US08988350B2
In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes the step of providing an image to a user. The image is provided with a computer display, An eye-tracking data is obtained from the user when the user views the image. The eye-tracking data is obtained with an eye-tracking system. A user attribute is determined based on the eye-tracking data. The user is enabled to access a digital resource when the user attribute is associated with a permission to access the digital resource. The user attribute can be a personhood state. The digital resource can be a web page document. An instruction can be provided to the user regarding a pattern of viewing the image. The pattern of viewing the image can include instructing the user to gaze on a specified sequence of image elements.
US08988343B2
Multiple electronic displays are arranged to define an ensemble of the user's choosing. The processor generates and displays a uniquely encoded emblem encoding a unique identifier for that display. A camera captures at least one image of the ensemble so that the encoded emblem for each display is captured. The captured images are then processed to extract the following attributes: a) unique identifier of the display; b) position of the encoded emblem relative to the reference coordinate system; and c) pointing direction of the encoded emblem relative to the reference coordinate system. The processor collectively processes the attributes for each of the emblem images to compute for each display a transformation matrix that selects a portion of the image data for display on that monitor and performs pointing direction correction so that the information presented on that display appears spatially consistent with the information presented on the other displays.
US08988342B2
A remote controlling apparatus, a display apparatus and a controlling method are provided. The remote controlling apparatus for selecting one of a plurality of operating modes of an external device being operable between a pointing mode and a gesture mode, associated with the remote controlling apparatus, includes an output unit for outputting information regarding the remote controlling apparatus to the external device, a detection unit for detecting motion of the remote controlling apparatus, a motion information generating unit for generating motion information based on the detected motion of the remote controlling apparatus, an operation mode change unit for providing information regarding an operation mode, for changing the operation mode of the external device being operable between the pointing mode and the gesture mode, and wherein the information regarding the remote controlling apparatus comprise the information regarding the operating mode, and the motion information generated by the motion information generating unit.
US08988341B2
Embodiments of the present invention generate estimates of device motion from two data sources on a computing device—a motion sensor and a camera. The device may compare the estimates to each other to determine if they agree. If they agree, the device may confirm that device motion estimates based on the motion sensor are accurate and may output those estimates to an application within the device. If the device motion estimates disagree, the device may alter the motion estimates obtained from the motion sensor before outputting them to the application.
US08988334B2
Present techniques involve methods and systems of inversion patterns for pixels in a display. Inversion techniques involve driving image signals having a first polarity to data lines of a pixel matrix during a first time period and driving image signals having an opposite polarity to the data lines during a second time period. In some embodiments, the pixels may be configured to have electrodes having only two finger electrodes, thus widening the distance between electrodes and decreasing the susceptibility for crosstalk between pixels. In some embodiments, horizontal cross-talk of electromagnetic fields between pixels may be further reduced by configuring the data line driving scheme such that voltage polarity is flipped for the pixels along every two, three, or more data line columns. Furthermore, a Z inversion pattern may be employed to reduce the occurrence of undesirable display artifacts.
US08988320B2
Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array unit; and a driving unit; wherein said pixel array unit includes first scanning lines and second scanning lines in a form of rows, signal lines in a form of columns, and pixels in a form of a matrix, each pixel includes a drive transistor, a sampling transistor, a switching transistor, a retaining capacitance, and a light emitting element, said driving unit includes a write scanner for sequentially supplying a control signal to each first scanning line, a drive scanner for sequentially supplying a control signal to each second scanning line, and a signal selector for alternately supplying a signal potential as a video signal and a predetermined reference potential to each signal line.
US08988318B2
A communication system and method are described for transmitting data from a display in a bit transmission data format to a machine vision system. The described system and method allows for the process and further application of a larger amount of data faster and more reliably than by use of the human readable data from the display. A standard LCD screen displays bit transmission data corresponding to human readable data, and transmits the bit transmission data to a machine vision system, such as by use of the camera on a smart phone. The captured bit transmission data is converted into a bit data stream for further processing, such as by use of an application in the smart phone, and can be stored in memory and/or transmitted to another system to provide useful human readable information. Faster transmission of a greater amount of data is realized including, in one aspect of the bit generation, data error and correction codes. In one embodiment the method and system is applied in a body composition scale application using a four digit, 7-segment LCD.
US08988301B2
A core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high-frequency band, in particular a GHz-band and a high environment resistance is provided. The core-shell magnetic material includes: a magnetic member in which plural core-shell magnetic particles are bound by a binder made of a first resin; and a coating layer that is made of a second resin different from the first resin, a surface of the magnetic member being covered with the coating layer. The core-shell magnetic material is characterized in that the core-shell magnetic particle includes a magnetic metallic particle and a covering layer that covers at least part of a surface of the magnetic metallic particle, the magnetic metallic particle contains at least one magnetic metal selected from a group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and the covering layer is made of an oxide, a nitride, or a carbide that contains at least one magnetic metal.
US08988297B2
Provided is a circuit for an electronic device having a non-planar transparent resonator. The transparent resonator is mounted on said circuit so as to at least partially occupy a footprint of another component of the circuit. The transparent resonator forms part of a light pathway on said circuit for transmitting light to or from said another component. Also provided is a transparent dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) for optical applications. Since the DRA is transparent, it can let light pass through itself and, thus, the light can be utilized by an optical part of a system or device. The transparent DRA can be placed on top of a solar cell. Since the DRA does not block the light, the light can reach the solar cell panel and power can be generated for the system or device. The system or device so obtained is very compact because no extra footprint is needed within the system or device for the DRA. It finds application in compact wireless applications that need a self-sustaining power device.
US08988296B2
A right-hand circular polarized antenna and associated methods. In one embodiment, a quarter-wave antenna configuration is used within a small form factor portable device (e.g. wristwatch). The antenna comprises a radiator element which operates in as a linear polarized antenna while the device is operating in free space. However, when the device is attached to a user (e.g. at a user's wrist), the antenna utilizes the loading of the user's body tissue in order to suppress unwanted signals (e.g. left hand polarized signals) to permit operation in circular polarized mode (e.g. right hand polarized mode), thereby allowing for increased sensitivity to received circularly polarized signals such as those emanated from global positioning satellites.
US08988290B2
An apparatus and method of providing an apparatus, the apparatus including a conductive cover portion defining at least a portion of an external surface of the apparatus; a feed element configured to capacitively couple radio circuitry to the conductive cover portion at a feed point; a ground plane galvanically connected to the conductive cover portion at a ground point; wherein the feed point and the ground point are separated along a length of the conductive cover portion and configure the conductive cover portion to resonate at a first resonant frequency so as to be operable as an antenna in a first frequency band and wherein the first resonant frequency of the conductive cover portion is controlled by the separation between the feed point and the ground point.
US08988275B2
A low energy radar comprising a radar signal generator generating a radar signal, a transmitter transmitting the radar signal via a transmitting antenna, a receiving array including plurality of receiving antennas and a plurality of receivers, each antenna being coupled with a corresponding receiver, each of at least selected ones of the receivers receives a respective signal corresponding to reflections of the transmitted radar signal from a scene, a processor including a radar signal processor, the radar signal processor determines a scene reflections map, the scene reflections map includes values representing reflection characteristics from each selected location in the scene, a detector, detecting objects in the scene and the corresponding locations thereof according to the scene reflection map and a clutter map, the clutter map includes values representing clutter reflection characteristics from each selected location in the scene, and a power controller, after the transmitter transmitted the radar signal and the receiving array received the signal corresponding to reflections of the transmitted radar signal, the power controller shuts down at least one of the radar signal generator, the transmitter and the receiving array.
US08988274B2
A radar data acquisition system including a polarimetric phased array antenna and a radar control and processing system. The polarimetric phased array antenna includes a support system, an array of panels and a switching network. One or more of the panels include a dual pole antenna for at least one of transmitting and receiving a dual polarization electromagnetic beam. The switching network communicates with the panels such that at least one of power, radar and control signals are sent to and received from one or more selected panels. The radar control and processing system communicates with the switching network for forming electromagnetic signals directed to one or more selected panels such that the selected panels form a dual polarization electromagnetic beam, and for reading signals sensed by one or more selected panels and for decoding the signals into an electronic radar output.
US08988269B2
A time difference adjustment circuit includes two flip-flop circuits, a delay circuit, and a reset circuit. The delay circuit includes first and second transistors of a first polarity and third and fourth transistors of a second polarity, wherein drains of the first and third transistors are coupled to each other, drains of the second and fourth transistors are coupled to each other, the drains of the first and third transistors and a gate of the fourth transistor are coupled to each other, an input signal is coupled to a gate of the first transistor, an output signal is supplied from the drains of the second and fourth transistors, and first and second reset signals are respectively coupled to gates of the second and third transistors.
US08988268B2
According to the present invention, a successive approximation type analog-digital converter includes: a comparator outputting a result of comparing an analog signal and a reference voltage; a register storing a digital value corresponding to the result of comparison and outputting a digital signal; a detection unit detecting whether the comparator is in a stable state or not for each bit; and a bit determination unit storing, if the comparator is not stable, as a bit value of a bit which is one bit lower-order than a corresponding detection bit, a value obtained by inverting a final determined bit value of the detection bit in the register instead of the comparison result of the comparator.
US08988261B2
A delta-sigma D/A converter, by which a digital valued, input signal is convertible into a binary, clock signal time discrete, output signal. By forming an average value of the output signal over a number of clock signal cycles, an analog value of the input signal can be displayed. The delta-sigma D/A converter is embodied in such a manner that, in use, it provides the output signal by serial arrangement of signal patterns of a set of signal patterns, wherein the signal patterns of the set are, in each case, binary, clock signal time discrete and extend over a signal pattern cycles total of a plurality of clock cycles. At least two signal patterns of the set have mutually different signal pattern average values, which are formed over the respective signal pattern cycles total, and all signal patterns of the set have, in each case, essentially the same number, especially exactly the same number, of edges.
US08988256B2
A coding method, a decoding method, a coder, and a decoder are disclosed herein. A coding method includes: obtaining the pulse distribution, on a track, of the pulses to be encoded on the track; determining a distribution identifier for identifying the pulse distribution according to the pulse distribution; and generating a coding index that includes the distribution identifier. A decoding method includes: receiving a coding index; obtaining a distribution identifier from the coding index, wherein the distribution identifier is configured to identify the pulse distribution, on a track, of the pulses to be encoded on the track; determining the pulse distribution, on a track, of all the pulses to be encoded on the track according to the distribution identifier; and reconstructing the pulse order on the track according to the pulse distribution.
US08988250B2
When a parking assistant assists a driver in carrying out parking operation, the parking assistant takes image of vehicle surroundings to generate vehicle surroundings images, converts coordinates of vehicle surroundings images to generate overhead view image, and sets a parking target area in the overhead view image. On the overhead view image, the parking assistant superposes a parking target area image which denotes the parking target area. The parking assistant generates the parking target area image when a first certain portion where a solid object is present is superposed with the parking target area. The parking target area image is generated in a second certain portion other than the superposed first certain portion. The generating operation is implemented even when another vehicle included in the overhead view image falls in the set parking target area image. The parking assistant displays the overhead view image and the parking target area image.
US08988247B1
Provided is a mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit that is configured to communicate with an air conditioner, a camera that captures an image of at least one photographic subject, a display unit to which the image that includes at least one graphic object corresponding to the at least one photographic subject, respectively, is output, and a controller that, if the at least one photographic subject is the air conditioner, outputs state information on the air conditioner, which includes operation information relating to a wind that is output from the air conditioner, to the vicinity of the graphic object corresponding to the air conditioner.
US08988239B2
A failure alarm system adapted for monitoring an instrument includes a BUS transmitting data and control logics inside the failure alarm system, a recording device connected to the BUS for recording operating sounds of the instrument, a voice processing unit connected to the BUS for converting the operating sounds into a voice eigenvector, a storage unit connected to the BUS for storing the voice eigenvector at the normal working state of the instrument as historical data and also storing the voice eigenvector at the abnormal working state of the instrument therein, a comparing unit connected to the BUS for comparing the new voice eigenvector with the previous voice eigenvector saved as the historical data to judge whether the instrument is at the abnormal working state, and a warning unit connected to the BUS for warning the monitoring personnel when the abnormal state is detected.
US08988237B2
A computer-implemented reservoir prediction system, method, and software are provided for failure prediction for artificial lift systems, such as sucker rod pump systems. The method includes a production well associated with an artificial lift system and data indicative of an operational status of the artificial lift system. One or more features are extracted from the artificial lift system data. Data mining is applied to the one or more features to determine whether the artificial lift system is predicted to fail within a given time period. An alert is output indicative of impending artificial lift system failures.
US08988233B2
A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing. The at least one case-open switch assembly includes an arrangement of electrical contacts arranged on a base surface and a resiliently deformable conductive element, which defines a short circuit between at least some of the arrangement of electrical contacts only when the housing is closed.
US08988222B2
A system and method for identifying, tracking and locating stolen bicycles (missing chattels) in an urban area from a plurality of stations. A passive RFID memory based transponder is manufactured into the hollow metal frame of a bicycle (missing chattel) during manufacture. The passive memory based transponder is engaged and powered up by a tag initiation process which emanates from a cellular telephone tower using microwave frequencies. This process is initiated upon a report of the bicycle (missing chattel) being stolen. It is then powered from an internal generator driven by the rotation of the axle of the bicycle, or similar conveyance, with chargeable battery assist. Missing chattel is defined herein as a bicycle, motorcycle, car, truck, bus, tractor trailer or other similar conveyance.
US08988221B2
An integrated security system that includes a security coprocessor coupled to a conventional security system panel and an interactive security system. The integrated security system enables conventional security system features as well as the consumer-oriented interactive features and functions of an interactive security system without sacrificing reliability or the significant burden and cost associated with frequent software updates associated with conventional security systems. The integrated security system also minimizes or eliminates the need for new battery backup circuitry or larger batteries.
US08988218B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for self-detection of lost device status using device-to-device communications with one or more expected neighboring devices. A device can detect when the device itself is lost, by determining one or more expected neighboring devices for one or more time periods; monitoring a local environment for one or more of the expected neighboring devices using device-to-device communication; detecting when the device is lost based on device-to-device communication and whether a threshold criteria of the expected neighboring devices in proximity to the device for a given interval of time; and sending at least one relay message to notify an owner of the lost device. The threshold criteria comprises, e.g., whether a minimum number of expected neighboring devices are nearby or whether at least one fixed neighboring device is nearby. The device-to-device communications employ one or more of short range relay communications and low-power mesh communications.
US08988217B2
A method and system for configured one or more fire alarm system devices in a fire alarm system are disclosed. The fire alarm system includes the fire alarm system devices, a fire alarm panel, and a wireless handheld device. The fire alarm system devices communicate with the fire alarm panel via a first communications interface (such as a wired communications interface), and the wireless handheld device communicates with the fire alarm panel via a second communications interface (such as a wireless communications interface). In operation, the fire alarm control panel receives an indication from one of the fire alarm system devices of a user input. In response, the fire alarm panel sends a communication (such as a form) to the wireless handheld device. In response to the communication, the wireless handheld device sends a response to the fire alarm control panel (such as including information in the form). The fire alarm panel may then update its memory with the information sent from the wireless handheld device in order to control the operation of the fire alarm system device.
US08988210B2
A method of automatically communicating reminder messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle includes the following steps: (a) establishing a reminder message and defining playback instructions for playing the reminder message; (b) generating a trigger based on the defined playback instructions; (c) setting the trigger; (d) monitoring for the occurrence of one or more conditions that satisfy the trigger; and (e) determining that the one or more conditions have occurred and, if so, then; (f) accessing the reminder message associated with the trigger; and (g) communicating the reminder message.
US08988209B2
A monitoring device (20) of a vehicle wheel (11) is configured for detecting and transmitting, by a wireless connection, information relating to at least one characteristic quantity of the status of the wheel (11), such as the inflating pressure of a tire thereof. The device (20) has a casing (21-22) housing a circuit (30) adapted to transmit said information, the casing (21-22) being designed for coupling to an end portion (3a) of electrically conductive body (3) of a tire valve (2) of the wheel (11). The casing (21-22) includes a casing body (21) integrating interconnection means (28, 29, 40) prearranged to obtain both an electric connection of the circuit (30) to the end portion (3a) of the electrically conductive body (3) of the valve (2; 2′; 2″), and a mechanical coupling of the casing (21-22) to the end portion (3a) of the electrically conductive body (3) of the valve (2; 2′; 2″).
US08988208B2
A system and method for operating a tire temperature warning system with an optional cooling solution is disclosed.
US08988205B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for expanding the functionality of a security system are disclosed. The security system may be integrated with a vehicle security system. For example, a vehicle security node of a vehicle may transmit a signal that may be received by the security system. The security system may authenticate the vehicle security node and integrate the vehicle security node into its network. Various information may be communicated in both directions between the security system and the vehicle security node. The vehicle security node may communicate with an alarm panel that may include a dock for connecting a portable device.
US08988202B2
In an apparatus and method for processing a virtual world, haptic information regarding a virtual object in the virtual world, the haptic information corresponding to sensed information, is extracted and transmitted to a haptic feedback device. Accordingly, interaction between a real world and the virtual world is achieved. The processing speed of the haptic information with respect to the virtual object may be increased by varying data structures according to types of the virtual object.
US08988201B2
A parameter setting method of a tire monitor is applied in a setter for setting a parameter of the tire monitor via a cable or wireless transmission, and the method includes the steps of using a setter to transmit a change signal for changing a condition value of at least one parameter in the monitor; using the monitor to receive the change signal; updating the condition value of the corresponding parameter according to the change signal; and using the monitor to transmit a monitor signal according to an updated parameter format, so as to update the parameters of the tire monitor quickly.
US08988198B2
Systems and methods for creating “feelings” from tangible objects in a responsive and cost efficient manner are provided. In accordance with such systems and methods, near field communication (NFC) tags are embedded into tangible objects, e.g., Compact Discs (CDs), books, posters, etc., where the NFC tags include feeling/sensory feedback parameters associated with the object in which the NFC tag is embedded. That is, such NFC tags are able to stimulate one or more senses, such as the human senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Thus, sensory feedback is provided via tangible objects, where only minimal cost (e.g., a few cents) is added to the production/manufacture of such objects.
US08988194B2
A method and system for controlling an electronic device with information provided by an external device through a wired or wireless interface is provided. An electronic device control method of the present invention includes detecting an event; acquiring execution information associated with the event; and executing a task indicated by the execution information.
US08988187B2
Systems and methods which provide identification of a user in combination with mutual authentication between a user and identification host are shown. Embodiments further provide mutual authentication between the identification host and a resource for which access is controlled, thereby providing three-party authentication (e.g., user, identification host, resource). Although utilizing biometric data for user identification, embodiments store such biometric information within devices which remain in the control of users. Protocols implemented according to embodiments facilitate a decentralized approach to user identification and authentication to allow a user to interact with any of a number of identification hosts for user identification and authorization. Auditing and tracing of user identification and authentication and/or resource access is provided according to embodiments.
US08988183B2
A monitoring module for a fusible switch disconnect device includes an open fuse detecting element and wire leads for completing an electrical connection with a fuse.
US08988173B2
A differential circuit topology that produces a tunable floating negative inductance, negative capacitance, negative resistance/conductance, or a combination of the three. These circuits are commonly referred to as “non-Foster circuits.” The disclosed embodiments of the circuits comprises two differential pairs of transistors that are cross-coupled, a load immittance, multiple current sources, two Common-Mode FeedBack (CMFB) networks, at least one tunable (variable) resistance, and two terminals across which the desired immittance is present. The disclosed embodiments of the circuits may be configured as either a Negative Impedance Inverter (NII) or a Negative Impedance Converter (NIC) and as either Open-Circuit-Stable (OCS) and Short-Circuit-Stable (SCS).
US08988168B2
An alternating current (AC) power device includes an AC circuit having input nodes, output nodes and a ground node. The AC circuit is configured to receive an input electrical signal at the input nodes and generate an output electrical signal at the output nodes. The AC power device also includes an inductor coupled to the ground node of the AC circuit. The ground node is configured to be coupled to a ground plane at a ground potential. The AC circuit is configured to be coupled to a load at the output nodes. The inductor is configured to be connected in series between the ground node of the AC circuit and the load to attenuate radio frequency components present at the ground node.
US08988167B2
An RF signal blocking device includes a capacitor unit and an inductor unit defining an LC resonance circuit. The capacitor unit and inductor unit are set such that a cutoff frequency in the LC resonance circuit after disconnection by fusing of a second inductor including a fuse wire, among first and second inductors of the inductor unit, fluctuates within a prescribed frequency band. The RF signal blocking device reliably blocks an RF signal in a prescribed frequency band after an abnormality of fusing in the second inductor including a fuse wire occurs due to an input of an RF signal having an RF power value greater than or equal to a predetermined level.
US08988151B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of correcting the frequency of a crystal oscillator. The method includes establishing an operating baseline for the crystal oscillator using a frequency reference, storing information in memory, and adjusting the frequency according to the information. The information corresponds to the operating baseline. Adjusting the frequency occurs in response to a power-on event and the absence of the frequency reference.
US08988145B2
A high fidelity current dumping audio amplifier in which for achieving the best performance are combined the feedforward error correction and the negative feedback. The principle of feedforward error correction in a balanced bridge in A.C. is used, including the whole audio frequency amplifier, combined with a classical negative feedback that includes the items of the amplification chain likely to introduce distortions. The amplifier can be built in a current amplifier structure or in a voltage amplifier structure. The current amplifier structure contains an operational amplifier used as a voltage-current converter and signal de-phasing, two low power symmetrical current amplifiers operating in “A” class with a current mirror structure and a power stage in “B” class, with no quiescent current. The voltage structure of the amplifier contains an operational voltage amplifier, a low power amplifier operating in “A” class, and a power stage operating in “B” class.
US08988139B2
A self-selected variable power integrated circuit (IC) which maximizes manufacturing yield and reduces system design cost and related methods are disclosed. The method includes determining characteristics of an integrated circuit (IC). The method includes determining a module specific voltage of the IC to meet a designed target frequency and power characteristics, based on the determined IC characteristics. The method includes setting the module specific voltage by using a combination of fuses within the IC.
US08988137B2
A reference voltage generating circuit with extremely low temperature dependence is provided. The reference voltage generating circuit includes a BGR circuit which generates a bandgap reference voltage; a bandgap current generating circuit which generates a bandgap current according to the bandgap reference voltage; a PTAT current generating circuit which generates a current proportional to the absolute temperature; and a linear approximate correction current generating circuit which compares the current generated by the PTAT current generating circuit and the bandgap current to generate a correction current, and the BGR circuit adds, to the bandgap reference voltage, a correction voltage generated based on the correction current.
US08988135B2
Exemplary embodiments disclose a semiconductor device which includes a function block including a plurality of transistors; a temperature detector configured to detect a driving temperature of the function block in real time; and an adaptive body bias generator configured to provide a body bias voltage to adaptively adjust leakage currents of the transistors according to the detected driving temperature, wherein the adaptive body bias generator is further configured to generate a body bias voltage corresponding to a predetermined minimum leakage current according to the driving temperature.
US08988134B2
A system includes first circuitry including first elements for operating in a low power mode; second circuitry including second elements for operating in a high-temperature mode; and one or more switching elements for selecting between the low power mode and the high temperature mode.
US08988133B2
There are disclosed herein various implementations of nested composite switches. In one implementation, a nested composite switch includes a normally ON primary transistor coupled to a composite switch. The composite switch includes a low voltage (LV) transistor cascoded with an intermediate transistor having a breakdown voltage greater than the LV transistor and less than the normally ON primary transistor. In one implementation, the normally on primary transistor may be a group III-V transistor and the LV transistor may be an LV group IV transistor.
US08988115B2
A method for controlling a temperature of an electronic device which includes a semiconductor chip is provided. The temperature control method includes measuring a temperature of a measurement point using the electronic device, comparing the temperature of the measurement point with a target temperature varying according to a period of time when the semiconductor chip operates using the electronic device, and decreasing a clock frequency of the semiconductor chip using the electronic device when the temperature of the measurement point is higher than the target temperature.
US08988107B2
An integrated circuit with a pulse clock unit having shared gating control includes one or more logic blocks, each including a clock distribution network configured to distribute a clock signal. The integrated circuit also includes a clock unit coupled to the one or more logic blocks and configured to generate a pulse clock signal formed using a chain of inverting logic gates. The clock unit may be further configured to provide the pulse clock signal to the clock distribution network. The clock unit may also include an enable input that is coupled to one input of one of the inverting logic gates. In addition, the clock unit may be configured to selectively enable and disable the pulse clock signal in response to an enable signal on the enable input.
US08988104B2
Innovative Non-Volatile Look-Up-Table (NV-LUT) has been constructed by Single Gate Logic Non-Volatile Memory (SGLNVM) devices processed with the standard CMOS logic process. One of a pair of complementary SGLNVM devices is always programmed to the high threshold voltage state and the other remains in the low threshold voltage state. By applying digital voltage rail (VDD and VSS) to the input nodes of the pair of complementary SGLNVM devices, the output node of the pair of complementary SGLNVM devices outputs digital signals according to its configuration. The NV-LUT outputs digital signals from a plurality of pairs of complementary SGLNVM devices through a digital switching multiplexer. The NV-LUT is a good substitution for SRAM based LUT commonly used in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).
US08988103B2
An electronic logic circuit uses areal capacitive coupling devices coupled together to process a set of data inputs. Each areal capacitive coupling device can be configured such that a floating gate potential of such device can be altered to at least a first state or a second state in response to receiving an input signal from the set of data inputs, which is coupled electrically to the floating gate. A majority function logic circuit (and other similar circuits) can be interconnected this way using far fewer gates than with a conventional CMOS implementation. Selective logic gates can also be enabled or disabled by configuring them effectively as memory devices.
US08988102B2
Local on-die termination controllers for effecting termination of a high-speed signaling links simultaneously engage on-die termination structures within multiple integrated-circuit memory devices disposed on the same memory module, and/or within the same integrated-circuit package, and coupled to the high-speed signaling link. A termination control bus is coupled to memory devices on a module, and provides for peer-to-peer communication of termination control signals.
US08988099B2
A number of TDR systems and testing methods are provided that improve the quality and accuracy of information collected when propagating a signal along a length of cable in order to pinpoint specific anomalies. One or more of the TDR systems includes, for example, a computing device, a pulse generator, and at least one capacitive test sensor. The at least one capacitive test sensor transmits/receives pulses to/from a power system component, such as an insulated power cable, in a capacitive manner.
US08988095B2
A socket which enables occurrence of contact defects to be suppressed is provided. A socket 11 to which a test carrier 20, which has: a base film 32 on which bumps 324 are formed for contact with electrode pads 51 of a die 50; and external terminals 312 which are electrically connected to the bumps 324, is electrically connected comprises: contactors 125 which contact external terminals 312; and an elastic member 131 which pushes against bump-forming portions 32a and bump-surrounding portions 32b on the base film 32. The elastic member 131 has: a first elastic layer 132; and a second elastic layer 133 which is more flexible than the first elastic layer 132, and a second elastic layer 133 is laid over the first elastic layer 132 and contacts the base film 32.
US08988090B2
Terminals (2, 502) of a device under test (DUT) are connected to corresponding contact pads or leads by a series of electrically conductive contacts. Each terminal testing connects with both a “force” contact and a “sense” contact. In one embodiment, the sense contact (770) partially or completely laterally surrounds the force contact (700). In order to increase the contact surface, the force contact, in a spring pin (700) configuration contacts the device under test terminal at that portion of the lead which is curved or angled, rather than orthogonal to the pin.
US08988081B2
Techniques for obtaining a propagation delay through first and second transmission lines having substantially equal propagation delays may include: providing a first signal to the first transmission line; providing a second signal to the second transmission line; detecting an incident edge of the first signal on the first transmission line; detecting a reflected edge of the second signal on the second transmission line; and determining the propagation delay based on times of detection of the incident edge and detection of the reflected edge.
US08988072B2
A vertical Hall sensor includes a Hall effect region and a plurality of contacts formed in or on a surface of the Hall effect region. The plurality of contacts are arranged in a sequence along a path extending between a first end and a second end of the Hall effect region. The plurality of contacts includes at least four spinning current contacts and at least two supply-only contacts. The spinning current contacts are configured to alternatingly function as supply contacts and sense contacts according to a spinning current scheme. The at least four spinning current contacts are arranged along a central portion of the path. The at least two supply-only contacts are arranged on both sides of the central portion in a distributed manner and are configured to supply electrical energy to the Hall effect region according to an extension of the spinning current scheme.
US08988070B2
A pulse-induction type metal detector using a transmitter coil energizing pulse that selectively reduces the amplitude of background signals from conductive soils, ores and salt water. The detector can be operated with higher amplification of the received signals than conventional detectors, without driving the input amplifier into saturation. This makes it possible to detect land mines, tramp metal and gold in media whose characteristics make detection with conventional metal detectors difficult.
US08988059B2
Techniques for optimizing the trade-off between minimizing switching losses and minimizing conduction losses in a buck converter. In an aspect, each of a high-side switch and a low-side switch may be implemented as a plurality of parallel-coupled transistors, each transistor having an independently controllable gate voltage, allowing adjustment of the effective transistor size. In response to the target voltage of the buck converter corresponding to a relatively high voltage range, more high-side switch transistors and fewer low-side switch transistors may be selected. Similarly, in response to the target voltage corresponding to a relatively low voltage range, more low-side switch transistors and fewer high-side switch transistors may be selected. In an aspect, the techniques may be applied during a pulse-frequency modulation mode.
US08988056B2
A hysteretic power converter constituted of: a switched mode power supply; a hysteretic comparator, a first input of the comparator arranged to receive a feedback signal providing a representation of the output voltage of the switched mode power supply and a second input of the comparator arranged to receive a reference voltage; a ramp capacitor coupled to one of the first and second input of the comparator; a current source, a terminal of the current source coupled to the ramp capacitor and arranged to drive current to the ramp capacitor; and a switchable current source, a terminal of the switchable current source coupled to the ramp capacitor, the switchable current source arranged to drive current to the ramp capacitor in a direction opposite the current driven by the current source, wherein the switchable current source is alternately enabled and disabled responsive to the output of the hysteretic comparator.
US08988044B2
A battery pack including: a bare cell including a cathode and an anode; and a chip on board (COB) module electrically coupled to the cathode and anode of the bare cell. The COB module controls the charging/discharging of the bare cell. The COB module can be commonly used in different types of batteries and can be connected to a variety of electric devices.
US08988040B2
A car charger plug is slidably mounted within a body of the compact car charger. The car charger plug is lockable in a fully retracted position and lockable in a fully extended position, so as to maintain its compact size when not in use, and provide a secure connection with a car charge port when desired.
US08988038B2
The present invention provides a new and useful apparatus for charging battery powered electronic devices using a rolling means. The rolling means transfers mechanical energy from a plurality of wheels to a generator by way of a gear ratio. The generator in turn yields electrical energy that is later transformed via integrated circuitry into viable power for the purposes of charging an optional internal batter or that of an attached device. This apparatus does not limit the user's mobility and can be used in everyday settings. The apparatus can be an integral part of a piece of luggage or added to an existing hand cart. Additionally, the apparatus can have a connection for a DC input to charge the internal battery when the apparatus is not in motion.
US08988035B2
A system for identifying magnetizing inductance and rotor resistance of an induction machine comprises an induction machine comprising a rotor and a stator, a DC voltage bus, and a DC-to-AC voltage inverter coupled to the DC voltage bus and to the induction machine. The system also comprises a controller configured to cause the DC-to-AC voltage inverter to apply a square-wave excitation to a plurality of phases of the induction machine, determine a stator resistance of the stator of the induction machine based on the square-wave excitation, and determine a rotor resistance of the rotor of the induction machine based on the square-wave excitation. The controller is also configured to calculate a magnetizing curve for the induction machine based on the stator and rotor resistances and control the induction machine to operate based on the magnetizing curve.
US08988030B2
This disclosure is drawn to methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus related to power control in applications over long cables. Specifically, the disclosed methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus relate to power control that considers the maximum power available at the end of a long cable (or from a battery) to a load over a broad range of load conditions. Some example systems may include a power supply located at the Earth's surface and a power converter coupled to the power supply via a cable having a first end coupled to the power supply and a second end coupled to the power converter. Some example power converters may be configured to measure the power being consumed by the electrical load in the well, and adjust operating parameter(s) of the electrical load based, at least in part, on the maximum power available at the second end of the cable.
US08988024B2
In a method and control system for controlling a brushless, electronically commutated electric motor (M), a three-phase source AC voltage (UN) is rectified and fed to a DC link voltage (UZK), which is supplied to an inverter (2) via a slim DC link circuit (6). A motor control unit (10) for PWM pulsing controls the inverter for commutating the electric motor (M) and adjusting the motor speed with a variable duty cycle (A). The duty cycle (A) is influenced by a compensating factor (k) such that the product of the DC link voltage (UZK) and a resulting DC link current (IZK) is kept constant in the link circuit (6). The DC link voltage (UZK) is monitored. When a first threshold value (UZKac.max1) of an AC component (UZKac) is exceeded, the compensating factor (k) is modified to lower the current AC component (UZKac) below the threshold value (UZKac.max1).
US08988022B2
The present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage, and a current control gain adjusting step of calculating a current control gain based on frequency characteristics of the applied voltage and the motor current. In this manner, a stable current control gain having a high current response can be adjusted within a short period of time.
US08988017B2
A mechanical resonator with a closed feed-back damping loop is provided. Displacement in the mechanical resonator is opposed with a damping force determined by the closed feed-back loop that comprises a signal processing filter with associated phase adjustment. An oscillation-free configuration that allows high signal amplification is achieved.
US08988005B2
In various embodiments, an illumination system includes multiple light-emitting strings that are selectively activated or deactivated to regulate an overall output of the array.
US08988001B2
A lamp and an illumination system and a driving method thereof are provided. The lamp includes a lighting unit, a conversion unit, and a driver. The conversion unit is capable of receiving an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal and converting the input PWM signal into an output PWM signal, wherein a frequency of the input PWM signal and a frequency of the output PWM signal are different. The driver is coupled between the lighting unit and the conversion unit. The driver is capable of receiving the output PWM signal and generating a driving signal to drive the lighting unit according to the output PWM signal.
US08987987B2
The invention provides an OLED device with improved light out-coupling, which can be manufactured easy and reliable at low costs, which comprises an electroluminescent layer stack (2, 3, 4) on top of a substrate (1), where the electroluminescent layer stack (2, 3, 4) comprises an organic light-emitting layer stack (3) with one or more organic layers sandwiched between a first electrode (2) facing towards the substrate (1) and a 10 second electrode (4), where the second electrode (4) comprises a layer stack of at least a transparent conductive protection layer (41) on top of the organic light-emitting layer stack (3), a transparent organic conductive buckling layer (42) on top of the protection layer (41) having a glass transition temperature lower than the lowest glass transition temperature of the organic layers within the organic light-emitting layer stack (3) and a stress inducing layer 15 (43) on top of the buckling layer (42) to introduce stress to the buckling layer (42). The invention further relates to a method to manufacture such OLED devices with heating the electroluminescent layer (2, 3, 4) stack to a temperature, which is above the glass transition temperature of the buckling layer (42) and below the lowest glass transition temperature of the organic layers within the organic light-emitting layer stack (3) for a time period sufficient 20 to obtain buckles (B) within the buckling layer (42).
US08987981B2
A sparkplug includes a ground electrode forming a gap with a front end surface of the center electrode. A front end portion of the ground electrode includes an opposed surface facing the center electrode, and a pair of tapered surfaces sandwiching the opposed surface. A shortest distance between the center electrode and a boundary formed by the opposed surface and the tapered surface is equal to or less than 1.2 times a distance of the gap. At least a part of a cross section of the core portion is disposed in a region at a front side of the straight line that passes a rear end of a line segment corresponding to the tapered surface and is vertical to the line segment. A shortest distance between the line segment and the cross section of the core portion is 0.2 mm or more and 1.5 mm or less.
US08987977B2
There is provided a piezoelectric vibration reed including a pair of vibrating arm portions arranged in parallel to each other and a base portion integrally fixing proximal end portions in the longitudinal direction of the pair of vibrating arm portions, wherein the pair of vibrating arm portions is formed with first groove portions positioned on the side of the proximal end portions of the vibrating arm portions and second groove portions positioned on the side of distal end portions of the vibrating arm portions with respect to the first groove portions on main surfaces, the width of the first groove portions along the width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the vibrating arm portions on the main surfaces of the vibrating arm portions is formed to be smaller than the second groove portions, and reinforcing ribs projecting from bottom surfaces of the second groove portions are formed in the second groove portions.
US08987976B2
A method and apparatus for a piezoelectric resonator having combined thickness and width vibrational modes are disclosed. A piezoelectric resonator may include a piezoelectric substrate and a first electrode coupled to a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric resonator may further include a second electrode coupled to a second surface of the piezoelectric substrate, where the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel and define a thickness dimension of the piezoelectric substrate. Furthermore, the thickness dimension and the width dimension of the piezoelectric substrate are configured to produce a resonance from a coherent combination of a thickness vibrational mode and a width vibrational mode when an excitation signal is applied to the electrodes.
US08987975B2
A lead type piezoelectric resonator device includes a piezoelectric resonator plate and a lead terminal that supports the piezoelectric resonator plate. The piezoelectric resonator plate is provided with a terminal electrode that is electrically connected to the lead terminal, and the lead terminal is provided with a bonding layer that is electrically connected to the piezoelectric resonator plate. The piezoelectric resonator plate and the lead terminal are electromechanically bonded to each other by the terminal electrode and the bonding layer. A bonding material containing an Sn—Cu alloy is produced from the terminal electrode and the bonding layer by the bonding of the terminal electrode and the bonding layer.
US08987972B2
A vibrator, which constitutes a vibrating device of a vibration-type driving apparatus in which the vibrating device is bonded to an electromechanical-energy-conversion element, has at least one projection portion thereon, and elliptic motion can arise at each projection portion by applying an alternating electric field to the electromechanical-energy-conversion element. A driven object moves by the elliptic motion when in contact with the projection portion in a direction intersecting with a width direction. The vibrator includes a base and the at least one projection portion, with each projection portion having at least two wall portions extending in a base out-of-plane direction, and a contact portion having a contact surface with the driven object. The contact surface connects the wall portions, and boundary portions between the base and the wall portions are provided such that displacement directions in a normal direction are the same.
US08987971B2
A rotor core is provided for an electric machine. The rotor core includes a body extending a length along, and being configured to rotate about, a central longitudinal axis. The body includes spokes arranged radially about the central longitudinal axis and conductor openings arranged radially about the central longitudinal axis. The radial arrangement of the spokes and conductor openings about the central longitudinal axis includes an alternating pattern of spokes and conductor openings. The spokes include slots extending therethrough along the central longitudinal axis. The slots are positioned radially about the central longitudinal axis between adjacent conductor openings. The rotor core also includes conductors extending within the conductor openings of the body.
US08987963B2
In a double drive shaft motor, a stator and a field rotor are arranged at a radially outer side of a magnetic modulation rotor. The stator and the field rotor are arranged in series in an axial direction of the motor. This structure increases an amount of a winding coil of the stator and magnets in the field rotor, and an output torque of the motor. When a field magnetic flux passes through soft magnetic material members in the magnetic modulation rotor, because the generation and the reception of the magnetic flux can occur at a radially same side of the magnetic modulation rotor, this structure cancels an eddy current generated in the soft magnetic members and supporting members made of non-magnetic metal which tightly support the soft magnetic member. This structure provides a reduced axial size of the motor with high performance.
US08987962B2
Provided are a double-stator/double-rotor type motor, and a direct drive apparatus for a washing machine using the double-stator/double-rotor type motor, in which a nonmagnetic material is provided between inner and outer stators so as to form dual magnetic circuits that are respectively separated for an inner rotor and an outer rotor, and a double stator is disposed between an inner rotor and an outer rotor so as to separably form a magnetic circuit with a shortened magnetic.
US08987959B2
A magnetic bearing thrust stator is provided including, a plurality of stator sectors. Each of the stator sectors includes a semi-circumferentially slotted stator portion including a plurality of semi-circumferential poles and a first coil portion shaped to fit substantially within the semi-circumferentially slotted stator portion.
US08987957B2
Systems and methods for rotor bearings that enable improved oil circulation, wherein axial grooves are formed in the outer periphery of each bearing to form channels that allow axial flow of oil through the channels. Each bearing includes a collar, a sleeve and an interference ring. The collar has a bore through its center in which a rotatable sleeve is positioned. The outer periphery of the collar has a circumferential groove and at least one axial groove that extends from one face of the collar to the other. An axially permeable interference ring positioned within the circumferential groove extends radially outward from the groove beyond the outer periphery of the collar. The interference ring (e.g., a looped coil spring) allows fluid in the axial groove to flow through the interference ring. The axial groove may have a different depth than the circumferential groove.
US08987956B2
A shaft for a clutch member comprises an engagement portion having a plurality of teeth spaced about a shaft centerline. The teeth have a tooth profile with a negative rake angle. The negative rake angle is between 1° and 2°. The teeth have a chamfer angle between the face of the negative rake and the face of the clutch end surface. The chamfer angle is between 65° and 75°. A rotor assembly for a generator, a generator and a method are also disclosed and claimed.
US08987940B2
The present invention describes systems and methods for providing a power optimized waveform. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of powering wirelessly powered devices including the step of providing a wirelessly powered device and a wireless power transmission system. Furthermore, the method involves receiving a power waveform to the wirelessly powered device from the wireless power transmission system, wherein each cycle of the power waveform includes a charge portion and a starve portion. Additionally, the maximum voltage of the charge portion is at least double the Root Mean Square (“RMS”) voltage of the starve portion.
US08987934B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate a system for supplying power. The system may include a power source outputting a source voltage, a regulator connected to the power source, and an extension module connected to the power source. The regulator may output a first voltage when the source voltage is above a minimum threshold, and the extension module may output a second voltage when the source voltage falls below the minimum threshold.
US08987928B2
Water movement in shallow waters is used to obtain electrical energy. Some systems use panels (4) that are pivotally mounted (13) near the sea floor in shallow water and that extend up to the sea surface, or that are pivotally mounted above the sea surface and extend down into the sea. Electricity is obtained by stretching and relaxing capacitor devices that each has a sheet (188) of elastomeric material and has electrodes (184, 186) at the sheet opposite faces. In one system, a pair of capacitor devices (180, 182) lie in a cylinder (152) that holds a piston head (160) and the cylinder or the piston head is attached to a float and the other is fixed on the sea floor. Upper and lower ends (190, 194, 197, 199) of the devices are mounted so when one capacitor device is stretched (180B) the other is relaxed (182B).
US08987924B2
An apparatus for generating electricity includes a flexural member configured to flex upon being subject to a vibration. A plurality of weight displacement systems is disposed at the flexural member, each weight displacement system in the plurality being configured to displace a moveable weight upon receipt of a signal. A processor is configured to provide a signal to each weight displacement system in order to achieve a desired resonant frequency of the flexural member. And, an electricity generating device is coupled to the flexural member and configured to generate the electricity upon flexing of the flexural member.
US08987922B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a bond pad above the substrate, a guard ring above the substrate, and an alignment mark above the substrate, between the bond pad and the guard ring. The device may include a passivation layer on the substrate, a polymer layer, a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) layer in contact with the bond pad, and a connector on the PPI layer, wherein the connector is between the bond pad and the guard ring, and the alignment mark is between the connector and the guard ring. The alignment mark may be at the PPI layer. There may be multiple alignment marks at different layers. There may be multiple alignment marks for the device around the corners or at the edges of an area surrounded by the guard ring.
US08987920B2
A wafer substrate bonding structure may be provided that includes: a first substrate; and a conductive thin film which is disposed on the first substrate and includes a resin and conductive corpuscles included in the resin.
US08987917B2
A semiconductor device is provided, in which it becomes easy to reliably couple a plug conductive layer and a wiring layer located over the plug conductive layer to each other and falling of the wiring can be suppressed. The plug conductive layer contacts a source/drain region formed over a major surface of the semiconductor substrate. A contact conductive layer is formed so as to contact both the upper surface and the side surface of the plug conductive layer. Wiring layers are formed over the contact conductive layer so as to be electrically coupled to the contact conductive layer.
US08987911B2
A packaged power device involves no soft solder and no wire bonds. The direct-bonded metal layers of two direct metal bonded ceramic substrate assemblies, such as Direct Bonded Aluminum (DBA) substrates, are provided with sintered silver pads. Silver nanoparticle paste is applied to pads on the frontside of a die and the paste is sintered to form silver pads. Silver formed by an evaporative process covers the backside of the die. The die is pressed between the two DBAs such that direct silver-to-silver bonds are formed between sintered silver pads on the frontside of the die and corresponding sintered silver pads of one of the DBAs, and such that a direct silver-to-silver bond is formed between the backside silver of the die and a sintered silver pad of the other DBA. After leadforming, leadtrimming and encapsulation, the finished device has exposed ceramic of both DBAs on outside package surfaces.
US08987899B2
A circuit board includes: an electrode portion which has a copper layer, a copper oxide layer formed thereon, and a removal portion formed by partially removing the copper oxide layer so as to partially expose the copper layer from the copper oxide layer; and a solder bump for flip chip mounting formed on the copper layer exposed by the removal portion.
US08987896B2
An apparatus includes a coreless mounting substrate and an interposer disposed on the coreless mounting substrate with a chip disposed in a recess in the interposer and upon the coreless substrate. The apparatus may include an inter-package solder bump in contact with an interconnect channel in the interposer, and a top chip package including a top package substrate and a top die disposed on the top package substrate. The top package substrate is in contact with the inter-package solder bump.
US08987880B2
In various embodiments, a chip module may include a first chip; and a leadframe with a first leadframe area and a second leadframe area, wherein the first leadframe area is electrically insulated from the second leadframe area; wherein the first chip is arranged at least partially on the first leadframe area and at least partially on the second leadframe area.
US08987879B2
A semiconductor device includes a leadframe with a die pad and a first lead, a semiconductor chip with a first electrode, and a contact clip with a first contact area and a second contact area. The semiconductor chip is placed over the die pad. The first contact area is placed over the first lead and the second contact area is placed over the first electrode of the semiconductor chip. A plurality of protrusions extends from each of the first and second contact areas and each of the protrusions has a height of at least 5 μm.
US08987870B2
A bridge rectifier including a common P-type diode, a common N-type diode, two first metal layers, two pairs of second metal layers, two AC inputs and two DC outputs. The P-type diode includes a common P-type doping region, a pair of first N-type substrate regions and a pair of P-type doping regions. The N-type diode includes a common N-type doping region, a pair of second N-type substrate regions and a pair of N-type doping regions. The first metal layers connect to the common N-type doping region and the common P-type doping region. The second metal layers connect to the P-type doping region and the N-type doping region. Two AC inputs connect to one of the second metal layers of the P-type diode and one of the second metal layers of the N-type diode respectively. Two DC inputs connect to the first metal layers respectively.
US08987867B2
A wafer includes a first die, a second die, and a scribe lane located between the first die and the second die. The scribe lane includes a first doped silicon region, and does not directly contact the first die and the second die.
US08987863B2
Electrical components for microelectronic devices and methods for forming electrical components. One particular embodiment of such a method comprises depositing an underlying layer onto a workpiece, and forming a conductive layer on the underlying layer. The method can continue by disposing a dielectric layer on the conductive layer. The underlying layer is a material that causes the dielectric layer to have a higher dielectric constant than without the underlying layer being present under the conductive layer. For example, the underlying layer can impart a structure or another property to the film stack that causes an otherwise amorphous dielectric layer to crystallize without having to undergo a separate high temperature annealing process after disposing the dielectric layer onto the conductive layer. Several examples of this method are expected to be very useful for forming dielectric layers with high dielectric constants because they avoid using a separate high temperature annealing process.
US08987847B2
A MTJ for a spintronic device is disclosed and includes a thin seed layer that enhances perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying laminated layer with a (Co/X)n or (CoX)n composition where n is from 2 to 30, X is one of V, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru, Au, Cr, Mo, Cu, Ti, Re, Mg, or Si, and CoX is a disordered alloy. The seed layer is preferably NiCr, NiFeCr, Hf, or a composite thereof with a thickness from 10 to 100 Angstroms. Furthermore, a magnetic layer such as CoFeB may be formed between the laminated layer and a tunnel barrier layer to serve as a transitional layer between a (111) laminate and (100) MgO tunnel barrier. The laminated layer may be used as a reference layer, dipole layer, or free layer in a MTJ. Annealing between 300° C. and 400° C. may be used to further enhance PMA in the laminated layer.
US08987842B2
A MEMS device includes a silicon substrate and a structural dielectric layer. The silicon substrate has a cavity. The structural dielectric layer is disposed on the silicon substrate. The structural dielectric layer has a space above the cavity of the silicon substrate and holds a plurality of structure elements within the space, including: a conductive backplate, over the silicon substrate, having a plurality of venting holes and a plurality of protrusion structures on top of the conductive backplate; and a diaphragm, located above the conductive backplate by a distance, wherein a chamber is formed between the diaphragm and the conductive backplate, and is connected to the cavity of the silicon substrate through the venting holes. A first side of the diaphragm is exposed by the chamber and faces to the protrusion structures of the conductive backplate and a second side of the diaphragm is exposed to an environment space.
US08987835B2
A fin structure for a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device is provided. The device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor material disposed on the substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI) region disposed over the substrate and formed on opposing sides of the first semiconductor material, and a second semiconductor material forming a first fin and a second fin disposed on the STI region, the first fin spaced apart from the second fin by a width of the first semiconductor material. The fin structure may be used to generate the FinFET device by forming a gate layer formed over the first fin, a top surface of the first semiconductor material disposed between the first and second fins, and the second fin.
US08987830B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising forming an electrically conductive structure on a surface of a semiconductor die, attaching the semiconductor die to a substrate, forming a molding compound to encapsulate the semiconductor die, forming an opening in the molding compound, the opening to at least partially expose the electrically conductive structure, and electrically coupling a passive component to the electrically conductive structure through the opening in the molding compound. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US08987826B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming an interlayer insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, the interlayer insulating film including a trench, forming a work function metal layer in the trench, forming an insulating film on the work function metal layer, forming a sacrificial film on the insulating film and filling the trench, forming a sacrificial film pattern with a top surface disposed in the trench by etching the sacrificial film, forming an insulating film pattern by selectively etching a portion of the insulating film which is formed higher than the sacrificial film pattern, and forming a work function metal pattern with a top surface disposed in the trench by selectively etching a portion of the work function metal layer which is formed higher than the insulating film pattern.
US08987824B2
A multi-gate semiconductor device is formed including a semiconductor substrate. The multi-gate semiconductor device also includes a first transistor including a first fin portion extending above the semiconductor substrate. The first transistor has a first channel region formed therein. The first channel region includes a first channel region portion doped at a first concentration of a first dopant type and a second channel region portion doped at a second concentration of the first dopant type. The second concentration is higher than the first concentration. The first transistor further includes a first gate electrode layer formed over the first channel region. The first gate electrode layer may be of a second dopant type. The first dopant type may be N-type and the second dopant type may be P-type. The second channel region portion may be formed over the first channel region portion.
US08987822B2
In a thin film transistor, an increase in off current or negative shift of the threshold voltage is prevented. In the thin film transistor, a buffer layer is provided between an oxide semiconductor layer and each of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer. The buffer layer includes a metal oxide layer which is an insulator or a semiconductor over a middle portion of the oxide semiconductor layer. The metal oxide layer functions as a protective layer for suppressing incorporation of impurities into the oxide semiconductor layer. Therefore, in the thin film transistor, an increase in off current or negative shift of the threshold voltage can be prevented.
US08987813B2
A high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate, at least an isolation structure formed in the substrate, a gate formed on the substrate, and a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate at respective sides of the gate. The isolation structure further includes a recess. The gate includes a first gate portion formed on a surface of the substrate and a second gate portion downwardly extending from the first gate portion and formed in the recess.
US08987808B2
An electronic device comprising an optically transparent substrate, a first electrode structure incorporating a channel, said channel being optically transparent and said electrode structure being optically opaque, at least one intermediate layer, and a photosensitive dielectric layer disposed above the at least one intermediate layer, the photosensitive dielectric layer incorporating a trench in a region essentially over said channel, the electronic device further comprising a further electrode, wherein the further electrode is located partially in the trench and partially beyond the trench such that portions of the further electrode that extend beyond the trench are separated from the at least one intermediate layer by the photosensitive dielectric layer.
US08987806B2
Fortification of charge storing material in high K dielectric environments and resulting apparatuses
Memories, systems, and methods for forming memory cells are disclosed. One such memory cell includes a charge storage node that includes nanodots over a tunnel dielectric and a protective film over the nanodots. In another memory cell, the charge storage node includes nanodots that include a ruthenium alloy. Memory cells can include an inter-gate dielectric over the protective film or ruthenium alloy nanodots and a control gate over the inter-gate dielectric. The protective film and ruthenium alloy can be configured to protect at least some of the nanodots from vaporizing during formation of the inter-gate dielectric.
US08987801B2
Memory cells having a plurality of control gates and memory cells having a control gate and a shield
Various embodiments comprise apparatuses having a number of memory cells. In one such apparatus, each cell has a plurality of control gates. For example, each of two control gates is adjacent a respective side of a charge storage structure. In another apparatus, each cell has a control gate and a shield, such as where the control gate is adjacent one side of a charge storage structure and the shield is adjacent another side of the charge storage structure. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US08987797B2
A nonvolatile memory device has a first active region and a second active region defined in a substrate by a device isolation layer, a Metal Oxide Silicon Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET) disposed on the first active region and including a first electrode pattern, and a Metal Oxide Silicon (MOS) capacitor disposed on the second active region and including a second electrode pattern, and in which the first electrode pattern is narrower in the widthwise direction of the channel of the MOSFET than the first active region.
US08987795B2
A first substrate has a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged in two dimensions. A second substrate has a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged in two dimensions. A plurality of photoelectric conversion units are arranged in a region of the second substrate corresponding to a region of the first substrate where one photoelectric conversion unit is arranged. The imaging signals based on signal charges stored in the photoelectric conversion units and the light field signals based on signal charges stored in the photoelectric conversion units are read.
US08987791B2
A finFET and methods for forming a finFET are disclosed. A structure comprises a substrate, a fin, a gate dielectric, and a gate electrode. The substrate comprises the fin. The fin has a major surface portion of a sidewall, and the major surface portion comprises at least one lattice shift. The at least one lattice shift comprises an inward or outward shift relative to a center of the fin. The gate dielectric is on the major surface portion of the sidewall. The gate electrode is on the gate dielectric.
US08987784B2
In an exemplary implementation, a III-nitride semiconductor device includes a III-nitride heterojunction including a first III-nitride body situated over a second III-nitride body to form a two-dimensional electron gas. The III-nitride semiconductor device further includes a dielectric body situated over the III-nitride heterojunction and including a first dielectric layer of a first dielectric material and a second dielectric layer of a second dielectric material different than the first dielectric material. A gate well of a first width is defined by the first dielectric layer, and is of a second width defined by the second dielectric layer, where the second width is greater than the first width. The III-nitride semiconductor device further includes a gate arrangement situated in the gate well and including a gate electrode integrated with a field plate.
US08987783B2
A semiconductor heterostructure having: a substrate (SS); a buffer layer (h); a spacer layer (d, e, f); a barrier layer (b, c); and which may also include a cover layer (a) is provided. The barrier layer is doped (DS); and the barrier and spacer layers are made of one or more semiconductors having wider bandgaps than the one or more materials forming the buffer layer, the heterostructure being characterized in that: the barrier layer comprises a first barrier sublayer (c) in contact with the spacer layer, and a second barrier sublayer (b), distant from the spacer layer; and in that the second barrier sublayer has a wider bandgap than the first barrier sublayer. The invention also relates to a HEMT transistor produced using such a heterostructure and to the use of such a transistor at cryogenic temperatures.
US08987782B2
There is provided a compound semiconductor wafer that is suitably used to form a plurality of different types of devices such as an HBT and an FET thereon. The semiconductor wafer includes a first semiconductor, a carrier-trapping layer that is formed on the first semiconductor and has an electron-trapping center or a hole-trapping center, a second semiconductor that is epitaxially grown on the carrier-trapping layer and serves as a channel in which a free electron or a free hole moves, and a third semiconductor including a stack represented by n-type semiconductor/p-type semiconductor/n-type semiconductor or represented by p-type semiconductor/n-type semiconductor/p-type semiconductor, where the stack is epitaxially grown on the second semiconductor.
US08987781B2
An improved structure of heterojunction field effect transistor (HFET) and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The improved HFET structure comprises sequentially a substrate, a channel layer, a spacing layer, a carrier supply layer, a Schottky layer, a Schottky capping layer formed by a higher energy gap material, a tunneling layer formed by a lower energy gap material, a first etching stop layer, and a first n type doped layer. The fabrication method is a multiple selective etching process, which comprises steps of: etching the n type doped layer by using a first etching process to form a first indentation; etching first etching stop layer by using a second etching process to form a second indentation located under the first indentation; etching the tunneling layer by using a third etching process to form a third indentation located under the second indentation, wherein the said first, second and third indentations form a single gate groove, in which the gate electrode can form a Schottky contact with the Schottky capping layer that is made of a higher energy gap material.
US08987776B2
A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting stack; a current injected portion formed on the semiconductor light-emitting stack; an extension portion having a first branch radiating from the current injected portion and a second branch extending from the first branch; an electrical contact structure between the second branch and the semiconductor light-emitting stack and having a first width; and a current blocking structure located right beneath the electrical contact structure and having a second width larger than the first width.
US08987775B2
Embodiments include a light emitting device package. The light emitting device package comprises a housing including a cavity; a light emitting device positioned in the cavity; a lead frame including a first section electrically connected to the light emitting device in the cavity, a second section, which penetrates the housing, extending from the first section and a third section, which is exposed to outside air, extending from the second section; and a metal layer positioned on an area defined by a distance which is distant from the housing in the second section of the lead frame.
US08987774B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an LED device that can achieve a large total luminance flux while also achieving a structure, using a phosphor sheet, that is compact in size and easy to produce and whose color emission is easy to manage, and a method for producing such an LED device. A semiconductor light-emitting device including a semiconductor light-emitting element which includes a transparent insulating substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on a lower surface of the transparent insulating substrate, a phosphor resin which covers a side face of the transparent insulating substrate, and which wavelength-converts a portion of light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element, and a phosphor sheet which covers an upper surface of the phosphor resin and is bonded to the transparent insulating substrate, wherein the phosphor sheet has a top plan shape that is identical with an outer peripheral shape of the phosphor resin, and the top plan shape of the phosphor sheet defines an overall outer plan shape of the device.
US08987770B2
A structure of a light emitting diode is provided. In one aspect, a light emitting diode structure comprises a light emitting diode, a conductive frame, and a substrate. The conductive frame is electrically connected to the light emitting diode and has a fixing hole connecting a first side of the conductive frame and a second side of the conductive frame opposite the first side. The fixing hole has a ladder-shaped inner sidewall with a first radius of the inner sidewall adjacent the first side smaller than a second radius of the inner sidewall adjacent the second side. The substrate has a conductive pillar that is received in the fixing hole by entering the fixing hole from the first side of the conductive frame and deformed such that the conductive pillar adheres to the ladder-shaped inner sidewall of the fixing hole.
US08987769B2
A novel submount for the efficient dissipation of heat away from a semiconductor light emitting device is described, which also maintains efficient electrical conductivity to the n and p contacts of the device by separating the thermal and electrical conductivity paths. The submount comprises at least the following constituent layers: a substrate (400) with thermally conductive properties; a deposited layer (402) having electrically insulating and thermally conducting properties disposed on at least a region of the substrate having a thickness of between 50 nm and 50 microns; a patterned electrically conductive circuit layer (404) disposed on at least a region of the deposited layer; and, a passivation layer at least partially overcoating a top surface of the submount. Also described is a light emitting module employing the substrate and a method of manufacture of the submount.
US08987764B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a p-side electrode, n-side electrode and a resin layer. The semiconductor layer has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and includes a light emitting layer. The p-side electrode is provided on the semiconductor layer on the second face side. The n-side electrode is provided on the semiconductor layer on the second face side. The resin layer is provided on the first face and transmits light emitted from the light emitting layer, the resin layer including a top surface opposite to the first face and four side faces provided along an outer edge of the first face and connected to the top surface, the resin layer including a scattering substance scattering the light emitted from the light emitting layer.
US08987755B1
Semiconductor structures involving multiple quantum wells provide increased efficiency of UV and visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other emitter devices, particularly at high driving current. LEDs made with the new designs have reduced efficiency droop under high current injection and increased overall external quantum efficiency. The active region of the devices includes separation layers configured between the well layers, the one or more separation regions being configured to have a first mode to act as one or more barrier regions separating a plurality of carriers in a quantum confined mode in each of the quantum wells being provided on each side of the one or more separation layers and a second mode to cause spreading of the plurality of carriers across each of the quantum wells to increase an overlap integral of all of the plurality of carriers. The devices and methods of the invention provide improved efficiency for solid state lighting, including high efficiency ultraviolet LEDs.
US08987744B2
A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a capacitance compensation structure, a semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer, a drain electrode and a source electrode. The capacitance compensation structure is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the gate electrode. The capacitance compensation structure has a first side facing the gate electrode and a second side facing away from the gate electrode. The semiconductor layer covers a portion of the gate electrode, and at least extends to overlap the first side of the capacitance compensation structure. The dielectric layer has a first opening and a second opening. Both of the first opening and the second opening expose a portion of the semiconductor layer overlapping the gate electrode respectively. The drain electrode is in contact with the semiconductor layer though the first opening. The source electrode is in contact with the semiconductor layer though the second opening.
US08987738B2
A photoelectric conversion device with improved electric characteristics is provided. The photoelectric conversion device has a structure in which a window layer is formed by a stack of a first silicon semiconductor layer and a second silicon semiconductor layer, and the second silicon semiconductor layer has high carrier concentration than the first silicon semiconductor layer and has an opening. Light irradiation is performed on the first silicon semiconductor layer through the opening without passing through the second silicon semiconductor layer; thus, light absorption loss in the window layer can be reduced.
US08987737B2
Provided is a polycrystalline silicon wafer produced by a melting and unidirectional solidification method, where the polycrystalline silicon wafer has a diameter of 450 mm or more, a thickness of 900 μm or more, and an average crystal grain size of 5 to 50 mm, and is made up of one piece. The present invention provides a large-sized polycrystalline silicon wafer having a wafer size of 450 mm or more, of which: mechanical properties are similar to those of monocrystalline silicon wafers; the crystal size is large; the surface roughness is low; the surface has a high cleanliness; the polished surface has less unevenness by having a definite crystal orientation; and the sag value is similar to that of monocrystalline silicon wafers.
US08987725B2
A flat panel display device including a substrate including first and second regions; an active layer on the first region of the substrate including a semiconductor material; a lower electrode on the second region of the substrate including the semiconductor material; a first insulating layer on the substrate including the active layer and the lower electrode thereon; a gate electrode on the first insulating layer overlying the active layer and including a first conductive layer pattern and a second conductive layer pattern; an upper electrode on the first insulating layer overlying the lower electrode and including the first conductive layer pattern and the second conductive layer pattern; a second insulating layer on the gate electrode and the upper electrode exposing portions of the active layer and portions of the upper electrode; and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the exposed portions of the active layer.
US08987720B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a transparent surface electrode that maintains high transparency, suppresses the occurrence of leak currents, and has superior storage stability and resistance to damage by bending, a method for manufacturing the same, and an organic electronic element using the same. This transparent surface electrode has a metal pattern conductive layer that contains a metal on a transparent base material, and the transparent surface electrode also has a transparent polymer conductive layer, which contains that base material and a conductive polymer, on that metal pattern conductive layer. The transparent surface electrode is characterized by the surface roughness (Ra (surface roughness provided for by JIS, B601 (1994))) of the metal pattern conductive layer being 20 nm or less, and the polymer conductive layer containing a non-conductive polymer having a hydroxyl group.
US08987718B2
Disclosed are dual mode display devices and methods of manufacturing the same. The dual mode display device may include a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first electrode and the first substrate, a second electrode between the second substrate and the first electrode, a third electrode between the first electrode and the second electrode, an optic switching layer between the first electrode and the third electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer between the second electrode and the third electrode.
US08987717B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. The OLED display includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a first pixel defining layer exposing at least a portion of the first electrode; a medium layer on the first pixel defining layer and the first electrode, the medium layer including a first region and a second region; a second pixel defining layer overlapping the first pixel defining layer with the first region therebetween; a light emission layer overlapping the first electrode with the first region therebetween; and a second electrode covering the second pixel defining layer and the light emission layer.
US08987715B2
An organic electroluminescence device (1) includes: an anode (3); a cathode (4); and an emitting layer (5) provided between the anode (3) and the cathode (4). The emitting layer contains a first host, a second host and a phosphorescent dopant. A triplet energy of each of the first host and the second host is 2.8 eV or more. An ionization potential of the first host is 5.5 eV or less. An affinity Af1 of the first host is smaller than an affinity Af2 of the second host.
US08987711B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescence element containing a light transmissive base material laminated thereon a transparent electrode, a light emitting layer and a counter electrode in this order, wherein the light transmissive base material contains a light transmissive resin substrate (resin substrate B) provided with a hard coat layer on both surfaces of the light transmissive resin substrate, the hard coat layers containing metal oxide nano particles; and the transparent electrode is formed on one hard coat layer (H1); and a rugged structure is formed on one surface of the other hard coat layer (H2), the one surface being opposite to another surface of the other hard coat layer (H2) which is contacted with the light transmissive resin substrate (resin substrate B).
US08987709B2
A polymer and an organic light-emitting device including the polymer. An example of the polymer is wherein in Formula 1, Ar1 is each independently represented by -(Q1)n-, and Q1 is selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C4-C30 heteroarylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 alkenylene group, and a group represented by —N(Z1)—, and n is an integer from 1 to 10, and n groups of Q1 in -(Q1)n- is identical to or different from each other, and X1 and X2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —N(Z2)—, and —C(Z3)(Z4)—.
US08987703B2
An apparatus includes a substrate, a sequence of crystalline semiconductor layers on a planar surface of the substrate, and first and second sets of electrodes over the sequence. The sequence has a 2D quantum well therein. The first set of electrodes border opposite sides of a lateral region of the sequence and are controllable to vary a width of a non-depleted portion of the quantum well along the top surface. The second set of electrodes border channels between the lateral region and first and second adjacent lateral areas of the sequence and are controllable to vary widths of non-depleted segments of the quantum well in the channels. The electrodes are such that straight lines connecting the lateral areas via the channels either pass between one of the electrodes and the substrate or are misaligned to an effective [1 1 0] lattice direction of the sequence.
US08987682B2
A specimen positioning device (100) is for use in or with a charged particle beam system having a specimen chamber (1) and has: a base (10) provided with a hole (12) in operative communication with the specimen chamber (1); a specimen holder (20) movably mounted in the hole (12) and having a first portion (22) and a second portion (24); and a first portion support portion (40) supporting the first portion (22) in the specimen chamber (1). The second portion (24) supports the first portion (22) via a resilient member (34).
US08987681B2
A method for ionizing, using pulses of ionization radiation, an analyte to be examined by way of ion mobility spectrometry using a pulse sequence is modulated with a known time-variable impression pattern is provided. An ionization device for carrying out the method and an ion mobility spectrometry method and an ion mobility spectrometry device that use the ionization method and/or the ionization device are also provided.
US08987676B2
A method for handling soiled bank notes is disclosed. The method includes directing a bank note to an ultraviolet detector; transmitting an ultraviolet signal from the ultraviolet detector to the bank note; receiving a reflected ultraviolet signal from the bank note at the ultraviolet detector; analyzing the reflected ultraviolet signal; identifying a soiling level for the bank note based on analysis of the reflected ultraviolet signal; and handling the bank note based on the identified soiling level. Analyzing the reflected ultraviolet signal can include comparing a characteristic of the reflected ultraviolet signal with calibration data. The calibration data can be stored in a computer-readable medium. The bank note is identified as a soiled bank note if the identified soiling level exceeds a threshold soiling level.
US08987670B2
Systems, methods, and devices for thermally protecting a scintillator crystal of a scintillation detector are provided. In one example, a thermally-protected scintillator may include a scintillator crystal and a thermal protection element, which may partially surround the scintillator crystal. The thermal protection element may be configured to prevent the scintillator crystal from experiencing a rate of change in temperature sufficient to cause cracking or non-uniform light output, or a combination thereof.
US08987653B2
A process and system including a detector having a photosensor therein that outputs a signal and a plurality of after-pulse detector devices independently connected to the photosensor via respective pathways. The after-pulse detector devices each detecting an after-pulse in the signal, where the after-pulse represents an after-event in the photosensor triggered from a previous photon generating event. The system further includes a processing device that receives an indication of the detection of the after-pulse from each of the plurality of after-pulse detector devices and determines a relative delay between the respective pathways based on timing the received indications, and includes a memory that stores the relative delay in association with an identification of the corresponding after-pulse detector devices.
US08987651B2
An object is to reduce the size and manufacturing cost of a photodetector. In order to reduce the area where a visible light sensor and an infrared light sensor are provided, a first photodiode that detects visible light and a second photodiode that detects infrared light are arranged to overlap with each other so that visible light is absorbed first by the first photodiode, whereby significantly little visible light enters the second photodiode. Further, the first photodiode overlapping with the second photodiode is used as an optical filter for the second photodiode. Therefore, a semiconductor layer included in the first photodiode absorbs visible light and transmits infrared light, and a semiconductor layer included in the second photodiode absorbs infrared light.
US08987643B2
The present invention relates to an improved electrical heating device for forced convection heating as well as for radiant heating, the device having minimum number of element supporting components and with the heating element held and supported between two parallel walls of a modified ceramic honeycomb, in such a way that the supported element is perpendicular to the direction of the air flow while being open to air flowing through the channels the heating element being also protected from direct physical contact with the metallic body of the outer shell/enclosure.
US08987638B2
An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation is stopped by including an engine stop signal forming circuit which forms a stop signal for stopping an operation of the engine when time of the idle operation exceeds a predetermined time, a direct-current power supply connected to an output terminal of the welding machine, voltage detecting means which detects a voltage change of the output terminal, a restart detecting circuit which forms a restart signal for restarting the engine when the detected voltage by the voltage detecting means shows a predetermined change mode for starting the welding operation, and an engine control circuit which stops the engine in response to the stop signal, and restarts the engine in response to the restart signal.
US08987636B2
Systems, methods and software products generate multi-pass contours for controlling a numerical control (NC) machine to cut out a part with weld preparation. Weld preparation information is combined with an electronic description of the part to form an enhanced electronic file. Multi-pass contours, usable to control an NC machine to cut out the part with at least one bevel, are generated based upon the enhanced electronic file.
US08987623B2
A slide switch capable of enhancing the accuracy of detecting a slide operation position of a slide lever and the operability of the slide lever without increasing the number of components and an installation space for the slide switch. An elastically-deformable click portion is disposed on a line passing through the center of a slide shaft of the slide lever and extending in a sliding direction in which the slide lever slides, moves integrally with the slide lever, and gets over a convex portion formed in a base member to generate a click force. In an accommodation space which accommodates the click portion and a plurality of armature portions, the click portion and one armature portion of the plurality of armature portions are separated from each other by a first partition, and the click portion and the other armature portion are separated from each other by a second partition.
US08987621B2
A first operation member includes a first sidewall and a first engaged part. A second operation member includes a second sidewall and a second engaged part. A holding member includes a holding member main body, a first engagement part, a second engagement part, an elastically deformable part, a first limiting part, and a second limiting part. The elastically deformable part elastically deforms in a manner that the first engagement part is displaced in a direction away from the first limiting part until insertion of the first engaged part into between the first engagement part and the first limiting part is allowed, and elastically deforms in a manner that the second engagement part is displaced in a direction away from the second limiting part until insertion of the second engaged part into between the second engagement part and the second limiting part is allowed.
US08987619B2
A terminal assembly for a power switch for electrical contact to terminal points which are designed to receive electrical lines. The terminal assembly of at least one embodiment is arranged on a tension-spring-based power switch.
US08987618B2
A non-load break isolating switch for a voltage controller or other electrical component controller may include a mangle pinion gear shaft and a slider having a gear rack that meshes with the mangle pinion gear shaft. Movement of an ON/OFF switch handle of the controller may cause the mangle pinion gear shaft to rotate. Rotation of the mangle pinion gear shaft may cause the slider to linearly translate along a fixed path, where a conductive connector on the slider may engage or disengage a finger assembly to make or break a connection with a voltage bus. Voltage controllers and methods of assembling a non-load break isolating switch are also provided, as are other aspects.
US08987613B2
Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed, and for checking that the correct amount of postage has been paid for delivery of the article. An article (900) is received from an intake transport (1200), and gripped in a weighing station (1310), in between a capstan roller and a pinch roller (1316), which are synchronized to minimize slipping. A first precision closed-loop servo system (1252, 1250) alters the speed of the article, and in the process acquires torque data for storage and analysis (1212, 1282) to determine weight. Correct postage is determined in a processor (1212), and the postage actually paid is checked either by image analysis (1204, 1214, 1280) or by accessing a stored mailer manifest (1280).
US08987611B2
A shielding article includes a polymeric conductive layer and a protective layer disposed adjacent the polymeric conductive layer. The polymeric conductive layer provides electromagnetic shielding characteristics so as to prevent receipt of data from a radio frequency information component by an external device when the component is located between the external device on one side and the polymeric conductive and protective layers on the other side. The shielding article may be shaped to substantially surround the radio frequency information component.
US08987610B2
A vent structure for electromagnetic shielding includes: a conductive shielding case having a vent formed therein: a conductive shielding duct installed on the shielding case so as to cover the vent, including a space formed perpendicular to the direction of motion of air discharged from the vent to vent the air and a discharge port connected from the space to the outside to discharge the air introduced into the space to the outside, and shielding electromagnetic waves; and an EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) gasket installed at a bonding surface between the shielding case and the shielding duct, and electrically connecting the shielding case and the shielding duct.
US08987609B2
A printed circuit board structure comprises a base layer, an insulation layer, and a signal layer sandwiched between the base layer and the insulation layer. The insulation layer includes a plurality of conductive regions. The conductive regions are used for providing a current reflowing path. Each of the conductive regions comprises a plurality of empty regions which are spaced from each other. A space inside the empty region is substantially hollow, and spaces between adjacent empty region are filled with cooper.
US08987603B2
A multilayer printed wiring board includes a multilayered structure having conductor circuit layers and interlaminar insulative layers, the interlaminar insulative layers including an outermost interlaminar insulative layer, the conductor circuit layers including an outermost conductor circuit layer formed over the outermost interlaminar insulative, a filled-viahole formed in the outermost interlaminar insulative layer and having one or more metal plating fillings and completely closing a hole formed through the outermost interlaminar insulative layer such that the metal plating of the filled-viahole extends out of the hole and forms a substantially flat surface, and solder bumps including a first solder bump formed on the substantially flat surface of the filled-viahole and a second solder bump formed on a surface portion in the outermost conductor circuit layer. The substantially flat surface of the filled-viahole is leveled substantially at the same height as the surface portion of the outermost conductor circuit layer.
US08987601B2
A plurality of wires are prevented from being damaged from contact with an edge of an end portion of a shield pipe through which the wires are inserted. A shield pipe through which a wire harness including a plurality of wires routed in a hybrid automobile or an electric automobile has partition walls separating the plurality of inserted wires one by one and projecting continuously in an axis direction of the pipe from an inner surface of a peripheral wall of a pipe main body. The partition walls corresponding to the number of wires inserted through the shield pipe are provided radially in a cross section. Each of the partition walls has at least one bending portion extending in the axis direction of the pipe.
US08987595B2
An electrical connector, an insert for an electrical connector, and an electrical assembly are disclosed. The electrical connector includes a conductive housing and a conductive insert positioned within the conductive housing. The conductive housing includes a configuration for receiving a conductor and being in electrical communication with the conductor through the insert.
US08987576B1
An automatic tuning system for pendulum clocks provides for a separable magnet and ferromagnetic attractor, one positioned on the pendulum and one positioned off of the pendulum and adjustable to change the separation between the two. The magnetic attraction between these elements serves to simulate a changing gravitational force fundamentally affecting pendulum period.
US08987575B1
A system and method for creating and visualizing valid tihais conforming to a predetermined framework using a rhythm engine, mechanical or software/firmware controlled, to control an interrelationship of a set of dynamic indicators.
US08987566B1
A novel maize variety designated X13C791 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 X13C791 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C791 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C791, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C791. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C791.
US08987562B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026312. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026312. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026312 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026312 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08987561B2
The present invention relates to a Cucumis melo seed designated 34-757 RZ, which may exhibit a medium intense greyish green young fruit color, a medium fruit length, a circular fruit shape in longitudinal section, orange main flesh color, and intermediate resistance to powdery mildew Podosphaera xanthii (Px) race 1, race 2, race 5. The present invention also relates to a Cucumis melo plant produced by growing the 34-757 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the melon cultivar, represented by melon variety 34-757 RZ.
US08987559B2
A new lettuce variety designated ‘Mirlo’ is described. ‘Mirlo’ is a butterhead lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
US08987554B2
A method is disclosed for reducing the level of gossypol in cottonseed. The method generally includes selectively inducing RNA gene silencing in the seed of a transgenic cotton plant, to interfere with expression of the δ-cadinene synthase gene or the δ-cadinene-8-hydroxylase gene in the seed of the cotton plant without substantially affecting expression of that gene in the foliage, floral parts, and roots of the plant. The transgenic cotton plant comprises at least one of a δ-cadinene synthase gene trigger sequence and/or a δ-cadinene-8-hydroxylase gene trigger sequence operably linked to one or more a seed-specific promoter gene sequences, and the trigger sequence(s) is/are able to induce RNA gene silencing when expressed in cottonseed of the plant. Also disclosed are expression cassettes, vectors, cells, seeds, and plants containing at least one of a δ-cadinene synthase gene trigger sequence and/or a δ-cadinene-8-hydroxylase gene trigger sequence operably linked to one ore more a seed-specific promoter DNA sequences.
US08987552B2
Nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of coleopteran pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in coleopteran pests are disclosed. Methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of coleopteran pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby are also disclosed.
US08987550B1
A novel maize variety designated X75C836 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 X75C836 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X75C836 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X75C836, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X75C836. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X75C836.
US08987549B2
This invention relates to a tomato fruit with significantly increased firmness due to the presence of at least one genetic element (or quantitative trait loci; QTLs) in the cultivated plant producing said tomato fruit, compared to fruit from a control tomato plant which does not have said genetic element(s). A cultivated tomato plant producing tomato fruit with significantly increased fruit firmness and a method for detecting QTLs linked to significantly increased fruit firmness are also provided.
US08987544B2
An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a first major surface which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, and a second major surface disposed distally from the first major surface which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. The article includes an absorbent core positioned between the first major surface and the second major surface. The article also includes at least one heat-activatable expandable structure. The at least one heat-activatable expandable structure is disposed on or below the first major surface. Application of heat to the heat-activatable expandable structure causes the heat-activatable expandable barrier structure to form distinctive designs, barriers and/or channels.
US08987542B2
A decontamination method of solid-state material contaminated by radiocesium comprising bringing the solid-state material containing radiocesium in contact with a first processing solution and preferably eluting cesium ion from the solid-state material to the liquid phase under the presence of potassium ion or ammonium ion.
US08987533B2
A production method of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene according to the present invention includes reaction of 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane with hydrogen fluoride, characterized in that the concentrations of respective catalytic components in the 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane as the raw material is controlled to a predetermined level or less. By controlling the concentrations of the respective catalytic components in the 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane to the predetermined level or less, it is possible to improve the problems of shortening of catalyst life, retardation of reaction and scaling or corrosion of equipment in the production of the 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene. In addition, the 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane can be obtained selectively with high yield by telomerization reaction of carbon tetrachloride and vinyl chloride. The present invention is thus useful as the method for industrially advantageous, high-yield production of the 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene.
US08987532B2
Disclosed is a process for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, which is characterized by that 1-halogeno-3,3,3-trifluoropropene represented by the general formula [1]: (In the formula, X represents a fluorine atom, chlorine atom or bromine atom.) is reacted with chlorine in a gas phase in the presence of a catalyst. It is possible by this process to produce 1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene in an industrial scale with good yield by using 1-halogeno-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, which is available with a low price, as the raw material.
US08987530B2
A process for producing alcohols from carbonaceous materials such as biomass. The carbonaceous material, such as biomass, is gasified to produce synthesis gas. The synthesis gas then is subjected to a plurality of reactions to produce alcohols having at least four carbon atoms such as butanol and isobutanol.
US08987522B2
A differentiation inducer to brown-like adipocytes of white adipocytes containing a novel compound having an excellent differentiation induction action to brown-like adipocytes of white adipocytes as compared with resveratrol. A differentiation inducer to brown-like adipocytes of white adipocytes which is a reaction product of hydroxystilbenes and sinapic acid and contains a compound represented by Formula (1) or a pharmacologically permissible salt thereof: in which, in Formula (1), R1 to R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and R1 to R4 each may be the same or different.
US08987517B2
A process for preparing cycloaliphatic amines by hydrogenating the corresponding aromatic compounds with hydrogen-comprising gas at a temperature of from 30 to 280° C. and a pressure of 50-350 bar, in the presence of ruthenium catalysts. The hydrogenation is performed in the presence of from 1% by weight to 500% by weight, based on the catalyst calculated as elemental ruthenium (Ru), of suspended inorganic additives, and to the use of the cycloaliphatic amines as a synthesis unit.
US08987512B2
A carbonylation process for producing acetic acid including: (a) carbonylating methanol or its reactive derivatives in the presence of a Group VIII metal catalyst and methyl iodide promoter to produce a liquid reaction mixture including acetic acid, water, methyl acetate and methyl iodide; (b) feeding the liquid reaction mixture at a feed temperature to a flash vessel which is maintained at a reduced pressure; (c) heating the flash vessel while concurrently flashing the reaction mixture to produce a crude product vapor stream, wherein the reaction mixture is selected and the flow rate of the reaction mixture fed to the flash vessel as well as the amount of heat supplied to the flash vessel is controlled such that the temperature of the crude product vapor stream is maintained at a temperature less than 90° F. cooler than the feed temperature of the liquid reaction mixture to the flasher and the concentration of acetic acid in the crude product vapor stream is greater than 70% by weight of the crude product vapor stream.
US08987510B2
The invention relates to a method for the removal of the cyclic diester of a 2-hydroxy alkanoic acid from a vapor containing said diester, wherein the vapor is contacted with an aqueous solution so that the diester dissolves in said solution. According to the invention, the method is characterized in that the solution is an alkaline solution, preferably having a pH above 10. The problem of the formation of slurries of the diester in the aqueous solutions can be prevented by the present invention. The method can be applied with great advantage in the production or conversion of lactide.
US08987506B2
A process including contacting one or more Strecker sulfonation reaction products of one or more halogenated alkyl ethers in the presence of sulfite with one or more polar water soluble organic solvents selected from acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, the C2-C5 alkyl alcohols, and the like, to form an extraction mixture; allowing the extraction mixture to separate into an aqueous phase and an organic phase; and separating the aqueous phase from the organic phase; wherein the one or more Strecker sulfonation reaction products each comprise at least 30 percent by weight of one or more inorganic salts and the organic phase following separation comprises less than 20 percent by weight of one or more inorganic salts, is provided.
US08987505B2
An alternative method for efficiently producing lactic acids from a carbohydrate-containing raw material such as cellulose is provided. The method for producing lactic acid and/or lactic acid ester comprises performing heat treatment on a carbohydrate-containing raw material in a solvent containing a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is at least one type of compound selected from the group consisting of a tin compound, an indium compound, and a rhenium compound, and the solvent contains water and/or alcohol.
US08987504B2
The invention relates to a process for the aminohydroxylation of alkenes using N-oxycarbamate reagents, e.g. N-acyloxycarbamate, N-alkyloxycarbonyloxycarbamate and N-aralkoxycarbonyloxycarbamate reagents. The invention particularly relates to an intermolecular aminohydroxylation reaction that can be carried out in the absence of added base. The invention also relates to novel N-oxycarbamate reagents that are stable crystalline materials. The process of the invention is useful in the synthesis of compounds having a vicinal amino alcohol moiety, such as biologically active compounds.
US08987500B2
The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
US08987498B2
A compound of formula wherein PROT is an amine protecting group and PROT′ is hydrogen; or PROT and PROT′ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocyclic ring as an amine protecting group, and PROT″ is a thiol protecting group, processes for its production, intermediates in their production and production of intermediates in stereoisomerically pure form, and their use for the production of pharmaceutically active compounds.
US08987494B2
A series of silicon compounds are provided, which are excellent precursors to small carbosilanes, such as 1,3,5-trisilapentane, 2,4,6-trisilaheptane, tris(silylmethyl)silane and tetrakis(silylmethyl)silane. A method of preparing a carbosilane involves forming a Grignard, lithium, or metallic reagent from a halomethyltrialkoxysilane, reacting the Grignard, lithium, or metallic reagent with a dihalodihydridosilane, a trihalohydridosilane, a tetrahalosilane, a dialkoxydihydridosilane, a trialkoxyhydridosilane, or a tetraalkoxysilane to yield a carbosilane precursor, and reducing the precursor to form the carbosilane.
US08987491B2
The present invention is directed to a rhenium complex of general Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein X is Se; Y is NH, O or S or is a methylene group; Z is halogen; m=0, 1, or 2 and p=0, 1, or 2, provided that m and p are both different from zero when Y is NH, O or S; n=3; R′ is a phenyl group or a group of general Formula —(CH2)q—COOH wherein q=1 or 2, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of such rhenium complex where X is additionally S or Te, a method for preparing said rhenium complex and a method for treating a proliferative growth related-disorder using a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of said rhenium complex where X is additionally S or Te. Also claimed is the use of compounds of formula (II) in the preparation of compounds of formula (I).
US08987484B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I), hydrates or solvates thereof.
US08987483B2
A method for starting-up a high efficiency alkylene oxide catalyst is described. A feed gas comprising an alkylene, oxygen, and at least one organic chloride is introduced to the catalyst. The molar ratio of oxygen to alkylene, reaction temperature, and overall chloriding effectiveness are adjusted to specified ranges of values within a specified catalyst aging period.
US08987481B1
This invention describes a simple, rapid and cost-effective method to isolate bulk quantities of relatively pure and enriched anthocyanidins and other plant bioactives. The method is based on the principle of solubility. Some bioactives (anthocyanidins) were extracted in an aqueous solvent, transferred to a non-aqueous solvent and finally insolubilized by adding a miscible solvent in which the bioactive was insoluble. Thus, anthocyanidins were isolated from anthocyanin-enriched berries or non-enriched, dark-colored fruits, vegetables and grains by extraction of anthocyanins, acid hydrolysis, and extraction of the resulting anthocyanidins, followed by their insolubilization (precipitation). Some bioactives (hydrophobic and hydrophilic) were extracted in a solvent with high solubility and then directly insolubilized by adding a miscible solvent in which the bioactive was insoluble, for example, withaferin A from enriched Withania somnifera and punicalagins from enriched punica extract.
US08987463B2
Described herein are novel methods of preparing a compound of Formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In some embodiments, the method is for preparing betrixaban or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also described are compositions comprising substantially pure betrixaban free base or salt thereof.
US08987458B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing donepezil or a salt thereof, the process comprising reducing a 1-benzyl-4-[(5,6-dimethoxy-1-indanon-2-yl)methylene]pyridonium halide of formula II, wherein X is bromide or chloride, in the presence of an ionic compound, a solvent, a catalyst and a source of hydrogen, to form donepezil and optionally converting the donepezil to the salt thereof.
US08987453B2
The invention relates to compounds that are azaadamantane derivatives, particularly ether- or amine-substituted azaadamantane derivatives and salts and prodrugs thereof, compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds and compositions, processes for preparing such compounds, and intermediates obtained during such processes.
US08987450B2
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a class of luminescent gold(III) compounds containing a tridentate ligand with one strong σ-donating group. The present invention also provides methods for synthesizing these compounds, as well as uses of these compounds as electrophosphorescent materials in phosphorescent organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) to provide electroluminescence (EL).
US08987449B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a compound of the general structure formula LQC-T as shown below, wherein R represents an aromatic organic acid or phenol or the structural analog thereof, such as protocatechuic acid, protocatechuic aldehyde, vanillic acid, gallic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid etc., and the synthesis and use of the compound. The compounds promote new blood vessel growth in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane, wherein LQC-T4 can be used to prepare a medicine for treating ischemic brain injury (stroke) and its sequelae.
US08987434B2
The present invention relates to novel hybrid promoters comprising a caulimovirus promoter operably linked to one or more of an EF1α, Act8, Act2 or Act11 promoter. The present invention also relates to novel DNA constructs comprising at least one expression cassette which comprises the hybrid promoter thereof. The present invention further relates to transgenic plants/seeds comprising such DNA constructs.
US08987433B2
This disclosure provides methods of designing and generating polypeptide variants that have altered properties compared to a parent polypeptide. The present disclosure provides methods of generating polypeptide variants, for example, variant isoprenoid synthases and/or variant prenyl transferases that have at least one desired property not present in the parent polypeptide. The present disclosure further provides polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding variant polypeptides, as well as vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides that encode the variant polypeptides. In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of using the variant polypeptides to generate useful products, such as isoprenoid compounds and/or isoprenoid products.
US08987430B2
The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of the Factor Xa anticoagulent Fondaparinux and related compounds. The invention relates, in addition, to efficient and scalable processes for the synthesis of various intermediates useful in the synthesis of Fondaparinux and related compounds.
US08987429B2
Disclosed herein is a GO-Gd-DTPA (gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic-graphene oxide) complex, which is formed by an ester bond of graphene oxide (GO) and gadopentetic acid (Gd-DTPA). Since the GO-Gd-DTPA can stably exist in the body because it has high stability in water, it is expected that it can be effectively used as an MRI contrast agent.
US08987421B2
The present invention concerns chimeric or humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that comprise specific CDR sequences, disclosed herein. Preferably, the antibodies or fragments comprise specific heavy and light chain variable region sequences disclosed herein. More preferably, the antibodies or fragments also comprise specific constant region sequences, such as those associated with the nG1m1,2 or Km3 allotypes. The antibodies or fragments may bind to a human histone protein, such as H2B, H3 or H4. The antibodies or fragments are of use to treat a variety of diseases that may be associated with histones, such as autoimmune disease (e.g., SLE), atherosclerosis, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, edema, sepsis, septic shock, hyperinflammatory disorder, infectious disease, inflammatory disease, immune dysregulatory disorder, GVHD, transplant rejection, atherosclerosis, asthma, a coagulopathy, myocardial ischemia, thrombosis, nephritis, inflammatory liver injury, acute pancreatitis, ischemia-reperfusion injury, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and burn.
US08987412B2
The present invention relates to peptides having one or more stable, internally-constrained HBS α-helices, where the peptide is capable of interacting with Ras and related proteins.
US08987410B2
Process for preparing a macromonomer, in which a starting compound H2C═CR1—C6H4-s(R4)s—R3—OH or H2C═CR2—CO—NH—R3—OH, where R1 and R2 are each H or a linear or branched alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is a linear or branched alkylene, aralkylene radical which has from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and can contain one or more hydroxy groups and the radicals R4 are each, independently of one another, a linear or branched alkyl, aralkyl, alkoxy or aralkoxy radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and s=0-4, is, after partial deprotonation, reacted with at least one hydroxy-functional oxirane compound in the presence of an inhibitor of free-radical polymerization with opening of the oxirane ring, where the molar ratio of the molar amounts used n(starting compound):n(oxirane compound) is in the range from 1:100 to 1:1.Macromonomers which can be obtained by the process, polymers which can be obtained therefrom and their use as additives in coating compositions, plastics and cosmetics.
US08987409B2
The present invention relates to a composition that can be used to manufacture an impermeable, sealing, tight envelope, to a process for manufacturing an impermeable envelope, and to a tank. The composition of the invention comprises in % by weight relative to the total weight of the composition: from 70 to 90% of a monomer (I); from 0.1 to 1% of an activator (II), in which R is chosen from the group comprising CnH2n+2, n being an integer chosen from 1 to 10; —OH; —OCn H2n+2, n being an integer chosen from 1 to 10; and —NHR′ where R′ is either CnH2n+2, n being an integer chosen from 1 to 10, or an amine functional group; from 2 to 6% of a catalyst (III), in which X is chosen from the group comprising MgBr, MgI, Li and Na; and from 10 to 20% of an additive (IV), with: This composition can be used, for example, to manufacture elements that are impermeable to fluids, for example impermeable envelopes, for example that can be used in the manufacture of type IV tanks or hydraulic accumulators.
US08987408B2
High intrinsic viscosity melt phase polyester polymers with acceptable acetaldehyde generation rates
A method for the production of solid polyester polymer particles comprising: a) polycondensing a molten polyester polymer composition in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst composition comprising antimony species; b) continuing the polycondenzation of the molten polyester polymer composition to an It.V. of 0.68 dL/g or more; and c) after reaching an It.V. of 0.68 dL/g or more, adding a catalyst stabilizer or deactivator to the polymer melt; and d) after reaching an It.V. of 0.68 dL/g or more, solidifying the melt into solid polyester polymer particles which do not contain organic acetaldehyde scavengers. In a further embodiment, after solidification of the polyester from the melt phase polycondenzation process: e) the amount of residual acetaldehyde in the particles in the solid state is reduced to a level of 10 ppm or less without increasing the It.V. of the particles by more than 0.03 dL/g. Such particles having an AA (acetaldehyde) generation rate of 20 ppm or less upon being melted after solidification following the melt phase production and a free AA level reduced after melt phase production to 10 ppm or less are introduced into a melt processing zone to make articles such as bottle preforms having acceptable levels of residual AA.
US08987400B2
Polypropylene having a melting temperature (Tm) of at least 151.0° C., a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) of more than 2.0 g/10 min, a xylene cold soluble fraction (XCS) of not more than 1.5 wt.-%, <2,1> regiodefects of equal or more than 0.4 mol.-% determined by 13C-spectroscopy, and a number average molecular weight (Mn) of not more than 110 kg/mol.
US08987397B2
Disclosed is a fluorine-containing copolymer comprising a copolymer of a polyfluoroalkyl alcohol(meth)acrylic acid derivative represented by the general formula: CnF2n+1(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)b(CH2CH2)cOCOCR═CH2 [I] (R: a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n: an integer of 1 to 6, a: an integer of 1 to 4, b: an integer of 1 to 3, c: an integer of 1 to 3) and a polysiloxane containing a terminal (meth)acryloyloxy group represented by the general formula: (R1: a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2: a C1-C6 linear or branched divalent alkylene group, R3: a C1-C30 linear or branched alkyl group, R4 and R5: a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a phenyl group, m: an integer of 1 to 200).
US08987393B2
The invention relates to a new catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising a compound of formula CyLMZp, wherein M is a Group 4-6 metal, Z is an anionic ligand, p is the number of anionic ligands, Cy is a mono- or poly-substituted cyclopentadienyl-type ligand and L is a guanidinate ligand of the formula wherein: each A is independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorus and R, R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, silyl and germyl residues, substituted or not with one or more halogen, amido, phosphido, alkoxy, or aryloxy radicals. The invention also relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins and a process for the polymerization of at least one olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
US08987390B2
A system and method for polymerizing olefin in the presence of a chain transfer agent in a first reactor to form a first polyolefin, discharging from the first reactor a transfer slurry having the first polyolefin and the chain transfer agent, and processing the transfer slurry in a separator to remove chain transfer agent and to provide a fluff slurry having the first polyolefin and a lower content of chain transfer agent than in the transfer slurry. The system and method provide for feeding the fluff slurry to a second reactor, polymerizing olefin in the second reactor to form a second polyolefin, and discharging from the second reactor a slurry having the second polyolefin.
US08987389B2
The present invention relates to a process of preparing a polyethylene in a loop reactor in the presence of antifouling agent comprising the steps of: a) feeding into said loop reactor diluent, monomers, optionally hydrogen, and optionally one or more co-monomers to produce a liquid phase; b) introducing antifouling agent into said loop reactor, c) introducing a catalyst into the liquid phase to produce a slurry; and d) polymerizing the monomers and optional co-monomers to form the polyethylene, characterized in that the time difference between introduction of the antifouling agent and introduction of the catalyst is at most 3 hours.
US08987380B2
The present invention relates to an innovative method for controlling the viscosity of, for example, adhesives or coating formulations. The method for controlling viscosity allows very rapid thermoplastic curing of a formulation even at room temperature and a significant reduction in the viscosity at higher temperatures, thereby regaining the capacity for simple processing and allowing, for example, the originally bonded substrates to be separated from one another again with ease. A particular aspect in this context is that a plurality of cycles of thermoplastic curing and a significant reduction in the viscosity are possible with the present system.
US08987374B2
The present invention provides a non-aqueous composition containing a particulate solid, an organic medium and a polyurethane dispersant having an essentially linear backbone and laterally attached solvent-solubilizing side chains of a polyester, a polyether, a polyacrylate or a polyolefin including mixtures of such side chains.
US08987372B2
The present invention is directed to adhesives suitable for application using a hot melt process at a relatively low temperature in the range of about 110° C. to about 130° C. Such adhesives exhibit desirable viscoelastic properties and are suitable for bonding an elastic attachment in the manufacture of disposable articles, such as disposable diapers.
US08987368B2
The present invention relates to a polymer (P1) obtainable by reaction of at least one component a) with at least one component b), wherein a) is at least one polyolefin (A), which is grafted with at least one compound (G), and b) is at least one compound (B) containing at least two epoxy groups.
US08987359B2
A flame retardant polyamide resin composition includes (A) about 40 to about 60% by weight of a crystalline polyamide resin, (B) about 10 to about 20% by weight of polyphenylene sulfide resin, (C) about 5 to about 15% by weight of flame retardant containing phosphinic acid metal slat compound, (D) about 20 to about 40% by weight of glass fiber and (E) about 0.1 to about 1% by weight of phosphite antioxidant. The flame retardancy polyamide resin composition can have excellent mechanical properties such as impact strength, flexural modulus, flexural strength and/or tensile strength and can exhibit reduced gas blistering on a surface of a specimen thereof.
US08987356B1
A composition that sets to produce a concrete includes Portland cement; a polymerizable material having bubbles dispersed in the polymerizable material; an aggregate; and water in a sufficient amount such that the composition sets to a concrete. A method for making a concrete article uses a paste that includes Portland cement and a polymerizable material having bubbles dispersed in the polymerizable material. The paste is added to an aggregate to create a settable composition, and the settable composition is allowed to set to a concrete article.
US08987330B2
There is provided pharmaceutical compositions suitable for topical application to the nail for the treatment of nail diseases such as onychomycosis, comprising a urea-based component, a diol component, such as propylene glycol, an organic acid component, such as lactic acid, and a triol component, such a glycerol. There is further provided methods of improving the storage stability of a pharmaceutical composition suitable for topical application to the skin and/or nails comprising such urea-based components, diol components, organic acid components, and, optionally, an aqueous base, which method comprises adding a triol component, such a glycerol, to that composition prior to said storage.
US08987309B2
A 2-aryl-pyridylazole compound and derivatives useful in slowing the growth of cancer cells are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the compound, methods of using pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound as an ingredient to slow the growth of cancer cells, and methods of treating cancer patients with pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound as an ingredient.
US08987307B2
This invention relates to novel 3-aminopyridines of the formula wherein B1, B2 and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and can be used as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.
US08987305B2
The present invention provides therapeutically effective 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazole compounds, methods of preparing the same, and compositions comprising the compounds alone or in combination with other agents. The present invention further provides for the use of the compounds as anti-microbial agents. The anti-microbial properties of the compounds include anti-bacterial and/or anti-fungal activity.
US08987301B2
Novel hetarylaminoquinoline derivatives of formula (I) wherein X, Z, Het, R1, R2, R3 and R4 have the meaning according to claim 1, are inhibitors of ATP consuming proteins, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
US08987294B2
The present invention is directed to novel compounds that are able to inhibit the interaction of paxillin or its paralogues, including leupaxin or Hic-5, with alpha.4 integrin or its binding partners that regulate signaling events downstream of the paxillin-.alpha.4 interaction. The present invention further relates to methods for therapeutic use of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds for the treatment of a disease or condition.
US08987283B2
Described herein is pyrrolo{2,3-d}pyrimidine compounds, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing this compounds, and methods for the preparation of these compounds.
US08987280B2
Compounds of Formula I, and including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
US08987271B2
The invention relates to a chemotherapeutic cancer treatment in which compounds (BH3Is) are administered to a mammal to treat B-cell Lymphoma or other hematopoietic cancers, including diseases associated with MCL-1. The invention also provides a method for treating types of hematopoietic cancers, such as B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more disclosed compounds in combination with other therapies, for example, 26S proteosome inhibitors, such as, for example, Bortezomib. The invention also relates to autoimmune treatment with pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more disclosed compounds. The invention also relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have unique in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease. Illustrative compounds are those of Formula II:
US08987270B2
The invention provides compositions and methods utilizing low concentrations of selective α-2 adrenergic receptor agonists, preferably, brimonidine. The invention provides contact lens solutions and methods of using these solutions for pre-soaking contact lenses to achieve reduction of redness and/or increase in whitening of eyes. The invention also provides compositions including a selective α-2 adrenergic receptor agonist in a combination with an ocular medical device, including but not limited to a bandage lens. The invention also provides combination compositions including a selective α-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and another active agent for the treatment of an ocular condition, including but not limited to glaucoma and/or a condition associated with eye redness.
US08987256B2
The present application relates to novel carboxylic acid derivatives having an oxo-substituted azaheterocyclic partial structure, processes for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
US08987252B2
The aryloxy- and heteroaryloxy-substituted tetrahydrobenzazepine derivative compounds of the present invention are represented by formulae (I) (A-E) having the following structure where the carbon atom designated * is in the R or S configuration and the substituents X and R1—R9 are as defined herein.
US08987246B2
The present invention relates to the field of autism. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for treating individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Accordingly, in one aspect, the present invention provides methods for treating patients with autism spectrum disorder. In one embodiment, a method for treating an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a patient comprises the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of cholesterol to the patient. In more specific embodiments, the ASD is autism, Asperger's disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Rett's syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder. In one embodiment, the patient has autism.
US08987245B2
A method of reducing caloric intake or food intake in a mammal in need thereof. The method including delivering an effective amount of a compound comprising manganese [III] tetrakis (4-benzoic acid) porphyrin (MnTBAP) or analogs thereof to a mammal over a period of time sufficient to induce a reduction in caloric intake or food intake of the mammal.
US08987242B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing a thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.
US08987234B2
Disclosed are complexes of an antipneumocystic compound and an antimalarial compound, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using said complexes or compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of parasitic infections.
US08987228B2
Clinical finding shows that twice daily administrations of 2 mg of 1-deoxy-1-[N6-(3-iodobenzyl)-adenin-9-yl]-N-methyl-β-D-ribofuronamide (IB-MECA) (total daily administration of 4 mg) to subjects having moderate to severe psoriasis, was significantly more effective in treatment of the psoriatic plaques than treatment of psoriasis at two administration doses of 1 mg or 4 mg (total daily doses of 2 or 8 mg, respectively). A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of psoriasis includes as the active ingredient IB-MECA in an amount suitable for a total daily dose administration of about 4 mg. In one preferred embodiment, IB-MECA is administered twice a day to a subject in need of psoriasis treatment, the pharmaceutical composition including an administration dose of 2 mg.
US08987226B2
It is intended to provide a polynucleotide that is resistant to RNase and has an RNA interference effect, etc. The present invention provides a single-stranded polynucleotide that is derived from a double-stranded polynucleotide comprising a sense strand polynucleotide corresponding to a target gene, and an antisense strand polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence complementary to the sense strand polynucleotide, and has a structure in which the 5′-end of the antisense strand and the 3′-end of the sense strand are linked via a phenyl group-containing linker to form a phosphodiester structure at each of these ends.
US08987224B2
A novel network of tumorigenic prognostic factors is identified that plays a critical role in advanced pancreatic cancer (PC) pathogenesis. This interactome is interconnected through a central tumor suppressive microRNA, miR-198, which is able to both directly and indirectly modulate expression of the various members of this network to alter the molecular makeup of pancreatic tumors. When this tumor signature network is intact, miR-198 expression is reduced and patient survival is dismal; patients with higher miR-198 present an altered tumor signature network, better prognosis and increased survival. Further, MiR-198 replacement reverses tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. embodiment of the disclosure is a method of treating cancer in an individual, comprising the step of increasing the level of active microRNA-198 molecules in the pancreatic cancer tumor cells of the individual by an amount sufficient to cause an improvement in the pancreatic cancer in the individual.
US08987223B2
Reduction of HSP27 expression is in beneficial in the treatment of pleural and pulmonary fibrosis and in particular subpleural fibrosis and IPF. Pharmaceutical compositions for this purpose contain an inhibitor of HSP27 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08987219B1
The invention includes a method of treating an intraocular disorder in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a Very Late Antigen-4 (VLA-4) antagonist for the treatment of selected ocular disorders.
US08987216B2
The invention relates to polysulfated glycosides of formula (I), the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as the pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds as active ingredients. Furthermore the invention provides a method of preventing, treating or alleviating the symptoms of acute and chronic inflammatory disorders of the airways of mammals—including asthma and asthma-related pathologies.
US08987210B2
This application is directed to chemokine-immunoglobulin fusion polypeptides and chemokine-polymer conjugates. The fusion polypeptides and conjugates can be used for treating chemokine receptor-mediated disorders and modulating inflammation, inflammatory cell motility, cancer cell motility, or cancer cell survival.
US08987202B2
Gla domain variants of human Factor VII or human Factor VIIa, comprising 1-15 amino acid modifications relative to the human Factor VII or human Factor VIIa sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein a hydrophobic amino acid residue has been introduced by substitution in position 34; or having an amino acid substitution in position 36; and use of the variants for the treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) or trauma.
US08987200B2
The present invention provides methods and kits for treating hyperparathyroidism, bone disease and/or hypercalcemic disorders. In particular, methods for lowering serum PTH and serum calcium using polycationic calcium modulator peptides are provided. The calcium modulator peptides can be used to treat subjects having, for example: primary, secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism; hypercalcemia of malignancy; metastatic bone disease; or osteoporosis.
US08987195B2
The present invention relates to hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease inhibitors containing a spirocyclic moeity, uses of such compounds, and synthesis of such compounds.
US08987192B2
The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation.
US08987185B2
The invention discloses a laundry article used for both cleaning and conditioning fabrics comprising a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate and coated thereon into at least one zone each a detergent composition and a fabric conditioning composition. The fabric conditioning composition comprises a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol and a fatty acid.
US08987177B2
A biodegradable lubricating oil composition includes (A) an ester being obtained by reacting a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol together, the ester having a kinematic viscosity in a range from 400 mm2/s to 1000 mm2/s at 40 degrees C. and an acid value of 0.5 mgKOH/g or less; (B) an ester being obtained by reacting a straight-chain saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid with a polyhydric alcohol, the ester having an acid value of 0.5 mgKOH/g or less; and (C) a phosphate amine salt being obtained by reacting an acidic phosphate with an alkylamine.
US08987170B2
A compound represented by formula (1): is effective for controlling Pythium spp., and it is useful for controlling Pythium spp. and protecting crops from pythium diseases.
US08987167B2
The present invention relates to a salt comprising an anionic pesticide and a cationic polyamine of the formula (A) or (B) as described in the description. The invention further relates to an agrochemical composition comprising said salt. It also relates to a method for preparing said salt comprising combining the pesticide in its neutral form or as salt, and the polyamine in its neutral form or as salt. In addition, the invention relates to a method of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi. It also relates to a method of controlling undesired vegetation. Finally, the invention relates to seed comprising said salt.
US08987165B2
The present invention relates to a synthesis method for unsupported and supported ruthenium base (RuS2) catalysts from a ruthenium complex precursor, which is decomposed and activated by a simple activation process; these steps provide a catalyst with very high catalytic activity, in addition the incorporation of ruthenium complex precursor to a support by methods of incipient and wet impregnating is described; the obtained catalytic activities in this invention are in the order of 100 times the molybdenum sulfide catalyst without support and without promoter, 14 times the industrial supported catalyst, and 5 times the activity of the currently most active commercial unsupported catalyst.
US08987163B2
Disclosed is a process for the production of lower olefins by the conversion of a feed stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and catalysts as used therein, such as a Fischer-Tropsch process. By virtue of the invention, lower olefins can be formed from synthesis gas, with high selectivity, and low production of methane. The catalysts used herein comprise an α-alumina support, and a catalytically active component that comprises iron-containing particles dispersed onto the support in at least 1 wt. %. The majority of the iron-containing particles is in direct contact with the α-alumina and is well-distributed thereon. Preferably, the iron-containing particles have an average particle size below 30 nm, and most preferably below 10 nm. The supported catalysts not only show a high selectivity, but also a high catalyst activity and chemical and mechanical stability.
US08987146B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming a film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: supplying a raw material gas to a substrate in a process chamber, exhausting the raw material gas remaining in the process chamber through an exhaust line, supplying an amine-based gas; and exhausting the amine-based gas through the exhaust line with the supply of the amine-based gas stopped. A degree of valve opening of an exhaust valve disposed in the exhaust line is changed in multiple steps in the process of exhausting the amine-based gas.
US08987139B2
Methods of patterning low-k dielectric films are described. In an example, In an embodiment, a method of patterning a low-k dielectric film involves forming and patterning a metal nitride mask layer above a low-k dielectric layer. The low-k dielectric layer is disposed above a substrate. The method also involves passivating the metal nitride mask layer by treating with a plasma based on O2/N2/SixFy. The method also involves etching a portion of the low-k dielectric layer.
US08987137B2
A method of manufacturing a through-substrate-via structure. The method comprises providing a substrate having a front-side and an opposite back-side. A through-substrate via opening is formed in the front-side of the substrate. The through-substrate-via opening does not penetrate an outer surface of the back-side of the substrate. The through-substrate-via opening is filled with a solid fill material. Portions of the substrate from the outer surface of the back-side of the substrate are removed to thereby expose the fill material. At least portions of the exposed fill material are removed to form a back-side through-substrate via opening that traverses an entire thickness of the substrate. The back-side through-substrate via opening is filled with an electrically conductive material.
US08987136B2
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a local interconnect structure for a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming removable sacrificial sidewall spacers between sidewall spacers and outer sidewall spacers on two sides of a gate on a semiconductor substrate, and forming contact through-holes at source/drain regions in the local interconnect structure between the sidewall spacer and the outer sidewall spacer on the same side of the gate immediately after removing the sacrificial sidewall spacers. Once the source/drain through-holes are filled with a conductive material to form contact vias, the height of the contact vias shall be same as the height of the gate. The contact through-holes, which establish the electrical connection between a subsequent first layer of metal wiring and the source/drain regions or the gate region at a lower level in the local interconnect structure, shall be made in the same depth.
US08987135B2
A method of forming a metal semiconductor alloy that includes forming an intermixed metal semiconductor region to a first depth of a semiconductor substrate without thermal diffusion. The intermixed metal semiconductor region is annealed to form a textured metal semiconductor alloy. A second metal layer is formed on the textured metal semiconductor alloy. The second metal layer on the textured metal semiconductor alloy is then annealed to form a metal semiconductor alloy contact, in which metal elements from the second metal layer are diffused through the textured metal semiconductor alloy to provide a templated metal semiconductor alloy. The templated metal semiconductor alloy includes a grain size that is greater than 2× for the metal semiconductor alloy, which has a thickness ranging from 15 nm to 50 nm.
US08987132B2
Multiple injections of molten solder are employed to form double solder bumps having outer layers that melt at lower temperatures than the inner portions thereof. During a flip chip assembly process, the reflow temperature is above the melting temperature of the outer layers and below the melting temperature of the inner portions of the solder bumps. As the inner portions of the solder bumps do not collapse during reflow, a flip chip assembly can be made at relatively low temperatures and have a high stand-off height. A structure having double solder bumps facilitates flip chip assembly.
US08987127B2
The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate stacked structure on a silicic substrate; depositing a Nickel-based metal layer on the substrate and the gate stacked structure; performing a first annealing so that the silicon in the substrate reacts with the Nickel-based metal layer to form a Ni-rich phase of metal silicide; performing an ion implantation by implanting doping ions into the Ni-rich phase of metal silicide; performing a second annealing so that the Ni-rich phase of metal to silicide is transformed into a Nickel-based metal silicide source/drain, and meanwhile, forming a segregation region of the doping ions at an interface between the Nickel-based metal silicide source/drain and the substrate. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the present invention performs the annealing after implanting the doping ions into the Ni-rich phase of metal silicide, thereby improving the solid solubility of the doping ions and forming a segregation region of highly concentrated doping ions, thus the SBH between the Nickel-based metal silicide and the silicon channel is effectively reduced, and the driving capability of the device is improved.
US08987124B2
A silicon carbide substrate having a main face is prepared. By applying thermal oxidation to the main face of the silicon carbide substrate at a first temperature, an oxide film is formed on the main face. After the oxide film is formed, heat treatment is applied to the silicon carbide substrate at a second temperature higher than the first temperature. An opening exposing a portion of the main face is formed at the oxide film. A Schottky electrode is formed on the main face exposed by the opening.
US08987123B2
After the completion of the transport of a semiconductor wafer into a chamber, the flow rate of nitrogen gas supplied into the chamber is decreased. In this state, a preheating treatment and flash irradiation are performed. The flow rate of nitrogen gas supplied into the chamber is increased when the temperature of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer is decreased to become equal to the temperature of the back surface thereof after reaching its maximum temperature by the irradiation of the substrate with a flash of light. Thereafter, the supply flow rate of nitrogen gas is maintained at a constant value until the semiconductor wafer is transported out of the chamber. This achieves the reduction in particles deposited on the semiconductor wafer while suppressing adverse effects resulting from the nonuniform in-plane temperature distribution of the semiconductor wafer.
US08987110B2
A fabrication method for a semiconductor device structure is provided. The device structure has a layer of silicon and a layer of silicon dioxide overlying the layer of silicon, and the method begins by forming an isolation recess by removing a portion of the silicon dioxide and a portion of the silicon. The isolation recess is filled with stress-inducing silicon nitride and, thereafter, the silicon dioxide is removed such that the stress-inducing silicon nitride protrudes above the silicon. Next, the exposed silicon is thermally oxidized to form silicon dioxide hardmask material overlying the silicon. Thereafter, a first portion of the silicon dioxide hardmask material is removed to reveal an accessible surface of the silicon, while leaving a second portion of the silicon dioxide hardmask material intact. Next, silicon germanium is epitaxially grown from the accessible surface of the silicon.
US08987102B2
Methods of forming a metal silicide region in an integrated circuit are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming a metal silicide region in an integrated circuit includes forming a silicide-resistive region in a first region of a substrate, the substrate having the first region and a second region, wherein a mask layer is deposited atop the substrate and patterned to expose the first region; removing the mask layer after the silicide-resistive region is formed in the first region of the substrate; depositing a metal-containing layer on a first surface of the first region and a second surface of the second region; and annealing the deposited metal-containing layer to form a first metal silicide region in the second region.
US08987101B2
A method of forming strained source and drain regions in a P-type FinFET structure is disclose. The method comprises depositing an isolation layer on the FinFET structure; applying a lithography and etching process to expose the isolation layer in two areas on opposite sides of the gate over the source/drain region of the FinFET, and etching through the exposed isolation layer to expose the semiconductive material of the source/drain region in the two areas; forming a recess in each of the source/drain region from the exposed semiconductive material; selectively epitaxially growing another semiconductive material in the recesses to increase the source/drain strain; and removing the rest of the isolation layer.
US08987099B2
The present disclosure provides a method for making an integrated circuit in one embodiment. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having an active region and a first gate stack disposed on the semiconductor substrate in the active region; forming in-situ phosphorous-doped silicon carbide (SiCP) features on the semiconductor substrate and disposed on sides of the first gate stack; replacing the first gate stack with a second gate stack having a high k dielectric material layer; and thereafter performing a millisecond annealing (MSA) process with a thermal profile having a first thermal wavelet and a second thermal wavelet.
US08987098B2
The technology relates to a damascene word line for a three dimensional array of nonvolatile memory cells. Partly oxidized lines of material such as silicon are made over a plurality of stacked nonvolatile memory structures. Word line trenches are made in the partly oxidized lines, by removing the unoxidized lines from the intermediate parts of the partly oxidized lines, leaving the plurality of oxidized lines at the outer parts of the plurality of partly oxidized lines. Word lines are made in the word line trenches over the plurality of stacked nonvolatile memory structures.
US08987097B2
High performance thin-film, transistors are entirely processed at temperatures not exceeding 150° C., using amorphous multi component dielectrics based on the mixture of high band gap and high dielectric constant (K) materials. The sputtered or ink jet printed mixed dielectric materials such as Ta2O5 with SiO2 or Al2O3 or HfO2 with SiO2 or Al2O3 are used. These multicomponent dielectrics allow producing amorphous dielectrics to be introduced in high stable electronic devices with low leakage currents, while preserving a high dielectric constant. This results in producing thin film transistors with remarkable electrical properties, such as the ones produced based on Ga—In—Zn oxide as channel layers and where the dielectric was the combination of the mixture Ta2O5:SiO2, exhibiting field-effect mobility exceeding 35 cm2 V−1 s−1, close to 0 V turn-on voltage, on/off ratio higher than 106 and subthreshold slope below 0.24 V dec−1.
US08987095B2
The disclosure relates to integrated circuit fabrication and, more particularly, to a semiconductor device with a high-k gate dielectric layer. An exemplary structure for a semiconductor device comprises a substrate and a gate structure disposed over the substrate. The gate structure comprises a dielectric portion and an electrode portion that is disposed over the dielectric portion, and the dielectric portion comprises a carbon-doped high-k dielectric layer on the substrate and a carbon-free high-k dielectric layer adjacent to the electrode portion.
US08987093B2
Method of forming multi-gate finFETs with epitaxially-grown merged source/drains. Embodiments of the invention may include forming a plurality of semiconductor fins joined by a plurality of inter-fin semiconductor regions, depositing a sacrificial gate over a center portion of each of the plurality of fins, forming a first merge layer over a first end of each of the plurality of fins to form a first merged fin region, forming a second merge layer over the second end of each of the plurality of fins to form a second merged fin region, etching a portion of the first merged fin region to form a first source/drain base region, etching a portion of the second merged fin region to form a second source/drain base region, forming a first source/drain region on the first source/drain base region, and forming a second source/drain region on the second source/drain base region.
US08987085B2
A method of forming an integrated circuit includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a metallization layer over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the metallization layer comprises a metal feature in a low-k dielectric layer and extending from a top surface of the low-k dielectric layer into the low-k dielectric layer, performing a treatment to the low-k dielectric layer to form a hydrophilic top surface, and plating a cap layer on the metal feature in a solution.
US08987082B2
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a sacrificial layer above a semiconductor layer. Portions of the sacrificial layer are selectively removed to define a first set of spaced apart sacrificial fins over a first region of the semiconductor layer, and a second set of spaced apart sacrificial fins over a second region of the semiconductor layer. An isolation trench is formed in the semiconductor layer between the first and second regions. The isolation trench and spaces are filled with a dielectric material. The first and second sets of sacrificial fins are removed to define respective first and second sets of fin openings. The first set of fin openings is filled to define a first set of semiconductor fins for a first conductivity-type transistor, and the second set of fin openings is filled to define a second set of semiconductor fins for a second conductivity-type transistor.
US08987076B2
A method of manufacturing a transistor with suppressed characteristic variations caused by gate current, and a method of manufacturing an amplifier using such a transistor are provided. The transistor includes a SiC substrate, an AlGaN barrier layer, and a GaN buffer layer grown on the SiC substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrodes located on the AlGaN barrier layer, and a gate electrode connected to the AlGaN barrier layer via a Schottky junction. In a burn-in step, a gate voltage is applied to the transistor to cause a drain current Id to flow, and a drain voltage is applied to the transistor to heat the transistor to reduce the gate current of the transistor compared to the gate current before the burn-in.
US08987069B1
A substrate with two SiGe regions having different Germanium concentrations and a method for making the same. The method includes: providing a substrate with at least two active regions; epitaxially depositing a first SiGe layer over each active regions; epitaxially depositing a Silicon layer over each SiGe layer; epitaxially depositing a second SiGe layer over each Silicon layer; forming a hard mask over the second SiGe layer of one of the active regions; removing the epitaxially deposited second SiGe layer of the unmasked active region, removing the hard mask, and thermally mixing the remaining Silicon and SiGe layers of the active regions to form a new SiGe layer with uniform Germanium concentration for each of the active regions, where the new SiGe layer with uniform Germanium concentration of one of the at least two active regions has a different concentration of Germanium than the new SiGe layer with uniform Germanium concentration of the other SiGe layer.
US08987066B2
A processing unit comprises a plurality of individual integrated circuits (ICs) electrically connected to one another via a common configuration of electrical interconnects (e.g., through-silicon vias). At least two of the ICs may be configured for a different function. In some examples, the processing unit is formed by selecting the ICs from stored groups of ICs. The stored ICs can be, for example, modular ICs in that the ICs can be mixed and matched in any suitable number or type in order to meet a particular set of functional requirements for the processing unit, which may depend on the application for the processing unit. Electrical coupling of these individual ICs via the electrical interconnects of the ICs results in a single processing unit that is configured to perform functions specifically suited for a particular application or set of applications.
US08987063B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device of a thin resin sealed multichip rectangular package having wire connection between the chips, wherein: at least one chip is fixed to a die pad thinned more than a die pad support lead, the die pad is supported by die pad support leads arranged to respectively connect a pair of long sides of the rectangle, and sealing resin is introduced from one side of the pair of long sides when resin molding is performed.
US08987049B2
A method is provided for fabricating a thin-film transistor (TFT). The method includes forming a semiconductor layer over a gate insulator that covers a gate electrode, and depositing an insulator layer over the semiconductor layer, as well as etching the insulator layer to form a patterned etch-stop without losing the gate insulator. The method also includes forming a source electrode and a drain electrode over the semiconductor layer and the patterned etch-stop. The method further includes removing a portion of the semiconductor layer beyond the source electrode and the drain electrode such that a remaining portion of the semiconductor layer covers the gate insulator in a first overlapping area of the source electrode and the gate electrode and a second overlapping area of the drain electrode and gate electrode.
US08987047B2
A thin film transistor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an oxide semiconductor. A source electrode and a drain electrode face each other. The source electrode and the drain electrode are positioned at two opposite sides, respectively, of the oxide semiconductor. A low conductive region is positioned between the source electrode or the drain electrode and the oxide semiconductor. An insulating layer is positioned on the oxide semiconductor and the low conductive region. A gate electrode is positioned on the insulating layer. The insulating layer covers the oxide semiconductor and the low conductive region. A carrier concentration of the low conductive region is lower than a carrier concentration of the source electrode or the drain electrode.
US08987046B2
Non-volatile storage elements having a reversible resistivity-switching element and techniques for fabricating the same are disclosed herein. The reversible resistivity-switching element may be formed by depositing an oxygen diffusion resistant material (e.g., heavily doped Si, W, WN) over the top electrode. A trap passivation material (e.g., fluorine, nitrogen, hydrogen, deuterium) may be incorporated into one or more of the bottom electrode, a metal oxide region, or the top electrode of the reversible resistivity-switching element. One embodiment includes a reversible resistivity-switching element having a bi-layer capping layer between the metal oxide and the top electrode. Fabricating the device may include depositing (un-reacted) titanium and depositing titanium oxide in situ without air break. One embodiment includes incorporating titanium into the metal oxide of the reversible resistivity-switching element. The titanium might be implanted into the metal oxide while depositing the metal oxide, or after deposition of the metal oxide.
US08987045B2
Memory devices having a plurality of memory cells, with each memory cell including a phase change material having a laterally constricted portion thereof. The laterally constricted portions of adjacent memory cells are vertically offset and positioned on opposite sides of the memory device. Also disclosed are memory devices having a plurality of memory cells, with each memory cell including first and second electrodes having different widths. Adjacent memory cells have the first and second electrodes offset on vertically opposing sides of the memory device. Methods of forming the memory devices are also disclosed.
US08987041B2
Certain embodiments provide method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device, including forming an electrode and forming a second impurity layer. The electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate including a first impurity layer of a first conductivity type on a surface. The second impurity layer is a second conductivity type and is formed by implanting an impurity of a second conductivity type into the first impurity layer in an oblique direction with respect to the surface of the semiconductor substrate on the condition that the impurity penetrates an end portion of the electrode, based on a position of the electrode. The second impurity layer is bonded to the first impurity layer to constitute a photodiode, and a portion of the second impurity layer is disposed under the electrode.
US08987033B2
A method includes forming a blocking layer over a substrate, and etching the blocking layer to form a trench in the blocking layer. A dielectric layer is formed, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a first portion over the blocking layer, and a second portion in the trench. After the step of forming the dielectric layer, an implantation is performed to implant an impurity into the substrate to form a deep well region. After the implantation, the dielectric layer and the blocking layer are removed.
US08987026B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type layer, a light emitting layer, a p-type layer, and a transparent electrode. The n-type layer includes a nitride semiconductor and has a thickness not more than 500 nm. The light emitting layer is provided on the n-type layer. The p-type layer is provided on the light emitting layer and includes a nitride semiconductor. The transparent electrode contacts the n-type layer. The n-type layer is disposed between the transparent electrode and the light emitting layer.
US08987011B2
A method for determining the structure of a transistor having at least one first layer including GaN, one second layer including AlxGa1-xN disposed on the first layer, and one fourth layer including a metal or an alloy disposed on the second layer. The method includes setting the layer thickness of the second layer, setting the aluminum content x of the second layer, producing at least the second layer and the first layer, determining the surface potential of formula (I) and/or the charge carrier density n, and/or the charge carrier motility μ after producing the second layer and the first layer, and selecting the material of the fourth layer as a function of the at least one measurement result.
US08987010B1
Systems and methods are provided for developing usable chip images in order to detect and screen defects or anomalies in a manufacturing environment. More specifically, a method is provided for manufacturing at least one wafer or chip. The method includes obtaining image data of the at least one wafer or chip. The method further includes correcting the image data to remove normal variation within the image data. The method further includes comparing the corrected image data to image data for at least one other wafer or chip to determine whether the corrected image data for the at least one wafer or chip shows a defect or anomaly beyond that of the normal variation. The method further includes placing the at least one wafer or chip into a category of fabrication based on the comparison.
US08987006B2
A magnetic junction usable in a magnetic memory and a method for providing the magnetic memory are described. The method includes providing a pinned layer, providing an engineered nonmagnetic tunneling barrier layer, and providing a free layer. The pinned layer and the free layer each include at least one ferromagnetic layer. The engineered nonmagnetic tunneling barrier layer has a tuned resistance area product. In some aspects, the step of providing the engineered nonmagnetic tunneling barrier layer further includes radio-frequency depositing a first oxide layer, depositing a metal layer, and oxidizing the metal layer to provide a second oxide.
US08987000B2
Provided is a heat dried reagent composition that is dry, methods of making it, and methods of using it. The heat dried reagent composition can be characterized by one or more of stability to the heat drying conditions; storage stability of the heat dried reagent composition; fast rehydration time; rapid assay kinetics; and assay precision. The reagent composition is useful detecting and/or assessing free chlorine in an aqueous sample, such as pool water.
US08986995B2
The present invention provides a method of generating definitive endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm cells. The method includes culturing embryonic stem cells, parthenogenetic cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells in the presence of a demethylation agent, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, or a combination thereof, and thereafter, culturing the stem cells in the absence of the agent or combination of agents, to produce definitive endoderm cells, mesoderm, or ectoderm cells.
US08986988B2
The present invention provides systems for cell separation based on cell rolling on surfaces along edges of regions coated with cell adhesion molecules. A variety of designs of coated regions and edges are disclosed.
US08986980B2
A technique is provided for a structure. A substrate has a nanopillar vertically positioned on the substrate. A bottom layer is formed beneath the substrate. A top layer is formed on top of the substrate and on top of the nanopillar, and a cover layer covers the top layer and the nanopillar. A window is formed through the bottom layer and formed through the substrate, and the window ends at the top layer. A nanopore is formed through the top layer by removing the cover layer and the nanopillar.
US08986975B2
A method of producing sulfur-free nanoparticles involves growing yeast in a growth medium containing a source of an element in a bio-reducible oxidation state (e.g. Se(Vl), and, precipitating nanoparticles containing the element in a lower oxidation state (e.g. Se(O)) than the oxidation state of the element in the source. The method advantageously can provide substantially spherical nanoparticles at high production efficiencies.
US08986969B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase I activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
US08986964B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
US08986959B2
The present invention provides for a novel system and method for amplification and detection of nucleic acids within a microfluidic device wherein multiple nucleotides capable of priming PCR are present within the system and substantially sequestered within separate hydrogel posts therein.
US08986958B2
Provided herein are compositions and kits for single-stranded nucleic acid probes, and methods for making the single-stranded nucleic acid probes, where the single-stranded nucleic acid probes comprise a probe region having a predetermined sequence which is flanked by a 5′ region having a first restriction enzyme recognition sequence and flanked by a 3′ region having a second restriction enzyme recognition sequence, and a region which hybridizes to a capture nucleic acid molecule. The single-stranded nucleic acid probes are useful for solution-based capture methods.
US08986952B2
[Task] To provide an anti-human NGF antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that is excellent in safety by reducing the risk of side effects such as effects on a fetus and thrombus formation while maintaining high neutralizing activity, and to provide means for preventing or treating various diseases in which human NGF is involved in the formation of pathological conditions, by using the antibody or the antibody-binding fragment thereof.[Means for Resolution] An anti-human NGF antibody Fab′ fragment comprising a heavy-chain variable region consisting of an amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO:6 and a light-chain variable region consisting of an amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO:4.
US08986946B2
The invention relates to a method for real-time detection of viable microorganisms comprising: a. addition of a cell-permeable, phototautomeric compound to a micro-organism or other living cell; and b. measuring the fluorescent emission of said phototautomeric compound. Preferably the phototautomeric compound is salicylic acid, 2-hydroxy-1-naphtoic acid or 1-hydroxy-2-naphtoic acid. Further, the assay can he used to assess the antibiotic effect of a test compound. This test can be used as a high—throughput screening for compounds with antibiotic activity. Also part of the invention is the use of a cell permeable phototautomeric compound in a method for determining the viability of micro-organisms and for assessing the antibiotic effect of a test compound.
US08986938B2
A compound selected from the group consisting of 4-quinolone and derivatives thereof, homoserine lactone derivatives, and indole and derivatives thereof, and salts thereof have an action of a microbial activity improvement agent, and when it is used for a microbial activity improvement method and a biological waste treatment method, the compound or the salt thereof is useful to achieve the improvement in the treatment capacity that transcends the limit of improvement in the treatment capacity of conventional biological waste treatment facilities.
US08986932B2
The invention relates to devices and methods for nanopore sequencing. The invention includes compositions and methods of nucleic acid sequencing using a single polymerase enzyme complex comprising a polymerase enzyme and a template nucleic acid attached proximal to a nanopore, and nucleotide analogs in solution comprising charge blockade label that are attached to the polyphosphate portion of the nucleotide analog such that the charge blockade labels are cleaved when the nucleotide analog is incorporated into a growing nucleic acid and the charge blockade label is detected by the nanopore to determine the presence and identity of the incorporated nucleotide and thereby determine the sequence of a template nucleic acid.
US08986931B2
Methods of detecting two or more nucleic acids in a multiplex branched-chain DNA assay are provided. Different nucleic acids are captured through cooperative hybridization events on different, identifiable subsets of particles or at different selected positions on a spatially addressable solid support. Compositions, kits, and systems related to the methods are also described.
US08986918B2
The present invention relates to a hybrid photoresist composition for improved resolution and a pattern forming method using the photoresist composition. The photoresist composition includes a radiation sensitive acid generator, a crosslinking agent and a polymer having a hydrophobic monomer unit and a hydrophilic monomer unit containing a hydroxyl group. At least some of the hydroxyl groups are protected with an acid labile moiety having a low activation energy. The photoresist is capable of producing a hybrid response to a single exposure. The patterning forming method utilizes the hybrid response to form a patterned structure in the photoresist layer. The photoresist composition and the pattern forming method of the present invention are useful for printing small features with precise image control, particularly spaces of small dimensions.
US08986915B2
According to one embodiment, a toner includes at least one encapsulated particle containing a color developable compound, color developer and a color eraser and polymeric particles. The at least one encapsulated particle and the polymeric particles being aggregated and fused in dispersion liquid.
US08986913B2
According to one embodiment, a method of inspecting a mask substrate for defects, includes acquiring a defocus image of a partial region of a mask substrate using a dark-field optical system, acquiring a just-focus image of the partial region using the dark-field optical system, generating a set composed of first signals obtained from the defocus image and having signal intensities equal to or higher than a first threshold value, excluding, from the set, the first signals pertaining to parts in which signal intensities of signals obtained from the just-focus image are equal to or higher than a second threshold value, determining an inspection threshold value for signal intensities, on the basis of the first signals not excluded from, and remaining in, the sea.
US08986911B2
A composite mask suitable for multiple-patterning lithographic processes and a multiple-patterning photolithographic process utilizing the mask are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment includes receiving a mask having a plurality of sub-reticles and a substrate having one or more regions. A first sub-reticle of the plurality of sub-reticles is aligned with a first region of the one or more regions. A movement pattern is designated relative to the substrate. A first photolithographic process is performed including exposing the substrate using the mask to form a first exposed area on the substrate. An alignment of the mask relative to the substrate is shifted according to a first direction determined by the movement pattern. A second photolithographic process is performed including exposing the substrate using the mask to form a second exposed area on the substrate such that the second exposed area overlaps the first.
US08986908B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an anode for a fuel cell. The method includes: synthesizing a fuel cell catalyst used to oxidize a fuel for the anode in an electrochemical manner; forming an electrode for the anode by use of the synthesized fuel cell catalyst; and synthesizing an electrolysis catalyst, which is used to electrolyze water, on the electrode as the electrolysis catalyst is loaded into the anode. By introducing the electrolysis catalyst on the fuel cell electrode that has already been formed, deformation of the structure of the electrode is minimized and performance of the electrode is improved.
US08986907B2
Provided is a porous electrode substrate having high mechanical strength, good handling properties, high thickness precision, little undulation, and adequate gas permeability and conductivity. Also provided is a method for producing a porous electrode substrate at low costs. A porous electrode substrate is produced by joining short carbon fibers (A) via mesh-like of carbon fibers (B) having an average diameter of 4 μm or smaller. Further provided are a membrane-electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell that use this porous electrode membrane. A porous electrode substrate is obtained by subjecting a precursor sheet, in which short carbon fibers (A) and short carbon fiber precursors (b) having an average diameter of 5 μm or smaller have been dispersed, to carbonization treatment after optional hot press forming and optional oxidization treatment.
US08986906B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing nanoporous Pt/TiO2 composite particles, nanoporous Pt/TiO2 composite particles prepared by the above preparation method, and a fuel cell comprising the nanoporous Pt/TiO2 composite particles. The nanoporous Pt/TiO2 composite particles according to the present invention have a catalytic effect similar to that of commercially available Pt/carbon black and, thus, can be applied to a fuel cell.
US08986902B2
A pair of gaskets is integrally formed with seal lips corresponding to each other and extending in the longitudinal direction of the gasket, and side portions disposed on either sides or one side of the seal lip and having a height lower than that of the seal lip. The plate-shaped attachment member includes a through-hole provided at a position where the side portions of the pair of gaskets communicate with each other so as to be formed therethrough in the thickness direction, and the pair of gaskets is integrally formed through the through-hole. An opening shape of the through-hole is set to be an elongated shape in the longitudinal direction of the gasket so as to make a width dimension of each of the side portions as small as possible.
US08986892B2
A separator includes a non-woven fabric substrate having pores, fine thermoplastic powder located inside the pores of the non-woven fabric substrate, and a porous coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the non-woven fabric substrate. The fine thermoplastic powder has an average diameter smaller than that of the pores and a melting point lower than the melting or decomposition point of the non-woven fabric substrate. The porous coating layer includes a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer whose melting point is higher than the melting or decomposition point of the fine thermoplastic powder. In the porous coating layer, the inorganic particles are fixedly connected to each other by the binder polymer and the pores are formed by interstitial volumes between the inorganic particles. Previous filling of the large pores of the non-woven fabric substrate with the fine thermoplastic powder makes the porous coating layer uniform.
US08986891B2
An electricity-storing device electrode includes a current collector foil, an active material layer formed on a surface of the current collector foil, and a high-resistance layer formed on the surface of the current collector foil so as to be adjacent to and in direct contact with the active material layer. At at least a portion of the interface between the active material layer and the high-resistance layer, mixed phase is formed where constituents from the two layers intermingle.
US08986885B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion battery which is excellent in properties at large current and can be applied to applications requiring high output power even when the mixture layers are made thick. The present invention provides a lithium ion battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture layer formed on a current collector, a negative electrode including a negative electrode mixture layer formed on a current collector and an electrolyte, the positive electrode and the negative electrode being disposed through the intermediary of a separator, wherein the positive electrode includes as a positive electrode active material a lithium composite oxide represented by LiNiaMnbCOcMdO2 (in the formula, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, V, Ti, Cu, Al, Sn, Zn, Mg, B and W, a+b+c+d=1, 0.2≦a≦0.8, 0.1≦b≦0.4, 0≦c≦0.4 and 0≦d≦0.1), the negative electrode includes graphite as a negative electrode active material, the interlayer distance (d002) of the graphite is 0.335 nm or more and 0.338 nm or less, the one-side thickness A (μm) of the positive electrode mixture layer is 60 or more and 85 or less, the product A×B between the one-side thickness A and the density B (g/cm3) of the positive electrode mixture layer is 160 or more and 220 or less, the one-side thickness C (μm) of the negative electrode mixture layer is 40 or more and 75 or less, and the product C×D between the one-side thickness C and the density D (g/cm3) of the negative electrode mixture layer is 65 or more and 105 or less.
US08986882B2
The present invention relates to a current collector including a base portion with a flat face, primary projections projecting from the flat face, and secondary projections projecting from the top of the primary projections. The present invention also relates to a current collector including a base portion with a flat face and primary projections projecting from the flat face, wherein the roughening rate of the top of the primary projections is 3 to 20. By using such a current collector, separation of the active material from the current collector can be inhibited when using an active material that has a high capacity but undergoes a large expansion at the time of lithium ion absorption.
US08986881B2
An energy storage element, wherein a non-aqueous electrolyte contains lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate that is a first additive represented by Formula (1): and lithium tetrafluorooxalatophosphate that is a second additive represented by Formula (2): wherein the amount of the first additive to be added is not less than 0.3% by weight and not more than 1.0% by weight based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte, and the amount of the second additive to be added is not less than 0.05 times and not more than 0.3 times the amount of the first additive to be added.
US08986880B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte including an electrolytic solution, the electrode group including an insulating layer, the insulating layer containing a ceramic, the electrolytic solution including an electrolyte salt and an additive, the electrolyte salt including the compound of formula (1), and the additive being at least one of the compounds of formulae (2) to (14), and the compound of formula (1) being contained in 0.001 mol/L to 2.5 mol/L with respect to the electrolytic solution.
US08986877B2
A battery (100) provided by the invention includes an electrode assembly (30) having a current collector forming a positive electrode and a current collector forming a negative electrode; and a flat terminal (10a, 10b) joined to each current collector. The flat terminal (10a, 10b) has a flat portion (12) including a joint area (11) joined to the corresponding the current collector, and the flat terminal has a first curved portion (14) that is formed away from the joint area along the longitudinal direction (13) of the flat terminal.
US08986874B2
A wound electrode body is fabricated by laminating and winding positive and negative electrode sheets together with a separator therebetween for insulation. On both positive and negative electrode side ends of the wound electrode body, laminates of current-collecting foil layered portions of the electrode sheets are bent or folded f toward the outer peripheral side to be separated into two. The separated laminates and forked connector leaves are overlapped and clamped between an ultrasonic chip and an anvil. Then, they are welded. The forked connector leaves are arranged such that no opposing forked connector leaf is present in the direction of a line normal to the forked connector leaf, so that the anvil does not have to be cantilevered. This allows welding by using the ultrasonic chip and the anvil without interfering with the collector rs. As a result, the quality of welding is improved.
US08986868B2
In one aspect, a rechargeable battery for efficiently controlling a composite thickness on both edges of a coated unit when an uncoated region on an edge of an electrode plate is used for an electrode assembly is provided. The rechargeable battery can include: an electrode assembly including electrodes with opposite polarities on both ends of a separator; and an electrode terminal connected to the electrode assembly wherein the electrode includes a coated unit coated with a composite on an electrode plate and an uncoated region set on an edge of the electrode plate exposed on the coated unit.
US08986861B2
An electricity accumulation device includes an electricity accumulation element, an outer jacket material configured to house the electricity accumulation element, and a deformation sensor disposed on an expansive surface of the outer jacket material. The deformation sensor includes a sensor membrane having a base material made of an elastomer or a resin and conductive fillers filling the base material, the sensor membrane being subjected to bending deformation along with expansion of the outer jacket material, and a pair of electrodes connected to the sensor membrane. A three-dimensional conductive path is formed in the sensor membrane through contact between the conductive fillers. An electric resistance is increased along with an increase in amount of deformation of the sensor membrane from a natural state. The electricity accumulation device senses expansion of the outer jacket material on the basis of variations in electric resistance along with bending deformation of the sensor membrane.
US08986857B2
Provided is a novel compound which can be used for a transport layer or as a host material or a light-emitting material in a light-emitting element and with which a high-performance light-emitting element can be manufactured. A dibenzo[c,g]carbazole compound in which an aryl group having 14 to 30 carbon atoms and including at least anthracene is bonded to nitrogen of a dibenzo[c,g]carbazole derivative is synthesized. By use of the dibenzo[c,g]carbazole compound, a light-emitting element having very good characteristics can be obtained.
US08986851B2
A heat shielding material and method for manufacturing thereof is provided. The method for manufacturing the heat shielding material, includes: providing a tungsten oxide precursor solution containing a group VIII B metal element; drying the tungsten oxide precursor solution to form a dried tungsten oxide precursor; and subjecting the dried tungsten oxide precursor to a reducing gas at a temperature of 100° C. to 500° C. to form a composite tungsten oxide. The heat shielding material includes composite tungsten oxide doped with a group I A or II A metal and halogen, represented by MxWOy or MxWOyAz, wherein M refers to at least one of a group I A or II A metal, W refers to tungsten, O refers to oxygen, and A refers to a halogen element. The heat shielding material also includes a group VIII B metal element.
US08986840B2
Polycrystalline ultra-hard materials and compacts comprise an ultra-hard material body having a polycrystalline matrix of bonded together ultra-hard particles, e.g., diamond crystals, and a catalyst material disposed in interstitial regions within the polycrystalline matrix. The material microstructure is substantially free of localized concentrations, regions or volumes of the catalyst material or other substrate constituent. The body can include a region extending a depth from a body working surface and that is substantially free of the catalyst material. The compact is produced using a multi-stage HPHT process, e.g., comprising two HPHT process conditions, wherein during a first stage HPHT process the catalyst material is melted and only partially infiltrates the precursor ultra-hard material, and during a second stage further catalyst material infiltrates the precursor ultra-hard material to produce a fully sintered compact.
US08986838B2
Elastic and ultra-lightweight hollow carbon fine particles and a method for producing such hollow carbon fine particles are to be provided. In the method, fine droplets are formed from a mixed solution containing a water soluble organic substance and lithium carbonate; composite fine particles of the water soluble organic substance and the lithium carbonate are prepared by drying the fine droplets formed from the mixed solution; and the composite fine particles are decomposed at a temperature in a range of 500° C. to 900° C.
US08986837B2
A method for preparing precipitated silica includes the reaction of sodium metabisulfite or sodium sulfite with sand, wherein a) sand is mixed with sodium metabisulfite or sodium sulfite; b) the mixture thus obtained is melted to produce solid sodium silicate and sulfurous anhydride; c) the solid sodium silicate is dissolved in water to provide a sodium silicate aqueous solution, d) the sulfurous anhydride is reacted with the sodium silicate aqueous solution to provide a mixture containing precipitated silica; and e) the precipitated silica is separated from said mixture.
US08986819B2
A non-catalytic palladium precursor composition is disclosed, including a palladium salt and an organoamine, wherein the composition is substantially free of water. The composition permits the use of solution processing methods to form a palladium layer on a wide variety of substrates, including in a pattern to form circuitry or pathways for electronic devices.
US08986817B2
A plunger for fuel injection assembly is provided. The plunger includes a nitrided surface. The nitrided surface includes a damaged area. An electroless material is coated on the damaged area.
US08986812B2
Presently described are optical films, such as a brightness enhancing film, having a polymerized microstructured surface disposed on a preformed polymeric film wherein the film has a thickness of no greater than 3 mils and the polymerized microstructured surface consists of the reaction product of a substantially non-brominated polymerizable resin composition.
US08986810B2
Ballistic resistant composite articles that are resistant to both backface deformation and ballistic penetration. Multiple composites are attached to each other such that fibers in each adjacent composite are oriented at different angles. Each composite has an areal density of at least about 100 g/m2 wherein the areal density of the strike face composite is greater than half of the total areal density of overall multi-composite article.
US08986804B2
A narrow prepreg sheet 20N is bonded along a ridge C, and wide prepreg sheet 20W is bonded to other portions, whereby the wide prepreg sheet 20W having no cut line is bonded to both side portions of the ridge C.In a portion in which a spar 10 is curved, the narrow prepreg sheet 20N is bonded in an axial direction of the spar 10 while divided into plural pieces, and a length of the narrow prepreg sheet 20N is adjusted according to a radius of curvature of the curved portion in the axial direction of the spar 10, whereby various radii of curvature are easily dealt with.
US08986797B2
Composite article includes a generally cylindrical body having an internal grid structure interleaved with casing layers formed of reinforcing fibers disposed in a resin matrix. The composite article may be utilized in a fan case containment system for aircraft engine applications. Methods for fabricating the composite article are also provided.
US08986793B2
A method of producing a metal element of an electronic device on a substrate, including the steps of: forming a mixture of a material comprising metal atoms with a liquid, depositing the material from the liquid mixture onto a substrate, and then irradiating at least part of the deposited material with light to increase the electrical conductivity of the deposited material. A method of producing one or more elements of an electronic device, including the steps of: providing a substrate including one or more underlying elements of the electronic device and a thermally patternable layer overlying said one or more underlying elements; and using said one or more underlying elements to locally generate heat and thereby selectively induce a change in corresponding portions of said thermally patternable layer; and wherein either the change selectively induced in said corresponding portions directly results in the definition of one or more elements of the electronic device in a position determined by that of said one or more underlying elements, or alternatively including the additional step of using the change selectively induced in said one or more corresponding portions to facilitate the formation of one or more elements of the electronic device in a position determined by that of said one or more underlying elements. A method of producing an element of an electronic device, including the steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) depositing on said substrate a layer of a switchable material, which changes its physical or chemical properties upon irradiation with light or heating causing a change of its surface energy properties; (c) irradiatively inducing at selected regions of a layer of switchable material a change in physical or chemical properties that alters the surface energy of said selected regions and thereby forming a surface energy pattern on its surface; and (d) without removing said layer of switchable material in either irradiated selected regions or non-irradiated regions from the substrate depositing over the surface energy pattern produced in step (c) a material for forming an element of the electronic device such that the surface energy pattern controls the deposition of said material.
US08986791B2
The present invention relates to aqueous coating compositions having low gloss for treating natural or synthetic leather. These aqueous coating compositions contain one or more water soluble poly(ethylene oxide) resins having the general formula [—CH2CH2O—]n and one or more polymer binders.
US08986787B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a coating, in regions, on a substrate, said coating being based on a formulation, in the form of an active color-change motif, which contains bacteriorhodopsin color-changing pigment, and to coatings produced using a method of this type and to articles having coatings of this type. Here, the method comprises the following steps: a) printing of the substrate with the formulation, in the form of a motif, containing bacteriorhodopsin color-changing pigment; b) partial drying of the printed substrate; c) optionally repetition of steps a) and/or b); calendering of the printed and partially dried substrate; e) complete drying of the coating.
US08986781B2
With the subject invention, a method is provided for preparing a filter membrane including the steps of dispersing a liquid which is generally hydrophobic into the pores of a porous membrane, and applying a solution containing lipids onto at least a first surface of the porous membrane containing the liquid. Advantageously, the subject invention allows for filter membranes to be prepared which can be stored for periods of time without degradation in performance. The subject invention may have applicability in various contexts, but is well-suited for preparing filter membranes for permeability screening, particularly Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay (PAMPA).
US08986774B2
An expanded food product made using supercritical fluid extrusion is disclosed. The food product comprises particular characteristics that demonstrate a light, porous, crispy texture has been obtained.
US08986771B2
A dendritic emulsifier for forming an oil-in-water emulsion includes an anhydride-modified phytoglycogen or glycogen-type material. A method of preparing an oil-in-water emulsion includes: (a) combining oil, water, and a dendritic emulsifier; and (b) mixing a combination of the oil, water, and dendritic emulsifier. A method of preparing a dendritic emulsifier includes reacting an anhydride with a phytoglycogen or glycogen-type material in solution, thereby forming an anhydride-modified phytoglycogen or glycogen-type material.
US08986770B2
Shown is a process for manufacturing a fabricated leaf tea product. The process includes the steps of: (i) providing a concentrated liquid tea composition; (ii) providing a base leaf tea; (iii) combining the concentrated liquid tea composition with the base leaf tea to form a tea mixture having a total soluble solids content of at least 50% by dry weight of the mixture; and (iv) drying the tea mixture. At least 20% by weight of the base leaf tea has a particle size of +16 mesh and/or the tea mixture is sorted according to particle size to yield a fraction wherein at least 20% by weight of the fraction has a particle size of +16 mesh; and the time between forming the tea mixture (step iii) and drying (step iv) is at least 5 minutes.
US08986767B2
An additive manufacturing system for printing a chocolate confection, the system comprising a platen, a print head, and a cartridge configured to be removably secured to the print head, wherein the cartridge contains a supply of the chocolate material.
US08986765B2
A carbonated beverage container includes a bottle having a flexible sidewall of generally circular cross section, a cap for closing a top opening of the bottle, pairs of coupling elements provided on diametrically opposite portions of the sidewall respectively and configured to be pushed towards each other and couple together, thereby partially collapsing the bottle and expelling a predetermined amount of air therefrom. A method of preserving the taste of carbonated beverage in a container is also disclosed.
US08986762B2
A sealed capsule contains a beverage ingredient in powder form, in particular, ground coffee. The capsule comprises a base body (4) and a foil member (5) tightly attached to the base body (4), the foil member (5) being made from a material allowing the production of a multitude of perforations in the foil member (5) when the foil member (5) is thrust, via the pressure caused by injecting a liquid or a liquid/gas mix into the capsule, against a relief plate of a beverage production machine, wherein the capsule is provided with a flow control porous member (80), the flow control porous member (80) being positioned between at least a portion of ingredients (3) and the foil member (5). The flow control porous member provides a faster and more consistent flow of the liquid extract through the capsule and significantly reduces the resurgence of non-soluble solids.
US08986759B2
The present invention relates to a method to increase the growth velocity of a human infant, said method comprising the enteral administration to said infant of recombinant human bile-salt-stimulated lipase (rhBSSL). Such method has particular utility for underweight or preterm human infants, particular those in medical need of increasing their growth velocity. The invention also relates to compositions, including infant feeds, kits, packaged-pharmaceutical-products and pharmaceutical compositions, and also to methods to prepare infant feeds. In another aspect, the present invention relates to methods to: (X) protect the small bowel mucosa of a human infant from damage; to (Y) protect an immature intestinal epithelium of a human infant from the deleterious effects of incompletely digested and/or excess fat and/or lipid; and/or to (Z) limit accumulation of incompletely digested and/or excess fat and/or lipid in the ileum of a human infant; said methods in each case comprising the step of enteral administration of rhBSSL.
US08986753B2
A beverage composition for weight loss is provided which includes cayenne pepper; a palate enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of fruits, herbs, vegetables and mixtures thereof, the agent including pulp of the fruits, the herbs, the vegetables or the mixtures thereof; a least two spices selected from the group consisting of black or white pepper, ginger, cinnamon, mustard seed and mixtures thereof; and water in an amount from 80 to 99% by weight of the composition; and wherein the composition has a total calorie content from 0 to 100 based on 100 gram of the composition.
US08986750B2
The present invention provides a use of traditional Chinese medicine composition for manufacturing a health food or medicament for preventing and alleviating physical fatigue. The composition consists of 5-90 parts by weight of Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, 5-160 parts by weight of Ganoderma, 1-90 parts by weight of fermented Cordyceps sinensis powder and/or 1-120 parts by weight of Cordyceps, and these ingredients are made from Chinese crude drugs or from Chinese crude drug extracts in amounts equivalent to those of the Chinese crude drugs. The composition may further contain 5-90 parts by weight of Flos Rosae Rugosae. The present invention also relates to the use of said composition in the manufacture of prophylactic or therapeutic health foods or medicaments for reducing blood lipids, for resisting oxidation, and for enhancing anoxia endurance. The medicine composition of the present invention can be prepared into any conventional dosage forms by adding any pharmaceutically acceptable auxiliary agents.
US08986749B2
A pomegranate pulp extract is disclosed. The pomegranate pulp extract is effective in relieving women's menopausal symptoms, anxiety disorders, depression or attention deficit disorders due to the presence of a large amount of ellagic acid. Further disclosed is a method for further improving the relieving effect of the pomegranate extract on women's menopausal symptoms, anxiety disorders, depression or attention deficit disorders. The method includes increasing the content of ellagic acid in the pomegranate extract.
US08986745B2
There is provided a skin rejuvenation composition which comprises at least one oxidant, at least one photoactivator capable of activating the oxidant, and at least one healing factor chosen from hyaluronic acid, glucosamine and allantoin, in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08986741B2
A sunscreen composition for application for plants comprises Titanium Dioxide (TiO2), Zinc Oxide (ZnO), Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), a surfactant, wetting agent, dispersant (SWD) and water. The composition forms a suspension concentrate when combined that when diluted in water provides a solution that provides uniform coverage using convention spraying equipment. A method of protecting plants including turfgrass from ultraviolet radiation, heat stress and/or sunburn comprises combining TiO2, ZnO, SiO2, SWD and water to form a suspension concentrate. The suspension concentrate is then diluted in water and applied to an area in which sun protection is desired.
US08986739B2
Urinary incontinence is treated by administration of pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one nitrone spin trap such as α-phenyl t-butyl nitrone (PBN) and derivatives thereof. Preferred compositions and methods of treatment further comprise at least one adjunctive ingredient including fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid such as ascorbyl palmitate and ascorbyl stearate, and polyenylphosphatidylcholine.
US08986738B2
A medical aid for the direct transport of at least one drug into lung regions of a patient, wherein provided as the carrier for at least one active substance is at least one semifluorinated alkane in which the at least one active substance is purely physically dissolved in a homogeneous phase.
US08986731B2
Pharmaceutical pegylated liposomal formulations for photodynamic therapy are presented. The pegylated liposomal formulation provides therapeutically effective amounts of the photosensitizer for intravenous administration. At least one of the phospholipids in the liposomes has been linked with poly ethylene glycol (PEG) as an integral part of the phospholipids. The formed pegylated liposomes contain the hydrophobic photosensitizer within the lipid bilayer membrane. Pegylation of liposomes carrying the hydrophobic photosensitizer helps to maintain the drug level within the therapeutic window for longer time periods and provides the drug a longer circulating half life in vivo. Further the pegylated formulation of hydrophobic photosensitizers shows improved pharmacokinetics over standard non-liposomal formulations thus enhancing the efficacy of PDT with the pegylated liposomal formulations.
US08986723B2
A composition comprising (a) a non-aqueous pourable fluid, (b) droplets dispersed in said pourable fluid (a), wherein said droplets comprise (i) a non-aqueous continuous phase that is a solid or that is a liquid of high viscosity and (ii) solid particles dispersed in said continuous phase (i), wherein said solid particles (ii) have median size as measured by the largest dimension of 100 micrometers or less, and wherein said solid particles (ii) comprise one or more cyclopropene compound and one or more molecular encapsulating agent. Also, a method of treating plants or plant parts involving bringing such a composition into contact with plants or plant parts.
US08986720B2
Disclosed is a topical skin care composition and corresponding methods for its use comprising water, a cationic surfactant, an occlusive skin conditioning agent, a humectant skin conditioning agent, and a silicone containing compound. The composition is dermatologically acceptable and is capable of moisturizing skin for at least twelve hours after topical application to skin even after multiple washings of the skin.
US08986715B2
Methods and compositions for stimulating the growth of hair are disclosed wherein said compositions include a cyclopentane heptanoic acid, 2-cycloalkyl or arylalkyl compound represented by the formula I wherein the dashed bonds represent a single or double bond which can be in the cis or trans configuration, A, B, Z, X, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. Such compositions are used in treating the skin or scalp of a human or non-human animal. Bimatoprost is preferred for this treatment.
US08986702B2
Provided herein are various processes for the improved production of antibody producing organisms, antibody producing tissues, antibody producing cells and antibodies. In certain embodiments, provided herein are methods for rapidly producing antibody producing organisms, tissues, cells and antibodies derived from humans, organisms, plants or cells that are genetically altered to over-express certain proteins.
US08986693B1
The invention describes methods of treating erosive polyarthritis comprising administering a TNFα antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof. The invention also describes a method for testing the efficacy of a TNFα antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, for the treatment of erosive polyarthritis.
US08986687B2
The present invention is concerned with compounds inhibiting CD95 signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. Furthermore, contemplated by the current invention are medicaments comprising such a compound for the prevention and/or treatment of pancreatic cancer as well as the use of such a compound for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of pancreatic cancer, the prevention of migration of cancer cells, and/or the prevention and/or treatment of an inflammatory reaction. The present invention also refers to a method for the identification of a compound inhibiting CD95 signaling, as we to a method for the manufacture of a medicament comprising the steps of the method for the identification of a compound inhibiting CD95 signaling and the further step of formulating the inhibiting compound as a medicament.
US08986680B2
Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications.
US08986676B2
The present invention provides methods for inducing differentiation of an embryonic stem cell into a motor neuron using a motoneuronotrophic factor (MNTF) or its peptide analogs. The present invention further provides a method for isolating a population of stem cell derived motor neurons and a population of cells comprising the differentiated neural cells. Additionally, the present invention is directed to a method of enhancing the survival of the differentiated neural cells in long term cell cultures. Finally, the present invention provides compositions containing MNTF or its peptide analogs for therapeutic use in conjunction with stem cells.
US08986674B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer and cancer cells using altered poxviruses, including a vaccinia virus that has been altered to generate a more effective therapeutic agent. Such poxviruses are engineered to be attenuated or weakened in their ability to affect normal cells. In some embodiments, methods and compositions involve poxviruses that possess mutations that result in poxviruses with diminished or eliminated capability to implement an antiviral response in a host. Poxviruses with these mutations in combination with other mutations can be employed for more effective treatment of cancer.
US08986673B2
The invention relates to the field of nucleic acid amplification, particularly to quality control materials for use in viral RNA assays. It specifically relates to the construction of a recombinant Pestivirus by the identification of a region in the 3′NTR of the viral RNA genome where additional sequence elements can be stably inserted. Chimeric Pestivirus with sequence insertions in the 3′ nontranslated region (3′NTR) of the viral RNA genome were stable in replication and capable of forming infectious, RNase resistant virus particles. This chimeric Pestivirus with a 3′NTR insertion can be utilized as a quality control material in analytical assays for RNA targets, including external, internal controls, quantitative standards in PCR and NAT nucleic acid assays.
US08986663B2
Described are skin care compositions comprising an aqueous dispersion comprising a metallocene catalyzed polyolefin, an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, or a combination thereof.
US08986662B2
Disclosed is the use of silane and siloxane bis(biphenyl)triazine derivatives of formula (1), wherein n is a number from 1 to 4; if n=1, X is *-L-Sil; or a radical of formula (11′), L is a linker selected from a radical of formula (2); R1, R2, R3 independently from each other are C1-C22alkyl; C6-C20aryl; C1-C22alkoxy; or O—C6-C20aryl; R4, R5, R6 and R7 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; C6-C20aryl; C1-C22alkoxy; or O—C6-C20aryl; b is a number from 0 to 30; c is a number from 0 to 6; and d is a number from 0 to 1; p is a number from 1 to 250; q is a number from 0 to 250; and Sil, Sil1 and Sil2 independently from each other are a silane-, oligosiloxane or polysiloxane moiety; if n=2, X is a bivalent radical of formula (1a); or (1b); x is a number from 2 to 250; y is a number from 0 to 250; and z is a number from 1 to 50; if n=3, X is a trivalent radical containing a silane-, oligosiloxane or polysiloxane moiety; If n=4, X is a tetravalent radical of formula (1c); and A is a radical of formula (111′) as UV absorbers.
US08986661B2
The invention relates to sun protection compositions for application on the skin, containing special polyurethanes and special sun filter combinations, and to the use of said polyurethanes and sun filter combinations for producing sun protection products.
US08986659B2
A diamond dust polishing agent for home use and professional use in the care of natural tooth enamel and dental veneers comprised of a quantity of diamond dust coated with a lubricant in conjunction with a paste for carrying the lubricant coated diamond dust, or other semi-precious, non-toxic abrasive dust, said diamond dust being of a size of approximately 500 nanometers or less to a size of approximately 5 nanometers. The size of the dust of both the diamond and the semi-precious stone may vary, depending on the degree of abrasiveness and the lubricant employed. The diamond dust (and semi-precious dust) polishing agent permits the user to maintain the polish and luster of the natural tooth enamel and veneer at home without adversely abrading or damaging the surface thereof.
US08986654B2
The present invention relates to certain labelled or un-labelled pyrrolyl-oxadizolyl-diazabicyclononane derivatives and their medical use. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of said derivatives in their labelled form in diagnostic methods, in particular for in vivo receptor imaging (neuroimaging).
US08986650B2
The present invention concerns a Ga68 complex of formula FOLATE-(LINKER)i-NOTA-Ga68 in which: 1) FOLATE is a folate compound or a derivative thereof capable of targeting a folate receptor, 2) NOTA is a chelate capable of complexing Ga68 having a NOTA scaffold or derivatives thereof 3) LINKER is a chemical group linking FOLATE and NOTA 4) i is an integer chosen between 0 and 1 wherein NOTA is complexing Ga68.
US08986648B2
The present invention relates to a method for continuously preparing mineral particles by means of the thermolysis of mineral precursors in an aqueous medium, comprising contacting: a reactive flow, including mineral precursors at a temperature lower than the conversion temperature thereof; and a heat transfer flow that is countercurrent to said reactive flow and contains water at a temperature that is sufficient to bring the precursors to a temperature higher than the conversion temperature thereof, the mixture flow that results from said reactive flow and said heat transfer flow then being conveyed into a tubular reactor, inside of which particles are formed by gradually converting the precursors, and where the reactive flow and the heat transfer flow are placed in contact with each other inside a mixing chamber, inside of which the reactive flow and the heat transfer flow are fed by supply pipes having outlet cross-sections that are smaller than the maximum cross-section of said mixing chamber. The invention also relates to a device for implementing said method.
US08986635B2
Methods are disclosed for reducing or preventing a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst disposed on a first substrate monolith in an exhaust system of a lean-burn internal combustion engine from becoming poisoned with platinum group metal (PGM) which may volatilize from a catalyst composition comprising PGM disposed on at least one second substrate monolith upstream of the SCR catalyst. The methods comprise adsorbing volatilized PGM in at least one PGM trapping material, which is disposed on a third substrate monolith disposed between the first substrate monolith and the second substrate monolith.
US08986617B2
An apparatus and method for processing different feeds in a fluid catalytic cracking unit are disclosed which result in improved yields of C3, C4 and gasoline range hydrocarbons as compared to conventional systems. The process comprises injecting a main hydrocarbon feed into a catalyst-containing riser reactor through a plurality of main feed injectors, and injecting a light hydrocarbon feed into the riser reactor at a location upstream from the main feed injectors and downstream from a control valve such as a regenerated catalyst slide valve, the light feed being injected in a region having a high density of catalyst particles. The light feed is injected in a dispersed way such the amount of feed injected corresponds to the density of catalyst particles at that particular point, with greater amounts of feed being injected at locations having a large number of catalyst particles. Also, a heavy hydrocarbon feed or a heavy recycle stream from the same FCC unit can be injected at the same elevation as the main feed injectors but through separate injectors.
US08986615B1
A molecular concentrator comprising a thermal ratchet for driving molecules from one place to another. A plurality of conducting wires are arranged on or suspended above a substrate. Each of the wires is configured to strongly sorb a vapor of interest when the wire is at room temperature and to rapidly desorb the vapor when the wire is at an elevated temperature. By selectively heating and cooling the wires, vapor molecules incident on the wires can be directed in a desired manner, e.g., from the wires closest to the vapor-containing environment to a sensor.
US08986611B2
A sample analysis apparatus configured to automatically press a start button upon installation of a sample tube is provided. The sample analysis apparatus includes: a body of the sample analysis apparatus; a door housing which may be provided in an opened state or a closed state, and configured to be coupled to the body of the sample analysis apparatus by a hinge; a tube accommodating unit included in the door housing and configured to accommodate the sample tube; a start button included in the body of the sample analysis apparatus and configured to start analysis of the sample; and an operating member positioned at a first position which is distant from the start button the sample tube is not installed in the tube accommodating unit, and a second position which is configured to operate the start button when a sample tube is installed and the door housing is closed.
US08986608B2
Sterilization of medical devices can be performed by stacking packages containing the medical devices. The packages are arranged in a partially-overlapping orientation which is at an oblique angle to the direction of irradiation. The partially-overlapping orientation and oblique angle are predetermined for high sterilization throughput and tight control of irradiation. Instead arranging the packages directly on a sterilization platform at a sterilization facility, the packages can be stacked in the partially-overlapping orientation into a transport box at a location remote from the sterilization facility. The transport box maintains the orientation of the packages. Thereafter, the transport container is placed on the sterilization platform, which results in greater uniformity in radiation exposure while maintaining a high level of sterilization throughput.
US08986601B2
A method of ironmaking using full-oxygen hydrogen-rich gas which includes hot transferring and hot charging the high-temperature coke, sinter and pellet into the ironmaking furnace through transferring and charging device, and injecting oxygen and hydrogen-rich combustible gas at a predetermined temperature into the ironmaking furnace through the oxygen tuyere and the gas tuyere disposed at the ironmaking furnace, respectively. It also provides an apparatus for ironmaking using full-oxygen hydrogen-rich gas which includes a raw material system, a furnace roof gas system, a coke oven gas injecting system, a dust injecting system, a slag dry-granulation and residual heat recovering system and an oxygen system. Additionally an apparatus and method for hot transferring and hot charging of ironmaking raw material is disclosed.
US08986596B2
A method of preparing particles comprises forming by optical lithography a topographic template layer disposed on a surface of a substrate, which is suitable for spin casting. The template layer comprises a non-crosslinked template polymer having a pattern of independent wells therein for molding independent particles. Spin casting a particle-forming composition onto the template layer forms a composite layer comprising the template polymer and the particles disposed in the wells. The composite layer is removed from the substrate using a stripping agent that dissolves the template polymer without dissolving the particles. The particles are then isolated.
US08986571B2
The present invention aims to provide lithium composite compound particles which can exhibit good cycle characteristics and an excellent high-temperature storage property when used as a positive electrode active substance of a secondary battery, and a secondary battery using the lithium composite compound particles. The present invention relates to lithium composite compound particles having a composition represented by the compositional formula: Li1+xNi1−y−z−aCoyMnzMaO2, in which the lithium composite compound particles have an ionic strength ratio A (LiO−/NiO2−) of not more than 0.5 and an ionic strength ratio B (Li3CO3+/Ni+) of not more than 20 as measured on a surface of the respective lithium composite compound particles using a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer.
US08986570B2
The present invention discloses a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery constituted by a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese complex oxide with a lamellar structure, the method including: (1) a step of preparing a starting source material for producing the complex oxide including a lithium supply source, a nickel supply source, a cobalt supply source, and a manganese supply source; (2) a step of pre-firing the starting source material by heating at a pre-firing temperature that has been set to a temperature lower than 800° C. and higher than a melting temperature of the lithium supply source; and (3) a step of firing the pre-fired material obtained in the pre-firing step by raising a temperature to a temperature range higher than the pre-firing temperature.
US08986567B2
Disclosed is a magnetic body composition, including a resin and a magnetic nanoparticle, the magnetic nanoparticle including an oxide of at least one kind of metal selected from the group composed of Ga, Zn, and Sn and an FeCo oxide.
US08986555B2
A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board having a bump is disclosed. The method includes preparing a first carrier having a first circuit formed thereon, compressing the first carrier to one surface of an insulation layer such that the first circuit is buried, stacking an etching resist on the first carrier in accordance with where the bump is to be formed and forming the bump by etching the first carrier. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the difference in height between a bump and its adjacent bump in a printed circuit board can be reduced, and thus electrical connection between an electronic component and the printed circuit board can be better implemented.
US08986544B2
A filter cartridge has a shell defining an upper portion with an upper interior volume and a lower portion with a lower interior volume. The cartridge is for use in gravity-fed water treatment systems having an upper untreated supply and a lower filtered container. A hydrophilic porous particulate carbon powder block filter in a polymeric binder is disposed in the cartridge. The filter has a central opening and is open on both ends. The top end of the block is fitted with an air vent tube. The lower end of the block is fitted into a rubber gasket to direct water flow into the lower container. As water flows through the filter cartridge, air is vented through the block filter central opening and out through the vent tube.
US08986543B2
A chromatography column distribution system (101) comprises a set of first bed support ribs (107) extending radially from a inner, first radial position (R1) near the centre of the plate to a outer radial position nearer to the periphery (109) of the plate and at least one set of intermediate bed support ribs (117, 119) starting at an intermediate radial position (R2, R3) and extending to an outer radial position nearer to the periphery (109) of the plate (101), whereby channels are formed between adjacent bed support ribs (107, 117, 119). The desired local effective channel height is intended to vary in accordance with a predetermined formula from said first radial position (R1) to said outer radial position, and in accordance with the present invention the transverse cross-sectional areas of said ribs (107, 117, 119) or said channels are adapted such that the actual local effective channel height is within 15% of the desired local effective channel height over portions of the distribution system situated between said first radial position (R1) and said outer radial position, wherein the total length of said portions correspond to at least 80% of the distance between said first radial position (R1) and said outer radial position.
US08986542B2
A device and method for making a microfluidic separation device. A microfluidic separation device could include a microfluidic column having an inlet, the microfluidic column being configured to hold a first fluid and the microfluidic column including a porous portion, and an outlet attached to the microfluidic column, the outlet being configured to output a second fluid. The method may include providing a microfluidic column having an inlet, configuring the microfluidic column to hold a first fluid, forming a porous portion in the microfluidic column, and attaching an outlet to the microfluidic column.
US08986538B2
A cutting fluid filtering device having a filter washing function drives a pump to supply a cutting fluid to a filter when the fluid level of a tank that stores the cutting fluid filtered by the filter becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined height. In addition, the cutting fluid filtering device issues an instruction to execute washing of the filter when the operation times of the pump are totalized and the total value becomes equal to or longer than a preset washing operation interval time of the filter.
US08986532B2
Methods for the photoreduction of molecules are provided. The methods use diamond having a negative electron affinity as a photocatalyst, taking advantage of its ability to act as a solid-state electron emitter that is capable of inducing reductions without the need for reactants to adsorb onto its surface. The methods comprise illuminating a fluid sample comprising the molecules to be reduced and hydrogen surface-terminated diamond having a negative electron affinity with light comprising a wavelength that induces the emission of electrons from the diamond directly into the fluid sample. The emitted electrons induce the reduction of the molecules to form a reduction product.
US08986530B2
Embodiments of analysis systems, electrophoresis devices, and associated methods of analysis are described herein. In one embodiment, a method of analyzing a sample containing an electrolyte includes sequentially introducing a leading electrolyte, a sample electrolyte, and a trailing electrolyte into a extraction channel carried by a substrate. The extraction channel has a constriction in cross-sectional area. The method also includes applying an electrical field to separate components of the sample electrolyte into stacks and to concentrate the separated components by forcing the sample electrolyte to migrate through the constriction in the extraction channel. Thereafter, the applied electrical field is removed and the separated and concentrated components of the sample are detected in a detection channel carried by the substrate.
US08986525B2
A device for sensing a property of a fluid comprising a first substrate having formed thereon a sensor configured in use to come into contact with a fluid in order to sense a property of the fluid, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting data over a wireless data link and a second substrate having formed thereon a wireless receiver for receiving data transmitted over said wireless link by said wireless transmitter. The first substrate is fixed to or within said second substrate. Additionally or alternatively, the device comprises a first substrate defining one or more microfluidic structures for receiving a fluid to be sensed and a second substrate comprising or having attached thereto a multiplicity of fluid sensors, the number of sensors being greater than the number of microfluidic structures. The second substrate is in contact with the first substrate such that at least one of the sensors is aligned with the or each microfluidic structure so as to provide an active sensor for the or each structure, and such that one or more of the sensors is or are not aligned with any microfluidic structure and is or are thereby redundant.
US08986524B2
A nanodevice includes a reservoir filled with conductive fluid and a membrane separating the reservoir. A nanopore is formed through the membrane having electrode layers separated by insulating layers. A certain electrode layer has a first type of organic coating and a pair of electrode layers has a second type. The first type of organic coating forms a motion control transient bond to a molecule in the nanopore for motion control, and the second type forms first and second transient bonds to different bonding sites of a base of the molecule. When a voltage is applied to the pair of electrode layers a tunneling current is generated by the base in the nanopore, and the tunneling current travels via the first and second transient bonds formed to be measured as a current signature for distinguishing the base. The motion control transient bond is stronger than first and second transient bonds.
US08986521B2
Disclosed is a segmented contact bar for use boarding an electrolytic cell. The segmented contact bar has contact pieces made of electrically conductive material and being in spaced apart relation along the capping board, each of the contact pieces defining a segment for supporting and electrically connecting an anode and a cathode in the electrolytic cell. The segmented contact bar also has connection members including an insulating material and provided in between pairs of adjacent segments for providing insulating interconnection of the segments. There is also an electrolytic refining apparatus including adjacent electrolytic cells; a capping board positioned on the adjacent electrolytic cells; anodes and cathodes extending in spaced apart alternate positions into the each of the adjacent electrolytic cells along the capping boards; and a segmented contact bar.
US08986515B2
A combined production-functionalization process for producing a chemically functionalized nano graphene material from a pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, comprising: (A) Producing exfoliated graphite from the pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, wherein the graphite material is selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, artificial graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, carbon fiber, graphite fiber, carbon nano-fiber, graphitic nano-fiber, meso-carbon micro-bead, graphitized coke, and combinations thereof; (B) Dispersing the exfoliated graphite and an azide or bi-radical compound in a liquid medium to form a suspension; (C) Subjecting the suspension to ultrasonication with ultrasonic waves of a desired intensity for a length of time sufficient to produce nano graphene platelets and to enable a chemical reaction to occur between the nano graphene platelets and the azide or bi-radical compound to produce the functionalized nano graphene material.
US08986512B2
Provided in this invention is a process for producing chemically functionalized nano graphene materials, known as nano graphene platelets (NGPs), graphene nano sheets, or graphene nano ribbons. Subsequently, a polymer can be grafted to a functional group of the resulting functionalized graphene. In one preferred embodiment, the process comprises a step of mixing a starting nano graphene material having edges and two primary graphene surfaces, an azide or bi-radical compound, and an organic solvent in a reactor, and allowing a chemical reaction between the nano graphene material and the azide compound to proceed at a temperature for a length of time sufficient to produce the functionalized nano graphene material.
US08986510B2
It is intended to provide a method whereby a target to be analyzed can be easily decomposed in a micro region and a decomposition apparatus. In the decomposition method of decomposing the target to be analyzed and the decomposition apparatus, the target is allowed to coexist with a microparticle and then the microparticle is put into the high-energy state. Then, the target located in the vicinity of the surface of the microparticle is decomposed due to the energy transfer from the high-energy microparticle toward the target. Thus, the target can be easily decomposed in a micro region.
US08986508B2
A thermal desalination system adapted to produce distilled water from feed water which may be sea water, based on a forward feed evaporator made up of a main water feed line, a vapor feed line, a distilled water main line and any number of effect groups. The effect groups include any number of effects which in turn include vapor inlets, water inflow lines, concentrate outflow lines that drain into a common concentrate drainage line, a vapor and water outlet in fluid communication with the distilled water main line, and heat transfer means that condense part of an inlet vapor to produce the distilled water.
US08986502B2
A photodegradable paper including cellulose fibers and, if applicable, fillers, additives and/or other kind of fibers is described. Also described, is a paper particularly in the field of packaging, tissue papers or cigarettes.
US08986501B2
A method for treating a cellulosic material comprising extracting the cellulosic material with an extractant to selectively extract hemicellulose therein and separating the extracted hemicellulose to form a cellulosic product comprising less hemicellulose than the cellulosic material. The extractant comprises an amine oxide and a non-solvent. The cellulosic product retains the cellulosic fiber morphology.
US08986500B2
The arrangement and method for the steam pre-treatment of chips during the production of cellulose pulp avoids the blow-through of gases in the steam pre-treatment vessel. This prevents foul-smelling gases from being released into the atmosphere. The inlet of the vessel has an inclined feeder device in a feeder-housing. In the event of the initiation of the risk for blow-through of steam, the feeder housing is sprayed with cooling liquid in order to increase condensation capacity of the chips being fed into the vessel. Ultimately the feeder housing is filled with liquid that establishes a liquid lock, and preferably at the same time as the feeder drive (M) is shut off. This avoids the emission of gases from the chip bin when interruptions in the process occur so that the release of odors into the surroundings is minimized.
US08986492B2
A method for forming an array area with a surrounding periphery area, wherein a substrate is disposed under an etch layer, which is disposed under a patterned organic mask defining the array area and covers the entire periphery area is provided. The patterned organic mask is trimmed. An inorganic layer is deposited over the patterned organic mask where a thickness of the inorganic layer over the covered periphery area of the organic mask is greater than a thickness of the inorganic layer over the array area of the organic mask. The inorganic layer is etched back to expose the organic mask and form inorganic spacers in the array area, while leaving the organic mask in the periphery area unexposed. The organic mask exposed in the array area is stripped, while leaving the inorganic spacers in place and protecting the organic mask in the periphery area.
US08986486B2
The present invention relates to a film for semiconductor device production, which includes: a separator; and a plurality of adhesive layer-attached dicing tapes each including a dicing tape and an adhesive layer laminated on the dicing tape, which are laminated on the separator at a predetermined interval in such a manner that the adhesive layer attaches to the separator, in which the separator has a cut formed along the outer periphery of the dicing tape, and the depth of the cut is at most ⅔ of the thickness of the separator.
US08986485B2
A fabrication method of a touch panel is provided. In the fabrication method, the two substrates are provided, and a plurality of touch units are formed on each of the substrates. A sealant and a plurality of first spacers are provided between the substrates, and the substrates are bonded through the sealant, so that the touch units are sealed between the substrates. The touch units and the first spacers are surrounded by the sealant. The substrates are thinned. The thinned substrates are cut into a plurality of sub-mounts separated from one another. Each of the sub-mounts has one of the touch units thereon.
US08986483B2
A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.
US08986482B2
A composite part is formed by a composite tape application machine that lays up a plurality of tapes on a substrate. The lateral position of the tapes may be adjusted as the tapes are being laid up.
US08986480B2
In an assembly station a carcass sleeve and an outer sleeve manufactured along respective building lines are mutually coupled. Integrated into the assembly station are engagement devices that can be alternatively coupled to an auxiliary drum carrying an outer sleeve and to a building drum carrying a carcass sleeve. A grip unit picks up the outer sleeve from the auxiliary drum associated with the engagement devices in order to position it to a location radially external to the carcass sleeve carried by the building drum associated with the engagement devices in place of the auxiliary drum. Shaping devices that can be operatively coupled to the building drum cause radial expansion of the carcass sleeve so as to enable the latter to be coupled to the outer sleeve retained by the grip unit.
US08986472B2
The present invention is directed at metal alloys that are capable of forming spinodal glass matrix microconstituent structure. The alloys are iron based and include nickel, boron, silicon and optionally chromium. The alloys exhibit ductility and relatively high tensile strengths and may be in the form of sheet, ribbon, wire, and/or fiber. Applications for such alloys are described.
US08986471B2
A high strength and high thermal conductivity copper alloy tube contains: Co of 0.12 to 0.32 mass %; P of 0.042 to 0.095 mass %; and Sn of 0.005 to 0.30 mass %, wherein a relationship of 3.0≦([Co]−0.007)/([P]−0.008)≦6.2 is satisfied between a content [Co] mass % of Co and a content [P] mass % of P, and the remainder includes Cu and inevitable impurities. Even when a temperature is increased by heat generated by a drawing process, a recrystallization temperature is increased by uniform precipitation of a compound of Co and P and by solid-solution of Sn. Thus, the generation of recrystallization nucleuses is delayed, thereby improving heat resistance and pressure resistance of the high strength and high thermal conductivity copper alloy tube.
US08986470B2
A nickel material, which comprises by mass percent, C: 0.003 to 0.20% and one or more elements selected from Ti, Nb, V and Ta: a total content less than 1.0%, the contents of these elements satisfying the relationship specified by the formula of “(12/48) Ti+(12/93) Nb+(12/51) V+(12/181) Ta—C≧0”, with the balance being Ni and impurities, does not deteriorate in the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance even when it is used at a high temperature for a long time and/or it is affected by the heat affect on the occasion of welding. Therefore, it can be suitably used as a member for use in various chemical plants including facilities for producing caustic soda, vinyl chloride and so on. Each element symbol in the above formula represents the content by mass percent of the element concerned.
US08986465B2
A piston ring comprising upper face, a lower face, an inner perimeter wall, and an outer perimeter wall that extends around the piston ring from the upper face to the lower face, where the outer perimeter wall has upper corner region disposed adjacent the upper face, a lower corner region disposed adjacent the lower face, and a band of a nitrided conversion layer extending between the upper corner region and the lower corner region, and where a PVD nitride layer is disposed on the upper corner region and on the lower corner region.
US08986464B2
A semiconductor substrate includes: single crystal silicon; a mask material formed on a surface of the single crystal silicon and having an opening; a silicon carbide film formed on a portion exposed in the opening of the single crystal silicon; and a single crystal silicon carbide film formed so as to cover the silicon carbide film and the mask material. The mask material has a viscosity of 105 Pa·S or more and 1014.5 Pa·S or less in a temperature range of 950 to 1400° C.
US08986463B2
A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, includes a domestic-appliance door which has at least one front operating panel and an internal door element. A seal is arranged at least in one area between the operating panel and the internal door element and includes a sealing element and a sealing bed, with the sealing element and the sealing bed forming a one-piece structural unit.
US08986462B2
A method for cleaning a water purifier comprising: a filtering unit; a water tank unit for storing purified water having passed through the filtering unit; and a discharging unit for discharging out the purified water stored in the water tank unit, the method comprises: a cleaning water supplying step of supplying cleaning water in which a cleaning agent is dissolved to the water tank unit; a cleaning water discharging step of discharging the cleaning water when a predetermined time has lapsed; a rinsing water supplying step of supplying rinsing water to the water tank unit when the cleaning water discharging step has been completed; and a rinsing water discharging step of discharging the rinsing water when a predetermined time has lapsed. In the method, cleaning and rinsing processes for a water purifier are automatically executed by a series of consecutive processes. Accordingly, a user can directly clean the water purifier if necessary without requiring a Codi's visit.
US08986459B2
A method of producing a sugar liquid includes concentrating an aqueous cellulose-derived sugar solution with a nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane, wherein the concentration is carried out after adding a water-soluble anionic polymer to the aqueous cellulose-derived sugar solution to remove a fermentation inhibitor(s) into a permeate side of the nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane.
US08986457B2
An evaporation source assembly used for depositing film on a substrate is provided, the evaporation source assembly comprises: a body comprising a top element, a bottom element and side walls defining a hollow chamber together, the bottom element comprises a plurality of inlet openings communicating with the chamber; a plurality of nozzles located at the top element and communicate with the chamber; a plurality of evaporators for containing and evaporating the evaporating material, which are positioned below the body and correspond to inlet openings respectively; each evaporator has an opening through which the evaporators is connected with corresponding inlet openings; and a plurality of connecting pipes for connecting the opening of the evaporators with the inlet openings, the connecting pipes are tapered pipes with a broad top and a narrow bottom to improve the vapor pressure of the evaporating material in the body to reach pressure balance.
US08986451B2
Described is a linear batch CVD system that includes a deposition chamber, one or more substrate carriers, gas injectors and a heating system. Each substrate carrier is disposed in the deposition chamber and has at least one receptacle configured to receive a substrate. The substrate carriers are configured to hold substrates in a linear configuration. Each gas injector includes a port configured to supply a gas in a uniform distribution across one or more of the substrates. The heating system includes at least one heating element and a heating control module for uniformly controlling a temperature of the substrates. The system is suitable for high volume CVD processing of substrates. The narrow width of the deposition chamber enables a uniform distribution of precursor gases across the substrates along the length of the reaction chamber and permits a greater number of substrates to be processed in comparison to conventional deposition chambers.
US08986450B1
Generation of adhered materials in a space over a gas guide of a shower head is inhibited. A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber; a buffer chamber including a dispersion unit; a process gas supply hole installed in a ceiling portion of the buffer chamber; an inert gas supply hole installed in the ceiling portion; a gas guide disposed in a gap between the dispersion unit and the ceiling portion, the gas guide including a base end portion disposed at a side of the process gas supply hole, a leading end portion disposed closer to the inert gas supply hole than to the process gas supply hole, and a plate portion connecting the base end portion and the leading end portion; a process chamber exhaust unit; and a control unit.
US08986448B2
To provide a method of manufacturing a single crystal 3C-SiC substrate that can dramatically reduce surface defects generated in a processing of epitaxial growth and can secure a quality as a semiconductor device while simplifying a post process. The method of manufacturing a single crystal 3C-SiC substrate where a single crystal 3C-SiC layer is formed on a base substrate by epitaxial growth is provided. A first growing stage of forming the single crystal 3C-SiC layer to have a surface state configured with a surface with high flatness and surface pits scattering in the surface is performed. A second growing stage of further epitaxially growing the single crystal 3C-SiC layer obtained in the first growing stage so as to fill the surface pits is performed.
US08986446B2
This invention provides an Si doped GaAs single crystal ingot, which has a low crystallinity value as measured in terms of etch pit density (EPD) per unit area and has good crystallinity, and a process for producing the same. An Si-doped GaAs single crystal wafer produced in a latter half part in the growth of the Si doped GaAs single crystal ingot is also provided. A GaAs compound material is synthesized in a separate synthesizing oven (a crucible). An Si dopant is inserted into the compound material to prepare a GaAs compound material with the Si dopant included therein. The position of insertion of the Si dopant is one where, when the GaAs compound material is melted, the temperature is below the average temperature. After a seed crystal is inserted into a crucible for an apparatus for single crystal growth, the GaAs compound material with the Si dopant included therein and a liquid sealing compound are introduced into the crucible. The crucible is set in the apparatus for single crystal growth, where the mixture is heat melted and, while stirring the liquid sealing compound, the melt is solidified by a vertical temperature gradient method and the crystal is grown to prepare an Si doped GaAs single crystal ingot. In this case, an Si doped GaAs single crystal wafer is also produced in the latter half part of the growth of the ingot.
US08986436B2
The present invention relates to a new family of luminescent pigments consisting of a salt of two ruthenium(II) complex ions of opposite sign charges comprising N-chelating heterocyclic ligands and to their use in security applications to prevent counterfeiting. The invention also refers to ink compositions and to the security documents or secured goods comprising said luminescent pigments.
US08986430B2
Heat is removed from a process liquid of a direct contact condenser in waste gas cooling using two separate and distinct cooling devices that provide cooled process liquid to at least two separate sections in the direct contact condenser. Most preferably, the sections are liquidly isolated and provide the heated process liquids to the respective cooling devices. However, in other embodiments, the sections are liquidly coupled to each other so to allow transfer of the process liquid from one section to another section. One of the two cooling devices uses a lower-cost or higher-availability coolant that the other. It is generally preferred that one of the cooling devices is an air cooler and that another one of the cooling devices employs a cooling medium other than air.
US08986426B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a plant (100) for on-site production of medical gas, such as air or oxygen, comprising a main gas line (10) comprising, in series, a first vessel (A) for storing gas and a second vessel (B) for storing purified gas, and a secondary line (20) fluidically connected to the main line (10), downstream of the first vessel (A) for storing gas, and comprising a third vessel (C) for storing gas, the main gas line (10) and the secondary line (20) each supplying at least one gas consumer site (30), in particular a network of pipes in a hospital.
US08986425B2
A method for recovering rare earth compounds, vanadium and nickel from waste vanadium-nickel catalysts, comprising steps of: acid leaching, by soaking waste vanadium-nickel catalysts into a sulfuric acid solution and obtaining a mixture containing alumina silica slag; sedimentation, by filtering out the alumina silica slag from the mixture to obtain a filtrate, and then adding a salt into the filtrate to precipitate rare earth double salts followed by isolating a sediment of rare earth double salts and a liquid solution via filtration; and extraction, by providing and adding an alkali into the sediment of rare earth double salts followed by further soaking the rare earth double salts in an acid solution to precipitate rare earth oxalate or rare earth carbonate, and adding an oxidizer into the liquid solution to adjust the pH value thereof and then extracting vanadium and nickel from the liquid solution via an ion-exchange resin.
US08986418B1
An agricultural fertigation method includes the continuous charging of crop-quality-enhancer-feedstock comprised of one or more crop-quality enhancers (fertilizers, soil amendments and the like) to an irrigation system upstream of the agricultural field being irrigated. The crop-quality-enhancer-feedstock is diluted upon so charging to a level within the system solubility limits and the stream of flowing irrigation water dampens the resultant dissolution exotherm. A system wherein crop-quality enhancers are efficiently continuously fed to the irrigation system main line or a side-arm mixing chamber efficiently implements the method.
US08986417B1
An agricultural fertigation method includes the continuous charging of crop-quality-enhancer-feedstock comprised of one or more crop-quality enhancers (fertilizers, soil amendments and the like) to an irrigation system upstream of the agricultural field being irrigated. The crop-quality-enhancer-feedstock is diluted upon so charging to a level within the system solubility limits and the stream of flowing irrigation water dampens the resultant dissolution exotherm. A system wherein crop-quality enhancers are efficiently continuously fed to the irrigation system main line or a side-arm mixing chamber efficiently implements the method.
US08986416B2
The invention relates to a fertilizing compound for application to plants and crops, especially fruits, intended for increasing the amount of calcium and subsequently improving the state of health of the plants and the preservation thereof after harvesting. The compound consists of a combination of components such as calcium nitrate, calcium lignosulfonate, organic acids, menadione sodium bisulphite, amino acids and water. The compound is in the form of a liquid preparation, packed in containers of between 20 and 1000 liters, is water-soluble and is applied by fertigation, spraying or in a localized form by border irrigation.
US08986415B2
The present media is to be used with a particulate base having particles of a first maximum diameter for growing plants. The media includes granules which are of biodegradable recycled material and have a diameter relative to the first maximum diameter to penetrate further into the particulate base with each watering. The granules include plant nutrients and are of a material which coagulates after watering and adheres to the particulates of the base. The diameter of the granules may be in the range of 1/16 to ⅛ of an inch.
US08986412B2
A tube for the conduction or discharge of wet flue gases subjected to a scrubbing has a helically formed guide element on an inner surface of the tube and having a plurality of turns. A film trap is provided on the inner surface of the tube between adjacent turns of the guide element.
US08986409B2
An abrasive article includes a body having abrasive particles contained within a bond material. The abrasive particles can include a majority content of silicon nitride and a minority content of sintering material including at least two rare-earth oxide materials. In an embodiment, the rare-earth oxide materials can include Nd2O3 and Y2O3. In a particular embodiment, the abrasive particles comprise a content (wt %) of Nd2O3 that is greater than a content of Y2O3 (wt %).
US08986397B2
The present invention discloses an instrumented prosthetic foot for use with an actuated leg prosthesis controlled by a controller, the instrumented prosthetic foot comprising a connector to connect the instrumented prosthetic foot to the leg prosthesis, an ankle structure connected to the connector, a ground engaging member connected to the ankle, at least one sensor for detecting changes in weight distribution along the foot, and an interface for transmitting signals from the sensor to the controller.
US08986394B2
An artificial dura biomedical device and a brain surgery method utilizing the same are disclosed. The steps includes: fixing an artificial dura to a partial skull; and fixing the partial skull with the artificial dura to a cut hole of a whole skull. The artificial dura biomedical device includes an artificial dura and a connecting element. The connecting element fixes the partial skull with the artificial dura.
US08986389B2
A device to space vertebral members with first and second members that may have at least one ramped section. The first and second members may be positioned in a vertically overlapping arrangement with interior sides of the members facing together. The device may be positionable between a first orientation with the ramped section of the first member positioned away from the ramped section of the second member, and a second orientation with the ramped section of the first member positioned against the ramped section of the second member. The device may include a greater height measured between the exterior sides in the second orientation than in the first orientation.
US08986385B2
An expandable implant for treating bone preferably in a minimally invasive manner includes a preferably cylindrical core element extending along a longitudinal axis and preferably a plurality of nestable, expandable sleeves extending along a longitudinal axis for placement radially about the core element. The plurality of nestable sleeves are sequentially insertable over the core element in such a manner that a first nestable sleeve is inserted over the core element and each subsequently inserted nestable sleeve is received between the core element and the previously inserted nestable sleeve such that the insertion of each additional sleeve causes each previously inserted sleeve to outwardly expand.
US08986382B2
A system and method for securing an implantable medical device to an anatomical feature, such as bony structures and/or soft tissues near the spine. The system includes a tissue fixation device and a tissue fixation device delivery tool. The tissue fixation device includes at least one bone or tissue anchor and a connecting element coupled thereto. The tissue fixation device optionally includes a flexible anchoring strap for engaging the implantable medical device. The bone or tissue anchor are configured to be deployed into the anatomical feature, and the connecting element is tightened to secure the implantable medical device to the anatomical feature.
US08986367B2
A radially expandable stent comprising a plurality of spaced band-like elements and intersecting links is disclosed. The band-like elements have a generally serpentine configuration to provide continuous waves of generally sinusoidal character to each band-like element. The waves are characterized by a plurality of peaks and troughs taking a generally longitudinal direction along the cylinder such that the waves in the band-like elements open as the stent is expanded from a first diameter to a second diameter. The intersecting links are substantially U-shaped and terminate in first and second shanks. The first shank of a link emanates from a region between a peak and trough on a band-like element and the second shank of the link emanates from a region between a peak and trough on an adjacent band-like element.
US08986358B2
A method and system for controlling and adjusting light in interstitial photodynamic light therapy (IPDT) in a subject is disclosed. More particularly, a method for controlling the light in interstitial tumor photodynamic light therapy is described using a calculation method for determination of status of tissue during the PDT treatment. The status is used in a feedback loop to control the continued PDT treatment. Methods are disclosed that constitute pre-treatment and realtime dosimetry modules for IPDT on the whole prostate glandular tissue. The method includes reconstruction of the target geometry, optimization of source fiber positions within this geometry, monitoring of the light attenuation during the treatment procedure and updating individual fiber irradiation times to take into account any variation in tissue light transmission. A control device that is arranged to restrict delivery of therapeutic light treatment at least temporary in dependence of at least one attribute of one of photodynamic treatment parameters. In comparison to no treatment feedback, a significant undertreatment of the patient as well as damage to healthy organs at risk are avoided.
US08986348B2
The sacral-iliac joint between an iliac and a sacrum is fused either by the creation of a lateral insertion path laterally through the ilium, through the sacral-iliac joint, and into the sacrum, or by the creation of a postero-lateral insertion path entering from a posterior iliac spine of an ilium, angling through the sacral-iliac joint, and terminating in the sacral alae. A bone fixation implant is inserted through the insertion path and anchored in the interior region of the sacrum or sacral alae to fixate the sacral-iliac joint.
US08986344B2
A retractor assembly for defining a working channel to a surgical site for conducting minimally invasive spinal surgery includes a plurality of relatively articulable components. Temporary interconnections are formed between adjacent sidewalls of the components to hold the components in a desired configuration, such as in a closed triangular form. The components are articulable relative to each other for adjusting the working channel or for performing surgical functions.
US08986339B2
A dilatation balloon is fabricated according to a process that forms cavities and indentations in the balloon and/or catheter sections. A length of tubing is axially elongated and radially expanded in a form to provide the requisite biaxial orientation and strength. Then, an excimer laser or another type of laser or mechanical material removal tool is used to remove the polymeric material, virtually without thermal effects. Cavities in the sleeve sections of the balloon are defined and if desired, indentations in the cone sections are defined. Material removal, particularly near the balloon sleeves enables a thinner, more flexible bonding area between the catheter shaft and the balloon. Further, the indentations along the cone sections enables tighter wrapping of the balloon for a reduced delivery profile. Rigidity near the sleeves is reduced for better maneuverability of the catheter in tortuous passageways.
US08986334B2
A tissue removal device is disclosed. In one arrangement, the tissue removal device includes a cutting member operatively connected to an actuator assembly and a fixed member. The cutting member is configured to slide with respect to the fixed member in a reciprocating manner. The fixed member includes an upwardly extending foot plate that defines a contact surface that is configured with an uneven texture that serves as a grip to operatively retain material to be cut when the cutting member is moved toward the foot plate.
US08986315B2
An aiming arm can include at least a pair of radiographic markers that define a first radiographic image characteristic when a radiographic image source is not adequately aligned with the aiming arm, and a second desired radiographic image characteristic when the radiographic image source is adequately aligned with the aiming arm. Once the radiographic image source has been aligned with the aiming arm, the position of the aiming arm relative to an underlying implant can be visually inspected to determine whether the aiming arm is aligned with the underlying implant.
US08986311B2
A method of treating a patient's joint having opposing joint surfaces includes providing an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end and an expandable member near the distal end. The expandable member is positioned in the joint between the joint surfaces and expanded so as to separate the joint surfaces away from one another into a distracted position. The joint is manipulated while in the distracted position so that the joint is distracted and in flexion. A diagnostic or therapeutic procedure is then performed on the joint while maintaining the joint in the flexed and distracted position.
US08986308B2
A method of reinforcing a femoral neck comprises creating a bore proximate to at least one of a Ward's triangle and a greater trochanter, creating at least one cavity in a cancellous bone region of the femoral neck, inserting a substantially collapsed support structure through the bore and into the at least one cavity, expanding the support structure, and allowing at least a portion of the load from the femoral neck bone to be transferred to the support structure. The support structure compresses at least a portion of the cancellous bone upon expansion. A cavity created by the expansion is adapted to receive a filler material such as, but not limited to, bone cement.
US08986306B2
A method of surgically preparing a patella for implantation of a patella prosthetic component is disclosed.
US08986303B2
An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger.
US08986302B2
A surgical device control circuit. The control circuit may comprise a first circuit portion comprising at least one first switch. The first circuit portion may communicate with a surgical generator over a conductor pair. The control circuit may also comprise a second circuit portion comprising a data circuit element. The data circuit element may be disposed in an instrument of the surgical device and transmit or receive data. The data circuit element may implement data communications with the surgical generator over at least one conductor of the conductor pair.
US08986294B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. In some embodiments, parameters of the neural fibers, of non-target tissue, or of the thermal energy delivery element, may be monitored via one or more sensors for controlling the thermally-induced neuromodulation. In some embodiments, protective elements may be provided to reduce a degree of thermal damage induced in the non-target tissues.
US08986288B2
A high-frequency output apparatus and an ultrasound output apparatus, which are medical apparatuses, each has a CPU, a communication circuit and a speaker. Each CPU transmits, when an output volume level of a sound outputted from its own speaker is changed, information about the changed output volume level to the other medical apparatus from the communication circuit, and controls output volume of the sound outputted from its own speaker on the basis of output volume information about a sound outputted of the speaker of the other apparatus, which has been received in the communication circuit.
US08986283B2
The invention generally relates to a continuous anesthesia nerve conduction apparatus and method thereof, and more particularly to a method and system for use in administering a continuous flow or intermittent bolus of anesthetic agent to facilitate a continuous or prolonged nerve block. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a sheath having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The sheath also includes an embedded conductive element for transmitting an electrical signal from a proximal portion of the sheath to a distal portion of the sheath. A cannula is arranged in the at least one lumen of the sheath and has a distal end protruding from a distal portion of the sheath. The cannula is electrically coupled to at least a portion of the embedded conductive element and is configured to provide nerve stimulation.
US08986277B2
A connector is configured to be connected to a syringe assembly provided with at least one syringe having an outer cylinder with a protruding tube-shaped port, and a holder which holds the syringe. The connector includes a connector main body mountable on a container containing a medical solution; a tube-shaped fitting section protruding from the upper section of the connector main body for receiving the syringe to connect the inside of the syringe and the inside of the container when the syringe port is fitted in the fitting section; and fixing means having a lock mechanism that fixes the syringe assembly to the connector main body when the syringe port is fitted in the fitting section, an operating section to release the fixed state provided by the lock mechanism, and a push-out section that pushes out the syringe assembly when the fixing releasing operation is performed.
US08986275B2
An outer cover for a disposable absorbent article. The outer cover includes an elastic material joined to an extensible material to form a laminate. At least two different areas of the laminate are simultaneously activated in different directions by a single pair of intermeshing activation rolls. At least a portion of the two different areas of activation on the outer cover are spatially separated by a buffer zone.
US08986261B2
A resettable drug delivery device includes a body, a cartridge holder for receiving a cartridge, and a releasable coupling connecting the cartridge holder to the body or the dose setting mechanism. During an initial rotational coupling movement of the cartridge holder relative to the body or the dose setting mechanism the cartridge holder is caused to move in a first axial direction relative to the body or the dose setting mechanism and during a continued rotational coupling movement of the cartridge holder relative to the body or the dose setting mechanism the cartridge holder is caused to move in a second, contrary axial direction.
US08986260B2
A dose setting mechanism comprising a dose setting member and a drive member for driving a piston rod in a distal direction during dose dispensing. The drive member comprises a proximal drive member and a distal drive member. A first clutch releasably coupling the proximal drive member and the distal drive member. A spring means biases the proximal drive member and the distal drive member in the coupled state during dose setting and dose dispensing. Engaging means are provided associated to the proximal drive member and to the dose setting member, wherein the engaging means are designed and arranged such that the proximal drive member entrains the dose setting member in the distal direction during dose setting but allows a relative axial movement of the proximal drive member with respect to the dose setting member in the proximal direction.
US08986256B2
A manufacturing method for a porous microneedle array includes: forming a plurality of porous microneedle arrays, each having at least one microneedle and a porous carrier zone lying beneath it on the face of a semiconductor substrate; forming an interlayer between a non-porous residual layer of the semiconductor substrate located on the back side of the semiconductor substrate and the carrier zone, which has greater porosity than the carrier zone; detaching the residual layer from the carrier zone by breaking up the interlayer; and separating the microneedle arrays into corresponding chips.
US08986244B2
A method of treating a prostate condition, including the steps of providing a needleless injector that includes a body at a proximal end, an injection shaft extending from the body to a distal end of the injection shaft, an injection orifice at the distal end of the injection shaft and positioned for fluid ejection in a lateral direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the injection shaft, a pressure source in communication with the fluid chamber, and an extendable tissue tensioner located at the distal end of the injection shaft proximal to the injection orifice; inserting the injection shaft into a urethra so the injection orifice is located within the prostatic urethra; actuating the tissue tensioner to contact urethral tissue, and injecting fluid from the injection orifice into the prostate.
US08986230B2
An enteral tube includes a built-in Gastric Residual Volume (GRV) detection sensor at the distal end and a GRV indicating device at the proximal end for indicating the current GRV without requiring the aspiration of any stomach contents. The enteral tube with integrated GRV detection sensor is flexible and long enough to be looped around within the stomach. Weights may be employed to keep the sensor located generally at the lowest portion of the gastric cavity. The GRV detection sensor may include a sealed air column terminating with a flexible membrane. When the enteral tube and sealed air column are inserted into the stomach and submerged in gastric contents, pressure is exerted against the flexible membrane, and therefore against the sealed air column. A pressure sensor detects the pressure within the sealed air column and provides a signal or level representative of the amount of gastric contents in the stomach.
US08986213B2
An ultrasonic probe includes: a plurality of piezoelectric elements separated from each other by a gap; and an acoustic matching layer formed of a rubber elastic material on a surface of each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements. An acoustic impedance of the rubber elastic material is smaller than an acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric elements and larger than an acoustic impedance of a subject. The acoustic velocity of the rubber elastic material has a value of 1650 msec or less.
US08986210B2
Ultrasound imaging apparatus including a two-dimensional array of plural transducer elements distributed two-dimensionally and transmits and receives ultrasonic waves while scanning an area to be imaged to create an ultrasound three-dimensional image. Transducer elements are divided into plural element blocks including a first element block of which a size in a second direction of an arrangement surface of the two-dimensional array is larger than a size in a first direction of the surface, and a second element block of which a size in the first direction is larger than a size in the second direction. Each of the element blocks is divided into a predetermined number of groups to form a transmit beam and plural receive beams in the area to be imaged. Further included is a selecting means for making transmit/receive channels of the transducer elements grouped to be one channel in each of the groups.
US08986203B2
A surgical port includes a port body having a lumen extending therethrough and a plate having an opening. The port body may be made from foam. The port is configured such that rotation of the plate with respect to the port body aligns the opening and lumen defining a passage therethrough for the insertion of surgical instruments.
US08986195B2
A medical operation device is attachable to an insertion portion of a medical instrument for observation. The medical operation device includes: rotary cylinder rotatably disposed in device main body that has insertion portion inserting hole through which insertion portion is inserted; insertion portion pressing member that presses insertion portion inside rotary cylinder; insertion portion mounting section cover provided inside insertion portion inserting hole that prevents insertion portion directly touching inner face of insertion portion inserting hole, vicinity of opening of insertion portion inserting hole, and insertion portion pressing member; switching instruction portion that switches whether insertion portion pressing member presses insertion portion to specify state where rotary cylinder and insertion portion are united and state where insertion portion moves forward/rearward with respect to rotary cylinder; and rotation mechanism that, when rotary cylinder and insertion portion are united, rotates rotary cylinder to rotate insertion portion unified with rotary cylinder around insertion portion axis.
US08986183B2
A system for transferring tubular blanks to a packing machine includes an apparatus intermittently positioned in a zone (Z) situated in front of the line with an open tubular blank (150) hooked to a retainer (22). The apparatus includes a rotating member (510), activated in phase with the line movement, arranged between longitudinal walls (490), and having a series of transfer devices (525), angularly equidistanced along a circumference tangential to an upper line branch. The transfer devices have dynamic seating (460) for encountering in zone (Z), a tubular blank flap (1C). The tubular blank is freely inserted in the dynamic seating (460), and subsequently by hooking the seating, the transfer means are deactivated in proximity to the upper branch (470) in phase with the arranging of segments from radial to vertical first delimiting the dynamic seating (460) and a compartment (450) corresponding to the dynamic seating.
US08986178B2
A portable human balance training device for improving the human proprioceptive system, athletic performance, athletic speed, athletic agility, athletic vertical leap, athletic eye/hand coordination, spatial awareness, left/right brain organization and increasing the muscular development of a user. The balancing device has an elongated suspended support structure spanning the length of the device. The balancing device also has an end support structure at each end for suspending and stabilizing the support structure. A flexible line is mounted to the end supports and spans the length of the support structure. The user places all or part of their body weight on the suspended support band and attempts to balance.
US08986175B2
The total body exercise apparatus comprises a unique movable structure to provide resistance for a variety of exercises. In one or more embodiments, the exercise apparatus comprises arms rotatably secured via a joint that allows the arms to provide resistance in virtually any direction. The exercise apparatus utilizes this capability to resist motions of various exercises and body motions to tone and strengthen a user's muscles. The resistance provided may be adjustable by an adjustable resistance assembly or by a cuff and socket assembly that applies variable force to a spherical head of the joint of the exercise apparatus.
US08986172B2
Embodiments are described for an exercise sled including an upper portion detachably coupled to a lower portion through telescoping leg assemblies located at the corners of the sled. The upper portion includes a flat jumping surface to facilitate jumping or step-up type exercises, and the lower portion includes a sled rail portion to facilitate sliding across a surface, and a weight platform for the addition of plate weights. A number of attachment hooks facilitate the use of cords or handles to perform resistance exercises using the sled as an exercise platform.
US08986171B2
A boxing game machine includes a punch bag, a frame, a rocker, a catch, a latch and a spring. The rocker is pivotally connected to the frame between an idle position and an active position. The punch bag is secured to an end of the rocker. The catch is secured to another end of the cocker and formed with a radial edge. The latch is movably supported on the frame and formed with an edge for sliding into contact with radial edge of the catch so that the latch engages with the catch. The spring biases the latch into engagement with the catch to keep the rocker in the idle position.
US08986168B2
A fitness equipment for use in hip lift and treading, including a casing. The casing has therein a power source. The power source is a motor. A center axle of the motor rotates to drive a transmission shaft. The transmission shaft drives first and second independent shafts to rotate. Rotational mechanical energy of the first and second independent shafts is transmitted to first, second, third and fourth eccentric blocks, such that first, second, third and fourth spindles, first and second U-shaped supports, and first and second rests together move vertically and alternately along an elliptic track so as for a user standing on the first and second rests to tread and for the user sitting on the first and second rests to perform hip lift.
US08986167B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for exercising the human body comprising a stiff frame accommodating at least two guide tracks and at least one carriage in each guide track, at least one resistance unit, preferably attached to the frame, and for each carriage: a substantially inelastic cord drive system connecting said carriage with said at least one resistance unit, and an elastic cord drive system connecting the substantially inelastic cord drive system with the frame. Specific use of the apparatus according to the invention imitates the pattern of movements in cross-country skiing.
US08986166B2
An electromechanical system for selecting weights in fitness station weight towers, wherein a vertical hollow rod, fixed to the cursor which fastens to the steel cable, which lifts the plates of unit weight, extends traversing central holes of these plates, traversing the upper wall of the base of the tower, which is hollow, this rod having a rotating shaft or screw that moves the weight selector upwards and downwards, mounted on the rod by bearings, and projecting below this bearing where it has at the end radial teeth that incase between protrusions existing in a circular low relief of a pulley, which is mounted on a bearing whose shaft is collinear to the rod and fixed to the lower face of the base, this pulley having a channel for a belt, driven by an electric motor fixed to the base.
US08986157B2
An assembly for an automatic transmission includes a casing, a carrier of a planetary gear set, a hydraulically actuated brake that driveably connects the carrier and the casing mutually when the brake is engaged in reverse drive and disconnects the carrier from the casing when the brake is disengaged in forward drive, and an overrunning clutch including an outer race driveably connected to the casing, an inner race driveably connected to the carrier, and multiple rockers carried on the inner race that pivot toward engagement with the cam surfaces, contact of the clutch with the casing providing a reaction to a force tending to engage the brake.
US08986156B1
A planetary gear train may include an input shaft, an output shaft, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first rotation shaft directly connected to one rotation element of the first planetary gear set and one rotation element of the second planetary gear set, and selectively connected to the input shaft, a second rotation shaft directly connected to another rotation element of the second planetary gear set and directly connected to the output shaft, a third rotation shaft directly connected to another rotation element of the first planetary gear set and the other rotation element of the second planetary gear set, and selectively connected to the input shaft or to a transmission housing, and a fourth rotation shaft directly connected to the other rotation element of the first planetary gear set, and selectively connected to the input shaft through two paths or to the transmission housing.
US08986153B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission may include a first planetary gear set outputting a negative rotation speed by using a rotation speed selectively input from the input shaft, a second planetary gear set outputting a reduced rotation speed by using the rotation speed selectively input from the input shaft or to selectively become a direct-coupling state together with the first planetary gear set, a compound planetary gear set having four rotation elements by combining third and fourth planetary gear sets, seven rotational members including two rotation elements connected to each other or one rotation element among the rotation elements of the first and second planetary gear sets and the compound planetary gear set, and six friction members including clutches, and brakes.
US08986143B2
In a transmission chain, guide plates are provided on opposite ends of guide rows. In a guide row, both of the guide plates can be contact guide plates arranged to contact sides of the transmission sprocket teeth. However, some of the guide rows are formed with one guide plate configured for contact with the sprocket teeth and the opposite guide plate configured so that it does not contact the sprocket teeth. The sprocket tooth-contacting plates can be on one side of the chain in some of the guide rows and on the opposite side of the chain in other guide rows. The guide plates in still other guide rows are configured so that they never contact the sides of the sprockets.
US08986142B2
Longitudinal grooves having rectangular cross-sections are formed by surface pressing in the front and/or back surfaces of the metal base plate of a chain guide. In the case of a chain guide for a roller chain, the grooves can be positioned so that they are located opposite the parts of the shoe surface that is contacted by the link plates on both sides of the chain.
US08986138B2
A golf ball 2 has a core 4, an inner cover 6 positioned outside this core 4 and an outer cover 8 positioned outside the inner cover 6. The core 4 has a spherical center 10 and a mid layer 12 positioned outside this center 10. The center 10 is formed by crosslinking a rubber composition. The mid layer 12 is formed by crosslinking a rubber composition. The inner cover 6 is made of a thermoplastic resin composition. The outer cover 8 is made of a thermoplastic resin composition. The center 10 has a diameter of 1 mm or greater and 15 mm or less. The center 10 has a central point having JIS-C hardness H1 of 20 or greater and 50 or less. A difference (H4−H3) between a hardness H4 of a surface of the core and a hardness H3 of an innermost part of the mid layer is equal to or greater than 10. A hardness H5 of the inner cover is smaller than a hardness H6 of the outer cover.
US08986136B2
A method of making a golf ball may include molding at least one core layer and molding an outer cover layer radially outward of the at least one core layer, from an outer cover layer material, including forming one or more grooves extending radially inward from an outer surface of the outer cover layer. The method may also include molding a groove material within the one or more grooves, the groove material having a compressibility that is different from a compressibility of the outer cover layer material. In addition, molding the groove material may include forming the groove material such that an outer surface of the groove material extends radially outward beyond the outer surface of the outer cover layer.
US08986119B2
A twist amount is calculated based on an angular velocity around a Z-axis of an input device when a player performs a shoot operation. Based on a value of a difficulty level stored in an external main memory, a minimum successful twist amount and a maximum successful twist amount are determined. As a result, the higher the difficulty level is, the narrower a successful range of the twist amount becomes. Further, the twist amount of the input device, which is obtained when the player performs the shoot operation for a first to a fourth shots, is stored in the external main memory. When the player performs the shoot operation for a fifth shot or thereafter, the twist amount of the input device at the time of the shoot operation for the fifth shot and thereafter is corrected with the use of the twist amount of the first to fourth shots.
US08986116B1
Participation in an online game through a plurality of different social network platforms may be facilitated. This may include enabling an individual user to log in to the online game, which may take place in a virtual space, through a plurality of different social network platforms, thereby extending the accessibility of the online game with respect to the individual user. The online game may be provided to users through different social network platforms such that a first user accessing the online game through a first social network platform may access a common instance of the online game (and/or the virtual space) with a second user accessing the online game through a second social network platform.
US08986109B2
The present invention relates to an electronic gaming and/or gambling machine, in particular to a slot machine which is coin operable or is operable by monetary equivalents, comprising a display apparatus for the display of at least one game and optionally additional information, with the display apparatus having at least a first and a second screen on which at least one screen display, preferably a main game, and one second screen display, preferably a bonus game and/or additional information, can be displayed as well as a control panel for the actuation of the gaming and/or gambling machine. In accordance with the invention, the electronic gaming and/or gambling machine is characterized in that a switching device is provided which is actuable by a machine user by an input device for the switching of the first screen representation from the first screen to the second screen and of the second screen representation from the second screen to the first screen or to a further screen and/or vice versa.
US08986100B2
In one embodiment, the gaming device and method disclosed herein provides a player one or more modifiers to apply to different components or characteristics of a game. In one such embodiment, the gaming device enables a player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each game component with at least one applied modifier, the gaming device disclosed herein modifies said game component based on each applied modifier. The gaming device generates any awards based on any modified game components and any unmodified game components and provides any generated awards to the player.
US08986096B2
The invention relates to systems and methods of selecting and placing real-world wagers responsive to one or more wager triggers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through the interactive media to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user interactions even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers and were determined before the user interactions. The system may a reveal a payout using different measures of value. For example, the system may reveal the payout as a cash reward (e.g., “defeat an enemy in a game and win two dollars”), an in-game reward (e.g., “defeat an enemy in a game and win a thermite bomb”), a multimedia reward (e.g., “defeat an enemy in a game and win two music downloads”), and/or other value.
US08986092B2
A gaming machine for playing a card-based wagering game. The gaming machine includes a wager input device for receiving inputs from a player during the wagering game. The inputs include a wager amount. At least one display is also included in the gaming machine. The display displays a plurality of cards, such that the plurality of cards is arranged in a hand. The hand indicates a randomly selected outcome selected from the plurality of outcomes, which include a qualifying-hand outcome corresponding to a qualifying hand and a plurality of winning hand outcomes corresponding to winning hands. The plurality of winning hands range from a lowest winning hand to a highest winning hand and the qualifying hand is greater than the lowest winning hand. In response to the randomly selected outcome being the qualifying-hand outcome, the gaming machine awards a player a bonus hand.
US08986091B2
A card game monitor manages play of a game with a video feed of casino table game play. A dealer deals a game using a card-handling device that randomizes and dispenses cards, which may be grouped into sets of hands by the card-handling device. A card recognition system recognizes card information including rank and suit of each card dispensed by the card handling device while each card is under control of the card-handling device. A camera captures a video feed of casino table game play, which is transmitted to a computing device operated by a player. A control system receives the card information from the card recognition device and manages control of the game using hand information associated with players. Player action elections from the computing device are displayed to a dealer The player provides a player action through the computing device, which is used to facilitate play of the casino table game.
US08986090B2
An interactive game designed for learning to play a guitar. A guitar may be connected to a computer or other platform, capable of loading music and displaying notes and chords and other feedback and visual learning aids on a display screen, allowing a user to read music and play along. The goal of the software or interactive game engine is for players to learn how to play a guitar. Users may operate the game in a number of modes with different goals, playing mini-games throughout the levels of the game. The game provides feedback and statistics to help users learn how to play the guitar.
US08986087B2
A structure is provided for protecting a Radio Frequency Remote Head (RRH). The structure includes a solar head and a solar body. An upper side of the solar head is sloped to prevent an inflow of rainwater and has at least one solar panel, and a lower side thereof has at least one round cable hole surrounded by a rubber material. The solar body is situated on a lower end of the solar head and includes a plurality of solar panels, a side of each of which is sloped to prevent an inflow of rainwater and is openable upward. An upper end of the solar body has an air outlet formed to exhaust air, and a lower end thereof has an air inlet formed to receive air. The air outlet and the air inlet each have a plurality of supports arranged at specific intervals and connected by a protection net.
US08986083B2
A coin feeding device (70) includes: a rotary disc (72) that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a vertical direction; a hopper member (74) configured to define a coin storage space (73) for storing coins between the hopper member (74) and a surface (72b) of the rotary disc (72); and a plurality of protruding members (78) disposed on the surface (72b) of the rotary disc (72). Coins in a lower area of the rotary disc (72) are transported by the respective protruding members (78) to an upper area of the rotary disc (72) along with a rotation of the rotary disc (72). A first guide member (80) is located nearer to a center of the rotary disc than the respective protruding members on the rotary disc (72), with a slight gap being defined between the first guide member and the surface (72b) of the rotary disc (72). The first guide member (80) is configured to guide, in the upper area of the rotary disc (72), the coins transported by the respective protruding members (78), to a coin transport mechanism (76).
US08986082B2
A processing apparatus for poultry is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes one or more transfer units placed intermediate of, conveying poultry from, a first line to a subsequent second line, wherein both the first line and the second line are selected from the group including a slaughtering line, an evisceration line, a chilling line, a sorting line and a cutup line. Each transfer unit is embodied with a circulating support that includes material that is magnetically conductive and transfer devices are provided with at least one magnet so as to induce eddy currents in the circulating support that counteracts relative motion between the transfer devices and the circulating support.
US08986081B2
The present invention relates to a device for processing carcasses of livestock such as cattle, pigs and sheep, comprising: at least two dressing tools for performing a dressing process on livestock carcasses, and a robot arm carrying the dressing tool. The invention also relates to a method for processing carcasses of livestock using such a device.
US08986080B2
A method and apparatus for removing fat from one face of a meat cut, where a knife tool cuts a layer of fat and possibly skin from the face. The knife tool is adapted to cut across the entire width of said meat cut along a desired trimming interface. The knife tool includes at least two controllable blade parts, each having a cutting edge, the blade parts extending between the first face and a fat-to-lean interface without intersecting said first face. The position of said cutting edges and the angle of the blade parts are continuously adapted, by controlling the at least two controllable blade parts, to cut following the desired trimming interface, whereby the fat and possible skin is trimmed from the lean in one single piece of fat.
US08986076B2
The present invention is an original direct motor-drive portable angle grinder with a disc type motor installed in a position adjacent to the grinding wheel and an outer motor rotating part coaxially and directly driving the grinding wheel. By means of the direct drive, the present invention prevents the emission of noise made by angle type transmission devices. Moreover, an inertial body is installed on the rotating housing that is integrated with the rotating part to form a flywheel or the rotating housing and the inertial body are integrated into a single reinforced structure to enable a flywheel function in order to improve the grinding, polishing and machining or cutting abilities of the grinding wheel.
US08986070B2
A method for trimming two working layers including bonded abrasive applied on mutually facing sides of an upper and a lower working disk of a grinding apparatus configured for simultaneous double-side processing of flat workpiece includes providing at least one trimming apparatus including a trimming disk, a plurality of trimming bodies and an outer toothing. The upper and lower working disks are rotated. The trimming apparatus is moved between the rotating working disks using a rolling apparatus and the outer toothing on cycloidal paths relative to working layers of the working disks. The working layers and the trimming body are brought into contact so as to release abrasive substances from the trimming bodies and so as to effect material removal from the working layers. The direction of the drives of the grinding apparatus is changed at least twice during trimming.
US08986069B2
A polishing apparatus polishes a periphery of a substrate. This polishing apparatus includes a rotary holding mechanism configured to hold the substrate horizontally and rotate the substrate, plural polishing head assemblies provided around the substrate, plural tape supplying and recovering mechanisms configured to supply polishing tapes to the plural polishing head assemblies and recover the polishing tapes from the plural polishing head assemblies, and plural moving mechanisms configured to move the plural polishing head assemblies in radial directions of the substrate held by the rotary holding mechanism. The tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are located outwardly of the plural polishing head assemblies in the radial directions of the substrate, and the tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are fixed in position.
US08986064B2
Modular tracks for model vehicles are disclosed. In some embodiments, a track of the present disclosure includes a plurality of track sections, each track section including at least one upper and lower surface and at least one end. In some embodiments, a first track section of the plurality of track sections includes a female connector and a male connector located in a first track section end region and a second track section of the plurality of track sections includes a male connector and a female connector located in a second track end region. In some embodiments, the female connector of the first track section correspondingly interconnects with the male connector of the second track section and the female connector of the second track section correspondingly interconnects with the male connector of the first track section to interconnect the first track section and the second track section.
US08986059B1
A marine propulsion device includes an engine, an exhaust passage, a porous body, a retainer mat, and a stopper portion. The engine includes an exhaust port. The exhaust passage connects to the exhaust port. The porous body is disposed in the exhaust passage. The retainer mat covers the outside peripheral face of the porous body. The retainer mat retains the porous body. The stopper portion is disposed inside the exhaust passage. The stopper portion is disposed downstream of the porous body and spaced apart from a downstream-side end portion of the porous body. The stopper portion extends inwardly in the radial direction, past the outside peripheral surface of the porous body.
US08986048B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for testing an integrated circuit of an electronic device.
US08986047B2
An expansion module, for electrically connecting an interface card to a circuit board, includes an electrical connector and a frame. One side surface of the electrical connector is disposed on the circuit board and an electrical slot is disposed on the other side surface of the electrical connector for one end of the interface card to be inserted therein. The frame includes a main body, a fixing portion, and a securing portion. The fixing portion and the securing portion are integrally extended from the main body. The fixing portion is detachably installed to the circuit board, and the securing portion is for the other end of the interface card to be detachably fixed thereon, so as to arrange the interface card upright on the circuit board and reduce area on the circuit board occupied by the interface card.
US08986045B2
A connecting structure of a shield braided part includes a shield shell that accommodates a connector housing which accommodates a terminal fitting connected to an end portion of an electric wire, and the shield shell including a tubular part which covers an outer periphery of the end portion of the electric wire, and a shield ring that is attached to an outer periphery of the tubular part of the shield shell and sandwiches an end portion of a tubular shield braided part covering the outer periphery of the electric wire between an outer peripheral face of the tubular part and the shield ring. A protruding part which protrudes toward the shield braided part is formed in the shield ring. A braided part insert hole is formed in the protruding part.
US08986041B2
A connector comprises a housing and a terminal assembly accommodated in the housing. The housing has two sidewalls in a lateral direction and a coupling portion. Each of the sidewalls has a through hole, an upper sidewall and a lower sidewall. The through hole pierces the sidewall in the lateral direction. The upper sidewall is located on the through hole while the lower sidewall is located under the through hole. The coupling portion is located at a front side of the through hole. The upper side wall and the lower sidewall of each of the sidewalls are coupled by the coupling portion. The terminal assembly has a shell formed with a protrusion. The protrusion is visible through the through hole from outside in the lateral direction.
US08986030B2
An assembly for forming two bridge connections between two contact members has two bridge conductors and two U-shaped spring clips which hold contact arms at the ends of the bridge conductors against contact members to form two separate electrical connections between the contact members. An insulating housing surrounds the conductors and clips.
US08986026B2
An engaging member moved upward by an urging force of a spring member built in a bottom part of a rotatable-side member has a fitting groove for allowing a top end of the spring member to be fit thereto; and engaging parts of the engaging member and engageable parts of a fixed-side member, which are engaged with each other to provisionally fix the rotatable-side member, are formed at one neutral position and at an opposite position opposite thereto.
US08986024B2
A power supply circuit disconnection device includes: a first connector housing (10); a second connector housing (20); a lever (30); a main circuit switch (SW1) that is switched off at a first operation position of the lever, and is switched on at a connector fitting operation position and second operation position of the lever; a signal circuit switch (SW2) that is switched off at the first operation position and connector fitting operation position of the lever; a first lock portion (LK1) that locks the lever at the second operation position; a second lock portion (LK2) that locks the lever at the connector fitting operation position; and a lock release operation portion capable of releasing, by an operation thereof, a lock state of the second lock portion.
US08986023B2
A slim type electronic connector for receiving a plug therein includes a half socket, a covering lid, a holding seat, and a recovering element. The covering lid has a main body, a sheltering portion extended from the main body, and a pair of rotating axles formed at one end of the main body. An inserting space is formed between the half socket and the holding seat. When the covering lid rotates to a covered position, the sheltering portion extends beyond a front edge of the holding seat. When the covering lid rotates to an opening position, the sheltering portion moves away the front edge of the holding seat to allow for inserting the plug. When the plug is inserted between the half socket and the holding seat, the recovering element pushes the sheltering portion to engage the plug for preventing from moving outside.
US08986021B2
An example electrical connector includes a non-electrically-conductive housing carrying at least a pair of opposed flexible, electrically-conductive push-in type contacts. The contacts each having a first end configured to receive and grip an electrical conductor, and a second end having a contact portion to releasable electrically couple with a corresponding conductive strip housed on opposite sides of an upper rail of a corresponding low voltage direct current grid member. In one example, a strain relief mechanism is coupled to the housing and is adapted to mechanically couple to the inserted electrical conductor and to assist in retaining the inserted electrical conductor in the push-in type contact. The housing may also define at least a pair of first interior spaces enclosing the first end of each of the contacts and for receiving and gripping the electrical conductor.
US08986020B2
An inter-terminal connection structure includes a circuit board terminal to be mounted on a circuit board; and a connection connector for connecting the circuit board terminal. The circuit board terminal includes a base portion, a pair of contact pieces extending from the base portion, and a pair of locking pieces extending from the base portion. Each contact pieces includes an elastic arm portion, and each locking pieces includes a locking portion having a locking protrusion. The connection connector includes a connection terminal having a plate shape portion sandwiched between the contact pieces and the locking pieces, and a housing that holds the connection terminal. The plate shape portion includes a locked portion, so that the locking protrusion is situated in the locked portion with a play to be movable when the connection connector is attached to the circuit board terminal.
US08986018B2
There is provided a rotary connector device in which a flat cable is wound and accommodated in an annular space between a rotating rotor and a fixed stator. The rotor is provided with a rotor main body made of a PBT resin, and a rotor cover portion made of a polyacetal resin and overlapping the rotor main body to ensure strength of the rotary connector device and reduce sliding noises between the flat cable and the rotor. The rotor cover portion is provided with an opening portion for pulling the flat cable in the annular space out of the rotor main body, and a concave portion is formed in a disc portion of the rotor cover portion for improving work efficiency at the time of assembling the rotor main body and the rotor cover portion.
US08986015B2
A method and system are presented to address quantitative assessment of social cues sensitivity of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: (1) presenting at least one scene, comprising a single facial expressions and a background, to a subject on a display; (2) adjusting the facial expression on the scene; (3) receiving feedback from the subject via at least one input device; (4) quantitatively refining the received feedback; (5) modulating the adjusted facial expression relative to the accuracy of the quantitatively refined feedback; (6) transforming the modulated facial expression; (7) calculating a critical threshold parameter; and (8) recording a critical threshold parameter onto a tangible computer readable medium.
US08986001B2
A burner and an improved heat recuperator for a burner. The heat recuperator has a tubular body including a plurality of fins extending radially outward from the tubular body. The plurality of fins are disposed in a plurality of segments arranged longitudinally along the tubular body with the plurality of fins in each segment being disposed about a circumference of the tubular body. Adjacent segments of fins being circumferentially offset with one another.
US08985998B2
An injection system, in an apparatus for injection-molding plastics, comprises a manifold plate (2) having an injection nozzle (3) closed by a valve stem (7) commanded by a dual-effect pneumatic linear actuator (8, 9) wherein a piston cylinder (8) is compressed between a back plate (10) and a hot runner manifold (5). The piston cylinder bounds an annular gap into which the compressed air that drives the actuator can flow.
US08985990B2
An apparatus for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers may include a conveying device on which a plurality of blowing stations are arranged. Each of the blowing stations encompasses a blow mold, within which a plastic preform can be shaped into a plastic container. The apparatus further includes a clean chamber, within which the plastic preforms can be conveyed. The zone of the conveying device in which the blowing stations are arranged is located in the clean chamber, and at least one additional zone of the conveying device is located outside the clean chamber.
US08985970B2
A ventilator (1) comprises an electric motor (2) comprising a casing (4), a rotor rotatable inside the casing (4) about an axis of rotation (R), a shaft (5) integral with the rotor and having at least one end portion (6) protruding from the casing (4); the ventilator (1) comprises a fan equipped with a plurality of blades (7), a hub (8) for mounting the blades (7) and comprising a bottom wall (9) for coupling to the shaft (5) and at least one perimeter portion (11) extending from the bottom wall (9) to define a base for connecting the blades (7); the hub (8) is defined by a rigid disc (8) and comprises a plurality of bases (11a) which extend from the bottom wall (9) at each of the blades (7) to define a connecting surface for joining each blade (7) to the bottom wall (9).
US08985969B2
A magnetic-drive coupling pump configuration including an attachment/detachment mechanism allowing simple and reliable positioning and fixation is provided. Thrust-direction positioning and radial-direction positioning are achieved, respectively, by surface contact of a convex portion of a pump unit (10) inserted up to a predetermined position in a concave portion (31) of a drive motor unit (30), and contact between an outer circumferential surface of the convex portion (11) and an inner circumferential surface of the concave portion (31). A claw (15) protruding on the outer circumferential surface of the pump unit (10), an engaging portion (32) protruding upward from an upper outer circumferential portion of the drive motor unit (30) to restrict, by engagement, claw upward movement when the pump unit (10) is rotated with the convex portion (11) inserted up to the predetermined position in the concave portion (31), and a locking mechanism (50) holding the pump unit (10) at an engagement position of the claw (15) and the engaging portion (32) are included.
US08985966B2
A jet pump apparatus for mixing a higher pressure gas and a lower pressure gas, includes an inlet section, an outlet section, a diffuser section and a mixing section. Inlet section includes a higher pressure inlet and a lower pressure inlet. Mixing section includes a plurality of separated mixing chambers. The diffuser section includes diffusers for receiving mixed gases from the mixing chambers. The outlet section receives mixed gases from the diffuser section and conveys those gases to an outlet. The inlet section includes a higher pressure inlet which receives higher pressure gas, and a lower pressure gas inlet which receives lower pressure gas. Each of the mixing chambers has a primary nozzle for introducing primarily higher pressure gas from to a respective mixing chamber, and a secondary inlet for introducing primarily lower pressure gas to each of the mixing chambers.
US08985965B2
A cyclonic elevator tube comprising a manifold which supplies fluid under pressure via an annular transition ring with multiple, circumferentially spaced jet orifices. These orifices are set at inwardly and circumferentially directed compound angles for ejecting vortex jets of pressurized fluid through the elevator, to ultimately cause transportation of fluid material through the tubes. This apparatus comprises: a cylindrical chamber; a plurality of helically shaped venturi tubes spaced around the internal circumference of the chamber; a manifold connected to the inlet ends of the venturi tubes; and a high pressure gas supply connected to the manifold. The helix can be right or left handed and preferably the venturi tubes extend for less than one turn of the helix. The angle that the tangent of the helix makes with the longitudinal axis of the chamber is between 1° and 89°. The internal circumference of the chamber may be larger at the inlet end than at the outlet end.
US08985952B2
A fan for an aircraft turbine engine, including an intake cone including a balancing system including a plurality of mass accommodation holes and at least one balancing mass mounted in one of the holes. The balancing system further includes an attachment mechanism exerting pressure that flattens the balancing mass against the bottom of its mass accommodation hole, the accommodation hole being made blind in the intake cone, so as to open out inside the intake cone.
US08985951B2
The present application includes a main rotor assembly for an aircraft. The rotor assembly has a main rotor mast configured for rotation about a mast axis and two yokes pivotally connected to the mast for rotation therewith about the mast axis. Each yoke is independently pivotable relative to the mast about at least one flap axis that is generally perpendicular to the mast axis. In at least one embodiment, a torque splitter connects the yokes and allows for limited rotation of the yokes relative to each other about the mast axis. Each yoke is configured for the attachment of rotor blades extending generally radially relative to the mast axis.
US08985950B2
Damper device for damping relative movements of two elements of a mechanical system. The damper device comprises a damping chamber filled with a hydraulic fluid, a rod (4) having a piston (3) movable in the damping chamber so as to define two hydraulic compartments (1, 2), at least one calibrated orifice (10) provided in the piston (3) for throttling the hydraulic fluid flowing from one hydraulic compartment (1, 2) to another hydraulic compartment, at least one compression peak-limiting valve (11) and a traction peak-limiting valve (12), throttling the hydraulic fluid flowing from one hydraulic compartment (1, 2) to another hydraulic compartment. The damper has additional hydraulic means that are active in compression and in traction when the piston (3) reaches the end of its stroke, so as to constitute a progressive hydraulic abutment damping the end-of-stroke jolts.
US08985941B2
An elongate fireseal having two ends joined by a longitudinal axis. The fireseal comprises at least two portions having D-shaped cross section and adjacent portions share a common dividing wall. Each end of the fireseal is configured to interlock with a complementary opposite end of the same or a further fireseal.
US08985935B2
A calibrated mass damper for use with end effectors for semiconductor wafer handling robots is described. The calibrated mass damper reduces vibrational response in an end effector carrying a semiconductor wafer without requiring modification of the end effector structure.
US08985930B2
A plant for storing products including at least a pair of vertical stores (40) facing one another, each being provided with opposite flanks (4) which are provided with pluralities of guides (6) located such that a pair of opposite guides which face one another on the same horizontal plane define end rests for single drawers or trays (5). Housings for the drawers or trays are defined between the pairs of guides and the contiguous pairs of guides, each of which is transferable between a load/unload configuration of the products and a storage configuration in which the drawer or tray is inserted with ends thereof on a pair of opposite guides and vice versa. An elevator (9) is provided, mobile along a development direction (A) of the vertical stores such as to move the drawers or trays. The opposite flanks of the stores are provided with profiled uprights (4a).
US08985922B2
An improved e-track connector, or lockdown, is presented that can be installed in single locations instead of provided in tracks as in the industry. It also possesses a finished slot that accepts logistics straps buckles. The slot is a complete rectangle with no excess material folded under it and has been deburred and finished smooth. The device also possesses a drain slot along the side of the tang and drain holes in the buckle receiver such that liquid will drain out of the connector when it is mounted horizontally.
US08985920B2
A blade holding apparatus for holding one end of a wind turbine blade during handling, which blade holding apparatus includes a support structure including an opening for accommodating one end of the wind turbine blade, a clamping arrangement arranged in the opening, which clamping arrangement is realized to exert a clamping force on the wind turbine blade, and a locking arrangement for locking the clamping arrangement relative to the support structure. A method of operating such a blade holding apparatus during a handling procedure of a wind turbine blade is also provided.
US08985916B2
A tool cartridge for a material removal tool has a cartridge body with, among other things, a recess extending through at least a portion of the cartridge body from a first side toward a second side, a long axis of the recess non-parallel to a long axis of the cartridge body and at least a portion of the recess open to a bottom side of the cartridge body, and a threaded opening for a differential screw proximate a second end of the tool body and positioned longitudinally between an opening for a clamping screw and at least a portion of a seat for a cutting tool insert. A thread axis of the threaded opening is at an angle G relative to a long axis of the tool cartridge. A material removal tool, a tool, and a method of adjusting a cutting tool insert are also disclosed.
US08985901B2
A process of dewatering tailings is provided comprising providing overburden having a moisture content ranging from about 15 wt % to about 25 wt % and comminuting the overburden to a first size; providing tailings having a solids content ranging from about 10 wt % to about 60 wt %; adding the tailings to the first sized overburden to form treated overburden and comminuting the treated overburden to a second size; and depositing the second sized treated overburden to produce a solidified deposit.
