US07768515B1
A graphics processing unit has a reduced memory space shadow memory as a source of state information for performing validation of commands. The reduced memory space shadow memory is smaller in size than a full version of state variables associated with an abstract state machine representation of a class of commands received from a software driver. The reduced memory space shadow memory is used by validation logic to detect exceptions indicative of an illegal command or sequence of commands.
US07768511B2
An interface for use in a 3-D graphics system containing a parametric modelling unit for modelling objects as high order surfaces, and a polygon based rendering system for rendering polygon modelled objects for display. The interface comprises an input for receiving data and a subdivision unit coupled to the input for processing the data. The interface includes a converter coupled to the subdivision unit for determining from leaf patch data a first plurality of values representing vertices of tessellating polygons describing the leaf patch, and for determining from sub-leaf patch data a second plurality of values representing the vertices of tessellating polygons describing the sub-leaf patch. The interface also has a combiner, coupled to the converter, for combining the values to form leaf polygon data defining the polygon vertices at a first subdivision level, and an output coupled to the combiner for outputting the leaf polygon data.
US07768509B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of source lines, a plurality of display pixels, each of which is connected to an associated one of the plurality of source lines, a source driver which successively outputs a non-video signal which is common to the plurality of source lines and a video signal which is independent in association with each of the plurality of source lines, a selection switch circuit which is connected between the plurality of source lines and the source driver, and a controller which controls the source driver and the selection switch circuit, wherein the controller is configured to control the selection switch circuit such that the non-video signal which is output from the source driver, is supplied to the plurality of source lines in parallel, and a timing of an end of supply of the non-video signal is varied between the plurality of source lines.
US07768508B2
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to permit the exposure of a display electrically coupled to a television tuner and a computer when the display, mechanically coupled to a stand by a sliding hinge, is moved from a closed position to an open position. The computer or the display may be operated using a remote control included in the stand. When in the closed position, the stand may provide protection for the display.
US07768500B2
An input device for a computer is described that positions the user's hand in a more ergonomically desirable position, i.e., at an angle of about 45° to the work surface. In preferred embodiments, the input device accommodates either a user's left or right hand, and in either case, positions the hand in an ergonomically desirable position. In another embodiment, the length of the input device of the present invention is adjusted for the size of the user's hand. In further embodiments, the input device of the present invention provides a palm rest. Other desirable features included in preferred embodiments include lateral buttons that are positioned one above the other.
US07768493B2
A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including a plurality of data electrodes arranged in parallel to each other, and a data driver. The data driver applies a driving voltage to the plurality of data electrodes. The data driver includes a first connector and a second connector positioned at opposite edges of the plasma display panel, respectively. The first connector is electrically connected to some of the plurality of data electrodes, and the second connector is electrically connected to the date electrodes which are not connected to the first connector.
US07768484B2
An AMOLED panel includes an AMOLED pixel unit, a scan driving unit and a data driving unit. The scan driving unit is coupled to the AMOLED pixel unit. The data driving unit is coupled to the AMOLED pixel unit and a voltage source and includes a switch and a DC-to-AC converter. The switch has a first terminal coupled to the AMOLED pixel unit and a second terminal coupled to the voltage source. The DC-to-AC converter has n+1 bytes, wherein n is a positive integer. The DC-to-AC converter is coupled to a control terminal of the switch and outputs a variable voltage to turn on the switch to make the switch generate a data current. The DC-to-AC converter changes a magnitude of the variable voltage to control a magnitude of the data current.
US07768482B2
Red, green, and blue organic electroluminescent (EL) elements formed on a pixel in an organic EL display are driven by a driving transistor. A capacitor is coupled between a gate and a source of the driving transistor to maintain a voltage for a predetermined time. Emission control transistors are coupled between the driving transistor and the red, green, and blue organic EL elements, respectively. One field is divided into three subfields, and one of the red, green, and blue organic EL elements in each pixel starts to emit light in each subfield to thus represent a full color screen. The red, green, and blue are mixed and emitted in the row direction and column direction in each of the subfields of a field.
US07768477B2
In a plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same which is driven by a driving signal having a reset period, an address period and a sustain period, a sustain pulse is applied during the sustain period, the sustain pulse including: an interval in which the sustain pulse rises from a ground voltage to a first voltage; an interval in which the first voltage is substantially constant for predetermined period of time; an interval in which the sustain pulse rises from the first voltage to a second voltage; and an interval in which the second voltage is substantially constant for a predetermined period of time. At least two discharges can be generated per a single sustain pulse by applying a sustain pulse rising and falling in two stages during one sustain period, and discharge efficiency and luminance can be improved by lengthening a light emission time by maintaining the light generated by a discharge for a predetermined time.
US07768474B2
A driver device for a capacitive light emitting element includes a semiconductor integrated device and an electrical charge recovery circuit. The semiconductor integrated device includes a plurality of output buffers that supply a drive data-dependent voltage to each of a plurality of capacitive light emitting elements. The semiconductor integrated device also includes a plurality of switching elements that supply a high voltage to each of the output buffers. An external terminal of the semiconductor integrated device is commonly connected to respective nodes between the switching elements and output buffers. The electrical charge recovery circuit recovers electrical charge that has accumulated in the capacitive light emitting elements. The electrical charge recovery circuit is connected to the external terminal of the semiconductor integrated device.
US07768473B2
A portable telescopic mast assembly with positive retraction for raising and lowering an associated device includes an outer body and a plurality of mast sections slideably engaged with the outer body. A lifting cable is disposed between the plurality of mast sections. The lifting cable operatively connects the plurality of mast sections so as to urge one or more of the mast sections towards an extended position. The lifting cable includes a first end and a second end, the first end being secured to an inner most mast section of the plurality of mast sections. A retraction cable is disposed at least partially inside the outer body. The retraction cable includes a first end and a second end, the first end being secured to the inner most mast section. A winch is secured to the outer body. The winch includes a first output and a second output, the second end of the lifting cable operatively connected to the first output and the second end of the retraction cable operatively connected to the second output.
US07768470B2
An ultra wideband antenna (20) is disposed on a substrate (10). The substrate includes a first surface (101) and a second surface (102). The ultra wideband antenna includes a radiation body (22), a feeding portion (26), and a grounded portion (28). The radiation body disposed on the first surface is used for transceiving electromagnetic signals. The radiation body includes a semicircle-shaped metal portion (222) and a rectangle-shaped metal portion (224) and defines a slot (24) starting at an edge therein. The feeding portion is electronically connected to the radiation body for feeding signals to the radiation body. The grounded portion is disposed on the second surface.
US07768467B2
An easy-to-fabricate and relatively strong circularly polarized loop antenna of a simple construction is built. A circularly polarized loop antenna 1 has a loop section 11, which is made up of a loop-shaped conductor whose length is equal to 1 wavelength (λ) of the transmitted and received signals, and a coupling section 12, made up of a conductor, is connected thereto at a prescribed point. The coupling section 12 is shaped such that it is connected to the loop section 11 at a connection point 201 at one end and extends along the loop section 11 throughout a length equal to λ/4. A reflective plate 2 is placed in a predetermined position in the vertical direction from the circumferential plane of the loop section 11, in parallel to the circumferential plane. In addition, the other end of the loop section 11 is connected to external circuitry carrying out the processing of signals transmitted and received via a first feed conductor 13 and a second feed conductor 14 and operates as a feed point, 200.
US07768460B2
A multi-band antenna has a grounding plate, a radiating element and a parasitic element. The radiating element has a level radiating portion disposed a predetermined distance away from the grounding plate and a first connecting portion connecting the level radiating portion with the grounding plate. The parasitic element has a substantially L-shaped parasitic portion away from the grounding plate and a second connecting portion disposed at the same side of the grounding plate with the first connecting portion to connect a free end of the L-shaped parasitic portion with the grounding plate. The L-shaped parasitic portion is substantially at the same plane with and spatially fences the level radiating portion to define a substantially L-shaped space. The multi-band antenna has simple structure and small size to be assembled in the limited space of notebook.
US07768459B2
A transponder card comprises a carrier substrate arranged without interlayers between two protective plastic plates, a planar frame antenna, on the substrate with two supply connections and a conductor track connecting the supply connections, and an integrated circuit with two antenna connections. The antenna connections are electrically connected to the two supply connections and the integrated circuit is arranged such that the conductor track does not run through between the antenna connections. The conductor track may include at least two first conductor track segments and at least one second conductor track segment. Each end of the second conductor track segment is electrically connected to a respective first conductor track segment. The second conductor track segment crosses at least one of the two first conductor track segments at least once and is electrically insulated from the first conductor track segment by at least one nonconductive separation element.
US07768437B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for utilizing a plurality of potentially mismatched analog to digital converters. For example, a method for adaptively processing a variety of input signals is disclosed. The method includes providing an adaptive loop circuit, and a first and second circuit pairs. The first circuit pair includes a first analog to digital converter and first register, and the second circuit pair includes a second analog to digital converter and a second register. An input signal is received and an event status is received. The event status initially indicates that the input signal includes data associated with a first event and subsequently indicates that the input signal includes data associated with a second event. The first circuit pair to drive the adaptive loop circuit when the first event is indicated, and the second circuit pair to drive the adaptive circuit when the second event is indicated.
US07768421B2
When the HPD (104b) which indicated that the transmission of a control signal between the data receiving apparatus (102) and the control signal receiving apparatus (101) has become possible is detected, the command judging section (115) ignores the first reception command which it directly received from the remote controller (103) and makes the second reception command (112a) effective which it receives via the CEC line (104a).In such a construction, it is possible to conduct a remote control operation normally without affecting unfavorable influences on the apparatuses.
US07768420B2
A wireless network that may include one or more access points, one or more wireless controllers and one or more appliances. The one or more access points include, or may be coupled with, a server location agent that operates to determine or estimate the locations of the one or more wireless controllers. Upon determining the location of the one or more wireless controllers, the server location agent may determine a proximity of one or more appliances to the wireless controllers and may cause the wireless controllers to display a customized user interface that may be configured based on proximity to one or more appliances as well as policies and/or historical data. In addition, the appliances in the user's proximity may be automatically switched on and controlled to serve the user.
US07768405B2
A semiconductor device typified by a wireless tag, which has improved mechanical strength, can be formed by a more simple process at a low cost and prevent radio waves from being shielded, and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. According to the invention, a wireless tag includes a thin film integrated circuit formed of an isolated TFT having a thin film semiconductor film. The wireless tag may be attached directly to an object, or attached to a flexible support such as plastic and paper before being attached to an object. The wireless tag of the invention may include an antenna as well as the thin film integrated circuit. The antenna allows to communicate signals between a reader/writer and the thin film integrated circuit, and to supply a power source voltage from the reader/writer to the thin film integrated circuit.
US07768404B2
A system and method for optimizing resources in a supply chain and production line using RFID and artificial intelligence which can be adapted to any supply chain or product line, including warehouses, and which is able to optimize a plurality of tools/machinery or processing stations, a plurality of products and even personnel in real time by analyzing real time information about the entities and historic information stored in databases about optimum decisions taken in the past by the system.
US07768398B2
A security system for shipping containers transported onboard a mobile platform detects intrusions into the containers and transmits a security message to a land-based security monitoring station that identifies the container and the current geographic location of the mobile platform. Each container protected by the security system is provided with a cellular telephone that initiates a limited range telephone call transmission in response to an intrusion. Multiple base stations spread over the platform each receive calls from proximal containers and forwards call messages to the platform's communication system which retransmits the call information in the form of the security message to the land based monitoring station.
US07768387B2
Methods and apparatus for providing multi-stage signal amplification in a medical telemetry system are provided.
US07768385B1
A system includes lights coupled to a vehicle power supply source. One light is located at the vehicle's rear window. Remaining lights are independently and simultaneously operable with the one light. A mechanism is included for determining whether the vehicle is parked. Another mechanism determines whether a vehicle brake pedal has been engaged beyond a threshold level while the vehicle is not parked. A further mechanism flashes the one light and is mated to the park determining mechanism for activating the one light when the vehicle is parked and the brake pedal is engaged. The flashing mechanism is coupled to the brake pedal pressure level determining mechanism for activating the one light when the vehicle is not parked and the brake pedal is engaged beyond the threshold level. The flashing mechanism is automatically reset to a non-operating mode when the brake pedal is disengaged during parked and non-parked conditions.
US07768375B2
A stack of metallic laminations, a metallic lamination and a process for forming a lamination stack. The stack of laminations includes at least one locking lamination provided with at least two locking openings and at least one passage lamination comprising at least two passage openings, each locking lamination incorporating a tab that passes through a passage opening of a lamination seated against the locking lamination, said tab being bent so as to be contained in said passage opening and seated on an edge portion of the latter, deformed to the inside of the locking opening of the locking lamination, and at least one of the parts of locking lamination and passage lamination further comprising a lock means actuating in a lock receiving means provided in the other of said parts.
US07768374B2
An inverter transformer to which coils for a balance transformer are integrally assembled. The inverter transformer is employed in a drive circuit for evenly driving a plurality of discharge tubes, and includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. The present invention proposes the inverter transformer which performs reduction in the number of components and in the size thereof by providing a through-hole a portion of a magnetic core section made from magnetic material configuring the inverter transformer, and by providing coils for a balance transformer through the through-hole.
US07768366B1
A life and electrical properties enhanced microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switch apparatus in which a combined nanoparticle and ionic fluid lubricant is used to prolong switch elements operating lifetime and desirable electrical characteristics during this lifetime. Nanoparticle materials such as noble metal particles are combined with ionic corona producing liquid organic materials to achieve a desirable contact lubricant material serving to delay the onset of several disclosed classic contact failure mechanisms. Improvement over other contact lubricant materials and favorable contact testing results are included.
US07768359B2
A differential crystal oscillator circuit uses a bias transistor to generate a bias voltage from a bias current. The bias voltage is supplied to the control terminals of a differential pair of transistors. The differential transistors operate to produce a differential output between corresponding end terminals thereof, which is provided to a reference crystal oscillator to establish an oscillation frequency at the differential output.
US07768357B2
A surface-mount type crystal oscillator comprises: a crystal blank; an IC chip on which at least an oscillation circuit using the crystal blank is integrated; a container that accommodates the crystal blank and the IC chip; a pair of inspection terminals provided on an outer surface of the container and electrically connected to the crystal blank, and used for inspecting characteristics of the crystal blank; a communication terminal provided on the outer surface of the container; and first switching means for switchably and electrically connecting and disconnecting the inspection terminals to and from the crystal blank in accordance with a selecting signal supplied from the communication terminal.
US07768351B2
Variable gain circuitry includes a first input transistor (M1) having a source coupled to a first conductor (32), a gate coupled to a first input voltage (Vin+), and a drain coupled to a second conductor (30). An input of a first current mirror (M3,M4) is coupled to the second conductor to receive a current corresponding to the difference between the first input voltage and a second input voltage (Vin−). An output of the first current mirror is coupled to a source of current (M2). A first transistor (M5) has a gate coupled to a third conductor (31), a source coupled to a reference voltage (VSS), and a drain coupled to conduct output current (Iout). A second transistor (M6) and a resistive element (M7) are coupled in series between the third conductor and the first reference voltage (VSS), a gate of the second transistor being coupled to the third conductor to produce a nonlinear relationship between currents of the first transistor and the second transistor.
US07768349B2
An embodiment of the present invention has a differential pair including a first and second MOS transistors having their sources grounded; a third and fourth transistor with their source terminals connected to drain terminals of the first and second transistors, respectively; a voltage generating circuit for outputting tuning and common voltage so that the ratio between the common and tuning voltage is constant; and a differential pair input voltage generating circuit that receives the input and common voltage to output voltages Vip and Vin to gate terminals of the first and second transistors, respectively. The gate terminal of the fourth transistor is connected to the gate terminal of the third transistor, and the tuning voltage is input to the two terminals.
US07768347B2
Devices comprising switching amplifiers such as class D amplifiers and comprising loads such as loud speakers are provided with controllers for controlling switching circuits for in respective four states introducing respective four voltage signals across the loads, which four voltage signals are different from each other. The controllers control the switching circuits for pulse width modulating the voltage signals in dependence of input signals and control the switching circuits for in fifth states introducing fifth voltage signals across the loads.
US07768342B1
In an embodiment, a current source having a piece-wise linear relationship between current and temperature is provided. The current source includes a first current source to provide current based on a first current-temperature relationship. The current source further includes a second current source coupled in parallel to the first current source. The second current source is to provide current based on a second current-temperature relationship. The current source further includes first mirroring circuitry to mirror a sum of the first current source and the second current source to an output current source. The current source also includes second mirroring circuitry to mirror the sum of the first current source and the second current source for comparison with a third current source. The third current source provides a minimum current magnitude and the third current source is coupled to the second current source to control output of the second current source.
US07768336B2
A level shifting circuit includes a first level shifting unit including a plurality of signal transfer units; a first operation control unit inactivating some of signal transfer units of the first level shifting unit in response to a clamping signal; a second level shifting unit connected in parallel to the first level shifting unit and comprising a plurality of signal transfer units; a second operation control unit inactivating some of signal transfer units of the second level shifting unit in response to the clamping signal; a signal output unit connected to output ends of the first and second level shifting units; and a clamping unit fixing the output ends of the first and second level shifting units to a predetermined voltage level in response to the clamping signal.
US07768331B1
A system for storing state values during standby mode operation comprises a master flip flop that receives and stores state information during active mode operation and an associated slave flip flop that receives and stores state information during active mode and standby mode operation. The system further comprises a standby mode control circuit to control the state of the master and slave flip flops during active and standby mode operation based on at least two control signals. A first transfer gate determines the current flow to and from the master flip flop based on the output of the standby mode control circuit. Similarly, a second transfer gate determines current flow to and from the slave flip flop based on the output of the standby mode control circuit. A first power supply powers the master flip flop during active mode operation. Similarly, a separate always-on power supply powers the slave flip flop and standby mode control circuit during active mode and standby mode operation to enable state retention.
US07768312B2
A semiconductor device of the invention has a plurality of P-channel transistors, to which resistance elements are inserted in series, prepared on a pull-up side of a driver such that an ON resistance value on the P-channel transistor side and a resistance value of the resistance element can be selected. In addition, also on a pull-down side of the driver, a plurality of N-channel transistors to which resistance elements are inserted in series are prepared such that an ON resistance value on the N-channel transistor side and a resistance value of the resistance element can be selected. A driver section having a linear current-voltage characteristic is realized by combination of those described.
US07768308B2
In a level shift circuit, the threshold voltage of N-type high-voltage transistors, to whose gates the voltage of a low-voltage supply VDD is applied, is set low. An input signal IN powered by the low-voltage supply VDD is input to the gate of an N-type transistor by way of an inverter. Therefore, even if the potentials at nodes W3 and W4 exceed the voltage of the low-voltage supply VDD, reverse current flow from the nodes W3 and W4 via parasitic diodes within the inverters into the low-voltage supply VDD is prevented. A protection circuit, composed of N-type transistor whose respective gates are fixed to the low-voltage supply VDD, is disposed between the two N-type high-voltage transistors N5, N6 and two N-type low-voltage transistors N1, N2 for receiving the complementary signals IN and XIN, thereby preventing the breakdown of those N-type complementary-signal-receiving transistors.
US07768299B2
Methods and apparatuses are presented for voltage tolerant floating N-well circuits. An apparatus for mitigating leakage currents caused by input voltages is presented which includes a first transistor having a source coupled to a positive voltage supply, and a drain coupled to a floating node. The apparatus may further include a controllable pull-down path coupled to a negative voltage supply and the first transistor, wherein the controllable pull-down path is configured to turn on the first transistor and pull-up the floating node during a first state. The apparatus may further include a second transistor having a source coupled to a gate of the first transistor, and drain coupled to the floating node, wherein the second transistor is configured to place the floating node at a floating potential during a second state.
US07768292B1
The output current of a switching regulator in operation on a printed circuit board can be accurately measured without opening the circuit, and without specially dedicated sensing components in the regulator. The inherent series resistance of an inductor or similar resistive component can be used—even though it's resistance and its temperature are unknown. The apparatus is easily extended to make other measurements such as transient response and output impedance. These measurements are generally easier to perform and more convenient than other commonly used methods. Key elements are an injector circuit (312), a voltmeter circuit (310), a control unit with arithmetic capability (316), a user input unit (324) and a user output unit (326).
US07768290B2
A circuit for detecting electric current is provided. The circuit includes a MOSFET having a gate terminal, a source terminal, and a drain terminal, the drain terminal and the source terminal are connected in series in a loop through which an electric current flows. The circuit also includes a bias circuit, configured to generate a bias voltage at a gate terminal of the MOSFET to make the MOSFET operate in the linear region, and a voltage detection circuit, connected to the drain terminal and the source terminal of the MOSFET to detect a voltage difference between the drain terminal and the source terminal of the MOSFET, the voltage difference being used as a detection signal in the circuit for detecting the electric current.
US07768289B2
A testing method for an integrated circuit which has at least one ground terminal and multiple signal terminals, a signal potential being applied to a signal terminal and a ground potential being applied to the at least one ground terminal. A floating potential is applied to each further signal terminal. The testing method is suitable to detect more defects than a standard testing method of the Automotive Electronics Council.
US07768279B2
To provide a control method and a control program of a prober that are capable of enhancing throughput. Chips are tested in step S2. In step S3, when the counted number Y of conforming chips has reached a predetermined number of conforming chips X which constitutes conditions for testing, the process advances to step S10. In step S10, testing of wafers taking place at that time is interrupted, and this wafer is stored in an output cassette OC1. In a subsequent step S11, the subsequent wafer is tested, and stored in the output cassette OC2 (step S12). When all wafers have been tested, the process advances to step S14, and testing of the lot is completed. As a result, wafers that remain untested and wafers that have been tested stored separately in the input cassette and the output cassettes.
US07768275B2
A method and apparatus for characterizing a three phase transformer (3) using a single phase power supply (1). Pairs of input terminals (H0-H3) of the transformer are sequentially energized for each energization and the voltage between pairs of output terminals (x0-x3) of the transformer are measured. Measured voltages are processed in order to characterize the winding configuration of the transformer. Either simultaneously or subsequently the presence of neutrals on the primary and/or secondary side of the transformer are identified to enable the winding configuration to be further characterized. Subsequently any phase displacement of the transformer is determined. The apparatus comprises means (2) for selectively applying a single phase power supply (1) to pairs of terminals (H0-H3) on the transformer (3) and for measuring voltages between pairs of terminals (x0-x3) of the transformer and for measuring phase difference between the primary and secondary sides of the transformer all under automatic control of a control means (13) which includes a processing means to process measured voltages and phase differences in order to characterize the transformer.
US07768264B1
A system and method for parallel imaging is disclosed that generates linear combination coefficient weights by solving systems of linear equations formulated with correlation values. An MRI apparatus includes a computer programmed to acquire MR data from an imaging volume for a plurality of encoding locations using an array of RF receiver coils. Correlation values are calculated from the MR data. From these calculated correlation values, synthesis weights are generated. An image is then reconstructed based on an application of the synthesis weights to at least a portion of the MR data acquired from the array of RF receiver coils.
US07768260B2
A method for determining a proportion of a hydrocarbon constituent in a mixture including at least one hydrocarbon, includes determining at least one nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) property for at least one hydrocarbon constituent in the mixture; correlating an NMR response for the property for each hydrocarbon constituent in the mixture; and from the correlating, calculating the proportion of at least the constituent. A computer program product is also provided.
US07768254B1
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a computer device. The computer device includes a power supply and a component that receives power from the power supply through a first electrical connection. The system includes a measurement adapter for measuring an electrical property of the first electrical connection. The measurement adapter is interposed within the first electrical connection between the power supply and the component. The measurement adapter is configured to draw power from a second electrical connection that is different from the first electrical connection. The measurement adapter includes a sensor for measuring the electrical property of the first electrical connection.
US07768243B2
A switched-mode power converter, including, between a first end of a main inductive element and a switch, a two-value inductive element automatically switching between its two values.
US07768233B2
A method for determining the state of charge (SOC) of a lithium ion battery is provided. The method leverages a circuit model of the lithium ion battery, and generates four battery parameters from which the SOC is derived.
US07768230B2
A battery charger (10) comprising a housing (15) enclosing battery charging electronics (11), an interface (12) connectable to a mains outlet, and a charging current output interface. An aperture (71) is formed in a wall (75) of the housing, and a pressure relief valve (90) is arranged in said aperture, functioning to open and evacuate gas from the interior of the housing to the exterior of the housing when the pressure in the housing exceeds a pressure limit relative the exterior of the housing. In one embodiment, a bushing (90) for a cable (80) interconnecting the battery charging electronics (11) and the charging current output interface acts as the valve.
US07768229B2
This invention discloses a type of charging system for electric cars which includes an AC electric grid power supply system and an electric car charging equipment. The AC electric grid power supply system couples energy outputs to the electric car charging equipment; its characteristics are: it also includes an battery power system and an electrical energy control module. The electrical energy input of the battery power system is controlled by and connected to the AC electric grid power supply system. The output is controlled by the electrical energy control module and coupled to the electric car charging equipment. With the addition of one or more battery packs to the battery charging system, instantaneous current increase can be provided through the use of the battery packs in order to alleviate the demand on the electric grid. The design capacity of the battery charging system is more ideal and it reduces the instantaneous capacity overload. Meanwhile when the external electric grid fails, it can rely on the battery packs to charge electric cars and thus resolving any urgent charging needs.
US07768217B2
The present disclosure describes a technique for reducing east-west geometry mismatch between the top and bottom of a raster display. This is accomplished by generating a horizontal correction signal that does not have any discontinuities. Since there are no discontinuities in the horizontal correction signal, the horizontal deflection current signal will not be distorted. As a result, there will be no east-west geometry mismatch between the top and bottom of the raster display.
US07768213B2
An electronic circuit topology (1) for driving a predominantly capacitive load (2) with a primary circuit with several components, a secondary circuit with a predominantly capacitive load (2), and a transformer device (4) with a primary side (TX Ia) and a secondary side (TX Ib), connecting the primary circuit with the secondary circuit, the primary circuit components comprise: a source device (3), a drain device (5), and a switching device (6), the transformer device (4) is for transforming an input voltage-current-signal to a suitable output voltage-current signal for supplying the predominantly capacitive load (2), wherein the source device (3) is in serial connection with the transformer device (4), the drain device (5), and the switching device (6), whereby the transformer device (4) comprises means for functioning as a resonant tank circuit, as a transformer device (4) in forward mode, and as a transformer device (4) in flyback mode, so that an single-ended forward-flyback circuit is achieved.
US07768211B2
A description is given of a method and a circuit arrangement for operating a high-pressure gas discharge lamp with a lamp current superposed with first current pulses, in particular in a system for the time-sequential production of (primary) colors and possibly white segments, from which an image to be displayed is synthesized, in which, in order to change or correct color and/or brightness properties of the image, the first current pulses are adjusted with regard to their amplitude and/or temporal length and/or temporal position relative to the production of the colors and/or white segments. A description is also given of a projection system comprising such a circuit arrangement.
US07768209B2
The automated switching of a vehicle lighting system is to be made more reliable. To this end, it is provided that the entire data flow from the sensors to a lighting device, which receives the control signals from a transmission module, is implemented in dual-track fashion throughout. This provides the corresponding redundancy and increases the required reliability. It is provided, in particular, to transmit to the lighting device a control signal and a correspondingly negated signal, so that the lighting device is able to check whether the data processing and data transmission are free of faults.
US07768208B2
In a discharge lamp apparatus for lighting a discharge lamp, a ballast is disposed outside of a lamp housing of a discharge lamp and is electrically connected to the discharge lamp through a connector. A ballast housing of the ballast is connected to a bottom wall of the lamp housing. In the ballast housing, a ballast circuit board is arranged along a top wall of the ballast housing that is opposed to the lamp housing. Accordingly, it is less likely that the ballast circuit board will be wetted by condensation or water vapor entered the ballast housing. Additionally, a partition wall can be provided in the ballast housing between the connector and the ballast circuit board to block the condensation or water vapor from flowing toward the ballast circuit board.
US07768206B2
Disclosed is a plasma display panel with improved discharge characteristics. The plasma display panel comprises an upper panel and a lower panel integrally joined to the upper panel through barrier ribs wherein the upper panel includes a dielectric layer, a first protective film formed on one surface of the dielectric layer and composed of columnar magnesium oxide crystal particles, and a second protective film formed on the first protective film and composed of hexahedral magnesium oxide crystal particles.
US07768204B2
Illumination device has a plurality of light emitting units, each with light emitting element and first fluorescent material region provided at a light emitting side of the light emitting element. A plurality of second fluorescent material regions are provided at the light emitting sides of respective light emitting units. Second fluorescent material regions having the same emission conversion property are respectively provided at the light emitting side of at least one light emitting unit having the same emission property among the plurality of light emitting units.
US07768197B2
An electroluminescence device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a luminescent layer, and a buffer layer. The luminescent layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The buffer layer is disposed between the luminescent layer and the negative electrode, where the buffer layer is a plasma polymerized film made of a gas material and having an average thickness of equal to or less than 30 Å.
US07768194B2
The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to OLEDS that emit light using a combination of fluorescent emitters and phosphorescent emitters for the efficient utilization of all of the electrically generated excitons.
US07768186B2
A fluorescent lamp includes an external electrode and an internal electrode provided at opposite ends of a fluorescent tube. A power conductor may connect to the internal electrode extend outside the tube to provide a connection point for the internal electrode. The tube may include an internal support element at a first end of the tube and a substantially self supporting second end of the tube. A method for assembling a backlight includes obtaining a fluorescent lamp with an external electrode at a first end of a tube, an internal electrode at a second end of the tube opposite the first end, and an internal support element at the second end of the tube. The first end of the tube may be substantially self supporting. The method also connects first and second drive connectors to the first and second ends of the tube.
US07768183B2
An extension-type spark plug (10) is disclosed for igniting the air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine. The spark plug (10) includes an installation conduit (12), a contact button (34), an electrode extension (20), a firing electrode (60), a ground plate (66), a sleeve insulator (22), an upper insulator (90) and a lower insulator (50). The electrode extension (20) is axially aligned with and in communication with the firing electrode (60). The ground plate (66) is proximate the firing electrode (60) to define a spark gap between the firing electrode (60) and a first end of the ground plate (66). The sleeve insulator (22) surrounds the electrode extension (20). The upper insulator (90) surrounds an upper portion of the electrode extension (20) and is in contact with the sleeve insulator (22). The lower insulator (50) surrounds the lower portion of the electrode extension (20) and is in contact with the sleeve insulator (22).
US07768177B2
A linear electromechanical translation apparatus is provided of the type comprising first and second clamps fixed to a support, first and second elongate movable members each extending through one of the clamps, and an extension actuator connected between the movable members and adapted to move each one of the elongate movable members longitudinally relative to the other member as the extension actuator is extended or retracted. The apparatus is characterized in that the first elongate movable member has a rear end connected to a front end of the extension actuator, and the second movable member has a rear end connected to a rear end of the actuator and has a forwardly extending elongate portion which lies beside and parallel to the first elongate movable member. Both the clamp assemblies may be located forwardly of the front end of the actuator.
US07768175B2
A manufacturing method for a brush that can reduce contact surface area between a commutator and the brush, thereby reducing frictional noise, is provided. Specifically, a method to manufacture a brush, which provides one surface with contact surfaces that make sliding contact with the commutator, involves a step to mold a molded body and a step to cut the molded body. In the molding process, carbon powder containing copper powder is sintered to form a molded body having a groove on the top surface along the direction of the axis of rotation of the commutator, and curved surface margins in the margins of the top surface in the direction of the axis of rotation. In the cutting step, the central part of the top surface of the molded body is cut by a grinding stone along the cutting direction to form contact surfaces between the margins of the top surface.
US07768173B2
A stator for an electrical machine includes teeth assembled from a plurality of stacked laminations mounted on a cylindrical protective surface thereby forming a plurality of slots. The stator also includes an armature winding assembled within the teeth by inserting components of the armature winding into the plurality of stator slots from positions external to the teeth in a manner that facilitates mitigating potential for coil distortion. The armature winding includes a plurality of coils that each include an end winding. The stator further includes a segmented yoke inserted around the armature winding in a manner that facilitates mitigating a potential for disturbing the end winding of the coils. Independently assembling the stator components in this manner facilitates varying a thickness and/or the number of heat conducting laminations between the yoke and teeth that subsequently facilitates heat transfer from the armature winding to an outer pressure casing of the machine.
US07768166B2
An apparatus for converting between mechanical and electrical energy, particularly suited for use as a compact high power alternator for automotive use and “remove and replace” retrofitting of existing vehicles. The apparatus includes a rotor with permanent magnets, a stator with a winding, and a cooling system. Mechanisms to prevent the rotor magnets from clashing with the stator by minimizing rotor displacement, and absorbing unacceptable rotor displacement are disclosed. Various open and closed cooling systems are described. Cooling is facilitated by, for example, loosely wrapping the winding end turns, use of an asynchronous airflow source, and/or directing coolant through conduits extending through the stator into thermal contact with the windings.
US07768164B2
A heat pipe device (6) for cooling a voltage regulator (2) of a rotating electric machine. The heat pipe device (6) comprises an evaporating part (7) situated respectively in a hot zone and connected to the voltage regulator (2) of the machine, and condensation part situated in a cold zone. The heat pipe device (6) is suitable for an alternator or an alternator-starter. The heat pipe is provided to discharge the heat from the hot zone to the cold zone.
US07768159B2
The present invention provides a linear motor 1 that can prevent a magnet member 2 from falling down when a power supply is turned off. A linear motor 1 includes a magnet member 2 composed of permanent magnets having alternately arranged respective N poles and S poles and a coil member 3 which surrounds a periphery of the magnet member 2 and trough which the magnet member 2 is movable in an axial direction relative to the coil member 3. A magnetic substance 3 is provided in the vicinity of one end of the coil member 3 to allow the magnet member 2 to exert a magnetic attractive force.
US07768156B2
A motor apparatus includes a plurality of coils arranged along a first direction in a plane perpendicular to central axes thereof, a plurality of magnets each generating a force in cooperation with the coils, and a support member supporting the plurality of coils. Movement of the coils in the first direction due to thermal deformation of the coils is constrained by the coils contacting with a surface of the support member, and movement of the coils in a second direction, which is in the plane and perpendicular to the first direction, due to thermal deformation of the coils, is allowed by the coils sliding in the second direction along the surface.
US07768151B2
A device (ES) for distributing power between n cathodes (Ki) of at least one multipolar stimulating electrode (EM) comprises at least one anode (A), wherein n is equal to or greater than two. Said device (ES) comprises a reconfigurable current mirror (MC) which is provided with n outputs (K′i) connectable to said n cathodes (Ki), respectively and supplies to the n (K′i) outputs n complementary fractions of a control current having respective selected values which are substantially constant at the control current amplitude variation in order to carry out a substantially constant spatial location of stimulation.
US07768149B2
Inverter circuits formed of a plurality of power semiconductor devices are stored in a casing of a power module. An output terminal provided at one end side of the casing is connected to one inverter circuit. An output terminal provided at the other end side of the casing is connected to another inverter circuit. An output terminal configured to allow electric connection with an output terminal located at the opposite side by a busbar is further provided at each one end side and the other end side. By disposing the busbar appropriately, output from both inverter circuits can be provided from any of the one end side and the other end side. An output terminal configuration can be realized that allows improvement in the degree of freedom for arrangement and versatility in circuit designing with respect to the position relationship with the electric load.
US07768148B2
An anti-theft battery switchbox system, comprising: an ignition coil; a cutoff switch electrically connected to the ignition coil; a battery in electrical communication with the cutoff switch; and the cutoff switch selectively electrically couples the battery to the ignition coil. A remote control module in wireless communication with the cutoff switch controls the cutoff switch between an on mode and an off mode. The remote control module includes an actuator configured to permit a user to change between on/off modes. In addition, the actuator is not actuatable by a single linear impulse. The wireless communication between the remote control module and the cutoff switch comprises a unique signal feature. The unique signal feature includes a signal feature from the group of signal features consisting of frequency, amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, and signal key. The unique signal feature comprises a unique frequency and wherein the actuator comprises a knob.
US07768147B2
A miniature hydro-power generation system includes an outer housing and an inner housing. The outer housing may receive a flow of liquid flowing in a first direction at a predetermined range of pressure. The flow of liquid may be decreased by a predetermined amount of pressure and increased by a predetermined amount of velocity and channeled to a hydro-generator included in the inner housing with an inlet nozzle. The flow of liquid may be channeled with the inlet nozzle to flow in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Upon transfer of kinetic energy in the flow of liquid to the hydro-generator, the inner housing may rotate in the second direction. The flow of liquid may then be channeled back to the first direction and out of the housing with an outlet nozzle. The outlet nozzle configured to increase the pressure and decrease the velocity of the flow of liquid to minimized non-laminar flow characteristics.
US07768137B2
A semiconductor chip includes flip chip contacts that are arranged on contact surfaces of an active top side of the semiconductor chip. The contact surfaces are surrounded by a passivation layer that covers the active top side while leaving exposed the contact surfaces. The passivation layer includes thickened portions that surround the contact surfaces. The semiconductor chip formed with thickened portions around the contact surfaces is protected from delamination during packaging of the semiconductor chip to form a semiconductor device.
US07768134B2
An interconnect method in a semiconductor device may include a step of examining various regions of an inter layer dielectric to identify regions having high densities or concentrations of trench features. A cap insulator layer may be added to the dielectric to assist in outgassing of absorbed impurities from the dielectric, but may be removed from the high density areas to allow the lower density areas to increase outgassing. The lower density areas may then compensate for increased outgassing on the high density areas due to the trench features, and may result in an overall device with a more stable dielectric constant across the device.
US07768133B2
A semiconductor device is provided with a silicon substrate and a structure filled in a through hole that has a rectangular cross section and extends through the silicon substrate. The structure comprises a pipe-shaped through electrode, stripe-shaped through electrodes, silicons, a first insulating film, a second insulating film and a third insulating film. The pipe-shaped through electrode is utilized as a pipe-shaped electric conductor that extends through the silicon substrate. In addition, the stripe-shaped through electrodes are provided in the interior of the pipe-shaped through electrode so that the stripe-shaped through electrodes extend through the silicon substrate and is spaced away from the pipe-shaped through electrode. A plurality of through electrodes are provided in substantially parallel within the inner region of the pipe-shaped through electrode.
US07768127B2
The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a multi-layer wiring portion including insulating layers and wiring layers alternately stacked one on another on a main surface of the semiconductor substrate. All of the wiring layers are made of a same basis metal, at least one of the wiring layers contains an additive element, and a concentration of the additive element is lower on an upper layer side than that on a lower layer side.
US07768124B2
A semiconductor sensor is contained in a cylindrical housing, an opening of which is closed with a cover member. The cover member includes a mounting plate integrally molded therewith. Components including a bare sensing chip and other circuit chips are directly mounted on a flat surface of the mounting plate. The components mounted on the flat surface are covered with gel having a high flowability. The gel is prevented from flowing out of the flat surface toward the cover member by banks formed at both sides of the flat surface. On an inner wall of the bank, curved surfaces and depressions are formed to surely suppress creeping up of the gel and to trap the gel therein if it creeps up the inner wall of the bank. Thus, the gel is surely prevented from flowing out even though the banks do not entirely surround the flat mounting surface.
US07768116B2
Disclosed herein are a semiconductor package substrate and a method for fabricating the same. In the semiconductor package substrate, the circuit layer of the wire bonding pad side differs in thickness from that of the ball pad side to which a half etching process is applied. In addition, a connection through hole is constructed to provide an electrical connection between the plating lead lines on the wire bonding pad side and the ball pad side, thereby preventing electrical disconnection when the plating lead line of the wire bonding pad side is cut.
US07768109B2
A semiconductor device 1 has a metallic base substrate 2 for heat-dissipating, a wiring board 3, a MOSFET 4 as a semiconductor element, externally leading terminals 5A, 5B, 5C, a casing 6 formed of a synthetic resin, a fixing resin 7, and a gel-like resin layer 8. On the metallic base substrate 2, the casing 6 is disposed to surround one ends of the externally leading terminals 5A, 5B, 5C and the MOSFET 4. The other ends of the externally leading terminals 5A, 5B, 5C are externally protruded from the casing 6, and terminal body portions 51A, 51B, 51C for coupling them are inserted in through hole portions 61A, 61B, 61c of the casing 6. The terminal body portions 51A, 51B, 51C and the through hole portions 61A, 61B, 61c are fixed with the fixing resin 7, and the gel-like resin layer 8 is formed at the lower part of the casing 6. A space 9 is formed between the gel-like resin layer 8 and the casing 6.
US07768105B2
A method for making a premolded clip structure is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first clip and a second clip, and forming a molding material around the first clip comprising a first surface and the second clip comprising a second surface. The first surface of the first clip structure and the second surface of the second clip structure are exposed through the molding material, and a premolded clip structure is then formed.
US07768101B2
A p-type collector region of an IGBT and an n-type cathode region of a free wheel diode are alternately formed in a second main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A back electrode is formed on the second main surface so as to be in contact with both of the p-type collector region and the n-type cathode region, and has a titanium layer, a nickel layer and a gold layer that are successively stacked from the side of the second main surface. A semiconductor device capable of obtaining a satisfactory ON voltage in any of conduction of an insulated gate field effect transistor and conduction of the free wheel diode as well as a manufacturing method thereof can thus be obtained.
US07768096B2
A system for fabricating semiconductor components includes a semiconductor substrate, a thinning system for thinning the semiconductor substrate, an etching system for forming the substrate opening, and a bonding system for bonding the conductive interconnect to the substrate contact. The semiconductor component can be used to form module components, underfilled components, stacked components, and image sensor semiconductor components.
US07768094B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a rectangular low speed circuit area including a low speed circuit comprising a low speed transistor having a first source extension region and a first drain extension region, and a rectangular high speed circuit area adjacent to the low speed circuit area and including a high speed circuit comprising a high speed transistor having a second source extension region and a second drain extension region thinner than the first source and drain extension regions.
US07768092B2
A semiconductor device comprises a first layer (1) of a wide band gap semiconductor material doped according to a first conductivity type and a second layer (3) on top thereof designed to form a junction blocking current in the reverse biased state of the device at the interface to said first layer. The device comprises extension means for extending a termination of the junction laterally with respect to the lateral border (6) of the second layer. This extension means comprises a plurality of rings (16-21) in juxtaposition laterally surrounding said junction (15) and being arranged as seen in the lateral direction away from said junction alternatively a ring (16-18) of a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type opposite to that of said first layer and a ring (19-21) of a semi-insulating material.
US07768084B2
A semiconductor sensor including a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a fluorescent molecule layer and a photosensitive layer. The fluorescent molecule layer converts light incident on the pixel to surface plasmons. The photosensitive layer generates a light detection signal representative of an intensity of light incident on the pixel in response to the surface plasmons in a region of the sensor which is close enough to the surface of the pixels that electronic crosstalk between the pixels does not occur.
US07768070B2
A semiconductor device having a field effect transistor and a method of fabricating the same. In-situ doped epitaxial patterns are respectively formed at both sidewalls of a protruded channel pattern from a substrate by performing an in-situ doped epitaxial growth process. The in-situ doped epitaxial pattern has a conformal impurity concentration throughout. Accordingly, source/drain regions with a conformal impurity concentration are connected throughout a channel width of a channel region including both sidewalls of a protruded channel pattern. As a result, it is possible to maximize a driving current of the filed effect transistor, and an on-off characteristic can be highly stabilized.
US07768067B2
This invention provides a DMOS transistor that has a reduced ON resistance and is prevented from deterioration in strength against an electrostatic discharge. An edge portion of a source layer of the DMOS transistor is disposed so as to recede from an inner corner portion of a gate electrode. A silicide layer is structured so as not to extend out of the edge portion of the source layer. That is, although the silicide layer is formed on a surface of the source layer, the silicide layer is not formed on a surface of a portion of a body layer, which is exposed between the source layer and the inner corner portion of the gate electrode. As a result, the strength against the electrostatic discharge can be improved, because an electric current flows almost uniformly through whole of the DMOS transistor without converging.
US07768062B2
A memory device is fabricated with a graded composition tunnel insulator layer. This layer is formed over a substrate with a drain and a source region. The tunnel insulator is comprised of a graded SiC—GeC—SiC composition. A charge blocking layer is formed over the tunnel insulator. A trapping layer of nano-crystals is formed in the charge blocking layer. In one embodiment, the charge blocking layer is comprised of germanium carbide and the nano-crystals are germanium. The thickness and/or composition of the tunnel insulator determines the functionality of the memory cell such as the volatility level and speed. A gate is formed over the charge blocking layer.
US07768058B2
An NROM flash memory cell is implemented in an ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator structure. In a planar device, the channel between the source/drain areas is normally fully depleted. An oxide layer provides an insulation layer between the source/drain areas and the gate insulator layer on top. A control gate is formed on top of the gate insulator layer. In a vertical device, an oxide pillar extends from the substrate with a source/drain area on either side of the pillar side. Epitaxial regrowth is used to form ultra-thin silicon body regions along the sidewalls of the oxide pillar. Second source/drain areas are formed on top of this structure. The gate insulator and control gate are formed on top.
US07768056B1
An isolated-nitride-region non-volatile memory cell is formed in a semiconductor substrate. Spaced-apart source and drain regions are disposed in the semiconductor substrate forming a channel therebetween. An insulating region is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A gate is disposed over the insulating region and is horizontally aligned with the channel. A plurality of isolated nitride regions are disposed in the insulating region and are not in contact with either the channel or the gate.
US07768054B2
A semiconductor component has an insulating layer which is formed on a semiconductor substrate and in which a capacitance structure (K) is formed. The capacitance structure (K) has at least two metallization planes (1 to 7) which are arranged parallel to one another and are each connected to an electrical connecting line. Arranged between the metallization planes (1 to 7) is at least one electrically conductive region (1a to 1j; 2a to 2j; 31a to 36a; 41a to 46a; 5a to 5f) for producing a capacitance surface, the electrically conductive region (1a to 1j; 2a to 2j; 31a to 36a; 41a to 46a; 5a to 5f) being electrically connected only to one of the metallization planes (1 to 7).
US07768053B2
A semiconductor device with an asymmetric transistor and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a plurality of first active regions, at least one second active region, and a plurality of device isolation regions; gate patterns formed in a step structure over a border region between individual first active regions and second active region, wherein one side of the individual gate pattern is formed over a portion of the individual first active region, and the other side of the individual gate pattern is formed over a portion of the second active region; spacers formed on lateral walls of the gate patterns; first cell junction regions formed in the first active regions, for connecting to storage nodes; and a second cell junction region formed in the second active region, for connecting to a bit line.
US07768050B2
Ferroelectric structures and methods of making the structures are presented. The ferroelectric structures can include an electrode in contact with a ferroelectric thin film. The contact can be arranged so that a portion of the atoms of the ferroelectric thin film are in contact with at least a portion of the atoms of the electrode. The electrode can be made of metal, a metal alloy, or a semiconducting material. A second electrode can be used and placed in contact with the ferroelectric thin film. Methods of making and using the ferroelectric structures are also presented.
US07768048B2
An infrared sensor IC and an infrared sensor, which are extremely small and are not easily affected by electromagnetic noise and thermal fluctuation, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A compound semiconductor that has a small device resistance and a large electron mobility is used for a sensor (2), and then, the compound semiconductor sensor (2) and an integrated circuit (3), which processes an electrical signal output by the compound semiconductor sensor (2) and performs an operation, are arranged in a single package using hybrid formation. In this manner, an infrared sensor IC that can be operated at room temperature can be provided by a microminiature and simple package that is not conventionally produced.
US07768041B2
A field effect transistor (“FET”) is provided which includes an active semiconductor region including a channel region, a first source-drain region and a second source-drain region. A major surface of the active semiconductor region is divided into a mutually exclusive first portion and a second portion. A first liner applies a first stress to the first portion of the major surface, and a second liner applies a second stress to the second portion of the major surface. The first and second stresses are each selected from high tensile stress, high compressive stress and neutral stress, with the first stress being different from the second stress. The liners can help to differentiate a first operating current conducted by the first portion of the FET under one operating condition and a second operating current that is conducted by the second portion of the FET under a different operating condition.
US07768027B2
The invention discloses a semiconductor light-emitting device, which includes a substrate, a first conductive type semiconductor material layer, a second conductive type semiconductor material layer, a light-emitting layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of bump structures. The first conductive type semiconductor material layer is formed on the substrate and has an upper surface which includes a first region and a second region distinct from the first region. The first electrode is formed on the first region. The light-emitting layer and the second conductive type semiconductor material layer are formed on the second region. The bump structures are formed on the upper surface of the first conductive type semiconductor material layer and between the first region and the second region. Each bump structure is made of ITO, SiO2, SiN, ZnO, polymide, BCB, SOG, InO, or SnO.
US07768021B2
A light emitting element array including an active layer commonly used for light emitting element regions, carrier injection layers which are electrically isolated from each other and which are provided in the respective light emitting element regions, and a resistive layer which has a resistance higher than that of the carrier injection layers and which is provided between the active layer and the carrier injection layers.
US07768009B2
A display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the display device with high mass-productivity. In a display device including an inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor, the inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region, and an impurity region containing an impurity element of one conductivity type is selectively provided in a region which is not overlapped with source and drain electrodes, in the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film.
US07767998B2
The present invention provides apparatus and a method of fabricating the apparatus. The apparatus includes a substrate having a surface and an organic field-effect transistor (OFET) located adjacent the surface of the substrate. The OFET comprising a gate, a channel, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The channel comprises a densified layer of organic molecules with conjugated multiple bonds, axes of the organic molecules being oriented substantially normal to the surface.
US07767996B2
A light-emitting device with magnetic-source includes a light emitting stack structure. The light emitting stack structure has a first electrode and a second electrode distributed at a light output side of the light emitting stack structure. A magnetic-source layer is engaged with the light emitting stack structure to provide a magnetic field to the light emitting stack structure in a substantially perpendicular direction to the light emitting stack structure. Alternatively, a method for improving light emitting performance of a light-emitting device includes applying a magnetic field to the light-emitting device at a direction substantially perpendicular to a light emitting area of the light-emitting device.
US07767994B2
Provided are a Phase-change Random Access Memory (PRAM) device and a method of manufacturing the same. In particular, a PRAM device including a heating layer, wherein the heating layer comprises first and second heating layers having different physical properties from each other and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. Since the PRAM device according to the present invention includes a heating layer having optimal heating characteristics, a PRAM device having high reliability and excellent operating characteristics can be manufactured.
US07767992B2
A multi-layer chalcogenide electronic device. The device includes an active region in electrical communication with two terminals, where the active region includes two or more layers. In one embodiment, the pore region includes two or more chalcogenide materials which differ in chemical composition. In another embodiment, the pore region includes one or more chalcogenide materials and a layer of Sb. The devices offer the advantages of minimal conditioning requirements, fast set speeds, high reset resistances and low set resistances.
US07767989B2
A collector assembly with a radiation collector, a cover plate and a support member connecting the radiation collector to the cover plate are provided. The cover plate is designed to cover an opening in a collector chamber. The collector chamber opening may be large enough to pass the radiation collector and the support member. The removed radiation collector can be cleaned with different cleaning procedures, which may be performed in a cleaning device. Such cleaning device may for example consist of the following: a circumferential hull designed to provide an enclosure volume for circumferentially enclosing at least the radiation collector; an inlet configured to provide at least one of a cleaning gas and a cleaning liquid to the enclosure volume to clean at least said radiation collector; and an outlet configured to remove said at least one of said cleaning gas and said cleaning liquid from the enclosure volume.
US07767980B2
Provided is an image processing system including: a specific wavelength image obtaining section that obtains a specific wavelength image being an image of light from an object existing inside a substance, the light belonging to a specific wavelength region; a depth calculator that calculates a depth of the object from a surface of the substance, using a plurality of specific wavelength images corresponding to different specific wavelength regions from each other; and an object image generator that generates an image of the object according to the depth of the object calculated by the depth calculator.
US07767976B2
An entangled quantum generator generates a signal including a plurality of entangled quanta. The wavelength of the signal is the sum of the wavelengths of the entangled quanta. A signal processor determines a characteristic of the target based on information derived from at least some of the entangled quanta in the return signal. The frequency of the signal is selected to propagate the signal through a medium and the frequencies of the entangled quanta are selected to provide sufficient data in the return signal to resolve the characteristic of the target.
US07767969B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a spectroscopic method and an apparatus which can measure a trace element accurately with high sensitivity. In order to achieve this object, for example, in Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), a reference spectrum and a measurement spectrum including an impurity spectrum are measured in order to obtain a differential spectrum comprising the impurity spectrum and a flat baseline, correction including a frequency shift of the reference spectrum before calculating a differential spectrum, is performed on the reference spectrum. This makes it possible to remove baseline deformation due to phonon absorbance of silicon included in the conventional differential spectrum, and to obtain an infrared absorption spectrum of the substitutional carbon with high accuracy and high sensitivity.
US07767968B2
A method and system for detecting concealed weapons and explosives by imaging THz scenes using conventional optics and detectors is provided. Photon fields with two different wavelengths can be sent through a chopper and towards a wavelength-selective mirror. A light beam with a wavelength in the visible or IR range is sent toward a visible photon array detector. Similarly, light beams with wavelengths in the THz range can be sent towards a target, which are reflected and/or absorbed by objects in the target. The reflected or transmitted light continues on through an optional filter to remove background light, then into a non-imaging detector. The visible photon array detector can be coupled with the non-imaging detector, which will register an image of the scene that is illuminated by the THz photons.
US07767957B2
The invention concerns an arrangement for monitoring electrical equipment for the emergence of accidental arcs. The object is to more reliably recognize the occurrence of an arc on lines, cables and/or contact sites or in devices than has been possible with previously known solutions.The proposed arrangement comprises at least one electrical conductor, which connects devices, subassemblies or circuit components of the piece of electrical equipment with one another, at least one light guide or optical fiber which guides the light arising in the formation of an arc to an optical/electrical transformer, as well as a monitoring and evaluating unit electrically connected with the transformer. The optical fiber envelops one or more wire cores of the above-mentioned electrical conductor and thus simultaneously forms the electrical insulation of a line or the shielding of a cable.
US07767940B2
A device for at least partially drying the outer coating on a stick electrode in the form of a generally straight center welding wire of magnetic metal with an axis and surrounded by an extruded pliant mass with a settable binder. The device comprises a conveyor to transport a succession of the electrodes along a given path, a multi-turn induction heating coil extending along the path and spaced from the moving electrodes and a power source for passing an alternating current through the coil to induce an alternating voltage difference in the wire to cause AC current flow in the wire to heat the wire.
US07767939B2
A heater element for formed components is disclosed, along with the final formed component itself. The heater element is produced by photochemically etching a suitable heater track pattern from porous metallised fabric such a nickel coated woven polyester. The heater element is located within a mould. Thermo-formable material is then applied to the mould and the final component is shaped according to the shape of the mould. The final component has a heater element located within it. The component may have microencapsulated agents for initiation by operation of the heater element. Furthermore, the final component may have one or more digital images printed onto the surface for the purposes of decoration or personalisation.
US07767933B2
Methods and systems for clearing short circuits during a MIG welding process are disclosed. A method may include detecting a short circuit and increasing output current of a power source at a first ramp rate to clear the short circuit. The method further includes increasing output current at a second ramp rate after the output current reaches a threshold. Power sources and systems implementing the method are also provided.
US07767928B2
According to a method for a depth measurement the depths of measuring points on a calibration surface are measured and correction values depending on differences between the measured values and known values are used and stored for a later correction. According to a method for the layer-wise production of a hollow the horizontal boundaries (xg, yg) for the removal of a layer (Si+1) depending on the hollow depth (z) were determined from the shape definition of the hollow. The measured values can be continuously stored and used for a later control of the laser processing device.
US07767927B2
Methods and apparatus for remotely measuring temperature of a specular surface. Method takes two measurements of P-polarized radiation emitted at or near Brewster angle from the surface. First measurement (SA) collects and detects first amount of radiation emitted directly from a surface portion using a collection optical system. Second measurement (SB) includes first amount of radiation and adds quantity of radiation collected at or near at/near Brewster angle and reflected from the surface with a retro optical system with a round-trip transmission t2 that retro-reflects a quantity of radiation received from surface portion back to same surface portion where it reflects and combines with first amount of radiation collected by collection optical system. Measurements SA and SB and t2 are used to determine surface emissivity (ξ). Calibration curve is used that relates ratio of the first measurement SA to surface emissivity (SA/ξ), to surface temperature. Surface temperature determined from SA/ξ by calibration curve.
US07767925B2
A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. A stack of mail is placed in an input bin in a feeder module. A feeder serially feeds the envelopes into a transport path. The envelopes are then examined to determine if the contents are qualified for extraction. Envelopes that are qualified for extraction are opened in a cutting module and then conveyed to an extraction module to extract the contents from the envelopes. The contents may then be scanned and reoriented as desired so that the contents are in a pre-determined orientation. The contents are then sorted into a stacker.
US07767920B1
A switch comprises a switch housing including a cover and a terminal block coupled with the cover. The cover is formed of a colored, laser transmissive material and the terminal block is formed of a laser non-transmissive material. A thin part is circularly formed in the cover formed of the colored laser transmissive material on the periphery side of the switch housing and is thinner than another part of the cover and a thermal welding part is circularly formed along the thin part by means of a laser beam for coupling the terminal block with the cover.
US07767916B2
A switch device that adjusts tactile sensation of a switch knob without control delay. The switch device includes a knob operated to switch an actuation state of an apparatus. A click mechanism is connected to the knob and includes a recess and a projection. Engagement of the projection and the recess provides a tactile sensation to a person operating the knob when the knob is operated. An adjustment mechanism generates a magnetic field to adjust tactile sensation of the click mechanism.
US07767907B2
A wire fixing frame for fixing at least one wire on a substrate is described. The wire fixing frame includes a main part, a first fixing part, a second fixing part, and an extending part. A wire outlet is defined between the extending part and the first fixed part, and a wire inlet is opposite to the wire outlet. A wire hold space is defined among the main part, the first fixing part, the second fixing part, and the substrate. The wire passes from the wire inlet to the wire outlet through the wire hold space, and the wire is fixed at a position by a round corner of the first fixing part and the extending part.
US07767905B2
Methods and apparatuses for power distribution improve and can standardize electrical connections between electrical cables and the multitude of electrical switches, receptacles, and fixtures of known technology. The invention can include modular hardware components such as junction boxes, electrical devices, adaptors, a/b switches, etc. that simplify both installation and inspection requirements at the job site. Optional color coding can facilitate proper wiring of the components. The invention allows field wiring to be completed more quickly and accurately thereby advantageously reducing associated costs and increasing safety.
US07767904B2
A composition includes a chemical reaction product defining a first surface and a second surface, characterized in that the chemical reaction product includes a segregated phase domain structure including a plurality of domain structures, wherein at least one of the plurality of domain structures includes at least one domain that extends from a first surface of the chemical reaction product to a second surface of the chemical reaction product.
US07767903B2
A system and method for lower cost, solar thermal generation includes a thermal input block, and an energy storage block.
US07767902B2
System and method expanding and generalizing string selection aspects of an autoharp and applying to general forms of string arrays. String vibration may be sympathetic or induced by strumming, plucking, and/or electrical drive transducers. Volume of individual vibrating strings within arrays of strings may be mechanically or electronically controlled by chord buttons or a music keyboard. Electronic control can also be made with foot switches or incoming MIDI control signals. These controls may be used individually or in combination. Keyboard keys may be provided with key-travel sensors, key-surface sensors, or other sensors for continuously controlling volumes and octave mixings of subgroups of individual strings. Incoming MIDI control signals may also be used for controlling volumes and octave mixings of subgroups of individual strings. Outgoing control signals, such as MIDI, may be generated responsive to the plucking and/or the amplitude of and harmonic structure in the ongoing vibration of individual strings.
US07767897B2
Beat matching for two audio streams extracts beats from each, computes a conversion ratio from one stream to the other stream by an initial beat alignment plus a stability-maintaining beat alignment. A variable resampling converter or time scale modifier adjusts one stream to align beats with those of the other (reference) stream. Thus for cross-fading two music streams the beats of the fading-in stream can be matched to those of the fading-out stream for a seamless transition.
US07767891B2
A key for keyboard-based musical instrument is provided for ensuring high hydrophilia and thereby ensuring higher playing performance. A key 1 for an electronic piano 2 comprises a key body 10 made of an ABS resin, and a thin plate-shaped key touch member 11 adhered on the top surface of the key body 10. The key touch member 11 comprises a base 11b made of an ABS resin, and a hydrophilic polymer 11a added in the base 11b in a dispersed manner. While a player is playing a keyboard-based musical instrument, sweat at the tip of his/her finger is absorbed by the hydrophilic polymer 11a.
US07767880B2
The present invention provides methods of screening an agent for activity using teleosts. Methods of screening an agent for angiogenesis activity, toxic activity and an effect cell death activity in teleosts are provided. Methods of screening an agent for an activity in the brain or central nervous system in zebrafish are provided. The invention further provides high throughput methods of screening agents in multi-well plates.
US07767873B2
A method for dehalogenation detoxication of halogenated aromatic and/or cyclic compounds, based on the fact that at least one halogenated aromatic and/or cyclic compound is heated on a support matrix in a closed system at a temperature of 200 to 500° C. in the presence of copper in metallic form and/or in the form of copper compounds, a hydrogen donor, carbon and at least one additional reducing substance, capable of reducing cupric and cuprous ions to elemental copper at the above temperature.
US07767871B2
A method for recovering molecular sieve crystals from a synthesis mixture that comprises adding at least one flocculant having a certain molecular weight and a certain charge density that contribute to the acceleration of the settling rate of the molecular sieve crystals and compositions made from the method.
US07767864B2
The present invention provides a process for the hydroformylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds, which process comprises reacting said ethylenically unsaturated compound with carbon monoxide and hydrogen, in the presence of a catalyst system and a solvent, the catalyst system obtainable by combining: a) a metal of Group VIII or a compound thereof; and b) a bidentate phosphine, the process characterized in that a chlorine moiety is present in at least one of the said Group VIII metal compound or said solvent.
US07767859B2
A method of producing a primary amine by the hydrogenation of a nitrile in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt and iron. Before use in the hydrogenation of nitrile, the hydrogenation catalyst is pretreated with at least one treating agent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, esters and carbon monoxide at 150 to 500° C.
US07767852B2
Process for preparing aminodihalophosphines, diaminohalophosphines, triaminophosphines, phosphorous ester diamides, aminophosphines, diaminophosphines, phosphorous ester amide halides and aminophosphine halides with elimination of an acid in the presence of an auxiliary base, wherein the auxiliary base b) and the acid form a salt which is liquid at temperatures at which the desired product is not significantly decomposed during the process of separating off the liquid salt and c) the salt of the auxiliary base forms two immiscible liquid phases with the desired product or the solution of the desired product in a suitable solvent.
US07767847B2
The invention relates to N-(trans-4-isopropylcyclohexylcarbonyl)-D-phenylalanine (nateglinide) in the novel crystalline form “G” and a process for the preparation thereof. A process for the preparation of chirally pure nateglinide by treating a lower alkyl ester thereof with a base to yield an alkali salt and liberating the product from said salt by proper addition of an acid, is also provided. Still another aspect of the invention is a process for the preparation of nateglinide in the crystalline form “H” from other crystalline modifications of nateglinide.
US07767844B2
The present invention at first prepares a penta-alkyl DTPA and then processes a regioselective hydrolysis over the penta-alkyl DTPA while using a metal ion as a catalyst to obtain a tetra-alkyl DTPA, where, by the above two steps, a monoreactive DTPA derivative is manufactured.
US07767843B2
A process for the preparation of aminoalkyl phenyl carbamate compounds of Formula I, wherein R1 and R2 independently are hydrogen or a C1-6 alkyl; R3 and R4 are the same or different and each is a C1-6 alkyl; or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a cyclic three to eight membered ring, with or without a heteroatom like nitrogen or oxygen; R5 and R6 independently are hydrogen, linear, branched or cyclic C1-6 alkyl; or R5 and R6 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a cyclic three to eight membered ring, with or without a heteroatom like nitrogen or oxygen; the carbon centre designated “*” can be racemic or enantiomerically enriched in the (R)- or (S)- configuration; and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
US07767839B2
A process of preparing alkyl esters of free fatty acids, including, but not limited to, biodiesels is described herein.
US07767838B2
The invention provides a process for producing a monoglyceride-containing composition by reacting glycerin with at least one kind of acyl-containing compound selected from fatty acid and glycerin ester, the reaction being conducted with a catalyst containing at least one metal selected from iron, cobalt and manganese in an amount of 0.1 to 60 ppm in terms of metal (weight ratio to the total weight of glycerin and the acyl-containing compound), as well as a process for producing a monoglyceride-containing composition by reacting glycerin with at least one kind of acyl-containing compound selected from fatty acid and glycerin ester, including a step of maintaining the amount of water at 500 to 5000 ppm in the reaction system after the degree of conversion in the reaction of glycerin with fatty acid reaches 90% or more based on the fatty acid, or during the ester exchange reaction of glycerin with glycerin ester.
US07767831B2
The present invention provides a novel process, novel process steps and novel intermediates useful in the synthesis of pharmaceutically active compounds, especially renin inhibitors, such as Aliskiren. Inter alia, the invention provides a process for the manufacture of a compound of the formula III, wherein R, R1, R2, R3 and PG are as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. The manufacture comprises (preferably consists of) reacting a compound of the formula I, with a reagent able to transform hydroxy into X where X is for example a leaving group.
US07767824B2
Heterocyclic compound represented by the formula I wherein represents or the like; R1 represents hydrogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl or benzyloxy; R2 represents methyl or nil; R3 represents hydrogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl or —CH2R5 [wherein R5 represents phenyl (which may be substituted with C1-C6 alkyl, halogen atom or cyano)] or thienyl; R4 represents C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl or —CH2R6 [wherein R6 represents phenyl (which may be substituted with C1-C6alkyl, halogen atom or cyano), naphtyl or thienyl]; or R3 is coupled with R4.
US07767820B2
Methods for preparing new substituted benzimidazole compounds having formula (I) useful for treating kinase mediated disorders are provided wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, a, b, and c are defined herein
US07767816B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, particularly of JAK family kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
US07767815B2
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides tricyclic compounds of formula I (wherein J1-J3, X, Z, and R1-R4 are as defined herein) useful as metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) antagonists, particularly as selective metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds and compositions to treat diseases associated with metabotropic glutamate receptor (e.g., mGluR1) such as, for example, pain, migraine, anxiety, urinary incontinence and neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer's disease.
US07767813B2
The present invention is directed to a novel method for the preparation of high purity irinotecan. This can be achieved by eliminating the excess of the other reagent, bipiperidinyl-1′-carbonyl chloride after it has reacted with 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy camptothecin and crystallizing the final product from a suitable solvent.
US07767806B2
A hyaluronic acid modification product includes a polymer bonded to hyaluronic acid, the polymer being polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid or lactic acid-glycolic acid copolymer, providing a drug carrier which efficiently encapsulates low molecular weight drugs and provides sustained-release over a long term, control of blood residence, is well dispersible in an aqueous solution, and has excellent biocompatibility.
US07767803B2
The present invention provides stabilized, high affinity nucleic acid ligands to PSMA. Methods for the identification and preparation of novel, stable, high affinity ligands to PSMA using the SELEX™ method with 2′-O-methyl substituted nucleic acids, and cell surface SELEX™ are described herein. Also included are methods and compositions for the treatment and diagnosis of disease characterized by PSMA expression, using the described nucleic acid ligands.
US07767795B2
The present disclosure provides an effective method for the refolding of denatured proteins in solution so that properly folded, biologically active protein in solution is recovered in high yield. The refolding takes place at pressures between about 0.25 kbar to about 3.5 kbar, advantageously at about 1.5 kbar to about 3 kbar. Typically a chaotropic agent is present at a concentration which is not effective for denaturing protein at atmospheric pressure, and optionally, oxidation-reduction reagents can be incorporated in the refolding solution so that native intramolecular disulfide bonds can be formed where that is desired. The method is applicable to substantially all proteins, especially after solubilization and/or denaturation of insoluble protein aggregates, inclusion bodies, or abnormal oligomeric (soluble) aggregates.
US07767789B2
Methods/reagents for detecting and/or treating cancers or potential cancers are disclosed. In one embodiment, methods and reagents for detecting truncated forms of P2X7 protein in cells are described. In one embodiment, methods and reagents for increasing the amount and/or activity of full-length P2X7 in cells are described. In one embodiment, methods and reagents for decreasing the amount and/or activity of truncated P2X7 in cells are described.
US07767784B2
Methods for preparing active carbonate esters of water-soluble polymers are provided. Also provided are other methods related to the active carbonate esters of water-soluble polymers, as well as corresponding compositions.
US07767782B2
The invention relates to a process for increasing the molecular weight of a polyamide via solid-state post-condensation by exposing the polyamide in the solid-state at elevated temperature to an inert gas atmosphere, that comprises a step (a) wherein the gas atmosphere to which the polyamide is exposed has a dew temperature Tdew-1, followed by a step (b) wherein the gas atmosphere to which the polyamide is exposed has a dew temperature Tdew-2, whereby Tdew-1 is higher than Tdew-2. The effect is that a high molecular weight polyamide can be obtained in a shorter production time.
US07767780B2
The present invention provides a light diffusing polycarbonate resin composition including a polycarbonate resin containing a polycarbonate copolymer which comprises a repeating unit represented by the general formula (I) shown below and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (II) shown below, which has a content of the repeating units of the general formula (II) of 1 to 30% by mass and which has a viscosity value of 30 to 71, and (B) a light diffusing agent compounded therein in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polycarbonate resin. The light diffusing polycarbonate resin composition and a light diffusing plate thereof show improved fluidity during molding and have excellent heat resistance, dimensional stability, luminance and color tone.
US07767778B2
The present invention relates to polyurethane powder coating compositions that do not split off blocking agents and have a low stoving temperature. The powder coating compositions contain a hydroxyl functional binder component having a content of carboxyl groups of from 0.5 to 2.0 wt. %, a polyaddition compound, at least one zinc compound as a hardening catalyst, and a compound reactive to carboxyl groups.
US07767776B2
The invention relates to a copolymer for a charge transport layer in an optoelectronic device and in particular in a light-emitting diode (LED), having a charge mobility of at least 1.0×1010 m2/V.s, and comprising at least a first and a second monomer, characterized in that the ratio of the solubilities of homopolymers made from the first and the second monomer in a first solvent is more than 10. This copolymer allows a (semi) conductive polymer to be cast to form a first layer and prevents it from being dissolved in the solvent of a subsequently deposited second, e.g. light-emitting layer. The invention further relates to a LED comprising a copolymer according to the invention.
US07767769B2
The invention relates to a method for producing esters from alcohols and olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids by reacting an alcohol with an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid or a reactive derivative thereof, in the presence of between 1 ppm and 1 wt. % of at least one oxazoline of formula 1, in relation to the weight of the reaction mixture of alcohol and olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid/carboxylic acid derivative, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 representing hydrogen or branched, linear, cyclical, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals containing up to 25 C atoms that can be substituted by heteroatoms, and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 being the same or different.
US07767762B2
Novel methods for forming copolymers, including block copolymers, which comprise one or more olefin units and one or more protected or unprotected hydroxystyrene units are provided.
US07767761B2
Polyolefin compositions comprising, by weight: A) 30-80% of a polyolefin component containing not less than 80% of a waste material selected from polyethylene, polypropylene or their mixtures; B) 20-70% of a heterophasic polyolefin composition having flexural modulus equal to or lower than 600 MPa.
US07767756B2
The application describes materials derived from keratin proteins in combination with polymers, either as intimate mixtures with water soluble polymers, or as chemically bound copolymers. The keratin protein is a specific keratin protein fraction, and is preferably intact, s-sulfonated and from the intermediate filament protein family. The application also describes the process for production of these materials.
US07767750B2
The present invention provides a composition containing a particulate solid, an organic medium and/or water and a compound of Formula (1) and salts thereof; wherein R is C1-50-optionally substituted hydrocarbyl; Y is C2-4-alkyleneoxy; T is C2-4 alkylene; A is the residue of a dibasic acid or anhydride thereof; Z is the residue of a polyamine and/or polyimine; W is the residue of an oxide, urea or dibasic acid or anhydride thereof; x is from 2 to 60; and v represents the maximum available number of amino and/or imino groups in Z which does not carry the group RO—(Y)x-T-NH-A-. The invention further discloses the composition as a dispersant for an organic media.
US07767741B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductive polymer composition comprising an olefin homo- or copolymer wherein the composition has a direct current volume resistivity of less than 1000 Ohm·cm at 90° C., an elongation at break which after aging for 240 hours at 135° C. does not change by more than 25%, and a total number of structures of 20 or less in the SIED test. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electric power cable comprising a conductor, a semiconducting layer and, adjacent to the semiconducting layer, an insulation layer, wherein the semiconducting layer is formed by said semiconductive polymer composition and to the use of said semiconducting polymer composition for the production of a semiconductive layer of an electric power cable.
US07767737B2
Aqueous polymer dispersions based on polychloroprene, and a process for their preparation and use. The aqueous polymer dispersions are produced from a polychloroprene dispersion having an average particle size of from 60 to 220 nm, and an aqueous silicon dioxide dispersion having an SiO2 particle diameter of from 1 to 400 nm.
US07767732B2
A flame-retardant biodegradable polyester resin composition which comprises 100 parts by mass of a biodegradable polyester resin, 0.01 to 20 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylate compound, and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a metal oxide and/or a metal hydroxide.
US07767729B2
A method for reducing odor arising from surfaces coated with latex paints. The method comprises combining in a latex paint: (i) at least one stabilizer; (ii) at least isothiazolone one biocide comprising 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one or 2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one; and (iii) at least one thickener comprising a polyurethane, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, an alkali soluble emulsion polymer, a hydrophobically modified alkali soluble emulsion polymer or a hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose.
US07767728B2
A curable composition is provided comprising an oligomer having a plurality of pendent and/or terminal ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable functional groups, a free-radically polymerizable crosslinking agent, and/or a diluent monomer, and a photoinitiator. The composition, when cured, is non-yellowing, exhibits low shrinkage and low birefringence making it suitable for many optical applications such as optical lenses, optical fibers, prisms, light guides, optical adhesives, and optical films.
US07767726B2
According to an aspect of the invention, medical devices are provided which contain at least one polymeric region. The polymeric region contains at least one copolymer, which includes at least one high Tg vinyl aromatic monomer and at least one low Tg monomer. Moreover, the polymeric region contains at least one surface sub-region that is crosslinked and at least one bulk sub-region that is substantially non-crosslinked. According to another aspect of the invention, a method is provided which includes exposing a polymeric region of a medical device to energetic species such that at least one surface sub-region of the polymeric region becomes crosslinked and at least one bulk sub-region remains substantially non-crosslinked. The polymeric region contains at least one copolymer, which includes at least one high Tg vinyl aromatic monomer and at least one low Tg monomer.
US07767722B2
Vulcanized rubber is devulcanized by contacting the vulcanized rubber with a terpentine liquid in a reaction mixture in the absence of an alkali metal.
US07767721B2
A soft agglomerate of copper oxide ultrafine particles which has an average primary particle diameter of not more than 100 nm and an average secondary particle diameter of not less than 0.2 μm and of producing the soft agglomerate by (1) forming ultrafine copper oxide by reducing a cuprous carboxyl compound in an aqueous solution, with hydrazine and/or a hydrazine derivative, optionally with a base and optionally with organic compounds, such as alcohol (e.g., ethylene glycol or ethanol), ether, ester or amide; and simultaneously or separately applying an agglomerating force, e.g., agglomerating agent; to produce copper oxide soft agglomerate. Alternatively (2), forming a colloidal dispersion of cuprous oxide ultrafine particles by heating and reducing at least one copper compound (e.g., copper carboxyl, copper alkoxy and copper diketonate compound) at a temperature of not lower than 160 ° C. and forming a soft agglomerate by either further heating the colloidal dispersion or by adding an agglomerating agent, e.g., monoalcohol, ether, ester, nitrite, amide and imide. Colloidal dispersions are formed by separating and redispersing the soft agglomerate. Cuprous oxide ultrafine particles are used as fillers, such as electroconductive paste and electroconductive ink, and manufacture of copper-oxide ultrafine particle colloid dispersion liquid used as inkjet ink.
US07767717B2
The present invention provides a method for treating or preventing excessive scarring, including keloid and hypertrophic scars, by administering 4-hydroxy tamoxifen to a patient with excessive scarring or a wound at risk for developing excessive scarring.
US07767712B2
The present invention relates to a storage-stable aqueous or gel-like composition or solution comprising a magnesium compound selected from a magnesium salt or a magnesium complex compound, and L-carnitine, and the use thereof for the preparation of a medicament for supporting metabolism, in particular in muscle tissue, and for supporting muscle structure, and its use as food supplement or in the veterinary sector as animal feed additive, in particular for horses, poultry, pigeons, pigs, cattle, sheep and camels.
US07767700B2
The invention relates to methods for decreasing adverse events associated with pirfenidone (5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone) therapy. The invention discloses an optimized dose escalation scheme that results in the patient having increased tolerance to adverse events associated with the administration of pirfenidone. The invention also discloses a starter pack that may be used in conjunction with the dose escalation scheme.
US07767699B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I): (where R1, Q, A and R2 are disclosed herein) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Pyridine-alkynyl Compound”); pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of a Pyridine-alkynyl Compound; and methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain, urinary incontinence, an addictive disorder, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, anxiety, epilepsy, a seizure, stroke, a pruritic condition, psychosis, a cognitive disorder, a memory deficit, restricted brain function, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, retinopathy, a muscle spasm, a migraine, vomiting, dyskinesia or depression in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Pyridine-alkynyl Compound.
US07767694B2
The present invention is directed to a method of treating gastrointestinal motility disorders in a subject in need thereof which includes: administering a therapeutically effective amount of O-(3-piperidino-2-hydroxypropyl) nicotinic amidoxime or a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof, wherein the gastrointestinal motility disorders include reflux esophagitis, type II biliary and pancreatic sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, type III biliary and pancreatic sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, postcholecystectomy syndrome, non-ulcerative colitis or fecal incontinences.
US07767689B2
In accordance with the present invention, compounds that inhibit the expression of VEGF post-transcriptionally have been identified, and methods for their use provided. In one aspect of the invention, compounds useful in the inhibition of VEGF production, in the treatment of solid tumor cancer, and in reducing plasma and/or tumor VEGF levels, are provided. In another aspect of the invention, methods are provided for the inhibition of VEGF production, the treatment of cancer, and the reduction of plasma and/or tumor VEGF levels, using the compounds of the invention.
US07767686B2
A mammal undergoing an ablation procedure is treated for symptoms associated with adenosine by administering one or more adenosine receptor antagonists to the mammal prior to or during the procedure.
US07767684B2
Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic protein family members, compositions containing the compounds and uses of the compounds for preparing medicaments for treating diseases during which occurs expression one or more than one of an anti-apoptotic protein family member.
US07767680B2
In general, the invention relates to novel 4-phenylpyrimidine compounds useful as ion channel modulators. It has now been found that compounds of this invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels and/or calcium channels.
US07767678B2
This invention is directed to a crystalline 4-[(2,4-dichloro-5-methoxyphenyl)amino]-6-methoxy-7-[3-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)propoxy]-3-quinolinecarbonitrile monohydrate having an x-ray diffraction pattern wherein 2θ angles (°) of significant peaks are at about: 9.19, 11.48, 14.32, 19.16, 19.45, 20.46, 21.29, 22.33, 23.96, 24.95, 25.29, 25.84, 26.55, 27.61, and 29.51, and a transition temperature of about 109° C. to about 115° C.
US07767677B2
Methods of treating an SCD-mediated disease or condition in a mammal, preferably a human, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a compound of formula (I): where x, y, G, J, K, L, M, V R2, R3, R4, R5, R5a, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8 and R8a are defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) are also disclosed.
US07767669B2
Compounds having formula I are provided where the variables have the values described herein. Pharmaceutical formulations include the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and combinations with other agents. A method of treating a patient comprises administering a pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention to a patient in need thereof.
US07767668B2
The present invention provides compositions, desirably pharmaceutical compositions, containing micronized tanaproget. The compositions can also contain microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, anhydrous lactose, magnesium stearate, micronized edetate calcium disodium hydrous, and micronized sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate. The compositions are useful in contraception and hormone replacement therapy and in the treatment and/or prevention of uterine myometrial fibroids, benign prostatic hypertrophy, benign and malignant neoplastic disease, dysfunctional bleeding, uterine leiomyomata, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and carcinomas and adenocarcinomas of the pituitary, endometrium, kidney, ovary, breast, colon, and prostate and other hormone-dependent tumors, and in the preparation of medicaments useful therefor. Additional uses include stimulation of food intake.
US07767664B2
The present invention relates to a new class of plant growth regulators. In particular, the invention relates to fused azepinone derivative of general formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof wherein X is CO2R2 or H; Y is OH; NHNR3R4, NHNHC(═Z)NR5R6 or NHNHC(═Z)CR7R8R9; or X and Y together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached form a ring of formula (A) and a method for treatment of plants with such compounds in order to induce growth regulating responses.
US07767661B2
The present invention implements a strategy that combines an enzyme inhibition assay with a chemical dereplication process to identify active plant extracts and the particular compounds—diarylalkanes and/or diarylalkanols within those extracts that specifically inhibit binuclear enzyme function. Included in the present invention are compositions of matter comprised of one or more of diarylalkanes and/or diarylalkanols, which inhibit the activity of binuclear enzymes, particularly tyrosinase and which prevent melanin overproduction. The present invention also provides a method for inhibiting the activity of a binuclear enzyme, particularly tyrosinase and a method for preventing and treating diseases and conditions related to binuclear enzyme function. The present invention further includes a method for preventing and treating melanin overproduction and diseases and conditions of the skin related thereto. The method for preventing and treating diseases and conditions related to binuclear enzyme function and melanin overproduction is comprised of administering to a host in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more diarylalkanes and/or diarylalkanols synthesized and/or isolated from one or more plants together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US07767659B2
Ecteinascidin compounds with a quinone ring for ring E are active as anti-cancer agents. Related processes and compounds are provided.
US07767658B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one vaccine antigen, which also comprises at least one phosphoric ester derivative of phosphatidylcholine having the structure: in which: R1 is a lower alkyl, R2 and R3 are identical or different, and can each represent linear hydrocarbon-based chains having from 13 to 21 carbon atoms.
US07767654B2
Methods for treating bleeding disorders using non-anticoagulant sulfated polysaccharides (NASPs) as procoagulants are disclosed. NASPs can be administered as single agents, or in combination with one another, or with other medications (such as factors VII, VIII and IX) to promote hemostasis. In particular, the use of NASPs in treatment of bleeding disorders, including congenital coagulation disorders, acquired coagulation disorders, and trauma induced hemorrhagic conditions is described.
US07767646B2
Provided are methods of screening compounds for any aspirin-related activity other than TAFI inhibition, and also for non-inhibition of TAFI. Compounds identified by the screening methods can be used to treat, prevent or manage in a patient pain, fever, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer or an inflammatory, platelet aggregation, fibrinolytic or hemorrhagic disease or disorder. Also provided is a method of evaluating test compounds for TAFI inhibitory activity wherein the TAFI inhibitory activity of these test compounds is compared to the TAFI inhibitory activity of aspirin or its derivatives or metabolites. Further provided is a method of treating, preventing or managing in a patient, a hemorrhagic or thrombotic disease or disorder with high dose aspirin or aspirin derivatives or metabolites. Also contemplated is a method of treating, preventing or managing in a patient, pain, fever, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer or an inflammatory, platelet aggregation, fibrinolytic or hemorrhagic disease or disorder comprising administering aspirin or a derivative thereof or any other therapeutic having at least one desired therapeutic or prophylactic activity of aspirin to a patient in need thereof and administering to the patient a factor that promotes TAFIa activity, e.g. stabilized TAFIa, to ameliorate one or more adverse side effects of the therapeutic. Compounds identified by the methods of the invention are also provided.
US07767645B2
Disclosed are compounds represented by the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof, wherein R1-R6 are as defined in the specification. These compounds are targeted for use as inhibitors of SH2 domain binding with a phosphoprotein, and are contemplated for use in a number of diseases including cancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US07767635B2
Azeotrope-like compositions comprising 1-methoxy-2-propanol and a hydrofluoroether, and uses thereof, are described.
US07767630B2
The present invention relates to the use of chalcogen heterocyclic electron donating compounds as thermal decomposition reduction additives for gels used in well treatment fluids such as drilling fluids, fracturing fluids, and well completion and workover fluids.
US07767622B2
In automotive exhaust gas catalysts with a metallic honeycomb composed of corrugated and smooth sheet layers, it is known that the heat capacity and thermal conductivity of the honeycomb can be reduced by perforations in the sheet layers. As a result, the honeycomb heats up more rapidly and the catalytic coating applied on the honeycomb reaches its operating temperature more rapidly. A disadvantage here is the reduction in the support surface area by the perforations in the sheet layers. According to the invention, suitable adjustment of the properties of the coating suspension used for the catalytic coating and of the dimensions of the holes relative to one another allows the holes to be filled permanently with catalyst material. The resulting catalyst has, at the same coating concentration as a catalyst with unperforated sheet layers, a significantly reduced heat capacity and thermal conductivity.
US07767621B2
Processes for preparing diatomaceous earth filter aids having a reduced beer soluble iron content, diatomaceous earth filter aids and compositions comprising the same, and methods for using the improved diatomaceous earth filter aids are disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are processes for reducing beer soluble iron content by saturated steam treatment of a diatomaceous earth material in an enclosed vessel.
US07767613B2
Polyethylene which comprises ethylene homopolymers and copolymers of ethylene with α-olefins and has a molar mass distribution width Mw/Mn of from 6 to 100, a density of from 0.89 to 0.97 g/cm3, a weight average molar mass Mw of from 5000 g/mol to 700,000 g/mol and has from 0.01 to 20 branches/1000 carbon atoms and at least 0.5 vinyl groups/1000 carbon atoms, wherein the 5-50% by weight of the polyethylene having the lowest molar masses have a degree of branching of less than 10 branches/1000 carbon atoms and the 5-50% by weight of the polyethylene having the highest molar masses have a degree of branching of more than 2 branches/1000 carbon atoms, a process for its preparation, catalysts suitable for its preparation and also fibers, moldings, films or polymer blends in which this polyethylene is present.
US07767609B1
A method for recovering reforming catalyst comprises obtaining spent reforming catalysts; immersing the spent reforming catalysts with different degrees of aging into a light solution to obtain immersed catalysts and allowing the light solution to enter pores in the spent reforming catalysts to lower a pseudo-skeletal density of each spent reforming catalyst to obtain immersed catalysts; immersing the immersed catalysts into a heavy solution that has a density greater than pseudo-skeletal density of the immersed catalysts and replacing the light solution in the pores in the immersed catalysts by the heavy solution to increase density of the immersed catalysts; and awaiting the immersed catalysts to settle in the heavy solution to obtain settled catalysts, wherein different settling velocities due to aging creates layers of settled catalysts. Therefore, the reforming catalysts with different degrees of aging are easily classified into different layers, which can be reused for cost saving.
US07767587B2
Interconnect structures possessing a non-porous (dense) low-k organosilicate glass (OSG) film utilizing a porous low-k OSG film as an etch stop layer or a porous low-k OSG film using a non-porous OSG film as a hardmask for use in semiconductor devices are provided herein. The novel interconnect structures are capable of delivering improved device performance, functionality and reliability owing to the reduced effective dielectric constant of the stack compared with that of those conventionally employed and also because of the relatively uniform line heights made feasible by these unique and seemingly counterintuitive features. The present invention also provides a fluorocarbon-based dual damascene etch process that achieves selective etching of a dense low-k OSG films relative to that of a porous low-k OSG film owing to the tunability of the gas-phase fluorine:carbon ratio (gas dissociation) and ion current below a critical threshold and given the larger carbon content of the porous film relative to that of the dense film.
US07767579B2
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a transistor structure having one of an embedded epitaxial stressed material in a source and drain region and a stressed channel and well, subjecting the transistor structure to plasma oxidation, and removing spacer material from the transistor structure.
US07767576B2
A method of forming a wire structure connecting to a bonding pad of a semiconductor chip includes depositing a passivation layer on an active surface of the semiconductor chip, depositing a seed metal layer on the bonding pad and the passivation layer, depositing a metal layer on the seed metal layer, etching selected portions of the seed metal layer, leaving unetched a first area, overlapping the bonding pad and a second area overlapping a connection pad, wherein the wire structure is formed by the metal layer being electrically connected to the bonding pad and the connection pad, but floating from the passivation layer, and depositing an insulting layer on the wire structure.
US07767574B2
The present invention provides a method of forming a micro metal bump, which is capable of stably and industrially forming a micro metal bump, by a gas deposition process, at a prescribed position of a metal part formed on one side surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: forming a straight hole (34) in a mask layer (30) covering one side surface of a substrate (10) on which a wiring pattern (12) is formed, wherein a prescribed position of the wiring pattern (12) is exposed in a bottom surface of the straight hole and the straight hole has an inner wall perpendicular to the one side surface of the substrate (10) and a sharp top opening portion; providing a metal plate, whose area is larger than that of the substrate (10), on the other side surface of the substrate (10) as a heat sink; placing the substrate (10) and the metal plate in a vacuum; forming a tapered metal bump (14) on the exposed surface of the wiring pattern (12), which is exposed in the bottom surface of the straight hole (34), by a gas deposition process, in which metal nanoparticles obtained by evaporating a metal are ejected from a nozzle together with a carrier gas so as to deposit on the prescribed position, with cooling the substrate (10) to a temperature lower than upper temperature limit of resin constituting the mask layer (30), by the metal plate as the heat sink, so as to retain a configuration of the straight hole (34); and removing the mask layer (30) from the one side surface of the substrate so as to complete the tapered metal bump (14) at the prescribed position of the wiring pattern (12).
US07767570B2
A method of making an integrated circuit includes providing a low-k dielectric layer on a substrate, the low-k dielectric layer including or adjacent to a plurality of conductive features; patterning the low-k dielectric layer to form trenches; patterning the low-k dielectric layer to form conductive vias and dummy vias, wherein each of the conductive vias is aligned with at least one of the plurality of the conductive features and at least one of the trenches, and each of the dummy vias is a distance above the plurality of conductive features; filling the trenches, conductive vias, and dummy vias using one or more conductive materials; and planarizing the conductive material(s).
US07767564B2
The present invention is directed to an electrical device that comprises a first and a second fiber having a core of thermoelectric material embedded in an electrically insulating material, and a conductor. The first fiber is doped with a first type of impurity, while the second fiber is doped with a second type of impurity. A conductor is coupled to the first fiber to induce current flow between the first and second fibers.
US07767559B2
A process for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: introducing into an amorphous silicon film, a metallic element which accelerates the crystallization of the amorphous silicon film; applying heat treatment to the amorphous silicon film to obtain a crystalline silicon film; irradiating a laser beam or an intense light to the crystalline silicon film; and heat treating the crystalline silicon film irradiated with a laser beam or an intense light.
US07767551B2
After a film layer 6 formed from a die attach film 4 and a UV tape 5 has been provided as a mask on a semiconductor wafer 1, boundary trenches 7 for partitioning semiconductor elements 2 formed on a circuit pattern formation surface 1a are formed in the film layer 6, thereby making a surface 1c of a semiconductor wafer 1 exposed. The exposed surface 1c of the semiconductor wafer 1 in the boundary trenches 7 is etched by means of plasma of a fluorine-based gas, and the semiconductor wafer 1 is sliced into semiconductor chips 1′ along the boundary trenches 7.
US07767543B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a micro-electro-mechanical-device having a microstructure and a semiconductor element over one surface. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for simplifying the process of forming the microstructure and the semiconductor element over one surface. A space in which the microstructure is moved, that is, a movable space for the microstructure is formed by processing an insulating layer which is formed in a process of forming the semiconductor element. The movable space can be formed by forming the insulating layer having a plurality of openings and making the openings face each other to be overlapped each other.
US07767526B1
Trench gate MOSFET devices may be formed using a single mask to define gate trenches and body contact trenches. A hard mask is formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A trench mask is applied on the hard mask to predefine a body contact trench and a gate trench. These predefined trenches are simultaneously etched into the substrate to a first predetermined depth. A gate trench mask is next applied on top of the hard mask. The gate trench mask covers the body contact trenches and has openings at the gate trenches that are wider than those trenches. The gate trench, but not the body contact trench, is etched to a second predetermined depth. Conductive material of a first kind may fill the gate trench to form a gate. Conductive material of a second kind may fill the body contact trench to form a body contact.
US07767519B2
In general, in one aspect, a method includes forming a semiconductor fin. A first insulating layer is formed adjacent to the semiconductor fin. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer and the semiconductor fin. A first trench is formed in the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer therebelow. The first trench is filed with a polymer. A third insulating layer is formed over the polymer. A second trench is formed in the third insulating layer, wherein the second trench is above the first trench and extends laterally therefrom. The polymer is removed from the first trench. A capacitor is formed within the first and the second trenches.
US07767515B2
Roughly described, methods and systems for improving integrated circuit layouts and fabrication processes in order to better account for stress effects. Dummy features can be added to a layout either in order to improve uniformity, or to relax known undesirable stress, or to introduce known desirable stress. The dummy features can include dummy diffusion regions added to relax stress, and dummy trenches added either to relax or enhance stress. A trench can relax stress by filling it with a stress-neutral material or a tensile strained material. A trench can increase stress by filling it with a compressive strained material. Preferably dummy diffusion regions and stress relaxation trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of N-channel transistors, and transversely to at least the channel regions of both N-channel and P-channel transistors. Preferably stress enhancement trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of P-channel transistors.
US07767509B2
Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include implanting the source/drain region, forming a multilayer cap on the source/drain region, annealing the source/drain region, and removing the multilayer cap.
US07767504B2
A method for forming a film pattern by disposing a functional liquid in a pattern forming region partitioned by a bank includes: disposing a first bank forming material to a substrate so as to form a first bank layer; and forming a second bank layer on the first bank layer, wherein the first bank forming material is an organic material while the second bank layer is made of a fluorine resin material covering the first bank layer.
US07767503B2
Channel depth in a field effect transistor is limited by an intra-layer structure including a discontinuous film or layer formed within a layer or substrate of semiconductor material. Channel depth can thus be controlled much in the manner of SOI or UT-SOI technology but with less expensive substrates and greater flexibility of channel depth control while avoiding floating body effects characteristic of SOI technology. The profile or cross-sectional shape of the discontinuous film may be controlled to an ogee or staircase shape to improve short channel effects and reduce source/drain and extension resistance without increase of capacitance. Materials for the discontinuous film may also be chosen to impose stress on the transistor channel from within the substrate or layer and provide increased levels of such stress to increase carrier mobility. Carrier mobility may be increased in combination with other meritorious effects.
US07767495B2
A semiconductor device and manufacturing method. One embodiment provides at least two semiconductor chips. A dielectric material is applied to the at least two semiconductor chips to attach the at least two semiconductor chips to each other. A portion of the dielectric material is selectively removed between the at least two semiconductor chips to form at least one recess in the dielectric material. Metal particles including paste is applied to the at least one recess in the dielectric material.
US07767481B2
Disclosed are an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of increasing a light absorbing coefficient by forming a rough surface on a photodiode. The image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate with a plurality of photodiodes thereon having rough upper surfaces, a dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, a color filter layer on the dielectric layer, a planarization layer on an entire surface of the semiconductor substrate including the color filter layer, and a plurality of micro-lenses formed on the planarization layer to correspond to the color filter layer.
US07767479B2
Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes.
US07767474B2
A drive film, a drive package for an organic light emitting diode display, an organic light emitting diode display including the same, and a method thereof are provided wherein the drive film includes a base film having an input terminal and an output terminal, a plurality of first signal lines formed on the base film, and a plurality of second signal lines formed on the base film and disposed between the first signal lines at the output terminal.
US07767473B2
A method increases a reliability of packaged semiconductor integrated circuit dice by identifying one or more dice on a wafer having failed an electrical test. One or more failed dice are added to a character map. A first tier of buffer dice is added to the initial character map adjacent to each die on the character map. Both the failed dice and the first tier of buffer dice are indicated or marked, such as by inking, thereby indicating dice not requiring packaging. A wafer may include multiple die, with die corresponding to the die in the character map being marked. The marked die thus include die that have failed an electrical test plus die that may be likely to fail in the future due to their proximity to the failed die.
US07767469B2
A magnetic random access memory includes, a lower electrode, a magnetoresistive element which is arranged above the lower electrode and has side surfaces, and a protective film which covers the side surfaces of the magnetoresistive element, has a same planar shape as the lower electrode, and is formed by one of sputtering, plasma CVD, and ALD.
US07767468B2
Improved methods for the separation, isolation, enrichment, or detection of target molecules, such as nucleic acids and proteins, within dilute or heterogeneous samples, such as bodily fluids, excreta or tissue samples, are disclosed. The methods include repetitively and rapidly passing a sample across at least one region of a conduit in which at least one region includes a binding partner specific for the target molecule. In certain methods, at least one other region includes binding partners specific for non-target molecules. The sample may be passed over the binding partner in the same direction if the conduit is a loop or in an antiparallel direction (i.e., back and forth over the binding partner). In an embodiment, the sample is electrophoresed through or over an electrophoretic medium, in which at least one region includes a binding partner for the target molecule. The invention also provides apparatus and sample preparation systems adapted for use in the methods.
US07767466B2
A method for filtrating liquid sample such as blood or the like with a filter member utilizing inner vacuum, the same enabling completion of filtration without removing a stopper, and superior in safety and being free from contamination.In collecting and filtrating the liquid sample using a sample collection vessel 1, in which a sample-collecting part 3 containing a filter member 4 is inserted in a vacuumed sample-storing part 2, the sample storing part 2 and sample-collecting part 3 are air-tightly sealed with a stopper 5, the liquid sample such as blood or the like collected in the sample-collecting part 3 is filtrated by the filter member 4. When the filtration stops, a hollow needle 12 is pierced through the stopper 5 and thus the sample-collecting part 3 is communicated with atmosphere, thereby the pressure in the sample-collecting part 3 being enhanced upper than in atmosphere to enable the filtration again.
US07767462B2
An acid or base is generated in an aqueous solution by the steps of: (a) providing a source of first ions adjacent an aqueous liquid in a first acid or base generation zone, separated by a first barrier (e.g., anion exchange membrane) substantially preventing liquid flow and transporting ions only of the same charge as said first ions, (b) providing a source of second ions of opposite charge adjacent an aqueous liquid in a second acid or base generation zone, separated by a second barrier transporting ions only of the same charge as the second ions, and (c) transporting ions across the first barrier by applying an electrical potential through said first and second zones to generate an acid-containing aqueous solution in one of said first or second zones and a base-containing aqueous solution in the other one which may be combined to form a salt. Also, electrolytic apparatus for performing the above method.
US07767458B2
A method is disclosed of assaying circulating microparticles contained in a sample of whole blood or blood plasma from a patient to determine the patient's ability to generate thrombin or Factor Xa as blood-clotting factors, wherein the circulating microparticles are microparticles of platelets, endothelial cells, monocytes, and smooth muscle cells, which carry on their surfaces both negatively charged phospholipids as well as tissue factor. The results of the assay may be used to determine the ability of the patient to generate thrombin or Factor Xa as blood clotting factor based upon the circulating microparticles.
US07767457B2
An investigation process includes dispersing particulate taggants at a transit point with recordation of the transit point location. A subject passing the transit point has adhered to them at least one taggant from the transit point. Collection of the at least one taggant from the area of investigation allows an investigator to assign the location of the dispersal step to a path taken by the subject between the transit point and the area of investigation.
US07767456B2
The present invention concerns a composition comprising complexes of cationic chitosan oligomers derived from the cationic polysaccharide chitosan, wherein said cationic oligomers contain a weight fraction of less than 20% of oligomers with a Degree of Polymerization (DP)<10 in addition to a weight fraction of less than 20% with DP>50, and a nucleic acid. These compositions comprising well-defined cationic chitosan oligomers having a certain distribution of chain lengths, and nucleic acid are advantageous to achieve delivery of the nucleic acid into cells of a selected tissue, and to obtain in vivo expression of the desired molecules encoded for by the nucleic acid.
US07767452B2
Certain embodiments here in are directed to a method of treating a tissue associated with a defect in a human including wrinkles, rhytids, depressed scar, cutaneous depressions, stretch marks, hyperplasia of the lip, nasolabial fold, melolabial fold, scarring from acne vulgaris, and post-rhinoplasty irregularity. The tissue defect may be treated by introducing a plurality of in vitro cultured autologous fibroblast cells at or proximal to the defect area of the patient's tissue. The autologous fibroblast cells may have been cultured in vitro to expand the number of fibroblast cells in at least one medium that comprises autologous serum. The autologous fibroblast cell cultures may be derived from connective tissue, dermal, fascial fibroblasts, papillary fibroblasts, and/or reticular fibroblasts.
US07767446B2
A bioreactor system comprising a multi-well platform including an array of bioreactor units. The bioreactor system comprises a perfusion unit and a fluid source unit fluidly interconnected by a pumping unit. The perfusion unit comprises a multi-well plate including a plurality of main chambers configured to house or contain a cell culture and in each bioreactor unit an independent cell study or experiment may be performed.
US07767445B2
A porous chamber for tissue culture in vitro. The porous chamber includes a main body made of porous biologically absorbable polymer material, comprising an inner surface surrounding a hollow cavity, the hollow cavity having an aperture opened at an upper surface of the main body, wherein the aperture is communicated with outside of the main body for seeding tissue blocks in the hollow cavity, and an upper cover passing through the upper surface of the main body to seal the aperture to prevent the tissue blocks from outflowing.
US07767434B2
Methods of fixing and processing tissue and samples on a membrane by using ultrasound radiation as a part of the method are presented. Ultrasound of a frequency in the range of 0.1-50 MHz is used and the sample or tissue receives 0.1-200 W/cm2 of ultrasound intensity. The use of ultrasound allows much shorter times in the methods. Also presented are apparati comprising transducers of one or of multiple heads for producing the ultrasound radiation and further comprising a central processing unit and optionally comprising one or more sensors. Sensors can include those to measure and monitor ultrasound and temperature. This monitoring system allows one to achieve accurate and optimum tissue fixation and processing without overfixation and tissue damage. The system also allows the performance of antigen-antibody reactions or nucleic acid hybridizations to be completed in a very short time while being highly specific and with a very low or no background.
US07767427B2
The present invention relates to a production method of an oil containing triglyceride in which medium chain fatty acids are bound to the 1- and 3-positions of the triglyceride and polyunsaturated fatty acid is bound to the 2 position by allowing lipase, which specifically acts on ester bonds at the 1- and 3-positions that has been immobilized on a porous ion exchange resin support having a pore size of about 100 Angstroms or more, to act on a mixture of medium-chain fatty acids and raw material oil containing at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid selected from the group consisting of ω6 series polyunsaturated fatty acid having 18 or more carbon atoms and 3 or more double bonds and ω9 series polyunsaturated fatty acid having 18 or more carbon atoms and 2 or more double bonds, but not containing ω3 series polyunsaturated fatty acid, oils and fats or triglycerides obtained by that method, and the use of the oils and fats or triglycerides in a food, beverage or pharmaceutical composition.
US07767421B2
The present invention relates to methods for the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in vitro and in vivo. Certain methods are provided that include a [3+2] cycloaddition between a nucleotide analogue incorporated into a nucleic acid polymer and a reagent attached to a label. Other methods are provided that include a Staudinger ligation between a nucleotide analogue incorporated into a nucleic acid polymer and a reagent comprising a substituted triarylphosphine attached to a label. Such methods do not require fixation and denaturation and therefore can be applied to the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in living cells and in organisms. Also provided are methods for measuring cellular proliferation. In these methods, the amount of label incorporated into the DNA is measured as an indication of cellular proliferation. The methods of the invention can be used in a wide variety of applications including clinical diagnosis of diseases and disorders in which cellular proliferation is involved, toxicity assays, and as a tool for the study of chromosomes' ultrastructures.
US07767417B2
The present invention relates to a method of identifying compounds as candidate drugs for treatment of cancer by providing a cell expressing a GTPase protein that is regulated by a prenyl-electrostatic switch, contacting the cell with compounds to be evaluated, and selecting compounds able to regulate charge at the prenyl-electrostatic switch in the GTPase protein as candidate drugs for treatment of cancer. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer in a patient. An isolated antibody which binds to a phosphorylated prenyl-electrostatic switch on a K-Ras4B protein is also disclosed, as is a kit for detecting phosphorylation of a prenyl-electrostatic switch in a K-Ras4B protein which includes a labeled antibody and a device to detect the label. Also disclosed is a method of detecting phosphorylation of a prenyl-electrostatic switch on a K-Ras4B protein in a biological sample.
US07767414B1
Imaging specimen such as biological tissue is facilitated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a relatively thin, surface portion of a specimen is stained and imaged. The thin portion is removed, exposing a new portion of the specimen. The newly-exposed portion is stained and imaged. Subsequent new surface portions (newly exposed) are similarly stained and imaged, with multiple images obtained from the specimen in an automated fashion. Some applications are directed to the distinct imaging of specimen characteristics having relatively small vertical separation (e.g., less than about 40 nanometers), with an upper characteristic imaged, removed, and the lower characteristic subsequently imaged.
US07767409B2
Provided is a detection method including exposing, to contact with a surface to which a cofactor has been bound, a nuclear receptor protein serving as a counterpart of the cofactor and a test sample; and detecting a substance which is contained in the test sample and which binds to the nuclear receptor, on the basis of a change in degree of binding between the nuclear receptor protein and the cofactor. The detection method is means for detecting a living-body-related substance, which means employs a nuclear receptor-cofactor system, exhibits detection high sensitivity, provides a convenient detection process, and realizes efficient establishment of a detection system.
US07767408B2
A method of characterizing the biological activity of a candidate compound may include exposing cells to the candidate compound, and then exposing the cells to a repetitive application of electric fields so as to set the transmembrane potential to a level corresponding to a pre-selected voltage dependent state of a target ion channel.
US07767403B2
The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
US07767398B2
Nucleic acid molecules encoding an ATP-gated ion channel P2X7R which contains a mutation or a deletion are disclosed. Polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecules and antibodies that specifically are directed to these polypeptides are disclosed. Aptamers that specifically bind the nucleic acid molecules, and primers for selectively amplifying the nucleic acid molecules are provided, kits, compositions, particularly pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors, polypeptides, aptamers, antibodies and/or primers, are provided. Methods for diagnosing affective disorders associated with a non-functional P2X7R protein, an altered ATP-gating of the P2X7R protein, an over- or underexpression of the P2X7R protein or associated with the presence of any one of the nucleic acid molecules or polypeptides encoded thereby are disclosed. Additionally, the present invention relates to uses and methods for treating affective disorders employing a functional or non-functional ATP-gated ion-channel P2X7R, such as treatment with modulators of P2X7R activity.
US07767391B2
The invention is based on the use of intronic RNA in monitoring gene expression. Accordingly, the present invention concerns methods of gene expression profiling using intronic RNA, the expression of which correlates with the expression of corresponding exonic RNA, and diagnostic and prognostic methods based on the results of such gene expression studies.
US07767388B2
A method for monitoring the stereoselectivity of at least one organic chemical reaction and the relative rate of at least one organic chemical reaction, wherein the reaction produces a product that can exist as at least two stereoisomers, is provided herein. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and preparing catalysts for the above reactions.
US07767380B2
A negative-working photopolymerization type photosensitive lithographic printing plate precursor capable of conducting image recording with laser, includes: a hydrophilic support; a photopolymerizable photosensitive layer containing (i) a sensitizing dye having an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of from 360 to 450 nm, (ii) a hexaarylbiimidazole compound and (iii) an addition polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; and a protective layer, in this order, wherein the protective layer has oxygen permeability at 25° C. under one atmosphere of from 25 ml/m2·day to 200 ml/m2·day.
US07767379B2
There is provided a positive resist composition including a resin component (A) which displays increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid, and an acid generator component (B) which generates an acid upon exposure, wherein the resin component (A) includes a polymer compound (A1) containing a structural unit (a0) represented by a general formula (a0-1) shown below, and a structural unit (a1) derived from an acrylate ester which has an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group: (in the formula (a0-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a halogenated lower alkyl group; two of R′ each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or an alkoxy group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms; X represents an alkylene group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom.).
US07767377B2
The present invention is a positive type resist composition comprising a resin component (A) for use in a resist, having alkali solubility which increases under the action of an acid, an acid generator component (B) which generates an acid upon being exposed, and an organic solvent which dissolves the resin component (A) and the acid generator component (B), wherein the resin component (A) contains the resin component (A1) for use in a resist having alkali solubility which increases under the action of an acid having the following structural units (a1), (a2) and (a3): structural unit (a1): a structural unit derived from an (α-lower alkyl) acrylic ester which contains acid-dissociable, dissolution-inhibiting groups expressed by the following general formula (1): [chemical formula 1] (in formula (1), R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R11represents acid-dissociable, dissolution-inhibiting groups consisting of chain tertiary alkyl groups), structural unit (a2): a structural unit derived from an (α-lower alkyl) acrylic ester which contains lactone-containing monocyclic or polycyclic groups, structural unit (a3): a structural unit derived from an (α-lower alkyl) acrylic ester which contains polycyclic and alicyclic hydrocarbon groups which contain polar groups.
US07767375B2
In a process for producing a polymerized toner, comprising Step 1 of preparing a polymerizable monomer composition and Step 2 of polymerizing the polymerizable monomer composition with a polymerization initiator to form colored polymer particles, Step 1 comprises Step A of finely dispersing the colorant in a liquid mixture containing the polymerizable monomer and the colorant, and further Step A comprises Step A1 of feeding a liquid mixture containing a polymerizable monomer and a colorant, which has a volume average particle diameter of 20 μm or larger and/or contains particles having a particle diameter of 51 μm or larger in a volume percentage of 20% or higher, to a dispersing machine of the type that mechanical shearing force is applied by rotation of an agitating blade to preliminarily disperse the colorant, and Step A2 of feeding the liquid mixture containing the colorant preliminarily dispersed in Step A1 to a media type dispersing machine equipped with a media-separating screen to more finely disperse the colorant in the liquid mixture.
US07767369B2
A photo-mask having a first exposure area, a second exposure area and a third exposure area is for manufacturing a thin-film transistor substrate. The photo-mask includes a first peripheral line pattern, a first dummy line pattern, a first overlapping pixel pattern and a second overlapping pixel pattern. The first peripheral line pattern is in the first exposure area. The first dummy line pattern is in the first exposure area and connected to the first peripheral line pattern. The first overlapping pixel pattern is in the first exposure area and connected to the first dummy line pattern. The first overlapping pixel pattern is complementary to the second overlapping pixel pattern in the second exposure area. After exposing through and overlapping the first and second overlapping pixel patterns, two patterns respectively formed from exposing through the first and second exposure area are unified.
US07767359B2
A device for producing water on board an aircraft includes at least one high temperature fuel cell entirely or partially integrated into a combustion chamber arrangement of a gas turbine aircraft engine. The combination of at least one fuel cell and a gas turbine engine is adapted to operate exclusively with hydrogen and atmospheric oxygen, and is embodied in an aircraft propulsion engine and/or an auxiliary power unit used for producing compressed air for a cabin and a power supply of the aircraft. The at least one high temperature fuel cell is fed with pure hydrogen on an anode side and with air on a cathode side. The combustion chambers of the turbine engine are fed with an air-hydrogen mixture, whereby at least the hydrogen supply can be regulated or completely shut off.
US07767339B2
A method for producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the steps of: (i) mixing a positive electrode active material, a first binder A and a dispersion medium to prepare a paste A, the active material comprising a lithium-containing transition metal oxide; (ii) mixing a conductive agent, a second binder B and a dispersion medium to prepare a paste B, the conductive agent comprising carbon black; (iii) mixing the paste A and the paste B to prepare a positive electrode material paste C; (iv) applying the positive electrode material paste C onto a positive electrode core member and rolling and drying the resultant member to prepare a positive electrode; and (v) fabricating a battery using the positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein contact angle θA between the non-aqueous electrolyte and the binder A and contact angle θB between the non-aqueous electrolyte and the binder B satisfy the formula (1): θB−θA≧15°.
US07767335B2
A battery assembly is provided for electrical concatenation in series. The battery assembly includes a plurality of battery packs; a switch; a receiver; and an actuator. Each battery pack includes a plurality of rechargeable battery cells electrically connected in series. The switch electrically connects and disconnects first and second battery packs together. The receiver transmits power from the switch. The actuator operates the switch to connect and disconnect the battery packs. In preferred embodiments, the switch includes first and second buses and a deflector. The first bus electrically contacts the first battery pack. The second bus electrically contacts the second battery pack. The deflector moves the first bus electrically connect and disconnect with the second bus in response to communication with the actuator. An electrical connector is further provided for mechanical engagement and disengagement of electrical conduction to a terminal. The connector includes a block and a plurality of contacts. The block includes a plurality of openings. Each contact is disposed into a corresponding opening in the block.
US07767328B2
The present invention provides a fuel cell optimum operating point tracking system capable of ensuring optimum operation of a fuel cell, by detecting the optimum operation voltage of the fuel cell taking not only temperature dependence of the output characteristics thereof, but also chemical reactions into consideration. The fuel cell optimum operating point tracking system is configured so as to vary a voltage of a fuel cell (1) output upon activation of a power source device (2) up to as high as a maximum voltage for the maximum power point tracking control by the fuel cell output voltage variation command unit (11), to measure the power state using a fuel cell output power measuring unit (12), to monitor the output power measured by the fuel cell output power measuring unit using a fuel cell maximum power point judging unit (13) to thereby judge the maximum power point of the output voltage of the fuel cell, and to track an optimum operating point through maximum power monitoring to thereby keep the power source operation constant at a stable condition using an optimum operating point variation command unit (15), and additionally giving a minimal voltage change at around the current operating voltage value.
US07767315B2
A method producing authenticatable documents by incorporating a fluorescent organometallic complex in the toner or in the paper in which the fluorescent organometallic complex gives off light with a characteristic spectrum when exposed to UV light.
US07767310B2
A primer composition includes the reaction product of (a) a polyglycidyl ether of a hydroxy-functional material; and (b) an amino polyalkoxysilane. The reaction product, when hydrolyzed, comprises at least 6 silanol groups, such as at least 8 silanol groups, such as at least 10 silanol groups, such as at least 12 silanol groups.
US07767307B2
The invention concerns a monocrystalline coating crack-free coating of gallium nitride or mixed gallium nitride and another metal, on a substrate likely to cause extensive stresses in the coating, said substrate being coated with a buffer layer, wherein: at least a monocrystalline layer of a material having a thickness ranging between 100 and 300 nm, preferably between 200 and 250 nm, and whereof crystal lattice parameter is less than the crystal lattice parameter of the gallium nitride or of the mixed gallium nitride with another metal, is inserted in the coating of gallium nitride or mixed gallium nitride with another metal. The invention also concerns the method for preparing said coating. The invention further concerns electronic and optoelectronic devices comprising said coating.
US07767299B2
An insulation shield material is provided having improved performance without the need for expensive additives, complex polymer formulations, or specially prepared carbon black. The semiconductive composition used to make the strippable semiconductive insulation shield layer in contact with the outer surface of a wire and cable insulation layer has a base polymer having a weight average molecular weight of not more than 200,000, an adhesion modifying additive system having at least two components and a conductive carbon black. Each of the adhesion modifying additive system components is different from the base polymer. The first component of the adhesion modifying additive system contains a hydrocarbon wax or ethylene vinyl acetate wax and the second component of the adhesion modifying additive system contains an amide wax.
US07767296B2
A high strength, high modulus structural fabric product and the method of manufacturing the product are disclosed. The incorporation of a specific fiber/fabric treatment coupled with a resin impregnation and coating process produces a composite material. This composite material comprises high strength and modulus fibers embedded in and linked to a matrix. The resulting fabric product is useable in the formation of seamed structures, which carry and distribute high-level loads under extreme environmental conditions.
US07767289B2
An insert-molded article and a production method of the insert-molded article are provided which highly satisfy all the requirements indispensable for the insert-molding. The insert-molded article 6 comprises a film 1 having transparency, a thermosoftening decorative print layer 2 printed on the backside of the film 1 by use of a crosslinking printing ink for the purpose of visual observation from the front surface side of the film, a binder layer 3 printed on the thermosoftening decorative print layer 2 by use of a low-crosslinking printing ink or a non-crosslinking printing ink, and a synthetic resin 5 molded by injection on the binder layer 3.
US07767286B2
A novel polarizing plate is disclosed. The polarizing plate comprises at least a polarizing film, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and an optical compensation sheet, having an absolute value of Y, defined by the following equation, equal to or smaller than 6.0×10−4: Y=−7.0×105×Cn+4.3×10−13×E−1.34×10−3 where Cn (1/Pa) is photoelastic modulus of said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and E (Pa) is modulus of elasticity of said optical compensation sheet.
US07767285B2
A phase-change optical recording medium has a recording film that brings about reversible phase-change between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase upon irradiation with light and an interface film formed in contact with at least one surface of the recording film and comprising hafnium (Hf), silicon (Si), oxygen (O) and carbon (C).
US07767276B2
The present invention discloses a liquid crystal composition having a first class compound including a fluorine-containing compound, and a second class compound including a neutral liquid crystal compound, where each terminal group of the neutral crystal compound includes an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an alkenyl group. If the neutral liquid crystal compound includes an alkenyl group at the terminal group, the liquid crystal composition includes less than 7 wt % of the neutral crystal compound including the alkenyl group. The present invention also discloses a liquid crystal display including the aforementioned liquid crystal composition.
US07767269B2
The invention concerns a method for coating a support (10) comprising a first material with a coating layer comprising a second material, including at least a phase (A, A′) for deposition of a layer of given thickness of coherent material (11, 13) on the support surface during which the interaction between an ion source and a plasma is used. The invention is characterized in that each phase (A, A′) of material deposition is followed by a phase (B, B′) for exposure of the support and the deposited layer of material (11, 13) to a pulse of limited duration of an ionic bombardment with high energy density of selected energy density level.
US07767267B2
During engine operation, valve retainers and valve springs are constantly rubbing and impacting each other resulting in heat and wear. The purpose of this invention is to provide a surface coating onto the valve retainer to reduce the friction with the valve spring and thus improve durability. Specifically, this invention teaches a method to thermally apply coatings to the surface of the valve retainer. Although typically fabricated from steel, the usage of lighter weight titanium valve retainers is increasing for high performance, or racing engines. The reduced mass allows valves to move more readily and requires less spring pressure to operate, producing more power and a faster revving engine, however titanium is typically not as wear resistant as the steel it replaces. In one embodiment, a porous molybdenum or other oleophilic metal is applied to the surface of the valve retainer. In another embodiment, hard coatings of cermets, carbides, and super alloys are applied as coatings to valve retainers.
US07767266B2
A method and a system for jetting droplets of viscous medium, such as solder paste, onto a substrate, such as an electronic circuit board. The volume of the droplets are adjusted by regulating the amount of viscous medium that is fed into a jetting nozzle for subsequent jetting of the viscous medium droplets therefrom. The exit velocity of the jetted droplets is adjusted or maintained substantially constant by regulating the velocity with which the viscous medium is impacted. Furthermore, the rate at which viscous medium is fed, for instance by a feed screw, into the nozzle is adjusted in order to regulate the feeding time required for feeding the viscous medium into the jetting nozzle, for instance in order to maintain a constant feeding time.
US07767265B2
It is an object to provide a microstructure having cylindrical microdomains oriented in the film thickness direction and arranged in a regular pattern, for which a microphase separation phenomenon of a block copolymer is utilized. The process for producing the microstructure includes 2 steps; the first step for arranging, on a substrate (40), a polymer layer at least containing a block copolymer having a first block which constitutes a continuous phase (10) of the microstructure (30) and a second block which constitutes microdomains (20) dispersed in the continuous phase (10) and oriented in the thickness direction; and second step for thermally treating the substrate (40) at a neutral temperature (Tn), at which a first material (A) and second material (B) which constitute the respective first and second blocks have substantially the same interfacial tension with the substrate (40) surface (X).
US07767260B2
The present invention provides new compositions containing nearly monodisperse colloidal core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QY), as well as other complex structured semiconductor nanocrystals. This invention also provides new synthetic methods for preparing these nanocrystals, and new devices comprising these compositions. In addition to core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals, this patent application also provides complex semiconductor nanostructures, quantum shells, quantum wells, doped nanocrystals, and other multiple-shelled semiconductor nanocrystals.
US07767257B2
Methods for preparing porous inorganic coatings on porous supports using certain pore formers, and porous supports coated with porous inorganic coatings. The porous inorganic coatings may serve as membranes useful in, for example, liquid-liquid, liquid-particulate, gas-gas, or gas-particulate separation applications.
US07767250B2
A process for coating a surface of a metal-containing substrate with a bioceramic material includes activating the surface of the metal-containing substrate by applying a voltage to the substrate in a liquid containing an electrolyte; and, immersing the substrate in a deposition solution containing the bioceramic material or precursors for the bioceramic material. The coated substrate may be heat treated to enhance coating bond strength. The bioceramic material may be hydroxyapatite. Coated substrates are useful for the fabrication of prostheses.
US07767235B2
The present invention relates to a novel grape extract, and processes for making such, that is useful for, inter alia, treating pre-hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome and/or the conditions that comprise Metabolic Syndrome. The processes of the present invention produce a highly concentrated polyphenol product by maximizing extraction of monomeric and oligomeric procyanidins and minimizing extraction of polymeric procyanidins. The grape extract of the present invention comprises between about 5-15% monomers, about 5-20% dimers, about 3-10% trimers, about 2-10% tetramers, and about 2-10% pentamers by weight. The grape extract of the present invention can be formulated into dietary supplements, including capsules, tablets, powders, solutions, gels, suspensions, creams, gels, and the like. These dietary supplements in, for instance, powder or solution form, may be added to nutraceuticals, foods and/or beverages to form functional nutraceutical, food, and/or beverage products.
US07767226B2
The present invention provides a method for facilitating repair of an area of bone by providing hemihydrate calcium sulfate particles, mixing the particles with an aqueous solution to obtain a paste, applying the paste to an area of bone in need of repair, and allowing the paste to set.
US07767222B2
An anti-adhesion membrane is placed onto an implant introduced into a surgical site of a patient to prevent post-surgical adhesions between the implant and surrounding tissue. The implant may comprise either biological material, whcu as a transplanted organ, or non-biological material such as a medical device. The membrane may be applied in a variety of ways. In one example, a membrane according to the present invention is shrink-wrapped around a pace-maker. In another example, a breast implant is spray-coated or dipped with the membrane material.
US07767219B2
Nanocapsules are disclosed which comprise (a) a drug-containing core and (b) a polyelectrolyte multilayer encapsulating the drug-containing core. The nanocapsules include particles whose largest dimension typically ranges between 50 nm to 10000 nm. In some embodiments, the nanocapsules contain a single drug. In others, the nanocapsules contain multiple drugs, either within the same nanocapsules or within separate populations of nanocapsules. In some embodiments, the nanocapsules comprise surfaces that are functionalized, for example, with ligands that allow for attachment to bodily tissue. In some embodiments of the present invention, the nanocapsules are rendered magnetic or are rendered susceptible to magnetic fields. Also disclosed is a drug delivery method that comprises the steps of (a) providing nanocapsules such as those above; and (b) placing the nanocapsules at a desired location within the body of a subject using an implantable or insertable medical device.
US07767217B2
A topical ophthalmic composition comprised of povidone-iodine 0.01% to 10.0% combined with a steroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. This solution is useful in the treatment of active infections of at least one tissue of the eye (e.g., conjunctiva and cornea) from bacterial, mycobacterial, viral, fungal, or amoebic causes, as well as treatment to prevent such infections in appropriate clinical settings (e.g. corneal abrasion, postoperative prophylaxis, post-LASIK/LASEK prophylaxis). Additionally the solution is effective in the prevention of infection and inflammation in the post-operative ophthalmic patient.
US07767216B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for decreasing the infectivity, morbidity, and rate of mortality associated with a variety of pathogenic organisms and viruses. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for decontaminating areas colonized or otherwise infected by pathogenic organisms and viruses. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for decreasing the infectivity of pathogenic organisms in foodstuffs. In particular, decreased pathogenic organism infectivity, morbidity, and mortality is accomplished by contacting the pathogenic organism with an oil-in-water nanoemulsion comprising an oil, an organic solvent, and a surfactant dispersed in an aqueous phase.
US07767214B2
Goniochromatic/light reflecting cosmetic compositions well suited for making up the skin, lips, hair or integuments, contain (a) at least one goniochromatic coloring agent and (b) an amount of light reflective particles different from said at least one goniochromatic coloring agent and selected from the group consisting of (i) particles of a natural or synthetic substrate at least partially coated with at least one layer of at least one metal, (ii) particles of a synthetic substrate at least partially coated with at least one layer of at least one metallic compound, (iii) particles which comprise a stack of at least two layers of materials having different refractive indices, at least one of such layers optionally comprising a polymer, and (iv) metal oxide particles, formulated into (c) a topically applicable, physiologically acceptable medium therefor.
US07767211B2
The invention relates to antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes, vaccines comprising said polypeptides; therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides and methods to manufacture said polypeptides, vaccines and antibodies.
US07767184B2
The present invention provides films and substrates coated with films that comprise a nano-crystalline diamond matrix that is substantially free of graphite inclusions. The present invention also provides a method of chemical vapor deposition to prepare the films. The method of chemical vapor deposition operates at a DC bias voltage that substantially precludes the formation of a plasma ion capable of causing a region of a nano-crystalline diamond matrix within a forming film to allotrope when the plasma ion collides with the film.
US07767178B2
A process for regenerating a molecular sieve absorbent bed used for dehydrating an organic solvent is disclosed. The process is illustrated by regenerating a molecular sieve bed used for dehydrating ethanol, which includes a dehydrating cycle where an ethanol/water vapor mixture is loaded onto the molecular sieve bed at a first temperature to absorb water and recover a substantially dehydrated ethanol vapor effluent. In a regeneration cycle, the bed is subjected to a temperature swing technique whereby a dried gas, such as dried CO2, heated to at a second temperature greater than the first temperature, is passed over the molecular sieve bed, optimally in a counter current directional flow with respect to the dehydrating cycle. The process obviates the need for applying a vacuum pressure swing to regenerate the molecular sieve bed. Water and residual ethanol are removed with the CO2 effluent and can optionally be condensed and combined with a feed input for a subsequent dehydrating cycle.
US07767177B2
The present invention describes a new device which permits a reduction of NOx emissions contained in the fumes from FCC regenerators. The device consists essentially of a conveyance conduit which connects the two regeneration stages and which has an outlet opening into the dilute phase of the second stage.
US07767175B2
A DPF with an SCR catalyst and a method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides with ammonia, filtering particulates, and reducing the ignition temperature of soot on a DPF are provided. The catalyst includes a first component of copper, chromium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, iron, niobium, or mixtures thereof, a second component of cerium, a lanthanide, a mixture of lanthanides, or mixtures thereof, and a component characterized by increased surface acidity. The catalyst may also include strontium as an additional second component. The catalyst selectively reduces nitrogen oxides to nitrogen with ammonia and oxidizes soot at low temperatures. The catalyst has high hydrothermal stability.
US07767165B2
A personal electro-kinetic electro-static air conditioner includes a self-contained ion generator that provides electro-kinetically moved air with ions and safe amounts of ozone, and includes a water retaining element to increase humidity of the output air flow. The ion generator includes a high voltage pulse generator whose output pulses are coupled between first and second electrode arrays. Preferably the first electrode array includes first and second pointed electrodes, and the second electrode array includes annular-like electrodes having a central opening coaxial with the associated pointed electrode. The surface of the annular-like electrodes is smooth and continuous through the opening and into a collar region through which the air flows. A water retaining member is disposed surrounding the output airflow to increase humidity of the output air, which is substantially cleansed of particulate matter, and contains safe amounts of ozone.
US07767164B2
The present invention relates to a catalytic converter apparatus for purifying exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine for vehicles. The catalytic converter apparatus includes a first catalytic converter that holds a first catalyst and that is to be coupled to a side of the engine, and a second catalytic converter that holds a second catalyst and that is coupled to a rear of the first catalytic converter. Each of the first and second catalysts has a catalytic support on which a wash coat layer having a thickness equal to or less than 0.2 mm is formed. The wash coat layer includes a first wash coat layer and a second wash coat layer, and each of the first and second wash coat layers has voids therein. This catalytic converter apparatus achieves an improved purification property with a small number of cells and a small amount of noble metal.
US07767154B2
A reusable microplate kit for use in the life sciences industry includes a microplate and a removable lid. The microplate includes a sample area with a plurality of individual wells and a hollow outer frame formed around the sample area, the frame being shaped to include a plurality of openings in its top surface. The lid includes a plate, a plurality of latches formed on the underside of the plate and a compressible gasket affixed to the underside of the plate. In use, the lid is mounted on the microplate by inserting each latch through a corresponding opening until the latch snaps into engagement with the frame. In this manner, the plate and gasket together serve to seal off each well from the outside environment. The microplate kit additionally includes a tool for disengaging the lid from the microplate and thereby assist in their separation.
US07767151B2
The invention provides an apparatus and methods for conducting ball milling operations in a high throughput manner. Also provided are devices and methods for high throughput screening of alloys and other materials to identify those that have desired gas storage properties.
US07767149B2
A health monitoring and diagnostic device (LIFESTREAM cholesterol meter) configured as a self-contained testing and diagnostic unit in a clam-shell type case. One side of the case includes a spring-loaded finger stick and a compartment for carrying one or more packages of disposable items including a test strip, a needle for the finger stick, and an alcohol swipe. The other half of the case includes a test strip reader, a key pad, and a liquid crystal display. The meter reads a test strip carrying a droplet of blood and receives additional diagnostic information from the patient, such as age, gender, weight, and family history of heart disease. Within minutes, the meter displays test results, including total cholesterol levels. The meter also displays additional diagnostic results, such as the patient's “cardiac age,” recommended weight loss, and a cardiac risk assessment. The meter also works in connection with a network-based comprehensive health analysis and reporting system. The meter writes patient data to a smartcard. This patient data typically includes patient identification information, the test results, the diagnostic information, and the diagnostic results. A computer station reads the smartcard and establishes a network connection with a health report server over the Internet. The computer then downloads the patient data to the health report server, which prepares a comprehensive health report. Within minutes, this report is transmitted back to the computer station, where it is printed out and delivered to the patient.
US07767142B1
An apparatus for processing medical waste is provided. The apparatus includes: (i) a drum defining a substantially cylindrical treatment chamber having a closed end and a substantially open end, wherein the drum is rotationally balanced about a rotational axis; (ii) an enclosing body supporting the drum so that the drum can be rotated within the body about the rotational axis of the drum, the body having an opening for accessing the open end of the drum, wherein the opening is located substantially in a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the drum; (iii) a movable barrier for selectively closing the opening for accessing the open end of the drum; (iv) a structure for supporting the enclosing body so that the pitch of the rotational axis of the drum is positioned or can be positioned in at least one position between about 0 degrees and about 30 degrees.
US07767135B2
Disclosed is a method of forming a structured sintered article including providing a mixture comprising a sinterable particulate material and a binder, the binder comprising, as a function of total resin content of the binder, at least 50% by weight of a thermoplastic binder material and at least 5% by weight of a radiation-curable binder material; shaping the mixture with a mold to form a structure; setting the structure by cooling the structure or by allowing the structure to cool; separating the structure from the mold; irradiating the structure so as to at least partially cure the radiation-curable binder material, and debinding and sintering the structure so as to form a structured sintered article. Shaping may include forming a structure having one or more open channels, and sintering may include sintering in together in contact with at least one additional structure so as to cover or enclose the channels.
US07767131B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacture a body from a thermoplastic plastic with a three-dimensionally structured surface, wherein molding is performed directly from a master made of glass coated with metal oxide, without deposition of further coatings on a surface of the master. The invention also relates to bodies manufactured with this method from a thermoplastic featuring a three-dimensionally structured surface, as well as to planar optical structures likewise manufactured with this method for generating evanescent-field measuring platforms and to a use thereof. The invention furthermore relates to a planar optical structure for generating an evanescent-field measuring platform, comprising a first essentially optical transparent, waveguiding layer (a) with refractive index n1 and a second essentially optical transparent layer (b) with refractive index n2, where n1>n2, in a case of an embodiment of a planar optical film waveguide, or comprising a metal layer (a′) and a second layer (b), in a case of an embodiment for generating a surface plasmon resonance, wherein the second layer (b) comprises a material from a group comprising cyclo-olefin polymers and cyclo-olefin copolymers.
US07767124B2
A method of treating a polymer compound has the steps of: mixing and agitating the polymer compound and a chemical agent in an extruder while controlling the inside of the extruder to be kept at a high temperature and a high pressure to have a reaction mixture containing a polymer treated product; supplying the reaction mixture continuously into a high-pressure container disposed following the extruder and retaining the reaction mixture at the high temperature and high pressure for a predetermined time; then supplying the reaction mixture continuously to a chemical agent separator to separate the polymer treated product; and supplying the separated polymer treated product continuously to a molding means to form it into a molded material.
US07767123B2
A novel method is disclosed wherein a reflective coated organic substrate is releasably coated with a thin film coating having one or more layers for forming flakes once removed from the reflective substrate. The reflective substrate is conveniently used to make glitter after the flake material is removed.
US07767107B2
A process for producing an aluminum electrode foil for a capacitor, which includes a first step of preparing an emulsion from a mixture including a first phase of a liquid resin or a resin solution obtained by dissolving a resin in a solvent, a second phase of a liquid that is incompatible with the first phase, and an emulsifier; a second step of coating the emulsion on a surface of an aluminum foil; a third step of removing the second phase to form a resin film having a plurality of pores on its surface; a fourth step of etching the aluminum foil having the resin film formed thereon; and a fifth step of removing the resin film after etching. The production process can form high-density etching pits with high accuracy.
US07767093B2
A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of delivery proximate a consumer. The method includes treating the water and delivering the water to the consumer at the point of delivery, filtering/purifying the water at the point of delivery, monitoring water quality at the point of delivery, reporting water quality at the point of delivery to the water system operator over a network, monitoring total water volume at the point of delivery, and reporting total water volume at the point of delivery to the water system operator over a network.
US07767085B2
A system for consolidating and removing contaminate such as paint sludge or oils from a fluid mixture. A contaminate tank receives a supply of the fluid mixture containing contaminate from a source such as a manufacturing line where overspray of paints or cleaning solutions containing washed away oils are collected. A free floating weir floats on the surface of the contaminate tank and mechanically separates and removes contaminate from a surface of the contaminate tank and concentrates the contaminate in a consolidation tank. In the consolidation tanks the contaminate is further separated and collected for disposal.
US07767083B2
Fluid treatment arrangements (10) and methods for operating fluid treatment arrangements (10) may include fluid treatment assemblies (11) and manifold assemblies (12) that direct fluids to and/or from the fluid treatment assemblies (11).
US07767071B1
A system for displaying the positions of substances in electrophoretic separations comprises a gel (635) a substance to be separated into a region (450), plates (400, 401) with electrodes (405-420 and 430-445) placed on either side of the gel. A source (315) applies a voltage to an electrode on one side of the gel, and an electrode on the other side of the gel is connected to the input of an amplifier (320). Multiplexers (605, 610) connect the source and amplifier to electrodes on either side of the gel. A computer (600) issues commands to the multiplexers to connect the source and amplifier to individual electrodes, and while a pair of electrodes is so connected, the computer activates a sample-and-hold circuit (620) and an A/D converter (630) to record the value of the electrical impedance within the gel at the location of the selected electrodes. The impedance value is stored in the computer's memory and also displayed on a monitor (635) connected to the computer. The result is visualization of a gel-electrophoretic separation without requiring the use of stains, radioactivity, or molecular tags.
US07767069B2
A method for controlling the hydrophilic droplet using the electrowetting principle is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for increasing the change of the contact angle in the interface that is formed between the hydrophilic droplet and the nonpolar fluid by adding a constant concentration of two-element electrolyte or three-element electrolyte to the hydrophilic droplet; and an apparatus for controlling the droplet having the change of the contact angle and velocity scope increased by the method.
US07767063B2
Transparent monolithic aerogels based on silica, the bioderived polymer chitosan, and coordinated ions are employed to serve as a three-dimensional scaffold decorated with metal ions such as Au, Pt and Pd ions. It has also been found that the metal aerogels, such as Au(III) aerogels, can be imaged photolytically to produce nanoparticles.
US07767062B2
Provided is a submerged-type, electrosorption-based desalination apparatus for water purification and method, comprising applying a DC voltage of 0.1 to 2.0 volts to a carbon electrode of the reactor to thereby adsorb inorganic ions on the carbon electrode, and reversely applying the same DC voltage having opposite polarity to recycle regeneration solution to the outside of the apparatus or into the treatment tank, thereby enhancing a recovery rate. In addition, in order to improve desalination efficiency, the reactor used in the desalination apparatus may be embodied in various forms of T-shaped, linear type, single, composite, and ion exchange membrane electrodes. Therefore, the present invention may be applied to remove inorganic ions from industrial wastewater, sea water, and brackish water, which contain large amounts of inorganic ions.
US07767052B2
A method for affixing an electronic device having an elongate dipole antenna to a substrate surface includes: positioning picking apparatus adjacent to the electronic device, the picking apparatus having at least one antenna positioning means such as a magnet positioned adjacent the electronic device; activating the antenna positioning means; moving the opposite antenna ends into a captured relationship with the picking apparatus by means of the antenna positioning means; moving the picking apparatus to a position adjacent the substrate surface; engaging the substrate surface with the picking apparatus; and depositing the electronic device to the substrate surface.
US07767047B2
A method for producing a multilayer laminated film comprising: laminating a resin film having a moisture percentage of 10% by weight to 60% by weight with a first transparent film and a second transparent film each having a moisture percentage of 0.5% by weight to 5% by weight to be bonded to both sides of the resin film through an adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer interposed therebetween; wherein the laminating comprising steps of: passing the resin film and the first transparent film between a pair of a first metal roll and a first elastic roll in such a manner that the first transparent film is placed on the first metal roll side so that they are bonded to each other under pressure to form a laminated film; and then, using the laminated film without winding up it and passing the laminated film and the second transparent film between a pair of a second metal roll and a second elastic roll in such a manner that the second transparent film is placed on the second metal roll side so that they are bonded to each other under pressure to form a multilayer laminated film. The method can prevent bubbles from being formed between the resin film and the transparent film.
US07767045B2
A blasting agent comprised of an ammonium nitrate component and an organic carbonaceous fuel component. The ammonium nitrate component includes ammonium nitrate crystals having a particle size of from about 1 to about 500 microns and further includes one or more crystal habit modifiers.
US07767043B2
The invention includes a copper-comprising sputtering target. The target is monolithic or bonded and contains at least 99.99% copper by weight and has an average grain size of from 1 micron to 50 microns. The copper-comprising target has a yield strength of greater than or equal to about 15 ksi and a Brinell hardness (HB) of greater than about 40. The invention includes copper alloy monolithic and bonded sputtering targets consisting essentially of less than or equal to about 99.99% copper by weight and a total amount of alloying element(s) of at least 100 ppm and less than 10% by weight. The targets have an average grain size of from less than 1 micron to 50 microns and have a grain size non-uniformity of less than about 15% standard deviation (1-sigma) throughout the target. The invention additionally includes methods of producing bonded and monolithic copper and copper alloy targets.
US07767034B2
A soft magnetic material is a soft magnetic material including a composite magnetic particle (30) having a metal magnetic particle (10) mainly composed of Fe and an insulating coating (20) covering metal magnetic particle (10), and insulating coating (20) contains an iron phosphate compound and an aluminum phosphate compound. The atomic ratio of Fe contained in a contact surface of insulating coating (20) in contact with metal magnetic particle (10) is larger than the atomic ratio of Fe contained in the surface of insulating coating (20). The atomic ratio of Al contained in the contact surface of insulating coating (20) in contact with metal magnetic particle (10) is smaller than the atomic ratio of Al contained in the surface of insulating coating (20). Thus, iron loss can be reduced.
US07767025B2
Systems and methods for treating workpieces are described. One embodiment relates to a deflux system including at least one array of nozzles, the nozzles adapted to transmit a fluid outward therefrom. The nozzles are moveable relative to one another, so that a distance between adjacent nozzles can be varied. The nozzles are individually adjustable with respect to an angle of spray emitted therefrom during operation. The system also includes a controller adapted to send a signal to each of the nozzles to transmit the fluid therethrough at a desired angle at a desired time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07767023B2
A device for containing the catastrophic failure of a vacuum pumping system is described. The vacuum pumping system includes a turbo-molecular pump (TMP) configured to be coupled to a vacuum processing system at an inlet end. The TMP includes a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the TMP and a first lateral axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The vacuum system also includes a containment device configured to mitigate the catastrophic failure of the TMP by impeding only one translational degree of freedom (DOF) and only one rotational DOF of the movement of the TMP. Impeding only one translational DOF includes impeding translational motion of the TMP in a first lateral direction substantially parallel to the first lateral axis. Impeding only one rotational DOF includes impeding rotation of the TMP about the longitudinal axis.
US07767017B2
A method of forming multi-phasic nano-objects involves the jetting of two or more different liquids in side-by-side capillaries thereby generating a composite liquid stream. The composite then exposed to a force field which causes the composite liquid stream to at least partially solidify into a nano-object. The method forms a nano-object having a number of morphologies such as rods, spheres, and fibers.
US07767013B2
A non-aqueous pigment ink includes a colorant and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the colorant is a pigment complex of a pigment, a dispersant and a polymer compound, the polymer compound contains 2 or more primary and/or secondary amino groups within each molecule, and the dispersant contains 2 or more reactive functional groups within each molecule that exhibit reactivity with the amino groups of the polymer compound.
US07767008B2
A vapor/liquid separation apparatus for treating a flow of vapor/liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons and steam comprises a vertical drum with a side inlet to introduce hydrocarbon/steam mixtures, an overhead vapor outlet, and a lower section in communication with a cylindrical boot of less diameter than the drum, the boot comprising sufficient gas-liquid contact surface, e.g., that provided by one or more sheds, baffles and/or distillation trays, to provide at least a partial theoretical distillation stage, and a lower portion for receiving liquid from the drum, a lower outlet for removing the liquid, and an inlet for introducing a stripping gas such as steam, hydrogen, light crackable hydrocarbon, and/or methane, below the distillation tray and preferably above the level of liquid in the boot.
US07767000B1
A novel regenerable composition for removing hydrogen chloride and hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream, the sorbent comprising a mixture containing from about 5 wt % manganese oxide to about 99 wt. % manganese oxides where manganese can exist in various oxidation states.
US07766983B2
A corrosion inhibitor composition for a fuel, comprising a plurality of nanoparticles formed of an inorganic composition having an average longest dimension of 1 nanometer to 100 nanometers, wherein the inorganic active composition is insoluble in the fuel and is adapted to react with a corrosion causing contaminant.
US07766977B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, for example, human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising at least one first oxidation base chosen from 2,3-diamino-6,7-dihydro-1H,5H-pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazol-1-one and the addition salts thereof, at least one second oxidation base chosen from para-phenylenediamines, at least one coupler chosen from meta-aminophenols and at least one oxidizing agent, the pH of the composition ranging from 5.5 to 7.5. The present disclosure makes it possible to obtain a coloration on keratin fibers with tints in red, coppery or mahogany tones that are sufficiently visible on natural or dyed hair and uniform from the roots to the ends.
US07766966B2
An artificial intervertebral disc includes housing members including spaced inner surfaces facing each other and oppositely facing outer surfaces for engaging spaced apart vertebral surfaces. Bearing surfaces extend from each of the inner surfaces for engaging each other while allowing for low friction and compression resistant movement of the housing members relative to each other while under compression. Load sharing pads are disposed between the inner surfaces and about at least a portion of the bearing surfaces for sharing absorption compressive loads with the bearing surfaces while limiting the relative movement of the housing members.
US07766965B2
A method of treating a diseased or damaged intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus. The method includes the steps of accessing and preparing the intervertebral disc for receipt of the biomaterial by removing at least a portion of the nucleus pulposus to create a nuclear cavity. A quantity of the curable biomaterial is delivered under pressure to the nuclear cavity. The delivered biomaterial is at least partially cured in such a manner to retain it in the nuclear cavity. The at least partially cured biomaterial is contoured to achieve a desired conformation approximating that of the nuclear cavity.
US07766960B2
The present invention is directed to a delivery catheter for use in deploying a vascular prosthesis having a self-expanding helical section for use in a wide range of interventional applications. The delivery catheter comprises an elongated member having a helical ledge with a pitch selected to impose a predetermined amount of foreshortening on the vascular prosthesis during deployment. Methods of making and using the delivery catheter of the present invention also are provided.
US07766959B2
A variable length endovascular prosthesis adapted to prevent endoleaks is provided that includes a substantially tubular first graft member having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a proximal end, and a substantially tubular second graft member slidably engaged coaxially within the first graft member. The prosthesis further includes a substantially tubular fluid-tight connecting member attached at one end to the first graft member and attached at another end to the second graft member. The connecting member is axially compressible and expandable to facilitate engagement of the second graft member within the first graft member while maintaining a seal between the graft members.
US07766958B2
A stent is adapted to be implanted in a duct of a human body to maintain an open lumen at the implant site, and to allow viewing body tissue and fluids by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) energy applied external to the body. The stent constitutes a metal scaffold. An electrical circuit resonant at the resonance frequency of the MRI energy is fabricated integral with the scaffold structure of the stent to promote viewing body properties within the lumen of the stent.
US07766956B2
Various intravascular stents, such as intracoronary stents, include improved expansion and connecting strut designs. Such stents can be both very flexible and fully cover vessel surface inside the vascular lumen, and be well designed for both the delivery phase and the deployed phase of the stent life cycle.
US07766952B2
A delivery and deployment system for a self-expanding stent comprises a proximal handle having a rotatable thumbscrew and a sliding component which is attached to a distal stent restraining sheath. A rigid open coil spring is provided for converting rotation of the thumbscrew into translation of the sliding component). The spring is attached to the thumbscrew. The sliding component is located between adjacent coils of the spring. Rotation of the thumbscrew twists the spring and slowly slides the sliding component and hence the distal sheath in the proximal direction to uncover the stent, removing the constraint on the stent which is accurately deployed at the site of interest. The handle has a guide elongate channel which constrains the sliding component so that it cannot move in a rotational direction.
US07766940B2
Various methods and devices for replacing damaged, injured, diseased, or otherwise unhealthy posterior elements, are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a posterior implant is provided and can be adapted to control movement of two or more adjacent vertebrae. In particular, the implant can be adapted to control extension, flexion, and lateral bending of adjacent vertebrae. The implant can also be adapted to substantially prevent rotation of the adjacent vertebrae. In another exemplary embodiment, the implant can have an envelope of motion that is within an envelope of motion of a disc, either natural or artificial, that is disposed between adjacent vertebrae. In other words, the implant can be configured to allow flexion, extension, lateral bending of the vertebrae to within the amount of flexion, extension, and lateral bending allowed by the particular disc. The implant can also be adapted to substantially prevent rotation of the vertebrae relative to one another.
US07766932B2
The invention relates to a vessel filter comprising at least one conductor loop (21) which forms the inductance of an electric resonance circuit. According to the invention, the conductor loop (21) forms the vessel filter or parts of a vessel filter. The invention provides a vessel filter which is characterized by good mechanical properties, especially a high degree of flexibility and stability, offering good representability in MR imaging systems.
US07766930B2
A cannula (10) for receiving surgical instruments for performing a surgical procedure on a body includes a tubular structure (12) defining a passage (16) through which the surgical instruments are inserted into the body. The tubular structure (12) includes an expandable portion (40) for enabling an increase in the cross-sectional area of the passage (16). The expandable portion (40) of the tubular structure (12) has a slot (100) and a guide member (114) disposed in the slot. The guide member (114) is movable from a first end (102) of the slot (100) toward a second end (104) of the slot to enable the cross-sectional area of the passage (16) to increase. The expandable portion (40) has a stop (106) between the first and second ends (102 and 104) of the slot (100) engageable with the guide member (114) to retain the guide member in a position relative to the slot and resist movement of the guide member from the position relative to the slot.
US07766924B1
An anastomosis tool includes a handle connected to a tissue effector that may be capable of being oriented in two or more positions relative to the handle. The tissue effector holds a graft vessel having at least one flap defined in at least one end thereof against the side of a target vessel. Actuation of a trigger or other mechanism on the handle causes the tissue effector to deploy one or more connectors into the flaps of the graft vessel and the side of the target vessel, thereby connecting the graft vessel to the target vessel.
US07766909B2
A sphincterotome is disclosed including an elongate shaft having a lumen extending through at least a portion of the elongate shaft. The lumen includes a proximal segment and a distal segment. A cutting element extends within the lumen through the proximal segment of the lumen and extends exterior of the elongate shaft along the distal segment of the lumen. A stiffening member is positioned within the distal segment of the lumen.
US07766908B2
A high-frequency treating instrument for an endoscope, includes: a spatula-form high-frequency electrode which is adapted to be protruded from and housed within an insulated flexible sheath of the endoscope; and a concavo-convex portion which serves as an antiskid member when the concavo-convex portion is brought into contact with a mucous membrane and is formed on at least one of side edge portions of a portion closer to a tip end of the high-frequency electrode.
US07766904B2
A laser probe including a handpiece and a rigid cannula fixed to the handpiece to prevent relative translational movement-therebetween. An optical fiber for delivering laser energy is supported for translational movement relative to the handpiece. A slidable button is fixed to the optical fiber via a rigid sleeve such that the button and optical fiber move together in the same direction during operation. The fiber may be selectively positioned relative to the button to cause the button to act as a visual indicator of the direction in which the fiber will extend from the cannula. The button may be specially configured with an enlarged head portion to enhance grippability and smooth operation of the button.
US07766903B2
Patterned laser treatment of the retina is provided. A visible alignment pattern having at least two separated spots is projected onto the retina. By triggering a laser subsystem, doses of laser energy are automatically provided to at least two treatment locations coincident with the alignment spots. All of the doses of laser energy may be delivered in less than about 1 second, which is a typical eye fixation time. A scanner can be used to sequentially move an alignment beam from spot to spot on the retina and to move a treatment laser beam from location to location on the retina.
US07766900B2
A method and apparatus for separation, concentration, and/or applying a biological or bio-engineered fluid. Generally, the fluid application device includes a sprayer body to enable the application of the fluid and a container adaptable to enable the separation of the fluid into at least a first component and a second component. The container is releasably coupled to the nozzle. The nozzle is adapted to withdraw at least one of the first component or the second component from the container after the fluid has been separated to apply the fluid to a selected site.
US07766897B2
A cap for use in priming a medical connector that has a distal end at which is disposed a distal connection tip with an aperture through which fluid may flow, and the connector having an internal valve. The cap has a reservoir device with an internal volume and a first opening at a proximal end that is connected with the aperture of the connection tip. The reservoir has a second opening at which is disposed an hydrophobic filter for allowing gases to vent to the atmosphere while retaining liquid in the reservoir device. Over the reservoir device is mounted a slidable housing device used to activate the internal valve of the connector to a flow configuration at which fluid flows from the connector into the reservoir device. The user monitors the reservoir device and when gas has been vented so that only liquid remains, the user slides the housing device.
US07766896B2
A catheter comprising an outer shaft comprising a first section of electroactive polymer. The first section of electroactive polymer affecting either the flexibility of the catheter or the steerability of the catheter.
US07766888B2
In a disposable diaper having a feces retaining pocket formed by body fluid absorbent panel sections overlapping each other in a crotch covering region so that the feces retaining pocket can be largely opened, a second panel section overlaps on a first panel section in the crotch covering region of the diaper to form the feces retaining pocket. The crotch covering region is provided along transversely opposite side edges thereof with elastically stretch- and contractable leak-barrier cuffs. Inner side edges of the respective leak-barrier cuffs are bonded to the second panel section in the vicinity of a rear end of the second panel section lying in the crotch covering region.
US07766885B2
A drug delivery system (10) has a positive pressure drug reservoir (15). A pump (19) is in fluid communication with the reservoir (15) via a first fluid passageway (18). The outlet (19b) of the pump (19) is in fluid communication with a first regulator (21). The regulator (21) includes a housing (24) that has a first subchamber (24a) and a second subchamber (24b). The second subchamber (24b) is divided into a lower chamber (28a) and a middle chamber (28b) by a diaphragm (28). A third fluid passageway (32) is positioned between the lower chamber (28a) and the drug reservoir (15), whereby accidental flow from the reservoir (15) to an outlet (21b) is prevented.
US07766884B2
A polymer blend that contains a polymer of fluorinated monomers and another biocompatible polymer. The polymer blend can form a coating on a medical device. The medical device can be used for treat, prevent or ameliorate a medical condition.
US07766882B2
A rubber-made syringe piston with a film laminated on it includes a plurality of annular ridges of different outer diameters formed continuously and integrally on a sliding surface of a liquid-contacting, leading end portion of the piston. The annular ridges may preferably be different by from 0.01 to 0.2 mm from one to another in outer diameter.
US07766879B2
A needle assembly includes a transparent or translucent housing with a fluid inlet end, a fluid outlet end, a flashback chamber, and a venting mechanism therebetween. Substantially axially aligned inlet and outlet cannulas extend from the housing and communicate with the chamber. A sealable sleeve covers the external end of the outlet cannula. Relative volumes of the cannulas, the chamber, and the sleeve are selected to provide rapid reliable flashback indicative of venous entry with an internal vent positioned within the housing so as to divide the interior into first and second chambers, with the second chamber being adapted to maintain a negative pressure therein relative to the external environment so as to inhibit leakage of blood from the needle on withdrawal from the patient.
US07766875B2
A catheter for delivery of a therapeutic agent directly into a targeted tissue that reduces or substantially prevents reflux and back flow by providing rigidity and strength via a stylet thereby eliminating the need for a guide or delivery sheath during positioning. The catheter has a flexible proximal section and a substantially rigid distal section formed from a plurality of distal subsections. The proximal and distal sections having decreasing outer diameters starting from the proximal end and advancing towards the distal end. The distal subsection closest to the distal end providing an adjustable flow rate via multiple output ports defined radially therein while the distal end itself is closed off.
US07766871B2
The present invention provides a balloon catheter system comprising one or more conduits to which are attached a compliant balloon having a non-helical shape in its deflated state, wherein said balloon is constructed such that is capable of adopting a spiral or helical conformation upon inflation. In addition, the present invention also provides methods for using said balloon catheter system.
US07766868B2
A medical therapy delivery device that includes a shaft formed by an outer layer and a deflectable tip that includes a tapered portion. A manipulator wire extends through the shaft to adjust deflection of a second portion of the shaft relative to a first portion. The outer layer forms a single shaft lumen having a first lumen portion positioned about a thru lumen tubing and a second lumen portion, offset from and in fluid communication with the first lumen portion, the second lumen portion having a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall extending between the first side wall and the second side wall. The thru lumen tubing, first side wall, the second side wall and the bottom wall position the manipulator wire within the second lumen portion.
US07766866B2
A milk pump for pumping milk from a woman's breast comprises a breast hood for receiving tightly a woman's breast. Furthermore, there is a milk collecting arrangement for receiving milk pumped from said woman's breast. This milk collecting arrangement includes a support and a downwards directed opening in the support for providing a suction communication to the breast hood. Moreover, the milk collecting arrangement comprises a manual pumping unit above the said opening. The manual pumping unit includes a wall forming and surrounding a displacement space which comprise a front wall and a peripheral wall extending in longitudinal direction. A suction device is displaceable inside the displacement space to provide suction through the opening, wherein the displacement is provoked by an actuation device. Furthermore, there is a latching arrangement for releasably connecting at least part of the wall of the displacement space to the support for an easy exchange.
US07766856B2
An advancer system is described for moving an elongate medical device within a body. The system includes a drive unit having a motor. The drive unit is configured to translate movement of the motor to the device so as to alternately advance and retract the device relative to the body. The advancer system also includes a user-operable control system configured to control the drive unit. The control system can interface with a magnetic navigation system. The above-described system allows an operating physician to control catheter advancement and retraction while remaining outside an x-ray imaging field. Thus the physician is freed from repeated x-ray exposure.
US07766855B2
Hydrocephalus valves, the valve pressure of which, when the patient is in the standing position, is determined at least partly by the weight of an additional gravitation part, are provided with an adjustable spring which partly or fully neutralizes the action of the weight. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US07766845B2
A body fluid testing device includes a test strip, an incision forming member, and a housing. The test strip includes an expression surface. In addition, the test strip is attached to the housing to form a cavity, and the cavity slidably receives the incision forming member. The body fluid testing device is positioned over the incision site where the incision forming member makes an incision. The user presses the expression surface against the skin to express body fluid. The cavity collects body fluid via capillary action, and the test strip analyzes the body fluid.
US07766844B2
A surgical instrument includes a movable member having a proximal portion, the movable member defining an opening at the proximal portion. The instrument includes a stationary member defining an aperture. The stationary member is arranged relative to the movable member with a close fit between the stationary member and the movable member such that aspiration occurs through the movable member substantially only during a portion of a repetitive motion of the movable member. The instrument includes a surgical handpiece coupled to the movable member and the stationary member to provide suction and motion to the movable member. A method of regulating aspiration through a surgical instrument includes providing a close fit between a moving member having an opening at a proximal portion and a stationary member having an aperture such that aspiration occurs through the moving member substantially only during a portion of a repetitive motion of the movable member. The moving member and the stationary member are coupled to a surgical handpiece to provide suction and motion to the moving member.
US07766842B2
Devices and methods for detecting disordered breathing involve determining that the patient is asleep and sensing one or more signals associated with disordered breathing indicative of sleep-disordered breathing while the patient is asleep. Sleep-disordered breathing is detected using the sensed signals associated with disordered breathing. The sensed signals associated with disordered breathing may also be used to acquire a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles. Characteristics of the respiration pattern are determined. The respiration pattern is classified as a disordered breathing episode based on the characteristics of the respiration pattern. One or more processes involved in the detection of disordered breathing are performed using an implantable device.
US07766840B2
An evaluation of heart failure status is provided based on a disordered breathing index. Patient respiration is sensed and a respiration signal is generated. Disordered breathing episodes are detected based on the respiration signal. A disordered breathing index is determined based on the disordered breathing episodes. The disordered breathing index is trended and used to evaluate heart failure status. The disordered breathing index may be combined with additional information and/or may take into account patient activity, posture, sleep stage, or other patient information.
US07766838B2
To miniaturize a probe, increase the channel number, and improve the flexibility of a flexible section, an ultrasound probe includes a transducer unit having a plurality of channels arranged for transmitting and receiving an ultrasound wave, and flexible circuit board is connected to the respective channels of the transducer unit in which a signal line for supplying a transmission signal and extracting a reception signal to/from transducer unit is provided. The flexible circuit board forms at least two channel blocks which are formed by dividing the plurality of channels and are spirally wound individually.
US07766836B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a probe 102 that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to/from a subject, transmitting means 120 for supplying a drive signal to the probe 102 for transmitting ultrasound waves, receiving means 122 for receiving and processing a signal output from the probe 102, a displacement calculating unit 105 for measuring displacement of a tissue according to an output signal from an ultrasound transmitting and receiving unit 103, a color DSC 108 for reconstructuring an elasticity image on the basis of the displacement of the tissue, and an image display 112 for displaying the elasticity image. Further, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes setting means 113B for setting a displacement search direction that sets a search direction of the displacement to match a tissue displacement direction for displacing the tissue. The color DSC 108 constructures the elasticity image on the basis of the measurement value of the displacement search direction.
US07766835B2
The present invention provides an ultrasound system for forming an ultrasound image by using a plurality of sub-frames, comprising: a plurality of transducers for transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals along a plurality of scan lines to obtain sub-frames; a determination unit for locating a common point where extensions of said scan lines with respect to the transducers intersect, determine a plurality of virtual common points based on the located common point and determine a plurality of transducer groups, steering angles and a plurality of scan-line groups; a controller responsive to a change of the sub-frames to select scan lines corresponding to the changed sub-frame and adjust steering angles of the selected scan lines based on the plurality of transducer groups, the steering angles and the plurality of scan-line groups; and a processor for synthesizing the plurality of sub-frames to form an ultrasound image.
US07766833B2
A system for imaging and providing therapy to one or more regions of interest is presented. The system includes an imaging and therapy catheter configured to image an anatomical region to facilitate assessing need for therapy in one or more regions within the anatomical region and delivering therapy to the one or more regions of interest within the anatomical region. The catheter includes a therapy device having a plurality of independently controllable therapy elements. The independence of the therapy elements is exploited when multiple regions are to receive therapy simultaneously or at a given catheter position within a subject.
US07766827B2
An apparatus and a method for predicting cognitive performance of an individual based on factors including preferably sleep history and the time of day. The method facilitates the creation of predicted cognitive performance curves that allow an individual to set his/her sleep times to produce higher levels of cognitive performance. The method also facilitates the reconstruction of past cognitive performance levels based on sleep history.
US07766821B2
A bendable portion, which is arranged at the distal end of an insertion tube of an endoscope, comprises a plurality of tube segments, each of said tube segments having connecting means that cooperate with the connecting means of the adjacent tube segment, as well as control wires that can control the bending of the bendable portion. The respective connecting means of a tube segment are provided such that they axially protrude from the faces of the tube segment and are located within the mantle of the tube segment and such that they do not exceed the thickness of the mantle. The connecting means, which are provided on the respective faces of adjacent tube segments and which are located opposite each other, complement each other in the manner of a hinge-type connection.
US07766819B2
An endoscope including an elongated insertion section configured to be inserted into a lumen of a subject's body from the distal end side thereof, a tip forming portion which forms a distal end portion of the insertion section, and a bending section which is formed on the insertion section and is bent to move the tip forming portion in a given direction. A slope portion is formed on the given-direction side of the tip forming portion. The slope portion is located so that the tip forming portion is tapered from the rear end side toward the distal end side and abuts against an inner wall of the lumen.
US07766818B2
An electronic endoscope system according to the present invention has a video-scope that has an image sensor, and a light source unit that is capable of selectively emitting normal-light and excitation-light. The electronic endoscope system further has a signal processor and a display processor. The signal processor generates normal color image signals, which corresponds to the normal color image, on the basis of the normal image-pixel signals. Similarly, the signal processor generates auto-fluorescent image signals corresponding to the auto-fluorescent image on the basis of the auto-fluorescent image-pixel signals, and generates diagnosis color image signals corresponding to the diagnosis color image on the basis of the normal color image signals and the auto-fluorescent image signals. The display processor processes the normal color image signals, the auto-fluorescent image signals, and the diagnosis color image signals so as simultaneously to display a normal color movie-image, an auto-fluorescent movie-image, and a diagnosis color movie-image.
US07766811B2
Methods and devices are provided for improving cardiac output. The methods involve establishing a fluid communication pathway between the left ventricle and another natural or prosthetic structure. In one method, a conduit is implanted between the left ventricle and the descending aorta where ventricular blood flows from the left ventricle directly into the descending aorta and bypassing the aortic valve. The devices include such conduits and valves for forming the fluid communication pathways.
US07766804B2
An abdominal exerciser can be used while standing up. The user stands on the anchor base and rests the neckpad on his shoulders while gripping the handlebars. The user can then bend forward and backward to strengthen the abdominal and lower back muscles or side-to-side to strengthen the obliques. The unit is adjustable to fit various sizes of users and/or styles of workouts and can be partially disassembled for easy transportation. The unit comprises an elongate stem/tail assembly, a handlebar assembly including the neckpad to attach at the upper end, and an anchor base to attach at the bottom end. Resistance bands removably attached to hooks between the anchor base and the stem/tail assembly provide variable resistance to the user.
US07766801B2
A method of using an exercise device by following guidelines from a selected strength chart, hypertrophy chart, power chart or endurance chart. The exercise device includes a vertical support member; an adjustable incline having a first end and a second end, the first end of the adjustable incline adjustably supported by, and vertically movable with respect to, the vertical support member for adjusting the incline of the adjustable incline; a user support platform movably attached to the adjustable incline; first and second pulleys coupled to the adjustable incline; one or more cables extendable through first and second pulleys and coupled to the user support platform for movement of the support platform along the adjustable incline through cable movement.
US07766800B1
Weights are arranged in a vertical stack and movably mounted on a frame. On some embodiments, variable length members are provided to exert upward force against a weight supporting member associated with the stack when the weight supporting member is proximate its rest position relative to the frame. On other embodiments, the weights are rotated relative to the frame to selectively engage and disengage the weights for purposes of providing resistance to exercise motion.
US07766796B2
A load bearing framework system (11) for use as ready to assemble playground equipment constructed of a plurality of connector rods (31, 32) having fixed lengths and one or more adjustable length rods (33) and a plurality of connectors (21, 22, 23, 24) with angular spaced radially extending fingers and a camber angle to a plane normal to the axis of the connector, the fingers shaped relative the end of the connector rods allowing connection of a plurality of the connectors rods. The framework forms an interconnected geometric shaped unit with a substantially planar base of regular closed geometric shape for resting on the ground and an interconnected substantially hemispherical top shape. Detent means can retain connector rods and connectors together.
US07766794B2
A glanceable interface presented by a computing device to a user while the user engages in physical exercise can provide information regarding exercise-related data within the context of the user's exercise-oriented goals. In particular, the glanceable interface can display the difference between a user's current exercise level and a target level, optionally with instructions how to reach the target level. Once the target level is reached, the glanceable display can provide raw exercise-related data to the user. In addition, virtual competition can be based on a target-achievement-score that is based on the amount of time, and the accuracy with which, a competitor maintains their exercise level within a target exercise level zone. Competitors can be automatically selected based on the closeness of their target-achievement-scores to the user's target-achievement-score, so long as at least one competitor has a higher target-achievement-score than the user so as to further motivate the user.
US07766789B2
A control device for hybrid vehicle drive apparatus is disclosed. Upon receipt of a start-up request on an engine (8), if a determination is made that a rattling gear noise in a power distributing mechanism (16) exceeds a given value, first and second clutches (C1 and C2) are disengaged to cause a power transmitting path to be placed in a power interrupting state, and the first and second clutches (C1 and C2) are engaged to cause the power transmitting path to be placed in a non-differential state. Thus, engine start-up is initiated. This allows the engine (8) to be started up with a limited occurrence of rattling between gears incorporated in the power distributing mechanism (16) with a reduction in rattling gear noise.
US07766785B2
A multiple-speed automatic transmission includes an input, output, a first gear unit drivable connected to the input and including a component rotating at the speed of the input and a first gear unit output, the first gear unit producing a gear ratio of a speed of the input and a speed of a first gear unit output, the gear ratio being greater than unity, and a Ravigneaux gear unit for producing multiple ratios of the speed of the input and a speed of the output, the Ravigneaux gear unit being driveably connected to first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth rotating members and the output. A first clutch connects the first gear unit output and the first rotating member; a second clutch connects the first gear unit output and the second rotating member; a third clutch connects the third rotating member and one of the input and the rotating component, a fourth clutch connects the fourth rotating member and one of the input and the component; a first brake holds the fifth rotating member against rotation; and a second brake holds the sixth rotating member against rotation.
US07766784B2
An automatic transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and a brake.
US07766776B2
To enhance the durability of the V-shaped belt by allowing the strength and the heat-radiating property of the resin blocks to stand together at high levels in the V-shaped belt, which has a plurality of resin blocks and endless connecting members connecting the resin blocks. The V-shaped belt includes a plurality of resin blocks arranged in a direction and an endless connecting member that is impacted into the resin blocks and that extends in the arrangement direction of the resin blocks. Depressions are longitudinally and vertically formed in the upside and downside of the front surface and the rear surface of each resin block. The depressions are separated from the connecting member and are also separated from the lateral surfaces of the resin block.
US07766775B2
A chain tensioner includes a housing having a closed bottom. A rod is axially movably inserted in the housing for pressing a chain. A wear ring is mounted to the outer periphery of the rod and is biased by a return spring mounted in the housing in a direction away from the bottom of the housing. A nut member is mounted between the wear ring and the bottom of the housing so as to be coaxial with the housing and axially movable relative to the housing. A ring-shaped spring member is provided between the nut member and the bottom of the housing to support the nut member. A screw rod is provided between the rod and the bottom of the housing and in threaded engagement with the nut member. A spring is provided between the screw rod and the bottom of the housing to bias the screw rod in a direction away from the bottom of the housing. The screw rod has an end surface that is in abutment with the rod.
US07766772B2
A handle for a lacrosse head is provided. The handle includes a hollow metal tube having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The hollow metal tube has a first end for communicating with a throat portion of a lacrosse head and a second end opposing the first end. The hollow metal tube has a first thickness defined by a distance between the interior surface and the exterior surface at one location along the hollow metal tube and a second thickness defined by a distance between the interior surface and the exterior thickness at another location along the hollow metal tube. The first thickness has a greater magnitude than the second thickness.
US07766767B2
The present invention is directed to golf balls consisting of a dual-layer core and a cover. The core consists of a layer formed from a low modulus HNP composition and a layer formed from a high modulus HNP composition. The low modulus HNP composition has a material hardness of 55 Shore D or less and comprises a highly neutralized ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid/alkyl(meth)acrylate copolymer. The high modulus HNP composition has a material hardness of 45 Shore D or greater and comprises a highly neutralized ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer. The cover preferably consists of a single cover layer.
US07766758B2
A golf training device (100) includes first and second positioning members (110, 120) movably attached to a planar base portion (101). The first and second positioning members (110, 120) are movable from a stowed configuration to a pitch and chip shot setup configuration. The first and second positioning members (110, 120) include one or more indicia (114, 124) for positioning one or more golf balls (20) when moved to the shot setup configuration. The first and second positioning members (110, 120) position the one or more golf balls (20) a predetermined distance from an edge (103) of the device (100). The first positioning member (110) positions one or more golf balls (20) a first predetermined distance (D1) from the device (100) corresponding to a pitch shot. The second positioning member (120) positions one or more golf balls (20) a second predetermined distance (D2) from the device (100) corresponding to a chip shot.
US07766751B2
A torque limiting includes first and second rotational plates, first and second springs, and a slip device. The first rotational plate is coupled to a torque input device. The second rotational plate is coupled to a drive shaft, and is configured to be movable along an axial direction thereof. The first spring has a first free length, and exerts a first spring force against the second rotational plate toward the first rotational plate. The second spring has a second free length, smaller than the first free length, and selectively exerts a second spring force against the second rotational plate toward the first rotational plate. The slip device, disposed at least partially within or between the first and second rotational plates, causes relative motion between the first and second rotational plates when torque overcomes the combined first and second spring forces exerted against the second rotational plate.
US07766742B2
An electronic gaming console is illustrated having a console cabinet 10 including a prize display 12, a coin entry slot 13, a payout tray 14 and internally mounted game control processor circuits. A video game is provided for play on the console in which images of and objects (balls) are dropped through a series of obstacles (pins) and eventually fill a number of containers. Prizes are paid according to either the number of balls which are in each container at the end of the ball drop and/or the manner in which the pins are hit.
US07766737B2
In a method for analyzing performance of a golfer, a number greens hit in regulation by the golfer during at least one round of golf and a number of long game strokes taken by the golfer during the at least one round of golf are determined, a long game efficiency index of the golfer is calculated by dividing the determined number of long game strokes by the determined number of greens hit in regulation, and a long game handicap of the golfer is determined based at least in part upon the calculated long game efficiency index and a known relationship between long game handicap versus long game efficiency index. The method may be performed by a computer system if desired.
US07766736B2
A pivoting mid-floor section for use in a feeder house in an agricultural combine is located between the transverse drum and the transverse sprocket means. The pivoting mid-floor can move or adjust when a large volume of crop material is fed into the feeder house, while providing support for the conveyor chain along substantially the entire length of travel between the transverse drum and sprocket means, thus reducing the friction on the chain, and preventing the system slow downs that occurred in feeder house systems using a fixed mid-floor. Additionally, replaceable wear-resistant surfaces can be affixed to the runners or guides of the mid-floor to further extend wear life and reduce friction between the chain slats and mid-floor. The friction occurs between the wear pads on the runners or guides and the chain slats, rather than between the chain components and the mid-floor.
US07766734B2
A system and method for providing a substantially constant volume exhaust or ventilation air terminal system is shown for controlling exhaust and/or return airflow rates in a system having a central fan or ventilator. The system and method permits zone-by-zone or area-by-area airflow regulation or control in non-demand areas in response to a demand or call for ventilation in demand areas. In one embodiment, the system employs at least one constant airflow controller or regulator situated in a damper. Another embodiment shows a combination of a first constant airflow controller or regulator situated or mounted on a damper with a second constant airflow controller or regulator situated in a duct associated with the damper. In still another embodiment, a constant airflow controller or regulator is provided in a duct, and used in combination with a solid damper.
US07766728B2
A method and apparatus are provided for a collapsible enclosure for a machine tool. According to one embodiment, a collapsible enclosure for a machine tool comprises a substantially waterproof pan. The pan comprises a base portion and a wall portion extending from the base portion around substantially all of an outer edge of the base portion. The collapsible enclosure further comprises a collapsible frame resting on the base portion of the pan and erected inside of the wall portion of the pan. A substantially waterproof cover substantially surrounds the collapsible frame and extends into the pan to overlap an inner side of the wall portion of the pan.
US07766722B2
An apparatus and method for removing parasites from bees within a hive. The apparatus has a housing that extends from a first end to a second end and has a hollow interior. An air moving device is attached to the first end and a spout is connected to the second end. A container is located within the hollow interior of the housing and contains a parasite killing solution therein. The spout is then connected to a bee hive such that a heating system in communication with the housing can cause the parasite killing solution to boil allowing the air moving device to take the steam from the parasite killing solution to the interior of the hive to kill parasites.
US07766720B2
A racing play set for toy vehicles includes a first track segment, a second track segment disposed in intersection with the first track segment, a return portion disposed in communication with the first and second track portions, and a scoring mechanism, where the return portion is configured to be shared by toy vehicles traveling on the first and second track segments, where the return portion is configured to receive a first toy vehicle from the first track segment and return the first vehicle to the first track segment, where the return portion is configured to receive a second toy vehicle from the second track segment and return the second vehicle to the second track segment, where the scoring mechanism is configured to record a pass of the first vehicle through the return portion and a pass of the second vehicle through the return portion.
US07766713B2
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a barrier rib for a plasma display panel, including a silicon compound resin. The method according to a first embodiment of this invention includes providing a silicon compound resin layer on a substrate; pressing the silicon compound resin layer using a master having a pattern corresponding to the shape of a barrier rib to be transferred; and curing the silicon compound resin and then releasing the master. In addition, the method according to a second embodiment includes loading a silicon compound resin into grooves of a master having a pattern corresponding to the shape of a barrier rib; pressing the master on a substrate to transfer the silicon compound to the substrate; and curing the transferred silicon compound resin and then releasing the master.
US07766712B2
An organic EL light emitting layer is formed in a housing including an air atmosphere having a lower moisture concentration than that of the ambient atmosphere and a lower ozone concentration than that of the ambient atmosphere.
US07766710B2
A mooring system includes a vessel with a lower-side cavity, a turret extending from deck level to the cavity, and a coupling mechanism releasably attaching a mooring buoy to the cavity, at least one buoy-supported riser. The riser end has a coupling member, the riser being slidable via a buoy opening, a riser connector member being attached to a movable transport member upwardly displaceable by a drive element, for: when the buoy and vessel are coupled, attaching the riser connector member to the transport member transporting the transport member upward while sliding the riser through the buoy and attaching the coupling member to a vessel transfer duct, and for lowering the riser while sliding the riser through the buoy until the connector member is supported by the buoy, prior to coupling member release, and release of the riser connector member from the transport member, followed by buoy lowering.
US07766708B2
An engine in an outboard motor includes a first rotation angle sensing device arranged to sense a rotation angle of a crankshaft and second rotation angle sensing device arranged to sense a rotation angle of an exhaust camshaft. A reverse rotation determination section is arranged to determine an occurrence of a reverse rotation of the crankshaft based on of a rotation angle sensed by the first rotation angle sensing device and a rotation angle sensed by the second rotation angle sensing device. A gear mechanism operation section forceaby shifts a shift gear mechanism into a neutral state when a reverse rotation of the crankshaft is sensed by the reverse rotation determination section. Water is surely prevented from entering the internal combustion engine and can minimize an increase in the manufacturing cost and simplify the maintenance work of the internal combustion engine.
US07766702B2
Disclosed herein is an electrical connector frame member. The electrical connector frame member includes a first leg section, a conductor receiving section, and a wedge section. The first leg section is configured to be connected to an electrical isolator. The conductor receiving section is connected to the first leg section. The conductor receiving section is configured to receive an electrical conductor. The wedge section extends from the conductor receiving section. The wedge section is integrally formed with the conductor receiving section and comprises a wedge connector shell contact surface. The wedge connector shell contact surface is angled relative to the conductor receiving section.
US07766700B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals fixed in the insulating housing and a shell mated with the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a base portion and a mating portion extending from a front surface of the base portion. The mating portion defines a plurality of terminal grooves penetrating through a rear surface of the base portion. Each terminal has a fixed portion received in the corresponding terminal groove and two shoulder portions respectively projecting sideward from two opposite sides of one end of the fixed portion. The base portion defines a receiving trough communicate rear ends of the terminal grooves and outside of the base portion for receiving the shoulder portions. Thus, the terminals can be assembled to the insulating housing conveniently and rapidly during using a tool to push the shoulder portions to insert the terminals into the terminal grooves.
US07766696B2
An electrical connector assembly is provided for electrically connecting a plurality of coaxial cables to a circuit board. The assembly includes a housing having a mounting side portion configured to be mounted to the circuit board and a mating side portion opposite the mounting side portion. A plurality of coaxial cable connectors are held by the housing. Each coaxial cable connector includes an outer electrical contact and an inner electrical contact extending generally coaxially with each other. Each outer and inner electrical contact extends from a mating end portion on the mating side portion of the housing to a mounting end portion. The mounting end portion of each of the outer and inner electrical contacts is configured to be electrically connected to a corresponding electrical contact on the circuit board. The mating end portion of each of the outer and inner electrical contacts is configured to be electrically connected to an electrical contact of a corresponding one of the coaxial cables.
US07766689B2
A plug adapter for plugging a connecting lead having at least two poles onto a switching device having a respective secondary contact, for a respective lead conductor, disposed parallel to a combination plug-in orifice includes, on a bottom side facing the switching device, a housing cutout. Associated with each of the at least two poles is a respective access contact including a contact spring. The access contact has a housing opening, and a respective plug, a respective conductor bar. The free end of the contact spring is elastically preloaded, and a clamping device is configured to simultaneously clamp the lead conductors to the contact spring and actuatable via an actuator bracket.
US07766683B2
A cover attaching structure in a connector includes: first and second locking portions provided on a first attaching member; and third and fourth locking portions provided on a second attaching member which is attached to the first attaching member. The first locking portion is locked on the third locking portion from an outer surface side of the connector. The second locking portion is locked on the fourth locking portion from an inner surface side of the connector.
US07766675B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a connector for a cable whose conductor is covered with an insulator and a braided shield. The present invention's connector includes: a housing including a shield, the shield being configured to be electrically connected to the braided shield of the cable; and a ferrule housed in the housing and configured to be connected to the cable, the ferrule including: a swaging portion that is configured to be swaged onto the cable and to provide electrical connection to the braided shield; and two spring portions provided on opposite sides of the swaging portion along the cable axial direction, each spring portion being in contact with the shield of the housing, the two spring portions being configured to fix the swaging portion and the cable in the housing.
US07766673B1
An electrical coupling for electrically linking at least one battery to an actuator in a vehicle includes a housing having a base including at least two spaced apart connectors. A busbar has a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion spaced from the first conductive portion, and a fuse portion connecting the first and second conductive portions. The first conductive portion has at least two spaced apart junctions and the second conductive portion has at least one junction. The busbar is sized and configured to fit in the housing in at least a first position and a second position in which the busbar is rotated relative to the first position.
US07766672B1
An electronic connector includes a circuit board, an upper spacer, a lower spacer, and a front frame. The circuit board having a front segment that is provided with contact pins is formed with at least one first positioning hole. The upper spacer and the lower spacer are coupled to the circuit board through the first positioning hole from above and below, respectively, so that the circuit board is sandwiched between the upper and lower spacers. The front frame has a through opening and is mounted around the front segment so that the front segment of the circuit board, the upper spacer, and the lower spacer are jointly received in the through opening of the front frame. Thereby, the upper and the lower spacers are positioned between the circuit board and the front frame for preventing electrical contact therebetween.
US07766671B2
An electronic component includes a substrate, an interconnection element, and a connector. The interconnection element has conductivity. The interconnection element is present over the substrate. The connector is present on the interconnection element. The connector may further include, but is not limited to, a base, at least one stopper, and at least one sloped guiding surface. The base projects from the interconnection element in a first direction that is vertical to the surface of the substrate. At least one stopper projects from the base in a second direction that is parallel to the surface of the substrate. The one stopper has a stopper surface.
US07766669B2
Compression connectors and methods are provided that are suitable for mating a flat flexible circuit and a printed circuit board. A mounting assembly secures a locking compression assembly to the printed circuit board. Pliable compression springs mounted on rotatable levers engage the top surface of the flexible circuit and force the flexible circuit down onto an interposer, which in turn forces the interposer down onto the printed circuit board. Stop plates are biased towards the rotatable levers to hold the levers in the closed position. Latch members engage the stop plates to keep the connector closed.
US07766655B2
The present invention discloses a self-contained dental prophylaxis angle with a separate therapeutic content lumen and drive shaft lumen. The phrophylaxis angle also provides an offset rotational axis and methods for its use in cleaning, polishing, bleaching, bonding, etching, abrading, desensitizing, or otherwise treating teeth. An offset drive system is provided to power rotation of the dental tip in a system that can be physically separated from the storage and dispensing system for therapeutic content. A self-contained dental prophylaxis angle with an offset rotational axis according to the present invention may be used with a variety of shaped dental tips of varying degrees of rigidity, according the needs of a given clinical application.
US07766654B2
A device (10) and method for determining and controlling the degree of polymerization of polymerizable dental material (14), which device includes a light and/or heat source (18 or 20), with which the dental material (14) is impinged. The device further includes a control device (26) and a sensor (24) connected to the control device (26), whereby the sensor (24) detects radiation (natural radiation) emitted from the dental material (14) of a predetermined wavelength.
US07766646B2
An injection molding apparatus includes a back plate, a driven pulley connected to the back plate and rotatable with respect to the back plate, a screw connected to the driven pulley to rotate with the driven pulley, a motor having an attached drive pulley, a belt or chain coupling the driven pulley and the drive pulley, a valve pin plate, a nut connected to the valve pin plate and mated with the screw, at least one valve pin connected to the valve pin plate, a manifold fixed with respect to the back plate, and at least one nozzle connected to the manifold. The valve pin extends through the nozzle to control flow of molding material. The screw can be a ball screw and nut can be a ball nut. The screw can have one portion connected to the driven pulley and another portion connected to a mold plate in a rotatable manner. The valve pin plate may be an assembly with an upper plate, a lower plate, and at least one valve pin holder fixed between the upper plate and the lower plate, the valve pin being fastened to the valve pin plate assembly with the valve pin holder. The positions of the screw and nut can be reversed.
US07766640B2
A contact lithography apparatus, system and method use a deformation to facilitate pattern transfer. The apparatus, system and method include a spacer that provides a spaced apart parallel and proximal orientation of lithographic elements, such as a mask and a substrate, when in mutual contact with the spacer. One or more of the mask, the substrate and the spacer is deformable, such that deformation thereof facilitates the pattern transfer.
US07766637B2
An apparatus for a continuous encapsulation process is provided. The apparatus is a vibrating tubing used alone, in series, or in combination with an encapsulation apparatus, which is used alone or in series. The vibrating tubing is a flat coil, a standing spiral, or a flume. The encapsulation apparatus includes a winding having coils disposed in an aqueous gelling solution. The winding is rotatable about its longitudinal center axis. The winding has adjacently spaced coils forming a plurality of chambers. Objects to be encapsulated are added to the apparatus such that when the winding is rotated, the chambers transport a volume of objects through the length winding in the aqueous gelling solution in a predetermined time.
US07766636B2
An oscillating variable displacement ring pump provides both positive and variable displacement. A housing circumscribes a pump chamber. The pump chamber encases an oscillating ring driven by a crankshaft. The crankshaft's offset shaft is located inside the pump chamber. The ring encircles the offset shaft. A bearing rotatably attached to the offset shaft rolls inside the ring. When the pump chamber is sealed, rotation of the offset shaft causes ring oscillation in the chamber. Ring oscillation creates vacuum pressure, which draws substances into pump chamber via an inlet port while pumping out substances of the pump chamber via an outlet port. A valve within the pump chamber contacts the ring and follows ring oscillation to help separate incoming substances from outgoing substances. The pump can include an adjustable internal by-pass means to control the volume and pressure of substances delivered by the pump.
US07766631B2
To provide an efficient piston pump having a small number of parts and simple assembly steps, and consuming less current in achieving a relatively low ultimate pressure. The piston pump comprises: a suction port (28) through which gas sucked by varying the volume of a pump chamber (22) defined by a cylinder (12) and a piston (14) fitted in the cylinder (12) passes as the piston (14) is reciprocated, an exhaust port (20) through which the gas discharged by varying the volume of the pump chamber (22) passes, a suction valve (26) installed in the suction port (28) disposed on a piston top, and an exhaust valve (18) installed in the exhaust port (20) disposed on a top of the cylinder (12).
US07766629B2
A fluid pump having a case with a pump chamber defined by axial side surfaces and a circumferential surface, a suction port and a discharge port both provided in the circumferential surface so as to communicate with the pump chamber, an impeller formed into a disc shape and rotatably mounted in the pump chamber, a pressure generating protrusion, which generates pressure by rotation of the impeller and is located inside the pump chamber at a radial position, and a motor, which drives the impeller, installed in the case and having a stator and a rotor to which the impeller is attached for rotating together.
US07766617B1
A turbine airfoil or a substrate exposed to a high temperature environment having a plurality of modular formed cooling circuits with diffusion chambers and cooling holes for each module. Each module includes diffusion chambers and transpiration cooling holes and is placed on the airfoil substrate and a refractory material is formed over the modules. The modules are then leached away leaving the diffusion chambers and cooling holes formed between the substrate and the refractory coating.
US07766614B2
A compressor or fan casing is provided with a casing treatment to improve the surge margin of an unshrouded rotor stage. The casing treatment takes the form of an insert (20) let into the casing wall (10) to provide a plurality of re-circulation grooves (22) in the wall circumscribing the path of the rotor blade tips. The insert consists of a plurality of arcuate insert segments (20) made of a carbon fiber reinforced resin. In the preferred construction each arcuate segment (20) is formed with axially extending tangs (28,29) on either side that are received into the correspondingly shaped sides (38,40) of a receiving channel (16) in the casing wall (10). The casing (10) may be split on a diametric plane, thus exposing groove ends (38,40), into which the tangs (28,29) carried by the inserts (20) can be slid before the casing (10) is finally assembled.
US07766613B2
A pump includes a pump unit, a pump case, a motor unit, a plurality of guide blades forming plural guide paths in tangent directions of the impellers; and a multiplicity of return blades to form paths for collecting the liquid under pressure from the guide paths into a suction opening of a next-stage impeller. The return blades have a configuration in which a total cross sectional area of inlet openings of concave paths formed by a plurality of ribs is set to be equal to or larger than a cross sectional area of the suction port, while a total volume of the concave paths is set to be smaller than the total volume of non-path portions excluding the paths.
US07766607B2
A device for ventilating turbine components in a gas turbine engine which includes first and second turbine rotors mechanically independent of each other, the first turbine rotor includes an HP turbine disk and the second turbine rotor includes an LP turbine disk and with a first circuit for ventilating the LP turbine is disclosed. The device includes an air compression wheel arranged downstream of the HP turbine disk between the HP turbine disk and LP turbine disk in order to assist the circulation of the air in the first circuit.
US07766603B2
A fan blade containment assembly (38) for a turbofan gas turbine engine (10) comprises a cylindrical, or frustoconical, casing (40) arranged to surround an arrangement of fan blades (26). At least one hollow tubular member (66) is arranged radially within and secured to the casing (40) and the at least one hollow tubular member (66) contains a filler material (68). The at least one hollow tubular member (66) extends circumferentially. The hollow tubular member (66) is helical and the axial spacing between the adjacent turns of the tubular member (66) varies and the density of the filler material (68) varies in order to match the severity of the impact expected at each axial location along the casing 40 of the fan blade containment assembly (38).
US07766601B2
A vertical-axis wind turbine which has a central rotary tower upon which are fixed substantially vertical blades. The blades are capable of rotating and moving radially relative to the central tower, the movement of each blade being independently controlled based on the conditions to which it is constantly subjected so as to optimize the overall performance of the wind turbine.
US07766589B2
Fixing system adapted to be fixed in a removable manner on a penetrable surface, the fixing system comprising a housing base part and a pair of pin blocks mounted in the housing. Each pin block comprises a rigid body portion and a plurality of pins inclined obliquely in relation to said body portion. The pins of one pin block are oriented in a direction opposed to the direction of the pins of the other pin block, whereby an actuator mechanism moves the pin blocks apart or together, from a disengaged position to an engaged and stable position.
US07766584B2
An auxiliary device for a drill includes a base having a first side provided with a gathering portion, a fixing post mounted on a second side of the base and provided with a limit hole connected to the gathering portion, a water inlet port mounted on the second side of the base and provided with a water inlet hole connected to the gathering portion, and a water outlet port mounted on the second side of the base and provided with a water outlet hole connected to the gathering portion. Thus, the cooling water flows through the water inlet hole of the water inlet port into the gathering portion of the base to surround the drill bit so as to provide a cooling effect to the drill bit and the workpiece during the drilling process.
US07766567B2
Provided is a method of printing with a print assembly having first and second print engines arranged in an opposing in-line sequential configuration along a paper path. The method includes the steps of drawing a sheet of paper into the first print engine, printing image data onto the sheet via the first and second print engines, printing fixative onto the paper to aid drying of ink, and binding the printed sheet into a document using a binding assembly of the print assembly.
US07766564B2
A shutter device of a camera includes an upper plate and a bottom plate. An oscillator, which is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate, includes a rotator having a spindle, and the spindle pivots its opposite ends on pivot portions of the upper plate and the lower plate respectively. A driving arm is provided to the spindle to swing two shutter blades for exposing or shading an aperture of an aperture plate. One of the shutter blade is fixed to the driving arm that the spindle is no longer to be a rotation center of the second shutter blade, so that a working space, in which the aperture plate, the shutter blades are received, is elevated to the same level as the pivot portion of the lower plate to reduce a thickness of the shutter device.
US07766562B2
A lens support system for stabilizing and securing a large camera lens when it is attached to a camera is disclosed. The lens support system consists of a lens cradle that is attached to the tripod mount of a large camera lens, and a neck strap attached to the lens cradle that will be worn around the photographer's neck. The lens support system can also be used to secure a lens when unattached to a camera, and can be used as a balanced hand-hold without the neck strap.
US07766560B2
A connector module (31, 71) has a base body (21) having a first contact (27) for electrically contacting an optoelectronic module (72) to be positioned into a depression (36) in the base body, a second contact (25) for electronically contacting a board, and a conductive trace (23) for electrically connecting the first (27) and second (25) contacts on a surface of the base body (21), and a molded part (33), the molded part (33) being cast onto the base body (21) across a first part of the surface, and the base body (21) and/or the molded part (33) defining a through-opening (13, 19, 37) for introducing a fiber (73). The base body (21) and the molded part (33) form two jaws for gripping the fiber (73).
US07766558B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical transceiver includes a printed-circuit board, an optical module that converts a received optical signal into an electrical signal and converts an electrical signal into a optical signal, and transmits the converted signal, the optical module being mounted on the printed-circuit board, and an edge connector that inputs and outputs the electrical signal, the edge connector being mounted on the printed-circuit board. In the optical transceiver, at least an edge portion of the edge connector is formed in a direction roughly perpendicular to the optical signal transmitted/received at the optical module, and the printed-circuit board is removably connected to the host substrate through the edge connector in such a manner that the printed-circuit is roughly perpendicular to the host substrate to be connected.
US07766546B1
An apparatus and method for canceling variations in the beta for a bipolar junction transistor so that the diode equation can be employed to accurately measure the temperature of the transistor based at least in part on a ratio of two target collector currents and two measurements of the base-emitter voltage of the transistor. If the determined collector current of the transistor is relatively equivalent to one of the first and second target collector currents, the transistor's base-emitter voltage is measured and stored. An analog feedback circuit can be employed to change the determined collector current to be relatively equivalent to the first and second target collector currents. The analog feedback circuit can include an optional sample and hold component to further reduce power consumption and reduce noise. A digital circuit can be employed to change the determined collector current to be relatively equivalent to the first and second target collector currents. Additionally, the transistor can be remotely located in another integrated circuit.
US07766531B2
A display system includes a display panel and a backlight disposed behind the display panel. The backlight has a light guide and at least one light source that directs light into an edge of the light guide. The light guide comprises a front layer facing the display panel, a back layer facing away from the display panel, and a plurality of connecting members connecting the front and back layers. The spaces formed between the connecting members and the upper and the first and second layers are referred to as flutes. Light from the light source may propagate along the flutes.
US07766530B2
A lens for a backlight, including: a light transmissive body including outer and inner surface areas, the outer surface area having a convex surface and a concave surface, the inner surface area having a convex surface and a concave surface, wherein the convex surface of the outer surface area has a curvature different from a curvature of the convex surface of the inner surface area and the concave surface of the outer surface area has a curvature different from a curvature of the concave surface of the inner surface area.
US07766518B2
Modular lighting fixtures that allow convenient installation and removal of LED-based light-generating modules and controller modules. In one example, a modular lighting fixture includes a housing configured to be recessed into or disposed behind an architectural surface such as ceiling, wall, or soffit, in new or existing construction scenarios. The fixture housing includes a socket configured to facilitate one or more of a mechanical, electrical and thermal coupling of the light-generating module to the fixture housing. The ability to easily engage and disengage the LED-based light-generating module with the socket, without removing the fixture housing itself, allows for straightforward replacement of the light-generating module upon failure, or exchange with another module having different light-generating characteristics. Modular lighting controllers for such fixtures also may be easily installed in or removed from the fixture housing via the same access route by which the light-generating module is installed and removed.
US07766508B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture for achieving a desired illumination pattern includes a panel and one or more LEDs attached to a surface of the panel. One or more of the LEDs may be mounted at an angle to the surface.
US07766506B2
In the case of a light influencing element (6) for directing the light emitted from a light source (4) to a predetermined angular region, which has a plurality of rib-like raster elements (7, 12), which have reflecting side walls and are arranged in regular structure, the raster elements (7, 12) have a height (H) of a maximum of 5 mm. Through this there arise on the one hand greater freedoms in the design of the luminaire. On the other hand, the luminaire is lent an optical appealing appearance.
US07766493B2
The present disclosure provides optical devices having an asymmetric viewing area imparting improved optical properties to the device.
US07766479B2
A gaze point detecting device 1 detects a gaze point of an object person by projecting a display image displayed by an LCD 8 to outside via a finder 4 and capturing an eye image of the object person by a CCD 11 in response to illumination light irradiated toward outside from the finder 4, and the device comprises an optical system 5 arranged spaced only a focal length apart from a display surface 8a on an optical path of an image displaying optical system between the LCD 8 and the finder 4; the optical system 5 being arranged on an optical path of an imaging optical system between the finder 4 and the CCD 11; a telecentric optical system including a diaphragm 9 arranged spaced only a focal length apart from the optical system 5 on the optical path; and a controller 3 that detects a position of the gaze point of the object person based on the eye image captured by the CCD 11.
US07766475B2
The present invention includes an image transfer sheet. The image transfer sheet comprises a release layer and a polymer layer. One or more of the release layer and the polymer layer comprise titanium oxide or other white pigment.
US07766470B2
An ink jet printhead cartridge includes a cartridge body including a base and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the base. A filter tower having a tower wall has an interior surface that defines a location of a tower passageway. A printhead chip assembly is attached to the base of the cartridge body in fluid communication with the tower passageway. A filter is attached to the filter tower at a distal end thereof. An ink fill access port is formed through a side wall of the plurality of sidewalls, and through the tower wall of the filter tower, to define a fluid path from the atmosphere external to the cartridge body to the tower passageway of the filter tower to facilitate the injection of ink directly into the filter tower during an ink filling operation for the ink jet printhead cartridge.
US07766467B2
The present invention relates to a print engine for an inkjet printer unit. The print engine includes a cradle unit and a replaceable cartridge unit to be releasably received within the cradle unit. The cartridge unit comprises an elongate body defining a plurality of partitions. An ink storage module assembly includes a row of ink storage modules each received between adjacent partitions. A printhead assembly is mounted to the body and includes an ink ejection integrated circuit (IC) connected to receive ink from the ink storage modules. A maintenance assembly is configured to cap and clean the IC.
US07766458B2
An inkjet head includes an ink passage unit, an actuator unit; a printed circuit board; a metallic bond for electrically connecting a land to a terminal, the metallic bond being disposed in at least one of a region between the land and the terminal and a region extending over the land and the terminal along the peripheries of the land and the terminal; and a protrusion disposed on the connecting portion between a main electrode portion and the land.
US07766457B2
A printer (100) includes an ink tank (20), an ink-jet head (10), and a tube (30) connecting the ink tank with the ink-jet head. The ink-jet head includes a top plate (14) and a bottom plate (12). The bottom plate defines an ink storage pool (122) and an ink channel (124) therein. The top plate includes a plurality of control electrodes (142a, 142b, 142c). One end of the ink channel communicates with the ink storage pool, and the other end of the ink channel includes an ink muzzle (124a). A portion of the control electrode (142a) extends over the ink storage pool. The control electrodes are applied with impulse voltages to drive ink in the ink storage pool to move towards the ink muzzle along the ink channel.
US07766452B2
An ink jet recording head is detachably attached to an ink jet recording apparatus including a carriage operable to reciprocally move and an optical encoder scale. An ink jet recording head, a liquid storage container, or an ink jet recording apparatus includes at least one of a light emitting element configured to emit light to an encoder scale and a light receiving element configured to receive light through the encoder scale.
US07766450B2
An ink jet recording apparatus that includes: a recording head that discharges an ink from a plurality of nozzles constituting a nozzle train to a recording medium; a cap that covers a nozzle surface of the recording head with a hollow cap member; and a wiper that wipes the nozzle surface of the recording head with a wiper member by a relative movement of the wiper member with respect to the recording head, wherein at least one of the wiper member and the nozzle surface comprises a removing portion that removes a foreign matter from the nozzle surface.
US07766444B2
A method for controlling the media feed of a print media sheet in an imaging apparatus having a media feed roller includes selecting between using absolute positioning of the media feed roller and relative positioning of the media feed roller for various media feed roller moves.
US07766433B2
A cartridge is provided for use as a joint between links of an endless track chain. The cartridge is designed for assembly prior to attachment of the cartridge to the links. An associated method is disclosed.
US07766415B2
A windbreak device for motor vehicles, in particular cabriolet vehicles, is provided, comprising a windbreak base which is disposed level with a beltline of a vehicle body, and a wind deflector which is connected to the windbreak base in an articulated manner and can be pivoted from an inactive position, which extends approximately level with the beltline of the vehicle body, into an active position which rises above the beltline and runs transverse with respect to said beltline, and an electric drive unit by which the wind deflector can be moved between the inactive and the active position relative to the windbreak base. The windbreak device is provided with a rechargeable battery which provides electrical energy for operating the electric drive unit.
US07766414B2
The production of lightweight closure assemblies with a selection of materials optimized to have sufficient formability for each component of the closure assembly, while providing the necessary performance standards at a lighter weight. A mixed metal vehicle closure assembly with an inner panel and an outer panel operatively connected to one another such that they define a cavity therebetween. The closure assembly includes a unitary reinforcement panel attached to the inner and outer panels and inside the cavity therebetween. At least one of the inner, outer and unitary reinforcement panels is composed of a first type of sheet metal and at least one other of the remaining inner, outer or unitary reinforcement panel is composed of a second type of sheet metal.
US07766410B2
An interlock assembly is provided for a vehicle having a body with a selectively openable slidable door and a selectively openable fuel filler door mounted thereto. The fuel filler door is operatively connected with the interlock assembly. The interlock assembly has a first interlock state, operable to restrict the opening of the slidable door when the fuel filler door is in an open position, and a second interlock state, operable to restrict the opening of the fuel filler door when the slidable door is in an open position. Preferably, the interlock assembly is mounted with respect to a rear jamb formed by the body.
US07766408B2
A forward/rearward slidable and upwardly pivotable armrest supported upon an open center console. Retractable pins associated with inner underside locations of the armrest are displaced upon actuation of a lever component associated with the armrest, and which selectively reseats the armrest at linear travel locations along first and second rails defined upon the side walls of the console. Seating locations established between a slidable and upper support portion of the armrest and the recessed stops defined along inwardly facing surfaces of the rails permit the armrest to be translated to either forward or rearward locations of a center nominal position, relative to a fixed lower carriage with pivot support bracket.
US07766400B2
A door stay having a first part adapted to be supported by door handle on one side of the door, a second part adapted to be supported by the door handle on the other side of the door, and an intermediate part that is adapted to extend over the edge of the door to prevent the latch tongue from engaging with the keeper.
US07766390B2
An apparatus for securely holding and protecting a layout of elements includes a portfolio having a first cover and a first overlay. The first overlay and the first cover are releasably cohered together, preferably utilizing magnetic forces. A loose arrangement of elements can be secured to a work surface of the first cover using the first overlay for safe storage and transport. The apparatus is used in rubber stamping design, stained-glass design, and quilting design.
US07766375B2
A pedestrian airbag apparatus in which smooth inflation and deployment of an airbag are achieved without using an inflator having a high output is provided. An opening 3a for allowing passage of the airbag provided on a bonnet hood 3 is covered by a lid 20. A rear edge 20r of the lid 20 is rotatably joined to the rear edge side of the opening 3a via hinges 21, and a front edge 20f and the rear edge 20r of the lid 20 are disengageably engaged with a peripheral edge portion of the opening 3a by clips 30, respectively. The clips 30 on the front edge 20f side and the hinges 21 on the rear edge 20r side are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction. The clips 30 on the front edge 20f side and the clips 30 on the rear edge 20r side are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction.
US07766373B2
A passenger-seat airbag includes a left airbag and a right airbag. A root portion connects a left-airbag root portion and a right-airbag root portion. An accordion-folded portion with relatively small folding widths is formed by accordion-folding both side portions of the root portion, whereby at least a gas-injection hole closest to each of both ends of an inflator in a longitudinal direction among a plurality of the gas-injection holes of the inflator is prevented from being closed by the root portion when the passenger-seat airbag is provided in a vehicle.
US07766372B2
An interior trim panel is provided that is adapted to house a supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) system when installed in a motorized vehicle. The trim panel includes a rigid substrate configured to attach to the vehicle. The rigid substrate includes opposing inner and outer surfaces, and defines a cavity therein with an opening formed through the inner and outer surfaces. The cavity is configured to nest the SIR system therein. A standing rib protrudes from the rigid substrate outer surface, elongated about at least a portion of the opening. An outer skin is injection molded over the rigid substrate, covering the outer surface and opening. The outer skin includes a reduced thickness portion, formed between an external surface thereof and the standing rib, which is configured to weaken the outer skin such that the inflatable cushion can break therethrough when transitioning from a non-expanded state to an expanded state.
US07766371B2
An airbag cover comprises a cover main body having a cover core covering an airbag and an outer layer disposed on an outer surface of the cover core, an ornament provided on an outer surface of the outer layer, and a fixing structure for fixing the ornament on the outer surface of the outer layer. And, an edge of the outer layer on the outer surface is covered by the ornament. According to this airbag cover having the ornament, it can be easy to form the outer layer.
US07766368B2
A retractable frame structure of a baby stroller includes a frame, a pair of scissors-type linking sets, a push rod and a linking rod. Each scissors-type linking set is connected with the push rod and the link rod, respectively. When pushing the pushing rod, the scissors-type linking set will be collapsed and the linking rod will urge front wheels to move backward towards rear wheels, thus the collapsed stroller has a compact size which is convenient to carry and to store.
US07766364B2
A binding or boot strap is provided that allows a rider to easily, rapidly and/or effectively tighten and/or loosen the strap about his or her boot. The strap includes a boot-engaging strap portion that engages with an engagement strap coupleable to the boot, as may be the case with boots used for step-in bindings, or to the binding, as may be the case with strap-type bindings. An arrangement for facilitating tightening/loosening of the two strap pieces so that a rider can slip his or her foot into or out from the boot or fasten the boot to or loosen it from a snowboard binding is also provided. In one embodiment, this arrangement includes a tightening element, such as for example a cord, lace or strap, suitably coupled to one or both strap portions such that a rider can pull on the tightening element to move the strap pieces relative to each other and tighten the strap. The tightening arrangement may be configured with a mechanical advantage whereby the force applied to the tightening element results in a greater force applied to the strap. To take up any excess amount of tightening element after the strap has been tightened, a retraction device, such as a self-winding spool, may be utilized. To separate the strap from the boot or binding, a hook and catch arrangement may be employed.
US07766361B2
A kingpin assembly comprises a housing having a recess located therein, a collar member operably coupled to the housing, and an integral single-piece kingpin having at least a portion located within the recess of the housing, wherein the housing and collar cooperate to rotationally secure the kingpin within the recess of the housing, and wherein the kingpin provides a sole rotational support for the kingpin with respect to the housing and the collar.
US07766360B2
A motorcycle that reduces air resistance without a cowling includes a steering handle, a headlight unit disposed in front of a handle base disposed at a substantial center of the steering handle, a meter unit disposed above the handle base, and a fuel tank disposed behind the handle base. In a side view of the motorcycle, the headlight top surface, the meter top surface and the fuel tank top surface are smoothly connected.
US07766356B2
The drilling of new holes into a vehicle fender fold is avoided by providing a mud flap with at least one rotating clamping member that clamps to the wheel well fender fold and, spaced from this clamping member, a tab which captures the end of a wheel well fender fold between itself and a general rear surface of the mud flap body. It is preferred that the tab be integrally molded with the mud flap body.
US07766355B2
A motorcycle rear fender assembly includes a rear fender mounted on a vehicle frame structure above a vehicle rear wheel, which fender is divided, in a forward and rearward direction, into three components, including an anterior rear fender subassembly forming a front portion of the rear fender, an intermediate rear fender subassembly forming an intermediate portion of the rear fender, and a posterior rear fender subassembly forming a rear portion of the rear fender.
US07766354B2
A wheel suspension is provided for a vehicle (7), with a carrier element (5), a wheel carrier (1) arranged at a spaced location from the carrier element (5) and a wheel (14) mounted rotatably on the wheel carrier (1). The wheel carrier (1) is connected to the carrier element (5) via a first guide (3; 17) and a first pivotable connection (10) and the wheel carrier (1) is connected to the carrier element (5) via a second guide (2; 4) and a second pivotable connection (8; 12). A first angle-measuring device (27, 28) is integrated in the first pivotable connection (10) and a second angle-measuring device (44, 45) is integrated in the second pivotable connection (8; 12).
US07766350B2
A telescopic actuator is adapted to be used on a right side or a left side of a body. The telescopic actuator includes a housing having a cylindrical shape and formed with an opening portion, an output rod supported inside the housing so as to be protrudable and retractable with respect to the housing, and a stroke sensor comprising a detectable portion provided on the output rod so as to be movable inside the opening portion of the housing and a detecting portion provided on the housing so as to face the detectable portion. A direction in which the detectable portion is eccentrically disposed with respect to a vertical plane including an axial line of the output rod is different depending on whether the telescopic actuator is used on the right side or on the left side of the body.
US07766349B2
A self-steering axle suspension system utilizing a rotary damper coaxially aligned with and acting directly about the king pin centerline on one side of the vehicle is disclosed. Alternatively, the rotary damper may be mounted at, and axially aligned with, a pivot joint joining a steering knuckle with the tie rod. When used as such, the rotary damper constitutes a rotary stabilizer. The rotary stabilizer is used to control the steerability of the self-steering axle suspension system and has a self-centering axle mechanism incorporated therein.
US07766347B2
A gate-and-seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate, a backrest, and a seat. The gate has a first end pivotally mountable to a rear portion of a shopping cart. The backrest includes a back support and a pair of legs with the back support defining a slot. The pair of legs extends from the back support and is pivotally mounted to a lower portion of the gate to enable pivotal movement of the backrest relative to the gate. The seat is pivotally mounted to the gate via at least one pivot mechanism and slidably extends through the slot of the back support. The seat includes a pair of ears extending laterally outward from the seat in opposite directions with each respective ear being releasably engageable relative to a rear surface of the back support of the backrest. The entire gate-and-seat assembly is made entirely from a plastic material. The seat is pivotally movable from a seating position to a collapsed position upon pivotal movement of the backrest relative to and toward the gate wherein the seat slidably moves through the slot of the back support and pivots downward toward the gate until both the seat and the back support are collapsed against the gate with the back support being spaced vertically above the seat.
US07766340B2
Rings described herein can be installed in a stuffing box assembly about a rotary element without the need for dismantling the apparatus. A system can comprise at least two rings. Each ring can have a first section and a second section. The first section of the ring has an outer rounded edge, a first mating edge, an inner rounded edge, and a second mating edge. The second section has an outer rounded edge, a first mating edge for abutting the first mating edge of the first section to form a joint, an inner rounded edge, and a second mating edge for abutting the second mating edge of the second section to form a joint. The outer rounded edges of the first and second sections comprise the circumference of the outer edge of the ring when the first and second sections are mated. Each ring can be positioned on top of another ring to align the outer edges of the rings.
US07766339B2
A seal ring for sealing an annular clearance between two members, which are made rotatable relative to each other. The seal ring is provided with a relief 5 throughout the circumference of a sliding face side to confront the side wall face 72 of an annular groove 71. This relief 5 is set to have a radially smaller width in the vicinity of a separate portion 2 and a radially larger width at a position apart from the separate portion 2, and the portion of the relief 5 to transit from the narrower portion to the wider portion is set to have a gradually changing width.
US07766338B1
Targets, a target range system, and methods for economical operation of a target range. A preferred method includes providing a target range site; providing a target resembling a conventional target in dimension and appearing, yet having a weight that is substantially less than the weight of the conventional target. The target has a plurality of interconnecting plates made of recyclable material and is devoid of hazards comprising munitions, fuels, and radioactive materials. The ingress and egress routes for the target are reduced as compared to routes for conventional targets and enable cost savings. The targets are also readily recycled, enabling additional economic advantage.
US07766328B2
A sheet feeding apparatus with a buffer system is disclosed, in which a sheet feeding drum has a certain rotational speed regardless of the size of the sheet to feed a plurality of sheets to a sheet finisher and eject the sheets after exactly aligning them. The sheet feeding apparatus includes sheet feeding grips 36a, 36b, 36c and 36d provided on the outside of a sheet feeding drum 105 at certain intervals, and a sheet feeding grip controller (cam) 42 allowing the sheet feeding grips to selectively grip the sheets moving through the outside of the sheet feeding drum 105. The sheets gripped by the sheet feeding grips are buffered by the end fence and are ejected to a sheet finisher through a sheet ejection path when the end fence is opened. The sheet feeding drum 105 includes a plurality of support rings 33a, 33b, 33c, and 33d arranged at certain intervals, sheet feeding rollers 34a, 34b, 34c and 34d respectively formed among the support rings, and a central shaft 35 fixing the support rings and the rollers, the sheet feeding grips being provided in the support rings.
US07766327B2
The present disclosure provides a printing device comprising a sheet buffer including a paper path having a plurality of nip pairs for selectively receiving and releasing a plurality of printer sheets. The plurality of nip pairs include a fixed load nip pair, a fixed unload nip pair, and at least another intermediate fixed nip pair therebetween. In a first operation each subsequent sheet of the plurality of sheets is shingled over a previous sheet wherein the plurality of sheets can be stopped in the intermediate nip pair or pairs. Individual sheets of the plurality of sheets can be advanced to the unload nip pair sequentially in a second operation whereupon the individual sheets are successively unloaded as needed in a first in first out order.
US07766323B2
Together with a device for receiving mail items that has a conveyor belt designed to receive and to convey the mail items from a franking station of a mail handling machine, a device is provided for stacking mail items that has a plurality of rollers disposed in staggered manner on a plurality of axles whose ends are fixed to respective ones of two support walls between which the axles extend, which support walls are mutually parallel and are spaced apart by at least the width of said conveyor belt.
US07766321B2
A sheet loading apparatus, which is equipped with a position adjustment unit that can be held in a fixed condition with a small applying force and released from the fixed condition by an intuitive and slight operation, is provided. The apparatus includes a sheet loading unit on which sheets are loaded, a position adjustment unit that can be moved in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the sheets loaded on the sheet loading unit are conveyed, and a fixation member for fixing the position adjustment unit to the sheet loading unit. The fixation member has a connection unit for connecting to the position adjustment means at a position distant from a sheet loading surface of the sheet loading unit and a fixation member-side fixation unit that is engaged with a loading-side fixation surface formed at a position close to the sheet loading surface of the sheet loading unit. A distance between the connection unit and the fixation member-side fixation unit is longer than a minimum distance between the connection unit and the loading-side fixation surface, and the fixation member-side fixation unit is arranged on the side opposite to the sheets to be adjusted with respect to the connection unit.
US07766317B2
To provide a clutch apparatus that is able to prevent a trigger lever from returning before a toothed portion of a clutch member engages a ratchet wheel and may be reduced in size.A clutch member 93, a lever member 115 that switches from a clutch engaged state to a non-engaged state and a lever pivot gear 111 are provided. An engaging projecting portion 100 is partially formed on the lever pivot gear in a circumferential direction. An engaged projecting portion 129 that is engageable with the engaging projecting portion is partially formed around the lever shaft in a circumferential direction. A differential device is configured so that, when an engagement between an engaging pawl 98 and a clutch engaging portion 123 is released, the engaging projecting portion is engaged with the engaged projecting portion thereby to pivot the lever member in a direction away from the clutch member and, after that, when a drive transmission system is driven in a reverse direction to pivot a drive side gear in an opposite direction so that a toothed portion of the clutch member is engaged with the drive side gear 92, the engaging projecting portion does not engage the engaged projecting portion before the clutch member is swung to a position at which the clutch engaging portion does not re-engage an engaging pawl when the lever member is pivoted.
US07766313B2
A spring clamping system includes improved spring clamping mechanisms and a gimbal mechanism. Removable attachment clips securely join each clamping mechanism to the gimbal mechanism while allowing positive-lock positioning and rapid repositioning of a workpiece through at least two planes of motion. Curved strengthening and alignment sections resist lateral misalignment during operation while maintaining handle alignment and clamp opening scope.
US07766312B2
A coil spring reduces Hertzian stress on a first turn and bending stress on a coil end.A coil end 11 is shifted in a diametral outer or inner direction of a coil spring relative to the first turn 13, to form a vertical gap between the coil end 11 and the first turn 13 in a free state without load on the coil spring. Due to the gap, the coil spring including the coil end 11 and first turn 13 can be entirely processed by shot peening as well as the remaining portion. The first turn 13 receives a combination of torsional stress and Hertzian stress (contact stress). Since the coil end 11 that receives high Hertzian stress is shifted in a diametral outer or inner direction of the coil spring relative to the first turn 13, a contact point on the first turn 13 is shifted in the diametral outer or inner direction to reduce the torsional stress on the first turn 13. The shift and gap formed between the coil end 11 and the first turn 13 are effective to prevent excessive bending stress and breakage of the coil end 11 when the coil end 11 and first turn 13 are repeatedly engaged and disengaged in the gap.
US07766308B2
A theater rigging assembly having a beam, which is attached to structural support members of a theater or other performing arts venue. The assembly further includes a winch assembly and head block that can be positioned at any point along the beam and selectively fixed in position. The winch portion includes cables for raising and lowering battens or other loads. The head block includes head sheaves, which redirect the cables to loft sheaves that are selectively attached to the beam. The head sheaves are diagonally displaced to separate the cables. The winch portion includes a motor, a gear box, a drum and a brake. The brake includes a ratchet and two brake disks. It uses at least one friction surface that contacts at least one of the brake disks to cause a pawl to engage or disengage from the ratchet.
US07766306B2
A device for removing a vehicle wheel end assembly includes a base having an upright section; and a hub support movable with respect to the upright section, the hub support having a first section translatable with respect to the upright section, and a hub adaptor pivotally connected to the first section so as to permit the hub adaptor to be angled with respect to the first section. A method for servicing ball joints of a motor vehicle includes jacking the motor vehicle so that a wheel is off the ground; removing a wheel from a wheel hub; removing the wheel end assembly including the wheel hub from the vehicle having ball joints using a device supporting the entire wheel end assembly; and servicing the ball joints of the motor vehicle.
US07766299B2
A support post for a flexible substrate includes a primary base and a secondary base adapted to rest upon the primary base. The secondary base supports an upright substrate support member. The secondary base is selectively secured to the primary base to orient the upright substrate support at such angle as may be required to maintain the flexible substrate in a taut condition.
US07766294B2
A holder for supporting a beverage container against an automobile air conditioner/heater grill includes a housing having a base for holding a beverage container bottom, and open top surrounding the beverage container sides, an open back and upstanding sidewalls inner connecting the base and the open top. Sidewalls include an open front for enabling passage of air therethrough and circulation of air around the container sides. A pair of spaced apart ribs extending vertically between the base and the top across the open back and a slidable element disposed between the ribs enable vertical positioning of the housing in front of the grill. Arms, separate from the housing, are provided for engaging the grill and including an interconnecting portion for removably engaging a slidable/deflecting element. An elastic member spanning the housing open back and a pair of spaced apart hooks attached thereto enable attachment of the holder to the grill.
US07766293B2
A method and apparatus include attaching a lighted cup holder to a seating arrangement. The lighted cup holder includes a cup holder body and a light-producing light source, with the cup holder body being attached to the seating arrangement and having a cup receptacle therein, the light-producing source being disposed within the cup receptacle for illuminating the receptacle. A light-sensitive element operatively connected to the light source selectively controls production of light by the light source in such a manner that illumination of the cup holder is provided only under conditions where visibility is reduced to the point that it becomes difficult to locate the cup holder. The light-sensitive element is mounted on a master lighted cup holder and controls illumination of the master lighted cup holder and one or more slave lighted cup holders operatively connected to the master lighted cup holder.
US07766287B2
A brush holder designed to hold brushes used to apply liquid coverings to surfaces. The holder is securely attached to the brush. The holder allows the brush to then be supported form the top of the liquid container. The holder further allows the distance between the brush and the container surface to be adjusted as required.
US07766285B2
A line hanger for securing lines, such as transmission, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical and other types of lines, to a support structure. The line hanger includes a wire structure with an attachment section configured for mounting to the support structure and a pair of clamping arms depending outwardly from the attachment provision. The clamping arms are configured to resiliently separate to receive a line and to resiliently relax for applying a clamping force to secure the line. The clamping arms are clasped together by engaging hook members defined at the open end of the wire structure. Multiple line hangers may be interlinked or stacked relative to the support structure for support multiple lines.
US07766277B2
An aircraft forward pressure bulkhead as described herein includes a malleable and deformable dome that is configured to “catch” foreign objects, such as birds. The dome is intentionally designed to deform in response to a foreign object strike that imparts at least a threshold amount of impact energy to the bulkhead. The dome is free of rigid stiffeners and non-deformable reinforcement members that would otherwise hinder the flexible characteristic of the dome. Practical embodiments of the bulkhead utilize fewer parts, are less heavy, and are less expensive than traditional bulkheads that utilize rigid stiffeners.
US07766273B2
A method of cutting and spooling a paper web by providing a transfer tape having a cover flap joined longitudinally to a carrier member along the trailing edge such that the cover flap opens in a hinged manner to expose a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on the carrier member for adherence to an advancing paper web for severance and transfer of the paper web onto an empty spool. The transfer tape is adhered to an empty spool. The cover flap is opened by air resistance encountered during rotation of the spool, by providing an adhesive tab member on the exterior of the cover flap that initiates opening upon adhesion of the tab member to the reel drum, or by providing a blast of pressurized air against the leading edge of the transfer tape.
US07766265B2
A swinging device for increasing the capacity of a trash bin includes a pushing assembly penetrating through the shredder body, a stirring board disposed at the bottom of the shredder body, and a shaft connecting the pushing assembly and the stirring board. The shaft converts the vertical displacement motion of the pushing assembly into a swinging motion of the stirring board. The shredded paper chips which typically form in a mound are thus pushed to the side and flattened. This helps reduce the space occupied by paper chips and increases the capacity of the trash bin, thus leading to less frequent emptying of the bin.
US07766258B2
An apparatus that is used by the driver or the passenger of a motor vehicle to clean the window of the motor vehicle, while the vehicle is in motion. The apparatus is used by either the driver or the passenger and is extend out of either side window to spray fluid on the windshield. The device is operated by a diaphragm pump that transports the fluid from a reservoir to the outlet nozzles. The fluid is sprayed in a jet-like fashion onto the windshield surface for the windshield wipers to use as a wetting agent for cleaning and clearing the windshield. The apparatus includes a sponge holder and a sponge that allows the operator to clean and clear the windshield even if the windshield wipers are not working properly.
US07766255B2
A system and method for applying an aqueous pesticide solution comprising a motor and a pump combination wherein the pump is operable in the 1000-3000 pounds per square inch range; a reservoir for holding the solution to be dispersed; a regulator and pressure monitoring gauge; a hose and nozzle system configured to disperse the pesticide solution at a rate of about 1.5 to about 2.5 gallons per minute and to atomize the solution being dispersed into droplets of between 1 to 30 microns, wherein an adhesion property of the dispersed aqueous pesticide solution is significantly enhanced by such configuration, and wherein the solution is hydro-kinetically charged when released from its hydrostatic state as the solution flows through the dispersion nozzle assembly.
US07766253B2
A device (30) for nebulizing a liquid includes a nebulization head (40) having a capillary tube (40-1) and a nozzle (40-2) for ejecting a liquid (43), a liquid supply tank (42) for supplying the nebulization head with liquid (43), a vibrator (44) for vibration driving the nebulization head so that it ejects droplets of liquid in a nebulization jet. The device (30) further includes a pressure regulator for applying to the liquid at the inlet to the nebulization head (40), during nebulization cycles, a pressure greater than a first pressure threshold above which the liquid flows through the nebulization head when the head is not vibration driven, and lower than a second pressure threshold above which the liquid flows through the nebulization head when the head is vibration driven. Advantages of the device include increase in the nebulization flow rate and low sensitivity to changes in trim and to vibrations.
US07766227B2
A transaction card includes a base member, an auxiliary member and an account identifier. The base member defines a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and a slot extending therethrough. The auxiliary member includes a first section and a handle section and is coupled with the base member such that the first section is disposed on the first surface of the base member. The handle section extends from the first surface, through the slot and to the second surface of the base member such that movement of the handle section causes movement of the auxiliary member relative to the base member. The account identifier is included on one of the base member and the auxiliary member and links the transaction card to at least one of an account and a record.
US07766225B2
Issuing a debit card associated with only non-personally identifying information includes communicating among an input device, a network coupling, and a card dispenser. The input device is configured to receive a new account request. The new account request includes only non-personally identifiable information. The network coupling is configured to send the new account request to an acquirer processor and to receive an approval response from the acquirer processor. The card dispenser is configured to dispense a debit card to the user based on the approval response received from the acquirer processor. The debit card includes only non-personally identifiable information. The non-personally identifiable information includes the account number.
US07766222B2
A financial transaction product includes a housing and an account identifier. The housing includes a bladder configured to be selectively inflated and deflated. The account identifier is on the housing and links the housing to at least one of a financial account or a financial record such that the housing can be used toward the purchase of one or more of goods and services. Methods of assembling a financial transaction product, methods of encouraging purchase and facilitating use of a financial transaction product, and other embodiments are also disclosed.
US07766220B2
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically tracking and communicating data storage device information using RF (radio frequency tags. An apparatus includes a data storage device and a RF tag attached to the data storage device, wherein the RF tag contains information about the data storage device. Using such an apparatus, assembling, selecting, logging and maintaining a data storage device may be done automatically.
US07766219B2
A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton has panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel and a first side panel and a second side panel. The carton has a dispenser for allowing access to the articles in the carton. The dispenser has a dispenser panel that is at least partially defined by a tear line in the carton and is for being at least partially removed for at least further opening a dispenser opening. The carton can also have a curved end.
US07766211B2
A bonding apparatus is provided comprising a bonding stage for holding a bonding tool, an air distribution system mounted to the bonding stage and an air inlet attached to the air distribution system. The air distribution system is connected to the air inlet for receiving air from the air inlet, and is operative to pass the air over multiple surfaces of the bonding stage for the purpose of temperature control.
US07766207B2
An articulating surgical stapler having a proximal end and a distal end includes a handle at the proximal end and an end effector at the distal end for selective articulation to improve access to tissue requiring treatment and ease of use of the present linear surgical stapler. A support shaft connects the handle to the end effector. An articulation mechanism is positioned between the support shaft and the end effector permitting selective movement of the end effector relative to the support shaft.
US07766204B2
A hand-held drive-in tool driving fastening elements (60), e.g., nails in a workpiece (U) includes a magazine (61) projecting sidewise from the muzzle part (15) and having a spring-biased transporting slide (63) for displacing the fastening elements (60) in the magazine guide channel (62), a safety device (25) including a press-on member (14) secured on the tool muzzle part (15) of the tool, and a device (40) actuatable by the press-on member (14) for positioning of the transporting slide (63) and for displacing the transporting slide (63) against a biasing force of the transporting spring.
US07766193B2
The invention consists in a dispensing device that can contain a dispensable preparation or product. The device comprises a wearable item including a body adapted and constructed to contain the dispensing product and allow it's dispensing therefrom or filling or refilling. The dispensing device is substantially ring-shaped with a gap in its circumference that is formed or manufactured as such. Also disclosed is refill/storage/display stand enabling the display of at least one dispensing device and/or refilling therefrom.
US07766187B2
A napkin dispenser with a springless means for urging napkins therein toward an opening in the front face of the dispenser. The front face has two side edges with each side edge connected a side wall of the dispenser and each side wall has at least one inclined guide that is sloped downwardly toward the front face. The means for urging napkins comprises a generally vertical plate having at least one nub on each side edge, with each nub associated with an inclined guide of one of the side walls, so that the plate urges the napkins disposed in the structure to move toward the opening in the front face through which the napkins can be withdrawn from the napkin dispenser independent of a spring.
US07766186B1
A refuse container system for facilitating lifting, carrying and dispensing refuse to be disposed of includes a container having a cavity extending into the container through a top end thereof. The cavity receives refuse to be disposed of. Each of a plurality of handles is rotatably mounted to the container to permit each of the handles to be rotated to desired position. The handles are graspable to facilitate lifting of the container. A lid is positionable over the top end of the container to selectively close the top end and retain the refuse in the cavity.
US07766183B2
A peelable lid structure, particularly for use in the closing of food cans, has a tab which is folded over the center panel and secured in the folded position for processing of can contents and/or handling operations. As the tab is secured, an inexpensive laminate structure which requires little or no aluminum content can be used. Methods of forming the peelable lid structure include exposing a layer of heat sealable material and/or an adhesive layer so that the tab (3) can be folded over and adhered to this layer, for example, by heat sealing.
US07766179B2
An assembly comprises a container having a base, one or more sidewalls extending upward from the base to a frame-shaped member that forms an upper rim, and one or more access hatches supported by the frame-shaped member and forming a lid. One or more table leaves are attached to the frame-shaped member, each of the one or more table leaves operative to rotate into a respective closed position and into a respective open position. Each of the one or more table leaves is disposed above at least a portion of the container when in its closed position, and each of the one or more table leaves is at least partially disposed above a region to a side of the container when in its open position.
US07766171B2
A storage tray for storing mail items in the sorting outlets of a mail sorting machine having a carousel with buckets that hold mail items and move in a transport direction such that the mail items describe an arcuate path when released from the buckets. The storage tray includes a bottom surrounded by side walls defining a horizontal top portion of the tray and a horizontal bottom portion of the tray, wherein the bottom of the tray includes a landing wall and a jogging wall intersecting in the bottom portion of the tray, the landing wall extending from the jogging wall in a first direction towards the top portion of the tray at an angle relative to the horizontal bottom portion of the tray, and the jogging wall extending away from the landing wall in a second direction along a generally arcuate curved path toward the top portion of the tray. The shape of the jogging wall preferably corresponds generally to the path of a mail item released from a bucket carousel of a sorting machine.
US07766169B2
A stackable tray obtained by vacuum molding of a sheet of plastic material, said tray comprising, in open position: a) a top and a bottom; b) at least one receiving cavity opened upwardly; c) spacing means to keep, in a stack of trays, the top portion and the bottom portion of neighboring trays at distance from each other to thereby prevent interlocking. A stack of said trays and a method using said trays.
US07766162B2
A receptacle for a catheter, has a storage space (3) designed to receive a catheter, and an opening (4) connected to the storage space, through which opening a catheter in its longitudinal direction is pushable into and pullable out of the storage space (3). The receptacle (1) has a holding device (7) arranged in the storage space (3), which holding device is arranged to keep a catheter inserted into the storage space (3) in a spiral-shaped path under mutual separation of the different spiral turns of the spiral-shaped path so that the catheter is prevented from coming into contact with itself along the spiral-shaped path.
US07766160B2
A container for a plurality of discs, comprising a containment body which defines at least one recess for accommodating at least two discs, the recess defining a first region for accommodating at least one first disc and at least one second region for accommodating at least one second disc which is arranged at a higher level than the first region, elements for the central retention of each of the discs being further provided in order to retain them detachably in the recess, the elements for the central retention of the second disc being arranged at the upper level and being superimposed on and spaced from at least one peripheral portion of the first region for accommodating the first disc.
US07766158B2
An extendable belt conveyor system designed to be installed under a self-propelled windrower between the front and the rear wheels suitable for multiple windrowing operations. The self-propelled windrower with the extendable belt conveyor system deliver a swath at a variable distance from the windrower, either on left or on the right, as the machine moves through the field. The conveyor can be directed on the left or on the right at variable distances with no need to manually change a part. The extendable belt conveyor system has at least two conveyors disposed one above the others and are connected with a trolley between each conveyor. The extendable belt conveyor system is driven by a single driving means and by a single reversible motor.
US07766151B2
A picking station for picking articles out of storage containers by a picking person, the picking station being connected to a conveying system which has a conveying track leading through a working area of the picking person, at least for the inward transport of storage containers, wherein the conveying track is tilted about its longitudinal axis in the direction of the picking person, at least in the working area of the picking person.
US07766148B2
A money handling unit provided with a removable coin receptacle consisting of a fixed structure includes a housing (1) and a trap (2) for accessing into the box internal space movable between an open position and a closed position and a receptacle (3) insertable into the trap (2) and forming a reception structure, wherein the receptacle (3) has an orifice (4) for inserting coins and a closing shutter (5) movable between an open position in which the orifice (4) is accessible and a closing position in which the orifice (4) is closed. The inventive receptacle has actuating elements (6, 7) for closing shutter (5) and the housing (1) has guiding members (9) interacting with the actuating elements (6,7) in such a way that the movement of the movable shutter is linked to the movement of the access trap (2).
US07766145B1
A product transfer assembly includes separate transfer segments mounted in a vending machine such that they are disposed in spaced relationship above one another. Each transfer segment has a ramp of helical shape with an exit end and an entrance end spaced above the exit end such that the ramps of the transfer segments together define a path of travel taken by a product item down and in contact with the ramps which includes spaced apart portions helical in shape and reversing the direction of travel of the product item, relative to a generally vertical reference axis, going from one portion to the next portion of the path. Entrance and exit ends of each ramp are angularly displaced from corresponding ends of an adjacent ramp such that the object free-falls out of contact with any ramp between the exit and entrances ends of adjacent ramps.
US07766142B2
A torque transmission device for the application in the drive train of a vehicle, between a driven shaft of a drive unit and a transmission, with at least two transmission input shafts. The torque transmission device includes at least two friction clutches which respectively feature a clutch disc, which can be coupled respectively with one of the transmission input shafts, and an intermediate pressure plate disposed between the friction lining of the twin clutch discs. The friction lining of both clutch discs may be clamped respectively between the intermediate pressure plate and one pressure plate, in which the respective pressure plates are disposed on the side of the friction lining that faces away relative to the intermediate pressure plate, still the two pressure plates with the intermediate pressure plate are at least rotationally coupled and are axially displaceable by actuation elements relative to the latter, in which at least the two friction clutches form a preassembled clutch assembly. The preassembled clutch assembly can be preassembled on the transmission side and is at least non-rotatably connectable with a drive element mounted on the driven shaft of the drive unit during the assembly of the drive unit and transmission, wherein the intermediate pressure plate is supported by a bearing on at least one of the transmission input shafts in at least one axial direction, in which the intermediate pressure plate features a radial displacement possibility relative to the rotation axis of the transmission input shafts.
US07766133B2
An aircraft brake rotor (60) or stator (110) includes a circular disk having first and second walls (62, 112) and a peripheral wall (64, 114) including at least one notch (66, 116) having a bottom (70) and first and second sides (72). The disk further includes first and second peripheral wall portions separated by the notch (66, 116). An insert (10) is mounted in the notch (66, 116) and has first and second legs (14) with inner and outer walls (20, 22) extending along the notch first and second sides (72). The insert (10) has a first portion having a first width. A circumferential distance between the notch first wall (72) and the notch second wall (72) at a position toward the peripheral wall having the notch (66, 116) has a width less than the insert first portion first width. A retainer (30, 118) overlies the disk first and second walls (62, 112) and a portion of the insert (10) to limit axial movement of the insert (10) relative to the rotor (60) or stator (110) disk.
US07766129B2
For entry of calls in an elevator system, a destination call is entered outside the elevator car if the starting floor is a floor with intensive departing traffic. On other floors, a collective-control up or down call is entered traditionally and then a destination call in the elevator car. An identified regular customer may be allowed to select and confirm a destination floor from among one or more preprogrammed alternatives. Destination preprogrammed floors most frequently used are stored, the starting floor being fixed. Preprogrammed floors can be set for several different starting floors separately. For occasional customers system or regular customers going to floors other than preprogrammed floors, a call is entered as a destination call in the elevator lobby on floors with intensive departing traffic and as an up or down call according to collective control in the elevator lobby and on other floors.
US07766125B2
A collapsible work horse has legs pivotally mounted to opposing surfaces of a support beam. The legs are secured in the extended position by a two-part locking arrangement. In one non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a first part of a locking arrangement is mounted to each of the first ends of the legs adjacent the pivot point of its respective leg, and a second part of the locking arrangement is mounted to the supporting member. When the legs are in the extended position, the first and second parts of the locking arrangement engage one another to securely fix the legs in the extended position. In another non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a plurality of work horses are assembled with a tool support and work piece supports to provide a work station. The tool support and work piece supports are designed to be fixable in a compact storage arrangement.
US07766124B2
A system for the evacuation of persons from a multi story structure during circumstances in which the normal escape mechanisms such as stairs and elevators are unusable for any reason. The system mounts externally of the affected structure and provides at least one evacuator upon which a person may ride in a controlled descent from an area of danger to an area of relative safety. The evacuator rides on a post and the evacuee may control the speed of his or her descent with a simple braking mechanism. A safety belt and foot rests provide a sense of security during the descent from danger.
US07766123B2
An exhaust system for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle or other straddle-type vehicle, that achieves miniaturization while providing advantageous noise reduction characteristics. The exhaust system is associated with an engine of a vehicle and includes an exhaust pipe connected to the engine and a silencer. A conical member is positioned within the silencer and includes an upstream end and a downstream end. At least a portion of a side wall of the conical member includes a plurality of through-holes. The conical member is oriented such that a radial dimension of the conical member increases in a direction from the upstream end to the downstream end.
US07766115B2
A electrical component attachment structure for a two-wheeled motor vehicle includes a main frame supporting components of a vehicle body such as an engine, a pair of right and left center frames extending vertically behind the engine, and a rear swing arm swingably supported by a pivot shaft provided to the center frame. In this structure, a drive chain which transmits a driving force from the engine to a rear wheel is arranged along the rear swing arm. An electrical component is arranged on a vehicle inner side of the right and left center frames above the drive chain behind the engine.
US07766111B2
Mechanisms are described for selectively closing grille and/or bumper openings. These mechanisms may be operated in response to one or more vehicle parameters. Closure mechanism control signals may be delivered to such mechanisms along a vehicle databus. In addition, vehicle parameters used in determining the control of such mechanisms may be sensed and provided along the databus to a controller which then processes the parameter information for determining whether to open or close the vehicle grille closing mechanism and/or the vehicle bumper opening closing mechanism.
US07766109B2
Hybrid powertrains and methods of operating the hybrid powertrains are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes determining whether a temperature of a battery pack in a battery pack module is above or below a first threshold, and providing a command to an electrically variable transmission module to select either a first mode or a second mode in which to operate, when the determination is made that the temperature of the battery pack is below the first threshold.
US07766105B2
A soft start clutch system and method of implementing a soft start clutch system including a soft start clutch configured to drivingly connect to a machinery drive input to an engine transmission, including a transmission PTO attached to the transmission and drivingly connected to the soft start clutch, and a control circuit configured to engage the soft start clutch at a first rate and configured to disengage the soft start clutch at a second rate which is different than the first rate.
US07766100B2
A well drilling head comprises a housing and a bearing assembly. The housing has a sidewall structure defining a central bore. A tapered bearing assembly seating surface is provided within the central bore of the housing. The bearing assembly includes an outer barrel having a central bore, an inner barrel at least partially disposed within the central bore of the outer barrel and bearing units coupled between the barrels for providing concentric alignment of the barrels and allowing rotation therebetween. The outer barrel is removably seated within the central bore of the housing. A tapered exterior surface of the outer barrel is engaged with the tapered bearing assembly seating surface of the housing whereby engagement of the tapered surfaces align the outer barrel with respect to the central bore of the housing.
US07766099B2
The present invention relates to improved methods for drilling well bores penetrating producing zones while controlling formation particulates. Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods of consolidating formation particulates surrounding a well bore comprising the steps of providing a drilling composition comprising a drilling fluid and a consolidating material, using the drilling composition to drill at least a portion of the well bore, allowing the consolidating material in the drilling composition to penetrate into the walls of the well bore, and allowing the consolidating material in the drilling composition to consolidate at least a portion of the formation particulates surrounding the well bore.
US07766096B2
An electrical power tool (1) includes a housing (10,20,30), an electrical motor (21), a motion conversion mechanism (36), a counterweight holding member (73), a counterweight (74), and support members (71,72). The electrical motor (21) is accommodated in the housing (10,20,30). The motion conversion mechanism (36) is configured to convert a rotary motion of the electrical motor (21) into a reciprocation motion. The counterweight holding member (73) extends in a direction perpendicular to directions of the reciprocation motion and is capable of being elastically deformed in the directions of the reciprocation motion. The counterweight (74) is supported by the counterweight holding member (73) and is capable of reciprocating in the directions of reciprocation motion together with the counterweight holding member (73). The support members (71,72) are positioned away from the counterweight (74) by a predetermined distance for supporting the counterweight holding member (73) to the housing (10,20,30). The counterweight (74) is interposed between or among the support members (71,72).
US07766094B2
An ATV hitch attachment includes a first mounting point defined by a hitch coupling and two further mounting points defined by two brace arms inclined upwardly and outwardly to a respective connection location on the rear rack. A rigid connecting member has a pair of arms extending rearwardly for rigid connection by a sliding fit to a forward end of a pair of parallel frame members of an implement such that the rigid connection holds the implement in the operating position in a common horizontal plane with the arms. The implement can be lifted to a raised transport position by an electric actuator causing pivotal movement about a horizontal pivot axis transverse to the rear hitch. Ground wheels which are spaced from the ground in operating position which can contact the ground when the implement is raised to limit squatting movement of the ATV.
US07766092B2
Fire sprinkler system comprising a network of CPVC pipe lengths in which at least some of the pipe lengths are interconnected with mechanical devices having resilient sealing members that are chemically compatible with the CPVC composition. Repairs and system modifications can be made without the use of solvent cement. In-line joints are formed with a coupling device including a pair of arcuate coupling segments having a first end, a second end, and an interior concave surface extending between the first end and the second end. A longitudinal channel extends along the concave surface. At least one mechanical fastener is operative to detachably connect the pair of coupling segments. A resilient annular seal is located within the longitudinal channel of each segment. A branching device connects a branch pipe to a main pipe through an orifice in the main pipe utilizing a saddle-like sealing member. The pipe assemblies are able to pass UL testing protocols for wet fire sprinkler systems.
US07766091B2
An early suppression fast response pendent-type fire protection sprinkler is suitable for use in accordance with one or more of NFPA 13, NFPA 231 and NFPA 231C to protect single row rack storage, double row rack storage and multiple row rack storage, the sprinkler having a K-factor of about 25 and flowing pressure of about 15 pounds per square inch. Preferably, the sprinkler has a body defining an orifice and an outlet for delivering a flow of fluid from a source, and a deflector mounted with a first surface opposed to flow of fluid from the outlet. The deflector defines at least one pair of generally opposed reentrant slots extending from the first surface through the deflector, the reentrant slots extending from slot openings at an outer peripheral edge of the deflector inwardly from the peripheral edge toward a deflector axis.
US07766085B2
Apparatus, assembly and process for allowing gas lift operations to be conducted along a relatively long perforated interval below a packer in a subterranean well. An elongated segregation member is lowered into locking engagement with a bypass mandrel secured to a tubing string above the packer. This segregation member is configured and dimensioned to define two fluid flow paths. Fluid produced into the well from the subterranean region is conveyed to the surface via the second flow path and can be assisted by gas injected into the first flow path via retrievable gas lift valves in the tubing string above and below the packer. Pressurized gas is conveyed via the first flow path to these retrievable gas lift valves.
US07766066B2
A coating film transfer tool has a front end portion of a case main body with a head cap slidably disposed in front and rear directions between an advanced position in a state of covering a transfer head and a rear position in a state of exposing the transfer head. The head cap is urged in a direction of the advanced position by a spring, when started to be used. By pressing a front end portion of the head cap against a face, the head cap can be moved to the rear position. Inside the case main body is a tape reeling out means for reeling out a transfer tape to the transfer head. The tape reeling out means moves in cooperation with movement of the head cap to the rear position when started to be used, to be able to reel out the transfer tape to the transfer head.
US07766065B2
Disclosed is a device for applying drywall tape and grouting compound to drywall. The invention is operative to simplify the application of drywall tape and an appropriate amount of grouting compound to a joint. Conveniently, the device is placed on a standard size tub of drywall grouting compound, such that compound adheres the drywall tape as it is drawn through the device by one applying tape to a joint to be filled. Various embodiments of the present invention permit the easy application of tape and compound to joints on flat surfaces as well as in corners.
US07766053B2
A papermaker's fabric comprises a series of repeat units. Each of the repeat units comprises: a set of top MD yarns; a set of top CMD yarns interwoven with the top MD yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom MD yarns; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the bottom MD yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; and a set of CMD stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom CMD yarns to bind the top and bottom fabric layers together. The stitching yarns are arranged in pairs. The top CMD yarns are arranged in an alternating pattern in which first (a) a single top CMD yarn is positioned between adjacent pairs of stitching yarns, then (b) two top CMD yarns are positioned between adjacent pairs of stitching yarns.
US07766045B2
A fluid pressure reduction device comprises two or more stackable annular plates. Each disk having a perimeter and a hollow center aligned along a longitudinal axis when the annular plates are stacked one on top of the other. Each disk further comprising at least one inlet flow sector having an inlet flow stage for defining a first inlet area and a first outlet area, and at least one outlet flow sector having an outlet flow stage defining a second inlet area and a second outlet areas wherein the ratio of the second inlet area to the second outlet area is predetermined to define a backpressure at the outlet flow stage to provide a sub-sonic fluid flow at the perimeter.
US07766039B2
A quick connect fuel hose connector for connecting an LP fuel hose to a threaded inlet fitting on a vehicle or appliance fuel tank comprises an annular body having an inlet for fuel at an inner end and an outlet for fuel at a recessed opening in an outer end. Latch members pivotally mounted in slots on opposite sides of the body engage and latch the connector to the fuel tank inlet fitting when the connector is fitted over the inlet fitting. A lost motion spring seal maintains a tight seal between the connector and the inlet fitting. A replaceable nose seal on an outlet valve in the connector provides an improved sealing connection between the connector outlet valve and the fuel tank inlet valve.
US07766036B2
A discharge valve (100) of a compressor is disclosed. The discharge valve (100) contains a spring-loaded valve body (120). Valve body (120) is preferably made of nonferrous metal like aluminum or magnesium and is coated by a covering (110) of uniform thickness, the covering (110) being preferably made of plastic material like polyetheretherketone (PEEK) by insertion molding. By that way a wear resistant and light-weight discharge valve is produced.
US07766019B2
A smoking cessation device is provided. The smoking cessation device includes a dispensing member comprising porous plastic defining a matrix of an internal network of passages in communication with pores on the exterior of the device. The device is preferably sized and structured like a cigarette or other combustible smoking device. Residing within the matrix is a dispensate extractable therefrom upon exposure to a fluid. In one form the dispensate may be a tobacco derivative including one or more of nicotine, tobacco flavoring, menthol, vitamins, minerals, therapeutic agents, and/or additional flavoring.
US07766013B2
A method and device are provided to generate an aerosol having a desired particle sizes, i.e., from molecular to about 10 microns, which can be used to effectively deliver a physiologically active compound to organs and tissues such as the lung, eye, mucosa and skin. The aerosol is formed through vaporization of the compound while mixing the resulting vapor with a gas, in a ratio, to form the desired particle size when a stable concentration of particles in the gas is reached.
