US08975625B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to thin film transistors with one or more trenches to control the threshold voltage and off-current and methods of making the same. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device can include a substrate comprising a surface with a thin film transistor formed thereon, a first passivation layer formed over the thin film transistor, a trench formed within the first passivation layer and a second passivation layer formed over the first passivation layer and within the trench.
US08975623B2
The organic electroluminescence element in accordance with the present invention includes: a light-emitting layer; a first electrode layer on a first surface in a thickness direction of the light-emitting layer; a second electrode layer on a second surface in the thickness direction of the light-emitting layer; an electrically conductive layer; and an insulating layer. The light-emitting layer is configured to emit light when a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second electrode layers. The second electrode layer includes an electrode part covering the second surface and an opening part formed in the electrode part to expose the second surface. The electrically conductive layer is designed to allow the light to pass therethrough, and is interposed between the second surface and the second electrode layer to cover the second surface. The insulating layer is interposed between the second surface and the electrically conductive layer to overlap the electrode part.
US08975620B2
An organic semiconductor device includes a carrier, a source, a drain, an organic semiconductor single-crystalline channel layer, an organic insulation layer and a gate. The source and the drain are disposed on an upper surface of the carrier. The source and the drain are disposed in parallel and a portion of the carrier is exposed between the source and the drain. The organic semiconductor single-crystalline channel layer is disposed on the upper surface of the carrier and covers a portion of the source, a portion of the drain and the portion of the carrier exposed by the source and the drain. The organic insulation layer covers the carrier, the source, the drain and the organic semiconductor single-crystalline channel layer. The gate is disposed on the organic insulation layer and corresponds to a position of the portion of the carrier exposed by the source and the drain.
US08975613B1
Resistive-switching memory elements having improved switching characteristics are described, including a memory element having a first electrode and a second electrode, a switching layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the switching layer comprising a first metal oxide having a first bandgap greater than 4 electron volts (eV), the switching layer having a first thickness, and a coupling layer between the switching layer and the second electrode, the coupling layer comprising a second metal oxide having a second bandgap greater the first bandgap, the coupling layer having a second thickness that is less than 25 percent of the first thickness.
US08975612B2
In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first inductor coil within and/or over a substrate. The first inductor coil is formed adjacent a top side of the substrate. First trenches are formed within the substrate adjacent the first inductor coil. The first trenches are filled at least partially with a magnetic fill material. At least a first portion of the substrate underlying the first inductor coil is thinned. A backside magnetic layer is formed under the first portion of the substrate. The backside magnetic layer and the magnetic fill material form at least a part of a magnetic core region of the first inductor coil.
US08975606B2
A finger-mounted illuminating device is disclosed. This device specifically addresses the problem of maintaining hands-free capability in a low or no light environment. This embodiment is a compact structure made of sturdy plastic or other material, which is mounted to the finger(s) and contains various types of illumination output, power source, thumb activated button(s), and circuits to manipulate the illumination needs as required by the operator.
US08975600B2
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for control of a charged particle cancer therapy system. A treatment delivery control system is used to directly control multiple subsystems of the cancer therapy system without direct communication between selected subsystems, which enhances safety, simplifies quality assurance and quality control, and facilitates programming. For example, the treatment delivery control system directly controls one or more of: an imaging system, a positioning system, an injection system, a radio-frequency quadrupole system, a ring accelerator or synchrotron, an extraction system, a beam line, an irradiation nozzle, a gantry, a display system, a targeting system, and a verification system. Generally, the control system integrates subsystems and/or integrates output of one or more of the above described cancer therapy system elements with inputs of one or more of the above described cancer therapy system elements.
US08975596B1
Water purifying drink containers include a liquid container, a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container, and a purification assembly that emits ultraviolet (UV) light in the germicidal spectrum to purify a volume of drink liquid held in the liquid container. In some embodiments, the purification assembly includes a UV bulb positioned within a recess of the cap assembly facing the internal compartment of the liquid container. In some embodiments, the UV bulb further emits light in the visible spectrum and the drink container includes an indicator that becomes illuminated with visible light to indicate to a user when the UV bulb is emitting UV light.
US08975595B2
Apparatus and methods are described for automatically performing set-up steps for flow cytometry operations. The invention provides for the spatial determination of a flow stream and the subsequent automatic alignment of analysis devices and/or collection vessels. The automatic determination of flow stream properties provides for the automatic configuration flow cytometer parameters.
US08975581B2
An ion trap comprising: a first array of magnetic elements arranged to generate a first magnetic field with a degree of homogeneity; and an array of electrodes arranged to generate an electrostatic field including a turning point in electrical potential at a location where the magnetic field has a substantially maximum degree of homogeneity; wherein the array of electrodes is planar and parallel to the direction of the magnetic field at the location; and wherein a primary first magnetic element is arranged to generate a first component of the first magnetic field and other first magnetic elements are arranged to generate compensating components of the first magnetic field that reduce the gradient, the curvature and higher order derivatives of the first component of the first magnetic field at the location where the first magnetic field has the substantially maximum degree of homogeneity.
US08975575B2
A mass spectrometry using helium as cooling gas is performed to obtain a first mass spectrum (S1), and another mass spectrometry using argon, which is heavier than helium, as cooling gas is performed to obtain a second mass spectrum for the same sample (S2). Due to the difference between the two gases in terms of the effect of promoting dissociation of modifications, an ion peak originating from a target compound from which all the modifications have been dissociated will appear with a higher intensity on the second mass spectrum. The peak patterns of the two mass spectra are compared to locate the all-dissociated ion peak while excluding unnecessary peaks (S3). Based on that peak, the assignment of each peak is determined (S4). Such a method is effective for enhancing the accuracy of the determination of the assignment of the peaks on the mass spectra and for improving the accuracy of identification or structural analysis in the case of a mass spectrometry of a compound to which an easily dissociable modification, such as a Sialylated glycosylated peptide, is bonded.
US08975571B2
An off-axial three-mirror system includes a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, a tertiary mirror, and an image sensor. The secondary mirror is located on a reflective optical path of the primary mirror. The tertiary mirror is located on a reflective optical path of the secondary mirror. The image sensor is located on a reflecting optical path of the tertiary mirror. The primary mirror and the tertiary mirror are formed as one piece. The surface type of both the primary mirror and the tertiary mirror is a freeform surface. The primary mirror is a convex mirror, and the tertiary mirror is a concave mirror.
US08975570B2
A CMOS time delay and integration image sensor is disclosed having analog sampling stages coupled to the column bus that correspond to a pixel in the column. The analog sampling stages have a first memory element that stores the pixels reset level signal and a second memory element that stores an output signal of a previous analog sampling stage in the column. The analog sampling stage integrates the signal of the previous analog sampling stage with the sampled photosignal of the corresponding pixel and subtracts the reset level. The analog sampling stage architecture provides global shuttering and correlated double sampling and only requires a single analog to digital conversion for each TDI line time.
US08975569B2
A solid-state imaging device is configured such that an effective pixel and a reference pixel are connected to first and second signal lines, respectively. The solid-state imaging device includes a difference signal output unit configured to perform difference processing on a signal output from a first amplifying transistor included in the effective pixel and a signal output from a second amplifying transistor included in the reference pixel. The difference signal output unit is provided separately from the first and second amplifying transistors.
US08975563B2
A method for the contamination-free heating of a highly pure gas to a temperature of from 300 to 1200° C. involves passing the highly pure gas at a pressure of from 0.1 to 10 bar abs. over a highly pure solid which does not contaminate the gas, the solid being present in a highly pure container whose wall consists of a material which has a transparency of more than 85% for infrared rays and the container being irradiated by means of the infrared rays, the solid being heated thereby and the solid heating the gas.
US08975555B2
A protective shell for surrounding a portion of a body of a handheld plasma torch includes a first and second shell section. The plasma torch body includes a handle, a head extending from the handle and a torch tip extending from the head. The first shell section is structurally independent from an outer surface of the plasma torch body. The second shell section is structurally independent from the outer surface of the plasma torch body and is capable of being secured to the first shell section such that, in combination, the first and second shell sections surround the torch head and provide (i) structural protection to the torch head and (ii) thermal insulation to the torch head, wherein the first and second shell sections are electrically insulated relative to the torch head.
US08975551B2
An arc chamber for a circuit breaker has first and second mounting bodies. The mounting bodies are disposed at the ends of an electrically insulating insulation section of the arc chamber. The insulation section is formed of at least two shell-shaped partial sections. The partial sections are curved concavely relative to a longitudinal axis of the arc chamber. A gap is formed between the edges of the bodies of the partial sections.
US08975550B2
A switch unit includes a plurality of switches, which are linearly disposed. The movable electrode in one switch and the fixed electrode in another switch are electrically connected to each other.
US08975549B1
A device for sorting out individual address mail from a presorted route order mail stack including a device with a mail receiving receptacle, a conveyor for transferring mail through the machine, a reader and control for reading the bar code and mail address, and a mail delivery receptacle. When mail is added to the mail receiving receptacle the machine conveys only the mail for one address to the mail delivery receptacle and then stops until the mail delivery receptacle is clear. The machine uses the mail bar code and displays the address to the mail carrier for confirmation of the matching addresses for all of the mail to be delivered.
US08975543B2
An electric terminal module includes a plurality of electric contact elements configured to connect to electric conductors and a housing including an opening in at least one side wall thereof. A printed circuit board is disposed in the housing. The printed circuit board includes a circuit arrangement having a plurality of electric components configured to perform a specific function and a mount. An adjusting device is operable to change at least one electric characteristic quantity of the circuit arrangement. The adjusting device is mounted directly onto the printed circuit board on the mount and is operable from outside the housing through the opening so as to swivel or turn.
US08975539B2
A lead frame package structure with low EMI includes at least a die holder each for supporting a die, and at least a lead frame each including a first terminal for connecting a printed circuit board, a second terminal for connecting the die, and a lead for connecting the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the height of the lead is lower than the height of the first terminal and the second terminal.
US08975532B2
A light emitting diode arrangement, having at least one high power light emitting diode, the high power light emitting diode being mounted onto a flexible circuit board. A method is also disclosed for producing such a light emitting diode arrangement.
US08975525B2
A multi layer interconnecting substrate has at least two spaced apart metal layers with a conductive pad on each one of the metal layers. Two different types of insulating layers are placed between the metal layers. The placement is such that one of the two different types of insulating layers is placed between the conductive pads and the other type of insulating layer is placed between the two spaced apart metal layers.
US08975524B2
A grommet has an engagement tube with an elliptical cross-section and is provided continuous with and bent from a leading end of a narrow tube through which the wire harness passes while coming into close contact therewith. An annular vehicle body engagement recess is provided in an outer circumferential surface of the engagement tube. Arc-side reinforcements protrude radially inward at connecting positions between a circumferential wall of the narrow tube and arc-shaped circumferential walls of the engagement tube that face each other in a major axis direction. The thickness of the arc-side reinforcements is greater than the thickness of connecting positions between the circumferential wall of the narrow tube and respective linear circumferential walls that face each other in a minor axis direction.
US08975521B2
A shielded flat cable includes a plurality of wires arranged in parallel, a fibrous member including a polyurethane elastic fiber and woven between the plurality of wires along the arrangement direction of the wires, and a shield layer including a conductive member that includes an adhesive layer on one surface thereof and covers an entire periphery of the plurality of wires such that the adhesive layer is in contact with the fibrous member.
US08975511B2
A photovoltaic device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The active layer comprises a polyarylamine biscarbonate ester of Formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, R, m, y, and n are as described herein. The photovoltaic device can be fabricated in an ambient environment and does not need significant processing.
US08975507B2
A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells, whereby in each solar cell a conductive adhesive film includes a first portion contacting a back electrode current collector and a second portion contacting a back electrode, and a length of the conductive adhesive film is longer than a length of the back electrode current collector, and the second portion of the conductive adhesive film is positioned at the outside of the back electrode current collector in a length direction of the back electrode current collector.
US08975503B2
An apparatus comprising a structure and an energy harvesting device. The structure is configured to have a first portion and a second. The energy harvesting device is formed as part of the structure. The energy harvesting device is configured to generate an electrical current when a difference in temperature occurs between the first portion and the second portion.
US08975496B2
A bell unit of a portable bell system, including a support structure, a plurality of bells mounted on the support structure, a bell shell including a plurality of segments, at least one of which is displaceable to allow a size change of the bell unit. The bell shell is configured to be in a first position when the plurality of segments form a shell that is of a shape of a bell, and hangs over and partially encloses the support structure and the plurality of bells, and is in a second position when the at least one segment is displaced to effectuate the size change.
US08975494B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV297857. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV297857, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV297857 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV297857 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV297857.
US08975491B1
A novel maize variety designated X08B746 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 X08B746 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B746 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B746, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B746. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B746.
US08975485B1
A soybean cultivar designated 38050801 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 38050801, to the plants of soybean cultivar 38050801, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 38050801, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 38050801. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 38050801. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 38050801, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 38050801 with another soybean cultivar.
US08975475B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated S110157. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety S110157. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety S110157 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety S110157 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08975474B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering NT activity, nitrogen utilization and/or uptake in plants. The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with maintained or increased yield under low or normal nitrogen fertility. The invention provides isolated nitrate transporter (NT) nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants. Plants transformed with nucleotide sequences encoding the NT enzyme show improved properties, for example, increased yield.
US08975471B2
The invention provides methods and compositions useful in target sequence suppression, target sequence validation and target sequence down regulation. The invention provides polynucleotide constructs useful for gene silencing or RNA down regulation, as well as cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotides. The invention also provides a method for using microRNA to silence a target sequence or to down regulate RNA.
US08975470B2
The present invention provides means and methods for simple and efficient introduction of foreign genetic material into the plant cell. Particularly, the present invention combines seed priming and virus-based DNA constructs for efficient introduction of heterologous DNA into plants.
US08975468B2
The present invention relates to cultivated tomato plants that are resistant to the pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea, which is control led by at least one QTL, particularly by 2 and 3 QTL contributing to said resistance, wherein said QTL are mapping to linkage group 6, and/or linkage group 1b and/or linkage group 9b. The invention further relates to methods for producing said plants, and to the use thereof.
US08975462B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing aromatic products (benzene/toluene/xylene) and olefinic products from an aromatic-compound-containing oil fraction, whereby it is possible to substitute naphtha as a feedstock for aromatic production and so make stable supply and demand, and it is possible to substantially increase the yield of high-added-value olefinic and high-added-value aromatic components, by providing a method for manufacturing olefinic and aromatic products from light cycle oil comprising a hydrogen-processing reaction step, a catalytic cracking step, an separation step and a transalkylation step, and optionally also comprising a recirculation step.
US08975436B2
Fluorinated arylene-containing compounds and fluorinated polymers formed from fluorinated arylene-containing compounds, and methods are described. Fluorinated polymers formed from fluorinated arylene-containing compound can be used to provide a low energy surface.
US08975435B2
An improvement in the production of methylidene malonates is attained by use of specific reaction phase and/or separation phase polymerization inhibitors and combinations thereof.
US08975434B2
In order to provide a novel method for producing a cyclopentanone compound, the present invention is a method for producing a cyclopentanone compound represented by the formula (I). The method includes the steps of: substituting the group represented by Y by a hydrogen atom by allowing a compound represented by the formula (III) or an intermediate compound obtained from the compound represented by the formula (III) to react with a catalyst or a halogenating agent; and substituting, by hydrogen atoms, (i) the group or the atom represented by Z1 and (ii) the group or the atom represented by Z2, by reducing the compound represented by the formula (III) or the intermediate compound obtained from the compound represented by the formula (III).
US08975433B2
Provided is a 2-cyanoacrylate-purifying method for decoloring a 2-cyanoacrylate which has been colored, and preventing further coloring of the 2-cyanoacrylate thus decolored. The 2-cyanoacrylate-purifying method includes the steps of: (a) adding a specific polyhydric aromatic compound to the 2-cyanoacrylate which has been colored; and (b) storing, at a temperature in a range of 0° C. to 40° C. for 0.5 day or more, the resulting mixture obtained in the step (a), and then subjecting the mixture to reduced pressure distillation.
US08975431B2
A process for preparing a 5-halophenol, ortho-substituted by an electron-donating group, is described. Also described, is a process for preparing a sulphonic ester of an ortho-substituted phenol, which is the synthesis intermediate for the ortho-substituted 5-halophenol. The process for preparing a phenol ortho-substituted by an electron-donating group and protected in the form of a sulphonic ester can include reacting a phenol ortho-substituted by an electron-donating group with a sulphonylating agent in the presence of a Lewis acid. The process for preparing a 5-halophenol ortho-substituted by an electron-donating group can include a first step of preparing a phenol ortho-substituted by an electron-donating group and protected in the form of a sulphonic ester, as described above; a second step of halogenating the protected phenol intermediate obtained in the preceding step, in the position para to the electron-donating group; and a third step of deprotecting the sulphonic ester function to hydroxyl.
US08975415B2
The present invention provides a compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with and/or mediated by β-secretase activity, hydrolysis of a β-secretase site of a β-amyloid precursor protein, and/or β-amyloid protein accumulation, including a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases including, but not limited to, Glaucoma, MCI (Mild cognitive impairment) or Alzheimer's disease, especially, Alzheimer's disease.
US08975408B2
Methods for producing moxifloxacin hydrochloride compounds having very low levels of impurities are provided. Compounds produced using such methods and pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds are also provided.
US08975395B2
The present invention relates to a material notably adapted for the extraction of metal cations in an aqueous medium, comprising a solid support on which are attached polyazacycloalkane compounds having a ring including at least 4 nitrogen atoms, and wherein the nitrogen atoms of the ring are substituted with coordinating groups, which each are independently: a coordinating group of formula: —(CH2)n—C(═O)—NR1R2 or else a both coordinating and binding group, fitting the formula: —(CH2)p—C(═O)—NR3-(A)-[support]. The invention also relates to methods for preparing the aforementioned materials and to different uses thereof, notably for the extraction of Pb2+ cations in an aqueous medium.
US08975393B2
This invention relates to a process of synthesizing a β-nucleoside compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, or heterocycloalkyl. The process includes reacting a compound of formula (II): with a compound of formula (III): wherein R1 is as defined above and X is chloride, bromide, iodide, methanesulfonate, triflate, p-toluenesulfonate, trifluoroacetate, 4-nitrophenoxy, or N-succinimidyloxy, in a solvent and in the presence of a base.
US08975388B2
The present disclosure describes improved SELEX methods for producing aptamers that are capable of binding to target molecules and improved photoSELEX methods for producing photoreactive aptamers that are capable of both binding and covalently crosslinking to target molecules. Specifically, the present disclosure describes methods for producing aptamers and photoaptamers having slower dissociation rate constants than are obtained using prior SELEX and photoSELEX methods. The disclosure further describes aptamers and photoaptamers having slower dissociation rate constants than those obtained using prior methods. In addition, the disclosure describes aptamer constructs that include a variety of functionalities, including a cleavable element, a detection element, and a capture or immobilization element.
US08975387B1
Compositions of matter are provided that include chitosan and a modified carbohydrate. The modified carbohydrate includes a carbohydrate component and a cross linking agent. The modified carbohydrate has increased carboxyl content as compared to an unmodified counterpart carbohydrate. A carboxyl group of the modified carbohydrate is covalently bonded with an amino group of chitosan. The compositions of matter provided herein may include cross linked starch citrate-chitosan and cross linked hemicellulose citrate-chitosan, including foams thereof. These compositions yield excellent absorbency and metal chelation properties. Methods of making cross linked modified carbohydrate-chitosan compounds are also provided.
US08975380B2
The invention provides the design, preparation methods and applications of the variant of annexin V. The variant of annexin V is the protein with amino acid residue sequence in sequence 1 in the SEQUENCE LISTING, characterized in that it is the protein derived from sequence 1 by one or several amino acid residues of the sequence 1 being substituted, missing or being added and its amino acid residues have the same activity with the sequence of the sequence 1. The variant protein of the annexin V prepared form the preparation methods of the variant of the annexin V has high purity, high productivity, high labeling efficiency and stability, without effect to the biological function of the variant of the annexin V, which is applicable to industrial production and allows for further research of the variant of the annexin V.
US08975365B2
A cage 1,2,3,4-cyclopentanetetracarboxylic acid (1,3:2,4)-dianhydride compound represented by formula [1], and a polyimide obtained by condensing the compound with a diamine. With the compound, it is possible to provide a polyimide which shows no absorption in the ultraviolet region and is highly transparent to light, has high insulating properties, has improved heat resistance and processability, and has excellent solubility in organic solvents. (In formula [1], R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a C1-10 alkyl.)
US08975364B2
This is to provide a polyamide resin which can sufficiently ensure all of a relative viscosity ηr (high degree of polymerization), moldable temperature range estimated from a temperature difference (Td−Tm), heat resistance estimated from a melting point Tm, melt moldability estimated from a temperature difference (Tm−Tc), and low water absorbability as compared with the conventional polyoxamide resin.This is a polyamide resin comprising a dicarboxylic acid-derived unit and a diamine-derived unit being bonded, wherein the above-mentioned dicarboxylic acid contains oxalic acid (Compound A), and the above-mentioned diamine contains 1,6-hexanediamine (Compound B) and 2-methyl-1,5-pentanediamine (Compound C).
US08975362B2
Graft copolymers based on a polyamide which was reacted with maleic anhydride and which has at least one vinylically unsaturated side chain are proposed, this grafted side chain containing at least one representative selected from a) N-vinylcaprolactam and/or b) N-vinylpyrrolidone. Inter alia, natural but also synthetic polyamides are provided as preferred polyamide components. Such graft copolymers, but also generally polyamide-based graft copolymers composed of at least one side chain containing ethylenically unsaturated compounds, are in general suitable in construction chemistry applications but also in the development, exploitation and completion of underground mineral oil and natural gas deposits and in deep wells and moreover in the extraction and the transport of oil or gas and here in particular as a gas hydrate inhibitor.
US08975359B2
The present invention relates to polymers comprising one or more (repeating) unit(s) of the formula (I), and at least one (repeating) unit(s) which is selected from repeating units of the formula (II), (III) and (IV); and polymers of the formula III, or IV and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially in organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes, or in a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics (solar cells) and photodiodes. A-D (I) B-D (II) A-E (III) B-E (IV)
US08975358B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for synthesis of organic-silica hybrid microparticles and nanoparticles. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for particle size control during synthesis of organic-silica hybrid microparticles and nanoparticles.
US08975353B2
The present invention provides a process for producing an α-olefin polymer comprising polymerizing or copolymerizing (a) C3 or higher α-olefin(s) in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising solid titanium catalyst component (I) containing titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a compound with a specific structure having two or more ether linkages and organometallic catalyst component (II) with high catalytic activity. In this process, particularly even in (co)polymerizing (a) higher olefin(s), demineralization is unnecessary. A 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer obtained by polymerization using the catalyst of the present invention is excellent in tacticity, transparency, heat resistance, and releasability, and the polymer is particularly suitable for a release film.
US08975346B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to relates to copolymer compositions comprising domains of polycarbonate and polyacrylate, and to methods of preparing the copolymers, wherein the method comprises reacting a polycarbonate macroinitator with a vinyl monomer by atom transfer radical polymerization. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US08975345B2
The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging polymer compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US08975333B2
Method for the preparation of a sticky random propylene copolymer (R-PP) in a reactor facility comprising in series (i) a first reaction system, (ii) a first conveying line connecting the first reactor system with a second reactor system comprising an outlet, (iii) a second conveying line connecting the outlet with a purge bin comprising a feeder, and (iv) a conveying system being connected with the feeder, and the preparation of said random propylene copolymer (R-PP) comprises the steps in the order of (a) producing in said first reactor system a propylene homopolymer (H-PP) or a random propylene copolymer (R-PP1), (b) transferring at least a part of said polypropylene to said second reactor system via the first conveying line, (c) producing in said second reactor system a random propylene copolymer (R-PP2) obtaining the random propylene copolymer (R-PP), (d) discharging said random propylene copolymer (R-PP) from said second reactor system via the outlet, (e) transferring said discharged random propylene copolymer (R-PP) via the second conveying line to said purge bin comprising said feeder, and (f) transferring further said discharged random propylene copolymer (R-PP) from said purge bin via said feeder to said conveying system, the produced random propylene copolymer (R-PP) is provided with an additive, said additive is fed to the produced random propylene copolymer (R-PP) (α) at the outlet of the second reactor system, or (β) at the feeder (F) of the purge bin (PB).
US08975329B2
A composition useful for the injection molding of fluid engineering parts includes specific amounts of a high molecular weight poly(phenylene ether), a polystyrene, and glass fibers. The composition provides improved hydrostability and reduces or eliminates the butadiene monomer that is present in comparative compositions containing rubber-modified polystyrene. Fluid engineering articles prepared from the composition are described.
US08975323B2
A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) is disclosed which is markable by a laser operating at an ultra-violet wavelength because of the presence of between about 0.05 and about 0.1 weight percent of titanium dioxide or between about 0.1 and 0.3 weight percent of zinc oxide.
US08975315B2
The present invention relates to a stabilizer composition for halogen-containing polymers and polymer mixtures, comprising at least one metal salt of isocyanuric acid, isothiocyanuric acid or a derivative thereof, to a process for the preparation thereof, the thus produced stabilizer compositions, polymer compositions comprising the stabilizer compositions, and to methods of using the stabilizer compositions.
US08975314B2
There is provided a new triazine-based compound which is useful as an ultraviolet absorber having excellent light resistance, heat resistance and ultraviolet ray shielding effect. A compound represented by the following general formula (1), in the general formula (1), L1 represents a divalent to decavalent aromatic ring residue or a divalent to decavalent heterocycle residue, n1 represents an integer of 2 to 10, X1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R1a, R1b, R1c and R1d each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent and may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
US08975311B2
A protective coating that comprises a free radically polymerizable component with an atypically high content of tri- or higher functional ingredients is disclosed. Diluents such as oligomeric resins in combination with other resins and particulate materials may also be employed in the composition.
US08975310B2
A hydrophobic cationic steroidal anti-microbial (ceragenin) compound forms an amphiphilic compound having a hydrophobic sterol face and a hydrophilic cationic face. The hydrophobic CSA also includes a hydrophobic substituent that gives the ceragenin compound a CLogP value of at least 6.5.
US08975307B2
The present invention provides a method comprising: applying a UV-curable ink to a substrate; partially curing the ink by exposing the ink to UV radiation from an LED source; and exposing the partially cured ink to UV radiation from a flash lamp. The flash lamp is a xenon or krypton flash lamp. An apparatus for performing the method and an ink adapted for use in the method are also provided.
US08975298B2
The present invention relates to an agent for prevention, treatment or inhibition of symptom progression of a pain and/or for control of an analgesic comprising (2R)-2-propyloctanoic acid, a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof, in which an amount per dose is from 1 mg to 5000 mg (preferably from 10 mg to 5000 mg). By administering (2R)-2-propyloctanoic acid, a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof in an amount per dose within the range as described above, a pain, in particular, a neurogenic pain associated with a disease such as cancer pain, postherpetic pain, diabetic pain, HIV-associated neurogenic pain, calculus-induced pain, neuralgia, orofacial pain or hyperalgesia can be remarkably relieved. Moreover, undesirable effects on the living body relating to the use of an analgesic can be relieved.
US08975297B2
The present invention relates to purified 3-methanesulfonylpropionitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for preparing such compound. The compound has at least 90% (w/w) purity. The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprises the purified compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention is further directed to a method for treating inflammation, inflammatory-related disorders, or pain, by administering 3-methanesulfonylpropionitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof to a subject in need thereof.
US08975283B2
Disclosed herein is a method for the production of disulfide compounds of the formula I PAC-SA—SB—R* (I) wherein PAC-SA is a residue of a pharmaceutically active drug a metabolite thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that is covalently bonded via the sulfur atom, SA of a reduced sulfhydryl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl or sulfonamide group to the sulfur atom SB of an oxidized sulfhydryl group of a pharmacologically acceptable sulfhydryl compound in the absence of an acid. Preferably the pharmaceutically active drug is a proton pump inhibitor and the sulfhydryl compound is N-acetyl cysteine. The disulfide compounds according to the invention can be prepared either in vitro or in vivo and are stable in the acidic conditions of the stomach. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the formula I and a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of gastrointestinal disorders using compounds of the formula I are also described.
US08975274B2
The present invention is bis-acridine or bis-quinoline intercalators having a modified bis(4-aminophenyl)ether tether to improve activity, selectivity, solubility and bioavailability of the antitumor compound.
US08975269B2
The present invention provides a catalyst complex or ligand, and compositions thereof, for use in a variety of organic reactions having high reactivity and enantioselectivity. The catalyst is a N-heterocyclic carbene having three fused rings with first and second rings being six-membered rings and the third being a five-membered ring. The first ring is fused to the second and has four substituents. The second ring has two nitrogens flanking a carbene atom with one nitrogen bound to a substituent. The carbene atom may optionally be bonded to a metal. The third ring is fused to the second ring and contains two nitrogens. The third ring of the catalyst has a double bond and two substituents on adjacent non-fused carbons. A non-fused nitrogen of the third ring is partially bonded to another substituent. Methods for the synthesis and use of the catalyst embodiments of the present invention are also provided.
US08975250B2
The present invention relates to 5-oxo-5,8-dihydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives having Formula (I) as defined herein, their preparation and their therapeutic use.
US08975243B2
Provided herein are methods for preventing or alleviating the symptoms of and inflammation associated with inflammatory diseases and conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, for example, those involving the esophagus. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions useful for the methods of the present invention.
US08975241B2
There is provided a composition for preventing and treating obesity including high water-soluble β-cyclodextrin derivatives as an effective component. Specifically, the composition including the high water-soluble β-cyclodextrin derivatives, especially, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD, HPBCD) has effects on suppressing an increase in body weight induced by a high fat diet, suppressing appetite through decreasing an amount of dietary intake, decreasing body fat, decreasing liver weight, and significantly decreasing a sharp increase of blood sugar induced by intaking glucose and maltose on an empty stomach so that it can be useful for preventing and treating obesity, preventing and treating various diseases induced by obesity, and suppressing a sharp increase of blood sugar after dinner.
US08975239B2
A first aspect of the invention relates to a combination comprising a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor and 1-(2-C-cyano-2-dioxy-β-D-arabino-pentofuranosyl)-N4-palmitoyl cytosine, or a metabolite thereof. A second aspect of the invention relates to a pharmaceutical product comprising a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor and 1-(2-C-cyano-2-dioxy-β-D-arabino-pentofuranosyl)-N4-palmitoyl cytosine, or a metabolite thereof, as a combined preparation for simultaneous, sequential or separate use in therapy. A third aspect of the invention relates to a method of treating a proliferative disorder, said method comprising simultaneously, sequentially or separately administering a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor and 1-(2-C-cyano-2-dioxy-β-D-arabino-pentofuranosyl)-N4-palmitoyl cytosine, or a metabolite thereof, to a subject.
US08975225B2
The invention relates to peptides useful for inhibiting IGF-1 activity and their use as agents for inhibition of in vitrocell proliferation and for treatment of various diseases.
US08975224B2
We describe peptides and their uses for the treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic diseases.
US08975222B2
The present invention provides a ketogenic diet in the form of a sterile shelf stable ready to use formula, in particular a tube feed, comprising casein and dietary fiber.
US08975220B1
The invention relates to compositions and methods of treatment employing compositions including a cationic polyelectrolyte, without any anionic polyelectrolytes, so that no polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) is formed. In addition to not forming PECs, and being free of anionic water-soluble polymers (i.e., an anionic polyelectrolyte polymer that could form a PEC with the cationic polyelectrolyte), the composition is also free of random copolymers, block copolymers, coacervates, precipitates, and silicone copolymers. The composition may be a concentrate, to be diluted prior to use to treat a surface.
US08975218B2
A grease composition having a thickener, a base oil containing a hydrocarbon oil, and a polymer alloy of an olefin copolymer and a styrene-based copolymer is disclosed.
US08975206B2
A catalyst composition comprising a vanadate represented by the formula XVO4/S, wherein XVO4 stands for a Bi-, Sb-, Ga- and/or Al-vanadate optionally in mixture with one or more rare earth metal-vanadates, or in mixture with one or more transition metal-vanadates, or in mixture with one or more transition metal-vanadates and one or more rare earth metal-vanadates, and S is a support comprising TiO2, optionally in combination with a dopant and a process for the preparation of such catalyst compositions.
US08975203B2
Disclosed are: a diaryliodonium salt mixture which is a precursor of a BF4 salt or the like of a diaryliodonium compound, can be produced in the form of crystals at ambient temperature, can be purified in a simple manner, can be produced with high efficiency, and can be induced into a BF4 salt or the like salt that has excellent solubility in a monomer or the like; and a process for producing the diaryliodonium salt mixture. Also disclosed is a production process which can achieve good yield and can produce reduced amounts of byproducts, and is therefore applicable to the industrial mass production of a diaryliodonium compound. The diaryliodonium salt mixture is characterized by containing at least two specific diaryliodonium salts.
US08975196B2
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, supplying a first liquid including a terpene to a surface of the substrate, supplying a second liquid including a silicon-containing compound to the surface of the substrate, and converting the silicon-containing compound to a silicon oxide compound.
US08975189B2
A method of forming a fine pattern comprises depositing a modifying layer on a substrate. A photoresist layer is deposited on the modifying layer, the photoresist layer having a first pattern. The modifying layer is etched according to the first pattern of the photoresist layer. A treatment is performed to the etched modifying layer to form a second pattern, the second pattern having a smaller line width roughness (LWR) and/or line edge roughness (LER) than the first pattern. The second pattern is then etched into the substrate.
US08975188B2
A plasma etching method is provided for forming a hole using a first processing gas to etch a silicon layer of a substrate to be processed including a silicon oxide film that is formed into a predetermined pattern. The method includes a first depositing step (S11) of depositing a protective film on a surface of the silicon oxide film using a second processing gas containing carbon monoxide gas, a first etching step (S12) of etching the silicon layer using the first processing gas, a second depositing step (S13) of depositing the protective film on a side wall of a hole etched by the first etching step using the second processing gas, and a second etching step (S14) of further etching the silicon layer using the first processing gas. The second depositing step (S13) and the second etching step (S14) are alternately repeated at least two times each.
US08975182B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is carried out by readying each of a semiconductor element, a substrate having Cu as a principal element at least on a surface, and a ZnAl solder chip having a smaller shape than that of the semiconductor element; disposing the semiconductor element and the substrate so that respective bonding surfaces face each other, and sandwiching the ZnAl eutectic solder chip between the substrate and the semiconductor element; increasing the temperature of the ZnAl solder chip sandwiched between the substrate and the semiconductor element while applying a load to the ZnAl solder chip such that the ZnAl solder chip melts to form a ZnAl solder layer; and reducing the temperature of the ZnAl solder layer while applying a load to the ZnAl solder layer.
US08975179B2
The present disclosure provides a method of semiconductor fabrication including forming a dielectric layer is formed on and interposing a first feature and a second feature. A first CMP process is performed on the dielectric layer to removing the dielectric layer from a top surface of the first feature to expose an underlying layer and decreasing a thickness of the dielectric layer disposed on a top surface of the second feature such that a portion of the dielectric layer remains disposed on the top surface of the second feature. Thereafter, a second CMP process is performed which removes the dielectric layer remaining on the top surface of the second feature.
US08975176B2
The amount of gold required for bonding a semiconductor die to an electronic package is reduced by using a sheet preform tack welded to the package prior to mounting the die. The preform, only slightly larger than a semiconductor die to be attached to the package, is placed in the die bond location and tack welded to the package at two spaced locations.
US08975175B1
A contact region for a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. Embodiments can include forming a seed metal layer having an exposed solder pad region on the semiconductor substrate and forming a first metal layer on the seed metal layer. In an embodiment, a solderable material, such as silver, can be formed on the exposed solder pad region prior to forming the first metal layer. Embodiments can include forming a solderable material on the exposed solder pad region after forming the first metal layer. Embodiments can also include forming a plating contact region on the seed metal layer, where the plating contact region allows for electrical conduction during a plating process.
US08975174B2
A gate stack for a transistor is formed by a process including forming a high dielectric constant layer on a semiconductor layer. A metal layer is formed on the high dielectric constant layer. A silicon containing layer is formed over the metal layer. An oxidized layer incidentally forms during the silicon containing layer formation and resides on the metal layer beneath the silicon containing layer. The silicon containing layer is removed. The oxidized layer residing on the metal layer is removed after removing the silicon containing layer.
US08975169B2
A method of manufacture of an optoelectronic device includes the steps of: providing or forming a body of crystalline silicon containing substitutional carbon atoms, and irradiating said body of crystalline silicon with protons (H+) to create radiative defect centers in a photoactive region of the device, wherein at least some of said defect centers are G-center complexes having the form Cs—SiI—Cs, where Cs is a substitutional carbon atom and S¾ is an interstitial silicon atom. An optoelectronic device (FIG. 3) manufactured using the method is described.
US08975160B2
According to one embodiment, a first adhesive layer is formed on one major surface of a first substrate. The first substrate and a second substrate are adhered using a second adhesive layer that has thermosetting properties and covers the first adhesive layer, wherein a bonding strength between the second substrate is greater than a bonding strength between the second substrate and the first adhesive layer. The other major surface of the first substrate is polished, and the first substrate is thinned. A physical force is then applied to peripheral parts of the second adhesive layer, and a circular notched part is formed along the outer perimeter of the second adhesive layer to separate the first substrate and the second substrate at the interface between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.
US08975159B2
A method for manufacturing a bonded wafer having a semiconductor film on a handle substrate involving the steps of: implanting ions into a semiconductor substrate to form an ion-implanted layer; subjecting the surface of at least one of the semiconductor substrate and the handle substrate to a surface activation treatment; bonding the surface of the semiconductor substrate to the surface of the handle substrate at a temperature from 50° C. to 350° C.; heating the bonded substrates at a maximum temperature from 200° C. to 350° C. to obtain a bonded body; and transferring a semiconductor film to the handle substrate by subjecting the bonded body to a temperature 30° C. to 100° C. higher than the bonding temperature, and irradiating the bonded body with visible light from a handle or semiconductor substrate side toward the ion-implanted layer of the semiconductor substrate to embrittle the interface of the ion-implanted layer.
US08975158B2
A method for bonding of a first contact surface of a first substrate to a second contact surface of a second substrate. The method comprises: forming at least one reservoir in at least one reservoir formation layer on the first substrate and/or the second substrate, the reservoir comprised of an amorphous material, at least partial filling of the reservoir/reservoirs with a first educt or a first group of educts, forming or applying a reaction layer which contains a second educt or a second group of educts to the reservoir and/or the reservoir, the first contact surface making contact with the second contact surface for formation of a prebond connection, and forming a permanent bond between the first and second contact surface, at least partially strengthened by the reaction of the first educt or the first group with the second educt or the second group.
US08975150B2
A transparent board is positioned on a support board provided with a positioning mark, and a release material is provided. A semiconductor element is then positioned so that the electrode element faces upward, and the support board is then removed. An insulating resin is then formed on the release material so as to cover the semiconductor element; and a via, a wiring layer, an insulation layer, an external terminal, and a solder resist are then formed. The transparent board is then peeled from the semiconductor device through the use of the release material. A chip can thereby be mounted with high precision, there is no need to provide a positioning mark during mounting of the chip on the substrate in the manufacturing process, and the substrate can easily be removed. As a result, a semiconductor device having high density and a thin profile can be manufactured at low cost.
US08975149B2
According to one embodiment, a resistance-change memory of embodiment includes a first interconnect line extending in a first direction, a second interconnect line extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a cell unit. The cell unit is provided at an intersection of the first interconnect line and the second interconnect line. The cell unit includes a non-ohmic element having a silicide layer on at least one of first and second ends thereof, and a memory element to store data in accordance with a reversible change in a resistance state. The silicide layer includes a 3d transition metal element which combines with an Si element to form silicide and which has a first atomic radius, and at least one kind of an additional element having a second atomic radius greater than the first atomic radius.
US08975148B2
Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. A stack includes ovonic material over an electrically conductive region. The stack is patterned into rails that extend along a first direction. The rails are patterned into pillars. Electrically conductive lines are formed over the ovonic material. The electrically conductive lines extend along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The electrically conductive lines interconnect the pillars along the second direction. Some embodiments include a memory array having first electrically conductive lines extending along a first direction. The lines contain n-type doped regions of semiconductor material. Pillars are over the first conductive lines and contain mesas of the n-type doped regions together with p-type doped regions and ovonic material. Second electrically conductive lines are over the ovonic material and extend along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The second electrically conductive lines interconnect the pillars along the second direction.
US08975146B2
Device structures, fabrication methods, and design structures for a bipolar junction transistor. A first isolation region is formed in a substrate to define a lateral boundary for an active device region and an intrinsic base layer is formed on the substrate. The intrinsic base layer has a section overlying the active device region. After the intrinsic base layer is formed, the first isolation region is partially removed adjacent to the active device region to define a trench that is coextensive with the substrate in the active device region and that is coextensive with the first isolation region. The trench is at least partially filled with a dielectric material to define a second isolation region.
US08975141B2
A method for fabricating a dual-workfunction FinFET structure includes depositing a first workfunction material in a layer in a plurality of trenches of the FinFET structure, depositing a low-resistance material layer over the first workfunction material layer, and etching the low-resistance material layer and the first workfunction material layer from a portion of the FinFET structure. The method further includes depositing a second workfunction material in a layer in a plurality of trenches of the portion and depositing a stress material layer over the second workfunction material layer.
US08975140B2
A semiconductor device includes passing gates. In the semiconductor device, a passing gate formed in a device isolation film is vertically positioned at a deeper and lower level than an operation gate formed in an active region defined by the device isolation film such that the passing gate does not overlap with a junction region. A step difference is formed in a storage node junction region, and thus a contact area between a storage node contact and the storage node junction region is increased, resulting in the improvement of operational characteristics of the semiconductor device.
US08975133B2
One illustrative integrated circuit product disclosed herein includes a metal-1 metallization layer positioned above a semiconducting substrate, a capacitor positioned between a surface of the substrate and a bottom of the metal-1 metallization layer, wherein the capacitor includes a plurality of conductive plates that are oriented in a direction that is substantially normal relative to the surface of the substrate, and at least one region of insulating material positioned between the plurality of conductive plates.
US08975129B1
A method of fabricating a fin-like field-effect transistor (FinFET) device is disclosed. A plurality of mandrel features are formed on a substrate. First spacers are formed along sidewalls of the mandrel feature and second spacers are along sidewalls of the first spacers. Two back-to-back adjacent second spacers separate by a gap in a first region and merge together in a second region of the substrate. A dielectric feature is formed in the gap and a dielectric mesa is formed in a third region of the substrate. A first subset of the first spacer is removed in a fine cut. Fins and trenches are formed by etching the substrate using the first spacer and the dielectric feature as an etch mask.
US08975127B2
In an LCD driver, in a high voltage resistant MISFET, end portions of a gate electrode run onto electric field relaxing insulation regions. Wires to become source wires or drain wires are formed on an interlayer insulation film of the first layer over the high voltage resistant MISFET. At this moment, when a distance from an interface between a semiconductor substrate and a gate insulation film to an upper portion of the gate electrode is defined as “a”, and a distance from the upper portion of the gate electrode to an upper portion of the interlayer insulation film on which the wires are formed is defined as “b”, a relation of a>b is established. In such a high voltage resistant MISFET structured in this manner, the wires are arranged so as not to be overlapped planarly with the gate electrode of the high voltage resistant MISFET.
US08975123B2
Device structures, fabrication methods, and design structures for tunnel field-effect transistors. A drain comprised of a first semiconductor material having a first band gap and a source comprised of a second semiconductor material having a second band gap are formed. A tunnel barrier is formed between the source and the drain. The second semiconductor material exhibits a broken-gap energy band alignment with the first semiconductor material. The tunnel barrier is comprised of a third semiconductor material with a third band gap larger than the first band gap and larger than the second band gap. The third band gap is configured to bend under an external bias to assist in aligning a first energy band of the first semiconductor material with a second energy band of the second semiconductor material.
US08975117B2
A method includes providing a semiconductor chip having a first main surface and a second main surface. A semiconductor chip is placed on a carrier with the first main surface of the semiconductor chip facing the carrier. A first layer of solder material is provided between the first main surface and the carrier. A contact clip including a first contact area is placed on the semiconductor chip with the first contact area facing the second main surface of the semiconductor chip. A second layer of solder material is provided between the first contact area and the second main surface. Thereafter, heat is applied to the first and second layers of solder material to form diffusion solder bonds between the carrier, the semiconductor chip and the contact clip.
US08975113B2
A catalyst film (2) is formed over a substrate (1). A graphene (3) is grown on the catalyst film (2). A gap through which a lower surface of the catalyst film (2) is exposed is formed. The catalyst film (2) is removed through the gap.
US08975109B2
A method for producing a solar battery cell, includes: a first step of forming an insulating film on one face side of a semiconductor substrate; a second step of forming an electrode forming groove in an electrode forming region on the insulating film; a third step of printing an electrode printing paste including metal particles as a main component to a width that covers the electrode forming groove and a region sandwiching the electrode forming groove on the insulating film and that is wider than a width of the electrode forming groove, and then drying the electrode printing paste; and a fourth step of forming an electrode with the width of the electrode forming groove by firing the electrode paste at a temperature that is equal to or higher than a melting point of the metal particles or that is equal to or higher than a eutectic temperature, and accumulating and solidifying the electrode paste on the electrode forming groove.
US08975103B2
The present invention relates a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor capable of improving dynamic range by using an additional driver transistor. The CMOS image sensor according to the present invention has a pixel array which has a plurality of unit pixels each of which includes a photodiode and a fist transistor to act as a source follower buffer amplifier to amplify photogenerated charges accumulated in the photodiode. Also, the CMOS image sensor includes a second transistor for a buffer amplifier to amplify and output a gate input voltage in the unit pixel, wherein an output signal of the first transistor is applied to a gate of the second.
US08975102B2
A method for producing an optoelectronic device is provided, in which a luminescent diode chip (10) is mounted on a base surface (8) on the first terminal area (1) of a carrier (3). An electrically insulating layer (4) is applied to side faces (17) of the luminescent diode chip (10). An electrically conductive layer (5), which leads from a second terminal contact (12) of the luminescent diode chip (10) over the electrically insulating layer (4) to a second terminal area (2) on the carrier (3), is subsequently applied. A photoresist layer (7) is applied to the electrically conductive layer (5), which photoresist layer (7) is exposed by application of an electrical voltage to the luminescent diode chip (10) so that the luminescent diode chip (10) emits radiation (23). After development of the photoresist layer (7), a portion of the electrically conductive layer (5) arranged on the radiation exit surface (9) is removed by means of an etching process, in which the photoresist layer (7) serves as a mask.
US08975100B2
A method for manufacturing an optical-semiconductor device, including forming a plurality of first and second electrically conductive members that are disposed separately from each other on a support substrate; providing a base member formed from a light blocking resin between the first and second electrically conductive members; mounting an optical-semiconductor element on the first and/or second electrically conductive member; covering the optical-semiconductor element by a sealing member formed from a translucent resin; and obtaining individual optical-semiconductor devices after removing the support substrate.
US08975092B2
A semiconductor assembly includes a first substrate and a chip. The chip is coupled to and spaced apart from the substrate. Further, the chip has a first surface facing the substrate. The chip also has a warpage profile indicating stress imparted on the chip following a reflow operation. The assembly includes a back layer disposed on the chip on a second surface substantially opposite from the first surface. The back layer has a non-uniform thickness. Additionally, the thickness of the back layer on each of a plurality of elements of the chip is based on the warpage profile.
US08975082B2
Compositions comprising a tripeptide having the sequence XC1C2; wherein X is any amino acid such that XC1C2 is capable of binding a metal in a square planar orientation or square pyramidal orientation or both; and wherein C1 and C2 are the same or different; and wherein C1 and C2 individually are chosen from a cysteine and a cysteine-like nonnatural amino acid, as well as metal-XC1C2 complexes and methods for forming such complexes.
US08975080B2
A biosensor calibration method configured to measure a concentration of a specific substance contained in sample liquid to be measured, including: a first step configured to acquire a first output value that is output by the biosensor when first calibration liquid is brought into contact with the biosensor; a second step configured to acquire a second output value that is output by the biosensor when second calibration liquid having a different concentration from that of the first calibration liquid is continuously brought into contact with the biosensor after the first step and determine time for replacement of the biosensor on the basis of the first output value and the second output value.
US08975078B2
Provided is a method for effectively expressing mouse olfactory receptor Olfr15 on the cell membrane. The method includes steps of: bringing a cell into contact with a culture medium containing chlorpromazine; separating the culture medium from the cell so as to remove the culture medium; and incubating the cell using a culture medium which does not contain chlorpromazine to express the mouse olfactory receptor Olfr15 on the cell membrane.
US08975074B2
Bone cages are disclosed including devices for biocompatible implantation. The structures of bone are useful for providing living cells and tissues as well as biologically active molecules to subjects.
US08975066B2
Accurate and sensitive sequencing in pyrosequencing is achieved by allowing complementary strand synthesis reaction to proceed homogeneously and completely in a short time while performing luminescence reaction for a sufficiently long time. DNA as a sequencing target is immobilized on the surface of a solid support. Nucleic acid substrates are injected from a dispenser to the support site where complementary strand synthesis is in turn performed rapidly and completely in a short time under a small reaction volume. Next, the support together with the product thereon is moved into a luminescence reaction solution where luminescence reaction is in turn performed. Thus, a DNA complementary strand synthesis reaction site and a luminescence reaction site are completely separated. The support surface is also washed by dipping the support in the luminescence reaction solution that contains a luminescence reagent and an enzyme that degrades redundant nucleic acid substrates.
US08975054B2
The present invention relates to the enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides, particularly, sialylated oligosaccharides comprising the carbohydrate moeities of the gangliosides GM3, GD3, and GT3.
US08975049B2
Provided herein are metabolically-modified microorganisms useful for producing biofuels. More specifically, provided herein are methods of producing high alcohols including isobutanol, 1-butanol, 1-propanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-phenylethanol from a suitable substrate.
US08975035B2
A method, optical apparatus and system for illuminating particles and for detecting emissions from illuminated particles in a flow cytometer. One configuration includes an objective lens coaxially aligned with the flow of particles being analyzed for collecting emissions at a detector.
US08975034B2
Embodiments herein relate to the field of screening tools for fetal/maternal wellness, and, more specifically, to biomarkers for gestational diabetes. In various embodiments, the methods may provide non-invasive and minimally-invasive screening tools for gestational diabetes that involve detection of changes in a proteomic profile of a test sample relative to a reference sample. In particular embodiments, the method may include determining whether a proteomic profile of a test sample from the subject includes at least one expression signature characteristic of gestational diabetes, wherein the proteomic profile comprises information on the expression of glycosylated fibronectin and glycosylated PSG, for example information on levels of fibronectin-SNA or a fibronectin-antibody complex, and PSG-AAL or a PSG-antibody complex. In some embodiments, the proteomic profile may also include information on the expression of adiponectin, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), C-reactive protein (CRP), a ratio of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to placental lactogen, or a combination thereof.
US08975028B2
The present invention relates to a high throughput method for the identification and detection of molecular markers wherein restriction fragments are generated and suitable adaptors comprising (sample-specific) identifiers are ligated. The adapter-ligated restriction fragments may be selectively amplified with adaptor compatible primers carrying selective nucleotides at their 3′ end. The amplified adapter-ligated restriction fragments are, at least partly, sequenced using high throughput sequencing methods and the sequence parts of the restriction fragments together with the sample-specific identifiers serve as molecular markers.
US08975016B2
The present invention describes a liquid direct fluorescence antibody assay that is rapid and sensitive to detect respiratory virus in infected cells. The assay includes centrifugation of the specimen, incubation of sample and reagents in solution, and detection of the absence or presence of respiratory virus. Sapogenin is used as a detergent to permeabilize the cells for entry of the monoclonal antibodies to react with intracellular antigens. The cells are stained with fluorescently labeled monoclonal antibodies against the viral antigens along with a background stain and a fluorescent nuclear stain. This counter staining decreases background and allows co-localization of antigen and nuclear structures for enhanced detection.
US08975014B2
The invention herein disclosed provides for compositions, methods for synthesizing said compositions, and methods for using said compositions, wherein the compositions and methods may be used to bind to and/or deactivate a poison oak oil, such as urushiol. The compositions and methods can be used to treat and/or reduce an inflammatory reaction and/or hypersensitivity to natural compounds found in poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac, mango, lac tree, and cashew nut.
US08975009B2
A method is provided for preparing a prepatterned substrate for use in DSA integration. In one example, the method includes removing a radiation-sensitive material pattern overlying a patterned cross-linked polystyrene copolymer layer by a) exposure to a solvent vapor, b) exposure to a liquid solvent, and c) repeating steps a)-b) until the radiation-sensitive material pattern is completely removed. In another example, the method includes removing a neutral layer by affecting removal of an underlying patterned radiation-sensitive material layer, which includes swelling the neutral layer; and removing the radiation-sensitive material pattern and the swollen neutral layer in portions by exposing the swollen layer and pattern to a developer solution. Swelling the neutral layer includes a) exposure to a solvent vapor; b) exposure to a liquid solvent; and c) repeating steps a)-b) until the neutral layer is sufficiently swollen to allow penetration of the developing solution through the swollen neutral layer.
US08975007B2
A method of forming a polymer nanofiber-metal nanoparticle composite pattern includes forming on a substrate a polymer nanofiber layer comprising polymer nanofibers made from polymers including a heteroaryl group; selectively exposing to UV-ozone a part of the polymer nanofiber layer through an aperture of a mask; selectively removing a part of the polymer nanofiber layer which was not exposed to UV-ozone from the polymer nanofiber layer to form a polymer nanofiber layer pattern; depositing a metal precursor on the polymer nanofiber layer pattern; and reducing the metal precursor into a metal.
US08975000B2
The method of producing polymerized toner, the method including: dispersing a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer and a colorant in an aqueous medium; and polymerizing the polymerizable monomer in the aqueous medium with a polymerization initiator to produce toner particles, and is characterized in that a polymerization initiator which has a specific structure and the hydrogen bond dissociation energies of which satisfy specific relationships is used as the polymerization initiator.
US08974991B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, in which the photosensitive layer includes a phthalocyanine crystal containing a compound satisfying the following formulae (A) and (B) in itself: 8.9≦δP≦10.7 (A) and −3.2≦L≦−1.5 (B) (in the formula (A), δP represents a polar term of Hansen Solubility Parameters, and in the formula (B), L represents an energy level (eV) of an LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) obtained as a result of structural optimization calculation based on density functional calculation B3LYP/6-31G).
US08974985B2
A stack hinge is formed by stacking a plurality of plate hinge parts each having the same shape. Each of the plate hinge parts has a tab having a pin through hole for engagement with a joint pin and a joint portion joined to a panel of a unit box. The plate hinge parts are stacked by aligning the pin through holes and fixed together to assemble the plate hinge parts into a single hinge member.
US08974967B2
As consistent with various embodiments, an electronic device includes a carbon nanotube film having a plurality of carbon nanotubes. In certain embodiments, a coating, such as an inorganic coating, is formed on a surface of carbon nanotube. The nanotube film supports the device and facilitates electrical conduction therein. The coated nanotube is amenable to implementation with devices such as thin film batteries, a battery separator, thin film solar cells and high-energy Lithium ion batteries.
US08974966B2
A negative electrode for a lithium rechargeable battery comprising: active material layers including metal-carbon combination active material particles including at least one active material selected from metal or metal oxide and carbonaceous active material, soft graphite particles, and a binder for binding the metal-carbon combination active material particles and the soft graphite particles; and a current collector on which surface the active material layers are stacked, wherein the soft graphite particles have a pellet density of 1.6˜1.9 g/cc when a pellet is formed at a press pressure of 1 ton/cm2, and the lithium rechargeable battery adopting the negative electrode.Soft graphite is used as a shock absorbing material when the bulk of the metal-carbon combination active material particles expands by the charging of the battery, which inhibits the expansion of bulk in the active material layer as a whole, maintains and attains a conductive contact point between the active material particles including the soft graphite particles, thereby preventing degradation of capacity due to a repetition of the charging and discharging of the battery and increasing the lifetime cycle of the battery.
US08974963B2
A lithium secondary battery includes: a positive electrode that contains a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material is amorphous and is expressed by LixA[PaM1-a]yOz where, in the formula, A is Mn or Ni; M is a glass former element having an electronegativity lower than P; and x, y, a and z respectively satisfy 1
US08974959B2
Multi-component intermetallic negative electrodes prepared by electrochemical deposition for non-aqueous lithium cells and batteries are disclosed. More specifically, the invention relates to composite intermetallic electrodes comprising two or more compounds containing metallic or metaloid elements, at least one element of which can react with lithium to form binary, ternary, quaternary or higher order compounds, these compounds being in combination with one or more other metals that are essentially inactive toward lithium and act predominantly, but not necessarily exclusively, to the electronic conductivity of, and as current collection agent for, the electrode. The invention relates more specifically to negative electrode materials that provide an operating potential between 0.05 and 2.0 V vs. metallic lithium.
US08974933B2
A dual-contact battery pack comprises a housing, a plurality of battery cells located within the housing, a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts coupled to the housing and to the plurality of battery cells. The dual-contact battery further comprises a first control circuit coupled between the plurality of battery cells and the first set of contacts and a second control circuit coupled between the plurality of battery cells and the second set of contacts. The first and second sets of contacts enable the dual-contact battery pack to selectively switch from a first state which prevents current from flowing from the plurality of battery cells to the respective first and second set of contacts to a second state in which current flows from the plurality of battery cells to the respective first and second set of contacts in response to the respective first and second control circuits.
US08974916B2
A method for solid state bonding of a plurality of metallic layers and devices made by that method are disclosed. First and second metallic layers are solid state bonded utilizing a protective coating on the non-bonded surfaces that engage the pressure applying appliance to prevent the surfaces from adhering to the pressure applying appliance and to protect the surfaces from imprinting during the bonding process. The invention can be used to fabricate micro-channel devices with smooth outer surfaces and eliminate mold release compounds utilized in conventional bonding procedures.
US08974908B2
The invention relates to the use of a multilayered, opaque, biaxially oriented polyolefin film of a vacuole-containing base layer and at least one inner cover layer comprising at least 30-95% by weight of a copolymer and/or terpolymer I having a seal initiation temperature I of 70-105° C. and 5 to 70% by weight of an incompatible polyethylene, each of the specifications in percent by weight being based on the weight of the inner cover layer and the inner cover layer having a seal initiation temperature II of 80 to 110° C.
US08974906B2
The present invention is to provide a weather-resistant adhesive which achieves adhesive property, moist heat resistance and weather resistance in a practical level by means of aging at low temperature and for short time. There is provided a weather-resistant adhesive composition, characterized in containing (A) a polyester polyol having an acid value of 30 to 150 equivalents/106 g and (B) a polyisocyanate compound comprising an aliphatic polyisocyanate compound and/or an alicyclic polyisocyanate compound. Also, there is provided a layered product, characterized in being prepared by laminating films using said composition.
US08974896B2
An article is coated with a coating having a dark color. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises a nickel or polymer basecoat layer, a first metal oxycarbide color layer comprised of 15 atomic percent carbon, 25 to 30 atomic percent oxygen, and 55 to 60 percent atomic percent refractory metal, a second metal oxycarbide color layer comprised of 10 atomic percent carbon, 50 to 60 atomic percent oxygen, and 30 to 40 atomic percent refractory metal, and a top layer of refractory metal oxides.
US08974878B2
Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. Such films do not exhibit excessive ink drying times. These films exhibit high maximum optical densities and have low haze values. These films are useful for medical imaging.
US08974876B2
Disclosed is a printable paper comprising a water-resistant support having two optionally subbed sides and a single layer on at least one of said optionally subbed sides, wherein said single layer has no substantial compositional variation, has a layer thickness of at least 3 μm, a pore volume of at least 1.2 mL/m2 and comprises at least one porous pigment. Also disclosed is a process for producing such a printable paper and use thereof in printing.
US08974872B2
A process for producing a multilayer film which, even when bent, is less apt to decrease in barrier property or electrical conductivity. The process comprises forming a barrier film and a transparent conductive film on a resin film to produce a multilayer film. The barrier film is formed by a plasma enhanced CVD method which uses electric discharge between rolls. The transparent conductive film is preferably formed by physical vapor deposition. The resin film preferably is a polyester resin film or a polyolefin resin film.
US08974866B2
This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an inner flock coating for vehicles with an indicative and/or decorative motif, which inner flock coating is made up of a support, an adhesive layer and a flock layer made up of a set of fibers adhered to the support via the adhesive layer, wherein said motif is located on a visible surface of said inner coating and wherein said motif is performed by the combination of at least two visibly different areas of the coating, a first area and a second area on which a laser beam is applied.
US08974857B2
Disclosed is to a method for manufacturing a cobalt boride coating layer on the surface of iron-based metals by using a pack cementation process. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cobalt boride coating layer by forming a composite coating layer on the surface of steels which is composed of an outmost layer having a composition of cobalt boride (Co2B) and an inner layer having a composition of iron-cobalt boride ((Fe,Co)2B). Since the cobalt boride coating layer is a compact coating layer having little defects such as pores, it can improve physical properties such as corrosion resistance, wear resistance and oxidation resistance of steels.
US08974850B2
A confectionery composition is described. The confectionery composition includes a convoluted chocolate sheet having fold lines arranged generally along a first direction and having at least one region of weakness. Each region of weakness extends along the full width of the chocolate sheet substantially in a single plane transverse to the first direction. Also described are scraper blades for removing chocolate from a roller to form a chocolate sheet, and apparatus and methods for producing the confectionery composition described.
US08974843B2
Method of reducing the mTOR pathway stimulating activity of amino acid containing nutritional materials. This method comprises treating an enzymatically hydrolyzed protein material such as casein, whey, or soy protein with at least one enzyme capable of converting mTOR pathway stimulating amino acids and amino acid residues, such as leucine or methionine, into alternate chemical entities that do not stimulate or stimulate to a significantly lesser degree the mTOR pathway, while preserving the non-mTOR stimulating amino acids. These one or more alternate chemical entities should ideally be suitable for consumption, or alternatively be capable of being removed from the treated material through low cost extraction or conversion techniques. The material may then be sold as is, or alternatively packaged with low glycemic carbohydrates, healthy lipids, vitamins, and flavors and sold as a variety of different food products intended for an artificial diet intended to mimic the effects of caloric restriction.
US08974837B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an extract of Pseudolysimachion genus plant, and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom having anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and anti-asthmatic activity. The extract of Pseudolysimachion genus plant and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom shows potent suppressing effect on elevated IgE, IL-4 and IL-13 levels and eosinophilia in the plasma and BALF, and mucus overproduction in the lung tissues in an OVA-induced asthmatic mouse model. Therefore, it can be used as the therapeutics or functional health food for treating and preventing inflammatory, allergic and asthmatic disease.
US08974827B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising a poorly water-soluble drug, a poorly aqueous soluble non-ionizable cellulosic polymer, and a poorly aqueous soluble polymeric amphiphilic non-ionizable block copolymer.
US08974823B2
Solid compositions of low-solubility drugs and poloxamers that provide concentration enhancement when administered to an aqueous environment of use are disclosed.
US08974821B2
Dosage forms and drug delivery devices suitable for administration of pharmaceutical compounds and compositions, including the oral drug administration of compounds.
US08974820B2
The invention provides an apparatus for producing soft gel capsules having encapsulated therein microparticles, nanoparticles and fluids, said apparatus comprising: (a) two spreader boxes; (b) two casting drums; (c) a pair of rotary dies; (d) a liquid fill system (medicine pump system); (e) a wedge for heating gelatine ribbons and feeding said fill; and (f) one or more microgranule or nanogranule feeders located on each side of the rotary dies, said feeders being synchronized to rotate at the same tangential speed as the rotary dies.
US08974813B2
A water-swellable linear polymer is made by reacting together a polyethylene oxide of number average molecular weight less than 4,000, an aliphatic diol, and a difunctional diisocyanate. Controlled release composition comprises the polymer together with an active agent. The polymer is able to take up pharmaceutically active agents of molecular weight 200 to 20,000.
US08974811B2
The present invention relates to stabilized pharmaceutical formulations prepared from solutions comprising an antineoplastic compound having a cyclic or non-cyclic hydrazine, triazine, or tetrazine group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a stabilizer, wherein the stabilizer is an antioxidant and/or more susceptible to nucleophilic attack than the antineoplastic compound.
US08974802B2
The invention relates to a suspension of red corpuscles encapsulating asparaginase as a medicament for treating pancreatic cancer. It in particular concerns a therapeutic composition or medicament intended for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, containing an effective quantity of such a suspension of red corpuscles.
US08974796B2
The present invention provides a side effect inhibitor of drug therapy for colorectal cancer using 5-fluorouracil, comprising fucoidan or a fucoidan-containing material; a method for inhibiting side effects of drug therapy for colorectal cancer using 5-fluorouracil, which comprises administering fucoidan or a fucoidan-containing material to a colorectal cancer patient; and use of fucoidan or a fucoidan-containing material for the production of a side effect inhibitor of drug therapy for colorectal cancer using 5-fluorouracil.
US08974790B2
Methods of treating disorders in which TNFα activity is detrimental via biweekly, subcutaneous administration of human antibodies, preferably recombinant human antibodies, that specifically bind to human tumor necrosis factor α (hTNFα) are disclosed. The antibody may be administered with or without methotrexate. These antibodies have high affinity for hTNFα (e.g., Kd=10−8 M or less), a slow off rate for hTNFα dissociation (e.g., Koff=10−3 sec−1 or less) and neutralize hTNFα activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Kits containing a pharmaceutical composition and instructions for dosing, and preloaded syringes containing pharmaceutical compositions are also encompassed by the invention.
US08974788B2
The present invention provides compositions, vaccines, and methods for diagnosing, treating, and preventing influenza infection using a combination of antibodies raised against the influenza hemagglutinin and the matrix 2 ectodomain polypeptides.
US08974787B2
Provided herein are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an hLIGHT polypeptide; isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies; vectors and host cells comprising nucleic acids encoding the antibodies; methods of making the antibodies; and a method of treating a hLIGHT-mediated disease in a subject comprising administering to the subject the antibodies. In preferred embodiments, the anti-hLIGHT antibodies provided herein will ameliorate, neutralize or otherwise inhibit hLIGHT biological activity in vivo (e.g., the hLIGHT-mediated production or secretion of CCL20, IL-8 or RANTES from a cell expressing a hLIGHT receptor). Also provided herein is a method for the detection of hLIGHT in a sample as well as a method for ameliorating, neutralizing or otherwise inhibiting hLIGHT activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hLIGHT activity is detrimental.
US08974777B2
The present invention relates to an adenovirus wherein said adenovirus replicates and it contains a mutation in the endoplasmic reticulum retention domain of E3-19K, and to the use of said mutant in treating cancer. Said mutant virus may also contain other mutations and insertions of DNA sequences used to confer selectivity and antitumor potency. The invention has application in the field of cancer therapy.
US08974772B2
An oral care composition having a first phase of clinically efficacious 2,4,4′-trichloro 2′-hydroxydiphenyl ether admixed in a first orally acceptable aqueous vehicle, and a second phase having a stannous salt (such as stannous fluoride) admixed in a second orally acceptable aqueous vehicle. The second phase has no less than 10 molar percent of soluble stannous ion respective to a mathematical sum of moles of the soluble stannous ion and moles of the stannous salt in the second phase. In one embodiment, the two phases are provided in a dual-tube toothpaste oral care kit.
US08974771B2
This disclosure relates to an apparatus useful for the delivery of aerosols, such as those containing drugs, to the lungs or other locations in the body. The disclosure also relates to methods of administering an aerosol to the lungs or other locations in the body of a patient.
US08974765B2
A method and apparatus for producing hydrogen using an aluminum-based water-split reaction, in which water is reacted with metallic aluminum, at least one-soluble inorganic salt catalyst that causes progressive pitting of the metallic aluminum, and at least one metal oxide initiator that increases temperature upon exposure to water. The solid reactant materials are differentially distributed in a matrix relative to at least one inlet for introducing water to the matrix. The differential distribution affects at least one characteristic of the reaction, such as the rate, temperature, pressure and products of the reaction, the latter comprising one or more of hydrogen, heat and steam. The water-soluble inorganic salt catalyst may be sodium chloride, potassium chloride and combinations thereof, and the metal oxide initiator may be magnesium oxide, calcium oxide and combinations thereof. The solid reactant materials may be differentially distributed by concentrating at least one of the solid reactant materials in at least one area of the matrix relative to the inlet. One or more of the solid reactant materials may be concentrated proximate the inlet so as to achieve a rapid initial reaction upon introduction of water, or may be concentrated in defined packets at spaced apart locations within the matrix to achieve a more moderated action. The solid reactant materials may be positioned in layers arranged concentrically or spirally about the water inlet. The layers may be formed of a water permeable substrate, such as a fiber wool or mat material having the reactant materials deposited thereon. The substrate including the reactant materials may be stored in a disposable container, to which water is introduced via the inlet at the time of use.
US08974759B2
This invention pertains to processes for selectively oxidizing hydrogen cyanide contained in syngas using permanganate anion as an oxidant contained in an aqueous solution that is contacted with the syngas under certain conditions of temperature, pressure and duration of contact.
US08974751B2
Sample liquid is collected in a chamber downstream of a separating device. Adjoining the chamber are a plurality of channels which guide the sample liquid to one or more investigating regions.
US08974747B2
An apparatus comprising a substrate, the substrate having supported thereon: plural collectors each for collecting a bodily fluid from the surface of a body part placed adjacent thereto; an analyser for analysing each collected bodily fluid; and a display for displaying an indication of a result of each analysis.
US08974746B2
A biological sample measuring device has the display screen of a display section divided into a first display area that displays measurement values, and a second displays area that displays the operating status. When the scheduled maintenance is needed for the biological sample measuring device, a controller displays an scheduled maintenance warning in the first and second display areas upon the first start-up that day, and displays an scheduled maintenance warning only in the second display area upon the second and subsequent start-ups that day.
US08974722B1
A method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb structure includes kneading titania particles, alumina particles and a binder ingredient such that raw material paste including the titania particles, alumina particles and binder ingredient is prepared, forming a body made of the raw material paste and having a honeycomb structure such that the body has the honeycomb structure having through-holes extending in the longitudinal direction of the body and partitions formed between the through-holes, immersing each of end portions of the body in the longitudinal direction into a sealant slurry heated at a temperature in the range of from 50° C. to 100° C. such that the sealant slurry infiltrates into the through-holes at one of the end portions of the body and seals either end of each of the through-holes of the body, and sintering the body having the honeycomb structure such that a ceramic body having the honeycomb structure is formed.
US08974716B2
An injection molding machine includes a base and an injection unit mounted to the base, and a first platen for holding a first mold section and a second platen for holding a second mold section. The first and second platens are supported by the base, and are movable along a machine axis between mold-open and mold-closed positions. At least a first tie bar engagement apparatus is associated with a first tie bar and includes a first bore in the first platen for receiving the respective tie bar therethrough at least when the platens are in the mold-closed position; and a first roller mounted to the first platen proximate the first bore. The first roller is rotatable about a first roller axis that is oriented horizontally and perpendicular to the machine axis.
US08974709B2
This invention relates to a method for forming hollow silica-based particles suitable for containing one or more active ingredients or for containing other smaller particles which may include one or more active ingredients. In the method, an emulsion is prepared including a continuous phase that is polar or non-polar, and a dispersed phase comprising droplets including (i) a polar active ingredient when the continuous phase is non-polar or (ii) a non-polar active ingredient when the continuous phase is polar; and a prehydrolyzed silica precursor is added to the emulsion such that the silica precursor can be emulsion templated on the droplets to form hollow silica-based particles.
US08974707B2
Planar or tubular sputtering targets made of a silver base alloy and at least one further alloy component selected from indium, tin, antimony, and bismuth accounting jointly for a weight fraction of 0.01 to 5.0% by weight are known. However, moving on to ever larger targets, spark discharges are evident and often lead to losses especially in the production of large and high-resolution displays having comparatively small pixels. For producing a sputtering target with a large surface area on the basis of a silver alloy of this type, which has a surface area of more than 0.3 m2 as a planar sputtering target and has a length of at least 1.0 m as a tubular sputtering target, and in which the danger of spark discharges is reduced and thus a sputtering process with comparatively high power density is made feasible, the invention proposes that the silver base alloy has a crystalline structure with a mean grain size of less than 120 μm, an oxygen content of less than 50 wt.-ppm, a content of the impurity elements, aluminum, lithium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, barium, and chromium, each of less than 0.5 wt.-ppm, and a metallic purity of at least 99.99% by weight.
US08974701B2
An integrated process for the partial oxidation of whole crude oil mixed with a low cost finely divided solid ash-producing material in a membrane wall gasification reactor produces a syngas and, optionally, a more hydrogen-rich product stream by subjecting the syngas to a water-gas shift reaction. Process steam and electricity are produced by recovering the sensible heat values from the hot syngas.
US08974697B2
According to one embodiment, the luminescent material shows a luminescence peak in a wavelength range of 570 to 670 nm when excited with light having an emission peak in a wavelength range of 250 to 520 nm. The luminescent material includes a host material having a crystal structure substantially same as the crystal structure of Sr2Si7Al3ON13. The host material is activated by Eu, and includes Sr and Ca to satisfy a relationship of 0.008≦MCa/(MSr+MCa)≦0.114, where MCa is a number of moles of Ca and MSr is a number of moles of Sr.
US08974696B2
A complex fluoride A2MF6 wherein M is a tetravalent element Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge or Sn, A is an alkali metal Li, Na, K, Rb or Cs is prepared by providing a first solution containing a fluoride of M, providing a second solution containing a compound of A and/or the compound of A in solid form, mixing the first solution with the second solution and/or the solid for reacting the fluoride of M with the compound of A, and recovering the resulting solid product via solid-liquid separation.
US08974691B2
A polishing composition for a silicon wafer and a rinsing composition for a silicon wafer according to the present invention contain a nonionic surfactant of a polyoxyethylene adduct. The HLB value of the polyoxyethylene adduct is 8 to 15. The weight-average molecular weight of the polyoxyethylene adduct is 1400 or less. The average number of moles of oxyethylene added in the polyoxyethylene adduct is 13 or less. The content of the polyoxyethylene adduct in each of the polishing composition and the rinsing composition is 0.00001 to 0.1% by mass.
US08974682B2
A self-assembled pattern forming method in an embodiment includes: forming a guide pattern on a substrate; forming a layer of a first polymer; filling a first block copolymer; and phase-separating the first block copolymer. The guide pattern includes a first recessed part having a depth T and a diameter D smaller than the depth T, and a second recessed part having a width larger than double of the diameter D. The first block copolymer has the first polymer and a second polymer which are substantially the same in volume fraction. By phase-separating the first block copolymer, a cylinder structure and a lamellar structure are obtained.
US08974681B2
A method for balancing a rotor, notably of a turbomachine, includes a step of determining an unbalancing mass, and a step of balancing by chemical machining of the rotor. The chemical machining includes arranging a bath containing a chemical machining agent so that the bath has a capacity of heterogeneous material removal as a function of the depth in the bath, an amount of material removal at a first depth in the bath is greater than an amount of material removal at a second depth in the bath; immersing the rotor in the bath; and orienting the rotor in the bath taking account of the capacity of heterogeneous material removal so that the quantity of material removed from the rotor in a zone of the unbalancing mass is sufficient to balance the rotor.
US08974675B2
Crystals of [VOBDC](H2BDC)0.71 were synthesized hydrothemally. The guest acid molecules were removed by heating in air to give high quality single crystals of VOBDC. VOBDC was observed to show crystal-to-crystal transformations on absorption of the guest molecules aniline, thiophene and acetone from the liquid phase. Accurate structural data of the guest molecules and framework deformations were obtained from single crystal X-ray data. VOBDC was also shown to absorb selectively thiophene and dimethyl sulphide from methane.
US08974656B2
A method for surface roughening a metal work piece includes disposing a region of the workpiece to be roughened proximate to a counter electrode. The region of the workpiece to be roughened and the counter electrode are subsequently disposed together in an electrolyte. An electric potential with current flow is applied between the work piece and the counter electrode to roughen the metal surface to a desired roughness.
US08974655B2
A method of removing a material from a surface includes providing a substrate comprising a material having a surface, contacting the surface with a polishing medium, applying a voltage to the substrate to remove material from the surface, and changing the voltage during the removing material from the surface. An electro-chemical mechanical polishing method includes providing a substrate having a surface, applying a platen to the surface, applying a first voltage to the substrate, rotating the platen and surface relative to each other at a first rotational speed, increasing to a second voltage, and decreasing to a second rotational speed.
US08974653B2
The shower includes: a shower body having a lower end connected with a hose for receiving tap water and an upper end connected with a head portion; an ionization apparatus having a pair of protective covers forming the outward appearance of the ionization apparatus and being mounted inside the shower body, a flow passage pipe mounted inside the protective covers, a plurality of permanent magnets mounted on opposite sides of the flow passage pipe and respectively having an end portion being in contact with the flow passage pipe along a longitudinal direction of the flow passage pipe, and magnetic induction frames each having a horizontal portion being in contact with the other end portion of each of the permanent magnets and vertical portions; and a flow control part having a seating hole formed on the outer circumference of the upper portion of the shower body.
US08974645B2
The invention relates to a method for plasma reformation of fuel, in particular kerosene, which method comprises the steps of:feeding fuel through a line to the inlet of an expansion nozzle; supplying energy from an energy source by way of a hollow waveguide to generate a plasma state in the expansion nozzle; injecting further fuel through nozzles into the arising plasma flame in order to decompose the fuel in the heat into components such as CO, C and H; and expanding the plasma flame at high speed into the combustion chamber.
US08974644B2
Electromagnetic irradiation of functionalized fullerenes in an oxygen-free environment induces conversion of the functionalized fullerenes to carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns, carbon onions, diamonds and/or carbon schwarzites. The carbon nanotubes can be multi-wall carbon nanotubes. Advantageously, the subject invention can be used for in-situ synthesis of carbon nanostructures within a matrix to form a carbon nanostructure composite, where positioning of the carbon nanostructures is controlled by the manner of dispersion of the functionalized fullerenes in the matrix. Carbon nanotube comprising features, such as electrical connects, can be formed on a surface by irradiating a portion of a functionalized fullerene coating with a laser beam.
US08974636B2
A fluff pulp or other pulp, comprises a multivalent cationic metal ion selected from the group consisting of Al+3, B+3, Mn+2, Cu+2, Cu+3, Zn+2, Sn+2, Sn+4, water-soluble salt thereof, or combination thereof; an amine-containing anti-static agent; and pulp. Methods of making and using the pulp, as well as articles therefrom, are provided.
US08974631B2
A device for fluid treatment of a plate-like article includes a rotary head for holding and rotating a plate-like article around a substantially vertical rotation axis drive elements to suspend and drive the rotary head without contact, the elements to suspend and drive the rotary head being arranged radially around the rotary head a substantially cylindrical sidewall, which is substantially concentric to the rotation axis, wherein the cylindrical sidewall is arranged between the rotary head and the drive elements and is introduced in the gap between the rotary head and the drive elements elevating members for lifting and lowering the rotary head and the wall relative to each other.
US08974628B2
An optical monitor device of the present microwave plasma etching device has: a monitor head located in a position more radially inward than the edge of a semiconductor wafer W mounted on a susceptor, more radially outward than a coaxial pipe, and above a cover plate; an optical waveguide for monitoring provided vertically below the monitor head, and longitudinally traversing the cooling plate, a dielectric plate, and a dielectric window; and a monitor main body optically connected to the monitor head via an optical fiber.
US08974617B2
A method is provided for transferring a graphene sheet to metal contact bumps of a substrate that is to be used in a semiconductor device package, i.e. a stack of substrates connected by said contact bumps, e.g., copper contact bumps for which graphene forms a protective layer. An imprinter device can be used comprising an imprinter substrate, said substrate being provided with cavities, whereof each cavity is provided with a rim portion. The imprinter substrate is aligned with the substrate comprising the bumps and lowered onto said substrate so that each bump becomes enclosed by a cavity, until the rim portion of the cavities cuts through the graphene sheet, leaving graphene layer portions on top of each of bumps when the imprinter is removed. The graphene sheet is preferably attached to the substrate by imprinting it into a passivation layer surrounding the bumps.
US08974614B2
A powder metallurgical article and process are disclosed. The article is a repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article. The repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article includes a formed article including a first alloy and a material including a second alloy. The material is welded to the formed article to form the repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article. The repaired or enlarged powder metallurgical article includes a substantially uniform grain structure.
US08974609B2
A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5≦a≦83 at. %, 0.5≦b≦6 at. %, 12≦c≦16.5 at. %, 0.01≦d≦1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the defect length along a direction of the ribbon's length being between 5 mm and 200 mm, the defect depth being less than 0.4×t μm and the defect occurrence frequency being less than 0.05×w times within 1.5 m of ribbon length, where t and w are ribbon thickness and ribbon width, respectively, and the ribbon in its annealed state and straight strip form of the ribbon, has a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.60 T, and exhibits a magnetic core loss of less than 0.14 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz and at 1.3 T induction level. The ribbon is suitable for use in transformer cores, rotational machines, electrical chokes, magnetic sensors and pulse power devices.
US08974599B2
Synthetic monocrystalline diamond compositions having one or more monocrystalline diamond layers formed by chemical vapor deposition, the layers including one or more layers having an increased concentration of one or more impurities (such as boron and/or isotopes of carbon), as compared to other layers or comparable layers without such impurities. Such compositions provide an improved combination of properties, including color, strength, velocity of sound, electrical conductivity, and control of defects. A related method for preparing such a composition is also described., as well as a system for use in performing such a method, and articles incorporating such a composition.
US08974594B2
Corrosion control in reinforced concrete is generally disclosed. Some example embodiments may include concrete including aggregate, cement, and/or microcapsules distributed within the cement, where the individual microcapsules may include a high pH salt substantially contained within an acid-soluble shell. If the pH of the concrete decreases, the acid soluble shell may swell and/or dissolve, such as below a pH of about 11, which may release the high pH salt. The high pH salt may locally increase the pH of the concrete. By increasing the pH above about pH 11, corrosion of steel rebar may be prevented and/or reduced.
US08974588B2
Coating composition, a process of applying a coating, and a process of forming a coating composition
A coating composition, a process of applying a coating having a coating composition, and a process of forming a coating composition are disclosed. The coating composition includes an alloy and an oxide component comprising nickel oxide. The process of applying the coating includes cold spraying the coating onto the article. The process of forming the coating composition includes blending and milling the alloy with the oxide component.
US08974586B2
One subject of the invention is a composition comprising from 5 to 65%, by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, of calcium silicate crystals; from 1 to 20%, by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, of calcium carbonate crystals; in addition from 0 to 50%, preferably from 1 to 40%, by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, of a compound of general formula mCaO.nSiO2.pH2O in which m and n, each independently, vary from 1 to 3 and p varies from 3 to 6; the ratio between the particle size d50 of the calcium silicate crystals and the particle size d50 of the calcium carbonate crystals being less than 10; another subject of the invention is a process for preparing said composition, and also the use of said composition in the dental field.
US08974584B2
A gas scrubber, equipped with heat exchanger surfaces constructed of thermoplates, suitable for cooling and cleaning a hot gas by avoiding an excessive thermal load of the washing liquid.
US08974582B2
A CO2 recovery system includes an absorber 2 and a regenerator 3. The absorber 2 includes a CO2 absorbing section 21 and a water-washing section 22. The CO2 absorbing section 21 allows flue gas 101 to come into contact with a basic amine compound absorbent 103 so that the basic amine compound absorbent 103 absorbs CO2 in the flue gas 101. The water-washing section 22 allows the decarbonated flue gas 101A in which the amount of CO2 has been reduced in the CO2 absorbing section 21 to come into contact with circulating wash water 104 and to be washed with the wash water 104 so that the amounts of the basic amine compounds entrained in the decarbonated flue gas 101A are reduced. The regenerator 3 releases CO2 from the basic amine compound absorbent 103 the CO2 absorbed therein.
US08974573B2
A monitoring system for monitoring operation of a refrigerant-cycle system is disclosed. An electrical sensor measures an electrical quantity indicative of power consumption of a component of the refrigerant-cycle system. A processing system selectively identifies a condition indicative of an airflow restriction through the refrigerant-cycle system based on the power consumption of the component.
US08974563B2
An exhaust gas purification system includes a diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) which collects particulate matter (“PM”) in exhaust gas, an exhaust pipe injector which performs exhaust pipe injection, and a DPF regeneration control unit which performs temperature rise control of an exhaust gas temperature by the exhaust pipe injection to regenerate the DPF when the PM collected by the DPF exceeds a fixed amount and which, during the regeneration, integrates an amount of time during which the exhaust gas temperature exceeds a PM combustion temperature and completes the regeneration when an integrated value thereof reaches a set regeneration completion value. The DPF regeneration control unit aborts the regeneration when, during regeneration, a total amount of the exhaust pipe injection exceeds an upper limit before the integrated value.
US08974561B2
A manufacturing method of a glass substrate for a magnetic disk is provided whereby nano pits and/or nano scratches cannot be easily produced in polishing a principal face of a glass substrate using a slurry containing zirconium oxide as an abrasive. The manufacturing method of a glass substrate for a magnetic disk includes, for instance, a polishing step of polishing a principal face of a glass substrate using a slurry containing, as an abrasive, zirconium oxide abrasive grains having monoclinic crystalline structures (M) and tetragonal crystalline structures (T).
US08974560B2
Abrasive aggregates and fixed abrasive articles comprising formaldehyde-free polymer binder and a plurality of abrasive grains are provided that are particularly suitable for machining operations, in which abrasion is carried out to remove material and improve surface quality. Certain embodiments combine an abrasive grain, which can be in the form of microparticles, and a formaldehyde-free polymer binder, which can be in the form of a polymer resin and cross-linking agent. Optionally, the abrasive aggregate can contain a secondary cross-linking agent, or a functional filler, such as a grinding aid.
US08974548B2
A hair coloring composition comprising: a) dihydroxyacetone or a derivative thereof; b) from 0.2 to 10 wt % of the total composition of a cationic conditioning compound c) a sulphonic compound of formula: H2N—(CHR1}pS(—X)q—Y in which where p is an integer from 1 to 5, R1 is H or an alkyl group, X is O or S q is an integer from 0 or 1. Y is an alkyl group or hydroxyl group.
US08974538B2
A temporary knee replacement assembly and kit includes a tibial plate that attaches to the tibia, a tibial rod that extends through the plate into the medullary cavity and abuts the plate. A femoral plate attaches to the femur, and a femoral rod extends through the second plate into the femur medullary cavity and abuts the plate. A locking spacer connects the two rods. The spacer may be length adjustable or may be provided in multiple sizes for length selection. One or both of the rods may include a bone cement/antibiotic coating to provide antibiotic treatment to the tissue. The kit may include multiple tibial and femoral rods, multiple tibial and femoral plates, and multiple locking spacers, to accommodate different applications.
US08974514B2
An expandable stent is implanted in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen. The stent includes a plurality of rings connected by links. The stent has a high degree of flexibility in the longitudinal direction, yet has adequate vessel wall coverage and radial strength sufficient to hold open an artery or other body lumen. The stent can be compressed or crimped onto a catheter to a very low profile since links are integrally formed from a portion of the struts forming the rings. The stent is constructed so that the cylindrical rings are very close together in order to provide maximum scaffolding, and if the stent has a drug coating, to provide a uniform drug delivery over the length of the stent. The connecting links are integrally formed from a portion of the struts forming the rings so that the links can have a maximum length thereby providing increased longitudinal flexibility of the stent.
US08974503B2
A method of bone fixation comprises the steps of implanting at least one first fixation element into a respective first anatomical body such that a portion of the first fixation element extends out from an exterior surface of the first anatomical body, and implanting at least one second fixation element into a respective second anatomical body that is adjacent the first anatomical body, such that a portion of the second fixation element extends out from an exterior surface of the second anatomical body. A hardenable material is applied to the portion of each of the fixation elements that extends out from the exterior surface of the respective anatomical body when the hardenable material is in an unhardened state. The hardenable material is hardened such that the hardenable material forms a hardened construct together with the bone fixation elements that bridges the anatomical bodies.
US08974490B2
An embolic protection device and medical procedure for positioning the device in the aortic arch is disclosed. The device and method effectively prevent material from entering with blood flow into side branch vessels of the aortic arch. The device is a collapsible embolic protection device devised for temporary transvascular delivery to an aortic arch of a patient, wherein the device has a protection unit that comprises a selectively permeable unit adapted to prevent embolic material from passage with a blood flow into a plurality of aortic side branch vessels at the aortic arch. The protection unit is permanently attached to a transvascular delivery unit at a connection point provided at the selectively permeable unit, and a first support member for the protection unit that is at least partly arranged at a periphery of the selectively permeable unit. In an expanded state of the device, the connection point is enclosed by the first support member or arranged at said support member.
US08974486B2
Methods and devices for maintaining nasal passages open after nasal surgery are provided. The post-operative device includes a first tubular member with a first proximal end and a first distal end, and a second tubular member with a second proximal end and a second distal end, where the first proximal end is connected to the second proximal end with a bridging member. The method includes inserting the post-operative device into the nasal passages and before, during or after inserting the device into the nasal passages, adjusting the medical device to accommodate the nasal passages by manipulating a flexible member of the medical device.
US08974484B2
An air passageway obstruction device includes a frame structure and a flexible membrane overlying the frame structure. The frame structure is collapsible upon advancement of the device into the air passageway, expandable into a rigid structure upon deploying in the air passageway and recollapsible upon removal from the air passageway. The flexible membrane obstructs inhaled air flow into a lung portion communicating with the air passageway. The device may be removed after deployment in an air passageway by recollapsing the device and pulling the device proximally through a catheter.
US08974481B2
For producing a skin opening for minimally invasive surgery an instrument is employed, comprising a grip (10) and a puncture awl (16). The puncture awl (16) is provided on the distal end of a grip (10), which distal end forms a stop surface (12), which limits the penetration depth of the puncture awl (16).
US08974480B2
A surgical instrument which both incises and splits the nucleus of a lens has a pair of 5 spring steel segments slidably received in a metallic tube. Each segment terminates in a tip. As the spring steel segments are drawn into the tube the tips come together to form a cutting edge useful for incising the lens. When the segments are extended from the tube the tips separate, forcing the incision open until the lens is split.
US08974471B2
System (100, 150, 200) for effecting ischemic necrosis in a foreskin of a penis, including a rigid ring (104, 158, 204), at least one elastic ring (106, 158, 206, 282, 284) and at least one circumferential groove (108), the rigid ring including an inner surface, the inner surface including an inner diameter, and an outer surface, the outer surface including an outer diameter, the elastic ring being configured to substantially fit around a surface of the rigid ring, the circumferential groove being located on a surface of at least one of the rigid ring and the elastic ring, wherein the inner diameter of the rigid ring is at least slightly larger than a diameter of a shaft of the penis, wherein a diameter of the elastic ring in a relaxed state is at least substantially equal to the diameter of the shaft of the penis, wherein the rigid ring is placed around a first surface of the foreskin, wherein the elastic ring is placed around a second surface of the foreskin, the foreskin being placed within the circumferential groove, the rigid ring and the elastic ring thereby compressing the foreskin in the circumferential groove with a compression force, and wherein the compression force is sufficient to effect ischemic necrosis in the foreskin.
US08974462B2
Devices and methods are disclosed for providing access to a central compartment of a hip joint. The devices can access the central compartment by distracting all or a portion of the labrum. The labrum can be distracted by advancing a device underneath the bottom edge of the labrum, and using the device to further distract the labrum. Some devices can move underneath the labrum to provide a gap for other devices to access the central compartment.
US08974460B2
The invention concerns a device for adjusting the position of a screw (13) that is able to move a part of a surgical instrument, said device (4) comprising: —a stem (41) comprising a tip (42) suited to the head (130) of the screw (13), —an actuated system (45) for driving said stem (41) in rotation, —communication means to communicate with a control unit (21), such that the control unit (21) transmits to the actuated system (45) the number of turns to apply to the stem (41) to reach the target position of the screw (13). The invention also concerns a surgical system for alignment of surgical guide means (14, 15), comprising: —a positioning unit comprising a fixed part (11) and a mobile part (12) supporting the surgical guide means (14, 15), the position of said mobile part (12) being adjustable with respect to the fixed part (11) by screws (13), —a referencing unit for detecting the position of the positioning unit with respect to a target position of the surgical guide means, —a control unit (21) for computing the target position of screws (13), —said device (4) for adjusting the positions of the screws (13).
US08974455B2
A medical coagulation instrument having a shaft as well as at least one electrode tip that extends beyond the distal end of the shaft. To create a coagulation instrument whose electrodes are of simple structure and ensure an atraumatic and safe handling, at least one electrode tip should be widened or be configured as widening in the distal direction.
US08974442B1
Rejuvenation of the facial area, e.g., face, neck, jowls, and the like, that combines a plurality of different modalities is disclosed. A rejuvenation method can combine such modalities as skin tightening, in which electromagnetic energy, such as radio-frequency energy, visible light, and the like, or ultrasonic energy can be applied to the skin to tighten it; tissue tightening, in which sutures can be put in repositioned, tightened tissue underlying the skin to hold the tissue in place; tissue reinforcement, in which other sutures can be put around the tissue tightening sutures to reinforce their hold on the underlying tissue; and skin resection, in which excess skin can be excised and the remaining skin anchored over the tightened underlying tissue to produce a rejuvenating effect.
US08974430B2
An absorbent article may comprise an absorbent assembly comprising an absorbent core. The article may also comprise a chassis formed by a web comprising at least one continuous layer that forms a portion of a water-impermeable backsheet and a portion of laterally opposing side flaps. The chassis may further comprise a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis, a front waist region comprising a front waist edge, a back waist region comprising a back waist edge, a crotch region between the waist regions, laterally opposing side edges extending between the front waist edge and the back waist edge, an exterior surface, and an interior surface to which the absorbent assembly is attached. The attachment of the absorbent assembly may be shaped. The chassis may further comprise a continuously activated region disposed in one or both of the front and back waist regions of the article. The continuously activated region may comprise longitudinally oriented ridges and valleys, wherein the continuously activated region overlaps the portion of the chassis where at least one abdominal stretch panel is disposed.
US08974428B2
A mechanical wound therapy (MWT) system includes a connection for a vacuum source, which is routed through an airtight covering to a porous material positioned over the wound. The porous material may be a tubing network interspaced by a netting material constructed of biologically inert or bioabsorbable material. Alternatively, the porous material may be a layered unified dressing in which layers of mesh, netting or thin perforated film are separated and fixedly attached to functional elements of the dressing (e.g., irrigation tubing) or spacers. The vacuum and irrigation systems may be completely separated. An airtight sealing layer or foldable adhesive sealing layer may seal the dressing and facilitate sealing the dressing to the wound margins. Additional modular devices such as a wound approximating system, positive pressure bladders and adjuvant therapy modules as well as enhanced monitoring technology can be added to synergistically increase the capabilities of each dressing.
US08974426B2
The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material.
US08974414B2
A drip chamber having an upper reservoir that is separated from a lower reservoir via a filter assembly, wherein a distance between the filter assembly and a bottom surface of the drip chamber is selected to prevent dislodged air bubbles of the filter assembly from being drawn into an intravenous fluid line that is coupled to the bottom surface of the drip chamber, during an infusion procedure.
US08974412B2
A surgical system that is able to sense the onset of an occlusion or other surgical event as well as the instant an occlusion breaks. To help avoid overheating of the tip, the system determines an approximate temperature of the eye using an irrigation flow rate and reduces the power to the handpiece automatically if an overheating situation is predicted. Alternatively or in addition, the system monitors the power drawn by the handpiece, which is indicative of the cutting load on the tip, and automatically adjusts the power or stroke of the tip to compensate for increased loads on the tip.
US08974409B2
A catheter used for treatment of complex vasculature, such as a bifurcated aneurysm, is provided with an inflatable balloon at a distal portion thereof. The shape, location and material of the inflatable balloon are selected such that when inflated, the balloon conforms to the shape of the complex vasculature, or at least a portion thereof, without appreciably deforming the vessel walls. In this manner, the balloon can be used to control flow in the vasculature, for example occluding a selected branch of the vasculature during introduction of material in order concentrate the material and minimize its disbursement by blood flow.
US08974406B2
Methods and apparatus for programming a medical infusion pump are disclosed. One method includes displaying a meter having two or more locations, each of the two or more locations representing a corresponding parameter value programmable into the medical infusion pump. The method further includes displaying an indicator having a selectable positional relationship to the meter, the selected position corresponding to a parameter value.
US08974400B2
A tissue harvesting and processing apparatus comprises a body and a distally extending needle. The needle includes an aperture configured to receive tissue. A tissue cutting member is movable relative to the needle to sever a specimen from tissue protruding through the aperture. The tissue cutting member is further operable to mince the severed tissue specimen. The minced tissue may be mixed with a medical fluid component contained in a reservoir. A plunger may expel the medical fluid mixture from the needle. An applier tip may be coupled with the needle to facilitate administration of the medical fluid mixture at a target site in a patient. The needle may comprise a cannula with a needle adapter, which be removed from the cannula to allow the applier tip to be coupled with the cannula. The tissue cutting member may comprise a perforated disc or tube with inwardly projecting blades.
US08974391B2
A device for therapeutic treatment includes an acoustic transducer designed to emit power waves to treat a target, and an imaging probe designed to emit waves for providing an image representation of the target and its environment before, during and after the emission of the power waves issuing from the transducer. The probe and the transducer are integrally connected to one another other. The device also includes a display for displaying images taken by the probe, namely images at rest, taken before and/or after emission of the power waves, and interference images, taken during the emission of the power waves. The device additionally comprises a detector for detecting a change of structure of the interference images that is indicative of the efficacy of the power waves.
US08974389B2
A system and a method for detecting irregular bone defects during dental implant osseointegration process. The system comprises a detecting abutment, an ultrasonic driver, a signal receiving and analyzing device. When dental detection is performed, the detecting abutment is disposed on a substrate holder of a dental implant. The ultrasonic driver configures the piezoelectric transducers disposed on the detecting abutment to produce ultrasonic wave and transmits the ultrasonic wave to the contact surface between the dental implant and the alveolus bone. The piezoelectric transducers can receive the reflected wave caused by the each portion of the contact surface reflecting the ultrasonic wave and transform the reflected wave into time domain voltage signal. The signal receiving and analyzing device receives the time domain voltage signal to determine the depth, the severity and the location of the irregular bone defects of the contact surface.
US08974374B2
A surgical manipulator includes an intracorporeal unit that is completely arrangeable within a body cavity and that includes a coupling member and an effector. An extracorporeal unit includes a manipulator to manipulate at least the effector, and a connecting unit for connecting the intracorporeal unit to the extracorporeal unit when the intracorporeal unit is arranged within the body cavity and for transferring manipulating activities from the extracorporeal unit to the intracorporeal unit.
US08974371B2
Apparatus includes Flexible Sheath extending from a proximal end which extends into living body; Capsule extending from a proximal to a distal end and having an opening formed in a proximal end thereof; Clip Assembly provided in Capsule and configured to be operably movable between a closed configuration in which first and second arms of Clip Assembly are drawn toward one another and an expanded configuration in which the first and second arms are separated from one another to receive target tissue therebetween; Bushing extending between a proximal end coupled to Sheath and a distal end releasably coupled to Capsule via a tab on the distal end of Bushing engaging the opening of Capsule; and Control Member a distal end of which is releasably coupled to Clip Assembly to transmit to Clip Assembly forces applied thereto to move Clip Assembly between the insertion and expanded configurations.
US08974355B2
A board exercise device that includes a pair of planar boards having a top surfacing with a perimeter and an outer edge, the built-in attachment bars are coupled to the perimeter of the pair of planar boards and include an attachment aperture and a stem portion and one or more banded exercise devices coupled to the built-in attachment bars and allow a user to grasp the one or more banded exercise devices and perform an exercise. The board exercise device also includes a pair of handles coupled to a top of the outer edge of the pair of planar boards that are grasped by the user to transport the board exercise device when the board exercise device is in a folded position and a slide board placed over the top surfacing of the pair of planar boards.
US08974348B2
A method for operating a hybrid vehicle, having at least one first drive unit and one second drive unit, the second drive unit being started by at least one portion of the drive torque provided by the first drive unit in that the clutch situated between the first drive unit and the second drive unit is brought from a disengaged state into a slipping state. To improve the driving comfort of the hybrid vehicle during a start or a stop of the internal combustion engine, at least two clutches are shifted into the slipping state for starting the second drive unit.
US08974338B2
A hybrid powertrain has an electrically-variable transmission with a compound planetary gear set that may be only two planetary gear sets. Two members of the first planetary gear set are connected for common rotation with two members of the second planetary gear set. A first motor/generator is connected for common rotation with a member of the first planetary gear set and a member of the second planetary gear set. An input member is connected to another member of the first planetary gear set. A first set of intermeshing gears includes a first gear connected for common rotation with one of the gears of the second planetary gear set and a second gear driven by a second motor/generator. A second set of intermeshing gears includes another gear driving the output member. A first clutch is engageable to establish an input-split mode. A second clutch is engageable to establish a compound-split mode.
US08974324B2
A baseball hitting trainer comprises a supportive cup, an upper pipe, a lower pipe, an upper sleeve, a lower sleeve, an resilient piece connected between the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve, a locking device for locking the upper sleeve with the resilient piece to the lower pipe, a base fixed to the lower sleeve, a weight block, and a fastening ferrule, wherein the lower pipe is allowed to be inserted through the central through hole of the weight block, and the fastening ferrule is fitted around the lower pipe to fasten the weight block onto the lower pipe, whereby the hitting trainer can provide two modes of operation. Under the swing mode, the weight block can be positioned at various heights by adjusting the weight block along the lower pipe to have the hitting trainer swung at various frequencies and speeds, at which a hitter wishes to practice a hitting.
US08974315B1
A golf club aiming sight device having a clamp portion and a rear sight portion. The rear sight portion has one or more openings to visualize a front sight on a club head of a golf club. The clamp portion provides for the attachment of the golf club aiming sight device to the shaft of the golf club so that the front sight is visually alignable with the opening in the rear sight. The front sight has a triangular shape and the rear sight has a triangular or V shape, thereby allowing rapid and accurate visual alignment of the front and rear sights, even while swinging the golf club. The golf club aiming sight device is used to train a user to swing the golf club without bending or rotating the wrists by having the user maintain the front sight visually aligned with the opening in the rear sight while swinging the golf club.
US08974311B2
A method and device for installing synthetic turf uses a motorized turf rollout vehicle and a frame removably carried by the vehicle, the frame holding a roll of synthetic turf on a spindle at a first, forward end thereof. The roll and spindle are held in an orientation that is transverse to the first forward direction, and have a transverse dimension that extends beyond that of the vehicle. As the vehicle moves forward in the first direction, the vehicle engages and pulls the roll of turf, and the vehicle also moves on top of the just-unrolled portion of the turf. This accurately and efficiently places the turf on and over the base, in a desired position. Because the vehicle moves on top of the just unrolled section of turf, the present invention eliminates direct contact with, and disruption to, the underlying prepared base. This method and device reduces the time and cost associated with locating a roll of synthetic turf over a base during the installation of an athletic field, compared to prior installation methods.
US08974309B2
Multiple object information, in which first kind of object information indicating information on a first kind of object is associated with second kind of object information indicating information on a second kind of object, is stored in a multiple object information memory. The second kind of object is an object protected against a damage by means of the first kind of object. Multiple objects constructed by the first and second kinds of objects are displayed on a game screen on the basis of the multiple object information stored in the multiple object information memory. A damage cause indicating a cause of the damage that the displayed multiple objects receives is specified. At least the damage, which the second kind of object receives, is specified on the basis of the specified damage cause and a state of the first kind of object in the video game.
US08974304B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting abnormal behavior of a wagering game machine are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an operating characteristic value, wherein the operating characteristic value indicates a value of an operating characteristic of a wagering game machine and based on a set of previous operating characteristic values of the operating characteristic, determining whether the operating characteristic value is within a normal operating range. In the embodiment the method also includes performing a fault operation if the operating characteristic value is not within the normal operating range.
US08974298B2
A system for providing animation on reel games is disclosed. A gaming machine includes a plurality of reels each having symbols provided on an outer surface of each of the reels. A lighting system is configured to illuminate a selected symbol on at least one reel. A game controller generates a game outcome. A reel control unit determines the timing of illuminating of the selected symbol on the position of the symbol on the reel when it is illuminated.
US08974293B2
A system and method for using bonus points, where bonus points may be accumulated by a player in a casino setting to invoke a bonus play or bonus game ordinarily reachable only through a random event. Bonus points are usable in combination with tiered bonus levels, allowing the issuance of points or credits that a player may accumulate until they have enough to trade-in for a bonus round, event, or game at the chosen level.
US08974291B2
An apparatus and method for cashless gaming wherein a player can access credits via a pin activated keypad located on the gaming machine. Real-time accounting allows the player to redeem credits and secure perquisites as a function of patronage.
US08974290B2
A method for conducting a computer-implemented wagering game includes using a processor to execute a plurality of plays of the wagering game, each play having an expected value. A plurality of randomly selected symbols, which are associated with each play, are displayed on a display. The processor is used to randomly assign a plurality of attributes across the plurality of plays. Each attribute increases an expected value of the play to which the attribute is assigned, from a first value to a second value. The first value is in the absence of the attribute and the second value is in the presence of the attribute.
US08974286B2
A device and method of operating a device to modify the rate of behavior of a user and a method of operating the device which may be a gaming device. The gaming device comprises a display, an input device, a timer and a processor circuit in communication with the display, the input device and the timer. The processor circuit calculates a rate of inputs from the input device and compares the rate of inputs against a predetermined threshold and determines a game result utilizing a variable interval schedule of reinforcement when the rate is above a predetermined threshold and causes the display to display a game result to the user. The method comprises receiving a plurality of inputs from the user at a user input device, calculating a rate of input from the plurality of inputs, determining a result from the inputs utilizing a combined differential reinforcement of high rate schedule of reinforcement and a variable interval schedule of reinforcement and providing the result to the user.
US08974279B1
In various embodiments, a system and a method of implementing bad beat insurance are disclosed. After a stage of a portion of a game is played, it is determined that a player is favored to win the portion of the game. After the portion of the game is completed, it is determined that the player has suffered a bad beat. The player is compensated at least partially for a loss that the player incurred as a consequence of suffering the bad beat.
US08974271B2
A filleting device and method for harvesting fillets from poultry carcasses that are moved in a conveyer-line supported on carriers is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the first guide rails are provided to guide at least a part of the fillets so as to increase this part's distance from the carcass and break the tissue connections that connect the fillet or fillets in their natural position to the keel-bone of the carcass. Flexible elements are provided that complete the harvesting of the fillets by peeling the fillets entirely loose from the keel-bone.
US08974263B2
A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) array is provided that includes applying an energizing signal to at least one of the OLED pixels in the array. The energizing signal exceeds a threshold level. The method also includes reducing the energizing signal and identifying an OLED in the array that continues to remain energized. The method further includes irradiating the identified OLED to degrade the organic material in the OLED. A method of performing quality control in a manufacturing process of an OLED array is provided. The method includes determining an intensity, a time and a wavelength of radiation sufficient to render an OLED of the OLED array inoperative by degrading organic material in the OLED. A system of performing quality control in a manufacturing process of an OLED array is provided. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions is provided.
US08974261B2
A water paddle comprising a first shaft having and a second shaft, a first cog collar located on an exterior surface of first shaft and having a first set of teeth extending radially from a mating end of first cog collar, a second cog collar located on an exterior surface of second shaft and having a second set of teeth extending radially from a mating end of second cog collar, second set of teeth mateable with first set of teeth to prevent rotational movement between shafts, a ferrule extending from a free end of second shaft, a snap button-alignment tab assembly comprising a bushing, a wavy washer, and a snap button base located within ferrule and a snap button skirt connected to free end of ferrule and an alignment tab fixed within first paddle shaft downstream of a set of corresponding holes of first paddle.
US08974258B2
A crimp terminal includes barrel pieces respectively on both of two sides in a width direction thereof. The barrel pieces are included in a pressure-bonding section for pressure-bonding an exposed part of an electric wire conductor of an insulated wire. The insulated wire includes the electric wire conductor and an insulating cover for covering an outer circumference of the electric wire conductor, and the exposed part is a part of the electric wire conductor which is exposed from a tip of the cover by a predetermined length. The barrel pieces have a length in a longitudinal direction which is longer than the length of the exposed part of the electric wire conductor. The pressure-bonding section pressure-bonds, by the barrel pieces, a continuous part from a tip of the electric wire conductor to a position rear to the tip of the cover.
US08974257B1
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of electrical terminals. A top face of the insulating housing is concaved downward to define a plurality of terminal grooves alternately arranged into two rows along two longitudinal sides of the insulating housing. Each terminal groove extends transversely to have the outer end thereof penetrate through a corresponding side face of the insulating housing. The inner ends of the two rows of terminal grooves are alternate with one another along a substantial longitudinal middle of the insulating housing. The electrical terminals are firstly assembled downward and then pushed transversely inward to be assembled in the terminal grooves respectively.
US08974253B2
A contact module includes an overmolded leadframe with frame members separated by corresponding gaps and a removable insert coupled to a corresponding receptacle signal contacts. The removable insert has a main wall, end walls extending from the main wall and forming a receiving space therebetween, and a finger extending from the main wall in the receiving space. First and second channels are formed between the finger and the corresponding end walls that receive the contacts. The finger and end walls hold the lateral positions of the contacts during the overmolding process. The receiving space is filled with dielectric material during overmolding and the removable insert leaves a window in the corresponding frame member that exposes the corresponding receptacle signal contacts.
US08974248B2
A universal serial bus connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, an insulating cover, a terminal module and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing, the insulating cover and the terminal module. The insulating housing includes a first base body which defines a first holding groove and a second base body which defines a second holding groove. The first terminals and the second terminals are disposed to the first base body. The insulating cover has a main body received in the first holding groove. The terminal module includes an insulating base and a plurality of third terminals integrally molded to the insulating base. The insulating base has a tongue portion received in the second holding groove, and a second supporting portion. A rear surface of the second supporting portion is flush with a rear surface of the first base body.
US08974245B2
An electrical connector includes a base member and first and second legs extending outwardly from the base member. A first recess is defined by the first and second legs for receiving a support. Second recesses extend inwardly from second sides of the first and second legs. A plurality of pairs of oppositely disposed grooves are formed in the second recesses. At least two pairs of the oppositely disposed grooves have different sizes for receiving various conductor sizes.
US08974241B2
An electrical connector includes a housing having a bracket mating surface and an opening that extends through the bracket mating surface; an electrical conductor that is positioned through the opening in the housing; a grommet that is positioned in a space defined between the electrical conductor and the opening in which the conductor is positioned to substantially prevent contaminants from entering the housing through the opening; and a bracket removably positioned on the bracket mating surface of the housing of the connector and positioned to bear on the grommet to substantially prevent displacement of the grommet with respect to the housing of the connector.
US08974240B2
An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a metallic shell surround the insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and two detect modules retained to the metallic shell. The insulative housing is formed with a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. The shell and the insulative housing define a receiving cavity therebetween. The detect module have a detect pin, respectively, the detect pins extend into the receiving cavity through the shell and electrically connecting with each other via a shell of a mating plug.
US08974237B2
An electrical plug connector with an insulating body that holds at least one metallic plug part that comprises at least one solder connection element that can be soldered to a circuit board, and at least one plug connection element for a matching plug part, both of which are connected with each other via a central piece of the plug connection element. The solder connection element may be connected via a tolerance compensation part with the central piece of the plug part, or directly with the plug connection element, in such a way that, relative to the position of the solder connection element—with the solder connection element soldered to the circuit board—the position of the plug connection element can be changed in any direction, parallel to the plane of the circuit board. In addition, the invention relates to a plug connector assembly.
US08974236B2
An electrical connector for electrically connecting a central processing unit (CPU) to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a housing, a number of contacts, and a number of solder balls. The housing has a number of passageways extending passing through the housing and a number of protrusions located outside the passageways and corresponding the passageways one-to-one. A number of contacts partially are disposed in the passageways and each has a hole to match with the protrusion and secure the contacts on the housing. A number of solder balls are connected with corresponding contacts.
US08974232B2
A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive sensor data measurements associated with usage of a mobility aid device and extract sensor feature parameters from the sensor data measurements. The computer readable storage medium further includes executable instructions to derive a usage state corresponding to the usage of the mobility aid device, based on the sensor feature parameters.
US08974231B2
A method and system are presented to address quantitative assessment of letter identification latency of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: (1) presenting at least one scene to a subject on a display, the scene comprising a plurality of letters and a background; (2) moving the plurality of letters relative to the scene, the movement being tracked by the subject via at least one input device; (3) receiving feedback from the subject via the input device; (4) quantitatively refining the received feedback; (5) modulating the movement of plurality of letters relative to accuracy of the received feedback; (6) calculating a critical threshold parameter; and (7) recording a critical threshold parameter onto a tangible computer readable medium.
US08974224B2
Method and apparatus for overmolding delicate parts are disclosed. A mold unit for an injection molding apparatus can be provided. The mold unit can include a clamping mechanism and a locking mechanism. The clamping mechanism can be positioned in contact with the delicate part. The position of the clamping mechanism can be selected such that the clamping mechanism does not exert a force that damages the delicate part. The delicate part can vary in size from part to part. Thus, as the overmolding process is repeated, the position that is selected each time for the clamping mechanism can vary depending on the size of a part that is used. The locking mechanism can be configured to lock the clamping mechanism into the position selected for the part.
US08974212B2
Methods and systems for manufacturing fiber-reinforced resin parts are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin part includes positioning a plurality of fibers on a mold surface of a female tool, and covering the fibers with a sealing layer. The method further includes pressing a portion of the covered fibers against an interior transition region (e.g., an internal radius) of the mold surface. While the portion of covered fibers is pressed against the interior transition region, air is removed from between the sealing layer and the mold surface to draw at least a partial vacuum between the sealing layer and the mold surface.
US08974210B2
A pelletizing device comprising a rotary drivable at least partly cylindrical die, wherein the cylindrical part comprises a multitude of radial openings for making of pellets and at least one roller rotatable around a stationary shaft, for pressing of material to be pelletized through the radial openings in the die, wherein the roller is mounted to the corresponding stationary shaft by means of at least one roller bearing and wherein the pelletizing device comprises an oil circulation system for lubricating each of the roller bearings of each of the rollers with oil.
US08974208B2
A mold for vulcanizing a blank tire has an overall shape that is annular about an axis of revolution and includes a configuration for channelling a heat-transfer liquid in a substantially circular path about the axis. The channelling configuration includes an annular wall around the axis, separating at least two chambers in which the heat-transfer liquid circulates. Furthermore, a downstream end (respectively an upstream end) of one of the chambers has substantially the same angular position with respect to the substantially circular path as the downstream (respectively upstream) end of the other of the chambers. The mold is additionally configured for circulating the liquid in opposite directions in the two chambers.
US08974205B2
A progressing cavity gas pump with a stator which has a stator interior with an elastomeric inner surface as well as a gas outlet and a gas inlet, between which a pump delivery direction is defined, and with a rotor which engages with the stator interior, wherein below the stator, a lubricant reservoir is arranged which is connected via lubricant conduit devices to the stator interior. A progressing cavity gas pumping method using a progressing cavity gas pump, gas coming from a gas inlet is delivered with a rotationally driven rotor within a stator and through a stator interior having an elastomeric inner surface to a gas outlet and is compressed, and wherein from a lubricant reservoir below the stator, a lubricant supply to the stator interior takes place via lubricant conduit devices, and lubricant from the stator interior is recycled via the lubricant conduit devices into the lubricant reservoir.
US08974202B2
The invention relates to a device for processing an edible product in the form of a viscous to pasty mass, in particular, an edible product based on a fatty mass, such as chocolate, or based on water, such as ice cream. Said device comprises dosing units (D1, D2) for the dosed supply of a specific volume of the mass to a bearing surface. Said dosing units (D1, D2) comprise, respectively, a dosing piston (4) which is mounted in a piston chamber, whereby the dosing piston (4) moves at least in a rotational manner about the piston axis thereof (A1). A first plurality of dosing units (D1) are arranged on a first plane, and a second plurality of dosing units (D2) are arranged on a second plane. The dosing piston (4) of the dosing units (D1), which are arranged on the first plane (D1), are rotationally driven by means of a first drive element (7; 16), and the dosing piston (4) of the dosing units (D2), which are arranged on the second plane, are rotationally driven by means of a second drive element (8; 16).
US08974196B2
A bearing bracket including a metal base and a bushing is provided. The metal base has an opening at its central portion. The bushing of the bearing bracket is made of plastic. The bushing encloses an axial portion or/and a radial portion of the metal base by injection molding. Furthermore, the bearing bracket further includes an anti-vibration member disposed on at least one side surface of the metal base.
US08974187B2
A rotor blade for a flow machine, in particular a steam turbine, includes an insertion root with a first finger and two second fingers which are arranged on either side of the first finger in axial direction. The first finger and the second fingers have a shoulder in axial direction on axial sides facing one another such that the fingers have a radially outer first portion and a radially inner second portion whose axial extension is shorter than that of the outer, first portion. In relation to a total axial width between axial sides of the two second fingers which face away from one another, the radial height of the first, radially outer portion is in the range of 0.39 to 0.45, particularly 0.40 to 0.44, and the radial height of the second, radially inner portion is between 0.40 and 0.46, particularly between 0.41 and 0.45.
US08974186B2
A rotor of a turbomachine has a rotor base body and a plurality of rotor blades. Every rotor blade has a blade body and a coupling element segment. The coupling element segment of every rotor blade is contoured at a first side and at a second side opposite the first side that, at the first side and at the second side, a radially outer edge of the respective coupling element segment extends substantially in axial direction and a radially inner edge of the respective coupling element segment extends substantially in axial direction respectively delimit two surfaces separated from one another by a separating line. In at least one circumferential position of the rotor between two directly adjacent rotor blades, the separating lines run approximately parallel to, or in alignment with, the mounting direction of the rotor blades at the rotor base body, which mounting direction is defined by the blade roots. In every other circumferential position between two directly adjacent rotor blades, the separating lines formed at directly adjacent sides of the coupling element segments are oblique relative to the mounting direction.
US08974182B2
The present application thus provides a turbine bucket. The turbine bucket may include a platform, an airfoil extending from the platform at an intersection thereof, and a core cavity extending within the platform and the airfoil. The core cavity may include a contoured turn about the intersection so as to reduce thermal stress therein.
US08974176B2
Provided is a compressor that is capable of, with a simple configuration, facilitating the insertion operation of a compressor bundle by reliably preventing tilting thereof during insertion into a chamber; and that also makes it possible to reduce a roller size without increasing the contact pressure of rollers for sliding the compressor bundle. A small tilt sensor that detects a relative angle difference θ of the compressor bundle with respect to the bundle casing is provided at at least one location in the compressor bundle to be inserted into the chamber inside the bundle casing. In addition, the weight of the compressor bundle during the insertion into the chamber is supported by rollers provided at a bottom portion near the front end of the compressor bundle by making the rollers come in contact with an inner circumferential wall surface of the chamber.
US08974171B2
A work vehicle includes a pair of booms, a link mechanism and a control unit. The booms are attached to a front part of a vehicle body in an upwardly and downwardly rotatable state. The link mechanism couples a working unit to tips of the booms. The link mechanism is configured to keep the working unit in a posture generally parallel to the ground without rotating the working unit with respect to the ground while the booms are elevated from a position where the working unit is disposed on the ground when the working unit is a fork. The control unit is configured to execute a tilt angle adjusting control for the working unit in accordance with variation in an angle of the booms while the booms are elevated when a tilt angle of the working unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
US08974170B2
A position adjustment assembly for an agricultural product conveyor, which delivers a product to a storage system, such as an air cart, includes an inner arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the air cart and a second end. An outer arm has a first end and a second end. The second end of the inner arm is rotatably coupled to the outer arm proximate to the first end of the outer arm. An intermediate link has a lateral positioning assembly to vary the length of the intermediate link.
US08974167B2
The front automatic storage system includes a plurality of shelves, a transferring apparatus, and a moveable frame. The shelves are arranged facing a semiconductor processing apparatus and at least one of the shelves is positioned above a transfer port of the semiconductor processing apparatus. The transferring apparatus is contrived to move among the shelves and transfer cassettes C between any shelf and the transfer port. The frame is contrived such that it can move the transferring apparatus and the at least one shelf positioned above the transfer port. The frame is also contrived such that it can move in a first horizontal direction toward and away from a first position where the at least one shelf is arranged above the transfer section.
US08974161B1
A bull ring for a vehicle comprises a top plate coupled to a rotating plate having a tie-down. Two opposing rail flanges extend from the rotating plate and a fastener selectively couples the rotating plate in a securing position relative to the top plate. The rail flanges extend beyond an outer edge of the top plate to define a clamping region with the top plate.
US08974159B1
A vehicle load securing apparatus comprising a frame including opposite side walls and an end wall extending between the side walls, with the frame having open sides positioned in opposition to each other. A spool is rotatably mounted on the frame and includes a rotating shaft, and a length of an elongate member at least partially wrapped about the spool with a hook mounted thereon. A ratcheting structure may control rotation of the spool with engaged position in which the ratcheting structure resists rotation of the spool in an unwind direction and a disengaged position in which the ratcheting structure permits rotation of the spool in the unwind direction. The shaft may have a first end portion extending through one of the side walls of the frame, and a section of the first end portion having a substantially hexagonal cross-sectional shape for engagement by a tool.
US08974158B1
Some embodiments include a novel laced strapping system that provides a plurality of attachment points by which a tie-down lace can adjust the fit of a cargo mesh webbing to secure loads of items in an open bed of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the vehicle is a pick-up truck with a cargo bed. In some embodiments, the mesh webbing comprises a first truck bed mesh, a second truck bed mesh, and the plurality of attachment points. In some embodiments, tie-down lace interconnects the attachment points to secure together the first mesh and the second mesh.
US08974153B2
A tamping device for soil compaction having an upper mass with a drive and a lower mass that can be moved relative to the upper mass with a soil contacting element. In order to cause a working movement of the soil contacting element, a vibration generating device is provided. In addition to the vibration generating device, a manipulating device, for example in the form of a damping body, is provided in an operatively connected manner between the upper mass and the lower mass. The damping properties of the damping body can be modifiable.
US08974142B2
A crash cushion includes a plurality of resilient, self-restoring tubes each having a center axis and an interior surface. At least some of the tubes are positioned such that respective ones of the center axes are spaced apart in a longitudinal direction. The center axis of at least one tube is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis extending in the longitudinal direction, with the tube defining a diametral plane intersecting and oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The center axis of the tube lies in the diametral plane. One or more segments are positioned in the tube, with the segments, or portions thereof, disposed on opposite sides of the interior surface of the tube. Each of the segments or portions is symmetrically secured to the tube relative to the diametral plane, with the tube being substantially open between the opposing segments. Various methods of using and assembling the crash cushion are also provided.
US08974141B2
A paddle converter for securing two singled bladed canoe paddles to form a single twin bladed kayak paddle. The paddle converter includes a body configured to structurally support a first canoe paddle and a second canoe paddle. The paddle converter also includes a groove on the body configured to receive the shaft of the first canoe paddle. The paddle converter further includes a grip match configured to match the grip of the first canoe paddle. The paddle converter additionally includes a fastener configured to secure the shaft of the first canoe paddle within the groove.
US08974131B2
A tape cartridge 2 includes a tape core 21b rotatably supported in a cartridge case 25 and houses a print tape 21a wound around the tape core 21b such that the print tape 21a can be unwound. The tape core 21b includes a core body 26 with the print tape 21a wound around an outer peripheral surface of the core body 26, a disk-like rib 27 provided at a middle portion in an axial direction of an inner peripheral surface of the core body 26, and a shaft hole 28 formed at an axis center of the rib 27. The cartridge case 25 includes a shaft support 41 that is inserted into the shaft hole 28 and rotatably supports the tape core 21b, and a rotation guide 42 that slides on the inner peripheral surface of the core body 26.
US08974127B2
An optical connector includes a substrate, a photoelectric element, and a base. The substrate includes a bearing surface. The photoelectric element includes a base, at least one light emitter, and at least one light receiver. The base is positioned on the bearing surface and includes an installing surface substantially perpendicular to the bearing surface. The light emitters and the light receivers are positioned on the installing surface. The optical element includes at least two first lenses and at least two second lenses aligned with the first lenses. The light emitters and the light receivers are aligned with the first lenses.
US08974113B1
A wristwatch is disclosed as including a casing 12 having a first layer 14, a second layer 16 and a base member 18. The first and second layers are spaced apart from each other and are substantially transparent. The base member is spaced apart from the second layer and comprises a dial or a watch movement. At least one movable member 22 is movable relative to the first and second layers between a first position in which an end 24 of the movable member contacts the first layer, and a second position in which the end of the movable member is out of contact with the first layer. At least part of the movable member remains within a recess or a hole 20 of the second layer during movement of the movable member between the first and second positions, so that detachment of the movable member from the second layer is prevented.
US08974111B2
A method and apparatus for combining and mixing together a plurality of liquids to form a blend. The invention discloses reservoir supplied intermittently operated servo driven pumps, and optionally discrete liquid flow meters, and precise, encoded, fast-acting flow shut-off devices to create and define repeated time synchronized ratio defined doses of the liquids. One or more liquids, designated secondary streams, are synchronously dosed into a secondary streams injection assembly which is located generally at the suction port of the primary liquid stream dosing pump. The primary stream pump, during its synchronized intermittent operation, withdraws ratio defined primary stream and secondary stream liquids from the injection assembly. The primary stream pump serves also to propel the combined liquids ratio dosed streams into and through mixing structure on the discharge of the primary stream pump. The mixed streams are then received by a final blend tank of desired capacity where blended liquids are available for use on a continuous stream or continuous flow basis, at any flow rate up to a defined maximum. The entire blender apparatus may be started at will and stopped at the completion of any given time synchronized streams ratio dose cycle.
US08974109B2
A blending scale for dosing and blending two products. The blending scale includes an auxiliary product dosing device, and an auxiliary product dispenser receiving the auxiliary product from the auxiliary product dosing device and releasing the auxiliary product within a dynamic unconstrained stream of the main product to produce and maximize a blend of the auxiliary and main products. A blend collector measures a quantity of the blend of the auxiliary and main products. A controller controls release of the auxiliary product in a synchronized manner with the dynamic unconstrained stream of the main product, based on the defined quantity of the auxiliary product measured by the auxiliary product dosing device. The dynamic stream of the main product is terminated once a targeted quantity of the blend measured by the blend collector is obtained. A method for accurately dosing and homogeneously blending two products is also disclosed.
US08974107B2
An aroma capsule assembly lamp system that disperses scent fast is provided, including a lamp and an aroma capsule. The lamp includes a support stand, a lamp stand installed on the support stand, a light bulb installed on the lamp stand, and a lamp cover installed on the support stand and covering the light bulb and the lamp stand, the lamp cover having a top opening. The aroma capsule is installed in the top opening of the lamp cover and includes a disposable container. The disposable container has an opening and an aroma material disposed in the disposable container. The light bulb is supplied with power and emits radiation light, the radiation light heating the disposable container and the aroma material, facilitating the system to disperse scent. When emitting radiation light, the light bulb of the lamp also generates heat at the same time, which heats the aroma material to disperse scent.
US08974101B2
A vehicular lamp including a lens member between a light-emitting element (22) and a light guiding plate (26) in which emitted light from the light-emitting element (22) is incident on the rear end surface (26a) and then emitted from the front end surface (26b) to the front of the lamp. The lens member (28) allows a part of the emitted light, which travels in a direction close to an optical axis (Ax), to reach the light guiding plate (26) as diffusing light that diffuses in a horizontal plane and further allows the emitted light to reach the light guiding plate (26) as parallel light along the optical axis (Ax) in a vertical plane.
US08974100B2
A lighting unit for a motorcycle for efficiently cooling heat generated from an LED apparatus. An LED lighting unit includes two plate-like members on which LED apparatus are mounted as light sources. Reflectors are disposed so as to cover the LED apparatus and configured to reflect irradiation light from the LED apparatus forwardly of the vehicle body. The two plate-like members are disposed in an opposing relationship to each other with a space provided therebetween such that mounting faces of the LED apparatus are directed to the outer sides. Cooling fins are provided on the two plate-like members in such a manner so as to extend in an opposing relationship to each other toward the space. The cooling fins are disposed such that a longitudinal direction thereof is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the two plate-like members. The plate-like members and the reflectors are formed separately from each other.
US08974094B2
A lamp includes a collar with internal and outer surfaces, where two or more connection pins extend from the internal surface of the collar. At least two connection pins have a head portion distal from the collar internal surface. The head portions include a slot. The lamp includes a light source with at least two external lead-in wires. The lead-in wires are located within respective slots and are mechanically coupled to respective surfaces of the slots in a press-fit manner which may be free of wrapping, winding, twisting, or soldering. A PCB disposed inside the lamp has two opposing surfaces and a rim between the two opposing surfaces. There are conductive surfaces disposed on at least one of the rim and one of the opposing surfaces at positions corresponding to connection pin slots. The PCB is located between connection pins with the conductive surfaces in electrical communication with the lead-in wires.
US08974082B2
An illumination device includes a point light source disposed on a base substrate, a package in which the point light source is sealed with a wavelength converter for converting a wavelength of light from the point light source, an optical member for controlling light from the package, a housing with an attachment face for holding the optical member and a bonding part for holding the package, and a circuit board on which the package is mounted. A space is provided between the wavelength converter and the optical member. The bonding part of the housing is directly positioned and fixed to a reference face of the package. This makes the heat generated from the LED chip released via the housing. Accordingly, a heat quantity transferred to the lens can be reduced.
US08974080B2
An illumination module is provided that can be inserted into a receptacle with a ramp that includes a wall and may be mounted on a support surface, such as a heat sink, and the illumination module include a cover and an LED assembly rotateably coupled to the cover. The LED assembly seats within the receptacle which causes terminals of the LED assembly to align with contacts on the receptacle. Circuitry is provided in the module that accepts an input voltage and converts the input to a desired driving output. The cover can be rotated relative to the receptacle so as to engage ramps so as to direct the LED assembly into the receptacle. When the LED assembly is attached to the receptacle, the terminals on the LED assembly mate with the contacts on the receptacle.
US08974078B2
A lamp includes a mounting frame, at least one supporting member, and a plurality of light emitting members. The mounting frame is provided with a connecting face. The supporting member is provided with a support portion and a connecting portion. The connecting portion of the supporting member is combined with the connecting face of the mounting frame. Each of the light emitting members is a light emitting diode (LED). Thus, the support portion of the supporting member has a convex arcuate shape to provide a wide-angle feature, and the light emitting members are arranged on the support portion of the supporting member in different angles and at different positions, so that the lighting angles of the light emitting members are complementary mutually to increase the whole lighting angle of the lamp.
US08974077B2
A back panel for use in a light emitting diode (LED) lighting assembly is disclosed. An extruded substrate formed of a thermally conductive material is provided, the substrate having a plurality of fins extending from a first side of the substrate, each of the fins having a substantially rectangular shape oriented so that a longitudinal axis of the fin is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the substrate. At least some of the fins include a hole formed through the fin to enable heated air to rise through the fins. A plurality of LEDs are mounted on a second side of the substrate, and oriented in a longitudinal orientation with the fins oriented parallel to the bottom edge of a surface to be illuminated, such that heat rises perpendicular to the surface of the fin.
US08974059B2
A small animal imaging system comprising a base element and a camera coupled to the base element, the camera being sized to image the eye of a small animal. A light-emitting diode is also included coupled to the base element. An OCT imaging apparatus is also included coupled to the base element. An X-Y scanner is also included coupled to the base element in communication with the OCT imaging apparatus.
US08974058B2
An eyeglass lens, comprising: a hidden mark defining a predetermined reference point; and refractive portions arranged along a meridian extending substantially in a vertical direction via the predetermined reference point, and wherein the refractive portions comprises: a first refractive portion located on a lower side of the predetermined reference point and having a first refractive power; a second refractive portion located on an upper side of the predetermined reference point and having a second refractive power smaller than the first refractive power; and an intermediate refractive portion in which refractive power continuously decreases, and an aberration distribution in the first refractive portion is substantially symmetrical in a left and right direction with respect to the meridian extending in the vertical direction, and an aberration distribution in the second refractive portion is asymmetrical in the left and right direction with respect to the meridian shifted to an ear side.
US08974057B2
Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced.
US08974050B2
A method for printing images on a substrate with an ink jet printer includes providing a liquid ink composition. The liquid ink composition includes an organic solvent, a binder, and a colorant. Droplets of the ink jet ink composition are directed to a plastic film substrate. The droplets are allowed to dry, thereby printing a durable graphic image on the substrate.
US08974044B2
A cartridge comprises an ink supply structure, a terminal bearing structure, and a first restriction portion. The terminal bearing structure has terminals arranged in a terminal plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a plane defined by a mounting direction leading edge of the ink supply structure, so that the contact portions of the terminals receive a force in a direction opposite (RD) from the mounting direction. An engagement portion of the first restriction portion is provided at a position adjacent to the terminal bearing structure.
US08974037B2
The film coating device forms a film of a coating liquid on the surface of a material to be coated using an inkjet printer. A print head unit moves in a first direction with respect to a surface of a material to be coated, and a plurality of print heads are continuously mounted on the print head unit over an entire coating width in a direction or orthogonal to a first direction. A fixed control unit is provided on a fixed portion of the film coating device, and a coating control unit is provided on the moving portion of the film coating device. The coating control unit is configured to control a coating state of the plurality print heads and moves together with the print head unit. The coating control unit is connected to the fixed control unit by a transmission line.
US08974036B2
There is provided an ink discharge apparatus including a discharge head provided with a nozzle surface having a first nozzle which is formed in the nozzle surface and via which a liquid droplet of a first ink is discharged and a second nozzle which is formed in the nozzle surface and via which a liquid droplet of a second ink, having a color deeper than a color of the first ink, is discharged; a maintenance device which performs maintenance of the discharge head; and an apparatus body in which the maintenance device is arranged. The maintenance device includes a suction cap which is arranged with respect to the apparatus body, with a predetermined clearance, so the suction cap is rockable three-dimensionally; and an urging mechanism which urges a corner portion of the suction cap in a direction orthogonal to the nozzle surface.
US08974032B2
An image processing method includes: forming a density unevenness measurement test image based on image data subjected to unevenness correction processing to correct density unevenness, using a preset unevenness correction value; acquiring a pre-conversion density measurement value that is a density measurement value of each density setting value for every recording element in the density unevenness measurement test image before processing after image formation using a recording head; converting the pre-conversion density measurement value into a post-conversion density measurement value corresponding to a density measurement value after the processing, using a density measurement value conversion value derived beforehand and indicating a conversion relationship of density measurement values before and after the processing for every density setting value and to which the set unevenness correction value is applied as the density setting value; and deriving a new unevenness correction value using the post-conversion density measurement value.
US08974021B2
A printing apparatus comprising, a printhead including an element array in which a plurality of printing elements are arrayed, scanning unit configured to reciprocally scan the printhead, driving unit configured to time-divisionally drive the printing elements, conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium, and setting unit configured to set a driving order, wherein the conveyance unit performs a first conveyance operation of conveying the printing medium by a conveyance amount which is an integer multiple of a width of the group of the time-divisional driving, and a second conveyance operation of conveying the printing medium by a conveyance amount which is not an integer multiple of the width of the group, and the setting unit sets the driving order in the time-divisional driving for each scan based on the conveyance amount by the conveyance unit.
US08974018B2
Disclosed herein is a liquid discharge apparatus including a transporting unit to transport a medium, a storage unit to store liquid, a head unit to discharge the liquid onto the medium, a plurality of supply flow paths to supply the liquid from the storage unit to the head unit, a plurality of bypass flow paths, and a controller that causes alternately to repeat a transport operation which transports the medium by the transporting unit and a liquid discharge operation which discharges the liquid from the head unit, thereby to form an image on the medium, and to circulate, when the liquid is not discharged during execution of the image forming process, the liquid within a circulation flow path constituted only by the supply flow paths and the bypass flow paths among the storage unit, the head unit, the supply flow paths, and the bypass flow paths.
US08974017B2
An ink-jet printer includes a printing station for ink-jet printing on a thermoplastic card includes a printhead coupled to a reservoir containing an ink comprising: a medium of a low-boiling organic solvent, an auxiliary solvent of a high-boiling organic solvent, and a coloring component soluble in the medium. A support carriage supports the card and is drivable between a first position in which the carriage does not face the printhead and a second position in which the carriage faces the printhead. A driving motor moves the carriage between the first and second positions along a guide member interposed between the printhead and a reference member to prevent ink ejected by the printhead from reaching the reference member. A detection device mounted on the carriage detects the reference member and generates a signal used by a control unit to regulate the driving motor.
US08974008B2
A wheel assembly includes a fixed axle spindle, a rotating drive shaft extending inside the axle spindle, a bearing, a hub, a brake disc, and a wheel rim. An inner ring of the bearing is mounted on the spindle, the hub is mounted on an outer ring of the bearing and the drive shaft, the brake disc and the rim are fast in rotation with the hub. The drive shaft is mounted on the hub, the brake disc is mounted on the drive shaft and the rim is mounted on the brake disc, in that order, from an interior side to an exterior side of the wheel assembly with respect to a vehicle provided with said wheel assembly.
US08973998B2
A vehicle seat, in particular motor vehicle seat, comprises at least one fitting which has two fitting parts rotatable relative to one another, and which defines an axis. At least one structural part has at least one first opening having a first diameter for partially accommodating the fitting, and at least one fastening region surrounding the first opening for fastening the fitting. The fastening region is reinforced relative to the other regions of the structural part by an additional part which has a second opening having a second diameter. The additional part is fixedly connected to the structural part, and the fitting is fixedly connected to the additional part and is at least partially inserted into the second opening.
US08973991B2
A seat anchoring element for child safety seats or baby carriers has an anchoring element which can be secured to fixation elements on the vehicle seat, or to the vehicle body, by connectors at the ends of a separate strap system. The seat anchoring element comprises at least one front and rear securing element on the upper face for fixing the child safety seat or the baby carrier thereto, and least one tensioning device for those parts at the ends of which the connectors are located. The straps of the strap system can be wound onto a ratchet spool of the tensioning device and can be unwound after a locking mechanism of the ratchet is unlocked. A lever mounted pivotably with the seat anchoring element is coupled with the ratchet, wherein the bearing axis of the lever runs transversely to the longitudinal axis of the seat anchoring element.
US08973989B2
A sensor system and seat assembly includes a sensor assembly configured to detect a seating force exerted on a portion of a seat cushion of a seat. The sensor assembly includes a base, a force transducer configured to output a signal indicative of the seating force, and a lever pivotably coupled to the base. The lever defines a sensing end configured to be disposed proximate to the portion of the seat cushion such that the seating force operates on the sensing end. The lever also defines an actuating end configured to apply an actuation force to the force transducer. The sensor assembly may comprise a plurality of levers. Each sensing end of each lever may be disposed in a separate location within the portion of the seat cushion. The sensor assembly may be configured to detect a child exerting a seating force on a portion of the seat cushion.
US08973987B2
A child safety seat includes a seat base having shell body, and a support leg connected with the shell body. The support leg includes a tubular segment, a support portion, a fastener connected with the tubular segment and the support portion, and a cushioning structure disposed adjacent to the fastener, wherein the cushioning structure is configured to block displacement of the fastener so that the support portion is locked in position relative to the tubular segment, and to deform or break as a result of a displacement of the fastener into the cushioning structure when a substantial force is applied that forces the tubular segment to move relative to the support portion.
US08973979B2
A motor vehicle bodywork has a floor assembly with an upwardly convex and downwardly open longitudinal center tunnel and two side sills parallel thereto. Floor elements are disposed between the longitudinal center tunnel and the side sills. A driver side and a passenger side are each provided with at least one front and one rear seat crossmember, seen in the direction of travel. The seat cross-members extend in the transverse direction of the vehicle and rest on the associated floor elements. It is important that the driver side and/or passenger side seat cross-members are each connected to each other in their upper regions via a plate-like thrust element.
US08973961B1
A vehicle trim panel includes a main body and a temporary cover. The main body has a finished surface and an attachment surface with a peripheral edge that encircles the main body. The peripheral edge is defined between the finished surface and the attachment surface. The attachment surface includes a plurality of attachment projections that protrude from the attachment surface. The plurality of attachment projections are dimensioned and positioned to fixedly attach the main body to a vehicle body member. The attachment surface also includes a plurality of retention hooks protruding from the attachment surface. The temporary cover covers the finished surface and includes a plurality of holes fitted to corresponding ones of the plurality of retention hooks.
US08973950B2
An uncoupling element shields against structure-borne sound, especially for the exhaust pipe of internal combustion engines in motor vehicles. The uncoupling element includes a bellows (2) made of metal and a ring-shaped damping element (4) made of a lightweight composite. The damping element has particle-filled hollow steel spheres inserted at least one end of the bellows between the bellows end and a continuing pipeline.
US08973949B2
It is provided a label for attaching on a packaging, particularly for cosmetical and/or pharmaceutical products, comprising a packaging label with a machine-readable identification code, particularly an EAN-barcode, and a cover label covering at least partially the identification code for rendering the identification code machine-unreadable, wherein the cover label is adapted for irreversibly damaging the identification code. Due to the cover label the identification code is machine-unreadable, so that a scanner cash register would not accept a packaging provided with this label and a resale is prevented. Since the identification code would be irreversibly damaged by the cover label, the identification code stays machine-unreadable even when the cover label is removed. The risk for an unauthorized resale of a packaging can be reduced in a facilitated manner.
US08973946B2
A ski pole comprises an elongate pole having a distal end and a proximal end. A grip is attached to the proximal end of the pole and is configured for grasping by a user. A basket assembly is coupled proximate to the distal end of the pole. The basket assembly comprises a generally disk shaped body and a plate defining a bottle opener embedded in the body, the bottle opener defines a plate opening configured for at least partially receiving a cap of a bottle therein and prying the cap from the bottle.
US08973944B2
A steering column assembly comprises an upper column for supporting a steering wheel and a position lock bracket disposed about the upper column. The position lock bracket is configured to be fixed to the upper column when the position lock bracket occupies a locked mode. The position lock bracket is further configured to be selectively fixed to a rigid structure of the vehicle when operating in a fixed mode and to be instantaneously released from the vehicle structure when operating in a release mode.
US08973939B2
An adjustable seating frame assembly includes a side frame member, first and second joint members, a footrest hanger, a pivot fastener and a lock fastener. The first joint member is affixed to the side frame member and includes a first pivot aperture and at least one first lock aperture. The second joint member is affixed to the footrest hanger and includes a second pivot aperture and at least one second lock aperture. The pivot fastener is secured through the first and second pivot apertures to pivotally attach the second joint member to the first joint member. The lock fastener is secured through a selected one of the at least one first lock aperture and a selected one of the at least one second lock aperture to secure the second joint member in a selected one of a plurality of angular positions with respect to the first joint member.
US08973937B2
The present invention provides a shock absorber with compliant members. Shock absorption is provided by the bending and rebound of curved, flexible arms. The deflection and the damping capabilities of the shock absorber are determined by the dimensions, curvature, and material modulus of elasticity of these compliant members. The shock absorber with compliant members technology may be applied to a bicycle front fork shock absorber and a rear shock absorber, both described herein. The benefits of a shock absorber with compliant members are that it is light-weight, it is simple in design, it has few movable joints, it can be designed to have precise flexion and damping characteristics, and it is resilient in harsh conditions.
US08973928B2
A baby carriage includes a frame and an accommodating mechanism. The accommodating mechanism is disposed on the frame and used for accommodating a mobile device. The accommodating mechanism includes a base and a clamping member. The clamping member is movably disposed on the base and used for clamping the mobile device on the base. This invention also discloses an accommodating mechanism having two crossing recesses for accommodating the mobile device in different orientations.
US08973916B2
A medium accumulating device has an accumulation table on which a medium is accumulated, an elastic member that supports the accumulation table, and an accumulation table detector that detects lowering of the accumulation table. The accumulation table is sensed to determine whether the accumulation table lowers below a predetermined position to thereby determine whether or not a medium is accumulated on the accumulation table.
US08973912B2
A printing control apparatus according to one aspect of this invention controls to print images on sheets based on image data of a plurality of pages, generate a bookbinding product by executing folding processing for the image-printed sheets, and output the bookbinding product. The printing control apparatus further accepts the position of an insertion sheet to be inserted into the sheets for which the folding processing is executed, and controls to output a plurality of bookbinding products by using, as a reference, the accepted position of the insertion sheet.
US08973909B2
A cross arm bushing assembly for use in a vehicle suspension is provided having a bushing with an outer surface adapted for rotation with respect to an end of a control arm, a cross arm assembly positioned within the bushing that includes a cross arm having a first end and a second end, and a front side and a back side, the first end of the cross arm having a first opening for receiving a first connecting rod, and the second end of the cross arm having a second opening for receiving a second connecting rod, a first connecting rod extending into the first opening of the cross arm, and a second connecting rod extending into the second opening of the cross arm.
US08973905B2
A venturi insert for a carburetor, and a carburetor, system and apparatus incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the invention is a carburetor for an internal combustion engine comprising: a carburetor body comprising a plurality of throttle bores extending through the carburetor body, and for each of the throttle bores a fuel delivery passage terminating at a sidewall of the throttle bore; an insert comprising a plurality of venturi tubes and a linking member connecting the venturi tubes together, each of the venturi tubes comprising a venturi passage and a fuel port for introducing fuel into the venturi passage; and the insert secured to the carburetor body so that the venturi tubes extend into the throttle bores and the fuel ports are in fluid communication with the fuel delivery passages, and the linking member is in contact with the carburetor body.
US08973904B2
A fence assembly is provided having a plurality of posts, a plurality of elongated rails, with each rail having a hollow interior and a front face including an elongated channel extending into the hollow interior, a plurality of fence slats, and a plurality of brackets, with each bracket formed to retain at least one fence slat. The brackets include engagement ends positioned on an extension member formed on the bracket body. The engagement ends are inserted into the channel and the interior hollow of the rails to secure the brackets to the rails. The brackets are secured to the rail and create a retaining slot for receiving at least one fence slat and to support the fence slat on the rail. The rail is attached to one or more posts to form, along with the plurality of brackets and fence slats, a fencing section.
US08973903B2
Bendable wire pole (1) intended to fixate the wires in a wire-rope safety fence, comprising at least two curved elongated pole sections (2) connected to each other so that at least an intermediate cavity (4) is formed between the sections (2), whose sections (2) are held together by at least one cohesive body (12). The unique feature of the present bendable wire pole (1) is that it includes at least one intermediate elongated pole section (3) positioned between the curved sections (2), whose sections (2) and (3) in their upper are provided with at least one groove (5) in which wires are designed to be inserted. The pole (1) further comprises at least one spacer unit (6), intended to be connected to the wires and the pole (1), with which the wires are positioned in the vertical and horizontal directions relative to the pole (1).
US08973902B2
A power winch horizontal-pull clutch device provides dynamic forces from a power source and uses a deceleration device to retard the force transmission to a cable pulley for releasing and rewinding a steel cable on the cable pulley. A connecting slot is formed on a casing of the deceleration device. The deceleration device includes an outer ring body and at least one insert slot formed on an external surface. The power winch includes a clutch device for selectively fixing the connecting slot to the insert slot to transmit the dynamic force from the deceleration device to the cable pulley. The clutch device is a sealed assembly and a control handle is provided for making a horizontal movement to achieve the clutching effect and prevent water, dust or other foreign matters from entering into the clutch device, damaging components, causing failure or malfunction, or clamping an operator's hand or foreign matters.
US08973900B2
In one aspect, a lighted tip for attachment to a flexible rod comprises a tip body having proximal and distal ends, a mechanical connector at the proximal end, a lens connected to the distal end, a light source that emits light through the lens, and a holder coupled to the light source and the lens. A circuit is completed or interrupted as the holder moves in relation to the tip body, thereby switching the light source on or off. In another aspect, a lighted tip for attachment to a flexible rod comprises a lens forming a distal end of the lighted tip. The lens is cylindrical over at least some of its length, and the tip further includes a light source at least partially within the cylindrical lens portion and a mechanical connector at a proximal end if the lighted tip, for connecting the tip to the flexible rod.
US08973899B2
A jacking pole apparatus is disclosed. A jacking pole may include two tubular members, slidably engaged with one another in such a manner that they may extend or expand. A jacking pole may engage two surfaces or objects and extend therebetween in order to provide support. Further, a jacking pole may vertically displace an object or surface. A jacking pole utilizes locking mechanisms to remain in certain positions and provide continuous support for surface and objects. The locking mechanisms may also be utilized during vertical displacement in order to facilitate such motion.
US08973898B2
A portable and foldable lift can be attached to a surface such as a tailgate of a truck. The lift can be slid off the gate and used to lift heavy objects from the ground to the bed of the truck. The portable and foldable lift is returned in a folded position to the tailgate for easy storage. The portable and foldable lift can also be attached to a work bench, either on top or underneath, and can be folded up and stored out of the way.
US08973894B2
A solenoid includes a plunger, a core, an electromagnetic coil, and a casing. A core receiving portion of the plunger is to receive a core projection while the electromagnetic coil is energized. A plunger receiving portion of the core is to receive a plunger projection while the electromagnetic coil is energized. The casing houses the plunger, the core, and the electromagnetic coil. At least one of an end portion of the plunger projection and an end portion of the core projection has an acute angle in a cross section along the axial direction. A distance between the end portion of the plunger projection and the end portion of the core projection is shortest among distances between the core and the plunger while the electromagnetic coil is not energized.
US08973893B2
A method for determining the actual start of injection is performed by an actuating device for a piezo fuel injection valve and includes the following steps. First, a test injection is carried out with such a short actuation duration that a start of shut-off takes place at a time so early that the nozzle needle does not reach the open end position. Said time is predefined by the actuation and is therefore precisely known. Next, the closing time of the nozzle needle is then determined by measurement and evaluation of an electrical variable of the piezo direct drive. Once the closing time and the time of the start of shut-off are known, the actual start of injection is calculated back from the closing time via the start of shut-off. This permits an adequately precise determination of the actual injection quantity in almost every operating state of the internal combustion engine.
US08973886B2
An active vibration control device is provided that is configured to control the position of a body relative to a reference frame. The control device includes sensors that provide input signals corresponding to movement of the body in at least one direction, a rotary rotary actuator configured to control the position of the body, and four-bar linkage connecting the rotary rotary actuator to the body. The linkage converts the rotary motion output from the rotary actuator into a linear motion of the body. The controller, based on the input signals from the reference frame sensors, provides control signals to the rotary rotary actuator which acts through the linkage to position the body in the at least one direction relative to the position of the reference frame.
US08973885B2
A structural rod has a primary rod that has an axial cavity and a secondary rod inside the axial cavity so that the secondary rod is able to move inside the axial cavity along the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rod. The primary rod has a bearing for fastening the structural rod at the first end in a rigid manner and is not fastened rigidly to the structure at the second end. Conversely, the secondary rod has a bearing for fastening the structural rod at the second end in a rigid manner and is not fastened rigidly to the structure at the first end. The primary and secondary rods are joined through one or more intermediate linkage elements made of a deformable and elastic material.
US08973880B2
A clamp is disclosed for coupling an accessory to a tube. The clamp includes a base configured to receive an accessory, and first and second arms rotatably coupled to the base by way of flexible members. Another flexible member adjoins ends of the first and second arms to define a continuous clamping surface for receiving the tube. The clamping surface has a size substantially identical to an outer diameter of the tube. A locking system is configured to restrict rotational and lateral movement of the first and second arms relative to each other.
US08973879B2
A clamp includes a base portion, a clamping portion and an urging member. The base portion is connected to a housing accommodating a device. The clamping portion is provided on a first face of the base portion, and clamps a mating member. The urging portion is provided on a second face of the base portion. The urging portion has elasticity, and urges the device in a case where the base portion is connected to the housing.
US08973877B2
A sucker includes a sucker body having a rough suction layer which includes a plurality of protrusions which are juxtaposed to each other closely, and a plurality of grooves defined between the protrusions. When the rough suction layer presses an attached face and is disposed at a negative pressure state, the sucker body is pressed toward the attached face by a normal force from the ambient air, so that the rough suction layer is compressed, and the grooves form multiple independent negative pressure or vacuum zones, to increase a negative pressure of the rough suction layer, to decrease air existing in the rough suction layer, and to reduce a vacuum leak in the rough suction layer, so as to increase an air-tightness between the rough suction layer and the attached face.
US08973876B1
A bracket assembly for adjustably and releasably affixing bracket elements to an adjustable elongated support member includes a cylindrical base, at least one cylindrical core having an orthogonal arm, and a cylindrical cap. The bracket assembly provides adjustable vertical bracket positioning by the adjustable elongated support member. Abutting bracket assembly cylindrical cores provide a range of orthogonal arm positions 180 degrees or less, one to the other. The orthogonal arm provides additional 360 degree adjustable positioning for any element attached to the arm outward end.
US08973873B2
A spacecraft having a primary structural frame and a propellant tank, in which the spacecraft may include a tank mount adopted to engage a portion of the propellant tank, the tank mount being configured to transfer launch loads directly from the propellant tank to a lunch vehicle interface ring.
US08973872B2
A line segment of a fuel line in an aircraft for connecting at least three lines is provided. In order to provide fuel channeling in an aircraft, having, for example, better damage or leakage features, a line segment is provided that has a wall structure forming a continuous cavity. The wall structure has at least three adapter openings for connecting the continuous cavity with respectively one line. The wall structure is designed double walled between the adapter openings in such a way that an intermediate cavity is formed, which encases the continuous cavity.
US08973870B2
The present disclosure relates to a wall component for an aircraft for forming an outer wall comprising at least one first wall element, at least one second wall element and at least one connecting device for connecting the first wall element to the second wall element. On wall regions that are to be directed towards each other, the first and the second wall element comprise connecting regions. Furthermore, a joint element is provided, which comprises a joint region with a joint region surface that is to be arranged towards the outside of the aircraft, wherein the joint region is designed to be received with a matching fit into a recess formed by the connecting regions of the wall elements, and wherein the joint region surface, when the joint element is inserted, is flush with the outer surfaces of the wall elements.
US08973869B2
A landing gear retraction/extension device includes a hydraulic actuator, a hydraulic circuit, a hydraulic pump, an electric motor, and a driver. Part of the hydraulic circuit is provided such that heat is exchangeable between operation oil and each of the electric motor and the driver. The driver supplies power to the electric motor before landing of an aircraft such that an operation oil temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature upon the landing of the aircraft.
US08973863B1
The rotorcraft may include an airframe, at least one engine connected to the airframe, and a rotor connected to the airframe. The rotor may include a hub, a rotor blade, and a feathering spindle connected to the hub. The rotor blade may have a root and a tip and form a conduit extending in the radial 5 direction from the root to the tip. The root may comprise a wall forming a hollow circular cylinder. The hollow circular cylinder may form a portion of the conduit. A plurality of bolts may be distributed circumferential within the wall of the root. The plurality of bolts may extend in the radial direction from the wall of the root to secure the rotor blade to the feathering 10 spindle.
US08973848B2
An air bearing assembly supporting a turbine driven rotatable motor shaft is provided. The assembly includes a composite cylindrical air bearing having alternating, bonded segmented porous carbon sections and nonporous carbon sections. The composite bearing has a sleeve installed circumferentially therearound. The sleeve has openings therein, therethrough and therearound such that the openings are adjacent the porous carbon sections and are oriented so as to be in longitudinal and circumferential registry with the porous carbon sections. Air passageways deliver supplied air into and through the sleeve openings, thence into and through the porous sections, thereby providing frictionless support for the rotating shaft. The assembly includes “O”-rings installed circumferentially therearound, one at each end of the assembly. A specific embodiment, namely a rotary bell cup atomizer driven by a turbine mounted on a rotatable motor shaft supported by the air bearing assembly, is disclosed and claimed.
US08973847B2
Aerosol-free spray devices are provided. According to some embodiments, a spray device includes a piston operable within a piston chamber and coupled to a vacuum plunger operable within a vacuum chamber. A charger is operable to move the piston and the vacuum plunger in a first direction to generate a vacuum in the piston chamber and the vacuum chamber, thereby drawing liquid into the piston chamber. The vacuum in the vacuum chamber acts on the piston to pressurize the liquid in the piston chamber. A spray actuator is operable to open a spray valve, thereby causing the vacuum in the vacuum chamber to force the plunger and the piston to move opposite the first direction, and forcing the liquid in the piston chamber through a spray nozzle as a liquid spray. According to other embodiments, a spring replaces the vacuum chamber and vacuum plunger.
US08973844B2
Embodiments of the present invention include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer program products for information exchange using color space encoded images. A color space encoded image can be displayed, for example on media such as posters, billboards, or paper, or on a display of a first device such as smartphone displays, palmtop displays, camera displays, tablet displays, or e-reader displays. A second device can acquire the displayed encoded image, for example by photographing the image. The second device can decode the color space encoded image or transfer the color space encoded image to a device that decodes the image.
US08973840B2
There is disclosed an integrated circuit comprising a management unit for managing the occurrence of predetermined events in the integrated circuit. The management unit comprises: a processing unit adapted to determine the occurrence of a predetermined event in the integrated circuit; a data storage unit adapted to store information regarding the determined event occurrence; an output interface adapted to output a signal based on the stored information regarding the determined event occurrence; and an output generating unit adapted to analize the stored information and to generate a signal to be output by the output interface based on results of the analysis.
US08973839B2
A wireless tag includes: an antenna; an integrated circuit configured to be electrically connected to the antenna; a package configured to integrally subject the antenna and the integrated circuit to packaging; and a boundary portion configured to be located between a first portion including the integrated circuit in the package and a second portion not including the integrated circuit, wherein the boundary portion is configured so as to be more easily torn apart than a portion other than the boundary portion in the package.
US08973834B2
A secured identification document has at least two flexible layers embedding an electronic module. The electronic module includes a flexible substrate on which are positioned an antenna and a radiofrequency microcontroller storing identification data. The radiofrequency microcontroller is electrically connected to said antenna. The secured identification document has the at least two flexible layers locally joined together by means of a chemically and mechanically tamper proof material that is applied in cavities that are distributed in each of said at least two flexible layers that surround the electronic module in order to make the electronic module interdependent with the at least two flexible layers.
US08973831B1
A standoff RFID element includes a generally planar, hollow, standoff member with a pair of major outer walls connected by a plurality of structural components like ribs and at least a first piece of flexible, planar, non-conductive polymer substrate having one major side bonded with a major side of the standoff member. An RFID inlay is encapsulated between the hollow member and the piece of polymer substrate. The hollow member is formed from a non-conductive, non-porous, polymer material. The flexible substrate is non-conductive and substantially porous.
US08973830B2
A method of preparing a security laminate including the steps of: a) providing a polyethylene terephthalate substrate (1); b) stretching the polyethylene terephthalate substrate in either a longitudinal or a transversal direction; c) coating and drying a first coating composition (2) on the stretched polyethylene terephthalate substrate; d) stretching the coated polyethylene terephthalate substrate in the longitudinal or transversal direction not selected in step b) in order to obtain a coated biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate substrate having a layer of the first coating composition with a dry thickness between 50 nm and 400 nm; e) coating and drying a second coating composition (3) on top of the dry layer on the biaxially stretched substrate, wherein the first coating composition contains a copolymer selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl—functional, partially-hydrolyzed vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer and a polyester-urethane copolymer; and wherein the second coating composition contains a hydroxyl—functional, partially-hydrolyzed vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer. Security laminates and security documents containing them are also disclosed.
US08973828B2
A coupon management system includes a synthetic barcode module. The synthetic barcode module comprises light management components and a controller. The light management components include an LED operating as both an optical receiver and an optical emitter. The LED receives light pulses and emits light pulses. The controller interfaces with a compatible electronic device such as a cell phone, receives codes corresponding to coupon barcodes, generates signals corresponding to light received by light management components via the LED, determines if the received light pulses correspond to scanner output, and outputs driver signals to cause the light management module to emit light pulses that emulate light reflected from a scanned barcode to communicate the coupon barcode optically. The controller determines if the received light pulses correspond to barcode scanner by checking stimulus timing (e.g., by determining if the timing of received light pulses corresponds to light pulses emitted from a barcode scanner). A signal conditioning circuit operably coupled to the LED and the controller improves a signal to noise ratio and supplies a logic level signal to the controller module corresponding to light received by the LED. The light management module includes an LED driver configured to regulate electrical power supplied to the LED.
US08973826B2
A method of imaging a target object with an imaging reader. The method includes the following: (1) detecting light from the target object through a lens arrangement with an image sensor to generate light-field data; (2) generating a stream of image data including image data representing an expected in-focus image of the target object, and (3) processing the expected in-focus image of the target object to decode a barcode on the target object. The image sensor includes an array of photosensitive elements and an array of microlenses that overlays the array of photosensitive elements located at a focus plane of the microlens.
US08973825B2
This invention relates to a method and system to ensure the safe use of magnetic strip cards in order to prevent the theft of information contained in the magnetic strip of a industry standard magnetic strip card. Security system enabling the safe use of magnetic strip cards that implements the method, composed of a half-cylinder, equipped with a special slot of a thickness almost similar to the magnetic strip card and wide of one card length, a mechanical card loading and rotating device, card presence and position sensors, electrical motors for the mechanical system, an overall electronic command and control module and the physical security box containing all parts of the system.
US08973818B2
Each portable payment device associated with a single account within a payment processing system is distinguished using track data. The track data from the portable payment device is read at each of a plurality of merchant point of sale terminals (POS). Rather than relying on the PAN alone, a merchant may utilizes the track data, or a proxy thereof, as the unique identifier for the portable payment device. The merchant may then process transactions involving the portable payment device based on the unique identifier. For example, in the transit environment the transit fare for each rider with different portable payment devices but the same account can be calculated using the unique identifier, such as the full track data read from both tracks of the corresponding portable payment devices.
US08973805B2
A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a cartridge-receiving assembly and a cartridge assembly releasably engagable therewith. The cartridge assembly includes a housing and a knife assembly having a knife translatable from an initial position to a deployed position and a knife guard pivotable between a storage position, wherein the knife guard substantially encloses the knife member, and a use position, wherein the knife member is exposed for translation through the housing. The knife guard engages to the knife member such that translation of the knife member rotates the guard to the use position.
US08973798B2
A durable yet flexible protective bicycle cover is disclosed. The protective cover having properties of insulation from damage, wear, elements, dust and dirt, and the like. The protective cover further includes means for carrying a bicycle while within the cover, means for pushing a bicycle while within the cover, means for lifting a bicycle to and from a motor vehicle while within the cover, and means for transforming the cover into a backpack.
US08973797B2
A folding pannier suitable for carrying a for accommodating a generally rectangular recyclable paper, or re-useable, grocery bag. The pannier manipulable between an expanded configuration and a folded configuration. The pannier featuring fasteners for use in securing a cover when in the expanded configuration and in securing the pannier in the folded configuration.
US08973794B2
A baby carrier has two strap loops, which are interconnected and arranged to extend around the two shoulder areas of the wearer, with each strap loop having a first part and a second part. A carrying pocket is mounted to the strap loops and has a front piece at the strap loop, and a seat part is adjustably attached to the respective strap loop by a lower connection device. A first part of the respective strap loop is connected with the lower connection device. The second part of the respective strap loop is connected with the first part on a level with an upper second connection device. Regulation of the size of the baby carrier according to the child's length is solely carried out by regulating the seat part so that the lower second connection device is always situated immediately below the child's arms.
US08973789B2
A closure assembly for a container having a housing with a fluid passage, a retaining ring attached to an inner surface of a wall of the housing and having a sloping centering flange, and a valve positioned in the housing and sealing the fluid passage.
US08973779B2
Drums of thermoplastic synthetic material include a circumferentially extending carrying and transport ring arranged on the drum wall in the vicinity of the upper bottom, and at least one bunghole connection sleeve arranged in a trough-shaped indentation of the upper head of the drum in the area of the rim thereof. An integrally formed stiffening bead is arranged on the inner side of the carrying and transport ring of a drum of the above-described type in the vicinity of a bunghole connection sleeve. A stiffening hump is formed in the upper head of the drum between the stiffening bead of the carrying and transport ring and the bunghole connection sleeves.
US08973766B2
A rack and method for storing tie-down chain ratchet binders on a surface. The rack includes a base that preferably is mounted on a truck wall. A first finger is provided on the base and a first recess is defined therein. The first recess is configured so that the shaft of a chain ratchet binder is receivable therein. The rack further includes a second finger spaced laterally from the first finger and defining a second recess therein that is aligned with the first recess. The shaft of the binder is received in the first and second recesses and is supported by the first and second fingers. A plurality of similarly aligned pairs of first and second fingers with associated first and second recesses is provided on the base, vertically spaced from each other. Thus, rack is able to store a plurality of chain ratchet binders vertically spaced from each other.
US08973764B2
A sample display holder is configured to present a fabric covering. The sample display holder includes a backer board, mechanically coupled to a plurality of joined cellular material sample sections further including a rear cellular material sample section mechanically coupled to the backer board and a front cellular material sample section mechanically coupled to a label. Each cellular material sample section further includes a cell mechanically coupled to and surrounded by the fabric covering. Each cell and each fabric covering further includes a front hole and a rear hole wherein all holes are aligned. A magnetic unit is attached to the backer board and further including a mounting mechanically coupled to a magnet. A magnetic plate is mechanically coupled to the front cellular material sample section. The plurality of joined cellular material sample sections can be compressed by magnetically coupling the magnet to the magnetic plate.
US08973763B2
A dish drying rack and tray assembly is provided to include paper towel supports that fit onto the tray and onto which a roll of paper towels can be secured by means of a rod that passes through the paper towels with pins at either end where the pins can be placed into channels of the paper towel supports in a position either horizontal with respect to a user or in a vertical position with respect to the user to allow the user by means of sliding one of the pins into an inner channel of the paper towel supports thereby allowing a user to hand a plastic bag onto hooks of the paper towel supports and where the dish rack also includes swinging rods for the placement of dish towels or rubber gloves after use.
US08973757B2
An accessory container for containing baby accessories and for changing a baby's diaper when in proximity to a door includes a container member having a bottom wall with rear, front, and side walls extending upwardly therefrom and defining an interior area. A divider panel is positioned in the interior area of the container member so as to divide the interior area into first and second chambers. The front wall is movable between a closed configuration preventing access to the second chamber and an open configuration allowing access to the second chamber. A length adjustable frame assembly is mounted in the second chamber and is selectively movable between a stowed configuration contained in the second chamber and a deployed configuration extending away from the second chamber. A covering is the frame assembly is configured to support a baby on the frame assembly.
US08973745B2
A carrier element (20) for receiving and transporting articles (10) or containers within a production facility. The carrier element (20) includes a receiving portion (22) with a receiving opening (24) for the article (10) or the container. The carrier element (20) includes a fastening portion (30), which is arranged spatially separate from the receiving portion. The fastening portion (30) includes at least one hollow inside area (34) and at least one opening (40) in a section of the outer casing (31). This opening (40) provides an open connection to the inside area (34) of the fastening portion (30). At least one functional surface (45) is arranged in the hollow inside area (34) for the purpose of creating a force-locking and/or form-locking connection to a coupling device (50) of the production facility.
US08973742B2
A chain tension sensor for a chain conveyor, the conveyor including a frame and a chain having a plurality of flights. The tension sensor includes a reaction arm and a load sensing pin. The reaction arm includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a load pad. The first end is pivotably coupled to the frame by a pivot pin defining a pivot axis. The load pad is adjacent the conveyor chain and positioned to contact flights passing the load pad. The flights contacting the load pad exert a force on the reaction in a direction that is perpendicular to the pivot axis. The load sensing pin is coupled to the reaction arm such that the load sensing pin senses the force that is exerted by the flights.
US08973738B2
A cleaning device for cleaning a conveyor system including a slotted track that defines an elongate path along which product is moved and that has opposed glide surfaces from which product is suspended. The conveyor system also includes a wall that is disposed above the track and that cooperates with the track to define a product passageway along the elongate path. The cleaning device includes a drive unit, a wheel rotatably coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the wall within the product passageway to move the drive unit along the slotted track, a glide coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the glide surfaces to support the drive unit on the slotted track, and a cleaning implement coupled to the drive unit to clean the track.
US08973737B2
A conveying apparatus includes a frame, a conveying path, a curved path, an endless traction element, a plurality of conveying tables and a table guide. The conveying path is formed in the frame so as to circulate by the curved path at which the conveying direction of the conveying path is changed. The endless traction element is disposed along the conveying path in a freely traveling manner and includes a plurality of connecting pins disposed at a predetermined interval. The conveying table has a cylindrical shape and a hole formed through the conveying table at a position eccentric from the center of the conveying table in which the connecting pin is inserted. The conveying tables are rotatably connected to the endless traction element by the connecting pins. The table guide is configured to guide the conveying table traveling on the curved path to move outwardly.
US08973736B2
A specimen transport system with magnetic damping and method for transporting specimens with magnetic damping are disclosed. A conveyance device transports sample carriers configured to carry specimen containers. One or more of the sample carriers include magnets. The system may also include a diverting arm having a magnet. When a first sample carrier is transported toward a second sample carrier, a first sample carrier magnet coupled to the first sample carrier repels a second sample carrier magnet coupled to the second sample carrier. When a sample carrier is transported toward a diverting arm, a diverting arm magnet of the diverting arm repels a sample carrier magnet of the sample carrier.
US08973726B2
A hydraulic shock absorber includes: a cylinder which demarcates a piston oil chamber and a rod oil chamber; an outer cylinder body which demarcates between the cylinder and the outer cylinder body a reflux path that connects the piston oil chamber and the rod oil chamber with each other and which demarcates between a damper case and the outer cylinder body a reservoir chamber; and a valve structure mounted to the cylinder and the outer cylinder body. The valve structure has a valve for controlling an oil flow between the piston oil chamber and the reflux path and between the piston oil chamber and the reservoir chamber. The valve structure comprises a first valve structure mounted to an open end of the cylinder and a second valve structure mounted to an open end of the outer cylinder body. A cylinder assembly and an outer cylinder assembly are independently arranged.
US08973724B2
In an embodiment, and by way of example only, a vibration isolator is used for coupling between a payload and a base and includes a rod, a magnetic damper, a first spring, and a second spring. The magnetic damper includes a movable section and stationary section. The movable section comprises a conductive material and has an opening through which the rod extends. The stationary section includes a magnet disposed around and spaced apart from the movable section and is coupled to the base. The first spring couples the movable section to the rod. The second spring is coupled to the rod and stationary section. In another embodiment, the vibration isolator also includes a voice coil actuation system.
US08973722B2
An improved self-adjusting automatic slack adjuster for reducing slack in the brake of a vehicle is provided, in which an easily accessible external operating feature permits the automatic slack adjuster's one-way clutch assembly to be readily disengaged to allow smooth release and retraction of the brake shoes of a vehicle brake without damage to the one-way teeth of the clutch assembly. When the external feature is operated in a brake release direction, the motion of the feature is translated into a motion which axially displaces an output part of the one-way clutch away from an input part of the clutch a distance sufficient to disengage the parts' one-way teeth, thereby disengaging the one-way clutch to permit brake shoe retraction without resistance from the one-way clutch.
US08973719B2
A mounting system for a brake pad in the housings of a disk brake yoke in which the brake pad comprises at its ends two mounting ears (10), each ear being mounted in a housing of a disk brake yoke. The mounting system comprises for each pad ear, a spring (5) of linear or lamella shape, intended to bear, on the one hand, below a lower face (12) of the ear and, on the other hand, on the lower face of the housing of the yoke so as to separate the lower face (12) of the ear from the lower face of the housing.
US08973714B2
A door engagement device for an elevator according to the present invention is configured in such a manner that biasing-force applying/changing means applies a turning preventing force for preventing turning of a lever main body and changes a direction of a biasing force to a direction of an anti-turning preventing force to the lever main body by action of turning guiding means with movement of a car door. Accordingly, an engagement-mechanism driving device can be driven with a reduced space at low cost.
US08973709B2
A lift includes a mast and a brake module. The mast is for disposing on a working surface and has at least one track. The brake module is connected to a lift module mounted on the mast and includes at least one friction member and at least one forcing member. The friction member has a pressing portion and an axle oppositely arranged. The pressing portion is substantially shaped to engage the track. The forcing member is rotatably disposed on the axle for pivoting axially between a first position and a second position. At the first position, the pressing portion can be moved along the track and stopped by the lift module. At the second position, the forcing member displaces the friction member to force the pressing portion tightly against the track. Thus, the brake module is held in position relative to the mast.
US08973703B2
Apparatus and associated methods may relate to a unitary body having a hardness of between 20 and 35 according to the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) and adapted to be removably inserted into the canal 10 of an ear. In an illustrative example, the body may include a central portion between an adapter portion disposed at the proximal end of the body to couple an audio signal from an audio signal source to the central lumen. The retention portion may be disposed at a distal end of the body along a distal end axis. When inserted in the ear canal, the retention portion may be adapted to engage the canal wall between a prominence and the eardrum membrane with comfort for extended periods of time, including during physical activities, without falling out of the ear. Some embodiments by be packaged as a kit containing pairs in a range of predetermined sizes.
US08973698B2
An electric motorcycle is provided. The motorcycle includes: a charging connector to which is removably attached an outside charging connector connected to an outside electric power supply; a battery that charges with electric power supplied from the outside electric power supply when the outside charging connector is connected to the charging connector, and discharges the electric power to the motor; a rear frame connected to a front frame of a vehicle body; and a seat on which a driver or passenger is seated and a cowling for covering the vehicle body, the seat and cowling being mounted to the rear frame, wherein the seat or cowling is pivotally or removably attached to the rear frame, and the charging connector is placed in a space in the vicinity of the rear frame, the space being opened and closed by the seat or cowling.
US08973696B2
To provide a motorcycle in which a distinction between a main harness and ABS pipes can be easily made to enhance flexibility of packaging design of the motorcycle and to facilitate operations for assembly and piping, thereby improving productivity of the motorcycle.A main harness 50 for supplying electric power from a battery 61 to multiple electric components 62 to 67 is arranged on one side in a right-to-left direction of a vehicle 10, and ABS pipes 101, 102 and 106 for transmitting a hydraulic pressure to a brake caliper 74 are arranged on the other side in the right-to-left direction of the vehicle 10.
US08973695B2
A vehicle wheeled device has a drive wheel, two foot pads and two support wheels. The drive wheel is adapted to drive the device along a longitudinal drive path with the foot pads being located at opposing longitudinal sides of the drive wheel. The two support wheels of the device are adapted to engage the ground face at one of the longitudinal sides of the drive wheel with the drive path being located therebetween.
US08973671B2
The proposed invention is an indoor firefighting robot which has the capability to climb stairs and negotiate several types of floor materials inside buildings. it can withstand very high temperature up to 700 Celsius for as long as 60 minutes using multiple thermal insulation technique. It can communicate with trapped and injured persons inside the fire scene and can send back video and audio information describing the fire environment inside the building to the controller. It has also an insulated container at the rear with oxygen masks to help victims to breathe safely in the smoke environment in the early stage of the firefighting process. Several of these compact firefighting robots can be launched and can work together inside the room or multiple rooms under fire with assistance of remote control unit. The fire robot can avoid obstacles while trying to rescue injured victims.
US08973660B2
A method is disclosed, including but not limited to positioning a tool containing an injection liquid in a well bore formed in a formation; injecting the injection liquid through a probe into the formation; and withdrawing formation fluid from the formation through the probe. A system is disclosed for performing functions useful in positioning a tool containing an injection liquid in a well bore formed in a formation; injecting the injection liquid through a probe into the formation; and withdrawing formation fluid from the formation through the probe.
US08973652B1
The pipe wiper assembly of the present invention assists with wiping the pipe as the pipe is removed from the hole (“tripped out”). The pipe passes through the two pipe apertures of the pipe wiper assembly during the removal. Two upper containment arms adjust between an open position and a closed position within the housing to form the upper pipe aperture. The lower containment lip forms the lower piper aperture. The upper containment arms and lower containment lip partially enclose the housing to prevent the wiper from exiting the wiper storage. The containment arms slideably adjust to eliminate the need for hinges. The removal of the hinges provides for easier storage and transportation of the pipe wiper assembly. The removal of hinges also reduces manufacturing costs of the pipe wiper assembly.
US08973644B2
A rollable screen comprises a rotatable winding tube for a screen mounted for rotation in a stationary mounting assembly and a spring for loading said winding tube in a direction for winding the screen onto the winding tube. A first end of said spring is connected to the winding tube and a second end is connected to a mounting part positioned within the winding tube and connected to the stationary mounting assembly. Said mounting part comprises projecting locking elements for cooperation with corresponding locking members of the mounting assembly and for a rotation relative thereto between a first rotational position in which the mounting part can be inserted in or removed from the mounting assembly, and a second rotational position in which the locking elements and locking members prevent any translational movement of the rollable screen relative to the stationary mounting assembly.
US08973640B1
A tire changer machine and tire demounting methodology includes a demount tool assembly having a demount tool selectively positionable relative to a support and configured to extract a bead of the tire from the wheel rim. A guide element is mounted to the support, and the guide element is operable to provide a limited degree of freedom of the distal end from a predetermined path of motion in a tire demount procedure, thereby allowing the distal end to reliably grip the tire bead while the support arm is maintained in a stationary position relative to the wheel rim.
US08973635B2
A pneumatic tire comprising a belt structure and a torus shaped carcass having a first inner radius and an outer radius, wherein the carcass is comprised of three or more layers of ply, wherein each layer of ply is formed from a rubberized strip of one or more cords, the strips being wound in an geodesic pattern having the cord extend across the carcass from a first shoulder to a second shoulder in a path that has at least one point tangent to the first inner radius located in the bead area of the tire.
US08973629B2
An improved tire provides an air-flow restrictor that may be installed inside a tire. The air-flow restrictor may restrict or prevent the flow of air in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the tire. Also, a method for saving fuel by inserting or retrofitting tires with air movement restricting inserts.
US08973623B2
A vehicle includes: a fuel tank into which gas is filled from a gas station that has a receiver; a transmitter; and a control device connected to the transmitter. The control device changes a transmission cycle of a signal transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver during the gas filling from the gas station into the fuel tank, according to a state quantity regarding an interior of the fuel tank.
US08973620B2
The connecting rod (6) for two articulations with parallel axes and for transmitting the rocking movements of an output lever of a shedding device to a heald frame belonging to a weaving loom, having a first connecting tip connecting to a first articulation and secured to a longitudinal bar, a second connecting tip (62) connecting to a second articulation and including members for clamping the bar that are accessible from one side of the connecting rod, and members (64) for separating the tips along a longitudinal axis (X6) of the connecting rod. The separating member having a bearing member (640) on an inclined surface (612; 630) whereof the normal is comprised in a plane (P6) perpendicular to the axes of the articulations and is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis (X6) of the connecting rod, while the bearing member (640) can be moved in a direction perpendicular to a plane (P34) containing the axes (X3, X4) of the articulations.
US08973619B2
A climate tube, in particular for aircraft, includes an inner layer and an outer layer of fiber composite plastic material. To achieve a high stiffness combined with a low weight and to achieve good thermal insulation properties, disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer is an at least almost completely circumferential honeycomb core, which is firmly connected to the inner layer the outer layer. The radial extent of the honeycomb core is large compared to the radial extent of the inner layer and the outer layer, and the mutually opposed longitudinal ends of the honeycomb core abut one another and are surrounded by a ply of fiber composite plastic material.
US08973617B2
A pipe is provided for use in a geothermal heat exchange system. The pipe is insertable in a bore hole having a proximal end disposed relatively closer to a surface of the earth, and a distal end disposed relatively further from the surface of the earth. The pipe comprises an inflow pipe portion having a first end and a second end, an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion extending between the first and second ends for defining an inflow chamber that extends generally between the first end and the second end of the inflow pipe portion. Water can flow through the inflow chamber between the first and second ends of the inflow pipe portion in a direction toward the distal end of the bore hole.
US08973616B2
A pipe, such as a liner for repairing a failing culvert, comprises a continuous wall defining an inner wall surface and an exterior wall surface. The pipe further defines a central fluid passageway extending from an inlet end to an outlet end. The inner wall surface of the pipe defines a waveform-like geometry near the inlet end, said waveform-like geometry including an initial curvature beginning at the inlet end of the pipe and continuing until reaching a predetermined location where an inner diameter of the pipe is minimized, the curvature then continuing with the inner diameter increasing again to a second predetermined location, before the inner diameter again decreases to a third predetermined location and then remains substantially constant along the remaining length of the pipe, thus creating an annular recess in the inner wall surface of the pipe.
US08973614B2
The outlet switch device includes a fixed unit, an outlet switch mechanism, an inlet switch mechanism and a driving mechanism. The outlet function switch is realized through the relative rotation between the outlet switch mechanism and the fixed unit; the fixed unit includes a control cavity and an inlet waterway connected to the external water resource; the outlet switch mechanism includes a switch plate, which is movable connected inside the control cavity and divides the control cavity into an upper cavity and a lower cavity; the inlet switch mechanism controls the inlet waterway to control the water turning into the upper cavity or the lower cavity, making the switch plate move up and down with the effect of the water; the driving mechanism is disposed between the switch plate and the fixed unit to transform the action up and down to rotation.
US08973606B2
The present invention is one that prevents standard gas from remaining in a standard gas line to prevent a concentration of standard gas from being reduced due to adsorption, modification, or the like, and has: a diluent gas line provided with a diluent gas flow rate controlling mechanism; a standard gas line provided with a standard gas flow rate controlling mechanism; an output gas line joined by the diluent gas line and standard gas line and outputs the standard gas having a predetermined concentration; an exhaust gas line connected to an upstream side of the standard gas flow rate controlling mechanism in the standard gas line and provided with an on/off valve and a flow rate control part; and a control part that, depending on a flow rate of the standard gas flowing through the standard gas line or the type of the standard gas, switches on/off the on/off valve.
US08973601B2
A liquid condition sensor configured to monitor the condition of a liquid in an ultrasonic cleaning system tank, the liquid condition sensor including a first circuit configured to detect a signal transmitted from an ultrasonic generator to one or more ultrasonic transducers located in the tank. The liquid condition sensor further includes a second circuit coupled to the first circuit, the second circuit configured to determine if the signal is indicative of one of a suboptimal liquid level, and an unacceptably high concentration of dissolved gases in the cleaning liquid, and a third circuit coupled to the second circuit, the third circuit configured to provide a warning if one of a suboptimal liquid level, and an unacceptably high concentration of dissolved gases in the cleaning liquid is indicated by the second circuit.
US08973598B2
A priming valve device for a beverage machine. The device includes a casing assembly including a water inlet, a water outlet, and a drain and venting portion for discharging water or air during priming and a valve assembly associated with the casing assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve member which is moveable to a closed position which closes the water outlet by elastic return when the pressure in the water inlet decreases under the elastic return pressure of the valve member.
US08973595B2
The present disclosure describes, among other things, a method. The method may include receiving, by a wireless communication device, an instruction to actuate a valve. The method may also include receiving a period of time. The method may also include applying energy from a battery to the valve for the period of time.
US08973578B2
Apparatus for respiratory support and non-invasive detection of alveolar recruitment/derecruitment provides air supply to a patient at a base pressure and an additional pressure which can be varied at a frequency of from 5 to 10 Hz and transducers applied to the conduits supplying air to the patient to send electric signals to a computer to obtain a variable positive end-expiratory pressure and a to obtain an end expiratory resistance at varying values of positive end expiratory pressure and defining the state of pulmonary recruitment as the value of the positive end-expiratory pressure which corresponds to a point of maximum expiratory resistance.
US08973577B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leakage when during delivery of gas to a patient from a medical ventilator in a pressure regulated volume control (PRVC) ventilation mode. The technology described herein includes systems and methods that compensate the delivery of PRVC ventilation for leakage in the patient circuit by using leak-compensated lung flows as well as respiratory mechanics (lung compliance and lung resistance) estimated in a manner that compensates for elastic and inelastic leaks from the ventilation system.
US08973575B2
Anaesthesia machine arrangement and a method in connection with an anaesthesia machine arrangement comprising a gas dispenser of an anaesthesia machine connected to a patient circuit that comprises a monitor device, a control device and an interface unit. The gas dispenser is configured to deliver a desired concentration of fresh gas to the patient circuit, the desired concentration being set by using the interface unit. The monitor device is configured by using a sample line to monitor gas concentration in the patient circuit and the control device is configured to control the gas dispenser from the basis of the data received from the monitor device to keep the desired fresh gas concentration.
US08973574B2
A portable resuscitation system is provided. The system includes a housing for enclosing a ventilation device and a vital signs tracking device. The housing is anatomically designed for use as a neck support for opening an airway of a subject in a supine position and optionally includes mechanism for modifying the height or angle of the neck support.
US08973564B1
A recreational throwing apparatus comprises, in the exemplary embodiment, a handle portion and an engagement portion engaged with the handle portion and configured for selective frictional engagement with an engagement aperture of an object. Additionally, the engagement portion provides a means for substantially preventing rotation of the object about the engagement portion when engaged therewith. Thus, with the object frictionally engaged with the engagement portion in a desired orientation, the apparatus may be swung in a desired direction, causing the object to disengage and travel in the desired direction.
US08973550B2
An oil supply device for a crankcase of an internal combustion engine feeds oil from a reservoir to a main oil duct of the crankcase. A filter switching device allows a selection from a plurality of oil filter units in the flow path of the oil to be selectively connected into the oil flow path, to set a proportion of the oil filter units to active and a proportion of the oil filter units to passive. A switching unit switches between the active and passive states and opens up a pressurized oil flow path to the active oil filter unit(s) and also a drainage flow path between the passive oil filter unit(s) and a drainage duct. An evacuation device drains or evacuates oil from the drainage duct which has accumulated at the passive oil filter unit(s).
US08973549B2
A radiator frame (10) for a cooling module of an internal combustion engine, having a fastening element (100) for fastening the cooling module to/on/in a radiator of the internal combustion engine, the fastening element (100) having a retaining face (123), by which the cooling module (1) can be locked in a translational and optionally a rotational direction, and an individual fastening element (100) has at least two retaining faces (123) in such a way that said fastening element (100) can be seated on mating faces at/on/in the radiator.
US08973543B2
A valve timing controller includes a reed valve interposed between an end surface of a vane rotor and an end surface of a driven shaft. The reed valve has a fixed part, a first reed part and a second reed part. Each of the first reed part and the second reed part has each lower limit pressure for allowing working oil to flow from a first supply passage to a second supply passage. The lower limit pressure of the first reed part is different from the lower limit pressure of the second reed part.
US08973534B2
The invention relates to a pet toy wherein a two-piece molded plastic encasement contains apertures that allow a ball or balls to protrude and extrude as a result of rotation of the top of the toy and fixed raised protrusions which naturally cause a ball to essentially “appear” and “disappear” and an animal must solve by attempting to retrieve the moving ball or balls.
US08973529B1
A cover for a bowl, such as a pet food or water bowl, that comprises a cover molded on or affixed to the outer surface of a bowl, thereby providing aesthetically pleasing exterior features, while also providing protection to the covered bowl and insulating qualities to the contents of the covered bowl. The cover of the present invention may be fabricated from rubber or plastic secured to the outer surface of the metallic bowl.
US08973525B2
A thin film deposition apparatus includes: a deposition source that discharges a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; a patterning slit sheet disposed opposite to the deposition source nozzle unit and including a plurality of patterning slits arranged in the first direction; a position detection member that detects a relative position of the substrate to the patterning slit sheet; and an alignment control member that controls a relative position of the patterning slit sheet to the substrate by using the relative position of the substrate detected by the position detection member, wherein the thin film deposition apparatus and the substrate are separated from each other, and the thin film deposition apparatus and the substrate are moved relative to each other.
US08973522B2
This invention is directed to a spray device for spraying two or more components. The two or more components are maintained separated in the spray device and are mixed post atomization. This invention is also directed to a gravity fed spray gun and a dual feeding device for spraying two or more components.
US08973521B2
A device for coating a medical implant includes a container that contains a liquid having at least one pharmaceutically active substance. An elastic head for application of the liquid onto a surface to be coated is connected to an inside of the container through at least one channel.
US08973517B1
A hollow metal flagpole has apertures spaced along the length thereof. Light fixtures and reflectors are inserted inside the pole to direct light outward through the apertures. The pole is intended to be supported horizontally, or nearly horizontally, with the apertures directed downwardly to thereby illuminate a suspended flag.
US08973513B2
A craft including a body having a front end, a rear end, two sides miming between said ends, and an axis running generally from the rear end to the front end; and a water displacement system operable to displace water to propel the craft across water and to displace water to cause the craft to rotate about said axis. The craft includes a ballast tank capable of being at least partially filled with ballast to change a position of a center of gravity of the craft to assist in rotation of the craft when capsized. The craft also includes a rapid filling and emptying system for a ballast system of a craft in addition to a water displacement system, wherein the rapid filling and emptying system includes at least one ballasting intake through which water is passed from the water displacement system into said ballast system; and at least one ballasting outlet through which the water displacement system draws water from the ballast system.
US08973509B2
A method for manufacturing a strap ring (1), made from a material woven with warp threads (3) and at least one weft thread (4) extending between the warp threads (3). The woven material is a tubular fabric (11) whose warp threads (3) extend parallel to the axis of extension of the tubular fabric (11), the strap ring (1) being made from an axial section (16) of the tubular fabric (11) which is axially cut up by cutting the warp threads (3).
US08973496B2
A screen printing machine including: a screen mask 1 detachably mounted to a mask mounting area set in advance; a squeegee, which is arranged above the screen mask mounted to the mask mounting area, and the squeegee reciprocates relative to the screen mask in a squeegee-movement direction; and a receptacle which is installed at a location so that the screen mask is allowed to be attached and detached and which catches applying material adhered to the squeegee.
US08973494B2
According to one embodiment, an imprint method is disclosed. The method can include forming a liquid droplet of a transfer material with a volume greater than a predetermined reference volume by dropping the transfer material onto a major surface of a processing substrate. The method can include reducing the volume of the liquid droplet to be less than the reference volume by volatilizing the liquid droplet. In addition, the method can include filling the transfer material into a recess provided in a transfer surface of a template by bringing the liquid droplet having the volume reduced to be less than the reference volume into contact with the transfer surface of the template.
US08973478B2
A saw blade (4) for a machine operating with adjacent saw teeth traveling in two opposite and parallel directions comprises a blade substrate, teeth (16), and tooth necks (30) formed at the periphery of the substrate for holding the teeth (16) in place. Each tooth neck (30) has a protection surface (34), which is located in a plane that is parallel to the plane of the blade substrate (8), for protecting the tooth (16) against impact with any part of said adjacent saw blade. Each tooth (16) is located on the respective neck (30) in such a way that the tooth (16) is displaced from the protection surface (34) and from the adjacent saw blade in a direction normal to the plane of the protection surface (34).
US08973477B2
A paper cutting machine contains a base, a holder, a connecting member, a driving member, a cutting member, and a protective cover covered on the holder. The base includes four first holes, a second hole, a first slot, and a second slot. The holder includes two first orifices, two second orifices, and a covering seat. The connecting member connects with a first bolt of the holder and includes a press bar, a reinforcement bar, and a handle. The driving member includes a first aperture, a seat, a recess, and a second aperture. The cutting member includes an inserting piece and a cutout and is placed into the recess and is fixed by screwing the positioning rod into the cutout. The first bolt has two torsion springs, one end of each torsion spring abuts against the press bar, another end of the each torsion spring pushes against the second bolt.
US08973474B2
A screwdriver bit structure having auxiliary positioning function includes a screwdriver bit of which one end is a circular cylinder and having a driving portion that is any one of a slotted type, a cross type and a polygon type. Another end of the circular cylinder is a fitting portion that is buckled to the screwdriver bar. The features of the invention are that the circular cylinder has a concave ring groove near the front of the driving portion. An auxiliary sheath is a long tube body that has a tube hole. The internal diameter of the tube hole is slightly larger than the periphery of the circular cylinder. A protruding ring is disposed to an internal wall of the tube hole. Accordingly, the tube hole of the auxiliary sheath can cover the periphery of the circular cylinder to allow the screwdriver bit to achieve the absolute positioning.
US08973470B1
A wrench head includes a first jaw member, a second jaw member, and a third jaw member. The first jaw member includes a first prong and a second prong. The second jaw member includes a third prong and a fourth prong. The second jaw member is pivotally coupled to the first jaw member at a first hinge. The third jaw member includes a fifth prong and a sixth prong. The third jaw member is pivotally coupled to the first jaw member at a second hinge.
US08973459B2
A parallel link robot includes a first arm including a first joint portion; a second arm including a second joint portion swingably engaging with the first joint portion, the second arm being connected to the first arm to make up a link mechanism; and a biasing mechanism unit which biases the second joint portion toward the first joint portion. The biasing mechanism unit includes a connection member attached to the second arm and the connection member includes a locking portion configured to lock the connection member to the second arm.
US08973455B2
An electric drill forward and reverse rotation automatic switching apparatus includes: a gearbox, a first-stage gear, a first-stage gear shaft, a second-stage gear, a second-stage gear shaft, a transition gear, a transition shaft, a third-stage gear, and an output shaft. The first-stage gear is fixed on the first-stage gear shaft. The second-stage gear is fixed on the second-stage gear shaft. The first-stage and second-stage gear shafts are disposed on the gearbox housing. The transition gear is disposed on the transition shaft which is fixed on the gearbox housing. The output shaft is disposed on the gearbox housing. The third-stage gear is sleeved on the output shaft and disposed on the gearbox housing. The first-stage gear shaft engages with the second-stage gear and the transition gear simultaneously. The transition gear engages with the third-stage gear. The second-stage gear shaft and the output shaft are on the same axis.
US08973449B2
The invention relates to a test device for testing the inspection device of a washing machine for endoscopes, the inspection device including a connection that can be sealingly connected to an opening of an endoscope and feeding a fluid under pressure, said connector having a flow meter and/or a pressure transducer and the test device comprising at least one test chamber that can be sealingly connected to the connector by means of a test opening, wherein the test chamber is designed to be adjustable.
US08973446B2
According to one embodiment, a pressure sensor includes a base, and a first sensor unit. The first sensor unit includes a first transducer thin film, a first strain sensing device and a second strain sensing device. The first strain sensing device includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first and the second magnetic layers. The second strain sensing device is provided apart from the first strain sensing device on the first membrane surface and provided at a location different from a location of the barycenter, the second strain sensing device including a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer, and a second intermediate layer provided between the third and the fourth magnetic layers, the first and the second intermediate layers being nonmagnetic. The first and the second strain sensing devices, and the barycenter are in a straight line.
US08973439B1
A sensor is disclosed. The sensor includes a substrate and at least two proof masses. The sensor also includes a flexible coupling between the at least two proof masses and the substrate. The at least two coupling proof masses move in an anti-phase direction normal to a plane of the substrate in response to acceleration.
US08973425B2
Apparatuses for evaluating the integrity of a container seal and methods of using same are provided. The apparatuses include a sealed container having a conductive fluid and a first probe therein, a conductive solution bath having a second probe therein, a conductivity meter and a pressurized fluid supply. A pressurized fluid is supplied from fluid supply to an interior of the sealed container through the first probe until the seal on sealed container ruptures, first and second probes create an electrical circuit, and the conductivity meter detects a flow of electrons between the two probes. In this manner, apparatuses of the present disclosure are able to quantify the amount of internal pressure in the container at the time the container seal ruptures.
US08973418B2
The present application includes a combination lock system having gears, cams, and an interference system. In one embodiment, the angular position of the cams is adjusted by a user interface through operation of the gears. When the cams are in a predetermined position, the interference system is movable with respect to the cams and the system is unlocked. The user interface may be a pushbutton keypad.
US08973414B2
A laundry treating apparatus and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a laundry receiving unit for receiving laundry, a steam generator for generating steam to be supplied to the laundry receiving unit, a water supply unit for supplying water to the steam generator, a water softening member for softening water to be supplied to the steam generator, and a control unit for controlling the replacement or regeneration time of the water softening member to be displayed on a display unit. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively prevent and/or remove wrinkles or rumples on laundry. Furthermore, it is possible to replace or regenerate a water softening member at an appropriate point of time, thereby increasing convenience in use.
US08973405B2
Apparatus including a flow channel defined by a floor, roof, and sidewall structure connecting the floor and roof. One or more combustion burners is positioned in either the roof, the sidewall structure, or both, and transfer heat to a molten mass of glass containing bubbles having a bubble atmosphere flowing through the flow channel. The burners contribute to formation of a channel atmosphere above the molten glass. Apparatus includes a device, at least a portion of which is positionable under a level of the molten glass in the flow channel, configured to emit a composition into the molten glass under the level to intimately contact the composition with the molten glass and bubbles therein. The composition diffuses into the bubbles to form modified atmosphere bubbles sufficiently different from the channel atmosphere to increase diffusion of a species in the channel atmosphere into the modified atmosphere bubbles.
US08973385B2
A temperature controlled case is provided that includes an enclosure defining an airspace for receiving products therein, a refrigeration system configured to circulate a refrigerant through an expansion device and at least one cooling element to cool the airspace and a control module having a first predetermined setpoint corresponding to a first cooling mode and a second predetermined setpoint corresponding to a second cooling mode. The control module is configured to determine which one of the first cooling mode and the second cooling mode the refrigeration system is to operate within and to apply the corresponding predetermined setpoint for reference in modulating a position of the expansion device.
US08973383B2
A humidity control apparatus has a humidity control apparatus having a humidifying part for humidifying air and a dehumidifying part for dehumidifying to control humidity of a humidity control space. The dehumidifying part has: a main body part that is configured to encapsulate a working fluid therein and to cause a heat-pipe phenomenon. A heat-insulating part fits externally to the main body part and a heat absorption part absorbs heat from a base side part located on one side of the main body part in relation to the heat-insulating part and thereby condenses the working fluid that evaporated into gas in a front side part located on the other side of the main body part in relation to the heat-insulating part. The dehumidifying part dehumidifies the air by means of the front side part of the main body part where the working fluid in liquid form evaporates.
US08973370B2
A supersonic nacelle design employing a bypass flow path internal to the nacelle and around the engine is disclosed herein. A set of aerodynamic vanes may be used to shape a supersonic airflow within a bypass around an engine. The vanes may be capable of compressing the supersonic airflow into a subsonic airflow, direct the subsonic airflow around the engine, and then expand the subsonic airflow into a supersonic exhaust. The vanes may shape the airflow by reducing sonic boom strength, cowl drag, and airframe interference drag.
US08973369B2
A gas-turbine burner having a plurality of main swirl generators which each have an inlet flow opening formed by the main swirl generator edge is provided. In order to achieve a uniform flow of combustion air through the main swirl generator, the gas-turbine burner has an inlet-flow guide means with a flow guide surface which runs from one of the inlet-flow openings to an adjacent inlet-flow opening, to which the main swirl generator edges which form the inlet-flow openings are connected, and the flow guide surface widens from there radially upwards. The main swirl generators are central-symmetrically arranged around a pilot burner and the flow guide surface runs radially outside the main swirl generators.
US08973358B2
A hydraulic system is disclosed. The hydraulic system may have a unidirectional variable displacement first pump, a first actuator connected to the first pump via a closed-loop first circuit, and a first switching valve disposed between the first actuator and the first pump. The first switching valve may be configured to control a fluid flow direction through the first actuator. The hydraulic system may also have a second actuator connected to the first pump in parallel with the first actuator via the first circuit, and a second switching valve disposed between the second actuator and the first pump. The second switching valve may be configured to control a fluid flow direction through the second actuator. The hydraulic system may further have a modulation valve associated with the first circuit and configured to selectively modulate a pressure of the first circuit during actuation of the first or second switching valves.
US08973349B2
An exhaust gas treatment system is provided, having an internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas conduit, an electrically heated catalyst (“EHC”) device, an oxidization catalyst (“OC”) device, an OC temperature sensor, a hydrocarbon (“HC”) adsorber, and a control module. The hydrocarbon supply is selectively activated for delivery of a hydrocarbon and formation of an exhaust gas and hydrocarbon mixture therein. The EHC device is selectively activated to produce heat and induce oxidization. The OC device is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and located downstream of the EHC device. The OC temperature sensor is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and located downstream of the OC device. The HC adsorber is located downstream of the EHC device. The control module is in communication with the hydrocarbon supply, the EHC device, the OC device, the OC temperature sensor, and the HC adsorber.
US08973346B2
A gas turbine engine, especially a turbojet or turbofan for an aircraft, includes a combustion section and an exhaust section produces an exhaust gas. The emission products can be reduced by using a gas treatment device with a reactor and an injection device. The reactor produces a nitrogeneous substance such as ammonia. This reducing agent is injected in the gas phase in the exhaust section of the gas turbine engine. By selective non catalytic reaction the Nitrogen oxides of the exhaust gas can be reduced. Furthermore the injection device is arranged such that the temperature window of this reduction process is ranging from 850° C. to 1100° C. The reactor for producing gaseous ammonia can either be a thermal reactor or a high pressure plasma device.
US08973343B2
A trimmer assembly for attachment onto the mower deck of a riding mower. The assembly comprises an L-shaped attachment and a height adjustment assembly. The L-shaped attachment is connected to the trim blade spindle of a riding mower, and comprises a pulley surface and a downwardly extending trim shaft holding surface. A series of pulleys within the L-shaped attachment are connected together by a trimmer drive belt that facilitates the movement of the trimmer shaft when the trim blade spindle rotates. The height adjustment comprises an upstanding shaft with a lever attached thereon. The lever is pivotally attached onto the top of the upstanding shaft, and comprises a foot actuatable handle, whereby the movement of the handle alters the height of the L-shaped attachment. The device further includes a pair of wheels that enable side-to-side movement, and a spring loaded mount that provides protection against damages from impacts.
US08973341B2
The apparatus includes an operating unit, which can be a welding unit for welding a closing film to an edge zone of a containing element or a separating unit for separating containing elements from portions of sheet material. The apparatus includes a control unit programmed to enable the operating unit to selectively process a continuous strip of containing elements or discrete groups of containing elements.
US08973338B2
A pneumatic container transport system conveys specialized, cylindrical containers between stations within an automated container filling system. Low-pressure, high-velocity air moving through plastic tubing propels the containers through switching gates, air impellers and deceleration devices from one station to another. Annular ridges around the circumference of the containers minimize contact with the inside tube walls and deter scuffing of paper labels which carry machine readable indicia upon which the container filling system relies for directing the containers. The air impellers include at least one aperture for adjusting the air pressure and velocity. Actuator-operated gates in the tubing system respond to control signals from management software to direct each container to its next station. At selected stations, decelerators slow the containers upon arrival to cushion their impact upon arrival and to protect the contents from damage due to jarring.
US08973335B2
Apparatus manually configurable from a portable unit configuration into an assembled configuration provides a rigid shelter including a solar powered electricity supply circuit. The rigid shelter including the solar powered electrical supply circuit is manually configurable into reusable disassembled parts. Wall elements are releasably connectable between a base element and a roof element. Corner elements are used to define a unit. A plurality of units may be arranged as a single storey shelter or as a multi-storey shelter. External shelter elements have solar energy collector cells that may form part of an external element. A shipping container arrangement includes a plurality of stacked portable unit configurations.
US08973334B2
An isolator system for preventing the conduction of thermal energy between the metal components of a wall assembly comprising isolator plates adapted to be placed between the metal components of a wall assembly and made of an insulating material. The isolator plates include at least one opening for receiving a fastener, said opening has an annular shoulder adapted to extend into an opening for receiving said fastener in a metal component of a wall assembly. Also disclosed herein is a thermal isolation washer and a girt for use with polymer panel construction.
US08973329B2
The invention relates to a building section including a sub-structure and a cladding member connected in fixed relation relative to the sub-structure. A multi-function elongate, flexible insulating element is disposed between the sub-structure and the cladding member for damping energy transfer between the cladding member and the sub-structure, facilitating alignment of the cladding, and creating a rainscreen configured to drive out moisture from the wall cavities. The flexible insulating element includes a bond breaker disposed on the external surface of the insulating element. The bond breaker prevents externally applied joint sealant compound from adhering to the insulating element. The bond breaker can act as a safeguard to prevent joint sealant deterioration or adhesion to undesired surfaces.
US08973325B1
A method for roof drainage for reducing urban waterlogging, the method including: arranging a drainage device on a roof, the drainage device including a drainage exit and a drainage pipe including a wall; increasing the height of the drainage exit to allow the drainage exit to be between 5 and 10 cm higher than the roof; arranging a water outlet hole having a drainage capacity on the wall of the drainage pipe at a position that has the same height as the roof or is lower than the roof; disposing a siphon including an inlet and an outlet on an upper part of the drainage pipe, allowing the inlet to face the roof, and allowing the outlet to extend into the drainage pipe; and disposing a ball cock mechanism on the wall of the drainage wall to control the water outlet hole to open or close.
US08973321B2
A two-part molding system for use in connection with a floor and wall. The two-part molding system comprises a mounting portion having a back surface, a front surface, a top side and a bottom side. A projection or abutment is provided on the front surface of the mounting portion which has an underside for defining a receiving area. A molding portion is provided which has a back surface, a front surface, a top side, a bottom side and a toe. The top side defines a surface for engaging with and corresponding with the receiving area of said underside of the projection or abutment. The molding portion engages with the mounting portion to create a compression engagement between the molding portion and the floor.
US08973315B2
A trim assembly comprising a clip having a body including a first portion configured to be receivably removed within a slot of an architectural member and a second portion configured to removably secure a trim element. The second portion includes a spring biased member biasing the trim element.
US08973314B1
A three-sided newel system and method of installation thereof simulates a four-sided newel post attached to a half wall. Newel system can include a three-sided newel, a base, molding, and a cap. The newel defines a back opening extending from adjacent the top to the bottom of the newel. Back opening is in communication with a cavity defined by the three-sided newel. When the newel system is attached to the half wall, a terminal end of the half wall is disposed within the cavity. Newel system is vertically and longitudinally adjustable relative to the half wall.
US08973312B2
A self-centering damper has an elongated damping body and at least one returning device. The elongated damping body has at least one first wing plate and a supporting element connected to and extending from the first wing plate. The at least one returning device is connected to the damping body and has two holding rib plates respectively connected to the end segments of the damping body, a supporting rib plate securely connected to the damping body between the holding rib plates and at least one pre-stressed stay wire extending through the supporting rib plate and connected the holding rib plates in a tension condition.
US08973304B2
A holding jig (1, 2, 3) for a thin cylindrical work (W) includes a holding member (10, 10A, 10B) which holds the work (W) from an inner peripheral side and a diameter changing unit (25, 27) which changes a diameter of the holding member (10, 10A, 10B). The holding member (10, 10A, 10B) is made of metal and has a cylindrical shape and an elastically expandable or contractible diameter. The holding member (10, 10A, 10B) is configured with an outside diameter of the holding member (10, 10A, 10B) being held smaller than an inside diameter of the work (W) at the time of insertion into an inner periphery of the work (W) and being expanded after inserted into the inner periphery of the work (W) to hold the work (W) from an inner peripheral side of the work (W) with an outer peripheral surface in close contact with an entire inner peripheral surface of the work (W). The diameter changing unit (25, 27) applies at least one of an axial external force in a compressing direction or an axial external force in a tensile direction to both ends of the holding member (10. 10A, 10B) to change the diameter of the holding member (10, 10A, 10B).
US08973285B2
The present invention provides grain-drying facilities which can effectively use the heat energy of a biomass combustion hot-air that has been generated in a biomass combustion furnace.The grain-drying facilities adopt technical means of providing the grain-drying facilities 1 which include: a biomass combustion furnace 3 provided with a heat exchanger 24 for generating hot air on the basis of a combustion heat of a biomass fuel and an outside air which has been taken in from the outside; and a circulation type grain-drying apparatus 2 provided with a grain-drying portion 7 to which the hot air that has been generated in the biomass combustion furnace 3 is supplied through a pipe 15 for supplying the hot air, wherein the above described circulation type grain-drying apparatus 2 has a grain-heating portion 6 which has a plurality of heating pipes 6a for heating the grains in the above described grain storing/circulating tank 5, and also has an air-exhaust fan 14 that is communicated with an exhaust side opening 6c that is located in one end side of each of the heating pipes 6a, and has a pipe 11 for supplying an exhaust hot-air, which communicates the exhaust hot-air sent from the above described biomass combustion furnace 3 with a supply side opening 6b that is located in the other end side of the heating pipe 6a.
US08973284B2
A hair dryer apparatus and method for use in hair care. The apparatus preferably includes a nozzle, a housing, an ion generator disposed within the housing, and an ozone generator disposed within the housing. Further, disposed within the apparatus may be a circuit board, which is in electronic communication with at least three control buttons, a microprocessor, a liquid crystal display, and a voltage regulator.
US08973283B2
A system and method for solvent recovery in a batch fluidized bed process is provided. The disclosed embodiment of the fluidized bed system includes a fluidized bed vessel adapted to contain a batch of solvent-containing product; an influent or intake circuit adapted to supply an inert fluidizing gas to the fluidized bed vessel; an effluent circuit adapted to remove the solvent containing inert fluidizing gas from the fluidized bed vessel; a first recycle circuit coupling the effluent circuit to a solvent recovery means; a second recycle circuit directly coupling the effluent circuit to the intake circuit and a flow control valve operatively disposed to divide the effluent between the first recycle circuit and the second recycle circuit based on the operating regime of the fluidized bed process. The disclosed embodiments further include a source of liquid nitrogen coupled to the second recycle circuit to provide the make-up inert gas as well as provide enhanced cooling of the effluent based on the operating regime of the fluidized bed process.
US08973272B2
The present invention relates to a razor cartridge capable of simultaneously shaving flat and sharply curved surfaces, said razor cartridge comprising: a blade housing, on which a plurality of razor blades are formed; and an upper housing coupled to the blade housing and defining a rectangular opening for outwardly exposing the edges of the razor blades to enable the latter to contact the skin, wherein the blade housing includes a first razor blade mounting portion and a second razor blade mounting portion that define a plurality of slots to which the razor blades are coupled, and a hinge portion connects the first razor blade mounting portion and the second razor blade mounting portion.
US08973270B2
The invention relates to a method for producing floor panels, characterized by the following steps: a) scattering glued wood fibers or wood chips to form a wood material cake, b) pressing the wood material cake at elevated temperature to form a large-format substrate plate, which is provided press-finished and has a press skin that arose during the production of the substrate plate at least on the top of the substrate plate, c) applying a base coat made of a liquid melamine-based resin to the upper face of the substrate plate, wherein the resin at least partially diffuses into the top surface layer of the substrate plate and at least partially penetrates and improves the region of the press skin, d) drying the base coat, e) applying a primer to the base coat, f) drying the primer, g) applying at least one water-based paint enriched with pigments in order to produce a decoration, i) applying a seal made of at least one melamine-based resin enriched with wear-resistant particles and cellulose fibers, j) drying the seal, k) applying a base coast made of a liquid melamine-based resin to the lower face of the substrate plate, wherein the resin at least partially diffuses into the lower surface layer of the substrate plate, l) drying the base coat, m) applying a counteracting layer to the lower face of the substrate plate, n) pressing the layer structure under the effect of pressure and temperature, o) dividing the substrate plate into panels of the desired width and length, and p) attaching connecting means and locking elements to opposite side edges in order to connect and lock a plurality of panels without glue to form a floatingly laid floor composite.
US08973268B2
A method of making a multi-chromatic dental appliance. A first article can be formed of a first material based on a first digital surface representation having a desired outer shape of the dental appliance. A portion of the first article can then be removed to form an outer layer of the dental appliance comprising a cavity dimensioned to accommodate an inner layer. A second article can be formed by filling the cavity of the first article with a second material. The second material can have at least one different optical property than the first material. The second article can be further processed, as desired. For example, a desired inner shape of the dental appliance can be formed in the second article. Such a desired inner shape can be based on a second digital surface representation of a dental object configured to receive the dental appliance.
US08973262B2
Method for producing a piston ring having an axial height <2 mm, said piston ring having a radially outer running surface provided with at least one rail, a radially inner circumferential surface, and upper and lower flank surfaces extending therebetween, wherein said rail is provided with a contour that is tapered radially outwardly, thereafter the running surface, together with the flanks of the tapered rail, is provided with at least one wear-resistant layer, and then only the flank of the rail that is to form a scraping edge is subjected to at least partial material removal to form the scraping edge.
US08973259B2
A method for manufacturing a multilayered printed circuit board including forming a first insulating resin substrate having a metal layer substantially corresponding to dimensions of a semiconductor device, forming a second insulating resin substrate, forming a recess extending to the metal layer of the first insulating resin substrate such that a surface of the metal layer is exposed, accommodating the semiconductor device in the recess such that the semiconductor device is mounted on the surface of the metal layer, and forming a resin insulating layer on the first insulating resin substrate such that the semiconductor device accommodated in the recess is covered.
US08973255B2
A circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus for performing a circuit-substrate-related operation which is an operation on a circuit substrate, including: a plurality of heads including at least one work head and at least one detection head; a head holding device configured to hold, at a holding portion thereof, one of the plurality of heads; a moving device configured to move the head holding device; a head stock device in which the plurality of heads are stocked; and a controller configured to control the circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus, wherein the controller includes a head attachment control portion configured to control the moving device and the head holding device such that the head holding device is moved to a set position which is set with respect to the head stock device and such that an arbitrary one of the plurality of heads is held by the head holding device.
US08973248B2
A connection assembly for attaching metallic and plastic components by a heat staking operation includes a first component, a second component, a compressible protrusion, an annular collar, and a deformable stud. The first component is formed of a metallic material and includes an inner surface. The second component includes an interior surface facing the inner surface of the first component and an opposite exterior surface. The second component includes a plurality of apertures which extend between the interior surface and the exterior surface. During the heat staking operation the deformable stud is deformed so as to restrain relative movement between the first and second components. The compressible protrusion plastically deforms to absorb pressure to prevent cracking of the second component and the annular collar absorbs heat to prevent the second component adjacent the aperture from melting.
US08973245B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a flat panel detector such that the surface on the side of a fluorescent body layer of a scintillator panel which has the fluorescent body layer comprising a column crystal on the supporting body, is coupled to the planar light receiving element surface of a light-receiving element, comprising: a step of manufacturing the scintillator panel which has a larger area than that of the planar light receiving element surface; a step of trimming the edges of the scintillator panel, obtained by the step of manufacturing the scintillator panel, to correspond to the area of the planar light receiving element surface; and a step of coupling the edge-trimmed scintillator panel to the planar light receiving element surface, thus providing a flat panel detector which has an excellent productivity and that can be made small in size without non-image area.
US08973242B2
A method of constructing a container, comprising disposing a primary lid over a storage cavity, the primary lid including a top surface that defines a dispenser portion through which items within the storage cavity may be dispensed, pivotally attaching a dispenser lid to the primary lid, the dispenser lid including a first biasing pin anchor and one of the dispenser lid and the primary lid having a second biasing pin anchor, connecting a first longitudinal end portion of a biasing pin to the first biasing pin anchor, and connecting a second longitudinal end portion of the biasing pin to the second biasing pin anchor, such that the biasing pin urges the dispenser lid towards an open position.
US08973230B2
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an inertial sensor using a polling method of a piezoelectric element performing a polling after packaging the piezoelectric element, the method of manufacturing an inertial sensor including: forming a driving electrode and a sensing electrode on a flexible substrate on which a piezoelectric material is deposited; electrically connection the driving electrode and the sensing electrode; packaging the flexible substrate; polling by applying voltage and heat to the driving electrode and the sensing electrode; and electrically separating the driving electrode from the sensing electrode by applying heat to the driving electrode and the sensing electrode.
US08973228B2
A vibration layer is formed by the AD method on a cavity plate before forming pressure chambers, a common electrode is formed on the vibration layer, and a piezoelectric layer is formed on the common electrode by the AD method. Subsequently, the pressure chambers are formed in the cavity plate by the etching. After that, individual electrodes are formed on the piezoelectric layer. Subsequently, the stack of the cavity plate, the vibration layer, the common electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the individual electrodes is heated at about 850° C. to simultaneously perform the annealing of the piezoelectric layer and the sintering of the individual electrodes and the common electrode. Accordingly, the atoms of the cavity plate are suppressed from being diffused into the driving portions of the piezoelectric layer.
US08973227B2
A tubular clip for securing a sleeve to the body of a piezoelectric actuator in an actuator assembly. In use, the wall of the clip has a plurality of corrugations. The pitch of the corrugations is variable in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the clip. The clip is configurable into an unfitted configuration and into a fitted configuration and in the fitted configuration the minimum transverse internal separation of the clip walls is less than in the unfitted configuration.
US08973221B2
A gift bag band includes an elongated body portion including a first end and a second end, a first fastener on the first end, and a complementary second fastener on the second end for releasably engaging the first fastener. The band further includes a flap cut out from the elongated body portion, wherein the flap has an aperture dimensioned to receive a display hook. The band includes at least one upper fold and at least one lower fold. The upper and lower folds segment the elongated body portion into a front segment, an upper back segment, and a lower back segment. The front segment lies in a first plane, and the upper and lower back segments lie on a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The flap is cut from the second plane and lies on the first plane.
US08973216B1
A grommet has a faceplate with a width that is greater than an aperture width in a metal stud, as well as a front surface and a rear surface that extend downwardly to form a first clip portion. The grommet also includes a flange extending from a perimeter of an opening through the faceplate, to form a duct shaped to receive the flex tubing therethrough. A second clip portion extends downwardly from the flange, adjacent the first clip portion, so that the first and second clip portions frictionally engage the metal stud to hold the duct within the aperture of the metal stud.
US08973215B2
A vacuum cleaner operable to separate debris from an air stream. The vacuum cleaner includes a first cyclonic separator and a second cyclonic separator having an inlet configured to receive the air stream from the first cyclonic separator. The inlet of the second cyclonic separator directs the air steam in an inlet flow direction from an upper end of the first housing toward a lower end of the first housing and along a longitudinal axis into the second cyclonic separator. The inlet of the second cyclonic separator has an inlet cross-sectional area for flow of the air stream measured normal to the longitudinal axis that decreases in the inlet flow direction.
US08973205B2
A brush assembly for an automotive car wash having a drum adapted to be rotatably driven about an axis. The drum includes a plurality of elongated and circumferentially spaced cylindrical channels around the outer periphery of the drum and each channel includes an elongated slot open radially outwardly from the drum. An annular and cylindrical bearing sleeve is positioned within each cylindrical chamber while a brush has a retainer with a cylindrical boss along one edge which is then slidably inserted within the retainer thus securing the brush to the drum.
US08973201B1
A broom assembly is provided. The broom assembly includes a broom head which comprises an elongated back plate and a plurality of bristles extending from the back plate. The broom assembly also includes an elongated mounting plate which is attached to the back plate and extends over a longitudinal end of the back plate. A handle receiving bracket is attached to the mounting plate, projecting the same direction from the mounting plate as the broom head. The handle receiving bracket comprises at least two receiving cavities for attaching a handle. The broom assembly further comprises an elongated handle for insertion in the handle receiving bracket.
US08973191B1
A bi-elevation pillow system for allowing two users to lie side by side with each of their heads respectively positioned at a different elevation by using the pillow system has a base pillow member with a general shape of a rectangular prism. The base pillow member has a cavity with a cushion component located inside. A base pillow bottom surface has a linear channel located on it. The system has a secondary pillow member with a general shape of a rectangular prism with a cavity having a cushion component located inside. In a first position for storage, the base pillow bottom surface is rotated against and interfaces with a secondary pillow bottom surface. In a second position for use, the secondary pillow is rotated about a hinge 180 degrees in an open configuration and placed on a ground surface for use.
US08973183B1
A sheet for covering at least a portion of a mattress that includes a movable first section and a movable second section adjacent to and proximate to the movable first section comprises a first sheet section for covering at least a portion of the movable first section, a second sheet section laterally adjacent to the first sheet section configured to cover at least a portion of the movable second section, wherein the first and second sheet sections are joined together at a sheet junction, a first member projecting laterally from the first sheet section toward the second sheet section and extending up to the sheet junction, and a second member projecting laterally from the second sheet section toward the first sheet section and extending up to the sheet junction, wherein a portion of the first member overlays a portion of the second member proximate the sheet junction.
US08973182B2
A devices and implements for staving off monsters, specters, demons and the like as imagined by a child at bedtime. A hand-held controller unit is provided having a user interface and which is capable of being used by the child under the bed covers of a bed. The hand-held controller unit may include any of a walkie-talkie capability, a flashlight capability, a nightlight capability, the capability to activate an external device, and other capabilities. At least one external device may be provided. The external device may be capable of being placed beneath the bed and is configured to be activated by the hand-held controller unit. At least one substantially hollow air-through member may be provided which is configured to facilitate airflow between underneath the bed covers of the bed and above the bed covers of the bed. A supplemental bed cover may be provided that is configured to be placed on the bed.
US08973178B2
A heat exchanger for a shower tray can be arranged in the bottom of the shower tray for the heat recovery from wastewater so as to heat fresh water. To this end, the heat exchanger has a planar cover plate as the drain surface over which the wastewater drains. The cover plate forms the bottom of the shower tray, over which a lid that can be removed without the use of tools is arranged as a tread plate. The heat exchanger preferably includes a distributor element, which is arranged for distributing the wastewater over the drain surface. The distributor element is preferably a retaining element, which retains the wastewater at an upper edge of the drain surface and forms an overflow along the upper edge.
US08973176B1
In a spa or pool water temperature control system, the combination comprising, a water flow pump, having a motor, the pump operating to transfer heat generated by the pump motor to the water flowing through the pump, and to the spa or pool, a hi-limit temperature sensor located to detect the temperature of the pumped water, a temperature sensor operatively connected in controlling relation with the pump, in close proximity to the aforementioned hi-limit sensor to effect accurate sensing of the pumped water temperature, a control system that monitors said sensors and provides for manual pump activation as well as thermostatic control of the water temperature.
US08973175B2
A seat cover comprises a sheet of biodegradable material wound about itself so as to define a hollow core, with the hollow core having an interior perimeter sufficiently large so as to fully encompass a toilet seat about a trans-axial perimeter thereof when inserted thereover. A seat cover also may comprise a plurality of biodegradable balls connectedly associated with a substrate, wherein the substrate has substantially the shape of a toilet seat. A method of making a seat cover comprises winding a sheet of biodegradable material about an object having a trans-axial perimeter about the same size as a toilet seat, wherein a wind partially overlaps a preceding wind such that winding progresses in an axial direction along the object with each successive wind, and removing the wound sheet from the object. A method of making a seat cover also comprises connectedly associating a plurality of biodegradable balls to a substrate along an exterior surface thereof, wherein the substrate has the shape of a toilet seat.
US08973166B1
An attachment for the edge of an extending brim of a baseball type cap or visor is disclosed which is mounted on the edge of the extending brim to protect or repair the edge. The attachment easily mounts on the brim of a cap or visor and remains securely thereon. The brim is inserted into a slot through the side and along the full length of the attachment. The slot has flared edges that permit the attachment to be easily attached to the brim edge. As the edge attachment is mounted on the edge of a cap or visor the flared edges are deformed outward creating a spring force that firmly holds the edge attachment on the brim. The edge attachment may have an extension that extends over the top of a brim to provide additional space for the display of words, graphics, etc. that are larger than can be displayed on the much narrower front or top edge of the attachment. Barbs on the inside of the edging attachment near the slit bite into the top and bottom of the brim to further assist in holding the attachment on the brim.
US08978154B2
A digital content protection apparatus and method for digital rights management (DRM) are provided in which a content file including a plurality of content parts is imported such that a header is included which stores location information required for decoding each of the content parts. Therefore, the number of content parts constituting the content file can be recognized, and a license that is required for the use of each of the content parts can be acquired by analyzing header information without necessitating the parsing of the transport packets of the content file. Accordingly, preparation time for using content can be reduced.
US08978152B1
New tokenization tables are derived at intervals in order to increase the security of tokenized data that is transferred between two endpoints. Generation of the new tokenization tables is based on previous tokenization tables, which advantageously allows the generation process to be performed locally at the two endpoints independently of an external tokenization table provider. New tokenization tables can periodically be distributed to the endpoints as a new starting point for derivation.
US08978151B1
A method of detecting the unauthorized use of removable storage drives to obtain data from a computer network. An automated software process periodically polls the various logical disks in a computer or computer network for removable data drives, determines which are high risk removable data drives, and monitors these removable drives every few seconds. The process checks for security problems by file name, or mismatch in privileges, or suspicious file write, copy or copy-delete patterns of usage. If a preset risk threshold is exceeded, the system then alerts system administrators. In a preferred embodiment, the method may be implemented on network administration systems such as Windows management instrumentation (WMI) using default scripting or process tools such as VBscript.
US08978148B2
A communication apparatus may include a reception portion, a decision portion, and a transmission portion. The reception portion may receive a first data request transmitted through a first security level communication, and a second data request transmitted through a second security level communication, the second security level being more secure than the first security level. The decision portion may decide whether a specific data request is the first data request or the second data request. The transmission portion may transmit a specific data to an apparatus that is a transmission source of the specific data request if the specific data request is the second data request, and may transmit different data to the apparatus if the specific data request is the first data request. The different data contains display information for causing the apparatus to retransmit the specific data request through the second security level communication.
US08978147B2
Registered users with a server computer system designate their preferences with respect to specified products and/or services by making a selection via a user-selectable area on a client computer. These preferences are then stored in an online repository coupled to the Internet. The online repository permits users to update their preferences. Marketing entities that wish to market products and/or services to the users are designated by the online repository as recipients of updates to user preferences. Based on these updated user preferences, marketing entities are enabled to provide marketing information to the registered users.
US08978146B2
An electronic circuit includes a more-secure processor having hardware based security for storing data. A less-secure processor eventually utilizes the data. By a data transfer request-response arrangement between the more-secure processor and the less-secure processor, the more-secure processor confers greater security of the data on the less-secure processor. A manufacturing process makes a handheld device having a storage space, a less-secure processor for executing modem software and a more-secure processor having a protected application and a secure storage. A manufacturing process involves generating a per-device private key and public key pair, storing the private key in a secure storage where it can be accessed by the protected application, combining the public key with the modem software to produce a combined software, signing the combined software; and storing the signed combined software into the storage space. Other processes of manufacture, processes of operation, circuits, devices, wireless and wireline communications products, wireless handsets and systems are disclosed and claimed.
US08978133B2
When a social networking system receives a report of malicious activity, the social networking system calculates disabled connectivity score for a user reporting the activity or identified by the report. The disabled connectivity score indicates how strongly the user is associated with other objects that have been disabled by the social networking system. Hence, the disabled connectivity score provides a measure of the user's trustworthiness that is used to determine a type of action to be taken in response to the report. Examples of actions that may be taken when a report is received include ignoring the report, further reviewing the report, or taking remedial action by disabling or deleting an object maintained by the social networking system that is the subject of the report.
US08978125B2
Techniques for identity controlled data centers are provided. Remote processing environments are authenticated via identity associations. Virtual remote processing environments are subsequently installed and authenticated on the remote processing environments on which they are deployed and they receive unique virtual remote processing environment identities, which are locally and independently assigned within their remote processing environments. Applications deployed to the virtual remote processing environments are also authenticated and acquire identities for the virtual remote processing environments in which they are deployed. The processing of the remote virtual processing environments and the applications are circumscribed by independently acquired policies within the remote processing environments.
US08978122B1
In a software-as-a-service system, a federated relationship is established between a first tenant subsystem (host) and a user account on a second tenant subsystem (guest), the federated relationship including visibility controls in the host specifying resources made accessible to an authorized user of the user account. When a guest user accesses the host, an authentication is performed that includes requesting and receiving from the guest a security assertion that the user has been authenticated by the guest as the authorized user. Each tenant subsystem includes mechanisms for authenticating its own users for access control; the cross-tenancy authentication extends this operation to make and accept authentication assertions from other tenants. A second risk-based authentication may be performed for additional confidence, typically based on comparing circumstances for the present access to circumstances for past accesses.
US08978114B1
A recommendation engine for identity management is disclosed. A data store including an identity management access database is provided. Suggested access entitlement operations for potential identities of a listing of identities on which to perform access entitlement operations are generated. Suggested access entitlement operations for the potential identities of the listing of identities on which to perform access entitlement operations are offered through a user interface. In some embodiments, the generating suggested access entitlement operations includes analyzing a requesting user and one or more identities with connection to the requesting user to identify the potential identities of the listing of identities on which to perform access entitlement operations, and based at least in part on the patterns of access entitlement in the identity management access database, selecting the suggested access entitlement operations for each of the potential identities of the listing of identities on which to perform access entitlement operations.
US08978101B2
A method may also include receiving from each of one or more of potential peer information handling systems a connection request comprising a peer minimum acceptable security level for the peer information handling system. The method may additionally include comparing the peer minimum acceptable security level to a security level of the information handling system. The method may further include completing a peer-to-peer connection between the information handling system and the peer information handling system if the minimum acceptable security level is not higher than that of the security level of the information handling system.
US08978096B2
A system and method transfers information relating to quality or standards of an organization from a server to a wireless handheld computing device and from the wireless handheld computing device to the server in real-time or near real-time. Each member of an organization can have the same policies and procedures as soon as any of the policies and procedures are updated. The inventive system can allow an organization to also measure compliance and conformance with the distributed policies and procedures. With the handheld computing devices, each member of an organization can complete tests that are closely tied to the distributed policies and procedures. The results of these tests can be transmitted in real-time or near real-time from the handheld computing devices to a central computer server so that an organization can track current performance of all its members relative to the policies and procedures and relative to each other.
US08978084B2
A system, method, and apparatus for processing media content for display on a monitor. A home media center (HMC), that includes a server receiver, acts as a central location for recording, distribution, and scheduling of tasks and system resources. The HMC receives a client request from a first client receiver and a legacy request or informs the receiver that the request cannot be fulfilled. Different coding technologies are used to provide video, audio, and data services to the client receiver and the legacy receiver.
US08978080B2
A display device may include: an acquisition unit acquiring transmitting terminal identification information that is identification information of a transmitting terminal transmitting image data by wireless communication, and receiving terminal identification information that is identification information of a receiving terminal receiving the image data by wireless communication; and an information display unit displaying the transmitting terminal identification information and the receiving terminal identification information.
US08978079B2
Apparatus and methods for managing provision of content to devices in a content delivery network. In one exemplary embodiment, content with a high probability of viewership is sent to consumer premises equipment (CPE) during off-peak periods and stored prior to viewing. An application is utilized to manage decisions related to content provision. The computer program will identify content that is likely to be of interest users associated with respective CPE, and schedule provision of that content in advance of viewing. Then, the system will develop a plan for optimal scheduling of transmission of content to CPEs, often including the use of trickle downloads. The scheduling plan is based collected statistical and historical data on network resource demand to make scheduling decisions. The system allows for the shifting of bandwidth utilization from periods of high demand to those of low demand, and increased performance with regard to user experienced latency.
US08978077B2
Systems and methods to present video content are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method of processing video data is disclosed. The method includes receiving timing information associated with the video data. The received timing information is indicative of a start time to start presentation of video content corresponding to the video data. The method includes starting presentation of the video content at a time prior to the start time. The method also includes increasing a presentation rate of the video content.
US08978071B2
A multi-functional display device having a channel scan interface and a method of controlling the same are disclosed herein. The method may include registering a first individual at the multi-functional display device to create an account that is associated with at least one first social network service (SNS) account for the first individual. A menu may be displayed for selecting among a plurality of channel scan modes for scanning channels of the multi-functional display device, including a channel scan mode for broadcast content and SNS content. For channel scan mode for SNS content, information for at least one second SNS account for a second individual associated with the at least one first SNS account may be retrieved, and a channel number assigned to the at least one second SNS account.
US08978069B2
The following description relates to an e-commerce system using content platform independent product broadcasting which combines a channel map for pay TV broadcasts provided over a broadcasting network with a channel map for product broadcasts provided over the Internet to thereby generate an integrated channel map. Using the integrated channel map, a user is able to easily connect to or change a product broadcast provided over the Internet with simple manipulation so as to perform an e-commerce transaction using content platform independent product broadcasting.
US08978050B2
A program calling method is to be implemented by a control module, which uses a first channel during execution of a first Java applet, and includes creating a virtual channel that corresponds to a second channel when the first Java applet intends to call a second Java applet which is to be executed using the second channel, in response to a channel management instruction associated with the virtual channel, opening the second channel for allowing execution of the second Java applet, determining whether the virtual channel is still open, and receiving an output from the second Java applet for use by the first Java applet when it is determined that the virtual channel is still open.
US08978042B2
A container layer for allowing a plurality of game instances running on an operating system to maintain full game functionality is configured to intercept a communication from a game instance of the plurality of game instances to the operating system and provide an appropriate response to the intercepted communication.
US08978040B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to network communications, and provide a method and a system enabling co-operating of a web apparatus and a flash apparatus. The method includes: a web apparatus sends an instruction of calling a flash apparatus to a client, where the instruction includes information of the flash apparatus to be called; after receiving the instruction, the client makes a flash control perform an operation based on information of the flash apparatus to be called in the instruction. The system includes a web apparatus, a flash apparatus and a client. The flash apparatus and the web apparatus are capable of calling each other and are at the same status in the client, thus respective functions can be fully utilized. The flash apparatus and the web apparatus are capable of accessing resources of the client directly, which improves the access efficiency.
US08978036B2
A scheduler manages execution of a plurality of data-collection jobs, assigns individual jobs to specific forwarders in a set of forwarders, and generates and transmits tokens (e.g., pairs of data-collection tasks and target sources) to assigned forwarders. The forwarder uses the tokens, along with stored information applicable across jobs, to collect data from the target source and forward it onto an indexer for processing. For example, the indexer can then break a data stream into discrete events, extract a timestamp from each event and index (e.g., store) the event based on the timestamp. The scheduler can monitor forwarders' job performance, such that it can use the performance to influence subsequent job assignments. Thus, data-collection jobs can be efficiently assigned to and executed by a group of forwarders, where the group can potentially be diverse and dynamic in size.
US08978035B2
A mechanism for automatic scaling of application resources in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment in a cloud computing system is disclosed. A method includes monitoring, by a load balancer executing on a computing device, an overall load measurement of containers associated with an application executed on virtual machines (VMs) in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system, wherein the overall load measurement is a summation of individual current loads at the containers, comparing, by the load balancer, the overall load measurement to an overall load threshold for the containers, and when the overall load measurement exceeds the overall load threshold, causing resources to be added to execute functionality of the application in the VMs of the multi-tenant PaaS system.
US08978033B2
An information retrieval system for automatically retrieving information related to the context of an active task being manipulated by a user. The system observes the operation of the active task and user interactions, and utilizes predetermined criteria to generate a context representation of the active task that are relevant to the context of the active task. The information retrieval system then processes the context representation to generate queries or search terms for conducting an information search. The information retrieval system reorders the terms in a query so that they occur in a meaningful order as they naturally occur in a document or active task being manipulated by the user. Furthermore, the information retrieval system may access a user profile to retrieve information related to the user, and the select information sources or transform search terms based on attributes related to the user, such as the user's occupation, position in a company, major in school, etc.
US08978029B2
Various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software for automated deployment of a deployment template to computing systems. Some embodiments include receiving a selection of a deployment template from an entity via a network, identifying platforms of the entity compatible with the compatibility information, receiving a selection of a target platform, validating the selected deployment template for deployment to the selected platform, and deploying the selected deployment template to the selected platform. The validation of the selected deployment template for deployment to the selected platform may include transmitting a validation data request to an agent that executes on the selected platform to obtain validation data related to at least one validation rule, receiving validation data in response to the validation data request, and applying the at least one validation rule to the received validation data to determine validation success or failure.
US08978028B2
Described is installing multiple software packages to a computing device in a single transaction, whereby the multiple package installation commits if successful, or the device is rolled back to a determined state if unsuccessful. A client process provides a system service (installer) with a package, and the service partitions package installation actions into execution, commit and rollback phases, with the execution phase run for each package. If successful, the transaction is committed by performing the multiple commit phases. If unsuccessful, the installation is rolled back via the rollback phases. The phases may be interleaved, with execution and commit phases performed in FIFO order, and rollback phases performed in LIFO order. A client process may dynamically determine which packages to install, a client process may be embedded in a package and join the transaction, and/or one client process may delegate control to another client to add package actions to the transaction.
US08978023B2
A native application built for a mobile device can embed non-native JAVA code that may be executed by a JAVA virtual machine also embedded as a library within the native application. Enterprise applications may be extended for use by mobile devices. Business logic for an application may be constructed just once and then used in both enterprise applications and mobile device applications.
US08978021B2
In developing applications for a plurality of node types, a meta-data definition of the application can be captured into an application definition module. The meta-data definition can describe the application for the plurality of node types. A code generation module can then automatically generate the application code for the plurality of node types, including transaction aware code. The code can be compiled per node type and the packaging necessary to deploy the application to the plurality of node types can also be automatically generated.
US08978017B2
At least some of the illustrative embodiments are a computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to obtain values indicative of a state of an operating context parameter during execution of a traced program on a target processor, and display an indication of a proportion of time during a trace period of the traced program that the target processor operated with the operating context parameter in a particular state.
US08978016B2
Error logs, bug reports, and other databases identifying problems with a tracer system may be mined to determine how a tracer may interact with a given function, module, or other group of functions. Based on such reports, a tracer may be configured to avoid certain functions or to trace such functions in a specific manner. In some cases, tracer may be configured to limit tracing to certain parameters or with other limitations to avoid any known conditions under which errors occur.
US08978013B1
Autonomous media version testing is described. A method may include testing, by a processing device of a server and without human interaction, a plurality of versions of a game, each having a different set of test conditions, using information received from play of the plurality of versions of the game after a first game move has been made in the game. The method may also include determining, by the processing device and without human interaction, which of the plurality of versions of the game to publicly release based on the testing.
US08978009B2
A computing device obtains a delta between a first version of a target program and a second version of the target program that has been tested by one or more test routines. The computing device identifies a first portion of the second version of the target program that has not been tested in the first version of the target program and a second portion of the second version of the target program that has been tested in the first version of the target program based on the delta. The computing device executes the one or more test routines on at least the first portion of the second version of the target program without executing the one or more test routines on the second portion of the second version of the target program.
US08978000B2
The present disclosure relates to an arrangement and a method of performance-aware buffer zone placement for a high-density array of unit cells. A first feature density of the array is measured and maximum variation for a parameter within a unit cell is determined. A look-up table of silicon data is consulted to predict a buffer zone width and gradient value that achieves a variation that is less than the maximum variation for the unit cell. The look-up table contains a suite of silicon test cases of various array and buffer zone geometries, wherein variation of the parameter within a respective test structure is measured and cataloged for the various buffer zone geometries, and is also extrapolated from the suite of silicon test cases. A buffer zone is placed at the border of the array with a width that is less than or equal to the buffer zone width.
US08977997B2
Systems and methods of using hardware to simulate software, specifically the semantic operations defined in HDL simulation languages. Traditional software HDL simulation kernel operations of advancing time, activating threads in response to notified events, and scheduling those threads of execution are handled via a simulation controller. The simulation controller is comprised of a timing wheel, an event-processor, a thread/process dispatch engine, a token processor, and a resource-allocator. These components work together with a control logic component to perform the semantic operations of an HDL software kernel.
US08977996B2
A design apparatus generates an optimal design condition by design space exploration. The apparatus including a source code parsing (301) which parses source code and generates a parse tree, a cluster generation task (302) which generates clusters based on the parse tree, each of the clusters including a group of source codes which can operate independently, a log file task (303) which generates a log file based on a structure of the cluster, and a comparison task (304) which compares a first log file of a previous cluster with a second log file of a current cluster and re-uses previous exploration result based on a comparison result, the first log file being obtained from a previous design space exploration, the second log file being generated from a current operation.
US08977992B2
A non-volatile memory device capable of reading and writing a large number of memory cells with multiple read/write circuits in parallel has an architecture that reduces redundancy in the multiple read/write circuits to a minimum. The multiple read/write circuits are organized into a bank of similar stacks of components. In one aspect, each stack of components has individual components factorizing out their common subcomponents that do not require parallel usage and sharing them as a common component serially. Other aspects, include serial bus communication between the different components, compact I/O enabled data latches associated with the multiple read/write circuits, and an architecture that allows reading and programming of a contiguous row of memory cells or a segment thereof. The various aspects combined to achieve high performance, high accuracy and high compactness.
US08977986B2
In a system including a display and a selection device, a method of providing and selecting multiple control panels on the display includes providing a user interface on the display. The user interface includes an object that has an axis and is user-scrollable about the axis to selectively bring each of the multiple control panels into and out of view.
US08977983B2
A text entry method and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. In the text entry method, one emoticon is selected from an emoticon set, and a text string corresponding to the selected emoticon is then entered. Therefore, it is possible for a user to enter text more conveniently.
