 to 149.06, a substance or a fragment thereof detected as an anion at m/z of 152.99 to 153.00, a substance or a fragment thereof detected as a cation at m/z of 724.34 to 724.35, the peaks being determined by means of a mass spectrometer, glycerol 3-phosphate, dihydrobiopterin, GABA, lactic acid, asparagine, aspartic acid, 2-methylbutyroylcarnitine, 1-methyladenosine, and glutathione, and a substance involved in a metabolic pathway of any of these substances.
US08809350B2
The present invention relates to the use of an inhibitor of CDK2 and/or CDK7 and/or CDK9, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for treating a disease associated with antinuclear antibodies, wherein the inhibitor of CDK2 and/or CDK7 and/or CDK9 or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered in an amount sufficient to down-regulate the levels of antinuclear antibodies. A further aspect of the invention relates to a combination comprising an inhibitor of CDK2 and/or CDK7 and/or CDK9, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methylprednisolone, and its use in the treatment of diseases associated with antinuclear antibodies, such as SLE.
US08809349B2
Polymorphs of chemical compounds that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including P13 kinase activity, are described herein. Also provided herein are processes for preparing compounds, polymorphs thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US08809347B2
Bicyclic aryl substituted triazoles or heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.
US08809346B2
The invention relates to molecules ANT-ligands having a substituted nitrogeneous heterocycle A wherein A is a substituted pyrazinone of formula I wherein R1 is —(CH2)n—CO—OH; —(CH2)n—CO—OR; —(CH2)n—CO—NHR; —(CH2)n—CO—N(R,R′); —(CH2)n—OH; —(CH2)n—OR; —(CH2)n—OAr; —(CH2)n—C(R,R′)—(CH2)n—OH, R and R′, in the above radicals, being identical or different and representing H or a C1-C12 alkyl or cycloalkyl radical; and Ar is a phenyl or Het., Het. representing an heterocyclic radical with one or several hetero atoms selected between N, S and O, said phenyl or heterocycle being optionally substituted by one or several atoms, groups or radicals selected from halogen atoms such as Cl, Br, I, or halogenated groups such as —CCl3 or —CF3; one or several —OH, —OR, —COOH or —COOR groups; a phenyl; a linear or branched C1-C12 alkyl radical; —NH—COR; or —CN; said groups occupying the same or different positions on the phenyl or heterocyclic radical; a linear or branched C1-C12 alkyl radical; a linear or branched C2-C12 alkylene radical; —(CH2)n—C3-C6 cycloalkyl radical; —(CH2)nAr or —(CH2)nHet.; —(CH2)n—NH—CO—R; —(CH2)n—NH2; —(CH2)n—N(R,R′); —(CH2)n—NH—CO—OH; —(CH2)n—NH—CO—OR; —NH—(CH2)n—CO—OH; —NH—(CH2)n—CO—OR; R2 is —(CH2)n—Ar, Ar being such as above defined and being optionally substituted such as above defined; a linear or branched C1-C12 alkyl or C2-C12 alkylene radical with one or several double bonds; —(CH2)n—OH; —(CH2)n—OR; —(CH2)n—CO—Het; —(CH2)n—NH—CO—R; —(CH2)n—NH2; —(CH2)n—N(R,R′); —(CH2)n—CO—OH; —(CH2)n—CO—OR; a linear or branched C1-C12 alkyl radical; —(CH2)n—C(R)═CH—C(R)═CH2, R3 forms a phenyl or an heterocyclic condensed group with the two adjacent carbons of the pyrazinone residue, said condensed group being optionally substituted such as above defined for Ar and Het.; and/or condensed to a cyclohexyl or oxanyl group, in turn optionally substituted such as above defined for Ar; n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 5; or A is a substituted pyrazine of formula II wherein R4 is a —CO—NH—Ar radical, optionally substituted such as above defined; R5 forms a phenyl or heterocyclic group condensed to the two adjacent carbon groups of the pyrazine residue, said phenyl or heterocyclic group being optionally substituted such as above defined, and Ar being such as above defined with respect to formula I or A is a substituted pyridine group of formula III wherein, Ar and R2 are as above defined with respect to formula I.
US08809338B2
The present invention refers to the field of chemical compounds bearing a 1,2,3-triazole ring of formula (I) and possessing guanidino and carboxylic groups or their isosteres, their preparation by Cu-catalyzed “click-chemistry”, and medical-diagnostic use in pathologies where angiogenesis is altered, for example pathologic conditions of tumor origin, tumor metastasis, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
US08809327B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein A, B, G, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein.
US08809310B2
Disclosed is a method for the treatment of Multiple System Atrophy comprising administering to a subject an amount of R(+)-N-propargyl-1-aminoindan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08809308B2
Long term storage stable budesonide-containing solutions are disclosed. The solutions can include budesonide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, cromolyn sodium, antioxidizing agent, benzoic acid, and a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid including propylene glycol and water. Kits including the long term storage stable budesonide-containing solutions and methods of treating ulcerative colitis are also disclosed.
US08809307B2
The potency of a topical corticosteroid in a pharmaceutical formulation is maintained even when the concentration of the corticosteroid is substantially reduced by providing the corticosteroid in a formulation containing a liquid oil component that includes a dicarboxylic acid ester and/or a monocarboxylic acid ester.
US08809296B2
The present invention revealed that by suppressing the expression of the WRN gene, the BLM gene, or the RecQ1 gene, which belong to the RecQ helicase family, apoptosis is induced in various cancer cells and their proliferation is suppressed. Compounds that suppress the expression of RecQ helicase family genes or the functions of RecQ helicase proteins are thought to have the activity of inducing apoptosis.
US08809281B2
Methods for treating cutaneous inflammation, are described. Also described is a method for inhibiting the mucous release into airways of a patient, a method for blocking IgE activation of an immune cell, a method for stabilizing the cell membrane of an immune cell, thereby preventing their further involvement in the increased inflammatory response to an IgE antigen challenge, and a method for inhibiting the migration of T-cells. Such methods involve administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide having the formula f-Met-Leu-X, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of Tyr, Tyr-Phe, Phe-Phe and Phe-Tyr.
US08809278B2
Cyclic tetrapeptides that are kappa opioid receptor (KOR) antagonists can be used in therapeutic applications for treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing drug addiction, drug use, or drug seeking behavior in a subject. This can include subjects that have a history of drug addiction. The drug can be selected from cocaine, alcohol, amphetamines, methamphetamines, nicotine, opiate, or combinations thereof. These cyclic tetrapeptides can also be useful for treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing stress-induced drug seeking behavior.
US08809276B2
New peptides activating extracellular matrix protein synthesis in the skin, a cosmetic composition that includes such peptides as an active agent, and cosmetic care methods intended to delay or treat cutaneous signs of aging and photoaging by applying such peptides and/or cosmetic compositions are described.
US08809273B2
Described herein are irreversible kinase inhibitor compounds, methods for synthesizing such irreversible inhibitors, and methods for using such irreversible inhibitors in the treatment of diseases. Further described herein are methods, assays and systems for determining an appropriate irreversible inhibitor of a protein, including a kinase.
US08809262B2
The invention relates to multimeric forms of antimicrobial peptides, for example, defensin peptides. The multimeric forms of defensin peptides possesses antimicrobial activity and may be formulated into antimicrobial compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, eyedrop composition, contact lens solution compositions for coating medical devices and the like. The invention also relates to the use of these multimeric forms of peptides, e.g. multimeric forms of defensin peptides for inhibiting and/or reducing the growth of microorganisms in general, including in a host. The invention further relates to a method of preparing multimers of peptides derived from defensins, for example hBD3.
US08809259B2
Charged nutritive proteins are provided. In some embodiments the nutritive proteins an aqueous solubility of at least 12.5 g/L at pH 7. In some embodiments the nutritive proteins an aqueous solubility of at least 50 g/L at pH 7. In some embodiments the nutritive proteins an aqueous solubility of at least 100 g/L at pH 7. In some embodiments the nutritive proteins comprise at least one of a level of a) a ratio of branch chain amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in the nutritive protein equal to or greater than the ratio of branch chain amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in a benchmark protein; b) a ratio of leucine residues to total amino acid residues present in the nutritive protein equal to or greater than the ratio of leucine residues to total amino acid residues present in a benchmark protein; and c) a ratio of essential amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in the nutritive protein equal to or greater than the ratio of essential amino acid residues to total amino acid residues present in a benchmark protein. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the proteins, recombinant microorganisms that make the proteins, methods of making the proteins using recombinant microorganisms, compositions that comprise the proteins, and methods of using the proteins, among other things.
US08809257B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject.
US08809253B2
A container has: a) a collapsible receptacle, the wall of which is designed flexibly such that the internal volume of the receptacle is adapted to the volume of a liquid contained therein, and which has an outlet with an outlet valve; and b) in the receptacle a disinfectant composition in the form of a solution with a content of aliphatic alcohol of at most 20% by weight. It is possible that the disinfectant composition is not contaminated with spores or other germs also after the container has been opened, even upon repeated discharge from the container.
US08809244B2
A lubricant composition, comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity, a dispersant comprising the condensation product of a carboxylic-functionalized polymer with an aromatic moiety through an amide, imide, or ester linkage, and an oil-soluble titanium compound, exhibits good oxidative stability.
US08809243B2
Water-based lubricants for the lubrication of frictional partners in drive elements, as well as their use. In particular, a water-based lubricant that contains 5 to 80% by weight of water-soluble polyalkylene glycol that is selected from the group that is composed of statistically distributed polyoxyethylene units and/or polyoxypropylene units and/or other polyoxyalkylene components, a block polymer that that is composed of polyoxyethylene units and/or polyoxypropylene units and/or other polyoxyalkylene components, 0.5 to 20% by weight of foaming or non-foaming emulsifiers from the class of anionic, non-ionic, or cationic surfactants, water-soluble or water-emulsifiable carboxylic acid esters, 0.5 to 50% by weight of anti-icing additives, selected from the group that is composed of alkylene glycol, glycerol, salts or ionic liquids, 0.05 to 10% by weight of corrosion additives, 0.001 to 1% by weight of additives for preventing the formation of foam, and 0.05 to 5% by weight of friction-reducing agents and water added to make 100% by weight.
US08809240B2
A method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of a drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F. includes adding a drilling fluid additive to the drilling fluid, wherein the drilling fluid additive includes the reaction product of a carboxylic acid with at least two carboxylic moieties; and a polyamine having an amine functionality of two or more. A composition, such as an oil based drilling fluid, includes the reaction product of a carboxylic acid with at least two carboxylic moieties and a polyamine having an amine functionality of two or more.
US08809239B2
The present invention relates to the detection of a target nucleic acid sequence by a PTOCE (PTO Cleavage and Extension) assay. The present invention detects a target nucleic acid sequence in which the PTO (Probing and Tagging Oligonucleotide) hybridized with the target nucleic acid sequence is cleaved to release a fragment and the fragment is hybridized with the CTO (Capturing and Templating Oligonucleotide) to form an extended duplex, followed by detecting the presence of the extended duplex. The extended duplex provides signals (generation, increase, extinguishment or decrease of signals) from labels indicating the presence of the extended duplex and has adjustable Tm value, which are well adoptable for detection of the presence of the target nucleic acid sequence.
US08809219B2
The present invention provides metal-containing sulfated activator-supports, and polymerization catalyst compositions employing these activator-supports. Methods for making these metal-containing sulfated activator-supports and for using such components in catalyst compositions for the polymerization of olefins are also provided.
US08809218B2
There is provided a substance having much higher catalytic activity for a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction than conventional heterogenous catalysts. The present invention provides a zeolite-palladium complex including USY-zeolite and Pd supported on the USY-zeolite, the Pd having a Pd—Pd coordination number of 4 or less and an oxidation number of 0.5 or less.
US08809217B2
A catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NOx having one or more transition metals selected from Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ce, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Re, Ir, Pt, and mixtures thereof supported on a support, wherein the support has a molecular sieve having at least one intergrowth phase having at least two different small-pore, three-dimensional framework structures.
US08809213B2
A textile applicator for application of a sanitizing and/or disinfecting solution to a surface. The applicator incorporates a plurality of direct spun polyester microfiber yarns to define a textile surface which does not bind or inactivate quaternary ammonium compounds, chlorine-based or peracetic and/or other peroxygen based sanitizing and/or disinfecting agents. Thus, the sanitizing and/or disinfecting agent is readily released to the surface being treated without any requirement of pre-loading surface binding sites or applying a charge-modifying surface treatment.
US08809204B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming an oxide film on a substrate by alternately repeating: (a) forming an element-containing layer on the substrate by supplying a source gas containing an element into a process vessel accommodating the substrate; and (b) changing the element-containing layer to an oxide layer by supplying an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas into the process vessel having an inside pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, reacting the oxygen-containing gas with the hydrogen-containing gas to generate an atomic oxygen, and oxidizing the element-containing layer by the atomic oxygen.
US08809201B2
The present invention provides; a method for forming a metal oxide film which has both a surface irregularity and a predetermined pattern or either and has few unevenness of surface specific resistance, light transmittance and the like, and such the metal oxide film.The method for forming a metal oxide film having both a surface irregularity and a predetermined pattern or either on a substrate, wherein, the method comprises a first process in which a liquid material containing a metal salt is applied on the substrate to form a metal salt film, a second process in which a surface irregularity or a predetermined pattern is formed to the metal salt film, and a third process in which the metal salt film is converted to a metal oxide film by thermal oxidation treatment or plasma oxidation treatment.
US08809195B2
A dry etch method, apparatus, and system for etching a high-k material comprises sequentially contacting the high-k material with a vapor phase reducing agent, and a volatilizing etchant in a cyclical process. In some preferred embodiments, the reducing agent and/or volatilizing etchant is plasma activated. Control over etch rate and/or selectivity are improved by the pulsed process, where, in some embodiments, each step in the cyclical process has a self-limited extent of etching. Embodiments of the method are useful in the fabrication of integrated devices, as well as for cleaning process chambers.
US08809187B2
Contact with a floating body of an FET in SOI may be formed in a portion of one of the two diffusions of the FET, wherein the portion of the diffusion (such as N−, for an NFET) which is “sacrificed” for making the contact is a portion of the diffusion which is not immediately adjacent (or under) the gate. This works well with linked body FETs, wherein the diffusion does not extend all the way to BOX, hence the linked body (such as P−) extends under the diffusion where the contact is being made. An example showing making contact for ground to two NFETs (PG and PD) of a 6T SRAM cell is shown.
US08809186B2
A gate insulating film and a gate electrode of non-single crystalline silicon for forming an nMOS transistor are provided on a silicon substrate. Using the gate electrode as a mask, n-type dopants having a relatively large mass number (70 or more) such as As ions or Sb ions are implanted, to form a source/drain region of the nMOS transistor, whereby the gate electrode is amorphized. Subsequently, a silicon oxide film is provided to cover the gate electrode, at a temperature which is less than the one at which recrystallization of the gate electrode occurs. Thereafter, thermal processing is performed at a temperature of about 1000° C., whereby high compressive residual stress is exerted on the gate electrode, and high tensile stress is applied to a channel region under the gate electrode. As a result, carrier mobility of the nMOS transistor is enhanced.
US08809181B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards multi-solder techniques and configurations for integrated circuit (IC) package assembly. In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a plurality of solder balls on a plurality of pads of a package substrate, the plurality of solder balls corresponding with the plurality of pads and performing a solder reflow process to form a solder joint between the plurality of solder balls and the plurality of pads. Individual solder balls of the plurality of solder balls include a first solder material and a second solder material, the first solder material having a liquidus temperature that is greater than a peak temperature of the solder reflow process and the second solder material having a liquidus temperature that is less than the peak temperature of the solder reflow process. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US08809180B2
A method for producing at least one semiconductor component group, in particular a SiC semiconductor component group, includes the step of producing a number of semiconductor components on a substrate, particularly on a wafer. The individual semiconductor components are tested for detecting operative semiconductor components. At least one semiconductor component group is assembled, which is formed of a number of operative semiconductor components and which forms a coherent flat structure. The operative semiconductor components of the semiconductor component group are electrically connecting in parallel.
US08809177B2
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate pattern formed by patterning a tunnel insulating layer, a conductive film for a floating gate, a dielectric film, a conductive film for a control gate, and a gate metal film sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate; a first barrier film formed on side walls of the gate metal film; and a second barrier film formed on an upper surface of the gate metal film.
US08809173B1
A method is provided for fabricating a fin field-effect transistor. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; and forming a plurality of fins on top of the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming isolation structures between adjacent fins; and forming doping sidewall spacers in top portions of the isolation structures near the fins. Further, the method includes forming a punch-through stop layer at the bottom of each of the fins by thermal annealing the doping sidewall spacers; and forming a high-K metal gate on each of the fins.
US08809160B2
This disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor stack and associated device, such as a capacitor or DRAM cell. In such a device, a high-K zirconia-based layer may be used as the primary dielectric together with a relatively inexpensive metal electrode based on titanium nitride. To prevent corruption of the electrode during device formation, a thin barrier layer can be used seal the electrode prior to the use of a high temperature process and a (high-concentration or dosage) ozone reagent (i.e., to create a high-K zirconia-based layer). In some embodiments, the barrier layer can also be zirconia-based, for example, a thin layer of doped or un-doped amorphous zirconia. Fabrication of a device in this manner facilitates formation of a device with dielectric constant of greater than 40 based on zirconia and titanium nitride, and generally helps produce less costly, increasingly dense DRAM cells and other semiconductor structures.
US08809153B2
Graphene transistor devices and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In accordance with one method, a resist is deposited to pattern a gate structure area over a graphene channel on a substrate. In addition, gate dielectric material and gate electrode material are deposited over the graphene channel and the resist. Further, the resist and the electrode and dielectric materials that are disposed above the resist are lifted-off to form a gate structure including a gate electrode and a gate dielectric spacer and to expose portions of the graphene channel that are adjacent to the gate structure. Additionally, source and drain electrodes are formed over the exposed portions of the graphene channel.
US08809150B2
LDD regions are provided with high implant energy in devices with reduced thickness poly-silicon layers and source/drain junctions. Embodiments include forming an oxide layer on a substrate surface, forming a poly-silicon layer over the oxide layer, forming first and second trenches through the oxide and poly-silicon layers and below the substrate surface, defining a gate region therebetween, implanting a dopant in a LDD region through the first and second trenches, forming spacers on opposite side surfaces of the gate region and extending into the first and second trenches, and implanting a dopant in a source/drain region below each of the first and second trenches.
US08809147B2
Dual Conducting Floating Spacer Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (DCFS MOSFETs) and methods for fabricate them using a process that is compatible with forming conventional MOSFETs are disclosed. A DCFS MOSFET can provide multi-bit storage in a single Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) memory cell. Like a typical MOSFET, a DCFS MOSFET includes a control gate electrode on top of a gate dielectric-silicon substrate, thereby forming a main channel of the device. Two electrically isolated conductor spacers are provided on both sides of the control gate and partially overlap two source/drain diffusion areas, which are doped to an opposite type to the conductivity type of the substrate semiconductor. The DCFS MOSFET becomes conducting when a voltage that exceeds a threshold is applied at the control gate and is coupled through the corresponding conducting floating spacer to generate an electrical field strong enough to invert the carriers near the source junction. By storing charge in the two independent conducting floating spacers, DCFS MOSFET can have two independent sets of threshold voltages associated with the source junctions.
US08809146B2
Methods for forming semiconductor memory structures including a gap between adjacent gate structures are provided. The methods may include forming an insulation layer between the adjacent gate structures. In some embodiments, the methods may include subsequently removing a portion of the insulation layer to leave the gap between the adjacent gate structures.
US08809145B2
Semiconductor arrays including a plurality of access devices disposed on a buried conductive line and methods for forming the same are provided. The access devices each include a transistor having a source region and drain region spaced apart by a channel region of opposite dopant type and an access line associated with the transistor. The access line may be electrically coupled with one or more of the transistors and may be operably coupled to a voltage source. The access devices may be formed in an array on one or more conductive lines. A system may be formed by integrating the semiconductor devices with one or more memory semiconductor arrays or conventional logic devices, such as a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device.
US08809137B2
An improved HEMT formed from a GaN material system is disclosed which has reduced gate leakage current and eliminates the problem of current constrictions resulting from deposition of the gate metal over the step discontinuities formed over the gate mesa. One or more GaN based materials are layered and etched to form a gate mesa with step discontinuities defining source and drain regions. In order to reduce the leakage current, the step discontinuities are back-filled with an insulating material, such as silicon nitride (SiN), forming a flat surface relative to the source and drain regions, to enable to the gate metal to lay flat. By back-filling the source and drain regions with an insulating material, leakage currents between the gate and source and the gate and drain are greatly reduced. In addition, current constrictions resulting from the deposition of the gate metal over a step discontinuity are virtually eliminated.
US08809136B2
A semiconductor device having a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed over the semiconductor substrate and disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a protection film made of an insulating material and formed between the source electrode and the gate electrode and between the drain electrode and the gate electrode, and a gate side opening formed at least in one of a portion of the protection film-between the source electrode and the gate electrode and a portion of the protection film between the drain electrode and the gate electrode and disposed away from all of the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US08809134B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, which comprises the steps of: providing a substrate, forming a fin on the substrate, which comprises a central portion for forming a channel and an end portion for forming a source/drain region and a source/drain extension region; forming a gate stack to cover the central portion of the fin; performing light doping to form a source/drain extension region in the end portion of the fin; forming a spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack; performing heavy doping to form a source/drain region in the end portion of the fin; removing at least a part of the spacer to expose at least a part of the source/drain extension region; forming a contact layer on an upper surface of the source/drain region and an exposed area of the source/drain extension region. Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a semiconductor structure. By forming a thin contact layer in the source/drain extension region, the present invention can not only effectively reduce the contact resistance of the source/drain extension region, but also effectively control the junction depth of the source/drain extension region by controlling the thickness of the contact layer, thereby suppressing the short channel effect.
US08809131B2
In one aspect, a method of fabricating a nanowire FET device includes the following steps. A wafer is provided. At least one sacrificial layer and silicon layer are formed on the wafer in a stack. Fins are patterned in the stack. Dummy gates are formed over portions of the fins which will serve as channel regions, and wherein one or more portions of the fins which remain exposed will serve as source and drain regions. A gap filler material is deposited surrounding the dummy gates and planarized. The dummy gates are removed forming trenches in the gap filler material. Portions of the silicon layer (which will serve as nanowire channels) are released from the fins within the trenches. Replacement gates are formed within the trenches that surround the nanowire channels in a gate all around configuration. A nanowire FET device is also provided.
US08809119B1
An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof including: providing a leadframe having unprocessed leads; depositing an etch mask on a top surface of the unprocessed leads, the unprocessed leads having the etch mask and an unmasked portions of the top surface; connecting an integrated circuit die to the unprocessed leads; encapsulating with a package body the leadframe, the top surface of the unprocessed leads exposed from the package body; forming side-solderable leads including forming a groove in the unprocessed leads, the groove formed under a portion of the etch mask including forming an overhang of the etch mask over the groove; removing the etch mask; and depositing a plating on the side-solderable leads.
US08809117B2
Packaging process tools and packaging methods for semiconductor devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a packaging process tool for semiconductor devices includes a mechanical structure including a frame. The frame includes a plurality of apertures adapted to retain a plurality of integrated circuit dies therein. The frame includes at least one hollow region.
US08809115B2
To provide a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor in which contact resistance between an oxide semiconductor layer and source and drain electrode layers is small, the surfaces of the source and drain electrode layers are subjected to sputtering treatment with plasma and an oxide semiconductor layer containing In, Ga, and Zn is formed successively over the source and drain electrode layers without exposure of the source and drain electrode layers to air.
US08809108B2
Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. Such methods can include forming a first electrode, a second electrode, and a memory element directly contacting the first and second electrodes. Forming the memory element can include forming a programmable portion of the memory element isolated from the first electrode by a first portion of the memory element and isolated from the second electrode by a second portion of the memory element. Other embodiments are described.
US08809106B2
Non-silicon based semiconductor devices are integrated into silicon fabrication processes by using aspect-ratio-trapping materials. Non-silicon light-sensing devices in a least a portion of a crystalline material can output electrons generated by light absorption therein. Exemplary light-sensing devices can have relatively large micron dimensions. As an exemplary application, complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor photodetectors are formed on a silicon substrate by incorporating an aspect-ratio-trapping technique.
US08809098B2
Provided is an image sensor device. The image sensor device includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. The image sensor also includes a radiation-detection device that is formed in the substrate. The radiation-detection device is operable to detect a radiation wave that enters the substrate through the back side. The image sensor further includes a recrystallized silicon layer. The recrystallized silicon layer is formed on the back side of the substrate. The recrystallized silicon layer has different photoluminescence intensity than the substrate.
US08809094B2
A method of manufacturing a solid-state image sensor, comprising preparing a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric converter and an insulating film which includes an opening and is formed in a region above the photoelectric converter, depositing a material having a refractive index higher than the insulating film in the opening, and annealing the material deposited in the opening by irradiating the material with one of light and radiation, wherein a light waveguide which is configured to guide an incident light to the photoelectric converter is formed through the depositing and the annealing.
US08809092B2
A method of generating radiation comprises: manufacturing a structure comprising a substrate supporting a layer of InGaAs, InGaAsP, or InGaAlAs material doped with a dopant, said manufacturing comprising growing said layer such that said dopant is incorporated in said layer during growth of the layer; illuminating a portion of a surface of the structure with radiation having photon energies greater than or equal to a band gap of the doped InGaAs, InGaAsP, or InGaAlAs material so as to create electron-hole pairs in the layer of doped material; and accelerating the electrons and holes of said pairs with an electric field so as to generate radiation. In certain embodiments the dopant is Fe. Corresponding radiation detecting apparatus, spectroscopy systems, and antennas are described.
US08809085B2
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device. The method can include removing a growth substrate from a structure body by using a first treatment material. The structure body has the growth substrate, a buffer layer formed on the growth substrate, and the nitride semiconductor layer formed on the buffer layer. A support substrate is bonded to the nitride semiconductor layer. The method can include reducing thicknesses of the buffer layer and the nitride semiconductor layer by using a second treatment material different from the first treatment material after removing the growth substrate.
US08809084B2
A laser induced thermal imaging method includes preparing a donor element and a substrate; facing a transfer layer of the donor element to the substrate and then patterning the transfer layer onto the substrate; and annealing the patterned substrate.
US08809079B2
The present teachings provide methods for forming organic layers for an organic light-emitting device (OLED) using an inkjet printing or thermal printing process. The method can further use one or more additional processes, such as vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE), to create an OLED stack. OLED stack structures are also provided wherein at least one of the charge injection or charge transport layers is formed by an inkjet printing or thermal printing method at a high deposition rate. The structure of the organic layer can be amorphous, crystalline, porous, dense, smooth, rough, or a combination thereof, depending on deposition parameters and post-treatment conditions. An OLED microcavity is also provided and can be formed by one of more of the methods.
US08809075B2
The method for filling a liquid material, and the apparatus and the program make it possible, without changing a moving speed of an ejection device, to correct a change in ejection amount and to stabilize an application shape. The method fills a liquid material into a gap between a substrate and a work by using the capillary action. The method includes the steps of: generating an application pattern consisting of a plurality of application areas continuous to one another; assigning a plurality of ejection cycles, each obtained by combining the number of ejection pulses and the number of pause pulses at a predetermined ratio therebetween, to each of the application areas; and measuring an ejection amount at correction intervals and calculating a correction amount for the ejection amount.
US08809071B2
The invention provides a method for immobilization of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, peptides and proteins onto the surface of a glass or plastic solid support.
US08809064B2
Implementations and techniques for sensing hydroxyl radicals in ozone washing systems are generally disclosed. In some examples, the disclosure describes an ozone washing system having an ozone reservoir coupled to a washing machine and a control unit configured to direct the insertion of ozone from the ozone reservoir to the washing machine based on sensed hydroxyl radical levels in fluid samples from the washing machine.
US08809063B2
A fluorescence based sensor (10) is disclosed and described. The sensor (10) can include nanofibril materials (12) fabricated from a linear carbazole oligomer and a fluorescence detector (14). The linear carbazole oligomer can have the formula (I) wherein n is 3 to 9, R are independently selected amine sidegroups, and at least one, but not all, R is a C1 to C14 alkyl. The carbazole-based fluorescence based sensors (10) can be particularly suitable for detection of explosives and volatile nitro compounds.
US08809056B2
This invention relates to immortalized avian cells, and to the use of these cells for the production of viruses. The cells according to the invention are particularly useful for the production of recombinant viral vectors which can be used for the preparation of therapeutic and/or prophylactic compositions for the treatment of animals and more particularly humans.
US08809044B2
This invention relates to methods and devices that improve cell culture efficiency. They include the use of gas permeable culture compartments that reduce the use of space while maintaining uniform culture conditions, and are more suitable for automated liquid handling. They include the integration of gas permeable materials into the traditional multiple shelf format to resolve the problem of non-uniform culture conditions. They include culture devices that use surfaces comprised of gas permeable, plasma charged silicone and can integrate traditional attachment surfaces, such as those comprised of traditional tissue culture treated polystyrene. They include culture devices that integrate gas permeable, liquid permeable membranes. A variety of benefits accrue, including more optimal culture conditions during scale up and more efficient use of inventory space, incubator space, and disposal space. Furthermore, labor and contamination risk are reduced.
US08809040B2
An apparatus and method are provided for differentiating multiple detectable signals by excitation wavelength. The apparatus can include a light source that can emit respective excitation light wavelengths or wavelength ranges towards a sample in a sample retaining region, for example, in a well. The sample can contain two or more detectable markers, for example, fluorescent dyes, each of which can be capable of generating increased detectable emissions when excited in the presence of a target component. The detectable markers can have excitation wavelength ranges and/or emission wavelength ranges that overlap with the ranges of the other detectable markers. A detector can be arranged for detecting an emission wavelength or wavelength range emitted from a first marker within the overlapping wavelength range of at least one of the other markers.
US08809033B2
Methods for increasing hydrolysis of cellulosic material in the presence of cellobiose dehydrogenase
The present invention relates to methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material, methods for producing a fermentation product, and methods of fermenting a cellulosic material with an enzyme composition comprising one or more (several) cellulolytic enzymes, a cellobiose dehydrogenase, and a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity.
US08809014B2
Method for assessing condition of skin and/or scalp by resulted color from the interaction of protein detecting composition with skin and/or scalp sample. Also disclosed is a method for comparing condition of different skin and/or scalp using the above method. Such conditions include, for example, skin healthiness and dandruff condition of scalp.
US08808997B2
Methods and compositions are provided for assessing (e.g., diagnosing), treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, and particular lung cancer, using lung cancer markers (LCM). Individual LCM and panels comprising multiple LCM are provided for these and other uses. Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment or for selecting a treatment using LCM. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using LCM. Also provided are compositions that modulate LCM (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate LCM, and agents identified by these screening methods.
US08808995B2
Methods for genotyping polymorphisms using a locus specific primer that is complementary to a region near a selected polymorphism are described. Methods for synthesizing pools of locus specific primers that incorporate some degenerate positions are also disclosed. A plurality of different sequence capture probes are synthesized simultaneously using degenerate oligonucleotide synthesis. The sequence of the locus specific regions of the capture probes are related in that they have some bases that are identical in each sequence in the plurality of sequences and positions that vary from one locus specific region to another. The sequences are selected based on proximity to a polymorphism of interest and because they conform to a similar sequence pattern.
US08808984B2
The invention relates to a method for synthesizing templated molecules attached to the templated which directed the synthesis thereof. The method involves a template, a scaffold functional entity and a functional entity attached to a building block, which, in turn, is attached the template. The scaffold functional entity and the functional entity of the building block are both provided with complementary dimerization domains allowing the functional entities to come into close proximity when the complementary domains interact with to each other. The method may be used for generating libraries of templated molecules which may be selected for biological activity.
US08808983B2
The present invention relates to certain novel shRNA molecules and methods of use thereof. According to certain embodiments of the present invention, methods for reducing the expression level of a target gene are provided. Such methods generally comprise providing a cell with one or more precursor nucleic acid sequences that encode two or more RNA molecules. A first RNA molecule comprises a double stranded sequence, which includes a guide strand sequence that is complementary to a portion of an mRNA transcript encoded by the target gene. In addition, a second RNA molecule comprises a second double stranded sequence, which includes a second guide strand sequence that is partially complementary to a portion of the mRNA transcript encoded by the target gene. Preferably, the second guide strand sequence comprises one or more bases that are mismatched with a nucleic acid sequence of the mRNA transcript encoded by the target gene.
US08808978B2
A method for washing platelets includes introducing anticoagulant into a platelet product container, drawing re-anticoagulated platelet product from the platelet product container, and introducing it into a centrifuge bowl. The centrifuge bowl separates the platelets from the supernatant in which they are suspended. The method then washes the platelets by introducing wash solution into the centrifuge bowl. As the wash solution is introduced into the bowl, it displaces the supernatant from the bowl and into a waste container. The method then introduces platelet additive solution into the centrifuge bowl, which displaces the wash solution from the centrifuge bowl and into the waste container and further wash the platelets. The method then repeatedly accelerates and decelerates the centrifuge bowl to resuspend the platelets in the platelet additive solution.
US08808976B2
A photoresist developer including a basic aqueous solution containing 0.5˜10 mass % of a particular nonionic surfactant and 0.01-10 mass % of particular ammonium compound, the photoresist developer makes it possible to form a favorable resist pattern with out causing scum even when developing thick photoresists.
US08808973B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a method of forming a pattern including forming a polymer layer on a substrate, the polymer layer including a first and second regions, selectively irradiating either of the first and second regions with energy rays or irradiating the first and second regions with energy rays under different conditions to cause a difference in surface free energy between the first and second regions, thereafter, forming a block copolymer layer on the polymer layer, and causing microphase separation in the block copolymer layer to simultaneously form first and second microphase-separated structures on the first and second regions, respectively.
US08808968B2
A photocurable relief image printing element is described. The photocurable relief image printing element comprises (a) a support layer; (b) one or more photocurable layers disposed on the support layer, wherein the one or more photocurable layers comprise: (i) a binder; (ii) one or more monomers; (iii) a photoinitiator; and (iv) an additive selected from the group consisting of phosphites, phosphines, thioether amine compounds, and combinations of one or more of the foregoing; (c) a laser ablatable masking layer disposed on the one or more photocurable layers, the laser ablatable masking layer comprising a radiation opaque material; and (d) optionally, a removable coversheet. The photocurable relief image printing element provides improved surface cure in digital relief image printing elements.
US08808967B2
Topcoat layer compositions are provided that are applied above a photoresist composition. The compositions find particular applicability to immersion lithography processing.
US08808964B2
An aralkylcarbamate of imidazole base is effective as the quencher. In a chemically amplified positive resist composition comprising the carbamate, deprotection reaction of carbamate takes place by reacting with the acid generated upon exposure to high-energy radiation, whereby the composition changes its basicity before and after exposure, resulting in a pattern profile with advantages including high resolution, rectangular shape, and minimized dark-bright difference.
US08808947B2
The present invention provides a polymer compound represented by the following Formula (1) and a method for production thereof, a pigment dispersant, a pigment dispersion composition, and a photocurable composition respectively using the polymer compound, and a color filter and a method for production thereof [R1: an organic linking group having a valency of (m+n); R2: a single bond or a divalent organic linking group; A1: a monovalent organic group containing at least one moiety selected from an organic dye structure, a heterocyclic structure, an acidic group, a group having a basic nitrogen atom, a urea group, a urethane group, a group having a coordinating oxygen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms, an alkoxysilyl group, an epoxy group, an isocyanate group, and a hydroxyl group; m=1 to 8, n=2 to 9 (m+n=3 to 10); and P1: polymer skeleton].
US08808939B2
A fuel cell cogeneration system of the present invention includes: a cell (10); a fuel gas discharging manifold (122) which is formed to extend in a thickness direction of the cell (10) and through which an anode off gas unconsumed in an anode (2A) flows; an oxidizing gas discharging manifold (124) which is formed to extend in the thickness direction of the cell (10) and through which a cathode off gas unconsumed in a cathode (2B) flows; and a cooling medium discharging manifold (126) which is formed to extend in the thickness direction of the cell (10) and through which an off cooling medium having recovered heat from the cell (10) flows, and the fuel gas discharging manifold (122) and/or the oxidizing gas discharging manifold (124) are formed between the cooling medium discharging manifold (126) and a separator end closest to the cooling medium discharging manifold (126).
US08808938B2
A fuel cell system includes at least one cooling channel that extends between a housing and a fuel cell stack disposed within the housing. The cooling channel has an inlet and an outlet for producing a gas flow in the cooling channel. As a result, a gas flow may be used for cooling and at the same time may be used for ventilation of the cathode.
US08808925B2
Microporous polyolefin membrane modified by aqueous polymer of the invention is obtained by the following steps: copolymerizing 100 parts of a water-soluble polymer, 30-500 parts of a hydrophobic monomer, 0-200 parts of a hydrophilic monomer and 1-5 parts of an initiator into polymeric colloid emulsion; adding 0-100% of an inorganic filler and 20-100% of a plasticizer based on 100% solid content of the polymeric colloid emulsion to obtain slurry; and coating the slurry on one or two surfaces of the surface modified microporous polyolefin membrane and then drying. The microporous polyolefin membrane modified by aqueous polymer has thermal shutdown effect and little thermal shrinkage, and improves the main problem of shrinkage of the microporous polyolefin membrane at high temperature.
US08808920B2
Disclosed herein is a positive electrode active material prepared by mixing a lithium-containing compound, a compound containing a transition metal to be put into a solid solution, and a compound containing a metallic element M2 different from the transition metal, and firing the mixture to form composite oxide particles, depositing a compound containing at least one element selected from among sulfur (S), phosphorus (P) and fluorine (F) on surfaces of the particles, and firing the particles, whereby each of the particles is provided with a concentration gradient such that the concentration of the metallic element M2 increases from the center toward the surface of the particle, and at least one element selected from among (S), (P) and (F) is made present in the form of being aggregated at the surfaces of the composite oxide particles.
US08808917B2
An object is to increase the amount of ions capable of leaving and entering an active material so as to increase capacity of a secondary battery. The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a power storage device including a positive electrode active material formed using a composite oxide containing at least alkali metal and transition metal. The method includes the steps of: forming a base layer over a support substrate; forming a layer of lithium iron phosphate or a layer of sodium iron phosphate over the base layer; and using a layer of single crystalline lithium iron phosphate having an olivine structure or a layer of single crystalline sodium iron phosphate having an olivine structure with crystal axes oriented in a <010> direction as the positive electrode material by converting the layer of lithium iron phosphate or the layer of sodium iron phosphate by a heat treatment.
US08808914B2
An electrochemical storage device comprises a plurality of layer electrodes, wherein each layer electrode includes a first charged sector and a second charged sector, wherein the second charged sector is charged oppositely compared to the first charged sector, and wherein the plurality of layer electrodes are assembled with respect to each other such that the first charged sector of a first plate of the plurality of layer electrodes is laid below the second charged sector of a second plate of the plurality of layer electrodes located immediately above the first plate, wherein the charges of the first charged sectors of the first and second plates have a first sign and the charges of the second charged sectors of the first and second plates have a second sign that is opposite the first sign; a separator sector located, and enabling ionic charge exchange between the first charged sector of the first plate and the second charged sector of the second plate.
US08808904B2
A secondary battery with a protective circuit module including a rechargeable bare cell having a first electrode and a second electrode and a protective circuit module having a protective circuit for the rechargeable bare cell. A conductive bonding layer is located on the protective circuit module and a secondary protective element assembly is attached to the protective circuit module by the conductive bonding layer. A first lead plate electrically connects the secondary protective element assembly to the first electrode, and a second lead plate electrically connects the protective circuit module to the second electrode.
US08808887B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells aligned in one direction, each battery cell having electrode terminals, a bus bar coupling the electrode terminals, a terminal shielding unit covering the bus bar, the terminal shielding unit including an upper shielding unit and a lower shielding unit with at least one opening, a pair of first and second end plates arranged outside outermost battery cells, and at least one coupling member coupling the first and second end plates.
US08808884B2
Provided are an electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the same. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode coating portion, a negative electrode having a negative electrode coating portion, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode coating portion includes lithium titanate oxide (LTO). An area of the positive electrode coating portion is larger than that of the negative electrode coating portion. Accordingly, all materials in the LTO contained in the negative electrode coating portion participate in charge/discharge operations, so that generation of gas due to an additional reaction occurring between LTO and electrolyte may be suppressed, thereby effectively preventing the secondary battery from swelling.
US08808880B2
A condensed-cyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below, an organic light-emitting device including the same, and a flat panel display apparatus including the organic light-emitting device: wherein, X, Y, A1, A2, L1, L2, L3, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, a, b, c, d, e, f, and g are described in the detailed description of the invention. The organic light-emitting device including an organic layer including the compound above has low driving voltage, high emission efficiency, and long lifetime.
US08808879B2
Methods and devices related to the treatment of diseases using phototherapy are described. Some embodiments provide an organic light-emitting diode device, such as a light-emitting device for phototherapy, comprising a compound of Formula 1. Methods of treating disease diseases with phototherapy are also described.
US08808877B2
A method of manufacturing an organic EL element, which may be a top-emitting or a transparent organic EL element, provides an organic EL element having a low driving voltage and a high efficiency. The organic EL element includes a substrate; an anode; an organic EL layer which includes at least an emissive layer, an electron transport layer and a damage-mitigating electron injection layer; and a transparent cathode composed of a transparent conductive oxide material, the damage-mitigating electron injection layer is in contact with the transparent cathode, and the damage-mitigating electron injection layer includes a crystalline oligothiophene compound.
US08808876B2
A light-emitting compound includes two or more carbazole skeletons each having two or more fluorine atoms at 2-, 4-, 5- and 7-positions, the carbazole skeleton represented by the formula (1): where two or more of R2, R4, R5 and R7 are F and a remainder is H.
US08808875B2
The present invention provides a high-performance organic EL device and a novel compound used for the device. The novel compound of the present invention is a fluoranthene compound having the following general formula (2): The organic EL device of the present invention is an organic EL device comprising: an anode; a cathode; and an organic compound layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic compound layer has the fluoranthene compound.
US08808864B2
An IG window unit includes a coating supported by a glass substrate. The coating includes at least the following on the glass substrate moving from the glass substrate outwardly: at least one dielectric layer; a layer comprising zinc oxide; an infrared (IR) reflecting layer comprising silver; a layer comprising an oxide of Ni and/or Cr; an overcoat comprising a layer comprising tin oxide located over the oxide of Ni and/or Cr and a layer comprising silicon nitride.
US08808863B2
Described is a UV-curable sealant composition, which is preferably a one part sealant. The one part sealant is made from urethane acrylate, acrylate ester, precipitated silica, and photoinitiator. More specifically, the one part sealant is made from about 15-35 weight percent aliphatic and/or alicyclic urethane acrylates, about 40-70 weight percent of acrylate esters, about 0-10 weight percent of precipitated silica, and about 3-8 weight percent of photoinitiator. Also described are methods of applying UV-curable sealant composition to a surface such as a floor and UV curing the UV-curable sealant composition, thereby extending the life of the surface.
US08808860B2
The present invention relates to a 3-dimensional nanostructure having nanomaterials stacked on a graphene substrate; and more specifically, to a 3-dimensional nanostructure having at least one nanomaterial selected from nanotubes, nanowires, nanorods, nanoneedles and nanoparticles grown on a reduced graphene substrate. The present invention enables the achievement of a synergy effect of the 3-dimensional nanostructure hybridizing 1-dimensional nanomaterials and 2-dimensional graphene. The nanostructure according to the present invention is excellent in flexibility and elasticity, and can easily be transferred to any substrate having a non-planar surface. Also, all junctions in nanomaterials, a metal catalyst and a graphene film system form the ohmic electrical contact, which allows the nanostructure to easily be incorporated into a field-emitting device.
US08808859B1
In an embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”) comprises a substrate and a pre-sintered polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table including a plurality of bonded diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions, an upper surface, and a back surface that is bonded to the substrate. The pre-sintered PCD table includes a first thermally-stable region extending inwardly from the upper surface, and a second region located between the first thermally-stable region and the substrate. The second region exhibits a thermal stability that is less than that of the first thermally-stable region, and includes at least one interstitial constituent disposed interstitially between the bonded diamond grains thereof. The at least one interstitial constituent may include at least one silicon-containing phase.
US08808855B2
The present invention relates to composites comprising inorganic micro pigments and/or fillers in the form of surface-phosphated microparticles, whose surface is at least partially coated with finely divided with alkaline earth carbonate nanoparticles by means of binders based on copolymers comprising as the monomers one or more dicarboxylic acids and one or more monomers from the group of diamines, triamines, dialkanolamines or trialkanolamines and epichlorohydrin, a method for producing such composites, aqueous slurries thereof and the use thereof in papermaking or in the field of production of paints and plastics as well as the use of the binders for the coating of microparticles with nano alkaline earth carbonate.
US08808835B2
A system including a panel assembly having a container and a compression-molded, composite cover for covering the container is provided. The system may be a flooring system such as a vehicle flooring system and the assembly may be a floor panel assembly. The assembly includes at least one load-bearing component positioned between a lower outer layer of the cover and a bottom wall of the container in a closed position of the cover. Each component is bonded or joined to the outer layer and is in abutting engagement with the bottom wall in the closed position of the cover to transfer a load appearing at an outer surface of an upper outer layer of the cover to the bottom wall of the container. The system also includes a structure such as floor having a cavity for receiving the panel assembly.
US08808831B2
A sandwich-type, structural, composite component including at least one hingedly connected portion which pivots with reduced or eliminated hinge binding and a cargo management system and vehicle load floor utilizing the component are provided. Elongated first and second interior portions of the component are locally crushed by the press molding to form a living hinge having a pivot axis and an elongated depression, respectively. The component includes an elongated cut-out which extends completely through the component at the elongated depression to obtain a clearance between a first portion of the component hingedly connected to a second portion of the component by the living hinge. The living hinge and the clearance allow pivotal movement of the first portion between different use positions relative to the second portion with reduced or eliminated hinge binding during the pivotal movement about the pivot axis.
US08808821B2
Provided are a material roll and a method for manufacturing the material roll in which lifting between base films and an optical film is hardly generated. Provided is a material roll (R), wherein a first base film (F12), a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (F14), an optical film (F11), a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (F15) and a second base film (F13) are wounded together in a manner that said layers are laminated in said order from outer side. An adhesive power A of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (F14) at an interface on the first base film (F12) side, an adhesive power B of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (F14) at an interface on the optical film (F11) side, an adhesive power C of the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (F15) at an interface on the optical film (F11) side, and an adhesive power D of the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (F15) at an interface on the second base film (F13) side satisfy the relationships A
US08808819B2
A tubular member formed of a polyamide resin layer includes carbon black and a semi-aromatic polyamide resin having at least a repeating unit structure derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic compound and an aliphatic diamine compound with the alkyl carbon number in the range of from 9 to 13.
US08808814B2
The liquid crystal composition includes a specific two-ring compound having a large optical anisotropy and a small viscosity as a first component, a specific three-ring compound having a high maximum temperature and a large dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and a specific compound having a large dielectric anisotropy as a third component, and may include a specific compound having a small viscosity as a fourth component, a specific three-ring compound having a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component, and a specific compound having a large dielectric anisotropy as a sixth component, and the liquid crystal display device contains this composition.
US08808809B2
A method for applying hot melt adhesive powder onto a sole or shoe part includes the steps of applying a cleaning agent, irradiating, applying a conductive liquid which has a conductivity at least 100 times higher than purified water which has a conductivity of 5.5·10−6 S/m, spraying hot melt adhesive powder; and heating. The method can save energy, reduce the working space, reduce the labor intensity and improve the working environment by continuously carrying out the spraying and the melting operation of the hot melt adhesive.
US08808802B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a coating resistant to contact corrosion on the surface of titanium alloy, which comprises the following steps: 1. carrying out degreasing and derusting to a titanium alloy part; 2. carrying out etching treatment on the titanium alloy part; 3. carrying out surface activation treatment on the titanium alloy part; 4. preheating the titanium alloy part in an atmosphere protection furnace; 5. immersing the preheated titanium alloy part in plating solution; and 6. carrying out diffusion treatment on the immersion-plated titanium alloy part in a vacuum furnace whereby atoms at the interface diffuse to form a diffusion layer on a substrate and thus form a plating diffusion composite layer on the surface of the titanium alloy part. The part treated by the method completely solves the problem of contact corrosion of titanium alloy contacting with aluminum alloy and steel material.
US08808798B2
A coating method includes supplying a coating liquid from a coating nozzle onto a front side central portion of a substrate held on a substrate holding member, rotating the substrate holding member about a vertical axis to spread the coating liquid toward a peripheral portion of the substrate by a centrifugal force and thereby form a film of the coating liquid, forming a liquid film of a process liquid for preventing a contaminant derived from the coating liquid from being deposited or left on a back side peripheral portion of the substrate, and damping a vertical wobble of the peripheral portion of the substrate being rotated, by a posture regulating mechanism, while delivering a gas from delivery holes onto a back side region of the substrate on an inner side of the peripheral portion on which the liquid film is formed.
US08808791B2
A method is provided which includes forming a metal layer and converting at least a portion of the metal layer to a hydrated metal oxide layer. Another method is provided which includes selectively depositing a dielectric layer upon another dielectric layer and selectively depositing a metal layer adjacent to the dielectric layer. Consequently, a microelectronic topography is formed which includes a metal feature and an adjacent dielectric portion comprising lower and upper layers of hydrophilic and hydrophobic material, respectively. A topography including a metal feature having a single layer with at least four elements lining a lower surface and sidewalls of the metal feature is also provided herein. The fluid/s used to form such a single layer may be analyzed by test equipment configured to measure the concentration of all four elements. In some cases, the composition of the fluid/s may be adjusted based upon the analysis.
US08808788B2
An Exhaust Gas Analyzer (EGA) subsystem for monitoring exhaust gasses, for controlling and rapidly adjusting the processing conditions within a processing chamber in a thermal processing unit used for heating-treating wafers before and/or during Post Application Bake (PAB) procedures. The EGA subsystem can be used to control and/or optimize the heat-treating of coated wafers at different bake plate temperatures, and the EGA subsystem can provide a high wafer throughput.
US08808787B2
The formation in quantity of various different populations of a substance being studied with multiple combinations of distribution form and distribution density by dripping a suspension of a single concentration of the substance onto a masking member of a certain specified structure placed on a substrate by making use of the sedimentation of said substance.A method to form populations of fine particles or molecules on a substrate by specifying the distribution form and distribution surface density, wherein a masking member provided with parallel through-holes and having a tilted wall structure to achieve the target distribution form and distribution density is prepared; a solution or a suspension of the substance being studied is dripped onto said masking member; and the substance settles through the region defined by the tilted wall structure of the masking member; and the result is that the substance settles along the tilted wall structure and passes through the region bounded by the upper boundary of said wall structure and deposits onto the substrate in the area bounded by the lower boundary of the wall structure.
US08808778B2
In an embodiment of the described technology, a multi-chamber cup is used to brew coffee or other (hot) drink in a brewing machine. Such a device allows one to add any coffee, but use all the features of an automated single-cup or multi-cup brewing machine. The multi-chamber cup has an inner cup, an intermediate cup, and an outer cup each having sides with circular cross-sections between a top side and bottom side, defining an inner cavity there-between, each with a lip at a top side of the respective cup, extending outwards from a respective inner cavity of each cup. This allows water to enter and flow through multiple cups (at least three) before exiting the multi-chamber cup, such that the liquid becomes homogenized with dissolved particulate solid matter to produce a flavorful, high-quality drink.
US08808773B2
A process for treating a milled product to reduce microbial activity at a high confidence level is disclosed. A sterile ready to eat milled product at a high confidence of sterility is also disclosed.
US08808769B2
A method of obtaining one or more fractions from one or more plants is disclosed. The method includes subjecting one or more parts of the one or more plants to hydro-alcoholic extraction in presence of a water-insoluble solvent to obtain one or more extracts. The method further includes subjecting the one or more extracts to one or more of de-pigmentation, de-fatting and detoxification process to obtain the one or more fractions. The one or more fractions thus obtained contain a desired pharmacologically active ingredient in concentration greater than concentrations of other pharmacologically active ingredients present in the at least one fraction. Further, the one or more fractions are less toxic as compared with corresponding one or more fractions obtained by conventional methods. In addition, the one or more fractions are therapeutically more effective in various diseases as compared to one or more fractions obtained by conventional methods.
US08808761B2
The present invention relates to a composition of skin external application comprising rose extracts and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) as effective ingredients, more particularly to a composition of skin external application that contains rose extracts and EGCG, thereby promoting the synthesis of collagen fiber to promote superior skin elasticity and skin wrinkle improvement with long-lasting effect.
US08808756B2
The present application is directed to a coating composition comprising a ceramic binder and inorganic copper compound particles. Generally, the inorganic copper compound particles have a median particle size of less than 5 micrometers. In some embodiments, the particles have a median particle size of greater than 1 micrometer. The inorganic copper compound particles may be non-photocatalytic. The coating may also be placed on a structural layer.
US08808749B2
A polymer conjugate of a physiologically active substance, which enables drug release independent of a biological enzyme and can be expected to have a high therapeutic effect, is demanded.Provided is a polymer conjugate of a physiologically active substance, comprising a block copolymer of a polyethylene glycol moiety and a polymer having two or more carboxy groups, in which a substituent represented by general formula (I) or general formula (II) is linked to at least one of the side-chain carboxy groups of the block copolymer via an amide bond [in the formula, R8 and R9 each independently are hydrogen atom or (C1-C6)alkyl which may have a substituent, R10 is hydrogen atom, (C1-C40)alkyl which may have a substituent, (C1-C40) aralkyl group which may have a substituent, an aromatic group which may have a substituent, an amino acid residue having a protected carboxy group, or a sugar residue which may have a substituent, CX—CY represents CH—CH or C═C (double bond), and A represents a residue obtained by removing, from a physiologically active substance having one or more hydroxy groups, one of the one or more hydroxy groups].
US08808743B2
Benzonatate resinates of weak acid ion exchange resins having the same distribution of butyl 4-aminobenzoate homologs as exist in the benzonatate listed in the F.D.A. Orange Book as Application No. N011210. These resinates, in simulated gastrointestinal dissolution, release essentially the same distribution of butyl-4 aminobenzoate homologs as exist in the benzonatate listed in the F.D.A. Orange Book as Application No. N011210.
US08808742B2
This invention relates to compositions, methods for preparing the compositions and methods for treating or preventing diseases, comprising administering the compositions.
US08808740B2
In certain embodiments, the present invention is directed to a solid controlled release dosage form comprising: a core comprising a first portion of an opioid analgesic dispersed in a first matrix material; and a shell encasing the core and comprising a second portion of the opioid analgesic dispersed in a second matrix material; wherein the amount of opioid analgesic released from the dosage form is proportional within 20% to elapsed time from 8 to 24 hours, as measured by an in-vitro dissolution in a USP Apparatus 1 (basket) at 100 rpm in 900 ml simulated gastric fluid without enzymes (SGF) at 37 C.
US08808737B2
The invention pertains to a method of using oxymorphone in the treatment of pain by providing a patient with an oxymorphone dosage form and informing the patient or prescribing physician that the bioavailability of oxymorphone is increased in patients with renal impairment.
US08808734B2
The present invention provides stable, fast-acting liposomal and micelle formulations of cannabinoids that are suitable for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.
US08808728B2
A feed additive for laying hens comprising lactobionic acid or a lactobionic acid salt and a feed characterized by containing a feed additive for laying hens comprising lactobionic acid or a lactobionic acid salt and a feed. Namely, a feed additive for laying hens, which is excellent in effect of reinforcing eggshells, shows a particularly remarkable effect of improving eggshell qualities in the second half of the laying period, relieves stress caused by forced molting, cage transfer and so on and can inhibit lowering in the egg-laying rate.
US08808726B2
Bioerodible endoprostheses and methods of making the endoprostheses are disclosed. In some embodiments, an endoprosthesis includes a member including a bioerodible material, and an antioxidant carried by the member. Examples of antioxidants include phenols.
US08808725B2
This invention provides coral-based scaffolds for cartilage repair, and instruments for insertion and utilization of same within a site of cartilage repair.
US08808717B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling ectoparasites that infest companion and livestock animals by applying to the animal an effective amount of 4-tert-butylphenethyl quinazolin-4-yl ether or 4-chloro-5-ethyl-2-methyl-N-[(4-tert-butylphenyl)methyl]pyrazole-3-carboxamide or 5-chloro-N-[2-[4-(2-ethoxyethyl)-2,3-dimethylphenoxy]ethyl]-6-ethyl-4-pyrimidinamine or 4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[4-(p-tolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5-carboxamide.
US08808708B2
An immunogenic composition having 13 distinct polysaccharide-protein conjugates and optionally, an aluminum-based adjuvant, is described. Each conjugate contains a capsular polysaccharide prepared from a different serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F and 23F) conjugated to a carrier protein. The immunogenic composition, formulated as a vaccine, increases coverage against pneumococcal disease in infants and young children globally, and provides coverage for serotypes 6A and 19A that is not dependent on the limitations of serogroup cross-protection.
US08808706B2
The present invention concerns a composition comprising physiologically stressed Arthrospira maxima for use as a biocide and/or therapeutic. The invention also concerns a method for preventing or treating an infection or infestation of a subject by an organism, wherein the method comprises the step of administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition comprising physiologically stressed Arthrospira.
US08808704B2
The embodiments described herein provide for immunogenic portions of Streptococcus pneumoniae surface protein A and surface protein C lacking alpha helical structure.
US08808703B2
The invention provides a novel class of compounds viz. generally lipopeptides like Pam3CSK4, immunogenic compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with Toll-Like Receptors 2. In one aspect, the compounds are useful as adjuvants for enhancing the effectiveness a vaccine.
US08808699B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant or an antibody directed thereto.
US08808695B2
The present invention provides progastrin-binding molecules that are useful therapeutically for passive immunization against progastrin in gastrin-promoted diseases or conditions. The progastrin-binding molecules are specific for progastrin but do not bind gastrin-17(G17), gastrin-34(G34), glycine-extended gastrin-17(G17-Gly) or glycine-extended gastrin-34(G34-Gly). The progastrin-binding molecules include monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) selective for sequences at the N-terminus and the C-terminus of the gastrin precursor molecule, progastrin.
US08808694B2
The present invention provides biologically active peptidomimetic macrocycles for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders such as cancer and immunoproliferative disease.
US08808693B2
Provided are methods, uses and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of prostate cancer with a SEMA3C inhibitor in a biologically effective amount sufficient to cause cell death of a prostate cancer cell or to inhibit proliferation of the prostate cancer cells. The prostate cancer may be an androgen receptor (AR) positive prostate cancer and the SEMA3C inhibitor may be selected from one or more of the following: an antibody, a SEMA3C peptide, an antisense RNA, a siRNA, a shRNA or a small molecule.
US08808692B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases (i.e., cancer), neurodegenerative or amyloid diseases, or any other disease wherein the treatment of such disease would be improved by an enhanced immune response, and methods of formulating the compositions. The compositions comprise an immunoreactive reagent (i.e., an antigen binding protein comprising an antigen binding region and a region or regions of an antibody that mediate antibody dependent immunological processes) and a saponin. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions of the invention for the prevention and/or treatment of infectious diseases, primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases (i.e., cancer), neurodegenerative or amyloid diseases, or any other disease wherein the treatment of such disease would be improved by an enhanced immune response.
US08808689B1
To date, no immune tolerance agent or combination of immune tolerance agents has been able to sustain insulin-independence among type 1 diabetes patients. This patent provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for providing insulin independence among newly diagnosed and existing type 1 diabetes. Methods include utilization of PPIs, which increase gastrin resulting in the transformation of human ductal tissue into insulin-secreting new beta cells, used in combination with an immune tolerance agent to protect the new insulin-producing beta cells generated by the PPI from immune destruction. Compositions and methods are provided for beta cell generation therapy comprising at least one member from a group of PPIs with formulations selected from immune tolerance agents, when used in combination result in insulin-independence among new and existing type 1 patients whom currently require insulin to sustain life. Compositions and methods are provided for insulin-independence among type 2 patients using PPIs when combined with therapeutic agents utilized for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
US08808684B2
Comparative gene analysis (CGA) was combined with pathway visualization software to identify a positive correlation between AAV6 transduction and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression. It was found that EGFR is necessary for vector internalization and functions as a co-receptor for AAV6. The identification and characterization of AAV6's requirement of EGFR expression for high transduction activity has allowed construction of recombinant AAV6 vectors which are capable of targeting and killing specific types of head and neck tumors that because of this high EGFR activity, were until now, refractory to current therapies.
US08808681B2
Acrylate-terminated poly(beta-amino esters) are cross-linked to form materials useful in the medical as well as non-medical field. The polymeric starting material is combined with a free radical initiator, either a thermal initiator or a photoinitiator, and the mixture for cross-linking is heated or exposed to light depending on the initiator used. The resulting materials due to the hydrolysable ester bond in the polymer backbone are biodegradable under physiological conditions. These cross-linked materials are particular useful as drug delivery vehicles, tissue engineering scaffolds, and in fabricating microdevices. The materials may also be used as plastics, coating, adhesives, inks, etc. The cross-linked materials prepared exhibit a wide range of degradation times, mass loss profiles, and mechanical properties. Therefore, the properties of the material may be tuned for the desired use. The high-throughput approach to preparing a library of cross-linked poly(beta-amino esters) allows for the rapid screening and design of degradable polymers for a variety of applications.
US08808680B2
This invention relates to thermoplastic elastomers comprising at least one silicone ionomer. These thermoplastic elastomers may be reprocessed and/or recycled.
US08808679B2
Auristatin compounds and conjugates thereof are provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently an Auristatin compound. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
US08808678B2
The present invention relates to the use and application of a water-soluble or water-dispersible agglomerating copolymer which can be used in cleaning operations.
US08808673B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition particularly useful for the application of color such as in a foundation, lip gloss, lip stick, mascara, eye shadow, blush, and nail polish, for example. A cosmetic composition according to the present invention includes a film-forming silicone-containing polyurethane having a viscosity from about 130,000 to about 2,500,000 cps, preferable from about 400,000 to about 2,500,000 cps and most preferably from about 750,000 to about 2,500,000.
US08808668B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating x-ray attenuation, where the x-ray attenuation compound can comprise a molecule having at least two conformational states, a first k-edge atom attached to the molecule at a first position, and a second k-edge atom attached to the molecule at a second position, where the molecule changes from a first conformational state to a second conformational state in response to an external stimulus. Additionally, a first interatom distance between the first k-edge atom and the second k-edge atom in the first conformational state can be within a first harmonic error of 0 to about 0.2, and a second interatom distance between the first k-edge atom and the second k-edge atom in the second conformational state can be within a second harmonic error of about 0.8 to 1.0.
US08808665B2
The present application discloses compositions and methods of synthesis and use involving click chemistry reactions for in vivo or in vitro formation of therapeutic and/or diagnostic complexes. Preferably, the diagnostic complex is of use for 18F imaging, while the therapeutic complex is of use for targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs or toxins. More preferably, a chelating moiety or targetable construct may be conjugated to a targeting molecule, such as an antibody or antibody fragment, using a click chemistry reaction involving cyclooctyne, nitrone or azide reactive moieties. In most preferred embodiments, the click chemistry reaction occurs in vivo. In vivo click chemistry is not limited to 18F labeling but can be used for delivering a variety of therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents.
US08808661B2
A molybdenum disulfide powder product produced by jet milling a molybdenum disulfide precursor material and substantially continuously combining newly sized-reduced particles with oil to produce said molybdenum disulfide powder product, said molybdenum disulfide powder product having a D50 particle size of less than 4 μm and an acid number that is less than about 0.5 mg KOH/g. A method for producing powder product includes the steps of: Providing a supply of a precursor powder material; accelerating particles of the precursor powder material by combining them with a flow of gas; confining the accelerated particles in a milling chamber so that they collide with one another to effect a size reduction; and coating newly exposed surfaces of size-reduced particles with oil.
US08808655B2
Immobilized nitronyl nitroxide active sites on the surface of a porous inorganic oxide support act as efficient and rapid oxidants for NO, reacting with >99% of the NO under flow conditions through a packed bed; and, in a parallel configuration with nitroxyl radical active sites, act to remove >99% of both NO and NO2 from a gas mixture, with >95% of the active sites participating in NOx trapping.
US08808654B2
Organic sulfur compounds contained in refinery off gas streams having either high ort low concentrations of olefins are converted to hydrogen sulfides which can be then be removed using conventional amine treating systems. The process uses a catalytic reactor with or without a hydrotreater depending on the olefin concentration of the off gas stream. The catalytic reactor operates in a hydrogenation mode or an oxidation mode to convert a majority of organic sulfur compounds into hydrogen sulfides.
US08808635B2
A new and low cost method for producing single wall nanotubes and other allotropic forms of carbon. The method uses a high electric current and 127 VAC or 220 VAC power supplies to sublimation of a solid precursor, which material can be made of graphite. The solid precursor is connected to metallic electrodes, so that an intense electric current cross the contacts to pulverize the graphite under high temperature. The carbon materials are deposited in the wall of the reactor as well as in the electrodes, in an atmospheric pressure. The obtained material is purified in acids and, then, the carbon nanotubes are separated. In general, the synthesis is characterized by the absence of a metal catalyst, the employ of a short circuit current with an agent to produce carbon materials, the low pressure into reaction, and the assembly of the apparatus involving a low voltage of operation.
US08808633B2
A silico-alumino phosphate includes Si, Al, and P. A ratio of an amount of substance of Si to a sum of an amount of substance of Al and an amount of substance of P is approximately 0.22 or more and approximately 0.33 or less. An acid point is approximately 1.2 mmol/g or more. A honeycomb structural body includes a honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit includes the silico-alumino phosphate and an inorganic binder. The honeycomb unit has a plurality of through-holes divided by a plurality of partition walls and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit. An exhaust gas conversion apparatus includes the honeycomb structural body, a holding sealing member and a metal pipe. The holding sealing member is provided at an outer peripheral portion of the honeycomb structural body. The honeycomb structural body and the holding sealing member are installed in the metal pipe.
US08808619B2
Provided herein are a water-reactive Al composite material which comprises 4NAl or 5NAl, as an Al raw material, containing, on the basis of the amount of the Al raw material, added Bi in an amount ranging from 0.8 to 1.4% by mass and Si, including the Si as an impurity of the Al raw material, in a total amount ranging from 0.25 to 0.7% by mass; a thermally sprayed Al film produced using this Al composite material; a method for the production of this Al film; and a constituent member for a film-forming chamber, which is provided, on the surface, with the thermally sprayed Al film.
US08808615B2
A tuyere for an iron making furnace, including a body unit having a blast passage passing through a central axis thereof, wherein the body unit includes: a frusto-conical body having a main body cooling passage; and a protruding part protruding from the body, wherein the tuyere further includes: a cover unit combined with the protruding part and defining a tip body cooling passage between the cover unit and the outer circumferential surface of the protruding part; and an outer unit combined with the cover unit while surrounding the cover unit and defining an outer cooling passage therein. When the outer unit is partially damaged, although the cooling water supply to the damaged part is cut off, the function of the tuyere can be continuously performed both by the remaining part of the outer unit and by the body unit, thereby providing a tuyere having a lengthened life span.
US08808609B2
The present invention has an object of providing the carbon fiber (or the nonwoven fabric configured of the aforementioned carbon fiber) of which the surface area, the graphitization degree, and the fiber diameter are large, high, and small, respectively, and yet of which dispersion is small.The method of producing the carbon fiber nonwoven fabric includes a dispersion liquid preparing step of preparing a dispersion liquid containing resin and pitch, an electrospinning step of producing the nonwoven fabric that is comprised of carbon fiber precursors with electrospinning from the aforementioned dispersion liquid, and a modifying step of modifying the carbon fiber precursors of the nonwoven fabric obtained in the aforementioned electrospinning step into the carbon fiber.
US08808607B2
A thermally conductive sheet has cut surfaces with low surface roughness and hence shows reduced thermal resistance at the interfaces, and high thermal conductivity in the thickness direction. Thus, the thermally conductive sheet can be interposed between any of various heat sources and a radiation member. The process for producing the thermally conductive sheet includes at least: an extrusion molding step in which a thermally conductive composition containing a polymer, an anisotropic thermally conductive filler, and a filler is extruded with an extruder to thereby mold an extrusion-molded product in which the anisotropic thermally conductive filler has been oriented along the extrusion direction; a curing step in which the extrusion-molded product is cured to obtain a cured object; and a slicing step in which the cured object is sliced into a given thickness with an ultrasonic cutter in the direction perpendicular to the extrusion direction.
US08808595B2
The present invention provides a multilayer film for forming medical solution pouches that help prevent or reduce the presence of bubbles or foam in the solution after heat sterilization. In particular, the present invention provides a multilayer film for forming medical solution pouches that are capable of passing the bubble test as set forth in the Chinese State Drug Package Container Material Standard No. YBB00112005. In particular, the present invention provides a multilayer film in which polyamide 612 or calcium stearate component has been incorporated as an anti-foaming agent. The presence of polyamide 612 or calcium stearate in one or more layers of the film helps prevent the formation of foam in the solution after heat sterilization.
US08808588B1
Injection molding is used to form microfluidic devices with integrated functional components. One or more functional components are placed in a mold cavity, which is then closed. Molten thermoplastic resin is injected into the mold and then cooled, thereby forming a solid substrate including the functional component(s). The solid substrate including the functional component(s) is then bonded to a second substrate, which may include microchannels or other features.
US08808565B2
A nanoparticle to which an imidazolium salt is chemically bonded, a method of preparing the same, and a nanogel electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells comprising the same are disclosed. The present invention may provide a dye-sensitive solar cell with good economic feasibility, stability and photoelectric conversion efficiency using the nanogel electrolyte, wherein the nanogel electrolyte may reduce the concentration of ionic liquids and preparation costs while improving economic feasibility, long term stability, and photoelectric conversion efficiency.
US08808563B2
Methods of etching exposed silicon on patterned heterogeneous structures is described and includes a remote plasma etch formed from a fluorine-containing precursor and a hydrogen-containing precursor. Plasma effluents from the remote plasma are flowed into a substrate processing region where the plasma effluents react with the exposed regions of silicon. The plasmas effluents react with the patterned heterogeneous structures to selectively remove silicon while very slowly removing other exposed materials. The silicon selectivity results, in part, from a preponderance of hydrogen-containing precursor in the remote plasma which hydrogen terminates surfaces on the patterned heterogeneous structures. A much lower flow of the fluorine-containing precursor progressively substitutes fluorine for hydrogen on the hydrogen-terminated silicon thereby selectively removing silicon from exposed regions of silicon. The methods may be used to selectively remove silicon far faster than silicon oxide, silicon nitride and a variety of metal-containing materials.
US08808562B2
A method of etching an aluminum-containing layer on a substrate is described. The method includes forming plasma from a process composition containing a halogen element, and exposing the substrate to the plasma to etch the aluminum-containing layer. The method may additionally include exposing the substrate to an oxygen-containing environment to oxidize a surface of the aluminum-containing layer and control an etch rate of the aluminum-containing layer. The method may further include forming first plasma from a process composition containing HBr and an additive gas having the chemical formula CxHyRz (wherein R is a halogen element, x and y are equal to unity or greater, and z is equal to zero or greater), forming second plasma from a process composition containing HBr, and exposing the substrate to the first plasma and the second plasma to etch the aluminum-containing layer.
US08808555B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a substrate for a liquid discharge head including a first face, energy generating elements which generate the energy to be used to discharge a liquid to a second face opposite to the first face, and liquid supply ports for supplying the liquid to the energy generating elements. The method includes preparing a silicon substrate having, at the first face, an etching mask layer having an opening corresponding to a portion where the liquid supply ports are to be formed, and having first recesses provided within the opening, and second recesses provided in the region of the second face where the liquid supply ports are to be formed, the first recesses and the second recesses being separated from each other by a portion of the substrate; and etching the silicon substrate by crystal anisotropic etching from the opening of the first face to form the liquid supply ports.
US08808552B2
An apparatus and method to perform multiple filtration steps with a modular filtration apparatus and single cycle. A stackable modular filter cup has features to allow stacked cups to be separated without the need for substantial effort yet without diminishing the effect of vacuum assisted filtration. Each cup is formed with a slip seal segment and/or a series of substantially vertical channels or ridges on an inner or outer wall to reduce surface contact between nested filter cups.
US08808551B2
An apparatus that allows for separating and collecting a fraction of a sample. The apparatus, when used with a centrifuge, allows for the creation of at least three fractions in the apparatus. It also provides for a new method of extracting the buffy coat phase from a whole blood sample and mesenchymal stem cells from bone reaming material. A buoy system that may include a first buoy portion and a second buoy member operably interconnected may be used to form at least three fractions from a sample during a substantially single centrifugation process. Therefore, the separation of various fractions may be substantially quick and efficient.
US08808545B2
A high performance liquid chromatography method to routinely and reproducibly detect and quantitate metal complexes is provided. The metal complexes used in the method of the invention can be different metal complexes, or they can be stereoisomers of the same metal complexes. The high performance liquid chromatography method of the present invention is suitable for the separation of diastereomers of the same metal complexes. Also provided is a chiral high performance liquid chromatography method to separate enantiomers of metal complexes. Superoxide dismutase mimetic compounds are also provided.
US08808544B2
Systems and methods for treating wastewater including a dissolved air flotation operation performed upon a portion of a mixed liquor output from a contact tank prior to the mixed liquor entering a biological treatment tank.
US08808540B2
An aeration/backwash device (16) for use with a porous membrane filtration module (5) including one or more membranes (6) extending longitudinally between vertically spaced upper (7) and lower headers (8) into which the ends of the membranes are potted. The membranes (6) having a permeable wall which, in use, is subjected to a filtration operation wherein feed containing contaminant matter is applied to one side of the membrane wall and filtrate is withdrawn from the other side of the membrane wall. The aeration/backwash device (16) adapted to at least partially surround a portion of said membrane module (5) and including a communication chamber (17) having spaced through-openings (18, 19) in fluid communication with the chamber (17) and the membrane module (5). In use, gas is supplied to the chamber (17) and communicated to the membrane module (5) through the through-openings (18, 19) to aerate the membranes within the membrane module and liquid backwash is withdrawn from and/or fed into the membrane module (5) through the throughopenings into the chamber (17).
US08808532B2
Embodiments of the invention provide amperometric analyte sensors having optimized elements such as electrodes formed from sputtered platinum compositions as well as layers of material selected to optimize the characteristics of a wide variety of sensor elements and sensors. While embodiments of the innovation can be used in a variety of contexts, typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes.
US08808496B2
The invention provides a plurality of plasma tuning rod subsystems. The plasma tuning rod subsystems can comprise one or more microwave cavities configured to couple electromagnetic (EM) energy in a desired EM wave mode to a plasma by generating resonant microwave energy in one or more plasma tuning rods within and/or adjacent to the plasma. One or more microwave cavity assemblies can be coupled to a process chamber, and can comprise one or more tuning spaces/cavities. Each tuning space/cavity can have one or more plasma tuning rods coupled thereto. Some of the plasma tuning rods can be configured to couple the EM energy from one or more of the resonant cavities to the process space within the process chamber and thereby create uniform plasma within the process space.
US08808488B2
A method for producing a connecting part (30), such as a connecting rod for an aircraft, made from a composite material, the connecting part including at least one hollow body (32) and at least one yoke (34) at each of the ends (36) of the body (32), is characterized in that the body (32) and the yokes (34) of the connecting part (30) are produced from a single section (P, P1, P2) made from a composite material and obtained using a continuous production process.
US08808481B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a web (2) comprising at least one protective layer (11, 11a), at least one functional layer (13), and at least one reinforcement layer (14). The reinforcement layer (14) is provided with greater tear strength than the protective layer (11, 11a) while the reinforcement layer (14) is glued to the functional layer (13) or the protective layer (11, 11a). According to the inventive method, the functional layer (13) is welded together with at least one protective layer (11, 11a) on at least one side by means of heat lamination in order to produce a prelaminate (20), and the obtained prelaminate (20) is then glued to the reinforcement layer (14).
US08808458B2
The present invention concerns a process that can be realised continuously for the preparation of anhydrous crystalline lactulose from commercial aqueous syrups that contain it, characterised in that the crystallisation and consequent separation of the high-purity lactulose with high yields from the syrup is triggered by mixing the ore pulp (or recycled ore pulp), obtained from a previous lactulose crystallisation phase, with the syrup itself.
US08808455B2
Provided are a substrate processing apparatus and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which are able to form a conductive film, which is dense, includes a low concentration of source-derived impurities and has low resistivity, at a higher film-forming rate. The substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber configured to stack and accommodate a plurality of substrates; a first processing gas supply system configured to supply a first processing gas into the processing chamber; a second processing gas supply system configured to supply a second processing gas into the processing chamber; and a control unit configured to control the first processing gas supply system and the second processing gas supply system. Here, at least one of the first processing gas supply system and the second processing gas supply system includes two nozzles which are vertically arranged in a stacking direction of the substrates and have different shapes, and the control unit is configured to supply at least one of the first processing gas and the second processing gas into the processing chamber through the two nozzles having different shapes when films are formed on the substrates by supplying the first processing gas and the second processing gas into the processing chamber at pulses having different film-forming rates.
US08808452B2
A method for using a silicon film formation apparatus includes performing a pre-coating process to cover a reaction tube with a silicon coating film, an etching process to etch natural oxide films on product target objects, a silicon film formation process to form a silicon product film on the product target objects, and a cleaning process to etch silicon films on the reaction tube, in this order. The pre-coating process includes supplying a silicon source gas into the reaction tube from a first supply port having a lowermost opening at a first position below the process field, while exhausting gas upward from inside the reaction tube. The etching process includes supplying an etching gas into the reaction tube from a second supply port having a lowermost opening between the process field and the first position, while exhausting gas upward from inside the reaction tube by the exhaust system.
US08808429B2
A method for reclaiming CO2 absorbing chemical(s) from a lean aqueous CO2 absorbent leaving a regeneration column (8), where lean absorbent (30) is withdrawn and flashed (31) to generate a vapor that is compressed (34) and returned into the regeneration column as stripper gas (37), where a part of the lean absorbent (20) is withdrawn and introduced into a reclaimer (21) in which the lean absorbent is boiled to generate a gas phase (23) that is withdrawn and returned into the regeneration column as reclaimed absorbent, and a liquid phase containing impurities (24), wherein the gaseous phase that is withdrawn from the reclaimer is compressed (34) together with the vapor part (33) from the flashing of the lean absorbent, to generate a pressure in the reclaimer that is lower than the pressure in the regeneration column, and a reboiler (11) for carrying out the method, are described.
US08808424B2
A method and apparatus for removing water vapor from the flue gas stream of an industrial process, including flue gas from a power station. The apparatus including a moisture transfer device, a cooling device, and an optional enthalpy exchange device. The method including running high volumes the flue gas through the moisture transfer device, the cooling device, and the enthalpy exchange device to remove substantially all of the water vapor from the flue gas stream. Also, a method and apparatus for capturing CO2 from flue gas with very low water vapor content. The apparatus including one or more towers packed with a solid sorbent, or including a liquid sorbent. The CO2 from the water vapor free CO2 stream is sorbed by the sorbent and captured for later use.
US08808423B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of a magnesium-based alloy for high temperature. The manufacturing method includes melting a magnesium (Mg) or magnesium alloy into a liquid phase, adding calcium oxide (CaO) 1.4 times the weight of a final calcium (Ca) target composition onto a surface of a melt in which the magnesium or the magnesium alloy is melted, forming a targeted amount of Ca in the magnesium or magnesium alloy through a reduction reaction between the melt and the added CaO. Specifically, the amount of Ca formed is in the range of 0.8 wt % to 2.4 wt %, and a final composition of the Mg alloy includes 6.0-8.0 wt % of aluminum (Al), 0.1-0.3 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.2-0.3 wt % of strontium (Sr), less than 0.04 wt of zinc (Zn), less than 0.9 wt of tin (Sn), and a balance being Mg.
US08808421B2
A method of making steel in a vessel comprising providing a lance for blowing oxygen on the surface of the steel in the vessel, the lance joined to a lance carriage and in communication with an accelerometer, the accelerometer in signal communication with a data acquisition module and a computer; charging the vessel with materials for steel making; lowering the lance into the vessel and injecting oxygen into the materials; acquiring a signal from the accelerometer indicative of lance vibration; processing the vibration signal to determine component frequencies of lance vibration; comparing the levels of the component frequencies to desired operating values; and adjusting at least one steel making process parameter based on the level of at least one of the component frequencies. The steel making process parameter to be adjusted may be oxygen flow rate through the lance.
US08808413B2
An abrasive tool having a body including an abrasive portion having abrasive grains contained within a matrix material and porosity characterized by a bimodal distribution of pores including large pores having an average large pore size (Pl) and small pores having an average small pore size (Ps), wherein Pl>Ps. The body of the abrasive tool further includes a first reinforcing member contained within the abrasive portion, and a percent thermal expansion over a temperature range for 25° C. to 450° C. of not greater than about 0.7%.
US08808410B2
A hydrogen generator that includes a solid fuel mixture, a liquid reactant, a liquid delivery medium (LDM), a movable boundary interface (MBI), a reaction zone, wherein the MBI provides constant contact between a reacting surface of the solid fuel mixture and the liquid reactant delivered by the LDM to form the reaction zone, and a product separation media, fluidly coupled to the reaction zone by a fluid junction, that degasses a product. The hydrogen generator may further include auxiliary LDMs disposed throughout the hydrogen generator, wherein said auxiliary LDMs may be operated based on a ratio of the liquid reactant flow rate to the hydrogen generation rate.
US08808403B2
A process for forming a solid electrolytic capacitor and an electrolytic capacitor formed by the process. The process includes: providing an anode wherein the anode comprises a porous body and an anode wire extending from the porous body; apply a thin polymer layer onto the dielectric, andforming a dielectric on the porous body to form an anodized anode;applying a first slurry to the anodized anode to form a blocking layer wherein the first slurry comprises a first conducting polymer with an median particle size of at least 0.05 μm forming a layer of crosslinker on the blocking layer; andapplying a layer of a second conducting polymer on the layer of crosslinker.
US08808399B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for oxidation dyeing keratin fibers comprising, in an aqueous medium: (1) at least one oxidation dye; (2) at least one oxidizing agent; and (3) 1.5 wt % or more, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one amphoteric surfactant which is preferably a betaine-type amphoteric surfactant that may preferably be selected from the group consisting of alkylbetaines, sulfobetaines, alkylamidoalkylbetaines and alkylamidoalkylsulfobetaines, in particular alkylbetaines. The present invention is useful because the cosmetic composition according to the present invention can be prepared by a simple and inexpensive process, avoiding potential compatibility issues, and can provide better cosmetic properties and color intensity.
US08808394B2
Disclosed is a prosthetic elastomeric liner, which can be used without lanyards or straps, in which, upon ambulation, perspiration is voided simultaneously with the reestablishment of a vacuum-aided seal without a vacuum pump. The liner's distal tip comprises a buttress anchored sweat port containing a one way valve continuous with a channel passing through the buttress and liner from its inner surface to its outer surface. The sweat port is connected, optionally integrally, to a prosthetic pin which is inserted into a prosthetic limb.
US08808384B2
An intervertebral disc includes a superior endplate having an upper vertebral contacting surface and a lower bearing surface, wherein the upper vertebral contacting surface of the superior endplate has a central portion that is raised relative to a peripheral portion of the superior endplate, and wherein the lower bearing surface has a concavity disposed opposite the raised central portion. The disc includes an inferior endplate having a lower vertebral contacting surface and an upper surface, wherein the lower vertebral contacting surface of the inferior endplate has a central portion and wherein the upper bearing surface has a concavity disposed opposite the central portion. A core is positioned between the upper and inferior endplates, the core having upper and lower core bearing surfaces configured to mate with the bearing surfaces of the upper and inferior endplates. The upper vertebral contacting surface of the superior endplate has a different shape than the lower vertebral contacting surface of the inferior endplate.
US08808377B2
A sacroiliac joint fixation fusion system that provides a method of fixation and fusion of the sacroiliac joint and a sacroiliac joint implant which upon placement within the articular region of the sacroiliac joint facilitates stability and fusion of the sacroiliac joint.
US08808375B2
An improved uni-compartmental implant has a shaft having a proximal end attached to a head and a distal end, and one or more raised portions spaced apart along the shaft to resist back-out. The length between the head and distal end is preferably less than 50 mm, the distal end of the shaft has a diameter on the order of 2 to 3 mm, the proximal end of the shaft has a diameter on the order of 2 to 4 mm, and the head has a diameter ranging from 4 mm or less to 20 mm or more, making the device suitable for knee arthroscopy and other applications.
US08808373B2
Breast implants including sensor modules and related methods are described herein. Breast implants include those with: a shell configured to be substantially filled with a viscous material; a plurality of projections extending from an external surface of the shell, the projections forming a plurality of compartments adjacent to the external surface of the shell; at least one fluid-permeable cover attached to the projections, the cover completely enveloping the shell and the plurality of projections; and a plurality of sensor modules attached to the shell and positioned at a distance from each other, each of the sensor modules oriented to detect one or more analytes in a fluid within one of the plurality of compartments, wherein each of the plurality of sensor modules includes a unique identifier and is configured to utilize energy transmitted from an external source.
US08808371B2
An implantable device system for controlling the dimensions of internal anatomic passages corrects physiologic dysfunctions resulting from a structural lumen which is either too large or too small. Implantable devices are disclosed which employ various mechanisms for adjusting and maintaining the size of an orifice to which they are attached. Systems permit the implants to be implanted using minimally invasive procedures and permit final adjustments to the dimensions of the implants after the resumption of normal flow of anatomic fluids in situ.
US08808368B2
A method is provided, including positioning, at an intraventricular site of a ventricle of a patient, a spool coupled to a first end portion of a longitudinal member and coupling a second end portion of the longitudinal member to a portion of tissue facing a lumen of the ventricle. Other embodiments are also described.
US08808362B2
An apparatus is provided that includes a graft for coupling two vascular conduits within a patient. The graft includes: 1) an anchor system that forms an arc at one end of the conduits; and 2) a body element coupled to the anchor system. The anchor system comprises a biodegradable stent. In particular embodiments, portions of the graft are either self-expandable or balloon-expandable. In still other embodiments, anchor system includes NITINOL and the anchor system is substantially self-sealing at one end of the conduits. In one embodiment, the body element comprises polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (EPTFE). In yet other embodiments, the body element includes either a gelatinous or an elastomeric coating disposed on its surface.
US08808361B2
A bridging device for supporting occlusive masses within an aneurysm located at a vascular bifurcation.
US08808352B2
A cast bioremodelable graft (22) including a cast tubular construct (33) of a bioremodelable substance (34). The bioremodelable substance is cast on or applied to a form and then vacuum pressed to dry or harden the substance. Expandable members (18) are disposed on, in, under or about the cast tubular construct to expand the graft when released from an endoluminal delivery system. A second layer (39) can be applied over the first layer (38) and the expandable stents to contain the stents there between without the need for any separate attachment. The graft is dehydrated and preferably vacuum pressed to harden the bioremodelable substance. The form is removed to form one or more lumens (23-25) in the graft, which is then loaded on an endoluminal delivery system.
US08808326B2
A knotless suture system formed from two lengths of suture joined at a suture junction point, with at least four suture limbs extending from the suture junction. The knotless suture system provides the ability to construct a suture bridge for soft tissue repair and fixation across a medial and lateral row bone fixation anchor configuration while passing the suture system in a simplified method of suture management.
US08808315B2
The present invention relates to a surgical instrument (1) for deploying a prosthesis (200) and includes a first layer and second layer assembled together so as to define an internal space accessible to said surgical instrument (1) by means of an opening provided in said first layer, said surgical instrument including at least one sheet (2) made of a flexible resilient material, said sheet continuously overlapping itself one or more times so as to define a plurality of levels forming a spiral (3). The invention also relates to a kit including such a surgical instrument and such a prosthesis.
US08808314B2
This present invention generally relates to devices and methods for repairing an aperture in a biological tissue. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for closing an aperture in a biological tissue including a handle, an elongate shaft connected to the handle, and a deployment scaffold connected to the shaft, in which the scaffold is configured to releasably retain a surgical implant and the scaffold is configured to deploy and attach the surgical implant to the biological tissue.
US08808308B2
An intraocular lens injection device comprises a tubular housing with a plunger longitudinally disposed within the tubular housing. An electric drive system longitudinally translates the plunger so that its tip engages an insertion cartridge to fold and displace an intraocular lens disposed within and to inject the folded lens into the lens capsule of an eye. A control circuit is configured to start translation of the plunger, responsive to user input, to detect at least one fault condition based on a counter-electromotive force produced by the electric motor, and to stop translation of the plunger assembly responsive to the detected fault condition, which may comprise excessive resistance to forward or rearward translation of the plunger or insufficient resistance to forward translation of the plunger.
US08808306B2
An instrument for recording or replicating the orientation of an adjustable component of an implant with respect to a stem portion of the implant includes a base assembly configured to clamp the stem portion of the implant in a predetermined orientation, and a fixture supported on the base assembly in a predetermined orientation with respect to the base assembly, the fixture including a locking assembly configured to be adjusted in three dimensions and locked in a configuration which angularly locks an alignment tool relative to the fixture in the three dimensions when the alignment tool is engaged with the adjustable component and the adjustable component is operably assembled with the stem portion and the stem portion is clamped by the base assembly.
US08808305B2
The present disclosure relates to a spinal fusion impactor tool that includes an attachment means for securing an implant device to the distal end of the tool, a means for adjusting the angle of the distal head relative to the handle to better position the implant for introduction into the implant site, means for remotely releasing the implant device at the distal end and a clamp device on the shaft of the tool to secure tabs, attachments and other devices. The impactor tool is preferably used in conjunction with implantation of an intervertebral fusion cage that is equipped with shims having tabs or other removing means, but may also be used to introduce, for example, an implant, graft, fusion device, wedge or distractor device into any joint space or bony region in preparation for implantation.
US08808297B2
A surgical device includes an elongate body extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The distal end of the elongate body defines a notch sized and configured to receive a reamer. A coupling assembly is supported by the elongate body and includes a reamer guide body disposed at the distal end of the elongate body. The reamer guide body configured to move between a first position and a second position in which the reaming guide body extends at least partially across the notch. A locking assembly is supported by the elongate body and is configured to releasably engage the coupling assembly to maintain the reamer guide body in the second position.
US08808293B2
A device for bone fixation comprises a bone fixation nail extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the distal end having a helical structure configured to engage a bone, the proximal end having an opening extending thereinto and a first sleeve configured for insertion over a proximal portion of the bone fixation nail and through an intramedullary nail hole, the first sleeve permitting the bone fixation nail to move axially therewithin within a predetermined range of movement along with a locking screw configured to limit movement of the bone fixation nail relative to the first sleeve, the locking screw configured to lockingly engage the opening in the bone fixation nail and having a head and a threaded shaft extending distally therefrom.
US08808289B2
Coupling element for an external fixator which connects a pin or rod to a second pin or rod. The coupling element comprises a first coupling section to clamp the first pin or rod in engagement with a second clamp for clamping the second pin or rod and a pivoting section for adjusting the orientation of the first coupling section relative to the post section in the space. The pivoting section extends along a third axis. The first coupling section is rotatable around a first axis with respect to the pivoting section and wherein via the pivoting section the first coupling section is pivotable around a second axis with respect to the post section, wherein the second axis is arranged at an angle to the first axis.
US08808288B2
A forceps includes first and second shafts having a jaw connected thereto. At least one jaw is moveable from an open to a closed position and includes a blade slot extending therealong configured for reciprocation of a blade therethrough. An actuation assembly is disposed within one shaft and is configured for translating the blade between retracted and extended positions. The blade extends at least partially through the blade slot in the extended position. The actuation assembly includes an actuator engaged to a belt disposed within the shaft. The belt is configured for rotation about at least one pulley. A blade holder having the blade connected thereto is engaged to the belt. The blade holder defines a pre-determined load limit that, when exceeded, disengages the blade holder from the belt. Translating the actuator proximally translates the blade distally to the extended position when the blade holder is engaged to the belt.
US08808287B2
An electrosurgical suction coagulator is disclosed having improved thermal insulation between the active electrode and adjacent tissue. In embodiments, passive insulation is used to control the transfer of thermal energy from an electrosurgical electrode into surrounding tissue. Braided, closed-sell foam material, and open cell foam materials may be used to thermally insulate the outer surface of a suction coagulator shaft from an inner electrode. In embodiments, a suction coagulator shaft includes an external covering formed from open-cell foam material, which may be saturated with a coolant, such as water or saline, to increase the thermal mass of the shaft. In other embodiments, active cooling delivers coolant to the operative site. In yet other embodiments, a suction coagulator shaft includes a cooling jacket through which coolant is passed to actively cool the instrument. The improved electrosurgical suction coagulator disclosed herein may have a reduced operating surface temperatures which may result in reduced risk of undesirable effects to adjacent tissue, and may result in reduced operative times and improved patient outcomes.
US08808285B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for preventing reuse of a surgical instrument. The single-use surgical instrument includes a housing, an electrical connector and a treatment component. Indicia may be printed on the housing, the electrical connector and/or the treatment component. A removable ink is applied to any portion of the surgical instrument in the form of indicia that is readable by a scanning device. The removable ink includes a protein-based composition that is reactivateable with a sterilization solution having an enzyme-based composition such that upon sterilization, the removable ink reacts with the sterilizing solution and becomes unreadable by the scanning device.
US08808276B2
Systems and methods are described for implementing a bioactive material selection from within a digestive tract and transmitting a wireless signal indicating at least the bioactive material selection from within the digestive tract.
US08808268B2
A method and composition for hyperthermally diagnosing and monitoring treatment of cells with photoacoustic sound and nanoparticles.
US08808266B2
A pants-type disposable diaper 1 comprising: a diaper main body 2 having a front part P, a back part Q, and a crotch part R therebetween, and having a waist opening 3 and a pair of leg openings 4; an absorbent core 10 disposed at the crotch part R; a first elastic member 13 disposed continuously, and having a first crotch-crossing part 13A which extends across the crotch part R and a first leg opening edge part 13B which extends along edges 15 of a front side of the both leg openings 4; and a second elastic member 14 disposed so as to be spaced from the first elastic member 13, and having a second crotch-crossing part 14A which extends intermittently across the crotch part R and a second leg opening edge part 14B which extends along edges 15 of a back side of the both leg openings 4.
US08808264B2
An absorbent article providing improved body fit. The absorbent article includes an extensible fluid permeable facing layer and a first absorbent layer joined to the facing layer. Each zone of extensibility is a region of the first absorbent layer of relatively higher extensibility than regions of first absorbent layer adjacent to the zone of extensibility. A liquid impermeable backsheet is joined to the facing layer at the periphery. The liquid impermeable backsheet has a garment facing surface. A fastening means is disposed on at least a portion of the garment facing surface of the liquid impermeable backsheet. The fastening means defines attachment zones. At least a portion of the first absorbent layer is decoupled from the attachment zones of the fluid impermeable backsheet.
US08808259B2
Some embodiments are directed to a system 10 for the application of topical negative pressure therapy to a site 18 on the body of a mammal. Some embodiments of the system 10 comprise a piston 22 and cylinder 24 device 12 having a self-contained power source for the generation of a reduced pressure and for aspirating the site 18. Some embodiments of the system 10 comprise a dressing 14 sealably surrounding the site 18 that can be operably connected to the device 12 by a conduit means 16 to apply the reduced pressure to the site 18.
US08808257B2
This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing pulsatile release of active agents via a punctal plug inserted into a punctum. A tube is provided which may be inserted into a cavity of a punctal plug. One or more pulsatile delivery units are arranged in a generally linear fashion within the tube. The pulsatile delivery units include a core comprising the active agent and an encapsulation layer around the core.
US08808240B2
A fluid infusion system including a pocketable pump housing with a reservoir cavity with helical coupling features. The system further has a reservoir with an open end that is removable from the reservoir cavity. A removable cap coupled to the housing is also included in the system. The cap has corresponding coupling features, an exterior surface and a tab. The corresponding coupling features couple the cap to the housing while the tab is a ridge that extends away from the exterior surface. The tab has a port to accommodate flow from the reservoir and the port defines an axis of rotation such that torque applied to the tab about the axis of rotation disengages the coupling between the cap and the housing. The system further has a removably coupled guard with a slot defined to immobilize rotation of the tab about the axis of rotation.
US08808237B2
A balloon catheter for dilation of stenotic tissue within a tubular member of the body such as a blood vessel provides fluid flow such as blood flow through the balloon while it is being inflated and after it has been inflated. For valvuloplasty applications or for predilitation prior to a TAVI procedure the balloon is placed across the stenotic aortic valve leaflets and inflated to push the leaflets aside to create a greater blood flow area or allow improved subsequent passage of the large TAVI catheter across the stenotic aortic valve leaflets. As the balloon is inflated in diameter, it is required to reduce in length; this length reduction causes a braided inner tubing to also reduce in length. The braided inner tube is thereby required it to increase in diameter during the balloon inflation and create a suitably large blood flow path through the inner tubing. The continuous perfusion through the inner tubing of the balloon allows greater balloon inflation times, improved valvular dilation, and obviates the need for rapid pacing during the valvuloplasty procedure.
US08808235B2
Medical device system comprising a catheter including an elongate tubular member having an inner wall surface defining a lumen extending longitudinally through at least a portion of the tubular member. The medical device also includes an inner stop extending inwardly from the inner wall surface of the tubular member at a distal end section of the catheter and a pusher device insertable into the lumen. The pusher device has a contact surface to abut the inner stop of the tubular member.
US08808229B2
A system of a wireless physiological signal integration is provided. The system includes a wireless transmission sensor chip and a drug delivering system, wherein the wireless transmission sensor chip includes a sensor sensing a physiological signal of a patient, a signal conversion module converting the physiological signal into a converted signal, and a wireless transmission module wirelessly transmitting the converted signal, and the drug delivering system determines a dose of a drug and a timing for providing the drug according to the converted signal.
US08808227B2
A multi-lumen catheter including a generally cylindrical body enclosing a first and second lumen separated by a generally planar septum. A first and second tip section extend from a distal end of the body. The first and second tip section may each include a generally planar surface. The second tip section may include a first segment extending from the distal end of the body to a transition segment and a second segment extending from the transition segment to a distal end of the second tip section.
US08808218B2
A blood access device includes (i) a conductive needle configured to pierce a patient's skin and gain access to a blood vessel; (ii) an insulative housing supporting a fluid communication junction between the needle and flexible tube; (iii) a conductor having a first end connected to the insulative housing and a second end extending from the insulative housing in a direction coextensive with the needle such that (a) when the needle has gained access to the blood vessel the patient's skin, the conductor is electrically insulated from the conductive needle and (b) if the needle is pulled so as to interrupt access with the blood vessel, the conductive needle and the conductor come into contact with each other.
US08808216B2
An apparatus for use with a protective cup is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of support members which may position the protective cup in a preferred position relative to a user's body, and secure the protective cup in the preferred position. The plurality of support members may connect to the protective cup or a protective support configured to receive the protective cup. The apparatus may be configured to protect the user's groin region, such as the user's crotch area, pubic bone and genitals. The apparatus may also be configured to protect the user's buttocks or legs, such as the user's hips, thighs, shins or knees.
US08808212B1
A shoulder support device includes a flexible elastic continuous ring band and a slide adjustably movable on the band that divides the band into a pair of loops defining arm receiving apertures that are cupped over the curved deltoid region of each shoulder of a wearer to pull the shoulders back and downward under tension to achieve a correct posture position. The slide is moveable to adjust tension distributed to the wearer's shoulders. When the slide is positioned midway between the shoulder blades at the back of the wearer, it provides equal distributed tension on both shoulders. Moving the slide more to the left or more to the right allows the wearer to selectively adjust which shoulder receives more tension.
US08808208B2
An exercise apparatus (260) comprises a plurality of modules (100, 120, 130, 180) which are able to be detachably secured relative to each other in a plurality of configurations.
US08808207B2
A device and methods for treating a subject with dysphagia or other neurological disease, neurological disorder, neurological injury, neurological impairment or neurodegenerative disease that affects voluntary motor control of the hyoid, pharynx, larynx, or oropharyngeal area is disclosed. A device of the invention generally comprises a vibrotactile stimulator for applying at least one stimulus to the outside surface of a subject's neck; a connector for attaching the vibrotactile stimulator to an outside surface of the subject's neck, and a switch control communicatively connected to the vibrotactile stimulator to selectively engage a manual stimulation module and/or automatic stimulation module. Stimulation of an outside surface of the throat area of a subject by a device of the invention stimulates a swallowing reflex in the subject.
US08808204B2
A high-frequency operation apparatus includes a grasping portion for grasping a treatment target living tissue, an electrode for supplying a high-frequency current to the living tissue, a high-frequency current supplying section that generates the high-frequency current necessary for treatment, a cable section that transmits the high-frequency current, an impedance measuring section for measuring an impedance value of the living tissue, a detecting section that detects that the impedance value reaches an impedance threshold at a time when moisture in the living tissue starts to evaporate, a measuring section that measures an output time of the high-frequency current after the detection, a storing section that stores a set time, and an output control section that performs control for stopping an output when the output time of the high-frequency current reaches the stored set time.
US08808190B2
A planar coil arrangement (400) for a magnetic induction impedance measurement apparatus comprises an excitation coil (102) configured for generating a magnetic excitation field in an object, and a detection coil (404) configured for detecting a magnetic response field generated in response to the magnetic excitation field inducing a current in the object. In order to minimize an effect of the magnetic excitation field in the detection coil (404), the detection coil (404) is radially symmetrical shaped with respect to the excitation coil (102) and is arranged relative to the excitation coil (102) such that the magnetic excitation field is minimized in the detection coil (404).
US08808185B2
A system for generating a diagnosis is disclosed herein. The system includes a controller, an electrocardiograph connected to the controller, and an ultrasound device connected to the controller. The electrocardiograph is configured to generate a diagnostic electrocardiogram. The controller is configured to generate a diagnosis based on data from the electrocardiograph or the ultrasound device.
US08808183B2
A system and method is provided for using ultrasound data backscattered from vascular tissue to estimate the transfer function of a catheter (including components attached thereto—e.g., IVUS console, transducer, etc.). Specifically, in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, a computing device is electrically connected to a catheter and used to acquire RF backscattered data from a vascular structure (e.g., a blood vessel, etc.). The backscattered ultrasound data is then used, together with an algorithm, to estimate the transfer function. The transfer function can then be used (at least in a preferred embodiment) to calculate response data for the vascular tissue (i.e., the tissue component of the backscattered ultrasound data). In a second embodiment of the present invention, an IVUS console is electrically connected to a catheter and a computing device and is used to acquire RF backscattered data from a vascular structure. The backscattered data is then transmitted to the computing device, where it is used to estimate the catheter's transfer function and to calculate response data for the vascular tissue. The response data and histology data are then used to characterize at least a portion of the vascular tissue (e.g., identify tissue type, etc.).
US08808169B2
A steerable shaft of a medical instrument is steered by one or more control cables. The control cables are in contact with a steering system tension control device that reduces the tension in the control cables caused by bends in the shaft.
US08808164B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling a robotic surgical tool is disclosed. The method for controlling a robotic surgical tool includes moving a monitor displaying an image of a robotic surgical tool; sensing motion of the monitor; and translating the sensed motion of the monitor into motion of the robotic surgical tool.
US08808162B2
Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to supportive tissue and adjusting the implant.
US08808158B2
An orthotic obstructive sleep apnea treatment device is provided that includes a hyoid bone attachment element disposed to attach a ferric element to a hyoid bone, where the ferric element is disposed to face along a treatment vector from the hyoid bone, and the treatment vector is oriented relative to a sagittal plane of a human. The orthotic obstructive sleep apnea treatment device further includes an external orthotic neck device having a contoured housing with a shape disposed to conform about a neck of the human subject, where the housing includes a force delivery element disposed at an exterior-front neck region of the human subject and is disposed to provide an attractive force to the ferric element along the treatment vector. A force sensor is disposed to measure a force exerted on the hyoid bone, a skin contact pressure, tissue compression between the ferric element and the force delivery element.
US08808157B2
A cartridge may include a housing configured to contain a plurality of like items and a track inside the housing. The track extends in a first direction, and a plunger may be slidable along the track in the first direction and configured to urge the items toward a first end of the housing. The cartridge may include a gate attached to the housing. The gate may be movable between a first position preventing the items from being removed from the housing and a second position allowing one of the items to be removed from the housing. The gate may be configured to remove the one item from being urged by the plunger.
US08808152B1
An exercise machine that facilitates exercises for a user's abdominal area, inner and outer thigh areas, upper body, and back areas includes a frame and a plurality of height adjustable legs which allow a user to selectively provide a comfortable height or inclined surface for personal exercise. The apparatus further includes a movable sliding platform assembly providing adjustable resistance. A pair of knee pads is pivotally affixed to the movable platform assembly and allows independent motioning in respective arcuate paths to exercise the user's oblique muscles. When the knee pads are motioned separately, the apparatus exercises the user's inner thigh, outer thigh, and stomach muscles. Additionally, the movable features of the apparatus enable a user to exercise various other specific body areas.
US08808145B1
A system that uses touch sensitive, illuminating, climbing hold bolts connected to a network control unit to create an interactive environment featuring climbing hold illumination and the ability to detect a climber's presence on a hold. The system is connected to the internet where it is configured and enables users with a web enabled device to illuminate a route, or engage in a wide variety of interactive training activities and games.
US08808142B2
A starter system for an auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a starter motor operably connectable to the APU. A clutch is arranged to operably connect the starter motor to the APU when engaged. A torque limiting control unit is disposed and configured to provide APU starter power to the starter motor according to a starting schedule. The starting schedule is configured to govern an acceleration rate of the starter motor after the clutch is engaged.
US08808138B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a traction motor, and a torque converter that is driven by the traction motor. A clutch arrangement mechanically couples an output of the torque converter to transmission gearing. A controller is provided in the vehicle that is configured to command an increase in slip, or decrease in clutch pressure, in the clutch arrangement in response to an increase in speed of the traction motor. The commanding of an increase in slip enables a product of the torque ratio of the torque converter and an input torque to the torque converter to remain generally constant during the increase in speed of the traction motor.
US08808135B2
A transmission includes an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The transmission input member is connected to a launch device that includes a planetary gear set connected with a pump or a pump having a rotatable housing connected to an engine and a rotor connected to the transmission input member. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices are for example clutches and brakes.
US08808132B2
A torque vectoring differential includes a pair of planetary gear assemblies having a common planet gear carrier which is driven from the output of a transmission. Each of the planetary gear assemblies include a ring gear that may be individually and selectively grounded (braked) to a stationary housing by a friction brake and a sun gear that is coupled through an axle to a respective drive wheel. Selective activation of the brakes controls the distribution, i.e., vectoring, of torque to each of the drive wheels. Each planetary gear assembly includes elongated planet gears which mesh not only with their respective sun and ring gears but also with the planet gears of the other planetary gear assembly.
US08808126B2
Disclosed is a driving device for an automatic tracking operation of a solar panel for a solar power generator. The device includes a housing, a worm gear, and upper and lower ring bearings. The worm gear is coupled to a worm mounted to a worm shaft, and a rotary gear is connected to an end of the worm shaft to engage with a drive gear. A thrust bearing is mounted on an upper portion of the upper ring bearing, and an anchor plate and an upper casing are installed above the thrust bearing. A support plate and a lower casing are coupled to a lower portion of the lower ring bearing. First and second stoppers are securely provided on a bearing body of the lower ring bearing to touch first and second limit switches. The solar panel is supported on the housing via a panel support bracket.
US08808125B2
A hybrid vehicle driving apparatus includes: a first rotor shaft of a first electric motor, the first electric motor being disposed on a first axis; a power distribution mechanism that includes a planetary gear device and is disposed on the first axis; an output gear shaft that serves as an output member of the power distribution mechanism and is disposed on the first axis; a counter shaft disposed on a second axis; a second rotor shaft of a second electric motor disposed on a third axis; a power transmission shaft disposed on the third axis; a differential gear disposed on a fourth axis; and a casing that includes a plurality of case members. The output gear shaft, the power transmission shaft, the counter shaft, the differential gear, the first rotor shaft, and the second rotor shaft are rotatably supported by a common case member that is one of the plurality of case members.
US08808124B2
A belt alternator starter (BAS) system for a hybrid vehicle may include a first pulley, a first belt, a motor generator unit (MGU), a second pulley, a second belt, and a first clutch. The first belt encircles the first pulley and a crankshaft pulley of an internal combustion engine. The MGU includes the second pulley and functions as an electric motor when the engine is started and as a generator for charging a battery when the engine is running. The second belt encircles the second pulley and at least one drive pulley of an accessory unit. The first clutch couples/decouples the crankshaft pulley to/from the second pulley depending on operation of the engine.
US08808123B2
A bicycle front derailleur that includes a chain guide configured to engage a bicycle chain and a mounting member operatively coupled to the chain guide. The mounting member includes a frame support structure that includes a contact member that is configured to contact the frame of the bicycle, and a support member mounted to the mounting member. The contact member is supported by the support member.
US08808118B2
A basketball hoop has a stationary panel, a first pivoting seat, a rim assembly, a second pivoting seat and a torsion assembly. The torsion assembly has at least one torsion spring and a pivoting rod. The pivoting rod is mounted through the first pivoting seat and the second pivoting seat to pivotally mount the stationary panel around the rim assembly. The torsion springs offer a resilient force to resist the force of bending the rim assembly. With the torsion springs mounted around the pivoting rod, the basketball hoop in accordance with the present invention reduces the amount of the components. With the decrease of the amount of the components, the installation is easier and faster, and the cost is reduced therefore.
US08808113B2
A golf ball having an improved surface pattern is disclosed. The golf ball has one or more channels on its surface. The channels form spherical polygonal tiles that may include a plurality of dimples. These dimples may be circular or polygonal in shape.
US08808112B2
A golf ball with at least one core layer, at least one intermediate layer, and at least one cover layer. Any combination of the layers of the golf ball may feature a visually enhancing means. The cover layer is preferably translucent and provides a view to the intermediate layer and/or the core layer. The intermediate layer has a non-uniform thickness. The core may comprise a non-spherical insert. The intermediate layer and the core layer may affect the spin rate of the golf ball. The intermediate layer may be used to indicate the alignment of the golf ball.
US08808109B2
A golf club head having a translucent insert disclosed. The club head includes a body defining a striking face, a top line, a sole, a back, a heel, and a toe. The back contains a cavity that extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the face. A recess is provided within the cavity, with the recess extending away from the cavity and toward the sole. The recess causes more of the club head mass to be oriented towards the perimeter of the club head, and optionally also toward the back of the club head. This enlarges the club sweet spot and increases the moment of inertia, and facilitates imparting a desired flight path to a struck golf ball, producing a more forgiving club. The recess may have a varying depth and/or a varying draft angle. A rear wall of the recess may be provided with a cutout to further reposition mass toward the club head perimeter. A translucent insert, such as a vibration dampening member, may be provided within the recess. The insert may contain secondary inserts, such as weight members, therein in strategic locations. The insert may completely fill the recess, or may fill only a portion thereof.
US08808107B2
A golf club has a reverse flex of from 90 to 140 mm. In a front view of the golf club head under a standard state in which the golf club head is placed on a horizontal plane at its lie angle and loft angle, a first straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the toe-crown-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θA of from 30 to 40 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane; and a second straight line drawn to pass through the centroid of the heel-sole-side thin portion and the centroid of the back surface of the face portion is inclined at an angle θB of from 39 to 42 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane.
US08808105B2
A method relating to an improved fitting system for a golf club shaft is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention utilizes specific data gathered from the golfer's golf swing itself to determine the best performing golf club shaft for this particular golf swing. Even more specifically, the present invention relates to the utilization of infrared motion capturing cameras to record the location data of a golf club shaft throughout a swing. Based on the location data captured, one or more dynamic behavioral characteristics can be calculated to determine one or more preferred shaft characteristics. Using the preferred shaft characteristics, a shaft can be recommended for the golfer having this particular golf swing. The current inventive fitting methodology is preferred to the archaic fitting method of using data gathered from the result orientated ball flight data together with a tedious process of having to try numerous different shafts.
US08808098B2
A constant velocity joint including an outer race including a plurality of outer race ball grooves on an internal surface thereof; an inner race arranged inside the outer race and including a plurality of inner race ball grooves on a peripheral surface thereof; a plurality of balls respectively received in the outer and inner race ball grooves for transmitting a torque between the outer race and the inner race; and a cage arranged between the outer and inner races and including a plurality of window portions that respectively receive balls in a circumferential direction thereof. On at least one of a plurality of groove wall protrusions that are configured by sidewall surfaces of the inner race ball grooves adjoining cutouts are respectively formed on axially opposite sides of an inner race on a peripheral side of the inner race.
US08808085B2
A wagering game that allows a player to adjust a positive expectation game situation to a lower expectation game situation. In return, the player can increase the paytable so that awards the player wins will be paid at a higher rate. Alternatively, the player can increase the paytable in exchange for a less favorable game state.
US08808076B2
An impeller exhaust ridge vent is provided for covering a ridge slot formed along the ridge of a roof. The ridge vent has an elongated laterally flexible center panel with edge portions along which vents are formed. Standoffs can depend from the bottom of the center panel for supporting the center panel a predetermined distance above the roof deck so that attic air can vent through the ridge slot, beneath the center panel, and exit through the vents. A base panel can be provided to cover the roof deck and form a smooth substantially sealed air duct for passage of the air. Upstanding wind baffles are disposed outboard of and spaced from the vents. One or more tangential impellers is rotatably mounted in the pace between the vents and wind baffles and can be free spinning or driven by an electric motor. Rotation of the tangential impellers creates a cross-flow fan effect that draws air forcibly from beneath the center panel and exhausts it to ambience. The attic space is thereby actively ventilated.
US08808073B2
An air passage open/close device includes a casing having an air passage, and a sliding door having a board member slidably located in the casing so as to open or close the air passage. The casing has a guide groove for guiding a movement of the board member. The guide groove has an upstream wall extending in a moving direction of the board member at an upstream side of the board member in an air flow direction, and a downstream wall opposing to the upstream wall at a downstream side of the board member in the air flow direction. The board member is configured to be elastically deformed when the board member is arranged in the casing.
US08808072B2
The present invention provides a cabin pressure control system that comprises a first outflow valve having a first motor controlled by a first outflow valve controller, the first outflow valve having a first backup motor controlled by a first backup controller. A second outflow valve has a second motor controlled by a second outflow valve controller, the second outflow valve also having a second backup motor controlled by a second backup controller. Upon failure of the first outflow valve controller, the second outflow valve controller controls the first outflow valve via the first backup controller and the first backup motor; and upon failure of the second outflow valve controller, the first outflow valve controller controls the second outflow valve via the second backup controller and the second backup motor.
US08808064B2
A polishing article with a plurality of polishing pads adapted to polish a substrate. Gimbal structures are attached to the polishing pads that permit the polishing pads to move independently along at least a pitch axis and a roll axis. Stems supported by preload flexures apply preloads through dimple structures to the polishing pads. A plurality of stand-offs provide fixed boundary conditions between the preload and the gimbal structures. Recesses allow for the preload flexures to move vertically.
US08808063B2
A method for removing polishing byproducts and a polishing device are provided. The method includes mounting a positive electrode on the center of a polishing platen and a negative electrode on an edge of the polishing platen, applying a voltage between the positive electrode and the negative electrode after a polishing process for metal is finished, and rotating the polishing platen and rinsing a polishing pad with deionized water or a chemical cleaning solution to remove polishing byproducts that are formed in the polishing process. The combination of the centrifugal force and the electromotive force increases the removal rate of the polishing byproducts.
US08808055B2
A protruding tongue and sounding structure of a puppet includes a protruding tongue and sounding device mounted inside the puppet. The puppet is a soft and hollow bag-shaped configuration. The protruding tongue and sounding device includes a housing and a slide member which is movable in the housing by air flow. A whistle is provided in the slide member. The slide member includes a tongue at one end thereof. The tongue can extend out of the slide member and the puppet. When the puppet is pressed by the user's fingers, the air in the puppet flows out through the protruding tongue and sounding device. The air in the puppet pushes the slide member of the protruding tongue and sounding device to move outward and forces the whistle to sound. Furthermore, the tongue extends outward, like the puppet to protrude its tongue.
US08808038B2
A spring contact and a socket embedded with spring contacts. The spring contact includes an upper contact pin having a contact portion, two spring holding protrusions and a body, a lower contact pin coupled to the upper contact pin, and a spring fitted over the assembly of the upper and lower contact pins, wherein the body has two symmetric elastic portions with both an oblique surface and a locking protrusion, in which a moving slit is formed between the elastic portions so as to provide a moving space for an opposite contact pin, with moving grooves being formed to movably receive the locking protrusions of an opposite contact pin and to be in electric contact with the locking protrusions.
US08808026B2
A waterproof structure, which is for one connector fixed to a mounting hole of an automotive motor's metallic case and another connector fixed to a mounting hole of an automotive inverter's metallic case and connected to the one connector, comprises ring-shaped first and second packings. The first packing resides between the one case's surface and the one connector's surface that are orthogonal to a fitting direction of the connectors such that the one case's mounting hole is surrounded thereby to provide waterproof interface between the one case and the one connector. The second packing resides between the other case's surface and the other connector's surface that are parallel to the fitting direction. The second packing extends on an outer circumferential surface of the other connector to provide waterproof interface between an inner circumferential surface of the other case's mounting hole and the other connector's outer circumferential surface.
US08808023B2
An electrical appliance for a lampholder socket having a socket axis of rotation has a housing rotatable by an application of an applied torque thereto. A screw base is configured to be inserted in the lampholder socket and threadedly connected to the lampholder socket upon a rotation of the screw base in a first direction about the socket axis of rotation. A torque limiter is fixedly attached to the screw base for rotation therewith. The torque limiter couples the housing to the screw base for rotation therewith when the applied torque is less than a predetermined magnitude and couples the housing to the screw base for rotation relative thereto when the applied torque is greater than the predetermined magnitude. An electrical device is mounted in the housing and electrically connected to the screw base.
US08808012B2
A shield connector includes a housing and a shield terminal. The housing, has a tubular shape so that a shield electric wire is inserted thereinto, and is attached to an objective body so as to communicate with an insert hole of the objective body. The shield terminal, has a tubular shape, is electrically conductive, is attached to an inner peripheral side of the housing, and is electrically conducted to the objective body and the shield layer. A seal member having a tubular shape is provided between an inner periphery of the insert hole and the shield electric wire and between the shield terminal and the shield electric wire, so as to seal a part between the inner periphery of the insert hole and an outer periphery of the shield electric wire and a part between an inner periphery of the shield terminal and the outer periphery of the shield electric wire.
US08808009B2
An interconnect device for electrically connecting first and second electrical components together along a connection axis includes a contact assembly having an insulative carrier and electrical contacts held by the insulative carrier. The electrical contacts include mounting segments and mating segments. The mating segments are configured to be compressed along the connection axis. A frame includes a central opening and at least one perimeter segment that defines a boundary of the central opening. The contact assembly is held within the central opening. The frame includes a compression stop having a stop surface that is configured to engage the second electrical component to limit an amount of compression of the mating segments along the connection axis. The stop surface is aligned with a mating side surface of the perimeter segment.
US08808003B2
An educational tool for building healthy minds and strong bodies for a healthier generation, built upon the legacy of healthy living represented by a Lunch Box lifestyle. A board game and method for playing the board game which incorporates various healthy lifestyle learning lessons with exercises as part of an activity that is engaged in for enjoyment, health and nutritional education, exercise and fitness, entertainment and fun, for the purpose of bringing health and fitness back to the forefront of children's daily lives. Some embodiments provide the structure of the game, namely, the board and playing pieces, the several different playing cards, dice and their collective interaction, and the method of playing the game in combination with exercises whereby healthy lifestyle choices are learned and physical fitness is enhanced. The game can be played by 2-4 individuals or by 2-4 teams each made up of any number of individuals.
US08807998B2
An orthodontic fixing apparatus is provided, wherein the apparatus includes a linear fixing body, bisymmetrically defined, having a plurality of connection grooves in each left and right sides thereof, and a plurality of cylindrical fixing rings arranged on the upper and lower sides of the central portion of the fixing body with a connection member being placed between the upper and lower sides, wherein a screw is inserted, to thereby fix the fixing body to the palate. Each fixing ring may protrude by a width of 0.1 mm to 4 mm in a direction of contact with the palate to minimize the contact of the fixing ring or the fixing body with the palate. The fixing ring may include a taper having a diameter that gradually decreases from an inlet to an outlet along an insertion direction of the screw, wherein an internal thread is arranged in the fixing ring.
US08807997B2
An orthodontic appliance includes features for reducing friction between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire to be placed within the archwire slot. Other embodiments include a rounded exterior occlusal surface. Embodiments further include one or more receptacles for receiving an installation tool.
US08807995B2
The invention relates to a tooth top part for a tooth correction means (1), with a base body (2) at which a tooth support surface (5, 25, 45) is formed for being fixed at a tooth surface (3) by bonding, and which is provided with a guide recess (12, 32, 52) which is formed for receiving a connecting means (4, 24, 44) for coupling neighboring tooth top parts (2, 22, 42) and which passes through the base body (2) in spaced relationship to the tooth support surface (5) along a guiding axis (17). According to the invention, the base body (2) comprises a substantially triangular or circular section shaped cross section (11, 11a, 31, 51) in a cross sectional plane (10) normal to the guiding axis (17).
US08807992B2
A combustion device has a controllable venting mechanism, within a piston/plunger or a chamber/housing, to allow the flow of air out of the chamber to enable the piston/plunger to be freely inserted for the purpose of storage or to maintain the air within the chamber to enable the piston/plunger to create a pressure necessary for combustion.
US08807990B2
A gaseous fuel fired furnace having a vapor condensing flue gas vent conduit, a flue gas flow restrictor disposed in the vapor condensing flue gas vent conduit having a flue gas upstream side and a flue gas downstream side, and a condensate bypass conduit extending around the flue gas flow restrictor having a condensate inlet in fluid communication with the flue gas downstream side of the flue gas flow restrictor and a condensate outlet in fluid communication with the flue gas upstream side of the flue gas flow restrictor.
US08807987B2
A burner and ignition assembly, and method include a burner unit, an air intake, and a fuel supply supplying gas and including an air intake. The amount of air entering the air intake can be controlled by momentarily adjusting a choke that is movable relative to the air intake to cover a portion of an opening of the air intake to reduce an amount of air entering the air intake when a cold start condition exists.
US08807981B2
An automated system for changing a mold of a molding unit (24) with which a machine for manufacturing containers is provided, characterized in that the system includes at least one control module (M) having at least a first actuating device (122) combined with the locking device (90) of the molding unit (24) and a second actuating device (126) combined with the opening/closing device (82) of the molding unit (24).
US08807977B2
A cam follower slide component used in an apparatus for extrusion blow molding polyethylene teraphthalate is disclosed. The cam follower slide component is designed to include disc springs positioned about a spindle that is in turn located along the slide direction of the cam follower. With the inclusion of disc springs, the cam follower slide is capable of absorbing certain excessive forces within the blow mold clamping linkage system that may develop during irregular blow mold process conditions. In a preferred embodiment, the cam follower slide component includes the ability to adjust the spring force of the disc springs to allow for a variation in allowable excess system linkage forces.
US08807968B2
Various “contactless” bearing mechanisms including hydrodynamic and magnetic bearings are provided for a rotary pump as alternatives to mechanical contact bearings. In one embodiment, a pump apparatus includes a pump housing defining a pumping chamber. The housing has a spindle extending into the pumping chamber. A spindle magnet assembly includes first and second magnets disposed within the spindle. The first and second magnets are arranged proximate each other with their respective magnetic vectors opposing each other. The lack of mechanical contact bearings enables longer life pump operation and less damage to working fluids such as blood.
US08807962B2
The pump is provided with a plurality of pumping chambers and electrically activatable valves. An elastic membrane is arranged in each pumping chamber and divides the same into a first and a second chamber section. Each valve is connected to the second chamber section of a pumping chamber. When a pressure drop is applied over the valve and the valve is activated (i.e. opened), the pressure in the second chamber section changes, which causes the membrane to move, which in turn leads to a change of the volumes of both chamber sections. This e.g. allows to pump well-defined amounts of fluid from the chamber sections to a drug dispensing device.
US08807959B2
A condition monitoring system for use with a reciprocating device. The condition monitoring system includes at least one pressure sensor that is configured to sense a pressure within the reciprocating device. At least one vibration sensor is configured to sense a vibration of the reciprocating device. A protection system is communicatively coupled to the pressure sensor and the vibration sensor. The protection system is configured to calculate a stiffness value of the reciprocating device based on the sensed pressure within the reciprocating device and the sensed vibration of the reciprocating device.
US08807956B2
A fan system includes a motor control module external to a motor housing of a fan assembly. The motor control module includes a speed control module. The fan assembly includes a fan and the motor housing. One or more first conductors are configured to connect the motor control module to a motor in the motor housing. One or more second conductors are configured to connect the motor control module to a host device control module. The host device control module is separate from the motor control module and is configured to generate a control signal. The speed control module is configured to control speed of the fan based on the control signal.
US08807955B2
An airfoil comprises a substrate, a residual abrasive coating and a supplemental abrasive coating. The substrate extends along a tip section of the airfoil, from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The residual abrasive coating comprises a two-phase abrasive and metal matrix material bonded to the substrate, on the tip section of the airfoil. The supplemental abrasive coating comprises a two-phase abrasive and metal matrix material bonded to the residual abrasive coating and to the substrate adjacent the residual abrasive coating, on the tip section of the airfoil. The supplemental abrasive coating restores the airfoil to a nominal tip height in the tip section.
US08807946B2
A blade speed control apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a rotor assembly a first blade assembly movably attached to the rotor assembly at a first initial position, a second blade assembly movably attached to the rotor assembly at a second initial position, and a movement mechanism configured to move the rotor assembly in a first lateral direction along a y-axis such that a first angle exists between the first blade assembly with said respect to the second blade assembly. The movement mechanism is configured to move a portion of the rotor assembly in a first lateral direction along a y-axis such that a first angle exists between the first blade assembly with said respect to the second blade assembly. The first angle does not comprise an angle of 180 degrees.
US08807944B2
An airfoil component for use in a turbomachine, and method of promoting the heat transfer characteristics within the component. The component includes an airfoil portion having a span-wise direction delimited by an airfoil root and airfoil tip, and a chord-wise direction delimited by leading and trailing edges. A chamber within the airfoil portion contains a permeable foam member. The chamber is fluidically connected to a cooling fluid source and to a cooling hole through first and second passages, respectively, within the airfoil portion. The chamber is located relative to the first and second passages so as to be offset in the chord-wise direction therefrom so that cooling fluid entering the chamber through the first passage is diverted by the foam member in the chord-wise direction before exiting the airfoil portion through the cooling hole.
US08807941B2
A wheel member includes a body having a first surface that extends to a second surface through an intermediate portion. The body includes an outer diametric surface and a central bore. A first plurality of purge circuits are formed in the body. The first plurality of purge circuits extend from a first end to a second end through the body. The first plurality of purge circuits are arranged to direct a first purge flow in a first direction. A second plurality of purge circuits are formed in the body and fluidly isolated from the first plurality of purge circuits. The second plurality of purge circuits extend from a first end portion to a second end portion through the body and are arranged to direct a second purge flow in a second direction, that is distinct from the first direction, to establish a cross-over purge flow system.
US08807939B2
An adjustable fan with a rotary hub capable of supporting rotary blades in a plurality of orientations relative to a rotational axis of the fan.
US08807933B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a turbine-engine composite rectifier comprising a ferrule provided with a plurality of stator vanes (2), said stator vanes each comprising a blade (4) and optionally a platform (3), said method comprising at least the following steps: a) first layers of a reinforcement (6) are wound on a mandrel, said mandrel also acting as a mold and comprising protruding portions, said first reinforcement layers (6) comprising buttonholes (7) positioned facing the protruding portions; b) a prefabricated disc (9) is positioned on each of the protruding portions: c) last reinforcement layers (8) are wound above the discs (9), thereby forming a preform; d) a resin is injected into the closed mold with the preform and the resin-impregnated preform is polymerized; e) the polymerized preform is taken out of the mold and the base of the blade (4) or optionally the platform of the vane (3), if the latter comprises one of them, is added by welding on each of the discs (9).
US08807928B2
The present application provides a tip shroud assembly for use with a turbine engine. The tip shroud assembly may include a shroud, a seal rail positioned on the shroud, and a contoured fillet attaching the seal rail to the shroud.
US08807927B2
A flow control assembly is provided, including a member and a wall. The member has a surface, a flow diverting member and a rail member. The rail member is situated upstream of the flow diverting member. The flow diverting member and the rail member each project from the surface of the member. The flow diverting member has a distal end. The wall is disposed in relation to the member to create a clearance gap between the distal end of the flow diverting member and the wall. A fluid path is created between the member and the wall, and flows from an upstream section and through the clearance gap. A first chamber and a second chamber are defined by the wall and located upstream of the clearance gap.
US08807922B2
A lubrication system for a gear system of a wind turbine includes a first reservoir and a second reservoir adapted to contain lubricant. It further includes pump means arranged to supply lubricant from the first reservoir to the second reservoir during normal operation, and a distribution system fluidly connected between the first reservoir and the gear system in such a manner that lubricant can be supplied to the gear system from the first reservoir via the distribution system during normal operation. The lubrication system further comprises valve means being shiftable between a first position and a second position. In the first position a flow of lubricant from the second reservoir towards the gear system or the first reservoir is prevented, and in the second position it is allowed. The valve means operates in response to pressure changes in the lubrication system in such a manner that a predetermined pressure change automatically and directly causes the valve means to shift from the first position to the second position. Thereby it is ensured that the lubrication system is automatically, reliably and quickly switched to an emergency state in the case that a situation occurs which changes the pressure in the lubrication system in a predetermined manner. It is not necessary to rely on separate measurements of various parameters by independent probes or the like.
US08807915B2
A double casing type pump and a performance adjusting method allow for adjustment of the performance of the pump, especially the head of the pump, without large-scale work or component disassembly. The pump includes impellers fixed to a rotation shaft, an inner casing shrouding the impellers, an outer casing shrouding the inner casing and having a suction opening and a discharge opening. A space is formed between the inner and outer casings that communicates with the discharge opening. A bypass hole connects the space to the working fluid passage in the inner casing and has a throat diameter adjusting member. A plurality of throat diameter adjusting members are prepared in advance, each member having different throat area. One of the throat diameter adjusting members is selected so that the performance of the pump remains within a predetermined range.
US08807910B1
A movable counterweight system moves under a material-handling vehicle to provide a safe low center of gravity, and avoid interference to the operator.
US08807901B1
A universal hammerless pin assembly for internally coupling pieces of heavy machinery includes a pin having a cylindrical shank, a head, and a shoulder disposed therebetween along an axis. A cap is moveable between a free condition off the pin and an assembled condition on the head of the pin. In the assembled condition of the cap, a washer is carried on both the pin and the cap. In the assembled condition of the cap, the cap moves between an uncompressed condition and a compressed condition binding the washer on both the pin and the cap. The washer defines an interference coupling the pieces of heavy machinery and preventing relative movement of the pieces.
US08807896B2
A fastener is disclosed for use in a high vibration application wherein the fastener is engaged to a blind hole. The fastener includes a lock washer including wedge locking action fastening features and a head of the fastener including mating wedge locking action fastening features. The wedge locking action fastening features include a greater inclination than a pitch angle of the fastener such that the fastener is prevented from backing out.
US08807895B2
A fastener housing for securing a bumper fascia to a fender panel includes a shank portion, a skirt portion, and an arm portion. The shank portion includes a first end and an opposite second end and a throughbore extending from the first end to the second end. The shank portion has a widened cross sectional shape which avoids rotation upon insertion into the connection portion of the bumper fascia or fender panel. The skirt portion extends radially from the first end of the shank portion. The arm portion includes a proximate end connected to the skirt portion and a distal end having a protrusion extending generally normal from the arm portion.
US08807892B2
A transport tank assembly for mounting to a truck has a composite tank body having an inner side and an outer side, and at least one cradle assembly connected to the outer side of the tank body. Each cradle assembly has a cradle having an inner side and an outer side, and at least one band of composite material disposed over the outer side of the cradle and at least a portion of the outer side of the tank. A length of the band of composite material is greater than a length of the cradle. The band of composite material connects the cradle to the tank body. The cradle and the at least one band in a generally lateral direction of the tank body.
