US07760365B2
A relationship between surface decenter of a lens 1 under test and surface-decenter comatic aberration and a relationship between surface tilt of the lens 1 under test and surface-tilt comatic aberration are calculated by computer simulation. The surface tilt of the lens 1 under test is calculated by measuring a transmissive wavefront of a projecting portion 3, and comatic aberration of the lens 1 under test is calculated by measuring a transmissive wavefront of a lens portion 2. The surface-decenter comatic aberration that occurs due to the surface decenter is calculated by subtracting the surface-tilt comatic aberration from the calculated comatic aberration. The surface decenter of the lens 1 under test is calculated based on the calculated surface-decenter comatic aberration.
US07760358B1
The above and other needs are met by a method of determining actual properties of a film stack by directing an incident beam of light towards the film stack, such that the incident beam of light is reflected from the film stack as a reflected beam of light. The actual properties of the reflected beam of light are measured, and properties of the film stack are estimated. A mathematical model of the film stack is solved with the estimated properties of the film stack, to yield theoretical properties of the reflected beam of light. The mathematical model is solved in part using a fast Z-matrix algorithm. The theoretical properties of the reflected beam of light are compared to the actual properties of the reflected beam of light, to yield a cost function. The estimated properties of the film stack are iteratively adjusted, and the mathematical model is iteratively solved, until the cost function is within a desired tolerance. The estimated properties of the film stack are reported as the actual properties of the film stack.
US07760348B2
A particle inspection apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to apply a light beam onto front and back surfaces of an object to be inspected, first and second detection units configured to detect scattering light from the surfaces, a calculation unit configured to conduct a particle inspection on the surfaces on the basis of outputs from the detection units, and a control unit configured to control the irradiation unit, the detection units, and the calculation unit. The irradiation unit can selectively apply the beam onto the front or back surface. The control unit causes the calculation unit to conduct the particle inspection on the inspection surface on which the light beam is selectively applied, on the basis of outputs made by the detection unit corresponding to simultaneous application and selective application of the light beam.
US07760342B2
A multidimensional spectrometer for the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, and a method for making multidimensional spectroscopic measurements in the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The multidimensional spectrometer facilitates measurements of inter- and intra-molecular interactions.
US07760341B2
Systems and methods for in-situ reflectivity degradation monitoring of optical collectors used in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography processes are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a semiconductor lithography tool employing an EUV source optically coupled to a collector within a vacuum chamber, the collector providing an intermediate focus area, measuring a first signal at the EUV source, measuring a second signal at the intermediate focus area, comparing the first and second signals, and monitoring a reflectivity parameter of the collector based upon the comparison. In another embodiment, a method comprises emitting a signal from a non-EUV light source optically coupled to the collector, measuring a signal reflected by the collector, and monitoring a reflectivity parameter of the collector based upon a comparison between the emitted and measured signals.
US07760337B2
An optoelectronic distance measuring device includes a frequency modulator generating a high-frequency modulation signal, an emitter emitting a high-frequency modulated measuring beam to an object to be measured, an avalanche photodiode receiving a reflected measuring beam from the object and generating a corresponding high-frequency reflected measuring signal, and a signal generating device generating a high-frequency mixer signal connected with the avalanche photodiode. The high-frequency mixer signal is applied to the avalanche photodiode and mixed with the high-frequency reflected measuring signal to provide a low-frequency measuring signal which contains phase information for calculating a distance to be measured. In this manner, measuring error due to phase drift is eliminated without the need for an extra internal reference optical path and an mechanical switching device so that the structure of the device is simplified significantly and manufacturing costs are reduced.
US07760326B2
An exposure apparatus for exposing a wafer to light through a pattern of a mask. The apparatus includes a projection optical system configured to project the pattern onto the wafer, a first barometer configured to measure pressure of an atmosphere in the apparatus, a second barometer configured to measure the pressure at a speed higher than that at which the first barometer measures the pressure, a calibration unit configured to calibrate an output of the second barometer based on an output of the first barometer, and an aberration correction unit configured to correct aberration of the projection optical system based on the calibrated output.
US07760321B2
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprises depositing a first fluid composition on an insulating substrate using an inkjet deposition process to form a first lens sub-portion, said first fluid composition comprising a first liquid resin; hardening the first lens sub-portion; depositing a second fluid composition on the insulating substrate using the inkjet deposition process to form a second lens sub-portion, said second fluid composition comprising a second liquid resin; hardening the second lens sub-portion to form a lens portion comprising the first lens sub-portion and the second lens sub-portion; and forming a reflective film over the lens portion. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device is provided which can simplify the formation of a lens portion.
US07760317B2
A TFT array substrate is fabricated in a reduced number of processes. The TFT array substrate includes gate and data pads with enlarged contact areas to facilitate contact with an inspecting pin of an inspection device. An LCD incorporating the TFT array substrate is inspected by contacting the inspecting pin to the gate and data pads. The TFT array substrate includes first, second, and third conductive pattern groups. The first conductive pattern group includes a gate electrode, a gate line, and a lower gate pad electrode. The second conductive pattern group includes source and drain electrodes, a data line, and a lower data pad electrode. The third conductive pattern group includes a pixel electrode, and upper gate and data pad electrodes. A semiconductor pattern is along and beneath the second conductive pattern group. Gate insulating and protective film patterns are at areas not occupied by the third conductive pattern group.
US07760316B2
There is disclosed a contact structure for electrically connecting conducting lines formed on a first substrate of an electrooptical device such as a liquid crystal display with conducting lines formed on a second substrate via conducting spacers while assuring a uniform cell gap among different cells if the interlayer dielectric film thickness is nonuniform across the cell or among different cells. A first conducting film and a dielectric film are deposited on the first substrate. Openings are formed in the dielectric film. A second conducting film covers the dielectric film left and the openings. The conducting spacers electrically connect the second conducting film over the first substrate with a third conducting film on the second substrate. The cell gap depends only on the size of the spacers, which maintain the cell gap.
US07760309B2
A liquid crystal display device is provided that includes: first and second substrate; a gate line of a double layer having a first transparent conductive layer and a second opaque conductive layer on the first substrate; a first insulation layer on the gate line; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, the pixel region having a transmissive region and a reflective region; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode formed of the transparent conductive layer in the pixel region; an upper storage electrode forming a storage capacitor by overlapping the gate line with the first insulation layer there between; a transmission hole to exposing the pixel electrode by passing through a second insulation layer on the thin film transistor to the first insulation layer; a reflective electrode connecting the pixel electrode with a drain electrode and the upper storage electrode through an edge part of the transmission hole; a gate pad extending from the first conductive layer of the gate line; a data pad formed of the first conductive layer and connected to the data line through a data link; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the first and second insulation layers are removed in the gate and data pads.
US07760306B2
A liquid crystal device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and is composed of a liquid crystal exhibiting, in an initial alignment state thereof, a vertical alignment and having negative dielectric anisotropy; a light shielding film that is formed on a side of the liquid crystal layer on the first substrate and that corresponds to a non-display region and defining a display region; a pixel electrode that is disposed, on the first substrate, from the display region with a periphery projecting on the light shielding film; a vertical alignment film that is disposed, on the pixel electrode, only in the display region or from the display region with a periphery projecting in the non-display region; and a horizontal alignment film that is disposed, in an area without the vertical alignment film above the light shielding film, with a periphery projecting on the pixel electrode.
US07760295B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules disposed therebetween, in which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided on a side of the first substrate opposed to the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer is driven by means of an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a reflective display area for reflective display and a transmissive display area for transmissive display are formed in a sub-pixel area. Alignment of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is different in the transmissive display area and the reflective display area.
US07760291B2
A planar light-source apparatus illuminates, from the backside, a transmissive liquid crystal display having a display area composed of pixels formed in a two-dimensional matrix arrangement, and the planar light-source apparatus includes a diffusing plate facing the liquid crystal display, a plurality of planar light-source units, each unit having a light source, and a support wall arranged between the planar light-source units for supporting the diffusing plate, and the top face of the support wall lies adjacent to the diffusing plate.
US07760287B2
In the invention, a liquid crystal display device having a configuration for preventing breakage of a liquid crystal display panel when outer dimensions and thickness of a liquid crystal display device for cellular phones are reduced is disclosed. In the configuration of the invention, a liquid crystal display panel including a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate is mounted within a mold. In the part where a liquid crystal is sealed, the TFT substrate and the color filter substrate are laminated. However, a part of the TFT substrate only is mechanically weak against an external force from the backside of the mold. By forming holes in corners of the mold corresponding to the location of the TFT substrate only, deformation of the mold due to the external force from the backside of the mold does not affect the TFT substrate. Thereby, breakage of the TFT substrate can be prevented.
US07760282B2
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a pixel electrode having first and second sub-pixel electrodes; a first thin film transistor connected to the first sub-pixel electrode; a second thin film transistor connected to the second sub-pixel electrode; a first data line connected to the first thin film transistor; a second data line connected to the second thin film transistor; a gate line connected to the first and second thin film transistors and crossing the first and second data lines; and a blocking member overlapping at least one portion of the first sub-pixel electrode.
US07760280B2
An exemplary method for manufacturing a TFT array substrate (20) typically for use in a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: providing an insulating substrate (30) comprising a TFT area (31), a display area (32) and a capacitor area (33); forming a gate electrode (232) at the TFT area and a capacitor electrode (222) at the capacitor area; forming an insulating layer (203), an amorphous silicon layer (204), and a doped amorphous silicon layer (205) in turn on the insulating substrate; etching the doped amorphous silicon, the amorphous silicon and the insulating layer at the display area and the capacitor area; forming a source electrode (231) and a drain electrode (233) at the TFT area; forming a passivation layer (225) at the capacitor area; and forming a pixel electrode (221) on the substrate, the pixel electrode covering the display area, the capacitor area, and part of the TFT area.
US07760277B2
An exemplary active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) panel (20) includes a first substrate (400), a second substrate (600), and a liquid crystal layer (500) sandwiched between the two substrates. The second substrate includes gate lines that are parallel to each other, common lines that are alternate with and parallel to the gate lines, and data lines that are parallel to each other and crossing to the gate lines. The data lines cross the gate lines to define pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a pixel electrode that is between the data lines, a first shielding metal line positioned at a side of the pixel electrode, a second shielding metal line positioned at another side of the pixel electrode. The second shielding metal line is connected to the common line. The first shielding metal line is an electrically floating body.
US07760267B2
The present invention discloses a scalable video format conversion system for utilizing various system resources to provide a progressive video signal. The scalable video format conversion system has a scalable motion-adaptive de-interlacing system for converting an interlaced video signal into the progressive video signal according to a motion situation of an image area. The scalable motion-adaptive de-interlacing system includes a motion detection apparatus detecting the motion situation of the image area according to the availability of the various system resources or the status of the scalable video format conversion system.
US07760266B2
A rack is inserted to a longitudinal rack mounting groove formed in both right and left end neighborhood on the backside of an image pickup substrate with a plate spring sandwiched therebetween. A right and left pair of racks are engaged with a horizontal pinion shaft. The rack is pressed to a pinion shaft by a spring force, there is no backlash, and the image pickup substrate is also kept in a state with no looseness. The image pickup substrate moves in parallel with a correct horizontal posture being kept up or down by turning the pinion shaft. A horizontal rack is provided at an upper part on the backside of the image pickup substrate, and performs a right and left shift by operating a vertical pinion shaft which is engaged therewith.
US07760264B2
A method of creating an image 4 obtained from say a camera 1 to obtain a substantially linear representation of the brightness of the image includes, for each of a set of pixels (x, y) in a two dimensional array, calculating, in a computer 3, an estimate of the true image intensity (ixy) as a weighted average of n samples of the apparent image intensity (vn,xy). This is calculated as: i ^ xy = ∑ n ( w n , xy ( v n , xy - C KT n ) ) ∑ n w n , xy = 1 K ∑ n ( w n , xy ( v n , xy - C T n ) ) ∑ n w n , xy where vn,xy is the apparent intensity measured, Tn is the exposure time, K is the gain of the system, C is an offset and wn,xy is a weighting factor which is defined to maximize the signal to noise ratio and discard insignificant, that is saturated or near zero, values. Thereafter each of the values îxy is saved together with other data representing the image 4, before the image is output to a display 5 or to a printing device.
US07760262B2
A first transfer process for transferring signal charges in a vertical direction on vertical transfer sections, a second transfer process for transferring signal charges received from outputs of the vertical transfer sections from line memory to a horizontal transfer section, and a third transfer process for transferring signal charges in a horizontal direction on the horizontal transfer section are controlled at predetermined timings, and the timings are controlled such that at least part of a second time period T21 during which the second transfer process is implemented overlaps a first time period during which the first transfer process is implemented. A time t12 at which the second time period T21 is over is set to occur before a charge receiving potential is applied to a final charge transfer electrode for the vertical charge transfer sections.
US07760260B2
A solid state imaging apparatus which includes a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction and every two vertically or horizontally adjacent ones of the plurality of pixels have color filters of different colors. In a predetermined period of time, charge signals received from ones of the plurality of pixels arranged in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction which include color filters of the same color (represented by circles) are sequentially output.
US07760259B2
A photodetecting circuit is disclosed. The photodetecting circuit includes a photodetector for generating a signal in response to incident light, a storage node having first and second node terminals, a transfer transistor, disposed intermediate the first node terminal of the storage node and the photodetector, for electrically connecting the first node terminal and the photodetector upon receiving a transfer signal to a gate of the transfer transistor, allowing charge stored in the storage node to change based on the signal of the photodetector, a reset transistor, disposed intermediate a reset voltage node and the first node terminal of the storage node, for electrically connecting the first node terminal to the reset voltage node upon receiving a reset signal to a gate of the reset transistor, and an output circuit for generating an output signal during a read period of the photodetecting circuit, the output signal being at least partially based on a voltage at the first terminal. The photodetecting circuit is configured to receive the reset signal, receive the transfer signal, and receive a compensation signal at the second terminal of the storage node at least during the read period, the compensation signal increasing the voltage at the first terminal whilst the output circuit generates the output signal, the compensation signal being a logically negated version of the transfer signal.
US07760251B2
The present invention aims to provide a solid-state imaging device that enables miniaturization of camera while maintaining the level of electrostatic damage resistance in the solid-state imaging device, and includes: an imaging unit 100 that transfers signal charge generated by performing photoelectric conversion on incident light, converts the signal charge into an electric signal, and outputs the electric signal as an image signal; and a peripheral circuit portion 110 which includes: a signal electrode pad 111; a power supply electrode pad 112; and a protection circuit 113 that has diodes 320 and 330 placed in opposition, and that discharges static electricity entering from the exterior, to the power supply electrode pad 112.
US07760247B2
An image sensing apparatus includes an image element that outputs a charge signal in accordance with the light amount of an object image formed on a light-receiving surface, a light-shielding unit that shields the image sensing element from incident light, a plurality of compensation units that compensate a loss in exposure amount for the image sensing element caused by operation of the light-shielding unit, a setting unit for setting at least one of an image sensing mode and an image sensing condition, and a compensation control unit that controls a compensation amount for each compensation unit in accordance with the at least one of the image sensing mode and the image sensing condition.
US07760246B2
A method and device for adjusting white balance are disclosed herein. The method may comprise generating data representative of an image with and without the use of a strobe. The contribution of the strobe and the contribution of ambient light are on the data are calculated. Based, in part, on the contributions of the ambient light and the strobe, a weight is calculated. The weight is applied to the data in order to adjust the white balance.
US07760239B2
Disclosed is a digital broadcasting reception apparatus for simultaneously capturing a camera image and a digital broadcasting image and a method thereof. The digital broadcasting reception apparatus includes a digital broadcasting reception unit for receiving digital broadcasting data, an image collection unit for collecting images under external control, a collected image processing unit for displaying the collected image with a camera preview screen, an image combination unit for combing the digital broadcasting data with the camera preview screen, and a display unit for displaying a combined result from the image combination unit and a DMB image and a camera image through a multiple-layered overlay structure.
US07760236B2
Provided is a printing system for installation in a vehicle for providing hard-copies from a digital camera. The printing system includes a wireless communications subsystem for receiving wireless image information from a camera, and a layout engine with rasterization and page compression modules linked to a printer controller. The printer controller controls a printer having a chassis with a top cover defining an access opening for receiving a cartridge, said opening closed off by a spring-biased flap, and a printhead housed in the chassis. The printer also includes a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the chassis with control circuitry linking the controller to the printer controller to control the printhead.
US07760235B2
A handheld camera comprises a sensor adapted to sense an image, a camera manager for controlling the sensing of the image, an image processing manager for manipulating the image, a print manager for controlling printing of the manipulated image, and a guillotine adapted to cut a print media on which the manipulated image is printed from a print roll. The print manager is operable to activate the guillotine upon receipt of a signal indicative of an attempt to dispense the print media at a rate greater than that of a print roll drive system for dispensing the print media.
US07760227B2
A deflector includes a vibrating mirror supported by a torsion beam provided as a rotational axis and reciprocally scanning a beam from a light emitting source; and a rotational part configured to give a rotational torque to the vibrating mirror for making oscillation. The rotational part generates the rotational torque along one side separated from the rotational axis by length R in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis. The vibration mirror has relationships of R
US07760224B2
An exposure device includes a substrate on which a light emitting element array is provided, a focusing lens that focuses light emitted by the light emitting element array, a supporting member that supports the substrate and the focusing lens. The supporting member has a contact surface. A base is provided for forcing the substrate against the contact surface of the supporting member. The base has a first engaging portion that engages a second engaging portion formed on an inner wall of the supporting member. The base is mounted to the supporting member by the engagement of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion.
US07760223B2
An optical scan apparatus which deflects a plurality of light beams to scan a write region on a scan surface in a main scan direction is configured to include a light source which has a plurality of emission portions emitting the plurality of light beams arranged two-dimensionally on a plane in parallel to the main scan direction and a sub scan direction perpendicular to the main scan direction; a deflector which deflects the plurality of light beams from the plurality of emission portions; a light receiving element which receives the light beams and outputs a synchronous detection signal in accordance with the received light beams; and a control unit which selectively controls any one of the emission portions to emit a light beam upon each scanning and allows the light beam from the selected emission portion to be incident on the light receiving element via the deflector.
US07760221B2
An optical disk image drawing method includes: rotating the optical disk by a spindle motor; reading a predetermined information recorded on a track of a data recording layer; detecting a predetermined position on the track based on the read predetermined information; measuring a position of the spindle motor in a rotating direction using the detected predetermined position as a reference position; changing a focus position of the laser beam to the image drawing layer; starting forming the visible image on the image drawing layer from a predetermined position of the spindle motor in the rotating direction relative to the reference position based on the measured position of the spindle motor in the rotating direction; and sequentially moving an optical pick-up in the radial direction synchronously with the rotation of the spindle motor to proceed to form the visible image.
US07760219B2
A method of forming an image, containing superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, and applying thermal energy from a side of a heat-resistant lubricating layer described below of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet, to form a thermally transferred image,in which the heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprises a substrate, a thermal transfer layer containing a thermally transferable dye and a resin on one face of the substrate, and the heat-resistant lubricating layer on the other face of the substrate; the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprise a support, and a heat insulation layer and a receptor layer on the support in this order; the thermal transfer layer contains a polymer compound having fluorine atom-substituted aliphatic groups on its side chains; and the receptor layer contains a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature of from 20° C. to 60° C.
US07760209B2
Video conversion using a 3D graphics pipeline of a graphical processing unit (GPU) is disclosed. A plurality of video data formatted in a first video format is accessed from a memory unit. Moreover, the plurality of video data is converted from the first video format to a second video format using a 3D graphics pipeline of the GPU. The plurality of video data formatted in the second video format is sent to the memory unit. The 3D graphics pipeline applies a filtering technique. In an embodiment, the filtering technique is an interpolation technique.
US07760187B2
A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch.
US07760185B2
An optical pointing device is provided. The optical pointing device includes: a base plate; a circuit board disposed on one side of the base plate, and having a light source irradiating light and a sensor receiving a light reflected from a working surface; an optical structure disposed between the base plate and the circuit board and having a light path guiding the light irradiated from the light source to the sensor; and a light blocking mean disposed on the light path to block the light path when the base plate is separated from a predetermined position.
US07760171B2
A pixel including an organic light emitting diode for use in an organic light emitting display device and a method for driving the display device. First and second transistors are coupled with a current supply line and are turned-on by a scan signal supplied to a scan line to charge a first capacitor to a voltage corresponding to a current through the current supply line. A third transistor supplies a current corresponding to the voltage charged in the first capacitor to the diode. A fourth transistor coupled to a data line is turned-on by a select signal supplied to an address line to charge a second capacitor to a voltage corresponding to a current flowing in the data line. A fifth transistor is coupled between the third transistor and the diode, and is turned-on/off according to the voltage charged in the second capacitor.
US07760153B2
A lift actuator for supporting a radar antenna array and for selectively moving the antenna array between a retracted position and an erected operational position, said actuator includes a first linear induction driver movable along a first member and a second linear induction driver movable along a second member. The first and second members each have a distal and a proximal ends. The second member is pivotably connected at said proximal end to the first driver. A third rigid member is connected to the second driver. The third member has a distal end adapted to pivotably connect to a radar antenna array. The radar antenna array is constrained in the direction of the first member.
US07760151B2
A capacitively-loaded loop antenna and corresponding radiation method have been provided. The antenna comprises a transformer loop having a balanced feed interface and a capacitively-loaded loop radiator. In one aspect, the capacitively-loaded loop radiator is a balanced radiator. In another, the transformed loop and capacitively-loaded loop radiator are physically connected. That is, the transformer loop and the capacitively-loaded loop radiator have a portion shared by both of the loop perimeters. Alternately, the loops are physically independent of each other. In one aspect, the perimeters have a rectangular shape. Other shapes such as round or oval are also possible. In another aspect, the planes formed by the transformer and capacitively-loaded loop radiator can be coplanar or non-planar, while both loops are orthogonal to a common magnetic near-field generated by the transformed loop. The radiator has a capacitively-loaded side, or capacitively loaded perimeter section, depending on the shape of the perimeter.
US07760141B2
A method for coupling a radio frequency electronic device (14) to a passive element (12), such as an antenna, the passive element including a body having an impedance at the operating frequency. the method comprises the steps of attaching a conductive pad having a shape and area corresponding to the predetermined shape and coupling area on the surface of passive element in a nonpenetrating manner, and electrically connecting the device to the conductive pad, such that, in use, the pad and the body have an impedance that is substantially capacitively reactive in nature defined therebetween, whereby the pad is electrically coupled to the body to facilitate: the transfer of electromagnetic energy at the operating radio frequency between the body and the pad. The conductive pad may take the form of a discrete conductive member attached to the passive element by an adhesive or by a biasing member. Alternatively, the conductive pad may take the form of a metallization layer formed on the passive element.
US07760136B2
A method and system for leveraging available navigation frequencies for determining position by creating a flexible navigation signal architecture is disclosed. Such an architecture is designed for customizing a navigation system by combining, adding, replacing or removing one or more removable RF section modules. At least one of the RF section modules has a mutually complementary frequency set with respect to a frequency set of one or more of the other RF section modules in the system.
US07760121B2
Methods and systems to provide dynamic element matching (DEM) in multi-phase sample systems include multiple uncorrelated, dual data weighted averaging, dynamic element matching (DDWA DEM). DDWA DEM may be implemented in a multiple-phase sample system in which sample paths and feedback paths share capacitances. Compensation feedback is apportioned amongst corresponding banks of capacitive sample circuits to utilize the capacitive sample circuits within each bank substantially equally over multiple sample cycles. The apportioning is substantially un-correlated between banks, which may reduce in-band quantization noise folding. DDWA DEM may be implemented within a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), in a delta-sigma modulator.
US07760120B2
The present invention relates to a generation method of a variation form of an analogue signal generated by a PWM signal whose cyclic ratio and period are programmable. A signal can thus be generated whose evolution is linear over time. A succession of generation steps of a PWM signal during which different period and cyclic ratio values are applied, as well as pairs have different periods with the same cyclic ratio, thus enabling the analogue signal to be varied with great precision. According to an improvement, each generation step of a new PWM signal with different period and cyclic ratio values is applied over time slots of equal time. The present invention also relates to a generation system of a variable analogue signal implementing the method.
US07760119B2
The purpose is to provide a waveform generator that generates signals with a frequency lower than the minimum sampling frequency of the DAC.In the waveform generator 10, the clock generator 106 generates a clock signal 140. The frequency divider 112 divides the frequency of the clock signal 140 and generates the frequency-divided clock signal 144. The reader 118 provides an address signal at the period of frequency-divided clock signal 144 for the waveform memory 120 and reads the pattern data from the waveform memory 120 into the DAC 130. The DAC 130 converts the data provided from the waveform generator 120 at the period of clock signal 140 into an analog value and outputs a waveform of arbitrary shape.
US07760112B2
The present invention predicts traffic conditions based on traffic information exchanged by means of short range wireless communications, between vehicles moving in an opposite direction. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: successively recording traffic information based on traffic encountered by the vehicle; sending the traffic information to vehicles moving in the opposite direction; receiving traffic information from vehicles moving in the opposite direction; consolidating the traffic information received from the vehicles; and predicting traffic conditions based on the consolidated traffic information.
US07760110B1
A method for vehicular communications and information reporting. First and second wireless Internet connections between respective first and second vehicles and a web-server are provided. First and second event information is transmitted, to the web-server, from the first and second vehicles. The first and second event information relates to the same event in visual range, respectively, of occupants of the first and second vehicles. The web server may transmit, to the first and second vehicles, confirmed event information derived from the first and second event information.
US07760101B2
Methods of reducing sensor corrosion include providing a monitor adapted to electrically connect with a wetness sensor integrated with an absorbent article. The wetness sensor has a first conductor and a second conductor and the monitor includes programming instructions that, when the monitor is attached and activated, repetitively execute a sequence of steps that includes applying voltage to the first conductor; measuring the potential across the conductors; and discontinuing the voltage to the first conductor. The instructions may also repetitively execute a sequence of steps that includes alternatively applying voltage to the first and second conductors and/or grounding the first conductor and/or second conductors after discontinuing voltage.
US07760096B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag encryption method and system using a broadcast encryption (BE) scheme are provided by encrypting an ID of an RFID tag, storing the encrypted ID in a server and the RFID tag, and storing information relating to a reader authorized to read out the RFID tag in the server so that the reader can read out the RFID tag by decrypting the encrypted ID based on the encrypted ID information read from the RFID tag and the reader information. When readers read out ID data from the RFID tag, a privileged reader can read the data. Thus, it is possible to block unintended information leakage to the readers. In addition, user usability can be enhanced since an attacker cannot perform an access lock on the RFID tag.
US07760095B2
Methods and apparatuses for tracking an item having an associated radio frequency identification (RFID) tag are described. A change in a physical attribute of the item is detected. Information stored in the tag is updated based on the detected change. Information stored in a database may also be updated based on the detected change. In another aspect, a second tag associated with a person is determined to be located within a predetermined range of a first tag associated with an item. As a result, information is stored in the first tag regarding the person.
US07760088B2
According to an embodiment, an intrusion detection sensor includes a microwave sensor (120) that transmits microwaves toward a detection area, receives the microwaves reflected by an object present in the detection area, and outputs a reflected wave reception intensity signal according to the received intensity; a direction variable antenna device (110); a scanning measurement means (131) that provides an instruction to scan the transmission/reception direction to the direction variable antenna device (110) to determine a relationship with the output of the reflected wave reception intensity signal; a detection target object presence determination means (132) that determines whether or not a detection target object is present based on the determined relationship; and an alarm signal output control means (133) that outputs an alarm signal when it is determined that a detection target object is present.
US07760086B2
A tamper respondent enclosure including (a) a circuit board; (b) an enclosure surrounding the circuit board; (c) a tamper respondent sensor having (i) a substrate with first and second sides; (ii) a first layer of conductive traces on the first side; (d) wherein the tamper respondent sensor is wrapped around the enclosure with at least one overlap region; and (e) wherein only at the at least one overlap region the tamper respondent sensor has a second layer of conductive traces on the second side. Preferably, the substrate is insulating and made of opaque PET, and the first layer is adjacent the enclosure.
US07760079B2
A tire-pressure control apparatus includes an air pump AP capable of supplying compressed air to a tire air chamber Rb, a mechanical control valve device VA which permits and prohibits supply of compressed air from the air pump AP to the tire air chamber Rb, a valve-state detection sensor (stroke sensor S1) for detecting the state of the control valve device VA, and an electric control apparatus ECU. The electric control apparatus ECU includes time measurement for measuring a pressure increasing time which is a time period starting when the supply of compressed air from the air pump AP to the tire air chamber Rb is started and ending when the supply of compressed air is stopped, and a pressure decreasing time which is a time period starting when the supply of compressed air is stopped and ending when the supply of compressed air is started (resumed). And discharged-air-flow-rate calculation for calculating a flow rate of air discharged from the air pump to the tire air chamber from the pressure decreasing time and the pressure increasing time.
US07760068B2
A small-sized operation switch wiring mechanism which can easily set an address without using an address setting device. The operation switch wiring mechanism includes a device body formed at three-module size. Disposed on the front surface of the device body are operation buttons which cover operators of eight operation switches individually assigned with addresses corresponding to the addresses of relays, and an operator of a rotary switch which alternatively selects a combination of the addresses of the operation switches among a plurality of combinations. In the device body, a signal processor transmits a transmission signal including operation information due to the manipulation of the operation switch, and the address of the manipulated operation switch to a signal line is received. A face cover that covers the entire front surface is detachably attached to the front surface of the device surface.
US07760062B2
An inductor embedded in a printed wiring board includes a conductor extending in the thickness direction of a printed circuit board and a magnetic body that is in contact with the conductor with no gap therebetween. For example, the magnetic body is composed of ferrite having a cylindrical tubular shape. The conductor is composed of a copper film formed by plating on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical tubular ferrite. The inductor is inserted in the thickness direction of the printed wiring board.
US07760061B2
Disclosed is a lamp transformer and method of assembling a lamp transformer within an igniter module or housing. The lamp transformer comprising a potted bar core transformer; and a carrier attached to the potted bar core transformer, the carrier adapted to position the potted bar core transformer on a pc board at a predetermined location.
US07760058B2
An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function.
US07760056B2
The electromagnetic switch for use in a starter includes a solenoid including an excitation coil and a plunger, and an energization terminal through which a current is supplied to the excitation coil from an external battery. The excitation coil generating, when applied with the current, a magnetic attraction force to move the plunger in order to close a main contact of the starter to thereby energize a motor of the starter. The energization terminal is constituted by a male terminal having a plate-like shape and insert-molded in the mold cover, and a female terminal fixed to a coil bobbin of the excitation coil and connected with a lead wire of the excitation coil, the female terminal being provided with a fitting section to which the male terminal is fitted so that the male and female terminals are electrically connected to each other.
US07760055B2
A method and a device are disclosed for the secure operation of a switching device including at least two main contacts which can be switched on and off and which includes respectively, contact pieces and a displaceable contact bridge, and at least one control magnet which includes a displaceable anchor. The anchor acts upon the contact bridge when it is switched on and off such that the corresponding main contact is opened or closed. At least one embodiment of the inventive method includes the following steps: a) release device for a force element remains in a first state in order to interrupt the main contact as long as the main contacts are closed when switched on and open when switched off, and b) the release device are transferred into a second state if at least the main contact is welded after switching off.
US07760054B2
An RF cavity is provided with a plurality of tubes that are formed into a tubular cage in a predefined shape to define the RF cavity. A selected number of tubes and a selected tube diameter are provided to form a confinement cage for the RF fields within the RF cavity defined by the tubes. The multiple, small metal tubes are selectively bent to form different cavity shapes and sizes as needed to accelerate the particles and function as a confinement cage for the RF fields within the RF cavity defined by the tubes. The cost to fabricate RF cavities using the tubular cage design is significantly lower than the cost of producing a solid cavity using conventional fabrication technology.
US07760053B2
One-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional negative refractive index (NRI) and/or opto-magnetic materials operating in spectral ranges spanning from the visible to far IR wavelength ranges is disclosed. Said materials are comprised of metal or metal/dielectric wire pairs arranged in a number of sublattices (one for one dimensional material, two for two-dimensional and three or more for three dimensional material), such that in each lattice, said wire pairs are essentially parallel to each other. Such a materials are useful and practical in obtaining previously unachievable important optical functions in these spectral ranges. Such optical properties are highly desired for many applications. A practical means of manufacture that is compatible with cost-effective and large-scale production methods is also provided.
US07760048B2
An elastic wave filter includes two longitudinally coupled resonator type elastic wave filter elements that are cascade connected with each other, each longitudinally coupled resonator type elastic wave filter element including three IDTs (interdigital transducers) arranged on a piezoelectric substrate in a transmitting direction of an elastic wave. In at least one of the longitudinally coupled resonator type elastic wave filter elements, electrode fingers of the IDTs that are cascade connected are arranged at a pitch that is smaller than a pitch of electrode fingers of the remaining IDT. The adverse effect of a parasitic capacitance in cascade connected wires disposed between the longitudinally coupled resonator type elastic wave filter elements is reduced so as to improve impedance matching of a cascade connected portion and to improve the VSWR characteristics of input-output terminals of the elastic wave filter.
US07760046B2
The invention is an electromagnetic wave or “EM” coupler for successfully connecting EM waves between an EM generator output and a conductive pathway or “c-pathway” that is not normally considered as an EM transmission medium or line. The coupler includes a dual surface shell-like structure with an electrically conductive outer surface that is insulated from an electrically conductive inner surface that is attached at a specified location along a c-pathway. The forward end of the inside surface of the coupler is attached to the c-pathway while the outside surface of the forward end of the coupler is left unconnected and open. To provide a successful EM connection between the coupler and the c-pathway, the physical size of the coupler is configured as a physically shaped component with a relationship to the c-pathway itself rather than to the particular EM wave required to make such connectivity. To facilitate a realistic physical coupler structure, an additional impedance matching system is coupled between the EM wave generator output and the coupler itself. The EM generator is appropriately connected to an impedance tuning network whose output is then electrically connected to the coupler with the ground component connected to the rearward end of the outside surface of the coupler while the active component is connected to the inside surface of the rearward end of the coupler.
US07760044B2
A substrate for a semiconductor package comprises a dielectric substrate, a circuit pattern, and an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) pattern. The circuit pattern is formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate and is connected to ground via a ground connection. The electromagnetic band gap (EBG) pattern comprises a plurality of zigzag unit structures formed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the second surface is formed on an opposite side of the dielectric substrate from the first surface; the zigzag unit structures are electrically connected to each other; and at least one of the zigzag unit structures is electrically connected to the ground connection.
US07760036B2
An integrated circuit comprises a film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) circuit that generates a reference frequency. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the integrated circuit. Memory stores calibration parameters and selects at least one of the calibration parameters as a function of the sensed temperature. A phase locked loop module receives the reference signal, comprises a feedback loop having a feedback loop parameter and selectively adjusts the feedback loop parameter based on the at least one of the calibration parameters.
US07760033B2
A ring oscillator circuit using only NMOS or only PMOS transistors is described. The ring oscillator circuit uses the equivalent of three transistors to form an oscillator stage, which may be a main component to the ring oscillator: A load transistor, an enable transistor, and a switch transistor. A source of the load transistor may be coupled to a drain of the enable transistor and a source of the enable transistor coupled to a drain of the switch transistor. The load transistor can have three different configurations: 1) a reference circuit with a gate and a drain of the load transistor coupled together; 2) a source to drain leakage monitor circuit with a gate and a source of the load transistor coupled together; and 3) a gate leakage monitor circuit with a drain and the source of the load transistor coupled together. An odd plurality of oscillator stages can be coupled together with an input circuit and an output circuit to form a ring oscillator. Other embodiments are described.
US07760029B2
A pipelined analog to digital converter includes a first stage that receives an input voltage, that generates a first sampled digital value and a first residue voltage, and that includes a first amplifier that amplifies the first residue voltage and generates a first amplified residue voltage. A second stage receives the first amplified residue voltage, generates a second sampled digital value and a second residue voltage, and includes a second amplifier that amplifies the second residue voltage. At least one of the first amplifier and the second amplifier comprises a first transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, a second transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal that communicates with the second terminal of the first transistor, a differential transimpedance amplifier and a differential output amplifier.
US07760019B2
A buffer varies the size of its output stage in response to a varying capacitive load. The capacitive load may vary in a predictable or a random manner. The buffer includes an operational amplifier having an output stage of multiple transistors, selectively connected in parallel. During operation, data regarding the size of the capacitive load is obtained and used to determine the size of the output stage. In general, as the capacitive load increases, the number of transistors connected in parallel at the output stage also increases.
US07760010B2
A switched-capacitor charge pump comprises a two-phase charging circuit, cross-coupled transistors connected to output nodes of the switched capacitors, and a pump output connected to source terminals of the cross-coupled transistors. The charge pump has side transistors for boosting charge transfer, and gating logic of the side transistors includes level shifters which control connections to the pump output or a reference voltage. Negative and positive charge pump embodiments are provided. The charging circuit advantageously utilizes non-overlapping wide and narrow clock signals to generate multiple gating signals. The pump clock circuit preferably provides independent, programmable adjustment of the widths of the wide and narrow clock signals. An override mode can be provided using clamping circuits which shunt the pump output to the second nodes of the switched capacitors.
US07760007B2
A CMOS analog switch circuit includes an NMOS switch transistor, a PMOS switch transistor, and a bias circuit. In an embodiment, the bias circuit includes a first and a second native bias transistors having their gate terminals coupled to a first and a second terminals of the CMOS switch circuit, respectively. The source terminals of the first and the second native bias transistors are coupled together and are also coupled to the body terminal of the PMOS switch transistor. In an configuration, the first and the second native bias transistors are characterized by substantially 0V threshold voltages, and the PMOS switch transistor is configured to exhibit a lower on-resistance in response to the greater of the voltages of the first terminal and the second terminal of the CMOS analog switch circuit.
US07760006B2
Reducing electromagnetic radiation from semiconductor devices. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising driving a Boolean state to a signal pad of a semiconductor device (the driving through a transistor with a first drain-to-source impedance during the driving), and maintaining the Boolean state applied to the signal pad through the transistor with a second drain-to-source impedance, higher than the first drain-to-source impedance.
US07760003B2
The present invention sets forth a controllable resistive circuit which comprises a transistor, a capacitor, a charging unit and a discharging unit. The transistor is capable of providing a variable resistance which is controlled to vary continuously and smoothly. The charging and discharging units are used to respectively charge and discharge the capacitor in different periods. As a result, the capacitor can provide a variable voltage which is controlled to vary continuously and smoothly to control the equivalent resistance of the transistor during the period the capacitor is discharging. Therefore, the controllable resistive circuit in accordance with the present invention is capable of being used in any kind of circuit which requires a variable resistance varied continuously and smoothly.
US07760002B2
A clock generating circuit, including a pulse generating unit to generate a plurality of pulse signals based on a reference clock, the pulse signals each having the same period, a phase difference between the adjacent pulse signals being a first phase difference; and a multi-phase clock generating unit to generate a plurality of multi-phase clocks, a phase difference between the adjacent multi-phase clocks being equal to a second phase difference between pulse signals of a pulse signal pair, based on a plurality of unit-phase clock generating units receiving the pulse signal pairs.
US07760001B2
The real number counter subtracts the positive integer C if the count value RC is equal to or larger than 0, or adds (the positive integer B-C) and outputs a Carry if the count value RC is negative. The first integer counter for generating the first clock f1 calculates (the count value IC1+the Carry+the positive integer A). The second integer counter 150 for generating the second clock f2 (f2=f1*G) calculates (the count value IC2+the Carry+the positive integer A+the offset value) at each input clock. The correction circuit outputs the offset value so that the second integer counter counts “the maximum count value*(f2/f1−1)*D” times more than the first integer counter with respect to each cycle D having a synchronization cycle length of the first clock f1 and the second clock f2.
US07760000B2
A multiphase clock with high resolution is generated. A first clock generator circuit (120) includes n level converters BUFs that conduct level conversion on two input signals, and generate a pair of pulse signals that switch the levels with reference to a crossing point at which the two signal are identical in level with each other. An i-th BUF in the first clock generator circuit (120) inputs a one-side output pair that is respective one-side outputs of the differential outputs of two i-th (1≦i≦n) and (i+1)-th (1 when i=n) differential circuits in a ring oscillator 110 in which n differential circuits DCELs having differential inputs and outputs are connected in a ring configuration. The one-side output pair is two one-side outputs that are input to the noninverting terminal of the next differential circuit, or the two one-side outputs that are input to the inverting terminal of the next differential circuit.
US07759992B2
A clock distribution circuit according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention comprises a drive power boost signal generator which generates and outputs a drive power boost signal, and a CML circuit which outputs a first signal combined by a second signal when the drive power boost signal indicates active state and outputs the first signal when the drive power boost signal indicates an inactive state.
US07759991B2
A scannable virtual rail ring oscillator circuit and system for measuring variations in device characteristics provides the ability to study random device characteristic variation as well as systematic differences between N-channel and P-channel devices using a ring oscillator frequency measurement. The ring oscillator is operated from at least one virtual power supply rail that is connected to the actual power supply rail by a plurality of transistors controlled by a programmable source. The transistors are physically distributed along the physical distribution of the ring oscillator elements and each can be enabled in turn and the variation in ring oscillator frequency measured. The ring oscillator frequency measurements yield information about the variation between the transistors and N-channel vs. P-channel variation can be studied by employing positive and negative virtual power supply rails with corresponding P-channel and N-channel control transistors.
US07759975B2
A first converter circuit converts a state signal, whose level is constant or slowly varies during a predetermine period of time, into a pulse signal to allow the signal to propagate across an electrically insulating area. A second converter circuit converts the pulse signal, which has propagated through an insulating circuit, into the original state signal or a signal having the same characteristics as the original state signal.
US07759974B1
Integrated circuits (ICs) having pipelined unidirectional programmable interconnect structures are provided. Substantially similar logic blocks in an IC each include at least one storage element driving an output of the logic block. The IC also includes programmable routing structures, each of which includes at least one storage element unidirectionally driving an output of the routing structure without traversing any pass gates. Each routing structure has at least one unidirectional output that drives another of the routing structures or one of the logic blocks. Each logic block has at least one output that drives an input of a programmable routing structure. The logic blocks and the programmable routing structures may be interconnected by unidirectional data lines organized as multi-bit busses coupled to multi-bit ports of the logic blocks and routing structures. Each routing structure may include a handshake circuit coupled to control all bits in one of the multi-bit busses.
US07759971B2
A configurable logic array may include a multiplicity of logic components, which may contain customizable look-up tables, and layers of fixed metal segments all of which may be customizable using a single custom via layer. The integrated circuit containing the configurable logic array may also include a multiplicity of customizable register files, customizable RAM blocks; a ROM block with customizable contents; or test logic with customizable test options and configurations to separately test logic and the PLLs.
US07759969B2
A time multiplexed programmable switch of a semiconductor device comprising: a first node; and a plurality of second nodes, each of the second nodes having a path to couple to the first node, the path comprising: a first configurable device configured to select or deselect the path; and a second configurable device in series with the first configurable device configured to select or deselect the path by a digital signal; wherein, the plurality of digital signals are time multiplexed to have no more than one second device in the select state within a time interval.
US07759965B2
Methods and systems for evaluating a permanent magnet motor are provided. The method includes the steps of spinning a rotor of the permanent magnet motor; determining a total harmonic distortion of the permanent magnet motor; and comparing the determined total harmonic distortion of the permanent magnet motor with a baseline total harmonic distortion.
US07759964B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for measuring voltage, current, and power in a power supply. The apparatus consists of a voltage measuring module which measures the peak voltage through an inductor in a switching power supply stage of the power supply for a portion of the switching period. A current measuring module measures the peak current in the switching power supply stage for a portion of the switching period. The measured currents and voltages are proportional to the voltage and current at a point in the power supply where a power measurement is desired. The voltage and current values are multiplied along with a constant to provide an accurate measure of the power at a point in the power supply. The constant generally includes a combination of a calibration constant, an RMS conversion factor, a voltage conversion factor, and a current conversion factor.
US07759961B2
A system for monitoring the connection on an integrated circuit ball grid array (BGA) comprises a connection indicator circuit coupled to at least one monitor pin of the BGA and configured to detect a pin connection failure of the BGA based on a signal change associated with the at least one monitor pin.
US07759960B2
Methods for testing a semiconductor circuit (10) including testing the circuit and modifying a well bias (14, 18) of the circuit during testing. The methods improve the resolution of voltage-based and IDDQ testing and diagnosis by modifying well bias during testing. In addition, the methods provide more efficient stresses during stress testing. The methods apply to ICs where the semiconductor well (wells and/or substrates) are wired separately from the chip VDD and GND, allowing for external control (40) of the well potentials during test. In general, the methods rely on using the well bias to change transistor threshold voltages.
US07759957B2
A method for fabricating a test structure, in which, a heating plate is formed on the wafer for heating a structure to be tested positioned above or adjacent to the heating plate. The heating plate produces heat by electrically connecting to a current. Thus, the heat provided by the heating plate and the electric input/output into/from the structure to be tested are controlled separately and not influenced each other.
US07759954B2
Provided are a semiconductor probe having a resistive tip and a method of fabricating the semiconductor probe. The semiconductor probe includes a resistive tip which is doped with a first impurity, and of which an apex portion is doped with a low concentration of a second impurity of opposite polarity to the first impurity, wherein first and second semiconductor electrode regions doped with a high concentration of the second impurity is formed on slopes of the resistive tip; a dielectric layer formed on the resistive tip; an electric field shield which is formed on the dielectric layer, and forms a plane together with the dielectric layer on the apex portion of the resistive tip; and a cantilever having an end on which the resistive tip is located.
US07759953B2
A probe suitable for probing a semiconductor wafer that includes an active circuit. The probe may include a flexible interconnection between the active circuit and a support structure. The probe may impose a relatively low capacitance on the device under test.
US07759948B2
A disposable meter for testing the level of total dissolved solids in a water source and a method of testing the concentration of total dissolved solids are herein disclosed. The disposable meter may include a body with at least water resistant properties, a first indicator, the energization of which is indicative of a threshold level measured total dissolved solids, a pair of electrodes wherein energization passing between the pair of electrodes completes a circuit, and circuitry disposed within the body connected to the first indicator and the pair of electrodes. The circuitry may be configured to commence energization to pass between the pair of electrodes, measure the conductivity of the water between the pair of electrodes, and energize the first indicator if the measured conductivity value exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The method of testing the concentration of total dissolved solids present in a water supply may include projecting a current between a first electrode and a second electrode, measuring the conductivity of the water between the electrodes, comparing the measured conductivity to a plurality of threshold values, and energizing an indicator in a matter that is correlated to the highest threshold value met by the measured conductivity.
US07759945B2
A sensor incorporates a dual range ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) for accurately sensing and measuring sensor input over extensive range along with an improved resolution. The sensor can incorporate an ASIC utilizing signals from a MEMS-based piezoresistive Wheatstone bridge. Signals can also come from capacitive pressure measurement sources. The signals can be converted to digital bit counts where calibration coefficients can be implemented to achieve high precision. The calibration coefficients corresponding to bit counts can be compared with transition points that are recorded into ASIC for effectively distinguishing different sensor ranges. The transition points can be stored in an EEPROM fabricated to suit ASIC applications.
US07759942B2
A well logging instruments includes an electrically conductive sonde mandrel. At least one electrical sensor is affixed to an exterior of the mandrel. The sensor is configured to be attached to the mandrel by sliding along an exterior surface thereof. A pressure-sealing electrical feedthrough bulkhead makes electrical connection from the at least one sensor through a wall of the mandrel.
US07759922B2
Various techniques directed to providing temporary peak power from a switching regulator are disclosed. In one aspect, a switching regulator includes a switch that is to be coupled between a power supply input and an energy transfer element of the power supply. A controller is coupled to be responsive to a feedback signal to be received from an output of the power supply. The controller is coupled to switch the switch in response to the feedback signal to regulate the output of the power supply. An oscillator is coupled to provide an oscillating signal to the controller to determine a maximum switching frequency of the switch. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a first frequency under a first moderate load condition at the power supply output. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a second frequency under a second peak load condition at the power supply output.
US07759919B2
A switching converter includes a control arrangement and multiple converter stages. The control arrangement generates a control signal dependent on the output voltage. Each converter stage includes an inductive storage element, a current measurement arrangement that detects a current across the inductive storage element and furnishes a current measuring signal proportional to this current, a pulse width modulator that receives the control signal and the current measuring signal and generates a PWM signal, and a driver circuit that applies the input voltage to the inductive storage element in dependence on the PWM signal. The current measurement arrangement of a second converter stage adjusts a proportionality factor between the current across the inductive storage element and the current measurement signal thereof, responsive to an adjustment signal that is dependent on a proportionality factor between a current across the inductive storage element and the current measuring signal of a first converter stage.
US07759917B2
A power supply unit comprises a series regulator and a switching DC-DC converter controlled by a PWM signal and connected in parallel with the series regulator, which are switchably enabled by a mode instruction signal depending on the magnitude of a load current. In switching the series regulator and the DC-DC converter, they are simultaneously enabled for a predetermined overlapping time. Further, in changing the operating condition of the DC-DC converter, the width of the PWM signal is shortened to extend the dead time of the DC-DC converter by a predetermined period, thereby suppressing free oscillations and accompanying overshoots that could take place in the power supply unit during switching.
US07759910B2
A high voltage AC transmission cable system for transmitting power between two points, each connected to one or more power networks, and a method to operate the system. At least one transformer is arranged at each end of the AC transmission cable, wherein at least one of the transformers is arranged to operate the transformer at a voltage whereby losses due to reactive power transport and dielectric losses are minimized. The AC cable is run at a variable voltage regulated such that the voltage is a function of the load for the transmission cable. This operating voltage is not necessarily the same as the nominal voltages in the connection points. A control and communication system and a graphical user interface for carrying out the method are also provided.
US07759901B2
A system for the monitoring of the state of a battery used in a vehicle and to which electrical elements comprising at least one electrical consumer and/or at least one electrical generator are connected comprises means for the detection of the battery voltage, means for the extraction of voltage frequency components from the detected battery voltage at different frequencies, means for the detection of the current flowing out of or into the battery, means for the extraction of current frequency components from the detected battery current at the same frequencies at which the voltage frequency components were extracted, means for the determination of internal impedances of the battery from the voltage frequency components and current frequency components extracted at a respective frequency, means for the storage of predetermined relationships between the internal impedance and the battery state for each of the respective frequencies and means for the determination of the battery state from the determined internal impedances and the predetermined relationships. In this connection, means are provided for the monitoring of the state of at least some of the electrical elements as well as means in order to select the time for a respective voltage and current detection in dependence on the detected state of the electrical elements and/or to fix the conditions for a respective voltage and current detection.
US07759896B2
A stepping motor driving device which makes it possible to reduce electric power consumed by a stepping motor and at the same time suppress degradation of shake correcting performance. A CPU of the stepping motor driving device switches between a first driving method in which a first applied voltage is applied to the stepping motor and a second driving method in which each pulse is divided to apply the first applied voltage over a predetermined time period and then apply a second applied voltage to the stepping motor, depending on the state of the drive frequency of the stepping motor.
US07759892B2
A vehicle mirror device includes a base unit configured to be fixed to a vehicle, a body unit that includes a mirror and is rotatably attached to the base unit, and a driving unit that drives the body unit to rotate with respect to the base unit. The driving unit includes a motor that drives the body unit to rotate, a current detecting circuit that detects current fluctuation due to rotation of the motor, and a switching circuit that switches ON or OFF current supply to the motor. While current fluctuation is detected, the switching circuit keeps current supply to the motor ON. While no current fluctuation is detected, the switching circuit switches OFF current supply to the motor.
US07759876B2
A light comprising a housing, a plurality of LED lights coupled in an array inside of the housing, and a reflective protrusion coupled to the housing wherein the reflective protrusion is for reflecting light from the LED lights out of the housing. The housing can be of any shape such as tubular, bowl shaped, or having an oval cross section. In addition, the reflective protrusion can be of any shape such as dome shaped or pyramidal shaped. The circuitry relating to this LED light array can include a power source such as a connection to an AC or DC input. If the connection is to an AC input, the device can also include an AC/DC converter coupled to the power source for receiving an input from the AC power source. In this way the LED array receives a consistent flow of DC current that will not result in the LED lights burning out. To prevent this LED array from burning out there is also a current regulator for controlling a current flowing through this LED array.
US07759873B2
An identification system for a light radiation source (103) having a control circuit (107) for communicating with an identification circuit (108) associated with the light radiation source, wherein the identification circuit is arranged for storing data relating to the light radiation source. During operation, the control circuit communicates with the identification circuit via a signal path comprising at least a portion of a first electric wire (112) provided for energizing the light radiation source such that it is used as a first transmitting antenna for communicating with the identification circuit. The operation of the light radiation source is controlled in dependence on the data retrieved from the identification circuit. Depending on the result of the identification, operation of the light radiation source can be authorized or prevented, thus blocking the use of an incorrect radiation source for a given application.
US07759869B2
A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate, a phosphor layer and a barrier rib between the front and rear substrates, and a discharge gas filled between the front and rear substrates. The phosphor layer includes a phosphor material and an additive material. The additive material includes at least one of magnesium oxide (MgO), zinc oxide (ZnO), silicon oxide (SiO2), titanium oxide (TiO2), yttrium oxide (Y2O3), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), lanthanum oxide (La2O3), europium oxide (EuO), cobalt oxide, iron oxide, or CNT (carbon nano tube). A pressure of the discharge gas lies substantially in a range between 400 torr and 500 torr.
US07759867B2
A plasma display panel is provided. The plasma display panel comprises a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes; wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes cross at a discharge space; wherein prominent electrodes and formed at a portion o the first electrodes where the first electrodes cross with the second electrodes to extend the area of the address electrodes so that a stable address discharge may occur, and vertical centers of the prominent electrodes are asymmetrical with respect to vertical centers of the discharge spaces, which may be coated with red, green and blue fluorescent layers.
US07759866B2
A plasma display panel (PDP) is made of front panel (2) and a rear panel. The front panel includes display electrodes (6), dielectric layer (8), and protective layer (8) that are formed on glass substrate (3). The rear panel includes electrodes, barrier ribs, and phosphor layers that are formed on a substrate. The front panel and the rear panel are faced with each other, and the peripheries thereof are sealed to form a discharge space therebetween. Each of display electrodes (6) contains at least silver. Dielectric layer (8) is made of first dielectric layer (81) that contains bismuth oxide and calcium oxide and covers display electrodes (6), and second dielectric layer (82) that contains bismuth oxide and barium oxide and covers first dielectric layer (81).
US07759862B2
A display device that lends itself to easy repair of a defective pixel is presented. The device includes: a thin film transistor formed having a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode having a first part facing the first electrode, a second part that protrudes from the first part and having a first width, and a third part that extends from the second part and having a second width which is different from the first width. The device also includes a wall encompassing the pixel electrode and a common electrode formed on the wall.In one version of the repairing process, the second part of the second electrode is coupled to the common electrode. This coupling causes electric current from the second electrode to flow to the common electrode instead of to a light emitting diode, thereby converting a white spot to a black spot.
US07759854B2
A white-light electro-luminescent lamp having an adjustable spectral power distribution, including a first light-emitting element which emits light within each of three wavelength bands, 1) between 440 and 520 nm, 2) between 520 and 600 nm, and 3) between 600 and 680 nm. A second light-emitting element emits light within each of three wavelength bands, 1) between 440 and 520 nm, 2) between 520 and 600 nm, and 3) between 600 and 680 nm. A controller modulates the integrated spectral power of the light produced by the first and the second light-emitting elements such that the spectral power distribution of the light formed by combining the light produced by the modulated first and second light-emitting elements is substantially equal to a CIE standard daylight spectral power distribution for correlated color temperatures between 4000K-9500K.
US07759849B2
A laser excitation lamp has a discharge tube and a hot cathode in the shape of a pin. The gas space is reduced in the region of the pin cathode. A method is also provided for production of the lamp, in which the gas space or the free cross section around the cathode is reduced by another processing step. The laser excitation lamp may be used as a pumping light source for lasing media.
US07759845B2
An optical element satisfactory in transparency and characteristics as an optical modulation element, and a piezoelectric substance element satisfactory in precision and reproducibility as a fine element such as MEMS can be provided. The piezoelectric substance element includes, on a substrate, at least a first electrode, a piezoelectric substance film and a second electrode. The piezoelectric substance film does not contain a layer-structured boundary plane; the crystal phase constituting the piezoelectric substance film comprises at least two of a tetragonal, a rhombohedral, a pseudocubic, an orthorhombic and a monoclinic; and the piezoelectric substance film includes, in a portion in which a change in the composition is within a range of ±2%, a portion where a proportion of the different crystal phases changes gradually in a thickness direction of the film.
US07759841B2
The invention relates to an electromechanical motor having a stator that has a drive unit and a frame component in which the drive unit is held, and a sliding element that is constructed such that, actuated by the drive unit, it performs a movement with respect to the stator in a direction of translation, wherein the drive unit has at least one electromechanical drive element that extends in the direction of translation and a power transmission element that is constructed so as to transmit a movement of the drive element to the sliding element. The sliding element has a supporting component and a drive rail, the drive rail extending in the direction of translation and interacting with the power transmission element and the drive rail being held at both its end faces in the supporting component, and between the supporting component and the frame component of the stator, there is a bearing for supporting the sliding element in the frame component.
US07759837B2
Stator claw poles are disposed at a stator core at a position facing opposite a rotor so as to alternately range from the two sides along the axial direction. With a plurality of magnetic poles thus formed, the distance by which the gap between the front end portions of the stator claw poles and the stator outer circumference ranges is increased, which, in turn, reduces the reactance guided to a stator coil. It is ensured that the magnetic reluctance manifesting between the front end portions of the stator claw poles and an enclosing member that holds the stator core, facing opposite the centers of the claw poles along the circumferential direction, is greater than the magnetic reluctance manifesting between the front portions and the stator core enclosing member facing opposite the front end portions.
US07759830B2
In an alternating-current generator, an end wall of a frame is provided with a plurality of fin supports separately arranged on the outer surface of the end wall. The cooling fin is mounted on the plurality of fin supports. The end wall is provided with a plurality of reinforcements each arranged between a corresponding one of the plurality of fin supports and another one thereof and each configured to reinforce a rigidity of a portion of the end wall. The corresponding one of the plurality of fin supports and another one thereof are adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the axis of the rotor. The rigidity-reinforced portion of the end wall is located between the corresponding one of the plurality of fin supports and another one thereof.
US07759824B2
A system and method use magnetic field sensing to detect underground objects for strike avoidance. The system detects magnetic field components for both passive distortions in the magnetic field indicative of a ferromagnetic object and active magnetic fields that are impressed on an object by a signal generator. A detection module has a magnetic sensor assembly that detects the magnetic field components. The magnetic field component data is transferred through a multiplexer to an analog/digital converter to a processor. Pitch angle data from a pitch sensor and roll angle data from a roll sensor also may be transferred to the processor. The data is processed by the processor to determine the orientation of the detection module with respect to the object. The detection module may be installed in an underground boring tool or a trenching assembly.
US07759822B2
There is herein provided an uninterruptible power supply device with a degradation judgment circuit of a storage battery which can perform an exact judgment, continuing the power supply to a load apparatus stably without giving the excessive burden to the storage battery. The storage battery is floatingly charged from a rectifier connected with the power source. The device has the control circuit for controlling the output voltage of the rectifier and the degradation judgment circuit. The output voltage of the rectifier is lowered to below a steady state by the control circuit. As a result, the storage battery discharges with the current Idc restricted rather than rated discharge current. And a part of power supply is supplied to the load. The degradation judgment circuit judges the degradation of the storage battery based on the discharge voltage Vdc.
US07759821B2
The invention relates to a system and a process for direct current power supply of electrical networks. This system comprises a system for direct current power supply of electrical networks comprising at least two generators (G1, G2), an alternating current power distribution bar (11), a direct current power distribution bar (10), wherein these two power distribution bars (11, 10) are connected to one another by a rectifier unit (12) and a battery (13). The alternating current bar (11) is connected to the generators (G1, G2) via a transfer contactor (20). The direct current power distribution bar (10) is connected to the battery (13) via a first contactor (S1) in series with a second contactor (S2) positioned in parallel with a power diode (21).
US07759820B2
According to a first general aspect of the present invention, there is provided a logic arrangement for reducing incidence of errors in connections between a power consumer apparatus and a power supply apparatus, the logic arrangement comprising: a pattern-generating component for generating an identifiable pattern in a load to be drawn from a power supply connection to a power supply apparatus; and a testing component for monitoring across a signal connection to the power supply apparatus, the testing component monitoring for a change in the load corresponding to the pattern. A positive result of the testing by the testing component indicates a correct configuration. Additional embodiments are also presented.
US07759818B2
An intermittent driving system includes a control target circuit to determine and notify a switching timing of ON/OFF of a power supply, and a control circuit to send a power supply ON signal for turning on the power supply or a power supply OFF signal for turning off the power supply of the control target circuit based on the switching timing decided by the control target circuit. The control target circuit is an in-vehicle monitoring circuit including a monitoring camera to monitor a in-vehicle and the control target circuit determines the switching timing based on a monitoring result of the monitoring camera.
US07759817B2
A power supply system for driving a vehicle includes a battery, a boost converter boosting the voltage of the battery, a capacitor to which the voltage boosted by the boost converter is applied across the electrodes, system main relays provided between the capacitor and the output of the boost converter for connection and disconnection between the capacitor and the boost converter, and a control device controlling the boost converter and the system main relays. The control device, after giving an instruction for disconnection to the system main relays, causes the boost converter to change the voltage of the output to determine whether the system main relays are normally disconnected.
US07759816B2
A CLA device comprises a CLA plug that is insertable into an external CLA socket, for example, a DC CLA socket inside a vehicle. The CLA device has a housing coupled to the CLA plug, for example, by integration or via a tethered wire, with the housing having a support surface. A port interface connector in the CLA device engages with a complementary port interface connector of an external device at a cantilevered support point when the external device is attached to the CLA device.
US07759808B2
The present invention includes a first recognition mark which is arranged in a frame part of a perimeter of an implementation region having a plurality of semiconductor chips implemented therein so that the position of the semiconductor substrate can be macroscopically detected by using a recognition camera, and a second recognition mark which is formed into a smaller shape than the first recognition mark so that the position of the dividing line can be microscopically detected by using a recognition camera. The second recognition mark is arranged so that its center line is positioned on a line that extends from a dicing line, and has a pattern shape which is formed so as to be linearly symmetric with respect to the center line. This pattern shape is formed so that the ratio of a length occupying a direction parallel to the dicing line is larger than that occupying a direction perpendicular to the dicing line, and includes a flow region for promoting the flow of an etchant for forming the pattern shape.
US07759803B2
There are included a semiconductor substrate provided with a desirable element region, an electrode pad formed to come in contact with a surface of the semiconductor substrate or a wiring layer provided on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a bonding pad formed on a surface of the electrode pad through an intermediate layer, and a resin insulating film for covering a peripheral edge of the bonding pad such that an interface of the bonding pad and the intermediate layer is not exposed to a side wall.
US07759802B2
In conventional semiconductor devices, an insufficient supply of the resin to the end portions of the components that should be encapsulated is caused, resulting in an insufficient permeation of the resin into gaps between the components and the substrate, causing a spreading resin-wet. A semiconductor device 1 includes a mounting interconnect substrate 10, a semiconductor chip 20 mounted on the mounting interconnect substrate 10, an underfill resin 30 provided in a gap between the mounting interconnect substrate 10 and the semiconductor chip 20 and a flow-inducing section 40 provided in vicinity of the semiconductor chip 20 on the mounting interconnect substrate 10 and being capable of inducing a flow of the underfill resin 30 to the gap.
US07759790B2
A system for cooling a semiconductor includes a heat sink in thermal contact with the semiconductor, a thermal interface material (TIM) layer disposed between the heat sink and the semiconductor, and a picture frame support disposed between a substrate of the semiconductor and the heat sink, wherein the picture frame support encloses at least a portion of the semiconductor in a plane between the substrate and the heat sink, and wherein the picture frame support has a height that is greater than a height of the semiconductor.
US07759779B2
The invention enhances moisture resistance between a supporting body and an adhesive layer to enhance the reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device of the invention has a first insulation film formed on a semiconductor element, a first wiring formed on the first insulation film, a supporting body formed on the semiconductor element with an adhesive layer being interposed therebetween, a third insulation film covering the back surface of the semiconductor element onto the side surface thereof and the side surface of the adhesive layer, a second wiring connected to the first wiring and extending onto the back surface of the semiconductor element with the third insulation film being interposed therebetween, and a protection film formed on the second wiring.
US07759777B2
A module having a semiconductor chip with a first contact element on a first main surface and a second contact element on a second main surface is disclosed. The semiconductor chip is arranged on a carrier. An insulating layer and a wiring layer cover the second main surface and the carrier.
US07759773B2
Disclosed are embodiments of semiconductor wafer structures and associated methods of forming the structures with balanced reflectance and absorption characteristics. The reflectance and absorption characteristics are balanced by manipulating thin film interferences. Specifically, thin film interferences are manipulated by selectively varying the thicknesses of the different films. Alternatively, reflectance and absorption characteristics can be balanced by incorporating an additional reflectance layer into the wafer structure above the substrate.
US07759768B2
An explanation is given of, inter alia, a circuit arrangement in which an intermediate layer (160) made of a dielectric material is arranged between two metal layers (102 and 104). The intermediate layer (160) is designed in such a way that the capacitance per unit area between the connection layers (102, 104) is greater than 0.5 fF/μm2.
US07759766B2
A thin semiconductor layer is formed and patterned on a semiconductor substrate to form a thin semiconductor fuselink on shallow trench isolation and between an anode semiconductor region and a cathode semiconductor region. During metallization, the semiconductor fuselink is converted to a thin metal semiconductor alloy fuselink as all of the semiconductor material in the semiconductor fuselink reacts with a metal to form a metal semiconductor alloy. The inventive electrical fuse comprises the thin metal semiconductor alloy fuselink, a metal semiconductor alloy anode, and a metal semiconductor alloy cathode. The thin metal semiconductor alloy fuselink has a smaller cross-sectional area compared with prior art electrical fuses. Current density within the fuselink and the divergence of current at the interface between the fuselink and the cathode or anode comparable to prior art electrical fuses are obtained with less programming current than prior art electrical fuses.
US07759765B2
A fuse element utilizing a reaction between two layers by feeding current is manufactured. A fuse element including a first layer formed of an oxide or a nitride and a second layer that becomes high resistant by nitridation or oxidation, in which the first layer and the second layer are in contact with each other, is manufactured. For example, the fuse element is manufactured by using indium tin oxide for the first layer and aluminum for the second layer. By generating joule heat by applying voltage to the first layer and the second layer, oxygen in the indium tin oxide enters the aluminum, which changes the aluminum into aluminum oxide that presents an insulating property. The fuse element can be manufactured by a similar process as that of forming a TFT.
US07759761B2
In a semiconductor wafer substrate (20) for power semiconductor components (1) and in a method for producing the same, the semiconductor wafer substrate (20) has a large-area, buried rear side electrode (3) in form of a layer arranged between a self-supporting wafer substrate (4) and a non-self-supporting monocrystalline silicon wafer layer (5) arranged on the rear side electrode (3). The rear side electrode (3) has a ternary carbide and/or a ternary nitride and/or carbon.
US07759755B2
Optical structures having an array of protuberances between two layers having different refractive indices are provided. The array of protuberances has vertical and lateral dimensions less than the wavelength range of lights detectable by a photodiode of a CMOS image sensor. The array of protuberances provides high transmission of light with little reflection. The array of protuberances may be provided over a photodiode, in a back-end-of-line interconnect structure, over a lens for a photodiode, on a backside of a photodiode, or on a window of a chip package.
US07759752B2
An image sensor includes at least first and second photo-sensitive regions; a color filter array having at least two different colors that selectively absorb specific bands of wavelengths, and the two colors respectively span portions of predetermined photo-sensitive regions; and wherein the two photo sensitive regions are doped so that electrons that are released at two different depths in the substrate are collected in two separate regions of the photo sensitive regions so that, when wavelengths of light pass through the color filter array, light is absorbed by the photo sensitive regions which photo sensitive regions consequently releases electrons at two different depths of the photo sensitive regions and are stored in first and second separate regions; at least two charge-coupled devices adjacent the first photo sensitive regions; and a first transfer gate associated with the first photo sensitive region that selectively passes charge at first and second levels which, when at the first level, causes the charge stored in the first region to be passed to one of its associated charge-coupled devices, and when the transfer gate is at the second level, charge stored in the second region is passed to one of the associated charge-coupled devices.
US07759748B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed that comprises a fully silicided electrode formed of an alloy of a semiconductor material and a metal, a workfunction modulating element for modulating a workfunction of the alloy, and a dielectric in contact with the fully silicided electrode. At least a part of the dielectric which is in direct contact with the fully silicided electrode comprises a stopping material for substantially preventing the workfunction modulating element from implantation into and/or diffusing towards the dielectric. A method for forming such a semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US07759747B2
Electronic apparatus and methods of forming the electronic apparatus may include a tantalum aluminum oxynitride film for use in a variety of electronic systems and devices. The tantalum aluminum oxynitride film may be structured as one or more monolayers. The tantalum aluminum oxynitride film may be formed using atomic layer deposition. Metal electrodes may be disposed on a dielectric containing a tantalum aluminum oxynitride film.
US07759746B2
A semiconductor device, such as a transistor or capacitor, is provided. The device includes a substrate, a gate dielectric over the substrate, and a conductive gate electrode film over the gate dielectric. The gate dielectric includes a mixed rare earth aluminum oxide, nitride or oxynitride film containing aluminum and at least two different rare earth metal elements.
US07759743B2
A metal supplying an N well voltage is provided in a first metal interconnection layer. The metal is electrically coupled to an active layer provided in an N well region by shared contacts so that the N well voltage is supplied to the N well region. A metal supplying a P well voltage is provided in a third metal interconnection layer. The metal supplying the N well voltage is formed using a metal in the first metal interconnection layer and thus does not require a piling region to the underlayer, and only a piling region to the underlayer of the metal for the P well voltage needs to be secured. Therefore, the length in the Y direction of a power feed cell can be reduced thereby reducing the layout area of the power feed cell.
US07759742B2
A metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor is disclosed. The MOS transistor includes: a semiconductor substrate; a gate disposed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the gate comprises two sidewalls; a spacer formed on the sidewalls of the gate; a source/drain region disposed in the semiconductor substrate; a silicide layer disposed on top of the gate and the surface of the source/drain region; and a retarded interface layer disposed in the junction between the silicide layer and the gate and source/drain region.
US07759735B2
According to one feature of the invention, a region of an insulating film surface at least overlapped with a part of a gate electrode or wiring is coated with an organic agent; a fluid in which conductive fine particles are dispersed in an organic solvent is discharged by a droplet discharging method in the insulating film surface ranging from a region where the organic agent is coated and left to a region where the organic agent is not coated. The organic agent is coated to improve wettability of the fluid in the insulating film surface, and one of each ends of the source electrode and the drain electrode adjacent to each other by interposing the curve therebetween is formed by being curved in a concave and the other end is formed by being curved in a convex.
US07759729B2
A MOS device includes first and second source/drains spaced apart relative to one another. A channel is formed in the device between the first and second source/drains. A gate is formed in the device between the first and second source/drains and proximate the channel, the gate being electrically isolated from the first and second source/drains and the channel. The gate is configured to control a conduction of the channel as a function of a potential applied to the gate. The MOS device further includes an energy filter formed between the first source/drain and the channel. The energy filter includes an impurity band operative to control an injection of carriers from the first source/drain into the channel.
US07759725B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the steps of: forming on a second insulating film a first resist pattern having a first window; employing the first resist pattern as an etching mask to form first openings exposed from contact regions CR; forming, on a second conductive film, a second resist pattern having first resist portions; employing the second resist pattern as an etching mask to form first and second conductors, a floating gate and a control gate; forming a third resist pattern in regions I, II and III; and employing the third resist pattern as an etching mask to remove the portions of the second conductors under second windows.
US07759717B2
A capacitor includes a first capacitor electrode which includes conductive metal. A second capacitor electrode is spaced from the first capacitor electrode. A capacitor dielectric region is received between the first and second capacitor electrodes. Such region comprising a first portion oxide material of a first density over the first capacitor electrode, and a second portion oxide material of a second density received over the first portion. The oxide-comprising material of the first portion and the oxide-comprising material of the second portion are the same in chemical composition and the second density is greater than the first density.
US07759715B2
Some embodiments include memory cells that contain a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) element and a nonvolatile memory (NVM) element. The DRAM element contains two types of DRAM nanoparticles that differ in work function. The NVM contains two types of NVM nanoparticles that differ in trapping depth. The NVM nanoparticles may be in vertically displaced charge-trapping planes. The memory cell contains a tunnel dielectric, and one of the charge-trapping planes of the NVM may be further from the tunnel dielectric than the other. The NVM charge-trapping plane that is further from the tunnel dielectric may contain larger NVM nanoparticles than the other NVM charge-trapping plane. The DRAM element may contain a single charge-trapping plane that has both types of DRAM nanoparticles therein. The memory cells may be incorporated into electronic systems.
US07759710B1
An oxidized low density lipoprotein sensing device for a gallium nitride process is a GaN HEMT device including: a gateless AlGaN/GaN sensing transistor device, a testing window, a source, a drain, two metal connecting wires and a passivation layer. The gateless AlGaN/GaN sensing transistor device has an epitaxial wafer structure including a GaN layer and an aluminum gallium nitride layer. The testing window is disposed on the epitaxial wafer structure. The metal connecting wire is disposed on a source and a drain. The passivation layer is covered onto a surface of the sensing device except the testing window. A built-in piezoelectric field is created by the properties of FET and the polarization effect of AlGaN/GaN to achieve the effect of sensing the level of oxidizing proteins in human body quickly, accurately and easily.
US07759705B2
A semiconductor device, wherein: a first fabricating option provides a plurality of user configurations to configure the device functionality; and a second fabricating option hard-wires a said functional configuration, the second option comprising a plurality of common masks and fewer processing steps compared to the first option.
US07759691B2
An exemplary light emitting diode (LED) includes a substrate, a LED chip and an encapsulation unit. The encapsulation unit includes a first encapsulation material located over the LED chip and a second encapsulation material located around the first encapsulation material. A plurality of first particles with a first distributing density is distributed in the first encapsulation material. A plurality of second particles with a second distributing density is distributed in the second encapsulation material. The first distributing density is larger than the second distributing density, a central portion of light from the light emitting diode chip transmits through the first encapsulation material and exits the encapsulation unit from a top surface thereof, and a periphery portion of light from the light emitting diode chip transmits through the second encapsulation material and exits the encapsulation unit from the top surface thereof.
US07759689B2
A light emitting device having a buried photonic bandgap (PBG) structure is created using a relatively simple fabrication method known as epitaxial layer overgrowth (ELOG). By burying the PBG structure, the difficulties and disadvantages associated with the known technique of etching holes into a LED emission surface to form the PBG structure are avoided.
US07759676B2
A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate with a plurality of gate lines and data lines crossing each other, wherein the gate lines and the data lines define pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of thin film transistors are connected to the gate lines and the data lines and include an organic semiconductor, wherein the thin film transistors from adjacent pixels of different pixel groups are disposed proximate to one another.
US07759675B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting device, particularly to an organic electroluminescent device, that can prevent corrosion of data lines and scan lines and improve the adhesive strength of a sealant. The organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate, a plurality of anode electrode layers disposed in a first direction on the substrate, a plurality of cathode electrode layers disposed in a second direction different from the first direction on the substrate, luminescent areas formed by the anode electrode layers and the cathode electrode layers, a plurality of data lines electrically communicated with the anode electrode layers, and a plurality of scan lines electrically communicated with the cathode electrode layers. At least one of the data lines and the scan lines includes a transparent electrode layer, and the sub-electrode layer completely encloses the transparent electrode layer.
US07759672B2
The invention relates to the design and processing of a semiconductor optical device. The device is formed of at least four layers of III-V compounds in which one consists of the penternary AlGaInAsSb material. The structure is wet etched in order to form optical ridge waveguides. One such device has incorporated two waveguides which are connected through a new junction design which can be made by wet etching. In one design the junction and waveguides consists of wet etched AlO.90GaO.10AsSb cladding around a core of AlO.28GaO.72AsSb in which an active layer composed of AlO.22InO.22GaO.55AsSb/InO.29GaO.71AsSb quantum wells is embedded. The resulting device is a erdge junction laser which has single mode emission and emits a narrow line width. We made and tested a device in the 2.34 müm to 2.375 müm wavelength area and found it to have an emission line width of around 0.5 nm.
US07759669B2
A phase change memory element with phase change electrodes, and method of making the same. Exemplary embodiments include a phase change bridge, including a bottom contact layer, a first insulating layer disposed on the bottom contact layer, a first phase change region disposed on the bottom contact layer adjacent the first insulating layer, a second phase change region disposed on the bottom contact layer adjacent the first insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer thermally and electrically isolates the first and second phase change regions, and a third phase change region disposed on each of the first and second phase change regions, each of the third phase change regions isolated from one another by a conductor layer disposed on the first insulating layer.
US07759666B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a semiconductor diode steering element, and a semiconductor read/write switching element.
US07759664B2
An embodiment of the present method may comprise: heating up at least one structural element beyond a change state temperature thereof; changing the configuration of the structural element from an extended configuration to a reduced size configuration; cooling the structural element to below the change state temperature thereof; covering the structural element with a thermal protection device; removing the thermal protection device to expose the structural element to heat radiation; and heating, via the heat radiation, at least a portion of the structural element to thereby cause the structural element to change from the reduced size configuration to the extended configuration. In one embodiment each of the structural elements is formed from a thin elastic memory composite material.
US07759658B2
An ion implanting apparatus is provided. The ion implanting apparatus includes a beam scanner, a beam collimator and a unipotential lens which is disposed between said beam scanner and said beam collimator, and which includes first, second, third, and fourth electrodes arranged in an ion beam traveling direction while forming first, second, and third gaps, said first and fourth electrodes being electrically grounded, wherein positions of centers of curvature of said first and third gaps of said unipotential lens coincide with a position of a scan center of said beam scanner, and wherein a position of a center of curvature of said second gap of said unipotential lens is shifted from the position of the scan center of said beam scanner toward a downstream or upstream side in the ion beam traveling direction.
US07759652B2
The present invention provides a compact electron lens causing little aberration, and a charged particle beam apparatus such as a scanning electron microscope that is super compact and offers a high resolution. An upper magnetic pole and a sample-side magnetic pole are magnetically coupled to the respective poles of a permanent magnet that is made of a highly strong magnetic material such as a rare-earth cobalt system or a neodymium-iron-boron system, that is axially symmetrical, and that has a hole in the center thereof. An inner gap is created on the side of a center axis. Thus, a magnetic lens is formed axially. Moreover, a semi-stationary magnetic path that shields an outside magnetic field and has the magnetic reluctance thereof regulated is disposed outside. The sample-side magnetic pole and magnetic path defines a region where magnetic reluctance is the highest outside the permanent magnet. A space defined by the permanent magnet, upper magnetic pole, sample-die magnetic pole, and semi-stationary magnetic path is filled with a filling made of a non-magnetic material. Thus, an objective lens is constructed.
US07759651B2
A process for measuring transmittance of a fluid with first and second radiation wavelengths includes (i) positioning a polychromatic radiation source and a polychromatic radiation sensor in a spaced relationship to define a first thickness of fluid; (ii) detecting a first radiation intensity corresponding to the first wavelength at the first thickness; (iii) detecting a second radiation intensity corresponding to the second wavelength at the first thickness; (iv) altering the first thickness to define a second thickness; (v) detecting a third radiation intensity corresponding to the first wavelength at the second thickness; (vi) detecting a fourth radiation intensity corresponding to the second wavelength at the second thickness; and (vii) calculating radiation transmittance of the fluid in the radiation field from the first radiation intensity, the second radiation intensity, the third radiation intensity and the fourth radiation intensity.
US07759647B2
PET detector modules are provided within a multi-dimensional magnetic field, to confine the range of emitted positrons from an object being imaged to improve spatial resolution of reconstructed PET images. Each module includes a number of independent, optically isolated detectors. Each detector includes an array of scintillator crystals read out by an array of APDs (avalanche photodiodes).
US07759640B2
In a mass spectrometer for carrying out mass analysis while microscopically observing a two-dimensional area of a sample 15, the observation position for selecting a target portion while observing an image of the sample 15 captured with a CCD camera 23 is separated from the analysis position for carrying out the mass analysis of the sample 15 by delivering laser light from the laser-delivering unit 20 onto the sample 15. The sample 15 is placed on a stage 13, which can be precisely moved between the observation position and the analysis position by a stage-driving mechanism 30. An observation optical system 24 can be set close to the sample 15 at the observation position, without impeding the flight of the ions generated from the sample 15 during the analysis or interfering with a laser-condensing optical system 22. Thus, the spatial resolution for observation is improved without deteriorating the ion-detecting efficiency.
US07759636B2
A method and system for characterizing and quantifying various error and calibration components of signals associated with photo-detectors. By varying the detector operational parameters such as input light intensity and integration times, measured signals can be analyzed to separate out and quantify various components of the measured signals. The various components thus determined may be categorized according to their dependencies on the operational parameters. Such component characterization allows better understanding of the detector system and ways in which such system can be improved so as to yield an improved measurement result for which the detector is being utilized.
US07759622B2
In one embodiment, ones of a plurality of drive currents are modulated in accordance with ones of a plurality of unique modulation sequences. The modulated drive currents are then applied to a plurality of light emitters. Thereafter, a stream of optical measurements is obtained from a photosensor that is positioned to sense the aggregate light emitted by the light emitters. The stream of optical measurements is then correlated with the modulation sequences to extract optical responses to each of the plurality of drive currents. Finally, each drive current is regulated based on its relationship to its corresponding optical response. Related apparatus, and other methods for regulating the drive currents of a plurality of light emitters, is also disclosed.
US07759619B2
Sterilisation of airflow in a duct may be achieved by irradiating the air with light in the ultraviolet spectrum. Electrodeless bulbs may be enclosed in part of a duct and fed with RF energy in order to energize the bulb. The RF energy may be contained using grids dimensioned to be opaque to the selected RF wavelength.
US07759617B2
A gas range includes a gas cooktop including a plurality of gas cooktop burners, and an oven coupled to the gas cooktop. The oven includes an oven cavity comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion coupled to the top and bottom portions, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the first and second side portions coupled to the top, bottom, and rear portions respectively, at least one gas oven burner positioned proximate to the bottom portion within the oven cavity; and a first electrical heating element positioned proximate the top portion within the oven cavity.
US07759612B2
A glow plug (1), includes a pressure sensor (90), suitable for measuring the internal pressure of a motor cylinder in which the plug (1) is housed, a body (10) to be secured to the motor and a finger (20) in which a heater electrode is housed. The sensor (90) is firmly secured to the body (10) by the upper face thereof and rests on the finger (20), so that the pressure exerted on the finger (20) presses the sensor against the body (10).
US07759611B2
The present invention is a portable heat sealing apparatus with a safety circuit design. The portable heat sealing apparatus comprises a body, a heating module, an upper case and a power module. The heating module and the upper case ensure a smooth, continuous bond between facing surfaces of a plastic bag.
US07759610B2
The invention relates to a heating assembly comprising at least one PTC element, in particular for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the PTC element (2) is positioned between metal sheets (3, 4), which are used to make electrical contact, said sheets (3, 4) and the PTC element (2) are bonded by means of an adhesive (5) and the adhesive (5) has a minimum specific electrical resistance of 50 ohms×cm and a maximum specific electrical resistance of 500 ohms×cm. In addition, solder can be used as an alternative to the adhesive (5).
US07759609B2
A method for forming a micro- or nano-pattern of a material on a substrate is presented. The method utilizes a buffer layer assisted laser patterning (BLALP). A layered structure is formed on the substrate, this layered structure being in the form of spaced-apart regions of the substrate defined by the pattern to be formed, each region including a weakly physisorbed buffer layer and a layer of the material to be patterned on top of the buffer layer. A thermal process is then applied to the layered structure to remove the remaining buffer layer in said regions, and thus form a stable pattern of said material on the substrate resulting from the buffer layer assisted laser patterning. The method may utilize either positive or negative lithography. The patterning may be implemented using irradiation with a single uniform laser pulse via a standard mask used for optical lithography.
US07759606B2
A method of selectively ablating an undesired material from a substrate includes providing a substrate with two regions; providing laser pulses; tuning a wavelength of the laser pulses to match a desired wavelength characteristic of a material and directing the tuned laser pulses onto the substrate; and controlling a pulse duration, wavelength, or both, of the laser pulses to ablate the undesired material without damaging the substrate or any adjacent material. In another embodiment, an apparatus for repairing a defect on a reflective photomask includes a femtosecond pulse width laser; a harmonic conversion cell; a filter for passing a selected EUV harmonic of the laser light; a lens arrangement configured to direct the selected EUV harmonic of the laser light onto the photomask; and a control unit connected to the laser to control an ablation of the defect on the reflective photomask.
US07759603B2
A method for combined laser-arc welding and a device for combined laser-arc welding uses a device for controlling a laser unit for producing a laser beam according to a welding torch for producing an arc in order to optimize the energy balance and to adapt the combined laser-arc welding process to the respective conditions. The device for controlling the laser unit is connected with a detector that detects the arc voltage or the arc current. The laser output is adapted to the arc output and is controlled by a closed control circuit.
US07759596B2
A method for controlling weld energy used in a welding process. The method includes establishing a weld energy profile having a total weld energy used over the period of the weld cycle. During the welding process, the expulsion rate is monitored and used to modify the weld energy. Based on the expulsion rate occurring during the welding process, the total weld energy can be shifted between various phases or cycles. In addition, the overall amount of or total weld energy can be increased and decreased.
US07759593B2
A button module adapted for use in an electronic device includes a cover, a button pivotably engaged with the cover, and an elastic plate secured on the cover and attaching to the button. When the button moves relative to the cover from a first position to a second position, the plate generates elastic distortion and abuts against the button to reset the button to the first position.
US07759584B2
An electronic part equipped unit includes a case body that includes a first recess portion for containing an electronic part and a second recess portion for containing a relay terminal which is connected to the electronic part, a wire side terminal to which a middle portion of a wire is attached, and a cover member to which the wire side terminal is attached. The wire side terminal is brought into contact with the relay terminal when the cover member to which the wire side terminal is attached is fitted to the second recess portion of the case body. A positioning rib for restricting the relay terminal is provided on a bottom portion of the second recess portion of the cover body. The wire side terminal has a rib contact portion. A projection amount of the positioning rib is set so that the rib contact portion is brought into contact with the positioning rib when the cover member is fitted to the second recess portion of the case body in a state that the wire side terminal is not completely attached to the cover member.
US07759576B1
A low voltage mounting device for installing low voltage components on a wall or ceiling. The low voltage mounting device includes a round frame member and a plurality of wings that are rotatable with respect to the frame member. The rotatable wings are fixed on the end of fasteners that extend through the frame member and are rotatable with respect thereto. An outward extending flange on the frame member enables flush mounting to the wall or ceiling surface. A low voltage component may be mounted directly to the frame member. The low voltage mounting device enables direct installation to the drywall and does not require mounting to a stud or other frame member.
US07759575B2
A power distribution unit includes a first power box including a first chamber having a first termination zone, wherein a first wire set from a supply conduit is configured to be terminated at the first termination zone. The power distribution unit also includes a second power box ganged together with the first power box. The second power box has a second chamber open to the first chamber, and the second chamber has a second termination zone. A second wire set from at least one of the supply conduit and the first termination zone is configured to be terminated at the second termination zone.
US07759572B2
A multijunction solar cell including first and second solar cells on a substrate with an integral bypass diode having an intrinsic layer and operative for passing current when the multijunction solar cell is shaded. In one embodiment, a vertical sequence of solar cells are epitaxially grown on a first portion of the substrate, and the layers of the diode are epitaxially grown on a second portion of the substrate with the layers of the bypass diode being deposited subsequent to the layers of the top solar cell.
US07759568B2
A pitch adjustment device for selectively adjusting the pitch of the string(s) of a stringed musical instrument. Each string of the instrument is attached to a respective pitch adjustment device. Each pitch adjustment device comprises a tuning key to which the string is attached. The tuning key is mounted on a pivotable lever. A pull rod is attached to the lever to selectively pivot the lever. When the pull rod is actuated, it causes the lever and the tuning key to pivot, thereby adjusting the tension or pitch of the string. While the lever and tuning key pivot, the adjustment of the tuning key relative to the lever remains unchanged. Accordingly, when the pull rod is de-actuated, the lever and tuning key return to their original position and the string returns to its normal open pitch. A roller nut having a pivoting knife-edged surface is also provided.
US07759565B2
A wrestplank for use in a stringed instrument including first and second median working plies stacked in between first and second outer working plies. Each working ply defines a direction of grain. The working plies collectively define a tuning pin hole configured to securely receive a tuning pin, whereby the tuning pin is substantially surrounded by and in engagement with end wood of the working plies. The directions of grain of the outer working plies are oriented substantially parallel with respect to a longitudinal axis defined by the wrestplank. The grain direction of the first median working ply is oriented at an angle of between about 60° and about 75° with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the grain direction of the second median working ply is oriented at an angle of between about 105° and about 120° with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US07759561B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH269851. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH269851, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH269851 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH269851.
US07759554B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31S08. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31S08, to the plants of soybean XB31S08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31S08 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31S08 with another soybean plant, using XB31S08 as either the male or the female parent.
US07759551B2
A soybean cultivar designated 7429331 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 7429331, to the plants of soybean 7429331, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 7429331 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 7429331 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 7429331, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 7429331 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 7429331 with another soybean cultivar.
US07759543B2
Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. In one such method, the homozygous recessive condition of male sterility causing alleles is maintained after crossing with a second plant, where the second plant contains a restoring transgene construct having a nucleotide sequence which reverses the homozygous condition. The restoring sequence is linked with a hemizygous sequence encoding a product inhibiting formation or function of male gametes. The maintainer plant produces only viable male gametes which do not contain the restoring transgene construct. Increase of the maintainer plant is also provided by self-fertilization, and selection for seed or plants which contain the construct.
US07759541B2
The present invention relates to transgenic non-human animals, tissues or cells derived therefrom and methods of producing them. The transgenic non-human animals or tissues or cells derived therefrom provide a system capable of expressing human proteins responsible for drug metabolism in place of the homologous endogenous non-human animal proteins and for the controlled expression of human genes introduced into the animal so that the expression of the human genes is regulated in a manner more closely analogous to that seen in vivo in humans.
US07759540B2
The present invention relates generally to an absorbent core for an absorbent article, and more particularly to an absorbent core having zoned absorbency due to specific placement of adhesives or specific lack of adhesive. Such absorbent cores provide the flexibility of creating precise zoning of particular properties throughout the core, and they provide improved comfort and fit.
US07759539B2
A wound dressing for post-operative sites comprising: a thin film layer covered on one side with an adhesive and an absorbent layer adhered to the adhesive side of the thin film layer, the absorbent layer being capable of absorbing exudate to allow the wound to be viewed through the dressing.
US07759535B2
In a process for converting methane to higher hydrocarbons including aromatic hydrocarbons, a feed containing methane is contacted with a dehydrocyclization catalyst under conditions effective to convert said methane to aromatic hydrocarbons and produce a first effluent stream comprising aromatic hydrocarbons and hydrogen, wherein said first effluent stream comprises at least 5 wt % more aromatic hydrocarbons than said feed. At least part of the hydrogen from said first effluent stream is then reacted with an oxygen-containing species, such as carbon dioxide, to produce a second effluent stream having a reduced hydrogen content compared with said first effluent stream.
US07759525B2
The use of a complex oxide having the following composition (I). Mo12VaX1bX2cX3dX4eOx (I) wherein Mo is molybdenum; V is vanadium; O is oxygen; X1 is at least one element selected from tungsten, titanium, tantalum and niobium; X2 is at least one element selected from copper, antimony, tellurium and bismuth; X3 is at least one element selected from alkaline earth metals; X4 is at least one element selected from alkaline metals; and O
US07759524B2
In a process for producing phenol and methyl ethyl ketone, benzene and a C4 olefin are contacted under alkylation conditions and in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to produce sec-butylbenzene. The sec-butylbenzene is then oxidized to produce an oxidation effluent comprising sec-butylbenzene hydroperoxide and acetophenone. At least part of the sec-butylbenzene hydroperoxide in the oxidation effluent is cleaved to produce phenol and methyl ethyl ketone, while at least part of the acetophenone is hydrogenated to produce at least one of methyl benzyl alcohol, styrene and ethylbenzene.
US07759516B2
Disclosed is a process and apparatus for treating a purge stream in a carboxylic acid production process. The process employs a purge process that allows for the separation of oxidation byproducts into benzoic acid and non-benzoic acid oxidation byproducts, thus providing flexibility in the treatment and use of such oxidation byproducts.
US07759513B2
The present invention discloses novel and improved nucleosidic and nucleotidic compounds that are useful in the light-directed synthesis of oligonucleotides, as well as, methods and reagents for their preparation. These compounds are characterized by novel photolabile protective groups that are attached to either the 5′- or the 3′-hydroxyl group of a nucleoside moiety. The photolabile protective group is comprised of a 2-(2-nitrophenyl)-ethyoxycarbonyl skeleton with at least one substituent on the aromatic ring that is either an aryl, an aroyl, a heteroaryl or an alkoxycarbonyl group. The present invention includes the use of the aforementioned compounds in light-directed oligonucleotide synthesis, the respective assembly of nucleic acid microarrays and their application.
US07759504B2
A triarylamine derivative is represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I): R111, R112, R121 and R122 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, R113, R114, R115, R116, R123, R124, R125 and R126 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one pair among R111 and R121, R112 and R122, R113 and R123, R114 and R124, R115 and R125 and R116 and R126 includes two different groups; at least one ring may be formed by mutual bonding in at least one pair among R111 and R112, R111 and R114, R113 and R114, R113 and R123, R123 and R124, R121 and R124, R121 and R122, and two R116s which are respectively bound to different phenyl groups; Xm− represents an m-valent anion; m and n represent 1 or 2; and a product of in and n is 2.
US07759494B2
This invention relates to a process for preparation of taxanes comprisingsubjecting 7,10-diprotected intermediates 7-O-(2-haloacyl)baccatin III 6c or 7,10-O-di-(2-haloacyl)-10-deacetylbaccatin III 6b to a step of coupling with (4S,5R)-3-[(2-alkyl/aryl-2-trialkylsilyl)ethoxy-carbonyl]-4-aryl-2-substituted-1,3-oxazolidine-5-carboxylic acid 1 in the presence of a condensation agent, an activating agent and an aromatic hydrocarbon to obtain 7-O-[2-(haloacyl)]-13-[(4S,5R)-4-aryl-2-substituted-3(2-unsubstituted/substituted-2-trialkylsilyl)-ethoxycarbonyl-1,3-oxazolidinyl-5-carbonyl]baccatin III 7a or 7,10-di-O [2-(haloacyl)]-13-[(4S,5R)-4-aryl-2-substituted-3-(2-unsubstituted/substituted-2-trialkylsilyl)ethoxy-carbonyl-1,3-oxazolidinyl-5-carbonyl]-10-deacetylbaccatin III 7b; treating the coupled products 7-O-[2-(haloacyl)]-13-[(4S,5R)-4-aryl-2-substituted-3-(2-substituted-2-trialkylsilyl)ethoxy-carbonyl-1,3-oxazolidinyl-5-carbonyl]baccatin III 7a or 7,10-di-O-[2[(haloacyl)]-13-[(4S,5R)-4-aryl-2-substituted-3-(2-substituted-2-trialkylsilyl)ethoxycarbonyl-1,3-oxazolidinyl-5-carbonyl]-10-deacetylbaccatin III 7b with tetraalkylammonium halide in a haloalkane to obtain free amine of structure 8; treating free amine 8 with acid chloride or acid anhydride in the presence of a base in a heterogeneous phase to obtain the intermediates of structure 9; subjecting the intermediates of compound 9 to the deprotection of 2-haloacyl group under mild alkaline condition at −20 to +40° C. for 6-24 h in the presence of ammonia or aliphatic amines or aromatic amines or their combination to obtain paclitaxel or docetaxel.
US07759489B2
Provided are an organic electroluminescence device having high luminous efficiency and a long emission lifetime, and a transition metal complex compound realizing the organic electroluminescence device. In the transition metal complex compound, three ligands are crosslinked with a crosslinking group having a saturated cyclic structure or a saturated polycyclic structure in a tripod manner. The organic electroluminescence device includes an organic thin film layer composed of one or multiple layers including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a pair of electrodes. In the organic electroluminescence device, at least one layer of the organic thin film layer contains the transition metal complex compound.
US07759487B2
The present invention discloses a novel process to prepare ketone amides, which are useful intermediates for the preparation of antagonists of CCR5 receptor and therefore useful for the treatment of HIV virus infected mammals. It specifically discloses a novel process to synthesize 1-(2,4-dimethylpyrimidine-5-carbonyl)-4-piperidone, 1-[(2,4-dimethyl-3-pyridinyl)carbonyl]-4-piperidone and related compounds. A salient feature of the invention is the use of a three-phase reaction medium with an organic phase and a buffer salt slurry.
US07759472B2
The invention features methods for treating a patient diagnosed with, or at risk of developing, a neovascular disorder by administering a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist to the patient. The invention also features a pharmaceutical composition containing a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist for the treatment or prevention of a neovascular disorder.
US07759469B2
The current invention restates substituted nitroindole nucleosides as both terminal as well as internal building blocks of labeled oligonucleotide probes for the detection, analysis and quantitation of nucleic acids. The substituent comprises a linker and a detectable group or a linker and a reactive group for post synthesis coupling. These modified nucleosides grant access to a wide application area. These new substituted nitroindole nucleosides can be used as labeling reagents for the facile preparation of, e.g., optimized hybridization probes, simple probes, TAQMAN-probes or molecular beacon probes.
US07759462B2
A polypeptide, called Tir (for translocated intimin receptor, which is secreted by attaching and effacing pathogens, such as the enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) E. coli. These bacterial pathogens inserts their own receptors into mammalian cell surfaces, to which the bacterial pathogen then adheres to trigger additional host signaling events and actin nucleation. Diagnosis of disease caused by pathogenic E. coli can be performed by the use of antibodies which bind to Tir to detect the protein or the use of nucleic acid probes for detection of nucleic acids encoding Tir polypeptide. Isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding Tir polypeptide, Tir peptides, a recombinant method for producing recombinant Tir, antibodies which bind to Tir, and a kit for the detection of Tir-producing E. coli are provided. A method of immunizing a host with Tir to induce a protective immune response to Tir or a second polypeptide of interst is also provided. A method for screening for compounds which interfere with the binding of bacterial pathogens to their receptors is further provided.
US07759458B2
A process for the purification of a vinyl chloride polymer containing a compound of a heavy metal by: (a) dissolving the PVC in a solvent; (b) treating the solution with at least one additive capable of adsorbing or of forming a complex with the compound of the heavy metal; (c) centrifuging the treated solution to precipitate the adsorbed or complexed compound of the heavy metal; and (d) separating the precipitate from the PVC solution.
US07759455B2
A process for preparing a polymer powder extract from a mixture of a polymer powder and a first particulate material reduces the level of particulate contamination of the polymer powder by exploiting the different behaviour of the particulate material and the polymer powder in a fluid.
US07759454B2
The invention provides a process for preparing amides from polyetheramines and (meth)acrylic acid or the corresponding anhydrides, the energy source used being microwaves.
US07759451B2
A novel fumaric diester copolymer suitable for used in an optical material having excellent heat resistance and transparency is provided. The fumaric diester copolymer comprises a specific fumaric diester residue, and at least one (meth)acrylic ester residue unit selected from a specific (meth)acrylic ester residue unit having an oxetanyl group and a specific (meth)acrylic ester residue unit having a tetrahydrofurfuryl group, and has a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 500,000.
US07759450B2
A polytrimethylene terephthalate resin comprising 60 to 100 mole % of (a) trimethylene terephthalate recurring units, and 0 to 40 mole % of (b) at least one monomer unit obtained from a comonomer copolymerizable with at least one of the monomers used for forming the recurring units, the total molar amount of (a) monomer units and (b) monomer units being 100 mole %, and the resin having the following characteristics (A) to (D): (A) an intrinsic viscosity [η] of from 0.6 to 4 dl/g; (B) a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 2 to 2.7; (C) a cyclic dimer content of not greater than 2% by weight; and (D) a psychometric lightness L-value of from 70 to 100 and a psychometric chroma b*-value of from −5 to 25.
US07759447B2
The present invention is directed to polyisocyanate addition compounds which i) are substantially free from isocyanate groups and are prepared from one or more a) polyisocyanate adducts and/or b) NCO prepolymers, ii) contain urethane groups, iii) contain fluorine in an amount of 0.01 to 50% by weight, and iv) contain ethylenically unsaturated groups in an amount of 2 to 40% by weight, wherein the preceding percentages are based on the solids content of the polyisocyanate addition compounds. The fluorine is incorporated by reacting an isocyanate group with a compound containing two or more carbon atoms, one or more hydroxyl groups and one or more fluorine atoms to form urethane and optionally allophanate groups. More than 50 mole % of the groups that incorporate fluorine into the addition compounds are urethane groups. The polyisocyanate addition compounds are useful in coating compositions that are curable by free radical polymerization.
US07759445B2
For the (co) polymerization of ethylene with other 1-olefins, a Ziegler catalyst which comprises the product from the reaction of a magnesium alkoxide suspended or dispersed as ge in an inert solvent with a tetravalent transition metal compound and is subjected to a thermal after-treatment for a period of not more than 180 minutes is prepared. The catalyst gives a high yield of a polymer powder which has a broad molar mass distribution and is best suited to the production of films, hollow bodies and pipes.
US07759434B2
High strength silicone elastomers with enhanced physical properties are prepared from silicone polymers having ionic or organometallic functional groups, crosslinked through coulombic interactions and/or covalent bonds.
US07759429B2
A flame retardant polyester fiber for artificial hair, which is obtained by melt spinning a composition as a mixture of 100 parts by weight of (A) a polyester made of one or more of polyalkylene terephthalate and a copolymer polyester comprising polyalkylene terephthalate as a main component with 5 to 30 parts by weight of (B) a brominated epoxy flame retardant. The present invention also relates to the polyester fiber for artificial hair which has at least one modified cross-section, is a mixture with a fiber having a modified cross-section, and has a mixing ratio of the fiber having a round cross-section to the fiber having a modified cross-section is 8:2 to 1:9, and to the flame retardant polyester fiber for artificial hair which further comprises a hydrophilic fiber treating agent attached thereto, and thus has excellent smooth feeling, combing properties, and flame retardance.
US07759422B2
The invention relates to finely divided water-absorbing polymeric particles having high fluid transportation and absorption performance, the Centrifuge Retention Capacity (CRC) being not less than 26 g/g, the absorbency under a load of 4.83 kPa (AUL0.7 psi) not less than 23 g/g and the Transportation Value (TV) not less than 15,000 cm3s, the Transportation Value (TV) being the product of Saline Flow Conductivity (SFC) and wicking absorption after 60 minutes (DA60) multiplied by 107, and wherein the wicking absorption after 60 minutes (DA60) is the weight of 0.9% by weight sodium chloride solution absorbed by 70 g of the water-absorbing polymeric particles in 60 minutes, wherein the water-absorbing polymeric particles are situated, during measurement, in a circularly round vessel which has an internal diameter of 6 cm and is sealed at its lower end by a sieve base of 36 μm mesh size, and the sieve base is in atmospheric contact with 0.9% by weight sodium chloride solution, processes for their preparation and also their use in hygiene articles and packaging materials.
US07759421B2
A soft resinous sheet article having both flexibility and heat-stable, is prepared from a composition containing a matrix and a filler (C) comprising at least one of a metal carbonate and a metal hydroxide, having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 30 μm and showing a decomposition temperature of 250° C. or higher, the matrix containing an acrylic copolymer (A) containing at least one carboxyl group as a functional group and having a molecular weight of 800 to 20000 and an acid value (AV) of 20 to 150; and a compound (B) containing two or more glycidyl groups in its molecule and having a weight per epoxide of 80 to 400. This article is used to for example thermal interface materials, thermal conductive sheet, thermally conductive polymer, heat conductive sheet, heat dissipative sheet and heat transfer material.
US07759419B2
A coating composition comprising an effective corrosion-inhibiting amount of a rare earth compound, a neutral to slightly acidic generating extender or an acidic generating extender, or combinations thereof is provided. In one embodiment, the corrosion-inhibiting components are combined with other components such as extenders, amino acids and amino acid derivatives, gelatin and gelatin derivatives, organic-based exchange resins, and combinations thereof, to enhance the corrosion resistance of the resultant coating film. The coating compositions have good adhesion to substrates such as metals, including aluminum and aluminum alloys.
US07759417B2
Stabilizer compositions comprise phosphate of the formula (I) or (II), a phosphite of the formula (III), and a phenol of the formula (IV) as these formulas are defined herein. The stabilizer compositions are useful for stabilizing polymers. Methods for making stabilized polymer compositions involve intermixing the stabilizer compositions and the polymers, e.g., by extruding, pelletizing, and/or molding.
US07759411B2
The present invention provides an ink composition comprising at least a pigment, a polymer which encapsulates the pigment to make the pigment dispersible in the ink composition, a multivalent metal ion and water, wherein the polymer is a vinyl polymer obtained by polymerizing: A) at least one specific vinyl monomer, B) a monomer having a salt-forming group, C) a macromer having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 500,000, and D) a monomer copolymerizable with the monomers A), B) and C), and wherein the content of the multivalent metal ion is from 3 to 500 ppm based on the total amount of the ink composition. Also disclosed are an ink jet recording method using the ink composition and recorded matter obtained by the ink jet recording method.
US07759407B2
The present invention is directed to a composition of adhering together first and second materials. The composition features a multi-functional reactive compound that includes a backbone group and first and second functional groups; a cross-linker, and a catalyst. The first functional group is responsive to a first actinic energy to form cross-linked molecules and to adhere a subset of the cross-linked molecules to the first material. The second functional group is responsive to a second actinic energy, differing from the first actinic energy to adhere to the second material.
US07759403B2
To provide a flexible polyurethane foam having good vibration characteristics and suitable particularly for a seat for an automobile.A flexible polyurethane foam obtainable by reacting a polyol composition with a polyisocyanate compound in the presence of a catalyst, a blowing agent and a foam stabilizer, characterized in that the polyol composition comprises a high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyol (A1) and a polymer-dispersed polyol (A2) containing fine polymer particles in the high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyol (A1), and at least part of the fine polymer particles contained in the polymer-dispersed polyol (A2) are fine polymer particles having silicon atoms.
US07759395B2
The present invention is generally drawn to novel isolated therapeutic agents, termed resolvins, generated from the interaction between a dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), cyclooxygenase-II (COX-2) and an analgesic, such as aspirin (ASA). Surprisingly, careful isolation of compounds generated from the combination of components in an appropriate environment provide di- and tri-hydroxy EPA or DHA compounds having unique structural and physiological properties. The present invention therefore provides for many new useful therapeutic di- or tri-hydroxy derivatives of EPA or DHA (resolvins) that diminish, prevent, or eliminate inflammation or PMN migration, for example. The present invention also provides methods of use, methods of preparation, and packaged pharmaceuticals for use as medicaments for the compounds disclosed throughout the specification.
US07759382B2
This invention is directed to acylated amino acid amidyl pyrazoles and related compounds of Formula I. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical formation comprising such compound or in a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof. The invention is further directed to a method for inhibiting β-amyloid peptide release and/or synthesis, a method for inhibiting γ-secretase activity, and a method for treating neurological disorders associated with β-amyloid peptide production. The method comprises administering to a host a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an effective amount of a compound of Formula I. The compounds of Formula I are useful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
US07759376B2
This invention relates to certain biphenyl-4-yl carbonylamino acid compounds, compositions, and methods for treating or preventing obesity and related diseases.
US07759367B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising 1,2-dihydropiridin-2-one compounds and an immunoregulatory or anti-inflammatory agent. The compositions are useful for the prevention or the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, for example demyelinating disorders.
US07759366B2
This invention relates to arylaminoaryl-alkyl-substituted imidazolidone-2,4-diones of formula (I) and also to their physiologically tolerated salts: Wherein R, R′, R1 to R10, A, D, E, G, L and p are as defined herein. The invention also relates to processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their therapeutic use. The compounds are suitable, for example, as anti-obesity drugs and for treating cardiometabolic syndrome.
US07759364B2
The invention relates to non-hydrated fexofenadine hydrochloride which can be obtained from a fexofenadine base and hydrogen chloride, according to the reaction conditions, either in the form of a novel polymorph (“form A”), in an amorphous form, or in the form of a mixture of different polymorphs. Said novel polymorph (“form A”) can be used as a therapeutic active ingredient and can be processed to form a pharmaceutical containing the same and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Said pharmaceutical is suitable for use as an antihistaminic agent, an antiallergic agent and/or a bronchodilating agent.
US07759353B2
Disclosed are certain substituted spiro iminopyrimidinones and other compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein U, W, A, R, R1, R2, R6a and R7, are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit aspartyl protease, and to treat a variety of disease and indications including (but not limited) to cardiovascular disease and cognitive and neurodegenerative disease. The compounds of the present invention are disclosed for use alone or in combination with one or more additional active ingredients such as cholinesterase inhibitors and a muscarinic m1 agonist and/or m2 antagonists.
US07759345B2
Derivatives of Et-743 or Et-770 or Et-729 are provided. The derivatives are of the general formula (Ia) wherein the substituent groups take various permitted meanings.
US07759344B2
Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as c-Met mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
US07759340B2
Naphthyridine and quinoline derivatives useful in the treatment of bacterial infections in mammals, particularly humans, are disclosed herein.
US07759339B2
Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods are provided for use with hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases that comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US07759333B2
The use of SOD mimics particularly pentaazacycle Mn(II) complex SOD mimics, for the treatment of AMD, DR, and retinal edema is disclosed.
US07759331B2
This invention is directed to pyridine-containing macroheterocyclic compounds useful as kinase inhibitors, methods for producing such compounds and methods for treating or preventing a kinase mediated disorder.
US07759325B2
Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of recent and old dermatitis, especially psoriasis, using lecithin or a lecithin-rich extract. According to one embodiment, phospholipids constituting the lecithin are esterified by Omega 3-type polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular by docosahexaensic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or by an alkyl glycerol. The lecithin can be of marine origin, extracted from a marine organisms such as fish, shrimp, krill, zooplankton, algae, and phytoplankton, which are advantageous in that their phospholipids, especially phosphatidylcholine, are naturally esterified by Omega 3 fatty acids, and essentially by DHA and EPA.
US07759307B2
Compositions for protection against SVFS syndromes are composed of a flavonoid compound of the basic structures 2-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran or 2-phenyl-4-keto-1-benzopyran or glycosides thereof, an inventive olive kernel extract and a non-bovine sulfated proteoglycan, and, optionally, one or more of bitter willow extract, D-glucosamine sulfate and serotonin inhibitor.
US07759306B2
The present invention relates to novel methods of using blood substitutes to treat acute blood loss and novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising blood substitutes. Blood substitutes useful for the methods of the present invention can (1) induce expression of erythropoietin as tested in a cell culture under normoxic conditions, and/or (2) induce erythropoiesis under normoxic conditions as measured by (a) a decrease in the doubling time of the subject's hematocrit or hemoglobin, and/or (b) an increase in the subject's circulating erythropoietin level. Blood substitutes useful for the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can (1) stabilize HIF-1 alpha expression, and/or (2) down regulate NF-kappa B. Preferably, the blood substitutes are cross-linked hemoglobin blood substitutes, or more preferably, cross-linked hemoglobins that comprise a hemoglobin that is cross-linked intramolecularly with periodate-oxidized ATP, cross-linked intermolecularly with periodate-oxidized adenosine, and conugated with reduced glutathione.
US07759305B2
Disclosed herein are polypeptide multilayer films wherein a therapeutic agent is covalently linked to a first layer polypeptide. An advantage of such attachment is that the linked therapeutic agent can be controllably released from the multilayer film into the environment of the film upon the addition of a suitable stimulus. An advantage of the disclosed films and methods is enablement of environmentally-stimulated release under specific conditions.
US07759303B2
Disclosed is a method for improving folding efficiency and solubility of a target protein linked to a RNA-binding protein by using RNA molecule as a molecular chaperone, wherein the RNA molecule interacts with the RNA-binding protein. More particularly, the present invention discloses method for improving folding efficiency and solubility of a target protein by transformation of a host cell with a expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the target protein linked to an RNA-binding protein; culturing the transformed host cell in an appropriate culture medium under the condition that an RNA molecule either resident inside the host cell or provided by cotransformation of the host cell with polynucleotide encoding the RNA molecule interacts with the RNA-binding protein; and purifying the soluble protein from host cell lysate. The method of the present invention is very useful for production of soluble proteins for therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic applications.
US07759301B2
Surfactant-containing compositions are described which include a protein component that has the effect of improving the surface-active properties of the surfactants contained in the compositions. The surfactant-containing compositions having the protein component demonstrate significantly lower critical micelle concentrations (CMC) than do comparable compositions having no protein component. In addition, the surfactant-containing compositions having the protein component has the effect of converting greasy waste contaminants to surface active materials.
US07759295B2
The invention comprises lubricating compositions and hydraulic fluids containing substituted N,N′-diaryl-o-phenylenediamine compounds that impart good levels of oxidation inhibition in the lubricants and hydraulic fluids.
US07759289B2
In activated carbon obtained by subjecting a carbonaceous material to an activation treatment, the overall content of alkali metals is set at 100 ppm or less, or the overall content of heavy metals is set at 20 ppm or less and the overall content of alkali metals is set at 200 ppm or less. In cases where such activated carbon is used as a raw material in electronic devices, the formation of dendrites by the reductive deposition of alkali metals or heavy metals tends not to occur, so that problems such as short-circuiting or the like tend not to arise, and a good rate of self-discharge retention is shown.
US07759288B2
Base treated aluminas exhibit improved CO2 capacity over untreated aluminas. Base treated aluminas prepared by physically mixing alumina and base during forming have (1) a higher surface area, (2) less hydrothermal aging, (3) improved CO2 capacity and (4) lower cost than base treated aluminas produced by aqueous impregnation. A method for removing at least CO2 and water from a gas stream includes providing an adsorbent formed from a process comprising physically mixing activated alumina solids and solid salts of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals or ammonium ion; and contacting the gas stream with the adsorbent.
US07759285B2
Disclosed is an absorbent for separation of carbon dioxide from mixed gases, comprising a mixture of i) a compound of the chemical formula 1 having one or more groups of three functional groups consisting of amino group attached to a tertiary carbon atom; carboxylate group; and hydroxyl group respectively, in a molecule, or a compound of the chemical formula 2 having one or more groups of two functional groups consisting of amino group attached to a quarternary carbon atom; and carboxylate group respectively in a molecule, and ii) an amine compound which promotes the reaction.The absorbent for separation of carbon dioxide of the present invention is advantageous economically, since its efficiency is excellent due to larger unit absorption amount of carbon dioxide, and the energy required for regeneration can be reduced due to the relatively wider difference of absorption amounts with temperature. In addition, it is advantageous for industrialization, since the solubility is excellent by using a compound presented as a form of carboxylic acid salts, and operation cost is low because there is no risk of evaporation due to high boiling point.
US07759284B2
This invention relates to an improved process for preparing silver catalysts useful for the vapor phase production of ethylene oxide from ethylene and oxygen. An inert support is impregnated with a solution of a catalytically effective amount of a silver containing compound, a promoting amount of an alkali metal containing compound, and a promoting amount of a transition metal containing compound. The impregnated support is calcined by heating at a temperature of from about 200° C. to about 600° C. to convert the silver in the silver containing compound to metallic silver and to decompose and remove substantially all organic materials. The heating is conducted under an atmosphere comprising a combination of an inert gas and from about 10 ppm to about 5% by volume of a gas of an oxygen containing oxidizing component.
US07759271B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an activating support for metallocene complexes in the polymerisation of olefins comprising the steps of: I) providing a support prepared consisting in particles formed from at least one porous mineral oxide; II) optionally fixing the rate of silanols on the surface of the support; III) functionalising the support with a solution containing a fluorinated functionalising agent; IV) heating the functionalised and fluorinated support of step c) under an inert gas and then under oxygen; V) retrieving an active fluorinated support. That activating support is used to activate a metallocene catalyst component for the polymerisation of olefins.
US07759270B2
An environmentally friendly polymerization catalyst for polyalkylene terephthalate which does not use a heavy metal such as antimony, and a method for producing polyalkylene terephthalate using the catalyst. The catalyst for polymerizing a polyalkylene terephthalate is a titanium oxide sol containing an organic solvent as a dispersion medium, the sol has a light transmittance of not less than 50%, the light transmittance being measured by adjusting a concentration of the titanium oxide in the sol to 0.7 g/L and setting an optical path length to 1 cm in a wavelength range of 400 to 800 nm, and the amount of hydroxyl groups per 1 g of titanium oxide is not less than 1.8 mmol.
US07759268B2
A method for manufacturing a refractory ceramic body is disclosed. The method comprises contacting a zirconia precursor, a silica precursor, a sol-gel forming agent, and a preformed zircon. The method can further comprise forming the composition into a desired shape and firing the desired shape to form a dense, creep resistant refractory body. An article made by the methods above is disclosed, wherein a fine particle zircon is formed within and/or between grains of a preformed zircon.
US07759267B2
A multi-layered fiber reinforced sheet for automotive vehicle interior structural components includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a permeable fiber reinforced thermoplastic core layer having a first surface and a second surface. The core layer includes a plurality of reinforcing fibers bonded together with a thermoplastic resin, and has a density of about 0.1 gm/cc to about 1.8 gm/cc. The multi-layered fiber reinforced sheet also includes at least one first reinforcing skin applied to the first surface of the core layer, and at least one second reinforcing skin applied to the second surface of the core layer. Each first and second reinforcing skin includes a matrix of reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin wherein the matrix of reinforcing fibers applied to the first surface are arranged in a bi-directional orientation and the matrix of reinforcing fibers applied to the second surface are arranged in a bi-directional orientation.
US07759257B2
Methods are disclosed generally directed to design and synthesis of quantum dot nanoparticles having improved uniformity and size. In a preferred embodiment, a release layer is deposited on a semiconductor wafer. A heterostructure is grown on the release layer using epitaxial deposition techniques. The heterostructure has at least one layer of quantum dot material, and optionally, one or more layers of reflective Bragg reflectors. A mask is deposited over a top layer and reactive ion-beam etching applied to define a plurality of heterostructures. The release layer can be dissolved releasing the heterostructures from the wafer. Some exemplary applications of these methods include formation of fluorophore materials and high efficiency photon emitters, such as quantum dot VCSEL devices. Other applications include fabrication of other optoelectronic devices, such as photodetectors.
US07759254B2
A method of forming an impurity-introduced layer is disclosed. The method includes at least a step of forming a resist pattern on a principal face of a solid substrate such as a silicon substrate (S27); a step of introducing impurity into the solid substrate through plasma-doping in ion mode (S23), a step of removing a resist (S28), a step of cleaning metal contamination and particles attached to a surface of the solid substrate (S25a); a step of anneal (S26). The step of removing a resist (S28) irradiates the resist with oxygen-plasma or brings mixed solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide water, or mixed solution of NH4OH, H2O2 and H2O into contact with the resist. The step of cleaning (S25a) brings mixed solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide water, or mixed solution of NH4OH, H2O2 and H2O into contact with the principal face of the solid substrate. The step of removing a resist (S28) and the step of cleaning (S25a) can be conducted simultaneously by bringing mixed solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide water, or mixed solution of NH4OH, H2O2 and H2O into contact with the principal face of the solid substrate.
US07759236B2
A flash memory device and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. A gate dielectric film formed between a floating gate and a control gate of a flash memory device is formed by laminating an oxide film and a ZrO2 film. Accordingly, the reliability of the flash memory can be improved while securing a high coupling ratio.
US07759228B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. In the method, a substrate is prepared, which includes a buried oxide film and a SiGe layer formed on the buried oxide film. Then, heat treatment is performed on the substrate at a temperature equal to or lower than a first temperature, to form a protective oxide film on a surface of the SiGe layer. Next, the substrate having the protective oxide film is heated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to a second temperature higher than the first temperature. Further, heat treatment is performed on the substrate thus heated, in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature, to form oxide the SiGe layer, make the SiGe layer thinner and increasing Ge concentration in the SiGe layer, thus forming a SiGe layer having the increased Ge concentration.
US07759220B2
A reusable silicon substrate device for use with layer transfer process. The device has a reusable substrate having a surface region, a cleave region, and a total thickness of material. The total thickness of material is at least N times greater than a first thickness of material to be removed. In a specific embodiment, the first thickness of material to be removed is between the surface region and the cleave region, whereupon N is an integer greater than about ten. The device also has a chuck member adapted to hold a handle substrate member in place. The chuck member is configured to hold the handle substrate in a manner to facilitate bonding the handle substrate to the first thickness of material to be removed. In a preferred embodiment, the device has a mechanical pressure device operably coupled to the chuck member. The mechanical pressure device is adapted to provide a force to cause bonding of the handle substrate to the first thickness of material to be removed.
US07759209B2
A memory cell has a control gate electrode disposed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate through a gate insulating film, an ONO film disposed along a side surface of the control gate electrode and the main surface of semiconductor substrate, a memory gate electrode disposed on a side surface of the control gate electrode and also on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate through the ONO film. The control gate electrode and the memory gate electrode are formed, over the upper portions thereof, with a silicide film and an insulating film formed by oxidation of the surface of the silicide film, respectively.
US07759203B2
A MOS transistor that has a protruding portion with a favorable vertical profile and a protruded-shape channel that requires no additional photolithography process, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. A first mask that defines an isolation region of a substrate is overall etched to form a second mask with a smaller width than the first mask. Then, the substrate is etched to a predetermined depth while using the second mask as an etch mask, thereby forming the protruding portion. Without performing a photolithography process, the protruding portion has a favorable profile and the protruding height of an isolation layer is adjusted to be capable of appropriately performing ion implantation upon the protruding portion.
US07759202B2
A semiconductor device includes a first gate structure including a gate dielectric layer directly contacting the substrate, a bottom electrode on the gate dielectric layer and a top electrode on the bottom electrode, and a second gate structure including a gate dielectric layer directly contacting the substrate and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer.
US07759192B2
A semiconductor device includes a capacitor having a bottom electrode, a dielectric layer formed on the bottom electrode, a top electrode formed on the dielectric layer, and a contact plug having a metal that is connected with the top electrode, wherein the top electrode includes a doped poly-Si1-xGex layer and a doped polysilicon layer epitaxially deposited on the doped poly-Si1-xGex layer and the contact plug makes a contact with the doped polysilicon layer.
US07759185B2
A semiconductor device includes a first stress film covering a first gate electrode and first source/drain areas of a first transistor area and at least a portion of a third gate electrode of an interface area, a second stress film covering a second gate electrode and second source/drain areas of a second transistor area and overlapping at least a portion of the first stress film on the third gate electrode of the interface area, and an interlayer insulating film formed on the first and the second stress film. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of first contact holes formed through the interlayer insulating film and the first stress film in the first transistor area to expose the first gate electrode and the first source/drain areas, a plurality of second contact holes formed through the interlayer insulating film and the second stress film in the second transistor area to expose the second gate electrode and the second source/drain areas, and a third contact hole formed through the interlayer insulating film, the second stress film, and the first stress film in the interface area to expose the third gate electrode. A depth of a recessed portion of an upper side of the third gate electrode in which the third contact hole is formed is equal to or larger than a depth of a recessed portion of an upper side of the first gate electrode in which the first contact hole is formed.
US07759183B2
Complementary transistors and methods of forming the complementary transistors on a semiconductor assembly are described. The transistors can be formed from a metal silicon compound deficient of silicon bonding atoms on a dielectric material overlying a semiconductor substrate conductively doped for PMOS and NMOS regions. The metal silicon compound overlying the NMOS region is converted to a metal silicon nitride and the metal silicon compound overlying the PMOS region is converted to a metal silicide. NMOS transistor gate electrodes comprising metal silicon nitride and PMOS transistor gate electrodes comprising metal silicide can be formed.
US07759182B2
Areas of a semiconductor substrate where semiconductor devices are not to be formed are filled in with dummy active areas. Whole dummy active areas are formed in areas of the semiconductor substrate where semiconductor devices are not to be formed, and partial dummy active areas are formed in areas of the semiconductor substrate where semiconductor devices are not to be formed, but where whole dummy active areas can not be accommodated. The dummy active areas are staggered so as to provide uniform parasitic capacitive coupling to overlying leads regardless of the placement of the leads. The dummy active areas are substantially evenly separated from one another by dividers. The dummy active areas and dividers are formed concurrently with formation of semiconductor devices in non-dummy active areas. The dummy active areas mitigate yield loss by, among other things, providing more uniformity across the substrate, at least with regard to parasitic capacitances and stress and subsequent processing.
US07759178B2
A thin film transistor substrate having a semiconductor layer including a low concentration region and a source region/drain region adjacent to the low concentration region at both sides of a channel region made of polysilicon; a gate insulating layer and a conductive layer on the substrate the conductive layer patterned to form a gate electrode.
US07759174B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a semiconductor and a trench, and an electrically rewritable semiconductor memory cell on the substrate, the semiconductor memory cell comprising a charge storage layer including an upper surface and a lower surface, an area of the lower surface being smaller than an area of the upper surface, and at least a part of the charge storage layer being provided in the trench, first insulating layer between the lower surface of the charge storage layer and a bottom surface of the trench, second insulating layer between a side surface of the trench and a side surface of the charge storage layer and between the side surface of the trench and a side surface of the first insulating layer, third insulating layer on the charge storage layer, and a control gate electrode on the third insulating layer.
US07759173B2
Methods and structures and methods of designing structures for charge dissipation in an integrated circuit on an SOI substrate. A first structure includes a charge dissipation ring around a periphery of the integrated circuit chip and one or more charge dissipation pedestals physically and electrically connected to the charge dissipation pedestals. The silicon layer and bulk silicon layer of the SOI substrate are connected by the guard ring and the charge dissipation pedestals. The ground distribution grid of the integrated circuit chip is connected to an uppermost wire segment of one or more charge dissipation pedestals. A second structure, replaces the charge dissipation guard ring with additional charge dissipation pedestal elements.
US07759162B2
A flip chip mounting process includes the steps of supplying a resin (13) containing solder powder and a convection additive (12) onto a wiring substrate (10) having a plurality of electrode terminals (11), then bringing a semiconductor chip (20) having a plurality of connecting terminals (11) into contact with a surface of the supplied resin (13), and then heating the wiring substrate (10) to a temperature that enables the solder powder to melt. The heating step is carried out at a temperature that is higher than the boiling point of the convection additive (12) to allow the boiling convection additive (12) to move within the resin (12). During this heating step, the melted solder powder is allowed to self-assemble into the region between each electrode terminal (11) of the wiring substrate (10) and each connecting terminal (21) of the semiconductor chip to form an electrical connection between each electrode terminal (11) and each connecting terminal (21). Finally, the resin is cured so as to secure the semiconductor chip (20) to the wiring substrate (10).
US07759161B2
In order to implement a high-density high-performance semiconductor system small in size, there is provided a method for implementing three-dimensional connection between a plurality of semiconductor chips differing from each other with the shortest metal interconnect length, using penetration electrodes, thereby enabling a fast operation at a low noise level, the method being a three-dimensional connection method very low in cost, and short in TAT in comparison with the known example, capable of bonding at an ordinary temperature, and excellent in connection reliability.
US07759158B2
A method and apparatus for fabricating large scale PV cell and solar module/panel is disclosed. The method includes designing a PV cell wiring scheme for a number of PV cells and patterning a plurality of features on a large size silicon sheet. A number of large scale silicon sheets, having a number of PV cells on each silicon sheet, can be bonded to a wiring plane to directly manufacture into a solar module/panel. Each PV cell on the solar module is then isolated. Methods of the invention greatly cut down the cost of solar module/panel manufacturing and PV cell assembly.
US07759157B2
In a solid-state image pick-up device in which a photoelectric converting section formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate oxide film of a transfer path of a charge coupled device (CCD) which is close to the photoelectric converting section are constituted by a laminated film comprising a silicon oxide film (SiO) and a silicon nitride film (SiN), the gas oxide film has a single layer structure in which at least an end on the photoelectric converting section side of the gate oxide film does not contain the silicon nitride film.
US07759155B2
An optical data transceiver is manufactured by forming an integrated control circuit (101) on a suitable substrate, such as a silicon wafer, and then mounting said integrated circuit (101) onto the lead frame (102). Electrical connections may then be made between said integrated circuit (101) and said lead frame (102). The combined assembly comprising the integrated circuit (101) and lead frame (102) is then inserted into the cavity of a mold tool (not shown). A suitable molding compound is injected to encapsulate the combined assembly. The mold tool is provided with a projection (not shown) that is in contact with a portion of the surface of the integrated circuit (101) when the assembly is in the mold tool. As a result, the opening (106), exposing that portion of the surface of the integrated control circuit (101) that was in contact with the projection of the mold tool, is provided. The cavity of the mold tool is also adapted so as to form a rim (107) around the opening (106) during the encapsulation process. After the encapsulation process is complete, an optically active element (105) is then connected to the integrated circuit (101).
US07759153B2
A method of manufacturing an electric field sensor having an electric field shield. The method includes providing a substrate doped with a first impurity; forming a resistive tip having a resistance region doped with a low concentration of a second impurity at an apex of a protruding portion of the substrate, and first and second semiconductor electrode regions doped with a high concentration of the second impurity on both slopes of the protruding portion with the resistive region therebetween, wherein the second impurity has a polarity opposite to that of the first impurity; forming a dielectric layer on the resistive tip; forming a mask having a high aspect ratio on the dielectric layer; depositing a metal layer on the dielectric layer; and exposing the dielectric layer formed on the resistance region through the metal layer by removing the mask.
US07759151B2
A solid state imaging apparatus comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric converting portion on the semiconductor substrate; a light shielding film in a region excluding a light receiving surface of the photoelectric converting portion; and a P-type impurity layer between a lower surface of the light shielding film and the semiconductor substrate.
US07759140B2
Provided is a light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light-emitting device includes a substrate having at least one protruded portion with a curved surface in which a consistent defect density and uniform stress distribution can be obtained even when the growth of the semiconductor crystal layer and the forming of the light-emitting device are completed. In addition, the light-emitting device has a high the light extraction efficiency for extracting light generated at an electroluminescense layer externally.
US07759139B2
A method for manufacturing a silicon device includes steps of: forming a silicon layer 4a that indicates a second conductivity type on a first surface S1a of a silicon substrate 2a that indicates a first conductivity type; and exposing, after the step, a third surface S3a of the silicon layer 4a for a period of a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 6 hours to an argon-containing atmosphere which is adjusted to temperatures of a minimum of 400° C. and a maximum of 900° C. and pressures of a minimum of 4 MPa and a maximum of 200 MPa.
US07759136B2
A method for patterning a substrate includes forming a material layer on the substrate; performing a first etching on the material layer to form a pattern; measuring the pattern of the material layer using an optical spectrum metrology tool; determining whether the measuring indicates that the etching step achieved a predefined result; and producing an etching recipe and performing a second etching of the material layer using the etching recipe if the predefined result was not achieved.
US07759133B2
Methods of detecting and/or quantifying an IgE antibody present in a liquid sample. The IgE antibody is specific to a ligand in the form of an antigen, an antibody, or a hapten. These methods can be used for monitoring and evaluating the immunological status of a subject.
US07759127B2
The present invention generally relates to polymers with lasing characteristics that allow the polymers to be useful in detecting analytes. In one aspect, the polymer, upon an interaction with an analyte, may exhibit a change in a lasing characteristic that can be determined in some fashion. For example, interaction of an analyte with the polymer may affect the ability of the polymer to reach an excited state that allows stimulated emission of photons to occur, which may be determined, thereby determining the analyte. In another aspect, the polymer, upon interaction with an analyte, may exhibit a change in stimulated emission that is at least 10 times greater with respect to a change in the spontaneous emission of the polymer upon interaction with the analyte. The polymer may be a conjugated polymer in some cases. In one set of embodiments, the polymer includes one or more hydrocarbon side chains, which may be parallel to the polymer backbone in some instances. In another set of embodiments, the polymer may include one or more pendant aromatic rings. In yet another set of embodiments, the polymer may be substantially encapsulated in a hydrocarbon. In still another set of embodiments, the polymer may be substantially resistant to photobleaching. In certain aspects, the polymer may be useful in the detection of explosive agents, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT).
US07759124B2
A method of operating a blanching system includes steps of automatically sampling a blanching solution and mixing the sampled blanching solution with a reagent that is formulated to change at least one property according to a concentration of a metal ion in the blanching solution. This property is automatically sensed with an automated sensor and a controller is used to automatically control a concentration of metal ions in the blanching solution in response to a signal that is received from said automated sensor.
US07759119B2
A plate manufactured to enable samples of cells, micro-organisms, proteins, DNA, biomolecules and other biological media to be positioned at specific locations or sites on the plate for the purpose of performing addressable analyses on the samples. Preferably, some or all of the sites are built from a removable material or as pallets so that a subset of the samples of interest can be readily isolated from the plate for further processing or analysis. The plate can contain structures or chemical treatments that enhance or promote the attachment and/or function of the samples, and that promote or assist in their analyses. Use of the plate advantageously enables the selection and sorting of cells based on dynamic phenomena and the rapid establishment of stable tranfectants.
US07759110B2
A process for preparing a compound of formula (1) in enantiomerically enriched form, which comprises selective hydrolysis of the corresponding racemic compound (2) catalysed by an enzyme derived from a non-mammalian source and having esterase or lipase activity, wherein R is methyl or C2-10 linear or branched alkyl. The non-mammalian source is a preferably yeast from the genus Rhodosporidium, preferably Rhodosporidium toruloides, in particular Rhodosporidium toruloides CMC 103105 or CMC 103107
US07759100B2
The present invention pertains to a polynucleotide sequence expressed in Flammulina velutipes against carboxin and the proteins encoded thereby. Also provided is the expression vector and host cell comprising the polynucleotides of the invention.
US07759072B2
The present invention provides a novel immunoassay method with high reaction specificity and high sensitivity. The present invention also provides a method for immunoassaying a target antigen utilizing reactivation of an apoenzyme, which includes simultaneously or sequentially adding a test sample to an antibody specific to the target antigen, the target antigen labeled with a coenzyme, an apo-D-amino acid oxidase, a D-amino acid, and a reagent for detecting a hydrogen peroxide produced by the oxidase.
US07759066B2
Concerning intracellular signal transduction mechanism, there has been drawn a novel hypothesis that, even in the case where phosphorylation does not occur in the intracellular C-terminal domain of a receptor, an unknown molecule associates with the Pro-C terminal domain of a G protein-coupled receptor for each chemokine and thus leukocyte chemotaxis depending on the receptor is controlled. To examine this hypothesis and clarify therapeutic targets in inflammatory diseases as well as other various diseases, attempts are made to search for a CCR2-binding protein.As a result, a novel cytoplasmic protein associating directly and specifically with the Pro-12-C-terminal domain of CCR2 is found out and it is clarified that this protein forms clusters with CCR2 after stimulation with CCL2. Thus, it is confirmed that there is a novel signal transduction system in the G protein relating signal transduction in the CCL2-CCR2 pathway. It is also found out that this novel protein associates with the intracellular C-terminal domain of a receptor CCR5 too.
US07759055B2
Wash solution and method for purifying sequencing reaction product. The wash solution comprises an effective amount of guanidine in a low ionic solution to reduce or eliminate the presence of dye terminators in a sequencing reaction product. In its method aspects, the present invention comprises the addition of the wash solution to the sequencing reaction product prior to filtration, followed by filtration to reduce or eliminate unincorporated dye terminators. The purified sequencing products can then be resuspended and transferred to an appropriate substrate for sequencing or further preparation. Dye blobs formed from unincorporated dye terminators no longer interfere with the electropherograms generated upon electrophoresis of the sample.
US07759054B2
The present invention relates to methods for detection of nitric oxide (NO) by measuring guanosine monophosphate (cGMP).
US07759047B2
There is disclosed a resist protective film composition for forming a protective film on a photoresist film, comprising: at least a polymer including a repeating unit having one or more groups selected from a carboxyl group and α-trifluoromethyl alcohol groups; and an amine compound. There can be provided a resist protective film composition that makes it possible to provide more certainly rectangular and excellent patterns when a protective film is formed on a photoresist film.
US07759023B2
A hybrid topography mask is designed for facilitating the fabrication of a semiconductor wafer. The hybrid mask includes a substrate having a light receiving surface. The light receiving surface defines a plane. Pluralities of pattern elements are etched into and out of the light receiving surface. Each of the plurality of pattern elements defines a pattern surface that is parallel to the light receiving surface. Pattern sides extend between the pattern elements and the light receiving surface. Each of the pattern sides extends perpendicularly between the light receiving surface and the pattern elements. The hybrid mask also includes a tapered sub-resolution assist element etched out of the light receiving surface to position the mask with respect to the semiconductor wafer. The tapered sub-resolution assist element is fabricated to avoid affecting any photoresist residue from the sub-resolution assist element's presence on the semiconductor wafer disposed adjacent the hybrid mask.
US07759020B2
A method and system for providing multi-color holographic optical traps and patterns. The method and system employs a laser beam which interacts with a diffractive optical element with a hologram and for optics which acts to selectively pass or attenuate different light color wavelengths and to position the particular color light at selected different locations to form the different color holographic optical trap patterns and to use these patterns for various commercial purposes.
US07759018B2
A direct liquid feed fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including a plurality of unit cells composed of an electrolyte membrane, and a plurality of anodes and cathodes formed on opposing surfaces of the electrolyte membrane; a current collection plate including a plurality of first current collecting portions correspondingly coupled with the anodes; a diffusion plate receiving a liquid fuel supplied from an inlet formed at a side thereof; a liquid fuel tank supplying the liquid fuel to the diffusion plate through the inlet; a plurality of second current collecting portions correspondingly coupled with the cathodes; a porous plate, arranged on the second current collecting portions, and communicating with air; and a conductive portion coupling the first and second current collecting portions to form an electrical circuit of the unit cells.
US07759010B2
A system and method for controlling the flow of a cooling fluid through a fuel cell stack during cold system start-up. A pump pumps the cooling fluid through the stack. At cold start-up, the pump is selectively turned on and off in a pulsed manner based on the temperature, cooling fluid volume, stack output power and other factors so that a minimal amount of the cold cooling fluid is introduced into the stack. By selectively controlling the duty cycle and the frequency of the pump pulsing, the reaction temperature will heat the cooling fluid, but the influence of the cold cooling fluid on the stack output power will be minimized. In an alternate embodiment, an electric heater is positioned in the inlet manifold, so that the cooling fluid is heated in the inlet manifold during the times that the pump is off.
US07759001B2
A circuit substrate (3) being electrically connected to a rechargeable battery (2) is arranged upon a sealing plate (23) with a gap therebetween and united with the rechargeable battery (2) by filling resin in the gap. A primary mold (11) formed by the resin is firmly retained by undercut portions formed in engaging protrusions (26). The engaging protrusions (26) may be formed by welding separate engaging members (126, 126a, 126b, 126c, 66, 68).
US07759000B2
A prismatic battery module includes a prismatic battery case having a plurality of prismatic cell cases connected to one another through separation walls, a planar electroconductive connector forming part of the separation wall between the cell cases, an electrode plate group arranged in each cell case, and an electrolyte placed in each cell case. Lead portions of positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates of the electrode plate group are directly connected to the electroconductive connector. The prismatic battery module requires fewer connection points and provides shorter electrical communication paths, thereby reducing internal resistance.
US07758995B2
A serial interface interposed between two serially connected unit cells provides mechanical strength to the serial connection and conductive coupling therebetween. The serial interface includes an inter-connector having a first vent hole formed therein configured for conductively coupling an anode outer wall of a first unit cell and a cathode terminal of a second unit cell to each other; and a spacer having a second vent hole formed therein and configured to be disposed between the inter-connector and an anode outer wall of the second unit cell to prevent a short-circuit due to the movement of the inter-connector.
US07758990B2
Fuel recycling apparatuses and fuel cell systems using the same are provided. The fluid recycling apparatus includes a porous member having first and second ends, a first electrode coupled to the first end of the porous member, a second electrode coupled to the second end of the porous member, and a power supplier for applying a constant voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. The porous member moves a liquid from the first end of the porous member to the second end of porous member and discharges a gas under the voltage applied by the power supplier.
US07758989B2
In a modular fuel cell cassette for forming a fuel cell stack, anode openings in the mounting plate and separator plate are separated and connected by modular spacer rings such that the cassette is incompressible at operating temperatures and compressive loads within the stack. The spacer rings are formed in modules wherein all of the rings required for all of the anode supply chimneys or all of the anode exhaust chimneys of any given cassette are ganged together and include a perimeter rail to which the rings are connected which automatically orients and positions the rings within the cassette during assembly thereof. The present invention eliminates the prior art need for individually positioning and spot welding each prior art ring in place prior to assembly of a prior art cassette. Two different structural embodiments for a spacer ring module are disclosed.
US07758987B2
A fuel cell system includes at least one electricity generating element to generate electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen, and a reaction source supplier adapted to connect to the electricity generating element and to provide a hydrogen-containing fuel and oxygen-containing air to the electricity generating element. The reaction source supplier includes a first divided region for storing compressed air, a second divided region for storing the fuel, and a storage region having an elastic partition adapted to divide the adjacent first and second divided regions.
US07758985B2
Control systems, sensors and methods for controlling the fuel concentration in a fuel cell or a fuel cell stack are provided. In certain examples, the control system may be configured to detect a performance degradation, and the fuel concentration provided to the fuel cell may be adjusted in response to detection of the performance degradation.
US07758982B2
A SiON overcoat for use on magnetic media for magnetic recording. The SiON overcoat is deposited by pulsed DC sputtering while applying a negative DC bias. The SiON overcoat is especially useful on perpendicular magnetic recording media because of its ability to deposit thinly and evenly on a rough, granular high coercivity recording media while maintaining excellent corrosion protection properties. A SiON overcoat can be applied less than 3 nm thick while still maintaining excellent mechanical and corrosion protection. The overcoat also has a very high density and water contact angle.
US07758981B2
A method for making a master disk to be used for nanoimprinting patterned-media magnetic recording disks uses sidewall lithography. In one implementation, the master disk substrate has a first pattern of concentric rings formed on it by sidewall lithography, followed by a second pattern of generally radially-directed pairs of parallel lines, also formed by sidewall lithography, with the pairs of parallel lines intersecting the rings. An etching process is then performed, using the upper pattern as an etch mask, to remove unprotected portions of the underlying concentric rings. This leaves a pattern of pillars on the substrate, which then serve as an etch mask for an etching process that etches unprotected portions of the master disk substrate. The resulting master disk then has pillars of substrate material arranged in a pattern of concentric rings and generally radially-directed pairs of parallel lines.
US07758975B2
A coating, particularly for cutting tools, is presented which may be manufactured in a single PVD coating process allowing the making of two-color cutting tools in a simple manner. Between two metallic hard material layers of unlike color a separating layer 11 is provided which, like the other layers, is produced in the same PVD coating process. The separating layer (11) permits the abrasion of the top layer by sandblasting, brushing or the like in very short abrading periods.
US07758968B2
The invention relates to components of a steam turbine comprising a thermal insulation layer and a metallic anti-erosion layer that is applied to the thermal insulation layer.
US07758953B2
An adsorptive body is provided which is high in water permeation and gas permeation and can adsorb, concentrate, separate and remove components present in extremely small amounts in a liquid or gas without causing the dissolution of impurities. The present invention relates to a sintered body comprising a mixture of: thermoplastic resin particles having no functional groups with adsorbability; and resin particles having functional groups with adsorbability bonded through graft polymer chains at the surface.
US07758951B2
This invention provides a prepreg which can yield printed circuit boards with excellent dimensional stability and heat resistance and the ability to be bent and housed at high density in electronic device packages, by impregnating a thin fiber base material with a resin having excellent adhesion with metal foils or fiber base materials, excellent heat resistance and high pliability, as well as a metal foil-clad laminate and printed circuit board employing it. The prepreg of the invention is obtained by impregnating a resin composition containing a resin with an imide structure and a thermosetting resin into a fiber base material with a thickness of 5-50 μm.
US07758947B2
An apertured material comprising a web and a plurality of apertures in the web, each aperture having at least two vertices with a convex flap of the web spanning a pair of the vertices.
US07758938B2
A label assembly and method of using the same to label articles durably, yet removably. In one embodiment, the label assembly is used to label fabric articles, such as clothing, and comprises (a) an image forming laminate for forming an image on the fabric article, the image forming laminate comprising an ink layer, the ink layer being bondable to the fabric article; and (b) an image removing laminate for removing the image from the fabric article, the image removing laminate comprising a remover layer, the remover layer, upon being activated by heat and/or light, being bondable to the ink layer of the image forming laminate; (c) whereby, upon bonding of the image removing laminate to the ink layer, the bonding between the image removing laminate and the ink layer is stronger than the bonding between the ink layer and the fabric article.
US07758916B2
The present invention provides a powder blend or composite powder that is fed into a kinetic spray device, accelerated towards a substrate or part in order to form a composite solder with thermal and electrical properties better than existing solder. The other advantages of building a solder layer in this manner include a low oxide content to improve subsequent solderability, excellent control of the deposition thickness, excellent control of the deposition chemistry and lastly, high speed of manufacture.
US07758915B2
The invention provides low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coatings. The invention also provides a pane bearing a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Further, the invention provides an insulating glass unit comprising first and second panes held in a spaced-apart configuration, wherein the panes have confronting inner surfaces oriented toward a between-pane space and opposed outer surfaces oriented away from the between-pane space, and wherein one of these inner surfaces bears a low solar reflectance, low-emissivity coating. Also provided are methods of producing coated substrates.
US07758911B2
A security coating on an electronic circuit assembly comprises a mesh coating that may have a unique signature pattern and comprise materials that easily produce an image of the signature so that it is possible to determine if reverse engineering has been attempted. Spaces in the mesh may include electrical components to erase circuit codes to destroy the functionality and value of the protected die if the mesh coated is disturbed. The voids may include compositions to enhance the mesh signature and abrade the circuit if tampering takes place.
US07758906B2
A dry mix thickening system for preparation of a beverage product containing milk comprises a buffer, a hydrocolloid, and a chelating agent comprising tetrasodium pyrophosphate. When the dry mix thickening system is added to milk, viscosity builds within about 20 seconds to about 90 seconds to provide a thickened beverage product, without forming insoluble aggregates of the hydrocolloid. No heating is required. In addition, the only shear required to incorporate the dry mix thickening system into the milk is manual stirring.
US07758896B2
A porous composition comprising a hydroxyapatite material, as can be made from a mixture of calcium phosphate, calcium oxide and a removable inorganic porogen. In other embodiments, the present invention provides a method of making such a porous hydroxyapatite material or using a ternary system to prepare a two-phase composition enroute to a biomimetic bone material.
US07758895B2
The present invention provides methods for purifying insoluble bone gelatin and uses for insoluble bone gelatin. The process for isolating insoluble bone gelatin from bone tissue includes grinding the bone tissue into bone powder; washing the bone powder with saline; demineralizing the bone tissue; contacting the bone powder with a neutral salt; and contacting the bone powder with a stabilizer. The present invention also discloses an insoluble bone gelatin including about 10 percent growth factor. Insoluble bone gelatin is useful, for example, in preparing impaction bone grafts.
US07758894B2
Detoxified cobra venom and its constituent neurotoxins have been reported to have potent antiviral activity. Others have reported that snake venoms were generally immune stimulants. Recent research has revealed more specific details on the effects of detoxified venoms and isolated alpha-neurotoxins on cells of the immune system. Exposure of the immune cells to these detoxified proteins yields a strong response in the innate immune reaction that represents the immune systems initial response to infectious agents. Of particular relevance is the marked increase in the expression of genes associated with the production of gamma interferon, a potent antiviral agent and regulator of the immune response. The ability to induce this strong innate response has significant application to those with weakened immune systems where their ability to fight infection has been compromised. It also has the potential application to act as a method to protect individuals from contagious infectious agents as a substitute for anti-viral vaccines.
US07758888B2
A therapeutic, cosmetic or cosmeceutic composition for topical application, capable of stabilizing an active ingredient and delivering the active ingredient, comprising a plurality of microcapsules having a core-shell structure. The microcapsules have a diameter of approximately 0.1 to 100 micron. The core of each microcapsule includes at least one active ingredient and is encapsulated within a microcapsular shell. The shell is comprised of at least one inorganic polymer obtained by a sol-gel process, and the shell protects the active ingredient before topical application and is designed to release the active ingredient from the microcapsules following application. The composition is useful in encapsulating active ingredients, such as benzoyl peroxide, that are unstable in other formulation, or are irritating to the skin.
US07758885B2
The invention relates to a soothing lotion, which cleanses, moisturizes and protects the skin and controls odor from feces and urine on skin. The invention also relates to a cloth comprising said lotion.
US07758877B2
The present invention provides for a storage stable pharmaceutical liquid suspension for oral administration having a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antihistamine. The storage stable suspension preferably contains loratadine. The present invention further provides a process of preparing the storage stable pharmaceutical liquid suspension as well as a method of treating a mammal with a therapeutically effective amount of loratadine in the stable pharmaceutical liquid suspension.
US07758871B2
Pharmaceutical compositions for transdermal administration of neurotoxins to a patient include a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, and an enhancing agent that facilitates absorption of the neurotoxin through the skin of the patient and does not eliminate the bioactivity associated with the neurotoxin. The pharmaceutical compositions are topically applied on a patient, and may be provided in a transdermal patch.
US07758868B2
The invention encompasses compositions and methods relating to viral polymerases having one or more substitutions of different amino acids at conserved regions of the polymerase yields enzymes with varying rates and fidelity of replication. A universally applicable, polymerase-mechanism-based strategy for production of attenuated viruses and anti-viral vaccines is disclosed.
US07758867B2
The present invention relates to an isolated attenuated influenza virus strain and a live vaccine comprising the same. The isolated attenuated influenza virus strain is prepared by cold-adaptation of a mother strain which carries 6 internal genomes of A/PR/8/34(H1N1) and two surface antigens HA and NA of A/Aichi/2/68(H3N2). The attenuated influenza virus strain and the live vaccine of the present invention are useful for prevention of seasonal influenza episodes and sudden outbreak of influenza pandemics of predicted or unknown identity, since they have safety, efficacy, high production yield, immediate protection against variety of influenza subtypes and prolonged protection against specific influenza subtype.
US07758863B2
Peptides of influenza virus hemagglutinin protein and Plasmodium falciparum malaria antigen, antibodies specific for the peptides, influenza vaccines, malaria vaccines and methods of stimulating the immune response of a subject to produce antibodies to influenza virus or malaria are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for formulating vaccines for influenza virus.
US07758854B2
Antimicrobial agents that can serve as replacements to conventional pharmaceutical antibiotics are disclosed. The antimicrobial agents comprise conjugatively transmissible plasmids that kill targeted pathogenic bacteria, but are not harmful to donor bacteria. Two types of lethal transmissible plasmids are disclosed. One type kills recipient bacteria by unchecked (“runaway”) replication in the recipient cells and is prevented from occuring in donor cells. Another type kills recipient bacteria by expressing a gene that produces a product detrimental or lethal to recipient bacterial cells, that gene being prevented from expression in donor cells.
US07758844B2
There is provided a titanium oxide powder having excellent ultraviolet-protecting ability, usability and transparency, and a method of manufacturing the same. The titanium oxide powder provided is a porous titanium oxide powder that is formed from titanium oxide primary particles agglomerated together, has a mean particle diameter of 0.01 to 100 μm, and has a specific surface area of 250 to 500 m2/g. The porous titanium oxide powder can be obtained by subjecting a titanium salt solution to hydrolysis by heating under the presence of an aliphatic alcohol and/or a substance having a carboxyl group or a carbonyl group, and then further carrying out heating treatment with an acid. The titanium oxide primary particles preferably have a mean particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, and the powder preferably has an approximately spherical shape with the ratio of the minor axis to the major axis being at least 0.75.
US07758836B1
A system and method for removing sulfur-containing contaminants from indoor air includes a panel system having a first layer and a second layer. The first layer can include a base media onto which sodium bicarbonate is attached. The second layer can include a base media onto which activated carbon is attached. Indoor air including sulfur-containing contaminants can contact and pass through the first layer. Sulfuric acid can react with the sodium bicarbonate to produce sodium sulfate, which can, in turn, act as a drying agent for organic sulfur-containing contaminants in the indoor air, such as carbon disulfide and carbonyl sulfide. As a result of such drying, the second layer can more effectively trap and/or bind (adsorb) the organic sulfur-containing contaminants so that these contaminants are removed from the contaminated air. The treated air can be returned to an indoor space of the structure.
US07758824B2
Internal exchanger for gas-liquid-solid fluidized bed reactor employing a highly exothermic reaction
The present invention describes a novel type of internal exchanger for a gas-liquid-solid fluidized bed reactor employing a strongly thermal reaction. Said exchanger is modular in concept and comprises a central tube with separations allowing both supply of cooling fluid to the pins of the module and collection of partially vaporized fluid from said same pins.
US07758814B2
A microfluidic fluid distribution manifold includes a common port and a plurality of fluidic channels spirally wound around the common port. Each fluidic channel connects the common port to an independent port and provides essentially the same flow resistance to a fluid flowing therethrough. A fixture for the flow restrictor allows fluid flows to be communicated between the flow restrictor and a larger system such as a parallel reactor system.
US07758811B2
A multichannel system for classifying particles according to one or more characteristics of the particles includes a plurality of flow cytometry units. Each flow cytometry unit is operable to classify particles in a mixture of particles by interrogating a stream of fluid containing particles using a beam of electromagnetic radiation. Each flow cytometry unit has a sensor operable to generate a time-varying output signal indicative of at least one characteristic of the particles in the stream of fluid as the stream of fluid is interrogated by the beam of electromagnetic radiation. The flow cytometry units share an integrated platform and perhaps even a common processor for receiving and processing information from the units. The common processor is programmed to receive the time-varying output signals from the flow cytometry units substantially continuously and to process the output signals.
US07758809B2
The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for automatic staining of at least one tissue sample accommodated on a slide by applying reagents. The system may include at least one slide provided in a slide rack, a fluid containment element, a slide holder, a vertical slide positioner to pivot the slides to a vertical position, and a slide immerser element to immerse the vertical slide into a fluid containment element or even a dip tank. By pivoting the slides from a horizontal to a vertical position, an automated method and apparatus for carrying out a pretreatment in an automated staining apparatus may be provided. The pivoting of slides may ensure an appropriate orientation of the slides for both the pretreatment and the staining processes.
US07758798B2
A process for forming linear, thermoplastic weatherseals into a bend position is provided which avoids buckling of the thinner surfaces of the weatherseal material. The process involves the use of a support insert which supports the thinner surfaces during the bending operation, and thus assists in preventing the deformation of the thinner weatherseal surfaces. The support is preferable constructed of a material which is unaffected by temperatures higher than the heat-deformation temperature used to set the weatherseal material into a bent configuration, and thus, the support insert retains its linear shape when removed from the bending press, and therefore, can be reused. An improved process for manufacturing bent thermoplastic weatherseal material results.
US07758790B2
A method of stably producing a ceramic sheet with good quality, where the tip portions of convex parts constituting numerous wrinkles on the surface of the ceramic sheet are not in contact with each other, and concave parts are open. To produce the ceramic sheet, clay is placed on the upper surface of a stretched rubber sheet, and the upper surface of the clay is covered by a surface layer made from a material that burns when the clay is baked. The rubber sheet is contracted to form wrinkles on the upper surface of the clay and the surface layer. The clay is baked and the surface layer is made to disappear by burning to obtain the ceramic sheet. Thus, the surface layer prevents the tips of the convex parts constituting the wrinkles from being in direct contact with each other.
US07758786B2
Decorative textured surfaces are formed on articles having curved or contoured surfaces. A reusable, flexible textured blanket is placed in a mold along with a first material charge. A pressurizer is used to both impart the texture of the blanket to the first material charge and consolidate the charge to form a textured shell. The blanket is removed from the mold and a second material charge is introduced into the mold over the shell. The application of heat and pressure consolidates the second material charge and the shell to both form and cure the completed article.
US07758779B2
A reinforced carbon foam material is formed from carbon fibers incorporated within a carbon foam's structure. First, carbon fiber bundles are combined with a liquid resol resin. The carbon fiber bundles separate into individual carbon fiber filaments and disperse throughout the liquid resol resin. Second, the carbon fiber resin mixture is foamed thus fixing the carbon fibers in a permanent spatial arrangement within the phenolic foam. The foam is then carbonized to create a carbon fiber reinforced foam with improved graphitic characteristics as well as increased strength. Optionally, various additives can be introduced simultaneously with the addition of the carbon fiber bundles into the liquid resol, which can improve the graphitic nature of the final carbon foam material and/or increase the foam's resistance to oxidation.
US07758776B2
A system for fabricating a free form structure of a composite material including carbon nanotubes. The system includes a discharge assembly and a composite formation device operatively linked with the discharge assembly. The discharge assembly dispenses a fusing agent such as for example a high energy density emission, a laser emission or a particle beam emission. The composite formation device includes a composite generator and an arranger in operative engagement with a composite generator. The composite generator engages with the fusing agent so as to create a composite nodal element. The composite nodal element includes a matrix and a multiplicity of fibers formed of carbon nanotubes dispersed throughout the matrix. The arranger positions one node relative to another to define the free form structure.
US07758766B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a magnetic garnet single crystal capable of reducing the optical loss of the resulting rotator even when the magnetic garnet single crystal is grown using a solvent containing Na by the liquid phase epitaxial process, as well as a Faraday rotator using the same. A magnetic garnet single crystal represented by the chemical formula BiαNaβM13-α-β-γM2γFe5-δ-εMgδM3εO12 (M1 is at least one element or more selected from Y, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb and Lu; and M2 is at least one element or more selected from Ca and Sr; M3 is at least one element or more selected from Si, Ge, Ti, Pt, Ru, Sn, Hf and Zr, provided that 0.60<α≦1.50, 0<β≦0.05, 1.35<3−α−β−γ<2.40, 0≦γ≦0.10, 0≦δ≦0.10, 0<ε≦0.10, 0<γ+δ≦0.10, 0<δ+ε≦0.10).
US07758758B2
A method for removing metals from metal-containing acidic mine wastewater uses a basic sludge produced by the method for treating the wastewater. The wastewater is mixed with a lime slurry and with the basic sludge. This mixture is allowed to separate into an aqueous effluent and an acidic sludge. The effluent is mixed with the lime slurry and with a composition containing an iron compound, to produce a mixture. This mixture is allowed to separate into an aqueous effluent and the basic sludge. Lignin derivatives, such as calcium lignosulfonate, may be included in the treatment mixture.
US07758754B2
The invention is a pervaporation process and pervaporation equipment, using a series of membrane modules, and including inter-module reheating of the feed solution under treatment. The inter-module heating is achieved within the tube or vessel in which the modules are housed, thereby avoiding the need to repeatedly extract the feed solution from the membrane module train.
US07758737B1
Methods for determining total analyte concentrations and amounts, especially in combination with analyte separations are provided. Microfluidic devices are used to separate analyte mixtures and detect the individual analytes. Signal areas are summed for each individual analyte to quantitate the total analyte amount. Separate measurements of the total analyte sample are also used to determine total analyte concentration.
US07758733B2
In this invention, a separative structure of the ion-selecting electrode is applied to fabricate the dual type potentiometric biosensor for creatinine detection. According to the fabrication process, the creatinine enzyme is immobilized onto a conductive layer of a substrate of pH sensing membrane and ammonium ion-selecting membrane. The conductive layer provides with a sensing region and a non-sensing region. A conductive line is extended from the conductive layer for using as an external electrical contact point. The dual type potentiometric creatinine biosensor was fabricated by using the enzyme immobilization method onto the surface of the selecting membrane of sensing membrane of pH sensing electrode and creatinine sensor.
US07758725B2
A method of and apparatus for feeding a chemical into a liquid flow are especially suited for use with a headbox of a paper machine, particularly for feeding a retention aid into a fiber suspension flow going to the headbox so that in a mixing apparatus feed liquid is added into the retention chemical solution, prior to introducing the solution into the fiber suspension flow guided to the paper machine. The feed liquid is preferably a circulation water from the paper mill, or another non-clean liquid from a paper mill.
US07758723B2
Papermaking processes and more particularly to papermaking processes for foreshortening fibrous structures are provided.
US07758717B2
On a hot plate, jigs and wafers are joined by bonding wax. A first transport mechanism, a posture change mechanism, a pusher and a second transport mechanism transport the jigs joined with the wafers from the hot plate to a treating transport mechanism. The treating transport mechanism immerses the jigs joined with the wafers in a treating solution stored in a treating tank. Thus, the wafers may be thinned, or otherwise treated, without a turn table directly contacting and damaging the wafers as in the prior art.
US07758716B2
An apparatus (100) for spraying an etchant solution on a preformed printed circuit board (30) includes a number of feed pipes (40) for supplying the etchant solution and a number of nozzles (45) mounted on the feed pipes. Each of the feed pipes has a middle portion (402) and two end portions (401). The middle portions of the feed pipes are located on a first plane and the end portions of the feed pipes are located on a second plane parallel to the first plane. The number of nozzles are mounted on the middle portion and the two end portions of each feed pipe. The number of nozzles are in fluid communication with the feed pipes.
US07758715B2
A method of manufacturing a composite structure including a plurality of sheets and a radius filler. The radius filler is adapted to fill a gap at least partially formed by the sheets of the composite structure. The radius filler includes a plastic material with a first curing temperature. The sheets include a plastic material with a second curing temperature. The method includes arranging the sheets in a desired shape, applying the radius filler material into the gap, exposing the sheets and the radius filler material to the first temperature, whereby the material of the radius filler cures, and exposing the sheets and the radius filler to the second temperature, which exceeds the first temperature, whereby the material of the sheets cures. A radius filler for filling gaps between sheets of a composite structure. The material of the radius filler has a curing temperature which is below the curing temperature of the sheets of the composite structure.
US07758713B2
Process for waterproofing semimanufactured footwear, clothing items and accessories, said semimanufactured product having a three-dimensional conformation with at least one inner surface and one outer surface, which comprises the following operative steps: arranging the semimanufactured product onto a shaped support (14; 27, 28; 30, 31) with at least one waterproofing sheath (18) shaped for entirely or partially cover the surfaces to be waterproofed of the semimanufactured product, at least one glue layer being arranged between these surfaces and the waterproofing sheath (18); pressing between two deformable plates (2, 2′) the semimanufactured product provided with the waterproofing sheath (18) and arranged on the shaped support (14; 27, 28; 30, 31). The present invention also relates to a machine that carries out said process, as well as the semimanufactured products obtained with said process or machine.
US07758712B2
An elastic composite article and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The elastic composite article includes a pair of coverwebs, a plurality of elastic filaments located between the pair of coverwebs. One or both of the pair of coverwebs is a nonwoven fibrous coverweb with a tear pattern of weakened areas formed therein. The tear patterns are formed before the coverwebs are attached to each other to form the elastic composite article.
US07758711B1
A method of forming a planter includes providing a first tire portion and a second tire portion each including an outer wall and a peripheral wall of a tire. The outer walls each have an aperture therein bounded by a perimeter edge. The peripheral walls of the first and second tire portions have a free edge positioned opposite of the outer wall. The first and second tire portions are each inverted so that an inner side of each of the peripheral walls of the first and second tire portions is directed outwardly. The free edge of the first tire portion is positioned within an opening defined by the free edge of the second tire portion. The peripheral wall of the second tire portion extends around and is coextensive with free edge of the first tire portion to form a planter.
US07758692B2
The invention relates in particular to an aqueous pigment suspension comprising at least one polymer of the type polycarboxylate grafted by alkylene polyoxide chains. It relates in addition to the use thereof especially in the coloring of hydraulic set materials.
US07758682B2
A non-aqueous ink with an extended cap-off time for writing, drawing, painting or marking, or a writing or marking fluid respectively, having organic solvents, binding agents, drying retarders, colorants and if necessary further additives. The ink contains a fatty acid or a fatty acid blend as a drying retarder.
US07758679B2
A treating unit that comprises an absorber unit for contacting a regenerated solvent with a gas stream loaded with contaminants to yield a treated gas stream and a loaded solvent stream; a regenerator unit for stripping the loaded solvent stream to yield a loaded gas stream and the regenerated solvent; and a device for smoothing contaminant peak concentrations in the loaded solvent stream and for receiving the loaded solvent stream. The device comprises a first hold-up tank having a first inlet and a first outlet, a second hold-up tank having a second inlet and a second outlet, and an inlet distributor that is operatively connected to the first inlet and to the second inlet and that provides for directing flow of the loaded solvent stream to either the first hold-up tank or the second hold-up tank.
US07758678B2
A housing of an air cleaner has an air inlet port and an air outlet port, and incorporates an air filter. In the housing, a fuel adsorption filter is arranged downstream of the air filter in such manner as to intersect an air passage. An open portion and a sheet-like adsorption portion are vertically defined in an outer frame of the fuel adsorption filter. The adsorption portion has a fuel adsorbing function. A weir is provided in a boundary between the open portion and the adsorption portion. The weir limits air flow from the upstream side of the adsorption portion to the upstream side of the open portion. A flow straightening plate having a flow straightening function is provided in the open portion.
US07758673B2
The present invention relates to a process for removing carbon dioxide and optionally hydrogen sulphide and/or COS from a gas stream containing these compounds by washing the gas with an aqueous washing solution containing water, sulfolane and a secondary or tertiary amine derived from ethanolamine. More particularly the invention relates to the process described above, the process being carried out in the presence of a primary or secondary amine compound in an amount between 0.5 and 15 wt. % based on water, sulfolane and amine. The invention further relates to an absorbent liquid to be used in the above process.
US07758662B2
A reformer includes a burner that generates thermal energy, and a reforming reaction unit that is supplied with thermal energy from the burner to generate a hydrogen-rich gas from a fuel, wherein the burner includes a burner main body having first and second portions that are constructed by bending the burner main body to form bended portions and coupling the bended portions together, wherein the burner main body is disposed in an inner portion of the reforming reaction unit, and wherein a first catalyst is filled in an inner portion of the burner main body.
US07758659B2
An air-oxidation haircolor composition is based: a) water; b) water soluble metal salt as a catalyst; c) etidronic acid (1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphoric acid) as a chelating agent and color deposition enhancer; d) oxidation primary dye intermediates; e) an aromatic triol such as 1,2,4-Benzenetriol; f) auxiliary oxidation dye couplers; g) dye antioxidants and stabilizers; h) optionally, a water soluble surfactant; i) optionally, a water soluble anionic polymer; j) a water soluble solvent system; and k) an alkalizer.
US07758651B2
Instruments and a method for preparing the articular surface of the patella to receive a patellar implant are utilized without everting the patella. A medial or lateral parapatellar incision and an anterior midline incision are made adjacent the patella. The patella is clamped with a patella clamp, a hole is drilled from the anterior surface of the patella. A reamer is inserted through the medial or lateral parapatellar incision and is then attached to the end of a drive shaft that extends outwardly beyond the articular surface of the patella. The posterior facing cutting surface of the reamer device is then placed in contact with the articular surface. The drive shaft is then rotated and moved anteriorly causing the cutting surface of the reamer device to remove a desired amount of patellar cartilage and bone to accommodate a patellar component. The patellar component is secured into place by aligning a central peg protruding from the top surface of the patellar component with the previously drilled hole in the patellar remnant.
US07758638B2
The implant has an annularly bent base, whereby the imagined surface enclosed by the base is bent. Preferably the surface enclosed by the base is a symmetrical. It is particularly advantageous if the base is enclosed by a solid material and this is enclosed by a relatively soft material. This offers the possibility of designing fastening clips in the relatively solid material. Such implants are especially suited as heart valve rings.
US07758635B2
An endovascular stent comprising an expandable framework including a plurality of interconnected segments, and a plurality of entangled cylindrical micelles disposed on the expandable framework. Each of the plurality of cylindrical micelles may be loaded with a therapeutic agent.
US07758629B2
A stent that can be made of self-expandable members and balloon expandable members is described. The members can be held together by a polymer layer, polymer rings or discreet polymer connectors. Methods of making and using the stent are also described.
US07758617B2
The present invention relates to a percutaneous vertebral stabilization system. A first anchor is positionable within a body of a patient through a first percutaneous opening and a second anchor is positionable within a body of a patient through a second percutaneous opening. A stabilization member is positionable within the body of a patient through the first percutaneous opening to engage and connect the first and second anchors.
US07758616B2
Systems and methods for stabilizing the spine are provided. For stabilizing the L5-S1 junction, the system includes a plate that has a generally triangular shape with an upper node and a pair of lower nodes. The upper node has a hole through the plate to receive a screw for passage into the L5 vertebra. The lower nodes each include a hole through the plate to receive screws for passage into the S1 vertebra. The system further includes a plate having a retaining element for preventing backout of screws inserted through the plate. Instruments and methods for attaching the plate to the spinal column are also provided.
US07758614B2
A knotless suture device including at least one fusible suture for securing or ligating living tissue structures. The device also includes a generally U-shape fusible coupling member for receiving end portions of the fusible suture. Energy applied to fusible portions of the coupling member cause localized heating and plastic flow so as to fuse the coupling member and the end portion of the suture together. The coupling member can include one or more energy directors on a contact surface to direct and focus energy to particular regions so as to efficiently effect coupling member-to-suture welding.
US07758608B2
Manual actuating apparatus for operating a medical device includes a handle, a finger loop mounted on the handle for receiving the thumb of an operator, first and second lever members mounted on the handle for grasping engagement by fingers of the operator, at least one of the lever members and the finger loop being pivotally mounted on the handle for movement between first and second positions. A force transmitting member operably connects at least one of the finger loop and the first and second lever members for operating the medical device at a location distant from the handle such that, in the course of operating the medical device, the operator can reposition his fingers between the first and second lever members with rotation of his thumb within the finger loop and thereby assure a comfortable hand posture throughout the complete range of operation of the medical device.
US07758604B2
An angioplasty balloon catheter and method of making and using the same. The balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft and a balloon coupled to the shaft. The balloon may include one or more cutting edges or member and may include one or more wings. The wings may include an undulating surface.
US07758603B2
A surgical obturator comprising an elongate shaft extending along an axis between a proximal end and a distal end, and a bladeless tip disposed at the distal end of the shaft having a conical surface forming proximally into an outer surface, the outer surface extending distally to a blunt point and having a pair of side sections. The side sections extend from the blunt point radially outwardly with progressive positions proximally along the axis. The conical surface facilitates insertion of the obturator with a reduced penetration force and minimizes tenting of the body wall. The conical surface further facilitates separation of different layers of the body wall and provides proper alignment of the tip between the layers. The surgical obturator may be constructed from a disposable or reusable material such as a metal or an autoclavable polymer.
US07758594B2
Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tissues or anatomical structures. In some applications, the invention may be used to used to improve patency or fluid flow through a body lumen or cavity (e.g., to limit constriction of the urethra by an enlarged prostate gland).
US07758575B2
An APC device to simultaneously operate a plurality of instruments for argon plasma coagulation. In order to enable simultaneous connection and operation of several instruments, the APC device provides several instrument hubs to connect the plurality of instruments and to connect a control device to all instrument hubs. The control device controls the amplitude of a high-frequency voltage and operates the APC device such that, on actuation of at least one actuation means and generation of at least one actuation signal, the high-frequency voltage is interrupted for a defined duration and then the high-frequency voltage is set to the ignition voltage level and, after ignition of the plasma on all of the APC instruments for which the actuation means is actuated, the high-frequency voltage is set to the operational voltage level.
US07758571B2
Methods and apparatus for cryo-therapy are disclosed herein. This includes a hollow guidewire disposed within a catheter having helical loops contacting tissue. A coolant delivery tube disposed within can have a coolant delivered from a proximal end into the guidewire lumen. The coolant flows back proximally through the guidewire while cooling the guidewire surface and cooling or cryogenically ablating the contacting tissue. To minimize guidewire exposure to surrounding fluids or tissue, insulative barriers can be attached to the guidewire. A coolant delivery tube and return lumen can be integrated from a single extrusion in various configurations. Expandable balloons can also be used to expand the loops of the guidewire to contact the tissue. Also, helical loops with a coolant delivery tube or stem disposed longitudinally within the loops can be used and the loops can also have a variable collapsible cooling region.
US07758569B2
A robotic medical system comprises an instrument driver having a driver shaft, a driver cable slidably disposed through the shaft, and a driver coupling member respectively mounted to the driver cable, and an instrument having an instrument shaft, an end effector, an instrument cable slidably disposed through the shaft for actuating the end effector, and an instrument coupling member mounted to the instrument cable. The robotic medical system further comprises a storage chamber having a passage that stores the instrument, a drive unit coupled to the instrument driver, and an electric controller configured for directing the drive unit to distally advance the instrument driver within the passage of the storage chamber and engage the driver coupling member and instrument coupling member, and for directing the drive unit to proximally retract the instrument driver within the passage of the storage chamber and disengage the driver coupling member and instrument coupling member.
US07758561B2
A method of enhancing the permeability of a biological membrane, including the skin or mucosa of an animal or the outer layer of a plant to a permeant is described utilizing microporation of selected depth and optionally one or more of sonic, electromagnetic, mechanical and thermal energy and a chemical enhancer. Microporation is accomplished to form a micropore of selected depth in the biological membrane and the porated site is contacted with the permeant. Additional permeation enhancement measures may be applied to the site to enhance both the flux rate of the permeant into the organism through the micropores as well as into targeted tissues within the organism.
US07758553B2
A drop dispenser has a substantially conical sleeve member with a narrow upper end and a wide lower end. Centrally located at the apex of the upper end of the sleeve member is an aperture which has an inner diameter and is circumscribed by a raised ridge. The aperture and the ridge form a nozzle. The interior space of the substantially conical sleeve member forms a substantially conical chamber between the narrow upper end and wide lower end of the sleeve member. The nozzle is in liquid communication with the chamber through the aperture. The drop dispenser may have external threads at the lower end of the sleeve member for engaging a cap having a protuberance centrally located at its internal top end for hermetically engaging the aperture of the nozzle when the cap fully engages the sleeve member.
US07758551B2
A pump set for use with a pump to deliver a supply of liquid to a patient. The feeding set has a conduit for the nutrient liquid and a safety interlock device associated with the conduit. The pumping apparatus has a pumping device and a control system for controlling operation of the pump. An electromagnetic radiation source is operatively connected to the control system of the pump for emitting an electromagnetic radiation signal in a direction for striking the safety interlock device of the feeding set. The safety interlock device is adapted to affect the direction of the electromagnetic radiation. An electromagnetic radiation detector is operatively connected to the control system for receiving the electromagnetic radiation signal when the direction is affected by the safety interlock device, and providing an indication to the control system that the feeding set conduit is properly positioned in the feeding pump.
US07758544B2
A needle safety apparatus is disclosed which includes an inner bearing disposed within an outer bearing. The inner bearing is moveable to extend telescopically in a first interior space defined by the outer bearing. A second interior space is defined by the inner bearing, while extendable linkage segments connect the hub to the inner bearing. A hub retains the proximal end of a needle, while the distal end of the needle extends through the second interior space. A wedging portion is movable with the inner bearing and pivots to secure the distal end of the needle within the second interior space when the distal end of the needle is retracted therethrough. A latch may be formed in the inner bearing to obstruct the first interior space and prevent the inner bearing from retracting therethrough.
US07758541B2
A targeted drug delivery device is provided. The device comprises an elongated member with proximal and distal ends, a plurality of infusion ports associated with the distal end of the elongated member, and a selector mechanism for selectively placing an introducer port into fluid communication with at least one infusion port. A method for treating tissue is also provided. The method comprises introducing a medical device into the tissue, selecting an region of the tissue to treat, positioning the medical device in proximity to the region, and introducing a medicament through the device to treat only that region.
US07758518B2
Systems and methods for the expression of bodily fluid from an incision in the skin include devices which bear against the skin in a manner to retain the fluid adjacent the incision site and urge the fluid inwardly toward the incision. Systems utilize a constricting member, a bi-stable expression member, or a pressing member. The present invention further encompasses combinations of the foregoing expression systems with each other, as well as with other expression devices known in the art. Moreover, the invention includes the combination of the expression systems with incising, sampling and/or testing systems, particularly in a single, integrated device. The present invention also contemplates the associated methods for expressing bodily fluid from an incision, including in combination with methods for incising, sampling and/or testing of the bodily fluid.
US07758517B2
A sensor and a lancet are integrated with each other. A thin strip-shaped sensor and a lancet are integrated so that the lancet moves in parallel, along a longitudinal direction of the sensor. A measuring device to which an integrated lancet and sensor is attached is provided with a function of driving the attached lancet.
US07758514B2
Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) device. In one embodiment, the device comprises a handle and a flexible catheter, the handle having a bore, the proximal end of the catheter being fixed within the handle bore. A protective tubular hub having a flared distal end is press-fit coaxially within the distal end of the catheter, the distal end of the catheter being sealed around the distal end of the hub so as to define a distal opening. A hollow needle having a sharp tip at its distal end is disposed within the catheter, the needle tip being sized for insertion through the distal opening of the catheter. The distal end of a flexible wire is coupled to the proximal end of the needle, the proximal end of the wire extending through the handle bore and coupled to a button slide accessible through a slot in the handle. The button slide is movable between a distal position in which the needle tip extends through the distal opening of the catheter and a proximal position in which the needle tip is disposed within the hub. When in either its distal position or its proximal position, a pawl on the button slide releasably engages a corresponding notch on the handle to lock the button slide in place.
US07758509B2
A method of real time ultrasound imaging of an object in at least three two-dimensional scan planes that are rotated around a common axis, is given, together with designs of ultrasound transducer arrays that allows for such imaging. The method is also introduced into a monitoring situation of cardiac function where, combined with other measurements as for example the LV pressure, physiological parameters like ejection fraction and muscular fiber stress is calculated.
US07758508B1
An ultrasound-imaging system and method is provided that permits an operator to acquire an image of a volume-of-interest in a time critical fashion, that is capable of referencing the volume rendering to a standard two-dimensional imaging mode, and permits the operator to selectively choose a number of display-mode parameters that result in an operator directed view of the volume-of-interest. The ultrasound-imaging system comprises an input device configured to receive a plurality of imaging parameters and a controller in communication with the input device. The ultrasound-imaging system generates an operator-directed transmit-beam scan sequence in response to the imaging parameters and transmits a spatially modified transmit-beam scan sequence over a portion of the volume-scan range of the ultrasound-imaging system. Moreover, the ultrasound-imaging system provides the flexibility for an operator to direct a plurality of operator-configurable multi-dimensional views.
US07758505B2
A method and apparatus are presented for non-invasive determination of blood clotting related and blood circulation related parameters of a mammal. At least one stimulus ST is non-invasively induced in a blood containing medium in the mammal for a preset period of time tST. This at least one stimulus is selected to cause at least one of the following to occur: (a) inducing at least two of three Virchow's triad elements including abnormalities of blood flow; abnormalities of blood constituents and abnormalities of the blood vessel wall, and (b) inducing a change in red blood cell (RBC) aggregation or local blood viscosity. Measurements are non-invasively performed at a measurement location in the mammal by applying an external field thereto for a preset time period tm, a response of the measurement location to the applied field is detected, and measured data indicative thereof generated. At least a portion of the measured data and stimulus related data are processed so as to determine a relation between a time function of the at least one stimulus ST(t) and a time function of the measured data OR(t). This relation is indicative of at least one blood circulation and blood coagulation related parameter of the mammal.
US07758502B2
A slide and snap clamp provides a first clamping member with first and second clamping sections. The first clamping section is located adjacent the hinge while the second clamping section and the hinge on opposite sides of the first clamping section. An actuator is used to transition the first clamping member from an unlocked or locked configuration with a rail in one of the first and second clamping sections. The first and second clamping sections are configured to receive the rail A at a predetermined cross sectional perimeter in either of the first and second clamping sections. The operator selects which of the two clamping sections be utilized the actuator can be transitioned and locked position thereby securing the rail to the first clamping member.
US07758489B2
Spinal disc therapy systems in accordance with the present invention generally include an implant element structured to have a therapeutic effect on a human or animal body when implanted into an intervertebral disc annulus or intervertebral disc nucleus. The implant element may include a biochemically active agent that provides pain relief, inflammation relief or other benefit to the human or animal body. The implant element may be mechanically active or mechanically activatable in being effective in providing a therapeutic effect to the human or animal body when implanted in the intervertebral disc. For example, the implant element may include a mechanically active or mechanically activatable component that radiates wave energy, for example, in the form of electrical or magnetic energy, into the body.
US07758486B2
In some embodiments of the present invention, a method and apparatus for folding sheets are disclosed in which single transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in one operational mode and double transverse folds are created by vacuum rolls in another operational mode. The folder can have a low profile in which the axes of various elements and assemblies in the folder are located within height ranges relative to the height of a folding roll axis in the folder.
US07758480B1
An exercise hoop has an outer loop, an inner loop and an adjustable centrifugal weight assembly. The inner loop is mounted rotatably in the outer loop. The adjustable centrifugal weight assembly is connected pivotally to the inner loop. The weight of the adjustable centrifugal weight assembly may be increased or decreased depending on different users. A beginner may use less weight and a skilled user more for tailored exercise.
US07758477B2
An exercise device includes an elongate body, at least one first handle attached to an outer side surface of the elongate body, and at least one second handle attached to an end of the elongate body. The at least one first handle is arranged such that when the elongate body is lifted by the at least one first handle, the elongate body is substantially horizontal. The at least one second handle is arranged such that when the elongate body is lifted by the at least one second handle, the elongate body is substantially vertical. The first and second handles enable a variety of different exercises to be performed using the exercise device.
US07758475B2
An upper body exercise cycle comprising crank arms that may independently drive a flywheel, which provides resistance to the crank arms, an adjustable headstock and seat to accommodate users of different sizes and isolate different muscle groups, and a base plate ramp to provide support for the feet and to facilitate transportation of the upper body exercise cycle.
US07758474B1
A bicycle trainer includes a frame, a resistance unit interconnected with the frame, and a wheel mounting arrangement for securing the bicycle wheel to the frame. The wheel mounting arrangement includes first and second spaced apart wheel engagement areas, one of which includes a threaded wheel engagement member. A fixed-position threaded actuator member is rotatably interconnected with the frame. Rotation of the actuator member causes extension and retraction of the wheel engagement member, to move the wheel engagement member toward and away from the second wheel engagement area, and to selectively clamp the wheel between the second wheel engagement area and the wheel engagement member. The threads of the actuator member and the wheel engagement member are lead threads, and a guide arrangement is associated with the threaded wheel engagement member for guiding inward and outward movement of the wheel engagement member upon rotation of the actuator member.
US07758469B2
An exercise device includes a member that moves through a selected one of a plurality of differently available paths. A display provides a visual representation of the movement of the first member.
US07758468B2
A powertrain control system for management and supervision of engine and servo-assisted gearbox control modules is arranged for determining the power to be applied to the drive wheels of the vehicle as a function of signals indicative of commands imparted by the driver, of the engine and gearbox state parameters and of possible requirements from the engine and gearbox control modules and supplementary on board vehicle traction/drive control systems; calculating data indicative of the torque to be delivered at the engine drive shaft, the torque transmissible by the clutch and the required transmission ratio, as a function of the determined value of the power to be applied to the drive wheels, of the state parameters and of the requirements of the engine and gearbox control modules and the traction/drive control systems; and transmitting the calculated data as signals to the engine and gearbox control modules.
US07758463B2
A power transmitting apparatus for performing switching between 2-wheel and 4-wheel drive modes and locking and unlocking of differential mechanism by an operational shaft can include a driving device comprising a reversible motor, a rotational member rotationally driven by the motor and provided with a contacting member. A spring can be arranged on the rotational member, a connecting member can be arranged to be abutted by one end of the spring so as to be rotated by the rotational member via the coil spring, and a driving shaft can be rotatably arranged relative to the rotational member and engaged by the operational shaft in its rotational direction and adapted to be rotated by the rotational member via the connecting member. A stay can be engaged by the driving shaft in its rotational direction and provided with a contacting member. A substrate can be arranged so as to be contacted by the contacting members respectively of the rotational member and the stay and formed with a conducting patterns forming predetermined electric circuits in accordance with the rotational angles respectively of the rotational member and the driving shaft. The rotational member, connecting member, stay and substrate can be formed as separate parts and adapted to be assembled to the driving shaft in order.
US07758460B2
A carriage driving apparatus includes: a biaser which biases a pulley holder in a tensioning direction to tension a timing belt; and a biaser holder which holds the biaser such that the pulley holder is allowed to move to the slackening position when the biaser is not held by the biaser holder, and the pulley holder is biased by the biaser in the tensioning direction when the biaser is held by the biaser holder, the biaser holder limiting movement of the pulley holder in a slackening direction to slacken the timing belt, to a disengagement inhibit position between the slackening position and the tensioning position.
US07758457B2
A fletching system and method that allows for quick and easy attachment of a fletching member to an arrow shaft provides a slotted arrow shaft adapted to receive a fletching member projecting therethrough and an internal plug member disposed within a hollow center of the arrow shaft in pressing friction fit engagement with a flanged base portion of the fletching member wherein the flanged base portion is secured between the plug member and an internal surface of a sidewall of the arrow shaft.
US07758446B2
A moveable shaft insert assembly about 13 to 18 inches long weighing less than 50 grams is inserted into a hollow golf dub shaft wherein the depth of insertion of the shaft insert assembly may vary from about 1 to 10 inches. Changing the location of the shaft insert assembly allows a player to change the flex of the shaft and thereby optimize the performance of the club dynamics for that player for that day. The shaft insert is held in place by friction between the shaft and the shaft insert assembly. So shaft flex fitting can be administered by a player with or without coaching, and can be revisited at any time by a simple adjustment. The shaft inserts are useful on all hollow shaft clubs, and can be retrofitted to existing clubs without removing the grip.
US07758443B1
A golf work station having a base module with telescoping knee guides and adjustable target knee posts. A rear attachment module having a posture post is removably attached to the base module rear, said posture post being longitudinally extensible and angularly adjustable. A front attachment module having two adjustable swing plane tubes is removably attached to the base module front, said swing plane tubes being vertically and angularly adjustable. A putting module having an adjustable putter shaft slide is removably attached to the base module front, said putter shaft slide being vertically and horizontally adjustable.
US07758431B2
A cage having a plurality of cutouts for receiving rolling bodies of a joint, wherein the cage comprises a quenched and tempered steel, and the entire cage has a substantially uniform ductility over its cross section without surface hardening.
US07758424B2
The present invention relates to a game controller that has a body, a first input location, a second input location and a first input device. The first input device is adapted to be removably coupled to the body at both the first input location and the second input location.
US07758422B2
A game console determines if a hard disk drive is authorized for use with the game console by analyzing an encrypted certificate. The encrypted certificate is stored in memory of the drive. Upon detection of the drive, the game console receives the encrypted certificate and decrypts it. The certificate contains parameters relating to the drive, such as the drives serial number, model number, memory capacity of the drive, and a trademark indicative of the drive's authenticity, for example. The game console also receives these parameters from the drive in unencrypted form. The parameters extracted from the encrypted certificate are compared with the parameters read from the hard disk drive's memory. If the parameters match, the drive is determined to be authentic. The certificate is encrypted with the private key of a public-private key pair and decrypted with the corresponding public key in accordance with well known public-key cryptographic techniques.
US07758401B2
An upper support garment having a back portion comprising an inner fabric layer, an outer fabric layer, and an adhesive applied between the inner and outer fabric layers to connect together the inner and outer fabric layers. The inner fabric layer has a pair of cutouts therethrough and the adhesive layer has an identical pair of cutouts. The pair of cutouts of the inner fabric layer are positioned to correspond to the back muscles of a wearer.
US07758397B2
An apparatus and method of delivering bubble solution to a bubble solution dipping container are disclosed. The apparatus has a housing, a dipping chamber associated with the housing, a source of bubble solution and a tube coupling the source of bubble solution with the dipping chamber. The tube has one end positioned inside the dipping chamber and another end coupled to the source of the bubble solution. A blocking ceiling can be positioned in the dipping chamber over the end of the tube so as to deflect bubble solution ejected from the end of the tube into the dipping chamber.
US07758386B2
A SIM Card connector with an ESD protection in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided. The SIM Card connector comprises a connector housing (1) with a plurality of contact passageways (101) in which a plurality of contact terminals (2) are received. Said SIM Card connector further includes an IC member (4) attached onto a bottom surface of the housing and a plurality of solder balls (3) sandwiched between the IC member and the contacts and contacted with the contact terminals.
US07758370B1
The electrical connector has a tubular sleeve and an outer tubular housing disposed over the tubular sleeve with at least two openings in the outer tubular housing to receive projections from the tubular sleeve. A resilient member biases the tubular sleeve and outer tubular housing relative to one another. Moving the outer tubular housing relative to the tubular sleeve pushes the projections radially inward to release the electrical connector. In an alternative embodiment, moving the outer tubular housing pulls the projections radially outward releasing the electrical connector.
US07758362B2
A rotary connector apparatus includes a body supported fixedly, a rotor supported rotatably by the body and rotatable together with a steering wheel, a floating spacer disposed between the body and the rotor, rotatably floating according to rotation of the rotor, and having an inverting pass portion communicating between the inside and the outside in a radial direction, and a flat cable passing through the inverting pass portion to be inverted and wound on the sides of inner and outer peripheries of the floating spacer, a recessed portion provided with an outer peripheral face of the floating spacer so as to avoid hitting of the flat cable in a direction of a rotational axis of the floating spacer.
US07758355B2
In the case that a distance between contact portions and fixed portions of contacts of a connector is 2 mm or more, the contacts are each provided with an engaging portion in the proximity of the fixed portion, and the housing is provided in the inserting holes for the contacts with anchoring portions at locations corresponding to the engaging portions of the contacts so that the engaging portions of the contacts engage the anchoring portions of the housing, thereby preventing the contact portions of the contacts from being deformed and collapsed into a fitting opening by a connecting object, and preventing the contacts from buckling or being damaged and hence preventing any defective electrical connection.
US07758354B2
A horizontal connector (10A) is configured for mounting on a circuit board (90) so that a connecting direction with a mating connector is parallel to the surface of the circuit board (90). A vertical connector (10B) is configured for mounting on the circuit board (90) so that a connecting direction with a mating connector is normal to the surface of the circuit board (90). Board connecting portions (35A, 35B) of terminal fittings (30A, 30B) to be inserted into connection holes (91) and mounting holes (16A, 16B) of mounting portions (12A, 12B) to be mounted to fixing holes (92) are arranged at the same positions for both the horizontal connector (10A) and vertical connector (10B). Therefore, the circuit board (90) can be commonly used for both horizontal connector (10A) and vertical connector (10B).
US07758350B2
An electrical connector for electrically connecting a first electronic device to a second electronic device includes a housing that includes a plurality of solder retention channels that hold a plurality of solder segments in a vertical orientation such that at least a vertical surface and one end of each solder segment are exposed. The solder retention channels are formed in first and second opposing rows with an open space formed therebetween. The exposed vertical surfaces of the solder segments face one another.
US07758349B2
Printed circuit boards and breadboard devices have contact pads and magnetic component connectors where connection between the contact pads and the magnetic component connectors are made by magnetic force. Either the contact pad or the magnetic component connector will be magnetic and the other will be made of a material to which a magnet will be attracted. For example, printed circuit boards, which usually have copper traces, include contact pads made of a material to which a magnet will be attracted. Circuit components are connected to magnetic component connectors having magnetic legs which then connect the components to the contact pads of the circuit board or breadboard device. This makes the connection of components to a printed circuit board or breadboard device fast and easy and provides for easy removal and replacement of components. Magnetic component connectors can also be configured to connect magnetically to one another.
US07758345B1
Systems and methods for creation of anatomically correct physical models for an individual patient are provided. More specifically, the embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for design and manufacture of a modified bone model including an accurate soft tissue model. Medical image acquisition processes are used to capture data representative of an anatomy and a scan prosthesis. A modified bone model with supports is designed and fabricated. The modified bone model and scan prosthesis (or copy thereof) is then used to generate the soft tissue model.
US07758343B1
According to one embodiment, an apparatus for removing enamel from a person's tooth includes a blade portion and a handle portion. The blade portion includes an abrasive surface adapted to remove enamel from the tooth in response to reciprocating movement of the abrasive surface against the enamel. The handle portion is coupled to the blade portion and includes first and second regions, the first region is proximal and the second region is distal to the blade portion. The first region includes a substantially solid cross-section with a substantially circular perimeter. The second region includes a substantially solid cross-section with at least a substantially semi-circular perimeter, the solid cross-section defining a notched region. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted via a pressure fit into a corresponding opening in a driver mechanism adapted to drive reciprocating movement of the blade portion and the abrasive surface.
US07758341B2
A utility apparatus supplies a liquid to a substrate processing apparatus having a plurality of blocks of heat treatment apparatus groups. A plurality of supply ports supplies the liquid for each vertical block, horizontal block, or heat treatment apparatus. A plurality of recovery ports collects the liquid supplied to each vertical block, horizontal block, or heat treatment apparatus. Detecting mechanisms are provided respectively in the plurality of recovery ports to detect a temperature of the recovered liquid. A control mechanism controls based on detection information of the detecting mechanisms.
US07758337B2
A burner device having a burner chamber (26) filled at least partially by a porous body (28), an evaporation zone (12) upstream of the burner chamber (26) for evaporating liquid fuel supplied via a fuel inlet line (16), an igniter (30) for igniting a combustion mixture of evaporated liquid fuel and combustion air supplied via a combustion air inlet line (18) to the evaporation zone (12) as well as an exhaust discharge (38) downstream of the combustion chamber (26). A mixing zone (20) is disposed between the evaporation zone (14) and the combustion chamber (26) in which fuel gas is introduced via a fuel gas inlet line (22, 24) and is mixed with the combustion air and/or the combustion mixture. The burner device can be used as an afterburner in a fuel cell stack.
US07758334B2
Pulse detonation combustors of valveless construction. One valveless pulse detonation combustor, having a tube with a closed end and an open end, is constructed with a flame accelerator within the tube, adjacent the open end. A valveless, apertured flow restrictor is positioned between the flame accelerator and the closed end of the tube. A sparking device is positioned within the tube, between the flow restrictor and the flame accelerator. Valveless fuel and air ports are positioned between the flow restrictor and the closed end of the tube. Substantially right-angle manifold passageways are in communication with each of the ports.
US07758332B2
The invention provides methods of manufacturing toric lenses, apparatuses useful in the method of the invention, and lenses produced according to the method in which method the position of one mold half in relation to its complementary mold half is more precisely controlled so that tilting and rotation of the mold halves in relation to each other is substantially eliminated.
US07758329B2
There is provided an optical modeling apparatus that forms a model of a desired shape by sequentially forming hardened layers by irradiating a light curable resin with light. The apparatus includes a first light source that emits a light beam for plotting on the resin, a scanning device that scans the light beam from the first light source over the resin, a second light source that emits light that irradiates one fixed region of the resin at a time, a spatial light modulator that spatially modulates the light from the second light source and blanket-exposes a specified region of the resin, and an exposure position adjuster that moves, in at least one direction, the light from the spatial light modulator. The light beam from the scanning device and the light from the spatial light modulator form each hardened layer.
US07758313B2
A fiber reinforced matrix for a wind turbine rotor blade includes glass fibers and carbon fibers embedded in the same matrix material.
US07758311B2
Including a disk, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart airfoils extending radially outwardly from the disk, a plurality of shroud segments being disposed circumferentially between the plurality of airfoils and configured to attach to a corresponding airfoil of the plurality of airfoils and a plurality of wear surfaces, where at least one wear surface of the plurality of wear surfaces is configured and disposed to prevent excessive wear between the adjacent shroud segments. Each shroud segment of the plurality of shroud segments may be attached to a corresponding airfoil by weld connections to permit clearance during translation friction welding of the airfoil to the disk hub are located to avoid high stress areas.
US07758309B2
There is described a vane wheel of a turbine comprising at least one vane, the footing thereof being held on a wheel disk. At least one cooling channel is arranged between the wheel disk and the vane footing. The vane wheel having a plurality of turbulators is embodied on at least one of the walls of the cooling channel, the turbulators being configured in such a way that the turbulence and thus the heat transfer of a cooling fluid flowing through the cooling channel are increased.
US07758308B2
A mounting apparatus for a fan (10) with a plurality of through holes (12) defined includes a chassis (20) and a bracket (30). The chassis includes a bottom plate (22), and a side plate (24) perpendicular to the bottom plate. A pair of positioning pieces (222) and a protrusion (224) is formed on the bottom plate. The bracket is removably secured to the bottom plate for preventing the fan moving away from the side plate. A plurality of posts (38) protrudes from the bracket for inserting into the through holes of the fan. A pair of positioning tabs (344) extends from the bracket for engaging with the positioning pieces of the bottom plate and a handle with a block formed thereon is formed at the bracket. The block engages with the protrusion of the bottom plate for preventing the positioning tabs detaching from the positioning pieces, and is disengagable therefrom by driving the handle.
US07758305B2
A centrifugal fan has an inlet bell that induces turbulence in the intake air stream so as to better distribute air across the rotating radial fan blades and thereby increase fan efficiency. The “turbulator” feature is one or more preferably arcuate surfaces integrally formed in the inlet bell to either project into or away from the intake air stream. The turbulator disrupts smooth air flow across the inside surface of the inlet bell has the effect of randomizing the air at the boundary layer to reduce separation of the air from the inlet bell as it leaves the inlet bell and enters the impeller. The air can thus follow the contour of the inlet bell more closely to make a tighter radius turn as it enters the impeller. In so doing, air is delivered across more of the fan blades so that output air flow is increased.
US07758304B2
A supporting frame with locating function mainly includes a supporting portion and a plurality of connecting portions. The supporting portion is provided at a central area with a plurality of hollow spaces, and is connected at an upper side to a fan and at a lower side to a radiator. The supporting portion is provided on a rim area with fixing holes, via which fastening elements are extended to connect the supporting portion to the radiator. Each of the connecting portions includes an axially extended connecting hole, in which a locating mechanism is received. The connecting portion is connected at an upper side to the supporting portion, and at a lower side to a main board via screwing and elastic elements of the locating mechanism. With the supporting frame, the fan and the radiator can be quickly assembled to the main board.
US07758297B2
A method for flow optimization in multi-stage turbine-type machines in which the inflow of a third of three consecutive blade rings is optimized, the first and the third blade ring having the same number of blades being situated on the same unit, rotor or stator, the second blade ring being situated on the other of the two units, rotor or stator, and an operating state, occurring during a high proportion of the operating time, being selected by ascertaining or predefining the appropriate operating parameters. In this operating state, the maxima of the obstruction, periodically occurring in the area of the outlet edges of the blade profiles of the second blade ring, are deflected onto the inlet edges of the blade profiles of the third blade ring within a predefined tolerance angle; the positions or the geometries of blade profiles of at least one of the three blade rings are modified as needed.
US07758296B2
In a method for reducing noise generated in a turbo engine with cascades, and a stator-rotor arrangement, in which hydrodynamic pressure fluctuations occurring on the cascades are reduced by varying the surface circulation of at least one section of at least one stator. A structure is provided on one or more stators, influencing the surface circulation of at least one section of the stator.
US07758294B2
A bucket used in association with a loader provides both top and lateral discharge. The bucket is defined by a frame with front and rear walls, as well as a pair of side walls, and an endless loop of conveyor belt that serves as a bottom to the bucket. Lateral discharge provided through a gap between the endless loop and each of the side walls. A slide at a bottom of each side wall at least partially fills the gap between the side wall and the endless loop. The endless loop is selectively driven in the direction of either of the side walls by a drive means contained within the frame.
US07758276B2
In an adjoining expansion structure for coupling adjacent devices together in a coupling direction, the adjoining expansion structure includes grooves which penetrate the adjacent devices in the coupling direction, respectively, and coupling members which are inserted in the grooves and fixed to the adjacent devices, respectively. The coupling members are adapted to engage together in the coupling direction. Each of the coupling members may includes a hook projectable from and retractable into a corresponding one of the adjacent devices and a receiving portion having a form adapted for receiving the hook in the coupling direction.
US07758273B2
A binding device for files and binders includes rings to be inserted into binding holes of an object to be bound which are openably and closeably secured to a base plate so as to be opened and closed by an opening-closing mechanism including a rotationally movable lever. In the binding device, a first ring member and a second ring member defining the binding rings are configured such that they are interlocked with the opening-closing mechanism including the lever so as to be opened and closed about respective pivot portions provided in the lower end thereof by rotationally moving the lever. The base plate is provided with a lever shaft receiver for pivotally supporting the lever of the opening-closing mechanism, and the lever shaft receiver is formed by punching the base plate and bending the punched portion upwardly.
US07758269B2
The applicator (1) intended for the application of a cosmetic product, such as mascara, on a part (20) of the human body (2), has an axial direction (10) and is characterized in that it comprises a device (6) for transferring the cosmetic product towards the part (20) of the human body, the device (6) being manually operable and allowing to produce an electrical field when applying the cosmetic product.Advantages: facilitates transfer of the product during its application, improves the ergonomics of the application.
US07758258B2
An image-pickup apparatus includes a mirror moving into and out of an optical path, a shutter mechanism including shutter blades and a shutter-driving spring driving the shutter blades in an open direction, a charge-holding member holding the shutter mechanism with the shutter-driving spring charged, and a hold-releasing member releasing the holding of the shutter mechanism by the charge-holding member. The shutter blades and the charge-holding member are moved in a plane parallel to a light-receiving surface of an image-pickup element. The hold-releasing member is moved in a plane orthogonal to the light-receiving surface of the image-pickup element and drives the mirror in a moving-out direction when releasing the holding of the shutter mechanism. The apparatus has a small configuration associated with driving the shutter mechanism and is appropriate for providing a cleaning mechanism of the image-pickup element by using a movable member different from the shutter blades.
US07758247B2
A journal bearing, and a method of using the same, that prohibits relative movement between an aligning ring and the bearing shoes in the axial direction through the use of surface contact instead of retaining plates. In one aspect, the surface contact can be achieved by flanges extending from the bearing shoes. In another aspect, the surface contact can be achieved through the use of dowel pins. In still another embodiment, the surface contact can be achieved by flanges extending from oil feed bars.
US07758238B2
Temperature measurement using a pyrometer in a processing chamber is described. The extraneous light received by the pyrometer is reduced. In one example, a photodetector is used to measure the intensity of light within the processing chamber at a defined wavelength. A temperature circuit is used to convert the measured light intensity to a temperature signal, and a doped optical window between a heat source and a workpiece inside processing chamber is used to absorb light at the defined wavelength directed at the workpiece from the heat source.
US07758229B2
The present invention relates to a light source assembly and a backlight module including the same. The light source assembly (10) includes a light source (12) and a light guide plate (16). The light source (12) includes a light-emitting layer (122). The light source assembly (10) further includes a transparent filling layer (14) is interposed between the light source (12) and the light guide plate (16). The light source assembly (10) can reduce reflection and refraction loss when the light beam enters the light guide plate (16).
US07758228B2
A backlight unit of an LCD device is disclosed in which a light-diffusion substance below a light-guiding plate is formed as one body with a reflecting sheet by using a photonic crystal reflecting sheet to improve color purity. The backlight unit includes a lamp; a photonic crystal reflecting sheet having a plurality of parts; and a plurality of sheets formed above the photonic crystal reflecting sheet. Each part of the photonic crystal reflecting sheet includes a photonic crystal for selectively reflecting the light of a predetermined wavelength in the light emitted from the lamp. The wavelengths are different, thereby permitting the photonic crystal to reflect different colors in different areas.
US07758225B2
A key pad lighting apparatus for a portable terminal includes: a waveguide in which a plurality of key buttons are arranged at one surface thereof; at least one light source provided at one side of the waveguide for introducing the light into the waveguide; and a guide member surrounding the light source for preventing a discharge of the light and for guiding the light into the waveguide. The key pad lighting apparatus can uniformly illuminate the key buttons installed in the key pad with a few light source using less light sources which helps to reduce the power consumption.
US07758223B2
A lamp includes an outer shell having heat conductivity, a base provided in the outer shell, and a cover provided in the outer shell. The outer shell has a light source support, and a heat radiating surface exposed to the outside of the outer shell. The light source support is formed integral with the heat radiating surface. A light source is supported on the light source support. The light source is heated during lighting, and thermally connected to the light source support. The light source is covered with the cover.
US07758213B2
A light source unit which has a concave reflector and a discharge lamp with bilateral hermetically sealing parts of which a first of the hermetically sealing parts is mounted in a base component that is mounted in an opening of a neck of the concave reflector. An outer lead proceeds directly from the first hermetically sealing part to the base component and is connected to it.
US07758211B2
An LED lamp includes a bracket, a heat sink mounted on a top side of the bracket, and a plurality of LED modules mounted on the heat sink. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of mounting members extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the base. Each of the mounting members includes an extending plate formed on the bottom surface of the base and a mounting plate extending slantwise upwardly and outwardly at a bottom end of the extending plate. The LED modules are mounted on bottom surfaces of the mounting plates of the mounting members of the heat sink, respectively. The extending plates have gradually decreased lengths from two central ones thereof toward lateral ones thereof. The mounting plates and the bottom surface of the base form acute angles which are gradually decreased from a center of the base to lateral sides of the base.
US07758206B2
A backlight assembly includes a plurality of lamps emitting a first light. A optical member converts the first light to a second light having enhance optical characteristics. A receiving member receives the lamps and the optical member. The receiving member has protrusions that are aligned with the lamps and protrude away from the lamps. The protrusions increase the distance between the lamps and the receiving member.
US07758202B2
A step stool with positionable lights and a rechargeable battery is carried upon retractable casters for suitable positioning and utility. A motion and timer switch is interposed between the battery and the positionable lights to allow the positionable lights to be illuminated only for a fixed period of time following movement of the step stool. The lights may be positionable as by adjustable brackets or by a cord reel assembly. The step stool has contact bands thereabout that are adapted for engagement with contacts in a charging station that is specifically configured to receive the step stool. Receipt of the step stool by the charging station activates a battery charger that serves to charge the battery of the step stool thereafter. A solenoid switch disconnects the lights of the step stool upon commencement of the charging operation.
US07758200B2
A responsive light emitting diode (LED) module unit includes a control unit (1), a light emitting device (2), and a pouch (5) for enclosing said control unit (1) and said light emitting device (2) therein. Said control unit (1) has rigid plastic housing (15) encloses a printed circuit board (PCB) (11), a battery (12), a ball-rolling switch (14), and an integrated circuit (IC) processor (16). Said light emitting device (2) has a membrane circuit (3), and a plurality of LEDs (4) to emit light. Said pouch (5) is composed of a soft polycarbonate or polyvinyl chloride base (51) and a soft polycarbonate or polyvinyl chloride cover (52) with surface decoration patterns as their perimeters sealed by high frequency wave for receiving said control unit (1) and said LEDs (4), further the pouch is coupled to an upper surface of an object (6).
US07758196B1
The present disclosure relates to the field of ventilation technique. A multifunction lighting electric fan includes a fan body for blowing, a base plate for supporting the fan body and an illuminating device connecting to the fan body. The illuminating device in the present disclosure can be turned freely to change the irradiation direction of the light. The lighting electric fan can both ventilate and light, which satisfy the using needs in the evening. Because the irradiation direction of the lamplight can be adjusted, the lighting electric fan can be used widely and achieve high applicability.
US07758188B2
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing rimless spectacles in which fasteners of the lugs and the bridge of the spectacles are adhesively bonded to the front side or the rear side of the lenses. In the method first of all two lens blanks are manufactured of a plastic material to the front and rear side of which a coating is applied. The two coated lens blanks are cut and ground in a way that two lenses having a desired lens shape are obtained. At predetermined mounting positions for the fasteners of the lugs and the bridge on the front or rear side of the lenses the coating is removed so as to form joining surfaces which substantially correspond to the joining surfaces of the fasteners as to shape and dimensions. The fasteners are then adhesively bonded to the front side and/or to the rear side of the lenses at the mounting positions. Since in the area of the joining surfaces at the lenses the base material thereof is exposed, a permanently firm adhesively bonded joint can be produced between the fasteners and the lenses on the front or rear side thereof using adhesives known per se.
US07758181B2
A print engine assembly includes an elongate chassis. The chassis defines a print media exit slot. An elongate printhead assembly is mounted relative to the chassis and is configured to eject ink onto print media. A paper feed mechanism is configured to transport the print media in register with the printhead assembly and out through the exit slot. The paper feed mechanism includes a pair of bearing moldings received within and mounted to opposite ends of the chassis. The paper feed mechanism further includes at least one roller mounted between the bearing moldings and a motor mounted to one of said bearing moldings to drive said at least one roller.
US07758164B2
An ink ejection printhead includes an elongate support frame supporting ink ejection printhead modules. An end plate is mounted to an end of the support frame and defines a guide arrangement. A connector arrangement is supported by the guide arrangement and includes a body portion defining a pair of holes. The connector arrangement includes a first connector extending from the body portion between the holes. The connector arrangement also includes a second connector configured to engage with the holes so that the first connector is located between the second connector and the body portion.
US07758161B2
The invention provides for a micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead. The arrangement includes a substrate defining an inverted pyramidal ink chamber with a vertex thereof terminating at an ink supply channel defined by the substrate, said substrate having a layer of CMOS drive circuitry. The arrangement also includes a roof structure connected to the drive circuitry layer and covering the ink chamber, the roof structure defining a fluid ejection nozzle rim above said chamber. Also included is a plurality of actuators fast with and displaceable with respect to the roof structure, the actuators radially spaced about the nozzle rim between the guide rails. Each actuator has a serpentine heater element configured to expand thermally upon receiving current from the drive circuitry thereby moving said actuators into the chamber to increase a fluid pressure inside the chamber to eject a drop of ink via the ejection nozzle. Each actuator is cantilevered to a heater element in a bendable manner.
US07758152B2
A printhead maintenance facility for an inkjet printhead, having a wiper member for contacting a nozzle face on the inkjet printhead, the wiper member having a resilient blade with the distal edge configured to flex upon contact with the nozzle face, a doctor blade and, a maintenance drive configured to wipe the wiper member over the nozzle face and then past the doctor blade. The resilient blade flexes to pass the doctor blade and, upon disengagement of the resilient blade and the doctor blade, the resilient blade springs back to its quiescent shape thereby projecting contaminants from its surface.
US07758142B2
A print assembly (14) for pagewidth inkjet printing that includes an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure (12) of a printer (10) in an operative position with respect to a platen (106, 108) of the printer. A number of printhead chips (186) are positioned on the carrier. The print head chips together define a print head that is configured to eject at least one billion drops per second into a printing zone defined between the print head and the platen of the printer. Control circuitry is also positioned on the carrier and is configured to control operation of the print head chips.
US07758127B2
A vehicle seat head restraint assembly is provided with a stop mounted to a rod of a vehicle seat back. A frame is mounted to the rod to slide therealong. A head restraint is mounted to the frame. A shaft cooperates with the stop and the frame and includes a series of notches and the stop includes at least one projection that engages the notches in a locked rotary position of the shaft. The projection is disengaged from the notches in a released rotary position of the shaft. The shaft has a cam and an actuator has a follower arrangement for releasing the shaft to slide the head restraint frame along the rod. A head restraint assembly is also provided wherein the series of notches and the projection cooperate such that height adjustment in an upward direction only is permitted without actuation of the actuator.
US07758117B2
In certain embodiments, an entertainment system includes a housing configured to be mounted to a headrest. The housing can define a first hinge portion, a base wall, and one or more sidewalls. The housing can include a lock portion. In some embodiments, the system includes a screen assembly including a viewing screen. The screen assembly can define a second hinge portion that cooperates with the first hinge portion to pivotally couple the screen assembly with the housing. The screen assembly can further define an arm movable relative to the viewing screen. The arm can be configured to interact with the lock portion to retain the screen assembly in a stowed configuration in which the screen assembly is substantially prevented from moving away from the base wall of the housing. The arm further can be configured to be actuated to permit rotation of the screen assembly away from the base wall of the housing. In some embodiments, the system includes a headrest configured to be installed in a vehicle.
US07758115B2
A headrest inclining apparatus for moving a headrest forward by a pressure generated when a passenger moves backward relative to a seat back, in which an energizing device is provided in a support bracket, and the upper part of the support bracket is always energized backward relative to a vehicle. The support bracket is always moved along a fixed path, and is not caught by other parts or devices when moving back into the holder. The support bracket is smoothly and securely returned into the holder.
US07758113B2
An improved seating apparatus is provided, including a seat supported by a fixed seat post, the seat post mating with a support mount fixed to the bottom of the seat. The aligned surfaces of the seat post and support mount are of a non-circular cylindrical shape to prevent rotation of the support mount with respect to the seat post.
US07758107B2
A body side rail construction for an automotive vehicle is formed in a dual cell configuration. A reversed C-shaped channel is welded to the closed section of the conventional roof side rail member to enable the body side rail member to be a smaller section that is less susceptible to buckling as the body side rail member transfers load to the front and rear corner pillars. The C-shaped cross-sectional configuration presents advantages for manufacturing as it can be shaped to provide the attaching brackets and horns for mounting the front header, roof bow, and rear header members to the body side rail without the addition of individual end items to serve this function. From a shipping density standpoint, this design gives maximum structure while maintaining good rack density that enables relatively straight parts to be nested together while still providing the increased section strength required for enhanced roof performance.
US07758096B2
A partition panel is disposed in the rear of a seat. A tether anchor is attached to the partition panel and adapted to be coupled to a tether of a child seat. A partition trim covers the partition panel from above and is formed with a opening disposed above the tether anchor. A cover is movable along a face of the partition trim to open and close the opening.
US07758095B2
A method and suspension apparatus for suspending an object in a vehicle. The vehicle having inner surfaces including a lower surface and an upper surface, comprising an object and a suspension apparatus adapted for holding the object in a suspended position in the vehicle. The suspension apparatus comprising an elongated suspension element, an anchoring arrangement for spacing the object from, and arresting its motion towards, the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle in the suspended position, and a tensioning mechanism adapted to tension the elongated suspension element. The elongated suspension element comprising a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion extending therebetween. The anchoring arrangement comprising a plurality of connection elements including static and dynamic connection elements which are fixed to the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle and the object, and which engage the suspension element, thereby holding it in a predetermined spatial disposition with the possibility to be tensioned by said tensioning mechanism. The engagement of the suspension element with the connection elements is in the form of static connection of each of the end portions with the static connection elements, and dynamic connection of the central portion with the dynamic connection elements, which are disposed on the object and/or at least two spaced apart points on the upper surface, whereby the central portion of the suspension element is allowed to move relative to the dynamic connection elements when the suspension element is not under tension.
US07758088B2
A motorized lock for a vending machine provides a simple lever mechanism that provides two separate points of engagement between the door and the machine to resist tampering and provide for more even pull in of a gasketed door.
US07758087B2
An apparatus configured to a downhole tubular to a pump. The apparatus comprises: a body portion having a bore; a locking assembly comprising at least one locking member pivotally mounted to the body portion so as to permit the locking member to be pivoted between an open position in which the downhole tubular can be inserted into the bore of the body portion, and a closed position in which the locking member engages the downhole tubular so as to lock the downhole tubular in the bore of the body portion. Fixing means is provided for fixing the looking member in the closed position. A method of drilling a wellbore using a borehole casing.
US07758086B2
A fluid connection assembly (10) includes a metal tube (22) having a flared end and a plastic manifold (12) having a port (14). The port (14) includes an annular collar (16) and an annular recess (18) that receives a seal (20). The metal tube (22) is arranged over the port (14) and engages the seal (20). The flared end of the metal tube (22) abuts the annular collar (16) of the port (14) when the metal tube (22) is installed. A plastic retainer (28) is molded over the annular collar (16) of the port (14) and the flared end of the metal tube (22) to retain the metal tube (22) axially on the port (14) of the manifold (12).
US07758071B2
The invention relates to an inflator including: a tubular inflator housing in which an opening portion at one end is closed, an opening portion at the other end is closed by a closure and the interior is charged with a gas, an igniter assembly, attached to the closure side, and a tubular gas discharge port, the closure having an opening portion that serves as a gas passage in a part thereof, the opening portion being closed by a rupturable plate, the igniter assembly formed by integrating a part of a metallic igniter collar and an electric igniter with a resin, the igniter collar being fixed to the closure such that a space serving as a gas passage is formed between the igniter collar and the closure and an ignition portion of the electric igniter directly opposes the rupturable plate, and the tubular gas discharge port including a plurality of gas discharge holes in a peripheral surface thereof, one end side of the tubular gas discharge port being welded and fixed to a part of the closure excluding the opening portion, a part of the peripheral surface of the tubular gas discharge port being supported by another part of the igniter collar, the other end side of the tubular gas discharge port projecting to the outside of the igniter collar.
US07758070B2
An inflator for a restraining system for a vehicle includes: an inflator housing storing a gas generation source, a diffuser having a plurality of gas discharge holes for discharging gas provided within the inflator housing, a gas discharge channel member including a gas outlet port and being attached to cover an outer surface of the diffuser, the gas discharge channel member having a gas-introducing port communicating with at least one of the gas discharge holes and a pin-introducing port communicating with at least one of the remaining gas discharge holes, and the diffuser and the gas discharge channel member, fixed by a fixing pin inserted into both of the at least one of the remaining gas discharge holes and the pin-introducing port.
US07758061B2
A ski has rim-side edges that are formed of synthetic material. This allows for easy production of incisions and an ideal course of movement is assured even under unfavorable snow conditions. For this purpose, the incisions extend over at least a portion of the width of at least one synthetic material edge.
US07758059B2
The invention relates to a coupling system for connecting at least one supply line between a towing vehicle and a trailer, the first end of said at least one supply line being attached to the towing vehicle in a fixed manner, and the second end thereof comprising a connector that can be connected to a supply line interface of the trailer. The aim of the invention is to provide a coupling system for the supply lines, by which means a complicated operation between the trailer and the driver's cab of the towing vehicle is avoided. To this end, a coupling system is provided, whereby the supply line interface can be displaced out of a traveling position into an operating position.
US07758057B2
A vehicle independent suspension has a plurality of wheel-control links, with an upper link being a transverse or diagonal link and with the surface spanned by the joint points of the upper transverse or diagonal link intersecting, at least in regions, a gas or hydropneumatic spring arrangement which suspends the wheel. The gas or hydropneumatic spring arrangement has a bellows which is arranged between a dimensionally rigid head plate arranged on the vehicle body and a rolling piston. Vehicle-body-side joints of the upper transverse or diagonal link are supported on the head plate.
US07758045B2
The present invention relates to a media dispenser. According to the present invention, there is provided a media dispenser. The media dispenser comprises guide plates 10 and 10′ installed to face each other with a predetermined spacing therebetween; a delivery module 1 for feeding media by a driving force of a driving source one by one, said delivery module including a plurality of media guides 61, 62, 73, 74, and 75 between the guide plates 10 and 10′, among which the media guides 61 and 62 are installed rotatably with respect to the guide plates 10 and 10′ by a predetermined angle; a stacking module 3 provided in a space between the guide plates 10 and 10′ for stacking a plurality of the media which pass through the delivery module 1 on the stacking plate 140 by using the stacking wheels 110; and a delivery clamp module 5 including a clamp guide installed in the guide plates 10 and 10′ and a clamp assembly 160 which moves along the clamp guide 20, clamps the media stacked on the stacking module 3, and causes the media to move to a position where the customer may take out the media.
US07758031B2
A plug member (12) inserted into a positioning hole (5) formed in a second block (2) is projected from a first block (1). A plurality of slide portions (61) opposed to each other across the plug member (12) are arranged around the plug member (12) movably in a first radial direction (D1) substantially orthogonal to the opposed direction thereof. A first pressing member (15) and a second pressing member (19) are arranged outside the slide portions (61) diametrically expandably and diametrically contractibly and axially movably. The first pressing member (15) is driven toward a base end by a drive device, whereby the slide portions (61) expand the first pressing member (15) via the second pressing member (19), thereby the slide portions (61) are moved in the first radial direction (D1) with respect to the plug member (12). After the movement, when the second pressing member (19) is blocked from moving toward the base end, the first pressing member (15) strongly presses an inner peripheral surface of the positioning hole (5) in the second radial direction (D2).
US07758021B2
A tool has a cylinder with a pair of magnets, diametrically spaced apart upon the sides of the cylinder and of opposite polarity. In cooperation with a compass, the magnets identify the tool thus indicating its location when concealed prior to pulling wire through a house or other structure. The tool also spaces a bit extension tool away from interior faces of adjacent drywall panels. A setscrew secures the cylinder upon the shank of a bit extension for rotation of the tool. The magnets are integrated into the cylinder of the tool to survive ordinary handling, drilling through wooden structures, and rotation. The tool emanates a magnetic field from within a concealed location that deflects a compass for revealing the location of the tool.
US07758020B2
A valve in which durability of a sealing member made from an elastic material can be increased and sealing capability can be advantageously maintained over a wide range from a large differential pressure to a low differential pressure. A valve (100), in which a valve disc (1) and a valve seat (2) are brought into close contact via a sealing member (5) composed of an elastic material and provided at the valve disc (1) or valve seat (2), comprises a throttle section (30) defined by the shape of at least one of the valve disc (1) and valve seat (2). The throttle section (30) narrows a flow passage formed between the valve disc (1) and valve seat (2) and is provided near the sealing member (5). The flow passage narrowed by the throttle section (30) is so set that narrowing preferentially proceeds in the flow passage in close proximity to the sealing member (5) during the closing operation of the valve disc (1).
US07758009B1
The present invention provide a full folding/unfolding book stand and copy holder, which components are connected in one piece, so that it can be well connected when folding or unfolding; its strong triangular movable support components on the back can be adjusted for different angles when used, so that it is portable and convenience for use at various locations and thickness of books.
US07758003B2
The suspension plate is divided into a plurality of adjacent functional portions (2, 13, 24), including a fixing portion (2), the said portions each being separated from another by a bending zone (10, 15) to be folded back in pairs one towards the other. One of the bending zones (10) is weakened by at least one notch (11, 12) for reception of a flexible strand (25). The invention is applied, in particular, to the suspension of false ceilings.
US07758002B2
An adjustable mouse support for use with a base is provided with an elongated member, a mounting member, a bracket and a platform. The elongated member has a first pivot axis with the mounting member and a second pivot axis with the bracket. The mounting member and the bracket are located at opposite sides of the elongated member. The platform is pivotally mounted to the bracket about a third pivot axis. The first and second pivot axes are parallel to one another and allow for rotation of the elongated member and the bracket within a vertical plane. The third pivot axis is perpendicular to the first and second pivot axes and allows for rotation of the platform within a horizontal plane. The first pivot axis can be locked.
US07757998B1
A new ergonomic accoutrement adapted to be attached to a computer mouse was developed to prevent strain injuries to the hand and wrist and prevent or alleviate the symptoms associated with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) for those who are repetitive users of computer mouse devices. The accoutrement is designed to leave the carpal tunnel of the user of a computer mouse substantially open, thus precluding tunnel narrowing and the symptoms resulting therefrom. The accoutrement is also designed to maximize comfort of the user, alleviate wrist bend associated with use of the mouse, and be adaptable to different size hands.
US07757991B2
In a blade vortex interaction (BVI) noise reduction system for a helicopter a rotor blade, a tab is movable via an actuator from a first position, wherein the tab is within the blade, to a second position, wherein the tab extends outwardly from a trailing edge of the rotor blade. The actuator is operated so that the tab advances and retreats in response to rotating timing of the rotor blade, to reduce the BVI noise of the rotor blade.
US07757988B2
A device for processing feedstock is provided that includes a rotor rotating around an axis in a housing, which houses processing tools, and has stator tools that are stationary with respect to the housing, which, by maintaining a working clearance, the rotor side processing tools are arranged opposite to the stator tools and interact with the stator tools to process the feedstock. The device also includes a resetting device for displacing the stator tools in a radial direction to set the working clearance. The resetting device for the stator tools include at least one tilted support surface, which directly or indirectly forms a contact surface for the stator tools. Whereby, the support surface is slideable with respect to the stator tools in order to adjust the working clearance.
US07757984B2
A food processor includes a control unit that is operable in accordance with an initial control signal from a switch unit so as to activate a motor unit to operate in a sequence of an initial judgment mode and a food processing mode. The control unit switches operation of the motor unit from the initial judgment mode to the food processing mode upon determining a first target rotary speed in accordance with a motor rotation signal generated by a sensor unit for indicating a rotary speed of the motor unit during operation of the motor unit in the initial judgment mode so as to drive rotation of a cutting blade unit provided in a container to process food items contained in the container. The control unit activates the motor unit to rotate at a second target rotary speed associated with the first target rotary speed during operation of the motor unit in the food processing mode.
US07757982B2
A shredder includes a housing, a shredder mechanism including a motor and cutter elements, a capacitive sensor, and a controller. The capacitive sensor is configured to detect the capacitance of an entity attempting to operate the shredder and thereby detect an appropriate indication of the relative size of the entity because relative size can be an effective indicator of age of the entity. The controller is coupled to the capacitive sensor and is configured to enable/disable operation of the shredder based on the detected capacitance. As a result, the controller and capacitive sensor are configured to cooperate to detect some indication of age, and therefore, maturity, to safely operate the shredder. As a result, a mechanism is provided which results in an increased safety function for the shredder by ensuring that the operator is capable of safely operating the shredder.
US07757980B2
An apparatus and method for using the apparatus is taught for decreasing the density of and feeding into a convention small baler agricultural crop product that has been compressed into several flakes, the flakes having been then further compressed into a large bale, the apparatus comprising a material bed and pusher assembly; a staging area; a set of feeder rollers; a set of drawing rollers; a metering assembly; a chaff discharge system; and a small baler. A method of using the apparatus is also taught. Baled agricultural crop product that is passed through the taught apparatus and method indistinguishably resembles agricultural crop product that has never been baled.
US07757979B2
A hammer for a hammermill includes an elongated pin hole and a pin-hole insert that allows the hammer to be mounted in a first position and a second position on a rotor of a hammermill to prolong the useful life of the hammer. The insert is installed in the pin hole using corresponding mating features. A hammer assembly and method for prolonging the life of hammers in a hammermill are also described.
US07757978B2
A process for obtaining rubber pellets from used tires is described, the process comprises a series of steps which take account of the structure of a tire, and among which are mainly: collecting used tires having a tread and lateral faces, in which the tread includes an inner layer and an outer layer; and each lateral face includes a flange at the inner edge thereof; separating the tread from the lateral faces; cutting the tread transversely through the inner layer and the outer layer in order to form a strip from the tread; cutting the strip in order to form pellets therefrom; detaching the flange from the separated lateral faces; and cutting the flange-less lateral faces in order to form pellets therefrom.
US07757977B2
The invention relates to a method for comminution of material in a grinding mill, in which method the ground material from the mill is classified by means of particle sizes. After the classification of the ground material at least the part of the material having a particle size greater than the desired predetermined particle size is targeted to an electromagnetic energy treatment in at least one stage.
US07757976B2
The method of converting nepheline syenite particulate feedstock with a grain size profile to an ultra-fine grain finish product for subsequent commercial use, the ultra-fine grain final product has a maximum grain size of less than about 6 microns. The method comprising: providing a dry feedstock with a controlled maximum particle size greater than about 20 microns; grinding the feedstock in a dry state by passing the feedstock vertically downward through a continuous, high-speed stirred ball mill whereby the feedstock is ground into an intermediate powder having a drastically reduced grain size profile than the grain size profile of the feedstock; and passing the intermediate powder from the mill through an air classifier using a rapidly moving high speed air stream moving along a given path to convey the ultra-fine grain product along the path and from the classifier and to allow coarse particulate material including particles larger than the ultra-fine product to be separated and then expelled from the classifier.
US07757973B2
A hand-held, electrostatically- and/or compressed gas-aided coating material dispensing device comprises a barrel and a handle extending downward from the barrel. The handle includes a module selected from modules having a number of different characteristics for coupling sources of coating material, compressed gas and/or electrical supply to the coating material dispensing device.
US07757969B2
A jet regulator (1) having a jet fractionating device (2) which distributes the incoming water flow into a plurality of individual jets is provided. The jet regulator (1) has at least one individual jet, from the individual jets formed by the fractionating device, which impacts on a node point (3) of a criss-crossing grid of bars (4, 5) of an outlet side downstream grid network (6). At least one node point (3) is configured as an inlet side recess of the grid network (6) and/or the jet regulator is an aerated jet regulator having a jet regulator housing (7) which includes at least one aeration opening (8) on a periphery of the housing thereof and at least one deflecting projection (9) which is used to maintain the water jet at a distance from the aeration opening that is arranged on the inner periphery of the housing in the direction of flow below the at least one aeration opening (8). The jet regulator (1) provides an improved fractionating of the incoming individual jets.
US07757965B2
A display apparatus with a scent disperse device comprises a display, a stalk-like member, at least one leaf-like member and a vibrator, in which the stalk-like member is disposed on the display, the leaf-like members are positioned around the stalk-like member and the vibrator is disposed in the stalk-like member and used for driving the leaf-like members to sway. Whereby, a user is allowed to smell a flavor matching the appearance of the display or prefer scent.
US07757961B2
The control means (41 and 42) cause the air conditioner to start air temperature control when temperature To of the outdoor air is in a pre-set range at the time of starting the air conditioning system (1), after the lapse of a pre-set time since the humidity controller (10) started adjusting air humidity. The room temperature nears the humidity set value Rs during the time air temperature control is started in the air conditioner (20).
US07757960B2
A thermostat valve for a cooling system of a combustion engine, comprising a disc-shaped valve member, having a sealing portion and biased by a spring against an annular valve seat provided in a valve housing, a thermal extension element (DWE) within the valve housing which acts on the valve member opposite to the valve spring, characterized in that the valve member includes two separate parts, the first part being an annular member having an outer annular sealing portion and an inner annular sealing portion, the outer sealing portion cooperating with the valve seat and the second part being a plug-shaped member and extending through the annular member, the plug-shaped member having an outer annular sealing portion which in the closed position of the plug-shaped member cooperates with the inner sealing portion of the annular member, the plug-shaped member cooperating with the thermal extension element (DWE) and being structured such that upon an initial movement of the plug-shaped member by the thermal extension element a passage is formed between the inner sealing portion of the annular member and the outer sealing portion of the plug-shaped member and that upon further movement of the plug-shaped member the annular member is co-moved and lifted from the valve seat.
US07757959B2
The present invention relates to a SiP having reduced influence between a conductor and an antenna, and a method of designing the SiP. The SiP includes an antenna configured to function to transmit or receive data and mounted in the SiP to be integrated in the SiP, and a first planar conductor having at least one slit formed therein. Therefore, the present invention minimizes the amount of current or electromagnetic field induced on the conductor by the current or electromagnetic field of the antenna, thus reducing the influence of the conductor on the operating characteristics of the antenna.
US07757956B2
Modular, portable data collection terminals are disclosed for use in mixed wireless and hard-wired RF communication networks, wherein various radio transmitter modules and associated antennas may be selectively added to a base terminal unit to solve networking problems associated with specific types of business environments. Modularity exists in both the hardware (splitting data collection and processing control circuitry from radio transceiver control circuitry) and software (splitting transceiver specific, lower level communication protocol from generic, higher level communication protocol). The control circuitry, including associated microprocessors devices, interact to selectively activate communication circuits to perform necessary communication or data processing functions and enter and remain in a power-saving dormant state during other times. To support such dormant or “sleeping” states, a series of communication protocols provide for channel access to the communication network.
US07757946B2
Methods, systems, and devices to obtain dimensions of an article or product in association with material handling vehicles are disclosed. A dimension detection device is installed in an enclosure and is used to acquire geometrical dimensions of the object in association with the vehicle. A predetermined dimension of the vehicle is subtracted from the overall detected dimension to determine the dimensions, including weight, of the product alone. One or more dimension detection devices may also be positioned on a mast or other portion of the material handling vehicle allowing the material handling vehicle to act as a mobile product dimensioning system.
US07757945B2
The invention is a system for facilitating credit card transactions. The system operates in a setting that includes a merchant platform, a System platform and a subscriber mobile device. The merchant platform is in electronic data communications with the System platform and the subscriber mobile device is in electronic data communication with the System platform. The merchant platform receives transaction information though voice communications from a subscriber and a portion of the transaction information is sent electronically to the System platform. The System platform electronically communicates a subset of the portion to the mobile communications device, and the mobile communications device sending data related to account information to the System platform. The System platform electronically transmitting this account information to a Processor for payment authorization.
US07757940B2
There is provided a management apparatus associated detachably with a cash cassette for managing the cash cassette storing bills or coins for cash transactions with users at an automatic teller machine. The cash cassette includes an error information recording area for recording identification information identifying a type of error in the event of occurrence of the error, and a count information recording area for recording count information indicating the number of bills or coins expected to be in the cash cassette. Based on the identification information acquired from the error information recording area, the management apparatus determines whether a predetermined type of error has occurred. When determining that such a type of error has occurred, the management apparatus outputs an instruction to management staff to count the number of bills or coins in the cash cassette, or when determining that such a type of error has not occurred, it outputs the count information from the count information recording area.
US07757939B2
A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a temper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has, 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
US07757936B2
Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for cable monitoring. One embodiment includes a method that creates a communication channel between two optical transceivers and exchanges data between the two optical transceivers to determine if a fiber optic cable is properly functioning.
US07757933B2
A carton has a multi-ply handle formed from sections of two overlapping panels.
US07757931B2
A method and apparatus for producing a metal core sandwich structure that is lightweight and many times stiffer than regular sheet metal, and which is easily formable into curved structures as well as structures having compound curves. In one embodiment, a formed metal core includes a plurality of cells comprising alternating front and rear projections extending outwardly in front of and behind a median plane, with each projection having a bonding surface area or land configured to be brazed or bonded with corresponding external metal sheets on both sides of the formed metal core. A plurality of micro-abrasions or indentations are formed on the bonding lands, allowing stronger brazing or bonding joints to be formed between the metal core and the external metal sheets by facilitating improved capillary action by the metal core during the brazing or bonding process.
US07757927B2
Two structural components, such as a gas turbine rotor hub and a rotor blade, are integrally joined to each other by friction welding, particularly linear friction welding. For this purpose, each component is provided with a joining surface and at least one of the two components is provided with a groove next to the respective joining surface. The groove extends fully or partly around the respective joining surface and serves for reducing stress in a normal and radial direction of the respective joining surface, whereby a more uniform heating of the joining zone is achieved and joining faults are avoided or at least reduced during the friction welding.
US07757925B2
A surgical stapler has a handle assembly including a stationary handle and a trigger. The stapler also has a drive assembly with a body having a working end and a cam member supported on the working end. The cam member is positioned to translate relative to the anvil to maintain the anvil in the closed position during firing of the stapler. The trigger is operatively connected to a power cell. The power cell is operably connected to a motor of the drive assembly. The manipulation of the trigger actuates the power cell such that the power cell powers the drive assembly to effect translation of the cam member relative to the anvil. The stapler also has a channel for supporting the staple cartridge and the motor of the drive assembly controls the actuation sled supported within the cartridge. The actuation sled urges the plurality of staples from the cartridge when the anvil is in the closed position and in cooperative alignment with the staple cartridge.
US07757924B2
A single fold system for tissue approximation and fixation is described herein. The devices are advanced in a minimally invasive manner within a patient's body to create at least one fold within a hollow body organ. The system comprises a tissue acquisition and folding device and a tissue stapling or fixation device, each of which is used together as a system. The acquisition device is used to approximate a single fold of tissue from within the hollow body organ and the stapling device is advanced through a main lumen defined through the acquisition device and is used to affix the tissue. The stapling device is keyed to maintain its rotational orientation relative to the acquisition device and to provide the user positional information of the stapling device. The acquisition device is also configured to provide lateral stability to the stapling device prior to the stapling device being clamped onto tissue.
US07757923B2
A stapler has a supporting base, a magazine assembly, a trigger assembly and a leg-flatting device. The trigger assembly has a trigger lever and a pushing element. The pushing element is mounted pivotally on the trigger lever with a pivot and has two pushing arms extending toward the supporting base. The leg-flatting device is mounted on the supporting base and has a sliding base, a moving base and an anvil element. The sliding base is slidably mounted on the supporting base and has a pushed segment corresponding to and selectively pushed by the pushing arms. The moving base is selectively blocked by the sliding base to keep the moving base from moving downwardly before the sliding base sliding relative to the supporting base and has an elongated hole. The anvil element is mounted in the elongated hole in the moving base.
US07757921B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driving machine including: a driver blade for striking a fastener formed into an U-shape; a nose in which a launching passage is formed; and a magazine for feeding the fastener into the launching passage, wherein the magazine has a feeder for urging the multiple fasteners toward the launching passage, and the feeder has first and second convex sections each making contact with and urging respective needle of the U-shaped fastener; the nose has a blade guide for slidably guiding the driver blade; and the blade guide has first and concave sections for accommodating the first and second convex sections, the first and second concave sections being disposed alternately in the sliding direction of the driver blade.
US07757919B2
A carrying case is provided that includes a mechanism for generally preventing the transmission of external loads therein. The carrying case includes a tab that is adapted to interconnect with a secondary carrying case, a user's belt, etc. The carrying case also includes a resilient panel that allows a snap thereon to be isolated such that loads emanating from use of the snap are not transmitted into the carrying case.
US07757915B2
An accessory adapter for a motorized personal transporter, which includes a bracket, a support member attached to the bracket, and a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is mounted on an outer wheel nut of a wheel of the transporter, while the bracket is attached to a wheel assembly of the transporter. An inner connecting member of the bracket is connected to an inner portion of the wheel assembly of the transporter, while an outer connecting member of the bracket engages the bearing assembly. The outer connecting member of the bracket includes a concave cavity in which the bearing assembly lies, thereby allowing the wheel of the transporter to spin freely and brace the weight of the accessory. The support member may include a pair of prongs, which are connected to the bracket, and a neck that contains a plurality of holes which enables a user to connect accessories to the adapter, such as video camera equipment, golf bags, hunting rifles, and other personal items.
US07757913B2
A wireless phone holster assembly includes a wireless phone holster for carrying a wireless phone, the wireless phone holster including a slotted engagement section; a belt clip; and an interface member including a protrusion configured for engagement with and disengagement from the slotted engagement section to securely attach or detach the engagement section of the wireless phone holster with wireless phone to and from the belt clip.
US07757909B2
A garment hanger for lingerie. The hanger includes a hook, an elongate body suspended below the hook and engaging members at the ends of the body. Each engaging member includes a one first leg flexibly connected at one end to the body and at the other end to a second leg. As a result the two legs and the body form an S-shape that acts as a spring to maintain tension in front display portion of the garment hung on the hanger. The engaging member also ensures that any excess material of the garment not forming part of the display portion is held out of view at the back.
US07757904B2
A caulking gun for dispensing caulking material from a standard caulk tube. The gun is fabricated in three basic parts; a trigger assembly, a trigger housing and a barrel cage for holding the tube. The facing portions of the barrel cage and trigger housing is provided with a mating configuration which enables the gun to be easily assembled for use and easily disassembled for storage in a toolbox. A novel drip/no drip feature is provided wherein a cam actuator conveniently positioned on the trigger housing enables an operator to select between no drip operation or drip type operation when caulking material and application requirements warrant such. A thumb release mechanism is provided on the rear of the trigger housing so the operator can release the driving rod for insertion of another tube of caulk when the unit has been placed in the drip position.
US07757899B2
The present invention elates to a dispensing device for dispensing a liquid, in particular in foam form, including at least one piston pump having a cylinder and a piston which can move inside the cylinder, the piston including a piston seal, by the piston adjoining the cylinder in a substantially sealing manner. The invention is characterized in that the dispensing device is provided with a lubricant reservoir for dispensing a lubricant in order for the area where the piston seal adjoins the cylinder to be lubricated in use.
US07757897B2
A dispensing pump for liquid or pasty products having a pump chamber (2) and a piston (6) arranged to move telescopically within the pump chamber between rest and active positions, wherein an inlet valve (5) is provided at one end of the pump chamber. This inlet valve may be locked closed with the piston in its rest position.
US07757893B2
Bubble device 10 permits a user to directionally disperse a product under compressive pressure toward zone of concern 10Z. Opposed webs 10S and 10C are pressed together to form sealed perimeter 10P around a central enclosure, forming dispersing bubble 12. The perimeter has a breaching seal 10B for product dispersion and a non-breaching seal 10N along the remaining perimeter. Product 10P for dispersion and compressible product transport fluid 12F are contained within the dispersing bubble. The transport fluid is compressed and the force of compression causes the bubble to bulge toward the frangible breaching seal (see FIG. 1C). The web separation occurs inside the dispersing bubble, forcing an edge breach 12E in the breaching seal. The compressed transport fluid rapidly escapes as a released blast through the edge breach. The stored energy of compression within the bubble is released as kinetic energy of the escaping transport fluid. Opposed peel tabs 12S and 12C are formed by the enclosure material of the opposed webs proximate the edge breach as the bubble breaches. The opposed webs 10S and 10C may be completely separated forming application pads (see FIG. 1E) for applying any product residue 12R remaining on the webs after the dispersion.
US07757890B2
A system for dispensing cylindrical containers is disclosed. In an embodiment, a housing with an upper opening and a lower opening includes a track that connects the upper and lower openings. A drawer is mounted in the lower opening so that containers placed in the upper opening may travel along the track until they reach the drawer. In an embodiment opening the drawer allows a single container to be removed. A plurality of tracks connecting a plurality of upper and lower openings may be provided so that different types of containers may be dispensed. In an embodiment the drawer may be lockable and a cover that may include a lock may be mounted to the housing so as to cover the upper opening. In an embodiment, a sensor may be included to detect the opening of the drawer.
US07757886B2
The improved low cost cup and container for storing and dispensing liquids has a scoop-like or glug-reducing separator that separates the volume of the container into two sections, the liquid storage section and the liquid pouring section. It resists spilling and pours more smoothly than prior containers. When the improved cup and container is tilted for pouring, such that the liquid level inside the storage section of container chamber is higher than the liquid level at the mouth opening of the liquid pouring section, no liquid pours out of the container. The liquid starts to flow out of the mouth opening only after the container is tilted beyond a predetermined start-to-pour angle. The start-to-pour angle is reached when the container is tilted permitting the outside air to pass through the pouring section and into the storage section. The improved container can use two covers or a scoop-like-separator-adapter. The scoop-like-separator is attached to the cover or the adapter mounted to the top of the container with no connection to the side-wall and blocks at least a portion of a projection of the opening into the container storage section.
US07757883B2
A method of making a cylindrical pressure vessel (11) with a large diameter port in its sidewall includes the step of providing a mandrel (23) of desired diameter and filament winding upon the same. After winding one overall innermost layer, an annular reinforcement belt (16) is helically wound atop a defined region using a band (60) of resin impregnated parallel strands (39) under tension. The annular belt (16) is then itself helically overwound with the resin impregnated parallel strands of filamentary material under tension to provide two complete outer layers. After curing and removal from the mandrel (23) at least one aperture (71) is cut in the sidewall within the reinforcement belt (16) and a side port fitting (75) is installed in the aperture (71).
US07757880B2
A fuel cap includes a spring stopper mechanism to lock a first spring included in a pressure regulating valve of the fuel cap. A spring stopper mechanism includes stopper support members that are formed along an inner circumference of a valve chest formation-member, and a spring support member that is held by the stopper support members and supports an upper end of the first spring. The spring support member is pressed down in an axial direction of the fuel cap against a pressing force of the spring. The spring support member at the pressed-down position is rotated relative to the stopper support members by a preset angle. The spring support member is then pressed against the stopper support members by the pressing force of the spring and is fixed by mating lock elements. This arrangement facilitates assembly of a pressure regulating valve and ensures sufficiently high assembly strength.
US07757874B2
A blow-molded bottle has a flexible concave perimeter surface extending between an upper peripheral margin projecting outward from the bottle neck and an outwardly protruding ring located above the sidewall upper margin. The flexible concave perimeter surface is specially dimensioned to respond to the presence of a vacuum within the bottle by forming linear segments between the upper peripheral margin and the outwardly protruding ring. The average radius of the vertical mid-point of the concave perimeter surface is generally greater than (3/π) (sin π/3) (R1+R2), and less than (6/π) (sin π/6) (R1+R2), where R1 is the outermost radius of the upper peripheral margin, and R2 is the radius of the outwardly protruding ring. The vertical midpoint radius of the flexible concave perimeter surface measured from the vertical axis can be made to vary by between one and five percent at between three and five positions around the perimeter.
US07757872B2
A removable cap assembly maintains a cap having a curved side wall with an inner surface and an outer surface, a top portion extending from the curved side wall, a boss extending perpendicularly from the top portion, and a circumferential rib extending perpendicularly from the top of the boss. The boss and rib define an opening in the cap. A stopper, dimensioned to seal the opening, has a hole therein configured to allow a fluid to flow through. The stopper is maintained in the cap by the boss. The stopper includes a sealing surface flange and a cylindrical wall portion. The sealing surface flange receives the bottom edge of the boss. A sealing ring is formed separately from the stopper and is configured to fit against an inside surface of the top portion of the cap. A stopper lock is configured to press against the stopper, sealing surface flange and the sealing ring, sealing them against the inside of the cap. The stopper lock locks in place against the boss of the cap. An appliance member is adapted to be positioned within the hole of the stopper and extends through the opening.
US07757870B2
A rack apparatus (100) for facilitating workpiece treatment includes a frame member (20) and a plurality of rack members (30). The rack members are detachably mounted on the frame member, wherein each rack member, in turn, includes a plurality of rack poles (305) that are detachably mounted thereon. When workpieces of large dimension or complicated shape require hanging/mounting on the rack apparatus, some rack poles and rack members can be disassembled, and thus the rack apparatus can provide more space to contain/carry these workpieces.
US07757868B2
A plurality of removable geometric cylindrical containers upwardly angled within apertures of a storage rack secured to a wall between spaced-apart studs for storing beneath individually marked openable closure lids various screws, washers, nuts, bolts, etc. of different size, composition and type as used by craftsmen and mechanics.
US07757866B2
In an embodiment, axially-fed slurry can be continuously separated into clarified liquid, stripped gas, and thickened sludge in radial counterflow between counter-rotating coaxial centrifugal impellers. One impeller comprises an annular crossflow filter through which liquids are extracted. At the periphery of the impellers, where they are narrowly separated, the sludge is shear thickened into an extruded paste. Suspended solids in the feed pass over the surface of the rotating annular crossflow filter by the shear lift effect, and the vortex-wall interaction jets water radially inward from the periphery, dewatering the sludge. Evolved gases, oils, and fractions lighter than water flow radially inward to the impeller axis through radial vortices in a shear layer between the impellers, and are extracted through an axial exhaust conduit. Feed has long residence time so that separation is complete and continuous. Municipal wastewater, produced water, beverages, food, and scrubber sludge are discussed.
US07757853B2
A tissue dispensing container having a main compartment to hold a stack of tissues, and an auxiliary compartment extendable between a closed position and an open position, adapted to contain waste used tissues. A blank of sheet material specially adapted to permit construction of the above tissue dispensing container is further disclosed.
US07757852B2
A package (1) for pharmaceutical, medical or similar products, particularly pesticides or plant protection products, comprising a substantially flat element (2) for supporting indications (T) prescribed for a pharmaceutical, medical or similar product, particularly a pesticide or plant protection product, a first receptacle (3) for containing a container (4) of the product which is formed in the substantially flat element (2), and first means (5) for connecting the container (4) and the substantially flat element (2).
US07757850B2
Protective soft cushioned bag providing hand holds to safely contain, protect and carry a monitor or load of varying sizes and weights from the original site of the monitor or load to the rigid protective rectangular exoskeleton shell for transportation to another location or secure storage and vise versa.
US07757844B2
An article display and method of use thereof, comprising a magnetic article display for releasably attaching two or more jewelry displays together or to a platform, to provide an article display set, wherein any display can be easily separated from the article display set; thereby providing for individual viewing of the removed article display and/or rearrangement of the remaining article displays within the article display set.
US07757842B1
A conveyor system apparatus including: a primary conveyor; and a conveying belt comprising: a belt deck comprising a conveyor belt; and a frame supporting the belt deck, the frame comprising a base and a deck support coupled to the base and the belt deck, the deck support movable between an operating position and a maintenance position. In as embodiment of the invention, the belt deck is cantilevered from the frame. Also, in an embodiment, the frame includes a motor for moving the deck support with respect to the base.
