US08836698B2
A background map remains stationary relative to a portable unit while the portable unit moves within a plane parallel to the screen of the portable unit allowing the user to assess the relative distance between a source location and a destination. In addition, the orientation or movement at an angle that provides further information about the content of the image. A stationary three dimensional (3-D) background image can be viewed by moving the handheld unit within the 3-D space. The map would be three dimensional and would correspond in scale to the two axes displayed on the screen of the portable unit while the third dimensional or axis can be viewed by moving the device perpendicular to the plane of the screen of the portable device forming a rectangular cuboid.
US08836697B2
A method of presenting a progress of a treatment planning includes determining dose information based on a treatment model, determining objective information that is associated with the treatment model, using the dose information and the objective information to determine a three-dimensional graphic that indicates with how well an objective of the treatment planning is met, wherein the three-dimensional graphic is determined using a processor, and displaying the three-dimensional graphic in a screen.
US08836688B2
A display device which can prevent deterioration of a liquid crystal and reduction in display quality at low power consumption without lowering an aperture ratio is provided. An opposite voltage (Vcom) is applied to an opposite electrode (80) of a liquid crystal capacitive element (Clc). One ends of a pixel electrode (20), a first switch circuit (22), a second switch circuit (23), and a first terminal of a second transistor (T2) form an internal node (N1). The other ends of the first switch circuit (22) and the second switch circuit (23) are connected to a source line (SL) and a voltage supply line (VSL), respectively. A control terminal of a first transistor (T1) in the second switch circuit (23), a second terminal of the second transistor (T2), and one end of a boost capacitive element (Cbst) form an output node (N2). The other end of the boost capacitive element (Cbst) and the control terminal of the second transistor (T2) are connected to a boost line (BST) and a reference line (REF), respectively. This configuration makes it possible to perform an action (self-refresh action) to return the absolute value of the voltage between both ends of a display element part to the value at the time of a last writing action without performing a writing action.
US08836687B2
A driving method for a bistable display device includes setting a first duration and a second duration according to a frame period; applying a first voltage to a light valve layer in the first duration according to display data, so as to transform the light valve layer from a first state to a second state; and applying a second voltage in the second duration to the light valve layer in the second duration for the light valve layer to transform to the first state. Since the light valve layer of the bistable display device is already at the first state prior to displaying the next image, the light valve layer is not required to reset when switching displayed images, hence reducing the total number of frames required to display each image.
US08836682B2
A flat panel display device and a source driver circuit for the flat panel display device are provided for performing multiple driving operations within a unit sourcing period. In the flat panel display device, multiple driving operations are performed within the unit sourcing period, and source voltages are supplied to a selected number of data lines in each driving operation. In this case, one DAC is driven to generate source voltages for a plurality of data lines. In the flat panel display device, the number of the DACs is reduced and the overall layout area is greatly reduced. Also, standby power consumption can be greatly reduced due to the reduced number of amplifiers. Since the source voltages provided by the same amplifier are provided to adjacent data lines, a metal layer can be easily wired in the display panel.
US08836679B2
In one aspect, an LCD includes a display panel with a pixel matrix having M scan lines and N data lines, and a multiplexer feed-through compensation circuit, which includes P signal lines for providing P video signals, P multiplexers, and K pairs of control lines providing K pairs of control signals. Each multiplexer is electrically coupled to a corresponding signal line and has K channels. Each channel includes first and second switches parallel-connected between the signal line and a corresponding data line for selectively transmitting the video signal to the corresponding data line. Each pair of control lines is respectively electrically coupled to the first and second switches of a corresponding channel of each multiplexer. Each pair of control signals are configured such that a time turning off one of the first and second switches is earlier than that turning off the other switch.
US08836674B2
An active stylus includes a tube, a signal emitting module, a power module, an electrical energy storage device, a movable element and an energy transformation module. The signal emitting module, the power module, the electrical energy storage device and the energy transformation module are disposed in the tube. The power module is electrically coupled to the signal emitting module, and the electrical energy storage device and the energy transformation module are electrically coupled to the power module. The movable element is movable in the tube. The energy transformation module is configured for transforming energy generated by motion of the movable element into electrical energy. The electrical energy transformed by the energy transformation module is stored in the electrical energy storage device by the power module.
US08836671B2
A display device includes a screen on which an image is displayed, and a position detection device including a light emitting section adapted to emit an irradiation light beam along the screen, a light receiving section adapted to receive a reflected light beam caused by an object reflecting the irradiation light beam, and a detection section adapted to detect position information of the object based on a light reception result of the light receiving section, wherein the position detection device has detection accuracy of the position information of the object varying in accordance with a position of the object in a direction intersecting the screen.
US08836669B1
An integration circuit including a first capacitor is operatively coupled to a comparator. The comparator is configured to compare a first capacitor voltage of the first capacitor to a reference voltage and produce a first comparator output based on the comparison. A current generator is operatively coupled with the integration circuit and configured to balance charge on the first capacitor. A control unit is operatively coupled to the comparator and the current generator and configured to balance charge on the first capacitor by sensing the first comparator output and controlling the current generator based on the first comparator output.
US08836666B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of means and methods for reducing noise interference in a capacitive touchscreen system. Second noise signals related to first noise signals generated by an external noise source are provided to a touchscreen controller, which determines fundamental and harmonic frequencies associated with the first noise signals. In response to determining the fundamental and harmonic frequencies associated with the first noise signals, the touchscreen controller may shift the frequency at which drive signals generated thereby are provided to a capacitive touchscreen. As a result, undesired interference between the first noise signals and the drive signals is minimized or avoided.
US08836665B2
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 is likely to have 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 provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The learning function is disabled, however, when the relevant words are found to be in a special category for which frequency learning, i.e., frequency revision, is not employed.
US08836664B2
A haptic device provides indirect haptic feedback and includes a substrate having a touch surface, a position sensor and a friction modulator associated with the substrate, wherein a coefficient of friction of the touch surface is modulated in response to a sensed position of relative to the touch surface and/or a derivative thereof.
US08836661B2
An electronic device and a method for operating a touch panel of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch panel, a driving unit and a processing unit. The driving unit is coupled to the touch panel, and drives the touch panel through a scanning frequency. The processing unit is coupled to the driving unit. When a peripheral component of the electronic device is enabled or connected to the electronic device, the processing unit looks up a working frequency table according to character information of the peripheral component, so as to obtain frequency information of the peripheral component, and determines whether or not to change the scanning frequency of the driving unit according to the frequency information of the peripheral component.
US08836660B2
Provided is a technique capable of allowing a person to perceive a fine relief on an object surface clearly. A tactile device of a tactile display slides above an object. The tactile device comprises three rods which are free to move up and down. Lower ends of the rods are in contact with a surface of the object. Upper ends of respective rods touch a palmar-side skin equivalent to positions of three joints of a first finger or a second finger. When the tactile device is slid, upper ends of respective rods move up and down in accordance with a surface relief of the object. In response to the movement of the tactile device, the three rods push three finger joint positions of the palmar-side skin with a stroke equal to a height of the relief.
US08836642B2
There is provided an information processing device including a display control section which causes a three-dimensional space in which an object is arranged to be displayed on a display screen, an acquisition section which acquires a pointing operation in the three-dimensional space, and a position setting section which sets a pointing position in the three-dimensional space on the basis of the pointing operation. The display control section displays the pointing position in the three-dimensional space, a difference of the pointing position from a position of the object in a depth direction of the display screen having been corrected.
US08836639B2
A computer generating a three-dimensional space and the images to be shown on a display: sets a first angle of view of the virtual camera; displays the image in accordance with the first angle of view; detects a position on the displayed image pointed to by the input device; calculates a straight line passing through the detected position and the virtual camera in the three-dimensional space; identifies an object intersecting the straight line; automatically sets a second angle of view of the virtual camera to zoom in and display the identified object, and displays the identified object using the display device from the perspective of the second angle of view.
US08836632B2
A touch device includes gate lines, pixels, sense control lines and sense units. Each pixel is connected to one of the gate lines and is decided whether to receive data according to a voltage on the gate line. Each the sense unit is connected to one of the sense control lines and is decided whether to perform a touch sense operation according to a voltage on the sense control line. The touch device further includes a shift register string including cascade-connected shift registers. Each shift register has first and second output terminals. The first output terminal provides an output to one of the gate lines according to a first clock signal to control the voltage on the gate line. The second output terminal provides an output to one of the sense control lines according to a second clock signal to control the voltage on the detection control line.
US08836619B2
A display apparatus includes: an edge processing section extracting an edge component of a display data signal; a display data signal processing section changing the display data signal according to a level conversion signal and adding the edge component thereto; a level conversion signal generating section changing the level conversion signal according to the display data signal and a signal output from the display data signal processing section; and a display section performing a display operation according to the signal output from the display data processing section.
US08836615B2
The present invention relates to a circuit for controlling a light emitting element, in particular an organic light emitting diode. The circuit comprises a capacitor connectable with the light emitting element, charging means for charging the capacitor and a switching means. The switching means is adapted to alternately disconnect the capacitor from the light emitting element and connect the capacitor to the light emitting element. The capacitor is alternately charged and discharged. A charging current or a discharge current from the capacitor drives the current of the light emitting element. Said charging means comprises at least one charging transistor for charging the capacitor.
US08836614B1
The present invention provides a display panel control circuit, including: a voltage adjustment unit including a high side switch coupled between an output terminal and a high voltage source, a low side switch coupled between the output terminal and a low voltage source, and a voltage adjustment switch coupled between the output terminal and a switching node; a direction control unit, including a first diode having a cathode coupled to the switching node and an anode coupled to a voltage rising node, and a second diode having an anode coupled the switching node and a cathode coupled to a voltage falling node; a voltage rising resistor coupled between the voltage rising node and a shaping voltage source; and a voltage falling resistor coupled between the voltage falling node and the shaping voltage source.
US08836605B2
An embedded antenna is disclosed. The embedded antenna comprises a coaxial cable and a grounding connecting part. The coaxial cable comprises a center conductor, an insulating layer and an outer sheath. The center conductor comprises a signal transmission part and a radiating part. The radiating part electrically connects the signal transmission part and provides a resonance frequency. The insulating layer covers the signal transmission part and the radiating part. The outer sheath covers the signal transmission part but not the radiating part. The grounding connecting part electrically connects the system grounding part and the outer sheath.
US08836603B2
An antenna device includes: a plurality of loop metal wires that form loops out of metal wires and that are radially arranged around a center line; a power feeding portion that feeds power to the loop metal wires or a power receiving portion that receives power from the loop metal wires and that is provided on the center line; and a variable impedance element that is inserted in each of the loop metal wires.
US08836602B2
An improved wireless radio-frequency (RF) transmission system is disclosed. The wireless RF transmission system comprises: 1) a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to transmit and receive radio-frequency signals; ii) an electrically small antenna having a complex impedance comprising a real part and an imaginary part; and iii) a tunable negative impedance converter (NIC) circuit coupling the electrically small antenna to the RF transceiver. The tunable NIC circuit is configured to perform antenna matching by reducing the imaginary part of the complex impedance of the electrically small antenna. The tunable NIC circuit is tuned by adjusting a transconductance value associated with the tunable NIC circuit.
US08836598B2
A method of radiometric image generation is provided using a series of isochronous revolutions of a multi-beam antenna with a dispersion characteristic. The antenna is combined with a multi-channel receiver with frequency channel separation to form an imaging unit. The method comprising cyclically executing the following phases: two separate calibration phase; using first and second standards; external radiation reception phase; data processing phase and data transformation phase.
US08836584B2
A mobile terminal includes a main body having a ground, a first conductor installed in the main body and connected with the ground so as to be power-fed, and a second conductor facing the first conductor in order to be configured to transmit and receive radio signals of a plurality of mutually adjacent frequency bands to and from the first conductor. The second conductor includes a first portion spaced apart by a pre-set distance from the first conductor so as to be coupled with the first conductor, and second portions extending from the first portion in both directions and coupled at a plurality of locations with the ground in order to form a plurality of conductive loops extending from the ground, the first conductor, and the second.
US08836578B2
The present application relates to an antenna array that comprises a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of amplifiers feeding the plurality of antenna elements. A first group of the plurality of antenna elements is arranged in a first column and a second group of the antenna elements is arranged in a second column. A first amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers has a first power rating and a second amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers has a second power rating, the first power rating being different than the second power rating. The first column is arranged symmetrical to the second column about an axis. Amplifiers feeding the first column have a substantially similar power rating to corresponding amplifiers feeding the second column.
US08836575B2
This disclosure provides a detection device, which includes an image data generation module for generating image data based on echo signals, and a target object detection module for determining an existence of a target object based on a level of the echo signal at each location of the image data for every azimuth. The target object detection module determines a continuity of the echo signals in a distance direction and an azimuth direction for every target object, and outputs an end location for each target object based on a determination result at each location, including a plurality of locations adjacent to a location determined as being a non-target object location.
US08836570B2
A system for extending maritime domain awareness of participating vessels. The system includes a domain extension device installed on each of the vessels, the domain extension devices including at least one processor configured to receive own-ship radar track data from a navigational radar indicative of detectable targets located within a detection range of the radar, receive own-ship location values from a positioning device indicative of a geographical location of the vessel when the radar track data is generated, interface with a transceiver to receive other-ship radar track data and associated other-ship location values from one or more other participating vessels within a communication range of other-ship AIS transceivers, generate a common operating picture based upon the own-ship radar track data, own-ship location value, other-ship radar track data and other-ship location values.
US08836568B2
Method and apparatus for accumulation of electric charge delivered to the charge input (InQ) in the sampling capacitor (Cn) and in realization of the process of charge redistribution in the array of redistribution (A) by changing states of signals from relevant control outputs and in assignment of relevant values to bits in the digital word by means of the control module (CM). Method is characterized in that after detection of the beginning of the next gate signal (Gx+1), the charge is accumulated in the additional sampling capacitor (CnA), and then the process of charge redistribution is realized and relevant values are assigned to bits of the digital word. When the beginning of the subsequent gate signal (Gx+2) is detected, the next cycle begins and electric charge is accumulated in the sampling capacitor (Cn) again.
US08836566B2
A quantizer includes a voltage reference network and a set of comparators coupled with the voltage reference network. The voltage reference network generates a plurality of reference voltages. Each of the comparators receives an input signal and produces a sequence of digital samples. The set of comparators includes first, second, and third subsets of comparators. Each comparator of the first subset includes a switched capacitor stage, each comparator of the second subset includes a preamplifier stage, and each comparator of the third subset includes a switched capacitor stage. The first and third subsets of comparators compares the input signal with reference voltages corresponding to the upper and lower voltage ranges of the input signal, and the second subset of comparators compares the input signal with reference voltages corresponding to the middle voltage range of the input signal.
US08836565B1
An analog to digital converter can operate in a sampling mode or in a comparing mode. The analog to digital converter comprises: a comparator; a first capacitor, comprising a first terminal coupled to a first input terminal of the comparator; a second capacitor; a first switch module; a control unit, for controlling the conductive states of the first switch module corresponding to the sampling mode or the comparing mode. The first capacitor samples a value of a first input signal and the second capacitor samples a value of a first reference signal via the first switch module in the sampling mode. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are not coupled to each other in the sampling mode. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are coupled in series via the first switch module in the comparing mode.
US08836560B2
A digital to analog converter (DAC) includes: first and second nodes; a first switching device; a second switching device; and a switch control module. The switch control module selectively configures the first and second switching devices such that: in a first configuration, the first switching device connects a first current to the first node and the second switching device connects a second current to the second node; in a second configuration, the first switching device connects the first current to the second node and the second switching device connects the second current to the first node; and in a third configuration, the first and second switching devices disconnect the first current and the second current from the first and second nodes.
US08836557B2
A method for signal processing includes accepting an analog signal, which consists of a sequence of pulses confined to a finite time interval. The analog signal is sampled at a sampling rate that is lower than a Nyquist rate of the analog signal and with samples taken at sample times that are independent of respective pulse shapes of the pulses and respective time positions of the pulses in the time interval. The sampled analog signal is processed.
US08836552B1
A direct radio frequency complex analog to digital converter (CADC) device provides corrective factors including a plurality of time-interleaved low speed ADCs, wherein each ADC corresponds to an ADC channel. A phase corrective factor is calculated for each ADC channel. An amplitude corrective factor is calculated for each ADC channel. The phase and amplitude corrective factors are applied to complex bandpass filter coefficients to produce filter coefficients corrected for the phase and amplitude imbalances between ADCs. Digital output of each ADC channel is filtered by a complex bandpass filter using the corrected filter coefficients to produce corrected in-phase and quadrature output at baseband. Harmonics produced by the ADCs are canceled by filtering ADC outputs in a first bandpass filter to an intermediate frequency such that the harmonics fall outside the band of interest, a second filter is applied to attenuate the harmonic and produce a signal output at baseband.
US08836548B1
A computer-implemented method for compressing data is disclosed. The method starts with determining a way to read a received data block in its native endian format of at a storage system, where the data block contains a set of data and the determination is based on sampling a subset from a set of data and checking variation of the values. The method selects a base value for the data block based on the determined way to read the data block and generates a set of updated data, where each value of the set of updated data corresponds to the base value and an original value. The method separates each data within the set of updated data into two portions with different bit-value distribution patterns and compresses one portion with a first algorithm while compresses another portion with a second algorithm different from the first.
US08836546B2
A keypad for a wireless device is disclosed. The keypad comprises one or more key stems, each key stem having an upper key stem surface. The keypad also comprises one or more keycaps configured to be mounted over the one or more key stems, each keycap having a lower keycap surface for bonding to the upper key stem surface of each key stem with adhesive. The upper key stem surface includes at least one depression and at least one groove along a perimeter of the upper key stem surface. The depression and groove can help reduce the risk of adhesive flow to undesirable areas.
US08836537B2
A notification apparatus for notifying a passenger in a vehicle of existence of a specific object disposed on a road includes: an information obtaining device that obtains positional information indicative of a position of each specific object and angle information indicative of a direction of each specific object; a candidate retrieving device that: sets an inclusive region including a driving schedule route; and retrieves one specific object in the inclusive region as a notification object candidate; a first eliminating device that eliminates the one specific object from the notification object candidate when the one specific object does not correspond to a driving direction; and a second eliminating device that eliminates the one specific object from the notification object candidate when the one specific object is not disposed on the driving schedule route.
US08836536B2
In an embodiment, a device characterization system includes a sensor to sense an attribute of a device, a processor, and an algorithm executable on the processor to collect time series data of the attribute from the sensor, detect edges in the data, identify clusters from the edges, label the clusters based on input from a supervisor, and estimate device characterization parameters from the clusters.
US08836531B2
The present disclosure provides an active warning device for server and the warning method thereof. The active warning device is applied to a server. When a control module in the server is departing from a midplane board, the active warning device can provide warning actively. Thereby, a user can notice that the control module is been drawing out of the server and then uses his both hands to support it for preventing tilt, fall, and hence damage of the control module.
US08836528B2
A data display device is adapted to associate data and parameters obtained from a numerical control apparatus with extracted information selected by an operator, and specify an arrangement condition or a selection condition based on the extracted information. The data display device is also adapted to display controlling information in an arranged manner according to the arrangement condition. Alternatively, the data display device is adapted to display only information in a selective manner which satisfies the condition specified according to the selection condition.
US08836522B2
A safety shut-off system and method for eliminating power to a load in the event of smoke detection. The system may comprise a device located at the appliance for detecting a signal from a smoke detector, and cutting power to the appliance only when the appliance is in use. The device may be synchronized with any standard smoke alarm signal to reduce the number of false positive shut-offs. The system may also comprise a smoke alarm hard-wired to a circuit breaker, for shutting off power to all appliances on a particular breaker upon receipt of a signal from the smoke alarm, and only when the appliances on the breaker are in use. The system may also have the ability to shut off one breaker, multiple breakers, or all breakers at different time increments to actively prevent and reduce the damages caused by fires.
US08836517B2
A method and system are implemented for monitoring the thermal dissipation from a computer processing unit. The system comprises a temperature sensor, and a temperature controller. The temperature controller is configured to set a temperature observation window in a first temperature range, gradually narrow the observation window from the first temperature range after a monitored temperature of the processing unit has entered the observation window, and issue an alert signal when the monitored temperature exits the observation window.
US08836515B2
A device for continuously monitoring an elevation, α, from horizontal of a backrest against which a backbody of an individual may lean, to provide an automatic notification in the event the elevation, α, falls below a prescribed value. The device to include: (a) a liquid column having an opening to atmosphere at an upper-end, the liquid column contained by a length of tubing encased by an elongated flexible housing extending along at least a substantial portion of the tubing length, and a gas permeable membrane over the opening; (b) a pressure transducer located along the liquid column to take measurements at a position other than the upper-end, the pressure transducer in communication with a computerized unit having at least one alarm for communicating the automatic notification; (c) an entry port into the length of tubing having an open state permitting manual entry of the liquid into the tubing, and a closed-shut state; and (d) a first securing mechanism for attachment of at least the upper-end to the backrest, and a second securing mechanism for attaching the position other than the upper-end to, for example, a seat interconnected with the backrest. The first securing mechanism may, alternatively, be used to directly attach the upper-end to the backbody toward the shoulder region thereof. Further, the liquid column may also comprise a second-end extension at which a pressure transducer is located; the pressure transducer may be integrated with the computerized unit and in communication with one or more alarms.
US08836509B2
A security device for protecting stored sensitive data includes a closed housing including an array of conductor paths and tamper detecting means adapted to detect a change in impedance of the array of conductor paths above a predetermined threshold value.
US08836508B2
Anti-theft protection systems and methods for portable devices, such as portable electronic devices, that are unattended during use. The anti-theft protection systems and methods use a combination of measures including mechanical aspects, such as tethering the device to an object that is difficult to move, and electronic aspects that detect unauthorized movement and or alarm the user or other responsible party if unauthorized movement occurs.
US08836504B2
The invention relates to a system and method for determining the state, state changes, and/or condition changes of a potted plant and for indicating the determined state of said object to the owner or user thereof, wherein the system and method locally determine at least one physical and/or chemical parameter on top of on the side of or in the immediate vicinity of the plant (1) to be monitored by means of preferably several sensors or sensing elements (3). Said physical and/or chemical parameter is processed into a coded digital parameter signal and transmitted wirelessly, optionally by means of intermediate stages, to a central processor, which determines a statement about the state of the plant (1) from said coded digital parameter signal and other digital as an optical and/or acoustic indication of the current or prognosticated state of the plant/object (1). The sensation of the object is preferably simulated, which aims at triggering emotions in the user himself, for example, by means of language- and culture-independent icons. The data are determined, processed, and transmitted without significant time delay, in other words, in real time in principle. In the central processing, the data can be combined with further information, for example, the requirements profile of the object, historical data, data of similar objects, climate data, or weather forecasts. The user of the system can automatically be contacted if certain events are ascertained for the monitored object, if for example, an unfavorable forecast or a harmful parameter is ascertained. The sensors or sensing elements and further components are preferably placed in a plant container, an “intelligent flowerpot” so to speak, in such a way that the sensors or sensing elements are undetectable or barely detectable. Said “intelligent flowerpot” can comprise a “mobile sensor clip” as an essential component in addition to sensors arranged therein or thereon.
US08836503B2
The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes provide distributed network and Internet access to sensors, controls, and processors that are deeply embedded in equipment, facilities, and the environment. The WINS NG network is a new monitoring and control capability for applications in transportation, manufacturing, health care, environmental monitoring, and safety and security. The WINS NG nodes combine microsensor technology, low power distributed signal processing, low power computation, and low power, low cost wireless and/or wired networking capability in a compact system. The WINS NG networks provide sensing, local control, remote reconfigurability, and embedded intelligent systems in structures, materials, and environments.
US08836501B2
One feature includes a mobile device being used as a mobile beacon and proxy for a tracking device that may track an object, such as a pet. The mobile device may act as a beacon that transmits messages over a short range communications link to the tracking device. If the tracking device fails to receive the messages transmitted by the mobile device, it may be assumed that the pet has gone missing, and in response the tracking device may contact a tracking server with its location information via a wireless wide area network (WWAN). Additionally, the mobile device may act as a proxy of the tracking device by transmitting and receiving data to/from the tracking server using its own communication interface on behalf of the tracking device. This helps conserve the battery power of the tracking device because the tracking device does not use its own WWAN interface.
US08836495B2
In a wheel position identifying device for a vehicle, transmitters are disposed in wheels, respectively. Each of the transmitters has a dual axis acceleration sensor and a control unit. The dual axis acceleration sensor detects a normal-direction acceleration and a tangential-direction acceleration of the wheel associated with the transmitter. The control unit determines whether the wheel associated with the transmitter is a right wheel or a left wheel based on a sign of a product of a time differential value of the normal-direction acceleration and the tangential-direction acceleration, and stores data regarding a determination result in a frame. A receiver receives the frame from each transmitter and identifies a position of the transmitter based on the data stored in the frame. The wheel position identifying device is for example employed to a tire pressure detecting apparatus.
US08836494B2
A lighting device has a first panel, which has an underside and an upper side, and a plurality of lighting elements which illuminate the first panel from the underside. The first panel has a plurality of transparent and non-transparent elements which are arranged one adjacent to the other in an alternating fashion and which each extend completely from the underside to the upper side. The lighting elements are controlled by a control device which is designed to bring about a predefinable spatial brightness profile in a space on the upper side of the first panel.
US08836475B2
A monitoring device in accordance with the disclosure stores a serial number list in non-volatile memory, the serial number list including data indicative of at least one valid serial number associated with one or more key fobs permitted to interact with the monitoring device. The monitoring device is configured to receive a wakeup signal via a key fob interface configured to communicate with a key fob. The monitoring device reads a serial number from a key fob via the key fob interface and searches the stored serial number list for data indicative of a valid serial number matching the serial number read via the key fob interface. The monitoring device reads action data from the key fob via the key fob interface, the action data being indicative of an action to be taken by the monitoring device. The monitoring device, in response to the read serial number matching a valid serial number of the stored serial number list, takes an action based on the action data.
US08836472B2
A method and system are disclosed whereby fingerprint data is attempted to be captured from a touch sensitive input device during normal operation of an electronic device. If fingerprint data matching a stored fingerprint data is not captured within a threshold time period, security action is taken.
US08836468B2
According to one embodiment, a keypad includes: a communication unit transmitting data to a plurality of inverters and receiving data from the plurality of inverters; and a controller determining whether type of a first inverter received from the communication unit is same as that of a second inverter, and performing a parameter copy if the type of a first inverter received from the communication unit is same as that of the second inverter, whereby parameters can be copied regardless of types and program versions of inverter, and parameter copy in a plurality of inverters each having a different type can be easily performed.
US08836458B2
A magnetic torque sensing device having a disk-shaped member with a magnetoelastically active region. The magnetoelastically active region has oppositely polarized magnetically conditioned regions with initial directions of magnetization that are perpendicular to the sensitive directions of magnetic field sensor pairs placed proximate to the magnetically active region. Magnetic field sensors are specially positioned in relation to the disk-shaped member to accurately measure torque while providing improved RSU performance and reducing the detrimental effects of compassing.
US08836455B2
A soft-collision electromagnetic driving mechanism comprises a movable shaft driven by an electromagnetic mechanism, wherein the movable shaft is fixed to a movable iron core, an upper part of the movable shaft is connected to a movable damping mechanism, the movable damping mechanism comprises a first cylinder, the first cylinder has a movable damping piston therein, the movable damping piston is formed by a damping piston head and damping piston rods disposed at two sides of the damping piston head, first and second sealing chambers are at the two sides of the damping piston head respectively, a damping liquid is filled in the first and second sealing chambers, and a two-way discharge channel is arranged between the first and second sealing chambers. The driving mechanism is a permanent magnetic linear driving mechanism having a simple structure, a strong driving force and smooth contact, which can be used to drive electrical switches or devices requiring smooth contact, strong driving force and high speed.
US08836454B2
A switching device structure comprising a top magnet, a bottom magnet, and a movable member disposed between the top and bottom magnets, the movable member having an electromagnet positioned thereon, the electromagnet comprising a plurality of laminated layers, the layers including a layer bearing an iron core and a number of armature layers which establish electrical conductor windings around the iron core.
US08836453B2
Embodiments provide an electronic circuit breaker subassembly and circuit breaker secondary electrical contact assembly. The circuit breaker secondary electrical contact assembly has a main contact terminal connectable to a main power terminal, a secondary electrical contact set having a stationary secondary electrical contact and a moveable secondary electrical contact, a lockout conductor provided in spring-engaged contact with the main contact terminal on a first end and including one of the stationary or moving secondary electrical contacts on a second end, and a spring having the moveable secondary electrical contact provided on a moveable portion. Circuit breakers and methods of operating the electronic circuit breaker are provided, as are other aspects.
US08836448B2
A noise filtering magnetic interface circuit used for an electrical connector is provided. The magnetic interface circuit includes a number of signal channels and a capacitor (40). Each channel has a transformer (10) and a 3-wire common mode choke (20). The transformer has a first winding (100) connected and a second winding (110), the first winding having two opposite outputs, the second winding having two outputs and a center tap (111). The 3-wire common mode choke has a center winding (220) and two outer windings (210, 230), the center winding having a first output connected to the center tap of the second winding and a second output opposite to the first output, the two outer windings being respectively connected to the two outputs of the second winding. The capacitor has a first pole connected to the second outputs of the center windings of the channels and an opposite second pole connected to a ground.
US08836442B2
An integrated circuit includes a delay lock loop (DLL) circuit that generates incremental delay line signals and a delay line output signal based on a received clock signal. A pulse-width modulation (PWM) control module generates a PWM control signal. A variable capacitance circuit is controlled based on the delay line output signal, the PWM control signal, and one of the incremental delay line signals.
US08836437B2
An optical module for an atomic oscillator using a quantum interference effect includes a light source adapted to emit light including a fundamental wave having a predetermined wavelength, and sideband waves of the fundamental wave, a wavelength selection section receiving the light from the light source, and adapted to transmit the sideband waves out of the light input, a gas cell encapsulating an alkali metal gas, and irradiated with light transmitted through the wavelength selection section, and a light detection section adapted to detect an intensity of light transmitted through the gas cell, and the wavelength selection section includes a fiber Bragg grating, and a temperature control section adapted to control temperature of the fiber Bragg grating.
US08836434B2
A digital frequency synthesizer with an automatic calibration system. The digital frequency synthesizer is calibrated by initiating a coarse tuning operation to rapidly reach a preliminary frequency that is proximate to the desired final frequency. A calibration procedure is then executed for adjusting gain in the frequency synthesizer based on the preliminary frequency. This test involves applying one or more test signals to the frequency synthesizer and measuring a signal generated in the frequency synthesizer. This measured signal corresponds to a gain response of the circuit at the preliminary frequency. When the expected gain is known, any difference relative to the gain of the measured signal is used to adjust the gain in a circuit of the frequency synthesizer such that the actual gain substantially matches the expected gain.
US08836411B2
Digital multilevel memory systems and methods include a charge pump for generating regulated high voltages for various memory operations. The charge pump may include a plurality of pump stages. Aspects of exemplary systems may include charge pumps that performs orderly charging and discharging at low voltage operation conditions. Additional aspects may include features that enable state by state pumping, for example, circuitry that avoids cascaded short circuits among pump stages. Each pump stage may also include circuitry that discharges its nodes, such as via self-discharge through associated pump interconnection(s). Further aspects may also include features that: assist power-up in the various pump stages, double voltage, shift high voltage levels, provide anti-parallel circuit configurations, and/or enable buffering or precharging features, such as self-buffering and self-precharging circuitry.
US08836410B2
An internal voltage compensation circuit is provided which includes a power up signal generator configured to generate a power up signal, a select signal generator configured to compare a level of a first external voltage with a level of a second external voltage to generate first and second select signals, wherein the second select signal is generated in response to the power up signal, and a voltage compensation unit configured to electrically connect an internal voltage to the first external voltage or the second external voltage in response to the first and second select signals.
US08836399B2
In an embodiment of the invention, a flip-flop circuit contains a 2-input multiplexer, a master latch, a transfer gate and a slave latch. The scan enable control signals SE and SEN of the multiplexer determine whether data or scan data is input to the master latch. The clock signals CLK and CLKN and retention control signals RET and RETN determine when the master latch is latched. The slave latch is configured to receive the output of the master latch, a second data bit D2, the clock signals CLK and CLN, the retain control signals RET and RETN, the slave control signals SS and SSN. The signals CLK, CLKN, RET, RETN, SS and SSN determine whether the output of the master latch or the second data bit D2 is latched in the slave latch. Control signals RET and RETN determine when data is stored in the slave latch during retention mode.
US08836396B2
A circuit is provided that includes summing circuit for comparing the PWM output signal to the PWM input signal and producing an increment signal if a value of the PWM input signal exceeds a corresponding value of the PWM output signal and producing a decrement signal if a value of the PWM input signal is less than a corresponding value of the PWM output signal. An integrator produces a duty cycle signal by producing an increase in value of the duty cycle signal in response to each increment signal and a decrease in value of the duty cycle signal in response to each decrement signal. A PWM generator produces the PWM output signal in response to the duty cycle signal to cause the duty cycle of the PWM output signal to equal the duty cycle of the PWM input signal with no loss of duty cycle resolution.
US08836389B2
Described herein are apparatus, system, and method for controlling temperature drift and/or voltage supply drift in a digital phase locked loop (DPLL). The apparatus comprises a DPLL including a digital filter to generate a fine code for controlling a frequency of an output signal of a digital controlled oscillator (DCO) of the DPLL; a logic unit to monitor the fine code and to generate a compensation signal based on the fine code; and a voltage adjustment unit to update a power supply level to the DCO based on the compensation signal, wherein the updated power supply level to cause the digital filter to generate the fine code near the middle of an entire range of the fine code across various temperatures, and wherein the digital filter to generate the fine code near the middle of the entire range across power supply drift.
US08836384B1
Systems and methods are provided for reducing jitter due to power supply noise in an integrated circuit by drawing additional current. The additional current causes the total current to generally have a frequency higher than a resonant frequency of the integrated circuit and/or a power distribution network of the integrated circuit. In one example, a power distribution network may supply power to components of an integrated circuit and data driver circuitry may draw first current to drive a data signal. Compensation circuitry may draw second current at times when the data driver circuitry is not drawing the first current, thereby causing a net of the first and second current to be higher than a resonant frequency range of the integrated circuit device and/or a component of the integrated circuit device (e.g., the power distribution network).
US08836381B2
A hybrid output driver includes a voltage mode main driver having an adjustable differential output voltage swing, and a current mode emphasis driver. Differential output voltage swing is adjusted by controlling the resistance of a first adjustable resistor coupled to a first voltage supply terminal, and the resistance of a second adjustable resistor coupled to a second voltage supply terminal. Resistances of the first and second adjustable resistors are adjusted by modifying a number of resistors connected in parallel. A calibration process measures the actual resistance of a similar resistor, and uses this resistance measurement to determine the number of resistors to be connected in parallel to provide the desired resistance. The current mode emphasis driver sources/sinks currents to/from differential output terminals of the hybrid output driver in response to an emphasis signal. These currents are selected in view of the selected differential output voltage swing and selected emphasis level.
US08836380B2
A semiconductor device, includes: a first field effect transistor having one terminal to which a first electrical potential is given; a second field effect transistor having one terminal to which a second electrical potential smaller than the first electrical potential is given; a controller that controls each electrical potential of each control terminal of the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor; a capacitor element having one end connected to the control terminal of the first field effect transistor, the capacitor element being charged by the control of the controller; and a load element connected between another terminal of the first field effect transistor and another terminal of the second field effect transistor.
US08836379B2
The invention provides a clock select circuit and method which uses feedback arrangements between latches in different branches, with each branch for coupling an associated clock signal to the circuit output. An override circuit is provided in one of the feedback arrangements for preventing a latching delay in that feedback arrangement. This enables rapid switching between clocks in both directions.
US08836356B2
A vertical probe assembly includes an upper die; a lower die; a plurality of probes, the probes including an electrically conductive material, wherein the probes extend from the upper die through the lower die; and an air channel located between the upper die and the lower die, such that airflow through the air channel passes through the plurality of probes.
US08836349B2
A sensor includes a variable capacitor, a fixed capacitor, an inductor, a switch that electrically connects the variable capacitor with the inductor or the fixed capacitor with the inductor, an oscillator that generates a periodic signal, and a controller connected to the switch, the oscillator, and the inductor. The controller operates the switch, identifies a frequency of a first oscillation of the variable capacitor and the inductor based on the periodic signal from the oscillator, identifies a frequency of a second oscillation of the fixed capacitor and the inductor based on the periodic signal from the oscillator, and identifies a capacitance of the variable capacitor based on a ratio of the frequency of the first oscillation to the frequency of the second oscillation.
US08836346B2
Disclosed herein is an electrostatic capacitance input device including: an input region of a substrate, in which a plurality of input position detection electrodes are provided; a plurality of wires that are electrically connected to the plurality of input position detection electrodes and extend outside the input region of the substrate; and a shield electrode that overlaps the wires on the input operation side.
US08836344B2
In one aspect, a method to detect an object in an area includes forming a wireless network among a plurality of nodes, each of the nodes being configured to generate an electromagnetic field (EMF) in the area and determining changes in the EMF between two nodes based on: a first difference in received signal strength values between a previously determined received signal strength value and a currently determined received signal strength value, a second difference in received signal strength values between the currently determined received signal strength value and an average received signal strength value and a third difference in link quality values between a previously determined link quality value and a currently determined link quality value. The method further comprises detecting the object based on the changes in the EMF.
US08836337B2
An organic electroluminescence device is provided, which comprises: a lighting region, a wiring region, a bonding region and a wiring extending region (300), the lighting region comprises an anode, an organic functional layer, a cathode; the wiring region comprises wirings connecting the anode and cathode with a driving chip or a circuit board; the bonding region is a region in which the wirings connect with the driving chip or the circuit board; the ends of the wirings locate in the wiring extending region, the wirings in the wiring extending region are parallel with the wirings in the wiring region or form an angle with the wirings in the wiring region. A method for testing the organic electroluminescence device is also provided. With improving the wiring arrangement of the organic electroluminescence device, it is easier and more accurate to press bond a conductive adhesive tape and the wirings, and, the row wirings and the column wirings are protected from being shorted during screen testing.
US08836333B2
A radio frequency transmission system for a magnetic resonance system includes a radio frequency power amplifier generating an input radio frequency signal that excites magnetic resonance in target nuclei and is designed for feeding an impedance Z0, and a multi-channel radio frequency coil having N radio frequency channels where N>1. Further, a power splitter includes (i) a parallel radio frequency connection point at which the N channels of the radio frequency coil are connected in parallel to define an output impedance at the parallel radio frequency connection point, and (ii) an impedance matching circuit connecting the radio frequency power amplifier with the radio frequency connection point and configured to provide impedance matching between the radio frequency power amplifier and the output impedance at the connection point.
US08836327B2
The cost and size of an atomic magnetometer are reduced by attaching a vapor cell structure that has a vapor cell cavity to a base die that has a laser light source that outputs light to the vapor cell cavity, and attaching a photo detection die that has a photodiode to the vapor cell structure to detect light from the laser light source that passes through the vapor cell cavity.
US08836325B2
A valve position sensor of a sliding sleeve of a flow control valve comprising a sleeve displacement converting means for converting a sleeve displacement into a radial displacement, and a measuring means for detecting the radial displacement and correlating the radial displacement to the position of the sliding sleeve within the flow control valve.
US08836321B2
The motor speed detection apparatus detects rotational speed of a motor. The apparatus includes an FG coil (21) and a magnet (22) to be relatively moved with rotation of the motor, the FG coil outputting an alternating-current signal to be sampled by the apparatus, an A/D converter (1) to convert the alternating-current signal into a digital signal, an integrator (2) to perform time integration on the digital signal, a first determiner (3, 9) to determine which one of plural threshold ranges includes an integration value obtained by the integrator, a second determiner (3, 8) to determine whether change of the integration value is increase or decrease, and a logical product calculator (3, 10) to produce a binary signal showing a logical product of determination results of the first and second determiners. The apparatus calculates the rotational speed based on a production cycle of the binary signal.
US08836314B2
A reference current source circuit includes a reference voltage generating module, a voltage buffer, an equivalent resistance, a filter capacitor, a current mirror module and a reference current outputting terminal. The voltage buffer includes an operational amplifier and a first FET. The current mirror module includes a second FET and a third FET. The equivalent resistor includes an oscillator, a fourth FET, a fifth FET and a capacitor connected to the fourth FET and the fifth FET. The oscillator is for generating a clock signal whose frequency is related to a charging and discharging capacitor in the oscillator to control charging and discharging of the capacitor in the equivalent resistance. The reference current outputting terminal is for outputting a reference current only related to a capacitance ratio of the capacitor to the charging and discharging capacitor. A reference current source system is further disclosed.
US08836313B2
A constant current source has a first current source circuit for outputting a first current; a second current source circuit for outputting a second current according to a reference voltage; a current comparison circuit for comparing magnitudes of the first and second currents; and a current adjustment unit for adjusting a current value of the first current output from the first current source circuit in accordance with a comparison result of the current comparison circuit.
US08836310B2
A controller having an on-time controller, an off-time controller, a switch control signal generator, and a jittering signal generator, wherein the jittering signal generator couples jitter into the on-time or the off-time of a primary switch of the power supply. Therefore the EMI performance may be improved.
US08836308B2
A first transistor coupled between a power supply line and an inductor, a second transistor coupled between a source of the first transistor and a reference voltage line, and a third transistor coupled between the source of the first transistor and a load are included, and efficiency deterioration caused by a dead time is improved by keeping a current flow through a current path of an inductor, a load, and the third transistor during the dead time by supplying a voltage which is less than a threshold voltage and approximately the threshold voltage to a gate of the third transistor as a gate voltage.
US08836299B2
A voltage converter includes a driver, a subsidiary voltage converter, an inductor, a capacitor, and a voltage detection unit. The subsidiary voltage converter generates a driving voltage transmitted to the driver to supply working power to the driver. The driver controls the capacitor to be alternately charged and discharged through the inductor, thereby generating an output voltage and output current between the inductor and the first capacitor. The voltage detection unit detects an electric potential difference of the inductor and generates a reference voltage according to the electric potential difference, and the subsidiary voltage converter receives the reference voltage and adjusts the driving voltage according to the reference voltage.
US08836297B2
A switching device is disclosed in which electric current through a rectification circuit, depending on whether a main switching element turns on or off, and thus electric current from the rectification circuit flows through whichever of first and second sub-switching elements, turns on. By controlling the turning on and off of the first and second sub-switching elements, the switching is performed which determines through which of the first and second output circuits the electric current from the rectification circuit flows. Thus, a voltage that is a result of transforming a voltage from a DC power supply in response to the electric current flowing through the first output circuit, is output from a first output terminal, and a voltage that is a result of transforming a voltage from the DC power supply in response to the electric current flowing through the second output circuit, is output from a second output terminal.
US08836283B2
The present invention is related to a rechargeable base station system having a base station connected to a DIN rail assembly. The base station has a base featuring side walls, and a receiving unit rotatably connected to the side walls. The receiving unit has an opened end configured to receive a rechargeable device, and at least one electrical contact which contacts the rechargeable device so as to charge the rechargeable device. The DIN rail assembly has power connection elements that provide power from a power source to the base station when the base station is attached to the DIN rail assembly. The base station can include a battery which provides power to charge the rechargeable device when power from the power source is interrupted. Multiple base stations can be connected to the DIN rail assembly thereby allowing for multiple rechargeable devices to be charged from a single DIN rail assembly.
US08836278B2
An electrical device of the type having a rechargeable battery and which has a body having at least a portion formed with a circumference extending about an axis, is provided with a secondary winding adapted to receive magnetic flux from a planar charging surface that is arranged around the circumference in a plane perpendicular to the axis. Such a device may be charged by placing the device on a planar charging surface such that the body portion contacts the planar charging surface with the axis perpendicular to the charging surface and the secondary winding parallel to the charging surface.
US08836277B2
Circuit and method for heating a battery. The circuit includes the battery including parasitic damping and current storage components. A first switch unit and first charge storage component are parts of a battery discharging circuit. A second current storage component is in series with the first charge storage component and a one-way semiconductor component. The one-way semiconductor component and second current storage component are in parallel with the first switch unit. The first charge storage component, second current storage component, and the one-way semiconductor component are parts of a battery charging circuit. A second switch unit is in parallel to the first charge storage component and the second current storage component. The second switch unit and the second current storage component are parts of a voltage regulation and polarity inversion circuit for the first charge storage component. The circuit heats the battery by discharging and charging the battery.
US08836269B2
A method for detecting blockages of unipolar stepper motors by analyzing the motor current supply, comprising impressing a current into one or more motor windings using a controllable switch, wherein the switch selectively connects a respective motor winding connection to a supply voltage connection and wherein the connections of each motor winding lying at a common potential are permanently connected to a second supply voltage connection, wherein a current feed variant has phases between the switching of the motor windings, in which phases the motor winding connections are switched with high resistance; detecting the voltage at a motor winding connection at least for the high-resistance phase and comparing the voltage to a threshold; detecting a time interval for which the voltage is greater than the threshold; comparing interval lengths for several motor winding connections, and detecting a blockage based on the comparisons of interval lengths.
US08836264B2
To minimize switching losses in a rotating electrical machine, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure proposes an iterative control method which calculates optimal switching states in advance. A rotating electrical machine can be controlled on the basis of this iterative control method.
US08836259B2
Provided is a sensorless BLDC motor system. The sensorless BLDC motor system includes a BLDC motor, a comparator, a motor controller, a three-phase inverter, and a mode selector. The BLDC motor includes first to third coils. The comparator compares a voltage of a specific coil of the first to third coils with a neutral-point voltage to output the compared result. The voltage of the specific coil becomes equal to the neutral-point voltage and a specific time elapses, and then the motor controller generates first and second coil control signals based on the compared result. The three-phase inverter supplies a source voltage or ground voltage to the specific coil, or floats the specific coil, in response to the first and second coil control signals. The mode selector selects a driving mode of the BLDC motor by adjusting the specific time.
US08836258B2
An inverter device, a motor driving device, a refrigerating air conditioner, and a power generation system, which can reduce the recovery loss thereof, are obtained. A plurality of arms that can conduct and block current are provided. At least one of the plurality of arms includes: a plurality of switching elements each having a parasitic diode and being connected in series with each other; and a reverse current diode connected in parallel with the plurality of switching elements.
US08836254B2
A method of controlling an electrical machine that includes selecting an edge of a rotor-position signal as a reference edge and commutating a phase winding of the electrical machine at times relative to the reference edge. The rotor-position signal has at least four edges per mechanical cycle, each of the edges being associated with a respective zero-crossing in back EMF or minimum in inductance of the phase winding. The angular position of at least one of the edges relative to its respective zero-crossing or minimum is different to that of the other edges. The reference edge is then selected from the edges such that the angular position of the reference edge relative to its respective zero-crossing or minimum is the same with each power on of the electrical machine. Additionally, a controller and control system that implement the method.
US08836253B2
A control apparatus for an AC rotary machine includes: a current detection section detecting current from a power converter to the AC rotary machine; and a control section generating a three-phase AC voltage instruction to the power converter, based on current detected by the current detection section and a torque instruction. The control section includes: an observer calculating a magnetic flux estimated value of the AC rotary machine, based on detected current and the voltage instruction; a current instruction calculation unit calculating current instruction values on rotational two axes, based on the torque instruction and the magnetic flux estimated value from the observer; and a voltage instruction calculation unit calculating the voltage instruction, based on the current instruction values from the current instruction calculation unit and the magnetic flux estimated value from the observer.
US08836247B2
A drift-tube linear accelerator that passes an injected particle beam through inside a plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes arranged in a cylindrical cavity in a particle beam traveling direction and accelerates the particle beam by a radio-frequency electric field generated between the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, wherein at least part of a focusing device for focusing the particle beam is disposed inside an end drift-tube electrode that is arranged nearest the injection side of the cylindrical cavity among the plurality of cylindrical drift-tube electrodes, with the focusing device being positionally adjustable independently of the end drift-tube electrode.
US08836242B2
The present invention provides LED voltage adjustment device and drive system thereof. The device includes PI regulator, with negative terminal connected to negative terminal of LED light bar to receive negative terminal voltage of light bar and positive terminal of PI regulator being for receiving reference voltage; integrator, for performing integral on output signal of PI regulator; a subtractor, with positive input terminal receiving output signal from PI regulator and negative terminal receiving overcurrent protection detection voltage from boost converter for driving light bar, and subtracting overcurrent protection detection voltage from output signal of PI regulator; comparator, with positive terminal receiving output signal from integrator and negative terminal receiving output signal from subtractor; and integrated circuit (IC) module, for receiving output signal from comparator and based on received output signal to control a control signal to conduct or cut off switch transistor of boost converter.
US08836241B2
A driving controller for driving a load is disclosed. The driving circuit includes a driving power supply and the driving controller. The driving power supply provides a first power source to the load. The controller is coupled to a second power source to receive an electric power for operating. The controller controls the amount of the electric power to the load when operating in a first mode and stops the driving power supply from providing the electric power to the load when operating in a second mode. The controller operates exclusively in the first mode before the driving power supply provides the first power source to the load.
US08836240B2
A ballast for energizing a lamp at a lighting level selected from a plurality of lamp lighting levels. The ballast includes a buck converter circuit configured to receive a DC voltage signal having a substantially constant magnitude. The buck converter circuit has a duty cycle for generating a lamp voltage output signal from the DC voltage signal. The lamp voltage output signal has a magnitude that is varied by the duty cycle to energize the lamp at the plurality of lamp lighting levels. A controller is configured to receive a dim input signal indicative of the selected lamp lighting level and to provide a control signal to the buck converter circuit as a function of the dim input signal. The control signal indicates a particular duty cycle corresponding to a lamp voltage output signal having a magnitude for energizing the lamp at the selected lamp lighting level.
US08836239B2
An LED lighting device includes a converter for converting a power source voltage into a DC voltage and outputting it to an LED unit; and a controller for controlling an output of the converter. The converter has a chopper circuit including a series circuit of an inductance element and a capacitor; a switching element connected to the inductance element in series and turned on/off by the controller; and a diode as discharging path of the inductance element during an OFF state of the switching element. The controller controls an on/off time of the switching element such that a current supplied to the LED unit during a specific time period after a lighting operation is started becomes smaller than a current supplied to the LED unit in a steady state by using a voltage generated in a secondary coil of the inductance coil as an operating voltage thereof.
US08836234B2
According to one embodiment, a power supply for lighting includes a rectifying circuit, a smoothing capacitor, and a current control circuit. The rectifying circuit rectifies a phase-controlled alternating-current voltage supplied to between a pair of input terminals. The smoothing capacitor is connected to a high-potential terminal and a low-potential terminal of the rectifying circuit. A first electric current flows to the current control circuit in a period when an absolute value of the alternating-current voltage is lower than a specified value. After a second electric current larger than the first electric current flows when the absolute value of the alternating-current voltage increases to be equal to or larger than the specified value, the current control circuit is shut off to reduce a current value to be smaller than the second electric current until the absolute value of the alternating-current voltage decreases to be lower than the specified value.
US08836233B2
A light source driving apparatus including a voltage converting unit, a switching unit, a feedback unit and a control unit is provided. The voltage converting unit provides a driving current to drive a light source module. The switching unit is controlled to be conducted or not by a switch signal. The feedback unit detects a load status of the light source module, and provides a feedback signal accordingly. The control unit modulates pulse widths of the switch signal according to the feedback signal, a signal upper limitation, and a signal lower limitation, so as to control the switching unit to be conducted. The voltage converting unit includes an energy storage element. When the switching unit is conducted, the energy storage element stores a part of energy provided by the input power source. When the switching unit is not conducted, the energy storage element provides the driving current.
US08836229B2
An LED driver circuit includes: a bridge rectifier, a first compensation capacitor, a second compensation capacitor, and an LED module. The bridge rectifier is connected to an AC input power for producing a rectification output power. The first compensation capacitor is connected to a first rectification output terminal and an AC input terminal of the bridge rectifier. The second compensation capacitor is connected to a second rectification terminal and the AC input terminal of the bridge rectifier. The LED module is connected to the first rectification output terminal and the second rectification output terminal of the bridge rectifier. The first and second compensation capacitors in the present invention can effectively improve the total current harmonic distortion of the LED module and its utilization.
US08836226B2
A bleeder arrangement for a phase-cut circuit for a high-impedance load and having a leading-edge phase-cut device is disclosed, the bleeder arrangement comprising: a controllable current sink adapted to sink a latching current through the leading-edge phase-cut device, and a controller for controlling the controllable current sink, wherein the controller is configured to disable the current sink after the leading-edge phase phase-cut device has latched in at least two stages. A controller for use in such an arrangement is also disclosed, as is a method of controller such a bleeder arrangement.
US08836220B2
A modular magnetron for use in UV curing lamp assembly is disclosed. The modular magnetron includes a vacuum tube having a vacuum tube body, a top assembly, and a bottom assembly. The top assembly is configured to substantially overlay the vacuum tube. The bottom assembly is configured to substantially extend about the vacuum tube, the vacuum tube being positioned to partially protrude from the bottom assembly, the bottom assembly including a cooling assembly configured to employ a flexible clamp-type fitting about the vacuum tube body for substantially maintaining thermal and electrical conductivity. The top assembly is configured to be releasably fastened to the bottom assembly about the vacuum tube with removable fasteners.
US08836219B1
A method and system for powering gas-filled lamps using radio and/or microwave frequencies is disclosed. The method and system may include a gas-filled lamp, an antenna positioned proximal to the gas-filled lamp, a conductive element surrounding the gas-filled lamp, and a power source connector coupled to the antenna.
US08836203B2
A transducer useful for medical imaging ultrasonic transducers comprises a front impedance matching layer, a piezoelectric array, and a rear layer. The front impedance matching layer may include a return connection region electrically coupled to a distal end of the piezoelectric array and a front metal layer with a return signal portion for routing the return signal from the distal end of the transducer to a flex circuit of the rear layer at a proximal end of the transducer. In an embodiment, the rear layer may include a return connection region that is electrically coupled to the piezoelectric array at a distal end of the transducer and also electrically coupled to the signal return lines of a flex circuit at the distal end of the transducer.
US08836201B2
An electroactive polymer device is described that includes at least one layer of a dielectric polymer that is a polymerized product of at least one ethylenically unsaturated nitrogen-containing monomer. Also disclosed is a transducer that includes the electroactive polymer as disclosed.
US08836198B2
A brush holder of the present invention is formed by a plurality of brush holder units in serial connection. Each brush holder unit includes an insulating base, a brush frame, and two carbon brushes. The insulating base has a protrusion and a recess on opposite sides. The brush frame has a main body received in the recess and two branches projected from opposite ends of the main body. The carbon brushes are provided on the branches of the brush frame. The protrusion of the brush holder unit is inserted into the recess of another brush holder unit to serially connect the brush holder units as well as to secure the brush frame in the recess. Therefore, the brush holder may be formed by serially connecting the brush holder units in a fast and easy way, and it provides a stable signal transmission.
US08836190B2
A magnetic bearing (108) with an axis of rotation (106), wherein the magnetic bearing comprises: a cylindrical rotor (116) comprising a ferromagnetic material (118, 338, 440) wherein the cylindrical rotor has an axis of symmetry (114), wherein the cylindrical rotor has an inner radius (124), wherein the cylindrical rotor has a top side (128), a static hub (120), wherein the static hub has an overhang (122) which protrudes from the static hub and is located adjacent to the top side, a lift magnetic actuator apparatus (130) for controlling the distance (126) between the top side and the overhang, a radial magnetic actuator apparatus (132) for controlling the distance (136) between the inner radius and the axis of rotation.
US08836189B2
There is provided a spindle motor including: a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft and having an insertion groove provided in a top surface thereof; and a rotor case mounted on a top end of the shaft and including a protruding wall part inserted into the insertion groove, wherein a lubricant, provided to generate a dynamic pressure when the shaft rotates, forms an interface with air in a clearance formed by the protruding wall part and the insertion groove.
US08836185B2
A motor power connection box including a housing, in which electrical motor connecting contacts and also power connectors are provided, and which further includes an electrical contacting arrangement adapted to connect the power connectors to the electrical motor connecting contacts according to specified power functions, and which includes a cover capable of being fitted on the housing.The cover is capable of being fitted to the housing in different orientations, and in the cover the electrical contacting arrangement is disposed so as to provide at least two fixed contacting configurations for at least two different power functions alternately assigned to different alignments of the cover.
US08836178B2
Disclosed herein is a linear vibrator, including: a stator including a coil; and a vibrator including a magnet opposite to the coil, wherein the linear vibrator is linearly vibrated due to electromagnetic induction of the coil and the magnet, the magnet is formed in a disc shape in which a cut part is formed by cutting a portion thereof, a magnetic fluid band is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the magnet, and a portion of the magnetic fluid band is in contact with the coil. According to the present invention, there is provided the linear vibrator capable of suppressing weak vibration generated at the time of external impact or movement, previously preventing noise generated as the vibrator applies an impact to the stator due to excessive vibration, and minimizing attenuation of the linear vibration quantity as the cut part that is formed by cutting a portion of the magnet to form the air gap with the coil.
US08836165B2
Disclosed is a dual-source converter for a hybrid power supply. The converter includes a first power circuit, a second power circuit, an auxiliary circuit, an output circuit and a closed loop circuit. The first power circuit is electrically connected to the second power circuit in series for receiving two varied voltage sources. The auxiliary circuit is configured to achieve soft switching of all switches. The closed loop circuit is configured to control the duty cycles of the first power circuit, the second power circuit and the auxiliary circuit so as to improve the efficiency of the dual-source converter.
US08836153B2
The present invention relates to a wave-power aggregate and a method of extracting energy from wave motion in a liquid by means of a wave-power aggregate. The wave-power aggregate comprises a container which is situated at least partially in the liquid and also comprises an inflow and an outflow. The container is arranged to, under the influence of said wave motion, to let a first part of the container arrange itself in a first position and a second part of the container in a second position, where the first and second position corresponds to different potential energy states. The method comprises the steps of: alternately supplying the container with at least a first and a second fluid respectively via the inflow, where the density of the fluids differs. at least during an initial stage of the method controlling a flow resistance in at least one of the first and second fluids through the container.
US08836152B2
A wave energy converter has a shell, a pendulum pivotally positioned in the shell, a pump linked to the pendulum and operable by a movement of the pendulum so as to pump a hydraulic fluid outwardly therefrom, a motor interconnected to the pump such that the hydraulic fluid from the pump causes a rotation of the motor, and an electrical generator connected to the motor such that the rotation of the motor causes the electrical generator to produce electrical energy. A pendulum adjuster can be operatively connected to the pendulum so as to change a center of gravity of the pendulum.
US08836151B2
An arrangement connectable to an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, the arrangement including a flywheel, which is connectable to the crankshaft and coupled by a coupling device to output elements. An intermediate piece is arranged in a torque-transmitting manner between the flywheel and the coupling device. A starter generator is arranged within a flywheel housing and operatively connected to the crankshaft. The intermediate piece has in the center thereof an opening in which a shaft body is mounted in an axially movable manner, and the shaft body is connected to the coupling device by means of a flexible transmission element.
US08836150B2
A semiconductor device disclosed in this description has a semiconductor substrate including an element region in which a semiconductor element is formed, and an upper surface electrode formed on an upper surface of the element region of the semiconductor substrate. The upper surface electrode has a first thickness region and a second thickness region which is thicker than the first thickness region, and a bonding wire is bonded on the second thickness region.
US08836147B2
A bonding structure of a ball-bonded portion is obtained by bonding a ball portion formed on a front end of a multilayer copper bonding wire. The multilayer copper bonding wire includes a core member that is mainly composed of copper, and an outer layer that is formed on the core member and is mainly composed of at least one noble metal selected from a group of Pd, Au, Ag and Pt. Further, a first concentrated portion of such noble metal(s) is formed in a ball-root region located at a boundary with the copper bonding wire in a surface region of the ball-bonded portion.
US08836140B2
The present invention discloses a three-dimensional vertically interconnected structure and a fabricating method for the same. The structure comprises at least two layers of chips which are stacked in sequence or stacked together face to face, and an adhesive material is used for adhesion between adjacent layers of said chips, each layer of chips contains a substrate layer and a dielectric layer sequentially bottom to top; an front surface of the chip has a first concave with an annular cross section, and the first concave is filled with metal inside to form a first electrical conductive ring connecting to microelectronic devices inside the chip via a redistribution layer; a first through layers of chips hole having the same radius and center as inner ring of the first electrical conductive ring penetrates the stacked chips and has a first micro electrical conductive pole inside that is electrically connected to the first electrical conductive ring. The three-dimensional vertically interconnected structure of the present invention enhances the strength of the electric interconnection and the adhesion between adjacent layers of chips, and in the meantime the disclosed fabricating method simplifies the process difficulty and therefore improves the yield.
US08836135B2
A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of interconnect layers disposed at different heights from the semiconductor substrate, each interconnect layer including an interconnection formed therein; and a via formed in a columnar shape extending in the stack direction of the interconnect layers, the via electrically connecting the interconnections of the different interconnect layers, the interconnections including an intermediate interconnection in contact with the via in the intermediate portion thereof, and the intermediate interconnection including a first type intermediate interconnection passing through the via in a direction perpendicular to the stack direction and in contact with the via on the top surface, bottom surface, and both side surfaces thereof.
US08836132B2
Vertical mount packages and methods for making the same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a vertical mount package includes providing a device substrate with a plurality of device regions on a front surface, and a plurality of through-wafer vias. MEMS devices or integrated circuits are formed or mounted onto the device regions. A capping substrate having recesses is mounted over the device substrate, enclosing the device regions within cavities defined by the recesses. A plurality of aligned through-wafer contacts extend through the capping substrate and the device substrate. The device substrate and capping substrate can be singulated by cutting through the aligned through-wafer contacts, with the severed through-wafer contacts forming vertical mount leads. A vertical mount package includes a device sealed between a device substrate and a capping substrate. At least of the side edges of the package includes exposed conductive elements for vertical mount leads.
US08836129B1
A plug structure including a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a barrier layer and a second plug is provided. The first dielectric layer having a first plug therein is located on a substrate, wherein the first plug physically contacts a source/drain in the substrate. The second dielectric layer having an opening exposing the first plug is located on the first dielectric layer. The barrier layer conformally covers the opening, wherein the barrier layer has a bottom part and a sidewall part, and the bottom part is a single layer and physically contacts the first plug while the sidewall part is a dual layer. The second plug fills the opening and on the barrier layer. Moreover, a process of forming a plug structure is also provided.
US08836113B2
An electronic module. One embodiment includes a carrier. A first transistor is attached to the carrier. A second transistor is attached to the carrier. A first connection element includes a first planar region. The first connection element electrically connects the first transistor to the carrier. A second connection element includes a second planar region. The second connection element electrically connects the second transistor to the carrier. In one embodiment, a distance between the first planar region and the second planar region is smaller than 100 μm.
US08836110B2
A packaged semiconductor device includes a package substrate, an integrated circuit (IC) die mounted on the package substrate, and a heat spreader mounted on the package substrate. The heat spreader surrounds at least a portion of the IC die and includes a lid with a plurality of openings. An inner portion of the heat spreader includes a plurality of thermally conductive protrusions adjacent the die.
US08836109B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a via region and a circuit region, an insulation interlayer formed on a top surface of the substrate, a through electrode having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the through electrode penetrates the via region of the substrate and the second surface is substantially coplanar with a bottom surface of the substrate, a first upper wiring formed on a portion of the first surface of the through electrode, a plurality of via contacts formed on a portion of a top surface of the first upper wiring, and a second upper wiring formed on the plurality of via contacts.
US08836106B2
In a QFN that includes a die pad, a semiconductor chip mounted on the die pad, a plurality of leads arranged around the semiconductor chip, a plurality of wires that electrically connect the plurality of electrode pads of the semiconductor chip with the plurality of leads, respectively, and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip and the plurality of wires, first and second step portions are formed at shifted positions on the left and right sides of each of the leads to make the positions of the first and second step portions shifted between the adjacent leads. As a result, the gap between the leads is narrowed, thereby achieving the miniaturization or the increase in the number of pins of the QFN.
US08836103B2
A semiconductor unit includes an insulation layer, a conductive layer bonded to one side of the insulation layer, a semiconductor device mounted on the conductive layer, a cooler thermally coupled to the other side of the insulation layer, a first bus bar having a bonding surface bonded to the semiconductor device or the conductive layer and a non-bonding surface that is the part of the first bus bar other than the bonding surface, and a second bus bar having a bonding surface bonded to the semiconductor device or the conductive layer and a non-bonding surface that is the part of the second bus bar other than the bonding surface. The second bus bar has a greater ratio of the area of the bonding surface to the area of the non-bonding surface than the first bus bar. The second bus bar has a lower electric resistance than the first bus bar.
US08836102B2
Provided is a multilayered semiconductor device, including: a first semiconductor package including a first semiconductor element and a first wiring board; a second semiconductor package including: a second semiconductor element, a second wiring board and a first encapsulating resin for encapsulating the second semiconductor element therein; and a plate member disposed between the first semiconductor package and the second semiconductor package, the first semiconductor package, the plate member, and the second semiconductor package being stacked in this order, in which the first wiring board and the second wiring board are electrically connected to each other via a metal wire through one of a notch and an opening formed in the plate member and the first semiconductor element, the second semiconductor package, and the metal wire are encapsulated in a second encapsulating resin.
US08836100B2
An arrangement for improving adhesive attachment of micro-components in an assembly utilizes a plurality of parallel-disposed slots formed in the top surface of the substrate used to support the micro-components. The slots are used to control the flow and “shape” of an adhesive “dot” so as to quickly and accurately attach a micro-component to the surface of a substrate. The slots are formed (preferably, etched) in the surface of the substrate in a manner that lends itself to reproducible accuracy from one substrate to another. Other slots (“channels”) may be formed in conjunction with the bonding slots so that extraneous adhesive material will flow into these channels and not spread into unwanted areas.
US08836098B1
A surface mount semiconductor device having external contact elements exposed in a ball grid array (BGA) at its external active face for mechanical and electrical connection to an external support and a semiconductor die connected electrically internally with the external contact elements. A reinforcement layer of electrically insulating material extends between and surrounds laterally peripheral contact elements of the BGA. The reinforcement layer extends to from about thirty percent (30%) to about fifty percent (50%) of the height of the peripheral contact elements at the active face.
US08836087B2
Disposable gate structures are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A planarization dielectric layer is deposited over the disposable gate structures and planarized to provide a top surface that is coplanar with top surface of the disposable gate structures. The planarization dielectric layer at this point includes gap-fill keyholes between narrowly spaced disposable gate structures. A printable dielectric layer is deposited over the planarization dielectric layer to fill the gap-fill keyholes. Areas of the printable dielectric layer over the gap-fill keyholes are illuminated with radiation that cross-links cross-linkable bonds in the material of the printable dielectric layer. Non-crosslinked portions of the printable dielectric layer are subsequently removed selective to crosslinked portions of the printable dielectric layer, which fills at least the upper portion of each gate-fill keyhole. The disposable gate structures are removed to form gate cavities. The gate cavities are filled with a gate dielectric and a gate electrode.
US08836082B2
A novel reversal lithography process without etch back is described. The reversal material comprises nanoparticles that are selectively deposited into the gaps between features without overcoating the tops of the features. As a result, a patterned imaging layer can be removed using solvent, blanket exposure followed by developer washing, or dry etching directly, without an etch-back process, and the original bright field lithography pattern can be reversed into dark field features, and transferred into subsequent layers using the nanoparticle reversal material as an etch mask.
US08836072B2
A semiconductor system is described, which includes a trench junction barrier Schottky diode having an integrated p-n type diode as a clamping element, which is suitable for use in motor vehicle generator system, in particular as a Zener diode having a breakdown voltage of approximately 20V. In this case, the TJBS is a combination of a Schottky diode and a p-n type diode. Where the breakdown voltages are concerned, the breakdown voltage of the p-n type diode is lower than the breakdown voltage of Schottky diode. The semiconductor system may therefore be operated using high currents at breakdown.
US08836068B2
A backside illumination image sensor, a method of fabricating the same, and an electronic system including the backside illumination image sensor, the backside illumination image sensor including a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; photodiodes in the semiconductor substrate; and metal interconnections below the semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the photodiodes includes a N-type region, a lower P-type region below the N-type region, and an upper P-type region on the N-type region.
US08836067B2
A transistor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The transistor device includes a substrate, a first well, a second well, a shallow trench isolation (STI), a source, a drain and a gate. The first well is disposed in the substrate. The second well is disposed in the substrate. The STI is disposed in the second well. The STI has at least one floating diffusion island. The source is disposed in the first well. The drain is disposed in the second well. The electric type of the floating diffusion island is different from or the same with that of the drain. The gate is disposed above the first well and the second well, and partially overlaps the first well and the second well.
US08836066B1
An avalanche photodiode includes silicon crystal doped with impurities, where the doping profile of the silicon crystal includes a smoothly arcing donor-acceptor concentration curve decreasing with respect to distance into the interior of the silicon crystal that is interrupted by a narrower peak of increased concentration in the interior of the silicon crystal prior to further decreasing with respect to distance along the smoothly arcing donor-acceptor concentration curve.
US08836060B2
The present disclosure provides a spin device including: a graphene; a first ferromagnetic electrode and a second electrode that are in electrical contact with and sandwich the graphene; a third ferromagnetic electrode and a fourth electrode that sandwich the graphene at a position apart from the first and second electrodes in electrical contact with the graphene; a current applying portion that applies an electric current between the first ferromagnetic electrode and the second electrode; and a voltage-signal detecting portion that detects spin accumulation information as a voltage signal via the third ferromagnetic electrode and the fourth electrode. The spin accumulation information is generated, by application of the electric current, in a part of the graphene that is sandwiched between the third and fourth electrodes. The first and third ferromagnetic electrodes are disposed on the same surface of the graphene, and the second and fourth electrodes are non-magnetic or ferromagnetic electrodes.
US08836055B2
A device includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device, which includes a movable element and a fixed element. The movable element and the fixed element form two capacitor plates of a capacitor, with an air-gap between the movable element and the fixed element acting as a capacitor insulator of the capacitor. At least one of the movable element and the fixed element has a rugged surface.
US08836048B2
A semiconductor device including a gate structure present on a channel portion of a semiconductor substrate and at least one gate sidewall spacer adjacent to the gate structure. In one embodiment, the gate structure includes a work function metal layer present on a gate dielectric layer, a metal semiconductor alloy layer present on a work function metal layer, and a dielectric capping layer present on the metal semiconductor alloy layer. The at least one gate sidewall spacer and the dielectric capping layer may encapsulate the metal semiconductor alloy layer within the gate structure.
US08836046B2
A semiconductor device can include a field insulation layer including a planar major surface extending in first and second orthogonal directions and a protruding portion that protrudes a particular distance from the major surface relative to the first and second orthogonal directions. First and second multi-channel active fins can extend on the field insulation layer, and can be separated from one another by the protruding portion. A conductive layer can extend from an uppermost surface of the protruding portion to cross over the protruding portion between the first and second multi-channel active fins.
US08836045B2
A first gate level feature forms gate electrodes of a first transistor of a first transistor type and a first transistor of a second transistor type. A second gate level feature forms a gate electrode of a second transistor of the first transistor type. A third gate level feature forms a gate electrode of a second transistor of the second transistor type. The gate electrodes of the second transistors of the first and second transistor types are electrically connected to each other. The gate electrodes of the second transistors of the first and second transistor types are positioned on opposite sides of a gate electrode track along which the gate electrodes of the first transistors of the first and second transistor types are positioned.
US08836042B2
A semiconductor device includes an IGBT, a constant voltage circuit, and protection Zener diodes. The IGBT makes/breaks a low-voltage current flowing in a primary coil. The constant voltage circuit and the protection Zener diodes are provided between an external gate terminal and an external collector terminal. The constant voltage circuit supplies a constant gate voltage to the IGBT to thereby set a saturation current value of the IGBT to a predetermined limiting current value. The IGBT has the saturation current value in a limiting current value range of the semiconductor device.
US08836031B2
After formation of raised source and drain regions, a conformal dielectric material liner is deposited within recessed regions formed by removal of shallow trench isolation structures and underlying portions of a buried insulator layer in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A dielectric material that is different from the material of the conformal dielectric material liner is subsequently deposited and planarized to form a planarized dielectric material layer. The planarized dielectric material layer is recessed selective to the conformal dielectric material liner to form dielectric fill portions that fill the recessed regions. Horizontal portions of the conformal dielectric material liner are removed by an anisotropic etch, while remaining portions of the conformal dielectric material liner form an outer gate spacer. At least one contact-level dielectric layer is deposited. Contact via structures electrically isolated from a handle substrate can be formed within the contact via holes.
US08836030B2
A memory device and method of making the memory device. Memory device may include a storage transistor at a surface of a substrate. The storage transistor comprises a body portion between first and second source/drain regions, wherein the source/drain regions are regions of a first conductivity type. The storage transistor also comprises a gate structure that wraps at least partially around the body portion in at least two spatial planes. A bit line is connected to the first source/drain region and a word line is connected to the gate structure.
US08836023B2
A recessed transistor construction is formed between a first access transistor construction and a second access transistor construction to provide isolation between the access transistor constructions of a memory device. In some embodiments, a gate of the recessed transistor construction is grounded. In an embodiment, the access transistor constructions are recess access transistors. In an embodiment, the memory device is a DRAM. In another embodiment, the memory device is a 4.5F2 DRAM cell.
US08836014B2
An electronic memory cell includes a first selection transistor gate surmounting a first part of the channel and a lateral spacer disposed against a lateral flank of the selection transistor gate, a part of the lateral spacer forming a memory transistor gate surmounting a second part of the channel. The memory transistor gate includes a stack of the ONO type and a conductive zone including a lateral face inclined at an angle α strictly between 0 and 90° with respect to the plane of the substrate.
US08836005B2
A memory array includes a charge storage structure and a plurality of conductive materials over the charge storage structure is provided. Each conductive material, serving as a word line, has a substantially arc-sidewall and a substantially straight sidewall.
US08835999B2
A CMOS pixel is disclosed. The CMOS pixel includes a semiconductor substrate; a sense node formed in the semiconductor substrate and positioned substantially in the center of the CMOS pixel; a transfer gate formed about the sense node; and at least one photodiode formed about the transfer gate. A reset transistor, a source follower transistor, and a row select transistor are located substantially to one side of the CMOS pixel substantially adjacent to the photodiode. The sense node is operable to be floating. An implant may be formed about the photodiode configured to step potential in a direction toward the sense node.
US08835996B2
Integrated circuit configuration having extension conductor structure and fabricating method thereof
An integrated circuit configuration includes a substrate, a diffusion region, a gate structure, an extension conductor structure, a dielectric layer, a contact structure, and a metal conductor line. The diffusion region is formed in the substrate. The gate structure is formed over the substrate and spanned across the diffusion region. The extension conductor structure is formed over the semiconductor substrate and contacted with the diffusion region. The extension conductor structure is extended externally to a first position along a surface of the substrate, wherein the first position is outside the diffusion region. The dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, the gate structure and the extension conductor structure. The contact structure is penetrated through the dielectric layer to be contacted with the first position of the extension conductor structure. The metal conductor line is formed on the dielectric layer and contacted with the contact structure.
US08835975B1
In a first embodiment, an ultra-fast breakover diode has a turn on time TON that is less than 0.3 microseconds, where the forward breakover voltage is greater than +400 volts and varies less than one percent per ten degrees Celsius change. In a second embodiment, a breakover diode has a reverse breakdown voltage that is greater, in absolute magnitude, than the forward breakover voltage, where the forward breakover voltage is greater than +400 volts. In a third embodiment, a string of series-connected breakover diode dice is provided, along with a resistor string, in a packaged circuit. The packaged circuit acts like a single breakover diode having a large forward breakover voltage and a comparably large reverse breakdown voltage, even though the packaged circuit includes no discrete high voltage reverse breakdown diode. The packaged circuit is usable to supply a triggering current to a thyristor in a voltage protection circuit.
US08835969B2
Disclosed are a light emitting device package and a lighting system. The light emitting device package includes a body including a cavity and formed in a transmittive material; a plurality of lead electrodes in the cavity; an isolation member disposed between the lead electrodes; a light emitting device electrically connected to the lead electrodes in the cavity; and a molding member on the light emitting device.
US08835963B2
Light emitting system (100), particularly, light emitting systems that utilize semiconductor wavelength converting regions (104), and methods of producing such systems are disclosed. The light emitting systems and methods of producing such systems seek to frustrate recombination of free carriers that are associated with wavelength converting regions.
US08835962B2
Herein is provided electroluminescent devices, and methods for their use and production. In some embodiments, the devices contain embedded optical features that act as lenses to direct photons emitted from an electroluminescent material. The lensing effect from the optical features allows increased light extraction from the devices compared with devices lacking such features. In some embodiments the devices are prepared using a plurality of etching and deposition steps.
US08835951B2
The first wavelength converting member, the light emitting element, and the second wavelength converting member are disposed in this order toward the opening of the recess portion on the bottom surface of the housing member through a light transmissive supporting member, and spaced away from the side surface of the recess portion. The first wavelength converting member is a plate shape member made of a composite of an inorganic binder made of an inorganic material and a fluorescent material. A light scattering surface is formed on at least a portion of the side surface of the recess portion, which is irradiated with the light emitted from the side surfaces of the wavelength converting member in parallel with the principal surface of the first wavelength converting member.
US08835949B2
A three-terminal light emitting device (LED) chip, associated fabrication method, and LED array are provided. The method forms an n-doped semiconductor layer overlying a substrate, an active semiconductor layer overlying the n-doped semiconductor layer, and a p-doped semiconductor layer overlying the active semiconductor layer. A trench is formed through the p-doped and active semiconductor layers, exposing the n-doped semiconductor layer. In one aspect, the trench is formed at least part way, but not completely, through the n-doped semiconductor layer. Then, an LED P electrode is formed overlying a first region of the p-doped semiconductor layer, a diode P electrode is formed overlying a second region of the p-doped semiconductor layer that is separated from the first region of the p-doped semiconductor layer by the trench, and an N electrode is formed overlying a top surface of the exposed n-doped semiconductor layer in the trench, shared by the LED and diode.
US08835948B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate and a first epitaxial structure over the substrate. The first epitaxial structure includes a first doped layer, a first light emitting layer, and a second doped layer. A first electrode is coupled to the first doped layer. A second electrode is coupled to the second doped layer facing the same direction as the first electrode. A second epitaxial structure includes a third doped layer, a second light emitting layer, and a fourth doped layer. A third electrode is coupled to the third doped layer facing the same direction as the first electrode. A fourth electrode is coupled to the fourth doped layer facing the same direction as the first electrode. An adhesive layer is between the first epitaxial structure and the second epitaxial structure.
US08835943B2
A light-emitting element includes: an anode; a cathode; a light-emitting layer which is provided between the anode and the cathode and emits light as the anode and the cathode are electrically connected to each other; and an organic layer which is provided between the anode and the light-emitting layer to come in contact with both layers. The organic layer has a first function of transporting holes and a second function of preventing electrons infiltrating from the light-emitting layer from staying in the organic layer.
US08835932B2
A tunnel transistor includes a first compound semiconductor, a second compound semiconductor on the first compound semiconductor, and a third compound semiconductor on the second compound semiconductor. A source extends through the second compound semiconductor into the first compound semiconductor. A drain spaced apart from the source extends through the third compound semiconductor into the second compound semiconductor. A first two-dimensional charge carrier gas extends in the first compound semiconductor from the source toward the drain and ends prior to reaching the drain. A second two-dimensional charge carrier gas extends in the second compound semiconductor from the drain toward the source and ends prior to reaching the source. A gate is over the first and second two-dimensional charge carrier gases. A corresponding method of manufacturing the tunnel transistor is also provided.
US08835929B2
A pixel structure including a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT and a storage capacitor is provided. The source electrode of the first TFT is connected to the gate electrode of the second TFT, and the semiconductor layer of the second TFT protrudes out two opposite side of the gate electrode of the second TFT. A thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a capacitance compensation structure, a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer, a drain electrode and a source electrode is also provided. The capacitance compensation structure is electrically connected to the gate electrode. The semiconductor layer partially overlaps the gate electrode, and extends to overlap the capacitance compensation structure.
US08835926B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having transmitting and pixel regions, the pixel regions being separated by the transmitting regions, at least one thin film transistor in each of the pixel regions, a plurality of transparent first conductive lines electrically connected to the thin film transistors and extending across the transmitting regions, a plurality of second conductive lines electrically connected to the thin film transistors and extending across the transmitting regions, a passivation layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the passivation layer, the pixel electrodes being separated and positioned to correspond to respective pixel regions, each of the pixel electrodes being electrically connected to and overlapping a corresponding thin film transistor, an opposite electrode overlapping the pixel electrodes in the transmitting and pixel regions, and an organic emission layer between the pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode.
US08835923B2
The semiconductor wafer for a silicon-on-insulator integrated circuit comprises an insulating region located between a first semiconductor substrate intended to receive the integrated circuit and a second semiconductor substrate containing at least one buried layer comprising at least one metal silicide.
US08835919B2
A thin film transistor substrate and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The thin film transistor substrate includes a gate electrode disposed on a substrate, a gate insulating film disposed on the gate electrode, an active layer disposed on the gate insulating film and including metal oxide, a source electrode contacted with one side of the active layer and a pixel electrode contacted with the other side of the active layer; and an etch stopper interposed between the source electrode and the pixel electrode.
US08835915B2
An assembly includes a dielectric layer in contact with a semiconductor layer. The dielectric layer includes a crosslinked polymeric material having isocyanurate groups, wherein the dielectric layer is free of zirconium oxide particles. The semiconductor layer includes a non-polymeric organic semiconductor material, and is substantially free of electrically insulating polymer. Electronic components and devices including the assembly are also disclosed.
US08835908B2
Disclosed is an organic light-emitting device (OLED), wherein a lower electrode, an organic emitting unit, an upper electrode, and a light enhance layer are subsequently formed between a bottom substrate and a top substrate. The light enhance layer has higher refractive index, between 2 and 3, than that of the top substrates, thereby efficiently improving the luminance intensity of the OLED.
US08835907B2
The present invention is to provide a semiconductor device in which the step can be simplified, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed, and the decrease in yield can be suppressed. A semiconductor device of the present invention includes an antenna, a storage element, and a transistor, wherein a conductive layer serving as an antenna is provided in the same layer as a conductive layer of the transistor or the storage element. This characteristic makes it possible to omit an independent step of forming the conductive layer serving as an antenna and to conduct the step of forming the conductive layer serving as an antenna at the same time as the step of forming a conductive layer of another element. Therefore, the manufacturing step can be simplified, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed, and the decrease in yield can be suppressed.
US08835893B2
A phase change memory cell and methods of fabricating the same are presented. The memory cell includes a variable resistance region and a top and bottom electrode. The shapes of the variable resistance region and the top electrode are configured to evenly distribute a current with a generally hemispherical current density distribution around the first electrode.
US08835891B2
Some embodiments include methods of patterning platinum-containing material. An opening may be formed to extend into an oxide. Platinum-containing material may be formed over and directly against an upper surface of the oxide, and within the opening. The platinum-containing material within the opening may be a plug having a lateral periphery. The lateral periphery of the plug may be directly against the oxide. The platinum-containing material may be subjected to polishing to remove the platinum-containing material from over the upper surface of the oxide. The polishing may delaminate the platinum-containing material from the oxide, and may remove the platinum-containing material from over the oxide with an effective selectivity for the platinum-containing material relative to the oxide of at least about 5:1. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. Some embodiments include integrated circuitry having platinum-containing material within an opening in an oxide and directly against the oxide.
US08835886B2
A lamp includes: a housing; a platform supported by the housing; a left light source disposed on a left side of the lamp; a right light source disposed on a right side of the lamp; a first top light source disposed at least partially above the platform, wherein; the left and right sources extend closer to a front of the lamp than the first top light source; and a space between the platform and the; light sources; to simultaneously receive therein five nails of all five digits of a hand or foot of a user. The positions of the sources and platform may be designed so as to provide substantially uniform light flux to all five nails so as to synchronously and uniformly cure light-curable nail gel or acrylic on the user's nails.
US08835885B2
A charged particle beam irradiation device includes an accelerator that accelerates charged particles and emits a charged particle beam; an irradiation unit that irradiates a body with the charged particle beam; a duct that transports the charged particle beam to the irradiation unit; a tubular body arranged on a propagation path of the charged particle beam within the irradiation unit, has inert gas filled thereinto, and has particle beam transmission films transmitting the charged particle beam therethrough at an inlet and an outlet thereof; a gas supply unit that supplies the inert gas into the tubular body; and a leak valve that leaks the inert gas inside the tubular body to the outside when the internal pressure of the tubular body is equal to or higher than a set pressure. The gas supply unit has a plurality of supply lines having different amounts of supply of inert gas.
US08835881B2
A writing area of a sample is divided into a plurality of stripes having a width corresponding to an area density of a pattern to be written on the sample with a charged-particle beam. The writing is stopped when writing of at least one stripe is terminated, and a drift amount is measured. An irradiation position of the charged-particle beam is corrected with the use of the drift amount. When the average value of the area density is more than a predetermined value, a stripe has a width smaller than the reference width, and when the average value of the area density is less than the predetermined value, the stripe has a width larger than the reference width. The width of the stripe is preferably a width corresponding to the variation of a drift from the beginning of irradiation with the charged-particle beam.
US08835862B2
A radiation image photographing apparatus is provided with a bias source to apply a bias voltage via bias lines to radiation detecting elements arranged in a two dimensional form in regions divided by scanning lines and signal lines. The bias lines are connected to the radiation detecting elements with a ratio of one bias line to the radiation detecting elements arranged on one column in an extension direction of the signal line, and the bias lines are connected per a predetermined number of bias lines to either one of a plurality of connection lines. The bias voltage is applied from the bias source to the connection lines via the bias lines so that the bias voltage is applied to the radiation detecting elements via the bias lines connected to the connection lines.
US08835861B1
The invention utilizes the changes in physical properties of materials during a solid-solid phase transition in order to actuate microactuators. The substantial changes in properties during insulator-to-metal transitions (IMTs) of some materials are useful for controlling purposes. Methods of using the microactuators are also explained.
US08835859B2
An imaging control apparatus for controlling an imaging system capable of performing a plurality of imaging modes for detecting light or radiation to acquire an image includes a detection unit configured to detect that an instruction for executing a second imaging mode is generated during execution of a first imaging mode, a determination unit configured to determine a wait time according to a state of the imaging system when the instruction is received, and a control unit configured to perform control for instructing the imaging system to wait at least for the determined wait time before the transition to the second imaging mode, and control for instructing the imaging system to perform mode transition processing for switching from the first imaging mode to the second imaging mode.
US08835854B2
A method of non-destructively determining the condition of a material, said method including providing an elongated probe containing a plurality of optical fibers, said elongated probe coupled to an infrared spectrometer, said tip of said elongated probe positioned near said material, said elongated probe including said tip having a width of less than about 2.0 mm; and, making an infrared spectroscopy measurement of said material by providing infrared light from said infrared spectrometer through at least one of said plurality of optical fibers and collecting at least a portion of said infrared light reflected from a material juxtaposed near said tip through at least another of said plurality of optical fibers to provide said reflected light to said infrared spectrometer.
US08835851B2
A plasmonic detector is described which can resonantly enhance the performance of infrared detectors. More specifically, the disclosure is directed to enhancing the quantum efficiency of semiconductor infrared detectors by increasing coupling to the incident radiation field as a result of resonant coupling to surface plasma waves supported by the metal/semiconductor interface, without impacting the dark current of the device, resulting in an improved detectivity over the surface plasma wave spectral bandwidth.
US08835848B2
An ultra-miniaturized electron optical microcolumn is provided. The electron optical microcolumn includes an electron-emitting source emitting electrons using a field emission principle, an extraction electrode causing the emission of electrons from the electron-emitting source, a focusing electrode to which voltage is flexibly applied in response to a working distance to a target for regulating a focusing force of electron beams emitted from the electron-emitting source, an acceleration electrode accelerating electrons emitted by the extraction electrode, a limit electrode regulating an amount and a size of electron beams using electrons accelerated by the acceleration electrode, and a deflector deflecting electron beams towards the target.
US08835834B2
An object is to measure both cations and anions with high duty cycle. In a mass spectrometer comprising an ion source (1), an ion guide part (31), and an ion trap (32), while ions are being mass-selectively ejected from the ion trap, ions having a polarity reverse to that of the ions trapped in the ion trap are introduced into the ion guide part.
US08835833B2
A two-dimensional (2D) magneto-optical trap (MOT) for alkali neutral atoms establishes a zero magnetic field along the longitudinal symmetry axis. Two of three pairs of trapping laser beams do not follow the symmetry axes of the quadruple magnetic field and are aligned with a large non-zero degree angles to the longitudinal axis. In a dark-line 2D MOT configuration, there are two orthogonal repumping beams. In each repumping beam, an opaque line is imaged to the longitudinal axis, and the overlap of these two line images creates a dark line volume in the longitudinal axis where there is no repumping light. The zero magnetic field along the longitudinal axis allows the cold atoms maintain a long ground-state coherence time without switching off the MOT magnetic field, which makes it possible to operate the MOT at a high repetition rate and a high duty cycle.
US08835832B2
An offset correction system for correcting signal offset of an encoder. The offset correction system may include a light emitter, an encoder disk, a reticle, a light detector; an offset detection circuit and an offset correction circuit. The offset detection circuit may comprise a comparator and an offset detector configured to receive sinusoidal output signals from the light detector and a reference signal to create digital pulses for determining the signal offset. The offset correction circuit may be configured to apply a gain to correct the offset output signal. The offset correction may be implemented in real time mode.
US08835829B2
An image sensor includes a light-sensing element, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The light-sensing element has a first end and a second end electrically connected to a select line. The first transistor has a first end electrically connected to a first control line, a control end electrically connected to the first end, and a second end electrically connected to the first end of the light-sensing element. The second transistor has a first end electrically connected to a voltage source, a control end electrically connected to the first end of the light-sensing element, and a second end electrically connected to an output line. The light-sensing element uses the material of silicon rich oxide so that the light-sensing element can sense the luminance variance and have the characteristic of the capacitor for the level boost.
US08835819B2
A heating device is provided, comprising a shaped body, which has at least two regions comprising different compositions of a ceramic material with a positive temperature coefficient of electrical resistance. A method for manufacturing a heating device is furthermore specified.
US08835810B2
A system and method directed to a dehydrating device, which may include a dehydrating enclosure and an adapter. The adapter may be operable to couple the dehydrating enclosure to a power unit, which may include a power source disposed inside the power unit, and a control source operable to control the power source. The power unit may be detachably couplable to at least one of the dehydrating enclosure or a cooking enclosure. The power unit and the cooking enclosure may collectively combine into a multi-stage counter-top electric oven. The power unit and the dehydrating enclosure may also collectively combine into a dehydrator. The dehydrating enclosure may include a plurality of stackable dehydrating trays through which dehydrating air is circulated from the power unit.
US08835809B2
The present invention relates to a heatable covering system for floors, ceilings, and walls. The covering system comprises covering panels which at least on one longitudinal edge comprise coupling means in order to be able to join covering panels with each other wherein the covering panels are provided with electrical heating means and have electrical contacting means in order to electrically contact the panels.
US08835803B2
A laser cutting method includes providing a multi-layered substrate, such that the multi-layered substrate includes a circuit pattern between stacked first and second substrates, and removing a part of the second substrate by irradiating a laser beam on the second substrate, the laser beam being irradiated at an oblique angle with respect to an upper surface of the second substrate.
US08835797B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for the plasma treatment of metal substrates or insulating substrates (3) running substantially continuously through a vacuum chamber having a treatment zone (2), the plasma being sustained by radiofrequency inductive coupling in the treatment zone (2) by means of an inductor (4) connected to a radiofrequency generator, in which the inductor (4) is protected from any contamination by the material emitted by the surface of the substrates (3) by means of a Faraday cage (7), which is positioned between the plasma and the inductor (4), and in which the Faraday cage (7) is on average electrically biassed positively with respect to the substrates (3) or with respect to a counter-electrode present in the plasma.
US08835788B2
A slide switch includes a housing, a plurality of fixed electrodes, and a slider. The housing includes a first face provided with an accommodating recessed part and a second face configured to be attached to an attaching board. The fixed electrodes are provided in the accommodating recessed part. Each of the fixed electrodes has an external terminal exposed on the second face. The slider has a movable electrode configured to be electrically conducted to the fixed electrodes, and is movably provided in the accommodating recessed part so as to switch an electrical conducted state of the movable electrode and the fixed electrodes.
US08835784B2
A push button structure includes: a panel 1 in which an opening 2 for exposing a button 7 is provided; a button 7 having a leg of which one end side is supported by a rotational central section 5 of the panel 1 and of which the other end side has a leg 6 extending in an orthogonal direction to the panel 1, wherein the other end side is rotated about the rotational central section 5 when the button is pushed with exposed from the opening 2 of the panel 1; and a board 3 on which a switch 4 is mounted and which is attached at an angle to the panel 1 such that a direction C tangential to a rotational path of the leg 6 is substantially the same as a stroke direction D of the switch 4.
US08835782B2
A contact arm assembly (10) for a switchgear circuit breaker includes a contact arm (11) having a groove (42) in an outer periphery surface thereof. At least one contact finger (13) has a body (38) and a ball member (40) extending from the body. The ball member is received in the groove so that the contact finger makes contact with the contact arm. The contact arm includes a shaft (14) having a longitudinal axis, first and second ends (18, 28), and a constant outside diameter. A plurality of annular rings (16) extends from the outside diameter of the shaft. The rings are spaced along the longitudinal axis to define cooling fins. Diameters of the rings gradually decrease from the first end to generally the center of the shaft, and then gradually increase to the second end of the shaft.
US08835772B2
In order to lower the substantial heating temperature of a thermosetting adhesive and to realize favorable connection reliability during connecting an electrical element to a circuit board by anisotropic conductive connection with using solder particles, a product in which solder particles having a melting temperature Ts are dispersed in an insulating acrylic-based thermosetting resin having a minimum melt viscosity temperature Tv is used as an anisotropic conductive adhesive in producing a connection structure by connecting the circuit board and the electrical element to each other by anisotropic conductive connection.
US08835771B2
The invention forms a Sn coating layer and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having a suitably controllable planar shape in a PCB terminal. A group of Sn coating layers being as a plurality of essentially parallel lines is formed as the surface coating layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer 2 is exposed on the outermost surface on both sides of Sn coating layers each constituting the group of Sn coating layers. The Sn coating layers have a width of 1 to 500 μm, an interval between adjacent Sn coating layers is 1 to 20000 μm, and an outermost maximum height roughness in a terminal insertion direction is at most 10 μm.
US08835764B2
Systems and other embodiments associated with a universal faceplate assembly are described. According to one embodiment, a faceplate includes a substantially planar plate base configured to mount on a wiring enclosure. At least one opening in the plate base is configured receive a receptacle. The opening is configured to receive receptacles of a first receptacle type or a second receptacle type. The faceplate also includes a faceplate notch in a front surface of the plate base configured to receive a receptacle tab. The receptacle tab is disposed on receptacles of the first receptacle type or the second receptacle type. The receptacle tab is configured to allow a fastener to pass through the faceplate notch and the receptacle tab to attach the receptacle to the faceplate.
US08835762B2
An apparatus for electrical isolation of metallic hardware is provided and includes an item of hardware and an isolation sheet disposed in contact with the item of hardware. The isolation sheet includes first and second opposing sides at least one of which is anodized.
US08835761B2
To minimize thermal influence when integrally forming the sealing member on a flexible wiring board, a sealing structure includes a housing, a flexible wiring board inserted therethrough, and a sealing member integrally formed with the flexible wiring board to airtightly seal a gap between the housing and the flexible wiring board, the flexible wiring board includes a base substrate made of an elastic material, an electrically conductive printed wiring layer formed on a surface of the base substrate, and a cover film covering a surface of the printed wiring layer, and the printed wiring layer which crosses the sealing member is formed as a plurality of divided print wiring layers at only a crossing region with the sealing member and its vicinity.
US08835749B2
A solar panel backside film used in solar panel constructions. The film comprises a PET film having a net peak area as measured by differential scanning calorimetry of about −15 J/g to about 5 J/g measured from the endpoint of the glass transition (Tg) up to 230° C., and an additive to opacify the PET film. A polymeric layer is adhered to the PET film to create a solar panel backside film. The solar panel backside film generally has a reflectivity of 50% or greater at a point in the visible range of light. Additionally, the solar panel backside film, when applied to a solar panel and exposed to 2000 hours at 85° C. and 85% relative humidity, does not result in exfoliation or visible cracks in the PET film.
US08835745B2
A supplemental solar energy collection system including a photovoltaic panel which converts incident radiation into electricity. A housing includes a top thermally conductive surface mated with the photovoltaic panel and serving as a thermal collector. Open channels behind the thermally conductive surface carry fluid in contact with the top thermally conductive surface for removing heat from the photovoltaic panel.
US08835731B1
A removable chord playing attachment and related method is disclosed. The chord playing attachment may be attached to a guitar or similar stringed instrument, and the user may use the chord playing attachment to learn to play the instrument. The present invention discloses a design that does not function as a capo, which allows the user play chords in standard keys. The present invention includes a specially configured nut or connector or anchor that forms a removable connection with a chord playing unit. The present invention encourages novices to learn to play the instrument in stages and eventually remove the invention entirely. A companion teaching manual is also disclosed.
US08835724B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1C8P and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1C8P with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1C8P 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 PH1C8P or a locus conversion of PH1C8P with another maize variety.
US08835713B1
A novel maize variety designated X08B733 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 X08B733 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B733 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B733, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B733. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B733.
US08835703B2
The present invention describes a method for the production of one or more olefins from the residue of at least one renewable natural raw material. The present invention is advantageously related to a method that is integrated with a processing method for processing renewable natural agricultural raw materials for the production of propylene, and optionally of ethylene and butylene, mainly from the residues of the processed renewable natural agricultural raw material. The propylene is obtained from the gasification reaction of the lignocellulosic materials and of other organic products contained in the raw material residues, followed by the formation of methanol and its subsequent transformation into propylene, where this route may further generate ethylene and/or butylene as by-products.
US08835698B2
Disclosed are processes for the production of fluorinated olefins, preferably adapted to commercialization of CF3CF═CH2 (1234yf). In certain preferred embodiments the processes comprise first exposing a compound of Formula (IA) C(X)2═CClC(X)3 (IA) where each X is independently F, Cl or H, preferably CCl2═CClCH2Cl, to one or more sets of reaction conditions, but preferably a substantially single set of reaction conditions, effective to produce at least one chlorofluoropropane, preferably in accordance with Formula (IB): CF3CClX′C(X′)3 Formula (IB) where each X′ is independently F, Cl or H, and then exposing the compound of Formula (IB) to one or more sets of reaction conditions, but preferably a substantially single set of reaction conditions, effective to produce a compound of Formula (II) CF3CF═CHZ (II) where Z is H, F, Cl, I or Br.
US08835697B2
A biphenyl derivative having formula (1) is provided wherein Ar1 and Ar2 denote a benzene or naphthalene ring, and x and z each are 0 or 1. A material comprising the biphenyl derivative or a polymer comprising recurring units of the biphenyl derivative is spin coated and heat treated to form a resist bottom layer having improved properties, optimum values of n and k, step coverage, etch resistance, heat resistance, solvent resistance, and minimized outgassing.
US08835696B2
There is provided a method of preparing a high purity fluorine-containing ether which inhibits a side reaction generating an unsaturated bond and assures low cost and simple steps. When preparing the fluorine-containing ether by allowing a fluorine-containing alkyl alcohol to react with a fluorinated olefin in the presence of a basic compound, a reaction is terminated at a stage before a conversion ratio of the fluorine-containing alkyl alcohol reaches 75%.
US08835694B2
The invention relates to a process for transformation of lignocellulosic biomass or cellulose using heterogeneous catalysts that are based on tin oxide and/or antimony oxide, dispersed on a substrate and containing at least one element in the particular metal state. The use of these catalysts makes it possible to obtain directly upgradable products, in particular hydroxyacetone and propylene glycol with high selectivity.
US08835690B2
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of APD and N-alkyl-APD wherein 1-CPD is reacted with aqueous ammonium or aqueous alkyl-amine under alkaline conditions and where the process is conducted in a continuous manner in a reactor comprising a tubular reactor wherein at least two reaction zones are established.
US08835677B2
Methods of producing aminonitrobenzoic acids are disclosed. A dinitrobenzoic acid may be reduced to an aminonitrobenzoic acid. In some specific embodiments, 2,6-initrobenzoic acid may be converted to 2-amino-6-nitrobenzoic acid. An end product may be used as an intermediate in the manufacture of various compounds including agricultural chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
US08835676B2
Enantiomerically pure L-tert-leucine and D-tert-leucine were prepared from (DL)-tert-leucine by diastereomeric salt formation using dibenzoyl-d-tartaric acid as the resolving agent.
US08835675B2
The present invention is directed to compounds and adhesives finding special utility in dental applications. Compounds of formulae: are of special interest, wherein: R represents a polymerizable group of the structure wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group; A represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Xqs represent independently an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Yqs represent independently hydrogen atom; Zqs may independently represent D-R2 where D represents a single carbon atom and R2 represents phenyl; p is an integer from 1 to 10; and q is an integer from 1 to p.
US08835672B2
A new compound, (S)-5-(2-acetoxypropanamido)-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalic acid, of formula II (S)-5-(2-acetoxypropanamido)-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalic acid. Said new compound is of use for the production of triiodinated contrast agent, especially lopamidol, with low content of acetyl and hydroxyacetyl analogs. The new compound may be formed from 5-amino-2,4,6-triiodoisophtalic acid by acylating with (S)-1-chloro-1-oxopropan-2-yl acetate. The new compound may then be converted to the respective acid dichloride by reacting with a chlorinating reagent, which is a further object of the present invention, followed by the amidation with 2-amino-1,3-propanediol and acetate hydrolysis.
US08835659B2
The present invention refers to compounds of formula (I): as well as to a method for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and use thereof for the treatment and/or chemoprevention of cancer, aging related diseases or processes, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases.
US08835657B2
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R3, R9, R10, R11, R12 and G have the meanings given above as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or fungicides.
US08835647B2
2-((R)-2-Methylpyrrolidin-2-yl)-1H-benzimidazole-4-carboxamide Crystalline Form 1, ways to make it, compositions comprising it and made using it, and methods of treating patients having disease using it are disclosed.
US08835635B2
Disclosed herein is a stable amorphous form of vilazodone hydrochloride substantially free of crystalline forms, a process for the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating thereof. Disclosed also herein are stable amorphous co-precipitates of vilazodone hydrochloride and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, methods for the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating thereof.
US08835626B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices.
US08835624B1
The present invention provides an Influenza A H1N1 subtype-specific aptamer. The aptamer was selected in vitro using SELEX and a microfluidic chip system. The aptamer is stable, establishing sensitivity about 100 times higher than antibody and high specificity to Influenza A H1N1 subtype. Thus, the aptamer can be effective in detection of H1N1 influenza virus.
US08835617B2
A nucleic acid is provided which encodes a human TRIM-cyclophilin A fusion sequence encoding a human TRIM-CypA fusion protein which is active as an anti-viral agent, and in particular, as an anti-HIV-1 agent. Also provided is a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having both TRIM activity and cyclophilin activity. Also provided is an isolated polynucleotide encoding a human TRIM-CypA fusion protein, or variants thereof retaining the TRIM and cyclophilin A activities. Also provided are compositions thereof, antibodies that specifically bind thereto, and vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid or polypeptide. In addition, methods are provided for treating or preventing viral infection, or reducing viral load in a subject comprising administering the nucleic acid, polypeptide, vector, or composition to the subject in an amount effective to treat or prevent the viral infection. In some embodiments, the viral infection is HIV-I infection, hepatitis C infection, pox virus infection, vaccinia virus infection, or HTLV infection.
US08835614B2
Provided herein are conjugates comprising a protein and an oligosaccharide of one of Formulae I-VI. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such conjugates. Further provided herein are methods of treating a lysosomal storage disorder in a mammal by administration of an oligosaccharide-glycoprotein conjugate.
US08835610B2
Proteins that bind IL-17 and/or IL-17F are described along with their use in compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and diagnosing IL-17 related diseases and for detecting IL-17 in cells, tissues, samples, and compositions.
US08835608B2
An antibody having an antigen binding region capable of binding an epitope located in an extracellular portion of MRP3 and methods of utilizing same are provided. In particular, the invention provides antibodies targeted at a MRP3 antigen present on cells expressing MRP3 and methods useful in detecting or targeting cells expression the MRP3 antigen, as well as kits, nucleic acids, polypeptides, and cells for providing the antibodies.
US08835604B2
The present invention relates to variants of a parent antimicrobial peptide. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US08835598B2
The present invention relates to certain polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The present compounds can provide improved device performance, for example, as measured by power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The present compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes.
US08835596B2
A method of producing polyamide by the direct polycondensation of a diamine component and a dicarboxylic acid component without using a solvent, such as water. The diamine component containing 70 mol % or more of p-xylylenediamine is added to a reaction system containing the dicarboxylic acid component under pressure while maintaining the reaction system in a molten state. After the addition of the diamine component, the pressure of the reaction system is reduced to atmospheric pressure over 50 min or more at a pressure falling speed of 1.0 MPa/h or less. By the production method, polyamide with a small molecular weight dispersion is easily produced.
US08835592B2
The present invention provides polyurethanes including a reaction product of components including: (a) an isocyanate functional urethane prepolymer comprising a reaction product of components including: (i) about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; and (ii) about 0.1 to about 0.5 equivalents of at least one diol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; and (b) about 0.05 to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one branched polyol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and (c) up to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one polyol different from branched polyol (b) and having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein the reaction product components are essentially free of polyester polyol and polyether polyol; compositions, coatings and articles made therefrom and methods of making the same.
US08835586B2
A Chelating agent comprising a polymer backbone. The polymer backbone has a plurality of carbon atoms. There are two carboxylate groups or carboxylic acid groups per repeating unit being coupled to separate carbon atoms of the backbone.
US08835582B2
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. The catalyst system can include a single site catalyst compound, a support comprising fluorinated alumina, and an aluminoxane. The aluminoxane can be present in an amount of about 10 mmol or less per gram of the support.
US08835577B2
A polymerization catalyst system and polymerization processes using the catalyst systems are disclosed. The polymerization catalyst systems may include a) a first catalyst compound, and b) a second catalyst compound, wherein the first catalyst compound comprises a biphenyl phenol compound having essentially no hydrogen response.
US08835569B2
A reactor blend polyethylene composition comprising: from 35 to 70 percent by weight of a first polyethylene component; and a second polyethylene component; wherein the polyethylene resin has a melt index I2 of less than 1 dg/min and greater than or equal to 0.25 dg/min and exhibits a V0.1/V100 of greater than or equal to 9; and wherein the first and second polyethylene components are produced in continuous dual solution polymerization reactors, wherein the second polyethylene component is produced in the presence of the first polyethylene component and wherein a Ziegler-Natta catalyst is present in each of the first and second polymerization reactors is provided. Also provided are methods for producing the polyethylene resin and films made therefrom.
US08835564B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, the method comprising a step of reacting a conjugated diene-based polymer with an organometallic compound, and a step of reacting the resulting product and an epoxy compound.
US08835563B2
This invention relates to a process to functionalize polyolefins comprising contacting a metallocene catalyst with a difunctional diblock hydrosilane, and one or more vinyl terminated polyolefins. This invention further relates to the diblock hydrosilane-functionalized polyolefins produced thereby.
US08835551B2
Iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers having at least one fluoropolymer with a cure site, where the fluoropolymer has a Mooney viscosity of 2 or less (ML 1+10) at 100° C. according to ASTM D1646, and a peel strength to a roll mill of 10 dN/cm or less and methods for making such iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers are described. Articles derived from the cured product of such iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers are also described. Solutions, dispersions and coatings derived from such iodine containing amorphous fluoropolymers are also described.
US08835543B2
A composite material includes a non-polar polymer and alumina hydrate particulate. The composite material has a Heat Distortion Performance of at least about 10% relative to the non-polar polymer absent the alumina hydrate particulate. The composite material may include a coupling agent including a phosphinic acid group, a phosphonic acid group or an ester derivative thereof.
US08835540B2
A silicone rubber composition contains: (A) 100 parts by weight of a dimethylpolysiloxane sequestered at both ends of the molecular chain thereof by a dimethylvinylsiloxy group; (B) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a dry silica, treated by a vinyl group-containing organosilicon compound and having a specific surface area of 50 m2/g or more; (C) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a copolymer of dimethylsiloxane and methylhydrogen siloxane; (D) platinum or a platinum compound as a curing agent in an amount of 1 to 1,000 ppm as platinum atom to the total amount of component (A) and component (C); and (E) triazole or a derivative of triazole, in an amount of 1 to 10,000 ppm to the total amount of (A) component and (C) component.
US08835535B2
Dispersion which is free of binders and which contains silica and at least one superplasticizer, the silica being a precipitated silica having a surface area greater than 50 m2/g, the aggregates and/or agglomerates in the dispersion having a median diameter of less than 1 μm and the proportion of silica being from 5 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the dispersion, and a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof as a concrete admixture in cement-containing preparations.
US08835534B2
An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition superior in thermal stability, flame retardancy, and light reflectivity, and a light reflective member consisting of a molded article of the resin.An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprising, 3 to 30 parts by weight of a titanium oxide-based additive (B) which has been surface-treated with alumina and organosiloxane, 0.01 to 1 parts by weight of a metal salt of aromatic sulfonic acid (C), and 0.05 to 0.9 parts by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene (D) based on 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A), characterized in that an aluminum content a (wt %), a carbon content c (wt %) in the titanium oxide-based additive (B), and an average particle size d (μm) of titanium oxide satisfy the following (1) and (2): 6.5≦(a/d2)≦15 (1) 5≦(c/d2)≦25 (2).
US08835530B2
A glass printing ink and glass printing lacquer are prepared, which contain at least one photoinitiator, at least one resin and at least one additional substance. The resin is an epoxy resin based on bisphenol A, diluted in a UV-curing monomer, or a resin with functional groups containing free functional amino, hydroxy, epoxy, acid, acid anhydride and/or acrylate groups, or a combination of the epoxy resin with the resin with functional groups. The at least one additional substance is a wax. The use of the glass printing ink and glass printing lacquer in printing a glass substrate and processes for the printing of a glass substrate are also described.
US08835529B2
A denture adhesive composition having a denture adhesive component and a cohesion builder component. The cohesion builder component may be of salts of mono-phosphates, salts of di-phosphates, or salts of tri-phosphates.
US08835528B2
The invention relates to a new biocompatible, biodegradable removable and repositionable adhesive composition, its preparation method and various uses thereof, including its use as surgical aid. The invention also discloses a matrix comprising such composition, such as e.g. a solid support covered, impregnated or saturated by said adhesive composition. Adhesive compositions according to the invention comprise at least one chitin and/or chitosan containing material. In a particular embodiment said adhesive composition further comprises at least one adhesive-enhancing agent whereby said agent is provided in a granular form, and preferably is a chitin and/or chitosan containing material as defined herein. The present adhesive composition and matrix comprising such composition can be used as gluing composition, in particular in wound-healing and/or surgical applications.
US08835525B2
The invention provide a class of linear chain-extended polysiloxane crosslinkers which comprises two terminal ethylenically unsaturated groups, at least two polysiloxane segments, and dangling hydrophilic polymer chains each covalently attached to a divalent organic radical separating each pair of adjacent polysiloxane segments. The present invention is also related to a polymer comprising crosslinking units derived from chain-extended polysiloxane crosslinker of the invention and to ophthalmic lenses comprising such a polymer.
US08835519B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a sheet for a sealing member of a solar cell, wherein the sheet has significantly low thermal shrinkage and high flexibility, and a superior capability of discharging bubbles during the manufacture of a solar cell module. The method for preparing a sheet for a sealing member of a solar cell according to the present invention comprises the following steps: (a) preparing a thermal adhesive resin having an olefin-based resin as a main component; (b) pulverizing the thermal adhesive resin and dispersing the resin powder; and (c) heating the thermal adhesive resin powder at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the resin powder so as to prepare a sheet having a plurality of voids.
US08835511B2
Absorbent articles provided with an odor control system. The odor control system includes at least two classes of odor control materials, wherein one class acts on malodors or a malodorous substance in the absorbent article and a second class acts on nose receptors. The classes of odor control materials may be selected to provide a synergistic effect in terms of malodor reduction.
US08835502B2
The invention provides methods of treating Friedreich's ataxia using histone deacetylase inhibitors.
US08835501B2
This invention pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising certain carbamic acid compounds (e.g., which inhibit HDAC (histone deacetylase) activity) (e.g., PXD-101, N hydroxy-3-(3-phenylsulfamoyl-phenyl)-acrylamide)) and one or more additional ingredients selected from cyclodextrin, arginine, and meglumine. The present invention also pertains to the use of such compositions, for example, in the inhibition of HDAC, and in the treatment of conditions mediated by HDAC, cancer, proliferative conditions, psoriasis, etc.
US08835494B2
Pro-drugs of 1-(2-halo-biphenyl-4-yl)alkanecarboxylic acids are useful for preventing and/or treating neurodegenerative diseases, improving cognitive function and treating cognitive impairment.
US08835493B2
The present invention provides bis- and tris-benzamide compounds in the treatment of breast, brain and ovarian cancers.
US08835491B2
Compounds, including 3-carboxy aryl sulfonamide compounds, which agonize or antagonize aquaporin channels and methods of using them to treat disorders or diseases mediated by aquaporins.
US08835489B2
This invention belongs to the chemical-pharmaceutical field. New compounds of pterocarpanquinone family presented in formula (I) according to this invention are capable to be activated by reduction generating alkylating species intracellularly. It presents selective cytotoxic effects particularly on mammalian human and nonhuman cells that divide constantly and are useful in treating diseases and dysfunctions related to the phenomenon of undesired cell proliferation. Such compounds are also effective for the treatment of diseases or dysfunctions related to high levels of TNF-α in human and nonhuman mammals.
US08835468B2
Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
US08835466B2
Novel pyroglutamic acid derivatives (I), wherein R1 is —OH, —ORa, wherein Ra is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl or heterocyclyl; R2, R3 and R4 are independently H, a nitrogen protecting group which hydrolyzes under acidic conditions or phtalamide; X is a pharmaceutically acceptable anion; and Y is a N-containing group; either in the form of their isolated optically active stereoisomers or in the form of mixtures thereof, are useful compounds for enhancing an immuneresponse in a subject and/or for treating tumors, bacterial, fungal or viral infections, or autoimmune diseases.
US08835464B2
The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
US08835460B2
The present invention is directed to sublingual formulations containing fentanyl, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or derivative thereof, suitable for administration to a patient, and methods for treatment with the formulations.
US08835459B2
The present invention is directed to sublingual formulations containing fentanyl, a pharmaceutically acceptable sale thereof, or derivative thereof, suitable for administration to a patient, and methods for treatment with the formulations.
US08835452B2
Crystalline polymorphous forms of rifaximin (INN) antibiotic named rifaximin α and rifaximin β, and a poorly crystalline form named rifaximin γ, useful in the production of medicinal preparations containing rifaximin for oral and topical use and obtained by means of a crystallization carried out by hot-dissolving the raw rifaximin in ethyl alcohol and by causing the crystallization of the product by addition of water at a determinate temperature and for a determinate period of time, followed by a drying carried out under controlled conditions until reaching a settled water content in the end product, are the object of the invention.
US08835447B2
Provided is a method of inhibiting growth of androgen receptor positive cancer cells. The method entails administering to an individual diagnosed with or suspected of having an androgen receptor positive cancer and administering to the individual a composition containing a compound that can inhibit the growth of the androgen receptor positive cancer.
US08835446B2
The present invention relates to novel quinazoline derivatives with less skin irritation and an excellent action of strongly suppressing scratching behavior, and pharmaceutical compositions containing a quinazoline derivative as an active ingredient. The present invention is directed to the quinazoline derivatives represented by the general formula [1] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In the general formula [1], R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 and R4 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halogen; R5 is combined with R6 to represent alkylene or represents hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, phenyl or alkoxy; R6 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, a 5- to 10-membered aromatic heterocyclic group containing one to three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, or —N(R6-1)(R6-2).
US08835444B2
There are described cyclohexyl amide derivatives useful as corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) receptor antagonists Formula (I).
US08835440B2
The present invention relates to novel antagonists for CCR2 (CC chemokine receptor 2) and their use for providing medicaments for treating conditions and diseases, especially pulmonary diseases like asthma and COPD.
US08835438B2
A method of evaluating memory/learning functions with the use of a model with glutamic acid N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type receptor hypofunction as an animal model for schizophrenia and with the use of reference memory task, wherein there has been found concrete means for detecting any differences in activity between typical anti-psychosis drugs and atypical anti-psychosis drugs is found.An in vivo animal model for screening of a therapeutic agent for improving cognitive dysfunction by schizophrenia is provided.
US08835435B2
Novel compounds selected from 2-(3-aminoaryl)amino-4-aryl-thiazoles of formula (I) that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transductions mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative metabolic, allergic and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit inhibitors.
US08835422B2
The present invention provides substituted imidazoheterocycles having the general structure of formula I: wherein Y is chosen from —O—, —OCRgRh—, —CRgRhO—, —CRgRh—, —(CRgRh)2—, —NRi—, —CRgRhNRi— and —NRiCRgRh—. Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable salts, acid salts, hydrates, solvates and stereoisomers of the compounds of formula I. The compounds are useful as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and for the prophylaxis and treatment of cannabinoid receptor-associated diseases and conditions, such as pain, inflammation and pruritis.
US08835416B2
Large scale (bulk) compositions comprising high-purity stannsoporfin are disclosed, as well as methods of synthesizing such compositions.
US08835410B2
A method for the treatment of eyelid dermatitis and/or dermatitis of the periorbital area is provided.
US08835408B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of hemostasis, including methods, compositions, and devices that can be employed to achieve hemostasis at an increased rate. More specifically the present invention relates to hemostatic compositions that achieve a hemostatic effect at a distance from the site of application of the composition, and a method for administering such a composition to effectively reduce localized vascular complications associated with treating a breach or puncture in a vein or artery and reduce the time to achieve hemostasis.
US08835403B2
The present invention provides an alginate oligosaccharide and its derivatives with the degree of polymerization ranging from 2 to 22. The alginate oligosaccharide is composed of β-D-mannuronic acid linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds. The derivatives with the reduced terminal in position 1 of carboxyl radical can be prepared by oxidative degradation. The present invention also provides a process for preparing the alginate oligosaccharide and its derivatives, which includes the procedures that an alginate solution is reacted for 2 to 6 h in an autoclave at pH 2-6 and the temperature of 100-120° C., and pH is adjusted to 7 after the reaction is stopped, after which the resultant oligosaccharide is oxidized in the presence of an oxidant to obtain an oxidative degradation product. The alginate oligosaccharide and its derivatives of the invention can be used in the manufacture of a medicament for the prophylaxis and treatment of AD and diabetes.
US08835398B2
Isolated polynucleotide sequences exhibiting endothelial cell specific promoter activity, novel cis regulatory elements and methods of use thereof enabling treatment of diseases characterized by aberrant neovascularization or cell growth are disclosed.
US08835397B2
The invention relates to a table formulated for administration to an animal to treat parasite infestation. The tablet includes at least one macrocyclic lactone compound with anthelmintic activity dissolved in at least one organic solvent and subsequently formulated into a tablet. The tablets produced have a high degree of stability when stored over time and also provide the animal with a dose of agent sufficient to be therapeutically effective.
US08835388B2
The present invention relates to a proteinaceous construct (also designated as polymer-VWF-conjugate) comprising plasmatic and/or recombinant von Willebrand factor (VWF), said VWF being bound to at least one physiologically acceptable polymer molecule, as well as to a complex between said proteinaceous construct and at least one factor VIII (FVIII) protein. The physiologically acceptable polymer molecule can be, for instance, polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polysialic acid (PSA). Further the present invention relates to methods for prolonging the in vivo-half-life of VWF or FVIII in the blood of a mammal having a bleeding disorder associated with functional defects of or deficiencies of at least one of FVIII or VWF.
US08835387B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods comprising histidyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides or other specific blocking agents for the treatment autoimmune diseases and other inflammatory diseases, including those related to Jo-1 antibodies.
US08835383B2
This invention relates to the coagulation of protein containing nutritional compositions in the upper gastro-intestinal tract, more in particular in the stomach and provides a method for reducing suchcoagulation.
US08835377B2
Bioavailability of peptide active agents to be administered orally is enhanced by a pharmaceutical composition providing targeted release of the peptide to the intestine by combining the composition with an absorption enhancer. Bioavailability is further significantly increased by administering the composition in an acid-resistant protective vehicle which transports components of the invention through the stomach. The composition may optionally further include a sufficient amount of a pH-lowering agent to lower local intestinal pH. All components are released together into the intestine with the peptide.
US08835372B2
The present application relates to a water soluble pouch comprising at least one compartment, wherein said compartment comprises a first liquid composition comprising an opacifier and an antioxidant and has a fresh Hunter L value of greater than 7 and a b value of less than 4.
US08835366B2
Provided are lubricant compositions with improved oxidative stability and frictional and wear resistance properties for use in engine oil applications. The lubricant compositions include: i) a first base stock selected from a Group I base stock, a Group II base stock or a combination thereof at 50 to 80 wt %; ii) a block copolymer at 1 to 10 wt %; iii) a viscosity modifier at 3 to 15 wt % selected from polymers and copolymers of methacrylate, butadiene, olefins and alkylated styrenes; and iv) an additive package including a combination of antioxidants, dispersants, detergents, friction modifiers and antiwear agents at 2 to 30 wt %.
US08835362B2
A mechanism is provided for utilizing a nanodevice to distinguish molecules with different structure. The molecules translocate through or across a nanochannel filled with a electrolyte solution. An electrical signal through the nanochannel is measured for every translocation event. Inner surfaces of the nanochannel include a functional layer, which is a coating to functionalize the nanochannel, in which the functional layer is configured to interact with predetermined ones of the molecules during translocation events. It is determined that a combination of at least two different molecules is formed based on predetermined ones of the molecules interacting with the functional layer to change the electrical signal and/or change a translocation time for the translocation event.
US08835361B2
The invention provides a high-throughput method for quantitating plant seed proteins, e.g. seed allergens. Such method involves obtaining a protein sample from the seed; analyzing the sample using mass spectrometry with a set of pre-designed internal standard peptides that are specific to the plant allergens; and monitoring frequencies and intensities of resulting spectra to obtain relative and absolute allergen contents in the seed. The invention also provides a system for high-throughput profiling of plant seed allergens. Such system comprises a set of pre-designed internal standard peptides that are specific to the plant seed allergens and one or more mass spectrometers.
US08835360B1
A method for selecting combinations of drugs for treatment of diseases that arise from deranged signaling pathways is disclosed. The method involves measuring the activity states for signaling proteins in a diseased cell and determining whether the activity states are different from the activity states observed for a reference cell such as a normal cell. Based on the observed differences, combinations of two or more drugs are selected to reduce these differences. Treatment of a subject with the combinations restores the activity states of the signaling proteins of the deranged disease-associated signaling pathways toward the activity states observed in the reference cell. Since the diseased cell and the reference cell can both be obtained from the same subject, combinations of drugs that specifically target patient-specific signaling derangements is possible.
US08835359B2
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a compound involved in pain, the use of Ctla2b nucleic acid or Ctla2b protein for identifying a compound involved in pain as well as methods of diagnosing algesia involving the same.
US08835356B2
A liquid formulation containing at least about 500 ae g/L, and up to 625 ae g/L or more, of glyphosate, a surfactant that is efficacy-enhancing for glyphosate and is compatible with potassium glyphosate and which constitutes less than about 100 g/L of the formulation, non-amphiphilic cations, the majority of which are potassium cations, a low molecular weight acid or conjugate base thereof that is chemically distinct from glyphosate, and water.
US08835351B2
An additive for hydroconversion processes includes a solid organic material having a particle size of between about 0.1 and about 2,000 μm, a bulk density of between about 500 and about 2,000 kg/m3, a skeletal density of between about 1,000 and about 2,000 kg/m3 and a humidity of between 0 and about 5 wt %. Methods for preparation and use of the additive are also provided. By the use of the additive of the present invention, the hydroconversion process can be performed at high conversion level.
US08835346B2
A catalyst material including a catalyst carrier including a porous alumina support and a hindrance layer on the alumina support, the hindrance layer comprising one or more barium sulfate, strontium sulfate, zirconium sulfate, and calcium sulfate is described. The catalyst carrier further includes a rare earth oxide. The catalyst material can further comprise a platinum group metal oxide. The hindrance layer may prevent the rare earth oxide from forming a complex with the support. The catalyst material is useful for methods and systems of abating pollutants from automotive exhaust gas.
US08835343B2
A method of preparing a nitrogen containing electrode catalyst by converting a high surface area metal-organic framework (MOF) material free of platinum group metals that includes a transition metal, an organic ligand, and an organic solvent via a high temperature thermal treatment to form catalytic active sites in the MOF. At least a portion of the contained organic solvent may be replaced with a nitrogen containing organic solvent or an organometallic compound or a transition metal salt to enhance catalytic performance. The electrode catalysts may be used in various electrochemical systems, including a proton exchange membrane fuel cell.
US08835336B2
Provided with the following glass components: 8 to 19.5% B2O3, 4.5 to 9% SiO2, 0 to 10% GeO2, 7 to 12.5% BaO, 0 to 14% MgO, 0 to 0.4% Li2O, 15 to 34% La2O3, 3.5 to 10% Y2O3, 8 to 13.5% TiO2, 0 to 7% ZrO2, 0 to 11% Nb2O5, and 1 to 9% WO3 by weight, wherein B2O3/SiO2 is at least 1.0, La2O3+Y2O3+ZrO2+Nb2O5+WO3 is no more than 54%, and B2O3+SiO2+GeO2+BaO+MgO+Li2O+La2O3+Y2O3+TiO2+ZrO2+Nb2O5+WO3 is at least 98%.
US08835334B2
Provided is an optical glass which can satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) it contains no environmentally undesirable components; (2) it can easily achieve a low glass transition point; (3) it has a high refractive index and high dispersion; (4) it can easily provide a glass having a superior visible light transmittance; and (5) it has superior resistance to devitrification during preparation of a preform. The optical glass has a refractive index nd of 2.0 or more, an Abbe's number νd of 20 or less, a glass transition point of 450° C. or below, and a glass composition, in % by mass, of 70 to 90% Bi2O2, 4 to 29.9% B2O2, 0.1 to 10% Li2O+Na2O+K2O, and 0 to 2.5% SiO2+Al2O2 and is substantially free of lead component, arsenic component, F component, TeO2, and GeO2.
US08835327B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device disclosed herein includes: mounting a substrate on an electrostatic chuck placed inside a chamber, the electrostatic chuck having a first temperature and the substrate being retained in advance in an atmosphere having a second temperature lower than the first temperature; fixing the substrate onto the electrostatic chuck by applying a voltage to the electrostatic chuck; heating the electrostatic chuck to a third temperature higher than the first temperature and the second temperature after mounting the substrate; and processing the substrate after the heating.
US08835320B2
An etching method can prevent adverse effects of oxygen plasma from arising under an insulating film when etching the insulating film formed on a substrate. The etching method includes: a first etching step for exposing the insulating film to processing gas that has been turned into a plasma to etch the insulating film to a portion in the thickness direction; a deposition material removing step for exposing the insulating film remaining after completion of the first etching to oxygen plasma to remove deposition material deposited on the surface of the remaining insulating film; and a second etching of exposing the remaining insulating film to processing gas that has been turned into a plasma to etch the remaining insulating film.
US08835318B2
Ni and Pt residuals are eliminated by replacing an SPM cleaning process with application of HNO3 in an SWC tool. Embodiments include depositing a layer of Ni/Pt on a semiconductor substrate, annealing the deposited Ni/Pt layer, removing unreacted Ni from the annealed Ni/Pt layer by applying HNO3 to the annealed Ni/Pt layer in an SWC tool, annealing the Ni removed Ni/Pt layer, and removing unreacted Pt from the annealed Ni removed Ni/Pt layer. Embodiments include forming first and second gate electrodes on a substrate, spacers on opposite sides of each gate electrode, and Pt-containing NiSi on the substrate adjacent each spacer, etching back the spacers, forming a tensile strain layer over the first gate electrode, applying a first HNO3 in an SWC tool, forming a compressive strain layer over the second gate electrode, and applying a second HNO3 in an SWC tool.
US08835313B2
A system and method for forming through substrate vias is provided. An embodiment comprises forming an opening in a substrate and lining the opening with a first barrier layer. The opening is filled with a conductive material and a second barrier layer is formed in contact with the conductive material. The first barrier layer is formed with different materials and different methods of formation than the second barrier layer so that the materials and methods may be tuned to maximize their effectiveness within the device.
US08835296B2
The present invention provides an electronic component manufacturing method including a step of embedding a metal film. An embodiment of the present invention includes a first step of depositing a barrier layer containing titanium nitride on an object to be processed on which a concave part is formed and a second step of filling a low-melting-point metal directly on the barrier layer under a temperature condition allowing the low-melting-point metal to flow, by a PCM sputtering method while forming a magnetic field by a magnet unit including plural magnets which are arranged at grid points of a polygonal grid so as to have different polarities between the neighboring magnets.
US08835291B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor device and a method of manufacture. MOS devices along with their polycrystalline or amorphous gate electrodes are fabricated such that the intrinsic stress within the gate electrode creates a stress in the channel region between the MOS source/drain regions. Embodiments include forming an NMOS device and a PMOS device after having converted a portion of the intermediate NMOS gate electrode layer to an amorphous layer and then recrystallizing it before patterning to form the electrode. The average grain size in the NMOS recrystallized gate electrode is smaller than that in the PMOS recrystallized gate electrode. In another embodiment, the NMOS device comprises an amorphous gate electrode.
US08835289B2
A wafer and a fabrication method include a base structure including a substrate for fabricating semiconductor devices. The base structure includes a front side where the semiconductor devices are formed and a back side opposite the front side. An integrated layer is formed in the back side of the base structure including impurities configured to alter etch selectivity relative to the base structure such that the integrated layer is selectively removable from the base structure to remove defects incurred during fabrication of the semiconductor devices.
US08835283B2
A fabrication method for producing semiconductor chips with enhanced die strength comprises following steps: forming a semiconductor wafer with enhanced die strength by comprising the substrate, the active layer on the front side of the substrate and the backside metal layer on the backside of the substrate, wherein at least one integrated circuit forms in the active layer; forming a protection layer on a front side of the semiconductor wafer; dicing the semiconductor wafer by at least one laser dicing process and removing the laser dicing residues and removing said protection layer by at least one etching process, whereby plural semiconductor chips with enhanced die strength are produced, and wherein the backside metal layer of said semiconductor chip fully covers the backside of said semiconductor chip after dicing.
US08835277B2
A semiconductor processing method to provide a high quality bottom oxide layer and top oxide layer in a charged-trapping NAND and NOR flash memory. Both the bottom oxide layer and the top oxide layer of NAND and NOR flash memory determines array device performance and reliability. The method describes overcomes the corner thinning issue and the poor top oxide quality that results from the traditional oxidation approach of using pre-deposited silicon-rich nitride.
US08835275B2
Semiconductor devices, and methods of fabricating the same, include forming device isolation regions in a substrate to define active regions, forming gate trenches in the substrate to expose the active regions and device isolation regions, conformally forming a preliminary gate insulating layer including silicon oxide on the active regions exposed in the grate trenches, nitriding the preliminary gate insulating layer using a radio-frequency bias having a frequency of about 13.56 MHz and power between about 100 W and about 300 W to form a nitrided preliminary gate insulating layer including silicon oxynitride, forming a gate electrode material layer on the nitride preliminary gate insulating layer, partially removing the nitrided preliminary gate insulating layer and the gate electrode material layer to respectively form a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode layer, and forming a gate capping layer on the gate electrode layer to fill the gate trenches.
US08835263B2
A method for forming epitaxial SiGe of a PMOS transistor. In an example embodiment, the method may include providing a semiconductor wafer having a PMOS transistor gate stack, extension sidewalls, source/drain extension regions, and active regions. The method may also include performing a recess etch of the active regions and forming epitaxial SiGe within the recessed active regions by forming a selective epi SiGe region coupled to the surface of the recessed active regions and a selective carbon-doped epitaxial cap layer coupled to the selective epi SiGe region.
US08835252B2
Methods of fabricating semiconductor device are provided including forming first through third silicon crystalline layers on first through third surfaces of an active region; removing the first silicon crystalline layer to expose the first surface; forming a bit line stack on the exposed first surface; forming bit line sidewall spacers on both side surfaces of the bit line stack to be vertically aligned with portions of the second and third silicon crystalline layers of the active region; removing the second and third silicon crystalline layers disposed under the bit line sidewall spacers to expose the second and third surfaces of the active region; and forming storage contact plugs in contact with the second and third surfaces of the active region.
US08835242B2
An embodiment is a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure comprises at least two gate structures on a substrate. The gate structures define a recess between the gate structures, and the recess is defined by a depth in a vertical direction. The depth is from a top surface of at least one of the gate structures to below a top surface of the substrate, and the depth extends in an isolation region in the substrate. The semiconductor structure further comprises a filler material in the recess. The filler material has a first thickness in the vertical direction. The semiconductor structure also comprises an inter-layer dielectric layer in the recess and over the filler material. The inter-layer dielectric layer has a second thickness in the vertical direction below the top surface of the at least one of the gate structures. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
US08835223B2
An assembly and method of making same are provided. The assembly can be formed by juxtaposing a first electrically conductive element overlying a major surface of a first semiconductor element with an electrically conductive pad exposed at a front surface of a second semiconductor element. An opening can be formed extending through the conductive pad of the second semiconductor element and exposing a surface of the first conductive element. The opening may alternatively be formed extending through the first conductive element. A second electrically conductive element can be formed extending at least within the opening and electrically contacting the conductive pad and the first conductive element. A third semiconductor element can be positioned in a similar manner with respect to the second semiconductor element.
US08835221B2
An integrated chip package structure and method of manufacturing the same is by adhering dies on a ceramic substrate and forming a thin-film circuit layer on top of the dies and the ceramic substrate. Wherein the thin-film circuit layer has an external circuitry, which is electrically connected to the metal pads of the dies, that extends to a region outside the active surface of the dies for fanning out the metal pads of the dies. Furthermore, a plurality of active devices and an internal circuitry is located on the active surface of the dies. Signal for the active devices are transmitted through the internal circuitry to the external circuitry and from the external circuitry through the internal circuitry back to other active devices. Moreover, the chip package structure allows multiple dies with different functions to be packaged into an integrated package and electrically connecting the dies by the external circuitry.
US08835203B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The OLED display includes a substrate, an active layer and a capacitor lower electrode positioned on the substrate, a gate insulating layer positioned on the active layer and the capacitor lower electrode, a gate electrode positioned on the gate insulating layer at a location corresponding to the active layer, a capacitor upper electrode positioned on the gate insulating layer at a location corresponding to the capacitor lower electrode, a first electrode positioned to be separated from the gate electrode and the capacitor upper electrode, an interlayer insulating layer positioned on the gate electrode, the capacitor upper electrode, and the first electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode positioned on the interlayer insulating layer, and a bank layer positioned on the source and drain electrodes.
US08835198B2
An LED (light emitting diode) includes a base, a pair of leads fixed on the base, a housing secured on the leads, a chip mounted on one lead and an encapsulant sealing the chip. The housing defines a cavity to receive the chip. The cavity includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber communicating with the upper chamber. The lower chamber is gradually expanded along a top-to-bottom direction of the LED, and the upper chamber is gradually expanded along a bottom-to-top direction of the LED. The encapsulant substantially fills the lower chamber and the upper chamber. A method for manufacturing the LED is also disclosed.
US08835190B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus includes forming a semiconductor device on a principal surface of a substrate, in which the semiconductor device includes an interconnect layer, forming a buffer film which covers the semiconductor device and prevents diffusion of a magnetic material, and forming a magnetic shielding film which covers the buffer film and includes the magnetic material.
US08835180B2
Applicant discloses a sensing element for sensing an organic chemical analyte, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a microporous, hydrophobic, analyte-responsive dielectric material disposed at least in proximity to the first and second electrodes. The analyte-responsive dielectric material may be a polymer of intrinsic microporosity. An electrical property of the sensing element, such as capacitance, can be monitored in order to sense an organic chemical analyte.
US08835175B2
A culture medium for human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) includes a mesenchymal stem cell basal medium; human leucocyte/platelet coat lysate; insulin; sodium selenite; ethanolamine; and basic fibroblast growth factor. This culture medium is effective for growing hMSC lines, including those which do not grow in culture medium normally used for this type of cell.
US08835166B2
Extracellular matrix material is disclosed which is created by subjecting a target area to non-thermal irreversible electroporation (NTIRE) with a pulsed electrical field to kill cells in the absence of thermal damage. The dead cellular material may be removed and the remaining non-cellular matrix material may be implanted into a repair site to be treated medically or cosmetically.
US08835159B2
A static solid state bioreactor and method of using same. The bioreactor comprises a vessel having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end having a sealable opening. A gas distribution system in communication with the upper end and the lower end of the vessel. A liquid distribution system in communication with the upper end of the vessel. A liquid recovery system in communication with the lower end of the vessel. A material removal system disposed at the lower end of the vessel for removing biomass from the vessel.
US08835158B2
An apparatus to oxygenate and perfuse a bodily tissue for extracorporeal preservation of the bodily tissue. The apparatus may be used to transport donor organs for transplant. The apparatus includes a pneumatic system, a pumping chamber, and an organ chamber. The pneumatic system is configured for the controlled delivery of fluid to and from the pumping chamber based on a predetermined control scheme. The pumping chamber is configured to diffuse a gas into a perfusate and to generate a pulse wave for moving the perfusate through a bodily tissue. The pumping chamber is configured to substantially automatically purge excess fluid from the pumping chamber to an area external to the apparatus.
US08835156B2
The present disclosure provides a method for pre-treating non-wood lignocellulosic material containing less than 5 % (w/w) starch or sugar in a process for production of ethanol from lignocellulose, comprising the steps of: adding organic acid or organic acid-producing bacteria to the lignocellulosic material; storing the lignocellulosic material in the presence of the organic acid for a period of at least two weeks in an atmosphere of less than 5% oxygen to obtain organic acid-impregnated material; and heating the organic acid-impregnated material at a temperature of at least 160° C. to obtain pre-treated lignocellulosic material, wherein no, or substantially no, inorganic acid or base, including SO2, is added in the method.
US08835155B2
The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for producing Class A biosolids. In yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a method comprising digesting waste material by anaerobic digestion, and yielding Class A biosolids. In still yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a system for anaerobic digestion of waste material to produce Class A biosolids. In still yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a system for anaerobic digestion of waste material comprising a mixing chamber, a digester, a heating pit, and an effluent pit.
US08835152B2
Compositions of peptides and surface-active agents are described, as are methods of making and using such compositions. The compositions are capable of affecting metabolic rates in biological systems, and to accelerate nutrient uptake without a concomitant increase in biofilm production.
US08835151B2
Disclosed is a Thermoanaerobacter sp. bacterial strain (BKHI) isolated from a hot spring, a purified protein (bioremediase) isolated from bacterial strain BKH1, as well as concrete compositions comprising BKH1 and/or the protein, and methods of using the protein and/or composition. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the protein isolated from BKHI, as well as expression vectors, host cells, cell lines, and methods for generating and purifying the bioremediase protein.
US08835148B2
The present invention provides a process for the production of nucleic acid encoding a target protein, which comprises: (a) providing an array of RNA or DNA molecules including one or more encoding the target protein; (b) generating a target protein from the array to form RNA-protein or DNA-protein complexes in which the RNA or DNA molecule is non-covalently or covalently bound to the complex; (c) separating the complexes into compartments wherein most or all of the compartments contain no more than one complex; (d) subjecting the complexes to reaction conditions which allow target protein activity; and (e) selecting nucleic acid encoding the target protein on the basis of the activity associated therewith, wherein when the complex is a DNA-protein complex in which the DNA is non-covalently bound, step b) is performed in the absence of separate compartments for each complex.
US08835139B2
The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications. Some embodiments relate to a method of producing ethanol using the cell wall degradative systems of the present invention.
US08835128B2
This invention is related to a reproducible identification method based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), in which bacterial samples are used in identification of bacteria by mixing with the concentrated silver and gold nanoparticles.
US08835127B2
The invention described herein provides methods for the detection of soluble antigens. In particular, the methods provide for the detection of soluble proteins and chemicals. In addition, the invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid sequence in a sample. Also described is an emittor cell comprising an Fc receptor and an emittor molecule for the detection of a target particle in a sample wherein the target particle to be detected is bound by one or more antibodies. Also provided is an optoelectronic sensor device for detecting a target particle in a plurality of samples.
US08835126B2
Tritiated planar carbon forms and their production are provided. Methods are provided for the stoichiometrically controlled labeling of planar carbon forms capitalizing on normal flaws of carboxylic acids ubiquitously present in commercial preparations of these planar carbon forms. Alternative methods include generation of a metallated intermediate whereby a metal is substituted for hydrogen on the carbon backbone of a planar carbon form. The metalized intermediate is then reacted with a tritium donor to covalently label the planar carbon form. The tritiated planar carbon forms produced are useful, for example, for determination of a biological property or environmental fate of planar carbon forms.
US08835125B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for the labeling of two or more targets with different labels. Specifically, disclosed are compositions for biotin and the protection of biotin within multilabel assays which employ the biotin-biotin binding protein binding relationship for each distinct label in relation to targets such as nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies or cells. These multilabel assays are enabled through the use of biotin with desthiobiotin, orthogonal protecting schemes for biotin, or a combination of the approaches.
US08835124B2
The presence of phosphorylated Cdc27 in cancer cells is utilized to identify patients likely to benefit from treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent that binds to, or binds to and crosslinks, phosphorylated Cdc27, e.g., curcumin, or to determine whether patients undergoing such treatment will continue to respond effectively. Candidate compounds are screened for anticancer effect by testing the ability to bind to or crosslink phosphorylated Cdc27.
US08835117B2
Methods of detecting Chlamydophila, including differentiating between species of Chlamydophila and/or strains of Chlamydophila psittaci are disclosed, for example to detect and genotype a Chlamydophila psittaci infection. A sample suspected of containing a nucleic acid of a Chlamydophila, is screened for the presence of that nucleic acid. The presence of the Chlamydophila nucleic acid indicates the presence of the Chlamydophila bacterium. Determining whether a Chlamydophila nucleic acid is present in a sample can be accomplished by detecting hybridization between a Chlamydophila specific primer, a Chlamydophila psittaci specific primer, and/or a Chlamydophila psittaci genotype-specific primer and the Chlamydophila nucleic acid containing sample. Thus, primers for the detection, species-specific and/or genotype-specific identification of Chlamydophila psittaci are disclosed. Kits that contain the disclosed primers also are disclosed.
US08835111B2
The invention relates to methods of evaluating MS severity based on analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and to products and kits for use in such methods. The methods include a method of assessing a multiple sclerosis disease severity phenotype in a human subject having multiple sclerosis, by determining the genotype of the subject at one or more positions of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) selected from: rs2107538, rs1137933, rs1318, rs2069763, rs423904, rs876493, rs10243024, rs10259085, rs1042173, rs10492503, rs10492972, rs12047808, rs12202350, rs12861247, rs13353224, rs1350666, rs1555322, rs1611115, rs17641078, rs1805009, rs2028455, rs2032893, rs2049306, rs2066713, rs2074897, rs2076530, rs2187668, rs2213584, rs2227139, rs2234978, rs2239802, rs2395182, rs260461, rs28386840, rs3087456, rs3135388, rs3741981, rs3756450, rs3781202, rs3787283, rs3808585, rs4128767, rs4404254, rs4473631, rs4680534, rs6077690, rs6457594, rs6570426, rs659366, rs6917747, rs7208257, rs7528684, rs7577925, rs762550, rs7956189, rs7995215, rs8049651, rs8702, rs9808753 and rs987107, and/or a SNP in linkage disequilibrium with any one of said SNPs.
US08835105B2
Nucleic acid and protein sequences relating to a cation channel which is sperm-specific (CatSper4) are disclosed. The CatSper4 protein is shown to be specifically expressed in sperm. Nucleic acids, vectors, transformed cells, transgenic animals, polypeptides, and antibodies relating to the CatSper4 gene and protein are disclosed. Also provided are methods of in vitro fertilization and contraception, methods of identifying modulators of CatSper4 activity, methods of genotyping subjects with respect to CatSper4, and methods of diagnosing and treating CatSper4-mediated disorders, including infertility. Related business methods are also disclosed.
US08835103B2
A photo resist layer includes a first region and a second region. A treatment layer is applied to the photo resist layer.
US08835102B2
The invention provides a patterning process for forming a negative pattern by lithography, comprising at least the steps of: using a composition for forming silicon-containing film, containing specific silicon-containing compound (A) and an organic solvent (B), to form a silicon-containing film; using a silicon-free resist composition to form a photoresist film on the silicon-containing film; heat-treating the photoresist film, and subsequently exposing the photoresist film to a high energy beam; and using a developer comprising an organic solvent to dissolve an unexposed area of the photoresist film, thereby obtaining a negative pattern. There can be a patterning process, which is optimum as a patterning process of a negative resist to be formed by adopting organic solvent-based development, and a composition for forming silicon-containing film to be used in the process.
US08835101B1
A method for fabricating a circuit, by defining a first set of resist features on a substrate and corresponding to a first mask layout, followed by defining a second set of resist features on the substrate corresponding to a second mask layout, wherein the second set adds to the first set for rectifying an error in either mask layout. In another aspect, the method is by defining a first set of resist features on a substrate and corresponding to a first mask layout that has an error, etching the substrate while the first set protects selected regions, defining a second set of resist features on the substrate and corresponding to a second mask layout, followed by etching the substrate to selectively remove portions of the selected regions for rectifying the error.
US08835100B2
A method of manufacturing using a double patterning method is provided. The double patterning method uses a first developer and a second developer that are different. For example, the first developer may be a positive tone developer for a positive photoresist while the second developer may be a negative tone developer for the positive photoresist. Photoresists having a photoactive compound are also provided that may be useful in double patterning methods.
US08835099B2
The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate precursor which exhibits satisfactory ink cleanup and restart toning characteristics during printing.Disclosed is a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a substrate having thereon in order an interlayer containing a copolymer comprising K units and L units, and an image-forming layer, wherein said K unit is derived from a monomer of the formula I: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-22 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group, a C1-22 linear, branched or cyclic, substituted alkyl group, a C6-24 aryl group or substituted aryl group, wherein the substituent is selected from a C1-4alkyl group, an aryl group, a halogen atom, a keto group, an ester group, an alkoxy group, or a cyano group; Y represent a single bond, or a C1-22 linear, branched or cyclic alkylene; or CH2═CHPO(OH)2; and said L unit is derived from a monomer of the formula II: CH2═CRCONH2 (II) wherein R is H or CH3, and said K units are present from more than 3% and less than 40% and said L units are present from more than 60% and less than 97% in the copolymer.
US08835097B2
There is disclosed a sulfonium salt shown by the following general formula (1). There can be a sulfonium salt capable of introducing an acid-generating unit generating an acid having an appropriate acid strength and not impairing adhesion with a substrate into a base polymer; a polymer using the said sulfonium salt; a chemically amplified resist composition using the said polymer as a base polymer; and a patterning process using the said chemically amplified resist composition.
US08835083B2
A manufacturing method of a photomask by which a resist pattern corresponding to a pattern with designed values can be formed, a method for optical proximity correction, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device are provided. Proximity design features that are close to each other and estimated to violate a mask rule check are extracted. In the proximity design features, correction prohibited regions where optical proximity correction is not carried out are set based on the distance between the features obtained from the extracted proximity design features and the resolution of an exposure device. Optical proximity correction is carried out on the proximity design features with the correction prohibited regions excluded to obtain corrected proximity patterns. A predetermined mask material is patterned by carrying out electron beam lithography based on the corrected proximity pattern data.
US08835080B2
A membrane-electrode assembly a solid electrolyte type-structure including a first electrode, an electrolyte membrane, and a second electrode and is formed on one single face of a porous metal support. The electrolyte membrane is obtained by firing a first electrolyte film formed on the first electrode and a second electrolyte film, which has a higher degree of fluidity than the degree of fluidity of the first electrolyte film.
US08835079B2
A composite separator plate for use in an electrochemical fuel cell as well as a method of forming same is disclosed. The plate may be formed of polymeric material and electrically conductive material having a non-conductive polymeric outer layer by compression molding, or alternately of a metallic material having an outer metal oxide layer. Contact regions of the plate surface are subsequently ablated with a laser to remove the outer layer of material from the plate. The removal of the outer layer reduces the contact resistance of the plate when used in an electrochemical fuel cell stack, while offering adequate strength and corrosion resistance for the fuel cell stack environment.
US08835074B2
A fuel cell includes a cell having a solid oxide electrolyte between electrodes. The cell has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A metallic support is in electrical connection with one of the electrodes. The metallic support includes a metal substrate and a compliant porous nickel layer that is bonded to the metal substrate between the cell and the metal substrate. The metal substrate has a second coefficient of thermal expansion that nominally matches the first coefficient of thermal expansion of the cell. The metal substrate has a first stiffness and the compliant porous nickel layer has a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness such that the compliant porous nickel layer can thermally expand and contract with the metal substrate.
US08835072B2
A solid oxide fuel cell stack is disclosed. The solid oxide fuel cell stack may include a cell array, a pair of planar current collecting members, first and second terminal portions, and a pair of electric insulating members. A plurality of interconnector-type unit cells may be electrically connected in parallel to form a bundle, and a plurality of bundles may be electrically connected in series. The pair of the planar current collecting members may be electrically connected electrically to the plurality of bundles and configured to collect current. The first and second terminal portions contact the current collecting members. The pair of insulating members has first through-holes through which the first and second terminal portions pass, and to the insulating members are formed outside the pair of the current collecting members.
US08835067B2
A fuel cell power plant includes a cell stack assembly having an anode and a cathode. A component is arranged in fluid connection with at least one of the anode and cathode. The component has a first shut-down cooling rate. A heat exchanger is arranged in fluid communication with and between the component and one of the anode and cathode. The heat exchanger has a second shut-down cooling rate greater than the first shut-down cooling rate. Water vapor within the fuel cell power plant outside of the cell stack assembly will condense and freeze in the heat exchanger rather than the component, avoiding malfunction of the component upon start-up in below freezing environments.
US08835065B2
A method for starting a cold or frozen fuel cell stack as efficiently and quickly as possible in a vehicle application is based upon a state of charge of a first power source such as a high voltage battery. Power flow between the first power source and fuel cell system is coordinated in conjunction with a specific load schedule and parallel control algorithms to minimize the start time required and optimize system warm-up.
US08835058B2
A porous polymer battery separator is provided that includes variable porosity along its length. Such battery separators can increase the uniformity of the current density within electrochemical battery cells that may normally experience higher current density and higher temperatures near their terminal ends than they do near their opposite ends. By disposing a variable porosity separator between the electrodes of an electrochemical cell such that its terminal end has a lower porosity than its opposite end, the transport of ions, such as lithium ions, through the separator can be more restricted in normally high current regions and less restricted in normally low current regions, thereby increasing the overall uniformity of current density within the battery cell. Variable porosity battery separators may be produced by a dry-stretching process or by a wet process.
US08835050B2
An anode substrate which enables achievement of a battery having a high output voltage and a high energy density, and being superior in charge and discharge cycle characteristics; a secondary cell in which the anode substrate is used; a resin composition for use in forming the anode substrate; and a method for producing the anode substrate are provided. According to anode substrate 10 including metal film 13 formed on support 11 provided with patterned organic film 12 molded by a thermal imprint process or a photoimprint process, a battery having a high output voltage and a high energy density, and being superior in charge and discharge cycle characteristics can be provided.
US08835047B2
According to one embodiment, a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery cell includes a composite. The composite includes a carbonaceous material, a silicon oxide dispersed in the carbonaceous material, and a silicon dispersed in the silicon oxide. A half-value width of a diffraction peak of a Si (220) plane in powder X-ray diffraction measurement of the composite is in a range of 1.5° to 8.0°. A mean size of a silicon oxide phase is in a range of 50 nm to 1,000 nm. A value of (a standard deviation)/(the mean size) is equal to or less than 1.0 where the standard deviation of a size distribution of the silicon oxide phase is defined by (d84%−d16%)/2.
US08835041B2
The present invention provides an electrode material suitable for use as a cathode in a sodium electrochemical cell or battery, the electrode comprising a layered material of formula NacLidNieMnfMzOb, wherein M comprises one or more metal cation, 0.24≦c/b≦0.5, 0
US08835037B2
The present disclosure is directed at a cell carrier, a stack that includes multiple cell carriers, and a method for assembling the stack. The cell carrier has a rigid backing and bus bar supports that are rigidly mounted to the rigid backing The bus bar supports have sockets positioned to receive fasteners for securing bus bars to the bus bar supports. A battery cell that has electrodes in the form of pliable tabs can be secured to the cell carrier by, for example, adhering the cell body to the rigid backing The cell tabs are secured between the bus bars and the bus bar supports when bus bars are fastened to the bus bar supports, and the rigidly mounted supports help prevent relative motion between the cell body and tabs. This helps prevent the cell tabs from ripping or tearing when the battery cell is subjected to vibrations during use.
US08835035B2
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules each comprising a plurality of battery cells; and a heat absorber mounted adjacent to at least one of the battery modules, wherein the heat absorber includes a phase change material.
US08835032B2
A battery module in which the temperature of a cell with an increased high temperature due to an abnormal state can be quickly reduced so that the high temperature does not affect adjacent cells is provided.A battery module 200 has a configuration in which a plurality of cells 100 as secondary batteries are housed in a case 90 having a plurality of housing parts housing, but not in contact with, the cells 100, and when a gas is generated in one of the cells 100 to cause the cell 100 to expand, this cell 100 comes into contact with the associated one of the housing parts.
US08835022B2
Disclosed are a metal complex compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 or 3, and an organic light emitting diode device including the same. In Chemical Formulae 1 and 3, M1, M2, R1 to R14, y1 and y2 are as defined in the detailed description.
US08835015B2
A biaxially oriented multilayer film having (a) a polyolefinic core layer containing (i) a thermoplastic material containing an alpha-olefin/polypropylene-containing copolymer, the thermoplastic material being in an amount of about 10% to 70% by weight of the core layer and (ii) an isotactic polypropylene-containing copolymer in an amount of greater than 0% to about 50% by weight of the core layer and (b) a skin layer containing a styrene-butadiene copolymer or a cyclic olefin copolymer is disclosed.
US08835010B2
Disclosed are a belt member having high wear resistance and thereby capable of maintaining its initial surface properties for a long period of time and a fixing device provided with, the belt member, and an image forming apparatus. The belt member has a belt shape, and its surface is formed of a cured resin including a structural unit derived from urethane (meth)acrylate (A) having at least three (meth)acryloyloxy groups per molecule, a structural unit derived from a polyfunctional monomer (B) having no urethane bond and having at least three (meth)acryloyloxy groups per molecule, and a structural unit derived from a fluorine-modified acrylate (C). The cured resin contains 18 to 63% by mass of the structural unit derived from the urethane(meth)acrylate (A), 18 to 63% by mass of the structural unit derived from the polyfunctional monomer (B), and 10 to 40% by mass of the structural unit derived from the fluorine-modified acrylate(C).
US08835008B2
A process for the production of a dark-color multi-layer coating, comprising the successive steps: (1) applying an NIR-opaque coating layer A′ from a pigmented, solvent- or waterborne coating composition A to a substrate, (2) applying a coating layer B′ from a pigmented coating composition B onto the substrate provided with coating layer A′, wherein the pigment content of coating composition A consists 90 to 100 wt. % of at least one 10 to 80 nm thick aluminum flake pigment and 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one further pigment, which is selected in such a way that NIR-opaque coating layer A′ exhibits low NIR absorption, wherein the pigment content of coating composition B consists 50 to 100 wt. % of at least one black pigment with low NIR absorption and 0 to 50 wt. % of at least one further pigment, which is selected in such a way that coating layer B′ exhibits low NIR absorption and that the dark-color multi-layer coating exhibits a brightness L* (according to CIEL*a*b*, DIN 6174), measured at an illumination angle of 45 degrees to the perpendicular and an observation angle of 45 degrees to the specular, of at most 10 units, wherein the sum of the respective wt. % equals 100 wt. %, and wherein the coating layers A′ and B′ are cured.
US08835002B2
Water-dispersible core-shell microcapsules that are essentially free of formaldehyde. Also, oligomeric compositions of, and microcapsules obtained from, particular reaction products between a polyamine component and a particular mixture of glyoxal and a C4-6 2,2-dialkoxy-ethanal. These compositions and microcapsules can be used as part of a perfuming composition or of a perfumed consumer product.
US08834996B2
A flooring system for use in thermal and/or acoustic floor systems is provided where the flooring system mitigates external forces from a shock/blast wave. The flooring system includes a foam layer and filler material that includes micro and/or nano structures strategically dispersed in the foam layer. The micro and/or nano structures mitigate a magnitude of the external forces propagating through the foam layer.
US08834990B2
Provided is a plastic interior film having an effect of metallic feeling. The interior film includes a base film; and a pattern layer having one or more pattern selected from a group of a hairline pattern, a mirror pattern, a bead blast pattern, an uneven pattern, an etching pattern and a vibration pattern.
US08834980B2
A biocomposite material (1) and methods of production thereof are described. The biocomposite material (1) exhibits a physical stiffness, strength and toughness comparable to known glass fiber composites while its composition makes it inherently impermeable to water. A general formulation for the biocomposite material (1) is given by the expression: Cel(1-x-y) HPIx HPOy where “Cel” represents cellulose fragments (2), “HPI” represents hydrophilic binders (4), “HPO” represents hydrophobic binders (5) and (x) and (y) quantify the percentage by weight of the hydrophilic (4) and hydrophobic binders (5) present within a material, respectively. The described properties of the biocomposite material (1) are achieved when (x) is within the range of from 0.05 to 0.55 and (y) is within the range of from 0.05 to 0.65.
US08834976B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.
US08834973B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a substrate comprising: a plurality of embossed grooves extending in a substantially parallel manner, there being a pitch for the spacing between the embossed grooves; a plurality of lines of deposited material provided in the vicinity of the embossed grooves, and extending in a substantially parallel manner, there being a pitch for the spacing between lines of deposited material, the deposited material having a different color to the substrate; in a background region of the substrate to be presented to a viewer of the substrate, there being a fixed positional relationship between the substantially parallel embossed grooves and the substantially parallel lines of deposited material, such that the region presents a first background to a viewer of the substrate when viewed from a first angle, and such that the region presents a second background to a viewer of the substrate when viewed from a second angle, the first and second angles being defined as angles on either side of a perpendicular to that substrate; and in an image region of the substrate to be presented to a viewer of the substrate, there being one or more deviations from the fixed positional relationship to provide a first image feature against the first background when viewed from the first angle, and a second image feature against the second background when viewed from the second angle, and wherein, if the one or more deviations are in the line or lines of deposited material, each of the one or more deviations is lesser in extent than the pitch of the embossed grooves, and for a majority of that region of the substrate; or if the one or more deviations are in the embossed groove or grooves, each of the one or more deviations is lesser in extent than the pitch of lines of deposited material for a majority of that region.
US08834970B2
Preliminary cure of an aqueous acrylic weatherproofing emulsion coating is accelerated by contacting the coating with urea hydrochloride dissolved in water or an organic solvent at least partially miscible with water.
US08834964B2
The process of the present invention significantly increases the durability of superhydrophobic surfaces, while retaining similar optical properties to those of the original surface. The process uses velocity and heat to take freshly formed nano- and ultrafine particles and can partially embed and chemically bond them to the substrate, creating a strongly bonded nano-to-submicron textured surface. This nanotextured surface can then be modified to have desirable surface properties; for example, it can be hydrophobic, oliophobic, or hydrophilic. The high points of the coating made with this process protect the remainder of the surface from abrasion, thus greatly increasing product life in many uses. In preferred embodiments, the process is used to coat transportation vehicle windshields.
US08834961B2
Provided is a magnetic recording medium manufacturing apparatus capable of forming a lubricant film with a uniform thickness on the surface of a magnetic recording medium. The magnetic recording medium manufacturing apparatus includes a hanger mechanism (2) that is inserted into a central hole (100a) of a magnetic recording medium (100) and supports the magnetic recording medium (100) in a suspended state and a lifting mechanism (3) that lifts and lowers one of the hanger mechanism (2) and the dip tank (1) relative to the other. The hanger mechanism (2) includes supporting plates (4a, 4b) that have upper ends coming into contact with an inner circumferential portion of the magnetic recording medium (100) and baffle plates (7a, 7b) that have upper ends disposed below the upper ends of the supporting plates (4a, 4b) such that a gap is formed between the upper end of the baffle plate and the inner circumferential portion of the magnetic recording medium (100) and are provided so as to face the supporting plates (4a, 4b).
US08834952B2
The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product that may be frozen for future heating in a microwave or other oven or griddle, for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liquid egg white and liquid egg yolk portions. The liquid egg white portion is preheated and then deposited within a mold for slow cooking under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. The liquid egg yolk portion is preheated and then added to the mold for placement on the egg white portion. Following a short period of cooking, the mold containing the formulated fried eggs is transported to a freezer unit for freezing, then is removed from the mold for packaging and storage. At a future time, the frozen formulated fried egg product may be thawed and reheated for consumption by an individual.
US08834949B2
Dosing machine for controlled dosage of pasty products, of the type with an agitator associated with a feed that includes an auger extension forming a compression feed chamber including a distributor with a plurality of distribution holes, a dosing device with on a fixed plate a corresponding first plurality of holes coinciding with the distribution holes and a corresponding second plurality of holes, parallel to the first and moved to one side on the plate, above the fixed plate a mobile dosing structure is installed that has an alternating drawer movement on the fixed plate with a reciprocal movement device for moving the dosing structure from a position above the distribution holes to a position above the second plurality of holes moved to the side of the auger and vice-versa, the dosing structure includes corresponding dosage chambers associated with the control dosing volume and density.
US08834939B2
Aqueous compositions, methods of manufacturing such aqueous compositions, and methods of removing reducing and/or suppressing malodors using such aqueous compositions are described. These compositions utilize a combination of hydrogen peroxide, a source of copper II, nonionic surfactant and alcohol to provide a highly effective and stable malodor removing, reducing and/or suppressing composition. The compositions are particularly useful as aerosol compositions for effective malodor removal, reduction and/or suppression in particular malodors from open sites such as landfill and in closed domestic environments such as the home. Also described is a stabilized hydrogen peroxide solution, which is stable on the addition of copper (II) salts.
US08834926B2
A hydrogel for delayed release of an anionic macromolecule, wherein the hydrogel comprises the anionic macromolecule, 150 mM NaCl, and a peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:33 in an aqueous medium at a pH of 7.4; wherein the anionic macromolecule has an isoelectric point of at most 6.8; and wherein the hydrogel is capable of retaining at least 25% of the anionic macromolecule after 28-day extraction at 37° C. with a pH=7.4 BTP buffer containing 150 mM NaCl.
US08834920B2
Short oligopeptides are provide which are capable of binding to the epidermal growth factor receptor on the surface of human tumor cells. Methods for using the peptides as targeting moieties in more complex compositions, such as conjugates of cytoxins, and/or structures, such as liposomal structures, for the purposes of drug delivery are also provided.
US08834918B2
A composition for delivery of a molecule into a cell is provided. The composition includes a protein transduction domain that is conjugated to the molecule which is incorporated into a multilayered film. Preferably, the protein transduction domain is a cationic protein transduction domain. More preferably, the cationic protein transduction domain is nonaarginine, and the multilayered film includes polyelectrolyte multilayers. When the composition is presented to a cell, the multilayered film dissolves or erodes in physiological media, and the molecule is delivered into the cell.
US08834917B2
The present invention relates to nanoparticle composition comprising cellulose nanofibers embedded with nanosized material. More particularly the present invention relates to cellulose nanofibers embedded with silver or iron oxide embedded silver. In addition the present invention is also related to the preparation of the cellulose nanofibers embedded with nanosized material. The nanoparticle composition is antibacterial in nature and can be utilized in various antibacterial applications.
US08834915B2
Methods for producing drug-containing bioabsorbable fibers. Also disclosed are methods for treating diseases using a bioabsorbable drug delivery device.
US08834914B2
The present invention is directed to compositions having at least one neocartilage particle, juvenile cartilage particle or a combination thereof and a matrix, and methods and devices that include the compositions.
US08834912B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, medical devices are provided, which are adapted for implantation or insertion into a subject and which include at least one multilayer region that contains multiple charged layers of alternating charge. The multiple charged layers, in turn, include the following: (i) at least one charged block copolymer (e.g., a charged block copolymer that contains one or more polyelectrolyte blocks) and (ii) at least one charged therapeutic agent (e.g., a charged therapeutic agent that contains one or more polyelectrolyte blocks).
US08834909B2
The invention is directed at a ready-to-use granule bait composition, its preparation and use for the control of house flies inside houses and animal stalls, fodder stores and sanitary installations.
US08834900B2
A class of immunostimulatory nucleic acids having at least two functionally and structurally defined domains is provided. This class of combination motif immunostimulatory nucleic acids activates an immune response and is useful for treating a variety of immune related disorders such as cancer, infectious disease, and allergic disorders. The nucleic acids also stimulate activation of natural killer cells and production of type 1 interferon.
US08834892B2
Disclosed is an attenuation method of an influenza virus, that is, a reassortant virus and a preparation method thereof. The disclosed reassortant virus has, in a ratio of 6:2, genes encoding a recombinant non-toxic protein and a wild type non-toxic protein, and genes encoding toxic proteins, HA (hemagglutinin) and NA (neuraminidase), of an influenza virus, the recombinant non-toxic protein consisting of a substituted caspase recognition sequence without a change of a protein size within the wild type non-toxic protein of the influenza virus. The disclosed attenuated influenza virus shows a high attenuation without a reduction of productivity in a fertilized egg. Accordingly, the method can be used as an economically efficient live vaccine preparation method which has both safety and efficiency and can use a fertilized egg as a production system. Also, since a protein is not removed or modified during attenuation, the method can be used in combination with a conventional attenuated vaccine preparation technology such as cold-adaptation.
US08834884B2
A biocompatible, sustained release intraocular drug delivery system comprising a protein or polynucleotide therapeutic agent, a polymeric carrier for the therapeutic agent and a long chain fatty alcohol release modifier. The biocompatible, sustained release intraocular drug delivery system can be used to treat an ocular condition.
US08834880B2
Antibodies directed to the antigen Ang-2 and uses of such antibodies are described. In particular, fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen Ang-2. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies.
US08834879B2
Materials and methods for reducing cell proliferation or extracellular matrix production in a mammal are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to a mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a zvegf4 antagonist in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable delivery vehicle. Exemplary zvegf4 antagonists include anti-zvegf4 antibodies, inhibitory polynucleotides, inhibitors of zvegf4 activation, and mitogenically inactive, receptor-binding variants of zvegf4. The materials and methods are useful in the treatment of, inter alia, fibroproliferative disorders of the kidney, liver, and bone.
US08834876B2
An inducing agent or enhancing agent, for the expression of HM1.24 antigen in hematopoietic tumor cells, comprising interferon α, interferon γ, or the IRF-2 protein as an active ingredient, as well as an antitumor agent for hematopoietic tumors which comprises a combination of said inducing agent or enhancing agent and an antibody against HM1.24.
US08834875B2
The present invention relates to Notch1 binding agents and methods of using the agents for treating diseases, such as hematologic cancers. The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to a non-ligand binding membrane proximal region of the extracellular domain of human Notch1. The present invention further provides methods of using agents that inhibit Notch1 activity for treating cancer. Also described are methods of treating hematologic cancers comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a binding agent or antibody of the present invention to a subject having a hematologic cancer such as T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.
US08834872B2
The present invention provides a method of preparing an antibody containing milk or egg product for use in preventing and/or treating of a non infectious medical condition. The invention also provides non-systemic modes of administering pharmaceutical compositions including the antibody containing milk or egg products, including to the GI tract.
US08834871B2
The present invention provides for IgG1 molecules with improved characteristics. In particular, substitution mutations are provided that, in combination, facilitate improved placental transfer, improved serum half-life and improved FcRn binding. Substitution mutations are also provided, that in combination, can be used to block FcRn function and thereby increase the clearance rates of other (endogenous or exogenous) IgGs, block placental transport of IgGs and have increased affinity/reduced pH dependence for FcRn binding.
US08834868B2
A method for the augmentation of immune function is described. The invention comprises a combination of β-1,3 (4)-endoglucanohydrolase, β-1,3 (4)-glucan, diatomaceous earth, mineral clay and glucomannan, which is fed to or consumed by mammalian or avian species in amounts sufficient to augment immune function. The invention described may be admixed with feeds or foods, incorporated into pelleted feeds or foods or administered orally to mammalian and avian species.
US08834857B1
A method for cleaning, benefiting, or deodorizing skin or hair utilizing a body wash, skin cleaner, soap, shampoo or deodorizer formulation containing a controlled release skin benefit or deodorizing salt, a hydrophilic moisturizing polymer and surfactants is described. The method imparts benefits or deodorizing agents to the skin or hair and maintains effective levels for an extended period.
US08834852B2
The present invention relates to an oral care composition, which contains a compound represented by the formula (A): (wherein, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, G represents a galactose residue, m stands for an integer of from 0 to 200, and n stands for an integer of from 1 to 30); and a coaggregation inhibitor of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium and cariogenic bacteria, which contains the compound as an effective ingredient. The composition for oral cavity according to the present invention inhibits coaggregation of bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium with cariogenic bacteria so that it has an excellent caries preventive effect.
US08834850B2
The present application relates to the induced remineralization of human tooth enamel and in particular to the building up of apatite on tooth material.
US08834849B2
The replacement of chlorofluorohydrocarbon propellants in medical aerosols is of the utmost importance to the pharmaceutical industry. A number of formulations have been investigated.The present invention provides a medical aerosol formulation comprising a particular medicament, a fluorocarbon propellant and 6 to 25% w/w of the total formulation of a polar co-solvent, such formulation being substantially free of surfactant. Canisters suitable for delivering such a pharmaceutical formulation are also provided.
US08834846B2
Fluorescent activatable probes for imaging biological processes and disease detection in vitro and in vivo. There is also described a method for detecting the presence of an enzyme. A sample is contacted with a nanoparticle including a monomer, at least one cleavable spacer comprising at least one fluorescence activation site, and at least two dyes of at least two types. The cleavable spacer is attached at one end to the nanoparticle. The at least two types comprise an energy donor type and an energy acceptor type. At least one dye of one type is embedded in the nanoparticle and the cleavable spacer has at least one dye of the other type attached. The at least two dyes comprise at least one matched pair capable of fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Fluorescence is detected by exposing the sample to a light source, and detecting emitted light with a detector.
US08834843B2
The present invention relates to a method useful in facilitating the identification of fibrogenesis in a subject. The method of the invention is particularly useful when applied as part of a method to diagnose fibrogenesis of the liver. The invention also provides a compound for use in a method for identification of fibrogenesis in a subject A further aspect of the invention is a compound for use in the preparation of a medicament for use in a method for identification of fibrogenesis in a subject.
US08834837B2
A radiotherapy method, comprising positioning a predetermined amount of a radionuclide selected from the group consisting of Radium-223, Radium-224, Radon-219 and Radon-220, in proximity to and/or within a tumor of a subject, for a predetermined time period. The predetermined amount and the predetermined time period are selected sufficient for the radionuclide to administering a predetermined therapeutic dose of decay chain nuclei and alpha particles into the tumor.
US08834824B2
A method is described for treating a gas stream comprising fluorine (F2) gas. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises adding water vapor to a gas stream and conveying the gas stream and water vapor to a reaction chamber containing a heated bed of material to react with F2 to form an inorganic fluoride while inhibiting formation of CF4 within the reaction chamber, and at least partially evacuating the reaction chamber so that the gas stream is conveyed to and from the reaction chamber at sub-atmospheric pressure.
US08834821B2
A method includes providing: a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst disposed in an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, a reagent injector operationally coupled to the exhaust gas stream at a position upstream of the SCR catalyst, and a NOx sensor coupled to the exhaust gas stream at a position downstream of at least a first portion of the SCR catalyst. The method includes operating an extremum seeking controller to determine a first reagent injection amount corresponding to a predetermined slope of δNOx/δANR, the δNOx/δANR determined according to the NOx sensor, providing a reagent injection command in response to the first reagent injection amount, and injecting an amount of the reagent in response to the reagent injection command.
US08834819B2
A powder lime calcining process comprises: transporting fine granules of limestones having a water content less than 4%, and a granule size less than 15 mm, from a raw material storing bin to a small material bin, transporting the materials from the small material bin into an airflow pipe by a belt conveyer, heating and drying the materials, sieving the materials by a sieving device, transporting granules into a cyclone cylinder deduster and a clothbag deduster in turn by airflow pipes, the fine powders of limestones after dedusted are transported into an intermediate bin; the materials within the intermediate bin are transported to four preheating cyclone cylinders by a pneumatic lift pump and airflow pipes, and are preheated and separated; the materials after separated are transported into three cooling cyclone cylinders for cooling and separating the materials, finally transported into a finished product bin by a finished product transporting system.
US08834816B1
Gold and other metals in dissolved anionic form are removed from cyanide-derived aqueous mining effluent by passage of the effluent through an array of conduits in series connectivity, each conduit containing a stationary permeable bed of a particulate absorbent having selective affinity for dissolved anionic metal species, the flow of said effluent through said array being adjusted to produce sharply defined absorption zones.
US08834805B2
In order to disinfect and to detoxify a fluid, a photoreactor contains at least two light sources. One light source activates the catalytic function of a semiconductor material in the fluid to reduce the concentration of contaminants in the fluid, such as by breaking down organic contaminants into non-toxic compounds. A second light source acts directly on living biological entities to sterilize or kill them and thereby disinfect the fluid, and can also serve to activate a semiconductor photocatalyst that in turn causes further damage to biological contaminants. The semiconductor photocatalyst is desirably attached to an optically transmitting fiber substrate in the fluid. The second light source in one embodiment is external to the fluid and illuminates the photocatalyst through transmitting surfaces in a fluid containment vessel. The light sources can comprise respective sets of plural LEDs.
US08834796B2
A chromatographic optical detection system includes an optical detector disposed to receive light scattered from a stream of particles and configured to convert the received light to an electrical signal; a signal-processing unit in signal communication with the optical detector to receive the electrical signal, and configured to convert the electrical signal to digital pulses and count the digital pulses to output a first signal corresponding to a number of particles detected in a time interval, and configured to integrate and digitize the electrical signal to output a second signal corresponding to the number of particles detected in the time interval; and a data station in signal communication with the signal-processing unit, and configured to select the first signal, if the number of particles detected in the time interval is less than a threshold criterion, and to select the second signal if the number of particles detected in the time interval exceeds the threshold criterion. The threshold criterion is associated with a saturation condition.
US08834792B2
A system and method for processing sample processing devices. The system can include a base plate adapted to rotate about a rotation axis. The system can further include a cover including a first projection, and a housing. A portion of the housing can be movable with respect to the base plate between an open position and a closed position, and can include a second projection. The first projection and the second projection can be adapted to be coupled together when the portion is in the open position and decoupled when the portion is in the closed position. The method can include coupling the cover to the portion of the housing, moving the portion of the housing from the open position to the closed position, and rotating the base plate about the rotation axis.
US08834789B2
In a fluid treatment system includes a housing with fluid inlet and outlet for a process fluid, an irradiation zone disposed between the fluid inlet and fluid outlet, and at least one radiation source module with a radiation source having a discharge vessel with outer and inner wall. The inner wall encloses an internal volume with at least one opening and an internal electrode for igniting and maintaining a discharge. The radiation source module also includes a submersible frame with a guide to guide the process fluid into and out of the internal volume of the radiation source. The dissipation of the heat generated by the discharge in the discharge gap via a fluid flow in the internal volume of the lamp and in contact with the internal electrode is substantially more effective than dissipation via a cooling channel separated from the internal electrode. It is therefore substantially easier to maintain the discharge at an approximately optimal temperature.
US08834783B2
A molding apparatus for producing a ceramic molding comprising a material-flowing path, a molding die disposed at one end of the material-flowing path, and a pressurizing means for extrusion-molding the molding material; the material-flowing path comprising pluralities of porous plates for passing the molding material and a screen fixed therebetween, and a method for producing a ceramic molding using this apparatus.
US08834780B2
A polymer fiber is formed by hydrodynamic spinning. Fluids are forced to flow through a conduit to form a laminar flow comprising three or more layers of generally coaxial fluid flows, at respective flow rates selected to define a cross-section of a tubular middle layer of the fluid flows. The middle layer comprises a cross-linkable polymer precursor. Another layer of the fluid flows comprise a cross-linking agent. The polymer precursor, cross-linking agent and fluids are selected to prevent substantial diffusion of the polymer precursor away from the middle layer, and to allow a portion of the cross-linking agent to diffuse from the another layer into the middle layer to facilitate cross-linking of the polymer precursor in the middle layer to form a tubular polymer layer in a polymer fiber. The polymer layer thus has a cross-section generally corresponding to the cross-section of the middle layer.
US08834779B2
A method for assembling a handling unit of filled containers and a corresponding method, where the handling unit comprises different container types being different with respect to at least the height, base area, base area shape or the mechanical load capacity of the containers, and the supplied containers are arranged on a handling unit carrier. The arrangement of the containers with respect to the number and/or the position and/or the rotational position of the containers on the handling unit carrier is made in dependence on at least one of the above container parameters, and the handling units can be produced flexibly and with a high packing density.
US08834777B2
The present invention relates to the use of a powder which comprises specific polyesters for shaping processes, and to moldings produced powder. The shaping processes are layer-by-layer processes which use powder, which comprises selectively melting regions of a powder layer by applying electromagnetic energy. Selectivity can although there is no intention to restrict the invention thereto be achieved via a mask, or application of an inhibitor, of an absorber or of a susceptor, or via focusing of the energy input. After cooling, the regions then solidified can be removed as moldings from the powder bed. The process occurs by using a polyester powder obtained from an alcohol and from a diacid with no use of any aromatic monomer unit. These polyester powders combine high crystallinity and low melting point, and makes the construction process more reliable while good component quality, mechanical properties, density, dimensional accuracy, and low shrinkage are realized.
US08834768B2
A process and a facility for manufacturing foam molded resin articles are provided which facilitate for a secondary material at least partially formed of a synthetic resin to be arranged so as to extend along a curved surface of a mold inner surface, and further to be released from the mold after molding.
US08834766B2
Protection of elements (1) of composite material protected at its points of complex geometry, such as various edges and corners, against electric discharges to which they are potentially exposed, said elements (1) being obtained by applying a cycle of temperature and pressure to a composite material arranged in a mold (2) designed in such a way that, once the geometry of the element (1) is known, the mold (2) includes free spaces (6) intended for the accumulation of resin from the process of manufacture of said element (1), and said resin will form the dielectric protection of the various edges or corners of the element (1) as it builds up, forming layers (3) that are disposed around the free edges of the element (1), thus endowing these surfaces of various edges or corners with dielectric protection of electrical insulation that prevents possible discharges and expulsion of hot particles in the case of electric discharge on said element (1). The invention also relates to a process of manufacture of an element (1) of composite material as such.
US08834758B2
Monolithic gravity-laid inorganic fiber webs that are greater than about 5 cm in thickness are disclosed. Methods of making and using such webs are also disclosed. The gravity-laying process comprises mechanically separating inorganic fibers and collecting the fibers as a monolithic thick web, and may comprise blending of multiple types of inorganic fibers and/or blending of inorganic particulate additives with the fibers.
US08834756B2
The application provides a molding apparatus. The molding apparatus comprises a first mold-defining member together with a second mold-defining member, one or more channels, and one or more moveable cores. The first mold-defining member together with the second mold-defining member defines an internal cavity. The channels comprise inlets for receiving molten resin and outlets to the internal cavity. The moveable cores are moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the moveable core in the second position reduces a volume of the internal cavity and closes the channel outlets. The moveable core is also independently moveable with respect to the first mold-defining member and with respect to the second mold-defining member.
US08834754B2
The object of the invention is to obtain prefabricated modules of reinforced concrete corresponding to a dwelling with or without compartments, with its six wall structures consisting of single elements, achieving in this way a 100% monolithic structure, which eliminates any vibrations or dilatation and prevents the formation of cracks or humidity in the module. To this end, an internal permanent formwork is manufactured in the plant on the basis of six elements—floor, walls and ceiling, which are fixed along their edges by means of high-resistance putty and provided with distancing pads (9) on the bottom base on the floor or on the selected supporting surface with the service installations (11) mounted on the external face of the permanent formwork (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) and over them the insulation material (12), where it is necessary, then a structural frame (13), and finally an external recoverable formwork (14).
US08834739B1
The present invention is related to heat transfer materials including nano-scale boron nitride platelets having an aspect ratio ranging from about 10:1 to about 1000:1. The present invention also provides a method of removing heat from an object by directly or indirectly contacting the object with the heat transfer materials.
US08834735B2
A processing agent containing five specified kinds of components including esters and ethers as required components is used in the production or fabrication process of synthetic fibers such that superior spinning property is maintained and synthetic fibers with superior yarn quality and dyeing property can be obtained. Aqueous liquids of such processing agents, processing methods using such liquids and synthetic fibers obtained by such methods are also presented.
US08834726B2
A method of treating a wastewater is provided and can be used, for example, to treat a gas well hydrofracture wastewater. The method can involve precipitating barium as barium sulfate, precipitating calcium and strontium as calcium carbonate and strontium carbonate, precipitating magnesium hydroxide, and filtering out the metal compounds to form a recycle water. The recycle water produced from the method is also provided, as is a method for using the recycle water as a gas well hydrofracture water. In some embodiments, discharge water from a coal mine, and/or water from an abandoned coal mine, is used as a source of sulfate ions to precipitate barium as barium sulfate.
US08834720B2
Apparatus and methods for the extracorporeal treatment of blood are described. The apparatus includes a dialyzer which is separated into a first and second chamber by a semipermeable membrane, wherein the first chamber is disposed in a dialysis fluid path and the second chamber can be connected to the blood circulation of a patient by way of a blood inflow conduit and a blood outflow conduit, a feed for fresh dialysis fluid, a discharge for spent dialysis fluid, a measuring device disposed within the discharge for determining the absorption of the spent dialysis fluid flowing through the discharge, wherein the measuring device has at least one radiation source for substantially monochromatic electromagnetic radiation, and a detector system for detecting the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation, wherein means are provided to compensate for changes that occur in the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation of the radiation source and/or the sensitivity of the detector system.
US08834703B2
Apparatus and methods are described for preparing, maintaining, and stabilizing sensors. The apparatus and methods for preparing sensors for use are utilized in advance of the sensor being removed from a sealed, sterilized package. The apparatus include packaging materials having electrical circuits capable of stabilizing a sensor to prepare the sensor for use. The methods for preparing a sensor for use includes methods of providing a solution to a sterilized packaging that contains a sensor connected to a sensor activating circuit, activating the circuit, and allowing the sensor to stabilize. These methods can be performed without compromising the packaging. The apparatus for stabilizing a sensor that is in use include a circuit connectable to the sensor that provides a signal to the sensor that prevents the sensor from becoming destabilized when disconnected from a monitoring device.
US08834699B1
A method of anodizing that is performed in the capacitor case. The anode and a formation cathode are inserted into the capacitor case. The formation cathode includes one or more passageways through which formation electrolyte is transferred to contact the surface of the anode. In one particular implementation, the anode includes several slots and the formation cathodes are plates that are inserted into the slots. One or more valves coupled to formation electrolyte storage tanks storing different electrolytes may be coupled to the formation cathode. A rinsing step can be performed by supplying water through the passageways in the formation cathode. Other implementations anodize outside the capacitor case.
US08834680B2
The present invention relates to a filler composition comprising a) a filler, b) a cationic inorganic compound, c) a cationic organic compound, and d) an anionic polysaccharide, wherein the filler is present in an amount of at least about 1% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, the anionic polysaccharide is present in an amount of about 1 to about 100 kg/ton, based on the weight of filler, and wherein the composition is substantially free from fibers. The invention further relates to a filler composition comprising a), b), c) and d) as defined above wherein the filler is present in an amount of at least about 1% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, the cationic inorganic and organic compounds are each present in an amount of from about 0 to about 30 kg/ton, based on the weight of filler, whereby the composition comprises at least one of the cationic inorganic and organic compounds, and the anionic polysaccharide has a degree of substitution of net anionic groups of up to about 0.65. The invention further relates to a method of preparing a filler composition comprising mixing a), b), c) and d) as defined above. The invention further relates to a filler composition obtainable by the method, use of a filler composition as an additive to an aqueous cellulosic suspension in a papermaking process, and a process of producing paper comprising adding the filler composition to an aqueous cellulosic suspension. The invention further relates to paper obtainable by the process and paper comprising the filler composition.
US08834678B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a tissue product having a creping composition disposed onto at least one surface thereof to increase the softness of the article, while retaining or improving manufacturing efficiency. The tissue products also have a sizing agent that increases the Wet Out time, without negatively impacting softness or machine runability. Preferably the creping composition comprises a cationic component and a film forming component, both of which are preferably water soluble. The cationic component carries a cationic charge that is capable of forming ionic bonds with the negatively charged fibers of the tissue web, thus providing a retention mechanism by which the creping composition is retained on the sheet. The overall retention of the creping composition on the sheet reduces the concentration of the composition in the machine process water, improving machine operability and runability.
US08834675B2
Scale formation on the electrode(s) of a liquor sensor can be prevented by continuously delivering a water-soluble scale inhibitor or dispersant into the vicinity of the electrodes of a liquor sensor device. Scale inhibitors include, for instance, polymers that are derived from acrylic acid, maleic acid, acrylamide acid, phosphonate, and combinations thereof. An aqueous mixture of scaling inhibitor continuously delivered to the probe tip of the liquor sensor that was placed in a kraft pulping liquor allowed the sensor to operate accurately for over a month without having to be cleaned of scale.
US08834671B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a silicon nitride etching bath provides the etching bath including phosphoric acid heated to an elevated temperature. The concentration of silicon in the phosphoric acid is controlled to maintain a desired level associated with a desired silicon nitride/silicon oxide etch selectivity. Silicon concentration is measured while the silicon remains in soluble form and prior to silica precipitation. Responsive to the measuring, fresh heated phosphoric acid is added to the etching bath when necessary to maintain the desired concentration and silicon nitride:silicon oxide etch selectivity and prevent silica precipitation. The addition of fresh heated phosphoric acid enables the etching bath to remain at a steady state temperature. Atomic absorption spectroscopy may be used to monitor the silicon concentration which may be obtained by diluting a sample of phosphoric acid with cold deionized water and measuring before silica precipitation occurs.
US08834669B2
A method for the at least partial connecting of walls of a hollow body of an elastic material with at least one opening, wherein a connecting material is introduced in viscous form into the opening of the pre-formed hollow body, the walls of which form a cavity, between two wall sections or surfaces of the wall sections facing each other are melted on for the purpose of the formation of a viscous connecting material, and then the connecting material is transferred into an elastic state with chemical or physical linking with the surfaces of the hollow body, so that the wall sections of the hollow body are at least partially connected with each other in the region of the connecting material, and a corresponding hollow body.
US08834668B2
A composite structure is fabricated by staging at least a portion of an uncured, first composite component. The first composite component is assembled with a second composite component, and the staged portion of the first composite component is cocured with the second composite component.
US08834665B1
A method for assembling and bonding pieces of stained glass and a permanent template to a transparent panel. Grout is then used to fill in the open spaces between the stained glass pieces to create a stained glass mosaic. This embodiment allows light to pass completely through the stained glass mosaic, illuminating the stained glass mosaic inside of the permanent template and stabilizing the image.
US08834658B2
A cylindrical carbon fiber arrow shaft formed with an increased external diameter of 0.380 inches. This arrow shaft is formed with an axial bore which has a first internal diameter throughout a substantial portion of the shaft length, and a second, smaller, internal diameter throughout the fletching end of the arrow. The second internal diameter corresponds to the internal diameter of standard arrows having external diameters of 0.295 inches. Using this standard internal diameter at the fletching-end of the arrow, standard nooks may be used without the need for any spacer or insert, thereby decreasing fletching-end weight significantly and providing for the proper and more desired location of the center of gravity forward on the arrow.
US08834655B2
A method for isolating a flexible substrate from a support substrate and method for fabricating a flexible electronic device are provided. The method for isolating a flexible substrate from a support substrate includes providing a flexible substrate with a bottom surface. A surface treatment is subjected to the bottom surface of the flexible substrate, forming a bottom surface with detachment characteristics. The flexible substrate is fixed on the support substrate by means of an adhesive layer, wherein the bottom surface with detachment characteristics faces the support substrate. The flexible substrate is cut and isolated from the support substrate.
US08834648B2
An automatic dishwasher having first and second sprayers located within a washtub, a diverter valve to selectively divert liquid flowing from the wash chamber between the first and second sprayers, and a drive system moving the first sprayer in the wash chamber.
US08834639B2
Method of draining a system for anchoring a structural cable to a construction element, the anchor system comprising a first chamber delimited by an envelope, the first chamber containing a first part of the structural cable and a first filling material, the method comprising: inserting at least one heating element into the first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber; heating the first filling material with the aid of the heating element to fluidize some or all of the first filling material; and extracting the fluidized first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber.
US08834629B2
Single, acentric, rhombohedral, fluoroberyllium borate crystals of a size sufficient for use in a variety of laser and non-optical applications are formed by a hydrothermal method.
US08834625B2
Provided are an ultra-rapid hardening hydraulic binder including reduced slag powder and a method of preparing the same. The reduced slag powder is prepared by rapidly cooling molten electric arc furnace reduced slag, among by-products generated during an iron refinement process in a steel mill, to room temperature not to have free-calcium oxide by scattering the molten electric arc furnace reduced slag into the air using high-pressure gas by dropping the molten electric arc furnace reduced slag through a tundish.
US08834621B2
Provided is a pigment particle suitable for an ink capable of recording an image that is excellent in color developability and lightfastness, and has a yellow hue. The pigment particle is a pigment particle having a structure represented by the following formula (1), in which a maximum absorption wavelength of an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 200 nm or more and 800 nm or less is present in a range of 340 nm or more and 360 nm or less.
US08834611B1
A method for air filtration having a plurality of interlocking filters for use in an HVAC system or in other air filtration systems. Each interlocking filter can have a pleated filter media, a first frame, a second frame for supporting the first frame, an adhesive to connecting the pleated filter media to the first frame and the first frame to the second frame, and a one piece non-rigid flexible integral locking mechanism for connecting together the interlocking filters without clips or glue in a quick connect and quick disconnect manner.
US08834608B2
The invention relates to a process for separating off solid particles, in particular coke particles, from a water phase by means of gravity in a plant for generating hydrocarbons by cracking a hydrocarbonaceous feed, and also to a device for carrying out the process. In contrast to the prior art, the water phase is taken off predominantly from a point above the column bottom B via the outlet A. The first gravity separator 2 which is constructed as a multistage settling tank 2 is situated not beneath, but next to, the scrubbing water column 1. The bottom phase of the scrubbing water column 1 already acts as a part of the first gravity separator 2. Thus, via the outlet 5 in the column bottom B, a heavy water phase which is loaded with coke particles is already taken off and passed into the second gravity separator 3. This heavy water phase is further treated, together with the heavy water phase which is loaded with coke particles from the recesses 6 of the multistage settling tank 2. In this embodiment of the invention, the feed rate into the multistage settling tank 2 need not be controlled as in the prior art. The multistage settling tank 2 and the bottom phase of the quench column 1 form a communicating liquid system in which the same level of the water phase is established.
US08834592B1
A system for air filtration having a plurality of interlocking filters for use in an HVAC system or other air filtration systems. Each interlocking filter can have a pleated filter media, a first frame, a second frame for supporting the first frame, an adhesive to connecting the pleated filter media to the first frame and the first frame to the second frame, and a one piece non-rigid flexible integral locking mechanism for connecting together the interlocking filters without clips or glue in a quick connect and quick disconnect manner.
US08834587B2
Reactor systems and methods are provided for the catalytic conversion of liquid feedstocks to synthesis gases and other noncondensable gaseous products. The reactor systems include a heat exchange reactor configured to allow the liquid feedstock and gas product to flow concurrently in a downflow direction. The reactor systems and methods are particularly useful for producing hydrogen and light hydrocarbons from biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbons using aqueous phase reforming. The generated gases may find used as a fuel source for energy generation via PEM fuel cells, solid-oxide fuel cells, internal combustion engines, or gas turbine gensets, or used in other chemical processes to produce additional products. The gaseous products may also be collected for later use or distribution.
US08834586B2
The present invention describes a novel exchanger-reactor intended to implement highly endothermic reactions such as natural gas or naphtha steam reforming, using in situ porous burners.
US08834582B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor wafer comprising at least two manipulators, at least one set of chemical gas/liquid distribution unit and an air circulating and filtering unit. The air circulating and filtering unit is separated into three regions, including the front region, the middle region, and the side region, which are controlled by respective control electric motors to achieve uniform air flow and uniform pressure in the respective regions. The cleaning degree in the internal of the apparatus can be improved by the regional control of the air circulating and filtering unit; the wafer transport efficiency can be enhanced by the double-armed manipulators having multiple degrees of freedom; and the product yield per unit area can be increased by the chemical gas/liquid distribution unit providing stable and uniform gas/liquid flow and pressure.
US08834580B2
The present invention relates to oxidative hair colorants containing a buffer system consisting of saccharine and at least one alkanolamine. The colorants are free of ammonium hydroxide and sources of ammonia.
US08834579B2
The present invention relates to an azo dye composition for hair dyeing that has an excellent performance as a dye for hair dyeing and proves negative in the Ames test, and also relates to a method for producing the composition. An object of the present invention is to develop a purification method for a dye composition for hair dyeing mainly containing an azo dye and proving negative in the Ames test, and to provide the dye composition for hair dyeing that is produced by applying the purification method and indicates negative in the Ames test. The dye composition for hair dyeing contains, as a main component, the azo dye having trimethylammonio, and the dye composition for hair dyeing is characterized in that the result of the Ames test is negative.
US08834566B1
A presbyopia correcting intraocular lens implant for implanting in a human eye includes an implant body having a central lens enclosure and at least one stability tab extending therefrom. At least one ciliary body sensor senses movement of the eye's ciliary body. An electronic module is embedded in the implant body and includes a microprocessor communicative with the ciliary body sensor. A dynamic lens assembly is housed in the central lens enclosure and has a dynamic range of continuous accommodation. The lens implant also includes a renewable intraocular power supply.
US08834564B2
A prosthesis is provided for implantation at a native semilunar valve of a native valve complex, the native valve complex having three semilunar sinuses and three native commissures. The prosthesis includes a valve prosthesis support, which comprises a support structure comprising exactly three engagement arms that meet one another at three respective junctures. The engagement arms are shaped so as define three peak complexes at the three respective junctures, and three trough complexes, each of which is between two of the peak complexes. Upon implantation of the prosthesis, each of the engagement arms is at least partially disposed within a respective one of the semilunar sinuses, such that each of the peak complexes is disposed distal to and in rotational alignment with a respective one of the native commissures, and each of the trough complexes is disposed at least partially within the respective one of the semilunar sinuses.
US08834556B2
Segmented scaffolds composed of disconnected scaffold segments with overlapping end rings are disclosed. Scaffolds with at least one discontinuous link are also disclosed.
US08834552B2
An implantable graft device is disclosed. The device comprises a graft body forming a lumen defining a longitudinal axis and comprising proximal and distal ends. The graft body comprises a woven fabric having warp yarns aligned in a first direction and weft yarns aligned in a second direction. The weft yarns are woven with the warp yarns. A portion of the warp yarns along the longitudinal axis of the graft body are not interwoven with the weft yarns, defining floating yarns having loops aligned in one of the first direction and the second direction. The device further comprises an expandable stent disposed circumferentially about the longitudinal axis and received through the loops of the floating yarns to attach the stent to the graft body.
US08834551B2
A vascular device comprising a body movable from a collapsed insertion position to an expanded position having a larger cross-sectional dimension. The body includes a plurality of struts. At least two elongated struts extend distally from the body. A plurality of vessel engaging members extend outwardly from the body for engaging the internal wall of a vessel. A valve is movable between a collapsed delivery position and an expanded placement position, wherein at least a portion of the valve extends distally from the body in the delivery and placement positions and the elongated struts engage a distal portion of the valve in the placement position of the valve to retain the valve.
US08834550B2
An assembly for delivering an intraluminary member into a body lumen including a delivery catheter including an elongated tubular member, an elongated rod disposed within and slidingly engaged with the tubular member, a handle fixed to a proximal end of the rod, and at least one securing mechanism located on the handle, and a thread-like member removably secured to one end of the intraluminary member, the thread-like member extending between the intraluminary member and the handle, the at least one securing mechanism adapted to secure the thread-like member.
US08834544B2
Methods and systems for treatment of hypoxic tumors are provided, including the steps of positioning a delivery device in a bodily cavity adjacent to tumor tissue, delivering an oxygenating agent to the tumor tissue via the delivery device and radiating the tumor tissue with radiation. Methods and systems of treatment of tumors are also provided, including the steps of positioning a delivery device in a bodily cavity adjacent to tumor tissue, delivering a photosensitizing agent to the tumor tissue via the delivery device, and radiating the tumor tissue with light.
US08834538B2
A method of replacing an ACL with a graft. The method provides for the drilling bone tunnels in a femur and a tibia. A replacement graft is provided having first and second ends. A biodegradable composite screw is provided. The screw is made from a biodegradable polymer and a bioceramic or a bioglass. At least one end of the graft is secured in a bone tunnel using the biodegradable composite screw.
US08834524B2
A method of closing a tissue wound includes providing a wound closure device having a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible member movably attached to the second anchor, positioning the first anchor against tissue, passing the flexible member across the wound, positioning the second anchor against tissue, and pulling on a free end of the flexible member to shorten a length of the flexible member between the first and second anchors, thereby closing the wound. A wound closure device includes a first anchor, a second anchor; and a flexible member connecting the first anchor to the second anchor, the flexible member being movably attached to the second anchor, such that pulling on a free end of the flexible member shortens a length of the flexible member between the first and second anchors.
US08834517B2
A portable pneumatic abdominal aortic tourniquet for occlusion of the abdominal descending aorta to restrict blood supply to a non-compressible arterial hemorrhage in the abdominal region. The tourniquet comprising an adjustable waist strap for securing around an abdomen; a directed air bladder mounted to the waist strap having a generally “V” shaped construction operable between a deflated condition wherein the directed air bladder is collapsed, and an inflated condition wherein the directed air bladder is expanded for exerting pressure against the abdomen; and, an air source connected to the directed air bladder for operating the directed air bladder between the deflated condition and the inflated condition.
US08834496B2
Instruments and methods facilitate reconstruction, repair, and the closure of apertures in soft tissues, including the anulus fibrosus (AF), heart, lung, abdomen, thorax, vascular structures and other organs. Flexible longitudinal fixation components (i.e., sutures) are positioned across apertures in soft tissues, preferably to closes the inlets and/or outlets of such apertures. Tension on the flexible longitudinal fixation components may be used to narrow or close the apertures. Knotless fixation technologies such as suture welding are preferably used to fasten the ends of the flexible longitudinal fixation components. Certain embodiments include an intra-aperture component dimensioned for positioning within a defect in the AF, with one or more components being used to maintain the intra-aperture component in position. For example, the flexible longitudinal fixation component(s) may be anchored to one of the upper and lower vertebral bodies.
US08834493B2
A vascular closure delivery system is provided comprising a needle and suture delivery unit and a suture knot system. The delivery unit may comprise a tube, a leg, a tensioning device, a pusher, a needle, and an actuator, the tube being configured to house the needle. In an open position, the tensioning device exerts tension on the leg, and the pusher and suturing apparatus are in a delivery configuration for delivering the needle to the internal tissue wall. Further, actuation of the actuator moves the pusher towards an expulsion end of the tube such that the pusher engages the needle and expels the needle from the tube. The suture knot system comprises a shaft, an inner tubular member, and an inner rod. The inner tubular member is radially translatable with respect to the shaft. The inner rod is slidably coupled to and is axially translatable within the inner tubular member.
US08834483B2
An implant storage and insertion system for a shape memory orthopedic implant allows the implant to be constrained in a deformed state, protected, insulated, held for insertion, and properly positioned in bone. The implant storage and insertion system includes a restraining block having an impact surface. The restraining block engages an implant at a first end, and further a medical instrument engages the restraining block and positions the restraining block at a bone such that the impact surface may be impacted to insert a second end of the implant into the bone.
US08834482B2
A surgical instrument system comprises surgical instruments for use with an implantable interspinous device having at least one pair of wings for securing the implantable device to a spinous process. The instrument system may include a surgical instrument for expanding or spreading the pair of wings to accommodate the spinous process. Further, a surgical instrument may be provided for crimping or compressing the pair of wings against the spinous process for secure attachment of the device to a vertebra. The surgical instruments may be configured similar to pliers and apply force to the pair of wings within a predetermined range so as to avoid damage, weakening or breakage of the pair of wings. The surgical instrument system may also include interspinous devices of differing sizes.
US08834481B2
A cement delivery needle apparatus (20) and a method of flowing a bone cement through a vertebroplasty needle apparatus are provided. The cement delivery needle apparatus (20) includes a sheath (24) and a handle (26). The sheath (24) has an inlet (44) to receive a bone cement and an outlet (40) for expressing the cement into a vertebral body. The handle (26) extends from the sheath (24) and includes a vibration assembly (70) for agitating the cement. The method includes providing a bone cement source to the needle. The method further includes providing a vibration assembly associated with a handle of the needle, agitating the cement with the vibration assembly and injecting the cement through the sheath.
US08834464B2
An ablation catheter assembly includes an elongate catheter body having a proximal portion, a distal portion and a lumen therethrough. A helical structure associated with the catheter distal portion carries a plurality of independently operable electrodes and is transformable between a low-profile configuration wherein a straightening element is positioned in the lumen and an expanded configuration wherein the straightening element is at least partially retracted from the spiral structure. When the helical structure is in the expanded configuration, a laterally offset tip portion extends distally therefrom.
US08834462B2
A medical device for treating and analyzing tissue is disclosed. The device includes a plasma applicator having a housing. The housing includes a substantially tubular shape and defining a lumen therethrough. The lumen is in fluid communication with an ionizable media source configured to supply ionizable media thereto. The applicator also includes one or more electrodes coupled to the housing. The electrodes are adapted to couple to a power source configured to that energizes electrodes to ignite the ionizable media to form a plasma plume for treating tissue. The device also includes an effluent-collection attachment coupled to the plasma applicator, the effluent-collection attachment configured to collect at least a portion of a plasma effluent.
US08834461B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the ablation of tissue. Embodiments include an ablation catheter that has an array of ablation elements attached to a deployable carrier assembly. The carrier assembly can be constrained within the lumen of a catheter, and deployed to take on an expanded condition. The carrier assembly includes multiple electrodes that are configured to ablate tissue at low power. Additional embodiments include a system that includes an interface unit for delivering one or more forms of energy to the ablation catheter.
US08834455B2
The invention relates to an attachment adapter for attaching additional functions to a surgical tool. The attachment adapter provides a joint or a coupling between two instruments, e.g. a surgical tool and a navigation marker. The attachment adapter comprises an attachment body for attaching a surgical tool to the attachment adapter and a mounting seat with a mechanical coupling for fastening an add-on device to the attachment adapter. The attachment body comprises an elongate part adapted to receive the winding of a line and provided with at least two legs adapted to fit in an astride position on an elongate part of a surgical tool. It also comprises a line securing means adapted for securing a line, wound around the attachment body to join the attachment adapter to the surgical tool, in a locking position.
US08834441B2
An undergarment, such as a diaper, includes a hidden central core pocket for receipt of an absorbent pad. The pocket is formed between an inner, fluid permeable layer and a fluid isolation layer. The fluid isolation layer is attached to the inner or anchor layer and is located between the inner layer and an outer layer to which the inner layer is attached. The pocket is narrower than the outer to isolate fluids from edges of the outer layer and from diaper leg openings. Both the fluid isolation layer and the outer layer may be fluid resistant to provide additional protection against leakage. Adjustment fasteners on the outside of the outer shell permit size adjustment for the diaper and the adjustment fasteners are positioned within the periphery of the pocket so that presence of the absorbent pad will enhance comfort.
US08834432B2
An injection site (12) for infusion of parenteral fluids has a pressure-actuated valve (20) and a split septum unit (24), which prevent reflux of blood into the assembly (10). The septum unit (24) includes a resilient split septum body (64) precompressed so that the septum body (64) is caused to protrude proximally (78) upon insertion of a cannula (16). Consequently, upon removal of the cannula (16), there is essentially no “drumming” or creation of friction-induced negative pressures sufficient to generate blood reflux. The preloaded septum body (64) also has its proximal surface (74) essentially flush and coplanar with the adjacent proximal end (66b) of the tubular septum holder (66) to enhance the cleanliness of the unit (24).
US08834423B2
A method of forming a microneedle array can include forming a sheet of material having a plurality of layers and micromilling the sheet of material to form a microneedle array. At least one of the plurality of layers can include a bioactive component, and the microneedle array can include a base portion and plurality of microneedles extending from the base portion.
US08834413B2
In order to improve the energy efficiency of an injection device 100, a current is caused to be applied to a motor 113 of the injection device 100, which is related to a signal from a force sensor 115. The signal represents a force that is applied by the motor 113 to a plunger 122 of a cartridge 121.
US08834398B2
An stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is provided. The stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is adhesively applied to the foot of a patient for providing relief from plantar fasciitis. A portion of the stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is adhesively attached to the bottom surface of the foot for reducing stress on the plantar fascia.
US08834397B2
An stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is provided. The stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is adhesively applied to the foot of a patient for providing relief from plantar fasciitis. A portion of the stretch resistant plantar fascia support system is adhesively attached to the bottom surface of the foot for reducing stress on the plantar fascia.
US08834387B2
An airflow signal corresponding to the breathing of the patient is obtained. A section corresponding to inspiration, having a front portion and a middle portion, is found within the airflow signal. A peak value of the front portion is found, which is compared with a value representing the airflow of the middle portion. The presence of resisted breathing is determined based on the comparison between the peak value of the front portion with a value representing the airflow of the middle portion. A baseline value of the airflow signal is found by calculating the mode of values within an airflow signal representing the pressure within a patient's naris. The section corresponding to inspiration is determined by finding peak inspiration and baseline values within a breath and searching from the peak until the baseline is reached to find the section of inspiration.
US08834376B2
Described herein is the use of ultrasound pulses at different frequencies to track the dispersion properties of intracranial tissues which may have been altered due to traumatic or other neurological brain injury. Dispersive ultrasound does not provide imaging, but it can provide data of significant diagnostic value by using decision support systems that can be trained as a medical diagnostic system for traumatic brain injuries applications to detect specific patterns of dispersion that are associated with specific intracranial injuries.
US08834373B2
A technique for an ultrasonographic device that can obtain respective rendering images for a plurality of regions of a 3D space is disclosed. According to the technique, a transmission beam former generates an ultrasonic beam for scanning a plurality of regions of interest and drives a matrix array. When a reception beam former generates a plurality of beam forming signals, respectively corresponding to the regions of interest, in accordance with reception signals of the matrix array generated by reflection wave from the respective regions of interest, a signal processing unit processes the beam forming signals and, with a viewpoint set for each of the regions of interest as a standard, generates respective rendering images of the plurality of regions of interest. A display unit displays the rendering images in parallel. A control unit carries out setting of the plurality of regions of interest and the viewpoints, by an external operation.
US08834363B2
A sleep depth determining device 2 is a device for determining an object person M's depth of sleep using a sensitivity threshold which is the minimum stimulus intensity that can be sensed by the object person M in a sleep state and includes: a stimulus giving unit 5 that gives a first stimulus P1 and a second stimulus P2 stronger than the first stimulus P1 to the object person M; a sense detecting unit 6 that detects whether the object person M senses the first stimulus P1 and the second stimulus P2; and a sleep depth determining unit 7 that determines that the object person M's depth of sleep is a depth of sleep S2 corresponding to a sensitivity threshold between a first stimulus intensity T2a and a second stimulus intensity T2b when the sense detecting unit 6 detects that the object person M does not sense the first stimulus P1 but senses the second stimulus P2. Accordingly, it is possible to precisely determine that the object person M's depth of sleep is the depth of sleep S2.
US08834361B2
Medical systems, devices and methods are provided for accessing a bodily opening that, among other things, are safe and reliable, and facilitate manipulation of a medical instrument. The medical access device generally includes an elongated flexible sheath and an expandable frame connected to the distal end of the flexible sheath. The sheath and expandable frame are operable between expanded and collapsed configurations to provide a pathway from a natural orifice to the bodily opening.
US08834359B2
An endoscope 100 includes a first light source 45 that emits white illumination light, a second light source 47 that emits narrow-band light and an imaging section that has an imaging device 21 having plural detection pixels and images a region to be observed. The imaging section is caused to output a captured image signal including both a return light component of the white illumination light from the region to be observed by and a return light component of the narrow-band light the white illumination light. From the captured image signal, the return light component of the narrow-band light is selectively extracted, and a brightness level of the extracted return light component of the narrow-band light is changed by changing a light amount of light emitted from the second light source 47.
US08834351B2
This invention relates in one aspect to the treatment of a vascular vessel with a biomaterial. The biomaterial can be a remodelable material that strengthens and/or supports the vessel walls. Additionally the biomaterial can include a variety of naturally occurring or added bioactive agents and/or viable cellular populations.
US08834347B2
This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for anti-habituating sleep therapy using a closed loop neuromodulator. A first sleep disorder event can be detected using first activity information, and a first series of stimuli can be provided, in response to the first sleep disorder event, using a set of stimulus parameters. A habituation event can be detected and anti-habituation stimulation parameter can be adjusted to avoid patient habituation to the stimuli.
US08834343B2
A heart support device for pulsatile delivery of blood comprising a first and a second ventricle and a pump. Both ventricles comprises a fluid chamber and a blood-conveying chamber, wherein each fluid chamber can be filled with a fluid or emptied by way of the pump in such a way that an expansion or contraction of the fluid chamber occurs. In an expansion of the fluid chamber of a ventricle, a compression of the blood-conveying chamber of the same ventricle takes place, wherein a rigid pressure plate is disposed between a fluid chamber and the respective blood-conveying chamber, said pressure plate being able to move in the direction of the respective blood-conveying chamber.
US08834340B2
A radioactive seed and method for making a radioactive seed with selective magnetic imaging characteristics are provided. The seed includes a housing which may include a metal shell for at least partially enclosing a radioactive material. The shell encloses a rod having a nickel layer with a phosphorous content, wherein the phosphorous content includes a level of phosphorous sufficient, when the seed is implanted in tissue, to provide a magnetic resonance image of the seed while substantially eliminating gross artifacts in the magnetic resonance image.
US08834335B2
A plastic or other film bag is formed from a continuous extruded tube. The tube is flattened and sealed across its width at intervals to form bag bottoms. The bags are joined to one another at a perforation line and folded in thirds lengthwise prior to being rolled into a compact roll, either with or without supporting core. After folding the bags may be chisel cut through the center of the perforation line to assist in dispensing of the bags. The chisel cut will extend through all layers of the bag when folded, resulting in three chisel cuts in the bag. The bags may be gusseted for part or as much as all of their width. The bags may also be corona treated and printed on their outer surfaces. The bags may be formed from partially recycled materials and various combinations of linear low density, medium and high density polyethylene.
US08834328B1
An exercise apparatus includes a flexible connector system that includes at least two flexible line ends that provide multiple resistance ratios for functional and strength training when pulled. The flexible line ends are adjustable to multiple fixed positions along a track and to multiple fixed positions along a curved path.
US08834326B1
Apparatus for bi-directional torso exercise movements has a main-frame base with a seat and upwardly extending columns at either side to support a “U” shaped first sub-frame, mounted so that it pivots about a horizontal first axis passing above the seat, and a second sub-frame mounted to the first sub-frame cross bar for pivotal movement about a second axis generally perpendicular to the horizontal first axis and thereby, mounted for pivotal movement about both axes. A motion transfer linkage is provided to force simultaneous pivotal movement of both sub-frames when either is moved, so as to involve compound muscle groups in an exercise movement.
US08834318B2
A method includes operating a hybrid power train having an internal combustion engine, at least one electrical torque provider, and an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the electrical torque provider(s). The method further includes determining a machine power demand, and determining a power division description in response to the machine power demand. The method further includes interpreting a state-of-health (SOH) for the electrical energy storage device, and in response to the SOH for the electrical energy storage device, adjusting the power division description.
US08834316B2
A gear reducer includes a rotatable planet carrier supporting at least one planetary gear for axial rotation thereon, a stationary ring gear extending around and engageable with the at least one planetary gear, and a moveable ring gear extending around and engageable with the at least one planetary gear. A pitch diameter of the stationary ring gear is substantially identical to a pitch diameter of the moveable ring gear.
US08834310B2
An assembly including an input including first, second, third and fourth passages, a shaft surrounding the input, a housing including a hub surrounding the shaft, a first path connecting the first passage to a first servo cylinder, a second path connecting the second passage to a second servo cylinder, a third path connecting the third passage to balance volumes, and a fourth path connecting the fourth passage to a third servo cylinder, bypassing the hub.
US08834309B2
A multiple sprocket assembly for receiving a chain and transferring torque therefrom to a bicycle rear wheel hub rotatable about a hub axis. The chain has alternating pairs of inner and outer link plates connected by chain rollers. The multiple sprocket assembly includes a plurality of different-sized sprockets arranged coaxially about the rear wheel hub. The sprockets have a plurality of teeth and tooth roots spaced around a periphery of the sprockets for engaging the chain. The tooth roots forming a dedendum circle. The sprockets have a maximum sprocket width near the dedendum circle, substantially bridging a gap between paired inner link plates sandwiching the chain roller therebetween, substantially minimizing axial play between a guide area on the sprocket and an overhang of the inner link plates overlapping the guide area when the chain is engaged with the sprockets.
US08834304B1
A training or safety aid for a baseball bat is disclosed. The device is configured to be placed on a bat, and indicators, which may be sound producing devices, produce a noise in accordance with selected qualities of the swing. In some embodiments, a flute-type opening is used, and may be configured with tubes to determine a pitch of a produced tone. An air scoop or funnel may be used with any of the devices that utilize airflow to produce a tone. Where more than one sound producing device is used, the devices are configured to only produce a sound within a narrow angular range of airflow, and are angularly spaced so as to produce sounds during different portions of a bat swing.
US08834288B2
A variable length shaft assembly comprising a shaft, a shaft adapter, a grip sleeve, an actuator screw, a grip, and a screw is disclosed herein. The grip is bonded to the grip sleeve, the shaft adapter is bonded to the shaft, and the shaft adapter comprises a keyed portion that mates with a keyed structure inside of the grip sleeve. The actuator screw comprises external threads that mate with internal threads inside the grip sleeve, and the location of the actuator screw within the grip sleeve can be adjusted with a wrench. Once the actuator screw is at a desired location within the grip sleeve, the shaft is semi-permanently fixed to the grip sleeve by releasable affixing the keyed structure of the shaft adapter to the actuator screw with the screw. The overall length of the assembly can be adjusted and fine-tuned using these structures.
US08834280B2
An elastic joint body for a shaft arrangement for connecting two shaft portions in an articulated manner includes a plurality of bushings, a primary loop bundle, a support device, and an elastomeric casing. The primary loop bundle loops a bushing pair consisting of two adjacent bushings. The bushing pair being loadable in tension in the event of a torque transfer via the shaft portions. The support device is arranged on at least one bushing for axially guiding the primary loop bundle. The loop bundle, the support devices, and the bushings are at least partly embedded into the elastomeric casing. The adjacent bushings of at least some of the bushing pairs are connected to each other in a force-transmitting manner via at least one additional loop bundle, the at least one additional bundle being arranged in the elastomeric casing in a region in which none of the primary loop bundles extend.
US08834275B2
A method for computing a social game in a social media providing a computing environment in which members are visualized with their avatars respectively associated with the members and the members socialize. An environment in which the members play a master game and a slave game is provided, in which the slave game is a battle card game. Playing history data of the master game and playing history data of the slave game are stored and managed. The playing history data card information of cards possessed by each of the members is described; and a process of managing the slave game is provided, the process including a card-issuing process in which a member-avatar card that is used for playing the card game and is derived from each member is issued and is possessed by any of the members.
US08834270B2
A gaming machine includes a bet rate setting device with which a value of game medium per unit bet is set as a bet rate, a setting sound output device outputting a setting sound when the bet rate is set by the bet rate setting device, and a setting sound control device controlling the setting sound, to be outputted from the setting sound output device, depending on the bet rate set by the bet rate setting device.
US08834268B2
A method for operating a broadcaster mode within a gaming environment of a video game is provided. The method includes receiving, via a networked gaming system, a request from a broadcaster for a video signal for a peripheral display, the broadcaster being a non-participant in the video game occurring within the gaming environment. The method also includes providing the video signal for the peripheral display. A system that facilitates broadcasting a gaming environment is provided and includes a broadcaster module and an interactivity module that provides the broadcaster with one or more options for displaying information. The broadcaster module also includes a display controller include a primary display controller and a secondary display controller. A primary view of the gaming environment displayed on a primary display of the broadcaster being broadcast to at least one spectator. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program is provided.
US08834265B2
A method of configuring a verification system for determining a player's eligibility to participate in online gaming on an online gaming system in a gaming server is described. The method includes adding a new data source provider for performing a verification check, wherein the data source provider provides data to the gaming server to confirm a personal information of the player. The method further includes adjusting a minimum result score needed for the player to pass the verification check based on the new data service provider. The method includes enabling the verification check and the new data source provider for a country where online gaming is allowed. The method further includes receiving, at the gaming server, identification information provided by the player. The method includes determining the player is located in the country. The method further includes performing the verification check.
US08834263B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a controlled entity hybrid game. A controlled entity hybrid game includes a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game, an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game; and a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate, to the gambling game, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's instruction of a controlled entity to consume an element of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in the gambling game, and change the element on the basis of the randomly generated payout and an entertainment game variable.
US08834262B2
The present invention is directed to a method and system of gaming where players contribute money to win a prize and a part of the money is allocated for public benefit such as charities and other welfare causes. The system gives the player control over certain features such as selecting a cause.
US08834259B2
Disclosed is a gaming device including an interactive animated representation of a wheel image or partial wheel image. A player of the device can start the wheel image spinning by touching and dragging their finger on the surface of the wheel image in order to move and spin the wheel image at a variety of speeds and directions.
US08834256B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to gaming systems, gaming devices and methods that provide time based game sessions that each include a plurality of wagering events, wherein if one of the plurality of wagering events results in or is associated with a designated change outcome, a value associated with an element or function in the game session (such as a value associated with an outcome, a time value, or a wager amount) changes (such as by increasing) for a remaining portion of the game session (such as the rest of the gaming session).
US08834255B2
In various embodiments a display may allow a secondary player to select a game of an appropriate primary player.
US08834253B2
Gaming machines utilize the output of random number generators (RNGs) in the presentation of games, wherein one or more of the RNGs is each assigned to a single player. Each uniquely assigned RNG is used to determine the outcome of the games played only by the assigned player, such as games presented by casino gaming machines or via remote or mobile devices. An RNG may also be stopped or paused and then restarted, whereby a sequence of random data remains continuous or contiguous relative to a number of games played, such as by the single player to which the RNG is assigned. Multiple players may also time-share a gaming machine in a manner whereby the gaming machine acts as a unique device to each player.
US08834252B2
The present invention provides players with fun brought by a moveable component.A gaming machine 1 comprises a game result determination unit, determining a game result; a game execution unit, executing a game in such a manner as to reach the game result; a moveable component, disposed at a position visible from outside, and configured to be capable of mechanical movement; and a movement control unit, enabling the moveable component to move in a movement pattern corresponding to the game result.
US08834250B2
A roulette game device is configured to make prediction of a game result difficult by making timing at which a bet operation ends variable.
US08834244B2
A flow distribution system for use with a combine spreader having an inlet opening at the top thereof for receiving crop residue, a pair of counter-rotating spreader paddles disposed generally side by side and forward of a back plate of the spreader, and a discharge opening below the spreader paddles. A flow guide element has an apex portion and a pair of opposed arm portions pivotally connected to the apex portion, the arm portions laterally extending to free end portions. An adjusting mechanism is operably connected to the arm portions to effect rotational movement of the arm portions about the apex portion, ends of spreader paddle members defining the outer swept diameters of the pair of spreader paddles and the crop residue flow surfaces of at least the arm portions defining clearance regions therebetween to controllably distribute crop residue in a desired pattern over a field.
US08834240B2
An aerator includes a duct (50) defining a chamber in which a portion of the inner surface defines a spherical segment, a profiled body (60) with a holding device (62), and a ring (52) having an outer surface defining a portion of a sphere having the same radius as the spherical segment of the chamber and bearing the profiled body (60) in the duct (50) while allowing the rotational movement thereof relative to the duct (50) and the translation movement thereof relative to the find (22), wherein the profiled body (60) can assume a closing position when in contact with the duct. The profiled body (60) is provided with a member (70) for limiting the translation stroke when the translation axis of the body (60) is very inclined. Application in automotive vehicles.
US08834235B1
A flexible sanding apparatus includes a thin, relatively flat spring member and one or more coil spring members coupled to a first side of the flat spring member along a length of the flat spring member. A sanding surface may be coupled to a second side of the flat spring member. The flat spring member and the coil spring members may be elongated members coupled together lengthwise. The coil spring member may be a closed coil spring member that allows concave flexing of the sanding surface and inhibits convex flexing of the sanding surface.
US08834231B2
A method and apparatus for removing contaminants from at least one portion of a semiconductor mold are disclosed. A nozzle is positioned at a preset position with respect to the portion of the semiconductor mold. Solid particles of a material that sublimes instantaneously along with at least one of the abrasives and additives are blasted at a predefined temperature and/or pressure over the portion, through the nozzle. On impact, the particles remove the contaminants from the portion of the semiconductor mold.
US08834228B2
A method of insert molding a preformed item into a molded product, the molded product being formed by injecting a moldable material into a mold, is disclosed. The method includes adhering the preformed item to a surface of the mold with an adhesive, wherein the surface to which the preformed item is adhered is free of any features provided for holding the preformed item in place on the mold surface. The method next includes injecting the moldable material into the mold such that the moldable material at least partially surrounds the preformed item, and curing the moldable material. Articles molded via the disclosed method are also described.
US08834223B2
The present application discloses a retention device for retaining an item in a body of water, for example a swimming pool. In some embodiments, the retention device comprises at least one water-fillable receptacle connected to a retention element—for example a strap—that is placed over the item that is to be retained. When an upward force is applied to the retention element in a direction generally away from the surface of the body of water, the filled water receptacle restricts upward movement of the attached retention element, thereby maintaining the item in the body of water.
US08834212B2
An electrical contact element has a primary axis. The primary axis pierces a polygonal base surface of the contact element. A contact bushing is arranged around the primary axis. An orifice of the contact bushing opens into a top surface which is arranged on a side of the contact element lying opposite to the base surface. The top surface bulges spherically over the base surface and transitions continually into a lateral face connecting the base surface and top surface.
US08834209B2
An electricity conducting cord has first and second ends, one of the ends comprising an electrical connection member engageable with a power connection member of an apparatus having an apparatus power rating, at least one of the power connection member and the electrical connection member comprising electrical connectors and a physical cord identification member, the physical cord identification member is configured to inhibit the electricity conducting cord being electrically connected to the power connection member if the electricity conducting cord has a power rating lower than the apparatus power rating.
US08834207B2
A communication jack having crosstalk compensation features for overall crosstalk interference reduction is disclosed. In one embodiment, the jack is configured to receive a plug to form a communication connection, and comprises jack contacts disposed in the jack, with each contact having at least a first surface and a second surface. Upon the plug being received by the jack, the plug contacts interface with the first surface of the jack contacts. The jack further includes a first capacitive coupling connected between two pairs of jack contacts to compensate for near end crosstalk, with the first capacitive coupling being connected to the pairs of jack contacts along the second surface adjacent to where the plug contacts interface with the jack contacts. A far end crosstalk compensation scheme is also set forth.
US08834199B2
A tilted module adapted to assemble a network distribution device and disposed between a frame and at least a panel of the network distribution device, characterized in that the tilted module having a casing adapted to allow a protruding portion to be disposed at a front of the casing of the tilted module and extend toward two ends thereof to form two tilted surfaces positioned proximate thereto, respectively, the tilted surfaces each having a wall disposed thereon and adapted to engage with the panels, wherein a plurality of fixing elements each extend backward from the casing to engage with the frame, such that the casing is mounted on the frame, thereby allowing the network distribution device thus assembled to facilitate wiring management and saves layout space.
US08834194B2
An LED socket is provided for accommodating an LED module and connecting to a heat sink. The LED socket includes a socket housing and a contact. The socket housing includes an LED module receiving portion and a first LED module securing member projecting downward from a bottom surface of the LED module receiving portion. The contact includes a securing portion securable with the socket housing, a wire connecting portion extending from the securing portion and received by the socket housing, and a contact portion insertable into the socket housing and projecting into the LED module receiving portion.
US08834190B2
An electrical connector may retain a substrate in secure, mating engagement with the electrical connector. The electrical connector can include at least one attachment member that is configured to be received in an aperture that extends through the substrate.
US08834184B2
In some embodiments an Integrated Circuit package includes a plurality of system functional pins, at least one system functional pin depopulation zone, and at least one non-system functional pin located in the at least one functional pin depopulation zone. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08834174B2
A method and system for assessing a latent trait such as a psychiatric disorder in a test subject. The method includes receiving a test subject's responses to test items that are administered to the test subject to elicit the responses from the test subject. An initial first sub-region probability of the test subject lying within a first sub-region of a first latent trait is determined from the test subject's response to the initial first test item. A subsequent first sub-region probability of the test subject lying within the first sub-region of the first latent trait is then determined using the test subject's response to the subsequent first test item to ascertain a conditional response probability, and using the initial first sub-region probability as a prior first sub-region probability. The method and system can be used to more accurately and/or more rapidly assess one or more latent traits in a test subject.
US08834167B2
A manipulative for modeling quantitative concepts, said manipulative comprising a flat, marking surface, said marking surface having a linear track with a defined start and end point representing a quantity to be measured therebetween, and a plurality of loose articles which can be placed upon the track representing segments of said quantity to be measured.
US08834158B2
A screw syringe having a piston spindle with an external thread, a syringe barrel, having a sleeve with a piston end, and a female part with an internal thread is disclosed. The female part slides onto the piston end. The female part has a flange that creates a form fit with a counter-surface at the piston end so axial displacement of the female part in relation to the syringe barrel in the discharge direction is prevented. The female part has retaining surfaces that create a form fit with counter-retaining surfaces of the piston end, thereby preventing axial displacement of the female part in relation to the syringe barrel counter to the discharge direction. The retaining surfaces and counter-retaining surfaces create a form fit that prevents radial relative movement between the retaining surfaces and the counter-retaining surfaces, directed perpendicularly to the sliding direction.
US08834156B2
The orthodontic bracket system includes a bracket having a base for attachment to a tooth surface, a stem above the base, tie wings extending from the stem for securing ligatures, and an archwire slot for receiving an archwire defined by the stem and tie wings. Distal and mesial side surfaces of the bracket base are perpendicular to the archwire slot to allow a rotational device to apply rotational force to a tooth perpendicular to the archwire with direct vector-line guidance. Occlusal and gingival edges of the bracket base between the tie wings are scooped-out or recessed to provide more space to receive a tool under an elastic ligature, and select corners of the tie wings are beveled enlarging space to facilitate entry of instruments for removing wire ligatures, to facilitate instrument access for removal and replacement of ligatures, while streamlining tooth rotation to make arch correction more efficient.
US08834154B2
A transition piece of a combustor that sends high temperature combustion gas to a turbine includes a cylindrical body wall and cooling air passages. The passages are formed in the body wall so as to extend in an axial direction thereof, and each of the passages has cooling air inlet ports opened at an outer circumferential surface of the transition piece and cooling air outlet ports opened at an inner circumferential surface of the transition piece. The cooling air outlet ports form a plurality of lines in a direction oblique with respect to the axial direction of the body wall. A first distance between a first line of the cooling air outlet ports and a second line of the cooling air outlet ports adjacent to the first line is larger than a second distance between the cooling air outlet ports adjacent to each other.
US08834146B2
Passive stamp alignment system. The system includes a stamp supported by a stamp holder resting on three balls affixed to a top platform. A bottom platform supports a substrate to be aligned with the stamp. Means are provided for moving either the top or the bottom platform and holding the other platform stationary so as to contact the substrate with the stamp whereby the stamp holder is lifted away from each of the balls in sequence resulting in alignment of the stamp and the substrate parallel to each other.
US08834138B2
A fluid transporting device includes an elastic tube, a tube frame that holds the elastic tube in an arc, a rotary push plate arranged in the arc for facilitating fluid flow inside the elastic tube, and a plurality of push pins disposed between the elastic tube and the center of the arc. Each push pin includes a semispherical end portion that contacts the rotary push plate, a pushing end portion that places a bias on the elastic tube, and adjacent end portions of at least two push pins close the elastic tube when the semispherical end portions are pushed by an outer circumference arc of the rotary push plate.
